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I'm not like a spy, or anything.

I'm not asking you to be a spy.

I'm asking you to be you. Kindest, prettiest, most charming version of you.

What are you doing here? Ronnie invited me. Where is he?

I don't know.

Good Lord, look how great you look!

I never expected you to be dealing with this sort of thing.

What sort of thing, Doc?

Panic attack.

Who is the biggest data miner?

Broken Egg.

And then, if I'm Broken Egg, companies hire me, and then I what?

Everything that you say, everything you type, they gather it all.

So, is Daewon here?

I need $100,000 cash by tomorrow night.

Broken Egg.

Officials are just now grasping the massive scope of this thing.

It's easily the largest data breach ever perpetrated.

Not because of the number of accounts,

but more so, the nature of what was taken from those accounts.

And also, the way in which it was disseminated.

Intimate moments inside people's homes and businesses...

...have been texted, emailed, posted to social media.

Over a million private conversations.

How did this happen?

At the center of it all, is a company called "Broken Egg".

...Broken Egg.

Broken Egg. You've probably never heard of them.

They like it just fine that way.

But they're one of the most valuable tech outfits on the stock exchange.

Responsible for aggregating audio and text data through our phones and computers.

The big tech companies pay them a premium for this data,

but now, they themselves have been hacked.

No one has come forward to claim responsibility.

We're reached out to analysts at the NSA and other government agencies,

but they all declined to comment.

This event clearly has them all rattled.

The possibility of a state act these days,

is always a distinctive, palpable fear.

As we mentioned before, there is something more personal.

I'm not talking about tax ID numbers or bank routing numbers,

This is personal stuff, folks.

It's not just celebrities' emails, it's everyone's.

It's everywhere. Some of it is innocuous.

Some of it is quite daring.

But whatever your own individual fallout may be for this,

the simple fact remains.

We are entering a new era of zero privacy.

As long as we're...

Isn't this the sort of thing we've come to expect, though,

from big tech,

up to a certain degree? Sure, sure.

I think any sane person has a healthy amount of suspicion over whether...

Hey, you're up. Mmm-hmm.

Were you grilling out there? Uh.

I was cleaning it. Did you see this? Yeah.

...clearly confirmed that for everybody in a massive way.

But this situation with Broken Egg here,

we're not just talking about people's private information,

or what type of bath soap they might purchase,

we're talking about people's...

You know...

...intimate moments here, recorded on our phones.

We could use this.

Anything with a microphone, or a camera...

Broken Egg.

Biggest aggregate data firm in the country.

Yeah, and they just got hacked.

They just got busted. Mmm-hmm.

Recording a lot more than keywords for marketing.Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, that wouldn't happen on ArakNet.Mmm-mmm.

Broken Egg couldn't exist on ArakNet.

Yeah.

I got calls to make.

All right. Hey.

Make them in five minutes. Okay.

Wes is gonna be the trickiest.

He still doesn't trust me.

What about the others?

It was chill. Ronnie's puttin' in a good word, so...

Nick, does he trust you?

Was he at the party? You see him?

Caught up.

It was... I don't know. It was just weird.

It felt weird.

You care about him.

Yeah, he was like my brother for some time, so...

Mmm-hmm.

So, did you ever...

What?

You know.

What is this?

I didn't come here to gossip.

I have his picture in my file. He is a handsome man.

I need to know everything I can about my assets.

Yeah, well, I'm not one of your assets, okay?

This is not like in the movies, or nothing.

No, it's not.

So, Wiredis gonna run the cover, which is amazing,

but we need to start reaching people outside of the tech world.

This is the time, guys.

Broken Egg scandal has everyone scared,

and we are the answer. We just gotta get it out there.

Wait, hold up.

The guy from World News Headline just said yes.

He did?

Yeah, they wanna do it tonight. The 8:00 Eastern slot.

Barry, that's amazing.

Check with their people

and see if they can have someone sent to the office.

I'd like to do it here. Yeah, I'll check.

Christ on a cracker!

You're still rolling your hands over.

Is that what I'm doing? Yup.

