1 00:00:04,845 --> 00:00:06,887 Previously on Billions. 2 00:00:07,888 --> 00:00:09,287 I buy a half hour 3 00:00:09,329 --> 00:00:11,850 on every major network, live speech. 4 00:00:11,892 --> 00:00:14,292 Solicit honest feedback from your employees. 5 00:00:14,334 --> 00:00:17,015 Use it as fuel for the speech. 6 00:00:17,057 --> 00:00:19,537 He goes into the speech confident, he comes out sailing. 7 00:00:19,579 --> 00:00:21,219 I've been told I needed to see you. 8 00:00:21,261 --> 00:00:23,741 When Wendy wants something, she's very persuasive. 9 00:00:23,783 --> 00:00:25,583 And that's why I called her. 10 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:26,945 With Bradford running point, 11 00:00:26,987 --> 00:00:28,306 the feedback's gonna be jet fuel. 12 00:00:28,348 --> 00:00:29,908 So you want us to go back around 13 00:00:29,950 --> 00:00:31,549 and troll for negative feedback? 14 00:00:31,591 --> 00:00:33,431 This could implode MPC, 15 00:00:33,473 --> 00:00:36,114 as well as the campaign and all of our places in it. 16 00:00:36,156 --> 00:00:38,198 I would consider it a personal favour. 17 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,239 We are gonna do something 18 00:00:41,281 --> 00:00:43,481 extremely hard. 19 00:00:43,523 --> 00:00:45,483 When did I become Lex Luthor? 20 00:00:45,525 --> 00:00:48,448 Someone's quitting isn't capitulation. 21 00:00:49,529 --> 00:00:50,768 So I shouldn't worry about 22 00:00:50,810 --> 00:00:52,410 seeking real love. 23 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:54,532 I'm saying the way to get it is to be a winner. 24 00:00:54,574 --> 00:00:56,014 Thank you... 25 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,856 for not keeping me safe. 26 00:00:57,898 --> 00:01:00,860 The destiny is in me. 27 00:01:02,262 --> 00:01:03,781 I put him back together 28 00:01:03,823 --> 00:01:06,584 after you kicked the pieces across the floor. 29 00:01:06,626 --> 00:01:08,226 I'm Mike Prince. 30 00:01:08,268 --> 00:01:10,228 Mike is trending on every platform. 31 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:12,070 It's done. 32 00:01:12,112 --> 00:01:13,631 I saw. 33 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:16,474 Someday, and that day will definitely come, 34 00:01:16,516 --> 00:01:19,799 I will call upon you to repay this debt. 35 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:52,472 This is totally amazing. 36 00:01:53,233 --> 00:01:55,673 That's how I do. I aim to amaze. 37 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:58,036 You've done it. I thought it was only a theoretical model. 38 00:01:58,078 --> 00:02:00,518 It was, back when you were a Stanford Cardinal. 39 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,160 It's viable now. 40 00:02:02,202 --> 00:02:04,122 What compressive strength have you managed to achieve? 41 00:02:04,164 --> 00:02:07,885 As you know, the standard crap ranges from 3,000 to 5,000 psi. 42 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:09,607 My little baby gets close to 6,000. 43 00:02:09,649 --> 00:02:11,689 -Damn. -Plus, when the cracks form, 44 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:13,771 the bacteria creates a self-healing effect. 45 00:02:13,813 --> 00:02:16,374 It's an organic, high-tech mimic of the lime clasts 46 00:02:16,416 --> 00:02:19,177 and volcanic ash from Ancient Roman concrete 47 00:02:19,219 --> 00:02:21,419 that's had those buildings standing for thousands of years. 48 00:02:21,461 --> 00:02:22,780 -Beautiful. -Yeah. 49 00:02:22,822 --> 00:02:24,382 It's almost ready to go to market 50 00:02:24,424 --> 00:02:26,264 and present to the Cement Masons unions. 51 00:02:26,306 --> 00:02:28,466 That's why I moved the lab here a little while back. 52 00:02:28,508 --> 00:02:30,228 Before you do, 53 00:02:30,270 --> 00:02:32,272 you gotta let me walk you in to my guy. 54 00:02:59,419 --> 00:03:02,100 Okay, so you are gonna want 55 00:03:02,142 --> 00:03:05,063 to practice your starts, your stops, your signals, 56 00:03:05,105 --> 00:03:07,825 and your merges before your next road test 57 00:03:07,867 --> 00:03:09,747 so you don't have to do this whole Phi Slama Jama 58 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:11,109 a third time. 59 00:03:11,151 --> 00:03:13,631 So I definitely failed? 60 00:03:13,673 --> 00:03:15,675 Flatter than a pancake. 61 00:03:16,876 --> 00:03:18,556 And when you're ready to give it another go, 62 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:21,319 you just head to the website and book another test. 63 00:03:21,361 --> 00:03:24,762 Well, since-- since we know he'll pass the next one, 64 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:28,286 how's about we save everyone the trouble. 65 00:03:28,328 --> 00:03:29,927 He was so close this time. 66 00:03:29,969 --> 00:03:33,971 There must be a way to shave a point or add one? 67 00:03:34,013 --> 00:03:36,694 Close? No. Not a word I'd use. 68 00:03:36,736 --> 00:03:38,456 The bus was close, though. 69 00:03:38,498 --> 00:03:40,178 Which bus? 70 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:42,580 The bus that your young charge almost sideswiped, 71 00:03:42,622 --> 00:03:45,305 like Rick Mahorn did Wilkins that time. 72 00:03:46,506 --> 00:03:48,746 Phi Slama Jama. Rick Mahorn. 73 00:03:48,788 --> 00:03:50,748 You're a sports fan. 74 00:03:50,790 --> 00:03:53,871 And unlike the boy, sir, you are a quick study. 75 00:03:53,913 --> 00:03:56,274 That I am. 76 00:03:56,316 --> 00:03:57,675 What's your name, sir? 77 00:03:57,717 --> 00:04:00,478 Quinn. Ern Quinn. Mr. Quinn. 78 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,880 Well, Ern, I think the thing to do 79 00:04:02,922 --> 00:04:05,843 is for you to get some tickets to see a game, 80 00:04:05,885 --> 00:04:07,365 which is expensive, I know. 81 00:04:07,407 --> 00:04:09,047 So, what I'm thinking is, 82 00:04:09,089 --> 00:04:11,091 we make that happen... 83 00:04:13,573 --> 00:04:16,536 and then you make the driver's license happen. 84 00:04:21,301 --> 00:04:23,663 This is ridiculous. 85 00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:27,066 I was social friends with Robert Moses! 86 00:04:28,708 --> 00:04:31,109 Don't say your daddy's name. 87 00:04:31,151 --> 00:04:32,470 I'll tell them to call Mom. 88 00:04:32,512 --> 00:04:34,512 No. She'll flay me. 89 00:04:34,554 --> 00:04:36,234 I should have made one of them come with me. 90 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:38,116 These DMVs-- 91 00:04:38,158 --> 00:04:41,481 Stands for Dumb Motherfucking Varmints, by the way!-- 92 00:04:43,082 --> 00:04:45,405 just want to charge a higher price. 93 00:04:48,128 --> 00:04:51,649 I got this. 94 00:04:57,377 --> 00:04:58,896 To build. 95 00:04:58,938 --> 00:05:00,938 That's man's impulse. 96 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:02,860 Well, mine, anyway. 97 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:06,063 But the best-made structures, how long do they last? 98 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:08,906 Not long enough that future civilisations won't use 99 00:05:08,948 --> 00:05:11,389 the rubble of ours as a mere foundation. 100 00:05:11,431 --> 00:05:12,750 Until now. 101 00:05:12,792 --> 00:05:15,713 Bio-inspired vascular concrete. 102 00:05:15,755 --> 00:05:18,636 It recognises the weaknesses within the concrete system 103 00:05:18,678 --> 00:05:22,320 and is able to enzymatically repair itself. 104 00:05:22,362 --> 00:05:23,881 This will revolutionise 105 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:25,403 the country's crumbling infrastructure. 106 00:05:25,445 --> 00:05:27,165 This material rebuilds the past, 107 00:05:27,207 --> 00:05:29,887 fortifies the present, secures the future. 108 00:05:29,929 --> 00:05:31,449 This is magnificent. 109 00:05:31,491 --> 00:05:33,050 It really is. 110 00:05:33,092 --> 00:05:35,335 This is a game changer. 111 00:05:36,856 --> 00:05:38,576 But the path from innovation to market 112 00:05:38,618 --> 00:05:40,178 is fraught with danger. 113 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:41,899 It's Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots out there. 114 00:05:41,941 --> 00:05:44,302 This can't be one of those that doesn't make it. 115 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,823 Uh... 116 00:05:45,865 --> 00:05:48,786 What danger, exactly? 117 00:05:48,828 --> 00:05:52,830 Deep-pocketed competitors, copycats, 118 00:05:52,872 --> 00:05:54,552 foreign governments willing to steal it. 119 00:05:54,594 --> 00:05:56,154 As you know, all those things and more 120 00:05:56,196 --> 00:05:58,396 can destroy a young company. 121 00:05:58,438 --> 00:06:01,401 But I can protect it. And you. 122 00:06:13,132 --> 00:06:16,614 You see, man's impulse is also to buy. 123 00:06:16,656 --> 00:06:19,657 I want to get behind this in a big way. 124 00:06:19,699 --> 00:06:21,899 I can take care of knocking out the competitors, 125 00:06:21,941 --> 00:06:24,782 as well as all the execution stuff, 126 00:06:24,824 --> 00:06:26,143 the blocking and tackling 127 00:06:26,185 --> 00:06:27,665 you don't need to get bogged down with. 128 00:06:27,707 --> 00:06:30,308 This is something that will help the world, 129 00:06:30,350 --> 00:06:32,069 and we'll all get rich doing it. 130 00:06:32,111 --> 00:06:35,713 I'm having in-house counsel join 131 00:06:35,755 --> 00:06:38,516 so we can move quickly and aggressively. 132 00:06:38,558 --> 00:06:41,959 I'm prepared to purchase your entire company 133 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:43,481 and back a more robust timetable, 134 00:06:43,523 --> 00:06:45,723 rolling this out in the next 14 months. 135 00:06:45,765 --> 00:06:48,928 No, no, I'm not handing you the reins. 136 00:06:51,050 --> 00:06:53,571 This is my life's work. 137 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:55,533 Which you'll lose no matter what 138 00:06:55,575 --> 00:06:57,577 now that you've stuck your head out. 139 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,418 But we can prevent that. 140 00:07:00,460 --> 00:07:01,779 We will prevent it. 141 00:07:01,821 --> 00:07:03,100 This way, your vision is protected 142 00:07:03,142 --> 00:07:04,622 and you get paid fairly. 