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