1 00:00:04,345 --> 00:00:06,136 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:06,220 --> 00:00:07,762 I really need you to come through for me now. 3 00:00:07,845 --> 00:00:09,261 Cuz I'm scared shitless. 4 00:00:09,345 --> 00:00:10,929 I'm sorry. I didn't match. 5 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,470 Yonkers is you. You are Yonkers. 6 00:00:13,553 --> 00:00:15,303 You stink of the place. 7 00:00:15,387 --> 00:00:16,804 And now you're back in it. 8 00:00:16,887 --> 00:00:18,428 Before the funds land with us, 9 00:00:18,512 --> 00:00:20,720 we can designate them to a public good. 10 00:00:20,804 --> 00:00:22,220 Like a law school clinic. 11 00:00:22,303 --> 00:00:26,136 I will do you the courtesy of treating you like professionals. 12 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:28,053 Do me the same. 13 00:00:28,136 --> 00:00:29,470 I'll have another. 14 00:00:29,553 --> 00:00:32,220 I am not young, but she will be. 15 00:00:32,303 --> 00:00:33,762 I want to know what the rest of you can do 16 00:00:33,845 --> 00:00:35,303 to help make this bank happen. 17 00:00:35,387 --> 00:00:36,720 There's an opportunity here. 18 00:00:36,804 --> 00:00:38,136 We show him we are where he should 19 00:00:38,220 --> 00:00:40,178 put his investable cash... not into some bank. 20 00:00:40,261 --> 00:00:42,136 The art world's been good to me lately. 21 00:00:42,220 --> 00:00:43,804 It's gonna get me my bank charter. 22 00:00:43,887 --> 00:00:46,762 But I need you to rip a letter on my behalf out of the SEC 23 00:00:46,845 --> 00:00:48,136 and grease the skids to a charter. 24 00:00:48,220 --> 00:00:50,053 For the original glamor shot? Sure. 25 00:00:50,136 --> 00:00:52,553 Come on, man. I-I don't... I don't do portraits. 26 00:00:52,637 --> 00:00:55,220 Well, I think we both know otherwise. 27 00:00:55,303 --> 00:00:56,804 Since you're in there, 28 00:00:56,887 --> 00:00:59,103 maybe you can see when I can expect some art out of him. 29 00:00:59,187 --> 00:01:00,220 We should all do dinner... 30 00:01:00,303 --> 00:01:02,512 Me, you, Tanner. 31 00:01:02,595 --> 00:01:04,303 Maybe I'll bring someone, too... 32 00:01:04,387 --> 00:01:08,929 I know you meant no harm, but harm is coming. 33 00:01:27,566 --> 00:01:29,387 Homemade sushi, sashimi, 34 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:31,387 and other small Japanese bites. 35 00:01:31,470 --> 00:01:33,970 I sent Ryan to Japan to stage around, 36 00:01:34,053 --> 00:01:36,387 and this is what he came back with. 37 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:38,887 Wow. I have been waiting all day for this. 38 00:01:38,970 --> 00:01:40,053 To eat? 39 00:01:40,136 --> 00:01:42,053 He practices intermittent fasting. 40 00:01:42,136 --> 00:01:43,762 I only eat in an eight-hour stretch, 41 00:01:43,845 --> 00:01:45,887 and then I don't eat anything for the other 16. 42 00:01:45,970 --> 00:01:47,887 Keeps my head clear while I work. 43 00:01:47,970 --> 00:01:48,970 Flow state. 44 00:01:49,053 --> 00:01:50,553 Exactly. You've tried it. 45 00:01:50,637 --> 00:01:53,804 I've tried it all: Keto, fasting, gluten-free... 46 00:01:53,887 --> 00:01:55,261 I'm an intermittent eater, 47 00:01:55,345 --> 00:01:57,637 16 on, at least, gluten-heavy. 48 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,553 Ha. Also a way to go. 49 00:01:59,637 --> 00:02:01,512 I'll bear that diet in mind for the reception. 50 00:02:01,595 --> 00:02:03,804 Why don't you just serve me, fucking grilled? 51 00:02:03,887 --> 00:02:05,178 Not a fan of getting feted? 52 00:02:05,261 --> 00:02:06,553 Just all the talk. 53 00:02:06,637 --> 00:02:08,095 He can't stand the buyers'... what do you call it? 54 00:02:08,178 --> 00:02:10,220 - "Bullshit interpretations." - Yeah. 55 00:02:10,303 --> 00:02:12,220 You know what question really drives me insane... 56 00:02:12,303 --> 00:02:14,553 and it happens every goddamned time is: 57 00:02:14,637 --> 00:02:15,929 "How do you know when it's finished?" 58 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:17,970 Well, sometimes it's hard to tell... 59 00:02:18,053 --> 00:02:19,595 She's talking about a Jackson Pollock 60 00:02:19,679 --> 00:02:21,428 - we saw at gallery. - Yeah. 61 00:02:21,512 --> 00:02:24,178 Why not three splatters less, or two more? 62 00:02:24,261 --> 00:02:26,053 That's what makes Pollock Pollock, right? 63 00:02:26,136 --> 00:02:28,136 He can just stare at it and say: 64 00:02:28,220 --> 00:02:30,845 "That's it. It's complete. It's finished." 65 00:02:30,929 --> 00:02:33,220 That's what makes you an artist. 66 00:02:33,303 --> 00:02:35,178 Otherwise, you're nothing. 67 00:02:35,261 --> 00:02:37,428 I'm gonna have to be careful when I talk to you. 68 00:02:37,512 --> 00:02:39,720 No, no, you need to engage with artists and art 69 00:02:39,804 --> 00:02:41,095 and learn from it. 70 00:02:41,178 --> 00:02:42,428 This art stuff's gonna be important 71 00:02:42,512 --> 00:02:44,178 later in our life together. 72 00:02:44,261 --> 00:02:46,762 A strong appreciation makes for a well-rounded child. 73 00:02:49,178 --> 00:02:53,053 No... No real artist gives a fuck about talk. 74 00:02:53,136 --> 00:02:55,970 They want you to look at the work, understand it, 75 00:02:56,053 --> 00:02:58,345 and then jump out the window without saying another word, 76 00:02:58,428 --> 00:03:00,804 because you never need to see anything else ever again. 77 00:03:00,887 --> 00:03:03,637 What if it's a buyer asking the questions? 78 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:04,970 Same deal. 79 00:03:05,053 --> 00:03:08,887 Oh, the mythical incorruptible artist. 80 00:03:08,970 --> 00:03:10,845 Impervious to temptation. 81 00:03:12,261 --> 00:03:14,845 If you buy me a ticket to Japan, I'll go, 82 00:03:14,929 --> 00:03:16,387 but unlike your... your cook, 83 00:03:16,470 --> 00:03:19,261 I-I can't promise you anything for your trouble. 84 00:03:19,345 --> 00:03:20,720 As long as you came back inspired... 85 00:03:20,804 --> 00:03:23,387 Oh, this one was born inspired. 86 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:25,428 You should see him work. It's insane. 87 00:03:26,904 --> 00:03:28,970 No, yeah, it must be something to see. 88 00:03:29,053 --> 00:03:30,220 Oh, it is. 89 00:03:30,303 --> 00:03:32,095 He reminds me of how you used to be... 90 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:34,095 a guy doing what he was born to do. 91 00:03:34,178 --> 00:03:35,679 Before I became a burned-out hack? 92 00:03:37,178 --> 00:03:38,804 Don't put words in my mouth. 93 00:03:43,684 --> 00:03:48,512 You know what? All this talk of art makes me want to see the work. 94 00:03:48,595 --> 00:03:50,178 I'll stop by tomorrow. 95 00:03:50,261 --> 00:03:52,595 Oh, no, I'm not ready to show it. 96 00:03:53,339 --> 00:03:55,345 No, huh? 97 00:04:01,053 --> 00:04:03,845 Alright. Well, you let me know. 98 00:04:14,053 --> 00:04:17,512 Welcome to the NYAG! 99 00:04:17,595 --> 00:04:19,303 Now, I feel no guilt when I tell you all 100 00:04:19,387 --> 00:04:22,845 that I consider you my smartest students. 101 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:25,720 Oh, I'm sure that my colleagues and I will all benefit greatly 102 00:04:25,804 --> 00:04:28,387 from the work of your nimble legal minds. 103 00:04:29,218 --> 00:04:31,637 When I look out at you all, I'm reminded of my younger self. 104 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,136 And in the words of your Billie Eilish, 105 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:38,053 "The best of me, the best of me is you." 106 00:04:38,136 --> 00:04:39,970 We know you must be eager to get started, 107 00:04:40,053 --> 00:04:42,428 and we have an exciting first assignment. 108 00:04:42,512 --> 00:04:46,011 Now, when it comes to the office of the Attorney General, 109 00:04:46,095 --> 00:04:48,261 courage is a must. 110 00:04:48,345 --> 00:04:50,553 Courage to aim for the highest targets 111 00:04:50,637 --> 00:04:52,345 without flinching. 112 00:04:52,428 --> 00:04:54,512 To brush away the dust from the reticles on your scopes 113 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:57,387 and take dead aim at even the loftiest of our government. 114 00:04:57,470 --> 00:04:59,679 So today, you're gonna go after a cabinet member. 115 00:04:59,762 --> 00:05:03,261 Yeah, Secretary of the Treasury, Todd Krakow. 116 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:05,136 We have records of his every statement and action. 117 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:07,387 Your task is to build legal cases 118 00:05:07,470 --> 00:05:08,595 and arguments against him. 119 00:05:08,679 --> 00:05:10,220 Let's find his lost tapes, 120 00:05:10,303 --> 00:05:14,053 his stained blue dress, his perfect call. 121 00:05:14,136 --> 00:05:15,762 Let's get to work! 122 00:05:19,470 --> 00:05:21,261 - Yes! - Yes! Come on! 123 00:05:21,345 --> 00:05:23,345 - Oh, yeah! - Fucking yes! 124 00:05:23,428 --> 00:05:24,762 You can fucking smell that fucking... 125 00:05:24,845 --> 00:05:28,428 That may sound like a joyous Kwanzaa celebration to you... 126 00:05:28,512 --> 00:05:30,136 - Kwanzaa was last... - Well, it ain't the sounds of 127 00:05:30,220 --> 00:05:34,095 a goddamned Chanukah festival of lights either. 128 00:05:34,178 --> 00:05:37,053 Or the motherfucking eve of motherfucking Christmas... 129 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:39,303 I really don't think you want that phrase on the record, 130 00:05:39,387 --> 00:05:41,887 - there are HR considera... - No. 131 00:05:41,970 --> 00:05:46,095 What that sound is, is a funeral dirge. 132 00:05:46,178 --> 00:05:49,470 And that funeral is ours. 133 00:05:49,553 --> 00:05:51,470 That cheering is for Krakow 134 00:05:51,553 --> 00:05:53,470 rubber stamping Axe's federal bank charter. 135 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:55,679 - It's really happening? - Happened. 136 00:05:55,762 --> 00:05:58,095 Fast tracking it... 137 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:01,011 Now, I joined the party when I first heard about 138 00:06:01,095 --> 00:06:02,637 us becoming a bank... 139 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,095 Because it sounded sturdy. 140 00:06:06,235 --> 00:06:07,470 Secure. Lucrative. 141 00:06:07,553 --> 00:06:08,970 But the more I researched... 142 00:06:09,053 --> 00:06:11,804 Yeah. The worse it fucking is. 143 00:06:11,887 --> 00:06:13,303 Man the turrets 144 00:06:13,387 --> 00:06:15,553 and start loosing ordnance on whatever you see. 145 00:06:15,637 --> 00:06:17,970 Because it's gonna be eat what you kill soon enough. 