Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017): Season 1, Episode 8 - The 214s - full transcript

Man on recording:
Everything that you conceive

of yourself as being
is an illusion.

There is no self.

Take a deep breath in.

(inhales)

Allow yourself to experience
everythingness

and nothingness.

As you breathe out,
let go of fear.

You can choose
to leave the familiar...

I'm fine.

Recording:
...or stay in the safe oblivion



- of pain, ignorance...
- Donna.

- Sorry. I'm sorry.
- Recording: And a blank page.

Gordon: We need
a lot of shrimp on ice.

- Bosworth: $2,000?
- Gulf white, preferably.

And not frozen 'cause
people will know.

But two grand for shrimp?

What, are you gonna try
to drown someone in 'em?

Anyone who means anything
throws a lavish party.

At COMDEX,
lavish equals shrimp.

Did we get
a decent booth location?

I'm on hold right now.

- Well, how much is that gonna cost?
- 18 grand.

Whew.

You're not gonna ask me
50 questions?



You gonna blow the balls off
the numbers?

Yes, sir. Yes, hello.

That's correct.
27th through the 2nd.

I'm sorry, can you hold?

Maylene, this phone
is clicking now, too.

Can you get someone
in here to fix it?

Yes, sir.

Hello, sorry about that.
What is it?

C-23. Thank you.

Commodore, Tandy,
Cardiff Electric.

Gordon: That is huge,
that is huge.

It's so big, I'm telling you.
I've been there.

(groans)

- You all right?
- Uh-huh.

You're not upset about COMDEX?

What?

Why would I want
to go to COMDEX?

It's just for salesmen, right?

They can just turn it on
to see what I did.

True.

You know, I'll miss you
while I'm there.

Yeah, me, too.

(both laugh)

You tell Gordon yet?

I keep putting it off.
You think he'll be upset?

Gordon Clark?

COMDEX.
Pretty amazing, huh?

Debbie:
I'II take your word for it.

Well, it's hard to explain
if you haven't actually been there.

I mean, I don't want
to oversell it or anything,

but it is spectacular.

There's gonna be over
a thousand booths this year.

All the heavy hitters show up.

You got Steve Jobs, Bill Gates,
Mitch Kapor, you know?

IBM takes over two hotel floors,
and the party scene...

the party scene is unbelievable.

When Donna and I were there in '81,
we started at the penthouse

and worked our way down,

hitting every corporate party
with decent booze.

You got us rooms
at the Norwick, right?

'Cause staying there is key,

otherwise you spend
the whole week

waiting in line for a taxi.

Trust me, I know.
I learned the hard way.

Debbie:
Wait, are you going, too?

Joe said he only needed one room.

You're going
to COMDEX without me?

I'm sorry.

It was arranged the week
you were out sick.

- I forgot to tell you.
- Bullshit you forgot to tell me!

Cameron's not going either.

Oh, well, if Cameron's not going,
then all right, then.

Look, it's not like
your role is essential.

Yeah, I only built
the damn thing, Joe.

COMDEX is about selling it
and that is my area of expertise.

What about the demo?
What if there's a glitch in the system?

Like when you
debuted the Symphonic?

I was trying to avoid
bringing it up,

but the fact is, people still remember
what happened in '81.

I can't afford
to have the stink from that

distracting potential buyers.

But if I need any troubleshooting,
you're my first call.

I didn't kill myself
all these months

for you to get all
the glory with the Giant.

You plan on seeing me
at booth C-23 on Monday.

(panting)

Recording:
...breathe out, let go of fear.

You can choose to leave
the familiar or stay...

(bangs)

(theme music playing)

Donna:
Hunt?

What are you doing here?

Donna, hey. Uh, um...

- How long have you been out here?
- Not long.

I was just, um...

(sighs)

- This was a mistake.
- No, no. I just...

- I thought after Lubbock that...
- I shouldn't be here.

Could you just forget

you ever saw me?

Of course.
You don't have to worry.

But you really
can't show up like this.

I know, it won't...
it won't happen again.

I promise.

Donna, uh,
I want you to know

I think you're
an amazing woman.

Everything all right over there?

Noticed you guys had to
dig up your back lawn

a while back,
resod everything.

Just wanna make sure
there's not some sort of ugly weed

I need to look out for.

Oh, uh, no.
The heat killed off some patches.

We just didn't water enough.

Oh, yeah.
(chuckles)

Gordon:
Donna?

I need to talk to you.

