02x01 - The c*ptive Tower

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attention please this is Major ew Foster speaking this Tower is under siege all

of its occupants have been taken hostage by 20 armed highly trained disciplined Personnel under my

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you newspaper people really lead glamorous exciting lives huh well you

get to cover world shaking events like the opening of a brand new glass and steel beehive oh come on Rita this is

one of the most modern fully equipped computer controlled and button- down buildings in the whole

world that's fascinating Pete yeah you're right it's a beautiful building and it

can do everything but fly but who cares but if Mr Jameson wasn't one of

the honored guests at this shindig the bugle wouldn't even be covering it I'm

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Masters the competition she sure is she spoiled four of my best pictures last

week well the way I hear you talk about her she may be the the competition but she is definitely not the enemy not

personally well no not personally but I better be catching up with her she'll be giving me nothing but

trouble yeah I'll see you oh please be back by 4:30 we'll do now don't forget

the handbrake on the car doesn't work trust me Rita this was the cheapest car I could find so you better keep your eye

on the temperature Gauger if you don't get inside pretty quick you're going to miss what's happened yeah that had

occurred to

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and of course we also sought to incorporate in our design the ultimate technology available in the areas of

security public conveyance and safety systems and I think we succeeded they

are all computer controlled automated and monitored by a computer setup So

Sophisticated it even monitors itself and therefore operates for the most part unattended we are especially proud of

how it integrates with a system of 452 solid steel fire doors which we developed for this

Tower furthermore the 958 computer can sense and detect fire precisely

determine its location in the building and Signal sets of fire doors to close automatically now this serves to seal

off the affected area and isolate the

source and there are other unique features of the civa [Music]

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when fully occupied This Magnificent Tower will provide a working space for 16,000 new

employees now that's 16,000 jobs that could have gone to the citizens of any other major city in the world but cross

inmes verir and Amato chose New York City to build their new

headquarters and credit for that choice goes to the people seated before you and

I'd like you all to join me in thanking them first is Deputy Mayor

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good are you sure you got it all together equipment's ready sir no that's not what I meant and you know it and you

know how like keeping my feet on the ground look major I don't have anything to do with that

scaffold oh come on now duke it has a safety harness nothing can happen to you now who's going to set up the

expl*sives on that roof if you don't huh good job to do Duke listen nobody

can do it better than you can nobody and I'm depending on

you okay next the distinguished editor and publisher of one of New York's

finest newspapers Mr J Jon

Jameson Julie what are you doing call striking back look he's my boss if I

don't get a good picture of him I'm finished now we're

even and lastly the Vice President in charge of corporate [Music]

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wouldn't want to waste this on a couple of Crash Landing

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operator this is an emergency get me fire and rescue right away right the civa tower there a man

went over the side of the scaffolding he's hanging underneath

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out listen Mis wait a man just like you in my outfit in Vietnam a real hot dog hero type he's still over there we

couldn't find enough of them to ship back home do you understand what I'm trying to tell you

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good all right let's [Music]

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take it easy you're going to be all right take it [Music]

easy

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for what did you just do Mr Pham Mr

faram I told her we didn't just break in here you

see listen no

alarm she hasn't made a sound I asked her not to we can do whatever we want now and she won't make

any protest ever yes

she's one of a kind beautiful isn't she I'm fully Cooperative I hope now you can revise

the program of course I can she doesn't know how to say no to me you see the more sophisticated the

lady the more vulnerable she is to someone who knows it

well and we've spent a lot of time together haven't

we

Parker Parker where have you been some exciting things have been going on here

register's going to have pictures of Spider-Man on the front page tomorrow will the bugle absolutely I was with him

every step of the way in fact I got him from a a high kind of dramatic angle you know any pictures taken from here will

look like they were taken from the second floor good now you ready to take some pictures of that computer that Mr Ria was telling us about well sure just

as soon as I reload good let's go sure follow

[Applause] me you placed it and you beat it how do

you feel no more never

again well Mr faum when Mr

faum when she's ready remember I'm convincing her to do

something something normally she would not do now look at the

monitor you see she thinks there's a fire in the

garage but not one sound of

alarm soon she'll think there's a fire on every floor in the tower the elevator what about the elevator she's put them

