1 00:01:17,987 --> 00:01:21,912 Get ready for the feel, the feel of real. X1. 2 00:01:22,074 --> 00:01:23,826 No pain, no gain. 3 00:01:45,723 --> 00:01:47,145 Pizza, guys. 4 00:01:53,063 --> 00:01:54,281 Whoo-hoo! 5 00:02:08,704 --> 00:02:10,081 Hello, Wade. 6 00:02:10,247 --> 00:02:11,840 Hello, Mrs. Gilmore. 7 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:14,844 What's the matter? Life getting you down? 8 00:02:19,548 --> 00:02:21,926 I was born in 2027. 9 00:02:22,092 --> 00:02:25,722 After the Corn Syrup Droughts, after the Bandwidth Riots. 10 00:02:25,888 --> 00:02:27,936 After people stopped trying to fix problems 11 00:02:28,098 --> 00:02:30,351 and just tried to outlive them. 12 00:02:36,982 --> 00:02:39,280 My parents, they didn't make it through those times, 13 00:02:39,443 --> 00:02:42,618 so I live here in Columbus, Ohio, with my Aunt Alice. 14 00:02:43,405 --> 00:02:47,786 In 2045, Columbus is the fastest-growing city on Earth. 15 00:02:48,744 --> 00:02:52,044 It's where Halliday and Morrow started Gregarious Games. 16 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,213 These days, reality is a bummer. 17 00:02:59,380 --> 00:03:01,178 Everyone is looking for a way to escape, 18 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:02,592 and that's why Halliday... 19 00:03:02,758 --> 00:03:04,726 That's why he was such a hero to us. 20 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:09,223 He showed us that we could go somewhere without going anywhere at all. 21 00:03:11,225 --> 00:03:12,226 You don't need a destination 22 00:03:12,434 --> 00:03:14,528 when you're running on an omnidirectional treadmill 23 00:03:14,686 --> 00:03:16,984 with quadraphonic, pressure-sensitive underlay. 24 00:03:17,981 --> 00:03:20,234 James Halliday saw the future. 25 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:21,948 And then he built it. 26 00:03:22,111 --> 00:03:24,114 He gave us a place to go. 27 00:03:24,279 --> 00:03:26,031 A place called 28 00:03:26,615 --> 00:03:27,992 the OASIS. 29 00:03:41,171 --> 00:03:43,344 This is the OASIS. 30 00:03:43,507 --> 00:03:47,683 It's a place where the limits of reality are your own imagination. 31 00:04:01,150 --> 00:04:03,244 You can do anything... 32 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:05,279 go anywhere. 33 00:04:06,905 --> 00:04:08,407 Like the vacation planet. 34 00:04:08,574 --> 00:04:11,288 Surf a 50-foot monster wave in Hawaii. 35 00:04:11,368 --> 00:04:13,621 You can ski down the pyramids. 36 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:16,006 You can climb Mount Everest 37 00:04:16,165 --> 00:04:17,633 with Batman. 38 00:04:20,377 --> 00:04:23,847 Check out this place. It's a casino the size of a planet. 39 00:04:24,006 --> 00:04:25,224 You can lose your money there. 40 00:04:25,382 --> 00:04:27,760 You can get married. You can get divorced. 41 00:04:27,926 --> 00:04:30,270 You can... You can go in there. 42 00:04:31,930 --> 00:04:34,854 People come to the OASIS for all the things they can do, 43 00:04:35,017 --> 00:04:38,146 but they stay because of all the things they can be. 44 00:04:39,688 --> 00:04:43,318 Tall, beautiful, scary, a different sex, 45 00:04:43,484 --> 00:04:46,533 a different species, live-action, cartoon. 46 00:04:46,695 --> 00:04:48,288 It's all your call. 47 00:04:49,323 --> 00:04:52,498 Yeah, that's me. Well, that's my avatar. 48 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:55,458 At least, until I feel like changing it. 49 00:04:56,622 --> 00:04:58,875 Except for eating, sleeping, and bathroom breaks, 50 00:04:59,041 --> 00:05:02,295 whatever people wanna do, they do it in the OASIS. 51 00:05:03,128 --> 00:05:05,973 And since everyone is here, this is where we meet each other. 52 00:05:06,131 --> 00:05:07,303 It's where we make friends. 53 00:05:07,466 --> 00:05:08,638 Locate Aech. 54 00:05:09,801 --> 00:05:12,054 Locating Aech. 55 00:05:14,932 --> 00:05:16,309 Aech located. 56 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:19,691 Sector 12. Planet Doom. 57 00:05:20,312 --> 00:05:23,487 Planet Doom, the most dangerous place in the OASIS, 58 00:05:23,649 --> 00:05:26,573 and a pretty great place to pick up coin. 59 00:05:26,735 --> 00:05:28,282 Figures Aech would be there. 60 00:05:30,948 --> 00:05:33,542 Aech is my best friend in the OASIS. 61 00:05:34,409 --> 00:05:36,912 He's my best friend, period. 62 00:05:37,079 --> 00:05:39,924 Even though I've never actually met him in the real world. 63 00:05:43,835 --> 00:05:46,008 - What's up, Aech? - Hey, what up, Z? 64 00:05:46,171 --> 00:05:48,424 Next race is in 20 minutes, and I can't do the late one. 65 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:50,137 What the hell are you up to? 66 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:52,769 Man, gettin' my kills on, bro. 67 00:05:52,928 --> 00:05:54,020 Is that Daito? 68 00:05:54,179 --> 00:05:55,726 Daito and Sho. 69 00:06:02,187 --> 00:06:03,484 This an artifact hunt? 70 00:06:03,647 --> 00:06:05,775 Yup. Gregarious 120. 71 00:06:05,941 --> 00:06:09,866 Turn into any giant robot for two minutes. That's rad. 72 00:06:10,529 --> 00:06:11,826 Artifacts. 73 00:06:12,614 --> 00:06:14,582 Those were key. 74 00:06:15,492 --> 00:06:17,495 Halliday made sure the OASIS was littered 75 00:06:17,661 --> 00:06:20,210 with enough randomly powerful stuff 76 00:06:20,372 --> 00:06:23,171 that anyone could win if they had the skills. 77 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:27,425 Death matches and artifact hunts are a good way to coin-snatch, 78 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:30,260 but depending on your level of armor, they're risky. 79 00:06:31,717 --> 00:06:34,015 You see, everyone starts the same, 80 00:06:34,177 --> 00:06:35,269 but the more coin you make... 81 00:06:35,429 --> 00:06:37,056 - Mom! Mom! - ...the more you level up. 82 00:06:37,222 --> 00:06:39,645 If you get killed, your avatar can come back to life... 83 00:06:39,725 --> 00:06:40,726 Go get your dad! 84 00:06:40,809 --> 00:06:42,482 but you lose all your stuff. 85 00:06:44,187 --> 00:06:46,281 Everything you've ever worked for. 86 00:06:47,190 --> 00:06:48,533 All your money. 87 00:06:50,694 --> 00:06:52,071 Your clothes. 88 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,077 Your weapons. 89 00:06:55,699 --> 00:06:58,327 Since people spend most of their time in the OASIS... 90 00:07:01,288 --> 00:07:02,415 losing your shit means... 91 00:07:03,123 --> 00:07:05,547 Well, losing your shit. 92 00:07:08,128 --> 00:07:10,381 Aech, 10 minutes until the race starts. 93 00:07:10,547 --> 00:07:12,390 Okay, Mom, I heard you. 94 00:07:12,549 --> 00:07:16,725 You see, the OASIS was the brainchild of James Halliday. 95 00:07:16,887 --> 00:07:21,643 He and his partner, Ogden Morrow, released the first OASIS build in 2025. 96 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:25,904 It was an instant success, and it made them both very rich. 97 00:07:26,063 --> 00:07:29,533 But Morrow was out of the picture after a few years. And Halliday? 98 00:07:29,691 --> 00:07:32,866 He wasn't just the owner of the world's biggest company. 99 00:07:33,028 --> 00:07:36,828 He was like a god. People loved him. 100 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:38,993 They worshiped him as much as his creation. 101 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:41,833 Maybe we should stop talking about it 102 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:44,339 and start, uh, showing it. 103 00:07:44,498 --> 00:07:46,626 If you all wanna reach under your seats, 104 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:48,965 you'll find that there's nothing there. 105 00:07:49,127 --> 00:07:52,472 But we're each gonna bring you one now. 106 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:57,265 And then, on January 7, 2040... 107 00:08:00,305 --> 00:08:01,306 He died. 108 00:08:04,351 --> 00:08:05,523 And what he left behind 109 00:08:06,937 --> 00:08:09,486 changed everything. 110 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:26,086 Hello. I am James Halliday. 111 00:08:26,248 --> 00:08:29,172 If you're watching this, I'm dead. 112 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:35,718 Before I died, I created what we in the biz call an "Easter egg." 113 00:08:36,925 --> 00:08:43,775 A hidden object in a game that gives special powers to whoever discovers it. 114 00:08:45,267 --> 00:08:47,691 The first person to find the egg 115 00:08:47,853 --> 00:08:51,107 I've hidden somewhere inside the OASIS 116 00:08:51,273 --> 00:08:54,948 will inherit my stock in Gregarious Games, 117 00:08:55,110 --> 00:08:58,909 currently valued in excess of half a million... 118 00:08:58,989 --> 00:09:01,834 Uh, half a trillion dollars' worth, 119 00:09:01,992 --> 00:09:07,374 and total control of the OASIS itself. 120 00:09:08,457 --> 00:09:13,680 In the form of my avatar, Anorak the All-Knowing, 121 00:09:14,171 --> 00:09:16,845 I created three keys. 122 00:09:17,841 --> 00:09:21,061 Three hidden challenges test for worthy traits 123 00:09:21,219 --> 00:09:25,395 revealing three hidden keys to three magic gates. 124 00:09:25,557 --> 00:09:29,562 And those with the skill to survive these straits 125 00:09:29,728 --> 00:09:34,359 will reach the end, where the prize awaits. 126 00:09:34,524 --> 00:09:37,027 Off you go, keys. 127 00:09:39,362 --> 00:09:44,209 The keys aren't just laying around under a rock somewhere. 128 00:09:44,367 --> 00:09:46,961 I suppose you could say they're invisible, 129 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,670 hidden in a dark room that's at the center of a maze 130 00:09:50,832 --> 00:09:53,756 that's located somewhere 131 00:09:54,753 --> 00:09:56,801 up here. 132 00:09:57,172 --> 00:10:01,223 Let the hunt for Halliday's Easter egg 133 00:10:01,885 --> 00:10:02,932 begin. 134 00:10:09,434 --> 00:10:11,687 The challenge is to find three keys, 135 00:10:11,853 --> 00:10:15,323 but in five years, no one has even gotten one key. 136 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,780 And the big scoreboard? Still empty. 137 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:20,237 Some long-forgotten gunter cracked the first clue 138 00:10:20,403 --> 00:10:22,076 and found the first challenge. 139 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,248 Then, this portal appeared. 140 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:28,245 But the challenge to win the first key was a race designed by Halliday 141 00:10:28,411 --> 00:10:31,256 that was so hard, no one had ever finished it. 142 00:10:31,414 --> 00:10:34,759 The only ones still trying are the gunters, as in "egg hunters," 143 00:10:34,918 --> 00:10:37,797 like me and Sho and Daito, and my best friend, Aech. 144 00:10:38,505 --> 00:10:41,759 Oh, and of course, the Sixers. 145 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:43,388 The Sixers work for IOI... 146 00:10:43,468 --> 00:10:44,469 Sixers! 147 00:10:44,553 --> 00:10:45,896 Innovative Online Industries. 148 00:10:46,054 --> 00:10:48,102 They're the second-largest company in the world 149 00:10:48,265 --> 00:10:50,063 with designs on becoming the first. 150 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:52,315 Which is why they're putting everything they got 151 00:10:52,477 --> 00:10:53,649 into winning Halliday's contest. 152 00:10:53,812 --> 00:10:55,439 Buckle up! 153 00:10:56,273 --> 00:10:58,150 Sit in! 154 00:10:58,316 --> 00:11:01,035 We call 'em "Sixers" 'cause that's the company rule. 155 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,662 No name, just numbers. 156 00:11:04,447 --> 00:11:07,121 They have a support team made up of Halliday scholars. 157 00:11:07,284 --> 00:11:09,833 Like me, they spend all their time studying pop culture 158 00:11:09,995 --> 00:11:11,372 that Halliday was obsessed with, 159 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:13,586 trying to find clues to solve the contest. 160 00:11:16,251 --> 00:11:19,050 They're just following the orders of the head of IOI, 161 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:22,261 this dickweed named Nolan Sorrento. 162 00:11:28,305 --> 00:11:29,557 How'd you get here before me? 163 00:11:29,723 --> 00:11:32,226 Well, I didn't make a pit stop at the hair salon. 164 00:11:32,392 --> 00:11:34,190 - What up, Z? - What's up, Aech? 165 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,022 Saved you a spot. 166 00:11:36,187 --> 00:11:37,314 Thanks, bro. 167 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:42,782 I gotta go to the back. 168 00:11:42,944 --> 00:11:45,789 Ugh. So you can skim coins from crashed cars? 169 00:11:45,947 --> 00:11:48,575 - That's just sad, man. - Fuel's low. 170 00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:52,167 Oh, but you still had enough to pay for that Something About Mary hairdo. 171 00:12:33,787 --> 00:12:34,788 First to the key. 172 00:12:36,164 --> 00:12:37,165 First to the egg! 173 00:13:26,715 --> 00:13:28,592 Aech, are you seeing this? 174 00:13:31,219 --> 00:13:33,688 Yeah, I see it. That's Kaneda's bike from Akira. 175 00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,895 It's a licensed skin over a standard frame. 176 00:13:36,057 --> 00:13:38,276 No, not the bike. Forget the bike. 177 00:13:38,935 --> 00:13:40,608 The girl, I think it's Art3mis. 178 00:13:40,770 --> 00:13:42,818 The Art3mis? The Sixer Fixer? 179 00:13:43,064 --> 00:13:45,863 I've seen all her walk-throughs, her Twitch streams. 180 00:13:46,026 --> 00:13:47,903 It's her. It's definitely her. 181 00:15:35,051 --> 00:15:37,145 Go, go, go! Get there! Come on! 182 00:15:42,976 --> 00:15:44,023 You got it, you got it! 183 00:15:53,528 --> 00:15:54,905 Balls. 184 00:16:00,618 --> 00:16:01,619 She's not gonna make it. 185 00:16:04,414 --> 00:16:06,087 Bail! Bail out! 186 00:16:06,249 --> 00:16:07,250 Bail! 187 00:16:13,464 --> 00:16:15,091 Ow! 188 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,048 Damn, I loved that bike. 189 00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:48,459 Oh, Aech could... 190 00:16:48,625 --> 00:16:51,094 Well, he's my friend, but he could fix it for you. 191 00:16:58,509 --> 00:17:01,182 This is my workshop. Touch nothing. 192 00:17:07,810 --> 00:17:09,778 Where did you find an Iron Giant? 