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Previously on Billions...
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Mr. Andolov,
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My first act as
attorney general
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was to freeze your funds
in the United States.
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My second act is inviting you
to leave our sunny shores.
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I, of course, picked up
the scent of the Axelrod
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behind this.
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Charles Rhodes, Jr.
is hereby removed
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as attorney general
of the state of New York.
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Everywhere
he goes, we are watching.
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It's hard to march
toward the presidency
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when you're always
looking over your shoulder.
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The beginnings of a plan.
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Secrecy and deception.
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I'm starting to get misty.
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Jesus.
You like shaking people up.
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Like it? I don't know.
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It just happens.
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I love that you're loyal
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until I help
get you elected to Congress.
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You've accumulated so much,
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you think laws
don't apply to you?
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Who appointed you the keeper
of these cosmic rules
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in the first place?
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The fucking arrogance!
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Oh, I've always wanted
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to see
Vestmannaeyjar in the dark.
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Best way for a newly installed
U.S. Attorney not to be tracked.
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And for an international
fugitive not to be extradited.
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Something for everyone.
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Lay it out for me.
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I've been told
I needed to see you.
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When Wendy wants something,
she's very persuasive.
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Eh, that's why I called her.
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I need safe passage to America.
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-For you?
-No, not for me.
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I'll need a name, Robert.
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Yeah, Charles,
I'm working up to it.
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Is that because
I'm going to hate it?
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Well, you ain't gonna love it.
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Vasily Melnikov, stabbed.
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Vladislav Avayev, shot.
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Sergey Protosenya, hanged.
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Alexander Tyulyakov,
also hanged.
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And the list goes on.
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All friends and colleagues
of mine. All dead.
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My condolences.
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Dangerous time
to be an oligarch.
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Yet when you called and asked,
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even though we had agreed
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you would stay out
of my part of the world,
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I helped you anyway.
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Helped me?
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No, we both worked together
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to help the man
in the olive drab t-shirt.
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Because both he
and his country needed it.
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-Yours, too.
-Hmm.
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Not how the Kremlin sees it.
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That's how you see it.
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You know, it's no good being
a citizen, even a rich one,
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from a country
that's isolated, bled dry.
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Well, like how I felt
when you chased me
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out of the United States.
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Ah, that's semi-ancient
history.
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Now you have freedom here
in Europe. We both do.
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To walk the streets.
To wet our beaks.
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Thanks to the arms
that I financed,
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and you sourced.
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And you think this
wipes our ledger clean?
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Oh, did I forget to send you
a fucking fruit basket?
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Oh, a few kumquats is not
going to change anything.
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But our ledger is not clean.
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It is like a windshield
that was tended to
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by your...
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....squeegee men that thrived
under your Mayor Dinkins.
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All the showy effort
and noise,
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and still, windshield
covered in grime and dirt.
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Until I am rehabilitated
in the United States,
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we are not square.
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I'm not even rehabilitated
there.
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And I'm not a foreign national.
You are.
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And I am the one
defying my government
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during a purge
that makes Joe Stalin
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look like Joan fucking Baez.
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If my loyalty
is even questioned
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by the leaders of my country--
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I get it. You go on
the dead oligarch list.
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Hm. So now...
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to what I need.
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And what you will
deliver on a platter.
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I need to return to America.
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On a deeply personal mission.
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You do know that
all your funds are frozen?
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Down to the last kopek.
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Plus, you're on
a sanctions list.
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No matter what the mission,
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I suggest you conduct it
somewhere else.
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No, Axe.
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You will arrange it
so I can walk back in,
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do my business freely,
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and in return,
I will grant something to you.
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Could be tickets
to the Bolshoi,
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could be to allow you
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to keep walking around here,
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breathing freely.
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Threats? Really?
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What in my history makes you
think I respond well to threats?
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What in my history
makes you think
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it's merely a threat?
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Grigor Andolov.
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It's within your authority,
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within your ability
to figure it out anyway.
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To give
an exiled criminal a visa?
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So he can, what,
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muscle in on the Brighton Beach
heroin trade?
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Fuck with our next election?
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His wife's still in New York.
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She's suing for divorce
on grounds of abandonment.
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Well, maybe he can
countersue for irony.
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And if he can't even show up...
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she gets a default judgment
worth billions.
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Oh! Now we're talking
your love language.
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This is important to me.
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Important to you.
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To the man who defied me
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on that heliport
not so long ago?
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I would consider it
a personal favor.
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When Ali was broke,
could no longer fight,
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couldn't even
pick up his dinner tab,
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Smoking Joe
hauled him into his limo,
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counted out a thousand bucks,
cash.
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Sure, the old combatants code.
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But based on the shiny new
G800,
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plenty of purses
rolling your way.
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Yeah, I'm flush.
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So I'll make you an offer.
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You get Grigor to the U.S.,
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I'll owe you a debt.
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You do remember when I kicked
him out of there, that, too,
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was a favor to you?
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Yeah, it's all more perplexing
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than the betrayal
of Johnny Caspar.
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But I need it done.
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So if you do it,
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I promise that I will come
through for you when you ask.
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And I think you know,
when I make a promise,
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I don't come up short.
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Well, I'll say it.
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We aren't breaking through.
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Yet you remain undefined
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beyond rich, smart, nice guy.
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The party primaries are sucking
up all the media attention.
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Do I have to fly
the National damn Guard
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every time
I want some political ink?
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Can you?
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I'm not laughing.
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What else has had
that type of impact,
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historically,
for an outsider candidate?
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The only independent to ever
really get traction was--
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Yes. Perot.
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I saw it as a kid.
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I buy a--a half hour
on every major network.
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-Live speech.
-Hm. It'll play like you're
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making an acceptance speech
at your own national convention.
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Yeah, we call that
the primetime roadblock.
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No way around us, we'll
reframe the entire race.
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How do you win
outside the system?
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You run as the antidote
to the system.
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The theme will be
taking inventory,
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looking inside ourselves
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to see how
we let things get this bad.
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Yes. Asking the hard,
honest questions
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no politician dares ask...
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to remake ourselves
in order to remake the country.
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Before it's too late.
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The full Lincoln.
Do it the right way,
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the other candidates
will look like
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lawn jockeys
at the Belmont Stakes.
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Tell the story...
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of how you ask your people
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how you can do better,
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be better, as you
will also ask the country.
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I like that.
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Then you have to really do it.
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Solicit honest feedback
from your employees.
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Use it as fuel for the speech.
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Use it as an example.
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Yeah, great.
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I'll run focus groups with
your people to get that info.
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Hm.
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Boil it down to a lean
PowerPoint to present to you.
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I'm not sure inserting a layer
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between Mike and his guys
is the way to success.
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Happens to be the only way
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the political research
process works.
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Filters,
funnels, all of it.
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No, no, no.
I want the full fire hose.
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That's the point.
As Wendy says.
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Okay, how about this?
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I run the process
with Mike in the room.
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We make it authentic,
substantial.
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Full fat, full flavor.
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So Mike can eat it up
and then spit it out.
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We'd spend all week
Heimliching the guy.
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This has to be a battle cry.
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No, no, no time for
self-recrimination or anything
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that blunts
the tip of the sword.
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Like actual self-knowledge?
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I have to run this process.
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So you can baby-proof
the credenza.
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So I can keep out the noise.
Same process I used
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to elect a third of the Senate.
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Oh, the same guys
that are so out of touch,
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Mike had to step in
and run 'em out of town?
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I don't need my candidate
picking pepper out of fly shit
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- on the eve of a major speech.
- I've heard enough.
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Brad, you can run the process
with me in the room.
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Wendy'll be there, too.
Team of rivals.
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Make the buy,
set the meeting.
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We are gonna do something
extremely hard.
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Um, great?
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Yeah, everyone's
gonna be angry about it.
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It'll cause enormous tension
with Washington,
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with Albany, too.
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Sounds horrible.
What's it entail?
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Getting a previously
ejected oligarch
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back into the country.
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- A Russian oligarch?
- Mm-hmm.
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One with a big red
target on his back.
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From DOJ, from DHS,
from Interpol, too.
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Grigor Andolov.
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And you want to do this now,
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during the second coming
of the Red Menace.
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Like I said, extremely hard.
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If it's doable at all.
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Why would you even consider it?
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As a favor to Bobby Axelrod.
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Those words just
tumbled out of your mouth
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like a meth addict's teeth...
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...and just as fucked up.
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How do you
figure you'll pull this off?
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I have to talk
to a special advisor.
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Big man in certain circles.
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Bunky Stevens
is going to be a father
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with his third wife, Candy.
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Neat trick,
considering he died
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- a few months back.
- Mm-mm.
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Post-mortem
jizz retrieval, you dig?
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Not sure I do.
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Well, you get
the stiff on the table,
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even though
he ain't so stiff no more.
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Get my drift?
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And then you
drain those berries.
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You do it soon enough, you
end up with viable swimmers,
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Jizz. Stuff of life.
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Stuff of fraud.
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There's a new fertility start-up
out there doing this.
258
00:12:49,228 --> 00:12:52,629
Candy is just beefing up
her claim on the estate.
259
00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:55,432
The first and second wives
will get nothing...
260
00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:57,154
now that there's
going to be an heir.
261
00:12:57,196 --> 00:12:59,076
No respect for the starter
wives in our culture,
262
00:12:59,118 --> 00:13:00,677
chicks who break the seal.
263
00:13:00,719 --> 00:13:02,078
In Thailand,
even the minor wives
264
00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,560
get one hell of
a birthday bunfight.
265
00:13:03,602 --> 00:13:05,001
Uh-huh.
266
00:13:05,043 --> 00:13:06,203
You're going to want
to think global
267
00:13:06,245 --> 00:13:07,404
but act local on this one.
