10x22 - Dial M for Modem

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[theme music playing]

[music continues]

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[intense music in movie]

There's no time for a test.

We must strike now.

[dinosaur roaring]

[dialing]

[woman 1] New York Telephone. Robin.

[Paige] A Manhattan Interworld Films.

INT.

[woman] Please hold.

Thank you for calling.

The number is 555-0440.

[dial tone]

[answering machine beeping]

[man 1] The number you have reached 555-0440

is no longer in service.

If you feel you've reached this recording in error

please contact your operator.

Of course.

[Mack] Hi.

I'm home.

-Hi. -Hi.

Where's Karen?

She had an errand to do.

An errand?

-Yeah, she'll be back soon. -Oh!

We were just doing the final touches

on our presentation to the West Coast conservations.

Oh, yeah.

I was... I'm just going to, you know. I was gonna

come up to get a sandwich.

And I'm gonna make something quick.

Cheese.

Can I make you something?

No, thanks.

This won't disturb you, will it?

-Not at all. -[Mack] Are you sure?

Huh? Okay, good.

So.

Did you see Michael?

No.

He's at school.

Barbara's upstairs with Meg?

No, they went to the park for a while.

Are you sure I'm not in the way here?

Cause I'm almost finished.

Oh, no, no, no, it's fine.

I mean, I could move.

No, no. I'm just, you know

I'm just about finished here anyway, you know?

You know, I'm just going to...

I'm going to just grab something quick and and I'm out of here.

You're really lucky you get to come home for lunch every day.

Oh, well, sometimes, you know.

Today I just gonna grab...

I came up for a file.

I had to pick up a file, you know.

So I'm just gonna eat and run, eat on the run.

I'll see you.

-See you. -Okay.

[Paula] As you can see,

Murakame's property includes Zone C.

This is a parcel of land

that has been designated environmentally fragile.

It is a complex ecosystem that is incredibly biodiverse.

Now, when this property was a vacation resort,

Lotus Point,

the owners left the site undeveloped.

[man] And hasn't Murakame promised not to drill

in this Sensitive sea area?

Yes, and they've promised to monitor

the effects of their drilling on the wildlife in the area.

A pledge to monitor ecological destruction

is not the same as a pledge to prevent it.

Wait a minute. Aren't we presuming them guilty

until proven innocent here?

Well, I think the burden of proof is on Murakame.

Let's let Ms. Vertosick finish her presentation.

Okay. If we extrapolate the data from my original research

-and apply it to Lotus Point-- -[Abby] Uh...

You mean the Murakame property, don't you?

[Paula] Yes.

If we apply our findings to that area,

it is no longer a question of risk to the environment.

It is now a question of how much damage will be done

and how much damage is acceptable.

Well.

[Jane] Thank you for a very thorough report.

It will certainly help us to make an informed vote

at our scheduled meeting

of the full Board next Monday.

Well, if there are any other comments.

No? Let's adjourned.

Well, you certainly did your homework.

Thank you.

Why haven't you published your findings?

Well, actually, in a few days I will have completed

a two year study on the wetlands.

And after the data has been collated and we verify

the statistical margin of error it will be published

in the Pacific Journal of Science.

-Very impressive. -[Karen] It certainly is.

We're lucky to have Paula as part of our team.

We certainly are.

Thanks.

I'm just doing my job.

Don't be so modest.

You're a real find.

I wanted to ring that little forest fairy's neck.

She talked to the members of the board

as though they were her students.

Murakame has divided the area into zones.

Zone C is an area that is especially sensitive

to the adverse effects of oil drilling.

Do you think she convinced anyone?

Well, apparently undergraduates with raging hormones

and some of my latent adolescent male colleagues

think she's charming and sincere.

Honestly, Ted, sometimes I despair for your gender.

I can't speak for other men,

but you're more my type.

We just never know what kind of little surprises

Paula is going to have up her sleeve.

I must say, teacher does do her homework.

Even I was impressed with the details of her research.

