1 00:00:01,876 --> 00:00:04,004 Previously on Billions. 2 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:05,672 Truman had a sign on his desk 3 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,590 that said, "The buck stops here." 4 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:10,677 Mine's gonna say, "I am the buck." 5 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:12,595 It's one thing to help keep the trains running 6 00:00:12,595 --> 00:00:14,681 when it was just about Prince staying rich and getting richer. 7 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,725 But I have decided that he is dangerous. 8 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:18,852 Mr. Rhoads, charges are dismissed. 9 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,520 You are free to go. 10 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,188 What's got your eye? 11 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:23,690 You must be fielding job offers by the dozen. 12 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,650 I'm talking about US Attorney, 13 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:28,028 Southern district of New York. 14 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,155 - This guy's a fuckin' badass! - Olé! 15 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:32,198 This is the best thing that's ever happened on this floor. 16 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:34,325 He's got that "Winston Dick Energy" happening. 17 00:00:34,325 --> 00:00:36,036 And when we win, 18 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:38,038 you'll be feted as a miracle worker. 19 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:39,831 You're not a politician. 20 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:41,541 You're hoping to contribute by doing a public service. 21 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,209 A statesman. 22 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:44,669 Let's do this! 23 00:00:46,087 --> 00:00:47,547 Mr. President. 24 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:51,051 It is an honor to hear from you. 25 00:01:29,798 --> 00:01:31,716 Hi, Mr. Wagner. 26 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:34,052 Let's see what's in the old footlocker, Omar. 27 00:01:35,011 --> 00:01:36,471 Let me get you your bottle. 28 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:47,107 Oh the heads that turn 29 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:51,611 Make my back burn 30 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,072 And those heads that turn 31 00:01:55,657 --> 00:01:59,119 Make my back, Make my back burn 32 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:09,712 Here's your bottle. 33 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:14,634 Ladies and gentlemen, 34 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:17,470 the author himself, Michael Lewis. 35 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,723 So the street has changed. 36 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:23,643 It's been cleaned up. Sanitized. 37 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:25,311 I mean, no one says "fuck" anymore. 38 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:27,438 They've taken the strippers off 39 00:02:27,438 --> 00:02:28,982 the trading floors. 40 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:31,609 In a way, the lie has gone deeper 41 00:02:31,609 --> 00:02:33,111 because no one on the outside 42 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:34,821 looks the way they are on the inside. 43 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:38,700 Except for you. I think of you as the last holdout. 44 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:40,869 The last wolves in wolves' clothing. 45 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:43,329 The last crass motherfuckers. 46 00:02:43,329 --> 00:02:45,999 So in that spirit, 47 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,126 let's raise a glass to crass motherfuckers 48 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,170 and the 35th anniversary of Liar's Poker. 49 00:02:54,257 --> 00:02:56,426 What a beautiful con you've pulled, Lewis. 50 00:02:56,426 --> 00:02:59,053 They all think Liar's Poker was a love letter to them. Kudos. 51 00:02:59,053 --> 00:03:01,806 It wasn't a con, Wags. I just wrote it the way it was. 52 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:03,349 And people see in it what they want to see. 53 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:05,977 Hmm. Like disco balls and coke mirrors. 54 00:03:05,977 --> 00:03:07,020 Salut. 55 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:11,024 Hey, you really got us right. Thanks. 56 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,609 You're gonna have to tell me your name. 57 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:14,068 - Clark. - Ah, Clark. 58 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,699 Eric fuckin' Scott. 59 00:03:19,699 --> 00:03:22,535 Wags! 60 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:24,120 Glad to see you haven't decamped to Florida yet 61 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,330 like the the rest of 'em. 62 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:27,040 I must love taxes 63 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,209 and a bodega bacon, egg and cheese. 64 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:31,544 That's why I'm still slugging it out in Gotham. 65 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:33,755 No, the rumor is your guy's rolling in Europe. 66 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:35,757 New guy, new money now. 67 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:39,552 And I'm making room in the Ark for a select few old friends. 68 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:42,263 Mike Wagner playing pitchman? Sad. 69 00:03:42,263 --> 00:03:43,723 Maybe New York is dead after all 70 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:45,433 and I should be packing for Brickell. 71 00:03:45,433 --> 00:03:48,061 I'm not selling you a Veg-O-Matic here, buddy. 72 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,063 I'm giving you a chance to turn your wad over 73 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,356 a last time or two. 74 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:54,234 Let's drink on this. 75 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,902 You are a legend, Wags, 76 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,571 so I wanna hear you out. 77 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:00,657 You're the guy that ran up a tab so high at Ponte's 78 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:03,284 that Joe almost had to take out a mob loan 79 00:04:03,284 --> 00:04:05,662 just to keep serving those angry lobsters. 80 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,413 Oh, Ponte's was nothing. 81 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:09,165 Do you remember when you went to Career Day 82 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:11,084 for that escort's kid? 83 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:14,045 What was that, '96? That fucking killed me. 84 00:04:14,045 --> 00:04:16,005 Her name was Claire. She was special to me. 85 00:04:16,005 --> 00:04:17,423 Right, Claire. 86 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:18,841 You hired her for, uh, 87 00:04:18,841 --> 00:04:20,551 that Tiger Cub's bachelor party. 88 00:04:20,551 --> 00:04:22,595 Oh, that's right. The poor guy got simplex 89 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:24,222 on his lip on his wedding day. 90 00:04:24,222 --> 00:04:26,849 You hired him 'cause you felt so bad. 91 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:28,434 Yeah, till he tanked one quarter 92 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:30,436 and Wags used his desk as a urinal. 93 00:04:30,436 --> 00:04:31,938 Well, there was a day 94 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,606 you stepped wrong on Wags' trading floor, 95 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:37,568 and he would bloody you up like Jake the Muss. 96 00:04:37,568 --> 00:04:39,279 I can still walk the walk. 97 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,655 Mm. 98 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:42,282 You should hear me on this: 99 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:46,286 Michael Prince Capital is where you want to be. 100 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,121 We're not taking on institutional money, 101 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,790 but like I said... 102 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,625 I can get exceptions made for you lugs. 103 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:54,294 And I'll make some room in the fund 104 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:55,920 for some of your clients, but only the A-listers. 105 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,630 Make you look like superstars. 106 00:04:57,630 --> 00:05:00,591 You always did have the best ideas about... 107 00:05:00,591 --> 00:05:02,302 which club to hit after the Super Bowl, 108 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:05,388 or where to get the best space cakes in Amsterdam. 109 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,098 And he killed it 'cause that fucking attitude 110 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:09,309 drove you like Max Verstappen. 111 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,852 No offense, but now... 112 00:05:10,852 --> 00:05:14,230 you got about as much edge as Barry Manilow. 113 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:15,815 Offense fucking taken. 114 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:17,400 Hey, hey, hey, 115 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,985 everybody gets left behind at some point. 116 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,987 You privately embrace your obsolescence 117 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:23,072 and hope nobody notices for a while. 118 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:24,949 Speak for yourself, motherfucker. 119 00:05:24,949 --> 00:05:26,659 It was one thing when you worked for a bad ass, 120 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:28,494 but now you're in a politician's stable, 121 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:32,832 which is one step away from the fucking glue factory. 122 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:35,501 Keep talking and I'll mollywop ya right here 123 00:05:35,501 --> 00:05:37,003 in front of the whole gang. 124 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:41,966 I'll wait a while for the Cialis to kick in. 125 00:05:41,966 --> 00:05:43,843 Hey, Omar, 126 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:46,012 put my bottle back in the locker. 127 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:47,180 Let these assholes go back 128 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,639 to choking on their usual swill. 129 00:05:53,561 --> 00:05:55,688 Well, he got fucking sensitive. 130 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:57,857 You couldn't buy it for yourself, 131 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,984 so I figured I would. 132 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:08,242 It's perfect. 133 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,205 Heading out? 134 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:13,790 Yeah, but you might not want to 135 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,249 leave the office for a while. 136 00:06:15,249 --> 00:06:18,086 Oh, the going away thing, yeah. 137 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:20,380 Scooter's got it. I-I have something else. 138 00:06:30,932 --> 00:06:34,394 Gratitude, shame, entitlement, 139 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:37,730 these are our... 140 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,857 I don't really traffic in that crap. 141 00:06:39,857 --> 00:06:43,403 No, on this occasion, the eve of my departure, 142 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,905 I would like to say to you all... 143 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:48,908 I would like to say: You're welcome, 144 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,827 for all that I've brought to MPC. 145 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:55,415 And in the words of the great poet DJ Khaled, 146 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,750 "Every time I step up in the building, 147 00:06:57,750 --> 00:07:00,086 everybody hands go up, 148 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,629 and they stay there. 