268
00:13:07,446 --> 00:13:08,805
Mm.
269
00:13:08,847 --> 00:13:10,527
It's your worst nightmare,
isn't it?
270
00:13:10,569 --> 00:13:13,009
A paternity suit that
can't be settled out of court.
271
00:13:13,051 --> 00:13:15,692
Oh, it's a question of
basic fairness, don't you see?
272
00:13:15,734 --> 00:13:18,094
Never your concern.
273
00:13:18,136 --> 00:13:20,496
And I don't recall you
thinking much of
274
00:13:20,538 --> 00:13:22,578
Bunky or his wives, either.
275
00:13:22,620 --> 00:13:25,141
So the fact that you're
suddenly the guardian
276
00:13:25,183 --> 00:13:27,543
of the product
of his vas deferens,
277
00:13:27,585 --> 00:13:30,186
I know there's more
to the story.
278
00:13:30,228 --> 00:13:31,667
That mean that
you're not gonna
279
00:13:31,709 --> 00:13:33,669
club this company
into oblivion
280
00:13:33,711 --> 00:13:36,752
and seize the embryos that
result from this unholy process?
281
00:13:36,794 --> 00:13:38,434
It means I'll look into it,
282
00:13:38,476 --> 00:13:40,636
and decide what
I'll do as usual.
283
00:13:40,678 --> 00:13:42,638
Bye, Dad.
284
00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:44,720
Hey, sugar, you be getting
that shit I've been sending you?
285
00:13:44,762 --> 00:13:46,964
I have. And I thank you.
286
00:13:49,086 --> 00:13:51,447
It's, uh, uh,
287
00:13:51,489 --> 00:13:53,208
I guess it's what
you'd call PEDs,
288
00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:54,930
but in lozenge form.
289
00:13:54,972 --> 00:13:56,812
So, put it under your tongue.
290
00:13:56,854 --> 00:13:58,694
It hits the bloodstream
instantly.
291
00:13:58,736 --> 00:14:00,335
Like a ball-peen
fucking hammer.
292
00:14:00,377 --> 00:14:03,020
Turns any man into
a world-class sheet-athlete.
293
00:14:04,061 --> 00:14:05,540
Wonderful.
294
00:14:05,582 --> 00:14:07,462
And I'm left wondering why
295
00:14:07,504 --> 00:14:10,465
none of this sublingual supreme
has been sent my way.
296
00:14:10,507 --> 00:14:12,547
For the simple reason it may
kill you, big papa,
297
00:14:12,589 --> 00:14:14,591
like Dirty Harry in '71.
298
00:14:25,722 --> 00:14:27,802
He goes
into this speech confident,
299
00:14:27,844 --> 00:14:29,003
he comes out sailing.
300
00:14:29,045 --> 00:14:30,925
Zooming up the fucking polls.
301
00:14:30,967 --> 00:14:32,647
And we're just supposed
to stand there clapping
302
00:14:32,689 --> 00:14:34,769
like extras
in a Riefenstahl film.
303
00:14:34,811 --> 00:14:36,090
With Bradford running point,
304
00:14:36,132 --> 00:14:37,451
the feedbacks gonna be jet
fuel.
305
00:14:40,897 --> 00:14:43,817
Uh, there is a potential
equal time issue.
306
00:14:43,859 --> 00:14:45,339
It's been dealt with.
307
00:14:45,381 --> 00:14:46,900
I spread some more
ad dollars around
308
00:14:46,942 --> 00:14:48,822
and if any candidate
tries to buy equal time
309
00:14:48,864 --> 00:14:50,904
within a week of Prince, they
won't find any left for sale.
310
00:14:50,946 --> 00:14:52,146
Nicely solved.
311
00:14:52,188 --> 00:14:53,747
Power of
the motherfucking purse.
312
00:14:53,789 --> 00:14:55,791
All over but the shouting.
313
00:15:01,437 --> 00:15:03,116
She's too effective.
We need her out of here.
314
00:15:03,158 --> 00:15:04,638
Isn't she supposed
to be running for Congress,
315
00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,439
instead of doing
henchman duty for Prince?
316
00:15:06,481 --> 00:15:08,924
She needs to understand
the hazards of staying.
317
00:15:14,209 --> 00:15:16,890
In my experience,
rich, powerful men
318
00:15:16,932 --> 00:15:18,932
think they want to hear
the unvarnished truth
319
00:15:18,974 --> 00:15:20,773
but don't actually
want to hear it.
320
00:15:20,815 --> 00:15:23,096
Yeah, is this really
just a loyalty test?
321
00:15:23,138 --> 00:15:24,697
If it is, let's pass it,
get back to our desks.
322
00:15:24,739 --> 00:15:26,459
It's earning season, people.
323
00:15:26,501 --> 00:15:28,141
I don't know, best just
call it the way you see it.
324
00:15:28,183 --> 00:15:29,942
You mean as long as
it's what he wants to hear?
325
00:15:29,984 --> 00:15:31,984
I mean, tell him
what he wants to hear
326
00:15:32,026 --> 00:15:33,546
no matter how you see it.
327
00:15:33,588 --> 00:15:35,308
What if that comes across
as inauthentic?
328
00:15:35,350 --> 00:15:37,350
Does your comp
come across as inauthentic?
329
00:15:37,392 --> 00:15:39,151
Guys, easy peasy.
330
00:15:39,193 --> 00:15:42,034
Like seeing your dorm-mate
in an off-off-Broadway play.
331
00:15:42,076 --> 00:15:44,677
You say something vague,
adjective free,
332
00:15:44,719 --> 00:15:46,558
"That was all you up there."
333
00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,201
And then let the ego
fill in the blanks.
334
00:15:51,125 --> 00:15:53,325
I'm calling bullshit
on this whole exercise,
335
00:15:53,367 --> 00:15:56,128
and I sure as fuck
won't suck up.
336
00:15:58,012 --> 00:16:02,174
Mike, you are like
a combination of Benjamin Graham
337
00:16:02,216 --> 00:16:04,296
and fucking Hal
from Space Odyssey,
338
00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:06,138
everywhere, all at once,
339
00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:09,222
processing, prodding me
to make better trades.
340
00:16:14,548 --> 00:16:17,068
Why is there anything you've
been wanting to say to Mike,
341
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,470
but thought you couldn't?
342
00:16:18,512 --> 00:16:20,311
I don't deserve you.
343
00:16:20,353 --> 00:16:23,314
The guilt, it's crushing me.
344
00:16:23,356 --> 00:16:26,517
That's something I think
we should work on.
345
00:16:26,559 --> 00:16:29,120
And the challenges
trading with him, day to day?
346
00:16:29,162 --> 00:16:32,643
I have this recurring dream
in which you make bank.
347
00:16:32,685 --> 00:16:34,245
I'm talking 10X
348
00:16:34,287 --> 00:16:37,368
while doing
an ungodly amount of push ups.
349
00:16:37,410 --> 00:16:38,769
But is it really a dream?
350
00:16:41,614 --> 00:16:44,655
I'm just saying it ain't easy.
351
00:16:44,697 --> 00:16:47,340
When you set a standard that's
through the freaking roof.
352
00:16:49,822 --> 00:16:51,101
Mike, this is you and me.
353
00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:53,103
Criticism? Who are we kidding?
354
00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,588
Uh, would you--
Would you like to, uh...?
355
00:17:09,801 --> 00:17:10,921
-Jesus.
-Let's move on.
356
00:17:10,963 --> 00:17:12,965
Yep.
357
00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:31,741
I love that you're ditching
your race for Congress.
358
00:17:31,783 --> 00:17:33,983
-I am?
-As much as we need you there,
359
00:17:34,025 --> 00:17:35,545
we need you here.
360
00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:37,146
Besides, not enough hand
sanitizer in the world
361
00:17:37,188 --> 00:17:38,868
to make me do that job.
362
00:17:38,910 --> 00:17:41,630
You should go long Purell,
I'm not ditching a thing.
363
00:17:41,672 --> 00:17:43,993
But you're still here?
364
00:17:44,035 --> 00:17:45,514
My filing deadline's
months away.
365
00:17:45,556 --> 00:17:48,157
But we're days away
from Prince's campaign
366
00:17:48,199 --> 00:17:49,918
becoming a black hole.
367
00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,401
Everything in its vicinity
sucked right in.
368
00:17:52,443 --> 00:17:55,404
You'll just be part of
the fabric of the thing,
369
00:17:55,446 --> 00:17:58,086
unable to assert yourself
as anything other than
370
00:17:58,128 --> 00:18:00,249
"Prince's fill-in-the-blank".
371
00:18:00,291 --> 00:18:02,571
All because he's
about to throw down a gauntlet?
372
00:18:02,613 --> 00:18:04,092
More of a grenade.
373
00:18:04,134 --> 00:18:06,136
At the parties you'll
need to nominate you.
374
00:18:08,058 --> 00:18:11,139
So I just establish a little
distance when I leave is all.
375
00:18:11,181 --> 00:18:12,581
With your family dough?
376
00:18:12,623 --> 00:18:14,022
With the whitest collar
background
377
00:18:14,064 --> 00:18:16,224
of anyone at the firm?
378
00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:18,827
Ask Chang and Eng.
379
00:18:18,869 --> 00:18:21,069
Not a lot of distance
when you're joined at the hip.
380
00:18:33,122 --> 00:18:34,722
Must feel different
to walk this hall
381
00:18:34,764 --> 00:18:36,204
as an impresario.
382
00:18:36,246 --> 00:18:38,286
No longer the guy
in the squared circle.
383
00:18:38,328 --> 00:18:40,648
Eh, still feel every bump.
