1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,083 [Bobby] Previously on "Billions"... 2 00:00:08,166 --> 00:00:10,083 [Chuck] The only enemy more dangerous 3 00:00:10,166 --> 00:00:13,083 than a man with unlimited resources... 4 00:00:13,166 --> 00:00:13,959 is one with nothing to lose. 5 00:00:14,041 --> 00:00:17,375 And that is what you are looking at 6 00:00:17,458 --> 00:00:19,166 right here. 7 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:21,000 This is for you... 8 00:00:21,083 --> 00:00:24,875 Look at them. With that morning-after glow. 9 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:28,000 This is what your wife is out doing. 10 00:00:28,083 --> 00:00:29,000 [Bobby] You see things differently. 11 00:00:29,083 --> 00:00:31,625 That's an edge. Congratulations. 12 00:00:31,709 --> 00:00:33,583 All the analysts now answer to you. 13 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:36,583 We've long suspected criminal activity at Axe Capital. 14 00:00:36,667 --> 00:00:39,083 -Do you know how to do this? -Some parts of the job 15 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:40,625 are pretty intuitive. 16 00:00:40,709 --> 00:00:42,458 Is there any law enforcement here? 17 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:43,667 [Rico] No. 18 00:00:43,750 --> 00:00:46,542 You let me know if any show up. 19 00:00:46,625 --> 00:00:49,542 -You should name a C.I.O. -I'll do it. 20 00:00:49,625 --> 00:00:52,291 But I'm not running with you. And neither are the kids. 21 00:00:52,375 --> 00:00:54,125 So, you do what you got to do, but we're staying. 22 00:00:54,208 --> 00:00:56,333 [Chuck Sr.] Black Jack Foley. 23 00:00:56,417 --> 00:00:58,000 -How are you, Charles? -[Chuck Sr.] I'll be better 24 00:00:58,083 --> 00:01:01,041 if you help me out with a little something. 25 00:01:01,125 --> 00:01:02,041 Jack. 26 00:01:02,125 --> 00:01:04,750 Will you make me governor? 27 00:01:04,834 --> 00:01:06,208 [vomits, all gasp] 28 00:01:06,291 --> 00:01:09,542 The Ice Juice IPO never tracks back to my family, 29 00:01:09,625 --> 00:01:10,959 to my father's investment. 30 00:01:11,041 --> 00:01:13,458 Get out of the stock, Chuck. They're gonna crush you. 31 00:01:13,542 --> 00:01:16,083 Wow, I'm glad to see you view me as so defenseless. 32 00:01:16,166 --> 00:01:17,917 The Ice Juice short, how do I get a piece of that? 33 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,834 Ice Juice never made anyone sick. 34 00:01:20,917 --> 00:01:21,792 You baited him? 35 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:25,750 You used my company, my career, my future... 36 00:01:25,834 --> 00:01:28,417 Where do you get the fucking nerve?! 37 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:29,834 I am done with you. 38 00:01:29,917 --> 00:01:30,750 You've been named interim U.S. Attorney 39 00:01:30,834 --> 00:01:33,000 for the Eastern District. 40 00:01:33,083 --> 00:01:35,333 You didn't think this shit happened by accident, 41 00:01:35,417 --> 00:01:36,667 did you, Mr. Dake? 42 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:39,583 I've arranged that you'll lead the prosecution at Eastern. 43 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:40,917 Tell Sacker I'm gonna make her Chief of Crim. 44 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,709 [Bobby] I'm gonna find it. 45 00:01:44,792 --> 00:01:46,542 Whatever thread you left behind. 46 00:01:46,625 --> 00:01:47,917 And I am gonna pull on it 47 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,834 until your whole fucking world unravels. 48 00:01:50,917 --> 00:01:52,792 I might go down behind all of this, 49 00:01:52,875 --> 00:01:55,291 but you are gonna be right there next to me. 50 00:01:56,709 --> 00:01:59,291 Worth it. 51 00:02:07,083 --> 00:02:10,542 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 52 00:02:19,750 --> 00:02:22,792 ♪ Garrett T. Capps' "Born in San Antone" ♪ 53 00:02:36,083 --> 00:02:38,917 ♪ I was born in San Antone ♪ 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,875 ♪ I was born in San Antone ♪ 55 00:02:43,959 --> 00:02:48,208 ♪ I guess that's why I'm a pinche gringo ♪ 56 00:02:48,291 --> 00:02:52,083 ♪ I was born in San Antone ♪ 57 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:54,458 ♪♪♪ 58 00:02:56,834 --> 00:03:00,041 I'm from horse country, Chuck, West Texas. 59 00:03:00,125 --> 00:03:03,250 My family bred 'em, American quarterhorses. 60 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:05,625 Those babies fetch quite the price, 61 00:03:05,709 --> 00:03:08,208 so we were real gentle with the product. 62 00:03:08,291 --> 00:03:09,417 We used teasers. 63 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:11,458 Those are stallions you put into the stall 64 00:03:11,542 --> 00:03:14,625 with the sole purpose of making sure the mare's in heat, 65 00:03:14,709 --> 00:03:15,709 primed for breeding. 66 00:03:15,792 --> 00:03:17,208 Now, a teaser, he doesn't get to do any fucking. 67 00:03:17,291 --> 00:03:20,000 He's just there to get the mare ready. 68 00:03:20,083 --> 00:03:21,250 Take her kicks. 69 00:03:21,333 --> 00:03:24,083 Try to mount, take some more kicks. 70 00:03:24,166 --> 00:03:25,750 By God, that teaser, 71 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:29,250 he's got a rager going on the whole dang time. 72 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:30,959 But that doesn't matter. 73 00:03:31,041 --> 00:03:32,959 As soon as that dam is ready, 74 00:03:33,041 --> 00:03:35,750 we yank that teaser out of there, lead the real stud in, 75 00:03:35,834 --> 00:03:38,166 and he gets to do all the fucking. 76 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:42,291 Teaser has to make do with some mangy hay and a bucket of oats. 77 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:42,875 Brutal. 78 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:47,583 Yeah, nature often is. 79 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:50,291 Right now, you're that teaser, aren't you, 80 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:51,959 with Dake prosecuting Axelrod? 81 00:03:52,041 --> 00:03:53,291 He's getting all the credit 82 00:03:53,375 --> 00:03:57,083 for putting the cuffs on him and freezing his assets. 83 00:03:57,166 --> 00:04:00,166 Dake is fucking Axelrod right now in front of everybody, 84 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:02,250 and you, you're back in the barn, 85 00:04:02,333 --> 00:04:05,583 nursing your rager with a bucket of oats. 86 00:04:07,041 --> 00:04:08,166 Well, as long as justice is served, 87 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:10,500 credit doesn't matter at all, General. 88 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:12,917 Good. 89 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,333 Why don't you tell me how it really makes you feel 90 00:04:16,417 --> 00:04:19,458 to see Dake with the lariat in his grip? 91 00:04:22,875 --> 00:04:25,709 You'd like to tear that case from him with your bare hands 92 00:04:25,792 --> 00:04:27,500 and leave him crying in the gutter. 93 00:04:27,583 --> 00:04:30,542 Hmm? 94 00:04:30,625 --> 00:04:32,291 You got some wolf in you, 95 00:04:32,375 --> 00:04:35,166 which is why you're not getting fired. 96 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:36,500 Not quite yet, anyway. 97 00:04:36,583 --> 00:04:39,000 No, sir, you are among the blessed few. 98 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:41,333 It's end times for most of your brethren, 99 00:04:41,417 --> 00:04:44,083 but you have not been raptured yet. 100 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:45,834 I've only kept on seven U.S. attorneys 101 00:04:45,917 --> 00:04:48,166 since the president was good enough to appoint me 102 00:04:48,250 --> 00:04:49,458 Attorney General of these United States. 103 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:53,375 I just wanted to make sure our agendas are aligned 104 00:04:53,458 --> 00:04:55,625 when it comes to that justice you spoke of 105 00:04:55,709 --> 00:04:57,083 moments ago. 106 00:04:57,166 --> 00:05:00,458 These high-profile cases you and your people have working? 107 00:05:00,542 --> 00:05:02,375 Heap of Wall Street-related matters. 108 00:05:02,458 --> 00:05:05,333 Well, the markets are within my purview. 109 00:05:05,417 --> 00:05:06,083 Well, that may be, 110 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:08,000 but I come from baseball country. 111 00:05:08,083 --> 00:05:10,583 We learn at an early age 112 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:11,875 that a tie goes to the runner. 113 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:15,500 And that is how I want you to think of our business community 114 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:16,917 and its leaders from now on. 115 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,625 Now, look, if there's a clear crime, 116 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,500 then, by all means, you go after it. 117 00:05:20,583 --> 00:05:24,458 But if it's a bang-bang play, don't call a man out on a win. 118 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:26,500 Just let that rally continue. 119 00:05:26,583 --> 00:05:30,417 I thought you come from horse country. 120 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:35,709 West Texas contains multitudes, Chuck. 121 00:05:35,792 --> 00:05:37,792 Ahh. 122 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,792 Prioritize the cases that make sense. 123 00:05:39,875 --> 00:05:42,333 You know what to do with the rest. 124 00:05:42,417 --> 00:05:45,834 They're marked so there's no confusion. 125 00:05:47,875 --> 00:05:49,792 Come on, let's schottische on into this ballroom. 126 00:05:49,875 --> 00:05:52,000 Come on. 127 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:54,375 [chuckles] 128 00:05:54,458 --> 00:05:55,667 ♪ When I was younger ♪ 129 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:57,750 ♪ Thought I was oh so very bold ♪ 130 00:05:57,834 --> 00:05:59,834 ♪ Everyone told me ♪ 131 00:05:59,917 --> 00:06:01,250 ♪ To never leave home ♪ 132 00:06:01,333 --> 00:06:03,667 ♪ I said I'm sorry ♪ 133 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:06,250 ♪ But I've got to go ♪ 134 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:10,625 ♪ I was born in San Antone ♪ 135 00:06:10,709 --> 00:06:13,000 ♪♪♪ 136 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:34,291 ♪ The Dictators' "The Next Big Thing" ♪ 137 00:06:39,375 --> 00:06:43,458 ♪ I used to shiver in the wings ♪ 138 00:06:43,542 --> 00:06:47,583 ♪ But then I was young ♪ 139 00:06:47,667 --> 00:06:50,375 ♪ I used to shiver in the wings ♪ 140 00:06:50,458 --> 00:06:55,583 ♪ Until I found my own tongue ♪ 141 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:59,917 ♪ I sock 'em everywhere that I sing ♪ 142 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,166 ♪ 'Cause you know, baby ♪ 143 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:02,917 ♪ I'm the next big thing ♪ 144 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,875 ♪♪♪ 145 00:07:15,041 --> 00:07:16,500 First order of business. 146 00:07:16,583 --> 00:07:19,291 There's going to be an idea dinner night after tomorrow. 147 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:21,333 -Platinum invite list-- -Fuck. Fuck that. 148 00:07:21,417 --> 00:07:23,250 Fuck having this meeting without Axe here. 149 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:24,375 Fuck all of this. 150 00:07:24,458 --> 00:07:27,125 -Easy, "Dollar" Bill. -Nothing about this is easy. 151 00:07:27,208 --> 00:07:28,875 I've been humping my ass into the city, 152 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:31,417 hour and a half in traffic, into this swanky Manhattan office, 153 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,166 and you haven't called a single meeting 154 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:35,333 because the government's frozen all the assets. 155 00:07:35,417 --> 00:07:37,041 So when you called this meeting, 156 00:07:37,125 --> 00:07:38,667 I assumed that meant it was go-time 157 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:40,458 and they've finally been unfrozen. 