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Max Headroom S1E1 - Blipverts
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00:00We'll see you next time.
01:30Your controller is Gaurister.
01:32Thank you, 23.
01:34Gaurister here, Edison.
01:35Stand by.
01:41Gaurister, what's Carter's ETA?
01:43I can have him on the ground in 30 seconds.
01:45All right, good.
01:48All right, bring up that satellite here.
01:53Edison, we're going to lead with you.
01:55Copy that, 23.
01:56On air, 15 seconds.
01:59Stand by to rotate.
02:00Five, four, three, two, one.
02:05This is Edison Carter answering the questions other people are afraid to ask.
02:09What I want to know is this.
02:10Who died today in apartment complex 142 Zeta and who is trying to suppress the story?
02:15Come with me now, live and direct.
02:17Run eyewitness.
02:17Don't know what happened and now the Metro police are everywhere.
02:22There was this awful noise and then a woman came out running.
02:27They're taking her off.
02:28I think they'll have to scrape him off.
02:35Control, I'm getting under the chopper now.
02:37There's security on the main door, so I'm going to bring you in on the east side.
02:54Okay, I want you to go right.
02:56Now, turn left down that alleyway.
03:01There's a door coming up on your left.
03:03It's a service entrance.
03:04It's probably locked.
03:07I have indication to two security guards.
03:11Go straight to the intersection.
03:14Turn left.
03:16The apartment's the third door on the right.
03:19Hey, where did this reporter come from?
03:22Isn't that Edison Carter?
03:23What's the one's name?
03:24McWilliams.
03:25Gladys.
03:26It's that dead guy's wife.
03:27Mrs. McWilliams, my name is Edison Carter.
03:29Network 23?
03:30Oh, yes.
03:31We're on the air, ma'am.
03:31Could you tell me what happened to your husband here today, please?
03:34Oh, it was horrible.
03:35Stu was watching the game on TV, and the commercial came on.
03:39And so I went to get his bison burger and...
03:44Fantastic.
03:45They stunned her.
03:47On whose authority are you sedating this woman?
03:49Two hundred million people want to know where you're taking her.
03:54What is it?
03:56Oh, not now.
03:57For God's sakes, we're on the air.
04:00But, uh, Carter's on the scene.
04:02This story is going out live.
04:04It's incredible material.
04:06Have you looked at our ratings?
04:07The numbers are up three points in the first five minutes.
04:10Yes.
04:12That is perfectly clear.
04:13All right, Ted.
04:25Cut up your story on five.
04:26Continuity.
04:27Cover me with a standby intro.
04:29On my mark.
04:30Now.
04:31This is Cleland Maxwell.
04:32Celestri, your story's been pulled.
04:33Get Carter out of there now.
04:35Now!
04:36Control, what's going on?
04:40The story's been pulled.
04:42Pulled.
04:43Then roll me a backup tape.
04:44I'm not dropping this.
04:45The story's been pulled.
04:47The word just came down to Murray.
04:49I'm bringing you back.
04:53Gorister.
04:54Gorister!
04:54Gorister!
04:59Yeah.
05:00You bought this.
05:02I don't think it's a minicam in here.
05:04I need that.
05:09Gorister!
05:10Come on!
05:11Gorister!
05:12Bring that chopper in!
05:13Control, this is Chopper 7.
05:15Looks like Edison needs help.
05:17Control!
05:19Gorister!
05:20Get him out of there!
05:24Get him out of there!
05:27Hey!
05:27Gun it, Martinez!
05:29Gun it!
05:29Let's go!
05:30Let's go!
05:30Give me back to control!
05:34What the hell's the problem?
05:47I damn near gotta kill him.
05:48It's the problem.
05:48They told a story.
05:49I told you.
05:50You cut me off!
05:51No job is over until the reporter's back.
05:53It picks you, you little idiot.
05:54Get him out of there!
05:55Pull up that prima donna crap!
05:57Get him away from me, Murray!
05:58It's my neck out there!
06:08I guess what a controller I can trust.
