1 00:00:00,792 --> 00:00:02,751 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:02,752 --> 00:00:03,794 Mr. Andolov, 3 00:00:03,795 --> 00:00:05,295 My first act as attorney general 4 00:00:05,296 --> 00:00:08,424 was to freeze your funds in the United States. 5 00:00:08,425 --> 00:00:11,593 My second act is inviting you to leave our sunny shores. 6 00:00:11,594 --> 00:00:15,848 I, of course, picked up the scent of the Axelrod 7 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:16,974 behind this. 8 00:00:16,975 --> 00:00:18,976 Charles Rhodes, Jr. Is hereby removed 9 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:20,811 as attorney general of the state of New York. 10 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:24,106 Everywhere he goes, we are watching. 11 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:25,941 It's hard to march toward the presidency 12 00:00:25,942 --> 00:00:27,693 when you're always looking over your shoulder. 13 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,986 The beginnings of a plan. 14 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:30,696 Secrecy and deception. 15 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:31,947 I'm starting to get misty. 16 00:00:31,948 --> 00:00:33,741 Jesus. You like shaking people up. 17 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:35,034 Like it? I don't know. 18 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:36,035 It just happens. 19 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,286 I love that you're loyal 20 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:39,246 until I help get you elected to Congress. 21 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:41,331 You've accumulated so much, 22 00:00:41,332 --> 00:00:43,125 you think laws don't apply to you? 23 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:45,961 Who appointed you the keeper of these cosmic rules 24 00:00:45,962 --> 00:00:47,212 in the first place? 25 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,090 The fucking arrogance! 26 00:01:29,005 --> 00:01:31,173 I've always wanted 27 00:01:31,174 --> 00:01:33,133 to see Vestmannaeyjar in the dark. 28 00:01:33,134 --> 00:01:36,720 Best way for a newly installed U.S. Attorney not to be tracked. 29 00:01:36,721 --> 00:01:39,765 And for an international fugitive not to be extradited. 30 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:41,058 Something for everyone. 31 00:01:41,059 --> 00:01:43,060 Lay it out for me. 32 00:01:43,061 --> 00:01:44,770 I've been told I needed to see you. 33 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:47,189 When Wendy wants something, she's very persuasive. 34 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:49,275 That's why I called her. 35 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:53,028 I need safe passage to America. 36 00:01:53,029 --> 00:01:56,282 - For you? - No, not for me. 37 00:01:59,035 --> 00:02:00,202 I'll need a name, Robert. 38 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:03,080 Yeah, Charles, I'm working up to it. 39 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:04,873 Is that because I'm going to hate it? 40 00:02:04,874 --> 00:02:07,460 Well, you ain't gonna love it. 41 00:03:37,258 --> 00:03:40,720 Vasily Melnikov, stabbed. 42 00:03:41,346 --> 00:03:43,932 Vladislav Avayev, shot. 43 00:03:44,557 --> 00:03:47,769 Sergey Protosenya, hanged. 44 00:03:48,937 --> 00:03:52,314 Alexander Tyulyakov, also hanged. 45 00:03:52,315 --> 00:03:55,150 And the list goes on. 46 00:03:55,151 --> 00:04:00,406 All friends and colleagues of mine. All dead. 47 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,325 My condolences. 48 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:06,119 Dangerous time to be an oligarch. 49 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,081 Yet when you called and asked, 50 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,333 even though we had agreed 51 00:04:11,334 --> 00:04:14,920 you would stay out of my part of the world, 52 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:17,464 I helped you anyway. 53 00:04:17,465 --> 00:04:19,258 Helped me? 54 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:21,134 No, we both worked together 55 00:04:21,135 --> 00:04:24,179 to help the man in the olive drab t-shirt. 56 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:27,557 Because both he and his country needed it. 57 00:04:27,558 --> 00:04:29,184 Yours, too. 58 00:04:29,185 --> 00:04:32,271 Not how the Kremlin sees it. 59 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,939 That's how you see it. 60 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,984 You know, it's no good being a citizen, even a rich one, 61 00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:39,945 from a country that's isolated, bled dry. 62 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:43,198 Well, like how I felt when you chased me 63 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:45,534 out of the United States. 64 00:04:45,535 --> 00:04:48,203 That's semi-ancient history. 65 00:04:48,204 --> 00:04:51,415 Now you have freedom here in Europe. We both do. 66 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:55,002 To walk the streets. To wet our beaks. 67 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:57,379 Thanks to the arms that I financed, 68 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,089 and you sourced. 69 00:04:59,090 --> 00:05:03,427 And you think this wipes our ledger clean? 70 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:06,388 Did I forget to send you a fucking fruit basket? 71 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:11,643 A few kumquats is not going to change anything. 72 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:14,521 But our ledger is not clean. 73 00:05:14,522 --> 00:05:19,192 It is like a windshield that was tended to 74 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:22,779 by your... 75 00:05:22,780 --> 00:05:27,326 squeegee men that thrived under your Mayor Dinkins. 76 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,912 All the showy effort and noise, 77 00:05:30,913 --> 00:05:36,293 and still, windshield covered in grime and dirt. 78 00:05:36,294 --> 00:05:40,756 Until I am rehabilitated in the United States, 79 00:05:40,757 --> 00:05:42,257 we are not square. 80 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:44,217 I'm not even rehabilitated there. 81 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:46,345 And I'm not a foreign national. You are. 82 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:49,473 And I am the one defying my government 83 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:53,685 during a purge that makes Joe Stalin 84 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:57,272 look like Joan fucking Baez. 85 00:05:57,273 --> 00:06:01,610 If my loyalty is even questioned 86 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:03,904 by the leaders of my country... 87 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:06,448 I get it. You go on the dead oligarch list. 88 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,659 So now... 89 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:10,869 to what I need. 90 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:15,248 And what you will deliver on a platter. 91 00:06:15,249 --> 00:06:18,668 I need to return to America. 92 00:06:18,669 --> 00:06:21,421 On a deeply personal mission. 93 00:06:21,422 --> 00:06:24,591 You do know that all your funds are frozen? 94 00:06:24,592 --> 00:06:26,635 Down to the last kopek. 95 00:06:26,636 --> 00:06:29,179 Plus, you're on a sanctions list. 96 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:31,390 No matter what the mission, 97 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:33,266 I suggest you conduct it somewhere else. 98 00:06:33,267 --> 00:06:34,393 No, Axe. 99 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:39,356 You will arrange it so I can walk back in, 100 00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:41,274 do my business freely, 101 00:06:41,275 --> 00:06:46,405 and in return, I will grant something to you. 102 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:49,533 Could be tickets to the Bolshoi, 103 00:06:49,534 --> 00:06:52,077 could be to allow you 104 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,162 to keep walking around here, 105 00:06:54,163 --> 00:06:56,456 breathing freely. 106 00:06:56,457 --> 00:06:58,417 Threats? Really? 107 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:02,629 What in my history makes you think I respond well to threats? 108 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:05,549 What in my history makes you think 109 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:08,177 it's merely a threat? 110 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:15,267 Grigor Andolov. 111 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,102 It's within your authority, 112 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:19,354 within your ability to figure it out anyway. 113 00:07:19,355 --> 00:07:21,565 To give an exiled criminal a visa? 114 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:22,732 So he can, what, 115 00:07:22,733 --> 00:07:25,110 muscle in on the Brighton Beach heroin trade? 116 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,611 Fuck with our next election? 117 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:29,030 His wife's still in New York. 118 00:07:29,031 --> 00:07:31,700 She's suing for divorce on grounds of abandonment. 119 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,743 Well, maybe he can countersue for irony. 120 00:07:33,744 --> 00:07:37,164 And if he can't even show up... 121 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:39,124 she gets a default judgment worth billions. 122 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:43,463 Now we're talking your love language. 123 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:46,381 This is important to me. 124 00:07:46,382 --> 00:07:48,133 Important to you. 125 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,509 To the man who defied me 126 00:07:49,510 --> 00:07:51,219 on that heliport not so long ago? 127 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:55,432 I would consider it a personal favor. 128 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:57,392 When Ali was broke, could no longer fight, 129 00:07:57,393 --> 00:07:59,060 couldn't even pick up his dinner tab, 130 00:07:59,061 --> 00:08:01,062 Smoking Joe hauled him into his limo, 131 00:08:01,063 --> 00:08:03,148 counted out a thousand bucks, cash. 132 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:06,318 Sure, the old combatants code. 133 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,528 But based on the shiny new G800, 134 00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:10,363 plenty of purses rolling your way. 135 00:08:10,364 --> 00:08:12,741 Yeah, I'm flush. 136 00:08:12,742 --> 00:08:14,409 So I'll make you an offer. 137 00:08:14,410 --> 00:08:16,328 You get Grigor to the U.S., 138 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:18,497 I'll owe you a debt. 139 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,416 You do remember when I kicked him out of there, that, too, 140 00:08:21,417 --> 00:08:22,626 was a favor to you? 141 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,127 Yeah, it's all more perplexing 142 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:25,587 than the betrayal of Johnny Caspar. 143 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:26,755 But I need it done. 144 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:28,381 So if you do it, 145 00:08:28,382 --> 00:08:31,468 I promise that I will come through for you when you ask. 146 00:08:31,469 --> 00:08:34,429 And I think you know, when I make a promise, 147 00:08:34,430 --> 00:08:37,099 I don't come up short. 