1 00:00:08,650 --> 00:00:10,576 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:10,578 --> 00:00:13,545 Today you're the man who brought down Lawrence Boyd. 3 00:00:13,547 --> 00:00:14,546 You're under arrest. 4 00:00:14,548 --> 00:00:16,894 Today you're Elvis. 5 00:00:16,894 --> 00:00:18,911 The only question now is... 6 00:00:18,911 --> 00:00:21,620 which mansion will it be, Gracie or the Governor's? 7 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:24,256 Head of Crim. Man, plum purchase. 8 00:00:24,258 --> 00:00:26,117 Freaking launch pad of the private sector. 9 00:00:26,117 --> 00:00:28,293 I mean, you land it, you're minted. 10 00:00:28,295 --> 00:00:30,229 My part is done for now. 11 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,255 Oh, what the fuck. 12 00:00:33,255 --> 00:00:35,133 Hang for a minute, Bryan. 13 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:37,301 Listen to what Bobby has to say. 14 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:40,438 Come work for Bach's firm, on my account. 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,489 You know what Rhoades is, Bryan, 16 00:00:42,489 --> 00:00:46,811 and I know you made that call. 17 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:49,713 What did you do to get Axelrod to drop his civil suits? 18 00:00:49,715 --> 00:00:51,749 I went back to work at Axe Capital. 19 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:54,051 I'm happy that it works for you. 20 00:00:54,053 --> 00:00:57,455 But for us, I'm afraid it's a deal breaker. 21 00:00:57,457 --> 00:00:59,757 If you ever decide to grapple with 22 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:02,026 why you feel happiness for you can only exist 23 00:01:02,028 --> 00:01:06,130 in the company of hairless 21-year-old girls, come see me. 24 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:07,965 We can fix that quick. 25 00:01:09,368 --> 00:01:10,834 Thanks for taking the meeting. 26 00:01:10,836 --> 00:01:12,302 Anything for Bruno. 27 00:01:12,304 --> 00:01:14,772 Sandicot's downtown is ripe for redevelopment. 28 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:16,807 The whole county's on the edge of default. 29 00:01:16,809 --> 00:01:17,845 If they don't get the casino, 30 00:01:17,845 --> 00:01:19,053 it goes from something to consider 31 00:01:19,053 --> 00:01:21,077 to something to never think about again. 32 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:22,945 Move forward with the bond. 33 00:01:22,947 --> 00:01:24,847 The casino is coming to Sandicot. 34 00:01:24,849 --> 00:01:26,983 We are committing to this play. 35 00:01:26,985 --> 00:01:29,553 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. 36 00:01:29,555 --> 00:01:31,288 It's over. 37 00:01:46,835 --> 00:01:49,542 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com 38 00:01:51,842 --> 00:01:53,542 How did I get fucked? 39 00:01:53,544 --> 00:01:56,578 That casino was supposed to be locked-the-fuck in. 40 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,546 When an op goes sour, 41 00:01:58,548 --> 00:02:00,848 we're taught to go back to its genesis. 42 00:02:11,527 --> 00:02:13,728 Bobby. 43 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:14,962 Put the bat down. 44 00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:18,766 The gaming license went to another town. 45 00:02:18,768 --> 00:02:20,835 Oh, no. 46 00:02:20,837 --> 00:02:22,737 Let's have a talk with your nephew. 47 00:02:38,387 --> 00:02:39,586 Who paid you? 48 00:02:39,588 --> 00:02:40,887 It's not like that. 49 00:02:42,057 --> 00:02:44,190 Marco, it better fucking not be. 50 00:02:44,192 --> 00:02:47,360 It's not, Uncle Bru. It's not, Mr. Axelrod. 51 00:02:47,362 --> 00:02:48,594 And you, sir. 52 00:02:50,866 --> 00:02:52,999 - I'm gonna be sick. - You should be... 53 00:02:53,001 --> 00:02:55,568 because you know who you really hurt with this move. 54 00:02:55,570 --> 00:02:56,736 There was no move. 55 00:02:56,738 --> 00:02:59,939 You fronted like the whole thing was wired. 56 00:02:59,941 --> 00:03:02,341 Was that bait? Or were you the bait? 57 00:03:02,343 --> 00:03:03,743 I swear. 58 00:03:03,745 --> 00:03:06,512 If you didn't set Mr. Axelrod up, who set you up? 59 00:03:06,514 --> 00:03:08,213 Nobody. It's a thing that happened, 60 00:03:08,215 --> 00:03:09,482 not something anyone did. 61 00:03:09,484 --> 00:03:11,150 That is the kind of thing I'd say. 62 00:03:11,152 --> 00:03:12,718 You vetted the info yourself. 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,052 I did. 64 00:03:14,054 --> 00:03:16,489 Which means whoever put you up to this 65 00:03:16,491 --> 00:03:19,057 was careful and targeted. 66 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,366 Do you understand me? 67 00:03:31,471 --> 00:03:34,439 I swear... on my eyes. 68 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:37,809 Yes, you do. Now, who paid you? 69 00:03:38,669 --> 00:03:43,548 No one even knew who I was going to for the financing, not at first. 70 00:03:43,550 --> 00:03:45,517 It's some kind of Albany machine shit. 71 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:47,786 The kind that's been going on for 100 years 72 00:03:47,788 --> 00:03:49,253 that we got caught in. 73 00:03:49,255 --> 00:03:52,056 You're getting fottuto for something someone's cousin did 74 00:03:52,058 --> 00:03:54,725 to someone else's boss in a distant part of the state. 75 00:03:54,727 --> 00:03:56,294 "Fottuto" means getting fucked. 76 00:03:56,296 --> 00:03:58,162 I picked that up in context. 77 00:04:04,003 --> 00:04:05,469 You know the kind of options 78 00:04:05,471 --> 00:04:07,871 this leaves me to get my money out. 79 00:04:13,549 --> 00:04:14,778 Go long. 80 00:04:17,616 --> 00:04:20,351 Oh, my bad. I overshot you. 81 00:04:20,353 --> 00:04:22,619 Looks like you finally have some family time. 82 00:04:22,621 --> 00:04:24,154 Thanks for coming down here. 83 00:04:24,156 --> 00:04:26,656 No, the Boyd business kept me living at the office, 84 00:04:26,658 --> 00:04:28,458 so I promised Kevin I'd spend the day 85 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:29,726 with him when it was done. 86 00:04:29,728 --> 00:04:33,029 But I'm always happy to find time for you. 87 00:04:34,499 --> 00:04:36,066 Kevin, come here for a minute. 88 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:38,568 There's someone I'd like you to meet. 89 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:40,636 This is Mike Dimonda, 90 00:04:40,638 --> 00:04:43,740 an excellent and very influential young journalist. 91 00:04:43,742 --> 00:04:45,608 Mike, my son Kevin. 92 00:04:45,610 --> 00:04:46,776 Nice to meet you, sir. 93 00:04:46,778 --> 00:04:48,043 Helluva handshake, Kevin. 94 00:04:48,045 --> 00:04:49,479 He's a good kid. 95 00:04:49,481 --> 00:04:51,981 Okay, uh, go out. 96 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:54,550 Skinny post. 97 00:04:54,552 --> 00:04:56,886 Omaha, Omaha. Hut. 98 00:04:58,389 --> 00:05:00,555 This is the kind of unadulterated high point 99 00:05:00,557 --> 00:05:02,824 that rarely comes along. It's hard to see what more 100 00:05:02,826 --> 00:05:04,726 there is for you to gain as U.S. Attorney. 101 00:05:04,728 --> 00:05:07,162 House, Senate, or do you have plans to run for Governor? 102 00:05:07,164 --> 00:05:08,563 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 103 00:05:08,565 --> 00:05:10,399 - Where'd you get that? - What I hear is 104 00:05:10,401 --> 00:05:11,867 you're taking a quick victory lap, 105 00:05:11,869 --> 00:05:14,135 and then it's City Hall, Capitol Building, or Albany. 106 00:05:14,137 --> 00:05:18,673 I would never even consider it while still in office. 107 00:05:18,675 --> 00:05:22,210 You will be the first to know should that change. 108 00:05:22,212 --> 00:05:24,413 Do you mind if I, uh, shoot a few of you guys 109 00:05:24,415 --> 00:05:26,615 throwing the ball around? Or is that private? 110 00:05:26,617 --> 00:05:28,249 It is. 111 00:05:29,219 --> 00:05:31,485 But if you think it has some value, 112 00:05:31,487 --> 00:05:33,955 then... we can make an exception. 113 00:05:33,957 --> 00:05:35,756 That'd be great. 114 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,326 Come on, Kev. 115 00:05:38,328 --> 00:05:39,527 All right? 116 00:05:40,225 --> 00:05:41,396 How's that? 117 00:06:09,691 --> 00:06:13,126 Ryan, why don't you show me the rest of the house? 118 00:06:13,128 --> 00:06:14,294 Soon, baby. 119 00:06:14,296 --> 00:06:15,829 It's just... 120 00:06:15,831 --> 00:06:17,564 I'm so close. 121 00:06:17,566 --> 00:06:19,065 Is the pool heater on? 122 00:06:19,067 --> 00:06:20,333 I think you can handle... 123 00:06:20,335 --> 00:06:21,400 Yeah, I can. 124 00:06:25,955 --> 00:06:27,106 Get inside. Now. 125 00:06:29,177 --> 00:06:30,643 Get the fuck out. 126 00:06:30,645 --> 00:06:32,011 I'm a pretty chill boss, 127 00:06:32,013 --> 00:06:33,913 but how far do you want to fucking push it? 128 00:06:33,915 --> 00:06:35,614 I wasn't expecting you till tomorrow. 129 00:06:35,616 --> 00:06:36,815 And you didn't call, so... 130 00:06:36,817 --> 00:06:38,317 We don't need to fucking call. 131 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:40,386 Right. I'm sorry. 