1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,160 ♪ ("BOY" BY BOOK OF LOVE PLAYING) ♪ 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:13,360 NEWS REPORTER: (OVER TV) It's just gone 6 a.m. 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,840 The public inquiry into the government's 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,760 three-month long bailout 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,040 of green energy startup Lumi 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,800 is being held today in Westminster. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,560 Taxpayers are outraged 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,040 by the two billion-pound bailout. 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,040 It seems fingers are being pointed 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,000 at the Lumi CEO, Henry Muck, 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,520 at the government for bailing out a sinking ship, 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,720 and at investment bank Pierpoint, 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,600 for overvaluing Lumi's initial public offer. 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,080 (WATER DRIPPING) 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,440 HENRY MUCK: How's Rob feeling about the select committee? 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,000 I can't believe they're sending someone so junior. 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,200 It's total dereliction of duty on Pierpoint's part. 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,080 Yes, borderline abusive at this point. 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,640 I don't know why he's doing it. 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,640 Yeah, well, it doesn't sit well with me. 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,240 I'm gonna make it right. 22 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,400 (YASMIN KARA-HANANI GIGGLES) 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,440 Oh... 24 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,160 Can you do something for me? 25 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,680 Can you be vulnerable with me if I'm vulnerable with you? 26 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,800 Okay. 27 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,440 Can you relieve yourself on me? 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:36,520 What? 29 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,280 What the fuck are you talking about? 30 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:39,480 I'm not a pervert. 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,120 It's like an intimacy thing, okay? 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,160 Yeah, I feel like we've reached the stage 33 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,960 where I can ask you to do this for me and not be shamed. 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,360 ♪ ("CHARMED" BY REDINHO AND STELLA PLAYING) ♪ 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:55,960 YASMIN: Okay. 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,680 I mean, I'm not sure that I can relax, but... 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,080 Just piss and think of England. 38 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,800 You really want me to do this? 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:10,760 I'm not a pervert. 40 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:12,840 I'm practical. 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,880 This is the one situation 42 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,240 where I get to control my helplessness. 43 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:22,600 ♪ And now you're gone Far away, far away ♪ 44 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,680 Okay. 45 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,720 - ♪ If you could ♪ - Let me relax. 46 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:29,920 (CLEARS THROAT) 47 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:35,840 ♪ Would you stay? Would you stay with me? ♪ 48 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:38,040 ♪ Shoop, shoop ♪ 49 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:42,280 ♪ Shoop, shoop ♪ 50 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,560 (URINE TRICKLING) 51 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,360 ♪ Tell me, my love Do you feel right? ♪ 52 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,600 (SIGHS) 53 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,840 (YASMIN CHUCKLES) 54 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,720 HENRY: Thank you for trusting me. 55 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:03,360 ♪ And now you're gone Far away, far away ♪ 56 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,760 ♪ (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 57 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,000 RISHI RAMDANI: (OVER PA) Big up! 58 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,440 Children's Investment Trust Charity Day. 59 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,080 This is your annual chance to save your souls. 60 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,240 Remember, donations are tax-deductible, 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,160 so it's a fucking win-win in my opinion. 62 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,640 - Booyakasha! - (STATIC FEEDBACK) 63 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,160 NAOMI: People respond emotionally 64 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,400 before they respond intellectually, 65 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,360 so we're gonna go with the blue. 66 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,320 Tory blue. 67 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,400 NAOMI: It's more of a royal blue. 68 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,280 It's a sympathetic color. 69 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,360 And we'd like you to wear these glasses. 70 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,000 ♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 71 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,280 - I don’t wear glasses. - They're non-prescription. 72 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:41,840 DANIEL BURROWS: It's very much in your interest 73 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,200 that you stick to this statement. 74 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,840 If they ask you any awkward questions, 75 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,040 just say, "I refer to my statement." 76 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,160 Are you Pierpoint's lawyer or mine? 77 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,520 BURROWS: I'm instructed by Pierpoint. 78 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,520 You can be rest assured 79 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,760 that to the extent that your interests 80 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,320 and Pierpoint's interests coincide, 81 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,600 I shall be looking after your interests today. 82 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,880 With respect, that's not very encouraging. 83 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,520 Sorry, what if I flat-out refuse to do this? 84 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,880 Rob, a company man would do this. 85 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,440 You're a company man. 86 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,240 It's just an information gathering exercise. 87 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,480 NAOMI: The government spent billions bailing out Lumi, 88 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,720 and the opposition is pointing fingers. 89 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,800 ERIC TAO: But that's not on you. You're not on trial here. 90 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,440 Any questions come up about Henry's integrity 91 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:27,280 or, indeed, Lumi's highly risky business strategy, 92 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,480 we don't advise that you implicate Lumi, 93 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,880 but your silence on these matters would be useful 94 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,280 in allowing people to draw their own conclusions. 95 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,440 Against Lumi in favor of Pierpoint. 96 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,200 Henry and Lumi will take any opportunity they can 97 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,880 to throw you under the bus. 98 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,320 (INHALES DEEPLY) So... 99 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,560 ♪ (MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ 100 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,480 - Lisa Dearn's on that committee. - ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪ 101 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,160 The Shadow Energy Secretary. 102 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,640 She's an up-and-comer. 103 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,760 And a fucking Rottweiler. 104 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,920 Means eyeballs and good political capital for her, 105 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,240 but she's gonna grandstand, play to the gallery. 106 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,840 What's the narrative gonna be? 107 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,280 Dearn's gonna paint this as a big bank 108 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:21,800 over-inflating a startup into a national utility, 109 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,280 which she believes should be publicly owned anyway, 110 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:26,920 only for the taxpayer to foot the bill when it went tits up. 111 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:27,960 Off the record, 112 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,400 what do Adler and the higher-ups make of all this? 113 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,680 ERIC: They're disowning it, 114 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,360 pretending it's a local, UK-centric issue 115 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,480 that'll be swallowed by the next news cycle. 116 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,760 But the more we can do 117 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,320 to lay blame at Lumi's feet, the better. 118 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,240 Why didn't we send a tank in? 119 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,280 Why didn't you go in and rip Henry's head off? 120 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,320 Because after COP, I'm the very public, 121 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,360 internal face of Lumi's failure. 122 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,480 I want a new one. 123 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,480 And so we're not at cross purposes here, 124 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,280 Robert's expendable? 125 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,080 ERIC: He's a young man early in his career. 126 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,880 He'll recover. 127 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,240 NAOMI: The randomizer of the universe 128 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,080 is laughing at us as it spits out our bingo card. 129 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:12,840 A select committee 130 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:16,160 and the Children's Investment Trust event on the same day. 131 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,240 I've already spoken to the photographer 132 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,400 about avoiding Yasmin Hanani, but can you 133 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,000 sensitively adios her? 134 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,120 I don't think that the charity want 135 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,680 the Charles Hanani association on their Twitter feed. 136 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,600 It's endearing you try so hard. 137 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,360 - Nice calves. - RISHI: Rishi in the porno. 138 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,200 It's for the kids. 139 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,920 - RISHI: Rishi in the punani. - (NAOMI CHUCKLES) 140 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,360 RISHI: Rishi in the punani. Bop! 141 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,480 (CLEARS THROAT) 142 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,520 (IN ITALIAN ACCENT) Hey, it's-a me, generic Italian plumber. 