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[Lara] Previously on Billions...
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[Chuck] The key to bagging Axe
is "Dollar" Bill Steam.
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[Kate] Bill Steam bribed
a Pepsum researcher
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for proprietary information
for a drug called Vaccarizine.
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I want to put him on the rack
and stretch him until he gives us Axe.
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[Orrin] The good news is this...
when you get out of there,
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you're starting at $1.4, easy.
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- Better news...I'll hire you.
- I'm staying.
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[Chuck Sr.] Still, Wendy's
making things difficult for you.
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Why is she still working?
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We started to discuss it.
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I've been working there
since before we were married
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and long before you were in office.
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Your value to the firm is absolute.
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Stick with me.
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[Bryan] I don't want to be out of line,
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but you might want to consider
recusing yourself from this case.
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The conflict of interest-
it's gonna be an issue.
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[Wendy] So what's the minimum
investment for family and friends?
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I promised I wouldn't take any money
away from Axe.
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What if he never finds out?
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If they bring an action,
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the whole strategy becomes
about leveraging a settlement.
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I'd never settle.
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- William Steam, you are under arrest...
- Lawyer.
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...for insider trading
and securities fraud.
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- Lawyer.
- You have the right...
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- Lawyer.
- ...to remain silent.
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♪ Pensive music I
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III
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♪ tense music I
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Go on ahead.
Right through there.
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III
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Hello?
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You came.
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Did I have a choice?
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You always have a choice.
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III
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Come in.
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III
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It's been a weird couple of days.
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Yeah.
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[horns honking, indistinct chatter]
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[clapping]
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Hello.
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Did you strike a blow
forjustice today, Mr. Rhoades?
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I do believe we did.
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You organized this
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and then made sure I wasn't there
when it happened.
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You're welcome.
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Did you consider for a second
what that was gonna do to me?
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Should I go?
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- Yes!
- Yes.
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Okay.
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My name, my absence
when it happened
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puts me under suspicion
there forever.
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What should I have done?
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Told you so that you could be there
for an arrest?
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And if you had been there,
you'd be even more pissed off.
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You don't think so, but I know it.
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At least then they wouldn't
think I knew it was coming.
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Oh, they all knew it was coming.
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It's Judgment Day.
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[sighs]
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My office is taking an action,
and there's nothing
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that you or anybody there
can do about it.
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And when that action is finished,
it will be the end.
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There will be nothing left.
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So what they think of you,
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you can see how that
might not matter so much.
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It's my job.
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You're beautiful and talented,
and I'm sure you'll land on your feet.
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Fuck you.
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Get Emi Kenyon back in here!
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Hello?
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Yesterday this company
came under attack
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by an unscrupulous adversary
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who will stop at nothing
to abuse the authority of the state,
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take away our freedoms,
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and close our doors forever.
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And it left us all wondering
one thing:
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what happens next?
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"Dollar" Bill Steam.
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Stingiest multimillionaire on the planet.
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Better get ready to pay full price.
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Insider trading, securities fraud,
conspiracy, wire fraud.
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- What are we up to?
- 12-year prison term.
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[Chuck] Mm.
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$9 million fine,
plus civil when it moves to SEC.
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Jesus, that's pricey,
and that's just the beginning.
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[Bobby] They came for "Dollar" Bill
yesterday,
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but it was an attack on all of us.
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- [man] Right.
- [man] Yeah, that's right.
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- [woman] Right.
- [man] Yeah.
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And I feel it.
Do you?
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[all agreeing]
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Any one of us could be next.
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We're with you, Bobby!
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- That's right!
- [cheers and applause]
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Do you think this makes me happy, Bill?
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You don't need to answer that.
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- You happy, Bryan?
- Yeah, I-
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Right?
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It doesn't feel right.
It doesn't feel fair.
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Why you?
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Why are you sitting in that chair...
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...and not somebody else?
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Today...
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we are standing at the precipice.
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Today is one day after.
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You have one chance to avoid a cell.
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Give me Axelrod.
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The day after Pearl Harbor,
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everybody knew a Japanese invasion
would be coming.
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Air-raid wardens.
Anti-aircraft artillery.
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Cities blacked out.
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Mothers and fathers
staying by their door
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with baseball bats and kitchen knives,
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bellies full of fear
of the invading hordes.
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I know what he means to you.
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I know you're a loyal man,
and I admire that.
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But this is what you know.
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You know he's crooked,
and you know he's going down.
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But everyone was wrong.
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What happened on American soil next?
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Nothing.
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That's right.
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The invasion never came.
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Turned out Pearl Harbor was the best
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those sneak-attacking
motherfuckers had.
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[laughter and applause]
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I have the men.
I have the tools.
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I have the will.
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Now, if it's not you,
it'll be someone else.
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I'll go through your shop
one PM at a time,
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pick up every piece of rotten fruit
and squeeze until the juice comes out.
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You know.
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You know.
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So you can cooperate
and walk out of here free,
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or you can go to jail
for no good reason.
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You have one chance to make this deal.
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A deal won't be on the table tomorrow.
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What came next was a war
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that unleashed the might of America.
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What came next was a victory
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that left us
as the most powerful nation on Earth.
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Fuck, yeah!
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[cheers and applause]
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No deal.
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This company...
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this company will not wait
for an uncertain future!
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We will make our own future!
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We will fight back hard!
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We will mobilize the war machine!
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And those who would
try to bring down our house
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will see their own houses fall!
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[cheers and applause]
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The case against my client
is entirely without merit.
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[chuckles]
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Bill Steam bribed a company official...
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...in exchange
for material inside information.
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It does not get any clearer.
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He became friends with a farmer
working at a company he covers.
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He was so moved by the plight
of that man's daughter
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that he arranged transportation
and medical care for her.
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Now, if you can convince
a jury of citizens
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that paying to save the life
of a sick child
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constitutes an illegal benefit,
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then you should go ahead
and take us to trial.
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My client has no interest
in cooperation,
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no interest in a plea...
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...and he does not recognize
your authority.
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What the fuck does that mean?
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Liquidate two percent of the fund
immediately.
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That's our war chest.
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$300 million. Nice rack.
Legal defense is paid for.
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How many billions are out the door
at the first redemption?
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You should gate the whole damn fund
before they start a run on...
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We're fucked.
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That's not the impression
you gave out there.
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Pretty tough talk.
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You think I'm overreacting?
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I think open war isn't good.
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- For who?
- For anyone.
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♪ Dramatic music I
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I think your whole mentality
right now is a mistake.
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You're not accepting that certain things
are out of your control.
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Damn right I'm not.
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And it's causing you
to lose more control.
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If you want to get it back, if you
really want to survive this thing,
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then you may need to set aside
the piece of you that's raging
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and do something that makes you
a little uncomfortable.
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He's not gonna flip?
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No, he will, because you're gonna
make it happen, all of you.
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Everything you have on him,
get underneath it.
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Not the what, the why.
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What motivates him.
Fears. Goals.
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Scars.
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He has a weak point, and we need
to twist a knife in it.
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Is there something else?
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Yeah, we know howAxelrod's
operation works.
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He keeps himself insulated.
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Is there a point you're trying to make?
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Some random PM at Axe Cap
isn't gonna have the goods.
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We need inner circle.
Bill Stearn is our best shot.
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Is this something you think
I don't understand?
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Hey, I just don't want Axe to walk away
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with a fine
and a family office like Birch.
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Is that what you think I'm doing?
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No.
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Axe is no ordinary billionaire.
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He's not Steven fucking Birch.
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He's an icon of the wealth of our age,
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and he is a fraud.
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So when he falls,
he's gonna hit the ground hard.
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Skilling got 14 years for Enron.
I'm gonna beat that.
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I just want to take this one to trial,
let the jury decide.
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We're gonna put him in a cell,
and everyone is gonna see-
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in Washington,
in the fucking press-
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there's no better defender
of the public trust than this office.
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They'll say Chuck Rhoades did that,
and no one is out of his reach.
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You're damn skippy they will.
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[light knock]
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Lara.
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You shouldn't be here.
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Come in quickly.
I think they're watching the house.
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[dog barking]
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They went through everything.
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They broke Bill's home office-
the door, in half.
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I mean, I was getting the key.
Look at this.
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All our accounts are frozen.
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They didn't even wipe their feet.
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Sandy, stay strong, okay?
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It's a difficult time for everyone.
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You brought muffins?
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[indistinct speech on TV]
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This is your mortgage, property tax,
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insurance, school tuition,
and that's for your foundation.
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Everything is taken care of
for as long as this lasts.
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[chuckles]
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Thank you.
Thank you so much.
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[woman on TV] You just shake it,
pour it right in there...
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[woman on TV] Ahh.
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[liquid sloshes]
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[Chuck] Here, want a taste?
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It's like whiskey dipped
in milk chocolate.
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Are we celebrating something?
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Mm-hmm.
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I want to apologize.
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I was a big puckered asshole yesterday.
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I had no right to talk to you that way.
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00:14:28,579 --> 00:14:31,059
I'll drink to that.
261
00:14:42,899 --> 00:14:46,062
- Oh, wow.
- [chuckles] Right?
262
00:14:46,179 --> 00:14:49,262
Yeah, the Taiwanese do it better
than the Scots these days.
263
00:14:51,979 --> 00:14:54,710
How would you talk to me...
264
00:14:54,819 --> 00:14:56,742
if you had a do-over?
265
00:14:58,859 --> 00:15:00,543
What would you say?
266
00:15:00,659 --> 00:15:02,024
I don't want to have this fight again.
267
00:15:02,139 --> 00:15:04,028
Then let's not fight.
Let's talk.
268
00:15:04,139 --> 00:15:06,870
No posturing, no bullshit.
269
00:15:06,979 --> 00:15:08,469
Okay.
270
00:15:09,539 --> 00:15:10,745
Right.
271
00:15:11,899 --> 00:15:13,469
What do you want to know?
272
00:15:13,619 --> 00:15:15,428
Why are you going after him so hard?
273
00:15:15,579 --> 00:15:17,183
Why Axe?
