1 00:00:07,083 --> 00:00:11,040 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:11,041 --> 00:00:12,681 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. 3 00:00:12,705 --> 00:00:15,707 The committee chose the location that will bring 4 00:00:15,708 --> 00:00:18,916 the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. 5 00:00:18,917 --> 00:00:20,624 The gaming license was the guarantee 6 00:00:20,625 --> 00:00:22,105 that Sandicot would pay off the notes. 7 00:00:22,129 --> 00:00:24,124 So, it's fallen upon all of you to figure out 8 00:00:24,125 --> 00:00:26,874 how to get us un-fucked. 9 00:00:26,875 --> 00:00:29,833 Austerity. It's your only option. 10 00:00:29,834 --> 00:00:31,791 Axe Cap was not what I thought it would be. 11 00:00:31,792 --> 00:00:32,750 You care to be a little more specific? 12 00:00:32,751 --> 00:00:35,707 I'm supposed to give their lawyer a heads-up, 13 00:00:35,708 --> 00:00:38,541 but I think I'm pretty safe to talk... 14 00:00:38,542 --> 00:00:40,165 if you bring me a subpoena. 15 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:42,582 The Churchill World War II. You sure, Chuck? 16 00:00:42,583 --> 00:00:45,082 "Never give in. Never give in." 17 00:00:45,083 --> 00:00:46,958 From the day I passed the bar, 18 00:00:46,959 --> 00:00:48,239 I have said those words to myself 19 00:00:48,263 --> 00:00:51,874 the first morning of every trial. 20 00:00:51,875 --> 00:00:54,165 - You can still say the words. - Hello. I'm Taylor. 21 00:00:54,166 --> 00:00:57,207 My pronouns are "they," "theirs," and "them." 22 00:00:57,208 --> 00:01:01,707 You see things differently. That's an edge. 23 00:01:01,708 --> 00:01:03,541 That's Camelot right there. 24 00:01:03,542 --> 00:01:06,207 That is a picture of a man running for office. 25 00:01:06,208 --> 00:01:09,207 - Our deal hold? - Yes, but not for you. 26 00:01:09,208 --> 00:01:11,290 You want a session? See someone else. 27 00:01:11,291 --> 00:01:13,374 My office is off-limits. 28 00:01:13,375 --> 00:01:15,874 I should've told you about Wendy before I even spoke to her. 29 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:18,707 What if I won't see her? I'll draw a line. 30 00:01:18,708 --> 00:01:20,374 Black Jack Foley. 31 00:01:20,375 --> 00:01:21,874 How are you, Charles? 32 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:24,666 I'll be better if you help me out with a little something. 33 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:26,227 I know what you and your two daddies did 34 00:01:26,251 --> 00:01:28,209 up in Sandicot. 35 00:01:34,792 --> 00:01:37,875 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 36 00:01:54,583 --> 00:01:56,999 Thanks, Wags, but... really? 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,416 You got me VR goggles? What, am I turning 13? 38 00:02:00,417 --> 00:02:03,290 If you were, Uncle Wagsy would be getting you laid 39 00:02:03,291 --> 00:02:05,582 by the most beautiful call girl in the state. 40 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:07,916 But you're a big man having a big birthday, 41 00:02:07,917 --> 00:02:11,124 so the gift matches. And you're not there yet. 42 00:02:11,125 --> 00:02:13,874 It's called The Arque, 43 00:02:13,875 --> 00:02:17,290 the foremost luxury bunker for end times. 44 00:02:17,291 --> 00:02:20,166 A hedge against humanity. 45 00:02:23,125 --> 00:02:27,040 Stocks of non-perishable food, 46 00:02:27,041 --> 00:02:31,082 water purification equipment, seed banks, 47 00:02:31,083 --> 00:02:32,958 DNA cold storage, medical supplies, 48 00:02:32,959 --> 00:02:35,332 and surgical equipment. 49 00:02:35,333 --> 00:02:39,749 Everything you need, jefe, even weapons. 50 00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:41,874 - For what? - I don't know. 51 00:02:41,875 --> 00:02:43,791 Terrorists. Cannibals. 52 00:02:43,792 --> 00:02:47,624 Happy birthday. 53 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:50,374 This coin means that you've got a spot reserved. 54 00:02:50,375 --> 00:02:52,165 I made the down payment. 55 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:55,208 And I'm not too classy to say that it ran me 360K. 56 00:02:59,125 --> 00:03:00,125 Sic Transit Imperium. 57 00:03:00,126 --> 00:03:04,999 "So passes the empire." 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,582 Thanks, Wags. 59 00:03:07,583 --> 00:03:09,958 I can see you put a lot of thought into this. 60 00:03:09,959 --> 00:03:11,541 You get a spot for yourself? 61 00:03:11,542 --> 00:03:13,082 If humanity has to be rebuilt, 62 00:03:13,083 --> 00:03:15,332 it sure as fuck shouldn't be in my image. 63 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:17,374 Besides, you know I wanna be 64 00:03:17,375 --> 00:03:20,000 on the outside, rocking with the marauders. 65 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:24,875 Let's go. 66 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:29,290 You went with a sailcloth option. 67 00:03:29,291 --> 00:03:31,624 - Huh? - Tent. 68 00:03:31,625 --> 00:03:33,333 Oh, yeah. Lara picked it. 69 00:03:35,875 --> 00:03:37,707 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 70 00:03:37,708 --> 00:03:41,749 Axelrod has never made a move as brazen, as public 71 00:03:41,750 --> 00:03:43,582 as looting a working class town. 72 00:03:43,583 --> 00:03:45,703 Yeah, now he's like the bad guy in a Springsteen song. 73 00:03:45,727 --> 00:03:47,666 Exactly so. 74 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:50,040 Oh, he's the boss man closing down the factory 75 00:03:50,041 --> 00:03:51,441 and kicking Johnny 99 to the street. 76 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,541 We're going to attack. Bryan. 77 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:57,374 Now the thrust of this muni-bond deal, 78 00:03:57,375 --> 00:03:58,958 buying of the debt, forcing austerity... 79 00:03:58,959 --> 00:04:00,999 Austerity. What a lovely word 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,874 for fucking the life out of 180,000 people. 81 00:04:03,875 --> 00:04:07,165 Yeah. Well, the bond deal itself, reprehensible as it is, 82 00:04:07,166 --> 00:04:09,874 is completely legal. It's the timing that's suspect. 83 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:13,249 Axe jumped in when he did because he knew something. 84 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,958 We laser in on how he came by the information, 85 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:18,165 who's involved, how money may have changed hands. 86 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:19,916 Information like this is never free. 87 00:04:19,917 --> 00:04:21,707 There's bribes and payoffs under it. 88 00:04:21,708 --> 00:04:25,249 Real Meeting Across the River shit. 89 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:27,290 What, only white men can listen to The Boss? 90 00:04:27,291 --> 00:04:28,916 Oh, not at all. No. 91 00:04:28,917 --> 00:04:31,124 In fact, like the main character in that deep cut, 92 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:33,416 Axe is not gonna win here. 93 00:04:33,417 --> 00:04:34,749 Something has to tie back to him. 94 00:04:34,750 --> 00:04:37,749 We're on a path. Uh, location board, gaming commission. 95 00:04:37,750 --> 00:04:38,750 Uh, it's Albany. 96 00:04:38,751 --> 00:04:40,874 You can't have a PTA bake sale without kickbacks. 97 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:43,582 Let's mount up. 98 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:45,263 Sandicot team has a long drive ahead of us. 99 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:48,749 Kate? That subpoena come through for Steph Reed? 100 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:52,416 Thirty minutes ago. I will have her in here this afternoon. 101 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:56,916 It's a big deal, source that close. 102 00:04:56,917 --> 00:04:59,290 You have my complete confidence. 103 00:04:59,291 --> 00:05:01,166 I thought Connerty did. 104 00:05:03,208 --> 00:05:06,125 I have enough confidence to go around. 105 00:05:07,917 --> 00:05:09,624 Aparicio Rodriguez. 106 00:05:09,625 --> 00:05:10,833 - Plays third. 107 00:05:10,834 --> 00:05:12,791 Kid's the next Sal Bando. 108 00:05:12,792 --> 00:05:14,749 First round draft pick next June. 109 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:17,624 I've been paying for private lessons for him since he was 13 110 00:05:17,625 --> 00:05:20,582 in exchange for a chunk of the kid's future signing bonus. 111 00:05:20,583 --> 00:05:22,457 - It's recoup time. 112 00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:24,499 - 2,000 percent ROI... 113 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,165 even counting the dozen other kids I invested in 114 00:05:27,166 --> 00:05:28,916 - but had to cut loose. 115 00:05:28,917 --> 00:05:32,750 - All right, guys, take a break! - Rodriguez, bring it in. 116 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:36,874 I got you a birthday present. 117 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:39,332 - Him? - No. Klaxon. 118 00:05:39,333 --> 00:05:42,124 - Belgian car company. - An auto scheme? 119 00:05:42,125 --> 00:05:44,874 I'd rather have the ballplayer. At least this guy can hit. 120 00:05:44,875 --> 00:05:45,916 This is better. 121 00:05:45,917 --> 00:05:48,707 It's something I couldn't discuss at the office. 122 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:49,958 Did you know about this? 123 00:05:49,959 --> 00:05:53,040 Not the details, only that there was something worth hearing. 124 00:05:53,041 --> 00:05:57,207 I heard rumors. Dug into it off-campus, off the books. 125 00:05:57,208 --> 00:05:58,707 They're headed for a recall. 126 00:05:58,708 --> 00:06:01,666 Major fines, sanctions. 127 00:06:01,667 --> 00:06:04,165 - Bottom's gonna drop out. - When? 128 00:06:04,166 --> 00:06:06,499 Unknown, but we gotta move fast to lay in our position. 129 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,207 This news won't hold long. 130 00:06:08,208 --> 00:06:09,000 What's your level of certainty? 131 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:13,333 ♪ Tense music ♪ 132 00:06:39,667 --> 00:06:41,541 I am not uncertain. 