1 00:00:04,044 --> 00:00:05,942 Previously on billions... 2 00:00:05,966 --> 00:00:07,183 To our new ag. 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:08,585 Oh. Long may he rule. 4 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:10,627 Until recently, I had always had a north star. 5 00:00:10,651 --> 00:00:12,109 It's too late. 6 00:00:12,133 --> 00:00:13,671 That's how divorced people talk. 7 00:00:13,695 --> 00:00:14,992 It is. 8 00:00:15,016 --> 00:00:17,234 You really are serious about making a change. 9 00:00:17,258 --> 00:00:19,036 I am committed to this course. 10 00:00:19,060 --> 00:00:21,279 To purge the world of villainy. 11 00:00:21,303 --> 00:00:24,442 And myself of... 12 00:00:24,466 --> 00:00:26,124 I guess villainy, too. 13 00:00:26,148 --> 00:00:28,166 Told ya: Done giving you info. 14 00:00:28,190 --> 00:00:30,048 There will come a time 15 00:00:30,072 --> 00:00:31,971 when you will be forced to line up against axe 16 00:00:31,995 --> 00:00:33,532 for your very survival. 17 00:00:33,556 --> 00:00:36,255 When it does, you will need me. 18 00:00:36,279 --> 00:00:38,298 I'll trade ya a whole pie, 19 00:00:38,322 --> 00:00:39,979 plus solve your rhoades problems, 20 00:00:40,003 --> 00:00:43,583 for an introduction to a certain guy who works for your outfit. 21 00:00:43,607 --> 00:00:46,867 They call me "hard Bob," and you know why? 22 00:00:46,891 --> 00:00:48,188 I have an idea. 23 00:00:48,212 --> 00:00:49,830 'Cause I brook no bullshit. 24 00:00:49,854 --> 00:00:52,273 Last I checked, we still had some sovereignty. 25 00:00:52,297 --> 00:00:54,195 This is where you want to make a stand? 26 00:00:54,219 --> 00:00:55,677 You stole my shaman. 27 00:00:55,701 --> 00:00:57,719 When I compete, hell, I'm there to win. 28 00:00:57,743 --> 00:00:59,601 Game's not over, buddy boy. 29 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:03,325 But if mase cap is no longer an operation, what do I do here? 30 00:01:03,349 --> 00:01:05,287 That's your answer to the fireside chat: 31 00:01:05,311 --> 00:01:06,609 You want to become a bank. 32 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:07,850 I want to become a bank. 33 00:01:07,874 --> 00:01:09,051 In order to Rob it? 34 00:01:09,075 --> 00:01:11,209 In order that I don't have to. 35 00:02:05,297 --> 00:02:07,595 How do you know this shit isn't gonna blow up? 36 00:02:07,619 --> 00:02:11,840 'Cause gordie axelrod only blows up shit when he wants to. 37 00:02:11,864 --> 00:02:14,283 Did you just go full third-person? 38 00:02:14,307 --> 00:02:16,045 Yeah, I know. Too much. 39 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:19,088 I got carried away with the excitement. 40 00:02:19,112 --> 00:02:22,051 Marcus. Good to go. 41 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:29,660 Yah. Good to go. 42 00:02:29,684 --> 00:02:32,783 Alright. Two. One. Jam it. 43 00:02:35,130 --> 00:02:37,829 Yeah! Let's get rich... 44 00:02:37,853 --> 00:02:40,672 - Yeah. - We're crypto millionaires! 45 00:02:48,384 --> 00:02:49,681 Oh, shit. 46 00:02:49,705 --> 00:02:52,641 Gordie axelrod done fucked up. 47 00:03:50,853 --> 00:03:53,712 Damn. 48 00:03:53,736 --> 00:03:56,355 Those photos the dealer sent don't capture the... 49 00:03:56,379 --> 00:03:57,956 Power? 50 00:03:57,980 --> 00:04:01,000 Yeah, you have to stand in front of a painting. 51 00:04:01,024 --> 00:04:02,521 Feel what it does to you. 52 00:04:02,545 --> 00:04:05,084 I'm sure feeling something. 53 00:04:05,108 --> 00:04:06,486 What is it? 54 00:04:06,510 --> 00:04:09,689 Oh. Guy's wrestling with the big themes. 55 00:04:09,713 --> 00:04:12,652 Sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs? 56 00:04:12,676 --> 00:04:14,811 Close... 57 00:04:18,923 --> 00:04:20,781 This. 58 00:04:20,805 --> 00:04:23,024 This is the one. 59 00:04:26,772 --> 00:04:29,391 Dealer said his last show was a while ago. 60 00:04:29,415 --> 00:04:31,753 Dealer said it was almost a bust... 61 00:04:31,777 --> 00:04:34,516 Guy refused to dance for collectors. 62 00:04:34,540 --> 00:04:37,319 Wags: But it sold through. 63 00:04:37,343 --> 00:04:40,563 - The work... - Yeah, the work. 64 00:04:40,587 --> 00:04:44,808 Good job getting me in here while it's still virgin snow. 65 00:04:44,832 --> 00:04:47,411 Let's grab these up before the show starts. 66 00:04:50,878 --> 00:04:53,737 - What the fuck? - Red dots? 67 00:04:53,761 --> 00:04:55,139 That means sold. That means... 68 00:04:55,163 --> 00:04:56,861 There was a pre-pre-viewing? 69 00:04:56,885 --> 00:04:59,103 Im-fucking-possible. It happened. 70 00:04:59,127 --> 00:05:00,705 We got snaked. 71 00:05:00,729 --> 00:05:03,428 I will find the dealer and ship him back to that armory 72 00:05:03,452 --> 00:05:06,231 broken down like a disassembled m-16 in a fucking crate... 73 00:05:06,255 --> 00:05:08,594 Forget the dealer. We'll get him later. 74 00:05:08,618 --> 00:05:10,556 Right now we go to the source. 75 00:05:22,913 --> 00:05:24,571 You know what this guy looks like? 76 00:05:24,595 --> 00:05:26,854 No. Very low-pro on the web. 77 00:05:26,878 --> 00:05:28,375 Well. We'll spot him... 78 00:05:32,964 --> 00:05:35,099 Look. 79 00:05:39,852 --> 00:05:41,630 And now we have. 80 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:52,562 Hey, Tanner, 81 00:05:52,586 --> 00:05:54,564 - Bobby axelrod... - How you doing? 82 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:56,927 Tanner, axe, here, is a major collector. 83 00:05:56,951 --> 00:05:59,125 Great eye for what's next. Worth knowing. 84 00:06:01,155 --> 00:06:03,694 I wish I had something to sell you. But... 85 00:06:03,718 --> 00:06:08,579 Prince. You bought the implosion series. 86 00:06:08,603 --> 00:06:10,702 Oh. I love knowing that you dig 'em, too. 87 00:06:10,726 --> 00:06:13,185 Yeah. I got here early, and they spoke to me. 88 00:06:13,209 --> 00:06:15,948 Damn, man. Not my intention to scoop you. 89 00:06:15,972 --> 00:06:19,431 Hey, if it couldn't be me. Salut. 90 00:06:19,455 --> 00:06:21,313 Just kill me now. 91 00:06:21,337 --> 00:06:23,075 Disturbing work, huh? 92 00:06:23,099 --> 00:06:25,158 It really gets into the weighty questions. 93 00:06:25,182 --> 00:06:26,840 Mm. You know, what caught my eye 94 00:06:26,864 --> 00:06:29,282 is the humility in the face of inevitable decay. 95 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:30,964 Something you missed, no doubt. 96 00:06:30,988 --> 00:06:33,527 Ahh, well, I'll have plenty of time to find it 97 00:06:33,551 --> 00:06:35,249 when it's hanging in my beach house. 98 00:06:36,794 --> 00:06:38,252 Well, you'll beat me to the punch next time. 99 00:06:38,276 --> 00:06:40,655 How much second-rate dogshit did you have to buy 100 00:06:40,679 --> 00:06:42,977 - to get him in early? - Nah, buying someone off, 101 00:06:43,001 --> 00:06:45,100 - that's your move. - What'd you use, charm? 102 00:06:45,124 --> 00:06:46,861 Charm? Charm's thin. 103 00:06:46,885 --> 00:06:49,424 Shit, you're charming, but you ain't got a painting. 104 00:06:49,448 --> 00:06:52,468 No, I happen to be warm and inviting. 105 00:06:52,492 --> 00:06:53,829 And draw people to me. 106 00:06:53,853 --> 00:06:55,751 In this case, I lucked into catching 107 00:06:55,775 --> 00:06:57,753 a morning set with his dealer in Zuma. 108 00:06:57,777 --> 00:07:00,717 Yesterday. Hardly had to ask. 109 00:07:00,741 --> 00:07:02,238 Serendipity do da. 110 00:07:02,262 --> 00:07:03,720 So. Where do you go from here? 111 00:07:03,744 --> 00:07:05,842 Home. Back to Hudson. 112 00:07:05,866 --> 00:07:07,724 Oh? You done with implosion? 113 00:07:07,748 --> 00:07:08,966 Are you? 114 00:07:08,990 --> 00:07:11,609 I'm, uh, talking with the artist. 115 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:17,255 'Cause I'd love to buy if you have more. 116 00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:19,577 I-I don't have a fucking clue if I ever will. 117 00:07:19,601 --> 00:07:22,460 I've always been obsessed with what happens to things 118 00:07:22,484 --> 00:07:25,183 when they come to their end. 119 00:07:25,207 --> 00:07:26,905 Yeah. I don't paint for money. 120 00:07:26,929 --> 00:07:28,267 Never have. Or demand. 121 00:07:28,291 --> 00:07:31,110 So I don't know. 122 00:07:31,134 --> 00:07:33,633 Well when you do, think of me. 123 00:07:33,657 --> 00:07:35,435 Okay. 124 00:07:35,459 --> 00:07:37,877 Tanner, it's your moment, 125 00:07:37,901 --> 00:07:41,401 let's go down and let 'em see our paintings. 126 00:07:45,670 --> 00:07:47,168 I failed you, habibi. 127 00:07:47,192 --> 00:07:49,370 I don't feel like bucking you up right now. 128 00:07:49,394 --> 00:07:51,853 - Just do the next thing. - Which is? 129 00:07:51,877 --> 00:07:53,855 "I don't paint for money" 130 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:56,177 means nobody has paid me enough yet. 131 00:07:56,201 --> 00:07:58,380 So: If you can't buy the art... 132 00:07:58,404 --> 00:07:59,741 Buy the artist. 133 00:08:09,736 --> 00:08:11,674 What happens when you give me a job? 134 00:08:13,741 --> 00:08:15,839 Like Hector elizondo in the flamingo kid: 135 00:08:15,863 --> 00:08:17,641 You cut a joint, it stays. 136 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:19,803 I have no idea what any of those words mean. 137 00:08:19,827 --> 00:08:21,846 But yes. I get the damn job done. 138 00:08:21,870 --> 00:08:23,127 See, he's a plumber... 139 00:08:23,151 --> 00:08:24,809 And, uh, he works with his hands. 140 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:27,652 A pipe joint is, um... 141 00:08:27,676 --> 00:08:29,814 Anyway, in this case? 142 00:08:29,838 --> 00:08:31,416 Once the governor took our budget 143 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,538 and those criminal cases away, you said, uh... 144 00:08:33,562 --> 00:08:35,300 Yes. Find me some civil cases. 