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Whoa!

Whoo!

Hey, you all right?

Never better.

Man, is that fun!

When's the next ride leave?

We've got a 10 hour
layover, Mr. Olympiad.

I'm starving.

So, what should we call
this place, Data Universal?

"Data Universal"?

Something like that is
almost never there for you.

"Data Universal Hardware,
Data Universal Pharmacy,

"Data Universal Travel."

What about Data Universal
Eats? 'Cause I'm starving.

You got any coins?

Oh, no, yuck! No junk
food. I need some real food.

Yeah, let's go on
a pasta hunt, huh?

Okay.

Great, this thing
doesn't even take cash.

Please present data number.

Present data number.

Uh, sorry, I, uh...
I left it at home.

Please press one.

Please stand by.

Hey!

Wait!

What if you found
a portal to a parallel universe?

What if you could slide into
a thousand different worlds

where it's the same year
and you're the same person,

but everything else
is different?

And what if you can't
find your way home?

Sliders.

What the hell just happened?

Well, we've got a keypad here.

Maggie must have
triggered something.

A vending machine
that eats the customer?

Sliders rule number 11,

never rule out the obvious,
no matter how weird.

Chips, coffee,

candy bars.

It all seems normal enough.

This is definitely a camera.

This other device looks
like some kind of a scanner.

You mean, somebody's on
the other side watching?

What do you think
we're dealing with here?

Well, the what is obviously
this Data Universal.

We find them, we find Maggie.

We've got under 10 hours
to do it, all right?

Let's go.

Whoa!

Hello, and good day from all
your friends at Data Universal.

I'm 5579-A and I'll be your
personal account representative.

Where the hell am I?

If you'll just hold your
barcode up to the screen

we can process your
application as quickly as possible.

No, I didn't apply for anything.

I was kidnapped
and brought here.

We're sorry you've fallen
through the bureaucratic cracks

but with your speedy cooperation

we can have you
mainstreamed in no time.

No time is what I've got.

I have friends
who are expecting me.

Now, why am I here?

Why you attempted to
use money, of course.

And you don't use
money, here. Of course!

What was I thinking?

So tell me,
what's the drill, huh?

Is it a chip in the head
or a bone graft?

Or is this idiot bracelet
the key to the bank, huh?

You know just for once,

I'd like to put a coin in a slot
and get a lousy pack of gum

instead of being sucked
into some kind of gulag!

Is that too much
to ask for, Mr. Number?

Uh, it's 5579-A.

Whatever.

Uh...

I'm sorry you seem
to be so upset.

But we really can't proceed until
you are scanned into the system.

Scan this.

There's no phone book.

Try information.

Thank you for using
Universal Information Services.

Yes, uh, do you have a
number for Data Universal?

For directory assistance,
please press one,

followed by your code number.

Look, I don't
have a code number.

I'm trying to reach
Data Universal.

Enter code now.

Man.

Uh, listen, I'm at
a rotary phone, here...

Hello? Hello?

This reminds me of
that old Bob Seger tune,

Feel Like a Number.

Well, I'm not a number.

I thought we'd try to get a business
directory, but no chance of that.

Just find me a crowbar.

Squeeze it easy.

Welcome to
Data Universal news stand.

Please present your barcode.

Hello, 491538166-B.

Your daily copy of the
Dispatch is ready for you

as well at this week's
business magazine.

A total of $2.95 will be
charged to your account.

Thanks for shopping
the Data Universal way.

Sir, excuse me.

Pardon me, ma'am.
Could we...

The Data Universal way
must be the rude way.

Or the shy way.

Or maybe we just
don't exist here without a barcode.

Cashless society.

Wonder if anybody's
told him that.

What?

You think I'm some
kind of panhandler?

It speaks.

It also stands
and kicks butt, fella.

So watch it.

Sorry, we didn't mean
to, uh, it's...

it's just that no
one seems to...

Talk? Yeah, I know.