148 00:08:45,441 --> 00:08:46,900 Well, I'll say it. 149 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:48,568 We aren't breaking through. 150 00:08:48,569 --> 00:08:50,695 Yet you remain undefined 151 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,364 beyond rich, smart, nice guy. 152 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:55,408 The party primaries are sucking up all the media attention. 153 00:08:55,409 --> 00:08:57,244 Do I have to fly the National damn Guard 154 00:08:57,245 --> 00:08:58,954 every time I want some political ink? 155 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:00,497 Can you? 156 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:01,581 I'm not laughing. 157 00:09:01,582 --> 00:09:03,208 What else has had that type of impact, 158 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,210 historically, for an outsider candidate? 159 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:07,796 The only independent to ever really get traction was... 160 00:09:07,797 --> 00:09:10,007 Yes. Perot. 161 00:09:11,342 --> 00:09:12,425 I saw it as a kid. 162 00:09:12,426 --> 00:09:15,178 I buy a... a half hour on every major network. 163 00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:17,138 - Live speech. - It'll play like you're 164 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:20,183 making an acceptance speech at your own national convention. 165 00:09:20,184 --> 00:09:22,310 Yeah, we call that the primetime roadblock. 166 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:25,397 No way around us, we'll reframe the entire race. 167 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,066 How do you win outside the system? 168 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:31,403 You run as the antidote to the system. 169 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,446 The theme will be taking inventory, 170 00:09:33,447 --> 00:09:34,614 looking inside ourselves 171 00:09:34,615 --> 00:09:36,324 to see how we let things get this bad. 172 00:09:36,325 --> 00:09:39,619 Yes. Asking the hard, honest questions 173 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:42,163 no politician dares ask... 174 00:09:42,164 --> 00:09:45,250 to remake ourselves in order to remake the country. 175 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:46,376 Before it's too late. 176 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:48,378 The full Lincoln. Do it the right way, 177 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:49,838 the other candidates will look like 178 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:51,506 lawn jockeys at the Belmont Stakes. 179 00:09:51,507 --> 00:09:52,591 Tell the story... 180 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:53,800 of how you ask your people 181 00:09:53,801 --> 00:09:55,260 how you can do better, 182 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:58,054 be better, as you will also ask the country. 183 00:09:58,055 --> 00:09:59,639 I like that. 184 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,100 Then you have to really do it. 185 00:10:02,101 --> 00:10:04,561 Solicit honest feedback from your employees. 186 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:07,606 Use it as fuel for the speech. 187 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:08,690 Use it as an example. 188 00:10:08,691 --> 00:10:10,150 Yeah, great. 189 00:10:10,151 --> 00:10:12,351 I'll run focus groups with your people to get that info. 190 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,280 Boil it down to a lean PowerPoint to present to you. 191 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:16,573 I'm not sure inserting a layer 192 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:18,700 between Mike and his guys is the way to success. 193 00:10:18,701 --> 00:10:19,909 Happens to be the only way 194 00:10:19,910 --> 00:10:21,661 the political research process works. 195 00:10:21,662 --> 00:10:22,954 Filters, funnels, all of it. 196 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:24,539 No, no, no. I want the full fire hose. 197 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:26,041 That's the point. As Wendy says. 198 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:27,417 Okay, how about this? 199 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:29,377 I run the process with Mike in the room. 200 00:10:29,378 --> 00:10:31,796 We make it authentic, substantial. 201 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:33,214 Full fat, full flavor. 202 00:10:33,215 --> 00:10:35,759 So Mike can eat it up and then spit it out. 203 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,844 We'd spend all week Heimliching the guy. 204 00:10:37,845 --> 00:10:39,554 This has to be a battle cry. 205 00:10:39,555 --> 00:10:42,432 No, no, no time for self-recrimination or anything 206 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:43,892 that blunts the tip of the sword. 207 00:10:43,893 --> 00:10:45,352 Like actual self-knowledge? 208 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:46,603 I have to run this process. 209 00:10:46,604 --> 00:10:48,188 So you can baby-proof the credenza. 210 00:10:48,189 --> 00:10:50,357 So I can keep out the noise. Same process I used 211 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:51,650 to elect a third of the Senate. 212 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:52,984 The same guys that are so out of touch, 213 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:54,653 Mike had to step in and run 'em out of town? 214 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,571 I don't need my candidate picking pepper out of fly shit 215 00:10:56,572 --> 00:10:58,531 - on the eve of a major speech. - I've heard enough. 216 00:10:58,532 --> 00:11:00,825 Brad, you can run the process with me in the room. 217 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:04,412 Wendy'll be there, too. Team of rivals. 218 00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:07,208 Make the buy, set the meeting. 219 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:21,097 We are gonna do something extremely hard. 220 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:23,723 Um, great? 221 00:11:23,724 --> 00:11:26,810 Yeah, everyone's gonna be angry about it. 222 00:11:26,811 --> 00:11:30,021 It'll cause enormous tension with Washington, 223 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:31,606 with Albany, too. 224 00:11:31,607 --> 00:11:34,484 Sounds horrible. What's it entail? 225 00:11:34,485 --> 00:11:36,820 Getting a previously ejected oligarch 226 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:38,446 back into the country. 227 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:40,031 A Russian oligarch? 228 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:41,783 One with a big red target on his back. 229 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:46,121 From DOJ, from DHS, from Interpol, too. 230 00:11:46,122 --> 00:11:48,415 Grigor Andolov. 231 00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:50,417 And you want to do this now, 232 00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:52,460 during the second coming of the Red Menace. 233 00:11:52,461 --> 00:11:54,754 Like I said, extremely hard. 234 00:11:54,755 --> 00:11:56,089 If it's doable at all. 235 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:58,466 Why would you even consider it? 236 00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:01,804 As a favor to Bobby Axelrod. 237 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,013 Those words just tumbled out of your mouth 238 00:12:04,014 --> 00:12:05,432 like a meth addict's teeth... 239 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:07,183 and just as fucked up. 240 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:10,270 How do you figure you'll pull this off? 241 00:12:10,271 --> 00:12:13,398 I have to talk to a special advisor. 242 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,483 Big man in certain circles. 243 00:12:15,484 --> 00:12:18,403 Bunky Stevens is going to be a father 244 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:21,614 with his third wife, Candy. 245 00:12:21,615 --> 00:12:23,575 Neat trick, considering he died 246 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,660 a few months back. 247 00:12:25,661 --> 00:12:27,912 Post-mortem jizz retrieval, you dig? 248 00:12:27,913 --> 00:12:28,997 Not sure I do. 249 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:30,665 Well, you get the stiff on the table, 250 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:32,250 even though he ain't so stiff no more. 251 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:33,501 Get my drift? 252 00:12:33,502 --> 00:12:35,253 And then you drain those berries. 253 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:37,797 You do it soon enough, you end up with viable swimmers, 254 00:12:37,798 --> 00:12:39,632 Jizz. Stuff of life. 255 00:12:39,633 --> 00:12:41,509 Stuff of fraud. 256 00:12:41,510 --> 00:12:44,637 There's a new fertility start-up out there doing this. 257 00:12:44,638 --> 00:12:48,016 Candy is just beefing up her claim on the estate. 258 00:12:48,017 --> 00:12:50,894 The first and second wives will get nothing... 259 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,562 now that there's going to be an heir. 260 00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:54,814 No respect for the starter wives in our culture, 261 00:12:54,815 --> 00:12:56,149 chicks who break the seal. 262 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:57,567 In Thailand, even the minor wives 263 00:12:57,568 --> 00:12:59,277 get one hell of a birthday bunfight. 264 00:13:00,529 --> 00:13:01,821 You're going to want to think global 265 00:13:01,822 --> 00:13:03,114 but act local on this one. 266 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:05,784 It's your worst nightmare, isn't it? 267 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:08,411 A paternity suit that can't be settled out of court. 268 00:13:08,412 --> 00:13:11,456 It's a question of basic fairness, don't you see? 269 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:13,625 Never your concern. 270 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,044 And I don't recall you thinking much of 271 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:17,921 Bunky or his wives, either. 272 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:20,673 So the fact that you're suddenly the guardian 273 00:13:20,674 --> 00:13:23,009 of the product of his vas deferens, 274 00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:25,804 I know there's more to the story. 275 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,180 That mean that you're not gonna 276 00:13:27,181 --> 00:13:28,973 club this company into oblivion 277 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:32,477 and seize the embryos that result from this unholy process? 278 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:33,937 It means I'll look into it, 279 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:36,606 and decide what I'll do as usual. 280 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:37,982 Bye, Dad. 281 00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:40,527 Hey, sugar, you be getting that shit I've been sending you? 282 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:43,113 I have. And I thank you. 283 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,033 It's, 284 00:13:47,034 --> 00:13:48,910 I guess it's what you'd call PEDs, 285 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:50,620 but in lozenge form. 286 00:13:50,621 --> 00:13:52,455 So, put it under your tongue. 