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Season 1, Episode 2 — eps1 1 ones-and-zer0es mpeg

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

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Oh, hi. Tyrell Wellick.

#2

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(Shayla) You wanna do these together then?

#3

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- Pure molly. - No, Shayla.

#4

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I need you to come to Allsafe.

#5

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(Elliot) Shit, they're in the network.

#6

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This is it. Fsociety.

#7

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They're telling me to leave it here.

#8

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[grunts]

#9

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Who are you?

#10

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(Mr. Robot) I think you should come with me.

#11

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Yeah, that's Darlene.

#12

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You are gonna modify the DAT file.

#13

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Put Colby's IP in there.

#14

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You do that, you'll have set in motion

#15

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the largest revolution the world will ever see.

#16

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_

#17

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(female newscaster) Sources have confirmed

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

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(man) Sir, step inside the car.

#20

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Bonsoir, Elliot.

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[tense music]

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♪ ♪

#23

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(Tyrell) "Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank,

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but give a man a bank, and he can rob the world."

#25

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It's a bit of a silly expression, actually.

#26

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A little reductive, but still...

#27

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I like it,

#28

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for the same reason most people hate it,

#29

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because to me it means that power belongs

#30

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to the people that take it.

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Nothing to do with their hard work, strong ambitions,

#32

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or rightful qualifications, no.

#33

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The actual will to take is often the only thing that's necessary.

#34

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I'm sorry to bring you in like this.

#35

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Technically what we're doing might be considered illegal,

#36

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which is why I'm surrounded

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by eleven of our most annoying lawyers.

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Elliot Alderson...

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I want to offer you

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a position here at Evil Corp.

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I want you to head our cybersecurity division.

#42

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Except I can't officially offer you anything

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since we have this non-compete with your employer, Allsafe.

#44

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But if you do this of your own accord...

#45

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when you do this...

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you'll be a multi-millionaire within the next five years.

#47

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What do you say?

#48

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Can I...

#49

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Can I think about it?

#50

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Gentlemen, I need the room.

#51

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- [indistinct whispering] - Yes, thank you. Yes, yes.

#52

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You know,

#53

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Evil Corp has just named me interim CTO.

#54

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It won't be long until it's official.

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I will be the youngest executive this company has ever seen.

#56

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I should track down these hackers out there

#57

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just to thank them.

#58

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In a way, it's kind of, um...

#59

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What's the word in English?

#60

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Serendipitous? Right?

#61

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[laughing]

#62

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You know, by the end of the quarter,

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we're going to revamp our entire network

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and consolidate our security protocols.

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We're going to handle everything internally,

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which means all of our vendors, including Allsafe,

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will be cut loose.

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And it's no secret that once Allsafe loses us as a client,

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they'll be fini.

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And when that happens,

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I want you to be where you belong:

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here with me.

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This is an important choice you're making, Elliot.

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I just wanted you to know all the facts

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before you made your final decision.

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I think I'm happy where I am.

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[somber orchestral music]

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[Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 playing]

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♪ ♪

#80

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Well, I thought I'd ask.

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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[music continues faintly inside car]

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♪ ♪

#85

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Call this number if you need to get in touch with Mr. Wellick.

#86

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You can call me Mr. X. [laughs]

#87

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Come on, you've never seen JFK?

#88

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Oliver Stone movie?

#89

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Sir, I gotta be honest. That's embarrassing.

#90

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Do yourself a favor and watch it.

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And pay, for Christ's sake.

#92

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Anyway, you can call me Mr. Sutherland for now.

#93

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Don't hesitate to reach me when you're ready.

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We're always close by.

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(Vera) I'm gonna set a date right now...

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- (Shayla) No, we're not. - For later.

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I gotta go, thank you very much.

#98

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- You gonna have me up? - No.

#99

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- Gonna have me up? - No, stop.

#100

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- I'm coming up. - No, you're not coming up.

#101

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Another time. Okay, I gotta go.

#102

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Come on.

#103

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- Everything all right? - Yeah, he's just a creeper.

#104

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I hate it when your employers can't take a hint.

#105

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[thumping bass from car]

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(Shayla) Hey, is your radiator messed up?

#107

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Because it's like 3,000 degrees in my apartment.

#108

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Hey, are you okay? You seem off.

#109

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While we're here, you mind if I reup?

#110

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A little early to reup, don't you think?

#111

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I'm deviating from the schedule a little.

#112

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Whoa, never thought I'd see the day, Mr. Stricty Pants,

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but okie dokie.

#114

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Oh, yeah. Shit, I'm out of the other ones.