143 00:07:04,664 --> 00:07:06,464 You don't buy me out. 144 00:07:06,506 --> 00:07:09,066 I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders. 145 00:07:09,108 --> 00:07:11,551 So, a Moe Greene no. 146 00:07:13,072 --> 00:07:15,475 What ended up happening to old Moe after that? 147 00:07:22,762 --> 00:07:24,482 Thank you all for your time. 148 00:07:24,524 --> 00:07:26,526 And the fucking scones. 149 00:07:29,088 --> 00:07:31,090 I'm not selling. 150 00:07:46,105 --> 00:07:49,226 Look, he put his whole professional life into this. 151 00:07:49,268 --> 00:07:51,749 I just think he didn't see the blitzkrieg coming. 152 00:07:51,791 --> 00:07:53,471 I didn't either. 153 00:07:53,513 --> 00:07:56,113 Maybe you can go and talk to him. 154 00:07:56,155 --> 00:07:58,115 I can. I'll try. 155 00:07:58,157 --> 00:08:00,077 But he is stubborn. 156 00:08:00,119 --> 00:08:01,799 I mean, real stubborn. 157 00:08:01,841 --> 00:08:03,561 Yeah, okay, you do that. 158 00:08:03,603 --> 00:08:06,163 Talk some reason into him. This is the way he wins. 159 00:08:06,205 --> 00:08:07,925 Because if I can't have his company this way, 160 00:08:07,967 --> 00:08:09,166 I want his tech. 161 00:08:09,208 --> 00:08:11,210 And I'll get it. 162 00:08:11,851 --> 00:08:14,051 Legally. Aboveboard. 163 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:16,656 Fins up, you know what I'm saying, Kate? 164 00:08:21,220 --> 00:08:23,301 We'll make a dang fortune, and this is the kind of idea 165 00:08:23,343 --> 00:08:26,103 custom-made to campaign on. 166 00:08:26,145 --> 00:08:29,667 A new foundation for America. 167 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:31,711 I'm on it. 168 00:08:48,287 --> 00:08:49,927 Hello, son. 169 00:08:49,969 --> 00:08:52,730 Dad, I'm fine. 170 00:08:52,772 --> 00:08:54,892 Kev, that's code for "not fine." 171 00:08:54,934 --> 00:08:57,655 I fucked up and said your name. 172 00:08:57,697 --> 00:08:59,377 To whom? 173 00:08:59,419 --> 00:09:02,620 I found the one sorry son of a bitch at the DMV 174 00:09:02,662 --> 00:09:06,345 that doesn't know the difference between a gratuity and a bribe. 175 00:09:07,346 --> 00:09:08,786 Don't say another word, 176 00:09:08,828 --> 00:09:10,830 either of you. 177 00:09:14,033 --> 00:09:15,513 I'm planning on telling Mike 178 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:16,954 he should punt on the performance reviews. 179 00:09:16,996 --> 00:09:18,998 Oh, you're planning. 180 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:21,559 Well, I mean, if you want to, 181 00:09:21,601 --> 00:09:23,080 I'll of course step back and-- 182 00:09:23,122 --> 00:09:24,682 I thought that's why you said it that way, 183 00:09:24,724 --> 00:09:25,923 so I would do it for you. 184 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,525 For Mike. For the firm. 185 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:30,287 It's not something that can be punted. 186 00:09:30,329 --> 00:09:33,571 After those truth-telling sessions, folks are queasy. 187 00:09:33,613 --> 00:09:35,453 I think the staff knows that Mike would never use 188 00:09:35,495 --> 00:09:38,135 performance reviews as a way to exact vengeance 189 00:09:38,177 --> 00:09:40,578 on people who merely spoke the truth about what they felt. 190 00:09:40,620 --> 00:09:42,460 Yeah, well, the mere fact 191 00:09:42,502 --> 00:09:44,822 that you just referred to them as "staff" 192 00:09:44,864 --> 00:09:46,904 says a lot about how they'll feel being judged. 193 00:09:46,946 --> 00:09:48,466 Well, I guess your finger is just lodged 194 00:09:48,508 --> 00:09:49,707 right on the carotid of-- 195 00:09:49,749 --> 00:09:51,308 No guesswork. 196 00:09:51,350 --> 00:09:53,310 That's all anybody talked about at movie night. 197 00:09:53,352 --> 00:09:55,593 Movie night? Is that a colloquialism for something? 198 00:09:55,635 --> 00:09:57,114 Popcorn. Big screen. 199 00:09:57,156 --> 00:09:59,158 I'm surprised you decided to skip. 200 00:09:59,919 --> 00:10:01,439 Oh, shit. 201 00:10:01,481 --> 00:10:03,320 Didn't know this was a thing. 202 00:10:03,362 --> 00:10:05,042 Wasn't invited. 203 00:10:05,084 --> 00:10:06,764 I should have double-checked their list. 204 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:08,726 -I just assumed they'd-- -What'd you watch? 205 00:10:08,768 --> 00:10:10,247 Double feature. 206 00:10:10,289 --> 00:10:11,649 Glengarry and Wolf of Wall Street. 207 00:10:11,691 --> 00:10:13,170 Of course. 208 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:15,092 Do they even know what Wolf is really saying? 209 00:10:15,134 --> 00:10:16,333 Victor does. 210 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:19,176 Sacker, obv. Rian. 211 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:21,098 The rest, they think they should know 212 00:10:21,140 --> 00:10:23,020 how to sell a pen better. 213 00:10:23,062 --> 00:10:24,902 -You'll come next time. -Oh, no. 214 00:10:24,944 --> 00:10:27,264 You're the man of the people. I'll remain where I belong. 215 00:10:27,306 --> 00:10:29,386 Slightly above the staff. 216 00:10:29,428 --> 00:10:31,430 Your words, not mine. 217 00:10:36,395 --> 00:10:38,035 Scooter just texted me. 218 00:10:38,077 --> 00:10:39,797 I understand the concern about the performance reviews. 219 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:41,599 -When the fuck did you--? -You don't get here 220 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,240 without being able to multitask. 221 00:10:43,282 --> 00:10:45,202 Like how you can do a double shot of Michter's 222 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:47,925 while re-enacting your favourite Nikki Dial-Rocco Siffredi scene. 223 00:10:47,967 --> 00:10:49,487 Who are those people? 224 00:10:49,529 --> 00:10:50,808 Better you don't know. 225 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,329 Okay. 226 00:10:52,371 --> 00:10:54,692 I'll recuse myself from the review process. 227 00:10:54,734 --> 00:10:56,654 I was planning on doing it anyway. 228 00:10:56,696 --> 00:10:59,376 I can't be seen as rewarding or punishing anyone on the team... 229 00:10:59,418 --> 00:11:01,258 Team. Not staff. There you go. 230 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:03,380 ...just because they said bad or good things about me. 231 00:11:03,422 --> 00:11:04,942 Still, we have to do it. 232 00:11:04,984 --> 00:11:06,944 Can't go forward without a thorough look back 233 00:11:06,986 --> 00:11:11,028 and a real evaluation of trading tendencies, habits, all of it. 234 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:13,030 How does that work without you in the middle of it? 235 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:14,672 You two will run the thing. 236 00:11:14,714 --> 00:11:16,716 I'm glad to leave it in your able hands. 237 00:11:25,444 --> 00:11:27,446 I need in there. Thank you. 238 00:11:30,209 --> 00:11:32,129 Dad. Kevin. What? 239 00:11:32,171 --> 00:11:34,892 It's just a bureaucratic squabble. 240 00:11:34,934 --> 00:11:37,535 This aged man's attempt at bribing me 241 00:11:37,577 --> 00:11:41,579 failed as badly as this young man failed his driving test. 242 00:11:41,621 --> 00:11:43,781 -He called the cops. -You called the cops? 243 00:11:43,823 --> 00:11:45,182 I called the cops. 244 00:11:45,224 --> 00:11:47,505 If money changed hands, 245 00:11:47,547 --> 00:11:49,667 we're going to have to arrest and charge. 246 00:11:51,190 --> 00:11:53,192 Don't make me ask the question. 247 00:11:54,754 --> 00:11:56,033 What question is that? 248 00:11:56,075 --> 00:11:58,077 Please. 249 00:11:58,958 --> 00:12:00,998 Yes, I know who you are. 250 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,600 But it's a tight spot here. 251 00:12:02,642 --> 00:12:05,244 Can we have a moment with my father? 252 00:12:14,093 --> 00:12:16,293 Charles, why are you even here, 253 00:12:16,335 --> 00:12:18,135 and what did you think you were doing? 254 00:12:18,177 --> 00:12:19,617 Making sure it went well. 255 00:12:19,659 --> 00:12:22,459 That peon had it in for Kevin 256 00:12:22,501 --> 00:12:23,701 the moment he saw the Jag. 257 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,745 It intimidated him. 258 00:12:27,106 --> 00:12:29,426 And like I said, he didn't know the difference 259 00:12:29,468 --> 00:12:30,988 between a bribe and a tip. 260 00:12:31,030 --> 00:12:33,032 I heard that. 261 00:12:33,512 --> 00:12:35,232 You're going to jail. 262 00:12:35,274 --> 00:12:37,394 And Rhoades, Kevin, will be prohibited 263 00:12:37,436 --> 00:12:40,117 from holding a license to drive in New York state. 264 00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:42,161 Jesus! 265 00:12:45,645 --> 00:12:47,925 I am aware that attempted bribery-- 266 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:50,527 if that is in fact what can be proved to have happened here 267 00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:52,249 --is a serious offence. 268 00:12:52,291 --> 00:12:54,531 I can guarantee his appearance at arraignment, 269 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:56,293 but if you will do me the courtesy 270 00:12:56,335 --> 00:12:58,255 of releasing him and referring this 271 00:12:58,297 --> 00:13:00,097 to the DA's office for investigation, 272 00:13:00,139 --> 00:13:01,739 it would be appreciated. 273 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:05,104 I'd have to check with my superiors. 274 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:08,946 Well, check with the commish. 275 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:12,309 I have Raul Gomez in my favourites. 276 00:13:12,351 --> 00:13:13,711 Thank you. 277 00:13:15,434 --> 00:13:18,195 The Department of Motor Vehicles is not a playground 278 00:13:18,237 --> 00:13:19,877 for the well-connected to do as they will. 279 00:13:19,919 --> 00:13:21,158 Ha! 280 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,923 That is a clerk's mentality... 