384
00:18:40,690 --> 00:18:42,450
Whether you're giving 'em
whether you're taking 'em,
385
00:18:42,492 --> 00:18:44,331
whether you're scripting 'em.
386
00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,213
I've always wondered
if I could do it.
387
00:18:46,255 --> 00:18:47,815
Fall down for a living.
388
00:18:47,857 --> 00:18:51,298
You don't have
that far to fall.
389
00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:53,380
Look, you could do it.
390
00:18:53,422 --> 00:18:55,182
When this
crowd comes alive,
391
00:18:55,224 --> 00:18:56,543
you'd come alive.
392
00:18:56,585 --> 00:18:58,986
There is nothing else...
393
00:18:59,028 --> 00:19:01,108
- like this.
- Yeah.
394
00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:04,351
Well, no one knows
the game like you do, Hunter.
395
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:06,233
And that's why
I need your advice.
396
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,754
You got a game that
needs to be played?
397
00:19:07,796 --> 00:19:09,396
Yes, exactly.
398
00:19:09,438 --> 00:19:11,718
I need to turn one guy heel,
399
00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,441
and another guy
babyface. In one move.
400
00:19:14,483 --> 00:19:15,602
Oof.
401
00:19:15,644 --> 00:19:17,404
Double turn. Tough to pull off.
402
00:19:17,446 --> 00:19:19,406
But when it's done right,
403
00:19:19,448 --> 00:19:21,247
one of my personal favorites.
404
00:19:21,289 --> 00:19:23,850
How do I pull it off?
405
00:19:23,892 --> 00:19:25,572
You need to let the heel come
in
406
00:19:25,614 --> 00:19:27,614
and get the heat from the
crowd.
407
00:19:27,656 --> 00:19:29,736
Then your babyface comes
and gets the pop.
408
00:19:31,820 --> 00:19:33,459
The heat and the pop, huh?
409
00:19:33,501 --> 00:19:35,221
Oh, yeah.
410
00:19:35,263 --> 00:19:37,663
Tell me more about these guys.
What do you got on 'em?
411
00:19:37,705 --> 00:19:40,186
Well, they both think
they're babyfaces.
412
00:19:40,228 --> 00:19:42,868
That's for damn sure.
But neither one of them is.
413
00:19:42,910 --> 00:19:45,231
Every sitting senator
would give their gavel arm
414
00:19:45,273 --> 00:19:47,793
for a survey result like this.
415
00:19:47,835 --> 00:19:49,955
Did any of it feel real to you?
416
00:19:49,997 --> 00:19:51,717
I can read between the lines.
417
00:19:51,759 --> 00:19:53,639
I picked up that
I can be intimidating.
418
00:19:53,681 --> 00:19:55,683
I'll work on that.
419
00:20:00,888 --> 00:20:04,129
This is how Vietnams happen.
420
00:20:04,171 --> 00:20:06,091
How politicians lose touch
with reality.
421
00:20:06,133 --> 00:20:08,413
Hard questions stop being asked
422
00:20:08,455 --> 00:20:10,135
and they believe
their own hype.
423
00:20:10,177 --> 00:20:11,897
So you want us to go back
around
424
00:20:11,939 --> 00:20:13,818
and troll for negative
feedback?
425
00:20:13,860 --> 00:20:15,300
So that's written down
somewhere,
426
00:20:15,342 --> 00:20:16,741
so it fucks with Mike's head?
427
00:20:16,783 --> 00:20:18,103
I wouldn't frame it like that.
428
00:20:18,145 --> 00:20:19,864
But if he's going to ask
the rest of us,
429
00:20:19,906 --> 00:20:21,466
the country, to take inventory,
430
00:20:21,508 --> 00:20:23,868
then he should
really fucking do it.
431
00:20:23,910 --> 00:20:25,390
Otherwise, he's as fake
432
00:20:25,432 --> 00:20:26,751
as the politicians
he's running against,
433
00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:27,992
and the voters are going
to smell it on him
434
00:20:28,034 --> 00:20:30,036
and send him packing.
435
00:20:31,758 --> 00:20:33,760
She's right.
436
00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:38,242
You want a samurai sword
and Hattori Hanz blade?
437
00:20:38,284 --> 00:20:41,165
Those only come
from the hottest flames.
438
00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:44,730
Find me a master swordsmith
without some serious burns.
439
00:20:56,062 --> 00:20:57,461
He's letting you
440
00:20:57,503 --> 00:20:59,022
run a second round
of honesty sessions?
441
00:20:59,064 --> 00:21:01,066
Without Prince
in the room this time.
442
00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:03,066
No Luke either.
443
00:21:03,108 --> 00:21:04,668
I'm not comfortable with this.
444
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:06,189
We don't know where
actual honesty will lead.
445
00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:07,631
Fuck yeah, we do.
446
00:21:07,673 --> 00:21:08,952
The greatest
televised meltdown
447
00:21:08,994 --> 00:21:10,554
since Howard Beale.
448
00:21:10,596 --> 00:21:12,556
Prince's narcissism
is a mile-wide
449
00:21:12,598 --> 00:21:14,037
and a micron thick.
450
00:21:14,079 --> 00:21:16,399
Watch the movie.
Beale stays on air,
451
00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:17,961
Schumacher gets
kicked to the curb.
452
00:21:18,003 --> 00:21:19,562
I want to keep having
a firm to run.
453
00:21:19,604 --> 00:21:20,884
Watch it to the end.
454
00:21:20,926 --> 00:21:22,365
Beale gets his brains blown
out.
455
00:21:22,407 --> 00:21:23,927
Schumacher gets
to schtup a young,
456
00:21:23,969 --> 00:21:25,568
luscious-as-a-plum
Faye Dunaway.
457
00:21:25,610 --> 00:21:27,450
Taylor isn't wrong.
458
00:21:27,492 --> 00:21:29,452
This could implode MPC,
459
00:21:29,494 --> 00:21:32,177
as well as the campaign
and all of our places in it.
460
00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:40,745
I wanna slam Prince's ego
with a battering ram.
461
00:21:43,107 --> 00:21:45,149
No telling where
the fragments will land.
462
00:21:47,071 --> 00:21:49,191
If it hurts business.
463
00:21:49,233 --> 00:21:51,235
If it blows us up, too...
464
00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,438
price we gotta pay.
465
00:22:11,495 --> 00:22:13,615
One question, related
to the files we discussed
466
00:22:13,657 --> 00:22:15,659
a few weeks back.
467
00:22:15,979 --> 00:22:18,219
Yep.
468
00:22:18,261 --> 00:22:19,741
If I stay on board here,
am I killing
469
00:22:19,783 --> 00:22:21,383
my chances
with the mainstream party?
470
00:22:21,425 --> 00:22:23,344
Can't expect either party
to bear hug you
471
00:22:23,386 --> 00:22:25,186
after he shoots 'em
in the vitals.
472
00:22:25,228 --> 00:22:27,869
What if I wall myself off
from the campaign?
473
00:22:27,911 --> 00:22:29,711
Restrict myself to firm
business until I leave?
474
00:22:29,753 --> 00:22:32,273
The firm is the campaign.
475
00:22:32,315 --> 00:22:33,835
No wall to be built
476
00:22:33,877 --> 00:22:35,877
unless you wanna drywall
your own office door.
477
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,402
I was hoping we could,
uh, I don't know...
478
00:22:40,283 --> 00:22:41,642
think outside the box.
479
00:22:41,684 --> 00:22:43,965
Mmm, not so easy
when you're in one.
480
00:22:47,130 --> 00:22:48,489
Got the case for ya.
481
00:22:48,531 --> 00:22:50,090
Commodities fraud.
482
00:22:50,132 --> 00:22:52,173
Uh, market manipulation
in the oil industry.
483
00:22:52,215 --> 00:22:53,574
That'll do.
484
00:22:53,616 --> 00:22:55,456
Sure you want
to go down this road?
485
00:22:55,498 --> 00:22:57,658
We list Andolov
as an expert witness,
486
00:22:57,700 --> 00:22:59,780
then asked DOJ and DHS
487
00:22:59,822 --> 00:23:01,582
to parole him
into the country.
488
00:23:01,624 --> 00:23:03,704
Get ready for
some hairpin turns.
489
00:23:03,746 --> 00:23:07,027
The guy's a sanctioned oligarch
who you chased out.
490
00:23:07,069 --> 00:23:08,508
I mean, there's impossible,
491
00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,470
then there's climbing
the Dawn Wall
492
00:23:10,512 --> 00:23:12,712
with a pair of Havaianas
and a bag of chalk.
493
00:23:12,754 --> 00:23:14,915
I think I can sell it.
494
00:23:14,957 --> 00:23:17,277
I also learned that
Grigor's wife is not alone
495
00:23:17,319 --> 00:23:19,479
in her divorce action--
she's got a backer,
496
00:23:19,521 --> 00:23:21,401
a hedge fund,
he's bankrolling her,
497
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:22,762
no doubt for a big piece
of the settlement.
498
00:23:22,804 --> 00:23:25,727
-Who?
-Our very own Todd Krakow.
499
00:23:27,449 --> 00:23:29,128
And knowing him,
that's not the only reason
500
00:23:29,170 --> 00:23:30,530
he's lurking around.
501
00:23:30,572 --> 00:23:31,891
Because
what we need here
502
00:23:31,933 --> 00:23:32,972
are some more obstacles.
503
00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:38,618
Damn the torpedoes,
file the parole request.
504
00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:40,299
I've got
something else for you.
505
00:23:40,341 --> 00:23:41,741
-Can it wait till morning?
-Uh...
506
00:23:41,783 --> 00:23:43,262
you're going to want
to see this today.
507
00:23:51,672 --> 00:23:53,312
Dad.
508
00:23:53,354 --> 00:23:57,116
Uh, your pal Bunky
signed a consent form.
