1 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,266 (1980s ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:01:18,287 --> 00:01:22,212 ANNOUNCER: Get ready for the feel, the feel of real. X1. 3 00:01:22,374 --> 00:01:24,126 No pain, no gain. 4 00:01:39,308 --> 00:01:40,651 (GRUNTING) 5 00:01:46,023 --> 00:01:47,445 Pizza, guys. 6 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:54,581 EXCITED STACKS GUY: Whoo-hoo! 7 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:04,925 (GRUNTING) 8 00:02:09,004 --> 00:02:10,381 Hello, Wade. 9 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:12,140 Hello, Mrs. Gilmore. 10 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:15,144 What's the matter? Life getting you down? 11 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:18,184 (MRS. GILMORE CHUCKLES) 12 00:02:19,848 --> 00:02:22,226 WADE: I was born in 2027. 13 00:02:22,392 --> 00:02:26,022 After the Corn Syrup Droughts, after the Bandwidth Riots. 14 00:02:26,188 --> 00:02:28,236 After people stopped trying to fix problems 15 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:30,651 and just tried to outlive them. 16 00:02:37,282 --> 00:02:39,580 My parents, they didn't make it through those times, 17 00:02:39,743 --> 00:02:42,918 so I live here in Columbus, Ohio, with my Aunt Alice. 18 00:02:43,705 --> 00:02:48,086 In 2045, Columbus is the fastest-growing city on Earth. 19 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:52,344 It's where Halliday and Morrow started Gregarious Games. 20 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:59,513 These days, reality is a bummer. 21 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,478 Everyone is looking for a way to escape, 22 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,892 and that's why Halliday... 23 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:05,026 That's why he was such a hero to us. 24 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:09,523 He showed us that we could go somewhere without going anywhere at all. 25 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:12,526 You don't need a destination 26 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:14,828 when you're running on an omnidirectional treadmill 27 00:03:14,986 --> 00:03:17,284 with quadraphonic, pressure-sensitive underlay. 28 00:03:18,281 --> 00:03:20,534 James Halliday saw the future. 29 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,248 And then he built it. 30 00:03:22,411 --> 00:03:24,414 He gave us a place to go. 31 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:26,331 A place called 32 00:03:26,915 --> 00:03:28,292 the OASIS. 33 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:34,932 (CHORUS SINGING) 34 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:43,644 This is the OASIS. 35 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:47,983 It's a place where the limits of reality are your own imagination. 36 00:04:01,450 --> 00:04:03,544 - You can do anything... - (CROWD CHEERING) 37 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:05,579 ...go anywhere. 38 00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:08,707 Like the vacation planet. 39 00:04:08,874 --> 00:04:11,588 Surf a 50-foot monster wave in Hawaii. 40 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:13,921 - You can ski down the pyramids. - (SKIERS WHOOPING) 41 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,306 You can climb Mount Everest 42 00:04:16,465 --> 00:04:17,933 with Batman. 43 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:24,147 Check out this place. It's a casino the size of a planet. 44 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:25,524 You can lose your money there. 45 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,060 You can get married. You can get divorced. 46 00:04:28,226 --> 00:04:30,570 You can... You can go in there. 47 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:35,154 People come to the OASIS for all the things they can do, 48 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:38,446 but they stay because of all the things they can be. 49 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:43,618 Tall, beautiful, scary, a different sex, 50 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,833 a different species, live-action, cartoon. 51 00:04:46,995 --> 00:04:48,588 It's all your call. 52 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:52,798 Yeah, that's me. Well, that's my avatar. 53 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:55,758 At least, until I feel like changing it. 54 00:04:56,922 --> 00:04:59,175 Except for eating, sleeping, and bathroom breaks, 55 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:02,595 whatever people wanna do, they do it in the OASIS. 56 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:06,273 And since everyone is here, this is where we meet each other. 57 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:07,603 It's where we make friends. 58 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:08,938 Locate Aech. 59 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:12,354 - (BEEPING) - COMPUTER: Locating Aech. 60 00:05:15,232 --> 00:05:16,609 Aech located. 61 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,991 Sector 12. Planet Doom. 62 00:05:20,612 --> 00:05:23,787 WADE: Planet Doom, the most dangerous place in the OASIS, 63 00:05:23,949 --> 00:05:26,873 and a pretty great place to pick up coin. 64 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:28,582 Figures Aech would be there. 65 00:05:31,248 --> 00:05:33,842 Aech is my best friend in the OASIS. 66 00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:37,212 He's my best friend, period. 67 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:40,224 Even though I've never actually met him in the real world. 68 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:46,308 - WADE: What's up, Aech? - Hey, what up, Z? 69 00:05:46,471 --> 00:05:48,724 Next race is in 20 minutes, and I can't do the late one. 70 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,437 What the hell are you up to? 71 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,069 Man, gettin' my kills on, bro. 72 00:05:53,228 --> 00:05:54,320 Is that Daito? 73 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:56,026 Daito and Sho. 74 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:01,069 (SPEAKING JAPANESE) 75 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:02,153 (SPEAKING CHINESE) 76 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:03,784 This an artifact hunt? 77 00:06:03,947 --> 00:06:06,075 Yup. Gregarious 120. 78 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:10,166 Turn into any giant robot for two minutes. That's rad. 79 00:06:10,829 --> 00:06:12,126 WADE: Artifacts. 80 00:06:12,914 --> 00:06:14,882 Those were key. 81 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:17,795 Halliday made sure the OASIS was littered 82 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,510 with enough randomly powerful stuff 83 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:23,471 that anyone could win if they had the skills. 84 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:27,725 Death matches and artifact hunts are a good way to coin-snatch, 85 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:30,560 but depending on your level of armor, they're risky. 86 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:31,687 (LAUGHS) 87 00:06:32,017 --> 00:06:34,315 You see, everyone starts the same, 88 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:35,569 but the more coin you make... 89 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,356 - Mom! Mom! - ...the more you level up. 90 00:06:37,522 --> 00:06:39,945 If you get killed, your avatar can come back to life... 91 00:06:40,025 --> 00:06:41,026 Go get your dad! 92 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:42,782 ...but you lose all your stuff. 93 00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:44,407 (GRUNTS) 94 00:06:44,487 --> 00:06:46,581 Everything you've ever worked for. 95 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:48,833 All your money. 96 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:50,793 (SHOUTS IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 97 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:52,371 Your clothes. 98 00:06:52,537 --> 00:06:53,629 (SCREAMS) 99 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,377 Your weapons. 100 00:06:55,999 --> 00:06:58,627 Since people spend most of their time in the OASIS... 101 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,346 (SHOUTING IN JAPANESE) 102 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:02,715 ...losing your shit means... 103 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:05,847 Well, losing your shit. 104 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:08,224 (1980s POP MUSIC PLAYING) 105 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,681 Aech, 10 minutes until the race starts. 106 00:07:10,847 --> 00:07:12,690 AECH: Okay, Mom, I heard you. 107 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:17,025 WADE: You see, the OASIS was the brainchild of James Halliday. 108 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:21,943 He and his partner, Ogden Morrow, released the first OASIS build in 2025. 109 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:26,204 It was an instant success, and it made them both very rich. 110 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:29,833 But Morrow was out of the picture after a few years. And Halliday? 111 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:33,166 He wasn't just the owner of the world's biggest company. 112 00:07:33,328 --> 00:07:37,128 He was like a god. People loved him. 113 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,293 They worshiped him as much as his creation. 114 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:42,133 Maybe we should stop talking about it 115 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,639 and start, uh, showing it. 116 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,926 If you all wanna reach under your seats, 117 00:07:47,092 --> 00:07:49,265 you'll find that there's nothing there. (CHUCKLES) 118 00:07:49,427 --> 00:07:52,772 - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - But we're each gonna bring you one now. 119 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,565 WADE: And then, on January 7, 2040... 120 00:07:57,769 --> 00:07:59,817 (MUSIC DISTORTS) 121 00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:01,606 He died. 122 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:05,823 - (ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING) - And what he left behind 123 00:08:07,237 --> 00:08:09,786 changed everything. 124 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:26,386 Hello. I am James Halliday. 125 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:29,472 If you're watching this, I'm dead. 126 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:36,018 Before I died, I created what we in the biz call an "Easter egg." 127 00:08:37,225 --> 00:08:44,075 A hidden object in a game that gives special powers to whoever discovers it. 128 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:47,991 The first person to find the egg 129 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:51,407 I've hidden somewhere inside the OASIS 130 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:55,248 will inherit my stock in Gregarious Games, 131 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:59,209 currently valued in excess of half a million... 132 00:08:59,289 --> 00:09:02,134 Uh, half a trillion dollars' worth, 133 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:07,674 and total control of the OASIS itself. 134 00:09:08,757 --> 00:09:13,980 In the form of my avatar, Anorak the All-Knowing, 135 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:17,145 I created three keys. 136 00:09:18,141 --> 00:09:21,361 Three hidden challenges test for worthy traits 137 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:25,695 revealing three hidden keys to three magic gates. 138 00:09:25,857 --> 00:09:29,862 And those with the skill to survive these straits 139 00:09:30,028 --> 00:09:34,659 will reach the end, where the prize awaits. 140 00:09:34,824 --> 00:09:37,327 Off you go, keys. 141 00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:44,509 The keys aren't just laying around under a rock somewhere. 142 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:47,261 I suppose you could say they're invisible, 143 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:50,970 hidden in a dark room that's at the center of a maze 144 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:54,056 that's located somewhere 145 00:09:55,053 --> 00:09:57,101 up here. 146 00:09:57,472 --> 00:10:01,523 Let the hunt for Halliday's Easter egg 147 00:10:02,185 --> 00:10:03,232 begin. 148 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:09,654 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 149 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,987 WADE: The challenge is to find three keys, 150 00:10:12,153 --> 00:10:15,623 but in five years, no one has even gotten one key. 151 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:18,080 And the big scoreboard? Still empty. 152 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,537 Some long-forgotten gunter cracked the first clue 153 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:22,376 and found the first challenge. 154 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:24,548 Then, this portal appeared. 155 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:28,545 But the challenge to win the first key was a race designed by Halliday 156 00:10:28,711 --> 00:10:31,556 that was so hard, no one had ever finished it. 157 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:35,059 The only ones still trying are the gunters, as in "egg hunters," 158 00:10:35,218 --> 00:10:38,097 like me and Sho and Daito, and my best friend, Aech. 159 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:42,059 Oh, and of course, the Sixers. 160 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:43,688 The Sixers work for IOI... 161 00:10:43,768 --> 00:10:44,769 COMMANDER: Sixers! 162 00:10:44,853 --> 00:10:46,196 WADE:...Innovative Online Industries. 163 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:48,402 They're the second-largest company in the world 164 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,363 with designs on becoming the first. 165 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,615 Which is why they're putting everything they got 166 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:53,949 into winning Halliday's contest. 167 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,739 Buckle up! 168 00:10:56,573 --> 00:10:58,450 Sit in! 169 00:10:58,616 --> 00:11:01,335 WADE: We call 'em "Sixers" 'cause that's the company rule. 170 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:02,962 No name, just numbers. 171 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:07,421 They have a support team made up of Halliday scholars. 172 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:10,133 Like me, they spend all their time studying pop culture 173 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:11,672 that Halliday was obsessed with, 174 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,886 trying to find clues to solve the contest. 175 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:19,350 They're just following the orders of the head of IOI, 176 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:22,561 this dickweed named Nolan Sorrento. 177 00:11:28,605 --> 00:11:29,857 How'd you get here before me? 178 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,526 Well, I didn't make a pit stop at the hair salon. 179 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,490 - What up, Z? - What's up, Aech? 180 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:36,322 Saved you a spot. 181 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:37,614 Thanks, bro. 182 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:39,457 (BEEPING) 183 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,082 I gotta go to the back. 184 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:46,089 Ugh. So you can skim coins from crashed cars? 185 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:48,875 - That's just sad, man. - Fuel's low. 186 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:52,467 Oh, but you still had enough to pay for that Something About Mary hairdo. 187 00:11:52,837 --> 00:11:54,680 (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) 188 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:22,079 (ENGINE REVVING) 189 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,088 First to the key. 190 00:12:35,171 --> 00:12:36,263 (HORN BLARES) 191 00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:37,465 First to the egg! 192 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,433 (HORN BLARING) 193 00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:20,554 (TRAIN HORN BLARING) 194 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:28,892 Aech, are you seeing this? 195 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:31,436 (TIRES SCREECHES) 196 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:33,988 Yeah, I see it. That's Kaneda's bike from Akira. 197 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,195 It's a licensed skin over a standard frame. 198 00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:38,576 WADE: No, not the bike. Forget the bike. 199 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:40,908 The girl, I think it's Art3mis. 200 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:43,118 The Art3mis? The Sixer Fixer? 