145 00:08:35,324 --> 00:08:36,862 - With big settlements. - Mm. 146 00:08:36,886 --> 00:08:39,465 Since we get to keep 'em and spend it as we see fit. 147 00:08:39,489 --> 00:08:41,107 Well, I did it. 148 00:08:41,131 --> 00:08:42,989 We'll have about 5 million coming in. 149 00:08:44,614 --> 00:08:46,513 Praise be. 150 00:08:46,537 --> 00:08:48,875 Yep. Just like elizondo in kid. 151 00:08:48,899 --> 00:08:50,357 I'll take that as a compliment. 152 00:08:50,381 --> 00:08:51,959 Oh, that's how it was intended. 153 00:08:51,983 --> 00:08:54,802 If I'd wanted to insult you, I'd have called you big sid. 154 00:08:54,826 --> 00:08:56,163 Good job. 155 00:08:57,268 --> 00:08:59,206 Keep it coming. 156 00:09:02,634 --> 00:09:04,412 What do you think? 157 00:09:04,436 --> 00:09:06,294 Think he'll go for it? 158 00:09:06,318 --> 00:09:08,096 - Wouldn't you? - Yeah. 159 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,179 But I don't see the world the way he does. 160 00:09:10,203 --> 00:09:11,900 It does get good light though... 161 00:09:11,924 --> 00:09:13,062 Mm. 162 00:09:18,612 --> 00:09:20,350 You wanted to talk banks? 163 00:09:20,374 --> 00:09:24,634 - Mm. - Let's talk banks. 164 00:09:24,658 --> 00:09:28,519 Axe... you're not getting a bank. 165 00:09:28,543 --> 00:09:31,081 That is, sadly, the long and short of it. 166 00:09:31,105 --> 00:09:34,005 Which I could've told you in five minutes at your office, 167 00:09:34,029 --> 00:09:35,606 where we were supposed to meet... 168 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:38,089 Yeah, change of plans. 169 00:09:38,113 --> 00:09:40,332 What is this place? Special project. 170 00:09:40,356 --> 00:09:41,733 Don't worry about it. 171 00:09:41,757 --> 00:09:43,335 So, how'm I getting a bank. 172 00:09:43,359 --> 00:09:45,137 Told you, you won't. 173 00:09:45,161 --> 00:09:47,379 Fdic approval is never happening. 174 00:09:47,403 --> 00:09:49,982 We know it's hard. That's why we have hard Bob here. 175 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:51,744 To crack it open. 176 00:09:51,768 --> 00:09:54,747 You didn't come to New York City just to give us apologies... 177 00:09:54,771 --> 00:09:56,830 No, I came for the armory show. 178 00:09:56,854 --> 00:09:57,831 And him? 179 00:09:57,855 --> 00:09:59,993 I like art parties. 180 00:10:00,017 --> 00:10:02,876 Which we will be getting back to post-haste... 181 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:05,359 After I make you understand 182 00:10:05,383 --> 00:10:08,038 why a federal bank will not be in your future. 183 00:10:10,789 --> 00:10:15,250 Hello? 184 00:10:15,274 --> 00:10:19,170 Understood... I'll be there this afternoon. 185 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:20,976 We need to get on a plane. 186 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,858 Gordie stepped in some shit at school. 187 00:10:22,882 --> 00:10:26,102 - Have a good trip... - Uh uh. Hang tight. 188 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:27,784 You two are both coming with. 189 00:10:27,808 --> 00:10:29,425 And by the time we land, 190 00:10:29,449 --> 00:10:31,988 I want to know how I am getting a fucking bank. 191 00:10:41,983 --> 00:10:43,601 No fucking way that works. 192 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:46,004 No fucking way you understand it. 193 00:10:46,028 --> 00:10:48,086 We educate them so they can run the world. 194 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:49,968 One day. 195 00:10:49,992 --> 00:10:52,170 But we can't let them run the school. 196 00:10:52,194 --> 00:10:53,892 Chancellor Adams: That's our job. 197 00:10:53,916 --> 00:10:55,374 To make the tough decisions 198 00:10:55,398 --> 00:10:57,056 until they're ready to. 199 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,499 Is that hand-holding? Is that condescension? 200 00:11:00,523 --> 00:11:04,143 No. Here at lawrenceburg, we call it guidance. 201 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:06,266 He's right about that. 202 00:11:06,290 --> 00:11:08,028 The students at that university... 203 00:11:08,052 --> 00:11:10,230 If he lets them win, decide where to invest... 204 00:11:10,254 --> 00:11:11,832 He's lost all control. 205 00:11:11,856 --> 00:11:13,273 That's what he's saying. 206 00:11:13,297 --> 00:11:14,635 But not what he believes. 207 00:11:14,659 --> 00:11:16,637 This is nlp. Natural language processing. 208 00:11:16,661 --> 00:11:19,560 Analyzing subtext through artificial intelligence. 209 00:11:19,584 --> 00:11:21,563 - It does work. - And pretty fucking cool. 210 00:11:21,587 --> 00:11:23,565 The computer is digging past the words he's saying, 211 00:11:23,589 --> 00:11:25,247 beneath the speech itself... 212 00:11:25,271 --> 00:11:27,089 - Still seems like bullshit. - Stay with us. 213 00:11:27,113 --> 00:11:29,651 By analyzing speech patterns, vocal frequencies, 214 00:11:29,675 --> 00:11:31,133 tone, sentence structure, 215 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:33,175 it tells us that this man wants to divest 216 00:11:33,199 --> 00:11:35,017 his university's billion dollar fund 217 00:11:35,041 --> 00:11:36,259 from fossil fuels. 218 00:11:36,283 --> 00:11:38,261 And not just because of student protests. 219 00:11:38,285 --> 00:11:40,503 - Because he thinks it's right. - That's a theory, right? 220 00:11:40,527 --> 00:11:41,625 A probability? 221 00:11:41,649 --> 00:11:44,227 Look at him: Trying. 222 00:11:44,251 --> 00:11:46,670 Yes, it is a probabilistic conclusion. 223 00:11:46,694 --> 00:11:48,032 But we've analyzed his statements 224 00:11:48,056 --> 00:11:49,673 and noticed a change about five years ago... 225 00:11:49,697 --> 00:11:52,156 The first time any major university divested. 226 00:11:52,180 --> 00:11:54,679 If he wants in on the party, why's he holding back? 227 00:11:54,703 --> 00:11:56,361 You know it's not so easy 228 00:11:56,385 --> 00:11:58,283 to unroll from these positions 229 00:11:58,307 --> 00:12:00,325 without significant losses. 230 00:12:00,349 --> 00:12:03,288 - Can we? - Hell yeah, we can! 231 00:12:03,312 --> 00:12:06,652 I mean, this will be the first live test. 232 00:12:06,676 --> 00:12:10,056 But yeah... I'm pretty fucking sure. 233 00:12:12,803 --> 00:12:14,581 Have Lauren set the pitch. 234 00:12:14,605 --> 00:12:19,186 I know some of his board of trustees. 235 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:20,707 This won't be easy. 236 00:12:20,731 --> 00:12:22,349 Big wins never are. 237 00:12:22,373 --> 00:12:24,712 Then go get that endowment. 238 00:12:24,736 --> 00:12:27,234 And don't fail, because after langstraat pulled... 239 00:12:27,258 --> 00:12:29,157 Yes. Another loss will be demoralizing. 240 00:12:29,181 --> 00:12:30,478 And crippling. 241 00:12:30,502 --> 00:12:32,721 To succeed we're going to need you to be 242 00:12:32,745 --> 00:12:34,402 something you haven't been lately. 243 00:12:34,426 --> 00:12:35,524 Friendly? 244 00:12:35,548 --> 00:12:36,565 Effective. 245 00:12:44,477 --> 00:12:46,816 How do you appeal to someone whose values, 246 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,619 whose entire system of beliefs, is opposed to yours? 247 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:51,861 - Are you talking about me? - Not this time. No. 248 00:12:51,885 --> 00:12:54,825 Although you should have asked me before approaching Lauren. 249 00:12:54,849 --> 00:12:56,587 Do you want to talk about it now? 250 00:12:56,611 --> 00:12:58,469 No. No, a potential investor. 251 00:12:58,493 --> 00:13:00,391 Chancellor of lawrenceburg. 252 00:13:00,415 --> 00:13:02,353 Do you want to give me more information 253 00:13:02,377 --> 00:13:03,995 or leave it super theoretical? 254 00:13:04,019 --> 00:13:05,957 I would like to give you, at all times, 255 00:13:05,981 --> 00:13:07,559 as little information as possible. 256 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:10,202 But: We have found a way to get underneath his words. 257 00:13:10,226 --> 00:13:12,885 He knows he should divest his school from fossil fuels. 258 00:13:12,909 --> 00:13:15,487 He hates that the pressure to do so is coming from students. 259 00:13:15,511 --> 00:13:17,129 And if he does it in the wrong way, 260 00:13:17,153 --> 00:13:18,571 he believes he will be fired. 261 00:13:18,595 --> 00:13:20,213 So he cares too much about things 262 00:13:20,237 --> 00:13:21,734 he shouldn't care about at all? 263 00:13:21,758 --> 00:13:23,296 Part of him wants to fight the kids 264 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,778 for the sake of fighting the kids. 265 00:13:24,802 --> 00:13:26,139 But that isn't rational. 266 00:13:26,163 --> 00:13:28,101 That's the problem with the real world, 267 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:29,463 real people. 268 00:13:29,487 --> 00:13:30,904 We're not computers 269 00:13:30,928 --> 00:13:32,987 with the software directing the hardware. 270 00:13:33,011 --> 00:13:34,388 We're not rational actors. 271 00:13:34,412 --> 00:13:37,748 - Some of us are. - Some of us think we are. 272 00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:41,876 Are you familiar with Jonathan haidt? 273 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:43,558 The social psychologist. 274 00:13:43,582 --> 00:13:46,397 - Do you believe in god? - Um, no. 275 00:13:49,389 --> 00:13:52,087 A simple transaction. 276 00:13:52,111 --> 00:13:55,251 Ten bucks, for your eternal soul. 277 00:13:55,275 --> 00:13:59,055 Oh, and you need to sign it over on paper. 