1 00:00:04,095 --> 00:00:05,303 [Axe] Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:05,387 --> 00:00:06,804 You want me to help put you 3 00:00:06,887 --> 00:00:08,261 in the State Attorney General's office. 4 00:00:08,345 --> 00:00:10,053 I do. 5 00:00:10,136 --> 00:00:11,679 [Harry] The Churchill World War II-- it's a hell of a set. 6 00:00:11,762 --> 00:00:12,845 Well, maybe I can circle back 7 00:00:12,929 --> 00:00:14,303 and grab them before they're gone. 8 00:00:14,387 --> 00:00:16,345 These are the books you asked for. 9 00:00:16,428 --> 00:00:18,303 Find all the other signed first editions for sale. 10 00:00:18,387 --> 00:00:21,303 And buy them all, every single last one of them. 11 00:00:21,387 --> 00:00:24,345 You could've been anything-- you chose to be a prosecutor. 12 00:00:24,428 --> 00:00:25,929 You're the guy who taught me everything. 13 00:00:26,011 --> 00:00:27,428 I'm glad you still feel that way. 14 00:00:27,512 --> 00:00:30,136 Your father has tasted the fruits of our tribe. 15 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:32,553 Is that my little sister, for Chrissakes? 16 00:00:32,637 --> 00:00:34,470 When are you coming home? I don't know. 17 00:00:34,553 --> 00:00:36,387 But you are coming home? 18 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:38,136 I don't know. 19 00:00:38,220 --> 00:00:40,553 [Chuck] When I look at the shambles my life has become-- 20 00:00:40,637 --> 00:00:42,261 [Chuck] from my firing, 21 00:00:42,345 --> 00:00:44,428 [Chuck] to my election with strings attached, 22 00:00:44,512 --> 00:00:46,470 [Chuck] to the destruction of my marriage, 23 00:00:46,553 --> 00:00:49,637 it all tracks back to one source. 24 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,720 One man. 25 00:00:50,804 --> 00:00:52,845 And that very man 26 00:00:52,929 --> 00:00:55,011 charged me with arresting you 27 00:00:55,095 --> 00:00:57,762 in order to force you back into his employ. 28 00:00:57,845 --> 00:01:00,178 You were such a worthy fucking adversary. 29 00:01:00,261 --> 00:01:01,470 I want you on my side. 30 00:01:01,553 --> 00:01:04,303 And I want you to help me take him down, 31 00:01:04,387 --> 00:01:06,053 [Chuck] once and for all. 32 00:01:06,136 --> 00:01:08,345 Chuck Rhoades wants to use me to help him nail Axe. 33 00:01:08,428 --> 00:01:10,261 [Taylor] They're both lined up to destroy each other. 34 00:01:10,345 --> 00:01:12,470 [Taylor] At the right moment when both have their guns 35 00:01:12,553 --> 00:01:14,011 [Taylor] raised, I'll step out of the way and let it happen. 36 00:01:14,095 --> 00:01:15,845 [Taylor] They'll put each other in the ground 37 00:01:15,929 --> 00:01:17,261 [Taylor] and I'll go about my fucking business. 38 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:18,345 Welcome home. 39 00:01:18,428 --> 00:01:19,762 Happy to be here. 40 00:01:26,261 --> 00:01:29,220 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 41 00:01:29,303 --> 00:01:33,220 ♪♪♪ 42 00:01:33,303 --> 00:01:37,261 ♪♪♪ 43 00:01:40,011 --> 00:01:42,929 It's so wonderful to be gathered here together 44 00:01:43,011 --> 00:01:46,053 to witness this blessed occasion. 45 00:01:46,136 --> 00:01:48,720 Two souls, who've found one another, 46 00:01:48,804 --> 00:01:50,720 in the great expanse. 47 00:01:50,804 --> 00:01:53,679 Two people, fiery and strong, 48 00:01:53,762 --> 00:01:57,053 joining their flames into a single burning ember.... 49 00:01:57,136 --> 00:01:58,970 [Jane Halftown] ...In our tradition, 50 00:01:59,053 --> 00:02:01,178 [Jane Halftown] marriage means 'never alone.' 51 00:02:01,261 --> 00:02:03,512 [Jane Halftown] So will you take this man, 52 00:02:03,595 --> 00:02:05,679 [Jane Halftown] to care for, for all of your days? 53 00:02:05,762 --> 00:02:07,220 [Roxanne] I will. 54 00:02:07,303 --> 00:02:08,720 [Jane Halftown] And will you take this woman, 55 00:02:08,804 --> 00:02:10,720 to care for, for all of your days? 56 00:02:10,804 --> 00:02:12,929 Of course I will. 57 00:02:13,011 --> 00:02:14,887 For as many as I've got left, anyway. 58 00:02:14,970 --> 00:02:17,762 [laughter] 59 00:02:17,845 --> 00:02:20,595 ♪ cheerful music ♪ 60 00:02:20,679 --> 00:02:23,136 [sighs] 61 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:26,595 You will now live together under one blanket... 62 00:02:26,679 --> 00:02:29,470 [applause] 63 00:02:29,553 --> 00:02:32,887 ♪ Patti Smith's "Gone Again" ♪ 64 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:37,387 ♪♪♪ 65 00:02:37,470 --> 00:02:41,595 ♪♪♪ 66 00:02:41,679 --> 00:02:46,095 ♪♪♪ 67 00:02:46,178 --> 00:02:50,428 ♪♪♪ 68 00:02:50,512 --> 00:02:53,428 ♪ Hey, now, man's own kin ♪ 69 00:02:53,512 --> 00:02:56,095 ♪ We commend into the wind ♪ 70 00:02:56,178 --> 00:02:58,970 ♪ Grateful arms, grateful limbs ♪ 71 00:02:59,053 --> 00:03:01,887 ♪ Grateful soul, he's gone again ♪ 72 00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:03,845 ♪ indistinct singing ♪ 73 00:03:03,929 --> 00:03:05,303 [maracas shaking] 74 00:03:05,387 --> 00:03:08,679 [rhythmic chanting] 75 00:03:08,762 --> 00:03:11,762 [steam hisses] 76 00:03:11,845 --> 00:03:16,762 [chanting continues] 77 00:03:16,845 --> 00:03:19,637 [exhales heavily] 78 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,303 ♪ soft music ♪ 79 00:03:23,387 --> 00:03:26,637 ♪♪♪ 80 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,970 [exhales heavily] 81 00:03:29,053 --> 00:03:30,553 ♪♪♪ 82 00:03:30,637 --> 00:03:32,679 [gags] 83 00:03:32,762 --> 00:03:36,679 [retching] 84 00:03:36,762 --> 00:03:38,470 [coughing] 85 00:03:38,553 --> 00:03:39,887 [gags] 86 00:03:42,762 --> 00:03:43,887 Ugh. 87 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:45,804 [both breathing heavily] 88 00:03:45,887 --> 00:03:48,011 [crickets chirping] 89 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:50,595 [inhales sharply] 90 00:03:50,679 --> 00:03:53,303 [owl hoots] 91 00:03:53,387 --> 00:03:55,595 Right? 92 00:03:55,679 --> 00:03:57,970 Right?! 93 00:03:58,053 --> 00:03:59,845 ♪♪♪ 94 00:03:59,929 --> 00:04:03,136 Yessssssss. 95 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:06,762 See it?... 96 00:04:06,845 --> 00:04:09,053 Feel it?... 97 00:04:09,136 --> 00:04:12,011 ...It's almost too much. 98 00:04:12,095 --> 00:04:14,887 Too much goodness in the world. 99 00:04:14,970 --> 00:04:18,804 The great Earth Mother 100 00:04:18,887 --> 00:04:20,095 blowing it around 101 00:04:20,178 --> 00:04:23,220 like smoke from the trees... 102 00:04:23,303 --> 00:04:25,095 [Axe] Kings! 103 00:04:25,178 --> 00:04:27,595 They don't blow around, man. 104 00:04:27,679 --> 00:04:29,261 ♪♪♪ 105 00:04:29,345 --> 00:04:32,303 They stand there and they take. 106 00:04:32,387 --> 00:04:36,970 First the village, then the city. 107 00:04:37,053 --> 00:04:40,804 Mass the troops for the keep. 108 00:04:40,887 --> 00:04:44,011 And once the keep... 109 00:04:44,095 --> 00:04:46,720 Yeah. The whole world. 110 00:04:46,804 --> 00:04:49,220 ♪♪♪ 111 00:04:49,303 --> 00:04:53,845 That's a whole lot of war to wage. 112 00:04:53,929 --> 00:04:55,178 ♪♪♪ 113 00:04:55,261 --> 00:05:00,261 That's a whole lot of heads to chop, 114 00:05:00,345 --> 00:05:03,345 heads to chop, 115 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:05,345 heads to chop-- 116 00:05:05,428 --> 00:05:10,011 Chop, chop, chop.... 117 00:05:10,095 --> 00:05:11,428 Mess, 118 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:13,553 messy, mess. 119 00:05:13,637 --> 00:05:15,679 Beautiful mess. 120 00:05:15,762 --> 00:05:18,428 Yeah... 121 00:05:18,512 --> 00:05:20,595 [laughs] 122 00:05:20,679 --> 00:05:24,261 Come on, 123 00:05:24,345 --> 00:05:27,136 let's see if we can make it back. 124 00:05:27,220 --> 00:05:30,053 [band plays Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"] 125 00:05:30,136 --> 00:05:33,261 ♪♪♪ 126 00:05:33,345 --> 00:05:35,053 [indistinct conversations] 127 00:05:35,136 --> 00:05:38,595 ♪♪♪ 128 00:05:38,679 --> 00:05:41,929 ♪♪♪ 129 00:05:42,011 --> 00:05:46,804 ♪ Well, my baby and me went out late Saturday night ♪ 130 00:05:46,887 --> 00:05:50,804 ♪ I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so right ♪ 131 00:05:50,887 --> 00:05:54,136 ♪ Well, pick you up at ten, gotta have you home at two ♪ 132 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:56,053 ♪ Mama don't know what I catched off of you ♪ 133 00:05:56,136 --> 00:05:57,595 ♪ But that's all right 'cause ♪ 134 00:05:57,679 --> 00:05:59,679 ♪ We're looking as cool as can be ♪ 135 00:05:59,762 --> 00:06:01,095 You okay, Chuck? 136 00:06:01,178 --> 00:06:02,762 -Oh. You know it! -You sure? 137 00:06:02,845 --> 00:06:05,303 Better than okay. Yes. A venerable occasion. 138 00:06:05,387 --> 00:06:07,303 Weddings can be tough when you've become recently... 139 00:06:07,387 --> 00:06:08,470 unattached. 140 00:06:08,553 --> 00:06:10,345 All that romance in the air. 141 00:06:10,428 --> 00:06:12,303 Exactly what I'm looking to capitalize on. 142 00:06:12,387 --> 00:06:13,720 Who's the brunette stunner over there? 143 00:06:13,804 --> 00:06:15,303 [Brogan] How 'bout an intro-- 144 00:06:15,387 --> 00:06:17,387 ♪ And change of a dollar for the jukebox ♪ 145 00:06:17,470 --> 00:06:18,804 That'd be his wife. Ouch. 146 00:06:18,887 --> 00:06:20,387 Or is it ex? Uh, uh. 147 00:06:20,470 --> 00:06:23,345 Not officially. Yet. Heading that way. 148 00:06:23,428 --> 00:06:25,553 What's the statute of limitations on exes these days? 149 00:06:25,637 --> 00:06:27,178 Ohh! Until your shvantz 150 00:06:27,261 --> 00:06:29,428 turns to rust and falls off, Brogan. 151 00:06:29,512 --> 00:06:31,220 Which is why I'm kidding! 152 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:32,804 Naturally. 'Cause we're all friends. 153 00:06:32,887 --> 00:06:34,845 -Sure, you're kidding. -Absolutely. 154 00:06:34,929 --> 00:06:37,970 And I am truly blessed to have a brain trust, 155 00:06:38,053 --> 00:06:40,553 a cadre, a kitchen cabinet such as you all. 156 00:06:40,637 --> 00:06:44,637 ♪ We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out ♪ 157 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,720 ♪♪♪ 158 00:06:46,804 --> 00:06:48,053 Excuse me... 159 00:06:48,136 --> 00:06:50,345 [indistinct conversations] 160 00:06:50,428 --> 00:06:53,845 ♪♪♪ 161 00:06:53,929 --> 00:06:55,345 [indistinct speaking] 162 00:06:55,428 --> 00:06:57,804 ♪♪♪ 163 00:06:57,887 --> 00:07:00,345 ♪♪♪ 164 00:07:00,428 --> 00:07:03,804 Hey, hey, hey, watch it, Kev. 165 00:07:03,887 --> 00:07:05,595 Come on. We don't do that. 166 00:07:05,679 --> 00:07:07,845 You wanna try some wine at dinner, we can do it together. 167 00:07:07,929 --> 00:07:09,428 Like people. 168 00:07:09,512 --> 00:07:11,428 Sorry, Dad, I just wanted to taste it. 169 00:07:11,512 --> 00:07:14,053 But it's gross. Exactly. 170 00:07:14,136 --> 00:07:15,887 [indistinct conversations] 171 00:07:15,970 --> 00:07:18,720 ♪♪♪ 172 00:07:18,804 --> 00:07:21,345 ♪♪♪ 173 00:07:21,428 --> 00:07:22,887 ...It's family. 174 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:26,261 That's what families do: stick together. 175 00:07:26,345 --> 00:07:28,553 ♪♪♪ 176 00:07:28,637 --> 00:07:30,887 That's why you're here? 177 00:07:30,970 --> 00:07:34,220 You're actually fucking here. 178 00:07:34,303 --> 00:07:36,345 "Sticking together" while he marries someone 179 00:07:36,428 --> 00:07:37,428 who could be his-- 180 00:07:37,512 --> 00:07:40,220 Soldier forth. 181 00:07:40,303 --> 00:07:42,804 That's what Charles always told me, 182 00:07:42,887 --> 00:07:44,720 and he's right. 183 00:07:44,804 --> 00:07:47,553 ♪ We're gonna rock this town, make 'em scream and shout ♪ 184 00:07:47,637 --> 00:07:50,387 Maybe it's time to stop listening 185 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,303 to what Rhoades men say 186 00:07:52,387 --> 00:07:54,261 and decide what we think for a fucking change. 187 00:07:54,345 --> 00:07:55,804 ♪ We're gonna rock till you drop, we're gonna rock ♪ 188 00:07:57,011 --> 00:07:58,512 Excuse me. 189 00:08:00,428 --> 00:08:03,011 [indistinct conversations in distance] 190 00:08:03,095 --> 00:08:04,261 Ms. Sacker. 191 00:08:04,345 --> 00:08:05,929 Sorry to crash, but I have what I need 192 00:08:06,011 --> 00:08:07,887 to give the go-ahead on the crypto mine takedown. 193 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:09,220 As soon as you give me the go-ahead. 