1 00:00:08,293 --> 00:00:10,318 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,520 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. 3 00:00:12,522 --> 00:00:15,088 The committee chose the location that will bring 4 00:00:15,090 --> 00:00:18,191 the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. 5 00:00:18,193 --> 00:00:19,960 The gaming license was the guarantee 6 00:00:19,962 --> 00:00:21,428 that Sandicot would pay off the notes. 7 00:00:21,430 --> 00:00:23,496 So, it's fallen upon all of you to figure out 8 00:00:23,498 --> 00:00:26,166 how to get us un-fucked. 9 00:00:26,168 --> 00:00:28,688 Austerity. It's your only option. 10 00:00:28,688 --> 00:00:31,103 Axe Cap was not what I thought it would be. 11 00:00:31,105 --> 00:00:32,371 You care to be a little more specific? 12 00:00:32,373 --> 00:00:35,074 I'm supposed to give their lawyer a heads-up, 13 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:37,876 but I think I'm pretty safe to talk... 14 00:00:37,878 --> 00:00:39,478 if you bring me a subpoena. 15 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:41,914 The Churchill World War II. You sure, Chuck? 16 00:00:41,916 --> 00:00:44,516 "Never give in. Never give in." 17 00:00:44,518 --> 00:00:46,218 From the day I passed the bar, 18 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:51,222 I have said those words to myself the first morning of every trial. 19 00:00:51,224 --> 00:00:54,426 - You can still say the words. - Hello. I'm Taylor. 20 00:00:54,428 --> 00:00:57,065 My pronouns are "they," "theirs," and "them." 21 00:00:57,100 --> 00:01:01,032 You see things differently. That's an edge. 22 00:01:01,034 --> 00:01:02,934 That's Camelot right there. 23 00:01:02,936 --> 00:01:06,470 That is a picture of a man running for office. 24 00:01:06,472 --> 00:01:09,247 - Our deal hold? - Yes, but not for you. 25 00:01:09,282 --> 00:01:11,184 You want a session? See someone else. 26 00:01:11,219 --> 00:01:12,876 My office is off-limits. 27 00:01:12,878 --> 00:01:15,212 I should've told you about Wendy before I even spoke to her. 28 00:01:15,214 --> 00:01:18,357 What if I won't see her? I'll draw a line. 29 00:01:18,392 --> 00:01:19,716 Black Jack Foley. 30 00:01:19,718 --> 00:01:21,250 How are you, Charles? 31 00:01:21,252 --> 00:01:23,987 I'll be better if you help me out with a little something. 32 00:01:23,989 --> 00:01:27,223 I know what you and your two daddies did up in Sandicot. 33 00:01:42,221 --> 00:01:44,303 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com 34 00:01:53,950 --> 00:01:56,317 Thanks, Wags, but... really? 35 00:01:57,829 --> 00:02:00,687 You got me VR goggles? What, am I turning 13? 36 00:02:00,689 --> 00:02:02,756 If you were, Uncle Wagsy would be getting you laid 37 00:02:02,758 --> 00:02:04,992 by the most beautiful call girl in the state. 38 00:02:04,994 --> 00:02:07,228 But you're a big man having a big birthday, 39 00:02:07,230 --> 00:02:11,332 so the gift matches. And you're not there yet. 40 00:02:12,028 --> 00:02:13,199 It's called The Arque, 41 00:02:13,201 --> 00:02:16,669 the foremost luxury bunker for end times. 42 00:02:16,671 --> 00:02:19,472 A hedge against humanity. 43 00:02:23,378 --> 00:02:26,346 Stocks of non-perishable food, 44 00:02:26,348 --> 00:02:30,549 water purification equipment, seed banks, 45 00:02:30,551 --> 00:02:35,587 DNA cold storage, medical supplies, and surgical equipment. 46 00:02:35,589 --> 00:02:39,124 Everything you need, jefe, even weapons. 47 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:41,160 - For what? - I don't know. 48 00:02:41,162 --> 00:02:44,063 Terrorists. Cannibals. 49 00:02:45,373 --> 00:02:46,997 Happy birthday. 50 00:02:46,999 --> 00:02:49,733 This coin means that you've got a spot reserved. 51 00:02:49,735 --> 00:02:51,469 I made the down payment. 52 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:54,539 And I'm not too classy to say that it ran me 360K. 53 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:00,311 Sic Transit Imperium. 54 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:04,381 "So passes the empire." 55 00:03:05,884 --> 00:03:06,983 Thanks, Wags. 56 00:03:06,985 --> 00:03:09,419 I can see you put a lot of thought into this. 57 00:03:09,421 --> 00:03:10,920 You get a spot for yourself? 58 00:03:10,922 --> 00:03:12,389 If humanity has to be rebuilt, 59 00:03:12,391 --> 00:03:14,791 it sure as fuck shouldn't be in my image. 60 00:03:15,531 --> 00:03:16,826 Besides, you know I wanna be 61 00:03:16,828 --> 00:03:19,362 on the outside, rocking with the marauders. 62 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:24,333 Let's go. 63 00:03:26,770 --> 00:03:28,637 You went with a sailcloth option. 64 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,939 - Huh? - Tent. 65 00:03:30,941 --> 00:03:33,609 Oh, yeah. Lara picked it. 66 00:03:37,371 --> 00:03:41,338 Axelrod has never made a move as brazen, as public 67 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:43,307 as looting a working class town. 68 00:03:43,309 --> 00:03:46,152 Yeah, now he's like the bad guy in a Springsteen song. 69 00:03:46,187 --> 00:03:47,344 Exactly so. 70 00:03:47,346 --> 00:03:49,614 Oh, he's the boss man closing down the factory 71 00:03:49,616 --> 00:03:51,716 and kicking Johnny 99 to the street. 72 00:03:51,718 --> 00:03:54,084 We're going to attack. Bryan. 73 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:56,704 Now the thrust of this muni-bond deal, 74 00:03:56,704 --> 00:03:58,522 buying of the debt, forcing austerity... 75 00:03:58,524 --> 00:04:00,624 Austerity. What a lovely word 76 00:04:00,626 --> 00:04:03,560 for fucking the life out of 180,000 people. 77 00:04:03,562 --> 00:04:06,763 Yeah. Well, the bond deal itself, reprehensible as it is, 78 00:04:06,765 --> 00:04:09,566 is completely legal. It's the timing that's suspect. 79 00:04:09,568 --> 00:04:12,802 Axe jumped in when he did because he knew something. 80 00:04:12,804 --> 00:04:15,604 We laser in on how he came by the information, 81 00:04:15,606 --> 00:04:17,907 who's involved, how money may have changed hands. 82 00:04:17,909 --> 00:04:19,508 Information like this is never free. 83 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:21,376 There's bribes and payoffs under it. 84 00:04:21,378 --> 00:04:23,603 Real Meeting Across the River shit. 85 00:04:24,849 --> 00:04:26,949 What, only white men can listen to The Boss? 86 00:04:26,951 --> 00:04:28,550 Oh, not at all. No. 87 00:04:28,552 --> 00:04:31,653 In fact, like the main character in that deep cut, 88 00:04:31,655 --> 00:04:33,087 Axe is not gonna win here. 89 00:04:33,089 --> 00:04:34,422 Something has to tie back to him. 90 00:04:34,424 --> 00:04:37,291 We're on a path. Uh, location board, gaming commission. 91 00:04:37,293 --> 00:04:38,960 Uh, it's Albany. 92 00:04:38,962 --> 00:04:41,429 You can't have a PTA bake sale without kickbacks. 93 00:04:41,431 --> 00:04:43,297 Let's mount up. 94 00:04:43,299 --> 00:04:44,899 Sandicot team has a long drive ahead of us. 95 00:04:46,034 --> 00:04:49,302 Kate? That subpoena come through for Steph Reed? 96 00:04:49,304 --> 00:04:52,906 Thirty minutes ago. I will have her in here this afternoon. 97 00:04:52,908 --> 00:04:56,510 It's a big deal, source that close. 98 00:04:56,512 --> 00:04:58,979 You have my complete confidence. 99 00:04:58,981 --> 00:05:00,781 I thought Connerty did. 100 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:05,818 I have enough confidence to go around. 101 00:05:07,655 --> 00:05:09,288 Aparicio Rodriguez. 102 00:05:09,507 --> 00:05:10,422 Plays third. 103 00:05:10,424 --> 00:05:12,391 Kid's the next Sal Bando. 104 00:05:12,393 --> 00:05:14,460 First round draft pick next June. 105 00:05:14,462 --> 00:05:17,363 I've been paying for private lessons for him since he was 13 106 00:05:17,365 --> 00:05:20,231 in exchange for a chunk of the kid's future signing bonus. 107 00:05:20,683 --> 00:05:22,133 It's recoup time. 108 00:05:22,135 --> 00:05:24,569 2,000 percent ROI... 109 00:05:25,071 --> 00:05:27,355 ...even counting the dozen other kids I invested in 110 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:28,438 but had to cut loose. 111 00:05:29,442 --> 00:05:32,477 - All right, guys, take a break! - Rodriguez, bring it in. 112 00:05:34,927 --> 00:05:36,447 I got you a birthday present. 113 00:05:36,449 --> 00:05:38,849 - Him? - No. Klaxon. 114 00:05:38,851 --> 00:05:41,752 - Belgian car company. - An auto scheme? 115 00:05:41,754 --> 00:05:44,622 I'd rather have the ballplayer. At least this guy can hit. 116 00:05:44,624 --> 00:05:45,990 This is better. 117 00:05:45,992 --> 00:05:48,325 It's something I couldn't discuss at the office. 118 00:05:49,309 --> 00:05:50,260 Did you know about this? 119 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:52,696 Not the details, only that there was something worth hearing. 120 00:05:52,698 --> 00:05:56,933 I heard rumors. Dug into it off-campus, off the books. 121 00:05:56,935 --> 00:05:58,334 They're headed for a recall. 122 00:05:58,336 --> 00:06:01,337 Major fines, sanctions. 