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Previously on Billions...
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Today you're the man
who brought down Lawrence Boyd.
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You're under arrest.
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Today you're Elvis.
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The only question now is...
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which mansion will it be,
Gracie or the Governor's?
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Head of Crim. Man, plum purchase.
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Freaking launch pad
of the private sector.
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I mean, you land it, you're minted.
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My part is done for now.
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Oh, what the fuck.
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Hang for a minute, Bryan.
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Listen to what Bobby has to say.
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Come work for Bach's firm,
on my account.
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You know what Rhoades is, Bryan,
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and I know you made that call.
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What did you do to get
Axelrod to drop his civil suits?
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I went back to work at Axe Capital.
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I'm happy that it works for you.
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But for us,
I'm afraid it's a deal breaker.
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If you ever decide to grapple with
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why you feel happiness
for you can only exist
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in the company of hairless
21-year-old girls, come see me.
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We can fix that quick.
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Thanks for taking the meeting.
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Anything for Bruno.
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Sandicot's downtown is
ripe for redevelopment.
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The whole county's on
the edge of default.
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If they don't get the casino,
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it goes from something to consider
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to something to never think about again.
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Move forward with the bond.
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The casino is coming to Sandicot.
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We are committing to this play.
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Sandicot's not getting
the gaming license.
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It's over.
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- synced and corrected by sot26 -
www.addic7ed.com
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How did I get fucked?
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That casino was supposed
to be locked-the-fuck in.
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When an op goes sour,
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we're taught to go back to its genesis.
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Bobby.
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Put the bat down.
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The gaming license went to another town.
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Oh, no.
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Let's have a talk with your nephew.
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Who paid you?
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It's not like that.
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Marco, it better fucking not be.
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It's not, Uncle Bru.
It's not, Mr. Axelrod.
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And you, sir.
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- I'm gonna be sick.
- You should be...
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because you know who you
really hurt with this move.
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There was no move.
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You fronted like the
whole thing was wired.
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Was that bait? Or were you the bait?
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I swear.
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If you didn't set Mr. Axelrod up,
who set you up?
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Nobody. It's a thing that happened,
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not something anyone did.
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That is the kind of thing I'd say.
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You vetted the info yourself.
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I did.
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Which means whoever put you up to this
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was careful and targeted.
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Do you understand me?
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I swear... on my eyes.
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Yes, you do. Now, who paid you?
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No one even knew who I was going to
for the financing, not at first.
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It's some kind of Albany machine shit.
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The kind that's been
going on for 100 years
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that we got caught in.
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You're getting fottuto for
something someone's cousin did
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to someone else's boss in a
distant part of the state.
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"Fottuto" means getting fucked.
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I picked that up in context.
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You know the kind of options
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this leaves me to get my money out.
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Go long.
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Oh, my bad. I overshot you.
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Looks like you finally
have some family time.
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Thanks for coming down here.
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No, the Boyd business kept
me living at the office,
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so I promised Kevin I'd spend the day
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with him when it was done.
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But I'm always happy
to find time for you.
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Kevin, come here for a minute.
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There's someone I'd like you to meet.
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This is Mike Dimonda,
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an excellent and very
influential young journalist.
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Mike, my son Kevin.
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Nice to meet you, sir.
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Helluva handshake, Kevin.
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He's a good kid.
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Okay, uh, go out.
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Skinny post.
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Omaha, Omaha. Hut.
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This is the kind of
unadulterated high point
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that rarely comes along.
It's hard to see what more
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there is for you to
gain as U.S. Attorney.
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House, Senate, or do you have plans
to run for Governor?
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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- Where'd you get that?
- What I hear is
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you're taking a quick victory lap,
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and then it's City Hall,
Capitol Building, or Albany.
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I would never even consider
it while still in office.
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You will be the first to
know should that change.
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Do you mind if I, uh,
shoot a few of you guys
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throwing the ball around?
Or is that private?
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It is.
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But if you think it has some value,
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then... we can make an exception.
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That'd be great.
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Come on, Kev.
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All right?
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How's that?
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Ryan, why don't you show
me the rest of the house?
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Soon, baby.
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It's just...
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I'm so close.
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Is the pool heater on?
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I think you can handle...
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Yeah, I can.
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Get inside. Now.
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Get the fuck out.
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I'm a pretty chill boss,
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but how far do you want
to fucking push it?
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I wasn't expecting you till tomorrow.
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And you didn't call, so...
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We don't need to fucking call.
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Right. I'm sorry.
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Of course.
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I'm sorry.
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You know how much I like you, Ryan.
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But even still,
I'm tempted to broom your ass.
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Tell me you didn't use our bed.
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No, no. No.
I did not even let her inside.
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That is lucky for you.
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Those towels go in the trash.
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Sounds like you've been pardoned.
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I'm doing a war room.
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I need you to make lunch for eight.
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Thanks, Axe.
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I'm really sorry.
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And wash your fucking hands.
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Right.
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Hello.
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That was quick.
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Thought you'd be back later.
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Yeah, well, we had our catch.
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Then Dad did the interview,
and we came home.
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Bye, Dad.
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You said you wanted to
spend the day with him.
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Yeah, I said I wanted to spend
time with him, and I did.
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You used him as a prop.
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Which you swore you'd never do,
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since that's exactly what
your father did to you.
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We spent the morning at the park.
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And a reporter happened upon us
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because, at the moment,
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I am news-worthy.
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Finally in a good way.
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I'm sure it's a wonderful
lesson for Kevin
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- on what really matters.
- Indeed it was.
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He got to run around a little bit,
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and he got some exposure
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as to how you finesse relations
with the fourth estate.
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That is exactly the kind of half-truth
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that's led to our current situation.
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As is your failure to tell me
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you were going back to work for Axelrod.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, I had to Columbo
that one for myself.
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Yet it seems that I'm required
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to disclose every detail
of how I spend my time.
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No, you're not.
When it comes to the kids,
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yes, complete transparency,
but otherwise,
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you don't have to share anything,
so you know, go.
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Do whatever the fuck you want,
and so will I.
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Oh, there it goes. There it goes.
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Your justification...
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slid in there so maybe I
would realize it later.
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But there it was.
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You want the freedom
to see other people.
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Yes.
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I want freedom...
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all around.
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And I would be free, as well.
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Consider that door open.
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You're really saying those words?
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Yes, I am.
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For both of us.
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Wendy.
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What?
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I'll see you tomorrow.
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So, it's fallen upon all of you
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to figure out how to get us un-fucked.
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The gaming license was the guarantee
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that Sandicot would pay off the notes.
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Now, the license is gone,
the area is going to default,
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and we're about to eat a half a billion,
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including 100 mill in
fresh capital we put in.
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Any suggestions?
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There's no road to raising tax revenues.
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I don't give a shit what we don't have.
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I need to know the roads
that are open to us
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or the ground that can
be cleared to make one.
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Isn't there anyone we
can sell this turd to?
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Not without taking a
nine-figure haircut.
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Same goes for restructuring.
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This thing stinks like Billy Batts
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in the trunk right now.
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Austerity.
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You don't need to whisper
it like it's some dark spell
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that'll come true if
you say it too loudly.
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It kind of is, though, isn't it?
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Yeah. Because once you say it,
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you realize it's your only option.
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Austerity.
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Okay. Step it out for everyone.
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Well, the note exchange requires
that the town pay you first,
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before any of its other
financial obligations,
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like union contracts with town workers,
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teachers' salaries, all that.
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Austerity just means you enforce that.
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Yes. Go ahead, seize their assets,
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like Singer did in Argentina.
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What kind of assets?
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Sandicot is not an entire
South American country.
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Right. We wouldn't be
skimming cream off the top.
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We'd be gutting them for their organs,
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like in a Korean horror movie.
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You'd be mostly looking at land,
buildings, and utilities.
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Town also has an original Remington.
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It's worth upwards of $900,000.
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The fuck's a Remington?
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Frederic. American artist
from the 19th century.
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He specialized in
depictions of the Old West.
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I took Art History for the automatic A.
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Some of it stuck.
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If you force them to pay you,
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the county would have
to severely cut back
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on its municipal workforce,
roll back labor contracts,
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and pillage its pension funds.
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Eventually they'd have
to shutter some schools,
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leading to overpopulated classrooms
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and forced free periods.
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Decreased graduation rates,
increased crime.
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They would be consolidation
of hospitals, fire houses.
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There would also be
cuts in police manpower.
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Which would bring other
kinds of problems.
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The effects are viral.
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The losses spin off to the businesses
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that provide services to the town.
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Other area businesses start to close,
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and more jobs are lost.
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Won't all this be a PR nightmare?