Look, I know we promise

to discuss any
purchases over $50,

but before you explode,
this was an emergency situation

and I had to act fast.

What do you mean, emergency?

Joe's trying
to box me out of COMDEX

and I don't have to tell
you what a snake he is,

but there was only one
room left on the Strip

and flights to Vegas
were shooting up.

I had to put the $455
charge on our credit card.

I just... I have to be there.

Whatever you need to do.

(stammers)
Oh, are-are you sure?

Mm-hmm.

Donna, you're the best.

Oh, my God.
Thank you.

Oh, I gotta figure out
what suit I need to bring.

Look, I know you think
I look good in blue,

but I don't want
to risk anyone thinking

I'm with IBM, you know?

- Morning, Maylene.
- John...

Now, sweetheart, you know
I can't talk business

till I get my "ker-fee" in me.

Nathan, well, I didn't
realize you were coming by.

Can I get you anything?

Cup of joe.
Maylene knows how you like it.

I'm fine right here.

Wh... what brings you by?

A little while back
you asked me for money

for this PC project.

Oh, you told me to shove it,
if I remember correctly.

Thank goodness you did.

I was able to shift
some things around...

I've reconsidered.

I see.

I thought if my
old pal John Bosworth

wants something from me,

I should give it to him.

A little early in the day for a drink,
ain't it, John?

You havin' fun, Nathan?

Hey, Boz, we just got a...

Who the hell do you think you are,
waltzing in here like this?

- What?
- What is your name again?

Cameron.

Get the hell out of my office,
Cameron.

Why do you think
I have a damn secretary?

- Don't make me say it again!
- All right.

My God, John.
You're a bit jumpy today, aren't you?

If you don't mind,
I got a meeting.

My main concern is differentiating this
from the other PC compatibles.

Press will want to lump it in
with all the others.

Well, Cameron's operating system

is unlike anything else
on the market.

Cameron?

Uh, yeah, it's interactive.

Um, I can just show it to you.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

No, you want this
machine to stand out

from every other machine
on the floor,

you gotta stop talking
about the machine

and you gotta start talking
about the people that made it.

Okay, they bled for this.

The future's coming
whether we like it or not,

but it ain't written anywhere
that it includes any of us.

And getting there ain't free.
There's a cost.

People who put up the money,
they like to take the credit,

but the credit belongs
to them that built it.

This machine is the future.

Make them see that.

(inhales deeply)

John Bosworth,
you're under arrest.

Can we do this outside?

- We're gonna do this right here.
- What the hell's going on?

Sit down, sir.

Make sure no one
touches these computers.

Everyone, please be calm
and stay where you are.

We're gonna be shutting
this company down.

Once we have what we need,

you'll be searched
and cleared to leave.

No company property will be allowed
to leave the premises.

So for now, just sit tight.

We'll have you outta here
as soon as possible.

Step back from
your keyboards, folks.

Stop typing, please.

Man:
Stay where you are. Heads up.

(chattering)

(lock clicks)

They think
John did it?

Go try that door over there.

(knocking)

(clicking, banging)

- Ow. Ah...!
- Do you have a key to this room?

- Yes.
- (knocking on door)

(knocking continues)

Come on.

Sir, take your personal
belongings and get out.

- But l...
- Now.

Agent:
Get that out of here.

(typewriter keys clacking)

He's not in.
I'II tell him you stopped by.

Oh, no, thank you.
That's fine.

I'll just...
I'II catch up with him later.

Oh, as long as you're here,
I need you to sign his good-bye card.

Good-bye card?

You didn't hear?
You two seemed so close.

- Was he... was he transferred?
- Resigned.

Would've been nice
to have a little notice.

Did he say where he was going?
Is he leaving Dallas?

He didn't say and I didn't ask.

(clicking resumes)

(chattering)

Do you know anything?

Let's go back to your place,
figure it out.

All right, I'll see you there.

They're looking for evidence
of hacking, computer crime.

Bosworth couldn't do that.

He knows maybe
three people who could.

Are you a part of this?

Bosworth came to me, okay?

He asked if I knew about the 414s,
about hacking.

It was so easy.

They were practically...

like, the bank has no
security whatsoever.

- (scoffs)
- I'm sorry.

We were gonna put all the money
back in Cardiff's account

as soon as we made some sales
and we came back from COMDEX.

I mean,
we thought he'd never notice.

Everybody out.

Gordon:
It's all a misunderstanding.

Joe:
It's not a misunderstanding.

We'll be laughing
about this in 24 hours.

Gordon, you're wrong.

