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Season 1, Episode 1 — eps1 0 hellofriend mov

Hello, friend.

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"Hello, friend?" That's lame.

#2

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Maybe I should give you a name.

#3

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But that's a slippery slope. You're only in my head.

#4

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We have to remember that.

#5

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Shit.

#6

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It's actually happened. I'm talking to an imaginary person.

#7

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What I'm about to tell you is top secret.

#8

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A conspiracy bigger than all of us.

#9

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There's a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world.

#10

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I'm talking about the guys no one knows about.

#11

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The guys that are invisible.

#12

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The top one percent of the top one percent.

#13

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The guys that play God without permission.

#14

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And now I think they're following me.

#15

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This is about last night.

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I should've gone to Angela's birthday party.

#17

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Instead, I went to...

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Hey, Ron.

#19

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There you are.

#20

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You're Ron?

#21

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But...

#22

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Your real name is Rohit D'Temeta.

#23

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You changed it to Ron when you bought your first

#24

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Ron's Coffee shop six years ago.

#25

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Now, you got 17 of 'em with eight more coming next quarter.

#26

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May I help you with something?

#27

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I like coming here, 'cause your Wi-Fi was fast.

#28

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I mean, you're one of the few spots that has a fiber connection with gigabit speed.

#29

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It's good.

#30

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I mean, it was so good, it scratched that part of my mind.

#31

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The part that...

#32

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...doesn't allow good to exist without condition.

#33

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So, I started intercepting all the traffic on your network.

#34

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That's when I noticed something strange.

#35

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That's when I decided to hack you.

#36

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- Hack... - I know you run a website called Plato's Boys.

#37

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Pardon me?

#38

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You're using Tor networking to keep the servers anonymous.

#39

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You made it really hard for anyone to see it.

#40

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But I saw it.

#41

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The onion routing protocol, it's not as anonymous as you think it is.

#42

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Whoever's in control of the exit nodes is also in control of the traffic,

#43

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which makes me...

#44

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...the one in control.

#45

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- I must ask you to kindly leave, please. - I own everything.

#46

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All your emails. All your files.

#47

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All your pics.

#48

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Get out of here, right now, or I'll call the...

#49

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Police?

#50

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I mean, you want them to find out about the hundred terabytes of child pornography

#51

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you serve to your 400,000 users?

#52

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Personally, man,

#53

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I was hoping it was just gonna be some BDSM stuff.

#54

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You realize how much simpler that would've been?

#55

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I did not hurt anyone.

#56

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I never did.

#57

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That's my... personal life.

#58

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I understand what it's like

#59

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to be different.

#60

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I'm very different, too.

#61

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I mean, I don't jerk off to little kids, but...

#62

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I don't know how to talk to people.

#63

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My dad was the only one I could talk to.

#64

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But he died.

#65

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I'm sorry to hear that.

#66

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How did he pass, may I ask?

#67

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Leukemia.

#68

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Yeah, he definitely got it from

#69

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radiation at the company he worked at, though I couldn't prove it.

#70

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Now, he's dead.

#71

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Company's fine, though.

#72

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Oh, hey...

#73

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It's okay, Rohit.

#74

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You don't have to worry anymore.

#75

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I don't understand.

#76

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Are you blackmailing me?

#77

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So that's what this is about? Money?

#78

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That's all you care about, hmm?

#79

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No.

#80

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If I pay you now, you'll want more and more.

#81

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No matter how much I give.

#82

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You will inform the police anyway.

#83

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I won't pay you, sir.

#84

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Remember, you also broke the law.

#85

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Actually, you're right.

#86

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Partly.

#87

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See, I usually do this kind of thing from my computer,

#88

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but this time I wanted to do it AFK.

#89

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In person.

#90

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I'm trying to work on my social anxiety.

#91

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But there's always the threat of you fleeing after I call you out.

#92

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You know, you tell your sysadmin to take your servers down, wipe all the data.

#93

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So...

#94

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I made sure to include the current time and location on my anonymous tip.

#95

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Wait, hold on. I'll give you the money. I'll pay you.

#96

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How much do you want? I'll pay you.

#97

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That's the part you were wrong about, Rohit.

#98

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I don't give a shit about money.

#99

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Now, I'm being followed.

#100

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The higher-ups don't like someone with my powers.

#101

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In three short minutes, I destroyed a man's business, life, existence.

#102

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- I deleted him. - Hey!

#103

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Hey, you!

#104

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Hey, kiddo.

#105

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What's happening?

#106

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Exciting time in the world right now.

#107

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Exciting time.

#108

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But I'm only a vigilante hacker by night.

#109

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By day, just a regular cyber-security engineer.

#110

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Employee number ER-280652.

#111

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Elliot?

#112

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In here.

#113

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- What's up? - Yo.

#114

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- I do. It's not about the... - All Of the...

#115

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I can... Yeah, I can totally...

#116

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I can totally handle it.

#117

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Look, they were hacked again last night.

#118

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That's my childhood friend, Angela.

#119

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She can be a bit high-strung sometimes.

#120

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But, trust me, she's one of the good ones.

#121

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What am I looking at? Is this the log file? This was a RUDY attack.

#122

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- This is awesome. - Gideon, will you please answer me?

#123

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Awesome? You think this is awesome?

#124

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This is killing us, Elliot.

#125

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Gideon, I'm not leaving... - Angela!

#126

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Let's just see how this meeting goes today.