123 00:06:01,339 --> 00:06:03,806 - Bottom's gonna drop out. - When? 124 00:06:03,808 --> 00:06:06,175 Unknown, but we gotta move fast to lay in our position. 125 00:06:06,177 --> 00:06:07,777 This news won't hold long. 126 00:06:07,779 --> 00:06:09,546 What's your level of certainty? 127 00:06:39,275 --> 00:06:41,241 I am not uncertain. 128 00:06:41,243 --> 00:06:43,044 Any particulars I need to know? 129 00:06:43,046 --> 00:06:45,545 No. 130 00:06:46,530 --> 00:06:48,514 I'll think about it. 131 00:06:48,516 --> 00:06:51,885 Whoa, wait. This... this is automatic. 132 00:06:51,887 --> 00:06:53,419 This cow's got a bolt to its head, 133 00:06:53,421 --> 00:06:54,554 and it's hanging upside-down. 134 00:06:54,556 --> 00:06:56,422 You just gotta carve it up and eat it. 135 00:06:56,424 --> 00:06:59,492 Times are changing. 136 00:06:59,494 --> 00:07:01,527 No matter how not uncertain you are, 137 00:07:01,529 --> 00:07:04,964 these days, I take a laparoscope to the fucking guts of every deal. 138 00:07:04,966 --> 00:07:07,666 Gents, if I may... What's to gain? 139 00:07:07,668 --> 00:07:09,568 A hundred million? It's a drop in the bucket. 140 00:07:09,570 --> 00:07:11,904 It's not worth giving the government the opening. 141 00:07:11,906 --> 00:07:13,438 Perfectly said, Wags. 142 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,240 Has he made you afraid of Rhoades, 143 00:07:15,242 --> 00:07:17,375 whispering pussy excuses in your ear? 144 00:07:17,377 --> 00:07:18,676 You're really that fucking scared, Axe? 145 00:07:18,678 --> 00:07:20,444 You back off, Bill. 146 00:07:20,446 --> 00:07:24,015 Why? 'Cause he can end my world, burn my contacts, 147 00:07:24,017 --> 00:07:26,084 and keep every cent of my bonus for himself? 148 00:07:26,086 --> 00:07:28,252 That... That's supposed to make me hold my tongue? 149 00:07:28,254 --> 00:07:29,553 - Fuck, yeah. - See? That... 150 00:07:29,555 --> 00:07:32,857 That's why you will never buy and sell equities. 151 00:07:32,859 --> 00:07:34,959 No, all that's supposed to make me more brazen 152 00:07:34,961 --> 00:07:36,627 when I know I'm fucking right. 153 00:07:36,629 --> 00:07:39,763 It's okay, Wags. It's okay. 154 00:07:39,765 --> 00:07:41,898 Come here. 155 00:07:46,438 --> 00:07:49,305 If I were standing where you are, 156 00:07:49,307 --> 00:07:52,142 I'd be even more strident in my approach. 157 00:07:52,144 --> 00:07:54,844 But I'm standing here, so I have to be the opposite... 158 00:07:54,846 --> 00:07:56,879 reflective, calm, considered. 159 00:07:56,881 --> 00:08:01,117 It's just about who I am at this precise moment in time. 160 00:08:01,119 --> 00:08:03,686 What business are we in, hmm? 161 00:08:03,688 --> 00:08:05,788 I thought it was a business of profit, 162 00:08:05,790 --> 00:08:08,090 of free men and women, 163 00:08:08,092 --> 00:08:10,825 beyond the apparatchiks and their pathetic rules. 164 00:08:10,827 --> 00:08:13,427 Yeah, all of that and "Who is John Galt?" 165 00:08:13,429 --> 00:08:15,296 Look, I'm a rich man. 166 00:08:15,298 --> 00:08:18,633 You're a very rich man. 167 00:08:18,635 --> 00:08:21,469 If we can't live how we want, then the terrorists have already won. 168 00:08:25,408 --> 00:08:26,940 Back in the cage! 169 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:29,409 Let's go. 170 00:08:32,548 --> 00:08:33,827 What the fuck was that? 171 00:08:34,850 --> 00:08:37,551 That was a guy who was giving me all the right questions. 172 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:58,938 We're looking at a police force at half-capacity. 173 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:01,173 The library is open 12 hours a week. 174 00:09:01,175 --> 00:09:04,876 Why, that is... revolting. 175 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,644 No, I see what's happening here. 176 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:09,647 You are not invisible. You matter. 177 00:09:09,649 --> 00:09:11,316 - Lock him up! - Yeah! 178 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:14,786 If the law gives me the power, I will. 179 00:09:14,788 --> 00:09:17,689 And... if the law doesn't, 180 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:19,990 well, then somebody needs to get to work changing the law. 181 00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:21,002 Yeah. 182 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:23,293 Robert Kennedy said, 183 00:09:23,295 --> 00:09:26,764 "Every society gets the criminal it deserves." 184 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:30,534 Sandicot sure didn't deserve Bobby Axelrod. 185 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,669 But you do deserve the law enforcement 186 00:09:32,671 --> 00:09:34,004 I plan on bringing. 187 00:09:34,605 --> 00:09:36,239 Right, right, right. 188 00:09:36,241 --> 00:09:37,248 Thank you. 189 00:09:41,113 --> 00:09:43,113 Go! Gotta go! 190 00:09:46,584 --> 00:09:47,984 You sure you don't want to talk to 'em? 191 00:09:47,986 --> 00:09:51,554 No. I don't need to sound my own horn. 192 00:09:51,556 --> 00:09:54,189 Now if the people of Sandicot wanna trumpet it for me... 193 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,960 Sir. 194 00:09:57,962 --> 00:09:59,862 Will you come with me? 195 00:10:22,752 --> 00:10:24,218 Well, well. 196 00:10:24,220 --> 00:10:26,386 Impressive ground game, 197 00:10:26,388 --> 00:10:29,722 showing me there's no corner of the state you don't touch. 198 00:10:29,724 --> 00:10:32,959 Ah, I planned to be up here. 199 00:10:32,961 --> 00:10:34,427 Sure. 200 00:10:36,899 --> 00:10:38,899 Ah, so... 201 00:10:41,703 --> 00:10:44,770 Uh, is your granddaughter enjoying Washington? 202 00:10:44,772 --> 00:10:46,972 Just getting settled in. Hmm. 203 00:10:46,974 --> 00:10:51,210 She and I remain touched by the generosity of your spirit. 204 00:10:51,212 --> 00:10:53,745 Good. That's nice to hear. 205 00:10:53,747 --> 00:10:57,449 Ah, there's someone, uh, I need you to see. 206 00:10:57,451 --> 00:10:58,750 George Minchak. 207 00:10:58,752 --> 00:11:01,585 - Okay. - She vets all of my candidates. 208 00:11:01,587 --> 00:11:03,288 You want her to know everything. 209 00:11:04,091 --> 00:11:05,556 It's a stress test. 210 00:11:05,558 --> 00:11:06,825 - Yeah. - We prepare for what 211 00:11:06,827 --> 00:11:08,583 the opposition will use. 212 00:11:10,030 --> 00:11:13,064 I'm not really sure I'm entirely comfortable with that. 213 00:11:13,066 --> 00:11:15,633 My last candidate who did not use her... 214 00:11:15,983 --> 00:11:17,267 was Spitzer. 215 00:11:17,269 --> 00:11:19,269 I'll fit her right in. 216 00:11:19,271 --> 00:11:22,206 And we need to do it right now because of the attention 217 00:11:22,208 --> 00:11:25,675 this, uh, unofficial campaign visit will bring. 218 00:11:25,677 --> 00:11:27,711 I'd have told you if I'd thought that... 219 00:11:27,713 --> 00:11:29,980 No, you... you don't need to tell me everything. 220 00:11:29,982 --> 00:11:31,949 You need to tell Minchak everything. 221 00:11:32,281 --> 00:11:34,050 Then Minchak tells me. 222 00:11:35,453 --> 00:11:36,752 Hmm. 223 00:11:36,754 --> 00:11:39,488 - That was a joke. - Okay. 224 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:42,825 Uh, what you're doing up here, um, feeling their pain? 225 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:45,594 It's a time-honored tradition. 226 00:11:45,596 --> 00:11:48,931 And the way you refused to, uh, play to the grandstand, 227 00:11:48,933 --> 00:11:51,599 thus ensuring that the, uh, reporters will chase you 228 00:11:51,601 --> 00:11:54,702 to the next whistle stop, that brings a smile. 229 00:11:54,704 --> 00:11:57,239 Yes, I felt that to do interviews at this time 230 00:11:57,241 --> 00:11:58,806 would only have downside. 231 00:11:58,808 --> 00:12:01,309 Yeah, it's as worthless as a $100 dollar bill 232 00:12:01,311 --> 00:12:02,844 to a rooster with a hard on. 233 00:12:04,581 --> 00:12:07,915 Well, if you're thinking of having a meal before you leave, 234 00:12:07,917 --> 00:12:09,549 try the Garbage Plate. 235 00:12:09,551 --> 00:12:10,918 It's a local delicacy. 236 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,387 That looks hard to resist. 237 00:12:13,389 --> 00:12:15,555 You'll hardly be able. 238 00:12:18,460 --> 00:12:20,361 Eat the shit out of it. 239 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:26,366 I've been angling to get into investor relations 240 00:12:26,368 --> 00:12:27,666 for 16 months. 241 00:12:27,668 --> 00:12:29,602 Hmm. I didn't know that. 242 00:12:29,604 --> 00:12:32,071 Does that mean I haven't been doing it assertively enough? 243 00:12:32,073 --> 00:12:34,440 Maybe, um, not necessarily. 244 00:12:34,442 --> 00:12:35,909 We can talk about ways 245 00:12:35,911 --> 00:12:37,810 to be more clear and more goal-oriented, 246 00:12:37,812 --> 00:12:39,145 if that's what you're interested in. 247 00:12:39,147 --> 00:12:42,114 It's just... I don't know what I'd be selling. 248 00:12:42,116 --> 00:12:44,682 Sandicot is... 249 00:12:44,684 --> 00:12:47,386 is hard to swallow, placing the calls, 250 00:12:47,388 --> 00:12:51,223 crowing about our returns at the expense of a town. 251 00:12:51,225 --> 00:12:53,274 Just makes me feel... 252 00:12:54,061 --> 00:12:56,295 so isolated... 