02x04 - Follow Me

[bunniefuu]

HELEN: The Atlantic?
We don't read this.

You're trying to
impress your date.

Oh, Mom, it's not a date,

except he's from the LA Times,

and he's an influential journalist,
okay, that went to Princeton

and has, like, lived all over
the world. (DOORBELL RINGS)

This... sh*t.

You are trying to impress
him, and it is a date.

I'm not bringing him in, okay?

Have a great night.

Hi. Here. We're... Oh.

Hello. Jeff, this
is my mom, Helen.

Hey. Hi. Nice to meet you.

Why, Amy tells me that
you write for a newspaper.

Yes.

And you're very
influential, she says.

Oh, well, I don't... That's
nice. I don't know about that.

What is your ancestry, Jeffrey?

Mostly Irish on my mother's
side. My father was Jewish.

Jewish? Oh, and Irish.

Well, you know, Amy
has a lot of Irish in her.

Yeah. So you two
have that in common.

Of course, the
Irish do drink a lot.

Although, nobody could be a
bigger drinker than her ex-husband.

Okay. We're going to
go. Bye, Mom. Okay.

Jeffrey... Bye.
Nice to meet you.

You two have fun and
just enjoy yourselves, okay?

Sweet. Thank you. Bye.

Bye-bye. Good night.

(MOUTHING)

So, hey, thanks for
coming all this way out.

Oh, yeah. How's that
search going for Szidon?

Well, cool, but I feel like the
more information you can give me,

the easier it's going to be for me
to get you the right stuff, you know?

So your ex-husband's
a big drinker.

Hey, I had to ask.

Thanks, Mom. Oh, come on.

Yeah, he is...

He's, yeah, full-on
alcoholic and coke addict.

He's in treatment now, but...

Excuse me. Are you Jeff Flender?

Yeah.

MAN: We're such
fans of what you do.

Dude, you're a
national treasure.

Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

WOMAN: We really need
more voices like yours out here.

Oh, thank you.
Sorry to interrupt.

Oh, no. No problem, you guys.

WOMAN: Enjoy your
dinner. Good night.

They recognize you, like,
from your articles and stuff?

I don't know,
maybe from my blog.

I also have, like, 30,000
followers on Twitter, so...

Wow. That's amazing.

Yeah, it's one of the cool
things about new media.

I just wrote this
article on this woman.

She's just a librarian,
and she managed to start

these huge corporate boycotts blogging
and tweeting from a Starbucks in Monrovia.

Now she's got a $100,000 grant
coming from the Gates Foundation.

I'd love to meet
her. That's incredible.

You should come to this event.

She'll be speaking there.

Really? Yeah.

I have to say, I feel like technology is
cutting us off from each other, you know,

like no human connection,

just like we're all these
zombies staring at our phones.

Oh, I don't know. I think
it's bringing us together.

With social media
being so influential,

anybody, even
the nobody like you,

can speak truth to power,

and power finally has to listen.

Take the FDA, for example.
They have this drug.

Everybody knows it caused birth
defects, and they're rolling it out...

AMY: This is it.

This is the angel sent to
you from the other world.

The world where things happen

and life is rich and full.

Not like this one,

(TIRES SCREECH)

small and dumb and mean.

Follow this angel
to the other world.

He can lead you

and give you knowledge
and the strength...

SZIDON: When that happens,
we will effectively have ceased

to be a free enterprise society.

AMY: to fight the
darkness all around you.

SZIDON: We are on a path
where our lives will be ruled

by boards and bureaucrats,
by commissions and so on.

We all know where
that path leads.

(TIRES SCREECH)

SZIDON: like we have
now. Our new financier

is pretty extravagant, but I
think our employees are worth it.

Charles Szidon. Yes?

I was just watching your speech
at the TED conference last night.

Yeah. You were talking about
government and corporate partnerships.

Very provocative.
Well, thank you.

Yeah. It's quite an
influence you have, right?

I mean, real platform.

And you are? Nobody.

Just a girl who's worked here
for 15 years. I'm Amy Jellicoe.

Then you're not nobody to
me. Nice to meet you, Amy.

We'll see each
other again, I'm sure.

I'm sure we will.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

I just saw Darth
Vader in the lobby.

I went right up to him
and introduced myself.

Why would you do that?

Because I wanted to look
the enemy right in the eye.

Aren't we trying to be low profile
here? I mean, it's not very stealth.

