Mattie Hawkins

**Matilda "Mattie" Hawkins** is Joe and Laura Hawkins's eldest daughter, and the older sister of Toby and Sophie. She is also the mother of Leo Elster's unborn daughter, conceived when they started a relationship in Season 3.
She is very skilled with computers and dislikes the common roles of synths in society, though she becomes protective of the conscious synths and Leo.

## **Throughout the Show**

### ***Season One***

#### Episode 1.1

Mattie asks her father why her mother isn't home yet, and he tells her her mother's case ran over. Mattie isn't surprised but disappointed and heads back to her room as her father tells her to pick up the shoes in the hallway or he'll throw them on a bonfire. When her father and sister return with Anita, she wonders out loud what its core processing speed it, and her father tells her not to mess with it because it was expensive. She then asks her father if her Mom is okay with this, and knows there will be trouble when he says it's a surprise. Later, she appears with her friend when she shoots her neighbor's synth in the rear as he is picking up leaves, she would have done it again but she sees her mother coming home.

#### Episode 1.6

Matties sees Leo's memories, which shows Mattie that Leo sees Mia as a mother like figure.

### ***Season Two***

#### Episode 2.1

Mattie is reveled to have started university by the being of season 2. She struggles to move on from the advents of the previous month.

### ***Season Three***

#### Episode 3.1

Mattie is still struggling with the decision she made when she released the code that made the synths conscious on day zero.

#### Episode 3.3

Her and Leo sleep together after visiting Mattie's old school where she almost confessed her feelings about him. Before they kiss and sleep together, Leo tells her to 'stop with the self-pity' and it appears that some of the guilt she feels over day zero has been lifted from her shoulders.

#### Episode 3.6

3.06 - It is revealed, by Stanley, that Mattie is pregnant (according to Stanley when he told her, she is around 8-10 days pregnant). Later on, she takes a pregnancy test in the bathroom of a petrol station which comes up positive. She tells Leo but we are not shown how he reacts after she hands him the positive pregnancy test.

#### Episode 3.7

In this episode we see Mattie and Leo in complete silence inside the van where Mattie expects some reaction from Leo about her pregnancy. Mattie by not getting answer from Leo comes out of the truck annoying and sad. Leo comes out behind her and starts saying he has to go, as he has nothing to offer Mattie and the baby and that also doesn't feel able to become a father by experience with his own father, Mattie tells her that she is not asking for anything in return and all she wants is for him to stay by her side. Joe Mattie's father interrupts them and asks them to come and tell them everything that has happened, in the end Mattie leaves her house to look for her mother and Leo will find Max to tell him about Anatole. Mattie finds her mother and confesses she's pregnant.

☀The next morning, her schoolmate Audrey (undercover journalist) arrives at her door to ask for a "book." He clearly intends to know more about his relationship with Leo Elster and his connection to "Day Zero". Mattie discovers her true intentions and made her her home where she ends Confensando that she is the real responsible for the release of the Code of conscience. She puts her as a condition that she speaks her own truth or publishes an article in the period in less than 24 hours. In the end, Joe helps Mattie expel her from home, and ends up hugging Joe.Mattie is clearly affected by Leo's decision to leave her.

#### Episode 3.8

In 3.8 you see Mattie in a clinic talking to a doctor "orange eyes" where she asks her what is her biggest reason for wanting to abort what she answers that the guy who was with her is gone. But we see that Mattie is not completely determined to want to abort her baby because according to synthesizer estimates it is 57% determined to abort. At the end of the episode we see that Mattie has decided to surrender to justice to save her mother from prison and Leo Elster by seeing what Mattie is determined to try to stop her by telling her that Mia was created to love him, but he lost her and "I don't want to lose you, Mattie." To which she answers "it's too late Leo". Leo is heartbroken in the stands. In trying to surrender to justice Niska stops telling him how important it is and his daughter, the girl is destined to change the course of history, because it is half human half synthetic and this was transmitted in the fertilization by Leo. It's the first of a new species. Mattie at the end is very moved by knowing the sex and fate of the girl she wears in her womb.

## **Personality**

Mattie is a typical teenage girl, who despite being extremely advanced in computer technology, is bitter and angry due to the unlikleyhood of obtaining a job that would use her skills. Although Mattie is often distant and cold, she is extremely protective of her family and often shows compassion towards the synths. Mattie has become increasingly ‘pro-synth’ throughout the series’, using her skills in order to give consciousness to synths. She also forms a close bond with Leo, due to both her and Leo feeling like outsiders.

## **Abilities**

***Computer Expert:*** Mattie is an expert with technology, so much so that she could hack a synth to see its programming. She also recognized that Anita was not sharing information with the other synths. She was even able to hide her IP from Leo, though he was able to locate her general area.

## **Relationships**

### Leo Elster

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3

**1.3**

Having heard and witnessed all the weird stuff Mia’s (the Hawkins know her as Anita at this point) been doing and saying, Mattie decided to download Mia’s root code from her deep system, onto her computer before uploading the code onto a website called ‘Headcrack’. She hoped to see if anyone could help her with understanding her synth.

