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00:00Breaking news, a Webster motor car with faulty brakes caused a deadly explosion, killing three college students.

00:09As the company's silence raises questions about accountability, authorities are investigating.

00:13God damn it!

00:15Do you see this?

00:16They're calling our car a burning coffin.

00:19They act like we killed those kids ourselves.

00:21We need to figure out why the door jammed or Webster's going belly under.

00:24Hear you, but we've already dropped 100K on diagnostic tests alone and nothing, Naya.

00:30I don't want to hear your excuses.

00:31You're a god damn Ivy League graduate.

00:33I pay you $200,000 a year, either figure it out or find a new job.

00:38And what the hell do you think you're doing?

00:41Tinkering around.

00:42We have to run a whole AI diagnostic system and you're over here fiddling.

00:46With all due respect, Mr. Russell, I know the Webster Corsair, like the back of my hand.

00:51I designed this car back in the day.

00:53I'll figure out what's wrong with it.

00:54We have a million dollar AI diagnosis and we can't turn up anything.

00:58But you're going to figure it out with a $5 wrench?

01:00Well, fancy gadgets and high-minded degrees can be important, but sometimes what you need is plain old experience.

01:07You know what?

01:08Go ahead.

01:09I got nothing to lose.

01:10But if anything goes wrong, it's on your ass.

01:12Don't worry.

01:13I won't mess this up.

01:15Let's go.

01:15Found it.

01:34See that?

01:35From a shirt.

01:36The car owner must have made a legal modification, snagged it on a thread during the installation, and jammed the latch during impact.

01:43Webster's not at fault.

01:45You saved the company a few million, buddy.

01:47Let's go show the boss.

01:48You are embarrassing me and you're embarrassing yourself.

01:51I think I found the problem.

01:55Ah, you old son of a bitch.

01:57You did it.

01:58All right, I'm going to go to the press and tell the board all the good news.

02:02You're a hero at Webster Motor.

02:08Attention, everyone.

02:09This concludes today's shift.

02:11Please shut down your stations and clock out.

02:13Drive safe and we'll see you tomorrow.

02:15Oh, Mr. Walker, can I have a word?

02:24Oh, of course.

02:33Um, this is a car my nephew got from his grandmother.

02:38It's a collector's item, which means it's one of a kind, and you're the only one I trust to fix it.

02:42You know, it's funny, last week it was a plane, this week it's a car.

02:47Your nephew sure likes to break things, huh?

02:49They're just messy, teenagers.

02:51Tell me about it.

02:52My daughter was the same way.

02:54I can have her back to you tomorrow.

02:56Great.

02:57Is your payment?

02:59100k.

03:01Yes, Wolf.

03:03It's an easy fix.

03:04You don't have to pay me.

03:06Good to see you.

03:07Oh, Hank, wait.

03:08I'll be straight with you.

03:18Okay, you've been at Webster for 40 years.

03:20You know cars.

03:22You're one of the best engineers in the world.

03:24But they treat you worse than the mechanics that work for an hourly rate.

03:28Why don't you come work for me at Mach 15?

03:31We're developing a new supercar, Silver Link's Model A, and I want you to be in charge.

03:35The starting pay is $10 million.

03:39That's a lot of money.

03:41But you said so yourself, Miss Wolf.

03:42I've been with Webster Motors for 40 years, and any time I have remaining, I just assume

03:50it be with them.

03:51Old mucks like me, we're the backbone of Detroit's industry.

03:55You got a good job on your hands, and you should give it to a youngster.

03:59As for me, just stick to toy cars.

04:07Hey, look who's early.

04:10Hey, how you doing, man?

04:11Good.

04:11Oh, hey.

04:13Here comes Tom Norris.

04:16You reckon he's here to give us a bonus?

04:18I doubt it.

04:20Move.

04:21Move, move, move, move, move.

04:22All right, all right, all right.

04:23Hey, listen up.

04:24I have an announcement.

04:26Webster Motors has gone through a change of hands.

04:29We've been purchased by Tesalux.

04:34Ah, ah, ah.

04:35Yes, that Tesalux, the EV car company.

04:38Sir, a big man upstairs is now some guy named Elon.

04:41Tesalux is a tech company.

04:44Big emphasis on tech.

04:46So all you boomers, you're fired.

04:52You're fired.

04:53What?

04:54Wait, what?

04:55Wait, wait, wait, wait.

04:57We're all fired.

04:59That can't be right.

05:00Oh, you need me to spell it out for you?

05:02Fine.

05:04Webster Motors has purchased a cutting-edge AI detection system from Apex AI for over 10 billion.

05:11And let me tell you, this software makes all of you has-been boomers look like a bunch of fucking amateurs.

05:18It'll do more for this company in 10 minutes than you could do in 10 years.

05:23So, go home.

05:25Wait for death to come knocking.

