1 00:00:05,029 --> 00:00:06,493 [Axe] Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:06,577 --> 00:00:09,035 The case you'll be bringing is: obstruction of justice. 3 00:00:09,118 --> 00:00:11,326 Against the Attorney General. 4 00:00:11,410 --> 00:00:14,535 We need the icebreaker now. We need Grigor Andolov. 5 00:00:14,618 --> 00:00:17,952 [Taylor] International criminals are unstable bedrock for a cap raise. 6 00:00:18,035 --> 00:00:19,618 You don't think taking his money was at least worth a discussion? 7 00:00:19,702 --> 00:00:20,994 There was a discussion. 8 00:00:21,076 --> 00:00:23,035 He said I was off the raise team. 9 00:00:24,243 --> 00:00:25,702 [Foley] This is an object lesson. 10 00:00:25,785 --> 00:00:29,577 It's time to put away childish enthusiasms. 11 00:00:29,660 --> 00:00:31,785 I don't even know that it's wrong for him 12 00:00:31,869 --> 00:00:33,452 to do what he's doing... 13 00:00:33,535 --> 00:00:35,827 [Danzig] only that I don't like how it makes me feel. 14 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,827 Boss... Mick Danzig just quit. 15 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:39,994 - [Chuck] Jack. - No. 16 00:00:40,076 --> 00:00:42,368 Yes, Jack. 17 00:00:42,452 --> 00:00:44,410 [Chuck] I know that you have built a good chunk 18 00:00:44,493 --> 00:00:46,243 [Chuck] of your fortune on cheap steel deals. 19 00:00:46,326 --> 00:00:49,118 It's not only illegal, it's fucking dangerous. 20 00:00:49,201 --> 00:00:51,160 But if you imagine this is the first time 21 00:00:51,243 --> 00:00:54,076 I've ever had to wrestle with my shoulders near the mat, 22 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,994 you're gonna learn something very different. 23 00:00:56,076 --> 00:01:00,160 We. Fucking. Did it! 24 00:01:00,243 --> 00:01:03,326 Six billion dollars committed. 25 00:01:03,410 --> 00:01:04,869 [Wags] I've been making follow-up calls to book 26 00:01:04,952 --> 00:01:06,493 [Wags] the money that was pledged at the raise. 27 00:01:06,577 --> 00:01:08,660 I'm having problems locking it in. 28 00:01:08,744 --> 00:01:11,410 [Milyutin] It looks like you're ready to get into business. 29 00:01:11,493 --> 00:01:13,201 [Taylor] I need a meeting with your boss, Grigor Andolov. 30 00:01:13,285 --> 00:01:16,076 I will pull all my money, 31 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,160 and I will give it to Taylor. 32 00:01:18,243 --> 00:01:20,368 [Taylor] A new kind of organization. 33 00:01:20,452 --> 00:01:22,201 And you can make more than you do now. 34 00:01:22,285 --> 00:01:23,702 With a partnership stake. 35 00:01:23,785 --> 00:01:26,869 You've stolen from me. And you've betrayed me. 36 00:01:26,952 --> 00:01:28,452 - Alvin? - [Epstein] We got him. 37 00:01:28,535 --> 00:01:30,410 [Epstein] It worked. I can play you the tape. 38 00:01:30,493 --> 00:01:32,785 [Jock] The fellas told me what you had in store for me. 39 00:01:32,869 --> 00:01:36,535 You, Charles Rhoades Junior, are relieved of duty. 40 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:38,869 On power of the President, you are fired! 41 00:01:38,952 --> 00:01:43,493 Get the fuck out of here. 42 00:01:43,577 --> 00:01:46,076 - 'lo, Bob. - Charles. 43 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,076 So, you know how you're gonna go after Jock? 44 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,994 Some ideas floating around my head. 45 00:01:51,076 --> 00:01:52,493 [Chuck] And, uh, Taylor? 46 00:01:52,577 --> 00:01:54,076 Yeah. 47 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,035 Got a plan that's starting to form. 48 00:01:56,118 --> 00:01:58,201 [dramatic music] 49 00:02:04,910 --> 00:02:09,827 ♪♪♪ 50 00:02:09,910 --> 00:02:14,994 ♪♪♪ 51 00:02:17,785 --> 00:02:19,452 ♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't ♪ 52 00:02:19,535 --> 00:02:21,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 53 00:02:21,118 --> 00:02:23,285 ♪ Shriveled ♪ 54 00:02:23,368 --> 00:02:24,618 ♪ Don't, don't, don't want a dick ♪ 55 00:02:24,702 --> 00:02:25,994 [sniffs] 56 00:02:26,076 --> 00:02:28,702 [laughs] 57 00:02:28,785 --> 00:02:30,994 ♪ Don't want, don't want no short dick ♪ 58 00:02:31,076 --> 00:02:32,660 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 59 00:02:32,744 --> 00:02:34,702 - ♪ Teeny little short dick man ♪ - Excuse me. 60 00:02:34,785 --> 00:02:36,869 ♪ Don't want, don't want no short dick man ♪ 61 00:02:36,952 --> 00:02:38,869 ♪ What in the world is that fucking thing? ♪ 62 00:02:38,952 --> 00:02:41,243 You bopping over to the Taylor Mason party after this? 63 00:02:41,326 --> 00:02:43,702 So you have good intel. That we met with Ms. Mason. 64 00:02:43,785 --> 00:02:46,326 If that's what you want to call them. 65 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:48,243 We need to be certain no money is going 66 00:02:48,326 --> 00:02:50,035 to ex-employees of Axe Capital... 67 00:02:50,118 --> 00:02:52,952 Ms. Mason, specifically, 68 00:02:53,035 --> 00:02:55,827 if you want us to continue jacking up your returns. 69 00:02:57,785 --> 00:02:59,285 One moment. 70 00:03:01,118 --> 00:03:03,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 71 00:03:03,118 --> 00:03:05,160 ♪ Shriveled little short dick man ♪ 72 00:03:05,243 --> 00:03:07,035 ♪ Don't want, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 73 00:03:07,118 --> 00:03:08,577 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 74 00:03:08,660 --> 00:03:10,744 ♪ Shriveled little short dick man ♪ 75 00:03:10,827 --> 00:03:12,368 ♪ Don't, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 76 00:03:12,452 --> 00:03:14,368 Absolutely. Yeah. 77 00:03:14,452 --> 00:03:16,160 ♪ Teeny weeny, teeny little short dick ♪ 78 00:03:16,243 --> 00:03:18,368 ♪ Teeny weeny, teeny little short dick man ♪ 79 00:03:18,452 --> 00:03:21,243 ♪ Don't, don't, don't want, don't want no short dick man ♪ 80 00:03:21,326 --> 00:03:25,368 This conversation should continue with the Sheik back at the Embassy. 81 00:03:25,452 --> 00:03:27,368 He's having his own after-party. 82 00:03:27,452 --> 00:03:28,702 ♪ Don't want, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 83 00:03:28,785 --> 00:03:30,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 84 00:03:30,118 --> 00:03:32,118 ♪ Teeny little short dick ♪ 85 00:03:32,201 --> 00:03:34,994 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny, shriveled little short... ♪ 86 00:03:35,076 --> 00:03:37,577 [dramatic music] 87 00:03:37,660 --> 00:03:40,243 [indistinct conversations] 88 00:03:40,326 --> 00:03:45,285 ♪♪♪ 89 00:03:45,368 --> 00:03:50,285 ♪♪♪ 90 00:03:51,009 --> 00:03:52,076 Where's the Sheik? 91 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,827 We can have more fun without him. 92 00:03:54,910 --> 00:03:56,827 Come on. 93 00:03:56,910 --> 00:03:58,577 I'd love that. 94 00:03:58,660 --> 00:03:59,618 [laughs] 95 00:03:59,702 --> 00:04:03,201 [dramatic music] 96 00:04:03,285 --> 00:04:05,243 [grunts] 97 00:04:05,326 --> 00:04:09,118 ♪♪♪ 98 00:04:09,201 --> 00:04:11,213 ♪♪♪ 99 00:04:11,214 --> 00:04:14,814 _ 100 00:04:14,910 --> 00:04:17,785 [Dokter Worst's "Dokter Worst"] 101 00:04:17,869 --> 00:04:22,285 ♪♪♪ 102 00:04:22,368 --> 00:04:26,160 ♪♪♪ 103 00:04:26,243 --> 00:04:28,368 ♪♪♪ 104 00:04:28,452 --> 00:04:32,118 ♪ If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man ♪ 105 00:04:32,201 --> 00:04:36,577 ♪ Win some, lose some, it's all the same to me ♪ 106 00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:39,243 ♪♪♪ 107 00:04:39,326 --> 00:04:42,118 ♪♪♪ 108 00:04:42,201 --> 00:04:44,410 ♪ The pleasure is to play ♪ 109 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:46,618 ♪ Makes no difference what you say ♪ 110 00:04:46,702 --> 00:04:49,869 ♪♪♪ 111 00:04:49,952 --> 00:04:51,452 Good morning, boss. 112 00:04:51,535 --> 00:04:53,368 Hey, Chef Ryan. 113 00:04:53,452 --> 00:04:55,827 I got up early. 114 00:04:55,910 --> 00:04:58,660 Just put that coffee in a go-cup and get the car brought around. 115 00:04:58,744 --> 00:04:59,785 Man like you should eat something. 116 00:04:59,869 --> 00:05:01,243 So you have fuel to burn. 117 00:05:01,326 --> 00:05:03,827 Do I look like I need to fan the fire? 118 00:05:03,910 --> 00:05:07,660 ♪♪♪ 119 00:05:07,744 --> 00:05:11,368 ♪♪♪ 120 00:05:11,452 --> 00:05:14,410 The new, beefed up non-competes. Ready to be signed. 121 00:05:14,493 --> 00:05:16,869 They better be iron fucking clad. 122 00:05:16,952 --> 00:05:20,452 Believe me, they're tighter than AC/DC in '78. 123 00:05:20,535 --> 00:05:22,076 Then let 'em fly. 124 00:05:23,577 --> 00:05:26,201 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 125 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:27,243 ♪ Hmm ♪ 126 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,910 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 127 00:05:29,994 --> 00:05:30,910 ♪ Ooh ♪ 128 00:05:30,994 --> 00:05:33,869 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 129 00:05:33,952 --> 00:05:35,035 ♪ 'Course I do ♪ 130 00:05:35,118 --> 00:05:37,660 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 131 00:05:37,744 --> 00:05:42,160 ♪ Because there is something about King Jesus ♪ 132 00:05:42,243 --> 00:05:45,493 Ah. Man that preacher can sing. 133 00:05:45,577 --> 00:05:47,577 Hmm? 134 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,035 Al Green! 135 00:05:49,118 --> 00:05:51,201 The Reverend. 136 00:05:51,285 --> 00:05:54,160 But this is before that. 137 00:05:54,243 --> 00:05:55,910 Now, this is The Belle Album. 138 00:05:55,994 --> 00:05:58,243 It's considered by many to be the long player 139 00:05:58,326 --> 00:06:02,285 he made as an apology and entreaty to Jesus Christ 140 00:06:02,368 --> 00:06:04,243 for the life of the flesh he had been living 141 00:06:04,326 --> 00:06:05,869 before he joined the ministry. 142 00:06:05,952 --> 00:06:06,952 Is that so? 143 00:06:07,035 --> 00:06:09,160 Indubitably. Hmm. 144 00:06:09,243 --> 00:06:11,493 Just two years earlier, he was scalded 145 00:06:11,577 --> 00:06:13,535 when his girlfriend threw a boiling pot of hot grits 146 00:06:13,618 --> 00:06:16,952 over him in the midst of a fight. 147 00:06:17,035 --> 00:06:20,869 She felt so bad after, that she retreated into the bedroom, 148 00:06:20,952 --> 00:06:23,869 picked up his handgun... his handgun... 149 00:06:23,952 --> 00:06:25,952 and shot herself. 150 00:06:26,035 --> 00:06:27,452 Dead. 151 00:06:27,535 --> 00:06:28,952 Tragic. 152 00:06:29,035 --> 00:06:31,160 Mm. My guess? 153 00:06:31,243 --> 00:06:32,618 Green never forgave himself 154 00:06:32,702 --> 00:06:35,493 for having that pistol in the house. 155 00:06:35,577 --> 00:06:38,160 This bullshit is you telling me you can't get me a gun permit. 156 00:06:38,243 --> 00:06:40,243 [chuckles] No, sir! 157 00:06:40,326 --> 00:06:41,869 It is no small thing to do, 158 00:06:41,952 --> 00:06:44,535 but if that's what's necessary, I can make it happen. 159 00:06:44,618 --> 00:06:46,994 No, I tell you the story as a way to communicate 160 00:06:47,076 --> 00:06:49,493 that you shouldn't want a gun permit. 