287 00:13:52,456 --> 00:13:54,207 It hits the bloodstream instantly. 288 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:55,750 Like a ball-peen fucking hammer. 289 00:13:55,751 --> 00:13:59,129 Turns any man into a world-class sheet-athlete. 290 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,005 Wonderful. 291 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:02,799 And I'm left wondering why 292 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,802 none of this sublingual supreme has been sent my way. 293 00:14:05,803 --> 00:14:08,179 For the simple reason it may kill you, big papa, 294 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,140 like Dirty Harry in '71. 295 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:23,570 He goes into this speech confident, 296 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:24,654 he comes out sailing. 297 00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:26,406 Zooming up the fucking polls. 298 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:28,116 And we're just supposed to stand there clapping 299 00:14:28,117 --> 00:14:30,493 like extras in a Riefenstahl film. 300 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:31,619 With Bradford running point, 301 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:33,204 the feedbacks gonna be jet fuel. 302 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:39,627 There is a potential equal time issue. 303 00:14:39,628 --> 00:14:40,879 It's been dealt with. 304 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,422 I spread some more ad dollars around 305 00:14:42,423 --> 00:14:44,007 and if any candidate tries to buy equal time 306 00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:46,759 within a week of Prince, they won't find any left for sale. 307 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:47,760 Nicely solved. 308 00:14:47,761 --> 00:14:49,345 Power of the motherfucking purse. 309 00:14:49,346 --> 00:14:51,390 All over but the shouting. 310 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,521 She's too effective. We need her out of here. 311 00:14:58,522 --> 00:15:00,064 Isn't she supposed to be running for Congress, 312 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,774 instead of doing henchman duty for Prince? 313 00:15:01,775 --> 00:15:05,029 She needs to understand the hazards of staying. 314 00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:12,410 In my experience, rich, powerful men 315 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:14,495 think they want to hear the unvarnished truth 316 00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:16,122 but don't actually want to hear it. 317 00:15:16,123 --> 00:15:18,541 Yeah, is this really just a loyalty test? 318 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:20,209 If it is, let's pass it, get back to our desks. 319 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:21,753 It's earning season, people. 320 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,504 I don't know, best just call it the way you see it. 321 00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:25,465 You mean as long as it's what he wants to hear? 322 00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:27,717 I mean, tell him what he wants to hear 323 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:29,010 no matter how you see it. 324 00:15:29,011 --> 00:15:30,762 What if that comes across as inauthentic? 325 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:33,014 Does your comp come across as inauthentic? 326 00:15:33,015 --> 00:15:34,557 Guys, easy peasy. 327 00:15:34,558 --> 00:15:37,602 Like seeing your dorm-mate in an off-off-Broadway play. 328 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:40,271 You say something vague, adjective free, 329 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,023 "That was all you up there." 330 00:15:42,024 --> 00:15:44,984 And then let the ego fill in the blanks. 331 00:15:46,570 --> 00:15:48,905 I'm calling bullshit on this whole exercise, 332 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:51,950 and I sure as fuck won't suck up. 333 00:15:53,535 --> 00:15:57,664 Mike, you are like a combination of Benjamin Graham 334 00:15:57,665 --> 00:15:59,999 and fucking Hal from Space Odyssey, 335 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,542 everywhere, all at once, 336 00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:05,297 processing, prodding me to make better trades. 337 00:16:09,843 --> 00:16:12,762 Why is there anything you've been wanting to say to Mike, 338 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:14,097 but thought you couldn't? 339 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:15,974 I don't deserve you. 340 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:18,810 The guilt, it's crushing me. 341 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:21,854 That's something I think we should work on. 342 00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:24,565 And the challenges trading with him, day to day? 343 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:28,319 I have this recurring dream in which you make bank. 344 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:29,737 I'm talking 10X 345 00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:33,032 while doing an ungodly amount of push ups. 346 00:16:33,033 --> 00:16:34,410 But is it really a dream? 347 00:16:37,204 --> 00:16:39,914 I'm just saying it ain't easy. 348 00:16:39,915 --> 00:16:43,419 When you set a standard that's through the freaking roof. 349 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:46,796 Mike, this is you and me. 350 00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:48,673 Criticism? Who are we kidding? 351 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:51,677 Would you... Would you like to...? 352 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:06,816 - Jesus. - Let's move on. 353 00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:08,318 Yep. 354 00:17:24,084 --> 00:17:27,170 I love that you're ditching your race for Congress. 355 00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:29,797 - I am? - As much as we need you there, 356 00:17:29,798 --> 00:17:30,923 we need you here. 357 00:17:30,924 --> 00:17:32,759 Besides, not enough hand sanitizer in the world 358 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,177 to make me do that job. 359 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:37,263 You should go long Purell, I'm not ditching a thing. 360 00:17:37,264 --> 00:17:39,640 But you're still here? 361 00:17:39,641 --> 00:17:40,975 My filing deadline's months away. 362 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:43,895 But we're days away from Prince's campaign 363 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,271 becoming a black hole. 364 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:47,815 Everything in its vicinity sucked right in. 365 00:17:47,816 --> 00:17:50,818 You'll just be part of the fabric of the thing, 366 00:17:50,819 --> 00:17:53,780 unable to assert yourself as anything other than 367 00:17:53,781 --> 00:17:55,656 "Prince's fill-in-the-blank". 368 00:17:55,657 --> 00:17:58,242 All because he's about to throw down a gauntlet? 369 00:17:58,243 --> 00:17:59,577 More of a grenade. 370 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,622 At the parties you'll need to nominate you. 371 00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:06,834 So I just establish a little distance when I leave is all. 372 00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:08,044 With your family dough? 373 00:18:08,045 --> 00:18:09,754 With the whitest collar background 374 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,340 of anyone at the firm? 375 00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:14,050 Ask Chang and Eng. 376 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:16,928 Not a lot of distance when you're joined at the hip. 377 00:18:28,649 --> 00:18:30,399 Must feel different to walk this hall 378 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,734 as an impresario. 379 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:33,986 No longer the guy in the squared circle. 380 00:18:33,987 --> 00:18:36,030 Still feel every bump. 381 00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:38,074 Whether you're giving 'em whether you're taking 'em, 382 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:39,867 whether you're scripting 'em. 383 00:18:39,868 --> 00:18:41,911 I've always wondered if I could do it. 384 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:43,246 Fall down for a living. 385 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:46,874 You don't have that far to fall. 386 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:49,001 Look, you could do it. 387 00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:51,003 When this crowd comes alive, 388 00:18:51,004 --> 00:18:52,255 you'd come alive. 389 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:54,507 There is nothing else... 390 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,592 - like this. - Yeah. 391 00:18:56,593 --> 00:18:59,846 Well, no one knows the game like you do, Hunter. 392 00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:01,722 And that's why I need your advice. 393 00:19:01,723 --> 00:19:03,432 You got a game that needs to be played? 394 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:04,976 Yes, exactly. 395 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:07,145 I need to turn one guy heel, 396 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:10,189 and another guy babyface. In one move. 397 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:11,150 Oof. 398 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:13,067 Double turn. Tough to pull off. 399 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:15,027 But when it's done right, 400 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:16,946 one of my personal favorites. 401 00:19:16,947 --> 00:19:19,282 How do I pull it off? 402 00:19:19,283 --> 00:19:21,117 You need to let the heel come in 403 00:19:21,118 --> 00:19:23,077 and get the heat from the crowd. 404 00:19:23,078 --> 00:19:25,413 Then your babyface comes and gets the pop. 405 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:29,250 The heat and the pop? 406 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:30,626 Yeah. 407 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:33,045 Tell me more about these guys. What do you got on 'em? 408 00:19:33,046 --> 00:19:35,631 Well, they both think they're babyfaces. 409 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:38,176 That's for damn sure. But neither one of them is. 410 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,928 Every sitting senator would give their gavel arm 411 00:19:40,929 --> 00:19:43,347 for a survey result like this. 412 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,474 Did any of it feel real to you? 413 00:19:45,475 --> 00:19:47,185 I can read between the lines. 414 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,312 I picked up that I can be intimidating. 415 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,356 I'll work on that. 416 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:59,697 This is how Vietnams happen. 417 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,574 How politicians lose touch with reality. 418 00:20:01,575 --> 00:20:04,035 Hard questions stop being asked 419 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,786 and they believe their own hype. 420 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:07,413 So you want us to go back around 421 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:09,332 and troll for negative feedback? 