1 00:00:09,277 --> 00:00:11,245 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,981 NFL thinks it would be best for all involved 3 00:00:14,082 --> 00:00:15,583 if you didn't bid. 4 00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:16,584 Stated reason? 5 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:18,086 Public perception. 6 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:20,654 I think we should start something... a business. 7 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,723 Yay! 8 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:24,792 I'm already set up in an office of my own, 9 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:25,993 starting to see clients. 10 00:00:26,094 --> 00:00:29,997 - Is that permanent? - I'm not sure... yet. 11 00:00:30,098 --> 00:00:31,832 I'm keeping my options open. 12 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:33,301 Say hello to my nephew, Marco. 13 00:00:33,401 --> 00:00:34,401 Kid just got elected 14 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:36,070 to county executive up in Sandicot. 15 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:38,272 I'm Marc. An honor to meet you, Mr. Axelrod. 16 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:40,541 You will give me what I need. 17 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:43,344 Or maybe we'll have a pepperoni slice in Yonkers. 18 00:00:43,444 --> 00:00:45,313 We can invite your boss. 19 00:00:45,413 --> 00:00:47,315 Sleeping well has become important to me. 20 00:00:47,415 --> 00:00:49,117 So is looking my daughter in the eye, 21 00:00:49,217 --> 00:00:51,285 knowing she's looking back at a good person. 22 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,554 Congratulations. If I fire you now, it'll look 23 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:55,656 like the administration is protecting Boyd, 24 00:00:55,756 --> 00:00:56,924 obstructing justice. 25 00:00:57,024 --> 00:00:58,692 There's a reason no one's done this. 26 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:00,394 I'll just fire you in a few months. 27 00:01:00,494 --> 00:01:01,695 All you've bought is time. 28 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:03,964 I got news last night I never wanted to get... 29 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,899 Chuck Rhoades, coming at me. 30 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:08,236 You squared off with him, walked away unmarked. 31 00:01:08,336 --> 00:01:10,838 I need your playbook, I need to know how to beat him. 32 00:01:10,938 --> 00:01:12,706 Lawrence Boyd can be friend to no man. 33 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:15,543 He needs to dominate you in his own mind 34 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:17,745 by heaving his seed into your bride. 35 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,781 Turn it off. 36 00:01:20,881 --> 00:01:22,783 Disgrace him. Humble him. 37 00:01:22,883 --> 00:01:24,752 Boyd's been rigging Treasury bids. 38 00:01:24,852 --> 00:01:26,287 I'll get you whatever I can. 39 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:28,055 Whatever it takes, I'm in. 40 00:01:42,670 --> 00:01:45,739 * ominous music * 41 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:56,684 I've seeded over 125 companies. 42 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:58,118 I don't do it to make money. 43 00:01:58,219 --> 00:02:02,055 If money comes with that, and it always has, that's fine. 44 00:02:02,156 --> 00:02:04,057 But it's not the driver. 45 00:02:04,158 --> 00:02:06,093 I do it for the same reason 46 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:08,529 that Edison created telephonic communication, 47 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,431 Oppenheimer harnessed nuclear fission, 48 00:02:10,531 --> 00:02:13,267 and DJ Kool Herc set up two turntables and a microphone 49 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:15,769 on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx... 50 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:20,674 To move at great velocity towards a better future. 51 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:22,676 And this? 52 00:02:22,776 --> 00:02:24,945 This represents the culmination of it all. 53 00:02:25,045 --> 00:02:27,948 Farpoint isn't just going to bring the earth closer together. 54 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:30,518 It's going to bring us closer to what's out there. 55 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:34,855 This is the first one you sent into orbit. 56 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:35,989 Yeah. 57 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:39,493 We're two generations beyond Manticore. 58 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:40,761 Manticore-3... 59 00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:44,198 "The first ship to make a manned mission to Mars." 60 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:46,700 That your impersonation of me? 61 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,203 Well, you've certainly said it enough times. 62 00:02:52,606 --> 00:02:54,708 That's how I make it happen. 63 00:02:57,878 --> 00:02:59,313 Elena Gabriel. 64 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:02,149 Lead candidate for that first mission. 65 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:03,751 Well, it'll take a couple of days 66 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:05,453 for me to do a full work-up on it. 67 00:03:05,553 --> 00:03:07,221 We have a conference room set aside. 68 00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:08,989 I appreciate that, but since she has 69 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:10,558 no prior relationship with me... 70 00:03:10,658 --> 00:03:12,360 Build rapport however you want, okay? 71 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:14,828 Just, keep in mind, we're not giving her the keys 72 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:17,565 to a school bus here. This is a $1.2 billion vessel. 73 00:03:17,665 --> 00:03:19,267 And your legacy. I get all that. 74 00:03:19,367 --> 00:03:22,035 You need to know that she's psychologically bulletproof. 75 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:25,406 There she is. Right on time. 76 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:26,707 Does that mean anything? 77 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:30,210 Yeah, that her watch works. 78 00:03:30,311 --> 00:03:31,679 Elena Gabriel. 79 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:34,315 Ah, dominant handshake. 80 00:03:34,415 --> 00:03:35,616 Intentional? 81 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:38,018 You tell me. 82 00:03:38,118 --> 00:03:41,789 Elena will show you around the facility. 83 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:44,925 I know what you're doing with the lawsuit. 84 00:03:45,025 --> 00:03:46,527 What am I doing with the lawsuit? 85 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:48,629 Look, Axe, I spent seven years 86 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:50,364 and more money than I care to admit 87 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,733 fighting the S.E.C. just to clear my name. 88 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:54,868 - And you did. - Fuck, yeah, I did, 89 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:56,404 but in those seven years, 90 00:03:56,504 --> 00:03:58,706 I tried to buy two baseball teams. 91 00:03:58,806 --> 00:04:01,575 You may notice... I don't own a baseball team. 92 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:04,545 You think the S.E.C. was the dealbreaker? 93 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,880 It fucking didn't help. That's for damn sure. 94 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:08,582 Look, Axe, we're different, right? 95 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:10,217 We didn't inherit our money. 96 00:04:10,318 --> 00:04:12,586 We earned it calling bullshit early, 97 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:14,788 often, and very publicly. 98 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:16,290 The NFL doesn't like that shit. 99 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:18,459 They're afraid you're gonna break etiquette, 100 00:04:18,559 --> 00:04:19,793 come in long and loud. 101 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:22,396 They think you're gonna be the Mark Cuban of the NFL. 102 00:04:22,496 --> 00:04:24,264 Oh, so I'm pre-fucked? 103 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:25,899 You need to make it clear to them 104 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,568 that you're hanging up the gloves 105 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:28,969 and moving on to a new phase. 106 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:31,038 You know what else you need to do? 107 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:33,541 You need to stop fucking with the U.S. attorney. 108 00:04:33,641 --> 00:04:34,942 I'm not gonna do that. 109 00:04:35,042 --> 00:04:36,510 Come on, Axe. 110 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:38,579 So, when are they gonna make the decision? 111 00:04:38,679 --> 00:04:39,747 This week. 112 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:41,649 You know, even if you win this lawsuit, 113 00:04:41,749 --> 00:04:43,216 that's the long game. 114 00:04:43,317 --> 00:04:46,687 If you really want this team, you got to ask yourself... 115 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:50,591 How are you gonna change hearts and minds today? 116 00:04:50,691 --> 00:04:53,694 * ominous music * 117 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:04,938 Well, the Japanese would be proud. 118 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:07,174 You waited until the meal was done. 119 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:11,144 But at this point, hit me with it, 120 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,980 and let us both get on with our days. 121 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,682 What's the status on Spartan-Ives? 122 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:17,050 - Only a matter of time. - How much time? 123 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,122 - How much time I got? - Not a lot. 124 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:23,524 The AG didn't appreciate you 125 00:05:23,624 --> 00:05:25,225 leaking news of your investigation. 126 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,561 I didn't leak it. I denied it when asked. 127 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:30,297 Okay. You've lodged official protest of my statement. 128 00:05:30,398 --> 00:05:32,366 Say what you came to say. 129 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:35,235 You're alive as long as you're making progress. 130 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:36,937 But the AG thinks that you stalled, 131 00:05:37,037 --> 00:05:39,673 she's gonna show you the Hans Gruber Memorial Exit. 132 00:05:41,509 --> 00:05:44,011 Well, it's nice to hear you take the potential demise 133 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:46,480 of my career so seriously. 134 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:48,416 Laugh or cry. You know what I mean? 135 00:05:48,516 --> 00:05:50,918 I sure do. 136 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:55,723 * tense music * 137 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:05,899 Get me Bensinger. 