Real human interaction
has been on the out for years.

Those damn chat rooms, I think.

Yeah, you guys look a little
down and out yourselves.

Wanna buy a number?

Get you a whole new identity
sky-high credit limits guaranteed.

Actually, we're just looking
for a little Information.

From a person?

What are you,
some kind of protestors?

Statement makers?
I know, you're Green Voice!

Actually, we're not
from around here.

I'm Diana, Rembrandt
and Mallory.

Ah, well, Data Universal
thinks I'm 719 something,

but the name's Arlo Higgins.

Look, our friend got nabbed by
one of those crazy driverless trucks.

You mean a scoop?

You must be from far away
not to know about scoops.

Worlds away, you might say.

Bummer, chances are

your friend will be lost
in the system forever.

Adios, muchachos.

Arlo, we're not
that easily put off.

We're gonna get to her
no matter what.

So can you help us?

Take on the big "D?"

Yeah, I'm into it.

I'm into it big time.

Come on, I got some
things that might help.

How long am I
going to be kept here?

I've told you.
It's up to you.

I'd like to help you
on your way,

but you'll have to cooperate.

What do you want me to do?

That's better. Simply hold
your bracelet up to the scanner.

Confirming temporary ID
number 36041688-A.

Excellent.

I'll call you 360.

Just call me Maggie.

That would be against policy.

All right, no.
No numbers.

You either call me
Maggie or Ms. Beckett.

Those are your choices.

Uh, very well,
you can be Maggie.

Thank you so much.

Now, then, uh, Maggie,

we have to build up a profile so
that all your daily needs can be met.

This is really
for your own good.

All right.
Let's get on with it.

If you prefer to live in an urban
environment, please press one.

Surburban, press two.

In a rural environment,
press three.

It's not that simple.

Of course it is.

No, it's not.

I spent most of my life
living on military bases.

We moved around a lot

so sometimes we were
near a big city, sometimes not.

All right, my favorite place

was this little house
in San Francisco

that I lived in
with my husband Steven.

It had this beautiful little
garden in the backyard.

San Francisco is one of
our larger metropolitan areas.

The appropriate button
would be one.

I don't like your name.

I beg your pardon.

It's not a name, it's a number.

If it's okay for you
to call me Maggie,

then it's okay
for me to call you...

Guy. I'll call you Guy.

You are a very

troubling client.

All my friends
tell me the same thing.

Less than nine hours to go.

Yeah.

That's you?

Yeah, that's me.

You worked for Data Universal?

I put in my time.

"Arlo Higgins. Data Universal's
account rep of the month."

So, what do they do?

Simply put,
they take care of you.

Provided, of course,
you play by their rules.

What do you do
with all this stuff?

Ah, I thought about
having a garage sale

but everybody else
has more stuff than I do.

Yeah, it's one big
efficient cycle.

You work for Data Universal
just to buy all their stuff.

They know what you like to
eat, to wear, to read, to drive.

They've got all your sizes.

So nobody has to think at all.

Yeah, like that guy
at the news stand.

What a way to live.

Ah!

Check this out.

This was my stash before
Data Universal took over

and assigned everybody
asingle number.

- That's quite a collection.
- Mmm-hmm.

Oh, this, this was my favorite.

Issued by American
Provincial Bank, 1989.

It's very rare,
it's never been swiped.

Ah, so they know everything
about you? Kind of a big brother.

Data!
That's all you become.

Numbers. Codes. Files.
You're no longer a person,

you're just a consumer.

And if you're not a consumer,
you're not a person.

What if you changed
your personal preferences,

changed your mind?

If they want you to change your
mind, they'll change it for you.

What can you tell us about
what happened to our friend?

Well, they're probably
processing her as we speak.

Ah, here it is.

Will they hurt her?

Depends on how
cooperative she is.

Maggie, cooperative?

Hello, again, Maggie.

I've consulted with
my superiors about your,

shall we say,
rather special problem,

and we think we can get
you back to your friends soon.