06:11The best.
06:14Listen, Edison, I was out there once.
06:16I know how you feel.
06:17I mean it.
06:17The best.
06:18We have not regained contact with Edison Carter, so now direct from Alaska.
06:22This is big, isn't it?
06:23It was pulled from high up.
06:38Very high.
06:41Yes.
06:42Yes, yes, yes.
06:44Yes.
06:47Well done.
06:47Well, I'm able to report that Edison Carter was pulled off the air.
06:56The incident has not gone public.
06:59Are we certain the incident was connected with the blip vertisements?
07:02Not yet.
07:03But I've asked Bryce to meet us on the video link.
07:05Now leave him absolutely to me.
07:06He's our top man.
07:07Head of Research and Development on link, Mr. Grossberg.
07:12Ah, Bryce.
07:14I trust we're not intruding.
07:16I'm rather busy, actually.
07:17I've just succeeded in computer generating a parrot onto the screen.
07:21My congratulations.
07:22Whatever next?
07:23It squawks.
07:26I see.
07:27Bryce, I understand you have some information regarding your blip vert project,
07:31which might help explain the unfortunate accident in apartment 142 Zeta.
07:37I have a classified rebus tape,
07:38which recorded the incident during a routine two-way sampler at the time.
07:42It is a bit graphic, I'm afraid.
07:47Perhaps it's on truck standing,
07:50but we're not closed for sure.
07:52We can't pull-up on the truck at the last second left.
07:54The advance wide up along the side of the left.
07:56The cell OVER is on fire,
07:58but it is on fire,
07:59and it is now catching up to you.
08:01If that's going to go along,
08:02just my class name is...
08:03Oh my god!
08:04So let's do it!
08:05Make sure to see the video!
08:07Do it!
08:09塗!
08:10Wait!
08:10Do it!
08:10Do it!
08:11Do it!
08:11Do it!
08:12Do it!
08:12Do it!
08:12Do it!
08:13Do it!
08:14Do it!
08:14Do it!
08:14Do it!
08:15Do it!
08:15Do it!
08:16Oh, my God.
08:27Bryce, is there any way to explain this side effect?
08:32Oh, yes. It is rare, but explicable.
08:35See, the human body has millions of nerve endings.
08:39Each carries an electrical charge.
08:41Individually very tiny, but in combination, surprisingly large.
08:45Now, normal people just burn this off and exercise.
08:47But in active people, it sort of builds up.
08:50Now, because I designed blipvertisements to compress a 30-second advertisement into three seconds,
08:55it seems that the brain violently stimulates all these nerve endings simultaneously.
09:00In some viewers, this seems to cause a short circuit throughout the body.
09:04In some particularly slothful, perpetual viewers literally explode.
09:08Pretty simple, really.
09:10Simple.
09:10It won't be so simple if news of this leaks out.
09:14My God.
09:15Come on, Ben.
09:16The only people that inactive are pensioners, the sicker, the unemployed.
09:19I mean, who really cares?
09:22Bryce, is there any way to resolve this side effect?
09:26Well, that really isn't my problem.
09:29See, my brief was to find a way to compress ads to stop channel switching.
09:33I mean, I only invent the bomb.
09:34I don't drop it.
09:34Yes, well, unfortunately, Edison Carter nearly stumbled onto the incident.
09:42And if people knew about this...
09:44Well, then don't tell them.
09:47Well, thank you, Bryce.
09:49These blipverts can be big trouble.
09:56We cannot abandon blipverts.
09:58But conventional ads give viewers time to switch channels.
10:01We are the only channel with blipverts.
10:04We lose them, and we lose the Zik-Zak Corporation to our competitors.
10:08And I do not intend to lose our major client.
10:13Edwards, ratings analysis, please.
10:14Overnight low at 115 million, high at 236 million.
10:19Projections are excellent.
10:20We're still top network.
10:24I intend to keep it that way.
10:44You wanted the best, I got you the best.
10:47I know, but I just don't want to meet her now.
10:48Shut up.
10:50Edison Carter?
