1 00:00:05,333 --> 00:00:07,125 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:07,208 --> 00:00:10,625 You want an unprecedented raise in record time. 3 00:00:10,709 --> 00:00:12,949 So how are you going to help me get the first ten stacks? 4 00:00:12,973 --> 00:00:14,041 We need Grigor Andolov. 5 00:00:14,125 --> 00:00:18,542 I just want to see you work a little bit harder for it. 6 00:00:18,625 --> 00:00:21,917 You breached my threshold and threatened me. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Just wait a second... 8 00:00:23,083 --> 00:00:24,917 Drop your credentials at the guard's desk. 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,458 And GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! 10 00:00:28,542 --> 00:00:29,917 What the fuck?! 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,750 What, exactly, did you do? 12 00:00:31,834 --> 00:00:33,750 How do I get you to break your letter of intent 13 00:00:33,834 --> 00:00:34,959 with Oscar Langstraat? 14 00:00:35,041 --> 00:00:36,875 It basically solves our problem. 15 00:00:36,959 --> 00:00:38,142 You sold out my relationship in order to do it. 16 00:00:38,166 --> 00:00:39,750 He said I was off the raise team. 17 00:00:39,834 --> 00:00:40,917 I won't stagnate. 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,750 Not for Axe. Not for anybody. 19 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:44,917 I'll talk to him. 20 00:00:46,291 --> 00:00:49,041 With someone like Taylor, what they need is forward momentum, 21 00:00:49,125 --> 00:00:50,250 above all things. 22 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:53,458 Where the fuck did Jeffcoat get all this money? 23 00:00:53,542 --> 00:00:54,375 TexasSouthCable. 24 00:00:54,458 --> 00:00:56,625 I want you to launch an investigation 25 00:00:56,709 --> 00:01:00,625 into Jock Jeffcoat's brother and TexasSouthCable. 26 00:01:00,709 --> 00:01:02,166 Nothing makes me feel so alive 27 00:01:02,250 --> 00:01:04,208 as putting my head in a tiger's mouth. 28 00:01:04,291 --> 00:01:07,208 We're gonna get Jock on trying to stop it. 29 00:01:07,291 --> 00:01:09,250 Obstruction of justice. 30 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:10,000 I'm putting you on the raise team. 31 00:01:10,083 --> 00:01:12,583 Fuckin' A. Onward and upward. 32 00:01:12,667 --> 00:01:13,458 There's gonna be 30 bil on the table, 33 00:01:13,542 --> 00:01:15,959 get ready to help me haul it outta there. 34 00:01:16,041 --> 00:01:18,166 It looks like you're ready to get into business. 35 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:21,000 I need a meeting with your boss, Grigor Andolov. 36 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:29,625 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 37 00:01:29,709 --> 00:01:33,792 ♪♪♪ 38 00:01:33,875 --> 00:01:38,166 ♪♪♪ 39 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,458 [Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" playing] 40 00:01:44,542 --> 00:01:46,667 The Sands is proud to present 41 00:01:46,750 --> 00:01:51,458 a wonderful new show, a man and his music. 42 00:01:51,542 --> 00:01:53,583 The music of Count Basie and his great band. 43 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:56,625 ♪♪♪ 44 00:01:56,709 --> 00:02:01,417 ♪♪♪ 45 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,834 ♪♪♪ 46 00:02:03,917 --> 00:02:08,542 And the man is Frank Sinatra. 47 00:02:08,625 --> 00:02:09,750 You smell that? 48 00:02:09,834 --> 00:02:11,583 You smell that? 49 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:12,583 That's money, son... 50 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:14,959 People who have never been near money will say: 51 00:02:15,041 --> 00:02:17,333 "I smell money," when entering a casino 52 00:02:17,417 --> 00:02:19,500 or showing up at a sales conference. 53 00:02:19,583 --> 00:02:20,583 They, of course, can't 54 00:02:20,667 --> 00:02:23,083 because they don't know how to recognize the scent. 55 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:24,166 But you? 56 00:02:24,208 --> 00:02:27,542 Like a shorthaired pointer on a dabbling duck. 57 00:02:27,625 --> 00:02:32,250 And I am telling you, Sef, I smell money. 58 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:34,542 How did all these people get in my room? 59 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:41,834 ♪ Come fly with me, we'll fly, we'll fly away ♪ 60 00:02:41,917 --> 00:02:45,500 Gentlemen, today's the day! 61 00:02:45,583 --> 00:02:48,166 - By the close of the event, 62 00:02:48,250 --> 00:02:51,375 30 billion will be earmarked, invested, captured. 63 00:02:51,458 --> 00:02:52,583 If we don't walk out of here 64 00:02:52,667 --> 00:02:53,851 with at least a third of the available capital... 65 00:02:53,875 --> 00:02:56,125 I've teed this whole thing up so that you will. 66 00:02:56,208 --> 00:02:57,792 ♪ Come fly with me ♪ 67 00:02:57,875 --> 00:02:59,267 Should I give you "napalm in the morning"... 68 00:02:59,291 --> 00:03:00,375 I already got a version... 69 00:03:00,458 --> 00:03:01,917 Then "no vice but beggary"? 70 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,375 How 'bout Nick Saban? 71 00:03:03,458 --> 00:03:05,083 Roll Tide... Roll! 72 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:06,750 That's fucking impressive. 73 00:03:06,834 --> 00:03:07,834 I count on it. 74 00:03:07,875 --> 00:03:08,583 Where's Taylor? 75 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:10,250 I have a text. They say: "Soon." 76 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:11,959 Organizing some last-minute things." 77 00:03:12,041 --> 00:03:14,208 Pitch doesn't work without Taylor. 78 00:03:14,291 --> 00:03:16,709 They better make it. 79 00:03:16,792 --> 00:03:18,917 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 80 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,083 ♪♪♪ 81 00:03:23,166 --> 00:03:27,291 ♪♪♪ 82 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,500 ♪♪♪ 83 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:40,500 I was just asking myself if I would. 84 00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:43,834 And you know what? 85 00:03:46,583 --> 00:03:47,834 I would! 86 00:03:47,917 --> 00:03:49,291 Wow. 87 00:03:49,375 --> 00:03:50,291 Every day you live this life 88 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:53,583 you learn something about yourself. 89 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,709 Delightful! 90 00:03:55,792 --> 00:03:59,542 If you're delighted, just imagine how it makes me feel. 91 00:03:59,625 --> 00:04:00,792 That's good. 92 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:02,542 You didn't even flinch. 93 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:06,083 Like the titan, Lee lacocca. 94 00:04:06,166 --> 00:04:07,542 That's important. 95 00:04:09,041 --> 00:04:11,166 To business then. 96 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:14,125 I read your approach in the materials you sent. 97 00:04:14,208 --> 00:04:15,667 What's your market outlook? 98 00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:16,542 I could tell you that interest rates 99 00:04:16,625 --> 00:04:17,945 have topped out for the near term, 100 00:04:17,969 --> 00:04:20,333 that the tax and regulatory climate are favorable, 101 00:04:20,417 --> 00:04:22,667 that growth is looking somewhat robust... 102 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:23,375 I could also read your tea leaves 103 00:04:23,458 --> 00:04:25,125 or the creases in your palm 104 00:04:25,208 --> 00:04:26,834 or divine the future by cleromancy... 105 00:04:26,917 --> 00:04:28,000 Cleromancy? 106 00:04:28,083 --> 00:04:29,875 Casting bones. 107 00:04:30,417 --> 00:04:31,750 But I'm no gypsy. 108 00:04:31,834 --> 00:04:35,166 So instead I'll tell you that my anticipation and my reaction 109 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:37,130 to moment by moment changes in market conditions 110 00:04:37,154 --> 00:04:38,291 are lightning quick. 111 00:04:38,375 --> 00:04:39,709 And cutting edge tech: 112 00:04:39,792 --> 00:04:42,152 A quant piece that wasn't even in place during the past year 113 00:04:42,176 --> 00:04:44,000 that reflects my already positive results. 114 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:45,875 Sure. But it's all words. 115 00:04:45,959 --> 00:04:49,458 And words have very little to do with how I decide things. 116 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:51,291 What then? 117 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:52,500 Internal process. 118 00:04:52,583 --> 00:04:55,375 Like your casting bones. But inside. 119 00:04:55,458 --> 00:04:57,041 Last question... 120 00:04:57,125 --> 00:04:58,542 Why are you leaving Axe? 121 00:04:58,625 --> 00:05:01,709 After all, he made you. 122 00:05:01,792 --> 00:05:03,552 We can debate that statement some other time. 123 00:05:03,625 --> 00:05:04,750 As for your question: 124 00:05:04,834 --> 00:05:06,114 The same reason you leave a house 125 00:05:06,138 --> 00:05:08,041 that has a furnace leaking carbon monoxide: 126 00:05:08,125 --> 00:05:09,917 It's the only way to survive. 127 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,291 I like this image. 128 00:05:12,375 --> 00:05:15,583 They say you can't taste it or smell it 129 00:05:15,667 --> 00:05:18,125 or even know that it's putting you to sleep. 130 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:20,417 But I always think I would: 131 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,792 Most people are already sleepwalking 132 00:05:22,875 --> 00:05:23,750 through their lives. 133 00:05:23,834 --> 00:05:25,208 So they don't even notice. 134 00:05:25,291 --> 00:05:28,667 How could they, it's only a matter of degree. 135 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:31,375 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 136 00:05:31,458 --> 00:05:33,792 ♪♪♪ 137 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:37,959 ♪♪♪ 138 00:05:38,041 --> 00:05:39,291 You crushed it. 139 00:05:39,375 --> 00:05:40,834 I'm glad I brokered this meeting. 140 00:05:40,917 --> 00:05:42,317 I have to talk to him, but I imagine 141 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:42,984 money will be flowing shortly. 142 00:05:43,067 --> 00:05:47,291 ♪♪♪ 143 00:05:47,375 --> 00:05:49,917 ♪♪♪ 144 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,417 ♪♪♪ 145 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,417 So your suite is the largest one. 146 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:59,125 Because there is more demand for you than we can fit. 147 00:05:59,208 --> 00:06:01,875 - Hey, Sara. - Hey, Axe. 148 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:03,417 I didn't see you down on the list. 149 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,940 Yeah, I'm not here to invest, so I didn't want to take a spot. 150 00:06:06,023 --> 00:06:08,148 I know you've said you'll never take Spanx public... 