1 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,641 ["Nemesis" playing] 2 00:01:46,648 --> 00:01:47,649 [music ends] 3 00:01:52,404 --> 00:01:53,822 [guards speaking Russian] 4 00:01:54,865 --> 00:01:55,908 [Bradley sighs] 5 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:03,498 [guards speaking Russian] 6 00:02:03,582 --> 00:02:05,751 [lights buzzing] 7 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:09,003 [sighs] 8 00:02:09,086 --> 00:02:10,797 [guards speaking Russian] 9 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:15,636 [gasps] 10 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,012 [in English] Please! Please. 11 00:02:17,095 --> 00:02:19,348 Can you turn off the light? Just for a few hours-- 12 00:02:23,727 --> 00:02:25,812 [keyboard keys clacking, mouse clicks] 13 00:02:49,127 --> 00:02:50,337 [printer whirring] 14 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,394 [Yanko] And security is ramping up in Paris as the city prepares 15 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:08,313 for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games. 16 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:11,733 Organizers are promising a dazzling spectacle with plenty of surprises, 17 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:14,069 and later in the hour, we're gonna take you behind the scenes 18 00:03:14,152 --> 00:03:15,821 and show you how some of that magic is made. 19 00:03:15,904 --> 00:03:20,742 And finally, it's day 28 of Bradley Jackson's detainment in Belarus. 20 00:03:20,826 --> 00:03:22,870 We hope and pray that she will come home-- 21 00:03:22,953 --> 00:03:23,954 [switches off TV] 22 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,439 Mm-hmm. I understand. I understand. 23 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:56,486 But it-it has been a month, and every day we keep having the exact same conversation 24 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,906 while people are forgetting what's happening to her. 25 00:03:59,615 --> 00:04:02,075 Yes. No, I-I understand. Thank you. 26 00:04:04,328 --> 00:04:07,080 Well, they still won't designate Bradley as unlawfully detained. 27 00:04:07,164 --> 00:04:09,374 Not until they have more information. 28 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:13,587 So, we can just add that to the list of fucked-up shit we cannot fix. 29 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,380 Did you hear anything that I just said? 30 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:19,301 What? Yes. C-Come here. You have to see this. 31 00:04:20,552 --> 00:04:22,513 - Come here. Look. Look, look, look. - What's that? 32 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:24,348 Okay. This is the EPA report on Wolf River, 33 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,058 - the one from 2019, right? - Mm-hmm. 34 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:30,896 This is the internal Martel emissions doc that Bradley sent over. 35 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:35,234 [Alex] They're nowhere close. 36 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:37,945 - The EPA numbers are way lower. - [Chip] Mm-hmm. It's way lower. 37 00:04:38,028 --> 00:04:40,280 And, I mean, I don't wanna sound crazy, 38 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:42,533 but what if somebody falsified the EPA report? 39 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,743 And maybe... maybe Martel paid them to do it. 40 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:47,621 I don't know. That's sounding a little bit like a Bro conspiracy theory. 41 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:48,997 What, you mean the future Senator Hartman? 42 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:50,541 - Oh, don't say that. - Okay, look. 43 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,835 - Just "what if" for a second, okay? - Okay, okay. 44 00:04:53,418 --> 00:04:56,004 Bradley's source works at Martel, okay. She clearly was onto something 45 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:57,339 they didn't want her to know about. 46 00:04:57,422 --> 00:05:02,386 If we can somehow prove that there was a cover-up involving the EPA, 47 00:05:03,262 --> 00:05:04,263 that's front-page news. 48 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:06,139 And then people start talking about Bradley again. 49 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:08,308 That's it, that's it. So now we just need to find somebody 50 00:05:08,392 --> 00:05:10,060 who knows more about these numbers. 51 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,186 Uh, oh, wait. Bradley. 52 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:14,147 Didn't she say something about Cory and the EPA report? 53 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:16,733 Remember? And that's why he didn't run the story? 54 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:20,028 Maybe Cory lied. Maybe he's just covering his ass. 55 00:05:20,112 --> 00:05:22,030 - Mm-hmm. - Jesus, Alex. 56 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:26,326 This means Bradley was right. About all of it. 57 00:05:30,956 --> 00:05:32,958 - [gate unlocks, opens] - [gasps] 58 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,505 [people chattering] 59 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:45,095 You are having trouble sleeping? 60 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:46,847 Yes. 61 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,099 The light never turns off. 62 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,351 Please. 63 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:53,812 [officer] Who were you meeting in Minsk? 64 00:05:53,896 --> 00:05:56,023 I ca... I can't. 65 00:05:56,106 --> 00:05:57,941 - [officer] I need a name. - [sighs] 66 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:01,778 Please, this person is not a dissident. I... 67 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,156 I'm not a spy. 68 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:06,366 I'm not a spy. 69 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,371 - [footsteps depart] - [breathes heavily] 70 00:06:11,455 --> 00:06:13,540 [guards speaking Russian] 71 00:06:13,624 --> 00:06:14,708 [sighs] 72 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:17,961 [heavy metal music playing] 73 00:06:20,214 --> 00:06:22,257 [grunting] 74 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,761 - [high-pitched tone] - [groaning] 75 00:06:25,844 --> 00:06:27,137 [music stops] 76 00:06:31,058 --> 00:06:33,268 - [Cory, in English] Ah, shit. - [crew member] That's a cut! 77 00:06:33,352 --> 00:06:35,229 - [buzzer sounds] - [people chattering] 78 00:06:35,312 --> 00:06:38,190 Goddamn it. Eric? How long is it gonna take to fix this? 79 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:39,441 [Eric] Uh, give us a minute. 80 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:41,944 - [sighs] - It's like The Matrix. Wow. 81 00:06:42,027 --> 00:06:44,571 Yeah. And I'm dodging twice as many bullets. 82 00:06:44,655 --> 00:06:45,989 Well, at least you're back up and running. 83 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,283 How are things going with the, uh, fancy new star? 84 00:06:48,367 --> 00:06:50,577 Hey, how about you just ask me what you came here to ask me, 85 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:53,705 - 'cause I'm a little busy right now. - Hmm. Not in the mood for foreplay, huh? 86 00:06:53,789 --> 00:06:56,959 Well, life is short and I love you, but I'm not in love with you. 87 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:58,043 Okay. 88 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,837 So I have been sifting through the information 89 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,047 that Bradley sent over before she was detained. 90 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:04,049 It's paperwork from Martel Chemical. 91 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:07,928 Soil reports, groundwater tests, and there's something weird. 