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PR that comes with losing that
much money is a nightmare, too.
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And we lose the money.
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I don't like any of the
answers I'm hearing.
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There has to be a way to get this done
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without destroying the place.
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Model it up for me.
264
00:12:09,307 --> 00:12:11,507
All scenarios.
265
00:12:18,449 --> 00:12:22,350
Son, I did something today
266
00:12:22,352 --> 00:12:24,853
that is gonna absolutely floor you.
267
00:12:24,855 --> 00:12:26,454
I thought you went golfing today.
268
00:12:26,456 --> 00:12:29,390
I did. Played my 18,
269
00:12:29,392 --> 00:12:33,195
and then I withdrew my membership
from the Garden City Golf Club.
270
00:12:33,197 --> 00:12:36,164
Oh, that's your natural habitat.
271
00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:40,335
Few places a man can be as comfortable.
272
00:12:40,337 --> 00:12:42,203
But it was time.
273
00:12:42,205 --> 00:12:44,238
They don't allow women.
274
00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,241
And I cannot be a member of
a restricted club anymore.
275
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Noble.
276
00:12:48,345 --> 00:12:51,178
Anticipatory. Of the future.
277
00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:52,847
That's baked right into the word.
278
00:12:52,849 --> 00:12:56,150
Your future,
which should start right now.
279
00:12:56,152 --> 00:12:58,052
It's unethical for me to run while...
280
00:12:58,054 --> 00:13:01,455
The Tappan Institute
commissioned a poll.
281
00:13:01,457 --> 00:13:05,392
Oh, your buddy Tate Tappan's
think tank just happened...
282
00:13:05,394 --> 00:13:06,760
Independent.
283
00:13:06,762 --> 00:13:09,163
No connection to me.
284
00:13:09,165 --> 00:13:10,865
The results are quite...
285
00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:14,067
I don't want to hear anything about it.
286
00:13:18,106 --> 00:13:21,140
No, I've just gotten out
from under a cloud.
287
00:13:21,142 --> 00:13:23,943
If word leaks out about a
poll while I'm in office,
288
00:13:23,945 --> 00:13:26,646
that is gonna be a darker cloud.
289
00:13:26,648 --> 00:13:28,714
What is this, then?
290
00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:33,019
That's Camelot right there.
291
00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:34,620
Don't try to spin it.
292
00:13:34,622 --> 00:13:38,892
That is a picture of a
man running for office.
293
00:13:41,696 --> 00:13:45,230
You're doing more than
just dreaming about it.
294
00:13:45,232 --> 00:13:46,965
I'll send you those poll results.
295
00:13:46,967 --> 00:13:49,201
I think they're gonna be encouraging.
296
00:13:50,838 --> 00:13:55,574
But you're gonna have to
resolve things with Wendy.
297
00:13:55,576 --> 00:13:59,111
You cannot be an effective candidate
298
00:13:59,113 --> 00:14:01,013
if your marriage is in the crapper.
299
00:14:01,015 --> 00:14:03,282
That's not really a thing anymore, Dad.
300
00:14:03,284 --> 00:14:05,984
That I'd need a woman standing
behind me on the podium,
301
00:14:05,986 --> 00:14:06,877
that's archaic.
302
00:14:08,122 --> 00:14:12,257
Son, you do know why you need her
in your life, don't you?
303
00:14:14,094 --> 00:14:19,063
She is a natural-born killer.
304
00:14:19,065 --> 00:14:22,667
That's what she builds,
all day... killers.
305
00:14:23,804 --> 00:14:26,771
You're a good candidate.
306
00:14:26,773 --> 00:14:29,607
She'd make you unstoppable.
307
00:14:32,446 --> 00:14:35,413
Don't get your hopes up.
308
00:14:35,415 --> 00:14:38,249
Oh, you still got your shucking skills.
309
00:14:38,251 --> 00:14:40,418
Summer job on City Island when I was 14.
310
00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:43,754
For the record,
I am not eating any of those.
311
00:15:05,478 --> 00:15:06,577
Any answers?
312
00:15:06,579 --> 00:15:07,910
Getting there.
313
00:15:07,912 --> 00:15:10,380
Marc was absolutely not conning you.
314
00:15:10,382 --> 00:15:12,215
No wires or transfers.
315
00:15:12,217 --> 00:15:14,217
No evidence of inbound cash
316
00:15:14,219 --> 00:15:16,386
or altered behavior whatsoever
317
00:15:16,388 --> 00:15:18,254
in him, the wife, or other family.
318
00:15:18,256 --> 00:15:20,890
So he was conned right along with me.
319
00:15:20,892 --> 00:15:22,592
The Gaming Facility Location Board
320
00:15:22,594 --> 00:15:25,294
reassigned the license to
Kingsford at the last minute.
321
00:15:25,296 --> 00:15:26,629
I confirmed that.
322
00:15:26,631 --> 00:15:29,298
A guy named Joe Scolari
made the call to switch.
323
00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:30,633
No one motivated him?
324
00:15:30,635 --> 00:15:33,836
It's hard to pinpoint where the idea
to change even originated,
325
00:15:33,838 --> 00:15:35,805
or who he's trying to keep happy.
326
00:15:35,807 --> 00:15:37,907
But I do know that
these things don't move
327
00:15:37,909 --> 00:15:39,709
unless somebody orders it to happen.
328
00:15:39,711 --> 00:15:41,143
Okay. Stay on it.
329
00:15:41,145 --> 00:15:44,079
I'm gonna get with Scolari,
see if I can get a read on him.
330
00:15:50,721 --> 00:15:54,556
Thank you for agreeing to meet,
Senator Scolari.
331
00:15:54,558 --> 00:15:56,825
Oh, call me Joe.
332
00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,793
What brings you up the Thruway?
333
00:15:58,795 --> 00:16:00,595
You looking for approval for another,
334
00:16:00,597 --> 00:16:03,197
uh, outdoor shower at your
place in the Hamptons?
335
00:16:04,535 --> 00:16:06,736
Well, if you've gone to so
much trouble to research me,
336
00:16:06,736 --> 00:16:08,503
you must know why.
337
00:16:08,505 --> 00:16:10,372
I'm here as an investor
in New York State
338
00:16:10,372 --> 00:16:12,774
meeting with one its
finest representatives.
339
00:16:12,776 --> 00:16:14,575
Of course.
340
00:16:14,577 --> 00:16:17,878
I know about the note
exchange on Sandicot.
341
00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,348
And I want you to know
the Location Board
342
00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:23,817
doesn't take matters of
gaming licenses lightly.
343
00:16:25,021 --> 00:16:27,255
The committee chose the location
344
00:16:27,257 --> 00:16:29,123
that would bring the greatest benefit
345
00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:31,258
to the greatest number of people.
346
00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:33,260
That turned out to be Kingsford.
347
00:16:33,262 --> 00:16:35,462
Oh, I believe
that the state-appointed board,
348
00:16:35,464 --> 00:16:36,764
handpicked by the Governor,
349
00:16:36,766 --> 00:16:39,199
would be nothing short of rigorous.
350
00:16:39,201 --> 00:16:41,969
Thing is, I have it on good authority
351
00:16:41,971 --> 00:16:45,363
that Sandicot was
gonna get that license.
352
00:16:45,398 --> 00:16:48,575
So the late switch seems... odd.
353
00:16:48,577 --> 00:16:52,479
Our process always
seems odd to outsiders.
354
00:16:52,481 --> 00:16:55,615
That's where the whole
sausage-making thing comes from.
355
00:16:55,617 --> 00:16:57,517
But let me reassure you,
356
00:16:57,519 --> 00:17:00,653
there was nothing out of
the ordinary about it.
357
00:17:00,655 --> 00:17:02,989
The committee chose the location
358
00:17:02,991 --> 00:17:04,791
that would bring the greatest benefit
359
00:17:04,793 --> 00:17:06,392
to the greatest number of people.
360
00:17:06,394 --> 00:17:07,961
That turned out to be Kingsford.
361
00:17:07,963 --> 00:17:09,796
Yeah, no, you said.
362
00:17:09,798 --> 00:17:12,865
What I was looking for
is a specific reason
363
00:17:12,867 --> 00:17:14,601
that decision was made.
364
00:17:14,603 --> 00:17:16,435
Oh.
365
00:17:16,437 --> 00:17:18,905
You want specifics.
366
00:17:18,907 --> 00:17:22,708
Details into our process.
367
00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:24,776
Inner workings and so forth.
368
00:17:24,778 --> 00:17:26,312
That would be helpful.
369
00:17:26,314 --> 00:17:27,679
Sure.
370
00:17:27,681 --> 00:17:30,082
I can share that.
