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[WENDY] Previously on Billions...
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On power of the President,
you are fired!
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[JOCK] Mr. Connerty,
as your first detail
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[JOCK] as United States Attorney
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[JOCK] for the
Southern District,
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please show this gentleman out.
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The palace coup is complete.
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I did what I had to do
to survive. And to win.
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You have to know
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that anything I do
to stop you is warranted.
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[AXE] Rudy, you're fired.
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For fraternizing.
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[AXE] With our sworn
fucking enemies.
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You will move assets
how and when I tell you.
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[AXE] Your 2 and 20
is now 1 and 10.
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[AXE] The rest will be
paid to me.
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You are now officially
but unofficially
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the proud owner of half
of my half of Panay's fund.
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It's time to put away
childish enthusiasms.
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[TROY] They left me no choice.
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Said they were going to
destroy my business, my life.
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Most of your major cases are
being put under review
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by Connerty.
Your name will be ruined.
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And Epstein's vacated
New York Attorney General's seat
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[CHUCK] is there for me.
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He owed me a favor.
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Yeah.
As I do now.
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You got that carry permit
you were looking for.
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We need to be certain
no money is going
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[WAGS] to ex-employees
of Axe Capital...
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Please stop fucking
with Taylor Mason.
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[GRIGOR] Forget all about them.
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But be sure you don't
forget about me.
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[WAGS] He's a Russian Oligarch.
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[WAGS] But you, mon frère,
are a motherfucking
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American Oligarch.
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You will not relent.
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Taylor must pay.
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We have to do it without
Grigor getting a whiff of us.
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[AXE] We don't put out this fire
by pouring water on it.
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But by sucking oxygen
out of the room.
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Completely.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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[MECHANICAL WHIRRING, CLANGING]
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This is the competition's...
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[WHIRRING, CLANGING CONTINUES]
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[THEO] Not exactly RoboCop.
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But until now,
considered state of the art.
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Ooh, money just walked in.
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[WAGS] Rebecca Cantu.
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Oh. So that's what a rich person
looks like.
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I'd always wondered.
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But check out this badass
our company built.
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Brains like Will Hunting,
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strength like Artis Gilmore
in the ABA days.
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[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]
- Ooh.
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[DOOR THUDS]
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Which is why Patriot Trust Bank
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is proud to be doing this raise
for you.
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I'll let the scientists
who made him
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tell you how and why later on,
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but I want you to know
that we are committed
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to helping put one of these
in every company loading bay,
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and eventually,
every home in America.
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What size investments
are available?
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My kind of question.
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We're looking for
no more than five firms
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to fulfill $100 mil
in this C round,
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[THEO] which comes with
anti-dilution rights.
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Anything else?
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[REBECCA] The, um...
The noise signature,
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that hum, uh, makes me believe
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there's a combustion engine
inside there.
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Rebecca, this product wasn't
hand-delivered to you early,
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so I'll forgive you for not
having your research in order.
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We have a proprietary
power source.
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[COMPANY CEO] It's one of
the reasons we're set apart.
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Anyone else have a question?
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Oh. It's proprietary.
That... It...
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Thanks. Withdrawn.
I'm sorry.
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Over the line, Smokey.
Forfeit your turn.
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- [WAGS] Mark it zero.
- Not how it's gonna go.
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Of course, proprietary doesn't
tell us shit, does it.
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I grew up with
a mechanic for a father.
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So, uh, forgive me.
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That's definitely
a combustion engine.
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[REBECCA] And that won't work
for the military.
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[REBECCA] So you'll have to
improve the battery technology,
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but the, uh, the margins
on this thing
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are already thin as Kate Moss
on a juice fast.
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[THEO] The money taken in today
will go a long way
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in offsetting any costs
we might incur...
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Mm. It doesn't know
how to walk.
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I don't know
what you were looking at.
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There's no remote.
No human control at all.
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But it's not actually stable,
right? It's metastable.
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I've seen this demo
a dozen times.
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Hasn't fallen...
Hasn't even stumbled... once.
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Well, you could hold
a curling match on this floor.
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But, um, what about...
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[REBECCA] now...
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Can we run it again?
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[LAUGHTER]
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Any other questions?
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Whoa. They shoulda had you
inside the tent.
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Could've trouble shot it,
helped launch it.
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I don't launch shit products.
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Lucky she was here,
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or we might've actually
gone in on that loser.
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So, straight back
to the office...
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Oh no...
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Axe, look, I know this may still
seem a little bleeding edge...
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It's the Mechanical Turk.
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But at least that
beat people at chess
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before the con was revealed.
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This company has real
consumer potential...
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Yet this bank is invested in
this because the chairman's son
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was in the Spee
with the Chief Tech Officer.
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Or some bullshit like that.
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He told you to deliver.
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That's why you've been doing
all the talking today,
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because it matters to you.
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But now
you're gonna have trouble
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salvaging anyone else
in this room.
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If it makes your life easier,
I'll take a piece.
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You will?
That's great...
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But...
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there's something that matters
to me that I need in return.
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Won't cost you a penny.
Will even save you some...
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This is gonna be a time of
great prosperity for us both.
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So I'm glad to continue...
To renew...
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[AXE] To start...
our friendship.
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I know your bank would have
liked the other business...
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[AXE] But I'm touched
that you prefer mine.
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Based on a number of factors...
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Including the brevity
of your track record...
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- Alto Bank...
- Bank Allemane...
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Patriot Trust Bank can't extend
you leverage at this juncture.
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Thank you for your time.
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Here.
Have a koozie.
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I can set you more meetings.
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No. I've seen more eyes
go cold on me
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than Agent Bill Tench did
in a whole season.
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Axe got to all of the bankers.
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- I'm done.
- I should have gone.
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You don't have time
to waste on that shit.
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It's not time that's
the problem. It's capital.
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Winston and the quant team have
a huge stat arb opportunity
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that I'm gonna have to
leave on the table
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if we don't lock in leverage
by end of week.
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I can't let Axe cause that.
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- You have an idea?
- Not even a notion. Yet.
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But I will.
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We will.
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He actually invested
in the piece of shit...
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Believe me, I was excited
that we were getting into
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Private Equitatus,
but badly built robots...
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Private equity, Spyros.
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Maybe just show me
your mood ring
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if you want me to know
how you feel.
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Or don't.
Because I don't give a shit.
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[WAGS] But if we go in
on crappy companies
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just to get the return favor
of fucking over Taylor Mason,
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it's gonna be a hard sell
to our investors
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[WAGS]
on the wisdom of the idea.
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At a certain point, the Street's
gonna start wondering
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if you care more about revenge
than making money.
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And so do I.
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Leave.
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[DIGNIFIED]
I serve at your pleasure.
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And so do I.
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Meaning: I feel the same way he does.
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If you burn cash and have down
quarters just to hurt Taylor,
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you're Neil McCauley
throwing it all away
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to kill Waingro in that motel.
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I can't stand by
and let that happen.
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For a minute there, you're glad
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that Neil allows himself
to feel.
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But then, yeah, his one moment
of humanity kills him.
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But this isn't that.
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We're mixing into
private equity. For real.
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And I got everybody downstairs
generating ideas.
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But you haven't said yes
to any of them yet.
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They have a dozen internal ideas
you've turned down.
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- 'Cause they all suck.
- They can't all suck.
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What we need is
a meaningful partnership.
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And I know how to find it...
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Helena, could you have the team
put together a list
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of all the private companies
Rebecca Cantu is invested in.
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Ah, shit, Wags.
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You really know your man.
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I never asked to be
your Attorney General.
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I'm just a small-town lawyer
who was called to serve.
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And that's what I did.
Under our last AG,
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Alvin Epstein, who felt the call
to duty in DC.
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[DARCHA] But now that fate... and
the New York State Legislature...
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[DARCHA] have made me
the Interim Attorney General...
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I'm asking you to let me
see this mission through...
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You think he's got
what it takes?
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- [DARCHA] ...and keep serving.
- To win?
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Well, he's starting
with the job.
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As natural advantages go,
that's a good start.
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And if he gets it?
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His rep is: he stays in his own
side of the sandbox.
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Well, if he's not gonna scrap
with us over jurisdiction
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and for cases,
he's my kind of candidate...
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- Mm-hmm.
- Mm.
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[DARCHA] ...and to the people
of New York.
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[DARCHA] Thanks
to the tireless...
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Look at him.
Champing at the bit
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to keep the reins of power
now that he has them.
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- Don't do that.
- What?
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If you're talking to people,
it's chomp.
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But it's not that.
It's from the poem:
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"Twelve beauteous steeds,
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of golden color
and with golden manes,
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Champ at the bit."
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Champ. Champ.
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We can go home now.
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Voters don't want
William Safire.
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They want an Attorney General
who talks like
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he's actually from New York.
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[DARCHA] ...this effort
and the progress we've made.
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There's still...
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The concealed carry
for your client...
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Personally taken care of.
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- Hand-stamped for approval.
- Thank you.
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Let me know
if he needs a lesson.
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I'll take him to Tiro myself...
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Why do I feel
an ask is coming...?
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'Cause you're a bright boy.
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And contract
makes the world go 'round.
251
00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,095
Okay.
What's up in this rotation?
252
00:09:23,178 --> 00:09:25,178
The police pension fund.
253
00:09:25,261 --> 00:09:28,095
I need an independent look at
the administrator, Raul Gomez.
254
00:09:28,178 --> 00:09:29,470
Funds unaccounted for?
255
00:09:29,553 --> 00:09:31,220
I don't have access
to the books,
256
00:09:31,303 --> 00:09:33,929
but after 20 as a cop
and years of restrained living,
257
00:09:34,011 --> 00:09:35,637
he's suddenly got
a NetJets account.
258
00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,637
He flew private
down to the Derby.
259
00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,011
Uh huh. You do, as they say,
have people for that.
260
00:09:41,095 --> 00:09:42,845
Whilst I am merely
a humble barrister
261
00:09:42,929 --> 00:09:44,345
with no particular portfolio.
262
00:09:44,428 --> 00:09:46,303
When cops get going
investigating cops,
263
00:09:46,387 --> 00:09:48,303
they're worse than
scamps in a sewing circle.
264
00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:49,804
As you well know, Chick.
265
00:09:49,887 --> 00:09:51,178
Which is why I'm coming to you.
266
00:09:51,261 --> 00:09:53,679
And to insulate yourself.
267
00:09:53,762 --> 00:09:55,679
Raul Gomez is a man
with a lot of friends,
268
00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:58,095
many inside
your very department.
269
00:09:58,178 --> 00:10:00,929
Some might even be
more loyal to him than to you...
270
00:10:01,011 --> 00:10:03,637
And wouldn't hesitate to
lash out at little ol' me.
271
00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,345
- Thank you, and bless you.
[APPLAUSE]
272
00:10:06,428 --> 00:10:09,136
Now, who's gonna look after
Rhoades if that comes to pass?
273
00:10:09,220 --> 00:10:10,637
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
274
00:10:13,261 --> 00:10:15,261
You know how to
take care of yourself.
275
00:10:15,345 --> 00:10:18,220
And even if you aren't one,
you operate like an insider.
276
00:10:18,303 --> 00:10:19,720
Who's better at tracking down
277
00:10:19,804 --> 00:10:22,053
and punishing
financial wrongdoing than you?
278
00:10:22,136 --> 00:10:24,261
Well, I didn't have you
as a flatterer.
279
00:10:24,345 --> 00:10:27,720
I'm whatever I need to be.
280
00:10:27,804 --> 00:10:30,095
- Nice to see you.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
281
00:10:30,178 --> 00:10:31,929
♪ ♪
282
00:10:32,011 --> 00:10:34,136
Now I gotta be a rabbi.
Excuse me.
283
00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:37,053
Oh. Guiding your boy
to the top seat?
284
00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:39,804
No. He's not my boy.
Yet.
285
00:10:39,887 --> 00:10:41,929
He's new to certain parts
of this life,
286
00:10:42,011 --> 00:10:44,178
so I need to see him in action
before I decide.
287
00:10:44,261 --> 00:10:46,178
Do what I ask
and you'll graduate from
288
00:10:46,261 --> 00:10:48,553
cadging pop gun permits
for big players
289
00:10:48,637 --> 00:10:50,220
to becoming one yourself again.
290
00:10:50,303 --> 00:10:53,804
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
291
00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,970
You looking for the endorsement
of the Police Commissioner
292
00:10:56,053 --> 00:10:57,762
to catapult you into the race?
293
00:10:57,845 --> 00:11:00,303
I want his men.
I want their votes.
294
00:11:00,387 --> 00:11:04,220
And I want the visual of them
bathing me in all that blue.
