04E09 - Search

It's the beginning of autumn, four months after Gordon's passing. A statement made by Bos' doctor at his latest post-heart attack appointment makes him think about his future. Joanie has made a decision what to do with her immediate life in lieu of college, somewhat with Donna's blessing. Haley, feeling like her loved ones are leaving her, takes a chance to get what she wants. Donna has been spending the summer largely swimming in the pool. Diane has decided to move on which means that Donna has to get out of the pool and accept or decline the position of managing partner, which is hers if she wants it. If she doesn't accept the position, Trip and his backers are hovering, Trip who would secure the company as an old boys club ultimately forcing Donna into a weakened position within the company if she stays. And Joe has continued on with what was his and Gordon's vision to repurpose Comet as not just a search engine, but a destination site in and of itself. The site is about to relaunch - the repurposed site for which Cameron did most of the coding as a favor to Joe - and Joe, at great expense, has commissioned a flashy advertising campaign, which has among its images Gordon and Haley. Joe envisions one last piece before the relaunch, namely to increase the site loading speed specifically to optimize it with what looks to be the emerging web browser of choice, Netscape, so that he can pitch the idea to Netscape that they be linked as sites. This short term and immediate job requires not only Cameron's expertise, but also clandestinely being able to obtain a copy of Netscape's soon to be released new version to match to their coding. Cameron has to decide where this job and Joe fits into her life, especially against broader opportunities that Alexa keeps presenting to her.