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Hey, how you doing, Duncan?

Not too well, Miss Grazzo.

[music playing]

[whistling]

ELAINE: I've been fired?

What?

What's going on?

MALE EMPLOYEE: Hey, I've been fired.

MALE EMPLOYEE: So have I.

MALE EMPLOYEE: Is this a joke?

[music playing]

How can they do this to me?

WOMAN [ON PHONE]: Yes?

Get Osaka on the line.

Hey, what's going on?

We all got one of these.

You too.

Hey, I got a promotion.

[theme, "hot summer night"]

THEME SONG: I feel thebeat on a street tonight.

The lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

Hot!

We're the laughing stock in Japan.

Someone faxed them a copy of this,

and now we're a bigger jokethan the last American car

they tried to import.

Oh, they'll forget aboutit in a couple of days.

And by then, we'll have found this guy.

I mean, someone breaking intoour system from the outside

can't be too hard to find, right?

Actually, the memos weregenerated inside Teshima.

All right.

Hold it.

You're saying one of our employees did this?

Looks like it.

Can you tell where inTeshima the memos came from?

No, this guy covered his tracks very well.

OK.

I calmed everyone down.

I told him that you checked with Osaka,

and it was just some sort of practical joke.

Is this easy to do?

I mean, can anyone with acomputer figure this out?

No, it's quite complicated.

The breaching of the various security systems

could take weeks.

I thought we were supposedto be protected from something

like this happening.

Mr. Sterling, hackerswho pull stunts like this--

this is their life.

They're very good at it.

Let me ask you something.

Why would he single me outand fire everybody else?

It's possible it's some kind of clue.

A classic hack involves leaving a trail

so that if someone were smart enough,

they could uncover it-- the hacker.

It's sort of a challenge.

Yeah, a challenge to me.

We'll see.

Booker, you don't know thefirst thing about computers.

Yeah, I know.

Computers aren't the problem, Chick.

Hi.

Hey.

Took me an hour on this thing,but I got what you wanted--

every new officeassignment or transfer made

within the last two months.

A fight for a window can be brutal.

So you think maybe our hackerhacked himself an office?

Maybe.

Could take me a whole weekto figure this thing out.

Excuse me.

I got here as soon as I could.

Great. Who are you?

What are you doing here?

Who is this guy?

Your office is being relocated.

Wait a minute.

Nobody notified us of this.

Don't you people read memos?

[chuckles]

Looks like somebody in this company

finally realized how invaluable we are.

C-132.

ELAINE GRAZZO: Yeah, probablya corner office with a window.

This is my office?

ELAINE GRAZZO: Wow-- running water.

BOOKER: Elaine!

ELAINE GRAZZO: Well, at--

at least it's uh-- it's um--

BOOKER: Yeah, right.

ELAINE: You think thehacker did this, don't you?

BOOKER: You got it.

ELAINE: Why?

BOOKER: To get me mad.

You know, moving your officewas really quite imaginative.

Yeah, I'm sitting in a hole, and you're patting

this hacker on the back.

That's great.

You must admire him for his technique.

No, I don't.

I just gotta figure out why he's doing this.

Maybe he's creating a diversion.

Tying you up so he can do something else.

I'm gonna have my assistantcheck on it right now,

but I figure he'sstealing from the company.

Hackers generally aren't in it for the money.

It's more of a game for them.

A game?

I finished the financialcheck you asked for.

And?

I came up with one name--

one person who's gottenrich in the last two months.

Well, who is it?

You.

Larry Haberman, Mr. Booker.

It's an honor and a pleasure to welcome you

into to the Evergreen Bank family.

- Yeah. - And how do you do?

Would you like a bank pen?

Look, Mr. Haberman, I think there's

been some sort of mix up here.

A $10 million deposit, and this guy

says there's been a mix up.- Really, I--

You know, you get free checks with that?

And--

Look, Mr. Haberman, I don'thave that kind of money.

No, no, no, Mr. Booker. Yes, you do.

Yes.

Yes.

This is your bank balanceright here, up to the minute.

The computer depositpassed through Switzerland

this very morning.

Computer?

I took the liberty of highlighting

some suggestions of ways you might

want to invest your funds.

I'm sure you did.

IRAs, SEPs--

- REITs. - Yes.

Mm hm. - OUT--

OUTs?

Means out-- out the door.

Oh.

You can keep this. - Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

Did I mention the free checks?

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Computer transfer, huh?

In appreciation foryou opening your account,

the Evergreen Bank would like to present

you with this microwave oven.