274
00:15:17,299 --> 00:15:20,030
For the same reason
my office does anything.
275
00:15:20,139 --> 00:15:22,426
He broke the law.
He cheated.
276
00:15:22,539 --> 00:15:24,428
Then why you?
277
00:15:24,539 --> 00:15:27,986
How many cases are you
this involved with personally?
278
00:15:29,299 --> 00:15:30,949
I don't know.
Uh, four, five.
279
00:15:31,059 --> 00:15:33,141
Why does this have to be one of them?
280
00:15:33,259 --> 00:15:34,624
Why don't you recuse yourself?
281
00:15:34,739 --> 00:15:36,264
- Out of the question.
- Why?
282
00:15:36,379 --> 00:15:38,859
Because I owe it to my team.
I owe it to the public.
283
00:15:39,019 --> 00:15:41,465
It's my responsibility to prosecute.
284
00:15:41,579 --> 00:15:44,150
It doesn't have to be you.
285
00:15:44,259 --> 00:15:45,988
Give the case to Bryan Connerty alone
286
00:15:46,099 --> 00:15:47,624
or the Eastern District.
287
00:15:47,779 --> 00:15:49,588
This case?
288
00:15:51,299 --> 00:15:54,940
SEC, Eastern, State AG...
289
00:15:55,059 --> 00:15:59,109
they have been whispering
about Axelrod for years, waiting.
290
00:15:59,219 --> 00:16:00,630
I'm the one that stood up.
291
00:16:00,739 --> 00:16:02,628
I'm the only one that did something.
292
00:16:02,739 --> 00:16:05,219
This is an action against me.
293
00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:06,346
Do you understand?
294
00:16:06,459 --> 00:16:09,861
Do you?
Because this is bigger than you.
295
00:16:09,979 --> 00:16:11,390
It's bigger than me.
296
00:16:11,499 --> 00:16:14,662
He runs more money than
the GDP of a European nation.
297
00:16:14,779 --> 00:16:18,420
He's untouchable,
and I have him dead to rights.
298
00:16:18,539 --> 00:16:20,507
You may think you do, but you don't.
299
00:16:20,619 --> 00:16:23,020
Really?
What makes you so sure?
300
00:16:23,139 --> 00:16:24,789
Because...
301
00:16:24,939 --> 00:16:26,350
I have never seen him like this.
302
00:16:26,459 --> 00:16:29,383
He is digging trenches and laying wire,
303
00:16:29,499 --> 00:16:31,661
and he will scorch the earth
under our feet.
304
00:16:31,819 --> 00:16:34,345
- Tell me more about what he's doing.
- I can't go further.
305
00:16:34,459 --> 00:16:37,383
And it's wrong of you to push.
I took an oath.
306
00:16:37,499 --> 00:16:38,625
Me too.
307
00:16:38,739 --> 00:16:41,026
And that's why I can't recuse myself.
308
00:16:41,139 --> 00:16:43,062
Yes, you can.
309
00:16:43,179 --> 00:16:44,305
You just won't.
310
00:16:46,819 --> 00:16:49,345
[door opens, slams]
311
00:16:50,339 --> 00:16:53,229
♪ Pensive music I
312
00:16:53,339 --> 00:16:56,866
III
313
00:16:56,979 --> 00:16:58,265
Ah.
314
00:16:59,299 --> 00:17:02,189
♪ Light ambient music I
315
00:17:02,299 --> 00:17:07,305
III
316
00:17:18,619 --> 00:17:21,543
[exhales deeply]
317
00:17:21,659 --> 00:17:24,549
[helicopter rotors whirring faintly]
318
00:17:24,659 --> 00:17:29,665
III
319
00:17:31,539 --> 00:17:34,270
We've gone down this road
backwards and sideways.
320
00:17:34,379 --> 00:17:35,904
Now we got to do it
on our hands and knees.
321
00:17:36,019 --> 00:17:37,066
That's a fun image.
322
00:17:37,219 --> 00:17:38,584
I don't even know
what we're looking for anymore.
323
00:17:38,699 --> 00:17:40,827
He's got to be hiding something.
324
00:17:40,939 --> 00:17:43,749
I've never seen anybody
so clean in his world.
325
00:17:43,859 --> 00:17:46,430
Except for, you know,
the bribery and securities fraud.
326
00:17:46,539 --> 00:17:48,064
Well, he might not think it's illegal.
327
00:17:48,179 --> 00:17:49,260
And he might be right.
328
00:17:49,379 --> 00:17:51,188
The courts keep moving the goalposts.
329
00:17:51,299 --> 00:17:52,585
Yeah, I know what they tell themselves.
330
00:17:52,699 --> 00:17:55,100
I've been to those Sohn conferences too.
331
00:17:55,219 --> 00:17:57,950
"Capitalism is under siege."
332
00:17:58,059 --> 00:18:01,825
All those guys think if you
can't prove they did the murder,
333
00:18:01,939 --> 00:18:03,623
then they're not a killer.
334
00:18:03,739 --> 00:18:06,265
Don't fucking kid yourself.
335
00:18:06,379 --> 00:18:07,949
They're only players
'cause they've rigged the game.
336
00:18:08,059 --> 00:18:09,026
Of course.
337
00:18:09,139 --> 00:18:11,619
Speaking Japanese
338
00:18:13,699 --> 00:18:14,586
speaking Japanese
339
00:18:16,219 --> 00:18:17,789
That's all I got.
Haughs]
340
00:18:17,899 --> 00:18:18,786
[chuckles]
341
00:18:18,899 --> 00:18:20,947
Greedy or cheap, it's a fine line.
342
00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:22,624
What are his greatest hits, Terri?
343
00:18:22,739 --> 00:18:27,063
Uh, reusing paper towels.
One-dollar taco night at Acapulco's.
344
00:18:27,179 --> 00:18:31,309
No Benz, no Audi,
just two identical Honda minivans.
345
00:18:32,259 --> 00:18:34,261
Who the fuck has two minivans?
346
00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:36,950
One in beige, one in...boring.
347
00:18:37,059 --> 00:18:39,221
Nobody.
348
00:18:39,339 --> 00:18:40,579
♪ Tense music I
349
00:18:40,739 --> 00:18:43,424
Nobody has two minivans.
That's it.
350
00:18:43,579 --> 00:18:45,104
There's something there,
and we need to find out what.
351
00:18:45,219 --> 00:18:48,268
III
352
00:18:48,379 --> 00:18:50,222
We're gonna bleed out.
353
00:18:50,339 --> 00:18:52,103
We'll be a family office
by the end of the year,
354
00:18:52,219 --> 00:18:53,630
by SEC mandate or not.
355
00:18:53,739 --> 00:18:54,945
[Bobby] We need to take action.
356
00:18:55,059 --> 00:18:56,345
We need to cut through the chatter.
357
00:18:56,459 --> 00:18:57,540
We need to get it out there.
358
00:18:57,659 --> 00:18:59,741
Rhoades has no case.
He'll be laughed out of court.
359
00:18:59,859 --> 00:19:01,349
You know that doesn't matter.
360
00:19:01,459 --> 00:19:02,904
The smoke is enough to choke you.
361
00:19:03,019 --> 00:19:05,340
- There doesn't need to be a fire.
- I don't accept that.
362
00:19:06,819 --> 00:19:08,309
Why not embrace this?
363
00:19:08,419 --> 00:19:10,660
We'll be a killer family office.
364
00:19:10,779 --> 00:19:12,668
We can downsize the staff.
365
00:19:12,779 --> 00:19:14,543
I can't stand
half the people here anyway.
366
00:19:14,659 --> 00:19:17,185
Never.
I need outside capital.
367
00:19:19,859 --> 00:19:21,668
Why?
368
00:19:21,779 --> 00:19:25,340
You have billions in assets to invest
without a penny of outside money
369
00:19:25,459 --> 00:19:27,826
and no one to answer to.
370
00:19:27,939 --> 00:19:29,543
I'll be dead to the world.
371
00:19:29,659 --> 00:19:31,309
I'll be called a cheat, humiliated.
372
00:19:31,459 --> 00:19:33,780
Another rich dick playing the market
with his own money.
373
00:19:33,899 --> 00:19:36,982
But you'll be the biggest dick.
And it's so much money.
374
00:19:37,099 --> 00:19:37,941
Wags...
375
00:19:41,459 --> 00:19:44,747
...what we need is a public endorsement,
from the prime brokers:
376
00:19:44,859 --> 00:19:46,543
D-Bank, Citi, JP.
377
00:19:46,659 --> 00:19:48,309
- All of them?
- No.
378
00:19:48,419 --> 00:19:50,262
There's only one that matters:
379
00:19:50,379 --> 00:19:51,869
Spartan-Ives.
380
00:19:53,779 --> 00:19:55,861
And what would you want
Lawrence Boyd to say?
381
00:19:55,979 --> 00:19:59,108
That he believes Axe Capital
to be a reputable company
382
00:19:59,219 --> 00:20:00,744
and we're gonna continue
to do business together.
383
00:20:00,859 --> 00:20:04,420
[chuckles]
Yeah, that's never gonna happen.
384
00:20:04,539 --> 00:20:05,700
Make it happen.
385
00:20:10,779 --> 00:20:12,747
What about a dog whistle?
386
00:20:13,899 --> 00:20:17,187
You're seen together, photographed,
Boyd's arm around you at the Met.
387
00:20:17,339 --> 00:20:18,750
No, not fancy.
388
00:20:18,859 --> 00:20:23,069
A game, at the stadium
or in his box at Barclays.
389
00:20:23,219 --> 00:20:26,348
Boyd's touch is
the healing waters of Lourdes.
390
00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:27,870
Cleaner than a maiden's honor.
391
00:20:27,979 --> 00:20:29,583
Get me in those waters.
392
00:20:29,699 --> 00:20:32,589
[Bryan]
Both minivans registered to Bill Stearn
393
00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:34,189
under the same group insurance policy.
394
00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:35,221
But one of 'em...