133 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:43,416 Any particulars I need to know? 134 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:44,999 No. 135 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,874 I'll think about it. 136 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:51,374 Whoa, wait. This... this is automatic. 137 00:06:51,375 --> 00:06:53,791 This cow's got a bolt to its head, 138 00:06:53,792 --> 00:06:54,952 and it's hanging upside-down. 139 00:06:54,976 --> 00:06:56,833 You just gotta carve it up and eat it. 140 00:06:56,834 --> 00:06:59,874 Times are changing. 141 00:06:59,875 --> 00:07:01,916 No matter how not uncertain you are, 142 00:07:01,917 --> 00:07:03,541 these days, I take a laparoscope 143 00:07:03,542 --> 00:07:04,458 to the fucking guts of every deal. 144 00:07:04,459 --> 00:07:08,040 Gents, if I may... What's to gain? 145 00:07:08,041 --> 00:07:09,916 A hundred million? It's a drop in the bucket. 146 00:07:09,917 --> 00:07:12,207 It's not worth giving the government the opening. 147 00:07:12,208 --> 00:07:13,791 Perfectly said, Wags. 148 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:15,541 Has he made you afraid of Rhoades, 149 00:07:15,542 --> 00:07:17,707 whispering pussy excuses in your ear? 150 00:07:17,708 --> 00:07:18,250 You're really that fucking scared, Axe? 151 00:07:18,251 --> 00:07:20,749 You back off, Bill. 152 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:23,457 Why? 'Cause he can end my world, burn my contacts, 153 00:07:23,458 --> 00:07:26,541 and keep every cent of my bonus for himself? 154 00:07:26,542 --> 00:07:28,541 That... That's supposed to make me hold my tongue? 155 00:07:28,542 --> 00:07:29,874 - Fuck, yeah. - See? That... 156 00:07:29,875 --> 00:07:33,249 That's why you will never buy and sell equities. 157 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:35,050 No, all that's supposed to make me more brazen 158 00:07:35,074 --> 00:07:36,999 when I know I'm fucking right. 159 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,082 It's okay, Wags. It's okay. 160 00:07:40,083 --> 00:07:42,250 Come Here. 161 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:49,582 If I were standing where you are, 162 00:07:49,583 --> 00:07:52,624 I'd be even more strident in my approach. 163 00:07:52,625 --> 00:07:55,290 But I'm standing here, so I have to be the opposite... 164 00:07:55,291 --> 00:07:57,290 - reflective, calm, considered. 165 00:07:57,291 --> 00:08:01,416 It's just about who I am at this precise moment in time. 166 00:08:01,417 --> 00:08:04,082 What business are we in, hmm? 167 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:05,563 I thought it was a business of profit, 168 00:08:05,587 --> 00:08:08,541 of free men and women, 169 00:08:08,542 --> 00:08:11,207 beyond the apparatchiks and their pathetic rules. 170 00:08:11,208 --> 00:08:13,791 Yeah, all of that and "Who is John Galt?" 171 00:08:13,792 --> 00:08:15,624 Look, I'm a rich man. 172 00:08:15,625 --> 00:08:19,040 You're a very rich man. 173 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:20,201 If we can't live how we want, 174 00:08:20,225 --> 00:08:21,933 then the terrorists have already won. 175 00:08:25,625 --> 00:08:26,625 Back in the cage! 176 00:08:26,626 --> 00:08:29,667 - Let's go. 177 00:08:32,875 --> 00:08:35,207 - What the fuck was that? 178 00:08:35,208 --> 00:08:37,834 That was a guy who was giving me all the right questions. 179 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:42,583 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 180 00:08:55,834 --> 00:08:59,374 We're looking at a police force at half-capacity. 181 00:08:59,375 --> 00:09:00,775 The library is open 12 hours a week. 182 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:05,374 Why, that is... revolting. 183 00:09:05,375 --> 00:09:07,040 No, I see what's happening here. 184 00:09:07,041 --> 00:09:10,040 You are not invisible. You matter. 185 00:09:10,041 --> 00:09:11,582 - Lock him up! - Yeah! 186 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:15,207 If the law gives me the power, I will. 187 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:17,999 And... if the law doesn't, 188 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,457 well, then somebody needs to get to work changing the law. 189 00:09:20,458 --> 00:09:22,374 - Yeah. 190 00:09:22,375 --> 00:09:23,416 Robert Kennedy said, 191 00:09:23,417 --> 00:09:27,165 "Every society gets the criminal it deserves." 192 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:30,874 Sandicot sure didn't deserve Bobby Axelrod. 193 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:33,124 But you do deserve the law enforcement 194 00:09:33,125 --> 00:09:34,416 I plan on bringing. 195 00:09:34,417 --> 00:09:36,499 - Right, right, right. 196 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:39,667 Thank you. 197 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:43,500 Go! Gotta go! 198 00:09:46,917 --> 00:09:48,457 You sure you don't want to talk to 'em? 199 00:09:48,458 --> 00:09:51,833 No. I don't need to sound my own horn. 200 00:09:51,834 --> 00:09:54,034 Now if the people of Sandicot wanna trumpet it for me... 201 00:09:55,959 --> 00:09:57,457 Sir. 202 00:09:57,458 --> 00:09:59,375 Will you come with me? 203 00:10:01,417 --> 00:10:05,333 ♪ Tense music ♪ 204 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:24,541 Well, well. 205 00:10:24,542 --> 00:10:26,833 Impressive ground game, 206 00:10:26,834 --> 00:10:30,165 showing me there's no corner of the state you don't touch. 207 00:10:30,166 --> 00:10:33,290 Ah, I planned to be up here. 208 00:10:33,291 --> 00:10:34,291 Sure. 209 00:10:37,208 --> 00:10:39,250 Ah, so... 210 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:45,207 Uh, is your granddaughter enjoying Washington? 211 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:47,332 Just getting settled in. Hmm. 212 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:51,499 She and I remain touched by the generosity of your spirit. 213 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,124 Good. That's nice to hear. 214 00:10:54,125 --> 00:10:57,833 Ah, there's someone, uh, I need you to see. 215 00:10:57,834 --> 00:10:59,124 George Minchak. 216 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:01,958 - Okay. - She vets all of my candidates. 217 00:11:01,959 --> 00:11:03,582 You want her to know everything. 218 00:11:03,583 --> 00:11:05,916 It's a stress test. 219 00:11:05,917 --> 00:11:07,165 - Yeah. - We prepare for what 220 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,416 - the opposition will use. 221 00:11:10,417 --> 00:11:13,499 I'm not really sure I'm entirely comfortable with that. 222 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:16,082 My last candidate who did not use her... 223 00:11:16,083 --> 00:11:17,624 was Spitzer. 224 00:11:17,625 --> 00:11:19,707 I'll fit her right in. 225 00:11:19,708 --> 00:11:22,666 And we need to do it right now because of the attention 226 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:25,999 this, uh, unofficial campaign visit will bring. 227 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,040 I'd have told you if I'd thought that... 228 00:11:28,041 --> 00:11:30,416 No, you... you don't need to tell me everything. 229 00:11:30,417 --> 00:11:32,416 You need to tell Minchak everything. 230 00:11:32,417 --> 00:11:34,417 Then Minchak tells me. 231 00:11:35,875 --> 00:11:37,165 Hmm. 232 00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:38,999 - That was a joke. - Okay. 233 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,249 Uh, what you're doing up here, um, feeling their pain? 234 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:45,082 It's a time-honored tradition. 235 00:11:45,083 --> 00:11:49,290 And the way you refused to, uh, play to the grandstand, 236 00:11:49,291 --> 00:11:51,916 thus ensuring that the, uh, reporters will chase you 237 00:11:51,917 --> 00:11:55,040 to the next whistle stop, that brings a smile. 238 00:11:55,041 --> 00:11:57,541 Yes, I felt that to do interviews at this time 239 00:11:57,542 --> 00:11:59,165 would only have downside. 240 00:11:59,166 --> 00:12:01,624 Yeah, it's as worthless as a $100 dollar bill 241 00:12:01,625 --> 00:12:03,291 to a rooster with a hard on. 242 00:12:04,542 --> 00:12:07,416 Well, if you're thinking of having a meal before you leave, 243 00:12:07,417 --> 00:12:09,958 try the Garbage Plate. 244 00:12:09,959 --> 00:12:11,374 It's a local delicacy. 245 00:12:11,375 --> 00:12:13,707 That looks hard to resist. 246 00:12:13,708 --> 00:12:15,041 You'll hardly be able. 247 00:12:18,834 --> 00:12:20,708 Eat the shit out of it. 248 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,707 I've been angling to get into investor relations 249 00:12:26,708 --> 00:12:28,040 for 16 months. 250 00:12:28,041 --> 00:12:29,249 Hmm. I didn't know that. 251 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:31,582 Does that mean I haven't been doing it assertively enough? 252 00:12:31,583 --> 00:12:34,833 Maybe, um, not necessarily. 253 00:12:34,834 --> 00:12:36,290 We can talk about ways 254 00:12:36,291 --> 00:12:38,207 to be more clear and more goal-oriented, 255 00:12:38,208 --> 00:12:39,608 if that's what you're interested in. 256 00:12:39,632 --> 00:12:42,416 It's just... I don't know what I'd be selling. 257 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:45,040 Sandicot is... 258 00:12:45,041 --> 00:12:47,874 is hard to swallow, placing the calls, 259 00:12:47,875 --> 00:12:51,707 crowing about our returns at the expense of a town. 260 00:12:51,708 --> 00:12:54,332 - Just makes me feel... 261 00:12:54,333 --> 00:12:56,624 so isolated... 262 00:12:56,625 --> 00:12:58,499 and kind of sad. 263 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:01,332 A lot of people are having problems with it. 264 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:03,082 Do you ever feel that way, 265 00:13:03,083 --> 00:13:07,749 like the things we have to do compromise us somehow? 266 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:10,124 ♪ Tense music ♪ 267 00:13:10,125 --> 00:13:13,874 This isn't about me. 268 00:13:13,875 --> 00:13:15,541 But why are you feeling this way? 269 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:17,499 Is it just about Sandicot? 