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Max Headroom S1E5 - War
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00:00I'm afraid our star reporter is going to have to disappear
00:06Permanently
00:08Where does all this come from, Bryce?
00:10The components of Carter's mind
00:12But he's adding to it
00:14It's computer-generated, whatever it is
00:18It looks like Edison
00:19People translated as damn
00:25Two lines, but with one single memory
00:55The original Eventually
00:57The original
01:23You really like this, don't you, Martinez?
01:52Nothing better, my man.
01:54No living thing.
01:56Better than combat, though?
01:58Oh, I don't know.
01:59People shoot at you tend to concentrate more.
02:02Oh, if only I had a gun!
02:22Well?
02:31No problem.
02:32It's just a net 23 news chopper.
02:35It's almost out of range.
02:37All right.
02:38Let's go!
02:52What the hell?
02:53I'm getting hot reading.
02:56It's probably a rat.
02:59Come on, this place has been swept clean.
03:01There's nobody there.
03:02Is it worth checking?
03:04Come on, it's probably a rat.
03:07Ding, ding.
03:08Two minutes to go.
03:09What is this?
03:22Poodles on parade during a global ratings sweep?
03:26Well, Frank Braddock has a presentation for us.
03:29He's just after a quick commission.
03:31Be on the link in a moment.
03:33What now?
03:34Good grief, Ashwell.
03:35Braddock is the worst kind of packager there is.
03:38We bought better programs from freshman film students.
03:41Sorry, Ben.
03:42Hi, Benny.
03:43Uh, middle of a global ratings sweep,
03:46and Network 23 is satelliting dogs.
03:50Benny, Benny, are you ever gonna learn?
03:53Hello to you, too, Frank.
03:55Of course, it's not necessary for me to remind you
03:57that I was hyping globals at the ad market
03:59when you were failing potty training.
04:01Actually, dogs have traditionally skewed
04:03towards higher income bracket households.
04:05Actually, I rather like dogs.
04:08Well, you have it your own way.
04:10You're the network, but something tells me
04:11that you're gonna need a little bit of sizzle
04:13for this global.
04:14I mean, you guys are falling behind.
04:16Get on with the pitch, Frank,
04:17but fast or forget it.
04:19I'm talking about an activist guerrilla war
04:22right here in your own city, Benny.
04:25Now, this is big even for global.
04:27The whole world loves a bloodbath, Benny.
04:30If it's that so-called terrorist group
04:32you've been hyping for years, forget it.
04:35I don't want any hand-me-downs from breakthrough TV.
04:38Absolutely right, Benny.
04:39Don't be so quick, Benny.
04:40The breakthrough option is up,
04:41and these guys are very active.
04:42They're very newsworthy right now.
04:43I can give you a complete package.
04:45I can give you pictures, interviews,
04:47news flashes, everything.
04:49And low ratings.
04:52That's some bunch of revolutionaries.
04:54They don't do anything.
04:56No thanks.
04:57And for God's sake, stop calling me Benny.
05:00Ben!
05:01Big mistake, Ben.
05:04Don't let me come on.
05:05No, no, no, no, no.
05:07Aeroline's seat here.
05:08Buying the 60-second slot of breakthrough television.
05:10Redmi2 is top, guys.
05:12The next phase opposition is about ten seconds to top.
05:14Check out ratings, then check out prices.
05:16We have new motelic chemers,
05:17have some breakthrough.
05:22Yo, that's a breakthrough. They've got a rating first. Fight time, fella.
05:29With everyone selling network 23, Mr. Barber.
05:33Help! Help!
05:35Fight!
05:45Five, four, three, two, one.
05:52Five, four, three, two, one.
06:22Maybe they've got a bulletin.
06:23Breakthrough, okay.
06:27The affected area is in the foothills north of Sector 7.
06:31It's fast.
06:32An industrial strip once used for heavy manufacturing.
06:35Cause of the explosion is not known.
06:37Ah, ah, ah, get old breakthrough TTT TV.
06:40I wouldn't touch them with a bent TV aerial.
06:43Well, they beat us to this story.
06:45It must have just happened.
06:46It was Edison.
06:47Edison, this is control.
06:52There's been an explosion in Sector 7.
06:54Take a look at this.
06:56A caller to breakthrough TV news moments ago
06:58identified himself as a soldier in the White Brigade.
07:01Fight all responsibility.