295
00:11:04,303 --> 00:11:06,303
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
296
00:11:06,387 --> 00:11:08,136
♪ ♪
297
00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:11,303
Cleaning...
298
00:11:11,387 --> 00:11:14,095
Cleaning what?
299
00:11:14,178 --> 00:11:18,220
Uh... w-wages...
300
00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:21,762
I remember him speaking English
when we hired him.
301
00:11:21,845 --> 00:11:24,136
Maybe it'll come back after
we punt him into the Hudson.
302
00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:25,970
Eureka Building Solutions.
303
00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:28,261
New big national
janitorial services company.
304
00:11:28,345 --> 00:11:29,762
Thousands of employees.
305
00:11:29,845 --> 00:11:31,303
They're chewing up
the competition,
306
00:11:31,387 --> 00:11:33,845
undercutting all bids.
Best margins in the industry.
307
00:11:33,929 --> 00:11:36,136
Is that what motormouth
was going on about?
308
00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:38,929
[BEN KIM] Tuk has relatives
without green cards,
309
00:11:39,011 --> 00:11:41,845
only temporary work visas,
who work for Eureka.
310
00:11:41,929 --> 00:11:44,345
They get paid 16 bucks an hour,
plus benefits.
311
00:11:44,428 --> 00:11:45,720
What's the thing?
312
00:11:45,804 --> 00:11:47,762
Company forces them
to kick back salary,
313
00:11:47,845 --> 00:11:50,220
off the books.
Benefits aren't real.
314
00:11:50,303 --> 00:11:52,428
[BEN KIM] They're really getting
paid less than minimum wage.
315
00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:55,136
If they complain, the company
jams them up with ICE.
316
00:11:55,220 --> 00:11:58,053
And the chief investor
in their main competitor,
317
00:11:58,136 --> 00:12:01,011
Manifest Cleaning Services,
seems to be Rebecca Cantu.
318
00:12:01,095 --> 00:12:03,178
We were told to look for
overlapping businesses.
319
00:12:03,261 --> 00:12:06,845
But Eureka's a private company,
so we can't short it...
320
00:12:06,929 --> 00:12:08,887
But we can
burn it to the ground,
321
00:12:08,970 --> 00:12:11,595
[AXE] leaving Rebecca's company
to own the market.
322
00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,011
Tuk, you're about to
go get a job...
323
00:12:19,804 --> 00:12:21,845
Will you set a dinner
with Rebecca Cantu?
324
00:12:21,929 --> 00:12:23,470
Oh. Yay.
325
00:12:23,553 --> 00:12:24,470
Can we go somewhere meaty?
326
00:12:24,553 --> 00:12:25,845
Actually, you know what?
327
00:12:25,929 --> 00:12:28,011
I'll call and set it myself.
328
00:12:28,095 --> 00:12:29,637
For two.
329
00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,053
[FRED EAGLESMITH'S
"BEEN A LONG TIME"]
330
00:12:31,136 --> 00:12:32,387
[PHONE RECEIVER BEEPS]
331
00:12:32,470 --> 00:12:33,595
[AXE] Helena,
will you get Rebecca Cantu?
332
00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:34,387
♪ It's been a long time ♪
333
00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:35,845
[MAN] Roni Supreme for ya.
334
00:12:35,929 --> 00:12:37,178
♪ It's been a long time... ♪
335
00:12:37,261 --> 00:12:38,970
Do you mind if I eat before you?
336
00:12:39,053 --> 00:12:40,553
I don't like to take
a long lunch hour.
337
00:12:40,637 --> 00:12:41,720
This is actually the first time
338
00:12:41,804 --> 00:12:43,011
I've left the office
during lunch.
339
00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:45,845
You're a partner,
you can't live a little?
340
00:12:45,929 --> 00:12:48,053
Yeah. No. You're right.
341
00:12:48,136 --> 00:12:50,512
I've got a very small equity
piece so technically...
342
00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:52,845
♪ It's been a long while ♪
343
00:12:52,929 --> 00:12:54,470
I'm sorry about
what happened to you.
344
00:12:54,553 --> 00:12:56,011
♪ Sure has been
a long, long while... ♪
345
00:12:56,095 --> 00:12:58,428
- Was it really out of the blue?
- Kinda.
346
00:12:58,512 --> 00:13:00,970
I mean, when you're almost fired
so many times and then not...
347
00:13:01,053 --> 00:13:03,303
you start to believe
you're Willis in Unbreakable.
348
00:13:03,387 --> 00:13:05,136
Right until they shatter your
heart into a million pieces.
349
00:13:05,220 --> 00:13:07,053
Ah, shit man.
350
00:13:07,136 --> 00:13:09,178
No one there will talk to me.
351
00:13:09,261 --> 00:13:11,220
I think because they assumed
I'd walk across the river
352
00:13:11,303 --> 00:13:13,178
and take a job with you guys.
353
00:13:13,261 --> 00:13:14,804
So...
354
00:13:14,887 --> 00:13:15,929
♪ I was trying to make you... ♪
355
00:13:16,011 --> 00:13:18,303
How's it going
at Taylor Mason Capital?
356
00:13:18,387 --> 00:13:20,553
Fine. Good.
357
00:13:20,637 --> 00:13:22,261
New firm. Strikes and gutters,
ya know, but...
358
00:13:22,345 --> 00:13:24,095
I need a job, man.
359
00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:27,136
My attorney said
my non-compete isn't binding.
360
00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:29,136
And Axe Cap isn't gonna
fight it anyway.
361
00:13:29,220 --> 00:13:31,512
So I'm coming to you
because you know what I can do.
362
00:13:31,595 --> 00:13:33,762
You know you can count on me.
363
00:13:33,845 --> 00:13:38,345
And my wife...
is super pregnant.
364
00:13:38,428 --> 00:13:41,637
♪ ♪
365
00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,095
Done. Taken care of.
366
00:13:43,178 --> 00:13:44,970
Really?
367
00:13:45,053 --> 00:13:46,261
I gotta talk to the team,
but, like you said,
368
00:13:46,345 --> 00:13:47,637
I have ownership interest.
369
00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,428
I'm employee number one...
Or two.
370
00:13:50,512 --> 00:13:52,762
Is Taylor an employee?
371
00:13:52,845 --> 00:13:55,595
Doesn't matter.
The point is... I got you.
372
00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:00,679
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC]
373
00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,762
Mr. Panay.
374
00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:06,178
Smart of you to
accept my invitation
375
00:14:06,261 --> 00:14:08,762
to discuss
the police pension fund.
376
00:14:08,845 --> 00:14:11,303
[SIGHS]
377
00:14:11,387 --> 00:14:13,178
Surely me stalking
through your office
378
00:14:13,261 --> 00:14:15,261
would raise questions
you wouldn't want to answer.
379
00:14:15,345 --> 00:14:18,387
Or perhaps just whispers
that might escape your walls.
380
00:14:18,470 --> 00:14:21,428
I agreed to meet you here so
I could leave when I wanted to.
381
00:14:21,512 --> 00:14:24,178
We may already have
arrived at that moment.
382
00:14:24,261 --> 00:14:26,887
Well, if you've nothing to hide,
what's your rush?
383
00:14:26,970 --> 00:14:30,387
I'm managing
more money than God...
384
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,387
And bringing in better returns
than He did last year.
385
00:14:33,470 --> 00:14:35,720
So that doesn't leave me
a lot of time to deal with
386
00:14:35,804 --> 00:14:38,929
a man strutting around
on phantom limbs.
387
00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:41,387
I know damn well
you got cut off at the knees.
388
00:14:41,470 --> 00:14:43,887
Time's a fickle beast.
389
00:14:43,970 --> 00:14:46,261
Why, a year ago,
I had legions at my command
390
00:14:46,345 --> 00:14:50,136
while your fund was deflating
like a Tijuana breast implant.
391
00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:51,970
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised
392
00:14:52,053 --> 00:14:54,428
[CHUCK] if you were Googling
how to tie a noose.
393
00:14:54,512 --> 00:14:57,762
And yet through some act
of prestidigitation,
394
00:14:57,845 --> 00:15:01,720
you wound up with a lifeline
instead.
395
00:15:01,804 --> 00:15:04,720
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
396
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:09,387
♪ ♪
397
00:15:09,470 --> 00:15:14,220
♪ ♪
398
00:15:14,303 --> 00:15:17,428
Now, it's possible that the
God... whose ass you are kicking
399
00:15:17,512 --> 00:15:19,053
on the board... took pity on you.
400
00:15:19,136 --> 00:15:21,053
But I think it's more likely
that Raul Gomez
401
00:15:21,136 --> 00:15:24,595
saw a desperate man
that he could manipulate.
402
00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:28,845
So tell me...
how's it work?
403
00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:30,261
Is he invading the principal?
404
00:15:30,345 --> 00:15:33,762
Or are you just
kicking back to him?
405
00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:36,261
♪ ♪
406
00:15:36,345 --> 00:15:40,595
[CHUCKLES] Raul is as clean
as they come.
407
00:15:40,679 --> 00:15:42,512
He pulled the pension fund
from Axe Cap
408
00:15:42,595 --> 00:15:45,303
[PANAY] the second Axelrod's
legal troubles set in.
409
00:15:45,387 --> 00:15:48,178
And then he picked me
410
00:15:48,261 --> 00:15:51,095
because I am a paragon
of business ethics.
411
00:15:51,178 --> 00:15:52,762
You do know that Axe
was in that legal trouble
412
00:15:52,845 --> 00:15:54,345
because I put him there.
413
00:15:54,428 --> 00:15:56,011
[PANAY] But he survived.
414
00:15:56,095 --> 00:15:59,011
He always does.
415
00:15:59,095 --> 00:16:00,845
How come you don't
know that by now?
416
00:16:00,929 --> 00:16:03,387
♪ ♪
417
00:16:03,470 --> 00:16:04,929
And for the record,
418
00:16:05,011 --> 00:16:06,804
I didn't even mean
to mention his name.
419
00:16:06,887 --> 00:16:09,136
There is no record.
420
00:16:09,220 --> 00:16:11,011
Why does mentioning his name
concern you, friend?
421
00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:14,095
You have no business with him,
do you?
422
00:16:14,178 --> 00:16:16,136
Just don't want it to seem like
423
00:16:16,220 --> 00:16:18,303
I'm gloating that I took
from him, is all.
424
00:16:18,387 --> 00:16:20,095
[CHUCK] Hmm.
425
00:16:20,178 --> 00:16:21,553
Is that the thing?
426
00:16:21,637 --> 00:16:23,345
You took from him?
427
00:16:23,428 --> 00:16:25,095
Or is there more to it?
428
00:16:25,178 --> 00:16:27,470
This game can be cutthroat.
429
00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,929
That's it.
430
00:16:30,011 --> 00:16:33,303
Uh-huh.
431
00:16:33,387 --> 00:16:34,595
Hmm.
432
00:16:34,679 --> 00:16:37,470
♪ ♪
433
00:16:37,553 --> 00:16:39,261
Okay.
434
00:16:39,345 --> 00:16:42,220
Thanks for coming in,
Mr. Panay.
435
00:16:42,303 --> 00:16:47,095
♪ ♪
436
00:16:47,178 --> 00:16:49,095
[KEYS CLACKING]
437
00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:56,720
I came across a tantalizing
tidbit during my daily rounds.
438
00:16:56,804 --> 00:16:58,303
It's Bonnie's birthday...
439
00:16:58,387 --> 00:17:00,345
That's the tidbit?
440
00:17:00,428 --> 00:17:01,762
No.
441
00:17:01,845 --> 00:17:03,887
She was contacted by
442
00:17:03,970 --> 00:17:06,720
a certain former
Axe Cap employee
443
00:17:06,804 --> 00:17:09,178
whom I'll just call
"Mafee."
444
00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:13,345
And "Mafee" invited her
to celebratory drinks.
445
00:17:13,428 --> 00:17:16,679
She declined, but she didn't
officially report it.
446
00:17:16,762 --> 00:17:18,637
Still not sharing.
447
00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,845
And let me guess how you
came across this morsel:
448
00:17:21,929 --> 00:17:24,011
In addition to reading
all the e-mails flagged
449
00:17:24,095 --> 00:17:25,804
for possible
compliance violations,
450
00:17:25,887 --> 00:17:29,345
you're also perusing any sent to
eligible females in our employ.
451
00:17:29,428 --> 00:17:31,637
Eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty.
452
00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,387
As the head of HR,
453
00:17:33,470 --> 00:17:35,553
I really need to ask you to
cut that the fuck out.
