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♪ All in all
It's just another brick in the wall ♪
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Five, four, three, two, one!
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Thank Heaven!
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The crisis, the danger, is past…
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and the lingering illness is over at last.
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And the fever called "living"
is conquered at last.
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Be silent in that solitude,
which is not loneliness.
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For then, the spirits of the dead
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who stood in life before thee-
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…are again in death around thee.
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The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
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and the mist upon the hill,
shadowy, shadowy
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yet unbroken, is a symbol and a token.
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How it hangs upon the trees,
a mystery of mysteries.
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The boundaries
which divide life from death
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are at best shadowy and vague.
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Who shall say where the one ends
and where the other begins.
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We stand on the brink of a precipice.
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- Grampus. What is it?
- We peer into the abyss.
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We grow sick and dizzy.
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She's here.
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Our first impulse
is to shrink from the danger.
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Unaccountably, we remain.
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Roderick!
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Sir, do you have a comment?
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You are not going to believe this.
He's on the phone.
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He wants to meet with you tonight.
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- Who?
- Him.
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He sent an address. A…
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A weird address, but it was actually him.
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Not a secretary, not an assistant,
not even the Pym Reaper.
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It was him.
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Thank you.
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Well, come on if you're coming.
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Cognac?
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No, thank you.
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Listen, I'm sorry…
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for your loss, your…
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your losses, rather.
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Henri IV Dudognon Heritage
Cognac Grande Champagne.
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Most expensive in the world.
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This bottle
was four million euros at auction.
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Produced since 1776.
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Aged in barrels for more than 100 years.
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And the bottle itself
dipped in 18 karat yellow gold,
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inlaid with 4,100 high-quality diamonds.
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You know, a single pour…
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it probably cost twice your annual salary.
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Have a glass.
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See what a few years'
of your worth tastes like.
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I mean it, Roderick.
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It's unimaginable and I am truly sorry-
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No, I understand, Auggie.
You're sorry my children are all dead.
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Where's Mr. Pym? It's better
we talk with your attorney present.
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How many subpoenas have you sent me
over the years?
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You finally got me.
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You're hung up on protocol.
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- Waive it then.
- Fine. I waive my right to an attorney.
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Here's to Title 18, Section 371.
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Sure.
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What's not to celebrate?
You got away with it.
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- Again.
- Nobody gets away with anything.
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Not really.
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Madeline would beg to differ.
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You can ask yourself.
She's downstairs in the basement.
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Oh, that's right,
she's an even tougher get than me.
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Have you ever had her on the record?
I don't think so.
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You've never had either of us
on the record.
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Have you?
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I'm sorry, um…
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- It's my granddaughter, Lenore.
- You can take that if you need to.
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Grandkids take priority.
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Don't lecture me about family values.
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You're just as shit
in that department as I am.
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I called you to give you
the only thing you've ever wanted.
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My confession.
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This is Assistant U.S. Attorney
C. A. Dupin, sitting with Roderick Usher.
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November 20th, 2023.
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Mr. Usher has waived his right
to have an attorney present.
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And Mr. Dupin has waived a glass
of Henri IV, so which of us is crazier?
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Just warming it up.
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This is indeed Roderick Usher.
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We're in my childhood home.
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Yeah, this is where I grew up.
Kept it all these years.
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The whole neighborhood…
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actually.
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So I can watch the paint peel.
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The weeds grow.
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And smell the rot
if I needed a pick-me-up.
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And what exactly are you confessing to?
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You mentioned Title 18, Section 371.
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- That's defrauding the U.S. government…
- All of it.
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- All of it?
- The whole thing.
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You brought what, uh, 73 charges?
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All of them, everything, all yours.
Right now.
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And I'll throw in a…
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a bonus.
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I'll tell you how my children died.
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I know how they died, Roderick.
Everybody knows.
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Believe me, Mr. Dupin, when I tell you,
you don't know a thing.
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But where to start?
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At the beginning, I suppose…
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is here…
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in this very room.
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You cannot understand
the things I've done,
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unless you understand the life
that Madeline and I were born into.
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And the woman who would shape
every choice we'd ever make.
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Our mother.
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Eliza.
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She was personal secretary
to the CEO of Fortunato Pharmaceuticals.
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William Longfellow back then.
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A man of appetites.
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A man of business,
who once reportedly told his wife…
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Children are never too tender
to be whipped.
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Like tough beefsteaks,
the more you beat them,
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the more tender they become.
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For reasons
we were far too young to understand,
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we were forbidden to go
anywhere near Longfellow's house.
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It was one of our mother's
most insistent rules.
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So Madeline being Madeline,
insisted that we break it.
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Spy! Climbing my fence!
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Not here. Not ever. We agreed.
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- I'm sorry.
- Let go of her arm.
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- Honey?
- Oh, nothing to worry about.
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We've just had a couple of lookie-loos,
that's all.
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I'm so sorry, ma'am,
it won't happen again.
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Eliza? Is he all right?
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- He's fine.
- No harm done. We'll talk about it Monday.
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Just make sure those Emory files
are on my desk when I get in.
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Of course, Mr. Longfellow.
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Madeline hated Longfellow, even then.
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She knew, somehow.
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- Madeline.
- She always knew.
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We stay away from Mr. Longfellow's house.
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- We were just trying to see...
- You know the rules, Madeline.
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Just like God the Father is on high
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and loves us from far away,
the same is true for Mr. Longfellow.
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He's mean.
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He's complicated.
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Like God.
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- How's your foot?
- It hurts.
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Remember what Mother Teresa said,
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"Pain and suffering
are like the kiss of Jesus."
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It just means you've come so close to him
that he can kiss you.
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If pain and suffering
were the kisses of Jesus,
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then he kissed the living fuck
out of my mother
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in the years that followed.
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Okay, Mom, okay.
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Here. Here.
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No!
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Mom, you have to drink and…
And we think maybe…
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Maybe we need to call a doctor,
like on the TV.
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- No!
- Mom, please.
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Jesus showed us
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how to heal the sick,
and it wasn't through medicine!
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Where is your faith?
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Your body is a temple of God.
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And you'd pollute it?!
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Don't say what you want,
say what makes him say what you want.
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That way it's his idea.
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Mom said we're not supposed
to ever bother him. Him especially.
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Trust me, it's the least he can do.
Okay, now let's go over it one more time.
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Sorry to bother you, Mr. Longfellow,
but since she worked for you
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so well for so long, almost 20 years,
we thought you would want to know…
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She's getting worse.
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And we know that you're…
You're so good at helping people.
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She always said you were a man
that could move mountains,
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talk anyone into anything.
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You were the smartest man she ever met.
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Uh, we're here to ask you,
maybe you have an idea.
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Maybe you could talk her into it.
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I'm sorry, you're here at my home
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so I'll talk your mother
into seeing a doctor?
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She won't take any medicine. Nothing.
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Won't see any doctors.
And she's in so much pain.
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We thought if you could help her,
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if you told her what she needs to do,
she might listen.
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She won't listen to us. But you, she…
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I mean…
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She loves you.
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- What did you say?
- It's the least you could do. For her.
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For us.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
No idea, okay?
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Eliza was a decent worker for a long time,
but she lost it. Didn't she?
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Now take your insinuations,
your fucking false insinuations,
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take your grift and get off my property.
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Are those…
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Are those Eliza's kids?
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What do we do?
