1 00:00:00,174 --> 00:00:03,981 Previously on AMC's Halt and Catch Fire... 2 00:00:03,982 --> 00:00:08,634 A truly portable computer, weighing no more than 15 pounds. 3 00:00:08,635 --> 00:00:10,519 - Oh, come on. - You can't... 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,954 You know what you could do... 5 00:00:12,975 --> 00:00:15,707 Split the Motherboard... I call it a layered array. 6 00:00:15,708 --> 00:00:19,213 You're the vision guy and John makes the financial decisions. 7 00:00:19,214 --> 00:00:21,951 You're a talented coder, but right now you're a bottleneck. 8 00:00:21,952 --> 00:00:23,808 Whoa, whoa. 9 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:25,019 You're fired. 10 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:26,649 We had a deal! 11 00:00:26,650 --> 00:00:30,195 Hey! What did you do? 12 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:34,080 $1.3 million in 20 days and you just... you just understand? 13 00:00:34,081 --> 00:00:36,456 The future's expensive. We knew that. 14 00:00:36,457 --> 00:00:39,194 Apple spends that daily on its in-house catering. 15 00:00:39,195 --> 00:00:43,843 Apple ships PCs that you can type on, that have screens. 16 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:46,887 Oh, and what is... is that a fish tank? 17 00:00:46,888 --> 00:00:49,324 Joe: Yes and no. 18 00:00:49,325 --> 00:00:50,627 It's actually a time machine. 19 00:00:50,628 --> 00:00:52,064 See, to test the BIOS and hardware 20 00:00:52,065 --> 00:00:53,242 at the speed we're gunning for, 21 00:00:53,243 --> 00:00:54,910 we need the 12 and a half megahertz 286, 22 00:00:54,911 --> 00:00:56,751 but it's not out yet. We only have the eight, 23 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:58,349 and if we overclock the eight... pfft... 24 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:00,537 the chip will fry in seconds, so Larry here... 25 00:01:00,538 --> 00:01:01,215 Stan. 26 00:01:01,216 --> 00:01:03,862 Stan's put the chip in mineral oil and cranked down the temp. 27 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:06,832 Cooling it makes it run at 12 and a half megahertz, 28 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,286 so we get to design tomorrow before tomorrow's even here. 29 00:01:09,287 --> 00:01:10,676 Well, what's taking so long? 30 00:01:10,677 --> 00:01:13,248 We're right on track to have our prototype ready for COMDEX. 31 00:01:13,249 --> 00:01:15,550 - In November. - Oh, and, hey, look at this, look at this. 32 00:01:15,551 --> 00:01:18,221 Three four-layer PCBs. That's the new norm. 33 00:01:18,222 --> 00:01:20,460 Our PC's aiming for 12. 34 00:01:20,461 --> 00:01:24,400 So, imagine, um, an invisible subway system with electrons as trains. 35 00:01:24,401 --> 00:01:26,537 More layers, fewer collisions, 36 00:01:26,538 --> 00:01:28,944 which is pretty amazing when you're moving at the speed of light. 37 00:01:28,945 --> 00:01:31,548 The electrons actually move at one third the speed of light. 38 00:01:31,549 --> 00:01:33,717 Bigger point here, Stan, please stop talking. 39 00:01:33,718 --> 00:01:35,922 The checks you're writing are making innovation happen. 40 00:01:35,923 --> 00:01:37,392 Tell me that's not beautiful, 41 00:01:37,393 --> 00:01:38,662 that you don't feel the excitement. 42 00:01:38,663 --> 00:01:41,633 I will "feel the excitement" 43 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:45,076 when a clone with our logo encased in fancy plastic 44 00:01:45,077 --> 00:01:47,581 running Lotus 1-2-3 is on the shelves over at Sears 45 00:01:47,582 --> 00:01:49,250 and people are shoving each other out the way 46 00:01:49,251 --> 00:01:51,586 to get to it with their wallets hanging open. 47 00:01:51,587 --> 00:01:52,957 I imagine how you must feel. 48 00:01:52,958 --> 00:01:54,293 It's difficult to believe in something 49 00:01:54,294 --> 00:01:56,634 when your knowledge is so limited. 50 00:01:57,603 --> 00:02:00,503 Maylene: Nathan Cardiff's on the line. 51 00:02:03,613 --> 00:02:05,719 - (computer beeps) - Mother Mary. 52 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,692 396 milliseconds. 53 00:02:08,693 --> 00:02:11,031 - Hot damn! - Don't screw with us. 54 00:02:11,032 --> 00:02:13,402 - Are you sure you ran it right? - Checked it three times. 55 00:02:13,403 --> 00:02:17,144 - Where's Gordon? - He might still be sleeping. 56 00:02:17,145 --> 00:02:20,016 Yes, I will be home for bedtimes. 57 00:02:20,017 --> 00:02:22,921 I know I said that last night, but tonight I promise. 58 00:02:22,922 --> 00:02:25,227 Hey, little privacy. 59 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:27,431 396 milliseconds. 60 00:02:27,432 --> 00:02:29,368 What? But she's not done. 61 00:02:29,369 --> 00:02:31,439 She did the subroutine for the hard drive table lookups first. 62 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,110 That's what the seeks clocked in at. 63 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:35,279 Donna, we just hit the Doherty Threshold. 64 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,683 No, I know. I know. I love you. 65 00:02:40,289 --> 00:02:42,709 "I Love Your Neurosis" playing in background 66 00:02:45,571 --> 00:02:47,436 We hit the Doherty Threshold. 67 00:02:47,437 --> 00:02:50,707 Someone's been up late studying. 68 00:02:50,708 --> 00:02:53,142 Maybe between mocking me and your 19th orange soda, 69 00:02:53,143 --> 00:02:54,643 you could register a little happiness. 70 00:02:54,644 --> 00:02:57,077 I knew it would be fast. 71 00:02:57,078 --> 00:02:59,713 - How much longer till you're done? - I don't know, two days? 72 00:02:59,714 --> 00:03:01,982 A day and a night, or two full days? 73 00:03:01,983 --> 00:03:04,717 31.29 hours and 13 nanoseconds. 74 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:06,818 Can you leave and shut the door? 75 00:03:06,819 --> 00:03:08,553 I'm calling a team-building meeting. 76 00:03:08,554 --> 00:03:10,554 (scoffs) You're joking, right? 77 00:03:12,022 --> 00:03:14,727 Joe: All right, gather round, come closer. 78 00:03:14,728 --> 00:03:17,096 Today, we hit a milestone. 79 00:03:17,097 --> 00:03:19,098 When engineers measure the speed of a PC, 80 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:20,666 they talk about something called 81 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,104 the "Doherty Threshold of System Response Time." 82 00:03:23,105 --> 00:03:24,741 It sounds fancy, I know, 83 00:03:24,742 --> 00:03:26,307 but, basically, what it means is 84 00:03:26,308 --> 00:03:28,074 when you ask your computer to do something 85 00:03:28,075 --> 00:03:29,808 and hit the enter key, 86 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:32,578 if it answers you back in less than 400 milliseconds, 87 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:34,281 just under half a second, 88 00:03:34,282 --> 00:03:37,986 then you will stay glued to that machine for hours. 89 00:03:37,987 --> 00:03:42,193 Your eyes may glaze over, but your productivity will soar. 90 00:03:42,194 --> 00:03:44,528 You'll be transfixed, mesmerized. 