1 00:00:07,672 --> 00:00:09,672 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:09,674 --> 00:00:12,775 Danny fucking Margolis. What brings you back? 3 00:00:12,777 --> 00:00:13,842 I have some ideas, 4 00:00:13,844 --> 00:00:15,744 and I'd love to share them with you. 5 00:00:15,746 --> 00:00:17,913 Did you hear it okay? 6 00:00:17,915 --> 00:00:19,582 Hello. I'm Taylor. 7 00:00:19,584 --> 00:00:21,617 My pronouns are they, theirs, and them. 8 00:00:21,619 --> 00:00:24,153 - How long you been here? - I'm an intern. 9 00:00:24,155 --> 00:00:27,522 Just breathing the air here can be discomforting. 10 00:00:27,524 --> 00:00:29,725 The air is thinner. 11 00:00:30,938 --> 00:00:32,377 - That is a picture - _ 12 00:00:32,378 --> 00:00:34,178 of a man running for office. 13 00:00:34,364 --> 00:00:37,265 Which mansion will it be, Gracie or the Governor's? 14 00:00:37,267 --> 00:00:38,200 Relax, Dad. 15 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:41,269 You need some personal time with Black Jack Foley. 16 00:00:41,271 --> 00:00:43,004 You must be talking about Sandicot. 17 00:00:43,006 --> 00:00:45,307 The proposed location of a casino. 18 00:00:45,309 --> 00:00:48,176 - Does it have to go there? - If the town defaults, 19 00:00:48,178 --> 00:00:49,788 I know what you stand to lose. 20 00:00:49,851 --> 00:00:52,374 You need that casino as soon as goddamned possible. 21 00:00:52,508 --> 00:00:54,941 Go, do whatever the fuck you want, and so will I. 22 00:00:54,943 --> 00:00:56,943 You want the freedom to see other people. 23 00:00:56,945 --> 00:00:58,812 Consider that door open. 24 00:00:59,748 --> 00:01:01,247 I am committed 25 00:01:01,249 --> 00:01:03,282 to complete transparency between us. 26 00:01:03,284 --> 00:01:07,854 So you can either quit right now... or you can stay. 27 00:01:07,856 --> 00:01:10,456 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. 28 00:01:10,458 --> 00:01:13,259 - It's over. - So, why would Foley want to fuck me? 29 00:01:13,261 --> 00:01:15,677 The committee chose the location 30 00:01:15,716 --> 00:01:17,430 that would bring the greatest benefit to 31 00:01:17,432 --> 00:01:19,599 the greatest number of people. 32 00:01:19,601 --> 00:01:22,075 What do you know about Sandicot? 33 00:01:22,122 --> 00:01:23,582 Go ahead, seize their assets. 34 00:01:23,634 --> 00:01:25,367 - What kind of assets? - Sandicot also has 35 00:01:25,373 --> 00:01:27,740 - an original Remington. - The fuck's a Remington? 36 00:01:27,742 --> 00:01:29,481 American artist from the 19th century. 37 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,610 He specialized in depictions of the Old West. 38 00:01:31,612 --> 00:01:33,578 I don't know why you want to hurt all of these people 39 00:01:33,580 --> 00:01:34,813 who got so little as it is. 40 00:01:34,815 --> 00:01:37,482 You go up there, and you cut off the gangrenous parts. 41 00:01:37,484 --> 00:01:40,052 And then we go in with charter schools and outreach, 42 00:01:40,054 --> 00:01:42,621 for about $30 million, we capture the tax write-off, 43 00:01:42,623 --> 00:01:44,597 and those kids will be better off than their parents, 44 00:01:44,668 --> 00:01:45,496 or we, ever were. 45 00:01:45,574 --> 00:01:47,204 Seize all their assets, 46 00:01:47,259 --> 00:01:50,915 property, utilities, machinery, vehicles, buildings. 47 00:01:50,985 --> 00:01:53,731 Everything, even Town fucking Hall. 48 00:02:18,891 --> 00:02:22,092 Jack Foley! This is how I like to start the day. 49 00:02:22,094 --> 00:02:25,662 Oh, I can't match your enthusiasm at the moment. 50 00:02:25,664 --> 00:02:28,344 Oh? Sorry to hear that. 51 00:02:28,391 --> 00:02:31,301 I've done for you, haven't I? 52 00:02:31,303 --> 00:02:33,770 Recently and at a great profit to you, 53 00:02:33,772 --> 00:02:36,172 and yet, your son lets me down. 54 00:02:36,174 --> 00:02:38,274 The clerkship. 55 00:02:38,276 --> 00:02:40,976 It's the bad form that bothers me. 56 00:02:40,978 --> 00:02:44,547 He doesn't know about Sandicot, doesn't know how you stepped up. 57 00:02:44,549 --> 00:02:45,881 Can never know. 58 00:02:45,883 --> 00:02:47,584 That was a favor for me. 59 00:02:47,586 --> 00:02:50,453 Yes, I torpedoed Axelrod at your behest, 60 00:02:50,455 --> 00:02:52,188 and while Chuck may not know that, 61 00:02:52,190 --> 00:02:54,924 he does know that I was planning to help him in Albany. 62 00:02:54,926 --> 00:02:56,892 That should have been more than enough. 63 00:02:56,894 --> 00:03:00,096 I'm throwing in with Bob Sweeney for governor now. 64 00:03:00,098 --> 00:03:01,931 That pains me to hear, Jack. 65 00:03:01,955 --> 00:03:03,232 I-I hope that this, uh... 66 00:03:03,265 --> 00:03:06,001 Ah, don't get it in a twist, Charles. 67 00:03:06,003 --> 00:03:07,962 You and I are fine. 68 00:03:08,033 --> 00:03:10,639 I look forward to seeing you at the party. 69 00:03:10,641 --> 00:03:13,007 Okay. 70 00:03:19,717 --> 00:03:21,250 Is that Sandicot's Remington? 71 00:03:21,252 --> 00:03:22,984 Not anymore. 72 00:03:25,655 --> 00:03:29,690 That is the most magnificent thing I've ever seen. 73 00:03:29,692 --> 00:03:32,360 Is that Yul Brynner? 74 00:03:32,362 --> 00:03:34,229 - The Remington is here. - Don't confuse 75 00:03:34,231 --> 00:03:36,998 that hunk of bronze for a "Mission Accomplished" banner. 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,068 I need to know why Foley donkey-punched us. 77 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:42,102 I haven't been able to find a deal we did 78 00:03:42,104 --> 00:03:43,771 - where he got screwed. - You won't. 79 00:03:43,773 --> 00:03:45,851 He could have been nursing that grudge for a decade. 80 00:03:45,945 --> 00:03:48,902 Look, I know why is among the more tantalizing questions, 81 00:03:48,941 --> 00:03:51,316 but you're usually disciplined enough not to get into it. 82 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:54,682 This isn't undisciplined. It's vigilant. 83 00:03:54,684 --> 00:03:58,152 If there is someone out there with the focus, the animus, 84 00:03:58,154 --> 00:04:00,487 the reach to crush me, I need to know. 85 00:04:00,489 --> 00:04:02,489 That describes a hundred hedgies. 86 00:04:02,491 --> 00:04:04,158 Yeah, but I see those guys coming. 87 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,626 I can handle them. Foley's different. 88 00:04:06,628 --> 00:04:09,797 He has proven that he can cause great damage 89 00:04:09,799 --> 00:04:11,932 without leaving any clues behind. 90 00:04:11,934 --> 00:04:14,601 Light touch. Tight grip. 91 00:04:14,603 --> 00:04:15,702 Yeah. 92 00:04:15,704 --> 00:04:19,038 Call Foley directly. Get me in a room with him. 93 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,308 Then I'll know if I have an enemy. 94 00:04:32,687 --> 00:04:34,020 Your locker, Mr. Rhoades. 95 00:04:34,022 --> 00:04:36,689 Thank you, Domingo. 96 00:04:37,799 --> 00:04:41,861 Now, some people, when aging a cigar, 97 00:04:41,863 --> 00:04:44,230 keep it at 70 percent humidity. 98 00:04:44,232 --> 00:04:47,233 That mellows the Puro. 99 00:04:47,235 --> 00:04:50,602 I, of course, want no such thing. 100 00:04:50,604 --> 00:04:53,972 I take it to 80 percent 'cause I prefer... 101 00:04:53,974 --> 00:04:55,307 The funk. 102 00:04:55,309 --> 00:04:58,544 Exactly right. 103 00:04:58,546 --> 00:05:00,078 Look at these. 104 00:05:01,058 --> 00:05:06,318 Ah. 1998 Special Fundadores. 105 00:05:08,488 --> 00:05:12,157 Aged to peak complexity. 106 00:05:12,159 --> 00:05:14,926 And if they're not smoked soon, 107 00:05:14,928 --> 00:05:17,428 they'll go one-dimensional. 108 00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:20,332 I was hoping to smoke them with you at Foley's party, 109 00:05:20,334 --> 00:05:22,333 but while I've received my invitation, 110 00:05:22,335 --> 00:05:24,836 you were left off the list. 111 00:05:24,838 --> 00:05:27,605 You didn't get his granddaughter that clerkship, 112 00:05:27,607 --> 00:05:30,941 and she went crying to him. 113 00:05:30,943 --> 00:05:33,944 Well, I'm sorry that Foley feels let down. 114 00:05:33,946 --> 00:05:37,147 He feels disrespected. 115 00:05:37,149 --> 00:05:39,701 He could have gotten the girl the damned clerkship himself, 116 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,058 but he wanted you to do it for him to show fealty, 117 00:05:42,129 --> 00:05:44,654 to show that when you were governor, 118 00:05:44,656 --> 00:05:45,956 you would remember him. 119 00:05:45,958 --> 00:05:48,993 What he wanted were his balls gargled. 120 00:05:48,995 --> 00:05:51,528 And if he thinks that's the relationship we'll have 121 00:05:51,530 --> 00:05:55,432 - as this campaign progresses... - Oh Sonny... 122 00:05:55,434 --> 00:05:57,567 it's a little too late for that now. 123 00:05:57,569 --> 00:05:59,736 He got himself a new show pony. 124 00:05:59,738 --> 00:06:00,837 Who? 125 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,998 Bob Sweeney. 126 00:06:03,092 --> 00:06:04,508 Buffalo Bob? 127 00:06:04,510 --> 00:06:07,343 Two terms as mayor, three in the Senate, 128 00:06:07,345 --> 00:06:10,513 and he puts on that damn EMT uniform at every parade. 