151 00:06:08,232 --> 00:06:09,041 And I won't. 152 00:06:09,125 --> 00:06:10,485 Yeah, but when you do, let me know. 153 00:06:10,509 --> 00:06:11,750 See ya, Axe. 154 00:06:11,834 --> 00:06:14,917 Oh, ho, ho, I thought the velociraptor was extinct. 155 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,667 And yet it walks amongst us. 156 00:06:16,750 --> 00:06:19,166 A velociraptor doesn't walk. 157 00:06:19,250 --> 00:06:22,750 It stalks, hunts, kills, with great stealth and speed, 158 00:06:22,834 --> 00:06:24,434 and if you want him to prove that to you, 159 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:25,851 - keep fucking talking. Easy, pal. 160 00:06:25,934 --> 00:06:28,458 They're just jealous 'cause we got a waiting list. 161 00:06:28,542 --> 00:06:30,342 Because you're the freak show, the ten-in-one. 162 00:06:30,375 --> 00:06:32,458 Everyone wants to take a look. 163 00:06:32,542 --> 00:06:35,625 But after they stare at the bearded lady for five minutes, 164 00:06:35,709 --> 00:06:38,291 they'll walk down to my suite, hand me the grisbi. 165 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:40,250 After today, everyone will know 166 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,583 that Axe Capital is just like Atlantis, 167 00:06:42,667 --> 00:06:44,625 this once great land, now totally underwater 168 00:06:44,709 --> 00:06:48,166 and feels like a figment of someone's imagination. 169 00:07:09,834 --> 00:07:11,917 Sorry to interrupt the rebalancing 170 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,917 of your lower body meridians. 171 00:07:14,792 --> 00:07:16,959 - Uh-huh. 172 00:07:23,583 --> 00:07:24,625 Target letter 173 00:07:24,709 --> 00:07:27,583 announcing the investigation into Zeb Jeffcoat. 174 00:07:30,083 --> 00:07:31,723 Once it's signed and the hard copy is sent 175 00:07:31,747 --> 00:07:36,750 along with the PDF, there's no turning back. 176 00:07:36,834 --> 00:07:40,875 No. The proverbial Rubicon. 177 00:07:40,959 --> 00:07:44,083 We cross it and Jock goes on the offensive. 178 00:07:44,126 --> 00:07:45,606 And even though that's what we want... 179 00:07:45,630 --> 00:07:48,583 Intimidating nevertheless. 180 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:50,667 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 181 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:54,709 ♪♪♪ 182 00:07:54,792 --> 00:07:58,625 ♪♪♪ 183 00:07:58,709 --> 00:08:02,709 ♪♪♪ 184 00:08:02,792 --> 00:08:03,959 We are in the chute... 185 00:08:04,041 --> 00:08:05,792 ♪♪♪ 186 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:10,542 We can expect Zeb to call his big brother immediately... 187 00:08:10,625 --> 00:08:13,291 And for him to go batshit. 188 00:08:13,375 --> 00:08:17,208 ♪♪♪ 189 00:08:17,291 --> 00:08:18,166 Or... 190 00:08:18,250 --> 00:08:19,542 Or he's cool as can be. 191 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:21,542 But there's no way he's cool enough 192 00:08:21,625 --> 00:08:23,458 to simply let this play out in court. 193 00:08:23,542 --> 00:08:25,041 Since it would lead back to him. 194 00:08:25,125 --> 00:08:26,959 He'll confer with his lawyers. 195 00:08:27,041 --> 00:08:29,458 But not in a way that will leave a trail. 196 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:31,342 Ultimately he will fall back and make his move 197 00:08:31,375 --> 00:08:33,667 to derail the case. 198 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:38,250 And that attack will come on one of two fronts. 199 00:08:38,333 --> 00:08:40,583 He will either ruin, threaten, pressure 200 00:08:40,667 --> 00:08:43,834 or otherwise discredit and destroy you, 201 00:08:43,917 --> 00:08:45,500 since you'll be bringing the case. 202 00:08:45,583 --> 00:08:47,333 Or he will try to compromise 203 00:08:47,417 --> 00:08:50,500 who he surmises to be the star witness. 204 00:08:50,583 --> 00:08:54,333 ♪♪♪ 205 00:08:54,417 --> 00:08:57,875 Now, if we can leak to him that Ashley Cutler is the key 206 00:08:57,959 --> 00:08:58,750 and is in our neck of the woods, 207 00:08:58,834 --> 00:09:01,083 Jock will likely head to New York. 208 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:04,750 But the question is: Which move will he make first? 209 00:09:04,834 --> 00:09:08,166 If he digs on me, he'll come up with a bouquet of begonias. 210 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:11,542 Yes. Yes. I did as hard a vet on you as one could do. 211 00:09:11,625 --> 00:09:13,417 I knew to get where I needed to get 212 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:15,417 I'd have to be Jackie Robinson clean. 213 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:18,458 Then I want that witness. 214 00:09:18,542 --> 00:09:20,375 Which means he can either try his luck 215 00:09:20,458 --> 00:09:22,250 with the head of the State Police... 216 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:23,667 Over whom he has no sway... 217 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:27,542 Or he can call me, and implore me 218 00:09:27,625 --> 00:09:32,417 to use my particular set of powers to aid in his cause. 219 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,417 My phone has to be the one that rings. 220 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:39,000 Yes, we need that to happen. 221 00:09:39,083 --> 00:09:39,959 But what if it doesn't? 222 00:09:40,041 --> 00:09:43,834 You and I know Cutler is a weak witness. 223 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,458 But Jock might figure that too. 224 00:09:46,542 --> 00:09:48,834 And if he's patient enough, he might just wait it out. 225 00:09:48,917 --> 00:09:50,625 Then you do the thing: 226 00:09:50,709 --> 00:09:54,834 Impanel a grand jury, and schedule Cutler. 227 00:09:54,917 --> 00:09:57,542 It invariably leaks and Jock knows we're going forward. 228 00:09:57,625 --> 00:10:00,667 But if, but when that call does come, 229 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:03,500 and we know we've got him following along, 230 00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:08,458 you can't just offer him help. 231 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:09,862 No, he'll sniff it out, of course. 232 00:10:09,886 --> 00:10:12,917 Ask for something, big. For yourself. 233 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,625 So he believes you're in it for your own reasons. 234 00:10:17,709 --> 00:10:20,125 And then it's time for The Prestige. 235 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:22,417 ♪♪♪ 236 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:25,625 Put your shoes on and get ready. 237 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:28,875 ♪♪♪ 238 00:10:28,959 --> 00:10:32,041 ♪♪♪ 239 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:39,709 ♪♪♪ 240 00:10:39,792 --> 00:10:44,542 ♪♪♪ 241 00:10:44,625 --> 00:10:46,667 Only Ricky Roma gets to show up late. 242 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:48,750 Well, I am at the top of the board. 243 00:10:48,834 --> 00:10:50,291 What the fuck? 244 00:10:50,375 --> 00:10:51,375 Uber... 245 00:10:51,458 --> 00:10:53,709 If you're gonna go around, go like a rich person. 246 00:10:53,792 --> 00:10:54,667 Take a chopper. 247 00:10:54,750 --> 00:10:57,375 I'm here now. Let's do this thing. 248 00:10:57,458 --> 00:11:01,625 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 249 00:11:01,709 --> 00:11:03,917 Remember: They are not buying 250 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,320 your proprietary trading platform, 251 00:11:05,403 --> 00:11:06,803 they are not buying your strategies, 252 00:11:06,827 --> 00:11:08,667 they are buying you. 253 00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:10,250 Remind them that we have the answers. 254 00:11:10,333 --> 00:11:12,333 That they are safe in your loving arms. 255 00:11:12,417 --> 00:11:13,291 Like Barry White. 256 00:11:13,375 --> 00:11:14,935 Oh, he'd have had them hands in the air, 257 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,083 weeping and singing along. 258 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:18,542 So, yes, exactly like Barry White. 259 00:11:18,625 --> 00:11:21,417 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 260 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:22,583 There are only two things 261 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:25,417 these allocators really want to know, 262 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,041 but they'll never directly ask: 263 00:11:27,125 --> 00:11:28,625 Can we be trusted? And are we special? 264 00:11:28,709 --> 00:11:31,583 We nail those. We nail this entire thing. 265 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:33,917 ♪♪♪ 266 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,375 Welcome, everybody. Welcome. Thanks for coming. 267 00:11:36,458 --> 00:11:38,083 Now, you've read all our stuff. 268 00:11:38,166 --> 00:11:39,446 You know my Sortino ratio proves 269 00:11:39,470 --> 00:11:42,625 that we get a higher rate of return with less downside vol. 270 00:11:42,709 --> 00:11:44,834 How we avoided the XIV liquidation 271 00:11:44,917 --> 00:11:45,750 by selling our VIX positions 272 00:11:45,834 --> 00:11:47,792 two weeks before everybody else did. 273 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:52,500 And you know who made sure we did that? 274 00:11:52,583 --> 00:11:53,583 Taylor Mason! 275 00:11:55,542 --> 00:11:57,083 ♪♪♪ 276 00:11:57,166 --> 00:12:00,291 Over the past year, we've seen the lowest market correlation 277 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:01,875 of any fund in the business. 278 00:12:01,959 --> 00:12:05,500 You will, of course, want to know why and how. 279 00:12:05,583 --> 00:12:08,959 So come sit in and shadow me for a day, 280 00:12:09,041 --> 00:12:10,458 because it's like asking a magician 281 00:12:10,542 --> 00:12:12,166 how they do their tricks. 282 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:13,792 We all know it's not magic. 283 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:15,792 It's the opposite of magic. 284 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,959 It's grinding, focused work, 285 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:20,625 it's sitting on their bed for weeks, months at a time, 286 00:12:20,709 --> 00:12:22,959 working slip cuts, perfecting the Elmsley Count... 287 00:12:23,041 --> 00:12:26,583 So that the audience never sees where the cards really are. 288 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:27,667 No. It's not magic. 289 00:12:27,709 --> 00:12:29,917 But when the effect is presented, 290 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,875 it sure feels like a miracle. 291 00:12:31,959 --> 00:12:33,500 And if you invest with us, you will be 292 00:12:33,583 --> 00:12:35,625 behind the curtain with Axe. And me. 293 00:12:35,709 --> 00:12:37,125 All the mysteries revealed. 294 00:12:37,208 --> 00:12:39,834 Nothing kept secret from you. Nothing held back. 295 00:12:39,917 --> 00:12:42,166 Fully transparent work. 296 00:12:42,250 --> 00:12:43,000 I could go on but... 297 00:12:43,083 --> 00:12:45,000 But there are bars in New York City 298 00:12:45,083 --> 00:12:47,043 some of you want to hit before they close tonight. 