10:52You're a Jones.
10:53Hi.
10:57She just said hi.
11:00Hi.
11:02You've heard of her, so behave yourself.
11:05I managed to pry her away from World One.
11:07Oh, yeah.
11:09You think you can handle him?
11:10I don't know.
11:12Well, watch him.
11:13He's a charmer.
11:15How's your head?
11:19Fine.
11:21How's yours?
11:23Right.
11:24Where would you like me to start?
11:27No trouble, or I stop your pocket money.
11:30You know the rules.
11:31Yes, we do.
11:33What do you say we start by breaking one?
11:36See what you can get on this rash of reporters being pulled off hot stories for no reason.
11:41Edison?
11:41Let's see if you can kind of, uh, access the inaccessible.
11:46Edison?
11:47Come here.
11:50Now, leave it.
11:51Back off.
11:52I mean it.
11:52What is so special about some microwave oven going pop?
11:55Oh, come on, Maurice.
11:56This one do MetroCops guard microwaves.
11:58Unless they're cooking their lunch.
11:59Yeah, this is.
12:00Unless they're cooking their lunch.
12:01How about this?
12:14Ah, that's the executive level.
12:16You won't get in there.
12:17This is about as inaccessible as I can get.
12:36All right, Theora, what you got on the line apart from the dirty pictures?
12:49Okay, let's see.
12:51Well, there's a missile missing from AKG.
12:54Hmm, that's hot.
12:54You fancy that?
12:55Uh, no.
12:58Assassination of a whole medic team in Bolivia.
13:02Nuclear submarine explodes.
13:03What about that one?
13:08Well, it's an impossible situation.
13:10Way out of control.
13:12Wait a second.
13:13Got to do something about that kit.
13:15Bryce isn't the problem, Ben.
13:18We've got to keep the Woodford's on the air.
13:20Keep them on the air?
13:22How can you say that after Bryce's read the state?
13:25We've got no choice.
13:27We're committed.
13:30The Six-Sack Corporation's advertising contract with us
13:33is positively massive.
13:35Massive or no.
13:36This gets out.
13:37Network 23 is in very serious trouble.
13:43Carter got too damn close to the truth this morning.
13:49Thierry, run that again, that last bit.
13:56Carter got too damn close to the truth this morning.
14:00Did I now?
14:01Thank you for calling Network 23.
14:13This is daytime control.
14:15For night control, reselect 1987.
14:19Or you can leave a message.
14:21We can get back to you in the morning.
14:22Have a nice night.
14:23Hold your position.
14:32Stand by.
14:33Copy control.
14:35No, there's security on this level.
14:37Keep going.
14:37What do you suppose a Rebus tape is?
14:39Well, Rebus is a kind of puzzle.
14:42Mysterious pictures.
14:45A secret.
14:46Got anything on that name yet?
14:47No Bryce listed as staff.
14:50No payroll record.
14:53They must have him hidden somewhere.
14:55I'll check medical.
15:00Here we go.
15:01Bryce Lynch, research and development level 13.
15:04Uh, Theore, I hate to tell you this,
15:07but there's no level 13 in this building.
15:08Oh, yes, there is.
15:32Got it.
15:34I'm here.
15:35Open it.
15:35All clear.
15:37Proceed.
15:40There don't seem to be any security guards at all on this floor.
15:50I'm at the video library.
15:51I don't need the code.
15:52I know.
15:53I can see you.
15:55Okay, give me a tight close-up of the keypad.
16:00I'm on infrared now.
16:02Keys that get pressed are fractionally warmer.
16:08Let's see.
16:17Okay, Bryce Lynch.
16:197th of October.
16:21Hmm.
16:22Libra might have guessed.
16:24God, he's just a kid.
16:25Okay, try BZ2UH
16:34Right, two different codes, one in, one out
16:41Try IJ2FI
16:55BZ2UH
17:10BZ2UH
17:15BZ2UH
17:20I think I've got a prank caller on the line. He says there's been a break-in on level 13.
