"[howling]" "[chatter]" "[mice squeaking]" "[static]" "The bus just passed me at Locomotive Row." "The road behind is clean." "They're not followed." "[Announcer on TV] Missile Mike Mighty!" "Citizen Mike takes on the whole of Northeast Asia single-handed." "The Army deserts him, leaving him alone to face the mass division strike of" "Hi." "Tsk tsk tsk." "I'm doing a survey on this kind of mindless violence and its effect on the mi-mi-mi-minors." "Do you believe all that killing is necessary?" "Does is sc-sc-sc-scare you?" "Me?" "Yes." "Yes." "You with that plank on w-w-w-wheels." "What is its effect-t-t-t on you?" "You can see me?" "Well, that was a fasc-fasc- fascinating discussion, and I think you've answered my question, thank you-ou-ou." "Thank you for your help." "[Male singer on TV] ♪ Missile Mike ♪" " [train horn honks] - [gunfire on TV]" "[cheering]" "[Announcer] Okay!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Welcome to the sport of kids!" "This is raking!" "Jack, your people at Network 23 will love this deal." "This game's gonna slay 'em!" "My favorite" " Hot Shot." "Look at him." "He's got breeding." "Good reach." "It's more than swing." "My cred's on Viper." "[Announcer] Here's Viper, the home champion!" "Give him a big yell, fans!" "[men arguing]" "Okay, get your hands together in a big welcome for the most famous raker..." "Kill him for me, kid." "There might be a bonus in it." "Yeah." "Coming up." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Let's go." "[Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the Scorpion!" "It's going to be a good night." "Hey, give me a hundred creds on Hot Shot right now." "Okay." "Raking is going to be very, very big." "We got a chance to come in on the ground floor." "I mean, this could be big-- bigger than scumball." "[engine revs]" "You'll love it." "Trust me." "[Announcer] So let's hear it for the hottest rakers!" "Martinez, what do you want, beer or cola?" "Give me a beer." "After all, I'm not flying you anywhere for a while." "For now I'm just a couch jockey." "I've probably forgotten how to fly a chopper." "♪ Missile Mike ♪" "Here. better for your teeth." "Yeah." "♪ When there's trouble, Missile Mike is... ♪" "God, I hate waiting for something to happen." " Yep." " ♪ Missile Mike ♪" "♪ Missile Mike ♪" "♪ Missile Mike ♪" "♪ Missile Mike ♪" "♪ Missile Mike ♪" "It's quieter than a grave out there." "What do we have as stand-by?" "Producer dies of boredom." "[Theora chuckles]" "I'm going for coffee." "You want one?" " No, thanks." " [fighters on TV grunting]" "[Edison on TV] You may not realize that here in the Fringes people eat what they can catch." "[Man] I wish we'd get a call." "Theora." "It's Winnie." "Winnie." "Why on earth are you calling me?" "Shawn didn't want me to, but I" " I didn't know who else to call." "Hold on a second." "I'm going to isolate the call from the databank record." "We can talk freely in a minute." "Okay, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "Shawn's in trouble, and..." "I don't know what to do." " Where is he?" " [Man] Who's on the phone?" "I can't" "No, Shawn, don't." "I told you never to call her." "You never shut up, Winnie." "Just like that stupid TV built with no way to shut you off." "She's your sister." "I don't have a sister anymore." "I'm doing it for you." "For him." " David." " Theora." "Sit down." "Link to Edison Carter." " Edison Carter?" "But" " Don't worry about it." " Carter?" "But" " It's okay." "It's dead." "There's nothing." "You have control." "Talk to me, somebody." "Wake me up." "Murray." "[Max] Murray." "Somebody except Max." "Murray, I don't want to keep-- I don't want to keep" "I don't want to keep chewing on an old bone, but" "[Man] Missile Mike!" "I'm talking about lives." "Just how d-d-d-dangerous is this person?" "Does anybody know what he's talking about?" "I'm talking about this guy-guy-g-g-guy with the inexhaustible ammunition-tion-tion-- ammunition supply." "99 lives and an urge to use them all up." "That-That-That-That's who I'm talking about." "[Controller] Murray." "Murray, we have fish." "And what do we play?" "Torch artist again." "Another building gone up." "Fire bomb." "What are the lights tracing?" "Uh, Metrocop choppers." "[Man on screen] We have him." "Where are you, 5?" "[5] North of you and above." "Where do you want me?" "It's too tight down there." "We need ground support." "We're watching the