201 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:46,163 I've seen all her walk-throughs, her Twitch streams. 202 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,203 It's her. It's definitely her. 203 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:05,515 (HORN BLARES) 204 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:09,808 (YELPS) 205 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:13,735 (BEEPING) 206 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:23,659 (TIRES SCREECHES) 207 00:14:32,663 --> 00:14:33,835 (GRUNTS) 208 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:47,557 (ROARS) 209 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:49,973 (GROWLS) 210 00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:01,363 (ROARING) 211 00:15:03,945 --> 00:15:05,697 (GIBBERING) 212 00:15:14,288 --> 00:15:15,335 (GRUNTS) 213 00:15:16,707 --> 00:15:18,380 (TIRES SCREECHING) 214 00:15:35,351 --> 00:15:37,445 Go, go, go! Get there! Come on! 215 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,323 AECH: You got it, you got it! 216 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,377 (GROWLS) 217 00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:55,205 Balls. 218 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:01,919 She's not gonna make it. 219 00:16:04,714 --> 00:16:06,387 Bail! Bail out! 220 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:07,550 Bail! 221 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:15,391 ART3MIS: Ow! (GRUNTS) 222 00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:20,071 (ROARING) 223 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:26,903 (BOTH PANTING) 224 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,294 (MOTORCYCLE SPUTTERING) 225 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:45,922 (AIR HISSING) 226 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,348 Damn, I loved that bike. 227 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:48,759 Oh, Aech could... 228 00:16:48,925 --> 00:16:51,394 Well, he's my friend, but he could fix it for you. 229 00:16:58,809 --> 00:17:01,482 This is my workshop. Touch nothing. 230 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:03,360 (MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO) 231 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,113 (STAMMERS) 232 00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:10,078 Where did you find an Iron Giant? 233 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:12,912 AECH: Find it? I'm building it. That's a commission. 234 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:15,914 WADE: Oh, yeah. Aech is top-rated on the mod boards. 235 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:18,751 People all over the OASIS pay him serious coin. 236 00:17:18,913 --> 00:17:21,132 Oh, hey, check this out! 237 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:22,758 AECH: Hey. Z, yo. 238 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,591 - The Galactica, of course. - These are my babies, all right, man? 239 00:17:26,754 --> 00:17:28,381 Sulaco, from Aliens. 240 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:29,925 Dude, how are you showing off my shit? 241 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:32,560 Valley Forge, from Silent Running. Oh, where's the Harkonnen Drop-Ship? 242 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:35,096 That thing is sick. Folds space like a boss. 243 00:17:35,263 --> 00:17:37,015 I mean, you can get from Incipio to Arrakis in three seconds... 244 00:17:37,348 --> 00:17:38,941 Fingers! 245 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:40,272 You'll have to excuse him. 246 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:42,607 He gets a little nervous around pretty girls. 247 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,109 (SNAPS FINGERS) 248 00:17:48,025 --> 00:17:49,243 (BEEPING) 249 00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:52,246 I can fix it in 10 minutes. 250 00:17:53,614 --> 00:17:56,083 Yup. He's pretty great. 251 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:59,121 I assume you and Shoulder Blades are clanned up. 252 00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:01,415 Oh, Aech? Nah. 253 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:05,711 I mean, he's really good, but I don't clan. 254 00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:09,093 Oh, 'cause you're Parzival, 255 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,633 as in the knight who found the Holy Grail by himself. 256 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:13,392 What about you, Art3mis? 257 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:16,771 Goddess of the hunt. Clans must be killing to sign you up. 258 00:18:18,389 --> 00:18:20,187 - Favorite shooter? - Excuse me? 259 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:22,147 James Halliday's favorite first-person shooter. 260 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:23,732 - What? - Oh. GoldenEye. 261 00:18:23,894 --> 00:18:26,113 - Playing as? - Oddjob. Is this a test? 262 00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:27,273 Favorite game variant? 263 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:28,949 Game variant was "slappers only." No weapons. 264 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,111 I know what "slappers only" means. Racer? 265 00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,405 Turbo. And his favorite food was Hot Pockets. 266 00:18:33,571 --> 00:18:35,164 Favorite restaurant was Chuck E Cheese. 267 00:18:35,323 --> 00:18:37,701 Song was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. 268 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,494 Video was Take on Me by A-ha. 269 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:43,710 Oh, oh... His favorite quote was from Superman. 270 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:45,670 "Some people can read War and Peace 271 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:48,052 "and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story..." 272 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,838 "Others can read the ingredients on the back of a chewing-gum wrapper 273 00:18:51,005 --> 00:18:53,383 "and unlock the secrets of the universe." 274 00:18:54,091 --> 00:18:56,094 Lex Luthor. (CHUCKLES) 275 00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:58,012 Cool. 276 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:03,060 What would you do? If you won. The whole contest, I mean. 277 00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:06,066 Oh! I mean, I've got tons of plans in the real world. 278 00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:10,984 I'd move into a huge mansion, buy a bunch of cool shit, not be poor. 279 00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:14,612 Now I know why you stopped short. 280 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:18,950 I stopped because of Kong. No one ever makes it past Kong. 281 00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:20,914 That's, like, a rule. 282 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:24,547 Well, then you know it can't be true. Because Halliday hated making rules. 283 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:26,002 I can't afford to zero out. 284 00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:27,542 - You're afraid to lose your shit. - No, I'm not! 285 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:29,676 What happens when IOI offers you guaranteed coin 286 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:31,007 for the keys to the kingdom? 287 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,389 Nolan Sorrento takes over the world. 288 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:37,723 A real gunter would risk everything to save the OASIS from IOI. 289 00:19:37,885 --> 00:19:39,228 Who said that? 290 00:19:39,387 --> 00:19:40,809 Me. 291 00:19:43,057 --> 00:19:44,604 There you go. Good as new. 292 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,437 Thanks for the fix-up, my man. 293 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,743 That's better. 294 00:19:59,281 --> 00:20:03,252 I'll wave to you from the finish line, McFly. 295 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:07,756 (CHUCKLES) That went well. 296 00:20:07,915 --> 00:20:09,633 Thanks to you, Captain Big Mouth. 297 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:13,137 AUNT ALICE: Wade? Wade? Where the hell are my gloves? 298 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:15,263 Shit. I gotta go. 299 00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:19,427 ANNOUNCER: X1. 300 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:23,060 When I'm after gold on Planet Doom, I need every edge I can get. 301 00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:27,102 Every push, punch, gunshot, you feel it all. 302 00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:31,444 ANNOUNCER: Get ready for the feel, the feel of real. X1. 303 00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:33,858 PLAYER: The X1 is like wearing a second skin. 304 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,909 A skin that kicks ass. 305 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:40,407 I zeroed out 'cause of your broke-ass gloves. 306 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:41,825 Who told you to use them? 307 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:44,085 You took hers. 308 00:20:45,161 --> 00:20:46,504 So you lost a death match. 309 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:50,917 Why don't you just respawn and level up like everyone else? 310 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,210 You don't get it. 311 00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:55,300 I bought all these power-ups for this challenge, and I lost it all. 312 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:57,181 That artifact was gonna pay for the house! 313 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:58,340 AUNT ALICE: Wait. 314 00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:01,932 How much of our house money did you spend on upgrades? 315 00:21:03,012 --> 00:21:05,766 Well, all of it, but I was gonna win. 316 00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:08,769 (SIGHS) That was our ticket out of here. 317 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:12,487 (SOBBING) You idiot. 318 00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:14,774 No, but I only lost 'cause of the bad gloves. 319 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,533 Our house! Our goddamn house! 320 00:21:16,692 --> 00:21:17,864 WADE: My boys were in that challenge. 321 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:20,075 You couldn't have beat them in a bootsuit, you noob. 322 00:21:20,696 --> 00:21:23,700 Stop! No! No! 323 00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:24,993 Alice, call the police! 324 00:21:25,159 --> 00:21:26,661 No, we are not calling the cops. 325 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:28,545 Go to your room, Rick. 326 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:30,047 Come on, Alice. 327 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,385 Why do you put up with this guy? He's a shitshow. 328 00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:39,470 I ought to kick the both of you out. I swear to G-O-D, Wade Watts, 329 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:42,226 if I catch you touching my stuff again, 330 00:21:42,384 --> 00:21:44,933 not joking... Out. 331 00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:54,025 WADE: "Wade Watts." 332 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:55,189 My dad picked that name 333 00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:57,609 because it sounded like a superhero's alter ego, 334 00:21:58,192 --> 00:22:00,820 like Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. 335 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:03,785 But he died when I was a kid. 336 00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:06,997 My mom, too, and I ended up here, 337 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,877 living with Aunt Alice 338 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:11,414 and her endless string of hard-loving losers. 339 00:22:14,291 --> 00:22:17,010 "Halliday hated making rules." 340 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,763 Why is that line sticking in my head? 341 00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:25,056 Maybe it's 'cause Art3mis said it, and she's hot. 342 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:27,772 Maybe it's because she called me out, 343 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:30,228 sitting here in my tiny corner of nowhere, 344 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:33,694 protecting my small slice of nothing. 345 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,947 Or maybe... 346 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,449 Maybe it's because that line means something 347 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:40,109 and I missed it. 348 00:22:40,317 --> 00:22:41,409 (POP MUSIC PLAYING) 349 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:46,082 The day the contest was announced, the Halliday Journals appeared. 350 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,040 He told us to look in his brain. This was the next best thing. 351 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:53,547 At first, it was jammed with gunters looking for answers. 352 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:56,175 Now, the once-crowded halls of Halliday's memories 353 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,425 are left to people like me. 354 00:22:57,585 --> 00:23:00,213 Parzival. Oh, joy! 355 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:03,474 And how will you eat up my valuable search time today? 356 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:05,760 Gregarious Games, 2029... Office party. 357 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:09,055 Office party. Yes, you've only seen it a thousand times. 358 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,144 Why not go back? 359 00:23:11,974 --> 00:23:15,524 Each entry into Halliday's Journals is meticulously assembled 360 00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:18,030 from personal photographs, home video recordings, 361 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:19,940 surveillance, and nanny cams. 362 00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:23,782 All rendered into a three-dimensional virtual experience. 363 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:27,494 Also, Halliday archived every film, game, book, and television program 364 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:30,539 he ever saw, located on the mezzanine. 365 00:23:30,951 --> 00:23:34,376 No weapons or mature-themed avatars are permitted within the Journals. 366 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:37,838 Please enjoy your time with us, and happy gunting! 367 00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:40,007 HALLIDAY: I like cleaning up. 368 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:42,547 MORROW: Okay, Jim, I'm going. 369 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:49,933 Everything changes, Jim. Everything evolves. 370 00:23:50,471 --> 00:23:53,691 HALLIDAY: Some things are perfect just the way they are. Asteroids. 371 00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:57,854 People don't live inside an Asteroids arcade cabinet. 372 00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:00,447 I know that. 373 00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:03,155 Yeah, well, people are living inside the arcade we built. 374 00:24:03,317 --> 00:24:05,194 - I built. - Uh, well... (SIGHS) 375 00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:08,035 Right. Well, I guess you can say whatever you want. 376 00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:09,244 I don't really wanna talk about it anymore. 377 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:10,749 No, of course you don't wanna talk about it. 378 00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:11,909 You're forcing me out. 379 00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:13,373 Closer on Halliday. 380 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:15,584 Look, invention comes with responsibilities 381 00:24:15,746 --> 00:24:17,248 you didn't ask for. 382 00:24:17,915 --> 00:24:19,963 All right, if you make something people want or need 383 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,753 then it's up to you to set the limits. You have to make some rules. 384 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,217 (WHISPERS) "I don't wanna make any more rules." 385 00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:26,257 I don't wanna make any more rules. 386 00:24:26,340 --> 00:24:27,387 "I'm a dreamer." 387 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,801 I'm a dreamer. 388 00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:30,891 - I build worlds. - "I build worlds." 389 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:34,640 We created something beautiful, Jim, but it's changed. 390 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,275 Okay? It's really not a game anymore. 391 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:37,776 Are we finished? 