MARA: I'll do what I can. With Saginaw.
You need to tell me everything you know about the shop
and who's unhappy.
I've been hearing a lot of awful stories
coming out of that world lately.
You have no idea.
ELON: Her real name's Jane Mills.
She got recruited by some black-ops division of the CIA.
If you cross this woman, she won't hesitate.
You said you think she was trying to cover her tracks.
STELLA: There's a virus that's just ripping through the entire network right now.
It was doing great. But Izzy, she stepped in.
Look, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
We can't trust you anymore.
You supposed to have my back.
NICK: He threatened to kill me,
so let's not act like he's the victim.
NICK: No, I don't have any friends. MARA: He's your friend.
I have you. I have ArakNet.
Well, now you just have ArakNet.
GABRIEL: We gotta give her something in return, bro.
My boys?
ADOLFO: Izzy. You see the news?
NEWS ANCHOR: Again, if you're just joining us,
there has been some sort of chemical weapon that has been detonated
in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, right near Pershing Square...
JANE: He did fine.
If Isabelle hadn't grown a conscience, we'd all be in the clear by now.
She doesn't have any proof as far as I know,
but she is definitely compromised.
I understand.
She'll be dealt with then.
I'll let you know when it's done.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
Neither the President nor any spokespeople
from the intelligence community have given any official statement...
Still can't sleep? Uh-uh.
...as to what exactly transpired here or who was responsible,
although a recent post placed on a news website...
You sure you don't wanna swap?
...is being looked into as a possible claim of responsibility for the attack.
Yeah, no, I like being on the couch.
Reminds me of being sick.
I made the bed, if you want it. (SIGHS)
...were exposed to the toxic fumes, which is now being confirmed
as VX gas.
This is stupid, okay? I'm not gonna make any excuses.
I've said things, and I've done things I am not proud of.
I've had tunnel vision, and I've lost sight of what is important.
But I don't wanna do this without you, without what we are.
I love you, and I know we don't say it enough.
And I know I don't talk about it enough,
but, I mean, for the last year, I've just pictured
that this is gonna be my life forever.
You and me, I thought we would get married and have children.
I don't know how it got to be like this with you sleeping on the couch.
And looking for other places. But it's not okay.
I love you. I'm crazy about you. I don't wanna be without you.
Is this because Ronald's
coming back to the office tomorrow?
Because you're worried
that my dad's gonna have that vote,
and you need me on your side?
Is that really what you think of me?
I'm just asking a question.
Wow.
Okay. (SIGHS)
I'm gonna take a shower
and go in early to take care of some stuff,
but think about what I said 'cause I really meant it.
I will.
TUCKER: Here's the thing. We gotta look further down the road than IoT.
What does that mean? Any ideas?
Also, I feel like we've missed the boat on some AR opportunities.
I do not want that to happen again.
What? Hey, Tuck.
Yeah, I think we should maybe end the meeting.
What are you talking about?
We should end the meeting for a little bit.
The hell are you talking about?
Hey, guys, let's take a quick break, okay? Maybe we'll come back,
reconvene after lunch. What do you think, Tuck?
It's the Herald. Can we squash it?
Yeah, but it's not live yet, right? Right?
It's the Herald.
You can't squash it. We gotta come out in front of this thing.
How? I don't know. How? How?
You couldn't keep your dick in your pants, you idiot?
Yeah. My dick?
You're blaming this on my dick?
Yeah, your name is all over this thing.
You're groping assistants? You're offering them drugs?
Shut up! You've been pulling that shit
before I ever even started pulling that shit.
Bullshit, bro. Bullshit. No, it's not bullshit.
You know, what's bullshit is that no one ever comes down on you
because you have five angelic children and beautiful skin, you piece of shit!
You're such an idiot. I'm sorry, man. We gotta stick together.
We gotta work on this together.
You're such an idiot. You're not a piece of shit.
NEWS ANCHOR: Meanwhile, Los Angeles hospitals are still overflowing
with those stricken ill by the toxic gas,
thousands of people still suffering symptoms related to the exposure...
Hey. MARA: Hey.
Can you gather your team around the bullpen in 10?
Thanks. Yeah, okay.
Uh... Hey, everyone, can I have your attention real fast? Just...
I just wanted to say a few words, and I'll let you get back to it.
Um...
So it's been a weird couple...
Couple days. We had the virus that almost wiped us out.