#115

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No, just the morphine. It's good.

#116

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Uh, no, you made me promise never to give you these

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unless I had your Subs.

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- Shayla. - No, Elliot.

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Promises matter, okay?

#120

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I take this shit to heart.

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Oh, my God.

#122

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Fine, but you have to promise me you won't do a lot

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until I get your withdrawal meds, okay?

#124

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I'll go see Fernando later or something.

#125

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No, you have to say it.

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I promise.

#127

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[snorting]

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(Elliot voice-over) Hey, man.

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What, you think I forgot about you?

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Trust me, I need you now more than ever.

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We gotta get to work.

#132

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Hacking Tyrell Wellick, you'd think it'd be tricky,

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but it wasn't... Evil Corp's corporate mail servers,

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they haven't patched anything since Shellshock.

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He doesn't even use two-step verification.

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His password was just his wife's maiden name

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and Sweden's independence date, 6-6.

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One six away from the obvious, but still,

#139

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this is bad noob practice.

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These emails...

#141

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His life... it's nice, happy, perfect.

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This doesn't make sense.

#143

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Did he know I was going to hack him?

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Did he let me?

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I'm gonna need to wipe everything.

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[beep]

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[drilling]

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[microwave beeps]

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(Elliot voice-over) I know, I know, taking more than I should.

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I'm breaking my rule, but come on, it's an off week.

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[soft clanking]

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[liquid trickling] [clanking continues]

#153

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Come on.

#154

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Yo. My man, you gotta...

#155

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You gotta deuce it out over here, all right?

#156

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Yo, you gotta do your business up in here, all right?

#157

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Hey...

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You got this. You got this.

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[sniffs]

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[indistinct chatter, phone ringing]

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(female news announcer) Terry Colby, the chief technology officer of...

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(Elliot voice-over) Terry Colby's arrest is on everyone's mind.

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Screen. Might as well be the same thing nowadays.

#164

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How do I go back to work after this?

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How can I focus on anything?

#166

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And when's Mr. Robot going to contact me again?

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What's he waiting for?

#168

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Did I just destroy a man's life for no reason?

#169

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(Gideon) I'm gonna talk to HR about a salary bump for you.

#170

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- Oh, please. - No, no.

#171

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Take the raise.

#172

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It's not gonna be much, but it's the best I can do right now.

#173

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Elliot...

#174

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You saved the company.

#175

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Now...

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Why didn't you tell me about the DAT file?

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You could've come in here at any time before the meeting

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to say you found something, but you didn't.

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I gotta be honest. I found that kind of curious.

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Yeah, I didn't know what I had.

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Could've easily been a junk file.

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C'mon...

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You're never sure about anything

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unless there's something to be sure about.

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Maybe you don't know me that well.

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Regardless,

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I still need you to stay on it, now more than ever.

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I mean, who knows what

#189

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these Fsociety hackers are going to do next.

#190

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(Elliot voice-over) What did he just say?

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- What did you just say? - The ones working with Colby.

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Who knows how deep these data dumps are going to get,

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and Evil Corp is...

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What're you talking about?

#195

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There's a twist.

#196

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You're usually the one a step ahead of me.

#197

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They hit the mother lode during the breach.

#198

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Potentially terabytes worth of emails and files.

#199

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They're threatening to dump everything

#200

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unless the FBI frees Colby.

#201

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They released the video this morning.

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Hello, Evil Corp. We are Fsociety.

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Over the years, we have been watching you.

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Your financial abuse of the poor;

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your corruption of governments;

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your cover-ups of the murder of innocent, ordinary citizens,

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all for the sake of a profit.

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This is why we at Fsociety have decided you must die.

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We are malicious and hostile. We do not compromise.

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We are relentless.

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We will not stop until every tentacle

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of your evil monstrosity is sliced off at the nerve.

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But we are also not without mercy.

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Our latest hack was our last warning.

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Meet our demands, and we will consider not destroying you.

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First, release our leader Terry Colby

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from your illegitimate prison immediately.

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Second, release all the people of the world

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from your even more illegitimate prisons of debt.

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Third, dissolve your corporation

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and donate all your assets to charities around the world.

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This proposal is non-negotiable.

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The people are realizing they don't have freedom of choice

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so long as you exist.

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The people are waking up,

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no longer accepting your economic slavery.

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Meet these demands, or we will kill you.

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Consider yourself warned.

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[sustained beep]

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Play it again.

#231

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Yo, yo, yo, yo, my album just dropped.

#232

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Yo, please buy my CD. Only cost you 20 likes.