143 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,920 SWEETPEA GOLIGHTLY: Okay. (CHUCKLES) 144 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,920 Rish, can I have a word, please? 145 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Sweetpea, you do look very fetching in your outfit. 146 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,000 All I wanna know is, 147 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,560 does the carpet match the drapes? 148 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,800 That's pathetic. 149 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,160 - I'm not sure it is. - So, thanks for that. 150 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:01,160 Thanks for making such an effort. 151 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,720 You are welcome. 152 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,360 (CHUCKLES) 153 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,440 Ooh, this is nice. 154 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,120 What is it exactly you're doing on my desk? 155 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:12,880 I don't know. 156 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,200 Call your boss, he'll tell you. 157 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,760 Yo, what time you on the box, Bob? 158 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:22,960 You look like you're due in court 159 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,680 for a racially motivated murder. 160 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:29,480 YASMIN: I spoke to Henry, you know, 161 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,800 he says this has got nothing to do with you. 162 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,120 He wouldn't lie to me, so you're gonna be fine, okay? 163 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,800 Yeah. 164 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,480 That's the exact opposite of what Eric just told me. 165 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,480 Yas, can I speak to you about my rotation project? 166 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,000 Sorry, I, um-- I have to firm up a meeting with LeviathanAlpha. 167 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Please, um-- Please. 168 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,840 You could just listen to me, like, for once. 169 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,680 I'm bringing this to you because I do not want you 170 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,600 to look fucking stupid as my line manager. 171 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,440 I'm making a call, Sweetpea. 172 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,480 - (SWEETPEA CLEARS THROAT) - RISHI: Is it 'cause I is Black? 173 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,080 - Um, Eric, can I talk to you? - In a little bit. 174 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,000 Uh, I was working late last night 175 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,320 on this indicator model. 176 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,760 Well, it's turned into more of a risk assessment now. 177 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,640 Sweetpea, Robert's my focus this morning, okay? 178 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,000 SWEETPEA: Okay, yeah. No, I get that, um... 179 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 And I’m sorry, I don’t-- I don’t wanna be too forthright 180 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,160 but I actually think this is really important right now. 181 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,800 So I'm gonna, I'm gonna wait in a meeting room over there 182 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,120 until you come and talk to me. 183 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,680 - RISHI: (OVER PA) All right, in third place... - SWEETPEA: Okay? 184 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,560 - ...Paul and Ben, who've come as Jimmy Savile... - Okay. 185 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:30,880 - ...and his mother's corpse. - (CLEARS THROAT) 186 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,960 RISHI: In second place, Bilal, who's come as Bobby Sands, 187 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,880 complete with very inventive dirty protest make-up. 188 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,640 But the winner this year, Leanne and Julie... 189 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,000 I'm gonna call you back. I'll just see you at 4:00. 190 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 - Okay. - ERIC: Uh, quick one. 191 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:49,240 It might be a good idea for you to take a personal day. 192 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,600 What do you mean? Like a day off? 193 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,320 Well... you want your privacy. 194 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,160 Yeah, when a fucking pap is camping out on my cistern, 195 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,440 not when I'm doing my job. 196 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,400 Eric, the last thing I want is for any of this shit 197 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,640 to affect my life in here. 198 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,360 Can you not throw your toys out of the pram? 199 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,040 Don't patronize me, okay? I'm not one of your daughters. 200 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,400 I'm just trying to offer you a little protection 201 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,800 from the glare of the spotlight in a tough time. 202 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,920 That's all. 203 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:19,560 I appreciate that. 204 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,920 But, you know, I've just gotten off a call with LeviathanAlpha, 205 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:24,960 who, let's be honest, 206 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,080 left us a pretty shitty quarterly review. 207 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,360 ERIC: What a surprise. 208 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,120 Harper's power to give us a bad review 209 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:31,200 must really light up 210 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,960 the pleasure centers in her brain. 211 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,760 I've just set up a 4 p.m. 212 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,640 between Harper and Daisy, the CIT's new PM. 213 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,960 She's just moved over from Crux. 214 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,680 I have been speaking to her for weeks. 215 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:43,880 She thinks that Petra and Harper are cutting-edge. 216 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,480 You know, I can make this connection. 217 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,520 ERIC: You know, we give the Children's Investment Trust 218 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,480 five percent of our PNL on Charity Day as gesture, 219 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,720 which they then end up reinvesting through us 220 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,040 anyway. 221 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,920 It's a waste of my time. 222 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,160 Well, okay, it's not a waste of mine. 223 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,760 We have no idea where Daisy's gonna end up in a few years, 224 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,640 and I'm looking for longevity in this business, 225 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,480 so I'm going to introduce Harper and Petra 226 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,720 to the Children's Investment Trust at 4 p.m. today. 227 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,120 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 228 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:10,880 ERIC: By the way, just so we're clear, 229 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,240 I certainly don't see you as my daughter. 230 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,160 Okay? 231 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:20,760 (CLEARS THROAT) 232 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,800 Apologies, I know this select committee 233 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,680 is like a-- it's a big deal, so... 234 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,160 I've just-- I've been-- I'm a little freaked out 235 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,960 and no one here is listening to me. 236 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,640 - (SCOFFS) - So, I don't know. 237 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:43,040 I could, I could be adding two and two and be getting five, 238 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,640 but I also could be adding two and two and be getting four. 239 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,480 And four would be like... really bad. 240 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,960 So, like, five minutes? Ten minutes? 241 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,640 - Okay. Let's start with five. - SWEETPEA: Okay. Okay, cool. 242 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,920 So, obviously, there's a trend of IPOs being pulled, 243 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,480 and ESG is experiencing a downturn. 244 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,440 Thank you for highlighting that for me. 245 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,480 So, um, I was speaking to my friend, Amir, 246 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,920 in Fixed Income, and he said that Pierpoint issued, 247 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,280 like, a fuck ton of senior secured debt 248 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:17,480 around five years ago, 249 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,760 and it's about to reach maturity, 250 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,200 and there's literally no bid for it anywhere. 251 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,600 So this, this capital-raising strategy 252 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,480 coincidentally but also perhaps dangerously lines up 253 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,520 with the timing of our own ESG pivot. 254 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,880 So what are you saying? 255 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,320 Look, I could, I could probably get 256 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,280 in a lot of trouble for this. 257 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:39,600 You know, with, like, the Chinese walls 258 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,600 and everything. 259 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,080 But, um, my friend, Magdelena in Banking, 260 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,440 said that every IPO roadshow that they've done 261 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,920 over the past three months has gone badly. 262 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,440 No company coming to market 263 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,280 will want Pierpoint to be its bookrunner. 264 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,040 And pretty much all of the IPOs 265 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,240 that Pierpoint have underwritten are in limbo 266 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,640 between postponement and pulling completely. 267 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,040 And the equity within these prospective companies 268 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,640 is close to zero by now. 269 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:05,640 No one wants them. 270 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,560 The valuations have completely collapsed. 271 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,080 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 272 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:10,080 Go on. 273 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,680 So, um... this is the kicker. 274 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:15,240 My friend, Keval, in Asset Management 275 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,960 said that Pierpoint took equity stakes 276 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,720 to facilitate these deals. 