149 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:04,549 'Cause all I do is win." 150 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:08,428 Anyone else care to say something? 151 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,638 - You sure? - Is it weird that I'll miss him? 152 00:07:10,638 --> 00:07:12,890 - Objectively, yes. - Right? 153 00:07:12,890 --> 00:07:15,643 - Yeah, fuck you, Winston. - But after the "Princident," 154 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:17,895 Winston was the only one who looked at me the same way. 155 00:07:17,895 --> 00:07:19,397 But that way was slavish and pathetic. 156 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:21,232 Don't be shy. Anybody? 157 00:07:21,232 --> 00:07:23,526 Anybody? 158 00:07:23,526 --> 00:07:25,278 Okay, then. I'll just say one more thing. 159 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:27,864 Ah, actually, Winston, I have something to share. 160 00:07:27,864 --> 00:07:29,115 Is Prince coming? 161 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,784 Uh, no. No, he's not. 162 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:33,953 He's... not. 163 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:36,289 But he did ask me to convey to you 164 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:39,125 that you truly have been a member of this... 165 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:40,793 - Team! - He said "organization." 166 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:42,420 He usually calls it a team. 167 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:43,838 This time he went with organization. 168 00:07:45,339 --> 00:07:47,467 And so, yeah. 169 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,552 Goodbye and thanks. 170 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:08,946 Goodbye. 171 00:08:24,629 --> 00:08:27,089 I hate it. And you're proposing to send a copy of it 172 00:08:27,089 --> 00:08:30,051 to Chuck Rhoades? I hate everything about that. 173 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:31,928 Can you figure out why I love it? 174 00:08:31,928 --> 00:08:33,012 Are you that good? 175 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:36,933 Okay. Okay. 176 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:39,352 The purpose of a Super PAC is to get 177 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:42,146 high-net-worth supporters to invest in your candidacy 178 00:08:42,146 --> 00:08:44,982 in a way that seems arms-length. You know this. 179 00:08:44,982 --> 00:08:47,026 The idea is not to put yourself in a position 180 00:08:47,026 --> 00:08:49,195 where you're gonna face federal charges. 181 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:51,364 That is, I concede, the usual plan. 182 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,534 Ah. 183 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,369 You're running a dye test here. 184 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,871 You want to see if Chuck Rhoades is paying attention? 185 00:09:00,665 --> 00:09:04,293 Okay. A trainer feeds a caged tiger fresh beef 186 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:07,630 so it develops a taste for that instead of trainer. 187 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:10,841 The tiger's waiting by his door, same time every day, 188 00:09:10,841 --> 00:09:12,760 ready to pounce on it. 189 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,595 But you know the scariest moment of a trainer's life? 190 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:17,473 When he goes inside the enclosure 191 00:09:17,473 --> 00:09:19,058 and the cat isn't there. 192 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,560 They can't see it. 193 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,270 Doesn't mean that cat escaped, 194 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:23,813 it means it's hiding, 195 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:26,524 ready to revert to its nature and hunt. 196 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,150 I can't afford to let Chuck Rhoades 197 00:09:28,150 --> 00:09:29,860 revert to his nature. 198 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,946 So you're feeding him some red meat, 199 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:34,115 so you know exactly where he's coming from. 200 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:35,449 That's right. 201 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:38,369 Still hate it. 202 00:09:38,369 --> 00:09:40,037 Can I still hate it? 'Cause... 203 00:09:40,037 --> 00:09:42,999 ...still hate it. 204 00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:45,126 Kate Sacker's gonna get it to him. 205 00:09:50,715 --> 00:09:52,341 Hi, Wendy. 206 00:09:52,341 --> 00:09:53,926 I was wondering if you could write me a prescription. 207 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:54,969 For Wellbutrin. 208 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:58,723 Um, if necessary, of course. 209 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:00,850 Why don't we set an intake session for tomorrow 210 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:02,435 - then we can decide-- - I only need one, actually. 211 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:04,520 One pill? 212 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,355 I've been taking it for a while now, 213 00:10:06,355 --> 00:10:08,107 and it's a good fit. 214 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:09,859 I just dropped my last one down the sink this morning, 215 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:11,611 and my, uh, 216 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:14,071 prescriber has been out of town for a couple of days. 217 00:10:14,071 --> 00:10:15,906 I'll be able to get my full refill soon. 218 00:10:15,906 --> 00:10:17,825 Your "prescriber"-- you mean your GP? 219 00:10:17,825 --> 00:10:20,119 Um... 220 00:10:20,119 --> 00:10:21,829 - Yeah. - Ben Kim, 221 00:10:21,829 --> 00:10:24,457 who prescribed the Wellbutrin? 222 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:27,293 Fine. I've been seeing an outside psychiatrist. 223 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:28,919 She prescribed the meds, 224 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:30,129 but she's been in Vienna for a conference. 225 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:31,922 Getting back tomorrow night. 226 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:34,091 I see. Um... 227 00:10:34,091 --> 00:10:36,177 How long have you been seeing this doctor? 228 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:39,597 Respectfully, this is separate from what you do. 229 00:10:39,597 --> 00:10:41,307 We all think you're an awesome performance coach-- 230 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:43,851 Three months? Longer? 231 00:10:45,686 --> 00:10:47,104 Six months. 232 00:10:48,564 --> 00:10:50,358 So, um... 233 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:51,984 will you help? 234 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:53,903 With the prescription? 235 00:10:53,903 --> 00:10:55,988 Of course, yes. 236 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:07,083 "We all." Who else is seeing her? 237 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:16,967 I assume we're taking down the Russ & Daughters novi 238 00:11:16,967 --> 00:11:19,011 in this random office so that yours doesn't smell like 239 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:21,972 an appetizing shop during your next meeting? 240 00:11:21,972 --> 00:11:24,392 Actually, this is your office. 241 00:11:27,395 --> 00:11:28,646 If you want it. 242 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:35,403 "Come join me for a celebratory kickoff breakfast, Ira." 243 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:37,488 Of course, it couldn't be just that. It was a trap. 244 00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:39,240 Oh! 245 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,868 Trap sounds so sinister. No. It's an opportunity. 246 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,662 Come on, you've got the money, 247 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:46,580 you've got the wife, the new kid. 248 00:11:46,580 --> 00:11:47,873 But you know what you're missing? 249 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:49,250 An alpaca? 250 00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,876 The juice! The action! 251 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:52,878 Sense of mission. 252 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:55,131 The long hours. The long odds. 253 00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:56,716 The shitty pay. 254 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,884 Ah, Chuck, I've been a prosecutor before-- 255 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:01,721 N-n-no, we were just line prosses back then. 256 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,890 Answering up. You've never done it with me in charge. 257 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:08,310 Only running the ops we choose, fighting back to back, 258 00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:09,895 no matter how outgunned by 259 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:12,189 pricey douchebag defense attorneys. 260 00:12:12,189 --> 00:12:15,985 Taking down the even bigger douchebags who employ them. 261 00:12:15,985 --> 00:12:18,612 Be my Deputy US Attorney. 262 00:12:21,615 --> 00:12:23,993 Nope. No way. 263 00:12:23,993 --> 00:12:26,245 I'm sorry. You know I'd love to spend all day 264 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:28,414 hanging with you. That's the alluring part. 265 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:30,458 - Mm. - And the... 266 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,752 chance to do a thing that actually matters does appeal... 267 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,296 I'll stay quiet and let you talk yourself into it. 268 00:12:35,296 --> 00:12:36,922 But you know we'd end up arguing all day. 269 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,424 There's no conversation more boring 270 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:41,135 than the one where everyone agrees. 271 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:43,721 Montaigne's a deep pull, I'll give you that. 272 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:46,140 Oh. 273 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:47,975 Swabbies are on the deck, boss. 274 00:12:47,975 --> 00:12:50,102 Ah, I see you've succeeded with one recruit at least. 275 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:53,856 Just one? You sure? At least one. 276 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:10,539 I am genuinely thrilled to be here. 277 00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:12,208 And I don't thrill easy. 278 00:13:12,208 --> 00:13:13,918 Uh-uh. 279 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:15,795 Oh, we're going to hold the rich and powerful 280 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:18,380 and criminal accountable for their actions, 281 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:19,840 no matter the cost. 282 00:13:21,342 --> 00:13:22,927 I want you to go back to your desks 283 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,429 and pull the cases you thought were too hot, 284 00:13:25,429 --> 00:13:28,140 too hard, too close to the third rail. 285 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:29,809 Pitch me those cases-- 286 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,727 directly, not through channels-- 287 00:13:31,727 --> 00:13:35,606 and together we will take that unformed carbon 288 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:38,234 and pressurize it into diamonds. 289 00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:41,320 Into wins. 290 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,366 All right, let's do it. 291 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:57,670 Fuck no, I don't see a shrink. 292 00:13:57,670 --> 00:14:00,297 Do you talk about work with your other therapist? 293 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:02,967 Yes. 294 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:05,135 But it's a totally separate thing. 295 00:14:05,135 --> 00:14:06,971 Church and state, you know? 296 00:14:06,971 --> 00:14:09,598 Dr. Mayer is your classic Freudian. 297 00:14:09,598 --> 00:14:11,350 She's all about getting to the "why," 298 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,352 even if it has unexpected results. 