132 00:06:40,388 --> 00:06:41,653 Of course. 133 00:06:41,655 --> 00:06:42,721 I'm sorry. 134 00:06:42,723 --> 00:06:44,423 You know how much I like you, Ryan. 135 00:06:44,425 --> 00:06:46,492 But even still, I'm tempted to broom your ass. 136 00:06:46,494 --> 00:06:47,994 Tell me you didn't use our bed. 137 00:06:47,996 --> 00:06:50,062 No, no. No. I did not even let her inside. 138 00:06:50,064 --> 00:06:52,564 That is lucky for you. 139 00:06:52,566 --> 00:06:54,600 Those towels go in the trash. 140 00:06:58,105 --> 00:07:00,672 Sounds like you've been pardoned. 141 00:07:00,674 --> 00:07:02,541 I'm doing a war room. 142 00:07:02,543 --> 00:07:04,610 I need you to make lunch for eight. 143 00:07:04,612 --> 00:07:06,277 Thanks, Axe. 144 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:07,746 I'm really sorry. 145 00:07:09,749 --> 00:07:12,484 And wash your fucking hands. 146 00:07:12,486 --> 00:07:14,019 Right. 147 00:07:16,523 --> 00:07:17,555 Hello. 148 00:07:17,557 --> 00:07:19,357 That was quick. 149 00:07:19,359 --> 00:07:20,725 Thought you'd be back later. 150 00:07:20,727 --> 00:07:24,229 Yeah, well, we had our catch. 151 00:07:24,231 --> 00:07:28,065 Then Dad did the interview, and we came home. 152 00:07:28,067 --> 00:07:30,401 Bye, Dad. 153 00:07:33,205 --> 00:07:36,048 You said you wanted to spend the day with him. 154 00:07:36,083 --> 00:07:38,216 Yeah, I said I wanted to spend time with him, and I did. 155 00:07:38,216 --> 00:07:40,310 You used him as a prop. 156 00:07:40,312 --> 00:07:41,845 Which you swore you'd never do, 157 00:07:41,847 --> 00:07:44,814 since that's exactly what your father did to you. 158 00:07:46,052 --> 00:07:48,552 We spent the morning at the park. 159 00:07:48,554 --> 00:07:50,254 And a reporter happened upon us 160 00:07:50,256 --> 00:07:51,621 because, at the moment, 161 00:07:51,623 --> 00:07:53,757 I am news-worthy. 162 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:55,059 Finally in a good way. 163 00:07:55,061 --> 00:07:57,161 I'm sure it's a wonderful lesson for Kevin 164 00:07:57,163 --> 00:07:59,362 - on what really matters. - Indeed it was. 165 00:07:59,364 --> 00:08:01,064 He got to run around a little bit, 166 00:08:01,066 --> 00:08:03,099 and he got some exposure 167 00:08:03,101 --> 00:08:05,835 as to how you finesse relations with the fourth estate. 168 00:08:08,273 --> 00:08:10,941 That is exactly the kind of half-truth 169 00:08:10,943 --> 00:08:13,877 that's led to our current situation. 170 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:15,644 As is your failure to tell me 171 00:08:15,646 --> 00:08:17,680 you were going back to work for Axelrod. 172 00:08:17,682 --> 00:08:18,621 Oh, my God. 173 00:08:18,621 --> 00:08:22,585 Oh, I had to Columbo that one for myself. 174 00:08:22,587 --> 00:08:24,287 Yet it seems that I'm required 175 00:08:24,289 --> 00:08:26,722 to disclose every detail of how I spend my time. 176 00:08:26,724 --> 00:08:28,215 No, you're not. When it comes to the kids, 177 00:08:28,215 --> 00:08:30,419 yes, complete transparency, but otherwise, 178 00:08:30,419 --> 00:08:32,995 you don't have to share anything, so you know, go. 179 00:08:32,997 --> 00:08:35,230 Do whatever the fuck you want, and so will I. 180 00:08:35,232 --> 00:08:38,333 Oh, there it goes. There it goes. 181 00:08:38,335 --> 00:08:40,249 Your justification... 182 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:45,384 slid in there so maybe I would realize it later. 183 00:08:45,384 --> 00:08:47,942 But there it was. 184 00:08:50,614 --> 00:08:52,780 You want the freedom to see other people. 185 00:08:55,119 --> 00:08:57,619 Yes. 186 00:08:57,621 --> 00:09:00,122 I want freedom... 187 00:09:00,124 --> 00:09:01,490 all around. 188 00:09:01,492 --> 00:09:03,125 And I would be free, as well. 189 00:09:03,127 --> 00:09:05,026 Consider that door open. 190 00:09:06,696 --> 00:09:08,329 You're really saying those words? 191 00:09:08,331 --> 00:09:10,798 Yes, I am. 192 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,001 For both of us. 193 00:09:15,238 --> 00:09:16,237 Wendy. 194 00:09:16,239 --> 00:09:17,605 What? 195 00:09:20,010 --> 00:09:21,875 I'll see you tomorrow. 196 00:09:30,553 --> 00:09:32,453 So, it's fallen upon all of you 197 00:09:32,455 --> 00:09:34,321 to figure out how to get us un-fucked. 198 00:09:34,323 --> 00:09:36,089 The gaming license was the guarantee 199 00:09:36,091 --> 00:09:37,958 that Sandicot would pay off the notes. 200 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,694 Now, the license is gone, the area is going to default, 201 00:09:40,696 --> 00:09:42,796 and we're about to eat a half a billion, 202 00:09:42,798 --> 00:09:45,932 including 100 mill in fresh capital we put in. 203 00:09:45,934 --> 00:09:47,467 Any suggestions? 204 00:09:49,772 --> 00:09:52,305 There's no road to raising tax revenues. 205 00:09:52,307 --> 00:09:54,207 I don't give a shit what we don't have. 206 00:09:54,209 --> 00:09:56,376 I need to know the roads that are open to us 207 00:09:56,378 --> 00:09:58,778 or the ground that can be cleared to make one. 208 00:09:58,780 --> 00:10:01,181 Isn't there anyone we can sell this turd to? 209 00:10:01,183 --> 00:10:03,383 Not without taking a nine-figure haircut. 210 00:10:03,385 --> 00:10:05,084 Same goes for restructuring. 211 00:10:05,086 --> 00:10:06,786 This thing stinks like Billy Batts 212 00:10:06,788 --> 00:10:07,987 in the trunk right now. 213 00:10:09,023 --> 00:10:10,923 Austerity. 214 00:10:10,925 --> 00:10:13,693 You don't need to whisper it like it's some dark spell 215 00:10:13,695 --> 00:10:15,795 that'll come true if you say it too loudly. 216 00:10:15,797 --> 00:10:17,596 It kind of is, though, isn't it? 217 00:10:21,836 --> 00:10:23,836 Yeah. Because once you say it, 218 00:10:23,838 --> 00:10:26,338 you realize it's your only option. 219 00:10:26,340 --> 00:10:27,573 Austerity. 220 00:10:27,575 --> 00:10:29,974 Okay. Step it out for everyone. 221 00:10:31,245 --> 00:10:34,879 Well, the note exchange requires that the town pay you first, 222 00:10:34,881 --> 00:10:37,148 before any of its other financial obligations, 223 00:10:37,150 --> 00:10:39,384 like union contracts with town workers, 224 00:10:39,386 --> 00:10:41,186 teachers' salaries, all that. 225 00:10:41,188 --> 00:10:43,254 Austerity just means you enforce that. 226 00:10:43,256 --> 00:10:46,091 Yes. Go ahead, seize their assets, 227 00:10:46,093 --> 00:10:47,926 like Singer did in Argentina. 228 00:10:47,928 --> 00:10:49,227 What kind of assets? 229 00:10:49,229 --> 00:10:51,629 Sandicot is not an entire South American country. 230 00:10:51,631 --> 00:10:54,402 Right. We wouldn't be skimming cream off the top. 231 00:10:54,437 --> 00:10:55,900 We'd be gutting them for their organs, 232 00:10:55,902 --> 00:10:57,368 like in a Korean horror movie. 233 00:10:57,370 --> 00:11:01,105 You'd be mostly looking at land, buildings, and utilities. 234 00:11:01,107 --> 00:11:02,873 Town also has an original Remington. 235 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:05,509 It's worth upwards of $900,000. 236 00:11:05,511 --> 00:11:06,877 The fuck's a Remington? 237 00:11:06,879 --> 00:11:09,913 Frederic. American artist from the 19th century. 238 00:11:09,915 --> 00:11:12,516 He specialized in depictions of the Old West. 239 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,087 I took Art History for the automatic A. 240 00:11:17,089 --> 00:11:18,421 Some of it stuck. 241 00:11:18,998 --> 00:11:20,624 If you force them to pay you, 242 00:11:20,626 --> 00:11:22,726 the county would have to severely cut back 243 00:11:22,728 --> 00:11:25,662 on its municipal workforce, roll back labor contracts, 244 00:11:25,664 --> 00:11:27,397 and pillage its pension funds. 245 00:11:27,399 --> 00:11:29,733 Eventually they'd have to shutter some schools, 246 00:11:29,735 --> 00:11:31,468 leading to overpopulated classrooms 247 00:11:31,470 --> 00:11:33,202 and forced free periods. 248 00:11:33,204 --> 00:11:36,172 Decreased graduation rates, increased crime. 249 00:11:36,174 --> 00:11:39,709 They would be consolidation of hospitals, fire houses. 250 00:11:39,711 --> 00:11:41,944 There would also be cuts in police manpower. 251 00:11:41,946 --> 00:11:44,046 Which would bring other kinds of problems. 252 00:11:44,048 --> 00:11:45,515 The effects are viral. 253 00:11:45,517 --> 00:11:47,350 The losses spin off to the businesses 254 00:11:47,352 --> 00:11:49,218 that provide services to the town. 255 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:51,087 Other area businesses start to close, 256 00:11:51,089 --> 00:11:53,656 and more jobs are lost. 257 00:11:53,658 --> 00:11:55,925 Won't all this be a PR nightmare? 258 00:11:55,927 --> 00:11:58,995 PR that comes with losing that much money is a nightmare, too. 259 00:11:58,997 --> 00:12:00,663 And we lose the money. 260 00:12:00,665 --> 00:12:03,199 I don't like any of the answers I'm hearing. 261 00:12:03,201 --> 00:12:05,268 There has to be a way to get this done 262 00:12:05,270 --> 00:12:07,336 without destroying the place. 263 00:12:07,338 --> 00:12:09,305 Model it up for me. 264 00:12:09,307 --> 00:12:11,507 All scenarios. 