- (sighs)
- What's going on?

- Did you know about this?
- I didn't know anything about this.

Yes, you did.
You were involved.

- I was not involved.
- Yes, you were.

- You were involved from the...
- I did it.

I was trying to save the company.

We were completely
out of money.

You two are perfect
for each other.

- You're both psychotic.
- If I hadn't done this,

we would've been
shut down weeks ago.

All your work
would've been shelved.

Don't act like you threw a bake sale.
You robbed a bank.

It was Cardiff's money.

Once we sold the computer,

we would've made it
back and then some.

You should've come to me.
We could've made a plan.

Now all of our careers
are in jeopardy.

Your careers?
I could be going to jail.

Oh, my God, you two.

I'm so stupid.
God, I'm stupid.

Stop including me in this.
I'm just as upset as you are.

No, you're gonna come out
on top of this somehow.

Every time something terrible
happens, you seem to benefit.

IBM finding out
we reverse-engineered their PC,

Cameron losing her work
on the BIOS.

- What?
- Oh, yeah.

He crashed it for publicity
and let you twist in the wind.

Did he fail to mention that to you
during pillow talk?

Is that true?

I'll bet you're the one
that turned Boz in.

- Now you're top dog.
- Joe, answer me.

Yes, I did it.
For publicity, which we got.

I'm sorry you had a bad day
for the sake of our project.

"A bad day"?

Are you really in a place
to cast judgment right now?

And why the hell
are you attacking me, Gordon?

- She stole the money!
- I put my life into that box.

- Like I didn't?
- You gave it a name and a handle.

You didn't build a damn thing.

He's right.
You only destroy things.

You've never created anything.

I created both of you.

(garage door whirring)

So, it's over?
Everything?

We're back to...

we're back to where we started?

Oh, my God, l...

I can't believe
this is happening again.

Any openings at TI?

Donna, what do I do?

Gordon, I'm sorry.
L... I just...

I can't deal with this right now.

Donna?

I'm sorry, I have a meeting.

- Donna?
- (handset clicks)

- (sighs)
- (line hums)

- ("Face To Face With lt" playing)
- (Ping-Pong balls bouncing)

I might end up crashing
on my parents' couch again.

I heard he took the money
to pay off gambling debts.

Horse racing.
He's an addict.

Jail should be a good place
to work on that.

That's why you don't hire
some ancient good old boy

to run your computer business.

Yo-Yo: I bet they send him away
for a while.

Man: At least he knows where
his meals are coming from

for the next 10 years.

Lev: You ever talk
to him about code?

- He's like a caveman.
- Yo-Yo: He's a scumbag.

(line ringing)

Man on phone: Hello?

Joe MacMillan, Cardiff Electric.

- How you doing, Jim?
- Oh, hey, Joe.

We gonna see you out
in Vegas this year?

That's just what
I'm calling you about.

I wanted to give you
an opportunity to get in early.

A small order now,
before COMDEX,

before the prices skyrocket.

Ah, I think we're
gonna stick with IBM.

But IBM doesn't make a portable.

Well, not one
they've announced yet.

Where did you hear this rumor?

I don't know.
Everybody's talking about it.

- Is there a release date?
- I hear early next year.

- Thank you, Jim.
- Sure. You bet.

- (cracks)
- (grunts)

(clatters)

I finally got them down.

Why don't you go to sleep,
sweetheart?

You look terrible.

No, I want to wait
until Gordon gets home.

- Has he called yet?
- No.

This kinda thing been
happening a lot since...

Since he dug a hole
in our back yard?

Mom, this kind of thing
has been happening

since the day we met.

I'm just asking, sweetheart.

Work okay, at least?

Hunt is leaving TI.

Oh, my goodness.
What happened?

- Did he get fired?
- No, he resigned.

- No notice.
- Well, they love him over there.

Why on earth would he do
a thing like that?

Mom, I think I made a mistake.

When we were in Lubbock...

Something like this
was bound to happen.

Mom, I didn't sleep with him.

Then what are we really
talking about here, honey?

I don't know.
I don't know. I just...

I thought... I thought
he wasn't interested,

but then he was here last night
outside the house.

- And?
- Well, nothing, really.

He got all flustered and left,

and I think he'd been
out there for a while.

Does Gordon know?

Mom, what am I gonna do?

Your daddy and I love you,

and we love Gordon
because you love him,

but here you are, miserable,

continuing to hold up
this entire household

while he's off God knows where.

We will continue to support you

and help you any way we can,

and we'll do so gladly
until we die.