129 00:06:10,515 --> 00:06:13,783 - He's second-tier. - He was. 130 00:06:13,785 --> 00:06:17,853 But now he has the inside track to the nomination. 131 00:06:17,855 --> 00:06:20,143 Because Foley says he does. 132 00:06:20,182 --> 00:06:21,391 Yes, sir! 133 00:06:21,393 --> 00:06:25,094 We don't have kings, Dad. 134 00:06:25,096 --> 00:06:27,229 We live in a democracy. 135 00:06:27,231 --> 00:06:30,533 You sound like a fucking hippie. 136 00:06:32,195 --> 00:06:34,312 I know that this is difficult to grasp, 137 00:06:34,375 --> 00:06:37,873 but the age of the kingmaker is past. 138 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:39,875 I don't need a power broker. 139 00:06:39,877 --> 00:06:42,344 I have my own power. 140 00:06:42,346 --> 00:06:45,080 And when it is made manifest, 141 00:06:45,082 --> 00:06:48,016 Foley will zip his fucking pants up 142 00:06:48,018 --> 00:06:50,385 and look me in the eye. 143 00:07:02,371 --> 00:07:04,154 Foley won't talk to you. 144 00:07:04,225 --> 00:07:06,200 He won't even talk to me. 145 00:07:06,202 --> 00:07:07,951 Does that seem like the behavior 146 00:07:08,029 --> 00:07:10,100 of a man whose acts were unintentional? 147 00:07:10,115 --> 00:07:12,507 No. But it doesn't mean you have to engage. 148 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,074 Sure it does. And do it old-school. 149 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:17,977 Rough him up? 150 00:07:17,979 --> 00:07:20,645 I'm all for it, but his company's not publicly traded. 151 00:07:20,647 --> 00:07:22,447 We don't operate in the steel sector. 152 00:07:22,449 --> 00:07:24,850 Well, figure out where the fuck he gets his iron. 153 00:07:24,852 --> 00:07:26,651 He can't own all the mines. 154 00:07:29,265 --> 00:07:32,343 I need to know where Jack Foley sources his ore. 155 00:07:32,570 --> 00:07:33,825 Most steel in this country doesn't come 156 00:07:33,827 --> 00:07:35,827 from ore these days, it comes from scrap. 157 00:07:35,829 --> 00:07:38,196 Foley ain't a scrapper. Someone's supplying him. 158 00:07:38,198 --> 00:07:40,866 Find out who, and Axe is gonna crush Foley's business. 159 00:07:40,868 --> 00:07:43,011 No. I like a porterhouse as much as anybody, 160 00:07:43,050 --> 00:07:44,277 but I don't want to waste your time. 161 00:07:44,332 --> 00:07:46,324 We're not switching primes. 162 00:07:46,355 --> 00:07:49,811 Hold on. What? He's trying to get us to switch brokers. 163 00:07:49,835 --> 00:07:52,010 Wants to wine and dine us... me. 164 00:07:52,012 --> 00:07:54,245 - Tell him we accept. - Okay, in this context, 165 00:07:54,247 --> 00:07:56,314 I don't understand "we" or "accept." 166 00:07:57,650 --> 00:08:01,019 Yeah, you know what, let's hear the pitch. 167 00:08:01,021 --> 00:08:02,287 Tonight at eight? 168 00:08:03,223 --> 00:08:05,923 Great. See you then. 169 00:08:07,359 --> 00:08:09,326 I thought we were loyal to Spartan-Ives. 170 00:08:09,328 --> 00:08:11,061 We're loyal to the bottom line. 171 00:08:11,063 --> 00:08:12,802 If there's money to be made by switching... 172 00:08:12,849 --> 00:08:14,302 Plus a night of hard-core partying 173 00:08:14,351 --> 00:08:15,550 in the name of business. 174 00:08:15,614 --> 00:08:17,348 You're all over it? 175 00:08:20,105 --> 00:08:22,372 I bet my life you won't say that again. 176 00:08:22,374 --> 00:08:26,076 - I didn't mean... - Oh, your meaning was clear! 177 00:08:28,213 --> 00:08:30,013 This was a compound fuck-up. 178 00:08:30,015 --> 00:08:32,215 First, you misplay the invitation. 179 00:08:32,217 --> 00:08:36,453 Then you treat me like I'm Courtney Love in '93. 180 00:08:36,455 --> 00:08:39,221 You think I can't handle myself 181 00:08:39,223 --> 00:08:43,125 in a simple fucking sell-side hug and tug? 182 00:08:43,127 --> 00:08:45,829 - I, no, I... - Organize a car 183 00:08:45,831 --> 00:08:50,066 to pick me the fuck up later! 184 00:08:57,241 --> 00:08:59,875 I didn't want him relapsing on my watch. 185 00:09:04,075 --> 00:09:06,027 _ 186 00:09:06,384 --> 00:09:10,552 I'm not a big self-help guy. 187 00:09:11,965 --> 00:09:16,257 - This is Dr. Lenny "Gus" Gustaferson. - _ 188 00:09:16,259 --> 00:09:19,294 Currently works freelance, but until recently, 189 00:09:19,296 --> 00:09:20,335 he was the performance 190 00:09:20,374 --> 00:09:22,060 - coach over at Axe Cap. - _ 191 00:09:22,065 --> 00:09:25,233 What, they fired him after they brought back Wendy Rhoades? 192 00:09:25,235 --> 00:09:26,768 Yeah. 193 00:09:26,770 --> 00:09:28,669 Don't suppose he was happy about that. 194 00:09:28,671 --> 00:09:30,905 Can't imagine that he was. 195 00:09:30,907 --> 00:09:33,208 Now, what about doctor-patient confidentiality? 196 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:34,675 Even if he wanted to talk... 197 00:09:34,677 --> 00:09:37,012 Well, he may be Dr. Gus, but he's not an MD. 198 00:09:37,014 --> 00:09:39,481 Degrees in kinesthesiology 199 00:09:39,483 --> 00:09:42,950 and from the Martha Beck Life Star program. 200 00:09:42,952 --> 00:09:45,653 No, you know what, I don't want to know about him. 201 00:09:45,655 --> 00:09:47,955 You don't think that's what Chuck really wants? 202 00:09:47,957 --> 00:09:49,089 No, I'm out of 203 00:09:49,091 --> 00:09:51,347 the guessing-what-Chuck-Rhoades- wants business. 204 00:09:51,394 --> 00:09:55,530 My new line is listening to what he actually says, 205 00:09:55,532 --> 00:09:58,533 and his standing directive is stay clear of Axelrod, 206 00:09:58,535 --> 00:10:01,701 so that's what we're gonna do. 207 00:10:10,413 --> 00:10:12,279 Is Marc meeting you at the airport? 208 00:10:12,281 --> 00:10:14,248 Just the architect. Wanted to keep it 209 00:10:14,250 --> 00:10:16,650 - under the radar. - You know, you really don't 210 00:10:16,652 --> 00:10:18,818 have to go to Sandicot if you don't want to. 211 00:10:18,820 --> 00:10:21,187 That's kind of the whole point of having people. 212 00:10:21,189 --> 00:10:23,604 Yeah, but if we're building a school to coax some goodwill, 213 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:24,564 I think it's probably a good idea 214 00:10:24,596 --> 00:10:26,462 for one of us to actually be involved. 215 00:10:26,729 --> 00:10:27,995 It's the least we can do. 216 00:10:28,041 --> 00:10:29,708 We did take their prize statue. 217 00:10:29,710 --> 00:10:32,780 Huh, well, you know I'd come up with you if I could. 218 00:10:32,983 --> 00:10:34,015 No. 219 00:10:34,581 --> 00:10:36,880 Today Suny Binghamton takes precedence. 220 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,484 - Have a good trip. - Yeah, you, too. 221 00:10:54,171 --> 00:10:56,271 You realize she is a he, okay? 222 00:10:56,273 --> 00:10:59,542 And she's huge. Like 300 pounds. We finally flip her over. 223 00:10:59,544 --> 00:11:02,210 She's coding, and the darned paddles don't work. 224 00:11:02,212 --> 00:11:04,880 We all know what it's like when the paddles don't work. 225 00:11:04,882 --> 00:11:06,682 Means I got to go manual. So... 226 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:10,953 Uh, excuse me, folks. 227 00:11:10,955 --> 00:11:13,822 - To be continued. - Thanks, Bob. 228 00:11:13,824 --> 00:11:15,557 Back to chasing ambulances, Chuck? 229 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,193 Bobby boy. 230 00:11:18,195 --> 00:11:20,067 All wrapping wounds 231 00:11:20,153 --> 00:11:24,231 and pressing flesh, or have you got a minute? 232 00:11:24,233 --> 00:11:27,268 The state has a lieutenant governor, an AG, 233 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,838 influential university presidents. 234 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,739 All are a tick or two ahead of you. 235 00:11:31,741 --> 00:11:34,342 And some of them, Hell, maybe all of them, 236 00:11:34,344 --> 00:11:35,710 are gonna get in this thing. 237 00:11:35,712 --> 00:11:37,178 Foley thought you were the one 238 00:11:37,180 --> 00:11:38,913 that would cede the most control. 239 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:42,216 A few months from now, when you and all those others 240 00:11:42,218 --> 00:11:45,119 are in the gubernatorial scrum, 241 00:11:45,121 --> 00:11:48,089 churning, gasping, 242 00:11:48,091 --> 00:11:50,657 drowning on dry land, 243 00:11:50,659 --> 00:11:52,726 you know where I'll be? 244 00:11:52,728 --> 00:11:55,229 Sitting in the corner, watching, jerking off. 245 00:11:57,032 --> 00:11:58,799 Gliding above you. 246 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:01,301 Sailing straight into every debate. 247 00:12:01,303 --> 00:12:04,204 A mainstay of every conversation. 248 00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:05,706 You've been polling. 249 00:12:05,708 --> 00:12:09,109 No, but I've seen numbers. They're encouraging. 250 00:12:09,111 --> 00:12:11,645 I bet you've seen the same numbers. 251 00:12:11,647 --> 00:12:13,480 I know which end of the poll is up. 252 00:12:13,482 --> 00:12:15,215 Mm-hmm. So then you know 253 00:12:15,217 --> 00:12:18,718 that there are some areas where I could use some help. 254 00:12:20,355 --> 00:12:22,222 - Upstate. - Your backyard. 