All language subtitles for Halt And Catch Fire S02E01

Cleanup is still under way
in both Galveston and Houston

due to the damage caused
by Hurricane Alicia last week.

With storm costs
projected into the billions,

1983 is shaping up to be

the costliest hurricane season
in Texas history.

The death toll
currently stands at 21

with reports of hundreds injured.

The Red Cross...

What are you doing?

- Come play with me.
- Play with yourself. I gotta work.

- You gotta work.
- Joe...

I can't look at code right now.
Come.

It's not as much fun
to beat the computer.

- I want to beat you.
- Why?

It's just better
when you know your enemy.

- Love your enemy.
- Please.

Racing, huh?
Easy win.

We'll see.

- Uh-oh.
- Mm-mm.

Oh, oh, oh!

Joe, that's cheating!

Victory.

Okay, rematch.

Come on.

Oh, you can't do it, can you?

You can't just sit and play
for five minutes.

I'm sorry, I can't.
Not right now.

We gotta keep working on
the Giant's new OS.

COMDEX is closer than we think.
We gotta be ready.

We will be.

Come on,
one more game, please?

Don't play all day.

- Good morning, good morning.
- Good morning.

Hey! Hey, hey, you're getting that shit
everywhere, man.

Uh, pardon our dust,
but expand we must.

- What's going on?
- We're running out of room for cables.

We're stuffing them anywhere we can.

- Morning!
- Including the walls.

Good, great idea.

This guy just opened with F3.

Why is everyone bad at chess?

- Chess is hard.
- I'm hard.

- Um, Parallax just crashed again.
- Oh, God. Find out why.

- Lev, how's our speed?
- The networks are lagging like a bitch.

- Lots of fritzing out from overload.
- Weird.

- Heads up!
- I feel like the new phone lines

we installed should be able
to handle the volume.

No, there's still delay and drop.

Okay, who put
Stormtrooper in microwave?

Oh, Arki, I need the aux LAN online
by noon, okay?

- No problem.
- Oh, God, this is gross.

- Hey, Lev, can we check the wiring?
- Yeah, sure.

I'm redirecting users
over to Tank Battle

while we reload Parallax.

Give me about 15 minutes.

Getting this thing live again
is like launching a yacht.

Can someone please deactivate
the top menu item?

I don't want users blowing the system
trying to enter a game that isn't there.

I'm blowing the system.

Oh, shit.

What?
What is it?

Dude!

Went through a stud.

Great, there goes our security deposit.

We said good-bye to that
a long time ago, boys.

Mutiny support.

Hi, my name is Chet
Jensen, user handle KickAssasaurus.

I'd like to report
a programming error in Parallax.

The narrow hall with
a bunch of mirrors has no door.

- No, not mirrors, holograms.
- Oh, flummoxing.

But if I say,
"Look at hologram,"

it just says, "You see an object,
but it isn't real."

- Okay, can you touch it?
- Hmm, no.

It says, "You put your hand into
the light, but cannot grasp it."

- And there's no way out.
- Okay, well, think about it.

If you can put your hand in
the hologram, what does that mean?

I mean, you have to think about the
physical space of the room, you know?

And remember,
the android sorcerer

is brilliant and cunning.

- Yeah.
- Guys! Hey, Frosty.

- Don't strip any more screws, okay?
- Gotta make 'em tight, real tight.

Oh, my God,
we have got to rewire this.

We can't build the cabinets fast enough.
Wiring's an afterthought.

Wait just a darn minute.

- Can I walk through the hologram?
- Maybe.

Holy cow!
Whoever came up with that is brilliant.

Thank you.
I came up with it.

- You're the creator of Parallax?
- Network problem... serious lag.

That's good, we're popular.

No, I don't know that the server host
can handle the strain,

or even if the modem bank
can stay up with the load.

- Then screw backgammon!
- Thank you.

Hey, hey, hey!
What is going on?!

You guys, cut it out.

Parallax keeps crashing because
his version of backgammon is too big.

- No frickin' way!
- Well, how big is it?

