1 00:00:07,175 --> 00:00:09,343 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:09,443 --> 00:00:10,744 Yee! 3 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:14,182 Ah, it's a road bottle. 4 00:00:14,282 --> 00:00:15,783 How do you get up and go to work? 5 00:00:15,883 --> 00:00:16,917 Patient concierge... 6 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:19,787 Fixes me up with a room and an I.V. 7 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:22,356 Forty-five minutes, and I rebound like an undergrad. 8 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:24,058 I'm sending you somewhere. 9 00:00:24,158 --> 00:00:25,226 Please, not rehab. 10 00:00:25,326 --> 00:00:26,827 No. 11 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:28,362 I need help. 12 00:00:30,664 --> 00:00:32,966 Sandicot's downtown is ripe for redevelopment. 13 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:36,170 Why would I ever put any of my money 14 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,738 in your corner of the state? 15 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:40,708 I don't expect you to do this deal as a favor to my uncle. 16 00:00:40,808 --> 00:00:43,877 I expect you to do it because of the casino. 17 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:45,679 Look, I don't think I'm gonna be able 18 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:47,848 to help you get Boyd. I want to, but... 19 00:00:47,948 --> 00:00:49,517 Am I going to have to wear a wire? 20 00:00:49,617 --> 00:00:52,253 Mr. McKinnon, you're gonna be a hero. 21 00:00:54,088 --> 00:00:55,189 Steven Birch? 22 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:56,757 It's either him or you. 23 00:00:56,857 --> 00:00:58,592 You do an autopsy on the deal, 24 00:00:58,692 --> 00:01:00,894 you'll find yourself a Pulitzer in the carcass. 25 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:02,274 The federal sentencing guidelines 26 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:05,399 call for you to serve 11 years. 27 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:07,701 I don't want to go to jail. 28 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:10,037 Wise choice, Mr. Birch. 29 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:12,306 I want to get out from under this immediately. 30 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:13,874 Then what can you give me now? 31 00:01:13,974 --> 00:01:15,476 There are a few mid-level guys. 32 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:17,111 What if I sacrifice them? 33 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:19,880 I have another source I can check to be sure it's legit. 34 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,382 I'll be careful. 35 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:22,950 You better be. 36 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:25,353 But not everyone out there's a savage. 37 00:01:25,453 --> 00:01:28,189 Rhoades opened his eyes to the bigger picture. 38 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:33,060 I don't like the idea of Boyd going down. 39 00:01:33,161 --> 00:01:35,496 Doesn't... Doesn't sit right with me. 40 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:37,265 You never give anyone your playbook, 41 00:01:37,365 --> 00:01:40,168 no matter how much you're rooting for them to win. 42 00:01:50,178 --> 00:01:53,214 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 43 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:06,460 ♫ If heartaches brought fame ♫ 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,064 ♫ In love's crazy game ♫ 45 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:13,667 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 46 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:17,638 ♫ In my time ♫ 47 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:20,040 I'll move the car for you, Mr. Wagner. 48 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,310 You will leave it right there. 49 00:02:22,410 --> 00:02:25,713 I and it will be gone before long. 50 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,582 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 51 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:31,885 ♫ In my time ♫ Look, it's Wags. 52 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:34,121 - Hey, Wags, how... - It's Wags. 53 00:02:34,222 --> 00:02:35,923 ♫ If they gave gold statuettes ♫ 54 00:02:36,023 --> 00:02:37,391 Wags, where you been? 55 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:39,159 Wags, I've been calling you. 56 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,195 ♫ For tears and regrets ♫ 57 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:42,763 Call you back. 58 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:45,366 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 59 00:02:45,466 --> 00:02:49,570 ♫ In my time ♫ 60 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:51,305 You haven't been drinking. 61 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:53,040 Your eyes are clear. 62 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:57,311 Let me see. 63 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:01,649 It's not shaking. 64 00:03:01,749 --> 00:03:03,050 I want to get this out. 65 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:04,885 When I started here, 66 00:03:04,985 --> 00:03:08,389 I made a promise to you, and you to me. 67 00:03:08,489 --> 00:03:11,759 We've kept that promise no matter what. 68 00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:13,594 Well, with a windup like that, 69 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:16,330 I'm sure whatever you have to say must be important. 70 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,131 It is. 71 00:03:18,232 --> 00:03:20,000 Momentous even. 72 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,201 Yeah. 73 00:03:21,302 --> 00:03:24,171 Ah, thing is, it's not your turn to speak. 74 00:03:24,272 --> 00:03:25,739 Why's that? 75 00:03:25,839 --> 00:03:28,709 Because while you have been out there learning the Yaqui Way 76 00:03:28,809 --> 00:03:30,378 or how to run like the Tarahumara, 77 00:03:30,478 --> 00:03:32,280 I have been in here fighting the battle 78 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:34,615 of fucking Thermopylae! 79 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:35,816 ♫ Slow country music ♫ 80 00:03:37,985 --> 00:03:41,755 ♫ If heartaches brought fame ♫ 81 00:03:41,855 --> 00:03:44,625 ♫ and love's crazy game... ♫ 82 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:46,494 Hell of a job, Sung. 83 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:48,896 Corporate was going on about how we'd never 84 00:03:48,996 --> 00:03:51,832 make delivery on the Sapphire Super-Thin. 85 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:54,802 I was like, shit, you don't know Sung. 86 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:59,273 ♫ ...gold statuettes ♫ 87 00:03:59,373 --> 00:04:03,277 ♫ For tears and regret ♫ 88 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:06,046 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 89 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:09,850 ♫ In my time ♫ 90 00:04:12,019 --> 00:04:16,490 ♫ But they don't give awards ♫ 91 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:20,928 ♫ And there's no praise or fame ♫ 92 00:04:21,028 --> 00:04:24,865 ♫ For hearts that are broken ♫ 93 00:04:24,965 --> 00:04:27,768 ♫ For love that's in vain ♫ 94 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:36,209 ♫ suspenseful music ♫ 95 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:39,947 Axe, we're fucked! 96 00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:50,223 Gordie, say hi to Mr. Pawlowski. 97 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:52,025 Fuck that. It's Nicky, kid. 98 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,661 Nicky. Hello. 99 00:04:53,761 --> 00:04:55,829 You know, I owe everything to your dad. 100 00:04:55,929 --> 00:04:57,064 You know that? 101 00:04:57,164 --> 00:04:59,284 We were getting killed out here, couldn't make a dime. 102 00:04:59,367 --> 00:05:01,407 And then your dad figures out how we could come away 103 00:05:01,431 --> 00:05:03,871 with $50k a race on the triple. 104 00:05:03,931 --> 00:05:05,531 You see you real... All right, all right, 105 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:07,408 we'll give him the full education another time. 106 00:05:07,508 --> 00:05:09,543 He already knows the most important part. 107 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:12,446 Who makes a bet if they don't know how it's gonna turn out? 108 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:13,546 Suckers. 109 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:16,850 Go take some pictures, yeah? 110 00:05:16,950 --> 00:05:18,151 My phone's dead. 111 00:05:19,487 --> 00:05:20,921 Here you go. 112 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:26,527 You didn't come up here for a tip on a race? 113 00:05:26,627 --> 00:05:28,328 You heard anything about a new casino 114 00:05:28,429 --> 00:05:30,698 coming to upstate New York? 115 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:32,900 Whispers, yeah. I heard whispers. 116 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,537 It's important I find out where exactly it's going. 117 00:05:36,637 --> 00:05:38,271 The town's unclear. 118 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:40,240 But I did hear this big casino guy, 119 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:42,242 Donald Thayer, he's getting ready 120 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,044 to get busy building upstate. 121 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:45,145 I know Thayer. 122 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:46,580 Mm. 'Course you do. 123 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,649 Dad, your phone is, like, blowing up. 124 00:05:48,749 --> 00:05:49,983 Oh, yeah? 125 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,953 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 126 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:01,495 Calling to tell me Sansomic's fucked? 127 00:06:01,595 --> 00:06:02,595 I just got word. 128 00:06:02,663 --> 00:06:03,983 Yeah, they're gonna stiff delivery 129 00:06:04,007 --> 00:06:05,799 on 400,000 Celestial phones. 130 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:08,669 Their glass supplier beefed on the new super-thin screens. 131 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:11,038 They crack under the heat gun during adhesion. 132 00:06:11,138 --> 00:06:13,206 Some guy in Korea took a mickey over it. 133 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:15,676 But that's only half the reason why I'm calling. 134 00:06:15,776 --> 00:06:16,776 What? 135 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:18,612 Sam Brandt... Street Scoop... 136 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:19,880 Out hunting. 137 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:21,314 She knows you're lugging the stock 138 00:06:21,415 --> 00:06:23,617 and you're facing your first down quarter because of it. 139 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:26,253 She wants you to be a talking head on her show. 140 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:28,221 Shit! Can you spike it? 141 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:30,290 No, but if you say you'll go on, 142 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,960 you can buy yourself the last three days of the month. 143 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,995 All right, I'll do it. 144 00:06:35,095 --> 00:06:36,830 Thanks for the heads up. 145 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:40,400 ♫♫♫ 146 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:42,970 Fuck. 147 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,007 So, we're still talking about this? 148 00:06:47,107 --> 00:06:48,709 We are. 149 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:50,744 Huh. 150 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:51,745 It's beneath us. 151 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:52,845 Petty. 