1 00:00:04,875 --> 00:00:06,834 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:06,917 --> 00:00:08,417 There are few days such as this. 3 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:10,041 It's a true day of reckoning. 4 00:00:10,125 --> 00:00:11,000 Your Honor. It pains me to say this: 5 00:00:11,083 --> 00:00:13,250 We're dismissing the indictment. 6 00:00:15,667 --> 00:00:16,959 Clear the board. 7 00:00:17,041 --> 00:00:19,417 All new positions will be run through me. 8 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:21,083 Frag the quant experiment, too. 9 00:00:21,166 --> 00:00:22,959 We're doing a massive cap raise. 10 00:00:23,041 --> 00:00:26,000 And quickly. Twenty bill within six months. 11 00:00:26,083 --> 00:00:28,834 Something special. It's for you. 12 00:00:28,917 --> 00:00:30,125 This is un-fucking-believable. 13 00:00:30,208 --> 00:00:33,417 You did a lot of good work under tough conditions. 14 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:34,709 Like my quant project, for instance. 15 00:00:34,792 --> 00:00:35,458 I'd really like to keep them on until-- 16 00:00:35,542 --> 00:00:37,375 Broom them, like I told you. 17 00:00:37,458 --> 00:00:38,792 I want my own book. 18 00:00:38,875 --> 00:00:41,000 A billion dollars. To manage, unencumbered. 19 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:42,834 There was no way to charge the kid with murder. 20 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:44,917 Body of a prison guard would indicate otherwise. 21 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,709 This guard went beast. 22 00:00:46,792 --> 00:00:49,291 Orbital ridge fracture, teeth, internal bleeding. 23 00:00:49,375 --> 00:00:52,125 José Lugo is the kind of person 24 00:00:52,208 --> 00:00:52,792 we are here to protect. 25 00:00:52,875 --> 00:00:54,959 José Lugo. 26 00:00:55,041 --> 00:00:57,458 Killed a federal prison guard when his back was turned. 27 00:00:57,542 --> 00:00:58,959 Are you picking my cases for me, General? 28 00:00:59,041 --> 00:01:01,125 Giving you continued guidance 29 00:01:01,208 --> 00:01:03,125 on the types of matters we are interested 30 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,458 in seeing brought to justice under the current regime. 31 00:01:05,542 --> 00:01:07,333 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 32 00:01:14,667 --> 00:01:17,959 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 33 00:01:18,041 --> 00:01:21,458 ♪♪♪ 34 00:01:21,542 --> 00:01:25,000 ♪♪♪ 35 00:01:29,583 --> 00:01:33,667 ♪♪♪ 36 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:37,125 ♪♪♪ 37 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:39,291 Glad you could make it down and spend this time. 38 00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:40,083 As am I, General... 39 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:42,834 Do we really need to do this? 40 00:01:42,917 --> 00:01:45,583 Motherfucker's been picking off my calves. 41 00:01:45,667 --> 00:01:46,834 Coyote's just doing 42 00:01:46,917 --> 00:01:48,792 what evolution programmed him to do, sir. 43 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:50,458 As am I, Chuck. 44 00:01:53,625 --> 00:01:54,959 ♪ Look, here comes another one ♪ 45 00:01:55,041 --> 00:01:56,667 See him out there? 46 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:57,959 I do. 47 00:01:59,709 --> 00:02:03,041 ♪ That good ol' boy's waving the stars & bars ♪ 48 00:02:03,125 --> 00:02:04,583 ♪ It's a red, white, and blue flag ♪ 49 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,291 Come on. 50 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:08,375 ♪ Wave that flag, Hoss, wave it high ♪ 51 00:02:08,458 --> 00:02:11,792 ♪ Do you know what it means? Do you know-- ♪ 52 00:02:17,792 --> 00:02:21,208 I'll admit to surprise that you can shoot that well. 53 00:02:21,291 --> 00:02:24,166 My father taught me: once you have the animal 54 00:02:24,250 --> 00:02:26,667 in your sights, breathe easy and let fly. 55 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:28,542 That training should serve us both well. 56 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:31,333 José Lugo trial's starts in the coming week. 57 00:02:31,417 --> 00:02:33,375 Now see to it he gets the same treatment 58 00:02:33,458 --> 00:02:35,792 as this predator did. 59 00:02:35,875 --> 00:02:38,834 ♪ Wave that flag, Hoss, wave it high ♪ 60 00:02:38,917 --> 00:02:42,208 ♪ Do you know what it means? Do you know why? ♪ 61 00:02:42,291 --> 00:02:44,875 ♪ Maybe being a Rebel ain't no big deal ♪ 62 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:48,542 ♪ But if somebody owned your ass, how would you feel? ♪ 63 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:53,375 Once I lived in a palace. 64 00:02:53,458 --> 00:02:54,250 Right in Khamovniki district. 65 00:02:54,333 --> 00:02:57,083 I admire any man who earns a castle. 66 00:02:57,166 --> 00:02:58,041 But it is harder to keep one. 67 00:02:58,125 --> 00:03:00,125 I should have met you then, 68 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:01,083 when your words might have helped. 69 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:03,083 Instead of fortifying myself, 70 00:03:03,166 --> 00:03:06,417 I swam in my pool-- Olympic sized. 71 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:07,291 Every day. 72 00:03:07,375 --> 00:03:09,792 I'm not such a good swimmer no more. 73 00:03:09,875 --> 00:03:10,917 Tell him why. 74 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:11,750 I used to ship barrels of oil 75 00:03:11,834 --> 00:03:14,500 for Grigor Andolov. 76 00:03:14,583 --> 00:03:16,875 No one shipped faster or skimmed less. 77 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:18,375 Then Grigor got out of jail. 78 00:03:18,458 --> 00:03:20,417 He done some reading in jail, he said. 79 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:23,417 And now what he wanted was as old as Marx himself, 80 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:26,667 seize means of production and shipping. 81 00:03:26,750 --> 00:03:28,417 He might've misunderstood that part. 82 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,667 He understood everything. Believe me. 83 00:03:30,750 --> 00:03:33,792 He offered to buy me out-- for nothing. 84 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:35,291 You said no. 85 00:03:35,375 --> 00:03:37,291 If I'd said no, I'd be dead. 86 00:03:37,375 --> 00:03:39,667 I said yes. But too slowly. 87 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:40,750 Also I ran too slowly. 88 00:03:40,834 --> 00:03:43,792 Cost you the wing. 89 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:47,000 He took my business. 90 00:03:47,083 --> 00:03:49,125 And now, instead of Olympic pool-- 91 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:51,667 Ah, selling hot dogs is a classic New York trade. 92 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:54,458 I have coffee cart. On a shit corner. 93 00:03:54,542 --> 00:03:57,291 I dream to afford a hot dog cart one day. 94 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,959 Your dream just came true. 95 00:04:05,542 --> 00:04:07,125 Dream bigger next time. 96 00:04:07,208 --> 00:04:08,250 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 97 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:11,959 Grigor Andolov presents rare problems. 98 00:04:12,041 --> 00:04:12,875 He's a sovereign nation. 99 00:04:12,959 --> 00:04:15,125 Insulated and protected 100 00:04:15,208 --> 00:04:18,417 in a way that makes him impossible to counter. 101 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:20,583 Also, ruthless. 102 00:04:20,667 --> 00:04:21,917 Yeah. I got that from the part 103 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,291 about the guy getting his arm ripped off. 104 00:04:24,375 --> 00:04:26,000 And now you know the risks. 105 00:04:26,083 --> 00:04:27,333 And it's your choice. As in all things. 106 00:04:27,417 --> 00:04:30,166 But just so you hear it directly: 107 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:34,166 if you take his money, I may not be able to cover you. 108 00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:36,250 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 109 00:04:36,333 --> 00:04:39,750 ♪♪♪ 110 00:04:39,834 --> 00:04:42,500 ♪♪♪ 111 00:04:49,333 --> 00:04:50,542 You could have come in. 112 00:04:50,625 --> 00:04:51,542 No, thanks. 113 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,709 This is already too close for my comfort. 114 00:04:53,792 --> 00:04:55,375 How'd it go? 115 00:04:55,458 --> 00:04:56,542 I'm conflicted. 116 00:04:56,625 --> 00:04:57,875 Good. 117 00:04:57,959 --> 00:04:59,542 You know I need to relaunch. 118 00:04:59,625 --> 00:05:02,542 You're looking for an icebreaker--first money in. 119 00:05:02,625 --> 00:05:03,959 Gets the party started. 120 00:05:04,041 --> 00:05:06,417 Entices other investors, all that. But. 121 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:09,542 Grigor Andolov is as liquid as they come. 122 00:05:09,625 --> 00:05:11,291 Doesn't answer to anyone. Does what he fucking pleases-- 123 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:13,375 That's the part that has me-- 124 00:05:13,458 --> 00:05:15,417 Hiding in the car? 125 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:16,250 Waiting. 126 00:05:16,333 --> 00:05:19,500 Waiting in the car, Big Kahuna. 127 00:05:19,583 --> 00:05:20,500 What did Hall say? 128 00:05:20,583 --> 00:05:22,166 Oh. That he's got this, no problem. 129 00:05:23,417 --> 00:05:23,625 Oh, boy... 130 00:05:23,709 --> 00:05:25,917 Yeah. 131 00:05:27,291 --> 00:05:29,583 Let's pass for now. 132 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:31,834 Set me up with your guy at Spartan-Ives. 133 00:05:31,917 --> 00:05:33,208 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 134 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:40,542 ♪♪♪ 135 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:44,917 ♪♪♪ 136 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,417 ♪♪♪ 137 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:52,959 ♪♪♪ 138 00:05:53,041 --> 00:05:58,417 ♪♪♪ 139 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:19,250 Sometimes, when I look at you, Kate, 140 00:06:19,333 --> 00:06:22,125 I feel like I hired my own twin. 141 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:24,500 Maybe if you shaved the goatee 142 00:06:24,583 --> 00:06:27,875 I'd see the resemblance more clearly. 