392 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:42,532 I liked how things were when they were... 393 00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:45,116 When it was a game. 394 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:48,825 And we're back to where we started. But that's the point, isn't it? 395 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:51,207 Things move forward whether you like it or not. 396 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,537 Yeah, we're finished. 397 00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:55,244 MORROW: (SCOFFS) Fine. 398 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:01,251 HALLIDAY: Why can't we go backwards, for once? 399 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:07,302 Backwards, really fast. Fast as we can. (LAUGHS) 400 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,763 Really put the pedal to the metal, you know? 401 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:12,144 Go back 10 seconds! 402 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:16,391 Why can't we go backwards, for once? 403 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:21,191 Backwards, really fast. Fast as we can. (LAUGHS) 404 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:24,406 Really put the pedal to the metal, you know? 405 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:26,950 Bill and Ted did it. 406 00:25:27,276 --> 00:25:29,779 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 407 00:25:48,589 --> 00:25:50,592 Back again so soon? 408 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:54,345 Careful not to lose your shit. 409 00:25:58,432 --> 00:26:00,150 You figured something out. 410 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:02,982 - Parzival, tell me. - (HORN BLARES) 411 00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:05,864 (ENGINE REVS) 412 00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:07,570 (HORN BLARING) 413 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,882 (TIRES SCREECHING) 414 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:54,948 (ROARING) 415 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:07,968 (ROARING) 416 00:27:17,261 --> 00:27:18,353 (ROARS) 417 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:26,191 (TIRES SCREECHING) 418 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:28,439 (INSTRUMENTS PLAYING TRIUMPHANT MUSIC) 419 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:47,045 Nice racing, Padawan. You're the first to finish. 420 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:52,430 (STAMMERING) Mr. Halliday... Anorak. 421 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,091 It's such an honor. 422 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:57,635 The honor is all mine. 423 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,522 Get yourself a clue. 424 00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:28,548 Who is this Parzival, and how the hell is he winning? 425 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:31,176 Well, here's a better question. Who cares? 426 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:33,178 Halliday's contest is vitally important. 427 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:36,386 I mean, it's nothing less than a war for control of the future. 428 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:39,597 But this Parzival? He's not even clanned up. 429 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,935 He's alone. We have an army. 430 00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:44,689 EXECUTIVE: And yet, he's got the first key. 431 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:46,270 Yeah, he has a key, 432 00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:49,562 but you have to get three of 'em to win the contest. 433 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:52,231 Our stock dove 6% yesterday. 434 00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:56,197 Loyalty division is reporting profits of 28%. F'Nale. 435 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,034 We're opening five new loyalty centers this month. 436 00:28:59,196 --> 00:29:01,073 Debt Services dwarfs Hardware. 437 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,117 Now, you really wanna talk to me about stock prices? 438 00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:04,410 The shareholders won't be happy. 439 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:07,830 It's not our job to make them happy. It's our job to make them money, 440 00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:12,047 but once we launch this little baby, they're gonna flip. 441 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:16,426 We call this Pure O2. 442 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,261 This is the first of our planned upgrades. 443 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:20,926 Once we can roll back some of Halliday's ad restrictions, 444 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:24,973 we estimate we can sell up to 80% 445 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:30,395 of an individual's visual field before inducing seizures, so picture this... 446 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,564 All of this implies we win the contest. 447 00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:38,614 Indeed, it does. 448 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:39,866 (MUSIC PLAYING) 449 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:43,158 Dude, you won the key and 100,000 coins? 450 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:44,328 As soon as I took the key, 451 00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:45,785 all the coins just appeared in my account. 452 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,955 I'll tell you what, I'm soiling my haptics right now. 453 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,251 What the hell's a Cataclyst? 454 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:58,013 A bomb. Kills every avatar on a planet, even the owner. 455 00:29:58,171 --> 00:29:59,172 AECH: Who'd want that? 456 00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:01,433 WADE: IOI. They buy everything. 457 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,429 Twenty-thou for the holy hand grenade? 458 00:30:05,595 --> 00:30:07,268 That's a steal! 459 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:13,274 Whoa! Zemeckis Cube! I need one of those. 460 00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:15,110 AECH: Okay, don't spend all your money. 461 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:21,073 - X1 haptic bootsuit. - (BEEPING) 462 00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,131 Oh, yeah! 463 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:33,309 i-R0k, old friend. How are you? 464 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,062 To be honest, I have kind of a neck thing. 465 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,027 It's like a carpel-tunnel deal 466 00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:40,907 but with your neck, if that's even a thing. 467 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,535 So if you could just stand to your right. 468 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:44,911 My right, your left. 469 00:31:46,822 --> 00:31:50,122 Thanks, it's the repetitive stress. Oh. (CHUCKLES) 470 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:52,335 Here he is. 471 00:31:54,454 --> 00:31:58,800 The steampunk pirate king. I knew him well, Sorrento. 472 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:01,678 There are only three things in this world I hate, 473 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:05,637 steampunk, pirates, and tabbouleh. 474 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:08,473 I mean, why do they even have it? 475 00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:10,638 Is there a reason we're meeting here? 476 00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:15,897 Yes, Nolan. The Orb of Osuvox. 477 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:19,901 You wanted it. He had it. And so here it is. 478 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:27,533 It creates an impenetrable magic shield that can only be taken down 479 00:32:27,696 --> 00:32:29,915 by a magic spell. 480 00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:32,326 The Orb of Osuvox. 481 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:33,744 Don't say that again. 482 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:34,957 Okay. 483 00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:40,714 Now, I'm gonna need you to keep this for now. 484 00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:42,719 I'm gonna let you know when I wanna use it. 485 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:44,129 Okay? 486 00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:47,386 (BEEPING) 487 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:51,517 Right now, though, I have another job for you. 488 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:52,888 Ah. 489 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:54,189 Parzival. 490 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,814 Let me guess, you want him off the scoreboard. 491 00:32:58,685 --> 00:33:00,028 Can you do that? 492 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:02,565 Well, he's a superstar. 493 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:04,233 He made it through the first gate 494 00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:07,027 and avatars are gonna be on him like hoes on Santa. 495 00:33:07,194 --> 00:33:09,618 i-R0k, how much more do you want? 496 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:13,496 That's what I like about you, Nolan. You never lick. 497 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:15,952 You bite straight to the chocolaty center 498 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:17,871 of the Tootsie Pop. (CHUCKLES) 499 00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:20,499 Remember that old commercial, with the owl? 500 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:21,666 i-R0k. 501 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,045 Three times my normal fee. 502 00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:26,930 Done. 503 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:28,806 Wait, really? I should have asked for five. 504 00:33:28,965 --> 00:33:30,888 Is four still on the table? 505 00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:35,602 WADE: There's five of us on the big board now. 506 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:38,809 Art3mis was next, no surprise there. 507 00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:41,729 She was on the track when I won. She saw me going backwards. 508 00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:46,693 I gave Aech a tip, made him promise not to say anything, and then he won next. 509 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:49,862 I'm pretty sure he bragged to our pal Daito, 510 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:52,031 'cause he won right after. 511 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:56,209 And of course, Daito told his best friend, Sho... 512 00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,336 He totally totaled his car, 513 00:33:58,495 --> 00:34:00,589 but then Sho got it, too. 514 00:34:09,631 --> 00:34:11,349 "A creator who hates his own creation. 515 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:15,979 "A hidden key, a leap not taken. Retrace your steps, escape your past." 516 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:18,937 "A creator who hates his own creation. 517 00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:23,400 "A hidden key, a leap not taken. Retrace your steps, escape your past. 518 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,940 "And the key of jade will be yours at last." 519 00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:09,779 "Escape your past." 520 00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:16,410 What part of your past are you trying to escape, Halliday? 521 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,128 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 522 00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:29,920 - Hey, it's Parzival! - Dude! 523 00:35:30,045 --> 00:35:31,422 (ALL CLAMORING) 524 00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:32,881 MAN 1: You're, like, totally my hero! 525 00:35:33,048 --> 00:35:34,049 WOMAN: Hey, Parzival! Over here! 526 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:35,467 MAN 2: Dude, you're amazing! 527 00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:38,346 MAN 3: Hey, Parzival! Right here! Let me get an autograph! 528 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,149 (GROWLS) 529 00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:45,481 WOMAN: Watch it! 530 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:50,241 You're famous now! You can't just go wherever you want! 531 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:51,525 (STAMMERING) No, no, no, I... 532 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,240 (GRUNTING) 533 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:55,699 (WADE PANTING) 534 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,540 (GROWLING) Huh? 535 00:36:02,077 --> 00:36:04,421 - (SNARLS) - Ahh! (WHIMPERING) 536 00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:14,594 - (LAUGHING) - That is... That is not funny. 537 00:36:14,756 --> 00:36:17,180 (LAUGHING) Oh, God. 538 00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:19,177 WADE: Ugh. (BREATHING HEAVILY) 539 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:22,306 Oh, God. Don't you get it? 540 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:25,191 You're "the Parzival" now. 541 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:26,772 You have to have a disguise. 542 00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:30,697 Okay, here. 543 00:36:31,981 --> 00:36:33,199 Clark Kent glasses. 544 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,907 They hide your identity without changing your look. 545 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:46,171 I'm not wearing that. 546 00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:48,164 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 547 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:57,136 MORROW: This is great. 548 00:36:58,466 --> 00:37:00,264 The way your inventory bursts out when you die. 549 00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:01,849 HALLIDAY: They didn't want any more blood. 550 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,684 ART3MIS: This is right before the OASIS went live. 551 00:37:03,847 --> 00:37:07,272 Six days prior. December 2nd, 2025. 552 00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:09,311 Check this out. 553 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,070 You know who that is? 554 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,199 Is that Sorrento? 555 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:16,280 WADE: Sorrento started as an intern. 556 00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:18,741 He claims he learned at the feet of the master. 557 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:21,452 That's how he convinced IOI to create the Sixers for him, 558 00:37:21,614 --> 00:37:22,786 his Halliday knowledge. 559 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,327 But ask Ogden Morrow? 560 00:37:25,493 --> 00:37:29,498 He says the only thing Sorrento actually knew about Halliday 561 00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:31,041 was how he liked his coffee. 562 00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:33,676 You could have, like, different tiers of accounts, 563 00:37:33,835 --> 00:37:35,303 like a gold member. 564 00:37:35,462 --> 00:37:38,966 A person could be silver, platinum, bronze. 565 00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:40,884 You know, depending on what they pay. 566 00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:43,929 Highest one maybe being "Water" because "OASIS," right? 567 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,642 Hell of a latte. 568 00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:47,933 Can you fast-forward to the stuff about Halliday's date? 569 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:49,851 What? Halliday actually went on a date? 570 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:55,277 So, what happened? 571 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:57,943 Nothing. I invited her over. 572 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:00,991 Well, did you at least get her name? 573 00:38:01,571 --> 00:38:05,121 Yeah. Kira, I told you, like the character in The Dark Crystal. 574 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:07,035 That's her gamer tag. 575 00:38:09,162 --> 00:38:10,163 - Karen. - Karen. 576 00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:12,253 Yeah, okay? Karen Underwood. 577 00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:16,135 No, no. Karen Underwood, as in Ogden Morrow's wife? 578 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:17,546 Just watch. 579 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:21,766 So, listen, you and Karen Underwood. What'd you do? 580 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:24,348 She wanted to go dancing, 581 00:38:24,511 --> 00:38:26,809 so we watched a movie. 