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00:00:07( keyboard clacking )
00:00:09"Spinning Round" playing over headphones
00:00:12( knock on door )
00:00:28Joe told me they were gonna mess with it, with Mutiny.
00:00:31- And now you decide to believe him? - Yeah, I do.
00:00:34He was telling the truth. I could tell.
00:00:36- ( scoffs ) - I just could.
00:00:40- What, are you mad? - Yeah, I am.
00:00:42I wanted to sell. And I'm not the only one, by the way.
00:00:45But you completely disregarded that based on some mysterious feeling you got off the one person you told the rest of us never to trust.
00:00:54I'm not going to apologize.
00:00:57Is that going to be a problem?
00:01:01No.
00:01:06When we're able, I think we should find another network.
00:01:09It's about time we got out of the Joe MacMillan business.
00:01:11Yeah, agreed.
00:01:14( keyboard clacking )
00:01:16- Jacob: When? - This morning at City Hall.
00:01:19We wanted to tell you first.
00:01:21Why would you do that?
00:01:23Don't you think that's something I'd wanna know about?
00:01:26- To be there? - Well, we wanted it to be the two of us.
00:01:29- ( soft laugh ) - No big party, just two people in love.
00:01:32- ( sighs ) - Don't be upset, Dad. This is good news.
00:01:36I'm happy for you.
00:01:39It's just... you're my daughter.
00:01:43Joe, I'm sure you can understand why I'd want to be at my only daughter's wedding.
00:01:47Sir, we meant no disrespect.
00:01:49You seem to be making a habit of springing things on people.
00:01:52We did this together. It wasn't inflicted on me.
00:01:55It was my decision, actually.
00:01:56Look, why are you making this about you?
00:01:59I just told you I got married.
00:02:00You should be happy for me.
00:02:02I'm sorry.
00:02:04Congratulations.
00:02:06To both of you.
00:02:08Thank you.
00:02:10Well, if you'll excuse me for a moment, I'll go tell Caroline.
00:02:15Maybe I'll get a better reaction out of her.
00:02:23I take it there's something else you want to discuss with me?
00:02:26- Um... - Sara can't stand Caroline.
00:02:29( laughs )
00:02:33As much as I appreciate the opportunity you've given me here,
00:02:36I think it's time for me to move on.
00:02:38Sara and I are moving to California.
00:02:42I'm sorry to lay all this on you at once.
00:02:44No, no, no. You're right.
00:02:46Maybe it is time to move on.
00:02:49No hard feelings.
00:02:51Best of luck in all your future endeavors.
00:02:54Uh, I'm happy to help you find a replacement.
00:02:58No, that's okay. I'll leave that up to our people.
00:03:01- They'll find the right guy. - Okay.
00:03:03I can stick around until you've got someone in place.
00:03:05( chuckles ) Don't be silly.
00:03:06I couldn't give my daughter a wedding.
00:03:09The least I can do is give her a honeymoon.
00:03:10I'll tell you what.
00:03:12Ask Caroline for the keys to my private garage.
00:03:15There's a '57 Bel Air convertible in there, pristine and ready to go.
00:03:21Take it for a couple of weeks. Hit the road.
00:03:24Uh, I'll talk to Sara about that.
00:03:28- Thank you. - You bet.
00:03:36I, uh-- sorry the Mutiny deal didn't go through.
00:03:40( chuckles )
00:03:42I've been in this game long enough to know things don't always break my way.
00:03:48Enjoy the honeymoon.
00:04:01( floorboard creaks )
00:04:20( floorboard creaking )
00:04:26- Psst. - ( gasps )
00:04:28- Hey, Gordon. - Ah! Ah!
00:04:30What the heck?
00:04:35Sorry.
00:04:38( groans )
00:04:41You okay? What was it?
00:04:43It was nothing.
00:04:47It was nothing.
00:04:51( theme music playing )
00:05:25- ( chatter ) - ( spray can rattles, hissing )
00:05:32Coder: Hey, how's this look?
00:05:36Get that ice.
00:05:40Okay, we did the debugging of the staircase... and you reconfigured the game menu?
00:05:45Hmm? Yeah, I want to go over it briefly, but, yeah, I think we're basically there.
00:05:49We are there.
00:05:50We did it. It's done.
00:05:52- It's perfect. - No. No.
00:05:53I want to tweak a few more things and copy protect it and maybe rewrite some of the scroll at the top.
00:05:58- It's messy. - What? Copy protect it?
