Rear Windows '98

Episode aired Nov 12, 1998

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After Amanda reports seeing a murder on the Internet, a hacker messes up all her online transactions. Three hacker friends of Jesse fight back, using The Weasel. Hence ensues the battle of t... Read allAfter Amanda reports seeing a murder on the Internet, a hacker messes up all her online transactions. Three hacker friends of Jesse fight back, using The Weasel. Hence ensues the battle of the hackers.After Amanda reports seeing a murder on the Internet, a hacker messes up all her online transactions. Three hacker friends of Jesse fight back, using The Weasel. Hence ensues the battle of the hackers.

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- Vincent McEveety
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- Joyce Burditt
- Jacquelyn Blain
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Late at night Amanda witnesses on-line on 'Joannecam' the star stab-murder by a masked man who looks straight into the web-cam. Soon she finds herself the victim of such computer-engineered incidents as cancellation of her credit card for fictitious arrears and doctored traffic lights making her cause a car-crash. Jesse's cyber-café-friends track his computer down, but the 'stalker' anticipated that: it's the site of another stab-murder which he's showing on the web, as it turns out his sixth yet but not his last. Catching him will take superior sleuthing and hacking... —KGF Vissers

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Trivia
The title not only is reference to the classic suspense thriller Rear Window (1954), it is also a reference to then recently released Windows 98 operating system by Microsoft.

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In 1998, webcam technology had not advanced to the point of being able to show full range motion as it appears in this episode. The Jennicam, which The Joannecam is based on, only offered a still photo, refreshed every three minutes. At this time experiments were being done with full range motion, but they only resulted in blocky, jerky, stop motion actions.