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You are the reason Enzo is single.
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Enzo, we were foolish to
think this would work out.
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We’re from two different worlds.
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Which is why I’m moving to yours.
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I’m trying to be more real.
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Real? Come on Liza. You don’t even
know what real is anymore.
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Anything that you think that you
have with Charles right now,
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that’s not real.
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Clare just called.
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She’s not coming tonight?
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She’s not coming at all.
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You are gonna
meet that perfect person.
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What if it's Liza?
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I need to press pause.
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You’re amazing...
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but I’ve made this mistake before.
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Kelsey... she is not a bad editor.
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I feel like the book
belongs at Empirical.
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I got a job offer.
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Cheryl Sussman at Plaza Publishing,
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and I’m gonna take it.
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It’s time for me to go.
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We’re part of a very large
multimedia company here, Liza,
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which means we have deep pockets.
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We’re not some floundering
family publishing house
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like Empirical.
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- I can see that.
- But we are looking to grow
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our young female audience,
which is something that
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you have impressively managed to tap.
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Well, I didn’t do it alone.
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Now is not the time to hide your light
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under a bushel, Liza.
I’m trying to offer you a job,
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- here.
- And I appreciate it.
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I saw what you did at Millennial
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with that young blonde nothing.
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That’s why when I brought your name up
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to run our new imprint,
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everyone was very excited by the idea.
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Wait, you want me
to run my own imprint?
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It’s called...
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- Chick.
- Wow.
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It’s targeted towards women,
but we’re not excluding
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the Y chromosome.
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Marketing spent a lot of time on this.
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- Clever.
- Mm.
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So... This would be my office?
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Liza, you’ve earned this.
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Look, I admit it, at first I thought
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what you did was crazy,
but you’ve started
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at the bottom and fought your way back.
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And we’re not ageist here.
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If we were,
I’d be out of a job.
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So just sign right here,
and we’re in business.
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And the starting salary’s
noted there on the top.
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- Cheryl! Oh, my God.
- I know.
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It’s quite a step up
from what you’ve been making
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as Diana Trout’s assistant.
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Wow, um...
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that is incredibly generous,
and this is all...
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it’s all a bit overwhelming.
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Do you think that
I could have my lawyer
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just take a quick look at that?
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Of course. Just, you know, sign them
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and bring them back to me tomorrow.
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This chick... is ready to hatch.
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Charles just mentioned
a Capitol Letters party
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that Joe Biden is throwing
in DC tomorrow.
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Kelsey, how could you not
inform me of this?
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Actually, it’s the first
I’m hearing about it myself.
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Why so out of the loop?
I thought you, uh...
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talk to your authors, Kelsey?
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We need someone there.
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Did something happen
between you and your writer?
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I thought you two had quite
the tight relationship?
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I’m happy to go to DC.
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It’s my book.
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I’ll be there.
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I’m sure it’s a private party
that he felt
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didn’t need mentioning.
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Still, it’s all very strange, Peters.
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Well, private or not,
I’m getting a press release
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out about this immediately.
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Sorry about the confusion
with Devereux.
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I will go down to DC
for the Biden party
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but I just wanted
to give you the heads up
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that I’ll need to expense it.
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Not so fast.
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Jake specifically requested
that you not be there.
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- When did he say that?
- This morning.
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So obviously something
went on between the two of you
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that had nothing to do with the book.
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Okay.
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Yes, we had a moment.
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But I told him that
my priority was the work
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and that anything between us
would have to wait
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until after we publish.
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Well, after that moment,
he met with me and asked
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if I could make it an Empirical title.
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He wanted Zane to finish the edit.
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He was pretty insistent.
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And you said no?
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No, actually Zane said no.
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He said, you did the work and...
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he didn’t want to poach your book.
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Your, uh...
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moment notwithstanding.
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Thank you. Hi.
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- Hi.
- Thank you...
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- so much for meeting me.
- Of course, my pleasure.
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How is the book coming along?
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Oh, it’s challenging.
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I’m beginning to understand
why so many writers
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become alcoholics.
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Anyway, Kelsey and Liza
are keeping me sane.
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Well, I hear that
the first few chapters are...
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- Very promising.
- Oh, I don’t know.
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I prefer to under-promise
and over-deliver.
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Anyway, I didn’t come here
to talk about the book.
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- Okay.
- Since we spoke
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in Sun Valley, I have been...
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quietly putting together
a group of investors because
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publishing needs angels.
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And I like books.
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Nothing has convinced me more
of the need to save
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a company like yours
than working on one myself.