253 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:58,096 and kind of sad. 254 00:12:58,098 --> 00:13:00,898 A lot of people are having problems with it. 255 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:03,600 Do you ever feel that way, 256 00:13:03,602 --> 00:13:07,438 like the things we have to do compromise us somehow? 257 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:13,411 This isn't about me. 258 00:13:13,964 --> 00:13:15,246 But why are you feeling this way? 259 00:13:15,248 --> 00:13:17,047 Is it just about Sandicot? 260 00:13:17,049 --> 00:13:20,450 No. There are other things that I see. 261 00:13:20,452 --> 00:13:23,954 And I remember being a kid and our reverend saying, 262 00:13:23,956 --> 00:13:26,522 - "He who looks..." - Yeah, we need to stop here. 263 00:13:29,444 --> 00:13:30,927 I'm not sure having an overgrown conscience 264 00:13:30,929 --> 00:13:33,562 is gonna help you get that investor relations job, 265 00:13:33,564 --> 00:13:34,896 you know? 266 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:38,533 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 267 00:13:44,741 --> 00:13:47,776 - You know what I hate? - Fish, fowl, or mammal? 268 00:13:47,778 --> 00:13:49,611 Learning something about myself. 269 00:13:49,613 --> 00:13:51,579 When is that bullshit just gonna stop? 270 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,914 - Dollar Bill? - What he said, 271 00:13:53,916 --> 00:13:56,617 he's kind of right. I've become a pussy. 272 00:13:56,619 --> 00:13:59,854 No. We just made a choice to stop living on the edge is all. 273 00:13:59,856 --> 00:14:01,289 Is it? 274 00:14:02,698 --> 00:14:03,424 What'd she say? 275 00:14:04,373 --> 00:14:05,226 She told me to suck it up. 276 00:14:05,228 --> 00:14:08,462 Then she said an overgrown conscience isn't gonna help me. 277 00:14:08,464 --> 00:14:11,164 She said that? Okay. She saw through it. 278 00:14:11,313 --> 00:14:13,000 Axe, I was thinking about 279 00:14:13,002 --> 00:14:15,102 my position here, and I think I would make an excellent... 280 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,570 It was a script, Deb. Don't internalize. 281 00:14:22,411 --> 00:14:24,610 Look who's making a racket in Sandicot. 282 00:14:26,314 --> 00:14:28,080 He's coming again, isn't he? 283 00:14:28,082 --> 00:14:29,982 He never wasn't. 284 00:14:33,621 --> 00:14:35,488 Tell Dollar Bill no on Klaxon. 285 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,498 What do you get a billionaire? 286 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,167 God, I wish I had the stones to skip it. I hate these things. 287 00:14:49,169 --> 00:14:50,701 You love parties. 288 00:14:50,703 --> 00:14:52,937 Well, I recently took the Myers-Briggs personality test, 289 00:14:52,939 --> 00:14:55,073 and it turns out I'm an introvert. 290 00:14:55,075 --> 00:14:56,741 I'm not sure that test is rock-solid. 291 00:14:56,743 --> 00:14:58,742 I thought I like parties, but I don't. 292 00:14:58,744 --> 00:15:00,877 On a deeper level, it disturbs my equilibrium. 293 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:02,679 Is that why you woke up the day after the Christmas party 294 00:15:02,681 --> 00:15:04,881 in a yellow snow drift behind the strip joint? 295 00:15:04,883 --> 00:15:06,417 Exactly. 296 00:15:16,757 --> 00:15:18,528 Bearing of a Roman Centurion? 297 00:15:18,530 --> 00:15:21,197 Or slices through rough seas 298 00:15:21,199 --> 00:15:24,733 - like a Man-O-War? - What? 299 00:15:24,735 --> 00:15:27,270 Birthday speech. You got skills? 300 00:15:27,272 --> 00:15:28,904 Not for... all that. 301 00:15:28,906 --> 00:15:31,607 But the party, I have a conflict. 302 00:15:31,609 --> 00:15:33,542 I want to gauge the importance of attending. 303 00:15:33,544 --> 00:15:37,312 Axe doesn't take attendance, but he knows who's in the room. 304 00:15:37,314 --> 00:15:39,763 - I'll leave it at that. - Fuck. 305 00:15:41,885 --> 00:15:43,552 Did you just say "fuck"? 306 00:15:44,414 --> 00:15:45,520 I did. 307 00:15:48,459 --> 00:15:50,324 You're one of us now. 308 00:15:58,534 --> 00:16:00,367 What was the nature of your job at Axe Capital 309 00:16:00,369 --> 00:16:02,103 as you understood it? 310 00:16:02,105 --> 00:16:06,573 I was to be next to Axe in every meeting, 311 00:16:06,575 --> 00:16:10,543 to be the firewall against illicit dealings. 312 00:16:10,545 --> 00:16:13,313 I was a witness and to make sure 313 00:16:13,315 --> 00:16:15,548 things were being done above board. 314 00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:17,283 Tell me about Axe. 315 00:16:17,285 --> 00:16:20,453 He was unreadable. 316 00:16:20,455 --> 00:16:23,422 At three o'clock, he was writing checks 317 00:16:23,424 --> 00:16:25,991 to aid earthquake victims in the Caribbean. 318 00:16:25,993 --> 00:16:28,093 At 3:45, he was cornering the market 319 00:16:28,095 --> 00:16:31,963 on Churchill first editions just to stick it to an enemy. 320 00:16:31,965 --> 00:16:34,766 And then one day, he just fragged my ass. 321 00:16:34,768 --> 00:16:36,735 I never really saw it coming. 322 00:16:37,476 --> 00:16:38,803 Did he give an explanation? 323 00:16:38,805 --> 00:16:42,940 No. I guess he just didn't want a witness anymore. 324 00:16:42,942 --> 00:16:45,743 Referred to himself as a Terminator. 325 00:16:45,745 --> 00:16:47,011 What does that mean? 326 00:16:47,013 --> 00:16:49,647 A cybernetic organism, programmed to kill. 327 00:16:49,649 --> 00:16:51,616 Living tissue over robotic endoskeleton... 328 00:16:51,618 --> 00:16:53,217 I've seen the movie. I just meant... 329 00:16:53,219 --> 00:16:56,053 He has some sort of programmed mission, 330 00:16:56,055 --> 00:16:57,621 and I was standing in the way. 331 00:16:59,991 --> 00:17:02,659 The day before he fired me, Bill Stearn approached 332 00:17:02,661 --> 00:17:05,162 with a play that was clearly over the line, 333 00:17:05,164 --> 00:17:08,097 citing a source named Victor. 334 00:17:09,450 --> 00:17:09,899 Did he say the... 335 00:17:09,901 --> 00:17:12,935 They didn't talk about it... because I was in the room. 336 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:15,204 But without me, one or both of them 337 00:17:15,206 --> 00:17:17,773 would have circled back, no doubt about it. 338 00:17:17,775 --> 00:17:19,408 Or else Axe would've filled my position. 339 00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:22,678 No. He wanted no impediments to illegal activity, 340 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,146 and that's what he has now. 341 00:17:24,148 --> 00:17:28,651 Dollar Bill's tough. We have a history. 342 00:17:28,653 --> 00:17:30,085 Anyone else? 343 00:17:31,788 --> 00:17:33,988 Try Taylor Mason. 344 00:17:33,990 --> 00:17:38,326 They have become something of a prodigy, a go-to. 345 00:17:38,328 --> 00:17:40,495 Anything big Axe is wading into, 346 00:17:40,497 --> 00:17:43,798 Taylor's there with a snorkel mask. 347 00:17:47,704 --> 00:17:50,337 I believe it's time, nay, long past time, 348 00:17:50,339 --> 00:17:55,242 to transform your charitable arm and engender a permanent foundation. 349 00:17:55,244 --> 00:17:57,177 Properly stewarded, it will write the name 350 00:17:57,179 --> 00:17:59,846 of your benevolence on the ages, 351 00:17:59,848 --> 00:18:03,550 alongside Carnegie, Vanderbilt. A creation of consequence. 352 00:18:03,552 --> 00:18:06,919 Because otherwise, what's it all for? Is that right? 353 00:18:06,921 --> 00:18:08,354 I don't pretend to answer 354 00:18:08,356 --> 00:18:11,257 that which lies in the realm of the theologians. 355 00:18:11,259 --> 00:18:14,059 Yet you just happened to pitch me legacy on my birthday? 356 00:18:14,061 --> 00:18:15,394 I won't claim happenstance. 357 00:18:15,396 --> 00:18:19,599 This is the time when a man like you allows reflection to dictate action. 358 00:18:19,601 --> 00:18:23,668 He thinks I need him to steward this whole legacy thing. 359 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:25,136 You don't need me, 360 00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:28,172 but I would be qualified for such a position. 361 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,775 What do you make at your current gig? 362 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,277 I prefer not to really get into that. 363 00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:33,829 It's public record, Sean. 364 00:18:33,829 --> 00:18:36,448 Have some dignity and spare us the time. 365 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:38,350 Two-hundred twenty-five thousand. 366 00:18:38,352 --> 00:18:42,119 Okay. And a, uh, "true steward" 367 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:45,489 of a multi-billion dollar charitable foundation, 368 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:46,923 what would that put me back, Wags? 369 00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:48,692 In the range of $350,000 to $500,000 a year, 370 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:49,926 I think it was. 371 00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:52,696 Yeah. See, I have looked into this before. 