277 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,880 Is it possible that these prop bets 278 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,600 are all going to zero? 279 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:32,560 So... (CHUCKLES) 280 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,840 ...what you are saying is two plus two equals fucked? 281 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,080 (ERIC CHUCKLING) 282 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,480 Well, yeah. (CHUCKLES) 283 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,560 Yeah, yeah. 284 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:46,920 Okay. 285 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,880 - Sweetpea... - SWEETPEA: Mm-hmm. 286 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,840 ...this is what we're gonna do about this. 287 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,440 The way you gleaned this information 288 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,280 is potentially a regulatory issue, 289 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,680 a confidentiality issue, 290 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,520 and a disciplinary issue. 291 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,240 I think it's best for you and whoever you 292 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,520 concocted this little conspiracy with 293 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,400 that you all go back to your desks 294 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,600 and do your fucking jobs. 295 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:23,960 ERIC: Understood? 296 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,520 Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT) 297 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:31,560 Yeah, sorry. 298 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,360 ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 299 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,400 (LINE RINGING) 300 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,120 ERIC: Hey, are you still in the UK? 301 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,880 BILL ADLER: (OVER PHONE) At City Airport. Just landed from Switzerland. 302 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,720 ERIC: Can you-- Can you come to the office? 303 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,520 I need to speak to you. 304 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,360 ADLER: Haven't you got both eyes on the select committee? 305 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,000 Is this-- Is this more urgent? 306 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,680 I'll lay it out, and you can tell me. 307 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:16,080 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 308 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,040 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 309 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,680 You read the statement, make it clear and concise, 310 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,120 but don't make it interesting. The more boring, the better. 311 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,280 - Understood? - Yeah, all right. 312 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,320 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 313 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,080 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 314 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,680 ROBERT SPEARING: Our role is to provide 315 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,280 fledgling businesses with capital, 316 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,440 and we remind you 317 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,560 that throughout bringing Lumi to market, 318 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,440 we made good on Pierpoint's foundational tenet... 319 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,080 doing business with integrity. 320 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:46,800 Thank you. 321 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:50,800 Why are you here? 322 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,240 Actually, let me rephrase that. 323 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,480 Why are we here? 324 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,240 Sorry, I... I'm not following. 325 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:00,720 Um... 326 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,040 Why are we here? 327 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:04,880 I was asked to be. 328 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,080 We're here because your employer 329 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,160 overvalued Lumi, 330 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,320 which provided an essential service, 331 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,920 fanned its untenable growth trajectory 332 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,680 to the point where it had to be placed 333 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,160 under emergency government control 334 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,840 and bailed out by the taxpayer 335 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,640 to the tune of two billion pounds. 336 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,280 Do you agree that's why we're here? 337 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:29,880 I'd like to refer back to my statement, 338 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:30,920 um, in that-- 339 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,640 LISA DEARN: I spent my weekend reading 340 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,080 testimony from customers that Lumi failed. 341 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,240 And I'd share them aloud here, but we'd be here till next week. 342 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,320 I'd implore you to avail yourself of these. 343 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,120 But I fear the human cost will always be something 344 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,320 of an abstraction for people in your line of work. 345 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,160 STEPHEN CRIBBENS: I didn't think I heard a question 346 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,160 in the Shadow Energy Secretary's statement. 347 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,080 Rather an ad hominem attack. 348 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,000 LISA: One statement from a Lumi employee 349 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,880 called you Sir Henry's "whipping boy." 350 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,600 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 351 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,840 Is that a fair characterization? 352 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,080 I'd say you're more Pierpoint's whipping boy, 353 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,080 given that they've sent someone so junior 354 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,600 and youthful to face the music for them. 355 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,320 I do find myself feeling sorry for you. 356 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,280 I work in Equity Capital Markets. 357 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:22,640 That requires a certain level of time 358 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,040 - spent with management. - (FINGERS TAPPING) 359 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,800 Sorry, I, um-- I refer to my statement-- 360 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,240 LISA: "Time spent with management" 361 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,000 seems underpowered for what you really mean. 362 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,040 According to statements from an anonymous Lumi employee, 363 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,440 your relationship with Mark was, 364 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,840 and I quote here, "intimate." 365 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,120 I don't understand 366 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,520 how this is relevant to the inquiry. 367 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,320 I think a level of incestuousness 368 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,480 between Pierpoint and Lumi might be 369 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,120 at the crux of the valuation problem. 370 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,840 I'd refer again to your use of the word "integrity." 371 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,640 I wonder if you might actually make good on that... 372 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:58,760 platitude. 373 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,000 Would you say that we've established 374 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,040 that you spent enough time 375 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,320 in Muck's orbit to make a character assessment of him? 376 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:09,840 I don't know. 377 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:13,360 Probably. 378 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:16,520 Then how would you characterize his relationship 379 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,560 with the young women he worked with? 380 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,680 ROBERT: I... 381 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,720 LISA: Because I have a... a source 382 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,320 at Lumi who it is incumbent on me to protect 383 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,200 who's made it very clear 384 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,080 that Muck ran a predatory environment. 385 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,320 She was indeed a victim of Muck's predation. 386 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,200 ADAM: Again, how is this germane to our purpose here today? 387 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,480 LISA: This is the second and now largest bailout 388 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,800 since the introduction 389 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,240 of the sweeping energy bailout bill. 390 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,040 The British taxpayer has been forced 391 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,720 to bail out a company created by a force of personality. 392 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,480 They deserve to know what kind of personality 393 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:52,680 they're footing the bill for. 394 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,480 Uh, sorry, Chair, um, I need to, um... 395 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,360 Sorry, uh, can I go to the toilet, please? 396 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:00,080 Let's reconvene in 20 minutes. 397 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,240 Keep it together. 398 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,360 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 399 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,040 Who's the Arab kid on my desk, by the way? 400 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,920 ADLER: That's Ali. 401 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,000 His family are high up in the Egyptian government. 402 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,880 They have ties with the Al-Mi'raj Holding Company out of the Gulf. 403 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,000 Big investors in our asset management division. 404 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:21,440 They wanted to give him a job, you know? 405 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,200 The usual "client's son" nepo thing. 406 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,680 How bad is our balance sheet? 407 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,920 Let's forget the Chinese wall for a moment. 408 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:30,840 Give it to me undiluted. 409 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,600 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 410 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:35,680 Where have you been? 411 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,560 John Lindsay's stepping down. 412 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,600 We're getting a new CEO? 413 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,520 Captain for a storm. 