- Over 500K.
- Why does backgammon

have to be half a meg?

It's a square with some circles
and some triangles.

- It could be all the colors.
- Color is good.

Hello!
Our games have to run on phone lines,

not on a plastic cartridge
with a crap ton of memory.

Yeah, and that's why
they keep sucking.

Look, nothing sucks, okay?

Parallax crashes all the time.

Because you installed
a big-ass version of backgammon.

Okay, look, backgammon cannot be the
only reason that we're having problems,

but until we figure it out,

Yo-Yo, just recode it
and make it grayscale, okay?

What? No way!

What was that about?

I think we should
unplug the cabinets.

Figure out a better power solution.

Maybe rewiring everything
more carefully will help with the lag.

You mean take the network offline?

- Yeah, for a couple hours.
- We can't do that.

We're already getting complaints
about the outages.

It's only gonna get slower
if we don't figure out what's wrong.

Donna, no.

- Whatcha playing?
- Another fat-ass game with color.

We blew a breaker, didn't we?

We didn't blow the breaker.

I think we blew the whole block.

Going.

Ripped & Corrected By mstoll

Does your work have you
feeling small and insignificant?

Is it as boring
as a hand full of beans?

Add adventure to your life.

Climb that ladder
and discover the Giant

from Cardiff Electric.

- Personal, portable, affordable.
- Wow.

And now introducing
the Giant's golden egg,

the Giant Professional.

Up to three times faster
than the IBM XT.

And with better
graphical capability

than the Apple Macintosh,

the Giant Pro
puts your business

at the top of the stalk.

Good morning, I'm Chip Rowlett
with "DFW Moneyline,"

and I'm joined by Gordon Clark,

current president of Dallas
mainstay firm Cardiff Electric.

Gordon, thanks so much
for being with us today.

Ahem, thanks for having me, Chip.

So what we just saw
was the latest national spot

for two computers designed over
the last two years by Cardiff Electric.

Uh, yes, and, uh,
that was a lot of fun to do...

But personal computing is only
the latest chapter in Cardiff's history.

In fact, you yourself
were instrumental in the change

- to the business model, weren't you?
- Uh, yes.

- Yes, I was...
- But now Cardiff is closing up shop?

Uh, well, not closing exactly.

I guess we didn't expect
so much success so quickly.

We've been acquired by
a large overseas company.

- Hey, could...
- But you will stay on

- as president, then?
- Hi, could you...

- could you just could you tell him...
- Actually...

I think... I think it's time
for me to move on.

I need to go to
the power company.

- I need to leave.
- Oh, so, sayonara, 9:00 to 5:00, huh?

Uh, I've given serious thought

to starting my own investment firm
out of my garage.

Interesting.
Um, why the garage?

- Uh, because, Chip, uh...
- Uh-huh.

...good ideas don't come out
of a boardroom, do they?

- Very good.
- That was good.

- Gotta go.
- Well, Gordon, again,

thanks so much
for being with us.

We've got a lot more to talk about
in the world of business,

and we'll do that when we come back
right after this.

- Thanks. Thank you.
- Thanks, Gordon. Good job.

Okay, we're back in two, guys.

Let's go.

Hello?

All right.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's good news.

Thank you.

- Who was that?
- My attorney.

The sale went through.

- Really?
- They're giving me my share.

That's fantastic, Joe.

I gotta go up
and pick it up tomorrow.

This is good.

You earned this.

You deserve it.

Don't doubt that for a second.

Just going back there...

- seeing those people...
- I know.

You want me to cancel tonight?

We don't have to
have all these people over.

- No.
- We can just talk it through.

No, it's a good distraction.

- Yeah?
- Okay.

Ten miles.

I can tell.

Okay, so I am male.

Uh, I am in entertainment.

Um, a singer sometimes, right?

- Uh, I'm dead.
- Well, allegedly you're dead.

Oh, allegedly.

Okay. Damn it.

Um, okay, let me think.

Uh, I am, uh...
Oh, oh, what's his name?

From "Taxi," Andy Kaufman?

Finally!

