1 00:00:04,630 --> 00:00:07,214 I'm just gonna attach this lapel mic, sir. 2 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:09,299 [grunts] 3 00:00:10,261 --> 00:00:13,595 So, you want me to talk about persephone odair? That's easy. 4 00:00:13,723 --> 00:00:16,265 She was a brilliant entrepreneur who wanted to save the world. 5 00:00:16,434 --> 00:00:19,143 How I wish that was her only shortcoming. 6 00:00:20,438 --> 00:00:24,106 My company, lifeboat, can take an ocean of salt water 7 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:26,650 And transform it into clean drinking water, 8 00:00:26,819 --> 00:00:28,986 Cheaply and efficiently with a machine 9 00:00:29,071 --> 00:00:31,822 Only the size of a can of oats. 10 00:00:31,907 --> 00:00:33,282 [audience] [gasps] oats! 11 00:00:33,409 --> 00:00:36,035 Now, the doubters call this goal "impossible," 12 00:00:36,162 --> 00:00:39,663 But I prefer to say: "I'm possible." 13 00:00:39,749 --> 00:00:41,707 [applause] 14 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:43,625 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:46,589 --> 00:00:48,422 [narrator] this story is about a little girl who had a dream. 16 00:00:48,549 --> 00:00:50,215 But it begins with another little girl 17 00:00:50,301 --> 00:00:51,592 Who allowed us to use the footage 18 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:54,011 From when she interviewed the first little girl 19 00:00:54,138 --> 00:00:55,179 Who is no longer a little girl. 20 00:00:55,264 --> 00:00:57,890 I'm so excited to be interviewing 21 00:00:58,059 --> 00:01:00,809 Persephone odair, ceo of lifeboat. 22 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:02,561 So, persephone, 23 00:01:02,730 --> 00:01:05,606 You were the most be-badged girl scout of all time 24 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,941 And then followed in the footsteps of bill gates 25 00:01:08,027 --> 00:01:10,110 By dropping out of harvard early. 26 00:01:10,196 --> 00:01:11,653 The earliest ever. 27 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:14,990 Our car didn't even slow down on freshmen move-in day. 28 00:01:17,161 --> 00:01:18,660 So inspirational. 29 00:01:18,788 --> 00:01:22,498 What was the "aha moment" that gave you the idea 30 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:23,582 To start lifeboat? 31 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:24,875 Great question. 32 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,544 And, lisa, great questions are the jackhammers, 33 00:01:27,671 --> 00:01:30,255 Which demo the walls built by distrupto-phobes 34 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:33,300 To create the open floorplan of innovation. 35 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:36,011 I've always thought that about questions. 36 00:01:36,097 --> 00:01:39,014 [persephone] lisa, my grandfather was a world war ii sailor 37 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:40,182 Whose ship was torpedoed. 38 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:42,684 He was stranded on a lifeboat, lisa, 39 00:01:42,812 --> 00:01:46,555 Surrounded by water but not a drop to drink. 40 00:01:46,649 --> 00:01:48,190 Don't tell me he died. 41 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:48,982 Worse. 42 00:01:49,068 --> 00:01:49,942 He gave up. 43 00:01:50,027 --> 00:01:52,069 And then he died, of quitting 44 00:01:52,196 --> 00:01:54,363 And super-duper dehydration. 45 00:01:54,532 --> 00:01:56,073 But I will never give up 46 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,660 Until I've raised enough capital to make lifeboat a reality. 47 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:01,578 [chuckling] so if you know any billionaires... 48 00:02:01,664 --> 00:02:04,540 Well, the only one in our town is mr. Burns, 49 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:05,749 And he's awful. 50 00:02:05,876 --> 00:02:08,252 Once, he clear-cut a forest 51 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:10,754 Because he thought a squirrel was looking at him funny. 52 00:02:10,881 --> 00:02:13,674 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:15,759 Montgomery burns. Mm. 54 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:18,053 Interesting idea, lisa. 55 00:02:18,139 --> 00:02:19,972 No, I didn't say it to be an idea! 56 00:02:20,099 --> 00:02:21,306 He's terrible. 57 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:24,309 Whatever you do, don't go to him. 58 00:02:24,395 --> 00:02:26,395 [narrator] but the woman who once tried 59 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,605 To clone sheryl sandberg for a school project 60 00:02:28,691 --> 00:02:30,274 Would not be deterred. 61 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:35,320 Welcome to orlando. Quick heads-up. 62 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:37,447 We may have to cut this panel short 63 00:02:37,533 --> 00:02:39,816 Due to our third once-in-a-million-year 64 00:02:39,910 --> 00:02:41,535 Hurricane this season. 