♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
SARA DHADWAL:
Did you feel threatened?
I... can't be sure
that he didn't lock
the door for privacy.
SARA: Did he take out the key?
I don't remember.
DARIA GREENOCK:
But you were scared?
SARA:
The motivation's not the issue.
Locking a female graduate
in the office
against her will
is totally unacceptable.
DARIA: Harper...
wouldn't Pierpoint
be better off?
♪ ("I SAW MOMMY
KISSING SANTA CLAUS"
BY THE RONETTES PLAYING) ♪
♪ I saw mommy
Kissing Santa Claus ♪
♪ Underneath the mistletoe
Last night ♪
♪ She didn't see me creep ♪
♪ Down the stairs
To have a peek ♪
♪ She thought
That I was tucked up ♪
♪ In my bedroom fast asleep ♪
♪ Then I... ♪
Hey. Did you go home
with Greg?
-HARPER STERN: No.
-Where is he anyway?
HARPER: He could barely stand
when I left him.
He promised me
he'd leave his car.
DARIA: I'm a massive fan
of his hangovers.
Are you going home
for Christmas?
No.
Yeah, me neither.
It's a weird time of year.
If you want to busy yourself,
I'm around.
Harpsichord. Um, I need you.
RISHI RAMDANI: I'm taking
the new missus to the Alps.
Yeah. I've never been,
but I hear its fucking cold.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(PHONES RINGING)
ERIC TAO: You eat sandwiches
all year.
Now I show you how they taste.
I thought this happened
in January.
It does for other people.
So why are you
giving it to me now?
Because I want to.
Because I can.
Because you deserve it.
Why do I deserve it?
You can't look at a number
like that on paper
with your name next to it
and still doubt yourself.
That's not logical.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
You're allowed to thank me.
Thank you.
RISHI: Whoo! (APPLAUDING)
Mr. Greg Grayson,
ladies and gentlemen.
-Look who's turned up.
-(ALL APPLAUDING)
RISHI: It's the world's
most consistently hungover man.
Mr. White Privilege,
Silver Spoon himself.
I give you... the nonce!
(CHEERING)
ROBERT SPEARING:
Last night was biblical.
Where's the Mickey D's?
You come in blasted past 9:00,
you buy McDonald's for the team.
You know that, Greg.
You don't look like
you've been home.
He's been brassing.
See, he's got that brassy look.
You know, I didn't have him
as a brass hound,
but he's definitely
been brassing.
-(LAUGHS)
-ERIC: Harps.
-HARPER: Yes?
-ERIC: Pass me the thing.
The script?
What?
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
No. that's-- Eric, that's--
Whoa! What? (LAUGHS)
Don't be shy.
This is for an audience, right?
We're an audience.
"Not an Exit" by Greg Grayson.
"I've had ramen,
I've had chilli salt squid,
pak choi and gyoza.
Because I no longer
have a job." (LAUGHS)
'Cause it's a comedy.
-It's work in progress, Eric.
-ERIC: Obviously.
Hey, is-- is this job
not good enough for you?
You seem to have forgotten
how lucky you are to be here.
Or maybe you've been bred
to sleepwalk into this place,
through your life.
Must be nice.
You know what time it is?
It's time to wake the fuck up!
Wake up.
(SHOUTING) Wake up!
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Hey, Greg, I know-- I know
a guy high up at Fox.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
RISHI: Fuck me,
that was a bit strong.
Harper, I want to introduce you
to some market movers tonight.
And we've got
Harvard's endowment coming.
Daria,
what did you learn at HBS?
Uh, it was the world's
most expensive networking event.
It's a waste of money.
Harpsichord, if you would
accompany me,
be my plus one?
She can't.
Why?
I need her on the desk.
A client's asked about the Fed.
They may trade any surprise,
and she's gonna book it.
I don't want her doing that.
Well, she already agreed to it.
Is this true?
Um... yes.
Suit yourselves.
Uh, you're gonna miss
a bit of the party.
No, that's cool.
RISHI: Rishi, Pierpoint.
Ah, Trust Fund Terry.
You coming to the party?
Please give generously.
Is this for retardeds?
I'm so sorry, I don't think
I have any cash.
That's for the both of us.
Anyone got a clue which accounts
are coming tonight?
JACKIE WALSH:
Shouldn't you know that?
How about the chap
from Silver Kite. Is he coming?