Perhaps you'd like it in beige?

[chuckling]

Why is everyone staring at me, Elaine?

Another memo came out today.

It mentions your money.

It says you inherited it.

It also says that you'reinterested in suggestions

on how to spend it.

I'm trying to figure this out, man.

But every time I come up with an idea,

it gets thrown right back in my face.

[sighs]

If this guy's leaving a trail,I sure as hell can't find it.

Well, at least he's just joking.

At least we weren't really fired.

Maybe that's it.

What?

While all this is going onbetween him and me, right?

Back and forth.

Back and forth. - So.

Well, maybe he didn't fire himself either.

Can we check the payrollrecords that were altered?

Yeah, sure.

Good.

OK.

Whoa, you're right.

There was another person who wasn't fired--

Duncan Amory

The kid who distributes interoffice mail.

Yeah.

But according to this, he'shead of the department of fun

and games, 31st floor.

We got him.

Yeah.

We got him.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Ha, ha, ha.

[techno music]

[SINGING] Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Check this out.

Drop the keyboard and nobody gets hurt.

Wow.

It's really you, and you really got here.

Smarter than you thought I was, huh?

Oh, no.

As smart as I hoped you would be.

OK.

Let's go.

Oh, just give me five more minutes.

Oh, so you can arrange tohave my car repossessed too?

No, thanks.

No, please, this is very important.

That's too bad.

[banging]

Oh, no.

Too bad, looks like you haveto leave the job of dismantling

my life to somebody else.

You don't understand.

I was trying to put things back together.

[explosion]

Yeah, right.

You have to believe me.

I was taking the $10million out of your account

and putting it back where it belonged.

Well, can you plug it back in?

Can you start over?

It's too late.

What do you mean?

Where's the money?

I-- somewhere between here and Zurich.

Come on.

Trust me, when we get to my house,

I can use these tostraighten everything out.

You mind telling me why you did this?

Well, I'm designing a game--

a computer game-- about a detective

who works for a large company.

So you're writing about me?

Pretty much.

See, I was testing hypotheses.

I was trying to figure out if you

would act the way I expected-- you know,

like a stimulus response.

Yeah, but, Duncan, why would you pick me?

Well, because-- your life is so interesting.

Well, it's-- it's filledwith mystery and adventure,

and people will find it exciting.

I find it exciting.

Duncan, why do you find my life so--

get down.

[gun shots]

Come on--

[music playing]

Is he dead?

No, he's alive.

He's a federal agent.

[tires screeching]

[gun shots]

[horn honking]

I'll go back up [inaudible].

You take care of Rice and follow up from here.

Right.

I think we lost him.

Duncan, what the hell is going on?

I have no idea.

No, you don't think thereis a connection of you putting

$10 million in my bankaccount and federal agents

shooting at us?

I see your point.

Duncan, what did you hack into?

I mean, where did the money come from?

I don't know.

You don't know?

How is that possible?

Well, the whole process is very time consuming,

so a lot of it is automatic.

Wait!

There are records in here.

I can retrace the steps, butI need to get to my equipment

at home.

Duncan, we can't go to your house.

If they know where you work,they know where you live.

Hey!

I know somebody who can help us.

Can you trust this guy?

He's my best friend.

Does he have a name?

Yes.

Well, what is it?

I'm not sure.

This guy is your best friend, and you

don't even know his name?

DUNCAN: I just know his computer pseudonym.

Ah--

We talk all the time withthe bulletin board system.

We're sort of like computer pen pals.

So you've never met him?

Not exactly-- we'veconnected on a different level.

Well, he's just like me.

He's a genius with a sense of adventure.

How do you know?

Oh, he's the one who dared me to--

fire everyone at Teshima.

Great, anotherpsychopathic computer nerd.

[doorbell buzzing]

Don't worry, Booker.

I know everything thereis to know about this guy.

MAN: Go away!

I don't want any.

Terminator, It's me--

Slam Dunk.

I need your help, big guy.

MAN: I told you, I don't want any.

[dogs barking]

I'm in big trouble.

I need access to your equipment.

MAN: You don't get it, do you?

Get the hell out of here!

It's an emergency.

[buzzing]

MAN: I ain't gonna tell you again--

hit the road, Chuck.

Wait a minute.

MAN: That's it!

I'm loading my shotgun right now, you mother--

Slam-- he said you werehandsome, but I had no idea.

I'm Slam.

Oh--

You're the Terminator?

Yeah, my real name's Penny.

Oh--

Hey, you said you were 6' 3".