143 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:28,625 Or maybe I'll grow one. 144 00:06:28,709 --> 00:06:30,375 You hate that you have to go 145 00:06:30,458 --> 00:06:32,625 and make this prosecution against José Lugo. 146 00:06:32,709 --> 00:06:35,125 And yet here you sit, preparing, for what, 147 00:06:35,208 --> 00:06:37,875 the last forty-eight hours without even going home? 148 00:06:37,959 --> 00:06:39,625 I showered. Changed. 149 00:06:39,709 --> 00:06:40,709 Sure. Here, in the bathroom. 150 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:46,375 And yet, I imagine you're hoping the defense 151 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:48,583 is putting in as many hours-- 152 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:50,875 Honestly, Chuck, I hope that they're putting in more 153 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:52,250 and better man hours than I am. 154 00:06:52,333 --> 00:06:53,959 I'm going to wage a vigorous argument. 155 00:06:54,041 --> 00:06:56,083 I will use all at my disposal to win. 156 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:57,208 This is the first time in my career 157 00:06:57,291 --> 00:07:00,333 where I will be walking into a courtroom hoping I lose. 158 00:07:00,417 --> 00:07:02,959 Because whatever I say in there will not be true: 159 00:07:03,041 --> 00:07:04,834 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 160 00:07:04,917 --> 00:07:07,417 Lugo killed that guard in self-defense. 161 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:09,000 ♪♪♪ 162 00:07:09,083 --> 00:07:10,083 Got that out of your system? 163 00:07:10,166 --> 00:07:12,834 Good. Now go win. 164 00:07:12,917 --> 00:07:14,959 But use the death penalty as leverage. 165 00:07:15,041 --> 00:07:18,792 Deliver a soaring, sobering opening... 166 00:07:18,875 --> 00:07:20,000 and then extract a plea. 167 00:07:20,083 --> 00:07:21,834 Thirty to life? 168 00:07:21,917 --> 00:07:22,959 No. 169 00:07:23,041 --> 00:07:23,959 Twenty years. 170 00:07:24,041 --> 00:07:26,333 ♪♪♪ 171 00:07:26,417 --> 00:07:27,333 Thank you... 172 00:07:28,417 --> 00:07:29,458 What about the General? 173 00:07:29,542 --> 00:07:30,333 I'll think of something 174 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:32,000 to convince him we're still under heel. 175 00:07:32,083 --> 00:07:34,583 ♪♪♪ 176 00:07:34,667 --> 00:07:36,792 [motor whirring, indistinct shouting] 177 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:42,458 I'll find her a good home. 178 00:07:42,542 --> 00:07:45,625 Keys, title--I think that's everything. 179 00:07:45,709 --> 00:07:48,041 So, why didn't you like the car? 180 00:07:49,417 --> 00:07:50,792 I loved it. 181 00:07:55,792 --> 00:07:57,834 At some point, smart guns have to come into use. 182 00:07:57,917 --> 00:07:59,458 Because they'll eliminate gun grabs against police. 183 00:07:59,542 --> 00:08:00,125 It'll be a ten-bagger down the road. 184 00:08:00,208 --> 00:08:02,166 Can you still say "idiot"? 185 00:08:02,250 --> 00:08:03,750 Or do they dock your pay for being insensitive? 186 00:08:03,834 --> 00:08:05,083 Can you still say "troglodyte"? 187 00:08:05,166 --> 00:08:06,875 Or do they fire you for telling the goddamned truth? 188 00:08:06,959 --> 00:08:08,083 Why don't you take Axe a play 189 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:09,834 that won't come through for five years? 190 00:08:09,917 --> 00:08:11,333 I'll take you to the milliner to get you fitted 191 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:12,709 for your dunce cap. 192 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:14,083 "Hat maker" for those of you 193 00:08:14,166 --> 00:08:16,041 who don't get Word Of The Day email alerts. 194 00:08:16,125 --> 00:08:17,333 I knew it before the email hit. 195 00:08:17,417 --> 00:08:20,333 I literally just saw you look down, smile, and then speak. 196 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:22,000 Why you watching me that close? 197 00:08:22,083 --> 00:08:23,375 I watch everything that close. 198 00:08:23,458 --> 00:08:24,792 That's why I don't miss shit. 199 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:26,375 And why Axe brought me in here. 200 00:08:26,458 --> 00:08:27,250 Once the market opens for the day, 201 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:28,709 all my attention will go there 202 00:08:28,792 --> 00:08:30,917 and then you can rest a little easy. 203 00:08:36,542 --> 00:08:39,083 Where's my fucking lucky dollar? 204 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:41,041 Unless you want to wheel through the rest of your lives 205 00:08:41,125 --> 00:08:44,750 like Teddy Fucking Pendergrass, you will tell me where it is. 206 00:08:44,834 --> 00:08:45,166 Where what is? 207 00:08:45,250 --> 00:08:46,250 New Girl! 208 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:47,667 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 209 00:08:47,750 --> 00:08:50,750 This your idea of making a name for yourself? 210 00:08:50,834 --> 00:08:52,500 My name is Bonnie-- 211 00:08:52,583 --> 00:08:55,208 What the fuck does that have to do with my lucky dollar. 212 00:08:55,291 --> 00:08:56,750 I've never seen it. 213 00:08:56,834 --> 00:08:58,375 I thought you saw everything. 214 00:08:58,458 --> 00:09:00,583 I can't even lay eyes on his station from down here. 215 00:09:00,667 --> 00:09:03,792 Oh, you've seen it. Everyone's seen it. 216 00:09:03,875 --> 00:09:05,750 And everyone knows I won a huge liar's poker game 217 00:09:05,834 --> 00:09:08,041 with it against Carl Icahn. 218 00:09:08,125 --> 00:09:09,542 It's brought me luck ever since. 219 00:09:11,375 --> 00:09:12,625 Give me your purse. 220 00:09:12,709 --> 00:09:12,875 No. 221 00:09:14,625 --> 00:09:17,041 Hey, you take one more step towards me, 222 00:09:17,125 --> 00:09:18,291 and I will fuck you up. 223 00:09:22,875 --> 00:09:25,125 -Give me your purse. -No, I don't want to-- 224 00:09:25,208 --> 00:09:26,583 -Give me your purse. -I don't want to! 225 00:09:30,709 --> 00:09:31,250 Is that a Lisa Ann Fleshlight? 226 00:09:31,333 --> 00:09:33,375 -I don't know-- -Ew! 227 00:09:33,458 --> 00:09:35,875 Yes, they're gag gifts, 228 00:09:35,959 --> 00:09:38,125 I'm going to a bachelor party tonight. 229 00:09:38,208 --> 00:09:41,291 Whoever took my dollar, give it the fuck back 230 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:44,667 because I will find you! 231 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:46,166 All right, Liam Neeson. 232 00:09:48,834 --> 00:09:49,875 Gentlemen, 233 00:09:49,959 --> 00:09:52,792 what goods or services can I and Spartan 234 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:57,208 For years, as our prime, you've touted your connections 235 00:09:57,291 --> 00:09:58,875 and offered capital introductions. 236 00:09:58,959 --> 00:10:00,125 And we've accepted and said thanks, 237 00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:02,375 but really... 238 00:10:02,458 --> 00:10:03,583 We didn't need you to generate those leads. 239 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:06,417 And so now is your moment to shine 240 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,291 like a pasty on the nipple of Lili St. Cyr 241 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:11,625 in the bright lights of the Florentine Gardens. 242 00:10:11,709 --> 00:10:13,250 You want us to provide cap intro. 243 00:10:13,333 --> 00:10:14,750 Got it. Absolutely. 244 00:10:14,834 --> 00:10:16,291 What range were you thinking? 245 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:16,709 Twenty billion. 246 00:10:18,792 --> 00:10:21,166 And the timing? How soon do you want the money? 247 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:23,417 Oh. The year 2112. 248 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:24,875 We'll do the raise as a celebration 249 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:26,375 of Rush's 2nd best album. 250 00:10:26,458 --> 00:10:27,834 That's why we got you in here today. 251 00:10:27,917 --> 00:10:29,709 You mean Moving Pictures is number one. 252 00:10:29,792 --> 00:10:31,917 But I think it goes Hemispheres then A Farewell To Kings 253 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,709 then 2112 then Pictures. 254 00:10:33,792 --> 00:10:35,208 Well, you would. 255 00:10:35,291 --> 00:10:38,500 But the point is: I want the fucking money now. 256 00:10:38,583 --> 00:10:42,041 Look, you want an unprecedented raise in record time. 257 00:10:42,125 --> 00:10:43,250 And first money post-indictment precludes 258 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:45,667 institutional investors-- 259 00:10:45,750 --> 00:10:48,917 So how are you going to help me get the first ten stacks? 260 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,041 You do a full rehab tour. 261 00:10:50,125 --> 00:10:52,250 Next idea. 262 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:53,500 Sell a piece of the fund. 263 00:10:53,583 --> 00:10:55,875 That's for people who believe they've already top ticked 264 00:10:55,959 --> 00:10:57,125 and are looking to cash in. 265 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:58,250 I haven't. 266 00:10:59,542 --> 00:11:00,792 Look, you got to give me a little bit of time. 267 00:11:00,875 --> 00:11:02,709 I mean, I'll generate ideas. I promise. 268 00:11:02,792 --> 00:11:05,375 How's this? Generate some money. 269 00:11:05,458 --> 00:11:08,250 Then you can pay someone for an idea. 270 00:11:09,208 --> 00:11:11,417 We need momentum. Lift. We need the icebreaker now. 271 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:13,834 We need Grigor Andolov. 272 00:11:14,250 --> 00:11:16,750 Fuck. 273 00:11:16,834 --> 00:11:17,917 Guy is a Siberian brown bear. 274 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,709 He'd as soon rip our faces off as give us his money. 275 00:11:22,792 --> 00:11:25,625 Don't go full Grizzly Man. 276 00:11:25,709 --> 00:11:26,792 Treadwell was reckless. 277 00:11:26,875 --> 00:11:29,625 Forgot he was dealing with a wild animal. 278 00:11:29,709 --> 00:11:30,083 Thought they were friends. 279 00:11:30,166 --> 00:11:32,083 I won't... 280 00:11:32,166 --> 00:11:33,041 When I was trading only my own money 281 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:34,709 because the government had me handcuffed, 282 00:11:34,792 --> 00:11:36,750 that was one thing-- it was a necessity. 