161 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:50,994 I don't want one. I need one. 162 00:06:51,076 --> 00:06:52,618 I'm high profile, I own horses, 163 00:06:52,702 --> 00:06:55,994 I carry cash to and from the track, to the garage and back. 164 00:06:56,076 --> 00:06:59,702 My wife, look, the kid loves jewelry, 165 00:06:59,785 --> 00:07:02,493 I need to know that we can move freely and safely. 166 00:07:02,577 --> 00:07:06,493 Mr. Brogan, do not get a permit to carry a handgun. 167 00:07:06,577 --> 00:07:08,493 You asked for my counsel, that's my counsel. 168 00:07:08,577 --> 00:07:10,201 No. I'm not here for your counsel. 169 00:07:10,285 --> 00:07:11,410 You're supposed to be a power broker now, right? 170 00:07:11,493 --> 00:07:12,792 So broker some power. 171 00:07:12,868 --> 00:07:15,869 Tap your relationship with the Police Commissioner. 172 00:07:15,952 --> 00:07:17,994 Unless, when they canned your ass, you lost all your pull. 173 00:07:18,076 --> 00:07:19,910 - Is that what this is? - [chuckles] Please. 174 00:07:19,994 --> 00:07:21,994 My favor bank is chock-full. 175 00:07:23,118 --> 00:07:26,660 How's this: I happen to have in my possession, 176 00:07:26,744 --> 00:07:28,702 a Park-Anywhere Permit 177 00:07:28,785 --> 00:07:31,994 direct from the Mayor's Office. 178 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:34,952 You can pull right up wherever you're going, nice and safe, 179 00:07:35,035 --> 00:07:36,577 no one will ticket your car. 180 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:39,660 You park on the sidewalk and cops will have to walk around it. 181 00:07:39,744 --> 00:07:41,118 Cops already walk around my car. 182 00:07:41,201 --> 00:07:43,952 I have an ex-cop driving it. 183 00:07:44,035 --> 00:07:46,535 I know a carry permit is almost impossible in New York. 184 00:07:46,618 --> 00:07:48,994 Yes. Toughest in the country. 185 00:07:49,076 --> 00:07:52,035 Only ex-cops and ex-feds gain concealed carry permits 186 00:07:52,118 --> 00:07:55,118 - in New York City... - And guys hooked up on high. 187 00:07:55,201 --> 00:07:56,410 Which is what I figured you were. 188 00:07:56,493 --> 00:07:58,493 But now it's clear, you're not. 189 00:07:58,577 --> 00:08:00,452 [sighs] 190 00:08:00,535 --> 00:08:02,994 [dramatic music] 191 00:08:03,076 --> 00:08:04,785 [door opens] 192 00:08:04,869 --> 00:08:06,744 Teva's about to announce, you poised, Dollar Bill? 193 00:08:06,827 --> 00:08:08,744 Aye, Captain. 194 00:08:08,827 --> 00:08:11,285 If América Móvil gets whacked, the peso goes with it, Ev... 195 00:08:11,368 --> 00:08:12,869 I'm Everready. 196 00:08:12,952 --> 00:08:15,785 Personal foul on the play: Using your own nickname. 197 00:08:15,869 --> 00:08:18,201 Hey, Rudy, where are you landing on Rio? 198 00:08:18,285 --> 00:08:20,452 I'm seeing weakness in Australian ore, so... 199 00:08:20,535 --> 00:08:22,452 [chuckles] You're the only weakness I'm seeing. 200 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:23,994 [Rudy] Wait, what? 201 00:08:24,076 --> 00:08:25,618 Over in the kitchen before the open you said 202 00:08:25,702 --> 00:08:27,284 they were expanding their rail capacity. 203 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:28,869 - Yeah. - So I thought they must be 204 00:08:28,952 --> 00:08:29,910 expanding their CapEx and would be down for a quarter or two... 205 00:08:29,994 --> 00:08:31,285 That was your mistake: thinking. 206 00:08:31,368 --> 00:08:32,827 Hey, what's the rumpus? 207 00:08:32,910 --> 00:08:35,160 - I was... - Nothing. 208 00:08:35,243 --> 00:08:38,243 I want you two in sync like incestuous ice dancers. 209 00:08:38,326 --> 00:08:40,326 My thong's already riding up my crack, 210 00:08:40,410 --> 00:08:42,076 I don't need you up there too, Axe. 211 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,493 Oh, that's exactly where I am. 212 00:08:43,577 --> 00:08:45,243 That goes for all of you. 213 00:08:45,326 --> 00:08:46,827 So give, Bonnie. 214 00:08:46,910 --> 00:08:48,702 Fine. 215 00:08:48,785 --> 00:08:51,493 They're expecting shipments of 360 million tons. 216 00:08:51,577 --> 00:08:54,243 The information is fucking out there. 217 00:08:54,326 --> 00:08:58,869 [dramatic music] 218 00:08:59,848 --> 00:09:02,452 Do you know why Ovi scores so much? 219 00:09:02,535 --> 00:09:05,577 'Cause Backstrom shares the puck. 220 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:08,702 Yeah, but when he does, Ovi goes bardown. 221 00:09:08,785 --> 00:09:10,660 This lame loses the puck between his legs, 222 00:09:10,744 --> 00:09:12,869 or airmails it into the goddamn glass. 223 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,910 So I fire him, and he never fucks up again... 224 00:09:14,994 --> 00:09:16,910 - Right, Rudy? - [Rudy] That's right, Axe! 225 00:09:16,994 --> 00:09:18,660 And you signed your non-compete, didn't you? 226 00:09:18,744 --> 00:09:20,285 [Rudy] Of course! 227 00:09:20,368 --> 00:09:21,577 Good. 228 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:24,493 Rudy, you're fired. 229 00:09:28,994 --> 00:09:30,577 For, 230 00:09:30,660 --> 00:09:32,452 for misreading Bonnie's information? 231 00:09:32,535 --> 00:09:36,118 That and for fraternizing. 232 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:38,744 With our sworn fucking enemies. 233 00:09:38,827 --> 00:09:40,910 Taylor Mason Capital picnic? 234 00:09:40,994 --> 00:09:43,076 I accepted that invitation a long time ago... 235 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,952 before. 236 00:09:45,035 --> 00:09:47,660 - No one talked shop... - Everyone else here declined. 237 00:09:47,744 --> 00:09:50,076 Or didn't even fucking respond. 238 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,827 Public execution. 239 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:53,201 Power move. 240 00:09:53,285 --> 00:09:55,076 Whose bits aren't hard, huh? 241 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,410 Gross. 242 00:09:56,493 --> 00:09:58,785 This is a new day for Axe Cap, 243 00:09:58,869 --> 00:10:01,410 so we will all share our information 244 00:10:01,493 --> 00:10:03,160 or we won't be a part of it. 245 00:10:03,243 --> 00:10:05,076 Get with it, or get fucked, people. 246 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,410 - So you're firing me too? - No, he fired you. 247 00:10:07,493 --> 00:10:10,035 I'm seconding it. 248 00:10:10,118 --> 00:10:11,869 Go. 249 00:10:14,952 --> 00:10:17,577 We now live in a universe split down the middle. 250 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:19,702 You got to pick sides. 251 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:22,160 If you're not on mine, you're gone. 252 00:10:22,243 --> 00:10:24,952 That was bracing. 253 00:10:25,035 --> 00:10:27,118 I'm headed off to the land of milk and honey. 254 00:10:27,201 --> 00:10:28,577 Or their embassy, at least. 255 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:30,035 You sure you don't want to come along 256 00:10:30,118 --> 00:10:31,326 and help me deal with the sovereign wealth fund? 257 00:10:31,410 --> 00:10:33,285 This is my sovereign wealth fund. 258 00:10:33,368 --> 00:10:35,577 You really sure you want me to deal with the royals? 259 00:10:35,660 --> 00:10:38,368 Competition is probably sending their top dog. 260 00:10:38,452 --> 00:10:41,118 Oh, believe me, they're not sitting down with Taylor. 261 00:10:41,201 --> 00:10:43,035 They would never see someone like them. 262 00:10:43,118 --> 00:10:45,410 And the sovereign money is pledged to us already. 263 00:10:45,493 --> 00:10:46,535 This is just about setting terms. 264 00:10:46,618 --> 00:10:47,994 But that's the hard part. 265 00:10:48,076 --> 00:10:49,535 Nobody's paying full freight anymore. 266 00:10:49,618 --> 00:10:51,660 Wags, it's bad enough that we had to go 2 and 20. 267 00:10:51,744 --> 00:10:53,452 We gotta make our stand there. 268 00:10:53,535 --> 00:10:55,368 We might as well be running a mutual fund. 269 00:10:55,452 --> 00:10:58,785 You go deliver this message and get us our terms. 270 00:10:58,869 --> 00:11:01,452 - Jawohl, kommandant. - And cut that shit out. 271 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:04,285 Whatever you say, amigo. 272 00:11:04,368 --> 00:11:07,243 I, Bryan James Flynn Connerty, do solemnly swear... 273 00:11:07,326 --> 00:11:08,994 [Judge Wailand] That I will support and defend 274 00:11:09,076 --> 00:11:11,577 [Judge Wailand] the Constitution of the United States... 275 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:13,035 ...that I will support and defend 276 00:11:13,118 --> 00:11:15,118 the Constitution of the United States... 277 00:11:15,201 --> 00:11:18,076 ...against all enemies, foreign and domestic. 278 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,994 ...against all enemies foreign and domestic. 279 00:11:21,076 --> 00:11:23,994 Our boy looks good up there, doesn't he? 280 00:11:24,076 --> 00:11:26,535 Like he was born to it. 281 00:11:26,618 --> 00:11:30,410 No one's born to it, Ms. Sacker, not even you. 282 00:11:30,493 --> 00:11:32,285 He had to kill for it. 283 00:11:32,368 --> 00:11:34,869 'S what makes it worth something. 284 00:11:34,952 --> 00:11:38,201 As you will likely find out one day... 285 00:11:38,285 --> 00:11:39,727 So help me God. 286 00:11:39,910 --> 00:11:41,577 So help me God. 287 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:43,577 - Congratulations. - Thank you, Your Honor. 288 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:46,952 [applause] 289 00:11:53,994 --> 00:11:55,952 Thank you so much, Your Honor. Thank you. 290 00:11:56,952 --> 00:11:58,410 [sighs] 291 00:11:58,493 --> 00:11:59,910 You finally made it. 292 00:11:59,994 --> 00:12:02,035 Yeah. Long time coming. 293 00:12:02,118 --> 00:12:03,535 First order of business? 294 00:12:03,618 --> 00:12:06,326 Something I've been giving a lot of thought to. 295 00:12:06,410 --> 00:12:09,326 - I want to go after... - Mr. U.S. Attorney, 296 00:12:10,487 --> 00:12:14,076 I would love to borrow you for a New York minute. 297 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,035 Mr. Attorney General. I just want to say thank... 298 00:12:16,118 --> 00:12:18,243 Yeah, faith bestowed. New beginnings. 299 00:12:18,326 --> 00:12:21,076 Debts of gratitude. Fresh opportunities. 300 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,577 All those wonderful things. 301 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:25,535 Let's just consider that covered, shall we? 302 00:12:25,618 --> 00:12:27,827 - Okay. - Move on to sloppy inheritances. 303 00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:30,035 Cleaning up messes that came before. 304 00:12:30,652 --> 00:12:31,904 We're talking about Chuck? 305 00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:33,118 We are. 306 00:12:33,201 --> 00:12:36,076 We get one chance to firewall ourself off from his tenure, 307 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,410 and this is how we're gonna do it... 308 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,326 You can't get Brogan a gun permit? 309 00:12:47,410 --> 00:12:49,326 [Senior] Pathetic. 310 00:12:49,410 --> 00:12:51,118 Uh, we live in New York City, Dad, not Beaumont, Texas. 