91 00:03:44,529 --> 00:03:47,429 Even a slight deviation back to half a second response time 92 00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:49,596 will allow your attention to stray. 93 00:03:49,597 --> 00:03:51,130 You'll get up and do the dishes, 94 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:53,433 pick up the remote, watch the game. 95 00:03:53,434 --> 00:03:59,071 But under 400 milliseconds, ah, that's the sweet spot. 96 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:01,673 Well, guess what? 97 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:05,675 Our soon-to-be Cardiff PC, though it looks ragtag now, 98 00:04:05,676 --> 00:04:10,013 just clocked in at 396 milliseconds. 99 00:04:10,014 --> 00:04:13,147 (clapping) 100 00:04:13,148 --> 00:04:15,113 Joe: Once assembled, it will not only 101 00:04:15,114 --> 00:04:17,014 be faster than other PCs on the market, 102 00:04:17,015 --> 00:04:19,682 it will also be addictive. 103 00:04:19,683 --> 00:04:22,818 So spend time with your families, folks, get drinks with your friends, 104 00:04:22,819 --> 00:04:25,988 'cause once our PC hits, you're gonna be hanging out with it. 105 00:04:25,989 --> 00:04:28,124 - (scattered laughing) - And, hey, Debbie, let's see 'em. 106 00:04:28,125 --> 00:04:31,728 Now, this is just a smattering of the calls I'm getting now. 107 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,728 Potential customers, retailers, 108 00:04:33,729 --> 00:04:36,063 and they all wanna know what we're up to. 109 00:04:36,064 --> 00:04:40,237 And tomorrow a reporter from the "Wall Street Quarterly" 110 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:43,003 is coming to do a story on us. 111 00:04:43,004 --> 00:04:45,136 Practically begged me to get in the door. 112 00:04:45,137 --> 00:04:46,671 We're hitting the radar, people. 113 00:04:46,672 --> 00:04:48,808 I mean, really cooking with gas. 114 00:04:48,809 --> 00:04:51,410 So it's only appropriate... 115 00:04:51,411 --> 00:04:53,411 - Barry: No, no, no. You'll contaminate. - Whoa, whoa. 116 00:04:53,412 --> 00:04:55,712 - Everybody disperse. - Joe, what are you doing? 117 00:04:55,713 --> 00:04:57,913 - Ed: Get that thing outta here. - Stan: You could blow the whole thing. 118 00:04:57,914 --> 00:04:59,147 - Barry: Come on, Joe. - Relax. 119 00:04:59,148 --> 00:05:00,815 No one goes anywhere. 120 00:05:06,092 --> 00:05:08,293 (chuckles) 121 00:05:13,434 --> 00:05:17,240 Oh, that's what I call cooking the books! 122 00:05:17,241 --> 00:05:20,141 (clapping, laughter) 123 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:28,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 124 00:05:32,424 --> 00:05:35,860 (theme music playing) 125 00:05:56,547 --> 00:06:02,264 Sync and corrections by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com 126 00:06:02,777 --> 00:06:04,313 No, Daddy, my pink ones. 127 00:06:04,314 --> 00:06:05,981 Haley, stop. These are pink enough. 128 00:06:05,982 --> 00:06:07,825 Your pinks are dirty, sweetie. 129 00:06:07,826 --> 00:06:09,692 Apple slices and peanut butter? 130 00:06:09,693 --> 00:06:11,695 Joanie: Yuck, they turn brown! 131 00:06:11,696 --> 00:06:13,197 (singsong) Not if I put lemon juice. 132 00:06:13,198 --> 00:06:14,969 Just wear the red ones, Haley. 133 00:06:14,970 --> 00:06:17,908 Why is it that when Mommy says, "Wear the socks," 134 00:06:17,909 --> 00:06:20,044 - you suddenly wear the socks? - Donna: Gordon. 135 00:06:20,045 --> 00:06:22,916 All right, Smooch, go put your shoes on. 136 00:06:22,917 --> 00:06:24,888 "Sett of Ayers" playing on radio. 137 00:06:24,889 --> 00:06:27,025 Maybe we should start smoking pot again. 138 00:06:27,026 --> 00:06:29,060 That'd take off the edge. 139 00:06:29,061 --> 00:06:30,896 Yeah, and we'd never get out of bed. 140 00:06:30,897 --> 00:06:34,565 How can you listen to this so early in the morning? 141 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:37,869 - Doesn't it get on your nerves? - (music stops) 142 00:06:37,870 --> 00:06:42,011 So, 2:15, don't forget. At the playground, not the traffic circle. 143 00:06:42,012 --> 00:06:43,745 Huh? 144 00:06:43,746 --> 00:06:46,282 You're picking up the girls. You'll have them till 6:00. 145 00:06:46,283 --> 00:06:47,884 That's right. 146 00:06:47,885 --> 00:06:49,921 - Wait, can't you just... - No, no, I can't. 147 00:06:49,922 --> 00:06:51,864 Hunt's been covering for me way too much lately. 148 00:06:51,865 --> 00:06:53,692 I can't be late with this one. 149 00:06:53,693 --> 00:06:56,464 - Well, what about your mom? - They're in Vegas, I told you. 150 00:06:56,465 --> 00:06:59,435 And Rose has the chicken pox. Do you listen? 151 00:06:59,436 --> 00:07:01,738 Fine, I blanked. 2:15 it is. 152 00:07:01,739 --> 00:07:03,440 Thank you. 153 00:07:03,441 --> 00:07:05,109 But please come home right after. 154 00:07:05,110 --> 00:07:07,979 I'm gonna have to go back to the office. 155 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:11,283 Haley threw my toothbrush in the toilet with pee pee in it. 156 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,922 I'm handling food here. 157 00:07:15,923 --> 00:07:17,590 All right, come on. 158 00:07:17,591 --> 00:07:21,128 Let's get the pee pee toothbrush out. 159 00:07:21,129 --> 00:07:22,829 What did you do to her? What did you say? 160 00:07:22,830 --> 00:07:26,201 (music resumes) 161 00:07:29,968 --> 00:07:32,838 (sprinkler hissing) 162 00:07:49,056 --> 00:07:52,858 (engine starts) 163 00:07:54,996 --> 00:07:56,930 Hi! 164 00:07:56,931 --> 00:07:58,431 Hi! 165 00:07:58,432 --> 00:08:02,502 Gordon, hey, don't work too hard! 166 00:08:02,503 --> 00:08:04,440 "Too Political" playing in background 167 00:08:04,441 --> 00:08:06,375 ♪ It's disgusting and sick and always has been ♪ 168 00:08:06,376 --> 00:08:08,843 ♪ Liberators become oppressors all over again ♪ 169 00:08:08,844 --> 00:08:11,178 ♪ And the church stands on its wealth as it blesses the troops ♪ 170 00:08:11,179 --> 00:08:13,347 ♪ Telling them that their way is so true ♪ 171 00:08:13,348 --> 00:08:15,882 ♪ And they build ghettos to put their prisoners in ♪ 172 00:08:15,883 --> 00:08:18,284 ♪ Still building ghettos to put their prisoners in ♪ 173 00:08:18,285 --> 00:08:20,685 ♪ No more ghettos! ♪ 174 00:08:20,686 --> 00:08:23,022 ♪ No more ghettos! ♪ 175 00:08:25,007 --> 00:08:26,592 - Mornin'. - (sighs) 176 00:08:26,593 --> 00:08:28,728 I got donuts. I put 'em in the break room. 177 00:08:28,729 --> 00:08:31,631 I don't want that fancy reporter thinking we ain't got no hospitality. 178 00:08:31,632 --> 00:08:33,634 (sighs) 179 00:08:33,635 --> 00:08:35,403 You all right? 180 00:08:35,404 --> 00:08:37,705 I think I need your help. 181 00:08:37,706 --> 00:08:39,640 Okay. 182 00:08:39,641 --> 00:08:41,810 Getting an article about us in the "Wall Street Quarterly," 183 00:08:41,811 --> 00:08:44,647 the right article, that could be a game-changer, 184 00:08:44,648 --> 00:08:47,383 put our PC on the map, take this company into the stratosphere, 185 00:08:47,384 --> 00:08:49,282 but if we seem sloppy or fly-by-night, 186 00:08:49,283 --> 00:08:52,549 if we project the wrong image, then it could all fall apart. 