07:03How'd a breakthrough get there so fast?
07:05And of the same caller provided footage of the actual explosion.
07:08Somebody give me a break.
07:11Got it, Theora.
07:12We're right over it.
07:13We're going in.
07:20Almost on the ground, Theora.
07:22No sign of breakthrough yet.
07:24Stand by to record, Control.
07:39Edison Carter, Network 23.
07:41What's going on here?
07:42Some guerrilla group is claiming responsibility.
07:45Any casualties?
07:46They told us not to look for any.
07:48Nobody was here.
07:49You seem very certain.
07:50Wins, get this man out of here.
07:55It's Edison Carter, Chief.
07:56I don't care if it's the Angel Gabriel.
07:59Get him out of here.
08:00Come on, you know me.
08:01I've got a right to be here.
08:03The only right you got is to cover that chopper seat with your butt.
08:07Now move!
08:10Chief, here's breakthrough.
08:11They get in, right?
08:17Opposition's here, Control.
08:18All breakthrough TV just flew in.
08:21I rode.
08:37Cover your ears.
08:38This may be indelicate.
08:42I just got thrown off that explosion story.
08:45What the hell are you grinning at?
08:50All right, all right.
08:51It happens.
08:52Come on.
08:55All right.
08:56Come on.
08:57You're right here.
08:58You talk to me.
08:59You tell me what happened.
09:01I understand it was a White Brigade action.
09:03You understand it was a White Brigade action.
09:05So what?
09:07It's a deal.
09:08Breakthrough TV has the rights to package White Brigade action.
09:11They have the exclusive.
09:12Oh, come on, Marie.
09:15Look.
09:16We're in the middle of a 24-hour global ratings sweep.
09:19We are all looking for the edge.
09:23Hey, come on.
09:23So we got outbid for a story package.
09:25It's all part of the game.
09:26Since when has news been entertainment?
09:32Since it was invented?
09:33This is Breakthrough TV with an exclusive news story.
09:39Moments ago, a huge explosion rocked this area.
09:42Only luck prevented huge casualties.
09:45Yeah, and the fact there was no one within miles of it.
09:48Creep.
09:49No, no.
09:49I think Breakthrough TV gives bad broadcasting a good name.
09:53The responsibility is claimed by the White Brigade, an activist group dedicated to neo-radicalistic
10:01anarcho-syndicalism.
10:03Cheapskates can't afford our high-tech sat-cams, you see.
10:05But they can afford to buy us off a story, right?
10:09Right?
10:11Right?
10:12Oh, right, right.
10:13You're always right, sir.
10:13Right.
10:16Well, I guess we might as well take the day off, I know.
10:20Yes, please.
10:21Right?
10:24Right.
10:26Breakthrough TV's on the spot at the time.
10:30Stay tuned to Breakthrough.
10:31We'll bring you the news as it happens in this exciting story.
10:36Get on Breakthrough and get some airtime.
10:37Ask.
10:38I'll buy 80 seconds.
10:42I got a deal for that, all right?
10:49Good work, Pence.
10:51I got to work for it.
10:52Do you like the pictures, Frank?
10:53They're great.
10:54And then you just keep them coming, okay?
10:55Boom, boom, boom, boom, right?
10:57Sure, Frank.
10:58What you're seeing is a ratings bonanza for Breakthrough right in the middle of global
11:01sweeps.
11:02Very clever.
11:04I'll take that call from Ped Zing now.
11:06Put him up on the big screen.
11:08Yes, sir.
11:10Good morning, sir.
11:11Breakthrough TV has offered us full sponsorship in its coverage of the White Brigade activities.
11:22Very nice expressions.
11:27Frank.
11:28Braddock.
11:31Breakthrough TV simply hasn't the resources or the ratings to be competitive for long, Mr.
11:36Channel.
11:36It doesn't need too many resources to be competitive with dogs, Mr. Cheviot.
11:45Zig Zaga is watching with great concern.
11:49You must not lose your edge or you lose Zig Zaga.
11:53Perhaps we should have taken up Braddock's offer for the package.
12:00This White Brigade seems to become active at just the right time.
12:10Move out.
12:11The area is clear.
12:15Let's go home.
12:23Well, well, well.
12:48Looks like it wasn't a rat after all.
12:51It's the old story.
13:02I mean, money talks.
13:04No, money shows.
13:07But 23 has got more of it than breakthrough TV.