265 00:12:18,449 --> 00:12:22,350 Son, I did something today 266 00:12:22,352 --> 00:12:24,853 that is gonna absolutely floor you. 267 00:12:24,855 --> 00:12:26,454 I thought you went golfing today. 268 00:12:26,456 --> 00:12:29,390 I did. Played my 18, 269 00:12:29,392 --> 00:12:33,195 and then I withdrew my membership from the Garden City Golf Club. 270 00:12:33,197 --> 00:12:36,164 Oh, that's your natural habitat. 271 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:40,335 Few places a man can be as comfortable. 272 00:12:40,337 --> 00:12:42,203 But it was time. 273 00:12:42,205 --> 00:12:44,238 They don't allow women. 274 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,241 And I cannot be a member of a restricted club anymore. 275 00:12:47,243 --> 00:12:48,343 Noble. 276 00:12:48,345 --> 00:12:51,178 Anticipatory. Of the future. 277 00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:52,847 That's baked right into the word. 278 00:12:52,849 --> 00:12:56,150 Your future, which should start right now. 279 00:12:56,152 --> 00:12:58,052 It's unethical for me to run while... 280 00:12:58,054 --> 00:13:01,455 The Tappan Institute commissioned a poll. 281 00:13:01,457 --> 00:13:05,392 Oh, your buddy Tate Tappan's think tank just happened... 282 00:13:05,394 --> 00:13:06,760 Independent. 283 00:13:06,762 --> 00:13:09,163 No connection to me. 284 00:13:09,165 --> 00:13:10,865 The results are quite... 285 00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:14,067 I don't want to hear anything about it. 286 00:13:18,106 --> 00:13:21,140 No, I've just gotten out from under a cloud. 287 00:13:21,142 --> 00:13:23,943 If word leaks out about a poll while I'm in office, 288 00:13:23,945 --> 00:13:26,646 that is gonna be a darker cloud. 289 00:13:26,648 --> 00:13:28,714 What is this, then? 290 00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:33,019 That's Camelot right there. 291 00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:34,620 Don't try to spin it. 292 00:13:34,622 --> 00:13:38,892 That is a picture of a man running for office. 293 00:13:41,696 --> 00:13:45,230 You're doing more than just dreaming about it. 294 00:13:45,232 --> 00:13:46,965 I'll send you those poll results. 295 00:13:46,967 --> 00:13:49,201 I think they're gonna be encouraging. 296 00:13:50,838 --> 00:13:55,574 But you're gonna have to resolve things with Wendy. 297 00:13:55,576 --> 00:13:59,111 You cannot be an effective candidate 298 00:13:59,113 --> 00:14:01,013 if your marriage is in the crapper. 299 00:14:01,015 --> 00:14:03,282 That's not really a thing anymore, Dad. 300 00:14:03,284 --> 00:14:05,984 That I'd need a woman standing behind me on the podium, 301 00:14:05,986 --> 00:14:06,877 that's archaic. 302 00:14:08,122 --> 00:14:12,257 Son, you do know why you need her in your life, don't you? 303 00:14:14,094 --> 00:14:19,063 She is a natural-born killer. 304 00:14:19,065 --> 00:14:22,667 That's what she builds, all day... killers. 305 00:14:23,804 --> 00:14:26,771 You're a good candidate. 306 00:14:26,773 --> 00:14:29,607 She'd make you unstoppable. 307 00:14:32,446 --> 00:14:35,413 Don't get your hopes up. 308 00:14:35,415 --> 00:14:38,249 Oh, you still got your shucking skills. 309 00:14:38,251 --> 00:14:40,418 Summer job on City Island when I was 14. 310 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:43,754 For the record, I am not eating any of those. 311 00:15:05,478 --> 00:15:06,577 Any answers? 312 00:15:06,579 --> 00:15:07,910 Getting there. 313 00:15:07,912 --> 00:15:10,380 Marc was absolutely not conning you. 314 00:15:10,382 --> 00:15:12,215 No wires or transfers. 315 00:15:12,217 --> 00:15:14,217 No evidence of inbound cash 316 00:15:14,219 --> 00:15:16,386 or altered behavior whatsoever 317 00:15:16,388 --> 00:15:18,254 in him, the wife, or other family. 318 00:15:18,256 --> 00:15:20,890 So he was conned right along with me. 319 00:15:20,892 --> 00:15:22,592 The Gaming Facility Location Board 320 00:15:22,594 --> 00:15:25,294 reassigned the license to Kingsford at the last minute. 321 00:15:25,296 --> 00:15:26,629 I confirmed that. 322 00:15:26,631 --> 00:15:29,298 A guy named Joe Scolari made the call to switch. 323 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:30,633 No one motivated him? 324 00:15:30,635 --> 00:15:33,836 It's hard to pinpoint where the idea to change even originated, 325 00:15:33,838 --> 00:15:35,805 or who he's trying to keep happy. 326 00:15:35,807 --> 00:15:37,907 But I do know that these things don't move 327 00:15:37,909 --> 00:15:39,709 unless somebody orders it to happen. 328 00:15:39,711 --> 00:15:41,143 Okay. Stay on it. 329 00:15:41,145 --> 00:15:44,079 I'm gonna get with Scolari, see if I can get a read on him. 330 00:15:50,721 --> 00:15:54,556 Thank you for agreeing to meet, Senator Scolari. 331 00:15:54,558 --> 00:15:56,825 Oh, call me Joe. 332 00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,793 What brings you up the Thruway? 333 00:15:58,795 --> 00:16:00,595 You looking for approval for another, 334 00:16:00,597 --> 00:16:03,197 uh, outdoor shower at your place in the Hamptons? 335 00:16:04,535 --> 00:16:06,736 Well, if you've gone to so much trouble to research me, 336 00:16:06,736 --> 00:16:08,503 you must know why. 337 00:16:08,505 --> 00:16:10,372 I'm here as an investor in New York State 338 00:16:10,372 --> 00:16:12,774 meeting with one its finest representatives. 339 00:16:12,776 --> 00:16:14,575 Of course. 340 00:16:14,577 --> 00:16:17,878 I know about the note exchange on Sandicot. 341 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,348 And I want you to know the Location Board 342 00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:23,817 doesn't take matters of gaming licenses lightly. 343 00:16:25,021 --> 00:16:27,255 The committee chose the location 344 00:16:27,257 --> 00:16:29,123 that would bring the greatest benefit 345 00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:31,258 to the greatest number of people. 346 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:33,260 That turned out to be Kingsford. 347 00:16:33,262 --> 00:16:35,462 Oh, I believe that the state-appointed board, 348 00:16:35,464 --> 00:16:36,764 handpicked by the Governor, 349 00:16:36,766 --> 00:16:39,199 would be nothing short of rigorous. 350 00:16:39,201 --> 00:16:41,969 Thing is, I have it on good authority 351 00:16:41,971 --> 00:16:45,363 that Sandicot was gonna get that license. 352 00:16:45,398 --> 00:16:48,575 So the late switch seems... odd. 353 00:16:48,577 --> 00:16:52,479 Our process always seems odd to outsiders. 354 00:16:52,481 --> 00:16:55,615 That's where the whole sausage-making thing comes from. 355 00:16:55,617 --> 00:16:57,517 But let me reassure you, 356 00:16:57,519 --> 00:17:00,653 there was nothing out of the ordinary about it. 357 00:17:00,655 --> 00:17:02,989 The committee chose the location 358 00:17:02,991 --> 00:17:04,791 that would bring the greatest benefit 359 00:17:04,793 --> 00:17:06,392 to the greatest number of people. 360 00:17:06,394 --> 00:17:07,961 That turned out to be Kingsford. 361 00:17:07,963 --> 00:17:09,796 Yeah, no, you said. 362 00:17:09,798 --> 00:17:12,865 What I was looking for is a specific reason 363 00:17:12,867 --> 00:17:14,601 that decision was made. 364 00:17:14,603 --> 00:17:16,435 Oh. 365 00:17:16,437 --> 00:17:18,905 You want specifics. 366 00:17:18,907 --> 00:17:22,708 Details into our process. 367 00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:24,776 Inner workings and so forth. 368 00:17:24,778 --> 00:17:26,312 That would be helpful. 369 00:17:26,314 --> 00:17:27,679 Sure. 370 00:17:27,681 --> 00:17:30,082 I can share that. 371 00:17:30,084 --> 00:17:32,284 The committee chose the location 372 00:17:32,286 --> 00:17:34,086 that would bring the greatest benefit 373 00:17:34,088 --> 00:17:36,521 to the greatest number of people. 374 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:39,524 That turned out to be Kingsford. 375 00:17:39,526 --> 00:17:44,462 Just as I'm sure you took on the obligations of Sandicot 376 00:17:44,464 --> 00:17:46,698 for the good of those fine people. 377 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,244 I hope this has been as much fun for you as it has for me. 378 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:01,446 Absolutely. 379 00:18:15,465 --> 00:18:17,163 He doesn't make any of his own decisions. 380 00:18:17,198 --> 00:18:19,263 He's got a string hanging right out of his back. 381 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,165 And it's the Governor who's pulling it. 382 00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:23,367 I'll see what I can find out. 383 00:18:24,296 --> 00:18:25,835 I didn't sleep last night. 384 00:18:26,838 --> 00:18:28,838 Your numbers have been strong, 385 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,974 even in a tough market. 386 00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:32,364 Yeah, they have been. 387 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:36,313 So what was it kept you up? 388 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:37,714 Russian hackers. 