Sounds like your conservationists

would settle for reassurances

and Murakame won't drill in those sensitive zones.

We have to drill where the geologists

tell us to drill where the oil is.

I said they needed assurance.

Didn't say you had to be bound by it.

That's risky.

So was hiring an actor

to impersonate a Murakame executive.

Let you pull that off without a hitch.

True.

[Paige] No, he doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

I know he's Asian,

but I need somebody older for the part.

Mid forties, slightly graying, little stocky.

Has to be fluent in both English and Japanese.

That sounds fine.

Can you send me some photos?

Great. Character actors or leading men.

It doesn't matter, yes.

And do you represent anyone who actually lived in Japan

and did those horror films like...

Giganticus , for instance?

Yes, someone in his forties.

Great.

Thank you.

Yes, well, we're sh**ting a Japanese language commercial

and I need a very specific type.

Yes, fluent Japanese and English.

Great. Can you send over your client list

and some photos?

Perfect. Thank you.

You were great this morning.

You want to know how great? Abby was fit to be tied.

But she was so sweet to me.

A sure sign she was furious.

It was such a pleasure to watch.

I can't thank you enough.

I wish you would quit thanking me.

We haven't accomplished anything yet.

We will.

I can't find my jeans.

I got to look in the hamper.

I do that too.

[Karen] Found some.

I can't wait to see Lotus Point.

[Karen] I hope we aren't spinning our wheels.

I only have until Monday

to make the WCC change their minds.

[Paula] Don't give up hope on Lotus point.

I'll line up the data that we collect today in my computer.

And then I'll cross reference my wetlands research

and we'll have something substantial to go on.

[Karen] I hope so.

I only wore them once.

That's great.

I go for two or three wearings myself.

[Karen exhales deeply]

Michael was so cute then.

He is now.

He was 12 when that was taken.

It's right around the time I started dating Mack.

How long have you Mack known each other?

Five or six years.

-You seeing anyone? -No.

You didn't leave some handsome forest ranger

pining for you up there in the mountains.

Pardon the pun.

No, I don't think anybody's pining for me.

Well, they probably are.

You just don't know it.

I'm sure you need someone here.

I don't really want to.

Oh, really?

It's when you're not looking that

you always seem to find someone.

Look, Michael.

If we're going to keep working together.

Yeah?

We better get past this Johnny thing.

This Johnny thing?

Hey, come on.

Ellen, you can date whomever you want to.

I don't care.

I never meant to hurt you.

Ellen, I don't care.

Look, I'm going to work on this project incredibly hard

because it might be the most original thing

I ever do.

And if the program is as good

as we think it is, we're going to make a lot of money.

So I'm not interested in your personal life.

Let's just keep our relationship strictly professional, alright?

Alright.

[Michael] You showing the final program of Benioff, yet?

[Ellen] He's got a pin on it of the last run.

There were no errors.

[Michael] What did he say?

[Ellen] He said we should copyright Deadbolt right away

so we can approach a software distributor.

[Michael] We may have to incorporate for tax purposes.

[Ellen] Do you know an attorney

who specializes in corporate law?

[Michael] Yeah, I'll ask Mack.

[Ellen] It's going to be weird being rich.

[Michael] Yeah, nice kind of weird.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Karen] What if we get caught?

[Paula] I won't tell if you don't tell.

Besides, if we get arrested

it'll be good publicity for our cause.

[Karen] Getting arrested for our cause.

Possibility of that hasn't happened since 1972.

Shall we?

So important that we keep this land

from being destroyed.

Boy, I can see why you love this place.

-Yeah. -So sorry I had to sell it.

Spilt milk.

But I do miss it.

I miss leaving my office

and taking a walk out in the woods.

That's exactly what I'm missing.

I'm not working at the National Park.

You know, I think we have a lot in common.

Yeah, so do I.

I must admit, I'm pretty intimidated, though.

Why?

You seem to be such a superwoman.

You're the ideal mother,

the perfect wife,

professional business woman,

champion of just causes.