283 00:11:36,834 --> 00:11:39,542 Still doing it now, when the cuffs are off... 284 00:11:39,625 --> 00:11:42,750 It's admitting irrelevance. 285 00:11:42,834 --> 00:11:44,583 And I will not do that. 286 00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:45,917 Fucking ever. 287 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,583 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 288 00:12:17,208 --> 00:12:19,709 Nice hit. 289 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:24,208 I'm deciding whether or not to buy this team. 290 00:12:24,291 --> 00:12:26,667 They let me play. They're good boys. 291 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:29,709 My skills are not like theirs 292 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:32,000 but I make up for it with aggression. 293 00:12:32,083 --> 00:12:36,166 In my experience, that quality makes all the difference. 294 00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:39,208 In school, in bars, in the market, 295 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:41,166 in prison... 296 00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:43,750 I was in. Now I'm out. 297 00:12:43,834 --> 00:12:45,417 I don't think about it. 298 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,542 Unless it's brought up. 299 00:12:47,625 --> 00:12:48,917 Ah. If you say so. 300 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,333 I don't think about my fight with my government either. 301 00:12:53,417 --> 00:12:54,834 If you say so. 302 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:56,917 Look at us, couple of tough guys. 303 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,375 World beaters. 304 00:12:58,458 --> 00:13:00,750 Yet, investors will have questions. 305 00:13:00,834 --> 00:13:04,125 How will you explain your troubles? 306 00:13:05,542 --> 00:13:06,583 Victim of class warfare. 307 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:10,000 I win too much, game must be rigged. 308 00:13:10,083 --> 00:13:13,208 I have heard it said that every life is like 309 00:13:13,291 --> 00:13:14,709 a body of water 310 00:13:14,792 --> 00:13:18,709 with the equal amount of salt added. 311 00:13:18,792 --> 00:13:20,875 The key to enduring it, 312 00:13:20,959 --> 00:13:23,792 is to expand your body, 313 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:27,625 to make your body so vast inside-- 314 00:13:27,709 --> 00:13:30,208 that you don't even notice the salt. 315 00:13:30,291 --> 00:13:32,709 I say, who the fuck has time for that? 316 00:13:32,792 --> 00:13:35,583 I just decided to like the salt. 317 00:13:37,041 --> 00:13:40,375 However you get there, right? 318 00:13:40,458 --> 00:13:44,917 Survival, in this world, is all. 319 00:13:46,208 --> 00:13:49,500 Well, I know that better than anyone else on Wall Street... 320 00:13:51,625 --> 00:13:53,542 Look. 321 00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:55,083 Why don't you cancel all your other meetings 322 00:13:55,166 --> 00:13:57,166 around town with these candy-asses... 323 00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:01,500 Maybe I like to hear their strategies, 324 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:04,458 to see what I could steal. 325 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:08,750 Maybe I'm not convinced you've got your edge back. 326 00:14:08,834 --> 00:14:10,750 Or maybe I am, and I just want to see 327 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:15,250 you work a little bit harder for it. 328 00:14:15,333 --> 00:14:17,875 No one works harder than me. 329 00:14:17,959 --> 00:14:21,417 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 330 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:22,709 Good. 331 00:14:22,792 --> 00:14:25,542 Our lieutenants should meet. 332 00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:28,834 Pick through the grains of rice-- 333 00:14:28,917 --> 00:14:29,959 strategies, numbers. 334 00:14:30,041 --> 00:14:33,458 How we make ourselves richer. Stronger. 335 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:38,000 Thick with power, like Vasily Alekseyev himself. 336 00:14:38,083 --> 00:14:38,959 Yes? 337 00:14:39,041 --> 00:14:40,625 ♪♪♪ 338 00:14:40,709 --> 00:14:42,291 Yes. 339 00:14:44,125 --> 00:14:46,041 ♪♪♪ 340 00:14:46,125 --> 00:14:50,000 ♪♪♪ 341 00:14:51,834 --> 00:14:53,125 Heard you sold the Maserati. 342 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:56,625 I really hope you're not having me followed again. 343 00:14:56,709 --> 00:14:57,792 No. I heard from the car guy. 344 00:14:57,875 --> 00:14:59,792 Without the drive to Westport, it didn't make sense. 345 00:14:59,875 --> 00:15:00,709 You can't ferry the kids in it. 346 00:15:00,792 --> 00:15:04,250 You can't open it up on Henry Street. 347 00:15:04,959 --> 00:15:07,125 I hope you're not insulted. 348 00:15:07,208 --> 00:15:11,000 No. I don't give a fuck what you do with your things. 349 00:15:11,083 --> 00:15:12,583 But it was a great car. 350 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:17,000 I thought you deserved a great car is all. 351 00:15:20,542 --> 00:15:23,750 Mr. Andolov doesn't test waters, 352 00:15:23,834 --> 00:15:25,000 he parts them. 353 00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:27,250 That's what I wanted to hear. 354 00:15:27,333 --> 00:15:28,083 Because I propose to use this money 355 00:15:28,166 --> 00:15:31,083 to launch an entirely new strategy: 356 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:33,792 Axe Cap's first foray into impact investing. 357 00:15:33,875 --> 00:15:35,458 Socially conscious ownership. 358 00:15:37,834 --> 00:15:40,000 You mean you would be leaving so-called vice investments 359 00:15:40,083 --> 00:15:40,625 out of the portfolio. 360 00:15:40,709 --> 00:15:41,917 No alcohol, no tobacco-- 361 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 That's the version you read about at Harvard. 362 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:47,041 But the current wave, which we would better, 363 00:15:47,125 --> 00:15:48,667 isn't zero negative impact. 364 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:49,834 It's positive impact. 365 00:15:49,917 --> 00:15:53,125 ESG. Environmental, social, and government investments. 366 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:58,625 You pitched enviro to a fucking oil oligarch? 367 00:15:58,709 --> 00:16:00,166 You told me to take the meeting. 368 00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:02,542 I pitched the strategy I thought best. 369 00:16:02,625 --> 00:16:04,208 You tanked the meeting. 370 00:16:04,291 --> 00:16:07,625 You pitched an idea you knew they would find repulsive. 371 00:16:07,709 --> 00:16:10,583 You don't want Grigor Andolov's money on board. 372 00:16:12,083 --> 00:16:13,709 Yes. You're right. 373 00:16:13,792 --> 00:16:15,834 I think international criminals are unstable bedrock 374 00:16:15,917 --> 00:16:17,041 for a cap raise. 375 00:16:17,125 --> 00:16:17,709 You don't think taking his money was at least 376 00:16:17,792 --> 00:16:20,500 worth a discussion? 377 00:16:20,583 --> 00:16:22,542 There was a discussion. 378 00:16:22,625 --> 00:16:25,458 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 379 00:16:25,542 --> 00:16:28,041 I see. 380 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:32,667 ♪♪♪ 381 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:34,542 ...The facts will show that with premeditation 382 00:16:34,625 --> 00:16:39,375 he melted, sharpened, and stashed a homemade knife, 383 00:16:39,458 --> 00:16:42,250 what prisoners call a 'shiv,' and in a cowardly-- 384 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:45,125 If you had been forced to prosecute, 385 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:45,750 could you have? 386 00:16:45,834 --> 00:16:49,125 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 387 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,917 Honestly, I don't know that I have it in me. 388 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,417 ♪♪♪ 389 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:02,208 ♪♪♪ 390 00:17:02,291 --> 00:17:05,875 ♪♪♪ 391 00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:09,583 ♪♪♪ 392 00:17:09,667 --> 00:17:12,709 ♪♪♪ 393 00:17:12,792 --> 00:17:15,041 What happened? 394 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:16,583 ♪♪♪ 395 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:19,041 Sign this. 396 00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:21,542 We need to withdraw the charges against José Lugo. 397 00:17:28,709 --> 00:17:30,792 "A death nolle"? 398 00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:33,417 Oh, motherfucker. 399 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:34,709 What was it-- 400 00:17:34,792 --> 00:17:36,291 Died on his way to court. 401 00:17:36,375 --> 00:17:39,000 Guards are saying he tried to make a run for it, 402 00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:40,125 they tried to subdue him, 403 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:42,291 and he died from the injuries in the van. 404 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:43,625 His hands were chained, 405 00:17:43,709 --> 00:17:45,542 and yet they felt compelled to subdue him 406 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:47,917 'til they severed his spinal cord. 407 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,125 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 408 00:17:50,208 --> 00:17:52,250 When that report comes back, don't read it. 409 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:55,458 Don't look at the pictures. I'll take that weight. 410 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:56,959 No. I want to read it. 411 00:17:57,041 --> 00:17:59,709 I want to know if anybody is prepared to do the right thing. 412 00:17:59,792 --> 00:18:01,959 Yeah. Sometimes death in custodies can be complicated. 413 00:18:02,041 --> 00:18:06,333 Sometimes a man is just fucking executed. 414 00:18:06,417 --> 00:18:09,750 ♪♪♪ 415 00:18:09,834 --> 00:18:14,583 ♪♪♪ 416 00:18:14,667 --> 00:18:18,625 ♪♪♪ 417 00:18:18,709 --> 00:18:24,417 ♪♪♪ 418 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:25,375 Charges are dropped, 419 00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:28,083 and Lugo received the death penalty. 420 00:18:28,166 --> 00:18:29,792 Guess everybody got what they wanted. 