65 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:43,787 -[wind whistling] -put this on my reel! 66 00:02:43,906 --> 00:02:46,540 -Terrible luck. -No fault of anyone's. 67 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:50,127 Mr. Burns, climate change has left the earth in peril. 68 00:02:50,254 --> 00:02:52,880 Who sent you? John muir? Friedrich engels? 69 00:02:53,007 --> 00:02:54,548 Mike doonesbury? 70 00:02:54,633 --> 00:02:57,092 I'm getting word that this hurricane is meeting up 71 00:02:57,178 --> 00:02:59,386 With the everglades super fire. 72 00:03:00,389 --> 00:03:03,307 Montgomery, I'm the founder of a desalination company. 73 00:03:03,434 --> 00:03:05,976 Our world is running out of water, 74 00:03:06,061 --> 00:03:08,470 And we need a hero to rescue us. 75 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,899 And I believe that that hero is your money. 76 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:14,067 [wind howling] 77 00:03:14,195 --> 00:03:16,528 We sell chemicals that can put out that fire. 78 00:03:16,655 --> 00:03:19,489 Granted, those chemicals turn alligators into godzillas, 79 00:03:19,575 --> 00:03:22,868 But we're working on a bomb that can fix that. 80 00:03:22,953 --> 00:03:25,537 Sorry, miss. Desalination is a snooze. 81 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:28,498 But I do want in on the godzilla bomb. 82 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:32,127 [narrator] persephone was not shy about hounding mr. Burns, 83 00:03:32,254 --> 00:03:34,796 And he wasn't shy about hounding her. 84 00:03:34,965 --> 00:03:36,215 [barking, snarling] 85 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:38,050 Some fish just swim with the tide. 86 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:40,427 I'm the kind of relentless fish 87 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:44,640 That falls down ten times before it runs up the mountain. 88 00:03:44,767 --> 00:03:46,725 On ocean shoes. 89 00:03:48,938 --> 00:03:51,021 [whirring] 90 00:04:00,074 --> 00:04:02,783 Eh. Fine, you've got five minutes. 91 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:04,785 Who are these goateed wastrels? 92 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:06,328 A documentary crew. 93 00:04:06,497 --> 00:04:10,249 Only the most paradigm-shifting start-up ceos have them. 94 00:04:10,334 --> 00:04:14,211 Mr. Burns, I see your life as a beautiful business opera 95 00:04:14,296 --> 00:04:17,422 And investing in lifeboat as the climactic aria 96 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:20,509 That will put you in the same pantheon as getty, 97 00:04:20,636 --> 00:04:22,636 Vanderbilt, the spanx lady. 98 00:04:22,721 --> 00:04:26,515 Desalination is an expensive and inefficient industry 99 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,058 Begging to be disrupted. 100 00:04:28,185 --> 00:04:30,143 Success is a decision. 101 00:04:30,271 --> 00:04:31,937 Dare to choose it, sir. 102 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:34,022 -Dare to. -Of course. 103 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:36,149 Like how I chose to be born rich. 104 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:39,152 Together we can disrupt big salt water. 105 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:41,029 You mean... The ocean? 106 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:43,657 Exactly, or should I say... 107 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:45,492 [both] excellent. 108 00:04:45,577 --> 00:04:48,078 Not only am I pledging much of my personal wealth 109 00:04:48,163 --> 00:04:51,623 To lifeboat, but I'm giving the company cooling tower a 110 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:53,208 To use as its headquarters. 111 00:04:53,294 --> 00:04:56,211 Cooling tower a was mr. Burns' favorite tower. 112 00:04:56,297 --> 00:04:59,381 He always said it held so many precious memories. 113 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:03,677 In addition, all workers in sector 7-g 114 00:05:03,762 --> 00:05:05,345 Are immediately fired... 115 00:05:05,431 --> 00:05:07,514 Hey, that's me! Screw you, pig! 116 00:05:07,683 --> 00:05:10,767 ...And are rehired at higher tech industry salaries. 117 00:05:10,853 --> 00:05:12,519 Bless you, pig! 118 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:13,895 [narrator] burns brought his wealthiest friends 119 00:05:14,023 --> 00:05:15,605 Into persephone's fold. 120 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:19,568 When I invest, I look at the business's key fundamental: 121 00:05:19,695 --> 00:05:24,364 Am I under the delusion that I have a shot with the ceo? 122 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:27,075 [giggling] 123 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:28,577 [narrator] burns and persephone were soon 124 00:05:28,704 --> 00:05:30,746 Running the new company side by side, 125 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:32,414 Overseeing a start-up culture 126 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:34,374 Where everyone had a creative title. 127 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:38,086 Persephone odair, founder and status quo demolitionist. 