It's easy. All you have to do is give up sleep.

[Paula] The surveyor's truck.

[Karen] What are they doing here?

[suspenseful music playing]

You don't think they saw us, do you?

[Karen] No.

What?

Oh, this is the image of me out here.

Trespassing and hiding.

If Mack could see me now.

Well, what would he say?

I don't know. I guess he'd say "Way to go."

Would he mean it?

Mm-hmm.

You're very lucky.

I know.

Hey, can you tell where we are on this map?

Yeah, I wish I could... Right about here.

So the surveyors are... here.

Oh, no, that can't be right.

[Karen] They are. They're here.

They're in Zone C. They can't drill in that zone.

Okay, I got what we need. Let's get out of here.

[doorbell rings]

I'll get it.

[Karen] Honey, could you get it?

Yeah.

-Hi. -Hear the good news?

Oh, good news.

[Karen] Who is it?

-Paula. -Paula! Here to celebrate.

-Hi. -[Karen] Hi. Come on in.

Oh. Hey, what's that?

You going to open it?

You've got the photos.

Mm-hm. Right here.

[Karen] Paula you got 'em.

The guys, the stakes.

Mack. She's terrific.

[Mack] Oh yeah.

These are just... wonderful.

I can't wait till the board meeting.

Oh, that's nice.

-Nice shots. -Thanks.

There we go.

Aren't you going to join us?

Go ahead.

-Let's have a toast. -To the good guys.

Good guys.

[Gary] Yeah, just take care of it. It's fine.

[telephone ringing]

[telephone ringing]

-Yeah, hello. -[Sally's friend] Hi.

Wait a minute.

Chester. Chester, put that down.

Down.

Bad dog!

-Give it to me. -[dog bark]

Give it to me now.

- Put it down, Chester. -[dog barks]

[Sally's friend sighs]

Chester, give it to me.

-Good boy. Good. Sit. -[dog bark]

Sit.

I'm sorry, I'm not so sure I should own a dog.

So.

Not that towel! I just had that clean!

Hold on. Chester.

Boy. Stay.

-Hi. -Hi.

[Sally's friend] I don't think he understands English.

That must be it.

Anyway, sorry about that.

I'm going to have to send him to military school.

So, how are you?

-Fine. - Sally home?

-No. -She's not?

No. I mean, she doesn't live here.

You got the wrong number.

-[Sally's friend] What? God... -Yeah, there's no Sally here.

You mean this has been a wrong number all this time?

Right from the beginning.

[Sally's friend] Well, why didn't you just hang up?

I was having a good time.

Well, what happened was I bought a new phone

the kind where you can save the numbers you call most.

And I dialed Sally's number

and was just checking to see if I got it right.

Yeah, well, you didn't.

[Sally's friend] I know, she's number eight.

No. I'm number eight.

Right, well, anyway, sorry.

No, it's okay. I enjoyed myself.

Take care of the dog.

I will.

-Bye. -Okay, goodbye.

It's nice to meet someone like Paula.

Uncomplicated, honest,

bright, easy-going.

I feel like I've known her forever.

Yeah, I know the feeling.

-I've been thinking. -Uh-oh.

Don't talk like that.

You don't know what I'm going to say.

Sorry.

[Karen] What I was going to say is...

Paula is new in town and she doesn't know

too many people.

You know, it seems to me that

she's met an awful lot of people in a very short time.

That's not what I mean.

[Mack] You mean then you wanna play matchmaker?

All I wanna do is introduce her to someone nice.

Well, maybe she's already seeing someone nice.

She hasn't.

[Mack] How do you know?

-You asked. -Because I asked.

Did she ask you to set her up?

-Well, no. -No.

Is that going to stop you?

[both] No.

So you go right ahead.

You might know somebody.

An attorney, maybe?

A single, nice...

No, I don't know anyone nice.

Paula deserves to meet a nice guy.

Anybody I know is not nice.

What about Gary?

Good grief.

Gary's nice.

-Don't set her up with Gary. -Why not?

Because. Just because.