187 00:08:52,550 --> 00:08:54,950 Should I have gotten pastries instead? 188 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,351 No, those are fine. 189 00:08:56,352 --> 00:08:59,920 (whispering) Our real problem is Cameron. 190 00:09:01,357 --> 00:09:03,955 Her work station's a pigsty. 191 00:09:03,956 --> 00:09:06,120 It's unprofessional, it's unsanitary. 192 00:09:06,121 --> 00:09:08,558 Frankly, it's embarrassing. 193 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,796 We've gotta get it cleaned up before Kane gets here. 194 00:09:11,797 --> 00:09:13,898 Well, he's scheduled for 11:00. 195 00:09:13,899 --> 00:09:15,936 Yeah, tell the cleaning crew to hurry. 196 00:09:15,937 --> 00:09:18,207 But she'll never let 'em. 197 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:20,108 You know how she is. 198 00:09:20,109 --> 00:09:22,143 Yeah. 199 00:09:22,144 --> 00:09:24,815 You live close to here, right? 200 00:09:24,816 --> 00:09:26,884 Yeah, just down on Buxton. 201 00:09:26,885 --> 00:09:28,986 Then convince her to go back to your place for a break. 202 00:09:28,987 --> 00:09:32,057 Get her to take a shower, wash her hair. 203 00:09:32,058 --> 00:09:34,328 She doesn't hate you and might listen. 204 00:09:34,329 --> 00:09:36,564 You know, woman to woman or... 205 00:09:36,565 --> 00:09:38,732 Well, you're her boss. Can't you talk to her? 206 00:09:38,733 --> 00:09:40,834 I can't tell her to put on a bra, Debbie. 207 00:09:40,835 --> 00:09:43,003 You can. 208 00:09:43,004 --> 00:09:45,407 And please do. 209 00:09:47,446 --> 00:09:50,179 Okay. I'll do my best. 210 00:09:50,180 --> 00:09:52,979 Oh, thank you. 211 00:09:54,184 --> 00:09:56,453 Cardiff: You get enough of Milly's sausage? 212 00:09:56,454 --> 00:09:59,489 Another bite and I'd, hell, 213 00:09:59,490 --> 00:10:01,590 pop like a mosquito sucking a pig. 214 00:10:01,591 --> 00:10:05,297 Good as ever, though. She is somethin'. 215 00:10:05,298 --> 00:10:07,534 Yep, she's a keeper. 216 00:10:07,535 --> 00:10:11,002 Like they say, John, "Good help is hard to find." 217 00:10:12,137 --> 00:10:14,936 Yeah, well, thanks for breakfast, Nathan. 218 00:10:14,937 --> 00:10:17,873 I guess I'd best be getting on back to it. 219 00:10:17,874 --> 00:10:21,009 To what? 220 00:10:21,010 --> 00:10:22,375 Beg your pardon? 221 00:10:22,376 --> 00:10:25,040 What's your rush? 222 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:28,511 Thought Joe MacMillan had everything pretty much in hand. 223 00:10:28,512 --> 00:10:30,380 (groans) 224 00:10:30,381 --> 00:10:33,951 You know what I just can't shake? 225 00:10:33,952 --> 00:10:38,120 Loulu not funding our PC pipe dream, that I get. 226 00:10:38,121 --> 00:10:40,053 She's a tough one. 227 00:10:40,054 --> 00:10:44,727 But her not returning my calls after three weeks? 228 00:10:44,728 --> 00:10:48,665 - Joe called that woman names... - Bullshit. 229 00:10:48,666 --> 00:10:51,201 - He wouldn't... - Bullshit. 230 00:10:51,202 --> 00:10:54,806 You could call Loulu a redneck sack of goat sperm. 231 00:10:54,807 --> 00:10:58,309 She'd still do business with you if she thought she could make a buck. 232 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:01,514 Is that your new M.O.? 233 00:11:01,515 --> 00:11:05,319 I ask a question, first thing you say is, "Joe..."? 234 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,456 Ah, come... no, of course not. 235 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:12,929 I want a straight answer. 236 00:11:12,930 --> 00:11:14,264 Who's running things? 237 00:11:14,265 --> 00:11:16,165 I am. 238 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:19,003 You better be 'cause folks are starting to talk. 239 00:11:19,004 --> 00:11:22,973 They're saying that you're letting this thing run away from ya. 240 00:11:25,942 --> 00:11:28,713 Make clear who's working for who 241 00:11:28,714 --> 00:11:31,178 or else we're both gonna look like idiots. 242 00:11:37,352 --> 00:11:42,353 All right, I think you know your way out. 243 00:11:57,703 --> 00:12:01,269 (groans) 244 00:12:07,277 --> 00:12:09,746 (gunshot blasts) 245 00:12:10,648 --> 00:12:12,550 And with this extra-wide chip carrier, 246 00:12:12,551 --> 00:12:16,222 the CPU and coprocessor can be clipped into a single ribbon cable. 247 00:12:16,223 --> 00:12:19,761 It's just one of the many innovations that helped us hit the Doherty Threshold. 248 00:12:19,762 --> 00:12:21,329 (scoffs) 249 00:12:21,330 --> 00:12:23,162 You're not an engineer, are ya? 250 00:12:23,163 --> 00:12:24,964 What? 251 00:12:24,965 --> 00:12:27,234 You just sound a bit canned, that's all. 252 00:12:27,235 --> 00:12:29,639 Like you're repeating what people told you or getting it from books. 253 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,842 (chuckles) No, I'm the product manager. 254 00:12:32,843 --> 00:12:36,745 - Do I have a degree in... - I mean, the Doherty Threshold? Come on. 255 00:12:36,746 --> 00:12:38,429 You know how many companies think they hit that 256 00:12:38,430 --> 00:12:39,851 in the testing phase? All of them. 257 00:12:39,852 --> 00:12:42,851 Try building the damn thing with the heat sink and the case. 258 00:12:42,852 --> 00:12:45,586 Once the realities of physics kick in, it's a whole new ball game. 259 00:12:45,587 --> 00:12:47,956 Not to mention I don't write for "Hobbyists' Weekly." 260 00:12:47,957 --> 00:12:49,457 My readers will be asleep in seconds. 261 00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:51,957 - Okay, fair enough. - Joe, I told you on the phone, 262 00:12:51,958 --> 00:12:55,261 I came here because Matt Garrison in New York said he owed you a favor. 263 00:12:55,262 --> 00:12:58,829 I owed him one, so I said I'd pop by, but now I gotta go. 264 00:12:58,830 --> 00:13:01,530 Ron, please, please. 265 00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:04,035 Just meet some of our people, get their stories. 266 00:13:04,036 --> 00:13:05,870 There's an underdog angle here 267 00:13:05,871 --> 00:13:08,306 I guarantee you'll find interesting. 268 00:13:11,045 --> 00:13:13,979 - Fine. 15 minutes. - Great. 269 00:13:13,980 --> 00:13:17,779 "Learn to Hate the 80s" playing in background" 270 00:13:17,780 --> 00:13:19,748 (keyboard keys clicking) 271 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:48,909 As you can see, we don't waste money on amenities 272 00:13:48,910 --> 00:13:51,211 because, hey, you know programmers. What's the joke? 273 00:13:51,212 --> 00:13:53,878 "They're just machines for turning pizza into code." 274 00:13:53,879 --> 00:13:55,547 Yeah, good one. 275 00:13:55,548 --> 00:13:58,019 But Cameron, in this case, is a girl. 276 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:59,855 Yep, you don't see that every day. 277 00:13:59,856 --> 00:14:04,855 22, brilliant, and writing a BIOS that defies belief. 