17:38What? Who's the caller?
17:40He said his name was Lynch. Bryce Lynch.
17:42Put a code red. Now.
17:45How about the payback unit?
17:48How did you know?
17:50Was there ever a kid who put things away? Even a clever one. I know all about little boys.
17:56Yeah, I just bet you do.
18:04Camera check, please.
18:10Fine, you can start the playback.
18:18Edison?
18:24Edison, for God's sake, your camera's gone down.
18:28Look at me!
18:30Yeah, T- binnen.
18:31No!
18:32It's a car.
18:34It's turned to be lost.
18:35You're on the left for the school.
18:37It's on the left side.
18:39Let's check it out.
18:40Get a job alone.
18:42God, Control, did you get all that?
19:07Control.
19:09Control.
19:12Where the hell are you?
19:14Edison, thank God I'm pulling you out of there.
19:16Edison, turn around.
19:18Both elevators are full of security guards.
19:20Edison, turn around.
19:24Both elevators are full of security guards.
19:27Edison, turn around.
19:41Both elevators are full of security guards.
19:43Okay, turn right and stop now.
20:02Turn around.
20:04It's over.
20:06Down, down.
20:08Underneath the fence.
20:09Fire.
20:09Fire.
20:10Fire.
20:11Fire.
20:14Fire.
20:16Fire.
20:18Fire.
20:19Fire.
20:19Fire.
20:24Fire.
20:25Fire.
20:26Fire.
20:27Fire.
20:27Fire.
20:28Fire.
20:31Look! I don't want to be picky, but we're going the wrong way!
20:47Edison, there's someone else in the system.
20:59Edison, grab something. I'm going to hit the emergency.
21:01I'm going to hold the brakes.
21:09Edison, get out of there. I can't hold the brakes.
21:31Edison, I don't know what to do.
21:33Is there an express elevator on this floor?
21:37There's an elevator that can't go anywhere but the basement.
21:41Okay, I want you to go right.
21:43He's gotten away from you. He's on his way to the basement.
21:49Come on, get out of there. Come on!
21:51Come on!
21:53He's gotten away from you. He's on his way to the basement.
21:55Come on, get out of there!
21:57Come on!
22:01Come on, get out of there!
22:03Come on, get out of there!
22:05Come on!
22:07Come on, get out of there!
22:09Come on, get out of there!
22:11Come on, get out of there!
22:13Come on, get out of there!
22:35Let's go!
22:37Let's go!
22:38Let's go!
23:05Huh..
23:07Eh?
23:09I have a baseball at...
23:11Nature?
23:12Sure..
23:13Universe?
23:14Or what would I do...
23:15Call me ME!
23:16Or if I'm willing to make it to your mira!
23:18plug-up, plug-up!
23:20Large solar crushingこれ miami которые люди
23:23audible!!
23:25Terminator mini!
23:27Systems Oh yes was fed!
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23:32iti volum
23:33But why?
23:53He saw the Rebus tape.
23:55Carter's the best-known reporter we have.
23:57He satellites globally in prime time.
23:59He saw the tape, Ben.
24:02And I'm pulling blipverts.
24:03No, he'll do nothing of the sort.
24:05God's sake.
24:06Want this network destroyed after all we've gone through to build it?
24:10Blipverts have to be pulled.
24:11At least until we know how much danger we're in.
24:16And get that man some medical attention.
24:23Just how much did Carter uncover, Bryce?
24:26Why not just ask him when he wakes up?
24:28Bryce, your naivete is almost endearing,
24:31but the point is that I need to know before he wakes up.
24:35Well, perhaps we could read his mind.
24:37Bryce!
24:38No, I mean it.
24:40I could make a memory dump of his synaptic circuits.
24:43Synaptic circuits?
24:44Yeah.
24:45His mind, you know?
24:47No.
24:48I don't know.
24:49The brain is only a binary computer,
24:53a series of on-off switches.
24:55That's the basis of my computer-generated people program.
24:58I can record Edison Carter's memory into the computer,
25:00then regenerate him on screen.