299 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:15,187 It's a trip. 300 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:18,148 Seems I have a lot of resentment for maternal figures in my life. 301 00:14:18,148 --> 00:14:21,193 I mostly talk about weird recurring dreams with her. 302 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:23,654 Like, you don't need to know about sex dreams, right? 303 00:14:23,654 --> 00:14:25,865 It's not work relevant. 304 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,701 Except like, when it's about the displacement 305 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:32,162 and sublimation of my desires in the workplace. 306 00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:34,123 But it's only sometimes about that. 307 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:35,833 I know my rights. 308 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:37,668 That includes the Patient's Bill of Rights, 309 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:39,169 to not discuss shit about what I discuss 310 00:14:39,169 --> 00:14:40,546 or with whom I discuss. 311 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:43,007 - So there is someone? - Or if I discuss. 312 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:45,843 I tell all my friends, just because a cop asks a question 313 00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:47,177 doesn't mean you gotta answer. 314 00:14:47,177 --> 00:14:49,054 I owe Dr. Mayer big time. 315 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:51,348 I used to wake up from about 3 to 4 a.m. each night 316 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:53,726 replaying this conversation I had once with an ex. 317 00:14:53,726 --> 00:14:55,394 What kind of conversation? 318 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:56,729 Well, that's between me and the doc. 319 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,188 But the thing is, it's gone. 320 00:14:58,188 --> 00:14:59,607 And now I'm all Z's from eyes shut 321 00:14:59,607 --> 00:15:01,191 till open in the morning. 322 00:15:01,191 --> 00:15:03,402 So you've never met with Dr. Mayer? 323 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:06,155 Okay, fine. I just started. 324 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:08,824 I hardly said anything in my sessions. 325 00:15:08,824 --> 00:15:10,868 So it hasn't really paid off for you? 326 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,995 Can't say that. No. 327 00:15:12,995 --> 00:15:16,206 I'd been burying some of my natural 328 00:15:16,206 --> 00:15:19,084 aggressive tendencies since the fund blew up. 329 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:22,171 But... well, I'm back to Liver King levels now. 330 00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:24,256 At work and in the bedroom. 331 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:30,429 I've been using every inch of that Cali King. 332 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:34,934 Train kept a-rollin' all night long. 333 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:40,189 Who suggested you see her? 334 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:43,567 Person who hired me. 335 00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:45,736 Have I not supported you in our work together? 336 00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:48,113 It isn't about that. I am not only the work. 337 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,908 And you can't deny your focus is more on results than people. 338 00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:53,410 Dr. Mayer takes a holistic approach. 339 00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:56,789 So I've heard. I didn't realize my approach was lacking. 340 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,166 Or that you, of all people, 341 00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:01,669 didn't trust me with your whole self. 342 00:16:01,669 --> 00:16:03,921 How are we supposed to move forward 343 00:16:03,921 --> 00:16:05,881 with that sitting between us? 344 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:08,384 It isn't about trust. Our people needed a real doctor. 345 00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:11,637 - And so did I. - I am a real doctor. 346 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,806 Technically, yes. But I'm not sure anyone here 347 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,224 feels comfortable coming to you with anything 348 00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:16,684 besides work stuff. 349 00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,936 And Mayer creates a very safe atmosphere. 350 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:21,605 A safe feeling, just being around her. 351 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:29,029 Excuse me. 352 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:36,662 How do you know she's here? 353 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,080 Security called to let her up. 354 00:16:44,712 --> 00:16:47,172 Who are you here to see, ma'am-- uh, Bonnie? 355 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,091 Drop the bullshit, Peach. 356 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:52,636 Babe, babe, babe. 357 00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:54,888 I've been waiting for you to step out of those elevators 358 00:16:54,888 --> 00:16:56,849 since I got back here. 359 00:16:56,849 --> 00:17:00,853 But maybe we should talk after work, on the down low. 360 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,272 Jesus Christ. I'm not here for that. 361 00:17:03,272 --> 00:17:06,734 - Oh, yeah. Just-- - Bonnie! 362 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:08,193 What can we help you with? 363 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,571 It's what I can help you with. 364 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:12,364 Your former man Winston is shopping 365 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:14,366 a new piece of risk-management software 366 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:16,326 on the Street right now. 367 00:17:16,326 --> 00:17:18,078 He pitched it at my firm this morning, 368 00:17:18,078 --> 00:17:19,580 and I haven't seen the principals this excited 369 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:20,748 since they were rubbing up against me 370 00:17:20,748 --> 00:17:22,166 at the Christmas party. 371 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:23,917 I heard he left here just yesterday, 372 00:17:23,917 --> 00:17:25,127 so the timing seemed sus. 373 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:26,920 Goddamnit! 374 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,715 And on my watch. Fuck! 375 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:32,301 That moonlighting prick. Where does he get the energy? 376 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:33,844 - Fuck! - You already said "fuck." 377 00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:35,471 But, yeah, you're right. 378 00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:37,014 He must've developed this before he left. 379 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:39,892 WDE Risk Management. What's WDE...? 380 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,977 Winston Dick Energy. 381 00:17:41,977 --> 00:17:44,480 I don't espouse it, I just know what it stands for. 382 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,232 He said it... often. 383 00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:51,403 Why are you willing to come share this with us? 384 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:53,739 'Cause if there's one thing I hate more than this place, 385 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:57,868 it's backstabbing thieves, so I had to set things right. 386 00:17:57,868 --> 00:17:59,578 - No, that's not it-- - Yeah, no way. 387 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,580 Total bullshit. 388 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,499 Fine. I'm looking for a bump in comp at my new firm. 389 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:05,209 Give me an offer I can use as leverage, 390 00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:06,376 and I'll forward you the pitch deck. 391 00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:07,586 - Right. - Naturally. 392 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,088 That's the Bonnie we know. 393 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:10,422 We'll write something up and email you. 394 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,929 Still looking fly in that fleece. 395 00:18:21,058 --> 00:18:22,601 Call me. 396 00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:33,445 What kind of AI does it use? 397 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,447 ASI for risk mitigation. 398 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:37,449 It works automatically across all sectors 399 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:39,409 to detect hidden exposure throughout the portfolio 400 00:18:39,409 --> 00:18:40,786 and reduce it through a variety 401 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,454 of hedges and other techniques. 402 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:44,790 The edge this would give on returns is... 403 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,459 - considerable. - We need it back. 404 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:49,962 And to make it clear that no one takes from us and lives. 405 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,380 Let me be clear that, for the record, 406 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:52,464 you're speaking in metaphor. 407 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:53,966 If it makes you feel better. 408 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,134 I'll get an injunction filed right away 409 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,969 to stop him from shopping it. 410 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,471 It's a work for hire. He has no legal leg to stand on. 411 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:01,849 But what about the optics of Mike taking legal action 412 00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:03,976 against a former employee in this pro-worker environment? 413 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:06,645 If we don't, we run the risk of losing the tech, full stop. 414 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,400 Say what you're really worried about. 415 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,235 Reputation. Yours. Which is of 416 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:16,029 particular importance right now. But also mine. 417 00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:17,948 If it becomes public that in my early days at the helm, 418 00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:20,284 someone disrespected me like this... 419 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:21,827 I'd rather do this quietly. 420 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,412 You talking about reputation or ego? 421 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:25,372 In this case, there's no difference. 422 00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:26,707 I'm tied up in this shit too, now, since he was, 423 00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:28,375 for a minute, also my employee. 424 00:19:28,375 --> 00:19:29,626 I'll own my mistakes, but give us a minute 425 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,336 to make this thing right. 426 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:32,629 I'm willing to gamble and give you a minute, 427 00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:34,298 but not much more. 428 00:19:34,298 --> 00:19:36,258 Greed or fear, which will you appeal? 429 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,135 You really want to know? 430 00:19:38,135 --> 00:19:40,846 You have 48 hours, then Kate files the injunction. 431 00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:48,604 I feel obliged to tell you that you are gambling 432 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,522 like Phil Mickelson pressing a Nassau. 433 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:52,316 It's 48 hours, Kate. 434 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:54,318 And like Lefty, I can usually make the shot. 435 00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:56,111 I'm not only talking about this. 436 00:19:56,111 --> 00:19:59,489 Ah, you delivered the Super PAC filing to the SDNY. 437 00:19:59,489 --> 00:20:01,200 Yes. But I have a... 438 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,285 low confidence interval on the plan succeeding. 