278 00:14:04,605 --> 00:14:07,060 Do you take the deal? 279 00:14:09,931 --> 00:14:12,029 And that pause tells you. 280 00:14:12,053 --> 00:14:14,592 Everything you need to know about people. 281 00:14:14,616 --> 00:14:16,634 The moment when convictions run headlong 282 00:14:16,658 --> 00:14:18,597 into layers of psychological baggage 283 00:14:18,621 --> 00:14:20,358 that evolution and social convention 284 00:14:20,382 --> 00:14:22,080 have wrapped them in. 285 00:14:22,104 --> 00:14:24,723 You don't believe in the religious concept of a soul, 286 00:14:24,747 --> 00:14:27,526 yet you still hesitate at selling yours. 287 00:14:27,550 --> 00:14:29,088 There's still that gap 288 00:14:29,112 --> 00:14:31,290 between rational thought and rational action. 289 00:14:31,314 --> 00:14:33,413 Between software and hardware 290 00:14:33,437 --> 00:14:35,495 how do we bridge that gap? 291 00:14:35,519 --> 00:14:38,939 Make the man fear inaction. 292 00:14:38,963 --> 00:14:41,902 And the regret he'll have if he makes the wrong move. 293 00:14:41,926 --> 00:14:43,664 And now we're back to Lauren. 294 00:14:43,688 --> 00:14:45,866 Stop moving people around as you think best, 295 00:14:45,890 --> 00:14:47,148 even if you're right. 296 00:14:47,172 --> 00:14:49,871 You should have approached me first. 297 00:14:49,895 --> 00:14:51,633 We should talk more. 298 00:15:15,323 --> 00:15:17,221 - Gentlemen. - Thanks, Sabrina. 299 00:15:17,245 --> 00:15:19,379 Enjoy. 300 00:15:21,890 --> 00:15:24,669 I don't want to offend. May I speak freely? 301 00:15:24,693 --> 00:15:25,990 Please do. 302 00:15:26,014 --> 00:15:27,953 Even you can't bribe, beg, 303 00:15:27,977 --> 00:15:29,915 and bully your way into a bank. 304 00:15:29,939 --> 00:15:32,918 Your past legal troubles make you too fragrant 305 00:15:32,942 --> 00:15:35,481 to clear the federal background dive. 306 00:15:35,505 --> 00:15:38,164 The sec will drop its scat all over your application. 307 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:40,606 I, too, don't want to offend. May I speak freely? 308 00:15:40,630 --> 00:15:42,729 Mode I prefer. I brook no bullshit. 309 00:15:42,753 --> 00:15:44,210 You can go fuck yourself. 310 00:15:44,234 --> 00:15:45,892 Our legal issues were extinguished. 311 00:15:45,916 --> 00:15:47,694 Bringing them up now is like watching porn 312 00:15:47,718 --> 00:15:49,176 after you've already gotten off. 313 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,457 Well, may I speak freely? 314 00:15:50,481 --> 00:15:52,179 Your legal issues were the tip 315 00:15:52,203 --> 00:15:53,821 of the fucking toxic iceberg... 316 00:15:53,845 --> 00:15:55,142 May I speak freely? 317 00:15:55,166 --> 00:15:56,624 You can both speak fucking freely. 318 00:15:56,648 --> 00:16:00,068 I thought you were omnipotent. Or pretty fucking close anyway. 319 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:03,351 Now you're telling the fdic won't give me approval? 320 00:16:03,375 --> 00:16:06,715 Even Jesus kept the miracles in the realm of the conceivable. 321 00:16:06,739 --> 00:16:08,917 The fdic makes the casino licensing board 322 00:16:08,941 --> 00:16:11,040 look as soft as cottonelle. 323 00:16:11,064 --> 00:16:14,003 The fucking bankers almost bankrupted the country... 324 00:16:14,027 --> 00:16:16,085 And they got even richer when they did it. 325 00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:18,408 But they got their licenses first. 326 00:16:18,432 --> 00:16:20,891 They were smart enough not to stick their shmekels 327 00:16:20,915 --> 00:16:22,933 into the tushies of the average American 328 00:16:22,957 --> 00:16:25,856 until they actually had a goddamn bank charter. 329 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,739 As in all things, sequence matters. 330 00:16:28,763 --> 00:16:30,982 - You got too dirty too soon. - Mm-hmm. 331 00:16:31,006 --> 00:16:32,383 So gimme a plan. 332 00:16:32,407 --> 00:16:34,265 Take your chance with a state charter. 333 00:16:34,289 --> 00:16:37,309 Different regulators, lesser. Perhaps more open to the... 334 00:16:37,333 --> 00:16:39,311 Bribing, the begging, the bullying. 335 00:16:39,335 --> 00:16:41,753 We'd still be a bank. 336 00:16:41,777 --> 00:16:44,837 If you make it through the flaming hoops. 337 00:16:44,861 --> 00:16:47,360 You'll need to show a high level of liquidity. 338 00:16:47,384 --> 00:16:49,122 You'll need an airtight board. 339 00:16:49,146 --> 00:16:52,565 You'll need a, a unassailable ceo. 340 00:16:52,589 --> 00:16:55,208 And you'll have to rehab your image with state pols 341 00:16:55,232 --> 00:16:56,890 who will be unapologetic 342 00:16:56,914 --> 00:16:59,253 and totally blind to their own corruption. 343 00:16:59,277 --> 00:17:02,496 Why don't you come work for me, hard Bob? 344 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,979 You know the territory. I like the way you roll. 345 00:17:05,003 --> 00:17:06,821 Lease him out to me. 346 00:17:06,845 --> 00:17:09,304 He's his own man, he can do what he wants. 347 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:13,989 Thanks for the offer, I find it touching... 348 00:17:14,013 --> 00:17:17,593 But I love working for the g alongside special k here. 349 00:17:17,617 --> 00:17:18,954 I'll stick where I am. 350 00:17:22,262 --> 00:17:24,240 Hey lar... 351 00:17:27,748 --> 00:17:30,086 I know... 352 00:17:30,110 --> 00:17:34,451 Yeah. I'm on my way now. 353 00:17:34,475 --> 00:17:36,533 They're not throwing him out of anywhere, 354 00:17:36,557 --> 00:17:38,015 you can count on that... 355 00:17:41,042 --> 00:17:42,580 Dad... 356 00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:44,022 What the fuck, gord? 357 00:17:44,046 --> 00:17:45,623 Bitcoin mining in your dorm? 358 00:17:45,647 --> 00:17:47,746 - Multi-mining. - What the fuck is a 'multi?' 359 00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:49,668 mining a selection of cryptocurrencies 360 00:17:49,692 --> 00:17:51,150 with the highest market prices 361 00:17:51,174 --> 00:17:52,871 and trading them back for bitcoin. 362 00:17:52,895 --> 00:17:55,594 It's the smart way to do the stupid thing he was doing. 363 00:17:55,618 --> 00:17:57,637 But it was gonna work. And it should have worked. 364 00:17:57,661 --> 00:17:59,479 If the wiring in the dorm wasn't so shit... 365 00:17:59,503 --> 00:18:01,000 You're blaming that? 366 00:18:01,024 --> 00:18:04,044 Well. That's why we bypassed the internal fusing. 367 00:18:04,068 --> 00:18:06,887 Give us a call when you quit college. 368 00:18:06,911 --> 00:18:09,410 We'll have a job for you. 369 00:18:09,434 --> 00:18:11,011 Now, gord, where'd you come up 370 00:18:11,035 --> 00:18:12,693 with a fucking scheme like this? 371 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,138 Your son was responsible 372 00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:19,981 for the cascading failure of the local grid. 373 00:18:20,005 --> 00:18:21,983 Knocked out the town. 374 00:18:22,007 --> 00:18:25,223 All in service of some digital mammon... 375 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:35,478 I don't think gordie should be here for this. 376 00:18:35,502 --> 00:18:37,120 I'm going to speak more plainly 377 00:18:37,144 --> 00:18:38,922 than you're used to, Mr. Axelrod. 378 00:18:38,946 --> 00:18:40,243 My son can handle it. 379 00:18:40,267 --> 00:18:42,085 I'm not sure you understand, sir. 380 00:18:42,109 --> 00:18:43,367 I'm going to talk... 381 00:18:43,391 --> 00:18:45,930 I get it. 382 00:18:45,954 --> 00:18:48,653 Like senator geary in two. 383 00:18:48,677 --> 00:18:52,176 And, as il padrino did in that picture, 384 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:56,381 let me make you an offer. 385 00:18:56,405 --> 00:18:58,864 A generous donation to the school. 386 00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:02,588 Plus the costs of fixing up whatever it is gordie broke. 387 00:19:02,612 --> 00:19:06,712 Because that, that's what this is to you. 388 00:19:06,736 --> 00:19:08,234 Something you fix 389 00:19:08,258 --> 00:19:10,717 by dangling trinkets in front of my face. 390 00:19:15,426 --> 00:19:18,085 Your son dishonors himself, 391 00:19:18,109 --> 00:19:19,927 dishonors this school, 392 00:19:19,951 --> 00:19:22,530 and you see it as part of a financial transaction. 393 00:19:22,554 --> 00:19:24,812 Dishonors? I think you're soaking up 394 00:19:24,836 --> 00:19:27,015 a little bit too much of the atmosphere here. 395 00:19:27,039 --> 00:19:30,659 It was... 396 00:19:30,683 --> 00:19:33,782 Let's call it an independent lab project gone bad. 397 00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:35,304 Knocked out a few lights. 398 00:19:35,328 --> 00:19:37,947 But you gotta admit, showed initiative. 399 00:19:37,971 --> 00:19:41,430 Our business leaders today, they started young, 400 00:19:41,454 --> 00:19:43,553 goes doubly for our startups... 401 00:19:43,577 --> 00:19:46,836 It showed, Mr. Axelrod, a complete lack of respect 402 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:48,158 for the codes and morals 403 00:19:48,182 --> 00:19:50,440 that we've been instilling in our young men, 404 00:19:50,464 --> 00:19:53,123 and more recently women, for generations. 405 00:19:53,147 --> 00:19:55,766 And more than that, 406 00:19:55,790 --> 00:19:58,009 more than that, it's a true lack of character. 407 00:20:01,356 --> 00:20:02,774 Though I am sorry... 408 00:20:02,798 --> 00:20:04,456 Because as much as I want to believe 409 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,097 that each student that enters Skinner prep 410 00:20:06,121 --> 00:20:08,700 comes in here a blank slate... 