371
00:17:30,084 --> 00:17:32,284
The committee chose the location
372
00:17:32,286 --> 00:17:34,086
that would bring the greatest benefit
373
00:17:34,088 --> 00:17:36,521
to the greatest number of people.
374
00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:39,524
That turned out to be Kingsford.
375
00:17:39,526 --> 00:17:44,462
Just as I'm sure you took on
the obligations of Sandicot
376
00:17:44,464 --> 00:17:46,698
for the good of those fine people.
377
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,244
I hope this has been as much
fun for you as it has for me.
378
00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:01,446
Absolutely.
379
00:18:15,465 --> 00:18:17,163
He doesn't make any
of his own decisions.
380
00:18:17,198 --> 00:18:19,263
He's got a string hanging
right out of his back.
381
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,165
And it's the Governor who's pulling it.
382
00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:23,367
I'll see what I can find out.
383
00:18:24,296 --> 00:18:25,835
I didn't sleep last night.
384
00:18:26,838 --> 00:18:28,838
Your numbers have been strong,
385
00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,974
even in a tough market.
386
00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:32,364
Yeah, they have been.
387
00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:36,313
So what was it kept you up?
388
00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:37,714
Russian hackers.
389
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,785
They can fuck with us so easily,
390
00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:44,353
in ways we can't even comprehend.
391
00:18:44,355 --> 00:18:46,156
A few keystrokes and they can bring
392
00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:48,224
an entire airline to a standstill.
393
00:18:48,226 --> 00:18:50,393
Thousands of people stranded.
394
00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:52,428
So your fear is, uh, what?
395
00:18:52,430 --> 00:18:55,832
These hackers targeting you?
The entire market?
396
00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:57,734
My portfolio could go up in flames.
397
00:18:57,736 --> 00:18:59,268
I have a family.
398
00:19:01,272 --> 00:19:03,272
When did you start losing sleep over it?
399
00:19:03,274 --> 00:19:05,575
Just last night.
400
00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:07,076
Anything happen yesterday?
401
00:19:07,078 --> 00:19:08,844
I had to go out to Axe's house
402
00:19:08,846 --> 00:19:11,747
in the Hamptons for a special meeting.
403
00:19:11,749 --> 00:19:14,584
Axe bought the distressed
debt on this town upstate.
404
00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:17,052
Now they're defaulting.
It's a shit load of money.
405
00:19:17,054 --> 00:19:18,653
What do you think you should do?
406
00:19:20,991 --> 00:19:23,058
Well, what are the options?
407
00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:25,460
Austerity. Or lose money.
408
00:19:35,572 --> 00:19:37,439
Do you see the connection?
409
00:19:37,441 --> 00:19:39,073
With the hackers?
410
00:19:41,278 --> 00:19:42,810
You're saying we're like them?
411
00:19:42,812 --> 00:19:44,045
They're agents of chaos
412
00:19:44,047 --> 00:19:45,913
who can destabilize all our lives
413
00:19:45,915 --> 00:19:47,782
just because they feel like it.
414
00:19:47,784 --> 00:19:49,683
Who are you to those people upstate?
415
00:19:49,685 --> 00:19:51,418
- Chaos.
- Yes.
416
00:19:52,388 --> 00:19:54,789
Axe Cap is the agent of chaos.
417
00:19:54,791 --> 00:19:58,525
You know what austerity means.
418
00:19:58,527 --> 00:20:01,595
You guys traverse moral
and legal gray areas
419
00:20:01,597 --> 00:20:03,464
all the time, but you can live with it
420
00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:06,300
because you're rarely aware
of anyone getting hurt by it.
421
00:20:06,302 --> 00:20:10,003
With this town,
you know exactly who's getting hurt,
422
00:20:10,005 --> 00:20:11,972
and where they're gonna feel their pain.
423
00:20:11,974 --> 00:20:14,541
And how their lives are
gonna spin out of control
424
00:20:14,543 --> 00:20:16,677
because of decisions
made in your presence,
425
00:20:16,679 --> 00:20:19,846
at a fucking mansion in the Hamptons.
426
00:20:19,848 --> 00:20:21,915
I don't even know that
it's wrong for him
427
00:20:21,917 --> 00:20:23,591
to do what he's doing...
428
00:20:24,887 --> 00:20:27,720
only that I don't like
how it makes me feel.
429
00:20:27,722 --> 00:20:30,223
This is all connected.
430
00:20:32,861 --> 00:20:35,929
When a situation starts affecting you
431
00:20:35,931 --> 00:20:38,765
so much you can't sleep,
432
00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:42,001
you have to take action.
433
00:20:42,003 --> 00:20:43,503
Fighting for those people
434
00:20:43,505 --> 00:20:46,673
and fighting for yourself
are one and the same.
435
00:20:54,481 --> 00:20:57,749
I taught elementary school for 30 years,
436
00:20:57,751 --> 00:21:00,219
always contributing to my pension.
437
00:21:03,891 --> 00:21:07,459
That was my nest egg for retirement.
438
00:21:07,461 --> 00:21:10,862
Then that nest egg got invested.
439
00:21:10,864 --> 00:21:15,834
But the town it was invested in
mismanaged its finances.
440
00:21:15,836 --> 00:21:19,738
And now they don't want
to pay what they owe,
441
00:21:19,740 --> 00:21:22,106
and my retirement is threatened.
442
00:21:25,779 --> 00:21:28,379
A spot like this will kick
off our Astroturf campaign
443
00:21:28,381 --> 00:21:30,781
to make it look like the
area's getting a bailout
444
00:21:30,783 --> 00:21:32,083
and not a death sentence.
445
00:21:32,085 --> 00:21:33,484
Commercials like this one,
446
00:21:33,486 --> 00:21:34,986
but specific to Sandicot,
447
00:21:34,988 --> 00:21:37,188
sell the idea that our investors,
448
00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:38,723
teachers from the Midwest,
449
00:21:38,725 --> 00:21:41,492
hardworking,
responsible people from all over,
450
00:21:41,494 --> 00:21:45,633
they are the ones who suffer
if Sandicot is allowed to default.
451
00:21:45,668 --> 00:21:48,095
Make it clear that we are the
ones willing to negotiate.
452
00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:49,422
It's the town that's being difficult.
453
00:21:49,422 --> 00:21:51,836
Of course.
Sandicot is being uncooperative.
454
00:21:51,838 --> 00:21:53,036
We'll say all that.
455
00:21:53,038 --> 00:21:54,938
Any questions?
456
00:21:57,990 --> 00:21:59,243
Danzig.
457
00:21:59,245 --> 00:22:01,144
You've been awfully quiet.
458
00:22:01,146 --> 00:22:02,964
Are we really gonna do this?
459
00:22:04,683 --> 00:22:07,484
I mean, we can make some market moves
460
00:22:07,486 --> 00:22:11,654
and potentially pick up some
of the losses by next quarter.
461
00:22:11,656 --> 00:22:14,057
We're making it look like
our investors are down
462
00:22:14,059 --> 00:22:15,359
to eating cat food.
463
00:22:15,361 --> 00:22:18,127
The people up there are
sure to turn to the media
464
00:22:18,129 --> 00:22:21,798
and to cry poor,
to play the victim card.
465
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,533
It makes sense for us to point out
466
00:22:23,535 --> 00:22:25,668
that there are other victims.
467
00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:26,870
Exactly.
468
00:22:26,872 --> 00:22:30,139
But we are not really the victims.
469
00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:31,541
They are.
470
00:22:33,044 --> 00:22:35,077
I kind of feel like he's right.
471
00:22:36,781 --> 00:22:40,316
We could hold the debt,
take a short-term loss,
472
00:22:40,318 --> 00:22:43,685
but then take the lead
in re-growing Sandicot,
473
00:22:43,687 --> 00:22:45,854
redeveloping the downtown.
474
00:22:45,856 --> 00:22:48,224
Uh, create a food hall
475
00:22:48,226 --> 00:22:51,393
or bring in a minor-league team.
476
00:22:53,030 --> 00:22:55,664
Taylor, something
you want to add to that?
477
00:22:58,502 --> 00:22:59,868
Yes.
478
00:23:01,972 --> 00:23:04,372
It is unfortunate...
offensive, actually...
479
00:23:04,374 --> 00:23:05,841
to even be talking about this,
480
00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:08,109
and that people have to
live in near-poverty.
481
00:23:11,415 --> 00:23:14,715
But in many ways,
a town is like a business.