You said you were a guy.

Can we take this reunion inside?

Oh--

Penny, we need some help.

We don't have much time.

Why didn't you tell me you were a--

a girl?

Duncan, just ask her about the discs, OK?

Duncan?

Is that your name?

I had a gerbil name Duncan once.

Really?

Wow!

Duncan--

Look, we're really in trouble, and we

need to use your computer.

Booker-- 301.

[banging]

Check the back.

Nobody's here.

Any computer equipment?

No.

I don't think he's in it with him.

I think he was just working security.

How can we be sure?

It's time to call the local police.

It's the $10 million dollars, isn't it?

You know about this too?

Well, Slam tells me everything.

Besides, all you need is amodem and the right passwords,

and you can find out about a lot of things.

Then why is it so hard to give the money back?

Well, that's what I was trying to tell you.

See, a couple of months ago Iwas using a computer program

to random dial all the phone numbers

in the financial district, andI cracked into the local gateway

for the Bank of Zurich.

Well, I recognized the communications

program they were using, and I knew

it had a maintenance trap door.

So I started shooting sometypical passwords at it--

Whoa, whoa-- OK, English, Duncan, please.

What he's trying to say is that he kind of took

control of alltransactions between here

and the Bank of Zurich.

So all you need is a computer and a phone

and suddenly you're the newestmillionaire on the block,

right?

You also need the kind of brain

to figure out which buttons to push--

like Duncan.

Fine.

Now it's time to un-push them.

Can you do it from here?

It's cake.

Well, first we have to log on.

What do those names mean?

There deposits and withdrawals.

The computer keeps anelectronic list automatically.

And there you are.

Boom.

You mean you actually stolemoney out of someone else's

account and put it in mine.

Well-- it had to come from somewhere.

Well, no wonder the feds are after us.

It's going to take me a while to put it back.

I have to find it first.

Well, get started. I got to make a call.

Is there another phone around here I can use?

Afraid this is the only line.

Don't use your car phone.

It might be tapped.

I think I saw a phonebooth a couple blocks down.

All right, I'll be back in 10 minutes.

Now, listen to me, listen.

All right?

Don't go near the window.

Don't go near the door.

Stay right here-- right in the apartment.

All right?

Sounds like every otherFriday night around here.

[laughing]

[phone buzzing]

Booker, where the hell are you?

I'm in a safe place.

Well, I'm glad, because I've been

trying to talk a team of federal agents

out of shooting you on sight.

BOOKER [ON PHONE]: They shot at me first.

It's because you'reharboring a dangerous fugitive.

Who?

Duncan Amory? - Yeah.

This guy's wanted all overthe world for computer crimes.

You wouldn't believe some of the companies

this guy's infiltrated.

Come on, Sergeant.

The guy's harmless.

Yeah.

Tell it to the girl in Lisbonhe almost killed last year.

BOOKER [ON PHONE]: Come on.

Embezzlement, fraud, rape, attempted murder--

Booker, these guys are from theinternational Crime Task Force.

They've been chasing Amory for the past year.

Are you sure we'retalking about the same guy?

Well, he may look harmless to you,

but don't let him fool you.

Now, why did you tell me whereyou are before you create

an international incident?

[click]

[dial tone]

Booker?

Booker?

BOOKER: Duncan?

Penny?

[suspenseful music]

Damn.

How many times I got to tell you guys?

This is getting a little redundant.

Isn't it?

I never even spoke to the guy until yesterday!

We'd like to believe you, son.

But why would a perfect stranger put $10 million

into your bank account?

I thought it was some kind of a joke.

Mr. Booker, could you tell us exactly what

the circumstances were that led you to resign

from the police force?

Look, gentlemen, you'vealready gotten a statement.

Booker's no longer a suspect.

He's not going anywhere.

So I suggest that wecontinue this in the morning.

Agreed?

We're not after your basic,white-collar criminal here.

Your friend is a highly intelligent

psychopath, who has abductedanother victim with your help.

Call us when your memory clears.

Sergeant knows my number.

I didn't do anything to help this guy, Sergeant.

You know that.

Well, they don't.

All the see is a young guywith a gun who looks like he

knows how to spend $10 million.

You'd think the same thing ifyou were on the other side.

Look, what's your take on this Duncan Amory?

Anything's possible, but the guy I was with

does not match their profile, Sergeant.

Well, maybe he just knowshow to put on a good show.

Maybe.

[music playing]

Morning.

Morning.

Damn!

What's the matter?