421 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,000 You feel like an unwitting accomplice. 422 00:18:31,083 --> 00:18:33,208 -No. Not quite. 423 00:18:33,291 --> 00:18:37,041 'Cause we're going to get those fucking guards. 424 00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:39,792 This shit's not supposed to happen. Not anywhere. 425 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:42,667 But especially not here. 426 00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:44,500 Not in my jurisdiction. 427 00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:47,667 Isn't it all Jock's jurisdiction now? 428 00:18:47,750 --> 00:18:49,542 His bloodlust was satisfied... 429 00:18:49,625 --> 00:18:51,709 ♪♪♪ 430 00:18:51,792 --> 00:18:53,500 now it's time for mine. 431 00:18:53,583 --> 00:18:56,375 ♪♪♪ 432 00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:01,125 What do you do when Axe is wrong? 433 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,333 He's never wrong. 434 00:19:02,417 --> 00:19:05,542 -But what about when-- -Never wrong. 435 00:19:05,625 --> 00:19:07,458 But what about when he is? 436 00:19:10,125 --> 00:19:12,333 Let's take this conversation off-campus. 437 00:19:12,417 --> 00:19:13,542 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 438 00:19:13,625 --> 00:19:19,500 ♪♪♪ 439 00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:23,709 ♪♪♪ 440 00:19:23,792 --> 00:19:27,834 So, is that some piss running down your leg? 441 00:19:27,917 --> 00:19:30,709 I know you didn't like the strategy we pitched your guy. 442 00:19:30,792 --> 00:19:35,333 Pitching potato-powered cars and all that-- 443 00:19:35,417 --> 00:19:37,291 fucking with my lieutenant. 444 00:19:37,375 --> 00:19:38,250 With me. 445 00:19:39,917 --> 00:19:41,542 Not so. 446 00:19:41,625 --> 00:19:42,417 Then you're scared. 447 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,667 You don't want to do business with me. 448 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:48,333 I wouldn't have invited you here if that were the case. 449 00:19:48,417 --> 00:19:49,458 No? 450 00:19:49,542 --> 00:19:52,667 You don't want to insult me personally. 451 00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:56,709 So you invite me over for the 'save meeting' 452 00:19:56,792 --> 00:20:01,583 in the hopes that I will end the conversation myself. 453 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:04,667 So. Now. Answer: 454 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,917 Is that some piss running down your leg? 455 00:20:11,041 --> 00:20:13,166 Fear isn't in this. 456 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,583 In me. 457 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:15,750 I think you see that. 458 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:16,625 Why do you say that? 459 00:20:16,709 --> 00:20:19,959 Because you invite me over to the house 460 00:20:20,041 --> 00:20:21,792 where your children sleep? 461 00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:26,125 And this makes you tall and tough and proud? 462 00:20:26,208 --> 00:20:28,875 I'm a fucking businessman. 463 00:20:28,959 --> 00:20:30,291 And a real sweetheart. 464 00:20:30,375 --> 00:20:32,625 I'm Casper the Friendly Ghost. 465 00:20:32,709 --> 00:20:34,125 Yeah. So am I. 466 00:20:34,208 --> 00:20:36,000 And if you mention my kids like that again 467 00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:38,333 you'll find out just how fucking friendly. 468 00:20:41,125 --> 00:20:43,375 That was fun! And exciting. 469 00:20:46,583 --> 00:20:50,875 You know, I heard a story about an oligarch-- 470 00:20:50,959 --> 00:20:51,792 maybe you know him, 471 00:20:51,875 --> 00:20:53,959 maybe you can tell me if it's true. 472 00:20:54,041 --> 00:20:55,667 He liked to hunt. 473 00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:57,959 But his idea of hunting 474 00:20:58,041 --> 00:21:00,083 was to hunker down in a heated cabin. 475 00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:03,250 He had people do the real work. 476 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,542 They tracked the game, corralled it, gored it, 477 00:21:05,625 --> 00:21:07,792 and led it to a well lit area. 478 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:12,333 And our guy, from the safety of his toasty perch, 479 00:21:12,417 --> 00:21:16,333 slid open the glass, took aim with his sniper rifle, 480 00:21:16,417 --> 00:21:18,583 and delivered the kill shot. 481 00:21:18,667 --> 00:21:24,375 Now, I know men who would say that's not sporting, 482 00:21:24,458 --> 00:21:28,792 and others who would say 'however you get there, right?' 483 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:29,875 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 484 00:21:29,959 --> 00:21:33,375 I would say it wasn't me. 485 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:36,709 ♪♪♪ 486 00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,750 Wasn't real Russian either. 487 00:21:38,834 --> 00:21:40,500 ♪♪♪ 488 00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:42,875 Why go through the charade? 489 00:21:42,959 --> 00:21:44,959 If you want to kill the meat, kill the meat. 490 00:21:45,041 --> 00:21:47,375 If you only want to eat the meat, 491 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:50,083 get someone else to do the killing. 492 00:21:50,166 --> 00:21:52,250 Makes sense to me. 493 00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,291 But I do my own. 494 00:21:57,375 --> 00:21:59,792 ♪♪♪ 495 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:02,875 And I'm not afraid of the wet work either. 496 00:22:02,959 --> 00:22:07,750 In fact, I'll be your personal craft butcher. 497 00:22:07,834 --> 00:22:09,583 I respect this. 498 00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:13,542 So, now that you know I want your money, 499 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:16,500 are you coming on board or not? 500 00:22:16,583 --> 00:22:21,500 I didn't survive my cell, and get here, 501 00:22:21,583 --> 00:22:23,917 to catch a hunter's bullet meant for you. 502 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,583 ♪♪♪ 503 00:22:25,667 --> 00:22:30,041 Well, I guess we know now whose pants are soaking. 504 00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:32,417 No one's shooting at me anymore. 505 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:36,125 And as for the government, I am hooked up on high. 506 00:22:36,208 --> 00:22:37,959 How high? 507 00:22:38,041 --> 00:22:39,834 Oh. You want a show of trust? I can do that. 508 00:22:39,917 --> 00:22:42,250 No. 509 00:22:42,333 --> 00:22:44,250 I can compel trust. 510 00:22:44,333 --> 00:22:47,041 I want a show of influence. 511 00:22:47,125 --> 00:22:52,000 So I'll do that thing, too. 512 00:22:52,083 --> 00:22:55,542 [mid-tempo music plays on car radio] 513 00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:59,125 ♪♪♪ 514 00:23:03,375 --> 00:23:04,291 What do you see? 515 00:23:04,375 --> 00:23:05,333 A needlessly large, 516 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:08,250 uncomfortably garish Greek Revival. 517 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:09,458 Nope. 518 00:23:09,542 --> 00:23:12,125 A monument to how never wrong Axe is. 519 00:23:12,208 --> 00:23:14,083 This is my house. 520 00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:16,834 I'm still paying for it. But I do not live in it. 521 00:23:16,917 --> 00:23:18,625 Before I married the mistress of the manor, 522 00:23:18,709 --> 00:23:22,125 Axe told me not to go through with it. 523 00:23:22,208 --> 00:23:24,291 Who actually does that? 524 00:23:24,375 --> 00:23:26,458 Who has the foresight, the confidence, 525 00:23:26,542 --> 00:23:32,125 the sheer loyalty to say: she sucks. 526 00:23:32,208 --> 00:23:33,917 And you thought he was wrong. 527 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,291 I liked the way she danced. 528 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:37,959 Not in some club, with a DJ. But all the time. 529 00:23:38,041 --> 00:23:41,291 Like, in a store, 530 00:23:41,375 --> 00:23:44,041 or in a restaurant, waiting for a table. 531 00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:46,291 Suddenly, she'd be bopping along. 532 00:23:46,375 --> 00:23:47,834 I'd sneak out my phone and film her, 533 00:23:47,917 --> 00:23:49,667 then I'd send it to my friends, so they could see 534 00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:51,959 just how special she was. 535 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,166 When she'd turn around and catch me, 536 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:56,000 she had a flash of rage. 537 00:23:56,083 --> 00:23:59,000 ♪♪♪ 538 00:23:59,083 --> 00:24:02,625 Turned me on in a way that is hard to describe. 539 00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:03,667 ♪♪♪ 540 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:06,667 Sometimes, I'd take her right in the bathroom. 541 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:08,667 Couldn't even wait. 542 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:13,083 What I didn't know, but Axe did, is that the dancing ends. 543 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:17,917 And the flash of rage turns into long, endless nights of it. 544 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,125 I see. 545 00:24:21,208 --> 00:24:22,542 You think Axe is wrong 546 00:24:22,625 --> 00:24:25,041 because you don't understand his moves. 547 00:24:25,125 --> 00:24:27,750 And you don't understand them because they're emotional. 548 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:29,375 And he's emotional because he's fighting for his life. 549 00:24:29,458 --> 00:24:30,542 That's what this raise is. 550 00:24:30,625 --> 00:24:33,208 The fact that you can't fully understand that 551 00:24:33,291 --> 00:24:34,542 doesn't mean he's wrong. 552 00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:35,542 It just means 553 00:24:35,625 --> 00:24:38,375 you haven't gone 554 00:24:38,458 --> 00:24:41,208 beyond your own limits. 555 00:24:41,291 --> 00:24:43,041 ♪♪♪ 556 00:24:43,125 --> 00:24:46,375 ♪♪♪ 557 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:50,375 Ketel One and soda. 558 00:24:50,458 --> 00:24:53,166 His next one's on me. 559 00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:56,166 We're not gonna do that. 560 00:24:56,250 --> 00:24:57,375 But I understand why you need one. 561 00:24:57,458 --> 00:25:00,000 Heard what happened with Lugo. 562 00:25:01,583 --> 00:25:02,583 Rough. 