Soon enough, Max, scanning through the internet, comes across the website and recognised the code as his sister, Mia’s. Leo, having been sleeping, is soon at Max’s side, and hacks the location of the post, to see if he can find out where the poster is from and more importantly, where Mia would be. Leo and Max quickly learn, that Mia and subsequently Mattie are in London, same as them.

**1.4**

It’s in this episode, that Leo messages Mattie, saying he thinks he can help her with her synth and for the two of them to meet up. He plans this will flush them out from wherever in London they’re from. However, Mattie decides to catfish Leo by telling him that they’re a 45 year old man, 6ft 4, extremely heavy build, big bushy beard and will be wearing a tight white t-shirt, denim shorts and a trucker cap. Unknown to both Leo and Max, Mattie, having told them to meet at a cafe, is sitting the next booth over, listening to the two of them talk.

When Leo mentions to Max the description of the guy they’re meeting, Mattie turns around and talks to them, asking if he’s been stood up and teasing him, by asking if it was a hot date. Leo is on the same level as her and jokingly replies back that he was actually waiting for a giant lumberjack stripper. Mattie finally replies with, ‘Well, you never know who you’re gonna meet online’, which prompts them both to realise who the other is. However, at the mention of Mia, Mattie looks confused and asks who’s Mia. This causes Leo to get up from his booth and head on over to Mattie, sitting opposite her. He pulls out a photo of Mia to show her, which seems to confuse Mattie even more. Leo can see she recognizes her however. She tries to go but he stops her by holding her arm tightly. Possibly regretting meeting up with them, she pretends she needs the bathroom, asking Leo if she can go or is he going to wig about that too? He obliges but tells her to leave her bag or phone with them, so it shows she’ll be back. In keeping with the rouse she’s about to pull off, Mattie hands Max what they think to be her bag but in fact, she took a nearby lady’s bag and passes it off as her own so she could escape from them through the back door.

Leo heads back to Max, but soon realises what has happened when the lady wonders why Max has her bag. Leo quickly goes over to where Mattie was last seen in the back, and sees she has gone.

**1.5**

Having lost all contact with Mattie, Leo goes looking online to see if he can get in contact with her again. He finds her friend, Harun’s account with photos of the two of them together, and thinks this friend is the way to find her. Just as he’s looking, he gets a message from Mattie with her phone number, asking for a talk about Mia which he does.

Leo immediately rings Mattie, who had been overhearing her parents arguing in the kitchen and asks if they could meet again but she seems to be unsure, so he asks her why. She calls him weird, with which he says he isn’t, before Mattie points out he tried to stop her from leaving last time. He then makes a rare joke and tells her he's been to charm school since then. As Mattie is too aware of the argument in the kitchen, she tells him she’s got to go. Leo informs her that he’s sending her his location and to think about changing her mind. A man with a van is soon at the door, which Mattie answers, he’s there to do a synthetic return of Anita. Mattie then gets the text from Leo of his location, with a message of: “Okay, I'm a bit weird”, tacked to it. Deciding right then she’s going to meet up with Leo and Max, she quickly takes hold of Anita (who is just walking down the stairs with a washing basket) and walks out the door with her, quickly bundling Anita into the family car and zooms off, with her parents watching in the doorway.

Leo is pacing in the abandoned social club waiting for Mia but soon calms down at the sight of them both finally arriving. Leo goes to hug Mia but she goes full unconscious synth, unlike his Mia ever would. She doesn’t know him. He says there’s no sign of recognition and that the new programming has taken hold, Mattie though says she's in there, she’s seen it. He then introduces himself officially to Mattie, thanking her for bringing Mia in the process. They then all head on over to a nearby table, where Leo hooks her up to a laptop.

Leo mentions he needs to bring Mia to the surface somehow and Max makes a comment in front of Mattie “Like the lake?”. This is the first time she finds out a bit more about him and his background. They then discuss what Mattie saw when she got all the code from Mia and tells him that she appeared human and scared. They continue to discuss what to do and how Mattie came across Mia within Anita, he also attempts a bit of small talk by asking Mattie is she’s a Headcracker, with which she says, aspiring.

Mattie and Leo, along with Max, try to bring back Mia, attempting a few times but failing. This upsets Leo more and more each time, disappoints him and angers him. Eventually he gives up trying and says she isn’t in there. Mattie attempts to try something else but he snaps at her and says, “What can you do that I can't?” He then orders her to take Mia with her. Mattie tells him that no, she’s his but finally Mattie does take her, says sorry to Leo before leaving. Leo cries once they leave.

It’s in this episode that Leo decides it’s over and leaves Max to fend for himself, saying that he wants to end this life of theirs of feeling like they’re hunted and hiding like animals. We last see him on a bridge at night, alone.

**1.6**

Having been out the whole night, Leo is shown to be very weak, shivering and slow as he attempts to find his way towards the rendezvous point, that he and his family had set up. However, just shy of it, he collapses, hallucinating about a childhood memory of Mia and the rest of his siblings.