311 00:12:51,201 --> 00:12:52,785 Gun permits are quite hard to come by. 312 00:12:52,869 --> 00:12:55,535 I sent that man in to you because he is important 313 00:12:55,618 --> 00:12:57,285 [Senior] in the very city in which we live. 314 00:12:57,368 --> 00:12:58,577 And state. 315 00:12:58,660 --> 00:13:01,368 With all the benefactors you will need. 316 00:13:01,452 --> 00:13:04,368 - You sent him to me? Hmm? - Who the fuck else? 317 00:13:04,452 --> 00:13:06,118 You need to go on the offensive. 318 00:13:06,201 --> 00:13:10,410 Because everyone else is lining up against you. 319 00:13:10,493 --> 00:13:12,660 Tell him, Ira. 320 00:13:12,744 --> 00:13:15,201 - Hello, buddy. - Your father is correct. 321 00:13:15,285 --> 00:13:17,910 Most of your major cases are being put under review by SDNY, 322 00:13:17,994 --> 00:13:20,660 by Connerty, for any kind of wrongdoing. 323 00:13:20,744 --> 00:13:23,535 Oh, those fuckers. 324 00:13:25,493 --> 00:13:27,410 All my good work undone. Hmm? 325 00:13:27,493 --> 00:13:29,410 Legacy trashed. 326 00:13:29,493 --> 00:13:32,410 All my accomplishments wiped out as though I were never there. 327 00:13:32,493 --> 00:13:34,410 Yeah, that'll happen. But it's worse than that. 328 00:13:34,493 --> 00:13:35,577 They're digging for misconduct, 329 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:36,952 wrongful prosecutions, 330 00:13:37,035 --> 00:13:38,910 politically motivated decision-making, 331 00:13:38,994 --> 00:13:40,160 conflict of interest... 332 00:13:40,243 --> 00:13:41,869 They'll try to abandon convictions. 333 00:13:41,952 --> 00:13:43,618 - Your name will be ruined. - [Senior] His name?! 334 00:13:43,702 --> 00:13:45,326 That's my name he's wearing. 335 00:13:45,410 --> 00:13:47,285 And it will not be besmirched. 336 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:51,118 - I don't think we can stop... - Oyez, oyez, Sonny! 337 00:13:51,201 --> 00:13:53,618 They are trying to hang you from the yardarm. 338 00:13:53,702 --> 00:13:55,827 And you have not claimed the high ground 339 00:13:55,910 --> 00:13:57,410 from where you can repel the siege. 340 00:13:57,493 --> 00:13:59,660 If you were in a position of influence, 341 00:13:59,744 --> 00:14:01,452 - if you had a power base... - [Senior] Yes. 342 00:14:01,535 --> 00:14:05,201 Then you could take vengeance on them, on Connerty and... 343 00:14:05,285 --> 00:14:06,827 Jeffcoat and the rest, 344 00:14:06,910 --> 00:14:09,076 make them defend instead of attack. 345 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,994 All I want is vengeance, and it will be had. 346 00:14:14,076 --> 00:14:15,695 And we all know what I need to do it. 347 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:17,285 A perch. 348 00:14:17,368 --> 00:14:19,660 And Epstein's vacated New York Attorney General's seat 349 00:14:19,744 --> 00:14:20,994 is there for me. 350 00:14:21,076 --> 00:14:22,285 And maybe I could win it. 351 00:14:22,368 --> 00:14:23,660 But the moment I poke my head up, 352 00:14:23,744 --> 00:14:25,243 Jack Foley will come after me. 353 00:14:25,326 --> 00:14:27,368 Release what he has on me. 354 00:14:27,452 --> 00:14:29,035 Or threaten to, 355 00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:32,118 as I'm no longer in a position to prosecute him. 356 00:14:32,201 --> 00:14:34,952 I would slap your face and tell you to act like a man 357 00:14:35,035 --> 00:14:37,869 if I didn't think it'd turn you on. 358 00:14:37,952 --> 00:14:39,869 It wouldn't, Dad. 359 00:14:39,952 --> 00:14:41,869 Not from you. Not how it works. 360 00:14:41,952 --> 00:14:43,744 Good lord. 361 00:14:43,827 --> 00:14:45,493 Well, regardless. 362 00:14:45,577 --> 00:14:48,076 We could give what you have to a sympathetic prosecutor. 363 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,076 Or at the right time, I will take care of Foley. 364 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,160 But you get yourself in goddamn position. 365 00:14:55,243 --> 00:14:58,118 Get off your ass and rebuild your influence. 366 00:14:58,201 --> 00:14:59,827 Because you're gonna need it. 367 00:14:59,910 --> 00:15:02,452 Start by getting that goddamn gun permit. 368 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:06,994 - I don't think I can, Dad. - You can and you will. 369 00:15:07,076 --> 00:15:10,744 The very difficulty of it 370 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:12,869 is why you must. 371 00:15:12,952 --> 00:15:15,618 [dramatic music] 372 00:15:15,702 --> 00:15:18,118 Make the rounds, Sonny. 373 00:15:18,201 --> 00:15:21,118 Like Billy Phelan did in his city. 374 00:15:21,201 --> 00:15:23,660 You know exactly where all the people are who can help you. 375 00:15:23,744 --> 00:15:25,702 Use them 376 00:15:25,785 --> 00:15:30,076 the way a bathhouse piano player used poppers 377 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,952 to give you that electric shock of power 378 00:15:34,035 --> 00:15:36,910 just when you need it most. 379 00:15:36,994 --> 00:15:40,285 Charles, thinking about your past, 380 00:15:40,368 --> 00:15:42,785 really freaks me out. 381 00:15:42,869 --> 00:15:46,201 What a glorious thing it was. 382 00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:50,326 [dramatic music] 383 00:15:50,410 --> 00:15:55,118 ♪♪♪ 384 00:15:55,446 --> 00:15:56,303 _ 385 00:15:56,304 --> 00:15:57,035 [Taylor] What I remember. 386 00:15:57,118 --> 00:15:58,744 What made me want to sit with you is: 387 00:15:58,827 --> 00:15:59,952 you weren't afraid to lead with your heart 388 00:16:00,035 --> 00:16:02,285 while absolutely smashing your book. 389 00:16:02,368 --> 00:16:04,201 I'm here because of what I remember: 390 00:16:04,285 --> 00:16:07,869 that you were the smartest person I ever worked with. 391 00:16:07,952 --> 00:16:10,869 But then I almost didn't come in today. 392 00:16:10,952 --> 00:16:14,035 Look, I get we're in a game that requires us to win 393 00:16:14,118 --> 00:16:15,910 and that means we have to shut our minds 394 00:16:15,994 --> 00:16:17,952 to the fact that other professionals will lose... 395 00:16:18,035 --> 00:16:19,535 And you're fine with that as long as the loser 396 00:16:19,618 --> 00:16:22,326 is on par with you, but when, say it's a... 397 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:25,076 Yeah. I got tired of beating up on the defenseless. 398 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,535 Like we taught 'em at Annapolis: 399 00:16:26,618 --> 00:16:28,118 it's better than being the defenseless. 400 00:16:28,201 --> 00:16:30,535 That's true. And I love that, actually. 401 00:16:30,618 --> 00:16:33,076 But there are things they were comfortable with at Axe Cap 402 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,577 that we will never do here. 403 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,535 I made sure of that before I signed on. 404 00:16:36,618 --> 00:16:39,577 It's a big part of why I asked Sara to become COO. 405 00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:42,577 Her reputation, first as Chief of Staff for the Supe, 406 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:45,827 - then in Silicon Valley... - Taylor, you led the charge 407 00:16:45,910 --> 00:16:48,326 on how to wring cash from Sandicot. 408 00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:51,201 Yes. That's true. 409 00:16:51,285 --> 00:16:53,827 Because that's what Axe Cap does to a person. 410 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:55,368 Don't I know it. 411 00:16:55,452 --> 00:16:57,577 Axe and Wags, even Wendy, 412 00:16:57,660 --> 00:16:59,368 are like the United Citizen Federation. 413 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,535 They turned us all into Starship Troopers, 414 00:17:01,618 --> 00:17:04,452 sent us to Klendathu and some of us got our brains eaten. 415 00:17:04,535 --> 00:17:06,994 And it wasn't until the end of our time in that we realized: 416 00:17:07,076 --> 00:17:08,952 we were the bad guys all along. 417 00:17:09,035 --> 00:17:12,618 [dramatic music] 418 00:17:12,702 --> 00:17:14,785 It's not like that here. 419 00:17:14,869 --> 00:17:17,243 We will do it the right way this time, man. 420 00:17:17,326 --> 00:17:19,368 You know how loyal I was to Axe. 421 00:17:19,452 --> 00:17:21,160 This is why I left him to come here. 422 00:17:21,243 --> 00:17:23,618 And why you should be here, too. 423 00:17:23,702 --> 00:17:25,201 If I signed on, 424 00:17:25,285 --> 00:17:27,285 when would you be looking for me to start? 425 00:17:27,368 --> 00:17:30,160 We need folks right fucking now. We're desperate. 426 00:17:30,243 --> 00:17:32,744 ♪♪♪ 427 00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:35,827 Next week or two. 428 00:17:44,779 --> 00:17:46,774 - Mafee. - I know. 429 00:17:46,809 --> 00:17:48,994 Never let anyone outside of the family know what you're thinking. 430 00:17:49,076 --> 00:17:50,869 It's not enough to quote it. 431 00:17:50,952 --> 00:17:53,618 You need to live it. 432 00:17:53,702 --> 00:17:56,827 Why didn't Danzig commit in the room? 433 00:17:56,910 --> 00:18:01,035 Maybe going forward, be a little less scary? 434 00:18:01,118 --> 00:18:02,535 I thought I was inviting. 435 00:18:02,618 --> 00:18:03,827 I'm scary? 436 00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:04,869 - Yes. - Yes. 437 00:18:04,952 --> 00:18:07,410 Fucking wimps. 438 00:18:07,493 --> 00:18:09,910 Why is Mick Danzig the best candidate that we've seen? 439 00:18:09,994 --> 00:18:11,452 Where are the applied math wizards, 440 00:18:11,535 --> 00:18:12,869 the financial engineers? 441 00:18:12,952 --> 00:18:14,493 Do I have to go to an MIT job fair? 442 00:18:14,577 --> 00:18:16,076 I'm trying. 443 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,785 Wall Street's had some of the luster knocked off... 444 00:18:17,869 --> 00:18:20,035 So buff it back up and close Danzig. 445 00:18:20,118 --> 00:18:22,410 Then find me people with no fear. 446 00:18:22,493 --> 00:18:24,452 Like Sara. 447 00:18:24,535 --> 00:18:27,201 [door opens, closes] 448 00:18:29,702 --> 00:18:31,869 It's time for you to suit up for the meeting. 449 00:18:34,368 --> 00:18:36,201 I'll step out, let you put it on. 450 00:18:36,285 --> 00:18:38,035 I find that I don't want to. 451 00:18:40,371 --> 00:18:42,152 It's wrong that I have to. 452 00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:45,285 Yeah. It is. 453 00:18:45,368 --> 00:18:47,910 When you poached me, you said: whatever it takes. 454 00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:50,660 You said it was my job to remind you of that, 455 00:18:50,744 --> 00:18:54,285 so strap it the fuck on. 456 00:18:55,785 --> 00:18:56,910 [door closes] 457 00:18:56,994 --> 00:18:59,952 [dramatic music] 458 00:19:00,035 --> 00:19:03,493 ♪♪♪ 459 00:19:03,577 --> 00:19:06,994 ♪♪♪ 460 00:19:08,005 --> 00:19:09,118 [Axe] About personnel. 461 00:19:09,201 --> 00:19:11,952 We've succeeded in keeping the best applicants away. 462 00:19:12,035 --> 00:19:15,744 [dramatic music] 463 00:19:16,627 --> 00:19:17,660 [Wendy] I took care of the head hunter. 464 00:19:17,744 --> 00:19:20,535 ♪♪♪ 465 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,702 It's frustrating Taylor. 