1 00:00:03,970 --> 00:00:06,173 PRINCE: Previously, on "Billions"... 2 00:00:06,181 --> 00:00:07,555 You've come far and learned much. 3 00:00:07,563 --> 00:00:08,842 Until we see each other 4 00:00:08,850 --> 00:00:11,501 and move your knowledge into the world, be well. 5 00:00:11,509 --> 00:00:13,472 WAGS: An invitation for you to do a Vanity Fair 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,183 cover photo shoot for the "New Decas" issue. 7 00:00:16,191 --> 00:00:17,517 Somebody else will probably get the cover. 8 00:00:17,525 --> 00:00:19,311 Probably Mike Prince. 9 00:00:19,319 --> 00:00:21,139 PRINCE: I was hoping you'd make it to 'The Mike' this year. 10 00:00:21,147 --> 00:00:22,881 You and I could do a fireside chat. 11 00:00:22,889 --> 00:00:24,358 It'd be the highlight of the conference. 12 00:00:24,366 --> 00:00:26,151 Ah. Maybe this year we will. 13 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,033 AXE: Try to take me out in some magazine? 14 00:00:28,041 --> 00:00:30,001 I'll come see you on your home fucking turf. 15 00:00:30,009 --> 00:00:31,923 The separation has convinced me. 16 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:32,852 WENDY: We need to be done. 17 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:34,395 I am not here because you forced me to be. 18 00:00:34,403 --> 00:00:36,763 Or because Chuck did. I am here as Chuck's operative. 19 00:00:36,771 --> 00:00:37,996 TAYLOR: Because he wants to get you. 20 00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:39,927 AXE: That crypto mine that you busted upstate, 21 00:00:39,935 --> 00:00:41,541 AXE: I'd appreciate it if you'd drop the case. 22 00:00:41,549 --> 00:00:45,295 Best I can do is make it a civil and not a criminal action. 23 00:00:45,303 --> 00:00:47,579 An act of friendship that goes beyond the norm. 24 00:00:53,812 --> 00:00:56,848 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC) ♪ 25 00:00:56,856 --> 00:01:01,244 ♪♪ 26 00:01:01,313 --> 00:01:04,064 ♪♪ 27 00:01:06,438 --> 00:01:09,653 (U2'S "VERTIGO" PLAYING...) 28 00:01:09,661 --> 00:01:12,614 ♪♪ 29 00:01:12,622 --> 00:01:15,534 ♪♪ 30 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:17,411 (PLANE ENGINE STARTS) 31 00:01:17,419 --> 00:01:20,455 ♪♪ 32 00:01:20,463 --> 00:01:21,706 ♪ Lights go down, it's dark ♪ 33 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:25,001 Security, security seaplane departing dock at 23rd Street. 34 00:01:25,009 --> 00:01:26,169 ♪ Can't rule your heart ♪ 35 00:01:26,177 --> 00:01:29,214 ♪ A feeling's so much stronger than a thought ♪ 36 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,716 ♪ Your eyes are wide and though your soul, it can't be bought ♪ 37 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,552 ♪ Your mind can wander ♪ 38 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,941 ♪ Hello, hello ♪ 39 00:01:35,949 --> 00:01:37,140 ♪ Hola ♪ 40 00:01:37,148 --> 00:01:39,641 ♪ I'm at a place called Vertigo ♪ 41 00:01:39,649 --> 00:01:41,268 ♪ ¿Dónde está? ♪ 42 00:01:41,276 --> 00:01:43,895 ♪ It's everything I wish I didn't know ♪ 43 00:01:43,903 --> 00:01:46,731 Well, this works a little differently than normal therapy. 44 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:50,106 (CHUCKLES) I work a little differently than normal. 45 00:01:50,114 --> 00:01:53,263 I'm not gonna challenge or even explore that statement. 46 00:01:53,271 --> 00:01:54,559 You know why? 47 00:01:54,567 --> 00:01:57,649 Because this works a little differently than normal therapy. 48 00:01:58,504 --> 00:02:00,453 The mission here is to dim 49 00:02:00,461 --> 00:02:02,528 the emotional response to past trauma. 50 00:02:02,536 --> 00:02:03,748 Mm‐hmm. 51 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:05,625 Let's choose some people to use as resources. 52 00:02:05,633 --> 00:02:07,752 So, you're gonna need a comforter, 53 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,172 a protector, and a wise person. 54 00:02:10,180 --> 00:02:12,914 They can be alive or dead, real or fictional. 55 00:02:13,552 --> 00:02:15,518 Old days, Wendy filled all these roles. 56 00:02:15,526 --> 00:02:16,770 These aren't those. 57 00:02:16,778 --> 00:02:20,098 No, yeah, hundred percent, true, okay. 58 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:21,457 Uh... 59 00:02:21,465 --> 00:02:24,394 For my comforter, I'm going with Ira Schirmer. 60 00:02:24,402 --> 00:02:26,813 My best friend. 61 00:02:26,821 --> 00:02:29,483 For my protector, Alan Alda. 62 00:02:29,491 --> 00:02:32,652 Oh, that's a good one. 63 00:02:32,660 --> 00:02:34,029 I use Tony Siragusa. 64 00:02:34,037 --> 00:02:36,490 Oh. Big and kind. I get it, yeah. 65 00:02:36,498 --> 00:02:39,409 Um, for wisdom... 66 00:02:39,417 --> 00:02:42,245 I am a voracious reader of crime fiction. 67 00:02:42,253 --> 00:02:44,122 And recently Darkly Dreaming Dexter 68 00:02:44,130 --> 00:02:45,957 has found its way to my night table. 69 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:49,211 So for a wise person, a serial killer? 70 00:02:49,219 --> 00:02:50,795 We may need to schedule more sessions. 71 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:53,548 Not him, his father, of sorts, Harry... 72 00:02:53,556 --> 00:02:56,301 he had all the answers. 73 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:59,346 Okay. A father figure. Good. 74 00:02:59,354 --> 00:03:02,265 And finally, Uh, a safe space. 75 00:03:02,273 --> 00:03:04,142 A place where you... 76 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:07,062 Yale Law Library. 77 00:03:07,070 --> 00:03:12,567 Describe a recent moment where you felt betrayed. 78 00:03:12,575 --> 00:03:15,445 Drop a plumb line down through your memory. 79 00:03:15,453 --> 00:03:16,769 Where does it catch? 80 00:03:16,797 --> 00:03:19,271 What, uh, image or idea 81 00:03:19,279 --> 00:03:20,990 do you associate this betrayal with? 82 00:03:20,998 --> 00:03:22,702 9/11. 83 00:03:22,710 --> 00:03:24,996 Traumatic day for sure. 84 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:30,001 Yes, but, uh, not the day, uh, the monument. 85 00:03:30,009 --> 00:03:32,963 He... Axelrod... was being arrested, 86 00:03:32,971 --> 00:03:35,507 and she was there. 87 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,509 She... your wife? 88 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:39,261 Wendy. Yes. 89 00:03:39,269 --> 00:03:42,639 Uh... 90 00:03:42,647 --> 00:03:45,600 I knew she would be there. 91 00:03:45,608 --> 00:03:48,061 But, uh... 92 00:03:48,069 --> 00:03:51,596 CHUCK: The way they clung to each other... 93 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:56,194 What's the emotion associated with that image? 94 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:58,196 Rage. 95 00:03:58,204 --> 00:04:00,949 And, uh... 96 00:04:00,957 --> 00:04:04,244 sadness. 97 00:04:04,252 --> 00:04:05,537 (SCOFFS) 98 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:08,498 Jealousy. 99 00:04:08,506 --> 00:04:11,584 Where do you feel that... in your body? 100 00:04:11,592 --> 00:04:14,619 Everywhere. 101 00:04:16,806 --> 00:04:21,261 What negative self‐belief does that bring up? 102 00:04:21,269 --> 00:04:22,480 That Axe is a criminal. 103 00:04:23,457 --> 00:04:25,065 And once again, that's a negative belief 104 00:04:25,073 --> 00:04:26,862 about the man you call Axe, not you. 105 00:04:26,870 --> 00:04:29,503 Well, once I vanquish him, Uh, 106 00:04:29,511 --> 00:04:31,730 then I'll be able to focus on Rhoades. 107 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:33,398 If you do the 'you' part, you may find 108 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:35,432 the 'him' part doesn't matter so much. 109 00:04:39,260 --> 00:04:41,018 I know that should be right. 110 00:04:41,026 --> 00:04:44,829 But it just doesn't feel right. 111 00:04:45,918 --> 00:04:48,580 Here, take the dampers. 112 00:04:48,588 --> 00:04:51,249 Follow this light with your eyes. 113 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:54,169 When you experience traumatic feelings, 114 00:04:54,177 --> 00:04:57,631 focus on the resources in your safe space. 115 00:04:57,639 --> 00:04:58,923 Mm‐hmm. 116 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:00,759 Conjure them. Trust them. 117 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,218 We practiced this all week. 118 00:05:02,226 --> 00:05:04,512 Follow the light with your eyes and be with them. 119 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,641 Especially if you think about the monument site... 120 00:05:07,649 --> 00:05:10,258 or either of the people you saw there. 121 00:05:11,653 --> 00:05:14,763 (REMOTE BEEPS) 122 00:05:20,078 --> 00:05:22,781 There's not a person who meets you, 123 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,824 doesn't think you're special. 124 00:05:24,832 --> 00:05:26,368 Even the bad guys. 125 00:05:26,376 --> 00:05:28,407 Maybe especially the bad guys. 126 00:05:28,415 --> 00:05:30,955 You have that thing, gets people to come to you. 127 00:05:30,963 --> 00:05:33,118 To open up even if they know they shouldn't. 128 00:05:33,453 --> 00:05:35,514 Now, your portfolio is impressive. 129 00:05:35,563 --> 00:05:37,545 But I think it could be more impressive. 130 00:05:37,553 --> 00:05:40,632 Extend far past the isle of Manhattan. 131 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,717 I see that for you. 132 00:05:42,725 --> 00:05:44,427 I want to make it happen. 133 00:05:44,435 --> 00:05:47,639 Plantains, 134 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:51,174 boiled and mashed. 135 00:05:51,452 --> 00:05:53,273 They call it mangú. 136 00:05:53,546 --> 00:05:55,476 Fills you up for a day in the fields. 137 00:05:55,484 --> 00:05:57,116 I should feed it to my guys. 138 00:05:57,124 --> 00:06:00,652 The story goes that American soldiers down in the DR 139 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:02,570 were offered it and they refused it. 140 00:06:02,578 --> 00:06:05,198 Until one brave... and probably very hungry... 141 00:06:05,206 --> 00:06:07,784 infantryman went in. 142 00:06:07,792 --> 00:06:09,661 And he liked it so damn much he said: 143 00:06:09,669 --> 00:06:12,831 "Man, that's good." 144 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,458 Got shortened to mangú. 145 00:06:15,466 --> 00:06:16,835 Nifty story. 146 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:19,587 Mm. Problem is, it's bullshit. 147 00:06:19,595 --> 00:06:21,131 Doesn't hold up under scrutiny. 148 00:06:21,139 --> 00:06:23,675 And neither does your offer. Why do I get more? 149 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:25,635 Because someone else gets less. 150 00:06:25,643 --> 00:06:28,012 Mm. That I believe. 151 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:30,014 Okay. 152 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:31,974 Offer me nice things, I'll take 'em... 153 00:06:31,982 --> 00:06:33,977 because I like nice things. 154 00:06:33,985 --> 00:06:36,563 But they buy you no latitude. 155 00:06:36,571 --> 00:06:38,898 You step wrong and you'll have me after you... 156 00:06:38,906 --> 00:06:42,360 and you'll find I'm a lot harder to olé than the other guy, 157 00:06:42,368 --> 00:06:45,864 because I care about the crime and not the criminal. 158 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:47,031 Hey, good. 159 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:50,076 Keep your eye on the sparrow, ya know? 160 00:06:50,084 --> 00:06:54,456 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 161 00:06:54,464 --> 00:06:56,207 (DOOR BELL JINGLES) 162 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:59,711 ♪♪ 163 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:01,337 All right. I got my part done. 164 00:07:01,345 --> 00:07:03,673 She's gonna burrow up his ass like a toilet snake. 165 00:07:03,681 --> 00:07:05,550 And I have our info. It's confirmed: 166 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:08,261 Simon Shenk is leaving Errix Biotech for the FDA. 167 00:07:08,269 --> 00:07:09,951 And he's set for the conference. 168 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:12,319 So is Jules Hakli, Ameri‐Hospitals. 169 00:07:12,404 --> 00:07:14,350 The whole pharma team. Good. 170 00:07:14,358 --> 00:07:16,895 Mike Prince may think he's got home field advantage. 171 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:19,355 But these road dogs are gonna play spoiler. 172 00:07:19,363 --> 00:07:20,523 Got your flannels? 173 00:07:20,531 --> 00:07:22,098 In the car. (ENGINE STARTS) 174 00:07:27,538 --> 00:07:30,241 ♪♪ 175 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:32,202 (SIGHS) 176 00:07:32,210 --> 00:07:36,039 ♪♪ 177 00:07:36,047 --> 00:07:39,918 ♪♪ 178 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:43,713 ♪♪ 179 00:07:43,721 --> 00:07:46,758 ♪♪ 180 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:49,552 Uh, hey, it's me. 181 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,846 File the order... 