372 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:56,899 And you are not the first one in here looking to double his salary. 373 00:18:59,873 --> 00:19:02,639 But today is your lucky day, 374 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:06,075 because I do want to set up a permanent foundation 375 00:19:06,077 --> 00:19:08,077 with you as its steward. 376 00:19:08,079 --> 00:19:09,779 I accept. 377 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,715 With one urgent recommendation. 378 00:19:12,717 --> 00:19:14,816 Cancel your party. 379 00:19:14,818 --> 00:19:16,251 That's direct. 380 00:19:16,253 --> 00:19:18,119 You just offered me enough, so I have to be. 381 00:19:18,121 --> 00:19:21,290 You cannot throw a lavish party 382 00:19:21,292 --> 00:19:24,393 at the very moment when you're draining the meager resources 383 00:19:24,395 --> 00:19:26,995 of what amounts to a village of apple-cheeked orphans. 384 00:19:26,997 --> 00:19:30,831 That party was organized long before Sandicot got grounded. 385 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:33,601 A change of course? That's reactionary. Weak. 386 00:19:33,603 --> 00:19:35,670 I am not hiring you to serve me weak tea. 387 00:19:35,672 --> 00:19:38,005 You're really hiring him? Why? 388 00:19:38,007 --> 00:19:41,241 Hired. We shook. 389 00:19:42,478 --> 00:19:44,878 I'm setting a course that needs to be acknowledged 390 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,880 in all future stories about wherever we go next. 391 00:19:47,882 --> 00:19:49,982 Ayles may be what he is, 392 00:19:49,984 --> 00:19:53,653 but he speaks the nasal language of culture and credibility. 393 00:19:53,655 --> 00:19:55,622 And you just bought that. 394 00:19:55,624 --> 00:19:58,090 It's what all the great philanthropists did, 395 00:19:58,092 --> 00:19:59,426 wrote their names on the ages 396 00:19:59,428 --> 00:20:02,529 and laundered their reputations in the process. 397 00:20:02,531 --> 00:20:04,763 I'm keen to get started. 398 00:20:09,313 --> 00:20:11,437 Hey. I gotta go relieve Wendy. 399 00:20:11,439 --> 00:20:12,723 What was so important? 400 00:20:18,546 --> 00:20:19,945 Ice Juice. 401 00:20:19,947 --> 00:20:21,746 It's a natural beverage company. 402 00:20:21,748 --> 00:20:24,114 A proprietary process called Flash-Pas. 403 00:20:24,116 --> 00:20:25,683 I own a chunk of the company, 404 00:20:25,685 --> 00:20:28,586 and I've represented the founder... forever. 405 00:20:29,071 --> 00:20:31,177 He's done. He wants out. 406 00:20:31,177 --> 00:20:33,057 I can take it over. 407 00:20:33,059 --> 00:20:36,193 Majority ownership. It is within reach. 408 00:20:36,195 --> 00:20:37,662 I just need the cash. 409 00:20:39,264 --> 00:20:43,032 Your, uh, lockup period is ending? 410 00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:45,502 You said you wanted to do something for me. 411 00:20:45,504 --> 00:20:47,838 - Now is when I need it. - I meant what I said. 412 00:20:48,625 --> 00:20:52,075 I owe you, but, I mean, you know my money's in a blind trust. 413 00:20:52,077 --> 00:20:53,510 I know. I don't want your money. 414 00:20:53,512 --> 00:20:57,045 Oh, I see. 415 00:20:57,047 --> 00:20:59,615 My father. You want his money. 416 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:05,053 Except I never get involved in his business deals 417 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:07,757 for ethical as well as... personal reasons. 418 00:21:07,759 --> 00:21:09,358 Chuck, this is my chance. 419 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,560 This IPO is... It's a blockbuster. 420 00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:14,529 This is... This is that leap that I've always talked about, 421 00:21:14,531 --> 00:21:16,364 the one I've been waiting my whole life to take. 422 00:21:16,366 --> 00:21:19,267 Well, you know him. Why don't you just call? 423 00:21:19,269 --> 00:21:21,536 Well, if it comes from you, he'll take it more seriously. 424 00:21:21,538 --> 00:21:25,239 If I make the call, then it's tantamount to me endorsing it, 425 00:21:25,241 --> 00:21:28,476 which is... not something I can do right now. 426 00:21:28,478 --> 00:21:29,877 Look, you know I see 427 00:21:29,879 --> 00:21:32,413 the inside of more deals per day than anyone. 428 00:21:32,415 --> 00:21:33,814 This is the one that I've been waiting for 429 00:21:33,816 --> 00:21:36,116 to get me out of that goddamn law office. 430 00:21:36,118 --> 00:21:38,685 I do know that you would not be here 431 00:21:38,687 --> 00:21:40,654 unless the deal was a winner. 432 00:21:40,656 --> 00:21:41,768 I'll... 433 00:21:42,922 --> 00:21:44,941 Let me think. 434 00:21:46,094 --> 00:21:48,861 Of course. Of course. 435 00:21:48,863 --> 00:21:50,463 All right. 436 00:21:51,999 --> 00:21:54,901 Look what Wags got me. 437 00:21:54,903 --> 00:21:56,436 The Arque? 438 00:21:56,438 --> 00:21:59,472 Luxury survival bunker. It's a scam. 439 00:21:59,474 --> 00:22:01,974 Why does everything need to be a scam? 440 00:22:01,976 --> 00:22:06,210 When the Armageddon comes, the doors will be locked. 441 00:22:06,212 --> 00:22:09,714 I think it's a good idea, a fail-safe. 442 00:22:09,716 --> 00:22:11,783 The end could come sooner than anyone might think. 443 00:22:11,785 --> 00:22:12,784 Yeah, it might already have come. 444 00:22:12,786 --> 00:22:15,787 We just don't know it yet. 445 00:22:15,789 --> 00:22:20,524 Well, what do you think'll happen when it all really goes to shit? 446 00:22:20,951 --> 00:22:22,292 Well... 447 00:22:22,294 --> 00:22:24,161 Getting to the mountains could be a problem. 448 00:22:24,858 --> 00:22:27,064 We'd have to let the pilot and his family in the Arque. 449 00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:29,567 Yeah. We'd really have to build it ourselves, 450 00:22:29,569 --> 00:22:31,335 recruit all the security forces 451 00:22:31,337 --> 00:22:33,136 just to ensure absolute loyalty. 452 00:22:33,138 --> 00:22:35,573 Mm, and secrecy, you know? 453 00:22:35,575 --> 00:22:38,274 No VR sales tours. 454 00:22:38,276 --> 00:22:40,510 And we'd also have to make room for my family, 455 00:22:40,512 --> 00:22:42,545 Matty and Mary and Ned 456 00:22:42,547 --> 00:22:45,448 and Connie and Lu and Mo, Sean. 457 00:22:45,450 --> 00:22:47,717 Yeah, I'm not sure about that, Lar. 458 00:22:47,719 --> 00:22:49,318 Excuse me? 459 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:50,987 Well, we wouldn't leave them just to die. 460 00:22:50,989 --> 00:22:53,690 We'd buy two Arques, ours in the Canadian Rockies, 461 00:22:53,692 --> 00:22:57,047 and one for your family in... Jersey. 462 00:22:58,128 --> 00:23:01,262 - So generous. - Well, fuck it. 463 00:23:01,264 --> 00:23:04,032 I should probably just go down with the whole ship, 464 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:07,636 this fucking tent, hedge funds, all of it. 465 00:23:09,272 --> 00:23:12,907 Half my life now is ass-covering and optics, 466 00:23:12,909 --> 00:23:17,512 fucking optics of everything from parties to put options. 467 00:23:19,582 --> 00:23:22,817 I'm spending half a mil on some stuffed shirt 468 00:23:22,819 --> 00:23:24,652 to brush up my fucking image. 469 00:23:27,123 --> 00:23:30,490 Come on, maybe we should split for the weekend, now, 470 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,225 before we need the goddamn Arque. 471 00:23:32,227 --> 00:23:33,560 And bail on the party? 472 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:35,729 Just the two of us. We'll celebrate our way. 473 00:23:35,731 --> 00:23:37,230 No. 474 00:23:37,232 --> 00:23:40,166 Big occasions like this need to be marked, 475 00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:41,935 acknowledged, 476 00:23:41,937 --> 00:23:45,604 for posterity and for fun. 477 00:23:45,606 --> 00:23:48,040 You deserve to be celebrated. 478 00:23:48,042 --> 00:23:49,742 And you should be surrounded by your whole gang 479 00:23:49,744 --> 00:23:51,343 so they can honor you, too. 480 00:23:51,345 --> 00:23:54,413 They work for me. They're not my friends. 481 00:23:54,415 --> 00:23:57,382 What about Wags and Dollar Bill? 482 00:23:57,384 --> 00:24:00,085 If they're not your friends, they're kind of like brothers. 483 00:24:00,087 --> 00:24:03,721 You know, they deserve a chance to show you how they feel. 484 00:24:03,723 --> 00:24:06,024 I'm not even gonna tell you who you sound like right now. 485 00:24:07,211 --> 00:24:09,226 And Wendy, too. 486 00:24:10,564 --> 00:24:12,530 You know I decided not to see her. 487 00:24:12,532 --> 00:24:15,600 And I was clear about that, and I've stuck to it. 488 00:24:15,602 --> 00:24:17,635 So... I don't know if she'll want... 489 00:24:17,637 --> 00:24:19,603 Just because you don't talk to her professionally 490 00:24:19,605 --> 00:24:21,371 doesn't mean that you can't take one night 491 00:24:21,373 --> 00:24:24,340 to commemorate the importance of it all. 492 00:24:24,342 --> 00:24:28,378 She's foundational to Axe Capital... and to you. 493 00:24:35,554 --> 00:24:37,119 Hey. Sorry I'm late. 494 00:24:37,121 --> 00:24:40,003 No, it's okay. I was... tired. 