270 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:19,958 No. There are other things that I see. 271 00:13:19,959 --> 00:13:24,332 And I remember being a kid and our reverend saying, 272 00:13:24,333 --> 00:13:26,917 - "He who looks..." - Yeah, we need to stop here. 273 00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:31,290 I'm not sure having an overgrown conscience 274 00:13:31,291 --> 00:13:33,999 is gonna help you get that investor relations job, 275 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,208 you know? 276 00:13:37,125 --> 00:13:38,959 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 277 00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:48,124 - You know what I hate? - Fish, fowl, or mammal? 278 00:13:48,125 --> 00:13:49,833 Learning something about myself. 279 00:13:49,834 --> 00:13:51,833 When is that bullshit just gonna stop? 280 00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:54,249 - Dollar Bill? - What he said, 281 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,082 he's kind of right. I've become a pussy. 282 00:13:57,083 --> 00:13:59,443 No. We just made a choice to stop living on the edge is all. 283 00:13:59,467 --> 00:14:00,791 Is it? 284 00:14:00,792 --> 00:14:03,874 - What'd she say? 285 00:14:03,875 --> 00:14:05,582 - She told me to suck it up. 286 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:07,958 Then she said an overgrown conscience isn't gonna help me. 287 00:14:07,959 --> 00:14:11,541 She said that? Okay. She saw through it. 288 00:14:11,542 --> 00:14:13,290 - Axe, I was thinking about 289 00:14:13,291 --> 00:14:15,572 my position here, and I think I would make an excellent... 290 00:14:15,596 --> 00:14:17,156 It was a script, Deb. Don't internalize. 291 00:14:21,834 --> 00:14:25,000 Look who's making a racket in Sandicot. 292 00:14:25,792 --> 00:14:27,541 He's coming again, isn't he? 293 00:14:27,542 --> 00:14:30,417 He never wasn't. 294 00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:33,916 ♪ Tense music ♪ 295 00:14:33,917 --> 00:14:35,834 Tell Dollar Bill no on Klaxon. 296 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:46,916 What do you get a billionaire? 297 00:14:46,917 --> 00:14:49,317 God, I wish I had the stones to skip it. I hate these things. 298 00:14:49,341 --> 00:14:51,165 You love parties. 299 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:53,366 Well, I recently took the Myers-Briggs personality test, 300 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:55,457 and it turns out I'm an introvert. 301 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:57,040 I'm not sure that test is rock-solid. 302 00:14:57,041 --> 00:14:58,521 I thought I like parties, but I don't. 303 00:14:58,545 --> 00:15:00,374 On a deeper level, it disturbs my equilibrium. 304 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:02,615 Is that why you woke up the day after the Christmas party 305 00:15:02,616 --> 00:15:04,782 in a yellow snow drift behind the strip joint? 306 00:15:04,783 --> 00:15:06,708 Exactly. 307 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:18,999 - Bearing of a Roman Centurion? 308 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,666 - Or slices through rough seas 309 00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:25,082 - like a Man-O-War? - What? 310 00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:26,791 Birthday speech. You got skills? 311 00:15:26,792 --> 00:15:29,249 Not for... all that. 312 00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:31,082 But the party, I have a conflict. 313 00:15:31,083 --> 00:15:33,916 I want to gauge the importance of attending. 314 00:15:33,917 --> 00:15:37,749 Axe doesn't take attendance, but he knows who's in the room. 315 00:15:37,750 --> 00:15:40,500 - I'll leave it at that. - Fuck. 316 00:15:42,250 --> 00:15:43,916 Did you just say "fuck"? 317 00:15:43,917 --> 00:15:45,917 I did. 318 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:50,667 You're one of us now. 319 00:15:56,041 --> 00:15:58,916 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 320 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:00,717 What was the nature of your job at Axe Capital 321 00:16:00,741 --> 00:16:02,457 as you understood it? 322 00:16:02,458 --> 00:16:06,040 I was to be next to Axe in every meeting, 323 00:16:06,041 --> 00:16:10,040 to be the firewall against illicit dealings. 324 00:16:10,041 --> 00:16:13,791 I was a witness and to make sure 325 00:16:13,792 --> 00:16:15,874 things were being done above board. 326 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:17,541 Tell me about Axe. 327 00:16:17,542 --> 00:16:20,916 He was unreadable. 328 00:16:20,917 --> 00:16:23,833 At three o'clock, he was writing checks 329 00:16:23,834 --> 00:16:26,332 to aid earthquake victims in the Caribbean. 330 00:16:26,333 --> 00:16:28,374 At 3:45, he was cornering the market 331 00:16:28,375 --> 00:16:32,290 on Churchill first editions just to stick it to an enemy. 332 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:35,082 And then one day, he just fragged my ass. 333 00:16:35,083 --> 00:16:37,040 I never really saw it coming. 334 00:16:37,041 --> 00:16:38,290 Did he give an explanation? 335 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:43,290 No. I guess he just didn't want a witness anymore. 336 00:16:43,291 --> 00:16:46,124 Referred to himself as a Terminator. 337 00:16:46,125 --> 00:16:47,332 What does that mean? 338 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,165 A cybernetic organism, programmed to kill. 339 00:16:49,166 --> 00:16:51,874 Living tissue over robotic endoskeleton... 340 00:16:51,875 --> 00:16:53,624 I've seen the movie. I just meant... 341 00:16:53,625 --> 00:16:56,457 He has some sort of programmed mission, 342 00:16:56,458 --> 00:16:58,041 and I was standing in the way. 343 00:17:00,291 --> 00:17:02,251 The day before he fired me, Bill Stearn approached 344 00:17:02,275 --> 00:17:05,582 with a play that was clearly over the line, 345 00:17:05,583 --> 00:17:07,541 citing a source named Victor. 346 00:17:07,542 --> 00:17:09,374 Did he say the... 347 00:17:09,375 --> 00:17:13,207 They didn't talk about it... because I was in the room. 348 00:17:13,208 --> 00:17:15,541 But without me, one or both of them 349 00:17:15,542 --> 00:17:17,999 would have circled back, no doubt about it. 350 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,791 Or else Axe would've filled my position. 351 00:17:19,792 --> 00:17:22,999 No. He wanted no impediments to illegal activity, 352 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,541 and that's what he has now. 353 00:17:24,542 --> 00:17:29,040 Dollar Bill's tough. We have a history. 354 00:17:29,041 --> 00:17:30,375 Anyone else? 355 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:34,290 Try Taylor Mason. 356 00:17:34,291 --> 00:17:38,749 They have become something of a prodigy, a go-to. 357 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:40,030 Anything big Axe is wading into, 358 00:17:40,054 --> 00:17:44,165 Taylor's there with a snorkel mask. 359 00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:46,375 ♪ Tense music ♪ 360 00:17:47,291 --> 00:17:50,749 I believe it's time, nay, long past time, 361 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:52,874 to transform your charitable arm 362 00:17:52,875 --> 00:17:55,582 and engender a permanent foundation. 363 00:17:55,583 --> 00:17:57,541 Properly stewarded, it will write the name 364 00:17:57,542 --> 00:18:00,290 of your benevolence on the ages, 365 00:18:00,291 --> 00:18:03,916 alongside Carnegie, Vanderbilt. A creation of consequence. 366 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:07,290 Because otherwise, what's it all for? Is that right? 367 00:18:07,291 --> 00:18:08,749 I don't pretend to answer 368 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:11,582 that which lies in the realm of the theologians. 369 00:18:11,583 --> 00:18:14,457 Yet you just happened to pitch me legacy on my birthday? 370 00:18:14,458 --> 00:18:15,833 I won't claim happenstance. 371 00:18:15,834 --> 00:18:17,416 This is the time when a man like you 372 00:18:17,417 --> 00:18:19,999 allows reflection to dictate action. 373 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,999 He thinks I need him to steward this whole legacy thing. 374 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,457 You don't need me, 375 00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:28,541 but I would be qualified for such a position. 376 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:31,040 What do you make at your current gig? 377 00:18:31,041 --> 00:18:32,749 I prefer not to really get into that. 378 00:18:32,750 --> 00:18:34,833 It's public record, Sean. 379 00:18:34,834 --> 00:18:36,874 Have some dignity and spare us the time. 380 00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:38,749 Two-hundred twenty-five thousand. 381 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:42,416 Okay. And a, uh, "true steward" 382 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:45,916 of a multi-billion dollar charitable foundation, 383 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:47,237 what would that put me back, Wags? 384 00:18:47,261 --> 00:18:49,040 In the range of $350,000 to $500,000 a year, 385 00:18:49,041 --> 00:18:50,249 I think it was. 386 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:52,207 Yeah. See, I have looked into this before. 387 00:18:52,208 --> 00:18:55,165 And you are not the first one in here 388 00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:56,375 looking to double his salary. 389 00:18:59,417 --> 00:19:03,082 But today is your lucky day, 390 00:19:03,083 --> 00:19:06,457 because I do want to set up a permanent foundation 391 00:19:06,458 --> 00:19:08,541 with you as its steward. 392 00:19:08,542 --> 00:19:09,500 I accept. 393 00:19:09,501 --> 00:19:13,040 - With one urgent recommendation. 394 00:19:13,041 --> 00:19:15,165 Cancel your party. 395 00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:16,582 That's direct. 