-Why not? -Because.

'Cause I don't think it's a good idea.

To introduce a friend like Gary to a friend like Paula.

Because of the way you are

everybody you know has to be related

until life with you is like living in a soap opera.

It was just a suggestion.

A bad suggestion.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing.

Okay, fine.

It's a dead issue.

-Good. Good. -Fine.

You don't think Gary's nice?

[telephone ringing]

-Yeah, hello -Hi, it's me.

-Sally's friend. -Right.

Did you say you have one of these phones,

the ones you dial in numbers and code them?

Yeah, I've got one but...

I don't know how to use it.

I mean, I don't. I don't use the codes,

So if I put a wrong number into the memory

you wouldn't know how to replace it with the right one?

Well, they don't tell you that in the instruction book.

[Sally's friend] I can't find it.

Maybe Chester ate it.

He probably did.

Do you have yours?

[Gary] My instruction booklet?

Yeah.

Well, maybe just dial over it.

[Sally's friend] I tried that.

[laughs]

What's funny?

Nothing. Um...

I think I've got it here. No, I don't.

Maybe I won't erase it.

Why? So we can be...

Oh, gee, what's the...

telephone equivalent of a pen pal?

[Sally's friend] I don't know.

So what do you think?

I think you shouldn't dial over it.

[Sally's friend] Why?

I like your voice

and you make me laugh.

Yours too.

I like your voice too.

[Gary] Wanna give me your phone number?

I don't think so.

How about your name?

No, I'd better not.

Well, mine's Gary.

[Sally's friend] Hi, Gary.

Hi, Sally's friend.

Well, I'll let you go.

Okay, call anytime.

Maybe I will.

[typing]

It works.

It works.

It's a good vaccine.

How good?

I wish I owned a piece of this program.

What do you think, Abbs?

Well, in matters of computers,

I always defer to the resident expert.

What can I say?

Anyone who has a computer wants to secure it

from break ins, and this program does that.

Put it on the market and you'll sell a hell of a lot of copies.

Take them to the bank, kid.

[Greg] Sounds like we can do some business.

I admire your good judgment.

Get me legal.

-[knocking] -Come in.

This just came in, Ms. Matheson.

I rushed them right up.

Thanks, Harvey.

Could you close the door on the way out?

[suspenseful music playing]

Gotcha.

You're trying to get into the Book of Records.

What?

Well, that's about the ten thousandth time

that you have rearranged those picture frames.

I want it to look right.

Valene, you need to join the land of the living.

You don't want Betsy and Bobby to think

their mother is a stick in the mud, do you?

[sighs] I'm not a stick in the mud,

Aunt Ginny, you know it.

Just need a little time to readjust, that's all.

Now what you need to do is get out of this house.

You need to meet some new people.

Why don't you take some piano lessons

or learn photography?

Or actually write another book.

I'm fine.

Least you could do is go to a movie now and then.

I went to a movie just last week with Gary.

Thanks to you.

Well, if you take more control of your life

I wouldn't have to resort to such measures.

[Michael] I hated Wild Horse Mountain.

It was awful.

Ellen went up with Johnny.

I wish I'd never gone.

Your mother didn't ask any questions

about me being there, did she?

No, she didn't. But you know, I don't lie well.

And you shouldn't have put me up to that.

I know. I'm sorry.

I just wanted to spend some time with Harold.

My mother would've never let me.

Hey, Mickey.

I had nothing to do about that.

You know, it's Olivia's idea.

Nothing happened.

You didn't have to tell him that.

It's alright.

Nothing happened with me either.

Nothing?

Michael. Hi.

-Hi. -How was your trip?

- My trip? -To the mountains.

Oh... It was great. Yeah, it was great.

Well, I want to thank you for looking after Olivia.

[Michael chuckles nervously] Oh...

[Abby] You know, I've never been to Wild Horse

and it's like pulling teeth to get her

to tell me anything about it.

Yeah, it's nice up there.

It's real pretty.

What'd you do?