146 00:06:18,053 --> 00:06:19,970 Wait, are you hunting or at war? 147 00:06:20,053 --> 00:06:22,512 Both. As you all better be. 148 00:06:22,595 --> 00:06:25,303 We're going to have to deregister as a hedge fund. 149 00:06:25,387 --> 00:06:28,095 This place will become a family office, 150 00:06:28,178 --> 00:06:30,553 to separate commerce from banking. 151 00:06:30,637 --> 00:06:33,095 No outside fees to cover our salaries. 152 00:06:33,178 --> 00:06:34,970 Redundancies will become clear. 153 00:06:35,053 --> 00:06:36,845 To him. 154 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:38,595 Some of us will be Midsommar'd. 155 00:06:38,679 --> 00:06:40,637 Yes! Exactly! 156 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,011 I don't actually know what that means, but it sounds... 157 00:06:43,095 --> 00:06:44,845 Horrible. Utterly horrible. 158 00:06:45,733 --> 00:06:47,845 Axe, um... 159 00:06:47,929 --> 00:06:49,512 If we do... 160 00:06:49,595 --> 00:06:51,887 When we do get the bank charter, 161 00:06:51,970 --> 00:06:53,720 how much are our lives changing? 162 00:06:53,804 --> 00:06:55,970 - Will our jobs... - No, it's not a problem. 163 00:06:56,053 --> 00:06:57,845 It's not? 164 00:06:57,929 --> 00:06:59,679 Well, it's not my problem. 165 00:06:59,762 --> 00:07:01,136 And don't ask another guy about your future. 166 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,512 Make your own fucking future. 167 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,428 It's like my own mother took the form of your body. 168 00:07:06,512 --> 00:07:08,465 I can almost taste her ggori gomtang. 169 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:09,970 It's chilling... 170 00:07:10,053 --> 00:07:12,804 But, we have all been through so much together. 171 00:07:12,887 --> 00:07:14,428 Lean and fat times. 172 00:07:14,512 --> 00:07:16,470 We always come through at Axe Capital. 173 00:07:16,553 --> 00:07:18,470 Is this an overcorrection to conditions? 174 00:07:18,553 --> 00:07:19,637 Shouldn't we just ride it out? 175 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,220 Fucking right we should. 176 00:07:21,303 --> 00:07:23,428 As the Pittsburgh Steelers do. 177 00:07:23,512 --> 00:07:25,804 And that consistency has served them well. 178 00:07:25,887 --> 00:07:28,178 - Best-run franchise in... - Second best. 179 00:07:28,261 --> 00:07:29,804 Like Coach Belichick says: 180 00:07:29,887 --> 00:07:31,929 You wait till halftime before you start making adjustments, 181 00:07:32,011 --> 00:07:34,595 it's too fucking late... 182 00:07:38,804 --> 00:07:40,553 Change is scary. 183 00:07:40,637 --> 00:07:42,428 I know. 184 00:07:42,512 --> 00:07:45,303 But this is gonna be better for all of you. 185 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:48,970 Maybe not all of you. 186 00:08:01,845 --> 00:08:04,845 You know I didn't really say what I feel down there. 187 00:08:04,929 --> 00:08:06,303 If I said what I really believed... 188 00:08:06,387 --> 00:08:07,804 Boss. I know what you were thinking. 189 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:09,720 It was pellucid without you even saying it. 190 00:08:09,804 --> 00:08:11,136 Like I was hearing your thoughts. 191 00:08:11,220 --> 00:08:12,720 Really? What was I... 192 00:08:12,804 --> 00:08:14,720 You just wanted your fucking coffee 193 00:08:14,804 --> 00:08:16,929 and couldn't believe the weakness you were witnessing. 194 00:08:17,011 --> 00:08:19,762 You were also thinking about the 16 trades we made this morning, 195 00:08:19,845 --> 00:08:22,470 and, at one point, I saw you look toward the front desk, 196 00:08:22,553 --> 00:08:24,261 and calculate the value relative to cost 197 00:08:24,345 --> 00:08:25,679 of having two receptionists there. 198 00:08:25,762 --> 00:08:28,345 What kind of Derren Brown mindreader bullshit is this? 199 00:08:28,428 --> 00:08:29,804 It's not bullshit. 200 00:08:29,887 --> 00:08:31,095 It's this... 201 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:32,720 Vigilantrix. 202 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:34,804 Our next big play. 203 00:08:34,887 --> 00:08:37,136 We are not a bank quite yet. 204 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:39,512 And we may as well fucking crush it one more time 205 00:08:39,595 --> 00:08:40,845 before we become one. 206 00:08:40,929 --> 00:08:43,470 This drug, Axe, it's the killer app 207 00:08:43,553 --> 00:08:45,095 in the pharma space you've been chasing. 208 00:08:45,178 --> 00:08:48,178 It's a focus ratchet, a productivity booster. 209 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:51,136 The audience at a pharma conference got one to try. 210 00:08:51,220 --> 00:08:53,637 But after I had a taste, I copped the whole box. 211 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,470 Vigilantrix. 212 00:08:55,553 --> 00:08:57,387 I read about the trials. 213 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,303 That's the thing, huh? 214 00:08:59,387 --> 00:09:01,595 It sure is. It's the Limitless shit. 215 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,679 It's got me firing on all... 216 00:09:03,762 --> 00:09:07,261 It's giving me crazy mental clarity and acuity. 217 00:09:07,345 --> 00:09:08,762 I'm even using words like "acuity." 218 00:09:08,845 --> 00:09:11,011 And "pellucid," yeah, I heard. 219 00:09:11,095 --> 00:09:12,303 The stuff works. 220 00:09:12,387 --> 00:09:14,246 If it's got me thinking like you, 221 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,220 imagine who it'll have you thinking like. 222 00:10:58,220 --> 00:11:01,845 Attorney General Rhoades, we'd like to discuss our assignment. 223 00:11:01,929 --> 00:11:03,804 Please, come in. 224 00:11:10,428 --> 00:11:14,428 We have a problem with the assignment, sir... 225 00:11:14,512 --> 00:11:16,804 Well, an ethical objection, really. 226 00:11:16,887 --> 00:11:18,762 I see. 227 00:11:19,954 --> 00:11:21,720 Please, explain, Merle. 228 00:11:21,804 --> 00:11:23,387 We're concerned that the process 229 00:11:23,470 --> 00:11:26,053 you've asked us to follow feels, like... 230 00:11:26,136 --> 00:11:27,720 improperly motivated. 231 00:11:27,804 --> 00:11:29,804 It's backwards. 232 00:11:29,887 --> 00:11:32,970 To just try and find something on Secretary Krakow. 233 00:11:33,053 --> 00:11:36,970 Aren't we supposed to start with a crime and then build a case? 234 00:11:37,053 --> 00:11:38,595 It feels super targeted. 235 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,970 Like the Muslim ban or something. 236 00:11:44,845 --> 00:11:48,428 You have been very fortunate in your short lives 237 00:11:48,512 --> 00:11:49,970 to read the sharpest legal scholars 238 00:11:50,053 --> 00:11:52,220 and discuss the most famous cases. 239 00:11:52,303 --> 00:11:56,178 But... you have never 240 00:11:56,261 --> 00:12:00,095 stood naked before judge or jury. 241 00:12:01,408 --> 00:12:04,345 You have never made a single compromise of conscience. 242 00:12:04,428 --> 00:12:09,095 You have never had to weigh justice against loyalty... 243 00:12:11,428 --> 00:12:15,512 You know, lawyers are, importantly, storytellers. 244 00:12:15,595 --> 00:12:18,345 So allow me to weave you a yarn. 245 00:12:19,251 --> 00:12:21,762 An old folktale goes: 246 00:12:21,845 --> 00:12:26,553 A Sicilian woman and an Arab trader fell in love. 247 00:12:26,637 --> 00:12:30,136 But the Arab had a wife and children back in Tunisia. 248 00:12:30,220 --> 00:12:33,720 So he told the Sicilian woman that he loved her, 249 00:12:33,804 --> 00:12:35,595 but he had to go back to his family. 250 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,470 That night, the Sicilian woman 251 00:12:38,553 --> 00:12:42,261 cut off his head while he was sleeping. 252 00:12:42,345 --> 00:12:43,804 She hollowed out his brains, 253 00:12:43,887 --> 00:12:46,887 and she turned his skull into a pot, 254 00:12:46,970 --> 00:12:48,887 where she planted herbs. 255 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:52,970 And you can still see ceramic pots 256 00:12:53,053 --> 00:12:56,845 painted like Arab heads in Palermo today. 257 00:12:56,929 --> 00:12:59,929 There are several lessons that can be taken 258 00:13:00,011 --> 00:13:01,512 from this grisly tale of passion, 259 00:13:01,595 --> 00:13:03,470 but the one I draw is this: 260 00:13:03,553 --> 00:13:05,470 If you harbor split loyalties, 261 00:13:05,553 --> 00:13:07,220 and fail to take a side, 262 00:13:07,303 --> 00:13:08,970 your mind may become nothing more 263 00:13:09,053 --> 00:13:12,178 than the soil for mint sprigs. 264 00:13:12,261 --> 00:13:14,804 If you have any doubts about your ability 265 00:13:14,887 --> 00:13:16,178 to complete this internship 266 00:13:16,261 --> 00:13:18,720 or your allegiance to this office, 267 00:13:18,804 --> 00:13:20,929 leave now. 268 00:13:31,011 --> 00:13:33,178 Anybody else? 269 00:13:33,261 --> 00:13:34,845 No way. 270 00:13:34,929 --> 00:13:36,261 Good. 271 00:13:36,345 --> 00:13:38,303 Now let's get back to it. 272 00:13:46,470 --> 00:13:49,387 Do you still have any contacts in the Treasury Department? 273 00:13:49,470 --> 00:13:52,553 I was in the Katzenjammers with the Deputy Assistant Secretary. 274 00:13:52,637 --> 00:13:54,929 Did I know you could carry a tune, Ms. Sacker? 275 00:13:55,011 --> 00:13:57,095 - What can't I do? - Good. 276 00:13:57,178 --> 00:14:00,345 Then I'd like to see Krakow's schedule of meetings. 277 00:14:00,428 --> 00:14:02,633 Maybe there's a buzzsaw we can run him into. 278 00:14:02,668 --> 00:14:04,428 Send him to the mill. 279 00:14:07,929 --> 00:14:09,845 Thank you all for joining this emergency assembly 280 00:14:09,929 --> 00:14:11,595 of the Shine-Lucence board. 281 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,387 We are facing a crisis. 282 00:14:13,470 --> 00:14:16,929 As all of you know, we use tin to produce our solar cells. 283 00:14:17,011 --> 00:14:18,929 It's what makes them cheaper, safer, 284 00:14:19,011 --> 00:14:21,095 and easier to manufacture than lead. 285 00:14:21,178 --> 00:14:24,595 We believed that we'd been sourcing that tin 286 00:14:24,679 --> 00:14:26,095 from safely and humanely run 287 00:14:26,178 --> 00:14:30,136 mines in Australia, but we just became aware 288 00:14:30,220 --> 00:14:33,804 that a middleman has been selling suspect tin 289 00:14:33,887 --> 00:14:35,387 to our smelting facility. 290 00:14:35,470 --> 00:14:38,470 Our supply chain Vice President can tell you more. 291 00:14:38,553 --> 00:14:40,095 I tracked the tin back to here. 292 00:14:40,178 --> 00:14:41,845 Where, exactly, is "here"? 