#127

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I mean, their... Their networks are getting attacked every week.

#128

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Who knows if they'll still even be a client.

#129

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- They're coming in? - Yeah.

#130

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What did we say about the dress code?

#131

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All right, now, look over those logs and be ready,

#132

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this afternoon, in case they have any questions.

#133

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Okay?

#134

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Okay.

#135

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Did you start smoking again?

#136

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Did you not get my texts last night?

#137

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I sent you exactly 13 of them.

#138

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Yeah, sorry. I couldn't make it.

#139

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You promised me that you were gonna try this time.

#140

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Stop thinking about something else when I'm talking to you.

#141

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I hate when you do that.

#142

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Sorry.

#143

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I was... thinking about work.

#144

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Maybe that's why Gideon loves you so much.

#145

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He thanks me all the time for bringing you in.

#146

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But, for some reason, I think you secretly hate it here.

#147

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She was right.

#148

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I like most of the people, but our business,

#149

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a cyber-security firm that protects corporations,

#150

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I can't think of anything I hate more.

#151

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No, I love it here.

#152

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I'm sorry.

#153

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I'm just in a bad mood.

#154

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I'm late on my last two student loan payments.

#155

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And I can't get Gideon to give me a raise.

#156

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- Hey. - Hi.

#157

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Yo, buddy.

#158

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- Missed you last night. Where were you? - Gotta go.

#159

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Big meeting today.

#160

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Did you find out what happened?

#161

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Yeah. He said he was working.

#162

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Ugh, come on. You gotta talk to him.

#163

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We're gonna be late for the staff meeting.

#164

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He can't stand me. And you know why.

#165

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Angela,

#166

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I can't have that kind of negativity in my life.

#167

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That's exactly what I'm talking about.

#168

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What are you thinking about?

#169

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Nothing.

#170

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You wanna know what I'm thinking about?

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The first time you came to me.

#172

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I didn't exactly come to Krista.

#173

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I was forced here. But I do like her.

#174

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Hacking her was simple.

#175

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Her password? Dylan_2791.

#176

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Favorite artist and the year in which she was born, backwards.

#177

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Though she's a psychologist, she's really bad at reading people.

#178

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But I'm good at reading people. My secret?

#179

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I look for the worst in them.

#180

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I know she went through a divorce four years ago.

#181

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I know she was devastated by it and has been dating losers on eHarmony ever since.

#182

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Her most recent foray? Michael Hansen.

#183

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I searched for him online, but nothing came up.

#184

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No Linkedln, no Facebook. Nothing.

#185

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Something about him bugs me.

#186

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Scratching that part of my mind again.

#187

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But I'll hack him soon enough. I always do.

#188

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I know you're not yelling like before, which is good,

#189

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but I can tell you're still holding on to it.

#190

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And we need to work on your anger issues, Elliot.

#191

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You're angry at everyone.

#192

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- At society... - F... society.

#193

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I know you have a lot to be angry about,

#194

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but keeping it to yourself and staying quiet,

#195

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like you're doing, it's not going to help you.

#196

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There's pain underneath.

#197

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That's where our work needs to go.

#198

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What is it about society that disappoints you so much?

#199

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Oh, I don't know.

#200

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Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man,

#201

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even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children?

#202

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Or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit.

#203

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The world itself's just one big hoax.

#204

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Spamming each other with our burning commentary of bullshit masquerading as insight.

#205

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Our social media faking as intimacy.

#206

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Or is it that we voted for this?

#207

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Not with our rigged elections, but with our things.

#208

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Our property. Our money.

#209

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I'm not saying anything new. We all know why we do this.

#210

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Not because Hunger Games books makes us happy.

#211

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But because we wanna be sedated.

#212

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Because it's painful not to pretend. Because we're cowards.

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- F... society. - Elliot.

#214

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Elliot, you're not saying anything.

#215

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What's wrong?

#216

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Nothing.

#217

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Don't be frustrated.

#218

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Why shouldn't I be?

#219

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You're different than most.

#220

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You at least try.

#221

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You at least understand.

#222

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Understand what?

#223

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What it's like to feel alone.

#224

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You understand the pain.

#225

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You wanna protect people from it.

#226

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You wanna protect me from it.

#227

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I respect that about you.

#228

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Why do you think I know what it's like to feel alone?

#229

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Shit. From her emails.

#230

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Elliot?

#231

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I don't know.

#232

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Let's talk about last night.

#233

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Did you go to Angela's birthday party?

#234

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Yeah. It was nice.

#235

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- Did you try to talk to anyone? - Sure.

#236

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I got a girl's number.

#237

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- You did? - She's cute.

#238

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She likes The Hunger Games.

#239

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You're hiding again, Elliot.

#240

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When you hide, your delusions come back.

#241

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It's a slippery slope.

#242

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Let's talk about the men in black you've been seeing.

#243

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Are they still there?

#244

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No, they're...

#245

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I told you, they're gone.

#246

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The meds you gave me are working.

#247

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Yo, man.

#248

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Do you wanna, uh...

#249

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You wanna do lunch today?

#250

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Uh, yeah.

#251

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- I got other... - Plans, right.

#252

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That's what you said the last three times I asked you, uh...

#253

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Look, bud, you and Angela have been close for a long time.

#254

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And that's even more reason why I want us to be on good terms.

#255

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I just... I feel like things have been awkward between us.

#256

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Don't you?