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We know what she wouldn't want us to do.
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If we call someone that means police.
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- Doctors, they'll embalm her.
- They can't.
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I know.
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So what do we do?
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Thank Heaven!
The crisis, the danger, was past,
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and the lingering illness
was over at last.
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And the fever called "living"
was conquered at last.
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Come, let the burial rite be read,
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the funeral song be sung,
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an anthem for the queenliest dead
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that ever died so young.
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Maddie!
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What is it?
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- Mom!
- Mommy!
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Mommy!
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I mean, she's probably
passed out somewhere, right?
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She had to crawl up, break out,
she probably just passed right out.
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Jesus.
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- What do we do?
- Call a doctor.
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We've got to call!
I don't care what she says.
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It was an accident. They got to know
we didn't mean to…
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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- We didn't know.
- We're sorry. Please, Mommy.
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No, the whole street's out,
it's not just us!
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Who is that?
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What are you doing here?
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Oh, my God.
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Mom!
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William!
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William!
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William!
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The official story was Longfellow
had a heart attack in his sleep.
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That was before the Internet.
Prehistoric times.
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The nastiest bits we cleaned up
after I took over the company.
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To spare the family any embarrassment.
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I mean, my family, the Usher family.
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The last thing my mother did in this life…
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was kill a powerful man.
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And we carried that secret with us,
and loved her all the more.
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She was…
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remarkable.
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Why are you telling me this?
Why are we talking about your mother?
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Oh, I assume that I'm supposed to
because she's here.
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What do you mean?
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She's right behind you.
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You know, I read somewhere
about high-powered negotiation tactics.
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How some truly brilliant business people
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will plant these moments
into high-stakes conversations.
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Force a reaction, no matter how trivial.
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Talk softly to make an adversary lean in.
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Make them repeat themselves.
Throw your eyeline behind them.
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Make them…
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turn around.
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Just something to assert a little control.
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I'm not going to turn around, Roderick.
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That's fine with me.
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So, why are you telling me this?
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Because… Well, we were
talking about my kids, weren't we?
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And… And this is important to know
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when we talk about how they died.
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And why I treated them the way I did.
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And why they were the way they were,
was because of my dad.
253
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I just promised
I would never do what he did.
254
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I wouldn't close the gates.
If you're my blood, you're my blood.
255
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Doesn't matter how you got here,
who your mother was. I have six kids.
256
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Six kids by five mothers.
257
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But they're all mine.
258
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And I treated them so.
259
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If you're an Usher,
260
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the gates are open. Period.
261
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Matter of principle.
262
00:21:41,251 --> 00:21:42,501
Your granddaughter again?
263
00:21:44,584 --> 00:21:45,543
Yeah.
264
00:21:45,626 --> 00:21:47,751
Mmm. The gates are always open,
265
00:21:47,834 --> 00:21:49,959
but that doesn't mean
you answer the phone.
266
00:21:50,959 --> 00:21:52,418
No, it does not.
267
00:21:52,501 --> 00:21:55,126
Day will come, she'll stop texting.
268
00:21:56,043 --> 00:21:57,543
They all do, sooner or later.
269
00:21:57,626 --> 00:22:02,001
Your grandkids are at your house
right now, with your kids too,
270
00:22:02,084 --> 00:22:03,501
and you're here with me.
271
00:22:04,293 --> 00:22:06,126
So let's skip the soapbox.
272
00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:08,584
Are you watching my house?
273
00:22:08,668 --> 00:22:12,084
If I'm not mistaken,
I never saw your husband at the courtroom.
274
00:22:12,668 --> 00:22:13,626
Not once.
275
00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:17,209
A culmination of your life's work,
and he wasn't there, rooting you on.
276
00:22:17,293 --> 00:22:20,543
Why is that, if you're such an expert
on family values?
277
00:22:20,626 --> 00:22:23,584
And come to think of it, my whole family
was there. Day one.
278
00:22:23,668 --> 00:22:26,209
In fairness, a few of them
were indicted co-conspirators.
279
00:22:26,334 --> 00:22:28,959
- Hey now.
- My family didn't need to be there.
280
00:22:29,043 --> 00:22:31,168
I didn't want them
anywhere near you people.
281
00:22:31,834 --> 00:22:34,084
You always were
an effective orator, Auggie.
282
00:22:35,126 --> 00:22:37,251
Your opening arguments, I was impressed.
283
00:22:38,459 --> 00:22:40,376
I watched that tape back a few times.
284
00:22:43,293 --> 00:22:44,959
That may have been the last time…
285
00:22:45,918 --> 00:22:47,168
you know…
286
00:22:47,251 --> 00:22:50,751
- The last time you were impressed?
- The last time we were all together.
287
00:22:52,751 --> 00:22:56,459
That day was the last day
we were all in the same place.
288
00:22:58,501 --> 00:22:59,501
Alive.
289
00:23:01,459 --> 00:23:03,043
Thank you, Your Honor.
290
00:23:03,543 --> 00:23:04,626
Ladies and gentlemen…
291
00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:08,001
my name is Charles Auguste Dupin.
292
00:23:09,084 --> 00:23:12,501
And it is my privilege to represent
the United States of America
293
00:23:12,584 --> 00:23:15,834
against Fortunato Pharmaceuticals
294
00:23:15,918 --> 00:23:18,376
and the Usher crime family.
295
00:23:18,459 --> 00:23:22,168
Today, I want to tell you why
the United States government
296
00:23:22,251 --> 00:23:24,959
has finally brought these charges
297
00:23:25,043 --> 00:23:28,876
in what will be the most meaningful
pharmaceutical prosecution
298
00:23:28,959 --> 00:23:31,376
in the history of our country.
299
00:23:31,459 --> 00:23:37,459
Now, I know, there have already been
a lot of headlines about Fortunato Pharma.
300
00:23:37,543 --> 00:23:39,418
About Ligodone.
301
00:23:40,084 --> 00:23:43,626
About the opioid epidemic
in our homes and streets.
302
00:23:43,709 --> 00:23:47,959
The mountain of corpses that piled up
since Roderick Usher,
303
00:23:48,043 --> 00:23:52,918
he's sitting over there, began marketing
his painkillers decades ago.
304
00:23:53,834 --> 00:23:58,418
The Usher family under CEO Roderick Usher
and COO Madeline Usher
305
00:23:59,043 --> 00:24:03,459
spent four decades growing Fortunato
into one of the most profitable,
306
00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:05,876
powerful companies on the planet Earth.
307
00:24:05,959 --> 00:24:10,334
They've achieved this
by doing awful, awful things.
308
00:24:11,209 --> 00:24:17,876
Flagrantly violating regulations, statutes
and the most fundamental ethics.
309
00:24:18,668 --> 00:24:22,501
And at the cost of people's lives.
310
00:24:23,501 --> 00:24:27,501
We will prove that Fortunato,
as a matter of policy,
311
00:24:27,584 --> 00:24:30,168
engages in misleading marketing practices.
312
00:24:30,251 --> 00:24:33,251
It claims its products
are safe and effective,
313
00:24:34,251 --> 00:24:36,793
and destroys any evidence
that they are not.
314
00:24:36,876 --> 00:24:39,459
Burns evidence, fabricates evidence,
315
00:24:40,168 --> 00:24:43,668
destroys, defiles, degrades and defrauds.