158 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:43,041 Not yet. Still frozen like Otzi in the goddamn Alps. 159 00:07:43,125 --> 00:07:45,500 That's the Frozen Man, right? 160 00:07:48,792 --> 00:07:50,291 I need those funds to flow 161 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:52,834 like the Kancamangus Rapids. 162 00:07:52,917 --> 00:07:55,166 I'm ready to rock and roll on full auto 163 00:07:55,250 --> 00:07:56,709 right the fuck now. 164 00:07:56,792 --> 00:07:58,875 [all talking] 165 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:01,542 [man] Where the hell is Axe? 166 00:08:01,625 --> 00:08:05,083 ♪ soft music ♪ 167 00:08:08,875 --> 00:08:12,083 I'm over here! 168 00:08:27,041 --> 00:08:29,333 Cool bachelor pad...bro. 169 00:08:29,417 --> 00:08:33,959 I wasn't gonna stay in Westport. 170 00:08:34,041 --> 00:08:35,834 Guys like you head to the city 171 00:08:35,917 --> 00:08:37,709 when their marriages fall apart 172 00:08:37,792 --> 00:08:39,583 for the same reason birds fly south 173 00:08:39,667 --> 00:08:42,333 instead of freezing their asses off. 174 00:08:42,417 --> 00:08:43,458 It's in the genetic code. 175 00:08:43,542 --> 00:08:47,875 You're the first person to see the place. 176 00:08:47,959 --> 00:08:49,667 Other than the kids. 177 00:08:49,750 --> 00:08:50,583 What do they think? 178 00:08:50,667 --> 00:08:54,125 It's stocked with video games and snacks. 179 00:08:54,208 --> 00:08:55,667 They seem fine. 180 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:58,542 How about you? 181 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:01,625 Did you just change out of the pajamas 182 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:02,750 three minutes ago? 183 00:09:04,166 --> 00:09:06,625 Are you planning to come to the office anytime soon? 184 00:09:06,709 --> 00:09:08,375 Yeah, once my assets are unfrozen. 185 00:09:08,458 --> 00:09:09,542 Should everyone else go home, too? 186 00:09:09,625 --> 00:09:12,625 Not if they want to stay on the payroll. 187 00:09:12,709 --> 00:09:14,667 That's inspiring stuff. 188 00:09:14,750 --> 00:09:17,583 Must be what Kennedy said to his staff 189 00:09:17,667 --> 00:09:18,583 during the Cuban missile crisis. 190 00:09:18,667 --> 00:09:23,083 Kennedy wasn't under as much pressure as I am. 191 00:09:23,166 --> 00:09:26,542 I tell you, Bobby, it's times like these I... 192 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:30,000 I wish you hadn't fired Dr. Gus. 193 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:31,834 Why? 194 00:09:31,917 --> 00:09:34,667 Because this... 195 00:09:34,750 --> 00:09:36,917 is a fuckin' disaster. 196 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,458 [chuckles softly] 197 00:09:38,542 --> 00:09:39,709 [all talking] 198 00:09:39,792 --> 00:09:41,000 I get it! I get it. 199 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:42,750 You're worried that every day you're on the sidelines 200 00:09:42,834 --> 00:09:46,500 makes it harder for you to make your numbers for the year. 201 00:09:46,583 --> 00:09:48,667 Not harder. Impossible. 202 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:50,667 -Right? -Well, know this. 203 00:09:50,750 --> 00:09:52,458 You won't fall below the hard deck. 204 00:09:52,542 --> 00:09:55,375 No one is crashing and burning. 205 00:09:55,458 --> 00:09:58,208 If you come through for me now, you will all make a bonus 206 00:09:58,291 --> 00:10:00,583 of at least what you made last year. 207 00:10:05,083 --> 00:10:08,041 But first, you need to deliver on today's mission. 208 00:10:08,125 --> 00:10:10,333 The idea dinner. 209 00:10:10,417 --> 00:10:14,000 Top-ten hedge-fund managers in the city will be there. 210 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:15,208 These rat fucks 211 00:10:15,291 --> 00:10:16,542 are how these billionaires measure themselves. 212 00:10:16,625 --> 00:10:19,333 Even being in the room confers upon you 213 00:10:19,417 --> 00:10:21,125 almost mythical status, 214 00:10:21,208 --> 00:10:23,083 like you're a knight of the Round Table. 215 00:10:23,166 --> 00:10:24,917 -They ride in on horses? -Maybachs. 216 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,875 I've heard Axe say he'd never go to one of these hog shows. 217 00:10:27,959 --> 00:10:29,750 Yeah, that he couldn't understand why anybody 218 00:10:29,834 --> 00:10:31,792 would want to sit with his rivals and give away good plays. 219 00:10:31,875 --> 00:10:33,375 [Wags] The whys and goddamned wherefores 220 00:10:33,458 --> 00:10:36,208 are not for you to concern your pretty little heads with. 221 00:10:36,291 --> 00:10:38,792 I think it's great that we're invited, considering. 222 00:10:38,875 --> 00:10:41,667 We're kind of the most toxic shop on the street right now. 223 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:43,875 They begged him to come, sent emissaries, gifts, 224 00:10:43,959 --> 00:10:47,250 all to ensure he'd be there to share his insights. 225 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:48,250 I'm so radioactive right now, 226 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:50,667 I had to beg an invite to this idea dinner. 227 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:53,000 I need to understand why you'd do that. 228 00:10:53,083 --> 00:10:54,500 Why do you think it matters? 229 00:10:54,583 --> 00:10:56,000 Look at where I am. 230 00:10:56,083 --> 00:10:58,583 Indicted, thanks to your husband. 231 00:10:58,667 --> 00:11:02,125 Thanks to you giving in to the worst of your instincts. 232 00:11:02,208 --> 00:11:03,792 Well, yeah, maybe that, too. 233 00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:05,792 But the point is I'm about to stand trial. 234 00:11:05,875 --> 00:11:09,458 If I win, I want a company to return to. 235 00:11:09,542 --> 00:11:11,709 The government, by freezing my funds, 236 00:11:11,792 --> 00:11:14,417 is trying to tell the story that we're crooked. 237 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:15,583 They know we're not. 238 00:11:15,667 --> 00:11:19,250 They know they spent years trying and failing to prove it, 239 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:20,333 but the story is being written 240 00:11:20,417 --> 00:11:21,583 every day now. 241 00:11:21,667 --> 00:11:24,125 So events like this idea dinner, 242 00:11:24,208 --> 00:11:25,417 they also tell a story. 243 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,625 So if I'm there, I'm telling the story 244 00:11:26,709 --> 00:11:29,750 that I'm not cowering, I'm not hiding, 245 00:11:29,834 --> 00:11:30,917 I'm not defeated. 246 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,333 But I can't just show up. I have to dominate it. 247 00:11:33,417 --> 00:11:35,083 The only thing is, 248 00:11:35,166 --> 00:11:38,291 for the first time in my life, 249 00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:42,625 I don't think I can. 250 00:11:42,709 --> 00:11:44,583 Fear? 251 00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:45,834 Rage. 252 00:11:45,917 --> 00:11:49,667 We need to arm him with an idea that will shock and awe 253 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:52,458 so the dinner ends with Axe's idea 254 00:11:52,542 --> 00:11:54,500 e-mailed and texted from firm to firm, 255 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:56,792 leaving no doubt we are still the sharpest. 256 00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:58,583 So go generate some speedballs he can dazzle with 257 00:11:58,667 --> 00:12:02,667 or go the fuck home for good. 258 00:12:02,750 --> 00:12:04,333 [grunts] 259 00:12:09,959 --> 00:12:12,583 You're not authorized to guarantee bonuses. 260 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:14,917 Your ego just wrote a check your body can't cash. 261 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,458 I appreciate you waiting until after the meeting 262 00:12:16,542 --> 00:12:18,625 to hit me with that one. 263 00:12:18,709 --> 00:12:19,750 I know holding back doesn't come naturally. 264 00:12:19,834 --> 00:12:22,709 Well, I was so shocked you could quote "Top Gun," 265 00:12:22,792 --> 00:12:23,959 it took me a second to respond. 266 00:12:24,041 --> 00:12:26,750 I figure speaking their language is part of the job now. 267 00:12:26,834 --> 00:12:27,625 But none of this is going to matter 268 00:12:27,709 --> 00:12:30,291 unless Axe gets us back in the game. 269 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:33,458 I have our best man working on it right now. 270 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:34,625 I want to run a Dickens process. 271 00:12:34,709 --> 00:12:37,667 Tony Robbins took me through it a few years back, so... 272 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:38,333 Sit down. 273 00:12:38,417 --> 00:12:41,291 [sighs] 274 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:46,375 I take you to specific moments in your life, 275 00:12:46,458 --> 00:12:47,834 use them to jump into the future. 276 00:12:47,917 --> 00:12:49,500 You get to experience different possible versions 277 00:12:49,583 --> 00:12:51,625 of your life, like in-- 278 00:12:51,709 --> 00:12:55,166 Like "A Christmas Carol," hence, Dickens. 279 00:12:55,250 --> 00:12:57,166 Let's find a moment early on 280 00:12:57,250 --> 00:12:59,417 when your rage served you. 281 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:01,583 Close your eyes. 282 00:13:03,542 --> 00:13:07,125 Let it come to you. 283 00:13:10,250 --> 00:13:13,375 Fifth grade. 284 00:13:13,458 --> 00:13:14,875 I needed money. 285 00:13:14,959 --> 00:13:17,750 There were these rich eighth-grade pricks 286 00:13:17,834 --> 00:13:18,834 from Harrison. 287 00:13:18,917 --> 00:13:20,667 God, I hated their stupid faces. 288 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:23,625 I had an Islander jersey and a Koho hockey stick. 289 00:13:23,709 --> 00:13:26,250 I signed 'em Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier, 290 00:13:26,333 --> 00:13:28,166 and the dickbags bought 'em. 291 00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:29,291 What'd you get? 292 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:32,750 $300 cash, new sneakers, Atari. 293 00:13:32,834 --> 00:13:34,750 When they found out, they went to town on me 294 00:13:34,834 --> 00:13:35,583 like Dave "The Hammer" Schultz. 295 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:40,208 God, I got so angry at them, 296 00:13:40,291 --> 00:13:42,542 my parents for not having enough money, 297 00:13:42,625 --> 00:13:45,417 myself for getting caught. 298 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:48,583 That rage... 299 00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:51,041 grew in me. 300 00:13:51,125 --> 00:13:53,375 It worked like jet fuel for years. 301 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:55,417 It was useful. 302 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,250 Yeah. Fuck, yeah, it was. Got me here. 303 00:13:58,333 --> 00:14:01,041 Your brain, instincts, market feel, all that, 304 00:14:01,125 --> 00:14:02,166 had more to do with it. 305 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:03,709 But for the moment, let's agree 306 00:14:03,792 --> 00:14:05,417 that the rage worked for a time. 307 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:08,166 But let's look for a moment when it was the wrong tool 308 00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:10,250 and it cost you more than it made you. 309 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,250 We're gonna talk about your husband now? 310 00:14:12,333 --> 00:14:13,917 No, about you 311 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,709 and how when you allow your anger 312 00:14:16,792 --> 00:14:19,250 to make you blind to consequences, 313 00:14:19,333 --> 00:14:22,542 it shuts off those other more crucial skills. 314 00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:27,375 Let's take a moment 315 00:14:27,458 --> 00:14:29,208 from your personal life 316 00:14:29,291 --> 00:14:32,792 with Lara. 317 00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:35,875 She'd say I allowed my anger to throw everything away, 318 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,333 to crack the foundation of trust. 