414 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,480 Who is it? 415 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,600 I wouldn't wanna preempt the final decision. 416 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:00,560 I, uh... 417 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,800 I want you to come see me at my place tonight 418 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,720 for a more intimate confab. 419 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,760 Tell me, honestly. 420 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,800 Is there a storm coming, Bill? 421 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:15,480 It's already here. 422 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,840 Look, can you tell me what's happening? 423 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,760 - ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Like, what are they actually asking me? 424 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,240 None of this stuff about Henry's character 425 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,240 was in any of the briefings. 426 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,520 Well, did you know about any of this? 427 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,960 No, I don't know what she's talking about. 428 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:30,960 Like, I really don't know. 429 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,160 They're giving you an open goal to hurt him. 430 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,280 These allegations could shift the attention 431 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,720 from Pierpoint to Henry. 432 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,360 So... 433 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,560 go for it. Hurt him. 434 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:46,880 - NAOMI: He's here. - (CAR DOOR OPENING) 435 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,480 - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 436 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,160 NEWS REPORTER 1: Are you a predator, Mr. Muck? 437 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,920 Henry, you said you'd be here. 438 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,560 NEWS REPORTER 2: How much did you make, Mr. Muck? 439 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,080 NEWS REPORTER 1: Do you feel guilty, Mr. Muck? 440 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,440 ROBERT: What happened with Caedi? 441 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,120 It is not relevant. 442 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:03,880 Then why are they pinning me to the wall 443 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,480 for the fact that you fuck your employees? 444 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,320 Mate, lower your voice. 445 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,720 You don't know what you're talking about. 446 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,640 None of it is pertinent to why we are here. 447 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,920 No, it's pertinent because you use your power 448 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,960 to get your dick wet 449 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,600 and somehow my job now is to answer for it. 450 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,360 - Listen to me. Look at me. - (FINGERS SNAPPING) 451 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,200 You have to believe me. 452 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:25,840 All right? 453 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,600 This isn't anything. 454 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,160 It's a whole load of nothing. 455 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,440 It's not going to go anywhere because there's nothing there. 456 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,000 ♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 457 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,000 Mr. Spearing, a former Lumi employee 458 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,520 that I've had close contact with, 459 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,600 attests that she was, 460 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,520 quote, "relentlessly and romantically 461 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,400 pursued by Henry Muck." 462 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,720 He bought her clothes 463 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,320 and then offered her a position of power 464 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,400 in exchange for inappropriate relations. 465 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,280 The employee was then flown out to the UN climate conference, 466 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,240 which you attended with Mr. Muck. 467 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,000 And this employee was then, quote, "frozen out." 468 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,800 Mr. Spearing, do you believe this statement? 469 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,520 Do you believe this woman? 470 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:14,680 Spearing... 471 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,080 I'd like to speak to my barrister privately, please. 472 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,000 Mr. Spearing, are you aware that Henry is now 473 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,960 in a relationship with a Pierpoint employee? 474 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,240 I'm sure that would be of great interest 475 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:28,360 to the regulators. 476 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,080 I refer to my statement. 477 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,080 Oh, fuck. 478 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:42,800 We can dress this up 479 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,080 as an information gathering exercise, 480 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,880 but ultimately, we're here to assign blame. 481 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,720 I wanna be honest. 482 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,000 Uh, I have to face up to my own culpability, and... 483 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,760 this is the most humble day of my life. 484 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,640 I think the most important thing 485 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,560 is to be vulnerable in front of you right now. 486 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,440 I, uh, like you, believed I was engaged 487 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,640 in a public service. 488 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,760 Our mission was to disrupt 489 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,440 a stagnant and monopolistic industry, 490 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,840 and the little guy failed. 491 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,440 Yeah, we-- we overshot. 492 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,040 I assure you, the animating spirit 493 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,120 that caused us to overshoot 494 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:30,760 is the same one that made us feel 495 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,280 that we were doing good for the country. 496 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,360 And your failure to model 497 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,120 for a correction in natural gas prices? 498 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:39,160 Your unsustainably low introductory price point? 499 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,080 Less than five percent of your so-called "green power" 500 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,560 was from renewable energy sources. 501 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,360 You've "greenwashed" your credentials. 502 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,840 The only thing I'm guilty of is optimism. 503 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,480 Now, I am happy to answer any questions about my business, 504 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,000 and I will swiftly and judiciously 505 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,840 respond to any contentions about my private life, 506 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,360 privately, out of respect for those who raise them. 507 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,480 (AUDIENCE MURMURS) 508 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:07,480 (DOOR OPENS) 509 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,040 I won't let this story be just another bailout 510 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,280 consigned to the dustbin of history 511 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,600 by the relentless pursuit of capital. 512 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,800 What about the 145 million pounds in stock 513 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,560 you sold before Lumi went into emergency government control? 514 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,440 How much of that have you paid in restitution to your victims? 515 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,840 This should have been a criminal investigation from the outset. 516 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,760 You should serve prison time for what you've done. 517 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,360 You are a mercenary. 518 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,280 Well, unlike you, I don't take pleasure 519 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,680 in the suffering of others. 520 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,560 (HESITATES, EXHALES) 521 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,400 (HESITATES) 522 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,640 Yeah, and in terms of the, um, 523 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,360 the valuation and the, uh, the overheated, uh... 524 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,640 excitement around the... the IPO, 525 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,400 well, that would lay at the feet of our bankers. 526 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,560 Now, you keep using the word predatory. 527 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,240 If there is a predatory side to capitalism, 528 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,280 they are on it, we are not. 529 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,920 BURROWS: (WHISPERS) What a slippery shit. 530 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,120 (INDISTINCT MURMURING) 531 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:05,960 - ♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC FADES) ♪ - I hope this is worth it? 532 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,400 Just to see your old office? 533 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,520 (CHUCKLES) 534 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,160 I genuinely think that it could be useful. 535 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,200 - Hmm. - AUTOMATED VOICE: Door opening. 536 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,240 I'm just gonna pee, but I'll catch up with you. 537 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,960 Okay, I'll see you in the meeting room. 538 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,080 AUTOMATED VOICE: Door closing. 539 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,760 (EXHALES) 540 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,280 - (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) - (SNIFFLES) 541 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,320 (CLEARS THROAT) 542 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:36,960 (SWEETPEA SNIFFLES) 543 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:40,200 What's going on? 544 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,360 I just... 545 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,800 I think I really fucked it up with Eric. 546 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,200 YASMIN: Oh, don't worry about him. 547 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,640 Why don't you sit in on this meeting 548 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,360 with Harper and Petra? 549 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,400 - Eric's allergic to Harper. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 550 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,480 YASMIN: Trust me, your tears are wasted in here. 551 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:58,640 (SIGHS) 552 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:00,360 What happened? 