00:06:03But we don't do that. We're Mutiny.
00:06:06Uh, well, we both wrote some pretty bitching code.
00:06:08You want someone taking that?
00:06:10I learned to code by copying other people's work, pulling it apart. So did you.
00:06:15Yeah, I've also had my work stolen. It's not pretty.
00:06:18We never would've met if you had copy protected "Parallax."
00:06:21Yeah, but we did meet.
00:06:23So, because we met, now I can copy protect our work without fear of us not meeting.
00:06:30Come on, we wrote this amazing game.
00:06:32I don't want anyone taking it from us.
00:06:39Bosworth: Hey, Cameron, you coming or what?
00:06:41All right, yeah, everything's squared away.
00:06:44Okay, kegs have been delivered, tables are here, nitwit's setting up the PA out back.
00:06:49You bringing anybody?
00:06:51Maybe. We'll see.
00:06:52This is gonna be so much fun.
00:06:54Ugh, it's gonna be like a hundred awkward first dates at once.
00:06:57God, who are these people? We don't even know.
00:06:59It's a nice way to say thank you for sticking with us through all the ups and downs.
00:07:03Which brings us to our next topic.
00:07:05Uh, we're doing great.
00:07:08Community's raking it in.
00:07:11Hell, we got more and more users staying on for longer.
00:07:13( laughs )
00:07:16Uh, and games?
00:07:18Well, they're not growing as fast, but those users are loyal.
00:07:20Those boys ain't goin' anywhere.
00:07:24Can we afford to switch networks yet?
00:07:26Uh, not quite. Almost.
00:07:29A few more weeks like the last couple, we'll get there.
00:07:32Okay.
00:07:34Uh, that's it.
00:07:38( drums ) Great.
00:07:41( door opens, closes )
00:07:43Uh-huh.
00:07:47- 15 orders today. - ( doorbell rings )
00:07:50- Yeah. - I got it.
00:07:51How many is that?
00:07:53Around 250 last I counted.
00:07:55- 250? - Yeah, I took out some ads in some high-end lifestyle magazines.
00:07:59I told those dillweeds they'd wanna stick around.
00:08:01How are we supposed to keep up with that with only two of us left?
00:08:03Well, we'll hire some more people.
00:08:05Company thriving like this, we can afford some young talent.
00:08:09- What's that? - It's a return.
00:08:11The serial port wasn't installed correctly.
00:08:13No way. Come on, guys. Who did this one?
00:08:18( laughs ) Look who I found.
00:08:22- Big, bad Stan! - Howdy, fellas.
00:08:24- What are you doing here? - Oh, back in town for a bit.
00:08:26Thought I'd stop by, see how you guys are doing.
00:08:28How's everything going out West? What are you working on?
00:08:30Oh, this and that. A few things.
00:08:32Just sort of germinatin'.
00:08:33It's great. There's more VC money flyin' around than anyone knows what to do with.
00:08:38- How's it going here? - Oh, great.
00:08:42Going really great, you know? A little too great.
00:08:44So unless you wanna pick up a screwdriver and pitch in, we got work we've gotta do.
00:08:48Okay, well, I'll probably head over to the Landing in a little bit if you guys want to meet up for lunch.
00:08:53- Yeah. Sure thing. - Sounds good.
00:08:55( snaps fingers )
00:08:57( Jacob and man chuckling )
00:08:59Ah, here he is. Joe, this is Jesse Evans.
00:09:02Oh, welcome. It's great to meet you.
00:09:04You, too, man. You, too.
00:09:05Really excited to be here.
00:09:09- How was the trip? - Wonderful, thank you.
00:09:12Went on our honeymoon out West, sort of scouting it out.
00:09:15Joe is absconding with my daughter to California.
00:09:18Um, started my own thing, talked to a few VC firms.
00:09:22That's fantastic. I'm just coming from there.
00:09:24You know Mark Merlis?
00:09:27Yeah, go back to my IBM days.
00:09:29Great guy to talk to. Knows everybody.
00:09:31He put me in touch with Bob Reed and Stuart Woods.
00:09:33Amazing. They're in my pickup basketball game.
00:09:37You'll have to sub in for me now that I'm here.
00:09:39You know Jeff Archer? I'll get you his info.
00:09:42Great guy, super smart.
00:09:46What were you doing out there?
00:09:47I started an online service, Symnet.
00:09:51Did pretty well. Eventually got bought out by Oracle.