tax data center burn up." "All right, let's go for it." "I'll get Edison." "Martinez will get down there if he has to shave his blades." "Theora?" "Who the hell are you?" "Theora stepped out." "She asked me to" "Move out." "Out." "Let's see if I can remember all this stuff." " Here you are." " Get away from me." "Edison, this is Control." "Hit his alarm signal." " New system, old timer." " [alarm bleeps]" "Edison, this is Control." "Where's Theora?" "I don't know." "[Announcer] Give him a hand!" "Where the hell is Ace?" "Hey!" "Nice of you to find the time to show up." "You're up." "[Announcer] Introducing the Ace!" "The lightweight challenger!" "[Woman] Finally, Ace!" "[crowd shouting]" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Put the cameras up here, and you'll get great shots down." "[cheering]" "[sniffling]" "It's okay, Winnie." "It's okay." "Where is Shawn?" "He isn't here." "This has been going on long enough." "I need your help." "We needed the money." "Oh, Winnie." "Winnie, I can give you the money." "Just tell me where he's gone." "He doesn't want me to say." "Look." "Okay." "I know he has a temper." "It's okay." "[baby cries]" "I'll find him." "[crowd] Ohh!" "Very good." "Eat this, killer!" "[Announcer] Won't be getting up for a while!" "Do something about the bleeding, will you?" "[Shawn groans]" "You have done a very good job." "Can I report your feelings to the network?" "As you wish." "I will be in touch." " [Doctor] There." " [Man] Rake him again!" "This will coagulate him." "For a little while, anyway." "What do you say, Shawn?" "Huh?" "Come on!" "Pump it up, boy." "Pump it up." " Uhh." " Come on." "Uhh." "[Woman's voice] Reports have been coming in of a major fire at the Metro Tax Bureau." "It looks like this was a deliberate fire started by the same arsonist who has put a torch to several city institutions recently." "A note claimed he was all heated up over the new TV tax." "Metropolice have been tracking a suspect who they believe may have started the fire." "They lost him about 20 minutes ago in the crowd of spectators leaving tonight's scumball game." "It appears the Bureau Burner is still at large." "[Edison] We were so close." "Look, what did you expect me to do?" "Murray set us down on the wrong street." "I know, okay?" "I know." "Any word?" "Bureau Burner is still at large." "That I know already." "What about Theora?" "She's off the show effective immediately." "We can discuss that after I've had a chance to talk to her." "Yeah?" "What's to discuss?" "A controller abandons her post while her operative is still out in the field." "That's automatic grounds for suspension." "Come on." "You know that." "I want to hear her side of it." "Where is she, Murray?" "How the hell should I know?" "She's not at home." "I've tried to reach her there repeatedly." "Well, something must really be wrong." "Yeah, you bet there is." "We still don't have our feature story for this week's show." "Now, you go home, you get a few hours' rest, and you get back in here by 6 a.m. tomorrow." "I will have a replacement" "I don't want a replacement!" "I'm going to go find Theora!" "Hey, what, you don't hear me?" "We don't have time for you to go on a manhunt-- a womanhunt, whatever!" "Even if you find her, I don't want her back." "I do." "Uhh...uh, the last time this happened, he ended up bruised." "Now I feel" "Now I feel like that guy with the guns." "No one could touch him." "[laughing]" "[parrot squawks]" "Edison, I want to talk to you about that maniac-ac-ac-ac gun man who's on the loose tonight." "Have there been any casualties?" "Some other time, Max." "And no, there haven't." "W-W-What's he for, then?" "Bryce." "Bryce!" "I need total environmental and intersystem playback of Theora at her station in this last hour." "You think you can call that up for me?" "That's hardly in my department." "Besides, I'm very busy." "I'm very immersed in some deeply important work." "Bryce!" "Theora's missing." "See, she's disappeared." "It's not like her." "I want to try and pinpoint when she was last at her station." "The rolling databank will give you whatever you need." "Sure, they will, if I fill out their endless forms and give them an in-depth confession on why I want access." " Newsr" " Uh" "Newsroom surveillance tapes of a controller's output are high security confidential." "They're very sensitive about giving out any of that