152 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,183 Let's not judge in that way. 153 00:06:56,283 --> 00:06:58,051 Wendy. 154 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,823 I ask him not to overdress for dinner. 155 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:04,157 Eight people on a patio, 156 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:06,860 he says he won't, then he shows up in... 157 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,195 that suit. 158 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:09,597 I was coming from the office. 159 00:07:09,697 --> 00:07:10,977 Erica lives three blocks from us. 160 00:07:11,001 --> 00:07:12,399 Oh, okay. 161 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:15,035 So, I wanted to wear the suit. 162 00:07:15,135 --> 00:07:16,695 You know, we weren't white-water rafting 163 00:07:16,719 --> 00:07:17,571 down the Colorado, 164 00:07:17,671 --> 00:07:20,340 we were having bisque for fuck's sake. 165 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,945 Oh, on a courtyard outside a $7 million townhouse. 166 00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:26,714 Wendy... 167 00:07:26,814 --> 00:07:29,216 can you tell Chuck why it bothered you so much 168 00:07:29,316 --> 00:07:31,018 that he wore that suit? 169 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:33,854 Yeah. 170 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:36,857 He can't for a second let anyone forget he is 171 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:39,560 the "United States Attorney for the Southern District." 172 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:42,930 So, the suit. 173 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:45,332 It's not enough for him to think his profession 174 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:48,101 is... is a calling while everyone else merely has a job. 175 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,870 He needs to prove it at all times... 176 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:54,141 Do you think I can't tell the way people look at us? 177 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:03,416 Don't you think that I know that you can do better than me? 178 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:07,680 Maybe I want to wear something 179 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:09,923 that won't make them look at us and wonder, 180 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:12,993 "Gee, what is she doing with him?" 181 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:28,475 I had no idea you felt that way. 182 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:35,683 If the quarter ended today, 183 00:08:35,783 --> 00:08:39,252 we'd be underwater like Crimson fucking Tide. 184 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:43,557 Sansomic has pulled us down to negative 2.3%. 185 00:08:43,657 --> 00:08:45,926 But we have three days to turn that around. 186 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:48,428 So, what do you have for me? 187 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:50,439 I'm peeling back the skin on Territory Petroleum. 188 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,743 They're sitting on good numbers. 189 00:08:51,767 --> 00:08:52,534 If they come out, it'll bump seven... 190 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:53,834 It's too late. 191 00:08:53,934 --> 00:08:56,670 When the numbers come out, we're a dead man walking. 192 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:59,106 Aren't you supposed to be on the Sandicot muni-bond deal? 193 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,373 Why are you even here? 194 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:02,353 I thought it was an all-hands situation, urgent. 195 00:09:02,377 --> 00:09:03,443 Yes, it is. 196 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:06,446 But the greats never sacrifice the important for the urgent. 197 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:07,826 They handle the immediate problem 198 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:09,650 and still make sure to secure the future. 199 00:09:09,750 --> 00:09:10,750 Ferguson? 200 00:09:10,784 --> 00:09:12,720 Rip our illiquid longs. 201 00:09:12,820 --> 00:09:14,454 I've got a few positions on my book 202 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:15,823 that are ready for juicing. 203 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:18,283 And we could add some classy names to the investor letter... 204 00:09:18,307 --> 00:09:19,893 That's fucking window dressing. 205 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:21,028 Graff? 206 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:22,562 We flee to quality. 207 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:23,764 Blue-chip time. 208 00:09:23,864 --> 00:09:24,965 It may not be fast, 209 00:09:25,065 --> 00:09:26,475 but at least we'll be able to show our investors... 210 00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:29,269 Do you think I don't understand what the fuck is going on? 211 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:31,538 You are all playing it safe for the quarter 212 00:09:31,639 --> 00:09:34,642 so you have a shot of personally being up on the year. 213 00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:38,712 You are all selfish motherfuckers! 214 00:09:38,812 --> 00:09:41,014 Looking to mitigate your downsides 215 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:43,583 and protect your bonuses. 216 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:48,355 The only currency that this firm has... 217 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:50,123 That any firm has these days... 218 00:09:50,223 --> 00:09:51,725 Is its winning streak. 219 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:54,828 The Kevlar of "knowing the answer." 220 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:57,731 You break that, you break the whole thing. 221 00:09:57,831 --> 00:10:00,934 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 222 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:04,805 Nobody leaves here until you hand me an idea 223 00:10:04,905 --> 00:10:08,408 that I can shock the world with in a few days time. 224 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,978 ♫♫♫ 225 00:10:15,415 --> 00:10:16,984 Fuck this. 226 00:10:18,786 --> 00:10:20,287 Finally someone has something. 227 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:21,454 The way I see it, 228 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:24,224 we need a quick fix in a non-quick-fix market. 229 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:26,193 Yeah. 230 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:28,128 I have an idea. 231 00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:30,297 I was talking to Victor. 232 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:32,232 Why were you talking to Victor? 233 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:35,635 You know why. 234 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,004 She have to be here? 235 00:10:37,104 --> 00:10:39,072 Sure as shit. 236 00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:40,373 Changes what I can pitch. 237 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,743 By design. 238 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:44,611 Well, you may have solved one problem, 239 00:10:44,712 --> 00:10:47,681 but you made the crucial one much harder to solve. 240 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:48,849 So you got nothing. 241 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:50,684 No, I have just what you need. 242 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:52,820 But apparently, I can't give it to you. 243 00:11:05,699 --> 00:11:07,935 You're allowed, you know. 244 00:11:08,035 --> 00:11:11,104 You are not an algorithm, you are not a machine, 245 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:12,940 you're human. 246 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,408 You are allowed to have a down quarter. 247 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:18,145 All hedge funds do, eventually. 248 00:11:18,245 --> 00:11:20,547 Trust can be built on fallibility. 249 00:11:20,647 --> 00:11:21,882 There have been studies. 250 00:11:21,982 --> 00:11:23,283 You said you were determined 251 00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:25,452 to never come close to the line. 252 00:11:25,552 --> 00:11:27,152 Those are the terms under which I'm here, 253 00:11:27,176 --> 00:11:30,390 so you have to be prepared for results like these. 254 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:33,126 You have to be, if not okay with them, 255 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:35,462 then at least accepting. 256 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:39,900 I want some privacy. And where the fuck is Wags? 257 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,301 Find him. 258 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:43,570 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 259 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:52,946 Mr. Watley, hold up, please. 260 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,282 I have a meeting... Very important. 261 00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:58,952 Uh, I'll make myself available to you 262 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:00,553 first opening in my Filofax. 263 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,522 I've seen your calendar. 264 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:05,025 Make an opening. 265 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:06,293 Or I will. 266 00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:09,362 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 267 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,634 Deb, you found Wags? 268 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,837 No. 269 00:12:16,937 --> 00:12:19,072 I have an idea. 270 00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:20,440 You do? Part of one. 271 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:22,142 It's not mine. 272 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:25,545 I overheard it from Mafee... 273 00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:26,780 last night. 274 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,048 Ah. 275 00:12:28,148 --> 00:12:29,783 But he can't know it's from me. 276 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:31,451 It's sensitive. 277 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:33,620 He's hiding from you. 278 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:46,533 Is this where you do your best thinking? 279 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,837 I was just finishing up. 280 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:52,372 I know you, Mafee. 281 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,541 I know when you're holding out. 282 00:12:54,641 --> 00:12:57,544 There's no one else but us. You should share. 283 00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:59,779 There's this currency play. 284 00:13:02,549 --> 00:13:04,952 Are you transmitting me the details telepathically? 285 00:13:05,052 --> 00:13:07,020 Okay, just... 286 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,556 There's this guy... Everett Wright. 287 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:11,959 We're bros. From college. 288 00:13:12,059 --> 00:13:13,226 Played lax together. 289 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:17,197 Fucking Eveready, he was always better than me. 290 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,299 He trades currency over at Richards. 291 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:23,670 Started crushing it right out of school. 