278 00:14:04,856 --> 00:14:07,691 - What happened? - Cameron: It's gone. 279 00:14:07,692 --> 00:14:09,529 All my code, I... 280 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:11,162 Did you try booting it up again? 281 00:14:11,163 --> 00:14:13,101 I can't even get a prompt. 282 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:15,372 All right, look, it's probably just the monitor or the connection. 283 00:14:15,373 --> 00:14:17,740 - Guys... - What... what's happening? 284 00:14:17,741 --> 00:14:19,542 You backed it up, right? 285 00:14:19,543 --> 00:14:23,384 Yeah... yeah, at some point. 286 00:14:23,385 --> 00:14:25,254 "At some point"? 287 00:14:25,255 --> 00:14:28,391 What's that? 288 00:14:30,562 --> 00:14:33,365 - What the...? Oh, no. - (Gordon scoffs) 289 00:14:33,366 --> 00:14:37,735 Are you kidding me? Guys, it was a power surge. 290 00:14:37,736 --> 00:14:39,873 Probably just burned out the disks. 291 00:14:39,874 --> 00:14:41,442 Where are your backup floppies? 292 00:14:41,443 --> 00:14:43,943 She left one in the A-drive. It's toast. 293 00:14:43,944 --> 00:14:45,911 FAT's gotta be empty. 294 00:14:45,912 --> 00:14:48,780 Cameron, where are the other ones? 295 00:14:49,815 --> 00:14:53,416 - Here, check 'em. - Yep. 296 00:14:57,387 --> 00:15:00,458 (keys clicking) 297 00:15:06,398 --> 00:15:09,236 (whimpers) 298 00:15:09,237 --> 00:15:11,269 No. 299 00:15:11,270 --> 00:15:13,907 - This one's degaussed. - This one, too... wiped. 300 00:15:13,908 --> 00:15:15,943 What? How is that possible? 301 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:20,047 A vacuum cleaner? 302 00:15:20,048 --> 00:15:21,909 You plugged your vacuum cleaner in my computer?! 303 00:15:21,910 --> 00:15:22,584 Okay, okay. 304 00:15:22,585 --> 00:15:24,841 - Janitor: Sorry, sorry! - Just walk me through what happened. 305 00:15:24,842 --> 00:15:28,424 You put your... you put your backups next to your speakers 306 00:15:28,425 --> 00:15:31,465 and then you blast music? Good God, Cameron. 307 00:15:31,466 --> 00:15:33,070 Why didn't you just put a magnet up to them? 308 00:15:33,071 --> 00:15:37,236 - Get off! - Hey, calm down! 309 00:15:39,710 --> 00:15:42,311 Who the hell is this? 310 00:15:42,312 --> 00:15:46,269 Ron Kane, "Wall Street Quarterly." 311 00:15:56,460 --> 00:15:59,396 Okay, girls. Let's go. Let's go see your dad. 312 00:15:59,397 --> 00:16:01,099 Daddy! 313 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:02,734 You're late. Miss Ferris had to call Mommy. 314 00:16:02,735 --> 00:16:04,260 I know, I know. I know. 315 00:16:04,261 --> 00:16:06,503 I asked you to do one thing. You can't write it on your arm? 316 00:16:06,504 --> 00:16:08,001 You can't get an admin to remind you? 317 00:16:08,002 --> 00:16:10,570 Things got crazy, okay? I'm having kind of a day here. 318 00:16:10,571 --> 00:16:11,939 Oh, you're having kind of a day? 319 00:16:11,940 --> 00:16:14,342 Now I'm gonna miss another deadline that I promised I'd make. 320 00:16:14,343 --> 00:16:17,014 Well, maybe the stakes are a little bit higher in my world, okay? 321 00:16:17,015 --> 00:16:18,881 I'm not just QA-ing calculators. 322 00:16:18,882 --> 00:16:20,451 - Excuse me? - I didn't... 323 00:16:20,452 --> 00:16:23,256 Gordon, let me ask you something. 324 00:16:23,257 --> 00:16:25,459 When is the last time you cut their toenails? 325 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:28,295 Or which one of your daughters is allergic to apricots? 326 00:16:28,296 --> 00:16:29,930 Do you even know their pediatrician's name? 327 00:16:29,931 --> 00:16:32,803 No, you don't? Because you don't have to. 328 00:16:32,804 --> 00:16:37,208 - I make your world possible. - Mommy, let's go home. 329 00:16:37,209 --> 00:16:39,441 It's okay, it's okay. We're just... 330 00:16:39,442 --> 00:16:41,245 just take them, Gordon. We'll talk at home. 331 00:16:41,246 --> 00:16:44,050 Donna. 332 00:16:45,251 --> 00:16:47,317 - Oh, my God, you can't. - No. 333 00:16:47,318 --> 00:16:49,587 You can't even take them. 334 00:16:49,588 --> 00:16:51,959 I need you to come to Cardiff. 335 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,761 - Crazy back there, huh? - Pretty sported. 336 00:16:54,762 --> 00:16:56,497 - Thought they might come to blows. - (chuckles) 337 00:16:56,498 --> 00:16:58,232 I hope it's okay that I set up here. 338 00:16:58,233 --> 00:17:00,267 Your gal... what's her name... 339 00:17:00,268 --> 00:17:02,068 said she thought it would be fine. 340 00:17:02,069 --> 00:17:05,104 Look, why don't you come back next week? 341 00:17:05,105 --> 00:17:08,108 Our head engineer just told me this whole thing's no big deal, 342 00:17:08,109 --> 00:17:11,277 but even so, it's kind of distracting. 343 00:17:11,278 --> 00:17:13,948 Let me level with you, Joe. 344 00:17:13,949 --> 00:17:17,354 I was never gonna write a word about this company. 345 00:17:17,355 --> 00:17:19,560 I think its odds of being a player in the PC market 346 00:17:19,561 --> 00:17:22,126 are about on par with the guys who fix my washer-dryer. 347 00:17:22,127 --> 00:17:23,862 I came only as a favor to Matt. 348 00:17:23,863 --> 00:17:27,536 But lo and behold, the universe paid me back, 349 00:17:27,537 --> 00:17:31,674 gave me a story about a company flying too close to the sun 350 00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:34,779 that burnt to a crisp in IBM's shadow. 351 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:37,848 The pain, the dashed hopes and dreams. 352 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:39,850 5,000 words on that, a byline, 353 00:17:39,851 --> 00:17:41,720 I might finally get off this crappy beat 354 00:17:41,721 --> 00:17:43,288 and make it back to Wall Street 355 00:17:43,289 --> 00:17:44,989 or Silicon Valley, where the real action is. 356 00:17:44,990 --> 00:17:47,155 All of which is to say I'm not leaving 357 00:17:47,156 --> 00:17:49,459 till I get this in all its gory glory. 358 00:17:49,460 --> 00:17:52,027 Maybe you don't understand. 359 00:17:52,028 --> 00:17:53,994 I'm not asking you, Ron. 360 00:17:53,995 --> 00:17:58,132 Oh, a threat. Okay. 361 00:17:58,133 --> 00:18:00,732 Let me lob one back at you. 362 00:18:00,733 --> 00:18:03,001 If I leave, if I go, 363 00:18:03,002 --> 00:18:05,504 I write what I got, and we both know that ain't pretty. 364 00:18:05,505 --> 00:18:09,677 Other hand, let me stay, maybe I get the full story... good with the bad. 365 00:18:09,678 --> 00:18:12,605 Cardiff's engineers are the best in the Silicon Prairie... 366 00:18:12,606 --> 00:18:14,655 - That's not saying much. - ...and they will find a way through this. 367 00:18:14,656 --> 00:18:16,085 It's a bump, that's all. 368 00:18:16,086 --> 00:18:17,987 Great, then I'm sure you'll want me around to see that. 369 00:18:17,988 --> 00:18:20,623 Or, wait, was that all bullshit? 370 00:18:24,861 --> 00:18:27,230 This is your data retrieval expert? 371 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:28,732 Hello to you, too. 372 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,832 She did her thesis on magnetic storage. 