316
00:24:44,876 --> 00:24:46,709
And the reason they aren't sweating,
317
00:24:47,959 --> 00:24:51,043
the reason their lead attorney
and enforcer Mr. Arthur Pym-
318
00:24:51,126 --> 00:24:52,793
- Objection.
- Sustained.
319
00:24:52,876 --> 00:24:55,876
Their lead attorney, Mr. Arthur Pym,
320
00:24:55,959 --> 00:24:58,626
he's the one doing the crossword puzzle
while I'm talking.
321
00:24:59,459 --> 00:25:04,668
They believe that people like them
don't go to prison.
322
00:25:05,293 --> 00:25:07,293
Ladies and gentlemen, they're right.
323
00:25:07,834 --> 00:25:12,793
In 40 years, not one thing,
not one indictment, not one charge.
324
00:25:12,876 --> 00:25:14,376
Not even a speeding ticket.
325
00:25:14,459 --> 00:25:19,126
Not one consequence
has stuck to Roderick Usher
326
00:25:19,209 --> 00:25:21,501
or Madeline Usher
or anyone else in the family.
327
00:25:21,584 --> 00:25:23,793
- Objection.
- Sustained.
328
00:25:25,126 --> 00:25:28,543
The House of Usher
has weathered every storm,
329
00:25:28,626 --> 00:25:30,793
sling and arrow and stands higher,
330
00:25:30,876 --> 00:25:35,209
stronger and darker today
than ever before.
331
00:25:35,918 --> 00:25:39,126
But you're going to hear
something else too.
332
00:25:39,209 --> 00:25:41,084
Something they don't expect.
333
00:25:41,168 --> 00:25:44,043
And the reason why this trial's
going to have a different outcome.
334
00:25:45,209 --> 00:25:47,501
You're going to hear from one of them.
335
00:25:49,126 --> 00:25:52,209
An informant from within the inner circle.
336
00:25:52,293 --> 00:25:54,834
Someone so close to this family's crimes,
337
00:25:54,918 --> 00:25:57,209
their testimony and evidence
will be unimpeachable.
338
00:25:57,293 --> 00:25:59,084
- Objection!
- Approach.
339
00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:09,376
If such a witness exists,
340
00:26:09,459 --> 00:26:11,751
they have not been made known
to the defense.
341
00:26:11,834 --> 00:26:13,584
That violates basic discovery,
342
00:26:13,668 --> 00:26:15,668
and the government
knows better, Your Honor.
343
00:26:15,751 --> 00:26:18,709
This witness came forward
at great personal risk,
344
00:26:18,793 --> 00:26:20,501
would be in danger if exposed.
345
00:26:20,584 --> 00:26:22,084
They even fear for their life.
346
00:26:22,751 --> 00:26:26,001
Your Honor, we have reason to believe
this courtroom is compromised.
347
00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:27,126
That's absurd!
348
00:26:27,209 --> 00:26:31,251
And until we are satisfied, we will keep
this informant's identity confidential.
349
00:26:31,334 --> 00:26:34,251
The government's position
is that the danger is real and immediate.
350
00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:37,626
All the more reason not to mention this
in your opening argument, Mr. Dupin.
351
00:26:38,501 --> 00:26:40,334
You're right. Your Honor, I…
352
00:26:40,876 --> 00:26:42,834
Well, I got ahead of myself.
353
00:26:42,918 --> 00:26:45,834
I'm not the young lawyer I used to be.
I'll happily strike.
354
00:26:49,376 --> 00:26:54,043
We'll disregard the allusion
to an informant for the time being.
355
00:26:54,126 --> 00:26:55,584
Strike from the record, please.
356
00:26:58,043 --> 00:26:59,793
Well, I think we're all frustrated.
357
00:26:59,876 --> 00:27:01,251
In the past year, what?
358
00:27:01,334 --> 00:27:05,168
Fifty-four, fifty-five thousand people
have died because…
359
00:27:06,251 --> 00:27:07,251
of greed.
360
00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:09,876
- Family dinner.
- All of them?
361
00:27:09,959 --> 00:27:11,168
Spouses too.
362
00:27:11,251 --> 00:27:14,209
No, this is not a joyful day for me.
363
00:27:14,293 --> 00:27:17,709
I wish that individuals like the Ushers
364
00:27:17,793 --> 00:27:21,043
would take responsibility for things
they've caused in people's lives.
365
00:27:21,834 --> 00:27:23,626
Holy fuck, this is bad.
366
00:27:27,459 --> 00:27:30,209
Dad doesn't do family dinners.
This is about one thing.
367
00:27:30,751 --> 00:27:33,084
- The mole.
- Informant.
368
00:27:33,168 --> 00:27:35,084
A mole is one of them who infiltrated us,
369
00:27:35,168 --> 00:27:37,543
an informant is one of us
giving something to them.
370
00:27:37,626 --> 00:27:41,126
Okay, so a mole is like
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed,
371
00:27:41,834 --> 00:27:44,126
an informant is Jack Nicholson
in The Departed.
372
00:27:44,209 --> 00:27:46,793
He was! Nicholson was talking to the Feds
the whole time.
373
00:27:46,876 --> 00:27:48,918
I get it. There are other movies, Dad.
374
00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,251
- Not as good as The Departed.
- Look at this one.
375
00:27:51,334 --> 00:27:53,459
You are getting ridiculously good
at that, honey.
376
00:27:53,543 --> 00:27:55,626
Well, I want your dad to love it.
377
00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:58,293
And this always just delights him
when he's in such a mood.
378
00:27:58,376 --> 00:28:00,001
Well, yeah, there's a…
379
00:28:00,084 --> 00:28:02,334
…an informant in the family.
380
00:28:03,043 --> 00:28:05,668
I mean, that can't be true, can it?
381
00:28:05,751 --> 00:28:08,501
I don't think it can be true.
If it is true, it's Perry.
382
00:28:08,584 --> 00:28:10,084
Oh, he's just a kid, Freddie.
383
00:28:10,168 --> 00:28:13,043
Who knows what that crazy little sh-
Sorry, honey.
384
00:28:13,126 --> 00:28:16,751
Who knows what that crazy little spit-head
will or won't do?
385
00:28:16,834 --> 00:28:18,543
And why the fuck-- Sorry, honey.
386
00:28:18,626 --> 00:28:21,584
Why the fuck would anybody think
it would serve their best interests
387
00:28:21,668 --> 00:28:24,418
to become a goddamn informant
for the government?
388
00:28:24,501 --> 00:28:27,168
Well, I mean,
they'd have to be pretty brave, I guess.
389
00:28:28,126 --> 00:28:29,251
Are the charges true?
390
00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:33,043
Because if not,
we've got nothing to worry about,
391
00:28:33,126 --> 00:28:37,084
but if someone really broke the law,
shouldn't they be punished?
392
00:28:37,168 --> 00:28:40,876
Lenore, that is a brave
and thoughtful thing to say.
393
00:28:41,834 --> 00:28:44,168
Especially if you want to get
written out of the will.
394
00:28:45,709 --> 00:28:47,834
You don't think he'd do that, do you?
395
00:28:47,918 --> 00:28:49,751
The only thing you can say
about Freddie is
396
00:28:49,834 --> 00:28:52,209
he wants Dad to love him
more than anything.
397
00:28:52,293 --> 00:28:55,251
He's shit at business, but he wouldn't
do anything to piss him off.