396 00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:18,457 You just offered me enough, so I have to be. 397 00:19:18,458 --> 00:19:21,541 You cannot throw a lavish party 398 00:19:21,542 --> 00:19:24,707 at the very moment when you're draining the meager resources 399 00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:26,828 of what amounts to a village of apple-cheeked orphans. 400 00:19:26,852 --> 00:19:30,332 That party was organized long before Sandicot got grounded. 401 00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:34,040 A change of course? That's reactionary. Weak. 402 00:19:34,041 --> 00:19:35,641 I am not hiring you to serve me weak tea. 403 00:19:35,665 --> 00:19:38,416 You're really hiring him? Why? 404 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:40,708 Hired. We shook. 405 00:19:42,834 --> 00:19:44,794 I'm setting a course that needs to be acknowledged 406 00:19:44,818 --> 00:19:48,207 in all future stories about wherever we go next. 407 00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:50,457 Ayles may be what he is, 408 00:19:50,458 --> 00:19:53,916 but he speaks the nasal language of culture and credibility. 409 00:19:53,917 --> 00:19:56,040 And you just bought that. 410 00:19:56,041 --> 00:19:58,457 It's what all the great philanthropists did, 411 00:19:58,458 --> 00:19:59,791 wrote their names on the ages 412 00:19:59,792 --> 00:20:01,999 and laundered their reputations in the process. 413 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,166 I'm keen to get started. 414 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:11,874 - Hey. I gotta go relieve Wendy. 415 00:20:11,875 --> 00:20:13,875 - What was so important? 416 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:20,249 Ice Juice. 417 00:20:20,250 --> 00:20:22,207 It's a natural beverage company. 418 00:20:22,208 --> 00:20:24,457 A proprietary process called Flash-Pas. 419 00:20:24,458 --> 00:20:26,124 I own a chunk of the company, 420 00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:29,040 and I've represented the founder... forever. 421 00:20:29,041 --> 00:20:31,040 He's done. He wants out. 422 00:20:31,041 --> 00:20:33,374 I can take it over. 423 00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:36,624 Majority ownership. It is within reach. 424 00:20:36,625 --> 00:20:38,041 I just need the cash. 425 00:20:39,667 --> 00:20:42,541 Your, uh, lockup period is ending? 426 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:45,874 You said you wanted to do something for me. 427 00:20:45,875 --> 00:20:48,082 - Now is when I need it. - I meant what I said. 428 00:20:48,083 --> 00:20:50,207 I owe you, but, I mean, 429 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:52,416 you know my money's in a blind trust. 430 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:53,833 I know. I don't want your money. 431 00:20:53,834 --> 00:20:57,416 Oh, I see. 432 00:20:57,417 --> 00:21:00,000 My father. You want his money. 433 00:21:01,083 --> 00:21:04,582 Except I never get involved in his business deals 434 00:21:04,583 --> 00:21:08,082 for ethical as well as... personal reasons. 435 00:21:08,083 --> 00:21:09,749 Chuck, this is my chance. 436 00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:11,916 This IPO is... It's a blockbuster. 437 00:21:11,917 --> 00:21:14,916 This is... This is that leap that I've always talked about, 438 00:21:14,917 --> 00:21:16,797 the one I've been waiting my whole life to take. 439 00:21:16,821 --> 00:21:18,749 Well, you know him. Why don't you just call? 440 00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:21,874 Well, if it comes from you, he'll take it more seriously. 441 00:21:21,875 --> 00:21:25,582 If I make the call, then it's tantamount to me endorsing it, 442 00:21:25,583 --> 00:21:27,958 which is... not something I can do right now. 443 00:21:27,959 --> 00:21:29,332 Look, you know I see 444 00:21:29,333 --> 00:21:32,749 the inside of more deals per day than anyone. 445 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,390 This is the one that I've been waiting for 446 00:21:34,414 --> 00:21:36,457 to get me out of that goddamn law office. 447 00:21:36,458 --> 00:21:38,207 I do know that you would not be here 448 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:41,124 unless the deal was a winner. 449 00:21:41,125 --> 00:21:42,290 - I'll... 450 00:21:42,291 --> 00:21:46,457 Let me think. 451 00:21:46,458 --> 00:21:49,249 Of course. Of course. 452 00:21:49,250 --> 00:21:50,750 All right. 453 00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:55,290 Look what Wags got me. 454 00:21:55,291 --> 00:21:56,833 The Arque? 455 00:21:56,834 --> 00:21:59,874 Luxury survival bunker. It's a scam. 456 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:02,416 Why does everything need to be a scam? 457 00:22:02,417 --> 00:22:06,541 When the Armageddon comes, the doors will be locked. 458 00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:10,124 I think it's a good idea, a fail-safe. 459 00:22:10,125 --> 00:22:11,290 The end could come sooner than anyone might think. 460 00:22:11,291 --> 00:22:13,040 Yeah, it might already have come. 461 00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:15,290 We just don't know it yet. 462 00:22:15,291 --> 00:22:17,290 Well, what do you think'll happen 463 00:22:17,291 --> 00:22:20,999 when it all really goes to shit? 464 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,666 - Well... 465 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:24,387 Getting to the mountains could be a problem. 466 00:22:24,411 --> 00:22:26,040 We'd have to let the pilot 467 00:22:26,041 --> 00:22:27,161 and his family in the Arque. 468 00:22:27,185 --> 00:22:29,999 Yeah. We'd really have to build it ourselves, 469 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,707 recruit all the security forces 470 00:22:31,708 --> 00:22:33,416 just to ensure absolute loyalty. 471 00:22:33,417 --> 00:22:35,082 - Mm, and secrecy, you know? 472 00:22:35,083 --> 00:22:38,582 No VR sales tours. 473 00:22:38,583 --> 00:22:40,383 And we'd also have to make room for my family, 474 00:22:40,407 --> 00:22:42,999 Matty and Mary and Ned 475 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,833 and Connie and Lu and Mo, Sean. 476 00:22:45,834 --> 00:22:48,040 Yeah, I'm not sure about that, Lar. 477 00:22:48,041 --> 00:22:49,624 Excuse me? 478 00:22:49,625 --> 00:22:51,416 Well, we wouldn't leave them just to die. 479 00:22:51,417 --> 00:22:54,040 We'd buy two Arques, ours in the Canadian Rockies, 480 00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:58,457 - and one for your family in... - Jersey. 481 00:22:58,458 --> 00:23:01,541 - So generous. - Well, fuck it. 482 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:03,542 I should probably just go down with the whole ship, 483 00:23:03,566 --> 00:23:08,024 this fucking tent, hedge funds, all of it. 484 00:23:09,583 --> 00:23:13,332 Half my life now is ass-covering and optics, 485 00:23:13,333 --> 00:23:16,999 fucking optics of everything from parties to put options. 486 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,958 ♪ Tense music ♪ 487 00:23:19,959 --> 00:23:22,290 I'm spending half a mil on some stuffed shirt 488 00:23:22,291 --> 00:23:24,959 to brush up my fucking image. 489 00:23:27,583 --> 00:23:30,874 Come on, maybe we should split for the weekend, now, 490 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:32,624 before we need the goddamn Arque. 491 00:23:32,625 --> 00:23:33,916 And bail on the party? 492 00:23:33,917 --> 00:23:36,040 Just the two of us. We'll celebrate our way. 493 00:23:36,041 --> 00:23:37,541 No. 494 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:40,582 Big occasions like this need to be marked, 495 00:23:40,583 --> 00:23:42,249 acknowledged, 496 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:46,082 for posterity and for fun. 497 00:23:46,083 --> 00:23:47,582 You deserve to be celebrated. 498 00:23:47,583 --> 00:23:49,423 And you should be surrounded by your whole gang 499 00:23:49,447 --> 00:23:51,666 so they can honor you, too. 500 00:23:51,667 --> 00:23:54,791 They work for me. They're not my friends. 501 00:23:54,792 --> 00:23:56,916 What about Wags and Dollar Bill? 502 00:23:56,917 --> 00:24:00,541 If they're not your friends, they're kind of like brothers. 503 00:24:00,542 --> 00:24:04,082 You know, they deserve a chance to show you how they feel. 504 00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:06,416 I'm not even gonna tell you who you sound like right now. 505 00:24:06,417 --> 00:24:09,667 And Wendy, too. 506 00:24:10,959 --> 00:24:12,833 You know I decided not to see her. 507 00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:15,916 And I was clear about that, and I've stuck to it. 508 00:24:15,917 --> 00:24:17,999 So... I don't know if she'll want... 509 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,999 Just because you don't talk to her professionally 510 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,749 doesn't mean that you can't take one night 511 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:24,666 to commemorate the importance of it all. 512 00:24:24,667 --> 00:24:28,875 She's foundational to Axe Capital... and to you. 513 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,041 Hey. Sorry I'm late. 514 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:40,791 - No, it's okay. I was... tired. 515 00:24:40,792 --> 00:24:42,457 You were out of town? 516 00:24:42,458 --> 00:24:43,958 Uh... 517 00:24:43,959 --> 00:24:48,165 Yeah. I don't know if you heard, but I was up in Sandicot. 518 00:24:48,166 --> 00:24:50,541 It's a real mess up there. 519 00:24:50,542 --> 00:24:54,667 Looking to punish those responsible. 520 00:24:56,792 --> 00:24:59,999 I was invited to Axe's birthday party. 521 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,749 I said no. 522 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:06,290 Hmm. What's that about? 523 00:25:06,291 --> 00:25:11,165 My readjustment back at Axe Cap has been... 524 00:25:11,166 --> 00:25:13,541 more difficult than I thought it would be. 525 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:14,833 How so? 526 00:25:14,834 --> 00:25:16,041 I've felt manipulated. 