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I am thrilled to hear that.
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What Bezos did
for "The Washington Post"...
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I wanna do for you.
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And I’ve actually had
my biggest success
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investing in businesses
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that the experts have left for dead.
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Not dead yet.
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At this point in my life I just wanna
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put my money where my passion is.
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Well,
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obviously, I would love to hear more.
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Of course. I ask that you listen
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with an open mind.
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I have a very specific strategy
on how I’d like to focus
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my group’s investment.
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Of course.
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I just had a very interesting
lunch with Quinn Tyler.
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She’s uh...
very impressed with Millennial.
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The two of you in particular.
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She’s pretty impressive herself.
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Yeah.
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Get ready for
what I’m about to tell you.
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She wants to make a significant
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capital infusion in the company
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predicated on making Millennial
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the prime driver
of the company’s business.
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- Oh, my God.
- Okay...
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- what does that mean?
- Uh, it means that, uh...
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Millennial and not Empirical
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would become our flagship brand.
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- I’m... stunned.
- What did you tell her?
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Obviously I need to think about it.
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Okay, um...
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You cannot leave now.
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She is investing in us.
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No, this is all the more
reason why I should leave.
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I’m a ticking time bomb.
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You both know the truth
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that I’ve been perpetrating
a fraud here.
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You’re both part of it.
You’re as liable as I am.
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If I’m not here,
Quinn’s investment is clean.
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I don’t know
if I could do this without you.
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Kelsey, you can.
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Kelsey, can I have a word with Liza?
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I’ll be in my office...
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trying not to pass out.
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You know I’m right.
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I don’t want to leave
but if I take this job,
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I’ll have a career and we’ll have us.
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And if I stay
and you take Quinn’s investment
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based on me misrepresenting myself...
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it’s not gonna end well.
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I just know it.
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And you think that Kelsey
can run Millennial without you?
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I do.
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She’s amazing.
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And no matter what you call it,
Empirical, Millennial...
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at the end of the day,
it’s still your company.
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All right.
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- I’ll tell Quinn.
- I’m still her editor.
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I’ll tell her myself.
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So there’s no way of getting
past this thing with Malkie?
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Well, she really wants a baby...
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and I’m really high on a weeknight
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and happy that way.
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That sucks, though. I’m sorry, Mags.
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No, no, no, I’m sorry.
I’m sorry that she made you
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feel uncomfortable
by asking you for your seed
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over dessert. Ugh.
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No, honestly... I mean...
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it was kind of flattering.
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Yo, how awesome would it be
to a have a little kid
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running around here, though?
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- So you would do it?
- Well, I don’t know...
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I mean, for you...
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yeah, I would have.
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What about for Malkie?
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What do you mean?
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Well, she asked me
if you would consider it.
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You know, for real.
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- Okay.
- You don’t have to answer now,
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but...
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I love everyone at Empirical,
but this opportunity
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it was too good to pass up.
They’re giving me
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- my own imprint.
- Right.
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Chick.
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I know it sounds silly
but the name grows on you.
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Yeah, it sounds like beach reads
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with hot pink covers which is fine,
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it’s just not you.
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You have a more sophisticated taste.
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- How much are they offering?
- It’s not about money.
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Okay, so what is it about, because
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I’m having a hard time
understanding why a young woman
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with no prior experience
would leave a thriving imprint
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that she helped build from scratch
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just as it’s about to blow up
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and so far you haven’t given me
a compelling reason.
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Because I’m not a young woman.
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I lied about my age
to get my job at Empirical.
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I’m in my 40s.
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Oh my God.
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Why?
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- How?
- I needed a job.
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And this was the only way
that I could get one.
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But if I stay at the company,
it endangers your investment.
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It’s fraud and now you know.
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The optics aren’t good.
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Neither are the optics
of firing someone
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who was fighting against ageism.
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And that’s if it even comes out.
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It’s gonna come out.
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What does Chick plan to do about it?
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They’re gonna bury it.
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I’m gonna do you one better.
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I’m gonna celebrate it.
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- What?
- Oh, God,
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did you not read my book, Liza?
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You embody every single CLAW principle.
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You’re gonna be talking
about this on "The View"...
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and "Ellen."
This is gonna be huge for you
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- and for Millennial.
- And for your book?
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What?
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I didn’t even think about that.
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CLAW chapter four. "Have a great idea,
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let them think that it was theirs."
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Ah, see? Then you already know
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I’m not gonna let you go.
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Thank you for coming.
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I know this is slumming for you.
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Oh, on the contrary.