193 00:17:09,938 --> 00:17:12,612 Find it? I'm building it. That's a commission. 194 00:17:12,815 --> 00:17:15,614 Oh, yeah. Aech is top-rated on the mod boards. 195 00:17:15,777 --> 00:17:18,451 People all over the OASIS pay him serious coin. 196 00:17:18,613 --> 00:17:20,832 Oh, hey, check this out! 197 00:17:20,990 --> 00:17:22,458 Hey. Z, yo. 198 00:17:23,993 --> 00:17:26,291 - The Galactica, of course. - These are my babies, all right, man? 199 00:17:26,454 --> 00:17:28,081 Sulaco, from Aliens. 200 00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:29,625 Dude, how are you showing off my shit? 201 00:17:29,791 --> 00:17:32,260 Valley Forge, from Silent Running. Oh, where's the Harkonnen Drop-Ship? 202 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:34,796 That thing is sick. Folds space like a boss. 203 00:17:34,963 --> 00:17:36,715 I mean, you can get from Incipio to Arrakis in three seconds... 204 00:17:37,048 --> 00:17:38,641 Fingers! 205 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:39,972 You'll have to excuse him. 206 00:17:40,134 --> 00:17:42,307 He gets a little nervous around pretty girls. 207 00:17:49,477 --> 00:17:51,946 I can fix it in 10 minutes. 208 00:17:53,314 --> 00:17:55,783 Yup. He's pretty great. 209 00:17:55,942 --> 00:17:58,821 I assume you and Shoulder Blades are clanned up. 210 00:17:58,987 --> 00:18:01,115 Oh, Aech? Nah. 211 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:05,411 I mean, he's really good, but I don't clan. 212 00:18:06,244 --> 00:18:08,793 Oh, 'cause you're Parzival, 213 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:11,333 as in the knight who found the Holy Grail by himself. 214 00:18:11,499 --> 00:18:13,092 What about you, Art3mis? 215 00:18:13,251 --> 00:18:16,471 Goddess of the hunt. Clans must be killing to sign you up. 216 00:18:18,089 --> 00:18:19,887 - Favorite shooter? - Excuse me? 217 00:18:20,049 --> 00:18:21,847 James Halliday's favorite first-person shooter. 218 00:18:22,010 --> 00:18:23,432 - What? - Oh. GoldenEye. 219 00:18:23,594 --> 00:18:25,813 - Playing as? - Oddjob. Is this a test? 220 00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:26,973 Favorite game variant? 221 00:18:27,056 --> 00:18:28,649 Game variant was "slappers only." No weapons. 222 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,811 I know what "slappers only" means. Racer? 223 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,105 Turbo. And his favorite food was Hot Pockets. 224 00:18:33,271 --> 00:18:34,864 Favorite restaurant was Chuck E Cheese. 225 00:18:35,023 --> 00:18:37,401 Song was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. 226 00:18:37,567 --> 00:18:39,194 Video was Take on Me by A-ha. 227 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:43,410 Oh, oh... His favorite quote was from Superman. 228 00:18:44,073 --> 00:18:45,370 "Some people can read War and Peace 229 00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:47,752 "and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story..." 230 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:50,538 "Others can read the ingredients on the back of a chewing-gum wrapper 231 00:18:50,705 --> 00:18:53,083 "and unlock the secrets of the universe." 232 00:18:53,791 --> 00:18:55,794 Lex Luthor. 233 00:18:56,210 --> 00:18:57,712 Cool. 234 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,760 What would you do? If you won. The whole contest, I mean. 235 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:05,766 Oh! I mean, I've got tons of plans in the real world. 236 00:19:05,928 --> 00:19:10,684 I'd move into a huge mansion, buy a bunch of cool shit, not be poor. 237 00:19:11,934 --> 00:19:14,312 Now I know why you stopped short. 238 00:19:15,646 --> 00:19:18,650 I stopped because of Kong. No one ever makes it past Kong. 239 00:19:18,816 --> 00:19:20,614 That's, like, a rule. 240 00:19:20,777 --> 00:19:24,247 Well, then you know it can't be true. Because Halliday hated making rules. 241 00:19:24,405 --> 00:19:25,702 I can't afford to zero out. 242 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:27,242 - You're afraid to lose your shit. - No, I'm not! 243 00:19:27,408 --> 00:19:29,376 What happens when IOI offers you guaranteed coin 244 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:30,707 for the keys to the kingdom? 245 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,089 Nolan Sorrento takes over the world. 246 00:19:33,247 --> 00:19:37,423 A real gunter would risk everything to save the OASIS from IOI. 247 00:19:37,585 --> 00:19:38,928 Who said that? 248 00:19:39,087 --> 00:19:40,509 Me. 249 00:19:42,757 --> 00:19:44,304 There you go. Good as new. 250 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:47,137 Thanks for the fix-up, my man. 251 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,443 That's better. 252 00:19:58,981 --> 00:20:02,952 I'll wave to you from the finish line, McFly. 253 00:20:06,364 --> 00:20:07,456 That went well. 254 00:20:07,615 --> 00:20:09,333 Thanks to you, Captain Big Mouth. 255 00:20:09,492 --> 00:20:12,837 Wade? Wade? Where the hell are my gloves? 256 00:20:12,995 --> 00:20:14,963 Shit. I gotta go. 257 00:20:18,126 --> 00:20:19,127 X1. 258 00:20:19,210 --> 00:20:22,760 When I'm after gold on Planet Doom, I need every edge I can get. 259 00:20:23,047 --> 00:20:26,802 Every push, punch, gunshot, you feel it all. 260 00:20:26,968 --> 00:20:31,144 Get ready for the feel, the feel of real. X1. 261 00:20:31,305 --> 00:20:33,558 The X1 is like wearing a second skin. 262 00:20:33,641 --> 00:20:35,609 A skin that kicks ass. 263 00:20:37,353 --> 00:20:40,107 I zeroed out 'cause of your broke-ass gloves. 264 00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:41,525 Who told you to use them? 265 00:20:41,691 --> 00:20:43,785 You took hers. 266 00:20:44,861 --> 00:20:46,204 So you lost a death match. 267 00:20:46,362 --> 00:20:50,617 Why don't you just respawn and level up like everyone else? 268 00:20:50,783 --> 00:20:51,910 You don't get it. 269 00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:55,000 I bought all these power-ups for this challenge, and I lost it all. 270 00:20:55,163 --> 00:20:56,881 That artifact was gonna pay for the house! 271 00:20:57,039 --> 00:20:58,040 Wait. 272 00:20:58,207 --> 00:21:01,632 How much of our house money did you spend on upgrades? 273 00:21:02,712 --> 00:21:05,466 Well, all of it, but I was gonna win. 274 00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:08,469 That was our ticket out of here. 275 00:21:11,095 --> 00:21:12,187 You idiot. 276 00:21:12,346 --> 00:21:14,474 No, but I only lost 'cause of the bad gloves. 277 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,233 Our house! Our goddamn house! 278 00:21:16,392 --> 00:21:17,564 My boys were in that challenge. 279 00:21:17,727 --> 00:21:19,775 You couldn't have beat them in a bootsuit, you noob. 280 00:21:20,396 --> 00:21:23,400 Stop! No! No! 281 00:21:23,566 --> 00:21:24,693 Alice, call the police! 282 00:21:24,859 --> 00:21:26,361 No, we are not calling the cops. 283 00:21:26,527 --> 00:21:28,245 Go to your room, Rick. 284 00:21:28,404 --> 00:21:29,747 Come on, Alice. 285 00:21:30,740 --> 00:21:34,085 Why do you put up with this guy? He's a shitshow. 286 00:21:34,744 --> 00:21:39,170 I ought to kick the both of you out. I swear to G-O-D, Wade Watts, 287 00:21:39,332 --> 00:21:41,926 if I catch you touching my stuff again, 288 00:21:42,084 --> 00:21:44,633 not joking... Out. 289 00:21:51,552 --> 00:21:53,725 "Wade Watts." 290 00:21:53,888 --> 00:21:54,889 My dad picked that name 291 00:21:55,056 --> 00:21:57,309 because it sounded like a superhero's alter ego, 292 00:21:57,892 --> 00:22:00,520 like Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. 293 00:22:01,562 --> 00:22:03,485 But he died when I was a kid. 294 00:22:03,648 --> 00:22:06,697 My mom, too, and I ended up here, 295 00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:08,577 living with Aunt Alice 296 00:22:08,736 --> 00:22:11,114 and her endless string of hard-loving losers. 297 00:22:13,991 --> 00:22:16,710 "Halliday hated making rules." 298 00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:19,463 Why is that line sticking in my head? 299 00:22:21,832 --> 00:22:24,756 Maybe it's 'cause Art3mis said it, and she's hot. 300 00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:27,472 Maybe it's because she called me out, 301 00:22:27,630 --> 00:22:29,928 sitting here in my tiny corner of nowhere, 302 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,394 protecting my small slice of nothing. 303 00:22:33,553 --> 00:22:35,647 Or maybe... 304 00:22:35,805 --> 00:22:38,149 Maybe it's because that line means something 305 00:22:38,307 --> 00:22:39,809 and I missed it. 306 00:22:42,812 --> 00:22:45,782 The day the contest was announced, the Halliday Journals appeared. 307 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:49,740 He told us to look in his brain. This was the next best thing. 308 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:53,247 At first, it was jammed with gunters looking for answers. 309 00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:55,875 Now, the once-crowded halls of Halliday's memories 310 00:22:56,033 --> 00:22:57,125 are left to people like me. 311 00:22:57,285 --> 00:22:59,913 Parzival. Oh, joy! 312 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,174 And how will you eat up my valuable search time today? 313 00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:05,460 Gregarious Games, 2029... Office party. 314 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:08,755 Office party. Yes, you've only seen it a thousand times. 315 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:10,844 Why not go back? 316 00:23:11,674 --> 00:23:15,224 Each entry into Halliday's Journals is meticulously assembled 317 00:23:15,386 --> 00:23:17,730 from personal photographs, home video recordings, 318 00:23:17,888 --> 00:23:19,640 surveillance, and nanny cams. 319 00:23:19,807 --> 00:23:23,482 All rendered into a three dimensional virtual experience. 320 00:23:23,644 --> 00:23:27,194 Also, Halliday archived every film, game, book, and television program 321 00:23:27,315 --> 00:23:30,239 he ever saw, located on the mezzanine. 322 00:23:30,651 --> 00:23:34,076 No weapons or mature-themed avatars are permitted within the Journals. 323 00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:37,538 Please enjoy your time with us, and happy gunting! 324 00:23:38,034 --> 00:23:39,707 I like cleaning up. 325 00:23:39,869 --> 00:23:42,247 Okay, Jim, I'm going. 326 00:23:47,209 --> 00:23:49,633 Everything changes, Jim. Everything evolves. 327 00:23:50,171 --> 00:23:53,391 Some things are perfect just the way they are. Asteroids. 328 00:23:53,549 --> 00:23:57,554 People don't live inside an Asteroids arcade cabinet. 329 00:23:58,929 --> 00:24:00,147 I know that. 330 00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:02,855 Yeah, well, people are living inside the arcade we built. 331 00:24:03,017 --> 00:24:04,894 - I built. - Uh, well... 332 00:24:05,186 --> 00:24:07,735 Right. Well, I guess you can say whatever you want. 333 00:24:07,897 --> 00:24:08,944 I don't really wanna talk about it anymore. 334 00:24:09,106 --> 00:24:10,449 No, of course you don't wanna talk about it. 335 00:24:10,608 --> 00:24:11,609 You're forcing me out. 336 00:24:12,026 --> 00:24:13,073 Closer on Halliday. 337 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:15,284 Look, invention comes with responsibilities 338 00:24:15,446 --> 00:24:16,948 you didn't ask for. 339 00:24:17,615 --> 00:24:19,663 All right, if you make something people want or need 340 00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:22,453 then it's up to you to set the limits. You have to make some rules. 341 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:23,917 "I don't wanna make any more rules." 342 00:24:24,205 --> 00:24:25,957 I don't wanna make any more rules. 343 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,087 "I'm a dreamer." 344 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:28,501 I'm a dreamer. 345 00:24:28,793 --> 00:24:30,591 - I build worlds. - "I build worlds." 346 00:24:31,712 --> 00:24:34,340 We created something beautiful, Jim, but it's changed. 347 00:24:34,507 --> 00:24:35,975 Okay? It's really not a game anymore. 348 00:24:36,133 --> 00:24:37,476 Are we finished? 349 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:42,232 I liked how things were when they were... 350 00:24:43,724 --> 00:24:44,816 When it was a game. 351 00:24:44,975 --> 00:24:48,525 And we're back to where we started. But that's the point, isn't it? 352 00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:50,907 Things move forward whether you like it or not. 353 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:53,237 Yeah, we're finished. 354 00:24:53,317 --> 00:24:54,944 Fine. 355 00:24:57,196 --> 00:25:00,951 Why can't we go backwards, for once? 356 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:07,002 Backwards, really fast. Fast as we can. 357 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,463 Really put the pedal to the metal, you know? 358 00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:11,844 Go back 10 seconds! 359 00:25:12,336 --> 00:25:16,091 Why can't we go backwards, for once? 360 00:25:16,966 --> 00:25:20,891 Backwards, really fast. Fast as we can. 361 00:25:21,387 --> 00:25:24,106 Really put the pedal to the metal, you know? 362 00:25:25,182 --> 00:25:26,650 Bill and Ted did it. 363 00:25:48,289 --> 00:25:50,292 Back again so soon? 364 00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:54,045 Careful not to lose your shit. 365 00:25:58,132 --> 00:25:59,850 You figured something out. 366 00:26:00,509 --> 00:26:02,682 Parzival, tell me. 367 00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:46,745 Nice racing, Padawan. You're the first to finish. 368 00:27:47,658 --> 00:27:52,130 Mr. Halliday... Anorak. 369 00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:54,791 It's such an honor. 370 00:27:55,082 --> 00:27:57,335 The honor is all mine. 371 00:28:08,470 --> 00:28:10,222 Get yourself a clue. 372 00:28:24,778 --> 00:28:28,248 Who is this Parzival, and how the hell is he winning? 373 00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:30,876 Well, here's a better question. Who cares? 