395
00:20:35,339 --> 00:20:37,990
EZ Pass records track it
all over New Jersey, never Connecticut.
396
00:20:38,099 --> 00:20:40,830
Speeding ticket from 2013
led to the Saddle River address.
397
00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:42,828
You went there?
This is for real?
398
00:20:44,379 --> 00:20:45,983
We fucking got him.
399
00:20:50,579 --> 00:20:52,104
[electronic beep, door buzzes]
400
00:20:55,819 --> 00:20:58,789
601 Tanbark Trail.
401
00:20:58,899 --> 00:21:00,663
That supposed to mean something?
402
00:21:00,779 --> 00:21:02,588
How many days a week
do you stay over there?
403
00:21:02,699 --> 00:21:04,940
I'm guessing 3.5.
He's very meticulous.
404
00:21:05,059 --> 00:21:06,902
I try to be fair.
405
00:21:07,019 --> 00:21:08,464
He tell you?
406
00:21:08,579 --> 00:21:10,627
Bill Steam has a second family.
407
00:21:10,739 --> 00:21:12,901
Two kids with a mistress
in Saddle River, New Jersey.
408
00:21:13,059 --> 00:21:14,106
[Chuck] He's a family man.
409
00:21:14,219 --> 00:21:16,460
I want to know how the hell
you have the time
410
00:21:16,579 --> 00:21:18,627
to bribe farmers,
manipulate the market,
411
00:21:18,739 --> 00:21:20,821
and coach two travel baseball teams.
412
00:21:20,939 --> 00:21:22,987
1'lmmy's in the spring.
Carson's in the fall.
413
00:21:23,099 --> 00:21:24,260
I try to be fair.
414
00:21:24,379 --> 00:21:26,461
I want to know,
415
00:21:26,579 --> 00:21:29,662
how would Sandy react
if she heard this?
416
00:21:29,779 --> 00:21:34,068
She must be very fragile
these days since your arrest.
417
00:21:37,779 --> 00:21:40,146
Getting the photo stream in her in-box,
418
00:21:40,259 --> 00:21:45,140
all those happy pictures
of you and Carson and Anna,
419
00:21:45,299 --> 00:21:48,303
with a woman
ten years younger than her...
420
00:21:49,779 --> 00:21:51,144
...well, that mightjust break her.
421
00:21:51,259 --> 00:21:56,265
III
422
00:21:59,979 --> 00:22:01,469
I knew you'd come with that.
423
00:22:03,459 --> 00:22:06,702
I wrote a letter to my wife,
the whole story.
424
00:22:06,819 --> 00:22:11,586
III
425
00:22:11,699 --> 00:22:12,507
I just sent it.
426
00:22:12,659 --> 00:22:16,345
III
427
00:22:16,499 --> 00:22:19,423
You just blew up your family...
428
00:22:21,259 --> 00:22:23,466
...for Bobby Axelrod?
429
00:22:23,579 --> 00:22:26,389
I'm Keyser 862e, motherfucker.
430
00:22:26,499 --> 00:22:30,788
III
431
00:22:35,739 --> 00:22:37,423
[Orrin sighs]
432
00:22:37,539 --> 00:22:39,587
Worst part of these sessions.
433
00:22:39,699 --> 00:22:41,781
I've got a small bladder.
434
00:22:43,859 --> 00:22:44,826
What is it with these guys?
435
00:22:44,939 --> 00:22:48,227
What is it about the cult
of Bobby Axelrod
436
00:22:48,339 --> 00:22:50,785
that makes them
want to immolate themselves?
437
00:22:50,899 --> 00:22:53,379
You wouldn't understand.
438
00:22:53,499 --> 00:22:55,740
You're a lawyer.
Persuade me.
439
00:22:55,859 --> 00:22:58,226
You're at the mercy of politics.
440
00:22:58,339 --> 00:23:00,421
Loyalty is a convenience.
441
00:23:00,539 --> 00:23:03,065
People turn on each other
every election cycle.
442
00:23:03,179 --> 00:23:06,501
You do your three or five
or ten years here,
443
00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:09,270
then you flip to our side,
cash seven figures
444
00:23:09,379 --> 00:23:12,144
from the same big funds
you're trying to bring down.
445
00:23:12,259 --> 00:23:13,420
[clicks tongue]
446
00:23:13,539 --> 00:23:16,270
For true believers like you,
it's the worst
447
00:23:16,379 --> 00:23:18,222
'cause you never see it coming.
448
00:23:19,779 --> 00:23:22,066
That's the problem with being a cynic.
It blinds you.
449
00:23:22,179 --> 00:23:24,659
You think everybody's as cynical as you.
450
00:23:24,819 --> 00:23:28,460
Axe's guys, they're in it for life.
451
00:23:28,579 --> 00:23:31,788
Bill Stearn couldn't walk down the street
if he sold out his friends.
452
00:23:31,899 --> 00:23:36,621
Guys who talk in their world
may avoid a few years in a cell,
453
00:23:36,739 --> 00:23:38,582
but they're dead forever.
454
00:23:39,939 --> 00:23:42,101
See you soon, I guess...
455
00:23:42,219 --> 00:23:45,621
when Chuck comes at Axe
with some lame fine,
456
00:23:45,739 --> 00:23:49,380
because obviously you've got nothing.
457
00:23:51,419 --> 00:23:53,262
No, not this time.
458
00:23:53,379 --> 00:23:54,380
Not Axe.
459
00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:56,149
This is personal for Chuck.
460
00:23:56,259 --> 00:23:58,261
The whole city puts your boy
on a pedestal.
461
00:23:58,379 --> 00:24:00,302
But he doesn't make anything.
462
00:24:00,419 --> 00:24:01,784
He doesn't do anything.
463
00:24:01,939 --> 00:24:05,102
He's nothing but a filthy money pig.
464
00:24:05,219 --> 00:24:06,630
And I can see
why he'd want to make a deal,
465
00:24:06,739 --> 00:24:09,345
because he knows we're coming,
466
00:24:09,459 --> 00:24:11,427
and we will follow him
to the end of the fucking Earth
467
00:24:11,539 --> 00:24:14,019
until he's walking in shackles.
468
00:24:14,139 --> 00:24:16,028
You know you just work here, right?
469
00:24:20,419 --> 00:24:22,387
[door squeaks]
470
00:24:24,259 --> 00:24:26,785
- [woman] Lara, hi.
- Hi.
471
00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:29,300
- How is everything?
- Great.
472
00:24:29,419 --> 00:24:31,740
Yeah, you know, we should get
the kids together this Saturday.
473
00:24:31,859 --> 00:24:34,465
Sure, at the Bancroft twins' party.
474
00:24:34,579 --> 00:24:35,819
Right. The party.
475
00:24:35,939 --> 00:24:37,270
In Montauk.
476
00:24:37,379 --> 00:24:40,508
[laughs] Yes, of course.
I forgot it was this weekend.
477
00:24:40,619 --> 00:24:42,030
- Right.
- I'll see you there.
478
00:24:42,139 --> 00:24:44,062
All right, I'll see you there. Bye.
479
00:24:50,219 --> 00:24:51,664
Hey, take it easy!
480
00:24:51,819 --> 00:24:55,869
[trainer] You're at 120 feet per minute.
You're gonna blow an Achilles!
481
00:24:55,979 --> 00:24:57,390
Ahh!
482
00:24:59,179 --> 00:25:00,305
[trainer] What's wrong?
483
00:25:00,419 --> 00:25:02,547
I'll be right back.
484
00:25:02,659 --> 00:25:05,549
♪ Tense music I
485
00:25:05,659 --> 00:25:08,629
III
486
00:25:08,739 --> 00:25:10,548
Hey, I'm not getting anywhere
with Lawrence Boyd.
487
00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:12,980
- The problem is-
- Solve it.
488
00:25:13,099 --> 00:25:15,864
All those years of thought
and planning and calculation
489
00:25:15,979 --> 00:25:17,390
that you and he put in are for nothing,
490
00:25:17,499 --> 00:25:19,820
and there's a high probability
that it does go wrong.
491
00:25:19,939 --> 00:25:22,590
So it's in both your interests to-
492
00:25:23,899 --> 00:25:26,379
- I'll have to call you back.
- [door shuts]
493
00:25:28,219 --> 00:25:31,223
[breathing heavily]
494
00:25:35,259 --> 00:25:38,229
You took $250,000 out of the fund.
495
00:25:38,339 --> 00:25:40,387
Why does it bother you?
I still have three million in.
496
00:25:40,499 --> 00:25:41,830
Why'd you take it out?
497
00:25:41,939 --> 00:25:45,910
It's my money.
I can do whatever I want with it.
498
00:25:46,019 --> 00:25:47,623
Or can't I?
499
00:25:47,739 --> 00:25:51,221
"Dollar" Bill earned
a $10-million bonus last year.
500
00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:54,508
You know how much he took out?
Two grand.
501
00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:55,950
You've known about this for weeks.
502
00:25:56,059 --> 00:25:57,629
You're bringing it up now
because you want to know something.
503
00:25:57,739 --> 00:25:59,821
- What is it you want to know?
- Why don't you take it all out?
504
00:26:04,619 --> 00:26:06,508
I am not my husband.
505
00:26:06,619 --> 00:26:08,826
And I am not going to be
the shuttlecock
506
00:26:08,979 --> 00:26:11,550
that you two smack back and forth.
507
00:26:16,059 --> 00:26:19,268
You two just sniffed each other one day
and decided you didn't like the smell.
508
00:26:19,379 --> 00:26:21,985
So now you think you have to do
this thing, but you don't.
509
00:26:23,899 --> 00:26:25,549
You don't have to do it.
510
00:26:26,779 --> 00:26:29,783
[door opens, closes]
511
00:26:31,539 --> 00:26:36,545
III
512
00:26:50,179 --> 00:26:52,068
"Dollar" Bill is hard, man.
513
00:26:52,179 --> 00:26:53,908
Inspiring.