553 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,480 ♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 554 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:02,560 Um... 555 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,480 Well, that's kind of sensitive. 556 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,160 SWEETPEA: And I... I don't-- I don't really know 557 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,160 if there's anything to it. 558 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,760 Okay, well, don't say anything 559 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,400 that's gonna get us into trouble. 560 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,520 There was this Euro Swaps kid who once spoke 561 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,760 about the fact that he spent his entire signing-on bonus 562 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,760 on Pornhub Premium and Oliver Peoples glasses 563 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,360 - in a lift with an MD. - All right. 564 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:24,480 He got sacked. 565 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,800 You never know who's listening. 566 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,120 SWEETPEA: Okay, so, um... I outlined this hypothesis. 567 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,120 Eric shot it down pretty viciously, but I think... 568 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,360 Pierpoint Asset Management might have 569 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,840 taken an outsize prop bet as part of our ESG pivot, 570 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,160 funded by debt that is about to reach maturity. 571 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,440 It's a balance sheet motherload. 572 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:00,760 - Okay. - Hmm. 573 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,840 Um... 574 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,760 - Honestly... - Mm-hmm... (SNIFFLES) 575 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:11,240 ...I think this is way above our pay grades. (CHUCKLES) 576 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:16,280 Look, I have a lot going on today, okay? 577 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,280 But just don't let the geezers get you down. 578 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,440 Right? 579 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,240 I'm gonna go for a piss now, okay? 580 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,480 But you're good. 581 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,560 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 582 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,320 (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) 583 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,320 (DOOR CLOSES) 584 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,120 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES) ♪ 585 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,800 It was a stroke of genius. I think you did brilliantly. 586 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,600 Look, I'm getting a lot of heat about Henry 587 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,960 and the possibility of criminal proceedings. 588 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,800 We can't be associated with that. 589 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,080 What, I can, can I? 590 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,680 You need a fucking scapegoat. 591 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:09,320 Why fuck me? 592 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,960 Why did you choose to fuck me? 593 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,520 Because you're fuckable, Robert, all right? 594 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,720 I'm sorry. From a company level, you're fuckable. 595 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,160 Don't... Don't look at me. 596 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,160 Eric said you were expendable. 597 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,480 ♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 598 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,560 - (LINE RINGING) - (BREATHING HEAVILY) 599 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,520 Hey. Hey, Rob, Rob, breathe, breathe. 600 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:43,640 It's Eric. 601 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,040 It's fucking-- It's Pierpoint. 602 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,800 They've hung me out to dry, Yas. 603 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:51,640 They're gonna fire me. 604 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,360 Maybe don't question the jailer 605 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,120 when he hands you the keys, you know? 606 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,320 Getting away from all these people, 607 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:01,800 is that such a bad thing? 608 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,280 (CONTINUES BREATHING HEAVILY) 609 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,320 ♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 610 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:17,920 LISA: And from the very first instance, 611 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,840 I would contend that Lumi was far too 612 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,840 closely enmeshed with government. 613 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,920 We believed Lumi could be a beacon 614 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,200 for what the British tech and energy sectors 615 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,280 were capable of. 616 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,440 You were very quick to ratify a bailout. 617 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,880 Was that because you wanted to... soften the landing 618 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,800 for a Lumi CEO? 619 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,560 AURORE ADEKUNLE: I don't believe in bailouts philosophically, 620 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,160 but it was a moral issue. 621 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:43,960 Homes were going cold. 622 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,760 In all my dealings with Henry Muck, 623 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,000 I never questioned his integrity. 624 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,880 LISA: You're defending a man whose misconduct allegations 625 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,520 seem to be growing exponentially. 626 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,320 I don't think that's what we're here to talk about. 627 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,320 Pierpoint ended up as Lumi's lead underwriter. 628 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,560 Did that have anything to do with the fact 629 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,840 that you started your career there? 630 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,760 Does the fact that you started your career 631 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,440 at the energy regulator Ofgem, 632 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,720 have anything to do with the lack of supervision 633 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,080 over Lumi's finances? 634 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,040 I don't follow. 635 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,280 What's that got to do with anything? 636 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,800 My point exactly. 637 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:24,800 It's a coincidence. 638 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,440 Okay, so it's not Lumi's fault, 639 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,360 and I assume you're here to ensure 640 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,080 that it's not the government's fault, so... 641 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,840 Secretary of State, whose fault is it? 642 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,080 My department dropped the ball 643 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,920 and therefore the responsibility is mine and mine only. 644 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,680 (AUDIENCE MURMURING) 645 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:48,320 AURORE: The goalposts over what's acceptable in public life 646 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,600 have shifted over the last half-decade 647 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,480 due in part to my party's leadership. 648 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,440 Scandal has become such an iterative process for us 649 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,800 that it has ceased to become scandal. 650 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,720 But I am here to prove to you 651 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:05,880 and the public, 652 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,840 that I still believe in accountability in politics. 653 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,760 Which is why I've come from Number Ten, 654 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,160 where I tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister. 655 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,240 (COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHATTERING) 656 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,600 You have no idea how lucky we just got. 657 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,440 She just made the government the story. 658 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,840 What are you talking about how lucky "we" got? 659 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,520 You mean me. 660 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:40,440 AURORE: And on the subject of a criminal investigation, 661 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,480 this government welcomes the opportunity 662 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:48,120 to engage the Attorney General and the Serious Fraud Office 663 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,320 to mete out justice where appropriate. 664 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,600 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 665 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,800 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) 666 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,040 REPORTER: How did the Prime Minister 667 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,600 take your resignation as Secretary of State? 668 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,640 BODYGUARD: Now, back off. 669 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,240 (CAR DOOR CLOSES) 670 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,800 HENRY: If I knew they were gonna use 671 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,760 Caedi like that, or she felt like this, 672 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,920 I would have reached out to her. It was traumatic. 673 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,920 - ♪ (TENSE MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (RAIN PATTERING) 674 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,720 And I didn't buy her any clothes, by the way. 675 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,600 I let her use my Net-A-Porter discount once. 676 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:29,720 Are you not worried... 677 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,400 about the... 678 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,600 the criminal implications that Dearn raised. 679 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:35,880 You sat through that shit show. 680 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,520 Wouldn't you say blame is complicated? 681 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,080 It lies with me, my board, my bankers... 682 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:44,560 and the government. 683 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,120 But people want a single reductive certainty. 684 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,160 Let me buy you an early dinner. 685 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,920 There's some friends of ours I want you to meet. 686 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,520 All's fair in love and war, right? 687 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,480 ♪ (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 688 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,560 BYSTANDER: Give us our money back, wanker! 