422 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:11,000 So that's written down somewhere, 423 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:12,251 so it fucks with Mike's head? 424 00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:13,502 I wouldn't frame it like that. 425 00:20:13,503 --> 00:20:15,421 But if he's going to ask the rest of us, 426 00:20:15,422 --> 00:20:17,006 the country, to take inventory, 427 00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:19,508 then he should really fucking do it. 428 00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:20,885 Otherwise, he's as fake 429 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,261 as the politicians he's running against, 430 00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:23,638 and the voters are going to smell it on him 431 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:25,557 and send him packing. 432 00:20:27,601 --> 00:20:28,977 She's right. 433 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:33,856 You want a samurai sword and Hattori Hanz blade? 434 00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:36,400 Those only come from the hottest flames. 435 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:40,822 Find me a master swordsmith without some serious burns. 436 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,084 He's letting you 437 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,460 run a second round of honesty sessions? 438 00:20:54,461 --> 00:20:56,755 Without Prince in the room this time. 439 00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:58,589 No Luke either. 440 00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:00,132 I'm not comfortable with this. 441 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:01,926 We don't know where actual honesty will lead. 442 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,219 Fuck yeah, we do. 443 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:04,595 The greatest televised meltdown 444 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:06,097 since Howard Beale. 445 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:08,266 Prince's narcissism is a mile-wide 446 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:09,517 and a micron thick. 447 00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:11,936 Watch the movie. Beale stays on air, 448 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,396 Schumacher gets kicked to the curb. 449 00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:15,314 I want to keep having a firm to run. 450 00:21:15,315 --> 00:21:16,399 Watch it to the end. 451 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,984 Beale gets his brains blown out. 452 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:19,443 Schumacher gets to schtup a young, 453 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,153 luscious-as-a-plum Faye Dunaway. 454 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:23,197 Taylor isn't wrong. 455 00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:24,907 This could implode MPC, 456 00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:28,370 as well as the campaign and all of our places in it. 457 00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:36,837 I wanna slam Prince's ego with a battering ram. 458 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,341 No telling where the fragments will land. 459 00:21:42,718 --> 00:21:44,969 If it hurts business. 460 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,014 If it blows us up, too... 461 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,017 price we gotta pay. 462 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:09,368 One question, related to the files we discussed 463 00:22:09,369 --> 00:22:10,954 a few weeks back. 464 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,664 Yep. 465 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,249 If I stay on board here, am I killing 466 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,959 my chances with the mainstream party? 467 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:18,961 Can't expect either party to bear hug you 468 00:22:18,962 --> 00:22:20,588 after he shoots 'em in the vitals. 469 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:23,257 What if I wall myself off from the campaign? 470 00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:25,426 Restrict myself to firm business until I leave? 471 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:28,095 The firm is the campaign. 472 00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:29,305 No wall to be built 473 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,640 unless you wanna drywall your own office door. 474 00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:35,479 I was hoping we could, I don't know... 475 00:22:36,104 --> 00:22:37,229 think outside the box. 476 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:39,774 Not so easy when you're in one. 477 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:44,320 Got the case for ya. 478 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:45,488 Commodities fraud. 479 00:22:45,489 --> 00:22:47,782 Market manipulation in the oil industry. 480 00:22:47,783 --> 00:22:49,158 That'll do. 481 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,035 Sure you want to go down this road? 482 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,412 We list Andolov as an expert witness, 483 00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:55,414 then asked DOJ and DHS 484 00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:57,166 to parole him into the country. 485 00:22:57,167 --> 00:22:59,126 Get ready for some hairpin turns. 486 00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:02,546 The guy's a sanctioned oligarch who you chased out. 487 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:04,048 I mean, there's impossible, 488 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:06,008 then there's climbing the Dawn Wall 489 00:23:06,009 --> 00:23:08,469 with a pair of Havaianas and a bag of chalk. 490 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:10,304 I think I can sell it. 491 00:23:10,305 --> 00:23:12,598 I also learned that Grigor's wife is not alone 492 00:23:12,599 --> 00:23:15,017 in her divorce action... She's got a backer, 493 00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:16,977 a hedge fund, he's bankrolling her, 494 00:23:16,978 --> 00:23:18,312 no doubt for a big piece of the settlement. 495 00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:21,817 - Who? - Our very own Todd Krakow. 496 00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:24,735 And knowing him, that's not the only reason 497 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:26,112 he's lurking around. 498 00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:27,530 Because what we need here 499 00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:28,739 are some more obstacles. 500 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,203 Damn the torpedoes, file the parole request. 501 00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:35,746 I've got something else for you. 502 00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:37,248 Can it wait till morning? 503 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:39,166 You're going to want to see this today. 504 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:48,759 Dad. 505 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,430 Your pal Bunky signed a consent form. 506 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,723 Well, hold the fucking roll. If your boy signed off on it, 507 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:56,308 how come he didn't get the missus 508 00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:57,685 to do the extraction pre-mortem? 509 00:23:57,686 --> 00:23:59,019 I mean, that's lots more fun. 510 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,312 You know what I'm sayin', baby girl? 511 00:24:00,313 --> 00:24:01,605 He didn't want to raise a kid. 512 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:04,024 He wanted a posthumous tot to live on after him. 513 00:24:04,025 --> 00:24:06,110 That's like that fucking movie about the octopus. 514 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,570 She popped some eggs from her cooch, 515 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:10,157 and then she slides into an undersea death spiral. 516 00:24:13,243 --> 00:24:16,705 This isn't about Bunky at all. What is it? 517 00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:20,499 Okay, fine. 518 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:22,002 I'll tell you. 519 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:27,007 It's Roxanne and Willow. 520 00:24:30,093 --> 00:24:32,804 I saw them praying... 521 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:35,431 to Jesus. 522 00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:37,600 When we agreed we wouldn't raise Willow 523 00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:39,728 with religion at all. 524 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,773 Beware, Sonny Boy, legacy is a lie! 525 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:48,235 There is no control in the hereafter. 526 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:49,653 Shit. It's true. 527 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,489 You know, once they get the Jesus fever, 528 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:52,698 it's rarely treatable. 529 00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:54,575 Just like the fucking Orthodox in my tribe. 530 00:24:54,576 --> 00:24:57,661 Yeah, a Rhoades spouting the Lord's Prayer, 531 00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:00,498 I know what a disaster that is for you. 532 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,124 You need to talk to Roxanne. 533 00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:04,126 Just rein it in before it takes root. 534 00:25:04,127 --> 00:25:07,088 Not in a talking mood. 535 00:25:09,382 --> 00:25:10,549 I'm drawing up my demands 536 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:13,177 for the upbringing of my progeny. 537 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:17,181 Schooling, vacations, earthly pursuits. 538 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,600 This... This God shit? 539 00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:21,101 Strictly off the list. 540 00:25:21,102 --> 00:25:23,604 Because ultimatums work so well in a marriage? 541 00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:27,692 If she won't heed mine, then we are headed for divorce. 542 00:25:28,443 --> 00:25:30,362 And I'm going for custody. 543 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:52,174 I knew you'd come. I've been expecting you. 544 00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:55,344 I saw in the papers you're back in your old job. 545 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:56,637 Indeed. 546 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,390 But I figured you'd make an appointment. 547 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:02,769 I'm not actually here for that. 548 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:05,854 It's about my father. 549 00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:08,732 Well. Usually is. 550 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:12,571 No, I need some information. 551 00:26:14,322 --> 00:26:16,740 About the nature of control. 552 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:18,492 Dominance. 