We'll profile you with our
patented rapid processing system.

Good, Guy. Thank you.

We can have you
processed in two hours.

Now then, Maggie,

would you like a local
or general anesthesia?

Press one for local.
Press two for...

What?

Why your mind scan, of course.

Mind scan? For what?

It's the fastest way.

Well, forget it.

I'm sorry but you
don't have a choice.

The procedure is quite safe,
and has a 87% survival rate.

Now this shouldn't hurt a bit.

Guy, why are you
doing this to me?

We were just getting
to know each other.

This is a way for me to
get to know you even better.

Oh, no, it isn't.
We need to talk.

That's... That's how
you become friends.

We have been talking.

No, we haven't, Guy.
You've been interrogating me.

Guy, real friends,
they communicate.

A real friend is a special person
that you want to spend time with.

Aren't you ever lonely, Guy?

Isn't there a need for
someone special in your life?

Well, uh, I network with the
other account reps, we consult.

Consult?
What is that about, huh?

I'm talking about long lunches.

Do you guys ever go out for
margaritas or just hang out at a bar?

Well, that's a little
difficult for me, Maggie.

Oh, what's so
difficult about it?

Let me ask you a question, Guy.

Boxers or briefs, huh?

What?

It's a simple question. Just
press one for briefs, two for boxers.

I see you as a boxers guy.

You know, that
uptight corporate type.

Proceeding with
the retinal scan.

Whoa, whoa! Wait,
wait, wait a minute

I'm just doing my job.

I'm sorry I brought up
your underwear,

Confirming subject,
given name Maggie Beckett.

Resides San Francisco,
California.

Spending habits, non-cooperative,
low purchase quotas.

Maintains
no outstanding balance.

Carries zero debt.
Repeat, zero debt.

That's unusual. It seems
you are in our records after all.

You've already been processed.

Thank God for my duplicate.

And you've been a very
bad girl, haven't you?

Hardly using your credit card.
What's wrong with you?

Don't you like shopping?

Yes, it's just not the most
important thing in my life.

That is a very
dangerous thing to say.

Your return to society
will have to be delayed.

Oh, no, no forget it.

I am so sick and tired
of you people.

You have no right, okay,

to my private information,
thoughts or otherwise,

and you have no right
to keep me here.

I want out now!

You're to begin basic buyer
behavior and credit card counseling

first thing tomorrow.

After three weeks you
should be fit to return to society

a fine upstanding
consuming citizen.

Is that clear?

I thought we were friends, Guy!

Can't you stop this?

Guy!

Guy!

I am sorry, Maggie.

Hey, why don't we just take the
same route in that Maggie did?

You mean the scoop express?

And end up being
processed like she was?

It's a bad idea.

Look, it
should be a piece of cake.

All we do is we lure a scoop in,

we climb aboard

and then we take a
joyride into Data Universal.

Those things hit their victim
with some kind of force field

before they capture them.

If we all get zapped,
we'll be pretty helpless.

I am ready to rock.

Been standing downwind
of them for too many years.

Time to stop running and fight.

Sorry.

Okay, we give it a shot.

Let's go.

Welcome to the waiting room.

Data Universal thanks you
for spending time with us.

Hello, I'm James.

Welcome to the waiting room.

Maggie Beckett.

Okay, are you being
reprocessed here too?

No, I'm a refuser.

Call me a prisoner
of conscience.

Well, I guess
I'm one of those, too.

At least I refused to
make the ridiculous choices

my account rep wanted me to.

Hmm. Good for you.

But if they're reprocessing you,

they must think
you have promise.

You could be out of here soon.

Yeah, how long
have you been here?

Six years.

Please present data number.

Open the pod bay door, Hal.

Insert data number.

Please press one.

I have scoop-sign!

Now!

Go! Go! Go!

Come on, sucker!

Diana!

Your mama!

Go!

Bummer!