482
00:23:14,717 --> 00:23:17,885
And when a business
operates beyond its means,
483
00:23:17,887 --> 00:23:19,321
when numbers don't add up,
484
00:23:19,323 --> 00:23:21,156
and the people in charge continue on,
485
00:23:21,158 --> 00:23:23,624
heedless of that face,
sure that some sugar daddy,
486
00:23:23,626 --> 00:23:25,893
usually in the form of
the Federal Government,
487
00:23:25,895 --> 00:23:28,320
will come along and scoop them
up and cover the shortfalls,
488
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,799
well, that truly offends me.
489
00:23:35,505 --> 00:23:37,705
People might say you hurt this town.
490
00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:41,641
But in my opinion,
the town put the hurt on itself.
491
00:23:41,643 --> 00:23:43,110
Corrections are in order.
492
00:23:43,112 --> 00:23:44,678
There's a way to make this work,
493
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,647
and that way is hard, but necessary.
494
00:23:47,649 --> 00:23:51,751
As Taleb says,
"Become antifragile, or die."
495
00:23:51,753 --> 00:23:54,254
Once we do this,
the town will face that challenge
496
00:23:54,256 --> 00:23:56,356
and come out stronger.
497
00:23:56,358 --> 00:23:58,091
Or it will cease being.
498
00:23:58,093 --> 00:24:00,059
Either result absolutely natural,
499
00:24:00,061 --> 00:24:02,261
as in, of nature itself.
500
00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:35,961
You've been stepping things up lately.
501
00:24:35,963 --> 00:24:39,865
Extra-nice ties, new suits.
502
00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:42,601
You been speed-dating with law firms?
503
00:24:42,603 --> 00:24:44,403
I might've tried a lightning round.
504
00:24:44,405 --> 00:24:46,371
Mm. And?
505
00:24:47,641 --> 00:24:49,607
She's not as hot as her profile pic.
506
00:24:49,609 --> 00:24:50,608
Yeah?
507
00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:52,644
No. Line AUSA's like us,
508
00:24:52,646 --> 00:24:54,646
you're only looking at 600K to start.
509
00:24:54,648 --> 00:24:57,182
If you get Chief of Crim and go private,
510
00:24:57,184 --> 00:24:59,617
it's a lot more than 600.
511
00:24:59,619 --> 00:25:02,020
It's double.
512
00:25:04,824 --> 00:25:08,626
I just don't think I can stick
around if Connerty gets it.
513
00:25:08,628 --> 00:25:10,862
I'm not gonna have the
stomach for that shit.
514
00:25:10,864 --> 00:25:12,463
Maybe he won't get it.
515
00:25:12,465 --> 00:25:14,566
After Boyd?
516
00:25:14,568 --> 00:25:17,435
Don't count yourself out.
You've been crushing it lately.
517
00:25:22,442 --> 00:25:24,408
Chuck took him to Keens for lunch.
518
00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:25,443
Oh, shit.
519
00:25:25,445 --> 00:25:27,378
Yeah.
520
00:25:27,380 --> 00:25:29,447
Shit.
521
00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:41,224
The mutton chop is the
thing to order here.
522
00:25:41,226 --> 00:25:42,859
It's what they're known for.
523
00:25:42,861 --> 00:25:45,462
Mutton? I don't know.
524
00:25:45,464 --> 00:25:48,264
Come on, it's tradition.
525
00:25:48,266 --> 00:25:51,221
Oh, this place has
a special character, doesn't it?
526
00:25:51,256 --> 00:25:54,337
You can almost feel all
the history in this room,
527
00:25:54,339 --> 00:25:56,772
all the deals that've been made.
528
00:25:57,342 --> 00:25:59,675
It's where Senator Vandeveer
brought me when she told me
529
00:25:59,677 --> 00:26:02,479
I was being appointed U.S. Attorney.
530
00:26:02,481 --> 00:26:05,348
And it's where I always
thought I would take you
531
00:26:05,383 --> 00:26:07,550
when you'd earned the
promotion to Head of Crim.
532
00:26:09,988 --> 00:26:12,588
Mutton's an interesting euphemism,
isn't it?
533
00:26:13,549 --> 00:26:15,925
Well, nobody ever says "sheep."
534
00:26:15,927 --> 00:26:18,560
But who wants to eat
something so adorable, right?
535
00:26:18,562 --> 00:26:21,396
So it's a mutton chop.
536
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,866
Definitely less objectionable.
537
00:26:26,937 --> 00:26:30,205
The kangaroo industry
recently tried that.
538
00:26:31,842 --> 00:26:33,242
- Did they?
- Yes.
539
00:26:33,244 --> 00:26:35,410
In fact, there was a country-wide survey
540
00:26:35,412 --> 00:26:36,978
to pick a name,
541
00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:39,181
and they settled on "Australus."
542
00:26:39,183 --> 00:26:41,082
But not for the same reason as a sheep.
543
00:26:41,084 --> 00:26:45,086
No, this was entirely different.
544
00:26:45,088 --> 00:26:48,589
Seems the kangaroo has a great
deal in common with the rat.
545
00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:52,827
Hence, "Australus."
546
00:26:52,829 --> 00:26:56,064
I mean, it's elegant, don't you think?
547
00:26:56,066 --> 00:26:59,433
And yet, even by any other name,
548
00:26:59,435 --> 00:27:01,869
there's still a slab of giant rat
549
00:27:01,871 --> 00:27:06,807
sitting on the plate
right in front of you.
550
00:27:06,809 --> 00:27:08,342
Can I get you started?
551
00:27:08,344 --> 00:27:11,111
Ah, here we go. He'll have the mutton.
552
00:27:11,113 --> 00:27:12,813
I'm not ready yet.
553
00:27:17,186 --> 00:27:20,788
Bryan...
554
00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:22,856
do you have something to tell me?
555
00:27:24,794 --> 00:27:26,226
I'm not sure what you mean.
556
00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:27,861
I think you know.
557
00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:34,634
Are we talking about the investigation?
558
00:27:34,636 --> 00:27:36,603
Yes.
559
00:27:36,705 --> 00:27:38,738
Yes.
560
00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:40,340
We are.
561
00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:44,544
This is it.
562
00:27:44,546 --> 00:27:47,213
Your chance.
563
00:27:47,215 --> 00:27:49,949
This is the conversation
that you knew, deep down,
564
00:27:49,951 --> 00:27:52,284
you would have to have
if you had any desire
565
00:27:52,286 --> 00:27:56,022
to continue to have any
relationship with me.
566
00:27:56,024 --> 00:27:57,523
This is the conversation
567
00:27:57,525 --> 00:28:00,226
that you have been dreading
all these many months.
568
00:28:00,228 --> 00:28:02,962
The one about betrayal, disillusionment,
569
00:28:02,964 --> 00:28:05,997
second chances, and lost opportunities.
570
00:28:05,999 --> 00:28:07,766
This is the one where you tell me
571
00:28:07,768 --> 00:28:09,435
how and why you brought
572
00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,803
the investigation down upon my head.
573
00:28:11,805 --> 00:28:14,273
All right, Chuck.
574
00:28:14,275 --> 00:28:17,710
You got it right with all
that grandiose indignance.
575
00:28:19,247 --> 00:28:22,013
I am the one who called the OPR.
576
00:28:26,148 --> 00:28:27,452
I didn't hear a no.
577
00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:43,633
Fuck.
578
00:28:43,635 --> 00:28:44,902
Fuck!
579
00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:46,403
Bryan.
580
00:28:51,677 --> 00:28:53,143
One more thing.
581
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,947
Is Axe Cap bugged?
582
00:28:58,996 --> 00:28:59,716
Not officially.
583
00:28:59,718 --> 00:29:01,150
But right now,
584
00:29:01,152 --> 00:29:03,787
I wouldn't be surprised
if it were unofficially.
585
00:29:04,332 --> 00:29:06,078
Hey, look, I know you don't
want to come work for me.
586
00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,174
I get it.
587
00:29:07,174 --> 00:29:09,292
You're an idealist.
588
00:29:09,294 --> 00:29:11,393
But the man that you work for now...
589
00:29:11,395 --> 00:29:13,863
he's not just dirty,
he's worse than that.
590
00:29:13,865 --> 00:29:15,865
He's a hypocrite.
591
00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:19,635
And if you know that,
and you still let it happen,
592
00:29:19,637 --> 00:29:21,804
then I think you know
what that makes you.
593
00:29:33,584 --> 00:29:36,318
Well...
594
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,354
now I know for certain
595
00:29:38,356 --> 00:29:40,956
who I have to thank for
my day at the Senate.
596
00:29:43,994 --> 00:29:47,729
But unlike Julius Caesar,
seems I managed to pull through.
597
00:29:47,731 --> 00:29:49,731
Oh, it's clear you're a survivor.
598
00:29:49,733 --> 00:29:52,100
And it's clear I can't
make you Head of Crim.
