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like the civilian stuff.

Tells you which turns to take,

all that.

But it's a mil-spec network.

USG satellite coverage.

You know, faster real time,

never glitches.

You'll love it.

All right, well,

just don't void the warranty.

(CHUCKLING)

WOMAN:
System upgraded.

- ED:
Yeah, buddy.

- Nice one.

All right.

Yeah. You're welcome.

ED:
I've gotta say, Mike, you've

got a lot of old stuff here

for a new-build, seriously.

MIKE:
Where the hell were you

when my tech team

was building the app?

I was working for someone else.

Say, can I get

your wi-fi password?

MIKE:
It's just reganhome1.

- ED:
One word?

- MIKE:
Yeah.

Who were you working for?

ED:
The government.

Really?

Is that where

you learned your stuff?

Mostly. I was recruited

straight out of college.

MIKE:
No sh*t. To do what?

- Oh, signals, intel stuff.

- Really?

What do you mean?

I'm not really

supposed to talk about it.

Got it.

Hey, you know that

the smart panels in your home

have got built-in cameras,

right?

Yeah, I had 'em disabled.

I like my privacy.

Privacy's over, Mike.

It's a whole new world now.

Well, I'll hold onto it

for as long as I can.

All right, good luck with that.

What do you mean?

Privacy isn't a right,

it's a privilege.

You're not serious?

The U.S. Constitution contains

no expressed right to privacy.

Really?

First amendment,

privacy of the home,

third amendment,

privacy of the person,

fourth and fifth, privilege

against self-incrimination,

but nowhere does it say,

"You have the inalienable

right to privacy."

Well, I'm talking about

all this internet stuff.

I mean, all this crap

where I can't take a sh*t

without someone's opinion,

you know?

You know, what I mean is,

I don't think it's making

anyone's life better.

Well, I guess it just depends on

what your life was

to begin with, you know?

I'll be back in a jiffy.

I just gotta get something

from my car.

(BEEPING)

(SIZZLING)

Well, that's just about

everything.

It all should be running much

faster and smoother by now.

Good, really appreciate it, Ed.

You know Rose.

This is our daughter, Kaitlyn.

- Hi.

- KAITLYN:
Hey.

Honey, this is Ed,

our new IT guy.

- Nice to meet you, Ed.

- Nice to meet you, too, Rose.

MIKE:
Come, relax, join us.

Well, I should probably

get going, my girlfriend...

Ah, come on, let's have a drink.

Just one. There you go.

Kaitlyn, watch the steaks.

Come on, good man.

- (GLASSES CLINKING)

- MIKE:
Enjoy.

You have a beautiful home, Mike.

Beautiful payments, too.

Tell me something,

did you really learn all

your stuff from the government?

- I was with the NSA.

- No sh*t?

- The NSA?

- ED:
Yeah.

Hang on, picture of me here

in Kandahar.

MIKE:
Would you look at that.

Why'd you leave?

Oh, you see things, and...

I don't like talking about it.

It's crazy, what they do.

Ed, that presentation you came

in and saved the other day?

Your Omni app?

- Yeah, I signed the NDA.

- Yeah, I know, I know.

Well, when that thing goes,

I'm gonna need guys like you.

And there's great opportunities

to be had, I promise you.

So...

stick around, Ed.

I hear you, I will.

MAN:
Channel 5 Weather Center

just to update you

on the line

of severe thunderstorms

that extends from up

near Sherman to about Denton,

then down to the north and west.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

(HOUSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(BEEPING)

(BEEPING)

PATRICK:
You're in a precarious

situation, Mike.

You're overextended.

MIKE:
I know.

You need capital

to finance the Omni project,

which is what

your investors are for.

Securitized loans.

Now, if the SEC approve them,

you launch your IPO.

If they don't,

you have to liquidate,

and your fleet goes to auction

for pennies on the dollar.

What does your gut say?

PATRICK:
The SEC sent me

a preliminary report.