389 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,785 They can fuck with us so easily, 390 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:44,353 in ways we can't even comprehend. 391 00:18:44,355 --> 00:18:46,156 A few keystrokes and they can bring 392 00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:48,224 an entire airline to a standstill. 393 00:18:48,226 --> 00:18:50,393 Thousands of people stranded. 394 00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:52,428 So your fear is, uh, what? 395 00:18:52,430 --> 00:18:55,832 These hackers targeting you? The entire market? 396 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:57,734 My portfolio could go up in flames. 397 00:18:57,736 --> 00:18:59,268 I have a family. 398 00:19:01,272 --> 00:19:03,272 When did you start losing sleep over it? 399 00:19:03,274 --> 00:19:05,575 Just last night. 400 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:07,076 Anything happen yesterday? 401 00:19:07,078 --> 00:19:08,844 I had to go out to Axe's house 402 00:19:08,846 --> 00:19:11,747 in the Hamptons for a special meeting. 403 00:19:11,749 --> 00:19:14,584 Axe bought the distressed debt on this town upstate. 404 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:17,052 Now they're defaulting. It's a shit load of money. 405 00:19:17,054 --> 00:19:18,653 What do you think you should do? 406 00:19:20,991 --> 00:19:23,058 Well, what are the options? 407 00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:25,460 Austerity. Or lose money. 408 00:19:35,572 --> 00:19:37,439 Do you see the connection? 409 00:19:37,441 --> 00:19:39,073 With the hackers? 410 00:19:41,278 --> 00:19:42,810 You're saying we're like them? 411 00:19:42,812 --> 00:19:44,045 They're agents of chaos 412 00:19:44,047 --> 00:19:45,913 who can destabilize all our lives 413 00:19:45,915 --> 00:19:47,782 just because they feel like it. 414 00:19:47,784 --> 00:19:49,683 Who are you to those people upstate? 415 00:19:49,685 --> 00:19:51,418 - Chaos. - Yes. 416 00:19:52,388 --> 00:19:54,789 Axe Cap is the agent of chaos. 417 00:19:54,791 --> 00:19:58,525 You know what austerity means. 418 00:19:58,527 --> 00:20:01,595 You guys traverse moral and legal gray areas 419 00:20:01,597 --> 00:20:03,464 all the time, but you can live with it 420 00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:06,300 because you're rarely aware of anyone getting hurt by it. 421 00:20:06,302 --> 00:20:10,003 With this town, you know exactly who's getting hurt, 422 00:20:10,005 --> 00:20:11,972 and where they're gonna feel their pain. 423 00:20:11,974 --> 00:20:14,541 And how their lives are gonna spin out of control 424 00:20:14,543 --> 00:20:16,677 because of decisions made in your presence, 425 00:20:16,679 --> 00:20:19,846 at a fucking mansion in the Hamptons. 426 00:20:19,848 --> 00:20:21,915 I don't even know that it's wrong for him 427 00:20:21,917 --> 00:20:23,591 to do what he's doing... 428 00:20:24,887 --> 00:20:27,720 only that I don't like how it makes me feel. 429 00:20:27,722 --> 00:20:30,223 This is all connected. 430 00:20:32,861 --> 00:20:35,929 When a situation starts affecting you 431 00:20:35,931 --> 00:20:38,765 so much you can't sleep, 432 00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:42,001 you have to take action. 433 00:20:42,003 --> 00:20:43,503 Fighting for those people 434 00:20:43,505 --> 00:20:46,673 and fighting for yourself are one and the same. 435 00:20:54,481 --> 00:20:57,749 I taught elementary school for 30 years, 436 00:20:57,751 --> 00:21:00,219 always contributing to my pension. 437 00:21:03,891 --> 00:21:07,459 That was my nest egg for retirement. 438 00:21:07,461 --> 00:21:10,862 Then that nest egg got invested. 439 00:21:10,864 --> 00:21:15,834 But the town it was invested in mismanaged its finances. 440 00:21:15,836 --> 00:21:19,738 And now they don't want to pay what they owe, 441 00:21:19,740 --> 00:21:22,106 and my retirement is threatened. 442 00:21:25,779 --> 00:21:28,379 A spot like this will kick off our Astroturf campaign 443 00:21:28,381 --> 00:21:30,781 to make it look like the area's getting a bailout 444 00:21:30,783 --> 00:21:32,083 and not a death sentence. 445 00:21:32,085 --> 00:21:33,484 Commercials like this one, 446 00:21:33,486 --> 00:21:34,986 but specific to Sandicot, 447 00:21:34,988 --> 00:21:37,188 sell the idea that our investors, 448 00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:38,723 teachers from the Midwest, 449 00:21:38,725 --> 00:21:41,492 hardworking, responsible people from all over, 450 00:21:41,494 --> 00:21:45,633 they are the ones who suffer if Sandicot is allowed to default. 451 00:21:45,668 --> 00:21:48,095 Make it clear that we are the ones willing to negotiate. 452 00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:49,422 It's the town that's being difficult. 453 00:21:49,422 --> 00:21:51,836 Of course. Sandicot is being uncooperative. 454 00:21:51,838 --> 00:21:53,036 We'll say all that. 455 00:21:53,038 --> 00:21:54,938 Any questions? 456 00:21:57,990 --> 00:21:59,243 Danzig. 457 00:21:59,245 --> 00:22:01,144 You've been awfully quiet. 458 00:22:01,146 --> 00:22:02,964 Are we really gonna do this? 459 00:22:04,683 --> 00:22:07,484 I mean, we can make some market moves 460 00:22:07,486 --> 00:22:11,654 and potentially pick up some of the losses by next quarter. 461 00:22:11,656 --> 00:22:14,057 We're making it look like our investors are down 462 00:22:14,059 --> 00:22:15,359 to eating cat food. 463 00:22:15,361 --> 00:22:18,127 The people up there are sure to turn to the media 464 00:22:18,129 --> 00:22:21,798 and to cry poor, to play the victim card. 465 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,533 It makes sense for us to point out 466 00:22:23,535 --> 00:22:25,668 that there are other victims. 467 00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:26,870 Exactly. 468 00:22:26,872 --> 00:22:30,139 But we are not really the victims. 469 00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:31,541 They are. 470 00:22:33,044 --> 00:22:35,077 I kind of feel like he's right. 471 00:22:36,781 --> 00:22:40,316 We could hold the debt, take a short-term loss, 472 00:22:40,318 --> 00:22:43,685 but then take the lead in re-growing Sandicot, 473 00:22:43,687 --> 00:22:45,854 redeveloping the downtown. 474 00:22:45,856 --> 00:22:48,224 Uh, create a food hall 475 00:22:48,226 --> 00:22:51,393 or bring in a minor-league team. 476 00:22:53,030 --> 00:22:55,664 Taylor, something you want to add to that? 477 00:22:58,502 --> 00:22:59,868 Yes. 478 00:23:01,972 --> 00:23:04,372 It is unfortunate... offensive, actually... 479 00:23:04,374 --> 00:23:05,841 to even be talking about this, 480 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:08,109 and that people have to live in near-poverty. 481 00:23:11,415 --> 00:23:14,715 But in many ways, a town is like a business. 482 00:23:14,717 --> 00:23:17,885 And when a business operates beyond its means, 483 00:23:17,887 --> 00:23:19,321 when numbers don't add up, 484 00:23:19,323 --> 00:23:21,156 and the people in charge continue on, 485 00:23:21,158 --> 00:23:23,624 heedless of that face, sure that some sugar daddy, 486 00:23:23,626 --> 00:23:25,893 usually in the form of the Federal Government, 487 00:23:25,895 --> 00:23:28,320 will come along and scoop them up and cover the shortfalls, 488 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,799 well, that truly offends me. 489 00:23:35,505 --> 00:23:37,705 People might say you hurt this town. 490 00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:41,641 But in my opinion, the town put the hurt on itself. 491 00:23:41,643 --> 00:23:43,110 Corrections are in order. 492 00:23:43,112 --> 00:23:44,678 There's a way to make this work, 493 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,647 and that way is hard, but necessary. 494 00:23:47,649 --> 00:23:51,751 As Taleb says, "Become antifragile, or die." 495 00:23:51,753 --> 00:23:54,254 Once we do this, the town will face that challenge 496 00:23:54,256 --> 00:23:56,356 and come out stronger. 497 00:23:56,358 --> 00:23:58,091 Or it will cease being. 498 00:23:58,093 --> 00:24:00,059 Either result absolutely natural, 499 00:24:00,061 --> 00:24:02,261 as in, of nature itself. 500 00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:35,961 You've been stepping things up lately. 501 00:24:35,963 --> 00:24:39,865 Extra-nice ties, new suits. 502 00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:42,601 You been speed-dating with law firms? 503 00:24:42,603 --> 00:24:44,403 I might've tried a lightning round. 504 00:24:44,405 --> 00:24:46,371 Mm. And? 505 00:24:47,641 --> 00:24:49,607 She's not as hot as her profile pic. 506 00:24:49,609 --> 00:24:50,608 Yeah? 507 00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:52,644 No. Line AUSA's like us, 508 00:24:52,646 --> 00:24:54,646 you're only looking at 600K to start. 509 00:24:54,648 --> 00:24:57,182 If you get Chief of Crim and go private, 510 00:24:57,184 --> 00:24:59,617 it's a lot more than 600. 511 00:24:59,619 --> 00:25:02,020 It's double. 512 00:25:04,824 --> 00:25:08,626 I just don't think I can stick around if Connerty gets it. 513 00:25:08,628 --> 00:25:10,862 I'm not gonna have the stomach for that shit. 514 00:25:10,864 --> 00:25:12,463 Maybe he won't get it. 515 00:25:12,465 --> 00:25:14,566 After Boyd? 516 00:25:14,568 --> 00:25:17,435 Don't count yourself out. You've been crushing it lately. 