281 00:13:26,365 --> 00:13:30,327 and a clerk you will always fucking be. 282 00:13:30,369 --> 00:13:32,249 Dad! Not helping. 283 00:13:32,291 --> 00:13:33,811 Uh... 284 00:13:33,853 --> 00:13:35,292 You know, the sad fact is 285 00:13:35,334 --> 00:13:37,735 that some senility awaits us all 286 00:13:37,777 --> 00:13:39,697 in the golden years. 287 00:13:39,739 --> 00:13:41,538 Oh, bullshit. 288 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:43,903 Oh, are you saying he's...? 289 00:13:45,745 --> 00:13:48,387 There are over 100 types of dementia. 290 00:13:51,951 --> 00:13:55,913 So, it can be tough to pinpoint which we're talking about, 291 00:13:55,955 --> 00:13:57,755 but I think it's clear that something... 292 00:13:57,797 --> 00:13:59,757 My last med workup says I'm sharp 293 00:13:59,799 --> 00:14:01,799 as a goddamn titanium tack. 294 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,203 Can you say the same? 295 00:14:06,405 --> 00:14:08,125 The commissioner is granting your request. 296 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:09,366 You're free to go. 297 00:14:09,408 --> 00:14:10,648 But he is indeed referring it 298 00:14:10,690 --> 00:14:11,889 to the DA's office. 299 00:14:11,931 --> 00:14:13,130 Great. Swell. Perfect. 300 00:14:13,172 --> 00:14:14,451 Wouldn't have it any other way. 301 00:14:14,493 --> 00:14:15,693 Thank you, officer. 302 00:14:15,735 --> 00:14:17,254 And thank you, sir, 303 00:14:17,296 --> 00:14:19,977 for your fealty to the auto safety corridor. 304 00:14:20,019 --> 00:14:23,340 I note the sarcasm, for the record. 305 00:14:27,426 --> 00:14:30,868 Bowing and scraping like that? 306 00:14:30,910 --> 00:14:33,270 I thought you had juice! 307 00:14:33,312 --> 00:14:35,594 Can we just get out of here, please? 308 00:14:41,921 --> 00:14:44,962 Well, this should be more fun than movie night. 309 00:14:45,004 --> 00:14:46,684 No one thought you would want to come. 310 00:14:46,726 --> 00:14:47,925 And right they were. 311 00:14:47,967 --> 00:14:49,406 Okay, on the screens 312 00:14:49,448 --> 00:14:50,928 in front of each of us are dossiers 313 00:14:50,970 --> 00:14:52,609 covering the P&Ls, activities, 314 00:14:52,651 --> 00:14:55,813 results and tendencies of each person who works at MPC. 315 00:14:55,855 --> 00:14:58,535 We will conduct interviews and do the feedback sessions 316 00:14:58,577 --> 00:15:00,497 after we-- 317 00:15:00,539 --> 00:15:02,139 We aren't at the feedback stage yet. 318 00:15:02,181 --> 00:15:03,821 -You'll be called in. -Yeah, no, we won't. 319 00:15:03,863 --> 00:15:07,224 My man speaketh the truth. 320 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:09,827 I'm not sure why I just used that biblical version of speak, 321 00:15:09,869 --> 00:15:11,548 but I did, so... 322 00:15:11,590 --> 00:15:14,511 Because what we are saying is as monumental 323 00:15:14,553 --> 00:15:16,874 as that language implies. 324 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,595 Yes. Yeah. We were elected to tell you 325 00:15:18,637 --> 00:15:21,278 that we all reject the framework of this panel 326 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,679 judging us and our work. 327 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:24,722 The employees can't reject-- 328 00:15:24,764 --> 00:15:26,083 -Team members. -Absolutely. 329 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,765 The team members can't reject the idea 330 00:15:27,807 --> 00:15:29,286 that their performance is being evaluated. 331 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,528 Well, we are rejecting you, all of you, 332 00:15:31,570 --> 00:15:33,130 as the ones evaluating. 333 00:15:33,172 --> 00:15:35,652 You don't get to pick how management decides. 334 00:15:35,694 --> 00:15:39,056 Management does. That's how business works. 335 00:15:39,098 --> 00:15:41,218 Upon a time it did. Not now. 336 00:15:41,260 --> 00:15:42,459 It's true, Wags. 337 00:15:42,501 --> 00:15:44,503 We are in an un-brave new world. 338 00:15:47,226 --> 00:15:48,906 I mean, no offence, Scooter, 339 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,188 but you're not in touch with the rank and file. 340 00:15:51,230 --> 00:15:52,790 You don't even come to movie night. 341 00:15:52,832 --> 00:15:54,551 -I wasn't inv-- -'Cause we knew you wouldn't 342 00:15:54,593 --> 00:15:57,514 want to and didn't want to put you in the position. 343 00:15:57,556 --> 00:16:00,878 As I said. 344 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,360 Look, the only one with the right to decide our fate 345 00:16:03,402 --> 00:16:05,282 is the actual decider. 346 00:16:05,324 --> 00:16:07,925 But you all said that once you gave your evaluation of Prince, 347 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,928 you weren't comfortable with him conducting this review. 348 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,730 That is right and true. 349 00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:15,652 Yeah, well, he decided to change everything, 350 00:16:15,694 --> 00:16:18,617 so we all reject the whole of it. 351 00:16:20,419 --> 00:16:22,179 You roll it all for a least a year. 352 00:16:22,221 --> 00:16:24,221 No performance reviews until then. 353 00:16:24,263 --> 00:16:26,743 Or you can do it without any performers to review. 354 00:16:26,785 --> 00:16:29,146 You do know that comp is directly tied 355 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:30,667 to performance review? 356 00:16:30,709 --> 00:16:32,711 Not this year, it isn't. 357 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,322 Well, fuck. 358 00:16:43,963 --> 00:16:45,965 Indeed. 359 00:16:49,368 --> 00:16:52,209 Well, you really brought out the all-star team 360 00:16:52,251 --> 00:16:56,255 for this vital matter of state security involving my father. 361 00:16:58,497 --> 00:17:00,497 As have you, Chuck, 362 00:17:00,539 --> 00:17:05,584 with the great and powerful Freddie Eisen in your corner. 363 00:17:06,906 --> 00:17:09,666 He always brings a gun to a knife fight. 364 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:12,189 Yeah, it's just like the government to lard it on. 365 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:14,711 You're always looking for a chance to squander resources. 366 00:17:16,195 --> 00:17:18,075 Uh, no offence, Chuck. 367 00:17:18,117 --> 00:17:19,356 Yeah, sure, Eisen. 368 00:17:19,398 --> 00:17:21,718 Look, I think we all know 369 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,000 the bright light of attention 370 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,082 is on this matter because of me. 371 00:17:25,124 --> 00:17:27,004 You're trying to bleed me here. 372 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:30,007 Bleed you? For what? 373 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,609 A notch in your hatchet. Uh, making a quota. 374 00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:35,252 Some time in the limelight. Who knows? 375 00:17:35,294 --> 00:17:39,296 Rubbish. We have kept the press out of it so far, 376 00:17:39,338 --> 00:17:41,058 and that's proof that you're off base. 377 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:43,460 But this is a chargeable offense. 378 00:17:43,502 --> 00:17:45,022 Ah. This is where I come in. 379 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,544 -Mm. -Uh, rubbish. 380 00:17:47,586 --> 00:17:49,947 You're gonna have an impossible time proving anything 381 00:17:49,989 --> 00:17:52,669 beyond giving an unlawful gratuity, 382 00:17:52,711 --> 00:17:54,071 which is a class "A" misdemeanour. 383 00:17:54,113 --> 00:17:56,914 So, no jail time, 384 00:17:56,956 --> 00:17:58,996 a fine, 385 00:17:59,038 --> 00:18:02,759 and a course... maybe. 386 00:18:02,801 --> 00:18:06,485 There is no driving course on how not to be an asshole. 387 00:18:08,847 --> 00:18:12,251 But in this case, maybe we invent one. 388 00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:16,653 Okay. 389 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:18,896 But we expect the maximum on the fine, 390 00:18:18,938 --> 00:18:23,022 and even that may not placate the DMV folks. 391 00:18:24,663 --> 00:18:25,862 Agreed. 392 00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:27,905 You got a good deal here. 393 00:18:27,947 --> 00:18:29,949 A real sweetheart. 394 00:18:32,031 --> 00:18:34,033 Better than you deserve. 395 00:18:34,873 --> 00:18:36,875 If my client will take it. 396 00:18:37,957 --> 00:18:39,959 I'll let you know. 397 00:18:46,045 --> 00:18:47,925 Well, if the bank wants to call that loan, 398 00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:49,766 you tell them you'll move the corpus of the trust 399 00:18:49,808 --> 00:18:51,528 to another institution. 400 00:18:51,570 --> 00:18:54,211 Dad, don't conduct your so-called business from here. 401 00:18:54,253 --> 00:18:55,732 We have to resolve this situation-- 402 00:18:55,774 --> 00:18:57,294 Some birds are chirping in the background. 403 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:58,535 I can't hear a thing. 404 00:18:58,577 --> 00:19:00,819 Get back to me with good news. 405 00:19:03,822 --> 00:19:07,666 There is nothing to resolve with the DMV as far as I'm concerned. 406 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:11,068 Well, as counsel, I have to disagree. 407 00:19:11,110 --> 00:19:13,870 At least present you with the deal we were able to-- 408 00:19:13,912 --> 00:19:16,593 Well, no matter how good a deal you think you struck 409 00:19:16,635 --> 00:19:18,435 with your colleagues, 410 00:19:18,477 --> 00:19:20,479 I won't sign it. 411 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,200 They should apologise to me. 412 00:19:23,242 --> 00:19:25,402 And Kevin. 413 00:19:25,444 --> 00:19:27,646 Thank you for your efforts, Freddie. 414 00:19:32,131 --> 00:19:34,891 You picked the wrong guy to try to charm, Pop. 415 00:19:34,933 --> 00:19:36,373 So now you have to-- 416 00:19:36,415 --> 00:19:39,856 That examiner was a power-mad little man 417 00:19:39,898 --> 00:19:42,381 who should have passed Kevin on principle alone. 