13:10So why didn't Cheviot buy that White Brigade package?
13:14I don't know.
13:18Nice shot.
13:19Maybe there was something wrong with it.
13:25Did the hole in your racket come with the shorts?
13:28People in glass houses should not throw stones.
13:32Now that, now that sounds like a game.
13:40What would be wrong with a good package?
13:43Nice shot.
13:49Yeah, thanks.
13:49Keep our eyes on the ball.
13:52Thank you, Coach.
13:57So, who puts the deal together?
14:01Package it.
14:02Yeah, but how does he get it?
14:04I suppose he does a deal with the terrorists.
14:21But how do you do a regular package story deal with terrorists?
14:28It's the best thing that could have happened to that game.
14:40Now, how did they get the cameras on the spot?
14:42Not after, but during the explosion.
14:44Who shopped that material?
14:45And who wants to buy it before it happened?
14:47Right.
14:47So, whoever is doing the deal must know before the event takes place.
14:50Exactly.
14:51Raises a big question, doesn't it?
14:52Nice legs.
14:54Oh, thanks.
14:55Maybe I can get a closer look at yours sometime.
14:57I'd just like to see my, my, my, mine.
15:00Give me a Chevy.
15:01Okay.
15:05Well, I know exactly who that packager is, Murray.
15:08Poor guy could be in a lot of trouble.
15:10Poor guy.
15:11He's a madman.
15:12He's encouraging dangerous acts, maybe even commissioning them.
15:18I say we go for total exposure.
15:20Sound moral positions, will you?
15:22Exactly.
15:23And the real payoff will be the ratings.
15:26Right when we need them.
15:28Perfect.
15:29Murray, get Carter on the story.
15:31Let's give this top priority.
15:33A major expose.
15:34And, uh, Murray, put some pants on.
15:41Right.
15:42It's on.
15:43Where do you want to start?
15:44At the explosion.
15:45Theura, check the location.
15:47Okay.
15:53It's clear.
15:54They've all gone home.
15:55Okay.
15:56Get Martinez to wind her up.
15:57I'm going to go get changed.
15:59Do you, do you know who won?
16:01It was a draw.
16:04So who won the draw?
16:05Draw?
16:08This guy's packaging terrorism for television?
16:11He videos their action, then sells it to a network at the ad market.
16:15And what did they blow up anyway?
16:37Looks like it was already blown up.
16:40No kidding.
16:41I wonder who wrote this explosion.
16:44The only thing that survived was a good script.
16:53Hey, neighbor, they're testing a new rat trap.
16:57Man, I guess they got one.
16:58What the hell is this?
17:05Camera gun clip.
17:07Hey, that's one of ours.
17:08I know it.
17:10But why here?
17:16Sorry to bother you, Benny.
17:17Didn't we call this fringe time once upon a time?
17:21The dead hour just before prime time.
17:24Before we had 10,000 channels?
17:26Yes, I remember.
17:29I see you've added nostalgia to your repertoire.
17:31That's very touching.
17:32Now, precisely what do you want?
17:35I want your patience, Benny.
17:37And I think you're going to want mine.
17:39Switch the breakthrough network, if you will indulge me.
17:42Mr. Croyd Houser.
17:46It has become common practice for anyone at war with the system
17:50to claim responsibility for any attack on the system.
17:56The White Brigade rejects this method.
18:00Our next strike takes place now!
18:04You saw that live.
18:11Croyd Houser, the leader of the White Brigade,
18:13announcing a new preemptive strike as it happened
18:16and providing live commentary.
18:18At this time, we have no further information.
18:21Metro forces are converging on the scene.
18:23We'll keep you posted as to the situation.
18:26Look at that, Benny. Look at the ratings!
18:28Convenient timing.
18:30It's just a lucky kind of guy, I guess.
18:32But listen, even you have to admit
18:34that this package sells!
18:37Oh, it sells, Frank.
18:38But Edison Carter sells better.
18:40And right now, he's doing a very hot story
18:44about the packaging of terrorism.
18:46So I don't believe Network 23
18:48is quite ready to pick up your White Brigade option.
18:52You've stepped way out of line.
18:54Goodbye, Frank. Nice try.
18:55Ah!
18:59Ah!
19:02Ah! Faster! Faster!
19:04Ah!
19:10Um, Bryce, I need to find out what's on this.
