:17:01
If Phillip finds out about that
he's going to have to take it apart.
:17:05
- No. I'm just putting a little tweak on it.
- Yeah, I know. No, you're right.
:17:09
Abe, it's my garage, okay?
It's not like they're paying rent.
:17:13
There was value in the thing.
Clearly. Of that they were certain of.
:17:17
But what is the application?
In a matter of hours...
:17:19
they had pinned it to everything
from mass transit to satellite launching.
:17:23
Imagining devices the size of jumbo jets.
:17:25
Everything would be cheaper.
It was practical and they knew it.
:17:28
But above all that, beyond the positives...
:17:30
they knew that the easiest way
to be exploited...
:17:32
is to sell something
they did not yet understand.
:17:35
So they kept quiet.
The parties would continue.
:17:38
Any birthday, anniversary, holiday...
:17:41
maybe some obscure project launch.
It didn't matter. Any reason would do.
:17:45
What was important is that Thomas Granger,
their last best hope of funding, show up.
:17:49
If he left a little earlier than
they would've liked, he couldn't be blamed.
:17:53
He was only there
to please his daughter Rachel.
:17:56
And she was only there to please Abe.
:18:01
What did you say
to Mr. Granger a while ago?
:18:03
- Did you flip my burger?
- You can't call him Mr. Granger.
:18:06
You have to call him, like,
Thomas or something.
:18:08
- Go ahead.
- No, because he won't take you seriously.
:18:12
- He thinks we're kids.
- Lf you call him Mr. Granger...
:18:15
he looks at you like you're a 6-year-old kid.
He does it with me. It won't work anymore.
:18:19
Abe had taken on the task
of quantifying and explaining the device.
:18:24
But as weeks became months...
:18:26
their enthusiasm became a slow realization
that they were out of their depth.