00:09:54Turned that money into a few different ventures-- a couple out West, one in Tokyo.
00:09:58You know how this business is. Always gotta be moving in every direction.
00:10:02Yeah, sure do.
00:10:04Really love what you got going on here, though.
00:10:05It's a fantastic opportunity you spotted.
00:10:08Oh, thank you. A good friend of mine did the hardware work, Gordon Clark.
00:10:12He's coming by later to walk you through it.
00:10:13Great.
00:10:15Use all the help I can get in that department.
00:10:17Jesse's more of a big picture guy.
00:10:23So, what is the big picture as you see it?
00:10:30In Q1, we could be in four cities--
00:10:33Dallas, New York, San Francisco, and London.
00:10:35By Q4, we could be in 24.
00:10:38Positioned around the globe as we are, a company this size, we can arrive on the scene a major player right away.
00:10:44None of the uncertainty of a fledgling outfit.
00:10:48( Jesse's voice fades )
00:11:01( phone ringing )
00:11:07- Hello? - ( static hissing )
00:11:10Hello?
00:11:14- ( quietly ) Jules? - ( footsteps approach )
00:11:16( knocks )
00:11:18Oh, hey. What's up?
00:11:21- How was lunch? - Good, good.
00:11:24- We brought you a sandwich. - Oh, thanks. Thanks.
00:11:28Uh, Gordon, we've been giving it some thought, and, um, I think-- it's-- it's not that we don't believe in what you're doing here.
00:11:35No, no. Heck, no.
00:11:37But we just need something a little less risky.
00:11:39Need something?
00:11:42What, you're quitting?
00:11:44What's the risk? We got 250 orders waiting to be filled.
00:11:48We sure do, but we're a little old to be bettin' our future on this.
00:11:52So, what? Stan take you out, fill your head with visions of VC money flowing through the streets?
00:11:57Oh, no, that's not it at all.
00:11:59You know, these fancy Silicon Valley companies started out somewhere, and it's not in a big corporate office.
00:12:04It's in a garage with three guys rolling up their sleeves, betting on themselves and making something great.
00:12:09Come on, we are in this together.
00:12:15You know what? It's fine. It's fine.
00:12:18You know, you guys are gonna be the ones on the outside lookin' in.
00:12:20I'm sure you're right. But right now I--
00:12:23I think we've pretty much made up our minds.
00:12:24( phone ringing )
00:12:29You gonna answer that?
00:12:32( ringing continues )
00:12:34- Hello? - Joe: Who's Jules?
00:12:37- What? - I called a second ago.
00:12:39I think the connection was bad.
00:12:40Oh, uh, no one. What do you want?
00:12:44You were supposed to be at Westgroup half an hour ago.
00:12:46Oh, yeah. I-- I forgot.
00:12:49I'll be right over there.
00:12:51- ( sighs ) - Sorry, Gordon.
00:12:53I'm sure you'll do fine without us.
00:12:56You guys are a couple of cowards.
00:13:00( laughter, chatter )
00:13:02- Hey! - ( button clicks )
00:13:04"East of Eden" playing in background
00:13:06The first users are showing up!
00:13:17Hi, welcome. I'm Donna Clark.
00:13:20You can help yourself to some food and beer's over in the hot tub.
00:13:23- You're Donna Clark. - Yeah.
00:13:24I pictured you as fat. Like, really fat.
00:13:27Thank you?
00:13:30Hi there.
00:13:32( chattering )
00:13:40Hey, where's your costume?
00:13:42I thought we were going in character, spy and sentry.
00:13:44Uh, yeah, we talked about it, but I didn't--
00:13:46Seriously? Now I look weird.
00:13:49- ( laughs ) - Well, are you comin'?
00:13:51I'm-- uh, yeah. I'm gonna do some work and finish up, but I'll be out in a minute.
00:13:56- Okay. - You look good.
00:13:57Thanks.
00:14:01It's all standard except for the custom cabinets.
00:14:03Connect the PBXs to the SNA inputs on the 3090, okay?
00:14:07It's all here, but you can give 'em my number if need be.
00:14:10Mm, back it up a little bit.
00:14:12I need you to walk him through what we've done.
00:14:13I don't have time for that.
00:14:15Just give him this, tell him what I told you, he'll understand, all right?
00:14:19Okay.
00:14:20Everything all right?
00:14:21Yeah, I'm good.
00:14:23How are you? How's, uh--?