92 00:07:08,011 --> 00:07:12,349 The internal numbers of Martel don't match the EPA report on Wolf River. 93 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:14,351 You know anything about this? 94 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:17,396 No, I don't. 95 00:07:18,522 --> 00:07:20,482 Really? You're-You're totally in the dark? 96 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:22,317 As I explained to Bradley, 97 00:07:23,193 --> 00:07:28,073 legal told me to move on from the story in 2019, so I did. 98 00:07:28,156 --> 00:07:31,243 I turned that page in my life, and I'm not trying to go back. 99 00:07:31,326 --> 00:07:32,452 - Okay, I get it-- - All right. 100 00:07:32,536 --> 00:07:36,290 But even if it means we could bring Bradley back home? 101 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:38,959 The only people that can help Bradley right now 102 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:40,711 are the fine folks at the State Department. 103 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,088 I agree. And if we break Bradley's story, 104 00:07:43,172 --> 00:07:45,382 then it'll put pressure on them to get on it, right? 105 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,467 Yeah, well, that's certainly a theory. 106 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:50,637 Well... [scoffs] Come on, man. 107 00:07:50,721 --> 00:07:53,473 Like, I don't really know what's going on between Bradley and the feds, 108 00:07:53,557 --> 00:07:56,852 but they're clearly not bending over backwards to help her right now. 109 00:07:56,935 --> 00:08:00,480 Well, yeah. I mean, karma sucks, doesn't it, Chip? 110 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:02,900 What is wrong with you? 111 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:04,484 Come again? 112 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:06,653 She's in a fucking gulag, man. 113 00:08:06,737 --> 00:08:08,655 I understand you're mad at her or something, but like-- 114 00:08:08,739 --> 00:08:09,740 Mad? 115 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:12,993 As I'm sure you know, she strip-mined my phone, 116 00:08:13,076 --> 00:08:17,372 and, I don't know, my fucking soul on all things Wolf River. 117 00:08:17,456 --> 00:08:20,417 Perfect timing, by the way. It really set me up for the last couple of weeks. 118 00:08:20,501 --> 00:08:23,545 I don't know if you've ever had the honor of picking out an urn 119 00:08:23,629 --> 00:08:25,547 for the pile of dust formerly called your mother. 120 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:28,550 There's so many choices. They got rosewood, they got ceramic, 121 00:08:28,634 --> 00:08:30,552 they got biodegradable, they got engraved. 122 00:08:30,636 --> 00:08:33,847 It is fantastic how we've managed to incorporate death 123 00:08:33,931 --> 00:08:36,433 into the consumer economy. While we're on the subject, 124 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,434 quick question, what do you think is worse? 125 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:42,438 Pretending to love someone so you can fuck 'em over, 126 00:08:42,523 --> 00:08:45,234 or killing yourself in front of them? 127 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,237 It's... you know... I just... 128 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:49,321 [groans] 129 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:52,324 Okay. I'm gonna go. 130 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,576 Well, that's the best idea you had all day. 131 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:57,079 Copy of the EPA report on Wolf River. 132 00:08:57,162 --> 00:08:58,747 - [sighs] - Maybe it'll jog your memory. 133 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:08,674 And for what it's worth, man, 134 00:09:09,383 --> 00:09:12,511 Bradley was genuinely torn up about what happened between you two. 135 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:15,973 I-I think it really got to her. 136 00:09:17,558 --> 00:09:18,684 I'm sorry for your loss. 137 00:09:23,981 --> 00:09:27,234 [heavy metal music playing] 138 00:09:30,362 --> 00:09:31,655 [music stops] 139 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:36,785 [sighs] 140 00:09:37,578 --> 00:09:38,704 [gasping] 141 00:09:42,165 --> 00:09:44,001 [door opens] 142 00:09:46,879 --> 00:09:49,339 [Bradley groaning] 143 00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:50,424 [winces] 144 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:52,718 [whimpers] 145 00:09:56,597 --> 00:09:58,807 - You don't look well. - [whispering] No. 146 00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:01,935 [officer] Are you ready to sleep? 147 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:05,314 Yes. [sighing] 148 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,110 [sighs] 149 00:10:10,194 --> 00:10:12,654 The name, then sleep. 150 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,576 We just want to talk to them. 151 00:10:18,285 --> 00:10:19,369 That's all. 152 00:10:24,166 --> 00:10:26,210 [people shouting] 153 00:10:33,383 --> 00:10:35,886 [pencil scratching] 154 00:10:42,184 --> 00:10:43,268 [Bradley groans] 155 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:53,487 [speaks Russian] 156 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:57,282 - [speaks Russian] - [groans] 157 00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:06,416 [door closes] 158 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,001 [heavy metal music resumes] 159 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,009 [music stops] 160 00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:20,347 [Cory, in English] Why did you come back? 161 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:24,101 For you, obviously. 162 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:27,729 Mm-hmm. Well, yeah, I get that. I'm totally irresistible. 163 00:11:29,439 --> 00:11:30,941 Why did I come back? 164 00:11:32,234 --> 00:11:33,443 I don't know. 165 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:35,737 I mean, if I'm being honest, 166 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:38,532 it was a little bit boring teaching journalism. 167 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:39,616 [chuckles] 168 00:11:40,993 --> 00:11:44,371 Also, I figured if nobody was gonna punish me for what I did, 169 00:11:45,873 --> 00:11:47,332 guess I could punish myself. 170 00:11:52,337 --> 00:11:54,798 Maybe it's time to stop being punished. 171 00:11:55,632 --> 00:11:57,301 Maybe there's been enough of that. 172 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:04,266 [whispering] You know what I keep thinking about? 173 00:12:04,349 --> 00:12:05,475 Hmm? 174 00:12:07,811 --> 00:12:09,396 The night you told me you loved me. 175 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:11,190 [Cory inhales deeply] Hmm. 176 00:12:12,441 --> 00:12:15,194 Even when your brother was missing and you thought he might be dead? 177 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:17,237 Well, see, that's what's so great about you, 178 00:12:17,321 --> 00:12:19,698 is you have impeccable sense of timing. 179 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:22,743 Well, it's only been four years. 180 00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:25,204 You feel like you're ready to get back to me on that? 181 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:30,375 You scared the shit out of me that night. 182 00:12:33,003 --> 00:12:35,297 Then how did we end up here? 183 00:12:39,343 --> 00:12:41,720 Maybe I just wanted to figure out what I was so scared of. 184 00:12:45,224 --> 00:12:46,850 [breathing deeply] 185 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:49,186 Any answers? 