138 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:08,669 Very few things get the third wealthiest man in America 139 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:09,970 - to leave home. 140 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:12,172 A handful of economic conferences 141 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:14,775 and reeling in billionaires for the Giving Oath. 142 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,176 No conferences are happening 143 00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:17,978 in the city right now, Mr. Bensinger. 144 00:06:18,078 --> 00:06:19,680 Well done, young man. 145 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:22,616 If your publication will grant me a 48-hour hold, 146 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:24,184 I'll give you a head start. 147 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:26,153 Of course. 148 00:06:26,253 --> 00:06:28,556 Richard Winstead is joining us 149 00:06:28,656 --> 00:06:31,058 and pledging 80% of his assets. 150 00:06:31,158 --> 00:06:33,627 It's a great act of philanthropy. 151 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,832 Excuse me. 152 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,270 Robert. A rare treat. 153 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:45,939 Can you find some time for me while you're visiting? 154 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:47,140 The city's so noisy. 155 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,709 If you want to have a real talk, 156 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:50,478 come to the house in Shaker Heights. 157 00:06:50,578 --> 00:06:53,246 That's a kind offer, but I don't want to wait that long. 158 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:54,615 What are you doing tonight? 159 00:06:54,715 --> 00:06:56,784 Bridge game, grabbing a hot dog. 160 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:58,452 So, the usual? 161 00:06:58,552 --> 00:07:00,554 If I know you, you're gonna stop at a cart, 162 00:07:00,654 --> 00:07:03,457 or, even worse, order room service. 163 00:07:03,557 --> 00:07:05,826 New York is, in some respects, a fine city, 164 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:07,795 but not where cased meats are concerned. 165 00:07:07,895 --> 00:07:09,797 I got a place. 166 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:11,298 I think it more than stacks up 167 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:12,966 against what you got in Cleveland. 168 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:15,536 Challenge accepted. I'll see you tonight. 169 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:20,741 It doesn't matter what I do. 170 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:22,342 The faucet's run dry. 171 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,911 What does that mean? 172 00:07:24,011 --> 00:07:25,713 I can't get anything on Spartan-Ives' 173 00:07:25,813 --> 00:07:27,481 Treasury bid-rigging 'cause there is 174 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:29,416 no Spartan-Ives' Treasury bid-rigging. 175 00:07:29,517 --> 00:07:32,152 That's bullshit. We all know it's happening. 176 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:35,122 It was, till news got out that you guys were targeting them, 177 00:07:35,222 --> 00:07:36,557 and then they just, you know. 178 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:39,326 Boyd's snake crawled back up his flap. 179 00:07:39,426 --> 00:07:41,829 Look, I don't know what I'm supposed to do here. 180 00:07:41,929 --> 00:07:44,665 I can't share a bed with my wife. 181 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:47,901 I can't move out, 'cause then she'll know that I know. 182 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:50,237 I spend half my day at home in the bathroom. 183 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:51,639 She thinks I have the shits. 184 00:07:51,739 --> 00:07:53,440 Look, I don't think I'm gonna be able 185 00:07:53,541 --> 00:07:55,275 to help you get Boyd. 186 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:57,210 I mean, I want to, but... 187 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:01,549 Your boss violated the sanctity of your marital bed, 188 00:08:01,649 --> 00:08:03,316 and you can't man up to... 189 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:04,718 Bryan. 190 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,520 He's all man. 191 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:09,990 He's John Wayne in Liberty Valance. 192 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:12,860 'Cause most fellas in his position would run and hide, 193 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,828 but he is standing in. 194 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:17,164 Now, I don't know if I'd be man enough 195 00:08:17,264 --> 00:08:21,168 to watch my wife sleep next to me, knowing what he knows. 196 00:08:21,268 --> 00:08:25,372 Mr. McKinnon, a bit more time, 197 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:27,841 and your struggle will have been worth it. 198 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,342 Players return to their mean. 199 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:30,611 And we will be waiting. 200 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:34,648 Get back to work. 201 00:08:34,748 --> 00:08:36,617 Keep it together. 202 00:08:36,717 --> 00:08:39,519 We'll find another way to nail Lawrence Boyd, 203 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:40,620 and when we do, 204 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:41,722 we'll need you. 205 00:08:51,565 --> 00:08:53,767 Setback. Not a defeat. 206 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,304 I promise. 207 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:04,077 I could go through the Panama Papers, 208 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:06,714 look at all the assets that offshore firm was hiding. 209 00:09:06,814 --> 00:09:08,481 Boyd didn't have money there. 210 00:09:08,582 --> 00:09:09,950 There's no direct link to him. 211 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:12,586 Maybe we'll find someone else to flip up the chain. 212 00:09:12,686 --> 00:09:16,256 The problem isn't the missing link to the top. 213 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:18,759 The problem is the top. 214 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,861 * suspenseful music * 215 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:28,636 - Your friend Lawrence Boyd. - Mm-hmm. 216 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:29,870 You said he was ready. 217 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:31,038 Fuck. 218 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,940 There's a methodology I deploy 219 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,508 that gets the results you've come to expect. 220 00:09:35,609 --> 00:09:39,212 But he isn't letting me take the steps I need to. 221 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:42,182 Do you want me to take actions I deem necessary 222 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:43,416 without his approval? 223 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:45,052 No, keep offering help. 224 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:49,389 If he's too genteel to accept, there's nothing we can do. 225 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:53,627 Whose house? 226 00:09:53,727 --> 00:09:56,229 Whose house? 227 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:57,931 - Lonnie's house. 228 00:09:58,031 --> 00:09:59,833 All right. 229 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:00,834 Whose house? 230 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,602 I'm not fucking saying it. 231 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:04,004 Aw, you're breaking my heart, 232 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:06,039 but whether you admit it or not, 233 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:08,241 it is, in fact... 234 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,010 Lonnie's house. 235 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,079 You did not just close another one. 236 00:10:12,179 --> 00:10:14,882 Yeah. Predator this week, Panamanian drug lord last week, 237 00:10:14,982 --> 00:10:16,717 but who's keeping score? 238 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:19,586 Uh, by the way, how's that whole Spartan-Ives thing going? 239 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:20,954 Solid. 240 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:22,956 Great. 241 00:10:25,993 --> 00:10:27,560 Hey, there. 242 00:10:35,179 --> 00:10:36,179 New look? 243 00:10:36,203 --> 00:10:38,105 Oh. The wife. 244 00:10:38,205 --> 00:10:39,272 Understood. 245 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:41,809 Rhoades' motion to dismiss was denied. 246 00:10:41,909 --> 00:10:43,576 Boom! Body shot! 247 00:10:43,677 --> 00:10:45,846 Deposition's confirmed for Thursday, 248 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:48,381 but we should postpone. 249 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,582 Oh, yeah. I know. 250 00:10:49,683 --> 00:10:51,785 That's what I would say were I my own lawyer. 251 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:54,621 Yet we press on. 252 00:10:54,722 --> 00:10:57,791 If he doesn't get to depose me, I don't get to depose him. 253 00:10:57,891 --> 00:10:58,892 It has to happen now. 254 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:01,494 Ah. The NFL. 255 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,496 I heard you were down to the final three. 256 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:05,966 Yeah. Even for me, this kind of chance? 257 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,634 I know. Of course. 258 00:11:07,735 --> 00:11:11,271 Most folks, when they get their first job on the Street, 259 00:11:11,371 --> 00:11:13,106 cold-calling out of phone books, 260 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:16,710 they think the idea is, get the mark to yes. 261 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:20,680 But the way I saw it... and it bought me a 911 my first year... 262 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:23,250 Is never give them a reason to say no, 263 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:26,319 because if you take "no" out of their vocabulary... 264 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:28,221 "Yes" is the only word left. 265 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:30,724 And right now, Chuck Rhoades' accusations, 266 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:34,227 his insinuations... That's their no... 267 00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:37,097 unless I can make it clear 268 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,232 he was the one who crossed the line. 269 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:41,668 You have to know going in... 270 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,637 Depositions are unpredictable beasts. 271 00:11:44,738 --> 00:11:47,274 In depos, I've seen things you wouldn't believe. 272 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:48,742 Attack ships on fire? 273 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:52,512 Yes. The very best cases gone forever, 274 00:11:52,612 --> 00:11:54,181 like tears in rain. 275 00:11:54,281 --> 00:11:58,285 No replicant... no lawyer is gonna rattle me. 276 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:04,124 Mr. Axelrod, you say the U.S. attorney harassed you, 277 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:06,726 that he overstepped the bounds of his office. 278 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:08,962 Are you sure he didn't have legitimate reason 279 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:10,630 to come to your place of business? 