00:14:25Sara. She's great.
00:14:26Good.
00:14:28We got married.
00:14:30What?
00:14:32( laughs )
00:14:35Yeah, we spent the past couple weeks in California on our honeymoon.
00:14:39No kiddin'.
00:14:40Congratulations.
00:14:45See you later, Joe.
00:14:48Yeah.
00:14:49Think we're movin' out there, to California, so we'll be leaving.
00:14:55So this might be good-bye for a while.
00:14:57Well, hey.
00:15:03Best of luck.
00:15:04Yeah, you, too.
00:15:08Have we landed on the moon? Of course not.
00:15:11I mean, you guys have seen "Last Starfighter," right?
00:15:13They can do anything with special effects these days, and who has access to that technology first?
00:15:17Hollywood?
00:15:19( laughs ) I don't think so.
00:15:21"A Spy in the House" playing in background
00:15:22James, how are ya?
00:15:25Okay, so, this is Mutiny.
00:15:28Yeah, this is it.
00:15:30Come on, let me show you around.
00:15:34Hey, Bodie.
00:15:36This is my son James.
00:15:39Weird.
00:15:41Nice to meet you.
00:15:42Boz has a son.
00:15:45( laughs ) Come on.
00:15:49You know, I tell you, James.
00:15:52It may not look like much, but these kids are brilliant.
00:15:54You would not believe.
00:15:59Hey.
00:16:03- Hey. - What are you doing? Why aren't you outside?
00:16:05Uh, I'm just finishing up the game. I'll be out in a minute.
00:16:07The game is done. Come on.
00:16:09This is your company.
00:16:17Well, I guess it was stupid to think I talked you out of it.
00:16:19Oh, come on. I'm protecting our work.
00:16:21- Do you have any respect for me? - I respect the shit out of you.
00:16:24You don't value my opinion--
00:16:27- never mind. - No, Tom. What?
00:16:30Come on, everyone is pissed at me in this house and no one's saying anything.
00:16:34It's driving me crazy. What is it?
00:16:37Okay, it pisses me off that I told you that I wanted to sell,
00:16:40- and then Joe tells you that you shouldn't... - Oh, God.
00:16:42- ...and that you listened to him. - You want to sell?
00:16:44- Tom, they were gonna ruin this company! - It's not about-- no, it's not about the sale. It's about you and me.
00:16:48Fine, you know what? Just break up with me if you're gonna break up with me and we can--
00:16:52I'm not gonna break up with you. I'm just--
00:16:53I'm just mad at you, okay?
00:16:55And I can be mad at you, right?
00:16:57- So, what, you wanna quit? - No, I don't want to quit.
00:16:58I love you. Why would I quit?
00:17:00Have you ever had a disagreement before?
00:17:02We're just talking. People talk.
00:17:04They fight. They argue.
00:17:06It happens every single day.
00:17:07( exhales )
00:17:10You love me?
00:17:12What? N-no-- now you're putting words in my mouth.
00:17:14No. You said those words.
00:17:18( knock on door )
00:17:21Hey, there she is, the big boss, Cameron.
00:17:23This is my son James.
00:17:25H-hi.
00:17:27( laughs )
00:17:31( phone ringing )
00:17:37Hello?
00:17:39Hey, hey, sweetie. How's camp?
00:17:43Oh, yeah? What'd you make?
00:17:46A rocking horse? All by yourself?
00:17:50Did you paint it?
00:17:53Purple?
00:17:55Son of a bitch.
00:17:57No, sorry, sweetheart. Not you.
00:18:00That all sounds great, sweetie.
00:18:01Look, Dad's gotta go, okay?
00:18:03Will you call me tomorrow?
00:18:05Okay. Okay, I love you.
00:18:14Yeah, Gordon Clark's got a unique mind.
00:18:17- Clearly. This is pretty cool. - Yeah.
00:18:20Yeah, if you're gonna switch over to a more conventional setup, maybe it'd be best if I stuck around for a few days
00:18:24to help troubleshoot with you.
00:18:26You got bigger fish to fry.
00:18:28California's calling, right?
00:18:30Yeah. ( chuckles )
00:18:33You should definitely bring on a hardware specialist.
00:18:36The expansion's gonna require lots of expertise in that area.
00:18:38I got it from here. It's my problem to worry about.
00:18:43Thanks for your help.
00:18:54( door opens )
00:18:55"Reminds Me" playing in background
00:18:57( chatter )
00:18:59Donna: Lev?