258
00:11:19,006 --> 00:11:21,189
So I got some big news.
259
00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:23,343
The city picked me for a special team
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00:11:23,368 --> 00:11:26,604
of sewage engineers for
a really important operation.
261
00:11:26,841 --> 00:11:29,656
That’s terrific. I’m so proud of you.
262
00:11:29,681 --> 00:11:31,382
What, uh...
263
00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:33,372
What exactly am I proud of?
264
00:11:33,397 --> 00:11:35,382
I’ve been named to a task force that’s
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gonna take down a fatberg.
266
00:11:37,013 --> 00:11:38,234
I’m sorry; what?
267
00:11:38,259 --> 00:11:40,075
A fatberg. It’s a big one.
268
00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,941
It’s below 68th and Lex.
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00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:46,020
It’s this congealed mass of
anything you shouldn’t flush,
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00:11:46,045 --> 00:11:49,480
like cooking fat
or condoms and wet wipes.
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It’s like an iceberg
but it’s made of, uh...
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- Fat?
- Exactly.
273
00:11:54,949 --> 00:11:57,200
Get this. They found one in London
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the size of a 747.
There’s a chunk of it
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in the museum now.
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00:12:01,378 --> 00:12:03,439
Sorry, I’m freaking out, it’s just...
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I’m on the fatberg five.
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00:12:05,705 --> 00:12:08,641
I’m sorry. I’m sorry, no, I’m sorry.
279
00:12:08,666 --> 00:12:11,596
Alliteration is just...
it’s my Achilles heel.
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00:12:11,621 --> 00:12:13,346
You know this is dangerous.
281
00:12:13,371 --> 00:12:15,069
Most plumbers’ wives forbid them
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from going anywhere near a fatberg.
283
00:12:16,787 --> 00:12:18,387
Really?
284
00:12:19,177 --> 00:12:21,278
- Should you even be doing this?
- Well, I have to.
285
00:12:21,308 --> 00:12:24,025
- I got a duty.
- Sorry.
286
00:12:25,788 --> 00:12:27,569
You said "duty." I...
287
00:12:27,594 --> 00:12:30,186
I... you said "duty."
288
00:12:30,831 --> 00:12:34,047
- Come on... where are you going?
- For a walk.
289
00:12:34,072 --> 00:12:36,013
To the roof. I don’t know.
290
00:12:36,113 --> 00:12:38,174
Okay, don’t be ridiculous.
291
00:12:38,274 --> 00:12:39,895
That’s what I am to you, isn’t it?
292
00:12:39,995 --> 00:12:41,255
No.
293
00:12:41,355 --> 00:12:42,371
Look.
294
00:12:42,396 --> 00:12:45,298
My job might not be
as glamorous as yours,
295
00:12:45,472 --> 00:12:47,933
but this is a big deal to me.
296
00:12:48,205 --> 00:12:50,226
I don’t want to feel bad about it.
297
00:13:05,023 --> 00:13:06,644
I need you to book me
a facial and a massage
298
00:13:06,669 --> 00:13:09,483
- at Guerlain after work.
- Good morning.
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00:13:10,508 --> 00:13:12,329
Is this a couple’s massage?
300
00:13:12,354 --> 00:13:14,015
I’m a grown woman, Liza.
I don’t need a man
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00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,306
to hold my hand
through a spa treatment.
302
00:13:16,331 --> 00:13:18,072
Got it.
303
00:13:18,670 --> 00:13:20,331
Is everything okay with you and Enzo?
304
00:13:20,431 --> 00:13:22,303
It’s not. He stormed out last night.
305
00:13:22,328 --> 00:13:24,069
He won’t answer any of my texts.
306
00:13:24,313 --> 00:13:25,813
We may have come
to the end of the road.
307
00:13:25,913 --> 00:13:27,872
What? Why?
You guys are so sweet together.
308
00:13:27,897 --> 00:13:29,789
Liza, I am old enough to know myself
309
00:13:29,814 --> 00:13:32,732
and two things I am not are one: sweet.
310
00:13:32,757 --> 00:13:34,217
And two...
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00:13:34,318 --> 00:13:35,750
compatible with a plumber.
312
00:13:35,775 --> 00:13:37,565
Well, who cares what he does
if the feelings are there?
313
00:13:37,590 --> 00:13:39,347
Well, I guess they’re not.
314
00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,901
It was fun,
315
00:13:42,001 --> 00:13:44,102
but it was doomed from the start.
316
00:13:44,202 --> 00:13:47,184
And we were kidding ourselves
to think otherwise.