292 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:26,239 Thing is, he's a great guy. 293 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:27,374 I love him. 294 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,209 When I landed my job here, I thought, 295 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:32,512 "Damn, I finally crept ahead." 296 00:13:32,612 --> 00:13:34,081 But if I tell you what he's got, 297 00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:35,949 you'll love him. 298 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:39,419 Mafee, no one could take your place in my heart. 299 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:40,921 You don't know Eveready. 300 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:43,490 You'll bring him in. 301 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:46,359 He'll meet Deb. 302 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:52,332 Shit. 303 00:13:56,103 --> 00:13:57,704 I wanted to talk next steps 304 00:13:57,804 --> 00:13:59,973 in the Lawrence Boyd investigation. 305 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:02,242 Now that we have McKinnon back on a wire, 306 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:03,843 shouldn't we be proactive? 307 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:08,348 Have you ever been hunting, Sacker? 308 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:10,483 Uh, no, I'm black. 309 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,552 I didn't realize that was a thing. 310 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:13,652 It is. 311 00:14:15,923 --> 00:14:19,192 Well, uh, before I started high school, 312 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:24,197 my father took me up to Canada to hunt wolves. 313 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:26,799 Something about making a man of me. 314 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:31,104 Oh, it was... awful. 315 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:34,674 I remember we tried everything to bag one. 316 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:37,444 Tracking. He left deer meat. 317 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,579 Howling. 318 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:40,948 He blew into a caller 319 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:43,383 that was supposed to sound like a dying rabbit. 320 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:47,587 And all the while, we didn't see a single blessed wolf. 321 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,123 Well, after three brutal days of this, 322 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,192 we came across a hunter, old guy... 323 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:54,694 He was probably too old to be out there... 324 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:58,265 And he gave us some advice. 325 00:14:58,365 --> 00:15:02,169 The next day, we saw three wolves... 326 00:15:02,269 --> 00:15:04,537 and bagged one. 327 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:06,239 What did he say? 328 00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:08,775 He told my father to use the only trap 329 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:11,311 that can't be avoided by man or beast 330 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:13,746 or Lawrence Boyd. 331 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:15,615 He told him to... 332 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:17,450 McKinnon called me. 333 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:21,121 Hey. Hey. 334 00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:25,125 Chef Ryan has everything set up for your new friend. 335 00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:26,226 He's outside. 336 00:15:26,326 --> 00:15:29,762 A little home court hospitality? 337 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,732 I need you to do something for me. 338 00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:35,002 I want to take the business to the next level. 339 00:15:35,102 --> 00:15:36,803 To raise capital. 340 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,983 You never even have to ask me before writing a check. 341 00:15:39,007 --> 00:15:42,242 No, I don't want to just take it from you. 342 00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:45,078 I want the business to have outside validation. 343 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:46,579 An actual cap raise. 344 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:48,881 You sure you're ready? 345 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:51,351 'Cause what you're asking, if you're not ready... 346 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:54,154 I'm ready. 347 00:15:54,254 --> 00:15:56,523 Okay. I'll call Boyd. 348 00:15:56,623 --> 00:15:58,343 And he'll have the right guy at Spartan-Ives 349 00:15:58,367 --> 00:16:00,936 sit with you about expanding. 350 00:16:05,032 --> 00:16:06,199 Lobster? 351 00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:07,700 Yeah, to impress you. 352 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,303 You impressed? 353 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:13,440 So, Mafee tells me 354 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,408 that you're not happy over at Richards. 355 00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:17,810 Oh, Mafee. 356 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:19,979 That boy's something else. 357 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,082 I'd get fired just for having this meeting. 358 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:23,750 Yeah, well, if this meeting goes well, 359 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:26,919 that's not gonna be a big concern for you. 360 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:29,789 Right. 361 00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:32,492 They're leaving a lot of money on the table at my firm. 362 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,961 And I just have a philosophical problem with that. 363 00:16:35,062 --> 00:16:38,365 Yeah, so what opportunities are they scared to pursue? 364 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:39,699 It's not a one-firm play. 365 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:42,335 You need all five families going in to make it work. 366 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:43,336 I'm listening. 367 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:44,571 The Nigerian government 368 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:47,340 is gonna devalue their currency. 369 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,841 You know that? 370 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:51,010 The Central Bank Governor told me. 371 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:52,612 Really? 372 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:54,181 The Nigerian oil industry is weaker 373 00:16:54,281 --> 00:16:55,415 than numbers suggest. 374 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:56,583 Much weaker. 375 00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:58,485 A strong gust of wind could blow it over. 376 00:16:58,585 --> 00:17:00,187 They have to devalue. 377 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,721 And when are they gonna do it? 378 00:17:01,821 --> 00:17:03,490 That's the tricky part. 379 00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:04,924 Could be a month from now. 380 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,428 And with the right pressure, could be tomorrow, 381 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,198 if somebody takes a massive short position against it. 382 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,069 E-mail me your research... Encrypt it... 383 00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:18,338 As soon as we finish lunch. 384 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:19,672 If I like what I see, 385 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:22,075 this won't be the last lobster we crush together. 386 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:26,846 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 387 00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:30,450 I got a beautiful wool silk twill to show you. 388 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,519 Come pick your lining when you're ready. 389 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:35,388 ♫ Classical music plays ♫ 390 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,593 So, I've read his research. 391 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:42,829 It's strong, but it's a big play. 392 00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:44,997 It's way out of my risk parameters. 393 00:17:45,095 --> 00:17:46,375 Come in on it for three billion. 394 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:47,800 It'll be a huge score. 395 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,571 I can't, Bobby. I deal with Nigeria all the time. 396 00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,140 Same with all the primes. 397 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,708 Their sovereign wealth fund. 398 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:58,044 None of us can be seen taking down a government. 399 00:17:58,145 --> 00:18:01,248 Look, if it's weak enough to go, it's nobody's fault. 400 00:18:01,348 --> 00:18:03,316 All the same. What about levering up? 401 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:04,617 No, if I go to the banks, 402 00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:06,786 word will get out, they'll crack my position. 403 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:08,355 Of course. 404 00:18:08,455 --> 00:18:10,123 You need to go to others like you 405 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:12,392 who are free to operate in the margins. 406 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,927 Big players. Cash heavy. 407 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:18,265 Krakow, Malverne, even Birch. 408 00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:20,300 His family office had a nice year. 409 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,901 This could really work for him. 410 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:24,571 Yeah, I'm not sure they'll come and play on my behalf. 411 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,072 I know about your histories. 412 00:18:26,173 --> 00:18:28,341 But if I tell them where the gold is, 413 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,143 they'll show up with their shovels. 414 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:33,413 Want a tie? 415 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:34,781 No, maybe next time. 416 00:18:34,881 --> 00:18:36,916 I'll be expecting to hear from you. 417 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:40,052 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 418 00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:46,459 It's Wags. 419 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,060 Don't be boring. 420 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:50,630 Oh, come... Wags, where the fuck are you? 421 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:52,899 ♫♫♫ 422 00:18:58,338 --> 00:19:01,174 I almost blew it already. 423 00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:04,311 Standing in the men's room babbling to Michael Arendt. 424 00:19:04,411 --> 00:19:06,679 Partner Managing Director of Fixed Income. 425 00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,415 It was bad. 426 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:12,552 ♫ Suspenseful music ♫ 427 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:15,455 Hey, Mike, hey. 428 00:19:15,555 --> 00:19:18,591 Mind giving me a little space here, Tom? 429 00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:21,761 Yeah, sure. 430 00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:24,063 Did you catch the Knicks game last night, Mike? 431 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,132 There wasn't a Knicks game last night. 