Fucking hell, Wyndy,
are you trying to
actually manage someone here?
I am actually
a very good manager, Jackie.
Very hands-off.
Because I trust people.
But, yes, I have been
totally fucking negligent here.
What's going on?
-It was great.
-Yeah, she really stepped up.
She's been doing
really well recently.
So where's the ticket?
He has gone a bit cold.
Better warm him up, then.
If he does come,
you should lead.
-(PHONES RINGING)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PHONE RINGS)
KENNY KILBANE:
Pierpoint, Ken speaking.
Ha, no, not tonight, mate.
Taking it easy.
Yeah, that's right,
the big figure.
Yeah, no problem, man. Bye.
JACKIE: Did a gibbon
just spunk in my ear,
or did you say
you're going sober
-at the Christmas party?
-KENNY: I'm having a night off.
Have you got anything
on dollar positioning pre-Fed?
You've come here to ask me
a work-related question?
You could have just, like, IB'd.
But then I wouldn't get
to see you.
I got you this.
(BOX THUDS)
JACKIE: Hello, Chuck.
Chuck the fuck. Happy Christmas.
Yes, it's horrible to hear
your voice as well.
It'll be even worse to see you
tonight, but we do what we must.
Kenny's kinda
like your work husband.
Don't fucking say that.
You know there's literally
only one viable reason
why he treats you like that,
right?
YASMIN KARA-HANANI:
And what's that?
-He is in love with you.
-Oh, my God!
Okay, then.
How's your work husband?
Well, luckily for me,
he doesn't register
on the sexual scale, so...
What do you mean,
luckily for you?
At least then,
if he locked you in a room,
there'd be something
hot about it.
What if Robert locked you
in an office?
(SIGHS) Fuck off. I have
told you, nothing's happening.
-But hypothetically...
-(SIGHS)
...I'm just fucking saying,
if he locked you in a room,
-what would you do?
-I don't know.
-Probably ask for the key?
-HARPER: You're such a cunt.
(BOTH LAUGH)
HARPER: Literally, how dare you?
(LAUGHS)
That is so dysfunctional.
I can't believe
-we're laughing about that.
-YASMIN: Mm.
-It was literally terrifying.
-I'm sure.
I saw you in there
with him again today.
Eric.
Whenever I see Kenny,
I get this weird feeling.
It's like...
Well, it's like dread,
but at the same time
it's, like, this anticipation.
It's like, it's very similar
to fancying someone.
-Which I don't. Obviously.
-It's adrenaline.
He, like, empowered me
for the first time today
with clients.
He was being really nice.
I know.
I know what that sounds like.
I mean...
if the outcome is better,
what is the difference
how you got there?
Well, are we trying
to rationalize something
that just shouldn't
be rationalized?
HARPER: Greg, I... I didn't mean
for Eric to see your script.
(REPORTER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV)
Greg.
What the hell happened
last night?
I got arrested.
-What?
-It is what it is.
-Are you okay?
-Hey, Robert,
I think we've become
incredibly close.
Do you think
we're incredibly close?
-(SCOFFS)
-Like, couple of bunkmates
in a submarine? War buddies?
(CHUCKLES)
Have you seen Blackadder?
-Uh, no.
-You should watch it.
Do you understand me?
No, seriously, you should--
you should watch it
and report back.
-Uh, yeah.
-Cool.
Greg?
(TV REPORT CONTINUES)
Were you there
when he got nicked?
HARPER: No, I left him.
Could you keep an eye
on him tonight?
I have to be on the desk.
(SCOFFS) He's not a child.
Could you please
be responsible for once?
Uh, yeah. Sure, of course.
(TV REPORT CONTINUES)
♪ (BAND PLAYING
"JINGLE BELLS") ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Christmas plans?
Yes, I have plans. And, yes,
they're happening at Christmas.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I imagine yours
is a lot of icy silences,
long walks, dry meat.
Chapter and verse, actually.
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
So, who are you entertaining
tonight?
Absolutely no one.
My tolerance for this place
is at rock bottom.
Have you ever thought about
a different part of the bank?
Could put in
a good word with my boss.
I thought you couldn't bear
being around me at work.
Well, I'll make sure
you're out of my eyeline.
-Hi! Found you finally. Hi love.
-THEO TUCK: Hey, how you doing?
-I'm good. How are you?