128 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:40,964 Montgomery burns, chief change alchemist. 129 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:43,216 Waylon smithers, purposefulness warlock. 130 00:05:43,302 --> 00:05:45,719 Carl carlson, braindump magician. 131 00:05:45,763 --> 00:05:48,013 Lenny leonard, storytelling ninja. 132 00:05:48,057 --> 00:05:50,265 Homer simpson, "compet-ticy" rockstar. 133 00:05:50,309 --> 00:05:51,892 [director] competency? 134 00:05:51,935 --> 00:05:53,143 Say it again. 135 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:54,853 If anyone can transform burns, 136 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:56,271 It's a visionary like persephone. 137 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,482 Like, if you work at lifeboat, you have to use 138 00:05:58,650 --> 00:05:59,983 These metal drinking straws. 139 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:02,235 It's so easy to clean after every use. 140 00:06:02,363 --> 00:06:03,653 [grunting] 141 00:06:03,739 --> 00:06:05,197 I'm just... [groans] 142 00:06:05,282 --> 00:06:06,740 Why does it have to bend? 143 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:08,658 [straining] 144 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,119 ♪ this is my fight song ♪ 145 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:14,081 ♪ take back my life song ♪ 146 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:17,376 ♪ prove I'm all right song. ♪ 147 00:06:17,461 --> 00:06:20,295 [grunting] 148 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:24,424 -[cheering] -my fellow lifeboaters! 149 00:06:24,593 --> 00:06:28,303 I'm so excited to have you on this journey with me. 150 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:32,474 Imagine a world with an endless supply of drinkable water. 151 00:06:32,601 --> 00:06:36,103 A world where every hotel towel can be used once 152 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:39,815 And then dropped on the floor. 153 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,817 Oh, there are a lot of changes. 154 00:06:41,944 --> 00:06:43,276 Unlike when this was a nuclear plant, 155 00:06:43,362 --> 00:06:45,404 Security's super tight now, 156 00:06:45,531 --> 00:06:48,031 And we have to sign stringent ndas. 157 00:06:48,158 --> 00:06:50,617 And I am bad at keeping secrets. 158 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:53,036 Like how I'm not supposed to talk about lenny's crush 159 00:06:53,122 --> 00:06:54,871 -On his italian tutor. -Homer. 160 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,873 [speaking italian] 161 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,542 [narrator] lifeboat was soaring, 162 00:06:58,669 --> 00:07:00,627 But no one could've predicted what shocking turn 163 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:02,587 Was in store for the company. 164 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:04,297 Um, is this one of those documentaries 165 00:07:04,425 --> 00:07:06,466 Where I'm not supposed to look at the camera? 166 00:07:06,552 --> 00:07:09,261 Or is it like the office, where I always look at it 167 00:07:09,388 --> 00:07:11,638 And do a big take so the audience knows 168 00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:13,598 When to laugh? 169 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:18,895 In richness and wealth, for richer and richer, 170 00:07:18,981 --> 00:07:22,983 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 171 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:32,826 I'm still pinching myself. 172 00:07:32,995 --> 00:07:35,871 I'm married to montgomery burns. 173 00:07:35,998 --> 00:07:37,998 Nuclear industry legend. 174 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:40,375 Chief s'more toaster at the bohemian grove. 175 00:07:40,502 --> 00:07:42,377 The first man with no blood type. 176 00:07:42,504 --> 00:07:44,671 What a joy to wake up in the morning, 177 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:45,964 Turn my head on the pillow 178 00:07:46,049 --> 00:07:47,883 And see her bedroom door through the glass 179 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,051 Of my hyperbaric chamber. 180 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:54,306 [narrator] soon, persephone and burns were the new it power couple. 181 00:07:59,104 --> 00:08:01,271 And the press couldn't get enough of this may... 182 00:08:01,398 --> 00:08:04,015 Last-minute-of-December romance. 183 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:06,151 It's so refreshing to see a young person 184 00:08:06,195 --> 00:08:07,652 With the world at her feet 185 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:11,448 Who also sees the glory that is montgomery burns. 186 00:08:11,533 --> 00:08:14,159 [slurping] 187 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:19,039 [slurping continues] 188 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:24,085 [narrator] now it was up to persephone 189 00:08:24,254 --> 00:08:25,837 To create a working prototype of 190 00:08:25,923 --> 00:08:28,006 Her amazing desalination technology. 