432 00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:27,834 I-I mean Mets. 433 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:30,315 We should catch a game sometime, 434 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:31,803 you know, talk about how we truss up 435 00:19:31,827 --> 00:19:34,095 the Treasury market like it's a Thanksgiving turkey. 436 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:37,910 What the hell, man? 437 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,981 I got a lot of work to do. 438 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:43,115 See ya. 439 00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:47,420 ♫♫♫ 440 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,955 I'm sorry. 441 00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:52,892 Here, give it to me. 442 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:56,062 Come on. 443 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:07,940 Well, this has all been a lot for you. 444 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,411 And I'm sorry we haven't all had more success. 445 00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,524 Should we go after him? 446 00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:28,328 Let it eat at him. 447 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,563 He'll beg me to get this back. 448 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:41,541 When the guys see me training to climb the Col du Tourmalet, 449 00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:43,810 it'll inspire them to great heights, too. 450 00:20:47,113 --> 00:20:49,749 I'll skip the cooldown. 451 00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:52,652 No need. This'll be quick, and then you can get back at it. 452 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:56,423 Nope. You're in here. 453 00:20:56,523 --> 00:20:59,191 Let's be here. 454 00:20:59,292 --> 00:21:01,294 Together. 455 00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:05,465 Well, I-I just want to know if you've heard from Wags. 456 00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:06,933 No. 457 00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:08,468 I had heard he's M.I.A. 458 00:21:08,568 --> 00:21:09,848 and that the guys here miss him, 459 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,305 which surprised me. 460 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,841 What, that he's off the grid or that they miss him? 461 00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:16,376 Anyone could see that he was driving 462 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:19,646 towards a wall like Dale Earnhardt at Daytona. 463 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:21,280 And what did you do to stop it? 464 00:21:21,381 --> 00:21:23,115 No. No, sir. 465 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:25,785 If a crash is coming, I say you bring it. 466 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:27,887 It's the only way to get to the other side. 467 00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:29,155 If you survive. 468 00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:33,292 Look, you hired me to help you maximize results, 469 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:34,561 not to coddle the staff. 470 00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:35,562 He hired you. 471 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:37,263 I sort of rubber-stamped it. 472 00:21:37,364 --> 00:21:40,433 And you listen to all of his suggestions? 473 00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:45,405 You said you were surprised that they missed him? 474 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:46,773 Well, they talk about him 475 00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:48,975 like they hate his fucking guts most of the time. 476 00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:52,011 That way they don't hate me. 477 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,414 He's willing to put himself in that spot. 478 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:58,284 So it's his loyalty that matters to you. 479 00:21:58,385 --> 00:22:00,487 This isn't about me. 480 00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:02,088 You didn't have to walk down here 481 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:03,823 to see if I knew where Wags was, boyo. 482 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:05,191 You could've just called. 483 00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:08,361 You came in here because you want it to be about you. 484 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:12,198 Because you need it to be about you. 485 00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:15,267 And I am here for exactly that purpose. 486 00:22:15,368 --> 00:22:16,368 Really? 487 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:21,641 Let me into that kitchen. 488 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:25,011 What specific role does Wags serve for you? 489 00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:28,214 He's my personal bullshit detector. 490 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,682 And he makes me laugh. 491 00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:32,585 Well, I can fill that role. 492 00:22:34,924 --> 00:22:36,164 You'll be my bullshit detector? 493 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,356 Absolutely. 494 00:22:37,457 --> 00:22:40,527 Like a double shot of Skin Bracer across the chops. 495 00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:45,698 Well, let me do the same for you. 496 00:22:45,798 --> 00:22:49,168 One... the only way you are ever getting in my kitchen 497 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:52,004 is if my chef takes the weekend off. 498 00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:55,442 Two... I'd never trust anyone who'd undercut the man 499 00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:57,243 who got him a job. 500 00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:59,879 Three... when the guys look in here 501 00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:01,781 and see you training for the Tour de France 502 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:03,550 in your underwear 503 00:23:03,650 --> 00:23:06,853 in Wendy Rhoades' office, 504 00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:08,988 they're not inspired. 505 00:23:09,088 --> 00:23:10,690 They're just wondering 506 00:23:10,790 --> 00:23:13,793 why the hell she isn't here anymore. 507 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,062 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 508 00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:31,143 Tight pitch. 509 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,344 Cool business. 510 00:23:32,445 --> 00:23:33,480 Thanks. 511 00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:35,247 Why do you really want the money? 512 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:40,252 We need to outflank competitors now. 513 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:42,154 Grow our market share fast and fat 514 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:43,534 and chase them out of the fields. 515 00:23:43,558 --> 00:23:45,224 We're paying retail for the drugs. 516 00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:47,494 We need to buy in bulk, increase our margins. 517 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:50,362 We see college campuses as our next frontier. 518 00:23:50,463 --> 00:23:52,198 Hangover central, you know? 519 00:23:52,298 --> 00:23:55,167 And since we can show that our product enhances performance, 520 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,904 the fitness industry is logical, too. 521 00:23:58,004 --> 00:24:00,172 I could put you guys in front of the money 522 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:02,208 for a round of meetings. 523 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:06,012 They are going to lap you two up. 524 00:24:06,112 --> 00:24:08,080 Mm. 525 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,683 Well, thank you for your time. 526 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,885 We'll, um, be in touch to schedule. 527 00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,954 Hey, anything for Lawrence Boyd. 528 00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:16,956 It was a personal ask from him. 529 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,626 And anything for your husband. 530 00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:22,595 Thanks. 531 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,642 Bryan. 532 00:24:37,186 --> 00:24:38,186 I'm sorry. Gimme a sec. 533 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:39,311 Okay. 534 00:24:42,749 --> 00:24:44,350 I heard you were in here. 535 00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:46,318 Is this Go club? 536 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:47,954 Yeah. 537 00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:52,058 My night to host, and my apartment's too small. 538 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:53,025 I tried you. 539 00:24:53,125 --> 00:24:55,227 Oh, we put them in the basket 540 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,730 before we play, because, you know... 541 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:05,004 Because Go players didn't have cellphones in ancient times. 542 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:07,273 Okay. Got it. 543 00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:10,877 And do you take a vow of celibacy, as well? 544 00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:12,511 No, it's just the end result. 545 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,916 McKinnon just sent word. 546 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:18,296 He and his wife are having dinner 547 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,655 with Boyd and his wife tomorrow night. 548 00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:22,687 That was quick. You were right. 549 00:25:22,711 --> 00:25:23,990 Private table at Ai Fiori. 550 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,257 Cozy. 551 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:27,037 Coordinate with FBI to set up surveillance. 552 00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:28,460 We're gonna be there. 553 00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:29,361 Yes, sir. 554 00:25:29,461 --> 00:25:31,297 Oh, I almost forgot, 555 00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:34,000 you better block that monkey jump at the bottom. 556 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:02,807 I don't walk in the fucking door 557 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:05,031 without it being Lawrence Boyd asking. 558 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:06,365 Why are we here? 559 00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:07,700 Hi. What can I get you? 560 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,560 Could you get them three lumberjacks, please? 561 00:26:09,584 --> 00:26:10,885 Sure. 562 00:26:12,471 --> 00:26:15,007 Nigeria is gonna devalue its currency. 563 00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:17,409 Get the hell out of here. 564 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:18,778 How could you know that? 565 00:26:18,878 --> 00:26:20,579 Because we're gonna make it happen. 566 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,014 Jesus fuck. 567 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:23,816 I have all the research for you. 568 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,752 Currency plays are all about timing. 569 00:26:25,852 --> 00:26:27,954 You get in too late, there's nothing there. 570 00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:30,456 But you get in too early, they raise interest rates 571 00:26:30,556 --> 00:26:32,124 and bleed you out of your position. 572 00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:33,259 Agreed. 