-THEO: I'm good.
-Um, I think you've met Alice.
-GUS SACKEY: Yes.
-Hi, so nice to see you again.
-GUS: Hey, you too.
-How are you?
-SARA: Sorry, Gus.
-Could I borrow you?
-GUS: Yeah.
-Now's the time.
-(CHUCKLES)
SARA: Lord Oaki,
this is Gus Sackey.
LORD OAKI: Ah.
-Nice to meet you.
-GUS: Likewise.
-I loved your book. (CHUCKLES)
-(LAUGHS) Which one?
Sorry, your diaries.
-In Bed with Tony.
-GUS: In Bed with Tony. Yes.
(CHUCKLING)
Yeah, the, uh... (CLEARS THROAT)
...the publisher
insisted on the title.
Good book, but I...
I can't say I really miss
frontline politics.
The upper house
is tantamount to being retired.
(LAUGHS) Well, he's good.
-He's very good.
-(LAUGHS)
I'll leave you two
to get acquainted.
-All right. Thanks, Sara.
-HILARY WYNDHAM: Lord Oaky.
Uh, hi. Its, uh, Lord Oaki.
HILARY: Yes, yes.
GREG GRAYSON:
Champagne, or-- Hey! Hey!
There is a fully disclosed item
in the bagging area.
-Mate, what are you doing?
-What?
Let's take it easy, all right?
-Yeah, sure.
-USMAN ABBOUD:
It's Roberto Bag-gio! Hey.
ROBERT: (LAUGHS) Hey!
GREG: All right, thought police.
Mate. Merry Christmas.
I didn't realize
you were in London.
Happy holidays, my friend.
Yeah, no, Kaspar's seeing, uh,
Clement.
I left them at Annabel's.
Everybody looks like me there.
(CHUCKLES) So,
are they having dinner?
-It wasn't in his diary.
-Yeah. No,
I don't think they wanted us
to be there.
Why's that?
You know, end of year stuff.
-GREG: What up?
-Hey, steady on, you.
Uh-- uh, this is Greg,
uh, Grayson.
He's a colleague
He's a VP on the desk.
Usman Abboud. Nice to meet you.
-GREG: How you doing?
-Yeah, yeah.
I was meant to be
in Rotterdam tonight.
Yeah, my-- my--
my wife's family are coming in
from Egypt,
but I missed my flight.
-Deliberately. (LAUGHS)
-(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, and I hear
that Rees-Mogg
is coming in tonight,
and I want to see
-what a fucking freak
he is in real life.
-(BOTH LAUGH)
Well, um, can I do some intros
for you?
Yeah, I mean, dude. Come on.
-I am here to network.
-(GREG LAUGHS)
-That is beautiful. Wow!
-Right? Yes.
We're having a quiet night.
Dude...
people like to dress up
this sell-side, buy-side shit,
you know, yeah?
But let me remind you,
you're in the service industry,
my friend.
(LAUGHS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Yasmin,
would you describe yourself
as a horny person?
A horny person?
-Yeah, do you like to fuck?
-Jackie, come on.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm asking professionally.
The post-coital regret
can get very fucking strong
when you're stuck in a lift
with somebody
and you know
what their come face looks like.
Don't fuck anyone at this party.
Jackie, for fuck's sake.
That's inappropriate.
What the fuck's got into you?
Or who?
-(CHUCKLES)
-JACKIE: Yasmin doesn't care.
You're one of us, aren't you?
KENNY: Just keep it--
It's not cool, okay?
Ooh!
What's the frequency, Kenneth?
-Have you had a stroke?
-No, Jackie,
I've not had a fucking stroke.
Oh, well.
You might wanna have one then.
KENNY: Oh, good one.
Sorry about her. That's--
(EXHALES) Pacing myself.
(CHUCKLES)
By the way, I'm not sure
Maxim's gonna come.
Right. Well,
I guess we have no choice
but to have fun, then.
(CHUCKLES)
JACKIE: Dooling,
is your wife here?
-Or are you planning on...
-(YASMIN CLEARS THROAT)
♪ (TOY PLAYING
SPED-UP "JINGLE BELLS") ♪
REPORTER: Inflation will return
to two percent over time
and then be roughly symmetric
around our
longer-term objective.