373 00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:34,004 How long ago, Gordon? We need current technical know-how here. 374 00:18:34,005 --> 00:18:37,270 Oh, excuse me. Like you'd know technical know-how if it hit you in the head. 375 00:18:37,271 --> 00:18:39,205 Look, you can't be here. 376 00:18:39,206 --> 00:18:41,610 - Great, that's just great. - Come on, girls. 377 00:18:41,611 --> 00:18:42,239 Ladies, come on. 378 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,511 You blow my whole day and he tells me I have to leave? 379 00:18:44,512 --> 00:18:47,411 Hold up. Look, girls, calm down. Get out your coloring book. 380 00:18:47,412 --> 00:18:48,914 What are you talking about? 381 00:18:48,915 --> 00:18:50,750 With him here? Come on. 382 00:18:50,751 --> 00:18:52,618 Everything we do will be open to scrutiny. 383 00:18:52,619 --> 00:18:54,386 Donna: Who, the reporter? So tell him to leave. 384 00:18:54,387 --> 00:18:56,055 It's a little more complicated. 385 00:18:56,056 --> 00:18:57,391 With you, that's a big surprise. 386 00:18:57,392 --> 00:18:59,227 I'm actually thinking about you. 387 00:18:59,228 --> 00:19:01,360 If it comes out that you're working here, even as a favor, 388 00:19:01,361 --> 00:19:03,595 you think your bosses at TI would be okay with it? 389 00:19:03,596 --> 00:19:05,698 Is that it, Joe, really? 390 00:19:05,699 --> 00:19:07,999 Or do you not want anyone thinking you couldn't save your own... 391 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:08,864 (whispers) ...ass? 392 00:19:08,865 --> 00:19:10,700 I don't want your wife at the office. 393 00:19:10,701 --> 00:19:12,569 What the hell's the matter with you? 394 00:19:12,570 --> 00:19:15,371 Without Donna, this thing stays dead on the table, Joe. 395 00:19:15,372 --> 00:19:18,238 She is our best option. Right now, she is our only option. 396 00:19:18,239 --> 00:19:22,910 Fine, but if Kane wants to know, she's a Cardiff employee, 397 00:19:22,911 --> 00:19:24,812 and don't use your real name. 398 00:19:33,891 --> 00:19:37,062 Hey, uh, I need to ask you a couple questions. 399 00:19:37,063 --> 00:19:39,664 Besides the floppy you left in the A-drive 400 00:19:39,665 --> 00:19:41,132 and the stack near the speakers, 401 00:19:41,133 --> 00:19:42,902 are you sure you never backed up elsewhere? 402 00:19:42,903 --> 00:19:44,738 (faintly) Uh-huh. 403 00:19:44,739 --> 00:19:46,739 That's a no? 404 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:49,842 Okay, how about a list of files? Do you keep anything like that? 405 00:19:49,843 --> 00:19:52,845 No. When you're in the flow creating something, 406 00:19:52,846 --> 00:19:55,416 you don't just stop for some mindless bookkeeping. 407 00:19:55,417 --> 00:19:58,653 Right, which is why we're here right now. 408 00:19:58,654 --> 00:20:01,455 (scoffs) Who are you, anyways? Just somebody's mother? 409 00:20:01,456 --> 00:20:04,288 Do you have any clue what it's like to work close to the metal? 410 00:20:04,289 --> 00:20:06,590 Like, any idea what I've lost? 411 00:20:06,591 --> 00:20:10,162 Well, FYI, I am also an engineer with a degree from Berkeley 412 00:20:10,163 --> 00:20:12,297 who's not only created my share of code, 413 00:20:12,298 --> 00:20:13,797 - but given birth to two real humans. - Oh, God. 414 00:20:13,798 --> 00:20:16,032 So yeah, I am somebody's mother 415 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:19,669 and you could use one right now because, frankly, you're a mess. 416 00:20:19,670 --> 00:20:23,374 Leave me alone. Go burn a bra or something. 417 00:20:23,375 --> 00:20:25,677 That's great. Sally Ride just went to space 418 00:20:25,678 --> 00:20:28,280 and here's you screwing up at work and lashing out like a child 419 00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:30,381 at the people trying to help you. 420 00:20:30,382 --> 00:20:33,050 You slept with the boss to get here. Now I know why you had to. 421 00:20:33,051 --> 00:20:35,451 Oh, I'm still sleeping with him, 422 00:20:35,452 --> 00:20:36,821 in case you're wondering, bitch. 423 00:20:36,822 --> 00:20:38,522 Oh, wow. 424 00:20:38,523 --> 00:20:40,956 You really don't think much of yourself, do you? 425 00:20:40,957 --> 00:20:43,192 Go to hell. 426 00:20:50,899 --> 00:20:53,768 (panting) 427 00:21:08,431 --> 00:21:10,617 Donna: It's melted, fine, so it can't spin. 428 00:21:10,618 --> 00:21:12,262 The read head's damaged anyway. 429 00:21:12,263 --> 00:21:13,997 We'll have to remount it on a different spindle. 430 00:21:13,998 --> 00:21:15,744 Wait, won't that just ruin the head on that one? 431 00:21:15,745 --> 00:21:17,692 Yeah, you gonna spin it by hand? 432 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:19,894 - A micron at a time? - Yes. 433 00:21:19,895 --> 00:21:22,440 If the guys at NASA can grind parabolic mirrors 434 00:21:22,441 --> 00:21:25,078 to within one sixth of the wavelength of yellow light by hand, 435 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:27,213 I'm pretty sure I can control the rotation of a disk. 436 00:21:27,214 --> 00:21:32,781 In fact, my chances of success are greater by a factor of 144. 437 00:21:32,782 --> 00:21:34,950 Maybe, but no way the ins and outs. 438 00:21:34,951 --> 00:21:36,883 Exactly, which is why we'll modify it. 439 00:21:36,884 --> 00:21:39,151 Use the stepper motor on the head, not the spinner motor. 440 00:21:39,152 --> 00:21:42,620 Remove the data one click at a time, back up to a third drive. 441 00:21:42,621 --> 00:21:45,890 Only problem being we'll die of old age before you finish. 442 00:21:45,891 --> 00:21:47,325 Not if the FAT's intact. 443 00:21:47,326 --> 00:21:49,327 That way, aside from the fried files, 444 00:21:49,328 --> 00:21:51,260 I can reassemble the BIOS by deduction. 445 00:21:51,261 --> 00:21:54,761 (scoffs) 446 00:21:54,762 --> 00:21:56,426 I think she's smarter than you are. 447 00:21:56,427 --> 00:21:58,128 I knew that the moment I met her. 448 00:21:58,129 --> 00:22:00,562 How I'd never really deserve her. 449 00:22:00,563 --> 00:22:03,062 And, frankly, I'm amazed she puts up with me. 450 00:22:03,063 --> 00:22:04,392 (whispers) Someone's in the doghouse. 451 00:22:04,393 --> 00:22:06,828 Come on, let's do this. 452 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:13,300 Joe: Hey, you all right? 453 00:22:13,301 --> 00:22:14,802 I brought you something to eat. 454 00:22:14,803 --> 00:22:16,670 Just go. 455 00:22:31,983 --> 00:22:33,917 (keys clicking) 456 00:22:33,918 --> 00:22:36,256 Okay, you can do the transfer. 457 00:22:36,257 --> 00:22:37,890 ETA on that, Ed? 458 00:22:37,891 --> 00:22:39,891 Not too long. It's coming. 459 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:41,863 Wiring's a bit tricky. 460 00:22:41,864 --> 00:22:45,167 Spinner wires are in the middle of the ribbon. 461 00:22:46,371 --> 00:22:50,342 - Mommy? I wanna go. - I'm starving. 462 00:22:50,343 --> 00:22:51,069 Maylene... 