in maintenance mode at garage level of course I asked her to

mind if I tag along well you'll have to tag Us in elevator first they're playing hard to

get yeah well you know how it is with a new building people take elevators just for the fun of it they take tours of the place and tie them up just where is this

computer room you're telling us about just a couple levels down why don't we

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what's going on here it looks like we're trapped on this

floor please please everybody quiet please there's no cause for alarm if you

just give your attention to Mr Rio here I think that he can explain what has probably happened okay

now I know you all heard me say that those steel doors were designed to seal off zones of the tower endangered by

fire but if there really were a fire we'd be hearing an alarm by now now I

believe this condition is the result of a computer malfunction of some kind and I'm sure it will correct itself shortly

now in the meantime I suggest attention please your attention please this is Major ew Foster speaking

this Tower is under siege all of its occupants have been taken hostage by 20 armed highly trained

disciplined Personnel under my command they have been given strict orders to

harm no one who cooperates with us only those who oppose us or act against us

need fear for their safety remainder of this message is directed to Deputy Mayor Edward

nent Mr Deputy Mayor responsibility for these people's lives is in your hands

you can protect them and buy their freedom by arranging a ransom of $10 million 10 10

million money is to be put in an armored vehicle it is to be driven to this building time is now exactly 220

considering traffic conditions at this hour and the time necessary to assemble count and package that much currency the

armed vehicle has to be to this building no later than 347 the telephone on the tower level is

still operative you may use it to make your necessary arrangements if you do not

adhere precisely to my instructions or if you inform the police and they decide to mount a

counterdefensive all of your lives will be

terminated thank you very much really think they k*ll us all listen we've had

a lot of dealings with t*rrorists lately it's a mistake not to take them seriously

thing sounds impossible no no not really sir I mean well just imagine what would

happen if somebody were to pump toxic gas into that air conditioning

system that's right for that matter excuse me the structural Integrity of this Tower is provided by six strategic

perimeter supports now enough expl*sive force applied to any two of them and it would topple like a house of cards let's

get to a phone Ed

Mr Rio um I'm a scientist myself and I understand something about computer operations I know that some of them can

work on a remote access capability a telephone life now this one only responds to a direct input terminal

commands well what floor is the computer on 18 what if we were to shut down all the

power in the building how about getting con a to just pull the plug on the place they can't the building has its own power generator nothing would change

anyway the computer would continue to operate in its present mode of control so in other words the only way

that we're going to open the fire doors and release everybody is to somehow get to the computer and return it to its

original program that's it but considering the fire doors on intervening levels it'd be like trying to crack a bank vault with a uh set of

drafting tools all right thank [Music]

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Henry keep the voice cool we find out who we're dealing with Le yeah yeah I got it anything

else good we can use everything you can tell us about Well you certainly have

thanks again Colonel appreciate the cooperation what' you

get Foster ew major US Army Bron star three purple hearts DSC etc etc dishonor

discharg May 15th of the last year after putting in 18 years got caught with his hand in the black market cookie jar

angry bitter and persecuted and Brilliant High marks and command ability tactical knowhow and composure on the F

we're up against a battle Harden Pro well I'll

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room 1802 she's doing just

fine hello this is Lieutenant Ramirez I'm with the New York Police Department I'd like to speak with a major Foster

please you got him State your business Lieutenant major I've been authorized to tell you that the city is already working to comply fully with your

request oh that's very good then there's nothing further for us to discuss now begging your pardon sir there are a few

points I'd like us to go over oh yes nice try Ramirez but I know the routine so forget it there's nothing for us to

negotiate yeah but major we as you were

Lieutenant we can forget talking about of it what's status of those Tech boys we mobilized Chopper's on its way

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Chopper probably a tech Chopper just off the roof there enough plastic expl*sive up there to blow that roof off

Spider-Man what he's the one that saved me he could have disarmed the expl*sives they might be moving in right now no

they aren't we would have heard it if they open that door no one is going to disarm that just upon Him attack

Counterattack ready she's ready maximum air

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trying to tell us

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Ser Walter I'm in charge here although I don't know what I did to pull this Duty hey I appreciate what you did thanks uh