information." "[twittering] [scrolling]" "[beeping]" "How did this happen?" " [Bryce] Max." " [giggling]" "You may not realize that here in the Fringes, people eat what they can catch, and the prime source of food has been" " Fast forward." " ...has been rats." "Bring up Theora's vidiphone screen." "Theora." "It's Winnie." "Winnie, why on earth are you calling me?" "Shawn didn't want me to, but I" " I didn't know who else to call." "Hold on a second." " Okay, now what is it?" " Winnie." "Shawn is in trouble" "Bryce, get me Theora's personnel file, will you?" " [Winnie] ...what to do." " [Theora] Where is he?" "It's even more sensitive than the output tapes." "You didn't give me the output tapes, did you?" "[groan]" "I didn't know Theora had a brother." "Neither did I." "Hard copy." "Thanks, Bryce, you little troublemaker." "He never thinks-ks-ks-ks." "I mean, why is he trying to find Theora?" "I guess it's because he's fond of her." "Is fo-fo-fo-fo" "Is fond the same as fondle-- fondle?" "How should I know?" "[chatter]" "Excuse me." " Excuse me." " Hmm?" "I'm looking for my brother Shawn Jones." "I understand he works here." "Jones." "Oh, Jones." "Fired him a week ago." "You fired him?" "Why?" "Well, you're his sister." "You tell me." "Always sick, always late." "Bad boy." "No family resemblance." "We don't hang out together." "Well, me, neither." "Him always off raking." "Raking?" "What is raking?" " No idea." " I'm trying to f" " [gong sounds] - [Asian accent] Hello." "Edison, what are you doing here?" "I've been on your trail for over an hour." "Can't I at least buy you a drink?" "No, thanks." "[Woman's voice] Good evening, Mr. Carter." "What would you like to drink?" "I'll have a scotch with ice, and she'll have a blizzard." "One scotch with ice, one blizzard coming up." "I don't want a drink, thanks." "We are testy." "I just don't want a drink." "Murray's not very happy." "To hell with Murray." "We had some excitement after you left." "Uh..." "We had a chance at the Bureau Burner." "At least we think it was the Bureau Burner, anyway." "Unfortunately, I had Murray sitting in as my controller." "I suppose the next thing you're going to tell me is I've been fired." "Murray seems to think so, yeah." "But I don't." "Listen, whatever it is" "Oh, spare me, Edison, please." "Look, I really don't need your help." "You'll find another ace controller, so just forget it." "Look at me." "If you think that's the only reason I'm here, you're very wrong." "How come you never mentioned you had a brother?" "There are lots of things I've never mentioned about myself." "12 years spent in state homes cures you of any need to think back on the good old days." " Anyway" " Yes, quickly, Mr. Peller." "You know I've been discussing this rake board legislation for several months now." "You are going to help us get it pushed through, aren't you?" "I'm working on it, Jack." "Really I am." "But you know how slow the decision-making process can be." "I'm spending lots of time with my colleagues on the legislature." "Zik-Zak will be investing substantial sums of money in the marketing and promotion of this game, Mr. Peller." "My brother and I were separated." "I suppose people are more likely to adopt pretty young girls." "Anyway, I got lucky, and he didn't." "He's never forgive me for leaving him." "He wants nothing to do with me." "Is he in some kind of trouble?" "I heard the word raking." "Don't play reporter with me, Edison." "It's something everyone knows about but no one talks about." "Look, it's not your problem." "And I really don't need any help in taking care of my brother, thank you." "[Man] You'll love it, Mr. Peller." "When we do get it legalized, well, there's big pickings in raking." "I want ratings, not a beeper." "Yes, well, um," "I feel there might be a way to have your little sport legalized sooner rather than later." "Uh, w-when was it that you said you needed official sanctioning by?" "[cannons booming]" "Murray." "Murray." "Murray!" "Have I got a story for you-ou-ou." "Forget about that mad bomber jazz and listen up." "there's a guy with a gun running amok-mok-mok-mok every afternoon." "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Max, but that's Missile Mike." "It's one of our children's shows." "You're kidding." "The kids like kil-kil-kil-killing?" "Who told them about it?" "I'm never going to get used to this." "Just because he lives in the TV, he thinks everything is