411 00:20:08,724 --> 00:20:11,023 Oh, sir, I don't know if your son 412 00:20:11,047 --> 00:20:13,546 ever really had that chance. 413 00:20:13,570 --> 00:20:15,828 Hmm. 414 00:20:15,852 --> 00:20:18,831 You really did want to insult me today. 415 00:20:18,855 --> 00:20:23,116 No. I want to wake you up to the dangers your son is in. 416 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:25,679 To the dangers you helped put him in. 417 00:20:25,703 --> 00:20:28,562 The world outside this campus may be in crisis... 418 00:20:28,586 --> 00:20:31,966 Driven there largely by men like you, 419 00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:33,808 Modern-day robber barons 420 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:36,611 who only care about acquiring more, more, more, more... 421 00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:41,216 But here, this place, sir, 422 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,459 this oasis, is the antidote. 423 00:20:44,483 --> 00:20:46,902 I can't tell how many zeros you're looking for. 424 00:20:49,249 --> 00:20:51,948 At this school, we don't hold the sins of the father 425 00:20:51,972 --> 00:20:54,510 against the son. 426 00:20:54,534 --> 00:20:56,232 But we do judge the sins of the son 427 00:20:56,256 --> 00:20:57,634 on their own merits. 428 00:20:57,658 --> 00:20:58,995 And right now, I have to tell you, 429 00:20:59,019 --> 00:21:01,158 I'm leaning heavily toward expulsion. 430 00:21:01,182 --> 00:21:04,277 Yeah. Lean too far, you might could fall. 431 00:21:06,988 --> 00:21:09,122 I'm no band leader. 432 00:21:09,791 --> 00:21:13,327 Last guy who said that lost his prized equine. 433 00:21:14,757 --> 00:21:16,414 It might seem like a tough lesson. 434 00:21:16,438 --> 00:21:18,577 But no matter how hard you try... 435 00:21:18,601 --> 00:21:22,016 I will not allow you to put a price on gordie's soul. 436 00:21:26,289 --> 00:21:27,747 Good day. 437 00:21:41,306 --> 00:21:42,803 Am I punished? 438 00:21:42,827 --> 00:21:44,267 I don't know what I'm doing with you. 439 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:48,329 First, let's get you clear of it. 440 00:21:48,353 --> 00:21:50,452 Tell me we got something good on this prig? 441 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:52,894 Bad news. The headmaster, kessel, is clean. 442 00:21:52,918 --> 00:21:55,257 This is a man with no discernible vices. 443 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,820 No arrests, no legal battles, 444 00:21:57,844 --> 00:21:59,942 no financial problems. Not even a dui. 445 00:21:59,966 --> 00:22:03,106 I mean who doesn't have a single dui on their record... 446 00:22:03,130 --> 00:22:05,989 I digress. 447 00:22:06,013 --> 00:22:07,791 Fuck this place... 448 00:22:07,815 --> 00:22:09,993 - Wait, I like it here... - Thacker prep. 449 00:22:10,017 --> 00:22:11,715 Beech Abbey school. Eaglestone. 450 00:22:11,739 --> 00:22:13,277 All fine, fine institutions... 451 00:22:13,301 --> 00:22:15,039 Those are rehabs and reform schools. 452 00:22:15,063 --> 00:22:16,921 And all brief resting places for me in my youth. 453 00:22:16,945 --> 00:22:18,763 I was going to offer to make a call. 454 00:22:18,787 --> 00:22:21,045 Gordie's not tumbling down the fucking ladder, 455 00:22:21,069 --> 00:22:22,727 he's staying here. 456 00:22:22,751 --> 00:22:25,370 Look. If we can't squeeze the headmaster, 457 00:22:25,394 --> 00:22:27,893 then we squeeze what he loves most: The school. 458 00:22:27,917 --> 00:22:30,816 And we squeeze him where it's most tender: The donors. 459 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,974 I'll call hall. 460 00:22:33,963 --> 00:22:38,625 Dad, I'm really sorry. Hey. Hey. 461 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:41,147 Of course I defend you in front of the headmaster... 462 00:22:41,171 --> 00:22:43,069 Never speak against the family... 463 00:22:43,093 --> 00:22:46,153 But between us, you really fucked up. 464 00:22:46,177 --> 00:22:49,156 The risk/reward ratio is off. 465 00:22:49,180 --> 00:22:51,519 And there are better ways to impress a girl... 466 00:22:51,543 --> 00:22:53,601 Than putting your whole future at stake. 467 00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:55,643 Look. I'm not mad that you ran a scheme, 468 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:58,046 I'm mad you didn't game it out. 469 00:22:58,070 --> 00:23:00,088 Second law of thermodynamics, gordie... 470 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,411 Total entropy of a system... 471 00:23:02,435 --> 00:23:05,454 No. The price of your actions. 472 00:23:05,478 --> 00:23:07,897 Now we have to ruin a headmaster. 473 00:23:07,921 --> 00:23:11,216 - A good man. - What a show of parentage. 474 00:23:12,245 --> 00:23:14,344 I have so much to learn from you both, 475 00:23:14,368 --> 00:23:16,706 about communication between a father and a son. 476 00:23:22,737 --> 00:23:26,677 Hall, we have a job for you, 477 00:23:26,701 --> 00:23:28,119 breaking down a prep school 478 00:23:28,143 --> 00:23:30,642 like a butcher quartering a spring lamb. 479 00:23:30,666 --> 00:23:33,325 I'll get to that in a minute. 480 00:23:33,349 --> 00:23:36,007 But first, I have a job for you. 481 00:23:36,031 --> 00:23:40,092 I've had an epiphany, watching axe with... 482 00:23:40,116 --> 00:23:42,535 Anyway, it is time 483 00:23:42,559 --> 00:23:46,099 that I became a real pater familias. 484 00:23:46,123 --> 00:23:48,942 I am reaching out to all of my children. 485 00:23:48,966 --> 00:23:50,944 I have tabs on the little ones, 486 00:23:50,968 --> 00:23:54,348 but I need you to... Locate my older sons. 487 00:23:54,372 --> 00:23:57,031 Look, the truth is: 488 00:23:57,055 --> 00:24:00,034 They cut me off. 489 00:24:00,058 --> 00:24:02,797 But I need to see what they're up to... 490 00:24:02,821 --> 00:24:04,919 What they've become. 491 00:24:10,709 --> 00:24:13,168 We were thrilled to hear that you might be interested 492 00:24:13,192 --> 00:24:15,491 in teaching here at the law school this semester. 493 00:24:15,515 --> 00:24:18,214 And I was doubly thrilled that you could make the time 494 00:24:18,238 --> 00:24:20,176 to talk with me about it, Dean Walker. 495 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,698 A sitting ag? 496 00:24:21,722 --> 00:24:23,940 Students will be cutting each other off at the knees 497 00:24:23,964 --> 00:24:25,422 to get into your office hours. 498 00:24:25,446 --> 00:24:27,624 Appreciate the compliment, 499 00:24:27,648 --> 00:24:29,947 though looking back at my days here, 500 00:24:29,971 --> 00:24:32,109 most of the scrambling was drunken 501 00:24:32,133 --> 00:24:34,752 and involved fried glazed doughnuts at the doodle. 502 00:24:34,776 --> 00:24:37,034 Education should be robust. 503 00:24:37,058 --> 00:24:38,516 For me it was. 504 00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:41,199 Oh. The world... And my place in it... 505 00:24:41,223 --> 00:24:44,763 Was never so clear as when I was at school here. 506 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:48,287 Sleepless, buried under an avalanche 507 00:24:48,311 --> 00:24:50,169 of books and case studies... 508 00:24:50,193 --> 00:24:52,892 The point of it all never burned so brightly. 509 00:24:52,916 --> 00:24:57,016 Oh. I was in hell, yes, but it all made sense. 510 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,818 I feel the same about law school. 511 00:24:58,842 --> 00:25:00,260 Mm. 512 00:25:00,284 --> 00:25:02,022 Ah. That's right... 513 00:25:02,046 --> 00:25:04,745 You know, I-I keep rolling it around in the ol' noggin. 514 00:25:04,769 --> 00:25:08,469 When I was here, I had a sense of purpose, 515 00:25:08,493 --> 00:25:11,672 you know, a surety that the law, and my intention 516 00:25:11,696 --> 00:25:13,875 of doing good and right as a prosecutor, 517 00:25:13,899 --> 00:25:15,476 was a kind of shield. 518 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,799 And you learned the very tools 519 00:25:17,823 --> 00:25:19,841 that allowed you to ascend to the job... 520 00:25:19,865 --> 00:25:21,163 For sure. 521 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:24,967 Oh. To fight the evil in this world. 522 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:26,569 And if I can be a part of giving 523 00:25:26,593 --> 00:25:28,210 the next generation the weapons... 524 00:25:28,234 --> 00:25:30,293 How lucky they'll be to have you. 525 00:25:30,317 --> 00:25:31,814 Oh. 526 00:25:31,838 --> 00:25:34,377 We are thrilled that you'll be a visiting professor. 527 00:25:34,401 --> 00:25:37,256 The rhoades name is woven into our tradition here... 528 00:25:41,449 --> 00:25:45,029 And as a member 529 00:25:45,053 --> 00:25:47,832 of our facultas legis, 530 00:25:47,856 --> 00:25:50,515 perhaps you could help us with a small matter. 531 00:25:50,539 --> 00:25:52,637 It seems your father agreed 532 00:25:52,661 --> 00:25:56,081 to an annual donation 533 00:25:56,105 --> 00:25:57,643 of a hundred thousand dollars... 534 00:25:57,667 --> 00:26:00,606 - Uh-huh. - And he's a bit in arrears. 535 00:26:02,712 --> 00:26:04,730 How many years has he missed? 536 00:26:04,754 --> 00:26:07,093 Well, all of them. 537 00:26:07,117 --> 00:26:09,936 All of them. 538 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,298 Mm-hmm. 539 00:26:11,322 --> 00:26:14,661 If you could help, that'd be great. 540 00:26:14,685 --> 00:26:19,427 Either way, we look forward to you joining us. 541 00:26:25,297 --> 00:26:27,235 I'm here from governor sweeney's office 542 00:26:27,259 --> 00:26:28,837 to pick up the check. 