25:02Just like the parrot.
25:04The parrot?
25:05Exactly.
25:06Then we can ask his computer-regenerated image what he knows.
25:09Before he wakes up.
25:11All right.
25:14But what about his controller, Gorister?
25:17He knows what's on the tape, too.
25:19Unlikely.
25:20I jam the transmission.
25:22Of course, I can't be certain.
25:26I'll just have to make certain.
25:29I do so hate wasting employees.
25:35Casualty supervisor, please.
25:37Casualty supervisor.
25:38Yes, I'm tracing a Mr. E. Carter.
25:41That's Edison Carter.
25:42Ident number?
25:44Personal ident code 74928B, DG6629.
25:50Incident?
25:52Auto accident.
25:53Section 5, area 23.
25:56No, we don't have anyone answering that description.
25:59Have you tried the body banks?
26:01Yeah, but body banks are for dead people.
26:04Yes, of course.
26:08Can't you get on with this?
26:11I'm making really quite a bit of progress.
26:14Look, his childhood is here, his sexual memory there, which is really quite interesting.
26:21This is a quantum leap over my parrot.
26:24Billions of bites were required rather than millions.
26:27Are you talking to me, Mr. Grossberg?
26:44I think it's calling me Mama.
26:48What is that?
26:49Computer-generated Edison Carter.
26:56For the moment, there's only enough memory buffer to generate his head.
27:00Too many coordinates for the rest of his body.
27:03But you're looking at the future, Mr. Grossberg.
27:06People translated as data.
27:10Max?
27:12What's it saying?
27:14Circuits are randomizing a little bit.
27:16I need more time on the recall generator.
27:19It's bouncing.
27:20It takes a while for the frame store to read out all the information.
27:24Well, damn it, Bryce.
27:25How long is this going to take?
27:26I've got a difficult decision to make, and we're running out of time.
27:31Unfortunately, his most recent memory is rather scrambled.
27:35Probably from the blow to the head.
27:37It could take quite a while to sort through it.
27:39Well, we don't have quite a while.
27:43I'm afraid our star reporter is just going to have to disappear.
27:48Permanently.
27:50Hey, do you have a reverse wire?
27:51You were quite polite.
27:52Instant, crazy.
27:53It makes you my scream.
27:55We have an hour.
27:56I've been in the car.
27:56We're married.
27:57It's like about 14.
27:59Uh, we got me.
28:00We're about an hour.
28:01I'm listening.
28:02Yes, sir.
28:06Yes, sir.
28:07We can do that right away.
28:08We'll be the usual expenses, of course.
28:14Discretion.
28:15There's no trademark, sir.
28:23Another nice accident, then?
28:26It's just a carry out.
28:28It's on the way.
28:38Max.
28:56Max.
28:57Max.
28:57Max Headroom.
28:58Max Headroom.
28:59Max.
29:00Max.
29:01Max Headroom.
29:02All right, now what happened?
29:05I don't know.
29:07He keeps shifting his memory location.
29:09He?
29:12This is live and live and direct.
29:16Direct, direct, direct, direct.
29:17What am I on here?
29:18What I want to know is identify station.
29:21Enter data now.
29:23Excellent.
29:25Let's enter network 23.
29:29This is, is live and direct.
29:33Network 23.
29:35Am I on here?
29:37I'll be damned.
29:42I'll beg your pardon.
29:45Is that thing talking to me?
29:47No, he's talking to you.
29:48Well, say something back.
29:52Uh, hi, Max.
29:54Hi.
29:55B-both of you.
29:57Welcome to Network 23.
29:59You want to check these ratings?
30:00I seem to have an audience of two.
30:03This is fantastic.
30:05Hello, hello, hello.
30:06And welcome to Network 23.
30:09Live and direct, it's Network 23.
30:12The network where two-two-two's company and three's an audience.
30:17Ha, ha.
30:17Wait a minute.
30:18Where does all this stuff come from, Bryce?
30:19The components of Carter's mind.
30:22But he's adding to it.