Remember, you had fixed that when we played Shadow Creek.

I know, man. That was like such a long time ago, man.

These old habits, they creep back in.

That was the last time that you and I played together.

You're kidding me, right?

Saginaw brothers backing off?

Is that why you finally called me to come out here?

Yeah, actually, it is.

What, am I sloppy seconds these days? Is that how this works?

Come on, man.

We talked about this the other night last week.

I know. I'm just giving you shit.

You gotta know where I'm coming from.

I mean, what kind of a sucker do I look like

if I'm shelling out after the Saginaws pass?

Saginaws didn't pass.

They're just waiting for the next milestone.

What, 100 mil? Mmm. Correct.

Fuckin' whore!

What am I doing here, man? What am I doing?

I have no idea.

Anyway, it's probably a good time for you to pounce.

'Cause what people don't realize, we're about to explode.

Is that so? Yeah.

You heard about this, what is it, Cracked Egg thing?

Broken Egg? That's the one.

Yeah, I did. Changed the whole conversation, man.

I mean, it hasn't even been a day, we've already seen a huge bump.

Anyway...

Train's about to leave the station, man.

I just wanna make sure you're on.

Well, that's what we've been saying...

No, I'm sorry. Go ahead.

Uh-huh.

Exactly. I mean, that's sort of the irony, isn't it?

There's this kind of "devil you know" quality to the traditional Internet.

But if you had to blow it all up

and you started completely from scratch, who would you trust more?

What ArakNet's about, what we've always been about,

is community. We're a digital village, owned by the people...

Morning. Good morning.

How you doing, man?

Hey, morning. Hi.

Nice job last night. We got a lot of calls about it.

Good. Thanks.

You... I got your email.

Charlie, huh?

Seemed interested. Wants to hear... Whatever you wanna call it.

Sounds promising, huh?

Yeah.

You actually think he's right or us?

Right for us?

Right for us.

He's got money again, you know.

He killed it in cryptocurrencies.

Probably stayed away from GenCoin, that lucky bastard.

Right, but we could probably bring in a lot more with Saginaw, right?

Who says we can't have both?

Mara, those funds I just pulled from your mother...

That's it.

That's all we got.

It's do or die time right now, ya know?

So, you talked numbers?

Of course, we talked numbers. They're good. It's good numbers.

Okay.

I mean, we got a bird in the hand here. You should be excited.

Yeah.

Yeah, I was just checking.

We have a meeting in five.

Yeah.

I've moved mountains to make this thing work.

The Broken Egg thing gave us a huge spike,

and we're getting close to a hundred million users,

which is great, but the network's lagging now,

and when I ask for more manpower,

you say that we have no money.

I mean, the fact of the matter is that I need people.

I don't want them, I need them.

Unless you want this thing running at dial-up speed,

or crashing every two minutes, I need more people.

So...

No?

What about Izzy?

Izzy?

Stella don't need man power.

She need the girl that coded this whole damn thing from the beginning.

It wouldn't hurt.

Well, I would...

I would be down. We would just have to be very, very careful

about how we fold her back in.

There is a good PR opportunity there.

"Mother of Dragons return home to her little baby-ass dragons,"

or some shit like that?

Guys, we're talking about Izzy Morales, right?

The biggest liability on the planet.

Look, we all know that she is a huge liability.

Like, almost too much.

But I'll keep her ass in check.

Dude, man, if you don't ever fix that AC in there, we out.

It's too early in the year to be this motherfuckin' hot, though.

I think it was hotter last night, though, dawg.

But what I did, I got up and I turned the fan,

to blow inside.

Nigga, you supposed to be blowing the air out. What you talkin' about?

No, dawg, when you turn... Simple physics, bro.

You turn the fan around, you let it blow,

and then it keeps it blowing in the cool air.

No, bruh,

if you blowin' in, you let the hot air in.

Oh, man. Gilles, tell them what's up, man.

E, you gotta let that shit blow out. Told ya.

Get your boy, man. He rode the short bus, man.

Right.

He's out... Running around this way like goddamn...

Hell, no! Same shit!