00:19:00- Lev, you made it! - Lev: Hey, guys.
00:19:03- Yo-Yo! - ( Yo-Yo laughs ) That's funny.
00:19:11Donna: You look good, kid.
00:19:12Hi.
00:19:14Welcome back.
00:19:16- I wasn't about to miss this. - I know.
00:19:18Wanted to see what these freaks were like in person.
00:19:20It's really good to see you.
00:19:23Lev! You look so fragile. I want to hug you, but--
00:19:26Just be careful, Bodie.
00:19:29Heard the new game was pretty cool.
00:19:31Decided to check it out.
00:19:33Yeah, I think you'll dig it.
00:19:35Thanks for coming.
00:19:36- Cameron? - Yeah.
00:19:38Hey, we're all here now.
00:19:39I feel like it's a good time to say something.
00:19:41- Yeah, go ahead. - No, not me, you.
00:19:43No, Donna, I really don't like to do that.
00:19:45- ( groans ) Okay. - Go.
00:19:47( music continues )
00:19:50- ( music stops ) - ( feedback rings )
00:19:52Hey. Hello, hi-- oh, hey.
00:19:55( laughs ) Hi, hi, everybody.
00:19:58Uh, I've met a lot of you already, but to those of you I haven't, I'm Donna Clark.
00:20:03Thank you all for coming.
00:20:04And now I would like to introduce to you the mind behind Mutiny, our leader Cameron Howe!
00:20:13( cheering )
00:20:17- All right, Cameron! - Howe! Howe! Howe!
00:20:21( laughing )
00:20:23Hi, I'm Cameron.
00:20:24Nice start!
00:20:26- Uh... ( laughs ) - Bosworth: There it is.
00:20:28Um-- oh, we have an announcement to make.
00:20:32Uh, today we're putting the finishing touches on our latest game.
00:20:36It's called "Extract & Defend."
00:20:37Yeah!
00:20:39How many gamers do we have here today?
00:20:42- Man: Yes! - ( scattered applause )
00:20:45Whoo!
00:20:49Well, I think you guys are really gonna love what we've done, so...
00:20:55Come on. Let's grab a beer.
00:20:57Man: All right.
00:20:59- Talk to your publisher friend? - Jeanette? Yeah.
00:21:02I'm gonna meet with her for coffee once we're back out there.
00:21:05How was your last day? How's the new guy?
00:21:08Uh, yeah, he's great. Like him a lot.
00:21:10Young. Doesn't have the hardware experience I would've expected, but...
00:21:13( pops lips ) seems nice enough.
00:21:17- You hated him? - What? No.
00:21:19Not at all.
00:21:21Well, there's a palpable hate energy here.
00:21:24Oh, I don't know. I can't put my finger on it.
00:21:27( sighs )
00:21:29He seems like an odd choice for the job.
00:21:32You're gonna miss it.
00:21:35Oh, there'll be other projects way more exciting than trying to take an oil company into the future.
00:21:40Of course, yeah.
00:21:42Hey, come here.
00:21:44- ( sighs ) - Come here.
00:21:50You're a force of nature.
00:21:51All right? You make the world what you want it to be.
00:21:55It'll happen in California, too.
00:22:04H-how about this?
00:22:07How about we step out of reality for the night, a hard reboot?
00:22:14I think once you're outside, you'll realize what's really important.
00:22:18How do I get on the outside?
00:22:21Well, I found something when I was cleaning out the closet.
00:22:24- What is that? - MDMA.
00:22:27From when I was doing the exposé.
00:22:30Let's go out tonight. Let's go to the Starck Club.
00:22:33We can bid Dallas a fond farewell.
00:22:35Show them what they'll be missing.
00:22:36- You remember College Sara? - Yeah.
00:22:40- ( laughs ) - I couldn't keep up with her.
00:22:42Well, you'd better do your best.
00:22:45"Police on My Back" playing
00:22:50( music continues )
00:22:57Hey, you made it!
00:23:00Thank God! There's some people here you really have to meet.
00:23:02This one guy, he proposed to his girlfriend after they met on Community.
00:23:07- How cool is that? - That's, uh-- that's great, honey.
00:23:09Look.
00:23:11- What? What is this? - Someone stole my idea.
00:23:15Oh, well, your idea is about you. It's about Gordon Clark.
00:23:19Computers handmade by an expert.
00:23:21Who knows who these guys are?
00:23:22All right, look. The price point's the same.