191 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:29,925 The water in front of you comes from 192 00:08:29,968 --> 00:08:31,843 The functional prototype of 193 00:08:31,929 --> 00:08:33,970 The lifeboat desalination machine. 194 00:08:34,014 --> 00:08:35,639 So everyone please raise a glass 195 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:38,725 To milestone this history-defining moment. 196 00:08:39,728 --> 00:08:41,394 [overlapping chatter] 197 00:08:41,522 --> 00:08:43,522 Oh, no, you can't drink it now. No. 198 00:08:43,649 --> 00:08:46,566 Our competitors could steal the proprietary aquatech 199 00:08:46,610 --> 00:08:47,692 In your urine. 200 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:49,819 [overlapping chatter] 201 00:08:49,947 --> 00:08:52,822 And just in case any of our patented evaporated mist 202 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,241 Made it into your bladders, 203 00:08:54,368 --> 00:08:57,277 We've arranged to have you all catheterized. 204 00:08:57,412 --> 00:08:59,204 [overlapping excited chatter] 205 00:08:59,331 --> 00:09:01,206 [whirring] 206 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:04,209 So lifeboat was just following the tech industry playbook: 207 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:06,169 Fake it till you make it. 208 00:09:06,255 --> 00:09:09,256 Or as I call it, "lie-po until you ipo." 209 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:12,676 But the employees were already dreaming of cashing out. 210 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,594 Tech salaries are the greatest. 211 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,097 This week, I gave marge 200 stock options 212 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:18,723 To go grocery shopping. 213 00:09:18,809 --> 00:09:20,016 It didn't work at all. 214 00:09:20,143 --> 00:09:22,852 I had to put all the food back on the shelves. 215 00:09:23,021 --> 00:09:24,813 [narrator] meanwhile, the newly minted tech workers 216 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:28,108 Were adapting to a much different corporate culture. 217 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,860 At the new company, people were so secretive 218 00:09:30,988 --> 00:09:33,572 They actually moved the post-it notes with their passwords 219 00:09:33,657 --> 00:09:35,198 Off their monitor. 220 00:09:38,236 --> 00:09:40,704 Workers were getting fired every day. 221 00:09:40,831 --> 00:09:44,291 That tattoo is the intellectual property of the company. 222 00:09:44,376 --> 00:09:45,625 [buzzing] 223 00:09:46,837 --> 00:09:49,838 The whole company got so paranoid. 224 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:51,923 Because of those ndas he signed, 225 00:09:52,009 --> 00:09:55,093 Homer couldn't even tell me how his day was. 226 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:57,220 I can neither confirm nor deny I had a day. 227 00:09:57,306 --> 00:09:59,764 Well, it was strange they wouldn't let me 228 00:09:59,808 --> 00:10:02,517 Look inside the machines, since my title was 229 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:06,271 Chief engineer of inside the machine. 230 00:10:06,398 --> 00:10:08,189 And whenever a reporter came by, 231 00:10:08,317 --> 00:10:11,985 It seemed like they were trying to cover something up. 232 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:16,072 Well, still better than working for zuckerberg! 233 00:10:16,158 --> 00:10:19,659 They were hiding something, and it was really freaking me out. 234 00:10:19,703 --> 00:10:21,077 So I emailed persephone. 235 00:10:21,163 --> 00:10:23,496 And the next day, carl was gone. 236 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,840 [narrator] despite the red flags flying from this lifeboat, 237 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,842 There continued to be believers. 238 00:10:35,927 --> 00:10:38,553 Persephone dominates my vision board. 239 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:40,555 Sure, she married mr. Burns, 240 00:10:40,641 --> 00:10:43,224 But as ceo, a woman had all the power. 241 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:46,394 That's what made the internet trolls so mad. 242 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,189 [narrator] all the online negativity stirred up 243 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:52,484 The finger-tempted anger of a different kind of troll. 244 00:10:52,569 --> 00:10:53,735 Hmm. 245 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:56,154 ♪ this is my fight song ♪ 246 00:10:56,239 --> 00:10:59,115 ♪ take back my life song... ♪ 247 00:10:59,201 --> 00:11:01,743 I wanted to give my wife-- wow, wife, 248 00:11:01,870 --> 00:11:03,078 Still getting used to saying that-- 249 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,955 A little something special for her birthday. 250 00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:07,624 A twitter gift card? 251 00:11:07,751 --> 00:11:09,709 No. I bought you twitter. 252 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:12,453 The whole company. It was a bargain. 