You know what I'm sayin'?

Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Damn!

Damn!

Put the pressure on there. G, you all right, bruh?

Shit!

Hey. Hey.

I brought fruit.

I don't know. It's perfect.

We'll have it after dinner.

So, even Wes was down with it too?

I mean, it took some nudging, but...

Hey, look, all he cared about is the bottom line.

And he knows that what you bringin' to the table,

that's worth its weight in gold.

Eat your vegetables.

It's the third time E called me.

I gotta take this.

Yo. Hey, bro.

So, would you like some more... How's the...

I apologize. What was you gonna say?

I was just gonna say, how are you guys liking it around here?

Oh.

This has been a blessing, you know?

Yeah, all that ArakNet has done for us.

And Elsie likes it too. Don't you, baby?

I guess. What do you mean, "I guess"?

She's on the soccer team. She's the number one scorer on her team.

Ooh...

Baby, Gilles laid up in County Hospital. I gotta go see him.

Is he all right? He gonna live.

Okay, we got company. We're having dinner.

I'll roll with you if you want.

Gilles was my boy, too.

All right, just give me a minute.

Kayla's gonna send out an email with everyone on it to confirm.

She'll get some snacks and shit too.

He's a friend, but we still need to rub his dick a little.

Of course. Rub that dick.

This could be the most important meeting ArakNet's ever had, yeah?

Yeah, I mean, we need that money to bridge us

until someone bigger comes in.

Otherwise, ya know,

we're dead before we even get to 100 million.

What I'm sayin'.

All right, well, get your game face ready. Wednesday at 6:00.

Yep.

Can I help you, ma'am?

Yeah. I'm Izzy Morales. I have an appointment with Stella.

Okay, I just need you to sign in, and also, I need to see your ID.

Okay.

All right, here's your ID. Cool.

And this is your security badge. All right.

You're gonna go through these doors and make a left.

Kayla will help you out. Okay.

Welcome to ArakNet.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Hi.

I'm Izzy Morales, I'm here for Stella.

Okay.

You can just have a seat. She'll be right out.

Hey, Stella, Izzy is here to see you.

Hi.

Welcome back. Thank you.

Shall we? Sure.

This is it.

Have a seat.

In there, is your access card.

It works for the elevator, for parking. So, just don't lose it.

Okay.

That's start-paperwork. You could just get it back to me whenever.

Okay.

Um, your desk, it'll be ready soon.

Just been kind of crazy lately.

I bet, with the whole Broken Egg thing, right?

Yes, it's wild.

I saw Nick on the news, that was cool.

Yeah, that is all Mara. She's great.

I bet the encryption is lagging, right?

Yes. Yeah.

We're glad you're back.

I'm glad I'm back. The place looks legit.

It's been quite the year.

Stells, you think maybe we should grab some food, or a beer?

No.

Box of chocolates, bro?

Yeah, here's the thing, I know you like your chocolate,

but all the vending machine had was Snickers,

and some other shit with almonds. So...

Fuck almonds.

Hear you ran it back already on Dacey's crew.

Yeah... We thought you wanted us to, you know, so...

Look, we were pissed, D, and you were out of it, man.

And we couldn't let that shit slide, man. You wouldn't either, you know.

Yeah, look, sorry, man. Don't be.

I just wish I'd been there.

Wish I'd heard their screams, that's all.

You all did good, but it ain't nearly enough, right?

No. Never enough, D. Never enough.

What they did to me...

Those Haitians... Shit...

They're gonna pay.

Hey, Izzy.

I've got a way in.

They're issuing an involuntary software update next Wednesday.

Stella's already developed a software that can send data back to us,

like, at the office, in case we ever needed it.

I can take that and create a filter that dumps intel into a folder for you,

or whoever.

That's good, right?

Yeah, if it's real, sure.

I can make it real.

Okay, then make it real.

So, you know, I'll start off with all the usual crap,

and then I'll throw it off to you, Ronald.

And, look, Charlie, he's a pretty smart guy,

so, there's no bullshitting him.

Let's try to keep it candid.