186 00:12:50,521 --> 00:12:51,563 I don't know. 187 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:54,399 It's like, 188 00:12:56,193 --> 00:12:57,444 there's you, 189 00:12:58,862 --> 00:13:00,531 and then there's everybody else. 190 00:13:03,158 --> 00:13:04,535 But there's you. 191 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:09,248 - [sighs] - And you're always with me. 192 00:13:11,166 --> 00:13:12,876 Even when I don't want you to be. 193 00:13:14,962 --> 00:13:16,088 You got in. 194 00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:20,300 I don't know how you did it. 195 00:13:21,885 --> 00:13:23,053 But you did. 196 00:13:33,730 --> 00:13:35,023 So... 197 00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:40,279 are we gonna try this? 198 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:41,947 [sighs] 199 00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:46,785 [whispering] I'm gonna fuck it up a little. 200 00:13:46,869 --> 00:13:47,870 [whispering] Me too. 201 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:50,455 [sighs] 202 00:13:50,956 --> 00:13:53,000 Well, as long as it's not just me. 203 00:13:55,419 --> 00:13:59,882 I will do my very best to disappoint you. 204 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:02,801 Good. 205 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:11,643 Mmm. 206 00:14:27,784 --> 00:14:29,203 [Ben] Oh, hey. 207 00:14:29,286 --> 00:14:31,163 - Hey. - You're here late. 208 00:14:31,747 --> 00:14:34,124 You know me. The Games are around the corner. So... 209 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:38,670 Hmm. Actually, I was looking for Layla, but maybe you can help me? 210 00:14:39,755 --> 00:14:42,090 After the whole Stella O24, uh... 211 00:14:42,174 --> 00:14:43,300 Nuclear meltdown? 212 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,386 Well, I was gonna say, "situation," 213 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:48,180 - but yeah, sure. - Oh. Okay. 214 00:14:48,263 --> 00:14:51,225 Um, we've been triple-checking the few AI elements 215 00:14:51,308 --> 00:14:52,893 that we're gonna roll out in Paris. 216 00:14:52,976 --> 00:14:56,813 In case Yanko's avatar starts talking about how his radicalized ex-girlfriend 217 00:14:56,897 --> 00:14:58,649 got dragged out of the building by the FBI? 218 00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:00,817 It's, uh... It's funny you should mention that. 219 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:05,155 So, IT flagged something in their report. 220 00:15:05,239 --> 00:15:09,993 It looks like there was some unauthorized access of the Alex language model 221 00:15:10,077 --> 00:15:11,620 from a TMS computer. 222 00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:15,999 This happened a couple of months ago. Uh, before you left. In May. 223 00:15:16,834 --> 00:15:19,378 Do you mind taking a look at it for me? I'm kinda buried. 224 00:15:19,461 --> 00:15:21,213 TMS is not my problem anymore. 225 00:15:21,296 --> 00:15:24,675 Well, it happened on your watch, so... 226 00:15:25,968 --> 00:15:27,594 I'd really appreciate it. 227 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:31,431 Yeah. Sure. 228 00:15:31,515 --> 00:15:32,850 Thank you. 229 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:34,643 You're welcome. 230 00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:38,689 [sighs] 231 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:42,985 [exhales sharply] 232 00:15:43,068 --> 00:15:45,070 ["Where's the Catch?" playing] 233 00:16:08,719 --> 00:16:10,137 [sighs] 234 00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:17,686 [song continues] 235 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:53,514 [song continues] 236 00:17:00,854 --> 00:17:01,855 [song fades out] 237 00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:06,276 Do you remember anyone working on AI projects for TMS back in May? 238 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,320 Somebody who would have had access to Alex's avatar? 239 00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:11,448 Uh, not really, and why would anyone do that? 240 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,867 Yeah, I thought all the AI stuff was Ben's team? 241 00:17:13,951 --> 00:17:16,286 TMS is very hands-off on that. 242 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,373 - Right? Yeah. Uh... - Right. Yeah. Thanks. 243 00:18:51,924 --> 00:18:53,050 Cory? 244 00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,223 [sighs] 245 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,353 What is it? 246 00:19:08,315 --> 00:19:09,399 What's wrong? 247 00:19:12,611 --> 00:19:13,612 [sighs] 248 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,250 Did you have something to do with Bradley getting taken? 249 00:19:28,877 --> 00:19:31,880 - Cory... - Hey, just tell me. 250 00:19:31,964 --> 00:19:33,632 Of course not. 251 00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:36,510 Why would you think that? 252 00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:39,388 Well, your family must have a financial interest in Martel 253 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:42,599 since you paid Fred to bury the story. 254 00:19:42,683 --> 00:19:44,393 I thought we'd put this behind us. 255 00:19:44,476 --> 00:19:46,520 Yeah, we did, but Bradley brought it back. 256 00:19:49,022 --> 00:19:50,899 She was getting close. 257 00:19:52,651 --> 00:19:54,236 She was getting close to something, 258 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,656 and now not even the Red Cross can get in to see her. 259 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,036 And you think I had something to do with that? 260 00:20:03,537 --> 00:20:05,873 I don't know what to think. 261 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:09,084 [sighs] 262 00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:13,797 No one knew she was going. 263 00:20:15,591 --> 00:20:18,427 Ask Alex. Ask anyone. 264 00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:22,431 I think your family can help get her out. And I think I can help your family. 265 00:20:23,807 --> 00:20:29,021 Chip is looking into all of this, and he's circling around the EPA report. 266 00:20:29,104 --> 00:20:31,398 But he doesn't know that I have the real one. 267 00:20:32,983 --> 00:20:36,737 The one that proves that Martel is liable 268 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,239 for all the things they did to those people. 269 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:46,246 And once Bradley is back, you and your family can have the report. 270 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:51,168 An insurance policy. 271 00:20:51,919 --> 00:20:53,712 Do whatever the fuck you want with it. 272 00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:58,258 [scoffs] My family, they can't wave a magic wand. 273 00:20:58,342 --> 00:21:00,010 They can do something. 274 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:06,225 [sighs] Maybe. 275 00:21:10,854 --> 00:21:11,980 I'll call them. 276 00:21:13,774 --> 00:21:14,775 For you. 277 00:21:20,239 --> 00:21:21,281 Cory... 278 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:23,784 [sighs] 279 00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:29,289 I know you feel alone. 280 00:21:30,415 --> 00:21:31,542 But I'm here. 281 00:21:32,668 --> 00:21:33,794 I'm with you. 282 00:21:40,676 --> 00:21:41,927 Come back to bed. 283 00:21:43,637 --> 00:21:44,680 All right? 284 00:21:57,234 --> 00:21:58,235 Hello? 285 00:22:05,617 --> 00:22:06,869 Bart. 286 00:22:06,952 --> 00:22:08,203 What are you doing here? 287 00:22:12,416 --> 00:22:13,834 Deepfake of Alex? 288 00:22:15,794 --> 00:22:19,047 You were there when the Iranians defected, producing the segment. 289 00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:23,135 Then you accessed the AI software. 290 00:22:24,303 --> 00:22:25,304 Why? 291 00:22:27,890 --> 00:22:29,433 Who told you to do that? 292 00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:36,023 Tell me what you know and I'll keep your name out of it. 293 00:22:39,276 --> 00:22:40,736 [phone buzzing] 294 00:22:45,324 --> 00:22:46,408 [sighs] 295 00:22:49,745 --> 00:22:50,746 Mia... 296 00:23:07,513 --> 00:23:09,348 [assistant] Ms... Uh, Ms. Levy? 297 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:14,102 You lied to me. You fucking lied. 298 00:23:14,686 --> 00:23:17,022 The Iranians did not create that deepfake. 