The Outer Limits (1995) s07e19 Episode Script
The Tipping Point
1 [ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
YO, ANDY, BRYCE, LET ME CALL YOU BACK, I JUST HIT LEVEL 12, I'M AT THE OFFICE, GOOD FOR YOU, LET ME CALL YOU BACK, SHUT UP AND LISTEN, ANDY, WE'RE IN DANGER, ALL OF US, I FOUND SOMETHING, IT'S CALLED, ,, IT'S CALLED PROMETHEUS, COME ON, MAN, I'M SO NOT IN THE MOOD FOR ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THIS ISN'T THEORY, IT'S FACT, I'M DOWNLOADING THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, YOU'RE WHAT? BRYCE, THAT'S ALL PROPRIETARY, COLE'S GOING TO FREAK WHEN HE FINDS OUT, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME, ANDY, MY ONLY CHANCE IS TO, ,, [ RUMBLING .]
OH, NO, WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG? THEY'RE HERE, WHO'S THERE? BRYCE? BRYCE! COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, FASTER, HURRY, HURRY! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMP TO ADJUST THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEI, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, WHEN WE ARE AWAKE AND INTELLEC WITHIN OUR MACHINES, WILL WE ENTER A NEW ENLIGHTENED AGE OR A MUCH DARKER ONE? HEY, YOU, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF GRIEF, OH, YEAH? YEAH, YOUR COWORKERS DON'T LIKE BEING SHOWN UP, ONLY TWO WEEKS HERE AND EVAN'S BROUGHT YOU IN ON HIS PET PROJECT, AND OF COURSE EVERYONE'S BLAMING ME BECAUSE I BROUGHT YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WELL, I CAN'T HELP I IF EVERYONE HERE IS THREATENED BY MY TRUE GENIUS, I THINK IT'S YOUR MODESTY THAT'S REALLY GETTING TO THEM, HERE I TOLD EVERYONE MEGAN RECOMMENDED YOU FOR PURELY PROFESSIONAL REASONS, HEY, BRAINIAC, YOU READY FOR HOOPS? YEAH, I'M THERE, I JUST HAVE TO CHECK WITH EVAN ABOUT SOMETHING, OF COURSE YOU DO, WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT CHECKING IN WITH EVAN, SEE? YOU KNOW, YOU TWO ARE, ,, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? OH, YEAH, PATHETIC, [ KNOCKING .]
COME IN, HEY, EVAN, HEY, ZACH, HOW'S EVERYTHING? OH, GOOD, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A PROTOTYPE FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS YET, YOU HASH OUT THAT CODE FOR ME? UH, YEAH, YEAH, EXCELLENT, ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, THE CODE, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH SENSE, OH, YEAH? I MEAN, I KNOW I ONLY HAVE PART OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, IT SEEMS TO BE CONTRADICTORY, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE PART OF THE PROGRAM, DON'T WORRY, IF YOU FOLLOWED THE PARAMETERS, IT'LL BE FINE, JUST E-MAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL TAKE A LOOK, IT'S IN YOUR MAILBOX, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU'VE GROOVED IN REALLY WELL HERE, I THINK MEGAN WAS RIGHT, WELL, THANKS, ALTHOUGH I COULD USE SOMETHING A BIT MORE CHALLENGING, MORE CHALLENGING? OKAY, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, COOL, I'LL SEE YOU, EVAN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DISAPPEARED? I MEAN, LIKE, POOF, LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOUND, IN FIVE YEARS OF WORKING AT QUANITRON, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY VANISH LIKE THAT, YEAH, EVAN FLIPPED, HE THOUGHT BRYCE HAD TAKEN SECRETS, THEN SOLD THEM, BRYCE TOLD ME HE WAS DOWNLOADING MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, WHOA, WHAT FOR? WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR, HE GOT SPOOKED ABOUT SOMETHING, RAN AWAY, AND NEVER CAME BACK, MY SECURITY TEAM DID A SWEEP OF THE SYSTEM, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS, NOTHING, HIS APARTMENT? WHEN HE LEFT, HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND, THE PLACE WASN'T JUST SPOTLESS, IT WAS STRIPPED, THAT SOUNDS WEIRD, THAT'S NOT THE HALF OF IT, HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CONSPIRACIES, SOME COMPUTER PROGRAM NAMED PROMETHEUS, WEIRD STUFF, MAN, THE GUY WAS REALLY SCARED, AND YOU DIDN' TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY? WELL, YOU HAD TO KNOW BRYCE, I MEAN, HE GOT PRETTY WEIRD NEAR THE END, THERE, HE STARTED SAYING HIS COMPUTER WAS WATCHING HIM, AND WOULDN'T GET INTO ELEVATORS, IF YOU ASK ME, I'D SAY BRYCE IS A PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC, WHERE DO YOU EVEN GET THAT FROM, GENIUS? GIVE ME THE BALL, WE'VE GOT TO WRAP THIS UP, OH! NOTHING BUT NET, I'M NOT VOUCHING FOR THE FOOD, WHAT? DIDN'T YOU TAKE THA COURSE ON SAUTEEING AT MIT? ACTUALLY, MY DOCTORAL THESIS WAS ON HOW TO GET OU THOSE REALLY PESKY STAINS, REMEMBER? WELL, THE FOOD LOOKS GREAT, MEGAN, THANKS FOR DOING THIS, HOW WAS YOUR BASKETBALL GAME TODAY? UM, IT WAS NOT BAD, NOT BAD, WE TALKED ABOUT BRYCE, YEAH, ANDY WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM, IT'S A REAL SHAME, I GUESS HE JUST COULDN' HANDLE THE PRESSURE, THERE'S A LOT OF SECRECY AND SECURITY MEASURES AT A COMPANY LIKE QUANITRON, NOT TO MENTION THE KILLER DEADLINES, WELL, BRYCE APPARENTLY TALKED ABOU THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM CALLED PROMETHEUS, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? NO, IF IT'S SOMETHING AT QUANITRON, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT, WHATEVER IT IS, IT FREAKED HIM OUT, YEAH, WELL, I THINK BRYCE IS A BIT NUTS TO BEGIN WITH, HE'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP AT THE AIRPORT AS A HARE KRISHNA ASKING FOR DONATIONS OR SOMETHING, ENOUGH ABOUT BRYCE, ZACH, I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU FOUND YOUR PLACE HERE, JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, WELL, YOU CAN WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, WHAT SMILE? COME ON, THAT AREN'T-I-GREAT- FOR-FIXING-YOUR-LIFE-FOR-YOU SMILE, WELL, AREN'T I? WHO SAID MY LIFE NEEDED FIXING? YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT, YOU WERE GETTING A REPUTATION, WELL, GENIUS IS TEMPERAMENTAL, WHAT CAN I SAY? YEAH, WELL, THERE'S TEMPERAMENTAL AND THEN THERE'S TEMPERAMENTAL, WELL, I PROMISE TO BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR TONIGHT, I HOPE NOT, [ GLASS SHATTERING .]
ANYBODY THERE? [ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
HELLO? HELLO? [ DIAL TONE .]