#233

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Yo, it'll give you the feels, y'all, I swear.

#234

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The CD's free. All's I ask is you Tweet.

#235

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Help my social media outreach.

#236

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(Ollie) You know, be like, "I want to set up this meeting.

#237

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It's like a very, like a... " Oh, Elliot!

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(Ollie) Hey, congrats, man.

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Allsafe is all over the internet today because of you.

#240

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Dude, we should celebrate. We have this Groupon

#241

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for four at Morton's on Thursday.

#242

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This other couple we were going with totally bailed.

#243

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Why don't you come with?

#244

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Their steaks are badass. It's $29.95...

#245

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(Angela) I'm not sure that Elliot would like that.

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Yeah, okay.

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Yeah? Okay. Awesome, man.

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And, hey, why don't we make it a double date?

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I heard that you had a girlfriend.

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Ollie, you weren't supposed to say anything.

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(Ollie) Babe, it's cool. Elliot's okay with it.

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Yeah, okay, sure. I... have to go.

#253

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Um, my neighbor's complaining about the dog barking again.

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- (Angela) Since when does he have a dog? - (Cisco) Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

#255

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You look like a beautiful couple.

#256

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Yo, my album just dropped,

#257

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You like rap, hip-hop?

#258

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Yo, this shit is deep, lyrical, poetic.

#259

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Yo, your girl will like this, my man, I swear.

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Come on, bro, you've been outside our building

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for two weeks now.

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All right, you know, I'll take it,

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if you leave us alone.

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Thank you, thank you, man, thank you.

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And I'll tweet, but only if I like it, all right?

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I only have 48 followers, but it's growing.

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- No doubt, no doubt. - Some tastemakers in there so...

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I feel you, I feel you.

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- Yeah. - All right.

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Yo, I appreciate it, man, really.

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- You guys have a good day. - Yeah, you too.

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Thank you so much. Check track two out.

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- Track two. - All right, man.

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(Elliot voice-over) This was never part of the plan.

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Data dumps? Releasing Terry Colby?

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None of this makes sense.

#277

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Need to cut off all ties with Fsociety.

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Need to disconnect.

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We need to call in sick and lie low for a...

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[dog whining] [shower running]

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[door shuts]

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Dude! Jesus Christ! I am naked, asshole!

#283

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Don't stare at me!

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Why the hell are you in my shower?

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Well, I was waiting for you.

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You were supposed to come last night.

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- Did you forget? - Come? Where?

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It's fine, everyone's coming later.

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[Darlene sighs]

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I'm stealing your clothes.

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My dress has cum stains on it.

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[laughs]

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Jesus, I am just messing with you.

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My stuff is just in the wash.

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I'm gonna borrow this for the time being.

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Oh, by the way,

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your dog shat on your bed.

#298

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You gotta walk that thing.

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(Elliot) Hey, please take Flipper for a while.

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She probably needs a walk or something.

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She keeps shitting everywhere.

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Of course she needs a walk, Elliot.

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She's a friggin' dog.

#304

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Yo, I want to stop and get some froyo before we go.

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[hip hop music playing over headphones]

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Uh, I'll be back later.

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- I owe you. - Yeah, big time.

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How do you know where I live?

#309

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Why wouldn't I know where you live?

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I don't know. I don't know where you live.

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Well,

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I don't live anywhere at the present.

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The douche I was dating proposed to me, can you believe?

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I mean, what an asshole.

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Anyways, we got into this huge fight, and...

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(Elliot voice-over) What the hell am I doing?

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This chick is out of her mind batshit crazy.

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I gotta go back, tell Gideon everything.

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He'll understand, right?

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He'll know what to do.

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It's whatevs. He'll take me back.

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He's just gotta get over this whole

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"love is forever" bullshit.

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I'll do my disappearing act for a minute,

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and then he'll come to his senses.

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(male announcer) Stand clear of the closing door.

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You know, it's our thing.

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Quick!

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[indistinct female announcer over intercom]

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(Elliot voice-over) Can she see them, too?

#331

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What?

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I like to stay on my toes.

#333

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Speaking of, that's, like, one of the most annoying things...

#334

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(Elliot voice-over) But what if Tyrell finds out? What will he do?

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Shit, there's basically no scenario in which

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I'm not getting killed or going to jail.

#337

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Because I wanted a turtle, and he was like, "No..."

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(Darlene) I might need to crash with you for a couple of nights.

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That's cool, right?

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Seriously?

#341

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Fine! I'll crash at Mobley's.

#342

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Don't love dogs anyway.