463 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,880 I'm sorry, I got rascals of my own at home. 464 00:22:53,881 --> 00:22:56,682 - What about Debbie? - Joe sent her home. I gotta go. 465 00:22:56,683 --> 00:23:00,218 (sighs) Fine. 466 00:23:00,219 --> 00:23:04,123 Okay, I've got nuts and raisins. 467 00:23:04,124 --> 00:23:06,593 - That's what's for dinner? - Just eat it, okay? 468 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:09,197 - Kids in Africa are starving right now. - Gordon... 469 00:23:09,198 --> 00:23:12,098 Come on, we need to get this done. 470 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:15,268 Hey, I can take them if you guys wanna keep working. 471 00:23:15,269 --> 00:23:17,403 No, no, no. We're good, thanks. 472 00:23:17,404 --> 00:23:18,803 We don't need any more of your help. 473 00:23:18,804 --> 00:23:21,140 Well, where will you be? 474 00:23:21,141 --> 00:23:24,780 Uh, the garage, I guess, just outside the fire door. 475 00:23:27,319 --> 00:23:29,488 Fine, all right? Just be careful. 476 00:23:29,489 --> 00:23:31,627 There's a phone down there. Call if you got a problem. 477 00:23:31,628 --> 00:23:33,729 Okay, and we'll be right in this room, all right? 478 00:23:33,730 --> 00:23:36,798 Here, dinner, which they will eat and not gripe about. 479 00:23:36,799 --> 00:23:39,569 I'm sure they'll be little angels. 480 00:23:41,937 --> 00:23:45,441 The good news is I'll go blind before I die. 481 00:23:45,442 --> 00:23:48,023 Then at least I'll have to stop. 482 00:23:48,246 --> 00:23:51,511 Well, the guys are bringing you down another monitor. 483 00:23:51,512 --> 00:23:53,581 - There. - (sighs) 484 00:23:53,582 --> 00:23:56,083 There it is, the FAT. It's mostly intact. 485 00:23:56,084 --> 00:23:59,984 - Thank God. - Easy, now. It's a process. 486 00:24:04,454 --> 00:24:08,690 You know, watching you work, you know what it reminds me of? 487 00:24:08,691 --> 00:24:12,028 How often you distract me when I'm trying to work? 488 00:24:12,029 --> 00:24:15,998 That night in CS-50, remember? 489 00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:18,634 When everybody had left the lab 490 00:24:18,635 --> 00:24:20,804 and you forced yourself on me 491 00:24:20,805 --> 00:24:22,438 on the motherboard assembly table. 492 00:24:22,439 --> 00:24:25,472 I recall it a little differently. 493 00:24:25,473 --> 00:24:28,476 It took five days to rebuild the ones that broke 494 00:24:28,477 --> 00:24:32,884 - when you swept them to the floor. - You swept them to the floor. 495 00:24:32,885 --> 00:24:36,519 Hey, romantic urgency. 496 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,188 Yeah, I remember. 497 00:24:41,027 --> 00:24:45,030 Donna, I'm... I'm sorry. 498 00:24:57,874 --> 00:24:59,978 Okay, now leave me alone. I gotta work. 499 00:24:59,979 --> 00:25:01,980 - Okay. - (chair rumbles) 500 00:25:01,981 --> 00:25:05,583 Okay, oh, do you want tickle spray? 501 00:25:05,584 --> 00:25:07,219 Sure. 502 00:25:07,220 --> 00:25:08,821 Some guy who doesn't work here anymore 503 00:25:08,822 --> 00:25:10,887 left it in his desk, so I stole it. 504 00:25:10,888 --> 00:25:14,056 Some people think it's yucky, but let's just try it. 505 00:25:14,057 --> 00:25:16,391 Okay, ready? 506 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,867 (laughs) 507 00:25:20,868 --> 00:25:22,400 No? 508 00:25:22,401 --> 00:25:25,236 I think real tickles are better, what do you think? 509 00:25:25,237 --> 00:25:27,909 - Right? Real tickles are good. - (laughing) 510 00:25:29,377 --> 00:25:32,344 - You're not trash. - Yeah, you're fun. 511 00:25:32,345 --> 00:25:36,048 What? Did someone say I was? 512 00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:41,720 It's okay, girls. You can tell me. 513 00:25:41,721 --> 00:25:44,755 Well, Dad said to Mom 514 00:25:44,756 --> 00:25:46,856 that you were just like white trash. 515 00:25:46,857 --> 00:25:49,227 Haley: Yeah, they were joking. 516 00:25:49,228 --> 00:25:51,097 How do you know they were joking? 517 00:25:51,098 --> 00:25:52,599 'Cause they were laughing. 518 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,201 Let's go play, Cameron. 519 00:25:58,805 --> 00:26:01,374 You guys wanna see something fun? 520 00:26:04,379 --> 00:26:05,646 (gasps) 521 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:07,414 Huh? 522 00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:13,188 Okay, go. Playtime's over. Go play with your parents. 523 00:26:15,628 --> 00:26:18,130 Joanie: Let's go. 524 00:26:18,131 --> 00:26:21,067 (door opens, closes) 525 00:27:06,072 --> 00:27:08,471 (garage door rattling) 526 00:27:15,775 --> 00:27:17,708 (rattling stops) 527 00:27:41,437 --> 00:27:43,506 I thought Joe told you to leave. 528 00:27:43,507 --> 00:27:44,974 Oh, he did. 529 00:27:44,975 --> 00:27:48,613 But then we came to an understanding. 530 00:27:51,117 --> 00:27:53,785 How's the BIOS recovery looking? 531 00:27:57,223 --> 00:28:01,190 Yeah, your engineers didn't want to talk to me either. 532 00:28:01,191 --> 00:28:03,224 They're a prickly bunch. 533 00:28:03,225 --> 00:28:05,791 I thought they were gonna try and crucify me 534 00:28:05,792 --> 00:28:07,192 the moment I set foot down there. 535 00:28:07,193 --> 00:28:09,654 Now you know they're smart. 536 00:28:11,494 --> 00:28:14,395 Must be especially rough on you. 537 00:28:14,396 --> 00:28:17,197 I mean, 22 years here... 538 00:28:17,198 --> 00:28:20,230 selling diodes and ham radios... 539 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:22,731 to mainframe software, to this? 540 00:28:22,732 --> 00:28:24,700 (chuckles) 541 00:28:24,701 --> 00:28:26,968 You feeling any guilt 542 00:28:26,969 --> 00:28:31,092 letting some IBM slickster 543 00:28:31,093 --> 00:28:34,528 come in and hijack it all away from you? 544 00:28:34,529 --> 00:28:38,265 (scoffs) First, check your facts. 545 00:28:38,266 --> 00:28:41,367 No one hijacked anything from me. 546 00:28:41,368 --> 00:28:43,602 And, second, you think your little story here 547 00:28:43,603 --> 00:28:46,972 about our failed hopes and dreams, 548 00:28:46,973 --> 00:28:50,040 that gonna revolutionize news reportin'? 549 00:28:50,041 --> 00:28:52,442 Hell, just another wad of paper 550 00:28:52,443 --> 00:28:54,808 I'll wrap my dead fish heads in. 551 00:28:54,809 --> 00:28:58,208 But you go ahead and write your Titanic story, 552 00:28:58,209 --> 00:29:00,350 the one where we go down. 553 00:29:02,045 --> 00:29:06,484 But I tell ya, y'all should be careful. 554 00:29:06,485 --> 00:29:09,720 Because when we build this PC, 555 00:29:09,721 --> 00:29:11,720 everybody gonna wanna be in 556 00:29:11,721 --> 00:29:14,221 and you... 557 00:29:14,222 --> 00:29:18,322 are gonna be outside standing there, 558 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:22,259 your little pecker wagging in the wind. 559 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:26,897 Now, you get out of my office before I punch you in the face. 560 00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:38,543 I think we got it. 561 00:29:39,980 --> 00:29:43,549 (spray can rattling) 562 00:29:55,131 --> 00:29:57,767 - (loud crashing) - Man: Damn it! 563 00:29:59,837 --> 00:30:02,134 (gun cocks) 564 00:30:02,135 --> 00:30:04,304 Brian: Ah. 565 00:30:06,276 --> 00:30:09,712 (laughs) 566 00:30:09,713 --> 00:30:11,714 Oh, man. 567 00:30:11,715 --> 00:30:13,720 They fired you, too? 568 00:30:13,721 --> 00:30:17,557 God, it's like a frickin' horror movie over there. 