I'm gonna feel that tomorrow.

My friends and I, we
refused to be processed,

sorted, filed and
coded by the computer.

That's a crime?

Technically, no,

but Data Universal, they couldn't
quite figure out what to do with us.

They consider us
incomplete files.

So they put us in here.
The waiting room.

What right do they have
to keep you here?

No, it was our choice.

We refused to use their credit
so we have no rights as citizens.

What are you in for?

Not charging enough I guess.

Ah, yeah.

"Crank up those balances. Come on,
don't worry. Charge it now. Pay later."

They'll indoctrinate you and
you'll be out by the end of the week.

No, I have to... I have
to be out much sooner.

I have friends I have
to meet on the outside.

You got friends on the outside?

Yes.

And I'm sure they're
very worried about me.

Here it comes again!

Okay, Remmy, get its attention.

What?

Get its attention.

Hey, hey,
hold up there! Hey!

Look over here!

Come on, come on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Get down, get down.

Nice job.

Now are we gonna be
able to drive this thing?

Ever hear of a hotwire?

Matter of fact, I have.

So why don't you
show me your style.

Can I get to see
my account rep again?

Don't know why not.

No, I mean face to face.

I don't know about that.

That's never been done before.

Personal contact between
the company and the customer.

It's unheard of.

They think I'm somebody else.

I really sensed that I was
reaching this guy, Guy.

Guy?

That's what I call him.

Well, didn't he have a number?

5579-A.

Oh, he's one of the new ones.

Well, I'm sure we can call
him up on the computer.

Arlo, you guys okay?

Yeah. Hit it.

So, did you ever get busted?

What are you talking about?

Guy steals enough cars,
odds are, he gets popped.

I mean, that wasn't
your first wire job.

I was into it
for sport, not profit.

I didn't have
the money for a car,

and I didn't like
society on the bus.

What's a boy to do
on a late night?

Wire up a nice ride,
drop it off later

and sometimes I'd
even top off the gas tank.

Yeah.

Had a cousin
that was just like that.

Hmm.

Couldn't keep a job.

Never held his own.

Keeping him out of trouble was
like having a second fulltime job.

I don't need you to
watch over me, okay?

Then you watch yourself.

'Cause we're a team.

We really can't use a hot dog.

I was a wild kid, made
my share of troubles,

but I'm different now, okay?

Five years in a
wheelchair does that.

Fair enough.

Listen, no hard feelings
about that little credit problem.

We're still friends, right?

Hard feelings?

Of course not.

Listen, I was thinking,

how about dinner?

Yes, your dinner will be served
promptly through the chutes at...

No, no...

I was thinking dinner
between you and me as friends.

We're still friends, right?

Yes, but I'm afraid dinner
between us is impossible.

Is there anything else
I can do for you?

Well, you could do me
a little favor as a friend.

I'm really anxious about getting
my credit balances up, you know.

Spend, spend, spend.

So, uh, can I order out, friend?

This is not a service
we normally provide, friend,

but for you
I'll make an exception.

Use the customer station
to order anything you like.

Thank you, so much, Guy.

I really appreciate this
more than you know.

I'm glad to see you're
getting with the program.

You know,
once I took a solemn vow

never to set foot
on their soil again.

But I gotta tell you,

it feels good to be
back in the game.

I wonder what they did
with my old office?

Ah!

Uh, maybe we could
get inside the mainframe,

trip up a program or two.

Maybe crash the thing?

You know how to do that?

I've been known to work
a miracle or two.

Maybe we could do some good.

We're talking hacking here.

Hacking Data Universal's
mainframe.

I like it.
I like it a lot!

Should I blast through?

Oh, man, man, what's this?

It's the same beam
that scanned Diana.

It's checking out
the scoop's ID.

Confirming vehicle 775.

Arlo.

Where do you think
they're holding our friend?

It could be anywhere.
This place goes on forever.

May take that long to find her.

No way.

It's gonna have to be done in
exactly two and a half hours.