I was Andy Kaufman.

And I was Big Bird, so I guess
we make quite the couple.

Evan told me on the way over here

- that you two met at a planetarium?
- You tell it.

All right, well, um...

Well, we... we knew each other
in school.

We were just friends, though.
We met in a rhetoric course.

We argued all the time.

Well, 'cause you were wrong
most of the time.

Um, I mean, we kind of
lost touch after school.

Uh, and as you guys know,
last year was a rough year for me.

Anyway, uh,
this assignment came through

from "Texas Monthly"
to go profile Fiske Observatory,

live up there for a while,
and getting out of town

seemed like a good thing to me
at that point, so I did,

and I started writing
about their SETI program.

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

- Oh.
- Yep, yep.

And so there I was,
searching the skies,

waiting for contact.

- And Joe...
- Then Joe walked through the door.

- What do you do, Joe?
- I worked at IBM for a long time

and then I... I, uh, was in
personal computers here in Texas.

- And then I got out of it.
- How come?

I needed to reevaluate.

At the time, I-I thought I was
unhappy with the project,

but in hindsight, I realized
I was just unhappy with myself.

So I guess that's what
I've been working on.

Well, Joe is being very modest.

Um, what he didn't tell you

is he took this tiny
regional company

and turned it into a national competitor
for PCs almost overnight.

- Wow.
- He's driving up to Dallas tomorrow

to collect his share of
the company sale.

- But that's not the whole story.
- No, it... it's not.

But the outcome is the same.

So what are you gonna do
with all that dough?

- I'm going to start my own company.
- Well, that's great.

- Here?
- No, in California.

- In Silicon Valley.
- What?

- Oh, you're moving?
- Nothing is written in stone.

But we're really excited.

My point is, the past is past,

but tomorrow is tomorrow.

This is ridiculous.

I wonder how often
the power goes out at Atari.

Oh, finally.

Okay, what is that?

Uh, Cameron fixed
our power problem.

Yeah, we just ran extension cords
to the outdoor sockets next door.

Okay, please tell me that you asked
the Andersons' permission

- to siphon off their meter.
- Donna, the Andersons are loaded.

Think of it as
trickle-down electricity.

This is a bigger problem
than you might think.

Dallas Power and Light knows that
we overrode our circuit breaker.

City Planning is probably
on its way with a notice

saying that the house isn't zoned
for commercial use.

We're facing all kinds of fines,

so it would be really great
if we stop breaking more laws

on top of the ones
we've already broken.

Donna, power is power,
and we can handle the fines, okay?

The only real issue is the lag,

and we can fix that with
more network equipment and PCs.

I'll call my guy tonight and see
if he has any more XTs in the warehouse.

- Problem solved.
- Okay, that's a patch, not a fix.

Yes, which is what we need to hold us
over until we can fix it for real.

Power company on line one.

Do you want me?

The winner is F. Murray Abraham.

Shoot, Eddie Murphy should've won
for "Beverly Hills Cop."

I don't know who that Salieri is.

That's the whole point.
He's not Mozart.

- Two Shiners.
- Walker Red, rocks.

- Put it on his tab.
- Yeah, we're unemployed.

- Hey, man.
- Hey, Stan.

Don't worry about those guys.
They're not actually unemployed.

Larry's interviewing at Tandy,
and Ed's likely going to EDS.

He's probably just pissed 'cause
he'll be at a place called "Ed's,"

but he won't own it.

- Get it? Ed's?
- Yeah, no, I-I got it, Stan.

But-but you have to understand

that we weren't intentionally
trying to damage it.

Hey, they just got Dig Dug II
at the arcade.

Look, I know that we use a lot, but...
Yes, I'll hold.

- Amazing!
- Hey, guys, wait up.

Donna?
Do you wanna go with them?

What? No. No, I have to
take care of this anyway.

If you want to go,
you don't have to wait for them to ask.

- You can just go.
- Oh, yeah?

Well, then who's gonna deal
with the power company?

I don't know.
Let them send a bill.

- It'll take care of itself.
- That's great.