#257

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I'm okay with it being awkward between us.

#258

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Um, yeah, I'm... I'm not okay with that.

#259

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Um...

#260

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Look, man, I love Angela and I want us to...

#261

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To get along, for her sake.

#262

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I mean, that's, that's what I'm kinda... That's what I'm here for.

#263

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I just, I...

#264

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I don't normally do stuff like this.

#265

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Am I crazy not to like this guy?

#266

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Among some of his Facebook likes are

#267

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George W. Bush's decision points,

#268

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Revenge of the Fallen,

#269

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- and the music of Josh Groban...

#270

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Must I really justify myself any further?

#271

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Working on that shit, you know?

#272

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His was the easiest to hack.

#273

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Password was 123456Seven.

#274

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I witnessed his first "I love you" with Angela over GChat.

#275

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Then I witnessed the first Of many infidelities with Stella B.

#276

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I've never done anything like this before...

#277

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I've thought about telling Angela but she has shitty taste in men

#278

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and I'm not quite ready to see what comes after this just yet.

#279

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You like music. I like music.

#280

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Maroon 5?

#281

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Plus, I can manage Ollie easier than the others.

#282

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For now, anyway.

#283

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And that's all I mean.

#284

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I just want you to know that.

#285

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I like you, bro.

#286

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And I want you to like me, too.

#287

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I understand.

#288

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I'll try harder.

#289

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That's cool, man.

#290

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Hey, whenever you're ready, I'd love to just...

#291

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...chill.

#292

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Oh, forgot about your... no touching thing.

#293

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Truth is, I shouldn't hate Ollie. He's not that bad a guy.

#294

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He's too dumb to be bad.

#295

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In fact, when I think about the really bad people...

#296

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E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world.

#297

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They're so big, they're literally everywhere.

#298

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A perfect monster of modern society.

#299

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The "E" might as well stand for "Evil."

#300

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...electronics and all of life's necessities...

#301

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In fact, after a thorough, intensive self-reprogramming,

#302

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that's all my mind hears, sees, or reads when they pop up in my world.

#303

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Together, we can change the world...

#304

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- ...with E Corp. - Evil Corp.

#305

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Krista would have a shit fit if she knew I did that.

#306

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But that's what they are, a conglomerate of evil.

#307

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And now I have to help them.

#308

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There are six on-site engineers on your account.

#309

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- There he is. - Terry Colby, the CTO.

#310

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I know it looks a little... complicated.

#311

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Even though he's the head technology guy

#312

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at one of the biggest companies in the world, he owns a BlackBerry.

#313

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So, this is it, right here.

#314

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It also looks like he doesn't see a terminal very often.

#315

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He's not a techie. He's a moron.

#316

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An arrogant moron.

#317

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The worst kind.

#318

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Oh, hi.

#319

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Tyrell Wellick, Senior Vice President, Technology.

#320

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Elliot.

#321

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Just a tech.

#322

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Don't be so humble.

#323

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You know, I started out exactly where you are, and...

#324

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To be honest, you know, my heart is still there.

#325

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So I see you're running Gnome.

#326

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You know, I'm actually on KDE myself.

#327

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I know this desktop environment is supposed to be better, but...

#328

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You know what they say,

#329

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old habits, they die hard.

#330

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An executive running Linux?

#331

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But, that... - Yeah, I know what you're thinking.

#332

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I'm an executive.

#333

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I mean, why am I even running Linux?

#334

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Again, old habits.

#335

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It's gonna be fun working with you.

#336

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I should join the rest of the group.

#337

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Bonsoir, Elliot.

#338

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Sometimes I dream of saving the world.

#339

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Saving everyone from the invisible hand.

#340

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The one that brands us with an employee badge.

#341

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The one that forces us to work for them.

#342

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The one that controls us every day without us knowing it.

#343

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But I can't stop it.

#344

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I'm not that special.

#345

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I'm just anonymous.

#346

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I'm just alone.

#347

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If it weren't for Qwerty, I'd be completely empty.

#348

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I hate when I can't hold in my loneliness.

#349

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This crying's been happening too often. Every other week now.

#350

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What do normal people do when they get this sad?

#351

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They reach out to friends or family, I think.

#352

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That's not an option.

#353

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I do morphine.

#354

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The key to doing morphine without turning into a junkie

#355

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is to limit yourself to 30 milligrams a day.

#356

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Anything more just builds up your tolerance.

#357

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I check every pill I get for purity.

#358

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I have eight milligrams Suboxone, for maintenance,

#359

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in case I go through withdrawal.

#360

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Shit. I'm out again.

#361

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How much?

#362

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On the house.

#363

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No, Shayla.

#364

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Not doing that, okay?

#365

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This is just a regular drug deal, like it always is.

#366

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Fine.

#367

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Oh, yeah, so what are you up to tonight?

#368

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'Cause I tried to post something on your Facebook and couldn't find you.

#369

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I'm not on Facebook.

#370

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What? Why not?

#371

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'Cause I hate Facebook.

#372

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That's crazy.

#373

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Well, you wanna do these together, then?

#374

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Pure Molly.

#375

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Don't ever make decisions when you're on morphine.

#376

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Instagram check-in for Krista at Pierre Loti.

#377

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Okay, Michael Hansen. Time to find out who you really are.

#378

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Taxi!

#379

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Uh, hi. I just left my keys in one of your cabs.

#380

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56Y2.