517 00:25:22,442 --> 00:25:24,408 Chuck took him to Keens for lunch. 518 00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:25,443 Oh, shit. 519 00:25:25,445 --> 00:25:27,378 Yeah. 520 00:25:27,380 --> 00:25:29,447 Shit. 521 00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:41,224 The mutton chop is the thing to order here. 522 00:25:41,226 --> 00:25:42,859 It's what they're known for. 523 00:25:42,861 --> 00:25:45,462 Mutton? I don't know. 524 00:25:45,464 --> 00:25:48,264 Come on, it's tradition. 525 00:25:48,266 --> 00:25:51,221 Oh, this place has a special character, doesn't it? 526 00:25:51,256 --> 00:25:54,337 You can almost feel all the history in this room, 527 00:25:54,339 --> 00:25:56,772 all the deals that've been made. 528 00:25:57,342 --> 00:25:59,675 It's where Senator Vandeveer brought me when she told me 529 00:25:59,677 --> 00:26:02,479 I was being appointed U.S. Attorney. 530 00:26:02,481 --> 00:26:05,348 And it's where I always thought I would take you 531 00:26:05,383 --> 00:26:07,550 when you'd earned the promotion to Head of Crim. 532 00:26:09,988 --> 00:26:12,588 Mutton's an interesting euphemism, isn't it? 533 00:26:13,549 --> 00:26:15,925 Well, nobody ever says "sheep." 534 00:26:15,927 --> 00:26:18,560 But who wants to eat something so adorable, right? 535 00:26:18,562 --> 00:26:21,396 So it's a mutton chop. 536 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,866 Definitely less objectionable. 537 00:26:26,937 --> 00:26:30,205 The kangaroo industry recently tried that. 538 00:26:31,842 --> 00:26:33,242 - Did they? - Yes. 539 00:26:33,244 --> 00:26:35,410 In fact, there was a country-wide survey 540 00:26:35,412 --> 00:26:36,978 to pick a name, 541 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:39,181 and they settled on "Australus." 542 00:26:39,183 --> 00:26:41,082 But not for the same reason as a sheep. 543 00:26:41,084 --> 00:26:45,086 No, this was entirely different. 544 00:26:45,088 --> 00:26:48,589 Seems the kangaroo has a great deal in common with the rat. 545 00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:52,827 Hence, "Australus." 546 00:26:52,829 --> 00:26:56,064 I mean, it's elegant, don't you think? 547 00:26:56,066 --> 00:26:59,433 And yet, even by any other name, 548 00:26:59,435 --> 00:27:01,869 there's still a slab of giant rat 549 00:27:01,871 --> 00:27:06,807 sitting on the plate right in front of you. 550 00:27:06,809 --> 00:27:08,342 Can I get you started? 551 00:27:08,344 --> 00:27:11,111 Ah, here we go. He'll have the mutton. 552 00:27:11,113 --> 00:27:12,813 I'm not ready yet. 553 00:27:17,186 --> 00:27:20,788 Bryan... 554 00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:22,856 do you have something to tell me? 555 00:27:24,794 --> 00:27:26,226 I'm not sure what you mean. 556 00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:27,861 I think you know. 557 00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:34,634 Are we talking about the investigation? 558 00:27:34,636 --> 00:27:36,603 Yes. 559 00:27:36,705 --> 00:27:38,738 Yes. 560 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:40,340 We are. 561 00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:44,544 This is it. 562 00:27:44,546 --> 00:27:47,213 Your chance. 563 00:27:47,215 --> 00:27:49,949 This is the conversation that you knew, deep down, 564 00:27:49,951 --> 00:27:52,284 you would have to have if you had any desire 565 00:27:52,286 --> 00:27:56,022 to continue to have any relationship with me. 566 00:27:56,024 --> 00:27:57,523 This is the conversation 567 00:27:57,525 --> 00:28:00,226 that you have been dreading all these many months. 568 00:28:00,228 --> 00:28:02,962 The one about betrayal, disillusionment, 569 00:28:02,964 --> 00:28:05,997 second chances, and lost opportunities. 570 00:28:05,999 --> 00:28:07,766 This is the one where you tell me 571 00:28:07,768 --> 00:28:09,435 how and why you brought 572 00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,803 the investigation down upon my head. 573 00:28:11,805 --> 00:28:14,273 All right, Chuck. 574 00:28:14,275 --> 00:28:17,710 You got it right with all that grandiose indignance. 575 00:28:19,247 --> 00:28:22,013 I am the one who called the OPR. 576 00:28:26,148 --> 00:28:27,452 I didn't hear a no. 577 00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:43,633 Fuck. 578 00:28:43,635 --> 00:28:44,902 Fuck! 579 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:46,403 Bryan. 580 00:28:51,677 --> 00:28:53,143 One more thing. 581 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,947 Is Axe Cap bugged? 582 00:28:58,996 --> 00:28:59,716 Not officially. 583 00:28:59,718 --> 00:29:01,150 But right now, 584 00:29:01,152 --> 00:29:03,787 I wouldn't be surprised if it were unofficially. 585 00:29:04,332 --> 00:29:06,078 Hey, look, I know you don't want to come work for me. 586 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,174 I get it. 587 00:29:07,174 --> 00:29:09,292 You're an idealist. 588 00:29:09,294 --> 00:29:11,393 But the man that you work for now... 589 00:29:11,395 --> 00:29:13,863 he's not just dirty, he's worse than that. 590 00:29:13,865 --> 00:29:15,865 He's a hypocrite. 591 00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:19,635 And if you know that, and you still let it happen, 592 00:29:19,637 --> 00:29:21,804 then I think you know what that makes you. 593 00:29:33,584 --> 00:29:36,318 Well... 594 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,354 now I know for certain 595 00:29:38,356 --> 00:29:40,956 who I have to thank for my day at the Senate. 596 00:29:43,994 --> 00:29:47,729 But unlike Julius Caesar, seems I managed to pull through. 597 00:29:47,731 --> 00:29:49,731 Oh, it's clear you're a survivor. 598 00:29:49,733 --> 00:29:52,100 And it's clear I can't make you Head of Crim. 599 00:29:53,904 --> 00:29:56,637 You let him get to you. 600 00:29:56,639 --> 00:29:58,506 Only because he spoke the truth. 601 00:29:58,508 --> 00:30:00,608 You were abusing the office. 602 00:30:00,610 --> 00:30:02,343 You lied about recusing yourself. 603 00:30:02,345 --> 00:30:05,847 You stole evidence from your wife's computer. 604 00:30:05,849 --> 00:30:07,281 I made some missteps. 605 00:30:07,283 --> 00:30:08,183 Mis... 606 00:30:08,651 --> 00:30:11,352 Okay. More than missteps. 607 00:30:11,354 --> 00:30:16,090 In my vigor, I transgressed... 608 00:30:16,092 --> 00:30:19,960 in ways I never imagined I would. 609 00:30:19,962 --> 00:30:22,162 But I have atoned for all of it. 610 00:30:22,164 --> 00:30:26,133 And I am still in the process, personally and professionally. 611 00:30:26,135 --> 00:30:28,102 I dropped the case. 612 00:30:28,104 --> 00:30:30,971 And now you're trying to punish me. 613 00:30:30,973 --> 00:30:33,140 I earned that position. 614 00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:37,110 But... 615 00:30:37,112 --> 00:30:39,679 Chief of Crim goes to Lonnie. 616 00:30:41,550 --> 00:30:44,684 For the foreseeable future, 617 00:30:44,686 --> 00:30:47,120 the chair will remain vacant. 618 00:30:53,461 --> 00:30:56,429 Going ahead, I am committed 619 00:30:56,431 --> 00:30:58,497 to complete transparency between us. 620 00:30:58,499 --> 00:31:01,600 No more silence or subterfuge. 621 00:31:01,602 --> 00:31:04,870 If one of us is angry, or disappointed, 622 00:31:04,872 --> 00:31:07,406 we express it. 623 00:31:07,408 --> 00:31:11,610 So, you can either quit right now... 624 00:31:11,612 --> 00:31:14,246 or you can stay. 625 00:31:14,248 --> 00:31:16,081 Prove your loyalty. 626 00:31:18,218 --> 00:31:21,186 And when you do, 627 00:31:21,188 --> 00:31:24,056 you will truly have earned that chair. 628 00:31:24,058 --> 00:31:25,590 Are you two planning to order? 629 00:31:27,727 --> 00:31:32,097 I'll have the mutton. What about you, Bryan? 630 00:31:35,735 --> 00:31:37,869 I'll have the same. 631 00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:05,596 Welcome sight, you in my office. 632 00:32:05,598 --> 00:32:08,432 I'm not sure my message will be all that welcome. 633 00:32:08,434 --> 00:32:09,833 Oh? 634 00:32:09,835 --> 00:32:12,061 I don't think it's in the best interest of this firm 635 00:32:12,061 --> 00:32:14,104 to foreclose on that town. 636 00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:15,672 It's not our doing. 637 00:32:15,674 --> 00:32:18,041 We would merely be collecting a debt owed to us. 638 00:32:18,043 --> 00:32:20,076 Still, it would hurt our reputation. 639 00:32:20,078 --> 00:32:21,344 Is that so? 640 00:32:21,346 --> 00:32:24,162 Or would it hurt you to watch other people suffer 641 00:32:24,197 --> 00:32:25,883 and feel like you were part of it? 642 00:32:27,285 --> 00:32:28,652 I would be... 643 00:32:29,429 --> 00:32:31,321 in a sense. 