255 00:12:22,224 --> 00:12:23,689 Oh, shit. 256 00:12:23,691 --> 00:12:26,993 You want me to be your lieutenant governor. 257 00:12:26,995 --> 00:12:29,795 Come on, I'm here with you. 258 00:12:29,797 --> 00:12:34,000 Man to man, sketching the way forward. 259 00:12:34,002 --> 00:12:36,201 You know, I have won the lowliest 260 00:12:36,203 --> 00:12:38,270 fucking elected offices we've got. 261 00:12:38,272 --> 00:12:39,572 Hell, I was the goddamned 262 00:12:39,574 --> 00:12:41,373 sanitation commissioner for a year. 263 00:12:41,375 --> 00:12:43,242 Yeah, and I rode the trucks. 264 00:12:43,244 --> 00:12:45,912 I've done it right. I've done it hard. 265 00:12:45,914 --> 00:12:48,813 And this... this is my time. 266 00:12:48,815 --> 00:12:53,685 My name recognition is eight times yours. 267 00:12:55,089 --> 00:12:58,524 Don't underestimate Black Jack Foley... or me. 268 00:12:58,526 --> 00:13:00,426 And name recognition means dick. 269 00:13:00,428 --> 00:13:02,094 Nobody knew George Pataki's name, 270 00:13:02,096 --> 00:13:04,328 and then they elected him three times, Chuck. 271 00:13:04,330 --> 00:13:06,364 So when I've been governor for 12 years, 272 00:13:06,366 --> 00:13:08,733 they'll know my fucking name. 273 00:13:28,621 --> 00:13:30,154 - This is insubordinate. - Oh? 274 00:13:30,156 --> 00:13:32,790 And what would you call snaking someone else's lead? 275 00:13:32,792 --> 00:13:34,658 Don't say you were protecting me. 276 00:13:34,660 --> 00:13:36,393 Protecting you? 277 00:13:36,395 --> 00:13:38,528 This is the kind of shit that made me... 278 00:13:38,530 --> 00:13:41,264 What, like me or dump me? 279 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:42,700 Both. 280 00:13:44,971 --> 00:13:47,605 Well, since we're here... 281 00:13:51,143 --> 00:13:53,110 We can wait out here till they're done. 282 00:13:53,112 --> 00:13:54,711 Yeah. 283 00:13:56,181 --> 00:13:58,181 I'm offering to buy your product. 284 00:13:58,183 --> 00:13:59,682 I'm offering to buy the product 285 00:13:59,684 --> 00:14:01,384 from all seven of your scrap yards 286 00:14:01,386 --> 00:14:03,253 at a considerable premium. 287 00:14:03,255 --> 00:14:04,921 And you're saying no? 288 00:14:04,923 --> 00:14:07,023 I'm saying I already have a buyer. 289 00:14:07,025 --> 00:14:09,492 You didn't take this meeting to tell me no. 290 00:14:09,494 --> 00:14:10,793 Actually, I did. 291 00:14:10,795 --> 00:14:14,196 But to tell you no nicely. 292 00:14:14,198 --> 00:14:16,899 I don't know what's going on between you and Foley, 293 00:14:16,901 --> 00:14:19,702 but I know it's enough that you're taking aim on him, 294 00:14:19,704 --> 00:14:21,704 and I don't want to do you disrespect 295 00:14:21,706 --> 00:14:23,773 because I don't want you taking aim on me. 296 00:14:23,775 --> 00:14:25,907 Okay, I'm gonna skip the part 297 00:14:25,909 --> 00:14:27,376 where I say, "Who's Foley?" 298 00:14:27,378 --> 00:14:29,411 or, "What does he have to do with this?" 299 00:14:29,413 --> 00:14:32,080 I'm gonna go straight to doubling the offer. 300 00:14:32,082 --> 00:14:36,084 370 percent of what you normally make. 301 00:14:36,086 --> 00:14:37,620 I'm basically extorting myself. 302 00:14:37,622 --> 00:14:39,288 And I wish I could take advantage, 303 00:14:39,290 --> 00:14:40,756 but this isn't a negotiation. 304 00:14:40,758 --> 00:14:43,324 - There's no magic number. - There's always a number. 305 00:14:43,326 --> 00:14:45,827 Not in this case. I do business in this state. 306 00:14:45,829 --> 00:14:47,162 I live in this state. 307 00:14:47,164 --> 00:14:49,430 Foley could make both of those more unpleasant 308 00:14:49,432 --> 00:14:51,366 than six hours on the cross at Calvary. 309 00:14:51,368 --> 00:14:52,734 I get out of bed one morning 310 00:14:52,736 --> 00:14:54,369 and find overnight I'm jammed up 311 00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:56,038 with licenses and unions and taxes 312 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,673 and he's found a dozen other ways 313 00:14:57,675 --> 00:14:59,641 to hurt me I didn't see coming. 314 00:15:01,444 --> 00:15:03,010 I thank you for your offer. 315 00:15:04,581 --> 00:15:07,415 Hopefully we part on good terms, 316 00:15:07,417 --> 00:15:09,750 but if not... 317 00:15:11,354 --> 00:15:14,422 You're more afraid of him than you are of me. 318 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:26,567 A billion dollars. 319 00:15:26,569 --> 00:15:29,603 Are you offering me that? 320 00:15:29,605 --> 00:15:32,639 No. I'm not fucking insane. 321 00:15:32,641 --> 00:15:34,641 But you would have taken it. 322 00:15:37,163 --> 00:15:39,279 I do something that's valuable. 323 00:15:39,281 --> 00:15:41,881 I strip people naked to the elements, 324 00:15:41,883 --> 00:15:44,585 and then I help rebuild them out of solid fucking rock. 325 00:15:44,587 --> 00:15:48,521 - Now, can you appreciate that? - I can. 326 00:15:48,523 --> 00:15:50,646 Nope. Don't believe you. 327 00:15:50,959 --> 00:15:52,525 Because if you did, 328 00:15:52,654 --> 00:15:55,061 you wouldn't be asking me to snitch. 329 00:15:55,063 --> 00:15:58,231 Axelrod banished you. 330 00:15:58,233 --> 00:15:59,365 He made you a Ronin. 331 00:16:00,902 --> 00:16:03,669 I'm willing to bet he didn't give it a moment's thought, 332 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:06,672 while you've been thinking about it every second of the day, 333 00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:09,775 suffering from something you've never felt before. 334 00:16:09,777 --> 00:16:11,210 Doubt. 335 00:16:11,212 --> 00:16:13,979 And all because you pledged yourself 336 00:16:13,981 --> 00:16:16,982 to an unworthy lord. 337 00:16:16,984 --> 00:16:21,053 Axelrod lacks five of the eight virtues of the Bushido. 338 00:16:28,195 --> 00:16:30,229 Six. 339 00:16:30,231 --> 00:16:32,697 Oftentimes, he wasn't even polite. 340 00:16:32,699 --> 00:16:36,068 Under these circumstances, 341 00:16:36,070 --> 00:16:38,570 honor doesn't demand silence or self-harm. 342 00:16:38,572 --> 00:16:40,004 It demands vengeance. 343 00:16:51,285 --> 00:16:54,886 I can't deliver that vengeance. 344 00:16:54,888 --> 00:16:57,288 I didn't have that much one-on-one time with Axe. 345 00:16:57,290 --> 00:16:59,423 He was used to flirting with Wendy Rhoades. 346 00:16:59,425 --> 00:17:02,960 I offered a different kind of medicine. 347 00:17:02,962 --> 00:17:05,930 So I didn't have access 348 00:17:05,932 --> 00:17:09,633 to the kind of conversations that you're interested in. 349 00:17:12,305 --> 00:17:15,939 But I know who did. 350 00:17:15,941 --> 00:17:17,441 His chief of staff. 351 00:17:17,443 --> 00:17:20,577 Steph Reed. That's her name. 352 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:22,379 She was in on every pitch, and 353 00:17:22,381 --> 00:17:25,783 she doesn't work there anymore, either. 354 00:17:27,252 --> 00:17:30,320 - Taylor, right? - Right. 355 00:17:36,328 --> 00:17:37,961 How can I help you? 356 00:17:37,963 --> 00:17:41,531 I have to tell you, I've had 927 hours of therapy. 357 00:17:42,935 --> 00:17:45,501 So you've seen cognitive, humanistic, 358 00:17:45,503 --> 00:17:48,571 probably some holistic. 359 00:17:48,573 --> 00:17:50,239 What do you think you need? 360 00:17:50,241 --> 00:17:53,843 I need to know... 361 00:17:53,845 --> 00:17:56,713 Mafee. He's struggling. 362 00:17:56,715 --> 00:17:59,782 He's our executing trader. He needs to be "on." He's not. 363 00:17:59,784 --> 00:18:02,117 And his fall-off coincided with my advancement, 364 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,220 which makes me... 365 00:18:04,222 --> 00:18:05,520 I was his intern. 366 00:18:05,522 --> 00:18:07,990 He could have taken credit for my work. He didn't. 367 00:18:07,992 --> 00:18:11,727 So now you're feeling guilty. 368 00:18:11,729 --> 00:18:14,163 And you're wondering if that's healthy? 369 00:18:14,165 --> 00:18:16,465 More than that. 370 00:18:16,467 --> 00:18:19,033 I want to know if it's useful. 371 00:18:19,035 --> 00:18:21,603 Do you care about 372 00:18:21,605 --> 00:18:24,172 your relationships at Axe Cap? 373 00:18:26,977 --> 00:18:30,178 How are those relationships? 374 00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:33,081 Good. 375 00:18:34,550 --> 00:18:36,617 - Why do you think that is? - I know why. 376 00:18:36,619 --> 00:18:38,753 Because the culture is set from the top. 377 00:18:38,755 --> 00:18:41,655 Since Axe likes me, other people do, or pretend to. 378 00:18:41,657 --> 00:18:44,325 Why do you think he likes you? 379 00:18:44,327 --> 00:18:48,096 One of the two reasons anyone likes anyone else. 380 00:18:48,098 --> 00:18:50,330 Either they recognize a part of themselves, 381 00:18:50,332 --> 00:18:52,700 or they see something they can use. 382 00:18:52,702 --> 00:18:55,068 In this case, I imagine it's both. 383 00:18:55,070 --> 00:18:57,505 There's another reason people like each other. 