317
00:13:47,284 --> 00:13:49,505
Get me an espresso, please.
318
00:13:49,605 --> 00:13:51,626
I’m sorry, Diana.
319
00:13:51,726 --> 00:13:53,541
Even when you know it won’t work,
320
00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:55,607
it’s still hard when it doesn’t.
321
00:13:57,569 --> 00:13:59,550
Are you still here?
322
00:14:08,373 --> 00:14:11,881
- Oh, I thought you were in DC?
- I decided not to go.
323
00:14:11,906 --> 00:14:14,893
Oh. You decided that?
324
00:14:17,263 --> 00:14:20,385
Did you need something?
325
00:14:21,891 --> 00:14:23,432
Why didn’t you take Devereux’s book
326
00:14:23,457 --> 00:14:25,237
when you had the chance?
327
00:14:25,488 --> 00:14:27,785
Charles told me.
328
00:14:28,414 --> 00:14:31,956
Fine, I didn’t want my name
on a book that I didn’t edit.
329
00:14:32,056 --> 00:14:34,037
You have never
330
00:14:34,137 --> 00:14:36,198
passed an opportunity to take credit,
331
00:14:36,298 --> 00:14:38,223
and that’s gonna be
the biggest book of the year.
332
00:14:38,248 --> 00:14:39,939
So what did you feel? Sorry for me?
333
00:14:39,964 --> 00:14:41,928
Or you thought it might be fun
watching me go through the hell
334
00:14:41,953 --> 00:14:43,800
of promoting an ex’s book, why?
335
00:14:43,825 --> 00:14:46,826
Because... I was in love with you.
336
00:14:49,131 --> 00:14:51,127
Are you screwing with me right now?
337
00:14:51,219 --> 00:14:53,534
Because you don’t say that
to someone in the past tense
338
00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,157
for the first time
unless you’re trying to
339
00:14:55,182 --> 00:14:58,286
- make them feel like an asshole.
- At least I said it.
340
00:15:00,237 --> 00:15:01,940
And you should be happy.
341
00:15:02,495 --> 00:15:04,026
You won.
342
00:15:04,161 --> 00:15:07,379
- I didn’t want to win.
- Yes, you did.
343
00:15:07,404 --> 00:15:09,345
All right? So did I.
344
00:15:09,667 --> 00:15:12,328
Look, that’s who we are.
That’s what we do.
345
00:15:12,483 --> 00:15:15,629
Or did, before Millennial
capsized Empirical.
346
00:15:16,707 --> 00:15:18,400
Where did you hear that?
347
00:15:19,847 --> 00:15:21,428
I talk to Charles too.
348
00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:22,998
All right, I know what
the new pecking order
349
00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:24,295
is around here.
350
00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:26,807
So this isn’t even
a competition anymore.
351
00:15:28,371 --> 00:15:30,025
So congratulations.
352
00:15:33,018 --> 00:15:34,879
Close the door on your way out.
353
00:15:47,635 --> 00:15:49,865
There’s no good way out of this.
354
00:15:49,890 --> 00:15:52,697
I mean, if I go, Quinn could
pull her investment.
355
00:15:52,722 --> 00:15:54,543
If I stay, we’re in the...
356
00:15:54,568 --> 00:15:56,349
we’re in the same mess we’re in now.
357
00:15:56,374 --> 00:15:58,355
But it won’t be the same.
358
00:15:58,401 --> 00:15:59,845
I discovered that
359
00:15:59,870 --> 00:16:01,930
the 20-something former assistant
360
00:16:01,955 --> 00:16:05,536
is now a 40-something editor.
I’m very surprised.
361
00:16:05,561 --> 00:16:07,715
I look at her...
completely differently.
362
00:16:07,740 --> 00:16:09,634
I maybe even ask her on a date
363
00:16:09,694 --> 00:16:13,413
and my only question will be,
will she say yes?
364
00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:15,768
Tough.
365
00:16:15,793 --> 00:16:17,531
They still have
a reporting relationship.
366
00:16:17,556 --> 00:16:19,693
But she’s not an assistant anymore.
367
00:16:19,718 --> 00:16:22,982
She’s a Millennial co-founder.
She’s an executive.
368
00:16:23,007 --> 00:16:25,210
People meet at work all the time.
369
00:16:25,235 --> 00:16:27,026
And these people have no secret past?
370
00:16:27,182 --> 00:16:29,110
None whatsoever.
371
00:16:30,398 --> 00:16:33,459
Huh, well, hmm. He’s a little stuffy.