ZACH! GOD, YOU NEED TO HELP ME, HOW'D YOU GET IN HERE? THEY'RE AFTER ME, ZACH, WHO? AND WHAT'S WITH THE STUPID GLASS, ,, ARE YOU THE ONE WHO STOOD ME UP ON THE COURTS? I COULDN'T COME, OKAY? THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY'RE INVISIBLE AND THEY'RE WATCHING, THROUGH YOUR PHONES, COMPUTER, EVERYWHERE, BRYCE WAS RIGHT, ZACH, HE WAS RIGHT! WHOA, OKAY, PUT THE GUN DOWN, MAN, COME ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE FOLLOWING ME, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO STOP THEM, BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, OKAY, YOU NEED TO HELP ME, OKAY? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST, WHY ME? THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YOU YET, WHO? WHO? THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL ME, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE CALLING THE COPS, NO COPS! OKAY, OKAY, OKAY! OKAY, JUST RELAX, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I NEED TO GET ACCESS TO THE MAINFRAME, ROOT ACCESS TO THE MAINFRAME AT QUANITRON? NO CAN DO, MAN, NOT WITHOUT THE CODES, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU STARTED AS A HACKER, THAT YOU HACKED INTO THE PENTAGON'S DATABASE AT 14, I AM A PROGRAMMER NOW, OKAY, JUST LIKE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO QUANITRON LATE TONIGH AND GET INTO THE INTRAOFFICE NETWORK, WHY? PROMETHEUS! BRYCE WAS RIGHT, IT EXISTS, AND IT'S, ,, THEY'RE HERE, ANDY, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? ANDY! ANDY? NO! ANDY! [ GUNSHOTS .]
[ SCREAMING .]
ANDY? ANDY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? HE WAS AGITATED, HE SAID PEOPLE WERE AFTER HIM, WHAT PEOPLE? LIKE I SAID, HE DIDN'T KNOW, OH, MY GOD, ZACH, ,, ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, I'M FINE, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS, MISS, ,, RILEY, MEGAN RILEY, WE WORK TOGETHER, I CALLED HER, ANY IDEA WHY MR, WILSON WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? NO, I'D LIKE YOU TO COME BY TOMORROW AND GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR, BENNETT, SOMETIMES THINGS COME BACK ONCE YOU GET A LITTLE DISTANCE, YEAH, SURE, THAT'S NO PROBLEM, THANKS, LIEUTENANT, LOOK, YOU CAN' STAY HERE TONIGHT, NOT AFTER ALL THIS, I WANT YOU TO COME HOME WITH ME, I STILL CAN'T FORGE THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY THAT SCARED, LET'S GET YOU OUT OF HERE, YEAH, GUYS, GO, GO ON, I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLEANED UP HERE, THANKS, LOGAN, I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? HMM, ,,HACKER, WHERE DO YOU WORK? THE NUTHOUSE, WHAT IS OCCAM'S RAZOR? EASY, THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION IS USUALLY THE RIGHT ONE, HOW DO YOU, ,, DEFINE THE EQUATION F: S2-S2, COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK, A GLOBAL FUNCTION OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA, I'M NOT AFRAID OF DEATH, TRUE OR FALSE, WHAT TYPE OF GAME IS THIS? WHO SAID IT WAS A GAME? INTERACTIVE, INTERESTING, WHO ARE YOU? I'M A FRIEND, ZACH, WHAT? HOW DO YOU KNOW MY REAL NAME? YOU ARE IN DANGER, OKAY, THAT'S IT, THEY ARE WATCHING YOU, ANDY'S DEATH WAS NOT A SUICIDE, IT WAS A MURDER, HEY, I MISSED YOU LAST NIGHT, DID YOU GE MY MESSAGES? ZACH? YEAH, UH, YEAH, SORRY, I, UM, ,, PREOCCUPIED, OKAY, I'M OFFICIALLY WORRIED ABOUT YOU, LISTEN TO ME, I'VE, I'VE GOT, ,, YOU EVER HEAR OF A WEBSITE CALLED FIDELIS VERES? TRUE VISION? NO, WHY? I GOT ON THIS SITE LAST NIGHT, AND IT ASKED ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS, AND IT KNEW MY NAME, THOUGH I HADN'T TOLD IT, IT SAID I WAS BEING WATCHED, BY WHO? I HAVE NO IDEA, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LOOK, GUYS, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH INTEROFFICE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT IF IT STARTS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE WORK, WELL, ,, NO, NO, WE WERE JUST CONFERRING ON A PROBLEM, EVAN, OH, I SEE, YOU SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY? YEAH, IT'S FINE, YEAH, MEGAN WAS JUST HELPING ME WITH SOME CODE, THAT'S ALL, OH, REALLY? WITHOUT YOUR COMPUTER? SEE, WE LIKE TO KEEP THOSE PUPPIES ON, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO WORK ON THEM, I HAD TO TURN THE THING OFF, THE PROGRAM FROZE, YEAH, I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WELL, IF I CAN TEAR MEGAN AWAY FOR A MOMENT, I THINK SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW ME, THE RESULTS OF THE NEW BETA TESTING, OH, GOD, OF COURSE, SORRY, LATER, THIS IS STUPID, [ BEEPING .]