Uh... Well, we did the usual.

You know... hiking.

You know, stuff like that.

Stuff like that?

I swear, you kids, you work

so hard when you're toddlers

to master the English language

and then as soon as you're teenagers,

you forget it all.

Well, I did meet a nice woman up there.

Actually, she's a Ranger who's teaching at Tech.

My mom's working with her right now

with the drilling at Lotus Point.

You know, I think I met her.

[Abby] At a meeting.

-Paula something? -Yeah, right. Yeah.

My mom loves her.

She and my mom were out at Lotus Point yesterday

and they found some surveyors

working in an area that was off-limits.

Really? I don't believe it.

Yeah, they took a lot of pictures

and Paula has been cataloging all the data on her computer.

I think they can stop Murakame from drilling.

Well, I certainly hope so.

Sounds like a terrible company.

[typing]

[Abby] Time for dessert.

Nothing for me.

I don't mind being married.

I don't want to look married.

[Abby] Alright, how about the rest of you?

[Brian] Sure. Of course.

Well, I think I'm going to wait a couple minutes,

if that's all right, Greg's setting up his modem for me.

See, I just phoned my work in

so I don't have to stop by school and do it.

You mean you can work on your school computer

from here?

[Michael] Yeah, sure. On the modem.

See, I just dialed my number in there,

and I'm into Tech's computer system.

-That's amazing. -[Michael] Yeah.

[Greg] What's your phone number?

Oh, it's 5-5-5-8-6-4-8.

You still have to have a log on code to get into the system.

Yeah, right. To safeguard it from break-ins.

Well, what's your code?

Mom, it's a secret.

No, it's a...

I just picked the first letters

from all my favorite rock songs

-and made an anagram. -Go ahead.

I don't suppose anyone's going to guess that.

[phone ringing]

-Hello. -[Karen] Hi.

Hi. How did it go?

[Karen] Wonderful.

We have proof that Murakame plans

to drill in an area that's off limits.

That is terrific.

Yeah.

-Hey Val. -What?

Why don't you come with me Monday night?

We're having a board meeting.

I'm gonna present the evidence.

Oh, Karen. Monday night. I'd love to, but I can't.

-Why? -[Val] I made an appointment

to talk to an insurance man that night

and he's meeting me here at the house.

Val...

It's time to get out into the real world

and start living again.

[Val] What are you talking about?

I am living. Honest.

Everything's fine. I'm...

just doing a little spring house cleaning, and you know...

You've been doing a little spring cleaning for weeks.

Have you thought about writing again?

Yeah, I've thought about it.

[Karen] And?

Don't think I'm interested in writing anymore.

You love writing.

I used to. Too much has happened.

With the kids now, I just don't really have the time.

Yeah, it's amazing how spring cleaning

kind of runs into the rest of the year.

You've been talking to Aunt Ginny?

No. Why?

Nothing.

-How you doing? -I'm great.

I've missed you in these last couple of weeks.

-Yeah. -Our schedules

don't seem to work out anymore.

I know, I've been kind of... I don't know, messed up.

But we got to work to maintain this friendship.

How about...

you and the kids, join in Julie and me,

for the circus on Saturday.

Well, it sounds great.

-Okay. -But wait a minute.

-I thought you hated the circus. -Huh?

Especially the clowns. You told me once.

I'll never forget it.

That you were terrified of clowns as a child.

-I said that? -Yeah, you said that.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Here.

Has someone near and dear to me put you up to this, huh?

Well, now, you really should get out--

And join the living again.

Maybe take a photography class

or some pottery lessons or something.

Stop it.

I read your latest book.

-It's great. -Oh, thanks.

I'd love to read the first one. If you got a copy of it.

Well, I'm sure Aunt Ginny could get you a copy.

I'm serious.

Writing. It seems to be something real unique.

I wish I could do something like that.

Seems to be a great way to let out a lot of tension.

This is a great way to let out a lot of tension.

Nice try, Frank.

-Thanks. -I don't give up that easy.