509
00:23:57,158 --> 00:23:59,238
Well, hold the fucking roll.
If your boy signed off on it,
510
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:00,599
how come he didn't
get the missus
511
00:24:00,641 --> 00:24:02,201
to do the extraction pre-mortem?
512
00:24:02,243 --> 00:24:03,442
I mean, that's lots more fun.
513
00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:04,683
You know what I'm sayin',
baby girl?
514
00:24:04,725 --> 00:24:06,325
He didn't want to raise a kid.
515
00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:08,527
He wanted a posthumous tot
to live on after him.
516
00:24:08,569 --> 00:24:10,569
That's like that fucking movie
about the octopus.
517
00:24:10,611 --> 00:24:12,290
She popped some eggs
from her cooch,
518
00:24:12,332 --> 00:24:14,334
and then she slides
into an undersea death spiral.
519
00:24:15,215 --> 00:24:17,736
Hm.
520
00:24:17,778 --> 00:24:20,580
This isn't about Bunky at all.
What is it?
521
00:24:22,823 --> 00:24:24,703
Okay, fine.
522
00:24:24,745 --> 00:24:26,746
I'll tell you.
523
00:24:28,708 --> 00:24:30,951
It's Roxanne and Willow.
524
00:24:34,554 --> 00:24:36,676
I saw them praying...
525
00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:39,837
to Jesus.
526
00:24:39,879 --> 00:24:41,799
When we agreed
we wouldn't raise Willow
527
00:24:41,841 --> 00:24:43,843
with religion at all.
528
00:24:46,245 --> 00:24:49,326
Beware, Sonny Boy,
legacy is a lie!
529
00:24:49,368 --> 00:24:52,409
There is no control
in the hereafter.
530
00:24:52,451 --> 00:24:54,211
Oh, shit. It's true.
531
00:24:54,253 --> 00:24:55,733
You know, once they get
the Jesus fever,
532
00:24:55,775 --> 00:24:57,294
it's rarely treatable.
533
00:24:57,336 --> 00:24:59,176
Just like the fucking
Orthodox in my tribe.
534
00:24:59,218 --> 00:25:02,259
Yeah, a Rhoades
spouting the Lord's Prayer,
535
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,902
I know what a disaster
that is for you.
536
00:25:04,944 --> 00:25:06,583
You need to talk to Roxanne.
537
00:25:06,625 --> 00:25:08,385
Just rein it in
before it takes root.
538
00:25:08,427 --> 00:25:11,070
Not in a talking mood.
539
00:25:13,632 --> 00:25:15,031
I'm drawing up my demands
540
00:25:15,073 --> 00:25:17,634
for the upbringing
of my progeny.
541
00:25:17,676 --> 00:25:21,398
Schooling, vacations,
earthly pursuits.
542
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,880
This-- This God shit?
543
00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:25,602
Strictly off the list.
544
00:25:25,644 --> 00:25:28,324
Because ultimatums
work so well in a marriage?
545
00:25:28,366 --> 00:25:31,570
If she won't heed mine,
then we are headed for divorce.
546
00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:34,570
And I'm going for custody.
547
00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:56,752
I knew you'd come.
I've been expecting you.
548
00:25:56,794 --> 00:25:59,355
I saw in the papers
you're back in your old job.
549
00:25:59,397 --> 00:26:01,196
Indeed.
550
00:26:01,238 --> 00:26:03,799
But I figured
you'd make an appointment.
551
00:26:03,841 --> 00:26:06,684
I'm not actually here for that.
552
00:26:08,445 --> 00:26:10,245
It's about my father.
553
00:26:10,287 --> 00:26:13,368
Oh. Well. Usually is.
554
00:26:13,410 --> 00:26:16,413
No, I need some information.
555
00:26:18,615 --> 00:26:20,896
About the nature of control.
556
00:26:20,938 --> 00:26:22,978
Dominance.
557
00:26:23,020 --> 00:26:26,501
Why some seem
unable to give it up.
558
00:26:26,543 --> 00:26:28,703
You trying to save yourself?
559
00:26:28,745 --> 00:26:30,705
No. Not this time, no.
560
00:26:30,747 --> 00:26:32,949
My dad needs some peace.
561
00:26:34,431 --> 00:26:37,352
But his daughter...
562
00:26:37,394 --> 00:26:41,157
she needs to be spared
the kind of upbringing I had.
563
00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:45,319
That relentless,
controlling instinct which--
564
00:26:45,361 --> 00:26:47,441
Which led you here
in the first place.
565
00:26:47,483 --> 00:26:52,086
Which led me to mirror him
in 98% of my interactions.
566
00:26:52,128 --> 00:26:55,131
And then to have to completely
repudiate it here.
567
00:26:57,213 --> 00:26:58,772
Sometimes there's
a certain comfort
568
00:26:58,814 --> 00:27:01,895
in jumping
at others' command.
569
00:27:01,937 --> 00:27:04,138
Control is all
an illusion anyway.
570
00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:05,939
Huh. Tell that to the guy
571
00:27:05,981 --> 00:27:08,382
in the business end
of the truncheon.
572
00:27:08,424 --> 00:27:11,186
But if you're
paying someone to wield it,
573
00:27:12,348 --> 00:27:14,349
who's really in control?
574
00:27:15,951 --> 00:27:19,713
End of the day,
client gets the meal.
575
00:27:19,755 --> 00:27:22,836
I just plate the food.
576
00:27:22,878 --> 00:27:25,558
You think my dad
is fooling himself?
577
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,121
Raging against
his own impotence, maybe.
578
00:27:28,163 --> 00:27:30,844
His mortality.
579
00:27:30,886 --> 00:27:33,646
Control is often
an expression of fear.
580
00:27:33,688 --> 00:27:36,449
People who truly believe
they're in control?
581
00:27:36,491 --> 00:27:40,453
More likely to escalate
their actions till they fail.
582
00:27:40,495 --> 00:27:42,495
Leads to poor decision making.
583
00:27:42,537 --> 00:27:44,539
-Magical thinking.
-Hm.
584
00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,260
Problem is...
585
00:27:47,302 --> 00:27:49,824
telling a controller
not to doesn't work.
586
00:27:50,945 --> 00:27:52,224
I've noticed.
587
00:27:52,266 --> 00:27:54,026
Your hope lies in convincing
him
588
00:27:54,068 --> 00:27:56,829
that his true power
is best displayed
589
00:27:56,871 --> 00:27:59,073
in not having to use it.
590
00:28:08,082 --> 00:28:10,122
I promised them anonymity.
591
00:28:10,164 --> 00:28:12,404
Then work to get them past
their instinct for flattery,
592
00:28:12,446 --> 00:28:14,406
for base self-interest.
593
00:28:14,448 --> 00:28:16,450
I'm ready for
the unplugged version.
594
00:28:17,771 --> 00:28:21,293
"Self-satisfied."
"Loves himself."
595
00:28:21,335 --> 00:28:23,337
"Mother Teresa of Wall Street."
596
00:28:24,738 --> 00:28:26,458
"Loves the smell
of his own farts,
597
00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:29,340
like the "Smug Alert"
episode of South Park"?
598
00:28:29,382 --> 00:28:31,182
-Never saw that one.
-I have.
599
00:28:31,224 --> 00:28:33,505
It's a top-tier episode.
Heh. Who said that?
600
00:28:33,547 --> 00:28:35,186
You can't think
I'm gonna name names.
601
00:28:35,228 --> 00:28:37,348
I just-- I want to do
some relationship repair.
602
00:28:37,390 --> 00:28:39,510
Of course, no.
603
00:28:39,552 --> 00:28:42,713
Uh, "Entitled, thinks he can
buy us off with private planes.
604
00:28:42,755 --> 00:28:45,078
I mean, I'll take the flights,
but fuck that."
605
00:28:48,321 --> 00:28:51,042
"Forces you to come to his party
and act like you like it
606
00:28:51,084 --> 00:28:52,683
while he slakes his appetite--"
607
00:28:52,725 --> 00:28:53,844
Stop right there.
608
00:28:53,886 --> 00:28:55,406
There's no reason for Mike
609
00:28:55,448 --> 00:28:57,728
to be subject to
the petty staff jealousies
610
00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,650
and--and character sniping.
611
00:28:59,692 --> 00:29:01,652
I mean, we all
sat through your round.
612
00:29:01,694 --> 00:29:03,534
I didn't take you
for the squeamish type.
613
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:05,496
And this is when
we bring it back around,
614
00:29:05,538 --> 00:29:07,377
put it in a context?
615
00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:11,582
Here's the context.
You have to decide
616
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:13,423
what taking inventory
actually means.
617
00:29:13,465 --> 00:29:15,185
Whether you can push through
the friction
618
00:29:15,227 --> 00:29:17,107
as commander in chief,
a lot fucking worse
619
00:29:17,149 --> 00:29:18,548
than what you heard just now.
620
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:19,990
And do what must be done.
621
00:29:20,032 --> 00:29:21,631
What only you can do
for the country.
622
00:29:21,673 --> 00:29:25,035
Even if it turns you
into a dartboard.
623
00:29:25,077 --> 00:29:27,797
I think you can,
or I'd be lying to your face
624
00:29:27,839 --> 00:29:31,040
like everyone else on that floor
instead of, you know...
625
00:29:31,082 --> 00:29:33,084
giving you what you asked for.
626
00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:42,814
That'll be all.
627
00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:11,079
These are all A-list attorneys.
628
00:30:11,121 --> 00:30:12,561
Serious political chops, too.
629
00:30:12,603 --> 00:30:14,002
You think
we need more firepower?
630
00:30:14,044 --> 00:30:15,644
No.
631
00:30:15,686 --> 00:30:19,127
But I don't want to leave
without replacing myself.