299 00:12:47,750 --> 00:12:51,250 Look, Taylor is the single most effective manager of money 300 00:12:51,333 --> 00:12:52,667 I have ever come across. 301 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:55,625 They are the future of Axe Capital. 302 00:12:55,709 --> 00:12:56,625 And I'm just thrilled 303 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:58,458 that you're all gonna get the opportunity 304 00:12:58,542 --> 00:13:00,622 to work with them directly alongside me and the team. 305 00:13:04,041 --> 00:13:07,375 ♪♪♪ 306 00:13:08,750 --> 00:13:12,333 [mid-tempo music plays on speakers] 307 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,667 I've got him. 308 00:13:16,375 --> 00:13:18,375 Dramatic. Who you got? 309 00:13:18,458 --> 00:13:20,258 Beer tonight? No, you need something stronger. 310 00:13:20,282 --> 00:13:23,375 Chuck. Pulling shit again. 311 00:13:23,458 --> 00:13:24,959 What shit? 312 00:13:25,041 --> 00:13:26,667 He's using FBI to hide a witness 313 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:28,583 who's bad for Jock Jeffcoat. 314 00:13:28,667 --> 00:13:30,834 What do you think you know? 315 00:13:30,917 --> 00:13:34,041 That Chuck is helping his boss's legal troubles go away. 316 00:13:34,125 --> 00:13:35,542 And you're helping him... 317 00:13:35,625 --> 00:13:36,083 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 318 00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:38,250 Me? 319 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:39,917 You're on the text transcripts, Kate. 320 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,291 Getting favors from the FBI. 321 00:13:42,375 --> 00:13:44,208 ♪♪♪ 322 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:47,750 ♪♪♪ 323 00:13:47,834 --> 00:13:48,834 How did you, uh... 324 00:13:48,875 --> 00:13:50,715 Administrative subpoenas. Blessed from on high. 325 00:13:50,750 --> 00:13:52,670 So either you can help me. Or go down with Chuck. 326 00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:56,906 Well, you're right about me needing that stronger drink... 327 00:13:56,930 --> 00:13:57,500 - Mm. 328 00:13:57,583 --> 00:13:58,709 - Mm-hmm. 329 00:13:58,792 --> 00:13:59,959 Two coming up. 330 00:14:00,041 --> 00:14:01,641 You got the rest of it backwards, though. 331 00:14:01,665 --> 00:14:03,750 - Yeah. 332 00:14:03,834 --> 00:14:06,125 You can't mix in here and try to take Chuck down. 333 00:14:06,208 --> 00:14:07,250 Not on this one. 334 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:10,333 He's finally doing it, Bryan. The right thing. 335 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:13,000 He is not helping Jock by hiding the witness... 336 00:14:13,083 --> 00:14:16,166 Jock has been telling us which cases to pursue 337 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:17,417 and which ones to drop. 338 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:18,709 Like the Lugo nightmare. 339 00:14:18,792 --> 00:14:20,417 So us having to look the other way, 340 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:21,333 stuffing all the bullshit down. 341 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:23,291 It finally got to be too much for Chuck. 342 00:14:23,375 --> 00:14:24,083 He is going after him. 343 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:25,366 He's doing that Chuck thing... 344 00:14:25,390 --> 00:14:28,583 But for the right fucking reasons this time, all the way. 345 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:32,583 [Michael McDermott's "Never Going Down Again" playing] 346 00:14:32,667 --> 00:14:33,709 Fuck! 347 00:14:33,792 --> 00:14:34,834 Yeah. 348 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:38,834 So let us drink our boilermakers and let him finish... 349 00:14:38,917 --> 00:14:40,517 You can take him down over something else 350 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,475 if you still feel that you have to. 351 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:45,208 And if you do, I promise I'll stay out of it 352 00:14:45,291 --> 00:14:47,417 and leave it between the two of you. 353 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:48,875 ♪♪♪ 354 00:14:49,709 --> 00:14:53,542 We. Fucking. Did it! 355 00:14:54,834 --> 00:14:58,250 Six billion dollars committed. 356 00:14:58,333 --> 00:14:59,333 In one morning. 357 00:15:00,542 --> 00:15:01,667 We are back! 358 00:15:01,750 --> 00:15:04,417 All the fucking way back! 359 00:15:06,542 --> 00:15:09,083 Wendy, Wags 360 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:10,458 and Taylor. 361 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:14,750 They all came through for us huge. 362 00:15:14,834 --> 00:15:16,792 Let's have a big shout out for all three of them! 363 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,667 The Hold Steady! 364 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:23,333 [The Hold Steady plays "Entitlement Crew"] 365 00:15:23,417 --> 00:15:27,458 ♪♪♪ 366 00:15:27,542 --> 00:15:31,625 ♪♪♪ 367 00:15:31,709 --> 00:15:34,917 ♪♪♪ 368 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,959 ♪ Tequila take off, Tecate landing ♪ 369 00:15:38,041 --> 00:15:40,281 ♪ Sorry about the centerpiece, thanks for understanding ♪ 370 00:15:40,305 --> 00:15:44,208 ♪ Hard branding, soft salesmen, Campari commissions ♪ 371 00:15:44,291 --> 00:15:45,750 ♪ I was sitting in the kitchen ♪ 372 00:15:45,834 --> 00:15:47,917 ♪ Trying to guess where she was living now ♪ 373 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:53,959 ♪♪♪ 374 00:16:07,291 --> 00:16:09,583 It's not exactly like we thought. 375 00:16:11,583 --> 00:16:13,709 Then what is it? 376 00:16:13,792 --> 00:16:16,208 We have it flipped. 377 00:16:16,291 --> 00:16:20,208 Chuck's going after Jock, not covering for him? 378 00:16:20,291 --> 00:16:22,166 Sorry to drag you up here... 379 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:26,041 There's an Acela back to Washington tomorrow at 8:00. 380 00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:28,542 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 381 00:16:28,625 --> 00:16:33,542 ♪♪♪ 382 00:16:35,208 --> 00:16:36,834 This is new. 383 00:16:36,917 --> 00:16:39,208 What? I come over all the time. 384 00:16:39,291 --> 00:16:41,500 Not without an agenda. 385 00:16:41,583 --> 00:16:44,083 A man can't want to see his own father? 386 00:16:44,166 --> 00:16:45,834 A man can. 387 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,750 Not this man. 388 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:55,083 This is big game, you're after. 389 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:56,709 Big fucking game. 390 00:16:56,792 --> 00:16:58,072 The only problem is: No call yet. 391 00:16:58,096 --> 00:16:59,917 Make your man do what you want him to do, 392 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,083 not what's good for him... 393 00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:05,166 The object of any worthwhile contest. 394 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:07,410 Well, there is one move we've been holding in abeyance, 395 00:17:07,454 --> 00:17:09,294 because it might bring him along too quickly... 396 00:17:09,318 --> 00:17:13,875 To a fatal mistake or walking away free. 397 00:17:13,959 --> 00:17:15,709 Better to play fast and aggressive 398 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:16,959 with inferior matériel, 399 00:17:17,041 --> 00:17:20,542 than let them be exposed later. 400 00:17:20,625 --> 00:17:22,166 Rommel? 401 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,250 Me. 402 00:17:24,375 --> 00:17:29,125 If the end game is coming sooner or later... 403 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:31,583 Even if it might crush you, 404 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,875 I say: Bring it on. 405 00:17:34,959 --> 00:17:38,291 Shift the pressure of the decision from you, to him. 406 00:17:38,375 --> 00:17:40,125 Let him have to avoid the mistake. 407 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:44,125 Or see the one move that might get him through. 408 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,542 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 409 00:17:46,625 --> 00:17:51,375 ♪♪♪ 410 00:17:51,458 --> 00:17:55,959 ♪♪♪ 411 00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:57,041 Epstein. 412 00:17:57,125 --> 00:18:02,125 Do it. Pull the trigger on the grand jury. 413 00:18:02,208 --> 00:18:04,291 Let's see how patient Jock is. 414 00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:06,917 ♪♪♪ 415 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:11,792 ♪♪♪ 416 00:18:17,291 --> 00:18:18,500 - No. 417 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,041 It was, indeed, some party last night. 418 00:18:21,125 --> 00:18:23,917 But I fear it might be over. 419 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:24,750 Meaning? 420 00:18:24,834 --> 00:18:26,333 I've been making follow up calls 421 00:18:26,417 --> 00:18:28,583 to book the money that was pledged at the race. 422 00:18:28,667 --> 00:18:31,625 I'm having problems locking it in. 423 00:18:31,709 --> 00:18:33,041 What fucking problems? 424 00:18:33,125 --> 00:18:34,765 Problems reaching people. They're dodging. 425 00:18:34,789 --> 00:18:37,000 I'm feeling like somebody slipped us a Cosby. 426 00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:38,834 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 427 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:40,667 Where the fuck is Taylor? 428 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:42,310 They're here before me most of the time. 429 00:18:42,334 --> 00:18:43,208 Not sure. 430 00:18:43,291 --> 00:18:46,625 Sent a text this morning, didn't hear back. 431 00:18:46,709 --> 00:18:47,542 Huh... 432 00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:50,125 ♪♪♪ 433 00:18:51,959 --> 00:18:53,875 ♪ I feel I've been abandoned ♪ 434 00:18:53,959 --> 00:18:57,041 ♪ Never got to say goodbye to you ♪ 435 00:18:57,125 --> 00:19:00,709 ♪ Give my best to the Entitlement Crew ♪ 436 00:19:00,792 --> 00:19:05,583 ♪♪♪ 437 00:19:06,834 --> 00:19:07,875 And no Mafee today. 438 00:19:07,959 --> 00:19:11,542 I figured it was the whiskey flu. 439 00:19:11,625 --> 00:19:13,041 Fuck. 440 00:19:13,125 --> 00:19:15,375 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 441 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:20,000 ♪♪♪ 442 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:24,458 ♪♪♪ 443 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:25,702 A new kind of organization. 444 00:19:25,726 --> 00:19:30,375 Top down but not imperious or impetuous. Integrated. 445 00:19:30,458 --> 00:19:32,333 And you can make more than you do now. 446 00:19:32,417 --> 00:19:34,792 With a partnership stake. 