182 00:07:51,854 --> 00:07:53,900 Yes. I know it's a warring gesture. 183 00:07:53,908 --> 00:07:56,100 I'm a man at war. File it. 184 00:07:56,108 --> 00:07:59,354 ♪♪ 185 00:07:59,362 --> 00:08:02,524 ♪♪ 186 00:08:02,532 --> 00:08:04,317 These windows, no shades. 187 00:08:04,325 --> 00:08:07,278 Let the whole city watch you do your wild thing. 188 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:10,323 Remind me not to have you and Bill over after I move in. 189 00:08:10,331 --> 00:08:12,283 Oh, that would be safe these days... 190 00:08:12,291 --> 00:08:14,744 His book's flatlined. So... 191 00:08:14,752 --> 00:08:16,246 He can't... 192 00:08:16,254 --> 00:08:18,456 perform unless his portfolio does? 193 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:22,210 No. I can't get it up to fuck a non‐earner. 194 00:08:22,218 --> 00:08:24,879 Oh... 195 00:08:24,887 --> 00:08:26,579 Go deeper. That's what I said. 196 00:08:27,723 --> 00:08:29,634 Bill's been swinging from "Fuck it, I'll do it live" 197 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:33,221 to choking back tears like he's listening to "Goodnight Saigon." 198 00:08:33,229 --> 00:08:34,632 I'm worried about him. 199 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,007 And I don't even like to think about anybody but myself. 200 00:08:37,015 --> 00:08:39,102 It might help if you let him know his entire worth 201 00:08:39,110 --> 00:08:41,020 isn't wrapped up in his P&L's performance. 202 00:08:41,028 --> 00:08:43,147 So... lie to him? 203 00:08:43,155 --> 00:08:44,732 You want me to lie to him? 204 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:45,935 I can do that. 205 00:08:45,943 --> 00:08:48,111 REALTOR: I'm sorry we've hit a snag. 206 00:08:48,119 --> 00:08:50,154 Your bank just withdrew your pre‐approval. 207 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:51,857 It seems your husband got an automatic 208 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,919 temporary restraining order on your assets. 209 00:08:53,927 --> 00:08:55,827 He froze your fucking loot? 210 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:59,178 (SCOFFS) 211 00:08:59,186 --> 00:09:00,639 I guess it's war. 212 00:09:00,647 --> 00:09:02,208 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 213 00:09:02,216 --> 00:09:05,253 I'm sorry. I'll, uh, get right into it. 214 00:09:05,261 --> 00:09:07,422 ♪♪ 215 00:09:07,430 --> 00:09:09,873 (SIGHS) 216 00:09:11,434 --> 00:09:12,802 You know the shot? 217 00:09:12,810 --> 00:09:15,878 No. Just told to be here. 218 00:09:16,078 --> 00:09:17,922 That's usually not a very good sign. 219 00:09:17,930 --> 00:09:19,038 Mm. 220 00:09:19,046 --> 00:09:20,481 (DOOR OPENS) 221 00:09:20,555 --> 00:09:22,228 Ah, Chuck. 222 00:09:22,236 --> 00:09:23,898 The Manhattan D. A. 223 00:09:23,906 --> 00:09:25,398 CHUCK: Ah. 224 00:09:25,406 --> 00:09:27,796 I always forget, are you Law or Order? 225 00:09:27,804 --> 00:09:29,694 (CHUCKLES) 226 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,863 You also have some cases to brief the governor on? 227 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:33,948 No. 228 00:09:33,956 --> 00:09:36,367 Those crypto‐miners damn near decimated that town. 229 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:38,828 City council had to go to the market 230 00:09:38,836 --> 00:09:40,997 and buy electricity ten times the normal rates. 231 00:09:41,005 --> 00:09:42,874 Fucking libraries are closed because of it. 232 00:09:42,882 --> 00:09:45,627 We should be having mug shots, perp walks, prison sentences. 233 00:09:45,635 --> 00:09:47,295 And instead, you handed out a speeding ticket. 234 00:09:47,303 --> 00:09:49,547 We did the best we could. 235 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:51,915 You know what? I believe that. 236 00:09:52,934 --> 00:09:55,324 Which is why Gramm gets it from here on out. 237 00:09:55,332 --> 00:09:57,472 You think you're yanking crypto from my purview? 238 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,098 Was I being obtuse? 239 00:09:59,106 --> 00:10:01,184 Where does a man measure from? 240 00:10:01,192 --> 00:10:02,393 The base. 241 00:10:02,401 --> 00:10:04,181 That's where we're yanking from. 242 00:10:04,189 --> 00:10:06,088 SWEENEY: All criminal referrals from this office. 243 00:10:06,096 --> 00:10:07,189 SWEENEY: Will now flow to her. 244 00:10:07,197 --> 00:10:09,067 SWEENEY: Lock, stock, kit, and caboodle. 245 00:10:09,075 --> 00:10:11,235 You see, because, unlike you, Chuck, 246 00:10:11,243 --> 00:10:13,655 she is not terrycloth soft on big business. 247 00:10:13,663 --> 00:10:15,406 The people of New York State elected me 248 00:10:15,414 --> 00:10:18,117 because they believed in my judgment... 249 00:10:18,125 --> 00:10:20,870 They elected you so they could feel good about their sex lives 250 00:10:20,878 --> 00:10:23,456 and think of themselves as liberal and fair. 251 00:10:23,464 --> 00:10:26,084 The people of Manhattan, however, 252 00:10:26,092 --> 00:10:28,086 elected me to punish predators. 253 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:30,254 Not slug shots of Dubonnet with them. 254 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:32,924 (CHUCKLES) You sip Dubonnet... 255 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:35,093 I have no fucking idea. 256 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:37,512 That you do is the nub of the problem. 257 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,763 Interface with her office, 258 00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:39,931 see if there's any other cases she wants. 259 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:43,393 ♪♪ 260 00:10:43,401 --> 00:10:45,603 (SIGHS) 261 00:10:45,611 --> 00:10:48,189 Axelrod's behind this move. 262 00:10:48,197 --> 00:10:49,774 Know how I know? 263 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:51,727 Tattaglia's a pimp? Could never orchestrate 264 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:53,611 something like this? Exactly. 265 00:10:53,619 --> 00:10:56,321 And a move like this really awakens my Dark Passenger... 266 00:10:56,329 --> 00:10:57,837 You've been reading Dexter again. 267 00:10:57,845 --> 00:10:59,158 Indeed I have. 268 00:10:59,166 --> 00:11:01,411 Thinking about dismemberment instead of prosecution? 269 00:11:01,419 --> 00:11:03,861 Well, in a way. 270 00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:06,553 Dexter Morgan's Dark Passenger could only 271 00:11:06,561 --> 00:11:09,293 be sated by the brutal act of taking life. 272 00:11:09,301 --> 00:11:11,902 But, in order to make something decent of this innate drive, 273 00:11:11,910 --> 00:11:13,402 he developed a code. 274 00:11:13,410 --> 00:11:16,374 A way that he could kill, but for the 'right' reasons. 275 00:11:16,434 --> 00:11:18,469 I will do the same. 276 00:11:18,477 --> 00:11:21,472 I will loose my urges for dominion and victory 277 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,309 only in the name of justice and in accordance with it. 278 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:27,395 You really are serious about making a change. 279 00:11:27,403 --> 00:11:29,480 That raises the degree of difficulty. 280 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:33,484 May‐haps. But I am committed to this course. 281 00:11:33,492 --> 00:11:34,944 To purge the world of villainy. 282 00:11:34,952 --> 00:11:38,156 And myself of... 283 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:41,409 I guess villainy, too. 284 00:11:41,417 --> 00:11:44,328 So if you want to help yourself and help this office, 285 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:47,582 you will find a way to get on board with this code. 286 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:50,001 And to keep me held to it, 287 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:53,046 as Dexter's father did him. 288 00:11:53,054 --> 00:11:54,631 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 289 00:11:54,639 --> 00:11:58,760 ♪♪ 290 00:11:58,768 --> 00:12:01,679 I haven't been having much fun lately, you know? 291 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:04,182 But I will enjoy using this guy to get what I want, 292 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:05,850 and at his own fucking party. 293 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:07,477 TAYLOR: Because he can fly? 294 00:12:07,485 --> 00:12:09,645 Because he thinks he can fly above me. 295 00:12:09,653 --> 00:12:14,484 ♪♪ 296 00:12:14,492 --> 00:12:15,902 He'll learn it's best to keep his feet on the ground 297 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:17,320 while trying to trade body blows 298 00:12:17,328 --> 00:12:19,030 with the Theogenes of Wall Street. 299 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:21,032 Whoa. Easy, Wags. Sorry. 300 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,493 Must be all the high‐mindedness in this mountain air. 301 00:12:23,501 --> 00:12:24,994 TAYLOR: The battle you're talking about 302 00:12:25,002 --> 00:12:26,954 is you and Prince at the Fireside Chat? 303 00:12:26,962 --> 00:12:29,532 AXE: Yes. But that'll be one for the crowd. 304 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,418 Prince has gone deep on psycho‐ceuticals. 305 00:12:32,426 --> 00:12:34,079 And we're about to go deeper. 306 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,379 Your trip up north. 307 00:12:35,387 --> 00:12:37,924 Mm, yeah. Wasn't just for kicks. 308 00:12:37,932 --> 00:12:40,551 We got a shaman who opened us up to the power of ayahuasca 309 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,095 at just the right moment. 310 00:12:42,103 --> 00:12:45,848 Along with universal truths, we saw a market. 311 00:12:45,856 --> 00:12:47,433 We were late to psilocybin. 312 00:12:47,441 --> 00:12:49,386 Won't happen with pharma‐huasca. 313 00:12:49,394 --> 00:12:51,097 And there's the man that can secure it. 314 00:12:51,105 --> 00:12:52,772 Simon Shenk from Errix. 315 00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:55,431 WAGS: Soon to be of the FDA. 316 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:58,736 He'll need to divest. 317 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:00,738 And you'll be there to assume his shares. 318 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:03,533 Like Ed Kemper inhabited his victims' souls. 319 00:13:03,541 --> 00:13:04,784 Gruesome. 320 00:13:04,792 --> 00:13:06,327 For a drug like medical ayahuasca 321 00:13:06,335 --> 00:13:07,995 you'll need to establish hospital‐based trials, 322 00:13:08,003 --> 00:13:09,330 to help mainstream it. Mm. 323 00:13:09,338 --> 00:13:11,541 (DOGS BARKING) 324 00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:13,251 ♪♪ 325 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:15,086 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 326 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:16,337 Come on! 327 00:13:16,345 --> 00:13:19,549 So, we all have our missions. 328 00:13:19,557 --> 00:13:23,261 Sure you can handle the emotional component of yours? 329 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:27,098 I am the one of us who can handle emotions, yes. 330 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:30,560 ‐ MAN: There he is. ‐ (APPLAUSE) 331 00:13:30,568 --> 00:13:33,646 Welcome to 'The Mike.' 332 00:13:33,654 --> 00:13:36,649 How lucky are we, to be here, to do this, together? 333 00:13:36,657 --> 00:13:38,818 I love knowing that in 24 hours, 334 00:13:38,826 --> 00:13:42,113 I'm gonna be smarter and better than I am right now. 335 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:44,073 Because of you all. 336 00:13:44,081 --> 00:13:46,909 Welcome, Axe. Thanks for being here. 337 00:13:46,917 --> 00:13:48,703 Hey, thanks for finally having me. 338 00:13:48,711 --> 00:13:50,204 You don't need to make me look good. 339 00:13:50,212 --> 00:13:52,957 This is the first time you accepted. 340 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:54,292 Let's kick some butt together. 341 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:55,960 MAN: Yeah! 342 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:57,160 WOMAN: All right. 343 00:14:03,726 --> 00:14:07,763 You got yourself a secret golden tunnel. 344 00:14:07,771 --> 00:14:09,932 I want on the trip. 345 00:14:09,940 --> 00:14:11,517 Who are you again? 346 00:14:11,525 --> 00:14:13,519 You're running your own money. 347 00:14:13,527 --> 00:14:15,354 As hedge fund violations go, 348 00:14:15,362 --> 00:14:16,820 that's like shouting the N word... 349 00:14:16,828 --> 00:14:18,643 not illegal, but enough to get you fired. 350 00:14:18,651 --> 00:14:20,861 I would never do that. And I am not running my own... 351 00:14:20,869 --> 00:14:22,750 You left the separate account up on your screen 352 00:14:22,758 --> 00:14:24,488 when you went to the bathroom to jerk off. 353 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:27,658 I go to the bathroom to go to the bathroom. 