1 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,332 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:12,582 Danny fucking Margolis. What brings you back? 3 00:00:12,583 --> 00:00:13,583 I have some ideas, 4 00:00:13,584 --> 00:00:15,499 and I'd love to share them with you. 5 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:16,707 Did you hear it okay? 6 00:00:16,708 --> 00:00:19,249 Hello. I'm Taylor. 7 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:21,290 My pronouns are they, theirs, and them. 8 00:00:21,291 --> 00:00:23,874 - How long you been here? - I'm an intern. 9 00:00:23,875 --> 00:00:27,249 Just breathing the air here can be discomforting. 10 00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:29,333 The air is thinner. 11 00:00:31,041 --> 00:00:34,124 That is a picture of a man running for office. 12 00:00:34,125 --> 00:00:36,958 Which mansion will it be, Gracie or the Governor's? 13 00:00:36,959 --> 00:00:38,249 Relax, dad. 14 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:40,210 You need some personal time with Black Jack Foley. 15 00:00:40,234 --> 00:00:42,707 You must be talking about Sandicot. 16 00:00:42,708 --> 00:00:45,040 The proposed location of a casino. 17 00:00:45,041 --> 00:00:47,041 - Does it have to go there? - If the town defaults, 18 00:00:47,065 --> 00:00:49,833 I know what you stand to lose. 19 00:00:49,834 --> 00:00:52,249 You need that casino as soon as goddamned possible. 20 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:54,791 Go, do whatever the fuck you want, and so will I. 21 00:00:54,792 --> 00:00:56,392 You want the freedom to see other people. 22 00:00:56,416 --> 00:00:58,583 Consider that door open. 23 00:00:59,041 --> 00:01:00,958 I am committed 24 00:01:00,959 --> 00:01:03,207 to complete transparency between us. 25 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:07,666 So you can either quit right now... or you can stay. 26 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:10,207 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. It's over. 27 00:01:10,208 --> 00:01:12,958 So, why would Foley want to fuck me? 28 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,624 The committee chose the location 29 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:17,207 that would bring the greatest benefit to 30 00:01:17,208 --> 00:01:19,374 the greatest number of people. 31 00:01:19,375 --> 00:01:22,082 What do you know about Sandicot? 32 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:23,374 Go ahead, seize their assets. 33 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:25,290 - What kind of assets? - Sandicot also has 34 00:01:25,291 --> 00:01:27,541 - an original Remington. - The fuck's a Remington? 35 00:01:27,542 --> 00:01:29,916 American artist from the 19th century. 36 00:01:29,917 --> 00:01:31,374 He specialized in depictions of the Old West. 37 00:01:31,375 --> 00:01:33,455 I don't know why you want to hurt all of these people 38 00:01:33,479 --> 00:01:34,582 who got so little as it is. 39 00:01:34,583 --> 00:01:36,703 You go up there, and you cut off the gangrenous parts. 40 00:01:36,727 --> 00:01:39,916 And then we go in with charter schools and outreach, 41 00:01:39,917 --> 00:01:42,374 for about $30 million, we capture the tax write-off, 42 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:44,999 and those kids will be better off than their parents, 43 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:45,625 or we, ever were. 44 00:01:45,626 --> 00:01:47,416 Seize all their assets, 45 00:01:47,417 --> 00:01:50,165 property, utilities, machinery, vehicles, buildings. 46 00:01:50,166 --> 00:01:53,458 Everything, even Town fucking Hall. 47 00:01:59,208 --> 00:02:00,333 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 48 00:02:18,708 --> 00:02:21,958 Jack Foley! This is how I like to start the day. 49 00:02:21,959 --> 00:02:25,499 Oh, I can't match your enthusiasm at the moment. 50 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,290 Oh? Sorry to hear that. 51 00:02:28,291 --> 00:02:30,249 I've done for you, haven't I? 52 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:33,624 Recently and at a great profit to you, 53 00:02:33,625 --> 00:02:35,958 and yet, your son lets me down. 54 00:02:35,959 --> 00:02:37,207 The clerkship. 55 00:02:37,208 --> 00:02:40,707 It's the bad form that bothers me. 56 00:02:40,708 --> 00:02:44,374 He doesn't know about Sandicot, doesn't know how you stepped up. 57 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:45,749 Can never know. 58 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:47,332 That was a favor for me. 59 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:50,207 Yes, I torpedoed Axelrod at your behest, 60 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:52,040 and while Chuck may not know that, 61 00:02:52,041 --> 00:02:54,791 he does know that I was planning to help him in Albany. 62 00:02:54,792 --> 00:02:56,666 That should have been more than enough. 63 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:58,999 I'm throwing in with Bob Sweeney for governor now. 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,833 That pains me to hear, Jack. 65 00:03:00,834 --> 00:03:03,541 I-I hope that this, uh... 66 00:03:03,542 --> 00:03:04,982 Ah, don't get it in a twist, Charles. 67 00:03:05,006 --> 00:03:08,040 You and I are fine. 68 00:03:08,041 --> 00:03:09,681 I look forward to seeing you at the party. 69 00:03:09,705 --> 00:03:12,955 Okay. 70 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:20,999 Is that Sandicot's Remington? 71 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,750 Not anymore. 72 00:03:25,333 --> 00:03:29,582 That is the most magnificent thing I've ever seen. 73 00:03:29,583 --> 00:03:31,290 Is that Yul Brynner? 