374 00:28:31,035 --> 00:28:32,878 Halliday's contest is vitally important. 375 00:28:33,037 --> 00:28:36,086 I mean, it's nothing less than a war for control of the future. 376 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:39,297 But this Parzival? He's not even clanned up. 377 00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:42,635 He's alone. We have an army. 378 00:28:42,796 --> 00:28:44,389 And yet, he's got the first key. 379 00:28:44,548 --> 00:28:45,970 Yeah, he has a key, 380 00:28:46,133 --> 00:28:49,262 but you have to get three of 'em to win the contest. 381 00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:51,931 Our stock dove 6% yesterday. 382 00:28:52,097 --> 00:28:55,897 Loyalty division is reporting profits of 28%. F'Nale. 383 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,734 We're opening five new loyalty centers this month. 384 00:28:58,896 --> 00:29:00,773 Debt Services dwarfs Hardware. 385 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:02,817 Now, you really wanna talk to me about stock prices? 386 00:29:02,983 --> 00:29:04,110 The shareholders won't be happy. 387 00:29:04,276 --> 00:29:07,530 It's not our job to make them happy. It's our job to make them money, 388 00:29:07,696 --> 00:29:11,747 but once we launch this little baby, they're gonna flip. 389 00:29:13,077 --> 00:29:16,126 We call this Pure O2. 390 00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,961 This is the first of our planned upgrades. 391 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:20,626 Once we can roll back some of Halliday's ad restrictions, 392 00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:24,673 we estimate we can sell up to 80% 393 00:29:24,838 --> 00:29:30,095 of an individual's visual field before inducing seizures, so picture this... 394 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:33,264 All of this implies we win the contest. 395 00:29:36,225 --> 00:29:38,314 Indeed, it does. 396 00:29:39,979 --> 00:29:42,858 Dude, you won the key and 100,000 coins? 397 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:44,028 As soon as I took the key, 398 00:29:44,108 --> 00:29:45,485 all the coins just appeared in my account. 399 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:48,655 I'll tell you what, I'm soiling my haptics right now. 400 00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:53,951 What the hell's a Cataclyst? 401 00:29:54,118 --> 00:29:57,713 A bomb. Kills every avatar on a planet, even the owner. 402 00:29:57,871 --> 00:29:58,872 Who'd want that? 403 00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:01,133 IOI. They buy everything. 404 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:05,129 Twenty-thou for the holy hand grenade? 405 00:30:05,295 --> 00:30:06,968 That's a steal! 406 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:12,974 Whoa! Zemeckis Cube! I need one of those. 407 00:30:13,137 --> 00:30:14,810 Okay, don't spend all your money. 408 00:30:18,475 --> 00:30:20,773 X1 haptic bootsuit. 409 00:30:35,409 --> 00:30:36,831 Oh, yeah! 410 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,009 i-R0k, old friend. How are you? 411 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,762 To be honest, I have kind of a neck thing. 412 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,727 It's like a carpel-tunnel deal 413 00:31:38,889 --> 00:31:40,607 but with your neck, if that's even a thing. 414 00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:43,235 So if you could just stand to your right. 415 00:31:43,393 --> 00:31:44,611 My right, your left. 416 00:31:46,522 --> 00:31:49,822 Thanks, it's the repetitive stress. Oh. 417 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,035 Here he is. 418 00:31:54,154 --> 00:31:58,500 The steampunk pirate king. I knew him well, Sorrento. 419 00:31:59,159 --> 00:32:01,378 There are only three things in this world I hate, 420 00:32:01,537 --> 00:32:05,337 steampunk, pirates, and tabbouleh. 421 00:32:05,499 --> 00:32:08,173 I mean, why do they even have it? 422 00:32:08,335 --> 00:32:10,338 Is there a reason we're meeting here? 423 00:32:11,046 --> 00:32:15,597 Yes, Nolan. The Orb of Osuvox. 424 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:19,601 You wanted it. He had it. And so here it is. 425 00:32:23,433 --> 00:32:27,233 It creates an impenetrable magic shield that can only be taken down 426 00:32:27,396 --> 00:32:29,615 by a magic spell. 427 00:32:29,773 --> 00:32:32,026 The Orb of Osuvox. 428 00:32:32,192 --> 00:32:33,444 Don't say that again. 429 00:32:33,610 --> 00:32:34,657 Okay. 430 00:32:36,864 --> 00:32:40,414 Now, I'm gonna need you to keep this for now. 431 00:32:40,576 --> 00:32:42,419 I'm gonna let you know when I wanna use it. 432 00:32:42,828 --> 00:32:43,829 Okay? 433 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:51,217 Right now, though, I have another job for you. 434 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:52,588 Ah. 435 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:53,889 Parzival. 436 00:32:54,590 --> 00:32:57,514 Let me guess, you want him off the scoreboard. 437 00:32:58,385 --> 00:32:59,728 Can you do that? 438 00:32:59,887 --> 00:33:02,265 Well, he's a superstar. 439 00:33:02,431 --> 00:33:03,933 He made it through the first gate 440 00:33:04,099 --> 00:33:06,727 and avatars are gonna be on him like hoes on Santa. 441 00:33:06,894 --> 00:33:09,318 i-R0k, how much more do you want? 442 00:33:10,147 --> 00:33:13,196 That's what I like about you, Nolan. You never lick. 443 00:33:13,775 --> 00:33:15,652 You bite straight to the chocolaty center 444 00:33:15,819 --> 00:33:17,571 of the Tootsie Pop. 445 00:33:17,946 --> 00:33:20,199 Remember that old commercial, with the owl? 446 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:21,366 i-R0k. 447 00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:24,745 Three times my normal fee. 448 00:33:25,162 --> 00:33:26,630 Done. 449 00:33:26,788 --> 00:33:28,506 Wait, really? I should have asked for five. 450 00:33:28,665 --> 00:33:30,588 Is four still on the table? 451 00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:35,302 There's five of us on the big board now. 452 00:33:35,881 --> 00:33:38,509 Art3mis was next, no surprise there. 453 00:33:38,675 --> 00:33:41,429 She was on the track when I won. She saw me going backwards. 454 00:33:42,012 --> 00:33:46,393 I gave Aech a tip, made him promise not to say anything, and then he won next. 455 00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:49,562 I'm pretty sure he bragged to our pal Daito, 456 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:51,731 'cause he won right after. 457 00:33:52,439 --> 00:33:55,909 And of course, Daito told his best friend, Sho... 458 00:33:56,068 --> 00:33:58,036 He totally totaled his car, 459 00:33:58,195 --> 00:34:00,289 but then Sho got it, too. 460 00:34:09,331 --> 00:34:11,049 "A creator who hates his own creation. 461 00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:15,679 "A hidden key, a leap not taken. Retrace your steps, escape your past." 462 00:34:16,088 --> 00:34:18,637 "A creator who hates his own creation. 463 00:34:18,799 --> 00:34:23,100 "A hidden key, a leap not taken. Retrace your steps, escape your past. 464 00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:25,640 "And the key of jade will be yours at last." 465 00:35:07,556 --> 00:35:09,479 "Escape your past." 466 00:35:13,186 --> 00:35:16,110 What part of your past are you trying to escape, Halliday? 467 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:29,620 - Hey, it's Parzival! - Dude! 468 00:35:31,204 --> 00:35:32,581 You're, like, totally my hero! 469 00:35:32,748 --> 00:35:33,749 Hey, Parzival! Over here! 470 00:35:33,915 --> 00:35:35,167 Dude, you're amazing! 471 00:35:36,043 --> 00:35:38,046 Hey, Parzival! Right here! Let me get an autograph! 472 00:35:44,134 --> 00:35:45,181 Watch it! 473 00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:49,941 You're famous now! You can't just go wherever you want! 474 00:35:50,098 --> 00:35:51,225 No, no, no, I... 475 00:35:56,146 --> 00:35:58,240 Huh? 476 00:36:01,777 --> 00:36:04,121 Ahh! 477 00:36:10,243 --> 00:36:14,294 That is... That is not funny. 478 00:36:14,456 --> 00:36:16,880 Oh, God. 479 00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:18,877 Ugh. 480 00:36:19,753 --> 00:36:22,006 Oh, God. Don't you get it? 481 00:36:22,547 --> 00:36:24,891 You're "the Parzival" now. 482 00:36:25,050 --> 00:36:26,472 You have to have a disguise. 483 00:36:28,804 --> 00:36:30,397 Okay, here. 484 00:36:31,681 --> 00:36:32,899 Clark Kent glasses. 485 00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:35,607 They hide your identity without changing your look. 486 00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:45,871 I'm not wearing that. 487 00:36:55,539 --> 00:36:56,836 This is great. 488 00:36:58,166 --> 00:36:59,964 The way your inventory bursts out when you die. 489 00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:01,549 They didn't want any more blood. 490 00:37:01,711 --> 00:37:03,384 This is right before the OASIS went live. 491 00:37:03,547 --> 00:37:06,972 Six days prior. December 2nd, 2025. 492 00:37:07,134 --> 00:37:09,011 Check this out. 493 00:37:09,177 --> 00:37:10,770 You know who that is? 494 00:37:12,431 --> 00:37:13,899 Is that Sorrento? 495 00:37:14,182 --> 00:37:15,980 Sorrento started as an intern. 496 00:37:16,143 --> 00:37:18,441 He claims he learned at the feet of the master. 497 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:21,152 That's how he convinced IOI to create the Sixers for him, 498 00:37:21,314 --> 00:37:22,486 his Halliday knowledge. 499 00:37:22,899 --> 00:37:25,027 But ask Ogden Morrow? 500 00:37:25,193 --> 00:37:29,198 He says the only thing Sorrento actually knew about Halliday 501 00:37:29,364 --> 00:37:30,741 was how he liked his coffee. 502 00:37:30,907 --> 00:37:33,376 You could have, like, different tiers of accounts, 503 00:37:33,535 --> 00:37:35,003 like a gold member. 504 00:37:35,162 --> 00:37:38,666 A person could be silver, platinum, bronze. 505 00:37:38,832 --> 00:37:40,584 You know, depending on what they pay. 506 00:37:40,750 --> 00:37:43,629 Highest one maybe being "Water" because "OASIS," right? 507 00:37:43,795 --> 00:37:45,342 Hell of a latte. 508 00:37:45,505 --> 00:37:47,633 Can you fast-forward to the stuff about Halliday's date? 509 00:37:47,799 --> 00:37:49,551 What? Halliday actually went on a date? 510 00:37:53,930 --> 00:37:54,977 So, what happened? 511 00:37:55,390 --> 00:37:57,643 Nothing. I invited her over. 512 00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:00,691 Well, did you at least get her name? 513 00:38:01,271 --> 00:38:04,821 Yeah. Kira, I told you, like the character in The Dark Crystal. 514 00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:06,735 That's her gamer tag. 515 00:38:08,862 --> 00:38:09,863 - Karen. - Karen. 516 00:38:10,030 --> 00:38:11,953 Yeah, okay? Karen Underwood. 517 00:38:12,365 --> 00:38:15,835 No, no. Karen Underwood, as in Ogden Morrow's wife? 518 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:17,246 Just watch. 519 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:21,466 So, listen, you and Karen Underwood. What'd you do? 520 00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:24,048 She wanted to go dancing, 521 00:38:24,211 --> 00:38:26,509 so we watched a movie. 522 00:38:27,797 --> 00:38:28,969 And? 523 00:38:30,967 --> 00:38:32,640 Where's the juice? 524 00:38:32,802 --> 00:38:34,930 Give me some juice! 525 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:37,732 - There is no juice! - Oh, God! 526 00:38:38,391 --> 00:38:39,893 Hold the phone. 527 00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:43,781 Halliday went on a date with Ogden Morrow's wife? 528 00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:47,443 Just once, years before they were even married, but yeah. 529 00:38:47,609 --> 00:38:49,828 And despite that, and the fact that she died, 530 00:38:49,986 --> 00:38:53,115 the name "Kira" is only mentioned once in all of Halliday's Journals. 531 00:38:53,281 --> 00:38:54,453 That's not possible. 532 00:38:54,616 --> 00:38:56,334 It is. Look it up. 533 00:38:56,493 --> 00:38:58,791 What we just saw is the only time she's ever mentioned. 534 00:38:58,954 --> 00:39:00,081 It makes no sense. 535 00:39:00,372 --> 00:39:02,670 She was an important part of both their lives. 536 00:39:02,832 --> 00:39:04,709 I'll bet you anything. All my coin. 537 00:39:06,586 --> 00:39:09,214 Search "Karen Underwood Morrow." 538 00:39:10,465 --> 00:39:13,469 Kira, I told you, like the character in The Dark Crystal. 539 00:39:13,635 --> 00:39:15,012 That's her gamer tag. 540 00:39:15,303 --> 00:39:18,398 Halliday purposely removed every mention of her except for this one. 541 00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:20,025 That's weird. Why? 542 00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:22,026 It's like, it was just so painful for him 543 00:39:22,185 --> 00:39:25,155 to have to see her face or hear her name. 544 00:39:25,313 --> 00:39:27,031 Well, he loved her. 545 00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:28,567 He couldn't tell that to Morrow. 546 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,576 Oh, that's sad. He should have told her how he felt. 547 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:31,827 Yeah, well, he missed his chance. 548 00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:33,238 Look. 549 00:39:34,364 --> 00:39:37,413 I found the clue to the race in the other scene, but... 550 00:39:37,576 --> 00:39:38,998 I've always felt that the biggest clue 551 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,628 to the contest was hidden here. 552 00:39:41,037 --> 00:39:42,755 You're right. 553 00:39:43,873 --> 00:39:45,466 I lose. 554 00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:47,127 Don't sweat it, Curator. 555 00:39:47,294 --> 00:39:50,013 You see, Kira is the Rosebud at the center of his story. 556 00:39:50,171 --> 00:39:51,218 She's the big mystery. 