#381

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Sure.

#382

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How 'bout you two? Huh?

#383

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You guys got any spare change?

#384

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Help me out? Homes are expensive, guys. Come on.

#385

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306, Hawthorne. Thank you. Thank you.

#386

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Come on, asshole. Piss already.

#387

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- I mean, come on. Come on!

#388

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- Will ya... Will ya go?

#389

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- Hey! - Go! Go, will ya?

#390

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- Hey. - Come on.

#391

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Can I borrow your phone?

#392

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Mine's dead. I need to call my mom.

#393

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Thank you.

#394

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No answer. Thanks, anyway.

#395

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Angela, is everything okay?

#396

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I need you to come to Allsafe.

#397

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You're there? It's 3:00 in the morning.

#398

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They attacked Evil Corp's servers again.

#399

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But it's bad this time. It's a DDoS attack.

#400

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Did you call Lloyd? He's on call.

#401

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Yeah, he's here.

#402

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Is he talking to their tech department?

#403

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He's online with them, but so far, nothing.

#404

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I don't think that Lloyd can handle this.

#405

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Look, Gideon just put me on this account.

#406

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I can't screw up in my first week. I need you.

#407

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Please?

#408

⇓

I'll be right there.

#409

⇓

Finally.

#410

⇓

Calm down. It's only been an hour.

#411

⇓

Yeah, well an hour in Evil Corp's time

#412

⇓

is like $13,000,000 in revenue, approximately.

#413

⇓

Actually, I calculated that.

#414

⇓

That's exactly how much they lost.

#415

⇓

Don't worry, I got you.

#416

⇓

Lloyd, what's up?

#417

⇓

Lloyd?

#418

⇓

Elliot. This is bad.

#419

⇓

Worst DDoS attack I've ever seen.

#420

⇓

Did you reconfigure the DNS?

#421

⇓

Yes.

#422

⇓

Stop the services. I already stopped the services.

#423

⇓

I tried to reboot the servers, but they're not coming back up.

#424

⇓

Dude, someone is straight up finger-blasting our entire network right now.

#425

⇓

They just started reporting on the outage.

#426

⇓

Shit. This is worse than I thought. They're in the network.

#427

⇓

What's the status update?

#428

⇓

You see, I thought we set up security protocols so that this doesn't happen.

#429

⇓

- Where's the attack coming from? - Everywhere, obviously.

#430

⇓

USA, Finland, Thailand, Kuwait...

#431

⇓

Start restarting the services, load sharing, redirect the traffic.

#432

⇓

And call Prolexic for help.

#433

⇓

Wait. What?

#434

⇓

I don't think this is just a DDoS attack.

#435

⇓

I think they got a rootkit sitting inside the servers.

#436

⇓

What's a rootkit?

#437

⇓

It's like a crazy serial rapist with a very big dick!

#438

⇓

Jesus, Lloyd!

#439

⇓

Sorry, it's a malicious code that completely takes over their system.

#440

⇓

It could delete system files, install programs,

#441

⇓

- viruses, worms... - How do we stop it?

#442

⇓

That's the thing, it's fundamentally invisible.

#443

⇓

You can't stop it. All of their servers are timing out.

#444

⇓

None of them are coming back up.

#445

⇓

Yeah. This means every time we restart a server

#446

⇓

the virus replicates itself during boot-up, then crashes the host.

#447

⇓

How are we supposed to bring up the network

#448

⇓

if we can't restart the servers?

#449

⇓

We can't.

#450

⇓

Which is what they wanted.

#451

⇓

By defending ourselves, we ended up spreading the virus everywhere.

#452

⇓

Only thing we can do is... We gotta take the whole system offline.

#453

⇓

Wipe the infected servers clean, then bring them back up.

#454

⇓

- You're coming with me. - Yeah.

#455

⇓

Lloyd?

#456

⇓

Tell everybody to start taking everything offline.

#457

⇓

- On it. - Uh, the server farm in Dulles.

#458

⇓

We're gonna need the jet.

#459

⇓

They're booting the network back up.

#460

⇓

Now, you're downloading the logs, right?

#461

⇓

- Because we need... - Stop. Tell 'em to stop.

#462

⇓

- What? - Don't start the boot sequence.

#463

⇓

You guys missed one. There's an infected server up and running.

#464

⇓

What's the ETA before it hits this server?

#465

⇓

The backup server up and running?

#466

⇓

It's ready, but it's not configured for auto switch.

#467

⇓

We need to redirect the traffic. We need to switch DNS.

#468

⇓

You got this. You got this. You got this.

#469

⇓

No, this is impossible. You got this. You got this.

#470

⇓

It's almost at the bad server.

#471

⇓

We still up?

#472

⇓

We're okay.

#473

⇓

Yeah.

#474

⇓

Hey, I'm gonna take a look at the infected server, okay?

#475

⇓

Give me a minute. Yeah.

#476

⇓

Uh, I'll meet you at the elevators.

#477

⇓

They must've left a mark or something.

#478

⇓

Every hacker loves attention.

#479

⇓

They don't just do DDoS attacks for no reason.

#480

⇓

This is it.

#481

⇓

"Fsociety."

#482

⇓

Is that supposed to be a joke?

#483

⇓

This was way too easy. They didn't hide it well at all.

#484

⇓

This note is for me.

#485

⇓

They're telling me to leave it here.

#486

⇓

But why?