418 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:46,583 Uh... 419 00:19:46,625 --> 00:19:48,945 what principle is that? 420 00:19:48,987 --> 00:19:51,668 That the Rhoades family has contributed more 421 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:53,510 to this city and state than-- 422 00:19:53,552 --> 00:19:55,712 Tell that to the bus driver. 423 00:19:55,754 --> 00:19:56,953 No, no. 424 00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,355 You see, close call or not, 425 00:19:58,397 --> 00:20:00,917 Kevin avoided that bus. 426 00:20:00,959 --> 00:20:02,479 -Ah. -And that's all that matters. 427 00:20:02,521 --> 00:20:04,241 That's real life. 428 00:20:04,283 --> 00:20:06,763 Near collisions. Near disaster. 429 00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:08,445 That's when the mettle shows. 430 00:20:08,487 --> 00:20:10,487 Our boy has it. 431 00:20:10,529 --> 00:20:12,531 Shows he's got the skills. 432 00:20:13,852 --> 00:20:16,815 That still doesn't speak to the attempted bribe. 433 00:20:17,896 --> 00:20:22,699 Boyo, if I take the fall for unlawful gratuity, 434 00:20:22,741 --> 00:20:26,703 that DMV apparatchik should go down for accepting it. 435 00:20:28,387 --> 00:20:30,147 He didn't accept it. 436 00:20:30,189 --> 00:20:32,869 He allowed you to complete the criminal act to bust you. 437 00:20:32,911 --> 00:20:34,671 Don't be such an asshole. 438 00:20:34,713 --> 00:20:37,114 Ah. 439 00:20:37,156 --> 00:20:38,675 If you saw the look on Kevin's face 440 00:20:38,717 --> 00:20:40,879 when he heard that he had failed... 441 00:20:43,001 --> 00:20:45,003 you'd have done the same. 442 00:20:45,804 --> 00:20:47,806 That's called love. 443 00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:53,172 Yeah, but I didn't see it... 444 00:20:55,494 --> 00:20:57,496 because I wasn't there. 445 00:21:00,179 --> 00:21:03,019 That is true. 446 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:05,744 He asked you to take him. 447 00:21:06,825 --> 00:21:08,024 Not Wendy or me. 448 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:14,191 I had been so overtaken with the idea 449 00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:16,273 that you insinuated yourself 450 00:21:16,315 --> 00:21:18,795 into the situation with the examiner, 451 00:21:18,837 --> 00:21:20,197 I hadn't stopped to think-- 452 00:21:20,239 --> 00:21:23,162 Well, it's high time you did. 453 00:21:24,803 --> 00:21:26,803 He reached out to a paternal figure 454 00:21:26,845 --> 00:21:28,927 who was not, in fact... 455 00:21:30,929 --> 00:21:32,931 his father. 456 00:21:33,932 --> 00:21:36,815 Maybe he knew I'd risk life and liberty on his behalf. 457 00:21:38,337 --> 00:21:40,777 Maybe he counted on that. 458 00:21:40,819 --> 00:21:45,344 Maybe he knew I was the only one. 459 00:21:51,109 --> 00:21:53,111 Who's the asshole now? 460 00:21:58,397 --> 00:22:02,239 Who's the asshole... 461 00:22:02,281 --> 00:22:04,283 now? 462 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:27,186 What the hell did you do to me? 463 00:22:28,427 --> 00:22:29,786 To you, or for you? 464 00:22:29,828 --> 00:22:31,828 I went over his proposal, and there's a ton 465 00:22:31,870 --> 00:22:33,630 of upside there. And what he was saying 466 00:22:33,672 --> 00:22:35,312 about the pitfalls facing a young company-- 467 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,674 You don't think I know about the pitfalls? 468 00:22:37,716 --> 00:22:39,476 I told you and your lab mates about them 469 00:22:39,518 --> 00:22:42,321 chapter and goddamn verse back in the day, if you recall. 470 00:22:43,402 --> 00:22:45,562 This is different. 471 00:22:45,604 --> 00:22:49,045 This is a robber baron making a move on a proprietary process. 472 00:22:49,087 --> 00:22:51,328 I'm telling you, Mike Prince is one of the good guys. 473 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,730 - Oh, jeez! - Does he have sharp elbows? 474 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:55,212 Of course he does. He has to. 475 00:22:55,254 --> 00:22:57,214 And you want him to. It's what you need. 476 00:22:57,256 --> 00:23:01,498 But he's got the company's best interests at heart. 477 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:03,622 Is that why he's started an attack? 478 00:23:05,103 --> 00:23:08,825 Your "good guy" Prince 479 00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:12,028 has begun buying up rival patents. 480 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:15,872 Even ones vaguely related to what my process does. 481 00:23:15,914 --> 00:23:18,715 Which gives him standing to sue me for infringement. 482 00:23:18,757 --> 00:23:20,837 Which will block my work due to injunction, 483 00:23:20,879 --> 00:23:23,280 potentially for years. 484 00:23:23,322 --> 00:23:26,042 It's called patent sharking. 485 00:23:26,084 --> 00:23:29,207 And it's not what good guys do. 486 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:34,613 "Fins up." Fuck! 487 00:23:35,654 --> 00:23:37,534 Yeah-- Shit, look, 488 00:23:37,576 --> 00:23:41,458 it may not be exactly what you wanted, but similar terms, 489 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:43,702 some compromises were always gonna be a reality. 490 00:23:44,983 --> 00:23:46,783 Selling to Prince without a fight 491 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:48,305 is the best move now. 492 00:23:48,347 --> 00:23:49,706 If you do, Prince will relent 493 00:23:49,748 --> 00:23:51,388 and the company will be spared all this. 494 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,432 You hope. 495 00:23:54,553 --> 00:23:56,353 You will be credited for creating 496 00:23:56,395 --> 00:23:58,315 this self-healing concrete. 497 00:23:58,357 --> 00:24:00,357 The Nobel Prize doesn't go to the hedge fund dude 498 00:24:00,399 --> 00:24:02,599 who financed the thing. 499 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:04,763 Let me lay out a look at a slightly different future: 500 00:24:06,044 --> 00:24:08,046 yours. 501 00:24:09,928 --> 00:24:11,930 You, Philip... 502 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:15,692 have been slowly, or not so slowly, 503 00:24:15,734 --> 00:24:17,694 selling your soul. 504 00:24:17,736 --> 00:24:21,137 And soon, there'll be none left. 505 00:24:21,179 --> 00:24:24,180 You'll never be happy at Michael Prince Capital, 506 00:24:24,222 --> 00:24:25,982 because the longer you stay, 507 00:24:26,024 --> 00:24:28,066 the more you'll learn about Michael Prince... 508 00:24:29,388 --> 00:24:31,390 and the more you'll hate yourself. 509 00:24:36,995 --> 00:24:40,036 I've been a scientist-businessman 510 00:24:40,078 --> 00:24:42,759 and a businessman-scientist. 511 00:24:42,801 --> 00:24:45,884 And when one serves the other, it can work. 512 00:24:47,406 --> 00:24:51,127 The other way is just a slow death 513 00:24:51,169 --> 00:24:53,129 of everything you ever hoped to be. 514 00:24:53,171 --> 00:24:54,691 Marc, come on, you still have a chance 515 00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:56,092 to win big on this right now. 516 00:24:56,134 --> 00:24:58,737 You just got to show some flexibility. 517 00:25:00,579 --> 00:25:04,062 It's a wonder I ever achieved tenure without your counsel. 518 00:25:37,175 --> 00:25:39,255 In Will Guidara's book Unreasonable Hospitality, 519 00:25:39,297 --> 00:25:40,937 he tells a story about how, 520 00:25:40,979 --> 00:25:43,580 when someone misses a few meetings or is late, 521 00:25:43,622 --> 00:25:45,622 the instinct is to get right in their face 522 00:25:45,664 --> 00:25:48,224 and give them massive guff about it. 523 00:25:48,266 --> 00:25:50,146 Instead, Will says the thing to do 524 00:25:50,188 --> 00:25:52,308 is check in about their welfare first. 525 00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:54,230 I'm hunky-dory. Peachy keen. 526 00:25:54,272 --> 00:25:55,752 Look, I had stuff to take care of. 527 00:25:55,794 --> 00:25:56,993 Business stuff, and-- 528 00:25:57,035 --> 00:25:59,155 No. Or, yes, but... 529 00:25:59,197 --> 00:26:01,678 whatever's getting in your head, distracting you from your work, 530 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,239 because you did miss two meetings, 531 00:26:03,281 --> 00:26:05,081 in which I covered, of course, but-- 532 00:26:05,123 --> 00:26:07,243 No, really, it's a business thing I was seeing to. 533 00:26:07,285 --> 00:26:09,287 The Ruloff thing. 534 00:26:10,288 --> 00:26:12,128 You need to talk to Wendy. 535 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:14,571 Your breathing, your cadence, the pitch of your voice 536 00:26:14,613 --> 00:26:15,932 tell me there's plenty of emotion 537 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:17,574 mixed in there with the business. 538 00:26:17,616 --> 00:26:20,897 I've been there with an innovator I cared about, 539 00:26:20,939 --> 00:26:23,059 thinking there was a balance to be struck. 540 00:26:23,101 --> 00:26:24,501 And was there? 541 00:26:24,543 --> 00:26:26,062 No. 542 00:26:26,104 --> 00:26:27,824 I should have focused only on the business. 543 00:26:27,866 --> 00:26:29,666 Because the corrosive, controlling part 544 00:26:29,708 --> 00:26:32,829 was already in the inventor, as it is with your Dr. Ruloff. 545 00:26:32,871 --> 00:26:34,951 That's why he doesn't want to partner, he wants it all. 546 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,913 I think you got him wrong. 547 00:26:36,955 --> 00:26:39,037 Wendy'll help you figure that out. 548 00:26:56,094 --> 00:26:57,293 I fucked up. 549 00:26:57,335 --> 00:26:59,337 Huge mistake. 550 00:27:00,739 --> 00:27:03,139 How much is it gonna cost Prince, the firm? 551 00:27:03,181 --> 00:27:04,501 No. 552 00:27:04,543 --> 00:27:06,262 The opposite, I think. 553 00:27:06,304 --> 00:27:10,066 But despite that, if something isn't done, 554 00:27:10,108 --> 00:27:12,348 if I don't do something to change what's about to happen, 555 00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:14,270 I don't know how the hell I'm gonna be able 556 00:27:14,312 --> 00:27:16,314 to live with myself. 