DOUGIE: You guys
sure whisper a lot.

What are you guys
whispering about all the time?

Uh, American Idol. Yeah.

American Idol?

Pretty good last night.

AMY: You're still
upset about Omar?

I mean, I know he
was your friend...

Yeah, I'm still upset!

There may have been a hacker down
here, but it wasn't f*cking Omar, okay?

I know my people,

and they're going to be
eating humble f*cking turds

when they realize
that they f*cked up

and that I was right
and they were wrong.

Then they'll know not to
muck around in my domain.

And that's what this is. My
domain, okay? All this sh*t.

(OFF-HOOK TONE)

So did you have any luck getting
into the account or anything?

No, no, no. I mean, if
I'm going to go back...

Can we please
talk about this later?

Sure. Okay.

Oh, Tyler, are you on
Facebook or Twitter or...

No.

Well, we need to get on there.

DOUGIE: (YELLING) What the
f*ck are you guys whispering about?

Twitter.

Are you on Twitter, Dougie?

Will you get back to work,
pretty f*cking please?

Show some f*cking respect, okay?

Hey, Louis.

Yeah?

Are you on Twitter?

Do I look like I'm on Twitter?

Hmm...

Hi, Connie. I'm on Twitter.

So?

So I know you're on there, too,

and I'm following you,
so you can follow me back.

Oh, I don't go on
there very much.

It's a big time suck.

But, I mean, like, I don't go on

and, like, tell everybody what
I've had for breakfast and stuff.

I'm going on to
spread information

about, like, important things in the
world, you know, like the Middle East.

I just follow my church
group and our minister and...

Well, follow me, all right?

Okay, yeah. I'll follow you.

Okay, great, and you
could have said that first.

Here, take this.

So, yeah, we'll do that, okay?

(BEEPS)

And then the baby is
open to all these new foods.

It's like... (KNOCKS ON DOOR)

Hey, you guys.

Hi.

I just wanted to come by
and see how you were doing.

Oh, thank you.

I tried texting, but I
didn't get a response.

Oh, I don't even know
where my phone is.

Isn't that it?

Oh, yeah. There it is. I guess I
didn't see it behind my flowers.

Yeah. So how are you feeling?

I'm okay. You know, I'm...

I think it's just going to be
two more weeks of boredom.

Right. Hi, Janice.

Hi, Amy.

Hey, are you on Twitter?

Am I on Twitter? Yeah.

I'm on Twitter, and, like, maybe
we could follow each other.

Okay, great. I'm going to
give you guys just a minute.

Oh, no. You don't have to
do that. No, I do. I have to go.

I have to check on my car

because I had some
cash that was very visible.

I don't want anyone to
break my window in my car.

Be back.

Get a little time.

(SLURPING)

Where's your partner in crime?

Amy. Where's Amy?

Oh, she's at lunch. She's
visiting a friend in the hospital.

Look, she's a
f*cked-up chick, okay?

And if she's got you in over
your head on something,

it's best just to
come clean, okay?

I got a lot of sway here,
so I can vouch for you,

but you just got to
be honest with me.

I'm being... I'm being honest.

Okay. I gave you a chance.

Listen, I'm going to
be here late tonight,

and I might need to get on
your computer. Amy's, too.

So if you have a code
for the operating system,

just leave it open, okay, bud?

Oh, sure.

(SLURPS)

This is so exciting.

In two weeks, you will
have given birth to a new life.

I know.

Maybe I will have given
birth to something, too.

What are you going
to give birth to?

I'm working on something,

and it's not a life,

but it's meaningful
and complicated,

and I will have made
it, and just like a child,

it'll have a life
of its own, too.

Wow. What is it?

I can't really talk
to you about it.

Okay. I'm sorry.

No, no. That's okay.

Uh...

(BEEPS)

(WHIRS)

Hey.

What's going on?

Dougie f*cking knows.
What? He knows what?

He's staying after work
to get on our computers,

and he's going to find out we
switched your hard drive with Omar's.

I think we should
just come clean.

It's just a matter of time.

Look, when we have to tell him,
then we're going to tell him the truth.

We're going to
show him the e-mails.

When he realizes he doesn't have a job
here, he's not going to care what we did.

This is what you're going to do.

After work, you'll go
back into the system,

and you'll find more
e-mails that'll turn him.

Me? What about you?

Well, I told Jeff that I'd
go to this event after work.

Are you serious?