194 00:08:09,303 --> 00:08:10,512 They will get in position tonight. 195 00:08:10,595 --> 00:08:12,095 Move first thing in the morning. 196 00:08:12,178 --> 00:08:14,303 Click, click, boom. Do it. What about press? 197 00:08:14,387 --> 00:08:16,220 They're salivating over all things crypto right now. 198 00:08:16,303 --> 00:08:17,970 No press. Yet. 199 00:08:18,053 --> 00:08:20,845 Then at the right moment, lots and lots of it. 200 00:08:20,929 --> 00:08:22,470 Do the thing. I have to go, uh, 201 00:08:22,553 --> 00:08:24,720 get back to the nuptials. 202 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:26,637 [Sacker] Maybe I'll stick around, watch the toast. 203 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,762 [chuckles] See you celebrate the love. 204 00:08:28,845 --> 00:08:31,679 You're a ruthless prosecutor. It's why I hired you over. 205 00:08:31,762 --> 00:08:34,303 Don't waste it here. Use it on the operation. 206 00:08:34,387 --> 00:08:35,970 [Sacker] Ah. First I watch you squirm. 207 00:08:36,053 --> 00:08:37,387 Then I make them squirm. 208 00:08:37,470 --> 00:08:40,470 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 209 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:44,845 ♪♪♪ 210 00:08:44,929 --> 00:08:49,470 ♪♪♪ 211 00:08:49,553 --> 00:08:53,929 ♪♪♪ 212 00:08:54,011 --> 00:08:58,428 ♪♪♪ 213 00:08:58,512 --> 00:09:03,095 ♪ We'll have our fill of tears ♪ 214 00:09:03,178 --> 00:09:05,470 ♪ Our share of sighs ♪ 215 00:09:05,553 --> 00:09:07,470 A dance with the groom? 216 00:09:07,553 --> 00:09:08,929 ♪ My only prayer ♪ Can I say no? 217 00:09:09,011 --> 00:09:10,303 I think not. 218 00:09:10,387 --> 00:09:13,679 ♪ Is that you realize ♪ 219 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:18,011 ♪ You'll always be beautiful ♪ 220 00:09:18,095 --> 00:09:21,845 ♪ In my eyes ♪ 221 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:24,762 ♪ You will always be ♪ 222 00:09:24,845 --> 00:09:26,804 Avert your eyes, Chuck. 223 00:09:26,887 --> 00:09:28,303 We'll watch for you. 224 00:09:28,387 --> 00:09:30,136 We'll--We'll tell you if the old man gets handsy. 225 00:09:30,220 --> 00:09:33,970 Oooh, he's bringing out the old American Bandstand moves. 226 00:09:34,053 --> 00:09:35,679 Feels more like Soul Train to me. 227 00:09:35,762 --> 00:09:37,261 Ooh, he's got a pep in his step-- 228 00:09:37,345 --> 00:09:38,970 I'm impressed. 229 00:09:39,053 --> 00:09:40,804 She looks stunned. In a good way. 230 00:09:40,887 --> 00:09:42,178 Good for him. Not for you. 231 00:09:42,261 --> 00:09:43,845 It does feel like a betrayal of some sort. 232 00:09:43,929 --> 00:09:45,512 From one of them. Or both. 233 00:09:45,595 --> 00:09:47,553 No, no, no, no. It's as it should be. 234 00:09:47,637 --> 00:09:49,470 The bonds of family are stronger than-- 235 00:09:49,553 --> 00:09:51,428 -Whoa, that's a deep dip! -[laughs] 236 00:09:51,512 --> 00:09:54,887 Bravo! Real Rudolph Valentino move! 237 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:56,220 Ahh, Jesus. 238 00:09:56,303 --> 00:10:00,053 [laughter] 239 00:10:00,136 --> 00:10:02,553 [laughs] 240 00:10:02,637 --> 00:10:05,470 I'll be sad to lose you as a member of the family. 241 00:10:05,553 --> 00:10:08,095 You're the grandfather of my children: 242 00:10:08,178 --> 00:10:10,053 we'll always be family. 243 00:10:10,136 --> 00:10:12,470 So stop this madness. 244 00:10:12,553 --> 00:10:14,220 Go get some ass if that's what you want... 245 00:10:14,303 --> 00:10:16,804 [sighs] ...and then re-up with the unit. 246 00:10:16,887 --> 00:10:19,387 Like you did? 247 00:10:19,470 --> 00:10:20,887 We're at your wedding. 248 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:22,220 To someone else. 249 00:10:22,303 --> 00:10:24,053 I'm sitting at a table with your ex-wife. 250 00:10:24,136 --> 00:10:25,679 Thing you have to understand 251 00:10:25,762 --> 00:10:27,136 about me and your ex-mother-in-law is-- 252 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,178 May I cut in? 253 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:31,804 You had your chance, Sonny. 254 00:10:31,887 --> 00:10:33,762 Maybe if you'd been this insistent when she was yours-- 255 00:10:33,845 --> 00:10:36,929 Dad! 256 00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:38,512 Your dance, my boy. 257 00:10:38,595 --> 00:10:41,679 ♪ You'll always be beautiful ♪ 258 00:10:41,762 --> 00:10:43,679 ♪ In my eyes ♪ 259 00:10:43,762 --> 00:10:45,720 I figured I'd move in for the save. 260 00:10:45,804 --> 00:10:47,261 There was a time for that. 261 00:10:47,345 --> 00:10:48,762 It's long passed. 262 00:10:48,845 --> 00:10:50,720 You mean to say you enjoyed dancing with him? 263 00:10:50,804 --> 00:10:53,053 I mean, he does move like Valentino. 264 00:10:53,136 --> 00:10:54,261 Oh, for Chrissakes. 265 00:10:54,345 --> 00:10:55,762 Really? You too? [chuckles] 266 00:10:55,845 --> 00:10:57,887 ♪♪♪ 267 00:10:57,970 --> 00:10:59,345 ♪ And the passing years will show ♪ 268 00:10:59,428 --> 00:11:01,470 There's not a second of this I enjoy. 269 00:11:01,553 --> 00:11:03,470 Old days, we would have made our getaway. 270 00:11:03,553 --> 00:11:06,136 McQueen and Ali MacGraw style. 271 00:11:06,220 --> 00:11:09,470 Mm. More like Beatty and Dunaway-- 272 00:11:09,553 --> 00:11:11,804 lot of talk of escape, but in the end: 273 00:11:11,887 --> 00:11:14,595 [clicks tongue] ratatatat with the Tommy gun. 274 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,553 Bloody, tragic. 275 00:11:16,637 --> 00:11:18,261 No escape. From any of it. 276 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:21,178 Just because we haven't made our escape as of yet, 277 00:11:21,261 --> 00:11:24,470 doesn't mean we can't. 278 00:11:24,553 --> 00:11:26,970 As friends, I mean, not romantically. 279 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:29,553 Just find our way out of here. 280 00:11:29,637 --> 00:11:31,428 Talk. 281 00:11:31,512 --> 00:11:33,470 Oh, there'll be an escape. 282 00:11:33,553 --> 00:11:34,720 Here it is. 283 00:11:34,804 --> 00:11:35,804 [music ends] 284 00:11:35,887 --> 00:11:37,553 [applause] 285 00:11:39,387 --> 00:11:40,428 Go time. 286 00:11:40,512 --> 00:11:41,470 Ah. 287 00:11:41,553 --> 00:11:44,011 [indistinct conversations] 288 00:11:44,095 --> 00:11:46,303 [soft piano music playing] 289 00:11:46,387 --> 00:11:49,637 ♪♪♪ 290 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,970 ♪♪♪ 291 00:11:53,053 --> 00:11:55,178 [microphone squeals] 292 00:12:05,929 --> 00:12:08,136 I was speaking with my mother the other day, 293 00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:12,762 about how hard it would be to appropriately, to honestly, 294 00:12:12,845 --> 00:12:16,345 salute my father on the day of this blessed union. 295 00:12:16,428 --> 00:12:18,011 And she said to me: 296 00:12:18,095 --> 00:12:21,387 "Look, you do not have to stand in front of a group of people 297 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:23,845 and say nice things about that man. 298 00:12:23,929 --> 00:12:26,387 You do not have to valorize him. 299 00:12:26,470 --> 00:12:29,428 Speak your truth, Son." 300 00:12:29,512 --> 00:12:32,178 Now, as most of you know, 301 00:12:32,261 --> 00:12:34,178 I have no problem making a speech 302 00:12:34,261 --> 00:12:35,970 that goes against convention, 303 00:12:36,053 --> 00:12:38,679 that brooks the tide of the expected, 304 00:12:38,762 --> 00:12:40,970 so that I may speak the unvarnished. 305 00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:44,095 And that is what I have decided to do today. 306 00:12:44,178 --> 00:12:45,303 [chuckles] 307 00:12:45,387 --> 00:12:49,053 So buckle up... 308 00:12:49,136 --> 00:12:51,053 Because... 309 00:12:51,136 --> 00:12:54,345 I am not gonna say nice things about my dad. 310 00:12:54,428 --> 00:12:56,387 I don't want to. 311 00:12:56,470 --> 00:12:57,887 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 312 00:12:57,970 --> 00:12:59,220 You all know what I would say. 313 00:12:59,303 --> 00:13:01,261 You all know the truth. No. 314 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:04,428 Instead: I want to... 315 00:13:04,512 --> 00:13:09,053 ♪♪♪ 316 00:13:09,136 --> 00:13:13,762 ♪♪♪ 317 00:13:13,845 --> 00:13:17,887 celebrate his magnificent bride, Roxanne! 318 00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:20,053 [laughter] 319 00:13:20,136 --> 00:13:22,053 [cheers and applause] [laughs] 320 00:13:25,303 --> 00:13:29,804 No. Because she has done that which I'd thought impossible. 321 00:13:29,887 --> 00:13:33,679 Turned my dad into a big pile of mush. 322 00:13:33,762 --> 00:13:36,720 [laughter] Defanged the old wolf. 323 00:13:36,804 --> 00:13:38,679 Well. Made him into one of those Build-A-Bears 324 00:13:38,762 --> 00:13:40,887 with the bright red valentine for a heart 325 00:13:40,970 --> 00:13:43,762 and the cuddly fur to hold onto and hug. 326 00:13:43,845 --> 00:13:45,470 [Chuck] Certainly got him going to Build-A-Bear 327 00:13:45,553 --> 00:13:47,136 [Chuck] for his little daughter. 328 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:49,428 [Chuck] And Roxanne, and her people, 329 00:13:49,512 --> 00:13:52,762 have taken him in as their own. 330 00:13:52,845 --> 00:13:56,136 Much as we consider her ours. 331 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,929 That's the wonderful thing about family. 332 00:14:01,011 --> 00:14:02,804 It lives and breathes. 333 00:14:02,887 --> 00:14:04,261 It never contracts. 334 00:14:04,345 --> 00:14:06,762 Only expands. 335 00:14:06,845 --> 00:14:09,470 As ours has now. 336 00:14:09,553 --> 00:14:13,011 [Chuck] I can't believe a man can get so lucky. 337 00:14:13,095 --> 00:14:17,053 And, uh, now I'm speaking about me, not Dad. 338 00:14:17,136 --> 00:14:21,428 Because I have someone who loves him as much as I do, 339 00:14:21,512 --> 00:14:24,387 someone to share him with. 340 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:27,095 ♪ Bad Company's "Bad Company" ♪ [Chuck] So. Here's to you both. 341 00:14:27,178 --> 00:14:31,261 And to all of us basking in the radiance of your joy. 342 00:14:31,345 --> 00:14:33,136 [Chuck] As we raise our glasses... 343 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:34,553 -Yeah! -Cheers! 344 00:14:34,637 --> 00:14:36,303 -[laughter] -Cheers! 345 00:14:36,387 --> 00:14:38,845 [applause] 346 00:14:38,929 --> 00:14:41,762 ♪ Company ♪ 347 00:14:41,845 --> 00:14:43,720 ♪ Always on the run ♪ 348 00:14:43,804 --> 00:14:45,804 You've come far and learned much. 349 00:14:45,887 --> 00:14:47,970 ♪ Destiny ♪ Until we see each other 350 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:50,970 and move your knowledge into the world, be well. 351 00:14:51,053 --> 00:14:55,845 Safe travels. ♪ Is the rising sun ♪ 352 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:58,011 ♪♪♪ 353 00:14:58,095 --> 00:15:02,887 ♪ Oh, I was born ♪ 354 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:07,220 ♪ Six gun in my hand ♪ 355 00:15:07,303 --> 00:15:08,512 ♪♪ 356 00:15:08,595 --> 00:15:11,261 ♪ Behind a gun ♪ [engines start] 357 00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:15,178 ♪ I'll make my final stand ♪ 358 00:15:15,261 --> 00:15:19,095 ♪ I'll make my final stand ♪ 359 00:15:19,178 --> 00:15:23,303 ♪ That's why they call me ♪ 360 00:15:23,387 --> 00:15:25,762 ♪ Bad company ♪ 361 00:15:25,845 --> 00:15:28,345 ♪ And I can't deny ♪ 362 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,887 ♪♪♪ 363 00:15:31,970 --> 00:15:34,470 ♪ Bad company ♪ 364 00:15:34,553 --> 00:15:37,053 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 365 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:38,720 ♪♪♪ 366 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:41,220 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 367 00:15:41,303 --> 00:15:42,762 ♪♪♪ 368 00:15:42,845 --> 00:15:44,345 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 369 00:15:44,428 --> 00:15:47,637 [birds chirping] 370 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,220 [door creaks, closes] 371 00:15:51,303 --> 00:15:53,220 [gate creaks] 372 00:15:55,428 --> 00:15:57,136 [sighs] 373 00:15:59,178 --> 00:16:00,637 [Wendy] Kevin was drinking. 