495 00:24:40,357 --> 00:24:42,024 You were out of town? 496 00:24:42,026 --> 00:24:44,426 Uh... 497 00:24:44,428 --> 00:24:47,897 Yeah. I don't know if you heard, but I was up in Sandicot. 498 00:24:48,867 --> 00:24:51,033 It's a real mess up there. 499 00:24:51,035 --> 00:24:54,268 Looking to punish those responsible. 500 00:24:56,439 --> 00:24:59,708 I was invited to Axe's birthday party. 501 00:24:59,710 --> 00:25:02,343 I said no. 502 00:25:02,345 --> 00:25:05,814 Hmm. What's that about? 503 00:25:06,963 --> 00:25:10,718 My readjustment back at Axe Cap has been... 504 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,120 more difficult than I thought it would be. 505 00:25:13,122 --> 00:25:14,387 How so? 506 00:25:14,389 --> 00:25:15,756 I've felt manipulated. 507 00:25:18,027 --> 00:25:20,594 I may have done some of that, too. 508 00:25:20,596 --> 00:25:22,395 I may have given you the impression 509 00:25:22,397 --> 00:25:27,034 that I was happy there, and I may well end up that way. 510 00:25:27,036 --> 00:25:28,835 But the truth is, it's been bumpy. 511 00:25:30,019 --> 00:25:31,671 Well, why are you staying? 512 00:25:31,673 --> 00:25:33,439 Oh, you don't have to answer that... 513 00:25:33,441 --> 00:25:37,343 No, it's what I've been asking myself. 514 00:25:37,345 --> 00:25:40,013 I built something. 515 00:25:40,015 --> 00:25:43,082 I put myself into it, and now... 516 00:25:43,084 --> 00:25:46,818 It's not what you remembered, not what you fell in love with. 517 00:25:46,820 --> 00:25:49,821 I think I went back to see if I still could. 518 00:25:49,823 --> 00:25:53,591 Something I tell my patients 519 00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:56,862 when they're hesitating about making some kind of move 520 00:25:56,864 --> 00:25:59,531 in their own life is, sometimes you have to jump in... 521 00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:02,133 - Mm. - all the way in to find out. 522 00:26:03,502 --> 00:26:05,970 They are lucky to have you. 523 00:26:05,972 --> 00:26:07,204 It's easy when it's about someone else. 524 00:26:07,206 --> 00:26:08,839 Yeah. 525 00:26:08,841 --> 00:26:10,274 It's about you, it's hard to know. 526 00:26:10,276 --> 00:26:12,643 When do you... keep working at it? 527 00:26:12,645 --> 00:26:16,047 When do you... give up? 528 00:26:17,583 --> 00:26:21,084 I don't know. 529 00:26:29,995 --> 00:26:33,063 Dollar Bill's telling the truth. It looks clean. 530 00:26:33,065 --> 00:26:35,398 Even if they trace his burner 531 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,467 or get into his air-gapped laptop, like I did, 532 00:26:39,469 --> 00:26:41,737 nothing will come back to you, 533 00:26:41,739 --> 00:26:43,471 unless somebody talked. 534 00:26:43,473 --> 00:26:45,974 Like his source? 535 00:26:45,976 --> 00:26:48,043 Victor Mateo. You were right. 536 00:26:48,045 --> 00:26:49,477 Fuck. 537 00:26:49,479 --> 00:26:51,947 This is complicated, because Victor always puts himself 538 00:26:51,949 --> 00:26:55,349 where the money is, but it's usually far from pristine. 539 00:26:55,351 --> 00:26:59,153 Well, then he's the potential weak link. 540 00:26:59,155 --> 00:27:01,089 He's either looking to get back in your graces 541 00:27:01,091 --> 00:27:02,323 or trying to get close enough 542 00:27:02,325 --> 00:27:05,326 to jab a ricin-tipped umbrella into your thigh. 543 00:27:29,845 --> 00:27:30,916 Hello? 544 00:27:30,918 --> 00:27:33,919 Oh. I was... calling for Wendy. 545 00:27:33,921 --> 00:27:36,756 She's not available. Who's calling? 546 00:27:36,758 --> 00:27:40,192 Lara Axelrod. This must be Chuck. 547 00:27:43,330 --> 00:27:45,830 That's right. 548 00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:47,966 Can I tell her what it's regarding? 549 00:27:47,968 --> 00:27:50,501 My husband's birthday party. 550 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:53,972 She RSVP'd "no," and I just wanted to make sure 551 00:27:53,974 --> 00:27:56,141 she knew that both Bobby and I would 552 00:27:56,143 --> 00:27:59,978 really be delighted to see her at the house. 553 00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:04,982 Well, uh, I will certainly pass along your message. 554 00:28:04,984 --> 00:28:09,920 But I do know that she was feeling a lack of... 555 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:12,589 clarity in terms of going. 556 00:28:12,591 --> 00:28:15,358 I'm guessing things are tense and complicated right now, 557 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,460 and this can't be helping. 558 00:28:18,462 --> 00:28:19,962 You're not guessing. 559 00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:23,465 I know this is weird. I was just calling to say... 560 00:28:23,467 --> 00:28:25,067 she's back at the company, 561 00:28:25,069 --> 00:28:28,704 and the company will all be here, so she should be, too. 562 00:28:28,706 --> 00:28:30,072 You know, if we don't mark the milestones, 563 00:28:30,074 --> 00:28:31,974 we're just passing with the time. 564 00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:33,843 Well said. 565 00:28:34,633 --> 00:28:38,213 And I'd invite you as her plus one, but under the circumstances... 566 00:28:38,215 --> 00:28:41,582 Yeah. There is such a thing as too weird, 567 00:28:41,584 --> 00:28:43,685 even for all of us. 568 00:28:43,687 --> 00:28:47,789 Well, uh, I will pass along your message. 569 00:28:47,791 --> 00:28:50,125 Good night. 570 00:29:02,905 --> 00:29:04,038 Chuck. 571 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,606 - Hi, Chuck. - Hey. 572 00:29:06,608 --> 00:29:09,475 You know, I think that you're not going to the party 573 00:29:09,477 --> 00:29:11,177 because of me, 574 00:29:11,179 --> 00:29:14,347 which pleases me in a way that it probably shouldn't. 575 00:29:15,308 --> 00:29:16,883 Oh, Chuck. 576 00:29:16,885 --> 00:29:18,184 Wendy, 577 00:29:18,186 --> 00:29:19,552 I say go to the party. 578 00:29:19,554 --> 00:29:22,121 Either it'll feel right or it won't. 579 00:29:22,474 --> 00:29:24,557 But... 580 00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:27,459 you gotta jump in and find out. 581 00:29:47,146 --> 00:29:48,679 How's Victor been? 582 00:29:52,638 --> 00:29:54,952 Look, I would've told you it came from him, 583 00:29:54,954 --> 00:29:56,420 but the last time I mentioned his name... 584 00:29:56,422 --> 00:29:58,256 For good fucking reason. 585 00:29:58,258 --> 00:30:01,557 - Because Steph Reed was there. - Yeah, because I fired his ass. 586 00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:04,895 And sure, I paid him off to keep the peace, but... 587 00:30:04,897 --> 00:30:07,530 My God, I think he'd still love to roast me. 588 00:30:10,668 --> 00:30:12,369 You trust me? Right? 589 00:30:12,371 --> 00:30:13,703 With my life. 590 00:30:13,705 --> 00:30:16,806 Because there's certain guys you just know about. 591 00:30:16,808 --> 00:30:20,276 You look 'em in the eye, and you know. 592 00:30:20,278 --> 00:30:23,345 Other guys, you know things about. 593 00:30:23,347 --> 00:30:26,548 And with Victor, it... it's both. Yeah, I know him. 594 00:30:26,550 --> 00:30:28,951 But also... 595 00:30:28,953 --> 00:30:31,320 I know things about him. 596 00:30:31,322 --> 00:30:34,655 And the things I know, he can't fuck me, 597 00:30:34,657 --> 00:30:36,324 so he can't fuck you. 598 00:30:36,326 --> 00:30:38,936 So that might be enough for you. I understand. 599 00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:42,496 But it's not enough for me, not anymore. 600 00:30:45,468 --> 00:30:49,537 You know, before the Old West gunslingers 601 00:30:49,539 --> 00:30:52,572 were turned into dime store paperbacks and cartoons, 602 00:30:52,574 --> 00:30:56,676 the word "outlaw" meant something. 603 00:30:56,678 --> 00:30:59,546 It meant that the law didn't apply to you. 604 00:30:59,548 --> 00:31:01,014 No protection. 605 00:31:01,016 --> 00:31:02,882 You run across a guy on a forest road, 606 00:31:02,884 --> 00:31:05,585 he could kill you. No repercussions. 607 00:31:06,488 --> 00:31:08,787 I mean... you used to love Victor, 608 00:31:08,789 --> 00:31:11,490 and trust him before all this started. 609 00:31:11,492 --> 00:31:15,027 He didn't do anything to deserve the fate you gave him. 610 00:31:15,029 --> 00:31:18,164 That's what makes this decision so tricky. 611 00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:21,000 He had the right to cold dish me. 612 00:31:21,002 --> 00:31:24,703 I just don't know that he's past it yet. 613 00:31:24,705 --> 00:31:27,872 Oh. 614 00:31:27,874 --> 00:31:29,774 Why don't you ask him yourself? 615 00:31:32,413 --> 00:31:34,154 Look him in the face. 616 00:31:35,949 --> 00:31:38,116 That's your present. 617 00:31:38,118 --> 00:31:42,086 And you might find it's worth more than a hundred million. 618 00:31:53,866 --> 00:31:56,433 So, Steph Reed... 619 00:31:56,435 --> 00:31:58,469 I wish she were more of an asset. 620 00:31:58,471 --> 00:32:00,470 Axelrod has been very careful. 