#487

⇓

Doesn't matter.

#488

⇓

Time to shut them down.

#489

⇓

Why can't I delete it?

#490

⇓

I don't want to delete it. I want it to stay.

#491

⇓

What's wrong with me?

#492

⇓

I'll reconfigure the access to the root directory so only I can use it.

#493

⇓

No one will know.

#494

⇓

For you, sir.

#495

⇓

Did you know that I'm gay?

#496

⇓

Uh...

#497

⇓

No.

#498

⇓

Hmm.

#499

⇓

Consider this me coming out to you, then.

#500

⇓

Okay?

#501

⇓

It's hard, 'cause I don't like to talk about my sex life,

#502

⇓

but my partner, he gets very paranoid, he...

#503

⇓

Thinks I'm ashamed of...

#504

⇓

He wants me to be more public about it.

#505

⇓

So... Anyway.

#506

⇓

I'm gay.

#507

⇓

- Thanks. - Yeah.

#508

⇓

Hey, man, don't worry about it.

#509

⇓

Hackers have a short attention span.

#510

⇓

They'll get bored, harass someone else.

#511

⇓

Evil Corp is thinking about leaving us.

#512

⇓

And I don't know if I can blame 'em.

#513

⇓

They could've called their other security teams. Mmm.

#514

⇓

They called you.

#515

⇓

Somebody over there likes us.

#516

⇓

But Terry Colby, he's getting the pressure.

#517

⇓

And he calls the shots.

#518

⇓

Evil Corp is 80% of our business.

#519

⇓

If we lose them, that's gonna be it for us.

#520

⇓

It's gonna be it...

#521

⇓

...for me.

#522

⇓

I feel like I can talk to you.

#523

⇓

I mean, more than the others, anyway.

#524

⇓

I'm sure, in a weird way,

#525

⇓

you'll be happy if we went under.

#526

⇓

Aw, come on.

#527

⇓

I know you hate wearing those stupid shirts.

#528

⇓

Gideon,

#529

⇓

I promise I'll find them.

#530

⇓

Evil Corp servers should be back up soon enough.

#531

⇓

I'll take a look at the .dat file.

#532

⇓

I'll ask my IRC contacts about fsociety when I get home.

#533

⇓

I've never seen their name on the boards, though.

#534

⇓

They gotta be new. But they're good.

#535

⇓

Rough night?

#536

⇓

I'm getting off here.

#537

⇓

I think you should come with me.

#538

⇓

But only if you didn't delete it.

#539

⇓

If you deleted it, we got nothing to talk about.

#540

⇓

Are you talking to me?

#541

⇓

Stand clear of the closing doors, please.

#542

⇓

Who are you?

#543

⇓

We gotta wait for the Q.

#544

⇓

Then what?

#545

⇓

Then we're going to Brooklyn.

#546

⇓

Out by Coney Island.

#547

⇓

Why?

#548

⇓

What's there?

#549

⇓

Obviously, you're gonna ask a lot of questions.

#550

⇓

It's weird what you're doing right now. I get it.

#551

⇓

But... I can't tell you anything until we get there.

#552

⇓

You can't smoke in here.

#553

⇓

You've been following me.

#554

⇓

Why?

#555

⇓

What do you want from me?

#556

⇓

My dad was a petty thief.

#557

⇓

Never could hold down a job. So he just robbed.

#558

⇓

Convenience stores, shops. Small-time stuff.

#559

⇓

One time, he sat me down. He told me something I never forgot.

#560

⇓

He said, "Everyone steals.

#561

⇓

"That's how it works.

#562

⇓

"You think people out there are getting exactly what they deserve? No.

#563

⇓

"They're getting paid over or under,

#564

⇓

"but someone in the chain always gets bamboozled.

#565

⇓

"I steal, son.

#566

⇓

"But I don't get caught.

#567

⇓

"That's my contract with society.

#568

⇓

"Now, if you can catch me stealing, then I'll go to jail.

#569

⇓

"But if you can't...

#570

⇓

"then I've earned the money."

#571

⇓

I respected that man.

#572

⇓

I thought that shit was cool, as a little kid.

#573

⇓

A few years after that, they finally caught him.

#574

⇓

Sent him to jail.

#575

⇓

He dies five years later. My respect goes with him.

#576

⇓

I thought he was free doing what he did, but he wasn't.

#577

⇓

He was in prison.

#578

⇓

Just like you are now, Elliot.

#579

⇓

But I'm gonna break you out.

#580

⇓

Why would you guys actually meet IRL?

#581

⇓

You remember that hacker group, O-Megz?

#582

⇓

They got outed by their own leader to the FBI and six hackers went to prison for it.

#583

⇓

You know how they got him?

#584

⇓

They went on the dude's computer.

#585

⇓

Tracked them all down through emails,

#586

⇓

VPN sessions, chat messages, texts.

#587

⇓

One guy, and the whole thing comes down.

#588

⇓

That's what's called... Central point of failure.

#589

⇓

Right.

#590

⇓

Because they refused to meet in person,

#591

⇓

they compromised each other every time they sent so much as a smiley face.

#592

⇓

The rule here is,

#593

⇓

it's done here and only here.

#594

⇓

It ends when you walk out that door and begins when you walk in.

#595

⇓

Our encryption, is the real world.

#596

⇓

How do you talk to each other, then?

#597

⇓

We don't.

#598

⇓

We come and go. Work on the project when we can.