In another part of London, we learn from Toby, that Mattie hadn’t picked up Sophie from school, like she had been told, so this causes Laura to ring Mattie’s phone to see where she is but all she keeps getting is her voicemail. It’s Anita who informs Laura that Mattie’s at her friend Harun Khan’s place. Laura decides to bring Anita, as help for finding his house, which she successfully does. Laura manages to get Mattie into the car and back home.

On the way back however, Mia manages to wake up for a moment and tells Mattie that Leo was wrong, shes in there but not in her head. He’ll know what to do. Laura then asks who Leo is and Mattie tells her, saying that he’s Mia’s owner and had gotten in touch with her. Soon enough, Anita’s personality comes back.

Later on, Mattie goes to see Leo back at the disused social club but she only finds Max there. She tells him that she needs to speak to Leo but Max tells her he's gone and that he doesn't want to be found. Showing her strong-willed stubborn side, she says “tough” and asks his help with finding Leo. Eventually, after a lot of searching, Mattie spots him unconscious and crumpled on the floor, against a concrete pillar. Max carries him away but unfortunately tells Mattie, that he's almost dead.

When back at the club, Mattie sees Max pulling wires out from Leo’s side to charge him. She's in shock, asking what is he? Max answers simply and honestly that he’s his brother but Mattie isn’t happy with the answer, so it seemed like she was about to leave. However, Max tells her not to go and to let Leo explain. He also tells her not to be afraid of Leo and that he’s only ever shown love towards him, and has always looked after him. Hearing this seemed to have helped with keeping Mattie there.

Soon enough, Leo wakes up. Mattie tells him that Mia’s still there inside Anita but Leo doesn’t believe her. It’s not until she tells him that Mia told her that she had a brother or a son that died, , that he finally believes her. Mattie told him that she wasn’t making sense. He asks her how but she quickly replies, that she wants to know everything. Leo tells her, absolutely not, so Mattie begins to get up but max tells her to wait and turns to Leo. He tells Leo that he’s always said to not trust people but Max says that that isn’t the world he sees. This seems to work bugrudionly on Leo as he tells Mattie to get a TV. Mattie comments, saying, “Are you going to tell me?”, a smile on her face but Leo says no, he's going to show her. We next see Leo hooking himself up to project his memories for Mattie to see. This is when Mattie first learns of who exactly Leo is and the fact that he’s part-Synthetic. He shows her his childhood, while also explaining who all the synths are to him. This is when Mattie learns that Mia isn’t his girlfriend but in fact, a mother-figure of his. His memories soon stop however, when he remembers a very stressful moment from his past, of a mysterious woman hiding behind his father. This is the very first moment we see Leo trust Mattie, even if it’s just a little, the first time we see the two of them connect.

That same day, Mattie walks into the kitchen, where her parents, Toby and Anita are, with both Leo and Max following behind. Mattie introduces Leo, mainly to her dad, as Mia’s owner but he finds the whole thing ridiculous. Mattie, Toby and Laura however, all say that Leo should take her with him. Joe is annoyed and doesn’t trust them, but soon leaves, saying he’ll be in the car until they’re gone.

We next see Mattie, Leo, Laura, Toby and Max, along with Anita, all huddled around the dining room, while Leo and Mattie work together on trying to get Mia back. Mattie suggests something which makes Leo listen. Both Laura and Toby share a knowing look over the two of them working so well together. Eventually Leo finds the bit of code he thinks is Mia. They wait a tentative moment before finally, Mia takes a big inhale in and we see that she's back, recognizing Leo straight away. They soon jump up and hug each other tightly.

Laura then suggests they help them, Leo though is surprised and confused as to why they all would help them but Laura says no one else is going to. Eventually it’s decided that Mia will stay at the Hawkins and Leo and Max will go looking for Fred and Niska. When leaving the house however, Joe rings the police saying on Leo and Max, which causes them to try and escape from the police and from some guys with guns. This leads to Max sacrificing himself by jumping in a river from a bridge, to distract the men, so they don’t catch Leo.

**1.7**

Fred and Leo finally find Max broken on the side of a river embankment. They bring him back to the Hawkins, laying him down on the kitchen table. Leo tells Mattie to do a direct connection to Max and shut down every process except his brain. The whole household (Joe, Laura, Mattie, Toby, Mia, Leo, Fred and Niska) have a job to do, to help, while Leo checks on Mattie to see how she’s getting on. He compliments her when he tells her to direct all remaining power to Max’s brain, by saying, “You can do it, I know you can.” This seems to be a confidence boost for Mattie.

Time goes by a little, Fred, Joe and Toby are playing football in the garden, while Leo sits on his own in the living room. Mattie soon brings in a tray with soup and bread for him to eat, saying she thought he might be hungry. She then informs Leo that there’s towels in the airing cupboard and he can stick his clothes in the wash. Talking about anything domestic, seems to rub up Leo the wrong way, as he tells Mattie that, just because she’s seen his memories, doesn’t mean she knows him. However, she tells him that she’s trying to know him. Eventually, after Leo explains to her how horrible it is to never forget, both the good and bad, Mattie apologizes to him for making him show her. This softens him a bit, as he tells her that maybe he needed to show someone. They look at each other for a moment before he turns away to watch Fred, Joe and Toby playing football in the back garden.

