It's been six months since Mutiny, focusing solely on community, has pulled up its Texas stakes and moved to San Francisco to be near the technological center of Silicon Valley, with what was supposed to be Cameron's temporary stay with the Clarks putting a strain on Gordon and Donna. Mutiny has hit some milestones in the process, but has to get their mainframe up and running to accommodate cost effectively the number of users. Ryan, one of their new, brighter bullpen staffers, has his own ideas of how the company should grow, with Donna and Cameron too focused on their own thoughts to pay him much attention beyond placating him with what they believe will keep him happy. Beyond suing Joe, Gordon realizes that he will have little to do at Mutiny once the mainframe issue is resolved, and as such he contemplates his future. On personal notes, the Clark children are still adjusting to their new environment, with certain aspects of living in California literally shaking them to their core... Written by Huggo

Donna and Cameron have decided to expand the company by going into trading and buying online and are looking for capital venture investors to the tune of $1.4 million. Although Bos reiterates the fact that they only need one investor, they, despite knowing that they have a great idea, are getting a lukewarm reception from almost every potential investor to who they talk, including a surprise familiar face who Donna in particular hopes would have been more receptive. They wonder if the reason is the so-called white elephant in the room - namely that the pitch is being made by the company owners, two women - and have to decide how much they are willing to do to get that investment. Cameron unilaterally takes a measure she thinks will at least give them a second chance with one of those investors. While Gordon, searching for his next project, decides to help Ryan with the idea he pitched to Donna and Cameron, Ryan, without telling at Mutiny, takes active measures to impress the employer ... Written by Huggo

The strain of living and working together start to show for Gordon, Donna and Cameron, especially as Gordon believes Donna has only asked him to attend regular executive meetings to make him feel included, demonstrating that the power in his and Donna's overall relationship rests with her. Donna carries the stress of that strain into a business lunch with Diane, while Gordon turns to an old friend to cope. Ryan's departure from the company leaves an obvious hole that needs to be filled. As Cameron's attempt to lure Ryan back doesn't work, she is tasked with looking for a new coder from among the students in a college computer class to which she will be giving a guest lecture. Cameron finds someone unexpected there. Ryan is feeling at a loss working for evasive Joe, who wants him to figure out exactly why he hired him without being told. Joe inviting him to a senior executive meeting a week into his employment may or may not answer the questions for Ryan. And Cameron and Donna delegate... Written by Huggo

Cameron is having a hard time in her life. With Mutiny's acquisition of Swap Meet, Mutiny, under the contract, has had to hire who were Swap Meet's owners/developers, Doug Sheridan and Craig Bosch, the former in particular who she finds to be difficult if not impossible to work with. She is also getting increasing implied pressure from Gordon and Donna to find a place of her own to live. However, it is the work pressure in combination with hearing from a person from her past with some current news which makes her want to be with those that she loves now more than ever, and thus is making excuses for not moving. An unexpected connection to someone relatively new in her life may provide some emotional support during this trying time. Through Cameron's trials, Donna is the one who is left to deal with issues, especially when it comes to Diane, who wants to ensure that her money in acquiring Swap Meet was spent wisely and that Cameron and Donna, without micromanaging them, are doing what ... Written by Huggo

Mutiny's acquisition of Swap Meet is still going through growing pains, this time specifically in an issue between Donna and Cameron, the latter who does not want to add an extra layer of providing the service of payment through credit cards, not wanting either to swallow the credit card fee or pass it along to customers, who she believes will balk at having to pay it. This disagreement sits unresolved going into the July 4th holiday. Both Bos and Cameron have decided to go back to Dallas. Cameron wants to buy the one thing from her mother of sentimental value that belonged to her father, namely his motorcycle, before her mother and stepfather move. Cameron has not told anyone she is coming, and has in the back of her mind to see Tom, who may or may not want to see her. Bos wants to visit with James and see his new grandson. What happens on Bos and Cameron's respective visits may have some affect on their psuedo father-daughter relationship. With their kids away, Gordon and Donna ... Written by Huggo