621 00:32:00,472 --> 00:32:02,738 Here are the notes from the interview, if you're interested. 622 00:32:03,781 --> 00:32:05,008 Terminator? 623 00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:07,676 Cyberdyne Systems, series 800, Resistance Infiltrator. 624 00:32:07,678 --> 00:32:10,146 - Got it. - It's kind of a miss, 625 00:32:10,148 --> 00:32:13,495 so I went back into the Sandicot file and ran this down. 626 00:32:14,819 --> 00:32:16,818 Old stock car. 627 00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:20,255 Title was transferred to casino developer, Donald Thayer, 628 00:32:20,257 --> 00:32:21,990 from Bobby Axelrod. 629 00:32:22,795 --> 00:32:26,461 Gentlemen, start your engines. 630 00:32:32,802 --> 00:32:34,201 Thought you forgot the way in here. 631 00:32:34,203 --> 00:32:36,870 Know it by heart. 632 00:32:36,872 --> 00:32:38,605 Couple things. 633 00:32:38,607 --> 00:32:40,774 - Okay. Go. - Deb Kawi. 634 00:32:41,716 --> 00:32:44,111 I knew you made her. 635 00:32:44,113 --> 00:32:45,812 The next time you tell someone to lose their conscience 636 00:32:45,814 --> 00:32:49,583 - will be the first time. - Don't run people at me. 637 00:32:49,585 --> 00:32:51,617 - Got you in the office. - No. 638 00:32:51,619 --> 00:32:53,753 I'm here because of the other thing. 639 00:32:55,061 --> 00:32:56,489 Your birthday. 640 00:32:58,095 --> 00:33:01,461 Okay. What, specifically, about that? 641 00:33:01,463 --> 00:33:05,165 Your wife asked me to come. Said you wanted me there. 642 00:33:06,334 --> 00:33:08,900 - Is it true? - I think you know me well enough 643 00:33:08,902 --> 00:33:12,037 to know the answer to that question. 644 00:33:59,817 --> 00:34:01,283 Quite a hole you've dig yourself 645 00:34:01,285 --> 00:34:04,153 right here in the middle of scenic Kingsford, Thayer. 646 00:34:04,155 --> 00:34:08,557 It's not my best. It's not my worst. 647 00:34:09,860 --> 00:34:12,428 I just have one question, 648 00:34:12,430 --> 00:34:15,830 the only question that matters. 649 00:34:15,832 --> 00:34:18,500 Who is Bobby Axelrod to you? 650 00:34:18,945 --> 00:34:20,499 He's a friend. 651 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,706 Why else would he have given me that Dodge out front? 652 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:29,144 Figured you knew that if you were here asking questions. 653 00:34:29,146 --> 00:34:30,978 I also know about that above-market lease 654 00:34:30,980 --> 00:34:33,147 you signed on his Sandicot land. 655 00:34:34,030 --> 00:34:37,618 Is it wrong to overspend? 656 00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:39,186 My wife dings me for that all the time. 657 00:34:39,188 --> 00:34:40,787 - Uh-huh. - Yeah, you know, 658 00:34:40,789 --> 00:34:42,689 - I see something I like... - Nah. 659 00:34:42,691 --> 00:34:44,924 No one will believe that. 660 00:34:44,926 --> 00:34:46,226 Oh, not when we run 'em through 661 00:34:46,228 --> 00:34:48,362 the litany of business dealings you've engaged in 662 00:34:48,364 --> 00:34:51,897 that could, uh, most charitably be described as shady 663 00:34:51,899 --> 00:34:53,866 and most accurately as criminal. 664 00:34:54,709 --> 00:34:56,135 Fraudulent loan applications, 665 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:58,304 union payoffs, stiffing vendors, 666 00:34:58,306 --> 00:35:01,907 and yet, writing off the expenses on your account. 667 00:35:01,909 --> 00:35:05,878 You do everything to save a buck on the business end. 668 00:35:09,115 --> 00:35:11,183 Are you leveraging me? 669 00:35:12,919 --> 00:35:17,255 I've been strong-armed by the vowel guys. 670 00:35:17,257 --> 00:35:19,857 - Never bent. - Oh. 671 00:35:19,859 --> 00:35:21,693 Oh, I bet you'd like to put me in that hole... 672 00:35:22,852 --> 00:35:24,195 like you used to do it. 673 00:35:24,197 --> 00:35:26,997 Then pour the concrete. 674 00:35:26,999 --> 00:35:30,234 They never find 'em when you do that, do they? 675 00:35:30,236 --> 00:35:32,236 No one wants to tear a whole building down, 676 00:35:32,238 --> 00:35:36,173 but you can't now. Now, you're respectable... ish. 677 00:35:37,577 --> 00:35:39,042 You've changed your narrative. 678 00:35:39,044 --> 00:35:42,178 So let me suggest a new chapter in your story, 679 00:35:42,180 --> 00:35:44,647 one in which you are the unindicted co-conspirator 680 00:35:44,649 --> 00:35:46,882 rather than a defendant. 681 00:35:46,884 --> 00:35:48,685 Which story is that? 682 00:35:48,687 --> 00:35:50,820 The story of Sandicot. 683 00:35:50,822 --> 00:35:53,022 Let me tell it to you, then you tell it back, 684 00:35:53,024 --> 00:35:55,958 if it's true, of course, which it is. 685 00:35:57,261 --> 00:35:59,861 You and Axelrod entered into a criminal conspiracy 686 00:35:59,863 --> 00:36:03,232 to bribe Marc Capparello for inside information 687 00:36:03,234 --> 00:36:05,534 on the deliberations of the Location Committee 688 00:36:05,536 --> 00:36:07,736 and where they were gonna put your casino. 689 00:36:09,139 --> 00:36:11,172 Wow. 690 00:36:11,174 --> 00:36:13,709 You're some fucking gangster, 691 00:36:13,711 --> 00:36:17,645 swaggering up here, making threats. 692 00:36:17,647 --> 00:36:20,214 From you, "fucking gangster" sounds like a compliment. 693 00:36:20,216 --> 00:36:22,650 Not how I meant it. 694 00:36:22,652 --> 00:36:26,254 Axelrod is not your friend. 695 00:36:26,256 --> 00:36:28,589 Let me help you keep on the right side. 696 00:36:28,591 --> 00:36:32,158 You'd love to know what I got on him. 697 00:36:34,041 --> 00:36:35,094 Problem is, 698 00:36:35,096 --> 00:36:38,765 I don't need whatever deal or immunity you got. 699 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:43,136 See, I already have my umbrella. 700 00:36:43,138 --> 00:36:45,538 I'm singin' in the fucking rain. 701 00:36:45,540 --> 00:36:47,240 You? 702 00:36:47,242 --> 00:36:51,243 You're just standing there, gettin' wet. 703 00:36:55,916 --> 00:37:00,252 I'll see you on Pearl Street at my arraignment... 704 00:37:00,254 --> 00:37:01,687 if you got the brass. 705 00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,904 Three and two, count is full. 706 00:37:19,906 --> 00:37:23,173 I grew up playing stickball. 707 00:37:23,175 --> 00:37:25,275 You wanna grab that broom handle and stand in? 708 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:26,843 I'll get too intense. 709 00:37:26,845 --> 00:37:28,378 Okay. 710 00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:35,519 People are telling me I can't miss your party. 711 00:37:36,899 --> 00:37:39,189 No, because those people think the only way to advance 712 00:37:39,191 --> 00:37:42,591 is by following the rules and social mores. 713 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:45,328 They have no fucking idea why we do what we do. 714 00:37:45,330 --> 00:37:47,563 I don't think I'm any better than them. 715 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:48,997 Of course you do. 716 00:37:48,999 --> 00:37:52,501 You even know it a little bit. 717 00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:54,704 Do not feel obligated to attend. 718 00:37:55,575 --> 00:37:57,539 Okay. 719 00:37:59,209 --> 00:38:00,809 Why are you missing it, by the way? 720 00:38:00,811 --> 00:38:02,677 You don't wanna party with me? 721 00:38:02,679 --> 00:38:04,312 It's my sister's wedding. 722 00:38:04,314 --> 00:38:07,415 Rehearsal dinner on Mackinac Island in the U.P. 723 00:38:07,417 --> 00:38:09,951 - Michigan. - Oh, yeah. I know. 724 00:38:09,953 --> 00:38:11,386 Not a lot of flights. 725 00:38:11,388 --> 00:38:14,221 You're rich. They're called private planes. 726 00:38:14,433 --> 00:38:16,189 I almost booked it. 727 00:38:16,191 --> 00:38:18,058 I just don't know if I can actually get on it. 728 00:38:18,060 --> 00:38:19,693 The carbon footprint alone is... 729 00:38:19,695 --> 00:38:21,729 You're really that worried about the world ending? 730 00:38:21,731 --> 00:38:23,330 Yes. 731 00:38:24,391 --> 00:38:25,766 What about your own world? 732 00:38:26,652 --> 00:38:28,335 Not so much. 733 00:38:28,337 --> 00:38:31,604 Well, before that existential dread racks you, 734 00:38:31,606 --> 00:38:33,573 buy some offsets. 735 00:38:33,575 --> 00:38:35,140 Donate to the Rainforest Alliance. 736 00:38:35,142 --> 00:38:37,142 As a matter of fact, if you do that, 737 00:38:37,144 --> 00:38:40,045 I'll have Deb book the plane for ya. Done. Move on. 738 00:38:40,047 --> 00:38:42,114 It's not just that. It's... 739 00:38:42,116 --> 00:38:46,018 I never thought I'd be thinking about living this life. 740 00:38:46,020 --> 00:38:47,853 You're living it already. 741 00:38:49,423 --> 00:38:51,757 Do you think I ever thought I'd be here? 742 00:38:53,026 --> 00:38:55,627 I never thought I'd be more than just a numbers guy at the track. 743 00:38:55,629 --> 00:38:56,995 Aqueduct? 744 00:38:56,997 --> 00:38:59,431 Nah. Trotters. I'd still be at the track 745 00:38:59,433 --> 00:39:02,233 if it weren't for this one guy, a gambler. 746 00:39:02,235 --> 00:39:05,135 He worked a seat at Commodities. He thought I'd be good. 747 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:09,039 So he took me to Four World Trade, and I saw it immediately. 