384 00:18:57,507 --> 00:18:59,440 They see something they're lacking, 385 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:01,341 and they want to be near it. 386 00:19:01,343 --> 00:19:03,878 Is that what's between the two of you? 387 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:08,481 I've noticed a... connection. 388 00:19:11,553 --> 00:19:14,187 Everyone always just assumes we were fucking. 389 00:19:14,189 --> 00:19:16,924 I didn't. 390 00:19:16,926 --> 00:19:18,926 No. 391 00:19:23,498 --> 00:19:27,300 We met at a similar moment, when we were both trying 392 00:19:27,302 --> 00:19:30,036 to figure out who we were going to be. 393 00:19:31,606 --> 00:19:34,441 - And did you? - What? 394 00:19:34,443 --> 00:19:37,076 Turn out the way you figured back then? 395 00:19:39,914 --> 00:19:42,148 In some ways, we did. 396 00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:46,185 And in other important ways, we maybe fell a little short. 397 00:19:47,755 --> 00:19:51,357 You're at a similar moment 398 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,828 with a similar unlimited possibility. 399 00:19:57,631 --> 00:20:00,365 - Okay. - In all my years here, 400 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:02,167 no one has walked through that door 401 00:20:02,169 --> 00:20:05,804 because they were worried how another person was feeling. 402 00:20:05,806 --> 00:20:08,907 If you were anyone else, I'd think you were pranking me. 403 00:20:08,909 --> 00:20:12,444 I am different. 404 00:20:12,446 --> 00:20:15,146 Uh, yeah. 405 00:20:18,185 --> 00:20:20,618 As far as Mafee goes, maybe just tell him 406 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,587 you think he's doing a good job. 407 00:20:23,690 --> 00:20:25,790 He's not. 408 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:28,426 And I don't like to lie. To myself, to others. 409 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,628 I've been there, and I'm past that. 410 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:35,533 Well, then encourage him without words. 411 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:37,101 Let him know you care. 412 00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:39,103 How? 413 00:20:40,607 --> 00:20:42,807 Just buy him something. 414 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:48,423 Look, I'm just saying. 415 00:20:48,485 --> 00:20:50,747 How many major banks have had their CEOs 416 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,149 sent to fucking jail? 417 00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:55,085 Jail! It's a small list, isn't it? 418 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,553 Spartan-Ives is tainted. 419 00:20:56,555 --> 00:20:59,490 A lot of shops don't want them walking through the door. 420 00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:02,258 I get the anti-them. What's the pro-you? 421 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:04,260 Industry leaders, like Axe Capital, 422 00:21:04,262 --> 00:21:06,195 need to get away from the gilded cage. 423 00:21:06,197 --> 00:21:08,096 - That's why we host... - How much will you undercut 424 00:21:08,175 --> 00:21:10,466 Spartan-Ives over the next two years? 425 00:21:10,468 --> 00:21:11,568 Ten percent. 426 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:14,370 That's promising. On the money. 427 00:21:14,372 --> 00:21:17,007 But on the pleasure end, it's not gonna cut it. 428 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:21,110 I mean, dinner. 429 00:21:21,112 --> 00:21:25,581 An ordinary evening augurs ordinary returns. 430 00:21:26,784 --> 00:21:29,485 Let me show you how I like it. 431 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:35,024 Fire-walk with me. 432 00:21:40,665 --> 00:21:47,335 ♪ Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me ♪ 433 00:21:47,337 --> 00:21:52,674 ♪ But I do, I think I do ♪ 434 00:21:52,676 --> 00:21:54,576 ♪ And you're an all-American boy ♪ 435 00:21:57,147 --> 00:21:58,780 Oh, sorry. Does anyone want one? 436 00:21:58,782 --> 00:22:01,166 Vaportini. He's actually vaping alcohol. 437 00:22:01,213 --> 00:22:02,080 Ooh! 438 00:22:02,143 --> 00:22:05,420 It really enhances the flavor of the green fairy. 439 00:22:05,422 --> 00:22:07,222 Maybe you say "when," Wags. 440 00:22:07,224 --> 00:22:09,857 Apart from being able to smoke your beverages, 441 00:22:09,859 --> 00:22:12,141 how is this different from where we would have taken you? 442 00:22:12,204 --> 00:22:14,796 You would have brought us to a demeaning, 443 00:22:14,798 --> 00:22:16,698 run-of-the-mill titty bar. 444 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:19,166 This is an empowering cabaret 445 00:22:19,168 --> 00:22:21,970 that celebrates the feminine ideal. 446 00:22:21,972 --> 00:22:24,405 College-educated professionals by day, 447 00:22:24,407 --> 00:22:26,006 entertainers by night. 448 00:22:26,008 --> 00:22:28,175 Martha here is a viral marketer. 449 00:22:28,177 --> 00:22:29,577 And a SoulCycle instructor. 450 00:22:31,447 --> 00:22:33,547 You know I can't do that out here. 451 00:22:33,549 --> 00:22:37,251 Ohh. Capital idea. 452 00:22:37,253 --> 00:22:40,087 Whoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 453 00:22:49,331 --> 00:22:51,732 ♪ I want you wrapped around me ♪ 454 00:22:51,734 --> 00:22:55,201 ♪ Like a snake ♪ 455 00:22:56,438 --> 00:22:58,138 You don't want to get in on this? 456 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:00,940 No lap dances. I made a pledge. 457 00:23:00,942 --> 00:23:03,576 To Deb? 458 00:23:03,578 --> 00:23:04,977 You're exclusive? 459 00:23:04,979 --> 00:23:07,213 She's not. I am. 460 00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:11,050 I like your mustache. 461 00:23:11,052 --> 00:23:13,653 I have a mustache? 462 00:23:13,655 --> 00:23:16,022 ♪ On your knees ♪ 463 00:23:16,024 --> 00:23:18,457 You ever see guys in here from SoulCycle? 464 00:23:18,459 --> 00:23:20,059 All the time. 465 00:23:20,061 --> 00:23:22,928 Small world when you're tapping it back. 466 00:23:22,930 --> 00:23:26,999 That guy is staring at you. 467 00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:29,902 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 468 00:23:29,904 --> 00:23:32,471 Tommy Barkow. 469 00:23:32,473 --> 00:23:34,673 Spartan-Ives. 470 00:23:34,675 --> 00:23:37,176 - Fuck! - He doesn't get Martha. 471 00:23:37,178 --> 00:23:39,077 You bought her for me for the night. 472 00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:42,181 You got to jump primes now. 473 00:23:42,183 --> 00:23:43,649 Whoo! 474 00:23:47,154 --> 00:23:49,654 Enjoy your white truffle drink. 475 00:23:51,024 --> 00:23:53,457 You're wasting the world's most perfect fungus. 476 00:23:53,459 --> 00:23:56,995 - Try it. - Pass. 477 00:23:56,997 --> 00:23:59,330 You know what it takes to find a truffle? 478 00:23:59,332 --> 00:24:01,900 A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, 479 00:24:01,902 --> 00:24:04,168 carefully trained animal gets the assignment, 480 00:24:04,170 --> 00:24:07,037 spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, 481 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:08,673 sniffing out the slightest aroma. 482 00:24:08,675 --> 00:24:11,576 And only then the digging begins. 483 00:24:11,578 --> 00:24:13,877 And what do you think they're digging through? 484 00:24:13,879 --> 00:24:15,779 Shit. 485 00:24:15,781 --> 00:24:18,683 That's the thing we don't say much about, right? 486 00:24:18,685 --> 00:24:20,818 The things we most value, 487 00:24:20,820 --> 00:24:23,286 the things we pay most dearly to ingest 488 00:24:23,288 --> 00:24:26,590 are grown in shit. 489 00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:30,493 What the fuck are you talking about? 490 00:24:32,798 --> 00:24:35,498 I had a conversation with Bob Sweeney 491 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:38,768 that didn't go as smoothly as a Dick Button figure eight. 492 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:42,205 Now my only option is to squash him where he stands. 493 00:24:42,207 --> 00:24:44,441 Oppo research, leverage. 494 00:24:44,443 --> 00:24:47,844 Only I can't do it. 495 00:24:47,846 --> 00:24:50,079 Well, that kind of politics, it's disgusting. 496 00:24:50,081 --> 00:24:52,048 You know, I interned once on the Hill... 497 00:24:52,050 --> 00:24:55,785 I meant I can't be a party to it personally. 498 00:24:55,787 --> 00:24:58,420 The due diligence. 499 00:24:58,422 --> 00:25:00,823 The digging. 500 00:25:02,293 --> 00:25:05,161 You want me to do it. 501 00:25:06,998 --> 00:25:09,732 That's what this night is. 502 00:25:09,734 --> 00:25:12,167 What makes you think I know how to do something... 503 00:25:12,169 --> 00:25:15,437 - Do you know? - Of course. 504 00:25:15,439 --> 00:25:18,741 I'm well-mannered. I'm not nice. 505 00:25:18,743 --> 00:25:21,343 Fuck. 506 00:25:21,345 --> 00:25:22,678 You're basically asking me 507 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,659 to form the committee to re-elect the president. 