That's a really amazing system
you've discovered.

- Do you have a problem?
- Yeah, Cameron, I do.

You made this a place without a boss,
and that sounds really nice,

but what that translates into
is a bunch of crap

falling through the cracks
that I end up having to deal with.

God, well, if you're so good
at dealing with it,

then why don't you just keep being the
savior we all supposedly need so much?

Because I don't want to be
the mom here.

Look, I do that at home.

I came here to do
what I love,

and I don't love dealing with
the power company.

- Donna.
- And I don't love managing

the checkbook to make sure
we don't overdraw.

And I don't love playing wet nurse
to a bunch of coders

- who act more like kindergarteners...
- Then don't do those things!

Nobody asked you to!
Jesus.

Damn it.

I did everything I could to
keep things going, but Nathan...

Nathan wanted to sell.

You know, I-I-I fought
for everyone's jobs, I really did.

You don't have to apologize for
making out like a bandit in the sale.

- Oh, God.
- Man, I'd have done the same thing

if I were in your shoes.
Before you took over,

I was updating
system software packages.

After you,
we built two machines

in two years from the ground up.

The Pro was just a Giant
with a bag on the side of it.

The Pro was amazing.
The Giant was amazing.

I would never have gotten
the opportunity to do any of it

if it weren't for you.

Gosh, you remember that one night
when you couldn't find the music?

- What?
- Remember?

We were three weeks deep
on debugging the Pro.

It was maybe 4:00 a.m.
We're in the kill room.

You couldn't focus
because you were convinced

somebody was cranking
"Dream Weaver" in the parking lot.

- So you go out to check...
- What?

Yeah, you go outside, you check,
you come back in,

you take a ceiling tile out,
and you climb up into the ceiling.

Remember?
Come on, it was amazing.

Yeah.

Yeah, I... sort of.

- When was this?
- I mean, I think it was you.

Jesus, we were all
so coked out of our minds

trying to hit those deadlines,
who knows?

You know, Donna,
I'm feeling really good about it.

I mean, this really is the best way
that this chapter could've ended.

- Can I have...
- Here, cream, two sugars.

- Oh, thank you.
- Now I got time.

And time is such a valuable,
precious resource.

And now I got boatloads of it,

- you know?
- Yeah, that's great.

I can start this investment thing and...

- Oh, my keys?
- Oh, couch.

- Try the cushion by the lamp.
- Thank you.

But you know what I'm gonna
spend it on first is our kids.

And I know I've been
saying that for a long time,

but this time, I really mean it.

I mean, did you know that Joanie
can sing all the lyrics to "Hey, Jude"?

I mean, I'm sorry, isn't that incredible?

- Wait, where are the girls?
- It's absolutely phenom...

- They're dressed and in the car.
- Oh, good.

- Oh, my God.
- What?

The closing. Gordon, it's today.
I completely forgot.

It's okay, it's okay.
Look, I'm just gonna go in.

I'm gonna sign my name.
It's not a big deal.

And collect an incredible
amount of money.

You really did it.
You worked so hard.

- I'm really proud of you.
- Yeah.

Look at this.

Their Tank Battle round
timed out 15 minutes ago

and they're still talking to each other
in the chat box.

Well, I've seen users do it longer.

They're paying five bucks an hour

just so they can talk about
what they're doing over spring break?

Hey, I'm gonna go meet my XT guy.

- You good?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

Good.

Of course.

Of course you'd show up
for your piece of the pie.

Unbelievable.

To keep this efficient,
I'll be calling out shareholders,

starting with the largest first.

Once you hear your name,
please enter the conference room,

sign the documents we've laid out
for you, and you'll receive your checks.

Ronald, Frank, and Garrett Cardiff.

Did you get my letter?

How was Shangri-La?

It's good. Healthy.

Representatives of
Sunningdale Holdings Limited.

Nathan's making a mistake
selling off so soon.

Company's worth at least 20% more
than this valuation.

Well, I think it was a mistake
to burn a truck full of our computers

and then go running off
into the woods.