557 00:27:17,155 --> 00:27:19,556 Well, then you'd better have a seat. 558 00:27:19,598 --> 00:27:21,600 Start at the beginning. 559 00:27:33,692 --> 00:27:36,693 I've likely extricated you from legal trouble. 560 00:27:36,735 --> 00:27:39,375 Your friend down at the DMV's gonna get promoted. 561 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:42,018 And his boss has a kid 562 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,900 who's gonna get an internship at Justice. 563 00:27:43,942 --> 00:27:48,146 So they'll quietly accept the misdemeanour. 564 00:27:49,347 --> 00:27:52,909 But what we have to discuss now 565 00:27:52,951 --> 00:27:56,993 is the line of succession around here. 566 00:27:57,035 --> 00:28:00,356 I just want it to remain clear that I am a viable alternative 567 00:28:00,398 --> 00:28:04,240 if the two of you are unable to fulfil your parental duties. 568 00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:06,362 That's all very well and good, Charles, 569 00:28:06,404 --> 00:28:07,764 but Kevin, 570 00:28:07,806 --> 00:28:09,165 you need to know-- 571 00:28:09,207 --> 00:28:12,649 Your mother and I are your first calls 572 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,130 and your last. 573 00:28:14,172 --> 00:28:15,892 But I did. 574 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,898 "Mom, my driving test is Monday morning. 575 00:28:21,940 --> 00:28:23,780 Can you take me?" 576 00:28:23,822 --> 00:28:27,385 "I have a meeting that morning. Have you asked your father?" 577 00:28:29,507 --> 00:28:31,267 "Dad, Monday morning, DMV?" 578 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:34,831 Uh-huh. "Is it possible to reschedule?" 579 00:28:34,873 --> 00:28:36,875 It wasn't possible. 580 00:28:38,597 --> 00:28:41,518 Kev, if you'd answered "no," I'd have found the time. 581 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:42,879 As would I have, if I'd known 582 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:45,241 your father responded he couldn't. 583 00:28:45,283 --> 00:28:48,004 This is about you communicating your needs more directly. 584 00:28:48,046 --> 00:28:50,527 I did. I called Grandpa. 585 00:28:50,569 --> 00:28:53,970 And I stepped forward, once more into the breech. 586 00:28:54,012 --> 00:28:57,493 I believe Kevin has what the kids call receipts. 587 00:29:00,579 --> 00:29:03,061 None of us behaved perfectly here. 588 00:29:04,062 --> 00:29:05,542 Ah, shit, Kev, 589 00:29:05,584 --> 00:29:07,944 the immediate answer should have been yes. 590 00:29:07,986 --> 00:29:09,586 I know that. 591 00:29:09,628 --> 00:29:11,467 I get caught up. 592 00:29:11,509 --> 00:29:13,511 We both do. 593 00:29:14,192 --> 00:29:16,194 This is... 594 00:29:17,515 --> 00:29:18,955 I'm just glad this is the extent 595 00:29:18,997 --> 00:29:20,236 of the price we're paying, 596 00:29:20,278 --> 00:29:21,638 and that it was your grandfather 597 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,082 and not you with the bribery. 598 00:29:25,604 --> 00:29:30,488 I will go say good night to my granddaughter. 599 00:29:32,010 --> 00:29:33,690 And for the record, 600 00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:37,173 Kevin drove the hell out of that Jag under my watch. 601 00:29:37,215 --> 00:29:38,615 Hmm. 602 00:29:38,657 --> 00:29:43,339 My boy, there was a time when a Benjamin Franklin 603 00:29:43,381 --> 00:29:45,421 was the key to the city. 604 00:29:45,463 --> 00:29:49,946 My mistake was not accounting for inflation. 605 00:29:54,432 --> 00:29:56,392 Oh, God. 606 00:29:56,434 --> 00:29:58,434 Just when I thought maybe we weren't too bad 607 00:29:58,476 --> 00:29:59,876 at this parenting thing. 608 00:29:59,918 --> 00:30:04,040 Yeah. Evidence to the contrary. 609 00:30:04,082 --> 00:30:07,163 You and I need to communicate every day about them. 610 00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:08,845 That's where we fucked up. 611 00:30:08,887 --> 00:30:10,727 Because if we'd been talking directly, one of us... 612 00:30:10,769 --> 00:30:12,771 -No doubt. No doubt. -...would have-- 613 00:30:14,933 --> 00:30:16,935 As far as working together better... 614 00:30:18,256 --> 00:30:20,258 I pledge to do my part. 615 00:30:21,339 --> 00:30:23,341 As do I. 616 00:30:30,108 --> 00:30:32,430 I had a strange convo at work today. 617 00:30:36,875 --> 00:30:39,916 I have to imagine that's, uh, the norm there. 618 00:30:39,958 --> 00:30:41,758 Kind of your job. 619 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,802 Yeah, but this... 620 00:30:45,323 --> 00:30:47,563 I'll share, since it wasn't a formal, 621 00:30:47,605 --> 00:30:49,205 privileged conversation. 622 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:52,048 I sat him on the couch instead of the chairs. 623 00:30:52,090 --> 00:30:54,092 Uh-huh. 624 00:30:55,213 --> 00:30:56,733 One of the heads of the firm. 625 00:30:56,775 --> 00:30:59,015 Young guy named Philip Charyn. 626 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:02,258 There's a real bare-knuckle business thing 627 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:03,860 that an outside figure, young Philip, 628 00:31:03,902 --> 00:31:06,064 finds himself on the opposite side of Prince. 629 00:31:07,145 --> 00:31:08,624 Emotionally, though. 630 00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:10,266 That's not a position he can take publicly 631 00:31:10,308 --> 00:31:12,310 within the firm. 632 00:31:13,712 --> 00:31:15,714 Sounds Byzantine. 633 00:31:17,515 --> 00:31:19,355 It seemed to me that he was asking me 634 00:31:19,397 --> 00:31:22,358 to bring you in on the situation, 635 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,400 to pursue the issue on his behalf. 636 00:31:24,442 --> 00:31:26,162 Huh. 637 00:31:26,204 --> 00:31:29,245 And what did you indicate back? 638 00:31:29,287 --> 00:31:32,648 Oh, I talked to him about the blood-brain barrier. 639 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:36,052 How it keeps bacteria, viruses, fungus, 640 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:38,654 parasites in the bloodstream out of the brain. 641 00:31:38,696 --> 00:31:41,778 Parallel health achieved by no cross-contamination. 642 00:31:41,820 --> 00:31:44,460 Well, sounds about right. 643 00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:47,425 And, uh, we should keep it that way. 644 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:53,752 For the health of the family and, uh, our individual sanity. 645 00:31:54,753 --> 00:31:57,035 That's exactly what I said. 646 00:32:00,078 --> 00:32:02,198 Wow. 647 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,760 In this arena, 648 00:32:03,802 --> 00:32:06,482 communication has never been an issue. 649 00:32:06,524 --> 00:32:09,045 We each know exactly what the other means, 650 00:32:09,087 --> 00:32:11,089 no matter what the other says. 651 00:32:12,490 --> 00:32:14,612 It's somehow reassuring... 652 00:32:15,974 --> 00:32:17,934 and horrifying at the same time. 653 00:32:17,976 --> 00:32:19,455 Quite so. 654 00:32:30,829 --> 00:32:32,831 Do I need to call a lawyer? 655 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:35,153 You sent for me. 656 00:32:35,874 --> 00:32:37,713 You didn't tape an X to a telephone pole, 657 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:39,878 but you asked for a meet just the same. 658 00:32:40,879 --> 00:32:42,118 I don't want to talk to you. 659 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,402 Of course you don't. 660 00:32:47,645 --> 00:32:49,005 Your mouth is dry. 661 00:32:49,047 --> 00:32:50,606 You look like you put in some hard miles. 662 00:32:50,648 --> 00:32:52,650 You need to hydrate. 663 00:32:57,055 --> 00:33:00,096 Marc Ruloff is a good man, a great man. 664 00:33:00,138 --> 00:33:01,697 And I put him in Mike Prince's crosshairs. 665 00:33:01,739 --> 00:33:03,419 That's on me. 666 00:33:03,461 --> 00:33:05,701 What if you could unwind it? 667 00:33:05,743 --> 00:33:08,146 Find a way to save Ruloff's company from Prince? 668 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:11,868 Well, I can't. I've tried. 669 00:33:11,910 --> 00:33:13,912 Maybe I can. 670 00:33:16,314 --> 00:33:18,714 Can you give me an illegality I can pursue? 671 00:33:18,756 --> 00:33:20,236 That's why we're here. 672 00:33:20,278 --> 00:33:23,001 There aren't any. That's the problem. 673 00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:29,806 What about you? 674 00:33:29,848 --> 00:33:31,527 You're the guy that likes a big idea, 675 00:33:31,569 --> 00:33:33,529 that likes the grand gesture, right? 676 00:33:33,571 --> 00:33:35,491 Mm-hmm. 677 00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:37,693 So put a stop to patent sharking. 678 00:33:37,735 --> 00:33:40,256 And these sharks troll published patents 679 00:33:40,298 --> 00:33:41,978 and buy everything that could credibly allege 680 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,860 the invention infringes on it. 681 00:33:43,902 --> 00:33:46,382 So they can sue. 682 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:48,264 Did you know there is a plasma substitute 683 00:33:48,306 --> 00:33:51,107 that could save soldiers' lives wounded in theatre? 684 00:33:51,149 --> 00:33:52,388 But the inventor can't roll it out 685 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:54,432 because she's surrounded by sharks. 686 00:33:56,354 --> 00:33:59,075 That is a great injustice, 687 00:33:59,117 --> 00:34:01,920 but I can't change it. 688 00:34:04,122 --> 00:34:07,403 Nor can I change the fundamental nature of the enterprise 689 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:09,365 that is Michael Prince. 690 00:34:09,407 --> 00:34:11,007 Because your Dr. Ruloff, 691 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:13,169 great man that you say he is, 692 00:34:13,211 --> 00:34:17,175 is actually just a harbour seal. 693 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:22,378 And sharks will shark. 694 00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:25,383 Harbor seals will harbor seal. 695 00:34:27,505 --> 00:34:30,268 That is the way of the ocean. 