454
00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:38,553
Axe Cap emails are not your
personal Penthouse Forum.
455
00:17:38,637 --> 00:17:40,595
Is Bonnie still here?
456
00:17:40,679 --> 00:17:43,637
She's doing a B-day shindizzle
with some of the people here...
457
00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,762
- Are you going?
- It's for the psilikatzides.
458
00:17:46,845 --> 00:17:47,970
Small timers.
459
00:17:48,053 --> 00:17:49,387
You weren't invited.
460
00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:52,095
Neither were you.
461
00:17:52,178 --> 00:17:53,970
- Wait, are you going?
- Come on.
462
00:17:54,053 --> 00:17:57,053
Shut up.
463
00:17:57,136 --> 00:18:00,178
[THE COMMODORES' "BRICK HOUSE"
PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS]
464
00:18:00,261 --> 00:18:02,470
♪ Mm, mm, mm ♪
465
00:18:02,553 --> 00:18:04,387
Hi!
466
00:18:06,970 --> 00:18:08,595
Oh, come on.
467
00:18:08,679 --> 00:18:10,178
This one's classic, right?
468
00:18:10,261 --> 00:18:12,637
♪ Ow, she's a brick house... ♪
469
00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,762
You got a problem
with the 'Commodes?'
470
00:18:14,845 --> 00:18:17,428
Was expecting you to bring
more Steely Dan.
471
00:18:17,512 --> 00:18:19,845
Oh. I hold back the top shelf
for my birthday.
472
00:18:19,929 --> 00:18:21,970
- ♪ She's a brick ♪
- Uhh,
473
00:18:22,053 --> 00:18:24,011
- ♪ House... ♪
- oww.
474
00:18:24,095 --> 00:18:27,011
The adults are here...
to party!
475
00:18:27,095 --> 00:18:28,553
♪ Ain't holding nothing back ♪
476
00:18:28,637 --> 00:18:31,720
♪ Ow, she's a brick house ♪
477
00:18:31,804 --> 00:18:33,595
Happy birthday!
478
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:36,553
♪ Well put-together,
everybody knows this is... ♪
479
00:18:36,637 --> 00:18:38,261
[NATALIE MERCHANT'S "WONDER"
PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS]
480
00:18:38,345 --> 00:18:40,637
♪ They say I must be one
of the wonders ♪
481
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,261
♪ Of God's own creation ♪
482
00:18:42,345 --> 00:18:45,178
This one's mine!
483
00:18:45,261 --> 00:18:48,929
♪ And they smile as they see
they can offer ♪
484
00:18:49,011 --> 00:18:50,804
♪ No explanation ♪
485
00:18:50,887 --> 00:18:52,970
Got any other celebrations
planned?
486
00:18:53,053 --> 00:18:54,804
Didn't plan this one.
487
00:18:54,887 --> 00:18:57,011
People like to fete me.
488
00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:59,136
And you let them?
489
00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:01,929
I don't know.
If I feel like a drank.
490
00:19:02,011 --> 00:19:04,470
Anyone you don't feel like
drinking with?
491
00:19:04,553 --> 00:19:06,220
[CHUCKLES]
492
00:19:06,303 --> 00:19:08,053
Okay, I know why you're here.
493
00:19:08,136 --> 00:19:10,595
'Cause that laxtard Mafee
tried to sniff my panties.
494
00:19:10,679 --> 00:19:12,261
I shut that shit down.
495
00:19:12,345 --> 00:19:14,053
I don't need to report
everything I do to mommy...
496
00:19:14,136 --> 00:19:17,095
but why is mommy
spying on my shit?
497
00:19:17,178 --> 00:19:19,011
I'm the head of HR,
email correspondence hits me
498
00:19:19,095 --> 00:19:20,220
even when I'm not
looking for it.
499
00:19:20,303 --> 00:19:21,970
Uh huh.
So, my emails just happened...
500
00:19:22,053 --> 00:19:24,220
This isn't all about you.
501
00:19:24,303 --> 00:19:25,804
We are all as sick
as our secrets.
502
00:19:25,887 --> 00:19:28,595
So stop keeping 'em.
503
00:19:28,679 --> 00:19:31,428
I will if you stop snooping.
504
00:19:31,512 --> 00:19:34,178
♪ Faith ♪
505
00:19:34,261 --> 00:19:39,178
- ♪ She'll make her way ♪
- Deal.
506
00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:40,804
♪ She'll make her way ♪
507
00:19:40,887 --> 00:19:45,804
Topper.
508
00:19:45,887 --> 00:19:47,845
What's the matter with you?
509
00:19:47,929 --> 00:19:50,679
- I've got work early tomorrow.
- ♪ People see me ♪
510
00:19:50,762 --> 00:19:52,845
Yeah. We all do...
511
00:19:52,929 --> 00:19:54,970
[CHUCKLING]
Oh, right.
512
00:19:55,053 --> 00:19:57,887
The other work.
Sorry, bud.
513
00:19:57,970 --> 00:20:00,387
- Topper.
- ♪ I'm over your heads, how ♪
514
00:20:00,470 --> 00:20:04,261
♪ I confound you
and astound you ♪
515
00:20:04,345 --> 00:20:05,679
♪ To know I must be
one of the wonders ♪
516
00:20:05,762 --> 00:20:08,679
What's that mean?
517
00:20:08,762 --> 00:20:10,428
- COAT?! The fuck is that?
- ♪ Of God's own creation ♪
518
00:20:10,512 --> 00:20:14,428
It means "Chance of Action
Tonight." Coat.
519
00:20:14,512 --> 00:20:16,053
[CHUCKLES]
Who were you writing that to?
520
00:20:16,136 --> 00:20:17,095
My wife.
521
00:20:17,178 --> 00:20:18,470
Oh. Puke.
522
00:20:18,553 --> 00:20:21,261
In assessing nocturnal options,
523
00:20:21,345 --> 00:20:23,303
whether to keep drinking,
head home,
524
00:20:23,387 --> 00:20:26,220
or squeeze in
a tight little karaoke set,
525
00:20:26,303 --> 00:20:28,303
[SPYROS] it is good to know
the likelihood of success
526
00:20:28,387 --> 00:20:30,553
with your special lady.
527
00:20:30,637 --> 00:20:32,136
Sexually.
528
00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:33,470
Well, assuming you pay her cash,
529
00:20:33,553 --> 00:20:34,720
chance should be north of 100.
530
00:20:34,804 --> 00:20:36,929
I can assure you,
I do not pay for it.
531
00:20:37,011 --> 00:20:38,720
- No. You just beg for it.
- [LAUGHS]
532
00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:40,553
- Sometimes.
- Sometimes it works!
533
00:20:40,637 --> 00:20:42,261
Maybe for you and you only.
534
00:20:42,345 --> 00:20:43,553
But not for your wife.
535
00:20:43,637 --> 00:20:45,345
What you guys
don't seem to realize
536
00:20:45,428 --> 00:20:47,512
with all of your begging
and whining is:
537
00:20:47,595 --> 00:20:49,387
Act like a man,
538
00:20:49,470 --> 00:20:51,428
sometimes a girl
just needs to get railed.
539
00:20:51,512 --> 00:20:52,804
♪ ♪
540
00:20:52,887 --> 00:20:54,345
Don't you agree?
541
00:20:54,428 --> 00:20:56,679
Nobody wants to fuck
a sexual panhandler.
542
00:20:56,762 --> 00:20:58,345
[LAUGHTER]
543
00:20:58,428 --> 00:21:00,679
So how does it work
in your bedroom?
544
00:21:00,762 --> 00:21:04,553
♪ Know this child
will be gifted ♪
545
00:21:04,637 --> 00:21:06,428
♪ With love, with patience
and with faith ♪
546
00:21:06,512 --> 00:21:08,637
Action whenever either of us
fucking wants it.
547
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,178
- Okay.
- Oh!
548
00:21:10,261 --> 00:21:11,887
- Yes.
- Yeah!
549
00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:13,220
- That's it.
- Cheers!
550
00:21:13,303 --> 00:21:14,762
- Come on!
- Yeah!
551
00:21:14,845 --> 00:21:17,303
- [LAUGHTER]
- ♪ She'll make her way ♪
552
00:21:17,387 --> 00:21:20,095
[SERENE MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
553
00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:24,303
♪ ♪
554
00:21:24,387 --> 00:21:28,470
♪ ♪
555
00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:32,637
♪ ♪
556
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,804
♪ ♪
557
00:21:36,887 --> 00:21:40,804
♪ ♪
558
00:21:40,887 --> 00:21:42,720
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
559
00:21:42,804 --> 00:21:46,428
♪ ♪
560
00:21:46,512 --> 00:21:50,178
♪ ♪
561
00:21:50,261 --> 00:21:52,637
[KEYPAD BEEPS]
562
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,595
♪ ♪
563
00:21:57,679 --> 00:21:59,428
May I?
564
00:21:59,512 --> 00:22:03,136
♪ ♪
565
00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:06,845
♪ ♪
566
00:22:06,929 --> 00:22:08,637
Tai chi.
567
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,136
The dance of the yin and yang.
568
00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:12,553
You ever practice?
569
00:22:12,637 --> 00:22:15,345
In my day, I have tried it all.
570
00:22:15,428 --> 00:22:17,804
But I always come back
to brute force.
571
00:22:17,887 --> 00:22:18,970
[MUSIC STOPS]
572
00:22:19,053 --> 00:22:22,220
Much like Mr. Axelrod.
573
00:22:22,303 --> 00:22:24,345
You've heard about
my banking problems.
574
00:22:24,428 --> 00:22:27,470
Yes.
And like your Mighty Mouse,
575
00:22:27,553 --> 00:22:30,845
♪ Here I come
to save the day. ♪
576
00:22:30,929 --> 00:22:32,470
By providing me leverage.
577
00:22:32,553 --> 00:22:34,220
Yes. And no.
578
00:22:34,303 --> 00:22:36,845
There are friends I have.
579
00:22:36,929 --> 00:22:40,220
Uh, they do similar work,
they come from a similar place.
580
00:22:40,303 --> 00:22:42,553
Brothers. The Kozlovs.
581
00:22:42,637 --> 00:22:47,053
And they're looking to get more
of their money into the West.
582
00:22:47,136 --> 00:22:49,804
So you've done me the favor
of finding the leverage...
583
00:22:49,887 --> 00:22:51,428
And you will do me the favor
584
00:22:51,512 --> 00:22:54,345
of being most hospitable
to my friends.
585
00:22:54,428 --> 00:22:55,845
I'll look into it.
586
00:22:55,929 --> 00:22:58,220
Yes.
Look before you leap.
587
00:22:58,303 --> 00:23:02,053
So long as in the end, you leap.
588
00:23:02,136 --> 00:23:05,303
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
589
00:23:05,387 --> 00:23:06,887
[GANG OF YOUTHS' "THE HEART IS A
MUSCLE" PLAYING]
590
00:23:06,970 --> 00:23:08,970
♪ I will look at love
as more than ♪
591
00:23:09,053 --> 00:23:11,178
- You're in a select club.
- ♪ Just an instrument of pain ♪
592
00:23:11,261 --> 00:23:13,303
Female billionaires
not named Oprah?
593
00:23:13,387 --> 00:23:16,595
Sure.
But I meant
594
00:23:16,679 --> 00:23:19,595
people who have stopped me
from making an investment.
595
00:23:19,679 --> 00:23:22,261
I'm not usually
so easy to dissuade.
596
00:23:22,345 --> 00:23:24,428
You seem pretty easy.
597
00:23:24,512 --> 00:23:27,720
If you keep pouring like that
I will be.
598
00:23:27,804 --> 00:23:29,428
No, but really, thank you.
599
00:23:29,512 --> 00:23:31,720
I might've been fooled
by that robotics demo.
600
00:23:31,804 --> 00:23:34,136
I happen to be expert in that.
601
00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:36,053
That's the thing about
doing what I do.
602
00:23:36,136 --> 00:23:37,970
You're in these investments
for so long,
603
00:23:38,053 --> 00:23:39,970
you really can't
take any chances.
604
00:23:40,053 --> 00:23:41,762
I have to dive deep
into all these companies,
605
00:23:41,845 --> 00:23:43,261
really understand what
the businesses are doing.
606
00:23:43,345 --> 00:23:45,261
I'm counting on that.
607
00:23:45,345 --> 00:23:48,387
Well [CHUCKLES] I'm not gonna
carry your fucking water.
608
00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:50,512
[CHUCKLING] I don't expect you to.
609
00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:52,053
What if I want to
partner with you?
610
00:23:52,136 --> 00:23:53,970
I'm not raising.