527 00:25:17,542 --> 00:25:20,999 I may have done some of that, too. 528 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,360 I may have given you the impression 529 00:25:22,384 --> 00:25:26,541 that I was happy there, and I may well end up that way. 530 00:25:26,542 --> 00:25:28,332 But the truth is, it's been bumpy. 531 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:32,082 Well, why are you staying? 532 00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:33,791 Oh, you don't have to answer that... 533 00:25:33,792 --> 00:25:37,749 No, it's what I've been asking myself. 534 00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:39,499 I built something. 535 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:43,499 I put myself into it, and now... 536 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:47,249 It's not what you remembered, not what you fell in love with. 537 00:25:47,250 --> 00:25:49,332 I think I went back to see if I still could. 538 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:53,916 Something I tell my patients 539 00:25:53,917 --> 00:25:57,249 when they're hesitating about making some kind of move 540 00:25:57,250 --> 00:25:59,916 in their own life is, sometimes you have to jump in... 541 00:25:59,917 --> 00:26:02,583 - Mm. - All the way in to find out. 542 00:26:03,917 --> 00:26:06,416 They are lucky to have you. 543 00:26:06,417 --> 00:26:07,937 It's easy when it's about someone else. 544 00:26:07,961 --> 00:26:09,290 Yeah. 545 00:26:09,291 --> 00:26:10,611 It's about you, it's hard to know. 546 00:26:10,635 --> 00:26:13,082 When do you... keep working at it? 547 00:26:13,083 --> 00:26:16,374 When do you... give up? 548 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,040 ♪ Tense music ♪ 549 00:26:18,041 --> 00:26:19,041 I don't know. 550 00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:32,582 Dollar Bill's telling the truth. It looks clean. 551 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:34,916 Even if they trace his burner 552 00:26:34,917 --> 00:26:39,833 or get into his air-gapped laptop, like I did, 553 00:26:39,834 --> 00:26:42,249 nothing will come back to you, 554 00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:43,916 unless somebody talked. 555 00:26:43,917 --> 00:26:45,457 Like his source? 556 00:26:45,458 --> 00:26:48,416 Victor Mateo. You were right. 557 00:26:48,417 --> 00:26:49,541 Fuck. 558 00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:52,332 This is complicated, because Victor always puts himself 559 00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:55,666 where the money is, but it's usually far from pristine. 560 00:26:55,667 --> 00:26:59,582 Well, then he's the potential weak link. 561 00:26:59,583 --> 00:27:00,583 He's either looking to get back in your graces 562 00:27:00,584 --> 00:27:01,833 or trying to get close enough 563 00:27:01,834 --> 00:27:05,750 to jab a ricin-tipped umbrella into your thigh. 564 00:27:29,250 --> 00:27:31,332 - Hello? 565 00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:34,332 Oh. I was... calling for Wendy. 566 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:37,124 She's not available. Who's calling? 567 00:27:37,125 --> 00:27:40,583 Lara Axelrod. This must be Chuck. 568 00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:46,207 That's right. 569 00:27:46,208 --> 00:27:48,332 Can I tell her what it's regarding? 570 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,999 My husband's birthday party. 571 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,416 She RSVP'd "no," and I just wanted to make sure 572 00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:56,582 she knew that both Bobby and I would 573 00:27:56,583 --> 00:28:00,332 really be delighted to see her at the house. 574 00:28:00,333 --> 00:28:05,374 Well, uh, I will certainly pass along your message. 575 00:28:05,375 --> 00:28:09,374 But I do know that she was feeling a lack of... 576 00:28:09,375 --> 00:28:12,082 clarity in terms of going. 577 00:28:12,083 --> 00:28:15,666 I'm guessing things are tense and complicated right now, 578 00:28:15,667 --> 00:28:18,833 and this can't be helping. 579 00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:20,290 You're not guessing. 580 00:28:20,291 --> 00:28:23,833 I know this is weird. I was just calling to say... 581 00:28:23,834 --> 00:28:25,416 she's back at the company, 582 00:28:25,417 --> 00:28:28,999 and the company will all be here, so she should be, too. 583 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:29,792 You know, if we don't mark the milestones, 584 00:28:29,793 --> 00:28:32,290 we're just passing with the time. 585 00:28:32,291 --> 00:28:34,249 Well said. 586 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:36,624 And I'd invite you as her plus one, 587 00:28:36,625 --> 00:28:38,624 but under the circumstances... 588 00:28:38,625 --> 00:28:41,999 Yeah. There is such a thing as too weird, 589 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,040 even for all of us. 590 00:28:44,041 --> 00:28:48,207 Well, uh, I will pass along your message. 591 00:28:48,208 --> 00:28:50,417 Good night. 592 00:28:51,625 --> 00:28:54,792 ♪ Melancholy music ♪ 593 00:29:03,250 --> 00:29:04,499 Chuck. 594 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:06,040 - Hi, Chuck. - Hey. 595 00:29:06,041 --> 00:29:09,874 You know, I think that you're not going to the party 596 00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:11,541 because of me, 597 00:29:11,542 --> 00:29:14,749 which pleases me in a way that it probably shouldn't. 598 00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:16,416 Oh, Chuck. 599 00:29:16,417 --> 00:29:18,457 Wendy, 600 00:29:18,458 --> 00:29:19,874 I say go to the party. 601 00:29:19,875 --> 00:29:21,624 Either it'll feel right or it won't. 602 00:29:21,625 --> 00:29:24,874 - But... 603 00:29:24,875 --> 00:29:26,917 you gotta jump in and find out. 604 00:29:47,417 --> 00:29:48,917 How's Victor been? 605 00:29:51,083 --> 00:29:55,374 Look, I would've told you it came from him, 606 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:56,975 but the last time I mentioned his name... 607 00:29:56,999 --> 00:29:58,624 For good fucking reason. 608 00:29:58,625 --> 00:30:01,145 - Because Steph Reed was there. - Yeah, because I fired his ass. 609 00:30:01,169 --> 00:30:05,249 And sure, I paid him off to keep the peace, but... 610 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:07,000 My God, I think he'd still love to roast me. 611 00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:12,707 You trust me? Right? 612 00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:13,999 With my life. 613 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,165 Because there's certain guys you just know about. 614 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:19,791 You look 'em in the eye, and you know. 615 00:30:19,792 --> 00:30:23,791 Other guys, you know things about. 616 00:30:23,792 --> 00:30:26,958 And with Victor, it... it's both. Yeah, I know him. 617 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:29,416 But also... 618 00:30:29,417 --> 00:30:30,791 I know things about him. 619 00:30:30,792 --> 00:30:35,040 And the things I know, he can't fuck me, 620 00:30:35,041 --> 00:30:36,791 so he can't fuck you. 621 00:30:36,792 --> 00:30:38,592 So that might be enough for you. I understand. 622 00:30:38,616 --> 00:30:43,409 But it's not enough for me, not anymore. 623 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,999 You know, before the Old West gunslingers 624 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,874 were turned into dime store paperbacks and cartoons, 625 00:30:52,875 --> 00:30:56,999 the word "outlaw" meant something. 626 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,958 It meant that the law didn't apply to you. 627 00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:01,416 No protection. 628 00:31:01,417 --> 00:31:03,249 You run across a guy on a forest road, 629 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:06,000 he could kill you. No repercussions. 630 00:31:06,792 --> 00:31:09,124 I mean... you used to love Victor, 631 00:31:09,125 --> 00:31:11,916 and trust him before all this started. 632 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:15,374 He didn't do anything to deserve the fate you gave him. 633 00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:18,666 That's what makes this decision so tricky. 634 00:31:18,667 --> 00:31:21,374 He had the right to cold dish me. 635 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:25,207 I just don't know that he's past it yet. 636 00:31:25,208 --> 00:31:28,290 Oh. 637 00:31:28,291 --> 00:31:30,208 Why don't you ask him yourself? 638 00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:36,416 Look him in the face. 639 00:31:36,417 --> 00:31:38,457 That's your present. 640 00:31:38,458 --> 00:31:41,583 And you might find it's worth more than a hundred million. 641 00:31:44,708 --> 00:31:48,625 ♪ Tense music ♪ 642 00:31:54,291 --> 00:31:55,916 So, Steph Reed... 643 00:31:55,917 --> 00:31:58,707 I wish she were more of an asset. 644 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,916 Axelrod has been very careful. 645 00:32:00,917 --> 00:32:03,277 Here are the notes from the interview, if you're interested. 646 00:32:03,301 --> 00:32:05,332 Terminator? 647 00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:07,999 Cyberdyne Systems, series 800, Resistance Infiltrator. 648 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,582 - Got it. - It's kind of a miss, 649 00:32:10,583 --> 00:32:12,582 so I went back into the Sandicot file 650 00:32:12,583 --> 00:32:15,249 - and ran this down. 651 00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:16,416 Old stock car. 652 00:32:16,417 --> 00:32:20,541 Title was transferred to casino developer, Donald Thayer, 653 00:32:20,542 --> 00:32:22,416 from Bobby Axelrod. 654 00:32:22,417 --> 00:32:26,875 Gentlemen, start your engines. 655 00:32:32,708 --> 00:32:34,068 Thought you forgot the way in here. 656 00:32:34,092 --> 00:32:37,290 Know it by heart. 657 00:32:37,291 --> 00:32:38,916 Couple things. 