569 00:30:17,558 --> 00:30:21,997 Hey, oh, don't worry. I only shoot bad guys. 570 00:30:21,998 --> 00:30:24,166 Yeah. (laughs) 571 00:30:24,167 --> 00:30:27,971 Oh, oh, you're here for payback, huh? 572 00:30:27,972 --> 00:30:29,871 Justice! 573 00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:31,839 What are you gonna write? The usual, huh? 574 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,910 Okay, go ahead. Do it. 575 00:30:35,911 --> 00:30:39,647 I mean, they're both such hypocrites, right? 576 00:30:39,648 --> 00:30:43,548 Nose-in-the-air Donna with her whole career woman act, 577 00:30:43,549 --> 00:30:47,349 and Gordon, the artiste? Oh, please. 578 00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:49,082 Like he and Joe what's-his-face 579 00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:53,619 are ever gonna create a PC to rival the big boys. 580 00:30:54,822 --> 00:30:57,325 Do it. 581 00:30:57,326 --> 00:31:00,462 I swear to God, I won't tell. 582 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,835 (clicks key) 583 00:31:06,836 --> 00:31:09,170 (sighs) We got it. 584 00:31:11,254 --> 00:31:13,878 Kane: Nice save. Crisis averted, huh? 585 00:31:13,879 --> 00:31:16,615 Well, we're just lucky the file allocation table wasn't lost. 586 00:31:16,616 --> 00:31:18,615 Once I found that, I was able to write a program 587 00:31:18,616 --> 00:31:20,749 to help reassemble the data sectors. 588 00:31:20,750 --> 00:31:22,219 She's not completely recovered, 589 00:31:22,220 --> 00:31:24,690 but by my calculations, about 93%. 590 00:31:24,691 --> 00:31:29,224 - And you are? - This is, um, Susan Fairchild. 591 00:31:29,225 --> 00:31:31,693 She's one of our debuggers. 592 00:31:31,694 --> 00:31:33,796 Thanks, Susan. Nice work. 593 00:31:33,797 --> 00:31:37,032 Hey, guys. How about showing Ron here how you cracked the problem? 594 00:31:37,033 --> 00:31:38,968 You really got in deep there, right? 595 00:31:38,969 --> 00:31:41,101 Okay, well, the magnetic platter melted, right? 596 00:31:41,102 --> 00:31:44,038 And it couldn't be spun. So we remounted it. 597 00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:48,705 - Kane: And you are...? - Oh, Gordon Clark, head engineer. 598 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:52,777 No, no, but, come on. IBM decimated your mainframe business. 599 00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:54,376 You laid off scores of employees. 600 00:31:54,377 --> 00:31:57,046 Have you got the resources, the guts, 601 00:31:57,047 --> 00:31:58,382 to fight in the PC world? 602 00:31:58,383 --> 00:32:00,150 Joe: Ron, three things... 603 00:32:00,151 --> 00:32:03,451 nimbleness, vision, and a complete lack of fear. 604 00:32:03,452 --> 00:32:05,789 IBM's formidable, but it's gotten fat. 605 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:14,530 (sighs) 606 00:32:50,663 --> 00:32:53,035 The storage room has no carpeting. 607 00:32:53,036 --> 00:32:55,039 It's concrete. 608 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,709 I don't know about you, but I'd use a mop, not a vacuum cleaner. 609 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,713 I had the janitor let go, but if you want, I can call... 610 00:33:00,714 --> 00:33:03,518 My God, you are tenacious. 611 00:33:06,655 --> 00:33:08,457 They were degaussed, all right. 612 00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:10,824 But one of them had a spreadsheet on it. 613 00:33:10,825 --> 00:33:12,859 Another, part of a game. 614 00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:15,530 Cameron's sloppy, but she's not that sloppy. 615 00:33:15,531 --> 00:33:18,766 She would've used clean disks to back up on, not those. 616 00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:23,869 You engineered this. 617 00:33:23,870 --> 00:33:25,471 You got her out of the room somehow, 618 00:33:25,472 --> 00:33:27,474 you made the power surge happen, 619 00:33:27,475 --> 00:33:30,243 but you grabbed a bunch of random disks, didn't you, 620 00:33:30,244 --> 00:33:33,646 and demagnetized them all before swapping them for Cameron's? 621 00:33:37,218 --> 00:33:38,751 Congrats, you got me. 622 00:33:38,752 --> 00:33:40,884 And if I hadn't recovered the BIOS? 623 00:33:40,885 --> 00:33:44,665 I would've saved the day myself before Kane left the building. 624 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:48,022 All of this for a little publicity? 625 00:33:48,023 --> 00:33:50,059 Don't underestimate it. 626 00:33:50,060 --> 00:33:52,429 He came in here today with zero interest in what we were doing. 627 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:55,862 Now, whether he writes that we're geniuses on the cusp of something great 628 00:33:55,863 --> 00:33:57,598 or misfits who almost crashed and burned, 629 00:33:57,599 --> 00:33:59,001 at least he'll write something, 630 00:33:59,002 --> 00:34:02,106 and right now that's all we need. 631 00:34:02,107 --> 00:34:04,673 And Cameron, who's sleeping with you? 632 00:34:04,674 --> 00:34:08,044 - She's just collateral damage? - She'll get over it. 633 00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:10,547 - Plus, she's learned to be more careful. - (Donna scoffs) 634 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:12,515 Look, you can think what you want about me, Donna. 635 00:34:12,516 --> 00:34:15,017 But this is their dream, too, not just mine. 636 00:34:15,018 --> 00:34:17,118 I'd hate to see their trust in me broken 637 00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:21,421 over something so minor, so beneficial as this. 638 00:34:24,928 --> 00:34:29,069 If you're smart, and clearly you are... 639 00:34:30,739 --> 00:34:34,842 you won't tell anyone. Not even Gordon. 640 00:34:41,113 --> 00:34:44,785 The kids are fine. Thanks for asking. 641 00:34:44,786 --> 00:34:46,718 Hey, would you get them settled, please? 642 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,119 - What? - Just... I'll be there in a minute. 643 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,720 Okay. 644 00:34:52,121 --> 00:34:53,854 Hey. 645 00:34:56,758 --> 00:34:58,759 You scared my girls. 646 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,463 I had to leave, I'm sorry. 647 00:35:01,464 --> 00:35:03,232 You should be. 648 00:35:03,233 --> 00:35:07,235 I don't know if you heard, but I recovered your code. 649 00:35:07,236 --> 00:35:09,905 Not all of it, but 93.6%. 650 00:35:09,906 --> 00:35:13,239 Thank you. 651 00:35:14,274 --> 00:35:16,075 God, what I said to you... 652 00:35:16,076 --> 00:35:17,477 No, forget it. You were a wreck. 653 00:35:17,478 --> 00:35:20,181 Makes sense you would be. 654 00:35:20,182 --> 00:35:23,315 One time when I was in school, I spilled a whole Coke on my motherboard. 