374 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,136 Chuck, where the fuck are you? 375 00:16:02,220 --> 00:16:04,553 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 376 00:16:04,637 --> 00:16:08,428 ♪♪♪ 377 00:16:08,512 --> 00:16:12,387 ♪♪♪ 378 00:16:12,470 --> 00:16:14,261 [brakes squeal] 379 00:16:14,345 --> 00:16:16,929 ♪♪♪ 380 00:16:17,011 --> 00:16:18,762 [pounding on door] 381 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,887 ♪♪♪ 382 00:16:20,970 --> 00:16:22,679 [exhales heavily] 383 00:16:23,553 --> 00:16:25,261 He's sleeping it off. 384 00:16:25,345 --> 00:16:27,804 [sighs] 385 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:29,095 [door creaks, closes] 386 00:16:29,178 --> 00:16:30,553 I handled it. 387 00:16:30,637 --> 00:16:33,470 It's handled. There's nothing for you to do. 388 00:16:33,553 --> 00:16:35,053 Babysitter will be here soon. 389 00:16:35,136 --> 00:16:36,679 Then I'll go to work. Oh. Fuck. 390 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:39,261 I don't know how I missed your calls. 391 00:16:39,345 --> 00:16:40,595 [scoffs] 392 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,178 I know. [sighs] 393 00:16:42,261 --> 00:16:44,261 [Wendy] I know where you were and what you were doing... 394 00:16:44,345 --> 00:16:47,095 ...because that's the only time you're off the grid completely. 395 00:16:47,178 --> 00:16:48,553 That's a stiff fucking shot. 396 00:16:48,637 --> 00:16:50,887 And it landed. 397 00:16:50,970 --> 00:16:53,136 So. Standing eight count for C. Rhoades. 398 00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:55,512 Now. Can we stop punching at each other, please? 399 00:16:55,595 --> 00:16:57,804 You flail at me wildly 400 00:16:57,887 --> 00:17:00,136 and then y-you put your chin right there. 401 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,387 What do you expect me to do? 402 00:17:02,470 --> 00:17:03,512 [sighs heavily] 403 00:17:03,595 --> 00:17:05,762 I was in no way prepared 404 00:17:05,845 --> 00:17:08,053 for how that travesty of a wedding was going to hit me. 405 00:17:08,136 --> 00:17:10,512 How it was gonna make me feel about things between us. 406 00:17:10,595 --> 00:17:12,929 I was just... 407 00:17:13,011 --> 00:17:15,303 totally alone. 408 00:17:15,387 --> 00:17:17,470 And [chuckles] you guys here-- 409 00:17:17,553 --> 00:17:20,095 in Bobby Axelrod's spare fucking apartment. 410 00:17:20,178 --> 00:17:23,011 With goddamned Van Goghs on the walls. 411 00:17:23,095 --> 00:17:25,804 While I'm, uh... [chuckles] 412 00:17:25,887 --> 00:17:28,804 Ahh, 413 00:17:28,887 --> 00:17:32,178 it was the only thing I could think of. 414 00:17:32,261 --> 00:17:35,553 How could I have known there would be an emergency? 415 00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:37,345 Part of being a parent-- 416 00:17:37,428 --> 00:17:42,095 No, no, part of being a person, a grown person, 417 00:17:42,178 --> 00:17:44,887 is carrying that thought somewhere inside: 418 00:17:44,970 --> 00:17:46,887 that you might be needed by those you love, 419 00:17:46,970 --> 00:17:48,095 by those you're responsible to, 420 00:17:48,178 --> 00:17:50,220 and making sure you're available for that. 421 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:53,261 Instead of being a prisoner to your appetites. 422 00:17:53,345 --> 00:17:54,470 ♪ soft music ♪ 423 00:17:54,553 --> 00:17:55,970 You know this. 424 00:17:56,053 --> 00:17:58,387 What do I know anymore, really?... 425 00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:00,053 I have lost my bearings. 426 00:18:00,136 --> 00:18:03,470 Oh. Until recently, I had always had a North Star. 427 00:18:03,553 --> 00:18:04,887 Twin North Stars. 428 00:18:04,970 --> 00:18:08,011 Justice and Wendy Rhoades. 429 00:18:08,095 --> 00:18:11,136 And with those guiding me, I was able to move forward, 430 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:15,512 to progress, to find and stay on my path. 431 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,595 ♪♪♪ 432 00:18:17,679 --> 00:18:19,220 But in the end, 433 00:18:19,303 --> 00:18:22,220 although they were always there for me, 434 00:18:22,303 --> 00:18:23,720 I served neither. 435 00:18:23,804 --> 00:18:26,470 [Chuck] Not nearly enough. 436 00:18:26,553 --> 00:18:30,553 But I have lately determined to find my way back. 437 00:18:30,637 --> 00:18:32,428 ♪♪♪ 438 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:34,887 It's clear that I must. 439 00:18:34,970 --> 00:18:36,970 ♪♪♪ 440 00:18:37,053 --> 00:18:38,970 I want to dive in. 441 00:18:39,053 --> 00:18:41,929 [sighs] 442 00:18:42,011 --> 00:18:44,220 To engage. But...it's too late. 443 00:18:44,303 --> 00:18:46,887 It's time for some self-care now. 444 00:18:46,970 --> 00:18:50,720 I can't let my happiness be controlled by anyone but me. 445 00:18:50,804 --> 00:18:53,303 It was a mistake to call you last night for help. 446 00:18:53,387 --> 00:18:54,762 It was my night with the kids. 447 00:18:54,845 --> 00:18:56,553 My problem. 448 00:18:56,637 --> 00:18:58,428 That's how divorced people talk. 449 00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:00,679 Yeah. 450 00:19:00,762 --> 00:19:02,595 It is. 451 00:19:02,679 --> 00:19:06,303 The separation has convinced me. 452 00:19:06,387 --> 00:19:07,762 We need to be done. 453 00:19:07,845 --> 00:19:10,136 ♪♪♪ 454 00:19:10,220 --> 00:19:12,261 And I want to issue a public statement. 455 00:19:12,345 --> 00:19:14,303 I-I-I want to--I want to do it this week. 456 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:16,011 Today. I want it to be out there. 457 00:19:16,095 --> 00:19:18,470 Have your office draw one up 458 00:19:18,553 --> 00:19:20,470 and have it sent it to me by day's end. 459 00:19:20,553 --> 00:19:23,762 ♪♪♪ 460 00:19:23,845 --> 00:19:27,261 ♪♪♪ 461 00:19:27,345 --> 00:19:29,220 Look at me. 462 00:19:29,303 --> 00:19:30,970 Look into my eyes. 463 00:19:31,053 --> 00:19:32,136 I know you won't believe this, 464 00:19:32,220 --> 00:19:34,178 because I've given you little cause to: 465 00:19:34,261 --> 00:19:37,762 But I am on the brink of huge change. 466 00:19:37,845 --> 00:19:39,762 ♪♪♪ 467 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:42,679 I am going to force myself to evolve. 468 00:19:42,762 --> 00:19:46,887 ♪♪♪ 469 00:19:46,970 --> 00:19:49,303 I believe that you believe that, Chuck. 470 00:19:49,387 --> 00:19:52,637 ♪♪♪ 471 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,553 [inhales sharply] 472 00:19:54,637 --> 00:19:56,637 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 473 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,136 ♪♪♪ 474 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:03,512 ♪♪♪ 475 00:20:03,595 --> 00:20:07,178 ♪♪♪ 476 00:20:07,261 --> 00:20:09,178 [tires screech] 477 00:20:09,261 --> 00:20:13,512 ♪♪♪ 478 00:20:13,595 --> 00:20:18,095 ♪♪♪ 479 00:20:18,178 --> 00:20:22,595 ♪♪♪ 480 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:24,428 You are under arrest for utility theft. 481 00:20:24,512 --> 00:20:28,303 For starters. Lock 'em up and shut 'em down. 482 00:20:28,387 --> 00:20:29,637 -[Sacker] Come on. -[handcuffs click] 483 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,970 [Sacker] Let's go. 484 00:20:31,053 --> 00:20:34,679 ♪♪♪ 485 00:20:34,762 --> 00:20:38,053 ♪♪♪ 486 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,679 [power fades] 487 00:20:39,762 --> 00:20:42,428 ♪♪♪ 488 00:20:45,845 --> 00:20:48,887 Look at all this wattage, fellas... 489 00:20:48,970 --> 00:20:51,637 You see this little dink of a column? 490 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,553 That was last year's usage at the warehouse... 491 00:20:53,637 --> 00:20:55,637 -Mm-hmm. -Then see this middle column? 492 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,303 That was the estimated usage of a 120-unit apartment building, 493 00:20:58,387 --> 00:20:59,887 as it was phonily classified. 494 00:20:59,970 --> 00:21:02,220 But look at this monster. 495 00:21:02,303 --> 00:21:05,303 That's a big, throbbing, ugly red megawatt number... 496 00:21:05,387 --> 00:21:06,804 -Mm. -...now isn't it? 497 00:21:06,887 --> 00:21:08,470 What that column means is that 498 00:21:08,553 --> 00:21:10,470 your little operation was pulling so much juice, 499 00:21:10,553 --> 00:21:14,387 the entire town ran clean out of electricity. 500 00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:17,220 And had to go on the open market to buy more from the grid. 501 00:21:17,303 --> 00:21:19,095 It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars-- 502 00:21:19,178 --> 00:21:22,178 and drove the town's entire rate up. 503 00:21:22,261 --> 00:21:24,345 Taxpayers, eating that burden. 504 00:21:24,428 --> 00:21:26,053 Because of you. 505 00:21:26,136 --> 00:21:28,303 And for what? 506 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:30,720 So your multitude of computers and servers 507 00:21:30,804 --> 00:21:33,387 could solve some abstract math equations 508 00:21:33,470 --> 00:21:36,178 resulting in the mining of Bitcoin. 509 00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:38,053 Worth millions right now--whoopee-- 510 00:21:38,136 --> 00:21:39,970 but backed by what? 511 00:21:40,053 --> 00:21:42,220 Nada. Nix. Zot. 512 00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:43,720 What's the dollar backed by, 513 00:21:43,804 --> 00:21:45,220 since we went off the gold standard? 514 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:49,762 Well, uh, roads, the military, industry, 515 00:21:49,845 --> 00:21:52,929 the credit of the federal government, that sort of thing. 516 00:21:53,011 --> 00:21:54,762 But, I get your point. 517 00:21:54,845 --> 00:21:57,387 We're not here to discuss monetary theory though. 518 00:21:57,470 --> 00:21:59,929 We're here to discuss who put you fucking nerds-- 519 00:22:00,011 --> 00:22:02,595 sorry: 'engineers'-- in business. 520 00:22:02,679 --> 00:22:04,428 [chuckles] 521 00:22:04,512 --> 00:22:06,970 We have information you work for a Wall Street consortium-- 522 00:22:07,053 --> 00:22:10,720 There are indeed certain finance dudes involved. 523 00:22:10,804 --> 00:22:11,762 I'll allow it. 524 00:22:11,845 --> 00:22:13,261 You don't get to "allow." 525 00:22:13,345 --> 00:22:15,136 That's for court. Names. 526 00:22:15,220 --> 00:22:16,804 You're going to have to say the name. 527 00:22:16,887 --> 00:22:18,762 There's no way we're saying it. 528 00:22:18,845 --> 00:22:21,011 Any number of hedge fund magnates. 529 00:22:21,095 --> 00:22:22,929 Uh. Let's go alphabetical. 530 00:22:23,011 --> 00:22:24,512 Axelrod, Robert, for starters. 531 00:22:24,595 --> 00:22:29,011 Yes, but none of us dealt with that guy directly. 532 00:22:29,095 --> 00:22:30,804 Then I'm gonna need the person in town 533 00:22:30,887 --> 00:22:32,970 who got paid off to let you pull so much power 534 00:22:33,053 --> 00:22:35,178 you caused a brownout across the county. 535 00:22:35,261 --> 00:22:36,637 Because he did. Didn't he? 536 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,970 [sighs] 537 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:42,261 You can tell me 538 00:22:42,345 --> 00:22:44,053 or I can prosecute you 539 00:22:44,136 --> 00:22:47,095 until your lives are smoking piles of rubble 540 00:22:47,178 --> 00:22:49,303 and you're put in a place where a calculator 541 00:22:49,387 --> 00:22:51,679 is as close as you'll get to a computer. 542 00:22:51,762 --> 00:22:53,011 Your choice.... 543 00:22:53,095 --> 00:22:58,011 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 544 00:22:58,095 --> 00:23:00,470 It's the Town Supervisor. His name is.... 545 00:23:00,553 --> 00:23:04,720 ♪♪♪ 546 00:23:04,804 --> 00:23:05,970 [door closes] 547 00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:08,136 Gimme a ticket for a carousel... 548 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,470 Airplane. 549 00:23:09,553 --> 00:23:11,011 Gimme a ticket for an airplane. 550 00:23:11,095 --> 00:23:12,345 Ain't got time to take a fast train-- 551 00:23:12,428 --> 00:23:13,845 No. Those go place to place, 552 00:23:13,929 --> 00:23:15,011 I'm just going around in circles. 553 00:23:15,095 --> 00:23:16,762 Hence the carousel. 554 00:23:16,845 --> 00:23:18,762 Why was I surprised when Axelrod's name got mentioned? 