514
00:26:54,019 --> 00:26:56,067
He makes me want to lose 30 pounds
515
00:26:56,179 --> 00:26:58,830
and stockpile automatic weapons
516
00:26:58,939 --> 00:27:01,226
to protect all my sister-wives.
517
00:27:01,339 --> 00:27:02,465
Will he be exonerated?
518
00:27:02,619 --> 00:27:04,189
It's the government.
519
00:27:04,299 --> 00:27:07,508
If he is, it'll be in five years,
and no one will remember it.
520
00:27:09,459 --> 00:27:12,906
Look, just because
he's not cooperating
521
00:27:13,019 --> 00:27:15,147
doesn't mean they can't tie you
to Pepsum.
522
00:27:15,299 --> 00:27:17,188
Doesn't mean they can't get you
on something else.
523
00:27:18,779 --> 00:27:22,261
But we have an opportunity now
to broach a deal.
524
00:27:22,379 --> 00:27:23,301
I'll never settle.
525
00:27:23,419 --> 00:27:24,909
No.
526
00:27:25,059 --> 00:27:27,061
Now's the time you drop that.
527
00:27:28,299 --> 00:27:31,462
Chuck's guy, Connerty...
528
00:27:31,579 --> 00:27:33,661
he's rattled.
529
00:27:33,779 --> 00:27:35,349
They're weak.
530
00:27:35,459 --> 00:27:39,305
And I think we could get a deal
that would be very, very good for you.
531
00:27:39,419 --> 00:27:42,787
Look, guys try to sell me deals all day.
532
00:27:42,899 --> 00:27:44,025
I decide when they're good.
533
00:27:44,139 --> 00:27:48,781
The one I bring you will be the best one
that'll ever be on the table,
534
00:27:48,899 --> 00:27:51,266
'cause that's what I do all day.
535
00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:52,744
I see that.
536
00:27:54,059 --> 00:27:56,505
And it won't really hurt you,
grand scheme,
537
00:27:56,619 --> 00:27:58,508
other than emotionally.
538
00:27:58,619 --> 00:28:01,225
It'll seem like a win to them,
and they stop.
539
00:28:01,339 --> 00:28:04,582
Give them more time,
who knows what they'll find?
540
00:28:06,939 --> 00:28:08,703
I didn't do anything
541
00:28:08,819 --> 00:28:11,550
that anybody else
in my business doesn't do.
542
00:28:11,659 --> 00:28:13,070
I just did it better.
543
00:28:13,179 --> 00:28:15,500
And I will not tar myself
with an admission of guilt-
544
00:28:15,619 --> 00:28:16,506
You wouldn't plead guilty.
545
00:28:16,619 --> 00:28:20,066
Any success
that his bullshit investigation yields
546
00:28:20,179 --> 00:28:21,783
is toxic.
547
00:28:21,899 --> 00:28:26,461
He cannot just walk around
using rumor and hearsay
548
00:28:26,619 --> 00:28:28,189
and destroy lives and businesses.
549
00:28:28,299 --> 00:28:31,746
I won't allow it.
That needs to be the message.
550
00:28:31,859 --> 00:28:33,145
He's got nothing.
551
00:28:33,259 --> 00:28:35,865
Billionaires all over the world
are trying to bring me down every day.
552
00:28:35,979 --> 00:28:37,902
This guy?
He can't even bring me to trial.
553
00:28:38,019 --> 00:28:40,260
He has failed at his job.
554
00:28:40,379 --> 00:28:41,824
Why the hell would I give him a win?
555
00:28:41,939 --> 00:28:43,589
What win?
556
00:28:43,699 --> 00:28:46,464
It's your win.
[chuckles]
557
00:28:46,579 --> 00:28:48,263
You go free.
558
00:28:48,379 --> 00:28:50,143
You pay a fine,
559
00:28:50,259 --> 00:28:52,546
get busted down to a family office.
560
00:28:52,659 --> 00:28:54,263
That's nothing.
561
00:28:54,379 --> 00:28:56,108
It's headed that way anyway, isn't it?
562
00:28:56,219 --> 00:28:57,141
No!
563
00:29:02,339 --> 00:29:03,943
Adam.
564
00:29:04,059 --> 00:29:05,788
What brings you to our fair city, sir?
565
00:29:05,899 --> 00:29:07,708
I'm giving the commencement
at Columbia Law.
566
00:29:07,819 --> 00:29:10,265
Ah, I gave that speech two years ago.
567
00:29:10,379 --> 00:29:11,869
- Hmm.
- You need some tips?
568
00:29:11,979 --> 00:29:13,469
[chuckles]
569
00:29:13,579 --> 00:29:16,230
Hey, congrats on getting Steve Birch.
570
00:29:16,339 --> 00:29:17,943
That's a solid double.
571
00:29:19,379 --> 00:29:20,744
Axelrod...
572
00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:21,940
that's bigger.
573
00:29:22,059 --> 00:29:24,744
You speaking for the Attorney General,
or is this off the cuff?
574
00:29:24,859 --> 00:29:26,748
I speak for everyone.
575
00:29:26,859 --> 00:29:28,190
It's fund-raising season.
576
00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:30,267
The administration needs
Wall Street money to compete.
577
00:29:30,379 --> 00:29:32,427
Nobody wants this to look
like some kind of crusade.
578
00:29:32,539 --> 00:29:35,270
I'm doing my job.
I don't think about what it looks like.
579
00:29:35,379 --> 00:29:36,949
Well, the AG does.
580
00:29:37,059 --> 00:29:38,265
I see.
581
00:29:38,379 --> 00:29:41,303
We feel-or she feels
that your investigation is problematic,
582
00:29:41,419 --> 00:29:43,547
given your personal connection
to Axe Capital.
583
00:29:43,659 --> 00:29:45,582
I mean, the optics are bad.
That article-
584
00:29:45,739 --> 00:29:47,741
Has no basis in fact.
585
00:29:47,859 --> 00:29:51,625
The idea, the very concept
that I would be soft on Axe Capital
586
00:29:51,739 --> 00:29:52,786
because my wife works there,
587
00:29:52,899 --> 00:29:54,424
I'm going to erase that
very, very quickly.
588
00:29:54,579 --> 00:29:55,990
I have.
An arrest was made.
589
00:29:56,099 --> 00:29:59,103
Okay, so maybe you targeted
Axelrod because she works there,
590
00:29:59,219 --> 00:30:00,869
which is fucked up.
591
00:30:00,979 --> 00:30:02,822
First I'm too soft.
Now I'm too tough.
592
00:30:02,939 --> 00:30:04,987
Uh, which is it, Goldilocks?
593
00:30:05,099 --> 00:30:07,989
Both. Either. I don't care.
The point is, she works there.
594
00:30:08,099 --> 00:30:09,146
That's what they're
gonna be writing about.
595
00:30:09,259 --> 00:30:10,988
And Axelrod will be paying
an army of white-shoe lawyers
596
00:30:11,139 --> 00:30:13,710
$1,000 an hour to come up
with a thousand different ways
597
00:30:13,819 --> 00:30:15,184
to yell "conflict of interest."
598
00:30:15,299 --> 00:30:17,028
This is my office.
599
00:30:17,139 --> 00:30:19,460
I have broad discretion
to pursue any actions
600
00:30:19,579 --> 00:30:21,149
exactly the way I see fit.
601
00:30:21,259 --> 00:30:23,466
Of course.
The AG doesn't care about one case.
602
00:30:23,579 --> 00:30:24,865
She's thinking globally here.
603
00:30:24,979 --> 00:30:27,505
She's into movements, like a maestro.
604
00:30:27,619 --> 00:30:29,860
But a lost case is still a wrong note.
605
00:30:29,979 --> 00:30:32,346
I've never lost a case.
606
00:30:32,459 --> 00:30:34,302
And I'm sure you won't lose this one.
607
00:30:34,419 --> 00:30:36,148
But if that conviction
gets kicked on appeal
608
00:30:36,259 --> 00:30:38,500
because you didn't
recuse yourself, well...
609
00:30:38,619 --> 00:30:39,541
even if you win, you lose.
610
00:30:39,659 --> 00:30:41,548
Does the Attorney General
want me removed?
611
00:30:41,659 --> 00:30:43,149
- [cell phone buzzes]
- She just wants you to be right.
612
00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:45,660
You do what you're gonna do, Chuck.
Just be right.
613
00:30:45,779 --> 00:30:46,621
I got to grab this.
614
00:30:46,739 --> 00:30:47,979
Yes?
615
00:30:49,459 --> 00:30:50,824
Fucking maestro.
616
00:30:52,979 --> 00:30:54,822
[cell phone buzzing]
617
00:30:57,379 --> 00:30:59,063
[Wags] Get ready to head to Brooklyn.
618
00:30:59,179 --> 00:31:03,229
Tonight's the night of your baptism
at the church of Barclays.
619
00:31:03,339 --> 00:31:06,024
Lawrence Boyd
has invited you to his box.
620
00:31:06,139 --> 00:31:08,585
Washed in the blood of the Lamb, baby.
621
00:31:08,739 --> 00:31:09,547
How'd it go down?
622
00:31:09,699 --> 00:31:13,067
Uh, maTtre d' at a place I go-had $1,000
on him to tell me when Boyd came in.
623
00:31:13,179 --> 00:31:17,025
Sent over a '61 Chéteau Latour
and picked up his dinner,
624
00:31:17,139 --> 00:31:18,300
courtesy of Bobby Axelrod.
625
00:31:18,419 --> 00:31:20,786
- Well played.
- I have my moments.
626
00:31:31,259 --> 00:31:32,260
How you holding up?
627
00:31:34,299 --> 00:31:36,506
My lawyer today told me
they don't have a case against me
628
00:31:36,619 --> 00:31:38,383
but I should still settle.
629
00:31:38,499 --> 00:31:39,739
Can you believe that?
630
00:31:40,779 --> 00:31:41,746
Yeah.
631
00:31:43,099 --> 00:31:45,943
I'm guessing you don't mean that
in a "fucking lawyers" kind of way.
632
00:31:46,059 --> 00:31:48,380
I think you have the best fucking lawyers.