632
00:30:19,169 --> 00:30:21,692
But it's time. Past time.
633
00:30:23,213 --> 00:30:24,893
The speech is tomorrow.
634
00:30:24,935 --> 00:30:27,736
I need to get with the party
that can nominate me.
635
00:30:27,778 --> 00:30:30,058
Terms of my hire, remember?
636
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,102
What do you want?
637
00:30:32,422 --> 00:30:34,062
What will it take
638
00:30:34,104 --> 00:30:36,865
to stick around longer
till we can right the ship?
639
00:30:36,907 --> 00:30:38,826
If I stay
and help you right it,
640
00:30:38,868 --> 00:30:41,949
it'll be pretty hard
to get off it.
641
00:30:41,991 --> 00:30:43,831
If your departure
is made public,
642
00:30:43,873 --> 00:30:45,313
this of all weeks...
643
00:30:45,355 --> 00:30:46,634
Maybe we all go quiet on this
644
00:30:46,676 --> 00:30:48,075
until the hand-off's complete.
645
00:30:48,117 --> 00:30:50,119
It has to be public.
It has to be now.
646
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,640
A couple of days at the most.
647
00:30:52,682 --> 00:30:56,444
I need to establish
a little distance to him.
648
00:30:56,486 --> 00:30:59,406
Scrub your name off mine
while I still can.
649
00:30:59,448 --> 00:31:01,450
It's just politics, Mike.
650
00:31:02,972 --> 00:31:04,974
I hope you understand.
651
00:31:09,218 --> 00:31:11,058
Don't walk away
from Prince Capital
652
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:12,419
or Prince himself.
653
00:31:12,461 --> 00:31:13,820
I don't quit now,
654
00:31:13,862 --> 00:31:15,822
both parties will freeze me
out.
655
00:31:15,864 --> 00:31:17,264
Nothing on the plus side
of the ledger
656
00:31:17,306 --> 00:31:19,308
competes with that.
657
00:31:19,868 --> 00:31:21,870
"Love To Love You, Baby."
658
00:31:23,432 --> 00:31:25,232
Come again?
659
00:31:25,274 --> 00:31:27,714
It's the song that took
dance music from the club floor
660
00:31:27,756 --> 00:31:29,155
to the top of the charts.
661
00:31:29,197 --> 00:31:31,117
Broke me as a music manager.
662
00:31:31,159 --> 00:31:34,400
Made Donna Summer into
the queen of a whole new genre.
663
00:31:34,442 --> 00:31:36,402
You said it ended badly.
664
00:31:36,444 --> 00:31:38,124
Always does.
665
00:31:38,166 --> 00:31:42,328
But before that, she was
my double platinum ticket.
666
00:31:42,370 --> 00:31:44,330
No bigger pop star
in the '70s.
667
00:31:44,372 --> 00:31:47,814
No Black woman, beside Diana
with her cultural power,
668
00:31:47,856 --> 00:31:49,695
her crossover cachet.
669
00:31:49,737 --> 00:31:51,577
And she knew it.
670
00:31:51,619 --> 00:31:53,379
Came to me to cut my
percentage.
671
00:31:53,421 --> 00:31:56,022
Once, then again and again.
672
00:31:56,064 --> 00:31:58,344
Natural progression
with most stars.
673
00:31:58,386 --> 00:32:02,027
But I hung in,
choked down every indignity.
674
00:32:02,069 --> 00:32:04,109
And do you know why?
675
00:32:04,151 --> 00:32:05,871
Because everyone
answered my call.
676
00:32:05,913 --> 00:32:08,113
Just hoping it'd be about
Donna.
677
00:32:08,155 --> 00:32:10,035
It would've been worth it
to do the job for free
678
00:32:10,077 --> 00:32:12,518
for that alone.
679
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,359
No indignities
at Prince Capital.
680
00:32:14,401 --> 00:32:16,441
But unlike Donna,
the name is about to be
681
00:32:16,483 --> 00:32:18,363
a liability for me.
682
00:32:18,405 --> 00:32:20,445
You don't want to be frozen
out.
683
00:32:20,487 --> 00:32:22,407
I get it.
684
00:32:22,449 --> 00:32:25,290
But how cold are you going
to feel in the wilderness?
685
00:32:25,332 --> 00:32:29,016
In the dead of winter?
When your calls go unanswered?
686
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:40,104
Surprise, surprise.
We've got a Russia problem.
687
00:32:40,146 --> 00:32:41,586
Hmm. Oh!
688
00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:44,709
Apparently,
it's going around.
689
00:32:44,751 --> 00:32:47,351
Chuck. My friends in DC
690
00:32:47,393 --> 00:32:49,313
tell me you're trying
to bring Grigor Andolov
691
00:32:49,355 --> 00:32:51,315
in as some bullshit witness.
692
00:32:51,357 --> 00:32:53,197
Are you fucking crazy?
693
00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:55,439
How's the country better off
with that droog in it?
694
00:32:55,481 --> 00:32:57,682
Uh, let's reframe that.
695
00:32:57,724 --> 00:33:00,604
How many tens of millions of
dollars do you stand to lose
696
00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:02,646
if he can contest
his divorce action?
697
00:33:02,688 --> 00:33:04,929
Mm. You should know better
than to mock the crime
698
00:33:04,971 --> 00:33:06,530
of spousal abandonment.
699
00:33:06,572 --> 00:33:08,052
Or the stigma and isolation?
700
00:33:08,094 --> 00:33:09,893
The inability
to plan one's future?
701
00:33:09,935 --> 00:33:12,216
A woman's emotions
torn fucking asunder.
702
00:33:12,258 --> 00:33:13,617
Ohh...
703
00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,339
You're not just
bankrolling her.
704
00:33:15,381 --> 00:33:17,383
You're sleeping with her.
705
00:33:18,544 --> 00:33:20,223
Okay, look...
706
00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:22,786
It started off all business,
707
00:33:22,828 --> 00:33:24,908
but Oksana is
a very soulful woman.
708
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:27,230
She's been through a lot.
709
00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:28,832
The heart wants
what the heart wants.
710
00:33:28,874 --> 00:33:31,795
So does the DOJ,
and we need the guy here.
711
00:33:31,837 --> 00:33:33,596
Then I may need
to align with forces
712
00:33:33,638 --> 00:33:35,638
whose interests run
counter to yours.
713
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,841
In a big fucking way.
714
00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:40,365
And I never do my enemies
minor boo-boos, Chuck.
715
00:33:45,210 --> 00:33:48,491
Keep up that watered-down
Machiavelli shit with me,
716
00:33:48,533 --> 00:33:50,533
the feds will be
a far more pressing problem
717
00:33:50,575 --> 00:33:53,015
than some foreign actor.
718
00:33:53,057 --> 00:33:55,097
You better not mess
with that divorce proceeding.
719
00:33:55,139 --> 00:33:57,420
Oh, that one's all yours.
720
00:34:01,826 --> 00:34:03,265
He's not the only grouser.
721
00:34:03,307 --> 00:34:05,067
I just heard from DeGiulio.
722
00:34:05,109 --> 00:34:07,389
He got the request to parole
Grigor back into the States?
723
00:34:07,431 --> 00:34:09,111
Wants to discuss it in person.
724
00:34:09,153 --> 00:34:11,193
Along with your old pals
Governor Sweeney
725
00:34:11,235 --> 00:34:12,955
and Attorney General Mahar.
726
00:34:12,997 --> 00:34:14,516
The three of them together.
727
00:34:14,558 --> 00:34:16,078
When they come at you
as a three man,
728
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,280
think chair shot,
not rubber stamp.
729
00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:21,243
My ink pad's at the ready.
730
00:34:21,285 --> 00:34:25,247
Chuck, is it really worth
choosing Grigor over Krakow
731
00:34:25,289 --> 00:34:27,489
and not one,
but two levels of government?
732
00:34:27,531 --> 00:34:28,930
To please this guy
of all people.
733
00:34:28,972 --> 00:34:29,931
I mean, what's he ever
done for you...
734
00:34:29,973 --> 00:34:31,493
Hm.
735
00:34:31,535 --> 00:34:33,375
...except wear you out
and haunt your days?
736
00:34:33,417 --> 00:34:37,018
No, this is
the vaunted Bobby Axelrod,
737
00:34:37,060 --> 00:34:39,220
mover of markets,
738
00:34:39,262 --> 00:34:42,023
puller of levers.
739
00:34:42,065 --> 00:34:45,707
And he needed me.
740
00:34:45,749 --> 00:34:49,470
Called me. Had to ask me
for a personal favor.
741
00:34:49,512 --> 00:34:51,875
Offered to be in my debt.
742
00:34:54,397 --> 00:34:58,559
Sure, I wanted to say no,
almost did. But...
743
00:34:58,601 --> 00:35:00,321
Well, that's too rare
and valuable
744
00:35:00,363 --> 00:35:02,365
a commodity these days.
745
00:35:04,006 --> 00:35:06,409
Especially from one
who knows what it means.
746
00:35:08,371 --> 00:35:11,171
Well, that is more old school
than Sammy Davis Jr.
747
00:35:11,213 --> 00:35:12,933
tapping with
the Will Mastin Trio.
748
00:35:23,906 --> 00:35:25,465
I lead from the front.
749
00:35:25,507 --> 00:35:27,507
I do everything I ask
of those under my command
750
00:35:27,549 --> 00:35:29,269
and not from
a goddamn swivel chair.
751
00:35:29,311 --> 00:35:31,831
The difference between you
and General Patton?
752
00:35:31,873 --> 00:35:34,034
He didn't ask for
his employee's criticism.
753
00:35:34,076 --> 00:35:35,555
He just slapped them
in the face.