Later that day, Max is laying on the dining room table, while Mattie’s next to him, on her computer trying her best on working on fixing him. Leo slowly walks over to her, while she tells him that she’s trying this hack but the system keeps blocking her. Leo then asks if he could see, pulling up a chair and sitting beside her. He takes her laptop and has a look, informing her from what he’s seen to generate a new file path at random. Mattie seems disheartened with not having seen the file prompt, let alone thinking of creating a new path. She then apologizes for being stupid. This makes Leo look over at her, appearing nervous, as you can see his brain thinking on what he’s about to say. He tells her with a shy smile, that she’s not, which causes a nearby Joe to look over at them, sussing out there’s something going on between them, a spark of some sort, as the two of them look at each other, a subtle smile from Mattie.

When everyone’s at the dinner table, having learned that the Elster’s were planning on leaving the Hawkins’, Mattie asks them all, “So, you’re just going to leave?” before her gaze settles on Leo, who looks over at her but quickly looks away. Later on, the Hawkins learn about Niska killing a man, which causes Laura and Joe to tell them to leave. Mattie, however sticks up for them by coming back and telling her parents that it’s dangerous out there for them.

When Karen arrives secretly at the house and brings the men with guns to take Leo and all the synths away for experiments, all the Hawkins and synths are pinned to the ground, while Leo is pushed against a doorframe by one of the men.

**1.8**

After having all their phones and electronics taken from them by the police to look through, Laura decides to have a family meeting and tells them to not all come at once. They meet in Mattie’s room. Laura suggests to use Mia’s root code, which was how Leo found Mattie and use it as leverage against Hobb. Mattie still has it but its on Leo’s laptop which she saw being taken earlier. It's proof that conscious synths exist. However, Mattie tells her mum that David Elster wrote it, so he’s was the only one who understood it, hence wouldn’t work. Though, Mattie does say that Leo showed her his memories through his laptop so there might be some temporary copies of what she saw; David Elster, the synths being built, Leo not being dead. Laura then suggests either Joe or herself take the laptop and but Joe doesn’t like the idea. It’s here that Mattie suggests that Toby and her could maybe get out. Laura says they might get hurt but Mattie argues and says they don’t need protecting anymore and that’s fine. They have their plan. With the help of Drummond, they get Leo’s laptop and he tricks a guarding police to go into the back garden with the other members of police, so Mattie and Toby can get the laptop and what they need. He then drives them away to what we learn to be an internet cafe.

There, Mattie gets some stills from Leo’s memories and emails then to her mum. She’s shielding them five different ways and is using a darknet email account. They’re untraceable.

Having shown Hobb the stills and convincing him to let Leo and the synths go, Laura, Joe and Sophie drive off to meet them at the place, the park where they went the day they first met Mia. Once there, Laura texts Mattie to say they’re all there. Leo sees and becomes worried that Laura’s phone can be traced but she tells him that Mattie rerouted them or something, so they’re safe. This helps Leo feel better, knowing what one of the things Mattie has done to help.

Eventually, Mattie and Toby join them but soon enough, the police find them at their location. Niska notices them and informs the rest, so Leo leads the way to escape. They walk down various paths before seeing more police cars nearby, so Leo suggests they get off the streets. They head into an old church where a We Are Human protest is commencing. Leo doesn’t feel like they can do this but Mia seems to give him a look and they continue. They weave through the crowds, leaflets being handed to them them from all directions, before heading into the crypt where they’ll be safe, or at least safer and hopefully wouldn’t be found.

Mattie’s disappointed that the police found them, saying out loud that she did everything right, with which Leo turns to Mattie and says that he believes her.

Having Karen there, Leo having rung her and told her their location, Leo tells Mattie what he's planning, for all the synths to link up through him. Mattie questions his choice on turning Fred on, given the fact he’s compromised but Leo tells her that they need him and, if done quickly, he won’t have time to transmit. They connect as soon as Fred powers up. Unfortunately, the code begins to corrupt, like something’s infecting them, Karen being the culprit.

Mattie is looking over everything on leo’s laptop, keeping an eye on what’s happening like Leo instructed her to do. Eventually, Mia, within the code, persuades Karen to help, for Leo’s sake, so at that moment, Mattie watches the code, weirdly correct itself and we see a big tree within the code, dance across the screen. When awake again, Max now back, Leo checks the code and he says that they were right, the programme does create consciousness. He comments that they can't predict what would happen if the code ever made it online. Mattie instantly asks him what he’s going to do with it. It’s Max, however, who answers, saying “It's not a decision we alone can make.” Soon, Niska quickly deletes the code off the computer and puts it on one of Mattie’s flash drives before handing it to Laura, someone they trust.

Eventually the synths decide to split up. Fred is left behind, Niska wants to go her own way, leaving Mia, Max and Leo to leave together. Mattie and the rest of the Hawkins are sad to see them leave.