557 00:39:51,381 --> 00:39:53,679 No, no. A bet is a bet. 558 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:58,139 Oh, wow. A quarter. You can keep it. 559 00:39:58,305 --> 00:40:00,399 No. You can keep it. 560 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:06,066 - You free Thursday? - Who, me? 561 00:40:06,855 --> 00:40:08,573 No, him. 562 00:40:09,816 --> 00:40:11,614 Oh, my God. Yes, you! 563 00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:15,538 You know The Distracted Globe? 564 00:40:15,697 --> 00:40:17,745 Yeah, the dance club. 565 00:40:19,743 --> 00:40:22,417 Meet me there. 10:00 p.m. 566 00:40:22,579 --> 00:40:24,798 There's something I wanna show you. 567 00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:27,126 Uh, bye-bye! 568 00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:29,878 Did she just ask me out? 569 00:40:30,045 --> 00:40:31,763 And I was starting to like her. 570 00:40:31,921 --> 00:40:33,594 All right. 571 00:40:33,757 --> 00:40:35,259 I don't do that. 572 00:40:38,887 --> 00:40:40,810 Z, I can't believe you told her about Kira. 573 00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:43,350 What? I told you. 574 00:40:43,516 --> 00:40:45,814 Hey, what about this? 575 00:40:47,437 --> 00:40:50,156 No. Have you considered that Art3mis could be using you? 576 00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:54,240 Hey, dude, she's giving me a clue. Maybe I'm the one using her. 577 00:40:54,778 --> 00:40:58,078 Should I go more Thriller? 578 00:40:58,365 --> 00:40:59,742 No. 579 00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:01,534 Punk? 580 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:02,661 No. 581 00:41:04,746 --> 00:41:05,873 Duran Duran. 582 00:41:06,122 --> 00:41:07,123 No. 583 00:41:07,957 --> 00:41:08,958 Does it look like I'm trying too hard? 584 00:41:09,125 --> 00:41:12,220 Yes! Listen to yourself! 585 00:41:12,379 --> 00:41:15,383 You have a massive cyber crush on this girl. 586 00:41:15,548 --> 00:41:18,051 She's hacking your heart to get to your head. 587 00:41:19,636 --> 00:41:21,434 I got it! 588 00:41:22,639 --> 00:41:24,516 - Buckaroo Banzai? - Yeah! 589 00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:27,778 Really? You're gonna wear the outfit from your favorite movie? 590 00:41:27,936 --> 00:41:29,154 Don't be that guy. 591 00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:30,359 I am that guy. 592 00:41:30,522 --> 00:41:32,946 Z, you gotta be more careful about who you meet in the OASIS. 593 00:41:33,108 --> 00:41:36,237 Aech, Art3mis gets me. She'll get my outfit. 594 00:41:36,403 --> 00:41:39,248 There's just this connection. I mean, sometimes, we even... 595 00:41:39,406 --> 00:41:40,953 - Finish each other's sentences? - Yeah! 596 00:41:41,116 --> 00:41:43,870 We have that. Me and you. 597 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:47,414 Yeah, I know, but that's because we're best friends, dude. 598 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:49,378 She could be a dude, too, dude. 599 00:41:49,541 --> 00:41:50,542 Come on. 600 00:41:50,709 --> 00:41:52,256 I'm serious! 601 00:41:52,419 --> 00:41:55,047 She could actually be a 300-pound dude 602 00:41:55,213 --> 00:41:57,591 who lives in his mama's basement in suburban Detroit. 603 00:41:58,383 --> 00:42:00,226 And her name is Chuck. 604 00:42:01,928 --> 00:42:03,771 Think about that. 605 00:42:33,752 --> 00:42:34,879 Whoa, dude, is that Parzival? 606 00:42:35,086 --> 00:42:36,713 - Parzival! - Oh, my God, Parzival! 607 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,474 Come here, man. Hey, can we get a photo? 608 00:42:42,135 --> 00:42:44,308 - Thank you so much! - Dude, you're my hero! 609 00:42:44,471 --> 00:42:45,768 Hey, Parzival. 610 00:42:48,057 --> 00:42:49,900 Thank you. 611 00:43:03,740 --> 00:43:06,664 Get out of town! Buckaroo Banzai? 612 00:43:06,826 --> 00:43:08,999 - Huh? - I like it. I like Buckaroo Banzai. 613 00:43:09,162 --> 00:43:10,664 - Oh, thanks! - It's great! 614 00:43:10,830 --> 00:43:12,544 - Yeah! You look... - Oh. 615 00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:13,967 You look awesome! 616 00:43:14,125 --> 00:43:15,252 - Thank you. - Wow. 617 00:43:17,045 --> 00:43:18,763 A big one, a small one? 618 00:43:18,922 --> 00:43:20,049 A big one! 619 00:43:35,313 --> 00:43:37,281 Get out of here. 620 00:43:38,983 --> 00:43:40,735 - What a freak! - I thought he was kind of cute. 621 00:43:40,902 --> 00:43:42,279 Have you been here before? 622 00:43:42,445 --> 00:43:44,072 It's cool, right? I mean... 623 00:43:44,155 --> 00:43:46,374 So, what's the plan? 624 00:43:46,533 --> 00:43:48,831 Are you gonna kill their avatars? Zero them out? 625 00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:50,961 They're both here at The Distracted Globe. 626 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:52,463 I can't talk. 627 00:43:53,581 --> 00:43:55,333 The Distracted Globe was one of the first clubs 628 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:56,592 Halliday created in the OASIS. 629 00:43:56,751 --> 00:43:58,094 That's common knowledge. 630 00:43:58,253 --> 00:43:59,721 But I double-checked 631 00:43:59,879 --> 00:44:02,883 and it turns out he started building it right after that moment you showed me. 632 00:44:03,049 --> 00:44:04,050 The date with Kira. 633 00:44:04,217 --> 00:44:06,265 Right, and she was a serious dancer. 634 00:44:06,427 --> 00:44:08,350 Maybe he thought he'd take her here, 635 00:44:08,513 --> 00:44:10,732 like on a virtual date. 636 00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:12,521 As if that ever works. 637 00:44:13,226 --> 00:44:14,353 So Halliday built it for her? 638 00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:15,896 But they never made it past the first date. 639 00:44:16,062 --> 00:44:17,359 So Halliday's the creator... 640 00:44:17,522 --> 00:44:18,523 Who hates his own creation. 641 00:44:18,606 --> 00:44:19,824 And the club is the thing he hates. 642 00:44:19,983 --> 00:44:22,486 And "A hidden key, a leap not taken"? 643 00:44:25,947 --> 00:44:27,199 But people jump off it all night long. 644 00:44:27,365 --> 00:44:29,208 But none of those people had the Copper Key, 645 00:44:29,367 --> 00:44:32,916 so when we jump off, maybe it's different. Right? 646 00:44:32,996 --> 00:44:33,997 Right. 647 00:44:36,875 --> 00:44:38,172 So we take it together? 648 00:44:38,334 --> 00:44:39,506 Sure. 649 00:44:41,504 --> 00:44:43,472 We're not clanning up or anything. 650 00:44:43,631 --> 00:44:46,680 Of course not. I don't clan. 651 00:44:47,802 --> 00:44:48,803 Wait... 652 00:44:48,970 --> 00:44:50,267 Whoa! 653 00:44:51,681 --> 00:44:53,354 Ow! Whoa. 654 00:44:57,854 --> 00:45:01,484 I don't think this is it. No scoreboard, no obstacles. 655 00:45:01,649 --> 00:45:04,277 - Maybe a dance challenge? - Whoa! 656 00:45:19,792 --> 00:45:21,760 Old-school! 657 00:45:45,151 --> 00:45:46,323 You come prepared? 658 00:45:46,486 --> 00:45:47,704 "Prepared"? 659 00:45:51,324 --> 00:45:53,748 What kind of haptics you rockin'? 660 00:45:53,910 --> 00:45:56,254 You got the gloves and full visor, or a full body? 661 00:46:00,333 --> 00:46:01,755 Can you feel this? 662 00:46:04,796 --> 00:46:06,048 Um, yeah. 663 00:46:06,214 --> 00:46:09,593 I got the X1 haptic bootsuit with the microfiber crotch inlay. 664 00:46:22,021 --> 00:46:24,945 My, Parzival, you did come prepared. 665 00:46:28,319 --> 00:46:30,993 So, I've been thinking. 666 00:46:31,906 --> 00:46:34,375 Maybe it'd be cool if we met up in the real world. 667 00:46:34,534 --> 00:46:35,956 No, you'd be disappointed. 668 00:46:36,119 --> 00:46:38,588 No, I wouldn't. I like you. 669 00:46:38,746 --> 00:46:40,840 You don't even know me. 670 00:46:40,999 --> 00:46:42,672 This isn't what I really look like. 671 00:46:42,834 --> 00:46:46,680 This isn't my real body, or my real face. 672 00:46:46,838 --> 00:46:48,385 I don't care. 673 00:46:48,548 --> 00:46:49,766 I wanna know your real name. 674 00:47:03,354 --> 00:47:04,822 - My name's Wade. - What? 675 00:47:06,357 --> 00:47:08,155 - I said my name's... - Stop! 676 00:47:08,317 --> 00:47:11,036 Well, Buckaroo blows it. Shocking. 677 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:13,664 Are you crazy? You don't tell anyone who you are. 678 00:47:13,823 --> 00:47:15,166 You can't use your real name. 679 00:47:15,324 --> 00:47:16,416 You're not just anyone. 680 00:47:16,576 --> 00:47:17,668 You don't know me. 681 00:47:17,827 --> 00:47:19,454 You don't know anything about me. We've never met. 682 00:47:19,620 --> 00:47:21,372 I do know you, Arty. 683 00:47:23,166 --> 00:47:24,668 I'm in love with you. 684 00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:34,560 - Is this part of the challenge? - No. 685 00:47:35,595 --> 00:47:36,767 It's an ambush. 686 00:47:44,270 --> 00:47:46,398 IOI, always in the way. 687 00:47:47,023 --> 00:47:48,696 Did you hear what I said? I said I'm in love with you. 688 00:47:48,858 --> 00:47:50,235 No, you're not. 689 00:47:51,819 --> 00:47:53,287 You only know what I want you to know. 690 00:47:53,446 --> 00:47:55,289 You only see what I want you to see. 691 00:47:58,242 --> 00:48:00,040 That's what you're in love with. 692 00:48:13,925 --> 00:48:15,052 Watch out! 693 00:48:25,311 --> 00:48:26,733 Pull. 694 00:48:39,367 --> 00:48:42,416 Head back! Z! Your armor is running low. 695 00:48:42,578 --> 00:48:43,705 I just bought this. 696 00:48:51,796 --> 00:48:52,923 Zemeckis Cube. 697 00:48:53,089 --> 00:48:54,932 Turns everything back in time 60 seconds. 698 00:48:59,554 --> 00:49:01,557 And you waited until now to use it? 699 00:49:09,689 --> 00:49:11,817 Wow, you were amazing. 700 00:49:14,986 --> 00:49:17,159 This isn't a game, Z. 701 00:49:18,489 --> 00:49:20,287 I'm doing this to stop IOI. 702 00:49:20,449 --> 00:49:22,793 I'm talking about real-world consequences. 703 00:49:22,952 --> 00:49:24,374 People suffering. 704 00:49:24,537 --> 00:49:25,755 - Actual life-and-death stuff. - I know. I know... 705 00:49:25,913 --> 00:49:30,385 No, you don't know! My dad died in a loyalty center. 706 00:49:31,335 --> 00:49:34,054 - He borrowed gear. - He built up debt. 707 00:49:34,505 --> 00:49:37,850 He moved in with the promise of working it off, but he never did. 708 00:49:38,009 --> 00:49:39,727 IOI just raised his living expenses, 709 00:49:39,886 --> 00:49:41,308 then he got sick, and he couldn't afford to get out. 710 00:49:41,470 --> 00:49:43,188 And then he died! 711 00:49:43,973 --> 00:49:44,974 I'm so sorry, I didn't... 712 00:49:45,141 --> 00:49:47,269 No, you don't live in the real world, Z. 713 00:49:47,435 --> 00:49:50,189 From what you've told me, I don't think you ever have. 714 00:49:50,521 --> 00:49:53,946 You live inside this... This illusion, 715 00:49:54,108 --> 00:49:56,111 and I can't afford to let you distract me. 716 00:50:08,873 --> 00:50:11,045 How the hell did they get away? 717 00:50:11,125 --> 00:50:13,253 Do you want the long version? Your guys suck. 718 00:50:13,419 --> 00:50:14,966 They failed to kill his avatar, 719 00:50:15,129 --> 00:50:17,223 which, if we're offering constructive criticism, 720 00:50:17,381 --> 00:50:20,055 was a lame idea and only would've slowed him down. 721 00:50:20,218 --> 00:50:24,394 Whereas my plan, which was cool because I rock, actually worked. 722 00:50:24,555 --> 00:50:25,977 He's still on the board. 723 00:50:26,140 --> 00:50:29,690 I know that, Nolan. But he won't be for long. 724 00:50:29,852 --> 00:50:31,650 I did a search for all the Wades 725 00:50:31,812 --> 00:50:33,860 who had recently bought an X1 bootsuit, 726 00:50:34,023 --> 00:50:37,072 cross-referenced that with public records, and voilà, 727 00:50:37,235 --> 00:50:41,240 which is French for... "And then I found out." 728 00:50:41,864 --> 00:50:43,036 Ready? 729 00:50:43,199 --> 00:50:47,875 The real-world identity of Parzival is Wade Watts. 730 00:50:48,663 --> 00:50:50,210 Voilà. 731 00:50:51,916 --> 00:50:54,089 Are you loyal, Ms. Zandor? 732 00:50:54,794 --> 00:50:56,421 You really want me to answer that? 733 00:50:56,587 --> 00:51:00,224 Well, when you're at war, you need people who are loyal to a fault. 734 00:51:01,175 --> 00:51:02,893 People you can count on to get things done. 735 00:51:03,052 --> 00:51:05,555 I just get people arrested for not paying their bills. 736 00:51:05,721 --> 00:51:08,475 Yeah, 'cause there are some problems that require a physical solution, 737 00:51:08,641 --> 00:51:11,065 but there are other times, particularly at war, 738 00:51:11,227 --> 00:51:12,774 when you need a different set of rules. 739 00:51:12,937 --> 00:51:14,280 - The rules of war. - Exactly. 740 00:51:14,438 --> 00:51:17,192 It's too bad my division doesn't operate inside the OASIS. 741 00:51:17,358 --> 00:51:20,112 Yeah, but if this war remains in the OASIS, 742 00:51:20,278 --> 00:51:21,746 then you can't do anything. 743 00:51:22,655 --> 00:51:25,454 So, this is one of those conversations that we're not really having. 744 00:51:25,616 --> 00:51:27,209 Well, we've had these kind of conversations before, 745 00:51:27,368 --> 00:51:28,369 and look where you are now. 746 00:51:28,536 --> 00:51:30,960 You got a seat on the board, head of your own division, 747 00:51:31,122 --> 00:51:34,922 a division that will cease to exist if the wrong person wins this contest. 748 00:51:35,084 --> 00:51:38,259 F'Nale, a game decides our fate. 749 00:51:38,421 --> 00:51:42,176 The only question is, how far are we willing to go to win it? 750 00:51:44,385 --> 00:51:46,433 Tell me what you need, Nolan. 751 00:53:04,799 --> 00:53:06,301 Whoa. 752 00:53:10,137 --> 00:53:11,138 Where am I? 753 00:53:11,305 --> 00:53:14,059 IOI Plaza. You're a hologram in the real world. 754 00:53:14,975 --> 00:53:16,193 That's a really cool rig. 755 00:53:16,352 --> 00:53:20,528 Thank you. It's a brand-new Habashaw, OIR 9400. 756 00:53:20,689 --> 00:53:22,407 It looks like a giant hamster ball. 757 00:53:22,566 --> 00:53:27,288 You know, if you came to work at IOI, you'd get one of these. 758 00:53:27,446 --> 00:53:28,664 I don't clan up. 759 00:53:28,823 --> 00:53:31,451 You'd also get your own penthouse apartment in Columbus 760 00:53:31,617 --> 00:53:33,745 with the highest-speed connection. 761 00:53:33,911 --> 00:53:38,836 In the OASIS, you'd get unlimited weapons, magic items, ships. 762 00:53:38,916 --> 00:53:41,010 You want the ship from Defender? 763 00:53:41,168 --> 00:53:43,762 You know, the kind that can just jump into hyperspace? 