689 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:14,440 Some pre-prandial martinis to lube up the conversation. 690 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,200 Two? Three? Oh, and a glass of Ruinart 691 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,760 for our absent guest. 692 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,280 Wait, is someone else joining us? 693 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,760 ALEXANDER NORTON: Just a Perrier for me. 694 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:23,720 Oh. 695 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,760 I thought Dearn was a little unsophisticated 696 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,800 how she went for the jugular in there. 697 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,400 I had a similar grilling from our current 698 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,640 Foreign Secretary during the Leveson inquiry. 699 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,760 He's in your pocket now, isn't he, Nortie? 700 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,080 You did hack Hugh Grant's phone, no? 701 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,800 - I'm not rising to that. - (OTTO MOSTYN CHUCKLES) 702 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,000 (CHUCKLES) 703 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,840 It takes a certain person to not wilt under those lights. 704 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,040 ♪ (SERENE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 705 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,440 You did well. 706 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,480 OTTO: Yeah, your friend Harper realized 707 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,880 the sell-side is where the fertile minds go to die. 708 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,080 She's doing rather well with my money. 709 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,360 It's time for you to have the same realization, Rob. 710 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,400 Well, if it isn't our future Prime Minister. 711 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,240 (HENRY CLAPS) 712 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,560 Fuck me! Muah! 713 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,120 - Muah! - (AURORE CHUCKLES) 714 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,280 Well done in there. 715 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,600 AURORE: This is purportedly the worst day of my career. 716 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,760 I've just had to let my entire private office go. 717 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,680 Where's Blanc de Blancs? 718 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,360 - OTTO: Oh, as if by magic. - (CHUCKLES) 719 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:25,840 NORTON: Just giving a nod to James 720 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,880 and the news team on tomorrow's headline. 721 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,920 Aurore, do you prefer "Third Way" 722 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,160 or "New Hope" for the sub? 723 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:33,880 You know best, Alexander. 724 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,440 NORTON: After that disastrous budget, 725 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,200 they had to put a centrist in as Chancellor, 726 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,160 but we'll have him out by the election. 727 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,120 AURORE: Oh. 728 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,880 NORTON: The job's yours to lose. 729 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,680 What about the, um-- Well, the criminal proceedings? 730 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,440 Oh, I had a word with the Attorney General. 731 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,480 It's in his in-tray. 732 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:52,800 He'll look at it, 733 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,840 then it'll be in someone else's in-tray. 734 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,160 OTTO: Oh, and if the press come knocking, 735 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,280 ask something that'll use up oxygen, 736 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,760 like, um, can a woman have a penis? 737 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,160 - AURORE: Oh, dear. - (NORTON CHUCKLES) 738 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,800 (CHUCKLES) 739 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,080 Well, looks like my uncle made some promises. 740 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,560 Good to have him in your favor. 741 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:11,680 Mm. 742 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,560 HENRY: I am surprised you are such a bad bullshitter. 743 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,600 Isn't that what the Oxford tutorial system 744 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,800 is meant to teach us? 745 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:21,440 OTTO: Um... 746 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,320 We should have a toast, shouldn't we? 747 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,040 Um, to England? 748 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:30,080 No, uh, to, uh-- Well, to friends. 749 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,440 Old and, uh, new. 750 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,640 - To friends, old and new. - Friends... 751 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:37,920 To friends, old and new. 752 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,240 - Cheers. - ♪ (SERENE MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 753 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:45,480 (HENRY SNIFFS VIGOROUSLY, EXHALES) 754 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,920 ♪ (UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪ 755 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,960 It's a shame that the, uh... 756 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,000 the heart palpitations you get off shit gear 757 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,200 - don't count as cardio. - (ROBERT SNIFFS) 758 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:54,840 (EXHALES) 759 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,040 Did you, uh... 760 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:02,760 did you ever, you know, get with Yasmin? 761 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,000 (LIVELY CHATTER) 762 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,080 No. 763 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,160 Although she did once... 764 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,000 make me eat my own ejaculate off a mirror. 765 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000 (CHUCKLES) 766 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,560 I've invited her to join us later. 767 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:22,360 And while... I'm not a... I'm not a sexually jealous man, 768 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,480 I just don't want it to be awkward, you know. 769 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,120 We're just friends. 770 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,040 She's a very good friend. 771 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,440 I think she might be it. 772 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,040 The bullet to take me out of the Great War. 773 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:37,080 What? 774 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,080 Oh, for fuck's sake. I think I'm in love with her. 775 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:41,840 Well, you shouldn't tell her that. 776 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,400 She's not in the emotional headspace 777 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,520 to hear things like that. 778 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,080 Oh. 779 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,160 So, you do love her. 780 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,360 (HENRY SNIFFS DEEPLY) 781 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,280 ERIC: That now ex-cabinet minister 782 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,800 really took the heat for us in there today. 783 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,560 ADLER: Sorry I left you high and dry. 784 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:02,840 Senior management-- help yourself-- 785 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,280 have had their eye on who's gonna sail us 786 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,000 through this squall. 787 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,880 Is it premature to toast your ascension 788 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,000 to the top job? 789 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,880 They're making you CEO, right? 790 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,280 (SCOFFS) 791 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,160 Please. 792 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,320 I'm honored you think they'd even finger me for that. 793 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,000 No, I have it on semi-good authority 794 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,800 it's gonna be Tom Wolsey. 795 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,440 You're fucking kidding me. 796 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,560 The ex-Bain turnaround guy? 797 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,360 He's-- He's a kid. 798 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,360 I think if he's announced, it tells us the story. 799 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,760 - He's gonna gut us? - Is that a question? 800 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,760 Between us... 801 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,640 I think Wilhelmina was part of the soft pressure 802 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,760 behind Lindsay's retirement. 803 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,720 She's gonna do everything she can to pass the buck 804 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,840 about the ESG disaster in front of Wolsey. 805 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,320 The grad was right. 806 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,720 ADLER: Not even a forensic accountant could read our balance sheet. 807 00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:51,000 It's too unwieldy. 808 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,520 What I can tell you is we're not safe 809 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,720 from a plummeting share price. 810 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,040 We're not safe from panic. 811 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,760 HENRY: Epstein's island was a naff Mustique. 812 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,240 - ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - (CHUCKLES) 813 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:05,800 - Stop! - HENRY: You won't find the Muck name 814 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,960 - on the flight manifesto. - XANDER LINDT: (LAUGHS) Don't. 815 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,720 HENRY: Yeah, I heard he was Mossad agent-- 816 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:13,240 - I need talk to you. - HENRY: Oh, in a bit, 817 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:14,240 in a bit, in a bit. 818 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,120 YASMIN: Henry, we need to talk about this girl. 819 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,760 Oh, it was nothing, Yas. 820 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,080 It was fucking nothing. 821 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,200 You're high, Henry. 822 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,520 Why do you get yourself into these fucking situations? 823 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,720 - Yeah, I know, I know, I know. - YASMIN: No! No! 824 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:26,520 It's an abuse of power, Henry. 825 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,520 Fuck, everything's an abuse of power 826 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,840 with me in relationships, Yas. I can only fuck down. 827 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,440 (CHUCKLES) Who can I fuck that's higher status? 