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES
WITH FLAT NOTES) ♪
REPORTER:
At the start of the year,
a number of crosscurrents
presented risks
to the outlook,
including weak global growth,
particularly in China
and Europe,
the possibility of
a disruptive Brexit,
and uncertainty around
unresolved trade negotiations.
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
While concerns remain
in all of these departments,
it appears that risks
have moderated somewhat.
Global financial positions
have eased,
supported in many places
around the world
by an accommodative shift
in monetary policy,
and in some cases,
fiscal policy.
Recent data
from China and Europe
shows some improvement...
♪ ("LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS"
BY MUD PLAYING) ♪
At least get yourself a drink.
♪ Try to imagine ♪
♪ A house that's not a home ♪
♪ Try to imagine... ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
♪ A Christmas all alone ♪
♪ That's where I'll be
Since you left me ♪
♪ My tears could
Melt the snow... ♪
DARIA: How do you sort of, um,
you know, measure it?
(LAUGHS)
No, I suppose it's like--
It's like throwing good money
after bad.
-(LAUGHS) Um--
-NICOLE CRAIG: There's our girl.
♪ It'll be lonely
This Christmas ♪
♪ Without you to hold ♪
♪ It'll be lonely
This Christmas ♪
Hey. Sorry,
I was just getting a drink.
(LAUGHS)
That's a very strange way
of saying you're pleased
to see me.
I didn't know you were coming.
(CHUCKLES)
NICOLE: What? Of course,
I'm coming.
You-- you are my coverage.
You girls are my coverage.
(CHUCKLES) Look at you two.
-Look at you two.
-(CHUCKLES) Oh.
Aw. (SMOOCHES)
This booze, by the way,
is a leading recession
indicator. It's disgusting.
-(DARIA CHUCKLES)
-(LAUGHS, MUTTERS)
Ah, well, um...
I gotta get back to work.
What, no! You're not gonna stay,
you're not gonna entertain me?
She's doing something for me.
-Aren't you?
-Yeah.
S-- so good to see you, though.
Enjoy the party.
Yeah, it's good to see you.
♪ The only things I see ♪
♪ Are emptiness
And loneliness ♪
♪ And an unlit Christmas tree ♪
-If you insist.
-(YASMIN CHUCKLES)
♪ It'll be lonely... ♪
I thought he wasn't coming.
♪ Without you to hold ♪
YASMIN: Fuck!
-Neither did I.
-Wyndy looks happy.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-I'll, uh, make myself scarce.
You can lead
the charm offensive.
Okay.
YASMIN: (IN SPANISH)
(IN SPANISH)
Bien, bien.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Well-- Harper. Harper.
Uh, this is Candace Albright.
-Hi. Good to meet you.
-Hi.
Candace is my wife.
I won't leave you two alone,
or she's gonna try
to recruit you.
-What do you do?
-I work at Google.
Yeah, okay. Don't hide
behind your modesty.
Honey, everybody knows
you're an ambitious bitch.
I work high up at Google.
Eric talks about you at home,
which means he must like you.
Yeah, I bring you home with me,
Harper.
I heard he compensated you
very well.
ERIC: What the f-- (CHUCKLES)
-That's between me and Harper.
-Well, why did you tell me then?
Uh, because I couldn't help it.
I'm proud--
-I'm proud of her.
-CANDACE ALBRIGHT: Aw.
ERIC: Don't talk to her
too much.
You'll begin to wonder
why she's with me.
-CANDACE: Why am I with you?
-Fuck you, cunt.
Fuck you, cunt.
(LAUGHS)
-Does he treat you this badly?
-She knows it's playful.
-Hey, Daria.
-Hey, Candace.
-Wow, you look gorgeous.
-CANDACE: Thanks.
What were we saying?
DONNA BORAK: Chairman Powell,
Donna Borak with CNN.
Un, pivoting a little bit
about wages.
Uh, since 2010,
women's real earnings have
gone up about 3.9 percent...
-(THUMPS)
-(MUGS CLINK)
-(GIGGLES)
-Oh. Whoa.
(REPORTER CONTINUES)
DARIA: (SIGHS) So?
Fed left rates unchanged.
I'm just waiting to see
if there's anything material
in the language.
-Hmm. Riveting, isn't it?
-Hmm. Mm-hmm.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
CONTINUES ON COMPUTER)
(GROANS, CLICKS TONGUE)
So, Nicole was on the turn.