553 00:26:18,493 --> 00:26:22,204 Why some seem unable to give it up. 554 00:26:22,205 --> 00:26:24,331 You trying to save yourself? 555 00:26:24,332 --> 00:26:26,458 No. Not this time, no. 556 00:26:26,459 --> 00:26:29,045 My dad needs some peace. 557 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,673 But his daughter... 558 00:26:32,674 --> 00:26:37,220 she needs to be spared the kind of upbringing I had. 559 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:40,764 That relentless, controlling instinct which... 560 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:42,725 Which led you here in the first place. 561 00:26:42,726 --> 00:26:47,479 Which led me to mirror him in 98% of my interactions. 562 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,234 And then to have to completely repudiate it here. 563 00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:54,403 Sometimes there's a certain comfort 564 00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:57,406 in jumping at others' command. 565 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,742 Control is all an illusion anyway. 566 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:01,410 Tell that to the guy 567 00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:03,787 in the business end of the truncheon. 568 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:07,208 But if you're paying someone to wield it, 569 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:10,003 who's really in control? 570 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:15,424 End of the day, client gets the meal. 571 00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:18,385 I just plate the food. 572 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:21,096 You think my dad is fooling himself? 573 00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:23,849 Raging against his own impotence, maybe. 574 00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:26,393 His mortality. 575 00:27:26,394 --> 00:27:29,188 Control is often an expression of fear. 576 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:31,732 People who truly believe they're in control? 577 00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:35,986 More likely to escalate their actions till they fail. 578 00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:38,030 Leads to poor decision making. 579 00:27:38,031 --> 00:27:40,367 Magical thinking. 580 00:27:41,409 --> 00:27:42,701 Problem is... 581 00:27:42,702 --> 00:27:45,955 telling a controller not to doesn't work. 582 00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:47,748 I've noticed. 583 00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:49,541 Your hope lies in convincing him 584 00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:52,628 that his true power is best displayed 585 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:55,173 in not having to use it. 586 00:28:03,723 --> 00:28:05,432 I promised them anonymity. 587 00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:07,976 Then work to get them past their instinct for flattery, 588 00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:09,812 for base self-interest. 589 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:12,190 I'm ready for the unplugged version. 590 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,819 "Self-satisfied." "Loves himself." 591 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:19,197 "Mother Teresa of Wall Street." 592 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:21,782 "Loves the smell of his own farts, 593 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:24,868 like the "Smug Alert" episode of South Park"? 594 00:28:24,869 --> 00:28:26,620 - Never saw that one. - I have. 595 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,872 It's a top-tier episode. Heh. Who said that? 596 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:30,582 You can't think I'm gonna name names. 597 00:28:30,583 --> 00:28:32,918 I just... I want to do some relationship repair. 598 00:28:32,919 --> 00:28:34,753 Of course, no. 599 00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:38,257 "Entitled, thinks he can buy us off with private planes. 600 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:41,177 I mean, I'll take the flights, but fuck that." 601 00:28:43,638 --> 00:28:46,640 "Forces you to come to his party and act like you like it 602 00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:48,434 while he slakes his appetite..." 603 00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:49,560 Stop right there. 604 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:50,811 There's no reason for Mike 605 00:28:50,812 --> 00:28:53,439 to be subject to the petty staff jealousies 606 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,274 and... and character sniping. 607 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:57,276 I mean, we all sat through your round. 608 00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:58,902 I didn't take you for the squeamish type. 609 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:01,029 And this is when we bring it back around, 610 00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:03,115 put it in a context? 611 00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,994 Here's the context. You have to decide 612 00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:08,787 what taking inventory actually means. 613 00:29:08,788 --> 00:29:10,622 Whether you can push through the friction 614 00:29:10,623 --> 00:29:12,750 as commander in chief, a lot fucking worse 615 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,084 than what you heard just now. 616 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:15,502 And do what must be done. 617 00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:17,045 What only you can do for the country. 618 00:29:17,046 --> 00:29:20,466 Even if it turns you into a dartboard. 619 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:23,218 I think you can, or I'd be lying to your face 620 00:29:23,219 --> 00:29:26,638 like everyone else on that floor instead of, you know... 621 00:29:26,639 --> 00:29:28,808 giving you what you asked for. 622 00:29:36,649 --> 00:29:38,318 That'll be all. 623 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:06,720 These are all A-list attorneys. 624 00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:08,055 Serious political chops, too. 625 00:30:08,056 --> 00:30:09,807 You think we need more firepower? 626 00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:11,016 No. 627 00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:14,853 But I don't want to leave without replacing myself. 628 00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:17,899 But it's time. Past time. 629 00:30:18,983 --> 00:30:20,442 The speech is tomorrow. 630 00:30:20,443 --> 00:30:23,487 I need to get with the party that can nominate me. 631 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:25,864 Terms of my hire, remember? 632 00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:27,492 What do you want? 633 00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:29,493 What will it take 634 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,496 to stick around longer till we can right the ship? 635 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:34,456 If I stay and help you right it, 636 00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:37,584 it'll be pretty hard to get off it. 637 00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:39,670 If your departure is made public, 638 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:40,963 this of all weeks... 639 00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:42,214 Maybe we all go quiet on this 640 00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:43,674 until the hand-off's complete. 641 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,219 It has to be public. It has to be now. 642 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:48,095 A couple of days at the most. 643 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:52,015 I need to establish a little distance to him. 644 00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:54,977 Scrub your name off mine while I still can. 645 00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:57,355 It's just politics, Mike. 646 00:30:58,731 --> 00:31:00,358 I hope you understand. 647 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:06,822 Don't walk away from Prince Capital 648 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:08,115 or Prince himself. 649 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,449 I don't quit now, 650 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:11,451 both parties will freeze me out. 651 00:31:11,452 --> 00:31:12,953 Nothing on the plus side of the ledger 652 00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:14,873 competes with that. 653 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:17,584 "Love To Love You, Baby." 654 00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:20,627 Come again? 655 00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:23,338 It's the song that took dance music from the club floor 656 00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:24,882 to the top of the charts. 657 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:26,592 Broke me as a music manager. 658 00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:30,137 Made Donna Summer into the queen of a whole new genre. 659 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,180 You said it ended badly. 660 00:31:32,181 --> 00:31:33,599 Always does. 661 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,936 But before that, she was my double platinum ticket. 662 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,688 No bigger pop star in the '70s. 663 00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:43,650 No Black woman, beside Diana with her cultural power, 664 00:31:43,651 --> 00:31:45,444 her crossover cachet. 665 00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,154 And she knew it. 666 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:49,072 Came to me to cut my percentage. 667 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:51,700 Once, then again and again. 668 00:31:51,701 --> 00:31:53,911 Natural progression with most stars. 669 00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:57,789 But I hung in, choked down every indignity. 670 00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:59,750 And do you know why? 671 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,543 Because everyone answered my call. 672 00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:03,587 Just hoping it'd be about Donna. 673 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,839 It would've been worth it to do the job for free 674 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,008 for that alone. 675 00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:09,843 No indignities at Prince Capital. 676 00:32:09,844 --> 00:32:12,137 But unlike Donna, the name is about to be 677 00:32:12,138 --> 00:32:13,889 a liability for me. 678 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:16,224 You don't want to be frozen out. 679 00:32:16,225 --> 00:32:17,768 I get it. 680 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:20,646 But how cold are you going to feel in the wilderness? 681 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:25,151 In the dead of winter? When your calls go unanswered? 682 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:36,036 Surprise, surprise. We've got a Russia problem. 683 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,332 Apparently, it's going around. 684 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:42,834 Chuck. My friends in DC 685 00:32:42,835 --> 00:32:45,003 tell me you're trying to bring Grigor Andolov 686 00:32:45,004 --> 00:32:47,089 in as some bullshit witness. 