Better dispense with that "American dream" crap

that I've seen you do before.

Oh, Jesus. He's early.

All right, look alive, everybody.

Charlie.

It's good to see you again, buddy.

Good to see you.

Nick. We met at the party. Good to see you again.

Ronald Dacey, co-founder, co-CEO.Nice to meet you, man.

Likewise. I hear great things about you.

Well, they all lies, so... Yeah, they are.

You remember Mara. Of course. Nice to see you.

Have a seat, pal.

So, anyway, as you know, we need money,

and Charlie's got a lot of it,

so let's see if we can separate him from some of it.

Look, there's really not much to discuss.

Wes has already sent me the metrics.

It's an impressive upswing you guys are riding right now.

That's very much thanks to Mara.

She jumped all over the Broken Egg scandal.

True that.

Good work there. Thanks.

But we can't do this, right?

I'm sorry?

Take your money.

Make you a part of this thing.

- I'm not sure what... - Look at me, Charlie.

What... Look here.

At me.

Mara...

Christ. What is this?

This is when you tell everyone what happened.

I honestly don't remember.

Then I will.

I'm ready to do that now.

That was 10 years ago. Eleven.

Mara...

What are you talking about here?

You already know.

No, actually, I don't.

Charlie came over the house a lot, didn't he?

I was 15.

I was 15 years old.

- Christ. - And it's not easy

when you're 15 years old, but you were so nice to me.

Right?

You treated me like an adult.Look...

It was...

That was so long ago, and, Mara,

- you were... - Keep talking, Charlie.

Keep talking. It's going really well.

- Nick. - I can show him out if you want me to.

Ronald, no.

Mara, listen to me.

Maybe you're not remembering just...

Why are you still here?

Are you hungry?

Do you want me to... I could stop for Thai.

Okay, sure.

Pork's not as spicy this time.

If I had known...

You didn't.

Right. Right, so...

I'm actually going to go upstairs for a little bit.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

You hear what I'm trying to say, Mara?

I'm trying to say I'm sorry.

I heard you.

I did the best I could, raising you.

Your mom split. She leaves me with a four-year-old,

while I'm trying to build a business.

I didn't know how to be a father under good conditions.

So...

I'm sorry

that I brought guys like Charlie around.

I'm sorry, all right? For what happened, you know.

But it kept happening.

And you did nothing.

Do you...

Are you trying to say you think I knew what was going on?

Mara, you got to understand...

I mean, I only knew what a father knows, you know.

Maybe you're going through something.

Maybe... I don't know.

Maybe I sensed that there was something happening,

but I didn't...

Mara, I swear I didn't know what was happening.

You could have asked.

You're right.

I could have.

But you didn't because you were too scared.

You were too scared of what it might do

to your relationship with Charlie.

You were too scared of what you might have to lose.

Okay.

You think that.

That's what you got to think. But all I can say is I'm sorry.

And I don't know what else to say.

You know, I don't know what you want from me.

I'm gonna go.

You know you can tell me things like that.

I mean, I want you to. I know it's not easy,

but I want you to feel like you can be honest with me.

I want the same, too.

Okay.

Except you didn't tell me about Broken Egg.

What?

That it was you.

Yes.

What? I see.

Do we think it's going to be stateside?

Okay.

Well, my asset has been deployed. She's working on a virus,

it will give us access to all of that.

Yes, once we find it, it'll be wiped clean.

Yes, but that can't happen.

All right. All right, I'll take care of it.

Hello.

This is Agent Drummond.

Hey. How are you?

And this is Agent... Bradley.

Agent Bradley.

And they say they are with the NSA.

The NSA? Again.

Apparently, they just love us over there.

I'm sorry?

Yeah, we already done dealt with y'all a few months back. What's up?

- What... - Agent Rebecca Stroud?

She came in here looking for some sort of partnership.

We told her we don't do that.

I'm sorry... Rebecca... Stroud.

Rebecca Stroud?

- I'm sorry, you're sure about this... - Yes.

We don't have an Agent Rebecca Stroud at the NSA.

I'm sorry, what?