Dr. Frank Poole:
[He and Dave and Frank are inside the pod while HAL looks on. The sound to HAL has been cut]
Well, whaddya think?
Dave Bowman:
I'm not sure, what do you think?
Dr. Frank Poole:
I've got a bad feeling about him.
Dave Bowman:
You do?
Dr. Frank Poole:
Yeah, definitely. Don't you?
Dave Bowman:
[sighs]
I don't know; I think so. You know of course though he's right about the 9000 series having a perfect operational record. They do.
Dr. Frank Poole:
Unfortunately that sounds a little like famous last words.
Dave Bowman:
Yeah? Still it was his idea to carry out the failure mode analysis experiment. Should certainly indicate his integrity and self-confidence. If he were wrong it would be the surest way of proving it.
Dr. Frank Poole:
It would be if he knew he was wrong. Look Dave I can't put my finger on it but I sense something strange about him.
Dave Bowman:
[sigh]
Still I can't think of a good reason not to put back the number one unit and carry on with the failure mode analysis.
Dr. Frank Poole:
No - no I agree about that.
Dave Bowman:
Well, let's get on with it.
Dr. Frank Poole:
Okay. Well, look, Dave. Let's say we put the unit back and it doesn't fail, uh? That would pretty well wrap it up as far as HAL was concerned, wouldn't it?
Dave Bowman:
Well, we'd be in very serious trouble.
Dr. Frank Poole:
We would, wouldn't we. What the hell could we do?
Dave Bowman:
[sigh]
Well, we wouldn't have too many alternatives.
Dr. Frank Poole:
I don't think we'd have any alternatives. There isn't a single aspect of ship operations that isn't under his control. If he were proven to be malfunctioning, I wouldn't see how we'd have any choice but disconnection.
Dave Bowman:
I'm afraid I agree with you.
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