253 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:13,963 The previous owner had to sell it 254 00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:15,799 After his self-driving mars rocket 255 00:11:15,967 --> 00:11:18,343 Crashed into the international space station. 256 00:11:18,387 --> 00:11:20,095 Oh! Mm. 257 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,471 Mr. Burns, you deleted 258 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:23,390 All negative tweets about persephone. 259 00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:25,809 Is that evidence that you're in a kind of cult 260 00:11:25,977 --> 00:11:28,103 And won't hear any criticism of your leader? 261 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,146 Yes, I am in a cult. 262 00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:32,273 It's called a marriage. [laughs] 263 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:35,235 My wife is the head of it, and my job is to support her. 264 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:38,154 Now, maybe you're the cult leader in your marriage, andrew, 265 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,990 But I know pilar, and I suspect she'd disagree. 266 00:11:41,109 --> 00:11:43,743 [laughter] 267 00:11:43,829 --> 00:11:46,413 [narrator] but lifeboat was rocked by a fresh scandal, 268 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:48,957 When an anonymous whistleblower bravely came forward 269 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,917 With damning new information. 270 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:52,711 [distorted voice] my best friend carl was abducted 271 00:11:52,796 --> 00:11:54,337 Because he was about to go public 272 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:56,548 With a story that would destroy this company. 273 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:58,258 People need to know the truth. 274 00:11:58,301 --> 00:12:00,260 The lifeboat machine doesn't work. 275 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:03,471 [narrator] the whistle was blown and the damage was done. 276 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,105 Ma'am, ma'am, the whistleblower claims 277 00:12:12,190 --> 00:12:13,273 The only person who has seen 278 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,442 The inside of your desalination machine 279 00:12:15,485 --> 00:12:16,484 Has disappeared. 280 00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:17,527 Isn't that suspicious? 281 00:12:17,696 --> 00:12:19,362 Why do you doubt a female ceo 282 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:20,989 But believe the silhouette of a man 283 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,282 Sitting in the dark? 284 00:12:22,451 --> 00:12:25,702 News flash! Women have faces now. 285 00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:27,120 [narrator] at this moment, 286 00:12:27,205 --> 00:12:28,663 Allegations that its core technology 287 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:32,083 Does not work are threatening lifeboat's very survival. 288 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:34,127 -[thunder rumbles] -is this the beginning of the end 289 00:12:34,171 --> 00:12:36,254 For this once-promising start-up? 290 00:12:36,298 --> 00:12:37,797 [female narrator] and the answer is... 291 00:12:37,841 --> 00:12:39,174 Absolutely not. 292 00:12:39,217 --> 00:12:40,967 Lifeboat will save humanity 293 00:12:41,136 --> 00:12:43,511 And become the world's most profitable company. 294 00:12:43,638 --> 00:12:46,139 Join us next time for lifeboat afloat, 295 00:12:46,183 --> 00:12:48,516 Persephone's total vindication. 296 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:52,479 [burns] this documentary series is now a burnsco production. 297 00:12:57,319 --> 00:12:58,860 Montgomery burns wasn't happy 298 00:12:58,904 --> 00:13:00,195 With the documentary 299 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,905 About his wife's start-up, so he bought the company 300 00:13:02,032 --> 00:13:03,406 That made it, but that didn't stop others 301 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:06,075 From telling the story, because the business of 302 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:09,329 Business documentaries is big business. 303 00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:13,500 We've unearthed even more never-before-seen footage 304 00:13:13,585 --> 00:13:15,835 Of the beatles, including six hours 305 00:13:15,921 --> 00:13:17,712 Of them discussing drinking water. 306 00:13:17,798 --> 00:13:21,090 The thing about water, you can't make tea without it. 307 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:23,176 What if you made tea out of coffee? 308 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:25,345 What if you made coffee out of tea? 309 00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:27,597 Uh, fellas, maybe we should play some music. 310 00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,850 [sips] why do they call it h2o? 311 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:32,977 I bet no reason at all. 312 00:13:34,648 --> 00:13:37,190 [narrator] just weeks ago, lifeboat stopped payment 313 00:13:37,275 --> 00:13:39,442 On their stadium naming rights. 