398
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,626
My money is on one of the bastards.
399
00:28:58,376 --> 00:29:00,501
Maybe we've all
just underestimated Freddie.
400
00:29:00,584 --> 00:29:02,751
When your dad goes down,
Freddie's on the throne.
401
00:29:02,834 --> 00:29:04,459
Maybe he's giving him a little push.
402
00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:05,376
Why bother?
403
00:29:05,459 --> 00:29:08,584
He gets everything,
no matter how inept he is, apparently.
404
00:29:08,668 --> 00:29:09,918
Just look at his name.
405
00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:13,168
Frederick is as close to Roderick
as you get without a junior.
406
00:29:13,959 --> 00:29:16,334
I don't know why
he didn't just call him Froderick.
407
00:29:16,418 --> 00:29:19,126
- Oh, it's probably Perry.
- What about your new stepmom?
408
00:29:19,626 --> 00:29:20,709
- Could be Juno.
- Shut it!
409
00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:24,376
Don't mention her ever.
She doesn't exist. Do you understand?
410
00:29:24,459 --> 00:29:27,793
She's not in the will, is she?
He has to be smarter than that.
411
00:29:27,876 --> 00:29:29,501
Doesn't exist.
412
00:29:30,334 --> 00:29:31,709
Also doesn't know anything.
413
00:29:31,793 --> 00:29:34,959
- God, the timing. Bill-
- You could always push back the launch.
414
00:29:35,043 --> 00:29:36,043
No. No way.
415
00:29:36,126 --> 00:29:38,043
Goldbug has to go off on time.
416
00:29:38,126 --> 00:29:40,334
I built the launch date
into the presentation.
417
00:29:40,418 --> 00:29:42,668
- Dad's already signed off.
- I mean, the trial.
418
00:29:43,209 --> 00:29:45,793
All the rest,
the world will understand, Tammy.
419
00:29:45,876 --> 00:29:48,001
I don't give a shit about the world.
420
00:29:48,084 --> 00:29:51,834
I care about what Dad thinks,
and he'd ride this out, so we ride it out.
421
00:29:51,918 --> 00:29:55,834
Goldbug will show him that
the Usher empire should be a matriarchy.
422
00:29:55,918 --> 00:29:59,709
And Tamerlane Usher should be the queen.
So just tell me what you need.
423
00:30:00,709 --> 00:30:02,126
I need Bill T. Wilson.
424
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:05,334
So you just keep being him, okay?
425
00:30:06,251 --> 00:30:07,418
You warm up BILLT Nation,
426
00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:11,334
you keep those 10 million subscribers
all frothy for me.
427
00:30:11,418 --> 00:30:13,168
You know Blippi has 12 million?
428
00:30:13,251 --> 00:30:17,168
Fuck Blippi. And fuck this trial.
And fuck this informant.
429
00:30:19,126 --> 00:30:20,376
Speaking of fucking…
430
00:30:21,168 --> 00:30:24,418
Who knows how late this goes tonight.
I canceled the girl.
431
00:30:24,959 --> 00:30:27,709
I didn't know there was a girl tonight.
432
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,709
Well, there was and she's cancelled.
Well, pushed, today.
433
00:30:30,793 --> 00:30:34,293
Dad needs to see his kids
don't need half a billion dollars
434
00:30:34,376 --> 00:30:37,168
and an endless supply of test monkeys
to be successful.
435
00:30:38,418 --> 00:30:41,209
Just about got it.
436
00:30:42,959 --> 00:30:43,918
Ready?
437
00:30:56,918 --> 00:30:59,209
All right.
Let's close her up.
438
00:31:00,459 --> 00:31:01,876
Then cross our fingers.
439
00:31:06,084 --> 00:31:08,584
It worked.
It really fucking worked.
440
00:31:08,668 --> 00:31:09,876
I have to say,
441
00:31:09,959 --> 00:31:12,168
I think we're going to struggle
to get peer review.
442
00:31:12,251 --> 00:31:14,001
Don't say it's because of the nightshade.
443
00:31:14,084 --> 00:31:16,834
Because of the nightshade.
I am gonna say it again.
444
00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:18,959
This new powder your dad sent over…
445
00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:20,959
- Oh.
- …it's gonna poison the study.
446
00:31:21,043 --> 00:31:22,459
Hey. You hear those stories?
447
00:31:22,543 --> 00:31:25,293
Tourists in South America
get powder blown in their face
448
00:31:25,376 --> 00:31:26,959
and it paralyzes them?
449
00:31:27,043 --> 00:31:28,959
This is the same stuff.
450
00:31:29,043 --> 00:31:31,209
Our trial's never going to look legit
451
00:31:31,293 --> 00:31:34,043
if we're using
an experimental Fortunato paralytic.
452
00:31:34,126 --> 00:31:36,459
We'll just have to
keep it away from Perry.
453
00:31:36,543 --> 00:31:38,334
Or it'll end up in some co-ed's drink.
454
00:31:40,376 --> 00:31:43,293
- You sure you want me to come tonight?
- What?
455
00:31:43,376 --> 00:31:46,584
Seems like everybody's going to have
their guns out after court today.
456
00:31:46,668 --> 00:31:48,834
- The informant?
- No, you have to come.
457
00:31:48,918 --> 00:31:50,793
It's Camille, we all know it's Camille.
458
00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:53,918
- It's going to be a bloodbath.
- They said, bring Al.
459
00:31:54,001 --> 00:31:57,668
I'm sorry, Dr. Ruiz, but you have to come.
460
00:31:57,751 --> 00:31:59,251
You absolutely cannot come.
461
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:00,876
I'd like to meet your family.
462
00:32:00,959 --> 00:32:04,543
But there's a whole process for that.
Significant others are a thing.
463
00:32:04,626 --> 00:32:05,876
You don't want that yet.
464
00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:08,209
The prenup's like a fucking phone book.
465
00:32:08,293 --> 00:32:11,543
Leo, you let me move in,
but you won't let me meet your family?
466
00:32:11,626 --> 00:32:14,043
That's right.
I don't know when I'm going to get back,
467
00:32:14,126 --> 00:32:15,376
but we'll talk about it then.
468
00:32:15,459 --> 00:32:17,459
I'll be right up.
I'm in the elevator.
469
00:32:17,543 --> 00:32:19,251
- We can talk about it in a minute.
- Oh.
470
00:32:19,334 --> 00:32:20,293
You're in the elevator.
471
00:32:21,334 --> 00:32:23,126
Okay, see you in a sec.
472
00:32:23,209 --> 00:32:25,334
- You've got to go.
- You promised a selfie.
473
00:32:25,418 --> 00:32:26,584
Now. Fuck.
474
00:32:26,668 --> 00:32:29,793
Okay, you are going to have to wait
out here, okay?
475
00:32:29,876 --> 00:32:31,501
Are you fucking serious?
476
00:32:31,584 --> 00:32:32,584
Yeah.
477
00:32:32,668 --> 00:32:35,626
There's a blanket on the sofa,
hide under that or something.
478
00:32:35,709 --> 00:32:37,043
I don't know. Come on.
479
00:32:37,126 --> 00:32:39,209
I'll let you out
when he goes to the bathroom.
480
00:32:39,293 --> 00:32:42,376
Okay. My friends aren't going to believe
I met Napoleon Usher.
481
00:32:42,459 --> 00:32:43,876
Okay.