658 00:32:38,917 --> 00:32:41,165 - Okay. Go. - Deb Kawi. 659 00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:44,457 I knew you made her. 660 00:32:44,458 --> 00:32:46,618 The next time you tell someone to lose their conscience 661 00:32:46,642 --> 00:32:49,916 - will be the first time. - Don't run people at me. 662 00:32:49,917 --> 00:32:51,124 - Got you in the office. - No. 663 00:32:51,125 --> 00:32:54,124 I'm here because of the other thing. 664 00:32:54,125 --> 00:32:56,917 Your birthday. 665 00:32:58,041 --> 00:33:01,874 Okay. What, specifically, about that? 666 00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:05,500 Your wife asked me to come. Said you wanted me there. 667 00:33:06,792 --> 00:33:09,249 - Is it true? - I think you know me well enough 668 00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:12,457 to know the answer to that question. 669 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:15,375 ♪ Tense music ♪ 670 00:33:48,834 --> 00:33:51,083 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 671 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:01,666 Quite a hole you've dug yourself 672 00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:04,582 right here in the middle of scenic Kingsford, Thayer. 673 00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:09,000 It's not my best. It's not my worst. 674 00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:12,916 I just have one question, 675 00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:16,207 the only question that matters. 676 00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:18,040 Who is Bobby Axelrod to you? 677 00:34:18,041 --> 00:34:22,582 He's a friend. 678 00:34:22,583 --> 00:34:26,165 Why else would he have given me that Dodge out front? 679 00:34:26,166 --> 00:34:29,499 Figured you knew that if you were here asking questions. 680 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,332 I also know about that above-market lease 681 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:33,582 you signed on his Sandicot land. 682 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:37,124 Is it wrong to overspend? 683 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,624 My wife dings me for that all the time. 684 00:34:39,625 --> 00:34:40,665 - Uh-huh. - Yeah, you know, 685 00:34:40,689 --> 00:34:42,999 - I see something I like... - Nah. 686 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,249 No one will believe that. 687 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:46,582 Oh, not when we run 'em through 688 00:34:46,583 --> 00:34:48,749 the litany of business dealings you've engaged in 689 00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:52,249 that could, uh, most charitably be described as shady 690 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,165 and most accurately as criminal. 691 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:56,541 Fraudulent loan applications, 692 00:34:56,542 --> 00:34:58,666 union payoffs, stiffing vendors, 693 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:01,416 and yet, writing off the expenses on your account. 694 00:35:01,417 --> 00:35:06,333 You do everything to save a buck on the business end. 695 00:35:09,583 --> 00:35:10,708 Are you leveraging me? 696 00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:16,749 I've been strong-armed by the vowel guys. 697 00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:19,374 - Never bent. - Oh. 698 00:35:19,375 --> 00:35:21,175 Oh, I bet you'd like to put me in that hole... 699 00:35:21,199 --> 00:35:24,624 - like you used to do it. 700 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:27,290 Then pour the concrete. 701 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:30,624 They never find 'em when you do that, do they? 702 00:35:30,625 --> 00:35:32,624 No one wants to tear a whole building down, 703 00:35:32,625 --> 00:35:36,500 but you can't now. Now, you're respectable... ish. 704 00:35:37,291 --> 00:35:39,374 You've changed your narrative. 705 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:42,499 So let me suggest a new chapter in your story, 706 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,958 one in which you are the unindicted co-conspirator 707 00:35:44,959 --> 00:35:47,290 rather than a defendant. 708 00:35:47,291 --> 00:35:49,040 Which story is that? 709 00:35:49,041 --> 00:35:50,332 The story of Sandicot. 710 00:35:50,333 --> 00:35:53,374 Let me tell it to you, then you tell it back, 711 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:56,250 if it's true, of course, which it is. 712 00:35:57,625 --> 00:35:59,585 You and Axelrod entered into a criminal conspiracy 713 00:35:59,609 --> 00:36:03,582 to bribe Marc Capparello for inside information 714 00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:05,958 on the deliberations of the Location Committee 715 00:36:05,959 --> 00:36:08,083 and where they were gonna put your casino. 716 00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:11,624 Wow. 717 00:36:11,625 --> 00:36:13,249 You're some fucking gangster, 718 00:36:13,250 --> 00:36:18,082 swaggering up here, making threats. 719 00:36:18,083 --> 00:36:20,707 From you, "fucking gangster" sounds like a compliment. 720 00:36:20,708 --> 00:36:22,958 Not how I meant it. 721 00:36:22,959 --> 00:36:26,666 Axelrod is not your friend. 722 00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:28,187 Let me help you keep on the right side. 723 00:36:28,211 --> 00:36:32,582 You'd love to know what I got on him. 724 00:36:32,583 --> 00:36:35,416 Problem is, 725 00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:39,040 I don't need whatever deal or immunity you got. 726 00:36:39,041 --> 00:36:43,499 See, I already have my umbrella. 727 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,874 I'm singin' in the fucking rain. 728 00:36:45,875 --> 00:36:47,624 You? 729 00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:50,750 You're just standing there, gettin' wet. 730 00:36:55,458 --> 00:37:00,707 I'll see you on Pearl Street at my arraignment... 731 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:02,040 if you got the brass. 732 00:37:02,041 --> 00:37:05,625 ♪ Pensive music ♪ 733 00:37:18,333 --> 00:37:20,249 Three and two, count is full. 734 00:37:20,250 --> 00:37:23,499 I grew up playing stickball. 735 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,707 You wanna grab that broom handle and stand in? 736 00:37:25,708 --> 00:37:27,249 I'll get too intense. 737 00:37:27,250 --> 00:37:28,250 Okay. 738 00:37:33,583 --> 00:37:35,916 People are telling me I can't miss your party. 739 00:37:35,917 --> 00:37:39,541 No, because those people think the only way to advance 740 00:37:39,542 --> 00:37:43,040 is by following the rules and social mores. 741 00:37:43,041 --> 00:37:45,749 They have no fucking idea why we do what we do. 742 00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:47,874 I don't think I'm any better than them. 743 00:37:47,875 --> 00:37:49,374 Of course you do. 744 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:52,958 You even know it a little bit. 745 00:37:52,959 --> 00:37:54,239 Do not feel obligated to attend. 746 00:37:54,263 --> 00:37:57,972 - Okay. 747 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:00,735 Why are you missing it, by the way? 748 00:38:00,759 --> 00:38:02,958 You don't wanna party with me? 749 00:38:02,959 --> 00:38:04,666 It's my sister's wedding. 750 00:38:04,667 --> 00:38:07,874 Rehearsal dinner on Mackinac Island in the U.P. 751 00:38:07,875 --> 00:38:10,332 - Michigan. - Oh, yeah. I know. 752 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:11,749 Not a lot of flights. 753 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:14,624 You're rich. They're called private planes. 754 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,541 - I almost booked it. 755 00:38:16,542 --> 00:38:18,457 I just don't know if I can actually get on it. 756 00:38:18,458 --> 00:38:20,124 The carbon footprint alone is... 757 00:38:20,125 --> 00:38:22,124 You're really that worried about the world ending? 758 00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:23,791 Yes. 759 00:38:23,792 --> 00:38:26,124 What about your own world? 760 00:38:26,125 --> 00:38:28,707 Not so much. 761 00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:31,916 Well, before that existential dread racks you, 762 00:38:31,917 --> 00:38:34,040 buy some offsets. 763 00:38:34,041 --> 00:38:35,499 Donate to the Rainforest Alliance. 764 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:36,900 As a matter of fact, if you do that, 765 00:38:36,924 --> 00:38:40,416 I'll have Deb book the plane for ya. Done. Move on. 766 00:38:40,417 --> 00:38:41,624 It's not just that. It's... 767 00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:46,374 I never thought I'd be thinking about living this life. 768 00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:48,291 You're living it already. 769 00:38:49,792 --> 00:38:52,166 Do you think I ever thought I'd be here? 770 00:38:53,439 --> 00:38:55,999 I never thought I'd be more than just a numbers guy at the track. 771 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:56,959 Aqueduct? 772 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,833 Nah. Trotters. I'd still be at the track 773 00:38:59,834 --> 00:39:01,791 if it weren't for this one guy, a gambler. 774 00:39:01,792 --> 00:39:04,666 He worked a seat at Commodities. He thought I'd be good. 775 00:39:04,667 --> 00:39:08,541 So he took me to Four World Trade, and I saw it immediately. 776 00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:11,416 I could read the tape just like the odds on the board. 777 00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:13,707 It was like walking into something 778 00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:15,290 between a casino and the U.S. Mint. 779 00:39:15,291 --> 00:39:16,999 So I bought a seat at the exchange for 64K, 780 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,332 and that was it. 781 00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:20,916 Is that a common career trajectory? 782 00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:23,916 Not anymore. Wasn't back then either. 