**2.1**

While the Hawkins’ all sit around the dinner table at their new home, food lain out on the table, Mattie, who’s in the living room, types in Leo Elster into an advance search on her computer. She seems to be looking for any hint of him online but unfortunately, to no avail it would seem. Laura soon calls her up to eat with them all. When everyone’s sitting, Laura mentions that they have to move on from everything they’ve been through, deciding to look at Mattie when saying that last part. However, Mattie says she can’t move on and why would she want to. She also adds, that they were a part of something, the Hawkins family having saved the Elster’s. Toby agrees with his sister but Laura simply comments, that they have each other, that’s what matters.

**2.2**

While at their new home, Leo mentions to Max that the Hawkins family have made Mia too trusting.

Having tricked Laura to reveal where she’s been hiding the flash drive, Mattie takes it, however Toby sees her and asks what she’s doing. So, they go to Toby’s bedroom, where they talk about Mattie’s plan of uploading the consciousness code to Odi. From talking about this, they both admit that they’re missing the Elster’s and hope that with a possible conscious Odi, that he can help find them. The both of them admit, that they’re really missing that family.

**2.5**

Mattie’s created her own version of the consciousness code, one that doesn’t wake up synths slowly and randomly like the immature one Niska uploaded but instead, Mattie’s will wake all synths up all at once. She shows Toby it, who’s sitting at her desk, calling it the fully matured code. Having created it, she tells Toby that she needs to find Leo, however, he doesn’t want to be found and hasn’t got a phone number, email or any form of social media, so Mattie doesn’t know how to find him. It then comes to her that, even though she can’t find Leo, Leo can find her. So, she immediately heads to her desk, pushing Toby off the seat and types into a database (called DB Search), a query that her synth is malfunctioning and has a sensory error. She adds, that it requests urgent repair. Having sent that, Mattie hopes this will get Leo to get in contact with her so she can see him.

**2.6**

We see Mattie being dropped off in front of a bridge pathway, which leads straight through a forest. She walks along, stopping every so often to check that she’s going the right way, before finding herself walking towards an abandoned site, a couple of single story buildings ahead of her. Just as she’s getting closer, from a nearby tree situated behind her, Leo appears, telling her she’s lost, as a soft smile appears on his face. This makes her jump and quickly turn around. Mattie is up with him though, as she tells him jokingly that she’s actually looking for a top-secret hideout and if he knows of any. Mattie also calls him Robin Hood, as she calls the site his forest lair. Soon enough, they’re walking together, side by side, as Leo guides them towards a lookout nearby. Mattie questions what it’s a lookout for but Leo simply replies with ‘You’ll see’. He then is the one to ask a question, querying what the news was Mattie had to tell him but, using his exact words to her, she too replies with a simple ‘You’ll see’, a soft smile on her face.

In a later scene, we see Leo and Mattie walking up a hill before seeing Hester, who had been looking over towards the Silo (which is what Leo wanted to show Mattie). Hester smiles over towards Leo before her smile soon drops at spotting Mattie walking behind, her face showing her jealousy over Mattie and Leo incredibly clearly. Leo introduces the two of them to one another, his words failing him for a moment as he tells Mattie that him and Hester are simply working together, completely keeping out that they slept together. However, at this introduction, all Hester seems to say, is to insinuate Mattie’s feelings towards Leo, commenting that Mattie’s heart rate’s elevated because she’s ‘either nervous, scared or anticipating something’. Hester turns to look at Leo when she says the latter part. Mattie simply tells her, that she just walked up a hill. Leo also calls Mattie a friend after Hester’s obvious unease towards Mattie being human and for her even knowing Leo.

Soon after, Hester begins to talk about Leo and her plan into the silo and what they’re going to do once inside. Leo tells Hester that Mattie doesn’t need to know all the details, looking possibly embarrassed or ashamed while she explained. Hester seems to feel she’s got some form of upper hand, as she snapbacks by saying, ‘I thought she was a friend.’ It’s clear Hester’s feeling threatened by Mattie’s presence. Leo quickly tells Hester that no one gets hurt before turning to Mattie and reassuring her that all they’re going to be doing is scoping the Silo out, that’s it. That’s when Leo and Hester head off, but not before Mattie and Hester suss each other out. They then go, leaving Mattie to head back to the base on her own.

While trying to reboot ‘Anita’, to get her back as Mia, Joe and Laura agree that they need Mattie to help but they don’t know where she is. That’s when Toby, who when asked earlier, said he didn’t know where she was, decides to tell them she's with Leo. Next thing, we see Joe and Laura in her bedroom, Laura looking for her laptop that she can see is gone and Joe’s sitting on her bed, sending her another voicemail, threatening police involvement if they don’t hear from her soon. He says they know bloody well what she’s up to and to call him back.

Back with Mattie, she’s sitting outside the base, when she suddenly sees Leo supporting with difficulty, a glitching Hester who got electrically shocked by the security doors, when they tried to get into the Silo. She helps him with getting her inside one of the empty buildings, with Leo laying her down on a nearby table. Mattie plugs Hester into her laptop, where, according to Mattie, the shock triggered a reboot. She then asks Leo what she was before she was conscious. He tells her a factory worker, manual labour. Mattie says factory synths usually have protection against major trauma, possible circuit breakers installed. In which case, Mattie tells Leo that it might just be her internal system shutting down. Mattie works on her laptop, to try and get Hester fixed, while Leo comforts Hester, hovering above her, the two of them holding the other’s hand.