280 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:11,899 At that hour? No. 281 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:13,200 His wife worked for you. 282 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,868 Could have been coming to see her. 283 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:16,469 His wife had quit working for me. 284 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:17,971 She'd also quit being his wife. 285 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:19,306 Don't be cute. 286 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:21,775 If you want this to help you in the PR department, 287 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:23,176 keep the digs off the record. 288 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:24,477 What about Mick Danzig? 289 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,980 Do you deny bribing police to wipe out his arrest? 290 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,882 Of course. I would nev... 291 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:31,718 Fuck. 292 00:12:31,819 --> 00:12:33,220 Yeah. 293 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,755 Let's not give him a perjury charge for nothing. 294 00:12:35,856 --> 00:12:39,726 I know you don't get rattled, but if you get rattled, 295 00:12:39,827 --> 00:12:43,230 even for a second, don't answer. 296 00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:45,365 Just ask for a break. 297 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:51,338 So... you want a break now? 298 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,640 Keep 'em coming. 299 00:12:57,544 --> 00:12:59,312 That's the shaker room. 300 00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:03,150 I don't see a lot of Amish furniture in there. 301 00:13:03,250 --> 00:13:05,953 That's funny. I like jokes. 302 00:13:06,053 --> 00:13:08,822 No, it's where metallurgy gets subjected 303 00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:11,691 to the speed and pressure it'll face in space. 304 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,426 It's where things tend to break. 305 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:14,928 Why do you want to go up there? 306 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:17,130 It's the undiscovered country. 307 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:20,367 Hmm. That's from Hamlet. 308 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:22,269 He was describing death. 309 00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:25,272 It's the final frontier. 310 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,908 How about in your own words? 311 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:37,250 Everyone I went to school with works on one of two things... 312 00:13:37,350 --> 00:13:41,088 Theoretical particle physics or the next great start-up. 313 00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:42,822 You don't care about those things? 314 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:45,125 I have too much self-respect to be an academic, 315 00:13:45,225 --> 00:13:46,994 so number one is out. 316 00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:50,730 And the pure money grab, while intoxicating in theory, 317 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:53,566 never seems to leave anyone any better off than they were 318 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:57,270 the moment they had the big idea in the first place... 319 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,372 because they are still stuck here, 320 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:01,808 bound to this place and its limitations 321 00:14:01,909 --> 00:14:05,745 of fuel, space, and class struggle. 322 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,748 Face it... Earth is pretty screwed. 323 00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:14,721 Where does that leave you? 324 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:21,394 I want to do something impossible. 325 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:25,933 I want to point to the sky, at another planet, 326 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:29,636 and say, "I used to live there." 327 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:34,607 I don't think I've said that out loud before. 328 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,110 Does it sound silly? 329 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:38,245 No. 330 00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:46,019 Following Axelrod's a nonstarter. 331 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:47,220 Why? 332 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,855 He's got operatives, pros... 333 00:14:48,956 --> 00:14:49,956 With him, on him. 334 00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:51,058 They hang back. 335 00:14:51,158 --> 00:14:53,526 His own staff probably doesn't know they're there, 336 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:54,661 but they are. 337 00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:56,930 I saw a guy I used to work with at the Bureau. 338 00:14:57,030 --> 00:14:58,798 Quality agent. Lucky he didn't see me. 339 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:01,301 This would be much easier for your son to assign... 340 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:02,401 No, no. 341 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,137 This has nothing to do with him. 342 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,006 He can't even know about it. 343 00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:07,507 Understood. 344 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,376 Maybe you don't personally do it. 345 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:10,944 No. They'd make anybody. 346 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:14,314 They're squared away. 347 00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:15,848 Drop down a rung. 348 00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:17,117 Follow his top people. 349 00:15:17,217 --> 00:15:19,319 Okay. 350 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:23,356 And this... is for you. 351 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:25,425 Results on the other subject. 352 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:28,128 Surveillance of a federal employee is a Class E felony, 353 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:29,696 so if you want me to keep it up, 354 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:31,931 I'm gonna need to charge you a higher rate. 355 00:15:32,032 --> 00:15:34,467 Then it's a good day for business. 356 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,241 Yes? 357 00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:43,510 Your father's driver dropped this off for you. 358 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,046 Oh. 359 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:49,816 * brooding music * 360 00:15:59,226 --> 00:16:02,996 - Thanks, man. - For you, Bryan, anything. 361 00:16:03,096 --> 00:16:05,165 That coffee is terrible. 362 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:06,799 How do you drink it? 363 00:16:10,237 --> 00:16:13,006 I close my eyes and think of England. 364 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:16,543 When you close your eyes, I want you to think of me. 365 00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:19,012 Coming after you. 366 00:16:19,112 --> 00:16:21,214 Like my own personal Anton Chigurh? 367 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:25,452 Oh, no. I'm not some surrealist nightmare. 368 00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:27,520 I'm flesh and blood. 369 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:30,357 I feel like you've got some bedrock misunderstandings 370 00:16:30,457 --> 00:16:31,558 about government work. 371 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:35,528 The Spartan-Ives investigation isn't going anywhere. 372 00:16:35,628 --> 00:16:39,899 It's not going to save Chuck's job. 373 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,337 Who told you that? 374 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:47,407 Don't throw away a promising career 375 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:51,444 over a selective and misguided sense of loyalty. 376 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:53,213 Your boss is going down, 377 00:16:53,313 --> 00:16:56,383 so why not finish Chuck off yourself 378 00:16:56,483 --> 00:16:59,386 and earn some Justice points with the deathblow? 379 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:18,571 So, we're finally gonna have the talk? 380 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:22,242 Well, you've been reaching out to me for five years. 381 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,678 This isn't how I like to do it. 382 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,447 You prefer the house? 383 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:28,548 It's more intimate. 384 00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:29,916 For a seduction? 385 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:33,220 When you ask a person to invest his money with you, 386 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:34,921 that's a seduction. 387 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:37,023 When you ask him to pledge his net worth... 388 00:17:37,124 --> 00:17:39,726 That's what the Mongols did when they sacked a village. 389 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,528 I was gonna say it's a marriage. 390 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:44,464 Well, the Mongols called it that, too. 391 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:46,633 Look, I get why you've been putting me off. 392 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:48,067 Most people don't like 393 00:17:48,168 --> 00:17:50,537 to think about giving their money away. 394 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,905 It makes them think they're gonna die. 395 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:57,177 But you can rest assured... You are gonna die. 396 00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:59,146 Yes. 397 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:01,348 A man tries a lot of things. 398 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:04,784 He fucks, he fathers, he letters his name 399 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:07,720 above doorways he'd never otherwise walk through. 400 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:09,289 Any of this sound familiar? 401 00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:12,825 How's your hot dog? 402 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,128 Goddamn delicious. 403 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:16,896 Why do you make so much money? 404 00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:18,831 Because I can. 405 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,099 Bullshit. 406 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,635 A lot of things you can do that you don't... 407 00:18:22,735 --> 00:18:25,372 Bark like a seal, ride the subway. 408 00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:28,341 You make money because it feels good. 409 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,677 Well, here's the crazy thing. 410 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,879 Giving it away feels better. 411 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:38,618 Do you remember what it felt like to make that first million? 