I think we're on firm ground,

it's just...

they'll issue the final decision

very soon.

So we're good then?

PATRICK:
Unless something new

comes to light, yeah.

It won't, will it, Mike?

No.

That's everything.

- MIKE:
Good morning.

- WOMAN:
Good morning, Mr. Regan.

Can you put this

on my desk, please?

Thank you.

Good morning.

- WOMAN:
Good morning, Mr. Regan.

- MIKE:
I'm coming.

WOMAN:
I'll do that right away.

Yeah, I'll see you at three.

MIKE:
Andy,

good morning to you.

ANDY:
Hey, Mike.

- MIKE:
It's all good?

- We're good.

Hot-shot here defragged it.

Your boy Ed knows his stuff.

Glad to hear it. Good man, Ed.

Thank you.

MIKE:
Come on, Andy, smile.

Come on now, there you go, Andy.

(BEEPING)

(BELL CHIMING)

(ED PANTING)

- WOMAN:
Yeah, really.

- (LAUGHING)

WOMAN:
Yeah.

MAN:
Let me show you this.

MIKE:
All right, let's see

what you're looking at here.

ROSE:
Are you trying

to get me drunk?

Yes. Yes, I am.

How did you know?

(SPRINKLER WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

(MUSIC PLAYING

IN THE BACKGROUND)

MIKE:
Yep. I got it.

ED:
Evening, Mike.

Ed?

What are you doing here, Ed?

Err, Kaitlyn,

she... she texted me.

Well, if she did, she...

she made a mistake.

This is family friends.

Oh.

Oh, I'm sorry, um...

Take the wine, it's from Spain.

No thanks.

I should probably...

I should probably get going.

MIKE:
Have a good night.

- Who was it?

- Nobody.

(SIGHING)

Kate, you can't

invite people to dinner

without asking me

or your mother first.

Are we clear?

Invite who?

I didn't invite anybody.

Is everybody okay for drinks?

- Are we okay?

- WOMAN:
Yeah.

(LABORED BREATHING)

- (NEW WAVE MUSIC PLAYING)

- (HEAVY BREATHING)

(SINGING ALONG TO MUSIC)

(ED SCREAMING)

(SCREAM ECHOING)

(BEEPING)

(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

Come on, Kaitlyn, Katie!

- ROSE:
Hey.

- Katie!

- You gotta be kidding me.

- Do not make a scene.

ED:
Wow,

they're playing great, huh?

Right?

What are you doing here, Ed?

Oh, Kaitlyn asked me online.

Yeah.

What, you two are

talking together online?

Yeah, yeah. She just said,

"Come see my team play."

Here I am.

(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

Yeah!

MIKE:
You're getting very

good at this, sweetheart.

- ROSE:
You really are, honey.

- KAITLYN:
Thank you.

ED:
Hey, you guys did great

out there.

KAITLYN:
Ed!

Hey.

- ROSE:
Are you hungry?

- Yeah, I'm starving.

Good, let's go

get something to eat.

- Sounds great.

- (MIKE SIGHING)

Ed, this is a kind

of family thing.

You know what I mean? Sunday,

dinner, that kind of thing.

Oh, sure.

Hey, and thanks for stopping by.

ED:
See you at work.

Bye, Rose.

- Kaitlyn.

- KAITLYN:
Bye.

ED:
Enjoy your dinner!

I don't know why

you had to be so mean to him.

- I am not being mean to him.

- He could've come.

I'm just setting boundaries,

that's all.

He works for me,

he's not family.

Okay, well, I think he's nice.

Yeah,

and he's a lot older than you.

- He's 28, he told me.

- And you're 17.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(BEEPING)

(MOANING)

(GASPING)

(BEEPING)

(MOANING)

(MOANING)

(SIGHING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES

PLAYING FROM RADIO)

(KAITLYN SIGHING)

(TV PLAYING IN BACKGROUND)

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