TV." "Any word on Theora?" "All right, go back to your station." "Wel-Wel-Wel-Well, nobody wanted it, so here it is anyway." "This is Max Headroom, live on Net-Net-Net-Network 23, because what I want to know is who's gonna stop this kind of wholesale killing-ing-ing-ing-- killing?" "It's time the network took a stand-- a stand-- a stand on this kind of murder-- murder-- murder." "Preferably against it." "As you've just seen," "Max has announced our determination to cancel several antisocial programs." "And their profits, too?" "Which are, according to my projections, certain to decline in the near future, especially when compared to the potential up side of the strong new program which Jack Friday of Sports is about to present." "Miss Formby?" "Seems that we have a new and exciting race game called raking." "And if Jack Friday's right, we may have the biggest thing since scumball." "These pictures are from a video cube bootleg which has been circulating the city." "The figures are astounding." "If they're to be believed, it's becoming a big money sport, and the side betting is prodigious." "We should franchise the betting ourselves." "Have an exclusive terminal nest at all the tracks." "It's a great idea, huh, Ben?" "Groundbreaking as ever, Ashwell." "The origin of the game came from the kids crudely motorizing their skateboards." "Accidents and collisions became part of the macho style." "Youthful pugnacity." "This has now been refined as aggression." "Thank you." "Hopefully, Jack Friday will have some good news for us." "He's introduced the sport to Ped Xing of the Zik-Zak Corporation." "Now, if he sees a potential, they'll build a series of tracks and launch the sport officially, and we will have exclusive worldwide rights to the game." " [ding]" " Yes?" "Mr. Friday, head of Sport, is here now, sir." "Oh, uh, put him on the big screen." "I'm pleased to announce that we have done it." "We have raking." "We are in." "We, all of us, are on the verge of a brand-new era in sports-- the era of raking." "Raking." "[Ben] Bravo." "[Miss Formby] Till then." "You know, Murray's looking for you." "He's a bit ticked off." "I have more important things to worry about than Murray's temper." "My brother's in trouble." "[static]" "Did you-d you-d you see my broadcast?" "I sense a pr-pr-pr-problem here." "Why the long face?" "Hmm?" "Hmm?" "I think I lost my brother." "Have you ch-ch-ch-checked your pockets?" "Max, it's not funny." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Is there anything I can do to help?" "I mean, I mean, what do men do when ladies are in distress- stress-stress-stress?"" "Run away or boast, normally." "I wonder what Edison would do." "He would be, A, concerned..." "B, anxious..." "C, distressed... and D, sorry." "Yeah." "He would also interfere." "[chatter]" "He's taking a nap." "I'd like to talk to him." "I said he's taking a nap." "Now, do you want to move along?" "Well, I feel certain he'd talk to me if he wasn't taking a nap, but if he is taking a nap, then I wouldn't want to wake him!" "You'll have to forgive Grace." "This week she's a bodyguard, but she does have her moments." "Have a seat." "What'll it be?" "Information." "What do you know about rake boards and...raking?" "What's to know?" "What happens?" "It's a rebel game." "Kids racing." " Where?" " In the All Clear Patch." "What aren't you telling me?" "What aren't you asking me?" "All right." "I have a friend." "She's worried." "Her brother's into it." "So why should that be a problem?" "A good friend?" "Yeah." "The kid's in trouble." "Raking is brutal." "The punters bet on survivors, not winners." "You get me?" "Yeah, I'm beginning to." "Can you take me to a raking session?" "They're elementally heavy on security." "Emphasis on the heavy." "We'll need a guide-- some kid that knows the score." "Gracie." "Don't do anybody I wouldn't do." "See you for tea." "You're amazing, Grace." "[Man on TV] The space shuttle Leviathan got off to a good start today." "Over 60 shuttles are now in Earth orbit, and passengers have pledged over 184 million units toward the privatization of the global satellite" "Um... how'd you like some junkyard delicacy?" "I just lost my appetite." "[laughing]" "Hey, we got a rake board kid up on the platform." " Let's go." " You got it." "Where'd he go, Rik?" "You see him?" "I'm keeping my eyes on the road." "You keep your on the kid." "[Rik] Do you see the little