But, Donna, you need
to think long and hard

about why we keep
ending up back here.

And you need to figure out
what is best

for you and for your children.

(crickets chirping)

(engine starts)

(tires screech)

(sighs)

What are you doing?

Hey, honey.

Is that the Giant?

Yeah, and I also got milk.
I noticed that we were out.

Gordon, did you steal that?
Isn't that evidence?

No, no, no.

If it was evidence,
they would've seized it.

Gordon, this is not good.

I don't know what
you're thinking, but...

Donna, I need you to stop
looking at me and thinking,

"Here we go again.
It's the Symphonic all over again."

- 'Cause it's not, okay?
- Gordon...

Look, Donna, it's not.
I promise.

Look, this...
this right here, this is shit.

(bangs)

Okay, you were right
to pull the plug.

You were right to tell your dad
to stop giving us money.

You knew?
How long did you know...

Hey, hey, hey.
Look, I was angry

for a long time,
but I'm not anymore.

You were right. Okay?

Are you worried about me?
Is that what this is?

Let me do the worrying
this time, okay?

I got this.
I have a plan, all right?

I'm gonna find
Cameron and Joe

and we're gonna
do this together, okay?

I need them.
I can't do this on my own.

You can't do what
on your own?

Go to COMDEX.
I'm gonna go to COMDEX

and sell the Giant,
just like we'd always planned.

Damn Nathan Cardiff.

That's crazy.
That's insane.

I love you,
but Cameron is some sort

of wanted criminal now.

- And who knows where...
- I know it's crazy.

I know, but you're crazy, too.

No, no, you forget that,
but you are.

We were both crazy
and then all of a sudden,

you decided you needed
to be the sane one.

Yes, because...

That you needed to take care of me,
but you don't.

Look, be crazy with me.

I need you to be behind me, Donna.

I need you to support me on this.

I am behind you, Gordon.
You know that I'm here for you.

Thank you.

Listen, the coders think that
Cameron went down to Austin.

If I leave now,
I can make it there by morning.

Then Joe, then back here to pack,
then COMDEX.

I'm gonna sell a computer.

My own computer,
just like I always said I was.

I can promise you that.

(garage door whirring)

I love you.

(line rings)

- Hello?
- Mom, it's me.

Sweetheart, what's wrong?

Is everything okay?

The girls and I need to come
and stay with you for a while.

Okay. Have you talked
to Gordon about this?

Can you just come pick them up
first thing in the morning?

I'm gonna talk to Gordon
when he gets home

and I don't want them
to be here when I do.

(game beeping)

I got next game.

("What Do You Got
Against Love" playing)

God, I would've paid money

to see you break into
Cardiff Electric.

Does Joe know
it's in your garage?

No, I came to you first.

Look, I know that we've had less
than an ideal working relationship,

and I'll take some
of the flak on that.

Yeah, and you've been kind of a dick
to me outside of work, too.

Well, let's focus on
what we do have in common.

What if we take the Giant
to COMDEX anyway?

You know?
And orders start coming in?

I mean, Cardiff won't turn down
that kind of money.

He'll be forced
to reopen the department.

Why do you even care if I come?

Because you are responsible
for half the machine.

We're the talent, not Joe.

No, I'm in enough trouble as it is.

Okay, okay.
Well, it was worth a shot.

And I want you to know

that even though that we've
had our differences

and I'm not entirely clear
on what the function

of your special OS is,

I'll try and do it
justice at the demo.

I know what you're doing.
It's not gonna work.

Okay, well, let me
make sure I got it.

It's better than MS-DOS
because it does things

like ask you
how your day is going

and corrects you if you make
a command wrong.

(snaps fingers)
Oh, wait, no, I know what I'll say.

It's like having your mother
inside your computer.

How's that?

(thumps)

Come on, Joe.
We know you're in there.

Open up.

(rings doorbell repeatedly)

He's probably hiding.

Well, what should we do now?

Take this as a sign
we shouldn't be involved.

Wait, wait, come on.

Do you have 30 grand on you?
'Cause I sure as hell don't,

and right about now
the checks for our booth,

our suite, and our trip
have just bounced.

And if we're really
being honest with each other,

he's not a bad talker.

You have a key.

Shit, he cleared out.
He's gone.

He's not gone,
this is just how he lives.

On purpose?

God, I know nothing
about this guy.

Other than he likes glass.

I'm gonna call Donna.
I don't want her to worry.