764 00:53:43,921 --> 00:53:45,764 You want the Millennium Falcon? 765 00:53:46,715 --> 00:53:47,716 You have that? 766 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,849 Anything you need to help you find that egg, 767 00:53:51,011 --> 00:53:52,308 and then there's the salary. 768 00:53:53,472 --> 00:53:55,440 Four million a year. 769 00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:59,024 And if you do happen to find that Easter egg, there's a bonus. 770 00:53:59,186 --> 00:54:01,439 Twenty-five million dollars. 771 00:54:06,861 --> 00:54:10,286 I can see you're using emotion suppressing software right now, 772 00:54:10,448 --> 00:54:13,293 and why wouldn't you? It's smart, not to show your hand. 773 00:54:18,789 --> 00:54:22,464 It is a lot of money. I could really use it. 774 00:54:27,465 --> 00:54:29,684 But I don't think you and I would have the same plans. 775 00:54:29,842 --> 00:54:32,721 Well, I don't know about that. What, for the OASIS? 776 00:54:32,887 --> 00:54:36,016 I guess if you're not a John Hughes fan... 777 00:54:37,183 --> 00:54:38,776 Of course I am. 778 00:54:38,934 --> 00:54:41,403 Because the first thing that I would do 779 00:54:41,562 --> 00:54:45,157 is convert all the schools on Ludus to replicas 780 00:54:45,316 --> 00:54:48,320 from The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller. 781 00:54:48,486 --> 00:54:50,739 No way. That's a great idea. 782 00:54:51,655 --> 00:54:53,953 Which school, Ridgemont or Faber? 783 00:54:54,116 --> 00:54:57,040 Fast Times at Ridgemont High, not John Hughes. 784 00:54:57,203 --> 00:55:00,298 It's a trap. Faber College from Animal House. 785 00:55:00,456 --> 00:55:01,753 John Hughes didn't direct 786 00:55:01,916 --> 00:55:04,465 Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Animal House. 787 00:55:05,085 --> 00:55:08,260 Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, they went to Shermer High School, 788 00:55:08,422 --> 00:55:11,176 which is in Shermer, Illinois. I know what you think. 789 00:55:11,967 --> 00:55:13,514 You think I'm a corporate asshole, 790 00:55:13,677 --> 00:55:15,896 that I don't appreciate pop culture, but... 791 00:55:17,056 --> 00:55:20,026 Man, that's not true. You know, when I wanna blow off steam... 792 00:55:20,184 --> 00:55:23,984 Drink Tab, play Robotron, listen to Duran Duran. 793 00:55:24,146 --> 00:55:25,568 I crack open a Tab. 794 00:55:25,731 --> 00:55:27,984 I put on some Duran Duran. I play Robotron. 795 00:55:28,150 --> 00:55:30,118 That's why I love the OASIS. 796 00:55:30,277 --> 00:55:33,452 'Cause it's just full of all these things, man, 797 00:55:33,614 --> 00:55:35,082 that people love. You know? 798 00:55:42,957 --> 00:55:45,301 I'm a businessman. I get it. 799 00:55:45,459 --> 00:55:48,087 But I gotta do my job. 800 00:55:48,254 --> 00:55:53,010 But I didn't ask you here just to help us find the egg, Parzival. 801 00:55:54,009 --> 00:55:57,764 I asked you here for what comes after. 802 00:55:59,014 --> 00:56:00,641 What would Halliday say? 803 00:56:01,725 --> 00:56:04,399 James Halliday is dead. 804 00:56:05,688 --> 00:56:08,612 Yeah. He is. 805 00:56:09,692 --> 00:56:13,538 All that's left of him is this contest. And you know what? 806 00:56:14,613 --> 00:56:16,832 It just seems like he wouldn't want you winning it. 807 00:56:16,991 --> 00:56:18,163 A fanboy knows a hater, 808 00:56:18,325 --> 00:56:20,919 and I know you've got a whole department of oologists in your ear. 809 00:56:21,078 --> 00:56:23,172 So, if you wanna know what I really think... 810 00:56:23,330 --> 00:56:24,798 I think you're full of shit. 811 00:56:30,170 --> 00:56:31,262 Here's my offer. 812 00:56:31,422 --> 00:56:33,174 Your board of directors, you got them in the other ear? 813 00:56:33,340 --> 00:56:35,217 Why don't you tell 'em this. 814 00:56:36,427 --> 00:56:38,851 If they dump you, I'll consider it. 815 00:56:39,221 --> 00:56:41,269 I might say something off the record. 816 00:56:42,308 --> 00:56:43,810 I had to make the offer. 817 00:56:43,976 --> 00:56:47,196 The board expected it, but I was really hoping you'd say no. 818 00:56:47,354 --> 00:56:50,608 Because if anyone's gonna win this competition, it's me. 819 00:56:50,774 --> 00:56:52,151 My avatar gets the egg 820 00:56:52,318 --> 00:56:55,913 'cause I'm the only one here with the balls to run this place. 821 00:56:56,196 --> 00:56:58,540 Wow, you really switched gears there. 822 00:56:58,699 --> 00:57:01,077 From fairly reasonable to maniacal overlord. 823 00:57:01,785 --> 00:57:03,708 You should be grateful, Wade. 824 00:57:04,788 --> 00:57:07,963 You won't be around to endure my maniacal reign. 825 00:57:08,208 --> 00:57:09,835 Yeah, that's right. I know who you are. 826 00:57:10,002 --> 00:57:14,599 Wade Owen Watts, born August 12, 2027. 827 00:57:15,257 --> 00:57:19,103 I also know where you are. Unit 56K, Columbus stacks. 828 00:57:19,261 --> 00:57:21,855 You were last seen entering your trailer three days ago. 829 00:57:22,014 --> 00:57:23,391 You haven't left since. 830 00:57:23,557 --> 00:57:24,558 What are you doing? You can't... 831 00:57:24,725 --> 00:57:25,817 With all that's going on in the world, 832 00:57:25,976 --> 00:57:28,812 do you really think that anyone's gonna give a damn about an explosion 833 00:57:28,979 --> 00:57:31,698 in some ghetto trash rat warren in Columbus? 834 00:57:31,857 --> 00:57:33,951 Sorrento, don't do this. I'm not even there! 835 00:57:34,109 --> 00:57:35,952 Not for long. 836 00:57:39,657 --> 00:57:41,705 Call Alice. 837 00:57:41,867 --> 00:57:43,540 Dial Alice. 838 00:58:10,062 --> 00:58:11,905 Pick up! Pick up! Alice! 839 00:58:17,027 --> 00:58:19,325 This bootsuit's pretty awesome. Thanks for that. 840 00:58:19,488 --> 00:58:21,411 Rick! Rick, the place is gonna blow! 841 00:58:21,573 --> 00:58:22,916 Rick, is that Wade? 842 00:58:23,075 --> 00:58:25,123 - Put Alice on! - Let me talk to him. 843 00:58:25,285 --> 00:58:27,207 Don't call here anymore, you got me? 844 00:58:28,664 --> 00:58:31,543 I don't wanna hear your voice ever again. 845 00:59:08,579 --> 00:59:12,129 Contact Aech, Daito, Sho, and Art3mis. 846 00:59:12,958 --> 00:59:15,006 IOI came for me in the real world. 847 00:59:15,169 --> 00:59:17,883 They gotta be coming after you, so wherever you are... 848 00:59:44,031 --> 00:59:45,908 Sorry about the blindfold. 849 00:59:46,074 --> 00:59:48,202 My guys are a little paranoid. 850 00:59:49,077 --> 00:59:50,670 Say that again. 851 00:59:51,288 --> 00:59:53,632 My guys are a little paranoid. 852 00:59:54,750 --> 00:59:56,172 Art3mis? 853 00:59:57,753 --> 01:00:01,758 My real name is Samantha, but yeah, I'm Art3mis. 854 01:00:03,675 --> 01:00:06,349 Showers are that way, clean clothes, too. 855 01:00:09,681 --> 01:00:13,686 Welcome to the rebellion, Wade. 856 01:00:24,905 --> 01:00:28,910 That's IOI. So the stacks are over there? 857 01:00:30,410 --> 01:00:33,209 We've been living this close to each other the whole time? 858 01:00:34,706 --> 01:00:36,003 Next door, 859 01:00:36,875 --> 01:00:40,926 around the world, it's all the same in the OASIS. 860 01:00:43,423 --> 01:00:45,391 For the record, 861 01:00:45,843 --> 01:00:47,264 um... 862 01:00:47,344 --> 01:00:49,563 I'm not disappointed. 863 01:00:51,348 --> 01:00:54,272 You said I would be disappointed when I met you, but... 864 01:00:54,434 --> 01:00:56,107 I'm not. 865 01:00:57,688 --> 01:01:00,442 I've lived with it my whole life. You don't have to pretend. 866 01:01:15,038 --> 01:01:17,757 You have a birthmark, so what? 867 01:01:18,709 --> 01:01:20,382 Why would that scare me? 868 01:01:27,634 --> 01:01:29,887 Z, if I hurt you, I'm sorry. 869 01:01:30,262 --> 01:01:31,434 No, it's... 870 01:01:32,472 --> 01:01:34,816 Wait, did you just call me "Z"? 871 01:01:35,767 --> 01:01:37,731 - Oh, my God. Did I? - I think you did. 872 01:01:37,811 --> 01:01:39,438 Wade, I'm sorry. 873 01:01:39,688 --> 01:01:41,861 Yeah, Wade, Z. 874 01:01:42,024 --> 01:01:45,153 You can call me whatever you want. And I'll call you Sam. 875 01:01:45,319 --> 01:01:46,320 No. 876 01:01:47,446 --> 01:01:48,447 Samantha? 877 01:01:48,947 --> 01:01:51,166 Okay. Cool. 878 01:01:58,498 --> 01:02:00,216 Wow. 879 01:02:01,084 --> 01:02:03,132 It's so much slower here. 880 01:02:04,546 --> 01:02:07,846 I mean, the wind, the people... 881 01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,558 Everything. 882 01:02:16,808 --> 01:02:18,811 We forget what it's like to be outside. 883 01:02:19,269 --> 01:02:20,270 Yeah. 884 01:02:23,607 --> 01:02:25,985 - Uh... - Oh, shit! 885 01:02:27,069 --> 01:02:28,571 - I just figured it out. - Figured what out? 886 01:02:28,737 --> 01:02:30,114 The second clue. I know what it means. 887 01:02:36,495 --> 01:02:37,997 We've been thinking about it too literally. 888 01:02:38,580 --> 01:02:39,581 "The leap not taken," 889 01:02:39,748 --> 01:02:42,172 the leap Halliday didn't take, is with Kira. 890 01:02:42,334 --> 01:02:46,009 Yeah, but... I mean, he blamed her for breaking up him and Morrow. 891 01:02:46,171 --> 01:02:48,970 No. Halliday was madly in love with her. 892 01:02:49,132 --> 01:02:51,385 He had a chance with Kira. He had a chance to kiss her, but... 893 01:02:51,551 --> 01:02:52,643 He didn't take the leap. 894 01:02:52,803 --> 01:02:55,477 Right. So that's where we go next. 895 01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:58,017 The place where the leap wasn't taken. 896 01:02:58,183 --> 01:02:59,184 Where the date was. 897 01:02:59,643 --> 01:03:01,270 At the movies! 898 01:03:02,020 --> 01:03:03,647 Hey, Curator. 899 01:03:03,814 --> 01:03:05,657 We figured out the second clue. The challenge is here. 900 01:03:05,816 --> 01:03:07,693 Halliday kept track of every movie he ever watched, 901 01:03:07,859 --> 01:03:10,783 the week and the year he watched it, and how many times. 902 01:03:10,946 --> 01:03:15,042 Curator, can we see November 23 to 27, 2025? 903 01:03:15,701 --> 01:03:17,499 That's the week he went on the date with Kira. 904 01:03:22,124 --> 01:03:25,594 Okay, so our options for that week are The Fly remake. 905 01:03:25,752 --> 01:03:27,720 Great flick, terrible date movie. 906 01:03:27,879 --> 01:03:30,473 Say Anything... That would make sense. 907 01:03:31,383 --> 01:03:35,764 We gotta remember the clue. "A creator who hates his own creation." 908 01:03:40,434 --> 01:03:42,232 The Shining! 909 01:03:42,394 --> 01:03:44,522 It's Halliday's 11th favorite horror film, 910 01:03:44,688 --> 01:03:46,985 and it's based on the best-selling book by Stephen King, 911 01:03:47,065 --> 01:03:48,066 who hated the movie! 912 01:03:48,692 --> 01:03:50,615 Hey! No side chitchat. 913 01:03:50,777 --> 01:03:52,074 I think we found it. 914 01:03:55,866 --> 01:03:58,415 Are you absolutely sure you want to go here? 915 01:03:58,577 --> 01:04:00,295 Absolutely positive. 916 01:04:00,454 --> 01:04:02,878 Let's hope you have the belly for it. 917 01:04:46,249 --> 01:04:47,341 Look. 918 01:04:48,835 --> 01:04:50,838 Ticking clock. 919 01:04:51,004 --> 01:04:53,758 Okay, so I'm estimating about 920 01:04:54,841 --> 01:04:56,718 five minutes to find the key. 921 01:04:56,885 --> 01:04:58,353 Yeah, there are so many keys in The Shining, though. 922 01:04:58,512 --> 01:04:59,934 Where do we start? 923 01:05:01,348 --> 01:05:04,568 I've never seen The Shining. Is it really scary? 924 01:05:04,768 --> 01:05:07,943 Uh, I had to watch it through my fingers. 925 01:05:08,688 --> 01:05:11,032 Okay, so we got the key from room 237, 926 01:05:11,650 --> 01:05:13,402 the keys to the Snowcat, 927 01:05:13,568 --> 01:05:15,241 or the keys they give Jack at the beginning of the movie. 928 01:05:15,403 --> 01:05:17,117 Well, if it's "the leap not taken," 929 01:05:17,197 --> 01:05:18,198 maybe the key isn't a key at all. 930 01:05:18,365 --> 01:05:19,583 I know where the Snowcat keys are! 931 01:05:19,741 --> 01:05:20,788 I say we split up. 932 01:05:20,951 --> 01:05:21,952 We get all the keys 933 01:05:22,077 --> 01:05:24,080 and then we meet back at the Torrances' apartment. 934 01:05:28,083 --> 01:05:29,710 Hello, Danny. 935 01:05:30,961 --> 01:05:32,588 Come play with us. 936 01:05:32,754 --> 01:05:35,974 Little girls, y'all know how to get out of here? 937 01:05:40,971 --> 01:05:41,972 Wait, wait! 938 01:05:42,139 --> 01:05:44,107 Wait, where's Aech? 939 01:05:44,266 --> 01:05:45,518 Wait! 940 01:05:46,643 --> 01:05:47,644 Aech! 941 01:05:48,436 --> 01:05:49,483 No, no, no, no! 942 01:06:07,706 --> 01:06:09,333 Ahh! 943 01:06:14,045 --> 01:06:15,638 Ahh! 944 01:06:49,164 --> 01:06:51,883 Oh, uh, hi, naked lady. I'm sorry. 945 01:06:52,042 --> 01:06:53,794 I didn't mean to interrupt, uh, your bath time. 946 01:06:54,127 --> 01:06:55,925 I know self-care can be important. 947 01:06:56,129 --> 01:06:59,304 Uh, but can you do me a favor and tell me, where are all the exits? 948 01:07:02,928 --> 01:07:04,430 Huh. Whoa. 949 01:07:04,512 --> 01:07:06,731 Okay, am I being punked? 950 01:07:06,890 --> 01:07:09,234 'Cause you're likin' me a little way too much. 951 01:07:10,769 --> 01:07:12,897 All right, you know what? I'ma go with it. 952 01:07:26,451 --> 01:07:27,498 Ahh! 953 01:08:04,823 --> 01:08:06,075 Time's running out. 954 01:08:06,241 --> 01:08:08,209 Yo, Z, is Art3mis pissed at me? 955 01:08:08,368 --> 01:08:10,621 Dude, I'm pissed at you. You've never seen The Shining, have you? 956 01:08:10,787 --> 01:08:12,005 You know I hate scary movies! 957 01:08:12,163 --> 01:08:13,164 We got the key. 958 01:08:13,331 --> 01:08:14,583 Sweet! To room 237! 959 01:08:14,749 --> 01:08:17,127 We ain't got no business goin' to room 237! 960 01:08:17,294 --> 01:08:18,295 We should stay out! 961 01:08:18,461 --> 01:08:20,555 Plus, there was this crazy, naked zombie lady in there. 962 01:08:20,714 --> 01:08:22,216 There are no zombies in The Shining. 963 01:08:22,382 --> 01:08:24,225 Well, maybe it's not supposed to be like the movie. 964 01:08:24,384 --> 01:08:25,931 Kira is the key. You're the one who said it. 965 01:08:26,094 --> 01:08:28,222 Hey, y'all. I saw a picture of Kira! 966 01:08:28,305 --> 01:08:30,353 Huh? 967 01:08:32,892 --> 01:08:33,939 Where? 968 01:08:40,942 --> 01:08:44,242 It's Kira. "Escape your past." 969 01:08:45,071 --> 01:08:46,914 "The leap not taken." 970 01:08:48,283 --> 01:08:51,707 Halliday's greatest fear wasn't The Shining or any book or movie. 