19:15A footprint.
19:17Bryce, this is serious, and I'm in a hurry.
19:22More haste, less speed, Edison.
19:26Here.
19:27What a mess.
19:31This may take some time.
19:34Something of which I'm in extremely short supply.
19:36Just do it.
19:46Sorry you got hurt.
19:47I knew your infrared was too big for a rat.
20:00I can't guarantee much, but we'll see something.
20:02The tape was too damaged to run,
20:04so I'm doing a laser scan.
20:06It's all so time-consuming.
20:08That's the explosion site.
20:17Run that again.
20:20Freeze it.
20:23Martinez?
20:23Yes.
20:27Yeah.
20:28Yeah, that's the one we saw, all right.
20:30Why would anyone want to take pictures of that?
20:34It is rather puzzling.
20:35See, the explosion happened when the van was here.
20:42This is a real-time cut.
20:44See, there's the time codes.
20:47So if the van was there at the time of the explosion,
20:49then why wasn't it in the news report?
20:50Exactly.
20:52Ah!
20:53Because it was reporting the news.
20:56The news.
20:57He's right.
20:58There's a camera on top.
20:59Oh.
21:00Oh.
21:01Certainly not an exhaust pipe.
21:02Oh, the rig-rig-rigors of investigation.
21:06So tiring.
21:08Bryce.
21:09Pit internal, line 16.
21:11I want you to see this.
21:13All right, tell me again, Phil.
21:15Well, she came in late last night,
21:18and she was very sweet to me.
21:21She brought me a bottle of wine,
21:23and, well, like I said...
21:25Would you spare the details?
21:26There's a female present.
21:28Then what?
21:29Well, she asked if she could borrow it.
21:32I mean, what could I say?
21:34So I, uh...
21:36let it go to her.
21:38Borrow what?
21:40The RR7.
21:42Camera gun.
21:43Who?
21:45Janie Crane.
21:47Our eager new staff reporter.
21:48I don't want her to see me.
21:53Won't she say anything?
21:55Oh, she says plenty, Mr. Hauser,
21:57but not who she is.
22:00Did she see the van at the explosion?
22:02See it?
22:05She's been riding in it.
22:07Oh, but there's, uh...
22:09There's no clip on her camera gun.
22:11Look.
22:14Who uses these?
22:16I don't know.
22:17I don't know.
22:19Why'd I ask?
22:22Janie's good, Edison.
22:24She'll be all right.
22:25So where is she?
22:28There's a residual infrared exhaust trace.
22:30I'm linking it to you now.
22:37Got it, Control.
22:38Okay, Martinez, let's go.
22:42A little fool must have been out here
22:43during the explosion.
22:44Why do we have to do crazy things like that?
22:50Probably because she was under this
22:51long before we were.
22:53I bet she's tracking the same vehicle as you.
22:56Let's hope she hasn't found a tragic ending.
23:00Heat trail ends here, Control.
23:02Going down.
23:04I have you located by satellite.
23:06No indications of company near you.
23:08Thanks, Control.
23:09Martinez is just trying to find a dangerous place to land.
23:17Still no activity.
23:20You're going to be here when I get back, right?
23:23Yeah.
23:28Stay linked to me through Theura.
23:32I might need you.
23:33I'll be there.
23:34Take care, buddy.
23:38Hey, don't get yourself shot at.
23:41I'll do my best.
23:46Control?
23:48Catch me if you can.
23:56We're in a mess, Croyd.
23:57Why so?
24:03We had the bangs and the pictures.
24:0623 won't play ball.
24:09Carter's out on the story chasing us.
24:12And some girl saw the setup.
24:14We've got the girl.
24:16And Carter doesn't have a clue where we are.
24:22Relax.
24:23If they blow this story, we're in trouble.
24:26I'm in trouble.
24:26But the ratings Breakthrough is getting it.
24:31They'll want to keep the option.
24:35Forget 23.
24:37Croyd, I know that.
24:38But if this story gets out on 23, they're going to have one hell of a story.
24:41And Breakthrough TV will drop us like a radioactive fuel rod.
24:45And I will be finished.
24:47In the marketplace.
24:49Well, there's no gain without pain.
24:52And we've had a good run.
24:54But I've got you a very big finale.
24:57Maybe a few real injuries.
24:59But it could make us a pile of money before the end.
25:04Sell it fast, Frank.