74 00:03:31,291 --> 00:03:34,082 - The Remington is here. - Don't confuse 75 00:03:34,083 --> 00:03:36,874 that hunk of bronze for a "Mission Accomplished" banner. 76 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:39,916 I need to know why Foley donkey-punched us. 77 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:41,999 I haven't been able to find a deal we did 78 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,541 - where he got screwed. - You won't. 79 00:03:43,542 --> 00:03:46,207 He could have been nursing that grudge for a decade. 80 00:03:46,208 --> 00:03:49,082 Look, I know why is among the more tantalizing questions, 81 00:03:49,083 --> 00:03:51,874 but you're usually disciplined enough not to get into it. 82 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,624 This isn't undisciplined. It's vigilant. 83 00:03:53,625 --> 00:03:58,040 If there is someone out there with the focus, the animus, 84 00:03:58,041 --> 00:04:00,207 the reach to crush me, I need to know. 85 00:04:00,208 --> 00:04:02,207 That describes a hundred hedgies. 86 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:04,040 Yeah, but I see those guys coming. 87 00:04:04,041 --> 00:04:06,374 I can handle them. Foley's different. 88 00:04:06,375 --> 00:04:09,582 He has proven that he can cause great damage 89 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,833 without leaving any clues behind. 90 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:14,499 Light touch. Tight grip. 91 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:15,500 Yeah. 92 00:04:15,501 --> 00:04:18,916 Call Foley directly. Get me in a room with him. 93 00:04:18,917 --> 00:04:21,082 Then I'll know if I have an enemy. 94 00:04:21,083 --> 00:04:25,375 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 95 00:04:32,083 --> 00:04:33,083 Your locker, Mr. Rhoades. 96 00:04:33,084 --> 00:04:36,375 Thank you, Domingo. 97 00:04:38,041 --> 00:04:41,707 Now, some people, when aging a cigar, 98 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:43,916 keep it at 70 percent humidity. 99 00:04:43,917 --> 00:04:47,124 That mellows the puro. 100 00:04:47,125 --> 00:04:50,290 I, of course, want no such thing. 101 00:04:50,291 --> 00:04:52,958 I take it to 80 percent 'cause I prefer... 102 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:55,124 The funk. 103 00:04:55,125 --> 00:04:58,416 Exactly right. 104 00:04:58,417 --> 00:04:59,875 Look at these. 105 00:05:01,583 --> 00:05:06,125 Ah. 1998 Special Fundadores. 106 00:05:08,291 --> 00:05:12,082 Aged to peak complexity. 107 00:05:12,083 --> 00:05:14,791 And if they're not smoked soon, 108 00:05:14,792 --> 00:05:17,290 they'll go one-dimensional. 109 00:05:17,291 --> 00:05:19,371 I was hoping to smoke them with you at Foley's party, 110 00:05:19,395 --> 00:05:21,290 but while I've received my invitation, 111 00:05:21,291 --> 00:05:24,582 you were left off the list. 112 00:05:24,583 --> 00:05:27,374 You didn't get his granddaughter that clerkship, 113 00:05:27,375 --> 00:05:30,707 and she went crying to him. 114 00:05:30,708 --> 00:05:33,791 Well, I'm sorry that Foley feels let down. 115 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:36,958 He feels disrespected. 116 00:05:36,959 --> 00:05:39,833 He could have gotten the girl the damned clerkship himself, 117 00:05:39,834 --> 00:05:42,249 but he wanted you to do it for him to show fealty, 118 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:44,499 to show that when you were governor, 119 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:45,791 you would remember him. 120 00:05:45,792 --> 00:05:48,749 What he wanted were his balls gargled. 121 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:50,750 And if he thinks that's the relationship we'll have 122 00:05:50,774 --> 00:05:54,374 - as this campaign progresses... - Oh Sonny... 123 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:57,332 it's a little too late for that now. 124 00:05:57,333 --> 00:05:59,666 He got himself a new show pony. 125 00:05:59,667 --> 00:06:00,749 Who? 126 00:06:00,750 --> 00:06:02,999 Bob Sweeney. 127 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:03,917 Buffalo Bob? 128 00:06:03,918 --> 00:06:07,165 Two terms as mayor, three in the Senate, 129 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:10,207 and he puts on that damn EMT uniform at every parade. 130 00:06:10,208 --> 00:06:13,499 - He's second-tier. - He was. 131 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:17,707 But now he has the inside track to the nomination. 132 00:06:17,708 --> 00:06:20,124 Because Foley says he does. 133 00:06:20,125 --> 00:06:21,125 Yes, sir! 134 00:06:21,126 --> 00:06:25,040 We don't have kings, Dad. 135 00:06:25,041 --> 00:06:27,165 We live in a democracy. 136 00:06:27,166 --> 00:06:30,417 You sound like a fucking hippie. 137 00:06:32,333 --> 00:06:34,290 I know that this is difficult to grasp, 138 00:06:34,291 --> 00:06:37,707 but the age of the kingmaker is past. 139 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:39,749 I don't need a power broker. 140 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:41,290 I have my own power. 141 00:06:41,291 --> 00:06:44,916 And when it is made manifest, 142 00:06:44,917 --> 00:06:47,874 Foley will zip his fucking pants up 143 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:49,332 and look me in the eye. 144 00:06:49,333 --> 00:06:53,125 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 145 00:07:02,583 --> 00:07:04,207 Foley won't talk to you. 146 00:07:04,208 --> 00:07:06,082 He won't even talk to me. 147 00:07:06,083 --> 00:07:08,082 Does that seem like the behavior 148 00:07:08,083 --> 00:07:09,603 of a man whose acts were unintentional? 