319 00:14:38,417 --> 00:14:41,333 So what if you could go back into your past? 320 00:14:41,417 --> 00:14:44,125 How would you handle that memorabilia sale? 321 00:14:44,208 --> 00:14:46,125 My past? 322 00:14:46,208 --> 00:14:47,083 Nah, I wouldn't change it. 323 00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:51,667 Good. We can't. 324 00:14:51,750 --> 00:14:53,709 But holding on to the feeling 325 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:55,792 of that rage, look to the future. 326 00:14:55,875 --> 00:14:57,667 Where do you see yourself in five years 327 00:14:57,750 --> 00:15:00,125 if you carry on this way, 328 00:15:00,208 --> 00:15:04,417 if you continue to carry the weight of this anger? 329 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,542 Where are you in 10? 330 00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:09,834 20? 331 00:15:09,917 --> 00:15:11,959 Are you happy? 332 00:15:12,041 --> 00:15:14,792 Are you fulfilled? 333 00:15:14,875 --> 00:15:18,875 Or are you lonely, bitter? 334 00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:22,041 Lashing out. 335 00:15:22,125 --> 00:15:23,917 Fuck Dickens! 336 00:15:24,959 --> 00:15:27,542 All I see is jail 337 00:15:27,625 --> 00:15:30,041 and the company I spent my lifetime building up 338 00:15:30,125 --> 00:15:31,000 reduced to rubble. 339 00:15:31,083 --> 00:15:33,709 Look, I want to do this with you. 340 00:15:33,792 --> 00:15:36,333 I want to believe that it can help. 341 00:15:36,417 --> 00:15:38,834 But I just don't think I can. 342 00:15:38,917 --> 00:15:42,333 Okay. 343 00:15:42,417 --> 00:15:46,166 But now you know exactly where your focus needs to be, 344 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:47,667 where you need to be. 345 00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:49,458 At the office. 346 00:15:49,542 --> 00:15:52,041 And when you get back home from this conclave, 347 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:53,959 make sure you get with your people. 348 00:15:54,041 --> 00:15:57,625 Make sure we are all on the same bill of lading. 349 00:15:57,709 --> 00:15:59,208 There's a new sheriff in town. 350 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:00,959 You are all my deputies. 351 00:16:01,041 --> 00:16:03,834 Gonna be one hell of a turkey shoot! 352 00:16:03,917 --> 00:16:05,917 Thank you! 353 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,166 God bless you. 354 00:16:10,625 --> 00:16:12,834 Are we still employed? 355 00:16:12,917 --> 00:16:14,333 We seem to be. 356 00:16:14,417 --> 00:16:17,333 Mm. And the shift in agenda he was talking about, 357 00:16:17,417 --> 00:16:18,208 that hits us? 358 00:16:18,291 --> 00:16:20,500 Mm-hmm, but we press on, as always. 359 00:16:20,583 --> 00:16:23,917 I'll handle the optics, and we'll manage up the chain. 360 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,208 Just so you know, I'm as nimble as I need to be. 361 00:16:27,291 --> 00:16:28,417 I count on that. 362 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,375 This is the fissile material. 363 00:16:30,458 --> 00:16:31,917 You'll know what to do. 364 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:32,875 Well, well, well. 365 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:35,834 Bryan Connerty and his new lord. 366 00:16:35,917 --> 00:16:37,834 May your reign be long and fruitful. 367 00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:40,583 I serve at the pleasure-- 368 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,417 Don't we all? 369 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,083 Freezing the assets? 370 00:16:44,166 --> 00:16:47,083 Now, that's an Ivan Koloff bear hug you're putting on the man. 371 00:16:47,166 --> 00:16:49,250 You're squeezing the breath out of him. 372 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:50,750 I was more Iron Sheik era. 373 00:16:50,834 --> 00:16:51,750 All right, fine. 374 00:16:51,834 --> 00:16:54,375 It's a camel clutch, and a hell of a good one. 375 00:16:54,458 --> 00:16:56,125 You seem pretty comfy at his elbow. 376 00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:58,041 That's the job. 377 00:16:58,125 --> 00:16:58,834 Until it ain't. 378 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:01,667 Man, ain't that the truth? 379 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:04,417 But you can't let this monster have a chance to recover. 380 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,333 Yes. I'll use my leverage and strength 381 00:17:06,417 --> 00:17:08,250 and get something valuable in return. 382 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:09,792 I know my job, Chuck. 383 00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:13,041 And I also know the real reason you need this to go quickly. 384 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:16,083 Oh? And what do you imagine that is? 385 00:17:16,166 --> 00:17:17,834 You are like a man who committed a crime of passion. 386 00:17:17,917 --> 00:17:21,917 In the moment, it felt so right. 387 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,375 But in the morning, 388 00:17:23,458 --> 00:17:25,709 all he sees is the blood splashed on the walls 389 00:17:25,792 --> 00:17:28,000 of his dead lover's bedroom, 390 00:17:28,083 --> 00:17:30,291 and he just wants it all to go away, 391 00:17:30,375 --> 00:17:31,917 but it can't. 392 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,125 I'm going to prosecute the case to the full extent of the law 393 00:17:34,208 --> 00:17:37,417 without breaking the terms of our agreement. 394 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:39,417 So if you don't clean up all the blood 395 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:40,959 before the cops get there, 396 00:17:41,041 --> 00:17:43,667 I cannot guarantee your DNA stays out of the courtroom. 397 00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:47,333 This is a conversation we need to finish somewhere else... 398 00:17:47,417 --> 00:17:48,500 private. 399 00:17:57,083 --> 00:17:59,250 [horns honking] 400 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:06,917 Hey. 401 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:07,375 Hey. 402 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:10,458 You ready? 403 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:11,750 Yeah. 404 00:18:11,834 --> 00:18:12,375 Let's do this. 405 00:18:14,208 --> 00:18:17,166 And newly appointed U.S. Treasury Secretary 406 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:19,917 Todd Krakow was sworn in today. 407 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,291 Look at that preening fuck. 408 00:18:21,375 --> 00:18:25,834 You know, his name on money may actually make me like him less. 409 00:18:25,917 --> 00:18:28,208 Hello, Bobby. 410 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:30,834 Birch! 411 00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:31,500 -Axe. -Wendy. 412 00:18:31,583 --> 00:18:33,667 Lara. 413 00:18:35,917 --> 00:18:38,291 I'm here to go over my assets. 414 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,625 You were supposed to bring a business manager 415 00:18:40,709 --> 00:18:41,750 or accountant, not a competitor. 416 00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:44,500 I only compete with currently active hedge funds. 417 00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:46,291 Ding, ding, ding! I want a clean fight. 418 00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:47,458 Protect yourselves at all times. 419 00:18:47,542 --> 00:18:49,166 There'll be no standing eight count. 420 00:18:49,250 --> 00:18:50,208 Give Lara full access to the books. 421 00:18:50,291 --> 00:18:53,208 She has a right to see the state of things. 422 00:18:53,291 --> 00:18:55,834 As you wish, my liege. 423 00:19:01,291 --> 00:19:04,542 Run her through where the bodies are buried. 424 00:19:06,625 --> 00:19:07,667 [door closes] 425 00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:10,333 This column, 426 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,250 this one, this one, and this one 427 00:19:12,333 --> 00:19:14,208 are the main holdings. 428 00:19:14,291 --> 00:19:16,041 There you have it. 429 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:18,542 I see the balance on the accounts. 430 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,417 And what a soaring, fat balance it is. 431 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:22,041 We need to see the trade history 432 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:24,333 leading up to the redemptions and cash positions. 433 00:19:24,417 --> 00:19:25,375 Sure. Let me bring up a different screen. 434 00:19:25,458 --> 00:19:27,375 Like Squanto should have said to the pilgrims, 435 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:30,291 "Get the fuck out of here." -Wags, come on. 436 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:31,458 It's proprietary. You're not seeing it. 437 00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:35,125 -This is bullshit, Wags. -Lara, we're not having a fight. 438 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:36,917 I'm telling you, you're not gonna see that shit. 439 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:37,875 As is often the case, 440 00:19:37,959 --> 00:19:39,333 the longer you can hold off, the more likely 441 00:19:39,417 --> 00:19:42,250 you'll be screaming in pleasure at the end. 442 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:43,917 We're not making a porno, Orrin, 443 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,375 though I appreciate the effort to make me laugh. 444 00:19:45,458 --> 00:19:49,375 My father always said laughter was the best medicine, 445 00:19:49,458 --> 00:19:51,166 which is why I was so confused 446 00:19:51,250 --> 00:19:53,875 when I finally tried cocaine in the '80s. 447 00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:55,583 [scoffs] 448 00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:57,750 Okay. You lightened my mood. 449 00:19:57,834 --> 00:20:00,166 Now make me really happy and tell me how we expose 450 00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:01,750 all the shit that Rhoades pulled 451 00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:02,834 to suck me in. 452 00:20:02,917 --> 00:20:05,250 Easier said, Bobby, because we can't introduce that 453 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:08,250 without confirming your actions as a response. 454 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:10,250 We'd be virtually admitting your role. 455 00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:14,041 What he did, it's a fucking crime. 456 00:20:14,125 --> 00:20:17,000 Maybe. But it's not a defense. 457 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,458 All right, get to the rest. 458 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:23,083 Let's get our new head of compliance up here. 459 00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:25,792 ♪ Hey, Mr. Jim ♪ 460 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:29,291 ♪ I can see the shape you're in ♪ 461 00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:33,208 ♪ Thinking that you're such a lady killer ♪ 462 00:20:33,291 --> 00:20:36,500 ♪ Think you're so slick ♪ 463 00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:38,041 ♪ Well, all right ♪ 464 00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:39,917 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 465 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,458 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 466 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:47,208 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 467 00:20:47,291 --> 00:20:48,834 The answer man is here. 468 00:20:48,917 --> 00:20:52,333 The charges carry a long potential sentence. 