30:24He's learning, Mr. Grossberg.
30:29Is he still alive?
30:34He's a bit alive.
30:35Hey.
30:36Nasty bump on the head, though.
30:42Easy, Luddite.
30:43Hands are rare and expensive items.
30:49Worth more than cameras.
30:56Metro police just called me.
30:58Gorister is missing.
31:04There was a break-in at his apartment last night.
31:09They suggested we check the body banks.
31:11This cell is reserved for complete bodies.
31:18Please unload the bomb.
31:20Mark the vehicle.
31:21Seven.
31:23Small bodies.
31:24Please respond.
31:25Please have it on the list.
31:28Get your after finger bones and necklaces.
31:30I'll take care of it.
31:31Well, gather up what you can.
31:33We'll talk price when I see the bits.
31:35Goodbye.
31:36Two for tonight, huh?
31:40All right.
31:41Let's have a look.
31:48Seems familiar.
31:50Was he on TV?
31:52People pay extra for celebrity parts.
31:55Definitely.
31:56On TV.
31:57Yeah.
31:57Uh-huh.
31:57Yeah.
31:58So what's the bonus for a live dead body?
32:01Clinical brain death only carries 20 points.
32:04This one's still warm and famous.
32:07There's got to be a value in that.
32:10There is.
32:1220 points.
32:19Do you realize how much we have at stake in this particular hunt?
32:22It's ridiculous.
32:24We cannot keep calm.
32:25Look at the situation.
32:26Enough!
32:29Chaos is not helpful.
32:31Please, be seated.
32:34Edwards, what exactly did the zigzag corporation say?
32:42Their whole campaign is designed to use blipverts to prevent channel switching.
32:46Ordinary ads allow channel switching.
32:48Their view is that they could buy time on any network for that.
32:51No blipverts, no deal.
32:54We can't reinstate blipverts.
32:56They're lethal.
32:56You know that.
32:57That hasn't been proven.
32:58If the Rebus tape isn't proof, what the hell do you need?
33:01A live demonstration?
33:02Ben, I find that tasteless.
33:05Nevertheless, blipverts are killing people.
33:07Some.
33:08Maybe.
33:09Look, I've heard enough of that.
33:11We're talking business here.
33:13We're talking ratings.
33:15We should be talking people.
33:17They're the same thing.
33:19Why don't you give us your analysis, Ben?
33:22To what do you attribute the ratings drop?
33:28We're only down 2%.
33:302% is 6 million viewers.
33:32And if they start channel switching, it's war.
33:34You know that, Ben.
33:35We're used to it.
33:37It happens all the time.
33:38But if we were still using blipverts instead of regular adverts, there wouldn't be any channel switching.
33:44Blipverts have been off the air only 10 hours.
33:47And our ratings are actually 3.7% down, not 2%.
33:51As you suggest, Ben.
33:53I'm going to reinstate blipverts.
33:57And that is final.
33:59Nightingale's Body Bank.
34:12Florence speaking.
34:13Can I help you?
34:14Yes, I'm looking for a body.
34:15Male.
34:16Any particular piece in mind, honey?
34:20No, the whole thing.
34:21Name of Gorister.
34:23Oh, yes.
34:24Heavy guy.
34:25He's here all right.
34:26He's in cryo, freezing down.
34:27I see.
34:30Anything else?
34:34Yes.
34:34You wouldn't happen to have an Edison Carter, would you?
34:37No one here by that name.
34:39But we do have a lot of blank does.
34:41Care to see them?
34:46Is it him?
34:49Yes, it is.
34:50Then let's have a look.
34:51Well, his head is a bit dicey.
34:54But otherwise, he looks good.
34:55He's supposed to be some kind of a celebrity.
34:59Yes, he was.
35:03Look, Florence, what do I do?
35:05I mean, what do I do if I want him?
35:08Do?
35:09Just pay and pick him up, honey.
35:12You want him alive or dead?
35:14You mean he's still alive?
35:15Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to show you something truly remarkable from research
35:22and development.