(phone keys clicking)

(phone ringing)

(sighs)

(ringing continues)

- (whirring)
- (ringing continues)

(beeps)

(keys clacking)

(chuckles)

Gordon:
I don't remember. It's been...

Cameron: Oh, come on.
I wanna hear about it.

Honestly,
I don't even remember.

Cameron:
I'll tell you my first time.

- Okay.
- Okay...

it was, um, the Apple II.

Oh, God, jeez.
I feel so old.

- I'm good.
- All right.

Uh, my mom's new boyfriend
got it for me for Christmas.

Some pathetic attempt
at winning me over.

But by New Year's
I had disassembled it

and reassembled it
four times.

How long did it take you
to disassemble

your mom's new boyfriend?

He hung in there till Easter.

(both laugh)

You never really
mention your family.

There's not much to say.

Okay.

Well, it was a few weeks
before Christmas

and I saw the Altair on the cover
of "Popular Electronics"

and I just had to get the kit.

But I was in school
and up to my ears in student loans,

and I'd just spent my last nickel

on getting an engagement ring
for Donna,

which cost serious money
I didn't have.

Oh, let me guess.
A big diamond.

Me and Donna used to write each other
these little love notes,

but they were encrypted.
We...

we developed our own
polyalphabetic cipher...

(chuckles)
Geeks.

Anyways, I designed
the ring myself

and I incorporated
the cipher into it,

and the only way
to break our code

was with Donna's
engagement ring.

(laughs)
Wait, you proposed to your wife

with a decoder ring?

- I know.
- Gordon, wow.

I was 23, you know?

Anyways, she likes puzzles,
and it was nice, you know?

It was platinum
with sapphires and stuff.

Anyways, I was gonna give it
to her over the holidays.

Well, Christmas Day comes

and I go to get the ring
and it's gone.

You shoulda seen me.

I mean, I tore that apartment
upside down looking for it.

And Donna comes in
with my present

and she's yelling at me

to stop ransacking
the apartment and open it.

And there it was,
the Altair computer kit.

And I knew she hadn't borrowed
the money from her parents

because she hadn't even
told them about me yet.

Would you believe

that she found
the engagement ring

and pawned it
to get me the Altair?

- Aw.
- And she said to me,

"You can buy me a ring
once we've sold our first PC."

Oh.

It's hard to imagine you and Donna
ever being my age.

I got it for her.

What, the decoder ring?

Yeah, last week.

I knew we were gonna nail it
at COMDEX and sell the Giant.

So I had the same jeweler
in Berkeley

make one up and send it
out to the office.

It's hidden
in my garage right now.

I'm gonna give it to her
when I get back next week.

Wow.

I hope we sell the Giant.

We will.

(door opens, closes)

Jesus.

What are you doing here?

I'm not gonna stay.
I just came to ask you a question.

You came all the way to New York
to ask me a question?

It's easier to tell
when you're lying

when I'm looking
right at you.

- Let's have it.
- Is IBM developing a portable PC?

We are.

So you could crush my machine?
Crush me?

I had nothing to do with it.
The team's down in Boca.

For once,
can you tell me the truth?

It may come
as a shock to you, Joe,

but you're not
the center of the universe.

Even if I knew you were
making a portable,

you think I could alter the course

of the aircraft carrier that is IBM,

make them build one
just so I could hurt you?

You're out of your mind.

If it makes you feel better,

we're at least a year
away from market.

Now, if you wanted
to ask me about computers,

you could've called me,

so why don't you have a seat

and let me know
why you're really here?

- I got what I came for.
- Sit down!

Now... let's start again.

You've been in Dallas since April.

Where were you before that?

After you deigned
to tell me the truth,

I drove across the country
to figure out...

am I her son or your son?

Even if she was dead,
she must've lived

an entire life
after you sent her away.

Places she'd been,
people who knew her.

I talked to everyone I could,

trying to find the part of her
that was me.

Oh, Joe.

Do I remind you of her?

Is that why you hate me?

I love you.

And I loved your mother.

You let me think
she abandoned me

and then told me she was dead

23 years before she was.

I'm not going over this again.

I sent her away because
she almost killed you.

And, yes, yes,
I lied to protect you.

She let you fall,
for heaven's sake!

At least she took me up there.

Because she was high.

She wanted me to be a dreamer.

Your mother wasn't a dreamer.

She was lost.

A real dreamer,
someone that matters,

makes something
out of nothing.

And that only happens
with hard work.

You understand that.

You always have.

You're more like me
in that regard,

and thank God.

Now, if you move back,
I'll find a place for you.