#599

⇓

How do you trust them?

#600

⇓

I give 'em an exercise.

#601

⇓

If they pass, they join us.

#602

⇓

If they fail... DDoS attack last night.

#603

⇓

You were testing me.

#604

⇓

You said there was a project.

#605

⇓

What's the project?

#606

⇓

That'll come later.

#607

⇓

I just wanted you to see the place.

#608

⇓

There's not much you can do without a CPU.

#609

⇓

I'm crazy.

#610

⇓

I have to be crazy, because that didn't just happen, right?

#611

⇓

This is a delusion. Is this a delusion?

#612

⇓

Shit, I'm a schizo.

#613

⇓

Have I really lost it this time? No. No.

#614

⇓

Last night happened. It was real.

#615

⇓

Angela called me. I was at Allsafe.

#616

⇓

Evil Corp servers were compromised.

#617

⇓

Those are facts, not delusions.

#618

⇓

I know.

#619

⇓

I know, I know, I realize I'm saying all of this to an imaginary person.

#620

⇓

But I created you.

#621

⇓

I didn't create this.

#622

⇓

Oh.

#623

⇓

Thank God, you're here. I was just about to go wait in the Starbucks.

#624

⇓

You live in a bad neighborhood. Do you know that?

#625

⇓

I do know that.

#626

⇓

Do you wanna get high and watch your favorite movie?

#627

⇓

You saved our asses last night.

#628

⇓

I thought Gideon was definitely gonna fire me.

#629

⇓

Where've you been?

#630

⇓

I thought you'd be sleeping.

#631

⇓

I... Yeah, I fell asleep on the train.

#632

⇓

That sounds like such a lie.

#633

⇓

But, whatever.

#634

⇓

I don't wanna get into that right now.

#635

⇓

So, you wanna do this?

#636

⇓

I miss Qwerty.

#637

⇓

I hope she still loves me.

#638

⇓

Okay...

#639

⇓

Shit.

#640

⇓

She wasn't supposed to be here.

#641

⇓

Okay? Give me a minute and I'll get rid of her.

#642

⇓

It's okay. Um...

#643

⇓

This is great.

#644

⇓

Elliot, I'm happy for you. No, it's not like that.

#645

⇓

Well, maybe it should be.

#646

⇓

You know, it's good that you're...

#647

⇓

...dating.

#648

⇓

Um... Well, see you on Monday.

#649

⇓

We can do movie night next time.

#650

⇓

- I promise. Okay? - Yeah.

#651

⇓

Have fun.

#652

⇓

Mmm...

#653

⇓

Elliot?

#654

⇓

Oh, shit. Is it Wednesday?

#655

⇓

Shayla. I have to move my car.

#656

⇓

Shayla,

#657

⇓

leave.

#658

⇓

Now!

#659

⇓

No mention of Mr. Robot anywhere.

#660

⇓

No mention of fsociety.

#661

⇓

Not on any of the hacker boards.

#662

⇓

Not on IRC, forums, blogs- No one's heard of them.

#663

⇓

Property was owned by Fun Society Amusement LLC for 13 years.

#664

⇓

Owner was shot and killed a year and a half ago. No owner since.

#665

⇓

And the ownership history before that's sparse to non-existent.

#666

⇓

This guy's good.

#667

⇓

Very good.

#668

⇓

Doesn't matter.

#669

⇓

Their arcade network's IP is in the .dat file.

#670

⇓

That'll be enough to turn them in.

#671

⇓

What's your ask, Mr. Robot?

#672

⇓

Hey, man.

#673

⇓

Where's your boss?

#674

⇓

Okay, cut the bullshit.

#675

⇓

When are you gonna give us access to the root directory?

#676

⇓

What? Dude, come on.

#677

⇓

I wrote that rootkit.

#678

⇓

I still have to put Colby's IP in the .dat file.

#679

⇓

Dickhead.

#680

⇓

Elliot! Good news.

#681

⇓

Scored the last bag of Twinkies from Gristedes.

#682

⇓

You want one?

#683

⇓

She just called me a dickhead.

#684

⇓

Yeah, that's Darlene.

#685

⇓

Hey, you like Ferris wheels?

#686

⇓

Ah, it's beautiful.

#687

⇓

It gets better the higher up you go, you know.

#688

⇓

I love it up here.

#689

⇓

You like it?

#690

⇓

I'm here to tell you I'm turning you in.

#691

⇓

I'm giving them all the information...

#692

⇓

Let me tell you why you're really here.

#693

⇓

You're here because you sense something wrong with the world.

#694

⇓

Something you can't explain.

#695

⇓

But, you know it controls you and everyone you care about

#696

⇓

What are you talking about?

#697

⇓

Money.

#698

⇓

Money hasn't been real since we got off the gold standard.

#699

⇓

It's become virtual.

#700

⇓

Software, the operating system of our world.

#701

⇓

And, Elliot, we are on the verge

#702

⇓

of taking down this virtual reality.

#703

⇓

Think about it.

#704

⇓

What if you could take down one conglomerate?

#705

⇓

A conglomerate so deeply entrenched

#706

⇓

in the world's economy

#707

⇓

that "too big to fail" doesn't even come close to describing it?

#708

⇓

You wanna create another financial meltdown like the one we just had,

#709

⇓

but way worse.

#710

⇓

Yeah, why would I want that?

#711

⇓

Everyone would lose their money.