372
00:16:33,754 --> 00:16:35,425
Recently divorced.
373
00:16:35,885 --> 00:16:37,802
Will they have any chemistry?
374
00:16:38,618 --> 00:16:40,566
Is he fun?
375
00:16:40,591 --> 00:16:43,413
Well, she’ll just have to
find out for herself.
376
00:16:45,149 --> 00:16:47,104
Well, let’s say she says...
377
00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,772
yes.
378
00:16:49,995 --> 00:16:51,902
They go to dinner and...
379
00:16:52,724 --> 00:16:54,383
Maybe they click.
380
00:16:54,789 --> 00:16:56,530
Maybe.
381
00:16:56,555 --> 00:16:58,776
And maybe...
382
00:16:59,107 --> 00:17:01,980
he can hold her hand at the office.
383
00:17:02,861 --> 00:17:04,893
And in the street.
384
00:17:05,137 --> 00:17:07,095
Everywhere.
385
00:17:07,245 --> 00:17:10,537
The way that he has wanted to do...
386
00:17:10,562 --> 00:17:13,303
for as long as he can remember.
387
00:17:18,617 --> 00:17:20,576
Is she going to get that?
388
00:17:20,601 --> 00:17:22,526
She’d rather not.
389
00:17:22,551 --> 00:17:24,791
Damn it. I’m sorry.
390
00:17:28,606 --> 00:17:31,274
- Everything all right?
- Of course not.
391
00:17:31,299 --> 00:17:34,748
- It’s Cheryl Sussman.
- _
392
00:17:37,633 --> 00:17:40,404
You can’t make an omelet
without breaking some eggs.
393
00:17:42,001 --> 00:17:44,982
That’s "Hamlet."
394
00:17:49,733 --> 00:17:51,803
Hello, Zaddy-to-be. Please join me
395
00:17:51,828 --> 00:17:53,959
in the meditation circle.
Shoes off, okay?
396
00:17:53,984 --> 00:17:57,056
I am so happy you came to me
with this problem.
397
00:17:57,081 --> 00:17:58,977
- Okay, what is this?
- It’s a cacao ceremony.
398
00:17:59,002 --> 00:17:59,904
It’s a little bit like ayahuasca
399
00:17:59,929 --> 00:18:01,884
but without all the puking and PTSD.
400
00:18:01,909 --> 00:18:04,107
I thought maybe
we would just talk about this
401
00:18:04,132 --> 00:18:06,132
over some tacos or something?
402
00:18:06,157 --> 00:18:07,909
Adorable... but no.
403
00:18:07,934 --> 00:18:10,113
Fatherhood is far too great
a decision for someone
404
00:18:10,138 --> 00:18:11,782
to just tell you what to do, okay?
405
00:18:11,807 --> 00:18:14,359
- Sit down.
- Right. Okay.
406
00:18:16,575 --> 00:18:19,971
- Sacred cacao from Guatemala.
- Right.
407
00:18:19,996 --> 00:18:21,776
Drink it.
408
00:18:24,111 --> 00:18:25,772
- Ugh.
- Excellent, good, good, good.
409
00:18:25,797 --> 00:18:27,618
That just means it’s ready. Finish it.
410
00:18:27,643 --> 00:18:29,647
Good.
411
00:18:31,217 --> 00:18:33,015
- Ah!
- Good.
412
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,501
Okay. Now what?
413
00:18:34,526 --> 00:18:36,680
We call the cacao mother. Lie down.
414
00:18:38,661 --> 00:18:40,521
So... is the cacao mother
415
00:18:40,546 --> 00:18:42,061
supposed to tell me if I’m gonna be
416
00:18:42,086 --> 00:18:45,201
- a sperm donor or not?
- Oh, stop being so literal.
417
00:18:45,226 --> 00:18:47,807
No, she... she is merely here
to guide you
418
00:18:47,832 --> 00:18:49,753
to your truest self
so that you can answer
419
00:18:49,778 --> 00:18:51,919
this massive question
without any regret.
420
00:18:51,944 --> 00:18:53,089
Kay.
421
00:18:53,882 --> 00:18:55,263
Kay...
422
00:19:38,949 --> 00:19:41,138
Did it work? Did you get your answer?
423
00:19:44,513 --> 00:19:46,429
Yeah.
424
00:19:47,244 --> 00:19:49,245
I think I did.
425
00:19:53,986 --> 00:19:56,154
Hi, I’m here to meet Cheryl Sussman.
426
00:19:56,179 --> 00:19:58,315
You must be here
for the Chick party.