149 00:07:09,627 --> 00:07:12,499 No. But it doesn't mean you have to engage. 150 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,959 Sure it does. And do it old-school. 151 00:07:15,917 --> 00:07:17,833 Rough him up? 152 00:07:17,834 --> 00:07:20,499 I'm all for it, but his company's not publicly traded. 153 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,416 We don't operate in the steel sector. 154 00:07:22,417 --> 00:07:24,791 Well, figure out where the fuck he gets his iron. 155 00:07:24,792 --> 00:07:25,872 He can't own all the mines. 156 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:30,457 I need to know where Jack Foley sources his ore. 157 00:07:30,458 --> 00:07:33,707 Most steel in this country doesn't come 158 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:35,666 from ore these days, it comes from scrap. 159 00:07:35,667 --> 00:07:38,082 Foley ain't a scrapper. Someone's supplying him. 160 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:40,749 Find out who, and Axe is gonna crush Foley's business. 161 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:42,499 No. I like a porterhouse as much as anybody, 162 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:45,124 but I don't want to waste your time. 163 00:07:45,125 --> 00:07:47,582 - We're not switching primes. 164 00:07:47,583 --> 00:07:49,743 Hold on. What? He's trying to get us to switch brokers. 165 00:07:49,767 --> 00:07:51,916 Wants to wine and dine us... me. 166 00:07:51,917 --> 00:07:54,249 - Tell him we accept. - Okay, in this context, 167 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:56,250 I don't understand "we" or "accept." 168 00:07:57,250 --> 00:08:00,040 Yeah, you know what, let's hear the pitch. 169 00:08:00,041 --> 00:08:02,208 Tonight at eight? 170 00:08:02,834 --> 00:08:05,750 Great. See you then. 171 00:08:07,333 --> 00:08:09,332 I thought we were loyal to Spartan-Ives. 172 00:08:09,333 --> 00:08:10,958 We're loyal to the bottom line. 173 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:13,124 If there's money to be made by switching... 174 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:14,791 Plus a night of hard-core partying 175 00:08:14,792 --> 00:08:16,082 in the name of business. 176 00:08:16,083 --> 00:08:17,583 You're all over it? 177 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:22,374 I bet my life you won't say that again. 178 00:08:22,375 --> 00:08:25,959 - I didn't mean... - Oh, your meaning was clear! 179 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:29,958 This was a compound fuck-up. 180 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:32,165 First, you misplay the invitation. 181 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:35,499 Then you treat me like I'm Courtney Love in '93. 182 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:39,165 You think I can't handle myself 183 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:43,124 in a simple fucking sell-side hug and tug? 184 00:08:43,125 --> 00:08:45,707 - I, no, I... - Organize a car 185 00:08:45,708 --> 00:08:49,917 to pick me the fuck up later! 186 00:08:57,166 --> 00:08:59,667 I didn't want him relapsing on my watch. 187 00:09:05,458 --> 00:09:10,542 I'm not a big self-help guy. 188 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:16,207 This is Dr. Lenny "Gus" Gustaferson. 189 00:09:16,208 --> 00:09:19,249 Currently works freelance, but until recently, 190 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:21,916 he was the performance coach over at Axe Cap. 191 00:09:21,917 --> 00:09:25,082 What, they fired him after they brought back Wendy Rhoades? 192 00:09:25,083 --> 00:09:26,624 Yeah. 193 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:28,541 Don't suppose he was happy about that. 194 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:30,749 Can't imagine that he was. 195 00:09:30,750 --> 00:09:33,207 Now, what about doctor-patient confidentiality? 196 00:09:33,208 --> 00:09:34,328 Even if he wanted to talk... 197 00:09:34,352 --> 00:09:36,958 Well, he may be Dr. Gus, but he's not an MD. 198 00:09:36,959 --> 00:09:39,499 Degrees in kinesthesiology 199 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:42,791 and from the Martha Beck Life Star program. 200 00:09:42,792 --> 00:09:45,707 No, you know what, I don't want to know about him. 201 00:09:45,708 --> 00:09:47,958 You don't think that's what Chuck really wants? 202 00:09:47,959 --> 00:09:48,999 No, I'm out of 203 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,165 the guessing-what-Chuck-Rhoades- wants business. 204 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:55,499 My new line is listening to what he actually says, 205 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:57,582 and his standing directive is stay clear of Axelrod, 206 00:09:57,583 --> 00:10:01,582 so that's what we're gonna do. 207 00:10:01,583 --> 00:10:05,834 ♪ Mid-tempo rock music ♪ 208 00:10:10,417 --> 00:10:12,249 Is Marc meeting you at the airport? 209 00:10:12,250 --> 00:10:14,165 Just the architect. Wanted to keep it 210 00:10:14,166 --> 00:10:16,006 - under the radar. - You know, you really don't 211 00:10:16,030 --> 00:10:17,874 have to go to Sandicot if you don't want to. 212 00:10:17,875 --> 00:10:21,040 That's kind of the whole point of having people. 213 00:10:21,041 --> 00:10:23,999 Yeah, but if we're building a school to coax some goodwill, 214 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,707 I think it's probably a good idea 215 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,624 for one of us to actually be involved. 216 00:10:27,625 --> 00:10:28,916 It's the least we can do. 217 00:10:28,917 --> 00:10:30,666 We did take their prize statue. 