354 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,681 Mm. Bottle of Jergens 355 00:14:29,689 --> 00:14:32,038 peeking out of your pocket says different. 356 00:14:32,046 --> 00:14:34,665 But, hey, that's your business. 357 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:38,628 My business is getting in on your extracurricular. 358 00:14:38,636 --> 00:14:41,172 I know you've got a 3 Sharpe ratio strategy. 359 00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:43,674 It's 3.64 actually, 360 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:44,800 but only to six figures. 361 00:14:44,808 --> 00:14:47,345 Any bigger than that and it won't work... 362 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:49,680 we get stuck in the tube like Augustus Gloop. 363 00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:52,339 What the fuck? 364 00:14:53,421 --> 00:14:55,523 Figure out how to get it big enough to cut me in, 365 00:14:55,531 --> 00:14:56,979 or I'll cut you. 366 00:14:56,987 --> 00:14:58,898 Like with a knife? 367 00:14:58,906 --> 00:15:00,066 Are you threatening to... 368 00:15:00,074 --> 00:15:02,610 No. 369 00:15:02,618 --> 00:15:04,612 But I'll flip ya. 370 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:07,323 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 371 00:15:07,331 --> 00:15:08,664 I'll flip ya for real. 372 00:15:08,672 --> 00:15:11,699 ♪♪ 373 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:15,905 WENDY: Chuck can't actually have veto power over what I buy. 374 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:20,623 If a judge were going by the book, 375 00:15:20,631 --> 00:15:22,443 you'd be allowed to buy ten apartments. 376 00:15:22,451 --> 00:15:23,724 You can easily afford that 377 00:15:23,732 --> 00:15:26,008 out of your share of the marital assets. 378 00:15:26,016 --> 00:15:27,843 But the thing is... 379 00:15:27,851 --> 00:15:29,668 Chuck knows a lot of judges. 380 00:15:29,798 --> 00:15:31,345 Outcome is unpredictable. 381 00:15:31,353 --> 00:15:32,765 So I could lose the apartment? 382 00:15:32,773 --> 00:15:34,600 Given the timeline to get to court... 383 00:15:34,608 --> 00:15:36,394 you've already lost the apartment. 384 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:38,187 He did this because I put out that statement... 385 00:15:38,195 --> 00:15:40,106 which I did because he was too busy 386 00:15:40,114 --> 00:15:42,051 hanging from the ceiling to do it himself. 387 00:15:42,059 --> 00:15:44,360 And he did because you did because his parents 388 00:15:44,368 --> 00:15:46,779 and your parents because America because England 389 00:15:46,787 --> 00:15:50,032 because ancient Rome because primordial ooze. 390 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,119 I appreciate your bedside, Orrin. 391 00:15:53,127 --> 00:15:55,413 Yes, Chuck would behave better if he felt better. 392 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:57,389 But that's not my responsibility anymore. 393 00:15:57,397 --> 00:15:59,163 Probably never was. 394 00:16:00,881 --> 00:16:02,318 I need to make myself feel better. 395 00:16:02,326 --> 00:16:05,386 So, we go to court. 396 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:09,385 We have a situation... 397 00:16:09,393 --> 00:16:12,430 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 398 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:14,598 ♪♪ 399 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:16,017 Ali Kashkhokh. 400 00:16:16,025 --> 00:16:17,685 Allocator for Ontario Educators. 401 00:16:17,693 --> 00:16:19,854 I wish we'd known you were coming. 402 00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:21,230 Bobby isn't here right now. 403 00:16:21,238 --> 00:16:23,482 And neither are Wagner or Taylor Mason, right? 404 00:16:23,490 --> 00:16:25,943 Ah, you knew that. 405 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:29,280 Peach, make her comfortable. 406 00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:31,240 Yeah, good luck with that. 407 00:16:31,248 --> 00:16:34,493 ♪♪ 408 00:16:34,501 --> 00:16:36,037 Ali Kashkhokh is hardcore... 409 00:16:36,045 --> 00:16:37,329 What she is is a total fuckin... 410 00:16:37,337 --> 00:16:38,963 Wags. 411 00:16:38,971 --> 00:16:41,026 We have a billion plus of her union's dollars. 412 00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,543 And she's a bellwether for the industry. 413 00:16:42,551 --> 00:16:44,293 AXE: If she approves or disapproves, people listen. 414 00:16:44,301 --> 00:16:46,297 What I was gonna say. We can be back in an hour. 415 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:47,816 Nah, It's just a spot‐check. 416 00:16:47,824 --> 00:16:50,066 She's hoping to avoid us, so she can poke around 417 00:16:50,074 --> 00:16:51,927 for the second set of Untouchables books. 418 00:16:51,935 --> 00:16:53,971 And you rushing back will make you look like Al Capone. 419 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:56,275 But we don't actually have anything to hide, right? 420 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:57,485 - Of course not. - Don't be ridiculous. 421 00:16:57,493 --> 00:16:58,588 Thought not. 422 00:16:58,596 --> 00:17:00,978 Losing Ontario Educators would be bad though... 423 00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:02,772 Pants‐shit bad. I get it. Lemme go. 424 00:17:02,780 --> 00:17:03,814 She's already hammering away at the weak spots... 425 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:07,318 The market's like a fragile bridge. 426 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:10,571 We don't know exactly when, but eventually it will collapse... 427 00:17:10,579 --> 00:17:12,948 BEN KIM: And all the cars on it will tumble into the ocean. 428 00:17:12,956 --> 00:17:15,159 Many drivers will drown. 429 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:17,244 The cars in this metaphor are the investments, 430 00:17:17,252 --> 00:17:19,288 the drivers are the investors, like you, and... 431 00:17:19,296 --> 00:17:20,831 Sorry. 432 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,000 I can't have you pulling people off their desks 433 00:17:23,008 --> 00:17:24,493 during trading hours. 434 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:26,212 It's not good for the fine educators of Ontario... 435 00:17:26,220 --> 00:17:27,713 or any of our other investors. 436 00:17:27,721 --> 00:17:30,466 Yeah, sure. But me hearing their answers is. 437 00:17:30,474 --> 00:17:32,026 Why don't I get you to IR, 438 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:35,304 have them curate a tour, answer any further questions. 439 00:17:35,312 --> 00:17:38,349 ♪♪ 440 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:41,644 ♪♪ 441 00:17:41,652 --> 00:17:44,855 Well, I was nominated for their Second Circuit. 442 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:47,108 That's why I sent you that box of embargoed smokes. 443 00:17:47,116 --> 00:17:48,859 May be premature. 444 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:51,377 There's a certain senator in possession of information 445 00:17:51,385 --> 00:17:53,463 that could sink my battleship. 446 00:17:53,471 --> 00:17:54,782 What information? 447 00:17:54,790 --> 00:17:55,938 Which senator? 448 00:17:55,946 --> 00:17:57,072 Well, you know her well. 449 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,330 She put your name forward for the U. S. Attorney's job. 450 00:17:59,338 --> 00:18:00,913 Marcia Vandeveer. Sure. 451 00:18:00,921 --> 00:18:02,508 Old pal of my father's. 452 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:05,186 A fact which suggests we may be able to just 453 00:18:05,194 --> 00:18:07,962 roll her away like a stone from your tomb. 454 00:18:07,970 --> 00:18:09,630 You didn't answer the other part. 455 00:18:09,638 --> 00:18:14,427 The senator has become aware that when I was at DOJ 456 00:18:14,435 --> 00:18:18,180 I co‐authored a memorandum endorsing a then‐novel reading 457 00:18:18,188 --> 00:18:20,266 of a subclause of the Geneva Convention. 458 00:18:20,274 --> 00:18:22,059 The torture memo? 459 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,728 You wrote the fucking torture memo? 460 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:26,147 I wrote a memo. 461 00:18:26,155 --> 00:18:28,691 On a fine point of legal... it wasn't the "T" word. 462 00:18:28,699 --> 00:18:30,359 It was "enhanced interrogation." 463 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:32,236 A vital tool in intelligence gathering. 464 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:34,989 You're welcome by the way for the very blanket of freedom... 465 00:18:34,997 --> 00:18:36,996 Thank you. And how the hell 466 00:18:37,004 --> 00:18:38,749 am I supposed to explain that to the senator? 467 00:18:38,757 --> 00:18:41,473 I would simply like to defend myself publicly. 468 00:18:41,973 --> 00:18:43,539 Face the shame head on. 469 00:18:43,547 --> 00:18:44,748 Turn it into pride. 470 00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:46,292 As I did. 471 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:48,174 Well, I was hoping with your help 472 00:18:48,182 --> 00:18:50,440 we might shift the Overton Window once more. 473 00:18:50,448 --> 00:18:52,131 Okay. But my thing was a harmless... 474 00:18:52,139 --> 00:18:55,082 The waterboarding wasn't really as bad as the media made it out. 475 00:18:59,813 --> 00:19:00,848 Aah! 476 00:19:00,856 --> 00:19:03,549 (SPUTTERS) It's torture! 477 00:19:05,527 --> 00:19:07,563 I may have been wrong on this one... 478 00:19:07,571 --> 00:19:09,773 You're damn fucking right... it's torture! 479 00:19:09,781 --> 00:19:11,859 And if even I don't like it... 480 00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:15,279 Believe me, that was the sport version. 481 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,698 You should see how I roll on covert hostile actors... 482 00:19:17,706 --> 00:19:21,118 Rolled. Not anymore. 483 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,591 In fact. Not ever. 484 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:24,168 Don't even know why I said that. 485 00:19:24,176 --> 00:19:26,165 You're not a military man. That's the way we go. 486 00:19:26,173 --> 00:19:30,127 Uh, you trusted the generals. Who would have done otherwise? 487 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:32,796 Me. No, I would not have endorsed that shit. 488 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:35,799 No doubt. But I'm building my case for Senator Vandeveer. 489 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,468 To get her to forget his scribblings 490 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:39,637 and see him for the man he is. 491 00:19:39,645 --> 00:19:41,931 Chuck, you want to think the best of me. 492 00:19:41,939 --> 00:19:44,642 Well, everyone does. 493 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:46,310 I'll get rid of this. 494 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:48,938 Don't know where I dug it up in the first place. 495 00:19:48,946 --> 00:19:52,722 No, double no, fuck no... It's your job. 496 00:19:52,730 --> 00:19:55,120 We sent you on the road to learn investor relations. 497 00:19:55,128 --> 00:19:56,879 Only to find I sucked at it. 498 00:19:56,887 --> 00:19:58,322 Why? 499 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,032 Too fucking abrasive. 500 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,825 While Bonnie may have proven herself 501 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:04,828 something of a hothouse flower, 502 00:20:04,836 --> 00:20:08,207 I have the rugged areole of a desert succulent. 503 00:20:08,215 --> 00:20:10,834 And an almost pornographic knowledge 504 00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:13,295 of all things Axe Capitale. 505 00:20:13,303 --> 00:20:17,716 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 506 00:20:17,724 --> 00:20:19,510 (SIPS) 507 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:23,347 ♪♪ 508 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:26,642 ♪♪ 509 00:20:26,650 --> 00:20:28,813 I need you to gentle down an investor. 510 00:20:28,821 --> 00:20:30,604 She's a beast. You are the best choice 511 00:20:30,612 --> 00:20:32,147 for the job. It's what you do. 512 00:20:32,155 --> 00:20:34,525 Well, it's what she does for Mase Cap, not Axe Cap. 513 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:37,361 Last I checked, this all falls under Axe Cap. 514 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:39,071 Last I checked, we still had some sovereignty. 515 00:20:39,079 --> 00:20:40,864 You can't just conscript our officers. 