687 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:48,632 Are you fucking crazy? 688 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,134 How's the country better off with that droog in it? 689 00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:52,970 Let's reframe that. 690 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:56,098 How many tens of millions of dollars do you stand to lose 691 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:57,933 if he can contest his divorce action? 692 00:32:57,934 --> 00:33:00,560 You should know better than to mock the crime 693 00:33:00,561 --> 00:33:02,145 of spousal abandonment. 694 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:03,605 Or the stigma and isolation? 695 00:33:03,606 --> 00:33:05,482 The inability to plan one's future? 696 00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:08,026 A woman's emotions torn fucking asunder. 697 00:33:09,195 --> 00:33:11,029 You're not just bankrolling her. 698 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:13,241 You're sleeping with her. 699 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:15,784 Okay, look... 700 00:33:15,785 --> 00:33:18,245 It started off all business, 701 00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:20,580 but Oksana is a very soulful woman. 702 00:33:20,581 --> 00:33:22,791 She's been through a lot. 703 00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,292 The heart wants what the heart wants. 704 00:33:24,293 --> 00:33:27,254 So does the DOJ, and we need the guy here. 705 00:33:27,255 --> 00:33:29,089 Then I may need to align with forces 706 00:33:29,090 --> 00:33:31,049 whose interests run counter to yours. 707 00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:33,260 In a big fucking way. 708 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:36,514 And I never do my enemies minor boo-boos, Chuck. 709 00:33:40,727 --> 00:33:43,937 Keep up that watered-down Machiavelli shit with me, 710 00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:46,273 the feds will be a far more pressing problem 711 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:48,525 than some foreign actor. 712 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:50,861 You better not mess with that divorce proceeding. 713 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:53,321 That one's all yours. 714 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:58,869 He's not the only grouser. 715 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:00,454 I just heard from DeGiulio. 716 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:03,040 He got the request to parole Grigor back into the States? 717 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,666 Wants to discuss it in person. 718 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:06,877 Along with your old pals Governor Sweeney 719 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,670 and Attorney General Mahar. 720 00:34:08,671 --> 00:34:09,921 The three of them together. 721 00:34:09,922 --> 00:34:11,715 When they come at you as a three man, 722 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:14,009 think chair shot, not rubber stamp. 723 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:16,678 My ink pad's at the ready. 724 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:20,766 Chuck, is it really worth choosing Grigor over Krakow 725 00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:23,018 and not one, but two levels of government? 726 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:24,394 To please this guy of all people. 727 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:25,896 I mean, what's he ever done for you... 728 00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:28,899 Except wear you out and haunt your days? 729 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:32,861 No, this is the vaunted Bobby Axelrod, 730 00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:35,030 mover of markets, 731 00:34:35,031 --> 00:34:37,783 puller of levers. 732 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:41,161 And he needed me. 733 00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:45,207 Called me. Had to ask me for a personal favor. 734 00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:48,086 Offered to be in my debt. 735 00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:54,132 Sure, I wanted to say no, almost did. But... 736 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:56,051 Well, that's too rare and valuable 737 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:58,137 a commodity these days. 738 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,475 Especially from one who knows what it means. 739 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:06,728 Well, that is more old school than Sammy Davis Jr. 740 00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:08,773 Tapping with the Will Mastin Trio. 741 00:35:19,534 --> 00:35:20,909 I lead from the front. 742 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:23,036 I do everything I ask of those under my command 743 00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:24,746 and not from a goddamn swivel chair. 744 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,290 The difference between you and General Patton? 745 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:29,709 He didn't ask for his employee's criticism. 746 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,169 He just slapped them in the face. 747 00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:32,838 Criticism informs, elucidates. 748 00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:34,507 This was insubordination. 749 00:35:35,424 --> 00:35:37,342 Maybe Luke was right... Maybe you weren't ready 750 00:35:37,343 --> 00:35:39,177 for the full fire hose. 751 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:42,597 My own people think that they can lie to me, 752 00:35:42,598 --> 00:35:44,225 mock me. 753 00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:46,977 Plus, Sacker's leaving, 754 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,562 planning on "distancing herself"? 755 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:49,938 We were cruising along 756 00:35:49,939 --> 00:35:51,439 at flank speed before all this. 757 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,400 The presidential. 758 00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:55,485 When did I become Lex Luthor? 759 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,070 Anytime somebody runs for office, 760 00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:59,531 they either become Superman or that other thing. 761 00:35:59,532 --> 00:36:00,907 I didn't change. 762 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:02,742 Everybody looks at you through different eyes now, 763 00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:05,871 but that doesn't matter. What matters is this: 764 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:08,123 There's nothing wrong with deciding you want 765 00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:10,000 the unvarnished, unquestioned love. 766 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:13,838 In fact, that may be the most healthy choice. 767 00:36:18,217 --> 00:36:20,720 Sometimes quitting isn't capitulation. 768 00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:26,017 Sometimes it shows grit and wisdom. 769 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,190 Scooter called you? 770 00:37:14,191 --> 00:37:15,815 He told me what happened. 771 00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:18,151 I know this is where you'd go. 772 00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:19,444 Well, it used to actually work. 773 00:37:19,445 --> 00:37:20,987 Now I feel the chill in this room, too. 774 00:37:20,988 --> 00:37:23,114 Well, too warm and you slip on the court. 775 00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:30,497 I used to feel the warmth in every room I entered. 776 00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:32,123 Especially Michael Prince Capital. 777 00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:33,458 Now it just seems like a lie. 778 00:37:33,459 --> 00:37:36,545 Those rooms were warm because you paid them. 779 00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,297 I told myself I didn't care. 780 00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:42,217 But I thought the warmth was real. Or I wanted to. 781 00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:43,885 Then let's talk court conditions. 782 00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:47,431 I was at Indiana AandM, too. 783 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:49,516 My teammates loved me there. 784 00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:51,142 If we're really taking inventory, 785 00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:52,519 some of them hated your guts. 786 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,021 Until they got to know me, maybe. 787 00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:56,022 No. 788 00:37:56,023 --> 00:37:58,358 Until you lead them to some wins. 789 00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,444 Then they loved you. 790 00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,532 I just had to show them I was all about the team. 791 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,493 The team was all about you. Always. 792 00:38:08,494 --> 00:38:09,995 You always had the ball. 793 00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,955 You always made your shots or dished it. 794 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,708 They had to learn that the path to glory 795 00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:17,043 ran through you. 796 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:20,255 So I shouldn't worry about seeking real love? 797 00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:24,175 I'm saying, the way to get it is to be a winner. 798 00:38:24,176 --> 00:38:26,177 That's as real as it fucking gets. 799 00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:29,597 Is that cold or superficial or hollow? 800 00:38:29,598 --> 00:38:33,226 Well, that's the world we're living in. 801 00:38:33,227 --> 00:38:36,063 And it's the one you say you want to lead. 802 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:47,908 And he's fucking late. 803 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:52,370 Quite the assemblage for a pro forma parole request. 804 00:38:52,371 --> 00:38:55,040 Pro fucking forma? Coddling a Russian criminal 805 00:38:55,041 --> 00:38:56,499 on the dawn of a second Cold War. 806 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,461 Last I saw you, Governor, you were forcing me from office 807 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:00,837 in a bloodless coup. 808 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:02,672 I'd say cold wars are your métier. 809 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,841 Mr. Andolov has agreed 810 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:06,926 to cooperate in a critical case. 811 00:39:06,927 --> 00:39:09,137 His safe passage will be strictly limited... 812 00:39:09,138 --> 00:39:11,890 To rat-fucking me and my biggest donor, Todd Krakow. 813 00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:14,517 Chuck, my office, your old office, 814 00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:17,354 you personally ran Grigor out of this country. 815 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,565 Surely, whatever grudge you hold against the governor... 