427
00:19:58,340 --> 00:20:00,059
- Party?
- In the back.
428
00:20:00,084 --> 00:20:01,986
They’re just waiting
for the guest of honor.
429
00:20:04,740 --> 00:20:06,232
Oh, God.
430
00:20:06,257 --> 00:20:08,662
Liza. Come on over.
431
00:20:10,888 --> 00:20:12,770
Welcome to Chick.
432
00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:14,452
- Hi.
- Meet your new flock.
433
00:20:14,477 --> 00:20:16,257
Wow, what a surprise.
I thought this was
434
00:20:16,282 --> 00:20:17,863
just going to be you and me?
435
00:20:17,888 --> 00:20:19,712
Everyone was just
so excited to meet you.
436
00:20:19,737 --> 00:20:21,203
Did you bring the contracts?
437
00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:25,683
Cheryl, I... I have something
I need to discuss with you.
438
00:20:25,708 --> 00:20:28,732
Do you think we could speak
away from the giant peep?
439
00:20:28,757 --> 00:20:31,482
That giant peep
just happens to be Peg Dobson,
440
00:20:31,507 --> 00:20:33,488
our VP of special projects.
441
00:20:33,513 --> 00:20:35,370
And there isn’t anything
that you can’t say
442
00:20:35,395 --> 00:20:37,557
in front of Meg... Peg.
443
00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:39,376
Okay.
444
00:20:39,735 --> 00:20:41,675
- Cheryl...
- Mm-hmm.
445
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,486
I appreciate everything
that you have done for me
446
00:20:43,511 --> 00:20:45,256
but I can’t take this job.
447
00:20:45,281 --> 00:20:48,122
Are you kidding me?
After all I’ve done for you?!
448
00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:50,722
Are you kidding me?
You’re gonna regret this, Liza!
449
00:20:50,747 --> 00:20:52,277
Get out of my face!
450
00:20:52,302 --> 00:20:54,556
Get out of my face!
451
00:20:54,581 --> 00:20:56,961
What happened?
452
00:20:58,842 --> 00:21:01,129
Okay, now that
you’re not taking that job
453
00:21:01,154 --> 00:21:02,695
can I just tell you that Chick is
454
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,406
the worst name for an imprint.
455
00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:06,636
Like, do they not want
one man buying their books?
456
00:21:06,661 --> 00:21:09,148
Well, it’s actually Chick
with a Y chromosome.
457
00:21:09,305 --> 00:21:10,921
Ew.
458
00:21:10,946 --> 00:21:12,931
Oh my God. Did you see the news?
459
00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:19,248
A troubling scene here
as a sanitation worker
460
00:21:19,273 --> 00:21:21,531
has gone missing
while trying to extricate
461
00:21:21,556 --> 00:21:24,262
a large obstruction known as
462
00:21:24,287 --> 00:21:28,109
a fatberg from the bowels
of the New York sewer system.
463
00:21:28,134 --> 00:21:31,213
Enzo De Luca was last seen
three hours ago
464
00:21:31,238 --> 00:21:33,091
while trying to dislodge
465
00:21:33,116 --> 00:21:34,702
the enormous mass
466
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,219
of calcified sewage.
467
00:21:36,244 --> 00:21:37,366
That’s Enzo.
468
00:21:37,391 --> 00:21:38,584
I’ve gotta get over there.
469
00:21:40,984 --> 00:21:43,023
Nobody flush anything.
470
00:21:46,737 --> 00:21:48,952
So I thought about what you asked.
471
00:21:48,977 --> 00:21:50,301
I thought about it a lot.
472
00:21:50,326 --> 00:21:51,837
I meditated on it; I...
473
00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:53,633
- cacaoed about it.
- You what?
474
00:21:53,658 --> 00:21:56,200
Never mind, um... the point is...
475
00:21:56,422 --> 00:21:58,323
I’ve decided...
476
00:21:58,348 --> 00:22:00,651
I mean, I got some real clarity.
477
00:22:01,307 --> 00:22:04,634
When I do have a kid,
I want it to be my kid.
478
00:22:04,815 --> 00:22:07,156
You know? I want it to be...
479
00:22:07,181 --> 00:22:09,216
With someone that I...
480
00:22:09,568 --> 00:22:12,259
really love.
481
00:22:12,666 --> 00:22:14,939
I know that sounds
kind of selfish but...
482
00:22:14,964 --> 00:22:17,793
It doesn’t sound selfish, it sounds...
483
00:22:17,818 --> 00:22:19,099
- Honest.