Tyler, you are so much better
at this hacking sh*t than me.

It's going to be
okay. Just stay calm.

It's all...

Wow, beautiful house.

Thank you.

Hi. I'm Laurie David, and I want
to thank everybody for coming.

I'd also like to thank
Bob and Stacey

for opening up this beautiful
home for us this evening.

Thank you.

LAURIE: If you know
Roberta like I do,

you know she's a soft-spoken, demure,
and extremely humble human being,

but don't be fooled.

She's actually an
indomitable force of nature.

It is my pleasure, my
privilege and my honor

to introduce to you
Roberta Jackson.

ROBERTA: Thanks so much.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Laurie.

I'm so moved, and
my heart is so full.

Right now across this country,

there are millions of people
sitting at their computers,

and from where I stand,
these people are soldiers

in a global army that could be
mobilized to do miraculous things.

Our computers connect us in ways
we've never been connected before,

and in those connections,
we find solidarity,

information, hope,
enlightenment.

The Web can be
such a source of good.

We can now defeat tyranny in a
virtual space, the cyber-revolution.

Now, I had no fancy
background. I had no connections.

I had no college degree,

but I have to
say, in all humility,

I have made a
difference for good,

and I have seen hope manifest.

I have seen a world
that can heal and fix itself.

Follow me to this world.

It is just a click of a few
buttons on a keyboard away.

Thank you so much.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(LAUGHING) Yeah. It is.

Yeah. Sure. Really.

Excuse me. I wanted to say...

I mean, I'm just...

Oh, I don't have words. I'm
just so happy to meet you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

I mean, what you could do
from a computer in Monrovia...

Oh, my gosh. Just,
like, using the Internet

and twittering and all
that's, you know, all of it...

Roberta... Hi. How are you? Hi.

Come over this way for a second.

Let me introduce you to
Lisa Lange from PETA.

PETA! Hi. How are you?

LISA: Very nice to meet you.

Simone Reyes, animal rights activist,
as well, that works with Russell Simmons.

Oh, my goodness,
nice to meet you.

SIMONE: What a wonderful
speech. We were riveted.

Oh, my goodness, thank you.

I'm such a fan of
Russell Simmons.

JEFF: rising on energy policies.

If there's not a story
there, I'd be shocked.

Make sure I get your
e-mail, all right? Yeah.

Oh, Amy. Hey!

Hey, how you doing? I saw
you across the room there.

I know. Me, too. Wasn't
that amazing, you guys?

Oh, my gosh, what
an inspirational person.

I was, like, f*cking crying.

Amy, these are my friends.
Michelle Rhone-Collins.

She's with Lift. It's an
anti-poverty movement.

This is Vince Duffy, writes
speeches for the governor.

Pleasure. JEFF: And
these are the Tickells,

Rebecca and Josh.

Hi. They made The Big Fix,

the documentary
on the BP oil spills.

This is Amy Jellicoe.
Oh, my gosh.

(INAUDIBLE)

AMY: The new world.

This is it.

I am a stranger here,

but I'll learn its language,

and read its signs.

I will be welcomed.

This will be my home.

Hey, I know you. You do?

Yeah, you live in
Riverside, don't you?

Yeah. Yeah. I
sometimes work at Chili's.

I've served you a few times.

Oh, great. Yeah, cool.

It's so random to see you here.

So I got a book,
and she did sign it.

Yeah. Yeah.

She signed it, I
think, right here.

Oh, here. I'll take that.

Oh, thank you. There you go.

That's hers. There's mine.

Thanks.

Thank you so
much for inviting me.

Oh, sure. I'm really
glad you came.

You have no idea how much
I needed this. Yeah, cool.

What an inspiration, and
the Charles Szidon thing,

we are going to nail this guy.

There's a little hiccup.

I have this idiot boss who's
just breathing down my neck

and just, you know, on me, but I am
on this in, you know, such a big way.

Oh, that's great, Amy. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Just keep me posted.

I will. You know I will.

Good. Yeah.

Okay. Oh, is this you?

Yeah. All right.

Hey, let's talk soon. Okay.

Okay. Good night. Good night.

Bye.

(ENGINE KNOCKING)

Great.

Okay.

This was amazing, totally great.

Bye.

(TIRES SCREECH)

(DOG BARKING)

TYLER: Well, if you wanted e-mails
that will turn Dougie, I found them.

They call him joke,
incompetent, a dirt bag.