412 00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:42,455 I didn't feel that good again 413 00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:46,793 until I pledged to give away 20,000 times that. 414 00:18:46,893 --> 00:18:49,529 It's the cure. 415 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:53,300 Accumulation with no end in sight is gluttony. 416 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,967 That's the disease. 417 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,669 I thought it was a sin. 418 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,438 Fuck sin. Fuck piety. 419 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:00,440 I'm talking about what you can use. 420 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,175 Gluttony hollows you out. 421 00:19:02,275 --> 00:19:04,076 Giving goes the other way. 422 00:19:04,177 --> 00:19:07,480 I know. It's a fucking paradox, but I worked it out. 423 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:10,817 The reason that nothing levers up your happiness like giving 424 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:13,720 is because it puts you back in charge of the only thing 425 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:18,625 that you ever really cared about... yourself. 426 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,893 That's why I founded the Giving Oath. 427 00:19:23,062 --> 00:19:26,132 And that's why I'm sitting here. 428 00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:36,509 Aw. 429 00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:38,611 Fuck. 430 00:19:42,382 --> 00:19:44,984 I like the way you fight to pass my guard, 431 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:48,087 but you practically dove into that arm lock. 432 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:49,889 You've got to learn the difference 433 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:53,059 between naive aggression and effective aggression. 434 00:19:53,159 --> 00:19:56,028 Yeah. 435 00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,113 Yeah? 436 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:18,685 That's not what you were wearing at the office. 437 00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:20,219 No. 438 00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:24,424 I found something. 439 00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:26,393 I was looking through the Panama Papers. 440 00:20:26,493 --> 00:20:28,160 There was a link to Boyd, after all? 441 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:30,597 No. He's not hiding money there. 442 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,334 Your father is. 443 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:39,105 That's what couldn't wait till morning? 444 00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:42,208 No. He stashed $12 million in an offshore account. 445 00:20:42,309 --> 00:20:43,843 I know. 446 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:47,314 You knew about this? 447 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,181 He didn't do anything illegal. 448 00:20:49,282 --> 00:20:50,650 He didn't stash it. 449 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,453 Moving money that way is not a crime. 450 00:20:53,553 --> 00:20:55,322 It's just bad PR. 451 00:20:57,223 --> 00:21:00,327 But what is it that really bothers you, Bryan? 452 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:01,861 The fact that he hid the money 453 00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:05,298 or the fact that he had that much in the first place? 454 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:12,705 * suspenseful music * 455 00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:13,940 Here it is. 456 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,675 No, not that one. 457 00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:17,510 The Carolina sauces are too vinegary. 458 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,379 I want something spicy. 459 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:22,382 I'm sick of the barbecue sauce. 460 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,984 So, Wags? 461 00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:26,486 Hitting it hard. 462 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:28,988 He has a standing appointment every morning. 463 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,157 He has his own IV stand in his room. 464 00:21:31,257 --> 00:21:33,526 Yeah, he's fucked right now. 465 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:35,261 I'll deal with it soon. 466 00:21:36,596 --> 00:21:38,598 He showed me this. 467 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:42,034 Says it came to his work e-mail. 468 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:44,571 It's Dan Wolfe's company. 469 00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:46,839 Private equity guy who invests in healthcare. 470 00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:49,141 They've got real money behind them. 471 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,411 Well, they're hitting on our customer base now 472 00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:53,012 and undercutting us. 473 00:21:53,112 --> 00:21:57,283 So I was thinking we change our focus to smaller firms, 474 00:21:57,384 --> 00:21:59,185 maybe out in New Jersey. 475 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:00,653 Yeah, let's let him bigfoot us 476 00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:03,423 into becoming, like, a lovely little boutique, you know? 477 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,057 We can open a bed-and-breakfast 478 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:08,127 and serve intravenous maple syrup to our guests. 479 00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:09,562 You want to fight? 480 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,231 This is our fucking corner, Stringer. 481 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:18,938 Yellowbird. 482 00:22:20,407 --> 00:22:23,476 You are going to obtain and execute 483 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,778 a search warrant for Spartan-Ives. 484 00:22:25,878 --> 00:22:27,380 What's the basis for the warrant? 485 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,648 Quote stuffing. 486 00:22:28,748 --> 00:22:30,650 I brought you that a year ago. 487 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:33,085 You called me a piker for wanting to go after it. 488 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,887 Yeah, you said high-frequency trading 489 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:37,056 confuses juries more than advanced calculus. 490 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:38,591 It is advanced calculus. 491 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:41,561 This is the first wave at Normandy. 492 00:22:41,661 --> 00:22:43,596 You know what happened on the first wave. 493 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:45,698 - Got cut down. - Right. 494 00:22:45,798 --> 00:22:49,135 Ensuring that the second wave had a fighting chance. 495 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:51,170 Judge Wailand is expecting you, 496 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:55,274 so go make like a piker... 497 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,909 Today. 498 00:22:58,344 --> 00:22:59,579 Hey. 499 00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:00,947 Hey. 500 00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:02,381 Miss me that much? 501 00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:03,783 Hm, yeah. 502 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:06,152 And I wanted to talk to a few of your employees, 503 00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:07,454 who are also my clients. 504 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:08,855 Sure. Why? 505 00:23:08,955 --> 00:23:11,624 Just to gauge their experience and overall satisfaction. 506 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:15,528 So, you didn't want to see if they or you 507 00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:18,865 are being specifically targeted by Dan Wolfe's Mercy Squad? 508 00:23:18,965 --> 00:23:20,567 I am, right? 509 00:23:21,801 --> 00:23:24,103 - Fuck. - It's okay. 510 00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:26,038 I'll call Wolfe, ask for some courtesy, 511 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,138 have him back off. 512 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,776 You will not. I'll handle it. 513 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:31,110 How? 514 00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:33,412 I'm a businesswoman. I'll handle it. 515 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:40,019 You signed up for the Giving Oath? 516 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,088 You've gone soft. How much are you giving? 517 00:23:42,188 --> 00:23:45,592 Nobody needs to know what he does or doesn't do. 518 00:23:45,692 --> 00:23:47,694 The giving is later. The headlines are now. 519 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:49,896 You planted it... so you'd look like the type 520 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,999 of charity-minded champion that gets to steward a sacred trust, 521 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:54,366 like a sports franchise. 522 00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:57,570 Didn't want to just sit back and leave it to the gods. 523 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,941 * tense music * 524 00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:03,442 It worked. I mean, you got me. 525 00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:04,677 Yeah. 526 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:07,113 But you've also been hitting the IV 527 00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:09,215 - a little hard lately. 528 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:11,651 I barely touch the stuff. 529 00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:15,321 Every day. 530 00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,725 * suspenseful music * 531 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:26,098 Do you believe Chuck really has this? 532 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:27,534 That, or he's losing it. 533 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:29,602 Either way is good for you. 534 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,871 So smile. Enjoy it. 535 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:36,809 You're really okay with leaving Earth behind? 536 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:39,846 Leaving your family behind, potentially forever? 537 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:42,849 I'm an only child. 538 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,383 Was that lonely or... 539 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:48,054 It was ideal, in the truest sense of that word. 540 00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:49,556 Because I could deploy language 541 00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:51,357 from an early developmental stage, 542 00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:53,392 we all got really used to talking. 543 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,695 Oh. That must have been nice. 544 00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:57,363 We communicated in my family, too, 545 00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:59,732 but there were more of us, and most of the time, 546 00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:02,001 it wasn't conversation with a capital C. 547 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,370 It's hard to find people you could just... 548 00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:06,472 Do you... 549 00:25:06,573 --> 00:25:09,141 This may sound like a weird non-answer-question thing, 550 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,376 but do you like Wilco? 