482
00:32:46,834 --> 00:32:50,418
Hey. Why are you home early?
483
00:32:50,501 --> 00:32:54,543
- Not that I'm complaining.
- I figured, um… shit might hit the fan.
484
00:32:54,626 --> 00:32:56,209
I saw the clips on the news.
485
00:32:57,251 --> 00:32:58,084
Hey.
486
00:32:58,584 --> 00:33:00,543
Mmm. Mmm…
487
00:33:01,459 --> 00:33:03,626
Okay.
488
00:33:03,709 --> 00:33:05,293
You sure I can't come with you?
489
00:33:05,376 --> 00:33:07,751
No, I don't think that's a good idea.
490
00:33:07,834 --> 00:33:09,168
It was on the news?
491
00:33:09,251 --> 00:33:10,834
You're kidding. It was all over the news.
492
00:33:10,918 --> 00:33:11,876
Hey, Pluto.
493
00:33:14,334 --> 00:33:17,209
Hey, sweetie. Are you being good
for Other Daddy? Are you?
494
00:33:17,293 --> 00:33:18,168
Hey!
495
00:33:18,251 --> 00:33:20,293
Why don't we put the news on
in the bedroom?
496
00:33:20,376 --> 00:33:23,293
We're coming out swinging.
Front-facing stuff.
497
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:24,209
Softballs like Fox,
498
00:33:24,293 --> 00:33:27,251
Hannity knows which side
his dick's buttered on. He'll be friendly.
499
00:33:27,334 --> 00:33:28,209
Tucker?
500
00:33:28,293 --> 00:33:30,251
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
501
00:33:31,001 --> 00:33:34,876
Yes, um, call Bresnickan at Vanity Fair,
see if he wants a profile on Leo.
502
00:33:34,959 --> 00:33:36,584
We can let Leo help out for a change.
503
00:33:36,668 --> 00:33:38,959
He can talk about his Jordans,
and his charity work.
504
00:33:39,043 --> 00:33:41,584
Kimmel, Colbert, also Leo.
505
00:33:41,668 --> 00:33:46,209
And fuck it, fine, Victorine as well,
Victorine will work for Vanity and Cosmo.
506
00:33:46,293 --> 00:33:48,501
- For some reason, people like her.
- Uh, your step…
507
00:33:49,709 --> 00:33:53,668
Juno will be at the Met this weekend,
your dad's office asked for some Page Six.
508
00:33:53,751 --> 00:33:55,793
They scraped her off
an emergency room floor.
509
00:33:55,876 --> 00:33:58,168
Do they think I can turn her
into Princess Grace?
510
00:33:58,251 --> 00:34:00,834
Old enough to be her grandfather.
That'll never not be gross.
511
00:34:00,918 --> 00:34:03,584
It's fine, whatever. Fine.
Give them what they want.
512
00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:06,501
Um, priority one is the informant.
513
00:34:06,584 --> 00:34:10,001
I want you to start with Perry obviously,
but I don't think
514
00:34:10,084 --> 00:34:13,376
he's clever enough to keep it off TikTok
if he was dealing with the Feds.
515
00:34:14,001 --> 00:34:15,543
Do you need us after dinner?
516
00:34:15,626 --> 00:34:16,626
No, not tonight.
517
00:34:16,709 --> 00:34:20,376
What I do need is for you to stay on top
of Victorine and the rest of it.
518
00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:22,668
If this informant is real,
I have to find them.
519
00:34:22,751 --> 00:34:25,209
It's tough with Victorine.
She knows you're watching.
520
00:34:25,293 --> 00:34:28,793
I know, you'll figure it out. We're gonna
find out who's talking to the Feds.
521
00:34:28,876 --> 00:34:30,418
Then I'll freeze their fucking head
522
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:32,501
and give it to my father
on a platinum plate.
523
00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:36,543
See if Cartier will make a platinum plate.
524
00:34:39,043 --> 00:34:40,334
I still am so nervous.
525
00:34:41,793 --> 00:34:43,501
I've never hosted anything before.
526
00:34:46,126 --> 00:34:47,918
Moderated an NA meeting once.
527
00:34:48,918 --> 00:34:50,876
And only once. It was a disaster.
528
00:34:50,959 --> 00:34:53,376
You'll be great.
You don't have to do anything.
529
00:34:54,501 --> 00:34:56,584
But all of them? All at once?
530
00:34:56,668 --> 00:35:01,418
Thank God we didn't have a wedding.
I didn't have to look them all in the eye.
531
00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:03,834
- They hate me.
- They don't.
532
00:35:03,918 --> 00:35:05,418
Well, except Freddie.
533
00:35:06,001 --> 00:35:08,168
But I'm pretty sure
he's just kissing your arse.
534
00:35:08,251 --> 00:35:12,001
They will love you because I love you,
and the only thing stronger than love
535
00:35:12,084 --> 00:35:14,751
is how scared they are
of getting cut out of the will.
536
00:35:14,834 --> 00:35:16,793
Excuse me.
537
00:35:18,043 --> 00:35:19,043
I'm sorry.
538
00:35:21,126 --> 00:35:23,918
Don, what are you doing here?
Have you met my wife?
539
00:35:24,001 --> 00:35:27,751
Juno, this is Dr. Donaldson.
He's been with me a long time now.
540
00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:30,793
He'll be taking over your care soon
as you're done with Lewis.
541
00:35:30,876 --> 00:35:34,834
I was going to call, but figured
this was important enough that, uh…
542
00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:37,959
I need to talk to you.
543
00:35:38,543 --> 00:35:42,043
- Go ahead.
- Alone, I think might be best.
544
00:36:11,584 --> 00:36:13,959
Hey. Prospero is here.
545
00:36:15,001 --> 00:36:16,084
You ready for him?
546
00:36:16,168 --> 00:36:17,168
What?
547
00:36:20,668 --> 00:36:22,584
This is a Glenfiddich. '96.
548
00:36:24,334 --> 00:36:27,959
- '96, the year…
- The year I was born. Yes. Exactly.
549
00:36:28,584 --> 00:36:31,001
Glenfiddich is totally into this idea,
by the way.
550
00:36:31,084 --> 00:36:32,959
We make it the official whiskey
of the club
551
00:36:33,043 --> 00:36:35,626
and they open up the entire library
of bottles to us.
552
00:36:36,501 --> 00:36:38,626
You've had a year, a calendar year
553
00:36:38,709 --> 00:36:41,834
to come up with a proposal
for your first business venture,
554
00:36:41,918 --> 00:36:46,043
a venture we'd like to support,
and you've come up with a nightclub.
555
00:36:46,126 --> 00:36:48,584
Yes. Obviously,
you're not thinking big enough.
556
00:36:48,668 --> 00:36:49,501
- Uh…
- Hmm.
557
00:36:49,584 --> 00:36:51,376
Is the flagship club going to be amazing?
558
00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:54,168
Of course it is,
but it's the franchise possibilities,
559
00:36:54,251 --> 00:36:57,126
Prospero Rome, Prospero New York,
Prospero Dubai…
560
00:36:57,209 --> 00:37:01,459
Well, outside of naming
this, uh, establishment after yourself,
561
00:37:01,543 --> 00:37:03,584
what else makes it at all worthwhile?