582 00:38:28,097 --> 00:38:29,269 And? 583 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:32,940 - Where's the juice? - (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 584 00:38:33,102 --> 00:38:35,230 - Give me some juice! - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 585 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:38,032 - There is no juice! - Oh, God! 586 00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:40,193 Hold the phone. 587 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,081 Halliday went on a date with Ogden Morrow's wife? 588 00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:47,743 Just once, years before they were even married, but yeah. 589 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:50,128 And despite that, and the fact that she died, 590 00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:53,415 the name "Kira" is only mentioned once in all of Halliday's Journals. 591 00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:54,753 CURATOR: That's not possible. 592 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,634 It is. Look it up. 593 00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:59,091 What we just saw is the only time she's ever mentioned. 594 00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:00,381 It makes no sense. 595 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,970 She was an important part of both their lives. 596 00:39:03,132 --> 00:39:05,009 I'll bet you anything. All my coin. 597 00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:09,514 Search "Karen Underwood Morrow." 598 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:13,769 Kira, I told you, like the character in The Dark Crystal. 599 00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:15,312 That's her gamer tag. 600 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:18,698 WADE: Halliday purposely removed every mention of her except for this one. 601 00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:20,325 That's weird. Why? 602 00:39:20,483 --> 00:39:22,326 It's like, it was just so painful for him 603 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:25,455 to have to see her face or hear her name. 604 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,331 Well, he loved her. 605 00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:28,867 He couldn't tell that to Morrow. 606 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:30,876 Oh, that's sad. He should have told her how he felt. 607 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:32,127 Yeah, well, he missed his chance. 608 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:33,538 Look. 609 00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:37,713 I found the clue to the race in the other scene, but... 610 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,298 I've always felt that the biggest clue 611 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:40,928 to the contest was hidden here. 612 00:39:41,337 --> 00:39:43,055 You're right. 613 00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:45,766 I lose. 614 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:47,427 Don't sweat it, Curator. 615 00:39:47,594 --> 00:39:50,313 You see, Kira is the Rosebud at the center of his story. 616 00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:51,518 She's the big mystery. 617 00:39:51,681 --> 00:39:53,979 No, no. A bet is a bet. 618 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,439 Oh, wow. A quarter. You can keep it. 619 00:39:58,605 --> 00:40:00,699 No. You can keep it. 620 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:06,366 - You free Thursday? - Who, me? 621 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:08,873 No, him. 622 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,914 (LAUGHS) Oh, my God. Yes, you! 623 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:15,838 You know The Distracted Globe? 624 00:40:15,997 --> 00:40:18,045 Yeah, the dance club. 625 00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:22,717 Meet me there. 10:00 p.m. 626 00:40:22,879 --> 00:40:25,098 There's something I wanna show you. 627 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:27,426 Uh, bye-bye! 628 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:30,178 Did she just ask me out? 629 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:32,063 And I was starting to like her. 630 00:40:32,221 --> 00:40:33,894 All right. 631 00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:35,559 I don't do that. 632 00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,110 AECH: Z, I can't believe you told her about Kira. 633 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:43,650 WADE: What? I told you. 634 00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:46,114 Hey, what about this? 635 00:40:47,737 --> 00:40:50,456 No. Have you considered that Art3mis could be using you? 636 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:54,540 Hey, dude, she's giving me a clue. Maybe I'm the one using her. 637 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:58,378 Should I go more Thriller? 638 00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:00,042 No. 639 00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:01,834 Punk? 640 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:02,961 No. 641 00:41:05,046 --> 00:41:06,173 Duran Duran. 642 00:41:06,422 --> 00:41:07,423 No. 643 00:41:08,257 --> 00:41:09,258 Does it look like I'm trying too hard? 644 00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:12,520 Yes! Listen to yourself! 645 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:15,683 You have a massive cyber crush on this girl. 646 00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:18,351 She's hacking your heart to get to your head. 647 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:21,734 I got it! 648 00:41:22,939 --> 00:41:24,816 - Buckaroo Banzai? - Yeah! 649 00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:28,078 Really? You're gonna wear the outfit from your favorite movie? 650 00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:29,454 Don't be that guy. 651 00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:30,659 I am that guy. 652 00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:33,246 Z, you gotta be more careful about who you meet in the OASIS. 653 00:41:33,408 --> 00:41:36,537 Aech, Art3mis gets me. She'll get my outfit. 654 00:41:36,703 --> 00:41:39,548 There's just this connection. I mean, sometimes, we even... 655 00:41:39,706 --> 00:41:41,253 - Finish each other's sentences? - Yeah! 656 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:44,170 We have that. Me and you. 657 00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:47,714 Yeah, I know, but that's because we're best friends, dude. 658 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,678 She could be a dude, too, dude. 659 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:50,842 (SCOFFS) Come on. 660 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:52,556 I'm serious! 661 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,347 She could actually be a 300-pound dude 662 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,891 who lives in his mama's basement in suburban Detroit. 663 00:41:58,683 --> 00:42:00,526 And her name is Chuck. 664 00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:04,071 Think about that. 665 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:06,950 (ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING) 666 00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:15,583 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 667 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:35,179 MAN 1: Whoa, dude, is that Parzival? 668 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,013 - MAN 2: Parzival! - Oh, my God, Parzival! 669 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:39,774 Come here, man. Hey, can we get a photo? 670 00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:42,106 (CAMERAS CLICKING) 671 00:42:42,435 --> 00:42:44,608 - MAN 3: Thank you so much! - MAN 4: Dude, you're my hero! 672 00:42:44,771 --> 00:42:46,068 Hey, Parzival. 673 00:42:48,357 --> 00:42:50,200 Thank you. 674 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,964 Get out of town! Buckaroo Banzai? 675 00:43:07,126 --> 00:43:09,299 - Huh? - I like it. I like Buckaroo Banzai. 676 00:43:09,462 --> 00:43:10,964 - Oh, thanks! - It's great! 677 00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:12,844 - Yeah! You look... - Oh. 678 00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:14,267 You look awesome! 679 00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:15,552 - Thank you. - Wow. 680 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:19,063 A big one, a small one? 681 00:43:19,222 --> 00:43:20,349 A big one! 682 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,581 - Get out of here. - (GASPS) 683 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:41,035 - WOMAN 1: What a freak! - WOMAN 2: I thought he was kind of cute. 684 00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:42,579 ART3MIS: Have you been here before? 685 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:44,372 It's cool, right? I mean... 686 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:46,674 - (PHONE RINGING) - So, what's the plan? 687 00:43:46,833 --> 00:43:49,131 Are you gonna kill their avatars? Zero them out? 688 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:51,261 They're both here at The Distracted Globe. 689 00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:52,763 I can't talk. 690 00:43:53,881 --> 00:43:55,633 ART3MIS: The Distracted Globe was one of the first clubs 691 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:56,892 Halliday created in the OASIS. 692 00:43:57,051 --> 00:43:58,394 That's common knowledge. 693 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:00,021 But I double-checked 694 00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:03,183 and it turns out he started building it right after that moment you showed me. 695 00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:04,350 The date with Kira. 696 00:44:04,517 --> 00:44:06,565 Right, and she was a serious dancer. 697 00:44:06,727 --> 00:44:08,650 Maybe he thought he'd take her here, 698 00:44:08,813 --> 00:44:11,032 like on a virtual date. 699 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:12,821 As if that ever works. 700 00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:14,653 So Halliday built it for her? 701 00:44:14,819 --> 00:44:16,196 But they never made it past the first date. 702 00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:17,659 So Halliday's the creator... 703 00:44:17,822 --> 00:44:18,823 Who hates his own creation. 704 00:44:18,906 --> 00:44:20,124 And the club is the thing he hates. 705 00:44:20,283 --> 00:44:22,786 And "A hidden key, a leap not taken"? 706 00:44:26,247 --> 00:44:27,499 But people jump off it all night long. 707 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:29,508 But none of those people had the Copper Key, 708 00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:33,216 so when we jump off, maybe it's different. Right? 709 00:44:33,296 --> 00:44:34,297 WADE: Right. 710 00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:38,472 So we take it together? 711 00:44:38,634 --> 00:44:39,806 Sure. 712 00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,772 We're not clanning up or anything. 713 00:44:43,931 --> 00:44:46,980 Of course not. I don't clan. 714 00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:49,103 Wait... 715 00:44:49,270 --> 00:44:50,567 Whoa! 716 00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:53,654 Ow! Whoa. 717 00:44:58,154 --> 00:45:01,784 I don't think this is it. No scoreboard, no obstacles. 718 00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:04,577 - Maybe a dance challenge? - Whoa! 719 00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:17,140 (MUSIC STOPS) 720 00:45:17,298 --> 00:45:19,266 (STAYIN' ALIVE PLAYING) 721 00:45:20,092 --> 00:45:22,060 Old-school! 722 00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:46,623 You come prepared? 723 00:45:46,786 --> 00:45:48,004 "Prepared"? 724 00:45:51,624 --> 00:45:54,048 What kind of haptics you rockin'? 725 00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:56,554 You got the gloves and full visor, or a full body? 726 00:46:00,633 --> 00:46:02,055 Can you feel this? 727 00:46:05,096 --> 00:46:06,348 Um, yeah. 728 00:46:06,514 --> 00:46:09,893 I got the X1 haptic bootsuit with the microfiber crotch inlay. 729 00:46:10,059 --> 00:46:11,436 (LAUGHS) 730 00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:25,245 My, Parzival, you did come prepared. 731 00:46:28,619 --> 00:46:31,293 So, I've been thinking. 732 00:46:32,206 --> 00:46:34,675 Maybe it'd be cool if we met up in the real world. 733 00:46:34,834 --> 00:46:36,256 No, you'd be disappointed. 734 00:46:36,419 --> 00:46:38,888 No, I wouldn't. I like you. 735 00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:41,140 You don't even know me. 736 00:46:41,299 --> 00:46:42,972 This isn't what I really look like. 737 00:46:43,134 --> 00:46:46,980 This isn't my real body, or my real face. 738 00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:48,685 I don't care. 739 00:46:48,848 --> 00:46:50,066 I wanna know your real name. 740 00:46:53,936 --> 00:46:55,063 (ART3MIS LAUGHING) 741 00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:05,122 - My name's Wade. - What? 742 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:08,455 - I said my name's... - Stop! 743 00:47:08,617 --> 00:47:11,336 Well, Buckaroo blows it. Shocking. 744 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:13,964 Are you crazy? You don't tell anyone who you are. 745 00:47:14,123 --> 00:47:15,466 You can't use your real name. 746 00:47:15,624 --> 00:47:16,716 You're not just anyone. 747 00:47:16,876 --> 00:47:17,968 You don't know me. 748 00:47:18,127 --> 00:47:19,754 You don't know anything about me. We've never met. 749 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:21,672 I do know you, Arty. 750 00:47:23,466 --> 00:47:24,968 I'm in love with you. 751 00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:34,860 - Is this part of the challenge? - No. 752 00:47:35,895 --> 00:47:37,067 - It's an ambush. - (COCKS GUN) 753 00:47:38,230 --> 00:47:39,322 (GROANS) 754 00:47:44,570 --> 00:47:46,698 IOI, always in the way. 755 00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:48,996 Did you hear what I said? I said I'm in love with you. 756 00:47:49,158 --> 00:47:50,535 No, you're not. 757 00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:53,587 You only know what I want you to know. 758 00:47:53,746 --> 00:47:55,589 You only see what I want you to see. 759 00:47:58,542 --> 00:48:00,340 That's what you're in love with. 760 00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:15,352 Watch out! 761 00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,112 (GROANS) 762 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:24,118 (YELLING) 763 00:48:25,611 --> 00:48:27,033 Pull. 764 00:48:29,490 --> 00:48:30,537 (GROANS) 765 00:48:34,078 --> 00:48:35,546 (BOTH GRUNTING) 766 00:48:39,667 --> 00:48:42,716 Head back! Z! Your armor is running low. 767 00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:44,005 I just bought this. 768 00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:45,882 (GRUNTS) 769 00:48:52,096 --> 00:48:53,223 Zemeckis Cube. 770 00:48:53,389 --> 00:48:55,232 Turns everything back in time 60 seconds. 771 00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:01,857 And you waited until now to use it? 772 00:49:09,989 --> 00:49:12,117 Wow, you were amazing. 773 00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:13,910 (GROANS) 774 00:49:15,286 --> 00:49:17,459 (PANTING) This isn't a game, Z. 775 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,587 I'm doing this to stop IOI. 776 00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:23,093 I'm talking about real-world consequences. 777 00:49:23,252 --> 00:49:24,674 People suffering. 778 00:49:24,837 --> 00:49:26,055 - Actual life-and-death stuff. - I know. I know... 779 00:49:26,213 --> 00:49:30,685 No, you don't know! My dad died in a loyalty center. 780 00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:34,354 He borrowed gear. (SNIFFLES) He built up debt. 781 00:49:34,805 --> 00:49:38,150 He moved in with the promise of working it off, but he never did. 782 00:49:38,309 --> 00:49:40,027 IOI just raised his living expenses, 783 00:49:40,186 --> 00:49:41,608 then he got sick, and he couldn't afford to get out. 784 00:49:41,770 --> 00:49:43,488 And then he died! 785 00:49:44,273 --> 00:49:45,274 I'm so sorry, I didn't... 786 00:49:45,441 --> 00:49:47,569 No, you don't live in the real world, Z. 787 00:49:47,735 --> 00:49:50,489 From what you've told me, I don't think you ever have. 788 00:49:50,821 --> 00:49:54,246 You live inside this... This illusion, 789 00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:56,411 and I can't afford to let you distract me. 790 00:50:09,173 --> 00:50:11,345 How the hell did they get away? 791 00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:13,553 Do you want the long version? Your guys suck. 792 00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,266 They failed to kill his avatar, 793 00:50:15,429 --> 00:50:17,523 which, if we're offering constructive criticism, 794 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:20,355 was a lame idea and only would've slowed him down. 795 00:50:20,518 --> 00:50:24,694 Whereas my plan, which was cool because I rock, actually worked. 796 00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:26,277 He's still on the board. 