828 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,600 Uh, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris? 829 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,240 Not my tempo, babe. 830 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,640 - XANDER: I love a café au lait. - (HENRY CHUCKLING) 831 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:43,440 Obviously... 832 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,280 Obviously, I'm joking, I'm joking. 833 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,760 For fuck's sake, Yas. 834 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,800 You know, I'm with you now. 835 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,200 I'm with you. 836 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,880 Yeah? You're everything. 837 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,640 You're fucking everything. 838 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,080 - Stop. - No, no, listen to me. 839 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,720 I love how vulnerable you make me feel. 840 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:05,760 Yeah? 841 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,000 - I loved this morning. - Okay. 842 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,440 You know, that was a holy moment. 843 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:10,960 When we were that vulnerable with each other... 844 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,520 - Okay, I-- - ...when you pissed on me. 845 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,640 XANDER: (CHUCKLING) You got another girl 846 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,120 to piss on you? 847 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:17,720 (CROWD EXCLAIMS) 848 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,600 YASMIN: Lick it up off the fucking floor. 849 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,080 - ROBERT: Hey, Yas. - YASMIN: No, not right now. 850 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,240 Oh, I always liked her. 851 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,240 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, come on. 852 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,400 Let's give it a good fucking nudge. 853 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,120 YASMIN: Did you know anything about this Lumi girl? 854 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,400 - No. - YASMIN: Like, what am I doing 855 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,000 involving myself with someone like him? 856 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,240 Like, what is actually wrong with me? 857 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:50,400 There's nothing wrong with you. 858 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,040 YASMIN: So many fucked up fucking issues. 859 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,440 I surround myself with these men. 860 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,360 Like-- And I want them to want me. 861 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,760 Why? I don't... 862 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,160 I even... wanted... my dad to like me. 863 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,880 Yeah, but you know, 864 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,360 there's nothing wrong with wanting your dad 865 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,000 to like you. 866 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,360 God, I spent years trying to get my mom's approval. 867 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:12,600 PASSERBY 1: Have you tried Bacchanalia yet? 868 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,000 I mean, you know, presentationally. 869 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,560 PASSERBY 1: Got some god-awful Damien Hirst in there. 870 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,200 Can't you just fall in love with me? 871 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,160 ♪ ("NOBODY KNOWS (LADAS ROAD)" BY LOYLE CARNER PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪ 872 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,280 It would make everything so much easier. 873 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,200 - (PHONE BUZZING) - PASSERBY 2: Where we going tonight? 874 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,640 PASSERBY 3: Thinkin' around Maison Estelle, 875 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:40,720 Koko... YASMIN: Hello? 876 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:41,920 DENISE OLDROYD: Yas, it's Denise. 877 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,960 Uh, are you somewhere private? 878 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,320 YASMIN: Is everything okay? 879 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:46,760 DENISE: Are you somewhere private? 880 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,280 What's wrong? 881 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,880 DENISE: Okay, um, I'd rather not do this over the phone, 882 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,520 but I thought speed was quite important, 883 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:56,120 given how quickly it might get out. 884 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,120 Um, they found a body. 885 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,640 It's, uh, it's most likely your father. 886 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,840 Uh, um... 887 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,680 DENISE: Yes, do you-- do you need me to come to you? 888 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,560 - I'm gonna... - DENISE: Yas... 889 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,200 I'll... I'll... I'll call you later. 890 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,240 PASSERBY 4: Have you seen those fucking mugs 891 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:18,560 queueing outside Greek Street? 892 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,280 It's like a fucking labor exchange? 893 00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:29,160 YASMIN: Sorry, I can't, I can't. 894 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,720 HENRY: Come on, fucking hell... 895 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,360 Fucking get in there. 896 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,640 I've got a surprise for later. 897 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:49,920 (SNIFFLES) 898 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,720 XANDER: Whoa, easy, easy, easy, easy. 899 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:53,560 HENRY: I'm taking you somewhere special. 900 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,600 XANDER: This is dark web coke. None of your speed shit. 901 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:56,960 HENRY: Shit got real. 902 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,400 Right. (SNIFFS) 903 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,560 ADLER: So... 904 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,200 I wanted to bring you here to tell you privately. 905 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,440 I've been living with a medulloblastoma 906 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:09,680 in my left temporal lobe. 907 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,480 Rare in adults and inoperable. 908 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,640 Can you believe it? 909 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,520 I was repeating myself a lot, so I got it checked out. 910 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:19,960 What's the prognosis? 911 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,600 Oh, years, no doubt. Modern medicine. 912 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,280 Years. 913 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:27,520 Why are you looking at me like that? 914 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,520 You think I'm in denial? 915 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,680 No, not at all. I'm just... 916 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,680 thinking about how I always admired your hair. 917 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:40,520 It ain't budged. 918 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,600 Yeah, I decided chemo wasn't practical. 919 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:47,880 What a life, eh? 920 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,760 You bet death against your vanity 921 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,120 and your vanity still wins. 922 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:52,680 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 923 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,160 Yeah, I didn't want people in the office thinking 924 00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:58,680 I was in any way incapacitated. 925 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,560 So, I, uh, flew to this clinic in Switzerland. 926 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,760 They're trialing a DCVax treatment 927 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,880 where they expose nude mice to the tumor cells 928 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,520 to create a bespoke vaccine. 929 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,760 Cancer's like our business. It's, uh... 930 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,600 It's a country with its own language. 931 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,040 How are your daughters? 932 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:22,680 I'm fighting for custody. 933 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,720 But Candace is a merciless bitch. 934 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:28,880 (ADLER CHUCKLES) 935 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,200 That's why I loved her. 936 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,160 You want the weekends, or the week? 937 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:38,080 I used to see what my daughters could become and achieve 938 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,480 in every successful young woman I came across. 939 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:43,560 But now-- 940 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,480 Now you wanna come across every successful young woman? 941 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,640 Mr. Tao, HR are on the line. 942 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,960 I don't know what I feel. 943 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,200 Ooh, disgrace is coming. 944 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,400 Don't expedite it. 945 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,080 Luckily, cancer really does a number on desire. 946 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,640 (SLURPING) 947 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:03,760 (SOBS INTENSELY) 948 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:07,480 ADLER: Hey, hey. 949 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,800 Who are you crying for? 950 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,960 - I hope it's not for me. - ERIC: Sorry, sorry. 951 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:15,320 (SNIFFLES) 952 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:18,640 Remember... 953 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:21,520 we grew up in this bank. 954 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,440 We're lifers. 955 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:25,880 And I'm happy we made that trade, 956 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,640 but only if we act like we know its soul 957 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,920 and we're prepared to fight for it. 958 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,160 Because the next few weeks are gonna be a fight. 959 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:37,760 (HENRY GRUNTING SOFTLY) 960 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,240 How long was I out for? 961 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:57,000 I've been thinking about my intentions. 962 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,040 One must think clearly 963 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:06,720 about what one will ask the medicine. 964 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:09,960 You can't wear that. 965 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,720 You look like a T.M. Lewin wanker. 966 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,240 GUEST 1: Expensive way to get off your tits. 967 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:28,760 ROBERT: Where the fuck have you dragged me? 968 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,240 GUEST 2: Cheap way to meet God though. 969 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,560 - Just sit on the blue blanket for me. - All right. 