05:28Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

05:29Now, hold on.

05:29That ain't right.

05:31Look, we are the backbone of Webster Motors, right?

05:35We built this company up from the ground.

05:37Hell, some of us were here before Webster was.

05:39You can't just let us go. That is workplace discrimination, right, boys?

05:43Yeah, right.

05:44We're going to fucking sue you.

05:46Well, it's not ageism if you're just bad.

05:48We're a tech company now.

05:50We need computer people who write AI that does what you do, but they do it better and faster.

05:57Face it.

05:58This is the 21st century.

05:59Everything is fast and digital.

06:02It's time for you washed-up old farts to pack your little bags and fuck off.

06:06Because like it or not, you've been replaced.

06:08I might not know anything about AI, but I do know one thing.

06:13These machines here, they're finicky.

06:15And unless real people are monitoring the assembly line at all times,

06:19it's only a matter of time before something goes boom.

06:23And all production stops.

06:24That's right.

06:26What do you mean everything goes boom?

06:27I've worked here for 40 years.

06:31I know these machines.

06:32They need to be checked on and resurviced.

06:35Otherwise, you're going to lose billions.

06:37Oh, okay.

06:39So you're saying the reason that I can't fire you old fucks is because I need someone to watch the machine all day or it's going to go boom?

06:48Yeah, that's right.

06:49And you better make sure they have the experience to know what they're looking for.

06:52Oh, holy fuck.

06:54You're a real fucking shameless one, you know.

06:57I know you won't be able to get another job, but that doesn't mean you can make shit up either.

07:00I'm not making anything up.

07:02I'm telling you how it is based on my experience.

07:05All right.

07:06Old man, I got to go, all right?

07:08But don't think you're anything special because of yesterday.

07:11I downloaded the source code from the diagnostic test myself, and that car was perfectly fine.

07:17You lucked out with that screw.

07:18So all you need to do is go back and rot in hospice.

07:23No, no, no.

07:23How dare you?

07:25How dare you?

07:26We built this city with our own hands.

07:28We are the ones that brought industry to Detroit.

07:30We did all that hard labor so kids like you could go run off to college.

07:35And now this is how you're going to treat us?

07:36Shut up.

07:37Right?

07:37Shut up.

07:39You disgusting old fucking hicks.

07:41Or I'll call the cops.

07:43As of now, you're fired.

07:44So this is trespassing.

07:46Tom, you need to tell the assembly line supers about the maintenance.

07:51If something happens to one of these machines, it's going to cost Webster millions.

07:55And it's a safety hazard.

07:56I don't know if you give a fuck about your experience.

07:59That is all subjective bullshit.

08:02We have the cold, hard facts right here.

08:05Our new AI detection system will be fully operational in a few short days.

08:09You really think it can't handle a few finicky machines?

08:13It'll have them back in tip-top shape before you old schmucks need to get your gloves on.

08:17Now hurry up and scram or you can forget about your final fucking paychecks.

08:23It's all right.

08:28It's all right.

08:29Let it go, okay?

08:30Look, you warned him plenty about the assembly line, huh?

08:32It's his own fault now if you won't miss it.

08:36Come on, fellas.

08:36Let's go.

08:37Let's get out of here.

08:38Guy's a creep.

08:39What do you mean you can't fix it?

08:41I pay you millions of dollars for what?

08:44Mach 15 is on the line and if you can't fix it-

08:46Miss Wolfe, Miss Wolfe.

08:47Can't you see that I'm on the phone?

08:48Webster Motors just fired that old car mechanic.

08:50You told me to keep an eye on him.

08:53I'll call you back.

08:54They fired Hank Walker?

08:57Evelyn, I need you to find him.

08:59Our CNC mills just suffered a critical error and he's the only one that can fix it.

09:03Make sure he gets here, okay?

09:05We need him.

09:05Got it, boss.

09:06I'll offer him a job.

09:07What's the pay ceiling?

09:09There's no ceiling.

09:11We're paying him whatever he wants.

09:14I'll have you, Hank.

09:16Hey, I'll catch up with you, Hank.

09:20Hi, I'm looking for a Mr. Walker.

09:22Who, Hank?

09:23Yeah, he just missed him.

09:24He went to go see his daughter.

09:28Grandpa!

09:28Grandpa, I miss you so much.

09:36I didn't even get to play with you all up for whole year.

09:39I know, kiddo.

09:41Your grandpa was busy at work.

09:42But I'm going to have a lot more time now.

09:45I can come over every day if you want.

09:47Yeah.

09:47Yeah?

09:48Ah!

09:50Oh, you're getting strong.

09:51Dad, shouldn't you be at work?

09:54I'm actually not going to be working there anymore.

09:57Webster laid me off.

09:59You got fired?

10:02Fuck.

10:03What are we going to do about the mortgage now?