447 00:19:34,875 --> 00:19:37,792 Goddamnit... When? 448 00:19:37,875 --> 00:19:39,417 Now. 449 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,792 Taylor's making a move. 450 00:19:41,875 --> 00:19:43,917 They've played the Elmsley Count on us. 451 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,333 So we wouldn't see their real cards. 452 00:19:46,417 --> 00:19:47,625 Fuck. 453 00:19:47,709 --> 00:19:49,083 Pretended to be one of us... 454 00:19:49,166 --> 00:19:52,709 For just long enough to take our personnel and our capital. 455 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:53,709 All of it. 456 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:55,959 ♪♪♪ 457 00:19:56,041 --> 00:19:56,959 Wendy. Now. 458 00:19:57,041 --> 00:19:58,834 Tell me she's fucking here. 459 00:19:58,917 --> 00:20:01,041 She is. I saw her. 460 00:20:01,125 --> 00:20:03,250 ♪♪♪ 461 00:20:03,333 --> 00:20:04,417 Is there anything I can do 462 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,792 to stop Taylor from officially opening? 463 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:10,834 You could file, and we will, for intellectual property theft, 464 00:20:10,917 --> 00:20:14,333 for tortious interference for both the investor piece 465 00:20:14,417 --> 00:20:16,417 and any employees they enticed away, 466 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:18,750 and these suits will have to be defended, but... 467 00:20:18,834 --> 00:20:21,417 But we won't win. 468 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,959 We won't win fast enough to injunct them from opening. 469 00:20:24,041 --> 00:20:25,959 ♪♪♪ 470 00:20:26,041 --> 00:20:27,458 File anyway. 471 00:20:27,542 --> 00:20:30,083 Let's get Taylor distracted from the bottom line. 472 00:20:30,166 --> 00:20:32,792 Let's see how they do with split focus. 473 00:20:32,875 --> 00:20:36,291 Now, who's actually gone? And who's on the fence? 474 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:38,125 So far, it appears that other than Mafee, 475 00:20:38,208 --> 00:20:41,792 only Ben Kim sleeps with the fishes. 476 00:20:41,875 --> 00:20:43,555 As for the cash: 500 million came on board, 477 00:20:43,579 --> 00:20:45,917 three and a half billion went with Taylor, 478 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,000 the other two billion pulled back, went elsewhere... 479 00:20:48,024 --> 00:20:50,250 Didn't want to be involved in a family fight. 480 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:52,573 I'm gonna quarantine a few traders I have my doubts about 481 00:20:52,597 --> 00:20:55,333 before this thing spreads like black death. 482 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:57,166 Ben Kim is here. 483 00:20:57,250 --> 00:21:00,041 He just got off the elevator and went to his station. 484 00:21:01,917 --> 00:21:03,237 The important thing is: I said no. 485 00:21:03,261 --> 00:21:06,083 So you're not a spy? 486 00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:08,667 'Cause you showed up late on this particular day. 487 00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:11,250 So you can see how I'd wonder. 488 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:11,834 I can. But I'm not. 489 00:21:11,917 --> 00:21:13,375 I said no. 490 00:21:16,917 --> 00:21:19,083 Walk us through how Taylor approached you. 491 00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:21,583 ♪ Mid-tempo music ♪ 492 00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:24,667 ♪♪♪ 493 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:29,583 Where did you come from? 494 00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:30,834 Wrong question. 495 00:21:30,917 --> 00:21:32,792 Where are we going is the right one. 496 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:35,166 Is it? 497 00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:37,208 Come work for me. 498 00:21:37,291 --> 00:21:38,750 I already do. 499 00:21:38,834 --> 00:21:40,542 At Mase Cap. 500 00:21:40,625 --> 00:21:42,417 ♪♪♪ 501 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:43,500 You're leaving. 502 00:21:43,542 --> 00:21:45,333 Left. 503 00:21:45,417 --> 00:21:48,041 But Axe has been loyal... He promoted me. 504 00:21:48,125 --> 00:21:51,208 In title, yes, after I told him to. 505 00:21:51,291 --> 00:21:53,166 But what kind of money bump did he give you? 506 00:21:53,250 --> 00:21:54,875 ♪♪♪ 507 00:21:54,959 --> 00:21:55,750 He gave you a paper title 508 00:21:55,834 --> 00:21:57,667 as a way to keep you running in place. 509 00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:00,709 But I will give you an entire field to sprint down. 510 00:22:00,792 --> 00:22:03,208 ♪♪♪ 511 00:22:03,291 --> 00:22:04,125 Ben. 512 00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:06,750 Ben, I'm sorry to have to tell you, but... 513 00:22:06,834 --> 00:22:10,125 Oh, no... Taylor told you not to give me the raise. 514 00:22:11,583 --> 00:22:14,041 So that I would be dissatisfied and go with them. 515 00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:17,458 That's pretty sound from a game theory perspective. 516 00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:21,667 Yeah. Well. This ain't no game. 517 00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:24,709 But Taylor treated it like it was, and you fell for it... 518 00:22:24,792 --> 00:22:25,834 I don't mean that. 519 00:22:25,917 --> 00:22:27,583 No. I was suckered. 520 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:30,125 And now I will have my turn. 521 00:22:30,208 --> 00:22:31,226 So now that we know why you didn't 522 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:32,610 give me more money, do I get the... 523 00:22:32,634 --> 00:22:34,968 Finish that sentence at your own peril, Ben Kim. 524 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:39,208 Though you do have a future here. 525 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:42,250 And one that'll have you getting as rich as a feudal lord 526 00:22:42,333 --> 00:22:43,625 if you keep performing. 527 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,625 Are you in? 528 00:22:47,917 --> 00:22:50,208 I am. 529 00:22:53,875 --> 00:22:56,000 Fuck. 530 00:22:59,375 --> 00:23:01,625 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 531 00:23:01,709 --> 00:23:06,458 ♪♪♪ 532 00:23:06,542 --> 00:23:09,667 ♪♪♪ 533 00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:12,959 At a time like this, I suggest looking within. 534 00:23:13,041 --> 00:23:15,875 To see what you... what we... May have done to cause this. 535 00:23:15,959 --> 00:23:18,500 We rebuild our business 536 00:23:18,583 --> 00:23:21,250 as we rebuild our selves. 537 00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:23,667 Or, don't look inside. Do what I do instead. 538 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:26,709 Go drinks, dinners, parties, funny massage joints 539 00:23:26,792 --> 00:23:27,625 with every fucking whale in the Street 540 00:23:27,709 --> 00:23:30,333 and poison that bitch's name to them. 541 00:23:30,417 --> 00:23:30,875 For starters. 542 00:23:30,959 --> 00:23:33,792 ♪♪♪ 543 00:23:33,875 --> 00:23:38,083 ♪♪♪ 544 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:41,583 ♪♪♪ 545 00:23:42,083 --> 00:23:44,917 ♪♪♪ 546 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:49,393 General! 547 00:23:49,417 --> 00:23:51,667 I'd like to see you. 548 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:54,166 Something I can help with now, here? 549 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:57,834 Come on over to the hotel. Better to talk there. 550 00:23:57,917 --> 00:24:01,166 And I'm on my way, sir. 551 00:24:02,792 --> 00:24:04,333 Here we go. 552 00:24:04,417 --> 00:24:06,375 ♪♪♪ 553 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,208 ♪♪♪ 554 00:24:12,959 --> 00:24:14,083 Grigor. 555 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:17,709 We must meet. Now. 556 00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:19,500 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 557 00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:22,000 ♪♪♪ 558 00:24:22,083 --> 00:24:26,166 ♪♪♪ 559 00:24:26,250 --> 00:24:27,583 Nice place. 560 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:28,583 Yeah. 561 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,250 Once I own every townhouse on the block, 562 00:24:30,333 --> 00:24:32,583 I'll put them all together. 563 00:24:32,667 --> 00:24:34,375 Make a real home, you know? 564 00:24:34,458 --> 00:24:37,709 Quilts on the beds, needlepoints on the walls, 565 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:39,333 healing crystals in every window. 566 00:24:39,417 --> 00:24:43,333 Until then, this one is a place 567 00:24:43,417 --> 00:24:46,500 for special conversations. 568 00:24:47,792 --> 00:24:49,625 They can hear it? 569 00:24:49,709 --> 00:24:50,417 They hear everything, 570 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:53,542 but they know exactly what happens 571 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:55,709 when someone speaks out of turn. 572 00:24:55,792 --> 00:24:59,166 As, I imagine, your man does. 573 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:00,250 I do. 574 00:25:03,208 --> 00:25:08,166 So, you know you have a problem, yes? 575 00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:10,667 Yes. 576 00:25:10,750 --> 00:25:13,667 Because you don't have pest control. 577 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:17,250 So the pests are running all around the place 578 00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:18,667 with no consequences. 579 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:24,000 But I'm very good at dealing with pests, with vermin. 580 00:25:24,083 --> 00:25:28,583 I have a perfect score with Consumer Reports. 581 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:31,583 So if I promise you 582 00:25:31,667 --> 00:25:36,333 that I will make your problem disappear, 583 00:25:36,417 --> 00:25:38,291 your problem will never, ever return. 584 00:25:38,375 --> 00:25:39,917 I can't allow Mr. Axelrod... 585 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,834 Shut the fuck up! 586 00:25:41,917 --> 00:25:44,083 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 587 00:25:44,166 --> 00:25:47,875 ♪♪♪ 588 00:25:47,959 --> 00:25:50,542 ♪♪♪ 589 00:25:50,625 --> 00:25:53,667 I understand what you're offering. 590 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:57,625 But I cannot ask you to do it, at this time. 591 00:25:57,709 --> 00:26:00,458 ♪♪♪ 592 00:26:00,542 --> 00:26:05,041 If it were me and I were standing 593 00:26:05,125 --> 00:26:08,125 as naked as Paris Hilton and twice as fucked, 594 00:26:08,208 --> 00:26:11,000 I would not hesitate. 595 00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:13,542 I know you wouldn't. 596 00:26:13,625 --> 00:26:16,250 And that perhaps it's what's called for. 597 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:19,000 So, then, you want me to do it? 598 00:26:19,083 --> 00:26:22,125 You have to say it. I have to hear you. 599 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:23,709 ♪♪♪ 600 00:26:23,792 --> 00:26:26,500 Why are you willing to do this for me? 601 00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:30,792 Look at this from my particular set of binoculars. 