293 00:14:41,929 --> 00:14:44,970 The Congo. There's militia. With guns. 294 00:14:45,053 --> 00:14:46,679 They're strong-arming people into the mines. 295 00:14:46,762 --> 00:14:48,595 It's as bad as they say. Worse... 296 00:14:49,678 --> 00:14:51,053 Shit, I've gotta go... 297 00:14:51,136 --> 00:14:53,679 Allow me to be the one to say what we're all thinking: 298 00:14:53,762 --> 00:14:55,303 This is no bueno. 299 00:14:55,387 --> 00:14:57,220 Tin from the Congo is a conflict mineral. 300 00:14:57,303 --> 00:14:58,679 The mines are controlled by 301 00:14:58,762 --> 00:15:00,762 violent anti-government warlords. 302 00:15:00,845 --> 00:15:02,387 Like I said, crisis. 303 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:04,220 We'll be looking to you all 304 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:06,261 for immediate recommendations... 305 00:15:09,762 --> 00:15:11,470 You know how in Shane... 306 00:15:11,553 --> 00:15:13,679 shit, in every Western worth its sand... 307 00:15:13,762 --> 00:15:15,845 the main dude can escape, ride off if he wants, 308 00:15:15,929 --> 00:15:17,720 but then decides to stay and fight? 309 00:15:17,804 --> 00:15:18,845 - I'm Shane? - No. You are not! 310 00:15:18,929 --> 00:15:20,970 You are Mike Prince. And as your deputy... 311 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:22,345 Shane wasn't a sheriff. 312 00:15:22,428 --> 00:15:23,970 Yes. I keep meaning to see that one. 313 00:15:24,053 --> 00:15:25,178 But the point stands. 314 00:15:25,261 --> 00:15:26,679 You ain't sticking around to fight. 315 00:15:26,762 --> 00:15:28,512 What's recommendation number two? 316 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:29,887 There isn't one. 317 00:15:30,011 --> 00:15:31,178 You're supposed to take recommendation one, 318 00:15:31,261 --> 00:15:32,804 or what the heck are we doing? 319 00:15:32,887 --> 00:15:34,136 We can't risk this story breaking 320 00:15:34,220 --> 00:15:35,720 and us still be in this company. 321 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:38,887 So you want me to go Warriors style. 322 00:15:38,970 --> 00:15:42,095 No. Like I just said, I don't want you to stay and fight... 323 00:15:42,178 --> 00:15:44,178 No, no, no, like 324 00:15:44,261 --> 00:15:48,470 "Warriors, come out to play-ay..." 325 00:15:49,396 --> 00:15:51,220 The Warriors were an unaffiliated 326 00:15:51,303 --> 00:15:53,637 mixed-race street gang in 1970s New York... 327 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,220 Progressive... 328 00:15:55,303 --> 00:15:57,011 Who got blamed for a murder they didn't commit. 329 00:15:57,095 --> 00:15:58,762 Caught uptown in enemy territory, 330 00:15:58,845 --> 00:16:00,845 they had to make their way back home to Coney Island 331 00:16:00,929 --> 00:16:02,512 with all the other gangs gunning for 'em. 332 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:04,720 So they ran. Or they fought and ran. 333 00:16:04,804 --> 00:16:06,428 How'd I miss a story like this... 334 00:16:06,512 --> 00:16:07,970 It's a movie. 335 00:16:08,053 --> 00:16:10,387 Damn. Okay. On my list. 336 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,011 But while fictional unaffiliated street gangs 337 00:16:13,095 --> 00:16:16,261 may not have any choices, multibillionaires do. 338 00:16:17,053 --> 00:16:18,512 Not running. 339 00:16:18,595 --> 00:16:20,762 You can find me some board members to back our play, 340 00:16:20,845 --> 00:16:22,470 but I'm sticking and turning this around. 341 00:16:29,011 --> 00:16:31,679 This company is screwed and our position right along with it. 342 00:16:31,762 --> 00:16:34,095 Should we come forward to the press immediately? 343 00:16:34,178 --> 00:16:36,053 - Should we dump out? - Or both? 344 00:16:36,136 --> 00:16:38,136 We don't have the benefit of a track record. 345 00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:39,887 If word of this leaks, it's a deathblow 346 00:16:39,970 --> 00:16:41,595 to a young firm with our mission. 347 00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:44,178 In the impact space, I'm not sure a track record even helps. 348 00:16:44,261 --> 00:16:46,512 Bill McGlashan was the king of impact investing. 349 00:16:46,595 --> 00:16:49,345 Then Varsity Blues and his head rolled into a basket. 350 00:16:49,428 --> 00:16:51,762 People are merciless when it comes to doing good. 351 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:53,303 And McGlashan even had Bono. 352 00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:56,679 We need a rockstar in our corner, too... 353 00:16:56,762 --> 00:16:59,428 Mike Prince. 354 00:16:59,512 --> 00:17:00,970 Go to him. 355 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:03,470 Enlist him. Team up. 356 00:17:03,553 --> 00:17:05,428 Together we'll have a better chance at swaying the board 357 00:17:05,512 --> 00:17:07,428 into doing whatever you decide is best... 358 00:17:07,512 --> 00:17:09,470 Whoa. Axe would flip the fuck out. 359 00:17:09,553 --> 00:17:11,220 He almost burst into flames 360 00:17:11,303 --> 00:17:12,845 when he saw Prince at the Vanity Fair shoot. 361 00:17:12,929 --> 00:17:15,595 Yes. Their "Fireside Chat" was Alien vs. Predator. 362 00:17:15,679 --> 00:17:17,804 No fucking fear. 363 00:17:17,887 --> 00:17:20,136 If we win, by making money, Axe will be happy. 364 00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:24,428 So win, then tell him how you did it. 365 00:17:26,470 --> 00:17:27,720 It could work. 366 00:17:27,804 --> 00:17:29,303 It's worth a shot. 367 00:17:29,387 --> 00:17:31,804 But you will feel his wrath 368 00:17:31,887 --> 00:17:33,804 if we engage with Prince and make it worse. 369 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:35,178 Then let's make it better. 370 00:17:35,261 --> 00:17:37,970 I'll reach out to Scooter to broker the meeting. 371 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,011 Let's get active, people! 372 00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:44,845 Traders, you're being paid to trade. 373 00:17:44,929 --> 00:17:48,095 We're in the moving business, not the storage business. 374 00:17:48,178 --> 00:17:50,970 So bring me some fucking scalps for my wall. 375 00:17:51,053 --> 00:17:53,553 Mineral people, I want exposure. 376 00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:55,011 Yesterday. 377 00:17:55,095 --> 00:17:58,095 Get me longer than the Hunt Brothers in 1980! 378 00:17:58,178 --> 00:18:00,595 We've gotta grab the rock, bring back the shiny shit. 379 00:18:00,679 --> 00:18:04,345 Um, I'd like to join in the zesty and aggressive approach. 380 00:18:04,428 --> 00:18:06,804 But I've got to say: I'm not sure what we're supposed to do. 381 00:18:06,887 --> 00:18:08,762 Okay. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. 382 00:18:08,845 --> 00:18:11,178 You guys are running last gen. I need you next gen. 383 00:18:11,261 --> 00:18:13,095 Victor! 384 00:18:13,178 --> 00:18:15,178 Purely optional. 385 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,887 But for those of you who are ready to cross the threshold 386 00:18:17,970 --> 00:18:19,470 and become a version of himself 387 00:18:19,553 --> 00:18:21,553 with the energy of a 17-year-old, 388 00:18:21,637 --> 00:18:22,929 the focus of a 30-year-old 389 00:18:23,011 --> 00:18:25,387 and the wisdom of a 100-year-old, 390 00:18:25,470 --> 00:18:27,387 step the fuck up. 391 00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:33,303 Let me tell you: I have never felt so focused, 392 00:18:33,387 --> 00:18:36,136 and with all of you at the same level on this v-shit, 393 00:18:36,220 --> 00:18:39,887 I think we're looking at 85% returns on the week, 394 00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:41,470 to say nothing of the quarter. 395 00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:42,887 Sounds good, Axe. 396 00:18:42,970 --> 00:18:44,011 Give me a few of those Major League beans 397 00:18:44,095 --> 00:18:45,929 for the Mase Carb crew. 398 00:18:46,011 --> 00:18:47,053 Whew. 399 00:18:47,136 --> 00:18:49,970 FDA approval pending...? 400 00:18:50,053 --> 00:18:51,887 Oh God, I don't want diarrhea, 401 00:18:51,970 --> 00:18:54,929 involuntary muscle spasms, psychotic delusions... 402 00:18:55,011 --> 00:18:58,261 It says "in rare cases," you fucking baby. 403 00:18:58,345 --> 00:18:59,679 I'm in. 404 00:19:03,845 --> 00:19:06,637 Fine. But I'm gonna need some water. 405 00:19:14,358 --> 00:19:15,762 Good to see you again, Wendy. 406 00:19:15,845 --> 00:19:19,095 And you, Taylor. Lauren, your rep precedes. 407 00:19:19,178 --> 00:19:20,762 Now, how are we gonna disarm this bomb 408 00:19:20,845 --> 00:19:23,637 before it blows up in our faces? 409 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,303 Please have a seat. 410 00:19:27,929 --> 00:19:31,095 Maybe we need to throw it over a cliff before it does. 411 00:19:32,345 --> 00:19:33,804 I used to love those cartoons 412 00:19:33,887 --> 00:19:35,512 where the coyote would get his fingers caught 413 00:19:35,595 --> 00:19:37,428 in the bomb right as he released it. 414 00:19:37,512 --> 00:19:40,804 He'd blow up and then be back to himself after the commercial. 415 00:19:40,887 --> 00:19:42,303 - Reconstituted. - But we... 416 00:19:42,387 --> 00:19:43,804 Yes. Mortal. 417 00:19:43,887 --> 00:19:47,220 Once we blow up, no reconstitution possible. 418 00:19:47,303 --> 00:19:49,804 So I, too, want to avoid an explosion here. 419 00:19:49,887 --> 00:19:51,345 We'll listen to any plan you may have, 420 00:19:51,428 --> 00:19:53,345 but we remain unsure if we're taking part. 421 00:19:53,428 --> 00:19:56,261 Until such time as it's clear our agendas are aligned, anyway. 422 00:19:56,345 --> 00:19:58,136 What do you see as first steps? 423 00:19:58,220 --> 00:20:00,095 We need to re-source the tin. 424 00:20:00,178 --> 00:20:02,011 Yes. But we can't be noisy about it. 425 00:20:02,095 --> 00:20:03,970 I'd propose a year-long transition plan. 426 00:20:04,053 --> 00:20:05,804 - To a new source. - That we sell the board on. 427 00:20:05,887 --> 00:20:07,303 And we slow down order fulfillment, 428 00:20:07,387 --> 00:20:08,595 so we don't sell any more... 429 00:20:08,679 --> 00:20:09,970 Good. In theory. 430 00:20:10,053 --> 00:20:11,887 If we can ensure that the story of the scandal 431 00:20:11,970 --> 00:20:14,470 - doesn't get to the press. - What about board members leaking? 432 00:20:14,553 --> 00:20:16,387 That's a real risk. Who are you worried about? 433 00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:18,303 Not sure. I was hoping you could 434 00:20:18,387 --> 00:20:20,553 profile them to determine who might crack... 