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when you're not pretending to be an FBI agent?

- It's that apparent?

- Yeah.

You're not concerned? Me crashing the party?

Please. I've played in clubs for years.

Had to deal with drunks, hecklers,

and angry waitresses, one of which is my ex-wife.

I have an eye for that

and you wouldn't be on my dangerous list.

Good. That's good.

Yeah. Besides, Secret Service already flagged you

and I said you were OK.

- Too fast?

- No, I'm fine.

No, I'm...

So, what do you really do?

Um...

Well, I-I did work

for Delacroy Voting Systems.

But they had... cutbacks.

I... Laid off.

Laid off? I thought they were making

the big bucks. That's weird.

Well, it was a small cutback, actually.

It was a very small cutback, actually.

Just me.

Oh, so would "fired"

be more appropriate than "cutback"?

- Well, if you wanna be picky...

- Oh, picky.

...with words, then yes,

then I guess fired...

fired would be it.

May I ask why?

- Oh, none of my business.

- It is.

Look, you're having such a good time.

I don't wanna spoil it.

You have to do the birthday toast now.

OK, I'll be right there. Yeah.

Listen.

We're staffing up right now and...

- Staffing up?

- Yeah.

Tom. 60 seconds. OK.

- Oh, staffing up? No, that's not what I meant.

- OK.

- That's not why I'm here.

- That's all right. This is my personal cell.

And, you know, if you need anything,

you call. OK?

Yeah! Yes, indeed!

To Jack Menken, a man who once said:

"If Mama Cass had shared a sandwich with

Karen Carpenter, they both would be alive today. "

I... I'm sorry.

He's so sensitive, someone once asked,

"What do you think of gay marriage?"

and he said, "I think gays have a right

to be just as miserable as the rest of us. "

To Jack Menken, an incredible human being.

- A great manager.

- A great manager.

- Made you a star.

- Mm-hm.

Made you the President,

and by doing so has put me out of work.

God bless him.

God bless Jack Menken!

- Danny, hi.

- Hey. Where the hell are you?

Are you alone?

This is your cellphone?

- Yeah, why? What's going on?

- Paranoid, I guess.

I got a chance to meet him. Dobbs.

You didn't tell him, did you? I mean...

No, but he should know, don't you think?

Let it go. Nothing good can possibly come

from revealing what happened.

Is anyone trying to figure out

what happened with the system?

I don't know. You know,

it's not the sort of thing that I'd hear about.

They'd be going through the private channels

for that sort of thing. You know how that goes.

Ellie?

Good night, Danny.

- James Hemmings' office.

- Yes, is Mr. Hemmings in? This is Tom Dobbs.

- Just a minute.

- Mm-hm?

It's a Tom Dobbs. Is that the Tom Dobbs,

President-Elect Dobbs?

- Well, did you ask?

- No. I was too embarrassed to.

All right.

- James Hemmings.

- James. Tom Dobbs, president-elect.

Uh... yes, sir. Yes, of course.

I know this is a little out of the ordinary,

but did you have an employee named Eleanor Green?

Uh, yeah. Um... Is something wrong?

I need some information.

Strictly confidential, just between you and me.

Yeah, well... I mean,

well, you know, where do I begin?

I know that she was fired by Delacroy.

Mm. Uh, look, I'm a little confused. Is she...

- is she applying for a job with you?

- No.

Did you meet with her personally?

Yes. That's how I knew that she was

a Delacroy employee and that she was fired.

- Yeah. Yeah. Did she add to that?

- Add what?

Did she mention that she had

a bad drug problem? She had a breakdown here.

- She had to be hospitalized.

- No, she didn't mention that.

I'm surprised she's there.

She should be in drug rehab.

That's weird. She doesn't seem like the type.

Do you know how I might reach her?

- I guess we both have a problem in that area.

- Yeah. Yeah.

Look, if I hear anything I'll contact you.

Delacroy Systems has completed a deal

with the European Common Market

which will invest in their computer voting system.

With this announcement,

Delacroy stock has jumped 37% on the Big Board.

Come on!

S.

- Yeah, there are two of them.

- All right.

- 900.

- N.

Yeah, two N's.

That'll get you on the board with $1800.

- 800.

- L?

Yeah, there are two of them.

Got almost $3,000 in that kitty.

I'd like to buy a vowel.

I'd like to buy an I.

Well, there are two I's.

- It'd be a good time to find a letter or two.

- M.

Or three. Yes.

Double G's before double L's.

Double B's before double G's.

Yes! Yes!

Double G's before double L's.

Double B's before double G's.

It's alphabetical.

It's alphabetical.

OK. You mean to tell me that we didn't shut down

her access when we let her go?

- Evidently not.

- That's smart.

Her ID's showing up in the log. She's been in

the mainframe, poking around the code depository.

- Do we know where she is?

- Not yet, but we will.

- What's the matter?

- You know. I'm unhappy.

You're unhappy about what?

- What do you think I'm unhappy about?

- You agreed to play the turkey.

- I never agreed.

- It's not a big deal. All you do is cluck.

First of all, we don't cluck, we gobble, OK? And if

it's not such a big deal, why don't you be the turkey?

- You want me to be the turkey?

- Yeah, come on.

- You want me to be the turkey?

- Yeah.

Tom here.

- Hi.

- Eleanor, is that you?

- Yes.

- How do you turn the music down?

We're having a little post-Thanksgiving outing.

Can I pick you up?

An outing?

No, I-I had something I had to tell you.

Good, good. Give me an address.

Eleanor! We're going paintballing.

I brought you some camouflage and thermals

'cause it's gonna be cold up there. Follow me, men.

- What?

- Cold.

I can't believe it.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

- Are you all right?

- No!

- I'm out.

- Well, thank God.

I'm out of ammo!

The president-elect's just been shot.

He's dead. Let's go round them up.

What a pleasant way to spend the day, huh?

Killing your friends?

That's all the exercise I'm ever gonna need.

- Did that hurt?

- Yeah. Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Hey.

Tom, could I talk to you for a minute?

Sure. We have to walk away

from those who have listening devices.

Um... do they have listening devices?

No, they can't hear.

Well, they hear each other, but not us.

OK.

Um...

Because I haven't been...

uh...

I haven't been forthright with you

about certain things.

Maybe "forthright"... God.

Forthright isn't the word I'm looking for.

Maybe I haven't disclosed enough, and that really

isn't easy for me, especially now that I know you...

I mean, OK, I don't know you.

I mean, I know you...

No, I know you because you're Tom Dobbs,

I know you, but I don't really know you...

You got a lot of setup here.

You don't need that much.

It's too much of a lead-in.

Just the punch line.

- You're going to be President of the United States.

- Yeah.

- Maybe that's not so bad.

- I hope.

Oh, God. Oh, God. I worked at Delacroy

and I worked so hard, and I cared.

I cared so much, and I am so full of guilt.

I can make this a lot easier for you.

What do you mean? How?

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