696 00:34:36,114 --> 00:34:39,315 Gather around, you malingerers. 697 00:34:39,357 --> 00:34:41,157 First, we heard you. 698 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:43,639 After this year, with all the changes and drama, 699 00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:46,883 we will not proceed with the planned performance review. 700 00:34:46,925 --> 00:34:49,725 It is more important that instead of judging each other, 701 00:34:49,767 --> 00:34:51,567 we come together. So... 702 00:34:51,609 --> 00:34:53,489 we are going to have the inaugural 703 00:34:53,531 --> 00:34:57,733 Michael Prince Capital Casino Night at Gotham Hall. 704 00:34:57,775 --> 00:34:59,817 Everyone will be there. 705 00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:04,542 Because you have to be... 706 00:35:06,544 --> 00:35:08,464 and because you fucking want to be. 707 00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:10,506 This group will come together as a-- 708 00:35:10,548 --> 00:35:12,028 Don't say "family." 709 00:35:12,070 --> 00:35:13,910 That whole "work unit as family" thing 710 00:35:13,952 --> 00:35:15,952 really stamps you as a Boomer. 711 00:35:15,994 --> 00:35:17,113 -Gen X. -We're not Boomers. 712 00:35:17,155 --> 00:35:18,554 Not even close. 713 00:35:18,596 --> 00:35:19,875 We read Doug Coupland in hardback. 714 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:21,437 You did. I'm much younger. 715 00:35:21,479 --> 00:35:24,080 The point is, we will come together as a-- 716 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,722 Goddamned family, or die trying. 717 00:35:26,764 --> 00:35:28,806 Wags, Scooter. Need you. 718 00:35:41,819 --> 00:35:43,779 Kate has an angle on the Ruloff thing. 719 00:35:43,821 --> 00:35:45,101 I wanted you to hear it. 720 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:46,502 We just set it in motion an hour ago. 721 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:48,304 Enzy-Novo, biotech firm. 722 00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:51,707 They create the bacterial enzyme that Ruloff's process uses. 723 00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:54,670 And that, the enzyme, it's proprietary, I imagine. 724 00:35:54,712 --> 00:35:57,315 As patented as Carla Fracci's Giselle. 725 00:36:00,398 --> 00:36:02,959 As Jordan's turnaround fadeaway. 726 00:36:03,001 --> 00:36:04,360 -Ah. -Yes, of course. Yeah. 727 00:36:04,402 --> 00:36:05,841 By buying into this company 728 00:36:05,883 --> 00:36:07,523 and the underlying patent, 729 00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:09,365 Ruloff will be neutralised. 730 00:36:09,407 --> 00:36:12,208 Without Enzy-Novo, Ruloff is just making everyday cement. 731 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:14,930 It'll take him years to replace or create his own bacteria. 732 00:36:14,972 --> 00:36:17,453 Mm, I'd love to see Ruloff's face when he finds out 733 00:36:17,495 --> 00:36:19,895 he can't have the starter for his concrete sourdough. 734 00:36:19,937 --> 00:36:21,657 So, that second, when he's gut-punched, 735 00:36:21,699 --> 00:36:24,820 is when we go back to him with our last and best offer? 736 00:36:24,862 --> 00:36:26,542 He'll sell whether he wants to or not. 737 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:28,384 He'll have to, because he'll have no other choice. 738 00:36:28,426 --> 00:36:29,745 He'll end up grateful, Mike, 739 00:36:29,787 --> 00:36:31,227 when he sees what you do with his idea. 740 00:36:31,269 --> 00:36:32,468 How you blow it out. 741 00:36:32,510 --> 00:36:33,829 And, knowing you, 742 00:36:33,871 --> 00:36:35,311 you'll be sure to credit him, too. 743 00:36:35,353 --> 00:36:36,632 You know I will. 744 00:36:36,674 --> 00:36:37,953 But all those hugs will have to wait 745 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:39,155 for the other side of the war. 746 00:36:44,722 --> 00:36:47,165 I have to sign off. Who can become the host? 747 00:36:50,648 --> 00:36:52,368 Uh, he's in a meeting. 748 00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,530 I'll tell you and your lawyer at the same time. 749 00:36:54,572 --> 00:36:57,413 Your attempted purchase of Enzy-Novo has hit a snag, 750 00:36:57,455 --> 00:37:00,416 and that snag is named this guy right here. 751 00:37:00,458 --> 00:37:03,419 I wouldn't dignify this, I were you, Mike. 752 00:37:03,461 --> 00:37:05,743 I didn't hear some rumour needs confirming. 753 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:10,386 I'm in an exclusive negotiation period with them, 754 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:12,628 so they had to tell me as soon as your offer floated in. 755 00:37:12,670 --> 00:37:14,190 Well, when your period ends, 756 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,112 I'll be there with a wheelbarrow full of cash. 757 00:37:16,154 --> 00:37:18,354 You won't outbid me. I need it more. 758 00:37:18,396 --> 00:37:19,675 That's not something you admit to a guy 759 00:37:19,717 --> 00:37:21,317 with unlimited resources. 760 00:37:21,359 --> 00:37:23,359 That's why you should do the magnifying glass/slide stuff 761 00:37:23,401 --> 00:37:25,761 and leave the transactions and wire transfers to me. 762 00:37:25,803 --> 00:37:28,164 I'll focus on the science of kicking your ass. 763 00:37:28,206 --> 00:37:30,086 You want to get into a buying war with me? 764 00:37:30,128 --> 00:37:31,967 You're firing a pea shooter at a tank. 765 00:37:32,009 --> 00:37:34,490 Maybe I have a tank of my own. 766 00:37:34,532 --> 00:37:38,054 You can go around buying adjacent stuff. 767 00:37:38,096 --> 00:37:39,615 Meanwhile, I'll publish my work. 768 00:37:39,657 --> 00:37:42,778 Acclaim, prizes, media attention will follow. 769 00:37:42,820 --> 00:37:47,865 I'll be the man credited with rebuilding the world, not you. 770 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:58,276 Philip... 771 00:38:00,998 --> 00:38:03,079 if this guy has a vulnerability, a weakness, 772 00:38:03,121 --> 00:38:06,162 a quirk of character that we can use against him, 773 00:38:06,204 --> 00:38:08,206 now would be the time to share it. 774 00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:10,446 I'd love to help, 775 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:12,168 but I've got nothing to help with. 776 00:38:12,210 --> 00:38:13,809 I was an admiring student. 777 00:38:13,851 --> 00:38:16,212 I've never seen that contentious side of him before. 778 00:38:16,254 --> 00:38:18,374 I've known him as nice. Conscientious. 779 00:38:18,416 --> 00:38:21,177 I don't know how to get inside his head and turn him around. 780 00:38:27,385 --> 00:38:29,945 He's a process guy. 781 00:38:29,987 --> 00:38:33,389 He had a 1966 emerald-green Karmann Ghia 1300. 782 00:38:33,431 --> 00:38:34,790 He loved that car. 783 00:38:34,832 --> 00:38:36,792 Talked about how the Karmann Ghia 1300 784 00:38:36,834 --> 00:38:39,074 was made for the road. 785 00:38:39,116 --> 00:38:40,836 They weren't durable cars, 786 00:38:40,878 --> 00:38:43,559 so sometimes you'd see them in garages. 787 00:38:43,601 --> 00:38:45,040 That really bothers him, 788 00:38:45,082 --> 00:38:46,922 the thought that it might happen to his. 789 00:38:46,964 --> 00:38:48,964 So he bought an entirely different Karmann Ghia 790 00:38:49,006 --> 00:38:51,207 and stripped it for parts to save the green one. 791 00:38:51,249 --> 00:38:52,808 Had someone in the engineering school 792 00:38:52,850 --> 00:38:54,089 match the paint perfectly. 793 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:55,931 So he's an obsessive. 794 00:38:55,973 --> 00:38:58,416 I'd put it slightly differently. 795 00:38:59,777 --> 00:39:01,897 He's a man who follows his passion. 796 00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:04,780 Who builds something and then takes care of it. 797 00:39:04,822 --> 00:39:06,502 That's where this is coming from. 798 00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:08,704 I mean, he used to take that car out to these rallies 799 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:11,427 with whales from the Stanford Board of Trustees. 800 00:39:11,469 --> 00:39:12,908 They used to try and buy it off him, 801 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:14,630 but he wouldn't sell. 802 00:39:14,672 --> 00:39:17,793 The smile on his face when he would drive off in it... 803 00:39:17,835 --> 00:39:20,516 pure joy of someone who loved something enough 804 00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:23,559 to take care of it in a way that it served him perfectly. 805 00:39:23,601 --> 00:39:25,040 Good. Good. Yeah. 806 00:39:25,082 --> 00:39:26,762 That's just the story I needed to hear. 807 00:39:26,804 --> 00:39:29,165 Kate, I'm betting Ruloff cozied up 808 00:39:29,207 --> 00:39:31,447 to some billie board member of the university 809 00:39:31,489 --> 00:39:33,169 to back his war against me. 810 00:39:33,211 --> 00:39:34,410 We still need to outbid him. 811 00:39:34,452 --> 00:39:35,931 Well, what if we can't? 812 00:39:35,973 --> 00:39:38,133 Yes, if he did get himself a bigger tank, 813 00:39:38,175 --> 00:39:39,815 that might be the case. 814 00:39:39,857 --> 00:39:41,777 So we sue for injunctive relief 815 00:39:41,819 --> 00:39:43,379 on behalf of one of our other patents. 816 00:39:43,421 --> 00:39:45,781 We won't win that, which you obviously know. 817 00:39:45,823 --> 00:39:47,062 Winning won't matter. 818 00:39:47,104 --> 00:39:48,904 As Philip's story tells us, 819 00:39:48,946 --> 00:39:51,387 Ruloff will sacrifice everything but the central project, 820 00:39:51,429 --> 00:39:53,431 the central idea. 821 00:39:54,912 --> 00:39:56,312 He'd cannibalise perfectly good cars 822 00:39:56,354 --> 00:39:58,113 just to keep his on the road. 823 00:39:58,155 --> 00:40:00,756 It was the getting it on the road that was everything to him. 824 00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:02,318 Still is. 825 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:03,959 If we can keep him in court, 826 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:05,961 and his prize Karmann Ghia in the garage, 827 00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:09,164 it'll drive him crazy enough to share the Karmann Ghia with us, 828 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:11,409 as long as it gets it moving. 