551 00:25:10,476 --> 00:25:11,711 Yeah. 552 00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:15,381 Yes, I love the one with "Jesus, don't cry." 553 00:25:15,481 --> 00:25:18,250 Yeah, me too, because in that one, 554 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,686 Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett 555 00:25:19,786 --> 00:25:22,655 had found in each other a perfect mind meld. 556 00:25:22,755 --> 00:25:25,057 They communicated on a level few ever reach. 557 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:28,460 But the thing about Wilco in that moment is, 558 00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:30,329 it was never that good again. 559 00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:31,497 Bennett left the group. 560 00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:33,132 Somehow, even though each had 561 00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:35,234 to know the other made him better, 562 00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:37,837 they just couldn't find a way to keep going together. 563 00:25:37,937 --> 00:25:39,538 Did the band break up? 564 00:25:39,639 --> 00:25:42,241 No. Even without Bennett, Wilco was Wilco. 565 00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:43,409 It kept trucking along. 566 00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:44,944 And Bennett? 567 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:48,648 He died, just a couple years later. 568 00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:49,949 He OD'd. 569 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:54,386 Somehow, on his own, he couldn't keep it together. 570 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:57,489 Makes you wonder how you can find a true partner 571 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:59,291 and keep them. 572 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:03,996 Who is that person for you? 573 00:26:08,668 --> 00:26:10,269 You've never found them. 574 00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:15,642 You've never looked. 575 00:26:15,742 --> 00:26:18,277 If things got messy, 576 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,446 I wasn't sure I could keep trucking. 577 00:26:20,546 --> 00:26:22,749 You didn't want a relationship holding you back 578 00:26:22,849 --> 00:26:24,450 from doing what you love most. 579 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:28,054 Yeah, that's... 580 00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:30,389 Yeah. 581 00:26:30,489 --> 00:26:32,792 Thank you for talking to me. 582 00:26:32,892 --> 00:26:34,226 That's it? 583 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:36,495 That's it. 584 00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:40,967 My dad taught me. 585 00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:44,003 He knew I'd always be competing against men. 586 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,505 Wanted me to have some measure of control. 587 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,876 You're gonna do great things. 588 00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:58,985 Whatever you heard in that meeting made you squeamish. 589 00:26:59,085 --> 00:27:01,153 You know what Rhoades is, Bryan. 590 00:27:01,253 --> 00:27:04,290 You know he should be out of a job. 591 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:08,360 And I know you made that call. 592 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:22,141 You rang, boss? 593 00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:42,729 I need you to reach out to Boyd and set up a meeting. 594 00:27:42,829 --> 00:27:44,897 Just the two of you? 595 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,098 Mm-hmm. 596 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:51,570 This is what the warrant was setting up. 597 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,039 Second wave. 598 00:27:54,841 --> 00:27:56,909 Where's the meeting? 599 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,078 Not in our offices. We're not there yet. 600 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:03,415 No. No, he picks the spot. 601 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,718 I come to him. 602 00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:07,486 I even ask him for something. 603 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:10,656 Trying to hoist him on his own... 604 00:28:10,757 --> 00:28:13,926 No. It doesn't matter what I ask for. 605 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:19,799 You know, the best way to bond with someone 606 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,367 isn't doing a favor. 607 00:28:21,467 --> 00:28:23,135 It's asking for one. 608 00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:24,670 That's the Franklin Effect. 609 00:28:24,771 --> 00:28:26,973 You make the other person feel valued, 610 00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:28,741 like you've given them power... 611 00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:30,276 so you won't hurt them. 612 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:33,379 Now, that's how I need Boyd to feel. 613 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:38,317 * suspenseful music * 614 00:28:42,254 --> 00:28:44,556 Now, isn't this a literary club? 615 00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:45,858 I've written a book... 616 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,459 "Steady at the Helm." 617 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:48,727 Sure. 618 00:28:48,828 --> 00:28:50,797 I tore through it in one sitting. 619 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:52,865 The club motto actually comes from a poem. 620 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:54,100 Mm. 621 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,069 "In the afternoon, they came unto a land..." 622 00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:59,638 Where they assumed a supine position 623 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,141 and sucked each other's dicks. 624 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,410 That's Tennyson, right? 625 00:29:04,510 --> 00:29:07,146 More or less. 626 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:08,580 What's the topic, Chuck? 627 00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:14,286 The state of war we're in 628 00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:15,988 and what you can do to end it. 629 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,190 I don't write polite letters. 630 00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:20,326 I don't like to plea-bargain. 631 00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:21,627 I like to fight. 632 00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:24,563 You sure you want to take life advice from Roy Cohn? 633 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:28,667 He got things done, and he was a generous man. 634 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,804 Mentored Trump, mentored me. 635 00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:34,073 What have you grown in your shade? 636 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:38,344 I have all the king's men arrayed behind me. 637 00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:41,747 And yet a tentative hold on your commission. 638 00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:45,484 Yes, the AG is not very happy with me, 639 00:29:45,584 --> 00:29:48,620 yet she seems to like you for some reason. 640 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,058 Maybe because I don't turn a man's house 641 00:29:52,158 --> 00:29:53,625 upside down for nothing 642 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,761 just so other people will look at me. 643 00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:02,401 You're right. 644 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:06,906 I don't have much on Spartan-Ives. 645 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:08,540 I'm here to ask a favor. 646 00:30:15,081 --> 00:30:18,885 You have a strong compliance department. 647 00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:24,156 I was hoping that you might put on an internal investigation. 648 00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:27,359 Make it look like you're responding to my pressure. 649 00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:29,395 Why would I do that? 650 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:32,164 Because, after a year or so, 651 00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:35,001 when your investigation is over, 652 00:30:35,101 --> 00:30:36,702 my office signs off on it. 653 00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:39,972 I declare I've cleaned up Wall Street, 654 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:43,675 and you crow about how you've swept the rogue elements 655 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:46,278 out of your own shop. 656 00:30:46,378 --> 00:30:48,680 It's a win all around. 657 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:50,983 Not if I have to wait a year. 658 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:54,153 I want to get out from under this immediately. 659 00:30:54,253 --> 00:30:55,787 I am not taking this with me 660 00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:58,390 on the boat off Antibes this summer. 661 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,595 Then what can you give me now? 662 00:31:05,431 --> 00:31:07,499 How about this? 663 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:09,601 There are a few mid-level guys 664 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:12,704 my compliance department has flagged. 665 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:14,273 What if I sacrifice them? 666 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:18,978 Well, that might give me the cloak I need to move on. 667 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:23,950 Yeah. And you would get to fire them for cause 668 00:31:24,050 --> 00:31:25,584 and save three months' severance. 669 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:26,885 Six. 670 00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:30,056 You are munificent. 671 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,692 And thank you. 672 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:35,827 Have your guy call mine. 673 00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:38,564 They can coordinate press releases. 674 00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:55,314 All right, 90-second cool down. 675 00:31:58,350 --> 00:31:59,418 Go. 676 00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:01,320 Rachman pulled his bid for the team. 677 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,956 Couldn't afford it or knew it was going another way? 678 00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:06,492 Someone let the league know about his FCPA issues, 679 00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:09,261 and with you and Bensinger splashed all over the papers, 680 00:32:09,361 --> 00:32:11,463 he didn't want to drown in your rising tide. 681 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:14,066 There's only one other bidder left, and it's a group. 682 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:15,401 He can't afford it solo. 683 00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:17,836 * Are you ready for some football? * 684 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,371 Yes, I am. 685 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:21,107 Let's finish this. 686 00:32:21,207 --> 00:32:22,975 Will you draft the Giving Oath letter? 