Into a bit of a handful.
-You know--
-(CORK POPS)
-Whoo!
-Ooh.
-(LAUGHS)
-(LAUGHS) Merry Christmas.
(DARIA CHUCKLES)
Did she tell you she was coming?
Nope. Just turned up.
You know, um,
sometimes I think
I did you a disservice
introducing you to her.
But you can use
that relationship on RIF,
you know. (BREATHES DEEPLY)
So it'll all be worth it
in the end.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
-(MUGS CLINK)
JEROME POWELL: ...commenting on
a nominee for the Fed directly,
and that's something
I'd rather avoid.
It's really not my role
to engage...
I like this place
when it's empty.
-It's peaceful.
-DARIA: Hmm.
It's reflective.
(CHUCKLES)
USMAN: Cubicle, now.
(GREG SIGHS)
2C-B. Makes you size horny.
ROBERT: Are we sure about this?
Give me my narcotics.
(CLEARS THROAT)
GREG: Lift a leg up.
He can't see six feet.
-ROBERT: What,
so he can see three?
-GREG: What?
-Yeah-- (STUTTERS)
-Okay, actually, wait.
Why don't we just all
jump in the air
when he sees us? Like this.
-Oh, for fuck's sake.
-That's good.
That's a good idea. Okay, okay.
I'll show you.
-Oh!
-Now there's four legs.
GREG: Yeah, so if you lift
one leg up, I lift one leg up,
-two legs, two feet.
-ROBERT: Yeah, different shoes.
USMAN: Okay, so...
I'm gonna take two.
Do you know
how strong these are?
"Yes,"
he says, lying confidently.
Greg? Greg, no, please.
Just don't take two.
Just take a half
-and see what happens.
-Shh.
-(WHISPERS) Fuck's sake.
-(EXHALES)
Robert, are you my coverage?
-Yes.
-Okay.
So you fill my orders.
All right, come on.
♪ ("CHRISTMAS"
BY DARLENE LOVE PLAYING) ♪
Lord Oaki...
(GIGGLES)
♪ The snow's coming down ♪
♪ Christmas... ♪
♪ I'm watching it fall ♪
MAXIM ALONSO: Yeah, sure.
Okay, well, we're ready to move
when you are, so just, uh,
you know,
you get in touch, right?
Okay. Ciao. Good talk. Thanks.
Sorry, this guy who's bullish
on cryptos
'cause it's the only currency
that works in space.
-(CHUCKLES)
-What's his thesis?
Uh, gold bars are too heavy
and therefore too expensive
to take to Mars.
(LAUGHS)
MAXIM: So, what's going on?
♪ Baby please come home ♪
(IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH)
Well, I thought we established
what happened was unacceptable.
(IN SPANISH)
No. (CHUCKLES)
(IN ENGLISH) 'Cause I don't work
with men like Kenny.
(IN ENGLISH) Excuse me?
That's up to me. (CHUCKLES)
It's up to me to make
that decision for myself.
(IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH)
What are we talking about here?
Why are we getting personal?
Because I'm your friend, Yasmin.
I care about you.
Why do you think
I came here today, huh?
I felt fucking guilty
about the position
you put yourself in
in front of me.
You think I came to see
my sales coverage or my friend?
Look, what happened to me
is what happened to me.
Okay? How I deal with it
is my choice.
Okay,
then you should do better.
Oh, fuck off, ally.
♪ They're singing
"Deck the Halls" ♪
(IN SPANISH)
♪ But it's not like
Christmas at all ♪
♪ 'Cause I remember
When you were here ♪
♪ And all the fun
We had last... ♪
My parents, uh,
my parents remarried.
Scottish. Russian.
They have big separate lives.
I mean, really, they're--
they're fine.
It's family.
They're warm, they're welcoming.
They're... make a huge effort.
Do you have any siblings?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Um...
(REPORT CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND)
-A twin. Brother.
-Cute.
And what does he do?
(SIGHS) He plays tennis.
Shall I grab us another bottle?
Harper, I'm a professional.
(BLOWS, LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES) Uh, no, to be honest,
I'm sick to my stomach
of my professionalism.
You know, the amount of times
I hold my tongue
when I wanna fucking scream!
CHEUNG:
...expectations for consumption
and also business
fixed investment...
Look, instinctively,
I wanted to--
I wanted to keep you close
on the desk.