754
00:35:35,597 --> 00:35:37,077
Criticism informs, elucidates.
755
00:35:37,119 --> 00:35:39,121
This was insubordination.
756
00:35:40,081 --> 00:35:41,721
Maybe Luke was right--
maybe you weren't ready
757
00:35:41,763 --> 00:35:43,723
for the full fire hose.
758
00:35:43,765 --> 00:35:46,806
My own people think
that they can lie to me,
759
00:35:46,848 --> 00:35:48,850
mock me.
760
00:35:49,891 --> 00:35:51,370
Plus, Sacker's leaving,
761
00:35:51,412 --> 00:35:52,892
planning on
"distancing herself"?
762
00:35:52,934 --> 00:35:54,253
We were cruising along
763
00:35:54,295 --> 00:35:55,735
at flank speed before all this.
764
00:35:55,777 --> 00:35:57,817
Mm. The presidential.
765
00:35:57,859 --> 00:35:59,939
When did I become Lex Luthor?
766
00:35:59,981 --> 00:36:01,660
Anytime somebody
runs for office,
767
00:36:01,702 --> 00:36:03,863
they either become Superman
or that other thing.
768
00:36:03,905 --> 00:36:05,544
I didn't change.
769
00:36:05,586 --> 00:36:07,226
Everybody looks at you
through different eyes now,
770
00:36:07,268 --> 00:36:10,469
but that doesn't matter.
What matters is this:
771
00:36:10,511 --> 00:36:12,631
There's nothing wrong
with deciding you want
772
00:36:12,673 --> 00:36:14,513
the unvarnished,
unquestioned love.
773
00:36:14,555 --> 00:36:17,838
In fact, that may be
the most healthy choice.
774
00:36:22,723 --> 00:36:24,725
Sometimes quitting
isn't capitulation.
775
00:36:26,807 --> 00:36:30,208
Sometimes it shows grit
and wisdom.
776
00:37:17,416 --> 00:37:18,615
Scooter called you?
777
00:37:18,657 --> 00:37:20,177
He told me what happened.
778
00:37:20,219 --> 00:37:22,579
I know this is
where you'd go.
779
00:37:22,621 --> 00:37:24,021
Well, it used to actually work.
780
00:37:24,063 --> 00:37:25,542
Now I feel the chill
in this room, too.
781
00:37:25,584 --> 00:37:27,184
Well, too warm
and you slip on the court.
782
00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:34,951
I used to feel the warmth
in every room I entered.
783
00:37:34,993 --> 00:37:36,433
Especially
Michael Prince Capital.
784
00:37:36,475 --> 00:37:38,114
Now it just seems like a lie.
785
00:37:38,156 --> 00:37:40,398
Those rooms were warm
because you paid them.
786
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,880
I told myself I didn't care.
787
00:37:43,922 --> 00:37:46,763
But I thought the warmth
was real. Or I wanted to.
788
00:37:46,805 --> 00:37:48,244
Then let's
talk court conditions.
789
00:37:48,286 --> 00:37:51,249
I was at Indiana A&M, too.
790
00:37:52,690 --> 00:37:54,010
My teammates loved me there.
791
00:37:54,052 --> 00:37:55,451
If we're really
taking inventory,
792
00:37:55,493 --> 00:37:57,053
some of them hated your guts.
793
00:37:57,095 --> 00:37:59,055
Until they got to know me,
maybe.
794
00:37:59,097 --> 00:38:00,416
No.
795
00:38:00,458 --> 00:38:02,738
Until you lead them
to some wins.
796
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:04,782
Then they loved you.
797
00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:10,105
I just had to show them
I was all about the team.
798
00:38:10,147 --> 00:38:12,868
The team was all about you.
Always.
799
00:38:12,910 --> 00:38:14,510
You always had the ball.
800
00:38:14,552 --> 00:38:16,472
You always made your shots
or dished it.
801
00:38:16,514 --> 00:38:19,034
They had to learn that
the path to glory
802
00:38:19,076 --> 00:38:21,637
ran through you.
803
00:38:21,679 --> 00:38:24,920
So I shouldn't worry about
seeking real love?
804
00:38:24,962 --> 00:38:28,643
I'm saying, the way to get it
is to be a winner.
805
00:38:28,685 --> 00:38:30,685
That's as real
as it fucking gets.
806
00:38:30,727 --> 00:38:34,169
Is that cold or superficial
or hollow?
807
00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:37,692
Well, that's the world
we're living in.
808
00:38:37,734 --> 00:38:40,215
And it's the one
you say you want to lead.
809
00:38:50,507 --> 00:38:52,509
And he's fucking late.
810
00:38:53,990 --> 00:38:56,951
Quite the assemblage
for a pro forma parole request.
811
00:38:56,993 --> 00:38:59,393
Pro fucking forma?
Coddling a Russian criminal
812
00:38:59,435 --> 00:39:01,235
on the dawn of
a second Cold War.
813
00:39:01,277 --> 00:39:03,878
Last I saw you, Governor,
you were forcing me from office
814
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,279
in a bloodless coup.
815
00:39:05,321 --> 00:39:07,121
I'd say cold wars
are your métier.
816
00:39:07,163 --> 00:39:09,243
Uh, Mr. Andolov has agreed
817
00:39:09,285 --> 00:39:11,445
to cooperate
in a critical case.
818
00:39:11,487 --> 00:39:13,727
His safe passage
will be strictly limited--
819
00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:16,370
To rat-fucking me and my
biggest donor, Todd Krakow.
820
00:39:16,412 --> 00:39:19,093
Chuck,
my office, your old office,
821
00:39:19,135 --> 00:39:22,015
you personally ran Grigor
out of this country.
822
00:39:22,057 --> 00:39:25,098
Surely, whatever grudge you hold
against the governor--
823
00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:27,821
Me? I'm all about
moving forward.
824
00:39:27,863 --> 00:39:29,823
This has to stop
at the water's edge.
825
00:39:29,865 --> 00:39:31,425
Let this fucker in and we're
going to look ridiculous.
826
00:39:31,467 --> 00:39:33,186
Like patsies. Like...
827
00:39:33,228 --> 00:39:35,268
Putin's got pee tapes
on the lot of us.
828
00:39:35,310 --> 00:39:37,991
I know better
than to try to stop you, Chuck.
829
00:39:38,033 --> 00:39:39,352
You will find a way over,
830
00:39:39,394 --> 00:39:40,674
you will find a way through.
831
00:39:40,716 --> 00:39:43,076
Used to be my modus, sure.
832
00:39:43,118 --> 00:39:45,118
I am appealing
to you, though.
833
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,519
Don't alienate us.
834
00:39:46,561 --> 00:39:48,281
And don't burn Todd Krakow
835
00:39:48,323 --> 00:39:50,243
and 50 other
political powerhouses
836
00:39:50,285 --> 00:39:51,884
in your first months back
at Southern.
837
00:39:51,926 --> 00:39:55,007
Don't make them your last.
838
00:39:55,049 --> 00:39:57,810
I used to believe in
zero-sum...
839
00:39:57,852 --> 00:40:00,253
in choosing a side,
generally my own,
840
00:40:00,295 --> 00:40:02,295
and alienating all others.
841
00:40:02,337 --> 00:40:07,259
But this go-around, I see
that we can all be winners,
842
00:40:07,301 --> 00:40:09,261
all be friends.
843
00:40:09,303 --> 00:40:11,463
Why draw lines in the sand
844
00:40:11,505 --> 00:40:13,345
when we can build a castle?
845
00:40:13,387 --> 00:40:16,028
Castles made of sand?
846
00:40:16,070 --> 00:40:19,231
You know, it's happened, Chuck.
You've lost your fucking mind.
847
00:40:19,273 --> 00:40:20,632
Maybe I just found it, Bob.
848
00:40:20,674 --> 00:40:23,157
Chuck,
in a known language, please.
849
00:40:24,718 --> 00:40:28,520
I'm talking about
telling our own story.
850
00:40:28,562 --> 00:40:31,523
A story in which we work
the emotional levers
851
00:40:31,565 --> 00:40:34,005
to all get
what we actually want.
852
00:40:34,047 --> 00:40:37,889
And how exactly do we reach
this promised land?
853
00:40:37,931 --> 00:40:42,694
My special advisor on this
will answer all your questions.
854
00:40:42,736 --> 00:40:45,418
You might say
he does it for a living.
855
00:41:03,596 --> 00:41:05,798
So, you found
a good lawyer yet?
856
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:08,079
Excuse me?
857
00:41:08,121 --> 00:41:09,960
Your custody case.
858
00:41:10,002 --> 00:41:12,763
Oh, I know your prenup's
a fortress of steel,
859
00:41:12,805 --> 00:41:15,288
and that you're ready to crush.
860
00:41:16,529 --> 00:41:18,048
I'm short-listing litigators
861
00:41:18,090 --> 00:41:20,290
and still building out
my list of demands.
862
00:41:20,332 --> 00:41:22,334
Uh-huh.
863
00:41:22,815 --> 00:41:24,695
Go ahead, son.
864
00:41:24,737 --> 00:41:26,256
I've known you
long enough to know
865
00:41:26,298 --> 00:41:27,658
when you've got a point to
make.
866
00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:29,139
Well...
867
00:41:29,181 --> 00:41:30,901
probably not one
that's welcome here, so--
868
00:41:30,943 --> 00:41:32,945
Out with it.
869
00:41:34,586 --> 00:41:39,109
No, it's just that I've noticed
that power is the ability
870
00:41:39,151 --> 00:41:40,991
to influence others,
871
00:41:41,033 --> 00:41:43,713
not dictate to them.
872
00:41:43,755 --> 00:41:47,559
True power is
not having to use it.