00:23:24I mean, the slogan's nearly identical.
00:23:26Gordon, come on. Let's get a beer. Let's enjoy the party.
00:23:31I think it was Stan.
00:23:32What, Stan, Stan?
00:23:35I think he got Ed and Larry involved.
00:23:37Should I go over there? I mean, should--
00:23:39- No. - Should I say something?
00:23:40No, I don't think so.
00:23:42Look, we can-- we should take a careful look at this tomorrow.
00:23:46It's probably just a coincidence.
00:23:48Even if it's not, there's nothing they can do to hurt Clark Computers
00:23:52'cause they don't have the most valuable asset, right?
00:23:57Come on, let's go hang out a little bit.
00:23:59No.
00:24:01I think I'd better go home. I'm feeling a little fried.
00:24:04Oh, okay.
00:24:06Yeah, go-- go get some sleep, then.
00:24:09Okay.
00:24:11( mutters )
00:24:14- Hey, Donna! Check this out! - Oh, hey.
00:24:21( music continues )
00:24:28Oh. Thanks.
00:24:31- Cameron Howe? - Yeah.
00:24:33Sorry, you don't know me.
00:24:35My name is Gretchen.
00:24:37This is your company, right?
00:24:39Uh... yeah.
00:24:42Yeah, it is.
00:24:44I just want to say thank you.
00:24:47- Um... - My family's kind of screwed up.
00:24:51Well, really screwed up.
00:24:55I didn't have anyone to talk to about it until I found Mutiny.
00:24:58There are a bunch of people dealing with the same sort of stuff and they help me.
00:25:01They helped me realize that-- that I could walk away.
00:25:06( voice breaking ) That there wasn't anything wrong with me.
00:25:10And I couldn't have done that without you.
00:25:15I'm sorry if that sounds weird.
00:25:16No. Oh!
00:25:18Thank you.
00:25:21No, it's not at all.
00:25:25"Why" playing in background
00:25:29- ( air hisses ) - ( cheering )
00:25:33This feels so good!
00:25:49Oh-ho, really?
00:25:55Try and keep up.
00:26:25"Chamber of Hellos" playing in background
00:26:27Hey, how's the bride?
00:26:28Uh...
00:26:30You gonna pop out a couple of pups?
00:26:31Oh, we'll see. We got time.
00:26:34It'd sure make your mom happy.
00:26:36( laughs ) That's a terrible reason to have children.
00:26:38( laughs ) Yes, indeed.
00:26:40Oh.
00:26:43Well, James...
00:26:46- thanks for coming. - Sure.
00:26:48Listen, Dad, I know about this job opening.
00:26:53It's, uh, an account manager's position.
00:26:56And I know you left Cardiff as a VP, but it's a solid company. I know the people.
00:27:01I could put in a good word.
00:27:04We can get you out of here.
00:27:09- Thank you, James. - Yeah.
00:27:11Okay, all right. ( laughs )
00:27:14- All right, good night. - All right, good night, son.
00:27:25Hey, you've been avoiding me.
00:27:28- No, I haven't. - Yes, you have.
00:27:33Ever since you said you love me.
00:27:42Yes, fine. I love you.
00:27:45In fact, I would say "I love you" is a dramatic understatement.
00:27:48I think you're incredible in pretty much every way.
00:27:54If it's gonna be a problem for you, then I don't know what to say, because... it is what it is and it's not gonna change, even when you're being a total pain in the ass, like you have been this entire day.
00:28:14Okay.
00:28:15( soft laugh )
00:28:18Just say the words, okay?
00:28:20This is gonna be so much weirder if you don't just say the words.
00:28:23- ( groans ) - Hey, hey, hey.
00:28:29Look at me, look at me.
00:28:32Say the words.
00:28:38No.
00:28:40( tsks, laughs )
00:28:42What's-- say the words. Just say them.
00:28:50You're terrible.
00:28:52I take it back. I take it all back.
00:29:26( light switch clicks )
00:29:28Jesus, Gordon?
00:29:29What the hell are you doing here?
00:29:31I know you stole my idea.
00:29:33JGL Computers. Sound familiar?
00:29:36You had the guys sabotage me.
00:29:37The serial ports, putting my name on the back of it just to make Clark Computers look like a joke.
00:29:42I have no idea what you're talking about.
00:29:44Why else would you come back from California?
00:29:46Huh? You gonna use some of that VC money to get it started, you son of a bitch?