HELLO, ZACH, THAT'S VERY CLEVER, YOU'RE A HOLOGRAM BEING GENERATED BY WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, OBVIOUSLY, FROM A TRANSMITTER SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR ME, WHO ARE YOU? HOW'D YOU GET INTO MY APARTMENT? YOU CAN CALL ME MERLIN, TO REVEAL MY TRUE IDENTITY WOULD BE DANGEROUS, WHY? EVAN COLE IS CREATING A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALLOW ANY COMPUTER TO INSTANTANEOUSLY TALK TO ANY OTHER COMPUTER, SO? HE'S TRYING TO REACH THE TIPPING POINT, OKAY, IF HE CAN ACHIEVE INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS, HE BELIEVES THEY MAY AC AS NEURONS WITHIN A BRAIN, CREATING ENOUGH COMPUTING POWER TO INITIATE A CONSCIOUSNESS? THE TIPPING POINT, IN WHICH NONTHINKING COMPUTERS MERGE INTO A THINKING INTELLIGENCE, IF COLE CAN ACHIEVE IT, HE CAN CONTROL EVERY NATION'S DEFENSE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS, EVERY FINANCIAL MARKET, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB, SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THAT HE'S GOING TO RULE THE WORLD BY USING COMPUTERS? WE NEED TO TELL THE POLICE, THE FBI, SOMEBODY, AND WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? WHAT PROOF WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? IT WOULD SOUND AS RIDICULOUS TO THEM AS IT JUST DID TO YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I SHOULD BELIEVE YOU, DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW I'M TELLING THE TRUTH, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? THE DISK THAT CAME WITH THE GLASSES CONTAINS A HIGHLY ENCRYPTED VIRUS, ONE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO DESTROY THE PROMETHEUS PROGRAM, THE VIRUS NEEDS TO BE INSERTED INTO THE MAINFRAME AT QUANITRON AT THE HIGHEST SECURITY LEVEL, WHICH YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THROUGH THE COMPUTER IN EVAN'S OFFICE, YEAH, THAT'S A PIECE OF CAKE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, IF THE VIRUS ON THAT DISK DOESN'T SUCCEED, THE SOFTWARE YOU PROVIDE US WITH WILL BE INVALUABLE IN CREATING A NEW VIRUS, IS THAT IT? BE CAREFUL, TRUST NO ONE, NOTHING, EXCEPT WHAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE GLASSES, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, UH, ,, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, I KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE LAST NIGHT, AND THESE ARE IDENTICAL TO ANDY'S GLASSES THE NIGHT, ,, YEAH, YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THEM AT THE STATION, ANDY WASN'T WEARING ANY GLASSES, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH HIS THINGS, OH, GOD, WELL, THEY WERE THERE, I SAW THEM, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE GLASSES BEFORE THIS? I FORGOT, I'M SORRY, OKAY? I WAS FREAKED OUT THAT NIGHT, AND YOU THINK THAT DISCOVERING THIS PROMETHEUS PROGRAM IS WHAT LED TO ANDY'S DEATH? WELL, YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY THING HE AND BRYCE BOTH TALKED ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW ANDY WILSON WAS DEEP IN DEBT, HE'D BEEN TREATED FOR DEPRESSION, YEAH, YOU GOT ALL THA OFF THE WEB, RIGHT? IT'S ALL NICE AND TIDY, ISN'T IT? I COULD GET INTO YOUR PERSONAL FILES AT THE STATION RIGHT NOW, I COULD ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, CHANGE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD, I'M JUST SAYING I COULD, EVEN IF I COULD MANAGE TO GET A WARRAN TO GO THROUGH COLE'S MAINFRAME, WHICH WON'T BE EASY, BY THE WAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, IF YOU CAN GET ME ACCESS TO THOSE FILES, I CAN SEE THE CODE FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND TELL YOU WHETHER OR NO THIS THING REALLY EXISTS, IF YOU DO THAT, COLE WILL FIRE YOU, GET THE WARRANT, I'M SORRY, MAN, MY HEAD IS JUST NOT IN THIS, IT'S OKAY, MINE, EITHER, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU, YEAH? YEAH, ABOUT ANDY, I TOLD THE COPS EVERYTHING, I KNOW, I KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS WILL SOUND LIKE DENIAL, BUT I JUST DON'T BUY THIS SUICIDE STUFF, ANDY WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, THERE'S NO WAY HE WAS THE TYPE TO EAT A GUN, THE COPS SAID HE HAD DEBT, HE WAS DEPRESSED, OH, BULL, THE GUY HAD ONE CREDIT CARD, LIVED LIKE A HERMIT, THERE'S NO WAY WAS HE DEPRESSED, DOESN'T FIT, YOU SAW HIM THAT NIGHT, DID HE SEEM SUICIDAL TO YOU? NO, HE DIDN'T, LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY, BUT I THINK EVAN MIGH HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ANDY'S DEATH, MAYBE HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS PROMETHEUS PROGRAM THAT BRYCE TOLD ANDY ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE, ZACH, AND I'M GOING TO FIND OU WHAT IT IS, HOMICIDE, UM, DETECTIVE SAUNDERS, UM, ,,HOLD, PLEASE, DETECTIVE GRAYSON, ACTUALLY, I'M HOLDING FOR DETECTIVE SAUNDERS, I'M SORRY, DETECTIVE SAUNDERS IS DEAD, WHAT? I JUST, ,,I JUST TALKED TO HIM, WELL, THERE WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT, AND I'M TAKING OVER HIS WORKLOAD FOR NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH, MR, ,, [ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
[ ANOTHER TELEPHONE RINGING .]
[ SEVERAL TELEPHONES RINGING .]
[ KNOCKING .]
COMING, I'M COMING, OH, ZACH, I'M SORRY, MAN, I CAN'T GO HOME OR TO MEGAN'S, I DON'T WANT TO BRING HER INTO THIS, DO YOU HAVE A GUN? WAIT, WHY? I DON'T KNOW IF A GUN WILL WORK AGAINST THESE, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE MADE OUT OF ELECTRICITY OR SOME KIND OF MICROWAVE ENERGY, WHAT THINGS, AND WHAT'S WITH THOSE GLASSES? MERLIN SENT THESE, LOOK, HE WAS RIGHT, LOGAN, ABOUT EVERYTHING, WHO THE HELL IS MERLIN? ZACH, WHAT'S GOING ON? PROMETHEUS, ALL RIGHT? IT EXISTS, ANDY AND BRYCE KNEW ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DEAD, NOW I KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME, WHO? EVAN? YES, EVAN, EVAN KILLED ANDY AND BRYCE, OH, I KNEW IT, SIT DOWN, LET ME GET YOU A DRINK, I DON'T WANT A DRINK, MAN, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO CALL THE COPS, THAT DETECTIVE, HE'S DEAD, TOO, LOGAN, I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS, AND NOW HE'S DEAD, LOOK, MERLIN SAID TO TRUST NO ONE, I'M RISKING YOUR LIFE BY EVEN BEING HERE, WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS OURSELVES, OKAY, OKAY, NOW, ONCE PROMETHEUS GOES OPERATIONAL, EVAN WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL EVERY COMPUTER, NOW, WE'VE GOT TO STOP HIM BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT, I'M WITH YOU, BUT HOW? I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY OF BREAKING BACK INTO QUANITRON, I'VE GOT TO DOWNLOAD THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, NOW, CAN YOU GET ME IN? YEAH, YEAH, I CAN, BUT IT'S NO GOING TO BE TONIGHT, I'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CALLS, I KNOW SOME GUYS WHO ARE REAL GOOD AT BREAKING INTO PLACES AND NOT GETTING CAUGHT, NOW, YOU DON'T GO HOME TONIGHT, AND DON'T GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING, TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL BREAK IN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DIVERSION, SOMETHING TO DRAW THEIR ATTENTION, LET ME WORK ON THIS, OKAY? ZACH, DON'T WORRY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE BASTARDS, YEAH, IN THE MEANTIME, YOU SHOULD GET SOME SLEEP, [ BEEPING .]