633
00:31:48,499 --> 00:31:50,786
They know the law
like you know the market.
634
00:31:50,899 --> 00:31:52,469
And if they're giving you
a piece of advice,
635
00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:53,785
I think you should consider it.
636
00:31:53,899 --> 00:31:54,980
Wow.
637
00:31:55,099 --> 00:31:57,067
How does Chuck Rhoades
terrify everybody so much?
638
00:31:57,179 --> 00:31:59,420
I don't give a shit about Chuck Rhoades.
639
00:31:59,579 --> 00:32:01,946
I care about protecting this family.
640
00:32:03,139 --> 00:32:05,380
We're gonna be pariahs.
641
00:32:05,499 --> 00:32:07,945
The kids got uninvited
to the Bancroft party,
642
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:10,824
and nothing's even happened yet.
643
00:32:10,939 --> 00:32:13,943
So if there is even close
to an easy way out of this,
644
00:32:14,059 --> 00:32:15,060
I hope you would take it.
645
00:32:15,219 --> 00:32:16,823
Since when do I take the easy way out?
646
00:32:16,939 --> 00:32:18,907
This isn't some stock play.
647
00:32:19,059 --> 00:32:20,549
It's no different.
648
00:32:20,659 --> 00:32:22,980
It's all about tolerance and risk.
649
00:32:23,099 --> 00:32:25,306
Look, you don't win,
you don't get to where I am
650
00:32:25,419 --> 00:32:27,467
without tolerating a lot of risk.
651
00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:30,469
We. Where we are.
652
00:32:30,579 --> 00:32:33,310
This is real, Bobby.
You're risking our lives.
653
00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:35,820
You could go to jail.
We could lose everything.
654
00:32:35,939 --> 00:32:37,668
And you can make it all go away,
and you won't?
655
00:32:37,779 --> 00:32:39,349
I can't. Not like that.
656
00:32:39,459 --> 00:32:40,665
Why not?
657
00:32:40,779 --> 00:32:43,908
Because I don't get on bended knee
and pledge fealty to the king.
658
00:32:44,019 --> 00:32:45,987
It's not who I am.
It's not who you married.
659
00:32:46,099 --> 00:32:48,181
Well, that's just fucking stupid.
660
00:32:48,339 --> 00:32:50,819
The ground is shifting,
and you don't even see it.
661
00:32:50,939 --> 00:32:52,748
Or you refuse to see it.
662
00:32:52,859 --> 00:32:56,181
But if this were some stock play,
it wouldn't be about pride.
663
00:32:56,299 --> 00:32:57,903
You'd have already cut your losses.
664
00:32:58,019 --> 00:33:00,590
Lara, the ground is shifting
because I'm the one moving it.
665
00:33:00,699 --> 00:33:03,350
Lawrence Boyd invited me
to his box today.
666
00:33:03,459 --> 00:33:05,621
That tells the Street, tells the world
667
00:33:05,739 --> 00:33:08,310
that my stock, our stock,
is about to rally
668
00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,547
because Spartan-Ives
does not back a loser.
669
00:33:17,659 --> 00:33:20,060
I got to go to work.
670
00:33:24,979 --> 00:33:28,950
I know for a fact Garth Sykes
is dumping Axe,
671
00:33:29,059 --> 00:33:30,549
moving over to Vista Verde.
672
00:33:30,659 --> 00:33:35,028
So there is blood in the water.
It's a thing of beauty.
673
00:33:35,139 --> 00:33:39,224
I guess the invisible hand of the market
is, uh, pushing him off a cliff.
674
00:33:39,339 --> 00:33:42,104
[Chuck Sr.] I would kill for a window
675
00:33:42,219 --> 00:33:44,665
into the panic
flowing through that place.
676
00:33:44,779 --> 00:33:46,304
Charles, be sensitive.
677
00:33:46,419 --> 00:33:50,390
Axe must take three sessions
just to make it through a day, huh?
678
00:33:50,499 --> 00:33:52,308
[Ellen] Ugh, they're Neanderthals.
679
00:33:52,419 --> 00:33:55,502
It's the hormones.
It makes their brains seem small.
680
00:33:55,619 --> 00:33:58,702
It's all right, Ellen.
It is a difficult time.
681
00:33:58,819 --> 00:34:01,663
And it's going to get worse
before it gets better.
682
00:34:06,459 --> 00:34:09,224
I don't understand
why you can't smoke in the house.
683
00:34:09,379 --> 00:34:10,983
I don't smoke.
684
00:34:12,059 --> 00:34:14,300
You're not allowed to, you mean?
685
00:34:15,579 --> 00:34:18,059
I pretty much do what I want.
686
00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:21,388
Maybe not as much as you.
687
00:34:27,139 --> 00:34:28,709
[chuckles]
688
00:34:31,419 --> 00:34:33,786
Getting him to take the plea deal...
689
00:34:33,899 --> 00:34:36,425
that's the trick.
690
00:34:36,539 --> 00:34:38,985
A big settlement that'll hurt him,
691
00:34:39,099 --> 00:34:40,430
get him off of outside money.
692
00:34:40,539 --> 00:34:42,268
What makes you think I would settle?
693
00:34:42,379 --> 00:34:44,427
My desktop calendar.
694
00:34:44,579 --> 00:34:46,946
A conviction could take years.
695
00:34:47,059 --> 00:34:49,266
You don't want it to be your successor
that gets the credit.
696
00:34:49,419 --> 00:34:52,229
No, I'll be on the podium for this.
697
00:34:53,899 --> 00:34:58,427
Son, has your vision
of the future changed?
698
00:34:58,539 --> 00:35:00,667
Or is it just my vision?
699
00:35:00,779 --> 00:35:03,703
Because after-
after that short squeeze incident...
700
00:35:03,819 --> 00:35:06,220
And I understand
that I put you in a bad position.
701
00:35:06,339 --> 00:35:08,148
- I understand that.
- [clears throat]
702
00:35:08,259 --> 00:35:12,389
But your performance left me
more convinced than ever
703
00:35:12,499 --> 00:35:14,740
of your greatness.
704
00:35:14,899 --> 00:35:19,461
There is no high office in the land
you could not attain.
705
00:35:19,579 --> 00:35:20,660
Okay, Dad, I appreciate-
706
00:35:20,779 --> 00:35:22,463
But if you want that,
707
00:35:22,619 --> 00:35:26,146
you have to think about things
in a certain way.
708
00:35:26,259 --> 00:35:29,945
I didn't when I was younger,
and it cost me.
709
00:35:30,939 --> 00:35:33,226
You can't allow yourself
710
00:35:33,379 --> 00:35:36,667
to get drawn in to an unwinnable fight.
711
00:35:36,779 --> 00:35:39,259
And I won't.
712
00:35:39,379 --> 00:35:41,859
Victory will be swift, Dad.
713
00:35:41,979 --> 00:35:43,822
No.
714
00:35:43,939 --> 00:35:46,067
Be realistic.
715
00:35:46,179 --> 00:35:50,025
This guy is gearing up
for trench warfare.
716
00:35:50,139 --> 00:35:53,348
♪ Tense music I
717
00:35:53,459 --> 00:35:54,460
[chuckles]
718
00:35:56,499 --> 00:35:58,547
You've been talking to Wendy,
haven't you?
719
00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:04,030
Well, you're the one
who's always telling me
720
00:36:04,139 --> 00:36:07,268
that she has
your best interests at heart.
721
00:36:07,379 --> 00:36:12,419
III
722
00:36:16,539 --> 00:36:18,382
What the hell was that?
723
00:36:18,499 --> 00:36:21,389
You've twisted my father
into carrying your water now?
724
00:36:21,499 --> 00:36:24,389
He called.
I told him what I think.
725
00:36:24,499 --> 00:36:25,989
He agreed with me.
726
00:36:27,099 --> 00:36:29,147
That I should settle, huh?
727
00:36:31,899 --> 00:36:33,822
Nice try.
728
00:36:33,979 --> 00:36:37,028
You want me to think that, uh,
you're trying to save your job?
729
00:36:37,139 --> 00:36:38,903
Really, you're trying
to save Axelrod.
730
00:36:39,019 --> 00:36:41,590
I am trying to save you
731
00:36:41,739 --> 00:36:45,744
and me and him and your father.
732
00:36:48,179 --> 00:36:49,988
Do you trust me?
733
00:36:53,219 --> 00:36:56,223
Just because I trust you
doesn't mean I think you're right.
734
00:36:58,739 --> 00:36:59,740
Ask me anything.
735
00:37:02,379 --> 00:37:04,905
Are you gonna open up
the book on Axe for me?
736
00:37:05,019 --> 00:37:06,350
The whole way?
737
00:37:06,459 --> 00:37:08,348
- What about the oath?
- What do you want to know?
738
00:37:09,939 --> 00:37:11,589
What's he thinking right now?
What's he doing?
739
00:37:11,699 --> 00:37:14,270
He's looking for a win.
Always.
740
00:37:14,379 --> 00:37:19,067
He needs to find at least a small win
in every endeavor, every exchange.
741
00:37:19,179 --> 00:37:20,590
What happens if he can't find one?
742
00:37:20,699 --> 00:37:22,781
Then he'll play a different game,
743
00:37:22,899 --> 00:37:24,264
with different rules,
ones you don't know,
744
00:37:24,379 --> 00:37:26,825
no one knows, where...
745
00:37:26,939 --> 00:37:29,704
he can make your loss
bigger than his loss.
746
00:37:29,819 --> 00:37:31,628
A lose-lose scenario.
747
00:37:31,739 --> 00:37:32,900
And that doesn't bother him?
748
00:37:33,019 --> 00:37:35,670
Of course it does,
but Axe came from nothing.
749
00:37:35,779 --> 00:37:37,463
So, unconsciously, he fears-
750
00:37:37,579 --> 00:37:42,062
no, he may even expect
he'll have nothing again.
751
00:37:43,259 --> 00:37:45,261
So he...