[Val] Well, I'll see you later. Okay?

[Frank] No, no, no. Maybe right now.

What do you mean by yours now?

I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time.

You pay me, you're my boss.

Well, I do appreciate it.

I've been trying out Rourke's security program on the virus.

You have a computer virus?

How else could I test a security program?

Where did you get it?

Some guy released it into a hospital data bank

a few months ago. It nearly wrecked the system.

I don't understand how...

a virus like this could get into a system

unless the user had someone's access code.

A good hacker doesn't need a code.

I'll take this virus. It goes directly

to the system's operating language,

bypassing all codes.

So, say say you had

-one of those phone hookups. -Modem.

A modem. Um...

Say you had a modem. You could put this virus into any system.

Gruesome prospect, isn't it?

Well, I just hope the Sumner group

is protected from something like this.

We will be with Rourke's program.

Isn't it dangerous to leave a virus like that

lying around?

I know what I'm doing.

Besides, it can't do anything unless you boot it up.

Boot it up?

Here, let me show you.

Booting it up is when you put the disc in the A drive.

Then you type in RST.

Here, I'll show you how it works

on this closed system.

[typing on keyboard]

Thank you.

-Would you like a c*ck? -No, not right now.

Your waiter will be right here.

Thank you.

[Nagata] May I take your order?

[Paige] Hello Mr. Nagata.

So nice to see you again.

Does that smile mean you're glad to see me...

Mr. Nagata?

Hi. I am home.

Hi!

Oh, hi.

Company again?

Oh, you always complain before company gets here

and then you have a good time when they do.

-Says you. -Says me.

Is that why you always surprise me?

Oh, it was just a last minute thing.

-Who is it this time, Paula? -Paula.

-[doorbell rings] -Oh, let me get the door.

It's Gary, Karen.

I'm going to check on the oven.

-I'll be right back. -Karen.

-[doorbell rings] -[Mack] I'll get it.

[Karen] Could you get it?

How you doing?

Hey Paula, how you doing?

This is Gary. Gary, Paula Vertosick.

Karen.

Vertosick.

-Paula. -Gary Ewing.

[Mack] How last minute could it be

if you managed to get both Paula and Gary here?

Paula and I were talking and she said

she hasn't met too many people since she's been here.

And so I had to talk to Gary and get the telephone number

of a handyman that used to work for us at Lotus Point.

And I realized that Gary's just sitting at home

with nothing to do since he's been out of jail

and he needs to get out and meet people.

So you think the people he should meet is Paula?

Well, maybe they'll like each other.

Maybe they won't.

You know, I always thought that Val and Gary

were going to get back together. How could you do this

-to your best friend? -I'm not doing anything

to my best friend.

Gary and Val see each other a lot,

but it's just not romantic.

Well, maybe she's just not telling you.

Of course she'd tell me, for Pete's sake.

-Mack, it's only dinner. -I don't think Paula and Gary

are right for each other.

-This is going to be a b*mb. -Excuse me?

All we're going to be doing is just

sitting in there just staring at each other.

And not talking.

I know, I know. Just the kind of person you are.

You're the kind of person

who goes in the wilderness for four days.

You live off of juniper berries and tree bark

then the minute you get back to civilization

you go right for a convenience store

buy yourself a dozen Twinkies and eat yourself into a coma.

That's true. It's true. How did you know?

Paula, would you like some more broccoli?

No, thanks. I'm fine.

Mack.

What?

[Karen] Broccoli?

I don't like broccoli.

[Ginny singing to herself]

Ginny.

Have you been talking to Karen and Frank?

Well, of course I have.

They are our neighbors.

That's not what I mean.

You know what I mean.

No, I don't.

Yes, you do.

Ginny.

Come here.

Listen,

you know that I love you dearly,

but I cannot have you telling my friends

to call me or invite me places

or tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing

with my life right now.

Please, Valene. I am very sorry,

but I cannot keep a record of every word

that I say to the neighbors.

And if people casually mention that they enjoy your writing,

am I to hush them up?