562
00:37:03,668 --> 00:37:06,543
Well, this isn't a fucking
Dave & Buster's, Aunt Madeline,
563
00:37:06,626 --> 00:37:08,793
I'm talking Berghain. Limelight.
564
00:37:09,418 --> 00:37:13,251
Prospero's will be one of the most
exclusive nightclubs in the entire world.
565
00:37:13,334 --> 00:37:16,334
We'll turn movie stars
and monarchs away with attitude,
566
00:37:16,418 --> 00:37:19,709
we're going to make Studio 54
look like fucking Romper Room.
567
00:37:19,793 --> 00:37:23,834
And you're going to do this
by marking up bottles of Glenfiddich.
568
00:37:23,918 --> 00:37:26,168
I'm not selling Glenfiddich.
I'm-- I'm selling…
569
00:37:27,168 --> 00:37:29,084
hedonism, privilege.
570
00:37:29,793 --> 00:37:34,168
It's a dark room with killer music,
few rules, fewer consequences.
571
00:37:34,251 --> 00:37:36,834
It's where the movie starlet
everybody fucking worships
572
00:37:36,918 --> 00:37:40,918
is busy giving head to the real VIPs,
in the corner.
573
00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:44,001
Let me come to the office,
show you the numbers,
574
00:37:44,084 --> 00:37:45,459
franchise projections are good.
575
00:37:45,543 --> 00:37:48,584
- I'm thinking a tiered membership-
- Roderick, please, any time.
576
00:37:48,668 --> 00:37:51,376
Oh, tiered membership,
why didn't you say so? No.
577
00:37:51,459 --> 00:37:53,209
We won't set up a meeting at the office.
578
00:37:53,293 --> 00:37:55,668
Being an Usher
is about changing the fucking world.
579
00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:57,834
It's not a blow job whisky bar.
580
00:37:58,584 --> 00:38:01,584
Look at the numbers. I'll come
to the office on Monday and you can-
581
00:38:01,668 --> 00:38:03,584
Fuck's sake. That's all.
582
00:38:18,418 --> 00:38:21,959
Well, I don't think he's the informant,
but got no clue about business.
583
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:25,876
I know it's important to you
everybody gets that first loan, but-
584
00:38:25,959 --> 00:38:27,126
He's not making it easy.
585
00:38:27,209 --> 00:38:29,209
Let's get in there and watch their eyes.
586
00:38:29,293 --> 00:38:31,959
When the paperwork's passed out,
I'll be able to tell.
587
00:38:33,293 --> 00:38:35,043
What is going on with you?
588
00:38:35,626 --> 00:38:38,751
- Something is going on with you.
- All good.
589
00:38:40,668 --> 00:38:41,626
Right behind you.
590
00:39:11,126 --> 00:39:12,043
For the road.
591
00:39:31,668 --> 00:39:36,251
I thought we could all benefit from this.
Um, Pharmaceutical Law.
592
00:39:36,334 --> 00:39:39,626
- Maybe something in here can help us.
- No, really?
593
00:39:39,709 --> 00:39:43,126
Arthur, dig into this book.
Find something for our defense.
594
00:39:43,209 --> 00:39:44,501
Oh, no.
595
00:39:44,584 --> 00:39:47,959
Wait, it's… cake.
596
00:39:51,918 --> 00:39:55,251
Well, I swear, if your TV show
had been about your cakes,
597
00:39:55,334 --> 00:39:56,668
it would have run 20 seasons.
598
00:39:56,751 --> 00:39:58,501
Care to wash it down?
599
00:39:59,126 --> 00:40:00,043
Coffee?
600
00:40:01,293 --> 00:40:02,668
- No way.
- Mmm.
601
00:40:02,751 --> 00:40:03,793
I bet it's cake.
602
00:40:09,543 --> 00:40:12,709
Freddie, marrying this woman
might be the one thing you didn't fuck up.
603
00:40:13,293 --> 00:40:14,293
She's a genius.
604
00:40:14,959 --> 00:40:16,418
Well…
605
00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:20,043
We have that in common then, Dad.
We're both lucky men.
606
00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:22,584
Oh, for fuck's sake, Freddie.
607
00:40:22,668 --> 00:40:25,668
All right, while you all eat the law,
608
00:40:25,751 --> 00:40:29,001
Mr. Pym has some important paperwork
for each of you.
609
00:40:31,209 --> 00:40:34,043
Paperwork from the Pym Reaper,
always a blast.
610
00:40:34,543 --> 00:40:37,084
Wait. Is this also cake?
611
00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:38,543
This is a robust,
612
00:40:38,626 --> 00:40:43,126
new non-disclosure agreement,
and it is consequential.
613
00:40:43,209 --> 00:40:45,793
Forfeiture of inheritance?
Waiving of civil suits…
614
00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:49,168
We really should get together more often,
it's a balm for the soul.
615
00:40:49,251 --> 00:40:52,626
Consequence only applies if it's proven
you violated the agreements.
616
00:40:52,709 --> 00:40:55,334
So it seems to me
no one has anything to worry about.
617
00:40:55,418 --> 00:40:57,251
Unless they have something to worry about.
618
00:40:57,334 --> 00:40:59,959
Exactly.
And your father and I appreciate
619
00:41:00,043 --> 00:41:03,793
this display of confidence,
loyalty and family. Now sign it.
620
00:41:03,876 --> 00:41:07,334
It's been a minute since I've gotten
to feel like a member of the family.
621
00:41:07,418 --> 00:41:11,126
Al, have you gotten to sign
an original Pym yet?
622
00:41:11,209 --> 00:41:13,626
It's a rite of passage.
Wait until you see the prenup.
623
00:41:13,709 --> 00:41:16,293
Yes, speaking of prenups,
how are things, Juno?
624
00:41:16,793 --> 00:41:17,793
It's going great.
625
00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:21,459
Yeah, I prefer not to sign anything
without my guy looking at it first.
626
00:41:25,168 --> 00:41:26,084
Or not.
627
00:41:26,168 --> 00:41:29,418
While we're on the subject
and, hate to point this out but,
628
00:41:29,501 --> 00:41:32,209
if there were ever
any one of us collecting,
629
00:41:32,293 --> 00:41:35,293
or even bartering a family secret,
we all know who that is.
630
00:41:35,376 --> 00:41:40,501
- Aw, fuck you very much, Victorine.
- No in-fighting. Jesus, have some dignity.
631
00:41:40,584 --> 00:41:42,043
You want to watch me sign it?
632
00:41:42,126 --> 00:41:44,543
- I'll sign it right now.
- How do you spell "Froderick"?
633
00:41:44,626 --> 00:41:47,543
Get the jokes out now
because this isn't funny.
634
00:41:47,626 --> 00:41:50,126
Fortunato is the reason you exist.
635
00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:52,959
The reason you have
your little knock-offs,
636
00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:56,376
your heart implants, your debutante balls.
637
00:41:56,459 --> 00:41:58,376
Debutante balls?
Is that what you think I do?
638
00:41:58,459 --> 00:42:00,126
The company is the family,
639
00:42:00,209 --> 00:42:03,293
and we expect you
to defend it with your life.
640
00:42:03,376 --> 00:42:06,084
And if anyone, anyone comes after us,
641
00:42:06,168 --> 00:42:10,209
we will exhaust our arsenal
until the threat's neutralized.