508 00:25:24,714 --> 00:25:26,424 I always knew I'd end up like John Mitchell. 509 00:25:26,471 --> 00:25:28,714 - Ira. - I'll do it. 510 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:30,819 Fuck it. 511 00:25:39,930 --> 00:25:43,398 You know that I practically live at St. Venus. 512 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,800 I must have forgotten that. 513 00:25:45,802 --> 00:25:48,703 You didn't throw those fucking Patriot Bank twinks 514 00:25:48,705 --> 00:25:51,372 in my face to tell me we're over. 515 00:25:51,374 --> 00:25:53,675 You did it to spice up the relationship. 516 00:25:55,044 --> 00:25:58,245 What will you give me to stay home? 517 00:26:13,662 --> 00:26:15,762 Wags, what are you doing here? 518 00:26:15,764 --> 00:26:18,064 Spartan-Ives is reducing their fee 20 percent 519 00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:20,801 - for the next two years. - Outstanding. 520 00:26:20,803 --> 00:26:23,102 I guess loyalty gets rewarded. 521 00:26:23,104 --> 00:26:24,771 Mafee helped. 522 00:26:31,279 --> 00:26:34,647 Say the other thing, the thing that made you 523 00:26:34,649 --> 00:26:36,649 come out here instead of just texting. 524 00:26:38,217 --> 00:26:40,086 20 percent is good. It's great. 525 00:26:40,088 --> 00:26:41,554 But it's not drive-over- 526 00:26:41,556 --> 00:26:43,689 in-the-middle-of-the-night great. 527 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:50,018 It... I'm not supposed to be the one 528 00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:52,465 all fucking worried about grinding out the extra 20. 529 00:26:52,467 --> 00:26:55,701 Uh, yeah, you are. It's your job. 530 00:26:55,703 --> 00:26:57,336 On paper. 531 00:26:57,338 --> 00:27:00,673 But when I'm actually doing it, it means you're not 532 00:27:00,675 --> 00:27:02,842 because you're worried about something else. 533 00:27:02,844 --> 00:27:06,511 Yeah. Foley. 534 00:27:06,513 --> 00:27:10,883 There is no reason to spend this much energy, time, and money 535 00:27:10,885 --> 00:27:12,817 trying to parse the secret motives 536 00:27:12,819 --> 00:27:14,619 of some son of St. Tammany. 537 00:27:14,621 --> 00:27:18,490 You're right. There isn't. 538 00:27:18,492 --> 00:27:21,826 Except for one. Aluminum. 539 00:27:21,828 --> 00:27:25,263 That's what it tastes like, anyway. 540 00:27:25,265 --> 00:27:27,665 Fear in the back of my throat. 541 00:27:27,667 --> 00:27:30,368 You know, most people, they try to move away from fear, 542 00:27:30,370 --> 00:27:33,571 try to organize it out of their lives as soon as they're able. 543 00:27:33,573 --> 00:27:35,540 Me? I cultivate it. 544 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:38,976 I try to recognize it and order it and use it. 545 00:27:38,978 --> 00:27:40,677 That's how I survived growing up, 546 00:27:40,679 --> 00:27:43,547 and it's how I still live my life today, 547 00:27:43,549 --> 00:27:46,550 heeding and listening to my fear. 548 00:27:46,552 --> 00:27:48,219 And what's it telling you now? 549 00:27:48,221 --> 00:27:51,389 That this is not just some political move. 550 00:27:51,391 --> 00:27:54,325 It's personal. 551 00:27:54,327 --> 00:27:59,162 And I cannot rest until I fucking know why. 552 00:28:00,959 --> 00:28:03,534 Axe Cap was not what I thought it would be. 553 00:28:03,536 --> 00:28:05,669 What did you expect? 554 00:28:05,671 --> 00:28:07,404 A training ground. 555 00:28:07,406 --> 00:28:10,140 A chance to observe every part of the industry 556 00:28:10,142 --> 00:28:13,209 sitting next to the best mind in the industry. 557 00:28:13,211 --> 00:28:15,211 And instead? 558 00:28:15,213 --> 00:28:17,847 You ever read The Banality of Evil? 559 00:28:17,849 --> 00:28:20,050 I could see myself ending up like that. 560 00:28:20,052 --> 00:28:22,452 Following orders, normalizing. 561 00:28:22,454 --> 00:28:25,188 In a way, it was a relief to be let go. 562 00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:27,557 You care to be a little more specific 563 00:28:27,559 --> 00:28:30,125 about the orders you didn't want to follow? 564 00:28:30,127 --> 00:28:31,928 I signed an NDA. 565 00:28:31,930 --> 00:28:34,296 If I tell you any details about Axe Cap, 566 00:28:34,298 --> 00:28:36,332 I expose myself to liability. 567 00:28:36,334 --> 00:28:37,934 And the loss of a classic-six. 568 00:28:37,936 --> 00:28:41,036 Look, you're the lawyers. 569 00:28:41,038 --> 00:28:42,538 You're not honestly advising me 570 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:45,207 to break a valid contract, are you? 571 00:28:47,911 --> 00:28:50,612 Your medal. 572 00:28:52,049 --> 00:28:53,949 We knew that you went to West Point, 573 00:28:53,951 --> 00:28:56,952 but that you care enough to display it, 574 00:28:56,954 --> 00:28:59,321 well, you weren't just making your family proud. 575 00:28:59,323 --> 00:29:01,923 That's a real sense of service. 576 00:29:04,127 --> 00:29:07,596 I know I'm supposed to give their lawyer a heads-up, 577 00:29:07,598 --> 00:29:11,833 but I think I'm pretty safe to talk... 578 00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:14,102 if you bring me a subpoena. 579 00:29:17,357 --> 00:29:18,513 I would have loved to bring you more, 580 00:29:18,576 --> 00:29:19,807 but she won't talk without a subpoena. 581 00:29:19,809 --> 00:29:22,110 I can't get one without creating a paper trail, 582 00:29:22,112 --> 00:29:24,024 and I wouldn't make this official without your blessing. 583 00:29:24,078 --> 00:29:27,289 Well, you might as well put a bowl of ramen in front of me. 584 00:29:27,367 --> 00:29:29,779 - I mean, I wanna slurp this up. - I knew you would. 585 00:29:29,849 --> 00:29:32,553 But I no longer give in to those appetites. 586 00:29:32,555 --> 00:29:35,222 This isn't an indulgence. It's an obsession. 587 00:29:35,224 --> 00:29:37,790 - Tell me I'm wrong. - No, you're not. 588 00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:41,127 But that obsession nearly had me out on the street. 589 00:29:41,129 --> 00:29:44,163 So now I have to ask what's the upside? 590 00:29:44,165 --> 00:29:46,835 Seeing that fuck in jail. 591 00:29:46,921 --> 00:29:47,921 You still want that, don't you? 592 00:29:47,968 --> 00:29:50,403 I want to see him in the ground. 593 00:29:50,405 --> 00:29:53,939 But I also want to see myself in Albany 594 00:29:53,941 --> 00:29:55,441 and you in here. 595 00:29:55,443 --> 00:29:58,511 So maybe there will be a time when the moment presents itself, 596 00:29:58,513 --> 00:30:01,414 and then I'll sign subpoenas and request warrants 597 00:30:01,416 --> 00:30:05,117 and we'll mobilize and we will take him. 598 00:30:05,119 --> 00:30:09,355 But that can't be now. 599 00:30:12,396 --> 00:30:14,996 I'm glad I stayed. 600 00:30:16,664 --> 00:30:18,630 I'm glad I let you. 601 00:30:22,235 --> 00:30:25,103 Remember that board that's been begging me to join? 602 00:30:25,105 --> 00:30:26,438 The petting zoo. 603 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,573 It's an animal conservancy, I think. 604 00:30:28,575 --> 00:30:31,309 Anyway, tell them I'm in, along with the big donation. 605 00:30:31,311 --> 00:30:33,911 The only thing I want from them is their assurance 606 00:30:33,913 --> 00:30:37,215 that Jack Foley be named their man of the year 607 00:30:37,217 --> 00:30:40,651 and that I'll be the one presenting him the damn thing. 608 00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:46,657 A package came for you. I put it on your desk. 609 00:30:46,659 --> 00:30:48,459 It smells musty. 610 00:30:50,997 --> 00:30:52,663 Thank you, Donna. 611 00:30:59,671 --> 00:31:01,171 Hmm. 612 00:31:05,111 --> 00:31:07,211 Hmm. 613 00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:25,049 _ 614 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:30,433 Ohh. 615 00:31:30,435 --> 00:31:31,601 Chuck. 616 00:31:31,603 --> 00:31:33,236 Chuckwagon. 617 00:31:33,238 --> 00:31:35,104 I thought my secretary 618 00:31:35,106 --> 00:31:37,473 was fucking with me when she said you were here. 619 00:31:37,475 --> 00:31:39,908 - No, she told it true. - So I see. 620 00:31:39,910 --> 00:31:43,179 Tell me you didn't, uh, trek all the way up to beautiful Buffalo 621 00:31:43,181 --> 00:31:44,834 to ask to be my lieutenant governor. 622 00:31:44,889 --> 00:31:48,083 You know, see, I need diversity down the ticket, you know? 623 00:31:48,085 --> 00:31:50,719 Oh, don't sell our potential ticket short. 624 00:31:50,721 --> 00:31:53,122 Come on. We have so many areas of commonality. 625 00:31:53,124 --> 00:31:56,258 Gun control, healthcare. 626 00:31:56,260 --> 00:31:59,061 Everything but family values. 627 00:31:59,063 --> 00:32:00,896 What do you mean? 628 00:32:00,898 --> 00:32:02,898 Well, I was thinking about your son. 629 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:04,900 The gay one. 630 00:32:04,902 --> 00:32:07,302 You really think people have a problem with that 631 00:32:07,304 --> 00:32:09,504 - in this day and age? - No, I think you do. 632 00:32:09,506 --> 00:32:12,574 Which is why you sent him to that religious boot camp 633 00:32:12,576 --> 00:32:16,645 when he was 17... to pray the gay away. 634 00:32:18,515 --> 00:32:21,049 Boy, the letters that poor kid sent to his friends. 