555 00:23:18,845 --> 00:23:21,387 Why weren't you? Because I knew he was in this. 556 00:23:21,470 --> 00:23:22,804 That's why I wanted to go after it. 557 00:23:22,887 --> 00:23:25,303 Hmm. I'm happy to be working with you again, Chuck. 558 00:23:25,387 --> 00:23:27,053 It has to help me advance and grow this time. 559 00:23:27,136 --> 00:23:29,261 I came over here-- To help me make this place 560 00:23:29,345 --> 00:23:31,845 the preeminent prosecutorial office in the state. 561 00:23:31,929 --> 00:23:33,261 Which we will. We are. 562 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,595 And so you could be my rabbi 563 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,303 for my congressional run, end of next year. 564 00:23:36,387 --> 00:23:38,345 But I need to be on the inside. 565 00:23:38,428 --> 00:23:40,762 To see the moves as they are happening. 566 00:23:40,845 --> 00:23:42,261 Not as they are revealed to the world. 567 00:23:42,345 --> 00:23:44,178 I need to be your worthy assistant, 568 00:23:44,261 --> 00:23:47,095 setting up the tricks and seeing what you did with your hands. 569 00:23:47,178 --> 00:23:49,011 [chuckles] Not gonna be one of those rubes 570 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:51,595 in the audience gasping at the magic anymore... 571 00:23:53,887 --> 00:23:55,095 [scoffs] 572 00:23:55,178 --> 00:23:56,553 You know. The thing about change is: 573 00:23:56,637 --> 00:24:00,595 even when you want to, it's really fucking hard. 574 00:24:00,679 --> 00:24:02,470 I know I have to bring you in. 575 00:24:02,553 --> 00:24:04,011 And that I can trust you. 576 00:24:04,095 --> 00:24:06,011 I know it up here. 577 00:24:06,095 --> 00:24:09,011 And I'm working on bringing it down here, too. 578 00:24:09,095 --> 00:24:10,136 Don't work on it. 579 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:13,387 Do it. Now. 580 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:15,720 You don't have to trust me, but you have to trust me. 581 00:24:15,804 --> 00:24:16,887 Ya know? 582 00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:18,428 You're talking about a partnership. 583 00:24:18,512 --> 00:24:20,887 You offering that, for real? If I don't, you staying? 584 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:22,053 You already know the answer. 585 00:24:22,136 --> 00:24:23,637 Then you know mine. 586 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,470 Yes. 587 00:24:25,553 --> 00:24:28,553 And if you see me giving in to the man I used to be... 588 00:24:28,637 --> 00:24:29,929 I'll be all over it. 589 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:32,095 Good. 590 00:24:32,178 --> 00:24:34,053 That's good. 591 00:24:34,136 --> 00:24:36,095 As it should be. 592 00:24:36,178 --> 00:24:38,929 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 593 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:42,261 ♪♪♪ 594 00:24:42,345 --> 00:24:45,762 ♪♪♪ 595 00:24:45,845 --> 00:24:48,762 [footsteps approaching] 596 00:24:48,845 --> 00:24:53,345 Okay people, town hall time. 597 00:24:53,428 --> 00:24:55,720 This gonna be an every month thing, like my period? 598 00:24:55,804 --> 00:24:57,595 [laughter] 599 00:24:57,679 --> 00:24:59,136 Keep that up and we can make it a daily thing, 600 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,970 -like you getting fisted. -Ohh! 601 00:25:01,053 --> 00:25:03,929 As in up the junker just like a punker. 602 00:25:04,011 --> 00:25:05,595 That'll teach ya to come at the brass-- 603 00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:07,303 Spyros! 604 00:25:07,387 --> 00:25:11,428 This forum should be looked forward to. 605 00:25:11,512 --> 00:25:13,261 It's a chance for us to investigate issues 606 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,595 that affect our culture here... 607 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,804 But this time it's serious. 608 00:25:15,887 --> 00:25:18,637 There was an incident-- 609 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,053 someone reversing the water on the toilet flush 610 00:25:21,136 --> 00:25:23,845 in the unisex bathroom, which sprayed a Mase Capper... 611 00:25:23,929 --> 00:25:25,553 [laughter] 612 00:25:25,637 --> 00:25:27,553 Gross negligence on the part of building maintenance. 613 00:25:27,637 --> 00:25:29,804 And, uh, oh, I-I do mean gross. 614 00:25:29,887 --> 00:25:32,053 No one can prove it was sabotage-- 615 00:25:32,136 --> 00:25:33,512 Give me that. 616 00:25:33,595 --> 00:25:34,970 [flask clinking] 617 00:25:35,053 --> 00:25:37,720 This shit--literally-- has got to stop. 618 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:40,053 [Wendy] There were investors on premises. 619 00:25:40,136 --> 00:25:41,512 [Wendy] They may redeem. 620 00:25:41,595 --> 00:25:42,428 [Wendy] We're making ourselves look like 621 00:25:42,512 --> 00:25:43,845 world-class schmucks here. 622 00:25:43,929 --> 00:25:45,637 So now it's time: 623 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,220 We need to come together 624 00:25:47,303 --> 00:25:51,220 as one company, one team, one family. 625 00:25:51,303 --> 00:25:52,512 Now I want to hear from you all 626 00:25:52,595 --> 00:25:55,136 about what exactly the problem is here. 627 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,845 ♪♪♪ 628 00:25:58,929 --> 00:26:01,345 [sighs] 629 00:26:01,428 --> 00:26:03,512 This is a safe space. 630 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:06,011 ♪♪♪ 631 00:26:06,095 --> 00:26:07,553 Fine, I'll speak. 632 00:26:07,637 --> 00:26:09,929 Far from being welcoming these last couple of months, 633 00:26:10,011 --> 00:26:12,053 the Axe Cap folks have been downright dickish... 634 00:26:12,136 --> 00:26:13,387 -What?! -[all murmuring] 635 00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:15,679 Oh, did I not properly welcome you? 636 00:26:15,762 --> 00:26:18,136 Let me correct that rudeness right now. 637 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:19,720 [imitates farting] 638 00:26:19,804 --> 00:26:21,929 [laughter] 639 00:26:25,053 --> 00:26:27,679 And just so you know I'm not some thin-skinned whiner, 640 00:26:27,762 --> 00:26:30,261 I've been through Plebe Summer at the Naval Academy. 641 00:26:30,345 --> 00:26:31,428 -[all murmuring] -Wow. 642 00:26:31,512 --> 00:26:34,470 This goes beyond practical jokes. 643 00:26:34,553 --> 00:26:37,345 It's getting hostile and it's unprofessional. 644 00:26:37,428 --> 00:26:38,679 -Exaggerated. -Totally. 645 00:26:38,762 --> 00:26:41,011 I've got to say, this isn't a one-way street. 646 00:26:41,095 --> 00:26:42,220 Oh, please-- 647 00:26:42,303 --> 00:26:44,220 There's a...haughty, 648 00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,220 condescending attitude flowing from the quant side. 649 00:26:47,303 --> 00:26:48,970 Bunch of stuck-up bitches and bros. 650 00:26:49,053 --> 00:26:50,220 Yeah! 651 00:26:50,303 --> 00:26:52,345 Lording their giant cerebellums-- 652 00:26:52,428 --> 00:26:53,970 And we're not some Luddite dumbasses 653 00:26:54,053 --> 00:26:55,845 just because we come from an analysis-driven-- 654 00:26:55,929 --> 00:26:57,637 [chuckles] Could've fooled me-- 655 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,345 So we don't want to debate Full Stack versus Mean Stack 656 00:27:00,428 --> 00:27:01,595 over bagels in the kitchen. 657 00:27:01,679 --> 00:27:03,220 That doesn't mean we can't do the math-- 658 00:27:03,303 --> 00:27:05,011 Uh. Yes, it does-- 659 00:27:05,095 --> 00:27:06,720 Some of us can do the math! 660 00:27:06,804 --> 00:27:08,303 Some of them can't. Mafee. 661 00:27:08,387 --> 00:27:10,136 -Suck my Node.js, Bill-- -Oh! 662 00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:12,095 You don't even know what the fuck that means. 663 00:27:12,178 --> 00:27:14,095 [indistinct shouting] 664 00:27:14,178 --> 00:27:15,387 [Wendy] Alright. Hey. 665 00:27:15,470 --> 00:27:16,720 I'll take you outside! I will... 666 00:27:16,804 --> 00:27:18,053 Hey! Hey! Hey! 667 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:21,178 -Let's go! -Hey! 668 00:27:21,261 --> 00:27:24,011 Meeting fucking adjourned. 669 00:27:24,095 --> 00:27:26,095 For now. 670 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:28,762 But this is far from over. Your homework for next time-- 671 00:27:28,845 --> 00:27:31,095 -Homework? -Fucking right. 672 00:27:31,178 --> 00:27:32,845 You will-- each of you will-- 673 00:27:32,929 --> 00:27:34,970 [Wendy] come up with three productive things that you, 674 00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:37,887 [Wendy] personally, can do to make this place function better. 675 00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:41,428 Do it. Or risk me getting really mad. 676 00:27:41,512 --> 00:27:43,178 [indistinct conversations] 677 00:27:52,178 --> 00:27:53,553 We both know it: 678 00:27:53,637 --> 00:27:54,929 with this business the way it is, 679 00:27:55,011 --> 00:27:56,303 it's a fight just to survive. 680 00:27:56,387 --> 00:27:57,762 We need unity. 681 00:27:57,845 --> 00:27:59,637 And this discord-- I won't have it. 682 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,970 The one you should be having this conversation with is Axe. 683 00:28:02,053 --> 00:28:03,720 It's his Plug Uglies that are doing the instigating. 684 00:28:03,804 --> 00:28:05,011 And we both know that. 685 00:28:05,095 --> 00:28:06,595 I did have this conversation with him 686 00:28:06,679 --> 00:28:08,804 before he left on his trip. And? 687 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:11,470 He said something very similar to what you just did. 688 00:28:11,553 --> 00:28:13,637 All systems have to die eventually. 689 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,970 Excuse me. 690 00:28:15,053 --> 00:28:17,512 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 691 00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:22,178 ♪♪♪ 692 00:28:22,261 --> 00:28:26,595 ♪♪♪ 693 00:28:26,679 --> 00:28:30,970 ♪♪♪ 694 00:28:31,053 --> 00:28:35,637 ♪♪♪ 695 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:40,261 ♪♪♪ 696 00:28:40,345 --> 00:28:41,345 [engines shut off] 697 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:43,261 [birds chirping] 698 00:28:43,345 --> 00:28:45,345 [exhales sharply] 699 00:28:45,428 --> 00:28:46,345 You okay? 700 00:28:46,428 --> 00:28:48,136 I don't know which end, 701 00:28:48,220 --> 00:28:50,762 but I feel like something's gonna come out. 702 00:28:50,845 --> 00:28:53,762 Well. You can handle your drugs, must have been the bumpy road. 703 00:28:53,845 --> 00:28:55,679 [groans] Bumpy is right. 704 00:28:55,762 --> 00:28:57,011 I've got a case of the grapes 705 00:28:57,095 --> 00:28:58,595 like they talk about in literature. 706 00:29:06,053 --> 00:29:07,929 [sighs heavily] 707 00:29:08,011 --> 00:29:09,345 You know, what we took last night 708 00:29:09,428 --> 00:29:11,345 is nature's antidepressant. 709 00:29:11,428 --> 00:29:13,679 I see the value. 710 00:29:13,762 --> 00:29:18,220 The clarity I had, the perspective. 711 00:29:19,428 --> 00:29:20,804 Everyone should have the chance 712 00:29:20,887 --> 00:29:23,679 to gaze upon their life from that perch. 713 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:27,845 But I did not like what I saw from that perch. 714 00:29:27,929 --> 00:29:29,887 Well, archon, we had to do something 715 00:29:29,970 --> 00:29:32,762 to ring in your status. 716 00:29:32,845 --> 00:29:36,553 Most never make it to a million much less a billion. 717 00:29:36,637 --> 00:29:40,178 And you have ascended to that lofty plateau of ten of those. 718 00:29:40,261 --> 00:29:42,261 If a personal net worth of ten big tubs 719 00:29:42,345 --> 00:29:43,970 doesn't bring a smile to your face-- 720 00:29:44,053 --> 00:29:45,428 'You're in the wrong line of work?' 721 00:29:45,512 --> 00:29:47,845 Mm. Well. Maybe I am. 722 00:29:47,929 --> 00:29:51,970 I thought all of this would make me feel... 723 00:29:52,053 --> 00:29:53,387 good. 724 00:29:53,470 --> 00:29:56,095 If this doesn't... 725 00:29:56,178 --> 00:29:58,261 Yeah. 726 00:29:58,345 --> 00:29:59,887 What will? 727 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:02,720 Maybe this. 728 00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:08,970 An invitation for you to do a Vanity Fair cover photo shoot 729 00:30:09,053 --> 00:30:10,929 for the "New Decas" issue, 730 00:30:11,011 --> 00:30:12,428 all about the rarified few 731 00:30:12,512 --> 00:30:14,553 who have hit the ten billion dollar mark. 732 00:30:14,637 --> 00:30:16,762 That cover is valuable real estate. 