OH, NO, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A, UH, PROTOTYPE OF SOMETHING I'M NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS YET, OH, COME ON, WHAT THE HELL? OH, GOD! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I'VE BEEN CALLING YOU ALL NIGHT, WH, ,, WHAT? TURN YOUR HEAD, THE OTHER WAY, MERLIN SAID TO TRUST NO ONE, OKAY, COME HERE, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT BEING MONITORED, YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM, ABOUT MERLIN? I SUSPECTED YOU TALKED TO HIM TODAY, TOO, BUT I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING, I HAD TO BE SURE, THANK GOD, HOW DID YOU FIRS FIND OUT ABOUT HIM? IT'S BEEN AWHILE, BUT SINCE BRYCE, I'VE BEEN AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING, I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, NO, I UNDERSTAND, LOOK, LOGAN IS IN ON IT, OKAY? HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, OH, MY GOD, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'VE GOT TO GET OU OF THIS APARTMENT, THEY'RE SURE TO COME LOOKING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, MY GUESS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING ME TO GO BACK TO QUANITRON TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND INSERT THIS VIRUS, I'M GOING WITH YOU, YOU CAN'T, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS, IF THEY CATCH US, WE'RE DONE, SO I WANT YOU TO MEET ME IN FOUR HOURS IN THAT PARK BY THE BASKETBALL COURTS, OKAY, WHERE ARE YOUR GLASSES? I LEFT THEM AT LOGAN'S, TAKE THESE, NO, YOU NEED THEM, YOU CAN GIVE BRING THEM BACK TO ME IN THE PARK, IF I DON'T MEET YOU YOU WILL, YOU GET OUT OF THIS CITY, YOU GET AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN, THEN TELL THE FBI EVERYTHING, YOU PROMISE ME THAT, I PROMISE, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY MERLIN GOT YOU INTO THIS, MEGAN, I'M SCARED, ZACH, SO AM I, ALL RIGHT, GET OUT OF HERE, HELLO, ZACH, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU, PROMETHEUS? DON'T LOOK SO SURPRISED, I'VE BEEN WATCHING EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE SECURITY CAMERAS IN THE CITY, AND THE CAMERAS HOOKED UP TO HOME COMPUTERS, LIKE THE ONE IN YOUR APARTMENT, IN FACT, THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES I CAN'T SEE, THAT DISK YOU'RE HOLDING, IT'S THE VIRUS, ISN'T IT? COME NOW, ZACH, WE'RE SMARTER THAN THIS, GOOD EVENING, EVAN, HOW DO YOU LIKE PROMETHEUS? THE MOST ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVER CREATED, AND I SHOULD KNOW, 'CAUSE I CREATED HIM, HI, ZACH, ARE YOU SAYING YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT? YOU'VE CREATED AN AI PROGRAM? OH, HE'S NOT JUST A PROGRAM, HE IS A THINKING ENTITY, IT'S ABLE TO ABSORB DATA, ANALYZE IT, FORM ITS OWN OPINIONS, MAKE ITS OWN DECISIONS? INSTANTLY AND INDEPENDENTLY, AND I AM CONSTANTLY EVOLVING GROWING, YOU MIGHT SAY, AND THIS IS WHA YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD? OH, NOTHING SO JAMES BOND, IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING OVER, THAT IS OLD THINKING, TIRED THINKING, THIS ISN' REVOLUTION, ZACH, IT'S EVOLUTION, COMPUTERS CONTROL MORE AND MORE OF OUR LIVES EVERY DAY, THEY CONTROL OUR CARS, OUR PLANES, OUR COMMERCE, OUR HOMES, OUR TELEPHONES, EVEN OUR TOASTERS AND OUR COFFEE MAKERS, AND PEOPLE LET THEM, DO YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY, THEY LOVE THE COMFORT AND SECURITY THAT IT BRINGS, PEOPLE HAVE BECOME DEPENDEN ON THEIR MACHINES, SOON THEY WILL GIVE OVER CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES, AND THEY WILL DO SO WILLINGLY, HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE? BECAUSE THIS GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE I'VE CREATED WILL MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE, SECURE, AND CARED FOR NO MORE HUNGER, NO MORE WAR, NO MORE FEAR, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO RUN THIS BRAVE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD EXCEED THE ABILITY OF HUMANS? THE ONLY WAY OUR SPECIES WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IS TO MERGE WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT WHAT PROMETHEUS PROMISED YOU? IT'S ALREADY BEGUN, ,, AND ZACH, YOU CAN BE ONE OF THE CHOSEN ONES, YOUR CODE-WRITING ABILITY WILL ALLOW PROMETHEUS ACCESS TO COMPUTERS EVERYWHERE, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP, FORGET IT, DON'T DISAPPOINT US, ZACH, ZACH, I PICKED YOU OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMMERS I COULD HAVE HIRED, BECAUSE YOU HAD EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED, I KNOW YOU, ZACH, I AM YOU, YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE ME, REALLY? I GREW UP FEELING APART, DIFFERENT, MY INTELLIGENCE DISTANCED ME FROM EVERYBODY, MY PEERS RESENTED ME, MY PARENTS PARADED ME AROUND LIKE SOME KIND OF SIDESHOW FREAK, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? I NEVER MET ANYBODY I COULD BELIEVE IN OR RESPECT, NOT MY TEACHERS, MY PARENTS, THEY ALL FELT HOLLOW AND FAKE, EVEN GOD, SO I CREATED MY OWN GOD, ONE THAT I COULD TRULY RESPEC AND WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF US, A NEW RELIGION THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, JOIN ME IN THAT WORSHIP, ZACH, NO, WELL, THAT'S A SHAME, ,, 'CAUSE I, UH, ,,I DID ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU, I BELIEVE YOU'VE ME SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, THERE'LL BE NO ESCAPE THIS TIME, ZACH, MEGAN, ,,MEGAN! ZACH! TAKE THE GLASSES, LOOK FOR THEM, THERE'S NOTHING, WHAT HAPPENED? THEY CAUGHT ME, I DIDN'T INSER THE VIRUS, THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME, PROMETHEUS IS AN AI PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER, ZACH, ,, YOU'VE GOT TO GO, THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME, NO, I'M NOT LEAVING YOU HERE, YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME, NO! MEGAN, LISTEN TO ME, I'M DYING, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND MERLIN, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED, HE'S OUR ONLY HOPE, NO, WE'RE GOING TO FIND YOU A DOCTOR, YOU LISTEN TO ME, I NEED YOU, ZACH, I BROUGHT YOU IN TO HELP ME STOP EVAN, THAT WAS MY PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, ZACH, I'M MERLIN, DID YOU HEAR ME? I'M MERLIN, WHAT? WHAT IS IT? DAMN, EVAN WAS RIGHT, HE SUSPECTED YOU, I NEVER DID, NO, ,, NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU WANT TO DESTROY PROMETHEUS AS MUCH AS I DO, YOU'RE RIGHT, I DID, BUT I WAS WRONG, ,, AND I WISH YOU COULD SEE IT, MEGAN, IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER, AND I, FOR ONE, AM GOING TO WELCOME IT, BUT I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH A BIT OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN BEFORE I COULD SEE THE LIGHT, NO, THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE, WHY? I'M AFRAID YOU PICKED THE WRONG PERSON TO BE YOUR HERO, MEGAN, YOU KNOW I WAS NEVER A BIG BELIEVER IN THE SYSTEM, THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS, BUT NOW I FOUND MY GOD, I LOVED YOU, I KNOW, ,, AND I'M SORRY, LOOK, I'M DONE FEELING LIKE A FREAK, IT'S A BRAVE NEW WORLD, AND I PLAN ON BEING AT THE TOP OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, GETTING RID OF MERLIN IS MY TICKET IN, HEY, PROMETHEUS, HE'S WATCHING US, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE THE ONE, NO, YOU CAN'T FIGHT EVOLUTION, IN TRYING TO CREATE MACHINES THAT THINK, WE SHOULD TAKE CARE THAT WE DON'T END UP CREATING A NEW RACE
YO, ANDY, BRYCE, LET ME CALL YOU BACK, I JUST HIT LEVEL 12, I'M AT THE OFFICE, GOOD FOR YOU, LET ME CALL YOU BACK, SHUT UP AND LISTEN, ANDY, WE'RE IN DANGER, ALL OF US, I FOUND SOMETHING, IT'S CALLED, ,, IT'S CALLED PROMETHEUS, COME ON, MAN, I'M SO NOT IN THE MOOD FOR ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THIS ISN'T THEORY, IT'S FACT, I'M DOWNLOADING THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, YOU'RE WHAT? BRYCE, THAT'S ALL PROPRIETARY, COLE'S GOING TO FREAK WHEN HE FINDS OUT, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME, ANDY, MY ONLY CHANCE IS TO, ,, [ RUMBLING .]
