UNCOMFORTABLE
AROUND ANYTHING MECHANICAL.
WELL, YOU SEEM TO DO ALL
RIGHT IN THE LAB WITH ADAM.
WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S GOT
TO DO WITH THE WHOLE ORGANIC
THING, DEALING
WITH THE HUMAN CONDITION.
HOW ARE WE DOING UP THERE?
GOOD.
WE UPLOADED ALL THE IMAGES
WE COULD FROM KILOHERTZ'S TV
APPEARANCES, WE PUT THEM
THROUGH THE DIGITAL PROCESSOR,
BROKE THEM DOWN,
PUT THEM TOGETHER,
AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET.
GOOD.
WHAT'S THAT?
WELL, IT'S JUST AN IDEA AT
THIS POINT, BUT I'M HOPING IT'LL
BE A DEVICE THAT WE CAN
USE AS A WEAPON AGAINST HIM.
SO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER IT.
NO TELLING WHEN THIS GUY
MIGHT PLAN TO STRIKE AGAIN.
RIGHT.
I CAN ASSURE YOU, MR. RENFIELD,
WE HAD ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY
OF THE SIGNAL INTERRUPTIONS.
I'LL STILL NEED FULL
ACCESS TO STATION RECORDS.
WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS
KILOHERTZ USED A LOCAL STATION
TO HACK INTO
THE NETWORK GRID.
YOU'LL HAVE TO
FILE A WRITTEN REQUEST,
JUST LIKE IT
SAYS IN THE HANDBOOK.
WE'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION HERE, HARV'.
THIS KILOHERTZ CHARACTER
COULD HOLD THE COUNTRY HOSTAGE.
FINE.
YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE US?
DO IT BY THE BOOK.
NOW, I HOPED WE COULD AVOID
INITIATE A LICENSE REVOCATION.
YOU'RE PUTTING
US OUT OF BUSINESS?
WELL,
IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
I WANT YOUR SUPERIOR'S
NAME AND NUMBER NOW.
SORRY.
I GOT IT.
MR. GOFFMAN?
ARE YOU IN THERE?
MR. GOFFMAN?
"EXCUSE ME"
MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?
THIS DOESN'T
HAVE THE NUMBER ON IT.
MR. GOFFMAN, I GOT
THE TAPES YOU ASKED FOR.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THAT FCC GUY?
FCC?
THE JERK TRIED
TO STRONG-ARM ME.
THOUGHT WE
HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH
THIS KILOHERTZ THING.
FCC.
THAT IS SO COOL.
WELL, THEN WE CROSS-REFERENCE
THESE POTENTIALS
WITH ADAM'S DATABASE.
SO WE'LL KNOW WHICH NEW
MUTANT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
A-HA.
SURE YOU DON'T
WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOT?
I GUARANTEE ONCE YOU GET THE
HANG OF IT, YOU'LL BE HOOKED.
OKAY.
HA HA.
OKAY.
PUT YOUR
HANDS ON GENTLY.
YEAH, ONE HAND THERE.
WAIT,
IT'S GOING TOO FAST.
NOT FOR THE COMPUTER.
HEY, THAT FIRST
ONE'S KIND OF CUTE.
AH, WELL,
THE CUTE ONE IT IS.
HEY.
BARRY STERLING.
WORKS AT CHANNEL THIRTEEN.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT.
WHAT BETTER
PLACE FOR A VIDEO VANDAL
TO DEVELOP HIS RESENTMENTS?
AND ACT ON THEM TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
BRENNAN, I WANT YOU AND
EMMA TO INVITE MR. STERLING
OVER HERE TO BE OUR GUEST.
YOU GOT IT.
NOW, LET'S
NOT GET TOO COCKY.
HE MAY BE THE MOST POWERFUL NEW
MUTANT WE'VE EVER COME ACROSS.
DEFINITELY THE MOST VOLATILE.
HERE WE GO.
YOU BARRY STERLING?
I'VE GOT NOTHING
TO SAY TO THE FCC.
FCC?
WELL, SOMETHING TELLS
ME WE FOUND OUR BOY.
NOW WE'VE JUST
GOT TO FIND HIM AGAIN.
FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO KEEP HIM.
HE GAVE US THE SLIP, ADAM.
THE WEIRD THING WAS
HE THOUGHT WE WERE FCC.
YEAH, BUT BEFORE WE GOT
TO TALK TO HIM, HE TOOK OFF.
ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF HIM WAS
A GLOW ON THE SATELLITE DISH.
WELL, NOW WE KNOW
HOW HE GETS AROUND.
IT WAS ACTUALLY
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
YEAH,
BUT IT WAS SLOPPY.
YOU KNOW, HE LEFT
A LOT OF RESIDUAL ENERGY
JUST BUZZING ON THE DISH.
SEEMS LIKE HE DOESN'T
HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL
OVER HIS ABILITIES.
WELL, THAT WOULD
ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE
COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT
HIS VANDALISM'S CAUSING, YOU
KNOW, HOW HE INVADES A NETWORK
GRID AND ACCIDENTALLY
TAKES OUT A HOSPITAL'S POWER.
BUT HIS THINKING THAT
YOU'RE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE FCC,
I THINK HE'S RUN
INTO SOMEBODY FROM THE GSA
OPERATING UNDER
FALSE CREDENTIALS.
SO ECKHART'S AFTER HIM TOO.
YEAH, AND HE GOT THERE FIRST.
YEAH.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL
I AM FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, SIR.
DON'T COME ANY CLOSER.
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
UNTIL I AM SEALED.
IF ALL YOU'VE GOT TO SHARE
WITH ME IS GRATITUDE,
MR. RENFIELD, I'M BUSY.
NO, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO REPORT
MY DATA RETRIEVAL AT WXTV.
WELL, GO AHEAD.
I'M NOT SURE
I UNDERSTAND, SIR.
REPORT.
I DID, SIR.
THAT WAS IT.
MR. RENFIELD, I UNDERSTAND
THEY TEACH A VERY SPECIFIC
KEEP-YOUR-SUPERIORS-
IN-THE-LOOP KIND OF
PROCEDURE AT THE