573 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:34,879 Being early is the same as being wrong. 574 00:26:34,903 --> 00:26:36,095 That's why I'm here. 575 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:38,097 But if each of us take a monster position 576 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:41,133 against the Naira, we dictate the timing. 577 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:44,203 I have traders shorting it in Australasia as we speak, 578 00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,039 and I have orders teed up all across Europe. 579 00:26:47,139 --> 00:26:49,575 I stand to make a huge kill on my own. 580 00:26:49,676 --> 00:26:52,278 So you just felt the urge to share? 581 00:26:52,378 --> 00:26:53,646 Bullshit. 582 00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,706 You don't have enough ammo to do this on your own. 583 00:26:55,730 --> 00:26:56,248 You need us. 584 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:58,685 We have calendars, too. 585 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:00,987 You got wacked by Sansomic. 586 00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:02,367 I bet this deal's all that stands 587 00:27:02,391 --> 00:27:05,057 between mighty Axe Capital taking a down quarter. 588 00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:07,226 All we have to do is flush. 589 00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:11,063 All right, you got me. 590 00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:13,833 This deal only works if we're all in it together. 591 00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,704 The threshold is five billion. 592 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:18,805 I'm in it for two. 593 00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:21,774 That leaves one each for you three. 594 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:25,611 So, which is the more powerful driver... 595 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:27,079 Boning me, 596 00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:29,148 or your own self-interest? 597 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:33,019 Fuck. 598 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,387 In. 599 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,123 Yep. 600 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,462 This is Everett. 601 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:45,732 He's gonna run you through the research. 602 00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:47,633 My treat. 603 00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:50,436 ♫♫♫ 604 00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:08,054 Is Mommy coming home to take us to school? 605 00:28:08,154 --> 00:28:09,521 No, sweetheart. 606 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:11,523 Remember, I told you. 607 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:13,893 Mommy and Daddy are spending some time apart for awhile. 608 00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:18,097 So, I'm home now, and Mommy will be home tonight. 609 00:28:20,332 --> 00:28:22,468 Mom doesn't even want to come home. 610 00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:24,403 That is not true, Kevin. 611 00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:32,011 Look at me. 612 00:28:32,111 --> 00:28:34,146 I don't ever want to hear you say that again. 613 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:39,451 It's Daddy's fault 614 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,754 that Mommy and Daddy aren't together right now. 615 00:28:47,026 --> 00:28:48,861 When you're a kid your age, 616 00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:51,063 you think that your parents know everything. 617 00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:54,100 But we don't. We're not perfect. 618 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,935 You know, we're just two people 619 00:28:56,035 --> 00:29:00,572 trying and... often failing 620 00:29:00,672 --> 00:29:04,043 to figure out the best way to be. 621 00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:07,679 And I made some mistakes along the way. 622 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:10,850 Mistakes that we're all paying for. 623 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:12,819 So if you want to blame somebody, 624 00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:15,254 blame me, not your mother. 625 00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:24,163 European auto manufactures use a ton of zinc. 626 00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,066 Not a literal ton, just a hyperbole 627 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,868 for how much zinc can be found... 628 00:29:28,968 --> 00:29:29,836 Good morning. 629 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:31,003 Not for you, Bobby. 630 00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:32,271 Someone leaked. 631 00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:34,773 The banks know, and they've made Nigeria aware. 632 00:29:34,874 --> 00:29:35,942 They're fighting back. 633 00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:37,042 They're gonna raise rates 634 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:38,845 and prop up their dog-shit currency? 635 00:29:38,945 --> 00:29:41,613 Looks like it. Thought you should know. 636 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:44,683 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 637 00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:56,228 Bobby! 638 00:29:56,328 --> 00:29:57,328 Birch! 639 00:29:57,363 --> 00:29:58,364 Naira's fucked, huh? 640 00:29:58,464 --> 00:29:59,904 But I don't hear panic in your voice. 641 00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:01,968 Come on. All the panic got shook out of me 642 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,988 about a year ago when Chuck Rhoades came calling. 643 00:30:04,012 --> 00:30:05,404 Yeah, I imagine it did. 644 00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:08,440 You know, for the longest time, I couldn't synthesize it. 645 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,042 How that story came out in the paper, 646 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,486 how there was just enough in that article 647 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:12,979 to bait the U.S. Attorney's Office. 648 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:14,480 Yeah, it was a bad beat, no doubt. 649 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,140 Well, since then, I've had a lot of time 650 00:30:16,164 --> 00:30:18,617 to just sit and think, 651 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:20,086 and slowly, it dawned... 652 00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:22,421 If I lost, someone else must've gained. 653 00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:25,357 So I ran a thousand simulations a day in my head. 654 00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:28,360 And over and over again, Bobby, it came back the same. 655 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:30,662 I was your stalking horse. 656 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:33,499 You did the transaction. You left the opening. 657 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:36,535 It's funny. I was just about to say the same thing to you. 658 00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:38,104 You left me the opening. 659 00:30:38,204 --> 00:30:40,172 You cost me my business. 660 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:43,109 Now you're gonna throw me some deal as an apology? 661 00:30:43,209 --> 00:30:44,543 No. 662 00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:46,545 I'm not that easy. 663 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:48,480 So instead of betting against the Naira, 664 00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:50,016 I went the other way. 665 00:30:50,116 --> 00:30:52,484 And I let a few other folks know what was going down. 666 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:53,619 Strong move. 667 00:30:53,719 --> 00:30:55,821 Might have done the same in your spot. 668 00:30:58,157 --> 00:30:59,892 I know you would've, Bobby. 669 00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:02,661 ♫♫♫ 670 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:11,837 Deb! 671 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:14,606 Yes? 672 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:15,908 You found me Wags, yet? 673 00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:16,842 Not yet. 674 00:31:16,943 --> 00:31:18,844 Just so we're communicating, 675 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:20,655 you know I mean the guy who works across the hall, right? 676 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:21,981 Michael Wagner? Wags? 677 00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:23,649 Yeah. I'm sorry. 678 00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:25,417 I'm trying. 679 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:35,827 I know my research was right. 680 00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:37,248 I also know it doesn't matter now, 681 00:31:37,272 --> 00:31:38,830 'cause the game has changed. 682 00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:40,732 How strong is Nigeria defending? 683 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:42,801 It's their version of the Alamo. 684 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,271 Krakow and Malverne are gonna be looking to pull out. 685 00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:46,939 You should, too. 686 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:48,519 I don't want my second day here ending 687 00:31:48,543 --> 00:31:50,409 with you personally exposed five billion. 688 00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,412 Okay, let's say I manage to keep it together. 689 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,982 Then you're looking at a global cockfight. 690 00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,084 And you're gonna need people betting on your bird. 691 00:31:58,184 --> 00:31:59,851 I'm gonna need to get word out wide. 692 00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:01,053 Yeah, can't just be you. 693 00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:02,721 It's gonna have to be somebody vaunted, 694 00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:06,592 an economist... Somebody objective, trusted. 695 00:32:06,692 --> 00:32:08,360 That'll say they have to devalue. 696 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:11,263 Someone like Lawrence Boyd? 697 00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:13,165 Right. 698 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:14,600 Yeah, that'll do it. 699 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:17,936 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 700 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:20,406 I don't want you to worry about being too tough on me. 701 00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:21,506 All right? 702 00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:33,185 Posture up, posture up. 703 00:32:39,391 --> 00:32:42,094 I'm sorry, but is that a Swiss accent? 704 00:32:42,194 --> 00:32:44,330 Stop it. No one guesses correctly. 705 00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:46,298 Most people just assume I'm German. 706 00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,334 Oh, most people didn't spend the summer 707 00:32:48,434 --> 00:32:50,169 in Zurich during law school. 708 00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:51,403 Oh! 709 00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:53,139 That explains the suit. 710 00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:54,806 You're a lawyer. 711 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:57,076 She said with an undertone of derision. 712 00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:00,279 And what do you do that's so amazing? 