516 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:44,243 If you want to borrow Lauren, 517 00:20:44,251 --> 00:20:46,495 you should talk to Taylor first. 518 00:20:46,503 --> 00:20:48,831 Have you? Didn't have time. 519 00:20:48,839 --> 00:20:50,988 HAMMON: Did you have time to talk to Axe? 520 00:20:51,815 --> 00:20:53,714 There is a chain of command. 521 00:20:53,802 --> 00:20:55,754 You're in violation. 522 00:20:55,762 --> 00:20:57,506 This is where you want to make a stand? 523 00:20:57,514 --> 00:20:58,716 Here, now, over this? 524 00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:02,553 Every encroachment needs to be called out and dealt with. 525 00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:04,305 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 526 00:21:04,313 --> 00:21:07,891 Look, I am willing to meet with this allocator 527 00:21:07,899 --> 00:21:10,603 if that's going to be helpful... 528 00:21:10,611 --> 00:21:12,688 Where should I tell her you're taking her tonight? 529 00:21:12,696 --> 00:21:14,250 Given the moves she's already pulled, 530 00:21:14,258 --> 00:21:15,719 she doesn't want the wine‐and‐dine 531 00:21:15,727 --> 00:21:17,693 or the shot‐and‐grind. 532 00:21:17,701 --> 00:21:20,237 Tomorrow, first thing in the office. 533 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:22,823 After I have Union Square Cafe ferry over 534 00:21:22,831 --> 00:21:25,409 some very special room service to her hotel. 535 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:29,997 ♪♪ 536 00:21:30,005 --> 00:21:34,585 ♪♪ 537 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:37,254 (APPLAUSE) 538 00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:39,840 (DOGS WHINE) 539 00:21:39,848 --> 00:21:43,552 Each year's Mike finds us here in front of the fire, 540 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,429 tackling a big topic. 541 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:49,141 THIS YEAR'S: Is it time for a new capitalism? 542 00:21:49,149 --> 00:21:50,434 We can keep it short: No! 543 00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:52,936 (LAUGHTER) 544 00:21:52,944 --> 00:21:55,326 And who better to chop it up with than Bobby Axelrod? 545 00:21:55,334 --> 00:21:59,234 (APPLAUSE) 546 00:21:59,242 --> 00:22:02,154 Seriously, Bobby, isn't it incumbent upon us... 547 00:22:02,162 --> 00:22:04,239 those who've 'won' by any metric... 548 00:22:04,247 --> 00:22:06,957 to acknowledge that we didn't do it alone, and to... 549 00:22:06,965 --> 00:22:09,286 Yeah, no, I‐I‐I know what you say about 550 00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:11,246 learning and giving back and all the rest. 551 00:22:11,254 --> 00:22:13,791 And I believe it's what you tell yourself. 552 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,460 But if we look at it, 553 00:22:16,468 --> 00:22:19,129 we see that it's not the whole truth. Is it? 554 00:22:19,137 --> 00:22:20,964 I guess not, Axe. Tell us what is. 555 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:23,008 You want me to reduce it to one thing? 556 00:22:23,016 --> 00:22:24,593 I can. 557 00:22:24,601 --> 00:22:26,595 It's about being picked. 558 00:22:26,603 --> 00:22:28,931 AXE: Being singled out. 559 00:22:28,939 --> 00:22:30,766 Every one of us has already been singled out. 560 00:22:30,774 --> 00:22:32,914 And this confers it, officially. 561 00:22:32,922 --> 00:22:35,203 Like Davos. Or the Allen conference. 562 00:22:35,211 --> 00:22:38,148 You're either in Sun Valley or you don't exist. 563 00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:39,983 But what goes on there, or here, 564 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:42,236 doesn't matter beyond that, at all. 565 00:22:42,244 --> 00:22:44,071 It's not about the conversation. 566 00:22:44,079 --> 00:22:45,864 It's about the invitation. 567 00:22:45,872 --> 00:22:48,450 This gives me remarkable insight into how you think about trades. 568 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:49,993 It's all bottom line. 569 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:51,881 But what if some of us aren't like that? 570 00:22:51,889 --> 00:22:52,991 (SCOFFS) 571 00:22:52,999 --> 00:22:55,624 Been known to throw an elbow or two when you need to, Mike. 572 00:22:55,632 --> 00:22:57,334 Sure. When I compete I'm there to win. 573 00:22:57,342 --> 00:23:01,130 But I choose my playing field carefully now. 574 00:23:01,138 --> 00:23:03,330 And always against opponents the same size as me. 575 00:23:04,766 --> 00:23:06,677 And no one's making money while they're here. 576 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:08,235 See, That's another canard. 577 00:23:08,243 --> 00:23:10,993 Every single person in this room earns money while they sleep. 578 00:23:11,001 --> 00:23:13,001 While they dream. While they fuck. 579 00:23:13,009 --> 00:23:14,643 (LAUGHTER) 580 00:23:14,651 --> 00:23:17,396 I can honestly say I haven't accepted payment 581 00:23:17,404 --> 00:23:19,314 for that particular act in years. 582 00:23:19,322 --> 00:23:21,108 (LAUGHTER) 583 00:23:21,116 --> 00:23:23,527 Look, you want to leave here feeling better about yourself 584 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,821 than when you came. That's it. 585 00:23:25,829 --> 00:23:28,391 Isn't that the benefit of helping others, 586 00:23:28,399 --> 00:23:30,784 PRINCE: The selfish part of giving back? 587 00:23:30,792 --> 00:23:33,537 Why is that something to be ashamed of? 588 00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:36,832 AXE: It's not. But still: Not the whole thing. 589 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,500 Your man's getting boxed in. 590 00:23:38,508 --> 00:23:40,794 No such box. Just you watch, Scoot. 591 00:23:40,802 --> 00:23:42,544 What do you think I get out of this? 592 00:23:42,552 --> 00:23:45,758 It can't be status conferred, since I do the inviting. 593 00:23:45,766 --> 00:23:48,051 For you? 594 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:49,845 Respite from guilt. 595 00:23:49,853 --> 00:23:51,388 That's your whole platform, isn't it. 596 00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:55,184 From he who has too much to she who has too little. 597 00:23:55,192 --> 00:23:58,061 It's your basketball story, your history. 598 00:23:58,069 --> 00:24:00,147 You talk about how it wasn't your own achievement. 599 00:24:00,155 --> 00:24:02,191 Not only my own. 600 00:24:02,199 --> 00:24:04,026 My town, in Indiana, 601 00:24:04,034 --> 00:24:05,194 had the third largest high school arena... 602 00:24:05,202 --> 00:24:08,238 yes, arena... in the country. 603 00:24:08,246 --> 00:24:11,492 I was fortunate to be a standout... a star. 604 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,036 When we had a big game coming up, 605 00:24:14,044 --> 00:24:17,581 families would paint their picket fences green and white, 606 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:18,582 my school colors. 607 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:20,167 And if I'd jog past, 608 00:24:20,175 --> 00:24:24,494 everyone would come out of their houses and cheer for me. 609 00:24:24,779 --> 00:24:26,780 I can still hear the roar of it in my head: 610 00:24:26,788 --> 00:24:27,925 Haaaaaaa... 611 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:29,426 And what you take from that 612 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:31,136 is that you stood on their shoulders. 613 00:24:31,144 --> 00:24:34,097 That they lifted you up to your success. 614 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:35,474 You were nothing special. 615 00:24:35,482 --> 00:24:37,935 That's right. I was supported. 616 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,978 It's important for all of us to remember that. 617 00:24:39,986 --> 00:24:42,940 It's what separates us from demagogues and other monsters. 618 00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:44,691 Ah. No sale. 619 00:24:44,699 --> 00:24:46,527 I don't like everyone in this room. 620 00:24:46,535 --> 00:24:48,320 But I do respect everyone in this room. 621 00:24:48,328 --> 00:24:50,113 Because I know each and every one of you has 622 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:52,991 a portfolio of accomplishments that sets you apart, 623 00:24:52,999 --> 00:24:55,285 proves your exceptional qualities. 624 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:56,745 And I assume that goes for you, too. 625 00:24:56,753 --> 00:24:58,622 Well, unlike you, I'm not embarrassed to say it. 626 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,563 As I'd expect. Because I know your story 627 00:25:00,571 --> 00:25:02,632 as much as you know mine. How you came from nothing. 628 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,998 Yeah, it's true. 629 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:05,921 Your dad was an insurance salesman. 630 00:25:05,929 --> 00:25:07,756 You ate dinner with him every night. 631 00:25:07,764 --> 00:25:09,049 My dad was gonzo. 632 00:25:09,057 --> 00:25:10,634 I ate dinner wherever I could. 633 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:12,678 And yet you were still in the wealthiest state 634 00:25:12,686 --> 00:25:14,805 in the wealthiest country in the world. 635 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:16,598 With access to the best healthcare, 636 00:25:16,606 --> 00:25:18,517 schools, infrastructure. 637 00:25:18,525 --> 00:25:21,812 And you were born white and male 638 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:23,522 at a time that was a huge advantage 639 00:25:23,530 --> 00:25:27,558 in the greatest capital market in the history of mankind. 640 00:25:28,243 --> 00:25:31,321 The roads were paved for you, Bobby. 641 00:25:31,329 --> 00:25:34,324 Which is why you were able to move so quickly across them. 642 00:25:34,332 --> 00:25:36,201 Wow. 643 00:25:36,209 --> 00:25:37,828 I knew you were wracked with guilt, 644 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:40,873 but this takes it to a whole different level. 645 00:25:40,881 --> 00:25:43,041 Sure. The roads were paved. 646 00:25:43,049 --> 00:25:45,711 But I didn't even have a goddamned car. 647 00:25:45,719 --> 00:25:48,797 Now, you see, this is where we are different. 648 00:25:48,805 --> 00:25:51,383 I don't pretend I'm an ordinary guy got lucky. 649 00:25:51,391 --> 00:25:53,844 I am a monster. 650 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:56,847 A carnivorous fucking monster. 651 00:25:56,855 --> 00:25:58,932 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 652 00:25:58,940 --> 00:26:02,144 It was success or oblivion for me just as it was for you, 653 00:26:02,152 --> 00:26:03,437 whether you want to admit it here or not. 654 00:26:03,445 --> 00:26:06,899 AXE: See, that's what all this is for you. 655 00:26:06,907 --> 00:26:09,651 AXE: A way to forget you are that monster. 656 00:26:09,659 --> 00:26:11,862 You have to be one. 657 00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,489 Or you could never have gotten here in the first place. 658 00:26:14,497 --> 00:26:15,782 See? 659 00:26:15,790 --> 00:26:16,742 Don't bring that weak shit our way. 660 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:19,703 Not over yet. 661 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:21,705 ♪♪ 662 00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:22,862 Maybe you're right... 663 00:26:26,593 --> 00:26:30,255 But I must be one of the cuddly kind from Monsters, Inc. 664 00:26:30,263 --> 00:26:32,799 Because tomorrow I'll be out loading pallets 665 00:26:32,807 --> 00:26:34,760 for the "Shake the Quake" relief mission 666 00:26:34,768 --> 00:26:37,554 for earthquake victims in Honduras. 667 00:26:37,562 --> 00:26:38,388 First we organize the supplies, 668 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:41,224 then we air drop 'em next weekend. 669 00:26:41,232 --> 00:26:44,009 We're not just writing checks here. 670 00:26:45,946 --> 00:26:49,191 Care to join me and see if giving back 671 00:26:49,199 --> 00:26:51,485 with your own two hands changes your mind? 672 00:26:51,493 --> 00:26:52,711 Whoops! 673 00:26:52,719 --> 00:26:54,488 Trap door. 674 00:26:54,496 --> 00:26:58,200 Uh, I was planning on leaving, but, um... 675 00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:00,243 ♪♪ 676 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:01,828 Sure. Why not, Mike? 677 00:27:01,836 --> 00:27:04,247 Count me in. 678 00:27:04,255 --> 00:27:06,583 (APPLAUSE) 679 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:08,377 ♪♪ 680 00:27:08,385 --> 00:27:10,045 Thank you. 681 00:27:10,053 --> 00:27:14,508 That genius really thinks he trapped you into joining him. 682 00:27:14,516 --> 00:27:16,551 No idea it's what you wanted. 683 00:27:16,559 --> 00:27:18,220 (CHUCKLES) 684 00:27:18,228 --> 00:27:20,389 (LAUGHTER) 685 00:27:20,397 --> 00:27:22,827 You think they'll be putting their backs into it tomorrow? 