687 00:32:23,075 --> 00:32:25,277 - What do you want in there? - The usual stuff... 688 00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:27,179 - Good for people, communities. - Got it. 689 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:30,182 And when it's done, you give it to Bill to read to the world. 690 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,183 Gates or Clinton? 691 00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:32,551 Either. 692 00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:35,021 Both. 693 00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:40,792 You always were a fucking pisser, Lara. 694 00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:43,029 Little Lara fucking Benjamin. 695 00:32:43,129 --> 00:32:44,430 She's not Benjamin anymore. 696 00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:45,998 She's aristocratic now. 697 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:48,867 No. What I'm not is little. 698 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:50,669 I'm all grown up. 699 00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:53,005 You serious about this? 700 00:32:53,105 --> 00:32:54,606 Can you hook it up? 701 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:56,942 Sure. I know just the right girl. 702 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,445 I think she graduated, she's certified, everything. 703 00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:01,147 I don't think she passed the test. 704 00:33:01,247 --> 00:33:04,050 Either way, she's the right girl. 705 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:05,217 Mercy Squad? 706 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:08,154 Yeah, that's what it's called, 707 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:11,357 but I need it to stay all the way quiet. 708 00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:14,660 * And let the truth be told * 709 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,295 Hey, no, no, no, no. 710 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:17,496 You're family. 711 00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:19,098 To pay the girl. 712 00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:23,369 Okay. 713 00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:27,005 Anything for Dean's little sister. 714 00:33:27,106 --> 00:33:29,441 To Dean. 715 00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:31,910 * Whoo-hoo * 716 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:34,546 * Hey, hey, I got to pick myself up... * 717 00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:41,187 Rhoades reached out to me. 718 00:33:41,287 --> 00:33:44,556 Did you cut off his hand? 719 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:49,395 You did the other thing. 720 00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:52,030 You would have cut off his hand, right? 721 00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:55,534 That's me. 722 00:33:57,303 --> 00:33:59,971 I have another source I can check to be sure it's legit. 723 00:34:00,072 --> 00:34:02,007 I'll be careful. 724 00:34:02,108 --> 00:34:03,275 You better be. 725 00:34:05,677 --> 00:34:08,747 Your advice was appreciated, and it wasn't wrong, 726 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:10,649 but ask a barber if you need a haircut, 727 00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:12,384 he's always gonna say yes. 728 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,953 I asked a warrior. 729 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,389 But not everyone out there's a savage. 730 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:20,459 Rhoades opened his eyes to the bigger picture. 731 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:34,072 Are we playing it too safe? 732 00:34:34,173 --> 00:34:35,841 These are just the initial questions 733 00:34:35,941 --> 00:34:37,376 I'm gonna be asking Axe. 734 00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:40,045 I'm giving him a little Rumble in the Jungle at first. 735 00:34:40,146 --> 00:34:41,313 Bomaye. 736 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,081 Yeah. I'm gonna do all that, 737 00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:45,451 you understand, at the deposition. 738 00:34:45,551 --> 00:34:48,587 But I got to say it again... You shouldn't come. 739 00:34:48,687 --> 00:34:50,922 It should be cold, clinical. 740 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,658 You're worried I'll say something. 741 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,660 Yes, I am. 742 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,094 Anything unscripted from you 743 00:34:56,195 --> 00:34:57,896 could put you in an even deeper hole. 744 00:34:57,996 --> 00:34:59,265 I won't say a word. 745 00:34:59,365 --> 00:35:01,400 Well, then, why come? 746 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,802 Trust me, it'll have value. 747 00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:06,838 My mere presence will make Axelrod stumble. 748 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,740 It's too risky. 749 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,042 I don't want the whole thing becoming a circus. 750 00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:13,179 Just let me bore him into fucking up. 751 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,381 Come! 752 00:35:16,382 --> 00:35:18,049 I'm sorry. I thought you were alone. 753 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:20,452 That's okay. I could use a cup of coffee. 754 00:35:27,759 --> 00:35:29,628 What's on your mind? 755 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:36,702 My father. 756 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:38,637 What happened? 757 00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:41,039 He isn't who I thought. 758 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:44,610 Well, every child in the history of the world 759 00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:45,710 has learned that. 760 00:35:45,777 --> 00:35:46,777 I'm not naive. 761 00:35:46,812 --> 00:35:48,480 No, never thought you were. 762 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:51,250 But when he gave me advice, 763 00:35:51,350 --> 00:35:54,820 I looked at it through a certain prism... 764 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,423 knowing that he had integrity. 765 00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:00,959 Now I... 766 00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:04,896 I find out he has a pile of money offshore. 767 00:36:06,432 --> 00:36:08,534 Legal tax avoidance, 768 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:12,003 but he has always sold himself to me 769 00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:14,139 as somebody who doesn't avoid. 770 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,007 Mm. 771 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:20,912 Don't be so hard on your old man. 772 00:36:24,416 --> 00:36:27,353 Reach out to him. 773 00:36:27,453 --> 00:36:29,988 Don't keep the disappointment inside. 774 00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:32,258 Let him know what's going on. 775 00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:42,834 So, you got a few sacrificial Spartan-Ives shitheads 776 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:45,437 that nobody had heard of yesterday 777 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:48,307 and nobody will remember tomorrow. 778 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:50,609 You sure that's enough to save your job? 779 00:36:51,943 --> 00:36:54,513 But be careful, 'cause that kind of directness 780 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,282 is a change of pace. 781 00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:58,817 I did the best I could. 782 00:36:58,917 --> 00:37:00,519 That's what there was to get. 783 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,521 It can't be where you live. 784 00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:05,524 You'll need to keep going after Boyd. 785 00:37:05,624 --> 00:37:09,795 No. You can't get blood from a C.E.O. 786 00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:12,664 If I'm out of a job, then I can finally earn 787 00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:17,035 some of that money everyone's always talking about. 788 00:37:17,135 --> 00:37:18,337 Okay, sonny. 789 00:37:20,439 --> 00:37:23,174 I'm sure you know what you're doing. 790 00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:27,012 Mmm. 791 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:34,586 You have to protect the parent-child relationship. 792 00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:40,125 Anyone else in the world will fuck you over... 793 00:37:40,225 --> 00:37:42,561 Friends, lovers... 794 00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:43,795 bosses. 795 00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:52,170 No, your father is the one person 796 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:56,274 you're gonna be able to count on when it matters. 797 00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:03,682 Soft 6? 798 00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:06,818 No. You can swing free. 799 00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:15,260 You can swing free, and not just here. 800 00:38:15,361 --> 00:38:17,162 Chuck meant what he said. 801 00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:21,333 The investigation's over? 802 00:38:23,669 --> 00:38:26,805 And you'll put in a word for him with the AG? 803 00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:30,876 He's showing a real awareness of the landscape. 804 00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:32,110 You must be proud. 805 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,646 I've always been proud. 806 00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:36,715 Now I'm happy for him. 807 00:38:45,557 --> 00:38:47,459 Elena's brilliant... 808 00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:49,461 ideal for research... 809 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:52,931 but not a fit for the program. 810 00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,134 Why? 811 00:38:59,438 --> 00:39:03,409 She's a leaver, a ghost. 812 00:39:03,509 --> 00:39:05,076 She's never faced real adversity, 813 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,312 never had to deal with terrible consequences. 814 00:39:07,413 --> 00:39:10,582 When something goes wrong in space, as it always does, 815 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:12,551 she's gonna crack. 816 00:39:12,651 --> 00:39:16,555 So, your judgment is what? 817 00:39:16,655 --> 00:39:18,356 She needs a trip to the shaker room. 818 00:39:18,457 --> 00:39:19,725 Who among us doesn't? 819 00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:21,427 Reject her. 820 00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:23,629 If she comes crawling back, reject her again. 821 00:39:23,729 --> 00:39:26,432 If six months later, she makes another attempt, 822 00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:27,933 stress test her once more. 823 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:30,769 I can't wait to run my next candidate by you 824 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:34,105 so we can do this all over again. 825 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:36,708 I'm not sure I'm gonna be available. 