563 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,583 Please don't do that holy Connerty thing. 564 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:06,917 I wouldn't. Not right now anyway. 565 00:25:11,125 --> 00:25:13,625 Wasn't my idea to charge him. 566 00:25:13,709 --> 00:25:17,792 The fact that I was prosecuting him when he died... 567 00:25:17,875 --> 00:25:19,500 Hurts. 568 00:25:19,583 --> 00:25:21,959 Hence, the Novocaine. I get it. Believe me. 569 00:25:22,041 --> 00:25:23,750 So have one with me. 570 00:25:23,834 --> 00:25:27,417 [mid-tempo music playing on jukebox] 571 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,083 Excuse me. 572 00:25:29,166 --> 00:25:30,041 Uh-- 573 00:25:30,125 --> 00:25:32,583 ♪♪♪ 574 00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:33,667 Her drink's on me. 575 00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:34,125 Where are you going? 576 00:25:34,208 --> 00:25:36,750 Early meeting. 577 00:25:36,834 --> 00:25:38,125 Job interview. 578 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,333 Not corporate or you'd be blotto by now. 579 00:25:41,417 --> 00:25:42,625 And I would say that I'm surprised you haven't 580 00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:43,750 already landed another government job, 581 00:25:43,834 --> 00:25:46,750 but then again, I saw the beating you took. 582 00:25:49,291 --> 00:25:51,375 I know you did. Looked like you enjoyed it. 583 00:25:51,458 --> 00:25:53,041 What person with security clearance 584 00:25:53,125 --> 00:25:53,667 is still returning your calls? 585 00:25:56,041 --> 00:25:58,500 Got it. 586 00:26:01,166 --> 00:26:03,333 Whatever you're looking for, 587 00:26:03,417 --> 00:26:07,750 absolution, an asskicking or an apology, 588 00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:10,166 I'm not going to give it to you. 589 00:26:10,250 --> 00:26:12,250 Enjoy your drink, Kate. 590 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:40,875 Bobby baby. 591 00:26:40,959 --> 00:26:41,875 Todd, 592 00:26:41,959 --> 00:26:43,291 I need a favor. 593 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:44,917 You know me: Glad as always 594 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,291 to oblige my friends and neighbors. 595 00:26:47,375 --> 00:26:49,333 Yeah. There's a third party involved. 596 00:26:49,417 --> 00:26:51,458 Not gonna say his name. 597 00:26:53,291 --> 00:26:54,625 You still there? 598 00:26:54,709 --> 00:26:59,166 I'm just calculating the appropriate tax... 599 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:00,583 Ah, I got it. 600 00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:01,875 There's actually something I need to get, 601 00:27:01,959 --> 00:27:03,333 but I don't quite know how. 602 00:27:03,417 --> 00:27:06,667 Person, place or thing? 603 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,375 Well, it's a present. 604 00:27:08,458 --> 00:27:10,417 But not for me... 605 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,250 It's for my son, Stevie. 606 00:27:13,333 --> 00:27:15,625 You know I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important. 607 00:27:15,709 --> 00:27:18,000 So, this kid is a good friend's kid? 608 00:27:18,083 --> 00:27:20,542 You know, to be honest, he's not that good a friend. 609 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:23,125 And he's probably not even a good kid. 610 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:24,834 But his father wants to support 611 00:27:24,917 --> 00:27:26,375 the Kevin Durant Charitable Foundation. 612 00:27:26,458 --> 00:27:27,542 To the tune of 50K... 613 00:27:27,625 --> 00:27:31,208 So, if it's worth 50K, it's gotta be worth a 100, right? 614 00:27:31,291 --> 00:27:33,125 We do some really, really good things, Axe. 615 00:27:35,125 --> 00:27:36,792 All right. Done. 616 00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:40,291 His name's Stevie. 617 00:27:41,959 --> 00:27:43,667 Stevie, this is KD. 618 00:27:43,750 --> 00:27:46,792 Happy Bar Mitzvah, my man...Enjoy. 619 00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:54,000 Bryan Connerty, meet the head of the New York office. 620 00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:54,750 Assistant Director Frances Lynch. 621 00:27:54,834 --> 00:27:56,959 -Hi. -In case you didn't know, 622 00:27:57,041 --> 00:27:59,166 Agent McCue vouching for you is the only reason 623 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:01,417 I'm considering you for the Special Counsel job. 624 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:03,458 So don't fuck it up, 625 00:28:03,542 --> 00:28:05,417 sorry, Director. 626 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,792 I'm used to it from you, McCue. 627 00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:09,291 Don't fuck it up. 628 00:28:09,375 --> 00:28:11,875 Your application didn't have a rec from the US Attorney, 629 00:28:11,959 --> 00:28:15,917 despite your rep for being a hell of a lawyer. 630 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,291 Must be a story there. 631 00:28:22,458 --> 00:28:25,166 You ever see the movie Pi? 632 00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:28,417 Is that the story of why Chuck Rhoades 633 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,041 gave you a public flogging? 634 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,500 Figured you knew about that... 635 00:28:32,583 --> 00:28:34,250 No, it's about a mathematician. 636 00:28:34,333 --> 00:28:35,125 A numbers theorist really. 637 00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,917 3.14 pi. 638 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,333 -Right. -Mm-hmm. 639 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:42,583 This guy programs his computer all special, 640 00:28:42,667 --> 00:28:45,959 and it spits out a crazy long number 641 00:28:46,041 --> 00:28:47,625 that might be the key to everything. 642 00:28:47,709 --> 00:28:52,166 The stock market, religion, his fucking life. 643 00:28:52,250 --> 00:28:55,709 In trying to understand it, he passes out, 644 00:28:55,792 --> 00:28:58,333 and when he wakes up... it's become a part of him. 645 00:28:58,417 --> 00:29:01,500 He can see all the patterns, all the answers. 646 00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:04,291 Only, he has these crippling headaches. 647 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,000 The burden of divine revelation. 648 00:29:06,083 --> 00:29:07,792 The knowledge is killing him. 649 00:29:07,875 --> 00:29:09,291 So you know what he does? 650 00:29:09,375 --> 00:29:12,542 Puts a power drill right into his cerebral cortex? 651 00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:13,750 You've seen the movie. 652 00:29:13,834 --> 00:29:14,625 I have. And at the end of it, 653 00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:17,750 he's sitting on a park bench, serene, 654 00:29:17,834 --> 00:29:21,291 happy to be freed from knowing too damned much. 655 00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:22,792 Is that you now? 656 00:29:23,750 --> 00:29:25,834 In a way. 657 00:29:25,917 --> 00:29:26,959 You can interpret that movie straight up. 658 00:29:27,041 --> 00:29:31,333 But there's a bunch of little things in there 659 00:29:31,417 --> 00:29:35,500 that suggest something else is going on. 660 00:29:35,583 --> 00:29:37,500 He never found the perfect number that explains it all. 661 00:29:37,583 --> 00:29:40,500 He just wanted it so bad 662 00:29:40,583 --> 00:29:44,542 that he drove himself crazy. 663 00:29:46,458 --> 00:29:50,625 So you want me to know that you know you were wrong. 664 00:29:50,709 --> 00:29:53,208 And that you can almost admit it. 665 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:56,709 And you can break down a dense, twisty movie. 666 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:00,375 I don't advertise those as prereqs for the job, 667 00:30:00,458 --> 00:30:04,041 but I do value them. 668 00:30:04,125 --> 00:30:05,917 Terri prepped you well. 669 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:06,959 She did. 670 00:30:07,041 --> 00:30:11,000 Okay, I'll try you out. 671 00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:13,166 But don't think that the FBI 672 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:15,125 is gonna be your peaceful park bench. 673 00:30:26,166 --> 00:30:28,542 I am having a hard time seeing what you are seeing. 674 00:30:28,625 --> 00:30:29,959 Perhaps there are real forms 675 00:30:30,041 --> 00:30:31,667 behind the shadows on the cave wall-- 676 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:33,750 But you can't take that on blind faith. 677 00:30:33,834 --> 00:30:35,709 It's not that I haven't seen you turn common metals into gold. 678 00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:38,583 But until I understand the process-- 679 00:30:38,667 --> 00:30:40,417 You can't take it on blind faith. 680 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,417 I am bad with ignoring data... and with blind faith. 681 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:44,834 I get it. 682 00:30:44,917 --> 00:30:49,792 If it helps, Dylan said it first and best: 683 00:30:49,875 --> 00:30:52,250 "he not busy being born"-- 684 00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:53,375 "Is busy dying." 685 00:30:53,458 --> 00:30:54,041 Yeah. 686 00:30:54,125 --> 00:30:56,750 So I'm choosing the former. 687 00:30:56,834 --> 00:30:58,834 Are you sure that's what this is? 688 00:30:58,917 --> 00:31:01,834 I'm not ignoring the downside. 689 00:31:01,917 --> 00:31:04,375 But I can't let it override my need. 690 00:31:04,458 --> 00:31:06,000 Axe Capital's need. 691 00:31:06,083 --> 00:31:08,250 I've just learned that if I can see the downside, 692 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:09,834 I can avoid it. 693 00:31:09,917 --> 00:31:12,458 My eyes are wide open, both the ones I got in my head 694 00:31:12,542 --> 00:31:14,750 and the ones I'm paying you for. 695 00:31:14,834 --> 00:31:15,792 Yes. 696 00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:19,417 So prepare to present to Grigor's guy a strategy 697 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:23,166 that is not an environmentally friendly "fuck you." 698 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:25,500 And keep those eyes open. 699 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:28,500 [up-tempo music plays on speakers] 700 00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:30,291 Big pearls. 