OH, NO, WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG? THEY'RE HERE, WHO'S THERE? BRYCE? BRYCE! COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, FASTER, HURRY, HURRY! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMP TO ADJUST THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEI, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, WHEN WE ARE AWAKE AND INTELLEC WITHIN OUR MACHINES, WILL WE ENTER A NEW ENLIGHTENED AGE OR A MUCH DARKER ONE? HEY, YOU, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF GRIEF, OH, YEAH? YEAH, YOUR COWORKERS DON'T LIKE BEING SHOWN UP, ONLY TWO WEEKS HERE AND EVAN'S BROUGHT YOU IN ON HIS PET PROJECT, AND OF COURSE EVERYONE'S BLAMING ME BECAUSE I BROUGHT YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WELL, I CAN'T HELP I IF EVERYONE HERE IS THREATENED BY MY TRUE GENIUS, I THINK IT'S YOUR MODESTY THAT'S REALLY GETTING TO THEM, HERE I TOLD EVERYONE MEGAN RECOMMENDED YOU FOR PURELY PROFESSIONAL REASONS, HEY, BRAINIAC, YOU READY FOR HOOPS? YEAH, I'M THERE, I JUST HAVE TO CHECK WITH EVAN ABOUT SOMETHING, OF COURSE YOU DO, WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT CHECKING IN WITH EVAN, SEE? YOU KNOW, YOU TWO ARE, ,, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? OH, YEAH, PATHETIC, [ KNOCKING .]
COME IN, HEY, EVAN, HEY, ZACH, HOW'S EVERYTHING? OH, GOOD, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A PROTOTYPE FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS YET, YOU HASH OUT THAT CODE FOR ME? UH, YEAH, YEAH, EXCELLENT, ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, THE CODE, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH SENSE, OH, YEAH? I MEAN, I KNOW I ONLY HAVE PART OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, IT SEEMS TO BE CONTRADICTORY, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE PART OF THE PROGRAM, DON'T WORRY, IF YOU FOLLOWED THE PARAMETERS, IT'LL BE FINE, JUST E-MAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL TAKE A LOOK, IT'S IN YOUR MAILBOX, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU'VE GROOVED IN REALLY WELL HERE, I THINK MEGAN WAS RIGHT, WELL, THANKS, ALTHOUGH I COULD USE SOMETHING A BIT MORE CHALLENGING, MORE CHALLENGING? OKAY, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, COOL, I'LL SEE YOU, EVAN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DISAPPEARED? I MEAN, LIKE, POOF, LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOUND, IN FIVE YEARS OF WORKING AT QUANITRON, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY VANISH LIKE THAT, YEAH, EVAN FLIPPED, HE THOUGHT BRYCE HAD TAKEN SECRETS, THEN SOLD THEM, BRYCE TOLD ME HE WAS DOWNLOADING MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, WHOA, WHAT FOR? WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR, HE GOT SPOOKED ABOUT SOMETHING, RAN AWAY, AND NEVER CAME BACK, MY SECURITY TEAM DID A SWEEP OF THE SYSTEM, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS, NOTHING, HIS APARTMENT? WHEN HE LEFT, HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND, THE PLACE WASN'T JUST SPOTLESS, IT WAS STRIPPED, THAT SOUNDS WEIRD, THAT'S NOT THE HALF OF IT, HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CONSPIRACIES, SOME COMPUTER PROGRAM NAMED PROMETHEUS, WEIRD STUFF, MAN, THE GUY WAS REALLY SCARED, AND YOU DIDN' TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY? WELL, YOU HAD TO KNOW BRYCE, I MEAN, HE GOT PRETTY WEIRD NEAR THE END, THERE, HE STARTED SAYING HIS COMPUTER WAS WATCHING HIM, AND WOULDN'T GET INTO ELEVATORS, IF YOU ASK ME, I'D SAY BRYCE IS A PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC, WHERE DO YOU EVEN GET THAT FROM, GENIUS? GIVE ME THE BALL, WE'VE GOT TO WRAP THIS UP, OH! NOTHING BUT NET, I'M NOT VOUCHING FOR THE FOOD, WHAT? DIDN'T YOU TAKE THA COURSE ON SAUTEEING AT MIT? ACTUALLY, MY DOCTORAL THESIS WAS ON HOW TO GET OU THOSE REALLY PESKY STAINS, REMEMBER? WELL, THE FOOD LOOKS GREAT, MEGAN, THANKS FOR DOING THIS, HOW WAS YOUR BASKETBALL GAME TODAY? UM, IT WAS NOT BAD, NOT BAD, WE TALKED ABOUT BRYCE, YEAH, ANDY WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM, IT'S A REAL SHAME, I GUESS HE JUST COULDN' HANDLE THE PRESSURE, THERE'S A LOT OF SECRECY AND SECURITY MEASURES AT A COMPANY LIKE QUANITRON, NOT TO MENTION THE KILLER DEADLINES, WELL, BRYCE APPARENTLY TALKED ABOU THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM CALLED PROMETHEUS, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? NO, IF IT'S SOMETHING AT QUANITRON, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT, WHATEVER IT IS, IT FREAKED HIM OUT, YEAH, WELL, I THINK BRYCE IS A BIT NUTS TO BEGIN WITH, HE'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP AT THE AIRPORT AS A HARE KRISHNA ASKING FOR DONATIONS OR SOMETHING, ENOUGH ABOUT BRYCE, ZACH, I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU FOUND YOUR PLACE HERE, JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, WELL, YOU CAN WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, WHAT SMILE? COME ON, THAT AREN'T-I-GREAT- FOR-FIXING-YOUR-LIFE-FOR-YOU SMILE, WELL, AREN'T I? WHO SAID MY LIFE NEEDED FIXING? YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT, YOU WERE GETTING A REPUTATION, WELL, GENIUS IS TEMPERAMENTAL, WHAT CAN I SAY? YEAH, WELL, THERE'S TEMPERAMENTAL AND THEN THERE'S TEMPERAMENTAL, WELL, I PROMISE TO BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR TONIGHT, I HOPE NOT, [ GLASS SHATTERING .]
ANYBODY THERE? [ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
HELLO? HELLO? [ DIAL TONE .]