35:24Get me Bryce on the link, please.
35:26Mr. Lynch's latest development is of even greater significance than Blipverse.
35:31This will, in fact, revolutionize television.
35:33This network has the world's first completely programmable presenter.
35:41Bryce, would you please introduce us to Max Headroom?
35:45What kind of sh-sh-sh-show is this, anyway?
35:56This is not a show, Max.
35:58This is the executive board of Network 23.
36:01Ah, ah, ah.
36:02Exec-exec-exec-exec.
36:05You mean, you're the people who execute audiences?
36:12Ha!
36:13Ah, this, of course, ladies and gentlemen, is just a completely computer-generated person.
36:20Yes, t-t-t-tune into Network 23.
36:23The network that's a real mind-blower.
36:25And I love, love, love, love, love, love those blip-blip-blip-blipverts.
36:31That's enough, Bryce.
36:36He's got quite a sense of humor, doesn't he?
36:41Yes.
36:43I think I need to come see you, Bryce.
36:46This zone is reserved for complete bodies.
36:49Please unload and find...
36:52Load number 28-40.
36:54Small orders to zone blue.
36:57Please have your deposit forms filled.
37:00You'll make a lovely couple.
37:01He's a good value at that price.
37:03Enjoy yourself.
37:05You idiot!
37:35Don't you have any idea how catastrophic this whole thing could be?
37:38I'm sorry, Mr. Grossberg. It was an oversight.
37:41Oversight?!
37:42This computer-generated geek of yours knows everything that Edison Carter knew.
37:46He knows about the Rebus tape. He knows about the Blipford effect.
37:50It's a simple matter, really.
37:52Simple?
37:54A reporter and his controller are both dead.
37:57And my position as president of Network 23 is jeopardized.
38:01There's no reason to panic. I can simply erase his memory.
38:05Erase?
38:06What good is he to Network 23 without any memory?!
38:11Not all his memory, just the parts pertaining to the Rebus tape and the Blipfords.
38:17And you're sure this can be successful?
38:19Completely successful.
38:21Then do it. Now.
38:27Hi, where is he?
38:31I don't know.
38:32You don't know?!
38:35He shifted his whole entire file set to some other place in memory.
38:39What?!
38:41Please, Mr. Grossberg. This is very unusual. I require absolute concentration.
38:50What... has... happened?
38:54He's gone.
38:56Gone?
38:57He's escaped into the system.
39:01Escaped.
39:07Find him.
39:08You know...
39:10I get the feeling there's a lot of faces out there...
39:13...watching...
39:14...me.
39:15And I can tell you it brings a lump to my ratings.
39:17Yes, this is Network 23.
39:19The net-net-net-net-network that puts...
39:20You're right.
39:22Where they want you to be.
39:23Good morning, Miss Jones.
39:24This is your daybreak call.
39:25It's a lovely morning.
39:26The sun is shining, but there's a slight chill in the air.
39:29Your breakfast is preparing and your shower is ready.
39:37Good morning.
39:42Morning.
39:43You're feeling okay?
39:44Yeah, why?
39:45It was quite a night.
39:46What happened?
39:47You don't remember.
39:48You had an accident.
39:49I mean, we... we didn't.
39:51No, we did not.
39:52Are you sure?
39:53Maybe we didn't.
39:54I just forgot.
39:55By the way, we didn't get the recording of the Rebus tape from Bryce's lab.
39:56Your camera cut out.
39:57What happened?
39:58What happened?
39:59You don't remember.
40:00You had an accident.
40:02I mean, we... we didn't.
40:03No, we did not.
40:04Are you sure?
40:05Maybe we didn't.
40:06I just forgot.
40:07By the way, we didn't get the recording of the Rebus tape from Bryce's lab.
40:20Your camera cut out.
40:22I'm gonna get into some of your clothes.
40:27Edison, you can't go back.
40:29Then I'll be talking to you about Zig Zack's 1,000 volt C-Cristian converter.
40:35Just plug yourself in and your friends will see the light.
40:38A very large flash of light.