25:06Don't have the stomach for the real thing, Frank.
25:08You're a dreamer, Croyd.
25:11You always were.
25:11You've been in this half-baked, cliché-ridden world of semi-revolution.
25:15And suddenly you actually suggest killing people.
25:18You're nuts.
25:20Now, I'm a businessman.
25:22I am not a folk hero.
25:23Our deals were no casualties.
25:26Get the girl into the van, Hewitt.
25:37Yes, sir.
25:38Maybe we'll have to sacrifice her for a half-baked, cliché-ridden world of semi-revolution.
25:45Oh, oh.
26:04Control on one foot.
26:06I'm with you.
26:07Black man just passed me, Taylor.
26:09Okay.
26:10I've got it.
26:11Stay linked to me in the chopper.
26:12I might need out fast.
26:13I'm following, Edison.
26:25I'll have to go in further.
26:26They're well-hidden.
26:30You're getting too far from the chopper.
26:36To tell you the truth, I don't think I could find my way out even if I was close.
26:39You're too exposed, Edison.
26:43You're going to have to help me out, Control.
26:47Edison, I can't authorize this.
26:49You better get somebody who can.
26:50I'm going in control.
27:02If these guys are trigger-happy, my best chance is to let them know whatever they do is being
27:06recorded.
27:08They keep talking to me.
27:09Edison, you need backup.
27:10You can't do it alone.
27:12No time, no choice.
27:13Jane, you could still be in there.
27:14Stay with me.
27:17Edison.
27:24Fury, are you still there?
27:27As ever.
27:27Yes, sir.
27:35I want it totally destroyed.
27:37I want the front part totally destroyed.
27:38Okay, I see them.
27:39I'm going and shooting.
27:47Hold it!
27:47Don't shoot!
27:48This camera's linked live!
27:50I'm recording it!
27:50It's a studio.
27:56Mr. Carter!
27:58How very dramatic.
28:00Yeah, it's the stage I'm going through.
28:03Ha, ha, ha, ha!
28:07You, uh, seem surprised.
28:11What were you expecting?
28:12A terrorist headquarters.
28:13Well, as you see, not a lot of terror.
28:20Certainly have an unusual command post.
28:23Very disarming.
28:25Disarmed.
28:28It's more comfortable than being in the field.
28:31The hours are just as bad, though.
28:33Ha, ha, ha.
28:33Maybe worse.
28:35And the scripts need changing all the time.
28:39Can we talk?
28:40Might as well.
28:41It's either that or kill you.
28:43Gotcha.
28:47Ha, ha, ha.
28:48Come on.
28:49I'll show you around.
28:50Ha, ha, ha.
28:57I'll show you some of our latest footage.
28:59Very.
29:00State of the art.
29:01State of the art of warfare.
29:03I've gotten to be a bit of a special effects expert by now.
29:07Ha, ha.
29:08Why are you here?
29:09What happened to your war?
29:11A long time ago, it became obvious that military action was obsolete.
29:16People could die, of course, and passions would be inflamed.
29:19But only until the next TV program came on.
29:23It finally struck me that I didn't need to wage a real war.
29:26I could wage one through...
29:29through TV.
29:34Much more profitable.
29:38What about the attacks around the city?
29:40Fake.
29:41I mean, there's a small chance that someone might get hurt,
29:44but we've been very careful to clear the areas first.
29:47What does the White Brigade get out of all this?
29:49Money.
29:50We're the first terrorists to apply modern merchandising theory.
29:53I work with a packager.
29:57He sells a product.
29:57I take 80%.
29:58It's been a good arrangement.
30:01Been.
30:03Never assumed that I work for anyone, Mr. Carter.
30:07Much less a TV news show packager.
30:09I have my own agenda.
30:12I still have a real revolution.
30:17But not here.
30:17Brilliant.
30:21Just brilliant.
30:23Breakthrough TV is going to be flayed alive for this.
30:26Howser just let you walk out?
30:28Sure.
30:29It's just another story.
30:30This time we pay him for it instead of Breakthrough.
30:32He has other plans.
30:34It's quite a racket.
30:35Uh, shouldn't you get changed?
30:38I'm going to preempt and drop this in the last quarter of today's show.
30:42Ken, I'm going to reschedule.
30:43So Janie wasn't there?
30:45No, Howser had seen nothing ever.
30:47Martinez thinks she dropped the camera gun during the explosion and took off.