There is open but unspoken tension between Donna and Cameron as Cameron lets Donna know using cryptic language but clear in its message that she knows Donna lied to her about Doug and Craig. That tension is increased when Diane lets them know that there is a lucrative offer to buy Mutiny, which also means another option is to go public. In deciding what to do about the sale but needing time away from each other, Donna decides to take Diane up on her offer to use her personal retreat as a weekend getaway by herself, while Cameron remains at home with Gordon and the girls. What Donna anticipates as time alone to clear her mind doesn't quite end up that way, with a specific incident only confirming what she already feels about her role in the partnership with Cameron. At home, Gordon and Cameron end up bonding over Super Mario Bros. (1985), that bond which may extend to other areas in their joint life, while Cameron also contemplates what to do about making public what happened between ... Written by Huggo

Gordon finds out about Joe's admission regarding the software being created by him, also discovering that Joe also made the admission after the Board fired him from MacMillan Utility. Gordon wants to find out what Joe's long game is in making the admission before he himself decides how to proceed, the asset which is valued at $25 million. Joe also suspects that Ryan will be fired, and provides him with only a broad outline of what has happened so as to protect him from questioning by the Board, while being able to find a way to proceed with NSFNET after the dust settles. Ryan has to decide who he will trust if he gets conflicting information as to what each believes are the facts. Meanwhile, Tom has arrived in California, he who will ultimately not work at Mutiny. Among those in California, Gordon is the only person Cameron has told about getting married. Gordon telling Donna about Cameron and Tom's marriage provides Donna an opening to mend the deep wounds that exist between her and ... Written by Huggo

It's the latter half of 1986. Donna has been on the road doing the dog and pony show trying to garner interest in Mutiny in preparation for the IPO on December 18th. She is going through a learning curve in what she can or cannot say, and how she addresses the issue of Cameron no longer being with the company, which has to sound both credible and positive. The success or failure of the offering rests solely on Donna's shoulders, with Cameron not being able to take any credit for success, or accept blame if it is a failure. Cameron, who no one has spoken to, has solely been bored housewife to Tom, with the occasional foray onto the computer to code new ideas to keep herself preoccupied. Since he released the security software to the world, Ryan has been on the run, but not before he told Joe what he did. Ryan's action has a direct affect on Joe and Gordon's new company and the NSFNET project, as Joe is under investigation by the FBI, who believes he is probably the person who released ... Written by Huggo

It's the fall of 1990, four years after Mutiny's failed IPO, Ryan's suicide, and Cameron and Tom's move to Tokyo. Gordon and Donna have split, and have joint custody of the girls. Donna, who is now using her maiden name Emerson, has just made senior partner in Diane's venture capital company, Donna's name which is first among the partners. Bos and Diane are now an established couple. Gordon has been working on the NSFNET project, which is funded by Donna and Diane's company, they all waiting for the government deregulation which they expect to happen in the next year or two. While Donna has focused on her career, Gordon, whose health problems have accelerated, has spent some time looking for love, he currently dating Michelle, one of his employees. They have not talked to Cameron at all, she who is still in Tokyo and who probably still has bad feelings about everything that happened with Mutiny. Donna has long wanted to mend fences with Cameron for personal reasons, but now has a ... Written by Huggo

Donna is able to persuade Cameron to meet about the project, the meeting to take place coinciding with Cameron and Tom's trip to the States to visit with family over the Christmas holidays. Donna feels forced to invite Joe if only to appease Cameron. Joe, in turn, invites Gordon, believing he having useful input seeing that they worked together on the NSFNET project. And Cameron invites Tom. The project, as Donna initially lays out to them and which uses Gordon and Joe's work on the NSFNET as the impetus, is to create a means for all the individual networks worldwide to be connected to each other - the world wide web or the Internet or whatever else they may want to call it. Those around the table each are excited by certain aspects but have some issue with the project, whether it be defining purpose, having conflicting visions of form, having issues with timing, or other issues. Joe brings important information to the table based on a conference he recently attended about relatively ... Written by Huggo