713 00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:03,382 At the moment, you could call me a sculptor. 714 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,384 Oh! 715 00:33:05,484 --> 00:33:08,954 Well, I'd like to see your work. 716 00:33:09,055 --> 00:33:10,689 One day I'll show you. 717 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,893 Yes. 718 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:16,895 Axe, I didn't walk into that diner 719 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,131 so that I could lose a billion bucks. 720 00:33:19,231 --> 00:33:20,332 You want out? 721 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:21,700 I'll take on your positions. 722 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,069 Right now. 723 00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:25,437 I already bought up what was supposed to be Birch's. 724 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,972 Now I'll buy up both of you. 725 00:33:27,073 --> 00:33:28,340 You just say the word. 726 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,610 You'd be risking half your net worth for the one play? 727 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:32,578 That's insane. 728 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:35,047 I am dug the fuck in. 729 00:33:35,147 --> 00:33:37,883 No third-world nation hinged on a dying industry 730 00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:39,218 and a propped-up currency 731 00:33:39,318 --> 00:33:41,220 is gonna ride me out of my position. 732 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,090 I will drive them into the goddamn ground. 733 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:47,093 Without Birch. Without either of you. 734 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:50,529 Wow. 735 00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:53,365 The intensity. 736 00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:54,866 I actually believe you. 737 00:33:57,236 --> 00:33:58,770 So? 738 00:33:59,905 --> 00:34:01,673 Fuck it. I'm sticking. 739 00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:04,543 Me too. 740 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:10,649 But, Axe, if this is some move, some game you're playing, 741 00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:12,584 we'll hunt you in a pack 742 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:15,487 until we're gnawing on your fucking bones. 743 00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:30,402 Hello, Mr. Allerd. 744 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:31,670 Here? 745 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:35,241 None of them come here, believe me. 746 00:34:35,341 --> 00:34:36,542 Lay out what you have. 747 00:34:36,642 --> 00:34:40,512 The office is a fiefdom run on fear, 748 00:34:40,612 --> 00:34:43,449 ambition, and advancement. 749 00:34:43,549 --> 00:34:46,785 Probably why it's been so effective. 750 00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:48,920 Loyalties are fading. 751 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,423 Cracks starting to show. 752 00:34:51,523 --> 00:34:54,126 I've interviewed almost everyone but Rhoades at this point. 753 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:56,195 I'll get to him last. 754 00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:58,330 This has been... 755 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:00,432 It's been a fascinating one. 756 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,568 There are those who are weak but don't have it, 757 00:35:02,668 --> 00:35:06,572 and those who have it but are strong. 758 00:35:06,672 --> 00:35:08,407 I've isolated the one who has it 759 00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:12,311 and will give it... Watley. 760 00:35:12,411 --> 00:35:13,879 He's been running an avoidance play, 761 00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:17,183 but that's at its end. 762 00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:19,151 I'll push for a suspension 763 00:35:19,251 --> 00:35:22,721 if that's what it takes to sit him down. 764 00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:25,791 There's plenty of support out there. 765 00:35:25,891 --> 00:35:29,428 The AG wants this, and soon. 766 00:35:29,528 --> 00:35:32,731 You'll have it. 767 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:35,000 I will if you say I will. 768 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,903 Thank you, sir. 769 00:35:38,003 --> 00:35:42,073 Something I learned when I was working under Mondale... 770 00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,210 Take a little piece of yourself, 771 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:46,178 tuck it away in the basement. 772 00:35:46,278 --> 00:35:48,614 You can give the rest to the job, 773 00:35:48,714 --> 00:35:51,383 but keep a small piece. 774 00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:54,520 I speak from experience. 775 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,191 Noted. 776 00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:15,741 I find myself thinking in your words sometimes. 777 00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:18,744 The two that just came to me are "shit hole." 778 00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:20,412 Sandicot. 779 00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:23,081 If they don't get the casino, then we have to pass on it. 780 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,251 Even if all that urban revitalization bullshit 781 00:36:25,351 --> 00:36:26,252 comes into effect? 782 00:36:26,352 --> 00:36:27,853 That'll make incremental change, 783 00:36:27,953 --> 00:36:29,855 but not fast enough and not big enough. 784 00:36:29,955 --> 00:36:32,115 Without that casino, it goes from something to consider 785 00:36:32,139 --> 00:36:33,792 to something to never think about again. 786 00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:34,892 I see that. 787 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,328 Fuck. 788 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:43,973 I'm gonna carpet-bomb you guys with so much fucking food, 789 00:36:43,997 --> 00:36:44,997 you'll be reeling. 790 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:45,904 Thanks, David. 791 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,138 Don't thank me. 792 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,919 Just be there for us when Fugu goes public. 793 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,376 Absolutely. 794 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:55,347 I know when someone's working me. 795 00:36:55,447 --> 00:36:57,082 What's your play here? 796 00:36:57,182 --> 00:36:59,117 The bond. 797 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,853 If your casino is going to the town I need it to. 798 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:03,989 And because we're friends, 799 00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:05,991 I'm gonna come across with that info? 800 00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:07,091 I was hoping. 801 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:09,961 A '69 Dodge Challenger. 802 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,631 The one I outbid you for at Barrett Jackson last summer? 803 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:19,905 It's parked outside. Here. 804 00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:23,342 ♫♫♫ 805 00:37:23,442 --> 00:37:24,643 The car 806 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:28,980 is a cute gesture. 807 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,181 And I'll take it. 808 00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:33,452 But it alone, 809 00:37:33,552 --> 00:37:35,821 it's not getting you what you want. 810 00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:40,559 My casino's gonna make that town, so... 811 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:43,094 I'm your partner on the muni-play. 812 00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:47,433 On a no-risk basis to me. 813 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:50,936 5% off the books. 814 00:37:51,036 --> 00:37:52,904 Done. 815 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:54,406 I just need to know where. 816 00:37:54,506 --> 00:37:56,408 Sandicot. 817 00:37:56,508 --> 00:37:58,910 Still waiting on the official decision 818 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:02,614 to come out of committee, but they gave me the high sign, 819 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:05,250 so I know it's a done deal. 820 00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,987 You casino guys are all old-line crooks. 821 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:12,758 At least we wear it with pride. 822 00:38:12,858 --> 00:38:14,993 Move forward with the bond. 823 00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:17,128 The casino is coming to Sandicot. 824 00:38:17,228 --> 00:38:18,564 I'm sure now. 825 00:38:18,664 --> 00:38:20,466 We are committing to this play. 826 00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:27,272 You have to tell me how it is. 827 00:38:27,373 --> 00:38:28,807 You want a bite? 828 00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:31,943 Well, one bite would be like drowning in a puddle. 829 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,346 I'm sure the kitchen would do one up for you. 830 00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:36,047 Well, he's eating clean. 831 00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:39,618 McKinnon's coming up. 832 00:38:42,253 --> 00:38:43,855 Hey. 833 00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:45,891 Right. You feeling ready, Tom? 834 00:38:45,991 --> 00:38:47,826 Yeah, yeah, I'm good. 835 00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:49,961 Probably should get back down to the bar. 836 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:52,097 They're about to seat us. 837 00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:53,499 We only get one shot at this. 838 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:56,902 Now, remember... Any chance you get 839 00:38:57,002 --> 00:38:59,237 to have a private conversation with Boyd, take it. 840 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,339 Express concerns about the bid rigging. 841 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,341 Make it clear that you know it's going on, 842 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:04,802 and you're worried that Mike Arendt 843 00:39:04,876 --> 00:39:07,546 is bringing heat on the firm. 844 00:39:07,646 --> 00:39:09,686 That should be enough to get him to calm your fears. 845 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:12,551 I might go across the table at that motherfucker. 846 00:39:12,651 --> 00:39:14,820 Steady, Tom. 847 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,221 This'll hurt him a lot worse 848 00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,524 and a lot longer than a punch in the mouth. 849 00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,561 Use it well. 850 00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:26,865 How's the feed? 851 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:27,799 Good to go. 852 00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:28,899 Okay. 853 00:39:37,676 --> 00:39:40,412 Forty-five dollars for a tuna sandwich. 854 00:39:40,512 --> 00:39:42,047 Somebody bring the drinks. 855 00:39:42,147 --> 00:39:44,416 Two at the bar. That's his third. 856 00:39:44,516 --> 00:39:46,084 It's lemony. 857 00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:49,354 It's an island. Everything has to be brought on by boat. 858 00:39:49,455 --> 00:39:50,989 I know Mustique is an island. 859 00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:51,990 Okay. 860 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:53,592 So what'd you do, Larry? 861 00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:55,372 I said, "What do you charge for the lemons?" 