970 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:37,840 Just sit on that blanket for me. 971 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,600 GUEST 3: I haven’t paid 800 quid to sit in some woods in Kent. 972 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,120 (GUESTS CHATTERING) 973 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,920 GUEST 3: I better fucking figure some shit out. 974 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,000 PIERRE: Hey, dude. 975 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,040 Pierre. 976 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,600 Is this your first journey? This is my third set of cups. 977 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,600 I don't think I'm in the right headspace for this. 978 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,360 Well, you look like you've sobered up a bit. 979 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,920 I told Henry to abstain, but he never listens. 980 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,280 PIERRE: He doesn't respect the medicine. 981 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,160 And remember, the plant finds you when you're ready. 982 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,000 (SHAMAN CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 983 00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:28,360 You're here now. 984 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,200 Do you really have a choice? 985 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,160 (SHAMAN CONTINUES CHANTING) 986 00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:45,520 (RETCHING) 987 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:47,440 GUEST: Diego! 988 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:49,760 Help me, Diego! 989 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,760 (SHAMAN CONTINUES CHANTING) 990 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,400 (HENRY LAUGHING) 991 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,400 (CHANTING ECHOING) 992 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,760 (HENRY CONTINUES LAUGHING) 993 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:09,720 SHAMAN: Guíanos... 994 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:11,560 Ayahuasca. 995 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:14,640 Ayahuasca. 996 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,720 - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - (HIGH-PITCHED RINGING) 997 00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:19,960 - (WATER DRIPPING) - (LIGHTS BUZZING FAINTLY) 998 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,800 - (RHYTHMIC RUSTLING) - ♪ (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 999 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,920 ♪ (EERIE MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ 1000 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,480 (DISTORTED CHATTER ECHOING) 1001 00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:00,080 Shoeshine, shoeshine, shoeshine. 1002 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:04,960 Shoeshine, shoeshine, shoeshine. 1003 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,400 (DISTORTED) Shoeshine, shoeshine, shoeshine. 1004 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:09,800 (LOUD BUZZING) 1005 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,120 - ♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - (ABRUPT SILENCE) 1006 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:15,800 (REPEATING DEEP SNIFFS) 1007 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,680 ♪ (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1008 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,720 (ECHOING VOICES CHATTERING) 1009 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:29,560 (ELECTRIC BUZZING) 1010 00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:32,160 ERIC: (ECHOING) You're a company-- 1011 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:33,680 You're a company-- You're a company man. 1012 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,520 (WATER DRIPPING) 1013 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,640 (CHILDREN LAUGHING, ECHOING) 1014 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:51,480 NICOLE CRAIG: (ECHOING) Go on, Mommy's not looking. 1015 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,560 ♪ (EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1016 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,400 (LAUGHS) 1017 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,680 (HENRY LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY) 1018 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:51,160 (LAUGHING DISTORTS) 1019 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,720 (HENRY CONTINUES LAUGHING) 1020 00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:59,080 (BABY CRYING) 1021 00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:03,000 - ♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - (BABIES CRYING) 1022 00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:10,960 ROBERT: (ECHOING) She was a tyrant, you know? 1023 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,360 You're just like my mother. 1024 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,320 She was an unfillable void of need too. 1025 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,440 She was very... 1026 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:24,360 present. 1027 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,160 BOB SENIOR: (ECHOING) She was restless. 1028 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,280 Just like you, always in your ear. 1029 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,880 (WORDS ECHO) 1030 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,080 BOB SENIOR: She loved you. 1031 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:37,920 (OVERLAPPING ECHOING WORDS) 1032 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,600 (ECHOING WHOOSH) 1033 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,080 (HENRY LAUGHING) 1034 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,320 - (ABRUPT SILENCE) - (PANTS) 1035 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,800 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 1036 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,000 (HENRY LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY) 1037 00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:04,960 (CONTINUES LAUGHING) 1038 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:10,240 (GASPING) 1039 00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,200 (SHAMAN CHANTING SOFTLY) 1040 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,200 We have to find a way to monetize this. 1041 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,920 (LAUGHS) 1042 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,880 (BIRDS CALLING) 1043 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,720 HENRY: Christ, I'm coming down hard. 1044 00:51:31,240 --> 00:51:33,680 I had a very nasty experience in the loo just now. 1045 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:37,480 I saw a monster. 1046 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:46,680 Whatever you do... 1047 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:51,160 don't look in the mirror. 1048 00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:57,800 ♪ ("CMON" BY FRED AGAIN... AND BRIAN ENO PLAYING) ♪ 1049 00:52:58,000 --> 00:52:59,480 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 1050 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:00,600 (DOOR CLOSES) 1051 00:53:07,240 --> 00:53:08,320 (YASMIN SIGHING) 1052 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:25,960 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 1053 00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:33,960 Can I get in with you? 1054 00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:37,800 ROBERT: What time is it? 1055 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:38,880 I don't know. 1056 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:42,280 Where have you been? 1057 00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:45,560 YASMIN: I ended up in some member's club. 1058 00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,880 Sat at the bar for a bit, getting fucked up. 1059 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,040 Got some guys to buy me about eight Negronis. 1060 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:53,920 And then when they left, 1061 00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,280 they realized that I wasn't a paying member anymore. 1062 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:00,800 So they asked me to leave. 1063 00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:05,480 And I came home. 1064 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,000 Sorry I left you with them. 1065 00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:16,800 I think I'm gonna sell the house. 1066 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,480 How did you afford this place in the first place? (CHUCKLES) 1067 00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:24,000 Clement... 1068 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,800 He left me half a million quid in his will. 1069 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,480 I guess it doesn't really matter where the money comes from. 1070 00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:34,400 I think it does. 1071 00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:38,160 I think I'm finally beginning to see that. 1072 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,200 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 1073 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:46,800 What am I gonna do if I lose my job? 1074 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,360 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 1075 00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,440 Henry will look after you. 1076 00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:04,520 - But he's a cunt. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 1077 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,440 Yeah, he's your type. 1078 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:11,680 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 1079 00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:20,600 I guess he is. 1080 00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,200 My fate is predetermined. 1081 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:28,480 Yeah. 1082 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:33,920 ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪ 1083 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:36,640 You're destined to marry your dad. 1084 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,400 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 1085 00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:43,440 (ROBERT CHUCKLES) 1086 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:50,760 (LAUGHS WHEEZINGLY) 1087 00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,080 That would be impossible 'cause I killed him. 1088 00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:55,200 (GIGGLES) 1089 00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:59,360 ♪ ("BOY" BY BOOK OF LOVE PLAYING) ♪ 1090 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:00,920 (GIGGLES) 1091 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,520 (ROBERT CHUCKLES) 1092 00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:27,560 - ♪ Boy ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 1093 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,600 ♪ I want to be Where the boys are ♪ 1094 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,160 ♪ But I'm not allowed ♪ 1095 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:38,800 ♪ I wait outside Of the boy's bar ♪ 1096 00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:42,400 ♪ I wait for them To all come out ♪ 1097 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:43,720 ♪ I'm not a... ♪ 1098 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,920 ♪ Boy ♪ 1099 00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:51,280 ♪ I'm not a... ♪ 1100 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,360 ♪ Boy ♪ 1101 00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,360 ♪ It's not my fault ♪ 1102 00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:05,840 ♪ That I'm not a boy ♪ 1103 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:09,280 ♪ It's not my fault ♪ 1104 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,400 ♪ I don't have those toys ♪ 1105 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:14,920 ♪ I'm not a... ♪ 1106 00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,720 ♪ Boy ♪ 1107 00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,240 - ♪ Uh-huh ♪ - ♪ I'm not a... ♪ 1108 00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:25,760 - ♪ Boy ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 1109 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:27,160 ♪ Boy ♪ 1110 00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:29,600 ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