599
00:29:53,904 --> 00:29:56,637
You let him get to you.
600
00:29:56,639 --> 00:29:58,506
Only because he spoke the truth.
601
00:29:58,508 --> 00:30:00,608
You were abusing the office.
602
00:30:00,610 --> 00:30:02,343
You lied about recusing yourself.
603
00:30:02,345 --> 00:30:05,847
You stole evidence from
your wife's computer.
604
00:30:05,849 --> 00:30:07,281
I made some missteps.
605
00:30:07,283 --> 00:30:08,183
Mis...
606
00:30:08,651 --> 00:30:11,352
Okay. More than missteps.
607
00:30:11,354 --> 00:30:16,090
In my vigor, I transgressed...
608
00:30:16,092 --> 00:30:19,960
in ways I never imagined I would.
609
00:30:19,962 --> 00:30:22,162
But I have atoned for all of it.
610
00:30:22,164 --> 00:30:26,133
And I am still in the process,
personally and professionally.
611
00:30:26,135 --> 00:30:28,102
I dropped the case.
612
00:30:28,104 --> 00:30:30,971
And now you're trying to punish me.
613
00:30:30,973 --> 00:30:33,140
I earned that position.
614
00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:37,110
But...
615
00:30:37,112 --> 00:30:39,679
Chief of Crim goes to Lonnie.
616
00:30:41,550 --> 00:30:44,684
For the foreseeable future,
617
00:30:44,686 --> 00:30:47,120
the chair will remain vacant.
618
00:30:53,461 --> 00:30:56,429
Going ahead, I am committed
619
00:30:56,431 --> 00:30:58,497
to complete transparency between us.
620
00:30:58,499 --> 00:31:01,600
No more silence or subterfuge.
621
00:31:01,602 --> 00:31:04,870
If one of us is angry, or disappointed,
622
00:31:04,872 --> 00:31:07,406
we express it.
623
00:31:07,408 --> 00:31:11,610
So, you can either quit right now...
624
00:31:11,612 --> 00:31:14,246
or you can stay.
625
00:31:14,248 --> 00:31:16,081
Prove your loyalty.
626
00:31:18,218 --> 00:31:21,186
And when you do,
627
00:31:21,188 --> 00:31:24,056
you will truly have earned that chair.
628
00:31:24,058 --> 00:31:25,590
Are you two planning to order?
629
00:31:27,727 --> 00:31:32,097
I'll have the mutton.
What about you, Bryan?
630
00:31:35,735 --> 00:31:37,869
I'll have the same.
631
00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:05,596
Welcome sight, you in my office.
632
00:32:05,598 --> 00:32:08,432
I'm not sure my message
will be all that welcome.
633
00:32:08,434 --> 00:32:09,833
Oh?
634
00:32:09,835 --> 00:32:12,061
I don't think it's in the
best interest of this firm
635
00:32:12,061 --> 00:32:14,104
to foreclose on that town.
636
00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:15,672
It's not our doing.
637
00:32:15,674 --> 00:32:18,041
We would merely be
collecting a debt owed to us.
638
00:32:18,043 --> 00:32:20,076
Still, it would hurt our reputation.
639
00:32:20,078 --> 00:32:21,344
Is that so?
640
00:32:21,346 --> 00:32:24,162
Or would it hurt you to
watch other people suffer
641
00:32:24,197 --> 00:32:25,883
and feel like you were part of it?
642
00:32:27,285 --> 00:32:28,652
I would be...
643
00:32:29,429 --> 00:32:31,321
in a sense.
644
00:32:31,323 --> 00:32:33,323
Yes.
645
00:32:38,863 --> 00:32:41,264
Truth be told,
646
00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:42,798
I'm still glad you're in here
647
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,602
because I have conflicting
feelings about this, too.
648
00:32:47,639 --> 00:32:49,304
Ah.
649
00:32:49,306 --> 00:32:52,875
And I'd like to talk about it.
650
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,014
No.
651
00:32:58,016 --> 00:33:01,083
I can't get sucked
back into that. I won't.
652
00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:04,557
Because instead of really
doing that exploration with me,
653
00:33:04,592 --> 00:33:06,955
I now know you'd just be using
me to make yourself feel better
654
00:33:06,957 --> 00:33:09,358
about what you wanted to
do in the first place.
655
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,093
That's not true.
656
00:33:13,330 --> 00:33:15,828
What is true is that,
657
00:33:15,828 --> 00:33:17,460
far from harming our reputation,
658
00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:21,135
pressing our advantage at Sandicot
would only burnish it to our investors.
659
00:33:21,137 --> 00:33:23,304
That is what is expected.
660
00:33:23,306 --> 00:33:25,574
Still, I haven't decided
on a course of action
661
00:33:25,576 --> 00:33:30,178
because I do care about
the potential toll
662
00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:32,080
on the people out there.
663
00:33:32,082 --> 00:33:34,549
And these are the feelings
I want to discuss.
664
00:33:34,551 --> 00:33:36,150
No.
665
00:33:37,587 --> 00:33:40,488
Then I'm not the only one who
might be putting my own needs
666
00:33:40,490 --> 00:33:42,256
above those of the good
people of Sandicot.
667
00:34:16,495 --> 00:34:18,189
_
668
00:34:34,509 --> 00:34:38,911
A colleague saw you and
Chuck having lunch at Keens.
669
00:34:38,913 --> 00:34:41,114
I hope congratulations are in order.
670
00:34:41,116 --> 00:34:44,450
That night at the pizza place,
671
00:34:44,452 --> 00:34:48,187
you never told me Axe
was gonna be there.
672
00:34:48,189 --> 00:34:50,756
He's my client. I did as he asked.
673
00:34:50,758 --> 00:34:53,592
No, you knew I would never
meet with him privately.
674
00:34:53,594 --> 00:34:54,993
Because if anyone found out
675
00:34:54,995 --> 00:34:57,663
I was meeting with Axelrod
in the middle of the night,
676
00:34:57,665 --> 00:34:59,865
it would seriously compromise me.
677
00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:01,232
And it has. So, no.
678
00:35:01,234 --> 00:35:04,202
No, congratulations
are not in fucking order.
679
00:35:04,204 --> 00:35:06,304
I'm lucky I still have my job.
680
00:35:06,306 --> 00:35:08,707
If you still want it.
681
00:35:08,709 --> 00:35:12,978
My client legitimately
saw in you what I see...
682
00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:15,613
Prodigious talent.
683
00:35:15,615 --> 00:35:18,383
He merely wanted to make sure
you understood the choice
684
00:35:18,385 --> 00:35:22,019
you were making by continuing
to work for Rhoades.
685
00:35:22,021 --> 00:35:25,423
The offer that was made
that night still holds.
686
00:35:27,694 --> 00:35:30,361
You can come work for me.
687
00:35:30,363 --> 00:35:34,531
Or you can take your chances
with a mentor you no longer trust.
688
00:35:38,805 --> 00:35:42,406
I have no mentors. Not anymore.
689
00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:44,141
You acted like my rabbi,
690
00:35:44,143 --> 00:35:46,777
proffering wisdom when
you were working me,
691
00:35:46,779 --> 00:35:48,445
fucking with my head,
692
00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:50,880
undermining my sense of purpose.
693
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:55,785
Your job is not your purpose.
694
00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,621
Chuck is not your savior.
695
00:35:57,623 --> 00:36:00,657
And if I'm not your friend,
696
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,992
you have no friends.
697
00:36:03,321 --> 00:36:05,128
Fuck your client,
698
00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:06,730
and fuck you, too.
699
00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:16,106
Stop.
700
00:36:38,929 --> 00:36:42,865
Upside-down day, breakfast for dinner.
701
00:36:44,568 --> 00:36:45,768
No thanks.
702
00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:50,338
You always thought that your mother
made those waffles from scratch.
703
00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:51,774
I was eating Eggos?
704
00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:54,108
Yeah, she heated them on the griddle.
705
00:36:54,110 --> 00:36:56,411
I used the toaster.
706
00:36:56,413 --> 00:36:59,947
Put some syrup on it, it's delicious.
707
00:36:59,949 --> 00:37:02,350
So...
708
00:37:02,352 --> 00:37:04,118
the poll results.
709
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,621
What do you think?
710
00:37:06,623 --> 00:37:10,158
I think I'm ready to...
711
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,359
explore.
712
00:37:12,361 --> 00:37:14,561
- That's my boy.
- It's just preliminary.
713
00:37:14,563 --> 00:37:16,697
I'm not committing to anything.
714
00:37:16,699 --> 00:37:19,267
- I hear you.
- 'Cause the thing is,
715
00:37:19,269 --> 00:37:21,869
I'm really not sure that
I finished my mission.