439 00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:05,162 Why's that? 440 00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,873 Chuck's always been as smart as you, me, whomever else. 441 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,293 In the past, his emotions have allowed him to forget that. 442 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:15,214 But I just... don't know that's where we are now. 443 00:20:17,257 --> 00:20:18,717 Thanks. 444 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:19,676 Okay. 445 00:20:23,096 --> 00:20:24,890 - That case did it for me. - Hmm. 446 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,392 Like reading a Penthouse Forum in days of yore. 447 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,561 Creative application of RICO. 448 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:31,563 Real teeth there. Instant headlines. 449 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:33,607 Maybe not the kind we want. Um... 450 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:35,651 Didn't feel like lightning to me. 451 00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,530 What's so distracting? 452 00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:44,243 Prince Super PAC filing 453 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,078 with the Federal Election Commission. 454 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,454 Anything juicy? 455 00:20:47,454 --> 00:20:48,914 Don't get 456 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:49,915 waylaid with this right now. 457 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:50,999 Let's make some cases. 458 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:54,795 You know it. 459 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:57,256 Amanda Torre, Securities Unit. 460 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,674 When I get face time with the bosses, 461 00:20:58,674 --> 00:21:00,342 I'm not bringing any weak shit. 462 00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:03,178 Oh. We speaking our thoughts aloud, Ms. Torre? 463 00:21:03,178 --> 00:21:05,764 No, what I'm bringing you is a fog-cutter, 464 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:07,599 a case that's going to make noise in the press. 465 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,101 One that's precedent-setting, 466 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,769 with a high-profile target for a bad guy 467 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:12,688 and victims you can really pull for. 468 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:14,356 Oh, and one with a clear road to victory. 469 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:16,191 Anything less, and I'm wasting your time. 470 00:21:16,191 --> 00:21:19,111 - Quite the wish list. - Wish granted. Here you go. 471 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,904 Pump-and-dump scheme. 472 00:21:20,904 --> 00:21:23,448 Wolf of Wall Street lead broker. Scuzzy lawyers. 473 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:26,118 - Working people defrauded. - She's playing all the hits. 474 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:28,662 My SEC contact is ready to formalize a complaint. 475 00:21:28,662 --> 00:21:30,247 The FBI and I turned one of his traders 476 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:31,415 like she was Adriana La Cerva. 477 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:35,002 Well, keep her going, then. 478 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:36,253 Come back when you really have him. 479 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:37,963 Right now, feels thin. 480 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,632 I'm sorry, um... 481 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:42,592 what feels thin about this? 482 00:21:42,592 --> 00:21:44,928 Can I get some guidance, or-- 483 00:21:44,928 --> 00:21:48,348 Uh, where were you when He laid the foundation of the earth? 484 00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:50,142 The fuck does that mean? 485 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:53,312 Not to us to question the exalted. 486 00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:59,401 Come on, I'll tell you some war stories. 487 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,572 I know the first prosecution has a lot riding on it, 488 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,991 but we've gotta break the seal at some point. 489 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,659 One should make his decisions 490 00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:09,578 within the space of seven breaths. 491 00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:11,163 So I did. 492 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,831 Gandhi? 493 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,834 Uh, Book of the Samurai. 494 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:17,669 Well... perfect 495 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:19,963 is the enemy of the good. Does it say that in there? 496 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:21,506 We had a stack of winners, 497 00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:22,674 and that was before Ms. Torre walked in. 498 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:26,303 And she was spittin' truth. 499 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:28,555 So, what more are we looking for? Clue me in here. 500 00:22:28,555 --> 00:22:31,016 80 and 0, buddy. 501 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:33,018 That was the personal record at one point. 502 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,853 And I got it by picking the winners, 503 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:36,563 not betting the swayback nags. 504 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:37,814 I know what I'm doing. 505 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:40,650 You sure that's all it is? 506 00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:47,741 There was once an aura amongst federal prosecutors, 507 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:51,578 something noble and untouchable. 508 00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:53,205 It made them king-like in their ability 509 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:56,041 to either indict or refuse to charge. 510 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:58,627 Now my record earned me a part of that, 511 00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:02,214 until I made some... missteps. 512 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,883 But I'm gonna get it back. 513 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:07,219 For the very honor of the job. 514 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:08,845 You brought the honor back 515 00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:10,555 the moment you walked into the office again. 516 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:13,225 I like the office. I can do something from it. 517 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:17,354 So I can't be rash. And I can't be emotional. 518 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:20,565 And I have to pick my spots. 519 00:23:20,565 --> 00:23:22,025 You didn't ask me to work by your side 520 00:23:22,025 --> 00:23:23,402 so I'd say nice things to you, 521 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,570 but I'm gonna do it anyway. 522 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:28,407 You're the best prosecutor ever sat this office 523 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,034 because you used both your intellect and your emotions. 524 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:33,078 That's why you were 80 and 0. 525 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:36,915 This is a moment to take risks. You are beloved. 526 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:39,960 That's the one thing you didn't have last time. Use it. 527 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,545 So you don't lose it. 528 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:43,255 Okay, I hear you. 529 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,715 But that doesn't mean I can listen to you. 530 00:23:47,008 --> 00:23:48,468 Not yet. 531 00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:55,225 Let me in on curb-stomping Winston. 532 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:57,144 Philip and I will handle it. 533 00:23:57,144 --> 00:23:59,980 My schedule's light, and this is just my kind of mission. 534 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:01,773 We got it. Thanks. 535 00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:17,122 What's with you? 536 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,458 - Nothing. - Nah. 537 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:21,293 I saw the way you reacted to what Winston did. 538 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:24,713 It wasn't anger in those eyes. It was sadness. 539 00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:26,965 Can't I be both? 540 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,050 You steep that any longer, you may as well suck the bag. 541 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:31,970 Plus, you don't drink herbal tea. 542 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:33,388 Minor fucking detail. 543 00:24:34,514 --> 00:24:36,266 Though I might as well start. 544 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:38,977 That's what obsolete pensioners do, isn't it? 545 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:44,065 Drink tea, stare into space, and decompose. 546 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:58,079 Mother's milk. 547 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:00,832 Better than a spot of zen-relax tea? 548 00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:06,588 It was a fucking eulogy, Wend. 549 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:09,174 Attending my own funeral. 550 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:12,177 The whole cast of Liar's Poker dancing on my grave. 551 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,930 It would've been a lot more fun 552 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:16,848 if I had gotten to fake my own death first. 553 00:25:19,392 --> 00:25:21,353 This is when you throw me some magic 554 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,271 that unlocks everything. 555 00:25:26,399 --> 00:25:28,443 Maybe my magic isn't what you need. 556 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,697 Maybe you need to see... someone. 557 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:35,659 A different kind of professional. 558 00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:38,286 I've given that up. For the time being. 559 00:25:40,997 --> 00:25:43,041 So you're just a man searching for his next act. 560 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:47,379 I'm not looking for a next act. I want to go back in time. 561 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,548 You're still the same person, Wags. 562 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,508 It's the circumstances around you that have changed. 563 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,385 The kind of theatrical moves those guys are talking about, 564 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:54,761 that's in your bones. 565 00:25:54,761 --> 00:25:57,222 You just need to find an opportunity 566 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,683 that'll activate that muscle memory. 567 00:25:59,683 --> 00:26:01,851 And don't wait for permission. 568 00:26:01,851 --> 00:26:05,730 Yes, inject that magic into my veins. 569 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:10,235 When I was talking about a "professional" before, 570 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:12,237 I meant... therapist. 571 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:14,990 A real... therapist. 572 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:16,908 Oh, you heard about Dr. Mayer, then. 573 00:26:18,493 --> 00:26:21,037 Don't... tell me you're seeing her too. 574 00:26:21,037 --> 00:26:24,165 I assure you, I prefer those depths unplunged. 575 00:26:24,165 --> 00:26:25,875 Unless by you, of course. 576 00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:27,586 Appreciate that. 577 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:29,546 So, do you know what this chick is all about? 