299 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:18,190 You did. 300 00:23:18,273 --> 00:23:21,777 [shouting] Do you know how much that fucked me up? 301 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:25,155 You stole my voice. You used me. 302 00:23:25,239 --> 00:23:26,490 I don't even know what you're talking about. 303 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:30,244 You were going to use that video to get me fired, 304 00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:31,912 and the only reason you didn't 305 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:35,541 is because things got complicated with Zeke and those protesters. 306 00:23:36,542 --> 00:23:37,793 My God, I'm starting to question 307 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:40,921 every single thing you have done since you got here. 308 00:23:41,004 --> 00:23:44,341 Preach sisterhood and then you edge all of us out. 309 00:23:44,967 --> 00:23:47,052 Laura, me, Stella... 310 00:23:47,135 --> 00:23:50,305 Oh. Oh, so now you're blaming me for her fuck-up too. 311 00:23:50,931 --> 00:23:53,517 I expect your resignation by the end of today. 312 00:23:54,852 --> 00:23:57,938 Otherwise, I go to the board and The New York Times. 313 00:24:00,816 --> 00:24:01,942 I'm sorry. 314 00:24:03,402 --> 00:24:06,113 I'm not resigning. You are. 315 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:09,783 And why would I do that? 316 00:24:09,867 --> 00:24:12,870 Do you know how many laws you broke when you went to the opera? 317 00:24:14,037 --> 00:24:17,916 You did business with a Russian oligarch sanctioned by the US government. 318 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,836 The FCC could shut us down for a stunt like that. 319 00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:22,963 As an executive at this company, 320 00:24:23,714 --> 00:24:27,259 you acted against the well-being of UBN and its shareholders. 321 00:24:29,261 --> 00:24:31,180 You have 24 hours to step down. 322 00:24:32,764 --> 00:24:34,641 [tense music playing] 323 00:24:59,875 --> 00:25:01,001 [music fades] 324 00:25:01,084 --> 00:25:02,336 [Alex] She knows. 325 00:25:02,419 --> 00:25:06,632 Ivanov, the trade we were trying to make, everything. 326 00:25:06,715 --> 00:25:09,676 I should have never reached out to him. I knew this could blow back on us. 327 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,178 How the fuck did she find out? 328 00:25:11,261 --> 00:25:12,888 I don't know. I don't know. 329 00:25:12,971 --> 00:25:17,017 She just told me that I have 24 hours to resign or-or she's gonna call the feds. 330 00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:19,728 - Alex, that cannot happen. - [sighs] 331 00:25:19,811 --> 00:25:22,856 - Nobody can find out about this. - I know that, I know. 332 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:24,942 [sighs, stammers] Bradley. What about Bradley? 333 00:25:25,901 --> 00:25:28,403 State Department already dragging its feet. 334 00:25:29,112 --> 00:25:33,825 Celine, she knew something like this would completely compromise her case. 335 00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:35,452 Bradley fucking Jackson. 336 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,580 My God. Stuck in a fucking gulag in Eastern Europe 337 00:25:38,664 --> 00:25:40,332 and she's still a human wrecking ball. 338 00:25:40,415 --> 00:25:43,585 I just can't... can't believe this 22 years, this is how it ends. 339 00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:46,171 [inhales sharply] I worked so fucking hard for that place. 340 00:25:46,255 --> 00:25:48,382 Hey, hey, hey, hey. Listen to me. 341 00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:51,134 - [sighs] - You stopped me. 342 00:25:52,135 --> 00:25:54,054 All right, I'm pretty sure you can shut her down. 343 00:25:54,137 --> 00:25:56,431 Now, if she knows about some off-book trade, 344 00:25:56,515 --> 00:25:59,893 then she's doing some backroom deals of her own, which makes her vulnerable. 345 00:25:59,977 --> 00:26:01,937 - You're right. - So dig. 346 00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:05,190 Find out where the bodies are buried. Who knows her secrets? 347 00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:08,068 ["Undedicated" playing on speakers] 348 00:26:08,151 --> 00:26:09,653 [knock on door] 349 00:26:15,409 --> 00:26:16,577 - Hi. - Oh, hi. 350 00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:19,454 So sorry to drop in like this. I know you have so much going on. 351 00:26:19,538 --> 00:26:22,374 - Um, it's actually not a good time. - I'm sorry. But I can't wait, honestly. 352 00:26:22,457 --> 00:26:26,503 She wants me out. Celine is forcing me out. 353 00:26:26,587 --> 00:26:29,464 I'm supposed to... to resign. I'm supposed to step aside 354 00:26:29,548 --> 00:26:31,925 - like it's my fucking idea... - Hey, can we talk about this tomorrow? 355 00:26:32,009 --> 00:26:33,260 ...and I'm not gonna fucking do that. 356 00:26:33,343 --> 00:26:35,304 I know this has everything to do with Bradley. 357 00:26:35,387 --> 00:26:37,931 I can't prove it, but I know it. 358 00:26:38,015 --> 00:26:42,728 And Cory, I know that you know her well, so just give me some... some dirt on her. 359 00:26:42,811 --> 00:26:45,397 - Come on. You traffic in this shit. - [chuckles] 360 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,274 I don't care what it is. Insider trading. 361 00:26:47,357 --> 00:26:49,484 - Tax evasion. I don't care. - [sighs, groans] 362 00:26:49,568 --> 00:26:51,278 - I just need something. - [door opens] 363 00:26:51,361 --> 00:26:53,405 - [Celine] Sorry I'm late. - [keys jingle] 364 00:26:53,488 --> 00:26:54,698 [door closes] 365 00:26:56,575 --> 00:26:58,952 [sighs] I had... 366 00:27:01,038 --> 00:27:02,080 Oh. 367 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:05,709 [song continues] 368 00:27:12,257 --> 00:27:14,092 Okay. Of course. 369 00:27:16,512 --> 00:27:18,639 I mean, just... [sighs] 370 00:27:20,641 --> 00:27:21,934 Why wouldn't you? 371 00:27:24,728 --> 00:27:25,812 [slams door] 372 00:27:32,402 --> 00:27:33,445 [song stops] 373 00:27:36,031 --> 00:27:41,662 [Yanko] Alex, you have been the heart and soul of this network now for so long. 374 00:27:41,745 --> 00:27:44,164 How does it feel to-to be saying goodbye? 375 00:27:44,248 --> 00:27:47,334 {\an8}It honestly... uh, bittersweet. 376 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:52,130 {\an8}You know, this place has been my, uh... my home. You guys are my family. 377 00:27:52,214 --> 00:27:55,968 {\an8}Heck, I know. Well, we feel the same way. We just... I mean, this is so sudden. 378 00:27:56,051 --> 00:27:58,178 {\an8}Honestly, I just can't quite believe it's happening at all. 379 00:27:58,262 --> 00:28:01,807 {\an8}Yeah, I know. Well, it's... it's something that I've been, you know, 380 00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:04,977 {\an8}I've been thinking about for a while, so... 381 00:28:05,602 --> 00:28:06,854 Well, we're gonna miss you in Paris. 382 00:28:06,937 --> 00:28:09,106 - That's for sure, right? - Mmm. 383 00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:14,152 Can you talk about your decision? What brought you to this moment? 384 00:28:15,112 --> 00:28:17,614 [Alex] Well... [sighs] ...two years ago, 385 00:28:17,698 --> 00:28:21,785 I think we felt the company needed to change, 386 00:28:21,869 --> 00:28:26,915 so I stayed through the merger to help make UBN a place 387 00:28:26,999 --> 00:28:29,585 that we could be proud of, where... 388 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,258 there's real transparency. 389 00:28:36,341 --> 00:28:37,342 Real trust. 390 00:28:38,218 --> 00:28:39,928 And you feel we've achieved that. 391 00:28:44,016 --> 00:28:46,894 I do. Yes, I do. 392 00:28:48,228 --> 00:28:51,857 And you know my... [clears throat] ...my best memories of this place, 393 00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:53,942 it's not ju... you know, not just the fun times we had 394 00:28:54,026 --> 00:28:55,152 'cause we would have a lot of fun, 395 00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:59,323 but it's also the storms that we weathered together, you know. 396 00:28:59,406 --> 00:29:02,659 And, um... Yeah, everybody said that we would never make it, 397 00:29:03,744 --> 00:29:10,209 that legacy media was dead, and real journalism doesn't matter. 