642
00:42:10,293 --> 00:42:13,501
By neutralized,
do you mean sued into oblivion,
643
00:42:13,584 --> 00:42:17,543
taken out of the Board,
out of the will, on the streets…
644
00:42:17,626 --> 00:42:20,126
Neutralized. Like dead.
645
00:42:21,084 --> 00:42:25,084
Pym made this document particularly nasty,
I asked him to, but that's not the thing.
646
00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:27,001
When I find out who's been talking,
647
00:42:27,084 --> 00:42:29,793
to the goddamn government,
against your own blood,
648
00:42:29,876 --> 00:42:32,209
there won't be enough of you left to sue.
649
00:42:32,293 --> 00:42:36,834
I'll have to sue the bloody puddle of gore
in the designer shoes.
650
00:42:37,751 --> 00:42:40,293
- Make no mistake, we'll find out.
- $50 million.
651
00:42:42,209 --> 00:42:43,543
To whoever solves it.
652
00:42:43,626 --> 00:42:47,334
To the lucky Usher who figures out
who's talking to the Feds.
653
00:42:47,418 --> 00:42:51,043
Fifty million cash, no strings, no taxes.
654
00:42:51,126 --> 00:42:52,876
Did you just put a-
655
00:42:52,959 --> 00:42:54,834
Yes, I'm putting a bounty on you.
656
00:42:54,918 --> 00:42:58,793
You, the shit bag,
you the informant, you know who you are.
657
00:42:59,959 --> 00:43:01,501
It's 50 million. Sleep tight.
658
00:43:04,251 --> 00:43:05,251
The rest of you…
659
00:43:08,168 --> 00:43:09,168
happy hunting.
660
00:43:14,251 --> 00:43:16,376
That was the last time
I saw them together.
661
00:43:17,001 --> 00:43:19,376
Some of them,
the last time I saw them alive.
662
00:43:21,334 --> 00:43:23,084
If you're saying it was because of…
663
00:43:24,209 --> 00:43:25,209
Well…
664
00:43:25,959 --> 00:43:28,793
because of the informant thing
that all of this happened,
665
00:43:28,876 --> 00:43:33,043
if you're somehow implying
that I'm responsible, even indirectly…
666
00:43:33,126 --> 00:43:35,751
I'm not. I know who's responsible.
667
00:43:35,834 --> 00:43:39,168
You know who's responsible
for which death?
668
00:43:40,043 --> 00:43:41,334
All of them.
669
00:43:42,959 --> 00:43:46,626
Forgive me, Roderick, but the deaths
670
00:43:47,501 --> 00:43:50,251
of your children have been examined,
671
00:43:50,334 --> 00:43:51,918
investigated pretty thoroughly
672
00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:55,043
and, as strange as they may be,
those deaths are unrelated.
673
00:43:55,126 --> 00:43:56,126
I am responsible.
674
00:43:57,709 --> 00:43:59,209
And more to the point,
675
00:44:00,084 --> 00:44:01,251
perhaps…
676
00:44:03,293 --> 00:44:04,293
there is a woman.
677
00:44:05,959 --> 00:44:07,376
I know that face.
678
00:44:08,001 --> 00:44:09,084
You know her too.
679
00:44:09,168 --> 00:44:10,668
A woman I have to tell you about.
680
00:44:10,751 --> 00:44:12,501
What did she do to me?
681
00:44:20,001 --> 00:44:21,626
You know my favorite holiday?
682
00:44:22,709 --> 00:44:25,168
New Year's Eve. You know why? Resolutions.
683
00:44:26,293 --> 00:44:27,834
People take that word for granted,
684
00:44:27,918 --> 00:44:30,418
they don't realize
just how heavy a word it is.
685
00:44:31,084 --> 00:44:32,084
Resolution.
686
00:44:33,084 --> 00:44:34,084
Resolve.
687
00:44:36,001 --> 00:44:41,043
Means being unwavering, determined,
a firm commitment to do something, or…
688
00:44:42,418 --> 00:44:43,501
not to do something.
689
00:44:44,251 --> 00:44:48,126
And most people
go their whole, wasted, stupid lives
690
00:44:48,209 --> 00:44:52,334
without one minute of true resolution.
691
00:44:55,209 --> 00:44:56,418
Not me though.
692
00:45:00,626 --> 00:45:01,626
Not me.
693
00:45:03,043 --> 00:45:04,043
And not Madeline.
694
00:45:21,376 --> 00:45:23,959
♪ Many years since I was here ♪
695
00:45:26,501 --> 00:45:30,084
♪ On the street
I was passing my time away ♪
696
00:45:31,501 --> 00:45:33,959
♪ To the left and to the right ♪
697
00:45:34,043 --> 00:45:36,334
♪ Buildings towering to the sky ♪
698
00:45:36,418 --> 00:45:40,084
♪ It's outta sight in the dead of night ♪
699
00:45:43,084 --> 00:45:45,751
♪ Here I am again in this city ♪
700
00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:48,793
♪ With a fistful of dollars ♪
701
00:45:48,876 --> 00:45:51,418
♪ And baby, you'd better believe ♪
702
00:45:51,501 --> 00:45:54,918
♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪
703
00:45:56,501 --> 00:46:00,209
♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪
704
00:46:01,543 --> 00:46:05,459
♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪
705
00:46:06,876 --> 00:46:09,334
♪ Back in the New York Groove ♪
706
00:46:10,376 --> 00:46:12,043
♪ In the New York Groove… ♪
707
00:46:15,959 --> 00:46:17,001
Costume party?
708
00:46:17,084 --> 00:46:20,084
Guessing you're Jay Gatsby,
you're Daisy Buchanan.
709
00:46:20,168 --> 00:46:21,751
Gin Rickeys then?
710
00:46:21,834 --> 00:46:23,084
Gatsby didn't drink.
711
00:46:23,168 --> 00:46:25,709
He stayed sharp and sober.
Watched everybody else drink.
712
00:46:25,793 --> 00:46:27,918
- Nothing for you then?
- We're drinking tonight.
713
00:46:28,001 --> 00:46:29,751
Both of us. Whisky. Neat.
714
00:46:31,918 --> 00:46:33,501
What made you ditch the other party?
715
00:46:33,584 --> 00:46:35,793
All dressed up,
didn't wait for the ball to drop?
716
00:46:35,876 --> 00:46:37,501
- Hmm.
- A change of scenery.
717
00:46:38,168 --> 00:46:39,334
We work up the street.
718
00:46:39,418 --> 00:46:41,501
Haven't seen this place.
Did you just open?
719
00:46:42,251 --> 00:46:43,834
- Sort of.
- Thought it'd be more crowded.
720
00:46:43,918 --> 00:46:44,918
New Year's and all.
721
00:46:45,001 --> 00:46:47,668
It'll fill up later.
We're a midnight business.
722
00:46:47,751 --> 00:46:49,668
- Tonight, anyway.
- Hmm.
723
00:46:52,293 --> 00:46:54,959
You guys look like you've had
a wild night already.
724
00:46:55,543 --> 00:46:57,418
Sending '79 out with a bang, yeah?
725
00:46:58,459 --> 00:47:00,126
Well, I'll drink one with you.
726
00:47:00,209 --> 00:47:03,376
Don't tend to do that with customers,
but here we are.
727
00:47:07,709 --> 00:47:11,043
To 1979. May it rest in peace.