435 00:20:25,553 --> 00:20:28,512 Look, I know you said you're not sure if you're in, 436 00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:31,178 but it feels like we're already rowing in the same direction. 437 00:20:31,261 --> 00:20:32,679 And we have a conference room you can work in 438 00:20:32,762 --> 00:20:34,303 before we have to call the board back. 439 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,053 Okay. 440 00:20:40,136 --> 00:20:41,345 We're on it. 441 00:20:50,261 --> 00:20:52,345 Thanks for coming down, Pete. 442 00:20:52,428 --> 00:20:54,470 Much as I hate being here, I figured I should show up 443 00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:57,637 and avoid the subpoena sure to follow. 444 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,053 Wise choice. 445 00:21:00,136 --> 00:21:02,345 Now I know you've gone well beyond 446 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:04,428 selling memberships at your robo-gym, 447 00:21:04,512 --> 00:21:08,387 into the physical-transformation through-science space. 448 00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:10,720 Specifically, that you're helping athletes 449 00:21:10,804 --> 00:21:14,220 boost performance... and beat drug tests. 450 00:21:14,303 --> 00:21:16,679 Hold on a sec, I never, never, ever... 451 00:21:16,762 --> 00:21:18,053 Let's not. 452 00:21:18,136 --> 00:21:19,762 If you didn't, you wouldn't be here. 453 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:24,553 And... I wouldn't need you. 454 00:21:24,637 --> 00:21:27,011 Need me to what? 455 00:21:27,095 --> 00:21:29,261 Put me with a certain type of doctor that can help out 456 00:21:29,345 --> 00:21:31,804 with a family member's kidney situation. 457 00:21:34,345 --> 00:21:35,887 Where are we at exactly? 458 00:21:36,994 --> 00:21:40,220 Well, uh, it seems my father wasn't healthy enough 459 00:21:40,303 --> 00:21:42,387 to pass the workup to get on the donor list. 460 00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:46,553 Oh. They always try to pick off the least viable. 461 00:21:47,584 --> 00:21:50,595 So step one is getting your dad's numbers 462 00:21:50,679 --> 00:21:52,053 to where he can get on that list. 463 00:21:52,136 --> 00:21:53,178 Uh-huh. 464 00:21:53,261 --> 00:21:56,220 But it's a long wait. Years... 465 00:21:56,303 --> 00:21:58,220 Yeah. Up to five years. 466 00:21:58,303 --> 00:22:00,804 And that is a death sentence for him. 467 00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:03,261 Which brings us to part two: 468 00:22:04,894 --> 00:22:06,762 If I can't move him up the list, 469 00:22:06,845 --> 00:22:08,387 once you get him on it, 470 00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:13,345 I need you to locate me a donor. 471 00:22:16,387 --> 00:22:18,929 Shit. Okay. 472 00:22:19,868 --> 00:22:21,804 Murky waters. 473 00:22:25,198 --> 00:22:28,887 But I have a guy. 474 00:22:30,887 --> 00:22:32,845 He's a-a "doctor"... 475 00:22:32,929 --> 00:22:34,387 An MD? 476 00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:37,303 Does he still have an MD? 477 00:22:37,387 --> 00:22:39,470 Did Hippocrates have one? 478 00:22:39,553 --> 00:22:41,136 You want to put me on the stand 479 00:22:41,220 --> 00:22:43,053 or you want me to fix your dad? 480 00:22:43,136 --> 00:22:44,762 My guy's the right man for the job. 481 00:22:44,845 --> 00:22:46,970 EPO, platelets, clean this, clean that. 482 00:22:47,053 --> 00:22:48,929 He'll tune your pops up like a Stradivarius, 483 00:22:49,011 --> 00:22:51,095 so he passes the test to get on that list. 484 00:22:51,178 --> 00:22:53,637 And he could find you an organ. 485 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,804 Good. That's just what I need. 486 00:22:57,166 --> 00:22:58,595 I want to meet ASAP. 487 00:22:59,392 --> 00:23:00,762 I'll arrange it. 488 00:23:01,982 --> 00:23:03,428 $5,000, up front. Cash. 489 00:23:03,512 --> 00:23:04,887 This guy don't take Blue Cross. 490 00:23:04,970 --> 00:23:07,762 Okay. I see. 491 00:23:07,845 --> 00:23:10,136 And what's your piece of that? 492 00:23:11,102 --> 00:23:13,095 Piece? Me? 493 00:23:13,178 --> 00:23:14,887 I'm just here to help. 494 00:23:19,428 --> 00:23:22,136 Let's go, gimme what you got, hit me hard... 495 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:24,428 So, I didn't know what you meant by 'grab the rock' before, 496 00:23:24,512 --> 00:23:27,136 but now I do, and I have to say it's brilliant... 497 00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:29,053 - Right... - I mean a tech and aerospace play 498 00:23:29,136 --> 00:23:30,845 that can harvest one mid-size meteor... 499 00:23:30,929 --> 00:23:33,053 - And the yield would be... - Fucking outsized... 500 00:23:33,136 --> 00:23:35,095 So, I think I'm seeing the macro play: 501 00:23:35,178 --> 00:23:36,512 cornering the rare mineral market... 502 00:23:36,595 --> 00:23:38,053 Bam. 503 00:23:38,136 --> 00:23:39,178 Beyond gold and platinum, 504 00:23:39,261 --> 00:23:40,512 we're talking cobalt, 505 00:23:40,595 --> 00:23:42,345 - tungsten, rhodium... - Right... 506 00:23:42,428 --> 00:23:44,095 We'll control production on every cellphone 507 00:23:44,178 --> 00:23:45,887 - from now until... - Till they're fucking obsolete. 508 00:23:45,970 --> 00:23:48,679 Space-X, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic... 509 00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:50,470 and all their feeder tech. 510 00:23:50,553 --> 00:23:52,136 Lots of opportunity to roll up a strong ground game... 511 00:23:52,220 --> 00:23:53,345 And speaking of ground game, 512 00:23:53,428 --> 00:23:55,303 we've got to bring in the geo-political piece. 513 00:23:55,387 --> 00:23:57,637 Chile. Big things happening in their political landscape... 514 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,220 If their election tilts the way it looks like... 515 00:23:59,303 --> 00:24:00,637 pro-mining, pro-business... 516 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,095 we're talking about a base, 517 00:24:02,178 --> 00:24:04,053 with massive government incentives, 518 00:24:04,136 --> 00:24:05,720 good launch sites, strategic partnerships... 519 00:24:05,804 --> 00:24:07,845 that'll make this whole thing go. 520 00:24:07,929 --> 00:24:10,512 Liquidity. We need it. 521 00:24:10,595 --> 00:24:12,553 We should dump out of $3, $3.2 billion worth 522 00:24:12,637 --> 00:24:15,095 of our other positions in order to free up capital 523 00:24:15,178 --> 00:24:16,387 for the mineral play. 524 00:24:16,470 --> 00:24:18,053 It'll be more than fucking worth it. 525 00:24:18,136 --> 00:24:19,387 Say the word and I'll come out of the chute 526 00:24:19,470 --> 00:24:21,553 like the German bobsled team at Lake Placid. 527 00:24:21,637 --> 00:24:23,136 Word. I said it. Go do it. 528 00:24:35,011 --> 00:24:37,929 You ever see the show "The Good Doctor", Chuck? 529 00:24:38,011 --> 00:24:39,470 Can't say I have. 530 00:24:39,553 --> 00:24:41,887 Well, he's a-a great and feeling young man, 531 00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:44,470 despite this outer affect that would suggest otherwise. 532 00:24:44,553 --> 00:24:47,303 And he's without a care for money. 533 00:24:47,387 --> 00:24:49,428 And the good doctor here is the same? 534 00:24:49,512 --> 00:24:51,136 Nope. Dead opposite. 535 00:24:51,220 --> 00:24:52,804 I did that "care for the patient" thing for years. 536 00:24:52,887 --> 00:24:54,053 But they kept suing me, the fuckers. 537 00:24:54,136 --> 00:24:55,553 Now, they can fuck themselves, 538 00:24:55,637 --> 00:24:57,053 unless they're willing to pay me to unfuck them. 539 00:24:57,136 --> 00:25:01,345 But where this man, Dr. Swerdlow, 540 00:25:01,428 --> 00:25:03,261 and the Good Doc are similar is: 541 00:25:03,345 --> 00:25:06,261 They both are excellent practitioners of their crafts. 542 00:25:06,345 --> 00:25:07,470 And mine is, to get men like your father... 543 00:25:07,553 --> 00:25:10,053 worthy paying customers... exactly what they need, 544 00:25:10,136 --> 00:25:12,553 before it's too fucking late. Still saving lives. 545 00:25:12,588 --> 00:25:14,056 But getting me some beach houses on the side, 546 00:25:14,091 --> 00:25:15,095 ya know what I'm saying, baby girl? 547 00:25:15,178 --> 00:25:17,303 See? I told him not to pretend to care, Chuck, 548 00:25:17,387 --> 00:25:18,970 that you wouldn't... you wouldn't go for that. 549 00:25:19,053 --> 00:25:20,762 Certainly not. No. 550 00:25:20,845 --> 00:25:23,720 Not a chance. No way. Okay. Good. Got it. 551 00:25:23,804 --> 00:25:26,136 So. What's the actual way this happens? 552 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:28,428 Well, this meeting is $5,000 cash. 553 00:25:29,606 --> 00:25:31,053 That happens now. 554 00:25:42,553 --> 00:25:44,804 Okay, here's how we fix this thing. 555 00:25:44,887 --> 00:25:48,345 Fix meaning repair, but also fix meaning rig the system. 556 00:25:48,428 --> 00:25:49,804 Why say that part out loud? 557 00:25:49,887 --> 00:25:51,470 Cuz it's fun. 558 00:25:51,553 --> 00:25:53,679 What we'll do, once your payment is complete, is run a course: 559 00:25:53,762 --> 00:25:56,220 Platelets for red cell count, blood pressure meds, 560 00:25:56,303 --> 00:25:58,887 something to improve his glomerular filtration rate... 561 00:25:58,970 --> 00:26:01,011 And I'm not just talking about fucking around with Bardoxolone. 562 00:26:01,095 --> 00:26:02,512 I've got some special shit from Mexico City 563 00:26:02,595 --> 00:26:04,679 that'll really do the fucking job. 564 00:26:04,762 --> 00:26:07,679 Oh, and also a clean urine deposit before his next exam. 565 00:26:07,762 --> 00:26:11,095 Uh-huh. And how is that, uh, particular deposit made? 566 00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:13,011 With a special turkey baster, right up his cock. 567 00:26:13,095 --> 00:26:14,679 Okay. If this shit backfires, 568 00:26:14,762 --> 00:26:18,887 and my dad dies of an infection caused by this rug merchant, 569 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:19,970 I'm coming for you. 570 00:26:20,053 --> 00:26:21,512 I know. Yet I'm here. 571 00:26:21,595 --> 00:26:23,470 Which should tell you the level of my faith. 572 00:26:24,091 --> 00:26:26,512 So, after all this, if my other moves don't work, 573 00:26:26,595 --> 00:26:28,679 and I can't jump him to the front of the queue... 574 00:26:29,614 --> 00:26:31,220 how do we secure an organ? 575 00:26:31,303 --> 00:26:33,595 - You mean the kidney itself? - Mm. 576 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,720 That puppy comes from this pupp-ette right here. 577 00:26:40,845 --> 00:26:44,345 She's an illegal just over from El Salvador. And a match. 