602 00:26:30,875 --> 00:26:32,959 I gave you my assets. 603 00:26:33,041 --> 00:26:34,250 At least in part 604 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:37,959 because Taylor was going to help manage them. 605 00:26:38,041 --> 00:26:41,917 So when they fucked you over. They fucked me over, too. 606 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,166 But I ask your permission because, really, 607 00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:46,125 she is your property. 608 00:26:46,208 --> 00:26:48,500 Not mine. 609 00:26:48,583 --> 00:26:52,166 Well, I'm grateful for your loyalty. 610 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:54,291 My loyalties are clear. 611 00:26:54,375 --> 00:26:56,083 Can I respond by tomorrow? 612 00:26:56,166 --> 00:26:57,500 Sure. 613 00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,458 Shame about Taylor. So smart. 614 00:27:00,542 --> 00:27:01,000 Loss for everyone. 615 00:27:01,083 --> 00:27:03,750 ♪♪♪ 616 00:27:03,834 --> 00:27:05,166 You seemed to take that seriously. 617 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:06,542 Damn right. 618 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,542 When I've suggested such actions in the past, 619 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:10,542 you never even considered it. 620 00:27:10,625 --> 00:27:12,750 Well, once a guy like that puts it on the table, 621 00:27:12,834 --> 00:27:15,542 you have to think about what happens if you say no 622 00:27:15,625 --> 00:27:19,333 as much as if you say yes. 623 00:27:19,417 --> 00:27:21,625 If you decide on something this final, 624 00:27:21,709 --> 00:27:24,875 it shouldn't be farmed out, it should be done in-house. 625 00:27:24,959 --> 00:27:27,750 Yeah. Maybe. I don't know. 626 00:27:27,834 --> 00:27:30,083 Look, I need to think about what other options I have. 627 00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:33,625 And how to protect myself no matter which choice I make. 628 00:27:33,709 --> 00:27:36,208 And I need to look Taylor in the eye. 629 00:28:01,333 --> 00:28:03,583 Shit, Axe, 630 00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:07,291 look, it was time for a change. 631 00:28:07,356 --> 00:28:08,476 I'm sure you thought so too. 632 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:11,667 I want to thank you, of course. 633 00:28:11,749 --> 00:28:13,309 Figured I would when the dust settled... 634 00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:16,166 Shut the fuck up, Mafee. 635 00:28:16,250 --> 00:28:19,125 You did what you did, you got your money, 636 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:20,083 but no amount I give to charity 637 00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:22,458 will help me atone for the ass fucking 638 00:28:22,542 --> 00:28:24,792 I will give you in this business. 639 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:26,083 You hearing me? 640 00:28:28,542 --> 00:28:30,709 Now go get your new fucking master. 641 00:28:47,875 --> 00:28:51,333 The palace coup is complete. 642 00:28:51,417 --> 00:28:53,500 Today you settled all family business. 643 00:28:53,583 --> 00:28:55,500 I get that you're angry. 644 00:28:55,583 --> 00:28:56,583 But I think it's because 645 00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:59,458 I left before you could finish me off. 646 00:28:59,542 --> 00:29:02,208 You think I was acting against you? 647 00:29:02,291 --> 00:29:04,458 The undercutting, the manipulation, 648 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:05,982 and public, and private, humiliation. 649 00:29:06,006 --> 00:29:08,333 The lies and broken promises. 650 00:29:08,417 --> 00:29:10,792 All while I good soldiered it and made you money. 651 00:29:10,875 --> 00:29:12,435 But how long, really, was it going to be 652 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:14,333 before you sent me off to slaughter? 653 00:29:14,417 --> 00:29:16,000 Wrong. 654 00:29:16,083 --> 00:29:18,333 I wasn't getting rid of you or working against you. 655 00:29:18,417 --> 00:29:20,417 You were on the inside. 656 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,458 We were succeeding together. 657 00:29:23,542 --> 00:29:26,542 I trusted you in a way that I almost never trust anyone. 658 00:29:26,625 --> 00:29:29,834 It may have seemed unorthodox, but that's the truth of it. 659 00:29:29,917 --> 00:29:32,166 And now you've taken from me. 660 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:35,333 You've stolen from me, under false pretenses. 661 00:29:35,417 --> 00:29:37,250 And you've betrayed me. 662 00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:40,166 I did what I had to do to survive. And to win. 663 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:41,000 You've got to understand that. 664 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:45,083 I did it for me, not against you. 665 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:46,750 Sure. Right. 666 00:29:46,834 --> 00:29:50,000 Congratulations, now you have your own shop, 667 00:29:50,083 --> 00:29:51,166 billions under management. 668 00:29:51,250 --> 00:29:52,730 You're moving even quicker than I did. 669 00:29:52,754 --> 00:29:55,500 Yes. I'll surpass your assets under management, 670 00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:57,783 at the rate I calculate, in three years at the earliest, 671 00:29:57,807 --> 00:29:59,125 eight at the latest. 672 00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:01,041 Maybe. 673 00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:03,208 You're ready for the summit. 674 00:30:03,291 --> 00:30:06,542 But you know what they call that spot up on Everest? 675 00:30:06,625 --> 00:30:08,625 The Death Zone. 676 00:30:08,709 --> 00:30:12,208 Some people that make it up, and then they make it back home. 677 00:30:12,291 --> 00:30:14,667 But there are countless more, fucking dead, 678 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:17,625 encased in ice for all time. 679 00:30:17,709 --> 00:30:21,208 That's where you are now. 680 00:30:21,291 --> 00:30:22,709 And very few people can even survive 681 00:30:22,792 --> 00:30:25,542 on the available oxygen up here. 682 00:30:25,625 --> 00:30:27,959 Even fewer can perform. 683 00:30:28,041 --> 00:30:28,750 So we'll see. 684 00:30:28,834 --> 00:30:32,709 Young lungs. So yeah, we will. 685 00:30:32,792 --> 00:30:34,375 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 686 00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:39,417 ♪♪♪ 687 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,750 You know your history, 688 00:30:42,834 --> 00:30:45,917 so you know what happens to usurpers. 689 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,125 Charles Edward Stuart, for example. 690 00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:49,333 Bonnie Prince Charlie. Yes. 691 00:30:49,417 --> 00:30:52,542 His troops slaughtered. Him exiled from the kingdom... 692 00:30:52,625 --> 00:30:54,425 More like on the run for the rest of his life. 693 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,083 And that was one of the more civilized responses. 694 00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:59,709 ♪♪♪ 695 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:01,750 You have to know 696 00:31:01,834 --> 00:31:06,208 that anything I do to stop you is warranted. 697 00:31:06,291 --> 00:31:08,166 ♪♪♪ 698 00:31:08,250 --> 00:31:10,500 I anticipated that being your reaction. 699 00:31:10,583 --> 00:31:13,291 So do what you must. 700 00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:15,250 And I'll defend as I have to. 701 00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:17,959 ♪♪♪ 702 00:31:18,041 --> 00:31:21,417 ♪♪♪ 703 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:26,583 ♪♪♪ 704 00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:30,083 ♪♪♪ 705 00:31:30,166 --> 00:31:34,458 General, I didn't expect to see you back in town so soon. 706 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:35,375 Makes two of us. 707 00:31:35,458 --> 00:31:36,959 Listen, the reason I called you over 708 00:31:37,041 --> 00:31:39,959 is there's a legal matter of some subtlety 709 00:31:40,041 --> 00:31:40,959 that I may need your help on. 710 00:31:41,041 --> 00:31:44,083 I'll be as delicate as a scrimshander then. 711 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:45,917 There's a prosecution in the works. 712 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,291 If you can call it that. 713 00:31:47,375 --> 00:31:48,695 More like a political hatchet job. 714 00:31:48,719 --> 00:31:50,291 Against you? 715 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,041 Nah, against my brother. 716 00:31:52,125 --> 00:31:52,917 Designed to splatter on me. 717 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,166 Down in Texas? Well, who's prosecuting? 718 00:31:56,250 --> 00:31:58,208 Perhaps I know him and could give a nudge, 719 00:31:58,291 --> 00:31:59,667 help steer him away. 720 00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:02,166 New York. State of. 721 00:32:02,250 --> 00:32:03,375 Alvin Epstein. 722 00:32:03,458 --> 00:32:05,458 Oh. 723 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,917 Rep on him is he is a straight fucking shooter. 724 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,250 Epstein presents a real problem. 725 00:32:12,333 --> 00:32:14,173 I know him enough to nod at him, but I'm afraid 726 00:32:14,255 --> 00:32:14,881 I've heard the same thing as you about him. 727 00:32:14,964 --> 00:32:17,834 He's a crusader type. 728 00:32:17,917 --> 00:32:19,717 Probably not enough dirt to dig on him either. 729 00:32:19,741 --> 00:32:22,291 Forget about him. 730 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:25,291 I know who this whole thing hinges on. 731 00:32:25,375 --> 00:32:29,750 Seedy financier type I knew in the old days, Ashley Cutler. 732 00:32:29,834 --> 00:32:33,000 He's had his nose bent about me and my brother for years. 733 00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:39,583 I bedded his sister back in the day, truth be told. 734 00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:41,166 So did my brother. 735 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:43,250 She was something of the town scooter. 736 00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:44,375 But that aside, 737 00:32:44,458 --> 00:32:46,178 if I could somehow get ten minutes with him, 738 00:32:46,202 --> 00:32:48,709 I'm sure I could remind him what really matters 739 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:51,500 to him and his family. 740 00:32:52,709 --> 00:32:54,149 General, I think you should fall back 741 00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:56,256 and just let this play out in court. 