Oh, my God,
Tyler, this is great.

Yeah, and they say he's
cheesy. They make fun of his hair.

Tyler, great job.

(BEEPS) (WHIRS)

Amy, Tyler, can I
see you in my office?

Have a seat.

So...

I went on your
computer last night,

and I know what you did.

I don't know what you're up
to, but I know it wasn't Omar.

It was you, and I can prove it,

and I know you
f*cking helped her.

There's no way a tech ret*rd
like her could hack into the system

and switch hard
drives and all that.

Uh-uh. No, you both are f*cked.

Is there anything you want
to say before I head up to HR?

Actually, Dougie, yes.

There are a lot
of things that I...

Well, I don't want to hear it.

What, did you think I wasn't
going to figure this sh*t out?

Amy, did you think I'm a
f*cking fool or I'm stupid?

Well, guess what?

You both can kick rocks.

What?

Oh, holy f*ck, where
are the e-mails?

They're on my desk.

Come on. Give it.

(WHIRS)

(PANTING)

Dougie, before you go up there,

please just read through these.

Please.

(DINGS)

Hey, before you...

You know what?

Before we have you go upstairs,

just take a minute
to read more of these.

They're shutting down
Cogentiva? I know. I know.

And we're all getting
f*cking dumped.

And they didn't consult you.

No, they didn't f*cking
consult me! Right.

They think I'm a
f*cking dirt bag. Right.

Just... Relationship.

Let's just go
outside for a second.

No. Come on. Come here.

Now just be cool.

Are you kidding me?

They really don't
respect you, do they?

What's wrong with
my f*cking hair, huh?

I think it looks great, and I
don't think you're incompetent.

I mean, you're
competent. Come on.

f*ck this. f*ck you.

This whole time I was working
here, I thought I had some power.

I thought I was
somebody. I don't have sh*t.

That's not true.

You still have power.

No, I don't. They
think I'm a f*cking joke.

I know how you feel.

This company is evil.

That's why I hacked
into the system.

I'm trying to take them down.

Help me.

Look, we give them the
best years of our lives,

and they treat us like dogs?

They mock us? They ridicule us?

What's the point
of loyalty, huh?

Dougie, they
called you a dirt bag.

Let's f*cking turn
the tables on them.

(BEEPS) (WHIRS)

Close the door.

(SIGHS)

I'm in.

You want a good hacker,
well, I'm the best there is.

I can get you anything
you f*cking need.

They didn't make a VP of
Operating Systems for nothing,

despite what you
might have read.

This is amazing, Dougie.

This is so amazing, and it's
not just about revenge, okay?

Like, we're really going
to do something good here

by exposing Abaddonn.
No. I don't care.

I don't give a sh*t
about any of that.

I just want to f*ck these guys.

I want to f*ck this
whole company.

I mean, what have I got to lose?

They're just going to
fire my a*s anyway, right?

You know, I've always
been more of a rebel at heart.

I never really learned
how to work the system.

Well, that makes two of us.

Yeah.

Ah...

Oh...

Oh...

(CELL PHONE RINGS) (BEEP)

Yeah?

(WHISPERS) Hey, I
have such exciting news,

I had to share it.

My boss is in. He's
totally going to help us.

He's going to help us get the
information we need on Szidon,

everything. Really?

There is a mutiny
brewing. This is so amazing.

It's incredible, Amy,
really. That's great.

But listen, I'm going to
have to call you back, okay?

The article I wrote on
Roberta, it just landed,

and the Huffington
Post picked it up.

So it's going nuts around
here. Yeah. No problem.

Do you mind if I call you back?

Oh, my gosh, I
was just so excited.

You know, it's a big
deal, but it's totally cool.

In fact, I'll find the link and re-tweet
it because I joined Twitter yesterday.

You should follow me.

Okay. I will. I'll call
you later. Bye. (BEEP)

(SIGHS) (PHONE BEEPS)

AMY: I have joined
the new world.

I learn its language,

clicking and
flashing and pinging.

I read its signs.
Electric, invisible.

In this world, the meek
like me will finally rise,

and the confused
will become certain,

and the powerful
will be laid low...

WOMAN: Oh, my!

AMY: and we will all unite in a single
current of compassion and action.

The new world,

it is so close,

you can hear its angels buzzing.

It is here.

(BEEP)

Follow me.

(BEEPS)

Follow me.

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YOU BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT PLAYING)