578 00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:31,464 Why they're all so obsessed with her? 579 00:26:32,632 --> 00:26:34,259 The Wendy Rhoades I know 580 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:37,429 does not speculate or rely on hearsay. 581 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,724 She dives as deep as the fucking Mariana Trench 582 00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:44,436 until she finds the truth among the supergiants at the bottom. 583 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:47,939 You want to know what this knock-off Melfi is about... 584 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:50,275 go find out. 585 00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:54,779 And I think you know there is nothing anyone 586 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,157 could Freudian slip into my drink 587 00:26:57,157 --> 00:27:00,201 that'll change the fact that you... 588 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:03,079 will always be my Dr. Mojo. 589 00:27:13,214 --> 00:27:15,091 Sir? 590 00:27:16,676 --> 00:27:18,678 Ms. Torre, once I pass on a case, 591 00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:20,221 I don't reconsider it 592 00:27:20,221 --> 00:27:21,973 unless there's been some material change. 593 00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:23,308 So, if that's not what you're here to tell me... 594 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,809 This isn't my case. 595 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:26,227 This is Michael Prince's Super PAC filing. 596 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:27,646 Deputy Schirmer gave it to me, 597 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:30,106 said you wanted me to take a look. 598 00:27:32,859 --> 00:27:35,904 Yeah, good, great. And, uh, what did you learn? 599 00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:38,239 Potential violation of 52 USC 30121. 600 00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:39,824 The foreign donor ban. 601 00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:41,242 He wouldn't do something that obvious. 602 00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:42,994 Mm, not sure and not obvious. 603 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:45,455 There was an LLC that donated called North Country. 604 00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:47,123 The name caught my eye, so I ran the CEO. 605 00:27:47,123 --> 00:27:48,667 He appears to be a Canadian citizen. 606 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:52,629 You interested in preparing charges? 607 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:55,006 Leave what you have, I'll-I'll give it a look. 608 00:27:57,175 --> 00:28:00,345 For the record, the case I pitched is a stone winner. 609 00:28:12,315 --> 00:28:15,151 Been saving this one for a special occasion-- 610 00:28:15,151 --> 00:28:16,528 Ahh! 611 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:19,406 Your return to the seat of power. 612 00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,409 Applejack? 613 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:24,953 You stopped at the joint in the corner on your way up. 614 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,913 It's what they had. 615 00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:28,581 And the thought that counts. 616 00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:31,710 You want to drink it or not? 617 00:28:34,254 --> 00:28:37,173 What a sight you are, Charles. 618 00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:43,304 The man back in his natural habitat. 619 00:28:44,597 --> 00:28:46,891 Burning the midnight oil. 620 00:28:48,685 --> 00:28:52,313 Please regale me with your first move. 621 00:28:54,023 --> 00:28:56,860 Nothing I'm ready to share, I'm afraid. 622 00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:58,903 Don't be modest, sonny. 623 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:02,240 You're sitting on something bold and undeniable, I'm sure. 624 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,491 Mm. 625 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,162 What did Ira tell you? 626 00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:09,289 Ah, just that you're limp as a noodle. 627 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:12,208 Well, he said gun-shy, but I'm translating. 628 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,419 Oh, that's helpful. Thank you. 629 00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:17,630 - Whoa. - Ohh. 630 00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:19,758 Did you know... 631 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:24,637 that I stayed faithful to your mother... 632 00:29:24,637 --> 00:29:27,265 for five months after Kevin was born? 633 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,476 Would you like an award for that? 634 00:29:29,476 --> 00:29:31,060 No... 635 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:33,480 I'm trying to tell you I can relate. 636 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,065 When I became a grandfather, 637 00:29:36,065 --> 00:29:39,027 I vowed to become an upright man, 638 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:41,154 an example for my grandson. 639 00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:46,576 God, those months felt like years. 640 00:29:46,576 --> 00:29:51,080 I'd lay awake in bed next to her every night, restless. 641 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,792 Nothing spoils the spirit like rote sexual congress. 642 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,418 Dad! 643 00:29:55,418 --> 00:29:56,961 I knew I'd die if I kept on like that, 644 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:58,755 yet I wasn't ready for divorce. 645 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:03,218 But when it came to the idea of a new assignation... 646 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:08,556 the adrenaline rush 647 00:30:08,556 --> 00:30:10,809 was-was almost sickening. 648 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:13,603 It was like an Acapulco diver on top of a cliff, 649 00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:18,817 trying to... to time the waves so that I didn't go splat. 650 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:22,070 I was utterly frozen. 651 00:30:23,696 --> 00:30:24,823 Until... 652 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:30,787 I attended the opening of Bedminster Golf Club. 653 00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:34,123 Did you ever meet his first wife? 654 00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:37,001 Oh, Jesus, Dad, you didn't. 655 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:42,507 That woman was an athlete. 656 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:45,510 We made the beast right on the green of the second hole. 657 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,679 Which is all very ironic, 658 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:50,515 considering where she now lies once again, rest in peace. 659 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:55,395 Okay, your story hardly accounts for the risks I face 660 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,815 as delightful as it is to hear you are groin cousins 661 00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:01,943 - with the former Miss-- - The point is, sonny, 662 00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:05,530 you gotta make the leap. 663 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:10,702 Because the rewards are inestimable. 664 00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:29,554 Sacker. 665 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,056 Kate. It's time to go see Rhoades. 666 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,601 Try and prompt a reaction. Get him following the scent. 667 00:31:34,601 --> 00:31:37,228 - Should I bring the whole team? - Sure. Good idea. 668 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:39,606 Bring whomever you think will help get the job done. 669 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:40,899 You got it. 670 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:58,416 No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. 671 00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:01,920 No need to be anybody but oneself. 672 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,339 It's good to see you, Dr. Rhoades. 673 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:06,841 Make it Wendy. 674 00:32:06,841 --> 00:32:09,135 Shall we do it here, or do you have A Room of One's Own? 675 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:14,599 I've been expecting you. 676 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,268 I'm sure you have. 677 00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:20,772 You rustle someone's cattle, they're gonna come looking. 678 00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:24,275 Was it the welcoming literary patter 679 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:26,527 that helped you snare my patients? 680 00:32:26,527 --> 00:32:30,907 I didn't see your brand on them. At first. 681 00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:35,453 After talking to them, the burns became more visible. 682 00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:38,539 Uh-huh. You know... 683 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:48,007 I didn't... come here to do this. 684 00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:50,134 You've helped my people quite a lot. 685 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:51,469 I wanted to thank you, 686 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:54,973 and to see if we could find... 687 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:58,142 a way to work in concert. A harmony between our styles. 688 00:32:58,142 --> 00:33:02,981 Surely you don't think we do the same thing, Wendy. 689 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,817 We take different approaches, but we're both psychiatrists. 690 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,820 Humor me, please. 691 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:11,906 How do you know you're good at what you do? 692 00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:15,743 I could say close to 25 billion earned 693 00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:17,286 and managed by my clients, 694 00:33:17,286 --> 00:33:19,622 but I won't step into that trap. 695 00:33:19,622 --> 00:33:23,126 My goals are aligned with those of my patients. 696 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:25,753 They want-- they need-- to earn, 697 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:28,840 need to fight, need to win. 698 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,843 The money's just a symbol of what we're working towards. 699 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,470 All of our shared patients, 700 00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:36,389 they're all addicts. 701 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:39,183 What they need... 702 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:42,895 it's wrapped up in a very complicated bundle 703 00:33:42,895 --> 00:33:47,025 of compulsive behavior and purpose. 704 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,527 Your talent and insight, 705 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:54,699 you use it to disguise it all as purpose, 706 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:57,535 to keep them on a hamster wheel. 707 00:33:57,535 --> 00:34:01,414 Well, certainly, the wheel may get bigger, 708 00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,666 but it's still... 709 00:34:05,084 --> 00:34:07,128 essentially a prison. 710 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:08,921 So I'm their jailer? 711 00:34:08,921 --> 00:34:13,009 I don't think any of them would agree with that. 712 00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:17,847 Fair. But I can't help but think... 713 00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:21,517 What if you used all your ability 714 00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:23,895 to free them instead? 715 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:28,941 It is no secret that you are extraordinary, Wendy. 716 00:34:30,693 --> 00:34:33,905 But I think you could be even better. 