797 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,990 I know that, Nolan. But he won't be for long. 798 00:50:30,152 --> 00:50:31,950 I did a search for all the Wades 799 00:50:32,112 --> 00:50:34,160 who had recently bought an X1 bootsuit, 800 00:50:34,323 --> 00:50:37,372 cross-referenced that with public records, and voilà, 801 00:50:37,535 --> 00:50:41,540 which is French for... "And then I found out." 802 00:50:42,164 --> 00:50:43,336 Ready? 803 00:50:43,499 --> 00:50:48,175 The real-world identity of Parzival is Wade Watts. 804 00:50:48,963 --> 00:50:50,510 Voilà. 805 00:50:52,216 --> 00:50:54,389 Are you loyal, Ms. Zandor? 806 00:50:55,094 --> 00:50:56,721 You really want me to answer that? 807 00:50:56,887 --> 00:51:00,524 (CLEARS THROAT) Well, when you're at war, you need people who are loyal to a fault. 808 00:51:01,475 --> 00:51:03,193 People you can count on to get things done. 809 00:51:03,352 --> 00:51:05,855 I just get people arrested for not paying their bills. 810 00:51:06,021 --> 00:51:08,775 Yeah, 'cause there are some problems that require a physical solution, 811 00:51:08,941 --> 00:51:11,365 but there are other times, particularly at war, 812 00:51:11,527 --> 00:51:13,074 when you need a different set of rules. 813 00:51:13,237 --> 00:51:14,580 - The rules of war. - Exactly. 814 00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:17,492 It's too bad my division doesn't operate inside the OASIS. 815 00:51:17,658 --> 00:51:20,412 Yeah, but if this war remains in the OASIS, 816 00:51:20,578 --> 00:51:22,046 then you can't do anything. 817 00:51:22,955 --> 00:51:25,754 So, this is one of those conversations that we're not really having. 818 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:27,509 Well, we've had these kind of conversations before, 819 00:51:27,668 --> 00:51:28,669 and look where you are now. 820 00:51:28,836 --> 00:51:31,260 You got a seat on the board, head of your own division, 821 00:51:31,422 --> 00:51:35,222 a division that will cease to exist if the wrong person wins this contest. 822 00:51:35,384 --> 00:51:38,559 F'Nale, a game decides our fate. 823 00:51:38,721 --> 00:51:42,476 The only question is, how far are we willing to go to win it? 824 00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:46,733 Tell me what you need, Nolan. 825 00:51:57,573 --> 00:51:59,701 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 826 00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:14,340 (BEEPING) 827 00:53:05,099 --> 00:53:06,601 Whoa. 828 00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:11,438 Where am I? 829 00:53:11,605 --> 00:53:14,359 IOI Plaza. You're a hologram in the real world. 830 00:53:15,275 --> 00:53:16,493 That's a really cool rig. 831 00:53:16,652 --> 00:53:20,828 Thank you. It's a brand-new Habashaw, OIR 9400. 832 00:53:20,989 --> 00:53:22,707 It looks like a giant hamster ball. 833 00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:27,588 You know, if you came to work at IOI, you'd get one of these. 834 00:53:27,746 --> 00:53:28,964 I don't clan up. 835 00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,751 You'd also get your own penthouse apartment in Columbus 836 00:53:31,917 --> 00:53:34,045 with the highest-speed connection. 837 00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:39,136 In the OASIS, you'd get unlimited weapons, magic items, ships. 838 00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,310 You want the ship from Defender? 839 00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:44,062 You know, the kind that can just jump into hyperspace? 840 00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:46,064 You want the Millennium Falcon? 841 00:53:47,015 --> 00:53:48,016 You have that? 842 00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:51,149 Anything you need to help you find that egg, 843 00:53:51,311 --> 00:53:52,608 and then there's the salary. 844 00:53:53,772 --> 00:53:55,740 Four million a year. 845 00:53:55,899 --> 00:53:59,324 And if you do happen to find that Easter egg, there's a bonus. 846 00:53:59,486 --> 00:54:01,739 Twenty-five million dollars. 847 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:06,036 (PANTING) 848 00:54:07,161 --> 00:54:10,586 I can see you're using emotion-suppressing software right now, 849 00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:13,593 and why wouldn't you? It's smart, not to show your hand. 850 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:22,764 It is a lot of money. I could really use it. 851 00:54:27,765 --> 00:54:29,984 But I don't think you and I would have the same plans. 852 00:54:30,142 --> 00:54:33,021 Well, I don't know about that. What, for the OASIS? 853 00:54:33,187 --> 00:54:36,316 I guess if you're not a John Hughes fan... 854 00:54:37,483 --> 00:54:39,076 Of course I am. 855 00:54:39,234 --> 00:54:41,703 Because the first thing that I would do 856 00:54:41,862 --> 00:54:45,457 is convert all the schools on Ludus to replicas 857 00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:48,620 from The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller. 858 00:54:48,786 --> 00:54:51,039 No way. That's a great idea. 859 00:54:51,955 --> 00:54:54,253 Which school, Ridgemont or Faber? 860 00:54:54,416 --> 00:54:57,340 Fast Times at Ridgemont High, not John Hughes. 861 00:54:57,503 --> 00:55:00,598 It's a trap. Faber College from Animal House. 862 00:55:00,756 --> 00:55:02,053 John Hughes didn't direct 863 00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:04,765 Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Animal House. 864 00:55:05,385 --> 00:55:08,560 Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, they went to Shermer High School, 865 00:55:08,722 --> 00:55:11,476 which is in Shermer, Illinois. I know what you think. 866 00:55:12,267 --> 00:55:13,814 You think I'm a corporate asshole, 867 00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:16,196 that I don't appreciate pop culture, but... 868 00:55:17,356 --> 00:55:20,326 Man, that's not true. You know, when I wanna blow off steam... 869 00:55:20,484 --> 00:55:24,284 Drink Tab, play Robotron, listen to Duran Duran. 870 00:55:24,446 --> 00:55:25,868 I crack open a Tab. 871 00:55:26,031 --> 00:55:28,284 I put on some Duran Duran. I play Robotron. 872 00:55:28,450 --> 00:55:30,418 That's why I love the OASIS. 873 00:55:30,577 --> 00:55:33,752 'Cause it's just full of all these things, man, 874 00:55:33,914 --> 00:55:35,382 that people love. You know? 875 00:55:43,257 --> 00:55:45,601 I'm a businessman. I get it. 876 00:55:45,759 --> 00:55:48,387 But I gotta do my job. 877 00:55:48,554 --> 00:55:53,310 (SOFTLY) But I didn't ask you here just to help us find the egg, Parzival. 878 00:55:54,309 --> 00:55:58,064 I asked you here for what comes after. 879 00:55:59,314 --> 00:56:00,941 What would Halliday say? 880 00:56:02,025 --> 00:56:04,699 James Halliday is dead. 881 00:56:05,988 --> 00:56:08,912 Yeah. He is. 882 00:56:09,992 --> 00:56:13,838 All that's left of him is this contest. And you know what? 883 00:56:14,913 --> 00:56:17,132 It just seems like he wouldn't want you winning it. 884 00:56:17,291 --> 00:56:18,463 A fanboy knows a hater, 885 00:56:18,625 --> 00:56:21,219 and I know you've got a whole department of oologists in your ear. 886 00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:23,472 So, if you wanna know what I really think... 887 00:56:23,630 --> 00:56:25,098 I think you're full of shit. 888 00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:31,562 Here's my offer. 889 00:56:31,722 --> 00:56:33,474 Your board of directors, you got them in the other ear? 890 00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:35,517 Why don't you tell 'em this. 891 00:56:36,727 --> 00:56:39,151 If they dump you, I'll consider it. 892 00:56:39,521 --> 00:56:41,569 I might say something off the record. 893 00:56:42,608 --> 00:56:44,110 I had to make the offer. 894 00:56:44,276 --> 00:56:47,496 The board expected it, but I was really hoping you'd say no. 895 00:56:47,654 --> 00:56:50,908 Because if anyone's gonna win this competition, it's me. 896 00:56:51,074 --> 00:56:52,451 My avatar gets the egg 897 00:56:52,618 --> 00:56:56,213 'cause I'm the only one here with the balls to run this place. 898 00:56:56,496 --> 00:56:58,840 Wow, you really switched gears there. 899 00:56:58,999 --> 00:57:01,377 From fairly reasonable to maniacal overlord. 900 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:04,008 You should be grateful, Wade. 901 00:57:05,088 --> 00:57:08,263 You won't be around to endure my maniacal reign. 902 00:57:08,508 --> 00:57:10,135 Yeah, that's right. I know who you are. 903 00:57:10,302 --> 00:57:14,899 Wade Owen Watts, born August 12, 2027. 904 00:57:15,557 --> 00:57:19,403 I also know where you are. Unit 56K, Columbus stacks. 905 00:57:19,561 --> 00:57:22,155 You were last seen entering your trailer three days ago. 906 00:57:22,314 --> 00:57:23,691 You haven't left since. 907 00:57:23,857 --> 00:57:24,858 WADE: What are you doing? You can't... 908 00:57:25,025 --> 00:57:26,117 With all that's going on in the world, 909 00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:27,949 do you really think that anyone's gonna give a damn 910 00:57:28,111 --> 00:57:29,112 about an explosion 911 00:57:29,279 --> 00:57:31,998 in some ghetto trash rat warren in Columbus? 912 00:57:32,157 --> 00:57:34,251 Sorrento, don't do this. I'm not even there! 913 00:57:34,409 --> 00:57:36,252 Not for long. 914 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:38,417 (PANTING) 915 00:57:39,957 --> 00:57:42,005 Call Alice. 916 00:57:42,167 --> 00:57:43,840 Dial Alice. 917 00:58:07,484 --> 00:58:09,953 (RINGING) 918 00:58:10,362 --> 00:58:12,205 Pick up! Pick up! Alice! 919 00:58:13,824 --> 00:58:16,168 (CONTINUES RINGING) 920 00:58:17,327 --> 00:58:19,625 This bootsuit's pretty awesome. Thanks for that. 921 00:58:19,788 --> 00:58:21,711 Rick! Rick, the place is gonna blow! 922 00:58:21,873 --> 00:58:23,216 Rick, is that Wade? 923 00:58:23,375 --> 00:58:25,423 - Put Alice on! - Let me talk to him. 924 00:58:25,585 --> 00:58:27,507 Don't call here anymore, you got me? 925 00:58:27,587 --> 00:58:28,805 (PANTING) 926 00:58:28,964 --> 00:58:31,843 I don't wanna hear your voice ever again. 927 00:58:37,723 --> 00:58:40,477 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 928 00:58:51,611 --> 00:58:53,284 (SIRENS WAILING) 929 00:59:07,335 --> 00:59:08,678 (BEEPING) 930 00:59:08,879 --> 00:59:12,429 Contact Aech, Daito, Sho, and Art3mis. 931 00:59:13,258 --> 00:59:15,306 IOI came for me in the real world. 932 00:59:15,469 --> 00:59:18,183 They gotta be coming after you, so wherever you are... 933 00:59:18,263 --> 00:59:19,810 (MUFFLED GRUNTING) 934 00:59:35,530 --> 00:59:37,908 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 935 00:59:44,331 --> 00:59:46,208 Sorry about the blindfold. 936 00:59:46,374 --> 00:59:48,502 My guys are a little paranoid. 937 00:59:49,377 --> 00:59:50,970 Say that again. 938 00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:53,932 My guys are a little paranoid. 939 00:59:55,050 --> 00:59:56,472 Art3mis? 940 00:59:58,053 --> 01:00:02,058 My real name is Samantha, but yeah, I'm Art3mis. 941 01:00:03,975 --> 01:00:06,649 Showers are that way, clean clothes, too. 942 01:00:09,981 --> 01:00:13,986 Welcome to the rebellion, Wade. 943 01:00:25,205 --> 01:00:29,210 WADE: That's IOI. So the stacks are over there? 944 01:00:30,710 --> 01:00:33,509 We've been living this close to each other the whole time? 945 01:00:35,006 --> 01:00:36,303 Next door, 946 01:00:37,175 --> 01:00:41,226 around the world, it's all the same in the OASIS. 947 01:00:43,723 --> 01:00:45,691 For the record, 948 01:00:46,143 --> 01:00:47,564 um... 949 01:00:47,644 --> 01:00:49,863 I'm not disappointed. 950 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:54,572 You said I would be disappointed when I met you, but... 951 01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:56,407 I'm not. 952 01:00:57,988 --> 01:01:00,742 I've lived with it my whole life. You don't have to pretend. 953 01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:18,057 You have a birthmark, so what? 954 01:01:19,009 --> 01:01:20,682 Why would that scare me? 955 01:01:27,934 --> 01:01:30,187 Z, if I hurt you, I'm sorry. 956 01:01:30,562 --> 01:01:31,734 No, it's... 957 01:01:32,772 --> 01:01:35,116 Wait, did you just call me "Z"? 958 01:01:36,067 --> 01:01:38,031 - Oh, my God. Did I? - I think you did. 959 01:01:38,111 --> 01:01:39,738 (LAUGHS) Wade, I'm sorry. 960 01:01:39,988 --> 01:01:42,161 Yeah, Wade, Z. 961 01:01:42,324 --> 01:01:45,453 You can call me whatever you want. And I'll call you Sam. 962 01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:46,620 No. 963 01:01:47,746 --> 01:01:48,747 Samantha? 964 01:01:49,247 --> 01:01:51,466 Okay. Cool. 965 01:01:58,798 --> 01:02:00,516 Wow. 966 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:03,432 It's so much slower here. 967 01:02:04,846 --> 01:02:08,146 I mean, the wind, the people... 968 01:02:10,060 --> 01:02:11,858 Everything. 969 01:02:17,108 --> 01:02:19,111 We forget what it's like to be outside. 970 01:02:19,569 --> 01:02:20,570 Yeah. 971 01:02:21,529 --> 01:02:23,076 (WADE CHUCKLES) 972 01:02:23,907 --> 01:02:26,285 - Uh... - Oh, shit! 973 01:02:27,369 --> 01:02:28,871 - I just figured it out. - Figured what out? 974 01:02:29,037 --> 01:02:30,414 The second clue. I know what it means. 975 01:02:36,795 --> 01:02:38,297 We've been thinking about it too literally. 976 01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:39,881 "The leap not taken," 977 01:02:40,048 --> 01:02:42,472 the leap Halliday didn't take, is with Kira. 978 01:02:42,634 --> 01:02:46,309 Yeah, but... I mean, he blamed her for breaking up him and Morrow. 979 01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:49,270 No. Halliday was madly in love with her. 980 01:02:49,432 --> 01:02:51,685 He had a chance with Kira. He had a chance to kiss her, but... 981 01:02:51,851 --> 01:02:52,943 He didn't take the leap. 982 01:02:53,103 --> 01:02:55,777 Right. So that's where we go next. 983 01:02:56,940 --> 01:02:58,317 The place where the leap wasn't taken. 984 01:02:58,483 --> 01:02:59,484 Where the date was. 985 01:02:59,943 --> 01:03:01,570 At the movies! 986 01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:03,947 - (THUNDER RUMBLING) - Hey, Curator. 987 01:03:04,114 --> 01:03:05,957 We figured out the second clue. The challenge is here. 988 01:03:06,116 --> 01:03:07,993 Halliday kept track of every movie he ever watched, 989 01:03:08,159 --> 01:03:11,083 the week and the year he watched it, and how many times. 990 01:03:11,246 --> 01:03:15,342 Curator, can we see November 23 to 27, 2025? 991 01:03:16,001 --> 01:03:17,799 That's the week he went on the date with Kira. 992 01:03:22,424 --> 01:03:25,894 Okay, so our options for that week are The Fly remake. 993 01:03:26,052 --> 01:03:28,020 Great flick, terrible date movie. 994 01:03:28,179 --> 01:03:30,773 Say Anything... That would make sense. 995 01:03:31,683 --> 01:03:36,064 We gotta remember the clue. "A creator who hates his own creation." 996 01:03:40,734 --> 01:03:42,532 The Shining! 997 01:03:42,694 --> 01:03:44,822 It's Halliday's 11th favorite horror film, 998 01:03:44,988 --> 01:03:47,285 and it's based on the best-selling book by Stephen King, 999 01:03:47,365 --> 01:03:48,366 who hated the movie! 1000 01:03:48,992 --> 01:03:50,915 Hey! No side chitchat. 1001 01:03:51,077 --> 01:03:52,374 I think we found it. 1002 01:03:54,539 --> 01:03:56,086 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 1003 01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:58,715 Are you absolutely sure you want to go here? 1004 01:03:58,877 --> 01:04:00,595 Absolutely positive. 1005 01:04:00,754 --> 01:04:03,178 Let's hope you have the belly for it. 1006 01:04:03,590 --> 01:04:04,682 (ALL GASP) 1007 01:04:13,099 --> 01:04:16,649 (THEME FROM THE SHINING PLAYING) 1008 01:04:46,549 --> 01:04:47,641 Look. 1009 01:04:49,135 --> 01:04:51,138 Ticking clock. 1010 01:04:51,304 --> 01:04:54,058 Okay, so I'm estimating about 1011 01:04:55,141 --> 01:04:57,018 five minutes to find the key. 1012 01:04:57,185 --> 01:04:58,653 Yeah, there are so many keys in The Shining, though. 1013 01:04:58,812 --> 01:05:00,234 Where do we start? 1014 01:05:01,648 --> 01:05:04,868 I've never seen The Shining. Is it really scary? 1015 01:05:05,068 --> 01:05:08,243 Uh, I had to watch it through my fingers. 1016 01:05:08,988 --> 01:05:11,332 WADE: Okay, so we got the key from room 237, 1017 01:05:11,950 --> 01:05:13,702 the keys to the Snowcat, 1018 01:05:13,868 --> 01:05:15,541 or the keys they give Jack at the beginning of the movie. 1019 01:05:15,703 --> 01:05:17,417 ART3MIS: Well, if it's "the leap not taken," 1020 01:05:17,497 --> 01:05:18,498 maybe the key isn't a key at all. 1021 01:05:18,665 --> 01:05:19,883 SHO: I know where the Snowcat keys are! 1022 01:05:20,041 --> 01:05:21,088 WADE: I say we split up. 1023 01:05:21,251 --> 01:05:22,252 We get all the keys 1024 01:05:22,377 --> 01:05:24,380 and then we meet back at the Torrances' apartment. 1025 01:05:28,383 --> 01:05:30,010 BOTH: Hello, Danny. 1026 01:05:31,261 --> 01:05:32,888 Come play with us. 1027 01:05:33,054 --> 01:05:36,274 Little girls, y'all know how to get out of here? 1028 01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:42,272 Wait, wait! 1029 01:05:42,439 --> 01:05:44,407 Wait, where's Aech? 1030 01:05:44,566 --> 01:05:45,818 AECH: Wait! 1031 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,944 Aech! 1032 01:05:48,736 --> 01:05:49,783 No, no, no, no! 1033 01:05:56,202 --> 01:05:58,125 (SCREAMING) 1034 01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:06,637 (GROANS) 1035 01:06:08,006 --> 01:06:09,633 Ahh! 1036 01:06:10,300 --> 01:06:11,973 (GASPING) 1037 01:06:14,345 --> 01:06:15,938 Ahh! 1038 01:06:17,765 --> 01:06:19,608 (GRUNTING) 1039 01:06:29,819 --> 01:06:31,366 (PANTING) 1040 01:06:49,464 --> 01:06:52,183 Oh, uh, hi, naked lady. I'm sorry. 