635 00:32:21,051 --> 00:32:23,317 You sling innuendo like that without evidence, 636 00:32:23,319 --> 00:32:24,952 you're gonna look like... 637 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:34,062 "They said we sexualized masculine connection" 638 00:32:34,064 --> 00:32:36,497 because we didn't have enough healthy, non-sexual 639 00:32:36,499 --> 00:32:38,965 connection with our fathers. 640 00:32:38,967 --> 00:32:40,434 So they made me sit 641 00:32:40,436 --> 00:32:42,703 shoulder-by-shoulder with another kid 642 00:32:42,705 --> 00:32:45,206 and then put our arms around each other. 643 00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:48,775 They called it 'healing touch', 644 00:32:48,777 --> 00:32:50,877 though, of course, all I could think about 645 00:32:50,879 --> 00:32:52,179 "was kissing his shoulder." 646 00:32:52,181 --> 00:32:54,615 Enough. 647 00:32:54,617 --> 00:32:56,316 There was a sympathetic counselor. 648 00:32:56,318 --> 00:32:58,051 He made copies, smuggled them out. 649 00:32:58,053 --> 00:33:01,321 - I can read more if you'd like. - Don't. 650 00:33:01,323 --> 00:33:04,290 I see the wheels turning. 651 00:33:04,292 --> 00:33:07,260 I see you trying to figure out how to triage this one. 652 00:33:07,262 --> 00:33:09,462 Well, what about the political confessional? 653 00:33:09,464 --> 00:33:12,732 You can stare into the camera and deliver your mea culpa. 654 00:33:12,734 --> 00:33:15,101 It would work, only you would need to start out 655 00:33:15,103 --> 00:33:17,103 with name recognition. 656 00:33:18,406 --> 00:33:20,540 So I guess you have a choice. 657 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:21,974 This can be the way 658 00:33:21,976 --> 00:33:24,277 the people of New York finally learn your name 659 00:33:24,279 --> 00:33:27,347 for forcing your son straight in the name of the Lord. 660 00:33:27,349 --> 00:33:30,182 "Healing touch" should play great in the five boroughs. 661 00:33:30,184 --> 00:33:33,552 Or you can step aside and explain 662 00:33:33,554 --> 00:33:36,122 that you have looked at the future, 663 00:33:36,124 --> 00:33:38,590 and where we're going, 664 00:33:38,592 --> 00:33:41,526 "We need Rhoades." 665 00:33:43,364 --> 00:33:46,064 You think this is how this is gonna go? 666 00:33:50,304 --> 00:33:52,837 I will see you in the primaries, Chuck. 667 00:33:54,608 --> 00:33:57,342 Looking forward to it. 668 00:34:06,119 --> 00:34:08,519 A Hell in a Cell poster? 669 00:34:10,456 --> 00:34:12,924 Autographed by Taker and Mankind?! 670 00:34:14,327 --> 00:34:16,727 - Ben, did you get me this? - What? 671 00:34:16,729 --> 00:34:18,896 I know it wasn't you. 672 00:34:18,898 --> 00:34:21,565 Everything after Sanmartino/Zbyszko is bullshit. 673 00:34:21,567 --> 00:34:23,901 Okay, you just called the Macho Man bullshit. 674 00:34:23,903 --> 00:34:26,003 What was Stan Stasiak and his heart punch? 675 00:34:26,005 --> 00:34:28,439 Actually, I got it. 676 00:34:28,441 --> 00:34:32,943 Oh. Uh, thanks. 677 00:34:32,945 --> 00:34:35,279 It's got a "Brokeback" sort of charm. 678 00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:37,614 "I just can't quit you." 679 00:34:41,192 --> 00:34:42,192 _ 680 00:34:42,288 --> 00:34:43,821 Yes? 681 00:34:46,358 --> 00:34:47,891 Yeah, I know where that is. 682 00:34:50,995 --> 00:34:53,029 I'll be there. 683 00:34:54,499 --> 00:34:57,367 That was Foley. Just invited me to his house. 684 00:34:57,369 --> 00:34:58,901 For the party? 685 00:34:58,903 --> 00:35:00,704 No. 686 00:35:02,907 --> 00:35:06,409 This just arrived. Hand-engraved. 687 00:35:09,013 --> 00:35:10,646 There are so many things 688 00:35:10,648 --> 00:35:13,282 that we have gotten relaxed about. 689 00:35:13,284 --> 00:35:15,952 Running out ground balls to first. 690 00:35:15,954 --> 00:35:19,088 Knowing a martini means gin. 691 00:35:19,090 --> 00:35:22,859 Isn't it nice that someone is maintaining standards? 692 00:35:22,861 --> 00:35:24,793 What do you think it means? 693 00:35:27,164 --> 00:35:29,130 That he appreciates your aggression. 694 00:35:29,132 --> 00:35:33,168 Or he's furious that you assassinated an ally. 695 00:35:33,170 --> 00:35:34,503 Assassinated? 696 00:35:34,505 --> 00:35:36,372 Sweeney quit. 697 00:35:36,374 --> 00:35:39,068 Out of the race before it even began, 698 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:43,378 on the heels of your visit. 699 00:35:45,782 --> 00:35:49,584 Come on. Let's go pick out some tails. 700 00:36:13,109 --> 00:36:15,475 Can someone take care of my car? 701 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:17,211 Valet's not open yet. 702 00:36:19,282 --> 00:36:22,216 Shit. Danny. Danny Margolis. 703 00:36:22,218 --> 00:36:24,785 Anyway, uh, I'm not a valet. 704 00:36:24,787 --> 00:36:27,608 I started as a valet. Worked my way up to waiter. 705 00:36:27,725 --> 00:36:30,356 Barback's just around the corner, so... Heh. 706 00:36:30,358 --> 00:36:32,759 Heard you ended up doing time. 707 00:36:32,761 --> 00:36:34,561 Didn't make me happy. 708 00:36:34,563 --> 00:36:36,563 Yeah, paid my debt, all that. 709 00:36:36,565 --> 00:36:40,700 Hey, uh, Axe, if you can use somebody 710 00:36:40,702 --> 00:36:44,070 to analyze companies or bring you ideas, you know... 711 00:36:44,072 --> 00:36:47,974 You know, I always liked you, Danny. 712 00:36:47,976 --> 00:36:51,510 But you did the one thing no one can ever come back from. 713 00:37:03,023 --> 00:37:04,590 I'm honored 714 00:37:04,592 --> 00:37:07,192 that the Restore the Eastern Timber Wolf Conservancy 715 00:37:07,194 --> 00:37:10,295 has seen fit to name me its man of the year, 716 00:37:10,297 --> 00:37:12,297 but I'm also a little surprised, 717 00:37:12,299 --> 00:37:14,600 since I didn't, well, until this morning, 718 00:37:14,602 --> 00:37:18,003 actually know what an eastern timber wolf looked like. 719 00:37:18,005 --> 00:37:20,105 Kind of mangy. 720 00:37:20,107 --> 00:37:22,407 I understand it's the coyote blood. 721 00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:25,077 Terrific organization, though. Wouldn't you agree? 722 00:37:25,079 --> 00:37:27,479 Haven't a clue. 723 00:37:29,716 --> 00:37:32,985 Hell of a gambit, hmm? 724 00:37:32,987 --> 00:37:36,955 If this was just a little row between the two of us, 725 00:37:36,957 --> 00:37:39,457 we'd shake hands, I'd take that stupid award, 726 00:37:39,459 --> 00:37:41,759 and you'd have nothing more to fear. 727 00:37:41,761 --> 00:37:44,929 So, are we shaking hands? 728 00:37:44,931 --> 00:37:47,431 Humbled as I am to have been singled out, 729 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:49,701 I must decline. 730 00:37:49,703 --> 00:37:52,403 Do I need to call those wolf people back, or...? 731 00:37:52,405 --> 00:37:54,638 I'll take care of it. 732 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,076 So, you got what you came for. 733 00:37:59,078 --> 00:38:00,544 You now know... 734 00:38:00,546 --> 00:38:02,446 That you weren't trying to fuck me over 735 00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:04,615 out of some personal animus. 736 00:38:04,617 --> 00:38:06,917 Someone asked you a favor, 737 00:38:06,919 --> 00:38:08,819 and you wouldn't want that same person 738 00:38:08,821 --> 00:38:11,688 to see us cozy together on the dais. 739 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:15,926 Would you mind telling me who? 740 00:38:18,363 --> 00:38:21,498 Inelegant of you to even ask. 741 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,434 Because it forces me to say that the Location Board 742 00:38:24,436 --> 00:38:25,902 combs through many factors. 743 00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:29,039 Sandicot submitted a proposal and was under consideration, 744 00:38:29,041 --> 00:38:31,799 as were many other locations. Ultimately... 745 00:38:31,846 --> 00:38:34,635 The committee chose the location that would bring 746 00:38:34,651 --> 00:38:36,246 the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. 747 00:38:36,248 --> 00:38:37,613 Yes, I know the party line. 748 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:39,949 You could have written something more stylish. 749 00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:41,651 It's not supposed to be stylish. 750 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,219 It's supposed to make you feel a little bit ill, 751 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:46,722 like an out-of-season oyster. 752 00:38:47,755 --> 00:38:49,794 You got into this room, Mr. Axelrod, 753 00:38:49,857 --> 00:38:54,697 because I appreciated the, uh, fluidity of your tactics. 754 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:56,532 Thank you. 755 00:38:56,534 --> 00:39:00,135 But our relationship ends right there. 