466 00:19:22,785 --> 00:19:25,285 But they did bring in Mick Danzig. 467 00:19:25,368 --> 00:19:27,702 - Want to hire him. - Well, scoop him up. 468 00:19:27,785 --> 00:19:28,952 Overpay him. 469 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:30,785 You want Danzig that much? 470 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:35,285 What I want that much is for Taylor to have nothing. 471 00:19:35,368 --> 00:19:37,076 With that fucking Russki backing them, 472 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,368 my options are limited. 473 00:19:39,452 --> 00:19:42,577 So these guys are gonna be a permanent fixture? 474 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:44,785 Till I find a way to get Grigor out of here. 475 00:19:44,869 --> 00:19:49,452 [dramatic music] 476 00:19:49,535 --> 00:19:52,744 Mr. Wagner, no one enjoys your company more than I do... 477 00:19:52,827 --> 00:19:55,076 Oh. I can supply you with the names of a couple gals 478 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,535 who might give you a run for your money on that. 479 00:19:56,618 --> 00:19:58,118 But I appreciate the sentiment... 480 00:19:58,201 --> 00:19:59,618 However, the Sheik would prefer, 481 00:19:59,702 --> 00:20:00,910 and frankly is in the habit, 482 00:20:00,994 --> 00:20:02,535 of sitting with the decision maker. 483 00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:03,952 With Mr. Axelrod. 484 00:20:04,035 --> 00:20:05,830 Think of me as that decision maker. 485 00:20:05,865 --> 00:20:06,952 I speak for him. 486 00:20:07,035 --> 00:20:09,020 Regardless, the Sheik will not see the value 487 00:20:09,055 --> 00:20:09,910 in paying above market. 488 00:20:09,994 --> 00:20:11,785 - 2 and 20 is standard. - [Farhad] Was standard. 489 00:20:11,869 --> 00:20:13,744 Not for an investment the size of ours. 490 00:20:13,827 --> 00:20:16,243 It doesn't matter if it's as swole as Dirk Diggler 491 00:20:16,326 --> 00:20:17,660 on his first night with Rollergirl. 492 00:20:17,744 --> 00:20:19,744 [Wags] This is one of those rare cases 493 00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:21,744 where size doesn't actually matter. 494 00:20:22,538 --> 00:20:25,076 You know how the price of admission for women into your fine country 495 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,952 is that they cover their tatas and donut? 496 00:20:27,035 --> 00:20:29,160 [Wags] Well, our version of that is 2 and 20. 497 00:20:29,243 --> 00:20:31,326 We won't stone you if you refuse, 498 00:20:31,410 --> 00:20:33,744 but we will kick you out of our fund. 499 00:20:33,827 --> 00:20:35,827 Are you comparing your fee structure, 500 00:20:35,910 --> 00:20:38,827 by way of several vulgarisms, 501 00:20:38,910 --> 00:20:40,660 to our religion? 502 00:20:40,744 --> 00:20:43,368 To Bobby Axelrod, fees are religion and money is his God. 503 00:20:43,452 --> 00:20:45,827 This makes him the perfect shepherd for you 504 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:47,243 in the material world. 505 00:20:47,326 --> 00:20:49,201 And at least when you pray to his God, 506 00:20:49,285 --> 00:20:50,869 you get another fucking Bentley out of it. 507 00:20:50,952 --> 00:20:54,014 Look, we both know in seven to 20 years 508 00:20:54,049 --> 00:20:54,827 when everything runs electric 509 00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:56,577 you'll all be back to herding goats over there, 510 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:59,201 so you might want to get me in front of your boss... 511 00:20:59,285 --> 00:21:02,785 Sadly, that will never happen if 2 and 20 is your sticking point. 512 00:21:02,869 --> 00:21:04,827 - Now, if you're willing to c... - [Wags] Don't even fucking think 513 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:06,452 of dictating the fees, Farhad. 514 00:21:06,535 --> 00:21:08,326 [Farhad] This is getting heated, 515 00:21:08,410 --> 00:21:11,493 which, between friends, is not right. 516 00:21:11,577 --> 00:21:15,201 Now, let's all cool off, pick this up tomorrow. 517 00:21:15,285 --> 00:21:17,035 [Farhad] In the meanwhile, I am hopeful that 518 00:21:17,118 --> 00:21:19,118 in the spirit of friendship, 519 00:21:19,201 --> 00:21:21,035 our nighttime plans remain on. 520 00:21:21,893 --> 00:21:24,035 On like Chaka Khan... 521 00:21:24,118 --> 00:21:26,618 ♪ Chaka Khan. Chaka Khan. ♪ 522 00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,702 ♪ Chaka Khan, let me rock ya, let me rock ya, Chaka Khan. ♪ 523 00:21:28,785 --> 00:21:30,535 ♪ Let me rock ya, that's all I wanna do. ♪ 524 00:21:37,326 --> 00:21:39,452 [dramatic music] 525 00:21:39,535 --> 00:21:43,285 ♪♪♪ 526 00:21:43,368 --> 00:21:47,118 ♪♪♪ 527 00:21:47,201 --> 00:21:51,243 ♪♪♪ 528 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:53,910 [Wags] Taylor fucking Mason... 529 00:21:54,629 --> 00:21:55,869 I'm telling you. 530 00:21:56,587 --> 00:21:57,995 But gorgeous. 531 00:21:58,030 --> 00:22:00,339 Like Kate Jackson hot. 532 00:22:00,374 --> 00:22:02,160 - You sure? - Pretty fucking sure. 533 00:22:02,243 --> 00:22:04,076 I looked right into her... their eyes. 534 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,368 [Wendy] It'd be something of a necessity 535 00:22:05,452 --> 00:22:07,368 dealing with a sovereign wealth fund. 536 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:09,910 Taylor Mason, willing to compromise 537 00:22:09,994 --> 00:22:13,160 their steely fucking principles to get the loot. 538 00:22:13,243 --> 00:22:16,326 Well, I admire it. But I'm gonna stop it. 539 00:22:16,410 --> 00:22:18,035 This could only be the introductory meeting. 540 00:22:18,118 --> 00:22:19,577 No fucking way they got to the Sheik in the first round. 541 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:21,702 We can never let Taylor get to the Sheik. 542 00:22:21,737 --> 00:22:23,243 Easy, big fella. 543 00:22:23,326 --> 00:22:27,118 They're in my head all the time. 544 00:22:27,201 --> 00:22:28,952 First I miss the coup. 545 00:22:29,035 --> 00:22:31,452 Then the leader of the coup thinks they're sneaking in here 546 00:22:31,535 --> 00:22:34,076 and taking the sovereign funds meant for me. 547 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,910 How you doing with the sovereign? 548 00:22:35,994 --> 00:22:37,660 Maybe we should scoop up everything 549 00:22:37,744 --> 00:22:41,035 they're looking to invest, shut out Mason Capital. 550 00:22:41,118 --> 00:22:42,326 Yeah. 551 00:22:42,410 --> 00:22:44,477 That's your final term. 552 00:22:44,512 --> 00:22:45,910 No Taylor. 553 00:22:45,994 --> 00:22:47,243 I haven't closed yet. 554 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:51,326 They didn't react well to the idea of us keeping to our fee level. 555 00:22:51,410 --> 00:22:52,869 But we're going clubbing tonight, 556 00:22:52,952 --> 00:22:54,952 which you know is my métier. 557 00:22:55,035 --> 00:22:57,577 So we'll see what I can do. I'm heading out. 558 00:22:57,660 --> 00:23:00,577 I'm gonna trade out this funeral attire for... 559 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:03,285 The all black uniform of the middle-aged warrior? 560 00:23:03,368 --> 00:23:05,285 - Exactly. - I'll stand by. 561 00:23:05,368 --> 00:23:06,493 Call me when you need reinforcements. 562 00:23:06,577 --> 00:23:08,452 Call me when it's over. 563 00:23:08,535 --> 00:23:10,535 Just fucking call me. 564 00:23:10,618 --> 00:23:13,201 Copy, fratello mio. 565 00:23:13,285 --> 00:23:17,660 [slow rock music] 566 00:23:17,744 --> 00:23:21,577 ♪♪♪ 567 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:25,368 ♪♪♪ 568 00:23:25,452 --> 00:23:27,910 You ever just not want a day to start? 569 00:23:27,994 --> 00:23:30,618 No. 570 00:23:30,702 --> 00:23:33,201 And neither do you. 571 00:23:33,285 --> 00:23:36,035 Maybe I'm going about this wrong. 572 00:23:36,118 --> 00:23:38,285 Oliver Dake is teaching law... 573 00:23:38,368 --> 00:23:41,243 You are not Oliver fucking Dake. And you don't want to be. 574 00:23:41,326 --> 00:23:44,368 If word gets out that you can't get a VIP a gun permit, 575 00:23:44,452 --> 00:23:45,785 no matter how hard it is to do, 576 00:23:45,869 --> 00:23:47,201 the story will be 'Chuck Rhoades is over.' 577 00:23:47,285 --> 00:23:48,744 Then, sure, go teach. 578 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:51,368 [sighs] Right in the breadbasket. 579 00:23:51,452 --> 00:23:53,452 You know how to do this. 580 00:23:53,535 --> 00:23:55,285 Like a honeybee, 581 00:23:55,368 --> 00:23:58,326 take what you pick up here, 582 00:23:58,410 --> 00:24:01,785 you drop it there, 583 00:24:01,869 --> 00:24:03,994 just make sure at the end of the day, 584 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:07,035 you're the one who ends up with all the nectar. 585 00:24:07,118 --> 00:24:11,035 Check in with me later. I'm ready to help. 586 00:24:11,118 --> 00:24:15,410 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 587 00:24:15,493 --> 00:24:18,744 ♪♪♪ 588 00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:22,035 ♪♪♪ 589 00:24:22,118 --> 00:24:24,243 ♪ Frankie was a mook from the block we used to live on ♪ 590 00:24:24,326 --> 00:24:26,035 ♪ The wanna be the gangster ♪ 591 00:24:26,118 --> 00:24:28,869 ♪ The wanna be the dapper Don, Don John... ♪ 592 00:24:28,952 --> 00:24:30,994 [Sansome] The kid's got... H-He's lights out, okay? 593 00:24:31,076 --> 00:24:33,910 He's got a 12-6 curveball, boom, drops right off the table. 594 00:24:33,994 --> 00:24:35,744 They're gonna protest, Chief. 595 00:24:35,827 --> 00:24:37,368 Gotta go with him, he's our best chance to win. 596 00:24:37,452 --> 00:24:38,869 [Ortiz] He's too old. 597 00:24:38,952 --> 00:24:41,285 They're not gonna let our kid on the mound... 598 00:24:41,368 --> 00:24:43,118 Commissioner Sansome, 599 00:24:43,201 --> 00:24:45,746 imagine seeing you here this fine morning. 600 00:24:45,781 --> 00:24:47,753 Former U.S. Attorney Rhoades. 601 00:24:47,788 --> 00:24:48,243 [chuckles] 602 00:24:48,326 --> 00:24:50,660 Everyone knows this is my breakfast spot. 603 00:24:50,744 --> 00:24:53,076 If they missed the profile in New York Magazine, 604 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,827 they couldn't miss my detail out front. 605 00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:56,952 Sure. 606 00:24:57,035 --> 00:25:00,035 Listen, uh, when you're done, I wonder if I could trouble you 607 00:25:00,118 --> 00:25:02,326 on the small matter of a carry permit 608 00:25:02,410 --> 00:25:04,285 - for a client of mine. - Chuck... 609 00:25:04,368 --> 00:25:07,285 you weren't a real lawman back when you were a lawman. 610 00:25:07,368 --> 00:25:10,076 I'm gonna fucking do for you now? 611 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,452 Well, perhaps I could do for you. 612 00:25:12,535 --> 00:25:13,910 There must be something that I... 613 00:25:14,035 --> 00:25:16,660 What you're asking for is a key to the city, 614 00:25:16,744 --> 00:25:19,368 and I'm not gonna hand it to you. 615 00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:21,243 Now, will you excuse us? 616 00:25:21,326 --> 00:25:25,326 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 617 00:25:25,410 --> 00:25:29,035 ♪♪♪ 618 00:25:29,118 --> 00:25:32,910 ♪♪♪ 619 00:25:32,994 --> 00:25:36,368 You want a table, Mr. Rhoades? 