1041 01:06:52,342 --> 01:06:54,094 I didn't mean to interrupt, uh, your bath time. 1042 01:06:54,427 --> 01:06:56,225 I know self-care can be important. 1043 01:06:56,429 --> 01:06:59,604 Uh, but can you do me a favor and tell me, where are all the exits? 1044 01:07:03,228 --> 01:07:04,730 Huh. Whoa. 1045 01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:07,031 Okay, am I being punked? 1046 01:07:07,190 --> 01:07:09,534 'Cause you're likin' me a little way too much. 1047 01:07:11,069 --> 01:07:13,197 All right, you know what? I'ma go with it. 1048 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:19,373 (WOMAN CACKLING) 1049 01:07:21,037 --> 01:07:23,756 (SCREAMING) 1050 01:07:24,832 --> 01:07:26,425 (GASPING) 1051 01:07:26,751 --> 01:07:27,798 Ahh! 1052 01:07:28,419 --> 01:07:29,591 (YELLING) 1053 01:07:29,879 --> 01:07:31,506 (CACKLING) 1054 01:07:34,133 --> 01:07:35,601 (YELLING) 1055 01:07:42,809 --> 01:07:45,107 (PANTING) 1056 01:07:46,020 --> 01:07:47,522 (CACKLING) 1057 01:07:50,984 --> 01:07:52,406 (WHIMPERS) 1058 01:07:56,948 --> 01:07:58,325 (SCREAMING) 1059 01:08:01,035 --> 01:08:03,129 (AECH PANTING) 1060 01:08:05,123 --> 01:08:06,375 Time's running out. 1061 01:08:06,541 --> 01:08:08,509 Yo, Z, is Art3mis pissed at me? 1062 01:08:08,668 --> 01:08:10,921 Dude, I'm pissed at you. You've never seen The Shining, have you? 1063 01:08:11,087 --> 01:08:12,305 You know I hate scary movies! 1064 01:08:12,463 --> 01:08:13,464 We got the key. 1065 01:08:13,631 --> 01:08:14,883 Sweet! To room 237! 1066 01:08:15,049 --> 01:08:17,427 We ain't got no business goin' to room 237! 1067 01:08:17,594 --> 01:08:18,595 We should stay out! 1068 01:08:18,761 --> 01:08:20,855 Plus, there was this crazy, naked zombie lady in there. 1069 01:08:21,014 --> 01:08:22,516 There are no zombies in The Shining. 1070 01:08:22,682 --> 01:08:24,525 Well, maybe it's not supposed to be like the movie. 1071 01:08:24,684 --> 01:08:26,231 Kira is the key. You're the one who said it. 1072 01:08:26,394 --> 01:08:28,522 Hey, y'all. I saw a picture of Kira! 1073 01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:30,653 - ART3MIS: Huh? - (ALL GROAN) 1074 01:08:33,192 --> 01:08:34,239 (STRAINING) Where? 1075 01:08:41,242 --> 01:08:44,542 ART3MIS: It's Kira. "Escape your past." 1076 01:08:45,371 --> 01:08:47,214 "The leap not taken." 1077 01:08:48,583 --> 01:08:50,426 Halliday's greatest fear wasn't The Shining 1078 01:08:50,585 --> 01:08:52,007 or any book or movie. 1079 01:08:53,046 --> 01:08:55,845 His biggest fear was kissing a girl. 1080 01:08:56,633 --> 01:08:58,931 That's the leap he couldn't take. 1081 01:09:00,178 --> 01:09:01,896 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING IN THE DISTANCE) 1082 01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:08,770 The ballroom. 1083 01:09:17,737 --> 01:09:19,410 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 1084 01:09:23,409 --> 01:09:25,503 - WADE: Aech, come on. - (GRUNTS) 1085 01:09:29,082 --> 01:09:31,050 Zombies. Told you. 1086 01:09:32,502 --> 01:09:33,720 ART3MIS: That's her. 1087 01:09:34,837 --> 01:09:36,259 That's Kira. 1088 01:09:39,342 --> 01:09:40,514 None of this is in The Shining. 1089 01:09:40,677 --> 01:09:43,431 Z, look. That's the zombie-circle level in Mayhem Mansion, 1090 01:09:43,596 --> 01:09:45,064 one of Halliday's first games. 1091 01:09:45,223 --> 01:09:47,021 The whole Shining trivia is just a diversion. 1092 01:09:48,267 --> 01:09:49,860 One minute left. 1093 01:09:51,312 --> 01:09:52,484 How do we get to her? 1094 01:09:52,647 --> 01:09:53,648 Take the leap. 1095 01:09:53,815 --> 01:09:54,816 - Wait! - (GRUNTS) 1096 01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:57,326 ALL: Whoa! 1097 01:09:59,821 --> 01:10:00,948 (GRUNTS) 1098 01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:05,872 Okay, Mr. Dead Guy. Cool if I lead? 1099 01:10:05,952 --> 01:10:07,044 (GROWLS) 1100 01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:10,415 (GRUNTING) 1101 01:10:15,420 --> 01:10:17,138 (PANTING) 1102 01:10:39,485 --> 01:10:41,328 - (GRUNTS) - (GROANS) 1103 01:10:50,288 --> 01:10:51,665 (INHALES DEEPLY) 1104 01:10:53,583 --> 01:10:55,460 Care to dance? 1105 01:10:55,877 --> 01:10:59,347 Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to ask? 1106 01:11:05,219 --> 01:11:07,643 Well, well, well. 1107 01:11:07,805 --> 01:11:12,186 So you found my Jade Key. 1108 01:11:14,687 --> 01:11:16,610 Imagine that. 1109 01:11:21,611 --> 01:11:23,158 Thank you. 1110 01:11:27,950 --> 01:11:29,998 - Kira was a very beautiful... - Go on. 1111 01:11:59,065 --> 01:12:01,989 One of our oologists saw them enter the media library. 1112 01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:03,653 She cracked the clue. 1113 01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:06,869 Now, we just have to win The Shining challenge. 1114 01:12:07,615 --> 01:12:09,413 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 1115 01:12:09,951 --> 01:12:12,665 Get her off me! Get her off me! 1116 01:12:12,745 --> 01:12:13,833 (WOMAN CACKLING) 1117 01:12:13,913 --> 01:12:15,040 (SHRIEKING) 1118 01:12:16,165 --> 01:12:17,792 (ALL SCREAMING) 1119 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:26,677 Mr. Sorrento, I really think you need to see this. 1120 01:12:28,803 --> 01:12:30,601 Now Parzival's got the Jade Key. 1121 01:12:41,023 --> 01:12:43,117 He's alive. 1122 01:12:43,401 --> 01:12:45,745 I know. I'll get back to you. 1123 01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:48,365 I got what you're looking for. 1124 01:12:52,285 --> 01:12:56,506 Freeze. This guy. The one with the lame tattoo. 1125 01:12:57,081 --> 01:12:58,253 Enlarge. 1126 01:13:00,793 --> 01:13:03,888 Run him through our database, every IOI drone in Columbus. 1127 01:13:04,046 --> 01:13:05,468 Find him. 1128 01:13:10,803 --> 01:13:13,022 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 1129 01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:34,001 Groceries are here. 1130 01:13:34,118 --> 01:13:35,245 All right. Gluten-O's... 1131 01:13:35,411 --> 01:13:36,707 SAMANTHA: "If you know the answer ultimate, 1132 01:13:36,787 --> 01:13:38,005 "divide it by the number magic, 1133 01:13:38,164 --> 01:13:41,794 "and what you need, want, and desire will be found in the fortress tragic." 1134 01:13:41,959 --> 01:13:43,962 "Tragic," that's gotta be Halliday referring to himself. 1135 01:13:44,086 --> 01:13:45,087 Why? 1136 01:13:45,171 --> 01:13:46,298 Because he was lonely. 1137 01:13:46,464 --> 01:13:48,803 He had no one to spend his life with towards the end. 1138 01:13:48,883 --> 01:13:49,884 Yeah, that's true. 1139 01:13:49,967 --> 01:13:52,766 The contest has gotta be somehow about connecting with someone. 1140 01:13:52,929 --> 01:13:54,272 Anyone. 1141 01:13:54,430 --> 01:13:55,807 He wants the person who cares for the OASIS 1142 01:13:55,973 --> 01:13:57,520 to be connected with the world. 1143 01:13:57,683 --> 01:14:00,152 That's what I think he's trying to tell us. 1144 01:14:06,150 --> 01:14:07,777 Wade. 1145 01:14:09,820 --> 01:14:11,493 You understand Halliday. 1146 01:14:12,156 --> 01:14:14,659 You know him better than anyone. 1147 01:14:15,868 --> 01:14:18,417 It's exactly why I think you'll win. 1148 01:14:18,871 --> 01:14:22,671 Really? You really think I'm gonna win? 1149 01:14:23,918 --> 01:14:26,171 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 1150 01:14:26,629 --> 01:14:28,347 MAN: Do not move! 1151 01:14:33,803 --> 01:14:35,225 Target identified! 1152 01:14:36,305 --> 01:14:37,852 Freeze! Don't move! 1153 01:14:44,730 --> 01:14:47,278 - This leads right to the alley. - You first. 1154 01:14:47,358 --> 01:14:49,031 I'm right behind you. Go now! 1155 01:14:50,653 --> 01:14:52,075 Come on! 1156 01:14:52,238 --> 01:14:54,582 - Wade, the OASIS needs you. - What? 1157 01:14:54,740 --> 01:14:55,867 - I'm gonna delay them. - Wait! 1158 01:14:56,033 --> 01:14:57,831 No, no, no, wait! No, no, no! 1159 01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:00,667 You'll forgive me for this, I promise. 1160 01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:11,473 MAN: Freeze, freeze, freeze! 1161 01:15:12,508 --> 01:15:13,509 Don't move! 1162 01:15:18,806 --> 01:15:21,355 Samantha Evelyn Cook. 1163 01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:25,021 IOI has purchased and consolidated all of your outstanding debt, 1164 01:15:25,187 --> 01:15:28,282 currently in excess of 23,000 credits. 1165 01:15:28,441 --> 01:15:31,115 You will be remanded to the nearest IOI loyalty center 1166 01:15:31,318 --> 01:15:32,661 until your debt is paid in full, 1167 01:15:32,820 --> 01:15:35,448 including any interest, processing, 1168 01:15:35,614 --> 01:15:38,117 or late fees you incur henceforth. 1169 01:15:38,284 --> 01:15:40,457 - MAN 1: Does anybody have eyes? - MAN 2: Check down the next street! 1170 01:15:53,299 --> 01:15:55,347 - "First to the key." - "First to the egg." 1171 01:15:55,509 --> 01:15:56,806 Wait, what? 1172 01:15:57,803 --> 01:15:59,976 "Never trust someone you meet in the OASIS." 1173 01:16:01,182 --> 01:16:03,651 "She might be a 300-pound dude named Chuck..." 1174 01:16:03,809 --> 01:16:07,029 "Who lives in his mama's basement in suburban Detroit." 1175 01:16:09,398 --> 01:16:10,399 Aech! 1176 01:16:11,317 --> 01:16:14,821 Helen. My dad called me Aech It kinda stuck. Let's go! 1177 01:16:24,705 --> 01:16:26,878 That thing's IDing my van. 1178 01:16:32,379 --> 01:16:33,506 (YELLS) 1179 01:16:33,714 --> 01:16:35,387 (GRUNTING) 1180 01:16:41,722 --> 01:16:43,725 Come on. They've spotted us. 1181 01:16:44,558 --> 01:16:45,559 Daito. 1182 01:16:45,643 --> 01:16:48,818 My real name is Toshiro. Samantha got us a message. 1183 01:16:48,979 --> 01:16:50,652 She told us to meet you here. 1184 01:16:50,815 --> 01:16:52,067 Samantha, they took her to the... 1185 01:16:52,233 --> 01:16:53,655 The loyalty center, I know. 1186 01:16:53,818 --> 01:16:57,038 Look, in other awesome news, the Sixers found the third challenge. 1187 01:16:57,822 --> 01:16:59,574 - What? - Just come on, get in! 1188 01:16:59,740 --> 01:17:00,741 All right. Let's go. 1189 01:17:00,866 --> 01:17:03,085 Hurry up. Go, go, go. All right. 1190 01:17:07,039 --> 01:17:08,507 (TIRES SCREECHING) 1191 01:17:14,839 --> 01:17:17,183 How did IOI find the third challenge so fast? 1192 01:17:17,341 --> 01:17:19,309 IOI cracked the first three lines of the clue, 1193 01:17:19,468 --> 01:17:20,515 so they knew it was sector 14 1194 01:17:20,678 --> 01:17:22,476 but they couldn't figure out "the fortress tragic." 1195 01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:24,982 So they sent every guide they had into that sector 1196 01:17:25,141 --> 01:17:27,018 until they found the right fortress. 1197 01:17:28,144 --> 01:17:29,441 Sho? 1198 01:17:29,603 --> 01:17:31,731 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm 11, so what? 1199 01:17:31,897 --> 01:17:33,774 His real name is Xo. 1200 01:17:33,941 --> 01:17:36,535 But everyone else calls me Sho, no big deal. 1201 01:17:36,694 --> 01:17:39,322 No. It is a big deal. 1202 01:17:39,488 --> 01:17:42,913 Sho, you're the world's most badass 11-year-old ever. 1203 01:17:43,033 --> 01:17:44,034 He knows. 1204 01:17:44,118 --> 01:17:46,166 Shut up! Let him tell me. 1205 01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:47,375 Aech! 1206 01:17:50,916 --> 01:17:52,463 We have to go save Samantha. 1207 01:17:52,626 --> 01:17:54,845 Well, we can't just go through the doors of IOI. 1208 01:17:55,004 --> 01:17:57,052 Look, I've been thinkin' about it. I got a better plan. 1209 01:17:57,214 --> 01:17:59,057 You saw Sorrento's rig, right? 1210 01:17:59,216 --> 01:18:00,217 Yeah. 1211 01:18:00,384 --> 01:18:03,604 Let's go after the man himself and make him give Art3mis back to us. 1212 01:18:03,762 --> 01:18:05,514 But first, I have to know exactly, 1213 01:18:05,681 --> 01:18:07,604 how much about Sorrento's rig do you remember? 1214 01:18:09,059 --> 01:18:11,312 Kind of everything. 1215 01:18:25,075 --> 01:18:28,921 AUTOMATED VOICE: Maintenance, report to loyalty pod 31-B. 1216 01:18:33,042 --> 01:18:37,593 Security, please report to section 97 for escort. 1217 01:18:53,062 --> 01:18:54,484 (GRUNTING) 1218 01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:01,199 Hey! Newbie, get to work. 1219 01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:04,748 Get to work. 1220 01:19:07,785 --> 01:19:09,458 (GROANING) 1221 01:19:10,829 --> 01:19:13,924 AUTOMATED VOICE: Work violation. Work violation. 1222 01:19:15,709 --> 01:19:18,758 Lay those charges every six feet. 1223 01:19:21,882 --> 01:19:23,100 (GRUNTS) 1224 01:19:23,801 --> 01:19:25,929 Keep it moving! 1225 01:19:27,263 --> 01:19:28,264 Hey, you! 1226 01:19:30,432 --> 01:19:32,184 Those are explosives! 1227 01:19:32,268 --> 01:19:33,520 (GROANING) 1228 01:19:33,644 --> 01:19:37,023 IOI will not reimburse any lost coin if you zero out. 1229 01:19:37,189 --> 01:19:38,941 Keep it moving! 1230 01:19:43,696 --> 01:19:46,575 So what is this challenge, some sort of video game thing? 1231 01:19:46,740 --> 01:19:48,663 An Atari 2600, sir. 1232 01:19:48,826 --> 01:19:52,376 And every game ever made for it, thousands of possibilities. 1233 01:19:53,205 --> 01:19:54,206 MAN: Come up! 1234 01:19:54,581 --> 01:19:55,753 (SCREAMS) 1235 01:19:56,834 --> 01:19:58,052 (NOLAN SNICKERING) 1236 01:19:59,044 --> 01:20:00,341 Halliday, 1237 01:20:00,504 --> 01:20:01,881 this is how you plan to resolve 1238 01:20:02,047 --> 01:20:05,096 the fate of the world's most important economic resource? 1239 01:20:05,884 --> 01:20:07,682 - Call me when you're close. - Yes, sir. 1240 01:20:07,845 --> 01:20:09,392 Go, go! No! Ahh! 1241 01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:14,519 One minute into Centipede, the ice broke. 1242 01:20:14,935 --> 01:20:16,437 It has to be Joust! 1243 01:20:16,562 --> 01:20:19,737 Halliday still holds the world record on the 2600 port of that game. 1244 01:20:19,898 --> 01:20:21,320 Maybe we just need to beat his high score. 1245 01:20:21,483 --> 01:20:24,032 Pitfall! One of the only 2600 games that still hasn't ended. 1246 01:20:24,194 --> 01:20:25,321 MAN 1: And how about those Swordquest games? 1247 01:20:25,487 --> 01:20:26,534 MAN 2: Yes! The Swordquest games. 1248 01:20:26,697 --> 01:20:29,542 They were created for a contest Atari held with real... 1249 01:20:37,291 --> 01:20:38,918 i-R0k, how are we doin'? 1250 01:20:40,294 --> 01:20:42,388 To be honest, I think I need physical therapy because it's not... 1251 01:20:42,546 --> 01:20:44,549 Is the Orb ready? 1252 01:20:45,549 --> 01:20:47,222 Um, as you wish. 1253 01:20:49,053 --> 01:20:50,521 (GRUNTING) 1254 01:20:51,388 --> 01:20:52,389 The Orb... 1255 01:20:52,556 --> 01:20:53,978 Of Osuvox. 1256 01:20:54,850 --> 01:20:55,938 Ah... 1257 01:20:56,018 --> 01:20:57,395 How does it work? 1258 01:20:57,561 --> 01:21:01,361 Has it got, like, a remote or is there a button or something? 1259 01:21:01,523 --> 01:21:04,993 Nolan, it's a level-99 magic artifact, 1260 01:21:05,152 --> 01:21:08,782 not one of your drones, so it is activated by a magic spell. 1261 01:21:08,947 --> 01:21:10,995 Would you care to do the honors? 1262 01:21:21,335 --> 01:21:23,588 (CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1263 01:22:01,208 --> 01:22:02,255 (GUNS COCKING) 1264 01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:04,178 WADE: Where is she? 1265 01:22:04,336 --> 01:22:05,463 How'd you get in here? 1266 01:22:05,629 --> 01:22:06,756 - Art3mis. - Who? 1267 01:22:06,922 --> 01:22:09,971 Samantha Cook. Where is she? 1268 01:22:11,593 --> 01:22:14,972 If you wanna talk, we can talk, but you gotta put that gun down. 1269 01:22:15,472 --> 01:22:17,816 You killed my mom's sister. 1270 01:22:18,392 --> 01:22:19,894 You think I won't kill you? 1271 01:22:20,018 --> 01:22:24,069 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just slow down, okay? 1272 01:22:24,231 --> 01:22:27,451 That was a corporate decision. It was not personal. 1273 01:22:27,609 --> 01:22:28,610 Where is she? 1274 01:22:28,777 --> 01:22:31,121 She's downstairs in the loyalty center! 1275 01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:34,034 I know she's in the goddamn loyalty center. 1276 01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:36,914 You're gonna tell me exactly which rig she's in 1277 01:22:37,077 --> 01:22:39,421 and the access code to contact her. 1278 01:22:40,497 --> 01:22:42,750 Yeah, that seems appropriate. 1279 01:22:45,627 --> 01:22:47,630 TOSHIRO: Start with access code. 1280 01:22:48,839 --> 01:22:50,967 NOLAN: 6, 45, 7, 25. 1281 01:22:51,133 --> 01:22:52,385 TOSHIRO: Where's the rig? 1282 01:23:03,312 --> 01:23:04,905 I think he pissed himself. 1283 01:23:05,522 --> 01:23:07,365 Good job, Z. We're in his account. 1284 01:23:07,524 --> 01:23:09,276 So he really doesn't know he's in the OASIS? 1285 01:23:11,653 --> 01:23:14,077 This is what Sorrento should be seeing, 1286 01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:17,368 but this... This is what we're making him see. 1287 01:23:18,494 --> 01:23:21,373 We grabbed him in transit just as he was logging out of the OASIS, 1288 01:23:21,538 --> 01:23:24,212 so he thinks he's back in his office in the real world. 1289 01:23:24,416 --> 01:23:28,091 But actually, he's here, in the identical office that Aech built. 1290 01:23:28,253 --> 01:23:30,802 SHO: So, you basically just remotely hacked his rig. 1291 01:23:30,964 --> 01:23:33,843 AECH: A fixed rig like Sorrento's is easy to locate, hard to hack. 1292 01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:36,558 WADE: Unless he's stupid enough to leave his password lying around. 1293 01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:37,972 AECH: Loyalty center, I'm in. 1294 01:23:38,138 --> 01:23:39,890 WADE: All right, let's get to work. 1295 01:23:47,689 --> 01:23:49,862 - WADE: Arty. - Z? Z? Z? 1296 01:23:50,025 --> 01:23:51,402 Arty, don't say anything. 