218 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:33,124 Huh, well, you know I'd come up with you if I could. 219 00:10:33,125 --> 00:10:34,208 No. 220 00:10:35,583 --> 00:10:37,707 Today Suny Binghamton takes precedence. 221 00:10:37,708 --> 00:10:39,917 - Have a good trip. - Yeah, you, too. 222 00:10:54,291 --> 00:10:56,332 You realize she is a he, okay? 223 00:10:56,333 --> 00:10:59,666 And she's huge. Like 300 pounds. We finally flip her over. 224 00:10:59,667 --> 00:11:02,249 She's coding, and the darned paddles don't work. 225 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,958 We all know what it's like when the paddles don't work. 226 00:11:04,959 --> 00:11:06,159 Means I got to go manual. So... 227 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:11,082 Uh, excuse me, folks. 228 00:11:11,083 --> 00:11:13,874 - To be continued. - Thanks, Bob. 229 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:15,582 Back to chasing ambulances, Chuck? 230 00:11:15,583 --> 00:11:17,416 Bobby boy. 231 00:11:17,417 --> 00:11:20,332 All wrapping wounds 232 00:11:20,333 --> 00:11:24,332 and pressing flesh, or have you got a minute? 233 00:11:24,333 --> 00:11:27,416 The state has a lieutenant governor, an AG, 234 00:11:27,417 --> 00:11:29,874 influential university presidents. 235 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,235 All are a tick or two ahead of you. 236 00:11:31,259 --> 00:11:33,499 And some of them, Hell, maybe all of them, 237 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:35,707 are gonna get in this thing. 238 00:11:35,708 --> 00:11:37,290 Foley thought you were the one 239 00:11:37,291 --> 00:11:38,874 that would cede the most control. 240 00:11:38,875 --> 00:11:42,332 A few months from now, when you and all those others 241 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:44,290 are in the gubernatorial scrum, 242 00:11:44,291 --> 00:11:48,249 churning, gasping, 243 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,707 drowning on dry land, 244 00:11:50,708 --> 00:11:51,958 you know where I'll be? 245 00:11:51,959 --> 00:11:55,291 Sitting in the corner, watching, jerking off. 246 00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:58,833 Gliding above you. 247 00:11:58,834 --> 00:12:01,499 Sailing straight into every debate. 248 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:03,416 A mainstay of every conversation. 249 00:12:03,417 --> 00:12:04,916 You've been polling. 250 00:12:04,917 --> 00:12:09,207 No, but I've seen numbers. They're encouraging. 251 00:12:09,208 --> 00:12:10,874 I bet you've seen the same numbers. 252 00:12:10,875 --> 00:12:12,707 I know which end of the poll is up. 253 00:12:12,708 --> 00:12:15,249 Mm-hmm. So then you know 254 00:12:15,250 --> 00:12:17,875 that there are some areas where I could use some help. 255 00:12:19,542 --> 00:12:22,207 - Upstate. - Your backyard. 256 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,208 Oh, shit. 257 00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:27,040 You want me to be your lieutenant governor. 258 00:12:27,041 --> 00:12:29,791 Come on, I'm here with you. 259 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:34,082 Man to man, sketching the way forward. 260 00:12:34,083 --> 00:12:36,332 You know, I have won the lowliest 261 00:12:36,333 --> 00:12:38,457 fucking elected offices we've got. 262 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:39,375 Hell, I was the goddamned 263 00:12:39,376 --> 00:12:41,582 sanitation commissioner for a year. 264 00:12:41,583 --> 00:12:43,374 Yeah, and I rode the trucks. 265 00:12:43,375 --> 00:12:45,958 I've done it right. I've done it hard. 266 00:12:45,959 --> 00:12:48,791 And this... this is my time. 267 00:12:48,792 --> 00:12:53,834 My name recognition is eight times yours. 268 00:12:55,083 --> 00:12:57,749 Don't underestimate Black Jack Foley... or me. 269 00:12:57,750 --> 00:13:00,582 And name recognition means dick. 270 00:13:00,583 --> 00:13:02,082 Nobody knew George Pataki's name, 271 00:13:02,083 --> 00:13:04,416 and then they elected him three times, Chuck. 272 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:06,541 So when I've been governor for 12 years, 273 00:13:06,542 --> 00:13:08,749 they'll know my fucking name. 274 00:13:08,750 --> 00:13:09,917 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 275 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,165 - This is insubordinate. - Oh? 276 00:13:30,166 --> 00:13:32,791 And what would you call snaking someone else's lead? 277 00:13:32,792 --> 00:13:34,707 Don't say you were protecting me. 278 00:13:34,708 --> 00:13:36,541 Protecting you? 279 00:13:36,542 --> 00:13:38,102 This is the kind of shit that made me... 280 00:13:38,126 --> 00:13:41,290 What, like me or dump me? 281 00:13:41,291 --> 00:13:42,834 Both. 282 00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:46,792 Well, since we're here... 283 00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:52,728 We can wait out here till they're done. 284 00:13:52,752 --> 00:13:55,295 Yeah. 285 00:13:56,291 --> 00:13:58,290 I'm offering to buy your product. 286 00:13:58,291 --> 00:13:59,166 I'm offering to buy the product 287 00:13:59,167 --> 00:14:00,582 from all seven of your scrap yards 288 00:14:00,583 --> 00:14:03,457 at a considerable premium. 289 00:14:03,458 --> 00:14:04,999 And you're saying no? 290 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,082 I'm saying I already have a buyer. 291 00:14:07,083 --> 00:14:09,499 You didn't take this meeting to tell me no. 292 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:10,833 Actually, I did. 293 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:14,249 But to tell you no nicely. 