543 00:26:28,861 --> 00:26:30,278 Which check is that? 544 00:26:30,302 --> 00:26:32,241 The one for $5 million. 545 00:26:32,265 --> 00:26:34,443 The funds from your office's recent seizure? 546 00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:36,125 You should have called 547 00:26:36,149 --> 00:26:38,207 and saved the wear and tear on your florsheims then 548 00:26:38,231 --> 00:26:39,769 because the way I understand it, 549 00:26:39,793 --> 00:26:42,011 those funds are ours to deploy as we see fit. 550 00:26:42,035 --> 00:26:43,733 No. 551 00:26:43,757 --> 00:26:47,297 They're at the governor's discretion and direction. 552 00:26:47,321 --> 00:26:50,220 And he's directed me to come and get them. 553 00:26:50,244 --> 00:26:52,703 He feels that the Manhattan da's office 554 00:26:52,727 --> 00:26:55,867 can put them to better use. 555 00:26:55,891 --> 00:26:58,826 Have a check cut by end of day. 556 00:27:01,136 --> 00:27:04,636 Enjoy your self-satisfied smile while it lasts. 557 00:27:21,439 --> 00:27:23,257 I never said I wanted to divest. 558 00:27:23,281 --> 00:27:25,219 You wouldn't be here if you didn't know 559 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:26,740 it was the right thing to do. 560 00:27:26,764 --> 00:27:29,664 And that I'm the person who knows how to do it. 561 00:27:29,688 --> 00:27:31,506 How can a man in my position 562 00:27:31,530 --> 00:27:34,028 give in to the whims of the current student... 563 00:27:34,052 --> 00:27:36,031 Yes. You have drawn battle lines. 564 00:27:36,055 --> 00:27:37,792 And so you think of it as giving in. 565 00:27:37,816 --> 00:27:39,394 I'm not the only one. 566 00:27:39,418 --> 00:27:41,837 The chairman of my board of trustees has a strong take... 567 00:27:41,861 --> 00:27:43,238 What's his take going to be 568 00:27:43,262 --> 00:27:45,121 if other institutions do this first? 569 00:27:45,145 --> 00:27:46,682 Well. As long as we're not last, 570 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:48,404 I think he'll be just fine with it. 571 00:27:48,428 --> 00:27:50,166 You are too smart to think that way. 572 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:51,848 And know your history too well. 573 00:27:51,872 --> 00:27:53,730 Wait and see results in missing out. 574 00:27:53,754 --> 00:27:56,093 Can you guarantee me that we'll make real money 575 00:27:56,117 --> 00:27:57,414 in the process? 576 00:27:57,438 --> 00:27:59,416 You will be out of your petroleum positions. 577 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,779 You will be seen as responsive to legitimate concerns. 578 00:28:01,803 --> 00:28:03,461 And you will be on the cutting edge 579 00:28:03,485 --> 00:28:04,702 of financial thinking. 580 00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:07,665 If that's not a win, tell me what is. 581 00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:11,830 And the entitled asshole class known as the student body 582 00:28:11,854 --> 00:28:15,714 will think they won and bullied me into it. 583 00:28:15,738 --> 00:28:17,796 How often does someone give you the chance 584 00:28:17,820 --> 00:28:19,118 to do the smart thing, 585 00:28:19,142 --> 00:28:21,000 even when ego and lifelong wiring 586 00:28:21,024 --> 00:28:23,563 are trying to pull you in a different direction? 587 00:28:23,587 --> 00:28:24,964 I understand, firsthand, 588 00:28:24,988 --> 00:28:27,487 what it is to choke down the bile of compromise 589 00:28:27,511 --> 00:28:29,169 for the sake of the greater good. 590 00:28:29,193 --> 00:28:31,852 Yes, it feels gross and you shudder and shake. 591 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:34,334 But you wake up the next day with a mind at ease. 592 00:28:34,358 --> 00:28:36,337 Because you have protected the long term. 593 00:28:36,361 --> 00:28:38,579 Instead of indulging in the momentary feeling 594 00:28:38,603 --> 00:28:39,981 of being strong. 595 00:28:50,937 --> 00:28:52,675 I'll take it to the trustees. 596 00:28:56,463 --> 00:28:57,760 Yeah. I'll call you soon. 597 00:28:57,784 --> 00:28:59,762 Whatever. 598 00:28:59,786 --> 00:29:02,325 Okay, so. I found out a donor 599 00:29:02,349 --> 00:29:06,049 who gave 800k to the athletic department each year. 600 00:29:06,073 --> 00:29:08,692 He's friends with friends of ours. 601 00:29:08,716 --> 00:29:10,294 So I reached out. 602 00:29:10,318 --> 00:29:12,777 Only it ain't 800k he gives. 603 00:29:12,801 --> 00:29:14,935 It's a mil. 604 00:29:16,965 --> 00:29:19,504 There's 200k a year going somewhere else. 605 00:29:19,528 --> 00:29:22,067 What'd you learn? 606 00:29:22,091 --> 00:29:23,628 Uh. No. That was... Um... 607 00:29:23,652 --> 00:29:26,792 You ever try talking to a 14-year-old girl 608 00:29:26,816 --> 00:29:28,434 on facetime? 609 00:29:28,458 --> 00:29:30,556 Goddamn, I hope that was one of your kids. 610 00:29:30,580 --> 00:29:32,318 My youngest. 611 00:29:32,342 --> 00:29:35,201 It was rough. 612 00:29:35,225 --> 00:29:37,243 But instead of dwelling on that, 613 00:29:37,267 --> 00:29:39,686 and what it means for who I am and have been, 614 00:29:39,710 --> 00:29:42,129 as a man, husband and father, 615 00:29:42,153 --> 00:29:44,972 I'm gonna get on figuring out what headmaster kessel did 616 00:29:44,996 --> 00:29:46,814 with that missing 200k. 617 00:29:55,087 --> 00:29:57,586 This is such an honor. 618 00:29:57,610 --> 00:29:59,227 Creative people have always been 619 00:29:59,251 --> 00:30:00,829 so mystifying and special to me. 620 00:30:00,853 --> 00:30:02,831 Perhaps because my mother always told me 621 00:30:02,855 --> 00:30:04,353 to keep away from them. 622 00:30:04,377 --> 00:30:06,596 Yeah, my mother used to say things. 623 00:30:06,620 --> 00:30:08,237 And working for axe... 624 00:30:08,261 --> 00:30:10,400 The speed at which his mind operates, 625 00:30:10,424 --> 00:30:12,322 the vastness of what it can hold, 626 00:30:12,346 --> 00:30:14,885 the way he recognizes and rewards talent... 627 00:30:14,909 --> 00:30:16,767 It can bring out the best in you. 628 00:30:16,791 --> 00:30:19,570 Things you didn't even know you were capable of. 629 00:30:19,594 --> 00:30:22,613 Plus, the money! 630 00:30:22,637 --> 00:30:25,376 Thanks for showing me in. 631 00:30:30,766 --> 00:30:33,185 Hey, if you want to cry or something, man, 632 00:30:33,209 --> 00:30:34,546 go right ahead. 633 00:30:34,570 --> 00:30:38,506 I got no judgments, nothing but love. 634 00:30:59,918 --> 00:31:01,536 Hey, axe. 635 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,738 Hey, look, man. I can't do this. 636 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:05,340 It's not how I work. 637 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:07,622 No, no, yeah, yeah, I understand. 638 00:31:07,646 --> 00:31:09,545 I expected this call. 639 00:31:09,569 --> 00:31:13,269 Hang in, we'll break some bread and we'll get into it. 640 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:17,593 Yeah, alright. Alright. 641 00:31:32,834 --> 00:31:34,612 Axe, when are you coming down? 642 00:31:34,636 --> 00:31:36,414 I'm making a great gelato. 643 00:31:36,438 --> 00:31:38,056 Soon. But in the meantime, listen, 644 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,258 I'm sending someone in to pick up a few pies. 645 00:31:40,282 --> 00:31:41,780 I'm out of town. 646 00:31:41,804 --> 00:31:43,542 But I've got an important dinner. 647 00:31:43,566 --> 00:31:45,104 You know I don't do that kind of thing. 648 00:31:45,128 --> 00:31:46,345 This pizza doesn't travel. 649 00:31:46,369 --> 00:31:47,666 It's not supposed to be reheated. 650 00:31:47,690 --> 00:31:49,588 It's pizza. It's designed to travel. 651 00:31:49,612 --> 00:31:51,030 Not this pizza. 652 00:31:51,054 --> 00:31:52,832 It goes from the oven to your mouth. 653 00:31:52,856 --> 00:31:55,515 Listen. I won't hold you responsible for the taste. 654 00:31:55,539 --> 00:31:59,319 Only for you, axe. 655 00:32:12,838 --> 00:32:14,376 Chancellor. 656 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,218 Are we ready to discuss acating. 657 00:32:16,242 --> 00:32:17,819 Your accounts over? 658 00:32:17,843 --> 00:32:19,421 We are not. 659 00:32:19,445 --> 00:32:21,063 This is admiral bill karras, 660 00:32:21,087 --> 00:32:22,945 chairman of the board of trustees. 661 00:32:22,969 --> 00:32:25,268 You may have hypnotized the chancellor, here. 662 00:32:25,292 --> 00:32:27,870 But I have stood up to much harsher methods 663 00:32:27,894 --> 00:32:29,552 of interrogation. 664 00:32:29,576 --> 00:32:31,274 I see. 665 00:32:31,298 --> 00:32:32,836 See this: 666 00:32:32,860 --> 00:32:35,359 We are not going to let any candy-ass students. 667 00:32:35,383 --> 00:32:38,562 Tell us how and when to invest our endowment. 668 00:32:38,586 --> 00:32:41,525 Thank you for your interest in our university. 669 00:32:54,964 --> 00:32:57,303 Admiral karras. You know him? 670 00:32:57,327 --> 00:32:59,585 Wild bill? 671 00:32:59,609 --> 00:33:02,989 Not that many four-star flag officers walking around. 672 00:33:03,013 --> 00:33:05,472 I was never under his direct command. 673 00:33:05,496 --> 00:33:08,275 Met him at a fleet briefing on the Saudi peninsula. 674 00:33:08,299 --> 00:33:11,198 His men had a song about him 675 00:33:11,222 --> 00:33:15,322 and how he could power a carrier with his temper. 676 00:33:15,346 --> 00:33:17,124 - Why? - He's holding up our endowment. 677 00:33:17,148 --> 00:33:19,283 How can you arm me to take a run at him? 678 00:33:19,911 --> 00:33:23,131 By telling you to stay here and let me do it. 679 00:33:23,155 --> 00:33:24,693 You think I'm a candy ass? 680 00:33:24,717 --> 00:33:26,975 He thinks almost everyone serving in the Navy 681 00:33:26,999 --> 00:33:28,377 is a candy ass. 682 00:33:28,401 --> 00:33:29,778 And he definitely thinks that 683 00:33:29,802 --> 00:33:31,901 of absolutely everyone who didn't serve. 