742 00:32:58,125 --> 00:33:01,583 Let justice take its course. Safer that way. 743 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:03,208 Yeah, I could. 744 00:33:03,291 --> 00:33:06,583 But no, I'm gonna give justice 745 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:09,542 just a little bit of fucking help. 746 00:33:09,625 --> 00:33:11,375 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 747 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,500 ♪♪♪ 748 00:33:13,583 --> 00:33:15,500 Well, a course of action comes to mind 749 00:33:15,583 --> 00:33:17,417 that could get you what you want, 750 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,250 but it's a dangerous one for me. 751 00:33:19,333 --> 00:33:23,250 So if I were to engage on your behalf, 752 00:33:23,333 --> 00:33:25,667 I'd expect something in return. 753 00:33:27,166 --> 00:33:28,625 Would you now? 754 00:33:28,709 --> 00:33:30,583 ♪♪♪ 755 00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:35,166 Well, I can't say I'm a hundred percent surprised. 756 00:33:35,250 --> 00:33:36,750 A man looking out for his own interest 757 00:33:36,834 --> 00:33:38,750 is a man who can be counted on. 758 00:33:38,834 --> 00:33:41,583 What do you want? 759 00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:42,917 To be guaranteed my post 760 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,959 until the end of the administration. 761 00:33:46,041 --> 00:33:49,917 Chuck, you pull this off, how could I live without you? 762 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,250 Granted. 763 00:33:51,333 --> 00:33:54,166 And Southern becomes the sovereign district 764 00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:56,125 once again. 765 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:58,583 I call my own plays from now on. 766 00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:02,000 ♪♪♪ 767 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:05,583 Well, I didn't realize my input was so rankling to you... 768 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:08,959 ♪♪♪ 769 00:34:09,041 --> 00:34:13,000 Fine, I give you your latitude. 770 00:34:13,083 --> 00:34:14,959 Then I will do all I can. 771 00:34:15,041 --> 00:34:16,583 ♪♪♪ 772 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:19,125 You'll hear from me soon. 773 00:34:19,208 --> 00:34:21,125 ♪♪♪ 774 00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:23,667 ♪♪♪ 775 00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:28,083 ♪♪♪ 776 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:32,083 There are men, with the kinds of resources I have, 777 00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:34,709 who would deal with this betrayal swiftly 778 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:37,583 and without mercy. 779 00:34:37,667 --> 00:34:38,834 And are you one of them? 780 00:34:38,917 --> 00:34:40,959 Am I? 781 00:34:41,041 --> 00:34:43,792 Without mercy? 782 00:34:43,875 --> 00:34:46,500 Without regard for Taylor the person? 783 00:34:46,583 --> 00:34:49,166 Not sure. 784 00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:53,709 I'm that angry. That I'm sure of. 785 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,667 What if you didn't go anywhere? 786 00:34:57,917 --> 00:34:59,750 Did nothing. 787 00:34:59,834 --> 00:35:02,333 Most people in the business will think you sent Taylor off, 788 00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:04,000 invested with them. 789 00:35:05,792 --> 00:35:07,000 Maybe you still can? 790 00:35:07,083 --> 00:35:10,333 He who makes the money wins. 791 00:35:12,917 --> 00:35:15,000 Or take comfort in the knowledge 792 00:35:15,083 --> 00:35:17,333 that the betrayer will suffer for their actions. 793 00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:18,875 Suffer how. 794 00:35:18,959 --> 00:35:20,500 Yeah. 795 00:35:20,583 --> 00:35:24,792 And when the reversals show up, which they will, 796 00:35:24,875 --> 00:35:27,333 and Taylor has to go it alone, with no one to turn to... 797 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:29,792 They will have down years. And they will spiral. 798 00:35:29,875 --> 00:35:30,667 It's unavoidable. 799 00:35:30,750 --> 00:35:32,070 All you have to do is wait for it. 800 00:35:32,094 --> 00:35:34,208 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 801 00:35:34,291 --> 00:35:35,750 I don't know that I can. 802 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:41,333 ♪♪♪ 803 00:35:41,417 --> 00:35:46,000 ♪♪♪ 804 00:35:46,083 --> 00:35:50,375 Well, General, it is indeed Cutler at the heart of this. 805 00:35:50,458 --> 00:35:53,375 I've subpoenaed him on a federal matter. 806 00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:57,291 New York State is gonna scream, but I'll deal with that. 807 00:35:57,375 --> 00:36:00,250 I have him installed in a hotel under guard. 808 00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:03,500 I know that an assuredly private conversation 809 00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:05,792 is of the essence for you. 810 00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:09,792 So I've landed on the spa... 811 00:36:09,875 --> 00:36:10,917 He'll be in a room 812 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,417 that's safe for that conversation. 813 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:16,250 You'll be able to know... To see... that he's not wired. 814 00:36:16,333 --> 00:36:18,959 I have trusted FBI watching him. 815 00:36:19,041 --> 00:36:21,750 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 816 00:36:21,834 --> 00:36:24,542 ♪♪♪ 817 00:36:24,625 --> 00:36:26,083 And at the appropriate time, 818 00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:28,917 I'll have them pulled off the detail... 819 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,834 Yeah? 820 00:36:29,917 --> 00:36:31,834 ♪♪♪ 821 00:36:31,917 --> 00:36:32,917 We're out. 822 00:36:32,959 --> 00:36:36,542 ♪♪♪ 823 00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:41,375 ♪♪♪ 824 00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:42,938 You will then have your time with him. 825 00:36:42,962 --> 00:36:45,709 ♪♪♪ 826 00:36:45,792 --> 00:36:50,000 ♪♪♪ 827 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:53,792 I am moved by your loyalty, grace, 828 00:36:53,875 --> 00:36:55,333 and tactical efficiency. 829 00:36:57,041 --> 00:36:58,959 Gracias, amigo. 830 00:36:59,041 --> 00:37:02,834 ♪♪♪ 831 00:37:02,917 --> 00:37:08,375 ♪♪♪ 832 00:37:10,834 --> 00:37:14,041 ♪♪♪ 833 00:37:14,125 --> 00:37:15,041 Alvin? 834 00:37:15,125 --> 00:37:17,917 We got him. It worked. I can play you the tape. 835 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,417 Oh, yes! 836 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:22,792 I-I'll come right over to your office. 837 00:37:22,875 --> 00:37:23,792 I can't be sure my office isn't bugged. 838 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:25,875 Meet me at yours. 839 00:37:25,959 --> 00:37:27,542 Very good. 840 00:37:27,625 --> 00:37:28,750 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 841 00:37:28,834 --> 00:37:34,083 ♪♪♪ 842 00:37:34,166 --> 00:37:38,625 ♪♪♪ 843 00:37:38,709 --> 00:37:42,917 ♪♪♪ 844 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,458 ♪♪♪ 845 00:37:47,542 --> 00:37:51,166 ♪♪♪ 846 00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:53,208 Jesus Christ. 847 00:37:53,291 --> 00:37:54,875 No. Just me. 848 00:37:58,041 --> 00:37:59,959 What do you want? 849 00:38:00,041 --> 00:38:01,041 You. 850 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:05,417 You think I'll actually come with you? 851 00:38:08,125 --> 00:38:11,166 Haven't you done enough damage? 852 00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,250 I'm building, not destroying. 853 00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:14,917 That's where you come in. 854 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,875 I'm assembling a place that's tech-centric, 855 00:38:16,959 --> 00:38:18,542 but I want my people as frequently tuned 856 00:38:18,625 --> 00:38:20,166 and upgraded as the software. 857 00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:22,542 And I don't want them merely calibrated to make money. 858 00:38:22,625 --> 00:38:24,917 I want you to make sure their whole selves 859 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,417 are being attended to. 860 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,291 It's a place free of any arrests, 861 00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:30,667 or indictments, or insinuations. 862 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:32,709 It's a place where we can be our best. 863 00:38:32,792 --> 00:38:35,291 Nice ideas. 864 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:39,375 But you are no moral fucking compass. 865 00:38:39,458 --> 00:38:41,417 For a moment, I thought you might be. 866 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,041 Because you needed me to think that. 867 00:38:43,125 --> 00:38:46,959 But you used me. 868 00:38:47,041 --> 00:38:49,166 If anyone has been using people for their own ends... 869 00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:52,208 Oh, don't even try that shit. 870 00:38:52,291 --> 00:38:56,542 You preyed on me and my empathy for you. 871 00:38:56,625 --> 00:38:58,709 Programmed me to get you what you wanted from Axe... 872 00:38:58,792 --> 00:38:59,792 Being part of the raise. 873 00:38:59,834 --> 00:39:01,375 So... fuck you. 874 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:03,875 You don't seem to understand... 875 00:39:03,959 --> 00:39:06,542 I'm not just offering you a job for my sake. 876 00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:09,500 I'm offering you a fresh start, for yours. 877 00:39:09,583 --> 00:39:12,750 A re-set from your slew of fuck-ups. 878 00:39:12,834 --> 00:39:14,542 You let things devolve at Axe Capital. 879 00:39:14,625 --> 00:39:16,345 You didn't see me being pushed out the door. 880 00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:18,583 You couldn't stop Axe from succumbing 881 00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:19,667 to his own worst nature. 882 00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:20,667 Instead you succumbed to it. 883 00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:23,291 And who knows what other fallout you've created 884 00:39:23,375 --> 00:39:25,709 or at least allowed elsewhere in your life. 885 00:39:25,792 --> 00:39:28,417 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 886 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,083 You're a brilliant person. 887 00:39:31,166 --> 00:39:33,041 You have a lot of answers. 888 00:39:33,125 --> 00:39:35,250 But you are very young 889 00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:38,125 and there's a lot more to this business 890 00:39:38,208 --> 00:39:39,875 -than you've learned so far. 891 00:39:39,959 --> 00:39:42,250 It is not just about numbers and decimal points. 892 00:39:42,333 --> 00:39:44,792 The thing that makes it matter is: Lasting relationships. 