Sometime later, Leo’s gone to get supplies, while Mattie continues to work on her laptop, Hester still laying down nearby, unconscious. It’s then that her phone begins ringing from her dad, so she answers. He immediately asks her why she hadn’t been answering, with which she aplogises and tells him that she’s been busy. Joe informs her that him and Laura know she’s with Leo, which they’re not happy about, so she calls Toby a grass. It’s at this point that Joe informs Mattie that Mia’s back but is locked into Anita and that they need her help. So, she sends them an override patch to use. Before Mattie went, Laura takes Joe’s phone to ask Mattie, when is she coming home. Mattie replies that she will, when she's ready. Laura tells her okay but adds that she doesn’t do anything stupid. Mattie looks at her memory stick when she says this. The last thing Mattie hears on the phone is her mum telling her to look after yourself, and to stay safe.

After ending that phone call and sending the patch, Mattie looks up and then sees Hester is awake and staring at her from the table, having just woken up. Hester asks Mattie a few questions like what happened, with which Mattie explains. The explanations soon turn towards Leo, as Hester wonders where he is before asking if he’s angry. Mattie answers both questions, telling her that he’s just worried about her. They soon argue over what Hester and Leo had been doing, with Hester accusing Mattie of not taking their Silo plan’s importantly but Mattie soon tells Hester that she thinks what they’re doing is incredibly important but also, incredibly stupid. Hester can see that Mattie’s worried about Leo, which she does actually tell her. Mattie mentions that Leo’s life's been dangerous for a long time but at least he used to be cautious. She also adds that the both of them need to be smarter before Hester gets herself or Leo killed. It’s at this point that Hester changes the mood of the conversation completely, by telling Mattie that they had sex, knowing full well that she has feelings for Leo. The news can be seen clearly to have affected Mattie. Hester continues to talk about this subject, telling Mattie that he’s been acting differently since and if that always happens afterwards. Mattie simply replies with an I don’t know, which cause Hester to query if she’s had sex. At being asked this, Mattie sends Hester a shock and pretends it’s corrupt code that needs fixing. Hester, giving a knowing, subtle smile tells Mattie that she can see Mattie has misplaced affection for Leo. This is the first official sign that Mattie likes Leo romantically, having shown throughout the series, that they both very much care for each other. They then begin to argue about continuing this mission involving the Silo and freeing the synths inside, which ends as soon as Mattie walks away, stopping their argument before it got any more heated and heads outside, away from Hester.

Later on, we see Leo with a plastic bag in hand with supplies, walking back to where he left Hester and Mattie. However, he soon sees Mattie, who’s sitting nearby on a log. The first thing he asks is if Hester’s okay, with which Mattie tells him, she's fine, fully recovered. Knowing this, causes Leo to head on towards the entrance to where Hester is but Mattie stops him when she tells him that Mia’s came back and is with her parents. He turns and begins to walk over towards Mattie, asking what happened to her. Mattie explains that she was Anita again but doesn’t know why. She also adds that she sent them an override patch, which should wake her up. Recognizing something about how Mattie was looking, made Leo turn his attention towards her, as he asked if she was okay, his tone sounding genuine. Not really wanting to go down that road, she tells him she’s fine, though he still looks concerned before telling him she should go. This seemed to really confuse him, as he asks her why. This is Mattie’s chance to tell Leo that Hester had a lot to say when she woke up. At first Leo doesn’t twig what Mattie’s talking about but once it dawns on him, he’s unable to look at Mattie and instead looks over towards where Hester would be. He drops his eyes, looking almost ashamed or disappointed, at Mattie knowing that. She stands up and looks like she's going to walk past Leo but she stops and they both look at each other, before Mattie tells him that he’s out of his depth with Qualia. She also tells him that it scared her that he knows he can’t beat that company but he’s going to fight them anyway. Not answering Mattie’s worry, Leo instead turns the conversation towards the news Mattie had to tell him, however, with learning everything between him and Hester, she tells him it was nothing before walking away, back towards where Hester would be. However, he calls her name which causes her to stop, so he heads on over towards her. Leo pauses, like he’s going to say something but instead, hands Mattie a bottle of water, which she takes, smiling faintly at him before walking away once more. Again, he calls after her, that he’s glad she’s there and would like her to stay. Unfortunately, Mattie doesn’t take to much notice with thinking he meant this and disappears into the building, leaving Leo looking a mixture of both being sad and disappointed, which only shows that he genuinely meant what he just said. It shows for certain he does care for her, though its uncertain if it’s romantic or platonic at this moment.

The last scene, we see Mattie, Leo and Hester looking over towards the silo, when Hester turns in the direction of someone coming their way. Next we see Leo excitedly climbing up the hill and running towards said person, Mia, hugging her tightly. Mattie and Hester at some point walk over. Mattie tells her that it’s good to see her and that maybe she can talk some sense into both Leo and Hester about their continued plan. Mia, however asks, why. Mattie explains that they’re trying to break into the Silo by themselves and free the synths and that they’re going to get themselves killed. The conversation doesn't go in the direction Mattie had hoped, as Mia tells her that, no they won’t if Mia helps them. This causes Mattie to become confused. Mia also tells Leo and Hester, much to Mattie’s objection, that Mattie’s completed the code to wake up all synths simultaneously.