398 00:29:11,710 --> 00:29:17,466 But it really does matter, right? It matters more than ever. 399 00:29:17,549 --> 00:29:20,385 [Yanko] Well, you've absolutely been our... our resident truth-teller. 400 00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:23,263 I mean, it's Unfiltered, you know. Right there in the title of it. 401 00:29:41,949 --> 00:29:43,075 Miles. 402 00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:45,410 Celine. 403 00:29:50,541 --> 00:29:51,917 Why are you here? 404 00:29:53,085 --> 00:29:54,378 You haven't called. 405 00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:56,839 This is my home. 406 00:29:57,631 --> 00:30:00,008 - I live here. - Well, not recently. 407 00:30:00,551 --> 00:30:01,718 I needed time to think. 408 00:30:01,802 --> 00:30:02,803 Oh. 409 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:05,973 And what great revelation did you have out there in the woods? 410 00:30:06,056 --> 00:30:08,725 That I wanted to come back, 411 00:30:09,685 --> 00:30:11,144 figure things out. 412 00:30:12,062 --> 00:30:14,982 But then, I found this. 413 00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:18,318 [scoffs] 414 00:30:18,402 --> 00:30:21,905 You were there at the studio without me. 415 00:30:21,989 --> 00:30:23,156 [chuckles] 416 00:30:24,741 --> 00:30:27,035 Please, Miles. After what you did-- 417 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:28,412 Who were you with? 418 00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:30,998 Do you understand I wasn't sure I'd ever see you again? 419 00:30:31,081 --> 00:30:33,625 Celine, who was it? 420 00:30:34,293 --> 00:30:35,544 [sighs] 421 00:30:37,588 --> 00:30:39,590 [phone buzzing] 422 00:30:45,929 --> 00:30:48,515 - Yep. - [doorman] Ms. Levy, your father is here. 423 00:30:50,601 --> 00:30:52,144 [sighs] 424 00:30:52,227 --> 00:30:53,520 Send him up. 425 00:30:56,648 --> 00:30:58,150 Dad, 426 00:30:58,233 --> 00:31:00,319 I've just had such a long day. 427 00:31:00,402 --> 00:31:02,446 Don't worry. I won't stay long. 428 00:31:02,529 --> 00:31:06,366 I realize that after our last brief encounter, 429 00:31:07,201 --> 00:31:09,453 I'm not the most welcome person here. 430 00:31:10,037 --> 00:31:13,040 I just don't have it in me for another round of all of that, you know. 431 00:31:13,123 --> 00:31:16,752 No, no, no. None of that. I think we both said all we needed to say. 432 00:31:17,419 --> 00:31:19,171 No, it was just that I... 433 00:31:20,797 --> 00:31:22,508 Well, I saw your show today. 434 00:31:24,301 --> 00:31:25,552 [sighs] 435 00:31:25,636 --> 00:31:28,931 Quite sudden, your decision to step away. 436 00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:33,101 It's funny that all of a sudden now you take interest in my career. 437 00:31:33,769 --> 00:31:35,812 The day that it's over. [chuckles] 438 00:31:37,105 --> 00:31:38,357 [chuckles] 439 00:31:40,484 --> 00:31:43,445 Is this about losing the Biden interview? 440 00:31:44,196 --> 00:31:46,073 [sighs] You know, no. It's just... 441 00:31:47,491 --> 00:31:49,117 It's just... it was time. 442 00:31:49,201 --> 00:31:50,536 I saw you at work. 443 00:31:51,036 --> 00:31:55,165 You were in your element, utterly engaged with the task at hand. 444 00:31:55,249 --> 00:31:56,875 [inhales deeply] 445 00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:59,920 You didn't look like someone with one foot out of the door. 446 00:32:00,712 --> 00:32:04,800 Heck, you reminded me of me when I was your age. 447 00:32:06,718 --> 00:32:10,430 Your performance today might have fooled America. 448 00:32:10,514 --> 00:32:12,683 But remember, I've been about a bit. 449 00:32:12,766 --> 00:32:15,853 I know the hallmarks of a forced confession. 450 00:32:20,899 --> 00:32:22,734 Do you want to talk to me about it? 451 00:32:25,445 --> 00:32:27,072 It's such a long story. 452 00:32:27,781 --> 00:32:32,119 Well, that's the beauty of a public disgrace. 453 00:32:33,829 --> 00:32:36,290 Suddenly all you have is time. 454 00:32:37,249 --> 00:32:39,001 Yeah, we gotta move the production meeting up 'cause the... 455 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:42,171 - [banging on door] - What the... Fuck me. I'll call you back. 456 00:32:46,258 --> 00:32:48,302 - We need to talk. - Oh, Miles, hi. 457 00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:50,637 Well, yeah. [sighs] 458 00:32:50,721 --> 00:32:51,972 Come on in. 459 00:32:52,806 --> 00:32:55,934 Hey, Cory. I should throw you out a fucking window! 460 00:32:56,018 --> 00:32:57,186 Oh, please don't. 461 00:32:58,145 --> 00:32:59,521 What do you want with my wife? 462 00:32:59,605 --> 00:33:01,190 Ah, you know, we've got a business arrangement. 463 00:33:01,273 --> 00:33:03,358 Oh, is that what you're calling it? 464 00:33:03,442 --> 00:33:06,695 Your late-night coke binge with a little fucking on the side. 465 00:33:06,778 --> 00:33:09,156 Oh, we have been helping each other out a little bit. 466 00:33:09,239 --> 00:33:10,574 You sure as shit haven't been around. 467 00:33:10,657 --> 00:33:12,034 - How's Stella? - Fuck you. 468 00:33:12,117 --> 00:33:14,286 You think she's on your side? You think she's got your back? 469 00:33:14,369 --> 00:33:16,413 Like I said, we have an arrangement. 470 00:33:16,496 --> 00:33:19,208 Oh. You have no idea, do you? You can't see it. 471 00:33:19,291 --> 00:33:21,251 You're the fall guy, Cory. 472 00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:24,338 You always have been ever since she made you Head of News. 473 00:33:24,421 --> 00:33:26,924 Buddy, you're talking about Wolf River? I already know about this. 474 00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:28,842 And I should've known that you knew about it too. 475 00:33:28,926 --> 00:33:30,802 You have no idea what you were part of. 476 00:33:30,886 --> 00:33:33,931 I think I do. I read the real EPA report. 477 00:33:34,014 --> 00:33:36,475 Parting gift from my mother. Remember her? 478 00:33:36,558 --> 00:33:38,519 She figured out that Celine was gonna bury it, 479 00:33:38,602 --> 00:33:40,479 so she left me a copy. 480 00:33:40,562 --> 00:33:42,898 My own little get-out-of-jail-free card. 481 00:33:42,981 --> 00:33:46,235 Oh, you think... you think Martha was a whistleblower? 482 00:33:47,069 --> 00:33:48,487 Oh, Cory. 483 00:33:48,987 --> 00:33:50,739 No, no. She was part of it. 484 00:33:51,615 --> 00:33:53,242 She brokered the deal with Celine. 485 00:33:53,325 --> 00:33:55,202 Miles, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. 486 00:33:55,285 --> 00:33:59,248 No, no. Yes, yes. Your mom buried the original report. 487 00:33:59,915 --> 00:34:02,626 And she had some friends over at the EPA and she gave them a call. 488 00:34:02,709 --> 00:34:05,128 And she paid them to doctor the numbers. 489 00:34:05,212 --> 00:34:06,922 Now why the fuck would she do that? 490 00:34:07,005 --> 00:34:08,297 For you. 491 00:34:08,382 --> 00:34:11,009 Because you were spiraling in LA, 492 00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:13,469 and Celine went to her and promised to get you out 493 00:34:13,554 --> 00:34:18,141 and get you a big old fancy job in New York City, Head of News. 494 00:34:18,225 --> 00:34:23,438 And Martha let you believe that it was all you. 495 00:34:23,522 --> 00:34:25,274 Cory Ellison, boy genius. 496 00:34:25,357 --> 00:34:27,860 The brilliant son with the bright future. 497 00:34:30,027 --> 00:34:31,905 Stay away from my fucking wife. 498 00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:37,536 [door opens, closes] 499 00:34:46,628 --> 00:34:50,507 Even if I wanted to fight back, she has all the leverage. 500 00:34:51,175 --> 00:34:54,386 I can't use the deepfake. Bart won't go on the record. 501 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:58,390 I mean, we can still, you know, pass it off to another journalist. 502 00:34:59,391 --> 00:35:00,851 Laura Peterson. 