752
00:37:45,379 --> 00:37:50,101
loves to put that same fear
into others...
753
00:37:51,459 --> 00:37:53,461
...especially
if they're not familiar with it.
754
00:37:56,219 --> 00:37:57,789
[Chuck sighs]
755
00:37:57,939 --> 00:37:58,940
[groans]
756
00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:03,541
Like the Eads family.
757
00:38:03,659 --> 00:38:05,423
The naming rights?
I heard about that.
758
00:38:05,539 --> 00:38:07,667
But that's just
the part of him I know...
759
00:38:08,859 --> 00:38:11,305
...that he's allowed me to see.
760
00:38:11,419 --> 00:38:13,581
But you know him
better than anybody.
761
00:38:13,699 --> 00:38:17,146
Well, I think I do, but I'm not
really sure anyone can.
762
00:38:21,539 --> 00:38:23,621
He's most likely ahead of you...
763
00:38:25,619 --> 00:38:27,542
...especially when it looks like he's not.
764
00:38:27,659 --> 00:38:30,344
And if he does go down,
he will pull you down with him.
765
00:38:30,459 --> 00:38:32,268
I'm not afraid to prosecute anybody.
766
00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:33,710
Okay, it's not about that.
767
00:38:33,819 --> 00:38:37,540
It's about you being your alpha self,
not letting him pull you out of your game.
768
00:38:37,659 --> 00:38:39,980
That's his goal in all his deals:
769
00:38:40,099 --> 00:38:42,340
get under their skin,
get them to make a mistake.
770
00:38:42,459 --> 00:38:44,700
[sighs]
771
00:38:44,859 --> 00:38:48,750
If this was a different case,
uh, at this stage,
772
00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:50,702
I would pursue a plea agreement.
773
00:38:51,779 --> 00:38:52,905
You would.
774
00:38:54,019 --> 00:38:55,862
It's a cardinal rule:
you don't trust your career
775
00:38:55,979 --> 00:38:59,950
in the hands of a jury
of 12 random crazy people
776
00:39:00,059 --> 00:39:02,585
who might decide a case
based on a wink and a smile
777
00:39:02,699 --> 00:39:04,940
and not the law,
778
00:39:05,059 --> 00:39:07,346
which they can't fucking understand
in the first place.
779
00:39:07,459 --> 00:39:09,461
[Chuck sighs]
780
00:39:11,499 --> 00:39:13,467
Would he take a deal?
781
00:39:13,579 --> 00:39:16,025
He'd settle if he thought it was a win.
782
00:39:16,139 --> 00:39:18,062
If he thought he tricked you, even better.
783
00:39:18,179 --> 00:39:19,783
The only deal with teeth
784
00:39:19,939 --> 00:39:22,021
would have to take him
out of business forever.
785
00:39:22,139 --> 00:39:23,868
That's the only deal he would never take.
786
00:39:24,859 --> 00:39:27,305
Would he take a family office?
Would he admit guilt?
787
00:39:27,419 --> 00:39:28,864
Why don't you ask his lawyer?
788
00:39:28,979 --> 00:39:32,108
No, they have to come to me.
789
00:39:32,219 --> 00:39:34,904
If they come to me,
then it's on my terms.
790
00:39:37,299 --> 00:39:38,824
I can get him to come to you.
791
00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:43,580
Are you sure?
792
00:39:43,699 --> 00:39:47,590
Well, I mean, what if the Axe
we're dealing with now...
793
00:39:47,699 --> 00:39:50,066
what if that's the part of him
you don't know about?
794
00:39:50,219 --> 00:39:55,225
III
795
00:40:08,859 --> 00:40:10,782
What happened?
796
00:40:10,899 --> 00:40:13,789
Well, Lawrence Boyd
sent me the message.
797
00:40:13,899 --> 00:40:16,903
He pissed right in my face.
798
00:40:18,059 --> 00:40:21,063
[indistinct chatter]
799
00:40:23,219 --> 00:40:25,460
[man] Holy shit.
Bobby Axelrod!
800
00:40:25,579 --> 00:40:28,150
Can I get a selfie?
I'll get mad followers on my lnstagram.
801
00:40:29,259 --> 00:40:30,385
He didn't show.
802
00:40:30,499 --> 00:40:33,469
Room was full
of 20-year-old dipshits.
803
00:40:33,579 --> 00:40:35,149
It was mailroom night.
804
00:40:40,099 --> 00:40:42,386
Well, what the hell do we do now?
805
00:40:44,419 --> 00:40:45,580
[Bobby] It's worse than I thought.
806
00:40:45,699 --> 00:40:47,428
That's why we're standing here.
807
00:40:47,539 --> 00:40:49,826
I didn't think it would go like this,
808
00:40:49,939 --> 00:40:51,270
this fast.
809
00:40:53,259 --> 00:40:54,146
What's the counter?
810
00:40:54,259 --> 00:40:55,784
It's easy.
811
00:40:55,899 --> 00:40:59,221
Rhoades is vulnerable, exposed.
812
00:40:59,339 --> 00:41:01,228
Conflict of interest.
813
00:41:02,739 --> 00:41:03,740
Wendy.
814
00:41:03,859 --> 00:41:06,226
I make it look like she's involved.
815
00:41:07,619 --> 00:41:09,940
Fraud, embezzlement.
816
00:41:10,059 --> 00:41:12,949
Or maybe she's having an affair...
817
00:41:13,059 --> 00:41:15,061
with Bill Steam.
818
00:41:15,219 --> 00:41:16,630
With you, even.
819
00:41:18,899 --> 00:41:20,822
Watch how fast the case goes away.
820
00:41:22,899 --> 00:41:25,061
I'll let you know.
821
00:41:30,059 --> 00:41:32,141
He's working out of the office today.
822
00:41:32,259 --> 00:41:33,499
Will you tell him I need to talk?
823
00:41:33,619 --> 00:41:35,508
In person.
It's important.
824
00:41:35,619 --> 00:41:37,109
[woman] Of course.
825
00:41:38,619 --> 00:41:41,350
You're gonna give him a deal?
You're gonna fucking let him walk?
826
00:41:41,459 --> 00:41:44,668
If Axelrod comes to the table,
we'll see what we can get.
827
00:41:44,779 --> 00:41:45,701
It's the smart way to go.
828
00:41:45,819 --> 00:41:47,708
That's not what you said two days ago.
What happened?
829
00:41:49,019 --> 00:41:50,703
I changed my mind.
830
00:41:51,979 --> 00:41:54,983
Aw, this is fucking Birch
all over again.
831
00:41:55,099 --> 00:41:57,705
I didn't come here
and sacrifice real money
832
00:41:57,819 --> 00:42:00,663
to let these guys write
their own "get out ofjail free" cards.
833
00:42:00,779 --> 00:42:02,861
Was it all just bullshit posturing?
834
00:42:03,019 --> 00:42:04,862
- Why?
- Because you don't have him!
835
00:42:07,539 --> 00:42:09,940
- Give me more time...
- [chuckles]
836
00:42:10,059 --> 00:42:12,107
...and I will build this case
837
00:42:12,219 --> 00:42:14,825
into a fucking guillotine
and drop the blade.
838
00:42:14,939 --> 00:42:15,781
It's too late.
839
00:42:15,899 --> 00:42:18,584
We went into his house, and, uh...
840
00:42:18,739 --> 00:42:20,025
we shit the bed.
841
00:42:21,299 --> 00:42:23,825
Every day I don't bring charges,
we lose leverage,
842
00:42:23,939 --> 00:42:25,304
and the deal gets better for him.
843
00:42:25,419 --> 00:42:27,820
So, uh, take the rest of the day off.
844
00:42:27,939 --> 00:42:31,386
Or better yet, wait by the phone
for his people to reach out.
845
00:42:39,219 --> 00:42:40,027
[sighs]
846
00:42:43,099 --> 00:42:44,749
[Hall] Hello, Wendy.
847
00:42:47,139 --> 00:42:48,504
Have we met?
848
00:42:49,419 --> 00:42:51,899
No. And we still haven't.
849
00:42:52,019 --> 00:42:54,147
If you want to talk to him, get in.
850
00:42:58,699 --> 00:42:59,586
Where are we going?
851
00:42:59,739 --> 00:43:02,504
♪ Dramatic music I
852
00:43:02,659 --> 00:43:07,665
III
853
00:43:21,259 --> 00:43:23,626
We have to take precautions.
854
00:43:23,739 --> 00:43:26,060
There's a protocol.
855
00:43:26,179 --> 00:43:31,185
III
856
00:43:39,099 --> 00:43:40,863
It's been a weird couple of days.
857
00:43:42,299 --> 00:43:44,381
Yeah.
858
00:43:44,499 --> 00:43:46,581
It's hard to be sure about anything...
859
00:43:47,659 --> 00:43:49,149
."anyone.
860
00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:52,149
I understand.
861
00:43:52,259 --> 00:43:54,387
I need to understand something too.
862
00:43:56,699 --> 00:43:59,100
That's why we're sitting here like this.
863
00:44:00,299 --> 00:44:02,222
No one listening but us.
864
00:44:04,819 --> 00:44:06,583
Have I won your trust?
865
00:44:08,899 --> 00:44:11,027
What do you want to understand?
866
00:44:13,219 --> 00:44:14,948
Why are you sticking around?
867
00:44:19,019 --> 00:44:21,784
I am interested in what
that question means to you.
868
00:44:22,899 --> 00:44:25,743
- I want to know...
- No, I know.
869
00:44:25,859 --> 00:44:27,020
You just want to hear my answer.
870
00:44:28,819 --> 00:44:31,663
I'm not gonna tell you I'm staying
because you need me.
871
00:44:33,539 --> 00:44:36,463
Even though you do, more than ever.
872
00:44:36,579 --> 00:44:38,627
And I'm not gonna tell you
I'm here for my patients
873
00:44:38,739 --> 00:44:41,868
or because I love my job,
even though I do love my job.