620 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:40,076 Save your fine sable for someone whose fortunes warrant it. 621 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,076 ♪♪♪ 622 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,910 ♪♪♪ 623 00:25:46,994 --> 00:25:49,493 Wendy, I know what Commissioner Sansome needs. 624 00:25:49,577 --> 00:25:51,326 Won't be easy to get. 625 00:25:51,410 --> 00:25:55,076 Gonna have to pay Peter to pay Paul to pay George, 626 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,118 Ringo and probably John, too. 627 00:25:57,201 --> 00:25:58,869 But at least I have a road map. 628 00:25:58,952 --> 00:26:00,035 [Wendy] First stop? 629 00:26:00,118 --> 00:26:01,660 E.A.T. 630 00:26:01,744 --> 00:26:04,118 To see Eisen. Of course. 631 00:26:04,201 --> 00:26:05,285 Not like him. 632 00:26:05,368 --> 00:26:06,952 No. 633 00:26:07,035 --> 00:26:09,035 The night work never keeps him from the morning work... 634 00:26:09,118 --> 00:26:12,160 I'm gonna call him. Again. 635 00:26:12,243 --> 00:26:14,410 [dramatic music] 636 00:26:14,493 --> 00:26:16,660 Wags, this is the seventh time I've tried you. 637 00:26:16,744 --> 00:26:18,118 Where the fuck are you at? 638 00:26:18,201 --> 00:26:20,118 Will you wake the fuck up and call me? 639 00:26:20,201 --> 00:26:22,869 ♪♪♪ 640 00:26:22,952 --> 00:26:25,785 Really not like him. Let's go wake his ass up. 641 00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:28,368 ♪♪♪ 642 00:26:28,452 --> 00:26:32,535 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 643 00:26:32,618 --> 00:26:36,785 ♪♪♪ 644 00:26:36,869 --> 00:26:39,574 ♪ He's losing his grip, man, like Pesci, he'd flip ♪ 645 00:26:39,609 --> 00:26:40,410 ♪ If you talk to his brother ♪ 646 00:26:40,493 --> 00:26:42,577 ♪ Said he always planned this trip ♪ 647 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:44,452 ♪ He wasn't okeydokey running around like Don Quixote ♪ 648 00:26:44,535 --> 00:26:46,326 ♪ Trying to free a man he didn't even know B ♪ 649 00:26:46,410 --> 00:26:48,952 ♪ He had the roots, and he bought the suits... ♪ 650 00:26:49,035 --> 00:26:51,452 Mr. Eisen, sir. 651 00:26:51,535 --> 00:26:54,160 I might have a coffee with you, if invited. 652 00:26:56,410 --> 00:26:57,869 Thank you. 653 00:27:00,827 --> 00:27:04,160 [sighs] What in this world do you need? 654 00:27:04,243 --> 00:27:05,869 Balls the size of Jupiter 655 00:27:05,952 --> 00:27:08,201 and a tight wet slot to jam 'em into. 656 00:27:08,285 --> 00:27:09,910 [laughs] The usual. 657 00:27:09,994 --> 00:27:12,160 But, uh, out of my purview. 658 00:27:12,243 --> 00:27:14,493 No, really: what do you need? 659 00:27:14,577 --> 00:27:15,994 What the fuck is this? 660 00:27:16,076 --> 00:27:17,804 Who sits down with that bullshit? 661 00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:18,493 Fuck you. 662 00:27:18,577 --> 00:27:20,410 Sure. 663 00:27:20,493 --> 00:27:22,827 It's the old joke about the congressman, right? 664 00:27:23,749 --> 00:27:25,076 Young girl from his district comes up to him. 665 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,452 Says she wants to drop to her knees, 666 00:27:26,535 --> 00:27:27,994 take care of his business, 667 00:27:28,076 --> 00:27:30,493 and bring him a fresh made martini after. 668 00:27:30,577 --> 00:27:31,994 Politician looks at her and says: 669 00:27:32,076 --> 00:27:34,410 Hmm, what's in it for me? 670 00:27:36,577 --> 00:27:38,243 No, really. Fuck you. 671 00:27:38,326 --> 00:27:39,994 When you were U.S. Attorney, 672 00:27:40,076 --> 00:27:41,368 there were plenty of favors I could have used. 673 00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:43,035 Where were you then? 674 00:27:43,118 --> 00:27:45,243 That's what this morning brings: Me changing that. 675 00:27:45,326 --> 00:27:46,452 Look, I could beat about the bush. 676 00:27:46,535 --> 00:27:47,785 But who's that serving? 677 00:27:47,869 --> 00:27:49,577 I may not still be U.S. Attorney... 678 00:27:49,660 --> 00:27:52,208 still plenty wired in this town. 679 00:27:52,243 --> 00:27:53,660 Try me out. 680 00:27:53,744 --> 00:27:56,076 Let me flip it first, so I know what I'm setting myself up for. 681 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,785 What do you fucking need? 682 00:27:57,869 --> 00:28:00,618 An introduction to Ambassador Suarez. 683 00:28:00,702 --> 00:28:02,201 I hear you're close to him. 684 00:28:02,285 --> 00:28:04,243 Yeah. 685 00:28:05,623 --> 00:28:07,702 Uh, look. I'm not a transactional man by nature... 686 00:28:07,785 --> 00:28:09,243 No. Sure. Of course. Absolutely. 687 00:28:09,326 --> 00:28:10,827 But this isn't... 688 00:28:10,910 --> 00:28:13,035 I could intro you, 689 00:28:13,118 --> 00:28:14,660 - but not right now. - Mm. 690 00:28:14,744 --> 00:28:16,201 With all the shit going on with his stepson, 691 00:28:16,285 --> 00:28:18,452 the Ambassador isn't interested in meeting people 692 00:28:18,535 --> 00:28:19,869 who are looking for favors. 693 00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:22,035 If I put you with him, 694 00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:25,869 then, yeah, I'd have to get something in return. 695 00:28:25,952 --> 00:28:29,577 Okay, then let me suggest a favor I can do for you, 696 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:31,577 since you won't volunteer one. 697 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:34,702 I have a Park-Anywhere Permit. 698 00:28:35,563 --> 00:28:36,577 Say the word, and it's yours. 699 00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:37,910 I've got a Mayor's Office Pass. 700 00:28:37,994 --> 00:28:39,577 Had one since Bloomberg's first term. 701 00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:40,994 Thanks anyway. 702 00:28:41,076 --> 00:28:44,493 Well, there must be something that would make it worthwhile. 703 00:28:44,577 --> 00:28:46,577 Ahhh, there's one thing, 704 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:48,744 but really not in your, uh, "purview." 705 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:50,535 Try me. 706 00:28:50,618 --> 00:28:52,160 I need tickets 707 00:28:52,243 --> 00:28:54,326 to the Central Synagogue children's Hanukkah service. 708 00:28:54,410 --> 00:28:56,035 Done. How many? 709 00:28:56,118 --> 00:28:57,827 In the main room. Not in the overflow. 710 00:28:57,910 --> 00:28:59,660 I want to sit with my daughter, 711 00:28:59,744 --> 00:29:00,869 but my ex's brother is the president of the board. 712 00:29:00,952 --> 00:29:02,577 He's keeping me out. 713 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:05,326 You get that done for me, 714 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,076 and I'll put you with the Ambassador. 715 00:29:08,321 --> 00:29:09,285 Lemme work. 716 00:29:09,368 --> 00:29:10,618 ♪ Back in the borough, the cops are acting thorough ♪ 717 00:29:10,702 --> 00:29:12,326 ♪ They raided Frankie's room ♪ 718 00:29:12,410 --> 00:29:14,285 ♪ That's when they saw his bureau ♪ 719 00:29:14,368 --> 00:29:15,910 ♪ Upon it was a note with a rhyme that was dope ♪ 720 00:29:15,994 --> 00:29:17,243 ♪ About how he was breaking John out ♪ 721 00:29:17,326 --> 00:29:19,201 ♪ And how he couldn't cope ♪ 722 00:29:19,285 --> 00:29:21,243 ♪ It said, "I don't fly coach, never save the roach ♪ 723 00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:23,285 ♪ The King of New York, the King of New York" ♪ 724 00:29:23,368 --> 00:29:25,118 ♪ I said, "I don't fly coach, never save the roach ♪ 725 00:29:25,201 --> 00:29:26,535 ♪ The King of New York, the King of New York" ♪ 726 00:29:26,618 --> 00:29:27,869 ♪ I said I never fly coach... ♪ 727 00:29:27,952 --> 00:29:29,660 Say hello to everyone. 728 00:29:29,744 --> 00:29:31,118 - Yeah. - Whoa, whoa! 729 00:29:31,201 --> 00:29:33,535 The most vaunted Donny left in the city. 730 00:29:33,618 --> 00:29:35,994 Very funny, Chuck. Uh, you know Kenny D., right? 731 00:29:36,076 --> 00:29:38,577 Oh, yes. Well, anyone who flies knows that Mr. Dichter 732 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,035 can change the tenor of your trip in a moment's. 733 00:29:41,118 --> 00:29:42,702 Fleet is always available for you, Chuck. 734 00:29:42,785 --> 00:29:43,994 - Nice to see you. - Call me. 735 00:29:44,076 --> 00:29:45,452 Yes. 736 00:29:45,535 --> 00:29:47,577 What's up, Chuck? 737 00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:49,618 [sighs] 738 00:29:49,702 --> 00:29:52,368 Well, I find myself in need 739 00:29:52,452 --> 00:29:55,285 of the proverbial lifetime pass to the Polo Grounds. 740 00:29:55,368 --> 00:29:57,994 And I'm prepared to give you Cleopatra on a plate for it. 741 00:29:58,076 --> 00:29:59,577 I need your ducats 742 00:29:59,660 --> 00:30:02,118 to the children's Hanukkah service at Central. 743 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,827 Main room, not overflow. 744 00:30:03,910 --> 00:30:05,869 Um, you're gonna be out of town, yeah? 745 00:30:05,952 --> 00:30:08,118 I'm gonna be skiing, but do you have any idea 746 00:30:08,201 --> 00:30:09,952 what I can get for those tickets, man? 747 00:30:10,035 --> 00:30:13,285 How about for a Park-Anywhere Permit? 748 00:30:13,368 --> 00:30:15,035 Got one right here and it's yours. 749 00:30:15,118 --> 00:30:19,660 Already got one for each of my cars. 750 00:30:19,744 --> 00:30:24,201 Well, uh, there must be something you need. 751 00:30:24,285 --> 00:30:26,118 First tracks, Deer Valley. 752 00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:27,869 Now, that's private access to the mountain, 753 00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:29,577 - half hour before it opens... - Mm-hmm. 754 00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:31,869 - ...ultimate, ultimate privilege. - Mm. 755 00:30:31,952 --> 00:30:33,452 There's only five, and they're all gone. 756 00:30:33,535 --> 00:30:34,785 How many days do you need? 757 00:30:34,869 --> 00:30:38,577 Days? Entire season. 758 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:40,785 I get you that... 759 00:30:40,869 --> 00:30:43,577 You got your tickets. 760 00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:45,952 Lemme work... 761 00:30:46,035 --> 00:30:48,243 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 762 00:30:48,326 --> 00:30:51,285 ♪♪♪ 763 00:30:51,368 --> 00:30:54,702 [dramatic music] 764 00:30:54,785 --> 00:30:56,827 [Farhad] So now, you show up in person. 765 00:30:56,910 --> 00:30:59,035 Good to see you, Mr. Axelrod. 766 00:30:59,118 --> 00:31:01,869 Farhad. 767 00:31:01,952 --> 00:31:05,702 Where's my man, where's Wags? 768 00:31:06,694 --> 00:31:07,493 You don't know? 769 00:31:07,577 --> 00:31:09,326 I wouldn't be standing here if I did. 770 00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:11,577 [dramatic music] 771 00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:13,326 What happened last night? 