294 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:16,250 I don't know what's going on between you and Foley, 295 00:14:16,274 --> 00:14:18,916 but I know it's enough that you're taking aim on him, 296 00:14:18,917 --> 00:14:20,874 and I don't want to do you disrespect 297 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:23,791 because I don't want you taking aim on me. 298 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:25,958 Okay, I'm gonna skip the part 299 00:14:25,959 --> 00:14:27,499 where I say, "Who's Foley?" 300 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,499 or, "What does he have to do with this?" 301 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,124 I'm gonna go straight to doubling the offer. 302 00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:36,165 370 percent of what you normally make. 303 00:14:36,166 --> 00:14:37,041 I'm basically extorting myself. 304 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,457 And I wish I could take advantage, 305 00:14:39,458 --> 00:14:40,916 but this isn't a negotiation. 306 00:14:40,917 --> 00:14:43,416 - There's no magic number. - There's always a number. 307 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:45,874 Not in this case. I do business in this state. 308 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:47,207 I live in this state. 309 00:14:47,208 --> 00:14:49,582 Foley could make both of those more unpleasant 310 00:14:49,583 --> 00:14:51,541 than six hours on the cross at Calvary. 311 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:52,375 I get out of bed one morning 312 00:14:52,376 --> 00:14:54,541 and find overnight I'm jammed up 313 00:14:54,542 --> 00:14:56,082 with licenses and unions and taxes 314 00:14:56,083 --> 00:14:56,875 and he's found a dozen other ways 315 00:14:56,876 --> 00:14:59,750 to hurt me I didn't see coming. 316 00:15:01,583 --> 00:15:03,166 I thank you for your offer. 317 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:07,374 Hopefully we part on good terms, 318 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:09,749 but if not... 319 00:15:09,750 --> 00:15:11,416 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 320 00:15:11,417 --> 00:15:14,458 You're more afraid of him than you are of me. 321 00:15:24,291 --> 00:15:25,791 A billion dollars. 322 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:28,833 Are you offering me that? 323 00:15:28,834 --> 00:15:31,874 No. I'm not fucking insane. 324 00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:34,750 But you would have taken it. 325 00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:39,374 I do something that's valuable. 326 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:42,082 I strip people naked to the elements, 327 00:15:42,083 --> 00:15:44,749 and then I help rebuild them out of solid fucking rock. 328 00:15:44,750 --> 00:15:47,707 - Now, can you appreciate that? - I can. 329 00:15:47,708 --> 00:15:50,374 Nope. Don't believe you. 330 00:15:50,375 --> 00:15:51,250 Because if you did, 331 00:15:51,251 --> 00:15:55,165 you wouldn't be asking me to snitch. 332 00:15:55,166 --> 00:15:58,374 Axelrod banished you. 333 00:15:58,375 --> 00:15:59,375 He made you a ronin. 334 00:16:01,083 --> 00:16:03,791 I'm willing to bet he didn't give it a moment's thought, 335 00:16:03,792 --> 00:16:06,833 while you've been thinking about it every second of the day, 336 00:16:06,834 --> 00:16:09,874 suffering from something you've never felt before. 337 00:16:09,875 --> 00:16:11,290 Doubt. 338 00:16:11,291 --> 00:16:14,082 And all because you pledged yourself 339 00:16:14,083 --> 00:16:17,165 to an unworthy lord. 340 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:20,250 Axelrod lacks five of the eight virtues of the Bushido. 341 00:16:27,417 --> 00:16:30,290 Six. 342 00:16:30,291 --> 00:16:32,666 Oftentimes, he wasn't even polite. 343 00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:36,082 Under these circumstances, 344 00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:37,791 honor doesn't demand silence or self-harm. 345 00:16:37,792 --> 00:16:40,125 It demands vengeance. 346 00:16:51,375 --> 00:16:55,040 I can't deliver that vengeance. 347 00:16:55,041 --> 00:16:57,332 I didn't have that much one-on-one time with Axe. 348 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,499 He was used to flirting with Wendy Rhoades. 349 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,999 I offered a different kind of medicine. 350 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,082 So I didn't have access 351 00:17:06,083 --> 00:17:09,708 to the kind of conversations that you're interested in. 352 00:17:12,458 --> 00:17:15,999 But I know who did. 353 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,582 His chief of staff. 354 00:17:17,583 --> 00:17:19,749 Steph Reed. That's her name. 355 00:17:19,750 --> 00:17:22,416 She was in on every pitch, 356 00:17:22,417 --> 00:17:25,917 and she doesn't work there anymore, either. 357 00:17:27,375 --> 00:17:30,542 - Taylor, right? - Right. 358 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:38,165 How can I help you? 359 00:17:38,166 --> 00:17:41,583 I have to tell you, I've had 927 hours of therapy. 360 00:17:42,542 --> 00:17:45,707 So you've seen cognitive, humanistic, 361 00:17:45,708 --> 00:17:48,749 probably some holistic. 362 00:17:48,750 --> 00:17:50,374 What do you think you need? 363 00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:53,874 I need to know... 364 00:17:53,875 --> 00:17:56,791 Mafee. He's struggling. 