971 01:08:52,746 --> 01:08:55,545 His biggest fear was kissing a girl. 972 01:08:56,333 --> 01:08:58,631 That's the leap he couldn't take. 973 01:09:06,843 --> 01:09:08,470 The ballroom. 974 01:09:23,109 --> 01:09:25,203 Aech, come on. 975 01:09:28,782 --> 01:09:30,750 Zombies. Told you. 976 01:09:32,202 --> 01:09:33,420 That's her. 977 01:09:34,537 --> 01:09:35,959 That's Kira. 978 01:09:39,042 --> 01:09:40,214 None of this is in The Shining. 979 01:09:40,377 --> 01:09:43,131 Z, look. That's the zombie-circle level in Mayhem Mansion, 980 01:09:43,296 --> 01:09:44,764 one of Halliday's first games. 981 01:09:44,923 --> 01:09:46,721 The whole Shining trivia is just a diversion. 982 01:09:47,967 --> 01:09:49,560 One minute left. 983 01:09:51,012 --> 01:09:52,184 How do we get to her? 984 01:09:52,347 --> 01:09:53,348 Take the leap. 985 01:09:53,515 --> 01:09:54,516 Wait! 986 01:09:55,934 --> 01:09:57,026 Whoa! 987 01:10:02,899 --> 01:10:05,572 Okay, Mr. Dead Guy. Cool if I lead? 988 01:10:53,283 --> 01:10:55,160 Care to dance? 989 01:10:55,577 --> 01:10:59,047 Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to ask? 990 01:11:04,919 --> 01:11:07,343 Well, well, well. 991 01:11:07,505 --> 01:11:11,886 So you found my Jade Key. 992 01:11:14,387 --> 01:11:16,310 Imagine that. 993 01:11:21,311 --> 01:11:22,858 Thank you. 994 01:11:27,650 --> 01:11:29,698 - Kira was a very beautiful... - Go on. 995 01:11:58,765 --> 01:12:01,689 One of our oologists saw them enter the media library. 996 01:12:01,851 --> 01:12:03,353 She cracked the clue. 997 01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:06,569 Now, we just have to win The Shining challenge. 998 01:12:09,651 --> 01:12:12,365 Get her off me! Get her off me! 999 01:12:21,871 --> 01:12:26,377 Mr. Sorrento, I really think you need to see this. 1000 01:12:28,503 --> 01:12:30,301 Now Parzival's got the Jade Key. 1001 01:12:40,723 --> 01:12:42,817 He's alive. 1002 01:12:43,101 --> 01:12:45,445 I know. I'll get back to you. 1003 01:12:46,062 --> 01:12:48,065 I got what you're looking for. 1004 01:12:51,985 --> 01:12:56,206 Freeze. This guy. The one with the lame tattoo. 1005 01:12:56,781 --> 01:12:57,953 Enlarge. 1006 01:13:00,493 --> 01:13:03,588 Run him through our database, every IOI drone in Columbus. 1007 01:13:03,746 --> 01:13:05,168 Find him. 1008 01:13:32,108 --> 01:13:33,701 Groceries are here. 1009 01:13:33,818 --> 01:13:34,945 All right. Gluten-O's... 1010 01:13:35,111 --> 01:13:36,407 "If you know the answer ultimate, 1011 01:13:36,487 --> 01:13:37,705 "divide it by the number magic, 1012 01:13:37,864 --> 01:13:41,494 "and what you need, want, and desire will be found in the fortress tragic." 1013 01:13:41,659 --> 01:13:43,662 "Tragic," that's gotta be Halliday referring to himself. 1014 01:13:43,786 --> 01:13:44,787 Why? 1015 01:13:44,871 --> 01:13:45,998 Because he was lonely. 1016 01:13:46,164 --> 01:13:48,503 He had no one to spend his life with towards the end. 1017 01:13:48,583 --> 01:13:49,584 Yeah, that's true. 1018 01:13:49,667 --> 01:13:52,466 The contest has gotta be somehow about connecting with someone. 1019 01:13:52,629 --> 01:13:53,972 Anyone. 1020 01:13:54,130 --> 01:13:57,220 He wants the person who cares for the OASIS to be connected with the world. 1021 01:13:57,383 --> 01:13:59,852 That's what I think he's trying to tell us. 1022 01:14:05,850 --> 01:14:07,477 Wade. 1023 01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:11,193 You understand Halliday. 1024 01:14:11,856 --> 01:14:14,359 You know him better than anyone. 1025 01:14:15,568 --> 01:14:18,117 It's exactly why I think you'll win. 1026 01:14:18,571 --> 01:14:22,371 Really? You really think I'm gonna win? 1027 01:14:26,329 --> 01:14:28,047 Do not move! 1028 01:14:33,503 --> 01:14:34,925 Target identified! 1029 01:14:36,005 --> 01:14:37,552 Freeze! Don't move! 1030 01:14:44,430 --> 01:14:46,978 - This leads right to the alley. - You first. 1031 01:14:47,058 --> 01:14:48,731 I'm right behind you. Go now! 1032 01:14:50,353 --> 01:14:51,775 Come on! 1033 01:14:51,938 --> 01:14:54,282 - Wade, the OASIS needs you. - What? 1034 01:14:54,440 --> 01:14:55,567 - I'm gonna delay them. - Wait! 1035 01:14:55,733 --> 01:14:57,531 No, no, no, wait! No, no, no! 1036 01:14:58,194 --> 01:15:00,367 You'll forgive me for this, I promise. 1037 01:15:09,580 --> 01:15:11,173 Freeze, freeze, freeze! 1038 01:15:12,208 --> 01:15:13,209 Don't move! 1039 01:15:18,506 --> 01:15:21,055 Samantha Evelyn Cook. 1040 01:15:21,217 --> 01:15:24,721 IOI has purchased and consolidated all of your outstanding debt, 1041 01:15:24,887 --> 01:15:27,982 currently in excess of 23,000 credits. 1042 01:15:28,141 --> 01:15:30,815 You will be remanded to the nearest IOI loyalty center 1043 01:15:31,018 --> 01:15:32,361 until your debt is paid in full, 1044 01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:35,148 including any interest, processing, 1045 01:15:35,314 --> 01:15:37,817 or late fees you incur henceforth. 1046 01:15:37,984 --> 01:15:40,157 - Does anybody have eyes? - Check down the next street! 1047 01:15:52,999 --> 01:15:55,047 - "First to the key." - "First to the egg." 1048 01:15:55,209 --> 01:15:56,506 Wait, what? 1049 01:15:57,503 --> 01:15:59,676 "Never trust someone you meet in the OASIS." 1050 01:16:00,882 --> 01:16:03,351 "She might be a 300-pound dude named Chuck..." 1051 01:16:03,509 --> 01:16:06,729 "Who lives in his mama's basement in suburban Detroit." 1052 01:16:09,098 --> 01:16:10,099 Aech! 1053 01:16:11,017 --> 01:16:14,521 Helen. My dad called me Aech It kinda stuck. Let's go! 1054 01:16:24,405 --> 01:16:26,578 That thing's IDing my van. 1055 01:16:41,422 --> 01:16:43,425 Come on. They've spotted us. 1056 01:16:44,258 --> 01:16:45,259 Daito. 1057 01:16:45,343 --> 01:16:48,518 My real name is Toshiro. Samantha got us a message. 1058 01:16:48,679 --> 01:16:50,352 She told us to meet you here. 1059 01:16:50,515 --> 01:16:51,767 Samantha, they took her to the... 1060 01:16:51,933 --> 01:16:53,355 The loyalty center, I know. 1061 01:16:53,518 --> 01:16:56,738 Look, in other awesome news, the Sixers found the third challenge. 1062 01:16:57,522 --> 01:16:59,274 - What? - Just come on, get in! 1063 01:16:59,440 --> 01:17:00,441 All right. Let's go. 1064 01:17:00,566 --> 01:17:02,785 Hurry up. Go, go, go. All right. 1065 01:17:14,539 --> 01:17:16,883 How did IOI find the third challenge so fast? 1066 01:17:17,041 --> 01:17:19,009 IOI cracked the first three lines of the clue, 1067 01:17:19,168 --> 01:17:20,215 so they knew it was sector 14 1068 01:17:20,378 --> 01:17:22,176 but they couldn't figure out "the fortress tragic." 1069 01:17:22,338 --> 01:17:24,682 So they sent every guide they had into that sector 1070 01:17:24,841 --> 01:17:26,718 until they found the right fortress. 1071 01:17:27,844 --> 01:17:29,141 Sho? 1072 01:17:29,303 --> 01:17:31,431 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm 11, so what? 1073 01:17:31,597 --> 01:17:33,474 His real name is Xo. 1074 01:17:33,641 --> 01:17:36,235 But everyone else calls me Sho, no big deal. 1075 01:17:36,394 --> 01:17:39,022 No. It is a big deal. 1076 01:17:39,188 --> 01:17:42,613 Sho, you're the world's most badass 11-year-old ever. 1077 01:17:42,733 --> 01:17:43,734 He knows. 1078 01:17:43,818 --> 01:17:45,866 Shut up! Let him tell me. 1079 01:17:46,028 --> 01:17:47,075 Aech! 1080 01:17:50,616 --> 01:17:52,163 We have to go save Samantha. 1081 01:17:52,326 --> 01:17:54,545 Well, we can't just go through the doors of IOI. 1082 01:17:54,704 --> 01:17:56,752 Look, I've been thinkin' about it. I got a better plan. 1083 01:17:56,914 --> 01:17:58,757 You saw Sorrento's rig, right? 1084 01:17:58,916 --> 01:17:59,917 Yeah. 1085 01:18:00,084 --> 01:18:03,304 Let's go after the man himself and make him give Art3mis back to us. 1086 01:18:03,462 --> 01:18:05,214 But first, I have to know exactly, 1087 01:18:05,381 --> 01:18:07,304 how much about Sorrento's rig do you remember? 1088 01:18:08,759 --> 01:18:11,012 Kind of everything. 1089 01:18:24,775 --> 01:18:28,621 Maintenance, report to loyalty pod 31-B. 1090 01:18:32,742 --> 01:18:37,293 Security, please report to section 97 for escort. 1091 01:18:58,100 --> 01:19:00,899 Hey! Newbie, get to work. 1092 01:19:03,105 --> 01:19:04,448 Get to work. 1093 01:19:10,529 --> 01:19:13,624 Work violation. Work violation. 1094 01:19:15,409 --> 01:19:18,458 Lay those charges every six feet. 1095 01:19:23,501 --> 01:19:25,629 Keep it moving! 1096 01:19:26,963 --> 01:19:27,964 Hey, you! 1097 01:19:30,132 --> 01:19:31,884 Those are explosives! 1098 01:19:33,344 --> 01:19:36,723 IOI will not reimburse any lost coin if you zero out. 1099 01:19:36,889 --> 01:19:38,641 Keep it moving! 1100 01:19:43,396 --> 01:19:46,275 So what is this challenge, some sort of video game thing? 1101 01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:48,363 An Atari 2600, sir. 1102 01:19:48,526 --> 01:19:52,076 And every game ever made for it, thousands of possibilities. 1103 01:19:52,905 --> 01:19:53,906 Come up! 1104 01:19:58,744 --> 01:20:00,041 Halliday, 1105 01:20:00,204 --> 01:20:01,581 this is how you plan to resolve 1106 01:20:01,747 --> 01:20:04,796 the fate of the world's most important economic resource? 1107 01:20:05,584 --> 01:20:07,382 - Call me when you're close. - Yes, sir. 1108 01:20:07,545 --> 01:20:09,092 Go, go! No! Ahh! 1109 01:20:11,340 --> 01:20:14,219 One minute into Centipede, the ice broke. 1110 01:20:14,635 --> 01:20:16,137 It has to be Joust! 1111 01:20:16,262 --> 01:20:19,437 Halliday still holds the world record on the 2600 port of that game. 1112 01:20:19,598 --> 01:20:21,020 Maybe we just need to beat his high score. 1113 01:20:21,183 --> 01:20:23,732 Pitfall! One of the only 2600 games that still hasn't ended. 1114 01:20:23,894 --> 01:20:25,021 And how about those Swordquest games? 1115 01:20:25,187 --> 01:20:26,234 Yes! The Swordquest games. 1116 01:20:26,397 --> 01:20:29,242 They were created for a contest Atari held with real... 1117 01:20:36,991 --> 01:20:38,618 i-R0k, how are we doin'? 1118 01:20:39,994 --> 01:20:42,088 To be honest, I think I need physical therapy because it's not... 1119 01:20:42,246 --> 01:20:44,249 Is the Orb ready? 1120 01:20:45,249 --> 01:20:46,922 Um, as you wish. 1121 01:20:51,088 --> 01:20:52,089 The Orb... 1122 01:20:52,256 --> 01:20:53,678 Of Osuvox. 1123 01:20:54,550 --> 01:20:55,638 Ah... 1124 01:20:55,718 --> 01:20:57,095 How does it work? 1125 01:20:57,261 --> 01:21:01,061 Has it got, like, a remote or is there a button or something? 1126 01:21:01,223 --> 01:21:04,693 Nolan, it's a level-99 magic artifact, 1127 01:21:04,852 --> 01:21:08,482 not one of your drones, so it is activated by a magic spell. 1128 01:21:08,647 --> 01:21:10,695 Would you care to do the honors? 1129 01:22:02,660 --> 01:22:03,878 Where is she? 1130 01:22:04,036 --> 01:22:05,163 How'd you get in here? 1131 01:22:05,329 --> 01:22:06,456 - Art3mis. - Who? 1132 01:22:06,622 --> 01:22:09,671 Samantha Cook. Where is she? 1133 01:22:11,293 --> 01:22:14,672 If you wanna talk, we can talk, but you gotta put that gun down. 1134 01:22:15,172 --> 01:22:17,516 You killed my mom's sister. 1135 01:22:18,092 --> 01:22:19,594 You think I won't kill you? 1136 01:22:19,718 --> 01:22:23,769 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just slow down, okay? 1137 01:22:23,931 --> 01:22:27,151 That was a corporate decision. It was not personal. 1138 01:22:27,309 --> 01:22:28,310 Where is she? 1139 01:22:28,477 --> 01:22:30,821 She's downstairs in the loyalty center! 1140 01:22:30,980 --> 01:22:33,734 I know she's in the goddamn loyalty center. 1141 01:22:34,316 --> 01:22:39,121 You're gonna tell me exactly which rig she's in and the access code to contact her. 1142 01:22:40,197 --> 01:22:42,450 Yeah, that seems appropriate. 1143 01:22:45,327 --> 01:22:47,330 Start with access code. 1144 01:22:48,539 --> 01:22:50,667 6, 45, 7, 25. 1145 01:22:50,833 --> 01:22:52,085 Where's the rig? 1146 01:23:03,012 --> 01:23:04,605 I think he pissed himself. 1147 01:23:05,222 --> 01:23:07,065 Good job, Z. We're in his account. 1148 01:23:07,224 --> 01:23:08,976 So he really doesn't know he's in the OASIS? 1149 01:23:11,353 --> 01:23:13,777 This is what Sorrento should be seeing, 1150 01:23:13,939 --> 01:23:17,068 but this... This is what we're making him see. 1151 01:23:18,194 --> 01:23:21,073 We grabbed him in transit just as he was logging out of the OASIS, 1152 01:23:21,238 --> 01:23:23,912 so he thinks he's back in his office in the real world. 1153 01:23:24,116 --> 01:23:27,791 But actually, he's here, in the identical office that Aech built. 1154 01:23:27,953 --> 01:23:30,502 So, you basically just remotely hacked his rig. 1155 01:23:30,664 --> 01:23:33,543 A fixed rig like Sorrento's is easy to locate, hard to hack. 1156 01:23:33,709 --> 01:23:36,258 Unless he's stupid enough to leave his password lying around. 1157 01:23:36,420 --> 01:23:37,672 Loyalty center, I'm in. 1158 01:23:37,838 --> 01:23:39,590 All right, let's get to work. 1159 01:23:47,389 --> 01:23:49,562 - Arty. - Z? Z? Z? 1160 01:23:49,725 --> 01:23:51,102 Arty, don't say anything. 1161 01:23:51,268 --> 01:23:53,236 I'm tapped directly into your audio feed. 1162 01:23:54,855 --> 01:23:55,947 How did you find me? 1163 01:23:56,106 --> 01:23:58,074 We got his password, hacked Sorrento's rig. 1164 01:23:59,693 --> 01:24:01,445 Z, I have something to tell you. 1165 01:24:01,737 --> 01:24:03,990 Not now. I have something to show you that'll get you out of there. 1166 01:24:04,156 --> 01:24:06,750 The Sixers found the third challenge. It's on Planet Doom. 1167 01:24:07,618 --> 01:24:10,959 And there's more, they just put a force field around Anorak's Castle. 1168 01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:17,920 I heard one of the guards calling it "the Orb of Osuvox," 1169 01:24:18,087 --> 01:24:20,465 and the only way to take it down is from the inside. 1170 01:24:20,631 --> 01:24:23,635 She's right. Level-99 artifact, 1171 01:24:23,801 --> 01:24:26,600 creates a magic-resistant, impenetrable barrier. 