You know, I've--
I've been watching
the way that Eric treats you,
and, um...
he gives and he takes.
It's textbook narcissism.
CHEUNG: ...GDP growth of 2019
was 2.1, so I'm just...
Yeah, I mean,
it's only 'cause he cares.
DARIA: No-- Hey, I--
I'm not debating that he cares.
POWELL: Well,
we don't see any evidence...
I mean, I-- I--
I used to feel it, too.
...inflation below
two percent...
Can I ask you something
and can you be honest?
Yeah.
Has he ever crossed the line
with you?
Yeah. I mean, he's scared me.
Like, just the other day,
he locked me in a meeting room.
♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
He what?
I think it was absent-minded,
but he, like,
locked me in, and...
I was like...
The, like, reptilian part
of my brain was like,
"How the fuck
am I gonna get out?" (CHUCKLES)
How--
how did that make you feel?
My first thought was...
"I might die in here."
Which is... total bullshit.
Like, it's just
a neurological response.
It's not a rational one.
(LAUGHS)
But he locked you in a room.
Yeah.
I couldn't...
breathe. Or, like, I--
like, couldn't catch my breath.
POWELL: Yeah, um,
in terms of wages
getting over four percent...
He makes me feel...
POWELL: ...pretty steadily
over the last five years
and are now...
Wages and benefits are now
between three
and three and a half percent...
Special?
POWELL: ...just for
the last couple of years.
Uh, the biggest part
of the gains have come...
DARIA: Yeah. It's a...
It's a very powerful thing.
POWELL: ...which is
kind of a welcome thing.
Um, you mentioned productivity.
So, productivity...
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
...is really, uh,
very difficult to predict.
(EXCLAIMS) Shall we, uh...
-(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
-Shall we go join the party?
Yes. Yes.
GREG:
How have I never noticed...
(DARIA CHUCKLES)
ROBERT: Let's go.
GREG: I think I might cry.
Uh, wow, uh, I don't wanna know.
-(SNICKERS)
-Harper?
GREG: Oh, my God,
look at the Christmas tree!
He's fine.
It's just a few beers.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
(CLEARS THROAT)
♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"
BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪
This doesn't seem
like a place...
truly ambitious people
stay very long.
(SIGHS)
How has all this affected you?
Pierpoint are making
a contribution to us
in Hari's name.
I'm here on behalf
of Coronary UK.
I'm on the board.
Sara wanted the two of us
to meet.
Why do I suddenly feel like
I'm being set up?
(LAUGHS)
God, you are prickly.
Ever have a day off?
(CHUCKLES)
I just want to know
if the bank cares
whether the person
who sat next to Hari is okay.
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
I feel like I'm just an...
accessory here.
SARA: Hi.
-GUS: Hi.
-Sorry. Sorry to interrupt.
Do you-- do you mind
just grabbing a photo,
is that okay?
-Sure.
-Yeah? Thank you. Thanks.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪
(MIMICS LINE RINGING)
-Hello? Hello?
-(GREG CHUCKLES)
A little birdie told me
that you got arrested.
(LAUGHS)
GREG: I was way over
when they stopped me.
The legal limit
is 35 micrograms of alcohol
per 100 milliliters of breath,
and I blew...
34, one under.
And the superintendent
had to hand me my keys back.
And he said...
"I know you had
a fucking night out."
-(LAUGHS)
-GREG: Yeah, he did!
-He knew!
-I drove home.
Did a load of gear.
Watched every episode
of Blackadder.
And I came into work the same.
I-- I-- I really want
to blow coke up somebody's ass.
(SNIFFLES)
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(LAUGHS)
(GRUNTS)
Ah, it needs to be further up
inside the anus.
(BLOWS)
-(TABLE THUMPS)
-(ROBERT GROANS)
It's not as glamorous
as when Leo did it.
(LAUGHS)
Shall we have a nightcap?
Join our bosses?
Uh, they'll be, uh,
commiserating.
Why?
Kaspar's, uh, retiring.
Why? As of when?
He said he wanted to, uh,
spend more time with his family.
(LAUGHS)
Yup.
GREG: Clement's only client
hangs up his boots.
Wow, we're watching your chances
of a job at the end of this
fall in real time.
(SNIFFS)
-(SNIFFS)
-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
GREG: There you are.