314 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,117 Despite the glut of lifeboat documentaries, 315 00:13:48,245 --> 00:13:51,412 The definitive version was made by a storyteller so compelling, 316 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:55,166 He made 12 hours on the national parks feel like 11. 317 00:13:55,293 --> 00:13:57,585 ♪ ♪ 318 00:14:11,393 --> 00:14:13,393 [peter coyote] the mysterious whistleblower alleged that 319 00:14:13,562 --> 00:14:16,980 Persephone's desalination machine was fraudulent. 320 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:19,190 [distorted voice] the lifeboat machine doesn't work. 321 00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:20,650 [peter coyote] unfortunately for him, 322 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:23,903 Mr. Burns' legal team had acquired the raw footage 323 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:27,240 Of the whistleblower's damning interview. 324 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,868 [distorted voice] the machine doesn't work. 325 00:14:29,953 --> 00:14:31,911 Hey, I ordered this sub toasted. 326 00:14:31,997 --> 00:14:33,413 This is only lightly toasted. 327 00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:35,582 [normal voice] is this how you treat a whistleblower? 328 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:37,000 Uh-oh. 329 00:14:37,168 --> 00:14:39,168 [peter coyote] mr. Burns and persephone now knew 330 00:14:39,296 --> 00:14:41,796 The identity of the man who betrayed them. 331 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,966 And the hiring of lawyers to destroy homer simpson 332 00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:48,303 Proved to be quite the aphrodisiac. 333 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:51,764 [both moaning] 334 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:53,182 [peter coyote] lifeboat lawyers were relentless 335 00:14:53,268 --> 00:14:55,226 -In trying to subpoena homer... -[screams] 336 00:14:55,312 --> 00:14:58,229 ...And sue him for breaking his nda. 337 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,862 [lisa] my dad got an anonymous message 338 00:15:05,947 --> 00:15:07,864 Saying there was something he had to see, 339 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:09,115 So I went with him. 340 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,575 What I saw changed 341 00:15:10,702 --> 00:15:13,620 The one thing I thought could never be changed-- 342 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:15,204 My mind. 343 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:24,297 [gasps] carl. You sent the message. 344 00:15:24,341 --> 00:15:27,175 You've been working in the lab all along? 345 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:31,262 If I didn't do their dirty work, 346 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:33,389 They'd tell the world my dark secret. 347 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,975 I've been to 700 jimmy buffet concerts! 348 00:15:36,061 --> 00:15:37,602 I'm a parrot-head. 349 00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:40,188 "cheeseburger in paradise"! 350 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:41,898 [lisa] so, what are they making you do? 351 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:44,567 I'm putting something in the lifeboat machines 352 00:15:44,694 --> 00:15:46,611 Called "jab-a-tose." 353 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:48,488 Well, if I may frink-splain. 354 00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:49,781 In 1970, 355 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:52,825 A very popular diet soda called jab 356 00:15:52,953 --> 00:15:56,663 Was discontinued because of the overpowering sweetness 357 00:15:56,748 --> 00:15:58,331 Of its artificial flavor. 358 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:03,628 Lifeboat bought up thousands of cases of unsold jab sodas 359 00:16:03,672 --> 00:16:06,756 Because jab-a-tose was so strong 360 00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:09,717 It could completely mask the taste of salt. 361 00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:13,096 Oh, my god. This machine doesn't take out the salt. 362 00:16:13,181 --> 00:16:15,890 It masks it with sweetness! 363 00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:17,892 That's the jab-a-tose. 364 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:19,978 Ocean water enters the machine, 365 00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:22,105 And when it comes out, it tastes normal 366 00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:24,857 But still has more salt than all the glasses 367 00:16:24,985 --> 00:16:26,109 In margaritaville. 368 00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:28,903 Oh, my god. Lifeboat is built on a lie, 369 00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:31,114 And persephone is a fraud. 