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Especially ones that shit in your bed.

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I mean, how do you live like that, honestly?

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How do you go to sleep when you know that there's...

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(Elliot voice-over) For all we know,

#347

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I could be walking into a trap right now.

#348

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We could be dead the second I walk through that door.

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Come on, kid. We got big things in store.

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Big things.

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[clapping]

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Man of the hour. Take a curtsy.

#353

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[gunshot]

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Goddamn ducks.

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[three gunshots]

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Hey, hey, man!

#357

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What's... oh. Shit, sorry, sorry, dude.

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Um, okay.

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Anyway, just, awesome work, man.

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Really awesome.

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Right on, man. Right on.

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- Real cool. - Great.

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So now that we're all done going down on each other,

#364

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can we please hear the plan?

#365

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Where are we at with Steel Mountain?

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(Mr. Robot) If I'm not mistaken,

#367

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these lines aren't 100% safe yet,

#368

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and we still haven't made the Colby project disappear.

#369

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Seriously?

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It's been weeks. Any links or traces

#371

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would have been owned by now.

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The lines are clean, Boss, I swear.

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- Thank you. - I mean, um...

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if it makes you feel better, Romero and I can check...

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Great! Make me feel great.

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I'm gonna hang back over here, collect my thoughts.

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[groans] Ohh!

#378

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What's her deal?

#379

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Ah, she's a complicated woman.

#380

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Most malware coders are. Am I right?

#381

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She showed up at my apartment.

#382

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Why does she know where I live?

#383

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Let's not focus on her. That'll be like

#384

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entering a bad K-hole you'll never wake up from.

#385

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Instead, I need you to focus on the next phase of our project.

#386

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Comet, the natural gas plant up around Albany?

#387

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We're gonna blow it up.

#388

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Why would you blow...

#389

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Comet plant's right next to Steel Mountain.

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Which, as you know,

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is the off-site and data storage facility

#392

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for every corporation in the S&P,

#393

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including everyone's favorite...

#394

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- Evil Corp. - [snaps fingers] Bingo!

#395

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You're gonna destroy their tape backups.

#396

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They're gonna be looking out for something like that.

#397

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They've been on high alert ever since the hack.

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From what I heard, they've caught their hacker.

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- Haven't they? - No, they haven't.

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- Tyrell Wellick knows. - What they want him to know!

#401

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He's a corporate robot just like the rest of them.

#402

⇓

Besides, the entire company is gonna be reeling

#403

⇓

from all the data dumps we've got in store for them...

#404

⇓

and man, do we have some goodies.

#405

⇓

Some good old-fashioned executive racism,

#406

⇓

sexism, fascism.

#407

⇓

Trust me, we are gonna "ism" so much all over them

#408

⇓

they won't be able to see straight.

#409

⇓

And asking for Colby's release as ransom was genius.

#410

⇓

That'll only make his spotlight bigger,

#411

⇓

keeping it off us.

#412

⇓

That neat little ditty was Trenton's idea.

#413

⇓

She may look innocent, but I'd be careful.

#414

⇓

She's got some Allah Akbar in her.

#415

⇓

And while all that's going on,

#416

⇓

you will use your Allsafe security clearance

#417

⇓

to hack the Comet PLC, increase the pressure,

#418

⇓

causing a gas pipeline explosion

#419

⇓

making Steel Mountain go kablooey

#420

⇓

along with Evil Corp's soul.

#421

⇓

They know about all this?

#422

⇓

You're the first.

#423

⇓

Workers?

#424

⇓

Anyone living around the plant...

#425

⇓

They all die?

#426

⇓

We'll give them a head start.

#427

⇓

Sound some alarms. They'll be fine.

#428

⇓

You're blowing up a gas pipeline.

#429

⇓

The world is a dangerous place, Elliot,

#430

⇓

not because of those who do evil,

#431

⇓

but because of those who look on and do nothing.

#432

⇓

This is war.

#433

⇓

People will die. C'est la mort.

#434

⇓

And once we blow up the pipeline,

#435

⇓

Darlene's worm will kick into high gear

#436

⇓

at the U.S. data center

#437

⇓

which you helped to us install, thank you very much.

#438

⇓

The redundant backups at their eastern data center in China...

#439

⇓

the Dark Army is covering us on that.

#440

⇓

Dark Army? Why, man?

#441

⇓

They got no code. They hack for anyone:

#442

⇓

terrorists, North Korea, Iran, Russia...

#443

⇓

Which means they hate U.S. capitalism

#444

⇓

just as much as anyone.

#445

⇓

Last but not least.