- A lot of mistakes.
- A lot, yeah.

A lot of mistakes.

The estate of Nicholas Mundy.

You know, honestly,
I'm just glad it's over.

I mean, last year was a grind.

Nothing like it was before.

Although,
that wasn't much fun either.

Second machine was a lateral move.

Less inspired.

The new owners
didn't even want the machines,

they just wanted the patents
so they could build something better.

The Pro wasn't that bad.

"Not that bad."

You know, we should've
put that on the box.

Gordon Clark?

- And sign right there.
- Ahem. Nathan.

Just sign on page three.

So I can just take this to the bank?

Yes, that's still how checks work.

All right, then.
Thanks for the memories.

Joe MacMillan.

Just sit there.

And just sign on page three.

This is your cut

minus the first shipment
that you burned.

You get nothing.

Not one red cent.

Now, you go ahead and you sue
my ass if you want to,

because I'd love nothing better
than to tell a jury what you did here.

You destroy lives.

You cost dozens of good,
honest people their jobs.

You sent my SVP of Sales,

my friend John Bosworth,
to prison, and for what?

A doorstop of a computer

with a fancy screen
and no legacy.

Some folks say
this sale's a success.

I think my father would've called it
cutting the nuts off of a bull

and turning it into a steer.

It's good you're getting out now.

What?

Something's coming.

It's gonna be big,
and it won't include this place.

And it certainly won't include you.

You entitled little bastard.

You just keep going on believing
your own bullshit if you need to,

but you're always gonna be

the same selfish
son-of-a-bitch rustler

trying to get his.

You stay healthy, Nathan.

So...

what are you gonna do
with your share?

I don't...

You?

Uh...

I think I'm probably gonna
head back into the garage.

- Get my hands dirty.
- Good for you.

You're a builder.
That's what you should do.

Thanks for the letter.

You said that I didn't have to wait
to be asked.

Lev told me where you were.

He's always late.

Oh, I was just I was supposed to go
to dinner with Gordon to celebrate.

- What?
- Oh, it's his last day at Cardiff.

Wow.

Love to see a wrecking ball
swing through that place.

Oh, here we go.

How do you know this guy again?

He plays Parallax,
sells secondhand equipment.

Fine, he's a fence.

Mamacitas.

The gear is here.

- Do you mind if I get in here?
- No.

- You said XTs, I got XTs.
- Yeah.

What's with "Mrs. Garrett"?

- Excuse me?
- She's cool.

They're both pretty banged up.

I mean, this one doesn't have
either of its video cards.

- Yeah, but we have more, right?
- They're not hard to find.

I'm just saying that
the price should come down a little.

This is retail, not wholesale.

Oh, well,
technically they're stolen.

Donna, what is wrong with you?

You want the XTs or not?

Do you mind if I plug these in?
I brought a power inverter.

Yeah, I do mind.

- Yeah, okay, we'll take them.
- Three grand.

Oh, 500.

These things list for 7,500 each.

Yeah, we're not paying list.

That's pretty ballsy,

the two of you out here... alone.

Yeah.

Okay.

Here you go.

You ladies look me up post-Armageddon.

Especially you, Mrs. Garrett.

- Well, it sounds functional.
- Wow!

- What the hell?
- Hang on. Flashlight.

It's a counterfeit.

- Can we still use them?
- Can you code in Chinese?

He ripped us off.

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Mommy isn't coming, is she?

No, Mommy's got to work late again.

Hey, we could still go celebrate.

Y'all wanna go get
some ice cream for dinner?

- Y'all wanna go to Braum's?
- Yeah!

- Whatever you want?
- Yes!

- Yeah, all right! All right, let's go.
- Yes!

We'll get some vanilla ice cream,

- hot fudge, and bananas.
- Yes!

Daddy, are we rich now?

I'm not quite sure how to answer
that question, sweetheart.

Well, are we millionaires?

Mm, with some smart investments

in the next four or five years,
yeah, we certainly could be.

- Can we buy an elephant?
- Maybe.

- I mean, theoretically.
- So, can we?