733 00:30:16,845 --> 00:30:18,470 Lot of fresh capital flowing in after it. 734 00:30:18,553 --> 00:30:19,804 It's worth it-- 735 00:30:19,887 --> 00:30:21,887 No, no, we're here, we're doing this. 736 00:30:21,970 --> 00:30:24,095 We should see it through. 737 00:30:24,178 --> 00:30:27,095 Thirty-four hundred more miles to go. 738 00:30:27,178 --> 00:30:29,136 Yeah. Sure. Okay. 739 00:30:29,220 --> 00:30:31,053 Somebody else will probably get the cover. 740 00:30:31,136 --> 00:30:34,887 ♪ Is our claim to fame ♪ Probably...Mike Prince. 741 00:30:34,970 --> 00:30:36,428 Huh... 742 00:30:36,512 --> 00:30:37,887 So, what's your call? 743 00:30:37,970 --> 00:30:40,428 ♪ I can hear them say ♪ 744 00:30:40,512 --> 00:30:44,553 ♪ Bad company ♪ 745 00:30:44,637 --> 00:30:46,762 ♪ And I won't deny ♪ 746 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,428 ♪♪♪ 747 00:30:49,512 --> 00:30:53,136 ♪ Bad, bad company ♪ 748 00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:55,178 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 749 00:30:55,261 --> 00:30:59,762 ♪ Oh, yeah, till the day I die ♪ 750 00:30:59,845 --> 00:31:01,720 When did you know it wasn't just me? 751 00:31:01,804 --> 00:31:03,804 That doesn't matter at all. 752 00:31:03,887 --> 00:31:05,303 It's the New Decas! 753 00:31:05,387 --> 00:31:07,011 The Ten-Billion crew. 754 00:31:07,095 --> 00:31:09,303 The crema on top of the crème-de-la-crème. 755 00:31:09,387 --> 00:31:11,261 And you are right in the center of it. 756 00:31:11,345 --> 00:31:12,887 Because who is more Deca than you? 757 00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:15,178 What this gathering seems to say is that: 758 00:31:15,261 --> 00:31:16,679 We're all about the same. 759 00:31:16,762 --> 00:31:18,303 Which is not really the message 760 00:31:18,387 --> 00:31:19,679 I'm looking to get out to our investors. 761 00:31:19,762 --> 00:31:22,095 You're not gonna look the same. 762 00:31:22,178 --> 00:31:23,887 Not with your posture, the way you set your eyes... 763 00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:25,887 And where you really set yourself apart is the interview. 764 00:31:25,970 --> 00:31:27,679 We'll do a five minute power session before you sit-- 765 00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:29,845 Is this why you made sure she came with? 766 00:31:29,929 --> 00:31:31,178 That and-- So I wouldn't kill you? 767 00:31:31,261 --> 00:31:32,804 I did think if there were a witness, 768 00:31:32,887 --> 00:31:34,512 it would be harder for you to commit homicide. 769 00:31:34,595 --> 00:31:36,845 Harder. Not impossible. 770 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:39,303 But it's good you made sure she's here. 771 00:31:39,387 --> 00:31:41,762 Wend, let's go psych out these motherfuckers, 772 00:31:41,845 --> 00:31:42,970 so they look shook on that cover. 773 00:31:43,053 --> 00:31:44,261 We can do that. We will do that. 774 00:31:44,345 --> 00:31:45,428 [door bangs] 775 00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,303 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 776 00:31:47,387 --> 00:31:51,512 ♪♪♪ 777 00:31:51,595 --> 00:31:53,303 Ah, the 'great man.' 778 00:31:53,387 --> 00:31:55,845 ♪♪♪ 779 00:31:55,929 --> 00:31:57,345 Mm-hmm. 780 00:31:57,428 --> 00:31:59,679 Mike... 781 00:31:59,762 --> 00:32:00,595 'Lo, Axe. 782 00:32:00,679 --> 00:32:01,762 -Scooter. -Wagsy. 783 00:32:01,845 --> 00:32:02,970 I see you're still making sure 784 00:32:03,053 --> 00:32:04,845 his hand never touches a doorknob. 785 00:32:04,929 --> 00:32:06,470 As you are trying and failing to do the same for your general. 786 00:32:06,553 --> 00:32:07,637 Michael Prince. 787 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,428 Michael "Thomas Aquinas" Prince. 788 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:10,679 Really? 789 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,720 Always an honor to meet a legend. 790 00:32:12,804 --> 00:32:16,053 And yes, just like my father and his father and his and his. 791 00:32:16,136 --> 00:32:18,220 [chuckles] Better than St. Blaise, 792 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,136 patron saint of throat ailments. 793 00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:23,053 If that were the name my Dad and the rest wore, 794 00:32:23,136 --> 00:32:24,637 I'd bear it proudly. 795 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,720 I have no doubt you'd find a way to be proud. 796 00:32:26,804 --> 00:32:29,220 With just a dash of humility on top. 797 00:32:29,303 --> 00:32:33,053 A man with no humility is a man with no pride at all. 798 00:32:33,136 --> 00:32:35,470 Alright, let's do this. 799 00:32:37,011 --> 00:32:39,679 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 800 00:32:39,762 --> 00:32:42,136 [indistinct conversations] 801 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:43,720 How are ya? 802 00:32:43,804 --> 00:32:46,720 ♪♪♪ 803 00:32:46,804 --> 00:32:48,720 Turn a little bit into--Yep. 804 00:32:48,804 --> 00:32:51,720 ♪♪♪ 805 00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:53,637 Couldn't get him the cover alone, huh? 806 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,095 [chuckles] Wags, so sad. 807 00:32:56,178 --> 00:32:57,929 We didn't want a solo cover. 808 00:32:58,011 --> 00:32:59,428 Too much focus, too much attention. 809 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:01,303 We are at the place in our lives--all of us-- 810 00:33:01,387 --> 00:33:03,929 where it is time to turn our focus to others. 811 00:33:04,011 --> 00:33:05,679 You guys got to feel the same way, right? 812 00:33:05,762 --> 00:33:08,428 No, of course, mos' def. 813 00:33:08,512 --> 00:33:10,637 Indube. 814 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,887 Okay, everybody, eyes over here. 815 00:33:12,970 --> 00:33:15,011 [camera shutter clicking] 816 00:33:15,095 --> 00:33:18,178 You know, they didn't tell me you'd be here, Axe. 817 00:33:18,261 --> 00:33:19,929 Yeah, they failed to mention that detail 818 00:33:20,011 --> 00:33:21,720 in the pitch to me, too. 819 00:33:21,804 --> 00:33:24,595 Been a faster "yes" had I known. [photographer] Awesome. 820 00:33:24,679 --> 00:33:27,261 Ball coach in high school told it to me, I never forgot: 821 00:33:27,345 --> 00:33:29,220 You make sure the guy passing the ball 822 00:33:29,303 --> 00:33:31,261 to the guy passing it to you gets as much credit 823 00:33:31,345 --> 00:33:32,887 as you do for putting it in the hoop. 824 00:33:32,970 --> 00:33:35,387 Yeah. But it was you won Mr. Basketball 825 00:33:35,470 --> 00:33:36,970 in the state of Indiana that year, wasn't it? 826 00:33:37,053 --> 00:33:38,512 Not the other guys. [photographer] Yep. 827 00:33:38,595 --> 00:33:39,720 Only because my teammates were so great. 828 00:33:39,804 --> 00:33:41,053 [photographer] Great. 829 00:33:41,136 --> 00:33:42,720 It's much more fun to share the praise. 830 00:33:42,804 --> 00:33:44,720 Oh. Sure it is. Wish my whole team was here with me. 831 00:33:44,804 --> 00:33:45,887 Yeah. Which is why I was hoping 832 00:33:45,970 --> 00:33:47,428 you'd make it to 'The Mike' this year. 833 00:33:47,512 --> 00:33:48,512 We could keep this going. 834 00:33:48,595 --> 00:33:50,470 I already accepted. 835 00:33:50,553 --> 00:33:52,762 As you always do, but then you never show up. 836 00:33:52,845 --> 00:33:54,720 Well. I always mean to, you know? 837 00:33:54,804 --> 00:33:56,136 We'd love to host you. 838 00:33:56,220 --> 00:33:58,053 You and I could do a fireside chat. 839 00:33:58,136 --> 00:33:59,762 It'd be the highlight of the conference. 840 00:33:59,845 --> 00:34:01,637 Ah. Maybe this year we will. 841 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,053 [camera shutter clicking] 842 00:34:03,136 --> 00:34:04,512 [photographer] Awesome. This looks great. 843 00:34:04,595 --> 00:34:06,970 He seems in prime form. 844 00:34:07,053 --> 00:34:08,553 So how was your trip? 845 00:34:08,637 --> 00:34:10,470 Good. 846 00:34:10,553 --> 00:34:12,428 I met the Creator of Souls. 847 00:34:12,512 --> 00:34:14,804 [camera beeping, clicking] 848 00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:16,512 ...Oh. 849 00:34:16,595 --> 00:34:18,095 [photographer] Turn your bodies 850 00:34:18,178 --> 00:34:19,470 [photographer] a little bit over on that one, please. 851 00:34:19,553 --> 00:34:21,595 Yeah, that's great. No. That's good. Perfect. 852 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:23,011 [camera beeps, clicks] 853 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,345 That was really good. 854 00:34:24,428 --> 00:34:26,303 You got it? Yeah. I think we're great. 855 00:34:26,387 --> 00:34:28,136 [photographer] Alright. Let's break down the set 856 00:34:28,220 --> 00:34:31,095 and, uh, get ready for the individual portraits. 857 00:34:31,178 --> 00:34:33,929 [indistinct conversations] 858 00:34:36,428 --> 00:34:39,095 Got a problem upstate. The mining town. 859 00:34:39,178 --> 00:34:41,011 I can't sit for the portrait or the interview. 860 00:34:41,095 --> 00:34:43,178 We reschedule for tomorrow. 861 00:34:43,261 --> 00:34:44,720 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 862 00:34:44,804 --> 00:34:49,512 ♪♪♪ 863 00:34:49,595 --> 00:34:53,887 ♪♪♪ 864 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:54,845 [door closes] 865 00:34:54,929 --> 00:34:57,387 ♪♪♪ 866 00:34:57,470 --> 00:35:00,470 [keys clacking] 867 00:35:00,553 --> 00:35:02,303 [sighs] 868 00:35:06,804 --> 00:35:08,178 You asked for me. 869 00:35:08,261 --> 00:35:09,595 [door closes] 870 00:35:09,679 --> 00:35:12,720 I know that a) you don't directly work for Axe Cap 871 00:35:12,804 --> 00:35:15,053 and b) this isn't exactly your job 872 00:35:15,136 --> 00:35:17,261 but I was hoping you might help me with something. 873 00:35:17,345 --> 00:35:19,053 Why am I the one that-- It's a sensitive thing. 874 00:35:19,136 --> 00:35:20,345 [inhales deeply] 875 00:35:20,428 --> 00:35:22,387 It needs to be released to the right people, 876 00:35:22,470 --> 00:35:24,053 in the right way, 877 00:35:24,136 --> 00:35:26,887 I figure with your experience, with your delicate touch-- 878 00:35:26,970 --> 00:35:28,762 With my connections from 879 00:35:28,845 --> 00:35:31,512 my W Magazine and NY Post gossip days? 880 00:35:31,595 --> 00:35:33,261 Yeah. 881 00:35:40,762 --> 00:35:42,679 You sure you want to do this? 882 00:35:42,762 --> 00:35:45,261 Chuck was supposed to do it. He didn't. 883 00:35:45,345 --> 00:35:47,261 So when one of us wants to...move on, 884 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:48,804 with other people, in public, 885 00:35:48,887 --> 00:35:52,053 I don't want them to think it's some kind of a scoop. 886 00:35:52,136 --> 00:35:53,720 Give the press a little red meat 887 00:35:53,804 --> 00:35:55,428 so they don't come looking for the kill later. 888 00:35:55,512 --> 00:35:57,762 Smart. 889 00:35:57,845 --> 00:36:02,220 There are a couple phrases I might switch around. 890 00:36:02,303 --> 00:36:04,512 Do it. I'll email it to you. 891 00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:06,929 I trust you to make it better. 892 00:36:07,011 --> 00:36:09,095 [chuckles] That's what I'd say to someone to let them know 893 00:36:09,178 --> 00:36:10,929 that I see them, that they're special. 894 00:36:11,011 --> 00:36:13,387 Leave 'em feeling great for doing me a service. 895 00:36:13,470 --> 00:36:15,303 But you're smoother. 896 00:36:15,387 --> 00:36:18,011 I think I might be able to learn something from you. 897 00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:20,345 I will handle this right away. 898 00:36:21,845 --> 00:36:24,637 But first, 899 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:27,011 let me learn from you. 900 00:36:27,095 --> 00:36:29,887 How do we fix this bullshit between your crew and ours? 901 00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,720 It's getting tribal out there. 