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They're all in need

of intensive psychiatric care.

Now, you seem

to be functioning reasonably well...

so far.

I'd like to find out why...

and I think an analysis

of one of your hallucinations...

would be the right place to start.

Will it hurt?

It won't hurt you.

You might catch yourself

sliding in and out...

of a hallucinatory state

after this is all over.

If you do, just relax and enjoy it.

It'll soon go away.

But for now, I think that

you'll find a little S-and-M...

will be necessary to trigger off

a good, healthy series of hallucinations.

That's why our Videodrome show is so strange.

Something to do with the effects of exposure

to violence on the nervous system.

It opens up receptors

in the brain and the spine...

and that allows

the Videodrome signal to sink in.

You mean I'm gonna have

to hurt you, Barry?

'Fraid not. You don't have

to actually hurt anybody.

You just have to think about it.

Wha-a-a -That's too bright!

I can't take it!

- Yes! I forgot! Sorry! How's that?

- Sh*t.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's fine.

Okay, we're rolling.

The taping mechanism

is all self-contained.

You don't have to do

anything now but hallucinate.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

I'll come back for you later.

You'll forgive me if I don't

stay around to watch.

I just can't cope with the freaky stuff.

Nicki?

- Nicki.

- Well, here we are at last...

right where we oughta be:

On Videodrome.

What are you waiting for, lover?

Let's perform.

Let's open those neural floodgates.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

What's going on, Professor O'Blivion?

I mean, really.

Oh.

Oh, Masha.

Harlan...

it's Max.

Can you come over to my apartment?

Right away.

Yeah, I'm serious.

- Come on in.

- Well, here I am, patrn.

Camera. Flashgun. What's up?

You wanna be a centerfold?

I want you to go

into my bedroom...

and I want you to take a look

at what's in my bed.

Uncover it. Don't be shy.

I want pictures.

- Pictures of what's in your bed?

- Yeah. Do it.

Sure. Okay.

Oh, God.

Well?

Max.

I don't see anything.

You didn't just want me to shoot

your bed, pillows, sheets...

did you?

- It's disa -

- Max, are you in some kind of drug warp?

I've got friends who can help.

Bridey said she came by

a couple of days ago. You were-

Did you tape Videodrome

last night?

If it was transmitted,

the machine would've caught it.

I'll meet you in the lab in one hour.

I wanna see it.

- Jeez, it's not even 7:00 a.m.

- I'm not f***ing around! Do you understand?

Well, f*** you. I'm not some f***ing

servomechanism you can switch on.

You want me to run around like an a**hole,

tell me what I'm doing it for.

Otherwise, I'll see you

during office hours, patrn.

Harlan... you're right.

It's momentum. I'm runnin' like an express

train here. I don't know how to stop.

Look, I'll meet you

in the lab in one hour.

Okay? And then we'll see if we pulled in

any Videodrome last night...

and I'll tell you what's going on.

Everything. I promise.

Okay?

Okay. I'm sorry

if I freaked out on you.

- I don't work with you for the money.

- I know that.

With pirates, it's never

just for the money, is it?

You want a cup of cof- No, look.

I'll meet you in the lab in an hour.

Come on in.

Did you look at the tape?

- Did you see me on Videodrome?

- There was no tape.

There was no Videodrome

transmission last night?

Not last night.

- Aw, f***!

- Not ever.

What -What are you talking about?

I'm out of my depth now, patrn.

I had to bring in the reinforcements.

Max.

An intriguing combination.

Very interesting.

- Don't let me interrupt.

- I think I was saying something like...

"What are you talking about?"

I was playing you tapes, Max.

Prerecorded cassettes.

Videodrome has never been transmitted

on an open broadcast circuit.

Not yet.

I guess Barry sent you here,

what, two years ago?

It has been... two years,

hasn't it, Harlan?

Two. Two wonderful years.

Why?

To get you involved.

To expose you

to the Videodrome signal.

It didn't affect you because

you never watched it!

You knew what was there.

You didn't have to see it.

It really does work

on just about anybody.

Anybody who watches it, Max.

But why would anybody watch it?

Why would anybody watch

a scum show like Videodrome?

Why did you watch it, Max?

- Business reasons.

- Sure. Sure.

What about the other reasons?

Why deny you get your kicks

out of watching torture and murder?

You murdered Brian O'Blivion,

didn't you, you freak?

Did you enjoy that?

North America's getting soft, patrn.

And the rest of the world

is getting tough.

Very, very tough.

We're entering savage new times...

and we're going to have to be pure...

and direct...

and strong...

if we're gonna survive them.

Now, you and this, uh...

cesspool you call a television station...

and, uh, your people

who wallow around in it...

and, uh, your viewers...

who watch you do it -

you're rotting us away

from the inside.

We intend to stop that rot.

We're gonna start

with Channel 83, Max.

We're gonna use it for our first authentic

transmissions of Videodrome.

I have a hunch it's gonna be

very popular... for a while.

I've gotta be hallucinating now, right?

I mean...

you two can't possibly be for real.

Ah, we did record

your hallucinations, Max...

as I said we would.

And we did analyze them.

You're ready for something new.

That's terrific.

What do you, uh -

What do you want from me?

I want you to open up, Max.

Open up to me.

I've got something

I want to play for you.

Oh, my God!

We want Channel 83, Max.

Give it to us.

Give us Channel 83.

Kill your partners.

Kill them.

Kill your partners

and give us Channel 83.

Aah.

Give us Channel 83.

Kill your partners.

Kill them.

Kill your partners

and give us Channel 83.

Hello, Max.

How ya doin', Max?

Where's Moses?

He's in a meeting with Rafe.

I'll tell him you want him.

Don't.

We dub in a funny track. Gentle comedy.

Mm-hmm.

And you'd be the one to write it?

Yeah. Yeah, I would. I used to write

in high school, then I lost it.

Hi, Max.

You're just in time to throw some light

on an interesting problem.

Don't.

Max.

What the f***?

Jesus!

It was from the boardroom!

Max, what happened?

Are you hurt?

- They killed -They-

- What happened?

- They killed us!

- What happened?

Jesus! Look out!

Help!

In here! In here!

Get out! Just clear outta here!

Come - Get out!

Let me see.

Max!

Max.

Kill Bianca O'Blivion.

She knows too much.

She can hurt us.

Don't let her hurt us, Max.

Kill her.

Kill Bianca O'Blivion.

Bianca O'Blivion.

I run Civic TV.

I was on a talk show

with your father.

So it was to be you after all.

You've come to kill me.

No. No, I'm Max Renn.

I run Civic TV. I don't-

- I don't kill people.

- Oh, but you do.

You're an assassin now

for Videodrome.

They can program you.

They can play you

like a videotape recorder.

They can make you do

what they want...

and they want you to destroy

whatever is left of Brian O'Blivion.

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