You'll be back
on track soon enough.

At IBM?

People have short memories.

Not me.

Joe, you and I both know

you have to come back
down to earth eventually.

You're here now.

The hard part's over.

I need to be the primary
on the portable.

Run the whole thing.

That's what you want,
I'll figure it out.

I'm glad you're back, son.

(door lock clicks)

What are you doing here?

We came to look for you last night.

Did you sleep in my bed?

Yeah, you know,
you should really get a couch.

You know, me and Donna have...

Stop, I just came here
to get my things.

You're leaving?

I'm going back to IBM
to build a portable PC

that will actually see
the light of day.

Are you kidding me?

It's what I should've
done from the start.

You go back to IBM,

you go back on everything
you stand for.

That'll be you failing us.

- I just told you I was wrong.
- (Gordon laughs)

I finally get it.
I finally get how you operate.

- Great, get out of my apartment.
- Gordon: No, no.

Throughout this whole thing,

you needed to be in control,
make every decision.

You have everybody at the company
bow to your will.

But when you're finally faced
with a real opportunity

to be a visionary

and lead in a battle
that's worth fighting for,

you're just gonna move on.

You know, you can spin
a good word, Joe,

even though you're
not an engineer

and you are certainly
no visionary,

but I never thought
you were a coward.

And you never know
when to shut your mouth!

Gotcha.

Bring that fire to COMDEX
and we'II kill.

- COMDEX?
- Think about it.

How many companies
had their CEO

hauled off in handcuffs
last week?

There's over a thousand
exhibitors there.

It's nearly impossible
to stand out in all that noise,

but people will be lining up

to see the train wreck
that is Cardiff Electric,

and when they do,
we blow them away.

But we don't have the Giant.

I stole it, took it.
I got it back.

You...

you stole it?

You're crazy.

You're damn right.

Eight months ago,
I was a miserable sales engineer

whose favorite part of the day
was clocking out.

Yesterday, I broke into
a crime scene

to steal the state-of-the-art computer
that I helped create.

Cameron, the brilliant programmer,

months away from a college degree

and a promising career in software,
she dropped out,

ended up hacking into
the computers of a national bank.

John Bosworth,
Texas good ol' boy,

president of the "I Hate
Joe MacMillan" fan club.

John Bosworth hatched a plan

to embezzle thousands
and thousands of dollars

just to keep this project alive.

You... you made us all crazy,

so don't act like you
suddenly found sanity.

We have the Giant.
It is ready to go.

The only thing
we need is money.

I'm sorry?

We... we... we need...
you know...

we need your money, Joe.

This is all I have.

What?

These clothes, that car,
that's all I have.

I'm sorry, Gordon.

I guess someone
was buying my act after all.

How much is the car worth?

- Such a beautiful car.
- Let it go.

Look, I'm telling you, Donna,
I'm on a roll.

They're both on board.

I got Joe to sell his Porsche

so now we've got
enough money for COMDEX.

What's this?

I'm going with you.

You are?

Oh, Donna.
What about the girls?

They're at my parents'.
I guess I am crazy.

Good news...
Donna's coming.

Wonderful.
The more the merrier.

We've gotta make
one last stop before we go.

Get inside.

Pretty stupid idea you coming.

Barry's your lawyer?

No.

Barry does paperwork,
but he's my friend.

Put up my bail before
I even thought to ask.

They're never gonna believe
you did this alone.

You don't have
the technical knowledge.

Did you know that damn bank

was using a DEC-20 running TOPS

for their dial-in account management
timesharing system?

I kid you not.
Turns out, if you do it quick enough,

before the exception
handlers are invoked,

you can control-C
out of the user program

and then you're left sitting
with a terminal session

on an account which has
some pretty interesting privileges,

including running Kermit.

(chuckles)

Oh, I had a good teacher.

Now, why'd you come?

- We're going to COMDEX.
- (chuckles)

No kidding.
How did you manage that?

It's kind of a rogue operation.

Well, that's just as it should be.

I'll be all right.

Oh, come on, now.

Go to COMDEX.

Knock 'em dead.

Do that for me.

Get the hell outta here.

("Red Eyes" playing)

(car engine starts)

Donna:
All right, everybody ready?

- Joe, Cameron: Yep.
- Gordon: We're good.

We're off to Vegas, COMDEX!

("Red Eyes" playing)

# Running in the dark #

# I come to my soul #

#You can see it
through the dark #

# It's coming my way #

# Well, we won't get lost
inside again... #