469 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:53,375 15 to 20 years 470 00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:57,000 and tens of millions in fines, of course. 471 00:20:57,083 --> 00:20:59,542 They're using the locked-up money to distract us 472 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,208 as they meticulously build their case. 473 00:21:02,291 --> 00:21:04,792 They are using the locked money to do three things. 474 00:21:04,875 --> 00:21:06,166 One, to make me take a plea. 475 00:21:06,250 --> 00:21:08,583 Two, to make it hard for my people so they'll quit. 476 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,125 And, three, to spread the word through implication 477 00:21:11,208 --> 00:21:13,041 that this is about more than my actions against Ice Juice, 478 00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:15,667 that we are an illegal enterprise. 479 00:21:15,750 --> 00:21:16,792 Turn on the telestrator, 480 00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:19,875 because you just diagramed the shit out of this. 481 00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:24,333 How long can they really keep it frozen? 482 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:25,375 Wrong question. 483 00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:27,208 This is where the holding out comes in. 484 00:21:27,291 --> 00:21:29,458 Don't let anyone know you care. 485 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:32,834 Mm, we'll find a way to get you liquid again 486 00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:34,333 in four to six months. 487 00:21:34,417 --> 00:21:36,041 Months? Fuck that. 488 00:21:36,125 --> 00:21:38,166 There is one idea that might get it done right away, 489 00:21:38,250 --> 00:21:41,375 but it's one you're going to hate. 490 00:21:41,458 --> 00:21:45,375 Give up your so-called license to trade. 491 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:48,667 Walk away from the table. Cash in your chips. 492 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:52,083 They'd be forced to release the bulk of your money. 493 00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:53,417 That is the only angle that I see. 494 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:56,959 And if it's the only angle that I see, 495 00:21:57,041 --> 00:21:58,667 it's the only angle there is. 496 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:00,208 You agree to stop trading, you personally, 497 00:22:00,291 --> 00:22:03,166 and they give you back your money. 498 00:22:03,250 --> 00:22:05,625 We would set something up where Axe Cap trades it 499 00:22:05,709 --> 00:22:06,542 without your direction. 500 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:09,250 It would function like a blind trust, 501 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:11,083 but the language would be such 502 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:13,709 and they'd be releasing so much money back to you 503 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:15,000 that if you violated it -- 504 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:17,291 Oh, that is a bozo no-no. 505 00:22:17,375 --> 00:22:20,750 Do that and you would earn yourself a lifetime ban... 506 00:22:20,834 --> 00:22:22,417 and more. 507 00:22:24,583 --> 00:22:26,542 No. 508 00:22:26,625 --> 00:22:27,083 No fuckin' way. 509 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,500 I'll never do that. 510 00:22:28,583 --> 00:22:31,583 If I give up my ability to trade, I'm agreeing 511 00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:33,583 that they're right and I built all this by cheating. 512 00:22:36,417 --> 00:22:38,917 I might as well give up my license to breathe. 513 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,917 You guys have to work it out yourselves. 514 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,542 Do not put me in the middle of it. 515 00:22:42,625 --> 00:22:43,458 What the fuck is-- 516 00:22:45,709 --> 00:22:46,208 [sighs] 517 00:22:46,291 --> 00:22:47,166 What's the problem? 518 00:22:47,250 --> 00:22:49,583 Your lap dog is not cooperating. 519 00:22:49,667 --> 00:22:50,792 Wags, although Lara should have faith, 520 00:22:50,875 --> 00:22:54,208 because I've shown I'm pretty good at making a dollar, 521 00:22:54,291 --> 00:22:55,875 she has a right to choose and make her own decisions, 522 00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:57,834 like I told you. 523 00:22:57,917 --> 00:22:59,417 I thought you were telling me with a wink. 524 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:00,959 That's why I played back with the "liege" stuff. 525 00:23:01,041 --> 00:23:02,667 -Did I wink at you, ever? -Not an actual wink, but-- 526 00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:05,208 Are you planning on giving him your money to manage? 527 00:23:05,291 --> 00:23:07,792 If it ever gets unfrozen, I might. 528 00:23:07,875 --> 00:23:10,208 -Why? -For general health, financial, 529 00:23:10,291 --> 00:23:11,500 and for things between us. 530 00:23:11,583 --> 00:23:13,500 Now that I'm able to take outside money, 531 00:23:13,583 --> 00:23:14,834 I thought I'd start with friends and family. 532 00:23:14,917 --> 00:23:16,750 We're neither. 533 00:23:16,834 --> 00:23:19,041 Listen, Lara, I won't micromanage you. 534 00:23:19,125 --> 00:23:21,667 But if you really plan 535 00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:24,250 on giving billions of dollars to this stock jockey, 536 00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:25,375 ask him this, 537 00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:28,834 how he's codified the behavioral heuristics at his firm 538 00:23:28,917 --> 00:23:31,458 from stock selection to position sizing 539 00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:33,959 to market timing to risk management. 540 00:23:34,041 --> 00:23:34,750 He hasn't, 541 00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:38,041 because his decision-flow process 542 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:40,083 is Google, Exxon, Proctor & Gamble, 543 00:23:40,166 --> 00:23:42,166 same as any old lady in Kansas City, 544 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:44,583 except she won't charge you two and twenty for it. 545 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:45,667 We are all in the same game, Axe, 546 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:48,750 protecting assets and trying to find that edge. 547 00:23:48,834 --> 00:23:50,875 You have about as much edge as Mister Rogers. 548 00:23:50,959 --> 00:23:51,917 Okay, guys! 549 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,250 [scoffs] 550 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:55,875 Okay, you go on ahead, sweetheart. 551 00:23:55,959 --> 00:23:58,500 You look into everything you want with Birch, 552 00:23:58,583 --> 00:24:01,333 and I will support whatever you decide. 553 00:24:02,959 --> 00:24:03,834 Thank you, Bobby. 554 00:24:03,917 --> 00:24:06,667 You really want me to let 'em into the books 555 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:07,667 and see the trades? 556 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,750 Lots of guys watch Bruce Lee movies. 557 00:24:09,834 --> 00:24:11,625 Doesn't mean you can do karate. 558 00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:17,667 Boot up the screen. 559 00:24:20,458 --> 00:24:22,375 I still can't believe he made that move. 560 00:24:22,458 --> 00:24:23,750 It was the smart thing to do. 561 00:24:23,834 --> 00:24:27,458 If I'd known what you were doing, I would have never-- 562 00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:28,667 Yes. No. 563 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:30,792 I mean, if you'd known, if you'd told me, 564 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:32,000 if I'd known-- 565 00:24:32,083 --> 00:24:34,667 It was a moment of peak. I'm gonna stop and tell you? 566 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:35,625 Wish you had. 567 00:24:35,709 --> 00:24:37,250 You were very convincing. 568 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:40,041 But, in a way, it all had to play itself out, didn't it? 569 00:24:40,125 --> 00:24:41,875 If I had known what you were gonna do-- 570 00:24:41,959 --> 00:24:44,208 -You'd have tried to stop me. -Yes, I would have, 571 00:24:44,291 --> 00:24:45,583 and I might have succeeded. 572 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:48,375 Well, that would have been better in one way... 573 00:24:48,458 --> 00:24:50,458 but worse in all the others... 574 00:24:50,542 --> 00:24:55,208 because now we are home, and we are a "we" again. 575 00:24:55,291 --> 00:24:56,875 And if I hadn't have done a thing, 576 00:24:56,959 --> 00:24:57,709 who knows how I'd have felt, 577 00:24:57,792 --> 00:24:59,166 what resentments might have festered? 578 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:00,208 But you did and I did, 579 00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:02,917 and there is nothing festering. 580 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:07,458 Except for the thing I'm off to deal with now. 581 00:25:07,542 --> 00:25:08,041 Yeah. 582 00:25:08,125 --> 00:25:09,625 Except that. 583 00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:16,500 Thank you. 584 00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:20,917 Your wife, she still down in D.C.? 585 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,417 Yes, outside. 586 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:23,667 You must miss her. 587 00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:26,792 We talk every day, and the train ride is only-- 588 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:28,917 Sure it is. But the problem is 589 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,041 that the free flow of information, 590 00:25:31,125 --> 00:25:35,083 the casual details of the day, can get lost. 591 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:36,375 You know, for a time, even though 592 00:25:36,458 --> 00:25:39,750 we did reside in the same house, my wife and I lived that way. 593 00:25:39,834 --> 00:25:42,583 You're telling me that you and your wife have no secrets? 594 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:44,333 Oh [chuckles] I'm certain some are still lurking. 595 00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:47,750 We all mask certain emotions, 596 00:25:47,834 --> 00:25:50,125 often our most intense ones, 597 00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:51,250 like Bjorn Borg did. 598 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:52,709 But like Borg, 599 00:25:52,792 --> 00:25:56,834 eventually, it'll end up costing you everything, 600 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:58,625 so we're digging in, right? 601 00:25:58,709 --> 00:25:59,750 Digging in. -Ah. 602 00:25:59,834 --> 00:26:02,792 She told you about her short on Ice Juice. 603 00:26:02,875 --> 00:26:04,458 That's the kind of bond we have. 604 00:26:04,542 --> 00:26:05,792 So you are here to tell me 605 00:26:05,875 --> 00:26:07,792 she will turn state's evidence 606 00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:09,667 to avoid being the subject of prosecution? 607 00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:12,875 She is a co-conspirator in Axe's scheme. 608 00:26:12,959 --> 00:26:14,083 No, sir. 609 00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:17,583 She's safe due to the terms of the deal you and I struck. 610 00:26:17,667 --> 00:26:20,166 That was about your father. 611 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:23,041 I said me and my family. 612 00:26:23,125 --> 00:26:24,709 And you assented. 