00:29:50I came back because I was tired of being laughed out of the room by a bunch of 25-year-olds.
00:29:56- I washed out. - Well, then, what the hell are these?
00:29:58I gotta make ends meet. I'm doing repairs.
00:30:01I'm driving around all day picking up these busted machines.
00:30:04Gordon, can I ask? Are you doing coke again?
00:30:10What?
00:30:11No, of course not.
00:30:13Why would you even think that?
00:30:15'Cause you're in my garage in the middle of the night accusing me of stealing from you.
00:30:18Donna told the guys to keep an eye on you, and according to them, you've been acting a little nuts.
00:30:22- Donna told you what? - I don't know.
00:30:25But the guys said-- now I'm getting into the middle of something
00:30:28- that I don't want to get-- - Told you what?
00:30:30That-- she said to tell her if you were acting strange or, you know, like the job was taking a toll on you or something.
00:30:36She was worried about you.
00:30:44Donna?
00:30:47Unbelievable.
00:30:51You think she's trying to shut me down?
00:30:53God, it's the same thing all over again.
00:30:57No, no, no, you got it all wrong.
00:30:59She was looking out for you.
00:31:00( car doors open )
00:31:02- You called the cops on me? - ( garage door opening )
00:31:04Stan, why would you call the cops on me?
00:31:06Because I heard someone breaking into my house.
00:31:08Stan, what were you thinking? Why would you do that?
00:31:10- Hey, what the hell? - It's okay.
00:31:12- That's it, that's it. - I just want to talk to my friend
00:31:14and ask him why he called the cops on me.
00:31:15I just wanted to talk-- ( grunts )
00:31:19"Cccant You See" playing in background
00:31:21( laughs )
00:31:31You're amazing.
00:31:33Amazing.
00:31:37I feel like there's a lot of goodness in me, a lot of greatness, but I can't get it out of me. I can't give it to the world.
00:31:43I have ideas. I'm not an echo.
00:31:46I make things in my mind, but I can't get them into the world.
00:31:50I can't get past this. It's like a trap.
00:31:52Like the world won't see the-- me-- the real me.
00:31:57Oh, no, I see you.
00:31:59You're a force of nature.
00:32:01You're gonna change the world.
00:32:02I have ideas.
00:32:04Online could be more.
00:32:06It could be more than just inside bullshit for anointed coder shitheads.
00:32:10It could be universal. You could live your life there.
00:32:13It would change everything, I promise you.
00:32:15The world we live in now is going to look like the Stone Age.
00:32:20All these people with their things.
00:32:22The physical world is dead.
00:32:24A pathway is being built.
00:32:27A way out, into a world of pure information.
00:32:31A shared consciousness.
00:32:33The future is bearing down on us like a freight train and nobody sees it.
00:32:38"Boy" playing in background
00:32:46Oh.
00:33:22Is this a good good-bye?
00:33:26You ready to get the hell outta Dallas?
00:33:32I just wanna say one last good-bye.
00:33:36- ( air hisses ) - ( cheering )
00:33:39( laughing )
00:33:44I kept telling myself that Mutiny was games, we are about games.
00:33:49And I think-- I knew that if I went outside today and saw what you'd done that I wouldn't be able to tell myself that anymore.
00:34:00It turns out I was right.
00:34:03I just want this place to be about exploration.
00:34:09I'm sorry that I stood in your way.
00:34:17Thank you.
00:34:20I'd like to be a part of it.
00:34:22You are a part of it. You built this place.
00:34:25No, but I mean... so, on the game side, we're always pushing the code, right?
00:34:31We're trying to get the most out of it.
00:34:32But what if we applied that same pressure to Community?
00:34:35I mean, the functionality of it could explode.
00:34:37It could run faster, smoother between subjects or finding certain users' conversations.
00:34:43Yeah, yeah, all of that, and then also we could make the interface more like a game's interface, except not.
00:34:49But, you know, it was a world to navigate and not a list, but it was a map, you know?
00:35:01( moaning )
00:35:08- ( grunts ) - ( laughs )
00:35:12( moans )
00:35:17This place turns you on?
00:35:18You have no idea.
00:35:20( laughs )
00:35:25- ( men cheering ) - Oh, my God.
00:35:32( whispering ) Okay, we gotta go.
00:35:34Come on. Pants...
00:35:37( laughing )
00:35:40I want to see what's going on.
00:35:41No, no, no, wait.