578 00:26:44,428 --> 00:26:46,470 She'll be out of lockup soon. 579 00:26:46,553 --> 00:26:47,887 And she's willing to sell one. 580 00:26:47,970 --> 00:26:49,136 In fact, she almost already did, 581 00:26:49,220 --> 00:26:51,303 but the fucker croaked too soon. 582 00:26:51,387 --> 00:26:53,970 She'll do anything it takes for the 38K it pays. 583 00:26:54,053 --> 00:26:55,303 Influx at the southern border 584 00:26:55,387 --> 00:26:57,053 isn't all that bad. 585 00:26:57,136 --> 00:26:59,720 Lots of desperate people willing to sell their parts. 586 00:26:59,804 --> 00:27:01,053 She wants to do this! 587 00:27:01,136 --> 00:27:02,804 Even I can't do it. 588 00:27:06,136 --> 00:27:07,595 Is there any alternative? 589 00:27:07,679 --> 00:27:09,720 Oh, shit, yeah. I can change gears like an Aston Martin 590 00:27:09,804 --> 00:27:12,136 with paddles on the steering wheel... fast and smooth. 591 00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:14,104 For the right price, I can get your old man in a scratch and dent. 592 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,853 Okay. Maybe we've covered enough for the day... 593 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:18,553 No. You brought the man here, let him speak. 594 00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:20,679 Let the man speak. 595 00:27:20,762 --> 00:27:23,762 Diseased donor, Chuck. Hep C. HIV. 596 00:27:23,845 --> 00:27:25,929 These people need money. They're willing to share. 597 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:28,095 And then we treat your dad for the underlying problems. 598 00:27:28,178 --> 00:27:29,762 No. Heard enough. More than enough. 599 00:27:29,845 --> 00:27:31,887 Might have to box my ears after this 600 00:27:31,970 --> 00:27:34,428 so the ringing replaces your fucking words. 601 00:27:34,512 --> 00:27:36,595 I'll just take my cash back, please, 602 00:27:36,679 --> 00:27:38,845 and we'll all go on with our lives. 603 00:27:38,929 --> 00:27:41,345 No refunds! 604 00:27:45,679 --> 00:27:47,887 Look, Charlie, 605 00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:50,720 your reaction is normal, usual. 606 00:27:50,804 --> 00:27:53,345 But you will reflect upon this. 607 00:27:53,428 --> 00:27:55,679 If times get desperate enough, 608 00:27:55,762 --> 00:27:59,095 which they will, you'll call me. 609 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,970 They usually end up calling me. 610 00:28:01,053 --> 00:28:03,136 Always. 611 00:28:03,220 --> 00:28:04,887 They always call. 612 00:28:17,011 --> 00:28:18,970 I've profiled the board members. 613 00:28:19,053 --> 00:28:20,470 Vargas is fucking wobbly. 614 00:28:20,553 --> 00:28:21,679 She'll need to be bought off 615 00:28:21,762 --> 00:28:23,470 or taped up in bubble wrap... 616 00:28:23,553 --> 00:28:25,303 Otherwise she'll spill to management or to the press. 617 00:28:25,387 --> 00:28:26,720 Or both. 618 00:28:30,136 --> 00:28:31,720 Alright, I changed my mind... 619 00:28:31,804 --> 00:28:33,887 or I've come to another state of mind, based on your work. 620 00:28:33,970 --> 00:28:36,804 I applied the five-year, 50,000-foot test. 621 00:28:36,887 --> 00:28:40,345 I looked at our decision from above and from the future. 622 00:28:42,136 --> 00:28:43,470 And? 623 00:28:43,553 --> 00:28:44,679 No slow transition. 624 00:28:44,762 --> 00:28:46,345 We can't let another day pass 625 00:28:46,428 --> 00:28:48,720 with this company buying conflict minerals. 626 00:28:48,804 --> 00:28:52,595 The story will leak, as you say... as it always does. 627 00:28:52,679 --> 00:28:55,011 Then, even with what we're planning, 628 00:28:55,095 --> 00:28:57,595 the company will be gutted by regulators 629 00:28:57,679 --> 00:28:59,011 and the stock price with it. 630 00:28:59,095 --> 00:29:00,220 So we break the story immediately 631 00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:01,553 and halt all production. 632 00:29:01,637 --> 00:29:03,512 And we use the new clean tin source. 633 00:29:03,595 --> 00:29:04,679 Even though it won't start up 634 00:29:04,762 --> 00:29:06,512 and get to capacity for six to seven months. 635 00:29:06,595 --> 00:29:09,053 Long term this may be the way to a big win, but... 636 00:29:09,136 --> 00:29:10,428 Yeah, I know. 637 00:29:10,512 --> 00:29:12,345 The company will take a catastrophic loss 638 00:29:12,428 --> 00:29:15,762 for the next three to four quarters. 639 00:29:17,698 --> 00:29:20,658 Look, I don't expect you two to take this bumpy ride with me... 640 00:29:22,053 --> 00:29:26,470 ...so I'll buy Mase Carbon out of its position in the company. 641 00:29:26,553 --> 00:29:28,136 It's only fair. 642 00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:31,679 Whoa. There's the Mike Prince I was warned about. 643 00:29:31,762 --> 00:29:33,261 Did you stunt this entire thing? 644 00:29:33,345 --> 00:29:36,387 Was that supply chain guy just in a box at your office? 645 00:29:37,644 --> 00:29:39,095 Look, I can see how it looks like a move... 646 00:29:39,178 --> 00:29:40,720 but I'm not making one. 647 00:29:40,804 --> 00:29:42,387 Did you gin up a different solution to this thing 648 00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:44,595 to come out a winner while we were sitting here working? 649 00:29:44,679 --> 00:29:46,762 Is that what's behind your sudden interest 650 00:29:46,845 --> 00:29:48,804 in buying our shares? 651 00:29:50,929 --> 00:29:53,261 I get why a life spent working by Axe's side 652 00:29:53,345 --> 00:29:54,387 would make you ask. 653 00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:56,887 But no, it's a genuine offer, 654 00:29:56,970 --> 00:29:58,679 because you threw in with me. 655 00:29:58,762 --> 00:30:00,387 The way my company is structured, 656 00:30:00,470 --> 00:30:01,845 I can afford to grind it out for a while. 657 00:30:01,929 --> 00:30:04,053 I know you're built differently. 658 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:05,637 But, heck, if you don't trust me, 659 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,220 you can buy my position out. 660 00:30:07,303 --> 00:30:09,679 That's a story that doesn't hurt the company. 661 00:30:09,762 --> 00:30:12,095 Or we can share. 662 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:13,887 You make the call. 663 00:30:13,970 --> 00:30:17,428 I just want what's best for the solar space. 664 00:30:20,553 --> 00:30:21,595 I believe him. 665 00:30:21,679 --> 00:30:23,095 Me too. 666 00:30:24,708 --> 00:30:26,470 Don't buy us out. We won't buy you out. 667 00:30:26,553 --> 00:30:27,887 We'll ride together. We'll stay in the company 668 00:30:27,970 --> 00:30:29,595 and take the bumps and bruises along with you. 669 00:30:29,679 --> 00:30:30,845 It's the right thing to do, 670 00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:33,679 and it will, eventually, become profitable again. 671 00:30:33,762 --> 00:30:36,011 Not many can play the long game. 672 00:30:36,095 --> 00:30:37,929 I'm impressed. 673 00:30:42,595 --> 00:30:44,929 Oh! Welcome. Thank you for coming. 674 00:30:45,011 --> 00:30:47,553 Donna will show you where to set up. 675 00:30:51,637 --> 00:30:52,804 Blood drive! 676 00:30:52,887 --> 00:30:54,136 Blood bank is here. 677 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,970 Stop in, get typed and donate, huh? 678 00:30:58,220 --> 00:30:59,762 I have the material from the Yale group. 679 00:30:59,845 --> 00:31:01,970 Mm. 680 00:31:02,053 --> 00:31:03,970 Hmm. 681 00:31:05,303 --> 00:31:06,804 Nothing very chewy... 682 00:31:06,887 --> 00:31:08,595 No. Not going to get Krakow out of office. 683 00:31:08,679 --> 00:31:12,095 - Nothing that'll stick. - So we have to... 684 00:31:14,095 --> 00:31:15,470 If we can't take him out, 685 00:31:15,553 --> 00:31:17,470 we have to make him take himself out. 686 00:31:18,822 --> 00:31:20,178 The old B3 bomber trick? 687 00:31:20,261 --> 00:31:22,136 The last great Mamet. And yes. 688 00:31:22,220 --> 00:31:23,595 That's exactly it. 689 00:31:23,679 --> 00:31:26,136 "Secretary Krakow, we cannot confirm 690 00:31:26,220 --> 00:31:27,762 "the investigation into corruption, 691 00:31:27,845 --> 00:31:29,595 nor your role in same." 692 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:30,804 Yeah. That'll work on him. 693 00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,345 Especially him. 694 00:31:33,428 --> 00:31:36,845 He's in town for an economic advisory panel 695 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,470 at the New York Fed. 696 00:31:38,553 --> 00:31:41,095 Invite him over. ASAP. 697 00:31:44,345 --> 00:31:47,428 What's behind the forced audience in the outer borough? 698 00:31:47,512 --> 00:31:49,428 Beyond the chance to catch up, you mean? 699 00:31:49,947 --> 00:31:52,136 Uh, well, 700 00:31:52,220 --> 00:31:55,011 I want to tell you 701 00:31:56,352 --> 00:31:58,887 that I can't confirm the investigation. 702 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,011 What investigation? 703 00:32:01,095 --> 00:32:04,011 There is none. I'm sure. 704 00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:09,553 I mean, I am not saying that 705 00:32:09,637 --> 00:32:13,095 they're looking into those tax shelters of yours... 706 00:32:14,662 --> 00:32:16,553 - Of mine?! - Or those cap gains... 707 00:32:16,637 --> 00:32:17,845 Yeah, no, okay. 708 00:32:17,929 --> 00:32:20,470 What I'm... What I'm trying to say is: 709 00:32:20,553 --> 00:32:23,220 I can't let on, 710 00:32:23,303 --> 00:32:24,512 officially, 711 00:32:24,595 --> 00:32:26,720 that it isn't. 712 00:32:26,804 --> 00:32:28,303 Probably nothing. 713 00:32:28,387 --> 00:32:29,553 Mm. 714 00:32:29,637 --> 00:32:31,387 If we were to officially tell you 715 00:32:31,470 --> 00:32:32,762 that there were a probe... 716 00:32:32,845 --> 00:32:35,887 Oh, Christ, there's a probe. 717 00:32:35,970 --> 00:32:36,970 He's a friendly. 718 00:32:38,637 --> 00:32:40,220 If there were a probe, 719 00:32:40,303 --> 00:32:42,387 it would be against federal officials 720 00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:45,845 using their positions for illegal personal gain. 721 00:32:45,929 --> 00:32:48,053 Good thing I don't traffic in that. 722 00:32:48,136 --> 00:32:49,679 No, of course. 723 00:32:49,762 --> 00:32:51,637 But, shit... 724 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,553 Who have they gotten to? What level? 725 00:32:54,637 --> 00:32:56,720 We don't have names, 726 00:32:56,804 --> 00:32:58,512 just cabinet level, though. 