So, are we gonna be
eating or cleaning tonight?

You're going to lose
your appetite in a minute.

Fertilizer.

So, are you going to
tell me what this is?

Just a bomb.

All right.

Just in case the first one
doesn't do the job,

here's a second one.

Put a wick on it.

Tape it up.

Hey.

Okay, excuse me everyone.

I'm going to blow the door.

So when I tell you to get down,

make sure you do it.

Come over here.

Oh, you can get down now.

Make a wish.

Let's go.

Come on.

Your example of
political conscience

is no good unless the people
on the outside know about it.

- Okay. Okay.
- So, which way to the exit?

I don't...
I think this way.

What do you mean?
You don't know?

Six years is a long time.

I think it's left.

No, right.

Well, which?

Ah, right.

Oh, come on.

Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait.
Where are you going?

Before I go, I want to
visit my account rep.

Here it is.

Press two for account balances.

Press three for
a review of purchases.

Press four to locate
your account representative.

Press... Ah, Maggie.

I didn't expect you here.

You're a computer.

Of course.
What did you think I was?

I'll shut him up.

What are you doing?
Maggie, stop him!

Put him down.

Thank you, Maggie.

Now is there anything
I can do for you?

Let's get out of here.

I thought you were Guy.

Press two for account
balances. Press three...

I can't.

You're a refuser.
You bucked the system.

I know.

The truth,

I'm afraid.

If I go out there uncoded,

I won't survive.

Of course you will.

Come on, James. I don't
have time to argue with you.

You gotta take my word for it,

you will survive without Big
Brother taking care of you.

Besides, there are people out there
that need you to show them the way.

Me?

I couldn't do that.

James!

James!

Your cousin, the one
you had to look after.

He was a pain in the ass?

Yeah, just like you.

So did he turn out okay?

A month after I
left home, he died.

What happened?

Dead is dead.

The point is,
he never learned anything.

He never grew.

And I would just hate to see
that happen to you, Mallory.

What is this?

This is where they would
have brought your friend.

Looks like a chute.

Yeah, they got a lot
of chutes here.

It's a way in.
That's all that counts.

It'll probably bring us closer
to where Maggie's located.

You wanna go first?

After you.

Just like that?

You have no idea where it goes,

and you're just gonna jump in
and slide to who knows where?

Actually, we do it all the time.

You're just going to
stand there?

Whoa!

Wait, wait a minute.
You'll get lost down there.

We'll be okay.

Thanks for bringing us this
far. You were a great help.

Ah, heck.

Was that fun or what?

Oh, I'll tell you as soon as the
feeling comes back into my butt.

Hello, and good day from all
your friends at Data Universal.

I'm 5579-A

and I'll be your personal
account representative.

- Who's this?
- Ah, some account rep.

Welcome to Data Universal.

Please place your barcode
bracelet up to the screen

So we can process your
reapplication as quickly as possible.

Out of the frying pan,
into the fire?

Not even close.

Lucky for you, folks,
I came along after all.

I got this one from a CEO.

Security access override.

Thank you for using
Data Universal.

Where the customer is always right.

Maggie, what are you doing?

Sorry, Guy, I'm leaving.

Is that how you treat a friend?

Excuse me?

You betrayed my trust.

I unwittingly helped you
to escape.

Do you have any idea
how much trouble I'm in?

You're a computer.

And that makes me
less of a person?

Do you know what you've done to my
customer platinum performance rating, huh?

I'm sorry.

I'm in really big trouble.

Look, Guy, you had no right
to nab me in the first place.

Your account is being
passed to Sector Control.

Searching 36041688-A.

Please confirm transmission.

Who are you?

This is Sector Control.

Please report to my
office, Miss Beckett.

There's some unfortunate bureaucratic
foul-ups that need to be set right.

Just, uh, you can go through
the door right in front of you.

Security overseer to Sector 9.

That's better.

Would you like to sit down.