701 00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:33,041 If I didn't know any better, I'd think it was Beluga. 702 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:34,750 How can it be Beluga 703 00:31:34,834 --> 00:31:38,125 when Beluga is illegal in this country? 704 00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:40,083 Of course. 705 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:43,583 Next time, I'll fly in some pangolin. 706 00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:48,125 I've arranged for my own exotic delicacy tonight, as well. 707 00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:50,291 You do recognize the Secretary of the Treasury? 708 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:56,166 ♪♪♪ 709 00:31:56,250 --> 00:31:57,917 We've toasted. 710 00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:00,875 So what? 711 00:32:00,959 --> 00:32:04,250 I've raised glasses with movie stars, presidents, 712 00:32:04,333 --> 00:32:06,166 nuclear physicists. 713 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:10,333 Doesn't mean we're all on our way to the same orgy. 714 00:32:10,417 --> 00:32:13,500 Sometimes, sure. But how can I know? 715 00:32:13,583 --> 00:32:15,667 Agreed. 716 00:32:15,750 --> 00:32:16,917 A toast does not mean that-- 717 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,750 Sorry if you're disappointed 718 00:32:18,834 --> 00:32:22,375 that I wasn't satisfied with your parlor trick. 719 00:32:23,917 --> 00:32:26,000 Do I look disappointed? 720 00:32:26,083 --> 00:32:27,333 Come on. 721 00:32:27,417 --> 00:32:28,417 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 722 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:33,166 ♪♪♪ 723 00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:36,875 ♪♪♪ 724 00:32:36,959 --> 00:32:40,583 ♪♪♪ 725 00:32:42,291 --> 00:32:45,208 I understand you two were previously acquainted. 726 00:32:45,291 --> 00:32:47,834 From the party on your boat, in St. Barth's. 727 00:32:47,917 --> 00:32:50,583 Well, the boat that follows the first boat. 728 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:52,959 You should know better than to go on a Russian's boat. 729 00:32:53,041 --> 00:32:54,917 Grigor showed me where the cameras were, 730 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,500 and then he turned them off. 731 00:32:56,583 --> 00:32:58,333 But at present, 732 00:32:58,417 --> 00:33:01,625 even though we have enjoyed that time together, 733 00:33:01,709 --> 00:33:03,709 I've been unable to reach you still. 734 00:33:03,792 --> 00:33:05,250 Exactly at the moment 735 00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:07,041 where you might have been able to 736 00:33:07,125 --> 00:33:11,959 provide me with some extremely useful information. 737 00:33:12,041 --> 00:33:14,834 I could lie to you and tell you I didn't get the message, 738 00:33:14,917 --> 00:33:17,000 but the truth is: it's by design. 739 00:33:17,083 --> 00:33:18,083 I can't "interact" now. 740 00:33:18,166 --> 00:33:21,000 I have to fly above reproach, like one of those 741 00:33:21,083 --> 00:33:25,083 American Gladiator people on the SkyTrack. 742 00:33:26,166 --> 00:33:29,250 Your so-called gladiators would be slaughtered 743 00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:31,834 by a third grade choir back home. 744 00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:33,917 That's probably true. 745 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,291 But I still can't connect with you. 746 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:38,458 Yet here you are. 747 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:39,959 Axe called. 748 00:33:40,041 --> 00:33:43,792 Oh. So he still has your number. 749 00:33:43,875 --> 00:33:45,500 On moy brot. 750 00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:49,458 I would like your number now, Mr. Secretary. 751 00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:52,417 No. 752 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:55,250 Don't put him in a position to have to refuse you 753 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:56,500 or to give in to you. 754 00:33:56,583 --> 00:33:59,041 He can't talk to you. It would compromise him. 755 00:33:59,125 --> 00:33:59,875 It's not a great time to be backchanneling 756 00:33:59,959 --> 00:34:02,291 with the Russians right now. 757 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:05,166 You'd own him. He'd lose the gig. You'd have nothing. 758 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:08,917 So you go through me. Or don't go at all. 759 00:34:11,291 --> 00:34:13,291 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 760 00:34:13,375 --> 00:34:15,166 So, this is the moment 761 00:34:15,250 --> 00:34:18,625 you lead with your chest finally? 762 00:34:18,709 --> 00:34:21,792 And in front of another man. 763 00:34:21,875 --> 00:34:24,333 Then fuck you. 764 00:34:24,417 --> 00:34:26,166 No, fuck you. 765 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:29,333 Like Todd said: he is my brother. 766 00:34:29,417 --> 00:34:33,500 Were you my brother, I would protect you in the same way. 767 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:35,625 If that doesn't work, I don't want your fucking money. 768 00:34:35,709 --> 00:34:40,709 ♪♪♪ 769 00:34:40,792 --> 00:34:44,959 ♪♪♪ 770 00:34:45,041 --> 00:34:47,000 Draw up the papers. 771 00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:50,458 I will come in tomorrow to sign. 772 00:34:50,542 --> 00:34:52,583 ♪♪♪ 773 00:34:52,667 --> 00:34:57,750 ♪♪♪ 774 00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:01,500 You ever done Math Meet Up? 775 00:35:01,583 --> 00:35:03,041 -Yeah. 776 00:35:03,125 --> 00:35:04,834 It's a chance for like minded users 777 00:35:04,917 --> 00:35:06,542 of open-source programming language R 778 00:35:06,625 --> 00:35:09,917 and data analysis tools like Python, Julia, C++, and Stan, 779 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,583 to get together and exchange ideas. 780 00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:14,750 It sounds stimulating. 781 00:35:14,834 --> 00:35:15,667 It is. 782 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:17,834 Look, I was really glad you called. 783 00:35:17,917 --> 00:35:19,500 Since that interview I've looked inward 784 00:35:19,583 --> 00:35:21,834 and questioned everything about who I am. 785 00:35:21,917 --> 00:35:23,834 And what I saw in there was not pretty. 786 00:35:23,917 --> 00:35:26,208 Listen. The reason I'm here is that despite your demeanor, 787 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:27,500 your skills are superior. 788 00:35:27,583 --> 00:35:29,667 And I'd be willing to give you another chance at that project 789 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:33,250 if you promise not to backslide. 790 00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:35,333 Well, I promise to try. 791 00:35:35,417 --> 00:35:37,583 But as far as successfully not being a dick, 792 00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:40,000 I can't absolutely guarantee it, 793 00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:42,250 like I can my coding. 794 00:35:42,333 --> 00:35:45,208 There you go, doing it again. 795 00:35:45,291 --> 00:35:47,125 Damnit. Sorry. 796 00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:54,125 Report to this address. 797 00:35:57,417 --> 00:36:01,125 [telephone ringing, indistinct conversations] 798 00:36:02,917 --> 00:36:05,667 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 799 00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:10,041 ♪♪♪ 800 00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,166 Very fucking funny. 801 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:15,417 ♪♪♪ 802 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,500 ♪♪♪ 803 00:36:21,834 --> 00:36:23,125 Ben. 804 00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:23,917 What? 805 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,458 C'mon. 806 00:36:25,542 --> 00:36:26,333 Bill? 807 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:28,250 Cut the shit with this. 808 00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:29,500 Just give it back. 809 00:36:29,583 --> 00:36:30,792 I'm kind of flattered you think I might have thieves' blood, 810 00:36:30,875 --> 00:36:32,750 -but-- -No, no. 811 00:36:32,834 --> 00:36:35,834 You didn't do it as a prank. It's deeper. 812 00:36:35,917 --> 00:36:38,583 I know how your people are. Superstitious. 813 00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:42,500 You just wanted a hit of that sweet, sweet luck. 814 00:36:42,583 --> 00:36:45,458 That's...no, we're not all...the same-- 815 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:46,792 It's not Ben Kim. 816 00:36:48,625 --> 00:36:50,083 I remember your story. 817 00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:51,792 Icahn called bullshit on your six fours. 818 00:36:51,875 --> 00:36:53,208 And you backed 'em up. 819 00:36:53,291 --> 00:36:55,834 -Right. -To my people, four is bad luck. 820 00:36:55,917 --> 00:36:57,667 It means death. 821 00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:58,792 So you ARE all the same! 822 00:36:58,875 --> 00:37:02,208 Bill, say it again, 823 00:37:02,291 --> 00:37:04,000 we are going to have a problem. 824 00:37:06,083 --> 00:37:08,250 Nicely fucking done, Ben Kim! 825 00:37:10,041 --> 00:37:10,834 It was him. 826 00:37:22,834 --> 00:37:24,792 How did you know? 827 00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:26,041 Yeah. How did you know? 828 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:28,625 He's having another singularly unimpressive quarter. 829 00:37:28,709 --> 00:37:31,542 About to finish dead last. Again. 830 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:33,208 You didn't actually think you'd get some luck 831 00:37:33,291 --> 00:37:35,500 to rub off on you by swiping that dollar... 832 00:37:35,583 --> 00:37:38,166 You thought you'd knock Bill off his game. 833 00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:40,834 Take some of the heat off yourself. 834 00:37:40,917 --> 00:37:41,583 Isn't that right, son? 835 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:50,583 I'm sorry. 