#446

⇓

Steel Mountain.

#447

⇓

The hacker's dilemma. What to do

#448

⇓

when a bunch of data you want to destroy

#449

⇓

is completely off the grid?

#450

⇓

[explosion noise]

#451

⇓

I'm not killing anyone.

#452

⇓

Tell me one thing, Elliot.

#453

⇓

Are you a one or a zero?

#454

⇓

That's the question you have to ask yourself.

#455

⇓

Are you a yes or a no?

#456

⇓

Are you going to act or not?

#457

⇓

Yo... you've been staring at a computer screen

#458

⇓

way too long, homie.

#459

⇓

Life's not that binary.

#460

⇓

Isn't it?

#461

⇓

Sure, there are grays...

#462

⇓

but when you come right down to it, at its core,

#463

⇓

beneath every choice, there's either a one or a zero.

#464

⇓

You either do something or you don't.

#465

⇓

You walk out that door, you've decided to do nothing,

#466

⇓

to say no, which means you do not come back.

#467

⇓

You leave, you are no longer a part of this.

#468

⇓

You become a zero.

#469

⇓

If you stay,

#470

⇓

if you want to change the world,

#471

⇓

you become a yes.

#472

⇓

You become a one.

#473

⇓

So, I'll ask you again:

#474

⇓

are you a one or a zero?

#475

⇓

An innocent man is in prison because of what I did.

#476

⇓

Come on, let's not kid ourselves!

#477

⇓

This has nothing to do with Colby.

#478

⇓

This isn't even about my revolution.

#479

⇓

This is more than that for you.

#480

⇓

This is about how those bastards slowly killed your father

#481

⇓

and how you wished he'd done something about it.

#482

⇓

But he didn't. Because he was a zero,

#483

⇓

just like you're being right now.

#484

⇓

Fuck you.

#485

⇓

Disappearing again?

#486

⇓

I'm not killing anyone. Leave me out of this.

#487

⇓

You don't get to disappear from this.

#488

⇓

We can do it with or without you,

#489

⇓

but you're a part of it either way!

#490

⇓

Yeah, even your stupid hoodie can't protect you, bitch!

#491

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) This was a mistake.

#492

⇓

I've gotta turn them in. Should I turn them in?

#493

⇓

Will I get into trouble? Shit, she's right.

#494

⇓

I'm culpable now. No, we're culpable.

#495

⇓

You're in this with me, so start thinking of solutions now.

#496

⇓

[muffled electronic music]

#497

⇓

Shayla?

#498

⇓

[knocking on door] Yo, Shayla.

#499

⇓

Yo, bro.

#500

⇓

Can I help you with something?

#501

⇓

I, uh... just need to talk to Shayla.

#502

⇓

Oh, your girl.

#503

⇓

She in the tub.

#504

⇓

[knocking on door] Shayla.

#505

⇓

Yo, she'll be out in a minute.

#506

⇓

Can sit and wait if you want.

#507

⇓

I think we should check on her, make sure she's all right.

#508

⇓

[laughs]

#509

⇓

You a funny dude. I like you.

#510

⇓

Don't be rude.

#511

⇓

Sit down and chill.

#512

⇓

No, that's right.

#513

⇓

You only do this.

#514

⇓

Only nigga I know that take withdrawal meds while he using.

#515

⇓

That's smart.

#516

⇓

Probably even convinced yourself you ain't an addict.

#517

⇓

[laughs] Oh, shit.

#518

⇓

Forgot to introduce myself. I'm Fernan...

#519

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) Fernando Vera, Shayla's supplier.

#520

⇓

One of the worst human beings I've ever hacked.

#521

⇓

His password? "eatadick6969."

#522

⇓

Aside from the massive amounts of money

#523

⇓

he spends on porn and webcams,

#524

⇓

he does all his drug transactions

#525

⇓

through emails, IMs, Twitter.

#526

⇓

The fact that the cops haven't caught him yet is beyond me.

#527

⇓

If they had half a brain cell,

#528

⇓

they'd be able to crack his gang's simplistic code,

#529

⇓

if it can even be called that.

#530

⇓

After only a couple of hours of timing his tweets

#531

⇓

with related news articles,

#532

⇓

I figured out that "biscuit" and "clickety"

#533

⇓

clearly referenced guns.

#534

⇓

"Food," "sea shells" or "gas" for bullets.

#535

⇓

And the ultimate: "rock to sleep early."

#536

⇓

I haven't made the direct connection to a hit yet,

#537

⇓

but the math of guns plus bullets

#538

⇓

usually adds up to one thing.