684 00:33:31,925 --> 00:33:34,824 Then I'm going to let you take it. 685 00:33:53,388 --> 00:33:55,767 My boy, my girl... 686 00:33:55,791 --> 00:33:58,365 Ah. The hearth is complete. 687 00:33:59,915 --> 00:34:02,134 Can't picture you doing that with me. 688 00:34:02,158 --> 00:34:03,735 Your lips never touched formula. 689 00:34:03,759 --> 00:34:05,217 You were at your mother's teat 690 00:34:05,241 --> 00:34:07,099 until you started reading chaucer. 691 00:34:08,645 --> 00:34:11,344 But you get with the times, or you grow old. 692 00:34:11,368 --> 00:34:14,587 You want to hold your sister? 693 00:34:16,493 --> 00:34:18,151 Uh, no. It's not a social call. 694 00:34:18,175 --> 00:34:20,274 Uh, I just came from old ya-lay u. 695 00:34:20,298 --> 00:34:22,836 I'm doing a bit of teaching this semester. 696 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,920 Back to the teat, eh? It'll do me good. 697 00:34:25,944 --> 00:34:28,162 And you would do me and the school well 698 00:34:28,186 --> 00:34:30,765 to follow through on your financial commitment. 699 00:34:30,789 --> 00:34:32,968 I'm done paying for your schooling. 700 00:34:32,992 --> 00:34:35,851 Hey. You agreed to the donations, not me. 701 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:38,614 Son, these things are all politics and politicking. 702 00:34:38,638 --> 00:34:40,616 When it comes to academic philanthropy, 703 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,658 it's a case of fox and hound. 704 00:34:42,682 --> 00:34:44,140 And I'm the fox. 705 00:34:44,164 --> 00:34:46,022 It's not a game. You made a pledge. 706 00:34:46,046 --> 00:34:48,785 I have new priorities now. 707 00:34:48,809 --> 00:34:50,387 You certainly do. 708 00:34:50,411 --> 00:34:53,630 And Yale doesn't need your money... 709 00:34:53,654 --> 00:34:57,474 Their endowment's 30 billion already. 710 00:34:57,498 --> 00:34:59,557 You're on board with this? 711 00:34:59,581 --> 00:35:01,078 Has Yale offended you? 712 00:35:01,102 --> 00:35:03,201 Something in how they've historically dealt 713 00:35:03,225 --> 00:35:04,442 with indigenous peoples? 714 00:35:06,708 --> 00:35:09,407 No, I'm offended 715 00:35:09,431 --> 00:35:11,930 by the idea of paying for a family legacy 716 00:35:11,954 --> 00:35:15,009 when the family doesn't really act like a family. 717 00:35:18,882 --> 00:35:20,420 Ah. 718 00:35:25,809 --> 00:35:27,547 Uh-huh. 719 00:35:29,493 --> 00:35:32,833 The warm embrace of the brood is indeed important. 720 00:35:32,857 --> 00:35:36,998 As strange and circuitously linked as that brood may be. 721 00:35:39,985 --> 00:35:43,645 Perhaps I've been dilatory in my familial duties. 722 00:35:43,669 --> 00:35:45,527 My children have not had the pleasure 723 00:35:45,551 --> 00:35:49,812 of truly welcoming the newest members of our clan. 724 00:35:49,836 --> 00:35:52,370 It's high time I correct that oversight. 725 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,859 We'd like that very much. 726 00:35:56,883 --> 00:35:59,062 I take it you'll have no trouble navigating 727 00:35:59,086 --> 00:36:01,545 the soon-to-be-former Mrs. Wendy rhoades? 728 00:36:01,569 --> 00:36:03,186 Oh. 729 00:36:03,210 --> 00:36:05,028 No one's more family-first. 730 00:36:10,899 --> 00:36:12,477 We're gonna walk into his office 731 00:36:12,501 --> 00:36:14,359 and we're gonna let the headmaster know 732 00:36:14,383 --> 00:36:16,321 what we know about him, and then you... 733 00:36:18,147 --> 00:36:21,006 will be sleeping back in your dorm room tonight, gord... 734 00:36:26,316 --> 00:36:29,055 Oh. Glad I caught you. 735 00:36:29,079 --> 00:36:31,858 Just had a one-on-one with Skinner's athletic director. 736 00:36:31,882 --> 00:36:34,300 Amiable man, after a fashion. 737 00:36:34,324 --> 00:36:36,303 He confirmed kessel took the money? 738 00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:37,584 Yes... and no. 739 00:36:37,608 --> 00:36:39,706 Pinched it but didn't pocket it. 740 00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:41,388 Redirected it. 741 00:36:41,412 --> 00:36:43,110 He's actually working for the good. 742 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:45,313 Like Robin of fucking Locksley? 743 00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:47,074 Much like that. 744 00:36:47,098 --> 00:36:50,158 Um. Kessel sidetracked the excess money from wrestling 745 00:36:50,182 --> 00:36:52,801 to fund a scholarship program for Syrian refugees 746 00:36:52,825 --> 00:36:55,003 that the school had refused to fund. 747 00:36:55,027 --> 00:36:57,126 Three of those refugees and their families 748 00:36:57,150 --> 00:36:59,284 are on campus this year. 749 00:37:01,955 --> 00:37:04,409 I'll stand by. 750 00:37:07,881 --> 00:37:11,381 So the headmaster, sanctimonious though he sure is, 751 00:37:11,405 --> 00:37:13,944 turns out is a good man after all. 752 00:37:13,968 --> 00:37:17,468 So, do we still have to destroy him? 753 00:37:17,492 --> 00:37:19,666 What do you think? 754 00:37:25,180 --> 00:37:26,798 Such a father. 755 00:37:26,822 --> 00:37:28,240 Hey. 756 00:37:28,264 --> 00:37:31,083 Still haven't caught up with your eldest? 757 00:37:31,107 --> 00:37:34,406 My Georgie? No, I haven't. 758 00:37:34,430 --> 00:37:36,689 Last I heard, he ran a legal cannabis business 759 00:37:36,713 --> 00:37:37,810 in Colorado... 760 00:37:37,834 --> 00:37:39,612 But it crossed state lines. 761 00:37:39,636 --> 00:37:42,575 Now, much like the answer, he's blowing in the wind. 762 00:37:46,484 --> 00:37:49,183 Don't beat yourself up on this, wags. 763 00:37:49,207 --> 00:37:50,985 Fathering ain't easy. 764 00:38:53,277 --> 00:38:55,095 Hey. 765 00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:59,580 I have what I need to take this headmaster out. 766 00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:02,703 Do I fix this for him? 767 00:39:02,727 --> 00:39:04,705 How do I not fuck my kid up more? 768 00:39:04,729 --> 00:39:06,267 That's the question 769 00:39:06,291 --> 00:39:10,432 every decent parent asks every day. 770 00:39:10,456 --> 00:39:13,795 Let's say you take the laissez-faire approach, 771 00:39:13,819 --> 00:39:16,799 let the market have its way with gordie. 772 00:39:16,823 --> 00:39:18,961 He learns there are consequences. 773 00:39:18,985 --> 00:39:21,564 Gets suspended, probably expelled. 774 00:39:21,588 --> 00:39:23,286 Ends up at a lower-tier prep school 775 00:39:23,310 --> 00:39:25,368 or New York military academy. 776 00:39:25,392 --> 00:39:27,090 Goes to Colby instead of Harvard. 777 00:39:27,114 --> 00:39:29,092 There's... There's no shame in that... 778 00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:31,495 I mean, unless for the kid 779 00:39:31,519 --> 00:39:33,337 who's going mini-winklevoss at 14... 780 00:39:33,361 --> 00:39:35,019 It's what he set his sights on. 781 00:39:35,043 --> 00:39:36,700 Then it's crushing. 782 00:39:36,724 --> 00:39:38,823 And maybe he blames you for the consequence. 783 00:39:38,847 --> 00:39:40,585 And that chip on his shoulder. 784 00:39:40,609 --> 00:39:43,828 Turns into a drinking problem by the time he's 28. 785 00:39:43,852 --> 00:39:46,431 Or he blames himself, 786 00:39:46,455 --> 00:39:49,194 Accepts the consequences, 787 00:39:49,218 --> 00:39:53,158 Self-worth gets dinged up pretty good... 788 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:57,363 And winds up with a drinking problem by the time he's 28. 789 00:40:00,110 --> 00:40:02,248 And then there's you... 790 00:40:02,272 --> 00:40:07,054 Can you stay the course... With whatever you decide? 791 00:40:07,078 --> 00:40:10,057 Because if you dive in after him only sometimes, 792 00:40:10,081 --> 00:40:13,501 he won't know how or when to swim, or breathe, or trust. 793 00:40:13,525 --> 00:40:16,104 It's got to be tough love all the way... 794 00:40:16,128 --> 00:40:18,626 Which could work out great, 795 00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,428 he could turn out great... 796 00:40:20,452 --> 00:40:23,432 Or the interventionist approach for evermore. 797 00:40:23,456 --> 00:40:25,874 So the question is, 798 00:40:25,898 --> 00:40:28,557 do I have the stomach to let him dangle? 799 00:40:39,794 --> 00:40:42,693 If I had a hat, it would be in hand... 800 00:40:42,717 --> 00:40:45,936 Why? What do you want to discuss? 801 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,981 I wish we didn't have to do this here. 802 00:40:50,005 --> 00:40:52,423 I wish you were a completely different man. 803 00:40:55,371 --> 00:40:58,070 The financial restraining order 804 00:40:58,094 --> 00:41:00,032 blocking you from getting your apartment 805 00:41:00,056 --> 00:41:02,995 was... a bit of an overreach. 806 00:41:03,019 --> 00:41:04,957 But I was merely reacting to... 807 00:41:04,981 --> 00:41:07,600 I know: My releasing the statement. 808 00:41:07,624 --> 00:41:08,921 Which I wouldn't have done 809 00:41:08,945 --> 00:41:11,044 if you hadn't dragged your goddamned feet. 810 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:15,369 I was having a hard time... Accepting our status. 811 00:41:15,393 --> 00:41:16,850 But now I have. 812 00:41:16,874 --> 00:41:19,733 So perhaps a pullback on the order is in line. 813 00:41:19,757 --> 00:41:23,017 Oh, Christ. 814 00:41:23,041 --> 00:41:25,540 You need something. 815 00:41:25,564 --> 00:41:28,583 You're not apologizing, we're horse trading. 