#712

⇓

What if I told you that this conglomerate

#713

⇓

just so happens to own 70% of the global consumer credit industry, huh?

#714

⇓

If we hit their data center just right

#715

⇓

we could systematically format all the servers, including backup.

#716

⇓

That would erase... All the debt we owe them.

#717

⇓

Every record of every credit card, loan, and mortgage would be wiped clean.

#718

⇓

It'd be impossible to reinforce outdated paper records.

#719

⇓

It'd all be gone.

#720

⇓

The single, biggest incident

#721

⇓

of wealth redistribution

#722

⇓

in history.

#723

⇓

Evil Corp. The conglomerate.

#724

⇓

That's why you picked me.

#725

⇓

'Cause I work at Allsafe. Tomorrow...

#726

⇓

Allsafe is gonna get a visit from the FBI

#727

⇓

and the US Cyber Command.

#728

⇓

You...

#729

⇓

...are gonna modify the .dat file,

#730

⇓

and put Colby's terminal IP address in there.

#731

⇓

Terry Colby.

#732

⇓

You're gonna frame him? No one's gonna believe that.

#733

⇓

I met him. He's a moron.

#734

⇓

So are the FBI.

#735

⇓

Even if they don't believe he did it,

#736

⇓

they'll believe he gave someone access to it.

#737

⇓

And he'll just go to jail. What good'll that do?

#738

⇓

You don't take down a conglomerate by shooting them in the heart.

#739

⇓

That's the thing about conglomerates,

#740

⇓

they don't have hearts.

#741

⇓

You take 'em down limb by limb.

#742

⇓

And as they unravel,

#743

⇓

their illusion of control unravels.

#744

⇓

Who are you?

#745

⇓

That'll come later. Right now...

#746

⇓

You have a lot to think about.

#747

⇓

You have to change this .dat file, okay?

#748

⇓

But put Colby's IP in there.

#749

⇓

You do that,

#750

⇓

you'll have set in motion the largest revolution the world will ever see.

#751

⇓

If you go away

#752

⇓

On this summer day

#753

⇓

Then you might as well take the sun away

#754

⇓

All the birds that flew in a summer sky

#755

⇓

When our love was new and our hearts were high

#756

⇓

When the day was young

#757

⇓

And the night was long

#758

⇓

And the moon stood still for the night bird's song

#759

⇓

If you go away

#760

⇓

If you go away

#761

⇓

If you go away

#762

⇓

But if you stay

#763

⇓

Then I'll make you a day

#764

⇓

Like no day's been

#765

⇓

Or will be again

#766

⇓

We'll sail on the sun

#767

⇓

We'll ride on the rain

#768

⇓

We'll talk to the trees

#769

⇓

That worship the wind

#770

⇓

And if you go, I'll understand

#771

⇓

Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand

#772

⇓

If you go away

#773

⇓

If you go away

#774

⇓

If you go away

#775

⇓

If you go away

#776

⇓

As I know you must

#777

⇓

There'll be nothing left in the world to trust

#778

⇓

Just an empty room full of empty space

#779

⇓

Like the empty look I see on your face

#780

⇓

Can I tell you now as you turn to go

#781

⇓

I'll be dying slowly till your next hello

#782

⇓

If you go away

#783

⇓

If you go away

#784

⇓

If you go away

#785

⇓

So?

#786

⇓

What do we got?

#787

⇓

So, if you'll take a look at the first page of your agenda...

#788

⇓

You're the one who stopped the hack.

#789

⇓

You know, uh, the gals in analysis said this was a tough one.

#790

⇓

All things being equal, it should've shut us down for days, so...

#791

⇓

You did good.

#792

⇓

Okay.

#793

⇓

We should start with our account executive, Angela.

#794

⇓

Okay, we first noticed the breach at 2:07 a.m. Eastern Standard on Friday night.

#795

⇓

You mean Saturday?

#796

⇓

Sorry, yes.

#797

⇓

Technically, Saturday morning.

#798

⇓

Yeah. Okay, Angela. That's what we're here for.

#799

⇓

The technicals.

#800

⇓

Right.

#801

⇓

Yes.

#802

⇓

Anyway, he arrived at the office at 2:35, and I...

#803

⇓

Okay, wait, wait, wait. So that's, uh, almost a half hour after the initial breach.

#804

⇓

Why didn't anyone pipe in from their laptops?

#805

⇓

It's not... It wouldn't have been secure.

#806

⇓

If someone terminaled in on this.

#807

⇓

It was...

#808

⇓

...the smarter move to have someone come in so they can log in on a secure line.

#809

⇓

Exactly. Then, Lloyd was able to...

#810

⇓

Just... Just, actually, uh... Just one second.

#811

⇓

You know, I, uh... I always loved this view.

#812

⇓

And now that that's taken care of,

#813

⇓

let's pick it up where we left off.

#814

⇓

What happened to Angela? She knows more about what happened.

#815

⇓

She's not gonna work out for us.

#816

⇓

Not on this level. We need to stick to the more tech savvy here.

#817

⇓

Now, let's get to the heart of this thing,

#818

⇓

because I can't sit here and look through a packet for the next 20 minutes.

#819

⇓

All right? Just who did this?

#820

⇓

Is it that hard?

#821

⇓

Who did this?

#822

⇓

I found the configuration file of the rootkit with a pattern of IP addresses.

#823

⇓

Once you decrypt it, you'll know where the hack came from.