902 00:36:31,804 --> 00:36:33,261 I'm not sure that's the problem. 903 00:36:33,345 --> 00:36:36,387 It might just be the result of the problem. 904 00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:39,011 Instead of thinking about the culture conflict, 905 00:36:39,095 --> 00:36:41,428 maybe think about the culture itself. 906 00:36:41,512 --> 00:36:42,637 In what way? 907 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,178 Mafee says Axe Cap used to be 908 00:36:44,261 --> 00:36:45,470 the most fun place to work on earth. 909 00:36:45,553 --> 00:36:46,553 At one point. 910 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,303 Yeah. For a time. 911 00:36:48,387 --> 00:36:50,428 Not lately. And not just from Mafee. 912 00:36:50,512 --> 00:36:52,637 The stories are out there-- the way I hear it, 913 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,720 this place used to be outrageous. 914 00:36:54,804 --> 00:36:56,428 Eating contests, body sushi, 915 00:36:56,512 --> 00:36:59,303 impromptu trips on the private jet to Amsterdam 916 00:36:59,387 --> 00:37:01,303 for frites and spacecakes from The Bulldog. 917 00:37:01,387 --> 00:37:05,220 Fucking fun, you know, where anything could happen. 918 00:37:05,303 --> 00:37:08,220 Now, everyone's feeling the pressure of the numbers. 919 00:37:08,303 --> 00:37:09,595 [Lauren] The quarter. The P&L. 920 00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:11,929 Important. Also dry. 921 00:37:12,011 --> 00:37:14,845 [Lauren] And pressure kills results. I can rise above. 922 00:37:14,929 --> 00:37:16,387 But if you want the rest of these folks to stop 923 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:17,929 thinking of each other as enemies 924 00:37:18,011 --> 00:37:19,804 and come together as a unit, 925 00:37:19,887 --> 00:37:23,011 you've got to put some fun back in this bish. 926 00:37:23,095 --> 00:37:25,470 Start tossing midgets or something. 927 00:37:25,553 --> 00:37:28,512 Or call 'em little people if that makes you feel better. 928 00:37:28,595 --> 00:37:30,345 But toss 'em. 929 00:37:30,428 --> 00:37:31,679 [chuckles] 930 00:37:31,762 --> 00:37:32,887 You're right. 931 00:37:32,970 --> 00:37:35,387 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 932 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:40,095 ♪♪♪ 933 00:37:40,178 --> 00:37:41,845 [door closes] 934 00:37:41,929 --> 00:37:46,053 ♪♪♪ 935 00:37:46,136 --> 00:37:50,220 ♪♪♪ 936 00:37:50,303 --> 00:37:54,345 ♪♪♪ 937 00:37:54,428 --> 00:37:57,720 Becky, Wendy Rhoades. Long time. 938 00:37:57,804 --> 00:38:00,136 [door opens] 939 00:38:08,970 --> 00:38:10,387 [Wags] I spoke to Bach: 940 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:12,637 The crypto-mine action was done by the State AG-- 941 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,261 not the US Attorney or the DA. 942 00:38:14,345 --> 00:38:16,970 It was Chuck Rhoades. 943 00:38:17,053 --> 00:38:19,428 Isn't that fucking cute. 944 00:38:19,512 --> 00:38:20,762 Okay. 945 00:38:20,845 --> 00:38:22,762 So. We've got to minimize damage 946 00:38:22,845 --> 00:38:25,387 and figure out a way to get up and running elsewhere. 947 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:26,970 Also. We need to talk to the other 948 00:38:27,053 --> 00:38:28,303 fund managers that we partnered with. 949 00:38:28,387 --> 00:38:29,720 But you're the only one who might be able 950 00:38:29,804 --> 00:38:31,095 to make this go away. -[Axe] Yeah. 951 00:38:31,178 --> 00:38:32,845 Okay. So. I'll see what I can do. 952 00:38:32,929 --> 00:38:35,428 But in the meantime you make sure that the click monkeys 953 00:38:35,512 --> 00:38:37,553 and our inside man get some nice insulation, okay-- 954 00:38:37,637 --> 00:38:39,303 get 'em good lawyers and make 'em understand 955 00:38:39,387 --> 00:38:40,637 they should stand up. 956 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,804 Yep. On it. 957 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,595 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 958 00:38:45,679 --> 00:38:48,261 ♪♪♪ 959 00:38:48,345 --> 00:38:50,929 ♪♪♪ 960 00:38:51,011 --> 00:38:52,595 [cellphone vibrates] 961 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:54,679 [sighs] 962 00:38:54,762 --> 00:38:56,136 [inhales deeply] 963 00:38:56,220 --> 00:38:58,136 Hello. 964 00:38:58,220 --> 00:39:00,053 Hey, Chuck. I need to see you... 965 00:39:00,136 --> 00:39:01,512 As soon as you can do it. 966 00:39:01,595 --> 00:39:03,011 I'll tell you what it's about in person. 967 00:39:03,095 --> 00:39:04,637 Well. I'm, uh, in the middle of something, 968 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,261 it's going to have to be tomorrow. 969 00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:08,887 What you're in the middle of is what it's all about. 970 00:39:08,970 --> 00:39:09,970 Needs to be now. 971 00:39:10,053 --> 00:39:11,637 [chuckles] 972 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,804 Well. Sorry, pard, it's going to have to hold. 973 00:39:15,887 --> 00:39:18,512 ♪♪♪ 974 00:39:18,595 --> 00:39:21,178 ♪♪♪ 975 00:39:21,261 --> 00:39:24,637 [breathes deeply] 976 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,637 ♪♪♪ 977 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:32,637 ♪♪♪ 978 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:36,512 ♪♪♪ 979 00:39:36,595 --> 00:39:40,261 ♪♪♪ 980 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:41,637 [Taylor] Rage room? 981 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,512 I don't see a situation where I'd-- 982 00:39:43,595 --> 00:39:46,762 I can't imagine the pressure building inside of you 983 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:49,136 as you try to navigate what you're trying to. 984 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,095 All without ever losing your cool 985 00:39:51,178 --> 00:39:52,679 or letting on how you really feel. 986 00:39:52,762 --> 00:39:54,762 Just letting everyone believe I see the world the way they do. 987 00:39:54,845 --> 00:39:56,637 I've got this. 988 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,512 Just so you know, there's an outlet 989 00:39:59,595 --> 00:40:02,553 for when you can't keep it off your face anymore. 990 00:40:02,637 --> 00:40:05,637 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 991 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:09,845 ♪♪♪ 992 00:40:09,929 --> 00:40:11,512 [door opens] 993 00:40:11,595 --> 00:40:16,178 ♪♪♪ 994 00:40:16,261 --> 00:40:21,011 ♪♪♪ 995 00:40:21,095 --> 00:40:25,804 ♪♪♪ 996 00:40:25,887 --> 00:40:30,845 ♪♪♪ 997 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:35,637 ♪♪♪ 998 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:37,428 Hmm. 999 00:40:37,512 --> 00:40:42,387 ♪♪♪ 1000 00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:44,637 I was about to break my PB. 1001 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:47,220 For swimming in place? 1002 00:40:47,303 --> 00:40:50,178 This is the most time and energy efficient way to get laps in. 1003 00:40:50,261 --> 00:40:51,637 No need for flip turns. Ah. 1004 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,845 And I'm not sure questioning my workout practices 1005 00:40:53,929 --> 00:40:56,261 is something I'd do-- Then let me make a flip turn 1006 00:40:56,345 --> 00:40:59,720 and tell you about the call I just got from Axe. 1007 00:40:59,804 --> 00:41:02,303 I have him in a Peruvian Necktie. 1008 00:41:02,387 --> 00:41:04,261 You know what that is? No. But it sounds tight. 1009 00:41:04,345 --> 00:41:06,428 Mm. Gets even tighter. 1010 00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:08,553 I made a certain bust in the crypto space. 1011 00:41:08,637 --> 00:41:10,762 One that's costing him a lot of money. 1012 00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:13,512 Which you wouldn't have stumbled upon but for me. 1013 00:41:13,595 --> 00:41:17,637 What I need now is for you to get close to any small, 1014 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:20,136 seemingly off-the-cuff meetings you see happening, 1015 00:41:20,220 --> 00:41:21,637 to listen to the whispers, to-- 1016 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,220 You still don't know how all the pieces go together 1017 00:41:23,303 --> 00:41:24,804 on the crypto thing, huh? 1018 00:41:24,887 --> 00:41:27,470 I can't tie it to Axe as is, if that's what you're asking. 1019 00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:29,303 Which means this thing won't touch him. 1020 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:30,929 Axe still isn't talking to me about 1021 00:41:31,011 --> 00:41:32,762 what you might call 'the deckle of the chop.' 1022 00:41:32,845 --> 00:41:35,595 Mm. Just nibbling at the edges, huh? 1023 00:41:35,679 --> 00:41:37,512 And, uh, swimming in place. 1024 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,303 As you see, yes. 1025 00:41:39,387 --> 00:41:41,762 But you have both the imagination and the perseverance 1026 00:41:41,845 --> 00:41:44,595 to convince yourself that this is not treading water. 1027 00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:46,595 What this pool says about you 1028 00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:49,095 is that you have the capacity to fight boredom, 1029 00:41:49,178 --> 00:41:52,762 the tide, the endless, beating march against you. 1030 00:41:52,845 --> 00:41:56,220 These are basically the only qualities of my own 1031 00:41:56,303 --> 00:41:57,053 that are worth a damn. 1032 00:41:57,136 --> 00:41:58,804 They speak well of you. 1033 00:41:58,887 --> 00:42:01,553 And are almost the direct opposite of the qualities 1034 00:42:01,637 --> 00:42:06,470 that make Axe the shining light of his age. 1035 00:42:06,553 --> 00:42:10,428 Oh. People like us must destroy people like him. 1036 00:42:10,512 --> 00:42:12,470 You're not wrong. 1037 00:42:12,553 --> 00:42:15,095 I understand how and why you see it that way. 1038 00:42:15,178 --> 00:42:16,470 As I, of course, do. 1039 00:42:16,553 --> 00:42:18,470 I will try my best. 1040 00:42:18,553 --> 00:42:21,136 I trust that you will. 1041 00:42:21,220 --> 00:42:23,637 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1042 00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:26,178 ♪♪♪ 1043 00:42:26,261 --> 00:42:29,053 ♪♪♪ 1044 00:42:29,136 --> 00:42:33,470 [pool beeps, hums] 1045 00:42:33,553 --> 00:42:36,512 [exhales sharply] 1046 00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:40,512 ♪♪♪ 1047 00:42:40,595 --> 00:42:44,553 ♪♪♪ 1048 00:42:44,637 --> 00:42:48,637 ♪♪♪ 1049 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,762 ♪♪♪ 1050 00:42:52,845 --> 00:42:55,679 Did you serve me best by letting me walk into that shoot, 1051 00:42:55,762 --> 00:42:57,345 or would it have been better to prep me, 1052 00:42:57,428 --> 00:43:00,136 deal with the consequences of me refusing to go? 1053 00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:01,011 Well, which is it? 1054 00:43:01,095 --> 00:43:02,387 I haven't decided yet. 1055 00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:04,553 Yes you have. And you're here to thank me. 1056 00:43:04,637 --> 00:43:07,845 I'm here because when I hit the ten billion mark, 1057 00:43:07,929 --> 00:43:09,970 I felt a flicker of excitement 1058 00:43:10,053 --> 00:43:11,637 about the same as finding a twenty dollar bill 1059 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:16,136 on the sidewalk, and then...nothing. 1060 00:43:16,220 --> 00:43:17,762 The ayahuasca... 1061 00:43:17,845 --> 00:43:21,303 I had a moment of seeing the whole thing, from above, 1062 00:43:21,387 --> 00:43:25,053 from inside, from a whole other dimension. 1063 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,261 But even from every vantage point. 