613 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:28,583 And now you will say this is unduly burdensome, 614 00:26:28,667 --> 00:26:31,375 which will force me to say that it is less so 615 00:26:31,458 --> 00:26:33,250 than remaining a glorified Internal Affairs grunt 616 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:36,166 working out a dank office 617 00:26:36,250 --> 00:26:39,000 on the fringes of our capital city. 618 00:26:39,083 --> 00:26:40,000 And, as you saw, 619 00:26:40,083 --> 00:26:41,667 Jock Jeffcoat is taking my counsel these days 620 00:26:41,750 --> 00:26:45,041 on who should be in and who should be out. 621 00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:47,250 There's only so much compromise 622 00:26:47,333 --> 00:26:49,166 of my own system of morality 623 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:51,291 that I can swallow. 624 00:26:51,375 --> 00:26:55,500 I happen to know you're a Calvinist. 625 00:26:55,583 --> 00:27:00,291 You believe we're all fallen beyond any hope for redemption. 626 00:27:00,375 --> 00:27:02,500 So answer me this. 627 00:27:02,583 --> 00:27:06,417 What's one more demerit for a friend allied with you 628 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,250 against a common foe? 629 00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:09,542 Ecumenically, that's not exactly right, 630 00:27:09,625 --> 00:27:12,083 and it's borderline offensive. 631 00:27:12,166 --> 00:27:14,083 But, also, it's... 632 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:17,375 pretty much true. 633 00:27:17,458 --> 00:27:20,959 Okay. I'll do all I can 634 00:27:21,041 --> 00:27:23,500 to keep your wife out of it, 635 00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:25,125 but now you owe me. 636 00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:26,375 Name it. 637 00:27:26,458 --> 00:27:28,375 I'll hold it in reserve. 638 00:27:28,458 --> 00:27:31,542 A favor to be named later. 639 00:27:33,333 --> 00:27:35,208 Look at you, huh? 640 00:27:35,291 --> 00:27:37,959 Muckin' in. 641 00:27:38,041 --> 00:27:39,458 Done. 642 00:27:39,542 --> 00:27:41,542 This is all on background, no attribution. 643 00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:43,750 [Randy] Yep, until you want to go on record. 644 00:27:43,834 --> 00:27:45,291 Good. You know, if they were gonna charge the firm, 645 00:27:45,375 --> 00:27:47,500 they would have. 646 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:49,875 Well, isn't their argument that this one instance 647 00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:52,625 could be the tip of the iceberg, that they need to go 648 00:27:52,709 --> 00:27:55,417 through all the old trades to see if there's a pattern? 649 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,417 But that could take months. It's harassment, Randy. 650 00:27:58,500 --> 00:27:59,917 They've already spent years 651 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:00,917 going through all those old trades, 652 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,917 trying to make a case, and they've failed. 653 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,625 Now they've come up with this story about me and sabotage, 654 00:28:06,709 --> 00:28:08,208 which you will see is false. 655 00:28:08,291 --> 00:28:09,959 Look, I shorted that company 656 00:28:10,041 --> 00:28:12,583 'cause I saw a faulty process and bad financials, 657 00:28:12,667 --> 00:28:15,458 and I'm being penalized because the markets agreed with me. 658 00:28:15,542 --> 00:28:16,500 I was set up. 659 00:28:16,583 --> 00:28:18,792 Now, soon you'll have all these details, 660 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:19,917 but what they are doing right now 661 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,625 is they're trying to ruin not only my reputation 662 00:28:23,709 --> 00:28:26,250 but that of everyone who works at Axe Capital, 663 00:28:26,333 --> 00:28:29,792 and that is the story you should be digging into. 664 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:31,125 Hi. 665 00:28:31,208 --> 00:28:32,417 Want dinner? 666 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:35,375 Do we need to do that? 667 00:28:42,166 --> 00:28:43,542 Hey. 668 00:28:43,625 --> 00:28:46,166 On Axelrod, I could use to see the transaction records 669 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:48,250 of all the people who bought or sold stock 670 00:28:48,333 --> 00:28:49,709 in the Ice Juice IPO, the victims in this thing. 671 00:28:49,792 --> 00:28:52,000 You mean besides the people who were poisoned? 672 00:28:52,083 --> 00:28:55,375 Yeah, they were about the only ones who got paid. 673 00:28:55,458 --> 00:28:58,208 S.E.C. said you were holding the records for some reason. 674 00:28:58,291 --> 00:28:59,959 I've got forensic financial analysts 675 00:29:00,041 --> 00:29:01,458 combing through all that now. 676 00:29:01,542 --> 00:29:04,375 I didn't want you to, uh, bog down in those details. 677 00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,625 I like knowing the minutiae in my cases. 678 00:29:06,709 --> 00:29:09,750 Good, as I would expect you to. 679 00:29:09,834 --> 00:29:11,875 I'll get the results to you ASAP. 680 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:12,750 -Great. -Okay. 681 00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:15,458 You know, I was just wondering, 682 00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:17,667 who'd you get the initial tip from that started all this? 683 00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:20,333 I should interview him or her. 684 00:29:20,417 --> 00:29:22,625 I understand why you're asking, 685 00:29:22,709 --> 00:29:25,000 but my tipster is not exactly 686 00:29:25,083 --> 00:29:27,667 Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel. 687 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:28,667 Just a foot soldier. 688 00:29:28,750 --> 00:29:30,792 It was enough info to get the FBI going 689 00:29:30,875 --> 00:29:32,542 but not a firsthand witness. 690 00:29:32,625 --> 00:29:35,667 If there were material value, I would share the name. 691 00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:37,750 Of course. I know you would. 692 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:43,083 I am glad that I asked Chuck to send you to me. 693 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:44,792 I need your expertise. 694 00:29:44,875 --> 00:29:46,834 Glad to be here, boss. 695 00:29:46,917 --> 00:29:49,667 Ugh. Don't call me "boss." We're peers. 696 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,500 In a hierarchy, yes, but colleagues. 697 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:54,250 Call me "Oliver." 698 00:29:54,333 --> 00:29:57,792 You got it. 699 00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:01,375 Never trust an officer who doesn't ask you to salute. 700 00:30:01,458 --> 00:30:02,500 It means that what he does demand of you 701 00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:04,709 is gonna be a lot worse. 702 00:30:04,792 --> 00:30:05,834 Dake. 703 00:30:05,917 --> 00:30:07,000 All of it. 704 00:30:07,083 --> 00:30:09,750 You know, you're in law school now. 705 00:30:09,834 --> 00:30:11,875 How does this fact pattern smell to you? 706 00:30:11,959 --> 00:30:13,959 I get transferred to prosecute Axelrod, 707 00:30:14,041 --> 00:30:15,875 but then he puts a blindfold on me. 708 00:30:15,959 --> 00:30:19,667 I can't access certain documents or know who the tipster is? 709 00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:22,458 Well, there's nothing to be done about it now, so... 710 00:30:22,542 --> 00:30:24,583 drinks? 711 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:31,333 [sighs] 712 00:30:37,959 --> 00:30:38,959 Again? 713 00:30:39,041 --> 00:30:40,542 Hmm. 714 00:30:40,625 --> 00:30:42,458 Have you tried blinking rapidly 100 times? 715 00:30:42,542 --> 00:30:44,333 Yeah, I've tried it all. 716 00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:46,041 [sighs] 717 00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:54,667 We shouldn't have stopped seeing her. 718 00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:55,458 When you leave things unresolved, 719 00:30:55,542 --> 00:30:57,875 this is what happens. 720 00:30:57,959 --> 00:31:02,417 Mm. Maybe you're right. 721 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,417 Let's make an appointment. 722 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,542 I'm taking a walk. 723 00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:21,458 ♪ I walked the town at night ♪ 724 00:31:21,542 --> 00:31:23,667 ♪ Like a spade ♪ 725 00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:25,458 [Chuck] Chocolate egg cream, please. 726 00:31:25,542 --> 00:31:26,125 [woman] Coming right up. 727 00:31:26,208 --> 00:31:30,542 ♪ I walked the night ♪ 728 00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:33,542 I thought I'd find you here. 729 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:35,208 What do you want? 730 00:31:35,291 --> 00:31:39,333 I became single-minded to the point of myopia. 731 00:31:39,417 --> 00:31:42,959 I know that I have transgressed materially 732 00:31:43,041 --> 00:31:45,625 but, more importantly, in terms of loyalty. 733 00:31:45,709 --> 00:31:48,709 I will devote myself to the long and arduous process 734 00:31:48,792 --> 00:31:50,583 of making up for the latter. 735 00:31:50,667 --> 00:31:54,083 As to the former, I have an offer for you. 736 00:31:56,041 --> 00:31:57,709 I have lined up a seat for you 737 00:31:57,792 --> 00:31:59,834 on the Theakston-Manley asbestos trust, 738 00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:01,375 rubber-stamping claims. 739 00:32:01,458 --> 00:32:02,792 One meeting per quarter. 740 00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:05,834 Your fee, 350K a year. 741 00:32:05,917 --> 00:32:07,583 Now, that'll lead to more similar seats 742 00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:09,917 once you impress people. 743 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,834 You put together three of these babies, 744 00:32:11,917 --> 00:32:13,333 that's a nice little sinecure. 745 00:32:13,417 --> 00:32:15,667 Well, I was on my way to being a zillionaire, 746 00:32:15,750 --> 00:32:17,166 and you're giving me a sinecure. 747 00:32:19,709 --> 00:32:20,709 I understand the rancor, Ira. 748 00:32:20,792 --> 00:32:23,208 I don't begrudge you it. 749 00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:24,959 And I hesitate to bring up 750 00:32:25,041 --> 00:32:26,959 what I know you already know, 751 00:32:27,041 --> 00:32:28,542 but I want to hear it from you 752 00:32:28,625 --> 00:32:29,667 now that the smoke has cleared 753 00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:32,166 that you will not say a word about my role in the IPO. 754 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:36,500 You know that it's in your best interest as well as mine, 755 00:32:36,583 --> 00:32:39,834 because that's how you'll get paid off in your civil case. 756 00:32:39,917 --> 00:32:42,709 Well, I've been punting my interview with Eastern 757 00:32:42,792 --> 00:32:44,917 as long as I can. It'll go on the books soon. 758 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,417 But, no, Chuck, I won't say a word. 759 00:32:54,583 --> 00:32:57,875 [chuckles] 760 00:32:57,959 --> 00:33:03,125 Funny thing, the egg cream, hmm? 761 00:33:03,208 --> 00:33:05,375 No egg in it, no cream, either. 762 00:33:05,458 --> 00:33:07,667 Just chocolate syrup, 763 00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:10,291 a splash of milk, seltzer. 764 00:33:10,375 --> 00:33:14,041 I guess the French had a drink called chocolat et crème. 765 00:33:14,125 --> 00:33:16,750 The American corruption for that became "egg cream." 766 00:33:16,834 --> 00:33:17,667 [chuckles] 767 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:20,583 Wonderful arcana. 768 00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:21,917 That's -- That's so Chuck of you. 769 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,834 God, I used to love that shit. 770 00:33:24,917 --> 00:33:27,291 Go home and write it in my journal. 771 00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:30,709 Now that the smoke has cleared, 772 00:33:30,792 --> 00:33:33,375 you need to hear something. 773 00:33:33,458 --> 00:33:34,792 I've realized... 