Halt and Catch Fire

They're gonna delay my game.

Indefinitely.

Previously on AMC's "Halt and Catch Fire"...

Rover isn't developing a browser.

It's indexing the web.

I need to borrow some money.

You don't know what it's like being retired.

This can't be my last thing.

Could we drill down on leadership experience?

If that's what Rover needs, I have the perfect person.

- What is this? - Well, markup language is pretty easy.

Not like it's C++.

Imagine a website of websites

that takes you wherever you want to go.

It wasn't about him.

I was sad.

And I needed to pour that sadness into something,

and he...

happened to be there.

I was in the same room as him.

I just keep thinking about everything he said to me.

You took his side.

You love him.

That's not true.

Why should I believe you?

Because...

there's no loving Joe.

He's impossible to love.

He's empty and...

he just becomes

whatever circumstance needs him to be.

Who are you?

Joe!

Oh.

Wow. This is perfect.

Didn't waste any time, did you?

Is he here?

At the office!

You're not hearing me.

No, this is an opportunity for you.

Mm-hmm.

We are willing to restructure the deal, Jon.

Listen, just give me five minutes of your time.

Uh-huh.

Gordon, I'm sorry.

I had no idea what was going on.

Just got off the phone with Volpi.

Of course you can get him on the line.

He's not budging!

I'm trying PacBell.

There's nothing there. You're too late.

The only play we have left now

is to sell while we're still worth something.

Don't say that. We can still figure something...

Oh, spare me the theatrics, Joe.

If you've been on the phone for five minutes, then you know!

That is not what I want to hear from you right now.

How's Cameron?

Yeah, I stopped by your place this morning.

She looked, uh... comfortable.

You know, you can imagine my surprise.

You disappear, I think you're upset with me,

and then turns out you've been holed up with a married woman.

She's divorced.

Almost.

Almost divorced!

- Th-That's beautiful. - Why are we talking about Cameron?

Because I know you two!

And it's like... it's like...

it's like you're a train and she's a train,

and you think, "Oh, we're both trains.

We should get along great"!

But then both the trains are on the same track,

and they're both headed right for each other,

and guess what...

both the trains are carrying dynamite.

Look, I've seen this a thousand times.

I know how it ends.

- Okay. It's gonna explode! - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- It's not... - We're bad for each other,

- and it's going to be disastrous. - Yes!

What is this?

Mm.

Hey! I made you breakfast.

It's cheese egg.

Cheese egg!

Mm-hmm.

Um...

I, uh...

wish I could come today.

We're putting the final details on the sale,

and Gordon's a little... heartbroken, I think.

Honestly, it's just fine.

It's such a non-thing.

I'm gonna do my little obedient-robot routine,

and that's it.

You should swing by after.

Gordon'll get over himself.

It's fine anyways, 'cause I have to...

excuse me.

Um, I'm having a sit-down with Atari

after the panel deal

to talk next steps on Pilgrim, so...

Oh, that should go smoothly.

Yeah, I think they're gonna come around.

I, uh... I got a present for you.

Me?

Mm-hmm.

For your video games.

Oh.

Well, that's...

passive-aggressive.

Really? Is it?

'Cause I was... I was aiming for blunt,

- uncompromising clarity. - Oh. You missed the mark.

You're loud.

Everything you do is loud...

- and messy. - Sorry.

Which reminds me,

you should unpack the boxes today.

I'm so sorry for interrupting

your perfect catalogue existence little life.

I feel like you, um... you thought that was an insult.

You're a freak. You know that, right?

Unpack.

You're like if somebody gave Howard Hughes...

- Unpack.. our boxes. - ...a copy of "Siddhartha"

and he just led with it.

You're like three bottles of piss away

from building a perfect antibacterial chamber.

See? God, these work great.

I can't hear a word you're saying.

You're so annoying.

Your car will be here in 20.

The guys from StrongBox are presenting at 10:00.

- Also... - Do you have the proposal from MultiLink?

It's on your desk, but...

Good morning.

Hey.

Uh, the guys at TuneWorx sent this in today

as a thank-you for the IPO.

They know I play.

Ah.

I talked to the guys at Spyglass.

I thought they weren't taking VC.

If I'm reading it right,

they're going to license the Mosaic code,

and if they take anyone's money,

it should be ours.

Few weeks ago, you weren't interested in a browser play.

Yeah, well, you know,

the right browser could have legs.

Been taking lessons a couple years now.

I mean, I'm a good player.

I'll never be a great player.

Oh, don't say that.

I'll keep you in the loop on Spyglass.

We could tag-team it.

Thanks.

Package came for Cameron.

Great.

More stuff.

It's from Tom.

Just a couple more.

You okay?

Our hands were tied.

We sold high.

Got twice what we thought we would.

Guess you can still navigate the business world

when you're motivated.

We've got capital, blank canvas.

I liked this place.

I know it doesn't feel like it now, but...

this is the start of something.

Our 11:00 will be here soon.

What's up?

Joe would like to talk to you about the pro...

The index you made,

the... the... the guide, the comet list thing.

I love it.

Thanks.

More importantly, other people love it.

The traffic is astonishing.

Yeah, honey, it's a really, really good idea.

The idea, obviously, was mine, the indexing.

I did that work by hand over years.

What your dad means to say

is that the execution of that idea is wonderful,

and we want to buy it from you.

Oh, Joe, slow down.

Joe...

I want to build it and make it into something...

real... no offense.

I would migrate it to its own dedicated server immediately

so there is a seamless transition,

no interruption in service.

I would do that today.

I did it already.

You want to buy it?

Uh, what he... Joe's, uh...