1064 00:43:27,345 --> 00:43:31,053 What I saw was ugliness, 1065 00:43:31,136 --> 00:43:33,720 and while maybe I hadn't lost yet, 1066 00:43:33,804 --> 00:43:35,887 there was no feeling that-- 1067 00:43:35,970 --> 00:43:38,220 [sighs] that I'd won. 1068 00:43:38,303 --> 00:43:40,387 None at all. 1069 00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:43,303 You would never allow yourself to take it in, 1070 00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:45,011 to appreciate it, 1071 00:43:45,095 --> 00:43:47,512 because that would mean acknowledging you'd done well, 1072 00:43:47,595 --> 00:43:49,887 succeeded, won the game. 1073 00:43:49,970 --> 00:43:52,261 That there was a place to pause. Or stop. 1074 00:43:52,345 --> 00:43:54,845 Is it a game can be won? 1075 00:43:54,929 --> 00:43:59,345 Eh. The answer to that is a philosophical axiom-- 1076 00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:00,845 true without needing to be proved: 1077 00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:02,470 When you decide you've won, you've won. 1078 00:44:02,553 --> 00:44:04,845 Until then, no. 1079 00:44:04,929 --> 00:44:06,679 Hmm. 1080 00:44:12,011 --> 00:44:13,762 [indistinct conversations] 1081 00:44:13,845 --> 00:44:16,804 So you gonna thank me? 1082 00:44:24,845 --> 00:44:27,136 You asked for Vanity Fair. 1083 00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:28,887 [Axe] This is last month's. 1084 00:44:28,970 --> 00:44:30,303 The one he's gracing the cover of. 1085 00:44:30,387 --> 00:44:31,845 The only one that matters. 1086 00:44:31,929 --> 00:44:33,762 It's not out yet. 1087 00:44:33,845 --> 00:44:35,637 It's hitting online shortly. 1088 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:36,970 [door opens] 1089 00:44:37,053 --> 00:44:39,595 Hmm. 1090 00:44:39,679 --> 00:44:42,136 [door closes] I'd like to try this. 1091 00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:44,595 Huh. On it, sire. 1092 00:44:44,679 --> 00:44:46,637 Update on the crypto situation. 1093 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:47,970 [Victor] Our miners walked. 1094 00:44:48,053 --> 00:44:49,303 Huh. That was quick. [Victor] Yeah. 1095 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:50,637 You think they cut a deal? 1096 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:51,804 If those little shits cut a deal, I will-- 1097 00:44:51,887 --> 00:44:53,261 Of course they cut a deal. What else? 1098 00:44:53,345 --> 00:44:54,512 The Town Supervisor was picked up. 1099 00:44:54,595 --> 00:44:56,136 He's being held without bail. 1100 00:44:56,220 --> 00:44:57,470 -[cellphone vibrates] -They're squeezing him. 1101 00:44:57,553 --> 00:44:59,845 Vanity Fair article dropped. 1102 00:44:59,929 --> 00:45:02,470 [keys clacking] 1103 00:45:04,637 --> 00:45:07,303 Those ink-stained motherfuckers. 1104 00:45:07,387 --> 00:45:09,011 Sonofabitch. 1105 00:45:09,095 --> 00:45:10,929 Mike Prince made a move. 1106 00:45:11,011 --> 00:45:12,679 [Wags] Fuck. We'll have this taken down. 1107 00:45:12,762 --> 00:45:14,595 We'll pay to pull back the print version. 1108 00:45:14,679 --> 00:45:16,303 We'll pulp the whole goddamned run. 1109 00:45:16,387 --> 00:45:18,345 Enough, Wags. You got flanked by his guy-- 1110 00:45:18,428 --> 00:45:20,804 Fucking Scooter-- And I got flanked by him. 1111 00:45:20,887 --> 00:45:23,303 [Axe] [chuckles] 1112 00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,178 "Investors with a traditional strategy, 1113 00:45:25,261 --> 00:45:26,387 like Axe, have become legends, 1114 00:45:26,470 --> 00:45:27,679 and they deserve to be legends. 1115 00:45:27,762 --> 00:45:30,011 But legends fade, and their value is then 1116 00:45:30,095 --> 00:45:32,011 mostly in the stories about them, 1117 00:45:32,095 --> 00:45:35,095 lessons to future generations on what to do, what not to do." 1118 00:45:35,178 --> 00:45:36,470 Fucking Prince's pull quote. 1119 00:45:36,553 --> 00:45:38,011 Fucker is putting me out to pasture. 1120 00:45:38,095 --> 00:45:39,804 -Cocksuc-- -There's more: 1121 00:45:39,887 --> 00:45:41,512 [Axe] "But I'm not interested in becoming a story just yet. 1122 00:45:41,595 --> 00:45:43,178 So I change with the times. 1123 00:45:43,261 --> 00:45:45,679 Investors like me, who are also business operators, 1124 00:45:45,762 --> 00:45:47,679 are always on the cutting edge, 1125 00:45:47,762 --> 00:45:50,095 [Axe] shifting to machine learning and impact investing, 1126 00:45:50,178 --> 00:45:52,637 not just for profit but for the profitability of mankind." 1127 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,261 Prick. 1128 00:45:54,345 --> 00:45:56,387 You want me to look over his companies for weakness? 1129 00:45:56,470 --> 00:45:57,887 Maybe put some shorts on? 1130 00:45:57,970 --> 00:45:59,387 No. 1131 00:45:59,470 --> 00:46:01,637 He's too big, he's too powerful. 1132 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,220 Man's a Grizz, Kodiak Island sized. 1133 00:46:04,303 --> 00:46:05,845 And dangerous. 1134 00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:07,595 [sighs] 1135 00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:11,053 We got to get close to bring him down. 1136 00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:13,845 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1137 00:46:13,929 --> 00:46:16,553 ♪♪♪ 1138 00:46:16,637 --> 00:46:21,011 [cellphone vibrates] 1139 00:46:21,095 --> 00:46:24,261 Hey. Good looking cover, Mike, congratulations. 1140 00:46:24,345 --> 00:46:25,804 Kind of you to call, Axe. 1141 00:46:25,887 --> 00:46:27,637 I thought we were all going to be on there, 1142 00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:28,929 I don't know how the hell they decided 1143 00:46:29,011 --> 00:46:30,261 to go with that picture of me. 1144 00:46:30,345 --> 00:46:32,553 Yeah, of course. How could you. 1145 00:46:32,637 --> 00:46:34,720 Me? I don't need that kind of press-- 1146 00:46:34,804 --> 00:46:36,845 [Axe] you know, investors and all-- but good for you. 1147 00:46:36,929 --> 00:46:39,929 Anyway, I've, uh, decided the time is right. 1148 00:46:40,011 --> 00:46:42,011 [Axe] Let's have that fireside chat. 1149 00:46:42,095 --> 00:46:44,387 Oh, that's great news. Great. 1150 00:46:44,470 --> 00:46:46,261 It'll be the highlight of the conference. 1151 00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:49,261 I'm looking forward to-- Yeah, me too. 1152 00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:53,428 Try to take me out in some magazine? 1153 00:46:53,512 --> 00:46:55,512 I'll come see you on your home fucking turf. 1154 00:46:57,011 --> 00:46:58,261 [sighs] 1155 00:46:58,345 --> 00:47:00,303 [woman] Motherfucker, just let me in. 1156 00:47:00,387 --> 00:47:01,637 [woman #2] Who are you? 1157 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:02,929 [woman] I will run right through you. 1158 00:47:03,011 --> 00:47:04,595 [woman] Who am I? Let me in. 1159 00:47:04,679 --> 00:47:05,845 [woman #2] Yeah, I'm just gonna call security, 1160 00:47:05,929 --> 00:47:07,595 and you need to stop yelling. 1161 00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:09,261 [woman] No, you're not gonna call security, you stupid dope. 1162 00:47:09,345 --> 00:47:10,929 [woman] I will freakin' dance on your head. 1163 00:47:11,011 --> 00:47:13,011 I need to see Wendy Rhoades. 1164 00:47:13,095 --> 00:47:14,720 Not without an appointment. 1165 00:47:14,804 --> 00:47:17,053 You tell Wendy Rhoades to get out of her little office 1166 00:47:17,136 --> 00:47:18,512 [woman] right now before I go back there 1167 00:47:18,595 --> 00:47:19,929 [woman] and fuck the head off her! 1168 00:47:20,011 --> 00:47:21,595 I told you to never come to my place of work! 1169 00:47:21,679 --> 00:47:24,095 You're gonna have to throw me out. 1170 00:47:24,178 --> 00:47:24,970 Whoa! 1171 00:47:25,053 --> 00:47:26,220 Ugh! Ugh! 1172 00:47:26,303 --> 00:47:27,220 Ugh! Ugh! 1173 00:47:27,303 --> 00:47:28,679 [grunts] 1174 00:47:32,637 --> 00:47:33,970 Ohh! 1175 00:47:42,178 --> 00:47:43,762 Oh! 1176 00:47:43,845 --> 00:47:45,970 [both laughing] 1177 00:47:46,053 --> 00:47:49,345 ♪♪♪ 1178 00:47:49,428 --> 00:47:52,637 [Wendy] Axe Capital, MaseCap, 1179 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,804 I give you, the champion of the world, 1180 00:47:54,887 --> 00:47:56,303 The MAN! 1181 00:47:56,387 --> 00:47:57,470 Becky Lynch! 1182 00:47:57,553 --> 00:48:00,053 [cheers and applause] 1183 00:48:03,345 --> 00:48:07,136 Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 1184 00:48:07,220 --> 00:48:09,387 Thank you. Thank you. 1185 00:48:09,470 --> 00:48:11,720 Yeah. 1186 00:48:11,804 --> 00:48:13,845 Now, none of youse know this, 1187 00:48:13,929 --> 00:48:16,053 because Wendy over here keeps her mouth shut, 1188 00:48:16,136 --> 00:48:19,011 but when I was in my low and lost period of my life, 1189 00:48:19,095 --> 00:48:22,512 before I became The Man, it was Wendy who convinced me 1190 00:48:22,595 --> 00:48:24,970 that finally a woman could be the biggest star 1191 00:48:25,053 --> 00:48:26,470 in professional wrestling. 1192 00:48:26,553 --> 00:48:27,762 And she was right. 1193 00:48:27,845 --> 00:48:29,845 I am The Man in that business now. 1194 00:48:29,929 --> 00:48:31,387 [cheers and applause] 1195 00:48:31,470 --> 00:48:32,845 So when she asked me to come here 1196 00:48:32,929 --> 00:48:34,428 and share a few professional secrets, 1197 00:48:34,512 --> 00:48:36,470 there was no way I was lettin' her down. 1198 00:48:36,553 --> 00:48:39,303 So secret number one, the real Kayfabe shit: 1199 00:48:39,387 --> 00:48:41,303 The greatest thing that you can do in my game 1200 00:48:41,387 --> 00:48:44,053 is to "put someone over," to make them look good. 1201 00:48:44,136 --> 00:48:45,512 [light laughter] 1202 00:48:45,595 --> 00:48:47,387 In wrestling, we don't all like each other. 1203 00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:49,178 -That part's not for show. -[laughter] 1204 00:48:49,261 --> 00:48:52,595 I honestly cannot stand some of them women that I have to fight. 1205 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:53,929 But at the end of the day, 1206 00:48:54,011 --> 00:48:56,011 we're all part of a bigger family, alright? 1207 00:48:56,095 --> 00:48:58,011 And we all 'do the job' for each other. 1208 00:48:58,095 --> 00:49:00,303 Which is what we call it when we let someone else pin us 1209 00:49:00,387 --> 00:49:03,595 because there is nothing more noble than taking a beatin' 1210 00:49:03,679 --> 00:49:05,637 and makin' somebody else look good 1211 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,679 for the good of the whole goddamned operation. 1212 00:49:08,762 --> 00:49:11,095 And, no. No. Sometimes it doesn't feel good. 1213 00:49:11,178 --> 00:49:12,720 We all want to fight. We all want to win. 1214 00:49:12,804 --> 00:49:13,929 And when the time is right, 1215 00:49:14,011 --> 00:49:16,720 you shut your mouth and you do the job. 1216 00:49:16,804 --> 00:49:19,220 And then maybe you move to a different town, 1217 00:49:19,303 --> 00:49:21,804 and someone does the job for you. 1218 00:49:26,887 --> 00:49:29,387 Can I just say holy shit! 1219 00:49:29,470 --> 00:49:31,261 Holy shit! 1220 00:49:31,345 --> 00:49:34,845 [cheers and applause] 1221 00:49:37,679 --> 00:49:39,345 You may, Mafee. 1222 00:49:39,428 --> 00:49:43,095 Now. Becky, who could obviously 1223 00:49:43,178 --> 00:49:45,470 kick my ass to the ground, 1224 00:49:45,553 --> 00:49:48,053 just did the job for me. 1225 00:49:48,136 --> 00:49:50,970 To remind us that we're all in this together, 1226 00:49:51,053 --> 00:49:55,595 and what a fucking pisser it is to work here-- 1227 00:49:55,679 --> 00:49:58,553 where a stunt like this is, you know, just a Tuesday. 1228 00:49:58,637 --> 00:49:59,637 [light laughter] 1229 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:02,845 So: are we ready to 1230 00:50:02,929 --> 00:50:05,679 do the fucking job for each other or what? 1231 00:50:05,762 --> 00:50:07,929 [cheers and applause] 1232 00:50:11,095 --> 00:50:14,095 ♪ mid-tempo music ♪ 1233 00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:17,637 ♪♪♪ 1234 00:50:17,720 --> 00:50:21,470 ♪♪♪ 1235 00:50:21,553 --> 00:50:24,929 ♪♪♪ 1236 00:50:25,011 --> 00:50:27,679 That was impressive. A grand gesture. 1237 00:50:27,762 --> 00:50:29,095 I can see how much you care about this place. 