611
00:23:54,053 --> 00:23:56,553
You're really not
taking on any money?
612
00:23:56,637 --> 00:23:57,804
Opening a new fund
in a couple months.
613
00:23:57,887 --> 00:23:59,095
We could talk then.
614
00:23:59,178 --> 00:24:01,512
Maybe we don't
go through the fund.
615
00:24:01,595 --> 00:24:03,845
You got a personal piece
of everything, right?
616
00:24:03,929 --> 00:24:08,178
So break me off
a piece of your piece.
617
00:24:08,261 --> 00:24:10,970
What are you high on
from the last batch?
618
00:24:11,053 --> 00:24:12,553
A bottled cocktail company.
619
00:24:12,637 --> 00:24:14,553
A better mousetrap
for backend webforms.
620
00:24:14,637 --> 00:24:16,303
Uh, an industrial
custodial company,
621
00:24:16,387 --> 00:24:18,178
but that one's fully subscribed.
622
00:24:18,261 --> 00:24:19,512
Then that's the one I want.
623
00:24:19,595 --> 00:24:22,762
Why, 'cause it's so sexy?
624
00:24:22,845 --> 00:24:24,637
Hmm?
625
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:25,970
♪ While there's speakers
in the outfield ♪
626
00:24:26,053 --> 00:24:27,887
I wasn't doing the conman thing.
627
00:24:27,970 --> 00:24:30,011
I wasn't telling you that
there's no opportunity
628
00:24:30,095 --> 00:24:32,929
so that the scarcity would get
you to implore me for a way in.
629
00:24:33,011 --> 00:24:35,053
It really is full.
630
00:24:35,136 --> 00:24:38,178
Well, even if it's not a game,
I believe in your confidence.
631
00:24:38,261 --> 00:24:41,220
How much of the company
do you have?
632
00:24:41,303 --> 00:24:42,762
Say half.
633
00:24:42,845 --> 00:24:44,261
I'll take it.
634
00:24:44,345 --> 00:24:45,428
Not on your charmed life.
635
00:24:45,512 --> 00:24:47,553
Half of your half.
636
00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:50,053
At 1.5x
the market price.
637
00:24:50,136 --> 00:24:51,470
♪ To love someone ♪
638
00:24:51,553 --> 00:24:53,053
What's behind
the mighty hankering
639
00:24:53,136 --> 00:24:54,679
for that specific deal?
640
00:24:54,762 --> 00:24:56,929
If you're that deep in it,
I know it's the one.
641
00:24:57,011 --> 00:24:59,804
Men in business.
642
00:24:59,887 --> 00:25:01,929
It was a steady stream of no's
and rejections,
643
00:25:02,011 --> 00:25:04,970
first from my bosses, then
when I went looking for capital.
644
00:25:05,053 --> 00:25:06,637
And now that I don't need you,
645
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,387
you all want to chip off a piece.
646
00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:10,428
I can promise you: I'm a value add.
647
00:25:10,512 --> 00:25:12,470
Yeah, I don't doubt that
for some reason.
648
00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:15,804
♪ The heart is a muscle and... ♪
649
00:25:15,887 --> 00:25:17,720
Is that what made you
leave the shopping network
650
00:25:17,804 --> 00:25:20,303
and go out on your own,
shitty male bosses?
651
00:25:20,387 --> 00:25:23,095
They hired me
to pick the products.
652
00:25:23,178 --> 00:25:24,804
The ones I rolled out
were stone winners.
653
00:25:24,887 --> 00:25:26,887
Yet I still had to fight them.
654
00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:28,637
[REBECCA] Eventually
I couldn't handle them
655
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,261
[REBECCA] not listening
to my ideas.
656
00:25:30,345 --> 00:25:33,679
How basic they thought.
How slow they moved.
657
00:25:33,762 --> 00:25:36,595
The way I heard it, you started
hoarding all the best products
658
00:25:36,679 --> 00:25:38,679
instead of putting them
in the system.
659
00:25:38,762 --> 00:25:41,053
That way you had 'em
when you launched on your own.
660
00:25:41,136 --> 00:25:43,053
Well, if that were true,
661
00:25:43,136 --> 00:25:45,136
how could I have kicked their
ass in the lawsuit they brought?
662
00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:46,387
♪ I wanna be loved ♪
663
00:25:46,470 --> 00:25:47,804
♪ I wanna be whole again ♪
664
00:25:47,887 --> 00:25:49,387
I saw value. I took.
665
00:25:49,470 --> 00:25:51,011
♪ So tuck my hair
behind my ears ♪
666
00:25:51,095 --> 00:25:53,178
You think that makes me bad?
667
00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:55,095
♪ The window is wide ♪
668
00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:57,470
Yeah. I do.
669
00:25:57,553 --> 00:25:59,470
In the best way.
670
00:25:59,553 --> 00:26:04,261
♪ 'Cause I-I-I-I wanna overcome ♪
671
00:26:04,345 --> 00:26:08,679
[REBECCA MOANING]
672
00:26:08,762 --> 00:26:13,387
♪ And try-y-y-y to love someone ♪
673
00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:15,220
♪ ♪
674
00:26:15,303 --> 00:26:18,011
[SOFT MUSIC]
675
00:26:18,095 --> 00:26:21,679
♪ ♪
676
00:26:21,762 --> 00:26:25,053
♪ ♪
677
00:26:25,136 --> 00:26:28,804
♪ ♪
678
00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:30,970
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
679
00:26:31,053 --> 00:26:35,053
♪ ♪
680
00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:39,095
♪ ♪
681
00:26:39,178 --> 00:26:42,929
♪ ♪
682
00:26:43,011 --> 00:26:46,929
♪ ♪
683
00:26:47,011 --> 00:26:50,845
♪ ♪
684
00:26:50,929 --> 00:26:53,011
Mm.
685
00:26:53,095 --> 00:26:56,053
♪ ♪
686
00:26:56,136 --> 00:26:58,345
Can I get the box?
687
00:26:58,428 --> 00:27:01,845
This is working for me.
688
00:27:01,929 --> 00:27:03,387
♪ ♪
689
00:27:03,470 --> 00:27:05,345
[SIGHS]
690
00:27:05,428 --> 00:27:08,512
♪ ♪
691
00:27:08,595 --> 00:27:11,637
♪ ♪
692
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,720
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
693
00:27:14,804 --> 00:27:18,220
Please?
694
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:23,136
♪ ♪
695
00:27:23,220 --> 00:27:25,553
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
696
00:27:25,637 --> 00:27:28,762
♪ ♪
697
00:27:28,845 --> 00:27:31,804
[CHUCK SNORING QUIETLY]
698
00:27:31,887 --> 00:27:35,637
♪ ♪
699
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,470
♪ ♪
700
00:27:39,553 --> 00:27:43,387
♪ ♪
701
00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:47,220
♪ ♪
702
00:27:47,303 --> 00:27:50,470
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
703
00:27:53,679 --> 00:27:56,095
How the hell did you find me...
704
00:27:56,178 --> 00:27:57,804
It wasn't easy.
705
00:27:57,887 --> 00:28:00,720
It wasn't meant to be.
706
00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:04,220
You know I'm not
my father-in-law.
707
00:28:04,303 --> 00:28:06,178
Yet you're here.
You tracked me down.
708
00:28:06,261 --> 00:28:08,136
What do you want?
709
00:28:10,428 --> 00:28:13,970
You once told me
you knew people who...
710
00:28:14,053 --> 00:28:15,345
switched it up.
711
00:28:15,428 --> 00:28:16,762
Reversed who was dominant.
712
00:28:16,845 --> 00:28:19,345
Changed styles altogether.
Yes.
713
00:28:19,428 --> 00:28:21,345
They were role players.
714
00:28:21,428 --> 00:28:22,679
Experimenting.
715
00:28:22,762 --> 00:28:24,804
So, yes, they switched,
from time to time,
716
00:28:24,887 --> 00:28:26,845
moved off of bondage altogether.
717
00:28:26,929 --> 00:28:28,887
Tried exhibitionism, voyeurism.
718
00:28:28,970 --> 00:28:30,887
Other forms of play...
719
00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:35,470
But that's not Chuck,
not his arousal template.
720
00:28:35,553 --> 00:28:38,178
For him it's not a game.
It's rooted deep.
721
00:28:38,261 --> 00:28:40,970
♪ ♪
722
00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:42,345
Thank you.
723
00:28:42,428 --> 00:28:44,428
Don't thank me.
724
00:28:44,512 --> 00:28:47,261
Just don't come back.
725
00:28:47,345 --> 00:28:51,428
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
726
00:28:51,512 --> 00:28:54,470
[KEYS CLACKING]
727
00:28:54,553 --> 00:28:56,637
Hey, I wanted to ask you...
728
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,387
I need to deal with something.
Is it urgent?
729
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:00,095
No, it's a personnel thing.
730
00:29:00,178 --> 00:29:01,804
Someone I want to bring in.
731
00:29:01,887 --> 00:29:03,428
Anyone you think meets
our hiring criteria
732
00:29:03,512 --> 00:29:05,512
and fits our culture goes to
the top of the list.
733
00:29:05,595 --> 00:29:08,553
Well, I don't know
if he's top-of-the-list.
734
00:29:08,637 --> 00:29:09,845
It's Rudy.
735
00:29:09,929 --> 00:29:11,428
You think we need a mascot?
736
00:29:11,512 --> 00:29:13,387
I think he'd be a net positive.
737
00:29:13,470 --> 00:29:15,053
He never really got a shot
to show what he could do.
738
00:29:15,136 --> 00:29:16,637
If you think I didn't
coach him up well enough,
739
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,053
- have at it.
- I-I didn't mean...
740
00:29:18,136 --> 00:29:20,470
You are a vital and valued
member of this firm.
741
00:29:20,553 --> 00:29:22,970
And if you want to
bring Rudy on, under you,
742
00:29:23,053 --> 00:29:24,679
and take responsibility
for him blooming,
743
00:29:24,762 --> 00:29:26,220
you have my full blessing.
744
00:29:26,303 --> 00:29:28,178
Excuse me.
745
00:29:28,261 --> 00:29:29,887
[SIGHS]
746
00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:34,261
Report.
747
00:29:34,345 --> 00:29:36,637
Here's the brief.
748
00:29:40,095 --> 00:29:42,345
Tl;dr, please.
749
00:29:42,428 --> 00:29:44,178
The Kozlovs...
750
00:29:44,261 --> 00:29:46,720
They're a rougher, messier
version of Grigor Andolov.
751
00:29:46,804 --> 00:29:47,929
[COOK] Not as smart,
not as rich.
752
00:29:48,011 --> 00:29:50,637
Maybe twice as vicious.
Real animals.
753
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,887
And we get back more.
Much more.
754
00:29:52,970 --> 00:29:54,679
[COOK] They don't
just order murders,
755
00:29:54,762 --> 00:29:56,512
they carry them out.
756
00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:58,261
- Thank you.
- You're paying me.
757
00:29:58,345 --> 00:30:00,095
You don't have to thank me.
758
00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:06,136
[DOOR OPENS]
759
00:30:06,220 --> 00:30:07,345
[DOOR CLOSES]
760
00:30:07,428 --> 00:30:08,970
I think I'm gonna like him.
761
00:30:09,053 --> 00:30:10,178
You're going to like
the way he does his job.
762
00:30:10,261 --> 00:30:12,011
Already do.
763
00:30:12,095 --> 00:30:13,637
He didn't offer an opinion
on how we should proceed.
764
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:14,637
He wasn't in here
"pitching."
765
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:15,887
But had you asked.
766
00:30:15,970 --> 00:30:18,053
Sure.
I imagine he'd have an approach.
767
00:30:18,136 --> 00:30:19,261
I'm asking you though.
768
00:30:19,345 --> 00:30:21,136
It's still money.
769
00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:22,887
Yes. And we need it.
But...
770
00:30:22,970 --> 00:30:24,929
If the Kozlovs come on board,
771
00:30:25,011 --> 00:30:26,887
that means Grigor
has more capital here
772
00:30:26,970 --> 00:30:28,470
than the rest of the investors
combined.
773
00:30:28,553 --> 00:30:30,011
Gives him too much power.
774
00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:31,553
He may have already
gotten us into a position
775
00:30:31,637 --> 00:30:34,428
from which there is no escape,
only defeat.
776
00:30:34,512 --> 00:30:35,637
Zugzwang, you know?
777
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,303
It's what I almost named
the firm.
778
00:30:37,387 --> 00:30:38,804
In hopes that it would
inspire us
779
00:30:38,887 --> 00:30:40,136
to get the other fella
in that position.