717 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,074 I would like to help you with that. 718 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:39,327 Thank you. But I'm not in the market 719 00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:40,995 for a performance coach. 720 00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:42,663 I was suggesting therapy. 721 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:47,919 Isn't that why you're here, really? 722 00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:04,727 - Miss me already, huh? - Not quite. 723 00:35:04,727 --> 00:35:07,313 Please, take off your shoes. Or stay on the marble. 724 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:08,773 Jesus, these carpets are harder to clean 725 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,441 than a frat basement couch. 726 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:12,944 Bill us. We know about WDE Risk Management. 727 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,862 People are already talking about it, huh? 728 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:16,572 - It's gonna be huge. - Not only did you 729 00:35:16,572 --> 00:35:18,407 create the software while at MPC, 730 00:35:18,407 --> 00:35:20,409 meaning you're hawking property stolen from Mike Prince, 731 00:35:20,409 --> 00:35:22,120 but you trained it on data from our traders. 732 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,579 You don't want this to get messy with a lawsuit. 733 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:24,956 Surrender the code, we can work out 734 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:26,374 a suitable position for you at MPC. 735 00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:28,209 Head of Risk Management, maybe? 736 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:30,795 I'm done working for other people, thanks. 737 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,713 And I coded WDE after I left. 738 00:35:32,713 --> 00:35:35,133 In the eight hours before you started trying to sell it? 739 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,717 Kids work quick these days, you know that. 740 00:35:36,717 --> 00:35:38,136 That isn't going to hold up in court. 741 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,887 Please. I used an air-gapped computer, 742 00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:41,639 so the code trail supports my timeline. 743 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:43,224 I mean, I would've, if I'd done it 744 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,143 while I was still at MPC. 745 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,436 But look, I'm a generous dude, and we're friends. 746 00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:50,773 So I'll license it to you for only, like, $500,000 per month. 747 00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:53,609 Plus two percent of profits. 748 00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:55,444 Oh, come on, shoes! Who's been putting out 749 00:35:55,444 --> 00:35:56,654 their Kools on my floor?! 750 00:35:56,654 --> 00:35:58,197 I told you we've got this, Wags. 751 00:35:58,197 --> 00:35:59,740 I'm not asking permission. Taylor, Philip, 752 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:01,159 back away from the defendant. 753 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,577 Prince is moving forward with the lawsuit. 754 00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:04,370 This negotiation is as useless as 755 00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:06,372 a 20-year-old lambskin rubber. 756 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:07,790 Like from a real lamb? 757 00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:09,667 Get off me-- 758 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:13,004 Do you think anyone on the Street is gonna license software 759 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:14,964 under the absolute mountain of legal caca 760 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,591 we're throwing your way? 761 00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:18,634 Your product, along with your bank accounts, 762 00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:22,471 are gonna be frozen like Ted Williams's fuckin' head! 763 00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:32,315 I can't believe Prince called you in. 764 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:34,150 - He promised us some time. - He didn't call me in. 765 00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:35,318 The lawsuit hasn't been filed yet. 766 00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:36,694 A bluff. What's the play? 767 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,196 You can't eradicate cockroaches 768 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,364 without scaring them out of hiding. 769 00:36:48,581 --> 00:36:50,541 Yeah, hi. I need to talk to your COO. 770 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:52,376 I met with him yesterday. We need to fast track 771 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:53,711 the software licensing agreements, 772 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:55,129 or the offer's going away. 773 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,425 Do you think anyone on the Street 774 00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:01,010 is gonna license software 775 00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:02,845 under the absolute mountain of legal caca 776 00:37:02,845 --> 00:37:04,472 we're throwing your way? 777 00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:06,599 Your product, along with your bank accounts, 778 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:10,269 are gonna be frozen like Ted Williams's fuckin' head! 779 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:16,651 They had us wait in here instead of in Chuck's office 780 00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:18,110 so that they could end the conversation 781 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:19,153 by walking out whenever they want, 782 00:37:19,153 --> 00:37:20,863 treating us like targets. 783 00:37:20,863 --> 00:37:23,407 It's amazing the lessons you choose to remember. 784 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:25,785 Oh, I remember all of them. Deploy the most effective 785 00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,119 and let the rest dangle. 786 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:28,829 Which are you deploying today? 787 00:37:28,829 --> 00:37:32,250 We're here because we have the same goal: 788 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,418 for my candidate to be operating squeaky clean, 789 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:36,879 behind glass so clear, it kills birds. 790 00:37:36,879 --> 00:37:39,006 The PAC is just that transparent. 791 00:37:39,006 --> 00:37:41,509 We assume you've already reviewed our FEC disclosure. 792 00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:43,094 We're here to answer any questions. 793 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:44,762 I guess it's the "show up voluntarily 794 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:46,889 to appear innocent" lesson, but our policy 795 00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:49,433 is to ask questions on our schedule, not yours. 796 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:52,019 Eh, no, I do have one, actually. For all of them. 797 00:37:52,019 --> 00:37:53,938 One I've asked Scooter before: 798 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:57,275 What's the going price for one's soul these days? Hmm? 799 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,193 Well, a lesson from my side of the street 800 00:37:59,193 --> 00:38:00,987 is never answer a hypothetical. 801 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:02,947 So, since I'm the guy with no history here, 802 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:05,992 might I suggest we turn this slightly professional. 803 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,868 Mr. Rhoades, we sent over the documents 804 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:09,870 so you'd have an opportunity to vet them. 805 00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:11,872 That seemed the best way for all parties to ensure 806 00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:15,042 that an often dirty process is as pure as Crater Lake. 807 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,546 Yes, well, the lake is pure because it isn't 808 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:20,172 fed by any rivers and streams, 809 00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:22,133 so there's no opportunity for pollution-- 810 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,302 the opposite of a fucking Super PAC, 811 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:25,886 which tries to onboard as many 812 00:38:25,886 --> 00:38:27,638 dirty streams of cash as possible. 813 00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:36,814 But... 814 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:39,483 I won't know the specifics until I take a look. 815 00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:42,069 And the fact is, I haven't even had a chance yet. 816 00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:45,823 - Really. - Really. 817 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:47,992 It's what the man said. It's what the man meant. 818 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,328 And when I do, if I have questions, 819 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:52,330 you will be hearing from me. 820 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:09,096 That was an opportunity. 821 00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:10,431 This is. 822 00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:14,060 You know what Amanda found in that filing. 823 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,645 - Let's hit 'em. - This is not our shot at Prince. 824 00:39:16,645 --> 00:39:18,898 What are you doing? 825 00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:21,359 I'm being smart. Restrained. Tactical. 826 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,694 Bullshit, buddy. This is fear. 827 00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:26,322 Oh, come on. You saw them, baiting me. 828 00:39:26,322 --> 00:39:28,366 They want me to find something, 829 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,743 for some reason not yet obvious. 830 00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:33,662 But what is clear is that all this would end, at minimum, 831 00:39:33,662 --> 00:39:35,206 with egg on my face. 832 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,833 My dignity-- that, I will not lose. 833 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:40,753 Your dignity? Chuck, this isn't just about you. 834 00:39:40,753 --> 00:39:42,505 I'm sorry I pulled you away 835 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:43,839 from the high-dollar chase. 836 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:45,049 You already miss it that much 837 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,300 you're ready to go back? 838 00:39:47,843 --> 00:39:50,221 No. And it's not just about me. 839 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:51,555 There's an office full of people out there 840 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:53,349 putting forth their best efforts. 841 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:55,810 So that's on the line. And their careers, too. 842 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:58,729 When they woke up to the news that you were going to return, 843 00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:00,356 they all told themselves 844 00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:01,899 they were finally gonna be able to do something. 845 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,234 They'd finally live up to the essays 846 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,194 they wrote to get into law school 847 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:07,405 because they'd finally be working for a great man. 848 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:12,243 And I know this to be true. 849 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,412 Okay, so the only one who needs to remember is you. 850 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,135 Hey. 851 00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,762 If someone lusts after you every day, 852 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,931 they probably also make moves. 