1172 01:24:26,762 --> 01:24:27,763 No way through it. 1173 01:24:27,930 --> 01:24:29,352 Okay, listen. That's not important right now. 1174 01:24:29,515 --> 01:24:31,563 What's important is that we get you out of the rig. 1175 01:24:34,353 --> 01:24:36,651 All right, so I'm looking at a diagram of your rig. 1176 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:41,653 If you reach up with your left hand at 11 o'clock, 1177 01:24:41,819 --> 01:24:43,617 there's a panel above your head. 1178 01:24:48,409 --> 01:24:50,412 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I can feel it. 1179 01:24:50,577 --> 01:24:52,375 Okay, there should be two release handles. 1180 01:24:52,538 --> 01:24:53,960 Nine o'clock and three o'clock. Can you feel them? 1181 01:24:54,123 --> 01:24:56,467 - Yeah, I got it. - Okay, pull it towards you. 1182 01:24:58,836 --> 01:25:00,338 Okay, inside the panel, there's a lever. 1183 01:25:00,504 --> 01:25:02,973 Grab it with your right hand and slide it to the left. 1184 01:25:03,132 --> 01:25:04,553 That should release you. 1185 01:25:11,890 --> 01:25:13,688 It worked. It worked, I'm out. 1186 01:25:14,643 --> 01:25:16,690 Loyalty pod 41-F, 1187 01:25:16,770 --> 01:25:19,694 you are on an authorized break for 10 minutes. 1188 01:25:25,029 --> 01:25:28,033 Pod 41-F, you are on 10-minute break. 1189 01:25:28,198 --> 01:25:30,326 Proceed to break area. 1190 01:25:31,618 --> 01:25:32,836 Wade, are you still there? 1191 01:25:32,995 --> 01:25:34,042 Yeah, I'm here. Where are you? 1192 01:25:34,204 --> 01:25:35,296 Where is Sorrento's office? 1193 01:25:35,456 --> 01:25:37,675 It's in the IOI war room, two levels above where you are now. 1194 01:25:37,833 --> 01:25:39,460 But that's not the way out. 1195 01:25:39,626 --> 01:25:41,173 What's his password? 1196 01:25:42,504 --> 01:25:43,631 Wade, answer me. 1197 01:25:43,797 --> 01:25:47,677 Okay, it's capital B-0-55-man-69. 1198 01:25:47,843 --> 01:25:50,062 But, Arty, you need to go. 1199 01:25:50,220 --> 01:25:51,517 You need to raise an army. 1200 01:25:52,431 --> 01:25:53,432 An army? 1201 01:25:53,599 --> 01:25:55,602 Get to Planet Doom, and wait for my signal. 1202 01:25:55,684 --> 01:25:56,685 What signal? 1203 01:25:56,977 --> 01:25:58,195 I'm gonna take down that shield. 1204 01:25:58,354 --> 01:26:00,778 Wait, Arty, wait! You gotta get out of there! Arty! 1205 01:26:09,448 --> 01:26:11,917 Hey, how much are they paying you? 1206 01:26:12,076 --> 01:26:13,703 'Cause, man, I got a lot of paper. 1207 01:26:13,869 --> 01:26:16,088 You know, I can make you, like, a forest. 1208 01:26:16,246 --> 01:26:18,374 Hey, shut up. 1209 01:26:18,540 --> 01:26:19,632 Okay. 1210 01:26:42,272 --> 01:26:44,445 This isn't real, you're tapping my feed. 1211 01:26:44,525 --> 01:26:46,528 Uh-oh. Guys. 1212 01:27:05,087 --> 01:27:07,636 F'Nale, they've hacked my rig. They're after the girl. 1213 01:27:07,798 --> 01:27:09,471 Meet me at loyalty. 1214 01:27:23,605 --> 01:27:27,030 Pod 41-F, you have exceeded your break time. 1215 01:27:27,192 --> 01:27:30,913 Report to security or your coin count will be reset to zero. 1216 01:27:39,872 --> 01:27:44,503 So, she just walks out of here, how does that happen? 1217 01:27:44,668 --> 01:27:46,716 They're smart. They knew what they were doing. 1218 01:27:46,879 --> 01:27:49,633 But we know they're in Columbus. And now, all five of them are together. 1219 01:27:49,798 --> 01:27:52,142 Wait. Wait, we know what? How do we know? 1220 01:27:52,301 --> 01:27:55,896 We have the make and model of the van. We'll spot them. 1221 01:27:56,054 --> 01:27:58,022 "We'll spot them"? 1222 01:27:58,182 --> 01:28:01,277 That sounds like a great inscription for our tombstones. 1223 01:28:01,435 --> 01:28:02,812 Why didn't you tell me this earlier? 1224 01:28:02,978 --> 01:28:04,400 It wasn't relevant yet. 1225 01:28:04,563 --> 01:28:05,655 I need to know where they are. 1226 01:28:05,814 --> 01:28:07,191 We need to know. We need to find them! 1227 01:28:07,357 --> 01:28:10,236 They're kids, Nolan. Man the hell up! 1228 01:28:10,402 --> 01:28:13,451 Do your job, and I'll do mine, unless you wanna take this 1229 01:28:13,614 --> 01:28:15,617 and go after them yourself. 1230 01:28:20,204 --> 01:28:21,456 Find them! 1231 01:28:30,464 --> 01:28:35,061 The Complete Nancy Drew, Kegel Exercises for... 1232 01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:38,893 Bingo. Okay. 1233 01:28:39,473 --> 01:28:41,567 "Congratulations, you are the proud owner of the Orb of Osuvox, 1234 01:28:41,725 --> 01:28:43,068 "a 99th level magic artifact. 1235 01:28:43,227 --> 01:28:46,356 "Read these instructions before deploying. To turn orb on, off." 1236 01:28:46,522 --> 01:28:47,865 Off! Yes, off. 1237 01:28:48,023 --> 01:28:50,276 "Utter spell within 10 feet of orb." 1238 01:29:04,248 --> 01:29:06,296 Citizens of the OASIS, 1239 01:29:06,458 --> 01:29:08,756 I am Parzival, first to the key. 1240 01:29:09,294 --> 01:29:12,173 I'm here talking to all of you now because our future's being threatened 1241 01:29:12,339 --> 01:29:15,434 by people who will stop at nothing to win this contest. 1242 01:29:16,426 --> 01:29:18,178 Some of you already know this, 1243 01:29:18,345 --> 01:29:21,645 and you've lost much more than just your avatars or your weapons. 1244 01:29:22,432 --> 01:29:26,312 Some have lost their freedom. Some have lost their lives. 1245 01:29:28,814 --> 01:29:30,782 And now, this. 1246 01:29:31,608 --> 01:29:34,578 A force field around the third challenge. 1247 01:29:37,114 --> 01:29:40,243 I only came here to escape the shitty hand that life dealt me. 1248 01:29:41,118 --> 01:29:43,746 But I stayed, like many of you, 1249 01:29:43,912 --> 01:29:48,543 because I found something much bigger than just myself. 1250 01:29:49,001 --> 01:29:50,799 I found a cause. 1251 01:29:51,962 --> 01:29:54,056 I found my friends. 1252 01:29:55,257 --> 01:29:58,682 And yes, I know it's kind of a groaner, but... 1253 01:30:00,012 --> 01:30:01,605 I found love. 1254 01:30:02,889 --> 01:30:04,186 And I don't wanna lose that 1255 01:30:04,349 --> 01:30:07,023 to this colossal douchebag, Nolan Sorrento. 1256 01:30:07,185 --> 01:30:10,655 This guy. Back to work, people. 1257 01:30:11,398 --> 01:30:14,243 He thinks that we're all too distracted to even notice... 1258 01:30:15,652 --> 01:30:20,283 Nolan Sorrento thinks that we won't put up a fight. 1259 01:30:20,449 --> 01:30:21,620 Sir! Sir! 1260 01:30:21,700 --> 01:30:22,701 This is going out live! 1261 01:30:22,784 --> 01:30:23,876 The only thing Halliday let this guy do... 1262 01:30:24,036 --> 01:30:26,289 - It's absolutely everywhere. - ...was get him a cup of coffee. 1263 01:30:26,455 --> 01:30:28,128 And now, we're supposed to hand him the OASIS? 1264 01:30:36,048 --> 01:30:38,802 This Parzival... Oh, man. 1265 01:30:42,888 --> 01:30:45,232 Come on, come on. Give me this thing. 1266 01:30:45,390 --> 01:30:46,517 Yes, sir. 1267 01:30:47,225 --> 01:30:49,193 Left arm. 1268 01:30:49,353 --> 01:30:51,697 - Left arm! - Sir. 1269 01:30:51,855 --> 01:30:53,698 No, I need the left arm. 1270 01:30:53,857 --> 01:30:56,155 No, I don't care if... I want it on. 1271 01:30:58,278 --> 01:31:00,742 He thinks that we won't even put up a fight! 1272 01:31:00,822 --> 01:31:03,450 Well, I say he's wrong. 1273 01:31:03,617 --> 01:31:07,247 I say, tell that to the gunter clans in the gold mines of Gygax. 1274 01:31:07,412 --> 01:31:10,587 Activate the Iron Giant. 1275 01:31:34,731 --> 01:31:39,658 Ask yourselves, are you willing to zero out for the OASIS? 1276 01:31:39,820 --> 01:31:41,697 Are you willing to fight? 1277 01:31:43,156 --> 01:31:45,580 I am Parzival of the High Five. 1278 01:31:45,742 --> 01:31:48,336 In the name of Art3mis, in the name of Aech, 1279 01:31:48,495 --> 01:31:50,623 in the name of Daito and Sho, 1280 01:31:51,206 --> 01:31:53,755 we ask you to join us on Planet Doom. 1281 01:31:54,751 --> 01:31:57,721 In the name of James Halliday himself, 1282 01:31:57,879 --> 01:31:59,882 help us save the OASIS. 1283 01:32:54,895 --> 01:32:57,273 No, no, no, no. 1284 01:33:07,407 --> 01:33:09,955 "No man is a failure who has friends." 1285 01:33:32,140 --> 01:33:35,315 Squadron 14, armor up, you're in the lead. 1286 01:33:48,240 --> 01:33:50,959 One minute into Swordquest, the ice broke. 1287 01:33:52,661 --> 01:33:56,256 Well, all three Swordquests. What's next? 1288 01:33:56,414 --> 01:33:58,087 Dark Cavern, Laser Blast. 1289 01:33:58,250 --> 01:33:59,342 It's Adventure. 1290 01:33:59,501 --> 01:34:01,595 Released in 1979, for the 2600, 1291 01:34:01,753 --> 01:34:03,300 Adventure was created by Warren Robinett, 1292 01:34:03,463 --> 01:34:05,841 who was the first video game designer ever to hide his name. In fact... 1293 01:34:06,007 --> 01:34:08,010 Try Adventure. 1294 01:34:09,261 --> 01:34:10,763 Play Adventure. 1295 01:35:03,148 --> 01:35:05,321 More than a minute, we're still alive. 1296 01:35:05,483 --> 01:35:07,281 This must be the right game. 1297 01:35:14,284 --> 01:35:17,083 How long does it last, this orb thing? 1298 01:35:24,544 --> 01:35:27,138 I'd say about ten... 1299 01:35:27,297 --> 01:35:30,392 Yeah, about 10 million years, so we should be fine. 1300 01:35:47,859 --> 01:35:49,577 First to the key! 1301 01:35:49,736 --> 01:35:51,409 First to the egg! 1302 01:35:51,571 --> 01:35:54,245 First to the egg! 1303 01:36:22,769 --> 01:36:23,861 Adventure. 1304 01:36:40,286 --> 01:36:42,505 What? Come on! 1305 01:37:12,110 --> 01:37:13,703 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 1306 01:37:15,864 --> 01:37:18,458 The Sixers are in the final challenge. It's an Atari 2600. 1307 01:37:18,616 --> 01:37:20,334 Are you in the Sixer war room? 1308 01:37:20,869 --> 01:37:22,291 No, no, no. You gotta get out of there. 1309 01:37:22,454 --> 01:37:24,127 They're playing Adventure. 1310 01:37:24,748 --> 01:37:27,001 Adventure, of course! 1311 01:37:27,167 --> 01:37:28,635 Created by Warren Robinett! 1312 01:37:28,793 --> 01:37:30,340 He was the first designer to ever hide an Easter egg in... 1313 01:37:30,503 --> 01:37:31,504 Dude! 1314 01:37:36,551 --> 01:37:39,225 We're looking for a USPS truck, Ohio plates, 1315 01:37:39,387 --> 01:37:42,391 a drone spitter, 2036 model. 1316 01:38:00,950 --> 01:38:04,295 Daito! When are you getting into this fight? 1317 01:38:18,009 --> 01:38:19,386 I'm out. Inventory's empty. 1318 01:38:19,552 --> 01:38:20,553 Last clip for me. 1319 01:38:20,720 --> 01:38:21,767 More weapons! 1320 01:38:21,930 --> 01:38:26,026 Anti-personnel ordinance cannon! 1321 01:38:28,978 --> 01:38:31,652 Railgun! 1322 01:38:36,861 --> 01:38:38,033 Yo, Z! 1323 01:38:38,571 --> 01:38:42,201 Yo, Z! Try this little guy. 1324 01:38:45,787 --> 01:38:46,959 Ow! 1325 01:38:47,455 --> 01:38:49,298 Get rid of it! Get rid of it! 1326 01:38:50,416 --> 01:38:52,213 It's fucking Chucky! 1327 01:38:57,549 --> 01:38:59,051 Move! Move! 1328 01:38:59,634 --> 01:39:01,136 Go, go, go! 1329 01:39:58,902 --> 01:40:00,404 Mechagodzilla! 1330 01:40:21,591 --> 01:40:24,936 Daito, we need you! Daito, now! 1331 01:40:25,094 --> 01:40:27,267 Get to the bridge. Go now, he's distracted. 1332 01:40:27,347 --> 01:40:28,348 Go, go, go. 1333 01:41:09,681 --> 01:41:10,682 Z! 1334 01:41:30,618 --> 01:41:31,619 Arty! 1335 01:41:31,703 --> 01:41:33,956 Get to the castle! Win the third key before they do! 1336 01:41:45,717 --> 01:41:46,935 What is that? 1337 01:41:47,093 --> 01:41:49,812 He's only got 30 seconds before changing back! 1338 01:42:01,024 --> 01:42:03,903 Daito, abort, abort! You got 10 seconds! 1339 01:42:18,583 --> 01:42:19,801 First to the egg! 1340 01:42:59,248 --> 01:43:00,545 Shit, it's her. 1341 01:43:20,603 --> 01:43:23,152 Arty! Arty! 1342 01:43:23,940 --> 01:43:26,159 Z! Got to get to the castle! 1343 01:43:32,490 --> 01:43:35,084 She never left. She's still here. 1344 01:43:38,037 --> 01:43:39,539 The girl's in the war room. 1345 01:44:17,702 --> 01:44:19,249 No, no, no. 1346 01:44:33,384 --> 01:44:35,933 Sho! Hang on! 1347 01:44:55,364 --> 01:44:56,957 No! 1348 01:45:19,430 --> 01:45:20,932 Arty, we've got this. You need to log out. 1349 01:45:21,349 --> 01:45:23,943 If the game is Adventure, why haven't they won yet? 1350 01:45:24,101 --> 01:45:25,819 I don't know. Arty, Arty. 1351 01:45:25,978 --> 01:45:27,901 I'm serious, Sorrento's crazy. He'll kill you. 1352 01:45:30,149 --> 01:45:31,617 What are you looking at? 1353 01:45:32,109 --> 01:45:33,861 There's nothing over there. 1354 01:45:34,904 --> 01:45:35,905 You're in trouble, aren't you? 1355 01:45:39,367 --> 01:45:42,746 Samantha, you know I love you. 1356 01:45:42,912 --> 01:45:44,130 Not the time, Z. 1357 01:45:44,288 --> 01:45:45,585 I can handle the challenge, 1358 01:45:45,748 --> 01:45:47,591 but I can't let you get hurt in the real world. 1359 01:45:48,834 --> 01:45:52,009 Get out of IOI, and meet us at River South. 1360 01:45:58,386 --> 01:45:59,933 Wade, no. 1361 01:46:00,096 --> 01:46:01,814 You'll forgive me for this, I promise. 1362 01:46:01,973 --> 01:46:03,100 Wade, no, no, no. 1363 01:46:13,234 --> 01:46:16,238 Get it together, Sixer. Back to respawn. 1364 01:46:16,696 --> 01:46:17,868 Let's go, move. 1365 01:46:18,030 --> 01:46:19,248 You're in. 1366 01:46:37,508 --> 01:46:39,977 Holy hand grenade! How much did that cost? 1367 01:46:40,136 --> 01:46:42,605 Less than it's gonna cost them. 1368 01:46:43,723 --> 01:46:45,225 What is that? 1369 01:46:55,610 --> 01:46:58,159 Sir, the gunters are approaching the challenge. 1370 01:46:58,321 --> 01:47:00,198 - i-R0k? - In position, sir. 1371 01:47:00,323 --> 01:47:01,324 Prepare my rig. 1372 01:47:01,616 --> 01:47:04,244 The ice is holding. Still going. 1373 01:47:14,587 --> 01:47:15,759 Wait. 1374 01:47:15,921 --> 01:47:17,048 He's trying to win. 1375 01:47:20,426 --> 01:47:22,975 Yeah! I won. 1376 01:47:26,474 --> 01:47:28,272 He lost. 1377 01:47:28,434 --> 01:47:30,437 Not Adventure. 1378 01:47:34,565 --> 01:47:38,866 Everyone who wins loses. 1379 01:47:39,028 --> 01:47:42,328 It's not about winning. It's about playing. 1380 01:47:43,449 --> 01:47:45,497 Remember Halliday's announcement. 1381 01:47:45,951 --> 01:47:48,204 The keys are invisible, and they're hidden in a dark room 1382 01:47:48,371 --> 01:47:50,339 that's at the center of a maze. 1383 01:47:50,956 --> 01:47:54,460 Well, there's a secret in Adventure, and you don't find it by winning. 1384 01:47:54,627 --> 01:47:57,051 You find it by wandering around in a dark room. 1385 01:47:57,546 --> 01:47:59,093 Until you get to the invisible dot. 1386 01:47:59,256 --> 01:48:00,803 It's pretty easy if you know what you're doing. 1387 01:48:00,966 --> 01:48:02,218 Really? 