780
00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:42,220
Anyway, you're right.
781
00:30:42,303 --> 00:30:44,553
If I take the Kozlov money,
Grigor is in control.
782
00:30:44,637 --> 00:30:46,720
If I refuse the money,
I'm refusing Grigor's wishes.
783
00:30:46,804 --> 00:30:48,136
And he might pull his money,
784
00:30:48,220 --> 00:30:50,220
instead of backing me
against Axe's threats.
785
00:30:50,303 --> 00:30:52,387
But unlike chess, this isn't
just a two-person game,
786
00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:53,887
so there must be another option.
787
00:30:53,970 --> 00:30:56,804
We say yes.
788
00:30:56,887 --> 00:30:59,136
- Make the Kozlovs say no.
- How?
789
00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:00,804
Well, in order to
give me the money,
790
00:31:00,887 --> 00:31:02,387
they have to have the money.
791
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:05,178
It's a good thing you didn't
name the firm Zugzwang.
792
00:31:05,261 --> 00:31:07,720
Would have outed
how good a player you are.
793
00:31:07,804 --> 00:31:09,136
It's better they don't know.
794
00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:10,887
Better they never know.
795
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:14,178
I'm glad I know.
796
00:31:14,261 --> 00:31:17,512
[DOOR OPENS]
797
00:31:17,595 --> 00:31:18,720
[DOOR CLOSES]
798
00:31:18,804 --> 00:31:23,387
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
799
00:31:23,470 --> 00:31:26,261
Why's Michael Panay
afraid of Bobby Axelrod?
800
00:31:26,345 --> 00:31:29,970
I'm afraid of
the Brazilian Wandering Spider.
801
00:31:30,053 --> 00:31:32,011
Well, now, see,
that makes sense.
802
00:31:32,095 --> 00:31:34,011
Most venomous arachnid
in the world.
803
00:31:34,095 --> 00:31:36,637
But Mr. Panay's phobia
doesn't track.
804
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,095
If the pension fund
is really his,
805
00:31:39,178 --> 00:31:40,804
what on God's green
does he have to fear?
806
00:31:40,887 --> 00:31:43,387
So my theory is, it's not.
807
00:31:43,470 --> 00:31:47,220
Axe is still handling the fund
and Panay's a patsy.
808
00:31:47,303 --> 00:31:48,845
Well, that is a theory.
809
00:31:48,929 --> 00:31:50,679
Flat Earth is too.
Making a comeback.
810
00:31:50,762 --> 00:31:52,345
Only two ways
it could've happened.
811
00:31:52,428 --> 00:31:55,845
Axe pulled one over on you...
or Axe is paying you.
812
00:31:55,929 --> 00:31:57,720
Latter seems a lot more likely.
813
00:31:57,804 --> 00:31:59,136
Seems like old times
with you two.
814
00:31:59,220 --> 00:32:02,220
I never took kickbacks.
815
00:32:02,303 --> 00:32:04,220
I originally used Axe Capital
because he was the best.
816
00:32:04,303 --> 00:32:05,762
He made money for cops.
817
00:32:05,845 --> 00:32:08,220
And when your antics ruined it,
I moved on.
818
00:32:08,303 --> 00:32:10,095
Because at the end of the day,
that's what it's all about.
819
00:32:10,178 --> 00:32:12,637
Not about flying private
to the Kentucky Derby, huh?
820
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,804
I know you get off
on seeing fear.
821
00:32:15,887 --> 00:32:18,595
So your balls must be turning
sapphire as you wonder...
822
00:32:18,679 --> 00:32:20,553
why isn't he afraid?
823
00:32:20,637 --> 00:32:23,637
Maybe because I've never been to
the Kentucky Derby in my life...
824
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,637
and you're standing here
without color of authority.
825
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,845
You're a private citizen now.
826
00:32:27,929 --> 00:32:29,804
Get used to it.
Or don't.
827
00:32:29,887 --> 00:32:32,804
Either way, you can't touch me.
828
00:32:32,887 --> 00:32:35,762
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
829
00:32:35,845 --> 00:32:39,261
♪ ♪
830
00:32:39,345 --> 00:32:42,720
♪ ♪
831
00:32:42,804 --> 00:32:45,220
Hey, hey, people, you all know
what time it is...
832
00:32:45,303 --> 00:32:48,428
♪ ♪
833
00:32:48,512 --> 00:32:51,887
♪ ♪
834
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,387
♪ ♪
835
00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:57,220
The fuck you staring at, Gumby?
836
00:32:57,303 --> 00:32:59,470
Uhh...
837
00:32:59,553 --> 00:33:01,637
You're new.
You'll learn.
838
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,929
This is how it works
the day after payday.
839
00:33:04,011 --> 00:33:06,095
Giving back money.
Doesn't seem fair.
840
00:33:06,178 --> 00:33:08,387
If you want to stay,
that's the way, Gandhi.
841
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:10,595
Gumby or...
842
00:33:10,679 --> 00:33:13,637
Am I gonna have a fucking
problem with you?
843
00:33:14,887 --> 00:33:16,220
Good.
844
00:33:16,303 --> 00:33:19,011
I'll see you next Thursday.
845
00:33:19,095 --> 00:33:20,595
[SLAPS ARM]
846
00:33:20,679 --> 00:33:22,887
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
847
00:33:22,970 --> 00:33:25,720
♪ ♪
848
00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,679
♪ ♪
849
00:33:31,762 --> 00:33:34,011
More mommy and me time?
850
00:33:34,095 --> 00:33:37,178
No, I think we have
an understanding.
851
00:33:37,261 --> 00:33:40,595
I was impressed with
how you handled the guys.
852
00:33:40,679 --> 00:33:42,679
We're in the fucking veld.
853
00:33:42,762 --> 00:33:45,679
It's predator or prey.
Choice is clear.
854
00:33:45,762 --> 00:33:49,011
[SIGHS]
I used to tend bar in college.
855
00:33:49,095 --> 00:33:51,595
Got hit on by assholes
all night long.
856
00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:53,679
It's not that different.
857
00:33:53,762 --> 00:33:55,845
And pays a lot better.
858
00:33:55,929 --> 00:33:59,929
Do you ever worry that at some
point the armor won't come off?
859
00:34:00,011 --> 00:34:01,512
[WENDY] Is that why you need
a guy who doesn't beg,
860
00:34:01,595 --> 00:34:02,762
takes charge.
861
00:34:02,845 --> 00:34:04,929
Tell me when you find one.
862
00:34:05,011 --> 00:34:08,512
No, but seriously,
is that what you want?
863
00:34:08,595 --> 00:34:12,470
You mean do I want to sublimate
my authority at home?
864
00:34:12,553 --> 00:34:14,136
With someone who's masculine
in all the right ways
865
00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:16,387
but not a douchebag.
866
00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:18,303
Let them take care of me,
but make the decisions.
867
00:34:18,387 --> 00:34:20,720
Or do I want to be
the shot caller.
868
00:34:22,387 --> 00:34:24,178
Maybe pay all the bills.
869
00:34:24,261 --> 00:34:27,387
And end up with someone
who'll swallow that?
870
00:34:27,470 --> 00:34:29,512
Yeah.
871
00:34:29,595 --> 00:34:32,637
When I get home from work,
872
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:35,887
if I didn't go drinking,
873
00:34:35,970 --> 00:34:38,345
and sometimes even if I did,
874
00:34:38,428 --> 00:34:41,220
I lace up the Nikes and I run
the West Side Highway
875
00:34:41,303 --> 00:34:43,095
until I forget that I want
anything at all.
876
00:34:44,970 --> 00:34:48,011
Then I come back here.
877
00:34:48,095 --> 00:34:50,512
♪ ♪
878
00:34:50,595 --> 00:34:52,303
What about you?
879
00:34:52,387 --> 00:34:54,553
♪ ♪
880
00:34:54,637 --> 00:34:56,970
- This isn't...
- About you.
881
00:34:57,053 --> 00:34:58,679
♪ ♪
882
00:34:58,762 --> 00:35:01,929
Sure it's not.
883
00:35:02,011 --> 00:35:04,595
♪ ♪
884
00:35:04,679 --> 00:35:07,679
I guess I get out the running
shoes from time to time.
885
00:35:07,762 --> 00:35:12,595
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
886
00:35:12,679 --> 00:35:15,220
Is that always
the way you do business?
887
00:35:15,303 --> 00:35:16,387
Yeah. You?
888
00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:17,845
Of course.
889
00:35:17,929 --> 00:35:19,261
Seriously, never had an evening
890
00:35:19,345 --> 00:35:21,178
that started at a tiki bar
end so well.
891
00:35:21,261 --> 00:35:23,095
Well, next time
we'll try a luau.
892
00:35:23,178 --> 00:35:24,804
Love to see you
in a grass skirt.
893
00:35:24,887 --> 00:35:26,261
Gotta have the legs for it.
894
00:35:26,345 --> 00:35:28,679
I'll have the papers
memorializing
895
00:35:28,762 --> 00:35:31,261
your piece of the business
sent over this afternoon.
896
00:35:31,345 --> 00:35:33,595
Unless you didn't really
want to take a stake.
897
00:35:33,679 --> 00:35:35,303
I want it.
898
00:35:35,387 --> 00:35:37,679
Scrounging for equity's
not a pick-up move.
899
00:35:37,762 --> 00:35:40,387
Then we'll be in touch.
900
00:35:40,470 --> 00:35:42,345
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
901
00:35:48,303 --> 00:35:50,887
[ELEVATOR DOORS CLOSE]
902
00:35:50,970 --> 00:35:52,637
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
903
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:53,887
You get it?
904
00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:55,595
I almost pooped myself.
905
00:35:55,679 --> 00:35:58,387
But I think so.
Most of it.
906
00:35:58,470 --> 00:36:01,804
Well, scoop up
any other intel you can.
907
00:36:01,887 --> 00:36:03,804
And hold your mud.
908
00:36:03,887 --> 00:36:08,720
♪ ♪
909
00:36:08,804 --> 00:36:10,637
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
910
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,428
♪ ♪
911
00:36:13,512 --> 00:36:15,261
Hey.
912
00:36:15,345 --> 00:36:18,053
[SMOOCHES]
913
00:36:18,136 --> 00:36:19,637
[HORN HONKING]
914
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:20,845
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
915
00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:22,679
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
916
00:36:22,762 --> 00:36:26,261
♪ ♪
917
00:36:26,345 --> 00:36:29,804
♪ ♪
918
00:36:29,887 --> 00:36:31,470
Bob?
919
00:36:31,553 --> 00:36:34,804
♪ ♪
920
00:36:34,887 --> 00:36:38,345
♪ ♪
921
00:36:38,428 --> 00:36:42,345
I once remarked
you wouldn't even sweat...
922
00:36:42,428 --> 00:36:45,720
and here you are dry as a bone
after a workout.
923
00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:47,720
No workout.
924
00:36:47,804 --> 00:36:49,970
Kelly just stretches me.
925
00:36:50,053 --> 00:36:51,470
[AXE] She's the best in the city.
926
00:36:51,553 --> 00:36:53,345
Mm-hmm.
927
00:36:53,428 --> 00:36:55,512
I can have her stay after,
take care of you.
928
00:36:55,595 --> 00:36:57,261
Another day maybe.
929
00:36:57,345 --> 00:36:59,053
After we speak about
a friend of yours.
930
00:37:02,178 --> 00:37:04,345
Sorry to cut this short.
931
00:37:04,428 --> 00:37:06,261
Of course. See you.
932
00:37:16,595 --> 00:37:19,011
I don't want to have you
in the cross hairs anymore.
933
00:37:19,095 --> 00:37:22,762
Cross hairs only matter if
they're sitting atop a weapon.
934
00:37:22,845 --> 00:37:25,345
You're out of office;
you no longer have one.
935
00:37:25,428 --> 00:37:29,178
I've been tasked,
I have been given a task,
936
00:37:29,261 --> 00:37:31,261
by folks who do.
937
00:37:31,345 --> 00:37:33,595
Ah.
938
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:37,011
So answer this:
939
00:37:37,095 --> 00:37:41,428
what happens to you
if I take down Raul Gomez?
940
00:37:43,553 --> 00:37:45,178
I'd prefer that didn't happen.
941
00:37:45,261 --> 00:37:47,845
And I appreciate the gesture
of you coming here to ask.
942
00:37:47,929 --> 00:37:50,345
But we can't just
leave it there.
943
00:37:50,428 --> 00:37:52,887
- Because, as I said...
- You've been tasked.
944
00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:55,220
I have.