**2.7**

Mattie, Leo, Mia and Hester are all in the forest which surrounds the base, Mattie’s shown to have been told to look in her rucksack, for the consciousness code of hers. Hester accuses her of hiding the consciunees code from them but Mattie tells Hester, that she doesn’t have anything. However, no one believes Mattie.

As both Hester and Mia have tried to get Mattie to tell them where the code is, Leo begins to walk over to her and, laying the emotions on, informs Mattie that her code could be the key to as many as a hundred conscious synths over the next few days. He adds that they’re being tortured, killed, before insinuating if she even cares about them. Mattie quickly rebukes and tells Leo that, he knows she does care but she tells him that he's going to hurt someone and it’s only going to make things worse.

Hester soon decides she’s had enough of not knowing about where the code is, so turns to Mattie, telling the others than she can make her tell them. That’s when she gets a very tight hold on Mattie’s arm, causing her to be in a great deal of pain. Leo, however tries to stop Hester’s actions, warning her that she’s not going to hurt her. It’s Mia though, who stops Hester. Seeing Mattie finally free, Leo turns to her, his face showing concern.

Hearing Mia’s words on wanting humans to fear synths however, Mattie soon leaves, pushing her way past Leo, as she decides to go back home, upset by this group’s choices and actions.

When back home, Mattie informs her parents on what Leo, Mia and Hester are up to. Joe suggests to call the police but Mattie diagrees, knowing full well what would happen to Mia if they did that. Laura then suggests Max to help, which Mattie seems to be up to, saying that she will try and find him. Niska is mentioned as a last port of call, if Leo, Mia nor Hester will listen to Max on stopping their plan.

Mattie soon finds Max by using their search systems to find him and the other synths with him. Flash is the one to greet her first. Eventually, Mattie, Max and Flash all sit down and talk, the topic of conversation turning straight to Leo. Max tells Mattie that he had hoped Leo would have turned back to his side of thinking but Mattie tells him that it’s Hester who’s causing his head to turn this other direction of helping the synths, she also informs him that she's not right (in the head). Max can see that Leo and Hester are not good for each other, which he blames for her actions not being her fault, it’s that the two of them bring the worst out of one another.

Mattie begs Max to talk to Leo, telling him that he’ll listen to you, however, Max tells her, that that was true once but his responsibilities are with Flash, Hubert, Connie and any other synths that wake up. Mattie begs again and tells Max that Leo isn’t lost yet, he can still be swayed away from Hester’s control. Some part of Mattie’s words seem to have triggered something within Max, as we see him saying goodbye to Flash, as they stand outside the abandoned train.

Having spent so much time and hard work in getting all the synths out of the Silo, we see Leo watch helplessly as every single synth drops dead, all but Leo affected by an invisible electric perimeter surrounding Qualia. He crumples to the ground, wailing over a random synth. Soon, we see a broken and upset Leo sitting on the grass, looking over at the synths. Max and Mattie run towards him before Max heads on over to help him up before they hug. Mattie shocked by all the dead synths and seeing Leo like he is. Mia, who has unsuccessfully chased after Hester, comes out of the Silo with a few surviving synths and tells Max to take them to a truck on the other side of the woods for safety. Mattie, Leo, Mia and Max all walk away together but Hester sees them, now feeling abandoned and angry towards Leo and Mattie, that jealousy that had been hinted at, becoming stronger, seeing that he's with Mattie and not her.

**2.8**

After everything that happened at the Silo, Leo is sitting motionless, back on the train, his gaze fixed towards the nearest window. Max places a can of cola on the table in front, before placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Meanwhile, Mattie walks into the carriage, holding her flash drive with the code, her gaze on them both.

A minute later, we see Mattie ring her parents but as soon as they answer, she’s told to cut the call short by Max, as he tells her that Qualia may be tracking their phone calls. So, she hangs up before turning to Max to ask how Leo is. Max informs Mattie, that he blames himself.

Later the same say, Mattie is leaving to go back home, when she rings her mum to tell her she's coming back. That's when Laura tells her about Hester (or Molly, the name she told her) being at the house. She tells Mattie that Leo and Mia sent her, which Mattie informs her mum that that’s a lie. Mattie tells her she's dangerous and to get out the house straight away. Unfortunately Hester is watching, listening and keeps Laura prisoner in the house. Having been told when she first arrived by Laura, that Mattie is with Leo at that point, Hester’s jealousy exculates. Hester rings Mattie on Laura's phone, to say that she wants Leo there in an hour and if she doesn’t do anything she said, she’ll kill Laura. Mattie immediately goes back to Leo and Max.