10:06Mortgage?

10:06What are you talking about?

10:07The mortgage for this house, you stupid old fuck.

10:10Hannah and I have been using your paycheck to pay off the mortgage.

10:13What are we going to do now?

10:14They're going to foreclose on us.

10:15Jesse, I've been giving you my paycheck since you and Helen got married.

10:20Why isn't the mortgage paid off yet?

10:22Because a whole year's worth of your salary

10:25didn't even last me a single night in Vegas.

10:28So you were gambling it.

10:30I bust my back 10 hours a day and what?

10:33You gambled it all away in one night on craps?

10:36Poker?

10:37I can't believe you two.

10:38All right?

10:38I've given everything for you guys.

10:40I stopped drinking coffee for you, all right?

10:42I barely scrape by on $300 a month.

10:46And you flush it down the drain gambling?

10:49Look, old man, I don't care.

10:51But Helen and I need the money to pay off the mortgage.

10:54And until you get another job, I want you to stay away from Audrey.

10:59Oh, Grandpa!

11:02What's coming to you, Jesse?

11:04I'm near retirement, okay?

11:07What's an old man like me supposed to do?

11:10You and Helen and little Audrey, you guys are all that I have.

11:14I just want to see this little girl grow up, okay?

11:17Please.

11:19I already lost my wife.

11:20Don't talk about my mom.

11:22If you weren't so stubborn, if you would have just left Detroit when you had the chance,

11:26she would have had better insurance coverage and not die.

11:31I would be in a better place, too.

11:33And now we're all stuck in this hellhole because of you.

11:39You're useless.

11:40My buddy, Tom Norris, got promoted to senior engineer in a year.

11:46You've been there for decades.

11:47And you're still just some low-level mechanic.

11:51Now get out.

11:52Now stay away from Audrey.

11:54Grandpa!

11:55Grandpa!

11:56You want to see Audrey again?

11:58Who brings a nice, fat paycheck?

12:02Jesse's great.

12:03Got a job.

12:04You owe that to us.

12:05Now go dumpster dive if you have to.

12:07Grandpa!

12:08Grandpa!

12:09I just didn't want to give up on my city.

12:15Is that so wrong?

12:21Oh, look at that stinky hobo.

12:23Let's cross the street before he gets all his germs on us.

12:26Webster still hasn't given us our last paycheck.

12:38And I haven't eaten since last night.

12:39Guess this will have to be my dinner.

12:56What?

12:57Holy shit.

13:01Mike Walker.

13:03The rock star engineer behind our 1987 Webster Corsair.

13:07What are you doing?

13:09Eating out of a dumpster.

13:10Tom, you know this guy.

13:12Yeah.

13:13Fired him yesterday.

13:14He's a piece of shit mechanic who wouldn't stop going on about,

13:17No, the assembly line's going to explode.

13:19So I got rid of him.

13:21Don't laughing matter, Tom.

13:23I'm serious.

13:24If you're not careful, that whole assembly line is going to malfunction.

13:27Oh, fuck, man.

13:29Still stuck on that?

13:30That is bullshit.

13:32Hank Walker.

13:33They may have kept you around for 40 years because they're dumb.

13:37But I know you're nothing special.

13:39If you were anything like me, you'd at least be a manager.

13:42Well, they did ask me.

13:44But I turned them down.

13:45Because I want to work with cars.

13:48That's what I do best.

13:49And I don't need some empty title.

13:51But Tom, you have got to listen to me, okay?

13:53Have your guys watch the line.

13:55Otherwise, it's going to cost Webster millions.

13:57What a joke!

13:58I can't with you.

14:00Look, this is our newest software.

14:03All the lights are green.

14:05Green means good.

14:07See?

14:08Nothing can possibly go wrong.

14:11Warning.

14:12Malfunction detected.

14:14Initiating emergency stop protocol.

14:18No way this bastard got it right.

14:22What the hell happened here?

14:24The machine, it's smoking.

14:25I don't know.

14:26It shouldn't be doing that.

14:27We're following the exact same procedures we've always done.

14:31Well, it is.

14:32Look at it.

14:33If this machine goes down, we're going to have to shut down the whole plant.

14:37We're going to lose millions of dollars.

14:41Norris, I don't care what you do.

14:42Fix it.

14:43By the end of the day, or you're done.

14:50What are you just standing there for?

14:52Fix it.

14:52Um, well, Tom, the thing is, we don't know what the problem is.

14:57We don't know what's wrong.

14:58What do you mean?

14:59Didn't you go to college for this fucking shit?

15:01We just used to do what the older guys and Hank would do.

15:04They would diagnose it and they would solve it.

15:07Fuck!

15:08I'm so fucking sick of this fucking Hank guy.

15:11What do you want me to do?

15:12You want me to go back and bring back those old fossils that I just fucking fired?