716
00:37:21,871 --> 00:37:24,906
Well, who ever does, kid?
717
00:37:24,908 --> 00:37:28,175
You can weigh all that from
your goddamn nursing home.
718
00:37:28,177 --> 00:37:29,764
The poll...
719
00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:33,681
What did you learn?
720
00:37:38,086 --> 00:37:40,688
Well, uh...
721
00:37:40,690 --> 00:37:43,389
it's pretty clear what
my vulnerabilities are.
722
00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:45,325
My upstate numbers are weak.
723
00:37:45,327 --> 00:37:48,962
They are, but we can buff
and polish you up there.
724
00:37:48,964 --> 00:37:50,897
I am not worried about that.
725
00:37:53,268 --> 00:37:55,768
How do I go about this?
726
00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:57,137
What do I do first?
727
00:37:57,139 --> 00:37:59,605
First thing we do is
we get you anointed.
728
00:37:59,607 --> 00:38:02,942
Ah. The whispered names.
729
00:38:02,944 --> 00:38:04,744
You have to really know them now.
730
00:38:04,746 --> 00:38:07,747
One at least... Black Jack Foley.
731
00:38:07,749 --> 00:38:09,749
I haven't heard that
one in quite awhile.
732
00:38:09,751 --> 00:38:11,617
By design.
733
00:38:11,619 --> 00:38:13,386
You need some personal time with him
734
00:38:13,388 --> 00:38:15,020
so that he can take your measure,
735
00:38:15,022 --> 00:38:17,857
and so he'll bless you.
736
00:38:19,026 --> 00:38:20,759
Things still run through him?
737
00:38:20,761 --> 00:38:22,895
Indeed.
738
00:38:22,897 --> 00:38:25,364
Now...
739
00:38:25,366 --> 00:38:30,236
I want you to get his
granddaughter a clerkship.
740
00:38:32,073 --> 00:38:34,740
Then we wait for the call.
741
00:39:07,206 --> 00:39:09,406
Hi.
742
00:39:29,961 --> 00:39:32,028
Hmmm.
743
00:39:32,030 --> 00:39:34,763
Hmmm. Morning.
744
00:39:37,035 --> 00:39:39,168
How'd you sleep?
745
00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:41,103
Good.
746
00:39:47,878 --> 00:39:51,279
You know, uh, my life moves fast.
747
00:39:52,817 --> 00:39:55,579
And I tend to avoid
the kind of connections
748
00:39:55,579 --> 00:39:59,688
that lead to dependence
or can slow me down.
749
00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:01,122
I know.
750
00:40:01,124 --> 00:40:05,760
Weightlessness is a priority for you.
751
00:40:05,762 --> 00:40:07,662
It's one of the reasons I called.
752
00:40:07,664 --> 00:40:12,067
Doesn't this seem like
a whole different thing?
753
00:40:12,069 --> 00:40:13,201
This?
754
00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:15,437
Us.
755
00:40:15,439 --> 00:40:17,238
Like, I'm a restless person.
756
00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,073
I'm never happy unless I'm in motion
757
00:40:19,075 --> 00:40:21,843
or running seven
projects simultaneously.
758
00:40:21,845 --> 00:40:24,579
But last night I was here.
759
00:40:25,682 --> 00:40:27,515
Even right now.
760
00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:31,185
I haven't stayed in bed
past 5 a.m. since 2001.
761
00:40:31,187 --> 00:40:35,722
Yet right now I feel still,
and I like it.
762
00:40:36,993 --> 00:40:41,061
And... since I'm here...
763
00:40:43,132 --> 00:40:44,465
Hold up.
764
00:40:46,002 --> 00:40:52,472
I'm glad you found another
dimension you can exist in.
765
00:40:52,474 --> 00:40:55,274
But at the moment,
766
00:40:55,276 --> 00:40:58,011
the present is all I can really handle.
767
00:41:00,949 --> 00:41:04,083
And the light of day is a
little bright for me right now.
768
00:41:06,187 --> 00:41:07,186
Okay.
769
00:41:07,188 --> 00:41:08,587
I got an early meeting.
770
00:41:08,589 --> 00:41:10,156
Mind if I take the first shower?
771
00:41:10,158 --> 00:41:11,757
All yours.
772
00:41:20,301 --> 00:41:22,168
Kids ready for camp?
773
00:41:22,170 --> 00:41:24,136
They're brushing their teeth.
774
00:41:24,138 --> 00:41:28,541
Did I just see, uh,
the sitter getting into a taxi?
775
00:41:28,543 --> 00:41:31,309
Why would she be here in the morning?
776
00:41:36,183 --> 00:41:38,717
You know, I had a craving
777
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,953
for a boudin noir last night,
778
00:41:41,955 --> 00:41:44,489
so I went to Bistro Grisby.
779
00:41:44,491 --> 00:41:46,158
We used to go there all the time.
780
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,960
Yeah, when we were first married.
781
00:41:48,962 --> 00:41:51,463
Not in a long time.
782
00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:54,599
Now it's gone.
783
00:41:54,601 --> 00:41:56,568
Gone?
784
00:41:56,570 --> 00:42:00,204
It's, uh, a nail salon now.
785
00:42:00,206 --> 00:42:02,506
They closed four years ago.
786
00:42:02,508 --> 00:42:03,741
Sad.
787
00:42:03,743 --> 00:42:05,142
Mm.
788
00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:12,216
Look...
789
00:42:12,218 --> 00:42:16,087
I know that I reacted poorly
790
00:42:16,089 --> 00:42:20,958
when I learned that you were
going back to Axe Capital.
791
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,827
I'm sorry.
792
00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:26,230
I was being selfish.
793
00:42:29,635 --> 00:42:31,534
If you are happy there,
794
00:42:31,536 --> 00:42:36,339
then... that's where you should be.
795
00:42:40,045 --> 00:42:42,579
I want you to be happy.
796
00:42:51,990 --> 00:42:54,157
That's lovely, Chuck.
797
00:42:55,393 --> 00:42:57,093
It really is.
798
00:42:59,897 --> 00:43:02,532
I'll go get the kids.
799
00:43:14,045 --> 00:43:15,911
Boss...
800
00:43:15,913 --> 00:43:18,580
I received a concerning bit of news.
801
00:43:18,582 --> 00:43:20,115
Mick Danzig just quit.
802
00:43:21,452 --> 00:43:23,118
Is that so?
803
00:43:23,743 --> 00:43:25,122
I just never thought I'd have an issue
804
00:43:25,122 --> 00:43:26,988
dating someone in the office.
805
00:43:26,990 --> 00:43:29,858
And I really didn't.
806
00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:31,126
I don't know...
807
00:43:31,128 --> 00:43:34,963
it's just distracting with Everett here.
808
00:43:34,965 --> 00:43:37,365
I see the way she looks at him, and...
809
00:43:39,770 --> 00:43:41,829
We are in the middle of a session.
810
00:43:41,829 --> 00:43:42,616
Mafee, out.
811
00:43:42,616 --> 00:43:46,708
Yeah, we were just
shooting the breeze, catching up.
812
00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:49,044
That was completely inappropriate.
813
00:43:49,587 --> 00:43:51,630
How can I possibly do
my job if your guys
814
00:43:51,665 --> 00:43:53,838
think you might come barging
through the door at any moment?
815
00:43:53,838 --> 00:43:57,618
It takes me long enough to convince them
you don't have my office bugged.
816
00:43:57,620 --> 00:44:00,221
Once you realized you couldn't
influence my thinking,
817
00:44:00,223 --> 00:44:02,190
you decided to influence someone else's?
818
00:44:02,192 --> 00:44:04,292
- That's my job.
- For the good of the firm,
819
00:44:04,294 --> 00:44:05,693
which I do not define
820
00:44:05,695 --> 00:44:07,595
as making one of my best earners quit.
821
00:44:07,597 --> 00:44:09,563
I didn't make anyone do anything.
822
00:44:09,565 --> 00:44:11,799
I know you had a session
with Mick Danzig.
823
00:44:11,801 --> 00:44:13,033
What did you say to him?
824
00:44:13,035 --> 00:44:14,267
I can't discuss that.
825
00:44:14,269 --> 00:44:17,037
You contract here is very clear.
826
00:44:17,039 --> 00:44:19,239
You are here to help
my employees perform
827
00:44:19,241 --> 00:44:20,741
at their peak level.
828
00:44:20,743 --> 00:44:23,056
In any manner I see fit.
You don't like it, fire me.
829
00:44:23,056 --> 00:44:24,682
Pay me out. I agreed to come back.
830
00:44:24,682 --> 00:44:27,647
I am back doing exactly
what I am paid to do.