727 00:33:02,178 --> 00:33:04,261 Cabinet level! 728 00:33:05,136 --> 00:33:06,553 Trust no one. 729 00:33:06,637 --> 00:33:09,261 And think about how this will play. 730 00:33:09,345 --> 00:33:11,011 If you're around any of this conduct, 731 00:33:11,095 --> 00:33:13,261 you need to stand up for your integrity... 732 00:33:13,345 --> 00:33:17,929 loudly... and condemn any illegal moves by your colleagues... 733 00:33:18,011 --> 00:33:19,804 so it's clear when the tapes are heard. 734 00:33:27,136 --> 00:33:28,720 I appreciate the warning. 735 00:33:36,553 --> 00:33:38,136 How many languages do you have? 736 00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:39,887 Python, Java of course. 737 00:33:39,970 --> 00:33:41,637 I can also do stuff in JSFuck. 738 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,178 And I used to dick around with Malbolge, but just for fun. 739 00:33:44,261 --> 00:33:46,428 No. Spoken languages. Not programming. 740 00:33:46,512 --> 00:33:48,828 Even though that's hot in a different way at a different time 741 00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:51,553 and when an entirely different person is telling me. 742 00:33:51,637 --> 00:33:53,387 - Just English. - Weirdest thing. 743 00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:54,970 This stuff... I am suddenly remembering 744 00:33:55,053 --> 00:33:56,637 all the Spanish I took in high school. 745 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,095 I'm banging through language proficiency tests on here. 746 00:33:59,178 --> 00:34:02,720 I think I will be officially bilingual in like an hour. 747 00:34:06,387 --> 00:34:07,637 I'm going to work in there. 748 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:08,887 For optimal focus. 749 00:34:08,970 --> 00:34:10,887 That's impressive. I'm impressed. 750 00:34:10,970 --> 00:34:12,553 I already was impressed by you, and this'll... 751 00:34:12,637 --> 00:34:13,929 Yeah. I know. 752 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:15,303 I see how you stare. 753 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:16,512 I don't stare. 754 00:34:16,595 --> 00:34:19,053 I look sometimes. Just look. 755 00:34:19,136 --> 00:34:21,595 Look turns into a stare after like 20 seconds. 756 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:23,845 15. Quince. 757 00:34:25,804 --> 00:34:28,053 You know, they say you're truly bilingual 758 00:34:28,136 --> 00:34:30,220 when you can dream in the other language. 759 00:34:30,303 --> 00:34:32,470 I can't wait to find out. 760 00:34:37,444 --> 00:34:39,244 _ 761 00:34:39,428 --> 00:34:41,470 Yeah, I think that'll benefit the most people... 762 00:34:41,553 --> 00:34:42,929 Absolutely. The whole idea of easing 763 00:34:43,011 --> 00:34:44,261 is to allow credit to flow to those who... 764 00:34:44,345 --> 00:34:47,136 Yes. That's why we have to approve this... 765 00:34:47,220 --> 00:34:50,053 Hey, can we pause the note-taking for a second? 766 00:34:50,136 --> 00:34:53,261 Jim, been meaning to tell you I worked it out 767 00:34:53,345 --> 00:34:56,220 for you to jump on the Mesa-Comm board when your term is over. 768 00:35:22,679 --> 00:35:24,512 I won't have it! 769 00:35:24,595 --> 00:35:25,929 I won't be party to it! 770 00:35:26,011 --> 00:35:27,887 And I won't have it! 771 00:35:27,970 --> 00:35:30,136 The backslapping. The favor trading! 772 00:35:30,220 --> 00:35:32,679 You're supposed to be thinking about the citizenry. 773 00:35:32,762 --> 00:35:33,929 Not your own pocket book! 774 00:35:34,011 --> 00:35:35,929 Oh, what the hell, Secretary Krakow. 775 00:35:36,011 --> 00:35:37,845 I don't even carry a pocket book. 776 00:35:37,929 --> 00:35:41,428 And you, Stan... take this down... 777 00:35:41,512 --> 00:35:43,929 I know who you paid off for your seat, 778 00:35:44,011 --> 00:35:47,553 and I know who you're paying off for your next one. 779 00:35:47,637 --> 00:35:49,303 And I'm not just gonna sit here and... 780 00:35:49,387 --> 00:35:52,428 I'm not going down with the ship, God damn it! 781 00:35:52,512 --> 00:35:53,679 You hear me? 782 00:35:53,762 --> 00:35:56,095 Because there is coronavirus on it, 783 00:35:56,178 --> 00:35:59,053 and that shit spreads. 784 00:35:59,136 --> 00:36:03,303 And what the fuck happened to trust, huh? 785 00:36:03,387 --> 00:36:07,011 I look around this table, and I do not see friends. 786 00:36:07,095 --> 00:36:09,095 Whoa, what the fuck, Jesus, Krakow. 787 00:36:09,178 --> 00:36:12,887 I won't be a part of a criminal enterprise... 788 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,679 I will not be a part of a criminal enterprise! 789 00:36:15,762 --> 00:36:20,470 I will not be a part of a goddamn criminal enterprise! 790 00:36:21,878 --> 00:36:24,220 - Hey. - Hi. 791 00:36:27,345 --> 00:36:28,845 Quick drink before we go? 792 00:36:28,929 --> 00:36:30,887 Yeah. I'm gonna wash my hands. 793 00:36:34,762 --> 00:36:36,303 Where are you? 794 00:36:36,387 --> 00:36:37,720 Tanner's. 795 00:36:37,804 --> 00:36:39,637 Approved... 796 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,387 Approved... 797 00:36:41,470 --> 00:36:44,136 Good. I want to know whether he's made any progress or not. 798 00:36:45,192 --> 00:36:48,053 - You should ask him. - Right. Do me a favor. 799 00:36:48,136 --> 00:36:50,387 Take some pictures of what he's got, then send them to me. 800 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:53,970 You know what? 801 00:36:54,053 --> 00:36:55,220 I'm not doing that. 802 00:36:55,303 --> 00:36:57,095 It's a bad ask, and I'm not playing. 803 00:36:57,178 --> 00:36:58,845 You're supposed to help me harvest 804 00:36:58,929 --> 00:37:00,637 the most out of my people... as I have been all day. 805 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:03,095 Their work product is mine by extension... 806 00:37:03,178 --> 00:37:04,512 Except he's not one of yours. 807 00:37:04,595 --> 00:37:07,053 Not like the rest. So learn to wait. 808 00:37:07,136 --> 00:37:09,762 Or, again, ask him yourself. 809 00:37:11,553 --> 00:37:12,970 God damn it... 810 00:37:18,053 --> 00:37:19,136 You good? 811 00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:20,679 All good. 812 00:37:20,762 --> 00:37:22,303 - Cheers. - Cheers. 813 00:37:27,053 --> 00:37:28,845 How's it going? Get everyone in the office yet? 814 00:37:28,929 --> 00:37:31,512 Only about 16 people have donated so far... 815 00:37:33,762 --> 00:37:35,804 Hey! Let's go, everyone! 816 00:37:35,887 --> 00:37:37,220 Blood drive today! 817 00:37:37,303 --> 00:37:38,845 Roll up those sleeves and get in there! 818 00:37:38,929 --> 00:37:41,762 Let's show the blood bank that the hearts of NYAG 819 00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:44,095 are full of generosity! 820 00:37:44,178 --> 00:37:46,345 Don't think you all are exempt because you're new. 821 00:37:46,428 --> 00:37:48,679 Get in there and give blood! 822 00:37:50,679 --> 00:37:52,929 Blood drive! Ya bleed yet? 823 00:37:53,011 --> 00:37:54,553 Oh, I already gave. 824 00:37:54,637 --> 00:37:56,387 I give blood regularly, actually. 825 00:37:56,470 --> 00:37:57,720 You're a true mensch. 826 00:37:57,804 --> 00:37:59,845 I like getting the juice box at the end. 827 00:37:59,929 --> 00:38:02,553 Sometimes it's orange, sometimes it is apple. 828 00:38:02,637 --> 00:38:04,011 They even give ya a cookie sometimes 829 00:38:04,095 --> 00:38:05,420 if you know to ask for it. 830 00:38:06,512 --> 00:38:07,845 You know what never changes, though? 831 00:38:07,929 --> 00:38:10,220 - What's that? - The amount of blood they draw. 832 00:38:10,303 --> 00:38:13,136 470 milliliters is a little less than a pint. 833 00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:16,053 Your nurse in there is taking 600. 834 00:38:17,324 --> 00:38:19,178 Busted. 835 00:38:19,261 --> 00:38:22,637 To borrow from the Ray Charles songbook. 836 00:38:24,845 --> 00:38:27,345 Why do you want our blood, Chuck? 837 00:38:28,554 --> 00:38:30,428 I didn't know if this fell within our agreement, 838 00:38:31,990 --> 00:38:33,637 but hell, everything should. 839 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:37,637 Uh... 840 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,136 My father. 841 00:38:40,220 --> 00:38:42,845 If I don't find him a living kidney donor, 842 00:38:42,929 --> 00:38:46,762 he'll die before he reaches the top of the waitlist. 843 00:38:46,845 --> 00:38:49,178 If I can even get him on it. 844 00:38:49,261 --> 00:38:51,595 And if someone here is a match? 845 00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:53,345 How would that not be coercion, 846 00:38:53,428 --> 00:38:55,970 not to mention a HIPAA violation? 847 00:38:56,053 --> 00:38:57,762 I will handle the matter delicately. 848 00:38:57,845 --> 00:38:59,679 And indirectly. 849 00:38:59,762 --> 00:39:01,845 Hmm. 850 00:39:01,929 --> 00:39:03,720 You ever heard of James Davenport? 851 00:39:03,804 --> 00:39:05,387 I don't believe so. 852 00:39:05,470 --> 00:39:06,512 No. Enlighten me. 853 00:39:06,595 --> 00:39:07,887 He was an itinerant minister 854 00:39:08,011 --> 00:39:09,470 during the First Great Awakening. 855 00:39:09,553 --> 00:39:12,136 Known for giving fiery, passionate sermons. 856 00:39:12,220 --> 00:39:13,470 Developed quite a following. 857 00:39:13,553 --> 00:39:16,345 One day, he was preaching at a bonfire. 858 00:39:16,428 --> 00:39:18,720 He worked himself into a frenzy. 859 00:39:18,804 --> 00:39:21,637 He started denouncing clothing as a symbol of vanity. 860 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,762 Took his own pants off and threw them into the fire. 861 00:39:24,845 --> 00:39:26,345 Totally broke the spell... 862 00:39:26,428 --> 00:39:29,804 His congregants decided he'd lost his mind and they left. 863 00:39:29,887 --> 00:39:31,637 You've got a devoted flock here, Chuck, 864 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,720 but you are getting pretty close 865 00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:35,970 to throwing your pants in the fire. 866 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:51,136 Where we at? 867 00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:53,011 We are on the verge! 868 00:39:53,095 --> 00:39:54,512 - Of? - Space and time. 869 00:39:54,595 --> 00:39:56,804 Punching through the envelope of pure profit. 870 00:39:56,887 --> 00:39:59,428 Axe is about to execute a huge move... multi-sector play. 871 00:39:59,512 --> 00:40:01,428 Meteor minerals, geo-politics, market makers. 