686 00:27:24,234 --> 00:27:25,560 The bankers? 687 00:27:25,568 --> 00:27:28,063 Stevens and Callahan and them? 688 00:27:28,071 --> 00:27:30,982 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 689 00:27:30,990 --> 00:27:33,443 Would you put your back into anything if you were them? 690 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:35,946 Their banks have 80 billion on their balance sheet between 'em. 691 00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:37,239 So I seriously doubt it. 692 00:27:37,247 --> 00:27:38,532 That's right. 693 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:40,659 Callahan's got a contract for life. 694 00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:43,453 Driscoll's got it even better... his name's on his bank. 695 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:44,538 Father's name. 696 00:27:44,546 --> 00:27:46,915 Well, like I said... 697 00:27:46,923 --> 00:27:48,875 Their racket's as old as J. P. Morgan's 698 00:27:48,883 --> 00:27:51,118 and Charles Merrill's themselves. 699 00:27:55,515 --> 00:27:57,217 AXE: We both got evening plans ahead. 700 00:27:57,225 --> 00:27:59,803 The world's changed over the past year, cap'n. 701 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,972 To be safe, we institute a four‐part protocol. 702 00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:03,932 To prevent misunderstandings. 703 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:06,143 You send a text after: "Hey, what a great night!" 704 00:28:06,151 --> 00:28:07,644 She'll respond in kind. 705 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:09,354 You send a gift the next morning, leave her smiling. 706 00:28:09,362 --> 00:28:10,731 You make secondary plans even if 707 00:28:10,739 --> 00:28:11,982 you have no intention of keeping them. 708 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,278 And when you don't keep them... 709 00:28:13,286 --> 00:28:14,989 Who do you think you're talking to? 710 00:28:14,997 --> 00:28:16,611 I'm a gentleman. 711 00:28:16,619 --> 00:28:19,271 Fucking right you are. 712 00:28:27,046 --> 00:28:29,332 If I send you a text after, it's a real text. 713 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:32,451 Text, don't text. Fine. 714 00:28:43,438 --> 00:28:45,682 It's not that I've been ducking your calls, 715 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,017 it's just that I've been... 716 00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:48,852 Ducking my calls. 717 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:51,313 I have. Yes. 718 00:28:51,321 --> 00:28:52,939 I feel like you're going to pull your money. 719 00:28:52,947 --> 00:28:53,940 Are you going to pull your money? 720 00:28:53,948 --> 00:28:56,860 I don't want to talk shop while I'm up here... 721 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:58,987 It's a financial conference. 722 00:28:58,995 --> 00:29:02,532 So that's why you're here, to keep my money on board? 723 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:04,326 Yes. 724 00:29:04,334 --> 00:29:06,578 It's been four months since I moved under Axe's roof. 725 00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:08,648 And we haven't had a single call during that time 726 00:29:08,656 --> 00:29:09,998 about business or anything else. 727 00:29:10,006 --> 00:29:11,416 TAYLOR: I wanted to see you. 728 00:29:11,424 --> 00:29:14,377 And here you are. Like King Kong in chains. 729 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:17,547 Not easy to get used to. 730 00:29:17,555 --> 00:29:20,258 You know, it took me a long time to get my balance back 731 00:29:20,266 --> 00:29:21,384 after you ended our thing. 732 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:25,263 I'm glad you were able to. 733 00:29:25,271 --> 00:29:27,015 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 734 00:29:27,023 --> 00:29:29,142 So, the money... 735 00:29:29,150 --> 00:29:33,063 So, indeed... 736 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:36,233 ♪♪ 737 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,568 Checkmate. Good game. 738 00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:41,780 Particularly quick, Hikaru. 739 00:29:41,788 --> 00:29:46,243 ♪♪ 740 00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:50,914 ♪♪ 741 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:55,335 ♪♪ 742 00:29:55,343 --> 00:29:59,965 ♪♪ 743 00:29:59,973 --> 00:30:02,259 Where are we at? 744 00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:04,427 Will the senator see me? 745 00:30:04,435 --> 00:30:06,596 She will. Problem is: 746 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:09,558 I'm not sure I should walk you into it. 747 00:30:09,566 --> 00:30:10,767 Why not? 748 00:30:10,775 --> 00:30:12,602 Well, you did the thing. 749 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:14,813 A youthful indiscretion. 750 00:30:14,821 --> 00:30:17,023 Born out of loyalty, and commitment, 751 00:30:17,031 --> 00:30:18,275 and the ability to craft sound arguments 752 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:21,027 on any side of an issue. 753 00:30:21,035 --> 00:30:23,947 DEGIULIO: It's also not the kind I'd make again. 754 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:26,283 So people can change? 755 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:28,785 That's what you're saying. You've changed? 756 00:30:28,793 --> 00:30:31,454 You're no longer law school DeGiulio, or Deputy AG DeGiulio. 757 00:30:31,462 --> 00:30:34,624 You're truly Judge DeGiulio. 758 00:30:34,632 --> 00:30:38,044 Ah, this isn't about me. 759 00:30:38,052 --> 00:30:40,090 You aren't really interested in if I can change. 760 00:30:40,098 --> 00:30:42,364 Or man can change. 761 00:30:42,372 --> 00:30:44,232 You want to figure out if you can. 762 00:30:44,473 --> 00:30:45,986 It's being put to the test. 763 00:30:45,994 --> 00:30:47,685 I am changing. 764 00:30:47,778 --> 00:30:50,307 It's happening in front of your eyes. 765 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:52,058 Well, that's gonna be useful to you, 766 00:30:52,066 --> 00:30:53,727 stating it with authority. 767 00:30:53,735 --> 00:30:55,145 Self‐hypnosis. 768 00:30:55,153 --> 00:30:56,688 (CHUCKLES) 769 00:30:56,696 --> 00:30:59,983 Look, you've done the impossible before. 770 00:30:59,991 --> 00:31:00,942 Why not now? 771 00:31:00,950 --> 00:31:03,945 Well, after a certain age it gets harder. 772 00:31:03,953 --> 00:31:06,521 Or maybe undoable. 773 00:31:07,764 --> 00:31:11,770 Or so incremental as to have no impact. 774 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:15,188 Well, I prefer to think of it as evolving. 775 00:31:15,347 --> 00:31:16,910 You want to know if I would have written the memo 776 00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:18,128 when I was younger or older? 777 00:31:18,136 --> 00:31:20,818 I'm more concerned with taking the lessons of it forward. 778 00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:23,173 That's why I want to be on the Supreme Court. 779 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:27,886 So that the accumulation of all that I know can benefit... 780 00:31:27,894 --> 00:31:29,554 Bullshit. 781 00:31:29,562 --> 00:31:33,058 Fine. (LAUGHS) 782 00:31:33,066 --> 00:31:35,769 I do believe I have more capacity. 783 00:31:35,777 --> 00:31:38,188 For good, for ill, for anything. 784 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:41,024 The truth is... 785 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:42,859 I just really want it. 786 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,985 Ah. 787 00:31:43,993 --> 00:31:48,615 I want to feel the power of the seat make me more. 788 00:31:48,623 --> 00:31:52,202 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 789 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:54,079 What's your driver? 790 00:31:54,087 --> 00:31:56,706 I, uh, let certain of my... quests 791 00:31:56,714 --> 00:31:58,541 drag me into the wastelands. 792 00:31:58,549 --> 00:32:01,586 And it cost me every... it cost me too much. 793 00:32:01,594 --> 00:32:05,215 I may still need to do these kinds of things, 794 00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:08,760 but I also need to serve 795 00:32:08,768 --> 00:32:11,388 the best of me at the same time. 796 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:14,641 ♪♪ 797 00:32:14,649 --> 00:32:17,227 You and Axelrod. 798 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,836 It started as justice, 799 00:32:18,844 --> 00:32:22,399 then became something that wasn't, but... 800 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:25,024 Mm‐hmm. It still can be again. 801 00:32:25,563 --> 00:32:27,938 And I can help you, Chuck. 802 00:32:28,007 --> 00:32:29,500 I want to. 803 00:32:29,508 --> 00:32:31,282 If I'm in a position to. 804 00:32:31,290 --> 00:32:35,245 ♪♪ 805 00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:36,621 (CHUCKLES) 806 00:32:36,629 --> 00:32:38,915 You can indeed craft an argument. 807 00:32:38,923 --> 00:32:43,420 We'll keep our appointment with the senator. 808 00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:45,922 And put all this to the test. 809 00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:50,301 ♪♪ 810 00:32:50,309 --> 00:32:54,931 ♪♪ 811 00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:59,310 ♪♪ 812 00:32:59,318 --> 00:33:03,940 ♪♪ 813 00:33:03,948 --> 00:33:08,602 ♪♪ 814 00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:12,907 WENDY: Maybe now's a good time for our one‐on‐one. 815 00:33:12,915 --> 00:33:15,869 Mandatory inspection. Like I'm back in the service. 816 00:33:15,877 --> 00:33:17,954 Don't like to think of it that way. 817 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,581 Why not? When I was in the Navy, 818 00:33:19,589 --> 00:33:23,251 at least I knew what my purpose was. 819 00:33:23,259 --> 00:33:25,670 Now I don't have a clue. 820 00:33:25,678 --> 00:33:28,256 What the fuck do I do here, Wendy? 821 00:33:28,264 --> 00:33:30,633 My whole career 822 00:33:30,641 --> 00:33:32,802 I've run operations... 823 00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:36,264 logistics, combat, organization. 824 00:33:36,272 --> 00:33:39,225 I tried to live my life by Jim Baker's words: 825 00:33:39,233 --> 00:33:41,644 "You can either focus on the 'Chief' 826 00:33:41,652 --> 00:33:42,979 or the 'of Staff.'" 827 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:44,898 "Those who have focused on the 'of Staff' 828 00:33:44,906 --> 00:33:46,149 have done pretty well." 829 00:33:46,157 --> 00:33:48,693 But if Mase Cap is no longer an operation, 830 00:33:48,701 --> 00:33:49,903 what do I do here? 831 00:33:49,911 --> 00:33:51,404 Are you asking me to define that 832 00:33:51,412 --> 00:33:53,156 as Human Resources or as a performance coach? 833 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:55,648 You have two fucking jobs. I have zero. 834 00:33:55,656 --> 00:33:58,805 WENDY: Definitely need the performance coach. 835 00:33:59,125 --> 00:34:00,622 And I can help you. 836 00:34:00,630 --> 00:34:03,281 I can help you get into Olympian form... 837 00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:06,503 but towards what aim, what discipline, is a fair question. 838 00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:08,880 And you need to be asking Taylor. 839 00:34:08,888 --> 00:34:10,789 So why aren't you? 840 00:34:11,682 --> 00:34:14,886 ♪ Bury me with my guns on ♪ 841 00:34:14,894 --> 00:34:16,221 (CHEERS, WHISTLES) 842 00:34:16,229 --> 00:34:18,848 I confronted my ego and let go of it. 843 00:34:18,856 --> 00:34:20,850 Seems intact again. 844 00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:22,852 Sure. You come back to yourself. 845 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:26,564 It's one experience, not therapeutic dosing. 846 00:34:26,572 --> 00:34:29,943 But Bram Longriver really opened our eyes to the potential. 847 00:34:29,951 --> 00:34:32,529 You spent time with Bram? 848 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:35,907 He was our personal guide and shaman. 849 00:34:35,915 --> 00:34:38,952 Longriver carries kind of a mystical weight in the Valley. 850 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,371 We have that mystique behind us. 851 00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:43,873 Along with the full force of his evangelical power. 852 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:45,875 Gives us instant credibility with the therapists 853 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:47,836 who are using the synthetic ayahuasca 854 00:34:47,844 --> 00:34:50,088 as part of their treatment... 855 00:34:50,096 --> 00:34:53,091 that is, as soon as you make it 856 00:34:53,099 --> 00:34:54,968 legally available in the U. S. Market. 