370 00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:32,949 But her merch is... 371 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,409 [sniffles] solid. 372 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,994 [peter coyote] action was needed, 373 00:16:36,121 --> 00:16:38,705 And island time was running out. 374 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:40,248 The fateful demo day had arrived 375 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,834 For lifeboat to finally prove its concept 376 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,752 At springfield elementary. 377 00:16:44,796 --> 00:16:47,171 The school's drinking water had been replaced 378 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:48,840 With lifeboat liquid-- 379 00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:51,300 Jab-a-tose-infused salt water. 380 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,595 Lifeboat employees had drunk the kool-aid, 381 00:16:54,723 --> 00:16:57,473 And now it was being served up to the children. 382 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,558 Mr. Burns! 383 00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:00,059 The lifeboat water isn't safe. 384 00:17:00,145 --> 00:17:02,437 It's just super sweetened ocean brine. 385 00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:05,398 Nonsense. My wife is a beautiful genius, 386 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,400 Who succeeds at everything she touches. 387 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:10,028 And everything she says makes perfect sense. 388 00:17:10,113 --> 00:17:13,364 The wheel of tomorrow is an aqua-circle. 389 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:15,074 Let's make it rain. 390 00:17:15,243 --> 00:17:16,576 -[cheering] -buddy, buddy, buddy. 391 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:19,704 What you're feeling towards that lady is fresh love, 392 00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:20,872 Not married love. 393 00:17:20,957 --> 00:17:22,206 But we are married. 394 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:25,168 Yes, but the married love hasn't kicked in yet. 395 00:17:25,295 --> 00:17:27,962 When it does, you'll see your spouse's flaws 396 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:31,674 In 4k hdtv you can never turn off. 397 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,259 What are you driving at? 398 00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:36,846 I think you need to look at your wife with marriage eyes. 399 00:17:36,973 --> 00:17:38,264 Water is the original crypto. 400 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:41,100 Every drop is encoded on the biological blockchain, 401 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:44,729 And we are the aquanauts of the potable future. 402 00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:47,148 This is wet 3.0! 403 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:51,018 I don't understand a thing she's ever said. 404 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:53,112 Now you're married. 405 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:55,406 And since you're seeing things clearly... 406 00:17:56,701 --> 00:17:59,744 Oh, dear. Those children are going to drink poison. 407 00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:01,454 And the bad news is... 408 00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:02,997 I'm going to be liable. 409 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,208 [echoing] liable! 410 00:18:09,339 --> 00:18:10,505 [gasping] 411 00:18:10,673 --> 00:18:12,340 [peter coyote] that is what would have happened 412 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:15,384 Had homer not turned the valve off. 413 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:20,598 Sorry, we only put that in there for the trailer. 414 00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:22,725 Do you know how hard it is to get people to watch 415 00:18:22,852 --> 00:18:26,104 A documentary that's not about a small-town murder? 416 00:18:26,189 --> 00:18:27,647 Please, honey, come clean. 417 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:30,233 Your miracle invention is nothing but claptrap. 418 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:33,528 If you can just admit that, maybe we have a chance. 419 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:37,782 Babe, the underlying imaginary technology still works. 420 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,283 [peter coyote] and in that moment, 421 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:43,454 This unlikely and super gross love affair died. 422 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:47,583 Yes, I was besotted, blind to her machinations. 423 00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:49,210 She cost me billions. 424 00:18:49,337 --> 00:18:51,170 It wasn't that she was evil, I love evil. 425 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:54,257 It's that she still insists she's good. 426 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:58,177 [peter coyote] lifeboat had finally hit the reef, 427 00:18:58,263 --> 00:19:00,388 Drowning its investors and employees 428 00:19:00,431 --> 00:19:03,850 In poisoned water and counterparty risk lawsuits. 