#539

⇓

I've thought about turning him in,

#540

⇓

but he's Shayla's only supplier.

#541

⇓

I take him down, I lose my drugs,

#542

⇓

and with everything going on right now, I can't have that.

#543

⇓

You get that, though? [inhales]

#544

⇓

[laughs] Anyway, bro,

#545

⇓

I ain't nothing to worry about.

#546

⇓

Just making a drop for you.

#547

⇓

What's your name, anyway?

#548

⇓

Elliot.

#549

⇓

(Vera) What it mean?

#550

⇓

What, you ain't never Googled it?

#551

⇓

Man, you gotta do that.

#552

⇓

The meaning of a person's name is important, bro.

#553

⇓

Yo, she good! She good.

#554

⇓

Trust me.

#555

⇓

Took care of that shit myself.

#556

⇓

You remind me of me when I was younger,

#557

⇓

depressed and sullen.

#558

⇓

Matter of fact, tried to kill myself, a couple of times.

#559

⇓

Never could get that shit right.

#560

⇓

Biology wasn't my strong suit.

#561

⇓

I hated myself, man. Still do.

#562

⇓

Thought that shit was a weakness for a long time.

#563

⇓

Then I realized that shit was my power.

#564

⇓

People walk around, act like they know what hate means.

#565

⇓

Nah, no one does, until you hate yourself.

#566

⇓

I mean...

#567

⇓

truly hate yourself.

#568

⇓

That's power.

#569

⇓

You ain't scared of me, are you?

#570

⇓

That's good.

#571

⇓

Means I didn't waste my time making friends with you.

#572

⇓

[chuckles]

#573

⇓

You don't really need these, do you?

#574

⇓

Man of your courage can last through a little withdrawal.

#575

⇓

Ya know, you the only reason why I met Shayla.

#576

⇓

I'm the only nigga in town carrying everything,

#577

⇓

including your precious Suboxone.

#578

⇓

So, in a weird way, I should be thanking you.

#579

⇓

You brought her to me.

#580

⇓

Your star orbiting with mine, gravitationally,

#581

⇓

brought me the love of my life, Elliot.

#582

⇓

I mean, this, us?

#583

⇓

Being here?

#584

⇓

This has...

#585

⇓

beautiful meaning.

#586

⇓

But make no mistake, that girl in there...

#587

⇓

is mine.

#588

⇓

I don't know what I'd do without her.

#589

⇓

Now, I don't know what kind of arrangement

#590

⇓

you had with her before, but now that we friends...

#591

⇓

I trust you respect this boundary.

#592

⇓

Feel me?

#593

⇓

[chuckles]

#594

⇓

A dude earlier today gave me that same look.

#595

⇓

Only thing I gotta say is,

#596

⇓

there's a smart time to be scared, bro...

#597

⇓

And a stupid time.

#598

⇓

[door closes]

#599

⇓

Shayla?

#600

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) The lock pick.

#601

⇓

Every hacker's favorite sport.

#602

⇓

The perfect system to crack,

#603

⇓

mostly because unlike virtual systems,

#604

⇓

when you break it, you can feel it.

#605

⇓

You can see it. You can hear it.

#606

⇓

[metal clatters]

#607

⇓

Shayla.

#608

⇓

Hey.

#609

⇓

Shayla.

#610

⇓

Wake up.

#611

⇓

Mm.

#612

⇓

What happened?

#613

⇓

You okay?

#614

⇓

Why was that asshole here?

#615

⇓

Why am I in the tub?

#616

⇓

(Shayla) I don't know, um... I told him I needed your pills.

#617

⇓

He came over. We smoked a little.

#618

⇓

You remember having sex with him?

#619

⇓

What? No.

#620

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) But he definitely does.

#621

⇓

Okay, let's go.

#622

⇓

- Get your purse, make sure... - Stop.

#623

⇓

I'm not going anywhere, okay?

#624

⇓

What do you mean?

#625

⇓

Oh, he's just gonna get away with it?

#626

⇓

You can't go back to him. Hey, I don't need the pills.

#627

⇓

- Just find someone else. - I can't.

#628

⇓

He gives me a really good deal on the split.

#629

⇓

I make good money.

#630

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) There it is again,

#631

⇓

the invisible hand at work, controlling us,

#632

⇓

even if it pushes us past our threshold of pain.

#633

⇓

It's not gonna stop.

#634

⇓

What if he does it again?

#635

⇓

Promise me you won't do anything?

#636

⇓

I'm serious, Elliot.

#637

⇓

There's nothing to be done here.