♪ ("I JUST LOVE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING"
BY HOT CHOCOLATE PLAYING) ♪
KENNY:
Will we be writing his business?
I'll give you the first ticket.
Don't think so, no.
Yeah, I could sort of tell
by the body language.
-Fuck it. It's just one client.
-(SCOFFS)
-Why are you being nice to me?
-KENNY: What?
YASMIN: You're being nice to me.
Why?
What a ridiculous question.
Have I not been?
No. Not particularly,
and it seems weirdly timed.
(SCOFFS)
Have a glass of water, Yas.
And I'll forget
what you just said.
Is it 'cause you wanna change?
Or because you're worried about
the consequences
of your actions?
Consequences of my actions?
-What am I, a criminal?
-(SCOFFS)
What's my crime?
You-- you don't remember?
Well, we could ask Maxim,
'cause that's why
he just walked.
All right, and that's a criminal
offence now, is it?
Put a fucking name on it
if you're going to accuse
someone of something, yeah?
-I'm fine, thank you.
-(CLEARS THROAT)
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
I can't believe
you would bring that up,
whatever I told you
in confidence
that I don't like
what drinking does to me,
Yasmin.
Why do you bring
that side out of me?
He walked
because you can't separate
the personal
and the professional.
That's why it's separate.
-(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
-♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Hey. (LAUGHS)
Uh, have a drink with me, yeah?
I'll pay.
It's an open bar.
Yeah, I need some, uh,
I need some... (LAUGHS)
I need some in--
investment advice.
-(BREATHES DEEPLY)
-Okay.
Oh, okay. Bye then, bye, friend!
Bye, friend!
-Bye!
-Why are you screaming?
Let's get you some fresh air.
NICOLE:
I don't want to fucking go home.
-HARPER: Shh! Shh!
-NICOLE: I don't wanna go home.
♪ I just love
What you're doing ♪
♪ I just love what you... ♪
(LAUGHING)
You're so fucking short.
It makes me feel like--
like a giant. (LAUGHING)
-Watch your head.
-(NICOLE GRUNTS)
I'm just gonna take... (SIGHS)
-(SEAT BELT CLICKS)
-Mmm. Thank you.
♪ ("STEP INTO CHRISTMAS"
BY ELTON JOHN PLAYING) ♪
♪ Welcome to my Christmas song ♪
♪ I'd like to thank you
For the year... ♪
(BOTH LAUGHING)
You guys are really close,
aren't you?
I guess so.
-School.
-No, but you...
You look at each other
like you really know each other.
Sorry, I'm not... (CHUCKLES)
I'm not sure what you mean.
(LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
ALICE: I'll go
and get you boys a drink.
♪ With me, yeah ♪
♪ Step into Christmas
Let's join together ♪
♪ We can watch the snow fall
Forever and ever ♪
♪ Eat, drink, and be merry
Come along with me ♪
-(THUMPING)
-(THEO MOANING)
(BOTH MOANING)
(THEO PANTS)
-(PANTS)
-(MOANS)
(BOTH PANTING)
♪ ("DREAMER"
BY NIELS VAN GOGH PLAYING) ♪
♪ How to hold love ♪
♪ And stay strong to love ♪
♪ Now I close my eyes now ♪
♪ And I'm dreaming
Right where I belong... ♪
(ARGUING QUIETLY)
♪ Here we lie all alone
Am I dreaming? ♪
♪ Your heart's smooth
My soul is unbelieving ♪
♪ Now you see the me
And I'm feeling ♪
♪ I'm feeling ♪
♪ I feel your hands, your lips
The heat of your body ♪
♪ Whisper your love... ♪
AUTOMATED VOICE:
Doors closing.
Wait.
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
Wait here.
-Do you like my body?
-Yes.
Come here.
Don't touch me.
I wanna feel
how much you want me.
(ROBERT MOANS)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(YASMIN MOANS SOFTLY)
-Are you gonna come for me?
-(BREATHING HEAVILY)
-Yes.
-(MOANS SOFTLY)
Tell me when you're close,
like a good boy.
(SIGHS)
(MOANS) I'm close.
Yeah? Finish yourself off.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MOANS, PANTS)
Eat it.
What?
Sorry, um... was that too much?