862 00:39:55,396 --> 00:39:56,495 I'll squeeze them myself. 863 00:39:56,595 --> 00:39:58,764 "Either that, or I'll fly in a load of gold bullion." 864 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:02,801 Larry, Larry, don't... don't cry poor. 865 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:04,381 How much you take in this year so far? 866 00:40:04,405 --> 00:40:05,571 Come on. Tell us. 867 00:40:05,671 --> 00:40:07,839 Twenty-three, $24 million? 868 00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:09,475 Maybe you've had enough, huh, Tom? 869 00:40:09,575 --> 00:40:11,943 Can we get Tom a cup of black coffee, please? 870 00:40:13,178 --> 00:40:15,146 I don't want a cup of fucking coffee. 871 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:17,048 He's drunk. We should pull him. 872 00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:18,650 We've got an agent posing as a waiter. 873 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,550 We can pull him right now with minimal damage. 874 00:40:20,574 --> 00:40:22,488 We'll hold. 875 00:40:22,588 --> 00:40:24,490 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 876 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,025 With Thai massage, you're wearing clothes. 877 00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:29,561 What's the fun in that? 878 00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:32,430 Exactly. 879 00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:35,767 Larry. Larry, you fuck. 880 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:36,968 - Oh. - Sh... shh... 881 00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:38,388 It's probably going to stain that. 882 00:40:38,412 --> 00:40:40,081 Uh, bad to fucking worse. 883 00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:42,741 Honey, take her to the ladies'. 884 00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:44,943 Yeah, why don't you freshen up? 885 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:50,115 Tom, get your shit together. You're embarrassing yourself. 886 00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:53,919 You think I don't know what's going on here? 887 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,691 What's that, Tom? 888 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:02,360 ♫ Suspenseful music ♫ 889 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,299 Arendt is putting us all in danger. 890 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:09,768 The Treasury bonds... 891 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:12,337 He's gonna send us all to prison. 892 00:41:12,437 --> 00:41:15,273 The ten-years. 893 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:17,208 That's what this is about. 894 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:19,578 Mike's putting the band back together again, 895 00:41:19,678 --> 00:41:22,047 just like I told him to. 896 00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:25,416 Fuck, you told him to? 897 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:27,085 I thought he was free-balling. 898 00:41:27,185 --> 00:41:29,387 Conditions are right to get going again. 899 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:31,007 We'll tail the shit out of the auction. 900 00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:33,158 The fucking Feds can spare the 15 bips. 901 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:35,694 Then we can talk about the 26-weeks. 902 00:41:35,794 --> 00:41:38,429 We have to get some volume going now. 903 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:40,532 So relax. 904 00:41:40,632 --> 00:41:42,834 That'll do it. 905 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,178 When I started here, I made a promise to you, 906 00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:55,914 and you to me. 907 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:59,450 And we've kept that promise no matter what. 908 00:41:59,551 --> 00:42:01,219 Thing is, it's not your turn to speak. 909 00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:02,621 Why's that? 910 00:42:02,721 --> 00:42:05,081 Because while you have been out there learning the Yaqui Way 911 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,658 or how run like the Tarahumara, 912 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:08,193 I have been here fighting the battle 913 00:42:08,293 --> 00:42:10,796 of fucking Thermopylae! 914 00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:14,132 I was in sessions with Wendy, doing deep work. 915 00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:15,834 Oh. 916 00:42:15,934 --> 00:42:18,269 Well, that I do want to hear about. 917 00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:22,808 Best I can put it together... 918 00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:27,478 ♫ distorted country music ♫ 919 00:42:33,652 --> 00:42:36,354 Wags, wake up. Get up. 920 00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:38,023 Oh, baby, no! 921 00:42:38,123 --> 00:42:39,591 No, not baby. It's Wendy. 922 00:42:39,691 --> 00:42:40,692 Get up! 923 00:42:45,931 --> 00:42:47,065 Why? 924 00:42:47,165 --> 00:42:49,067 Because you begged me for an appointment, 925 00:42:49,167 --> 00:42:50,335 and then you didn't show up. 926 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,907 Oh, you're still here. 927 00:42:56,007 --> 00:42:57,508 No, I'm not. 928 00:42:57,609 --> 00:43:00,145 I'm here, but not like that. 929 00:43:00,245 --> 00:43:01,512 Okay. 930 00:43:01,613 --> 00:43:04,616 Mr. Wagner, I can come back at 11:30 or two or after five. 931 00:43:04,716 --> 00:43:06,384 She has a key? 932 00:43:06,484 --> 00:43:07,819 Why not? 933 00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:11,289 You have a goddamned I.V. stand living in your hotel room. 934 00:43:11,389 --> 00:43:13,324 Turns out you have the day off. 935 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:15,994 With pay. 936 00:43:18,296 --> 00:43:20,398 This is your third divorce, 937 00:43:20,498 --> 00:43:22,834 but your first ass tattoo. 938 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,703 Any ideas? 939 00:43:24,803 --> 00:43:29,074 My idea was the drinking, women, and drugs in perfect balance. 940 00:43:29,174 --> 00:43:31,209 An infinite Zen garden. 941 00:43:31,309 --> 00:43:35,013 Simplicity, harmony between the elements, purity, 942 00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,716 that's what makes it a Zen garden. 943 00:43:37,816 --> 00:43:40,786 I think you're confusing it with the AVN Awards. 944 00:43:40,886 --> 00:43:42,253 Okay. 945 00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:44,723 Couple ways this can go... 946 00:43:44,823 --> 00:43:46,792 We do, like, intense psychotherapy 947 00:43:46,892 --> 00:43:49,795 for two years, five days a week, 948 00:43:49,895 --> 00:43:51,029 break down your walls, 949 00:43:51,129 --> 00:43:53,699 push past your rationalizations and defenses. 950 00:43:53,799 --> 00:43:56,702 Or you can tell me what the fuck is going on. 951 00:43:56,802 --> 00:43:58,569 How? 952 00:43:58,670 --> 00:44:00,510 Isn't the point of analysis that we don't know? 953 00:44:00,610 --> 00:44:02,010 Which is why I'm not in that racket. 954 00:44:02,034 --> 00:44:03,975 We don't have that kind of fucking time. 955 00:44:04,075 --> 00:44:05,443 Not anymore. 956 00:44:05,543 --> 00:44:06,845 Fucking right we don't. 957 00:44:06,945 --> 00:44:10,749 I got a goddamned I.V. stand living in my hotel room. 958 00:44:10,849 --> 00:44:12,450 Good. 959 00:44:13,885 --> 00:44:16,654 Now, whatever caused this didn't make you retreat. 960 00:44:16,755 --> 00:44:19,390 You didn't become depressive. You chose distraction. 961 00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:20,959 I'm sad, lonely. 962 00:44:21,059 --> 00:44:22,427 Give me an immediate answer. 963 00:44:22,527 --> 00:44:24,847 I mean, it doesn't have to be right, just... just blurt it. 964 00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:26,272 When did this feeling first land? 965 00:44:27,966 --> 00:44:29,968 I was in the bathroom. 966 00:44:30,068 --> 00:44:33,038 I was in this club on the Lower East Side. 967 00:44:33,138 --> 00:44:34,272 I just overpaid 968 00:44:34,372 --> 00:44:36,742 for what were supposed to be actual quaaludes. 969 00:44:36,842 --> 00:44:38,744 What were you doing on the Lower East Side? 970 00:44:38,844 --> 00:44:41,679 Drinking with this prick I worked with years ago. 971 00:44:41,780 --> 00:44:42,948 God, I hated that prick. 972 00:44:43,048 --> 00:44:45,083 I hated him when we worked together. 973 00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:47,085 I hated him even more that night. 974 00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:49,054 Why did you agree to drink with a guy you hate? 975 00:44:49,154 --> 00:44:51,322 I drink with pricks I hate all the time. 976 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:52,924 It's the job. 977 00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:56,661 It's the ones who aren't that stand out like giants. 978 00:44:59,097 --> 00:45:01,733 Holy shit. 979 00:45:01,833 --> 00:45:04,535 Holy shit. Phil. 980 00:45:04,635 --> 00:45:06,437 I can't believe I missed this. 981 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:08,273 Phil? 982 00:45:08,373 --> 00:45:09,841 Phillip Carroll. 983 00:45:09,941 --> 00:45:10,941 Another prick? 984 00:45:10,976 --> 00:45:12,310 No. 985 00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:14,512 No, the opposite. 986 00:45:14,612 --> 00:45:17,115 Guy was my mentor. 987 00:45:17,215 --> 00:45:20,051 Back when I started at Lehman. 988 00:45:20,151 --> 00:45:21,652 He was the Wilt fucking Chamberlain 989 00:45:21,753 --> 00:45:22,888 of Wall Street. 990 00:45:22,988 --> 00:45:25,523 Paid for the whole group's vacations when he killed it. 991 00:45:25,623 --> 00:45:27,463 Didn't even close his door when he got crushed. 992 00:45:27,487 --> 00:45:29,227 I saw him on the street. 993 00:45:29,327 --> 00:45:31,096 Hey, Phil! 994 00:45:31,196 --> 00:45:34,966 He looked at me, and I waved. 995 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:36,434 He walked right past me. 996 00:45:36,534 --> 00:45:39,537 Fucking DK'd me like I was a ghost. 997 00:45:44,642 --> 00:45:47,979 Turns out, he has early-onset Alzheimer's. 998 00:45:51,082 --> 00:45:53,618 Can't even go out by himself now. 999 00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:58,824 His wife left him. His kids don't come around. 1000 00:45:58,924 --> 00:46:01,692 It was... fucked. 1001 00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:08,266 He was there, but he wasn't there... 1002 00:46:08,366 --> 00:46:12,938 a carcass with no further purpose. 1003 00:46:13,038 --> 00:46:16,607 What you saw would have brought up issues of mortality 1004 00:46:16,707 --> 00:46:18,944 and diminished utility for anyone. 1005 00:46:19,044 --> 00:46:21,612 You saw your hero, 1006 00:46:21,712 --> 00:46:24,850 a man you deemed better than you, laid low. 1007 00:46:26,217 --> 00:46:28,719 That's empathy. 1008 00:46:28,820 --> 00:46:30,421 Why did his plight cut you so deep? 1009 00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:33,491 What made you so vulnerable to this idea of fading away? 1010 00:46:35,626 --> 00:46:38,563 Axe hired a fucking Chief of Staff. 1011 00:46:38,663 --> 00:46:40,365 Her name is Steph Reed. 1012 00:46:42,433 --> 00:46:43,835 Oh. 1013 00:46:45,636 --> 00:46:47,973 So now he doesn't need you anymore. 1014 00:46:50,976 --> 00:46:54,145 And if he doesn't need you anymore, 1015 00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:55,914 no one does. 1016 00:46:57,248 --> 00:47:00,418 You have outlived your utility. 1017 00:47:00,518 --> 00:47:04,522 There is nothing left for you to do but die. 1018 00:47:09,294 --> 00:47:12,597 But you're not dead. 1019 00:47:12,697 --> 00:47:16,301 Which means it is time to pivot. 1020 00:47:16,401 --> 00:47:20,205 To evolve into what it is you'll become next. 1021 00:47:24,642 --> 00:47:28,980 Wendy reassembled me, piece by piece, 1022 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:30,715 on that bench. 