365 00:17:56,792 --> 00:17:59,916 He's our executing trader. He needs to be "on." He's not. 366 00:17:59,917 --> 00:18:02,207 And his fall-off coincided with my advancement, 367 00:18:02,208 --> 00:18:04,332 which makes me... 368 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:05,582 I was his intern. 369 00:18:05,583 --> 00:18:07,999 He could have taken credit for my work. He didn't. 370 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,916 So now you're feeling guilty. 371 00:18:11,917 --> 00:18:14,290 And you're wondering if that's healthy? 372 00:18:14,291 --> 00:18:16,582 More than that. 373 00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:19,124 I want to know if it's useful. 374 00:18:19,125 --> 00:18:21,749 Do you care about 375 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:23,375 your relationships at Axe Cap? 376 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,332 How are those relationships? 377 00:18:30,333 --> 00:18:32,250 Good. 378 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:36,749 - Why do you think that is? - I know why. 379 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:38,874 Because the culture is set from the top. 380 00:18:38,875 --> 00:18:41,791 Since Axe likes me, other people do, or pretend to. 381 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:44,332 Why do you think he likes you? 382 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:47,332 One of the two reasons anyone likes anyone else. 383 00:18:47,333 --> 00:18:50,416 Either they recognize a part of themselves, 384 00:18:50,417 --> 00:18:52,874 or they see something they can use. 385 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:54,290 In this case, I imagine it's both. 386 00:18:54,291 --> 00:18:57,624 There's another reason people like each other. 387 00:18:57,625 --> 00:18:59,582 They see something they're lacking, 388 00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:01,416 and they want to be near it. 389 00:19:01,417 --> 00:19:03,124 Is that what's between the two of you? 390 00:19:03,125 --> 00:19:08,500 I've noticed a... connection. 391 00:19:11,625 --> 00:19:14,290 Everyone always just assumes we were fucking. 392 00:19:14,291 --> 00:19:16,999 I didn't. 393 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,041 No. 394 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:27,332 We met at a similar moment, when we were both trying 395 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:30,208 to figure out who we were going to be. 396 00:19:31,834 --> 00:19:34,541 - And did you? - What? 397 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:37,250 Turn out the way you figured back then? 398 00:19:39,959 --> 00:19:42,332 In some ways, we did. 399 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:45,375 And in other important ways, we maybe fell a little short. 400 00:19:46,959 --> 00:19:51,416 You're at a similar moment 401 00:19:51,417 --> 00:19:55,917 with a similar unlimited possibility. 402 00:19:57,792 --> 00:20:00,416 - Okay. - In all my years here, 403 00:20:00,417 --> 00:20:02,332 no one has walked through that door 404 00:20:02,333 --> 00:20:05,874 because they were worried how another person was feeling. 405 00:20:05,875 --> 00:20:08,124 If you were anyone else, I'd think you were pranking me. 406 00:20:08,125 --> 00:20:12,666 I am different. 407 00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:14,333 Uh, yeah. 408 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,749 As far as Mafee goes, maybe just tell him 409 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:22,625 you think he's doing a good job. 410 00:20:23,708 --> 00:20:25,916 He's not. 411 00:20:25,917 --> 00:20:28,499 And I don't like to lie. To myself, to others. 412 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:30,749 I've been there, and I'm past that. 413 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:35,707 Well, then encourage him without words. 414 00:20:35,708 --> 00:20:37,207 Let him know you care. 415 00:20:37,208 --> 00:20:39,250 How? 416 00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:42,875 Just buy him something. 417 00:20:47,208 --> 00:20:48,874 Look, I'm just saying. 418 00:20:48,875 --> 00:20:50,435 How many major banks have had their CEOs 419 00:20:50,459 --> 00:20:51,374 sent to fucking jail? 420 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:55,165 Jail! It's a small list, isn't it? 421 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:56,582 Spartan-Ives is tainted. 422 00:20:56,583 --> 00:20:59,582 A lot of shops don't want them walking through the door. 423 00:20:59,583 --> 00:21:02,290 I get the anti-them. What's the pro-you? 424 00:21:02,291 --> 00:21:04,249 Industry leaders, like Axe Capital, 425 00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:06,416 need to get away from the gilded cage. 426 00:21:06,417 --> 00:21:08,791 - That's why we host... - How much will you undercut. 427 00:21:08,792 --> 00:21:10,666 Spartan-Ives over the next two years? 428 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:11,667 Ten percent. 429 00:21:11,668 --> 00:21:14,374 That's promising. On the money. 430 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:17,040 But on the pleasure end, it's not gonna cut it. 431 00:21:17,041 --> 00:21:20,290 I mean, dinner. 432 00:21:20,291 --> 00:21:25,583 An ordinary evening augurs ordinary returns. 433 00:21:26,917 --> 00:21:29,458 Let me show you how I like it. 434 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,083 Fire-walk with me. 435 00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:39,916 ♪ Mid-tempo rock music ♪ 436 00:21:39,917 --> 00:21:47,416 ♪ Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me ♪ 437 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:52,791 ♪ But I do, I think I do ♪ 438 00:21:52,792 --> 00:21:54,112 ♪ And you're an all-American boy ♪ 439 00:21:56,375 --> 00:21:58,916 Oh, sorry. Does anyone want one? 440 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,457 Vaportini. He's actually vaping alcohol. 