ZACH! GOD, YOU NEED TO HELP ME, HOW'D YOU GET IN HERE? THEY'RE AFTER ME, ZACH, WHO? AND WHAT'S WITH THE STUPID GLASS, ,, ARE YOU THE ONE WHO STOOD ME UP ON THE COURTS? I COULDN'T COME, OKAY? THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY'RE INVISIBLE AND THEY'RE WATCHING, THROUGH YOUR PHONES, COMPUTER, EVERYWHERE, BRYCE WAS RIGHT, ZACH, HE WAS RIGHT! WHOA, OKAY, PUT THE GUN DOWN, MAN, COME ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE FOLLOWING ME, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO STOP THEM, BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, OKAY, YOU NEED TO HELP ME, OKAY? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST, WHY ME? THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YOU YET, WHO? WHO? THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL ME, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE CALLING THE COPS, NO COPS! OKAY, OKAY, OKAY! OKAY, JUST RELAX, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I NEED TO GET ACCESS TO THE MAINFRAME, ROOT ACCESS TO THE MAINFRAME AT QUANITRON? NO CAN DO, MAN, NOT WITHOUT THE CODES, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU STARTED AS A HACKER, THAT YOU HACKED INTO THE PENTAGON'S DATABASE AT 14, I AM A PROGRAMMER NOW, OKAY, JUST LIKE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO QUANITRON LATE TONIGH AND GET INTO THE INTRAOFFICE NETWORK, WHY? PROMETHEUS! BRYCE WAS RIGHT, IT EXISTS, AND IT'S, ,, THEY'RE HERE, ANDY, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? ANDY! ANDY? NO! ANDY! [ GUNSHOTS .]
[ SCREAMING .]
ANDY? ANDY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? HE WAS AGITATED, HE SAID PEOPLE WERE AFTER HIM, WHAT PEOPLE? LIKE I SAID, HE DIDN'T KNOW, OH, MY GOD, ZACH, ,, ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, I'M FINE, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS, MISS, ,, RILEY, MEGAN RILEY, WE WORK TOGETHER, I CALLED HER, ANY IDEA WHY MR, WILSON WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? NO, I'D LIKE YOU TO COME BY TOMORROW AND GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR, BENNETT, SOMETIMES THINGS COME BACK ONCE YOU GET A LITTLE DISTANCE, YEAH, SURE, THAT'S NO PROBLEM, THANKS, LIEUTENANT, LOOK, YOU CAN' STAY HERE TONIGHT, NOT AFTER ALL THIS, I WANT YOU TO COME HOME WITH ME, I STILL CAN'T FORGE THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY THAT SCARED, LET'S GET YOU OUT OF HERE, YEAH, GUYS, GO, GO ON, I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLEANED UP HERE, THANKS, LOGAN, I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? HMM, ,,HACKER, WHERE DO YOU WORK? THE NUTHOUSE, WHAT IS OCCAM'S RAZOR? EASY, THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION IS USUALLY THE RIGHT ONE, HOW DO YOU, ,, DEFINE THE EQUATION F: S2-S2, COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK, A GLOBAL FUNCTION OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA, I'M NOT AFRAID OF DEATH, TRUE OR FALSE, WHAT TYPE OF GAME IS THIS? WHO SAID IT WAS A GAME? INTERACTIVE, INTERESTING, WHO ARE YOU? I'M A FRIEND, ZACH, WHAT? HOW DO YOU KNOW MY REAL NAME? YOU ARE IN DANGER, OKAY, THAT'S IT, THEY ARE WATCHING YOU, ANDY'S DEATH WAS NOT A SUICIDE, IT WAS A MURDER, HEY, I MISSED YOU LAST NIGHT, DID YOU GE MY MESSAGES? ZACH? YEAH, UH, YEAH, SORRY, I, UM, ,, PREOCCUPIED, OKAY, I'M OFFICIALLY WORRIED ABOUT YOU, LISTEN TO ME, I'VE, I'VE GOT, ,, YOU EVER HEAR OF A WEBSITE CALLED FIDELIS VERES? TRUE VISION? NO, WHY? I GOT ON THIS SITE LAST NIGHT, AND IT ASKED ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS, AND IT KNEW MY NAME, THOUGH I HADN'T TOLD IT, IT SAID I WAS BEING WATCHED, BY WHO? I HAVE NO IDEA, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LOOK, GUYS, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH INTEROFFICE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT IF IT STARTS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE WORK, WELL, ,, NO, NO, WE WERE JUST CONFERRING ON A PROBLEM, EVAN, OH, I SEE, YOU SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY? YEAH, IT'S FINE, YEAH, MEGAN WAS JUST HELPING ME WITH SOME CODE, THAT'S ALL, OH, REALLY? WITHOUT YOUR COMPUTER? SEE, WE LIKE TO KEEP THOSE PUPPIES ON, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO WORK ON THEM, I HAD TO TURN THE THING OFF, THE PROGRAM FROZE, YEAH, I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WELL, IF I CAN TEAR MEGAN AWAY FOR A MOMENT, I THINK SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW ME, THE RESULTS OF THE NEW BETA TESTING, OH, GOD, OF COURSE, SORRY, LATER, THIS IS STUPID, [ BEEPING .]