836 00:37:52,083 --> 00:37:55,000 I was desperate. I love this place so much. 837 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:56,083 What could I do? 838 00:37:56,166 --> 00:38:00,375 How big is your tiny carve out? 839 00:38:00,458 --> 00:38:00,959 Twenty million. 840 00:38:01,041 --> 00:38:03,834 Nope. It's ten now. 841 00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:07,000 The other ten just went to Dollar Bill. 842 00:38:07,083 --> 00:38:09,291 You better get your head out of your ass 843 00:38:09,375 --> 00:38:11,000 and your returns out of the shitter 844 00:38:11,083 --> 00:38:13,458 or you will be gone come next quarter. 845 00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,500 Yes. Of course. Thank you. 846 00:38:15,583 --> 00:38:18,041 And I don't wanna look at this guy for awhile. 847 00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:18,959 Yes. 848 00:38:19,041 --> 00:38:21,500 Rudy, in this game of skin the snake, 849 00:38:21,583 --> 00:38:22,250 you've just become the whip. 850 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:24,875 Move to the end of the desk. 851 00:38:24,959 --> 00:38:27,041 Change spots with Bonnie. 852 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:40,041 Well, Chuck, 853 00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:43,083 sent your advance team to soften me up? 854 00:38:44,458 --> 00:38:46,041 That is what I seem to have done. 855 00:38:46,125 --> 00:38:48,166 She's lovely. 856 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:50,208 Reminds me of a girl I grew up with. 857 00:38:50,291 --> 00:38:51,875 We used to play as kids. 858 00:38:51,959 --> 00:38:56,000 In fact, we bagged a javelina together once. 859 00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:58,000 Such innocent times. 860 00:38:58,083 --> 00:38:59,125 Yes, indeed. 861 00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:01,375 What's the topic of conversation? 862 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:02,834 Retribution. 863 00:39:02,917 --> 00:39:05,375 Oh. I hope not for the javelinas. 864 00:39:05,458 --> 00:39:07,583 Nah. Ms. Sacker here was sounding out my feelings 865 00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:09,917 on the Code of Hammurabi, the Old Testament... 866 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,834 Lex talionis. 867 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:13,250 Wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 868 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:14,917 Yeah. All that wonderful stuff. 869 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,417 I take it that is the brand of justice you support, General. 870 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:19,792 Well, you saw what happened to that coyote. 871 00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:22,166 It better be the brand of justice y'all support 872 00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:22,875 if you want to keep bearing my standard. 873 00:39:22,959 --> 00:39:26,500 We do, and it is. 874 00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:29,500 And that is why those guards must be punished. 875 00:39:29,583 --> 00:39:30,750 Thought that might be where this was leading. 876 00:39:30,834 --> 00:39:34,917 They murdered that young man. And you said it yourself: 877 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,041 blood must be answered for with blood. 878 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:41,417 It's traditional. It's biblical. And it's just. 879 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,458 I like the way y'all are thinking, I do, 880 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:48,458 but you might want to brush up on your ancient Babylonian. 881 00:39:48,542 --> 00:39:52,125 Old Hammurabi, he had different penalties 882 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:54,583 for killing a property owner, freeman, slave. 883 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:56,125 You know why? 884 00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:59,000 'Cause all lives are not equal. 885 00:39:59,083 --> 00:40:01,625 There are those that do more for society: 886 00:40:01,709 --> 00:40:02,792 answer the call to serve, 887 00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:05,792 build things with their minds and their hands. 888 00:40:06,875 --> 00:40:08,458 And as for Lugo... 889 00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:13,959 that dead boy was a drug pusher. 890 00:40:14,041 --> 00:40:16,625 He wasn't doing anything for society but shredding it. 891 00:40:16,709 --> 00:40:18,917 Which is why you were prosecuting him. 892 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,667 As far as I can tell, the only one 893 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:22,500 that deserves death is this whole episode 894 00:40:22,583 --> 00:40:24,417 is already facing his maker, 895 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,417 or burning in the other place. 896 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,458 I don't know how swiftly justice moves in that realm, 897 00:40:28,542 --> 00:40:31,333 but up here in our jurisdiction, 898 00:40:31,417 --> 00:40:35,000 with regards to the guards on that transfer van, 899 00:40:35,083 --> 00:40:39,625 you will take your time, you will investigate thoroughly. 900 00:40:39,709 --> 00:40:41,333 And I am sure that when you're done, 901 00:40:41,417 --> 00:40:45,291 you're gonna find that those guards are telling the truth: 902 00:40:45,375 --> 00:40:47,500 That they were attacked by a resisting felon, 903 00:40:47,583 --> 00:40:49,834 a man you yourself charged with murder. 904 00:40:49,917 --> 00:40:55,667 And in my book, that is a clear-cut case of self-defense. 905 00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:56,667 And today, 906 00:40:56,750 --> 00:41:00,875 as in the traditions we have been speaking of, 907 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,709 we don't do diddly about that, 908 00:41:02,792 --> 00:41:08,667 we just turn the parchment page and ease on down the road. 909 00:41:08,750 --> 00:41:12,458 Now, if you'll excuse me. My bourbon rental has expired. 910 00:41:13,625 --> 00:41:15,667 Ms. Sacker, you're a delight. 911 00:41:15,750 --> 00:41:20,542 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 912 00:41:20,625 --> 00:41:22,959 ♪♪♪ 913 00:41:31,792 --> 00:41:33,750 Did it work? 914 00:41:33,834 --> 00:41:35,375 What? 915 00:41:35,458 --> 00:41:37,250 Sean Ayles told me you gave him a check for 250K 916 00:41:37,333 --> 00:41:38,583 for the Foundation. 917 00:41:38,667 --> 00:41:42,375 Right on the heels of selling your Maserati. 918 00:41:42,458 --> 00:41:44,709 So did it work? 919 00:41:44,792 --> 00:41:48,000 Did it make you feel better? Or less guilty anyway? 920 00:41:48,542 --> 00:41:50,750 Not Maserati better... 921 00:41:50,834 --> 00:41:52,291 I felt guilty once. 922 00:41:53,166 --> 00:41:58,375 About 16, 17 years back I thought: 923 00:41:58,458 --> 00:42:00,417 I should be understated, 924 00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:02,750 keep a low profile for my investors' sake. 925 00:42:02,834 --> 00:42:05,083 And what's so bad about First Class air travel? 926 00:42:05,166 --> 00:42:07,083 So, I'm sitting on the runway one night, 927 00:42:07,166 --> 00:42:08,709 waiting endlessly to take off. 928 00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:10,667 And an hour later, a blizzard closes the airport down. 929 00:42:10,750 --> 00:42:14,667 I blend right in with everybody else as we de-planed, 930 00:42:14,750 --> 00:42:17,750 tried to book motel rooms for the night. 931 00:42:17,834 --> 00:42:20,792 Bought my first Gulfstream the next day. 932 00:42:20,875 --> 00:42:23,375 Last time I let guilt win. 933 00:42:30,041 --> 00:42:32,625 Hey... 934 00:42:32,709 --> 00:42:34,333 Hello. 935 00:42:34,417 --> 00:42:36,792 And welcome to the new quant headquarters. 936 00:42:36,875 --> 00:42:38,458 The work will continue here. 937 00:42:38,542 --> 00:42:40,500 The kitchen is stocked and it's time to get to work 938 00:42:40,583 --> 00:42:42,542 creating an algo that can crush the market. 939 00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:44,417 If you're in, that is... 940 00:42:45,959 --> 00:42:47,083 I'm in. 941 00:42:47,166 --> 00:42:47,667 Me too. 942 00:42:50,458 --> 00:42:51,458 Sure, why not? 943 00:42:51,542 --> 00:42:55,458 I mean: Hell yeah, I'm in! 944 00:42:55,542 --> 00:42:56,208 Good. 945 00:42:56,291 --> 00:42:58,083 Remind me again why-- 946 00:42:58,166 --> 00:42:59,458 He kept emailing. 947 00:42:59,542 --> 00:43:00,125 He wants to show you that you didn't hurt him. 948 00:43:00,208 --> 00:43:03,291 That he's survived. 949 00:43:03,375 --> 00:43:04,792 -Thrived even. -Yeah, 950 00:43:04,875 --> 00:43:07,959 so instead of endlessly rescheduling just-- 951 00:43:09,709 --> 00:43:10,291 Big Lon... 952 00:43:10,375 --> 00:43:11,417 -Hi. -Chuck, Wendy. 953 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:13,500 You remember my wife Sandra-- 954 00:43:13,583 --> 00:43:15,000 -Good to see you. -Nice to see you, too. 955 00:43:16,542 --> 00:43:19,083 Sandra, how are you? 956 00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:23,625 Sandra plays like a dream, honey. 957 00:43:23,709 --> 00:43:26,875 Grand event coming up: concert at Rose Hall. 958 00:43:26,959 --> 00:43:27,834 That's a big deal! 959 00:43:27,917 --> 00:43:29,417 I try not to think about like that. 960 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:30,625 Just me and my piano. 961 00:43:30,709 --> 00:43:33,000 If there was one thing in life I would do over, 962 00:43:33,083 --> 00:43:35,834 it would be not quitting piano lessons when I was nine. 963 00:43:35,917 --> 00:43:36,834 He doesn't mean that. 964 00:43:36,917 --> 00:43:38,542 I wish I did. 965 00:43:38,625 --> 00:43:39,959 Well, be glad he doesn't. 966 00:43:40,041 --> 00:43:42,166 Because then you would have to listen to it all day long. 967 00:43:42,250 --> 00:43:42,709 Hey-- 968 00:43:42,792 --> 00:43:44,417 No. It's beautiful. 969 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:45,792 It's beautiful. 970 00:43:45,875 --> 00:43:47,333 But sometimes you just want to watch 971 00:43:47,417 --> 00:43:50,208 an old NYPD Blue episode without a Tchaikovsky soundtrack. 972 00:43:51,417 --> 00:43:52,542 Are you holding up okay, Chuck? 