1023 00:47:30,815 --> 00:47:33,518 That's what she does. 1024 00:47:33,618 --> 00:47:35,258 And I decided I had to give you the chance 1025 00:47:35,282 --> 00:47:37,655 to make the change here you need to. 1026 00:47:37,755 --> 00:47:42,360 To modernize. Optimize. 1027 00:47:42,460 --> 00:47:44,963 To put this old horse out to pasture. 1028 00:47:47,232 --> 00:47:50,001 Yeah, well, I'm sorry about Phil, 1029 00:47:50,101 --> 00:47:53,939 but this place doesn't fucking run without you. 1030 00:47:54,039 --> 00:47:56,041 I do need you. 1031 00:47:56,141 --> 00:47:58,509 Especially since I just let Steph Reed go. 1032 00:48:00,078 --> 00:48:02,147 You did? 1033 00:48:02,247 --> 00:48:03,982 You were wrong. 1034 00:48:04,082 --> 00:48:06,985 I'm not human. I am a machine. 1035 00:48:07,085 --> 00:48:08,853 I'm a fucking Terminator. 1036 00:48:11,489 --> 00:48:13,858 So, your resignation is rejected. 1037 00:48:13,959 --> 00:48:15,293 Get some coffee. 1038 00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:17,462 We are barely hanging on here. 1039 00:48:17,562 --> 00:48:20,465 I just pulled the trigger on the muni-bond in Sandicot, 1040 00:48:20,565 --> 00:48:22,167 and I got one move left to get us 1041 00:48:22,267 --> 00:48:24,102 into the black for this quarter. 1042 00:48:24,202 --> 00:48:28,373 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 1043 00:48:31,342 --> 00:48:33,044 Coffee! 1044 00:48:33,144 --> 00:48:35,846 Hey, Jeff. 1045 00:48:35,947 --> 00:48:37,949 You never finished your story. 1046 00:48:38,049 --> 00:48:39,550 What trap did you and your father use 1047 00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:41,019 to finally get that wolf? 1048 00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:43,054 Oh. 1049 00:48:43,154 --> 00:48:46,958 Yeah, it was, uh, time, Sacker. 1050 00:48:47,058 --> 00:48:49,660 We stayed in the same location all day. 1051 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,431 The trap was time. 1052 00:49:00,571 --> 00:49:01,973 Oh. 1053 00:49:02,073 --> 00:49:04,509 Late night? 1054 00:49:04,609 --> 00:49:07,345 Yeah. And I'm on the move. 1055 00:49:07,445 --> 00:49:10,015 Got television in the city in a couple hours. 1056 00:49:10,115 --> 00:49:11,216 On your way in, 1057 00:49:11,316 --> 00:49:13,251 give Lawrence Boyd a call for me. 1058 00:49:13,351 --> 00:49:15,486 I'll be with him. What's up? 1059 00:49:15,586 --> 00:49:19,157 Tell him the woman he set me up with wasted my fucking time. 1060 00:49:19,257 --> 00:49:20,391 I'm sorry? 1061 00:49:20,491 --> 00:49:22,860 It was a bullshit meeting. 1062 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:24,395 You're a businesswoman, right? 1063 00:49:24,495 --> 00:49:25,396 That's how you went in there? 1064 00:49:25,496 --> 00:49:26,797 Damn right. 1065 00:49:26,897 --> 00:49:28,417 Well, then, was the woman discourteous? 1066 00:49:28,441 --> 00:49:29,567 Was she rude? 1067 00:49:29,667 --> 00:49:31,802 No. It wasn't... 1068 00:49:33,804 --> 00:49:36,607 She treated me like I was just the wife, 1069 00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:38,209 like my business wasn't ready. 1070 00:49:38,309 --> 00:49:39,644 I tried to tell you. 1071 00:49:39,744 --> 00:49:41,046 Yeah, you weren't ready, 1072 00:49:41,146 --> 00:49:43,181 but you wouldn't hear it from me. 1073 00:49:43,281 --> 00:49:44,882 You put me in touch with Spartan-Ives. 1074 00:49:44,982 --> 00:49:47,118 You said to go ahead. Don't. Don't. 1075 00:49:47,218 --> 00:49:48,629 I don't have time to have this conversation 1076 00:49:48,653 --> 00:49:49,487 the way you need me to. 1077 00:49:49,587 --> 00:49:50,755 You weren't ready. 1078 00:49:50,855 --> 00:49:52,057 Leave it there. 1079 00:49:52,157 --> 00:49:53,391 Why the fuck not? 1080 00:49:55,926 --> 00:49:59,130 What is it that you do that you're the best in the world at? 1081 00:49:59,230 --> 00:50:01,032 You offer a service you didn't invent, 1082 00:50:01,132 --> 00:50:02,733 a formula you didn't invent, 1083 00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,902 a delivery method you didn't invent. 1084 00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:06,771 Nothing about what you do 1085 00:50:06,871 --> 00:50:09,540 is patentable or a unique user experience. 1086 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,477 You haven't identified an isolated market segment, 1087 00:50:12,577 --> 00:50:14,079 haven't truly branded your concept. 1088 00:50:14,179 --> 00:50:15,713 You need me to go on? 1089 00:50:15,813 --> 00:50:18,516 So, why would an investment bank put serious money into it? 1090 00:50:18,616 --> 00:50:20,251 I all but told you ahead of time, 1091 00:50:20,351 --> 00:50:21,419 but you wouldn't listen. 1092 00:50:21,519 --> 00:50:24,455 Now you've heard it, but it's too late. 1093 00:50:24,555 --> 00:50:27,492 You weren't ready. 1094 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:31,296 Now, I gotta go into New York 1095 00:50:31,396 --> 00:50:33,998 to try and save my fucking quarter. 1096 00:50:43,441 --> 00:50:44,842 Mr. Axelrod, I'll be in to get you 1097 00:50:44,940 --> 00:50:46,220 in two minutes to go on the air. 1098 00:50:46,244 --> 00:50:49,514 Thank you. And thank you, Larry. 1099 00:50:49,614 --> 00:50:51,282 You locked in on how you want to do it? 1100 00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:53,751 Yeah. 1101 00:50:53,851 --> 00:50:56,454 When I follow you on, I'll back whatever you said. 1102 00:51:02,993 --> 00:51:05,296 Former teaching assistant of mine 1103 00:51:05,396 --> 00:51:07,031 clerks for a federal judge now. 1104 00:51:07,132 --> 00:51:08,399 Uh-huh? 1105 00:51:08,499 --> 00:51:09,739 She just told me that her judge 1106 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,069 signed an arrest warrant for Lawrence Boyd. 1107 00:51:12,170 --> 00:51:14,705 ♫ Dramatic music ♫ 1108 00:51:14,805 --> 00:51:17,542 They are coming for him. 1109 00:51:17,642 --> 00:51:20,178 He'll be in cuffs within the hour. 1110 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:24,349 Thank you. 1111 00:51:28,052 --> 00:51:29,654 Ready? 1112 00:51:31,889 --> 00:51:33,724 Yeah. 1113 00:51:42,133 --> 00:51:43,934 Go get 'em. 1114 00:51:46,671 --> 00:51:48,673 I will. 1115 00:51:48,773 --> 00:51:52,243 ♫♫♫ 1116 00:52:00,785 --> 00:52:01,919 Axe. 1117 00:52:02,019 --> 00:52:04,389 Let's do dinner again soon with Savannah and Mike. 1118 00:52:04,489 --> 00:52:05,823 Huh? 1119 00:52:05,923 --> 00:52:08,226 When we're on, I have to get into all the action 1120 00:52:08,326 --> 00:52:10,828 against you on the Nigerian play. 1121 00:52:12,930 --> 00:52:14,965 You okay? 1122 00:52:15,065 --> 00:52:16,065 Yeah. 1123 00:52:17,502 --> 00:52:19,737 Will you ask me about my bracelet? 1124 00:52:19,837 --> 00:52:22,072 Fun way in. 1125 00:52:22,173 --> 00:52:24,074 We're pleased to welcome Bobby Axelrod, 1126 00:52:24,175 --> 00:52:26,377 the principal and founder of Axe Capital. 1127 00:52:26,477 --> 00:52:27,854 Bobby, it's a pleasure to have you here. 1128 00:52:27,878 --> 00:52:29,158 It's a pleasure to be here, Sam. 1129 00:52:29,182 --> 00:52:30,821 Before we get started, I have to ask... 1130 00:52:30,881 --> 00:52:32,750 You're wearing a very unique bracelet. 1131 00:52:32,850 --> 00:52:34,118 What's the significance? 1132 00:52:34,219 --> 00:52:35,953 Oh, this? 1133 00:52:36,053 --> 00:52:38,556 I wear this Yoruba bracelet in solidarity 1134 00:52:38,656 --> 00:52:40,958 with the people of Nigeria. 1135 00:52:41,058 --> 00:52:43,994 I have seen the hope and purpose these people have, 1136 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:45,763 and today I'm worried for them, Sam. 1137 00:52:45,863 --> 00:52:47,932 Their economy is on the verge of collapse. 1138 00:52:48,032 --> 00:52:51,469 Their oil reserves are severely overvalued. 1139 00:52:51,569 --> 00:52:54,805 In short, their currency is in jeopardy. 1140 00:52:54,905 --> 00:52:58,609 ♫♫♫ 1141 00:53:03,914 --> 00:53:06,851 And so, yes, there is no doubt in my mind 1142 00:53:06,951 --> 00:53:09,587 that my good friend, Bobby Axelrod, 1143 00:53:09,687 --> 00:53:11,322 has this one right. 1144 00:53:11,422 --> 00:53:13,824 The Nigerian currency, the Naira, 1145 00:53:13,924 --> 00:53:16,126 is facing certain devaluation. 1146 00:53:16,227 --> 00:53:17,862 It's their only choice, 1147 00:53:17,962 --> 00:53:20,164 no matter how much it hurts the people. 1148 00:53:20,265 --> 00:53:22,467 I can see that. 1149 00:53:23,634 --> 00:53:25,670 ♫♫♫ 1150 00:53:32,977 --> 00:53:34,144 We nailed that. 1151 00:53:34,245 --> 00:53:37,181 The old Malachi Crunch. 1152 00:53:37,282 --> 00:53:38,749 The market is shifting already. 1153 00:53:38,849 --> 00:53:40,150 It is done. 1154 00:53:40,251 --> 00:53:42,019 Yes, it is. 1155 00:53:42,119 --> 00:53:43,521 Larry... 1156 00:53:45,823 --> 00:53:47,825 in a few moments, 1157 00:53:47,925 --> 00:53:50,828 the FBI are gonna come walking through that door 1158 00:53:50,928 --> 00:53:52,997 and they're going to arrest you. 1159 00:53:53,097 --> 00:53:54,999 You can't run. 1160 00:53:55,099 --> 00:53:57,134 There's no time. 1161 00:53:57,234 --> 00:54:01,772 ♫♫♫ 1162 00:54:01,872 --> 00:54:05,943 Rhoades fucked me like you thought he would. 1163 00:54:06,043 --> 00:54:07,378 And you got the call 1164 00:54:07,478 --> 00:54:09,647 before you went on, didn't you? 1165 00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:12,783 Your whole manner changed. You didn't even warn me. 1166 00:54:12,883 --> 00:54:13,918 I couldn't. 1167 00:54:14,018 --> 00:54:15,498 Because you needed me to go on the air 1168 00:54:15,553 --> 00:54:17,154 to corroborate your story, 1169 00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:20,090 get your message out, save your quarter. 1170 00:54:23,127 --> 00:54:25,963 I get it. It was smart. 1171 00:54:27,432 --> 00:54:32,169 This is some fucked-up universe we've decided to live in. 1172 00:54:32,269 --> 00:54:33,571 How can I help now? 1173 00:54:36,173 --> 00:54:38,843 Hold this for me. 1174 00:54:38,943 --> 00:54:41,145 And I need you to get word to my lawyer. 1175 00:54:41,245 --> 00:54:42,547 And Linda? 1176 00:54:44,281 --> 00:54:45,583 Make sure she tells the kids 1177 00:54:45,683 --> 00:54:48,553 before they find out from the news. 1178 00:54:48,653 --> 00:54:49,987 Done. 1179 00:54:50,087 --> 00:54:52,623 ♫♫♫ 1180 00:54:56,461 --> 00:54:57,461 Larry. 1181 00:54:57,528 --> 00:54:59,296 I know. 1182 00:54:59,397 --> 00:55:00,698 Lawrence Boyd? 1183 00:55:00,798 --> 00:55:02,500 You're under arrest. 1184 00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:04,268 You have the right to remain silent. 1185 00:55:04,369 --> 00:55:06,671 Anything you say can and will be used against you 1186 00:55:06,771 --> 00:55:07,771 in a court of law. 1187 00:55:12,176 --> 00:55:15,245 I thought you were ready to take the next step. 1188 00:55:15,346 --> 00:55:17,848 I thought you understood the goddamn game. 1189 00:55:18,849 --> 00:55:21,118 Oh, I believe I do, sir. 1190 00:55:23,287 --> 00:55:25,456 I believe I do. 1191 00:55:31,396 --> 00:55:32,863 Hello, Bob. 1192 00:55:32,963 --> 00:55:36,634 I don't put any stock in omens or fortune tellers, 1193 00:55:36,734 --> 00:55:39,470 but this must feel 1194 00:55:39,570 --> 00:55:42,640 a little like your future foretold, huh? 1195 00:55:42,740 --> 00:55:44,775 You mean watching you arrest other people 1196 00:55:44,875 --> 00:55:46,544 while I walk right out the door? 1197 00:55:46,644 --> 00:55:48,846 Yeah. Kinda does. 1198 00:55:48,946 --> 00:55:51,649 ♫♫♫ 1199 00:55:57,522 --> 00:56:00,425 ♫ slow-tempo music ♫ 1200 00:56:00,525 --> 00:56:04,194 ♫ If heartaches brought fame ♫ 1201 00:56:04,294 --> 00:56:08,433 ♫ In love's crazy game ♫ 1202 00:56:08,533 --> 00:56:11,301 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 1203 00:56:11,402 --> 00:56:14,772 ♫ In my time ♫ 1204 00:56:16,874 --> 00:56:21,579 ♫ If they gave gold statuettes ♫ 1205 00:56:21,679 --> 00:56:25,483 ♫ For tears and regret ♫ 1206 00:56:25,583 --> 00:56:28,352 ♫ I'd be a legend ♫ 1207 00:56:28,453 --> 00:56:31,956 ♫ In my time ♫ 1208 00:56:34,291 --> 00:56:38,763 ♫ But they don't give awards ♫ 1209 00:56:38,863 --> 00:56:43,233 ♫ And there's no praise or fame ♫ 1210 00:56:43,333 --> 00:56:47,438 ♫ For hearts that are broken ♫ 1211 00:56:47,538 --> 00:56:50,941 ♫ For love that's in vain ♫ 1212 00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:55,012 ♫ If loneliness meant world acclaim ♫