30:51It's probably to hide from Murray.
30:54I'm afraid she's in for a nasty lecture.
30:57From both of us.
31:01By Integrity Air Leasing, Charles.
31:05I've got 10 seconds on Edison Carter.
31:08Network 23 interrupts its regular programming for this special report from Edison Carter.
31:13For the past few days, this city has lived in fear.
31:19Not the normal worries about getting through the day when the TV won't work or the computer crashes,
31:24but primal fear.
31:26Someone is trying to kill us.
31:28Hello, how are you?
31:30We've all seen the stories on a competing network about strikes by the White Brigade.
31:35Network 23 has learned that the strikes are staged.
31:37He's probably licking his wounds.
31:39Well, I hope they choke him.
31:41I can't abide if the whole thing was a fake.
31:43I haven't.
31:44The hustle is wonderful.
31:46This complete fabrication.
31:48Hi, Ben.
31:49Ah, excuse me a minute, Judy.
31:50I have to see the president of Network 5 about that Bellini package.
31:54Hello, Jack.
31:56I have to see the president of the United States.
32:11Ah!
32:12Ah!
32:14Ah!
32:15Ah!
32:16Ah!
32:17Ah!
32:17Ah!
32:21Ah!
32:22Ah!
32:23Ah!
32:23Ah!
32:24Ah!
32:24Ah!
32:24Ah!
32:25Ah!
32:25Ah!
32:25Get a doctor!
32:27What the hell is going on here?
32:29It's the emergency facilities!
32:37Go away and not home.
32:49Edison.
32:55Men in the morning.
33:01Edison, sorry to wake you like this, but you need to know what happened.
33:04And who locked their view phone off?
33:09Edison!
33:13You're not gonna like this.
33:19Contrary to reports earlier on Network 23,
33:21the attacks by the white brigade have proven to be horribly real.
33:25There is no official word on casualties, but again, there have been injuries.
33:29What is this thing, bro?
33:32You heard Hauser? The whole story was fake.
33:35I know, I know, but something happened to change it.
33:39How's Murray taking it?
33:41I don't know, but Cheviot and Formby were at the ad market when it happened.
33:44Are they all right?
33:45Cheviot's fine, Formby was injured.
33:48Not badly, we think.
33:50I know he's gonna take it in the neck for this one.
33:52And interrupting your breakfast.
33:55Fist, fist, fist.
33:56Breakfast.
33:57For those cold mornings, why not try...
33:59Chernobyl pops.
34:01Pops, pops.
34:03Give you that warm glow all over.
34:04Just, just, just this.
34:06Feed your kit.
34:07What is he talking about?
34:10Right in the middle of a global ratings sweep.
34:13Can you imagine worse timing, Murray?
34:16No, sir.
34:17It was spectacularly bad timing.
34:19How reliable is Edison Carter, really?
34:22Carter is the most reliable reporter in the business.
34:25I'm sure he feels just as badly about this as we do.
34:27Absolutely.
34:28It's not his fault, sir.
34:29His report was impeccable.
34:31How does it seem perfectly genuine?
34:34Get me Frank Braddock.
34:36This is not gonna be easy.
34:39Thank you, Murray.
34:40I'll talk to you privately later.
34:47I want to thank you, Frank, for interceding with Breakthrough TV
34:50and getting us the use of their feed this afternoon.
34:53Took a little salesmanship then, considering that Carter broadcast,
34:56but, look, it's the least I can do.
34:59I'm, I'm, I'm glad you're okay.
35:01God, that could have been nasty.
35:03Yes, it, uh, was rather close.
35:07Look, Breakthrough TV is begging me to stay,
35:09and it's tough to turn down, you know,
35:11but I, I still prefer Network 23.
35:13I mean, look, after all we've been through together.
35:16You have no choice, Ben.
35:18A strong global is worth any sacrifice, even Frank Braddock.
35:22Ben, Formby's right, we're broadcasters.
35:24In our business, morals are one thing, but ratings are everything.
35:28If you don't buy the package, somebody else will.
35:31I'm talking about ratings, Ben, big numbers.
35:33Now, how about it?
35:35This network cannot be a party to kill him, even accidentally.
35:40It would have to be clean.
35:41I wouldn't want so much as a single injury, is that clear?
35:45Benny, Benny, if I have to French kiss Croyd Hauser in the middle of the doggy dance show, it'll be clean.