945
00:37:55,303 --> 00:37:57,011
[SNIFFS]
946
00:37:57,095 --> 00:38:00,053
Is there some other way to
satisfy your taskmaster on this?
947
00:38:00,136 --> 00:38:03,011
He seems to feel that Raul
is using the pension fund
948
00:38:03,095 --> 00:38:06,220
the way Chris Stapleton uses
Tennessee Whiskey,
949
00:38:06,303 --> 00:38:07,929
to slake his thirst.
950
00:38:08,011 --> 00:38:09,428
He's not.
951
00:38:09,512 --> 00:38:11,178
Not in the way
your man thinks he is.
952
00:38:11,261 --> 00:38:12,970
Tell me how it really is.
953
00:38:13,053 --> 00:38:15,053
Then we solve it together.
954
00:38:15,136 --> 00:38:17,679
If a solution presents, yes.
955
00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:20,970
The man who sent you after this,
is he law enforcement?
956
00:38:21,053 --> 00:38:22,095
He is.
957
00:38:22,178 --> 00:38:23,762
How high ranking?
958
00:38:23,845 --> 00:38:25,762
They all salute him.
959
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:27,220
[CHUCKLES]
960
00:38:27,303 --> 00:38:29,887
That man came up
around when Raul did.
961
00:38:29,970 --> 00:38:31,428
He can't like the fact
that he's running
962
00:38:31,512 --> 00:38:33,595
the most storied police force
in the nation
963
00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:36,053
for not even a quarter of
what Raul makes on the books.
964
00:38:36,136 --> 00:38:37,929
So it's jealousy.
965
00:38:38,011 --> 00:38:40,428
And from where I sit,
966
00:38:40,512 --> 00:38:43,011
I usually see jealousy
turn into the other thing.
967
00:38:43,095 --> 00:38:45,178
Greed.
968
00:38:45,261 --> 00:38:46,595
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
969
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:49,261
Ah.
970
00:38:49,345 --> 00:38:51,887
There may be a way for you
to satisfy everyone involved,
971
00:38:51,970 --> 00:38:53,178
without hurting anyone.
972
00:38:53,261 --> 00:38:55,804
Everyone wins and no one loses?
973
00:38:55,887 --> 00:38:58,428
[CHUCKLES] I thought you and I
live in the real world.
974
00:38:58,512 --> 00:39:01,053
Maybe Michael Panay loses.
975
00:39:01,136 --> 00:39:03,220
Which, in the scheme
of things...
976
00:39:03,303 --> 00:39:05,470
Yeah.
Not really such a loss.
977
00:39:05,553 --> 00:39:07,220
No.
978
00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,136
And if there's a big loser,
979
00:39:10,220 --> 00:39:12,220
there has to be a big winner.
980
00:39:12,303 --> 00:39:14,637
Now, who's that gonna be?
981
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:17,470
♪ ♪
982
00:39:17,553 --> 00:39:18,679
Take a guess.
983
00:39:18,762 --> 00:39:23,345
♪ ♪
984
00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:27,762
♪ ♪
985
00:39:27,845 --> 00:39:32,428
♪ ♪
986
00:39:32,512 --> 00:39:34,136
You know that scene
in Pretty Woman
987
00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:35,679
where the salesgirl
treats her like garbage,
988
00:39:35,762 --> 00:39:37,595
so she marches down the street
to another shop,
989
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:39,845
buys absolutely everything,
then circles back
990
00:39:39,929 --> 00:39:42,053
to the first store
just to throw it in their face?
991
00:39:42,136 --> 00:39:44,512
[TAYLOR] Well, I'm Julia Roberts,
and you're fucked.
992
00:39:44,595 --> 00:39:47,679
You made a big mistake.
Big. Huge.
993
00:39:47,762 --> 00:39:50,345
- I got all the money I need.
- From where?!
994
00:39:50,428 --> 00:39:52,929
[RUSSIAN ACCENT]
None of your fucking business.
995
00:39:53,011 --> 00:39:54,553
[TAYLOR] [NORMAL VOICE]: So you
can bet the next time
996
00:39:54,637 --> 00:39:55,887
I need so much as
a checking account,
997
00:39:55,970 --> 00:39:57,387
I'm going elsewhere.
998
00:39:57,470 --> 00:39:59,261
Thanks for the koozie, asshole.
999
00:40:03,970 --> 00:40:05,845
[THEO] If it was a loan
from a Russian bank,
1000
00:40:05,929 --> 00:40:07,053
I'd see it on my system.
1001
00:40:07,136 --> 00:40:08,679
An individual.
1002
00:40:08,762 --> 00:40:10,720
Not Grigor, he's an investor...
1003
00:40:10,804 --> 00:40:12,470
The Kozlovs?
1004
00:40:12,553 --> 00:40:13,929
They use you as their prime...
1005
00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:15,470
Yes.
We've lent them capital,
1006
00:40:15,553 --> 00:40:17,929
but for infrastructure projects
mainly.
1007
00:40:18,011 --> 00:40:20,679
[AXE] Force a capital call on
a few of those projects then.
1008
00:40:20,762 --> 00:40:22,512
Pull back the loans.
1009
00:40:22,595 --> 00:40:25,136
I want them cash poor
on this side of the Atlantic.
1010
00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:27,470
Cripple their ability
to dole out to Taylor.
1011
00:40:27,553 --> 00:40:29,053
That's a big request...
1012
00:40:29,136 --> 00:40:30,720
I can practically feel your hand
in my pocket.
1013
00:40:30,804 --> 00:40:33,595
I already went in on that
dipshit robotics play.
1014
00:40:33,679 --> 00:40:36,679
This costs me more,
so it costs you more.
1015
00:40:36,762 --> 00:40:39,178
Drop Spartan-Ives,
make me your main prime.
1016
00:40:39,261 --> 00:40:41,512
Well, if you fight for me
as hard
1017
00:40:41,595 --> 00:40:43,929
as you're fighting
for your bank...
1018
00:40:44,011 --> 00:40:45,303
that's on the table.
1019
00:40:45,387 --> 00:40:47,845
Good enough for me...
1020
00:40:47,929 --> 00:40:52,762
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1021
00:40:52,845 --> 00:40:56,387
Hey, guys, Theo
from Patriot Trust...
1022
00:40:56,470 --> 00:40:58,512
[THEO] I know we thought
we could extend
1023
00:40:58,595 --> 00:41:00,178
[THEO] that billion-two
for a year,
1024
00:41:00,261 --> 00:41:03,345
but it turns out
we need to pull it back.
1025
00:41:03,428 --> 00:41:06,512
Fuck you.
1026
00:41:06,595 --> 00:41:07,595
When?
1027
00:41:07,679 --> 00:41:09,178
Immediately.
1028
00:41:09,261 --> 00:41:11,387
You guys should come in
so we can hammer it out.
1029
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:14,220
[GRUNTS]
1030
00:41:14,303 --> 00:41:19,011
♪ ♪
1031
00:41:19,095 --> 00:41:21,553
[HORNS HONKING]
1032
00:41:21,637 --> 00:41:23,387
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
1033
00:41:23,470 --> 00:41:26,387
So, how dirty is my man?
1034
00:41:26,470 --> 00:41:28,553
Training Day
or Prince of the City?
1035
00:41:28,637 --> 00:41:30,804
Raul is taking money.
You were right.
1036
00:41:30,887 --> 00:41:32,720
I smelled it.
1037
00:41:32,804 --> 00:41:34,929
You have the evidence I can use
to seize his pension?
1038
00:41:35,011 --> 00:41:36,595
Not exactly.
1039
00:41:36,679 --> 00:41:39,387
God damn it, Chuck.
Did I send in the wrong man?
1040
00:41:39,470 --> 00:41:41,553
In a way.
1041
00:41:41,637 --> 00:41:43,804
Because I don't have
what you asked for.
1042
00:41:43,887 --> 00:41:47,387
But in another way, I know how
to get what you really want.
1043
00:41:47,470 --> 00:41:49,220
Spit it out.
1044
00:41:49,303 --> 00:41:52,387
Keep Raul, have him fire Panay.
1045
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:54,512
Now, why the fuck
would I do that?
1046
00:41:56,095 --> 00:41:59,845
Raul was in his job
before you were in yours.
1047
00:41:59,929 --> 00:42:02,261
He's not your man.
1048
00:42:02,345 --> 00:42:06,387
You do not have an...
understanding with him.
1049
00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:08,553
So you think you won't
have an understanding
1050
00:42:08,637 --> 00:42:12,011
with whatever manager he hires.
1051
00:42:12,095 --> 00:42:14,470
And I imagine,
as you've gotten older,
1052
00:42:14,553 --> 00:42:17,845
contemplated your retirement,
1053
00:42:17,929 --> 00:42:21,178
an understanding seems more
and more important to you.
1054
00:42:21,261 --> 00:42:24,178
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1055
00:42:24,261 --> 00:42:26,845
♪ ♪
1056
00:42:26,929 --> 00:42:29,261
♪ ♪
1057
00:42:29,345 --> 00:42:30,845
And you think I can get that
1058
00:42:30,929 --> 00:42:33,970
with whoever Raul hires
to replace Panay?
1059
00:42:34,053 --> 00:42:38,637
I think the new manager and you
would be fucking soulmates.
1060
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:41,887
Because I believe that man
would be Bobby Axelrod.
1061
00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:44,804
[CHUCKLES]
1062
00:42:44,887 --> 00:42:47,095
♪ ♪
1063
00:42:47,178 --> 00:42:49,845
Oh, you really got down
in those NYC sewers.
1064
00:42:49,929 --> 00:42:51,428
That's what you get with me.
1065
00:42:51,512 --> 00:42:54,887
No fear, of power or alligators.
1066
00:42:54,970 --> 00:42:58,595
It's why you and your union
are gonna back me for AG.
1067
00:42:58,679 --> 00:43:00,887
Thought that might be coming.
1068
00:43:00,970 --> 00:43:02,303
It's better for you.
1069
00:43:02,387 --> 00:43:03,720
You were saddled with Darcha
1070
00:43:03,804 --> 00:43:06,136
by baroque rules of
New York State succession.
1071
00:43:06,220 --> 00:43:08,011
He's not your choice.
1072
00:43:08,095 --> 00:43:11,970
He doesn't know
how this town really works.
1073
00:43:12,053 --> 00:43:15,011
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1074
00:43:15,095 --> 00:43:18,512
♪ ♪
1075
00:43:18,595 --> 00:43:20,428
[DOOR CLOSES]
1076
00:43:20,512 --> 00:43:23,929
[INHALES SHARPLY]
1077
00:43:24,011 --> 00:43:25,553
Just the one photo?
1078
00:43:28,929 --> 00:43:30,720
I tossed the ones
of me with Chuck.
1079
00:43:30,804 --> 00:43:31,929
And I haven't yet
had the chance to
1080
00:43:32,011 --> 00:43:33,887
shake and smile
with all the machers.
1081
00:43:33,970 --> 00:43:36,136
So no pics with him.
But his words in your mouth.
1082
00:43:36,220 --> 00:43:38,345
Okay. It suits you.
1083
00:43:38,428 --> 00:43:41,136
Uh, you still have Darcha on
your wish list for state AG?
1084
00:43:41,220 --> 00:43:43,011
Yes. I back-channeled
with his Chief Of Staff,
1085
00:43:43,095 --> 00:43:44,345
and he said
they have no interest
1086
00:43:44,428 --> 00:43:45,637
in fighting it out with us.
1087
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:47,261
I think they'll basically
do our bidding
1088
00:43:47,345 --> 00:43:49,512
and back the fuck off
when we want 'em to.
1089
00:43:49,595 --> 00:43:52,345
Darcha really would have been
our ideal man then.
1090
00:43:52,428 --> 00:43:54,303
Why "would have been"?
1091
00:43:54,387 --> 00:43:56,512
He cancelled his appearance
at San Gennaro tomorrow.
1092
00:43:56,595 --> 00:43:58,637
[SCOFFS]
1093
00:44:01,428 --> 00:44:03,178
What about Sansome?
1094
00:44:03,261 --> 00:44:05,053
Still appearing.
1095
00:44:05,136 --> 00:44:07,136
Hmm.
1096
00:44:07,220 --> 00:44:09,720
[DOOR OPENS]
- Motherfuck.
1097
00:44:09,804 --> 00:44:11,345
[DOOR CLOSES]
1098
00:44:11,428 --> 00:44:13,804
They pay me...
then they take the money back.
1099
00:44:13,887 --> 00:44:16,178
I can't leave.
They call Immigration...
1100
00:44:16,261 --> 00:44:18,387
It's a story being told
over and over
1101
00:44:18,470 --> 00:44:20,553
inside the ranks of
Eureka Building Solutions.