644 00:32:31,323 --> 00:32:33,323 Yes. 645 00:32:38,863 --> 00:32:41,264 Truth be told, 646 00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:42,798 I'm still glad you're in here 647 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,602 because I have conflicting feelings about this, too. 648 00:32:47,639 --> 00:32:49,304 Ah. 649 00:32:49,306 --> 00:32:52,875 And I'd like to talk about it. 650 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,014 No. 651 00:32:58,016 --> 00:33:01,083 I can't get sucked back into that. I won't. 652 00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:04,557 Because instead of really doing that exploration with me, 653 00:33:04,592 --> 00:33:06,955 I now know you'd just be using me to make yourself feel better 654 00:33:06,957 --> 00:33:09,358 about what you wanted to do in the first place. 655 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,093 That's not true. 656 00:33:13,330 --> 00:33:15,828 What is true is that, 657 00:33:15,828 --> 00:33:17,460 far from harming our reputation, 658 00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:21,135 pressing our advantage at Sandicot would only burnish it to our investors. 659 00:33:21,137 --> 00:33:23,304 That is what is expected. 660 00:33:23,306 --> 00:33:25,574 Still, I haven't decided on a course of action 661 00:33:25,576 --> 00:33:30,178 because I do care about the potential toll 662 00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:32,080 on the people out there. 663 00:33:32,082 --> 00:33:34,549 And these are the feelings I want to discuss. 664 00:33:34,551 --> 00:33:36,150 No. 665 00:33:37,587 --> 00:33:40,488 Then I'm not the only one who might be putting my own needs 666 00:33:40,490 --> 00:33:42,256 above those of the good people of Sandicot. 667 00:34:16,495 --> 00:34:18,189 _ 668 00:34:34,509 --> 00:34:38,911 A colleague saw you and Chuck having lunch at Keens. 669 00:34:38,913 --> 00:34:41,114 I hope congratulations are in order. 670 00:34:41,116 --> 00:34:44,450 That night at the pizza place, 671 00:34:44,452 --> 00:34:48,187 you never told me Axe was gonna be there. 672 00:34:48,189 --> 00:34:50,756 He's my client. I did as he asked. 673 00:34:50,758 --> 00:34:53,592 No, you knew I would never meet with him privately. 674 00:34:53,594 --> 00:34:54,993 Because if anyone found out 675 00:34:54,995 --> 00:34:57,663 I was meeting with Axelrod in the middle of the night, 676 00:34:57,665 --> 00:34:59,865 it would seriously compromise me. 677 00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:01,232 And it has. So, no. 678 00:35:01,234 --> 00:35:04,202 No, congratulations are not in fucking order. 679 00:35:04,204 --> 00:35:06,304 I'm lucky I still have my job. 680 00:35:06,306 --> 00:35:08,707 If you still want it. 681 00:35:08,709 --> 00:35:12,978 My client legitimately saw in you what I see... 682 00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:15,613 Prodigious talent. 683 00:35:15,615 --> 00:35:18,383 He merely wanted to make sure you understood the choice 684 00:35:18,385 --> 00:35:22,019 you were making by continuing to work for Rhoades. 685 00:35:22,021 --> 00:35:25,423 The offer that was made that night still holds. 686 00:35:27,694 --> 00:35:30,361 You can come work for me. 687 00:35:30,363 --> 00:35:34,531 Or you can take your chances with a mentor you no longer trust. 688 00:35:38,805 --> 00:35:42,406 I have no mentors. Not anymore. 689 00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:44,141 You acted like my rabbi, 690 00:35:44,143 --> 00:35:46,777 proffering wisdom when you were working me, 691 00:35:46,779 --> 00:35:48,445 fucking with my head, 692 00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:50,880 undermining my sense of purpose. 693 00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:55,785 Your job is not your purpose. 694 00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,621 Chuck is not your savior. 695 00:35:57,623 --> 00:36:00,657 And if I'm not your friend, 696 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,992 you have no friends. 697 00:36:03,321 --> 00:36:05,128 Fuck your client, 698 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:06,730 and fuck you, too. 699 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:16,106 Stop. 700 00:36:38,929 --> 00:36:42,865 Upside-down day, breakfast for dinner. 701 00:36:44,568 --> 00:36:45,768 No thanks. 702 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:50,338 You always thought that your mother made those waffles from scratch. 703 00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:51,774 I was eating Eggos? 704 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:54,108 Yeah, she heated them on the griddle. 705 00:36:54,110 --> 00:36:56,411 I used the toaster. 706 00:36:56,413 --> 00:36:59,947 Put some syrup on it, it's delicious. 707 00:36:59,949 --> 00:37:02,350 So... 708 00:37:02,352 --> 00:37:04,118 the poll results. 709 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,621 What do you think? 710 00:37:06,623 --> 00:37:10,158 I think I'm ready to... 711 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,359 explore. 712 00:37:12,361 --> 00:37:14,561 - That's my boy. - It's just preliminary. 713 00:37:14,563 --> 00:37:16,697 I'm not committing to anything. 714 00:37:16,699 --> 00:37:19,267 - I hear you. - 'Cause the thing is, 715 00:37:19,269 --> 00:37:21,869 I'm really not sure that I finished my mission. 716 00:37:21,871 --> 00:37:24,906 Well, who ever does, kid? 717 00:37:24,908 --> 00:37:28,175 You can weigh all that from your goddamn nursing home. 718 00:37:28,177 --> 00:37:29,764 The poll... 719 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:33,681 What did you learn? 720 00:37:38,086 --> 00:37:40,688 Well, uh... 721 00:37:40,690 --> 00:37:43,389 it's pretty clear what my vulnerabilities are. 722 00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:45,325 My upstate numbers are weak. 723 00:37:45,327 --> 00:37:48,962 They are, but we can buff and polish you up there. 724 00:37:48,964 --> 00:37:50,897 I am not worried about that. 725 00:37:53,268 --> 00:37:55,768 How do I go about this? 726 00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:57,137 What do I do first? 727 00:37:57,139 --> 00:37:59,605 First thing we do is we get you anointed. 728 00:37:59,607 --> 00:38:02,942 Ah. The whispered names. 729 00:38:02,944 --> 00:38:04,744 You have to really know them now. 730 00:38:04,746 --> 00:38:07,747 One at least... Black Jack Foley. 731 00:38:07,749 --> 00:38:09,749 I haven't heard that one in quite awhile. 732 00:38:09,751 --> 00:38:11,617 By design. 733 00:38:11,619 --> 00:38:13,386 You need some personal time with him 734 00:38:13,388 --> 00:38:15,020 so that he can take your measure, 735 00:38:15,022 --> 00:38:17,857 and so he'll bless you. 736 00:38:19,026 --> 00:38:20,759 Things still run through him? 737 00:38:20,761 --> 00:38:22,895 Indeed. 738 00:38:22,897 --> 00:38:25,364 Now... 739 00:38:25,366 --> 00:38:30,236 I want you to get his granddaughter a clerkship. 740 00:38:32,073 --> 00:38:34,740 Then we wait for the call. 741 00:39:07,206 --> 00:39:09,406 Hi. 742 00:39:29,961 --> 00:39:32,028 Hmmm. 743 00:39:32,030 --> 00:39:34,763 Hmmm. Morning. 744 00:39:37,035 --> 00:39:39,168 How'd you sleep? 745 00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:41,103 Good. 746 00:39:47,878 --> 00:39:51,279 You know, uh, my life moves fast. 747 00:39:52,817 --> 00:39:55,579 And I tend to avoid the kind of connections 748 00:39:55,579 --> 00:39:59,688 that lead to dependence or can slow me down. 749 00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:01,122 I know. 750 00:40:01,124 --> 00:40:05,760 Weightlessness is a priority for you. 751 00:40:05,762 --> 00:40:07,662 It's one of the reasons I called. 752 00:40:07,664 --> 00:40:12,067 Doesn't this seem like a whole different thing? 753 00:40:12,069 --> 00:40:13,201 This? 754 00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:15,437 Us. 755 00:40:15,439 --> 00:40:17,238 Like, I'm a restless person. 756 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,073 I'm never happy unless I'm in motion 757 00:40:19,075 --> 00:40:21,843 or running seven projects simultaneously. 758 00:40:21,845 --> 00:40:24,579 But last night I was here. 759 00:40:25,682 --> 00:40:27,515 Even right now. 760 00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:31,185 I haven't stayed in bed past 5 a.m. since 2001. 761 00:40:31,187 --> 00:40:35,722 Yet right now I feel still, and I like it. 762 00:40:36,993 --> 00:40:41,061 And... since I'm here... 763 00:40:43,132 --> 00:40:44,465 Hold up. 764 00:40:46,002 --> 00:40:52,472 I'm glad you found another dimension you can exist in. 765 00:40:52,474 --> 00:40:55,274 But at the moment, 766 00:40:55,276 --> 00:40:58,011 the present is all I can really handle. 767 00:41:00,949 --> 00:41:04,083 And the light of day is a little bright for me right now. 768 00:41:06,187 --> 00:41:07,186 Okay. 769 00:41:07,188 --> 00:41:08,587 I got an early meeting. 770 00:41:08,589 --> 00:41:10,156 Mind if I take the first shower? 771 00:41:10,158 --> 00:41:11,757 All yours. 772 00:41:20,301 --> 00:41:22,168 Kids ready for camp? 773 00:41:22,170 --> 00:41:24,136 They're brushing their teeth. 774 00:41:24,138 --> 00:41:28,541 Did I just see, uh, the sitter getting into a taxi? 775 00:41:28,543 --> 00:41:31,309 Why would she be here in the morning? 776 00:41:36,183 --> 00:41:38,717 You know, I had a craving 777 00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,953 for a boudin noir last night, 778 00:41:41,955 --> 00:41:44,489 so I went to Bistro Grisby. 