774 00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:37,875 that you need all this, 775 00:33:37,959 --> 00:33:41,959 to put people in impossible positions, 776 00:33:42,041 --> 00:33:43,458 to dominate with your will, 777 00:33:43,542 --> 00:33:46,417 to torture. 778 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,667 I never think in those terms. 779 00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:49,875 Well, you've forced me to. 780 00:33:49,959 --> 00:33:51,375 Let's talk it out. 781 00:33:51,458 --> 00:33:53,375 No, this is it. 782 00:33:53,458 --> 00:33:58,750 I'll never talk to you again once this conversation's over, 783 00:33:58,834 --> 00:34:02,166 which it is. 784 00:34:09,458 --> 00:34:11,333 [sighs] 785 00:34:15,625 --> 00:34:20,834 [slurping] 786 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,333 You coming in, nagusi? 787 00:34:39,417 --> 00:34:41,875 Nope. Case. All day. 788 00:34:41,959 --> 00:34:44,250 Something hot for Axe. An iron condor with four-- 789 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:46,250 -Please. Go back to B school. -Anything good yet? 790 00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:48,583 [Ben] How about a strangle where we arb the vega on-- 791 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:50,125 You go back to fucking yourself. 792 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:51,959 I just need two minutes with Taylor. 793 00:34:52,041 --> 00:34:53,375 Everyone does. You have to wait. 794 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:54,667 -Hey, Wags, listen-- -Don't want to fucking hear it. 795 00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:56,959 Nope. As soon as. 796 00:34:57,041 --> 00:34:59,959 Yeah, well, be all over Taylor till they figure it out. 797 00:35:00,041 --> 00:35:01,542 If I flame this dinner-- 798 00:35:01,625 --> 00:35:02,875 No chance, sahabi. 799 00:35:02,959 --> 00:35:04,500 Never let it happen. 800 00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:06,917 Orrin, time for you to go see your protégé. 801 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,667 You want me to propose the deal? 802 00:35:08,750 --> 00:35:11,333 I want you to remind him what happens to guys like him 803 00:35:11,417 --> 00:35:12,834 when they take this big a swing and miss. 804 00:35:12,917 --> 00:35:14,000 I want you to remind him 805 00:35:14,083 --> 00:35:16,834 that the political winds have shifted. 806 00:35:16,917 --> 00:35:18,333 It's better if I show up with something to offer. 807 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:22,625 Then bring him a glass of fuckin' milk, but go do it. 808 00:35:22,709 --> 00:35:25,583 [Pounding] 809 00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:31,875 Field trip. Come on. 810 00:35:31,959 --> 00:35:33,208 Where? 811 00:35:33,291 --> 00:35:35,709 Somewhere we can talk without everyone coming at us. 812 00:35:35,792 --> 00:35:37,417 I know a place. 813 00:35:47,125 --> 00:35:48,875 Ever seen Eastern Promises? 814 00:35:48,959 --> 00:35:52,542 No. Have you ever been to one of these idea dinners? 815 00:35:52,625 --> 00:35:55,000 No seconds in attendance. 816 00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:01,542 Ugh. 817 00:36:03,458 --> 00:36:06,625 Where are we on an idea? 818 00:36:06,709 --> 00:36:09,792 Haven't fully cracked the big one yet. 819 00:36:09,875 --> 00:36:11,417 Trying. 820 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:12,542 Are you? 821 00:36:12,625 --> 00:36:13,375 Trying? 822 00:36:14,834 --> 00:36:18,417 Ask the real question. 823 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:21,458 Are you shopping offers on the street? 824 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,500 Just to get it out of the way, 825 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:28,750 let me apologize for anything that might have offended 826 00:36:28,834 --> 00:36:29,417 at the poker tournament. 827 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:30,417 Now that I'm at Treasury, 828 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,959 I need to find someone to steward my firm. 829 00:36:34,041 --> 00:36:37,041 I'm already stewarding a firm, a bigger one. 830 00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:38,625 Not that size matters. 831 00:36:38,709 --> 00:36:42,500 Right. 832 00:36:42,583 --> 00:36:45,917 Whatever Axe's flaws, one thing he knows is people, 833 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,417 and if he believes you can do it well, 834 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:49,667 I believe you can. 835 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,834 And I'd actually be hands off. 836 00:36:51,917 --> 00:36:53,959 Let you operate as you saw fit. 837 00:36:54,041 --> 00:36:55,583 That's my situation now. 838 00:36:55,667 --> 00:36:58,500 Is it? 839 00:37:02,709 --> 00:37:04,208 I said no. 840 00:37:04,291 --> 00:37:05,709 With finality 841 00:37:05,792 --> 00:37:08,041 or as a negotiating ploy? 842 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:10,917 Look, I know it's Axe's faith that confers value on me 843 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,750 until I have a track record of my own, 844 00:37:12,834 --> 00:37:15,291 until others actually see what I can do. 845 00:37:15,375 --> 00:37:16,792 So I am loyal to him. 846 00:37:16,875 --> 00:37:19,709 Until and unless it becomes necessary, I will not leave. 847 00:37:19,792 --> 00:37:21,291 All right. 848 00:37:21,375 --> 00:37:23,458 You can take the heat. I believe you. 849 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:32,792 Such disrespect. 850 00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:35,500 Look at you, sitting here with your tits out. 851 00:37:38,333 --> 00:37:41,166 You got a problem with my tits? 852 00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:45,625 Or maybe they're turning you on 853 00:37:45,709 --> 00:37:47,625 and that's the problem. 854 00:37:51,291 --> 00:37:53,875 You know, I could have done that for myself. 855 00:37:53,959 --> 00:37:56,208 I know. I wanted the release. 856 00:37:56,291 --> 00:37:59,625 It was even better than a hand job. 857 00:37:59,709 --> 00:38:03,208 You chose to meet here in the anteroom 858 00:38:03,291 --> 00:38:05,000 instead of the dining room. 859 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,500 I seem to have lost my appetite lately. 860 00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:10,583 -Hmm. -And, no, it's not my health. 861 00:38:10,667 --> 00:38:11,667 Full workup. 862 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:14,709 Radiology fine, bloodwork perfect. 863 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:15,792 Heart, too. 864 00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:18,041 Still, nothing wants to stay down. 865 00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:20,583 So, what's got your duodenum inside out? 866 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:21,667 Want a hint? 867 00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:24,208 His name is the same as mine. 868 00:38:24,291 --> 00:38:27,291 Oh, that boy is a feisty one, there's no denying that. 869 00:38:27,375 --> 00:38:30,041 What he is is unfit for office, 870 00:38:30,125 --> 00:38:31,417 unfit to run, even. 871 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:34,125 I came here to tell you that I am sorry 872 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,583 I asked you to put him forward. 873 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:37,875 It was a mistake. 874 00:38:37,959 --> 00:38:41,583 And I will throw my full weight behind whomever it is 875 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:42,500 that you say I should. 876 00:38:42,583 --> 00:38:46,208 -Well, that's disheartening. -It is. 877 00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:48,667 I hate delivering the message, but I owe it to you. 878 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:49,959 The candidate's too volatile. 879 00:38:50,041 --> 00:38:51,166 He's unpredictable, 880 00:38:51,250 --> 00:38:53,667 a liability to all of us. 881 00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:54,917 Oh, Charles. 882 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,834 For a father to speak that way of his own son. 883 00:38:57,917 --> 00:38:59,291 I myself will pass up supper tonight. 884 00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:02,625 That's how disappointing I find this. 885 00:39:02,709 --> 00:39:04,417 So you understand? 886 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:08,125 Not in the way you hope I might. 887 00:39:08,208 --> 00:39:11,417 I have had this in my possession, 888 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:14,083 hoping not to be forced to use it. 889 00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:17,291 But I cannot stand by 890 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:20,083 and watch you run that young man down. 891 00:39:20,166 --> 00:39:22,208 You used his money, Charles, 892 00:39:22,291 --> 00:39:24,542 without his consent, I might add, 893 00:39:24,625 --> 00:39:26,709 to invest in something so risky 894 00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:28,500 as to almost be the ruin of both of you. 895 00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:33,041 Now, I believe Chuck will not only survive it 896 00:39:33,125 --> 00:39:34,000 but that the ruthlessness he has shown 897 00:39:34,083 --> 00:39:36,083 these past few months 898 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:39,291 will serve him well on our shared mission, 899 00:39:39,375 --> 00:39:42,709 making him governor of this great state. 900 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,166 I'd like you to embrace it. 901 00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:47,959 But you at least have to accept it. 902 00:39:48,041 --> 00:39:49,959 Hmm. 903 00:39:50,041 --> 00:39:53,792 I accept nothing when it comes to that boy. 904 00:39:53,875 --> 00:39:57,041 We'll see. 905 00:40:04,041 --> 00:40:09,000 Hello, Dad. 906 00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:11,750 [Jack] Ah, let's all get our appetites back, hmm? 907 00:40:11,834 --> 00:40:14,500 Together. What do you say, Charles? 908 00:40:14,583 --> 00:40:18,291 This is a bridge too far, Black Jack. 909 00:40:18,375 --> 00:40:20,125 This is a bridge 910 00:40:20,208 --> 00:40:22,667 too fucking far. 911 00:40:26,083 --> 00:40:27,917 [scoffs] 912 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,375 Ah, he'll come 'round. 913 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:35,417 I've seen this play a thousand times. 914 00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:38,542 By the time the curtain comes down, 915 00:40:38,625 --> 00:40:42,000 he'll take your hand, and you'll share the bow. 916 00:40:42,959 --> 00:40:45,458 I don't know. 917 00:40:45,542 --> 00:40:49,000 Well, what's meant to happen always does. 918 00:40:49,083 --> 00:40:51,000 Let's eat. I'm fuckin' famished. 919 00:40:51,083 --> 00:40:54,000 [balls clacking] 920 00:41:06,041 --> 00:41:09,834 [grunts] 921 00:41:09,917 --> 00:41:12,834 [speaks indistinctly] 922 00:41:16,625 --> 00:41:20,542 That's some serious fucking topspin. 923 00:41:20,625 --> 00:41:21,542 You putting sneakers on for a match, 924 00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:25,208 or you come up here with a specific proposal? 925 00:41:25,291 --> 00:41:26,709 Axe'll wait you out, 926 00:41:26,792 --> 00:41:30,959 no matter how long you manage to keep the money frozen. 927 00:41:31,041 --> 00:41:32,709 He won't make a deal. 928 00:41:32,792 --> 00:41:34,333 We'll find out, huh? 929 00:41:34,417 --> 00:41:36,792 What's it going to be, Bryan? 930 00:41:36,875 --> 00:41:37,959 Pistols at dawn? 931 00:41:38,041 --> 00:41:40,083 Fists? 932 00:41:40,166 --> 00:41:42,625 You insist on picking through every transaction, 933 00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:44,542 he'll embarrass you. 934 00:41:44,625 --> 00:41:45,709 Embarrassment is free. 935 00:41:45,792 --> 00:41:46,709 We'll cost your client a fortune 936 00:41:46,792 --> 00:41:49,917 keeping his money out of play for half a year, 937 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,208 maybe his whole fortune. 