973 00:43:52,625 --> 00:43:54,959 That story in the news is awful. That boy dying in custody. 974 00:43:58,041 --> 00:43:59,250 A tragedy. 975 00:43:59,333 --> 00:44:01,041 We're investigating thoroughly. 976 00:44:01,125 --> 00:44:02,959 The guards' statements were very strong. 977 00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:04,750 But it's too early to say anything. 978 00:44:04,834 --> 00:44:06,542 Really, we're still gathering physical evidence. 979 00:44:06,625 --> 00:44:10,250 But in the end, justice will be done. 980 00:44:12,542 --> 00:44:14,291 Something in your throat, old pal? 981 00:44:15,792 --> 00:44:17,333 Don't make me say it. 982 00:44:17,417 --> 00:44:19,875 I don't want to say it. 983 00:44:19,959 --> 00:44:22,750 Well, it's jumped from your throat to your eyes. 984 00:44:22,834 --> 00:44:25,458 Fine, since it's bypassed your guts, I'll say it for you. 985 00:44:25,542 --> 00:44:27,083 You think that I let the attorney general 986 00:44:27,166 --> 00:44:29,458 stick his hand up my ass and run me like a sock puppet. 987 00:44:30,542 --> 00:44:31,542 I'm just glad I got out of there 988 00:44:31,625 --> 00:44:33,000 before I had to get caught up in any of that. 989 00:44:33,959 --> 00:44:36,417 You know, let's--let's just leave it there. 990 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:39,542 Not a fucking chance. 991 00:44:39,625 --> 00:44:41,333 Oh, it's amazing how fast it happens 992 00:44:41,417 --> 00:44:43,125 when you go from being a starting player 993 00:44:43,208 --> 00:44:43,750 to the sidelines. 994 00:44:43,834 --> 00:44:46,000 I'll tell you something. 995 00:44:46,083 --> 00:44:48,041 If I were still on the same damn team, 996 00:44:48,125 --> 00:44:49,750 those guards would be in custody today. 997 00:44:49,834 --> 00:44:51,709 Sure. And you imagine, what, that I don't care? 998 00:44:51,792 --> 00:44:55,834 Or that I'm not strong enough? 999 00:44:55,917 --> 00:44:56,792 Or that I'm bought and paid for? 1000 00:44:56,875 --> 00:45:00,458 I imagine you've made some calculations 1001 00:45:00,542 --> 00:45:01,792 that allow you to live with it. 1002 00:45:01,875 --> 00:45:03,750 No matter who's left swinging in the wind-- 1003 00:45:03,834 --> 00:45:05,917 This does not have to become any-- 1004 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,417 No, no, it does. 1005 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:12,125 Self righteousness is an indulgence I cannot afford. 1006 00:45:12,208 --> 00:45:15,333 Calculation is not something to be scoffed at. 1007 00:45:15,417 --> 00:45:18,291 It's a tool. A tactic. 1008 00:45:18,375 --> 00:45:20,291 And I use it proudly and often. 1009 00:45:20,375 --> 00:45:22,083 But here. Today. 1010 00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:25,125 About this. There was none. 1011 00:45:25,208 --> 00:45:28,125 No. There was only a dead man who should've been left alive. 1012 00:45:29,166 --> 00:45:30,458 And I'll tell you something, Lonnie, 1013 00:45:30,542 --> 00:45:31,750 if you were still in the office, 1014 00:45:31,834 --> 00:45:33,166 nothing would've been different. 1015 00:45:33,250 --> 00:45:36,417 Not one thing. 1016 00:45:37,458 --> 00:45:38,750 Oh, I'm really glad to see you here tonight, 1017 00:45:38,834 --> 00:45:41,959 in that Brioni suit, which is the mark 1018 00:45:42,041 --> 00:45:44,333 of the lawyer who is successful at everything 1019 00:45:44,417 --> 00:45:45,625 that doesn't really matter. 1020 00:45:45,709 --> 00:45:47,792 No. You are, no doubt, exactly where 1021 00:45:47,875 --> 00:45:50,375 you are supposed to be now. 1022 00:45:50,458 --> 00:45:51,959 There's no shame in not being able to hack it 1023 00:45:52,041 --> 00:45:54,166 at the highest levels of the real game, 1024 00:45:54,250 --> 00:45:57,333 but the revisionist history, that's for your wife at home-- 1025 00:45:57,417 --> 00:45:59,291 not for the man who fucking knows better. 1026 00:45:59,375 --> 00:46:01,583 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1027 00:46:01,667 --> 00:46:03,125 I'm done with you. 1028 00:46:03,208 --> 00:46:05,125 ♪♪♪ 1029 00:46:05,208 --> 00:46:08,417 ♪♪♪ 1030 00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:09,166 Break a leg at Rose Hall. 1031 00:46:09,250 --> 00:46:13,125 ♪♪♪ 1032 00:46:13,208 --> 00:46:15,166 ♪♪♪ 1033 00:46:15,250 --> 00:46:21,125 ♪♪♪ 1034 00:46:29,291 --> 00:46:31,542 I guess I should have rescheduled. 1035 00:46:33,417 --> 00:46:37,166 You displaced your anger-- and a hell of a lot of it-- 1036 00:46:37,250 --> 00:46:38,375 for someone else onto Lonnie. 1037 00:46:38,458 --> 00:46:39,917 I'm aware. 1038 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,750 And I think we both know who the intended target was. 1039 00:46:45,125 --> 00:46:46,875 Jock fucking Jeffcoat. 1040 00:46:46,959 --> 00:46:47,792 Yeah. 1041 00:46:47,875 --> 00:46:50,458 Not that what you said didn't need saying, 1042 00:46:50,542 --> 00:46:52,166 to that pious prick. 1043 00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:54,625 Really? 1044 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,041 If you didn't say it, I would've. 1045 00:46:58,667 --> 00:47:02,166 A little nicer maybe. 1046 00:47:02,250 --> 00:47:03,208 Maybe a lot. 1047 00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:06,917 You know, you can still tell Jock to go fuck himself. 1048 00:47:10,458 --> 00:47:13,083 If I don't bring charges against Lugo's killers, 1049 00:47:13,166 --> 00:47:13,875 they go free. 1050 00:47:13,959 --> 00:47:17,000 If I do bring charges, 1051 00:47:18,542 --> 00:47:20,792 I'm fired... 1052 00:47:20,875 --> 00:47:22,083 and they go free. 1053 00:47:23,083 --> 00:47:24,291 It's not enough to resist 1054 00:47:24,375 --> 00:47:26,250 or not resist Jock anymore. 1055 00:47:27,166 --> 00:47:30,125 You have to assassinate this motherfucker. 1056 00:47:30,208 --> 00:47:31,375 [Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma "] 1057 00:47:31,458 --> 00:47:33,834 Yeah. I know. 1058 00:47:33,917 --> 00:47:35,709 ♪♪♪ 1059 00:47:35,792 --> 00:47:39,875 That's why I'm sitting here in the dark like an assassin. 1060 00:47:39,959 --> 00:47:41,834 ♪♪♪ 1061 00:47:41,917 --> 00:47:44,792 ♪ Darkness at the break of noon ♪ 1062 00:47:44,875 --> 00:47:46,083 ♪ Shadows even the silver spoon ♪ 1063 00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:49,417 ♪ The handmade blade, the child's balloon ♪ 1064 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:51,250 ♪ Eclipses both the sun and moon ♪ 1065 00:47:51,333 --> 00:47:53,333 ♪ To understand you know too soon ♪ 1066 00:47:53,417 --> 00:47:55,750 ♪ There is no sense in trying ♪ 1067 00:47:55,834 --> 00:47:57,542 ♪♪♪ 1068 00:47:59,875 --> 00:48:03,875 ♪♪♪ 1069 00:48:03,959 --> 00:48:06,125 ♪ Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn ♪ 1070 00:48:06,208 --> 00:48:08,083 ♪ Suicide remarks are torn ♪ 1071 00:48:08,166 --> 00:48:09,834 ♪ From the fool's gold mouthpiece ♪ 1072 00:48:09,917 --> 00:48:12,000 ♪ The hollow horn plays wasted words ♪ 1073 00:48:12,083 --> 00:48:15,125 ♪ Proves to warn that he not busy being born ♪ 1074 00:48:15,208 --> 00:48:17,166 ♪ Is busy dying ♪ 1075 00:48:17,250 --> 00:48:20,125 ♪♪♪ 1076 00:48:20,208 --> 00:48:22,125 ♪♪♪ 1077 00:48:22,208 --> 00:48:25,875 No conference room, no lawyers? I could get used to this. 1078 00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:29,375 I had lawyer read, I don't have lawyer enforce. 1079 00:48:30,625 --> 00:48:33,667 One rule before we go forward: 1080 00:48:33,750 --> 00:48:35,750 you can't lose my money. 1081 00:48:35,834 --> 00:48:37,792 No. Of course not. 1082 00:48:37,875 --> 00:48:41,291 My every move is geared to make and not lose money-- 1083 00:48:42,834 --> 00:48:44,500 Mnh. No. 1084 00:48:44,583 --> 00:48:45,792 You can't lose my money... 1085 00:48:45,875 --> 00:48:48,792 If you do, we have problem. 1086 00:48:48,875 --> 00:48:50,917 Understood? 1087 00:48:53,125 --> 00:48:55,166 And so our adventure begins. 1088 00:48:55,250 --> 00:48:58,834 True, very true... 1089 00:49:00,291 --> 00:49:02,667 Happy occasion like this 1090 00:49:02,750 --> 00:49:07,208 reminds me of funny story. 1091 00:49:10,166 --> 00:49:11,375 Many years ago, 1092 00:49:11,458 --> 00:49:14,208 I was walking along the Moskva Christmas market. 1093 00:49:14,291 --> 00:49:16,875 You ever seen Moskva Christmas market? 1094 00:49:16,959 --> 00:49:19,750 Always a sense of good cheer, 1095 00:49:19,834 --> 00:49:21,709 even during the lean years. 1096 00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:23,166 I think it was the wine. 1097 00:49:23,250 --> 00:49:26,375 They serve warm wine with the spices in it. 1098 00:49:26,458 --> 00:49:28,417 Cinnamon and... 1099 00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:29,375 I was waiting on the line-- 1100 00:49:29,458 --> 00:49:32,625 everyone was always waiting on the line. 1101 00:49:32,709 --> 00:49:34,333 And finally I got my cup, 1102 00:49:34,417 --> 00:49:37,000 I turn, and there was this little boy. 1103 00:49:37,083 --> 00:49:38,959 Runny nose. 1104 00:49:39,041 --> 00:49:42,709 He--he's looking at me so desirous of my cup 1105 00:49:42,792 --> 00:49:46,834 of this warm, warm wine 1106 00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:50,208 that I give him a sip. 1107 00:49:50,291 --> 00:49:53,208 He stares at me with such a gratitude. 1108 00:49:56,792 --> 00:50:01,542 And then I notice his mother. 1109 00:50:01,625 --> 00:50:02,917 Plump breasts-- 1110 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,834 she must have known someone. 1111 00:50:06,917 --> 00:50:10,250 So I give him my cup of wine. 1112 00:50:10,333 --> 00:50:13,709 And I take his mother away from the square. 1113 00:50:13,792 --> 00:50:16,208 Behind the soldiers. 1114 00:50:18,250 --> 00:50:23,250 And after, I leave her for the soldiers. 1115 00:50:29,291 --> 00:50:32,083 And I walked back, 1116 00:50:32,166 --> 00:50:36,750 and this little boy is staring at me 1117 00:50:36,834 --> 00:50:41,041 with his greedy drunken eyes. 1118 00:50:41,125 --> 00:50:43,750 Do you know what happened to him? 1119 00:50:43,834 --> 00:50:45,125 No. 1120 00:50:46,417 --> 00:50:49,458 [Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma "] 1121 00:50:49,542 --> 00:50:51,333 I always ask. 1122 00:50:51,875 --> 00:50:55,250 No one ever knows. 1123 00:50:55,333 --> 00:50:59,542 ♪ Although the masters make the rules ♪ 1124 00:50:59,625 --> 00:51:03,125 ♪ For the wise men and the fools ♪ 1125 00:51:03,208 --> 00:51:13,208 ♪♪♪ 1126 00:51:13,291 --> 00:51:43,250 ♪♪♪