779 00:41:44,491 --> 00:41:46,158 We used to go there all the time. 780 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,960 Yeah, when we were first married. 781 00:41:48,962 --> 00:41:51,463 Not in a long time. 782 00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:54,599 Now it's gone. 783 00:41:54,601 --> 00:41:56,568 Gone? 784 00:41:56,570 --> 00:42:00,204 It's, uh, a nail salon now. 785 00:42:00,206 --> 00:42:02,506 They closed four years ago. 786 00:42:02,508 --> 00:42:03,741 Sad. 787 00:42:03,743 --> 00:42:05,142 Mm. 788 00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:12,216 Look... 789 00:42:12,218 --> 00:42:16,087 I know that I reacted poorly 790 00:42:16,089 --> 00:42:20,958 when I learned that you were going back to Axe Capital. 791 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,827 I'm sorry. 792 00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:26,230 I was being selfish. 793 00:42:29,635 --> 00:42:31,534 If you are happy there, 794 00:42:31,536 --> 00:42:36,339 then... that's where you should be. 795 00:42:40,045 --> 00:42:42,579 I want you to be happy. 796 00:42:51,990 --> 00:42:54,157 That's lovely, Chuck. 797 00:42:55,393 --> 00:42:57,093 It really is. 798 00:42:59,897 --> 00:43:02,532 I'll go get the kids. 799 00:43:14,045 --> 00:43:15,911 Boss... 800 00:43:15,913 --> 00:43:18,580 I received a concerning bit of news. 801 00:43:18,582 --> 00:43:20,115 Mick Danzig just quit. 802 00:43:21,452 --> 00:43:23,118 Is that so? 803 00:43:23,743 --> 00:43:25,122 I just never thought I'd have an issue 804 00:43:25,122 --> 00:43:26,988 dating someone in the office. 805 00:43:26,990 --> 00:43:29,858 And I really didn't. 806 00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:31,126 I don't know... 807 00:43:31,128 --> 00:43:34,963 it's just distracting with Everett here. 808 00:43:34,965 --> 00:43:37,365 I see the way she looks at him, and... 809 00:43:39,770 --> 00:43:41,829 We are in the middle of a session. 810 00:43:41,829 --> 00:43:42,616 Mafee, out. 811 00:43:42,616 --> 00:43:46,708 Yeah, we were just shooting the breeze, catching up. 812 00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:49,044 That was completely inappropriate. 813 00:43:49,587 --> 00:43:51,630 How can I possibly do my job if your guys 814 00:43:51,665 --> 00:43:53,838 think you might come barging through the door at any moment? 815 00:43:53,838 --> 00:43:57,618 It takes me long enough to convince them you don't have my office bugged. 816 00:43:57,620 --> 00:44:00,221 Once you realized you couldn't influence my thinking, 817 00:44:00,223 --> 00:44:02,190 you decided to influence someone else's? 818 00:44:02,192 --> 00:44:04,292 - That's my job. - For the good of the firm, 819 00:44:04,294 --> 00:44:05,693 which I do not define 820 00:44:05,695 --> 00:44:07,595 as making one of my best earners quit. 821 00:44:07,597 --> 00:44:09,563 I didn't make anyone do anything. 822 00:44:09,565 --> 00:44:11,799 I know you had a session with Mick Danzig. 823 00:44:11,801 --> 00:44:13,033 What did you say to him? 824 00:44:13,035 --> 00:44:14,267 I can't discuss that. 825 00:44:14,269 --> 00:44:17,037 You contract here is very clear. 826 00:44:17,039 --> 00:44:19,239 You are here to help my employees perform 827 00:44:19,241 --> 00:44:20,741 at their peak level. 828 00:44:20,743 --> 00:44:23,056 In any manner I see fit. You don't like it, fire me. 829 00:44:23,056 --> 00:44:24,682 Pay me out. I agreed to come back. 830 00:44:24,682 --> 00:44:27,647 I am back doing exactly what I am paid to do. 831 00:44:27,649 --> 00:44:29,449 You made the deal, Bobby. 832 00:44:29,451 --> 00:44:31,318 You can get out of it any time. 833 00:44:43,971 --> 00:44:47,133 That was a neat trick you pulled with the A.G. 834 00:44:47,135 --> 00:44:49,902 I mean, I've never seen her flanked before. 835 00:44:49,904 --> 00:44:51,204 Impressive. 836 00:44:51,206 --> 00:44:54,741 All in the service of justice. 837 00:44:54,743 --> 00:44:56,843 Well, and the Southern District. 838 00:44:56,845 --> 00:44:57,877 Mm. 839 00:44:57,879 --> 00:44:59,911 Now you get to have your moment... 840 00:44:59,913 --> 00:45:01,381 as well you should. 841 00:45:02,583 --> 00:45:07,152 The question is, what will you do with it? 842 00:45:07,154 --> 00:45:10,356 Such ambitions are far from my focus. 843 00:45:10,358 --> 00:45:12,291 I see a run for office. 844 00:45:14,128 --> 00:45:17,195 Is it possible you'll go the other way? 845 00:45:17,197 --> 00:45:19,131 Cash out, go private? That's not you. 846 00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:23,401 No. Sadly, I'm like you. Public servant for life. 847 00:45:23,403 --> 00:45:27,739 Uh, and it's in that role that I'm here. 848 00:45:27,741 --> 00:45:29,074 I have come across 849 00:45:29,076 --> 00:45:32,209 a wonderful young law student, Emma Foley. 850 00:45:32,211 --> 00:45:35,045 She's at Cardoza. Smart. Studious. 851 00:45:35,717 --> 00:45:37,915 And a clerkship with you would, uh... 852 00:45:37,917 --> 00:45:40,485 Oh, slice that baby up. 853 00:45:40,487 --> 00:45:42,787 Thank you. 854 00:45:42,789 --> 00:45:46,090 Oh, I love the sound it makes when they carve it. 855 00:45:46,092 --> 00:45:47,158 There you go. 856 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,126 Uh. All right. 857 00:45:50,129 --> 00:45:51,695 That crackle. 858 00:45:53,766 --> 00:45:55,632 Look, if this young lady is qualified, 859 00:45:55,634 --> 00:45:58,035 I'll consider her as I would any other candidate. 860 00:45:58,037 --> 00:45:59,870 I recognize the last name. 861 00:45:59,872 --> 00:46:02,807 So I have a feeling if she were really as super as you say, 862 00:46:02,809 --> 00:46:04,508 she'd already have a clerkship. 863 00:46:04,510 --> 00:46:06,677 Well, we're not talking about appointing her 864 00:46:06,679 --> 00:46:08,745 to the Supreme Court. 865 00:46:08,747 --> 00:46:10,747 This is how things are done, right? 866 00:46:10,749 --> 00:46:14,117 Not for me. Not anymore. 867 00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:15,985 I look at the way things get done. 868 00:46:15,987 --> 00:46:19,356 The view changes when you see things from the bench. 869 00:46:19,358 --> 00:46:20,390 Uh-huh. 870 00:46:20,392 --> 00:46:23,159 Favor-trading, deal-making, 871 00:46:23,161 --> 00:46:26,229 back channeling, patronage. 872 00:46:26,231 --> 00:46:28,798 I'll admit, I took advantage every now and then 873 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:29,811 when I was in the trenches. 874 00:46:29,811 --> 00:46:33,569 But... I lost my taste for it. 875 00:46:33,571 --> 00:46:36,372 True objectivity. 876 00:46:36,374 --> 00:46:38,374 It's the ultimate luxury. 877 00:46:38,376 --> 00:46:40,008 It's corrosive, Chuck. 878 00:46:40,010 --> 00:46:42,611 I mean, I went to law school to help fix the system, 879 00:46:42,613 --> 00:46:43,779 not succumb to it. 880 00:46:43,781 --> 00:46:46,048 Sounds like you're feeling the holy spirit. 881 00:46:46,050 --> 00:46:49,652 For the first time since clerking for RBG. 882 00:46:49,654 --> 00:46:53,055 Which is why I'm careful with my own clerks. 883 00:46:53,057 --> 00:46:54,990 This is very personal for me. 884 00:46:54,992 --> 00:46:57,525 I mean, I'm finally in a position to do some good. 885 00:46:57,527 --> 00:46:58,894 Very inspiring. 886 00:46:59,990 --> 00:47:02,497 Just don't forget, it was the back channels and deal-making 887 00:47:02,499 --> 00:47:05,500 that put you in that position. 888 00:47:05,502 --> 00:47:08,603 Remind me again, and this is the last meal we share. 889 00:47:10,574 --> 00:47:12,073 Help yourself. 890 00:47:12,075 --> 00:47:13,608 Absolutely right. 891 00:47:16,346 --> 00:47:17,746 Thank you. 892 00:47:17,748 --> 00:47:22,049 I think you'll make an excellent candidate, Chuck. 893 00:47:22,051 --> 00:47:25,420 I actually think you're built for the political life. 894 00:47:25,422 --> 00:47:28,589 I mean, if I'm you, I'd go for it. 895 00:47:30,006 --> 00:47:31,192 Mm. 896 00:47:33,863 --> 00:47:36,364 It wasn't the Governor who called the shot. 897 00:47:36,366 --> 00:47:37,731 Sure, he controls Scolari. 898 00:47:37,733 --> 00:47:39,833 But this goes to who controls the Governor, 899 00:47:39,835 --> 00:47:41,269 and that's Jack Foley. 900 00:47:41,271 --> 00:47:44,004 I know who that is... Old steel and railroad money. 901 00:47:44,006 --> 00:47:48,008 One of the first Western businessmen into Russia after the wall fell. 902 00:47:48,010 --> 00:47:50,511 But more than that, an Albany machine man. 903 00:47:50,513 --> 00:47:52,579 His family goes all the way back to Tweed. 904 00:47:52,581 --> 00:47:53,647 Huh. 905 00:47:53,649 --> 00:47:56,583 Foley's war chest got three of the last four Govs elected, 906 00:47:56,585 --> 00:47:58,118 along with half the Assembly. 907 00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,921 But it seems, in this case, he focused on the casino. 908 00:48:00,923 --> 00:48:03,189 So, why would Foley want to fuck me? 909 00:48:03,191 --> 00:48:06,426 Unclear. Look, it's like that Marco kid said, 910 00:48:06,428 --> 00:48:08,361 this likely wasn't a targeted strike. 