429 00:19:03,935 --> 00:19:06,435 But to this day, persephone has refused 430 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:08,271 To admit any failure. 431 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:11,524 Testing showed your de-salinator did absolutely nothing, 432 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:14,277 Your company is bankrupt, and in the divorce, 433 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:17,363 Mr. Burns somehow got your high school friends. 434 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,034 What happens from here? 435 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,494 Well, christiane amanpour, as you say, 436 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:25,663 Things have never looked better for the company. 437 00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:26,706 I didn't say that. 438 00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:28,040 The reality is, 439 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,251 -You're in jail. -[heavy door closes] 440 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,003 Christiane, have I ever told you about 441 00:19:32,046 --> 00:19:35,298 My grandfather's experience on a lifeboat? 442 00:19:36,134 --> 00:19:37,383 Even that was a lie. 443 00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:39,177 Her grandfather wasn't in the war, 444 00:19:39,262 --> 00:19:40,553 And he didn't die on a lifeboat. 445 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,890 He's a cpa whose hobby is fixing british spellings 446 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,600 On wikipedia. 447 00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:52,440 [sighs] not only did I miss out 448 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,525 On once-in-a-lifetime start-up riches, 449 00:19:54,611 --> 00:19:56,944 But I lost the most amazing woman I ever met. 450 00:19:56,988 --> 00:20:00,239 I think, in a few more months she might've even slept with me. 451 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:01,657 It's great to meet you in person 452 00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:04,827 After seeing so much footage of you in our documentary 453 00:20:04,913 --> 00:20:07,496 The man who sold horse meat sandwiches. 454 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:10,708 Anything else to add? 455 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:11,751 Just this. 456 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:13,211 Don't feel sorry for me. 457 00:20:13,296 --> 00:20:15,254 Time to rebuild and reconquer. 458 00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,882 If I know one thing about myself, 459 00:20:18,009 --> 00:20:21,594 Montgomery burns always bounces back. 460 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:29,101 ♪ this is my fight song ♪ 461 00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:31,896 ♪ take back my life song ♪ 462 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:37,151 -[crying] -♪ prove I'm all right song ♪ 463 00:20:37,195 --> 00:20:39,695 ♪ my power's turned on ♪ 464 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,031 ♪ starting right now I'll be strong ♪ 465 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,700 ♪ I'll play my fight song. ♪ 466 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:51,332 We also have over 90 hours of them talking about umbrellas. 467 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,875 Maybe that could be a documentary, too. 468 00:20:53,628 --> 00:20:56,128 I once brought an umbrella into the shower. 469 00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:58,214 -How did you get clean? -I didn't, 470 00:20:58,299 --> 00:21:01,384 But at least I didn't have to take off my clothes. 471 00:21:01,552 --> 00:21:04,720 As soon as I open my umbrella, it stops raining. 472 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,389 You need a sunroof on it. 473 00:21:06,516 --> 00:21:09,517 What about a giant umbrella you keep in the trunk? 474 00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:13,479 Sounds like you're talking about an "umbrellaphant." 475 00:21:13,523 --> 00:21:15,273 Can we get back to work? 476 00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:17,316 Wait. I like the sound of that. 477 00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:18,401 Get back. 478 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,528 I saw an umbrellaphant at the circus. 479 00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:22,488 He was working for peanuts. 480 00:21:22,532 --> 00:21:24,740 Captioning sponsored by 20th century fox television 481 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:26,617 And fox broadcasting company 482 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:28,536 And toyota. 483 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,204 Captioned by media access group at wgbh access.Wgbh.Org 484 00:21:31,249 --> 00:21:32,498 Shh!