873
00:41:50,642 --> 00:41:53,523
Are you gonna flash
your history chops now
874
00:41:53,565 --> 00:41:56,806
and hold forth
on how the great emperors
875
00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:59,048
and cons were such
because they showed mercy?
876
00:41:59,090 --> 00:42:00,570
I'm not.
877
00:42:00,612 --> 00:42:02,772
We both know I'm talking
about your daughter.
878
00:42:02,814 --> 00:42:04,053
That's right.
879
00:42:04,095 --> 00:42:06,215
Now, she ought not be beholden
880
00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:08,057
to some made-up deity.
881
00:42:08,099 --> 00:42:11,022
When you'd rather have her
be beholden to you.
882
00:42:12,984 --> 00:42:14,904
Your way.
883
00:42:14,946 --> 00:42:16,665
You'll have her obedience
884
00:42:16,707 --> 00:42:20,069
and you'll have moments
of her affection...
885
00:42:20,111 --> 00:42:22,311
Uh, she's human, after all.
886
00:42:22,353 --> 00:42:26,435
And won't be able to escape
her inclination to love you,
887
00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:28,919
but she'll try.
888
00:42:30,441 --> 00:42:33,161
Oh, boy, how she'll try,
889
00:42:33,203 --> 00:42:36,046
if you run power games
on her and her mother.
890
00:42:38,528 --> 00:42:40,929
Domination...
891
00:42:40,971 --> 00:42:43,932
is an all-or-nothing
proposition.
892
00:42:43,974 --> 00:42:47,936
It does not work
if you carve out exemptions.
893
00:42:47,978 --> 00:42:50,058
What is it that
you're suggesting?
894
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:52,983
Go on dominating
everyone else in your life.
895
00:42:54,384 --> 00:42:57,385
Put your stamp on things
and mark your turf.
896
00:42:57,427 --> 00:43:00,188
Yes, and go ahead
and show her that,
897
00:43:00,230 --> 00:43:02,109
when she's old enough
to apprehend it.
898
00:43:02,151 --> 00:43:05,114
But when it comes to her now...
899
00:43:06,636 --> 00:43:08,638
give her a sense of
stability...
900
00:43:09,318 --> 00:43:11,439
and self worth.
901
00:43:11,481 --> 00:43:15,484
Because that's where
true power comes from.
902
00:43:20,489 --> 00:43:22,930
Ease up.
903
00:43:22,972 --> 00:43:24,972
As a means of achieving
the same result.
904
00:43:25,014 --> 00:43:29,698
Actually, control them more
by seeming to cede it.
905
00:43:31,820 --> 00:43:33,822
Wouldn't have worked with you.
906
00:43:34,223 --> 00:43:35,742
Who's to say
907
00:43:35,784 --> 00:43:38,305
I may have needed the firm
hand,
908
00:43:38,347 --> 00:43:40,347
but neither of these
women are me.
909
00:43:40,389 --> 00:43:41,908
Oh, that's for damn sure.
910
00:43:41,950 --> 00:43:44,150
It could spare
you a custody fight.
911
00:43:44,192 --> 00:43:46,953
You might even get
what's on that list of yours,
912
00:43:46,995 --> 00:43:48,635
and they'll never know
913
00:43:48,677 --> 00:43:51,359
they played right
into what you wanted.
914
00:43:58,206 --> 00:43:59,565
I like this plan.
915
00:43:59,607 --> 00:44:00,726
Hm.
916
00:44:00,768 --> 00:44:01,928
Some sense must have been
917
00:44:01,970 --> 00:44:03,809
whipped into you after all.
918
00:44:03,851 --> 00:44:06,014
That firm hand. Yep.
919
00:44:08,536 --> 00:44:10,538
Okay, sonny...
920
00:44:11,419 --> 00:44:12,698
I will try it your way.
921
00:44:12,740 --> 00:44:14,742
Good.
922
00:44:16,624 --> 00:44:18,103
Continental style in this
house,
923
00:44:18,145 --> 00:44:20,706
left hand, tines downward.
924
00:44:20,748 --> 00:44:23,270
This look like
Ruby fucking Tuesday to you?
925
00:44:35,522 --> 00:44:37,082
Speech of his life.
926
00:44:37,124 --> 00:44:38,844
I cannot believe
he missed the run-through.
927
00:44:38,886 --> 00:44:40,365
Mike doesn't
need run-throughs.
928
00:44:40,407 --> 00:44:42,287
He's Africa/Brass-era Coltrane.
929
00:44:42,329 --> 00:44:44,809
-He finds it as he goes.
-Can you find it if it went?
930
00:44:44,851 --> 00:44:46,731
We're live on eight channels
in five minutes
931
00:44:46,773 --> 00:44:48,973
and he's not even here.
932
00:44:49,015 --> 00:44:50,535
There he is.
933
00:44:50,577 --> 00:44:53,498
Who's ready
to turn this upside down?
934
00:44:53,540 --> 00:44:55,219
Didn't need a run-through.
935
00:44:55,261 --> 00:44:57,382
Any more than Jay-Z
needs to write down his lyrics.
936
00:44:57,424 --> 00:44:59,426
Just roll tape and let me go.
937
00:45:03,830 --> 00:45:05,590
Thank you.
938
00:45:05,632 --> 00:45:07,872
For not keeping me safe.
939
00:45:07,914 --> 00:45:09,473
In my bubble.
940
00:45:09,515 --> 00:45:11,395
The idea that I would
reassess my campaign,
941
00:45:11,437 --> 00:45:13,758
quit, because of a few grumblers
in the company...
942
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,520
Well, I needed to hear that.
943
00:45:16,562 --> 00:45:19,843
I was a professional
boot in the ass.
944
00:45:19,885 --> 00:45:21,887
Finally saw what you were doing.
945
00:45:22,768 --> 00:45:26,410
The destiny, it's in me.
946
00:45:26,452 --> 00:45:29,453
I knew you'd put yourself
back together.
947
00:45:29,495 --> 00:45:31,495
Glad you did.
948
00:45:31,537 --> 00:45:33,337
Ready?
949
00:45:37,863 --> 00:45:39,422
I put him back together
950
00:45:39,464 --> 00:45:42,067
after you kicked the pieces
across the floor.
951
00:45:56,881 --> 00:45:58,721
I thought you were out the
door.
952
00:45:58,763 --> 00:46:02,365
I'd like to stay at MPC
until my filing deadline.
953
00:46:02,407 --> 00:46:05,208
Then run as an independent
on Mike's ticket.
954
00:46:05,250 --> 00:46:07,610
Stay close to the resources,
the juice.
955
00:46:07,652 --> 00:46:09,932
If you're sure, I can get you
on a cutaway shot.
956
00:46:09,974 --> 00:46:12,815
I know it's a risk
taking on the party machinery.
957
00:46:12,857 --> 00:46:16,058
I'm not just going to be some
schmo out in the wilderness...
958
00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:18,102
in a run for Congress.
959
00:46:18,502 --> 00:46:20,743
We're live.
960
00:46:20,785 --> 00:46:25,990
In five, four, three...
961
00:46:34,598 --> 00:46:36,398
I'm Mike Prince.
962
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:38,320
If you only follow
the primaries,
963
00:46:38,362 --> 00:46:39,721
you don't know me.
964
00:46:39,763 --> 00:46:41,603
That's by design.
965
00:46:41,645 --> 00:46:44,808
So the status quo can keep
a hold of your futures.
966
00:46:46,129 --> 00:46:48,330
I bought this time
and it didn't come cheap
967
00:46:48,372 --> 00:46:50,572
because I'm my own man.
968
00:46:50,614 --> 00:46:52,614
And because we need
to have a hard conversation
969
00:46:52,656 --> 00:46:56,700
about why both parties,
and our system, are broken.
970
00:46:58,341 --> 00:47:00,702
This is about the inventory
we all need to take
971
00:47:00,744 --> 00:47:03,064
in order to get
where we're going,
972
00:47:03,106 --> 00:47:05,308
even if we don't
always like what we see.
973
00:47:19,161 --> 00:47:21,041
Grigor.
974
00:47:21,083 --> 00:47:23,764
Buddy, you're back.
975
00:47:23,806 --> 00:47:27,247
You are surprised
to see me here?
976
00:47:27,289 --> 00:47:30,410
I'm surprised
to see you here as well,
977
00:47:30,452 --> 00:47:32,653
since four of
the last five nights,
978
00:47:32,695 --> 00:47:36,737
you've been spotted outside
Oksana's penthouse.
979
00:47:36,779 --> 00:47:39,259
My penthouse, not your own.
980
00:47:39,301 --> 00:47:41,621
She's been distraught
in your absence.
981
00:47:41,663 --> 00:47:43,143
I've tried to counsel her.
982
00:47:43,185 --> 00:47:45,825
Tell her to, you know, hang in.
983
00:47:45,867 --> 00:47:49,229
This is why I brought you
a special gift.
984
00:47:49,271 --> 00:47:51,991
You should open it now.
985
00:47:52,033 --> 00:47:57,116
Might come in handy
in case you need to "hang in."
986
00:47:57,158 --> 00:48:01,561
My friend Christian
designed them personally.
987
00:48:01,603 --> 00:48:03,723
Gossamer wings.
988
00:48:03,765 --> 00:48:07,246
Now, I cannot tell you
if they support flights,
989
00:48:07,288 --> 00:48:10,529
since I didn't test them
myself, but...
990
00:48:10,571 --> 00:48:14,373
Since you live
on the 29th floor,
991
00:48:14,415 --> 00:48:18,898
maybe you would
like to be the test pilot.
992
00:48:18,940 --> 00:48:21,941
You could have sent this
message in so many ways,
993
00:48:21,983 --> 00:48:24,023
without coming to New York.