1388 01:48:03,135 --> 01:48:05,183 Let me finish it for you. 1389 01:48:09,475 --> 01:48:10,727 It's your last chance, Wade. 1390 01:48:11,394 --> 01:48:14,148 Last chance. Give me the key. 1391 01:48:14,313 --> 01:48:18,409 I give you 50 million in your account right now. 1392 01:48:19,360 --> 01:48:21,112 Why the hell would I ever do that? 1393 01:48:22,905 --> 01:48:24,578 Dude! That's the Cataclyst. 1394 01:48:24,865 --> 01:48:26,583 Now, personally, I don't care. 1395 01:48:26,742 --> 01:48:28,335 I'd just as soon never set foot in the OASIS again, 1396 01:48:28,494 --> 01:48:30,497 let alone have to deal with any of this absurdity. 1397 01:48:30,663 --> 01:48:33,963 But I know how important Halliday's competition is to you, so... 1398 01:48:35,876 --> 01:48:40,131 I will never let the future of the OASIS rest in your hands, Nolan Sorrento. 1399 01:48:40,297 --> 01:48:44,177 Well, that's fine. Three easy steps. One. 1400 01:48:44,343 --> 01:48:46,641 Wait, I thought you were bluffing. You know that kills all of us, right? 1401 01:48:46,804 --> 01:48:48,727 I've got 10 years' worth of shit inside of me. 1402 01:48:48,889 --> 01:48:50,391 Last chance. Two. 1403 01:48:50,558 --> 01:48:51,776 I'm not goin' out like that. 1404 01:48:51,934 --> 01:48:53,026 That's a camper move. 1405 01:48:53,185 --> 01:48:54,357 You don't even know how to activate an orb. 1406 01:49:06,782 --> 01:49:07,874 Yeah, I felt those. 1407 01:49:09,285 --> 01:49:11,379 But this is my world, Sorrento. 1408 01:49:15,332 --> 01:49:16,584 Hadouken! 1409 01:49:36,187 --> 01:49:38,656 - No, no, no! - Step three. 1410 01:49:38,814 --> 01:49:40,532 No, no, no! 1411 01:50:38,040 --> 01:50:39,713 Get me out of this thing. 1412 01:50:54,181 --> 01:50:55,519 Uh... 1413 01:50:55,599 --> 01:50:56,851 Guys? 1414 01:51:03,440 --> 01:51:05,283 Z. He's still alive! 1415 01:51:13,200 --> 01:51:14,998 Extra life. 1416 01:51:17,413 --> 01:51:18,835 Thanks, Curator. 1417 01:51:21,709 --> 01:51:22,836 Hold on. 1418 01:51:30,593 --> 01:51:32,596 Live feed in all OASIS channels. 1419 01:51:33,220 --> 01:51:35,644 Halliday's letting everyone watch the end of the contest. 1420 01:51:35,806 --> 01:51:37,024 That's so Halliday. 1421 01:51:37,182 --> 01:51:39,276 God damn it, we tried Adventure. 1422 01:51:39,435 --> 01:51:40,732 No, we tried to win it. 1423 01:51:40,895 --> 01:51:43,319 But the hidden room isn't at the end of the game. 1424 01:51:43,480 --> 01:51:46,234 You've gotta go straight to the invisible dot at the start. 1425 01:51:59,663 --> 01:52:00,664 Is that her? 1426 01:52:00,956 --> 01:52:04,961 Red hair, IOI uniform, doesn't know what planet she's on? 1427 01:52:05,044 --> 01:52:06,091 That's her. 1428 01:52:17,932 --> 01:52:20,651 I'm Toshiro. You know me as Daito. 1429 01:52:23,562 --> 01:52:24,609 Oh. 1430 01:52:27,358 --> 01:52:28,780 Hey, Arty. 1431 01:52:30,819 --> 01:52:34,824 Yeah, I know. Not what you were expecting, huh? 1432 01:52:34,990 --> 01:52:39,541 Yeah, I wasn't expecting a late '30s-model postal van. 1433 01:52:41,622 --> 01:52:42,623 Wade? 1434 01:52:43,332 --> 01:52:45,585 Wait, I thought the Cataclyst went off. How are you still playing? 1435 01:52:45,751 --> 01:52:48,254 Extra life, long story. Sorry I shot you. 1436 01:52:50,589 --> 01:52:52,057 Sho? 1437 01:52:52,216 --> 01:52:54,594 What? Do I have to wear a sign saying, 1438 01:52:54,760 --> 01:52:57,730 "I am 11 years old, shoot me first"? No, thanks. 1439 01:52:57,888 --> 01:53:00,060 - Dude, give me a hug. - Ninjas don't hug! 1440 01:53:00,140 --> 01:53:01,642 All right, everybody, hold on to somethin'. 1441 01:53:23,539 --> 01:53:24,836 Got you. 1442 01:53:28,585 --> 01:53:30,303 Come on, Nolan. Pick up. 1443 01:53:32,506 --> 01:53:35,055 F'Nale, tell me something good. 1444 01:53:35,342 --> 01:53:37,720 I've got a drone on their tail. I'm close. 1445 01:53:37,886 --> 01:53:38,933 Send me coordinates. 1446 01:53:39,096 --> 01:53:41,310 Maybe you should leave this to me, Nolan. 1447 01:53:43,183 --> 01:53:45,777 Nolan? Nolan. 1448 01:53:47,229 --> 01:53:48,356 Out. 1449 01:53:57,322 --> 01:53:59,791 Give me that. 1450 01:54:03,495 --> 01:54:05,213 What's goin' on out there? 1451 01:54:09,585 --> 01:54:12,054 The game is over for them. What are they watching? 1452 01:54:14,548 --> 01:54:16,846 The final key! It's being broadcast. 1453 01:54:18,927 --> 01:54:20,429 You see, 1454 01:54:20,596 --> 01:54:23,145 Warren Robinett was proud of Adventure. 1455 01:54:23,307 --> 01:54:25,526 He wanted people to know who was behind it. 1456 01:54:26,393 --> 01:54:28,942 That's why he created the first digital Easter egg 1457 01:54:29,104 --> 01:54:31,653 and to find it, you didn't even have to win. 1458 01:54:31,815 --> 01:54:35,820 You just had to blindly play, searching around 1459 01:54:35,986 --> 01:54:39,081 in rooms for an invisible dot. 1460 01:54:40,115 --> 01:54:42,539 You took the dot back to the main screen 1461 01:54:42,701 --> 01:54:47,173 and that's when you found the first Easter egg ever put in a video game. 1462 01:54:47,331 --> 01:54:48,583 The creator's name. 1463 01:55:13,273 --> 01:55:15,071 What's going on, man? I can't see shit. 1464 01:55:15,359 --> 01:55:16,736 Parzival just got the Crystal Key! 1465 01:55:32,042 --> 01:55:33,760 Do you want it or not? 1466 01:55:37,089 --> 01:55:38,887 Aech, what the hell's going on? 1467 01:55:39,174 --> 01:55:41,017 Just practicing my Mario Kart. What do you think? 1468 01:55:41,176 --> 01:55:43,224 IOI's trying to kill us, man! 1469 01:55:57,484 --> 01:55:59,657 Everyone watching, if you're in the Columbus stacks, 1470 01:55:59,820 --> 01:56:01,117 this is Parzival. 1471 01:56:01,280 --> 01:56:03,908 My real-world name is Wade Watts, and we're gonna need your help. 1472 01:56:04,074 --> 01:56:05,496 Aech, head for the stacks! 1473 01:56:05,659 --> 01:56:07,286 Okay, hold on! 1474 01:56:32,561 --> 01:56:34,529 Stick the key in, how hard is it? 1475 01:56:40,235 --> 01:56:41,407 Come on. 1476 01:56:48,869 --> 01:56:50,872 Yeah! Yes! 1477 01:57:07,095 --> 01:57:08,313 That's it? 1478 01:57:09,139 --> 01:57:10,186 Yeah, that's it. 1479 01:57:10,349 --> 01:57:15,355 Now, you just sign these papers, and the OASIS is yours. 1480 01:57:15,520 --> 01:57:19,650 You will be its sole proprietor. 1481 01:57:19,816 --> 01:57:21,284 That ain't so bad, is it? 1482 01:57:43,131 --> 01:57:44,178 I'm gonna need a second. 1483 01:58:12,869 --> 01:58:14,872 This is wrong. 1484 01:58:15,497 --> 01:58:18,376 This pen, this contract. 1485 01:58:21,628 --> 01:58:23,221 This is the moment that Halliday made Morrow 1486 01:58:23,380 --> 01:58:25,257 sign over his shares in Gregarious. 1487 01:58:25,966 --> 01:58:28,060 That was the biggest mistake of his life. 1488 01:58:28,635 --> 01:58:30,763 He knew that. 1489 01:58:32,514 --> 01:58:34,562 This can't be the end. 1490 01:58:35,767 --> 01:58:37,485 It's a test. 1491 01:58:42,024 --> 01:58:44,698 I won't make the same mistake you did. 1492 01:58:50,407 --> 01:58:52,284 Oh, good. 1493 01:58:54,995 --> 01:58:58,420 I just needed to be sure. 1494 01:59:12,429 --> 01:59:14,648 This is where you grew up. 1495 01:59:23,899 --> 01:59:26,277 Oh, that's just me a long time ago. 1496 01:59:26,860 --> 01:59:29,579 I like to have him around from time to time. 1497 01:59:30,447 --> 01:59:32,074 Hey, I have to show you something. 1498 01:59:32,741 --> 01:59:34,288 This... Come on. 1499 01:59:34,451 --> 01:59:36,124 This is the button. 1500 01:59:36,286 --> 01:59:39,415 If you push it, the whole simulation shuts down 1501 01:59:39,581 --> 01:59:43,051 and a tapeworm program will erase all of the backup servers. 1502 01:59:43,210 --> 01:59:46,464 So you now have the power to turn the OASIS off forever. 1503 01:59:46,963 --> 01:59:48,556 Do you understand? 1504 01:59:53,970 --> 01:59:54,971 Yeah, 1505 01:59:55,138 --> 01:59:56,936 try not to accidentally erase 1506 01:59:57,099 --> 01:59:59,773 the whole of the OASIS on your first day. 1507 02:00:09,152 --> 02:00:10,870 The stacks are straight ahead! 1508 02:00:26,670 --> 02:00:29,469 Well, I expect you have to go. I know I do. 1509 02:00:29,631 --> 02:00:32,009 So, now is the time for you to receive your prize 1510 02:00:32,175 --> 02:00:34,553 because you won all three keys. 1511 02:00:34,719 --> 02:00:38,724 Once you take this egg, the game will be over. 1512 02:00:39,433 --> 02:00:42,482 The egg, the egg... 1513 02:00:49,943 --> 02:00:52,196 We know what you did here. 1514 02:00:52,362 --> 02:00:55,662 You turn around and walk out of here while you still can. 1515 02:01:08,295 --> 02:01:10,673 I created the OASIS 1516 02:01:10,839 --> 02:01:14,514 because I never felt at home in the real world. 1517 02:01:15,594 --> 02:01:18,894 I just didn't know how to connect with the people there. 1518 02:01:20,056 --> 02:01:22,935 I was afraid for all of my life. 1519 02:01:23,560 --> 02:01:26,314 Right up until the day I knew my life was ending. 1520 02:01:31,943 --> 02:01:35,789 Now, that... That was when I realized that, 1521 02:01:36,948 --> 02:01:42,045 as terrifying and painful as reality can be, 1522 02:01:42,913 --> 02:01:46,918 it's also the only place 1523 02:01:48,585 --> 02:01:50,212 that you can get a decent meal. 1524 02:01:56,885 --> 02:01:58,387 Because 1525 02:02:00,138 --> 02:02:01,731 reality 1526 02:02:06,895 --> 02:02:08,397 is real. 1527 02:02:08,563 --> 02:02:10,281 You understand what I'm saying? 1528 02:02:12,108 --> 02:02:14,736 Yes. Yes, I do. 1529 02:02:24,538 --> 02:02:25,790 He did it. 1530 02:02:27,499 --> 02:02:28,967 He got the egg. 1531 02:02:29,793 --> 02:02:31,045 Hooray. 1532 02:02:32,212 --> 02:02:33,839 - No! - No! Please! 1533 02:03:07,414 --> 02:03:08,666 Hold it! 1534 02:03:10,750 --> 02:03:13,754 Drop the gun! Now! On the ground! 1535 02:03:14,504 --> 02:03:17,098 Turn around! Hands on your head. 1536 02:03:17,257 --> 02:03:18,804 Walk back towards me. 1537 02:03:34,524 --> 02:03:38,950 Mr. Halliday. Something I don't understand. 1538 02:03:39,779 --> 02:03:42,498 You're not an avatar, are you? 1539 02:03:43,116 --> 02:03:44,743 No. 1540 02:03:46,286 --> 02:03:48,289 Is Halliday really dead? 1541 02:03:49,956 --> 02:03:51,549 Yes. 1542 02:03:57,297 --> 02:03:59,049 Then what are you? 1543 02:04:02,302 --> 02:04:04,270 Goodbye, Parzival. 1544 02:04:05,930 --> 02:04:07,022 Thanks. 1545 02:04:08,558 --> 02:04:10,777 Thanks for playing my game. 1546 02:04:39,798 --> 02:04:41,095 Wade? 1547 02:04:42,509 --> 02:04:44,261 - Ogden Morrow? - Ogden Morrow? 1548 02:04:44,427 --> 02:04:46,054 You can call me "Og." 1549 02:04:46,221 --> 02:04:48,975 Now, there are some people out here that would very much like to meet you. 1550 02:04:49,557 --> 02:04:52,231 Wow, this is incredible. 1551 02:04:52,811 --> 02:04:55,565 It's an honor to meet you, Og, but I... 1552 02:04:59,776 --> 02:05:01,449 There's something I need to do first. 1553 02:05:05,365 --> 02:05:07,117 I'm not like Halliday. 1554 02:05:10,870 --> 02:05:12,918 I'm taking the leap. 1555 02:05:29,389 --> 02:05:30,607 We're looking for Wade Watts. 1556 02:05:32,517 --> 02:05:34,611 We need you to make a statement about the clip you sent in 1557 02:05:34,769 --> 02:05:36,692 of Nolan Sorrento's confession. 1558 02:05:36,980 --> 02:05:39,074 Uh, that was me. 1559 02:05:39,733 --> 02:05:42,282 What? I record everything in my workshop. 1560 02:05:48,700 --> 02:05:50,577 Help me out of this. 1561 02:05:56,916 --> 02:05:58,213 Who are you guys? 1562 02:05:59,210 --> 02:06:03,511 The people you need right now, lawyers. From Gregarious Games. 1563 02:06:06,342 --> 02:06:07,969 They want your signature, Wade. 1564 02:06:15,935 --> 02:06:18,029 I'm splitting it with my clan. 1565 02:06:18,188 --> 02:06:19,986 We're gonna run things together. 1566 02:06:24,527 --> 02:06:26,575 That's a good choice. 1567 02:06:54,516 --> 02:06:57,565 F'Nale, listen to me very carefully. 1568 02:07:06,778 --> 02:07:09,532 Mr. Morrow... I mean, Og, 1569 02:07:09,697 --> 02:07:10,994 how'd you get here so fast? 1570 02:07:11,157 --> 02:07:13,330 I flew from the stars on my magic sleigh. 1571 02:07:13,910 --> 02:07:16,334 Everyone's been watching. 1572 02:07:16,496 --> 02:07:19,716 Of course, I've been watching a little closer than most. 1573 02:07:23,753 --> 02:07:25,175 You? 1574 02:07:25,672 --> 02:07:26,890 You're the Curator? 1575 02:07:30,635 --> 02:07:32,854 Well played, Parzival. 1576 02:07:34,097 --> 02:07:35,974 Jim told me nothing about the contest, 1577 02:07:36,140 --> 02:07:39,360 so there was no rule about me losing a bet to a smart kid. 1578 02:07:39,519 --> 02:07:41,192 Not that you needed my help. 1579 02:07:42,146 --> 02:07:46,117 You figured out that Kira was the key on your own. 1580 02:07:46,484 --> 02:07:49,112 Yeah, but... Kira wasn't the key. 1581 02:07:50,446 --> 02:07:52,323 It was you, Mr. Morrow. 1582 02:07:54,450 --> 02:07:56,123 You were the Rosebud. 1583 02:07:56,286 --> 02:07:58,505 And Halliday's biggest regret was 1584 02:08:00,206 --> 02:08:01,799 losing his only friend. 1585 02:08:06,045 --> 02:08:08,218 You know, Jim used to say the OASIS 1586 02:08:08,381 --> 02:08:10,850 was never supposed to be a one-player game. 1587 02:08:14,554 --> 02:08:17,182 Now, who do we have here? 1588 02:08:17,348 --> 02:08:19,851 Oh. Well, look who it is. 1589 02:08:20,018 --> 02:08:21,611 It's my heroes, the High Five. 1590 02:08:21,769 --> 02:08:23,271 - You must be Art3mis. - Samantha. 1591 02:08:23,438 --> 02:08:25,236 The High Five took over the OASIS, 1592 02:08:25,398 --> 02:08:26,866 and the first thing we did 1593 02:08:27,025 --> 02:08:30,370 was sign Ogden Morrow to a non-exclusive consultancy. 1594 02:08:30,528 --> 02:08:33,373 The salary, per his demand, 1595 02:08:33,531 --> 02:08:36,626 was 25 cents. One quarter. 1596 02:08:39,996 --> 02:08:42,249 With his guidance, our second move was to ban 1597 02:08:42,415 --> 02:08:45,089 any loyalty centers from accessing the OASIS. 1598 02:08:45,877 --> 02:08:49,302 IOI had no choice. They shut 'em all down. 1599 02:08:52,091 --> 02:08:54,560 The third thing we did wasn't as popular. 1600 02:08:55,094 --> 02:08:58,223 We closed the OASIS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1601 02:08:59,098 --> 02:09:01,442 I know, it sounds like a weird move, 1602 02:09:01,601 --> 02:09:04,480 but people need to spend more time in the real world. 1603 02:09:06,147 --> 02:09:09,071 'Cause, like Halliday said, 1604 02:09:09,233 --> 02:09:13,579 reality is the only thing that's real.