938 00:41:51,291 --> 00:41:53,125 You can't even count that high. 939 00:41:53,208 --> 00:41:54,375 It doesn't matter. 940 00:41:54,458 --> 00:41:56,583 The case has no support in D.C. 941 00:41:56,667 --> 00:41:59,083 It used to, but all that's changed. 942 00:41:59,166 --> 00:42:01,458 This is exactly the type of matter 943 00:42:01,542 --> 00:42:04,041 the A.G. is walking away from these days. 944 00:42:04,125 --> 00:42:06,208 No. No. 945 00:42:06,291 --> 00:42:08,083 He's walking away from insider trading, 946 00:42:08,166 --> 00:42:09,875 funny accounting, all sorts of shit, 947 00:42:09,959 --> 00:42:10,834 but the reason he can 948 00:42:10,917 --> 00:42:12,542 is because a case like this gives him cover. 949 00:42:12,625 --> 00:42:15,792 People care about it on a visceral level 950 00:42:15,875 --> 00:42:17,417 because it's about sabotage, 951 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:20,542 breaking the public trust, hurting the average guy twice, 952 00:42:20,625 --> 00:42:21,959 once with the tainted juice, 953 00:42:22,041 --> 00:42:24,000 and a second time with the stock pricing. 954 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:27,083 How's that for serious fucking topspin? 955 00:42:27,166 --> 00:42:29,041 You want us to ease off, 956 00:42:29,125 --> 00:42:31,375 you have to give something in return. 957 00:42:31,458 --> 00:42:34,667 I understand your position, 958 00:42:34,750 --> 00:42:35,458 and at this time, 959 00:42:35,542 --> 00:42:39,166 I don't have anything to offer. 960 00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:41,458 Then maybe wait until you do 961 00:42:41,542 --> 00:42:46,458 before wasting my fucking time. 962 00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:50,583 [knock on door] 963 00:42:50,667 --> 00:42:52,959 Bach almost offered up Axe's ability to trade. 964 00:42:53,041 --> 00:42:54,291 I felt it. 965 00:42:54,375 --> 00:42:58,208 Either he wasn't authorized, or he sensed weakness. 966 00:42:58,291 --> 00:42:59,959 Did you show weakness? 967 00:43:00,041 --> 00:43:01,333 I did not. 968 00:43:01,417 --> 00:43:04,041 You have some scouting report on me saying that I did? 969 00:43:04,125 --> 00:43:04,583 It was just a question. 970 00:43:04,667 --> 00:43:07,417 A better question is 971 00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:08,417 which is Axelrod going to bet on, 972 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:11,500 his present or his future? 973 00:43:11,583 --> 00:43:14,125 A man who believes he'll win at trial 974 00:43:14,208 --> 00:43:15,291 sits calmly on the sideline for six months 975 00:43:15,375 --> 00:43:17,667 until his money is unfrozen, 976 00:43:17,750 --> 00:43:20,166 and then he prevails in court, goes on with his life. 977 00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:23,000 But a man who thinks he's going to lose that trial? 978 00:43:23,083 --> 00:43:25,333 Well, he's desperate to get his money 979 00:43:25,417 --> 00:43:26,625 back in the game as soon as possible 980 00:43:26,709 --> 00:43:29,458 because he sees it all going away. 981 00:43:29,542 --> 00:43:31,667 Him giving up trading 982 00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:34,250 would necessitate a reinvention of who he is. 983 00:43:34,333 --> 00:43:37,000 I've seen him walk away from the table 984 00:43:37,083 --> 00:43:38,083 on an impulse 985 00:43:38,166 --> 00:43:40,166 when we were certain that only a deal 986 00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:41,667 would keep him out of prison. 987 00:43:41,750 --> 00:43:44,000 No one gets where he got by acting only on impulse. 988 00:43:44,083 --> 00:43:47,792 When it comes to billionaires and Bobby Axelrod in particular, 989 00:43:47,875 --> 00:43:50,250 the thing you got to understand is... 990 00:43:50,333 --> 00:43:51,542 they're meat-eaters. 991 00:43:51,625 --> 00:43:55,583 The only win they can live with is total, present and future. 992 00:43:55,667 --> 00:43:57,375 If he gave up trading and got his money back, 993 00:43:57,458 --> 00:43:59,875 it'd be because he believed 994 00:43:59,959 --> 00:44:03,208 he was gonna kick our asses at trial. 995 00:44:03,291 --> 00:44:06,667 He expects to get all of it, everything. 996 00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:08,291 That's who he is. 997 00:44:08,375 --> 00:44:10,041 But still, we keep the pressure on. 998 00:44:10,125 --> 00:44:14,834 See if he makes a mistake now that it's all on the line. 999 00:44:14,917 --> 00:44:16,542 And then, no matter what he does, 1000 00:44:16,625 --> 00:44:19,083 we have to position ourselves 1001 00:44:19,166 --> 00:44:21,625 to claim victory. 1002 00:44:30,291 --> 00:44:31,875 Here, boy. [clicks tongue] 1003 00:44:35,208 --> 00:44:37,000 Okay, break it down for me. 1004 00:44:37,083 --> 00:44:39,875 We are the Czechoslovakian gymnastics team in the '70s. 1005 00:44:39,959 --> 00:44:42,083 A lot of pride for what this country was, 1006 00:44:42,166 --> 00:44:44,333 but if something doesn't change soon, defections are coming. 1007 00:44:44,417 --> 00:44:47,667 How'd Taylor do? 1008 00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:49,083 Fine. 1009 00:44:49,166 --> 00:44:51,917 -I'm not asking you to rat. -I mean, you are. 1010 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,458 Well, I won't tell anyone it came from you, but-- 1011 00:44:54,542 --> 00:44:56,709 It was a shit show. 1012 00:44:58,417 --> 00:44:59,166 [beep] 1013 00:44:59,250 --> 00:45:00,792 Yeah. Get me Taylor, Wags, and Wendy. 1014 00:45:04,166 --> 00:45:06,875 Why the fuck did you lead the first morning meeting back 1015 00:45:06,959 --> 00:45:08,125 without Wendy there to handle the troops? 1016 00:45:08,208 --> 00:45:11,250 -Taylor handled it, as well-- -I'm talking to both of you, 1017 00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:14,125 and from what "Dollar Bill" tells me, it was a shit show. 1018 00:45:14,208 --> 00:45:16,458 -Hey, you ratted. -I pay for the information. 1019 00:45:16,542 --> 00:45:18,291 It's mine to use. That's how it goes. 1020 00:45:20,041 --> 00:45:23,917 Wendy wasn't here. She was with you, I gather. 1021 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:24,959 We needed ideas. We needed to come together -- 1022 00:45:25,041 --> 00:45:27,834 So you made a bad thing worse by jumping in 1023 00:45:27,917 --> 00:45:29,709 before you had a plan, and -- -No, Axe. 1024 00:45:29,792 --> 00:45:30,500 It wouldn't have mattered who was in the room 1025 00:45:30,583 --> 00:45:31,667 with the PMs and the traders. 1026 00:45:31,750 --> 00:45:33,709 It was always gonna be a shit show 1027 00:45:33,792 --> 00:45:34,458 if the message wasn't "We're liquid again." 1028 00:45:34,542 --> 00:45:37,250 -Hallelujah. -Don't be an ass. 1029 00:45:37,333 --> 00:45:38,500 You're right. 1030 00:45:38,583 --> 00:45:40,667 I meant Axe, but you, too, Bill. 1031 00:45:40,750 --> 00:45:41,917 Will you leave us alone for a minute? 1032 00:45:45,875 --> 00:45:48,959 Whoever you're trying to destroy, stop. 1033 00:45:49,041 --> 00:45:51,709 You need to focus on fighting for your freedom. 1034 00:45:51,792 --> 00:45:54,709 You know what you're suggesting I do. 1035 00:45:54,792 --> 00:45:57,208 The one thing you can do right now. 1036 00:45:57,291 --> 00:45:59,750 You taught me an average trader makes a trade and feels good. 1037 00:45:59,834 --> 00:46:02,500 A great trader makes a trade and feels nothing, 1038 00:46:02,583 --> 00:46:04,750 as in be cold and act. 1039 00:46:04,834 --> 00:46:05,709 Don't get hung up on emotion. 1040 00:46:05,792 --> 00:46:08,500 Give up trading till the case is over. 1041 00:46:08,583 --> 00:46:12,125 You get it back if you win. 1042 00:46:12,208 --> 00:46:14,583 If you lose, you've got bigger problems. 1043 00:46:14,667 --> 00:46:17,000 Let them trade for you, then feed the press a line 1044 00:46:17,083 --> 00:46:19,333 about how it proves the government has no case. 1045 00:46:19,417 --> 00:46:23,709 Unless you're worried about something harder to admit, 1046 00:46:23,792 --> 00:46:27,583 that Taylor will be the public face of Axe Cap and not you. 1047 00:46:27,667 --> 00:46:28,625 It's Theseus's Ship. 1048 00:46:28,709 --> 00:46:31,125 Once you change out the sails and all the planks 1049 00:46:31,208 --> 00:46:33,542 that make up the hull, whose ship is it? 1050 00:46:33,625 --> 00:46:35,500 Yeah. You got it. 1051 00:46:35,583 --> 00:46:38,208 As long as it's your money, 1052 00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:39,250 it is still Axe Capital, 1053 00:46:39,333 --> 00:46:42,875 no matter who's making the day-to-day decisions. 1054 00:46:42,959 --> 00:46:44,667 Are you sure? 1055 00:46:44,750 --> 00:46:49,291 It's not me that has to be sure. 1056 00:46:59,166 --> 00:47:01,792 [cellphone vibrates] 1057 00:47:01,875 --> 00:47:03,709 -Yes? -[Dake] I'm holding in my hand 1058 00:47:03,792 --> 00:47:06,333 Robert Axelrod's signature relinquishing his ability 1059 00:47:06,417 --> 00:47:07,709 to trade securities. 1060 00:47:07,792 --> 00:47:10,750 He gave it up. 1061 00:47:10,834 --> 00:47:12,792 Well... 1062 00:47:12,875 --> 00:47:16,667 ol' Samson got a real buzz cut. 1063 00:47:16,750 --> 00:47:18,875 Uh, we need to get our version out right away. 1064 00:47:18,959 --> 00:47:20,583 I've already taken steps. 1065 00:47:20,667 --> 00:47:22,583 A.G. on the phone. 1066 00:47:22,667 --> 00:47:24,834 Got to go, Ollie. 1067 00:47:27,917 --> 00:47:28,875 Rhoades. 1068 00:47:28,959 --> 00:47:30,458 Is this really the attorney of the United States 1069 00:47:30,542 --> 00:47:32,709 for the southern district? 1070 00:47:32,792 --> 00:47:33,750 Am I that lucky? 1071 00:47:33,834 --> 00:47:36,166 There must be streams in the desert. 1072 00:47:36,250 --> 00:47:37,083 General, a pleasure. 1073 00:47:37,166 --> 00:47:40,750 Your predecessor called once a term. 1074 00:47:40,834 --> 00:47:42,667 I'm in the habit of counting the herd 1075 00:47:42,750 --> 00:47:44,250 at the end of the day, Chuck. 1076 00:47:44,333 --> 00:47:44,917 Sure. 1077 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,417 Eastern had a good day today. 1078 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,166 Axelrod's put his office keys on Dake's desk. 1079 00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:51,375 Good for them. 1080 00:47:51,458 --> 00:47:52,875 But you're calling because you want to make sure 1081 00:47:52,959 --> 00:47:54,625 that I have adjusted the priorities. 1082 00:47:54,709 --> 00:47:57,083 Pass the message along. 1083 00:47:57,166 --> 00:47:57,667 I'm a thorough man. 1084 00:47:57,750 --> 00:48:00,375 As am I. It's done. 1085 00:48:00,458 --> 00:48:02,959 Attaboy. 1086 00:48:03,041 --> 00:48:04,709 I'll eagerly await our next chat. 1087 00:48:04,792 --> 00:48:06,041 [receiver slams] 1088 00:48:12,291 --> 00:48:13,959 Hey, you boys ready to go? 1089 00:48:14,041 --> 00:48:15,500 Daddy's got to head out. 1090 00:48:15,583 --> 00:48:16,458 -See ya, fellas. -Later. 1091 00:48:16,542 --> 00:48:19,125 Go wait in the car. I'll be right down. 1092 00:48:22,208 --> 00:48:24,625 Your office said the money's unfrozen. 1093 00:48:24,709 --> 00:48:25,875 Yeah, I told 'em to call you. 1094 00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:28,750 Should I have it wired to Birch? 1095 00:48:28,834 --> 00:48:29,959 No, Bobby. 1096 00:48:30,041 --> 00:48:33,166 I pictured you two running around together. 1097 00:48:33,250 --> 00:48:35,083 That fuckin' starter plane of his. 1098 00:48:35,166 --> 00:48:37,792 I wouldn't be caught dead in that sardine can. 1099 00:48:37,875 --> 00:48:39,166 [chuckles] 1100 00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:44,125 [sighs] 1101 00:48:44,208 --> 00:48:45,125 The money, Bobby. 1102 00:48:47,667 --> 00:48:50,125 Just don't fuckin' lose it. 1103 00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:53,875 [Sacker] Now, there's one bitter thing that we have to swallow 1104 00:48:53,959 --> 00:48:55,959 along with this delicious lo mein. 1105 00:48:56,041 --> 00:48:59,834 We have to slow down on a couple of cases. 