829 00:40:13,571 --> 00:40:15,573 That tracks. 830 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,418 I know what to do. 831 00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:43,239 A hearty welcome to all of you gamesters, sports, speculators, 832 00:40:43,281 --> 00:40:45,080 pikers, and punters. 833 00:40:45,122 --> 00:40:47,523 Tonight, we offer you the chance to test your luck 834 00:40:47,565 --> 00:40:50,846 and skill at roulette, blackjack, craps, 835 00:40:50,888 --> 00:40:53,569 baccarat and Texas Hold 'Em. 836 00:40:53,611 --> 00:40:57,253 Drinks are free, and everyone starts with 5,000 in chips, 837 00:40:57,295 --> 00:41:00,015 with unlimited rebuys at your own expense. 838 00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:01,697 Proceeds go to charity, of course, 839 00:41:01,739 --> 00:41:04,300 but the chip leader at the end of the night 840 00:41:04,342 --> 00:41:07,182 wins a special prize. 841 00:41:07,224 --> 00:41:09,825 And what a prize it is. 842 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,788 Private air travel and all expenses paid to Ireland, 843 00:41:12,830 --> 00:41:14,310 to coincide with the Open. 844 00:41:14,352 --> 00:41:17,673 And VIP rounds with this year's champion 845 00:41:17,715 --> 00:41:22,478 at Royal County Down, Portrush, Sligo, and Ballybunion. 846 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,159 Release the hounds! 847 00:41:36,173 --> 00:41:38,053 Odd numbers only. 848 00:41:38,095 --> 00:41:40,976 7, 17, 23, 24. 849 00:41:41,018 --> 00:41:42,858 Let's go. 850 00:42:07,004 --> 00:42:09,006 Split 'em. 851 00:42:15,252 --> 00:42:16,892 Split. 852 00:42:23,060 --> 00:42:25,062 Again? 853 00:42:47,084 --> 00:42:49,086 Gonna raise. 854 00:42:56,053 --> 00:42:57,733 Point is 9. 855 00:42:57,775 --> 00:42:59,937 I'm backing up mine. 856 00:43:01,138 --> 00:43:03,459 And give me all the hard ways. 857 00:43:03,501 --> 00:43:05,501 Backing up mine. 858 00:43:05,543 --> 00:43:08,063 You're wrong-way betting me. 859 00:43:08,105 --> 00:43:10,305 Your future is in your hand. 860 00:43:10,347 --> 00:43:12,349 Damn right it is. 861 00:43:14,552 --> 00:43:15,791 Rebuy. 862 00:43:15,833 --> 00:43:17,072 Already? 863 00:43:17,114 --> 00:43:19,637 Don't worry. I have a system. 864 00:43:23,681 --> 00:43:25,683 Do you take Venmo? 865 00:43:27,044 --> 00:43:29,046 There we go! 866 00:43:31,368 --> 00:43:33,370 All right, let's bet some columns. 867 00:43:40,698 --> 00:43:43,058 - Seven. - Oh! 868 00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:46,101 Ah-ha. Mama's got a brand-new bag. 869 00:43:46,143 --> 00:43:47,262 Fuck! 870 00:43:47,304 --> 00:43:48,864 You gooched me. 871 00:43:48,906 --> 00:43:50,586 Well, sometimes that's what mamas have to do 872 00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,267 to get the brand-new bag. 873 00:43:53,871 --> 00:43:56,111 That is the sound of success. 874 00:43:56,153 --> 00:43:58,676 Tonight's a hit. A palpable hit. 875 00:44:00,718 --> 00:44:03,358 While you do your thing, I am going to visit the tables. 876 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,080 -Baccarat? -I know it's house odds, 877 00:44:05,122 --> 00:44:06,602 but I've been a sucker for it 878 00:44:06,644 --> 00:44:08,726 ever since the original Casino Royale. 879 00:44:15,092 --> 00:44:17,733 Mm! Grey Goose martini. Shaken. 880 00:44:17,775 --> 00:44:20,496 Or stirred. I don't really give a shit. 881 00:44:20,538 --> 00:44:23,378 Ah, yes, chemin de fer. 882 00:44:23,420 --> 00:44:26,542 Or as you vulgarians like to call it, baccarat. 883 00:44:26,584 --> 00:44:28,946 I usually play with tiles, but this will have to do. 884 00:44:31,308 --> 00:44:33,228 Mm! 885 00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:34,950 Banco! 886 00:44:34,992 --> 00:44:37,032 Vanessa. 887 00:44:37,074 --> 00:44:39,076 -What do we got? -Oh, we've got it all. 888 00:44:45,002 --> 00:44:46,722 So, most of these folks, 889 00:44:46,764 --> 00:44:49,485 the abstraction of having chips instead of cards, 890 00:44:49,527 --> 00:44:52,287 it's throwing their sense of value off instantly. 891 00:44:52,329 --> 00:44:53,849 Break it down for me. 892 00:44:53,891 --> 00:44:56,091 Okay. 893 00:44:56,133 --> 00:44:59,454 This guy Victor, he's over there rolling it up at roulette. 894 00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:01,699 Aggressive, but smart. 895 00:45:02,820 --> 00:45:04,580 On the other hand, 896 00:45:04,622 --> 00:45:06,782 Tuk Lal's already made his third visit to the rebuy cage. 897 00:45:06,824 --> 00:45:09,705 He seems to think he has some sort of system at blackjack. 898 00:45:09,747 --> 00:45:11,749 I don't know. 899 00:45:12,149 --> 00:45:14,151 His buddy Ben Kim over there... 900 00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:16,952 he's squeezing his original 5K in chips 901 00:45:16,994 --> 00:45:19,074 hard enough to turn them into diamonds. 902 00:45:19,116 --> 00:45:21,318 But scared money's not gonna win tonight. 903 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,119 Taylor Mason, 904 00:45:24,161 --> 00:45:27,122 clearly a high-level thinking poker player, 905 00:45:27,164 --> 00:45:30,365 is crushing everybody at Texas Hold 'Em. 906 00:45:30,407 --> 00:45:32,848 And over here, the one they're calling Dollar Bill, 907 00:45:32,890 --> 00:45:35,573 he's a total nihilist at the craps table. 908 00:45:36,974 --> 00:45:39,416 Keep going. Deep dive. 909 00:45:42,379 --> 00:45:46,542 Tell me how their behaviour here transfers to the workplace. 910 00:45:46,584 --> 00:45:49,184 So, Ruloff, 911 00:45:49,226 --> 00:45:50,786 far from letting himself be sharked, 912 00:45:50,828 --> 00:45:53,308 got a killer whale to protect him, 913 00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:54,590 but it ain't working. 914 00:45:54,632 --> 00:45:56,111 Or it was working so well 915 00:45:56,153 --> 00:45:57,673 that Prince had to come at him another way 916 00:45:57,715 --> 00:45:59,194 to strike the fatal blow. 917 00:45:59,236 --> 00:46:00,916 Uh-huh. What was the move? 918 00:46:00,958 --> 00:46:03,358 Filed suit to block Ruloff's purchase of Enzy-Novo. 919 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,081 In California. It's gonna end up in the 9th Circuit. 920 00:46:06,123 --> 00:46:07,723 Where it'll be years before it's settled out. 921 00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:09,124 These two are gonna be like 922 00:46:09,166 --> 00:46:11,126 the Lazarus A and Lazarus B on Trek. 923 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,608 Fighting into eternity. 924 00:46:12,650 --> 00:46:14,890 I don't like it. 925 00:46:14,932 --> 00:46:17,532 Neither one of these guys should be spending their time 926 00:46:17,574 --> 00:46:20,375 trying to win at all costs. 927 00:46:20,417 --> 00:46:22,738 If this thing is as good for the world as it promises to be, 928 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:25,020 they should only be focused on bringing it out. 929 00:46:25,062 --> 00:46:26,702 And worry about the money, 930 00:46:26,744 --> 00:46:29,544 of which there will be plenty, later. 931 00:46:29,586 --> 00:46:31,066 I mean, think about it. 932 00:46:31,108 --> 00:46:32,908 Louis Pasteur's first order of business 933 00:46:32,950 --> 00:46:34,309 was doing the good thing, 934 00:46:34,351 --> 00:46:36,071 not cashing in on his breakthroughs 935 00:46:36,113 --> 00:46:38,754 like these two brigands. 936 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:42,359 No single person should control something like this. 937 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:44,840 There's got to be a way 938 00:46:44,882 --> 00:46:46,884 to take them both out of the equation. 939 00:46:47,725 --> 00:46:49,887 Unless the whole thing is a setup. 940 00:46:51,689 --> 00:46:54,489 Wendy comes to you, you go to the kid, 941 00:46:54,531 --> 00:46:56,451 he gets you to swallow the poison, 942 00:46:56,493 --> 00:46:57,773 thinking it's just wine. 943 00:46:57,815 --> 00:46:59,735 Oh, Wendy and I aren't out there 944 00:46:59,777 --> 00:47:03,058 in that particular bad place, in that particular way. 945 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:06,061 And, I mean, if we are, give me the poison now. 946 00:47:06,103 --> 00:47:07,382 Get it over with. 947 00:47:07,424 --> 00:47:08,624 Or just be careful. 948 00:47:08,666 --> 00:47:09,985 How come he didn't make a move 949 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:11,226 to stop things on his own? 950 00:47:11,268 --> 00:47:12,668 His move was reaching me. 951 00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:14,549 What else could he do on the inside? 952 00:47:14,591 --> 00:47:16,792 Well, just play it out. 953 00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:18,994 Don't drink whatever goblet's put in front of you. 954 00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:21,236 And then it doesn't matter what's inside it. 955 00:47:21,278 --> 00:47:22,878 Fine. Yes. 956 00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:24,880 We proceed without allowing any kind of opening, 957 00:47:24,922 --> 00:47:26,121 as we always do. 958 00:47:26,163 --> 00:47:28,443 But proceed we must. 959 00:47:28,485 --> 00:47:30,487 How do we get it done? 960 00:47:31,408 --> 00:47:33,410 The only word that comes to mind: 961 00:47:34,651 --> 00:47:36,653 Spielbergian. 962 00:47:39,176 --> 00:47:40,615 Is that a word? 963 00:47:40,657 --> 00:47:42,659 It ought to be. 964 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:49,224 I just got a nasty text from Marc Ruloff. 