00:35:42They can't see us.
00:35:45If my father hears about this, I'm gonna die.
00:35:49You go to the limo and I'll meet you there.
00:35:52I'm-- I'll be stealthy.
00:36:08( chatter )
00:36:11( laughs )
00:36:13- ( men cheering ) - Man: What's better than this?
00:36:16Jesse: All right, hey, hey, hey.
00:36:18( laughs )
00:36:19Okay.
00:36:21I just wanted to come down here to say job well done, guys.
00:36:24It was a bitch of an assignment,
00:36:25but you guys stepped up, seriously.
00:36:28- So... - Man: Oh!
00:36:30To WestNet!
00:36:32( men cheering )
00:36:37( men chattering )
00:36:49Oh, my God, and then you could, you know, walk from topic to topic.
00:36:52Yeah, and better than that, you could find other users at those places.
00:36:55Yes, okay, I feel like we have to write this down.
00:36:57Do we have something--
00:36:58Carl, could you clear off the bulletin board?
00:37:00We need to create a layout for Community.
00:37:02I want a list printed of every room-- Carl.
00:37:07Carl, what are you looking at?
00:37:11I-- I don't know what I'm looking at.
00:37:15I logged into Mutiny.
00:37:16Try to log on as an administrator.
00:37:18- ( keyboard clacking ) - ( beeps )
00:37:21- Uh, I'm locked out. - What's wrong?
00:37:23I don't get it. Where's Mutiny?
00:37:28We're kicked off the network.
00:37:30Replaced by this.
00:37:35There is no Mutiny.
00:37:37It's gone.
00:37:44( cars passing )
00:37:54Change of plans. I'd like to make another stop.
00:37:57( chatter )
00:37:59The phone lines terminate in modem banks at Westgroup.
00:38:01They switched them over, so now when you dial in, the same number you've always dialed, you get WestNet instead of Mutiny.
00:38:06- They've stolen all our users. - They even cloned our interface, so most people
00:38:10don't even know they're not on Mutiny. They think we changed the name.
00:38:12Okay, get on the Community forums and tell them they're not on Mutiny.
00:38:14- What, they cloned the whole thing? - Yes, everything, except games.
00:38:17Yeah, 'cause he realized Community is where the money was.
00:38:19Just tell them to log off and wait for us to find another network.
00:38:22Wait for us? Oh, Christ.
00:38:23I mean, why pay $5 million for us when they can just duplicate us and steal all of our users?
00:38:28Hello, hi, hi. This is Tom Rendon from Mutiny.
00:38:30Another company's taken over our network and I just...
00:38:32No, it looks like us, but it's not us. You need to log off.
00:38:35We'll be up again in... a week or two?
00:38:38- Hello-- damn it! - Hello?
00:38:40They don't understand. They're still communicating with all the same users.
00:38:42All of their friends are on WestNet now.
00:38:44No, no, this isn't happening!
00:39:00( chatter )
00:39:02Joe: Where's Cameron?
00:39:03Something's happened and I need to talk to her.
00:39:06Where-- where's Cameron?
00:39:07Where's Cameron?
00:39:09I got-- I need to talk to her. Something's wrong.
00:39:12- Uh, where's-- where's Cameron? - ( chatter stops )
00:39:18I came straight here.
00:39:20I didn't know about this.
00:39:22I didn't know that this was happening.
00:39:24I had no idea that-- Wheeler shut me out and...
00:39:34No, I...
00:39:40I'm-- I'm moving to California.
00:39:42I-- I gave my notice weeks ago.
00:39:45There's no reason I would've done this. I'm on your side.
00:39:49I wouldn't do this.
00:39:51I promise you, I wouldn't do this.
00:39:53I wouldn't do this.
00:39:55It's-- it doesn't make any sense.
00:40:01There's this guy, Jesse-- he did this.
00:40:05I don't-- I mean, I didn't-- damn it! Uh...
00:40:11( sighs )
00:40:12I don't even work there.
00:40:15I'm going to California.
00:40:18Cameron, I need you to hear me.
00:40:26You need to leave.
00:40:30No, you don't understand.
00:40:31Now, Joe.
00:41:07Gordon: Why would she be doing this?
00:41:09Why would she be doing this?
00:41:10Why would she be doing this?
00:41:21Do you believe him?
00:41:26Not for a second.
00:41:29Okay, so what are we gonna do now?
00:41:36Cameron, what are we gonna do now?
00:41:52( music playing )