1106 00:49:05,834 --> 00:49:07,417 You like giving up those cases? 1107 00:49:07,500 --> 00:49:09,291 -I hate it. -Me, too. 1108 00:49:09,375 --> 00:49:13,500 No A.G. picks our cases. I'm chafing against it. 1109 00:49:13,583 --> 00:49:15,333 I'm chafed. 1110 00:49:15,417 --> 00:49:17,375 So, are we gonna do something about it? 1111 00:49:17,458 --> 00:49:19,333 When I know, you'll know. 1112 00:49:22,125 --> 00:49:24,000 IoT, you know? 1113 00:49:24,083 --> 00:49:25,583 Sure, Internet of Things. 1114 00:49:25,667 --> 00:49:27,166 When companies that make appliances 1115 00:49:27,250 --> 00:49:29,500 and digital thermostats contract with the firms 1116 00:49:29,583 --> 00:49:31,625 that manufacture the microchips to make their products smart, 1117 00:49:31,709 --> 00:49:34,041 the connected things inside, 1118 00:49:34,125 --> 00:49:36,583 they force the chip companies to sign nondisclosures. 1119 00:49:36,667 --> 00:49:37,792 They don't want their competitors 1120 00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:40,834 to be able to mimic them. -Right, so it's hard to know 1121 00:49:40,917 --> 00:49:43,500 which chip companies are poised to dominate the market. 1122 00:49:43,583 --> 00:49:44,875 My theory: If we could find a common component 1123 00:49:44,959 --> 00:49:47,417 among a bunch of varied devices-- 1124 00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:48,709 You could reverse-engineer it. 1125 00:49:48,792 --> 00:49:51,000 You have fun smashing shit apart? 1126 00:49:51,083 --> 00:49:51,917 A blast. And I found a component 1127 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:53,959 that matched the specs for a Quartes chip. 1128 00:49:54,041 --> 00:49:57,083 So I called Quartes and claimed to be building 1129 00:49:57,166 --> 00:49:59,000 an Internet-connected washing machine 1130 00:49:59,083 --> 00:50:00,959 that sends a message to the owner when the laundry is done. 1131 00:50:01,041 --> 00:50:03,000 Got the full specs on their latest chips. 1132 00:50:03,041 --> 00:50:05,500 -And they matched. -That they did. 1133 00:50:05,583 --> 00:50:08,458 Everyone tries to hide it, but Quartes is the main supplier 1134 00:50:08,542 --> 00:50:10,709 for 85% of IoT products on the market. 1135 00:50:10,792 --> 00:50:12,041 So, that's the shot? 1136 00:50:12,125 --> 00:50:13,083 That's the shot. 1137 00:50:13,166 --> 00:50:16,000 It plays. Good work. 1138 00:50:16,083 --> 00:50:18,417 You'd have found something like it if you weren't-- 1139 00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:19,291 That's why I have you, Taylor. 1140 00:50:19,375 --> 00:50:20,917 It's a good thing that you can deliver 1141 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,375 when I can't, not a bad thing. 1142 00:50:23,458 --> 00:50:23,917 Thank you. 1143 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,250 Once you leave here, 1144 00:50:25,333 --> 00:50:27,083 we can't really talk individual names 1145 00:50:27,166 --> 00:50:28,041 of companies again for a long time. 1146 00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,417 Management issues, sure, but not stocks. 1147 00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:32,792 It'll all be up to you. 1148 00:50:32,875 --> 00:50:35,125 I can't be seen to be guiding the firm. 1149 00:50:35,208 --> 00:50:37,875 It'll look as though I'm violating the terms of my deal. 1150 00:50:37,959 --> 00:50:40,083 I know. You saved the firm by doing what you did. 1151 00:50:40,166 --> 00:50:41,917 We bought back into the market late in the position. 1152 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,333 Tonight's a big one for me. 1153 00:50:51,333 --> 00:50:54,667 The most important managers in the business will be there. 1154 00:50:54,750 --> 00:50:57,583 Between them, they cover all the meaningful strategies 1155 00:50:57,667 --> 00:50:59,834 currently in play. 1156 00:51:01,959 --> 00:51:03,083 Quite the cotillion. 1157 00:51:03,166 --> 00:51:06,125 It's the social event of the season. 1158 00:51:06,208 --> 00:51:09,500 Tonight plants our flag for the future. 1159 00:51:09,583 --> 00:51:11,291 This room will set the agenda for what the industry's 1160 00:51:11,375 --> 00:51:14,792 talking about for the next week, month, year. 1161 00:51:14,875 --> 00:51:17,750 And what they will be talking about is Axe Capital. 1162 00:51:17,834 --> 00:51:22,542 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1163 00:51:34,083 --> 00:51:35,667 All right, guys. 1164 00:51:35,750 --> 00:51:37,709 Mom and Dad are going to their therapist. 1165 00:51:37,792 --> 00:51:38,834 Hour of screen time only, okay? 1166 00:51:38,917 --> 00:51:41,875 Probably grab a bite afterwards, but we won't be late. 1167 00:51:41,959 --> 00:51:43,041 Okay? 1168 00:51:43,125 --> 00:51:43,959 Bye. 1169 00:51:44,041 --> 00:51:46,000 -Bye. -Bye. 1170 00:51:46,083 --> 00:51:48,208 ♪♪♪ 1171 00:52:19,333 --> 00:52:21,583 Look at all the trouble you've caused. 1172 00:52:21,667 --> 00:52:24,500 What a disgrace. 1173 00:52:24,583 --> 00:52:26,542 Agreed. 1174 00:52:26,625 --> 00:52:29,542 He's almost beyond reclamation. 1175 00:52:29,625 --> 00:52:31,875 I can't stand the sight of this dog. 1176 00:52:31,959 --> 00:52:34,417 I want to leave him here, 1177 00:52:34,500 --> 00:52:35,792 and I'm tempted to take you with me. 1178 00:52:35,875 --> 00:52:38,667 It's up to you, mistress. 1179 00:52:38,750 --> 00:52:42,625 Leave with me or administer the required corrections. 1180 00:52:45,458 --> 00:52:49,333 He's in need of punishment. 1181 00:52:49,417 --> 00:52:50,834 I'll stay. 1182 00:52:54,542 --> 00:52:57,875 [door closes] 1183 00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,250 Have you missed this? 1184 00:53:06,333 --> 00:53:09,166 Then why aren't you showing the proper appreciation? 1185 00:53:09,250 --> 00:53:12,875 I should put you in this fucking cage. 1186 00:53:12,959 --> 00:53:15,750 Perhaps you're in need of something deeper? 1187 00:53:15,834 --> 00:53:18,250 Yeah. 1188 00:53:18,333 --> 00:53:19,875 Have you missed this? 1189 00:53:19,959 --> 00:53:23,083 It's not about me. 1190 00:53:23,166 --> 00:53:25,250 Or maybe you found, uh, other outlets. 1191 00:53:25,333 --> 00:53:26,208 [chuckles] 1192 00:53:26,291 --> 00:53:28,125 How dare you question me? 1193 00:53:28,208 --> 00:53:29,542 [whip cracks] 1194 00:53:29,625 --> 00:53:31,750 I can take care of my own needs. 1195 00:53:31,834 --> 00:53:33,542 Oh. 1196 00:53:33,625 --> 00:53:35,041 Explored other fantasies, then? 1197 00:53:35,125 --> 00:53:38,125 What fantasies exactly? 1198 00:53:38,208 --> 00:53:40,709 You being with other men. 1199 00:53:40,792 --> 00:53:42,208 [gasps] 1200 00:53:42,291 --> 00:53:44,375 [laughs] 1201 00:53:44,458 --> 00:53:48,083 Of course. 1202 00:53:48,166 --> 00:53:51,500 That's your fantasy. 1203 00:53:51,583 --> 00:53:53,875 You're that pathetic, aren't you? 1204 00:53:54,709 --> 00:53:57,667 I am. I am. 1205 00:53:57,750 --> 00:53:59,709 I want to hear about you and-- 1206 00:53:59,792 --> 00:54:00,834 Young men? 1207 00:54:00,917 --> 00:54:05,625 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1208 00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:09,458 Um... 1209 00:54:09,542 --> 00:54:11,291 will he be handsome, rich? 1210 00:54:11,375 --> 00:54:12,917 -Of course. -Yeah? 1211 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:14,000 He's brilliant. 1212 00:54:14,083 --> 00:54:16,834 Barely 30 years old. 1213 00:54:16,917 --> 00:54:19,834 -With the washboard abs? -Oh, yeah, he's ripped. 1214 00:54:19,917 --> 00:54:21,625 Tell me! 1215 00:54:21,709 --> 00:54:22,750 That's how you want to be punished? 1216 00:54:22,834 --> 00:54:26,166 Yes! Yes! 1217 00:54:26,250 --> 00:54:30,458 It's -- It's the most excruciating thing 1218 00:54:30,542 --> 00:54:31,542 that I can think of. 1219 00:54:31,625 --> 00:54:33,417 I want to know what he does to you, 1220 00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:35,417 what you do to him. 1221 00:54:38,333 --> 00:54:39,625 We're somewhere private. 1222 00:54:39,709 --> 00:54:42,500 -A hotel? -A hotel. 1223 00:54:42,583 --> 00:54:44,792 White sheets thrown around us. 1224 00:54:44,875 --> 00:54:45,834 Our clothes are off. 1225 00:54:45,917 --> 00:54:48,875 [grunts] 1226 00:54:48,959 --> 00:54:52,166 Hands and mouths on bare skin. 1227 00:54:52,250 --> 00:54:54,500 I take him in my hands. 1228 00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:57,709 Is he-- 1229 00:54:57,792 --> 00:54:59,542 Yeah, hard. 1230 00:54:59,625 --> 00:55:01,458 Thick. 1231 00:55:01,542 --> 00:55:03,333 I give myself to him 1232 00:55:03,417 --> 00:55:08,750 and let him do whatever he wants. 1233 00:55:08,834 --> 00:55:11,667 Is it good? 1234 00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:15,542 Good? No. It's fucking amazing. 1235 00:55:19,959 --> 00:55:22,083 He understands me. 1236 00:55:22,166 --> 00:55:27,291 He knows exactly what I need. 1237 00:55:29,834 --> 00:55:32,542 [slapping] 1238 00:55:33,792 --> 00:55:35,375 [cork pops] 1239 00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:39,583 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1240 00:55:42,834 --> 00:55:44,583 [indistinct conversations] 1241 00:55:44,667 --> 00:55:46,917 ♪♪♪ 1242 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,417 [cellphones vibrating] 1243 00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:51,583 Oh, Axe is so fucked! From the Journal. 1244 00:55:51,667 --> 00:55:55,083 "Government defangs Axelrod, barred from trading." 1245 00:55:55,166 --> 00:55:56,917 I'd love to agree, but I think he bested those fuckers, 1246 00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,250 and so does B.I. 1247 00:55:59,333 --> 00:56:01,875 "Axe Capital poised to plunge heavy back into the markets." 1248 00:56:01,959 --> 00:56:03,834 He has his money. What else does he need? 1249 00:56:03,917 --> 00:56:06,583 To do with as he pleases. But what's the fucking point? 1250 00:56:06,667 --> 00:56:08,375 [laughter] He's gonna be here soon. 1251 00:56:08,458 --> 00:56:11,041 We're gonna know by the look on his face what happened. 1252 00:56:11,125 --> 00:56:13,083 Either he crushed them, or he's become 1253 00:56:13,166 --> 00:56:14,917 the government's favorite bitch. 1254 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,250 [laughter] 1255 00:56:16,333 --> 00:56:18,250 [door opens] 1256 00:56:23,333 --> 00:56:25,750 Who's this? 1257 00:56:25,834 --> 00:56:27,417 I'm Taylor Mason, 1258 00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:28,625 Chief Investment Officer, Axe Capital, 1259 00:56:28,709 --> 00:56:33,375 and I have a silver-backed fucking gorilla of an idea. 1260 00:56:33,458 --> 00:56:35,917 It's an angle of attack on an Internet sector 1261 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,250 that's worth 12X what you think it is. 1262 00:56:38,333 --> 00:56:39,458 But the sector is only the beginning. 1263 00:56:39,542 --> 00:56:42,458 I'll walk you through both the technical side 1264 00:56:42,542 --> 00:56:44,834 and the types of derivatives that are available 1265 00:56:44,917 --> 00:56:46,125 to both bet on it and to effectively hedge it 1266 00:56:46,208 --> 00:56:49,291 so that the play is risk-neutral. 1267 00:56:52,208 --> 00:56:56,291 That's how Axe Cap is doing it. 1268 00:56:56,375 --> 00:56:59,583 ♪ Lucy Dacus' "Troublemaker Doppelganger" ♪ 1269 00:57:06,417 --> 00:57:09,417 ♪ Is that a hearse or a limousine? ♪ 1270 00:57:09,500 --> 00:57:10,917 ♪ It's like I've seen it on the TV screen ♪ 1271 00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,000 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 1272 00:57:14,083 --> 00:57:18,625 ♪ Oh-oh, oh ♪ 1273 00:57:18,709 --> 00:57:21,583 ♪♪♪ 1274 00:57:27,417 --> 00:57:29,709 ♪ I wanna live in a world ♪ 1275 00:57:29,792 --> 00:57:32,083 ♪ Where I can keep my doors ♪ 1276 00:57:32,166 --> 00:57:36,458 ♪ Wide open ♪ 1277 00:57:36,542 --> 00:57:38,792 ♪ But who knows what'd get in ♪ 1278 00:57:38,875 --> 00:57:42,291 ♪ And what'd get out ♪ 1279 00:57:42,375 --> 00:57:43,500 ♪ One of these nights ♪ 1280 00:57:43,583 --> 00:57:48,375 ♪ I'll sleep with the windows down ♪ 1281 00:57:48,458 --> 00:57:51,709 ♪ But not until that creature's ♪ 1282 00:57:51,792 --> 00:57:53,750 ♪ In the pound ♪