#638

⇓

It's not like I have a choice.

#639

⇓

Hey...

#640

⇓

Would you mind sleeping here tonight?

#641

⇓

(Elliot voice-over) Choices.

#642

⇓

Maybe Mr. Robot's right.

#643

⇓

That's what this is all about, the yesses and nos of life.

#644

⇓

But do we decide them or do they decide us?

#645

⇓

Fernando Vera. I get rid of him,

#646

⇓

I get rid of my drug dealer's supplier.

#647

⇓

I get rid of the morphine.

#648

⇓

And the pain I've been holding in comes rushing out.

#649

⇓

Sure, I can try to find another dealer,

#650

⇓

but like Vera said, no one on the streets deals Suboxone.

#651

⇓

I could go back to digitally counterfeiting scripts,

#652

⇓

but pharmas spend a lot of dough protecting their wares.

#653

⇓

Most places only take paper scripts.

#654

⇓

Continuously getting legit refills isn't realistic,

#655

⇓

and neither is being a junkie.

#656

⇓

So I quit cold turkey or let Vera exist.

#657

⇓

I know what you're thinking. The answer's too obvious.

#658

⇓

Vera may have been groping Shayla before,

#659

⇓

but he's graduated to rape.

#660

⇓

Just like Shayla, he's left me no choice.

#661

⇓

He can't be allowed to exist anymore.

#662

⇓

(Krista) Perhaps we should start with how you're feeling.

#663

⇓

Not good.

#664

⇓

What's not good right now?

#665

⇓

Everything.

#666

⇓

Humor me with some specifics.

#667

⇓

How do we know if we're in control?

#668

⇓

That we're not just making the best

#669

⇓

of what comes at us, and that's it.

#670

⇓

Trying to constantly pick between two options.

#671

⇓

Like your two paintings in the waiting room.

#672

⇓

Or... Coke and Pepsi.

#673

⇓

McDonald's or Burger King?

#674

⇓

Hyundai or Honda?

#675

⇓

Hmm.

#676

⇓

It's all part of the same blur, right?

#677

⇓

Just out of focus enough.

#678

⇓

It's the illusion of choice.

#679

⇓

Half of us can't even pick our own...

#680

⇓

our cable, gas, electric.

#681

⇓

The water we drink, our health insurance.

#682

⇓

Even if we did, would it matter?

#683

⇓

You know, if our only option is Blue Cross or Blue Shield,

#684

⇓

what the fuck is the difference?

#685

⇓

[indistinct radio chatter]

#686

⇓

In fact, aren't they... aren't they the same?

#687

⇓

No, man...

#688

⇓

our choices are prepaid for us,

#689

⇓

long time ago.

#690

⇓

I'm sorry you feel you have no control.

#691

⇓

Thought I was doing something good.

#692

⇓

I was a part of this... project.

#693

⇓

Thought I was going to be a part of something special.

#694

⇓

- And now? - Now...

#695

⇓

It turned out to be a mistake,

#696

⇓

like everything else.

#697

⇓

What's the point, right?

#698

⇓

Might as well, just... you do nothing.

#699

⇓

Might as well do nothing.

#700

⇓

You've brought up this issue before,

#701

⇓

this issue of not feeling like you're in control.

#702

⇓

Do you remember?

#703

⇓

When we spoke about your father.

#704

⇓

You talked about how he chose to do nothing

#705

⇓

when he was battling his cancer.

#706

⇓

You told him he could have

#707

⇓

fought the company that caused it.

#708

⇓

He could have told people about it.

#709

⇓

He could have sought better care than what he was getting.

#710

⇓

Instead, he did nothing.

#711

⇓

Maybe your father felt the same way as you do now.

#712

⇓

After all, like you said, what's the point?

#713

⇓

- It's different. - What's different

#714

⇓

is you've found options, Elliot.

#715

⇓

That's the power you have. That's the control you own.

#716

⇓

You don't have to just take what life gives you.

#717

⇓

Come on.

#718

⇓

Tell me what is going on with you.

#719

⇓

I cannot help you if you keep me in the dark.

#720

⇓

Shut up!

#721

⇓

Shut up!

#722

⇓

You've got bags under your eyes.

#723

⇓

You're yelling. You're jittery.

#724

⇓

For the last month, I have seen you

#725

⇓

slip into old patterns, old behaviors.

#726

⇓

What is going on?

#727

⇓

[metal pipes clanking quietly]

#728

⇓

[thud]

#729

⇓

[clanking continues]

#730

⇓

[cell phone vibrates]

#731

⇓

[line ringing]

#732

⇓

[stops ringing]

#733

⇓

He's still not answering.