1102
00:44:20,637 --> 00:44:22,178
What had once looked like
a leader
1103
00:44:22,261 --> 00:44:23,470
in the industrial cleaning space
1104
00:44:23,553 --> 00:44:25,136
awaiting a huge valuation,
1105
00:44:25,220 --> 00:44:26,762
is now rumored to be
facing probes
1106
00:44:26,845 --> 00:44:27,887
by several regulatory agencies...
1107
00:44:27,970 --> 00:44:29,220
[TV TURNS OFF]
1108
00:44:29,303 --> 00:44:32,136
That is one powerful
piece of journalism.
1109
00:44:32,220 --> 00:44:34,220
It is.
And accurate.
1110
00:44:34,303 --> 00:44:36,261
It's gone up on the journal's
site by now,
1111
00:44:36,345 --> 00:44:37,553
but I wanted to show it to you
personally, since, you know...
1112
00:44:37,637 --> 00:44:39,220
Sure.
1113
00:44:39,303 --> 00:44:42,178
It's wrong what that company did
to those workers.
1114
00:44:42,261 --> 00:44:45,720
They deserve their bread
and their roses too.
1115
00:44:48,053 --> 00:44:49,553
Tuk did good work here.
1116
00:44:49,637 --> 00:44:51,345
Went above and beyond.
1117
00:44:51,428 --> 00:44:54,470
He's complaining he still
smells like pine cleaner.
1118
00:44:54,553 --> 00:44:56,011
Go give him an attaboy, Ben.
1119
00:44:56,095 --> 00:44:58,720
Took me three years with you
to earn an attaboy.
1120
00:44:58,804 --> 00:45:00,387
Then fuck the attaboy.
1121
00:45:00,470 --> 00:45:02,345
Did his job. Got paid.
Move on.
1122
00:45:02,428 --> 00:45:04,053
Your guy. Your call.
1123
00:45:04,136 --> 00:45:06,512
...I think I'll give him
an attaboy...
1124
00:45:09,387 --> 00:45:12,553
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
1125
00:45:16,261 --> 00:45:17,553
Move.
1126
00:45:17,637 --> 00:45:21,428
Ooh, a She-E-O.
Nice...
1127
00:45:21,512 --> 00:45:23,970
Uh, Axe...
1128
00:45:24,053 --> 00:45:25,887
I was trying to figure out
why you invested
1129
00:45:25,970 --> 00:45:28,220
in that dogshit
robotics company.
1130
00:45:28,303 --> 00:45:31,428
And if I fucked an idiot or
just someone really duplicitous.
1131
00:45:31,512 --> 00:45:32,762
Who told you?
1132
00:45:32,845 --> 00:45:34,679
Patriot Trust Bank.
1133
00:45:34,762 --> 00:45:36,428
Trying to drum up more business.
1134
00:45:36,512 --> 00:45:37,845
Definitely not switching primes.
1135
00:45:40,845 --> 00:45:42,261
[DOOR OPENS]
1136
00:45:42,345 --> 00:45:44,178
I heard you were denying
Taylor Mason leverage.
1137
00:45:44,261 --> 00:45:46,053
- I wanted the Street to know.
[DOOR CLOSES]
1138
00:45:46,136 --> 00:45:49,220
Now I see what's behind
EVERYTHING: Your wrath.
1139
00:45:49,303 --> 00:45:51,261
Which I am now going to blunt.
1140
00:45:51,345 --> 00:45:54,011
I'm gonna get Taylor
their leverage.
1141
00:45:54,095 --> 00:45:56,887
That is not what I would call
a proportionate response.
1142
00:45:56,970 --> 00:45:59,470
Because proportionate responses
1143
00:45:59,553 --> 00:46:01,595
don't work on
nation states like you.
1144
00:46:01,679 --> 00:46:04,011
I-I don't care if you lie
or obfuscate.
1145
00:46:04,095 --> 00:46:07,011
I care when you take profits
that should be mine.
1146
00:46:07,095 --> 00:46:09,053
Your cleaning company is worth
1147
00:46:09,136 --> 00:46:11,637
significantly more
than it was yesterday.
1148
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,887
You know what kind of horrible
shit your competition was up to?
1149
00:46:13,970 --> 00:46:15,679
Of course I did.
And I would've beaten them,
1150
00:46:15,762 --> 00:46:17,428
in time, through proper
business practices.
1151
00:46:17,512 --> 00:46:18,887
And now you have.
1152
00:46:18,970 --> 00:46:20,845
And my piece would have been
worth even more
1153
00:46:20,929 --> 00:46:22,261
if I didn't cut you in.
1154
00:46:22,345 --> 00:46:23,679
Somehow I don't think
it would have
1155
00:46:23,762 --> 00:46:25,095
gone up so quick if you hadn't.
1156
00:46:25,178 --> 00:46:27,011
- Really?
- Like I told you:
1157
00:46:27,095 --> 00:46:28,261
I'm a value add.
1158
00:46:28,345 --> 00:46:30,679
Give me back the shares, fucko.
1159
00:46:30,762 --> 00:46:33,512
[LAUGHING]
I paid you handsomely.
1160
00:46:33,595 --> 00:46:35,553
You can buy me out
at current value.
1161
00:46:35,637 --> 00:46:37,512
Take the rest of the ride
yourself.
1162
00:46:37,595 --> 00:46:39,095
If you want to be rid of me
that badly.
1163
00:46:39,178 --> 00:46:41,887
Fine.
Half my shares back.
1164
00:46:41,970 --> 00:46:44,095
Well, as you said,
they're worth more now.
1165
00:46:44,178 --> 00:46:47,220
- So what price, uh...
- I get the profit on those.
1166
00:46:47,303 --> 00:46:48,929
You get only your initial
investment back on 'em.
1167
00:46:49,011 --> 00:46:50,887
And I let you have a clear shot
at Taylor Mason.
1168
00:46:50,970 --> 00:46:52,637
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Expensive...
1169
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:54,345
But worth it.
1170
00:46:54,428 --> 00:46:55,970
Good. Done.
1171
00:46:56,053 --> 00:46:57,845
And we'll take the rest
of this ride together.
1172
00:47:00,804 --> 00:47:02,720
By the way, you got bigger.
1173
00:47:02,804 --> 00:47:05,929
You now have 4,200 new
and hard-working employees
1174
00:47:06,011 --> 00:47:07,470
ready to step aboard
your cleaning company.
1175
00:47:07,553 --> 00:47:09,553
Our company.
1176
00:47:09,637 --> 00:47:11,136
Now what?
1177
00:47:11,220 --> 00:47:12,303
You hungry?
1178
00:47:12,387 --> 00:47:13,970
I could eat.
1179
00:47:17,261 --> 00:47:18,178
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
1180
00:47:18,261 --> 00:47:20,011
[CHUCK] Come in.
1181
00:47:23,261 --> 00:47:25,470
Donna didn't announce
the United States Attorney
1182
00:47:25,553 --> 00:47:27,512
for the Southern District.
1183
00:47:27,595 --> 00:47:28,970
She must've stepped out.
1184
00:47:29,053 --> 00:47:30,929
And that's when you stepped in.
1185
00:47:31,011 --> 00:47:32,178
Ah.
1186
00:47:32,261 --> 00:47:33,762
Always angle-shooting.
1187
00:47:33,845 --> 00:47:36,011
Shooting angles.
Important difference.
1188
00:47:36,095 --> 00:47:37,595
You taught me that.
1189
00:47:37,679 --> 00:47:40,553
- Should I go?
- Nah. I'm just getting warm.
1190
00:47:40,637 --> 00:47:42,804
- Ahh.
- I know what you're doing.
1191
00:47:42,887 --> 00:47:44,387
And I'm here to tell you, don't.
1192
00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:45,929
Don't do it.
Don't run.
1193
00:47:46,011 --> 00:47:47,512
You didn't come to plead.
1194
00:47:47,595 --> 00:47:49,178
You came to threaten.
1195
00:47:49,261 --> 00:47:51,345
So hit me with the back half.
1196
00:47:51,428 --> 00:47:54,136
I've been keeping out of
your way as much as possible.
1197
00:47:54,220 --> 00:47:56,053
What do you call
reviewing all my old cases?
1198
00:47:56,136 --> 00:47:58,512
My duty.
But like I said,
1199
00:47:58,595 --> 00:48:00,637
I've been holding back
the full power of my office.
1200
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:01,887
[CONNERTY] And I think you know
what that power is.
1201
00:48:01,970 --> 00:48:04,178
[CONNERTY] What it can do.
So if you run,
1202
00:48:04,261 --> 00:48:08,011
if you try to again put yourself
in a position of public trust
1203
00:48:08,095 --> 00:48:09,595
and public authority,
1204
00:48:09,679 --> 00:48:12,387
I will be forced to
let slip the dogs of war.
1205
00:48:12,470 --> 00:48:15,887
Oh, that one
I definitely taught you.
1206
00:48:15,970 --> 00:48:17,804
Yeah. That's the one
I used on Axelrod
1207
00:48:17,887 --> 00:48:19,345
to get him to make
his first mistake.
1208
00:48:19,428 --> 00:48:21,845
Sometimes you learn
from the worst.
1209
00:48:21,929 --> 00:48:23,679
You didn't need to bring out
the needle to nudge me.
1210
00:48:23,762 --> 00:48:26,845
I was running.
I am running.
1211
00:48:26,929 --> 00:48:28,679
And when I win,
1212
00:48:28,762 --> 00:48:32,136
I'm gonna roll over you
like it's Tiananmen Square.
1213
00:48:32,220 --> 00:48:34,762
[BONES CRACK]
1214
00:48:34,845 --> 00:48:37,011
[GROANS]
1215
00:48:37,095 --> 00:48:39,178
[DOOR OPENS]
1216
00:48:39,261 --> 00:48:41,804
[SLAID CLEAVES' "IF I HAD A HEART"
PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS]
1217
00:48:41,887 --> 00:48:45,804
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
1218
00:48:45,887 --> 00:48:48,136
- Hey, buddy.
- Hey.
1219
00:48:48,220 --> 00:48:50,929
So,
1220
00:48:51,011 --> 00:48:53,512
how's it work
at a quant overlay?
1221
00:48:53,595 --> 00:48:55,178
Am I still gonna be an analyst
or...
1222
00:48:55,261 --> 00:48:57,679
I'm sorry, man.
I can't do it.
1223
00:48:57,762 --> 00:48:58,762
♪ The more I read ♪
1224
00:48:58,845 --> 00:49:00,220
Taylor blocked it.
1225
00:49:00,303 --> 00:49:01,679
♪ The dumber I think I am ♪
1226
00:49:01,762 --> 00:49:03,512
They're like the HAL 9000
or Rain Man.
1227
00:49:03,595 --> 00:49:05,428
They're always playing
the percentages.
1228
00:49:05,512 --> 00:49:07,053
Yeah, they're not.
1229
00:49:07,136 --> 00:49:08,637
They see... everything.
1230
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,095
It's why they did
what they did with Axe,
1231
00:49:10,178 --> 00:49:12,053
despite the risk.
1232
00:49:12,136 --> 00:49:15,804
Why they brought me here
and put a lot of faith in me...
1233
00:49:15,887 --> 00:49:18,470
and why I gotta say no.
1234
00:49:18,553 --> 00:49:19,804
You're blocking me?
1235
00:49:19,887 --> 00:49:21,595
I think you're a great dude.
1236
00:49:21,679 --> 00:49:23,053
If I was 13 again,
1237
00:49:23,136 --> 00:49:24,845
I would play Magic:
The Gathering with you,
1238
00:49:24,929 --> 00:49:26,887
like, every day at lunch.
1239
00:49:26,970 --> 00:49:30,053
But when you're a man, you gotta
put childish things away...
1240
00:49:30,136 --> 00:49:32,053
at work.
1241
00:49:32,136 --> 00:49:33,679
I got responsibilities now.
1242
00:49:33,762 --> 00:49:35,553
Like you said, I'm a partner.
1243
00:49:35,637 --> 00:49:37,637
♪ And in these times
you remind me ♪
1244
00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:40,512
♪ Of the man I used to be... ♪
1245
00:49:40,595 --> 00:49:42,929
You're a fucking asshole.
1246
00:49:43,011 --> 00:49:44,470
You think you're better than me.
1247
00:49:44,553 --> 00:49:46,553
I don't think
I'm better than you.
1248
00:49:46,637 --> 00:49:47,970
I'm just better at my job.
1249
00:49:48,053 --> 00:49:50,136
And I will definitely figure out
1250
00:49:50,220 --> 00:49:53,220
what an appropriate baby gift is
and send one.