831
00:44:27,649 --> 00:44:29,449
You made the deal, Bobby.
832
00:44:29,451 --> 00:44:31,318
You can get out of it any time.
833
00:44:43,971 --> 00:44:47,133
That was a neat trick
you pulled with the A.G.
834
00:44:47,135 --> 00:44:49,902
I mean, I've never seen her
flanked before.
835
00:44:49,904 --> 00:44:51,204
Impressive.
836
00:44:51,206 --> 00:44:54,741
All in the service of justice.
837
00:44:54,743 --> 00:44:56,843
Well, and the Southern District.
838
00:44:56,845 --> 00:44:57,877
Mm.
839
00:44:57,879 --> 00:44:59,911
Now you get to have your moment...
840
00:44:59,913 --> 00:45:01,381
as well you should.
841
00:45:02,583 --> 00:45:07,152
The question is,
what will you do with it?
842
00:45:07,154 --> 00:45:10,356
Such ambitions are far from my focus.
843
00:45:10,358 --> 00:45:12,291
I see a run for office.
844
00:45:14,128 --> 00:45:17,195
Is it possible you'll go the other way?
845
00:45:17,197 --> 00:45:19,131
Cash out, go private? That's not you.
846
00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:23,401
No. Sadly, I'm like you.
Public servant for life.
847
00:45:23,403 --> 00:45:27,739
Uh, and it's in that role that I'm here.
848
00:45:27,741 --> 00:45:29,074
I have come across
849
00:45:29,076 --> 00:45:32,209
a wonderful young law student,
Emma Foley.
850
00:45:32,211 --> 00:45:35,045
She's at Cardoza. Smart. Studious.
851
00:45:35,717 --> 00:45:37,915
And a clerkship with you would, uh...
852
00:45:37,917 --> 00:45:40,485
Oh, slice that baby up.
853
00:45:40,487 --> 00:45:42,787
Thank you.
854
00:45:42,789 --> 00:45:46,090
Oh, I love the sound it
makes when they carve it.
855
00:45:46,092 --> 00:45:47,158
There you go.
856
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,126
Uh. All right.
857
00:45:50,129 --> 00:45:51,695
That crackle.
858
00:45:53,766 --> 00:45:55,632
Look, if this young lady is qualified,
859
00:45:55,634 --> 00:45:58,035
I'll consider her as I
would any other candidate.
860
00:45:58,037 --> 00:45:59,870
I recognize the last name.
861
00:45:59,872 --> 00:46:02,807
So I have a feeling if she were
really as super as you say,
862
00:46:02,809 --> 00:46:04,508
she'd already have a clerkship.
863
00:46:04,510 --> 00:46:06,677
Well, we're not talking
about appointing her
864
00:46:06,679 --> 00:46:08,745
to the Supreme Court.
865
00:46:08,747 --> 00:46:10,747
This is how things are done, right?
866
00:46:10,749 --> 00:46:14,117
Not for me. Not anymore.
867
00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:15,985
I look at the way things get done.
868
00:46:15,987 --> 00:46:19,356
The view changes when you
see things from the bench.
869
00:46:19,358 --> 00:46:20,390
Uh-huh.
870
00:46:20,392 --> 00:46:23,159
Favor-trading, deal-making,
871
00:46:23,161 --> 00:46:26,229
back channeling, patronage.
872
00:46:26,231 --> 00:46:28,798
I'll admit, I took advantage
every now and then
873
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:29,811
when I was in the trenches.
874
00:46:29,811 --> 00:46:33,569
But... I lost my taste for it.
875
00:46:33,571 --> 00:46:36,372
True objectivity.
876
00:46:36,374 --> 00:46:38,374
It's the ultimate luxury.
877
00:46:38,376 --> 00:46:40,008
It's corrosive, Chuck.
878
00:46:40,010 --> 00:46:42,611
I mean, I went to law school
to help fix the system,
879
00:46:42,613 --> 00:46:43,779
not succumb to it.
880
00:46:43,781 --> 00:46:46,048
Sounds like you're
feeling the holy spirit.
881
00:46:46,050 --> 00:46:49,652
For the first time
since clerking for RBG.
882
00:46:49,654 --> 00:46:53,055
Which is why I'm careful
with my own clerks.
883
00:46:53,057 --> 00:46:54,990
This is very personal for me.
884
00:46:54,992 --> 00:46:57,525
I mean, I'm finally in a
position to do some good.
885
00:46:57,527 --> 00:46:58,894
Very inspiring.
886
00:46:59,990 --> 00:47:02,497
Just don't forget, it was
the back channels and deal-making
887
00:47:02,499 --> 00:47:05,500
that put you in that position.
888
00:47:05,502 --> 00:47:08,603
Remind me again,
and this is the last meal we share.
889
00:47:10,574 --> 00:47:12,073
Help yourself.
890
00:47:12,075 --> 00:47:13,608
Absolutely right.
891
00:47:16,346 --> 00:47:17,746
Thank you.
892
00:47:17,748 --> 00:47:22,049
I think you'll make an
excellent candidate, Chuck.
893
00:47:22,051 --> 00:47:25,420
I actually think you're
built for the political life.
894
00:47:25,422 --> 00:47:28,589
I mean, if I'm you, I'd go for it.
895
00:47:30,006 --> 00:47:31,192
Mm.
896
00:47:33,863 --> 00:47:36,364
It wasn't the Governor
who called the shot.
897
00:47:36,366 --> 00:47:37,731
Sure, he controls Scolari.
898
00:47:37,733 --> 00:47:39,833
But this goes to who
controls the Governor,
899
00:47:39,835 --> 00:47:41,269
and that's Jack Foley.
900
00:47:41,271 --> 00:47:44,004
I know who that is...
Old steel and railroad money.
901
00:47:44,006 --> 00:47:48,008
One of the first Western businessmen
into Russia after the wall fell.
902
00:47:48,010 --> 00:47:50,511
But more than that,
an Albany machine man.
903
00:47:50,513 --> 00:47:52,579
His family goes all
the way back to Tweed.
904
00:47:52,581 --> 00:47:53,647
Huh.
905
00:47:53,649 --> 00:47:56,583
Foley's war chest got three
of the last four Govs elected,
906
00:47:56,585 --> 00:47:58,118
along with half the Assembly.
907
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,921
But it seems, in this case,
he focused on the casino.
908
00:48:00,923 --> 00:48:03,189
So, why would Foley want to fuck me?
909
00:48:03,191 --> 00:48:06,426
Unclear.
Look, it's like that Marco kid said,
910
00:48:06,428 --> 00:48:08,361
this likely wasn't a targeted strike.
911
00:48:08,363 --> 00:48:10,897
It was collateral on a
strike against someone else.
912
00:48:10,899 --> 00:48:13,599
It may actually be
random Albany bullshit.
913
00:48:13,601 --> 00:48:15,235
But we can't be sure it wasn't.
914
00:48:15,237 --> 00:48:17,069
No, we can't.
915
00:48:24,746 --> 00:48:26,612
I'm Tier two, which means I can sign out
916
00:48:26,614 --> 00:48:28,247
during the day to look for a job.
917
00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:30,316
But I don't want to
talk about this place.
918
00:48:30,318 --> 00:48:32,117
I want to hear about the world.
919
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,027
Well...
920
00:48:35,689 --> 00:48:39,390
I'm having problems with
that bond I bought upstate.
921
00:48:39,392 --> 00:48:41,059
I saw.
922
00:48:41,061 --> 00:48:43,227
Albany moved the gaming license.
923
00:48:43,229 --> 00:48:44,595
You trying to get it back?
924
00:48:44,597 --> 00:48:48,232
It's too late. I have to take action.
925
00:48:48,234 --> 00:48:51,169
The only way that I can come out ahead,
926
00:48:51,171 --> 00:48:53,071
it's pretty grisly.
927
00:48:55,675 --> 00:48:58,742
Playing Torquemada's never fun.
928
00:49:07,753 --> 00:49:11,088
I'm still stuck on how the
whole license thing went down.
929
00:49:11,090 --> 00:49:13,423
It was supposed to be a done deal.
930
00:49:13,425 --> 00:49:17,260
But the switch...
it tracks back to Jack Foley.
931
00:49:17,262 --> 00:49:19,762
What do you want to
know about Black Jack?
932
00:49:19,764 --> 00:49:22,532
What drives him. What moves him.
933
00:49:22,534 --> 00:49:24,267
Who he's close to.
934
00:49:24,269 --> 00:49:26,436
How I can get close to him.
935
00:49:26,438 --> 00:49:29,138
He's driven by maintaining influence...
936
00:49:29,140 --> 00:49:30,840
naturally...