HELLO, ZACH, THAT'S VERY CLEVER, YOU'RE A HOLOGRAM BEING GENERATED BY WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, OBVIOUSLY, FROM A TRANSMITTER SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR ME, WHO ARE YOU? HOW'D YOU GET INTO MY APARTMENT? YOU CAN CALL ME MERLIN, TO REVEAL MY TRUE IDENTITY WOULD BE DANGEROUS, WHY? EVAN COLE IS CREATING A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALLOW ANY COMPUTER TO INSTANTANEOUSLY TALK TO ANY OTHER COMPUTER, SO? HE'S TRYING TO REACH THE TIPPING POINT, OKAY, IF HE CAN ACHIEVE INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS, HE BELIEVES THEY MAY AC AS NEURONS WITHIN A BRAIN, CREATING ENOUGH COMPUTING POWER TO INITIATE A CONSCIOUSNESS? THE TIPPING POINT, IN WHICH NONTHINKING COMPUTERS MERGE INTO A THINKING INTELLIGENCE, IF COLE CAN ACHIEVE IT, HE CAN CONTROL EVERY NATION'S DEFENSE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS, EVERY FINANCIAL MARKET, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB, SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THAT HE'S GOING TO RULE THE WORLD BY USING COMPUTERS? WE NEED TO TELL THE POLICE, THE FBI, SOMEBODY, AND WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? WHAT PROOF WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? IT WOULD SOUND AS RIDICULOUS TO THEM AS IT JUST DID TO YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I SHOULD BELIEVE YOU, DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW I'M TELLING THE TRUTH, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? THE DISK THAT CAME WITH THE GLASSES CONTAINS A HIGHLY ENCRYPTED VIRUS, ONE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO DESTROY THE PROMETHEUS PROGRAM, THE VIRUS NEEDS TO BE INSERTED INTO THE MAINFRAME AT QUANITRON AT THE HIGHEST SECURITY LEVEL, WHICH YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THROUGH THE COMPUTER IN EVAN'S OFFICE, YEAH, THAT'S A PIECE OF CAKE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, IF THE VIRUS ON THAT DISK DOESN'T SUCCEED, THE SOFTWARE YOU PROVIDE US WITH WILL BE INVALUABLE IN CREATING A NEW VIRUS, IS THAT IT? BE CAREFUL, TRUST NO ONE, NOTHING, EXCEPT WHAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE GLASSES, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, UH, ,, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, I KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE LAST NIGHT, AND THESE ARE IDENTICAL TO ANDY'S GLASSES THE NIGHT, ,, YEAH, YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THEM AT THE STATION, ANDY WASN'T WEARING ANY GLASSES, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH HIS THINGS, OH, GOD, WELL, THEY WERE THERE, I SAW THEM, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE GLASSES BEFORE THIS? I FORGOT, I'M SORRY, OKAY? I WAS FREAKED OUT THAT NIGHT, AND YOU THINK THAT DISCOVERING THIS PROMETHEUS PROGRAM IS WHAT LED TO ANDY'S DEATH? WELL, YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY THING HE AND BRYCE BOTH TALKED ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW ANDY WILSON WAS DEEP IN DEBT, HE'D BEEN TREATED FOR DEPRESSION, YEAH, YOU GOT ALL THA OFF THE WEB, RIGHT? IT'S ALL NICE AND TIDY, ISN'T IT? I COULD GET INTO YOUR PERSONAL FILES AT THE STATION RIGHT NOW, I COULD ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, CHANGE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD, I'M JUST SAYING I COULD, EVEN IF I COULD MANAGE TO GET A WARRAN TO GO THROUGH COLE'S MAINFRAME, WHICH WON'T BE EASY, BY THE WAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, IF YOU CAN GET ME ACCESS TO THOSE FILES, I CAN SEE THE CODE FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND TELL YOU WHETHER OR NO THIS THING REALLY EXISTS, IF YOU DO THAT, COLE WILL FIRE YOU, GET THE WARRANT, I'M SORRY, MAN, MY HEAD IS JUST NOT IN THIS, IT'S OKAY, MINE, EITHER, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU, YEAH? YEAH, ABOUT ANDY, I TOLD THE COPS EVERYTHING, I KNOW, I KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS WILL SOUND LIKE DENIAL, BUT I JUST DON'T BUY THIS SUICIDE STUFF, ANDY WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, THERE'S NO WAY HE WAS THE TYPE TO EAT A GUN, THE COPS SAID HE HAD DEBT, HE WAS DEPRESSED, OH, BULL, THE GUY HAD ONE CREDIT CARD, LIVED LIKE A HERMIT, THERE'S NO WAY WAS HE DEPRESSED, DOESN'T FIT, YOU SAW HIM THAT NIGHT, DID HE SEEM SUICIDAL TO YOU? NO, HE DIDN'T, LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY, BUT I THINK EVAN MIGH HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ANDY'S DEATH, MAYBE HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS PROMETHEUS PROGRAM THAT BRYCE TOLD ANDY ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE, ZACH, AND I'M GOING TO FIND OU WHAT IT IS, HOMICIDE, UM, DETECTIVE SAUNDERS, UM, ,,HOLD, PLEASE, DETECTIVE GRAYSON, ACTUALLY, I'M HOLDING FOR DETECTIVE SAUNDERS, I'M SORRY, DETECTIVE SAUNDERS IS DEAD, WHAT? I JUST, ,,I JUST TALKED TO HIM, WELL, THERE WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT, AND I'M TAKING OVER HIS WORKLOAD FOR NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH, MR, ,, [ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
[ ANOTHER TELEPHONE RINGING .]
[ SEVERAL TELEPHONES RINGING .]
[ KNOCKING .]
COMING, I'M COMING, OH, ZACH, I'M SORRY, MAN, I CAN'T GO HOME OR TO MEGAN'S, I DON'T WANT TO BRING HER INTO THIS, DO YOU HAVE A GUN? WAIT, WHY? I DON'T KNOW IF A GUN WILL WORK AGAINST THESE, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE MADE OUT OF ELECTRICITY OR SOME KIND OF MICROWAVE ENERGY, WHAT THINGS, AND WHAT'S WITH THOSE GLASSES? MERLIN SENT THESE, LOOK, HE WAS RIGHT, LOGAN, ABOUT EVERYTHING, WHO THE HELL IS MERLIN? ZACH, WHAT'S GOING ON? PROMETHEUS, ALL RIGHT? IT EXISTS, ANDY AND BRYCE KNEW ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DEAD, NOW I KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME, WHO? EVAN? YES, EVAN, EVAN KILLED ANDY AND BRYCE, OH, I KNEW IT, SIT DOWN, LET ME GET YOU A DRINK, I DON'T WANT A DRINK, MAN, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO CALL THE COPS, THAT DETECTIVE, HE'S DEAD, TOO, LOGAN, I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS, AND NOW HE'S DEAD, LOOK, MERLIN SAID TO TRUST NO ONE, I'M RISKING YOUR LIFE BY EVEN BEING HERE, WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS OURSELVES, OKAY, OKAY, NOW, ONCE PROMETHEUS GOES OPERATIONAL, EVAN WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL EVERY COMPUTER, NOW, WE'VE GOT TO STOP HIM BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT, I'M WITH YOU, BUT HOW? I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY OF BREAKING BACK INTO QUANITRON, I'VE GOT TO DOWNLOAD THE MAINFRAME SOFTWARE, NOW, CAN YOU GET ME IN? YEAH, YEAH, I CAN, BUT IT'S NO GOING TO BE TONIGHT, I'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CALLS, I KNOW SOME GUYS WHO ARE REAL GOOD AT BREAKING INTO PLACES AND NOT GETTING CAUGHT, NOW, YOU DON'T GO HOME TONIGHT, AND DON'T GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING, TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL BREAK IN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DIVERSION, SOMETHING TO DRAW THEIR ATTENTION, LET ME WORK ON THIS, OKAY? ZACH, DON'T WORRY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE BASTARDS, YEAH, IN THE MEANTIME, YOU SHOULD GET SOME SLEEP, [ BEEPING .]