1251
00:49:53,303 --> 00:49:54,970
♪ Seen the bashing of brains ♪
1252
00:49:55,053 --> 00:49:58,428
♪ Seen the city unwind ♪
1253
00:49:58,512 --> 00:50:02,804
♪ Seen the overthrow of
dictators and tyrants ♪
1254
00:50:02,887 --> 00:50:05,470
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1255
00:50:05,553 --> 00:50:10,220
♪ ♪
1256
00:50:10,303 --> 00:50:14,470
♪ ♪
1257
00:50:14,553 --> 00:50:16,095
You ready?
1258
00:50:16,178 --> 00:50:18,470
You want me to go with you?
Or send Cook.
1259
00:50:18,553 --> 00:50:22,011
No.
I have to face Grigor alone.
1260
00:50:22,095 --> 00:50:24,053
I hope he doesn't recognize
that I did it.
1261
00:50:24,136 --> 00:50:25,929
What are the chances of that?
1262
00:50:26,011 --> 00:50:27,595
If he does know,
1263
00:50:27,679 --> 00:50:30,261
he's either going to
take them out or take me out.
1264
00:50:30,345 --> 00:50:34,303
♪ ♪
1265
00:50:34,387 --> 00:50:38,345
♪ ♪
1266
00:50:38,428 --> 00:50:42,345
♪ ♪
1267
00:50:42,428 --> 00:50:46,345
♪ ♪
1268
00:50:46,428 --> 00:50:50,470
♪ ♪
1269
00:50:50,553 --> 00:50:53,470
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ON PIANO]
1270
00:50:53,553 --> 00:50:56,011
♪ ♪
1271
00:50:56,095 --> 00:50:58,804
♪ ♪
1272
00:50:58,887 --> 00:51:01,887
Garlic pepper and dill for you.
1273
00:51:01,970 --> 00:51:04,261
♪ ♪
1274
00:51:04,345 --> 00:51:06,845
Horseradish for me.
1275
00:51:06,929 --> 00:51:08,970
[VODKA POURS, GLASSES CLINK]
1276
00:51:09,053 --> 00:51:11,136
[GLASS THUDS]
1277
00:51:11,220 --> 00:51:15,011
♪ ♪
1278
00:51:15,095 --> 00:51:19,136
[GRIGOR] I bring what to most
would be bad news.
1279
00:51:19,220 --> 00:51:22,595
The Kozlovs, the men who
wanted to give you money,
1280
00:51:22,679 --> 00:51:26,929
have had some reversals and
no longer have money to give.
1281
00:51:27,011 --> 00:51:29,428
I suppose that is bad news.
For me.
1282
00:51:29,512 --> 00:51:32,929
[TAYLOR] But for you...
these friends are overextended.
1283
00:51:33,011 --> 00:51:35,220
Perhaps you could rescue them
or...
1284
00:51:35,303 --> 00:51:38,220
and I'm just thinking out loud
here... take them out.
1285
00:51:38,303 --> 00:51:40,970
♪ ♪
1286
00:51:41,053 --> 00:51:43,512
[TAYLOR] They are vulnerable.
Prone.
1287
00:51:43,595 --> 00:51:46,303
You could buy all their assets
for pennies on the dollar.
1288
00:51:46,387 --> 00:51:50,970
Your idea of fun is to dangle
my friends in front of Axe
1289
00:51:51,053 --> 00:51:52,804
and watch him feed on them?
1290
00:51:52,887 --> 00:51:54,845
I'm feeding them to you.
1291
00:51:54,929 --> 00:51:57,762
Axe just cut 'em down
into digestible bites.
1292
00:51:57,845 --> 00:52:00,970
This is a course of action
1293
00:52:01,053 --> 00:52:05,470
only the nastiest of the Bratva
would take.
1294
00:52:05,553 --> 00:52:09,720
It is also what I thought
you might say, and do.
1295
00:52:09,804 --> 00:52:12,720
♪ ♪
1296
00:52:12,804 --> 00:52:15,637
♪ ♪
1297
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:18,345
[GLASSES THUD]
1298
00:52:18,428 --> 00:52:20,970
All this raises the question:
The Kozlovs,
1299
00:52:21,053 --> 00:52:22,512
♪ ♪
1300
00:52:22,595 --> 00:52:25,387
how good friends
are they really?
1301
00:52:25,470 --> 00:52:29,428
♪ ♪
1302
00:52:29,512 --> 00:52:34,428
It turns out...
1303
00:52:34,512 --> 00:52:35,970
not so good.
1304
00:52:36,053 --> 00:52:38,220
♪ ♪
1305
00:52:38,303 --> 00:52:41,095
I accept this
most gracious gift.
1306
00:52:41,178 --> 00:52:44,428
And in return, you hope what,
1307
00:52:44,512 --> 00:52:49,136
that the leverage you so crave
will now come directly from me?
1308
00:52:49,220 --> 00:52:51,470
I think you like that Axe
has shut the banks to me.
1309
00:52:51,553 --> 00:52:53,553
Because it makes me
more reliant on you.
1310
00:52:53,637 --> 00:52:55,887
That ends now.
1311
00:52:55,970 --> 00:52:59,261
Like the once great American
Bob Ritchie said:
1312
00:52:59,345 --> 00:53:01,011
"You can knock me down
and watch me bleed./
1313
00:53:01,095 --> 00:53:03,053
But you can't
keep no chains on me."
1314
00:53:03,136 --> 00:53:04,887
The Kid Rock.
1315
00:53:04,970 --> 00:53:07,720
I admire him greatly.
1316
00:53:07,804 --> 00:53:09,512
I need independent leverage.
1317
00:53:09,595 --> 00:53:13,637
You'll use your influence to
open the banks back up to me.
1318
00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:16,637
♪ ♪
1319
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:19,637
♪ ♪
1320
00:53:19,720 --> 00:53:22,053
This I do.
1321
00:53:22,136 --> 00:53:23,845
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1322
00:53:23,929 --> 00:53:25,679
"Only God Knows Why."
1323
00:53:25,762 --> 00:53:27,470
♪ ♪
1324
00:53:27,553 --> 00:53:31,929
[ITALIAN MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
1325
00:53:32,011 --> 00:53:34,929
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
1326
00:53:35,011 --> 00:53:37,679
♪ ♪
1327
00:53:37,762 --> 00:53:40,220
♪ ♪
1328
00:53:40,303 --> 00:53:43,679
[BELL RINGS]
1329
00:53:43,762 --> 00:53:48,053
♪ ♪
1330
00:53:48,136 --> 00:53:52,720
♪ ♪
1331
00:53:52,804 --> 00:53:57,178
♪ ♪
1332
00:53:57,261 --> 00:54:01,762
♪ ♪
1333
00:54:01,845 --> 00:54:03,720
- Oh?
- Yeah, yeah.
1334
00:54:03,804 --> 00:54:05,762
♪ ♪
1335
00:54:05,845 --> 00:54:09,470
[BELL RINGS]
1336
00:54:09,553 --> 00:54:12,428
Here. Can you just give me
one second?
1337
00:54:12,512 --> 00:54:13,679
Yeah.
1338
00:54:13,762 --> 00:54:17,512
♪ ♪
1339
00:54:17,595 --> 00:54:19,553
So glad the fund's coming back
to Axe Capital,
1340
00:54:19,637 --> 00:54:21,136
where it belongs.
1341
00:54:21,220 --> 00:54:23,178
Somehow you always seem
to get what you want.
1342
00:54:23,261 --> 00:54:27,428
♪ ♪
1343
00:54:27,512 --> 00:54:29,762
Pure luck.
1344
00:54:29,845 --> 00:54:31,637
[BELL RINGS]
1345
00:54:33,804 --> 00:54:37,136
[PRIEST] ...from the scourge
of spreading disbelief.
1346
00:54:37,220 --> 00:54:39,095
[PRIEST] Free us from all evils
1347
00:54:39,178 --> 00:54:41,720
[PRIEST] and dangers that
threaten us from every side.
1348
00:54:41,804 --> 00:54:43,220
[BELL RINGS]
1349
00:54:43,303 --> 00:54:44,929
[PRIEST] May the faith for which
you sacrifice...
1350
00:54:45,011 --> 00:54:48,428
You sure you're ready for
the glare of public life again?
1351
00:54:48,512 --> 00:54:50,303
You're good at
working in the shadows.
1352
00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:51,845
Don't worry about me, buddy boy.
1353
00:54:51,929 --> 00:54:54,553
[PRIEST] ...the Lord our God
can rightfully expect
1354
00:54:54,637 --> 00:54:57,428
from His servants.
Amen.
1355
00:54:57,512 --> 00:54:58,845
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1356
00:54:58,929 --> 00:55:01,428
Thank you, Father.
1357
00:55:01,512 --> 00:55:03,762
Thank you, Father!
1358
00:55:03,845 --> 00:55:07,762
I think there's one thing we can
all agree upon as New Yorkers.
1359
00:55:07,845 --> 00:55:10,178
Someone always wants something
from ya.
1360
00:55:10,261 --> 00:55:12,178
Someone's always hocking ya.
1361
00:55:12,261 --> 00:55:15,637
'Help me. Support me.
Endorse me.'
1362
00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:17,637
Well, maybe you've noticed.
1363
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:19,512
I don't do a lot of endorsing.
1364
00:55:19,595 --> 00:55:23,053
Until someone like the next guy
comes along.
1365
00:55:23,136 --> 00:55:26,011
Then I'm practically
hocking him.
1366
00:55:26,095 --> 00:55:29,553
I've seen the good he's done to
clean up the streets of Gotham.
1367
00:55:29,637 --> 00:55:32,595
And I can't wait to see
what he's gonna do
1368
00:55:32,679 --> 00:55:34,303
for the rest of New York State.
1369
00:55:34,387 --> 00:55:37,845
I give you your next
Attorney General...
1370
00:55:37,929 --> 00:55:40,720
Chuck Rhoades!
1371
00:55:40,804 --> 00:55:43,804
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1372
00:55:46,553 --> 00:55:49,220
- [CHUCK] Wonderful. Thank you.
- [SANSOME] You bet.
1373
00:55:49,303 --> 00:55:51,136
- Thank you.
- All right.
1374
00:55:51,220 --> 00:55:52,679
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
1375
00:55:52,762 --> 00:55:55,387
I am so proud to be here
with you tonight.
1376
00:55:55,470 --> 00:55:58,595
In fact,
"I am chomping at the bit
1377
00:55:58,679 --> 00:56:00,637
to be your next
Attorney General"!
1378
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,679
- Yes!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1379
00:56:02,762 --> 00:56:05,387
[LAUGHING]
Okay.
1380
00:56:05,470 --> 00:56:07,720
[WOLF-WHISTLES]
1381
00:56:07,804 --> 00:56:10,011
[ITALIAN MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
1382
00:56:10,095 --> 00:56:11,595
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]
1383
00:56:11,679 --> 00:56:13,428
Yeah!
1384
00:56:13,512 --> 00:56:16,845
♪ ♪
1385
00:56:16,929 --> 00:56:20,595
♪ ♪
1386
00:56:20,679 --> 00:56:23,595
♪ Gang of Youths'
"The Heart Is a Muscle" ♪
1387
00:56:23,679 --> 00:56:25,011
♪ ♪
1388
00:56:25,095 --> 00:56:29,512
♪ Break me off a piece of that ♪
1389
00:56:29,595 --> 00:56:33,720
♪ And mix it in
with a little wine ♪
1390
00:56:33,804 --> 00:56:38,261
♪ With someone warm and smart
I guess ♪
1391
00:56:38,345 --> 00:56:40,220
♪ With a heart in first ♪
1392
00:56:40,303 --> 00:56:42,929
♪ And a soul behind ♪
1393
00:56:43,011 --> 00:56:46,261
♪ And I ♪
1394
00:56:46,345 --> 00:56:48,220
♪ Won't give in ♪
1395
00:56:48,303 --> 00:56:51,679
♪ ♪
1396
00:56:51,762 --> 00:56:55,679
♪ 'Cause I ♪
1397
00:56:55,762 --> 00:56:57,887
♪ Wanna try again ♪
1398
00:56:57,970 --> 00:57:02,887
♪ ♪
1399
00:57:02,970 --> 00:57:07,887
♪ ♪
1400
00:57:07,970 --> 00:57:12,929
♪ ♪
1401
00:57:13,011 --> 00:57:17,929
♪ ♪
1402
00:57:18,011 --> 00:57:22,929
♪ ♪
1403
00:57:23,011 --> 00:57:26,136
♪ ♪