503 00:35:00,934 --> 00:35:03,061 She called me to see if she could do anything to help. 504 00:35:03,145 --> 00:35:05,856 I don't know about that. Given their history, it might get a little muddy. 505 00:35:05,939 --> 00:35:07,191 Why don't you do it? 506 00:35:07,816 --> 00:35:10,277 You don't work for the company, you haven't signed an NDA. 507 00:35:10,777 --> 00:35:13,447 Yeah, that sounds great, Martin. Why don't you just throw me to the sharks 508 00:35:13,530 --> 00:35:14,907 - like a bucket of chum? - Chip... 509 00:35:14,990 --> 00:35:16,200 Yeah. 510 00:35:16,867 --> 00:35:19,203 Look, Celine knows that I've been working with Bradley. 511 00:35:19,286 --> 00:35:21,413 If I take a run at her, she's gonna turn around and sue me, 512 00:35:21,496 --> 00:35:24,458 and then all of a sudden her attorneys have access to all the information 513 00:35:24,541 --> 00:35:27,127 that Bradley sent over, including where to find the whistleblowers. 514 00:35:27,211 --> 00:35:29,338 We can't do that. They can't see our playbook. 515 00:35:29,421 --> 00:35:31,507 But we want to see their playbook. 516 00:35:32,216 --> 00:35:35,219 That's why you should sue her first, beat her to the punch. 517 00:35:36,970 --> 00:35:39,056 A lawsuit will mean document production. 518 00:35:39,765 --> 00:35:42,893 Something embarrassing to them might just slip through the cracks. 519 00:35:42,976 --> 00:35:44,436 You're looking for a smoking gun. 520 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,604 Okay, so hold on. 521 00:35:46,271 --> 00:35:50,484 So you're saying that I should sue Celine and UBN for wrongful termination. 522 00:35:50,567 --> 00:35:55,739 Yeah. Break your NDA, force their hand, and see what comes out in the wash. 523 00:35:55,822 --> 00:35:58,700 If I do that, it's war. I mean, it's full-on war. 524 00:35:58,784 --> 00:36:00,994 Yeah, she'll come for you. There'll be casualties. 525 00:36:01,078 --> 00:36:02,996 Yes, of course there are gonna be casualties. 526 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,790 Look what happened to the lawyer in Wolf River. 527 00:36:04,873 --> 00:36:06,542 They completely destroyed his life. 528 00:36:06,625 --> 00:36:08,126 - Chip, I-I-I... - Alex, hold on a second. 529 00:36:08,210 --> 00:36:10,879 Listen to me, okay? There are calculated risks. 530 00:36:10,963 --> 00:36:13,048 And then there are just suicide missions. 531 00:36:13,131 --> 00:36:15,342 The minute that you sue Celine, 532 00:36:15,425 --> 00:36:17,636 you put yourself right in the fucking crosshairs. 533 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,471 - And then once her family gets involved-- - So what? 534 00:36:19,555 --> 00:36:22,099 You're just saying that I don't say a word. Just let her win. That's it. 535 00:36:22,182 --> 00:36:23,517 - Story over. - Okay. 536 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,394 - Well... - Listen, Dad. 537 00:36:26,144 --> 00:36:27,646 You're the lawyer in the room. 538 00:36:28,230 --> 00:36:29,481 What would you do? 539 00:36:29,565 --> 00:36:33,235 If you sue her first, then you start with the advantage. 540 00:36:33,318 --> 00:36:37,531 You catch her unawares. She's got no idea you're coming for her. 541 00:36:55,674 --> 00:36:57,092 [phone buzzing] 542 00:37:01,263 --> 00:37:02,389 Yeah, who the fuck is this? 543 00:37:02,472 --> 00:37:04,433 Mr. Ellison, it's Max Kimmel from The Vault. 544 00:37:04,516 --> 00:37:06,852 I'm calling about Alex Levy's resignation. 545 00:37:06,935 --> 00:37:08,687 No, I don't have any comment about that. 546 00:37:08,770 --> 00:37:11,899 I'm hearing a rumor she's holding a press conference today. 547 00:37:11,982 --> 00:37:14,359 Some big revelation about why she left UBN. 548 00:37:15,110 --> 00:37:16,445 You know anything about that? 549 00:37:17,654 --> 00:37:19,865 Mr. Ellison? Hello? 550 00:37:20,574 --> 00:37:22,075 [elevator bell dings] 551 00:37:26,121 --> 00:37:28,081 - Hey. - Oh! Gotta be kidding me. 552 00:37:28,165 --> 00:37:29,833 - Alex, just hold on. - Honestly. Cory, just move, 553 00:37:29,917 --> 00:37:32,002 or I'm gonna take you outside and throw you in front of a fucking bus. 554 00:37:32,085 --> 00:37:35,714 A press conference? Are you out of your fucking mind? 555 00:37:35,797 --> 00:37:38,967 You don't take Celine Dumont head on in public. 556 00:37:39,051 --> 00:37:42,179 Imagine... She's gonna turn over every rock, everything that you've ever done, 557 00:37:42,262 --> 00:37:43,889 everything... everything that hurts. 558 00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:47,476 Everyone that you have ever fucked, everyone you've ever fucked over. 559 00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:49,978 - Mm-hmm. - Bringing Bradley back after January 6th? 560 00:37:50,062 --> 00:37:53,023 That's coming out too. And when it does, yeah, trust me, 561 00:37:53,106 --> 00:37:55,943 no one will believe a word that comes out of your mouth ever again. 562 00:37:56,026 --> 00:37:58,153 You will be a punch line on late-night television, 563 00:37:58,237 --> 00:37:59,696 and then you're gonna disappear. 564 00:38:00,197 --> 00:38:01,532 So be it. 565 00:38:01,615 --> 00:38:02,658 [Cory] Oh, my... 566 00:38:04,243 --> 00:38:05,536 - [grunts] - Alex, I swear to God, 567 00:38:05,619 --> 00:38:07,162 I'm trying to protect you. And Bradley. 568 00:38:07,246 --> 00:38:09,748 Oh, is it? Is that why... Is that why you're sleeping with Celine 569 00:38:09,831 --> 00:38:13,085 - while she's in a fucking prison cell? - This is not how you do it. 570 00:38:13,168 --> 00:38:15,712 It actually is. This is how I do it. 571 00:38:15,796 --> 00:38:18,799 And you're right. I am gonna fuck up my entire life but I don't give a shit. 572 00:38:18,882 --> 00:38:21,593 I don't care. I'm not gonna stand around and do nothing. 573 00:38:21,677 --> 00:38:24,471 I'm gonna prove that story that she's after is real. 574 00:38:24,555 --> 00:38:28,642 And then maybe someone will finally give a shit and get her ass out of there. 575 00:38:28,725 --> 00:38:30,018 Fucking chicken. 576 00:38:32,229 --> 00:38:34,523 [Chris] President Biden is facing increasing pressure to drop out 577 00:38:34,606 --> 00:38:36,149 - of the presidential race after... - [Jamal] Ready. 578 00:38:36,233 --> 00:38:38,610 - Slow push-in on Yanko. - ...his widely panned debate performance. 579 00:38:38,694 --> 00:38:39,903 - Nice. Good. - Senior Democrats, 580 00:38:39,987 --> 00:38:42,030 at first reticent to criticize the president have begun 581 00:38:42,114 --> 00:38:43,949 {\an8}to let their skepticism be known. 582 00:38:44,032 --> 00:38:47,619 If Biden does withdraw, it will be an unprecedented move by a sitting president, 583 00:38:47,703 --> 00:38:50,080 especially with the election just months away. 584 00:38:51,331 --> 00:38:53,458 - Hey. You seen this? - [Layla] Hmm? 585 00:38:54,042 --> 00:38:56,086 Chip is live streaming at the courthouse. 586 00:38:57,004 --> 00:38:58,297 Wait. Is this about Alex? 587 00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:01,425 Uh, Channing Tatum is stuck in traffic. We're gonna have to float the segment. 588 00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:04,428 See if he'll reschedule till Monday and run the package on Project RattleCam. 589 00:39:04,511 --> 00:39:06,054 - Okay. - We need to get this up on the monitor. 590 00:39:06,138 --> 00:39:07,347 Yep. 591 00:39:08,098 --> 00:39:10,934 Yesterday, I went on The Morning Show 592 00:39:11,018 --> 00:39:14,062 to announce that I had decided to step away from UBN. 593 00:39:15,439 --> 00:39:16,440 That was a lie. 594 00:39:16,523 --> 00:39:17,649 [crowd murmuring] 595 00:39:17,733 --> 00:39:23,989 The truth is I was forced out by acting CEO Celine Dumont, 596 00:39:24,072 --> 00:39:25,824 who is trying to shut down a story 597 00:39:25,908 --> 00:39:29,828 that implicates her in a cover-up at the network. 598 00:39:29,912 --> 00:39:32,956 A story that Bradley Jackson was investigating 599 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:37,377 when she was detained overseas about a chemical company's efforts 600 00:39:37,461 --> 00:39:41,423 to hide the lethal impact of its toxic emissions. 