857 00:34:54,976 --> 00:34:56,636 So you know I'm headed to the FDA. 858 00:34:56,644 --> 00:34:59,722 We have real intel. 859 00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:01,908 And I have worked to make sure no one finds out 860 00:35:01,916 --> 00:35:04,816 until it's done... preserving the value of your position. 861 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:09,566 Let's talk about us buying your shares in Errix... 862 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:12,652 (CHUCKLES) 863 00:35:12,660 --> 00:35:14,404 ♪♪ 864 00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:16,448 Hi. 865 00:35:16,456 --> 00:35:19,367 MC: Now turn your attention to the main stage 866 00:35:19,375 --> 00:35:21,786 and put your hands together for Brandi... 867 00:35:21,794 --> 00:35:23,705 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 868 00:35:23,713 --> 00:35:26,040 ♪ She's my cherry pie ♪ 869 00:35:26,048 --> 00:35:29,878 ♪ Cool drink of water, such a sweet surprise ♪ 870 00:35:29,886 --> 00:35:32,338 ♪ Tastes so good, make a grown man cry ♪ 871 00:35:32,346 --> 00:35:33,631 ♪ Sweet Cherry Pie ♪ 872 00:35:33,639 --> 00:35:37,427 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 873 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,722 ♪♪ 874 00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:43,173 ♪♪ 875 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:53,276 Did you close Shenk? 876 00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:54,986 It was a late night. 877 00:35:54,994 --> 00:35:57,197 Conversations were had. 878 00:35:57,205 --> 00:35:59,199 You didn't close him? The fuck? 879 00:35:59,207 --> 00:36:00,831 Unexpected circumstances. 880 00:36:00,839 --> 00:36:03,411 What, you get distracted by a stripper? 881 00:36:03,419 --> 00:36:05,538 Not in the way you mean... 882 00:36:05,546 --> 00:36:08,666 Well, what happened, then? Get robbed again, roofied? 883 00:36:08,674 --> 00:36:12,327 I failed the Chris Rock test. 884 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,008 Her stage name was Brandi, 885 00:36:17,016 --> 00:36:20,428 but... but it was really Mandy. 886 00:36:20,436 --> 00:36:22,096 My Mandy. 887 00:36:22,104 --> 00:36:25,433 My sweet little Mandy. 888 00:36:25,441 --> 00:36:27,477 Your... 889 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:30,184 I didn't keep my daughter off the pole. 890 00:36:30,192 --> 00:36:31,396 Brutal. 891 00:36:31,407 --> 00:36:32,921 Want me to shut the place down? 892 00:36:32,929 --> 00:36:34,765 No, it's okay. I got... I got her out of there. 893 00:36:34,773 --> 00:36:36,828 I s‐shipped her off to a facility. 894 00:36:36,836 --> 00:36:38,488 I think I'll have it shut down anyway. 895 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:40,448 Thank you. 896 00:36:40,456 --> 00:36:42,492 ♪♪ 897 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:46,204 ♪♪ 898 00:36:46,212 --> 00:36:48,122 (CRIES) 899 00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:50,917 ♪♪ 900 00:36:50,925 --> 00:36:52,794 (CLEARS THROAT) 901 00:36:52,802 --> 00:36:54,039 And Shenk? 902 00:36:54,047 --> 00:36:55,364 I'll close today. 903 00:37:01,727 --> 00:37:03,012 Oscar wants out? 904 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:04,889 He wouldn't even engage. 905 00:37:04,897 --> 00:37:07,674 (SIGHS) 906 00:37:11,445 --> 00:37:13,606 Ivy, would you draft some of your colleagues 907 00:37:13,614 --> 00:37:15,598 to help put my people back together, please? 908 00:37:15,606 --> 00:37:17,475 I'll do it myself. 909 00:37:19,328 --> 00:37:23,992 ♪♪ 910 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,829 ♪♪ 911 00:37:27,837 --> 00:37:30,707 AXE: Fuckin' bankers. 912 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:33,459 ♪♪ 913 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:38,006 ♪♪ 914 00:37:38,014 --> 00:37:41,551 ♪♪ 915 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,220 Didn't intend to spend an extra day in New York. 916 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:47,307 Hope you enjoyed your accommodations and the dinner. 917 00:37:47,315 --> 00:37:48,641 Food doesn't travel well. 918 00:37:48,649 --> 00:37:51,269 Let's get to it. 919 00:37:51,277 --> 00:37:52,687 Okayyy. 920 00:37:52,695 --> 00:37:54,503 Let's start with the current portfolio... 921 00:37:54,511 --> 00:37:56,119 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 922 00:37:56,218 --> 00:37:57,942 BEN KIM: You have a cache of emerging market bonds 923 00:37:57,950 --> 00:37:59,736 that I'm particularly proud of. 924 00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:01,404 Where are the marks? 925 00:38:01,412 --> 00:38:02,697 How are you valuing that? 926 00:38:02,705 --> 00:38:04,073 You saw the 13F... 927 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:07,452 That's 45 days stale. What do I own now? 928 00:38:07,460 --> 00:38:09,530 How do I know there's not a Mississippi‐sized delta? 929 00:38:09,538 --> 00:38:11,967 We could show you that if you want plain vanilla, 930 00:38:11,975 --> 00:38:13,583 60‐40 for retirement. 931 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:15,825 LAUREN: But if you wanted that, you wouldn't be here. 932 00:38:15,833 --> 00:38:18,421 We had your aggression index at a 6.7. 933 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:20,381 Do you really break things down that way? 934 00:38:20,389 --> 00:38:22,133 Not on the external documents... 935 00:38:22,141 --> 00:38:24,427 But based on your goals, the investments you made... 936 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:27,389 and the investments you left behind to come to us... 937 00:38:27,397 --> 00:38:29,192 we figured that was your sweet spot. 938 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,107 What if we could take a little more danger? 939 00:38:31,176 --> 00:38:34,771 People talk about quant fundamentals, human overlay. 940 00:38:34,779 --> 00:38:36,898 I overlay like you wouldn't believe. 941 00:38:36,906 --> 00:38:39,776 See, there are certain risks that are not risky to you, 942 00:38:39,784 --> 00:38:41,277 they're not risky to Axe Cap. 943 00:38:41,285 --> 00:38:44,614 Personally risky to me? I don't think that way. 944 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:47,742 I just think if you're not making 15 percent every year, 945 00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:49,452 then my father was right about me. 946 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:50,754 What did he say? 947 00:38:50,762 --> 00:38:53,294 He blamed himself for not punching my mother hard enough 948 00:38:53,302 --> 00:38:54,451 to kill me the night she told him she was... 949 00:38:54,459 --> 00:38:55,792 That's plenty right there. 950 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,044 ♪♪ 951 00:38:58,052 --> 00:38:59,671 SPYROS: Guys like that... 952 00:38:59,679 --> 00:39:03,841 revvin' up your engine, metal under tension... 953 00:39:03,849 --> 00:39:06,803 my job is to keep you off the highway to the danger zone. 954 00:39:06,811 --> 00:39:10,390 And how do you do that? 955 00:39:10,398 --> 00:39:15,228 I know my SEC like Bear Bryant knew his. 956 00:39:15,236 --> 00:39:18,481 ♪♪ 957 00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:19,982 That was a kick in the heinie. 958 00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:22,235 You wanted the unvarnished look. 959 00:39:22,243 --> 00:39:24,910 And we do have the numbers to back up... 960 00:39:24,918 --> 00:39:27,006 Truth is, I don't care what these people all said... 961 00:39:27,014 --> 00:39:28,959 just that they didn't wilt or crack. 962 00:39:29,238 --> 00:39:32,340 In many founder‐named shops, the whole place collapses 963 00:39:32,348 --> 00:39:34,789 if the founder isn't in their face 24/7. 964 00:39:34,797 --> 00:39:36,999 That clearly is not the case here. 965 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:39,085 The numbers do speak for themselves. 966 00:39:39,093 --> 00:39:42,171 And thank you for that dinner... 967 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:45,883 the gnocchi was firm and tasty and the halibut sublime. 968 00:39:45,891 --> 00:39:47,833 Thought it didn't travel? 969 00:39:48,104 --> 00:39:49,845 We all have our roles to play. 970 00:39:49,853 --> 00:39:51,848 Mine here was hard‐ass. 971 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:54,132 But you played yours to perfection. 972 00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:01,899 Senator, I understand you have concerns. 973 00:40:01,907 --> 00:40:04,360 Now let's address them where they can be spoken to 974 00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:07,488 most fully and frankly... right here and now. 975 00:40:07,496 --> 00:40:09,574 Behind doors which are closed. 976 00:40:09,597 --> 00:40:12,034 I have just one question... and I can ask it anywhere. 977 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:16,539 Judge, did you write that memo? 978 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:18,583 This memo? 979 00:40:18,591 --> 00:40:20,042 I did, Senator. 980 00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:22,295 Then that, as they say, is the ballgame. 981 00:40:22,303 --> 00:40:26,924 The other side protects its own no matter the sin. 982 00:40:26,932 --> 00:40:29,135 If I do the same, I would be the same. 983 00:40:29,143 --> 00:40:31,220 I must hold Judge DeGiulio 984 00:40:31,228 --> 00:40:34,766 to the same standards I keep for myself. 985 00:40:34,774 --> 00:40:37,018 And they are as high as a midnight showing 986 00:40:37,026 --> 00:40:40,855 of Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke. 987 00:40:40,863 --> 00:40:44,233 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 988 00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:47,904 Had I suffered such a regrettable lapse, 989 00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:49,906 I would withdraw my name... 990 00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:54,160 and I would kiss my career and my sweet ass goodbye. 991 00:40:54,168 --> 00:40:55,953 ♪♪ 992 00:40:55,961 --> 00:40:58,696 (DOOR OPENS) 993 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,378 I think that time I got waterboarded. 994 00:41:04,386 --> 00:41:06,631 "Never let your head hang down." 995 00:41:06,639 --> 00:41:09,300 Never give up and sit down and grieve. 996 00:41:09,308 --> 00:41:10,745 "Find another way." 997 00:41:10,753 --> 00:41:12,220 Your dad? 998 00:41:12,228 --> 00:41:13,846 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) Close. Nixon. 999 00:41:13,854 --> 00:41:15,264 Inspiring. 1000 00:41:15,272 --> 00:41:18,267 The fuck is the other way, the next move? 1001 00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:21,469 I don't know yet. But I will reach out when I do. 1002 00:41:25,074 --> 00:41:29,362 ♪♪ 1003 00:41:29,370 --> 00:41:33,616 ♪♪ 1004 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:36,869 ♪♪ 1005 00:41:36,877 --> 00:41:41,958 ♪♪ 1006 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:44,919 I would have done exactly the same as you. 1007 00:41:44,927 --> 00:41:47,797 Well, I'm glad you didn't try to change my mind. 1008 00:41:47,805 --> 00:41:50,633 So you'll keep the memo buried? 1009 00:41:50,641 --> 00:41:53,803 I will as long as he doesn't go for a lifetime post. 1010 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:56,681 Good. 1011 00:41:56,689 --> 00:41:58,641 He's still destined for great things, though. 1012 00:41:58,649 --> 00:42:00,351 What do you have in mind? 1013 00:42:00,359 --> 00:42:04,397 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1014 00:42:04,405 --> 00:42:08,276 ‐ Hey, Eddie. ‐ Keep it up. 1015 00:42:08,284 --> 00:42:09,986 Hey. Thanks a lot. 1016 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:12,113 ♪♪ 1017 00:42:12,121 --> 00:42:13,990 Gonna take care of all these yourself? 1018 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:16,450 Getting a workout too, Huh? 1019 00:42:16,458 --> 00:42:21,487 ♪♪ 1020 00:42:22,214 --> 00:42:24,323 All right, bring it in. 1021 00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:28,880 Gotta lift with your legs. 1022 00:42:28,888 --> 00:42:31,173 That's what they say. 1023 00:42:31,181 --> 00:42:32,508 Thanks for the help. 1024 00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:33,843 Well, you can return the favor: 1025 00:42:33,851 --> 00:42:37,680 Host Stage Three pharma‐huasca trials at your medical center. 1026 00:42:37,688 --> 00:42:39,180 We're not a university hospital. 1027 00:42:39,188 --> 00:42:41,225 Well, that's why we need you. 1028 00:42:41,233 --> 00:42:43,269 Bram Longriver says: 1029 00:42:43,277 --> 00:42:46,022 "We're in a race between catastrophe and consciousness." 1030 00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:47,565 You have Longriver? 1031 00:42:47,573 --> 00:42:51,777 If we're gonna win, we need much wider testing. 