816 00:39:20,566 --> 00:39:23,318 Me? I'm all about moving forward. 817 00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:25,153 This has to stop at the water's edge. 818 00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:27,155 Let this fucker in and we're going to look ridiculous. 819 00:39:27,156 --> 00:39:28,531 Like patsies. Like... 820 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:30,617 Putin's got pee tapes on the lot of us. 821 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:33,578 I know better than to try to stop you, Chuck. 822 00:39:33,579 --> 00:39:35,038 You will find a way over, 823 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:36,289 you will find a way through. 824 00:39:36,290 --> 00:39:38,625 Used to be my modus, sure. 825 00:39:38,626 --> 00:39:40,794 I am appealing to you, though. 826 00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:42,253 Don't alienate us. 827 00:39:42,254 --> 00:39:43,963 And don't burn Todd Krakow 828 00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:45,715 and 50 other political powerhouses 829 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:47,550 in your first months back at Southern. 830 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:50,512 Don't make them your last. 831 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:53,348 I used to believe in zero-sum... 832 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:56,059 in choosing a side, generally my own, 833 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,602 and alienating all others. 834 00:39:57,603 --> 00:40:03,108 But this go-around, I see that we can all be winners, 835 00:40:03,109 --> 00:40:05,068 all be friends. 836 00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:07,153 Why draw lines in the sand 837 00:40:07,154 --> 00:40:08,988 when we can build a castle? 838 00:40:08,989 --> 00:40:11,282 Castles made of sand? 839 00:40:11,283 --> 00:40:14,828 You know, it's happened, Chuck. You've lost your fucking mind. 840 00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:16,287 Maybe I just found it, Bob. 841 00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:19,417 Chuck, in a known language, please. 842 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:24,087 I'm talking about telling our own story. 843 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:27,173 A story in which we work the emotional levers 844 00:40:27,174 --> 00:40:29,426 to all get what we actually want. 845 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:33,263 And how exactly do we reach this promised land? 846 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:38,309 My special advisor on this will answer all your questions. 847 00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:41,605 You might say he does it for a living. 848 00:40:42,523 --> 00:40:44,524 Time to play the game 849 00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:01,917 So, you found a good lawyer yet? 850 00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:03,668 Excuse me? 851 00:41:03,669 --> 00:41:05,462 Your custody case. 852 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,381 I know your prenup's a fortress of steel, 853 00:41:08,382 --> 00:41:11,469 and that you're ready to crush. 854 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:13,511 I'm short-listing litigators 855 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:16,222 and still building out my list of demands. 856 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,268 Go ahead, son. 857 00:41:20,269 --> 00:41:21,769 I've known you long enough to know 858 00:41:21,770 --> 00:41:23,438 when you've got a point to make. 859 00:41:23,439 --> 00:41:24,647 Well... 860 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,691 probably not one that's welcome here, so... 861 00:41:26,692 --> 00:41:28,611 Out with it. 862 00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:34,782 No, it's just that I've noticed that power is the ability 863 00:41:34,783 --> 00:41:36,743 to influence others, 864 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,287 not dictate to them. 865 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:43,751 True power is not having to use it. 866 00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:49,130 Are you gonna flash your history chops now 867 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:52,300 and hold forth on how the great emperors 868 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:54,969 and cons were such because they showed mercy? 869 00:41:54,970 --> 00:41:56,179 I'm not. 870 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,473 We both know I'm talking about your daughter. 871 00:41:58,474 --> 00:41:59,682 That's right. 872 00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:01,851 Now, she ought not be beholden 873 00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:03,478 to some made-up deity. 874 00:42:03,479 --> 00:42:07,107 When you'd rather have her be beholden to you. 875 00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:10,610 Your way. 876 00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:12,153 You'll have her obedience 877 00:42:12,154 --> 00:42:15,698 and you'll have moments of her affection... 878 00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:17,575 She's human, after all. 879 00:42:17,576 --> 00:42:22,288 And won't be able to escape her inclination to love you, 880 00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:25,042 but she'll try. 881 00:42:26,252 --> 00:42:28,586 Boy, how she'll try, 882 00:42:28,587 --> 00:42:32,174 if you run power games on her and her mother. 883 00:42:34,468 --> 00:42:36,553 Domination... 884 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:39,430 is an all-or-nothing proposition. 885 00:42:39,431 --> 00:42:43,518 It does not work if you carve out exemptions. 886 00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:45,520 What is it that you're suggesting? 887 00:42:45,521 --> 00:42:49,108 Go on dominating everyone else in your life. 888 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,902 Put your stamp on things and mark your turf. 889 00:42:52,903 --> 00:42:55,697 Yes, and go ahead and show her that, 890 00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:57,740 when she's old enough to apprehend it. 891 00:42:57,741 --> 00:43:01,161 But when it comes to her now... 892 00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:04,540 give her a sense of stability... 893 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,791 and self worth. 894 00:43:06,792 --> 00:43:11,672 Because that's where true power comes from. 895 00:43:16,468 --> 00:43:18,428 Ease up. 896 00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:20,388 As a means of achieving the same result. 897 00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:25,853 Actually, control them more by seeming to cede it. 898 00:43:27,521 --> 00:43:29,148 Wouldn't have worked with you. 899 00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,357 Who's to say 900 00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:33,818 I may have needed the firm hand, 901 00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,987 but neither of these women are me. 902 00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:37,447 That's for damn sure. 903 00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:39,574 It could spare you a custody fight. 904 00:43:39,575 --> 00:43:42,744 You might even get what's on that list of yours, 905 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:44,203 and they'll never know 906 00:43:44,204 --> 00:43:47,625 they played right into what you wanted. 907 00:43:54,006 --> 00:43:55,548 I like this plan. 908 00:43:56,509 --> 00:43:57,634 Some sense must have been 909 00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,552 whipped into you after all. 910 00:43:59,553 --> 00:44:02,097 That firm hand. Yep. 911 00:44:04,391 --> 00:44:06,602 Okay, sonny... 912 00:44:07,019 --> 00:44:08,519 I will try it your way. 913 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,147 Good. 914 00:44:12,274 --> 00:44:13,816 Continental style in this house, 915 00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:16,277 left hand, tines downward. 916 00:44:16,278 --> 00:44:19,323 This look like Ruby fucking Tuesday to you? 917 00:44:31,126 --> 00:44:32,585 Speech of his life. 918 00:44:32,586 --> 00:44:34,337 I cannot believe he missed the run-through. 919 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:35,880 Mike doesn't need run-throughs. 920 00:44:35,881 --> 00:44:37,632 He's Africa/Brass-era Coltrane. 921 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:40,301 - He finds it as he goes. - Can you find it if it went? 922 00:44:40,302 --> 00:44:42,512 We're live on eight channels in five minutes 923 00:44:42,513 --> 00:44:44,098 and he's not even here. 924 00:44:44,723 --> 00:44:46,015 There he is. 925 00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:49,143 Who's ready to turn this upside down? 926 00:44:49,144 --> 00:44:50,603 Didn't need a run-through. 927 00:44:50,604 --> 00:44:53,022 Any more than Jay-Z needs to write down his lyrics. 928 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:55,150 Just roll tape and let me go. 929 00:44:59,738 --> 00:45:01,364 Thank you. 930 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:03,700 For not keeping me safe. 931 00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:04,826 In my bubble. 932 00:45:04,827 --> 00:45:06,786 The idea that I would reassess my campaign, 933 00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:09,414 quit, because of a few grumblers in the company... 934 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:11,958 Well, I needed to hear that. 935 00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:15,545 I was a professional boot in the ass. 936 00:45:15,546 --> 00:45:17,923 Finally saw what you were doing. 937 00:45:18,549 --> 00:45:21,926 The destiny, it's in me. 938 00:45:21,927 --> 00:45:25,179 I knew you'd put yourself back together. 939 00:45:25,180 --> 00:45:26,724 Glad you did. 940 00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:29,059 Ready? 941 00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:34,814 I put him back together 942 00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:38,193 after you kicked the pieces across the floor. 943 00:45:52,583 --> 00:45:54,292 I thought you were out the door. 944 00:45:54,293 --> 00:45:57,795 I'd like to stay at MPC until my filing deadline. 945 00:45:57,796 --> 00:46:00,673 Then run as an independent on Mike's ticket. 946 00:46:00,674 --> 00:46:02,925 Stay close to the resources, the juice. 947 00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:05,344 If you're sure, I can get you on a cutaway shot. 948 00:46:05,345 --> 00:46:08,139 I know it's a risk taking on the party machinery. 949 00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:11,768 I'm not just going to be some schmo out in the wilderness... 950 00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:13,687 in a run for Congress. 951 00:46:14,229 --> 00:46:16,481 We're live. 952 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:22,112 In five, four, three... 953 00:46:30,329 --> 00:46:31,913 I'm Mike Prince. 954 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:34,040 If you only follow the primaries, 955 00:46:34,041 --> 00:46:35,583 you don't know me. 956 00:46:35,584 --> 00:46:36,918 That's by design. 957 00:46:36,919 --> 00:46:40,964 So the status quo can keep a hold of your futures. 958 00:46:41,673 --> 00:46:43,966 I bought this time and it didn't come cheap 959 00:46:43,967 --> 00:46:45,927 because I'm my own man. 960 00:46:45,928 --> 00:46:47,929 And because we need to have a hard conversation 961 00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:52,893 about why both parties, and our system, are broken. 