601 00:39:41,507 --> 00:39:45,344 {\an8}And that is why today we are filing a wrongful termination lawsuit 602 00:39:45,427 --> 00:39:48,222 {\an8}against Celine Dumont and UBN 603 00:39:48,305 --> 00:39:53,393 for blocking Alex Levy's efforts to expose their own criminal wrongdoing. 604 00:39:53,477 --> 00:39:55,479 To paraphrase George Orwell, 605 00:39:55,562 --> 00:39:58,482 "Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed." 606 00:39:58,565 --> 00:40:02,986 In this case, that someone is Alexandra Levy's former employer. 607 00:40:03,570 --> 00:40:05,822 What's going on? Alex is down at the courthouse? 608 00:40:05,906 --> 00:40:07,866 Yeah, and she's declaring war. 609 00:40:07,950 --> 00:40:12,454 ...to buy off employees and to silence anyone who dares to push back. 610 00:40:12,538 --> 00:40:14,623 - Holy shit. - Does anybody know something about this? 611 00:40:14,706 --> 00:40:15,707 No fucking clue. 612 00:40:15,791 --> 00:40:17,292 I just knew that goodbye segment was bullshit. 613 00:40:17,376 --> 00:40:19,461 - [Kabir] With all due respect, Alex... - We should run this. 614 00:40:19,545 --> 00:40:21,380 ...you have a long history of hiding unflattering truths. 615 00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:25,008 One day you're having a kumbaya moment on morning television, and less than... 616 00:40:25,092 --> 00:40:26,927 [phone buzzing] 617 00:40:27,010 --> 00:40:28,387 I'm about to step into a meeting. 618 00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:31,265 [Ben] Are you seeing this? Alex is down at the courthouse. She's filing a lawsuit. 619 00:40:31,348 --> 00:40:32,724 I'm sending you a link. 620 00:40:32,808 --> 00:40:33,809 What? 621 00:40:40,941 --> 00:40:45,863 The lawsuit will prove our claim that Ms. Dumont is criminally compromised, 622 00:40:45,946 --> 00:40:49,157 and therefore unfit to run a news organization. 623 00:40:49,241 --> 00:40:50,242 Oh, putain. 624 00:40:50,325 --> 00:40:51,869 Celine, what is going on? 625 00:40:51,952 --> 00:40:54,121 [Kabir] ...to what happened in O24? Is Stella Bak involved? 626 00:40:54,204 --> 00:40:56,039 We should cover this, at least on digital. 627 00:40:56,123 --> 00:40:59,835 Absolutely not. She's spreading lies about the network. She's out of her mind. 628 00:40:59,918 --> 00:41:02,045 [reporter] How much are you suing for? Is this just a cash grab? 629 00:41:02,129 --> 00:41:04,173 [Alex] This is about Celine Dumont's efforts 630 00:41:04,256 --> 00:41:06,925 to protect her family's corporate interests, 631 00:41:07,009 --> 00:41:09,720 to use UBN as a propaganda arm. 632 00:41:10,554 --> 00:41:13,056 - [Kabir] Well, let's be honest, if... - Um, we're going to continue 633 00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:14,975 with the scheduled programming. 634 00:41:15,058 --> 00:41:16,476 So we just do nothing? 635 00:41:17,269 --> 00:41:19,688 Other networks are running this. This is news. 636 00:41:19,771 --> 00:41:22,608 Whoa, Mia. She's defaming Celine. She's defaming the network. 637 00:41:22,691 --> 00:41:25,194 We are days away from the Olympics. I... 638 00:41:25,277 --> 00:41:28,238 This is going to stick to you too. You know that, right? 639 00:41:28,322 --> 00:41:30,157 [Martin] ...the entire network to Ms. Dumont. 640 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,659 - [Kabir] This isn't about the cover-up? - You've gotta run this. 641 00:41:32,743 --> 00:41:34,328 It's a palace coup. 642 00:41:34,411 --> 00:41:37,831 It's both. And Ms. Dumont is the insurrectionist. 643 00:41:37,915 --> 00:41:40,542 [Kabir] From what I can see, Alex is the one tossing bombs. 644 00:41:40,626 --> 00:41:42,002 What is the real endgame here? 645 00:41:42,085 --> 00:41:43,795 Get a crew down there now. 646 00:41:43,879 --> 00:41:46,089 Jamal, cue up Chip's feed. Can we break now? 647 00:41:46,173 --> 00:41:48,425 - Yeah, in about 20 seconds. - I need a crew live at the courthouse. 648 00:41:48,509 --> 00:41:50,010 - You need to update the rundown. - Right now. 649 00:41:50,093 --> 00:41:53,597 Yanko and Chris, we're cutting to commercial early. It's breaking news. 650 00:41:57,059 --> 00:42:00,395 {\an8}We're going live now to the Supreme Court building on Center Street... 651 00:42:00,479 --> 00:42:02,189 - [phone buzzes] - [sighs, speaks French] 652 00:42:02,272 --> 00:42:05,734 - [in French] Arnaud, I've got this. - Do you? You said this was handled. 653 00:42:05,817 --> 00:42:07,236 And there's Alex. Talking. 654 00:42:07,319 --> 00:42:09,154 No one's going to take her seriously. 655 00:42:09,238 --> 00:42:10,489 You sure about that? 656 00:42:10,572 --> 00:42:13,200 'Cause she's live on your own fucking network. 657 00:42:19,414 --> 00:42:22,376 [in English] And I understand my credibility is in question. 658 00:42:22,459 --> 00:42:24,503 - And I fully expect Celine Dumont... - [phone buzzes] 659 00:42:24,586 --> 00:42:25,921 ...to do everything to discredit me. 660 00:42:26,004 --> 00:42:28,590 Hey, are you seeing the spectacle Alex is making of herself? 661 00:42:28,674 --> 00:42:31,593 Yes, and we need to kill this now. Where are you? 662 00:42:31,677 --> 00:42:33,345 I'm here. I'm at the courthouse. 663 00:42:33,428 --> 00:42:35,806 You know that everything goes away if you can't stop her. 664 00:42:36,390 --> 00:42:39,142 You, me, our future, all of it. 665 00:42:39,226 --> 00:42:41,061 [Cory] I know, I know. Hey, Celine. 666 00:42:41,144 --> 00:42:43,939 I just want you to know that, the last few weeks, 667 00:42:44,022 --> 00:42:45,315 I wouldn't have made it without you. 668 00:42:45,399 --> 00:42:47,192 [sighs] 669 00:42:47,276 --> 00:42:48,485 It was for us. 670 00:42:48,986 --> 00:42:51,780 We're so close. We're so close, Cory. 671 00:42:52,489 --> 00:42:54,575 - [Cory] Holy shit. - A former employee at the network 672 00:42:54,658 --> 00:42:57,244 - was chasing down an informant... - I'm here. It's a fucking circus. 673 00:42:57,327 --> 00:43:01,164 I told her not to push back. I gave her a way out. 674 00:43:01,248 --> 00:43:03,792 It's not the first time that she's crossed the line when it comes to Bradley. 675 00:43:03,876 --> 00:43:05,127 It's her pressure point. 676 00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:07,171 - Okay. - It's how we're gonna shut her down. 677 00:43:07,254 --> 00:43:13,093 Tell her if she doesn't stop, Bradley will never come back home. 678 00:43:13,177 --> 00:43:15,888 Uh, Celine, can you tell me that again? I can't hear you. 679 00:43:15,971 --> 00:43:17,890 Tell her if she doesn't stop, 680 00:43:17,973 --> 00:43:21,852 I will find a way to keep Bradley in Belarus forever! 681 00:43:21,935 --> 00:43:23,854 [echoing] Tell her if she doesn't... 682 00:43:26,190 --> 00:43:27,524 Hello? 683 00:43:28,108 --> 00:43:29,276 Are you there? 684 00:43:33,113 --> 00:43:34,281 We're all listening. 685 00:43:35,115 --> 00:43:36,116 Go on. 686 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,868 [reporters murmuring, chattering] 687 00:43:37,951 --> 00:43:40,120 - Oh, fuck. - [Mia] What the fuck? 688 00:43:40,204 --> 00:43:41,580 [in French] What the fuck? 689 00:43:41,663 --> 00:43:43,081 [Kabir, in English] She was making these threats... 690 00:43:43,165 --> 00:43:44,583 What exactly is she trying to cover up? 691 00:43:50,005 --> 00:43:52,382 [Alex] I'm gonna prove that story that she's after is real. 692 00:43:52,466 --> 00:43:55,511 And then maybe someone will finally give a shit and get her ass out of there. 693 00:43:55,594 --> 00:43:57,095 And what if you can't find it? 694 00:43:59,806 --> 00:44:01,808 Wait. What does that mean? 695 00:44:09,024 --> 00:44:10,150 You won't win. 696 00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:14,988 You won't find what you need to take Celine down. 697 00:44:18,992 --> 00:44:20,202 How do you know that? 698 00:44:20,869 --> 00:44:22,746 I think I maybe killed my mom. 699 00:44:23,288 --> 00:44:24,373 What? 700 00:44:24,998 --> 00:44:26,124 Cory. 701 00:44:26,208 --> 00:44:27,459 [people murmuring] 702 00:44:27,543 --> 00:44:29,211 [Cory] She gave me something. 703 00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:32,005 She sold her soul for it 704 00:44:33,382 --> 00:44:35,759 and gave it to me. 705 00:44:40,305 --> 00:44:42,266 Does it have to do with Bradley? 706 00:44:43,267 --> 00:44:44,393 Wolf River? 