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Stigma? Larry! 60 billion buys you some slack in this world.
And the kid who wrote Skywire then gave it away? They're calling him the digital Robin Hood.
Milo. Surprised he's not your guest.
We tried!
You better believe everybody's trying to sign him up.
You're living here?
'Thought if I relocated it could help my case. I'm writing programs for the local public access station. Where any whackjob with 100 bucks gets his own show? God, does it suck. Can you help me?
Sure, I'll see what I can do.
Well I parked illegally. See y'later?
'Forgot to introduce you. I have a girlfriend.
This is the biggest Beta demo in like the history of software. You'd be my partner.
You can't preempt Yoga, that's our biggest show.
Brian! You wanna be a big deal, don't you? That's your dream in life.
Will I get to work for Outpost?
No. But you can write your own ticket in the Valley after this. We're gonna bring down Outpost.
What?
What'd they ever do for you?
Okay.
Great. Great! We need to drag a lot of heavy stuff in front of the door
What?!
Wanna be a part of history?
You're interfaced with our dish.
Gimme the coordinates?
Is it your software?
Is it your dish?
What?!
He's working backwards, too. Let's do number five?
...When did you know?
You should've called a few times to bug me about your job prospects.
Don't worry, Milo. I'm here as a friend. Or maybe a supplicant.
Right... What's that mean again?
Beggar. We're at a disadvantage with Outpost. Our experts aren't as smart as theirs. Sometimes we can't tell which technologies pose the threat of a monopoly. We need a really smart guy to help us pick our fights. I'm taking a shot in the dark, here. I can offer you 32,000 a year, a Buick. I'm hoping you've got a feeling it's the right thing to do.
It's just I kind of feel the need to do something with my ability. Create something...
Like I said: shot in the dark.
Mr. Barton, do you remember me?
...It's Milo, isn't it?
Yes sir. I need to talk to you.
Give me two seconds with Lacy here? Go on in, I won't be a moment.
Milo?
Yeah. Hi. Thank you for seeing me.
Have a seat.
What seems to be the problem? You look a little upset.
I am. I am, sir.
Milo?
My friend, my best friend, Teddy, was killed in Silicon Valley.
My goodness.
It was racially motivated. He's Chinese. He was. And... I know sometimes the FBI gets involved with that. Don't they?
If there's a Civil Rights violation. But generally we let the local police and DA do their work first.
I just wanna help bring these guys to justice. They're neoNazis.
Let me look into it, see what's being done. Frankly, it's not my area.
'Just didn't know who else to talk to.
And Outpost? You're happy there?
Yes sir.
'Didn't mention he was going to the Justice Department?
No.
Not like him, is it? To do a thing like that without telling you. You're not losing your hold on him, are you?
He'll tell me when he gets home.
That'll be a test, won't it?
Instead of busting my chops you should do something about that girl. Fire her. Or something.
Lisa's an extremely valuable member of the Skywire team. We've got our eyes on her. You keep yours on Milo.
Prick.
He said it made sense that Gary's code was like Teddy's, that that clich about great minds was true. Said it was all about his own guilt. Plus, he has a tendency to get Gary mixedup with his dad once in a while. It always passes.
He wasn't acting?
I don't think he knows how.
I think I kind of lost it. I was just so thrilled to be talking to the richest, most powerful... 'Didn't know I even cared about that stuff.
C'mon, how often do you talk to somebody who's been on the cover of Time. Three of four times.
A lot of what Larry says is true. They just clone stuff, or reverse engineer it, and everybody gets stuck with their inferior version cause they
Then you've gotta ask him about that.
It's important.
If he's really a bully, he won't cop to it, anyway.
Bully? Are we talking about Gary Boyd? Or your dad.
When I was a kid? And he was moving us all over the place? I spent all my time writing stuff on Outpost 1.0. I thought Gary Boyd was the greatest.
But he's not quite the same guy anymore. Don't get your hopes too high?
If my dad'd leveled with me like that even once... The weird thing is, my fantasy he could somehow be like the old Gary? It's his fantasy, too.
I think that's great, Milo. I do.
...But?
Didn't you visit the campus?
I forgot. That's why you have to help me decide.
No way. You have this destiny.
C'mon, I wouldn't have a destiny without you. My destiny would be dying at 20. From eating
Don't bring that up. Like a different girlfriend would'd've let you die?
You saved my life in alot of ways.
When's Brian coming for the TV?
Prob'ly waiting by the phone for Outpost to call. We'll leave it for him?
That took some fun out of
We're not gonna let it.
You know he's never been anybody's counselor before?
Milo! What about ?
To our new life. ...What's wrong?
That's what I need to ask you. You know you can't keep anything from me.
He gave me some new codefixes this morning. I said, "Did you really do this just today?" Cause I was impressed. He said "What're you implying?"
It's the way he said it. Just the way my dad did, when he was caught in a lie. That's how you knew you were onto something ugly.
What would it mean, anyway? If he didn't write it?
That's what I'm asking myself. Does he have some genius stowed away? Why not let him write Skywire. 'Not saying it makes sense.
He's your boss. He's not your
I know, I know.
If you can't deal with him on that basis, you better get a new counselor.
Isn't that extreme?
What's extreme is what that ER doctor said when he pumped your stomach. Eat another sesame seed and that's it.
I mean, if one little comment from Gary is gonna upset you this much