872 00:40:01,512 --> 00:40:04,679 He's actually using a me-developed trading tool! 873 00:40:04,762 --> 00:40:07,470 Already sold out of $3-plus billion worth of crap to do it. 874 00:40:07,553 --> 00:40:11,970 And, more importantly, today he finally saw me! 875 00:40:12,053 --> 00:40:14,095 He actually saw me! 876 00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:16,095 I need you to translate what he is saying. 877 00:40:16,178 --> 00:40:17,178 Into Spanish? 878 00:40:17,261 --> 00:40:18,845 English first, please. 879 00:40:18,929 --> 00:40:20,679 Yeah, my head's in another space. 880 00:40:20,762 --> 00:40:22,470 I've been gauging the situation on the ground... 881 00:40:22,553 --> 00:40:24,178 talking to local officials, scientists, diplomats. 882 00:40:24,261 --> 00:40:25,428 On the ground in... 883 00:40:25,512 --> 00:40:27,679 Chile. I'm fluent in Spanish now. 884 00:40:27,762 --> 00:40:29,011 But no one could really grasp 885 00:40:29,095 --> 00:40:31,053 the concepts I was throwing at them. 886 00:40:31,136 --> 00:40:34,136 I must be too far ahead cognitively. 887 00:40:34,220 --> 00:40:35,970 I have more than a little Spanish. 888 00:40:36,053 --> 00:40:37,220 Give me a sample of what you said. 889 00:40:37,303 --> 00:40:38,720 Yo quiero chilaquiles verdes 890 00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:40,136 en la biblioteca despacito, 891 00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:42,679 - con un lado arroz. - Got it. Yep. 892 00:40:42,762 --> 00:40:44,679 What's that Tom Cruise says in "A Few Good Men"? 893 00:40:44,762 --> 00:40:47,303 Yeah. Clear. Crystal. 894 00:40:52,804 --> 00:40:54,845 This drug is warping your judgment. 895 00:40:54,929 --> 00:40:57,470 This isn't the Limitless shit. It's the Scarface shit. 896 00:40:57,553 --> 00:40:59,428 No, no, you're missing the train. 897 00:40:59,512 --> 00:41:02,720 Go see Victor, see if he has any more, and then climb aboard. 898 00:41:02,804 --> 00:41:04,595 I could use another supercomputer on the project. 899 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:06,762 I'm thinking we trade the Asian markets all night long... 900 00:41:06,845 --> 00:41:08,720 You've got to stop. And ditch. 901 00:41:08,804 --> 00:41:10,887 My brilliant new analyst thinks she's suddenly bilingual, 902 00:41:10,970 --> 00:41:12,387 but she just made an elaborate lunch order 903 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:13,887 on the phone with Chile. 904 00:41:16,164 --> 00:41:17,804 Of course. 905 00:41:17,887 --> 00:41:19,345 What else would you say? 906 00:41:19,428 --> 00:41:21,637 If it's not quant or impact, you don't buy in. 907 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,178 And that's if your motives even check out 908 00:41:23,261 --> 00:41:25,553 - in the first fucking place... - I see. 909 00:41:25,637 --> 00:41:27,178 I know you haven't been completely sure about me, 910 00:41:27,261 --> 00:41:28,845 but ask yourself if you can trust me now, 911 00:41:28,929 --> 00:41:30,303 because I'm telling you: 912 00:41:30,387 --> 00:41:32,261 It's likely the Socialists win in Chile. 913 00:41:32,345 --> 00:41:33,553 So you lose your government support 914 00:41:33,637 --> 00:41:35,387 for the planetary mining base there. 915 00:41:35,470 --> 00:41:37,136 And if you don't let me put your whole plan back in the box, 916 00:41:37,220 --> 00:41:39,720 and cancel your meteor play before the trigger gets pulled, 917 00:41:39,804 --> 00:41:41,804 we're going to take a massive loss. Fatal. 918 00:41:41,887 --> 00:41:44,261 God damn it... Why are you messing with me? 919 00:41:44,345 --> 00:41:46,387 You trying to sabotage the bigger play? 920 00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:47,720 Am I supposed to trust you? How? 921 00:41:47,804 --> 00:41:50,345 Think about this: You know financial loss 922 00:41:50,428 --> 00:41:52,261 and market inefficiency and just plain error 923 00:41:52,345 --> 00:41:54,553 offend me more than almost anything a human can do to me. 924 00:41:54,637 --> 00:41:56,345 If you listen to me, and I'm fucking you over, 925 00:41:56,428 --> 00:41:58,136 you'll still have all that capital you freed up. 926 00:41:58,220 --> 00:42:00,136 And you'll still be miles ahead of the competition. 927 00:42:00,220 --> 00:42:01,261 So you can take more of that stuff 928 00:42:01,345 --> 00:42:02,595 and come up with your next plan, 929 00:42:02,679 --> 00:42:04,136 as well as kick my ass out the door. 930 00:42:04,220 --> 00:42:06,095 But if I'm telling you the truth, and you go ahead, 931 00:42:06,178 --> 00:42:08,970 you're gonna lose 3 billion fucking dollars... 932 00:42:16,220 --> 00:42:18,595 And consider this: success. 933 00:42:18,679 --> 00:42:21,261 Let's say you're right about this whole crazy plan. 934 00:42:21,345 --> 00:42:22,512 You somehow pull it off 935 00:42:22,595 --> 00:42:25,136 and harvest more gold, platinum, tungsten, and cobalt 936 00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:27,095 than the world has ever known... 937 00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:29,387 it will all end up as worthless as sand, 938 00:42:29,470 --> 00:42:30,845 because it will glut the market. 939 00:42:30,929 --> 00:42:33,220 Scarcity is the only thing that gives that stuff value, 940 00:42:33,303 --> 00:42:36,512 and you will have fundamentally destroyed that. 941 00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:39,011 Fuck. 942 00:42:41,136 --> 00:42:44,011 Pull the plug. Do it. 943 00:42:48,637 --> 00:42:51,095 Shut 'em down! Shut down your Bloombergs 944 00:42:51,178 --> 00:42:53,345 and back away from your keyboards immediately 945 00:42:53,428 --> 00:42:56,553 before we make any more stupid fucking trades! 946 00:43:15,011 --> 00:43:16,720 - All done, sir. - Mm. 947 00:43:16,804 --> 00:43:19,387 Sorry to tell you, but no one in the office is a match. 948 00:43:19,470 --> 00:43:21,470 But thanks for your donation to the blood drive. 949 00:43:21,553 --> 00:43:23,011 It'll do a lot of good. 950 00:43:23,095 --> 00:43:24,637 Great. 951 00:43:47,470 --> 00:43:48,929 You see the thing? 952 00:43:49,011 --> 00:43:51,345 The Krakow thing? I just sent it to you. 953 00:43:53,220 --> 00:43:55,261 I simply won't, I can't, I'm not, 954 00:43:55,345 --> 00:43:58,512 part of a criminal enterprise. 955 00:43:58,595 --> 00:44:01,804 I expressed same, and suddenly I'm bounced, 956 00:44:01,887 --> 00:44:03,929 which is fine, great! 957 00:44:04,011 --> 00:44:05,303 I'm done. 958 00:44:05,387 --> 00:44:06,679 Back to what I do best, 959 00:44:06,762 --> 00:44:10,762 making the ca-ching machine go ca-ching. 960 00:44:10,845 --> 00:44:12,845 The man detonated a suicide vest. 961 00:44:12,929 --> 00:44:14,470 Unless someone put him up to it. 962 00:44:14,553 --> 00:44:16,512 Either way, he's out. Fired by the White House. 963 00:44:16,595 --> 00:44:18,512 His whole slate's been spiked, including... 964 00:44:18,595 --> 00:44:20,261 My national bank charter. 965 00:44:20,345 --> 00:44:23,679 God damn it. Back to square fucking one. 966 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:27,512 Get Victor on reviving this. 967 00:44:27,595 --> 00:44:29,387 Give him all the resources he needs. 968 00:44:29,470 --> 00:44:30,804 Tell him to think broadly. 969 00:44:30,887 --> 00:44:33,345 Use his Ivy League brain and his Far Rockaway street smarts. 970 00:44:33,428 --> 00:44:34,595 And get me Wendy. 971 00:44:34,679 --> 00:44:36,470 Out. For the night. 972 00:44:36,553 --> 00:44:38,428 Didn't come back after her meetings. 973 00:44:38,512 --> 00:44:40,637 Oh. No. Sure. 974 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,053 Important stuff. 975 00:44:47,762 --> 00:44:50,303 Maybe we can move a part of her agenda forward. 976 00:44:53,458 --> 00:44:55,887 - Who are you? - You must not watch Rachael Ray. 977 00:44:55,970 --> 00:44:57,720 - No. - You should. 978 00:44:57,804 --> 00:44:59,929 - You're Mary Giuliani. - Axe sent me. 979 00:45:00,011 --> 00:45:01,428 I'm here to set up for the viewing party. 980 00:45:01,512 --> 00:45:03,136 There is no viewing party. 981 00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:05,470 No, Tanner, 982 00:45:05,553 --> 00:45:08,804 if Axe says there is, there is... 983 00:45:18,387 --> 00:45:20,512 The question is: 984 00:45:20,595 --> 00:45:21,970 Will you be here for it? 985 00:45:30,679 --> 00:45:32,220 Knew you'd call. 986 00:45:32,303 --> 00:45:36,178 I just need your services to get him past the medical workup. 987 00:45:36,261 --> 00:45:38,637 I can find the kidney myself. 988 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:41,345 Okay, Chuck. It's your decision. 989 00:45:41,428 --> 00:45:43,720 But you're still gonna have to pay full price. 990 00:45:43,804 --> 00:45:45,261 Sure thing. 991 00:45:45,345 --> 00:45:48,011 I already have. 992 00:45:49,095 --> 00:45:52,011 And this 993 00:45:52,095 --> 00:45:55,428 is 38K for that little girl, Pete. 994 00:45:55,512 --> 00:45:57,845 I trust you to see she gets it 995 00:45:57,929 --> 00:46:01,011 and keeps her full complement of organs. 996 00:46:01,095 --> 00:46:02,136 Sure thing. 997 00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:03,512 Whatever you say, boss. 998 00:46:03,595 --> 00:46:05,220 I gotta kill the deal for her spleen? 999 00:46:05,303 --> 00:46:06,887 - Yes. - Okay. 1000 00:46:06,970 --> 00:46:09,804 You can start working your magic with my father now. 1001 00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:12,970 Dad, we're ready for you! 1002 00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:20,595 - Thanks, Mary. - Thanks, Axe. 1003 00:46:23,095 --> 00:46:25,720 Hey. DJ D-Sol, 1004 00:46:25,804 --> 00:46:29,011 so, come on, how about selling me a piece of your bank? 1005 00:46:29,095 --> 00:46:31,887 I'm really sorry, but Marcus isn't for sale at any price. 1006 00:46:31,970 --> 00:46:34,720 Really? Lasry, you want to talk some sense into him? 1007 00:46:34,804 --> 00:46:37,595 I wish I could, but he's not changing his mind. 1008 00:46:37,679 --> 00:46:39,387 - Sorry. - Sorry, Axe. 1009 00:46:39,470 --> 00:46:40,887 Alright, guys. Well, enjoy the show. 1010 00:46:40,970 --> 00:46:42,595 Thanks for coming. Good to see you. 1011 00:46:42,679 --> 00:46:44,220 Thanks for having us. Have a good one. 1012 00:46:44,303 --> 00:46:45,428 Alright. 1013 00:46:47,887 --> 00:46:49,804 - C.C., what's up, man? - How you doing, Axe? 1014 00:46:49,887 --> 00:46:51,178 - Glad you're here. - Thanks. Thanks for having me. 1015 00:46:51,261 --> 00:46:52,637 - I like what I see. - Yeah, it's good, huh? 1016 00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:54,178 Check this out. Weird shit. 1017 00:46:54,261 --> 00:46:56,136 I think you'll like it. 1018 00:46:59,553 --> 00:47:00,887 You enjoying yourself? 