965 00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:50,585 That's 'cause it's over. 966 00:47:50,627 --> 00:47:51,867 You blocked him and beat him? 967 00:47:51,909 --> 00:47:53,108 Nope. 968 00:47:53,150 --> 00:47:55,110 But it's over all the same. 969 00:47:55,152 --> 00:47:57,554 The Department of Defence did a march-in. 970 00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:01,636 The entire project was declared classified 971 00:48:01,678 --> 00:48:03,680 by the federal government. 972 00:48:05,002 --> 00:48:06,641 Your patent, everything in this office, 973 00:48:06,683 --> 00:48:08,323 and everything associated with this work 974 00:48:08,365 --> 00:48:10,125 will now be controlled by the federal government. 975 00:48:10,167 --> 00:48:12,647 You have rights, and there is a process 976 00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:15,532 which will now be overseen by the Department of Defence. 977 00:48:17,094 --> 00:48:18,934 You dropped the dime to the government? 978 00:48:18,976 --> 00:48:21,136 Could he have tipped them off himself? 979 00:48:21,178 --> 00:48:22,657 Killed it instead of letting you have it? 980 00:48:22,699 --> 00:48:25,060 Don't think so. Doesn't matter now. 981 00:48:25,102 --> 00:48:26,902 The government will sit on this discovery 982 00:48:26,944 --> 00:48:29,544 like the Ark of the Covenant in that endless warehouse. 983 00:48:29,586 --> 00:48:31,106 Why won't they get it into the market? 984 00:48:31,148 --> 00:48:32,788 Well, first of all, they're inept. 985 00:48:32,830 --> 00:48:34,589 Then, you know, think of the special interests. 986 00:48:34,631 --> 00:48:35,991 The unions. The conflicts. 987 00:48:36,033 --> 00:48:38,353 Yeah. They'll use potential unknown 988 00:48:38,395 --> 00:48:40,035 health or structural liabilities 989 00:48:40,077 --> 00:48:41,717 to get the government to keep testing it. 990 00:48:41,759 --> 00:48:43,518 Yeah, so, no. It's not coming to market. 991 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:44,760 Not now. 992 00:48:44,802 --> 00:48:46,804 So no one gets the benefit. 993 00:48:47,845 --> 00:48:49,324 It's like everyone just literally said, 994 00:48:49,366 --> 00:48:51,366 "Fine, kill the damned infant." 995 00:48:51,408 --> 00:48:53,849 Well, the upside is that when I take the oath of office 996 00:48:53,891 --> 00:48:57,092 and I do declassify it and release it, 997 00:48:57,134 --> 00:49:00,215 it'll start us off very, very nicely. 998 00:49:00,257 --> 00:49:03,178 Better: you hold until right after 999 00:49:03,220 --> 00:49:05,220 you announce for a second term. 1000 00:49:05,262 --> 00:49:07,983 Eight years in office for President Prince locked up. 1001 00:49:08,025 --> 00:49:09,825 Ooh, I like that a lot. 1002 00:49:09,867 --> 00:49:12,990 Hold it, then splash. 1003 00:49:16,794 --> 00:49:19,556 Maybe Ruloff did me a favour by trying to stop me. 1004 00:49:41,138 --> 00:49:44,099 Let me go over your debt, find you some corridors out of this. 1005 00:49:44,141 --> 00:49:46,101 I think... 1006 00:49:46,143 --> 00:49:48,906 No. You've done enough. 1007 00:49:50,107 --> 00:49:52,347 More than enough. 1008 00:49:52,389 --> 00:49:55,110 Our engagement ends when you walk out that door. 1009 00:49:55,152 --> 00:49:58,553 Before I do, I just want you to know that my intentions-- 1010 00:49:58,595 --> 00:50:00,515 I misspoke. 1011 00:50:00,557 --> 00:50:02,559 Our engagement ends now. 1012 00:50:23,060 --> 00:50:25,340 We're here to set the terms for the performance reviews. 1013 00:50:25,382 --> 00:50:28,063 Should we wait until Philip is here before we start? 1014 00:50:28,105 --> 00:50:29,544 He's not coming. 1015 00:50:29,586 --> 00:50:31,026 Oh, well, 1016 00:50:31,068 --> 00:50:34,789 there is a new harmonious spirit on the floor. 1017 00:50:34,831 --> 00:50:36,191 We think there's a road to compromise 1018 00:50:36,233 --> 00:50:37,913 that you'll find productive. 1019 00:50:37,955 --> 00:50:39,594 It's irrelevant at this point. We have what we need. 1020 00:50:39,636 --> 00:50:41,116 How's that? 1021 00:50:41,158 --> 00:50:43,999 You all said nothing but told us everything. 1022 00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:46,842 I've taken Vanessa Selbst's raw research 1023 00:50:46,884 --> 00:50:48,964 and put it into language that discloses 1024 00:50:49,006 --> 00:50:52,487 what the usual comp process does, and much more. 1025 00:50:52,529 --> 00:50:55,050 Using prospect theory, 1026 00:50:55,092 --> 00:50:57,052 as based on Kahneman and Tversky's 1027 00:50:57,094 --> 00:50:59,614 Nobel Prize-winning research recognising loss aversion 1028 00:50:59,656 --> 00:51:02,940 that veers directly into sunk cost fallacy... 1029 00:51:05,142 --> 00:51:07,822 along with many other related pathologies 1030 00:51:07,864 --> 00:51:09,866 that were revealed the other night... 1031 00:51:11,628 --> 00:51:13,308 the participation of the employees 1032 00:51:13,350 --> 00:51:14,669 is no longer required. 1033 00:51:14,711 --> 00:51:16,511 Shit. 1034 00:51:16,553 --> 00:51:20,475 Casino Night wasn't some team-building exercise. 1035 00:51:20,517 --> 00:51:23,000 It was an observation chamber. 1036 00:51:24,321 --> 00:51:26,241 Yes, we already know what we need to know 1037 00:51:26,283 --> 00:51:28,083 in order to gauge the employees' risk assessment, 1038 00:51:28,125 --> 00:51:29,684 strategic approach, expected outcome, 1039 00:51:29,726 --> 00:51:30,926 performance in general. 1040 00:51:30,968 --> 00:51:32,167 Thanks for your time. 1041 00:51:32,209 --> 00:51:33,848 Son of a bitch. 1042 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:36,011 What's next, the Milgram experiment? 1043 00:51:36,053 --> 00:51:39,616 You want to see if we'll join in shocking each other? 1044 00:51:42,299 --> 00:51:45,300 Oh, who was the winner of the big prize? 1045 00:51:45,342 --> 00:51:46,982 Peach took it down. 1046 00:51:47,024 --> 00:51:48,423 Fuck me. 1047 00:51:48,465 --> 00:51:50,505 -Wow, wow, wow. -Does she even golf? 1048 00:51:50,547 --> 00:51:52,707 I hear she's about to flip it to a PM at another firm 1049 00:51:52,749 --> 00:51:54,751 for 300 grand. 1050 00:51:58,475 --> 00:52:00,075 Shame they're so upset. 1051 00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:02,357 Victor and Rian had some of the best approaches. 1052 00:52:02,399 --> 00:52:04,401 Unlike the bulk of those losers. 1053 00:52:05,282 --> 00:52:07,122 Including you, Wags. 1054 00:52:07,164 --> 00:52:09,164 You were in on the gag, and yet you bled off 1055 00:52:09,206 --> 00:52:11,366 $4,900 in chips at baccarat. 1056 00:52:11,408 --> 00:52:12,887 Me? 1057 00:52:12,929 --> 00:52:15,172 I thought I was on the inside, that I'm exempt. 1058 00:52:16,213 --> 00:52:17,812 Oh, no. 1059 00:52:17,854 --> 00:52:19,614 No one's exempt. 1060 00:52:19,656 --> 00:52:21,696 Goddamn it. 1061 00:52:21,738 --> 00:52:24,019 Scooter, you're definitely not getting invited 1062 00:52:24,061 --> 00:52:26,063 to mini golf next week. 1063 00:52:26,583 --> 00:52:28,585 None of you are. 1064 00:52:32,309 --> 00:52:34,629 Everything I did went to shit. 1065 00:52:34,671 --> 00:52:36,511 I tried to run a performance review, 1066 00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:39,234 and it turned into a psychological study. 1067 00:52:39,276 --> 00:52:41,196 I tried to help the firm and ended up with nothing. 1068 00:52:41,238 --> 00:52:44,401 I tried to help my old teacher, he lost everything. 1069 00:52:45,882 --> 00:52:47,842 I hoped to change the world, it went nowhere. 1070 00:52:47,884 --> 00:52:49,884 You're giving yourself a lot of credit 1071 00:52:49,926 --> 00:52:52,169 for how much you supposedly control. 1072 00:52:57,374 --> 00:52:59,376 No, you're right. 1073 00:52:59,896 --> 00:53:01,898 I should give you some. 1074 00:53:03,700 --> 00:53:05,660 Because when I went to you and your ex-husband, 1075 00:53:05,702 --> 00:53:08,065 that's when the crap really started flowing downhill. 1076 00:53:10,387 --> 00:53:13,228 Instead of handing out the kudos and the blame, 1077 00:53:13,270 --> 00:53:17,194 why don't we talk about turning this mess into action. 1078 00:53:19,276 --> 00:53:20,595 Because I saw you in his office, 1079 00:53:20,637 --> 00:53:22,197 and I know how you feel. 1080 00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:24,439 Whatever plan you're considering, leave me out. 1081 00:53:24,481 --> 00:53:26,361 Whatever you, and Taylor, and I don't know who else 1082 00:53:26,403 --> 00:53:28,405 are thinking about doing... 1083 00:53:31,688 --> 00:53:33,408 I can't. 1084 00:53:33,450 --> 00:53:35,570 Won't. I don't even want to. 1085 00:53:35,612 --> 00:53:38,253 I need, and I will have, complete deniability. 1086 00:53:38,295 --> 00:53:40,575 As-is, right now, there is nothing I could tell anyone, 1087 00:53:40,617 --> 00:53:42,337 nothing I should tell anyone. 1088 00:53:42,379 --> 00:53:44,381 I aim to keep it that way. 1089 00:53:46,463 --> 00:53:48,465 Then you do that. 1090 00:54:04,921 --> 00:54:06,963 You have an old friend at Defence, don't you? 1091 00:54:08,285 --> 00:54:09,924 Did you talk to him lately? 1092 00:54:09,966 --> 00:54:14,849 Maybe ask him to, well, classify something 1093 00:54:14,891 --> 00:54:17,132 that could really help the country, 1094 00:54:17,174 --> 00:54:19,216 just to screw over a rival? 1095 00:54:21,498 --> 00:54:24,861 If my actions hurt the man, that is the way it is. 1096 00:54:26,143 --> 00:54:28,263 I presume he intends to declassify it, 1097 00:54:28,305 --> 00:54:30,585 if and when he gets into office. 1098 00:54:30,627 --> 00:54:34,191 But I can keep the wolf at bay for now. 1099 00:54:35,472 --> 00:54:37,474 See how that works out. 1100 00:54:38,915 --> 00:54:40,917 Right. 1101 00:54:42,199 --> 00:54:43,918 A lot of ways this could have gone 1102 00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,521 once you connected me with that fella Philip Charyn. 1103 00:54:46,563 --> 00:54:49,286 But then you knew that. 1104 00:54:52,169 --> 00:54:54,411 Yep. I suppose I did. 1105 00:55:01,818 --> 00:55:03,818 Well, some things turn out just fine. 1106 00:55:03,860 --> 00:55:05,460 Yes, they do. A lot of things. 1107 00:55:08,825 --> 00:55:10,625 - Congratulations. 1108 00:55:13,230 --> 00:55:15,272 - So proud of you. - Thank you. 1109 00:55:16,353 --> 00:55:18,355 Nice. Good job.