756 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:02,938 If we'd come together some other way, I'd feel certain 757 00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:05,207 we might have been something like friends, 758 00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:06,942 but that can never happen now, 759 00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:09,611 despite the rareness of your gifts. 760 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:12,281 I hold to a code of loyalty, 761 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:15,850 which may very well be outmoded, but has served me well. 762 00:39:15,852 --> 00:39:18,653 And to be honest, 763 00:39:18,655 --> 00:39:22,090 I like the way it makes me feel when I choose sides. 764 00:39:22,092 --> 00:39:26,394 Well, that's something I can understand. 765 00:39:26,396 --> 00:39:29,631 Understand this, too, then. 766 00:39:31,534 --> 00:39:35,236 I know you're not satisfied with what you've learned. 767 00:39:35,238 --> 00:39:37,037 Your search will continue, 768 00:39:37,039 --> 00:39:40,607 and it may take you down a great number of paths. 769 00:39:40,609 --> 00:39:43,410 But don't come back down this one. 770 00:39:43,412 --> 00:39:46,313 There's nothing for you here. 771 00:39:48,950 --> 00:39:51,651 Now, if you'll excuse me... 772 00:39:51,653 --> 00:39:53,053 Yeah, sure. 773 00:39:53,121 --> 00:39:55,354 Ahh, you have to get ready for your thing. 774 00:39:58,526 --> 00:40:01,728 A last question, if you'll indulge me. 775 00:40:01,730 --> 00:40:04,263 Mm-hmm. 776 00:40:04,265 --> 00:40:06,398 Do you like parties? 777 00:40:07,502 --> 00:40:10,536 Oh, I fucking love 'em. 778 00:40:20,648 --> 00:40:23,482 Hey, Margolis. 779 00:40:23,484 --> 00:40:26,054 Turns out I do have something for you after all. 780 00:40:26,150 --> 00:40:28,654 That's great. Should I stop by the office? 781 00:40:28,685 --> 00:40:30,588 You're not walking through that door ever again. 782 00:40:30,590 --> 00:40:32,724 This isn't a fresh start. 783 00:40:32,726 --> 00:40:35,761 I have to use you for what you are now, Danny. 784 00:40:35,763 --> 00:40:39,064 But if you come through for me, I'll pay off your house. 785 00:40:48,675 --> 00:40:51,108 Oh, thank you for switching nights with me. 786 00:40:51,110 --> 00:40:53,744 It has all been really last-minute. 787 00:40:56,916 --> 00:40:59,050 Yeah, I know. 788 00:40:59,052 --> 00:41:01,418 If you think my dinner suit was trying too hard, 789 00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:02,820 this must look ridiculous. 790 00:41:02,822 --> 00:41:05,089 No, no, I wasn't... 791 00:41:07,359 --> 00:41:10,194 I've been thinking about our fight. 792 00:41:10,196 --> 00:41:11,729 Which one? 793 00:41:11,731 --> 00:41:13,964 After you used Kevin as a photo op. 794 00:41:13,966 --> 00:41:15,532 Ah. 795 00:41:15,534 --> 00:41:16,966 It was a mistake. 796 00:41:16,968 --> 00:41:19,969 Yes, I know. You told me. Hence the fight. 797 00:41:19,971 --> 00:41:22,872 No, what I said when I was angry, 798 00:41:22,874 --> 00:41:25,642 that, that was the bigger mistake. 799 00:41:25,644 --> 00:41:29,098 I was closing off, and boundaries are one thing, 800 00:41:29,145 --> 00:41:31,114 but we shouldn't be encouraging each other not to share things. 801 00:41:31,116 --> 00:41:34,617 Honesty is essential if we're gonna figure this out, 802 00:41:34,619 --> 00:41:39,655 whether we're finding our way back to each other or... 803 00:41:43,128 --> 00:41:46,362 I've been regretting the same conversation myself. 804 00:41:46,364 --> 00:41:49,132 I didn't mean what I said about seeing other people. 805 00:41:50,568 --> 00:41:52,602 I twisted your words to get us there 806 00:41:52,604 --> 00:41:55,238 because I was feeling defensive, 807 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:59,808 and, uh, I suppose, guilty. 808 00:42:01,646 --> 00:42:05,147 I went on a date, I think. 809 00:42:05,149 --> 00:42:07,916 No, it was a date. 810 00:42:07,918 --> 00:42:09,952 A woman from jiu-jitsu. 811 00:42:16,227 --> 00:42:17,960 Nothing really happened. 812 00:42:19,630 --> 00:42:21,363 A kiss. 813 00:42:24,005 --> 00:42:25,905 I stopped it there 814 00:42:26,236 --> 00:42:31,105 because whatever our declared status, 815 00:42:31,107 --> 00:42:34,509 in my heart, it felt like adultery. 816 00:42:37,481 --> 00:42:39,046 It's okay. 817 00:42:42,218 --> 00:42:43,584 Really? 818 00:42:43,586 --> 00:42:46,720 Yeah. Yeah. 819 00:42:49,392 --> 00:42:51,692 I'm sorry. I hijacked the conversation. 820 00:42:51,694 --> 00:42:54,728 No, no, I, um... 821 00:42:56,165 --> 00:42:58,732 I feel like I should volunteer something, too, 822 00:42:58,734 --> 00:43:01,067 in the spirit of honesty. 823 00:43:01,069 --> 00:43:03,704 Oh. 824 00:43:03,706 --> 00:43:05,306 You have something like that? 825 00:43:05,308 --> 00:43:07,508 Yeah. 826 00:43:07,510 --> 00:43:09,710 Yeah, I have something to admit. 827 00:43:33,568 --> 00:43:37,437 You don't look ridiculous. You look fuckin' hot. 828 00:44:07,434 --> 00:44:08,734 Hello? 829 00:44:08,736 --> 00:44:10,201 It's Wendy Rhoades. 830 00:44:10,203 --> 00:44:12,170 I'm sorry to call so late, but I figured 831 00:44:12,172 --> 00:44:14,906 - you'd still be at the office. - I am. 832 00:44:14,908 --> 00:44:16,608 That first question you asked. 833 00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:21,179 Are your feelings about Mafee helpful? 834 00:44:21,181 --> 00:44:25,049 More than any stock you'll ever champion, 835 00:44:25,051 --> 00:44:28,953 more than any time you'll impress somebody by being right. 836 00:44:28,955 --> 00:44:30,421 You haven't noticed yet. 837 00:44:30,423 --> 00:44:32,924 By the time anyone notices, it's usually too late, 838 00:44:32,926 --> 00:44:36,394 but that place has a way of obscuring, 839 00:44:36,396 --> 00:44:40,698 corroding, eating you from the fucking inside. 840 00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:43,634 And you have a rare chance to survive. 841 00:44:43,636 --> 00:44:45,836 You're so far ahead of where Axe and I were 842 00:44:45,838 --> 00:44:47,133 when we were your age. 843 00:44:47,211 --> 00:44:50,374 We hadn't made hard choices. You know yourself better. 844 00:44:50,376 --> 00:44:53,277 And your feelings are a lifeline 845 00:44:53,279 --> 00:44:55,012 connecting you back to that place, 846 00:44:55,014 --> 00:44:57,814 screaming at you from your core, "Don't forget me. 847 00:44:57,816 --> 00:45:02,852 Don't forget. I don't like to lie." 848 00:45:04,556 --> 00:45:07,024 I don't. 849 00:45:13,799 --> 00:45:17,734 If you start to feel yourself 850 00:45:17,736 --> 00:45:21,037 not feeling, 851 00:45:21,039 --> 00:45:23,740 do what you did the other day and come find me... 852 00:45:23,742 --> 00:45:27,343 before it's too late... for both of us. 853 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,914 I have to go. 854 00:45:50,067 --> 00:45:52,534 - This is how you do it. - Uh-huh. 855 00:46:14,557 --> 00:46:16,423 He's got piss all over his big boy's. 856 00:46:20,864 --> 00:46:24,331 I'm just gonna play one. Uh, maybe two. 857 00:46:27,837 --> 00:46:32,106 Foley doesn't fuck around. That's Ben Folds. 858 00:46:32,108 --> 00:46:36,243 No, even when he fucks around, he means business. 859 00:46:36,245 --> 00:46:39,713 ♪ We'd hit the bottom ♪ 860 00:46:39,715 --> 00:46:42,883 ♪ I thought it was my fault ♪ 861 00:46:42,885 --> 00:46:46,253 ♪ And in a way, I guess it was ♪ 862 00:46:48,891 --> 00:46:51,892 ♪ I'm just now finding out what it was all about... ♪ 863 00:46:51,894 --> 00:46:53,727 - Mr. Rhoades. - Yes. 864 00:46:53,729 --> 00:46:56,062 Mr. Foley would like to see you in the library. 865 00:46:56,064 --> 00:47:00,967 ♪ Moved to the West Coast away from everyone ♪ 866 00:47:00,969 --> 00:47:04,237 ♪ She never told me that you called ♪ 867 00:47:06,774 --> 00:47:11,777 ♪ Back when I was still, I was still in love ♪ 868 00:47:35,803 --> 00:47:38,178 Your father's been telling me about you 869 00:47:38,264 --> 00:47:39,804 since you were in knickerbockers. 870 00:47:41,475 --> 00:47:43,408 Don't think I ever wore those. 871 00:47:43,410 --> 00:47:45,510 No, he showed me the pictures. 872 00:47:45,512 --> 00:47:47,612 Must have been you. 873 00:47:47,614 --> 00:47:51,015 He'd never go around with photos of the bastards. 874 00:47:51,017 --> 00:47:53,618 He's put a lot of time into you. 875 00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:56,153 My own children didn't have the drive. 876 00:47:56,155 --> 00:47:58,255 Maybe I spoiled them too much. 877 00:47:58,257 --> 00:48:00,257 Had to find other prospects. 878 00:48:00,978 --> 00:48:05,196 But by this point, it's a pretty deep farm system. 879 00:48:05,198 --> 00:48:07,966 I've been drafting blue-chippers, high upsides, 880 00:48:07,968 --> 00:48:10,167 and reclamations for three decades. 881 00:48:10,169 --> 00:48:13,770 So why should I sign you off the street? 882 00:48:13,772 --> 00:48:16,273 Oh, I think you're confused. 883 00:48:16,275 --> 00:48:18,275 I'm not trying to sell myself to you. 884 00:48:18,277 --> 00:48:20,744 You didn't just put Sweeney out of the race. 885 00:48:20,746 --> 00:48:22,746 You crushed his spirit. 