748 00:39:09,041 --> 00:39:11,876 I could read the tape just like the odds on the board. 749 00:39:11,878 --> 00:39:14,779 It was like walking into something between a casino and the U.S. Mint. 750 00:39:14,781 --> 00:39:17,481 So I bought a seat at the exchange for 64K, 751 00:39:17,483 --> 00:39:18,783 and that was it. 752 00:39:18,785 --> 00:39:20,484 Is that a common career trajectory? 753 00:39:20,486 --> 00:39:23,486 Not anymore. Wasn't back then either. 754 00:39:23,488 --> 00:39:25,422 And you're glad it went this way? 755 00:39:25,424 --> 00:39:27,490 Yeah. Why shouldn't I be? 756 00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:29,726 So before I let you get back to your childhood, 757 00:39:29,728 --> 00:39:32,495 the moral of the story is... 758 00:39:32,497 --> 00:39:34,564 just get on the fucking plane, huh? 759 00:39:35,336 --> 00:39:37,166 No. 760 00:39:37,168 --> 00:39:40,536 The moral of the story is, you get one life, 761 00:39:40,538 --> 00:39:42,871 so do it all. 762 00:40:19,074 --> 00:40:22,676 Why did I have Thayer dead to rights, 763 00:40:22,678 --> 00:40:25,144 and he wasn't even nervous? 764 00:40:25,146 --> 00:40:28,615 Why were you sitting with Thayer in the first place? 765 00:40:28,617 --> 00:40:31,784 How does that help you with headlines, blind items... 766 00:40:31,786 --> 00:40:34,052 community leaders? 767 00:40:34,054 --> 00:40:36,555 Oh, you weren't encouraging me to be smart. 768 00:40:36,557 --> 00:40:39,492 You were protecting one of your own. 769 00:40:39,494 --> 00:40:41,660 Did you handpick him for the deal? 770 00:40:41,662 --> 00:40:45,163 Did I make a mistake with you? 771 00:40:45,165 --> 00:40:47,665 Are you fighting for inches or yards? 772 00:40:49,936 --> 00:40:54,839 I am so close to getting Axe. 773 00:40:54,841 --> 00:40:57,375 I can run on that. 774 00:40:57,377 --> 00:40:59,176 I can win on that. 775 00:40:59,178 --> 00:41:01,245 That's what we both want. 776 00:41:01,247 --> 00:41:04,214 If you are the man I think and... and hope you are, 777 00:41:04,216 --> 00:41:08,519 you will get him... on something else. 778 00:41:08,521 --> 00:41:13,089 You know it's not the first time Axe has gone bad on something. 779 00:41:13,091 --> 00:41:15,091 What did Thayer give you, four points? 780 00:41:17,496 --> 00:41:21,931 I don't handcuff. You're free to go after Thayer if you want. 781 00:41:21,933 --> 00:41:24,967 But play out those dominoes first, 782 00:41:24,969 --> 00:41:27,269 and not just for Axe. 783 00:41:29,674 --> 00:41:32,608 Thayer takes a hit, the casino goes away. 784 00:41:32,610 --> 00:41:36,045 Those upstate jobs go away. 785 00:41:36,047 --> 00:41:41,049 It leaks that my father started things in Sandicot... 786 00:41:41,051 --> 00:41:43,484 and the last one falls on me. 787 00:41:43,486 --> 00:41:46,287 Chuck, Sandicot is a circle. 788 00:41:46,289 --> 00:41:48,890 Wherever you start on that path, 789 00:41:48,892 --> 00:41:52,961 it leads right back to you... to us. 790 00:41:52,963 --> 00:41:55,262 And right now, no one knows that you and my father 791 00:41:55,264 --> 00:41:57,965 crushed that town as much as Axe. 792 00:41:57,967 --> 00:41:58,943 Yes. 793 00:41:59,835 --> 00:42:02,235 And why don't we keep it that way? 794 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,040 You know what, Jack? 795 00:42:06,042 --> 00:42:09,743 I think I'll get Axe on something else. 796 00:42:09,745 --> 00:42:12,545 Whatever you feel is best. 797 00:42:24,092 --> 00:42:26,358 ♪ Well, I know that it's getting late ♪ 798 00:42:27,629 --> 00:42:31,997 ♪ But I don't wanna go home ♪ 799 00:42:31,999 --> 00:42:33,465 ♪ I'm in no hurry, baby ♪ 800 00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:35,667 ♪ Time can wait ♪ 801 00:42:35,669 --> 00:42:38,269 ♪ 'Cause I don't wanna go home ♪ 802 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,341 ♪ Listen to the man sing his song ♪ 803 00:42:43,766 --> 00:42:46,243 You're seeming... shy tonight. 804 00:42:46,245 --> 00:42:47,861 We can't escape our nature. 805 00:42:47,861 --> 00:42:49,580 Enough with the Myers-Briggs, Mafee. 806 00:42:49,582 --> 00:42:50,848 - Cheers. - Cheers. 807 00:42:50,850 --> 00:42:51,892 The man here yet? 808 00:42:51,892 --> 00:42:53,583 - Nah, I haven't seen him. - Cheers. 809 00:42:53,583 --> 00:42:56,020 What? Weird. 810 00:42:56,499 --> 00:42:57,321 Yeah? 811 00:42:57,981 --> 00:42:58,723 Hey. 812 00:42:59,666 --> 00:43:01,225 Have a seat. 813 00:43:09,534 --> 00:43:12,135 Fuck. Thayer stonewalled us? 814 00:43:12,137 --> 00:43:15,739 I'm not gonna shield you from this, Bryan, all right? 815 00:43:15,741 --> 00:43:19,442 I have decided not to pursue Thayer or Sandicot, 816 00:43:19,444 --> 00:43:22,678 for strategic reasons. 817 00:43:23,814 --> 00:43:25,313 - Politics. - Yeah. 818 00:43:26,633 --> 00:43:28,817 Plain and simple. 819 00:43:28,819 --> 00:43:30,148 Tell the team. 820 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,016 Welcome to my bowling club. 821 00:44:03,018 --> 00:44:04,718 I worked it out so I had it private tonight. 822 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:08,521 Sweet. How are ya, Victor? 823 00:44:10,159 --> 00:44:13,559 Lots of times, I thought about, if I ran into you, 824 00:44:13,561 --> 00:44:16,762 what I might say... or do. 825 00:44:16,764 --> 00:44:20,299 Here I am. Hit me. I can take it. 826 00:44:20,301 --> 00:44:22,001 That's in the past. 827 00:44:23,304 --> 00:44:25,637 Fuck you, Axe. 828 00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:27,872 You think every time you take a meeting or take a shit, 829 00:44:27,874 --> 00:44:30,942 it's deep and filled with wisdom. 830 00:44:30,944 --> 00:44:33,144 But you made a mistake letting me go. 831 00:44:33,146 --> 00:44:37,115 You cut me, but you cut yourself worse in the process. 832 00:44:37,117 --> 00:44:38,683 You're not wrong, Victor. 833 00:44:38,685 --> 00:44:41,552 You were collateral damage. I regretted it. 834 00:44:41,554 --> 00:44:44,722 - Really? - Briefly. 835 00:44:44,724 --> 00:44:48,425 And for a few moments after, which surprised me. 836 00:44:48,427 --> 00:44:50,094 You getting soft? 837 00:44:58,637 --> 00:45:00,771 I came all the way out here, Victor, 838 00:45:00,773 --> 00:45:05,074 on the recommendation of a dear friend, 839 00:45:05,076 --> 00:45:07,076 to look at you. 840 00:45:10,181 --> 00:45:14,851 - What do you see? - A man who's stuck... 841 00:45:14,853 --> 00:45:19,254 at a boutique firm, a glorified day trader. 842 00:45:19,256 --> 00:45:23,491 Making good money, but not as good as it used to be. 843 00:45:23,493 --> 00:45:25,827 But that's not the sticky part. 844 00:45:26,797 --> 00:45:31,466 You can't be who you are, and it's ripping you up. 845 00:45:31,468 --> 00:45:33,635 Bit by bit. 846 00:45:34,741 --> 00:45:37,805 What do you have and what do you want? 847 00:45:38,744 --> 00:45:41,909 I want back in. Not with the main fund. 848 00:45:41,911 --> 00:45:45,512 I understand you can't do that, and I don't want you to. 849 00:45:45,514 --> 00:45:50,184 I want my own shop, a satellite. 850 00:45:50,769 --> 00:45:54,387 Terms will be very generous for you the first few years, 851 00:45:54,389 --> 00:45:58,057 and I will give you the prime fucking meats. 852 00:46:00,095 --> 00:46:03,229 Everything I know about Klaxon. 853 00:46:03,231 --> 00:46:08,168 Internal memos, company documents. 854 00:46:08,170 --> 00:46:10,468 It's bigger than a recall. 855 00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:14,006 You leak this cover-up, they'll drown in lawsuits. 856 00:46:14,008 --> 00:46:15,707 You could cover at zero. 857 00:46:22,712 --> 00:46:24,382 Start looking for office space. 858 00:46:26,820 --> 00:46:28,953 Welcome back. 859 00:46:35,730 --> 00:46:38,611 _ 860 00:46:41,067 --> 00:46:42,934 Donna! 861 00:46:42,936 --> 00:46:45,335 I need Sacker now! 862 00:46:50,408 --> 00:46:52,465 This. What the fuck is this? 863 00:46:53,879 --> 00:46:56,947 Steph Reed says that Axe bought some enemy's books? 864 00:46:56,949 --> 00:46:59,182 Yes. He cornered the first edition book market 865 00:46:59,184 --> 00:47:02,251 for those specific books to spite a rival. 866 00:47:02,253 --> 00:47:04,553 And did she say... 867 00:47:04,555 --> 00:47:06,388 which books? 868 00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:09,024 Second World War by Churchill. 869 00:47:09,026 --> 00:47:11,460 Motherfucker. 870 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:18,867 This is what they do. 871 00:47:18,869 --> 00:47:22,136 How the fuck do you compete with something that powerful, 872 00:47:22,138 --> 00:47:25,139 that swims around for days on end, 873 00:47:25,141 --> 00:47:29,777 just waiting for the faintest smell of blood 874 00:47:29,779 --> 00:47:32,080 so it can attack without warning, 875 00:47:32,082 --> 00:47:35,099 and with all the ferocity and half the conscience 876 00:47:35,134 --> 00:47:37,363 of a goddamn bull shark? 