707 00:44:47,521 --> 00:44:49,773 [Cory] She tried to tell me about it before she died, 708 00:44:49,857 --> 00:44:51,149 I shut her down. 709 00:44:54,653 --> 00:44:57,072 I think maybe she just couldn't face me. 710 00:44:58,949 --> 00:45:00,492 I think that's why she did it. 711 00:45:03,161 --> 00:45:06,373 [Alex] Or maybe she gave it to you 712 00:45:07,541 --> 00:45:09,710 so you would do what she couldn't. 713 00:45:19,511 --> 00:45:21,597 [Celine] Tell her if she doesn't stop, 714 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,434 I will find a way to keep Bradley in Belarus forever! 715 00:45:25,517 --> 00:45:27,477 Tell her if she doesn't... 716 00:45:27,561 --> 00:45:29,730 - [shutters clicking] - [reporters murmuring] 717 00:45:29,813 --> 00:45:31,148 Hello? 718 00:45:31,231 --> 00:45:32,608 Are you there? 719 00:45:32,691 --> 00:45:33,942 We're all listening. 720 00:45:34,735 --> 00:45:35,777 Go on. 721 00:45:37,070 --> 00:45:39,239 Well, I guess you all heard. 722 00:45:39,323 --> 00:45:41,658 Celine Dumont will do anything to shut this story down. 723 00:45:41,742 --> 00:45:42,868 - Ms. Dumont. - Get out. 724 00:45:42,951 --> 00:45:44,286 - The board is-- - Get out! 725 00:45:44,369 --> 00:45:45,871 [Kabir] Why is Ms. Dumont making these threats? 726 00:45:45,954 --> 00:45:47,623 What exactly is she trying to cover up? 727 00:45:47,706 --> 00:45:50,918 [Martin] We have strong evidence that Ms. Dumont offered bribes... 728 00:45:51,001 --> 00:45:52,628 [in French] We need to leak the Ivanov story. 729 00:45:52,711 --> 00:45:56,673 Alex asking favors of oligarchs. That will get us out of this mess. 730 00:45:56,757 --> 00:45:58,008 I warned you, Celine! 731 00:45:58,509 --> 00:45:59,718 I told you to stop! 732 00:45:59,801 --> 00:46:01,845 - I'm coming. - You've totally fucked us. 733 00:46:02,721 --> 00:46:04,723 ["Porcelain" playing] 734 00:46:14,233 --> 00:46:15,984 [no audible dialogue] 735 00:46:19,738 --> 00:46:21,740 [no audible dialogue] 736 00:46:26,245 --> 00:46:27,996 [Kabir, in English] So this cover-up you're alleging, 737 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,499 you're saying Dumont worked directly with the EPA? 738 00:46:30,582 --> 00:46:32,793 No, not... not exactly. 739 00:46:32,876 --> 00:46:35,128 [Kabir] So, this is all just speculation? 740 00:46:35,212 --> 00:46:37,756 [camera shutters clicking] 741 00:46:38,924 --> 00:46:41,093 No. No, it's not. 742 00:46:41,927 --> 00:46:44,930 The deal was brokered by lobbyist Martha Ellison, 743 00:46:45,013 --> 00:46:46,849 who kept a copy of the report. 744 00:46:47,641 --> 00:46:50,477 She then gave it to her son, Cory Ellison, 745 00:46:51,019 --> 00:46:55,023 who has chosen to step forward in the interest of the victims of Wolf River 746 00:46:55,774 --> 00:46:57,818 and in support of Bradley Jackson. 747 00:47:02,739 --> 00:47:04,074 [music continues] 748 00:47:14,877 --> 00:47:18,505 [Yanko] As UBN prepares to host the Paris Summer Games, there's no word yet 749 00:47:18,589 --> 00:47:22,593 on who will lead the company following the departure of Celine Dumont. 750 00:47:22,676 --> 00:47:26,471 The board is expected to choose an interim CEO within the next few weeks. 751 00:47:26,555 --> 00:47:30,142 And as always, we're thinking of Bradley Jackson. 752 00:47:30,225 --> 00:47:33,270 It's day 35 of her detainment in Belarus. 753 00:47:43,655 --> 00:47:44,948 [Mia] Thought you'd be in Paris. 754 00:47:45,449 --> 00:47:46,575 No, uh... 755 00:47:47,409 --> 00:47:49,703 I'm on the red-eye tonight. 756 00:47:50,704 --> 00:47:54,541 We should grab dinner when you get there, talk about Chris's development slate. 757 00:47:54,625 --> 00:47:57,794 Yeah, I know this great restaurant in the 3rd arrondissement. 758 00:47:57,878 --> 00:48:00,464 Plastic tablecloths, judgy waiters. 759 00:48:01,340 --> 00:48:02,633 - You'll love it. - [chuckles] 760 00:48:04,384 --> 00:48:06,303 Well, now that Celine is out, 761 00:48:06,803 --> 00:48:09,431 just gonna be you and me keeping this place afloat. 762 00:48:09,515 --> 00:48:12,100 Yep. You and me, once again. 763 00:48:12,726 --> 00:48:14,478 - I'll see you in Paris. - Mm-hmm. 764 00:48:42,464 --> 00:48:46,343 [Celine] Miles, forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. 765 00:48:48,637 --> 00:48:50,305 I thought it might be easier, 766 00:48:51,390 --> 00:48:53,016 for both of us. 767 00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:55,644 [in French] Dad said he'll meet you at the Cap-Ferrat house. 768 00:48:56,687 --> 00:48:58,063 - Not at the office? - No. 769 00:48:58,146 --> 00:48:59,273 It's crawling with lawyers, 770 00:48:59,356 --> 00:49:00,858 as you can imagine. 771 00:49:03,193 --> 00:49:04,528 - Is there a problem? - No. 772 00:49:04,611 --> 00:49:05,821 No problem. 773 00:49:08,365 --> 00:49:11,451 [Celine, in English] My father will make me the scapegoat for all of this. 774 00:49:12,578 --> 00:49:17,040 He'll throw me to the wolves and watch them devour me. 775 00:49:23,213 --> 00:49:24,339 Alex? 776 00:49:24,923 --> 00:49:26,341 Yes, I'm in the kitchen. 777 00:49:26,967 --> 00:49:30,387 - I'm just heading out. What's going on? - Hey. Uh, uh, I just... [chuckles] 778 00:49:31,555 --> 00:49:34,641 I would just feel better if I knew exactly what you are walking into. 779 00:49:35,434 --> 00:49:37,186 [stammers] I'm fine. I'll figure it out. 780 00:49:37,269 --> 00:49:38,896 And what if this thing falls apart? 781 00:49:38,979 --> 00:49:40,814 It won't. It's not gonna fall apart. 782 00:49:41,815 --> 00:49:43,400 You still haven't spoken to Bradley? 783 00:49:45,319 --> 00:49:48,071 - No, not directly. - And no one has laid eyes on her? 784 00:49:48,155 --> 00:49:49,615 - No. - Alex, Alex... 785 00:49:49,698 --> 00:49:51,033 I could come with you. 786 00:49:51,116 --> 00:49:53,452 I could come with you, I could be there on the ground 787 00:49:53,535 --> 00:49:55,913 in case this thing goes sideways. 788 00:49:57,039 --> 00:49:59,249 Given that the feds are basically hands-off-- 789 00:49:59,333 --> 00:50:02,503 Listen. I really appreciate the offer, but you have done plenty. 790 00:50:02,586 --> 00:50:04,796 Really. This is on me now. 791 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,008 And I'm not... I'm not going to leave that airport without her. I'm not. 792 00:50:10,469 --> 00:50:12,638 It's the coming back part that I'm worried about. 793 00:50:17,226 --> 00:50:20,062 You afraid I'm gonna steal the keys to your GV and move to Bali? 794 00:50:20,145 --> 00:50:21,146 Yeah. Right. 795 00:50:21,230 --> 00:50:22,606 But then who would drag me 796 00:50:22,689 --> 00:50:25,984 into these highly compromising international incidents? 797 00:50:26,068 --> 00:50:28,362 Yeah, I think I've been enough of a pain. 798 00:50:31,156 --> 00:50:32,866 Well, I'm developing a tolerance. 799 00:50:37,913 --> 00:50:38,914 [sighs] 800 00:50:41,542 --> 00:50:42,835 I gotta go. 801 00:50:54,096 --> 00:50:56,932 I owe you for all of this. 802 00:51:05,357 --> 00:51:06,441 Let's call it even. 803 00:51:10,404 --> 00:51:11,697 Yeah. Okay. 804 00:51:12,197 --> 00:51:13,907 [elevator dings] 805 00:51:23,959 --> 00:51:25,460 [both sigh] 806 00:51:59,745 --> 00:52:02,122 All set. The security team is letting us run this. 807 00:52:02,789 --> 00:52:04,041 - It's time. - Okay. 808 00:52:19,348 --> 00:52:21,350 [breathing heavily] 809 00:52:41,912 --> 00:52:44,915 [gentle music plays] 810 00:52:44,998 --> 00:52:47,000 [gasps, breathes heavily] 811 00:53:01,056 --> 00:53:03,600 [breathing shakily] 812 00:53:09,064 --> 00:53:10,899 [sobbing] 813 00:53:12,025 --> 00:53:14,027 [breathing heavily] 814 00:53:15,070 --> 00:53:17,072 [sobbing continues] 815 00:53:21,785 --> 00:53:23,787 [Alex] It's okay, I got you. I got you. 816 00:53:23,871 --> 00:53:25,539 Thank you for coming to get me. 817 00:53:27,165 --> 00:53:28,959 I'm sorry I fucked it all up. 818 00:53:29,042 --> 00:53:30,669 [Alex] No, you didn't. 819 00:53:30,752 --> 00:53:33,297 I was wrong. The story's out there. 820 00:53:33,380 --> 00:53:34,506 You don't understand. 821 00:53:35,090 --> 00:53:36,633 You changed everything. 822 00:53:37,509 --> 00:53:38,635 - I did? - Yes. 823 00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:40,512 Let's get you home. 824 00:53:44,266 --> 00:53:45,350 You're okay.