(ZIPPER CLOSES)
♪ ("GOLD"
BY SPANDAU BALLET PLAYING) ♪
♪ Oh, but I'm proud of you
But I'm proud of you ♪
(LAUGHTER ECHOING)
♪ Nothing left
To make me feel small ♪
♪ Luck has left me
Standing so tall... ♪
(MUFFLED VOICES)
♪ (MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY) ♪
♪ Always believe in your soul ♪
(ALL GASP)
♪ You've got the power to know
You're indestructible ♪
(CROWD MURMURING)
♪ Always believing
'Cause you are ♪
-♪ Gold ♪
♪ Glad that
You're bound to return... ♪
(CROWD GASPS)
SARA: Greg.
♪ You're indestructible ♪
♪ Always believing ♪
(ALL MUTTERING)
(CROWD SCREAMING)
-(CROWD GASPING)
-SARA: Greg! Greg!
SARA: Greg!
Can someone call an ambulance,
please?
-WOMAN: What's going on?
-SARA: You got a phone?
WOMAN: Yeah.
SARA: Greg?
DARIA: Greg. Greg,
can you hear me?
-Greg?
-SARA: He's still breathing.
DARIA: Um-- Um-- He's, uh,
he's still breathing,
but he's not responding.
So, where are you for Christmas?
Um, with my parents.
And... uh, do you get on
with them, you know?
Um, yeah.
Cool.
Sometimes the loneliest place
can be in a room
with the people
who are supposed to love you.
How fucked are you? (LAUGHS)
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
You're a fucking child
and a fucking addict.
Guess we can add Greg
to your list of casualties.
Don't fucking touch me.
♪ ("SHEPHERDS' BELL CAROL" BY
EMMANUEL COLLEGE CHOIR PLAYING ♪
(TOILET THUMPS)
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Mornin'.
I'm not going in.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-Oh, will I?
Uh, exactly. There's...
There's too many other...
you know, I've...
I've seen them from the inside.
Yeah, suffice to say
I've got a headache this end.
So hungover, it feels like
it's happening to someone else.
Yeah, this hangover would
honestly kill a small child.
No, no, exactly.
There's too many other...
No, I mean if-- if they had it--
No, no, I'm not--
I'm not condoning child abuse.
I actually went shooting
with Ghislaine
before it all kicked off.
Yeah, yeah, the big man.
The guy who runs our
cross product desk.
Not in today.
-(YASMIN CLEARS THROAT)
-Rumors flying everywhere.
Probably got bid away.
SARA: Did you feel threatened?
I... can't be sure
that he didn't lock the door
for privacy.
Did he take out the key?
I don't remember.
But you were scared?
SARA:
Motivation's not the issue.
Locking a female graduate
in the office against her will
is totally unacceptable.
♪ (SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Did he lock you in?
DARIA: Harper.
Why are you mincing your words?
I don't know
what you want me to say.
We don't want you
to say anything.
We just want to know
what happened.
I could have got up and left.
Could you?
And did you feel you could have?
Maybe not.
Did Eric,
knowingly or unknowingly,
lock you in a meeting room
against your will?
He did.
We've already spoken to him.
I just needed
to hear it from you.
You did the right thing.
I have to sign an NDA?
LAWYER:
It's in everybody's interest
that you sign.
Do I get time to read it?
LAWYER:
We hate to put you through this,
but we've been speaking
to Eric's representatives
all weekend, and these are
his severance terms, not ours.
The only thing to avoid
a tribunal,
which, reputationally...
he didn't want.
That is a lot simpler for him.
For you, too.
DARIA: Harper...
wouldn't Pierpoint
be better off?
(PAGES RUSTLE)
Thank you.
♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"
BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪
-This is really sweet.
-(GREG CHUCKLES)
I slept, like, 17 hours.
Unbroken.
-Luxurious.
-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
You know how
after people get, like...
shelter and family,
they yearn to be...
I don't know, um, actualized?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
I had a motivational
psych class.
-Wow. Get you.
-(HARPER CHUCKLES)
I read it in this.
Greg, you have a great life.
It's actually kind of insulting
that you don't see that.
GREG'S MOTHER: Greglit!
Supper's on the table.
Coming, Mummy!
(CHUCKLES) Are you staying?
-Nah.
-Okay. Cool.
-Greg.
-GREG: Yeah?
Do you think Eric
is a bad person?
Don't know.
I just work with him, you know.
(CHUCKLES)
Right.
♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"
CONTINUES) ♪