#734

⇓

(Ollie) Well, we'll just have to ask him tomorrow.

#735

⇓

Every time I try to play it or rip it,

#736

⇓

it just freezes up my computer and spits it back out again.

#737

⇓

He's not okay.

#738

⇓

He was acting so out of it at work today.

#739

⇓

Um...

#740

⇓

Are you saying something, babe?

#741

⇓

(Angela) Something's wrong.

#742

⇓

Should I go over there?

#743

⇓

And just...

#744

⇓

Check in on him?

#745

⇓

Uh... come on.

#746

⇓

That's ridiculous.

#747

⇓

You know he's always been a weirdo, right?

#748

⇓

I'm really worried about him.

#749

⇓

Um...

#750

⇓

My Arizona buddy Fred hit me up.

#751

⇓

He wants to grab a drink.

#752

⇓

Shouldn't take too long.

#753

⇓

Okay.

#754

⇓

[line ringing]

#755

⇓

[shower running]

#756

⇓

[line ringing]

#757

⇓

[shower water running]

#758

⇓

[stops ringing]

#759

⇓

_

#760

⇓

- Nice one, bro. - Nice.

#761

⇓

[hip-hop plays]

#762

⇓

♪ ♪

#763

⇓

[indistinct chatter]

#764

⇓

♪ ♪

#765

⇓

(Mr. Robot) "Deep passions, longing...

#766

⇓

"The two of them had never felt such a love,

#767

⇓

such closeness, such a connection."

#768

⇓

- Found a way to do it without... - Shh!

#769

⇓

Sit down.

#770

⇓

I know how to take out the backups

#771

⇓

without blowing up the pipeline.

#772

⇓

You know, Elliot, I really feel like we resolved

#773

⇓

this thing between us. Didn't you walk away?

#774

⇓

- I did. - Didn't I say

#775

⇓

that if you walked away,

#776

⇓

you were no longer a part of this?

#777

⇓

I have a real plan...

#778

⇓

If you want me to let you back in,

#779

⇓

there's an understanding we have to come to,

#780

⇓

a debt you have to pay,

#781

⇓

because, remember, you walked away.

#782

⇓

I thought you didn't believe in debts.

#783

⇓

Not true. I believe in debts.

#784

⇓

I believe in erasing them.

#785

⇓

What do you want?

#786

⇓

[exhales]

#787

⇓

I want you to tell me about your father.

#788

⇓

You're not gonna get into my head, man.

#789

⇓

Your David Koresh shit isn't gonna work on me.

#790

⇓

Tell me how he died.

#791

⇓

Why, man? Something tells me

#792

⇓

you already looked that shit up anyway.

#793

⇓

I wanna hear it from you.

#794

⇓

So I do this...

#795

⇓

we go back to the arcade,

#796

⇓

discuss the plan with the rest of them?

#797

⇓

I don't know what you want me to say.

#798

⇓

We were close. Very close.

#799

⇓

He was my best friend.

#800

⇓

Worked at Evil Corp his whole life.

#801

⇓

He was one of the best computer engineers they had.

#802

⇓

And out of the blue, he got fired.

#803

⇓

No one knew why.

#804

⇓

Then one day he told me.

#805

⇓

He had leukemia.

#806

⇓

Made me swear to never tell anyone,

#807

⇓

especially my mom.

#808

⇓

So I didn't.

#809

⇓

A few months go by...

#810

⇓

he got sicker and sicker.

#811

⇓

Finally, I got so worried...

#812

⇓

told my mom.

#813

⇓

When he found out, he got pissed.

#814

⇓

Started yelling.

#815

⇓

I remember I tried to hug him, tell him I'm sorry, and...

#816

⇓

kept shoving me away and shoved me so hard

#817

⇓

I fell backwards out the window.

#818

⇓

I fell, and I broke my arm.

#819

⇓

Never spoke to me after that.

#820

⇓

Couldn't even look at me.

#821

⇓

Even the night he died.

#822

⇓

- We good? - [sighs]

#823

⇓

I understand what it's like to lose a parent.

#824

⇓

It's heartbreaking.

#825

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Did you ever think he was right?

#826

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About what?

#827

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Hurting you that day?

#828

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For what you did to him?

#829

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You ever think you deserved it?

#830

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I didn't do anything to him.

#831

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I was trying to help him.

#832

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For betraying his trust.

#833

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I was eight years ol...

#834

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You didn't commit to the sacred pact you'd formed.

#835

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#836

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