- Mm.
484
00:22:19,124 --> 00:22:20,776
And I can’t wait for that to happen.
485
00:22:20,801 --> 00:22:22,778
I thought you weren’t into kids?
486
00:22:23,011 --> 00:22:26,121
I’m into spoiling them. See?
487
00:22:37,627 --> 00:22:39,475
Hey.
488
00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:43,649
Hey.
489
00:22:44,138 --> 00:22:45,850
What are you doing?
490
00:22:46,039 --> 00:22:49,041
- I quit.
- What? Why?
491
00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:51,153
You know what’s going on.
The company’s changing.
492
00:22:51,178 --> 00:22:52,677
There’s not room for me anymore.
493
00:22:52,776 --> 00:22:54,825
Well, you don’t have to quit.
Why don’t you stay
494
00:22:54,850 --> 00:22:56,672
and work for Millennial?
495
00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:01,351
Oh...
496
00:23:01,817 --> 00:23:04,186
I could never work for you.
497
00:23:04,911 --> 00:23:06,451
Why?
498
00:23:06,476 --> 00:23:09,801
Because... I’m so much better.
499
00:23:09,978 --> 00:23:13,383
You already got
another job, didn’t you?
500
00:23:14,941 --> 00:23:16,633
Ah!
501
00:23:21,479 --> 00:23:24,958
No, no. I am his girlfriend.
502
00:23:41,390 --> 00:23:42,851
Enzo.
503
00:23:44,734 --> 00:23:46,735
Whoo!
504
00:23:50,185 --> 00:23:52,389
I told you it was dangerous.
505
00:24:06,124 --> 00:24:07,449
Let’s get you a shower.
506
00:24:16,185 --> 00:24:18,199
So we have a problem.
507
00:24:18,224 --> 00:24:20,543
My entire group was
just emailed a blind item
508
00:24:20,568 --> 00:24:22,885
that’s due to run in Page Six tomorrow.
509
00:24:26,004 --> 00:24:29,466
"What major publisher
has been having a torrid affair
510
00:24:29,491 --> 00:24:32,358
"with his 27-year-old assistant?
511
00:24:32,783 --> 00:24:34,934
L.L. Moore was just the tip
of the iceberg
512
00:24:34,959 --> 00:24:37,261
at this company."
513
00:24:39,383 --> 00:24:43,685
Why would you base
any decision on a blind item?
514
00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:45,903
Well, it wasn’t hard
to find the source.
515
00:24:45,928 --> 00:24:47,787
She seemed pretty eager
for us to know it was her.
516
00:24:47,812 --> 00:24:49,340
Are you familiar with Cheryl Sussman
517
00:24:49,365 --> 00:24:51,106
from Plaza Publishing?
518
00:24:51,131 --> 00:24:53,312
Ah, as you know, she’s been...
519
00:24:53,506 --> 00:24:56,154
trying to poach Liza from the company.
520
00:24:56,179 --> 00:24:59,760
So before I call my lawyer
to deny this...
521
00:24:59,785 --> 00:25:02,427
do you wanna tell me if it’s true?
522
00:25:05,024 --> 00:25:07,659
It’s completely consensual.
523
00:25:09,426 --> 00:25:12,113
And Liza is not 27,
524
00:25:12,138 --> 00:25:14,064
as you know.
525
00:25:14,253 --> 00:25:19,860
So her lie I can spin
because ageism is wrong, but
526
00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:21,967
having an affair with
an assistant in your office,
527
00:25:21,992 --> 00:25:24,028
that I can’t spin. Not in this climate.
528
00:25:24,053 --> 00:25:27,389
And you’re the public face
of the company, so...
529
00:25:28,004 --> 00:25:30,145
So what are you saying?
530
00:25:30,503 --> 00:25:33,285
We’re going to have to
withdraw our offer.
531
00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:35,251
We can’t afford the liability.
532
00:25:38,761 --> 00:25:40,220
I’m sorry.
533
00:25:40,245 --> 00:25:42,345
What if I’m not the public face?
534
00:25:45,084 --> 00:25:47,085
I think there’s another way.
535
00:25:57,372 --> 00:25:59,931
Josh. Door.
536
00:26:09,684 --> 00:26:11,413
- Oh, my God.
- What?
537
00:26:11,438 --> 00:26:13,019
The cacao mother. We called her,
538
00:26:13,044 --> 00:26:14,514
- and she’s here.
- What are you talking about?
539
00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:17,145
Open the door. Get the door.
540
00:26:24,165 --> 00:26:26,074
Hey, Clare.