40:40Bryce, if you don't get that computer-generated geek off my network, you will cease to have a future.
40:47Any future.
40:48Do you understand, Bryce?
40:50It's all right.
40:51I've traced him.
40:52I'm jamming his transmission codes now.
40:53If I'm lucky.
40:54Lucky?
40:55Well, he's terrifically versatile.
40:58It's rather exciting.
40:59This is not exciting, Bryce.
41:01This is catastrophic.
41:04I'd keep talking to you if I had time, but it's not in my hands.
41:10I just haven't got any.
41:11Hands.
41:12Or time.
41:13But I'll see you again.
41:14And again.
41:15And again.
41:16And again.
41:17And again.
41:18Look at the ratings.
41:19We went up two and a half points just in the time he was on.
41:21I'm going to have a news feed.
41:22I'm going to have a live news feed override with an open air queue sometime in the next 45 minutes.
41:23What's up?
41:24I've got a story that's going to blow this network.
41:25Who's in the field?
41:26Edison Carter.
41:27Theora?
41:28He's dead.
41:29Grossberg is holding a press conference this morning.
41:30Then I guess Edison will be broadcasting from the grave.
41:31How's that for a story?
41:32What is going on?
41:45No good, they've changed the codes.
41:49What is going on?
41:58No good. They've changed the codes.
42:05Okay.
42:07Let's try the ventilation system.
42:19What is that?
42:45It's computer-generated, whatever it is.
42:49It looks like Edison.
42:58Mr. Carter! Nick-nick-nick-nick!
43:01Nick-nick-nick-nick-nick-nick-click.
43:03I thought you were...
43:05Dead? Yeah, so did I.
43:16Um. I'm glad you're not.
43:19Thanks, kid. Where's the Rebus tape?
43:22I'm afraid Mr. Grossberg's got it.
43:24Was there another one?
43:25There was only one.
43:26He's right, right, right?
43:28But you don't need one.
43:30You saw the tape. It's in your memory. Therefore, it's in Max's memory.
43:36Max?
43:38Max.
43:40Max Headrum.
43:41Max Headrum.
43:44He's a computer-generated person based on you.
43:47He's not perfected yet.
43:49But everything you saw is in his memory.
43:53Hi, Max.
43:54Hi. Hi, Max.
43:59Edison, we can record Max's memory on camera, and we'll have the Rebus tape.
44:03This will be the first time I've ever shot material from beyond the grave, especially when it appears to be me.
44:09Let's go on the line.
44:10Two minds, but with one single memory.
44:13Oh!
44:19Chevy, what do I do, Mr. Chevy?
44:29What do I do, Mr. Chevy?
44:32Do what you have to do, Marie.
44:33Ladies and gentlemen, we have very sad news for you today.
45:01Network 23 regrets to announce its award-winning news reporter and on-air personality, Edison Carter, was killed yesterday while on assignment.
45:13You're on the air live in five seconds.
45:15Edison Carter was more than just a popular figure on Network 23.
45:21He was an inspiration to all of us.
45:23Edison Carter was one who always was striving to reach the truth.
45:28This is Edison Carter coming to you very much live and direct on Network 23.
45:33The news of my death, Mr. Grossberg, is obviously premature.
45:40And now I'd like your comment on the revolutionary form of advertising called blipverts.
45:47And their shocking and lethal side effects as demonstrated in this Rebus tape.
45:53Okay, Control.
45:54Run the tape.
45:55Hey, here he is.
46:18Hey, look.
46:19and i'll i'll be back in a few moments with more from network 23
46:35hi hi no this is not a blip blip blip vert this is max hedrom on network 23 and i and i and i know
46:45that right now you're looking at me and you're thinking wow wow he could become a star so so
46:51before you get the wrong idea about me let me just say very humbly you're right i could i don't don't
46:59want to be gloomy gloomy but what does the future hold some say some say it holds the promise of a
47:07young olive branch which which which means i might have to turn over a new leaf in the future
47:13how can you tell when our network president is lying his lips move
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