1297 01:23:51,568 --> 01:23:53,536 I'm tapped directly into your audio feed. 1298 01:23:55,155 --> 01:23:56,247 ART3MIS: How did you find me? 1299 01:23:56,406 --> 01:23:58,374 We got his password, hacked Sorrento's rig. 1300 01:23:59,993 --> 01:24:01,745 Z, I have something to tell you. 1301 01:24:02,037 --> 01:24:04,290 Not now. I have something to show you that'll get you out of there. 1302 01:24:04,456 --> 01:24:07,050 The Sixers found the third challenge. It's on Planet Doom. 1303 01:24:07,918 --> 01:24:09,295 And there's more, they just put a force field 1304 01:24:09,461 --> 01:24:11,259 around Anorak's Castle. 1305 01:24:15,717 --> 01:24:18,220 I heard one of the guards calling it "the Orb of Osuvox," 1306 01:24:18,387 --> 01:24:20,765 and the only way to take it down is from the inside. 1307 01:24:20,931 --> 01:24:23,935 She's right. Level-99 artifact, 1308 01:24:24,101 --> 01:24:26,900 creates a magic-resistant, impenetrable barrier. 1309 01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:28,063 No way through it. 1310 01:24:28,230 --> 01:24:29,652 Okay, listen. That's not important right now. 1311 01:24:29,815 --> 01:24:31,863 What's important is that we get you out of the rig. 1312 01:24:34,653 --> 01:24:36,951 All right, so I'm looking at a diagram of your rig. 1313 01:24:39,700 --> 01:24:41,953 If you reach up with your left hand at 11 o'clock, 1314 01:24:42,119 --> 01:24:43,917 there's a panel above your head. 1315 01:24:48,709 --> 01:24:50,712 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I can feel it. 1316 01:24:50,877 --> 01:24:52,675 WADE: Okay, there should be two release handles. 1317 01:24:52,838 --> 01:24:54,260 Nine o'clock and three o'clock. Can you feel them? 1318 01:24:54,423 --> 01:24:56,767 - Yeah, I got it. - Okay, pull it towards you. 1319 01:24:57,509 --> 01:24:58,636 (GRUNTS) 1320 01:24:59,136 --> 01:25:00,638 Okay, inside the panel, there's a lever. 1321 01:25:00,804 --> 01:25:03,273 Grab it with your right hand and slide it to the left. 1322 01:25:03,432 --> 01:25:04,853 That should release you. 1323 01:25:04,933 --> 01:25:06,025 (GRUNTS) 1324 01:25:09,813 --> 01:25:12,110 - (BEEPING) - (EXHALES) 1325 01:25:12,190 --> 01:25:13,988 It worked. It worked, I'm out. 1326 01:25:14,943 --> 01:25:16,990 AUTOMATED VOICE: Loyalty pod 41-F, 1327 01:25:17,070 --> 01:25:19,994 you are on an authorized break for 10 minutes. 1328 01:25:25,329 --> 01:25:28,333 Pod 41-F, you are on 10-minute break. 1329 01:25:28,498 --> 01:25:30,626 Proceed to break area. 1330 01:25:31,918 --> 01:25:33,136 Wade, are you still there? 1331 01:25:33,295 --> 01:25:34,342 Yeah, I'm here. Where are you? 1332 01:25:34,504 --> 01:25:35,596 Where is Sorrento's office? 1333 01:25:35,756 --> 01:25:37,975 It's in the IOI war room, two levels above where you are now. 1334 01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:39,760 But that's not the way out. 1335 01:25:39,926 --> 01:25:41,473 What's his password? 1336 01:25:42,804 --> 01:25:43,931 Wade, answer me. 1337 01:25:44,097 --> 01:25:47,977 Okay, it's capital B-0-55-man-69. 1338 01:25:48,143 --> 01:25:50,362 But, Arty, you need to go. 1339 01:25:50,520 --> 01:25:51,817 You need to raise an army. 1340 01:25:52,731 --> 01:25:53,732 An army? 1341 01:25:53,899 --> 01:25:55,902 Get to Planet Doom, and wait for my signal. 1342 01:25:55,984 --> 01:25:56,985 What signal? 1343 01:25:57,277 --> 01:25:58,495 I'm gonna take down that shield. 1344 01:25:58,654 --> 01:26:01,078 Wait, Arty, wait! You gotta get out of there! Arty! 1345 01:26:09,748 --> 01:26:12,217 Hey, how much are they paying you? 1346 01:26:12,376 --> 01:26:14,003 - 'Cause, man, I got a lot of paper. - (TOSHIRO SHUSHING) 1347 01:26:14,169 --> 01:26:16,388 You know, I can make you, like, a forest. 1348 01:26:16,546 --> 01:26:18,674 Hey, shut up. 1349 01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:19,932 Okay. 1350 01:26:42,572 --> 01:26:44,745 This isn't real, you're tapping my feed. 1351 01:26:44,825 --> 01:26:46,828 Uh-oh. Guys. 1352 01:27:05,387 --> 01:27:07,936 F'Nale, they've hacked my rig. They're after the girl. 1353 01:27:08,098 --> 01:27:09,771 Meet me at loyalty. 1354 01:27:10,392 --> 01:27:12,565 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 1355 01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:27,330 AUTOMATED VOICE: Pod 41-F, you have exceeded your break time. 1356 01:27:27,492 --> 01:27:31,213 Report to security or your coin count will be reset to zero. 1357 01:27:40,172 --> 01:27:44,803 So, she just walks out of here, how does that happen? 1358 01:27:44,968 --> 01:27:47,016 They're smart. They knew what they were doing. 1359 01:27:47,179 --> 01:27:49,933 But we know they're in Columbus. And now, all five of them are together. 1360 01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:52,442 Wait. Wait, we know what? How do we know? 1361 01:27:52,601 --> 01:27:56,196 We have the make and model of the van. We'll spot them. 1362 01:27:56,354 --> 01:27:58,322 "We'll spot them"? 1363 01:27:58,482 --> 01:28:01,577 That sounds like a great inscription for our tombstones. 1364 01:28:01,735 --> 01:28:03,112 Why didn't you tell me this earlier? 1365 01:28:03,278 --> 01:28:04,700 It wasn't relevant yet. 1366 01:28:04,863 --> 01:28:05,955 I need to know where they are. 1367 01:28:06,114 --> 01:28:07,491 We need to know. We need to find them! 1368 01:28:07,657 --> 01:28:10,536 They're kids, Nolan. Man the hell up! 1369 01:28:10,702 --> 01:28:13,751 Do your job, and I'll do mine, unless you wanna take this 1370 01:28:13,914 --> 01:28:15,917 and go after them yourself. 1371 01:28:20,504 --> 01:28:21,756 Find them! 1372 01:28:30,764 --> 01:28:35,361 The Complete Nancy Drew, Kegel Exercises for... 1373 01:28:37,020 --> 01:28:39,193 Bingo. Okay. 1374 01:28:39,773 --> 01:28:41,867 "Congratulations, you are the proud owner of the Orb of Osuvox, 1375 01:28:42,025 --> 01:28:43,368 "a 99th level magic artifact. 1376 01:28:43,527 --> 01:28:46,656 "Read these instructions before deploying. To turn orb on, off." 1377 01:28:46,822 --> 01:28:48,165 Off! Yes, off. 1378 01:28:48,323 --> 01:28:50,576 "Utter spell within 10 feet of orb." 1379 01:28:52,327 --> 01:28:56,457 (CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1380 01:29:04,548 --> 01:29:06,596 Citizens of the OASIS, 1381 01:29:06,758 --> 01:29:09,056 I am Parzival, first to the key. 1382 01:29:09,594 --> 01:29:12,473 I'm here talking to all of you now because our future's being threatened 1383 01:29:12,639 --> 01:29:15,734 by people who will stop at nothing to win this contest. 1384 01:29:16,726 --> 01:29:18,478 Some of you already know this, 1385 01:29:18,645 --> 01:29:21,945 and you've lost much more than just your avatars or your weapons. 1386 01:29:22,732 --> 01:29:26,612 Some have lost their freedom. Some have lost their lives. 1387 01:29:29,114 --> 01:29:31,082 And now, this. 1388 01:29:31,908 --> 01:29:34,878 A force field around the third challenge. 1389 01:29:37,414 --> 01:29:40,543 I only came here to escape the shitty hand that life dealt me. 1390 01:29:41,418 --> 01:29:44,046 But I stayed, like many of you, 1391 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:48,843 because I found something much bigger than just myself. 1392 01:29:49,301 --> 01:29:51,099 I found a cause. 1393 01:29:52,262 --> 01:29:54,356 I found my friends. 1394 01:29:55,557 --> 01:29:58,982 And yes, I know it's kind of a groaner, but... 1395 01:30:00,312 --> 01:30:01,905 I found love. 1396 01:30:03,189 --> 01:30:04,486 And I don't wanna lose that 1397 01:30:04,649 --> 01:30:07,323 to this colossal douchebag, Nolan Sorrento. 1398 01:30:07,485 --> 01:30:10,955 This guy. Back to work, people. 1399 01:30:11,698 --> 01:30:14,543 He thinks that we're all too distracted to even notice... 1400 01:30:15,952 --> 01:30:20,583 Nolan Sorrento thinks that we won't put up a fight. 1401 01:30:20,749 --> 01:30:21,920 Sir! Sir! 1402 01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:23,001 This is going out live! 1403 01:30:23,084 --> 01:30:24,176 WADE: The only thing Halliday let this guy do... 1404 01:30:24,336 --> 01:30:26,589 - It's absolutely everywhere. - ...was get him a cup of coffee. 1405 01:30:26,755 --> 01:30:28,428 And now, we're supposed to hand him the OASIS? 1406 01:30:36,348 --> 01:30:39,102 NOLAN: This Parzival... Oh, man. 1407 01:30:43,188 --> 01:30:45,532 Come on, come on. Give me this thing. 1408 01:30:45,690 --> 01:30:46,817 MAN: Yes, sir. 1409 01:30:47,525 --> 01:30:49,493 NOLAN: Left arm. 1410 01:30:49,653 --> 01:30:51,997 - Left arm! - MAN: Sir. 1411 01:30:52,155 --> 01:30:53,998 NOLAN: No, I need the left arm. 1412 01:30:54,157 --> 01:30:56,455 No, I don't care if... I want it on. 1413 01:30:58,578 --> 01:31:01,042 WADE: He thinks that we won't even put up a fight! 1414 01:31:01,122 --> 01:31:03,750 Well, I say he's wrong. 1415 01:31:03,917 --> 01:31:07,547 I say, tell that to the gunter clans in the gold mines of Gygax. 1416 01:31:07,712 --> 01:31:10,887 (WHISPERING) Activate the Iron Giant. 1417 01:31:17,347 --> 01:31:18,439 (GRUNTING) 1418 01:31:35,031 --> 01:31:39,958 Ask yourselves, are you willing to zero out for the OASIS? 1419 01:31:40,120 --> 01:31:41,997 Are you willing to fight? 1420 01:31:43,456 --> 01:31:45,880 I am Parzival of the High Five. 1421 01:31:46,042 --> 01:31:48,636 In the name of Art3mis, in the name of Aech, 1422 01:31:48,795 --> 01:31:50,923 in the name of Daito and Sho, 1423 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:54,055 we ask you to join us on Planet Doom. 1424 01:31:55,051 --> 01:31:58,021 In the name of James Halliday himself, 1425 01:31:58,179 --> 01:32:00,182 help us save the OASIS. 1426 01:32:05,061 --> 01:32:07,064 (WIND HOWLING) 1427 01:32:23,913 --> 01:32:26,667 (DISTANT RUMBLING) 1428 01:32:32,630 --> 01:32:35,805 (RUMBLING INTENSIFIES) 1429 01:32:40,388 --> 01:32:42,561 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 1430 01:32:55,195 --> 01:32:57,573 No, no, no, no. 1431 01:33:07,707 --> 01:33:10,255 "No man is a failure who has friends." 1432 01:33:10,335 --> 01:33:11,553 (NOLAN GROWLS) 1433 01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:35,615 SOLDIER: Squadron 14, armor up, you're in the lead. 1434 01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:47,584 (GRUNTS) 1435 01:33:48,540 --> 01:33:51,259 One minute into Swordquest, the ice broke. 1436 01:33:52,961 --> 01:33:56,556 (SIGHS) Well, all three Swordquests. What's next? 1437 01:33:56,714 --> 01:33:58,387 (OVERLAPPING) Dark Cavern, Laser Blast. 1438 01:33:58,550 --> 01:33:59,642 It's Adventure. 1439 01:33:59,801 --> 01:34:01,895 Released in 1979, for the 2600, 1440 01:34:02,053 --> 01:34:03,600 Adventure was created by Warren Robinett, 1441 01:34:03,763 --> 01:34:06,141 who was the first video game designer ever to hide his name. In fact... 1442 01:34:06,307 --> 01:34:08,310 - (CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) - Try Adventure. 1443 01:34:09,561 --> 01:34:11,063 Play Adventure. 1444 01:34:16,901 --> 01:34:18,323 (PANTING) 1445 01:34:18,403 --> 01:34:20,155 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1446 01:34:33,793 --> 01:34:35,921 (CONTINUES PANTING) 1447 01:34:39,090 --> 01:34:40,091 (DEVICE TRILLING) 1448 01:35:03,448 --> 01:35:05,621 More than a minute, we're still alive. 1449 01:35:05,783 --> 01:35:07,581 This must be the right game. 1450 01:35:07,827 --> 01:35:10,876 (ART3MIS CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1451 01:35:14,584 --> 01:35:17,383 How long does it last, this orb thing? 1452 01:35:20,673 --> 01:35:23,347 (CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1453 01:35:24,844 --> 01:35:27,438 I'd say about ten... 1454 01:35:27,597 --> 01:35:30,692 Yeah, about 10 million years, so we should be fine. 1455 01:35:30,975 --> 01:35:34,024 (CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1456 01:35:48,159 --> 01:35:49,877 First to the key! 1457 01:35:50,036 --> 01:35:51,709 ALL: First to the egg! 1458 01:35:51,871 --> 01:35:54,545 First to the egg! 1459 01:35:54,749 --> 01:35:56,046 (1980s ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 1460 01:36:23,069 --> 01:36:24,161 Adventure. 1461 01:36:33,371 --> 01:36:35,499 - (SQUEALING) - (ALL GRUNTING) 1462 01:36:38,084 --> 01:36:39,711 (MAN YELLING) 1463 01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:42,805 - (GRUNTS) - MAN: What? Come on! 1464 01:36:44,465 --> 01:36:45,762 - (GRUNTS) - (GROANS) 1465 01:36:59,981 --> 01:37:01,904 (GRUNTING) 1466 01:37:09,115 --> 01:37:11,209 - (BEEPING) - (MAN GROANS) 1467 01:37:12,410 --> 01:37:14,003 WADE: Whoa, whoa, whoa! 1468 01:37:16,164 --> 01:37:18,758 The Sixers are in the final challenge. It's an Atari 2600. 1469 01:37:18,916 --> 01:37:20,634 Are you in the Sixer war room? 1470 01:37:21,169 --> 01:37:22,591 No, no, no. You gotta get out of there. 1471 01:37:22,754 --> 01:37:24,427 They're playing Adventure. 1472 01:37:25,048 --> 01:37:27,301 Adventure, of course! 1473 01:37:27,467 --> 01:37:28,935 Created by Warren Robinett! 1474 01:37:29,093 --> 01:37:30,640 He was the first designer to ever hide an Easter egg in... 1475 01:37:30,803 --> 01:37:31,804 Dude! 1476 01:37:36,851 --> 01:37:39,525 We're looking for a USPS truck, Ohio plates, 1477 01:37:39,687 --> 01:37:42,691 a drone spitter, 2036 model. 1478 01:38:01,250 --> 01:38:04,595 Daito! When are you getting into this fight? 1479 01:38:17,141 --> 01:38:18,229 (GUN CLICKING) 1480 01:38:18,309 --> 01:38:19,686 - I'm out. Inventory's empty. - (ALARM BEEPING) 1481 01:38:19,852 --> 01:38:20,853 Last clip for me. 1482 01:38:21,020 --> 01:38:22,067 More weapons! 1483 01:38:22,230 --> 01:38:26,326 Anti-personnel ordinance cannon! 1484 01:38:27,652 --> 01:38:28,904 (ALL GROAN) 1485 01:38:29,278 --> 01:38:31,952 Railgun! 1486 01:38:33,157 --> 01:38:34,249 (ALL GROAN) 1487 01:38:37,161 --> 01:38:38,333 Yo, Z! 1488 01:38:38,871 --> 01:38:42,501 Yo, Z! Try this little guy. 1489 01:38:43,334 --> 01:38:44,711 (LAUGHING EVILLY) 1490 01:38:44,794 --> 01:38:46,007 (WADE YELPING) 1491 01:38:46,087 --> 01:38:47,259 - (SCREAMS) - CHUCKY: Ow! 1492 01:38:47,755 --> 01:38:49,598 Get rid of it! Get rid of it! 1493 01:38:50,716 --> 01:38:52,513 It's fucking Chucky! 1494 01:38:52,593 --> 01:38:54,266 (CHUCKY LAUGHING MANIACALLY) 1495 01:38:55,179 --> 01:38:57,769 (ALL GROANING) 1496 01:38:57,849 --> 01:38:59,351 COMMANDER: Move! Move! 1497 01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:01,436 Go, go, go! 1498 01:39:18,828 --> 01:39:20,626 (ALL YELLING) 1499 01:39:59,202 --> 01:40:00,704 Mechagodzilla! 1500 01:40:00,786 --> 01:40:03,164 (ROARING) 1501 01:40:20,181 --> 01:40:21,603 (SCREAMING) 1502 01:40:21,891 --> 01:40:25,236 WADE: Daito, we need you! Daito, now! 1503 01:40:25,394 --> 01:40:27,567 Get to the bridge. Go now, he's distracted. 1504 01:40:27,647 --> 01:40:28,648 Go, go, go. 1505 01:40:36,614 --> 01:40:38,491 (ROARS) 1506 01:40:44,872 --> 01:40:46,374 (SPEAKING JAPANESE) 1507 01:41:08,104 --> 01:41:09,856 (BOTH YELPING) 1508 01:41:09,981 --> 01:41:10,982 Z! 1509 01:41:12,108 --> 01:41:13,405 (ART3MIS SCREAMS) 1510 01:41:18,406 --> 01:41:19,578 (SCREAMS) 1511 01:41:21,659 --> 01:41:23,787 (ALL GROANING) 1512 01:41:27,790 --> 01:41:29,508 (AECH GROANS) 1513 01:41:30,918 --> 01:41:31,919 Arty! 1514 01:41:32,003 --> 01:41:34,256 Get to the castle! Win the third key before they do! 1515 01:41:42,305 --> 01:41:43,557 (ROARS) 1516 01:41:43,681 --> 01:41:45,934 (ALARM BEEPING) 1517 01:41:46,017 --> 01:41:47,235 What is that? 1518 01:41:47,393 --> 01:41:50,112 SHO: He's only got 30 seconds before changing back! 1519 01:41:55,610 --> 01:41:57,578 (ALARM CONTINUES BEEPING) 1520 01:42:01,324 --> 01:42:04,203 Daito, abort, abort! You got 10 seconds! 1521 01:42:07,038 --> 01:42:08,506 (ALARM TRILLS) 1522 01:42:09,665 --> 01:42:11,963 (ALARM BEEPING RAPIDLY) 1523 01:42:18,883 --> 01:42:20,101 DAITO: First to the egg! 1524 01:42:23,763 --> 01:42:25,561 - (ROARING) - (WADE AND SHO SCREAM) 1525 01:42:30,811 --> 01:42:32,108 (MISSILES ARMING) 1526 01:42:37,193 --> 01:42:39,412 (AECH GRUNTING) 1527 01:42:59,548 --> 01:43:00,845 Shit, it's her. 1528 01:43:04,470 --> 01:43:05,767 (OBJECT GIGGLES) 1529 01:43:08,724 --> 01:43:10,271 (CACKLING) 1530 01:43:20,903 --> 01:43:23,452 WADE: Arty! Arty! 1531 01:43:24,240 --> 01:43:26,459 SHO: Z! Got to get to the castle! 1532 01:43:26,951 --> 01:43:29,045 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 1533 01:43:32,790 --> 01:43:35,384 She never left. She's still here. 1534 01:43:38,337 --> 01:43:39,839 The girl's in the war room. 1535 01:43:39,922 --> 01:43:41,765 (ALARM TICKING) 1536 01:43:52,351 --> 01:43:54,399 (PEOPLE CLAMORING) 1537 01:44:18,002 --> 01:44:19,549 No, no, no. 1538 01:44:27,845 --> 01:44:28,846 (GROANING) 1539 01:44:33,684 --> 01:44:36,233 - (AECH GRUNTS) - WADE: Sho! Hang on! 1540 01:44:43,819 --> 01:44:45,537 (ALARM BEEPING) 1541 01:44:49,366 --> 01:44:50,367 (SHO GRUNTS) 1542 01:44:55,664 --> 01:44:57,257 No! 1543 01:45:01,170 --> 01:45:02,763 (GRUNTING) 1544 01:45:19,730 --> 01:45:21,232 WADE: Arty, we've got this. You need to log out. 1545 01:45:21,649 --> 01:45:24,243 If the game is Adventure, why haven't they won yet? 1546 01:45:24,401 --> 01:45:26,119 I don't know. Arty, Arty. 1547 01:45:26,278 --> 01:45:28,201 I'm serious, Sorrento's crazy. He'll kill you. 1548 01:45:30,449 --> 01:45:31,917 What are you looking at? 1549 01:45:32,409 --> 01:45:34,161 There's nothing over there. 1550 01:45:35,204 --> 01:45:36,205 You're in trouble, aren't you? 1551 01:45:39,667 --> 01:45:43,046 Samantha, you know I love you. 1552 01:45:43,212 --> 01:45:44,430 Not the time, Z. 1553 01:45:44,588 --> 01:45:45,885 I can handle the challenge, 1554 01:45:46,048 --> 01:45:47,891 but I can't let you get hurt in the real world. 1555 01:45:49,134 --> 01:45:52,309 Get out of IOI, and meet us at River South. 1556 01:45:58,686 --> 01:46:00,233 Wade, no. 1557 01:46:00,396 --> 01:46:02,114 You'll forgive me for this, I promise. 1558 01:46:02,273 --> 01:46:03,400 Wade, no, no, no. 1559 01:46:04,358 --> 01:46:05,450 (GRUNTS) 1560 01:46:05,568 --> 01:46:06,820 (ALARM BEEPS) 1561 01:46:13,534 --> 01:46:16,538 Get it together, Sixer. Back to respawn. 