994
00:48:24,065 --> 00:48:27,586
What fucking fun would there be
in letting someone else
995
00:48:27,628 --> 00:48:30,349
throw you out the window?
996
00:48:30,391 --> 00:48:32,951
I swear, Oksana and I
are just friends.
997
00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:34,513
W-we're not even friends.
998
00:48:34,555 --> 00:48:36,595
It was just a--a mere
business arrangement--
999
00:48:36,637 --> 00:48:40,318
But you spent so many months
in her company.
1000
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,040
I'll never see her again.
1001
00:48:42,082 --> 00:48:43,682
I'll stop funding
the divorce action.
1002
00:48:43,724 --> 00:48:46,284
In fact, I'll end it
with one fucking phone call.
1003
00:48:46,326 --> 00:48:48,689
It's hard to argue
abandonment now anyway.
1004
00:48:49,730 --> 00:48:52,090
This is good news.
1005
00:48:52,132 --> 00:48:55,934
It clears the way
for my own divorce suit...
1006
00:48:55,976 --> 00:48:58,658
on grounds of adultery.
1007
00:49:01,501 --> 00:49:03,503
Thank you.
1008
00:49:27,246 --> 00:49:32,211
My business is concluded.
Now, yours can begin.
1009
00:49:33,692 --> 00:49:35,572
It's quite a favor
Axe granted you.
1010
00:49:35,614 --> 00:49:37,614
And that you granted him.
1011
00:49:40,419 --> 00:49:42,659
How the hell did you two
become friends again,
1012
00:49:42,701 --> 00:49:44,461
after what he did to you?
1013
00:49:44,503 --> 00:49:47,344
Well, one has
the greatest respect
1014
00:49:47,386 --> 00:49:50,347
for one's fiercest adversary.
1015
00:49:50,389 --> 00:49:54,633
Who else believes so strongly
in your abilities?
1016
00:49:56,635 --> 00:49:59,515
Well, it's time.
You ready to do the turn?
1017
00:49:59,557 --> 00:50:02,400
Like Andre in '87.
1018
00:50:47,284 --> 00:50:49,724
Let's go. Out of the car.
1019
00:50:49,766 --> 00:50:53,088
You have no authority over me.
1020
00:50:53,130 --> 00:50:55,090
I am a sovereign citizen.
1021
00:50:55,132 --> 00:50:59,133
I reject the right of the
United States to detain me,
1022
00:50:59,175 --> 00:51:02,056
or to compel my testimony.
1023
00:51:02,098 --> 00:51:06,100
I am a citizen
of the greatest nation
1024
00:51:06,142 --> 00:51:10,304
in the history of the world,
led by the greatest leader.
1025
00:51:10,346 --> 00:51:14,188
So fuck you and fuck America.
1026
00:51:18,594 --> 00:51:20,634
Mr. Andolov
was here to testify
1027
00:51:20,676 --> 00:51:22,957
in a federal case,
to work with us.
1028
00:51:22,999 --> 00:51:24,999
However, he took that
opportunity to try and steal
1029
00:51:25,041 --> 00:51:27,962
sensitive military technology
for his country.
1030
00:51:28,004 --> 00:51:30,204
Now, upon receiving
this intel, I handed it off
1031
00:51:30,246 --> 00:51:32,686
to federal law enforcement
for coordinated action.
1032
00:51:32,728 --> 00:51:33,927
Chuck.
1033
00:51:35,851 --> 00:51:37,010
As U.S. Attorney,
1034
00:51:37,052 --> 00:51:38,932
I realized that this was
1035
00:51:38,974 --> 00:51:40,854
a complex federal matter,
1036
00:51:40,896 --> 00:51:44,658
so I contacted Solicitor General
DeGiulio and the DOJ.
1037
00:51:47,623 --> 00:51:50,103
Main Justice saw the critical
nature of this case
1038
00:51:50,145 --> 00:51:52,467
on New York
and included the state AG.
1039
00:51:55,871 --> 00:51:59,152
Using state police
and undercover operatives,
1040
00:51:59,194 --> 00:52:03,236
we conducted a sting operation
and interdicted Mr. Andolov
1041
00:52:03,278 --> 00:52:05,598
before any secrets
could be stolen.
1042
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:07,080
As you can see in the video,
1043
00:52:07,122 --> 00:52:09,202
his true sentiments
came to light.
1044
00:52:09,244 --> 00:52:11,444
He will be deported
immediately.
1045
00:52:11,486 --> 00:52:13,366
It is a bad day for the
Kremlin,
1046
00:52:13,408 --> 00:52:15,768
a good day for justice
around the world.
1047
00:52:15,810 --> 00:52:17,169
Questions?
1048
00:52:20,094 --> 00:52:21,894
What about the risk
of rolling an old criminal
1049
00:52:21,936 --> 00:52:24,697
like Mr. Andolov into the U.S.
in the first place?
1050
00:52:24,739 --> 00:52:26,741
He was poised to have...
1051
00:52:27,581 --> 00:52:29,341
Wow...
1052
00:52:29,383 --> 00:52:31,143
He swoops in, kills my play,
1053
00:52:31,185 --> 00:52:32,704
does a heel turn here.
1054
00:52:32,746 --> 00:52:34,867
He's rehabbed in Russia,
a hero to the Kremlin,
1055
00:52:34,909 --> 00:52:36,108
quashing those rumors
that he helped Ukraine.
1056
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:37,549
Mm.
1057
00:52:37,591 --> 00:52:38,911
You guys are all
champions of the city.
1058
00:52:38,953 --> 00:52:40,993
-Ah.
-It's quite a work you put on.
1059
00:52:41,035 --> 00:52:43,555
Mm-hmm.
Except for the part with you.
1060
00:52:43,597 --> 00:52:45,677
-That was a shoot.
-Hm.
1061
00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:47,159
Fuck. You weren't in on that?
1062
00:52:47,201 --> 00:52:48,760
No, real.
1063
00:52:48,802 --> 00:52:51,523
Only way I see it,
everything he said stands.
1064
00:52:51,565 --> 00:52:55,166
He'll now have Moscow's full
backing to do whatever he wants,
1065
00:52:55,208 --> 00:52:56,528
wherever he wants.
1066
00:52:56,570 --> 00:52:58,610
Long arms.
1067
00:52:58,652 --> 00:53:00,852
One warning was enough.
1068
00:53:00,894 --> 00:53:02,734
That and those fucking wings.
1069
00:53:02,776 --> 00:53:04,938
We cooperate...
1070
00:53:07,821 --> 00:53:09,941
The dial groups
we ran during the speech--
1071
00:53:09,983 --> 00:53:11,462
spiked the whole time.
1072
00:53:11,504 --> 00:53:12,944
I've never seen
anything like it.
1073
00:53:12,986 --> 00:53:15,186
Mike is trending
on every platform.
1074
00:53:15,228 --> 00:53:17,508
Pundits on both sides
are calling it a major victory.
1075
00:53:17,550 --> 00:53:20,431
Calling me for jobs, too.
My phone's blowing up.
1076
00:53:20,473 --> 00:53:21,792
All this coverage,
1077
00:53:21,834 --> 00:53:23,714
-you couldn't buy it.
-But he did.
1078
00:53:23,756 --> 00:53:25,115
"Rising above the smallness
1079
00:53:25,157 --> 00:53:27,157
and negativity
of the primaries."
1080
00:53:27,199 --> 00:53:29,920
"Owning primetime,
because he can. Literally."
1081
00:53:29,962 --> 00:53:31,682
Mike wants to do
one of these every month.
1082
00:53:31,724 --> 00:53:34,246
Draw up a check,
I'll draw up a plan.
1083
00:53:42,975 --> 00:53:45,415
I owe you an apology.
1084
00:53:45,457 --> 00:53:47,057
We both had our points of view.
1085
00:53:47,099 --> 00:53:48,658
I had my own agenda.
1086
00:53:48,700 --> 00:53:50,380
Keeping control of the
campaign.
1087
00:53:50,422 --> 00:53:52,542
You just served Mike.
1088
00:53:52,584 --> 00:53:54,464
No wonder
he trusts you so much.
1089
00:53:57,709 --> 00:53:59,229
It's the kind of speech
1090
00:53:59,271 --> 00:54:01,110
no politician ever gives.
1091
00:54:01,152 --> 00:54:03,673
Because they can't afford to.
In more ways than one.
1092
00:54:03,715 --> 00:54:06,756
That alone gives Michael Prince
the edge tonight,
1093
00:54:06,798 --> 00:54:09,078
a true independent,
storming the gates...
1094
00:54:23,254 --> 00:54:24,613
It's done.
1095
00:54:24,655 --> 00:54:28,137
I saw. Thanks.
1096
00:54:28,179 --> 00:54:30,419
No, I should be thanking you.
1097
00:54:30,461 --> 00:54:32,541
For making me better. Sharper.
1098
00:54:32,583 --> 00:54:36,265
For raising the level of play,
as you always have.
1099
00:54:36,307 --> 00:54:37,906
I can't say I wish
I was back there
1100
00:54:37,948 --> 00:54:39,628
-slugging it out with you.
-Mm-hmm.
1101
00:54:39,670 --> 00:54:41,950
-We went enough rounds.
-Yeah.
1102
00:54:41,992 --> 00:54:44,032
Took me some time to realize,
that was reason enough
1103
00:54:44,074 --> 00:54:45,554
to help you from the start.
1104
00:54:45,596 --> 00:54:47,436
Old combatants' code.
1105
00:54:47,478 --> 00:54:49,438
That's the other reason.
1106
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:52,521
Someday, and that day
will definitely come,
1107
00:54:52,563 --> 00:54:55,886
I will call upon you
to repay this debt.
1108
00:54:57,567 --> 00:55:00,170
And I know
you won't come up short.