Dear me, no.

And if they've taken the initiative

to get you out of yourself,

well then I say Hooray for them

because that's what friends are for.

Ginny, you are not listening to me.

You should be proud that your friends are concerned.

I do not want to write.

I have no intention of writing.

So I won't write

because I have nothing to write about.

[dramatic music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

Mr. Nagata said you put him up to it.

That's ridiculous.

So why did you do it?

Did you want me to look foolish?

What are you talking about?

How could an actor make you look foolish?

Because I recommended that Greg hook up

with Murakame

because I was the impetus behind it.

If this guy is an actor

I look as foolish as you do.

[Paige] Well, he is. So you do.

And you look even more foolish for being caught.

Would you quit threatening me?

You're the one who leaked the story to the press

that Greg wanted his daughter back.

I covered for you.

I expect some loyalty.

Now, I did not go hire somebody

to pose as a head of Murakame.

Think about it.

Would an actor tell a 20 year old blonde

who hired him just because she was curious?

Maybe.

I doubt it.

Well...

what are we going to do about it?

I'll go talk to the people at Murakame.

I'd also like to speak with this actor.

Do you know where he is?

You talk with the people at Murakame

and I'll keep in touch with the actor.

What's the matter? Don't you trust me?

Should I?

Listen, Paige.

I have too much information on you

for you to talk this way.

You know, all this active business

has thrown me for a loop.

Of course I trust you, Ted.

Good.

If you try and tie me in with whatever scam

Murakame's trying to pull here

I'm gonna tell your sugar daddy

you lost in the election.

Understand?

Let me know what you find out.

I will.

[dramatic music playing]

[Ginny] I see you started writing again.

Now if I can only find you a man.

Yeah, I've never had

better friends than Mack and Karen.

I'm so lucky to have met them.

Mack had already met Paula at Wild Horse Mountain.

Isn't that a coincidence?

-Hi, honey. -Hi.

Just heard on the radio that

there's a virus in the school's computer system.

At Tech?

Yeah, they don't know how much damage there is

but it could have destroyed all the work on campus.

Thank God I programmed all my stuff on floppies.

Yeah. Hi, Ellen. Yeah, it's Michael.

Can you meet me at the lab?

There's a virus in the computer system

at school.

Okay.

Karen, I didn't make backups of the work today.

But you have your notes.

Yes, but this makes me very nervous

with the computer being down.

I'm going to go check the damage.

Of course.

-Nice meeting you. -Oh, yeah. Nice meeting you.

Um... Can I go with you?

-No, thanks. I'll call. -Alright.

I'll meet you over here, okay?

Okay. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

[tense music playing]

[typing on keyboard]

-Damn it. -Leave this.

-Did it eat everything? -Everything.

This is complete gibberish.

It ate all my data.

Did you have a hard copy?

Yeah, I have everything but the last three days' work.

I still got my research notes.

I was so glad. I did a print out yesterday.

I was working on a model for DNA replication.

I almost didn't print out because I had a hot date.

Ron Policy lost everything he had.

I told him he has to back his work up every day.

-It isn't here. -I'll help you.

It's in a blue folder.

I don't know how you find anything here, Paula.

What are we looking for, a print out?

No, it's my research notes and some photos.

Well, we'll just reprint the photos.

Where are the negatives?

In the same folder.

I was right. They like each other.

Don't mind me. No need to apologize.

You know, he was just being polite.

I could tell they hit it off.

[telephone ringing]

-Hello. -[Paula] It's gone.

What?

All the research, the photos,

Everything is missing.

[tense music playing]

[Brian] Okay, go up, go up. Okay, go to the right.

sh**t, the ghost is coming. Go down.

Go down. Keep going down.

Okay, go to the right.

Oh, no. They're going to trap you.

Wait. Get the power pellet. Down the corner.

Okay, you gotta it. Get the Blue Ghost.

Get the blue one.

Slash him and get him. Alright.

Gosh, you're really good at computer games, mom.

[theme music playing]

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