1562 01:46:16,996 --> 01:46:18,168 Let's go, move. 1563 01:46:18,330 --> 01:46:19,548 You're in. 1564 01:46:37,808 --> 01:46:40,277 Holy hand grenade! How much did that cost? 1565 01:46:40,436 --> 01:46:42,905 Less than it's gonna cost them. 1566 01:46:44,023 --> 01:46:45,525 What is that? 1567 01:46:55,910 --> 01:46:58,459 Sir, the gunters are approaching the challenge. 1568 01:46:58,621 --> 01:47:00,498 - i-R0k? - In position, sir. 1569 01:47:00,623 --> 01:47:01,624 Prepare my rig. 1570 01:47:01,916 --> 01:47:04,544 The ice is holding. Still going. 1571 01:47:14,887 --> 01:47:16,059 WADE: Wait. 1572 01:47:16,221 --> 01:47:17,348 He's trying to win. 1573 01:47:20,726 --> 01:47:23,275 Yeah! I won. 1574 01:47:26,774 --> 01:47:28,572 He lost. 1575 01:47:28,734 --> 01:47:30,737 Not Adventure. 1576 01:47:32,112 --> 01:47:33,614 (ALL CLAMORING) 1577 01:47:34,865 --> 01:47:39,166 Everyone who wins loses. 1578 01:47:39,328 --> 01:47:42,628 It's not about winning. It's about playing. 1579 01:47:43,749 --> 01:47:45,797 Remember Halliday's announcement. 1580 01:47:46,251 --> 01:47:48,504 The keys are invisible, and they're hidden in a dark room 1581 01:47:48,671 --> 01:47:50,639 that's at the center of a maze. 1582 01:47:51,256 --> 01:47:54,760 Well, there's a secret in Adventure, and you don't find it by winning. 1583 01:47:54,927 --> 01:47:57,351 You find it by wandering around in a dark room. 1584 01:47:57,846 --> 01:47:59,393 Until you get to the invisible dot. 1585 01:47:59,556 --> 01:48:01,103 It's pretty easy if you know what you're doing. 1586 01:48:01,266 --> 01:48:02,518 NOLAN: Really? 1587 01:48:03,435 --> 01:48:05,483 Let me finish it for you. 1588 01:48:05,813 --> 01:48:07,156 (SHO GRUNTING) 1589 01:48:09,775 --> 01:48:11,027 It's your last chance, Wade. 1590 01:48:11,694 --> 01:48:14,448 Last chance. Give me the key. 1591 01:48:14,613 --> 01:48:18,709 I give you 50 million in your account right now. 1592 01:48:19,660 --> 01:48:21,412 Why the hell would I ever do that? 1593 01:48:23,205 --> 01:48:24,878 SHO: Dude! That's the Cataclyst. 1594 01:48:25,165 --> 01:48:26,883 Now, personally, I don't care. 1595 01:48:27,042 --> 01:48:28,635 I'd just as soon never set foot in the OASIS again, 1596 01:48:28,794 --> 01:48:30,797 let alone have to deal with any of this absurdity. 1597 01:48:30,963 --> 01:48:34,263 But I know how important Halliday's competition is to you, so... 1598 01:48:36,176 --> 01:48:40,431 I will never let the future of the OASIS rest in your hands, Nolan Sorrento. 1599 01:48:40,597 --> 01:48:44,477 Well, that's fine. Three easy steps. One. 1600 01:48:44,643 --> 01:48:46,941 Wait, I thought you were bluffing. You know that kills all of us, right? 1601 01:48:47,104 --> 01:48:49,027 I've got 10 years' worth of shit inside of me. 1602 01:48:49,189 --> 01:48:50,691 Last chance. Two. 1603 01:48:50,858 --> 01:48:52,076 I'm not goin' out like that. 1604 01:48:52,234 --> 01:48:53,326 That's a camper move. 1605 01:48:53,485 --> 01:48:54,657 You don't even know how to activate an orb. 1606 01:48:54,903 --> 01:48:56,200 (WADE GRUNTS) 1607 01:48:59,700 --> 01:49:01,077 (BOTH GRUNTING) 1608 01:49:05,122 --> 01:49:06,249 (PANTING) 1609 01:49:07,082 --> 01:49:08,174 Yeah, I felt those. 1610 01:49:09,585 --> 01:49:11,679 But this is my world, Sorrento. 1611 01:49:15,632 --> 01:49:16,884 Hadouken! 1612 01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:19,887 (GRUNTS) 1613 01:49:22,473 --> 01:49:23,565 (GROANS) 1614 01:49:26,185 --> 01:49:27,482 (GROANS) 1615 01:49:36,487 --> 01:49:38,956 - No, no, no! - Step three. 1616 01:49:39,114 --> 01:49:40,832 No, no, no! 1617 01:49:43,160 --> 01:49:44,582 (WHIMPERS) 1618 01:49:48,791 --> 01:49:50,259 (YELPING) 1619 01:50:07,559 --> 01:50:09,027 (PLAYERS GROANING) 1620 01:50:38,340 --> 01:50:40,013 Get me out of this thing. 1621 01:50:54,481 --> 01:50:55,819 Uh... 1622 01:50:55,899 --> 01:50:57,151 Guys? 1623 01:51:03,740 --> 01:51:05,583 Z. He's still alive! 1624 01:51:13,500 --> 01:51:15,298 Extra life. 1625 01:51:17,713 --> 01:51:19,135 Thanks, Curator. 1626 01:51:22,009 --> 01:51:23,136 Hold on. 1627 01:51:30,893 --> 01:51:32,896 Live feed in all OASIS channels. 1628 01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:35,944 Halliday's letting everyone watch the end of the contest. 1629 01:51:36,106 --> 01:51:37,324 (LAUGHS) That's so Halliday. 1630 01:51:37,482 --> 01:51:39,576 God damn it, we tried Adventure. 1631 01:51:39,735 --> 01:51:41,032 No, we tried to win it. 1632 01:51:41,195 --> 01:51:43,619 But the hidden room isn't at the end of the game. 1633 01:51:43,780 --> 01:51:46,534 You've gotta go straight to the invisible dot at the start. 1634 01:51:52,873 --> 01:51:54,091 (PANTING) 1635 01:51:59,963 --> 01:52:00,964 Is that her? 1636 01:52:01,256 --> 01:52:05,261 Red hair, IOI uniform, doesn't know what planet she's on? 1637 01:52:05,344 --> 01:52:06,391 That's her. 1638 01:52:18,232 --> 01:52:20,951 I'm Toshiro. You know me as Daito. 1639 01:52:23,862 --> 01:52:24,909 ART3MIS: Oh. 1640 01:52:27,658 --> 01:52:29,080 Hey, Arty. 1641 01:52:31,119 --> 01:52:35,124 Yeah, I know. Not what you were expecting, huh? 1642 01:52:35,290 --> 01:52:39,841 Yeah, I wasn't expecting a late '30s-model postal van. 1643 01:52:41,922 --> 01:52:42,923 Wade? 1644 01:52:43,632 --> 01:52:45,885 Wait, I thought the Cataclyst went off. How are you still playing? 1645 01:52:46,051 --> 01:52:48,554 Extra life, long story. Sorry I shot you. 1646 01:52:50,889 --> 01:52:52,357 Sho? 1647 01:52:52,516 --> 01:52:54,894 What? Do I have to wear a sign saying, 1648 01:52:55,060 --> 01:52:58,030 "I am 11 years old, shoot me first"? No, thanks. 1649 01:52:58,188 --> 01:53:00,360 - Dude, give me a hug. - Ninjas don't hug! 1650 01:53:00,440 --> 01:53:01,942 All right, everybody, hold on to somethin'. 1651 01:53:22,254 --> 01:53:23,506 (BEEPING) 1652 01:53:23,839 --> 01:53:25,136 Got you. 1653 01:53:28,885 --> 01:53:30,603 Come on, Nolan. Pick up. 1654 01:53:32,806 --> 01:53:35,355 F'Nale, tell me something good. 1655 01:53:35,642 --> 01:53:38,020 I've got a drone on their tail. I'm close. 1656 01:53:38,186 --> 01:53:39,233 NOLAN: Send me coordinates. 1657 01:53:39,396 --> 01:53:41,610 Maybe you should leave this to me, Nolan. 1658 01:53:41,690 --> 01:53:42,862 (LINE DISCONNECTS) 1659 01:53:43,483 --> 01:53:46,077 Nolan? Nolan. 1660 01:53:47,529 --> 01:53:48,656 Out. 1661 01:53:57,622 --> 01:54:00,091 Give me that. 1662 01:54:01,918 --> 01:54:03,465 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 1663 01:54:03,795 --> 01:54:05,513 AECH: What's goin' on out there? 1664 01:54:09,885 --> 01:54:12,354 SHO: The game is over for them. What are they watching? 1665 01:54:14,848 --> 01:54:17,146 The final key! It's being broadcast. 1666 01:54:19,227 --> 01:54:20,729 WADE: You see, 1667 01:54:20,896 --> 01:54:23,445 Warren Robinett was proud of Adventure. 1668 01:54:23,607 --> 01:54:25,826 He wanted people to know who was behind it. 1669 01:54:26,693 --> 01:54:29,242 That's why he created the first digital Easter egg 1670 01:54:29,404 --> 01:54:31,953 and to find it, you didn't even have to win. 1671 01:54:32,115 --> 01:54:36,120 You just had to blindly play, searching around 1672 01:54:36,286 --> 01:54:39,381 in rooms for an invisible dot. 1673 01:54:40,415 --> 01:54:42,839 You took the dot back to the main screen 1674 01:54:43,001 --> 01:54:47,473 and that's when you found the first Easter egg ever put in a video game. 1675 01:54:47,631 --> 01:54:48,883 - The creator's name. - (BEEPING) 1676 01:55:13,573 --> 01:55:15,371 What's going on, man? I can't see shit. 1677 01:55:15,659 --> 01:55:17,036 Parzival just got the Crystal Key! 1678 01:55:20,414 --> 01:55:21,757 (ALL GRUNTING) 1679 01:55:32,342 --> 01:55:34,060 Do you want it or not? 1680 01:55:37,389 --> 01:55:39,187 Aech, what the hell's going on? 1681 01:55:39,474 --> 01:55:41,317 Just practicing my Mario Kart. What do you think? 1682 01:55:41,476 --> 01:55:43,524 IOI's trying to kill us, man! 1683 01:55:57,784 --> 01:55:59,957 Everyone watching, if you're in the Columbus stacks, 1684 01:56:00,120 --> 01:56:01,417 this is Parzival. 1685 01:56:01,580 --> 01:56:04,208 My real-world name is Wade Watts, and we're gonna need your help. 1686 01:56:04,374 --> 01:56:05,796 Aech, head for the stacks! 1687 01:56:05,959 --> 01:56:07,586 Okay, hold on! 1688 01:56:08,211 --> 01:56:09,713 (TIRES SCREECHING) 1689 01:56:32,861 --> 01:56:34,829 Stick the key in, how hard is it? 1690 01:56:40,535 --> 01:56:41,707 Come on. 1691 01:56:49,169 --> 01:56:51,172 - (ALL CHEERING) - Yeah! Yes! 1692 01:57:07,395 --> 01:57:08,613 That's it? 1693 01:57:09,439 --> 01:57:10,486 Yeah, that's it. 1694 01:57:10,649 --> 01:57:15,655 Now, you just sign these papers, and the OASIS is yours. 1695 01:57:15,820 --> 01:57:19,950 You will be its sole proprietor. 1696 01:57:20,116 --> 01:57:21,584 That ain't so bad, is it? 1697 01:57:22,202 --> 01:57:24,045 (PANTING) 1698 01:57:29,376 --> 01:57:30,468 (YELLS) 1699 01:57:36,675 --> 01:57:38,143 (BOTH GRUNTING) 1700 01:57:43,431 --> 01:57:44,478 I'm gonna need a second. 1701 01:57:45,934 --> 01:57:46,935 (YELLS) 1702 01:57:53,525 --> 01:57:54,572 (GROANS) 1703 01:57:57,988 --> 01:57:59,080 (YELPS) 1704 01:58:13,169 --> 01:58:15,172 This is wrong. 1705 01:58:15,797 --> 01:58:18,676 This pen, this contract. 1706 01:58:21,928 --> 01:58:23,521 This is the moment that Halliday made Morrow 1707 01:58:23,680 --> 01:58:25,557 sign over his shares in Gregarious. 1708 01:58:26,266 --> 01:58:28,360 That was the biggest mistake of his life. 1709 01:58:28,935 --> 01:58:31,063 He knew that. 1710 01:58:32,814 --> 01:58:34,862 This can't be the end. 1711 01:58:36,067 --> 01:58:37,785 It's a test. 1712 01:58:42,324 --> 01:58:44,998 I won't make the same mistake you did. 1713 01:58:50,707 --> 01:58:52,584 Oh, good. 1714 01:58:55,295 --> 01:58:58,720 I just needed to be sure. 1715 01:59:12,729 --> 01:59:14,948 This is where you grew up. 1716 01:59:19,903 --> 01:59:21,371 (VIDEO GAME MUSIC) 1717 01:59:24,199 --> 01:59:26,577 Oh, that's just me a long time ago. 1718 01:59:27,160 --> 01:59:29,879 I like to have him around from time to time. 1719 01:59:30,747 --> 01:59:32,374 Hey, I have to show you something. 1720 01:59:33,041 --> 01:59:34,588 This... Come on. 1721 01:59:34,751 --> 01:59:36,424 This is the button. 1722 01:59:36,586 --> 01:59:39,715 If you push it, the whole simulation shuts down 1723 01:59:39,881 --> 01:59:43,351 and a tapeworm program will erase all of the backup servers. 1724 01:59:43,510 --> 01:59:46,764 So you now have the power to turn the OASIS off forever. 1725 01:59:47,263 --> 01:59:48,856 Do you understand? 1726 01:59:50,225 --> 01:59:51,352 (GRUNTS) 1727 01:59:52,268 --> 01:59:53,611 (PANTING) 1728 01:59:54,270 --> 01:59:55,271 Yeah, 1729 01:59:55,438 --> 01:59:57,236 try not to accidentally erase 1730 01:59:57,399 --> 02:00:00,073 the whole of the OASIS on your first day. 1731 02:00:09,452 --> 02:00:11,170 The stacks are straight ahead! 1732 02:00:22,882 --> 02:00:24,134 (ALL GROANING) 1733 02:00:26,970 --> 02:00:29,769 HALLIDAY: Well, I expect you have to go. I know I do. 1734 02:00:29,931 --> 02:00:32,309 So, now is the time for you to receive your prize 1735 02:00:32,475 --> 02:00:34,853 because you won all three keys. 1736 02:00:35,019 --> 02:00:39,024 Once you take this egg, the game will be over. 1737 02:00:39,733 --> 02:00:42,782 The egg, the egg... 1738 02:00:50,243 --> 02:00:52,496 We know what you did here. 1739 02:00:52,662 --> 02:00:55,962 You turn around and walk out of here while you still can. 1740 02:01:04,883 --> 02:01:06,430 - (GUN COCKS) - (CROWD GASPS) 1741 02:01:08,595 --> 02:01:10,973 I created the OASIS 1742 02:01:11,139 --> 02:01:14,814 because I never felt at home in the real world. 1743 02:01:15,894 --> 02:01:19,194 I just didn't know how to connect with the people there. 1744 02:01:20,356 --> 02:01:23,235 I was afraid for all of my life. 1745 02:01:23,860 --> 02:01:26,614 Right up until the day I knew my life was ending. 1746 02:01:32,243 --> 02:01:36,089 Now, that... That was when I realized that, 1747 02:01:37,248 --> 02:01:42,345 as terrifying and painful as reality can be, 1748 02:01:43,213 --> 02:01:47,218 it's also the only place 1749 02:01:48,885 --> 02:01:50,512 that you can get a decent meal. 1750 02:01:57,185 --> 02:01:58,687 Because 1751 02:02:00,438 --> 02:02:02,031 reality 1752 02:02:07,195 --> 02:02:08,697 is real. 1753 02:02:08,863 --> 02:02:10,581 You understand what I'm saying? 1754 02:02:12,408 --> 02:02:15,036 Yes. Yes, I do. 1755 02:02:24,838 --> 02:02:26,090 He did it. 1756 02:02:27,799 --> 02:02:29,267 He got the egg. 1757 02:02:30,093 --> 02:02:31,345 Hooray. 1758 02:02:32,512 --> 02:02:34,139 - No! - No! Please! 1759 02:03:00,582 --> 02:03:02,175 (VEHICLES APPROACHING) 1760 02:03:02,834 --> 02:03:04,427 (SIRENS WAILING) 1761 02:03:07,714 --> 02:03:08,966 OFFICER: Hold it! 1762 02:03:11,050 --> 02:03:14,054 Drop the gun! Now! On the ground! 1763 02:03:14,804 --> 02:03:17,398 Turn around! Hands on your head. 1764 02:03:17,557 --> 02:03:19,104 Walk back towards me. 1765 02:03:34,824 --> 02:03:39,250 WADE: Mr. Halliday. Something I don't understand. 1766 02:03:40,079 --> 02:03:42,798 You're not an avatar, are you? 1767 02:03:43,416 --> 02:03:45,043 No. 1768 02:03:46,586 --> 02:03:48,589 Is Halliday really dead? 1769 02:03:50,256 --> 02:03:51,849 Yes. 1770 02:03:57,597 --> 02:03:59,349 Then what are you? 1771 02:04:02,602 --> 02:04:04,570 Goodbye, Parzival. 1772 02:04:06,230 --> 02:04:07,322 Thanks. 1773 02:04:08,858 --> 02:04:11,077 Thanks for playing my game. 1774 02:04:40,098 --> 02:04:41,395 Wade? 1775 02:04:42,809 --> 02:04:44,561 - Ogden Morrow? - Ogden Morrow? 1776 02:04:44,727 --> 02:04:46,354 You can call me "Og." 1777 02:04:46,521 --> 02:04:49,275 Now, there are some people out here that would very much like to meet you. 1778 02:04:49,857 --> 02:04:52,531 Wow, this is incredible. 1779 02:04:53,111 --> 02:04:55,865 It's an honor to meet you, Og, but I... 1780 02:05:00,076 --> 02:05:01,749 There's something I need to do first. 1781 02:05:05,665 --> 02:05:07,417 I'm not like Halliday. 1782 02:05:11,170 --> 02:05:13,218 I'm taking the leap. 1783 02:05:29,689 --> 02:05:30,907 We're looking for Wade Watts. 1784 02:05:32,817 --> 02:05:34,911 We need you to make a statement about the clip you sent in 1785 02:05:35,069 --> 02:05:36,992 of Nolan Sorrento's confession. 1786 02:05:37,280 --> 02:05:39,374 Uh, that was me. 1787 02:05:40,033 --> 02:05:42,582 What? I record everything in my workshop. 1788 02:05:49,000 --> 02:05:50,877 Help me out of this. 1789 02:05:57,216 --> 02:05:58,513 Who are you guys? 1790 02:05:59,510 --> 02:06:03,811 The people you need right now, lawyers. From Gregarious Games. 1791 02:06:06,642 --> 02:06:08,269 They want your signature, Wade. 1792 02:06:16,235 --> 02:06:18,329 I'm splitting it with my clan. 1793 02:06:18,488 --> 02:06:20,286 We're gonna run things together. 1794 02:06:24,827 --> 02:06:26,875 That's a good choice. 1795 02:06:27,038 --> 02:06:29,041 (CROWD CHEERING) 1796 02:06:54,816 --> 02:06:57,865 F'Nale, listen to me very carefully. 1797 02:06:58,444 --> 02:06:59,536 (NOLAN GROANS) 1798 02:07:07,078 --> 02:07:09,832 Mr. Morrow... I mean, Og, 1799 02:07:09,997 --> 02:07:11,294 how'd you get here so fast? 1800 02:07:11,457 --> 02:07:13,630 I flew from the stars on my magic sleigh. 1801 02:07:14,210 --> 02:07:16,634 (CHUCKLES) Everyone's been watching. 1802 02:07:16,796 --> 02:07:20,016 Of course, I've been watching a little closer than most. 1803 02:07:24,053 --> 02:07:25,475 You? 1804 02:07:25,972 --> 02:07:27,190 You're the Curator? 1805 02:07:30,935 --> 02:07:33,154 (IN BRITISH ACCENT) Well played, Parzival. 1806 02:07:34,397 --> 02:07:36,274 (IN NORMAL VOICE) Jim told me nothing about the contest, 1807 02:07:36,440 --> 02:07:39,660 so there was no rule about me losing a bet to a smart kid. 1808 02:07:39,819 --> 02:07:41,492 Not that you needed my help. 1809 02:07:42,446 --> 02:07:46,417 You figured out that Kira was the key on your own. 1810 02:07:46,784 --> 02:07:49,412 Yeah, but... Kira wasn't the key. 1811 02:07:50,746 --> 02:07:52,623 It was you, Mr. Morrow. 1812 02:07:54,750 --> 02:07:56,423 You were the Rosebud. 1813 02:07:56,586 --> 02:07:58,805 And Halliday's biggest regret was 1814 02:08:00,506 --> 02:08:02,099 losing his only friend. 1815 02:08:04,969 --> 02:08:06,265 (CLEARS THROAT) 1816 02:08:06,345 --> 02:08:08,518 You know, Jim used to say the OASIS 1817 02:08:08,681 --> 02:08:11,150 was never supposed to be a one-player game. 1818 02:08:14,854 --> 02:08:17,482 Now, who do we have here? 1819 02:08:17,648 --> 02:08:20,151 Oh. Well, look who it is. 1820 02:08:20,318 --> 02:08:21,911 It's my heroes, the High Five. 1821 02:08:22,069 --> 02:08:23,571 - You must be Art3mis. - Samantha. 1822 02:08:23,738 --> 02:08:25,536 WADE: The High Five took over the OASIS, 1823 02:08:25,698 --> 02:08:27,166 and the first thing we did 1824 02:08:27,325 --> 02:08:30,670 was sign Ogden Morrow to a non-exclusive consultancy. 1825 02:08:30,828 --> 02:08:33,673 The salary, per his demand, 1826 02:08:33,831 --> 02:08:36,926 was 25 cents. One quarter. 1827 02:08:37,084 --> 02:08:38,302 (COIN CLINKS) 1828 02:08:40,296 --> 02:08:42,549 With his guidance, our second move was to ban 1829 02:08:42,715 --> 02:08:45,389 any loyalty centers from accessing the OASIS. 1830 02:08:46,177 --> 02:08:49,602 IOI had no choice. They shut 'em all down. 1831 02:08:52,391 --> 02:08:54,860 The third thing we did wasn't as popular. 1832 02:08:55,394 --> 02:08:58,523 We closed the OASIS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1833 02:08:59,398 --> 02:09:01,742 I know, it sounds like a weird move, 1834 02:09:01,901 --> 02:09:04,780 but people need to spend more time in the real world. 1835 02:09:06,447 --> 02:09:09,371 'Cause, like Halliday said, 1836 02:09:09,533 --> 02:09:13,879 reality is the only thing that's real. 1837 02:19:49,339 --> 02:19:50,340 English - SDH