877 00:47:40,489 --> 00:47:41,700 You can't. 878 00:47:44,193 --> 00:47:47,460 Unless you can somehow anticipate where it will strike 879 00:47:47,462 --> 00:47:50,797 and then match its strength when it does... 880 00:47:50,799 --> 00:47:53,366 which you can't. 881 00:47:54,668 --> 00:47:56,969 I can see books are a trigger for you... 882 00:47:56,971 --> 00:47:59,605 Thank you, Sacker. 883 00:48:18,090 --> 00:48:20,395 _ 884 00:48:35,874 --> 00:48:38,542 Dad, I'm messengering something to you, 885 00:48:38,544 --> 00:48:41,878 and I will be over to discuss it in a while. 886 00:48:44,115 --> 00:48:45,315 Good. 887 00:48:45,989 --> 00:48:48,884 Son, credit where it's due. 888 00:48:48,886 --> 00:48:52,588 This Ice Juice thing is a win. 889 00:48:52,590 --> 00:48:54,357 I've already spoken to Ira. 890 00:48:54,359 --> 00:48:57,893 He... ran me through a few more of the numbers. 891 00:48:57,895 --> 00:49:00,595 Yeah, well, I knew if Ira said it, it would be so. 892 00:49:00,597 --> 00:49:02,564 Yeah, he told me you almost didn't bring it to me 893 00:49:02,566 --> 00:49:05,733 out of some worry about... conflict? 894 00:49:05,735 --> 00:49:07,769 That would've been shortsighted. 895 00:49:07,771 --> 00:49:13,375 I agree, and I am most certainly taking the longer view at the moment. 896 00:49:13,377 --> 00:49:14,909 Good boy. 897 00:49:14,911 --> 00:49:18,379 We can't let this opportunity slide by. 898 00:49:18,381 --> 00:49:20,547 This IPO could be the start 899 00:49:20,549 --> 00:49:25,419 of a billion dollar windfall, and it's a life-changer for him. 900 00:49:25,421 --> 00:49:27,821 You keep saying "we." 901 00:49:27,823 --> 00:49:29,723 I'm not liquid enough to pull the trigger. 902 00:49:29,725 --> 00:49:31,525 I find that hard to fathom. 903 00:49:31,527 --> 00:49:34,260 My cash on hand happens to be 904 00:49:34,262 --> 00:49:36,829 tied up in an few real estate deals right now, 905 00:49:36,831 --> 00:49:38,965 and it's not the right time to sell. 906 00:49:38,967 --> 00:49:42,002 Huh. Let me guess. 907 00:49:42,004 --> 00:49:43,203 Kingsford? 908 00:49:43,205 --> 00:49:45,771 I think it's best we not discuss that. 909 00:49:45,773 --> 00:49:49,109 With your position, that would be unethical. 910 00:49:49,111 --> 00:49:52,777 But there is a solution. 911 00:49:52,779 --> 00:49:55,680 The chunk of cash I need 912 00:49:55,682 --> 00:49:58,317 is on a statement with your name on it. 913 00:49:58,319 --> 00:50:02,988 - The blind trust. - But, uh, why tell me about it? 914 00:50:02,990 --> 00:50:04,789 Uh, isn't the whole point to a blind trust that 915 00:50:04,791 --> 00:50:06,992 I'm not supposed to know what you're doing with the money? 916 00:50:06,994 --> 00:50:08,592 No, not this time. 917 00:50:08,594 --> 00:50:12,063 That trust was set aside for you and the children. 918 00:50:12,065 --> 00:50:15,266 But even the safest IPO 919 00:50:15,268 --> 00:50:19,404 has a different risk profile than a normal investment. 920 00:50:19,406 --> 00:50:23,607 You have to know before I do it. 921 00:50:23,609 --> 00:50:26,176 You want me to break my public vow? 922 00:50:27,179 --> 00:50:31,581 The moment that I'm transitioning into elected office? 923 00:50:31,583 --> 00:50:34,518 It's only damaging if it gets out. 924 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,854 I'll invest silently. Your role will be hidden. 925 00:50:37,856 --> 00:50:41,324 We'll replace the funds as soon as we sell some of the stock. 926 00:50:41,326 --> 00:50:43,959 No one's the wiser. 927 00:50:43,961 --> 00:50:45,994 Hmm. 928 00:50:48,699 --> 00:50:52,401 Well, if this is what it takes... 929 00:50:52,403 --> 00:50:55,137 uh, to help you and Ira... 930 00:50:55,139 --> 00:50:58,707 - Does that mean... - Yeah. 931 00:50:58,709 --> 00:51:01,276 Crack it open. 932 00:51:01,764 --> 00:51:04,579 Use a bit for your venture. 933 00:51:05,387 --> 00:51:07,082 I trust your judgment. 934 00:51:08,848 --> 00:51:10,351 As always. 935 00:51:15,492 --> 00:51:17,691 Excuse me. Wendy. 936 00:51:18,504 --> 00:51:20,494 - Lara. - Welcome. 937 00:51:20,496 --> 00:51:21,667 Thank you. 938 00:51:22,864 --> 00:51:25,799 You know, we never really had you over to the house enough. 939 00:51:25,801 --> 00:51:27,067 Thanks for the invite. 940 00:51:27,069 --> 00:51:29,136 And I appreciate the personal follow-up. 941 00:51:29,138 --> 00:51:30,783 Chuck was, um... 942 00:51:31,073 --> 00:51:32,839 quite surprised to hear from you. 943 00:51:32,841 --> 00:51:35,608 Well, I'm glad you came. 944 00:51:35,610 --> 00:51:37,710 Bobby will really value you being here. 945 00:51:37,712 --> 00:51:40,379 Hmm. I couldn't tell when I spoke to him at work. 946 00:51:41,682 --> 00:51:45,951 Oh. I thought you weren't really talking at work. 947 00:51:45,953 --> 00:51:49,955 I'm sure it must be hard for you to not have access to him, 948 00:51:49,957 --> 00:51:51,723 but we think it's best for everyone. 949 00:51:51,725 --> 00:51:54,058 Clear boundaries this time. 950 00:51:55,762 --> 00:51:57,729 Right... 951 00:51:57,731 --> 00:52:02,100 which is why I set the policy. 952 00:52:02,102 --> 00:52:03,335 It was the only way I could work there. 953 00:52:03,337 --> 00:52:04,669 I couldn't keep seeing him. 954 00:52:04,671 --> 00:52:07,271 It wasn't like doctor-patient or even athlete-coach. 955 00:52:07,273 --> 00:52:10,407 It was more Hannibal-Clarice. 956 00:52:11,279 --> 00:52:14,545 Not seeing him was one of your conditions for coming back. 957 00:52:14,547 --> 00:52:18,182 I thought it was important for both of us, really. 958 00:52:20,453 --> 00:52:23,720 Thanks again for the invite. I could use a drink. 959 00:52:35,367 --> 00:52:36,633 Where are you? 960 00:52:36,635 --> 00:52:40,236 I'm at the front gate. Come meet me. 961 00:53:17,105 --> 00:53:20,807 Let's get outta here. Fuck this. 962 00:53:20,809 --> 00:53:22,942 It's a mistake. 963 00:53:23,504 --> 00:53:25,054 I see how we made it... 964 00:53:25,847 --> 00:53:28,448 because we forgot. 965 00:53:28,450 --> 00:53:31,951 I forgot... where I'm from. 966 00:53:31,953 --> 00:53:35,588 I forgot that I don't give a fuck about any of this. 967 00:53:35,590 --> 00:53:37,756 It's all sailcloth held up with poles 968 00:53:37,758 --> 00:53:40,326 lit by lighting designers and ripped to the ground tomorrow. 969 00:53:44,064 --> 00:53:46,198 I wanna be with you. 970 00:53:46,907 --> 00:53:49,634 I wanna take you somewhere that matters. 971 00:53:52,071 --> 00:53:55,139 Everyone's waiting for you. 972 00:53:55,141 --> 00:53:58,343 Wags is about to give his speech. 973 00:54:03,283 --> 00:54:05,617 I've had quite a challenge this week 974 00:54:05,619 --> 00:54:10,621 to put together words, ordinary words, 975 00:54:10,623 --> 00:54:13,457 to describe the most extraordinary man I ever met. 976 00:54:13,459 --> 00:54:16,627 A man as steely as a Roman centurion, 977 00:54:16,629 --> 00:54:20,697 cooler than Jean-Paul Belmondo. 978 00:54:20,699 --> 00:54:24,900 He's a jaguar shark, an American Sniper, 979 00:54:24,902 --> 00:54:27,035 every decision in the space of seven breaths. 980 00:54:27,037 --> 00:54:28,738 If you cross him, 981 00:54:28,740 --> 00:54:30,706 he'll put a fucking ding in your universe. 982 00:54:34,479 --> 00:54:37,146 But these are all exaggerations, derivative. 983 00:54:39,216 --> 00:54:42,884 They don't limn the truth of an indefinable essence. 984 00:54:44,988 --> 00:54:48,323 They don't speak to my real feelings. 985 00:54:48,325 --> 00:54:49,758 It's no exaggeration to say 986 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,327 that Bobby Axelrod is the man who gave me my life, 987 00:54:52,329 --> 00:54:54,829 or at least let me keep it. 988 00:54:54,831 --> 00:54:59,733 But even more than that, he's given me friendship... 989 00:54:59,735 --> 00:55:01,168 the kind of friendship, it's more than money, 990 00:55:01,170 --> 00:55:03,256 it's more than talent, it's... 991 00:55:05,441 --> 00:55:07,441 ...almost family. 992 00:55:07,443 --> 00:55:10,877 But unlike family, he never turns away. 993 00:55:10,879 --> 00:55:14,447 He's the only one who truly sees me and doesn't judge. 994 00:55:16,418 --> 00:55:20,320 He accepts me as I am, 995 00:55:20,322 --> 00:55:23,088 and that kind of friendship is... 996 00:55:25,082 --> 00:55:27,126 everything. 997 00:55:27,128 --> 00:55:29,529 It is the stuff of life itself. 998 00:55:32,633 --> 00:55:35,534 So thank you... 999 00:55:35,536 --> 00:55:37,402 for my life. 1000 00:55:38,839 --> 00:55:40,672 Traders trade. 1001 00:55:40,674 --> 00:55:42,641 Lovers love. 1002 00:55:42,643 --> 00:55:46,144 Cars are meant to go. 1003 00:55:46,146 --> 00:55:48,813 Happy birthday, Axe, 1004 00:55:48,815 --> 00:55:50,247 wherever you are. 1005 00:55:52,418 --> 00:55:56,253 Way to go, Wags! 1006 00:55:56,255 --> 00:55:58,121 Axe didn't show up? 1007 00:55:58,123 --> 00:55:59,890 Who does that, skips his own party? 1008 00:55:59,892 --> 00:56:01,826 That's fucking fantastic. 1009 00:56:01,828 --> 00:56:02,893 Maybe he's an introvert, too. 1010 00:56:02,895 --> 00:56:05,595 No, he's not an introvert. 1011 00:56:05,597 --> 00:56:08,365 He just remembered he's an outlaw. 1012 00:56:08,367 --> 00:56:11,100 A fucking desperado. 1013 00:56:14,639 --> 00:56:17,540 Hey. Axe said to give this to you. 1014 00:56:21,380 --> 00:56:24,380 _