816 00:41:28,607 --> 00:41:30,385 Out with it. 817 00:41:30,409 --> 00:41:33,629 That's hardly the way I would characterize this. 818 00:41:33,653 --> 00:41:36,712 Fine. 819 00:41:36,736 --> 00:41:38,674 The kids should know. 820 00:41:38,698 --> 00:41:42,118 That family is still important at a time like this. 821 00:41:42,142 --> 00:41:44,080 All family. 822 00:41:44,104 --> 00:41:47,003 Even new family. 823 00:41:47,027 --> 00:41:49,166 I want to formally introduce Kevin and Eva 824 00:41:49,190 --> 00:41:50,887 to Roxanne and Willow. 825 00:41:52,994 --> 00:41:55,052 Come on. 826 00:41:55,076 --> 00:41:57,294 You got to be kidding me. 827 00:41:57,318 --> 00:41:59,537 Was this your whacked-out father's idea? 828 00:41:59,561 --> 00:42:00,858 Wendy. 829 00:42:02,004 --> 00:42:04,462 He is a changed individual. 830 00:42:04,486 --> 00:42:06,344 You don't even believe that. 831 00:42:06,368 --> 00:42:09,067 You'd be surprised at my current suite of beliefs. 832 00:42:09,091 --> 00:42:12,231 One of them being that there's value in the sanctity of family. 833 00:42:12,255 --> 00:42:13,472 Mm. Sometimes. 834 00:42:13,496 --> 00:42:15,314 I'll lower my guns. 835 00:42:15,338 --> 00:42:18,237 Have the atro lifted. 836 00:42:18,261 --> 00:42:23,243 You want to buy an apartment... done. 837 00:42:23,267 --> 00:42:25,005 What would be expected? 838 00:42:27,071 --> 00:42:31,212 Just that the kids get to know their new relatives... 839 00:42:31,236 --> 00:42:34,575 Oh, and, uh, 840 00:42:34,599 --> 00:42:36,618 that you be there too. 841 00:42:59,066 --> 00:43:00,924 Where are we at? I've been texting. 842 00:43:00,948 --> 00:43:03,487 Oh. It's off. 843 00:43:03,511 --> 00:43:05,289 My phone. I-I turned it. 844 00:43:05,313 --> 00:43:08,092 Are you... Drunk? 845 00:43:08,116 --> 00:43:10,695 - I was... - I can smell it. 846 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,497 What do retired admirals drink? 847 00:43:12,521 --> 00:43:14,499 Anything they want, and a lot of it. 848 00:43:14,523 --> 00:43:16,501 Did you get into divestment? 849 00:43:16,525 --> 00:43:18,063 Yeah. It's done. 850 00:43:18,087 --> 00:43:19,785 It is? He agreed? 851 00:43:19,809 --> 00:43:21,146 He did... but how? 852 00:43:21,170 --> 00:43:23,509 Because this candy ass's specialty 853 00:43:23,533 --> 00:43:25,907 is making admirals crumble like rock candy. 854 00:43:27,818 --> 00:43:30,517 But an idea occurred on the way over. 855 00:43:30,541 --> 00:43:32,479 Everything that they're giving up. 856 00:43:32,503 --> 00:43:33,960 We can take the same position 857 00:43:33,984 --> 00:43:36,323 that we are unrolling the endowment from... 858 00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:38,125 Get the oil companies to make a deal 859 00:43:38,149 --> 00:43:40,047 to stave off the publicity bloodletting. 860 00:43:40,071 --> 00:43:42,209 That will come from the divestment. 861 00:43:42,233 --> 00:43:45,133 And we can do it without implicating the university. 862 00:43:45,157 --> 00:43:47,896 We just have to run the trade through the main house. 863 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,859 It goes against the spirit of the entire thing. 864 00:43:50,883 --> 00:43:52,981 By the rules of engagement in our business 865 00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:54,103 it's the right move. 866 00:43:54,127 --> 00:43:55,784 It's a no. It's not who we are. 867 00:43:55,808 --> 00:43:57,943 Or who I want to be. 868 00:44:12,547 --> 00:44:14,845 You know that line from Hamilton... 869 00:44:14,869 --> 00:44:16,247 You know I know 'em all... 870 00:44:16,271 --> 00:44:18,089 "he takes and he takes and he takes." 871 00:44:18,113 --> 00:44:19,410 It's about Alexander. 872 00:44:19,434 --> 00:44:22,454 But it might as well be about our governor. 873 00:44:22,478 --> 00:44:24,055 Oh no. 874 00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:26,258 - The money? - Yeah. 875 00:44:26,282 --> 00:44:28,180 Best practices for years have been 876 00:44:28,204 --> 00:44:30,382 that the ag gets to use settlement money. 877 00:44:30,406 --> 00:44:33,065 But the governor is claiming the funds I've gathered. 878 00:44:33,089 --> 00:44:36,028 So I'm to what, uh, 879 00:44:36,052 --> 00:44:39,833 propose a duel at dawn across the river in Jersey? 880 00:44:39,857 --> 00:44:41,875 Can you? Would that I could. 881 00:44:41,899 --> 00:44:43,597 Is there a workaround? 882 00:44:43,621 --> 00:44:47,521 I drilled down. 883 00:44:47,545 --> 00:44:51,565 Before the funds land with us, and so can be taken from us, 884 00:44:51,589 --> 00:44:52,887 we can designate them. 885 00:44:52,911 --> 00:44:54,329 But I want 'em! 886 00:44:54,353 --> 00:44:57,452 We can designate them to a public good. 887 00:44:57,476 --> 00:45:00,856 Like a law school clinic, earmarked to do certain work, 888 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,816 run by a certain person. 889 00:45:07,607 --> 00:45:10,306 Yale law. 890 00:45:10,330 --> 00:45:11,627 I get to go home again. 891 00:45:11,651 --> 00:45:13,069 And make it work for us. 892 00:45:13,093 --> 00:45:15,512 You do. 893 00:45:17,378 --> 00:45:19,156 Nice job, sacker. 894 00:45:19,180 --> 00:45:21,839 When I cut a joint, ya know? 895 00:45:21,863 --> 00:45:23,921 Ohh. I do. 896 00:45:34,717 --> 00:45:37,416 Sir? Excuse me! 897 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,219 We know you've been siphoning from athletic donations 898 00:45:40,243 --> 00:45:42,541 to give scholarships to Syrian refugees. 899 00:45:42,565 --> 00:45:44,704 Your board's not gonna like that... 900 00:45:44,728 --> 00:45:47,347 Yeah. And I'm certain the authorities won't either. 901 00:45:47,371 --> 00:45:49,549 Is this your plan? To blackmail me? 902 00:45:49,573 --> 00:45:52,552 Blackmail? Nah. The word is expose. 903 00:45:52,576 --> 00:45:54,154 Expose what? 904 00:45:54,178 --> 00:45:56,276 I'm helping smart kids and their families... 905 00:45:56,300 --> 00:45:57,678 People with next to nothing... 906 00:45:57,702 --> 00:45:59,280 Make it in this world. 907 00:45:59,304 --> 00:46:01,602 And I think you'll find a school community here 908 00:46:01,626 --> 00:46:03,004 that supports that. 909 00:46:03,028 --> 00:46:05,527 Mm. Sounds noble, but will they, really? 910 00:46:05,551 --> 00:46:08,049 You clearly underestimate 911 00:46:08,073 --> 00:46:10,011 the empathy of the Skinner family. 912 00:46:10,035 --> 00:46:14,256 These are your so-called "scholarship recipients..." 913 00:46:22,289 --> 00:46:24,828 But what it really looks like is cheap labor. 914 00:46:24,852 --> 00:46:27,150 Yeah. They... They have no accommodations 915 00:46:27,174 --> 00:46:29,793 when they get here, so I take them in. 916 00:46:29,817 --> 00:46:33,477 They... help around the house. That's it. 917 00:46:33,501 --> 00:46:37,442 Unpaid illegal immigrants living in your house. 918 00:46:37,466 --> 00:46:39,484 That's not a very good look, headmaster. 919 00:46:39,508 --> 00:46:41,966 Well. I don't care what it looks like. 920 00:46:41,990 --> 00:46:43,488 I'm helping these people. 921 00:46:43,512 --> 00:46:45,210 Well. It looks like 'these people' 922 00:46:45,234 --> 00:46:46,732 are working for you. 923 00:46:46,756 --> 00:46:48,293 And they aren't getting paid for it, are they? 924 00:46:48,317 --> 00:46:49,575 Don't they call that white slavery? 925 00:46:49,599 --> 00:46:52,738 I think they just call it slavery... 926 00:46:52,762 --> 00:46:55,581 This isn't right. 927 00:46:55,605 --> 00:46:58,184 Are you really going to destroy me... 928 00:46:58,208 --> 00:47:00,307 Tarnish this historic institution 929 00:47:00,331 --> 00:47:02,549 that's helped thousands of young men and women 930 00:47:02,573 --> 00:47:03,830 and those poor refugees... 931 00:47:03,854 --> 00:47:05,672 To keep your son from being expelled? 932 00:47:05,696 --> 00:47:07,514 Bet your ass I am. 933 00:47:07,538 --> 00:47:08,836 In fact I have. 934 00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:10,478 Isn't that what I just did, wags? 935 00:47:10,502 --> 00:47:11,439 Yeah. I saw you do it. 936 00:47:11,463 --> 00:47:13,361 Like three seconds ago. Hmm. 937 00:47:13,385 --> 00:47:15,083 So. You are going to clear my son, gordie, 938 00:47:15,107 --> 00:47:16,604 of any wrongdoing. 939 00:47:16,628 --> 00:47:18,487 But that's not it. Oh. We're not finished. 940 00:47:18,511 --> 00:47:20,208 Not by a long shot. 941 00:47:20,232 --> 00:47:22,811 'Cause you embarrassed him... Dragged him in here, 942 00:47:22,835 --> 00:47:24,213 held him out in front of the school 943 00:47:24,237 --> 00:47:25,534 like a common criminal. 944 00:47:25,558 --> 00:47:27,536 You dinged his reputation. 945 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:33,499 So now you are going to give me the chance to fix that, too. 946 00:47:44,980 --> 00:47:47,238 Your headmaster was kind enough to cede me the mic 947 00:47:47,262 --> 00:47:48,840 for this morning's lesson, 948 00:47:48,864 --> 00:47:50,762 and I'm here to give you a little bit 949 00:47:50,786 --> 00:47:53,805 about what this school has been holding back from you... 950 00:47:53,829 --> 00:47:58,610 The goddamn truth about Darwin, scarcity 951 00:47:58,634 --> 00:48:01,694 and the world you actually live in. 952 00:48:01,718 --> 00:48:04,377 It's not the warm, swaddled place 953 00:48:04,401 --> 00:48:07,100 your headmaster and your parents have told you about. 954 00:48:07,124 --> 00:48:09,903 It's populated by people like me. 955 00:48:09,927 --> 00:48:14,308 Who will tear you apart. 956 00:48:14,332 --> 00:48:16,790 Nature didn't select me. 957 00:48:16,814 --> 00:48:20,831 I selected myself by harnessing my nature. 958 00:48:23,502 --> 00:48:27,358 My son wasn't pulling a prank. 