893 00:39:44,875 --> 00:39:47,792 True loyalty. 894 00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:49,583 Real trust. 895 00:39:49,667 --> 00:39:52,709 ♪♪♪ 896 00:39:52,792 --> 00:39:54,959 No, I'm pretty sure there's only money, 897 00:39:55,041 --> 00:39:58,083 and it can buy all those things or at least the same result. 898 00:39:58,166 --> 00:39:59,792 That's what you and Axe taught me. 899 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,959 ♪♪♪ 900 00:40:03,041 --> 00:40:06,000 ♪♪♪ 901 00:40:06,083 --> 00:40:10,583 That thing you said. About keeping it 'in-house.' 902 00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:11,917 Maybe pride. 903 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,000 I have the... 904 00:40:15,083 --> 00:40:18,083 craft, you know? 905 00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:21,500 But doing it at a remove, that makes much more sense. 906 00:40:21,583 --> 00:40:25,166 Oh, so you've been thinking about it, too. 907 00:40:25,250 --> 00:40:29,458 The thing you said about saying no to someone like Grigor, 908 00:40:29,542 --> 00:40:31,667 that's where I've spent most of my thinking time. 909 00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:34,208 How it ramificates out if I don't give the green light. 910 00:40:34,291 --> 00:40:35,625 Yes. 911 00:40:35,709 --> 00:40:38,875 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 912 00:40:38,959 --> 00:40:40,166 Mission e-val. 913 00:40:40,250 --> 00:40:42,000 Just as you would've for a superior officer 914 00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:44,417 back in the day. 915 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:47,333 If Grigor did this, 916 00:40:47,417 --> 00:40:49,333 it would be handled cleanly. 917 00:40:49,417 --> 00:40:52,750 There would be an accident... 918 00:40:52,834 --> 00:40:54,542 Falling debris on the street. 919 00:40:54,625 --> 00:40:56,458 An overdose. A car crash. 920 00:40:56,542 --> 00:40:59,792 A heart attack from a blockage no one saw coming. 921 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:02,375 They are employing a refinement of work flow 922 00:41:02,458 --> 00:41:05,959 in this area that is simply unmatched. 923 00:41:06,041 --> 00:41:07,750 It would never come back to you as a matter 924 00:41:07,834 --> 00:41:09,875 law enforcement would bring. 925 00:41:09,959 --> 00:41:11,041 But then... 926 00:41:11,125 --> 00:41:13,166 Yes. 927 00:41:13,250 --> 00:41:17,208 Then Grigor would have the thing on you forever. 928 00:41:17,291 --> 00:41:21,583 Suddenly he decides you'll manage his money for no fee. 929 00:41:21,667 --> 00:41:26,291 Then maybe he'll suggest that you pay him, for his silence. 930 00:41:26,375 --> 00:41:29,375 And once you let him get the offer out of his mouth, 931 00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:30,498 once he let you hear it... 932 00:41:30,542 --> 00:41:32,542 Then I have something on him now. 933 00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:34,125 Almost as bad. 934 00:41:34,208 --> 00:41:37,000 How you say yes or no will determine a lot. 935 00:41:37,083 --> 00:41:39,542 And I have a question for you, too. 936 00:41:39,625 --> 00:41:41,333 What is your objective? 937 00:41:41,417 --> 00:41:43,333 With regards to Taylor? 938 00:41:43,417 --> 00:41:45,083 Total destruction. 939 00:41:45,166 --> 00:41:46,750 Not out of anger. 940 00:41:46,834 --> 00:41:50,250 But if it becomes clear that I can be taken advantage of, 941 00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:52,625 that I can groom you, bring you along, prop you up, 942 00:41:52,709 --> 00:41:55,417 then lose you and a serious chunk of business, too... 943 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:59,458 I agree. That's not a tenable situation. 944 00:41:59,542 --> 00:42:02,583 And it's not tenable to have Grigor in my city, 945 00:42:02,667 --> 00:42:05,250 knowing that I'm either indebted to him 946 00:42:05,333 --> 00:42:07,709 or that I rejected him. 947 00:42:07,792 --> 00:42:09,375 But you should know. 948 00:42:09,458 --> 00:42:11,917 Should you move forward, even through me, 949 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:12,709 that psychologically... 950 00:42:12,792 --> 00:42:16,125 I do know. Residue. Of course. 951 00:42:16,208 --> 00:42:17,959 More than residue. 952 00:42:18,041 --> 00:42:20,458 Weight. 953 00:42:21,875 --> 00:42:24,333 Whatever you decide. 954 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:26,959 However. Whenever. 955 00:42:27,041 --> 00:42:29,625 I am ready. 956 00:42:29,709 --> 00:42:31,291 Good luck. 957 00:42:32,667 --> 00:42:34,291 Hey, Hall... 958 00:42:34,375 --> 00:42:37,291 put extra security on Lara and the boys. 959 00:42:37,375 --> 00:42:39,583 The kind they don't see. 960 00:42:45,542 --> 00:42:48,500 So, have you come to a decision? 961 00:42:48,583 --> 00:42:51,583 I'm gonna pass on your offer. 962 00:42:51,667 --> 00:42:54,458 I didn't have you as a squeamish man. 963 00:42:54,542 --> 00:42:58,417 A little delicate, maybe, on the outside. 964 00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:01,458 But I thought you were a man like me. 965 00:43:01,542 --> 00:43:04,542 A man with steel in all the places one needs it. 966 00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:08,625 Maybe we just need it in different spots. 967 00:43:08,709 --> 00:43:12,333 Ah. So you're beyond this sort of thing, then. 968 00:43:12,417 --> 00:43:15,417 Or you could say this: 969 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,667 I was raised in a place that didn't require 970 00:43:17,750 --> 00:43:19,959 these extraordinary measures. 971 00:43:20,041 --> 00:43:21,291 You weren't. 972 00:43:21,375 --> 00:43:24,125 If you don't want to tell me to do it, 973 00:43:24,208 --> 00:43:27,166 but want it to happen anyway, that's fine. 974 00:43:27,250 --> 00:43:30,417 No. I don't. 975 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:32,166 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 976 00:43:32,250 --> 00:43:35,166 Fine. Okay... 977 00:43:35,250 --> 00:43:37,333 Then I will pull all my money, 978 00:43:37,417 --> 00:43:41,458 and I will give it to Taylor. 979 00:43:41,542 --> 00:43:43,166 I promised I would give you a warning... 980 00:43:43,250 --> 00:43:45,750 This is it. 981 00:43:45,834 --> 00:43:48,542 Look, nothing in the way I operate my business 982 00:43:48,625 --> 00:43:49,834 has changed. 983 00:43:49,917 --> 00:43:50,417 You loved it last week. 984 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:53,750 How can I keep my money 985 00:43:53,834 --> 00:43:57,583 with a man who won't kill for it? 986 00:43:57,667 --> 00:43:59,083 I don't want Taylor dead. 987 00:43:59,166 --> 00:44:03,208 I want them alive to experience all that I am gonna do to them. 988 00:44:03,291 --> 00:44:04,834 I'm gonna destroy them 989 00:44:04,917 --> 00:44:09,166 in ways that'll make them wish they got what you offered. 990 00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:10,875 Sure. Why not? Have fun. 991 00:44:10,959 --> 00:44:13,291 But remember, 992 00:44:13,375 --> 00:44:16,375 if what you do to them, costs me, 993 00:44:16,458 --> 00:44:18,291 we will meet again. 994 00:44:18,375 --> 00:44:20,208 ♪♪♪ 995 00:44:20,291 --> 00:44:22,792 Until then, goodbye, Axe. 996 00:44:22,875 --> 00:44:26,458 ♪♪♪ 997 00:44:26,542 --> 00:44:30,083 ♪♪♪ 998 00:44:30,166 --> 00:44:33,917 ♪♪♪ 999 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,458 I'm expecting Alvin Epstein shortly, 1000 00:44:36,542 --> 00:44:38,500 see him right in. 1001 00:44:38,583 --> 00:44:39,583 Morning, Kate... 1002 00:44:39,667 --> 00:44:41,375 You recognized I was a political animal. 1003 00:44:41,458 --> 00:44:45,291 You fed it. Nurtured it. 1004 00:44:45,375 --> 00:44:46,834 And I warned you it might bite you. 1005 00:44:46,917 --> 00:44:48,834 That's where we are. 1006 00:44:57,333 --> 00:44:58,333 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1007 00:44:58,375 --> 00:45:02,333 ♪♪♪ 1008 00:45:02,417 --> 00:45:04,667 ♪♪♪ 1009 00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:07,917 Well, glad you could join us, Chuck. 1010 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,250 ♪♪♪ 1011 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,375 Regrets, Chuck. 1012 00:45:12,458 --> 00:45:14,333 Tiger's breath was just too hot 1013 00:45:14,417 --> 00:45:16,083 when it was right in my face... 1014 00:45:16,166 --> 00:45:18,333 ♪♪♪ 1015 00:45:18,417 --> 00:45:20,250 I can't be sure my office isn't bugged. 1016 00:45:20,333 --> 00:45:22,792 Meet me at yours. 1017 00:45:22,875 --> 00:45:25,291 ♪♪♪ 1018 00:45:25,375 --> 00:45:30,583 ♪♪♪ 1019 00:45:30,667 --> 00:45:32,083 See you in Washington, General. 1020 00:45:32,166 --> 00:45:35,291 We'll break bread together soon, Mr. Deputy. 1021 00:45:35,375 --> 00:45:36,417 Yeah. 1022 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:41,208 ♪♪♪ 1023 00:45:41,291 --> 00:45:44,583 That's a good man, right there, my new Deputy AG. 1024 00:45:44,667 --> 00:45:46,125 If you say he is. 1025 00:45:46,208 --> 00:45:47,041 That's right. 1026 00:45:47,125 --> 00:45:51,083 'Good' means something when I say it. 1027 00:45:51,166 --> 00:45:54,083 These people... They're good, too. 1028 00:45:54,166 --> 00:45:55,208 They've proven it. 1029 00:45:55,291 --> 00:45:57,291 The young lady was kind enough to be of assistance. 1030 00:45:57,315 --> 00:45:59,667 ♪♪♪ 1031 00:45:59,750 --> 00:46:02,000 And especially these young men. 1032 00:46:02,083 --> 00:46:05,500 Oliver Dake reminded me of our true purpose: 1033 00:46:05,583 --> 00:46:08,250 Restoring justice to the Justice Department. 1034 00:46:08,333 --> 00:46:09,125 We reminded each other. 1035 00:46:09,208 --> 00:46:11,542 Now, General, I know things didn't end 1036 00:46:11,625 --> 00:46:13,542 particularly well between us... 1037 00:46:13,625 --> 00:46:15,834 Certainly from your point of view. 1038 00:46:15,917 --> 00:46:19,333 Nonetheless, I gained clarity as soon as I left New York. 1039 00:46:19,417 --> 00:46:23,125 And then Mr. Connerty came to me and... 1040 00:46:23,208 --> 00:46:27,709 we've discovered something of a putsch against you. 1041 00:46:27,792 --> 00:46:31,667 The fellas told me what you had in store for me. 1042 00:46:31,750 --> 00:46:34,125 So I decided to let Cutler sit there. 1043 00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:36,709 By his lonesome. Naked and afraid. 1044 00:46:36,792 --> 00:46:38,208 Of course, by now, he's free, 1045 00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:39,709 back upstate, with his loved ones. 1046 00:46:39,792 --> 00:46:40,458 Because there is no case. 1047 00:46:40,542 --> 00:46:43,083 There never was. 1048 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:44,709 My brother's down in Texas, 1049 00:46:44,792 --> 00:46:46,625 unmolested, as he should be, 1050 00:46:46,709 --> 00:46:47,750 tending to his flock. 1051 00:46:47,834 --> 00:46:49,792 What I know now, señor, 1052 00:46:49,875 --> 00:46:53,583 is that character cannot be taught or learned. 1053 00:46:53,667 --> 00:46:55,709 It is innate. 