772 00:31:13,410 --> 00:31:17,326 ♪♪♪ 773 00:31:17,410 --> 00:31:19,285 [Wags grunts] 774 00:31:19,368 --> 00:31:21,869 The party continued back here to the lounge on the roof. 775 00:31:21,952 --> 00:31:23,994 Unfortunately, the Sheik was occupied 776 00:31:24,076 --> 00:31:25,577 and they didn't get to speak. 777 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:27,493 I retired after 3:00. 778 00:31:27,577 --> 00:31:29,785 I'm not sure when Mr. Wagner left. 779 00:31:29,869 --> 00:31:32,243 Perhaps he overindulged? 780 00:31:32,326 --> 00:31:34,452 I want to see for myself. 781 00:31:35,734 --> 00:31:36,993 All right. 782 00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:38,618 ♪♪♪ 783 00:31:38,702 --> 00:31:41,994 [conversing in Arabic] 784 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,952 He says the party ended around 4:30 785 00:31:53,035 --> 00:31:54,618 and the remaining guests left. 786 00:31:54,702 --> 00:31:56,326 Left this area or the building? 787 00:31:56,410 --> 00:32:01,160 [conversing in Arabic] 788 00:32:03,535 --> 00:32:05,201 He's not sure. 789 00:32:05,285 --> 00:32:06,702 He stayed here and they left. 790 00:32:06,785 --> 00:32:07,994 The women. And Mr. Wagner. 791 00:32:08,076 --> 00:32:09,702 He assumed they exited. 792 00:32:09,785 --> 00:32:11,535 Are there any overnight quarters here? 793 00:32:11,618 --> 00:32:14,869 No. What makes you think he's here? 794 00:32:14,952 --> 00:32:17,285 His cell pinged here as his last location. 795 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:20,368 ♪♪♪ 796 00:32:20,452 --> 00:32:22,535 This is Mr. Wagner's. He dropped it. 797 00:32:22,618 --> 00:32:24,535 He'll want it back when you find him. 798 00:32:24,618 --> 00:32:26,118 We want to search the building. 799 00:32:26,201 --> 00:32:28,493 I'm afraid not, Mr. Axelrod. 800 00:32:28,577 --> 00:32:30,118 You are on our soil. 801 00:32:30,201 --> 00:32:31,493 All decisions of that nature will be handled 802 00:32:31,577 --> 00:32:34,326 by the Sheik, through me. 803 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:36,326 Now, since you're here, 804 00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:37,994 the Sheik would like me to go through the terms... 805 00:32:38,076 --> 00:32:40,285 First I find Wags, then I sit with the guy in the robes. 806 00:32:40,368 --> 00:32:43,076 As your Mr. Wagner said to me: I speak for that man. 807 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,994 Uh-huh. 808 00:32:45,076 --> 00:32:49,500 Look, put me with the Sheik so we can sort all this out. 809 00:32:49,535 --> 00:32:50,785 Of course. 810 00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:53,076 But you will have to wait, as everything runs 811 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,952 on the Sheik's very busy schedule. 812 00:32:55,035 --> 00:32:59,535 [dramatic music] 813 00:32:59,618 --> 00:33:01,618 Is he fucking in there? 814 00:33:01,702 --> 00:33:03,076 It's possible. 815 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,160 We call the cops, the FBI? 816 00:33:05,243 --> 00:33:07,201 They get turned away. Diplomatic immunity. 817 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:10,702 And it gets very public. Very messy. 818 00:33:10,785 --> 00:33:14,285 You say goodbye to managing sovereign wealth ever again. 819 00:33:14,368 --> 00:33:18,076 Let me pull security cam footage from nearby buildings, 820 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,368 see if he actually left. 821 00:33:19,452 --> 00:33:20,452 Fine. 822 00:33:20,535 --> 00:33:22,035 Fuck. 823 00:33:22,118 --> 00:33:23,785 They're doing this for leverage... 824 00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:26,618 'cause they want to be able to dictate terms on the deal. 825 00:33:26,702 --> 00:33:29,285 They put themselves in a good position to do just that. 826 00:33:29,368 --> 00:33:32,493 Yeah. Well, we need some leverage of our own. 827 00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:33,535 I'm on it. 828 00:33:33,618 --> 00:33:38,368 ♪♪♪ 829 00:33:38,452 --> 00:33:40,785 ♪♪♪ 830 00:33:40,869 --> 00:33:43,618 [Chuck] Well, you were right, there he is. 831 00:33:43,702 --> 00:33:45,410 Cheetah's gotta visit the water hole. 832 00:33:45,493 --> 00:33:47,827 Yeah. 833 00:33:47,910 --> 00:33:50,326 He's sure to scatter if I just walk up to him. 834 00:33:50,410 --> 00:33:52,243 After all, I did prosecute the man. 835 00:33:52,326 --> 00:33:54,201 I'll do it. 836 00:33:54,285 --> 00:33:56,201 You are a gentle-lady and a scholar. 837 00:33:57,098 --> 00:33:58,160 Uh-huh. 838 00:33:58,243 --> 00:34:00,952 Oh, uh, offer him my Park-Anywhere Permit 839 00:34:00,987 --> 00:34:02,352 if you need to. 840 00:34:02,387 --> 00:34:05,827 [dramatic music] 841 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:09,326 ♪♪♪ 842 00:34:09,410 --> 00:34:12,535 ♪♪♪ 843 00:34:12,618 --> 00:34:15,201 Steven Birch. 844 00:34:15,285 --> 00:34:18,035 The face that launched a thousand shorts. 845 00:34:18,118 --> 00:34:19,994 [chuckles] 846 00:34:20,076 --> 00:34:21,618 What can I do for you? 847 00:34:21,702 --> 00:34:25,368 ♪♪♪ 848 00:34:25,452 --> 00:34:29,618 ♪♪♪ 849 00:34:29,702 --> 00:34:33,952 ♪♪♪ 850 00:34:34,035 --> 00:34:38,285 ♪♪♪ 851 00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:42,618 ♪♪♪ 852 00:34:42,702 --> 00:34:46,660 ♪♪♪ 853 00:34:46,744 --> 00:34:48,910 [sighs] 854 00:34:48,994 --> 00:34:50,493 He said he hurt his knee 855 00:34:50,577 --> 00:34:52,577 and his wife prefers the beach to skiing. 856 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:54,994 Mm-hmm. 857 00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:56,952 You have his first tracks. 858 00:34:57,035 --> 00:34:58,994 [chuckles] 859 00:34:59,076 --> 00:35:00,410 What'd you trade for them? 860 00:35:00,493 --> 00:35:02,660 It was the parking permit, wasn't it? 861 00:35:02,744 --> 00:35:04,702 No, Chuck. 862 00:35:04,785 --> 00:35:06,827 Really? 863 00:35:06,910 --> 00:35:08,326 Nobody wants this fucking thing. 864 00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:09,660 So, what did you trade? 865 00:35:09,744 --> 00:35:11,076 A session. 866 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,326 Isn't that cheating on Axe? 867 00:35:13,410 --> 00:35:15,994 I won't give Birch the 'A' stuff. 868 00:35:16,076 --> 00:35:20,118 [chuckles] 869 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:24,201 I've got your first tracks, Donny D. 870 00:35:24,285 --> 00:35:26,326 Nice. 871 00:35:26,410 --> 00:35:29,869 Then you, sir, have your children's service tickets. 872 00:35:29,952 --> 00:35:31,577 - Take care, Chuck. - Take care. 873 00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:38,076 Now, take me to the Ambassador. 874 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,744 - I will and I can. - Good. Let's go. 875 00:35:40,827 --> 00:35:43,577 - Soon. - Fuck soon. 876 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:46,452 I didn't expect you to put this together so quickly. 877 00:35:46,535 --> 00:35:49,201 I'm not the actual guy to make the actual introduction, 878 00:35:49,285 --> 00:35:52,827 but I can introduce you to a guy who can. 879 00:35:52,910 --> 00:35:56,035 Why don't you call that guy? 880 00:35:56,118 --> 00:35:58,410 Right now. 881 00:36:00,035 --> 00:36:03,744 [dramatic music] 882 00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,535 [bird squawking] 883 00:36:06,618 --> 00:36:10,452 ♪♪♪ 884 00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:12,785 You see, falcons mate for life. 885 00:36:12,869 --> 00:36:15,118 As humans do... 886 00:36:15,201 --> 00:36:17,660 sometimes. 887 00:36:17,744 --> 00:36:19,744 They're much more consistent than we are. 888 00:36:19,827 --> 00:36:21,994 Because they know who they are. 889 00:36:22,076 --> 00:36:24,285 The males go out and hunt and bring back food. 890 00:36:24,368 --> 00:36:26,201 And the females stay in the nest, 891 00:36:26,285 --> 00:36:29,285 defending it, tending to the young. 892 00:36:29,368 --> 00:36:31,827 As nature dictates. 893 00:36:31,910 --> 00:36:34,785 Yes, that kind of bifurcation of roles makes sense, 894 00:36:34,869 --> 00:36:36,910 when you're dealing with a single meal at a time. 895 00:36:36,994 --> 00:36:39,744 But when the hunt will provide for generations, 896 00:36:39,827 --> 00:36:42,744 one would do well to go with whoever can get the best kill. 897 00:36:42,827 --> 00:36:46,326 [dramatic music] 898 00:36:46,410 --> 00:36:48,493 I like the logic and strength of this argument. 899 00:36:48,577 --> 00:36:50,201 Come. 900 00:36:50,285 --> 00:36:51,994 Let us take some tea with the Sheik. 901 00:36:52,076 --> 00:36:54,076 ♪♪♪ 902 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,285 ♪♪♪ 903 00:37:00,577 --> 00:37:02,493 Go. 904 00:37:02,577 --> 00:37:04,869 Security footage from neighboring buildings 905 00:37:04,952 --> 00:37:06,201 says Wags never left. 906 00:37:06,285 --> 00:37:08,076 Motherfuckers. 907 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,577 What could they be doing to him? 908 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:11,118 Unclear. 909 00:37:11,201 --> 00:37:12,201 Have they got him chained up? 910 00:37:12,285 --> 00:37:13,577 Would they torture him, 911 00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:15,452 rendition him back to their country? 912 00:37:15,535 --> 00:37:17,744 Chemicals more likely... 913 00:37:17,827 --> 00:37:21,035 Pentathol, perhaps, other sedatives, 914 00:37:21,118 --> 00:37:25,827 to encourage docility, but, again, unclear. 915 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:28,201 Have we discovered any leverage? 916 00:37:28,285 --> 00:37:30,785 I have something you can play in the room. 917 00:37:30,869 --> 00:37:32,785 The kind of scandal that scares the shit 918 00:37:32,869 --> 00:37:35,452 out of even the most powerful people in the Middle East. 919 00:37:35,535 --> 00:37:38,410 [dramatic music] 920 00:37:38,493 --> 00:37:40,535 ♪♪♪ 921 00:37:40,618 --> 00:37:42,744 Good. 922 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,577 This may be enough to free Wags, 923 00:37:44,660 --> 00:37:47,452 and to keep the sovereign money out of Taylor's hands. 924 00:37:47,535 --> 00:37:50,368 If I can get in the fucking room. 925 00:37:50,452 --> 00:37:52,368 If I don't hear that I've got a meeting 926 00:37:52,452 --> 00:37:54,201 by day's end, fuck Axe Capital. 927 00:37:54,285 --> 00:37:55,493 I'm gonna call the State Department. 928 00:37:55,577 --> 00:37:57,160 We blow this whole thing up. 929 00:37:57,243 --> 00:37:59,785 [dramatic music] 930 00:37:59,869 --> 00:38:03,035 Nacho, this is Chuck. 931 00:38:03,118 --> 00:38:04,910 He needs to meet the Ambassador. 932 00:38:04,994 --> 00:38:06,869 Oh, yeah? Well, Ambassador Suarez 933 00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:08,660 isn't taking any meetings right now. 934 00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:11,243 Not until this bullshit with his stepson is fixed. 935 00:38:11,326 --> 00:38:13,869 [sighs] Man, this fucking city, it nibbles away at you 936 00:38:13,952 --> 00:38:16,460 like fucking piranhas until there's nothing left. 937 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,535 Mm. 938 00:38:17,618 --> 00:38:18,869 They put a Citi Bike rack on my fucking street, 939 00:38:18,952 --> 00:38:20,660 took up all the legal spots. 