And (CLEARS THROAT) on a lesser note,
there's been a fair amount of fighting internally.
I'm sure some of you, most of you,
have probably noticed. And...
I don't even know if I'll be here next week, but...
Then something like Pershing Square happens
and, you know, it really puts things in perspective.
I mean, we're here.
We're trying to build a more stable future, a more...
A more just future.
And what we've created,
you know, it might feel
like a product sometimes because, you know,
we're taking home paychecks,
and we're at our desks all day, but...
I mean, you know.
You know. You wouldn't be here if you didn't know.
It's more than that.
It's about more than that. It's, uh...
It's bigger than us. And...
If...
Anyway, just keep up the good work. Okay?
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
Hey.
So we're basically murderers, right? I mean, that's it.
Well, what if I told you that, through all this mess,
losing half of our users and being quietly responsible
for the deaths of 1,400 innocent people,
that there's still a major financier
who's interested in granting us our next round.
Big story on the boys club culture at Saginaw just broke a couple hours ago.
The lawsuits are coming, and the clients are dropping left and right.
They need fresh blood.
Tucker finally called me back, and he wants to meet tomorrow.
That story, was that something that...
Did you?
Holy shit. Oh, my God, thank you. I'm sorry. I'm...
I'm just proud of you. I'm just proud.
Uh...
Tomorrow? Tomorrow.
Um...
What... Does your dad... Does your dad know?
No. No, like I said, we need fresh blood.
Okay. I...
I should get on writing a new pitch.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
It's more than... It's more than an app. It's more than a network.
Okay.
It's more than an app. It's more than a network.
It's more than a tech company. You know what you're investing in?
Nope.
More than a tech company. What you are investing in...
What you're investing in is the future of the planet Earth.
Mmm-mmm. Mmm-mmm. Don't do that.
People are gonna talk about this in 10 years.
In 20 years, kids are gonna learn about it in school.
In the same way we tell...
In the same way we tell our kids now about the start of the Internet,
and in 20 years, we're gonna all learn about it in school.
In 20 years...
(GROANING)
Take your time, South Beach.
I'll wait.
Okay, come here. I got you.
(GROANING)
Stop.
You good.
I'm finished.
You welcome to call the unis on me again.
I got nobody else left to roll on,
so they'll probably put me away legit this time.
But if ArakNet's off the table for me,
I might as well tell everybody about Broken Egg.
That was clever-ass shit you pulled.
Wish you'd told me when you did it,
I would've given you mad props.
One million accounts hacked.
Damn, that's like one million felonies right there.
This is what you call mutually assured destruction.
Ain't that some shit?
(GROANING)
(TURNS OFF ENGINE)
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
(CHUCKLES) Problems with the lawnmower, bruv?
What they do, fam?
What they do? What they do?
How're the kids, bro?
Man, they straight, dawg. They good. They good. They good.
I swear, you got this yard looking right. I like that.
You know, I'm trying, bro.
I hear that, dawg. I hear that. I hear that.
Lookit, man.
Tell Tam and Elsie I said what's up.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
NEWS ANCHOR: Meanwhile, Los Angeles hospitals are still overflowing
with those stricken ill by the toxic gas,
thousands of people still suffering symptoms related to the exposure
days after the initial blast.
Symptoms include difficulty breathing, burns and blisters on the skin...
...a grisly week, not only for the people of Los Angeles,
but for our entire nation.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Oh, my God. What happened?
My friend Ronald came by.
Nick, we have Saginaw in a couple hours, and you can't go looking like that.
It's okay.
Ronald goes to meetings like this all the time.
Seriously, Nick. There's just no way.
We just have to push, okay? They'll understand.
No, we can't push. They need this as much as we do.
You can't go without me. I'm CEO, so...
We have two CEOs.
Are you serious?
Ronald?
You're gonna go with this fucking maniac?
I don't have a choice. No.
No. No, you can't make that decision without me. I forbid it.
Keep icing your face. You look like shit.
I'm going to that meeting.
Okay. You can come if you wanna blow it.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Eat a little faster, babe, 'cause we gotta go soon.
Mmm-hmm.
(SIGHS)
Wish me luck.
For what?
RON: Just wish me luck.
Good luck.
Wanna run it a couple of times, just hear it out loud?
No, I don't work like that. Shit's gotta come from my heart.
Okay, right. (CLEARS THROAT)
What, you don't trust me?