35:55Trust me.
35:57We have a deal.
35:58I say we deal, Ben.
36:00Ratings, Ben.
36:01Ratings, Ben.
36:04Okay, Frank.
36:06We'll buy it.
36:08We'll have a contract before the day is out.
36:11Right.
36:13Now, I want massive newsflash promos.
36:16Big upcoming story on the White Brigade action.
36:19I want the biggest cover we can get on this.
36:21I want those ratings.
36:23So how was it?
36:25Not terrific.
36:27You know, I'd like to get a hold of that Hauser personally.
36:31He took us.
36:32That's what gets me.
36:33He suckered us.
36:34Me, Murray.
36:35I believed every word he said.
36:37There's something else.
36:39What?
36:40Maybe he lied about Janie, too.
36:43Maybe she was there.
36:47All right.
36:49I'll get Martinez over to you.
36:52You get back out there and you find that basket.
36:55You see the ab market attack?
36:57Yeah, I saw it.
36:58He damaged that place real bad.
37:01Rare enough to be a big story.
37:03Well, it sure as hell get it to be a dangerous one.
37:05Janie's missing for real.
37:09You really love this, don't you?
37:14Sure I got the deal.
37:15You got to trust me.
37:16Have you known me to fail?
37:17Hey, listen.
37:18I want to tell you something.
37:19I'm very sorry about the things that I said.
37:20I was emotional.
37:21You're a great guy.
37:22You are a great guy.
37:23And when you got going now, I think it's really great.
37:25I love it.
37:26But let's make sure that there are no rats in it this time.
37:31Right?
37:33I'll meet you there.
37:34Watch a professional in action.
37:35Control, we're back at Hauser's Tele-Terrorist Headquarters going in now.
37:44We're just trimming our rotor tips.
37:45We're just trimming our rotor tips.
37:46Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:49Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:50We're just trimming our rotor tips.
37:51Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:52Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:54Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:56Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
37:57Martinez, I don't think we'll fit in there.
38:03.
38:21Knowing Hauser, he is probably expecting us, so...
38:24.
38:25.
38:26.
38:27ˈ WIL θ悔.
38:29.
38:31.
38:32.
38:33.
38:33For some reason, it's still in one piece.
38:36Stay close. This time they won't be so friendly.
38:42This place is empty.
38:44Come on, let's go.
38:50Okay, Teora, the horse is bolted. Over to you.
38:54I'm on it.
38:56Get airborne.
38:57Got it, Martinez. Let's go!
39:03Got something.
39:07Right, west 280 degrees.
39:10There's a single vehicle and it's going like hell.
39:13Get hold of Murray. Tell him we're after his favorite terrorist.
39:16He's right here.
39:17What about Jamie?
39:18I wish I knew, Murray.
39:22Okay, Martinez. Pretend we're being shot at.
39:25I'm concentrating now.
39:27We're ready, Croyd.
39:29We just need to plant the stuff.
39:32Well, the little lady can do that.
39:34She'll die for a great cause.
39:36You are crazy.
39:39Once I tell the world about this, you'll be finished.
39:44When this thing goes bang, you'll make reporting history all right.
39:49The first network 23-girl reporter in orbit.
39:53How far ahead, Teora?
39:58You're about ten minutes, maybe ten and a half.
40:01Okay, just so long as we don't lose him.
40:03If he's in that vehicle, I want to be there when he steps out.
40:05That depends on when he stops.
40:07He just has the vehicle stopped.
40:10That makes it seven minutes.
40:12Look, this is just a thought, but what if they're armed in there?
40:19Martinez will love it.
40:21I planted the charge over there, just to the right of that thing.
40:27Look, are you sure about this?
40:29Just get the camera, Lucian.
40:32E equals MC squared.
40:35Push it to the edge, Martinez.
40:38How long, Teora?
40:40Five minutes at your speed.
40:44Where?
40:46There.
40:47Here?
40:48Yes.
40:59Your sacrifice will be a tragic waste.
41:06There's a lot of activity now.
41:08Edison, they could be setting another charge.
41:10I hope it's not what I think it is.
41:12I'm wired up, Bosco.
41:15You're just giving me the cork.
41:16Go on back to your thing.
41:17Just a little.
41:18Lighten up a good shot for you.
41:25Looks good.
41:26Nice shot.
41:27Lucian, you getting a picture?