728
00:47:12,334 --> 00:47:16,084
♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪
729
00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:19,418
♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove… ♪
730
00:47:19,501 --> 00:47:23,501
- God, I can't believe we really did that.
- Keep your voice down, Roderick.
731
00:47:23,584 --> 00:47:26,043
No, I won't. What do we do now?
732
00:47:26,126 --> 00:47:27,168
We wait here.
733
00:47:27,918 --> 00:47:31,043
Drink, but don't get drunk.
Talk, but don't talk.
734
00:47:31,126 --> 00:47:33,876
If the cops aren't here by midnight,
that's a good sign.
735
00:47:33,959 --> 00:47:35,501
Won't know for a few days.
736
00:47:36,584 --> 00:47:39,918
The important thing
is that people see us tonight.
737
00:47:40,668 --> 00:47:41,668
This place is good.
738
00:47:42,501 --> 00:47:46,043
Crowded enough for a few witnesses,
not so crowded that nobody notices.
739
00:47:46,626 --> 00:47:49,001
I'm just excited
that we get to kick Carter
740
00:47:49,084 --> 00:47:50,543
out of the White House this year.
741
00:47:52,084 --> 00:47:53,584
Think Reagan's going to run?
742
00:47:54,209 --> 00:47:57,626
I think if he does, it'll be a landslide
and great for business.
743
00:47:57,709 --> 00:48:01,084
Sorry, I should've told you no politics
at the bar. We're a classy joint.
744
00:48:01,626 --> 00:48:02,626
Another?
745
00:48:03,126 --> 00:48:04,126
Maybe just one
746
00:48:04,209 --> 00:48:06,959
then we're switching to beer,
slowing down.
747
00:48:07,543 --> 00:48:09,334
Night's young. Whisky's pricey.
748
00:48:09,418 --> 00:48:12,376
First two are on the house.
Want to start a tab?
749
00:48:12,459 --> 00:48:15,084
Buy now, pay later, what I say.
750
00:48:16,584 --> 00:48:18,001
- I'm Verna.
- Uh, Roderick.
751
00:48:18,084 --> 00:48:19,668
- Mmm.
- This is Madeline.
752
00:48:20,668 --> 00:48:21,793
Staying for the ball drop?
753
00:48:22,543 --> 00:48:25,334
- I think so.
- Mmm, that's good.
754
00:48:25,418 --> 00:48:27,959
Got another hour or so
to think about your resolutions.
755
00:48:28,668 --> 00:48:32,251
You know what a resolution is?
It's a deal you make with the future.
756
00:48:32,334 --> 00:48:34,501
The future's coming fast.
It's nearly here.
757
00:48:35,209 --> 00:48:37,293
You already know your resolutions,
don't you?
758
00:48:37,709 --> 00:48:39,751
Yeah. We've got the same one.
759
00:48:41,584 --> 00:48:43,251
We're going to change the world.
760
00:48:46,501 --> 00:48:50,418
New Year's 1980. I remember
what else happened that night.
761
00:48:51,209 --> 00:48:52,209
That was the night…
762
00:48:53,293 --> 00:48:55,251
Well, you know what I'm getting at.
763
00:48:55,334 --> 00:48:57,293
Yes,
I know what you're getting at.
764
00:48:57,376 --> 00:49:00,793
I mean, aside from the rumors,
the mystery.
765
00:49:01,459 --> 00:49:04,626
That was when everything changed
at Fortunato.
766
00:49:04,709 --> 00:49:08,709
People still whisper about what possibly
could have happened that night.
767
00:49:09,959 --> 00:49:11,959
That's where you're taking me, isn't it?
768
00:49:18,418 --> 00:49:21,584
Your life will take
a complete change of course.
769
00:49:23,251 --> 00:49:24,251
Tonight.
770
00:49:25,793 --> 00:49:28,418
You feel it. Both of you.
771
00:49:29,293 --> 00:49:30,293
In the air.
772
00:49:32,001 --> 00:49:34,418
We're sitting outside of time and space.
773
00:49:35,626 --> 00:49:37,918
We buried three of my children today.
774
00:49:40,584 --> 00:49:42,168
The other three last week.
775
00:49:42,251 --> 00:49:45,751
I know, and as I said, I'm sorry.
776
00:49:45,834 --> 00:49:48,793
There's a reason I'm telling you this.
777
00:49:49,334 --> 00:49:51,709
My mother, my children, New Year's Eve.
778
00:49:51,793 --> 00:49:54,168
You'll be reluctant to accept it,
or believe it,
779
00:49:54,251 --> 00:49:57,876
but I promise you,
every single piece is important.
780
00:49:59,168 --> 00:50:00,876
We buried my boy today.
781
00:50:02,334 --> 00:50:05,043
And almost nobody came this time.
782
00:50:07,126 --> 00:50:09,668
Sixth coffin I've put in the dirt.
783
00:50:13,376 --> 00:50:14,626
In less than two weeks.
784
00:50:15,709 --> 00:50:17,376
"The boundaries which divide
785
00:50:17,459 --> 00:50:22,084
life from death
are at best shadowy and vague.
786
00:50:22,168 --> 00:50:27,543
Who shall say where the one ends
and where the other begins?
787
00:50:29,084 --> 00:50:31,543
We stand on the brink of a precipice."
788
00:50:32,793 --> 00:50:35,793
- Grampus. What is it?
- "We peer into the abyss.
789
00:50:35,876 --> 00:50:37,293
We grow sick and dizzy."
790
00:50:37,376 --> 00:50:38,584
She's here.
791
00:50:39,626 --> 00:50:42,293
"Our first impulse
is to shrink from the danger.
792
00:50:43,084 --> 00:50:45,418
Unaccountably, we remain.
793
00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:48,793
By slow degrees,
our sickness and dizziness
794
00:50:48,876 --> 00:50:53,418
and horror become merged in a cloud
of unnamable feeling.
795
00:50:54,084 --> 00:50:58,834
It is merely the idea
of what would be our sensations
796
00:50:58,918 --> 00:51:04,751
during the sweeping precipitancy
of a fall from such a height.
797
00:51:05,959 --> 00:51:10,001
And this fall, this rushing annihilation
798
00:51:10,084 --> 00:51:15,584
for the very reason that it involves
that one most ghastly and loathsome
799
00:51:15,668 --> 00:51:20,834
of all the most ghastly and loathsome
images of death and suffering,
800
00:51:20,918 --> 00:51:24,668
which have ever presented themselves
to our imagination,
801
00:51:24,751 --> 00:51:30,334
for this very cause do we now,
most vividly, desire it."
802
00:51:37,001 --> 00:51:38,084
Mr. Usher!
803
00:52:11,043 --> 00:52:12,334
Roderick, look at me.
804
00:52:12,418 --> 00:52:15,626
Arthur, send a bus,
but keep it off dispatch, no names.
805
00:52:15,709 --> 00:52:17,709
In fact, designate it off duty.
806
00:52:17,793 --> 00:52:22,209
Take him to Westminster under a pseudonym.
Lock down the wing, maybe the whole floor.
807
00:52:23,126 --> 00:52:27,751
Full security detail, and get Donaldson.
No other doctors. Only Donaldson.
808
00:52:27,834 --> 00:52:28,876
You got it.
809
00:52:31,459 --> 00:52:32,459
It's time.
810
00:52:36,168 --> 00:52:37,168
It's time.
811
00:52:43,168 --> 00:52:44,209
It's time.