15:17Fuck off!

15:17This whole plant isn't going to suddenly cease to function because a few wrinkly old farts got laid off.

15:24That's bullshit.

15:24Now fucking fix it.

15:26Faster!

15:30Miss Wolfe, I just don't see why we need a mechanic like Hank Walker right now.

15:34Don't we already have an expert from Apex AI working on the CNC machine mill?

15:39We already lost one full production line.

15:41If we lose another, that could mean hundreds of millions of dollars of loss and profits.

15:45Look, you keep an eye on the factory and I will go find Hank because he's the only one I trust to fix this.

15:50There will never be a replacement for good, old-fashioned human ingenuity.

15:55Machines and humans can work together to create the most efficient outcome.

15:59But a machine will never replace a human.

16:11Getting scrapped, sir?

16:12You know it.

16:13We still have a lot of material that we need to get rid of.

16:17If you can carry it, it's all yours.

16:20Sir, there must be something you can do.

16:22We need to fix this now.

16:24Well, luckily you came to the right place.

16:26I mean, we here at Apex AI know exactly what we're doing.

16:29We can handle stuff like this in our sleep.

16:31So we're just going to have our diagnostics run on it, figure out a problem, and boom, Bob's your uncle.

16:36So this is Apex AI's new detection software?

16:40It looks brilliant.

16:41Jesus lady.

16:44I mean, what did you do to this thing?

16:46This is a critical failure.

16:48Is there any way you can get it fixed by the end of the day?

16:50We need to have production back on schedule or my boss is going to kill me.

16:53I know that machine.

16:55The reading is off simply because the sensor skips without a manual check.

16:59I mean, this is not a job that you can finish in a day, okay?

17:01I mean, this is going to take like a week.

17:02We don't have a week.

17:03We have a client waiting on us.

17:04We have to get these parts machined now.

17:07Is there anything else you can do, please?

17:10I mean, we might have a solution.

17:13It's just the, it's the pay that you're offering though.

17:15$2,000 for an eight-hour workday?

17:18Then, yeah.

17:19It just needs a reset.

17:20They're asking for even more.

17:22Ah, Mr. Pierre, Mr. Esteban, money is not an issue.

17:27I will give you $2 million each for your work here today.

17:29And if all goes well, there'll be a little bonus in it for you both as well.

17:32Okay.

17:33All right, don't worry about it good looking.

17:35All right, fixing machines, that's our job.

17:37It's a very tough and thankless and very, very difficult job,

17:41but we'll get it up and running for you.

17:42I can't believe they just scammed that poor girl.

17:46And then you're going to twist it the other way?

17:48Get in there.

17:50See?

17:50Our new AI tool has a solution for everything.

17:53Whoa!

17:57Step 37, that's what it said.

17:59Jeez, this isn't ever happening when Hank was around.

18:01Shut up!

18:03Did I really fuck up by firing those old-timers?

18:06I'm not going to have to bring Hank back on board, am I?

18:11What?

18:12Apex AI's tech experts are over at Mach 15?

18:15Oh, perfect.

18:17Those guys are a golden ticket to fixing this machine.

18:20I'll head over right now.

18:21No!

18:22All righty.

18:29Fire it up.

18:32No!

18:35Not yet.

18:35You can't.

18:38You got to reset the machine first.

18:41Otherwise, you'll be operating under the faulty presets.

18:43You're leading this machine down a one-way path to catastrophic failure.

18:48Okay, I'm sorry.

18:49Who the fuck is this guy?

18:50Go back.

18:51Get your scrap.

18:52Get out of here.

18:53Okay.

18:53You're distracting us from this billion-dollar machine here.

18:57It's an easy fix.

18:59But I bet you two knew that, didn't you?

19:01You talked it up to her so you could get that extra pay.

19:04What are you talking about?

19:05Wow.

19:06You know what, Miss Evelyn?

19:06Can you get your guys to get him out of here?

19:08Okay, he's distracting us from working.

19:11Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step back, please.

19:13We have plenty of scrap metal, and I'd be happy to help you get it.

19:16Miss, Miss, forget the scrap metal.

19:18If you give me ten minutes with this machine, I will tell you exactly what's wrong with it.

19:22And I'll fix it for you, free of charge.

19:25Whoa, whoa, whoa.

19:25Okay, so you're saying you can fix this in ten minutes.

19:29We're two of the best mechanics in the world armed with a brand spanking new AI detection system.

19:33Now, if we can't pull this off in ten minutes, what's a scruffy old fart like you're going to do?

19:37You may have your fancy AI, but these machines, they were built by people, and they're meant to be maintenanced by people.

19:44I've been in this industry for 40 years.

19:46Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

19:48You need somebody like Hank Walker.

19:50Miss Wolfe said he's a genius car mechanic, and he would know how to fix this.

19:58That's me.

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