441 00:22:01,458 --> 00:22:02,624 Ooh! 442 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:05,499 It really enhances the flavor of the green fairy. 443 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,416 Maybe you say "when," Wags. 444 00:22:07,417 --> 00:22:09,916 Apart from being able to smoke your beverages, 445 00:22:09,917 --> 00:22:12,791 how is this different from where we would have taken you? 446 00:22:12,792 --> 00:22:14,999 You would have brought us to a demeaning, 447 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,833 run-of-the-mill titty bar. 448 00:22:16,834 --> 00:22:18,416 This is an empowering cabaret 449 00:22:18,417 --> 00:22:22,165 that celebrates the feminine ideal. 450 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:24,499 College-educated professionals by day, 451 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:25,250 entertainers by night. 452 00:22:25,251 --> 00:22:28,165 Martha here is a viral marketer. 453 00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:29,792 And a SoulCycle instructor. 454 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,707 You know I can't do that out here. 455 00:22:33,708 --> 00:22:37,416 Ohh. Capital idea. 456 00:22:37,417 --> 00:22:39,332 Whoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 457 00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:43,583 ♪ Mid-tempo sultry music ♪ 458 00:22:49,333 --> 00:22:51,916 ♪ I want you wrapped around me ♪ 459 00:22:51,917 --> 00:22:55,291 ♪ Like a snake ♪ 460 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,655 You don't want to get in on this? 461 00:22:57,679 --> 00:23:00,207 No lap dances. I made a pledge. 462 00:23:00,208 --> 00:23:03,749 To Deb? 463 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:04,999 You're exclusive? 464 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,375 She's not. I am. 465 00:23:09,083 --> 00:23:11,082 I like your mustache. 466 00:23:11,083 --> 00:23:13,833 I have a mustache? 467 00:23:13,834 --> 00:23:16,165 ♪ On your knees ♪ 468 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:18,582 You ever see guys in here from SoulCycle? 469 00:23:18,583 --> 00:23:20,207 All the time. 470 00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:23,040 Small world when you're tapping it back. 471 00:23:23,041 --> 00:23:27,040 That guy is staring at you. 472 00:23:27,041 --> 00:23:30,082 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 473 00:23:30,083 --> 00:23:32,582 Tommy Barkow. 474 00:23:32,583 --> 00:23:34,749 Spartan-Ives. 475 00:23:34,750 --> 00:23:36,374 - Fuck! - He doesn't get Martha. 476 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:38,290 You bought her for me for the night. 477 00:23:38,291 --> 00:23:42,249 You got to jump primes now. 478 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:43,250 Whoo! 479 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:49,667 Enjoy your white truffle drink. 480 00:23:51,166 --> 00:23:53,582 You're wasting the world's most perfect fungus. 481 00:23:53,583 --> 00:23:57,124 - Try it. - Pass. 482 00:23:57,125 --> 00:23:58,725 You know what it takes to find a truffle? 483 00:23:58,749 --> 00:24:02,040 A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, 484 00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:04,332 carefully trained animal gets the assignment, 485 00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:07,249 spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, 486 00:24:07,250 --> 00:24:08,749 sniffing out the slightest aroma. 487 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:11,582 And only then the digging begins. 488 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:13,383 And what do you think they're digging through? 489 00:24:13,407 --> 00:24:15,833 Shit. 490 00:24:15,834 --> 00:24:18,791 That's the thing we don't say much about, right? 491 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:20,958 The things we most value, 492 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:23,374 the things we pay most dearly to ingest 493 00:24:23,375 --> 00:24:26,583 are grown in shit. 494 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:30,583 What the fuck are you talking about? 495 00:24:32,917 --> 00:24:35,707 I had a conversation with Bob Sweeney 496 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:38,791 that didn't go as smoothly as a Dick Button figure eight. 497 00:24:38,792 --> 00:24:42,249 Now my only option is to squash him where he stands. 498 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:44,541 Oppo research, leverage. 499 00:24:44,542 --> 00:24:47,958 Only I can't do it. 500 00:24:47,959 --> 00:24:50,249 Well, that kind of politics, it's disgusting. 501 00:24:50,250 --> 00:24:52,165 You know, I interned once on the Hill... 502 00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:55,958 I meant I can't be a party to it personally. 503 00:24:55,959 --> 00:24:58,541 The due diligence. 504 00:24:58,542 --> 00:25:00,834 The digging. 505 00:25:02,333 --> 00:25:05,291 You want me to do it. 506 00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:09,791 That's what this night is. 507 00:25:09,792 --> 00:25:11,752 What makes you think I know how to do something... 508 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:15,457 - Do you know? - Of course. 509 00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:17,999 I'm well-mannered. I'm not nice. 510 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,374 Fuck. 511 00:25:21,375 --> 00:25:22,707 You're basically asking me 512 00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:25,165 to form the committee to re-elect the president. 