826 00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,312 I've realized I like working with people, 827 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:43,081 not just judging them. 828 00:39:43,181 --> 00:39:46,585 That's not all it is. 829 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:53,559 Look... 830 00:39:53,659 --> 00:39:57,663 we all have to chase our truest calling. 831 00:39:59,765 --> 00:40:04,770 Mine is to make this universe traversable 832 00:40:04,870 --> 00:40:07,238 and to leave this company a living organism 833 00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:12,077 that can thrive long after I've gone off on Manticore-IX. 834 00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:18,517 To do that, I need stewards. 835 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:22,454 That's not what you're looking for me to do. 836 00:40:22,554 --> 00:40:25,591 You're asking me to sort people into one box or another, 837 00:40:25,691 --> 00:40:28,093 like a second-rate Freud, which... 838 00:40:28,193 --> 00:40:29,394 Which is Freud. 839 00:40:29,495 --> 00:40:33,665 Anyone with a DSM-V and a label maker can do that. 840 00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:35,801 I don't want distance. 841 00:40:35,901 --> 00:40:38,236 I like getting messy. 842 00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:43,108 The power of the instant... That's what excites me. 843 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:45,343 Ice into steam... or back. 844 00:40:46,678 --> 00:40:49,581 Is this a test? To see if I come crawling back? 845 00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:52,083 No. 846 00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,620 I don't test people that way. 847 00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:09,467 But... 848 00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:11,002 if you ever decide 849 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:13,271 to grapple with why you feel happiness for you 850 00:41:13,371 --> 00:41:15,974 can only exist light-years away 851 00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:20,311 or in the company of hairless 21-year-old girls, 852 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:23,815 come see me. 853 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:26,017 We can fix that quick. 854 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:35,060 Holy shit. 855 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:35,994 No. 856 00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:37,495 What's up? 857 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:40,532 Dan Wolfe just got popped for aggravated pimping. 858 00:41:40,632 --> 00:41:42,768 Mercy Squad nurses were turning tricks. 859 00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:45,804 One of them solicited sex from a PM at Vista Verde. 860 00:41:53,912 --> 00:41:55,180 Hey, babe. 861 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,082 How'd you do it? 862 00:41:59,084 --> 00:42:01,519 I told you... I'm a businesswoman. 863 00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:04,856 That you are. 864 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:07,859 Love you. Bye. 865 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:10,061 You should really put a bocce court in. 866 00:42:10,161 --> 00:42:12,230 This floor is so level, it's a waste not to. 867 00:42:12,330 --> 00:42:14,499 I'm kicking myself I didn't think of that. 868 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:15,967 Thanks for taking the meeting. 869 00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:17,502 Anything for Bruno. 870 00:42:17,603 --> 00:42:21,006 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 871 00:42:21,106 --> 00:42:22,540 Thank you, Bruno. 872 00:42:22,641 --> 00:42:23,975 Sure. 873 00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:26,577 Do your best. 874 00:42:26,612 --> 00:42:28,113 - Yeah. - Right. 875 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,416 This is incredible. What do you put in it? 876 00:42:31,516 --> 00:42:33,585 Dough, sauce, cheese. 877 00:42:33,685 --> 00:42:36,187 That's insane. What's, like, your secret ingredient? 878 00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:37,956 Well, I start with the dough 879 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:40,759 and a little sauce and then cheese. 880 00:42:40,859 --> 00:42:42,427 Huh. Awesome. 881 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:44,329 Keep it up. 882 00:42:46,965 --> 00:42:48,566 He called you Marco out there. 883 00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:50,268 I go by Marc outside the family. 884 00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:51,970 - Uh-huh? - Yeah. 885 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:53,271 I shortened it. 886 00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:55,340 Yeah, no, I get that. 887 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,108 Me, I'm proud of where I come from. 888 00:42:57,208 --> 00:42:59,244 Oh, I'm intensely proud of my people. 889 00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:01,112 - That's why I'm here. - Mm-hmm. 890 00:43:02,848 --> 00:43:04,115 Are we waiting for someone? 891 00:43:04,215 --> 00:43:05,550 No. 892 00:43:05,651 --> 00:43:07,518 Sit. 893 00:43:09,354 --> 00:43:12,991 So... tell me. 894 00:43:13,091 --> 00:43:15,560 Aside from your pride, 895 00:43:15,661 --> 00:43:18,797 why would I ever put any of my money 896 00:43:18,897 --> 00:43:20,565 in your corner of the state? 897 00:43:20,666 --> 00:43:23,935 Sandicot's downtown is ripe for redevelopment. 898 00:43:24,035 --> 00:43:25,336 Buildings waiting to be razed 899 00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:27,405 and replaced with LEED-certified condos 900 00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:29,307 and a city council on which I sit... 901 00:43:29,407 --> 00:43:30,308 Mm-hmm. 902 00:43:30,408 --> 00:43:31,977 Which is highly motivated to... 903 00:43:32,077 --> 00:43:34,612 Okay. What you've just described... 904 00:43:34,713 --> 00:43:37,182 And no offense, since I know it's your home... 905 00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:40,385 But what you've just described is a shithole. 906 00:43:40,485 --> 00:43:42,587 The whole county's on the edge of default. 907 00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:46,257 It's not called a distressed debt because we're thriving. 908 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:49,761 You get to buy it cheap... Pennies on the dollar. 909 00:43:49,861 --> 00:43:52,330 Yeah, more like millions on hundreds of millions. 910 00:43:52,430 --> 00:43:54,265 Well, think of that upside. 911 00:43:54,365 --> 00:43:58,704 Look, I get offers like this every day. 912 00:43:58,804 --> 00:44:00,872 The only reason you got through this door... 913 00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:03,141 I know. And I don't expect you to do this deal 914 00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:04,575 as a favor to my uncle. 915 00:44:04,676 --> 00:44:07,345 I expect you to do it because of the casino. 916 00:44:07,445 --> 00:44:09,647 You buried the lede, kid. Come on. 917 00:44:09,748 --> 00:44:11,683 Okay. Tell me about the casino. 918 00:44:11,783 --> 00:44:14,485 It's gonna be paradise. 919 00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:16,554 Monte Carlo. 920 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:18,857 You never been to Monte Carlo, have you? 921 00:44:20,391 --> 00:44:23,361 It's the Sandicot of the Riviera. 922 00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:31,336 Tell me. 923 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,973 Okay, I don't care if you spit or swallow. 924 00:44:35,073 --> 00:44:36,742 Just don't keep me waiting. 925 00:44:36,842 --> 00:44:38,509 The faucet's back on. 926 00:44:38,609 --> 00:44:39,845 It worked? 927 00:44:39,945 --> 00:44:41,012 Overnight. 928 00:44:41,980 --> 00:44:44,315 So, what do you want me to do now? 929 00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:46,417 Am I going to have to wear a wire? 930 00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,586 You're gonna be a hero. 931 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,021 Talk soon. 932 00:44:53,859 --> 00:44:57,929 Spartan-Ives is back to rigging Treasury auctions. 933 00:44:58,029 --> 00:44:59,430 We've got a beachhead. 934 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:03,902 Sometimes you just got to trust people to be who they are. 935 00:45:05,570 --> 00:45:08,039 Every time I think maybe I'm caught up... 936 00:45:08,139 --> 00:45:11,009 Mm. Long time in this racket. 937 00:45:11,109 --> 00:45:13,711 Still impressive. 938 00:45:13,812 --> 00:45:15,346 Thank you. 939 00:45:15,446 --> 00:45:17,415 Come on. Let's hit the Gorilla truck. 940 00:45:17,515 --> 00:45:19,818 No, I'm not gonna watch you eat a number five. 941 00:45:19,918 --> 00:45:22,087 Onions and... Unh-unh. 942 00:45:22,187 --> 00:45:23,922 Stay here and have some hand salad. 943 00:45:24,022 --> 00:45:25,623 Please. 944 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,325 Do me this favor. 945 00:45:30,762 --> 00:45:33,531 Do you think they really have the inside track with Albany 946 00:45:33,631 --> 00:45:35,733 - on a gaming license? - I don't want to guess. 947 00:45:35,834 --> 00:45:37,735 I want you to know so that I know. 948 00:45:37,836 --> 00:45:39,470 Okay. 949 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:41,072 And if it checks out, 950 00:45:41,172 --> 00:45:43,674 you know, that's the kind of giving I can get behind. 951 00:45:43,775 --> 00:45:45,944 I mean, this is how all charities should work. 952 00:45:46,044 --> 00:45:48,479 You mean benefiting you more than anybody else? 953 00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:53,151 As much as. Not more. 954 00:45:57,455 --> 00:46:00,058 People noticing you have a new favorite. 955 00:46:00,158 --> 00:46:01,559 They're not happy about it. 956 00:46:01,659 --> 00:46:04,462 Anybody who makes me money is my favorite. 957 00:46:05,663 --> 00:46:08,333 Uh, look, Axe, I know I'm late. 958 00:46:08,433 --> 00:46:10,902 Take a seat. You missed the Sandicot meeting. 959 00:46:11,002 --> 00:46:13,271 - I'm sorry. - Went fine without you. 960 00:46:15,740 --> 00:46:17,008 Take a fucking seat. 961 00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:19,377 I can't. 962 00:46:21,512 --> 00:46:23,348 Why are wearing sweatpants? 963 00:46:25,050 --> 00:46:26,517 Could you... 964 00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:29,120 Steph, step out, please. 965 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:38,263 I woke up in a hotel this morning. 966 00:46:38,363 --> 00:46:40,331 You're living in the fucking Pierre. 967 00:46:40,431 --> 00:46:43,701 This was the Americana Suites, 968 00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:46,771 some shit dive next to Port Authority, 969 00:46:46,872 --> 00:46:48,473 with my ass on fire. 970 00:46:48,573 --> 00:46:51,376 And... 971 00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:53,778 I saw I had a tattoo. 972 00:46:53,879 --> 00:46:56,447 On your ass? 973 00:46:56,547 --> 00:46:58,884 Yeah. 974 00:46:58,984 --> 00:47:02,353 You got an ass tattoo? 975 00:47:02,453 --> 00:47:07,392 All evidence points to that being the case. 976 00:47:09,627 --> 00:47:11,629 I need to see it. 977 00:47:11,729 --> 00:47:12,563 You want to... 978 00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:13,965 No, don't want to. 979 00:47:14,065 --> 00:47:16,367 No. I need to. 980 00:47:25,743 --> 00:47:28,779 What the fuck is that? 981 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,048 Is that Yosemite... 982 00:47:30,148 --> 00:47:32,884 I think so. 983 00:47:32,984 --> 00:47:34,920 I was a fan. 984 00:47:37,255 --> 00:47:39,557 I'm sending you somewhere. 985 00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:42,660 Please, not rehab. 986 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:46,064 No, not rehab. 