Well, you never wanna get
just one elephant.

Elephants are sensitive creatures,

and if you just get one,
then it'll get lonely.

You got to get at least
two elephants.

And, frankly, sweetheart,
I don't think we have the room.

If we're rich now,

then why does Mommy
have to work so late?

You know what?
That's a good question.

Daddy, your nose.

- Daddy!
- Hmm?

Oh. Oh, my God.

I'm okay. I'm okay, girls.
I'll be right back.

Jesus, I remember
the first time I met you.

Just a perfect Dillard's
catalogue businesswoman

with big judging eyes.

Oh, I wasn't judging.

I'm just used to looking at Gordon.

Oh, where is this asshole?

- You're just as intimidating.
- No.

You know you are.
You pride yourself on it.

You remember when
we launched the network?

Took four days straight to get it live.

Like raising a barn.

And Parallax
wouldn't boot from the menu.

You know, halfway through, a bunch of
us thought it was never gonna happen.

We were done.
Mutiny was over before it even started.

But not you.
You didn't give up.

Yeah.

Well, it was intense.

So...

you think...
I should be the boss.

I think someone should be.

Look, I know we're doing fine,
but this point right now

is when most companies
like us go under.

We're plateauing.

We need to grow in a big way

or we're not gonna make it.

Okay, well,
we can't let that happen.

We're in dire need of
some major essentials.

We need more users.
Our subscriptions have topped out.

We need another game.

We haven't put anything out in,
what, six months?

Yes, I know, Donna,
but I need to wait for the right idea.

And we need to expand the network

because buying stolen XTs

isn't gonna cut it anymore.

You're right.

You're... yes, you're totally right.

But here's the thing... I...

I'm not interested
in being in charge.

I want to work.
I want to do my thing.

I'm not interested in...
product managing.

Well, I'm not either.

Look, I've been watching people chat
on the network while they're playing,

sometimes even after
for hours on end,

and I think
there's a real opportunity

for a community to exist
outside the games.

So, if you just help me
with the managerial side,

then I can play around with that

and still keep my hands
in the guts of the network,

and I'm a happy camper.

The son of a bitch.

Hey, dickhead.

Those computers you sold us
were counterfeit.

- Bummer.
- We want our money back.

- Sorry, ladies.
- Uh, no, 500 on the bar now.

Come here.

Joe!

Okay, okay,
we're sorry we bothered you.

- Good-bye.
- Okay.

Well, I think we pushed our luck
about as far as it's gonna go.

What?
How did you...

Hey, that little shit

has two brand-new XTs
back here in boxes.

What?!

Leave the money,
just grab the gear.

Open the trunk!

Give it to me.

Okay, I got it.

- Hey! Scavengers!
- Go!

Hey, you still want my number?

What the hell?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You all right?
- Yep.

What happened to your nose?

- Allergies.
- Mm.

We missed you at dinner.

- I know, I'm sorry.
- It's fine.

We'll just go out
next time I sell a company.

- Are you drunk?
- I'm fine.

Work just went... oh, I don't know.
Work went insane.

I... I got you a slice
of Braum's pecan pie.

- Oh. Thanks.
- It's in the fridge.

You mind if I just save it?
I'm exhausted.

- I'm gonna go crash.
- Yeah, sure.

Hey, Donna?

Yeah?

- This is good, right?
- Hmm?

Sell... selling Cardiff,
you know, moving on.

Right?

Yeah, it's very good.

Yeah, I just...

And besides,

it wasn't up to you.

Hey.

I was getting worried.

Did everything go okay?

At dinner last night...

do you believe those things
you said about me?

Of course I do.

Yes, I left some details out.

I didn't say
that you hurt a lot of people

or that you lied your way
through the door...

but you made that company
what it is today.

I didn't get the money.

They shut me out.

Well...

we don't need the money.

Marry me.

What?

- Why?
- Because I love you.

Or because I was
the first person to forgive you?

I get that you're scared.
You've been down this road before.

Marry me.

Yes.

Ripped & Corrected By mstoll