853 00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:36,142 Maybe moves they shouldn't, 854 00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:39,562 to impress, ingratiate, seduce? 855 00:40:39,562 --> 00:40:41,814 Hopefully... illegal ones. 856 00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:43,941 So, what were they? 857 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,776 I don't want Winston's 858 00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:47,778 metaphorical death on my conscience. 859 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:48,946 He was like my annoying little brother. 860 00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:50,698 I'm not gonna be a part of this. 861 00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,783 Do you understand that getting that software back 862 00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:55,327 is the single most important thing to MPC right now? 863 00:40:55,327 --> 00:40:58,497 It's either him or us. 864 00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:01,959 Okay. 865 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:04,128 He bragged about some hacktivist stuff, 866 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:07,047 but I honestly didn't listen when he talked most of the time. 867 00:41:07,047 --> 00:41:09,133 He was probably just making shit up to impress me. 868 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:10,301 Hm. 869 00:41:12,344 --> 00:41:14,555 - But... - But what? 870 00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:19,643 Okay, I didn't ask him to do it. 871 00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:22,771 But last May, Winston hacked the DMV 872 00:41:22,771 --> 00:41:25,357 to remove points from my license when I was about to lose it. 873 00:41:25,357 --> 00:41:28,194 How many points did you have? 874 00:41:28,194 --> 00:41:30,613 I like to go fast. 875 00:41:30,613 --> 00:41:33,657 That's my girl. 876 00:41:33,657 --> 00:41:37,495 I gonna need the date and time of that hack for my guy. 877 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:45,294 I sent some of our gang in to talk to Chuck. 878 00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:47,046 The theory being? 879 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:49,632 That he's coming for me. I want to know from where. 880 00:41:49,632 --> 00:41:52,051 - And now you do? - I do not. 881 00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,512 They said he seemed different, muted. 882 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,264 Disinterested even. 883 00:41:57,264 --> 00:41:59,808 Their instinct is he's not coming. 884 00:41:59,808 --> 00:42:02,478 Was that just a posture? I'm not sure. 885 00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:06,524 Could be he has other things to focus on in his new job. 886 00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,192 He wouldn't be alone in that. 887 00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:12,821 You'd rather talk about why I have a need to know, 888 00:42:12,821 --> 00:42:14,615 why I'm engaged in that 889 00:42:14,615 --> 00:42:16,951 instead of keeping my eyes forward on my own business. 890 00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:19,203 I don't want to get into anything you don't want to. 891 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:21,038 And if I asked you to go in? 892 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:23,207 To talk to Chuck, 893 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:25,793 have a look for yourself, 894 00:42:25,793 --> 00:42:28,212 see what's going on and give me some guidance? 895 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:30,714 I'd say no way, bad idea. 896 00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:32,550 Any more contact, and he's going to start 897 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,343 believing there's something there. 898 00:42:34,343 --> 00:42:36,262 You don't want to convert your search for intel 899 00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:37,721 into motivation for him, do you? 900 00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:40,391 I do not. 901 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,018 Good call. 902 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:58,742 Hm. 903 00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:02,788 Here. 904 00:43:10,629 --> 00:43:12,089 I figured the one you had was old. 905 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:13,382 You should have a current one. 906 00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:15,009 Yeah, well, the one I have, 907 00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:16,844 they're much younger. You're in it. 908 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:20,681 Thank you. 909 00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:23,100 I heard some people from the firm paid a visit today. 910 00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:25,603 And yet, I didn't like what I learned. 911 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:28,856 Anytime I hear Chuck Rhoades is muted instead of pugnacious, 912 00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:30,274 it's cause for worry. 913 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:33,402 You don't worry, you dig. 914 00:43:33,402 --> 00:43:34,862 Wh-what are you digging for now? 915 00:43:34,862 --> 00:43:36,530 Nothing. 916 00:43:36,530 --> 00:43:38,616 I just don't like the cooled-off version of you. 917 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:41,118 Pot, kettle, Wend. You've been frozen so long, 918 00:43:41,118 --> 00:43:44,121 the very temperature of the room drops when you walk in. 919 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,456 Did Prince send you? 920 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:48,125 He's not sweating his disclosure. 921 00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:51,170 Besides, if he had, would I have come? 922 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:52,671 Am I some errand girl? 923 00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:55,424 No, I suppose not. 924 00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:59,303 Though I don't know what you are. 925 00:43:59,303 --> 00:44:02,222 I just hope whatever you're doing here 926 00:44:02,222 --> 00:44:04,183 works out okay for them this time. 927 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:11,482 You got to the kid. 928 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:14,568 He called them all, so we've got the list. 929 00:44:14,568 --> 00:44:17,988 Two firms that he approached yesterday, three today. 930 00:44:17,988 --> 00:44:20,449 Deals are being drawn up. 931 00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:24,244 He set a follow-up presentation at his co-working space 932 00:44:24,244 --> 00:44:26,455 with all five CEOs tomorrow. 933 00:44:26,455 --> 00:44:28,749 Plan is to ink the contracts there 934 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:31,001 before any lawsuits land on him. 935 00:44:32,544 --> 00:44:36,173 Bravissimo, Hall. And the coding signature? 936 00:44:37,466 --> 00:44:39,927 Hell of a laundry list, you were right. 937 00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:42,513 That's the one. 938 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:45,849 You want to bury him like that? 939 00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:48,894 Damn right. 940 00:44:48,894 --> 00:44:50,771 This is the fucking shovel. 941 00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:53,524 Now let's put on a show. 942 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:03,283 I don't regret keeping them on the hamster wheel. 943 00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:05,035 That's my job, 944 00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:07,204 to keep personnel in place, happy enough to deliver. 945 00:45:07,204 --> 00:45:10,541 But I didn't choose that wheel for myself. 946 00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:13,168 And yet... 947 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:16,588 you want to know... 948 00:45:16,588 --> 00:45:20,175 why you can't leave. 949 00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:24,680 I want to know why I sometimes feel like an errand girl. 950 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,390 I know I'm not, but... 951 00:45:28,183 --> 00:45:29,727 Also, I kind of am. 952 00:45:29,727 --> 00:45:31,437 I keep doing other people's bidding. 953 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:34,857 You know, I can leave. 954 00:45:34,857 --> 00:45:37,568 - It's just that I don't. - Mm-hmm. 955 00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:41,572 There's nothing stopping me, contractual or financial. 956 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,574 I tell myself it's the fate of those very people 957 00:45:43,574 --> 00:45:45,325 that I'm keeping on the wheel, 958 00:45:45,325 --> 00:45:46,994 and the fate of a great many people beyond, 959 00:45:46,994 --> 00:45:49,246 as well, that won't let me go. 960 00:45:49,246 --> 00:45:51,248 So... 961 00:45:51,248 --> 00:45:54,209 you're either an errand girl 962 00:45:54,209 --> 00:45:58,255 or Christ-like in your desire to serve the wastrels. 963 00:45:58,255 --> 00:46:00,466 Feeling their pain. Making it your own. 964 00:46:00,466 --> 00:46:01,884 You salve them. 965 00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:04,720 And ready them, again, 966 00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:07,264 to put their souls in peril. 967 00:46:08,891 --> 00:46:10,309 I... I don't know. 968 00:46:12,686 --> 00:46:14,855 I just know you were right. 969 00:46:14,855 --> 00:46:17,816 I can be more than this. 970 00:46:17,816 --> 00:46:18,984 I have to be. 971 00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:23,947 And I want to start that work. 972 00:46:23,947 --> 00:46:25,365 That's wonderful. 973 00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:28,368 I'll get you some referrals. 974 00:46:28,368 --> 00:46:31,914 No, no. You break it, you buy it, Eleanor. 975 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:35,209 That's what you think? That I broke you? 976 00:46:35,209 --> 00:46:37,461 No. I'm not gonna give you that much credit. Yet. 977 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:40,130 But you did show me that whatever it was I'm clinging to 978 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:42,966 to stay above water is drowning me instead. 979 00:46:44,843 --> 00:46:46,720 That's why it has to be you. 980 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:50,140 Having started at odds like this, 981 00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:52,017 it isn't ideal. 982 00:46:56,855 --> 00:46:59,650 Neither is the human condition, yet we continue to lump it. 983 00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:34,142 I've already had a night, Karl. 984 00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:35,853 What's so important I had to haul it 985 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,729 all the way up to 122nd? 986 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,111 Ah! 987 00:47:44,111 --> 00:47:46,530 So this is an intervention, then. 988 00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:50,033 That's why you brought me to the final resting place 989 00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:52,327 of Ulysses S. Grant. 990 00:47:52,327 --> 00:47:55,706 To remind me that the venerated Union general 991 00:47:55,706 --> 00:47:58,542 stood tall after the loss at Shiloh. 992 00:47:58,542 --> 00:47:59,710 Right? 993 00:48:01,169 --> 00:48:02,713 And what did Lincoln say to those 994 00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:04,423 calling for his removal? 995 00:48:04,423 --> 00:48:08,886 "I can't spare this man; he fights." 996 00:48:10,679 --> 00:48:13,056 Yeah, where would we be if Grant hadn't gone on 997 00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:15,726 to fight at Chattanooga and Vicksburg? 998 00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:20,439 You hoped this would awaken my fight. 999 00:48:21,523 --> 00:48:23,191 But fighting is not my problem. 1000 00:48:23,191 --> 00:48:27,404 I am ready to fight. I am not ready to lose. 1001 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:31,491 Not again. 1002 00:48:31,491 --> 00:48:33,285 You're a great man. 1003 00:48:33,285 --> 00:48:35,245 But that isn't why we've asked you to meet. 1004 00:48:35,245 --> 00:48:37,414 The reason's inside. 1005 00:48:56,433 --> 00:48:58,393 Well, that's one hell of a twist. 1006 00:49:06,902 --> 00:49:08,362 Hey there, Chuck. 1007 00:49:08,362 --> 00:49:09,696 Well... 1008 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:13,241 It's nice to meet you, sir. 1009 00:49:13,241 --> 00:49:14,660 Uh... 1010 00:49:14,660 --> 00:49:17,037 I've long held you in admiration. 