959 00:48:28,507 --> 00:48:31,446 He was trying to earn. 960 00:48:31,470 --> 00:48:33,489 And if he broke the school's code, 961 00:48:33,513 --> 00:48:35,571 it's because the code is wrong. 962 00:48:35,595 --> 00:48:37,213 Asked him to go against the DNA 963 00:48:37,237 --> 00:48:39,696 which is telling each of you to be greedy, 964 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:41,377 yes, be hungry. 965 00:48:41,401 --> 00:48:43,620 Subjugate and conquer. 966 00:48:43,644 --> 00:48:47,945 'Cause that's who we are. 967 00:48:47,969 --> 00:48:51,188 That's what we are. 968 00:48:51,212 --> 00:48:53,911 Capitalism harnesses that 969 00:48:53,935 --> 00:48:57,075 better than any other economic model on earth. 970 00:48:57,099 --> 00:49:00,759 Everything we have is because of capitalism. 971 00:49:00,783 --> 00:49:04,683 'Cause someone had an incentive to get up off his ass, 972 00:49:04,707 --> 00:49:07,726 to out-invent, to out-earn, yes, 973 00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:10,249 and to subjugate others. 974 00:49:10,273 --> 00:49:13,172 Less capable, less intelligent, 975 00:49:13,196 --> 00:49:16,256 Less ambitious, less lucky... 976 00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:20,140 To make those capitalistic dreams come true. 977 00:49:20,164 --> 00:49:23,499 And you know what I'm talking about, headmaster kessel. 978 00:49:24,849 --> 00:49:27,468 It's the dirty secret you may not want to hear... 979 00:49:27,492 --> 00:49:30,187 But you fucking love the result. 980 00:49:31,136 --> 00:49:33,835 As will you soon enough. 981 00:50:15,184 --> 00:50:17,162 Courtesy knock! 982 00:50:17,186 --> 00:50:19,165 Let's get this over with. 983 00:50:21,711 --> 00:50:24,330 The generations. 984 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:27,654 All under one roof. At last. 985 00:50:33,364 --> 00:50:35,142 Alrighty. 986 00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:39,747 Kids this is your new... 987 00:50:39,771 --> 00:50:42,951 Uh, my sister. 988 00:50:42,975 --> 00:50:44,592 Your aunt. 989 00:50:46,098 --> 00:50:50,479 She's so small, how can she be my aunt? 990 00:50:50,503 --> 00:50:52,041 Well. 991 00:50:52,065 --> 00:50:54,003 The world can be a funny place, sweetie. 992 00:50:54,027 --> 00:50:56,085 - It can... - The world is 993 00:50:56,109 --> 00:50:58,007 whatever the hell you make it. 994 00:51:00,274 --> 00:51:02,092 Say hi. Hi. 995 00:51:03,357 --> 00:51:05,135 She's adorable... 996 00:51:10,004 --> 00:51:11,502 You want your papa? 997 00:51:18,013 --> 00:51:19,511 Check is in the mail, Sonny. 998 00:51:19,535 --> 00:51:21,032 Mm. 999 00:51:21,056 --> 00:51:24,116 Check is in the mail. 1000 00:51:27,183 --> 00:51:28,881 Say hi. Hi. 1001 00:51:34,992 --> 00:51:36,690 Sir. Thank you. 1002 00:51:36,714 --> 00:51:38,011 - My pleasure. - Wags, great. 1003 00:51:38,035 --> 00:51:40,173 Thanks, gentlemen. I'll show you downstairs. 1004 00:51:40,197 --> 00:51:41,495 Please. 1005 00:51:47,926 --> 00:51:49,223 Was that...? 1006 00:51:49,247 --> 00:51:51,586 Dell lambert from argyra petroleum... 1007 00:51:51,610 --> 00:51:52,947 Indeed it was. 1008 00:51:52,971 --> 00:51:54,309 - And... - Yep, 1009 00:51:54,333 --> 00:51:56,551 cliff Slade from charter offshore oil. 1010 00:51:56,575 --> 00:51:58,033 We just assumed big positions 1011 00:51:58,057 --> 00:52:00,195 and gave them a nice haircut while doing it. 1012 00:52:00,219 --> 00:52:02,838 - Baller move. - A kick-save and a beaut'... 1013 00:52:14,995 --> 00:52:17,294 - You know who that is? - Yes. I do. 1014 00:52:17,318 --> 00:52:18,575 Who were they? 1015 00:52:18,599 --> 00:52:19,937 Opportunity. 1016 00:52:19,961 --> 00:52:22,019 The CEOs of the fucking oil companies 1017 00:52:22,043 --> 00:52:24,422 we just divested lawrenceburg's endowment from. 1018 00:52:24,446 --> 00:52:26,104 Axe took on the positions? 1019 00:52:26,128 --> 00:52:27,545 Mm. With a back deal 1020 00:52:27,569 --> 00:52:29,427 that will pay off handsomely, no doubt. 1021 00:52:29,451 --> 00:52:31,586 Sick score... 1022 00:52:32,655 --> 00:52:34,793 No one in here seems happy. 1023 00:52:34,817 --> 00:52:36,951 How come no one's happy? 1024 00:52:38,581 --> 00:52:40,039 I know it was your idea. 1025 00:52:40,063 --> 00:52:42,638 But I know you didn't take it to him. 1026 00:52:44,228 --> 00:52:46,046 Don't worry, I'm not firing you... 1027 00:52:46,070 --> 00:52:47,928 Fire me? I quit. Sara... 1028 00:52:47,952 --> 00:52:50,290 That should have been our score and you know it. 1029 00:52:50,314 --> 00:52:52,973 But it's... Not the right play. 1030 00:52:52,997 --> 00:52:55,216 Not right? 1031 00:52:55,240 --> 00:52:58,619 We're at work, not a fucking climate rally. 1032 00:52:58,643 --> 00:53:00,662 You are only halfway in on this. 1033 00:53:00,686 --> 00:53:02,464 And you know where that leaves you? 1034 00:53:02,488 --> 00:53:04,622 Vietnam. 1035 00:53:10,616 --> 00:53:13,516 George Wagner. My son. 1036 00:53:13,540 --> 00:53:15,758 The first and proudest issue of my loins... 1037 00:53:15,782 --> 00:53:17,120 Is on his way up. 1038 00:53:17,144 --> 00:53:18,841 I hope he'll be working here soon. 1039 00:53:18,865 --> 00:53:21,360 Treat him like everyone else... But not really. 1040 00:53:24,552 --> 00:53:26,806 Georgie boy! 1041 00:53:28,276 --> 00:53:29,533 Hello, dad. 1042 00:53:29,557 --> 00:53:31,495 It's good to see you. 1043 00:53:31,519 --> 00:53:36,020 Can't wait to tell you the news... 1044 00:53:36,044 --> 00:53:37,342 The good news. 1045 00:53:38,647 --> 00:53:40,781 What is this? 1046 00:53:42,732 --> 00:53:44,149 It's everything. 1047 00:53:44,173 --> 00:53:46,352 It's the whole world. Beyond. 1048 00:53:46,376 --> 00:53:48,274 Dad, I've made my personal relationship 1049 00:53:48,298 --> 00:53:49,635 with Jesus Christ. 1050 00:53:49,659 --> 00:53:52,278 And I'm here to share him with you. 1051 00:54:09,601 --> 00:54:12,180 So... 1052 00:54:12,204 --> 00:54:13,822 I don't want the gig. 1053 00:54:13,846 --> 00:54:15,584 Like I told your guy there... 1054 00:54:15,608 --> 00:54:18,467 He said to wait and tell you. 1055 00:54:18,491 --> 00:54:20,149 It's not about my work, man. 1056 00:54:20,173 --> 00:54:22,311 It's about you and prince. 1057 00:54:22,335 --> 00:54:24,834 I don't need to be part of some pissing contest. 1058 00:54:24,858 --> 00:54:27,276 There's always a fight over something of value. 1059 00:54:27,300 --> 00:54:29,078 Look, you think I really don't know 1060 00:54:29,102 --> 00:54:31,001 what makes your stuff so good? 1061 00:54:31,025 --> 00:54:33,523 No, I-I heard what you said. 1062 00:54:33,547 --> 00:54:36,567 And you wanted it before prince even got there, so... 1063 00:54:36,591 --> 00:54:39,009 But I never painted on commission before 1064 00:54:39,033 --> 00:54:41,052 and I don't plan on starting now. 1065 00:54:41,076 --> 00:54:42,934 Maybe that works with your stock boys. 1066 00:54:42,958 --> 00:54:45,216 But I'm a painter. 1067 00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:47,058 I have stock guys. 1068 00:54:47,082 --> 00:54:48,620 I want Michelangelo. 1069 00:54:48,644 --> 00:54:50,822 Who painted on commission, by the way. 1070 00:54:50,846 --> 00:54:52,544 Yeah. I know. The medicis. 1071 00:54:52,568 --> 00:54:55,347 Do we like the sistine chapel any less 1072 00:54:55,371 --> 00:54:57,109 because they paid him to paint it? 1073 00:54:57,133 --> 00:54:58,911 No. And Mozart? 1074 00:54:58,935 --> 00:55:02,795 Did his best work for bags of gold. 1075 00:55:02,819 --> 00:55:06,279 Mozart died penniless, at his piano. 1076 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:11,004 Okay. First he enjoyed some nipples of Venus. 1077 00:55:11,028 --> 00:55:14,444 And we're still talking about him 250 years later. 1078 00:55:16,594 --> 00:55:19,374 I'm not asking for your soul. 1079 00:55:19,398 --> 00:55:21,816 Just your next eight paintings. 1080 00:55:29,248 --> 00:55:32,228 You know, the place does get good light during the day. 1081 00:55:32,252 --> 00:55:35,431 Sure does. 1082 00:55:35,455 --> 00:55:38,470 Come on, let's sit. Keep talking. 1083 00:55:41,982 --> 00:55:44,481 Anthony said to tell you he's sorry... 1084 00:55:44,505 --> 00:55:46,684 It's not going to be like in the restaurant... 1085 00:55:46,708 --> 00:55:48,566 Yeah, the purist made it clear. 1086 00:55:48,590 --> 00:55:52,049 But honestly, it looks pretty damn solid. 1087 00:55:52,073 --> 00:55:53,771 Yeah. Sure does. 1088 00:55:53,795 --> 00:55:56,534 Thanks, chef Ryan. You bet. 1089 00:55:56,558 --> 00:55:59,017 So, Anthony, my new pizza guy, 1090 00:55:59,041 --> 00:56:01,099 he's a lot like you... A true artist. 1091 00:56:01,123 --> 00:56:04,103 All the talent in the world, but still he isn't sure. 1092 00:56:04,127 --> 00:56:07,426 He's afraid of coming up short, because he knows perfection. 1093 00:56:07,450 --> 00:56:10,109 But, if you stick around, what you'll see is: 1094 00:56:10,133 --> 00:56:11,431 I know greatness. 1095 00:56:11,455 --> 00:56:12,952 And that's what this is. 1096 00:56:12,976 --> 00:56:14,834 Take a bite. Tell me I'm wrong. 1097 00:56:21,265 --> 00:56:23,644 Mmm. 1098 00:56:23,668 --> 00:56:25,967 Mmm. Wow. 1099 00:56:25,991 --> 00:56:28,369 Fuck. 1100 00:56:28,393 --> 00:56:29,611 That's amazing. 1101 00:56:29,635 --> 00:56:31,212 You are not wrong. 1102 00:56:31,236 --> 00:56:33,535 That's what you'll learn rolling with me. 1103 00:56:33,559 --> 00:56:34,976 I'm never wrong... 1104 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,618 Almost never... 1105 00:56:36,642 --> 00:56:37,900 Really never. 1106 00:56:37,924 --> 00:56:40,743 Dig in. 1107 00:56:40,767 --> 00:56:43,225 To all of it. 1108 00:56:43,249 --> 00:56:44,987 You're with me now.