41:30Edison, there's another vehicle.
41:32It's approaching the van.
41:34Martinez, when you were in the war, what odds did you like?
41:38Oh, about ten to one.
41:41Edison?
41:42I think that's about what we've got now.
41:50Okay, let's do it.
41:53Come on in, Braddock.
41:54We're about to blow it.
41:55Oh, there's a lot of it in here.
41:58Yeah.
41:59That's great.
42:00You know, your camera's a little crooked.
42:02Naturally.
42:03The girl dropped it while running.
42:04It keeps recording as she runs on it.
42:06Boom!
42:07Steps on the mind.
42:08Bits everywhere.
42:09Where'd you get the dummy?
42:10We didn't.
42:11That's a girl from 23 that was snooping around.
42:13What?
42:14You mean she's real?
42:15How's her?
42:16Have you gone insane?
42:17That's murder!
42:19It's revolution, Braddock.
42:20You wanted the big one where you've got it.
42:22And 23 is transmitting it.
42:24Lucian, feed that direct link to 23.
42:26We'll go live on this.
42:27Croyd, we're too close.
42:28We've got to move away.
42:29Croyd, we're too close.
42:30We've got to move away.
42:44How's it?
42:45There's a chopper!
42:46Calvary!
42:47Whoa!
42:48It's the 23 chopper.
42:50They're on to us!
42:51Then I'll have to give them something that'll make rumors.
42:55Croyd!
42:56Croyd!
42:57I don't know.
42:58Nothing about two close.
42:59We're too close to the charge.
43:00Charge!
43:01Charge!
43:02Get him off!
43:03We'll go up!
43:04Get him off!
43:05Get him off!
43:06There's a body under death.
43:08Get down to it.
43:10It's Jeanie Crane.
43:11Good God!
43:12Get down there, Martinez.
43:13Fast!
43:14Let's go!
43:15Charge!
43:16Charge!
43:25Here!
43:26Mr. Chevriot, I'm routing pictures to you.
43:30This is an emergency.
43:31Good Lord!
43:32Look!
43:33Hold it now.
43:34I can grab her.
43:35Janey, come on!
43:36Hold tight!
43:37Take it off!
43:38Hang on, Janey, we've got you!
43:43Ah!
43:44Ah!
43:45Ah!
43:46Ah!
43:47Ah!
43:48I got you!
44:12Braddock.
44:13Kill him with my own hands.
44:14Then let me.
44:15Look at those ratings!
44:19I can't believe it.
44:24We are live. Stand by everybody.
44:26I hand you over now to the reporter who broke this story
44:29and nearly paid for it with her life.
44:31The girl who 24 hours ago broke the rules back to hunch
44:35and brought you this story.
44:37Janie Crane, Network 23, reporting to you live, just,
44:42and direct from the scene.
44:45Zoom in, Martinez.
44:48This story started many months ago.
44:54But my part in it began and almost ended just this morning.
44:59I became trapped between the destruction by this type of gun.
45:09And now, and now we come to a special moment on Network 23.
45:14That is the most pointless and extravagant television award.
45:20This, of course, is the award for the piece of television, which, in the opinion of the judges,
45:26is the most expensive and wasteful use of television time this year.
45:30So, so, let's see the nominations, shall we?
45:35I'll be right back.
45:36Well, let's...
45:37họp.
45:38Hi.
45:39This is Mac-Mac's Syndrome on Network 23, brought to, to, to you by…
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45:44FOCUSみ KIALA
45:46No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but if they think I'm endorsing car accessories, they've got another dipstick stick coming.
45:54No, no, they've tried this one before, and I'm radial tired of it.
45:57And if they expect me to change gear now and start spark, spark, spark plugging their products, they must be out of their piss, piss, piston heads.
46:05Listen, I don't like to blow my own gasket, but I have better things to do than to sit here and wax polish lyrical about car parts.
46:12Car parts. I've got letters from fan belts who say, Max, you're special, you're unique, you're differential.
46:20Yes, yes, I know it's what they want. That's because they're air conditioned to it, to it, to it.
46:26Oh, I fendered it off time and timing belt again. I mean, who's calling the two, two, tune up?
46:32Who's in crew, crew, crew's control here anyway? I'll tell you who. Me, me, Max Headlamp.
46:39And if they don't like it, they can stick, stick, stick shift it in their exhaust pipe and choke, choke it!
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