1238 00:50:29,178 --> 00:50:30,679 And it moves me to say: 1239 00:50:30,762 --> 00:50:32,553 I'll do what I can to get my people to lean in. 1240 00:50:32,637 --> 00:50:34,637 Good. 1241 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,428 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1242 00:50:37,512 --> 00:50:39,345 ♪♪♪ 1243 00:50:39,428 --> 00:50:41,220 [indistinct conversations] 1244 00:50:41,303 --> 00:50:44,720 If that's how you feel, then you should probably tell him. 1245 00:50:44,804 --> 00:50:46,136 Tell him what? 1246 00:50:46,220 --> 00:50:47,804 Whatever it is you're really doing here. 1247 00:50:47,887 --> 00:50:51,470 ♪♪♪ 1248 00:50:51,553 --> 00:50:55,428 ♪♪♪ 1249 00:50:55,512 --> 00:50:59,095 ♪♪♪ 1250 00:50:59,178 --> 00:51:00,345 You think this will fix 1251 00:51:00,428 --> 00:51:02,804 the adjustment problems of our teams? 1252 00:51:02,887 --> 00:51:04,970 And also fix the problems between me and you? 1253 00:51:05,053 --> 00:51:06,136 We need to feel like one company. 1254 00:51:06,220 --> 00:51:07,470 Or none of it will work-- 1255 00:51:07,553 --> 00:51:10,011 And then I would confide in you again, right? 1256 00:51:10,095 --> 00:51:12,553 ♪♪♪ 1257 00:51:12,637 --> 00:51:14,095 I am not here because you forced me to be. 1258 00:51:14,178 --> 00:51:15,887 Or because Chuck did. 1259 00:51:15,970 --> 00:51:18,303 I am here as Chuck's operative because he wants to get you. 1260 00:51:18,387 --> 00:51:21,512 I know. 1261 00:51:21,595 --> 00:51:23,345 I figured there was a good chance of it anyway. 1262 00:51:23,428 --> 00:51:24,679 How? 1263 00:51:24,762 --> 00:51:25,929 If you were really here 'cause I forced you to be, 1264 00:51:26,011 --> 00:51:27,720 your body language would be different. 1265 00:51:27,804 --> 00:51:29,595 I have tried to slump my shoulders. 1266 00:51:29,679 --> 00:51:31,136 But if it were real, 1267 00:51:31,220 --> 00:51:33,345 you'd try to avoid showing me you were hurting. 1268 00:51:33,428 --> 00:51:35,345 You'd walk with your shoulders back... 1269 00:51:35,428 --> 00:51:37,720 If you didn't trust me, why did you want me working for you? 1270 00:51:37,804 --> 00:51:39,470 'Cause I thought our goals were aligned. 1271 00:51:39,553 --> 00:51:41,011 And I still think they can be. 1272 00:51:41,095 --> 00:51:42,553 Even after what I just told you? 1273 00:51:42,637 --> 00:51:44,804 You need to be here. 1274 00:51:44,887 --> 00:51:47,303 Doing this... not just for a living, 1275 00:51:47,387 --> 00:51:50,720 not just to keep your name strong in the business... 1276 00:51:50,804 --> 00:51:52,387 but to feel alive. 1277 00:51:52,470 --> 00:51:54,553 Maybe even to be alive. 1278 00:51:54,637 --> 00:51:57,053 You need that feeling you get 1279 00:51:57,136 --> 00:51:59,053 when you see what no one else can. 1280 00:51:59,136 --> 00:52:00,553 And bet on that vision. 1281 00:52:00,637 --> 00:52:02,220 And be right. 1282 00:52:02,303 --> 00:52:04,887 'Cause you, Taylor, are a profit generating organism. 1283 00:52:04,970 --> 00:52:07,387 You're just put together that way. 1284 00:52:07,470 --> 00:52:08,970 That's what I need. 1285 00:52:09,053 --> 00:52:10,970 And why we are aligned. 1286 00:52:11,053 --> 00:52:13,679 No matter your conflicted feelings. 1287 00:52:13,762 --> 00:52:15,970 And Rhoades? 1288 00:52:16,053 --> 00:52:17,762 Fight him off, neutralize him. 1289 00:52:17,845 --> 00:52:19,887 And if I can't? Fuck 'can't.' 1290 00:52:20,011 --> 00:52:22,428 We just agreed on who you are. 1291 00:52:22,512 --> 00:52:24,095 The person who does. 1292 00:52:24,178 --> 00:52:27,470 ♪♪♪ 1293 00:52:27,553 --> 00:52:29,261 Okay. I will. 1294 00:52:29,345 --> 00:52:32,804 ♪♪♪ 1295 00:52:32,887 --> 00:52:34,845 I see that. 1296 00:52:34,929 --> 00:52:37,095 Good. 1297 00:52:37,178 --> 00:52:39,095 Now, how do you recommend I deal with Rhoades? 1298 00:52:39,178 --> 00:52:41,887 He is going to continue to act like a friend. 1299 00:52:41,970 --> 00:52:44,178 Remind him of why actually being your friend 1300 00:52:44,261 --> 00:52:46,303 is the smartest course of action. 1301 00:52:46,387 --> 00:52:50,595 ♪♪♪ 1302 00:52:50,679 --> 00:52:54,845 ♪♪♪ 1303 00:52:58,929 --> 00:53:01,345 [computer dings] 1304 00:53:05,053 --> 00:53:08,011 ♪♪♪ 1305 00:53:08,095 --> 00:53:11,637 Oh, what the fuck... 1306 00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:14,470 ♪♪♪ 1307 00:53:14,553 --> 00:53:16,345 [line ringing] 1308 00:53:16,428 --> 00:53:19,011 You've reached Wendy Rhoades. Please leave a message. 1309 00:53:19,095 --> 00:53:21,428 -[line beeps] -Uh. Yeah, Wend, it's me. 1310 00:53:21,512 --> 00:53:24,970 I see we've reached the place of unilateral action. 1311 00:53:25,053 --> 00:53:28,470 Not gracious, or cool, 1312 00:53:28,553 --> 00:53:30,970 or reflective in any way of how we've fucking gone about-- 1313 00:53:31,053 --> 00:53:35,595 ♪♪♪ 1314 00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:38,136 just give me a call back after you get this. 1315 00:53:38,220 --> 00:53:40,720 ♪♪♪ 1316 00:53:40,804 --> 00:53:42,011 [cellphone thuds] 1317 00:53:42,095 --> 00:53:45,178 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1318 00:53:45,261 --> 00:53:48,428 ♪♪♪ 1319 00:53:48,512 --> 00:53:50,345 [sighs] 1320 00:53:53,887 --> 00:53:55,261 [door closes] 1321 00:53:55,345 --> 00:53:57,428 Everything okay? 1322 00:53:57,512 --> 00:54:00,470 Oh. Just some upheaval on the home front, as you know. 1323 00:54:00,553 --> 00:54:02,595 Everything'll settle into place. 1324 00:54:02,679 --> 00:54:04,512 What do you got there? 1325 00:54:05,762 --> 00:54:07,553 Something meaningful. 1326 00:54:10,345 --> 00:54:12,845 ♪ soft music ♪ 1327 00:54:12,929 --> 00:54:16,428 ♪♪♪ 1328 00:54:16,512 --> 00:54:19,512 Ahh. 1329 00:54:19,595 --> 00:54:21,345 [sighs] 1330 00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:22,679 [sniffs] 1331 00:54:22,762 --> 00:54:25,053 [chuckles] 1332 00:54:25,136 --> 00:54:27,553 Ahh. 1333 00:54:27,637 --> 00:54:30,303 ...'Never give in. 1334 00:54:30,387 --> 00:54:33,679 Never in nothing, great or small; large or petty. 1335 00:54:33,762 --> 00:54:35,845 Never give in, 1336 00:54:35,929 --> 00:54:38,762 except to convictions of honour and good sense. 1337 00:54:38,845 --> 00:54:41,095 Never yield to force. 1338 00:54:41,178 --> 00:54:44,178 Never yield to the apparently 1339 00:54:44,261 --> 00:54:47,679 overwhelming might of the enemy.' 1340 00:54:47,762 --> 00:54:49,679 [taps on book] 1341 00:54:49,762 --> 00:54:53,970 I went back to my book seller a few months after I sold it. 1342 00:54:54,053 --> 00:54:56,136 He told me the set had been bought. 1343 00:54:56,220 --> 00:55:00,387 And I couldn't find any others. 1344 00:55:00,470 --> 00:55:02,512 No. It seems the, uh, 1345 00:55:02,595 --> 00:55:05,887 market on first-edition Churchills had been cornered. 1346 00:55:05,970 --> 00:55:07,845 That's what I do to markets. 1347 00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:10,178 Ah. [chuckles] 1348 00:55:10,261 --> 00:55:12,929 But now, I am returning these to you as an act of friendship... 1349 00:55:13,011 --> 00:55:15,470 Because I want you to remember when we weren't friends, 1350 00:55:15,553 --> 00:55:18,637 how the world was a very hot and uncomfortable place. 1351 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,095 And to that end, 1352 00:55:20,178 --> 00:55:22,929 I would like you to also help me keep it cool. 1353 00:55:23,011 --> 00:55:24,679 ♪♪♪ 1354 00:55:24,762 --> 00:55:26,011 How shall I do that? 1355 00:55:26,095 --> 00:55:27,679 That crypto mine that you busted upstate-- 1356 00:55:27,762 --> 00:55:29,261 Mm. 1357 00:55:29,345 --> 00:55:30,595 I'd appreciate it if you'd drop the case. 1358 00:55:30,679 --> 00:55:34,095 Well, Bobby, I very much want to be friends. 1359 00:55:34,178 --> 00:55:35,720 [chuckles] 1360 00:55:35,804 --> 00:55:38,762 And I was surprised-- dismayed really-- 1361 00:55:38,845 --> 00:55:40,261 when we made the arrests 1362 00:55:40,345 --> 00:55:41,720 and found out you were in the middle of that. 1363 00:55:41,804 --> 00:55:44,845 Not really in the middle-- maybe loosely connected. 1364 00:55:44,929 --> 00:55:46,428 All the same... 1365 00:55:46,512 --> 00:55:48,428 I can't just drop it, not altogether. 1366 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:50,220 It's too far along. 1367 00:55:50,303 --> 00:55:53,804 Questions will be raised, prying eyes will be focused. 1368 00:55:53,887 --> 00:55:55,303 Uh huh. 1369 00:55:55,387 --> 00:55:56,929 Then what can you do for me? 1370 00:55:57,011 --> 00:55:58,512 [sighs] 1371 00:56:01,136 --> 00:56:04,637 Best I can do is make it a civil and not a criminal action. 1372 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:08,470 Which will be hard to sell to my team and my office 1373 00:56:08,553 --> 00:56:11,553 and is an act of friendship that goes beyond the norm. 1374 00:56:11,637 --> 00:56:15,595 It is, in fact, of the kind you just demonstrated. 1375 00:56:15,679 --> 00:56:19,470 So, it'll cost you some money in fines, 1376 00:56:19,553 --> 00:56:22,470 but as you like to remind the world, you got plenty of that. 1377 00:56:22,553 --> 00:56:24,929 Yeah. Sure, Chuck. 1378 00:56:25,011 --> 00:56:26,970 That I do. 1379 00:56:27,053 --> 00:56:30,011 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1380 00:56:30,095 --> 00:56:33,053 ♪♪♪ 1381 00:56:33,136 --> 00:56:36,011 ♪♪♪ 1382 00:56:36,095 --> 00:56:38,845 [door opens] 1383 00:56:38,929 --> 00:56:40,178 [door closes] 1384 00:56:40,261 --> 00:56:41,595 [indistinct conversations] 1385 00:56:47,095 --> 00:56:48,970 It's a triple cross. 1386 00:56:49,053 --> 00:56:51,929 Taylor told Axelrod why they're at Axe Cap. 1387 00:56:52,011 --> 00:56:52,845 How'd you figure it? 1388 00:56:52,929 --> 00:56:54,470 He came at me, 1389 00:56:54,553 --> 00:56:56,011 to remind me of the last time I went at him. 1390 00:56:56,095 --> 00:56:57,220 What it cost me. 1391 00:56:57,303 --> 00:56:58,345 What are we gonna do about it? 1392 00:56:58,428 --> 00:57:01,178 He wants to be friends, so we'll be friends. 1393 00:57:01,261 --> 00:57:03,929 Right up until the moment we drop him. 1394 00:57:04,011 --> 00:57:07,929 Unless you think that's too, uh, "Old Chuck." 1395 00:57:08,011 --> 00:57:09,345 No, that's just Chuck. 1396 00:57:09,428 --> 00:57:10,887 [chuckles] As it should be. 1397 00:57:10,970 --> 00:57:13,387 As it ever will be. 1398 00:57:13,470 --> 00:57:15,679 Okay. Here's what I'm thinking. 1399 00:57:15,762 --> 00:57:18,845 ♪ Patti Smith's "Summer Cannibals" ♪ 1400 00:57:18,929 --> 00:57:22,095 ♪♪♪ 1401 00:57:22,178 --> 00:57:25,553 ♪♪♪ 1402 00:57:25,637 --> 00:57:28,887 ♪ I was down in Georgia ♪ 1403 00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:32,220 ♪ Nothing was as real ♪ 1404 00:57:32,303 --> 00:57:35,220 ♪ As the street beneath my feet ♪ 1405 00:57:35,303 --> 00:57:38,762 ♪ Descending into air ♪ 1406 00:57:38,845 --> 00:57:41,762 ♪♪♪ 1407 00:57:41,845 --> 00:57:45,178 ♪♪♪ 1408 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:48,136 ♪ The cauldron was a-bubbling ♪ 1409 00:57:48,220 --> 00:57:51,428 ♪ The flesh was lean ♪ 1410 00:57:51,512 --> 00:57:54,720 ♪ And the women moved forward ♪ 1411 00:57:54,804 --> 00:57:57,929 ♪ Like piranhas in a stream ♪ 1412 00:57:58,011 --> 00:58:01,095 ♪ They spread themselves before me ♪ 1413 00:58:01,178 --> 00:58:04,428 ♪ An offering so sweet ♪ 1414 00:58:04,512 --> 00:58:07,762 ♪ And they beckoned and they beckoned ♪ 1415 00:58:07,845 --> 00:58:11,428 ♪ "Come on, darling, eat" ♪ 1416 00:58:11,512 --> 00:58:13,762 ♪ Eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1417 00:58:13,845 --> 00:58:14,762 [grunting] 1418 00:58:14,845 --> 00:58:17,387 ♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪ 1419 00:58:17,470 --> 00:58:20,970 ♪ You eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1420 00:58:21,053 --> 00:58:24,053 ♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪ 1421 00:58:24,136 --> 00:58:27,261 ♪♪♪ 1422 00:58:27,345 --> 00:58:30,428 ♪♪♪ 1423 00:58:30,512 --> 00:58:34,053 ♪ They circled around me ♪ 1424 00:58:34,136 --> 00:58:37,303 ♪ Natives in a ring ♪ 1425 00:58:37,387 --> 00:58:40,136 ♪ And I saw their souls a-withering ♪ 1426 00:58:40,220 --> 00:58:43,720 ♪ Like snakes in chains ♪ 1427 00:58:43,804 --> 00:58:47,261 ♪ And they wrapped themselves around me ♪ 1428 00:58:47,345 --> 00:58:50,095 ♪ Mmm, what a treat ♪ 1429 00:58:50,178 --> 00:58:54,095 ♪ And they rattled their tales hissin' ♪ 1430 00:58:54,178 --> 00:58:57,011 ♪ "Come on, let's eat" ♪ 1431 00:58:57,095 --> 00:59:00,303 ♪ Eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1432 00:59:00,387 --> 00:59:02,220 ♪ Eat, eat ♪