1032 00:42:51,785 --> 00:42:56,198 Is the Axelrod Foundation willing to back that race? 1033 00:42:56,206 --> 00:42:58,326 I can make a call. 1034 00:42:58,334 --> 00:43:01,027 Then make that call. 1035 00:43:02,046 --> 00:43:02,997 ‐ (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) ‐ Great. 1036 00:43:03,005 --> 00:43:04,707 Thanks for everything. I'll circle back. 1037 00:43:04,715 --> 00:43:10,296 ♪♪ 1038 00:43:10,304 --> 00:43:14,926 ♪♪ 1039 00:43:14,934 --> 00:43:17,303 You Michael Johnson‐ed right over to Jules Hakli. 1040 00:43:17,311 --> 00:43:18,554 The hospital CEO. 1041 00:43:18,562 --> 00:43:20,045 Always wanted to shake his hand. 1042 00:43:20,053 --> 00:43:22,391 Uh-huh. And now you're back hard at it. 1043 00:43:22,399 --> 00:43:26,896 You know, you and I should share a beer at the closing dinner. 1044 00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:28,898 We always have an amazing presentation. 1045 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:30,149 Sure. I'll try to make it. 1046 00:43:30,157 --> 00:43:34,362 ♪♪ 1047 00:43:34,370 --> 00:43:37,073 Not gonna let me sort in peace, huh? 1048 00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:39,408 Oscar, I was bleeding out. 1049 00:43:39,416 --> 00:43:40,952 I couldn't just shut my firm. 1050 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,453 If I did, I could never re‐open, or raise again. 1051 00:43:42,461 --> 00:43:45,414 It was a way to preserve the name. To continue. 1052 00:43:45,422 --> 00:43:46,749 It's the answer to the one question you didn't ask. 1053 00:43:46,757 --> 00:43:50,503 BUT SHOULD HAVE: Would I do absolutely anything to survive? 1054 00:43:50,511 --> 00:43:51,790 The answer is yes. 1055 00:43:51,798 --> 00:43:53,580 That's why you should leave your money with me. 1056 00:43:53,588 --> 00:43:56,166 Last year, Axe Cap showed returns of 17 percent 1057 00:43:56,174 --> 00:43:57,426 while growing by 22 percent. 1058 00:43:57,434 --> 00:43:59,178 I was shrinking, dying. 1059 00:43:59,186 --> 00:44:01,055 So you gained all the benefits of bankruptcy... 1060 00:44:01,063 --> 00:44:04,350 indemnification, restructuring, wound‐licking... 1061 00:44:04,358 --> 00:44:05,810 without actually declaring. 1062 00:44:05,818 --> 00:44:09,480 And you're going to tell me that you're going to be better. 1063 00:44:09,488 --> 00:44:11,524 Already are better... Yes. 1064 00:44:11,532 --> 00:44:14,276 Since I've been there we're up 7.2 percent... you're up. 1065 00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:16,779 The difference between blitz and regular chess? 1066 00:44:16,787 --> 00:44:21,158 In the traditional game, when it's the other person's turn, 1067 00:44:21,166 --> 00:44:23,572 you consider what you might do next. 1068 00:44:24,283 --> 00:44:27,915 You let your mind wander, meditate, be open. 1069 00:44:27,923 --> 00:44:31,877 With fast chess, you've anticipated their move 1070 00:44:31,885 --> 00:44:35,339 and your response before they've made it. 1071 00:44:35,347 --> 00:44:38,300 Which game have we been playing? 1072 00:44:38,308 --> 00:44:41,345 I don't want to have my money with Bobby Axelrod, 1073 00:44:41,353 --> 00:44:44,223 I don't want to be associated with him. 1074 00:44:44,231 --> 00:44:47,643 And if you are, I don't want to be associated with you. 1075 00:44:47,651 --> 00:44:50,678 And you knew that before I opened my mouth... 1076 00:44:53,198 --> 00:44:57,737 I‐I‐I hope when we meet again it's not as competitors. 1077 00:44:57,745 --> 00:45:00,104 If you go back out on your own, give me a call. 1078 00:45:04,001 --> 00:45:08,122 OSCAR: You shouldn't have made that rook sacrifice at move 37. 1079 00:45:08,130 --> 00:45:10,656 That's why you lost. 1080 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:17,288 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1081 00:45:18,348 --> 00:45:22,344 Well, you slipped away last night. 1082 00:45:22,352 --> 00:45:25,181 Apologies. Personal business. 1083 00:45:25,189 --> 00:45:26,660 I'll bet. 1084 00:45:26,668 --> 00:45:29,185 I've seen a guy take a girl straight to the Champagne Room... 1085 00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:30,686 but never straight out of the club. 1086 00:45:30,694 --> 00:45:32,438 At least not outside Thailand. 1087 00:45:32,446 --> 00:45:35,024 What type of bar fine she run you? 1088 00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:36,484 Wasn't like that. 1089 00:45:36,492 --> 00:45:38,527 Just had to have a little chat. 1090 00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:41,113 I guess there's no such thing as too young 1091 00:45:41,121 --> 00:45:44,533 when they're firm as a genetically modified plumcot. 1092 00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:48,638 Mr. Axelrod and I know Errix is a family business. 1093 00:45:48,646 --> 00:45:50,670 So we'll pay market for your shares, 1094 00:45:50,678 --> 00:45:52,755 but we have to work together to keep the stock price high 1095 00:45:52,763 --> 00:45:54,043 for your relatives. 1096 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:55,544 Sell to us and do your share 1097 00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:57,338 with approvals once you're at the FDA, 1098 00:45:57,346 --> 00:45:59,416 and we're all sitting pretty in Schaefer city. 1099 00:45:59,424 --> 00:46:02,051 (LAUGHS) 1100 00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:05,378 Ah, yes, that sounds fun. 1101 00:46:06,146 --> 00:46:08,766 But it's Longriver I'm interested in. 1102 00:46:08,774 --> 00:46:11,769 His reach makes markets... and makes this deal. 1103 00:46:11,777 --> 00:46:15,888 Then you're talking to the right guy, 'cause we got him. 1104 00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:21,570 Bobby, I'm gonna need to stay in the apartment a little longer. 1105 00:46:21,578 --> 00:46:22,321 Is that... Yeah, more than okay. 1106 00:46:22,329 --> 00:46:25,074 You know I never use it. 1107 00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:26,793 WENDY: Thank you. I'm sure I'll... 1108 00:46:26,801 --> 00:46:28,653 Thought you found a place you loved? 1109 00:46:29,208 --> 00:46:30,716 Uh... 1110 00:46:30,855 --> 00:46:32,676 the deal got "Chucked." 1111 00:46:32,684 --> 00:46:34,834 Ah, you could've called me in. Why didn't you call me in? 1112 00:46:34,842 --> 00:46:35,668 I thought I could sort it quickly. 1113 00:46:35,676 --> 00:46:37,753 But it's going to take a minute. 1114 00:46:37,761 --> 00:46:40,172 AXE: The man's a delight. You know? 1115 00:46:40,180 --> 00:46:42,188 Look, I can buy the place for you. 1116 00:46:42,226 --> 00:46:43,444 Pay me back as soon as... 1117 00:46:43,452 --> 00:46:46,929 It's gone. Thank you, but... it's gone. 1118 00:46:46,937 --> 00:46:49,640 All right. Well, stay as long as you need then. 1119 00:46:49,648 --> 00:46:50,933 Hey, one more thing. 1120 00:46:50,941 --> 00:46:52,768 Yeah? 1121 00:46:52,776 --> 00:46:54,760 Gut him. 1122 00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,607 That's the plan. 1123 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:01,443 DOLLAR BILL: A ten percent loss? 1124 00:47:01,451 --> 00:47:04,738 You took my scrilla down ten fucking percent? 1125 00:47:04,746 --> 00:47:06,615 I tried to warn you. The algo... 1126 00:47:06,623 --> 00:47:09,243 your added investment forced it to make suboptimal trades. 1127 00:47:09,251 --> 00:47:11,495 Why is your brilliant machine fucking retarded?! 1128 00:47:11,503 --> 00:47:14,165 Bill, what you want won't work. 1129 00:47:14,173 --> 00:47:15,457 Like fuck it won't... 1130 00:47:15,465 --> 00:47:16,959 This shit is a nerdy new world. 1131 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:18,873 I had to have it put into terms I understand. 1132 00:47:18,881 --> 00:47:22,464 So let me translate for you: A man can manage two wives. 1133 00:47:22,472 --> 00:47:24,133 But you try to keep four wives going, 1134 00:47:24,141 --> 00:47:25,885 you can't keep everyone satisfied. 1135 00:47:25,893 --> 00:47:27,887 Too many variables, not enough Bill. 1136 00:47:27,895 --> 00:47:29,889 The whole thing crumbles. 1137 00:47:29,897 --> 00:47:32,725 I needed this. 1138 00:47:32,733 --> 00:47:35,477 You are a useless fucking bunch. 1139 00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:38,647 ♪ (MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1140 00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:39,940 Give him back his money. 1141 00:47:39,948 --> 00:47:41,400 Investor beware. 1142 00:47:41,408 --> 00:47:43,564 Maybe. But you didn't actually invest his shit 1143 00:47:43,572 --> 00:47:45,237 and risk fucking up your side stash. 1144 00:47:45,245 --> 00:47:47,698 I'm keeping it as an asshole tax. 1145 00:47:47,706 --> 00:47:49,158 Return it as an asshole tribute. 1146 00:47:49,166 --> 00:47:51,493 (DOOR OPENS) 1147 00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:53,621 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1148 00:47:53,629 --> 00:47:57,208 You know, I was almost back at my desk when it hit me. 1149 00:47:57,216 --> 00:48:00,502 So I may not be able to crawl ass‐to‐mouth 1150 00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:03,130 through your algorithmic centipede, 1151 00:48:03,138 --> 00:48:05,716 but the one thing that has kept me in my chair all these years, 1152 00:48:05,724 --> 00:48:09,627 WINNING, is that I know a liar when I smell one. 1153 00:48:11,230 --> 00:48:15,267 Your trading thing might not work with the added capital, 1154 00:48:15,275 --> 00:48:16,185 but when I look in your eyes, 1155 00:48:16,193 --> 00:48:18,354 I do not see someone who has lost money. 1156 00:48:18,362 --> 00:48:20,464 I see someone who's trying to steal from me. 1157 00:48:21,791 --> 00:48:23,971 So by the time I actually get back to my desk, 1158 00:48:23,979 --> 00:48:27,613 my money better be there, or this time I will cut you. 1159 00:48:27,621 --> 00:48:32,576 ♪♪ 1160 00:48:32,584 --> 00:48:35,037 (DOOR OPENS) 1161 00:48:35,045 --> 00:48:37,790 ♪♪ 1162 00:48:37,798 --> 00:48:40,783 ♪♪ 1163 00:48:44,388 --> 00:48:45,547 This is the thank you. 1164 00:48:45,555 --> 00:48:47,967 The way you conducted yourself... 1165 00:48:47,975 --> 00:48:50,052 and everyone else... it was the full Dudamel. 1166 00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,554 (CHUCKLES) 1167 00:48:52,562 --> 00:48:54,858 I want you to take over IR for all of Axe Cap. 1168 00:48:54,866 --> 00:48:56,475 - Formally. - I have a job. 1169 00:48:56,483 --> 00:48:59,395 You still have it. 1170 00:48:59,403 --> 00:49:01,480 This job is better. 1171 00:49:01,488 --> 00:49:04,316 More responsibility, access. 1172 00:49:04,324 --> 00:49:05,776 More money, in case that matters. 1173 00:49:05,784 --> 00:49:07,236 When doesn't it matter? 1174 00:49:07,244 --> 00:49:09,488 When you're being untruthful with yourself. 1175 00:49:09,496 --> 00:49:11,365 Not a risk. 1176 00:49:11,373 --> 00:49:13,993 It is quite the offer. 1177 00:49:14,001 --> 00:49:16,872 And yet, I can't help but feel I'm being used. 1178 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,818 So that you can isolate Taylor even more. 1179 00:49:18,826 --> 00:49:21,041 I thought we were past Mase Cap paranoia. 1180 00:49:21,049 --> 00:49:22,189 Is it paranoia? 1181 00:49:22,197 --> 00:49:25,049 I'm using your talent. 1182 00:49:25,705 --> 00:49:27,961 If Taylor feels similar appreciation, 1183 00:49:27,969 --> 00:49:29,666 they'll bless this. 1184 00:49:30,011 --> 00:49:33,163 Let me sleep on it. 1185 00:49:36,194 --> 00:49:37,923 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 1186 00:49:38,593 --> 00:49:40,510 Thanks. 1187 00:49:41,278 --> 00:49:42,396 Where'd we end up? 1188 00:49:42,404 --> 00:49:43,814 Well, not where you were, 1189 00:49:43,822 --> 00:49:45,065 not where you expected to be, 1190 00:49:45,073 --> 00:49:46,734 but a very good place, I believe. 1191 00:49:46,742 --> 00:49:48,068 Solicitor General. 1192 00:49:48,076 --> 00:49:49,403 Acting SG. 1193 00:49:49,411 --> 00:49:51,613 Acting. (LAUGHS) Of course. 1194 00:49:51,621 --> 00:49:53,198 The price for killing the memo. 1195 00:49:53,206 --> 00:49:55,492 Indeed. Everything stays nice and quiet. 1196 00:49:55,500 --> 00:49:56,952 Well, useful to you too, isn't it? 1197 00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,996 With you as NYAG and me on the federal bench, 1198 00:49:59,004 --> 00:50:00,456 weren't gonna see me that often. 1199 00:50:00,464 --> 00:50:01,623 It'll be better this way. 1200 00:50:01,631 --> 00:50:02,833 It's a prestigious post... 1201 00:50:02,841 --> 00:50:05,294 and still an avenue to the show. 1202 00:50:05,302 --> 00:50:07,755 Two current Justices were SGs before. 1203 00:50:07,763 --> 00:50:09,965 Everyone gets everything he wants, huh? 1204 00:50:09,973 --> 00:50:12,509 I'm just glad I could be a friend to you. 1205 00:50:12,517 --> 00:50:14,928 Early dinner at Luger's? 1206 00:50:14,936 --> 00:50:17,171 On me. 1207 00:50:19,649 --> 00:50:21,602 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1208 00:50:21,610 --> 00:50:23,395 (SIGHS) 1209 00:50:23,403 --> 00:50:25,814 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1210 00:50:25,822 --> 00:50:30,100 ♪♪ 1211 00:50:31,703 --> 00:50:33,655 Game's changed. 