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[Sighs] They have a big, big horse race.

They play very good basketball.

They have babies like everyone else.

That sounds like a nice place.

Never been there.

Your wife, what is she like?

Shes young, bright.

I was married before, you know,

but she died.

TANYA:
Oh, lm sorry.

FLOYD:
Yeah, so was l.

We have a daughter whos 17.

I met Caroline four years later...

...and we have a son, five.

And you?

My husband is a physician

at the university hospital.

TANYA:
We have a daughter.

FLOYD:
How old?

Shes four.

FLOYD:
Blonde?

TANYA:
Yes.

Good. Our son likes blondes.

Lets get em together.

Yes....

Maybe.

FLOYD:
Nice if we have a world

they can get together in.

FLOYD:
What do you think that is?

TANYA:
I dont know.

Do you think Max knows?

Dr. Floyd, you are not a very practical man.

Look out there.

Tell me what practical is.

[Low humming]

Understand, nobody can talk.

The accents will confuse him.

He can understand me, so if you have

any questions, please let me ask them.

CHANDRA:
Good morning, Hal.

HAL:
Good morning, Dr. Chandra.

CHANDRA:
Do you feel capable of resuming

all of your duties?

HAL:
Of course.

I am completely operational and

all my circuits are functioning perfectly.

CHANDRA:
Thats good.

Do you know what those duties are?

HAL:
Yes. I will operate the

onboard systems of Discovery.

There is a launch window in 31 days...

...when Earth is in the proper position.

There is enough fuel on board

for a low consumption route...

...that will enable Discovery

to return in 28 months.

This will not present a problem.

CHANDRA:
Thats very good.

Now, Hal,

do you mind if I ask you a question?

HAL:
Not at all.

Do you recall Dave Bowman

and Frank Poole leaving the Discovery?

HAL:
Certainly not.

That could never have happened

or I would remember it.

Where are Frank and Dave?

CHANDRA:
Theyre fine.

Theyre not here right now.

HAL:
Who are these people?

I can only identify you...

...although I compute a 65% probability

that the man behind you is Dr. Floyd.

CHANDRA:
Dont worry, Hal.

Ill explain everything later.

HAL:
Has the mission been completed?

You know that I have

the greatest enthusiasm for it.

The mission has been completed

and youve carried out...

...your program very well.

And now, Hal,

if you will excuse us for a moment...

...we wish to have a private conversation.

HAL:
Certainly.

What was that all about?

Ive erased all of Hals memory

from the moment the trouble started.

The 9,000 Series

uses holographic memories...

...so chronological erasures

would not work.

CHANDRA:
I made a tapeworm.

You made a what?

Its a program thats fed into a system...

...that will hunt down and destroy

any desired memories.

Wait.

Do you know why Hal did what he did?

Yes. It wasnt his fault.

Whose fault was it?

Yours.

FLOYD:
Mine?

CHANDRA:
Yours.

In going through Hals memory banks

I discovered his original orders.

You wrote those orders.

Discovery's mission to Jupiter was

in the advanced planning stages...

...when the first monolith was found

on the moon and sent its signal to Jupiter.

By direct presidential order, the existence

of that monolith was kept secret.

So?

So as the function of the command crew,

Bowman and Poole,

was to get Discovery to its destination,

it was decided that

they shouldnt be informed.

The investigative team was trained

and put in hibernation...

...before the voyage began.

Since Hal was capable of operating

Discovery unassisted, it was decided...

...that he should be programmed

to complete the mission autonomously...

...in case the crew

was incapacitated or killed.

He was given full knowledge

of the true objective...

...and instructed not to reveal anything

to Bowman or Poole.

CHANDRA:
He was instructed to lie.

FLOYD:
What are you talking about?

I didnt authorize anyone to tell Hal

about the monolith.

CHANDRA:
The directive is NSC 3-4-2/2-3,

Top Secret, January 30, 2001.

FLOYD:
NSC, National Security Council,

the White House.

CHANDRA:
I dont care who it is.

The situation is in conflict

with the basic purpose of Hals design...

...the accurate processing of information

without distortion or concealment.

He became trapped.

The technical term is

an H. Mbius loop, which...

...can happen in advanced computers

with autonomous goal-seeking programs.

The goddamn White House!

I dont believe it.

Hal was told to lie...

...by people who find it easy to lie.

Hal doesnt know how,

so he couldnt function.

CHANDRA:
He became paranoid.

Those sons of b*tches!

I didnt know.

I didnt know!

RESIDENT:
We have here

Mrs. Jessie Bowman, age 77.

She's the mother of the astronaut

who died.

She's been in the nursing home

for six months.

Four weeks ago, she collapsed in her room.

She was comatose when we got to her.

She was worked up and found

to have suffered a massive C.V.A...

...in the left parietal and frontal lobes.

The CAT scan showed a massive bleed.

She has been comatose

since her admission...

...and is unable to have

spontaneous respiration.

There is no response to stimuli.

She has had two episodes of pneumonia

and is febrile.

CHIEF:
Whats her temperature?

RESIDENT:
39.5.

Weve been giving her

intravenous antibiotics for ten days.

CHIEF:
Any change?

Physical therapy?

RESIDENT:
Range of motion four times a

day, and shes turned every 30 minutes.

CHIEF:
Thank you.

INTERCOM:
Dr. Detchum, Dr. Detchum, 35.

[Cardiographs beeping]

Dr. Craig, Dr. Craig, Room 5.

Dr. Craig, Room 5, please.

[Mysterious music]

Dr. Craig, Room 5, please.

[Cardiograph beeping rapidly]

INTERCOM:
All hands to the Ward Room.

All hands to the Ward Room, please.

MILSON:

This is a most difficult announcement.

As you know, things have not been

going well back home.

Well, it's gotten worse, a lot worse.

Yesterday a Soviet destroyer

challenged the blockade.

Several warning shots were fired

across her bow. She did not respond.

A second volley was fired.

There still was no response. None.

The nuclear destroyer U.S.S. Cunningham

launched two of her Falcon missiles.

Both struck the Soviet vessel amidship.

She broke in two and sunk.

Eight hundred of her crew were lost.

This morning...

...an American surveillance satellite

was struck by a Soviet laser...

...fired from the Sergei Kirov

Space Station.

The American satellite was destroyed.

The United States has broken off

diplomatic relations with Russia.

All ambassadors have been recalled.

The Soviet ambassador has been expelled

along with the entire staff.

All American air defense and

satellite defense forces are on full alert.

Premier Ulonova made a televised address

and said that technically...

...a state of war exists between

our two countries.

All American personnel are ordered

to leave Soviet territory immediately...

...or they will be placed under arrest.

All Russian personnel are similarly ordered

to evacuate American territory.

As a result, by direct presidential order,

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