#824

⇓

Nineteen days.

#825

⇓

No news. No arrest. No revolution.

#826

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No FBI, Colby, Evil Corp.

#827

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No Mr. Robot.

#828

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No fsociety.

#829

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I need to take my mind off things.

#830

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Hello?

#831

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Hi, this is Sam from Bank of E-Security Fraud Department.

#832

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Unfortunately, I have to inform you that your account's been compromised.

#833

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What? What happened?

#834

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First, before I can answer any questions,

#835

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I need to verify some information.

#836

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Are you still at 306 Hawthorne Avenue?

#837

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Yes, apartment 2C.

#838

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Great. And your security question, "Favorite baseball team"?

#839

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Um, Yankees. I don't remember this being a security...

#840

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And, lastly, your pet's name?

#841

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Um, Flipper.

#842

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Uh, who am I speaking to?

#843

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Can I get your name and num...

#844

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With those details, plus a dictionary brute force attack,

#845

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it'll take my program maybe two minutes to crack his password.

#846

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What I wouldn't give to be normal.

#847

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To live in that bubble.

#848

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The reality of the naive.

#849

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That's how I justify this.

#850

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To keep their optimism intact.

#851

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To protect them.

#852

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How? He's too old to have a complicated password.

#853

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It had to have been a combination of these things.

#854

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I'm missing something. I'm missing something.

#855

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I'm missing something.

#856

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Michael Hansen isn't his real name.

#857

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Come on. Get over here.

#858

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Lenny Shannon? Michael Hansen?

#859

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Which one you playin' tonight?

#860

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You're gonna stop seeing Krista. What the...

#861

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You're gonna break up with her.

#862

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You're never gonna see her again.

#863

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You're the guy that used my phone.

#864

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You cheated on your current wife with seven different women.

#865

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I got digital proof of all of it.

#866

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Ashley Madison, online escorts, fake Facebook pages.

#867

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I own it all.

#868

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And if you don't stop seeing her...

#869

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Your wife will know everything.

#870

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Along with the police.

#871

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- The police? - Yeah, one of the escorts was 15.

#872

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That 15 part I made up,

#873

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but he did have a proclivity for young escorts that helped the lie.

#874

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But I'm not gonna do any of that.

#875

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As long as you break up with Krista.

#876

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Tonight.

#877

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Done.

#878

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You're also gonna tell her the truth.

#879

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You're married, cheat on your wife, you hire hookers.

#880

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And you never had any intention of being serious with her.

#881

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Why?

#882

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That would destroy her.

#883

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She thinks that...

#884

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...we're in love.

#885

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Exactly.

#886

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Krista needs to avoid dickheads like you in the future.

#887

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Her radar needs fixing.

#888

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I'll know if you skip any detail.

#889

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So don't.

#890

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And one more thing.

#891

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I'm gonna need something from you.

#892

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Come on.

#893

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Hmm.

#894

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I like you, Flipper.

#895

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You're cool.

#896

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I never wanna be right about my hacks,

#897

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but people always find a way to disappoint.

#898

⇓

Michael Hansen now gets filed away among the others.

#899

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Forever buried in my digital cemetery.

#900

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The look of disillusionment.

#901

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He told her. She cried all night.

#902

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Now comes the sadness.

#903

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I don't like seeing her sad.

#904

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You okay?

#905

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Sorry.

#906

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Sorry.

#907

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Go on.

#908

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I think Angela blames me for what happened at the Evil Corp meeting.

#909

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What do I do? I need to talk to her.

#910

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Well, I think you just answered your own question.

#911

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Talk to her.

#912

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She won't respond to any of my texts or emails.

#913

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Then, go to her in person.

#914

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Tell her you need to talk.

#915

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Communication is key, Elliot.

#916

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Real human interaction.

#917

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That's what's important for you right now.

#918

⇓

Do you...

#919

⇓

You think we can talk?

#920

⇓

What?

#921

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You won't talk to me.

#922

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You haven't talked to me since the meeting.

#923

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I don't wanna talk to you, because I feel embarrassed.

#924

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Every time I think about what happened.

#925

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Okay?

#926

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It's fine. I'll get over it.

#927

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It's been three weeks. I have to get back to work.

#928

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You're just gonna ignore me? You didn't have to stick up for me in there.

#929

⇓

I know that you were just trying to help, but just...

#930

⇓

Don't do it again!

#931

⇓

Even if I'm losing, let me lose.

#932

⇓

Okay?

#933

⇓

Don't look confused!

#934

⇓

Just say...

#935

⇓

"Okay."

#936

⇓

Okay.

#937

⇓

Elliot...

#938

⇓

FBI agents claim that Colby either used hacking groups,

#939

⇓

or worked in conjunction with them

#940

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to pressure Evil Corp during his contract negotiations.

#941

⇓

After a long and exhaustive investigation,

#942

⇓

sources close to the FBI

#943

⇓

have confirmed the hacks were, in part, tied to Colby's terminal.

#944

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It's happening.

#945

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It's happening. It's happening. It's happening.

#946

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It's happening. It's happening.

#947

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Sir, step inside the car.

#948

⇓

Sir.

#949

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Step inside the vehicle now.

#950

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Go ahead.

#951

⇓

Sir, go on in.

#952

⇓

Sir, go on in.

#953

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Bonsoir, Elliot.

#954

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Please tell me you're seeing this, too.

#955

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