1212 00:50:33,663 --> 00:50:35,939 No, game's the same... 1213 00:50:36,006 --> 00:50:39,794 Fucking computer boys scrape data and code algos. 1214 00:50:39,802 --> 00:50:41,544 Slurp up all the alpha. 1215 00:50:41,629 --> 00:50:43,786 Need to find a new way to beat it. 1216 00:50:44,098 --> 00:50:45,848 Market's closed, player, 1217 00:50:45,856 --> 00:50:48,379 nothing left for you on that screen until morning. 1218 00:50:48,387 --> 00:50:49,671 But I'm here. 1219 00:50:49,679 --> 00:50:51,173 What did you have in mind? 1220 00:50:51,181 --> 00:50:56,387 Why don't you show me those new cup holders in the mini‐v...? 1221 00:50:56,395 --> 00:51:00,808 ♪♪ 1222 00:51:00,816 --> 00:51:02,007 How 'bout a raincheck. 1223 00:51:04,027 --> 00:51:06,188 I think I need some alone time... 1224 00:51:06,196 --> 00:51:08,273 ♪♪ 1225 00:51:08,281 --> 00:51:11,183 (SIGHS) 1226 00:51:23,630 --> 00:51:25,499 Is Taylor here? 1227 00:51:25,507 --> 00:51:27,741 LAUREN: They just got back. 1228 00:51:28,677 --> 00:51:30,045 Tea? 1229 00:51:30,053 --> 00:51:31,202 I'm gonna roll dry. 1230 00:51:40,605 --> 00:51:44,143 Imagine you know about Lauren lending herself out to Axe Cap? 1231 00:51:44,151 --> 00:51:46,111 And I imagine you know that 1232 00:51:46,119 --> 00:51:47,688 she's been asked to make it a permanent detail. 1233 00:51:47,696 --> 00:51:49,314 I did not. 1234 00:51:49,322 --> 00:51:50,732 Are you going to agree to that? 1235 00:51:50,740 --> 00:51:52,734 She wants to do it. It's a good opportunity. 1236 00:51:52,742 --> 00:51:54,486 She'll rep both shops. 1237 00:51:54,494 --> 00:51:56,280 And that's all right? It's how it is. 1238 00:51:56,288 --> 00:51:58,282 And if I don't like it? I don't know what to tell you. 1239 00:51:58,290 --> 00:52:00,742 There's a lot I don't like. Doesn't mean I can change it. 1240 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:04,580 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1241 00:52:04,588 --> 00:52:09,491 ♪♪ 1242 00:52:15,275 --> 00:52:17,471 - Pop‐quiz, hot shot. - Mm. 1243 00:52:18,213 --> 00:52:20,679 Not really a pop‐quiz. I'm fully prepared. 1244 00:52:20,687 --> 00:52:23,056 Where did I put Adam DeGiulio? 1245 00:52:23,064 --> 00:52:25,476 Solicitor General? 1246 00:52:25,484 --> 00:52:27,519 What was wrong with the Second Circuit? 1247 00:52:27,527 --> 00:52:30,147 Served him, not you. 1248 00:52:30,155 --> 00:52:31,565 The New York Attorney General 1249 00:52:31,573 --> 00:52:33,033 doesn't get before them very often. 1250 00:52:33,041 --> 00:52:34,318 Why Solicitor General then? 1251 00:52:34,326 --> 00:52:36,239 You lost your New York criminal jurisdiction 1252 00:52:36,247 --> 00:52:38,155 to the Manhattan D. A. Mm‐hmm. 1253 00:52:38,163 --> 00:52:39,948 So maybe we go big game hunting 1254 00:52:39,956 --> 00:52:44,036 in another neck of the woods... like the Supreme Court? 1255 00:52:44,044 --> 00:52:46,455 And wouldn't you know who decides 1256 00:52:46,463 --> 00:52:48,499 who gets to argue before the Court: 1257 00:52:48,507 --> 00:52:49,958 Solicitor fucking General. 1258 00:52:49,966 --> 00:52:52,920 I get up in front of the Nine, I'm taking you with. 1259 00:52:52,928 --> 00:52:56,288 Oh, damn straight. (CHUCKLES) 1260 00:53:02,437 --> 00:53:03,639 Did you, uh... 1261 00:53:03,647 --> 00:53:07,476 you leak that memo to the senator in the first place? 1262 00:53:07,484 --> 00:53:10,395 I, uh, put it in motion 1263 00:53:10,403 --> 00:53:12,940 before I made my deal with the Dark Passenger. 1264 00:53:12,948 --> 00:53:15,359 And it was too late to pull it back. 1265 00:53:15,367 --> 00:53:18,779 And you'd never do a friend like that anymore, right? 1266 00:53:18,787 --> 00:53:20,948 ♪♪ 1267 00:53:20,956 --> 00:53:22,658 Right? 1268 00:53:22,666 --> 00:53:25,285 ♪♪ 1269 00:53:25,293 --> 00:53:26,578 Good thing we don't have to know that today. 1270 00:53:26,586 --> 00:53:29,873 ♪♪ 1271 00:53:29,881 --> 00:53:32,626 We've got something special for you tonight. 1272 00:53:32,634 --> 00:53:34,209 I hope you've all kept your appetite. 1273 00:53:34,217 --> 00:53:36,965 PRINCE: 'cause we brought a little bit of Brooklyn up here. 1274 00:53:36,973 --> 00:53:39,200 PRINCE: To Mohonk Mountain House. 1275 00:53:39,208 --> 00:53:41,969 From Lilia, Chef Missy Robbins. 1276 00:53:41,977 --> 00:53:43,573 PRINCE: And her partner, Sean Feeney. 1277 00:53:43,581 --> 00:53:46,543 We're so excited for you to try one of my favorite pasta dishes, 1278 00:53:46,551 --> 00:53:48,612 which is the dish that reminds me every day 1279 00:53:48,620 --> 00:53:49,605 how much I love to cook. 1280 00:53:49,613 --> 00:53:51,019 And we hope you enjoy. 1281 00:53:51,027 --> 00:53:53,595 (APPLAUSE) 1282 00:53:57,742 --> 00:54:02,614 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1283 00:54:02,622 --> 00:54:04,366 Give it to me. Struck terms with Shenk. 1284 00:54:04,374 --> 00:54:05,909 He loves the Longriver piece. 1285 00:54:05,917 --> 00:54:07,119 Was a dealmaker. 1286 00:54:07,127 --> 00:54:09,705 I got my arms around Hakli the same way. 1287 00:54:09,713 --> 00:54:11,081 Let's get the fuck out of here. 1288 00:54:11,089 --> 00:54:13,667 (GLASS CLINKING) 1289 00:54:13,675 --> 00:54:16,086 It's been my privilege, all Mike long, 1290 00:54:16,094 --> 00:54:18,088 to fete so many of you. 1291 00:54:18,096 --> 00:54:20,299 PRINCE: And it's good to end on someone I respect so much. 1292 00:54:20,307 --> 00:54:24,636 PRINCE: Someone I'm proud to call a friend and a guide. 1293 00:54:24,644 --> 00:54:26,221 And though he's late in arriving, 1294 00:54:26,229 --> 00:54:29,433 I think he's going to be a big part of all of our lives. 1295 00:54:29,441 --> 00:54:32,728 Please, a warm hand for my key partner 1296 00:54:32,736 --> 00:54:34,730 in a breakthrough healthcare initiative... 1297 00:54:34,738 --> 00:54:37,232 Shaman Bram Longriver. 1298 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:40,902 (APPLAUSE) 1299 00:54:40,910 --> 00:54:42,696 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1300 00:54:42,704 --> 00:54:45,188 I feel a deep spiritual debt to the man... 1301 00:54:45,333 --> 00:54:47,279 but I nevertheless feel compelled 1302 00:54:47,333 --> 00:54:49,317 to separate his dick from his balls. 1303 00:54:49,767 --> 00:54:52,033 Mr. Longriver's going to share some wisdom with us 1304 00:54:52,041 --> 00:54:54,698 after dinner, but, please, come say hi. 1305 00:54:56,885 --> 00:55:00,589 ♪♪ 1306 00:55:00,597 --> 00:55:02,174 You stole my shaman. 1307 00:55:02,182 --> 00:55:05,052 He belongs to the whole world. 1308 00:55:05,060 --> 00:55:07,971 You didn't come in the spirit of The Mike. 1309 00:55:07,979 --> 00:55:10,349 You came to scuttle around and take for yourself. 1310 00:55:10,357 --> 00:55:12,059 But the game was already over, man. 1311 00:55:12,067 --> 00:55:14,061 I thought there was enough for everybody. 1312 00:55:14,069 --> 00:55:16,563 Success breeds success and all that happy horse shit. 1313 00:55:16,571 --> 00:55:18,179 You don't come to a man's house... 1314 00:55:18,187 --> 00:55:19,835 This isn't your house... Close enough. 1315 00:55:19,843 --> 00:55:22,903 LIKE I TOLD YA: When I compete, hell, I'm there to win. 1316 00:55:22,911 --> 00:55:26,615 Well, hear me: Game's not over, buddy boy. 1317 00:55:26,623 --> 00:55:28,617 Not by a country fucking mile. 1318 00:55:28,625 --> 00:55:31,620 I'm aware. 1319 00:55:31,628 --> 00:55:36,416 ♪♪ 1320 00:55:36,424 --> 00:55:40,962 ♪♪ 1321 00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:45,634 ♪♪ 1322 00:55:45,642 --> 00:55:47,334 Look at those fat fucking furballs... 1323 00:55:50,397 --> 00:55:54,810 Wags, you ever get tired of working for a living? 1324 00:55:54,818 --> 00:55:56,353 Every damn day. 1325 00:55:56,361 --> 00:55:58,524 But I've got a nasty addiction called money. 1326 00:55:58,532 --> 00:56:00,065 So I do what I do. 1327 00:56:00,073 --> 00:56:01,066 You? 1328 00:56:01,074 --> 00:56:02,943 No. Never. 1329 00:56:02,951 --> 00:56:04,736 Until today. 1330 00:56:04,744 --> 00:56:06,780 You know, they call us traders 'gamblers.' 1331 00:56:06,788 --> 00:56:08,490 The world economy's just one big casino, 1332 00:56:08,498 --> 00:56:13,662 fueled by a giant debt bubble and computer driven derivatives. 1333 00:56:13,670 --> 00:56:15,224 And there's only one thing better 1334 00:56:15,232 --> 00:56:17,060 than being a gambler at a casino. 1335 00:56:17,068 --> 00:56:19,146 That's being the house. That is right. 1336 00:56:19,154 --> 00:56:21,326 There's a systemized machine out there 1337 00:56:21,334 --> 00:56:23,171 sucking capital from localities 1338 00:56:23,179 --> 00:56:24,923 and injecting it into the global markets... 1339 00:56:24,931 --> 00:56:28,135 where it can be used to speculate and manipulate. 1340 00:56:28,143 --> 00:56:30,345 And if something goes wrong, there are bailouts 1341 00:56:30,353 --> 00:56:32,222 and bail‐ins, federal aid and easing. 1342 00:56:32,230 --> 00:56:35,225 Where the government doesn't hunt you down, 1343 00:56:35,233 --> 00:56:37,811 but instead gives you a nice soft net to land in. 1344 00:56:37,819 --> 00:56:40,006 That's your answer to the fireside chat: 1345 00:56:40,014 --> 00:56:41,396 You want to become a bank. 1346 00:56:41,404 --> 00:56:42,524 I want to become a bank. 1347 00:56:42,532 --> 00:56:43,692 In order to rob it? 1348 00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:46,319 In order that I don't have to. 1349 00:56:46,327 --> 00:56:46,987 (LAUGHTER) 1350 00:56:46,995 --> 00:56:49,906 And to sleep like they do. 1351 00:56:49,914 --> 00:56:54,494 And to die in my own fucking bed. 1352 00:56:54,502 --> 00:56:58,707 ♪♪ 1353 00:56:58,715 --> 00:57:03,295 ♪♪ 1354 00:57:03,303 --> 00:57:06,715 ♪♪ 1355 00:57:06,723 --> 00:57:11,136 ♪♪ 1356 00:57:11,144 --> 00:57:14,055 Told ya: Done giving you info. 1357 00:57:14,063 --> 00:57:16,766 Goes the other way. I'm giving you information: 1358 00:57:16,774 --> 00:57:19,811 I know what you did. 1359 00:57:19,819 --> 00:57:23,054 Maybe selling me out to Axe was a move. 1360 00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:25,988 But maybe you're actually, appallingly, under his sway. 1361 00:57:25,996 --> 00:57:29,333 Doesn't matter. There will come a time 1362 00:57:29,504 --> 00:57:31,606 when you will be forced to line up against Axe 1363 00:57:31,614 --> 00:57:33,575 for your very survival. 1364 00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:36,119 'Cause he's not capable of a true alliance, 1365 00:57:36,127 --> 00:57:38,747 only destruction. 1366 00:57:38,755 --> 00:57:40,707 And if such a time comes... 1367 00:57:40,715 --> 00:57:43,752 When it does, you will need me. 1368 00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:46,171 Though I have come to realize 1369 00:57:46,179 --> 00:57:49,289 the ways in which Axe and I are alike. 1370 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:55,263 We both are possessed of and by a sort of monster. 1371 00:57:55,271 --> 00:57:59,935 But unlike Axe, I am in control of mine. 1372 00:57:59,943 --> 00:58:02,395 I have a code. 1373 00:58:02,403 --> 00:58:04,356 And I need that code? 1374 00:58:04,364 --> 00:58:06,775 No. 1375 00:58:06,783 --> 00:58:09,361 You need that monster. 1376 00:58:09,369 --> 00:58:12,572 (STURGILL SIMPSON'S "REMEMBER TO BREATHE" PLAYING) 1377 00:58:12,580 --> 00:58:15,075 ♪♪ 1378 00:58:15,083 --> 00:58:17,089 ♪ Go out late at night ♪ 1379 00:58:17,097 --> 00:58:20,223 ♪ Just to see what I can find ♪ 1380 00:58:20,231 --> 00:58:22,449 ♪ Staying in the shadows ♪ 1381 00:58:22,457 --> 00:58:25,551 ♪ Where the light don't ever shine ♪ 1382 00:58:25,559 --> 00:58:27,712 ♪ Having one way conversations ♪ 1383 00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:30,692 ♪ With the darkness in my mind ♪ 1384 00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:33,559 ♪ He does all the talking ♪ 1385 00:58:33,567 --> 00:58:35,800 ♪ 'Cause I'm the quiet kind ♪ 1386 00:58:35,808 --> 00:58:38,300 ♪ So peel it off ♪ 1387 00:58:38,308 --> 00:58:40,333 ♪ Pull 'em down ♪ 1388 00:58:40,627 --> 00:58:43,664 ♪ Let me see it ♪ 1389 00:58:43,672 --> 00:58:45,982 ♪ Turn around ♪ 1390 00:58:46,153 --> 00:58:48,919 ♪ Just lay back ♪ 1391 00:58:48,927 --> 00:58:50,545 ♪ And let it happen ♪ 1392 00:58:50,553 --> 00:58:52,130 ♪ And remember to breathe ♪ 1393 00:58:52,138 --> 00:58:57,219 ♪♪ 1394 00:58:57,227 --> 00:58:59,388 ♪ Staying off the radar ♪ 1395 00:58:59,396 --> 00:59:02,099 ♪ Like a bomber on the run ♪ 1396 00:59:02,107 --> 00:59:05,811 ♪ Do another lap around the target ♪ 1397 00:59:05,819 --> 00:59:07,562 ♪ Just for fun ♪ 1398 00:59:07,570 --> 00:59:10,232 ♪ Staying quiet, keeping calm ♪ 1399 00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,567 ♪ Until I find the one ♪ 1400 00:59:12,575 --> 00:59:17,729 ♪ Feel the wave wash over me when the deed is done ♪