783 00:39:23,917 --> 00:39:25,874 And you're glad it went this way? 784 00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:27,874 Yeah. Why shouldn't I be? 785 00:39:27,875 --> 00:39:29,715 So before I let you get back to your childhood, 786 00:39:29,739 --> 00:39:32,916 the moral of the story is... 787 00:39:32,917 --> 00:39:34,874 just get on the fucking plane, huh? 788 00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:37,457 No. 789 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:40,082 The moral of the story is, you get one life, 790 00:39:40,083 --> 00:39:43,333 so do it all. 791 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:22,249 Why did I have Thayer dead to rights, 792 00:40:22,250 --> 00:40:24,707 and he wasn't even nervous? 793 00:40:24,708 --> 00:40:28,999 Why were you sitting with Thayer in the first place? 794 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,290 How does that help you with headlines, blind items... 795 00:40:32,291 --> 00:40:33,582 community leaders? 796 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:36,999 Oh, you weren't encouraging me to be smart. 797 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,916 You were protecting one of your own. 798 00:40:39,917 --> 00:40:42,165 Did you handpick him for the deal? 799 00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:45,499 Did I make a mistake with you? 800 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,959 Are you fighting for inches or yards? 801 00:40:49,417 --> 00:40:55,124 I am so close to getting Axe. 802 00:40:55,125 --> 00:40:57,749 I can run on that. 803 00:40:57,750 --> 00:40:59,499 I can win on that. 804 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:00,749 That's what we both want. 805 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:04,541 If you are the man I think and... and hope you are, 806 00:41:04,542 --> 00:41:08,791 you will get him... on something else. 807 00:41:08,792 --> 00:41:12,624 You know it's not the first time Axe has gone bad on something. 808 00:41:12,625 --> 00:41:15,458 What did Thayer give you, four points? 809 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,457 I don't handcuff. You're free to go after Thayer if you want. 810 00:41:21,458 --> 00:41:25,290 But play out those dominoes first, 811 00:41:25,291 --> 00:41:27,666 and not just for Axe. 812 00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:30,040 ♪ Pensive music ♪ 813 00:41:30,041 --> 00:41:33,040 Thayer takes a hit, the casino goes away. 814 00:41:33,041 --> 00:41:36,457 Those upstate jobs go away. 815 00:41:36,458 --> 00:41:41,332 It leaks that my father started things in Sandicot... 816 00:41:41,333 --> 00:41:43,916 and the last one falls on me. 817 00:41:43,917 --> 00:41:46,666 Chuck, Sandicot is a circle. 818 00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:49,374 Wherever you start on that path, 819 00:41:49,375 --> 00:41:53,374 it leads right back to you... to us. 820 00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:55,582 And right now, no one knows that you and my father 821 00:41:55,583 --> 00:41:58,332 crushed that town as much as Axe. 822 00:41:58,333 --> 00:42:00,332 - Yes. 823 00:42:00,333 --> 00:42:02,624 And why don't we keep it that way? 824 00:42:02,625 --> 00:42:05,541 You know what, Jack? 825 00:42:05,542 --> 00:42:09,207 I think I'll get Axe on something else. 826 00:42:09,208 --> 00:42:12,834 Whatever you feel is best. 827 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,834 ♪ Well, I know that it's getting late ♪ 828 00:42:28,041 --> 00:42:32,457 ♪ But I don't wanna go home ♪ 829 00:42:32,458 --> 00:42:33,916 ♪ I'm in no hurry, baby ♪ 830 00:42:33,917 --> 00:42:36,082 ♪ Time can wait ♪ 831 00:42:36,083 --> 00:42:38,708 ♪ 'Cause I don't wanna go home ♪ 832 00:42:40,041 --> 00:42:43,707 ♪ Listen to the man sing his song ♪ 833 00:42:43,708 --> 00:42:46,582 You're seeming... shy tonight. 834 00:42:46,583 --> 00:42:47,542 We can't escape our nature. 835 00:42:47,543 --> 00:42:49,999 Enough with the Myers-Briggs, Mafee. 836 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,290 - Cheers. - Cheers. 837 00:42:51,291 --> 00:42:52,374 - The man here yet? 838 00:42:52,375 --> 00:42:54,124 - Nah, I haven't seen him. - Cheers. 839 00:42:54,125 --> 00:42:55,541 What? Weird. 840 00:42:55,542 --> 00:42:57,666 - Yeah? 841 00:42:57,667 --> 00:42:58,208 - Hey. 842 00:42:58,209 --> 00:43:00,667 Have a seat. 843 00:43:09,959 --> 00:43:12,582 Fuck. Thayer stonewalled us? 844 00:43:12,583 --> 00:43:16,124 I'm not gonna shield you from this, Bryan, all right? 845 00:43:16,125 --> 00:43:19,874 I have decided not to pursue Thayer or Sandicot, 846 00:43:19,875 --> 00:43:23,000 for strategic reasons. 847 00:43:23,583 --> 00:43:25,666 - Politics. - Yeah. 848 00:43:25,667 --> 00:43:29,249 Plain and simple. 849 00:43:29,250 --> 00:43:30,834 - Tell the team. 850 00:44:00,542 --> 00:44:03,457 Welcome to my bowling club. 851 00:44:03,458 --> 00:44:05,178 I worked it out so I had it private tonight. 852 00:44:05,202 --> 00:44:09,036 Sweet. How are ya, Victor? 853 00:44:10,625 --> 00:44:13,958 Lots of times, I thought about, if I ran into you, 854 00:44:13,959 --> 00:44:17,165 what I might say... or do. 855 00:44:17,166 --> 00:44:20,666 Here I am. Hit me. I can take it. 856 00:44:20,667 --> 00:44:22,375 That's in the past. 857 00:44:23,667 --> 00:44:25,916 Fuck you, Axe. 858 00:44:25,917 --> 00:44:28,290 You think every time you take a meeting or take a shit, 859 00:44:28,291 --> 00:44:31,416 it's deep and filled with wisdom. 860 00:44:31,417 --> 00:44:33,582 But you made a mistake letting me go. 861 00:44:33,583 --> 00:44:37,416 You cut me, but you cut yourself worse in the process. 862 00:44:37,417 --> 00:44:39,040 You're not wrong, Victor. 863 00:44:39,041 --> 00:44:41,999 You were collateral damage. I regretted it. 864 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,082 - Really? - Briefly. 865 00:44:45,083 --> 00:44:48,833 And for a few moments after, which surprised me. 866 00:44:48,834 --> 00:44:50,500 You getting soft? 867 00:44:52,625 --> 00:44:55,750 ♪ Tense music ♪ 868 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,165 I came all the way out here, Victor, 869 00:45:01,166 --> 00:45:05,374 on the recommendation of a dear friend, 870 00:45:05,375 --> 00:45:07,417 to look at you. 871 00:45:09,667 --> 00:45:15,249 What do you see? A man who's stuck... 872 00:45:15,250 --> 00:45:19,707 at a boutique firm, a glorified day trader. 873 00:45:19,708 --> 00:45:23,874 Making good money, but not as good as it used to be. 874 00:45:23,875 --> 00:45:26,125 But that's not the sticky part. 875 00:45:27,125 --> 00:45:31,874 You can't be who you are, and it's ripping you up. 876 00:45:31,875 --> 00:45:33,999 Bit by bit. 877 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,207 What do you have and what do you want? 878 00:45:38,208 --> 00:45:42,249 I want back in. Not with the main fund. 879 00:45:42,250 --> 00:45:45,874 I understand you can't do that, and I don't want you to. 880 00:45:45,875 --> 00:45:50,624 I want my own shop, a satellite. 881 00:45:50,625 --> 00:45:52,499 Terms will be very generous for you 882 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:53,916 the first few years, 883 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:58,417 and I will give you the prime fucking meats. 884 00:46:00,583 --> 00:46:02,749 Everything I know about Klaxon. 885 00:46:02,750 --> 00:46:08,457 Internal memos, company documents. 886 00:46:08,458 --> 00:46:09,999 It's bigger than a recall. 887 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,541 You leak this cover-up, they'll drown in lawsuits. 888 00:46:13,542 --> 00:46:16,166 You could cover at zero. 889 00:46:22,834 --> 00:46:24,834 Start looking for office space. 890 00:46:26,291 --> 00:46:29,291 Welcome back. 891 00:46:41,417 --> 00:46:42,457 Donna! 892 00:46:42,458 --> 00:46:45,792 I need Sacker now! 893 00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:54,249 - This. What the fuck is this? 894 00:46:54,250 --> 00:46:57,290 Steph Reed says that Axe bought some enemy's books? 895 00:46:57,291 --> 00:46:59,624 Yes. He cornered the first edition book market 896 00:46:59,625 --> 00:47:02,582 for those specific books to spite a rival. 897 00:47:02,583 --> 00:47:04,958 And did she say... 898 00:47:04,959 --> 00:47:05,917 which books? 899 00:47:05,918 --> 00:47:09,290 Second World War by Churchill. 900 00:47:09,291 --> 00:47:11,875 Motherfucker. 901 00:47:14,417 --> 00:47:17,124 ♪ Tense music ♪ 902 00:47:17,125 --> 00:47:19,207 This is what they do. 903 00:47:19,208 --> 00:47:22,666 How the fuck do you compete with something that powerful, 904 00:47:22,667 --> 00:47:25,624 that swims around for days on end, 905 00:47:25,625 --> 00:47:30,165 just waiting for the faintest smell of blood 906 00:47:30,166 --> 00:47:32,499 so it can attack without warning, 907 00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:35,082 and with all the ferocity and half the conscience 908 00:47:35,083 --> 00:47:38,500 of a goddamn bull shark? 909 00:47:40,834 --> 00:47:44,582 You can't. 910 00:47:44,583 --> 00:47:46,999 Unless you can somehow anticipate where it will strike 911 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:51,290 and then match its strength when it does... 912 00:47:51,291 --> 00:47:53,792 which you can't. 913 00:47:54,939 --> 00:47:56,499 I can see books are a trigger for you... 914 00:47:56,500 --> 00:48:00,083 Thank you, Sacker. 915 00:48:15,542 --> 00:48:18,417 ♪ Pulsating music ♪ 916 00:48:36,208 --> 00:48:38,040 Dad, I'm messengering something to you, 917 00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:42,375 and I will be over to discuss it in a while. 918 00:48:44,583 --> 00:48:45,749 - Good. 919 00:48:45,750 --> 00:48:49,249 Son, credit where it's due. 920 00:48:49,250 --> 00:48:52,916 This Ice Juice thing is a win. 921 00:48:52,917 --> 00:48:54,791 I've already spoken to Ira. 922 00:48:54,792 --> 00:48:58,207 He... ran me through a few more of the numbers. 923 00:48:58,208 --> 00:49:00,168 Yeah, well, I knew if Ira said it, it would be so. 924 00:49:00,192 --> 00:49:02,833 Yeah, he told me you almost didn't bring it to me 925 00:49:02,834 --> 00:49:06,082 out of some worry about... conflict? 926 00:49:06,083 --> 00:49:08,082 That would've been shortsighted. 