At last, a real person.

No, I would not
like to sit down.

I would like to get out of here.

Hmm, well, um, we
have a serious problem

and it requires
an immediate resolution.

Someone with your account number

purchased a leather handbag
in Geneva this morning.

- So?
- Well,

your account is being
used by somebody else,

and dual accounts are
against the company policy.

Now, we've followed her
activity patterns all day long

and they correspond to the
Maggie Beckett that we have on file.

Your activity patterns do not,

which brings us
to the conclusion

that she is the
real Maggie Beckett.

Well, you see,
I can explain that.

Since there cannot be
two identical files,

we must initiate
our overwrite policy.

- Overwrite policy?
- Mmm-hmm.

We're canceling your
access to the Beckett account

and deleting you.

Deleting me?

Mmm-hmm.

Maggie, what's going on?

This is my prom date! What
do you think is going on?

They're taking me
to my execution!

Ouch!

Overseer 791, this is 5579-A.

I have a few questions
for the customer.

Are you talking
about a deletion?

Don't make it sound
so antiseptic.

Is there anything you can do?

That apparatus falls under the
direct operation of Sector Control.

I have no access to it.

And he'll want you to
move again in a minute.

Yeah, well, thanks anyway.

Did you do that?

Not bad, if I do say so myself.

But you must go. I don't know
how long the doors will hold it.

Thanks, Guy, you're a real pal.

Pal.

I think I like that.

Man, I put in a lot of
hours around this place.

Until that hotshot
replaced me, that is.

Come on.

Worker bees are still at it.

Some things never change.

There's my old office.

What'd they do,
fire the cleaning service?

Please press one
for mileage points.

Press two for a new menu
in time-share choices.

You!

You're the guy who replaced me.

I was replaced by a computer!

It's okay, Arlo. It
happens to a lot of people.

Arlo, you've come back to us.

Shouldn't you be in processing?

Just ignore that
overrated calculator.

We've got 15 minutes
to find Maggie.

Maggie Beckett?
Do you know Maggie Beckett?

Yes. Yeah, we're her
friends. Now where is she?

- You're her friends?
- Yes!

I'm her friend, too.
At least I think I am.

Where is she?

At the moment she's running for
her life down Corridor 135, Section 2.

135, Section 2.

135, Section 2.

Maggie!

Oh, Remmy, you guys!

Oh! We don't have
time to talk.

What the hell is that?

- The long arm of Data Universal.
- Let's move it!

Get something to block the door!

That won't be necessary.

Is that what I think it is?

You can get anything you want
here if you please press one.

You are something, girl.

All right, everybody,
stand back.

Hell of a party, Maggie.

Too bad it's over
in five minutes.

I don't know about you
guys but I'm partied out.

You know, I bet it wouldn't take a
lot to crash their computer system.

It doesn't even seem
like they have

a fundamental lockout or
password protection system.

They didn't think
they would need it.

If you guys are suggesting
we take out their computer,

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

This is our friend Arlo.
He helped us to find you.

Hi, Arlo.

Arlo, I have
a new friend in here.

And I'm not sure what would happen
to him if we crashed their system.

Besides, like it or not, this
place needs Data Universal.

Without it or at least some
training and knowhow,

I don't think
this world will survive.

I did.

Yeah, Arlo here has been living
outside the system for years.

They're going to
need a good teacher.

Hell, I'm your guy.

James, this man here

is gonna teach you how to survive
on your own without Data Universal.

Now you can be the example
you always wanted to be.

What do you think?

Well, I think we can do this.

All right.

All right, are we done
fixing these peoples' world?

It's not a fix. You know, we
can't solve all their problems.

They're gonna have
to do that on their own.

I can help too.

All right, I think the three of you
would make an incredible team.

Does this mean it's the dawning of a
new age in customer service relations?

Only if you believe in miracles.

Ready, people?

Three, two...

Maggie!

Goodbye!

Goodbye, friend.