Hey Shor go down below and take a look at that board on there will you wait just a minute the other side of that thing is packed with plastic expl*sives

you lift the top off of that and you'll blow the top five floors of this building clear to Jersey yeah and they come down pretty hard on littering over

there don't they huh oh that's why I keep a b*mb boy on a squad it helps hold the whole group together hey Sher go down there and give me a second opinion

on that door

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all right Mr faram about the sleeping gas to the force

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above you're right it's a real hot one the door act as a Detonator opening it would be like hitting the switch isn't

there anything you can do I'll take a couple hours the building ought to be empty first well then back off I better

check with Ramirez [Music]

first now what's happening now I'm afraid it's the air conditioning acting up a couple of hours we got is about 14

minutes well I don't know what to tell you lieutenant because we don't have any options up here let me have the

[Music] microphone Lieutenant this is Spider-Man I could get into the computer room

through the window forget it we' run out of time they've won the Skirmish I'm having the money brought in they could

have planted explosiv all over the building you pop through that window and maybe all we get is a big bang and a lot of dead hostages no I say we pay and try

to nail them when they leave I might be able to try another way I don't think you have a chance anyway I got a pretty

tight psych Pro on the leader says he was raised on the honest keeps his word falter listen up get your team into that

Chopper I want you ready to track that armored car in case it leaves with Foster in his group all right

lieutenant

attention please attention please seems that the police department

has foolishly decided to mount a Counterattack I am forced therefore to take counter measures to ensure that no

further interference occurs now some of you are already feeling a little drowsy

in a few moments you'll all be asleep because of the sleeping gas that we are pumping through the air conditioning

vents Mr deputy mayor please tell the police department to have that Ransom delivered exactly on

time

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$10 million just pulled up in front of the Ving tactics tactics major Foster for lieutenant

Ramirez yeah yeah I know a tech team on the roof

wasn't part of our deal yeah but listen the money's here but I want your word on the safety

of those hostages you have it now no more chitchat Lieutenant I want that 10

million loaded onto the window Wash's Gondola you got it it's been a pleasure doing business with you

Lieutenant shut down the air conditioning lower the [Music]

gondola [Music]

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bunny is loaded now is the elevator that's going to take us to the basement level in working

order she didn't like it but she'll do it and all we need is for you to time

the destruction of the computer to occur a few moments after we get to the base level you're not

serious destroy this beauty that's not

funny yes Ramirez thank you very much

Lieutenant have Londa brought up to this level you were kidding about about what

you said weren't you Mr Forester have the gondola brought up to

this level yes

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have you finished setting it up it's all ready Mr Forester are you

positive now I don't want your feelings for this hunk of electronics to get in the way of this operation Mr

farum it's done Mr Forester Duke attached the expl*sive

device a few moments after we're in the tower basement it'll detonate and she's

gone I hated to do it very well now hurry up with those

backpacks

come on Mr farum H you

right Peter Julie are you okay yes um but where were you oh I uh I got zapped

by the gas out in the hallway stay here okay

Mr Jameson Mr Jameson are you all okay yes I I think so you'd probably be

a lot more comfortable in this chair can you make it I know if you'll help you with

pleasure Mr James there we are all right you rest

there back J just stay here it's going to be

okay just just

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relax maor Forester I got to hand it to you well

we're not out of it yet but thank you where's F Mr faram we're waiting for you go

ahead I'm a tting my back it's so heavy it sure is $2.5 million

heavy maker what about farum go and

look now could he get back to the computer in time enough to prevent it from blowing up no

way good

he's gone we don't need him he can't Hur us come on yeah but the money come

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far I know we took a class together at the University this wasn't

necessary she could have been disconnected she might have had a few components removed that's all you would

have accomplished the same thing but no he had to her

who who crippled her Mr Forster he didn't understand

her he didn't like her he didn't care then he should be punished for what he did to

her yes he should be caught and punished it would be fair if he were punished for

doing this if you tell me where he

is I'll see to it that he's caught and punished I promise

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are you all right yeah yeah I'm okay you think you can make it yeah come on come on to

CL hold it hold it one minute we don't have time for this turkey to rest let's

not get excited we're almost finished here let's not get overrun are you all right yeah let's go come

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[Music] better go and see what happened to him go on Hammer let's leave

him it sounded like somebody attacked him go on come on we're almost out of here now look Hammer go

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