874
00:44:41,979 --> 00:44:45,779
And your collection
of insecure egomaniacs
875
00:44:45,899 --> 00:44:47,310
would lose a billion a year
876
00:44:47,419 --> 00:44:49,945
if I didn't keep their heads straight.
877
00:44:50,099 --> 00:44:54,263
And I am not going to tell you
I'm here spying for Chuck,
878
00:44:54,379 --> 00:44:58,350
because you know
that's total fucking nonsense.
879
00:45:02,539 --> 00:45:03,700
The answer...
880
00:45:06,099 --> 00:45:08,340
My answer is, I'm here for me.
881
00:45:10,539 --> 00:45:13,907
Because I built this company
just as much as you did.
882
00:45:14,019 --> 00:45:17,740
- That's a bold statement.
- That's a true statement.
883
00:45:17,859 --> 00:45:20,590
I put you back together again
884
00:45:20,699 --> 00:45:22,747
when your whole world burned.
885
00:45:22,859 --> 00:45:27,308
III
886
00:45:27,419 --> 00:45:29,308
And I found meaning in that.
887
00:45:30,979 --> 00:45:32,902
I still do.
888
00:45:33,059 --> 00:45:36,745
I'm not happy here, not always,
889
00:45:36,899 --> 00:45:38,867
not now.
890
00:45:42,059 --> 00:45:45,347
But meaning matters more
to me than happiness.
891
00:45:45,459 --> 00:45:48,349
And I am in this water...
892
00:45:50,579 --> 00:45:53,105
...because I don't want to see you
throw it all away when you don't have to.
893
00:45:53,219 --> 00:45:54,744
I know.
894
00:45:58,659 --> 00:46:00,263
And I don't want us to lose you.
895
00:46:00,419 --> 00:46:05,380
III
896
00:46:11,659 --> 00:46:13,582
I want to make a deal.
897
00:46:13,699 --> 00:46:15,588
- Will he make one?
- Yes.
898
00:46:15,699 --> 00:46:16,985
Will I be able to live with it?
899
00:46:20,179 --> 00:46:22,546
That's up to you.
900
00:46:22,659 --> 00:46:24,582
That has nothing to do with the deal.
901
00:46:24,739 --> 00:46:29,745
III
902
00:46:32,379 --> 00:46:34,063
[footsteps approaching]
903
00:46:39,019 --> 00:46:41,147
How do you feel?
904
00:46:41,259 --> 00:46:42,988
Like somebody else.
905
00:46:45,539 --> 00:46:47,303
What am I gonna say about it?
906
00:46:50,659 --> 00:46:52,787
That I did the right thing.
907
00:46:57,539 --> 00:46:59,303
For all of us.
908
00:47:07,819 --> 00:47:09,503
Adam, hi.
909
00:47:10,459 --> 00:47:14,145
Uh, just wanted to thank you
for stopping by the other day.
910
00:47:14,259 --> 00:47:16,739
I thought about what you said,
911
00:47:16,859 --> 00:47:18,349
and I'm not gonna recuse myself.
912
00:47:18,499 --> 00:47:21,025
Well, that's unfortunate.
913
00:47:21,139 --> 00:47:22,948
I believe the Greeks
call that "hamartia."
914
00:47:23,059 --> 00:47:23,901
[chuckles]
915
00:47:24,019 --> 00:47:27,466
I disagree, because I'm not gonna lose,
and there will not be an appeal.
916
00:47:27,579 --> 00:47:29,820
Axelrod surrendered.
917
00:47:29,939 --> 00:47:31,020
What? A deal?
918
00:47:31,179 --> 00:47:31,987
Mm-hmm.
919
00:47:32,139 --> 00:47:33,425
Yeah, we have a deal on the table,
920
00:47:33,539 --> 00:47:37,339
a termination, a plea, and $1.9 billion.
921
00:47:38,659 --> 00:47:41,139
Biggest insider fine ever paid.
922
00:47:41,259 --> 00:47:43,023
Anyway, thanks again.
923
00:47:43,139 --> 00:47:45,506
Give my regards to the maestro.
924
00:47:45,619 --> 00:47:47,508
You got it, Chuck.
Good job.
925
00:47:50,379 --> 00:47:52,063
- [chuckles]
- [intercom beeps]
926
00:47:52,179 --> 00:47:54,864
[woman] Your father's still holding
on the other line.
927
00:47:58,739 --> 00:47:59,740
Dad, hello.
928
00:47:59,859 --> 00:48:03,420
Chuckie boy, I heard.
I heard you took him down.
929
00:48:03,539 --> 00:48:07,066
I'm, uh-l 'm smoking a cigar
for you right now...
930
00:48:07,179 --> 00:48:08,908
as soon as I get outside.
931
00:48:09,019 --> 00:48:10,259
I'm not supposed to in the house
932
00:48:10,379 --> 00:48:12,586
now that your mother
heard Wendy's rule.
933
00:48:12,699 --> 00:48:14,428
But congratulations!
934
00:48:14,539 --> 00:48:16,348
Yeah, we're quite happy
with the terms.
935
00:48:16,459 --> 00:48:17,904
- [Chuck Sr.] Well, it's the smart play.
- Yeah.
936
00:48:18,059 --> 00:48:20,585
And even as a kid,
you would never get into a fight
937
00:48:20,699 --> 00:48:22,542
unless you knew you could win it.
938
00:48:23,699 --> 00:48:26,669
Oh, do you remember that Mintz boy?
939
00:48:26,819 --> 00:48:29,948
He was a head taller than you,
probably could've made you eat dirt.
940
00:48:30,059 --> 00:48:33,029
And he left that ball field
thinking you were best friends.
941
00:48:33,139 --> 00:48:34,220
Okay, Dad, I got to go.
942
00:48:34,339 --> 00:48:36,945
And then I made sure
he didn't get into Dalton.
943
00:48:37,059 --> 00:48:38,106
Good-bye!
944
00:48:42,059 --> 00:48:45,700
Highest fucking fine ever levied,
$1.9 billion.
945
00:48:45,819 --> 00:48:47,025
[Orrin] We got everything we wanted.
946
00:48:47,139 --> 00:48:48,186
Family office. Sure.
947
00:48:48,339 --> 00:48:49,625
Yeah.
948
00:48:49,739 --> 00:48:51,946
That's worse than the fucking fine.
949
00:48:52,059 --> 00:48:54,505
The money, I can get back,
but not my name.
950
00:48:54,619 --> 00:48:58,465
We'll petition for reinstatement
after Rhoades leaves.
951
00:48:58,579 --> 00:49:01,310
After the White House turns over,
we'll get it.
952
00:49:01,419 --> 00:49:04,309
You'll be managing outside money again
within five years.
953
00:49:04,419 --> 00:49:06,467
That's five years I'll never get back.
954
00:49:08,339 --> 00:49:09,420
Where's the silverware?
955
00:49:09,539 --> 00:49:12,190
No, it's, uh-it's Ethiopian.
956
00:49:12,299 --> 00:49:16,065
I got you extra injera,
and, uh, you use your hands.
957
00:49:19,619 --> 00:49:23,066
This is an opportunity
to be here with us.
958
00:49:23,179 --> 00:49:25,546
Step it up, Ben Kim.
959
00:49:25,659 --> 00:49:27,627
Step it UP-
960
00:49:27,739 --> 00:49:29,229
Sorry.
961
00:49:29,379 --> 00:49:30,904
I'll go get some.
962
00:49:31,019 --> 00:49:32,259
Do you have it?
963
00:49:33,299 --> 00:49:34,505
Right here.
964
00:49:40,259 --> 00:49:43,149
♪ Tense music I
965
00:49:43,259 --> 00:49:48,265
III
966
00:49:52,459 --> 00:49:55,190
Uh, there's one other thing.
967
00:49:55,299 --> 00:49:56,983
I do not like other things.
968
00:49:57,099 --> 00:50:00,865
I sensed a possible waffle
on the specifics of the plea.
969
00:50:00,979 --> 00:50:03,141
Connerty did commit to a no-guilty plea
970
00:50:03,259 --> 00:50:06,183
but said he would have to reconfirm
with Rhoades.
971
00:50:06,299 --> 00:50:08,108
What could they come with?
972
00:50:08,219 --> 00:50:11,621
At worst, the company
will have to plead guilty to conspiracy.
973
00:50:11,739 --> 00:50:13,662
- Fuck.
- Penalty is the same.
974
00:50:13,779 --> 00:50:15,508
An admission of guilt?
975
00:50:18,179 --> 00:50:21,262
If they put that
in front of me tomorrow,
976
00:50:21,379 --> 00:50:23,347
I don't think I can sign it.
977
00:50:28,379 --> 00:50:29,380
[groans]
978
00:50:29,499 --> 00:50:34,505
III
979
00:50:36,219 --> 00:50:37,550
It's gonna be okay.
980
00:50:37,699 --> 00:50:39,667
[groans]
981
00:50:39,779 --> 00:50:44,785
III
982
00:51:04,699 --> 00:51:05,700
[door opens]
983
00:51:07,179 --> 00:51:08,340
They're coming up.
984
00:51:11,539 --> 00:51:16,545
III
985
00:51:29,139 --> 00:51:31,107
You've been briefed
by your lawyers, Mr. Axelrod.
986
00:51:31,219 --> 00:51:34,063
We'll try to get you out of here
as soon as possible.
987
00:51:34,179 --> 00:51:37,581
"As part of the proposed
global resolution,
988
00:51:37,699 --> 00:51:40,782
the defendant agrees
to an aggregate financial penalty
989
00:51:40,899 --> 00:51:42,947
of $1.9 billion,
990
00:51:43,099 --> 00:51:46,262
to the termination
of their investment advisory business,
991
00:51:46,379 --> 00:51:48,541
and...
992
00:51:48,659 --> 00:51:52,983
the company agrees to plead guilty
to conspiracy."
993
00:51:53,099 --> 00:51:58,105
III
994
00:52:01,259 --> 00:52:03,261
Do we have a deal, Mr. Axelrod?
995
00:52:04,339 --> 00:52:09,345
III
996
00:52:16,739 --> 00:52:17,706
Okay.