1011 00:49:17,037 --> 00:49:19,289 I hear you've got a case of the yips, my man. 1012 00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:20,707 The yips. 1013 00:49:20,707 --> 00:49:23,877 Yeah, I wish it was the yips. 1014 00:49:23,877 --> 00:49:28,757 It's elemental. My next move needs to be perfect. 1015 00:49:28,757 --> 00:49:30,801 I need a win. 1016 00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:32,386 I'm familiar with that pressure. 1017 00:49:32,386 --> 00:49:34,096 Well, you mastered it. 1018 00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:36,348 You learned to use the pressure to serve you. 1019 00:49:36,348 --> 00:49:38,600 Your record's beyond compare. 1020 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,143 Well, you know, Coach Wooden said that 1021 00:49:40,143 --> 00:49:41,895 as long as you do your personal best, 1022 00:49:41,895 --> 00:49:44,481 - you've won. - And that worked for you? 1023 00:49:44,481 --> 00:49:45,899 For a while. 1024 00:49:45,899 --> 00:49:47,818 And then we made a trip down to Houston 1025 00:49:47,818 --> 00:49:50,404 - to visit Mr. Hayes. - That's understood. 1026 00:49:50,404 --> 00:49:52,322 And it destroyed your perfect season. 1027 00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:54,408 - Must've been devastating. - Yeah, I was rocked. 1028 00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:55,492 Yeah. 1029 00:49:55,492 --> 00:49:57,411 But that loss made me. 1030 00:49:57,411 --> 00:49:59,579 - Mm-hmm. - It helped... 1031 00:49:59,579 --> 00:50:01,832 make me into the player that I wanted to be. 1032 00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,625 - Yeah. - And of course, 1033 00:50:03,625 --> 00:50:05,669 when the tournament came around, 1034 00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:07,838 it really made it sweet to kick their asses. 1035 00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:10,507 Yeah, but... 1036 00:50:10,507 --> 00:50:12,009 the fear getting there. 1037 00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:13,844 I mean, how do you keep that at bay? 1038 00:50:15,554 --> 00:50:20,183 I grew up in 1960s America looking like this. 1039 00:50:20,183 --> 00:50:21,977 People wanted to kill me. 1040 00:50:21,977 --> 00:50:24,813 I've battled leukemia, open heart surgery, 1041 00:50:24,813 --> 00:50:27,816 cancer, fire, and racism. 1042 00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:32,362 You think I'd ever be afraid of missing a damn skyhook 1043 00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:33,530 after all of that? 1044 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:36,033 I do not imagine you would. No. 1045 00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:37,534 Yeah. Right. 1046 00:50:37,534 --> 00:50:38,869 Chuck... 1047 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,164 people like us keep after it 1048 00:50:42,164 --> 00:50:43,874 because we know 1049 00:50:43,874 --> 00:50:46,293 it's a crime to waste what we have. 1050 00:50:47,627 --> 00:50:49,880 If we don't take the shot... 1051 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,257 who the hell else will? 1052 00:51:07,189 --> 00:51:10,233 This is why you need... 1053 00:51:15,614 --> 00:51:17,991 WDE. 1054 00:51:21,453 --> 00:51:23,413 Wait. What are you doing here? 1055 00:51:23,413 --> 00:51:25,165 We heard there was gonna be a show. 1056 00:51:33,632 --> 00:51:37,761 Winston, This is Your Life. 1057 00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,430 The fuck? You hijacked my presentation-- 1058 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:42,641 You were born in 1989 1059 00:51:42,641 --> 00:51:46,394 in Ardsley, New York, to parents Freddie and Carlene. 1060 00:51:46,394 --> 00:51:47,979 Excelled in school. Then to MIT, 1061 00:51:47,979 --> 00:51:50,273 where you had your first and only girlfriend. 1062 00:51:50,273 --> 00:51:52,067 But she dumped you. I wonder why that was. 1063 00:51:52,067 --> 00:51:53,652 - I... - Perhaps 1064 00:51:53,652 --> 00:51:55,612 your internet search history has the answers. 1065 00:52:03,286 --> 00:52:05,080 Also while in Beantown, 1066 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:06,915 you hacked the College Board to change the SAT scores 1067 00:52:06,915 --> 00:52:08,583 of Boston Latin students. 1068 00:52:08,583 --> 00:52:11,461 You're so good, Winston. Do you know that? 1069 00:52:11,461 --> 00:52:13,797 So singular in your talent 1070 00:52:13,797 --> 00:52:16,883 that your coding signature is unique. 1071 00:52:16,883 --> 00:52:18,635 Immediately identifiable. 1072 00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:20,929 - Oh, fuck! - That's right! 1073 00:52:20,929 --> 00:52:22,556 And we found that it's been used to hack 1074 00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:24,307 several government agencies. 1075 00:52:24,307 --> 00:52:26,560 This includes a NATO breach 1076 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,146 in which a gigabyte of classified information 1077 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:33,316 was stolen and posted online to prove NATO's vulnerabilities. 1078 00:52:33,316 --> 00:52:36,319 Heroic in some lights, 1079 00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:38,697 but fucking illegal in all others. 1080 00:52:38,697 --> 00:52:41,199 That attack was attributed to the group which you, Winston, 1081 00:52:41,199 --> 00:52:44,536 have been part of for at least a decade. 1082 00:52:44,536 --> 00:52:46,705 I-- Where did you get this? 1083 00:52:46,705 --> 00:52:48,039 Rian rolled on your ass. 1084 00:52:48,039 --> 00:52:50,542 Kid... 1085 00:52:50,542 --> 00:52:53,170 I know how it feels to have your purpose 1086 00:52:53,170 --> 00:52:55,130 sucked out from beneath you. 1087 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:57,507 But let us point to the road back. 1088 00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:59,050 You will surrender the software immediately, 1089 00:52:59,050 --> 00:53:01,219 as it is the property of Michael Prince Capital, 1090 00:53:01,219 --> 00:53:04,681 or all this goes very, very public. Like, FBI public. 1091 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:06,933 But cooperate, and MPC will license 1092 00:53:06,933 --> 00:53:08,310 a lesser version to the rest of the Street. 1093 00:53:08,310 --> 00:53:09,686 Keeping the best for us, of course. 1094 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:11,188 And you can run it. 1095 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:12,439 I think that's the better choice. 1096 00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:13,857 That isn't a real choice. 1097 00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:15,317 Isn't pretending beneath you, Taylor? 1098 00:53:15,317 --> 00:53:16,860 You're right. There is no choice. 1099 00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:18,862 You have five minutes before your customers 1100 00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:20,655 start arriving for the pitch. 1101 00:53:20,655 --> 00:53:22,949 So... pull yourself together, DocuSign, 1102 00:53:22,949 --> 00:53:25,452 and pitch the shit out of them, or we have calls to make. 1103 00:53:27,579 --> 00:53:31,458 Oh, and we've renamed it. Trojan Defense. 1104 00:53:31,458 --> 00:53:33,877 Winston Dick Energy is a name only a man 1105 00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:37,005 with a very, very, small energy source would choose. 1106 00:53:37,005 --> 00:53:40,383 It's... around the national average. 1107 00:53:45,430 --> 00:53:47,724 Utterly brutal, Wags. I mean that as a compliment. 1108 00:53:47,724 --> 00:53:49,935 Wouldn't take it any other way. 1109 00:53:49,935 --> 00:53:52,562 And please, spread this tale far and wide. 1110 00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:54,231 To anyone who will listen. 1111 00:54:05,325 --> 00:54:06,952 Time to send a message. 1112 00:54:06,952 --> 00:54:09,579 The PAC is, as we said, likely a misdirect. 1113 00:54:09,579 --> 00:54:11,706 All signs point to him self-funding. 1114 00:54:11,706 --> 00:54:15,210 Mm. But let's open an investigation on Michael Prince 1115 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:18,213 for conspiring to violate the ban on foreign donations 1116 00:54:18,213 --> 00:54:19,589 and contributions in connection 1117 00:54:19,589 --> 00:54:21,258 with federal and state elections. 1118 00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:23,593 Use it as cover to find another way in. 1119 00:54:23,593 --> 00:54:27,013 He needs to think he's got me running in the wrong direction. 1120 00:54:27,013 --> 00:54:28,807 It will be done. 1121 00:54:31,977 --> 00:54:34,104 - Our boy is back. - Beautiful thing. 1122 00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:49,744 When last we spoke, 1123 00:54:49,744 --> 00:54:52,914 I said I didn't want to get into anything that you didn't. 1124 00:54:52,914 --> 00:54:54,582 But if you don't want to get into something, 1125 00:54:54,582 --> 00:54:56,960 that's exactly where I need to take you. 1126 00:54:58,461 --> 00:55:00,088 Otherwise, I'm failing you. 1127 00:55:00,088 --> 00:55:02,465 And I'm sorry I did that before. 1128 00:55:02,465 --> 00:55:04,426 Understood. Thank you. 1129 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:09,681 Chuck Rhoades is charging us for violations on the Super PAC. 1130 00:55:09,681 --> 00:55:11,891 Good. Good. 1131 00:55:11,891 --> 00:55:14,519 Do we have the CEO's citizenship paperwork in hand? 1132 00:55:14,519 --> 00:55:16,730 We do. Granted the same day as the donation, 1133 00:55:16,730 --> 00:55:18,481 so it's not even in the system yet. 1134 00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:20,608 Game on, then. 1135 00:55:20,608 --> 00:55:22,485 Nothing for him at the end of that road. 1136 00:55:35,874 --> 00:55:38,168 What are all these? 1137 00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:41,671 Cases that are winners but don't matter. 1138 00:55:41,671 --> 00:55:44,341 A once-vaunted lawman called prosecutors 1139 00:55:44,341 --> 00:55:45,967 that only go after these, quote, 1140 00:55:45,967 --> 00:55:48,303 "members of the chickenshit club." 1141 00:55:48,303 --> 00:55:50,805 Not a club I want to join. 1142 00:55:50,805 --> 00:55:52,640 Not one you'll have to 1143 00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:55,185 because we are going after the ones that do matter, 1144 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:57,896 starting with your pump-and-dump case. 1145 00:55:57,896 --> 00:55:59,981 - You ready? - More than. 1146 00:56:01,941 --> 00:56:03,526 You know, there's something you'll have to learn 1147 00:56:03,526 --> 00:56:06,321 going after the important ones: 1148 00:56:06,321 --> 00:56:08,573 really fucking hurts to lose. 1149 00:56:10,492 --> 00:56:13,453 Chips away pieces of you each time. 1150 00:56:13,453 --> 00:56:17,248 Pieces you don't get back. 1151 00:56:17,248 --> 00:56:20,877 And it leaves you with no choice but to... 1152 00:56:20,877 --> 00:56:22,837 go forward incomplete. 1153 00:56:24,714 --> 00:56:27,801 But, what, you're all the better for it? 1154 00:56:27,801 --> 00:56:29,094 Stronger and whatnot? 1155 00:56:30,261 --> 00:56:31,388 No. 1156 00:56:33,014 --> 00:56:36,559 You just go forward like that, missing pieces. 1157 00:56:38,269 --> 00:56:40,230 Because that's the way you are now 1158 00:56:40,230 --> 00:56:41,981 and there's no other choice. 1159 00:56:41,981 --> 00:56:45,402 - Fuck. - Mm-hmm. 1160 00:56:45,402 --> 00:56:47,904 But that's not something to worry about today. 1161 00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:50,907 Because before all that stuff-of-life happens, 1162 00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:53,326 we are gonna win cases aplenty. 1163 00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:56,329 I goddamn guarantee you that. 1164 00:57:01,751 --> 00:57:05,505 A world without heroes 1165 00:57:05,505 --> 00:57:08,675 Is like a world without sun 1166 00:57:08,675 --> 00:57:11,845 You can't look up to anyone 1167 00:57:11,845 --> 00:57:13,555 Without heroes 1168 00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:17,642 A world without heroes 1169 00:57:17,642 --> 00:57:21,312 Is like a never-ending race 1170 00:57:21,312 --> 00:57:25,275 Is like a time Without a place 1171 00:57:25,275 --> 00:57:29,404 A pointless thing, Devoid of grace 1172 00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:33,616 Where you don't know What you're after 1173 00:57:33,616 --> 00:57:37,912 Or if something's after you 1174 00:57:37,912 --> 00:57:41,791 And you don't know Why you don't know 1175 00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:44,461 In a world without heroes 1176 00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,633 In a world Without dreams...