1019 00:47:00,970 --> 00:47:03,053 Oh, yes, very much. But you were right. 1020 00:47:03,136 --> 00:47:06,345 Pictures on a phone would not have done these justice. 1021 00:47:06,428 --> 00:47:10,679 And yet somehow it feels like a party for one. 1022 00:47:10,762 --> 00:47:12,595 Well, your artist seems to be 1023 00:47:12,679 --> 00:47:14,970 handling the situation very well. 1024 00:47:15,053 --> 00:47:17,470 Well, he's making the best of it because he has to. 1025 00:47:17,553 --> 00:47:19,595 And because he's a professional. 1026 00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:23,261 Oh. He is the real deal, isn't he? 1027 00:47:23,345 --> 00:47:25,887 You should try the canapés. They're delicious. 1028 00:47:32,095 --> 00:47:34,845 I love the composition, the world of this painting. 1029 00:47:35,806 --> 00:47:38,303 You seem like you're holding up. 1030 00:47:38,387 --> 00:47:40,762 You know, maybe Axe is right. 1031 00:47:40,845 --> 00:47:42,303 He owns it all. 1032 00:47:42,387 --> 00:47:43,679 He's keeping me fresh. 1033 00:47:43,762 --> 00:47:46,512 He's trying to push me to go further. 1034 00:47:46,595 --> 00:47:48,303 - That's generous. - Yeah. 1035 00:47:48,387 --> 00:47:51,011 Tanner, these pieces are stunning, 1036 00:47:51,095 --> 00:47:52,929 even in their raw form. 1037 00:47:53,011 --> 00:47:54,762 Well, thank you. 1038 00:47:55,658 --> 00:47:57,637 How impasto will you go? 1039 00:47:59,170 --> 00:48:01,178 I studied art history back in college. 1040 00:48:03,178 --> 00:48:08,053 My husband... ex-husband... has a fund. 1041 00:48:08,136 --> 00:48:10,553 I did very well in the divorce. 1042 00:48:10,637 --> 00:48:12,303 I'm a bit of a collector. 1043 00:48:12,387 --> 00:48:14,345 I can see that. Yeah. 1044 00:48:14,428 --> 00:48:16,845 Which one of the pieces inspires you? 1045 00:48:18,637 --> 00:48:20,261 I love this one. 1046 00:48:20,345 --> 00:48:22,178 And why is that? 1047 00:48:22,261 --> 00:48:24,220 It's about growth, 1048 00:48:24,303 --> 00:48:25,512 the tenacity of life. 1049 00:48:25,595 --> 00:48:28,929 The universality of biology. 1050 00:48:29,011 --> 00:48:31,387 The birth-death cycle. 1051 00:48:31,470 --> 00:48:35,887 Your work is so understated. 1052 00:48:35,970 --> 00:48:39,929 It invites you to stop and look again. 1053 00:48:40,694 --> 00:48:43,679 Or else you might miss the significance. 1054 00:48:43,762 --> 00:48:45,720 I'm not sure subjecting the artist 1055 00:48:45,804 --> 00:48:48,011 to some dime-store interpretation is the way to... 1056 00:48:48,095 --> 00:48:49,637 Sometimes. 1057 00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:52,595 But sometimes you find someone who... 1058 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:55,220 who has an eye, who gets it. 1059 00:48:55,303 --> 00:48:56,929 What else do you see? 1060 00:48:59,679 --> 00:49:01,553 I see passion. 1061 00:49:15,762 --> 00:49:18,512 Absolutely incorruptible. 1062 00:49:18,595 --> 00:49:21,845 Unless you're a socialite with a nine-figure bank account 1063 00:49:21,929 --> 00:49:24,387 with a sweet tooth for abstract art. 1064 00:49:35,778 --> 00:49:37,887 That went about as expected. 1065 00:49:37,970 --> 00:49:39,762 The admixture of art and commerce, 1066 00:49:39,845 --> 00:49:42,387 almost as intoxicating as whiskey and water. 1067 00:49:42,470 --> 00:49:45,679 And almost twice as likely to cause bar fights. 1068 00:49:48,345 --> 00:49:50,720 What could be solved has been solved. 1069 00:49:50,804 --> 00:49:52,679 Which is most of it. 1070 00:49:52,762 --> 00:49:54,595 There will be cap-gains exposure from the sell-offs. 1071 00:49:54,679 --> 00:49:55,762 We'll manage that by rolling back 1072 00:49:55,845 --> 00:49:57,637 into new, more earthbound, positions. 1073 00:49:57,720 --> 00:50:00,595 Thank you for the sanity and competence. 1074 00:50:00,679 --> 00:50:03,762 A non-intoxicating yet utterly essential pairing. 1075 00:50:03,845 --> 00:50:05,553 And hardly any bar fights. 1076 00:50:06,188 --> 00:50:07,220 I have had one, you know. 1077 00:50:07,303 --> 00:50:08,637 Bar fight? 1078 00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:10,387 It was just after seeing Y Tu Mamá También. 1079 00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:12,053 In a theater. I was all hopped up, 1080 00:50:12,136 --> 00:50:14,095 and some kid... Willard Broxton... 1081 00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:16,637 from my high school went into his usual routine, 1082 00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,804 ripping into me. And I just decided, not today. 1083 00:50:18,887 --> 00:50:20,095 Did you throw the first punch? 1084 00:50:20,178 --> 00:50:21,637 The only punch, yes. 1085 00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:23,887 And swore never again to give in to that emotion. 1086 00:50:23,970 --> 00:50:25,470 I also haven't watched that movie again 1087 00:50:25,553 --> 00:50:26,720 for fear of what it might provoke. 1088 00:50:26,804 --> 00:50:28,553 Like Axe and Magnum Force! 1089 00:50:28,637 --> 00:50:31,178 Yeah. But tell me. 1090 00:50:31,261 --> 00:50:34,387 You don't usually traffic in tales of pugilism and cinema. 1091 00:50:34,470 --> 00:50:37,261 - Something you want to say? - There is. Yes. 1092 00:50:37,345 --> 00:50:39,720 You will see a loss from Mase Carbon on the books today. 1093 00:50:39,804 --> 00:50:41,095 It will grow. 1094 00:50:42,881 --> 00:50:44,011 Those are fighting words. 1095 00:50:44,095 --> 00:50:45,637 Was it because you had to look after our shop? 1096 00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:47,804 No. I can't blame Vigilantrix for this. 1097 00:50:47,887 --> 00:50:49,929 And the loss isn't a one-time thing. 1098 00:50:50,011 --> 00:50:51,178 We are going to carry it for a while. 1099 00:50:51,261 --> 00:50:52,553 Prince and I put our heads together 1100 00:50:52,637 --> 00:50:54,136 - on the impact scandal... - Prince?! 1101 00:50:54,220 --> 00:50:55,845 Wendy and I made a calculated risk to work with him 1102 00:50:55,929 --> 00:50:57,887 because there was real long-term upside. 1103 00:50:57,970 --> 00:51:00,345 You mis-fucking-calculated. What happened? 1104 00:51:00,428 --> 00:51:02,345 Prince convinced me to take the short-term hit 1105 00:51:02,428 --> 00:51:04,095 in order to rebuild Shine-Lucence publicly 1106 00:51:04,178 --> 00:51:06,136 and preserve the pristine reputation of Mase Carbon... 1107 00:51:06,220 --> 00:51:07,679 Actually, that's not strictly what happened. 1108 00:51:07,762 --> 00:51:09,720 - I volunteered. - No, you didn't. 1109 00:51:09,804 --> 00:51:11,595 Even if you think you did. 1110 00:51:11,679 --> 00:51:14,178 Yeah, and if you did, 1111 00:51:14,261 --> 00:51:16,011 it's 'cause he wanted you to. 1112 00:51:16,095 --> 00:51:17,762 - Tell it. - That's not how it happened. 1113 00:51:17,845 --> 00:51:19,720 I think maybe the half-life of that Vigilantrix 1114 00:51:19,804 --> 00:51:22,095 - is making you angsty. - Nope. Born this way. 1115 00:51:22,178 --> 00:51:23,428 Stoked it. Intentionally. 1116 00:51:23,512 --> 00:51:24,887 - I preserve it. - I know. 1117 00:51:24,970 --> 00:51:27,595 But Prince... he almost ate the entire loss himself, 1118 00:51:27,679 --> 00:51:29,303 to buy me out of the company. 1119 00:51:29,387 --> 00:51:30,970 But then I saw the sagacity in his plan, and I insisted... 1120 00:51:31,053 --> 00:51:33,303 Textbook fucking manipulation. 1121 00:51:33,387 --> 00:51:35,553 He played you. And me by extension. 1122 00:51:35,637 --> 00:51:37,136 He duped you into taking that loss. 1123 00:51:37,220 --> 00:51:39,553 And now that's on my fucking sheet. 1124 00:51:41,322 --> 00:51:42,720 I bet he'd already pared his position 1125 00:51:42,804 --> 00:51:46,595 before all this going public with the story bullshit started. 1126 00:51:46,679 --> 00:51:48,553 Sounds to me like an act of war. 1127 00:51:48,637 --> 00:51:50,261 Sounds that way because it is that way. 1128 00:51:50,345 --> 00:51:51,887 Mm. You know what? 1129 00:51:51,970 --> 00:51:54,303 That fucker made me believe he was laying down... 1130 00:51:54,387 --> 00:51:56,053 No, of course not. 1131 00:51:56,136 --> 00:51:58,261 The ol' sneak attack from behind. 1132 00:51:58,345 --> 00:52:01,512 Is there anything I can say to get you to see it differently? 1133 00:52:01,595 --> 00:52:03,303 There is not. 1134 00:52:11,220 --> 00:52:13,178 Wags. 1135 00:52:13,261 --> 00:52:15,762 You ready to become a wartime consiglieri once again? 1136 00:52:15,845 --> 00:52:18,428 Pop had Genco. You have me. 1137 00:52:18,512 --> 00:52:20,428 You know why they called it going to the mattresses 1138 00:52:20,512 --> 00:52:22,136 when mob families went to war? 1139 00:52:22,220 --> 00:52:23,929 It's mentioned in 1 but never explained. 1140 00:52:24,011 --> 00:52:25,220 General idea. 1141 00:52:25,303 --> 00:52:27,095 It's because you had to move out of your home 1142 00:52:27,178 --> 00:52:30,595 and hole up someplace where no one could find you, 1143 00:52:30,679 --> 00:52:32,053 with all your men. 1144 00:52:32,136 --> 00:52:33,637 But you had to do it quick, 1145 00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:35,679 so that you'd get the jump on the rival family 1146 00:52:35,762 --> 00:52:37,136 before they got the jump on you. 1147 00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:39,053 So you had places stashed around the city, 1148 00:52:39,136 --> 00:52:41,011 with the mattresses on the floor. 1149 00:52:41,095 --> 00:52:43,470 And that is where you would make your stand 1150 00:52:43,553 --> 00:52:46,428 until you nailed the boss of the rival family. 1151 00:52:46,512 --> 00:52:48,261 And once you got him 1152 00:52:48,345 --> 00:52:50,428 and all his soldiers fell into line, 1153 00:52:50,512 --> 00:52:52,470 that's when you'd go home to your comfy bed 1154 00:52:52,553 --> 00:52:54,220 and your wife and kids. 1155 00:52:54,303 --> 00:52:55,595 And that's what we're about to do? 1156 00:52:55,679 --> 00:52:57,095 We sure are. 1157 00:52:57,178 --> 00:52:58,261 Get me Bach. 1158 00:52:58,345 --> 00:52:59,595 Get me Hall. 1159 00:52:59,679 --> 00:53:01,595 Get me anyone who can help us find out 1160 00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:05,512 what is near and dear to Michael Thomas Aquinas Prince. 1161 00:53:05,595 --> 00:53:08,095 Because when I find out what matters to him, 1162 00:53:08,178 --> 00:53:10,637 I am going to fucking destroy it. 1163 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:13,512 And him right along with it. 1164 00:54:11,195 --> 00:54:14,908 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com