997
00:52:19,619 --> 00:52:20,859
Okay.
998
00:52:22,899 --> 00:52:25,140
Axe Capital accepts
such a penalty as fair,
999
00:52:25,259 --> 00:52:27,307
reasonable, and adequate
within the limitations
1000
00:52:27,419 --> 00:52:29,899
Congress has imposed
on federal regulators
1001
00:52:30,059 --> 00:52:32,141
to recover investor losses.
1002
00:52:32,259 --> 00:52:33,306
Bryan...
1003
00:52:35,619 --> 00:52:38,384
...didn't he say
that he would never settle?
1004
00:52:39,419 --> 00:52:41,183
That's what he's been saying.
1005
00:52:41,299 --> 00:52:43,984
You know, out there,
you guys always talk so tough,
1006
00:52:44,099 --> 00:52:46,943
but you always end up in here.
1007
00:52:47,059 --> 00:52:49,539
Why is that?
1008
00:52:49,659 --> 00:52:52,549
Because he knows he's a crook.
1009
00:52:52,659 --> 00:52:54,866
Innocent people
would never take a hit like that.
1010
00:52:54,979 --> 00:52:56,504
Beyond the pale.
My client-
1011
00:52:56,619 --> 00:52:58,667
You got me, Rhoades.
1012
00:52:58,779 --> 00:53:00,588
$1.9 billion.
1013
00:53:00,699 --> 00:53:02,701
It's gonna hurt.
1014
00:53:02,819 --> 00:53:05,220
But not like a shark bite.
1015
00:53:05,339 --> 00:53:07,546
It's more like a...a what?
A bee sting.
1016
00:53:07,659 --> 00:53:10,822
Bee sting? No, that hurts.
More like a horsefly.
1017
00:53:10,939 --> 00:53:12,748
[Bobby]
One of those little green horseflies?
1018
00:53:12,859 --> 00:53:13,781
[Wags] Yeah, a nasty nip.
1019
00:53:13,939 --> 00:53:16,067
No, more like an ant, like a red ant.
1020
00:53:16,179 --> 00:53:19,308
Yeah, yeah. Stings for a minute
but doesn't ruin the picnic.
1021
00:53:20,859 --> 00:53:24,068
"Plea agreement is subject
to judicial approval,
1022
00:53:24,179 --> 00:53:26,022
pursuant to Rule 11(c) (1) (C)
1023
00:53:26,139 --> 00:53:29,029
of the Federal Rules
of Criminal Procedure."
1024
00:53:29,139 --> 00:53:31,585
Actually, it's good
to get past this stuff.
1025
00:53:31,699 --> 00:53:32,905
You know, just get it out of the way.
1026
00:53:33,019 --> 00:53:35,590
[Wags] Yeah, we can make
that $1.9 back in, what, eight months?
1027
00:53:35,699 --> 00:53:36,541
Six.
1028
00:53:38,179 --> 00:53:40,466
[Orrin] The termination
of Axe Capital's advisory business
1029
00:53:40,579 --> 00:53:42,741
closes the fund to outside investors.
1030
00:53:42,859 --> 00:53:47,262
Yeah, you can score that one
for the superstars over at the SEC.
1031
00:53:47,379 --> 00:53:48,665
As a family office,
1032
00:53:48,779 --> 00:53:51,623
Mr. Axelrod can invest
his personal assets...
1033
00:53:51,739 --> 00:53:53,787
No.
1034
00:53:53,899 --> 00:53:55,469
No family office.
1035
00:53:57,099 --> 00:53:58,260
Lifetime ban.
1036
00:53:58,379 --> 00:54:03,306
III
1037
00:54:08,059 --> 00:54:09,743
Put the money in a trust, fine,
1038
00:54:09,859 --> 00:54:12,021
but you never trade securities again.
1039
00:54:15,219 --> 00:54:18,462
Not for institutions,
not for individual investors,
1040
00:54:18,579 --> 00:54:20,104
not even for yourself.
1041
00:54:20,219 --> 00:54:25,259
III
1042
00:54:36,779 --> 00:54:41,819
III
1043
00:54:51,779 --> 00:54:53,383
What the fuck just happened?
1044
00:54:56,259 --> 00:54:58,023
♪ Metallica's
"Master of Puppets" playing a'
1045
00:54:58,139 --> 00:55:00,301
♪ End of passion play a'
1046
00:55:00,459 --> 00:55:02,461
♪ Crumbling away a'
1047
00:55:02,579 --> 00:55:06,379
♪ I'm your source of self-destruction I
1048
00:55:06,499 --> 00:55:08,740
- Pull over.
- ♪ Veins that pump with fear ♪
1049
00:55:08,859 --> 00:55:10,782
♪ Sucking darkest clear I
1050
00:55:10,899 --> 00:55:14,949
♪ Leading on your death's construction I
1051
00:55:15,099 --> 00:55:17,306
♪ Taste me, you will see I
1052
00:55:17,419 --> 00:55:19,342
♪ More is all you need I
1053
00:55:19,459 --> 00:55:24,021
♪ Dedicated to how I'm killing you I
1054
00:55:24,139 --> 00:55:27,780
III
1055
00:55:27,899 --> 00:55:32,302
♪ Come crawling faster I
1056
00:55:32,419 --> 00:55:36,981
♪ Obey your master ♪
1057
00:55:37,099 --> 00:55:41,548
♪ Your life burns faster I
1058
00:55:41,659 --> 00:55:44,230
♪ Obey your master ♪
1059
00:55:49,419 --> 00:55:50,750
I heard.
1060
00:55:53,379 --> 00:55:54,744
How did it happen?
1061
00:55:55,939 --> 00:55:59,910
The moment came,
and, uh, Axe blew a gasket.
1062
00:56:00,739 --> 00:56:03,106
Took down the whole meeting.
1063
00:56:03,219 --> 00:56:05,062
Tore the check up into tiny pieces.
1064
00:56:05,179 --> 00:56:08,183
I thought he might trash the room
on his way out. [chuckles]
1065
00:56:09,339 --> 00:56:11,023
Christ.
1066
00:56:12,699 --> 00:56:13,621
We're back to this.
1067
00:56:16,019 --> 00:56:17,544
No, it's fucking worse.
1068
00:56:17,659 --> 00:56:21,141
I c-l can't live in the middle and-
1069
00:56:21,259 --> 00:56:22,784
You won't.
1070
00:56:24,259 --> 00:56:27,741
I've decided,
for the good of our marriage,
1071
00:56:27,859 --> 00:56:30,305
I'm not gonna be part
of the case going forward.
1072
00:56:32,179 --> 00:56:33,988
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
1073
00:56:34,139 --> 00:56:35,903
I've recused myself.
1074
00:56:36,019 --> 00:56:38,386
I already notified Washington.
1075
00:56:40,819 --> 00:56:42,708
- I am proud of you.
- Mm.
1076
00:56:44,139 --> 00:56:46,619
Looking past yourself.
1077
00:56:46,739 --> 00:56:49,185
Seeing the bigger picture.
Five years ago, you wouldn't have.
1078
00:56:49,299 --> 00:56:52,143
That is substantial fucking growth.
1079
00:56:53,899 --> 00:56:54,900
[gasps]
1080
00:57:10,099 --> 00:57:12,147
I got to go walk the dog.
1081
00:57:16,939 --> 00:57:18,509
I'll be back.
1082
00:57:23,939 --> 00:57:25,703
[Chuck] Thanks for coming out so late.
1083
00:57:25,819 --> 00:57:27,389
Always.
1084
00:57:29,059 --> 00:57:32,142
You're a goddamn hero for standing up
to those pricks today.
1085
00:57:32,259 --> 00:57:33,988
[chuckles]
Okay.
1086
00:57:34,099 --> 00:57:37,262
You can count on me
to finish what you started.
1087
00:57:37,379 --> 00:57:39,143
I'm all in.
1088
00:57:39,259 --> 00:57:41,830
And I'm gonna put a hurt on him
that he can't buy his way out of.
1089
00:57:41,939 --> 00:57:43,623
Good.
1090
00:57:43,739 --> 00:57:45,901
I want you to keep me in the loop
about what you're doing.
1091
00:57:47,219 --> 00:57:48,903
But you're recusing yourself.
1092
00:57:49,019 --> 00:57:51,340
I'm still gonna need you
to keep me informed.
1093
00:57:51,459 --> 00:57:53,780
Then you're not really recused.
1094
00:57:53,899 --> 00:57:56,220
I am, officially.
1095
00:57:57,939 --> 00:57:59,862
There can't be any trail back to me.
1096
00:57:59,979 --> 00:58:02,346
No documents,
no email chains, no witnesses.
1097
00:58:02,459 --> 00:58:04,223
We only talk behind closed doors.
1098
00:58:04,339 --> 00:58:06,182
I can handle this case on my own.
1099
00:58:06,299 --> 00:58:08,666
Of course you can,
but the gloves are off.
1100
00:58:08,779 --> 00:58:11,385
We do whatever it takes.
1101
00:58:13,899 --> 00:58:16,789
♪ Metallica's
"Master of Puppets" playing a'
1102
00:58:16,899 --> 00:58:18,139
III
1103
00:58:18,259 --> 00:58:21,980
♪ Master of puppets,
I'm pulling your strings a'
1104
00:58:22,099 --> 00:58:25,990
♪ Twisting your mind
and smashing your dreams a'
1105
00:58:26,099 --> 00:58:28,705
♪ Blinded by me, you can't see a thing I
1106
00:58:28,819 --> 00:58:31,948
♪ Just call my name,
'cause I'll hear you scream a'
1107
00:58:32,059 --> 00:58:34,266
♪ Master, master 4'
1108
00:58:34,379 --> 00:58:38,270
♪ Just call my name,
'cause I'll hear you scream a'
1109
00:58:38,379 --> 00:58:40,541
♪ Master, master 4'
1110
00:58:40,659 --> 00:58:45,665
N!'
1111
00:58:51,019 --> 00:58:54,023
[laughter]