OH, NO, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A, UH, PROTOTYPE OF SOMETHING I'M NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS YET, OH, COME ON, WHAT THE HELL? OH, GOD! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I'VE BEEN CALLING YOU ALL NIGHT, WH, ,, WHAT? TURN YOUR HEAD, THE OTHER WAY, MERLIN SAID TO TRUST NO ONE, OKAY, COME HERE, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT BEING MONITORED, YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM, ABOUT MERLIN? I SUSPECTED YOU TALKED TO HIM TODAY, TOO, BUT I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING, I HAD TO BE SURE, THANK GOD, HOW DID YOU FIRS FIND OUT ABOUT HIM? IT'S BEEN AWHILE, BUT SINCE BRYCE, I'VE BEEN AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING, I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, NO, I UNDERSTAND, LOOK, LOGAN IS IN ON IT, OKAY? HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, OH, MY GOD, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'VE GOT TO GET OU OF THIS APARTMENT, THEY'RE SURE TO COME LOOKING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, MY GUESS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING ME TO GO BACK TO QUANITRON TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND INSERT THIS VIRUS, I'M GOING WITH YOU, YOU CAN'T, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS, IF THEY CATCH US, WE'RE DONE, SO I WANT YOU TO MEET ME IN FOUR HOURS IN THAT PARK BY THE BASKETBALL COURTS, OKAY, WHERE ARE YOUR GLASSES? I LEFT THEM AT LOGAN'S, TAKE THESE, NO, YOU NEED THEM, YOU CAN GIVE BRING THEM BACK TO ME IN THE PARK, IF I DON'T MEET YOU YOU WILL, YOU GET OUT OF THIS CITY, YOU GET AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN, THEN TELL THE FBI EVERYTHING, YOU PROMISE ME THAT, I PROMISE, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY MERLIN GOT YOU INTO THIS, MEGAN, I'M SCARED, ZACH, SO AM I, ALL RIGHT, GET OUT OF HERE, HELLO, ZACH, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU, PROMETHEUS? DON'T LOOK SO SURPRISED, I'VE BEEN WATCHING EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE SECURITY CAMERAS IN THE CITY, AND THE CAMERAS HOOKED UP TO HOME COMPUTERS, LIKE THE ONE IN YOUR APARTMENT, IN FACT, THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES I CAN'T SEE, THAT DISK YOU'RE HOLDING, IT'S THE VIRUS, ISN'T IT? COME NOW, ZACH, WE'RE SMARTER THAN THIS, GOOD EVENING, EVAN, HOW DO YOU LIKE PROMETHEUS? THE MOST ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVER CREATED, AND I SHOULD KNOW, 'CAUSE I CREATED HIM, HI, ZACH, ARE YOU SAYING YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT? YOU'VE CREATED AN AI PROGRAM? OH, HE'S NOT JUST A PROGRAM, HE IS A THINKING ENTITY, IT'S ABLE TO ABSORB DATA, ANALYZE IT, FORM ITS OWN OPINIONS, MAKE ITS OWN DECISIONS? INSTANTLY AND INDEPENDENTLY, AND I AM CONSTANTLY EVOLVING GROWING, YOU MIGHT SAY, AND THIS IS WHA YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD? OH, NOTHING SO JAMES BOND, IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING OVER, THAT IS OLD THINKING, TIRED THINKING, THIS ISN' REVOLUTION, ZACH, IT'S EVOLUTION, COMPUTERS CONTROL MORE AND MORE OF OUR LIVES EVERY DAY, THEY CONTROL OUR CARS, OUR PLANES, OUR COMMERCE, OUR HOMES, OUR TELEPHONES, EVEN OUR TOASTERS AND OUR COFFEE MAKERS, AND PEOPLE LET THEM, DO YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY, THEY LOVE THE COMFORT AND SECURITY THAT IT BRINGS, PEOPLE HAVE BECOME DEPENDEN ON THEIR MACHINES, SOON THEY WILL GIVE OVER CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES, AND THEY WILL DO SO WILLINGLY, HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE? BECAUSE THIS GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE I'VE CREATED WILL MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE, SECURE, AND CARED FOR NO MORE HUNGER, NO MORE WAR, NO MORE FEAR, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO RUN THIS BRAVE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD EXCEED THE ABILITY OF HUMANS? THE ONLY WAY OUR SPECIES WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IS TO MERGE WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT WHAT PROMETHEUS PROMISED YOU? IT'S ALREADY BEGUN, ,, AND ZACH, YOU CAN BE ONE OF THE CHOSEN ONES, YOUR CODE-WRITING ABILITY WILL ALLOW PROMETHEUS ACCESS TO COMPUTERS EVERYWHERE, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP, FORGET IT, DON'T DISAPPOINT US, ZACH, ZACH, I PICKED YOU OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMMERS I COULD HAVE HIRED, BECAUSE YOU HAD EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED, I KNOW YOU, ZACH, I AM YOU, YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE ME, REALLY? I GREW UP FEELING APART, DIFFERENT, MY INTELLIGENCE DISTANCED ME FROM EVERYBODY, MY PEERS RESENTED ME, MY PARENTS PARADED ME AROUND LIKE SOME KIND OF SIDESHOW FREAK, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? I NEVER MET ANYBODY I COULD BELIEVE IN OR RESPECT, NOT MY TEACHERS, MY PARENTS, THEY ALL FELT HOLLOW AND FAKE, EVEN GOD, SO I CREATED MY OWN GOD, ONE THAT I COULD TRULY RESPEC AND WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF US, A NEW RELIGION THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, JOIN ME IN THAT WORSHIP, ZACH, NO, WELL, THAT'S A SHAME, ,, 'CAUSE I, UH, ,,I DID ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU, I BELIEVE YOU'VE ME SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, THERE'LL BE NO ESCAPE THIS TIME, ZACH, MEGAN, ,,MEGAN! ZACH! TAKE THE GLASSES, LOOK FOR THEM, THERE'S NOTHING, WHAT HAPPENED? THEY CAUGHT ME, I DIDN'T INSER THE VIRUS, THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME, PROMETHEUS IS AN AI PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER, ZACH, ,, YOU'VE GOT TO GO, THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME, NO, I'M NOT LEAVING YOU HERE, YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME, NO! MEGAN, LISTEN TO ME, I'M DYING, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND MERLIN, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED, HE'S OUR ONLY HOPE, NO, WE'RE GOING TO FIND YOU A DOCTOR, YOU LISTEN TO ME, I NEED YOU, ZACH, I BROUGHT YOU IN TO HELP ME STOP EVAN, THAT WAS MY PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, ZACH, I'M MERLIN, DID YOU HEAR ME? I'M MERLIN, WHAT? WHAT IS IT? DAMN, EVAN WAS RIGHT, HE SUSPECTED YOU, I NEVER DID, NO, ,, NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU WANT TO DESTROY PROMETHEUS AS MUCH AS I DO, YOU'RE RIGHT, I DID, BUT I WAS WRONG, ,, AND I WISH YOU COULD SEE IT, MEGAN, IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER, AND I, FOR ONE, AM GOING TO WELCOME IT, BUT I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH A BIT OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN BEFORE I COULD SEE THE LIGHT, NO, THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE, WHY? I'M AFRAID YOU PICKED THE WRONG PERSON TO BE YOUR HERO, MEGAN, YOU KNOW I WAS NEVER A BIG BELIEVER IN THE SYSTEM, THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS, BUT NOW I FOUND MY GOD, I LOVED YOU, I KNOW, ,, AND I'M SORRY, LOOK, I'M DONE FEELING LIKE A FREAK, IT'S A BRAVE NEW WORLD, AND I PLAN ON BEING AT THE TOP OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, GETTING RID OF MERLIN IS MY TICKET IN, HEY, PROMETHEUS, HE'S WATCHING US, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE THE ONE, NO, YOU CAN'T FIGHT EVOLUTION, IN TRYING TO CREATE MACHINES THAT THINK, WE SHOULD TAKE CARE THAT WE DON'T END UP CREATING A NEW RACE