beast?" "No, I can hear him, though." "Edison, I have him." "Turn left." "Rik, we got to take a left up here." "Let's go." "Nice to have you back." "Who says I'm back?" "Okay, take the next right." "He's gone inside a warehouse." "[Edison] Got it." " [Max]" " Huh?" "Oh, it's you again." "What-What-What?" "We're old friends." "Raking." "What's it all about?" "Raking?" "It's about survival, and that's all I know." "You know enough." "Thanks-ks-ks-ks-ks-ks, old friend." "[Theora] He's coming out again." "To your left." "Here he comes, Edison." "Huhn!" "You okay?" "How did you cut me off like that?" "We got friends in high places." "Oh, Murray, Edison has a lead for the show this week." "Uh, I'll let him explain." "Edison, Murray's here." "I've told him you have a lead for our feature story this week." "Can you give him the angle, please?" " Go ahead." " Raking." "It's called a sport." "In fact, it's a vicious exploitation of kids who are encouraged to hurt each other for the pleasure of the audience." "All right." "Let's run with it." "Edison, yes, Murray has given us his blessing," " so to speak." " Us?" "Yes, us." "I was worried." "Okay." "Now tell me the truth." "Is my brother in there?" "Yeah." "I'm afraid he is." "Help him, Edison." "[Theora] The rake house seems deserted." "There doesn't seem to be any security." "You're going to have to get inside." "I'm scanning now." "The kid said that Rake-off is where they'll be raking tonight." "All right, let's go." "Hold on, Edison." "Someone moving." "So how's the kid that got raked?" "Ace or Shawn or whatever his name is." "He's very weak." "I can't guarantee he'll stay up." "Well, can you fix him so he looks good?" "Sure, sure, but not to stay good." "Ehh." "You shouldn't smoke in training." "[coughing]" "Hey." "There he is." "That's him." "We can loud-mouth him to win, and we'll put just a little side bet on the other guy." "Hi, there, Shawn." "How you doing?" "I'm fine." "Look." "I'm fine." "I'll go for it, sir." "I'll rake him for you." "Ah." "What spirit, eh, Dusty?" "You're one of raking's finest." "[sigh]" "What do you want to know now?" "I want to know how to get into that rake track." "[laughing] Let's see." "Thanks." "Theora, we're going in, so stay on me, okay?" "Shawn's in there, isn't he?" "Yeah, I think so." "I see." "Rik, well, well." "This is a bit out of your territory." "Ha." "Territory yourself." "I heard there's a rake going on tonight." "Can you slide me in?" "Sure, Rik." "There's the door." " Mm-hmm." " You bump into the doc, tell him you know me." "Yeah." "I'll tell him I know you." "My, oh, my, what a fascinating little gathering." "Theora, get Murray." "[Murray] I'm, uh, I'm here." "Peller." "Now that's what I call news." "All right, stay on it, Edison." " I'm going to get Cheviot." " Okay." "[Announcer] Once again, right here, ladies and gentlemen" "Straight rake-out in five rolls on Ace" " Ace." "That's hot from the top." "Got it from him up there." "How you doing, boy?" "I'm all right." "That's not good enough." "You got to be great." "You got the little lady at home and what she can do with the money." "Go get 'em!" "[motors revving up]" "[Announcer] And there's the flag!" "[cheering]" "Come on." " Aah!" " He's down!" "No!" "It was deliberate." "I'm going down." "Get up." "Get up." "Get up!" "Ah." "Good timing." "Novo Zurich confirms" "Zik-Zak has transferred the funds into our accounts." "So it seems our presence is no longer required here." "Yeah." "They're Network 23's problem now." "Yeah." "Ha ha ha ha." "Doc." "Oh." "[TV sputters]" "[Max] Hey." "Psst." "You look" " You look-- You look" "You look like the man in charge." "I'm looking for a new game-- som-som-som-som-something with action, excitement, and taste-- taste-- the taste... of blood." "Any ideas?" "He's injured, Joe." "That kid's in trouble, man." "Unbelievable." "Aah!" "Legalize this?" "Why, you must be mad!" "[Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Ace!" "Come on, Edison, move!" " The kid's hurt down there." " [audience booing] it's okay." "We got you." "Take it easy." "Take it easy." " Damn you!" " Take it easy." " We got to get out of here." " Get out of my face!" "Hey." "H-H-Hey." "That game-- You know, with the blood." "I-I-I-I found it." "And so's everybody else-- everybody else-- everybody else." "What the hell's happening out there?" "That's not a sport." "It's murder!" "Simon, Simon, please, there