886 00:48:22,748 --> 00:48:24,748 No reason to do that unless you wanted 887 00:48:24,750 --> 00:48:26,516 to tell me something about you. 888 00:48:26,518 --> 00:48:29,720 Maybe I just couldn't help myself. 889 00:48:29,722 --> 00:48:31,655 Or maybe I knew you were dangling him 890 00:48:31,657 --> 00:48:34,357 to see what I would do. 891 00:48:34,359 --> 00:48:36,760 Whatever's meant to happen always does. 892 00:48:36,762 --> 00:48:39,863 I had a gut feeling. 893 00:48:39,865 --> 00:48:42,298 That's how I do this. That's how I do all of it. 894 00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:46,269 Mm. So, what's the trick? 895 00:48:46,271 --> 00:48:48,838 The trick? Hmm. 896 00:48:51,109 --> 00:48:54,611 Well, like most, it's bracingly simple. 897 00:48:54,613 --> 00:48:56,712 You pick the right man, 898 00:48:56,714 --> 00:48:59,381 and then you get him the fuck out of his own way 899 00:48:59,383 --> 00:49:03,519 so people can actually see him. 900 00:49:03,521 --> 00:49:05,955 Elections aren't about ideas. 901 00:49:05,957 --> 00:49:08,290 Elections are about candidates. 902 00:49:08,292 --> 00:49:09,625 Mm. 903 00:49:09,627 --> 00:49:13,929 And candidates are about what's in here. 904 00:49:15,866 --> 00:49:18,233 I am the right man. 905 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:24,540 I am not going to ask you. 906 00:49:24,542 --> 00:49:26,508 You can't think it works that way. 907 00:49:31,848 --> 00:49:33,447 Jack. 908 00:49:36,787 --> 00:49:39,787 Will you make me governor? 909 00:49:43,592 --> 00:49:46,560 Yeah. Okay. 910 00:49:48,898 --> 00:49:50,864 My friends will become your friends, 911 00:49:50,866 --> 00:49:53,633 and your enemies will become mine, 912 00:49:53,635 --> 00:49:56,636 as some already have. 913 00:49:56,638 --> 00:49:58,805 Uh, about that clerkship, you can put that 914 00:49:58,807 --> 00:50:01,040 - out of your mind. - Well, thank you. 915 00:50:01,042 --> 00:50:04,678 I'm sure my granddaughter has put it out of hers. 916 00:50:08,283 --> 00:50:10,883 It's not really over. 917 00:50:10,885 --> 00:50:14,120 There are other judges more senior and prestigious. 918 00:50:14,122 --> 00:50:16,355 I will deliver you that clerkship. 919 00:50:18,526 --> 00:50:21,527 Whatever's meant to happen always does. 920 00:50:36,910 --> 00:50:39,745 I know. I know. It's starting to feel real. 921 00:50:39,747 --> 00:50:43,014 Heavy lies the head that... 922 00:50:44,351 --> 00:50:47,719 The hesitation is still about Axelrod. 923 00:50:48,424 --> 00:50:50,691 Yes. 924 00:50:51,424 --> 00:50:52,724 Ah. 925 00:50:55,095 --> 00:50:57,896 You know the joke about the two bulls on top of the hill 926 00:50:57,898 --> 00:50:59,564 and the cows down below? 927 00:50:59,566 --> 00:51:01,999 The young bull wants to run down and fuck one. 928 00:51:02,001 --> 00:51:05,202 And the old bull says, "Let's walk on down and fuck 'em all." 929 00:51:05,204 --> 00:51:08,906 That has been repeated so many times in movies, TV shows. 930 00:51:08,908 --> 00:51:10,808 It's taken as received wisdom, 931 00:51:10,810 --> 00:51:15,012 except the thing is you can't. 932 00:51:16,449 --> 00:51:20,651 Nobody gets to fuck 'em all. 933 00:51:20,653 --> 00:51:24,789 You got to choose which one you're gonna fuck, 934 00:51:24,791 --> 00:51:29,559 and then... fuck her good. 935 00:51:46,312 --> 00:51:47,944 Son of a bitch. 936 00:52:07,365 --> 00:52:08,731 Welcome to the Yale Club. 937 00:52:08,733 --> 00:52:11,066 Hey. Excuse me. Are you a member? 938 00:52:11,068 --> 00:52:12,768 Do I look like a fucking member? 939 00:52:12,770 --> 00:52:15,170 - We have a dress code. - Good for you. 940 00:52:18,242 --> 00:52:21,344 And she stepped on the billiard ball! 941 00:52:23,380 --> 00:52:24,947 Rhoades! 942 00:52:26,450 --> 00:52:28,283 Rhoades! 943 00:52:28,285 --> 00:52:31,453 You fucking weasel! 944 00:52:31,455 --> 00:52:34,990 Rhoades! Show your fucking weasel face! 945 00:52:41,431 --> 00:52:43,130 Chuck. 946 00:52:44,601 --> 00:52:46,634 Uh... 947 00:52:48,605 --> 00:52:51,606 Well, uh, Bobby, 948 00:52:51,608 --> 00:52:54,876 if you wanted to play squash, you should have called ahead. 949 00:52:54,878 --> 00:52:59,480 I know what you and your two daddies did up in Sandicot. 950 00:53:01,584 --> 00:53:03,851 I really don't know what you're talking about. 951 00:53:03,853 --> 00:53:06,921 You thought moving that casino would, what, fuck me up? 952 00:53:06,923 --> 00:53:09,257 Get me to sell off one of my jets? 953 00:53:09,259 --> 00:53:11,192 Well, guess what I'm doing now. 954 00:53:11,194 --> 00:53:14,461 Losing your religion in the Yale Club? 955 00:53:14,463 --> 00:53:17,398 Drinking that town's fucking milkshake. 956 00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:20,701 Everything that was once theirs will be mine, 957 00:53:20,703 --> 00:53:23,236 sold off, recycled, 958 00:53:23,238 --> 00:53:25,839 stuck on a pedestal in my office, doesn't matter. 959 00:53:25,841 --> 00:53:27,608 In the end, I will not lose 960 00:53:27,610 --> 00:53:31,077 one single penny from Sandicot. 961 00:53:31,079 --> 00:53:34,281 In fact, I will be made whole, more than whole, 962 00:53:34,283 --> 00:53:38,551 but you will have spent all that political capital for nothing. 963 00:53:38,553 --> 00:53:41,054 Well, as I said, I really have no idea 964 00:53:41,056 --> 00:53:43,089 what you're talking about. 965 00:53:43,091 --> 00:53:47,393 But, Dad, isn't there a dress code in the common areas? 966 00:53:47,395 --> 00:53:50,863 Did Morgan at the front desk not offer you a courtesy blazer? 967 00:53:50,865 --> 00:53:55,034 - Hmm. - We apologize on his behalf. 968 00:53:55,036 --> 00:53:57,437 That type of rudeness is unacceptable. 969 00:54:00,909 --> 00:54:03,508 You know, they say 970 00:54:03,510 --> 00:54:06,511 that a boy never really becomes a man 971 00:54:06,513 --> 00:54:08,847 until he's buried his father. 972 00:54:09,917 --> 00:54:11,483 Now, mine's been dead to me 973 00:54:11,485 --> 00:54:14,253 since the moment he walked out when I was 12 years old. 974 00:54:14,255 --> 00:54:15,720 I don't remember if I cried, 975 00:54:15,722 --> 00:54:18,523 but I do remember that I was forced to grow the fuck up. 976 00:54:19,893 --> 00:54:24,195 So it always warms my heart when I see a boy 977 00:54:24,197 --> 00:54:27,699 who still has his father's shoulder to lean on, 978 00:54:27,701 --> 00:54:30,268 his father's contacts to deploy, 979 00:54:30,270 --> 00:54:34,539 his father's balls clanking around in place of his own, 980 00:54:34,541 --> 00:54:37,208 which haven't quite dropped yet. 981 00:54:39,279 --> 00:54:41,980 Hold on to this man, Chuck, 982 00:54:41,982 --> 00:54:45,816 for one day soon, he will be gone, 983 00:54:45,818 --> 00:54:47,485 and then you will finally 984 00:54:47,487 --> 00:54:50,888 have to do something for yourself. 985 00:55:04,403 --> 00:55:08,472 Dad. Let's take a walk. 986 00:55:23,622 --> 00:55:26,789 Son, everything I did was for you. 987 00:55:28,192 --> 00:55:30,894 Because you were born too soon and started too late? 988 00:55:30,896 --> 00:55:33,496 Look, if you're going to hide me, just let loose. 989 00:55:33,498 --> 00:55:36,566 Dad, Dad, I'm not mad at you. 990 00:55:38,570 --> 00:55:40,336 Not this time. 991 00:55:43,774 --> 00:55:46,608 Is that your way of finally saying thank you? 992 00:55:49,647 --> 00:55:53,382 Axelrod is spiraling. 993 00:55:53,384 --> 00:55:55,251 Oh, I recognize the signs 994 00:55:55,253 --> 00:55:57,553 because that was me not too long ago, 995 00:55:57,555 --> 00:56:00,856 and a man like that can be induced to a mistake. 996 00:56:00,858 --> 00:56:02,691 He's already made one, hasn't he? 997 00:56:02,693 --> 00:56:04,392 Yes. 998 00:56:04,394 --> 00:56:05,510 You know, I don't know 999 00:56:05,573 --> 00:56:08,229 if it was part of your plan or a happy accident, 1000 00:56:08,231 --> 00:56:10,799 but Axelrod has decimated the part of the state 1001 00:56:10,801 --> 00:56:12,233 where I poll weakest. 1002 00:56:12,235 --> 00:56:15,303 He's shown you his neck. 1003 00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:19,474 He has. 1004 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:23,178 And you get to become the defender of the people. 1005 00:56:23,180 --> 00:56:26,214 And... you'll get 1006 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:28,883 the governor's mansion for your efforts. 1007 00:56:34,156 --> 00:56:36,857 And Connerty's started. 1008 00:56:38,517 --> 00:56:40,313 _ 1009 00:56:41,898 --> 00:56:43,731 You got one of those Cheroots? 1010 00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:45,833 - Fundadores. - Mm-hmm. 1011 00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:48,001 Yes, I do. 1012 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:03,417 Maybe in the end, 1013 00:57:03,419 --> 00:57:07,520 you're the one guy that does get to fuck 'em all. 1014 00:57:14,269 --> 00:57:18,336 Synced and corrected by Dragoniod for - www.addic7ed.com -