1054 00:46:55,792 --> 00:46:59,041 Some people have it. These boys do. Miss Sacker. 1055 00:46:59,125 --> 00:47:00,709 ♪♪♪ 1056 00:47:00,792 --> 00:47:03,667 - You clearly do not. - General... 1057 00:47:03,750 --> 00:47:05,166 This is as fine a head covering 1058 00:47:05,250 --> 00:47:08,375 as a man could ever hope to possess. 1059 00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:10,709 Yet you have it here as what, 1060 00:47:10,792 --> 00:47:13,875 some kind of joke at my expense? 1061 00:47:13,959 --> 00:47:16,291 You ingratiated yourself to me, Chuck. 1062 00:47:16,375 --> 00:47:18,792 You inveigled yourself into my life. 1063 00:47:18,875 --> 00:47:23,625 You invited me and my wife into your house. 1064 00:47:23,709 --> 00:47:24,917 YOUR HOUSE! 1065 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,458 Only to do me like some combo 1066 00:47:27,542 --> 00:47:30,083 of Iscariot and Salvatore Tessio. 1067 00:47:30,166 --> 00:47:34,333 Well, I'm gonna do you the same as they got. 1068 00:47:34,417 --> 00:47:36,625 Now, I'm sure you are aware, 1069 00:47:36,709 --> 00:47:38,709 but I will say it for posterity. 1070 00:47:38,792 --> 00:47:41,792 This is not obstruction of justice. 1071 00:47:41,875 --> 00:47:44,417 Because that bullshit case was brought by Mr. Epstein. 1072 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:46,542 Not by you. 1073 00:47:46,625 --> 00:47:50,125 You had nothing. And now you are nothing. 1074 00:47:50,208 --> 00:47:52,834 As of this moment, you are a trespasser 1075 00:47:52,917 --> 00:47:54,875 in these hallowed halls of the law. 1076 00:47:54,959 --> 00:47:56,542 ♪♪♪ 1077 00:47:56,625 --> 00:48:00,458 You, Charles Rhoades Junior, are relived of duty. 1078 00:48:00,542 --> 00:48:02,959 On power of the President, you are fired! 1079 00:48:03,041 --> 00:48:06,625 ♪♪♪ 1080 00:48:06,709 --> 00:48:10,083 ♪♪♪ 1081 00:48:10,166 --> 00:48:14,000 Mr. Connerty, as your first detail 1082 00:48:14,083 --> 00:48:14,917 as Interim United States Attorney 1083 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,083 for the Southern District, 1084 00:48:17,166 --> 00:48:19,792 please show this gentleman out. 1085 00:48:19,875 --> 00:48:21,250 My pleasure. 1086 00:48:21,333 --> 00:48:22,917 ♪♪♪ 1087 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,333 What'd you manage to get for yourself, professor? 1088 00:48:27,417 --> 00:48:29,250 I got to watch all this. 1089 00:48:29,333 --> 00:48:31,291 ♪♪♪ 1090 00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:32,875 Yeah, look at him, 1091 00:48:32,959 --> 00:48:35,333 going out like the teaser I always knew you were. 1092 00:48:35,417 --> 00:48:37,750 Pathetic. 1093 00:48:37,834 --> 00:48:40,750 ♪♪♪ 1094 00:48:40,834 --> 00:48:44,166 ♪♪♪ 1095 00:48:44,250 --> 00:48:45,166 Enjoy this. 1096 00:48:45,250 --> 00:48:47,667 You've outplayed me. And you have earned it. 1097 00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:50,542 But don't, even for a second, 1098 00:48:50,625 --> 00:48:53,333 think that that smile on your face 1099 00:48:53,417 --> 00:48:56,667 is gonna be there for very fucking long. 1100 00:48:56,750 --> 00:48:58,625 Oh, Chuck, 1101 00:48:58,709 --> 00:49:01,250 that's not my smile. 1102 00:49:01,333 --> 00:49:04,000 This is. 1103 00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:07,375 ♪♪♪ 1104 00:49:07,458 --> 00:49:08,500 Move him along. 1105 00:49:08,583 --> 00:49:10,917 Come on, Chuck. 1106 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,834 ♪♪♪ 1107 00:49:12,917 --> 00:49:13,834 Bryan, think about what you're doing, man. 1108 00:49:13,917 --> 00:49:16,583 Drop your credentials at the desk, 1109 00:49:16,667 --> 00:49:20,667 and Get The Fuck Out Of Here. 1110 00:49:20,750 --> 00:49:23,542 ♪♪♪ 1111 00:49:24,959 --> 00:49:27,417 ♪♪♪ 1112 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:31,375 ♪♪♪ 1113 00:49:31,458 --> 00:49:33,542 ♪♪♪ 1114 00:49:33,625 --> 00:49:37,291 ♪♪♪ 1115 00:49:37,375 --> 00:49:39,875 I've brought you some redemption... 1116 00:49:39,959 --> 00:49:42,542 Redemption Roasters Coffee that is. 1117 00:49:42,625 --> 00:49:44,333 To wish you good luck on your new venture, 1118 00:49:44,417 --> 00:49:46,000 and because, to make it go, 1119 00:49:46,083 --> 00:49:48,375 you'll be working all night long. 1120 00:49:48,458 --> 00:49:49,792 Thank you, Oscar. 1121 00:49:49,875 --> 00:49:51,542 How'd you find me? 1122 00:49:51,625 --> 00:49:54,500 Word's traveling fast. 1123 00:49:54,583 --> 00:49:55,750 I also brought you this... 1124 00:49:55,834 --> 00:49:59,709 My letter of intent to come on-board with some seed money. 1125 00:49:59,792 --> 00:50:01,542 Initial investment of 500 million. 1126 00:50:01,625 --> 00:50:04,166 Thank you. Wow. 1127 00:50:07,667 --> 00:50:09,208 Would you like to meet up later? 1128 00:50:09,291 --> 00:50:10,083 There's a secret new dumpling spot in Queens... 1129 00:50:10,166 --> 00:50:12,875 Doesn't even have a name, just a door. 1130 00:50:12,959 --> 00:50:14,959 I'd like to talk, to try... 1131 00:50:15,041 --> 00:50:19,458 I'm happy to put capital with you, 1132 00:50:19,542 --> 00:50:21,375 because you're smart. 1133 00:50:21,458 --> 00:50:22,738 And I think you'll make me money. 1134 00:50:22,762 --> 00:50:24,917 But after what you did, 1135 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:26,640 I could never open myself up to you again. 1136 00:50:31,208 --> 00:50:34,417 ♪ Frank Sinatra's "One for my Baby" ♪ 1137 00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:38,875 ♪♪♪ 1138 00:50:38,959 --> 00:50:42,500 ♪ It's quarter to three ♪ 1139 00:50:42,583 --> 00:50:46,542 ♪ There's no one in the place ♪ 1140 00:50:46,625 --> 00:50:48,458 ♪ Except you and me ♪ 1141 00:50:48,542 --> 00:50:53,458 ♪♪♪ 1142 00:50:53,542 --> 00:50:56,834 ♪ So, set 'em up, Joe ♪ 1143 00:50:56,917 --> 00:51:00,000 ♪ I got a little story ♪ 1144 00:51:00,083 --> 00:51:04,625 ♪ I think you should know ♪ 1145 00:51:04,709 --> 00:51:07,917 ♪♪♪ 1146 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:12,041 ♪ We're drinkin', my friend ♪ 1147 00:51:12,125 --> 00:51:15,250 ♪ To the end ♪ 1148 00:51:15,333 --> 00:51:19,125 ♪ Of a brief episode ♪ 1149 00:51:19,208 --> 00:51:22,208 ♪♪♪ 1150 00:51:22,291 --> 00:51:25,625 ♪ Make it one for my baby ♪ 1151 00:51:28,542 --> 00:51:32,166 ♪ And one more for the road ♪ 1152 00:51:32,250 --> 00:51:34,458 Hey. 1153 00:51:34,542 --> 00:51:35,875 I saw Taylor. 1154 00:51:35,959 --> 00:51:38,542 They tried to bring me aboard. 1155 00:51:38,625 --> 00:51:41,041 Can't imagine that went well for them. 1156 00:51:41,125 --> 00:51:42,834 Or are you about to shock me? 1157 00:51:42,917 --> 00:51:45,166 Fuck them. As I said. 1158 00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:46,041 That's right. Good. 1159 00:51:46,125 --> 00:51:48,834 No, I mean fuck them over. 1160 00:51:48,917 --> 00:51:52,458 You have to. We do. 1161 00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:54,834 Well, that's different from: "look inward." 1162 00:51:54,917 --> 00:51:56,834 Yeah. 1163 00:51:56,917 --> 00:51:58,625 Well, you know what? I'm different. 1164 00:51:58,709 --> 00:52:02,500 ♪ Can't you make the music ♪ 1165 00:52:02,583 --> 00:52:05,542 ♪ Easy and sad ♪ 1166 00:52:05,625 --> 00:52:07,792 ♪♪♪ 1167 00:52:10,208 --> 00:52:13,875 ♪ I could tell you a lot ♪ 1168 00:52:13,959 --> 00:52:18,625 ♪ But you've gotta be ♪ 1169 00:52:18,709 --> 00:52:22,041 ♪ True to your code ♪ 1170 00:52:22,125 --> 00:52:23,917 ♪♪♪ 1171 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,041 ♪ Just make it one ♪ 1172 00:52:27,125 --> 00:52:30,458 ♪ For my baby ♪ 1173 00:52:30,542 --> 00:52:32,458 ♪♪♪ 1174 00:52:32,542 --> 00:52:33,834 ♪ And one more ♪ 1175 00:52:33,917 --> 00:52:36,542 ♪ For the road ♪ 1176 00:52:36,625 --> 00:52:38,667 'Lo Bob. 1177 00:52:38,750 --> 00:52:40,000 Charles. 1178 00:52:40,083 --> 00:52:41,917 You know, Wendy asked, and I said, 1179 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,208 Mm, you know, I'm no longer the US Attorney. 1180 00:52:44,291 --> 00:52:46,750 So there's no conflict. 1181 00:52:46,834 --> 00:52:49,875 And I have nothing against the guy. 1182 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,000 Not anymore. 1183 00:52:52,834 --> 00:52:54,959 I said much the same. 1184 00:52:55,041 --> 00:52:57,834 So come on in. Join us. 1185 00:52:59,375 --> 00:53:00,375 Love to. 1186 00:53:30,375 --> 00:53:32,709 So, you know how you're gonna go after Jock? 1187 00:53:35,500 --> 00:53:39,667 Some ideas floating around my head, yeah. 1188 00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:44,250 And, uh, Taylor? 1189 00:53:44,333 --> 00:53:47,792 Yeah. Yeah. 1190 00:53:47,875 --> 00:53:50,250 Got a plan that's starting to form. 1191 00:53:51,542 --> 00:53:55,458 ["We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together"] 1192 00:53:55,542 --> 00:53:56,583 Tell him about it. 1193 00:53:56,667 --> 00:53:57,667 ♪♪♪ 1194 00:53:57,709 --> 00:54:00,792 There's no one better at breaking down a strategy. 1195 00:54:00,875 --> 00:54:05,542 ♪♪♪ 1196 00:54:05,625 --> 00:54:06,625 You want to hear it? 1197 00:54:06,709 --> 00:54:11,125 ♪♪♪ 1198 00:54:11,208 --> 00:54:12,917 Hit me with what you got... 1199 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,917 ♪ We're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1200 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,291 ♪♪♪ 1201 00:54:18,375 --> 00:54:21,500 ♪ We're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1202 00:54:21,583 --> 00:54:23,458 ♪♪♪ 1203 00:54:23,542 --> 00:54:27,000 ♪ We're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1204 00:54:27,083 --> 00:54:29,125 ♪♪♪ 1205 00:54:29,208 --> 00:54:32,792 ♪ We're gonna laugh and dance and shout together ♪ 1206 00:54:32,875 --> 00:54:35,125 ♪ Whoo ♪ 1207 00:54:35,208 --> 00:54:38,250 ♪ Na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na na ♪ 1208 00:54:38,333 --> 00:54:39,917 ♪♪♪ 1209 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,792 ♪ Na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na ♪ 1210 00:54:42,875 --> 00:54:44,250 ♪ Oh, baby, oh ♪ 1211 00:54:44,333 --> 00:54:47,834 ♪ Na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na ♪ 1212 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:50,875 ♪♪♪ 1213 00:54:50,959 --> 00:54:53,875 ♪ Na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na ♪ 1214 00:54:53,959 --> 00:54:56,375 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 1215 00:54:56,458 --> 00:54:59,709 ♪ We're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1216 00:54:59,792 --> 00:55:05,208 ♪ You know that we're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1217 00:55:05,291 --> 00:55:07,375 ♪♪♪ 1218 00:55:07,458 --> 00:55:11,542 ♪ We're gonna have a real good time together ♪ 1219 00:55:11,625 --> 00:55:13,041 ♪ Ohhh ♪ 1220 00:55:13,125 --> 00:55:16,041 ♪ We're gonna laugh and dance and shout together ♪ 1221 00:55:16,125 --> 00:55:17,375 ♪ Get it ready, now ♪ 1222 00:55:17,458 --> 00:55:22,875 ♪ Na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na na ♪ 1223 00:55:22,959 --> 00:55:27,041 ♪ Oh, baby, na na-na-na-na na, na-na na-na na ♪