What? No, of course I do.
I do. Okay, then.
You know what I think is funny?
A couple of days ago, you were in jail.
And now you're pitching to secure a massive Series B.
America, right?
Fucking America.
Mmm-hmm. Oh, wow, you all right?
Damn.
TUCKER: Here we go. looking sharp. Here we go. MARTIN: All right,
MAN: Oh, shit.
Hi, hi, hi, how are you doing? Hi.
Nice to see you. Good to see you.
How you doing, man? Good to see you.
Great to see you. Thanks for coming. Where's Mike?
Nick?
That's right, yes. Where's Nick? Where's that guy?
Nick, Nick, Nick. (CLEARS THROAT)
I had to whoop his ass.
He ain't gonna make it. We had a little disagreement, lip busted up, eye swole shut.
Oh.
He ain't really presentable right now.
(ALL LAUGHING)
MARTIN: Come on.
It's... (ALL CONTINUE LAUGHING)
Nice, nice opening.
You know, Nick and I, we share a brain,
so it's basically like having his ass here,
except blacker, smarter, cuter.
(ALL LAUGHING)
That's a good opener.
MARTIN: He crazy, man. I like this guy.
Thanks for making this happen TUCKER: Absolutely. so quickly.
Yeah, no, we've been psyched about this for a while.
We just had a couple of timing issues, you know.
Yeah. MARA: Of course.
It's all about timing, right? MARTIN: Amen, brother.
TUCKER: Okay.
So, what have you got?
Now, each and every one of you at this table,
y'all looking for an image change...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
You know about this Saginaw meeting?
Yeah.
You weren't gonna tell me about it?
These two clowns are over there right now.
They're right there.
WES: Well, will look at you two?
What, did you bullshit your way through this one?
No, I was straight with them. Cards on the table.
Told them about the 40 million user dropoff?
Mmm-hmm.
The virus, the missteps. All of it.
Even told them how I whooped Nick's ass.
WES: Great.
How'd that go for you?
It went pretty well, actually.
Ronald laid everything out about the virus,
about how fast our recovery rate has been.
And they're pretty desperate for an image change, so they're down.
"Down"? Down how?
$320 million down.
That's fantastic!
MARA: Yeah, it is. RON: But they got a couple conditions though.
That's right. Ain't that right?
They're a little concerned with our corporate structure, the whole co-CEO thing.
But that shouldn't be a big problem.
Well, it was kind of a big deal though.
It is to them, yeah.
RON: But look, y'all, what I've realized though,
titles don't really mean shit. You know what I'm saying?
I just wanna be a part of something that's bigger than myself,
something that's bigger than all of us,
you know, something that I can raise a family on at the end of the day.
That's very admirable of you.
Why, thank you, Nick.
That's why I don't mind letting Mara take the reins here.
Hmm?
RON: Yeah, that was their terms.
That Mara is sole CEO.
I said,
"A'ight."
"A'ight"? You just...
You just said "A'ight"?
You don't have the decision power to say, "A'ight."
RON: Oh, no, you got that right.
We don't have that decision power.
But $320 million, that's your decision power.
A'ight?
Lower it to the ground, slowly.
Hands in the air!
Who else is with you?
Everyone knows who you are. I told them.
You don't know who I am. Jane Mills. CIA. Black ops.
You live in... (GROANS)
Who else knows?
You think I care what you do to me?
You know what I've been through?
Do it. I can make this hurt, Isabelle.
Good. I can drag this out in the worst ways.
Good, I deserve it.
Kill me! Do it, bitch! Go!
(TIMER RINGING)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(CHOKING)
Okay, let's settle down.
(COUGHING)
(PANTING)
Give me your phone.
Give me your phone! I don't have one.
Slide it.
Shut up! You really messed it bad.
Shut up! No, you did, Isabelle.
Shut up! You think I'm the only one here?
Stop talking! Trying to clean this up?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah, Izzy?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Come in.
WES: I didn't know you guys were in trouble.
You never asked.
That's right. I didn't.
So you're really gonna do this?
It's still your decision.
We get all the money,
and you take all the control.
You know we can do this together, right?
Forget the kid. Forget everybody.
You and me against the whole world.
We already tried that once,
and it didn't work out so great for me.
(SIGHS)
I'm really proud of you, Mara.
You know that?
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I wasn't better.
RON: So she didn't say nothing else?