must be a compromise." "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong." "Everything's fine." " You miserable, stinking" "Get out of the way." "You said" "[Announcer] Please." "Please return to your seats." "[Edison] Get me Control." "Oh, my God." "That's Shawn." "That's Shawn!" "It's my brother." "All right, all right, all right." "We'll handle it." "We have to concentrate, Theora." " Okay." " Come on." " Okay." "All right." " What the hell's going on?" "We're in trouble, Control." "Get on me." "Come on." "Where are you?" "Link me." "[crowd jeering]" "Link me." "I'm going live." "It's our only chance." "[shouting]" "This is Edison Carter coming to you live and direct." "[Rik] Look out!" "The camera's down, Murray." "[Rik] I think you're about to die." "Worse yet, I can't transmit." "The set." "Get the set!" "Watch this." "Theora." "I hear you." "Access the two-way sampler and fast." "Okay." "Why?" "Do it!" "Uh, try Cheviot CT0011." "You set a time, rat!" "Good Lord, that's Jack Friday and Peller, and they're fighting." "Okay, we have it, Edison." "You set a time, rat!" "[arguing]" "Come on, Max, my man." "I just connected." "Edison needs you to tell the world about raking." " Sorry about this." " [glass shatters]" "Ah." "Ah." "Didn't feel a thing." "Ed-Ed-Ed-Edison!" "Now what?" "[Edison] Take it away, Max!" "It's all yours!" "This is Max-Max-Max-Max Headroom live and direct, sitting in for Edison Carter." "We're here in the middle of a rake track, a sport-- a sport-- a sport-- a sport which maliciously exploits young kids who would rather be watching the unlikely exploits of Missile Mike." "But, as a famous personality once said" "I think it was me-- enough-- enough of Mis-- enough of Missile Mike." "So" " So over to Edison Carter." "[Edison] I am speaking to you live and direct" "I've never seen myself on TV before." "But I suppose you get used to it." "[chuckle] Yeah." "Eventually." "[baby cries]" "[Edison on TV] ...exploitation of young men." "You ever get used to the sound of babies?" "[Edison on TV] This is a dangerous" "Hey, little brother, come on, it's your turn." "[Edison on TV] ...supporters, but which arms them with sharp-gloved weapons." "The winner's the one who cuts down his opponent." "This is a secret, illegal, underground game run by small-time mobsters." "They have taken a game that was once performed by skilled kids for fun and turned it into a gory spectacle," " and one which Network 23" " Thanks, Edison." "...itself was almost party to." "I mean it." "Now this story can be told." "[Winnie] Aunt Theora." "You should settle down and have a baby." " Shouldn't she, Shawn?" " [baby continues crying]" "Shouldn't she, Edison?" "Practice could make something perfect." "And-And-And I'm going to be back with you on Network 23 after these real-real-real-- really exciting messages." "So-So sit back and watch." "I just can't wait-wait-w-wait to see them." "[giggling]" "Huh." "Wake me up when they're finished, will you?" "Hi." "This is M-M-M-Max Headroom on Network 23, and if you thought raking was a vicious game, let me tell you, there are sponsors who'd give both-both arms to get their hands on that sport." "But, in a lighter vein, here are some really sporting off-off-offers on sale now from Network 23." "Yes-- music!" "Mu-Mu-Music!" "Sit back and tap your feet to the best Russian pop music with this really up-to-the-minute Rus-ss-ssian album" "20 Great Funeral Marches!" "Also" " Also-Al-Al-Also, an offer-- learn Chinese." "Yes." "A complete set of hour-long Teach Yourself Chinese tapes." "One payment down, and we will send you one tape per month, or-- or pay in full now, and you get the entire easy-to-follow course immediately, plus tape number 527 absolutely free!" "Because did you know that, in Chinese, there are often more than 30-30-30 different ways of saying one simple little word?" "And is that why their population is so big?" "Chinese men just don't know when to take No" " Ha!" "" "No for an answer!" "Ha ha!" "Yeah, but body banks are for dead people." "[Announcer] Next on Max Headroom..." "The client wants her alive and fresh." "Aah!" " Uhhn!" " Aah!" "You took a girl to a body bank today." "I think you've stumbled on something very nasty." "Max, please help me." "Asking is just polite de-de-demanding." "You want me to choose between a girl's life and a job?" "The loudest sound in the universe is the last heartbeat."