541
00:26:26,465 --> 00:26:28,368
Hi.
542
00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,446
Excuse me, everyone.
543
00:26:33,471 --> 00:26:35,472
Could I have
your attention for a minute?
544
00:26:39,578 --> 00:26:43,153
As you all know,
Empirical has not been immune
545
00:26:43,178 --> 00:26:46,620
to the turbulence that the rest
of the publishing industry
546
00:26:46,645 --> 00:26:48,586
is experiencing.
547
00:26:48,611 --> 00:26:52,913
But I am pleased to say that
we are more prepared than ever
548
00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:55,335
to stay the course.
549
00:26:55,420 --> 00:27:00,002
Thanks to a sizeable investment
from our very own author...
550
00:27:00,027 --> 00:27:01,597
Quinn Tyler.
551
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,122
It’s an honor to be part
of such an incredible company.
552
00:27:09,147 --> 00:27:11,488
The history is prolific,
but I’m even more excited
553
00:27:11,513 --> 00:27:12,937
about its future.
554
00:27:12,962 --> 00:27:15,717
Now, I made this the home
for my book not because
555
00:27:15,742 --> 00:27:19,166
it offered me the most money
or the highest profile
556
00:27:19,191 --> 00:27:22,372
but because of the passion
of two people:
557
00:27:22,397 --> 00:27:24,258
Kelsey Peters and Liza Miller.
558
00:27:27,465 --> 00:27:29,707
What they have done
for Millennial print
559
00:27:29,732 --> 00:27:31,613
is astonishing.
560
00:27:31,638 --> 00:27:34,734
Because of their creativity
and ingenuity,
561
00:27:34,759 --> 00:27:37,340
they have made it the envy
of the publishing world.
562
00:27:37,388 --> 00:27:39,378
And we’re gonna make it
the focus of this company
563
00:27:39,403 --> 00:27:40,923
going forward.
564
00:27:41,168 --> 00:27:45,310
And that is why...
it is my distinct honor...
565
00:27:45,335 --> 00:27:48,756
to introduce you
to your new publisher...
566
00:27:48,781 --> 00:27:51,980
- Kelsey Peters.
- Whoo!
567
00:27:52,005 --> 00:27:54,534
Come on. Kelsey, come here.
568
00:27:57,034 --> 00:28:00,757
Now, Kelsey isn’t the only
promotion we have today.
569
00:28:00,782 --> 00:28:03,584
It is my honor to introduce to you
570
00:28:03,609 --> 00:28:06,443
your new Chairman of the Board,
Charles Brooks.
571
00:28:14,182 --> 00:28:16,014
Quite the palace coup.
572
00:28:16,046 --> 00:28:19,043
I can’t believe
Charles would accept it.
573
00:28:19,068 --> 00:28:21,589
But he just got promoted, didn’t he?
574
00:28:22,954 --> 00:28:26,176
The Chairman of the Board
only comes in for...
575
00:28:26,201 --> 00:28:29,262
quarterly meetings.
The occasional budget approval.
576
00:28:29,758 --> 00:28:31,779
They’re putting him out to pasture.
577
00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:46,097
Charles. Is it true?
578
00:28:46,122 --> 00:28:48,123
Did they force you out?
579
00:28:49,957 --> 00:28:52,338
Why would Quinn do this?
580
00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:54,357
She found out about...
581
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,157
us.
582
00:28:57,233 --> 00:29:00,084
And that didn’t sit well
with her investors.
583
00:29:00,109 --> 00:29:02,338
Oh my God, Charles, I am so sorry.
584
00:29:02,363 --> 00:29:05,785
The company... survives.
It’s a good thing.
585
00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:07,547
This is not a good thing.
This is your life.
586
00:29:07,572 --> 00:29:10,553
It... It was.
587
00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:12,671
And...
588
00:29:12,696 --> 00:29:16,830
maybe... maybe it’s
time for a new one...
589
00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:21,187
with you and with my kids.
590
00:29:23,269 --> 00:29:26,380
My father’s company is still alive...
591
00:29:26,405 --> 00:29:29,579
and I get to watch you help run it.
592
00:29:29,604 --> 00:29:31,985
- But...
- Liza.
593
00:29:32,010 --> 00:29:34,031
I have got...
594
00:29:34,066 --> 00:29:36,067
everything I want.
595
00:29:38,289 --> 00:29:40,384
I’m happy.
596
00:29:48,478 --> 00:29:51,112
Then so am I.
597
00:30:53,626 --> 00:30:59,868
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