I can't get this junk off my computer screen.

Don't touch anything.

I'll get Longfellow.

All right?

Yeah.

It's an ordinary ASCII code.

Hackers use it when they want to disguise

what they're actually typing.

I'll have it translated in no time.

It's Duncan again.

He's screwing with us.

I should've never trusted this guy.

I thought you said thisguy was running from you.

Yeah. Why?

What's it say?

Well, take a look.

Duncan didn't do anything to that girl.

Somebody yanked him out of theapartment when I made the call.

The message could be a trick.

I don't think so.

I think those agents fed me a line.

Federal agents? But they--

Maybe something in here will tell us.

Where's everything?

The agents seized it all last night.

The agent was getting up from my car

just before the shooting began.

I thought he was checking formy license plate number, but--

wait a second.

What the hell?

Is this what I think it is?

Yes.

It's a tracker-- government issue.

Thanks.

Booker, what the hell--

I had to see you in a placewhere I wouldn't be watched.

Come here.

What are you talking about?

This.

Where'd you find this?

In my car.

The feds are after Duncan all right,

but not because he's a criminal.

I think they're also the oneswho got to Duncan and Penny

last night.

That's ridiculous.

No.

Duncan left me a message onmy computer this morning.

They need help.

What

If this is another one of this guy's games?

No way.

Duncan stumbled into somethingthat they want keep quiet.

Booker, you're going toneed more proof if you want

to make accusations like that.

You got Krantz's number, right?

Where he can be reached?

Yeah.

That's his pager.

Now what are you going to do?

Find some proof.

I'm gonna need your help.

If they find out whatyou did, they'll kill us.

They'll never know.

I pretended I was trying to find the money,

but I modemed the messageto Booker instead--

right in front of them.

Well, how do you know Bookerwill be able to figure it out?

Well, I've been studying him for weeks.

I know how he thinks, how he moves--

he'll find us.

You know, Slam, I never believed

all the things you told meyou were doing at Teshima.

I mean, I just couldn't imagine someone really

being that clever and daring.

I'm sorry.

You thought I was daring?

Sure.

I mean, you were taking risks.

You were outsmarting the biggest minds around.

You were too good to be true.

You know, after a while, I started doing

things just to impress you.

Me?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

It was fun sharing my secrets with someone.

I've never been too good atmeeting people face to face,

but with you it was easy.

You completely understood me.

Yeah, but that's only becauseyou thought I was a guy.

Does knowing I'm a girl make it different?

Yeah, I guess.

It makes it better.

You're coming with me, andyou're gonna find that money.

No tricks this time.

What about Penny?

She's not your problem anymore, pal.

PENNY: [FEARFUL] Duncan?

Duncan?

There's some new developmentin the Duncan Amory case?

Development?

No.

I just thought we'd siftthrough some of the evidence--

get coordinated.

It sounded a little more urgent than that

when you paged me.

Oh, it is.

But if we're going to net thisperpetrator, or perpetrators,

we're going to have to defineareas of responsibility.

No offense meant, but that sounds

a little bureaucratic to me.

[beeper beeping]

Excuse me.

Where was I?

You were talking about bureaucracy.

Oh, yes.

I--

[beeper beeping] Damn.

Excuse me.

SERGEANT REDDING: Something the matter?

No. Why?

Look, if you want topostpone this meeting, we--

No. No.

Everything's fine.

[beeper beeping]

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I do need to attend to this.

You going to need some backup?

Don't worry.

We can handle it ourselves.

Get me the tactical watch commander.

I want to have a team on standby.

[gun clicking]

What's going on?

I don't know, but I want to make sure things

are cleaned up right away.

Meaning?

Meaning we kill them bothnow and pull out of town.

[music playing]

Check the tail.

All right.

[tires screeching]

You just sit tight, honey.

I'll be right back.

Kill her now.

She could still be useful.

No.

Kill her, and make itlook like the kid did it,

then meet us at the dockswith the rest of the shipment.

Something going wrong?

Not if we do things right.

Let's go.

Another hour, and there won't be one

witness or shred of evidenceto tie us to anything.

Now, get a move on and makesure you destroy your computer.

[crying]

Trying to get away from me, huh?

[struggling grunts]

How did you find me?

I put a transmitter on Krantz's car--

the same one he put on mine.

You're starting to think like a hacker.

It was their money Duncanhacked into, wasn't it?

Yeah.

The were-- they weretracking down arm's dealers.

But once they realized howmuch money they could make

by becoming dealers, they started

making big sales on their own.