927 00:49:08,083 --> 00:49:10,082 I agree, and I am most certainly 928 00:49:10,083 --> 00:49:13,707 taking the longer view at the moment. 929 00:49:13,708 --> 00:49:15,249 Good boy. 930 00:49:15,250 --> 00:49:17,916 We can't let this opportunity slide by. 931 00:49:17,917 --> 00:49:20,916 This IPO could be the start 932 00:49:20,917 --> 00:49:25,749 of a billion dollar windfall, and it's a life-changer for him. 933 00:49:25,750 --> 00:49:28,124 You keep saying "we." 934 00:49:28,125 --> 00:49:30,082 I'm not liquid enough to pull the trigger. 935 00:49:30,083 --> 00:49:31,833 I find that hard to fathom. 936 00:49:31,834 --> 00:49:34,666 My cash on hand happens to be 937 00:49:34,667 --> 00:49:37,165 tied up in an few real estate deals right now, 938 00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:39,416 and it's not the right time to sell. 939 00:49:39,417 --> 00:49:41,457 Huh. Let me guess. 940 00:49:41,458 --> 00:49:43,624 Kingsford? 941 00:49:43,625 --> 00:49:46,082 I think it's best we not discuss that. 942 00:49:46,083 --> 00:49:49,541 With your position, that would be unethical. 943 00:49:49,542 --> 00:49:53,124 But there is a solution. 944 00:49:53,125 --> 00:49:55,958 The chunk of cash I need 945 00:49:55,959 --> 00:49:58,707 is on a statement with your name on it. 946 00:49:58,708 --> 00:50:03,290 - The blind trust. - But, uh, why tell me about it? 947 00:50:03,291 --> 00:50:05,290 Uh, isn't the whole point to a blind trust that 948 00:50:05,291 --> 00:50:07,572 I'm not supposed to know what you're doing with the money? 949 00:50:07,596 --> 00:50:09,082 No, not this time. 950 00:50:09,083 --> 00:50:12,499 That trust was set aside for you and the children. 951 00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:15,666 But even the safest IPO 952 00:50:15,667 --> 00:50:18,874 has a different risk profile than a normal investment. 953 00:50:18,875 --> 00:50:23,874 You have to know before I do it. 954 00:50:23,875 --> 00:50:25,667 You want me to break my public vow? 955 00:50:27,583 --> 00:50:29,124 The moment that I'm transitioning 956 00:50:29,125 --> 00:50:31,082 into elected office? 957 00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:34,958 It's only damaging if it gets out. 958 00:50:34,959 --> 00:50:38,332 I'll invest silently. Your role will be hidden. 959 00:50:38,333 --> 00:50:40,833 We'll replace the funds as soon as we sell some of the stock. 960 00:50:40,834 --> 00:50:43,457 No one's the wiser. 961 00:50:43,458 --> 00:50:46,291 Hmm. 962 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,916 Well, if this is what it takes... 963 00:50:51,917 --> 00:50:55,582 uh, to help you and Ira... 964 00:50:55,583 --> 00:50:59,082 - Does that mean... - Yeah. 965 00:50:59,083 --> 00:51:01,666 Crack it open. 966 00:51:01,667 --> 00:51:04,082 - Use a bit for your venture. 967 00:51:04,083 --> 00:51:07,541 I trust your judgment. 968 00:51:07,542 --> 00:51:09,874 As always. 969 00:51:09,875 --> 00:51:12,583 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 970 00:51:14,417 --> 00:51:15,791 ♪ Jazzy rock music ♪ 971 00:51:15,792 --> 00:51:18,040 Excuse me. Wendy. 972 00:51:18,041 --> 00:51:19,999 - Lara. - Welcome. 973 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,290 - Thank you. 974 00:51:23,291 --> 00:51:26,165 You know, we never really had you over to the house enough. 975 00:51:26,166 --> 00:51:27,416 Thanks for the invite. 976 00:51:27,417 --> 00:51:29,582 And I appreciate the personal follow-up. 977 00:51:29,583 --> 00:51:31,457 Chuck was, um... 978 00:51:31,458 --> 00:51:33,249 quite surprised to hear from you. 979 00:51:33,250 --> 00:51:36,082 Well, I'm glad you came. 980 00:51:36,083 --> 00:51:37,603 Bobby will really value you being here. 981 00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:41,127 Hmm. I couldn't tell when I spoke to him at work. 982 00:51:42,125 --> 00:51:45,457 Oh. I thought you weren't really talking at work. 983 00:51:45,458 --> 00:51:50,249 I'm sure it must be hard for you to not have access to him, 984 00:51:50,250 --> 00:51:52,040 but we think it's best for everyone. 985 00:51:52,041 --> 00:51:54,333 Clear boundaries this time. 986 00:51:56,166 --> 00:51:58,040 Right... 987 00:51:58,041 --> 00:52:02,416 which is why I set the policy. 988 00:52:02,417 --> 00:52:03,937 It was the only way I could work there. 989 00:52:03,961 --> 00:52:05,082 I couldn't keep seeing him. 990 00:52:05,083 --> 00:52:07,707 It wasn't like doctor-patient or even athlete-coach. 991 00:52:07,708 --> 00:52:09,958 It was more Hannibal-Clarice. 992 00:52:09,959 --> 00:52:12,290 ♪ Tense music ♪ 993 00:52:12,291 --> 00:52:14,958 Not seeing him was one of your conditions for coming back. 994 00:52:14,959 --> 00:52:17,708 I thought it was important for both of us, really. 995 00:52:20,875 --> 00:52:24,083 Thanks again for the invite. I could use a drink. 996 00:52:34,875 --> 00:52:36,124 Where are you? 997 00:52:36,125 --> 00:52:39,750 I'm at the front gate. Come meet me. 998 00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:21,165 Let's get outta here. Fuck this. 999 00:53:21,166 --> 00:53:23,207 It's a mistake. 1000 00:53:23,208 --> 00:53:26,207 I see how we made it... 1001 00:53:26,208 --> 00:53:28,874 because we forgot. 1002 00:53:28,875 --> 00:53:31,416 I forgot... where I'm from. 1003 00:53:31,417 --> 00:53:36,040 I forgot that I don't give a fuck about any of this. 1004 00:53:36,041 --> 00:53:38,207 It's all sailcloth held up with poles 1005 00:53:38,208 --> 00:53:40,568 lit by lighting designers and ripped to the ground tomorrow. 1006 00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:46,541 I wanna be with you. 1007 00:53:46,542 --> 00:53:50,000 I wanna take you somewhere that matters. 1008 00:53:52,458 --> 00:53:55,541 Everyone's waiting for you. 1009 00:53:55,542 --> 00:53:57,875 Wags is about to give his speech. 1010 00:54:03,542 --> 00:54:06,040 I've had quite a challenge this week 1011 00:54:06,041 --> 00:54:10,999 to put together words, ordinary words, 1012 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,833 to describe the most extraordinary man I ever met. 1013 00:54:13,834 --> 00:54:16,124 A man as steely as a Roman centurion, 1014 00:54:16,125 --> 00:54:21,165 cooler than Jean-Paul Belmondo. 1015 00:54:21,166 --> 00:54:25,416 He's a jaguar shark, an American Sniper, 1016 00:54:25,417 --> 00:54:27,457 every decision in the space of seven breaths. 1017 00:54:27,458 --> 00:54:29,207 If you cross him, 1018 00:54:29,208 --> 00:54:31,083 he'll put a fucking ding in your universe. 1019 00:54:34,875 --> 00:54:37,583 But these are all exaggerations, derivative. 1020 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:43,291 They don't limn the truth of an indefinable essence. 1021 00:54:44,417 --> 00:54:48,666 They don't speak to my real feelings. 1022 00:54:48,667 --> 00:54:50,124 It's no exaggeration to say 1023 00:54:50,125 --> 00:54:52,707 that Bobby Axelrod is the man who gave me my life, 1024 00:54:52,708 --> 00:54:55,249 or at least let me keep it. 1025 00:54:55,250 --> 00:55:00,124 But even more than that, he's given me friendship... 1026 00:55:00,125 --> 00:55:01,885 the kind of friendship, it's more than money, 1027 00:55:01,909 --> 00:55:05,916 it's more than talent, it's... 1028 00:55:05,917 --> 00:55:07,791 almost family. 1029 00:55:07,792 --> 00:55:11,290 But unlike family, he never turns away. 1030 00:55:11,291 --> 00:55:14,750 He's the only one who truly sees me and doesn't judge. 1031 00:55:16,834 --> 00:55:20,624 He accepts me as I am, 1032 00:55:20,625 --> 00:55:23,457 and that kind of friendship is... 1033 00:55:23,458 --> 00:55:27,457 everything. 1034 00:55:27,458 --> 00:55:29,792 It is the stuff of life itself. 1035 00:55:32,875 --> 00:55:34,999 So thank you... 1036 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,875 for my life. 1037 00:55:39,166 --> 00:55:40,999 Traders trade. 1038 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,165 Lovers love. 1039 00:55:42,166 --> 00:55:46,499 Cars are meant to go. 1040 00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:49,124 Happy birthday, Axe, 1041 00:55:49,125 --> 00:55:50,667 wherever you are. 1042 00:55:52,834 --> 00:55:56,666 Way to go, Wags! 1043 00:55:56,667 --> 00:55:58,457 Axe didn't show up? 1044 00:55:58,458 --> 00:56:00,165 Who does that, skips his own party? 1045 00:56:00,166 --> 00:56:02,290 That's fucking fantastic. 1046 00:56:02,291 --> 00:56:03,166 Maybe he's an introvert, too. 1047 00:56:03,167 --> 00:56:05,999 No, he's not an introvert. 1048 00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,791 He just remembered he's an outlaw. 1049 00:56:08,792 --> 00:56:11,417 A fucking desperado. 1050 00:56:15,041 --> 00:56:17,959 Hey. Axe said to give this to you. 1051 00:56:21,708 --> 00:56:23,875 ♪ Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" ♪ 1052 00:56:31,959 --> 00:56:34,916 ♪ Ain't it just like the night ♪ 1053 00:56:34,917 --> 00:56:39,000 ♪ To play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet? ♪ 1054 00:56:42,583 --> 00:56:45,165 ♪ We sit here stranded ♪ 1055 00:56:45,166 --> 00:56:49,625 ♪ Though we're all doing our best to deny it ♪ 1056 00:56:52,834 --> 00:56:56,874 ♪ And Louise holds a handful of rain ♪ 1057 00:56:56,875 --> 00:56:59,041 ♪ Temptin' you to defy it ♪ 1058 00:57:03,500 --> 00:57:08,499 ♪ Lights flicker from the opposite loft ♪ 1059 00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:12,000 ♪ In this room, the heat pipes just cough ♪ 1060 00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:17,541 ♪ The country music station plays soft ♪ 1061 00:57:17,542 --> 00:57:21,000 ♪ But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off ♪ 1062 00:57:23,834 --> 00:57:26,749 ♪ Just Louise ♪ 1063 00:57:26,750 --> 00:57:28,541 ♪ And her lover ♪ 1064 00:57:28,542 --> 00:57:31,417 ♪ So entwined ♪ 1065 00:57:34,291 --> 00:57:36,916 ♪ And these visions ♪ 1066 00:57:36,917 --> 00:57:39,624 ♪ Of Johanna ♪ 1067 00:57:39,625 --> 00:57:44,208 ♪ That conquer my mind ♪ 1068 00:57:54,917 --> 00:57:59,040 ♪ In the empty lot where the ladies play ♪ 1069 00:57:59,041 --> 00:58:02,708 ♪ Blind man's bluff with the key chain ♪ 1070 00:58:05,583 --> 00:58:07,791 ♪ And the all-night girls ♪ 1071 00:58:07,792 --> 00:58:12,625 ♪ They whisper of escapades out on the "D" train ♪