940 00:38:20,744 --> 00:38:22,201 I was just talking to my lawyer 941 00:38:22,285 --> 00:38:23,869 who's dealing with three thousand dollars 942 00:38:23,952 --> 00:38:25,493 worth of fucking parking tickets for me. 943 00:38:25,577 --> 00:38:28,118 [upbeat music] 944 00:38:28,201 --> 00:38:31,869 Tell me this: can you make tickets go away? 945 00:38:31,952 --> 00:38:34,326 You put me with the Ambassador, 946 00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:36,660 I think I can do you one better. 947 00:38:36,744 --> 00:38:38,493 ♪♪♪ 948 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:42,702 You'll never get a parking ticket again. 949 00:38:42,785 --> 00:38:43,589 [Axe] Yeah. 950 00:38:43,644 --> 00:38:46,808 [Chuck] Robert Axelrod, Atlas of the finance world. 951 00:38:46,843 --> 00:38:48,326 Charles Rhoades, Esquire. 952 00:38:48,410 --> 00:38:50,243 There's a, uh, situation. 953 00:38:50,326 --> 00:38:53,160 That new charter school that's going into Tribeca. 954 00:38:53,243 --> 00:38:57,285 It's become central in some contract I just made with a guy. 955 00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:59,493 And you saw I was on the board of that school. 956 00:38:59,577 --> 00:39:02,118 And I wondered what it might take to move that school 957 00:39:02,201 --> 00:39:05,410 to a different spot, a few blocks away. 958 00:39:06,398 --> 00:39:08,410 It'd take plenty... but who cares? 959 00:39:08,493 --> 00:39:10,702 If it matters to you, I can do it. 960 00:39:10,785 --> 00:39:12,326 [Axe] Meet with my man Sean Ayles. 961 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,326 - He'll take it from there. - Thank you. 962 00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:16,368 You'll have fun with Ayles. 963 00:39:16,452 --> 00:39:18,577 He's exactly the opposite of what he seems. 964 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:20,160 Who isn't these days? 965 00:39:20,243 --> 00:39:21,618 [cellphone vibrating] 966 00:39:21,702 --> 00:39:24,201 I gotta go. 967 00:39:24,285 --> 00:39:25,827 - Yeah? - [Farhad] It's Farhad. 968 00:39:25,910 --> 00:39:28,160 You have your meeting with the Sheik in one hour. 969 00:39:28,243 --> 00:39:30,452 I'll be there. 970 00:39:30,535 --> 00:39:33,910 [dramatic music] 971 00:39:33,994 --> 00:39:36,744 Hall, I've got the meeting... 972 00:39:36,827 --> 00:39:38,952 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 973 00:39:40,118 --> 00:39:43,738 I believe our target is sipping a mojito dead ahead. 974 00:39:45,086 --> 00:39:46,140 [Chuck] Uh-huh. 975 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:47,535 I believe you are correct. 976 00:39:47,618 --> 00:39:50,201 ♪ Two sticks of dynamite, a 38 Snub ♪ 977 00:39:50,285 --> 00:39:52,785 ♪ He went to see the Don without an invitation ♪ 978 00:39:52,869 --> 00:39:54,285 Ambassador Suarez. 979 00:39:54,368 --> 00:39:55,952 Yes. 980 00:39:56,035 --> 00:39:59,035 I understand you're having a problem with your stepson. 981 00:39:59,118 --> 00:40:02,410 I am having problems with the puritanical mores 982 00:40:02,493 --> 00:40:05,610 - and laws in this provincial country. - Mm. 983 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,744 A fight for the soul of our nation is indeed under way. 984 00:40:08,827 --> 00:40:11,160 Mm. 985 00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:14,160 My stepson merely got started with his girlfriend 986 00:40:14,243 --> 00:40:15,452 when she was a bit too young. 987 00:40:15,535 --> 00:40:18,368 - Mm-hmm. - She was 16, he was 20. 988 00:40:18,452 --> 00:40:20,201 - Ah. - Her parents, 989 00:40:20,285 --> 00:40:22,535 fucking crazy people, 990 00:40:22,618 --> 00:40:26,368 went to the police and he had to register as a sex offender... 991 00:40:26,452 --> 00:40:28,785 And with the charter school opening on his block, 992 00:40:28,869 --> 00:40:30,410 he now has to move. 993 00:40:30,493 --> 00:40:32,452 In order to stay beyond the buffer zone. 994 00:40:32,535 --> 00:40:35,118 It's making my wife miserable. 995 00:40:35,201 --> 00:40:37,827 I am here to alleviate her symptoms. 996 00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:40,243 - Yeah. - Mr. Ayles... 997 00:40:40,326 --> 00:40:42,302 The thing is, and a propitious 998 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:43,827 - thing it is indeed... - [Chuck] Mm. 999 00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:47,577 I represent a board member, and his message to you 1000 00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:50,243 is that that school does not have to go there. 1001 00:40:50,326 --> 00:40:52,201 As simple as that? 1002 00:40:52,285 --> 00:40:54,994 Oh, nearly so, sir. 1003 00:40:55,076 --> 00:40:56,744 Nearly so. 1004 00:40:56,827 --> 00:41:00,326 And what do you want from me, my newfound friends? 1005 00:41:00,410 --> 00:41:04,326 [dramatic music] 1006 00:41:04,410 --> 00:41:09,160 ♪♪♪ 1007 00:41:09,243 --> 00:41:14,201 ♪♪♪ 1008 00:41:14,285 --> 00:41:19,160 ♪♪♪ 1009 00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:23,869 ♪♪♪ 1010 00:41:23,952 --> 00:41:28,452 ♪♪♪ 1011 00:41:28,535 --> 00:41:33,368 ♪♪♪ 1012 00:41:33,452 --> 00:41:38,035 ♪♪♪ 1013 00:41:38,118 --> 00:41:41,452 ♪♪♪ 1014 00:41:41,535 --> 00:41:44,827 ♪♪♪ 1015 00:41:45,564 --> 00:41:48,671 The final authority on this is behind that door. 1016 00:41:50,707 --> 00:41:51,994 The Sheik is in there? 1017 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:55,201 ♪♪♪ 1018 00:41:55,285 --> 00:42:00,076 ♪♪♪ 1019 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,702 ♪♪♪ 1020 00:42:03,785 --> 00:42:07,035 ♪♪♪ 1021 00:42:07,118 --> 00:42:10,618 ♪♪♪ 1022 00:42:10,702 --> 00:42:13,493 [sighs] 1023 00:42:13,577 --> 00:42:18,285 Well, that's got to feel like a surprise party of one. 1024 00:42:18,368 --> 00:42:22,368 First the shock and then that warm feeling of seeing 1025 00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:26,118 how far out of the way people have gone for you. 1026 00:42:26,201 --> 00:42:27,910 Something like that, yes. 1027 00:42:27,994 --> 00:42:29,243 [Grigor] Good! 1028 00:42:29,326 --> 00:42:31,118 It's true, I am not the Sheik. 1029 00:42:31,201 --> 00:42:32,910 But in some ways, I am. 1030 00:42:32,994 --> 00:42:36,827 Our powers. Our reach, is similar. 1031 00:42:36,910 --> 00:42:38,285 His English is better. 1032 00:42:38,368 --> 00:42:40,577 Yeah, sure. He went to your schools. 1033 00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:42,326 I had to pick it up 1034 00:42:42,410 --> 00:42:45,368 watching the Happy Days and Mike Wallace. 1035 00:42:45,452 --> 00:42:48,452 Though my favorite was Rollerball. 1036 00:42:48,535 --> 00:42:50,160 The original. 1037 00:42:50,243 --> 00:42:53,410 You decided that you weren't gonna be one of the players. 1038 00:42:53,493 --> 00:42:56,326 Instead one of the men above, controlling them. 1039 00:42:56,410 --> 00:42:58,535 Playing looked like a gas. 1040 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:01,702 Until the spikes came out. 1041 00:43:01,785 --> 00:43:04,618 I prefer to watch the collisions. 1042 00:43:04,702 --> 00:43:07,910 Set in motion the factors that cause them. 1043 00:43:07,994 --> 00:43:11,869 Your man, Wags, could have avoided his. 1044 00:43:11,952 --> 00:43:13,535 But he mentioned Taylor's fund. 1045 00:43:13,618 --> 00:43:15,285 And somehow word got back to you. 1046 00:43:15,368 --> 00:43:17,160 Not somehow. 1047 00:43:17,243 --> 00:43:19,910 I have a very deep relationship with the Royal Family. 1048 00:43:19,994 --> 00:43:22,869 I leave various oil markets open to them, 1049 00:43:22,952 --> 00:43:26,952 and they allow my investments to thrive. 1050 00:43:27,035 --> 00:43:28,952 In hedge funds such as Taylor's. 1051 00:43:29,035 --> 00:43:32,660 We look out for each other's interests. 1052 00:43:32,744 --> 00:43:35,201 As I had hoped you and I would. 1053 00:43:35,285 --> 00:43:37,076 I hoped for that as well. 1054 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,387 But you didn't act like it. 1055 00:43:39,422 --> 00:43:41,744 Instead, you tried to stop Taylor 1056 00:43:41,827 --> 00:43:44,410 from getting the additional capital 1057 00:43:44,493 --> 00:43:48,201 to allow their firm to grow, make bigger plays. 1058 00:43:48,285 --> 00:43:49,660 This affects me. 1059 00:43:49,744 --> 00:43:51,785 Wasn't my intention to cause you harm. 1060 00:43:51,869 --> 00:43:55,326 Intentions don't matter at all to me. 1061 00:43:55,410 --> 00:43:57,493 I reward actions. 1062 00:43:57,577 --> 00:43:59,160 And I punish them, too. 1063 00:43:59,243 --> 00:44:00,785 As I know you do, Axe, 1064 00:44:00,869 --> 00:44:05,952 in your slightly smaller section of the world. 1065 00:44:06,035 --> 00:44:08,618 You should know that Wags was only following orders. 1066 00:44:08,702 --> 00:44:10,994 - My orders. - Don't fret. 1067 00:44:11,076 --> 00:44:14,243 Your man will be waiting for you in your car. 1068 00:44:14,326 --> 00:44:17,201 He's going to have a hell of a headache for a few days. 1069 00:44:17,285 --> 00:44:19,326 But it will wear off. 1070 00:44:19,410 --> 00:44:23,702 I do this for you as a favor for old times' sake. 1071 00:44:23,785 --> 00:44:26,660 This is what I'm telling you. 1072 00:44:26,744 --> 00:44:29,660 - Thank you. - No sweat, Fonzie. 1073 00:44:34,076 --> 00:44:36,201 Now: 1074 00:44:36,285 --> 00:44:40,660 please stop fucking with Taylor Mason. 1075 00:44:40,744 --> 00:44:43,744 As a matter of fact, by the time you get back 1076 00:44:43,827 --> 00:44:47,827 to your luxurious penthouse, forget all about them. 1077 00:44:47,910 --> 00:44:51,285 But be sure you don't forget about me. 1078 00:44:51,368 --> 00:44:54,785 [dramatic music] 1079 00:44:54,869 --> 00:44:56,493 [door opens] 1080 00:44:56,577 --> 00:44:58,368 [door closes] 1081 00:44:58,452 --> 00:45:02,493 ♪♪♪ 1082 00:45:02,577 --> 00:45:05,243 ♪♪♪ 1083 00:45:05,326 --> 00:45:06,869 [door opens] 1084 00:45:06,952 --> 00:45:11,660 ♪♪♪ 1085 00:45:11,744 --> 00:45:15,243 ♪♪♪ 1086 00:45:15,326 --> 00:45:18,618 ♪♪♪ 1087 00:45:18,702 --> 00:45:20,201 Hey! 1088 00:45:20,285 --> 00:45:21,994 Hey. 1089 00:45:22,076 --> 00:45:23,744 You okay, man? 1090 00:45:23,827 --> 00:45:26,577 I don't know what's coursing through my body. 1091 00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:30,076 GHB, ketamine. Whoof. 1092 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,201 I mean, everything was going great. 1093 00:45:33,285 --> 00:45:34,952 Then they turned on me 1094 00:45:35,035 --> 00:45:37,702 like Sharon Stone did in Total Recall. 1095 00:45:37,785 --> 00:45:39,744 Well, you do look a little like Kuato. 1096 00:45:39,827 --> 00:45:41,076 Hmm. 1097 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,076 Hey. 1098 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,535 They took you to get to me. 1099 00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:48,660 I'm sorry you got caught up in it. 1100 00:45:48,744 --> 00:45:51,326 The Sheik never has to say sorry. 