Well, where's Duncan?

I don't know.

He told them he needed a bigger computer.

He was stalling.

They're going to kill him.

Those account record showed everyone

they'd ever dealt with.

Well, if we had the records, we could

find out where they took him.

Right?

I've got a copy on my hard disk.

Come on.

Are you getting anywhere?

I've got to find the file.

Here it is.

Oh, but there's hundreds ofpayees from this account.

Well, who's the most recent?

And in this city?

The Regent Arms Hotel, a credit

card company, and NationalContainerized Transport,

Incorporated.

National Container-- a shipping company.

That's gotta be it.

Get me Sergeant Redding.

I think we know where Duncan is.

Just keep looking for that money.

Go get Amory.

He still hasn't recoveredthe money for us--

That's because he's been too busy sending

messages to his friends.

Go get him!

We're never gonna make it.

Hold on!

MAN: That's a red light, you idiot!

DUNCAN: Damn!

The traffic lights are all [inaudible]..

We'll never get to Duncan in time.

Maybe I can help.

I talked to a guy on the BBS once

who claimed he'd written a traffic

control program for the city.

BOOKER: You mean these traffic lights

are controlled by computer?

What?

Do you think some guy in a little blue cap

walks around resetting them by hand?

In theory, we could turn allthe traffic lights green.

BOOKER: Then try.

PENNY: Oh.

You've got a lot of transmissionstatic on this thing.

Oh yeah.

Of course, it's made by Teshima.

Will you just get on with it?

[honking horns]

MAN: Jerk!

Where you going?

PENNY: Damn!

This is complicated.

I don't even know what these displays mean.

BOOKER: I can't believe this.

Penny, hurry!

PENNY: I am.

BOOKER: Penny--

PENNY: I'm trying.

I'm trying.

BOOKER: Well, if you're goingto do something, do it now.

OK.

Here goes nothing.

Either the little weaselwas the king of Vaporware,

or every westboundtraffic light in the city

is going to turn to permanent green.

Now--

BOOKER: Are they going to stay green?

PENNY: I think so.

Hang on.

Where's Penny?

Dead.

You can't escape computers.

They can find out anything.

My friends will track you down.

You never had any friends,just echoes on the telephone.

[gun shots]

Over on that side.

Cut them off.

Let me see this.

Here-- can you shut thelights off of that thing?

Maybe.

I think so.

[gun shots]

I've got your friend!

Move in!

BOOKER: Hurry.

PENNY: Here goes.

Yes!

Where are they?

The computer screen!

[gun shots]

Freeze, Krantz.

[police sirens]

Hands in the air, or you're dead.

Now! Now!

Come on!

Do it now.

Let me see the gun.

There you go, Penny.

Don't touch the trigger.

Come on!

Booker, you all right?

Yeah.

We're fine.

In fact, we're very fine.

This turned out pretty well.

Yeah, it took you long enough to get here.

You're lucky we got here.

First, all the traffic lights went screwy,

then the power went outthrough the whole West Side.

The whole West Side?

[chuckling]

You mean the whole West Side went dark.

Yeah, 50,000 homes.

Well, I guess it was luck for you, right?

Yeah.

It was an amazing coincidence.

You know?

I guess when you're hot--

PENNY: Here goes.

--you're hot.

You wanted to see me, Chick?

Booker, yeah, I just wanted to thank

you for handling our little computer

meltdown so efficiently.

No problem.

Of course, there were the usual complaints

from the major municipal offices,

department of power, traffic control--

Yeah, well, it's kind of my trademark.

Yeah.

Well, I explained that to them.

Well, Duncan said he's goingto straighten everything out.

Speaking of Duncan, you mayhave noticed he hasn't been

around the last couple of days.

Yeah, he took Penny to acomputer trade show in Vegas.

Funny thing is, he'sonly been here two months

and he had 18 weeks of vacation time.

Well, I hope he enjoys it,because when he gets back,

he's going to discover that I fired him.

I don't think that's a good idea, Chick.

Well, I put a stoppayment on his last paycheck

about an hour ago.

I really don't think that's a good idea.

Why not?

I just think you're being a little hasty.

CHICK: Maybe you're right.

Get him on the phone.

BOOKER: Who has a phone, Chick?

CHICK: Find it.

BOOKER: I'm looking.

I'm looking, Chick.

CHICK: Booker!

BOOKER: Sorry about that.

[theme, "hot summer night"]

THEME SONG: I feel thebeat on a street tonight.

The lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night, and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night, and it feels so right.

Hot!