Just that the future of ArakNet depends on it, so...
Probably nothing.
Look, man...
Don't say nothing, South Beach.
You wanna apologize, don't bother 'cause I know it ain't real.
You and me,
we ain't nothing no more.
Now you gonna say yes to that Saginaw guap 'cause that's the only chance we got.
We're on our last leg. You know that shit.
That's the good news.
But you and me,
we ain't shit but co-workers.
Moving forward,
that's all we is, and that's all we ever gonna be.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hey!
IZZY: In here!
You a'ight?
Just come in here.
No.
IZZY: Wait, Ronnie!
Guys! Guys!
I ain't stepping in her bullshit no more.
Now, listen, listen. That woman,
whoever she is, she has our number.
You don't think leaving Izzy in charge of this situation is a bad idea?
IZZY: Guys, please!
Come on. She already saw you.
She saw you.
Trouble just finds you, huh?
She came after me. She broke in. She tried to kill me.
She would've killed my dad if he was here.
JANE: No, just you, actually.
Let's talk this out, huh?
She's not who she says she is.
Yeah, we got that part.
She's CIA. Black ops.
Pershing Square was her fuck-up,
and now she's trying to erase it, all of it,
meaning me, meaning us, meaning ArakNet.
Why don't you tell them how you know all that?
Meaning you've been working for me at ArakNet.
Meaning I saved her ass in Cuba, and she wanted to be my mole.
I think they're much more interested in you than me.
(SCOFFS)
Isabelle Morales.
She threatened my family.
I vouched for you.
You did.
I didn't have a choice.
She didn't leave me a choice.
You always got a choice.
Hey, hey, hey! You don't always have a choice.
NICK: Shut up! This was different.
I vouched for you. NICK: We have to fix this now.
I'm sorry.
We will talk about that later. Right now, we have to fix this.
Here's what we need to do.
You should let me go.
You should let me walk right out of here. What?
Yeah, 'cause you all have blood on your hands,
or did you think I didn't know that you could've stopped what happened
in Pershing Square, but you didn't?
People are gonna find out.
And once they do, this beautiful agnosticism of yours...
Well, it's just a little too cozy between ArakNet and the terrorists now, isn't it?
IZZY: She's bluffing.
JANE: I am not. I swear on my mother's grave.
IZZY: She can't be trusted.
She can't be trusted. We can't trust this woman.
JANE: I'm sorry. Who's the woman in the room we can't trust?
God damn it!
We gotta out her.
Folks like her, it's like a lizard's tail.
You cut it off, another one will grow in its place.
Only way we're gonna be safe now, Izzy,
is to shine a big, old bright light on it.
You got a landline?
We gotta call the unis. Are you fucking high?
You're gonna call the cops No.
on a federal, black-op, whatever the fuck?
The cops don't have anything on that.
Don't matter, Nick.
The police come, the media come.
We put Mara on it.
The more people that know, the safer we are.
Ronald, it will expose ArakNet.
Fuck ArakNet!
People, Nick!
It's not about no company. It's about me and mine, about you and yours.
Izzy, you and your old man and your old girl.
This bitch done fucked us all up.
Are you scared of this bitch right here?
Ronald fucking Dacey? RON: Izzy.
You don't want to mess with her, Iz.
She's the kind of people that scary people are afraid of.
She the kind of people that bad people say,
"Goddamn, we need to do something extra bad."
So bad, we gotta send somebody else to do that shit.
And then they send her, and she ain't the only one.
How else you think we gonna get up out of...
IZZY: Jesus Christ.
Let go,
just give me that.
You have any idea what you just did?
We need to go.
We need to go now.
We gotta clean this up.
RON: What you doing, Iz?
You're just making it worse.
Stop the blood from going everywhere.
All right, you got a tarp or some garbage bags?
Yeah, I have the tarp for my car.
RON: Okay, grab that. Get some duct tape or some twine or something like that.
(KEYS CLATTER) Bring my car around.
Okay. Bring my damn car around, a'ight?
Okay. Park it as close as you can park.
No handicap spot, nothing like that.
That ain't gonna work, Iz. You got twine, rope?
Fine.
Yeah, that'll work.
Grab her arms.
Grab her arms, Izzy.
Yes, this is what we're doing, Is this what we're doing?
'less you wanna go to jail.
I don't know if I can.
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. All right, come on, Nick. Help.
(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)