911 00:48:08,363 --> 00:48:10,897 It was collateral on a strike against someone else. 912 00:48:10,899 --> 00:48:13,599 It may actually be random Albany bullshit. 913 00:48:13,601 --> 00:48:15,235 But we can't be sure it wasn't. 914 00:48:15,237 --> 00:48:17,069 No, we can't. 915 00:48:24,746 --> 00:48:26,612 I'm Tier two, which means I can sign out 916 00:48:26,614 --> 00:48:28,247 during the day to look for a job. 917 00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:30,316 But I don't want to talk about this place. 918 00:48:30,318 --> 00:48:32,117 I want to hear about the world. 919 00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,027 Well... 920 00:48:35,689 --> 00:48:39,390 I'm having problems with that bond I bought upstate. 921 00:48:39,392 --> 00:48:41,059 I saw. 922 00:48:41,061 --> 00:48:43,227 Albany moved the gaming license. 923 00:48:43,229 --> 00:48:44,595 You trying to get it back? 924 00:48:44,597 --> 00:48:48,232 It's too late. I have to take action. 925 00:48:48,234 --> 00:48:51,169 The only way that I can come out ahead, 926 00:48:51,171 --> 00:48:53,071 it's pretty grisly. 927 00:48:55,675 --> 00:48:58,742 Playing Torquemada's never fun. 928 00:49:07,753 --> 00:49:11,088 I'm still stuck on how the whole license thing went down. 929 00:49:11,090 --> 00:49:13,423 It was supposed to be a done deal. 930 00:49:13,425 --> 00:49:17,260 But the switch... it tracks back to Jack Foley. 931 00:49:17,262 --> 00:49:19,762 What do you want to know about Black Jack? 932 00:49:19,764 --> 00:49:22,532 What drives him. What moves him. 933 00:49:22,534 --> 00:49:24,267 Who he's close to. 934 00:49:24,269 --> 00:49:26,436 How I can get close to him. 935 00:49:26,438 --> 00:49:29,138 He's driven by maintaining influence... 936 00:49:29,140 --> 00:49:30,840 naturally... 937 00:49:30,842 --> 00:49:35,979 and growing his six-generation fortune and staying invisible despite it all. 938 00:49:35,981 --> 00:49:38,615 Advisor to kings and princes. 939 00:49:38,617 --> 00:49:41,985 There was a time not long ago I could have put you in a room with him. 940 00:49:41,987 --> 00:49:45,787 But I'm off his speed dial now. 941 00:49:45,789 --> 00:49:47,523 All the way off. 942 00:49:49,093 --> 00:49:50,926 Roberto... 943 00:49:50,928 --> 00:49:53,295 what you're considering upstate, 944 00:49:53,297 --> 00:49:57,099 the vulture play, know this... 945 00:49:57,101 --> 00:50:00,503 Everybody's a Libertarian until it's their town that's dying. 946 00:50:00,505 --> 00:50:03,872 Then a bailout only seems right. 947 00:50:03,874 --> 00:50:05,273 Before I ended up in here, 948 00:50:05,275 --> 00:50:07,776 I would've said to you, 949 00:50:07,778 --> 00:50:10,012 "Let it implode. Raze the fucker. 950 00:50:10,014 --> 00:50:12,581 Let something new grow in its place. 951 00:50:12,583 --> 00:50:14,382 Prop it up and you're only delaying 952 00:50:14,384 --> 00:50:15,918 the inevitable collapse." 953 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:17,252 But now? 954 00:50:17,924 --> 00:50:18,819 You have to handle it right, 955 00:50:18,821 --> 00:50:21,322 or you'll be facing the same torches and pitchforks 956 00:50:21,324 --> 00:50:22,623 that landed me in here. 957 00:50:22,625 --> 00:50:24,926 Except that what I'd be doing isn't illegal. 958 00:50:27,197 --> 00:50:29,097 I did everything I could 959 00:50:29,099 --> 00:50:30,865 to make sure it didn't come to this. 960 00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:32,767 But still it went bad. 961 00:50:35,605 --> 00:50:37,838 Just don't forget... 962 00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,147 if they hate you enough, 963 00:50:39,147 --> 00:50:42,176 they will find legal grounds to fuck you. 964 00:50:42,178 --> 00:50:44,211 You know this. 965 00:50:51,287 --> 00:50:54,154 You're not gonna be able to find out what I need to know. 966 00:50:54,156 --> 00:50:56,656 I'm gonna have to sit down face-to-face with Foley. 967 00:50:56,658 --> 00:50:58,725 He'll be resistant. 968 00:50:58,727 --> 00:51:01,928 So start thinking of ways to overcome that resistance. 969 00:51:01,930 --> 00:51:03,197 Will do. 970 00:51:13,709 --> 00:51:15,208 Yeah. 971 00:51:16,678 --> 00:51:17,877 No, I wasn't. 972 00:51:17,879 --> 00:51:19,545 But send him up. 973 00:51:35,463 --> 00:51:37,796 I understand what "vulture" means now, huh. 974 00:51:40,114 --> 00:51:42,300 I know things didn't work out the way we thought they would. 975 00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:45,004 And I know this is a bad situation for you. 976 00:51:45,006 --> 00:51:49,742 But I got to ask you to please not take it out on Marco's town. 977 00:51:49,744 --> 00:51:52,811 You know you've got a finder's fee coming to you either way. 978 00:51:52,813 --> 00:51:54,780 Come on, I don't give a shit about that. 979 00:51:54,782 --> 00:51:57,415 You can throw it right in if it changes anything. 980 00:51:57,417 --> 00:51:59,652 Bobby, I've known you since you're a kid. 981 00:51:59,687 --> 00:52:01,668 I don't know why you want to hurt all of these people 982 00:52:01,668 --> 00:52:04,022 who got so little as it is. 983 00:52:04,024 --> 00:52:07,325 These people, they're just like you while growing up. 984 00:52:07,327 --> 00:52:09,294 Now you've got everything. 985 00:52:09,296 --> 00:52:11,863 They're gonna have less than nothing. 986 00:52:11,865 --> 00:52:14,966 I can't have that on my head, and you don't want it on yours. 987 00:52:14,968 --> 00:52:17,068 I hear you, Bruno. 988 00:52:17,070 --> 00:52:19,603 Like you said, you've known me since I was a kid, 989 00:52:19,605 --> 00:52:21,472 so you know I'm telling you the truth 990 00:52:21,474 --> 00:52:25,476 when I say I want to avoid doing it. 991 00:52:25,478 --> 00:52:27,679 I'm trying my best. 992 00:53:22,299 --> 00:53:24,466 I saw Bruno down there. 993 00:53:24,468 --> 00:53:26,135 He was here about the muni bond? 994 00:53:26,137 --> 00:53:28,670 Lobbying for Sandicot. 995 00:53:33,477 --> 00:53:35,444 What do you think I should do? 996 00:53:37,248 --> 00:53:40,282 You finally asking me for my opinion? 997 00:53:40,284 --> 00:53:41,883 I wasn't cutting you out. 998 00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:46,855 I'm just trying to wrap my head around all this. 999 00:53:46,857 --> 00:53:49,124 But now I really need to know what you think. 1000 00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:57,531 I can see how painful this is for you. 1001 00:53:57,533 --> 00:54:00,368 It was all over your face when you were talking to Bruno. 1002 00:54:04,159 --> 00:54:06,641 It's tough. 1003 00:54:06,643 --> 00:54:08,943 I just sank a shit ton of money into a place 1004 00:54:08,945 --> 00:54:11,845 that will never be able to repay its obligations. 1005 00:54:13,650 --> 00:54:16,617 But if we go soft, like Bruno wants us to, 1006 00:54:16,619 --> 00:54:19,787 we'll lose the better part of 500 million dollars. 1007 00:54:21,891 --> 00:54:26,894 Whereas if we do what it takes to make the bond viable, 1008 00:54:26,896 --> 00:54:29,263 we're gonna clear over $100 million. 1009 00:54:31,667 --> 00:54:35,502 I can see both sides of this. 1010 00:54:35,504 --> 00:54:37,905 Those people up there are who we used to be. 1011 00:54:37,907 --> 00:54:40,140 That's what Bruno said. 1012 00:54:43,011 --> 00:54:46,846 Did anyone ever help us, or look out for us? 1013 00:54:48,726 --> 00:54:50,149 When my mother was closing the blinds 1014 00:54:50,151 --> 00:54:53,085 so that bill collectors wouldn't know that anyone was home? 1015 00:54:53,087 --> 00:54:54,554 No. 1016 00:54:54,556 --> 00:54:57,657 The way we were brought up, it was always them or us. 1017 00:54:57,659 --> 00:54:59,892 And it still is. 1018 00:54:59,894 --> 00:55:01,505 That's what I think. 1019 00:55:03,331 --> 00:55:06,165 And like you said, Bobby... 1020 00:55:06,167 --> 00:55:09,135 in the end, everyone else is cannon fodder. 1021 00:55:09,137 --> 00:55:12,939 So I say you go up there, and you do what you got to do. 1022 00:55:12,941 --> 00:55:14,941 Cut off the gangrenous parts. 1023 00:55:14,943 --> 00:55:17,576 And then we go in with charter schools and outrage, 1024 00:55:17,578 --> 00:55:18,944 for about $30 million. 1025 00:55:18,946 --> 00:55:20,379 We capture the tax write-off, 1026 00:55:20,381 --> 00:55:24,850 and those kids will be better off than their parents, or we, ever were. 1027 00:55:45,973 --> 00:55:48,539 Before we go out, can you order pizza for the kids? 1028 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:50,675 Chinese tonight. 1029 00:55:50,677 --> 00:55:52,577 The one they like doesn't deliver. 1030 00:55:52,579 --> 00:55:53,978 And George isn't here yet. 1031 00:55:53,980 --> 00:55:55,158 I'll get it. 1032 00:55:56,883 --> 00:55:58,483 Seize all their assets... 1033 00:55:58,485 --> 00:56:02,453 property, utilities, machinery, vehicles, buildings. 1034 00:56:02,455 --> 00:56:06,056 Everything, even Town fucking Hall. 1035 00:56:06,058 --> 00:56:08,025 Look to seize the town's bank accounts, 1036 00:56:08,027 --> 00:56:10,427 payroll accounts, pension funds. 1037 00:56:18,470 --> 00:56:20,004 Do it. 1038 00:56:20,006 --> 00:56:22,873 They'll fucking agree to it because they've got no choice. 1039 00:56:22,875 --> 00:56:25,909 And don't stop till we get what we're owed.