962 00:46:53,769 --> 00:46:56,145 This is about the inventory we all need to take 963 00:46:56,146 --> 00:46:58,606 in order to get where we're going, 964 00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:01,360 even if we don't always like what we see. 965 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:16,749 Grigor. 966 00:47:16,750 --> 00:47:19,377 Buddy, you're back. 967 00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:22,797 You are surprised to see me here? 968 00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:25,883 I'm surprised to see you here as well, 969 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:27,927 since four of the last five nights, 970 00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:32,473 you've been spotted outside Oksana's penthouse. 971 00:47:32,474 --> 00:47:34,809 My penthouse, not your own. 972 00:47:34,810 --> 00:47:37,228 She's been distraught in your absence. 973 00:47:37,229 --> 00:47:38,771 I've tried to counsel her. 974 00:47:38,772 --> 00:47:41,440 Tell her to, you know, hang in. 975 00:47:41,441 --> 00:47:44,944 This is why I brought you a special gift. 976 00:47:44,945 --> 00:47:47,488 You should open it now. 977 00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:52,660 Might come in handy in case you need to "hang in." 978 00:47:52,661 --> 00:47:57,248 My friend Christian designed them personally. 979 00:47:57,249 --> 00:47:59,041 Gossamer wings. 980 00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:02,795 Now, I cannot tell you if they support flights, 981 00:48:02,796 --> 00:48:06,007 since I didn't test them myself, but... 982 00:48:06,008 --> 00:48:09,802 Since you live on the 29th floor, 983 00:48:09,803 --> 00:48:14,390 maybe you would like to be the test pilot. 984 00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:17,602 You could have sent this message in so many ways, 985 00:48:17,603 --> 00:48:19,437 without coming to New York. 986 00:48:19,438 --> 00:48:23,190 What fucking fun would there be in letting someone else 987 00:48:23,191 --> 00:48:25,776 throw you out the window? 988 00:48:25,777 --> 00:48:28,696 I swear, Oksana and I are just friends. 989 00:48:28,697 --> 00:48:29,906 W-we're not even friends. 990 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:31,949 It was just a... a mere business arrangement... 991 00:48:31,950 --> 00:48:35,995 But you spent so many months in her company. 992 00:48:35,996 --> 00:48:37,622 I'll never see her again. 993 00:48:37,623 --> 00:48:39,040 I'll stop funding the divorce action. 994 00:48:39,041 --> 00:48:41,792 In fact, I'll end it with one fucking phone call. 995 00:48:41,793 --> 00:48:44,922 It's hard to argue abandonment now anyway. 996 00:48:45,422 --> 00:48:47,590 This is good news. 997 00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:51,719 It clears the way for my own divorce suit... 998 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:54,890 on grounds of adultery. 999 00:48:57,309 --> 00:48:58,977 Thank you. 1000 00:49:22,751 --> 00:49:28,298 My business is concluded. Now, yours can begin. 1001 00:49:29,257 --> 00:49:31,175 It's quite a favor Axe granted you. 1002 00:49:31,176 --> 00:49:33,344 And that you granted him. 1003 00:49:35,889 --> 00:49:38,265 How the hell did you two become friends again, 1004 00:49:38,266 --> 00:49:39,976 after what he did to you? 1005 00:49:39,977 --> 00:49:42,979 Well, one has the greatest respect 1006 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:45,773 for one's fiercest adversary. 1007 00:49:45,774 --> 00:49:50,696 Who else believes so strongly in your abilities? 1008 00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:55,241 Well, it's time. You ready to do the turn? 1009 00:49:55,242 --> 00:49:58,495 Like Andre in '87. 1010 00:50:43,081 --> 00:50:45,374 Let's go. Out of the car. 1011 00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:48,878 You have no authority over me. 1012 00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:50,629 I am a sovereign citizen. 1013 00:50:50,630 --> 00:50:54,967 I reject the right of the United States to detain me, 1014 00:50:54,968 --> 00:50:57,720 or to compel my testimony. 1015 00:50:57,721 --> 00:51:01,474 I am a citizen of the greatest nation 1016 00:51:01,475 --> 00:51:05,936 in the history of the world, led by the greatest leader. 1017 00:51:05,937 --> 00:51:10,024 So fuck you and fuck America. 1018 00:51:14,112 --> 00:51:16,155 Mr. Andolov was here to testify 1019 00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:18,324 in a federal case, to work with us. 1020 00:51:18,325 --> 00:51:20,576 However, he took that opportunity to try and steal 1021 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:23,329 sensitive military technology for his country. 1022 00:51:23,330 --> 00:51:25,706 Now, upon receiving this intel, I handed it off 1023 00:51:25,707 --> 00:51:28,542 to federal law enforcement for coordinated action. 1024 00:51:28,543 --> 00:51:29,877 Chuck. 1025 00:51:31,546 --> 00:51:32,880 As U.S. Attorney, 1026 00:51:32,881 --> 00:51:34,757 I realized that this was 1027 00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:36,258 a complex federal matter, 1028 00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:40,304 so I contacted Solicitor General DeGiulio and the DOJ. 1029 00:51:43,016 --> 00:51:45,768 Main Justice saw the critical nature of this case 1030 00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:48,605 on New York and included the state AG. 1031 00:51:51,358 --> 00:51:54,652 Using state police and undercover operatives, 1032 00:51:54,653 --> 00:51:58,864 we conducted a sting operation and interdicted Mr. Andolov 1033 00:51:58,865 --> 00:52:01,283 before any secrets could be stolen. 1034 00:52:01,284 --> 00:52:02,743 As you can see in the video, 1035 00:52:02,744 --> 00:52:04,829 his true sentiments came to light. 1036 00:52:04,830 --> 00:52:07,039 He will be deported immediately. 1037 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:08,916 It is a bad day for the Kremlin, 1038 00:52:08,917 --> 00:52:11,544 a good day for justice around the world. 1039 00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:12,962 Questions? 1040 00:52:15,340 --> 00:52:17,258 What about the risk of rolling an old criminal 1041 00:52:17,259 --> 00:52:20,302 like Mr. Andolov into the U.S. in the first place? 1042 00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:22,639 He was poised to have... 1043 00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:25,015 Wow... 1044 00:52:25,016 --> 00:52:26,934 He swoops in, kills my play, 1045 00:52:26,935 --> 00:52:28,185 does a heel turn here. 1046 00:52:28,186 --> 00:52:30,271 He's rehabbed in Russia, a hero to the Kremlin, 1047 00:52:30,272 --> 00:52:32,106 quashing those rumors that he helped Ukraine. 1048 00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:34,441 You guys are all champions of the city. 1049 00:52:34,442 --> 00:52:36,485 It's quite a work you put on. 1050 00:52:36,486 --> 00:52:39,280 Except for the part with you. 1051 00:52:39,281 --> 00:52:41,365 That was a shoot. 1052 00:52:41,366 --> 00:52:43,117 Fuck. You weren't in on that? 1053 00:52:43,118 --> 00:52:44,201 No, real. 1054 00:52:44,202 --> 00:52:46,912 Only way I see it, everything he said stands. 1055 00:52:46,913 --> 00:52:51,041 He'll now have Moscow's full backing to do whatever he wants, 1056 00:52:51,042 --> 00:52:52,126 wherever he wants. 1057 00:52:52,127 --> 00:52:54,336 Long arms. 1058 00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:56,505 One warning was enough. 1059 00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:58,382 That and those fucking wings. 1060 00:52:58,383 --> 00:53:01,136 We cooperate... 1061 00:53:03,221 --> 00:53:05,598 The dial groups we ran during the speech... 1062 00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:07,057 Spiked the whole time. 1063 00:53:07,058 --> 00:53:08,434 I've never seen anything like it. 1064 00:53:08,435 --> 00:53:10,686 Mike is trending on every platform. 1065 00:53:10,687 --> 00:53:12,980 Pundits on both sides are calling it a major victory. 1066 00:53:12,981 --> 00:53:16,275 Calling me for jobs, too. My phone's blowing up. 1067 00:53:16,276 --> 00:53:17,318 All this coverage, 1068 00:53:17,319 --> 00:53:19,236 - you couldn't buy it. - But he did. 1069 00:53:19,237 --> 00:53:20,779 "Rising above the smallness 1070 00:53:20,780 --> 00:53:22,740 and negativity of the primaries." 1071 00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:25,409 "Owning primetime, because he can. Literally." 1072 00:53:25,410 --> 00:53:27,203 Mike wants to do one of these every month. 1073 00:53:27,204 --> 00:53:30,415 Draw up a check, I'll draw up a plan. 1074 00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:41,091 I owe you an apology. 1075 00:53:41,092 --> 00:53:42,927 We both had our points of view. 1076 00:53:42,928 --> 00:53:44,261 I had my own agenda. 1077 00:53:44,262 --> 00:53:46,180 Keeping control of the campaign. 1078 00:53:46,181 --> 00:53:48,140 You just served Mike. 1079 00:53:48,141 --> 00:53:50,310 No wonder he trusts you so much. 1080 00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:55,022 It's the kind of speech 1081 00:53:55,023 --> 00:53:56,398 no politician ever gives. 1082 00:53:56,399 --> 00:53:59,068 Because they can't afford to. In more ways than one. 1083 00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:02,154 That alone gives Michael Prince the edge tonight, 1084 00:54:02,155 --> 00:54:04,907 a true independent, storming the gates... 1085 00:54:19,172 --> 00:54:20,422 It's done. 1086 00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:23,884 I saw. Thanks. 1087 00:54:23,885 --> 00:54:26,136 No, I should be thanking you. 1088 00:54:26,137 --> 00:54:28,013 For making me better. Sharper. 1089 00:54:28,014 --> 00:54:31,934 For raising the level of play, as you always have. 1090 00:54:31,935 --> 00:54:33,394 I can't say I wish I was back there 1091 00:54:33,395 --> 00:54:35,187 slugging it out with you. 1092 00:54:35,188 --> 00:54:37,273 - We went enough rounds. - Yeah. 1093 00:54:37,274 --> 00:54:39,608 Took me some time to realize, that was reason enough 1094 00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:41,318 to help you from the start. 1095 00:54:41,319 --> 00:54:43,195 Old combatants' code. 1096 00:54:43,196 --> 00:54:44,947 That's the other reason. 1097 00:54:44,948 --> 00:54:48,117 Someday, and that day will definitely come, 1098 00:54:48,118 --> 00:54:51,997 I will call upon you to repay this debt. 1099 00:54:53,248 --> 00:54:56,418 And I know you won't come up short. 1100 00:54:58,586 --> 00:55:01,380 I'm going to twist Your head off, see 1101 00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:04,216 Till you say don't you wish 1102 00:55:04,217 --> 00:55:06,343 You never Never met her? 1103 00:55:06,344 --> 00:55:08,637 Don't you don't you Wish you 1104 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:10,264 Never, never met her? 1105 00:55:10,265 --> 00:55:12,224 Don't you, don't you Wish you 1106 00:55:12,225 --> 00:55:14,143 Never, never met her? 1107 00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:16,145 Don't you, don't you Wish you 1108 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:18,314 Never, never met her? 1109 00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:21,358 I beg you 1110 00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:25,279 My darling 1111 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:29,158 Don't leave me 1112 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:33,287 I'm hurting 1113 00:55:33,288 --> 00:55:36,540 I've been lonely 1114 00:55:36,541 --> 00:55:41,045 Above everything 1115 00:55:41,046 --> 00:55:44,423 Above every day 1116 00:55:44,424 --> 00:55:48,720 I'm hurting 1117 00:55:48,744 --> 00:55:50,744 >>>>oakislandtk<<<<< www.opensubtitles.org