1101 00:45:53,410 --> 00:45:55,577 [taps seat] 1102 00:45:55,660 --> 00:45:59,243 [Count Basie and Joe Williams' "Smack Dab in the Middle"] 1103 00:45:59,326 --> 00:46:04,118 ♪♪♪ 1104 00:46:04,201 --> 00:46:07,827 ♪ Pick me a town in any clime ♪ 1105 00:46:07,910 --> 00:46:10,493 ♪ Where people like a rockin' time ♪ 1106 00:46:10,577 --> 00:46:12,326 ♪ And stay awake... ♪ 1107 00:46:12,410 --> 00:46:14,535 Ah, working man's bar. 1108 00:46:14,618 --> 00:46:16,577 Oh, when I saw you here 1109 00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:19,285 I figured it was Eagle Scout night. 1110 00:46:19,368 --> 00:46:22,785 ♪ Smack dab in the middle of it ♪ 1111 00:46:22,869 --> 00:46:24,618 ♪ Smack dab in the middle of it... ♪ 1112 00:46:24,702 --> 00:46:26,618 Rhoades. 1113 00:46:26,702 --> 00:46:29,910 You keep popping up like a turd remnant that won't flush. 1114 00:46:29,994 --> 00:46:32,118 You've got a problem with your ace pitcher 1115 00:46:32,201 --> 00:46:34,326 in the Police Benevolent Little League playoffs. 1116 00:46:34,410 --> 00:46:38,201 ♪ I want ten Cadillacs and a diamond mill... ♪ 1117 00:46:38,285 --> 00:46:40,618 I overheard your conversation at Barney Greengrass. 1118 00:46:40,702 --> 00:46:42,285 ♪ I wanna ten-room house... ♪ 1119 00:46:42,368 --> 00:46:44,326 And, so? 1120 00:46:44,410 --> 00:46:46,076 The cut off is fucking arbitrary, 1121 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,952 the kid is five-and-a-half months too old. 1122 00:46:48,035 --> 00:46:49,243 This one's a few months too young, 1123 00:46:49,326 --> 00:46:50,660 that one's a few months too old. 1124 00:46:50,744 --> 00:46:53,660 These things can all balance out. 1125 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:56,827 What if told you your pitcher can be any age you need him to be? 1126 00:46:56,910 --> 00:46:58,869 The fuck you say? 1127 00:46:58,952 --> 00:47:01,618 ♪ Well, let me rock and roll... ♪ 1128 00:47:01,702 --> 00:47:05,118 That one has been destroyed. 1129 00:47:05,201 --> 00:47:07,410 Fill this out, make a copy, 1130 00:47:07,493 --> 00:47:09,869 and give me back the original to be filed. 1131 00:47:09,952 --> 00:47:11,827 [Chuck] Blank Dominican birth certificate. 1132 00:47:11,910 --> 00:47:16,702 Kid can pitch Little League for the next five years if you want. 1133 00:47:16,785 --> 00:47:18,160 How? 1134 00:47:18,243 --> 00:47:19,785 I want to know about splash back. 1135 00:47:19,869 --> 00:47:21,160 None at all. 1136 00:47:21,243 --> 00:47:22,535 Full sneeze shield protection. 1137 00:47:22,618 --> 00:47:23,910 High-level diplomat. 1138 00:47:23,994 --> 00:47:25,952 Never heard your name or a 'why.' 1139 00:47:26,035 --> 00:47:28,160 Only knew he owed me a favor. 1140 00:47:29,208 --> 00:47:30,368 Yeah. 1141 00:47:30,452 --> 00:47:33,952 As I do now. 1142 00:47:34,035 --> 00:47:38,994 ♪♪♪ 1143 00:47:39,076 --> 00:47:42,201 You got that carry permit you were looking for. 1144 00:47:42,285 --> 00:47:44,994 Thank you. 1145 00:47:45,076 --> 00:47:48,618 Let this be a beginning and not an ending. 1146 00:47:48,702 --> 00:47:52,952 ♪♪♪ 1147 00:47:53,035 --> 00:47:57,201 ♪♪♪ 1148 00:47:57,285 --> 00:48:01,452 [cellphone buzzes] 1149 00:48:02,416 --> 00:48:03,726 I got your text. 1150 00:48:03,761 --> 00:48:04,994 Yeah. 1151 00:48:05,076 --> 00:48:06,577 Long meeting. Eight hours. 1152 00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:09,452 But the money is coming on board. 1153 00:48:09,535 --> 00:48:12,452 It was brave that you did what you had to do to get it. 1154 00:48:12,535 --> 00:48:14,368 Whatever it takes. 1155 00:48:14,452 --> 00:48:16,326 Still not used to having enemies. 1156 00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:19,076 [Hammon] It's a sign of your stature. 1157 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,452 [Hammon] Get used to it. 1158 00:48:21,535 --> 00:48:23,577 Axe hired Danzig. 1159 00:48:23,660 --> 00:48:24,994 The head hunter's been compromised. 1160 00:48:25,076 --> 00:48:26,660 - Fire her. - [Hammon] Already done. 1161 00:48:26,744 --> 00:48:28,577 What other measures can we take? 1162 00:48:28,660 --> 00:48:31,076 We need to hire a Counter Intel specialist. 1163 00:48:31,792 --> 00:48:33,326 Do it... 1164 00:48:33,410 --> 00:48:34,660 I'm sorry to wake you. 1165 00:48:34,744 --> 00:48:36,994 It's okay, what else was I doing? 1166 00:48:41,924 --> 00:48:42,985 Do you have it yet? 1167 00:48:44,618 --> 00:48:49,109 I could just walk away, just run Axe Cap, 1168 00:48:49,144 --> 00:48:51,652 forget all about Taylor, just like Grigor told me. 1169 00:48:51,687 --> 00:48:53,573 Might even be the 'mature' thing. 1170 00:48:53,608 --> 00:48:54,618 Fuck mature. 1171 00:48:54,702 --> 00:48:56,535 I'm overmatched. 1172 00:48:56,618 --> 00:48:59,827 For the first time since I can remember. 1173 00:48:59,910 --> 00:49:01,160 He's richer than me. 1174 00:49:02,836 --> 00:49:04,869 And he's willing to do shit I am not. 1175 00:49:04,952 --> 00:49:06,535 And he's connected to all those other people 1176 00:49:06,618 --> 00:49:08,493 wanting to do the same shit for him. 1177 00:49:08,577 --> 00:49:10,368 You walking away? 1178 00:49:13,660 --> 00:49:16,243 You're not walking away. 1179 00:49:16,326 --> 00:49:19,452 [Wags] Because, yeah, he's a Russian Oligarch. 1180 00:49:19,535 --> 00:49:22,035 But you, mon frère, are a motherfucking Oligarch, too. 1181 00:49:22,118 --> 00:49:23,994 An American Oligarch. 1182 00:49:24,076 --> 00:49:26,035 You will not relent. 1183 00:49:26,118 --> 00:49:27,869 Taylor must pay. 1184 00:49:27,952 --> 00:49:30,744 Well, we have to do it without Grigor getting a whiff of us. 1185 00:49:30,827 --> 00:49:34,201 Any losses Taylor Mason Capital has will seem suspect. 1186 00:49:34,285 --> 00:49:37,201 The guy's as mercurial as Sinatra with a cold. 1187 00:49:37,285 --> 00:49:40,493 Sooner than later, he's gonna pull his money from Taylor, you know. 1188 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:41,869 Then he won't care. 1189 00:49:41,952 --> 00:49:44,535 Just wait it out. 1190 00:49:44,618 --> 00:49:46,285 You said it, Wags. 1191 00:49:46,368 --> 00:49:48,702 We make him mercurial. 1192 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:50,869 [Axe] Entice him to take his money elsewhere. 1193 00:49:50,952 --> 00:49:52,827 Not 'cause he's getting beaten up, 1194 00:49:52,910 --> 00:49:54,410 but because nothing's happening. 1195 00:49:54,493 --> 00:49:57,535 He's not losing money, but he's not making money either. 1196 00:49:57,618 --> 00:50:00,618 We don't put out this fire by pouring water on it. 1197 00:50:00,702 --> 00:50:03,702 But by sucking oxygen out of the room. 1198 00:50:03,785 --> 00:50:06,577 Slowly. Invisibly. 1199 00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:08,785 Completely. 1200 00:50:08,869 --> 00:50:13,493 [dramatic music] 1201 00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:16,118 [sighs] 1202 00:50:17,096 --> 00:50:18,326 I'm sending my fucking doctor over. 1203 00:50:18,410 --> 00:50:19,827 First thing tomorrow. 1204 00:50:19,910 --> 00:50:21,994 Whatever you say, Papa... 1205 00:50:22,076 --> 00:50:26,368 [dramatic music] 1206 00:50:26,452 --> 00:50:28,869 ♪♪♪ 1207 00:50:28,952 --> 00:50:32,910 I haven't been this banged up for quite a while. 1208 00:50:32,994 --> 00:50:34,702 You hold it well. 1209 00:50:34,785 --> 00:50:37,243 I don't know why I should be surprised by that, but I am. 1210 00:50:37,326 --> 00:50:38,910 Used to be like this five nights a week for me 1211 00:50:38,994 --> 00:50:40,785 back when I was a line pross. 1212 00:50:40,869 --> 00:50:44,076 Oh, shit. I just realized where we are. 1213 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,035 - You remember that night? - Sure. 1214 00:50:46,118 --> 00:50:48,160 The night Gotti hit Castellano. 1215 00:50:48,243 --> 00:50:50,535 They got his driver Tommy Bilotti too. 1216 00:50:50,618 --> 00:50:52,368 - Yeah. - Boom, boom, boom. 1217 00:50:52,452 --> 00:50:55,994 I was a beat cop back then, fresh out of the Academy. You? 1218 00:50:56,076 --> 00:50:58,035 Home from school for Christmas. 1219 00:50:58,118 --> 00:51:01,118 [both chuckle] 1220 00:51:01,201 --> 00:51:04,035 There was a way order used to be maintained back then. 1221 00:51:04,962 --> 00:51:06,368 On both sides of the damn street. 1222 00:51:06,452 --> 00:51:07,910 Back when New York worked. 1223 00:51:07,994 --> 00:51:09,827 Handshakes and gentlemen's agreements 1224 00:51:09,910 --> 00:51:11,160 that could be counted on. 1225 00:51:11,243 --> 00:51:13,577 That order got shot to shit that night. 1226 00:51:13,660 --> 00:51:15,869 Fuckin' A. 1227 00:51:15,952 --> 00:51:18,368 Some of us are still old school, though, right? 1228 00:51:18,452 --> 00:51:20,744 All the way... 1229 00:51:20,827 --> 00:51:22,869 Remember the pictures of Castellano...? 1230 00:51:22,952 --> 00:51:25,410 Oh. 1231 00:51:25,493 --> 00:51:28,493 Guy thought he was heading for a beautiful steak, right? 1232 00:51:28,577 --> 00:51:30,910 Barely gets out the car, boom. 1233 00:51:30,994 --> 00:51:32,577 - [groans] - [both laugh] 1234 00:51:32,660 --> 00:51:35,452 Right? His mouth's all open. [grunts] 1235 00:51:35,535 --> 00:51:38,368 - [both laugh] - [Chuck] Oh, my God. 1236 00:51:38,452 --> 00:51:42,035 [Chuck laughs] 1237 00:51:42,118 --> 00:51:44,368 Some fucking night that was, huh? 1238 00:51:46,744 --> 00:51:50,160 [Chuck] You know, I kind of feel bad for the old guy, 1239 00:51:51,165 --> 00:51:52,869 scumbag that he was. 1240 00:51:54,994 --> 00:51:58,243 Blindsided like that. 1241 00:51:58,326 --> 00:52:02,952 But I guess that's New York for ya, right? 1242 00:52:03,035 --> 00:52:05,410 Boss one minute, in the gutter the next. 1243 00:52:05,493 --> 00:52:07,326 Yeah. 1244 00:52:07,410 --> 00:52:09,577 The best you can hope for is one last look at the stars 1245 00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:11,660 before you go. 1246 00:52:11,744 --> 00:52:14,118 [Fun Lovin' Criminals' "King of New York"] 1247 00:52:14,201 --> 00:52:16,952 ♪ La-di da-di, free John Gotti ♪ 1248 00:52:17,035 --> 00:52:19,076 ♪ La-di da-di, la-di ♪ 1249 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:21,702 ♪ La-di da-di, free John Gotti ♪ 1250 00:52:21,785 --> 00:52:23,869 ♪ The King of New York, man, the King of New York ♪ 1251 00:52:23,952 --> 00:52:25,994 ♪ La-di da-di, free John Gotti ♪ 1252 00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:28,118 ♪ La-di da-di, la-di ♪ 1253 00:52:28,201 --> 00:52:30,702 ♪ La-di da-di, free John Gotti ♪ 1254 00:52:30,785 --> 00:52:32,827 ♪ The King of New York, man, the King of New York ♪ 1255 00:52:32,910 --> 00:52:35,702 ♪♪♪ 1256 00:52:35,785 --> 00:52:37,869 ♪ The King of New York ♪ 1257 00:52:37,952 --> 00:52:40,368 ♪♪♪ 1258 00:52:40,452 --> 00:52:43,994 ♪ The King of New York ♪ 1259 00:52:44,076 --> 00:52:48,410 ♪ The King of New York ♪ 1260 00:52:48,493 --> 00:52:51,410 ♪ The King, the King, the King of New York ♪ 1261 00:52:54,118 --> 00:52:56,869 ♪ The King of New York ♪ 1262 00:52:56,952 --> 00:52:59,660 ♪ The King of New York ♪ 1263 00:52:59,744 --> 00:53:01,910 ♪♪♪ 1264 00:53:02,035 --> 00:53:04,910 ♪ The King, the King, the King of New York ♪ 1265 00:54:23,291 --> 00:54:25,369 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com