987 00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:49,167 Well, you know what Dr. Sarno says about that kind of pain. 988 00:47:53,004 --> 00:47:54,505 Excuse me. 989 00:47:59,144 --> 00:48:00,511 Yes? 990 00:48:05,050 --> 00:48:06,751 I'll buzz you in. 991 00:48:08,586 --> 00:48:10,755 I am so sorry. I need one second. 992 00:48:16,327 --> 00:48:18,463 Want to hear a funny story? 993 00:48:18,563 --> 00:48:19,830 Not really. 994 00:48:19,931 --> 00:48:21,332 I need help. 995 00:48:23,401 --> 00:48:24,970 Did he send you? 996 00:48:25,070 --> 00:48:26,871 Yeah. 997 00:48:26,972 --> 00:48:29,207 But it's not for him. I really do need help. 998 00:48:29,307 --> 00:48:31,409 You've always needed help. 999 00:48:31,509 --> 00:48:33,211 What's different now? 1000 00:48:48,893 --> 00:48:51,729 I don't even remember how I got it. 1001 00:48:56,467 --> 00:48:58,103 Okay. 1002 00:48:59,670 --> 00:49:01,172 Mnh-mnh. Not today. 1003 00:49:01,272 --> 00:49:04,075 I'm no longer available to you on standby. 1004 00:49:04,175 --> 00:49:07,845 So you want me to call and schedule an appointment? 1005 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,381 Yes. 1006 00:49:10,481 --> 00:49:12,183 Like a fucking grown-up. 1007 00:49:14,385 --> 00:49:16,187 I can do that. 1008 00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:27,198 I knew you'd reach out. 1009 00:49:27,298 --> 00:49:30,001 Cooperating was always the smart move. 1010 00:49:33,071 --> 00:49:35,873 You think I tipped you? Prove it. 1011 00:49:38,543 --> 00:49:42,080 You think I had a moment of moral confusion, 1012 00:49:42,180 --> 00:49:44,182 forgetting why I do what I do and who for? 1013 00:49:44,282 --> 00:49:46,317 Prove it. 1014 00:49:46,417 --> 00:49:48,453 You think Chuck screwed up? 1015 00:49:48,553 --> 00:49:50,188 Earn your 150k... 1016 00:49:50,288 --> 00:49:51,822 You're making a mistake. 1017 00:49:51,922 --> 00:49:53,524 And prove it. 1018 00:49:53,624 --> 00:49:57,395 Chuck Rhoades has proven shit no one should be able to. 1019 00:49:57,495 --> 00:49:59,264 And if he were going after this case, 1020 00:49:59,364 --> 00:50:01,866 he would have the target nailed, dead to rights. 1021 00:50:01,966 --> 00:50:03,568 But Chuck is lucky 1022 00:50:03,668 --> 00:50:06,804 because he's not being chased by himself. 1023 00:50:06,904 --> 00:50:08,306 He's being chased by you. 1024 00:50:08,406 --> 00:50:12,710 Nearer, My God, to Thee. 1025 00:50:12,810 --> 00:50:14,845 Back the fuck off. 1026 00:50:14,945 --> 00:50:18,249 That was the last song the band played on the Titanic, 1027 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:21,552 and it is a dreary tune. 1028 00:50:21,652 --> 00:50:23,954 I offered you a lifeboat. 1029 00:50:24,055 --> 00:50:27,092 You picked up a violin. 1030 00:50:27,192 --> 00:50:29,026 Happy fiddling, Bryan. 1031 00:50:41,606 --> 00:50:44,775 * What do you mean, I don't believe in God? * 1032 00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:48,413 * I talk to him every day * 1033 00:50:48,513 --> 00:50:51,582 * What do you mean, I don't support your system? * 1034 00:50:51,682 --> 00:50:54,252 * I go to court when I have to * 1035 00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,589 * What do you mean, I can't get to work on time? * 1036 00:50:58,689 --> 00:51:02,026 * I got nothing better to do * 1037 00:51:02,127 --> 00:51:05,296 * And what do you mean, I don't pay my bills? * 1038 00:51:05,396 --> 00:51:07,832 * Why do you think I'm broke? * 1039 00:51:07,932 --> 00:51:10,268 * Huh? * 1040 00:51:10,368 --> 00:51:13,904 * If there's a new way * 1041 00:51:14,004 --> 00:51:16,141 - * I'll be the first in line * - Oh! 1042 00:51:16,241 --> 00:51:17,708 You flinched. 1043 00:51:17,808 --> 00:51:20,945 * But it better work this time * 1044 00:51:31,289 --> 00:51:33,458 Mr. Axelrod, good day. 1045 00:51:33,558 --> 00:51:39,130 I'm Ira Schirmer, attorney for Charles Rhoades Jr. 1046 00:51:40,665 --> 00:51:44,101 I'll be asking you a few questions. 1047 00:51:44,202 --> 00:51:46,771 Orrin Bach for Robert Axelrod. 1048 00:51:46,871 --> 00:51:47,905 Are you ready? 1049 00:51:48,005 --> 00:51:49,640 Rock and roll. 1050 00:51:49,740 --> 00:51:51,942 Let's go on the record. 1051 00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:56,046 You assert that Mr. Rhoades harassed you... 1052 00:51:56,147 --> 00:51:57,815 I'm sorry. Can we go off the record? 1053 00:51:59,817 --> 00:52:04,121 I just wanted to say, you did a great job rebuilding. 1054 00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:07,592 Sometimes I laugh myself to sleep at night 1055 00:52:07,692 --> 00:52:09,960 just thinking about you ripping the place apart. 1056 00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:11,429 - Hey, Chuck. - Oh. 1057 00:52:11,529 --> 00:52:13,431 You know, I never think about it. 1058 00:52:13,531 --> 00:52:16,000 But then, of course, I'm not alone at night. 1059 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:17,668 Let's go back on the record. 1060 00:52:20,638 --> 00:52:23,140 You assert that Mr. Rhoades harassed you. 1061 00:52:23,241 --> 00:52:24,275 Off the record. 1062 00:52:25,943 --> 00:52:27,712 Where are you sleeping now? 1063 00:52:27,812 --> 00:52:29,247 Bobby. 1064 00:52:29,347 --> 00:52:31,416 Suitable accommodations. 1065 00:52:31,516 --> 00:52:33,318 Mm-hmm. Who paid for it... me or Daddy? 1066 00:52:33,418 --> 00:52:35,520 We all know Uncle Sam pays you shit. 1067 00:52:35,620 --> 00:52:37,422 It was me. 1068 00:52:37,522 --> 00:52:39,390 Found some loose change in the cushions. 1069 00:52:39,490 --> 00:52:41,292 Is this going to happen or... 1070 00:52:41,392 --> 00:52:42,627 Back on the record. 1071 00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:47,232 You assert that Mr. Rhoades harassed you. 1072 00:52:47,332 --> 00:52:49,700 How do you know he didn't have a legitimate reason 1073 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:50,801 to be in your office? 1074 00:52:50,901 --> 00:52:52,603 Well, it was the middle of the night. 1075 00:52:52,703 --> 00:52:55,206 He didn't come with a SWAT team, not even a subpoena. 1076 00:52:55,306 --> 00:52:57,808 It was just him, trying to intimidate me. 1077 00:52:57,908 --> 00:52:59,310 But his wife works for you. 1078 00:52:59,410 --> 00:53:01,145 He could have been coming to see her. 1079 00:53:01,246 --> 00:53:04,114 His wife had quit working for me. 1080 00:53:08,118 --> 00:53:11,556 So, are you saying you did or didn't intercede with the police 1081 00:53:11,656 --> 00:53:14,592 and bribe them regarding your employee, Mick Danzig? 1082 00:53:14,692 --> 00:53:15,993 - I... - Objection. 1083 00:53:16,093 --> 00:53:18,162 This is a deposition. Objections are waived. 1084 00:53:18,263 --> 00:53:19,564 Except to form. 1085 00:53:19,664 --> 00:53:21,666 That was a compound question. 1086 00:53:21,766 --> 00:53:22,667 I can answer. 1087 00:53:22,767 --> 00:53:24,669 A smart man listens to his lawyer. 1088 00:53:24,769 --> 00:53:27,405 I'll rephrase. 1089 00:53:27,505 --> 00:53:31,242 Did you bribe the police regarding Mick Danzig? 1090 00:53:32,977 --> 00:53:37,014 Look, this whole thing is about what he did. 1091 00:53:37,114 --> 00:53:38,283 That question isn't. 1092 00:53:38,383 --> 00:53:39,917 So you're declining to answer? 1093 00:53:40,017 --> 00:53:41,185 Yes. 1094 00:53:41,286 --> 00:53:43,220 An element of your claim is damages. 1095 00:53:43,321 --> 00:53:45,756 Are you willing to open up your books 1096 00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:47,725 to show the concrete monetary damages 1097 00:53:47,825 --> 00:53:49,260 you've supposedly incurred? 1098 00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:51,262 Yes, I have damages. 1099 00:53:51,362 --> 00:53:54,532 No, I am not willing to show my books at this time. 1100 00:53:54,632 --> 00:53:58,336 Ah, so then you must not be asserting actual damages? 1101 00:53:58,436 --> 00:53:59,870 You're saying that your damages 1102 00:53:59,970 --> 00:54:02,640 can be presumed from Mr. Rhoades' actions? 1103 00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:04,275 Right. 1104 00:54:04,375 --> 00:54:05,776 Right. 1105 00:54:05,876 --> 00:54:10,615 Legally, we call these mental or emotional damages. 1106 00:54:10,715 --> 00:54:12,283 So... 1107 00:54:12,383 --> 00:54:14,218 are you saying Chuck hurt you mentally, 1108 00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:16,521 or are you saying he hurt you emotionally? 1109 00:54:30,267 --> 00:54:32,169 I'd like to take a break. 1110 00:54:32,269 --> 00:54:34,672 Oh, you don't want to announce to the whole Street 1111 00:54:34,772 --> 00:54:36,341 that Chuck hurt your feelings? 1112 00:54:36,441 --> 00:54:38,643 He got into your head, threw you off your game? 1113 00:54:38,743 --> 00:54:41,446 Turn the camera off. We're taking a break. 1114 00:54:53,324 --> 00:54:54,324 What? 1115 00:54:54,359 --> 00:54:56,827 Sanford Bensinger is on the phone. 1116 00:55:02,933 --> 00:55:04,602 Sandy. 1117 00:55:04,702 --> 00:55:07,538 We call it the Giving Oath because you fucking swear it. 1118 00:55:07,638 --> 00:55:09,206 Do you understand what an oath is? 1119 00:55:09,306 --> 00:55:11,308 I do. 1120 00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:15,746 I do, and I've already begun moving on what we discussed, 1121 00:55:15,846 --> 00:55:18,616 and actually, I was gonna reach out to you 1122 00:55:18,716 --> 00:55:20,718 to talk about structuring a trust. 1123 00:55:20,818 --> 00:55:22,653 You mean a photo op? 1124 00:55:22,753 --> 00:55:24,121 Maybe in costume. 1125 00:55:24,221 --> 00:55:25,723 Me as John the Baptist, 1126 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:27,291 you as the Son of Man. 1127 00:55:27,392 --> 00:55:29,727 Hey, look, Sandy, I'm as... 1128 00:55:29,827 --> 00:55:31,596 I'm as upset as you are 1129 00:55:31,696 --> 00:55:33,831 that our meeting got tipped off to... 1130 00:55:33,931 --> 00:55:37,234 Do me the courtesy of not lying again on this phone call. 1131 00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:40,438 I do not appreciate being used. 1132 00:55:40,538 --> 00:55:43,574 I got to be where I am by connecting the dots, 1133 00:55:43,674 --> 00:55:47,077 scores of randomly placed ones. 1134 00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:51,516 The NFL is turning you down. 1135 00:55:51,616 --> 00:55:54,218 I asked for the favor of telling you myself. 1136 00:56:01,526 --> 00:56:03,160 They're, um... 1137 00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:08,499 They're really gonna walk away from the highest bid? 1138 00:56:08,599 --> 00:56:12,603 Sports franchises are how we knight people in this country. 1139 00:56:12,703 --> 00:56:14,505 And you're not royalty. 1140 00:56:14,605 --> 00:56:17,074 You're a robber baron. 1141 00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:45,903 * suspenseful music * 1142 00:57:12,897 --> 00:57:14,832 We're talking about damages. 1143 00:57:16,934 --> 00:57:22,106 I have actual, concrete, monetary ones. 1144 00:57:24,575 --> 00:57:27,311 You cost me a professional football team. 1145 00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,116 Can we go back on the record? 1146 00:57:32,216 --> 00:57:36,186 Actually, I think we need a break now. 1147 00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:38,088 No. Let's continue. 1148 00:57:38,188 --> 00:57:40,257 A wise man always listens to his lawyer. 1149 00:57:40,357 --> 00:57:43,093 I keep my own counsel. Let's keep going. 1150 00:57:43,193 --> 00:57:45,029 Fucking right, we will. 1151 00:57:47,898 --> 00:57:50,400 Fire away. 1152 00:57:52,302 --> 00:57:55,439 * If there's a new way * 1153 00:57:55,540 --> 00:57:59,009 * I'll be the first in line * 1154 00:57:59,109 --> 00:58:01,478 * But it better work this time * 1155 00:58:07,685 --> 00:58:11,188 * What do you mean, I hurt your feelings? * 1156 00:58:11,288 --> 00:58:14,725 * I didn't know you had any feelings * 1157 00:58:14,825 --> 00:58:17,828 * What do you mean, I ain't kind? * 1158 00:58:17,928 --> 00:58:19,930 * I'm just not your kind *