655 00:35:23,316 --> 00:35:25,352 Hadn't backed up for weeks. 656 00:35:25,353 --> 00:35:28,126 I felt like jumping off the Bay Bridge. 657 00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:32,295 But I have to tell you, my code... 658 00:35:32,296 --> 00:35:34,098 was never like yours. 659 00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:37,002 Yours is, uh... 660 00:35:37,003 --> 00:35:41,239 well, it's like a piece of music. 661 00:35:44,011 --> 00:35:48,619 You should go home. Sleep, maybe eat a real meal. 662 00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:50,219 You can work tomorrow. 663 00:35:50,220 --> 00:35:53,020 No, I gotta get back that 6.4%. 664 00:35:53,857 --> 00:35:56,528 Suit yourself. 665 00:35:58,363 --> 00:36:02,034 Oh, are these... are these yours? 666 00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:04,500 Oh. 667 00:36:04,501 --> 00:36:06,769 Gordon. 668 00:36:14,477 --> 00:36:17,779 (siren wailing) 669 00:36:30,892 --> 00:36:33,126 (car door closes) 670 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:42,933 (sighs) 671 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,901 Was a little fast, huh? 672 00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:46,770 License and registration? 673 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:49,205 Yeah. 674 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:50,673 Whoa, whoa, what are you reaching for? 675 00:36:50,674 --> 00:36:53,442 Just getting my license out of the... whoa, whoa. 676 00:36:53,443 --> 00:36:54,843 What are you doing? 677 00:36:54,844 --> 00:36:56,544 All right, all right. 678 00:36:57,542 --> 00:36:59,847 Oh, shit. He hit me. 679 00:36:59,848 --> 00:37:01,549 No, I... what? 680 00:37:01,550 --> 00:37:03,784 Ow! 681 00:37:03,785 --> 00:37:05,985 (thumping) 682 00:37:07,406 --> 00:37:10,041 (door closes) 683 00:37:12,444 --> 00:37:15,077 They're gonna be a mess tomorrow. 684 00:37:15,078 --> 00:37:17,034 You mean in two hours? 685 00:37:17,035 --> 00:37:18,083 (scoffs) 686 00:37:18,083 --> 00:37:20,552 Man, what a day. 687 00:37:20,553 --> 00:37:23,053 You were amazing. I mean, amazing. 688 00:37:23,054 --> 00:37:26,407 Susan Fairchild? You give me my mother's maiden name? 689 00:37:26,408 --> 00:37:27,775 It was the first thing I thought of. 690 00:37:27,776 --> 00:37:29,976 So you think of me as my mother? 691 00:37:29,977 --> 00:37:32,142 No, of course not. 692 00:37:32,143 --> 00:37:34,044 You're being crabby. 693 00:37:34,045 --> 00:37:36,705 Come on, we both need to get to bed. 694 00:37:38,053 --> 00:37:40,253 What? 695 00:37:41,721 --> 00:37:43,523 What? 696 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,933 Joe fried Cameron's hard drive 697 00:37:51,934 --> 00:37:54,567 and made it look like she degaussed her backups. 698 00:37:54,568 --> 00:37:58,140 He did it on purpose to try and get that reporter to write about you guys, 699 00:37:58,141 --> 00:38:00,409 about your PC, about the company. 700 00:38:00,410 --> 00:38:02,977 The BIOS was never lost. 701 00:38:02,978 --> 00:38:05,012 He had the real backups the whole time. 702 00:38:05,013 --> 00:38:05,792 What? 703 00:38:05,793 --> 00:38:08,815 This is the man we've hitched our wagon to, Gordon. 704 00:38:08,816 --> 00:38:11,486 This is your partner in this whole thing. 705 00:38:11,487 --> 00:38:13,907 But how could he? I mean... 706 00:38:14,756 --> 00:38:16,992 Jesus. 707 00:38:16,993 --> 00:38:18,692 I mean, what he put us all through. 708 00:38:18,693 --> 00:38:21,530 Wasting my whole day on some massive fake drama? 709 00:38:21,531 --> 00:38:25,334 He only told me when I confronted him about it. 710 00:38:28,937 --> 00:38:30,770 God. 711 00:38:34,441 --> 00:38:37,474 Well, did it work? 712 00:38:37,475 --> 00:38:40,042 Is the reporter gonna write the story 713 00:38:40,043 --> 00:38:42,310 about us and our PC? 714 00:38:44,345 --> 00:38:46,646 What? 715 00:38:46,647 --> 00:38:48,746 What? 716 00:38:49,514 --> 00:38:52,449 I'm just asking. 717 00:38:52,450 --> 00:38:55,753 - (phones ringing) - (chatter) 718 00:38:57,390 --> 00:39:00,625 John: Jeff, we still fishin' on Sunday? 719 00:39:04,999 --> 00:39:07,264 Hey, Hank. 720 00:39:08,335 --> 00:39:10,569 Saw that boy of yours on the mound. 721 00:39:10,570 --> 00:39:11,522 (laughs) 722 00:39:11,523 --> 00:39:15,240 God, he is bringing some Nolan Ryan heat, that kid. 723 00:39:15,241 --> 00:39:18,142 Yep, they do grow up quick, Boz. 724 00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:32,378 (groans) 725 00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:39,225 (exhales) 726 00:40:01,244 --> 00:40:03,348 You wanted to see me? Because I'm doing it right now. 727 00:40:03,349 --> 00:40:04,850 No, no, it's not about that report. 728 00:40:04,851 --> 00:40:07,887 It's about this one. 729 00:40:07,888 --> 00:40:12,194 Not only was it late, it was full of errors. 730 00:40:12,195 --> 00:40:14,061 I looked like an idiot in front of Mark. 731 00:40:14,062 --> 00:40:16,630 Um... 732 00:40:16,631 --> 00:40:18,801 I'm sorry. 733 00:40:18,802 --> 00:40:21,103 What's wrong? 734 00:40:21,546 --> 00:40:23,771 You're better than this. 735 00:40:23,772 --> 00:40:26,107 Now, I'm a friend. You know that. 736 00:40:26,108 --> 00:40:27,707 But I can't keep covering for you. 737 00:40:27,708 --> 00:40:29,609 I've got my own job to think about. 738 00:40:35,915 --> 00:40:38,550 As of now, you're on probation. 739 00:40:40,053 --> 00:40:45,124 Now, unless your work improves, there may be action taken. 740 00:40:48,931 --> 00:40:51,064 That's it. 741 00:40:57,243 --> 00:40:59,877 (liquid pouring) 742 00:41:04,017 --> 00:41:06,288 Jeez. 743 00:41:06,289 --> 00:41:08,991 What the hell happened to you? 744 00:41:08,992 --> 00:41:12,395 I got careless, fell. 745 00:41:13,330 --> 00:41:15,264 (groans) 746 00:41:16,916 --> 00:41:19,101 Had a close call yesterday. 747 00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:21,569 Yep. 748 00:41:23,439 --> 00:41:25,839 If it hadn't been for Donna, 749 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,476 who knows where we'd be? 750 00:41:40,857 --> 00:41:43,558 "Fear" playing 751 00:41:43,559 --> 00:41:47,127 ♪ Fear ♪ 752 00:41:49,062 --> 00:41:51,831 ♪ It's cold and it's gray ♪ 753 00:41:51,832 --> 00:41:54,735 ♪ It's strange ♪ 754 00:41:54,736 --> 00:41:57,771 - ♪ Fear... ♪ - (disk drive clicking) 755 00:42:00,208 --> 00:42:05,345 ♪ Fear ♪ 756 00:42:06,146 --> 00:42:09,281 ♪ Fear ♪ 757 00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:13,654 ♪ It's cold and it's gray ♪ 758 00:42:13,655 --> 00:42:16,724 ♪ I just can't explain ♪ 759 00:42:16,725 --> 00:42:19,960 ♪ Fear ♪ 760 00:42:22,194 --> 00:42:25,231 ♪ Ooh... ♪ 761 00:42:27,498 --> 00:42:32,670 ♪ Same as yesterday ♪ 762 00:42:32,671 --> 00:42:35,170 ♪ Fear ♪ 763 00:42:38,174 --> 00:42:41,709 ♪ Fear ♪ 764 00:42:42,096 --> 00:42:48,936 Sync and corrections by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com 764 00:42:49,305 --> 00:42:55,429 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org