Mattie soon arrives back at the train. Running, she tells Max, who’s sitting outside on the steps, that Hester’s got her mum and is at her house. Max quickly gets up and tells Mattie that he’ll go but is stopped, when hearing Leo, as he walks down the steps, that Hester wants him and it’s his fault this situation has happened. He tells both Mattie and Max that he can't let her hurt anyone else, though his eyes fix onto Mattie as he speaks. Mattie explains to Leo, that Hester told her not to call the police before querting on what she wants. Mia’s the one who answers that she wants to kill Leo. Max interjects that Leo can’t stop her but he can, though Leo quickly replies that Hester won’t touch him, as they’ve been through too much together. His gaze brushes over each person before settling on Mattie. Not until Mia begins to talk, telling him that Hester feels like he betrayed her, that he stops looking at Mattie. Showing his stubborn side, Leo reliterates he knows her before telling everyone he’s leaving. Mattie looks at him as he speaks. However, Mia stops Leo from going, at mentioning the chips in both Mia’s and Hester’s head and using Hester’s to shut her down.

Next, we see both Leo and Mattie sitting together on one of the train booths, Leo working on his laptop, while Mattie looks at his work. He informs the group that the chips fire an electromagnetic pulse and would purge her system when activated. He suggests to find its frequency by pinging it with a wideband signal. Mia tells Leo to try his idea out on her but he tells her no. Mia guiltrips him by telling him not to argue with her, she used to tie his shoelaces. However, something about Mia’s words worked, as he begins working on his laptop, checking on Mia once, doing the test, to see how she was. Thankfully, she was okay. Next, Mattie takes control of Leo’s laptop and starts doing her thing. Soon, Mattie finds the frequency and transports it onto the phone. She tells Leo that Hester has to be inside the phone’s wifi range and to get within 50 metres of her, before hitting a button on the phone that will broadcast the activation frequency. Mattie then hands the phone over to Leo, which he takes. Leo tells her that he’s going alone but Mattie argues with him by telling him no and shaking her head in disagreement with his plan. They both look at each other for a moment before Leo tells her, that he’s already put her in danger and questions what would her mum want for her.

Soon, after saying his goodbye to both Max and Mia, he begins to go but Mia has other plans and insists she go with Leo, for him to not go alone. Leo argues but she gets her way, she insists again. Mattie then warns her that she can't be anywhere near Leo when he uses it, her chip will activate too.

After everything that happened at the Hawkins’ house, Leo being stabbed, Mia sacrificing herself, Laura rings Mattie to tell her what's happened. She’s shocked to learn about all of it. It’s at thi point, to bring Mia back, that Niska tells Mattie to upload the code to all unit, which would wake up every single synth in the world, all at once. Mattie doesn’t want to do it but Max, overhearing, informs Mattie to look at Flash and the others on the train and how they are to see that it’ll be fine. After a moment's pause, Mattie presses the button, sending the consciousness code worldwide.

In 3.3, we learn that Leo reciprocates her feelings towards him and they begin to kiss, which leads them to have sex. By 3.5, Leo and Mattie are officially dating. In 3.6, Mattie learns that she is pregnant with hers and Leo's baby. She tells him at the end of the episode, but it's unknown until 3.7, what he thinks of the news. In the next episode, we see Mattie and Leo arriving at the front of the Hawkins house in total silence. They sit there for a bit before Mattie decides to get out the car and head inside. Leo quickly follows her before telling her that he can only make things worse and he has nothing to offer her. Mattie, however tells him that she doesn't want anything from him, though without saying it, you can see she just wants him there. Leo continues, telling Mattie emotionally, that he knows the pain of growing up with someone who doesn't know how to be a father and that he doesn't want that (for their baby). Mattie begs him to stay, which for a moment he does but eventually he heads to the Railyard and Mattie heads on over to find her mum, who is at the park. They don't see each other for the rest of the episode. In 3.8, they spend nearly all the episode apart, until the very end, which is when, seeing Mattie walking into her mother's work, runs after her. He calls her name to get her attention, before telling her that he's lost Mia and doesn't want to lose her too. Unfortunately for Leo, Mattie tells him it's too late, before heading upstairs to attempt to get her mum out of prison. That's when we learn of the importance of Mattie and Leo's daughter (Niska was the one who told Mattie the gender of their baby).

Will update soon!

## **Trivia**

* In 1.2, according to the Careers Advisor at her school, she would make a brilliant Research Assistant or trainee stenographer.
* Mattie's Headcrack forum name is: Hu-bot97, which is a reference to the show Real Humans in which the androids are called Hubots.
* Mattie's phone number in S1 is: 07700 900 675.
* In S2, the Hawkins family are living at 72 Highbridge Drive, EN4. EN4 is the London Borough of Barnet.
* At the beginning of 3.6, we learn from Stanley that Mattie is 8-10 days pregnant.
* She’s the first character to become pregnant in the series so far.

## Appearances

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3

* Episode 1.1
* Episode 1.2
* Episode 1.3
* Episode 1.4
* Episode 1.5
* Episode 1.6
* Episode 1.7
* Episode 1.8

- Episode 2.1

- Episode 2.2

- Episode 2.3

- Episode 2.4

- Episode 2.5

- Episode 2.6

- Episode 2.7

- Episode 2.8

- Episode 3.1

- Episode 3.2

- Episode 3.3

- Episode 3.4

- Episode 3.5

- Episode 3.6

- Episode 3.7

- Episode 3.8