937
00:49:30,842 --> 00:49:35,979
and growing his six-generation fortune
and staying invisible despite it all.
938
00:49:35,981 --> 00:49:38,615
Advisor to kings and princes.
939
00:49:38,617 --> 00:49:41,985
There was a time not long ago
I could have put you in a room with him.
940
00:49:41,987 --> 00:49:45,787
But I'm off his speed dial now.
941
00:49:45,789 --> 00:49:47,523
All the way off.
942
00:49:49,093 --> 00:49:50,926
Roberto...
943
00:49:50,928 --> 00:49:53,295
what you're considering upstate,
944
00:49:53,297 --> 00:49:57,099
the vulture play, know this...
945
00:49:57,101 --> 00:50:00,503
Everybody's a Libertarian
until it's their town that's dying.
946
00:50:00,505 --> 00:50:03,872
Then a bailout only seems right.
947
00:50:03,874 --> 00:50:05,273
Before I ended up in here,
948
00:50:05,275 --> 00:50:07,776
I would've said to you,
949
00:50:07,778 --> 00:50:10,012
"Let it implode. Raze the fucker.
950
00:50:10,014 --> 00:50:12,581
Let something new grow in its place.
951
00:50:12,583 --> 00:50:14,382
Prop it up and you're only delaying
952
00:50:14,384 --> 00:50:15,918
the inevitable collapse."
953
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:17,252
But now?
954
00:50:17,924 --> 00:50:18,819
You have to handle it right,
955
00:50:18,821 --> 00:50:21,322
or you'll be facing the
same torches and pitchforks
956
00:50:21,324 --> 00:50:22,623
that landed me in here.
957
00:50:22,625 --> 00:50:24,926
Except that what I'd
be doing isn't illegal.
958
00:50:27,197 --> 00:50:29,097
I did everything I could
959
00:50:29,099 --> 00:50:30,865
to make sure it didn't come to this.
960
00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:32,767
But still it went bad.
961
00:50:35,605 --> 00:50:37,838
Just don't forget...
962
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,147
if they hate you enough,
963
00:50:39,147 --> 00:50:42,176
they will find legal
grounds to fuck you.
964
00:50:42,178 --> 00:50:44,211
You know this.
965
00:50:51,287 --> 00:50:54,154
You're not gonna be able to
find out what I need to know.
966
00:50:54,156 --> 00:50:56,656
I'm gonna have to sit down
face-to-face with Foley.
967
00:50:56,658 --> 00:50:58,725
He'll be resistant.
968
00:50:58,727 --> 00:51:01,928
So start thinking of ways
to overcome that resistance.
969
00:51:01,930 --> 00:51:03,197
Will do.
970
00:51:13,709 --> 00:51:15,208
Yeah.
971
00:51:16,678 --> 00:51:17,877
No, I wasn't.
972
00:51:17,879 --> 00:51:19,545
But send him up.
973
00:51:35,463 --> 00:51:37,796
I understand what "vulture"
means now, huh.
974
00:51:40,114 --> 00:51:42,300
I know things didn't work out
the way we thought they would.
975
00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:45,004
And I know this is a
bad situation for you.
976
00:51:45,006 --> 00:51:49,742
But I got to ask you to please
not take it out on Marco's town.
977
00:51:49,744 --> 00:51:52,811
You know you've got a finder's fee
coming to you either way.
978
00:51:52,813 --> 00:51:54,780
Come on, I don't give a shit about that.
979
00:51:54,782 --> 00:51:57,415
You can throw it right in
if it changes anything.
980
00:51:57,417 --> 00:51:59,652
Bobby, I've known you
since you're a kid.
981
00:51:59,687 --> 00:52:01,668
I don't know why you want
to hurt all of these people
982
00:52:01,668 --> 00:52:04,022
who got so little as it is.
983
00:52:04,024 --> 00:52:07,325
These people, they're just
like you while growing up.
984
00:52:07,327 --> 00:52:09,294
Now you've got everything.
985
00:52:09,296 --> 00:52:11,863
They're gonna have less than nothing.
986
00:52:11,865 --> 00:52:14,966
I can't have that on my head,
and you don't want it on yours.
987
00:52:14,968 --> 00:52:17,068
I hear you, Bruno.
988
00:52:17,070 --> 00:52:19,603
Like you said,
you've known me since I was a kid,
989
00:52:19,605 --> 00:52:21,472
so you know I'm telling you the truth
990
00:52:21,474 --> 00:52:25,476
when I say I want to avoid doing it.
991
00:52:25,478 --> 00:52:27,679
I'm trying my best.
992
00:53:22,299 --> 00:53:24,466
I saw Bruno down there.
993
00:53:24,468 --> 00:53:26,135
He was here about the muni bond?
994
00:53:26,137 --> 00:53:28,670
Lobbying for Sandicot.
995
00:53:33,477 --> 00:53:35,444
What do you think I should do?
996
00:53:37,248 --> 00:53:40,282
You finally asking me for my opinion?
997
00:53:40,284 --> 00:53:41,883
I wasn't cutting you out.
998
00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:46,855
I'm just trying to wrap
my head around all this.
999
00:53:46,857 --> 00:53:49,124
But now I really need
to know what you think.
1000
00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:57,531
I can see how painful this is for you.
1001
00:53:57,533 --> 00:54:00,368
It was all over your face when
you were talking to Bruno.
1002
00:54:04,159 --> 00:54:06,641
It's tough.
1003
00:54:06,643 --> 00:54:08,943
I just sank a shit ton
of money into a place
1004
00:54:08,945 --> 00:54:11,845
that will never be able
to repay its obligations.
1005
00:54:13,650 --> 00:54:16,617
But if we go soft,
like Bruno wants us to,
1006
00:54:16,619 --> 00:54:19,787
we'll lose the better part
of 500 million dollars.
1007
00:54:21,891 --> 00:54:26,894
Whereas if we do what it
takes to make the bond viable,
1008
00:54:26,896 --> 00:54:29,263
we're gonna clear over $100 million.
1009
00:54:31,667 --> 00:54:35,502
I can see both sides of this.
1010
00:54:35,504 --> 00:54:37,905
Those people up there
are who we used to be.
1011
00:54:37,907 --> 00:54:40,140
That's what Bruno said.
1012
00:54:43,011 --> 00:54:46,846
Did anyone ever help us,
or look out for us?
1013
00:54:48,726 --> 00:54:50,149
When my mother was closing the blinds
1014
00:54:50,151 --> 00:54:53,085
so that bill collectors wouldn't
know that anyone was home?
1015
00:54:53,087 --> 00:54:54,554
No.
1016
00:54:54,556 --> 00:54:57,657
The way we were brought up,
it was always them or us.
1017
00:54:57,659 --> 00:54:59,892
And it still is.
1018
00:54:59,894 --> 00:55:01,505
That's what I think.
1019
00:55:03,331 --> 00:55:06,165
And like you said, Bobby...
1020
00:55:06,167 --> 00:55:09,135
in the end, everyone else
is cannon fodder.
1021
00:55:09,137 --> 00:55:12,939
So I say you go up there,
and you do what you got to do.
1022
00:55:12,941 --> 00:55:14,941
Cut off the gangrenous parts.
1023
00:55:14,943 --> 00:55:17,576
And then we go in with
charter schools and outrage,
1024
00:55:17,578 --> 00:55:18,944
for about $30 million.
1025
00:55:18,946 --> 00:55:20,379
We capture the tax write-off,
1026
00:55:20,381 --> 00:55:24,850
and those kids will be better off
than their parents, or we, ever were.
1027
00:55:45,973 --> 00:55:48,539
Before we go out,
can you order pizza for the kids?
1028
00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:50,675
Chinese tonight.
1029
00:55:50,677 --> 00:55:52,577
The one they like doesn't deliver.
1030
00:55:52,579 --> 00:55:53,978
And George isn't here yet.
1031
00:55:53,980 --> 00:55:55,158
I'll get it.
1032
00:55:56,883 --> 00:55:58,483
Seize all their assets...
1033
00:55:58,485 --> 00:56:02,453
property, utilities, machinery,
vehicles, buildings.
1034
00:56:02,455 --> 00:56:06,056
Everything, even Town fucking Hall.
1035
00:56:06,058 --> 00:56:08,025
Look to seize the town's bank accounts,
1036
00:56:08,027 --> 00:56:10,427
payroll accounts, pension funds.
1037
00:56:18,470 --> 00:56:20,004
Do it.
1038
00:56:20,006 --> 00:56:22,873
They'll fucking agree to it
because they've got no choice.
1039
00:56:22,875 --> 00:56:25,909
And don't stop till we
get what we're owed.