513 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:27,290 I always knew I'd end up like John Mitchell. 514 00:25:27,291 --> 00:25:29,416 - Ira. - I'll do it. 515 00:25:29,417 --> 00:25:30,834 Fuck it. 516 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:34,667 ♪ Mid-tempo music ♪ 517 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,416 You know that I practically live at St. Venus. 518 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,874 I must have forgotten that. 519 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,833 You didn't throw those fucking Patriot Bank twinks 520 00:25:48,834 --> 00:25:50,624 in my face to tell me we're over. 521 00:25:50,625 --> 00:25:53,667 You did it to spice up the relationship. 522 00:25:55,208 --> 00:25:58,375 What will you give me to stay home? 523 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:15,791 Wags, what are you doing here? 524 00:26:15,792 --> 00:26:18,207 Spartan-Ives is reducing their fee 20 percent 525 00:26:18,208 --> 00:26:20,874 - for the next two years. - Outstanding. 526 00:26:20,875 --> 00:26:23,082 I guess loyalty gets rewarded. 527 00:26:23,083 --> 00:26:24,750 Mafee helped. 528 00:26:31,458 --> 00:26:34,707 Say the other thing, the thing that made you 529 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:36,188 come out here instead of just texting. 530 00:26:38,291 --> 00:26:39,491 20 percent is good. It's great. 531 00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:41,582 But it's not drive-over- 532 00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:42,917 in-the-middle-of-the-night great. 533 00:26:45,834 --> 00:26:48,833 It... I'm not supposed to be the one 534 00:26:48,834 --> 00:26:51,707 all fucking worried about grinding out the extra 20. 535 00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:55,874 Uh, yeah, you are. It's your job. 536 00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:57,457 On paper. 537 00:26:57,458 --> 00:27:00,666 But when I'm actually doing it, it means you're not 538 00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:02,999 because you're worried about something else. 539 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,666 Yeah. Foley. 540 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:10,999 There is no reason to spend this much energy, time, and money 541 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,958 trying to parse the secret motives 542 00:27:12,959 --> 00:27:14,707 of some son of St. Tammany. 543 00:27:14,708 --> 00:27:18,541 You're right. There isn't. 544 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:21,916 Except for one. Aluminum. 545 00:27:21,917 --> 00:27:25,457 That's what it tastes like, anyway. 546 00:27:25,458 --> 00:27:26,874 Fear in the back of my throat. 547 00:27:26,875 --> 00:27:30,457 You know, most people, they try to move away from fear, 548 00:27:30,458 --> 00:27:33,624 try to organize it out of their lives as soon as they're able. 549 00:27:33,625 --> 00:27:34,749 Me? I cultivate it. 550 00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:39,082 I try to recognize it and order it and use it. 551 00:27:39,083 --> 00:27:40,666 That's how I survived growing up, 552 00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:42,791 and it's how I still live my life today, 553 00:27:42,792 --> 00:27:46,582 heeding and listening to my fear. 554 00:27:46,583 --> 00:27:48,332 And what's it telling you now? 555 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:51,499 That this is not just some political move. 556 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:54,499 It's personal. 557 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:58,374 And I cannot rest until I fucking know why. 558 00:27:58,375 --> 00:28:01,582 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 559 00:28:01,583 --> 00:28:03,624 Axe Cap was not what I thought it would be. 560 00:28:03,625 --> 00:28:05,791 What did you expect? 561 00:28:05,792 --> 00:28:07,582 A training ground. 562 00:28:07,583 --> 00:28:10,249 A chance to observe every part of the industry 563 00:28:10,250 --> 00:28:13,249 sitting next to the best mind in the industry. 564 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,332 And instead? 565 00:28:15,333 --> 00:28:17,916 You ever read The Banality of Evil? 566 00:28:17,917 --> 00:28:20,165 I could see myself ending up like that. 567 00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:22,666 Following orders, normalizing. 568 00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,332 In a way, it was a relief to be let go. 569 00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:27,749 You care to be a little more specific 570 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:29,430 about the orders you didn't want to follow? 571 00:28:29,454 --> 00:28:32,040 I signed an NDA. 572 00:28:32,041 --> 00:28:34,541 If I tell you any details about Axe Cap, 573 00:28:34,542 --> 00:28:35,702 I expose myself to liability. 574 00:28:35,726 --> 00:28:38,040 And the loss of a classic-six. 575 00:28:38,041 --> 00:28:41,207 Look, you're the lawyers. 576 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:42,041 You're not honestly advising me 577 00:28:42,042 --> 00:28:45,291 to break a valid contract, are you? 578 00:28:48,083 --> 00:28:50,792 Your medal. 579 00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:54,040 We knew that you went to West Point, 580 00:28:54,041 --> 00:28:56,999 but that you care enough to display it, 581 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,499 well, you weren't just making your family proud. 582 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,917 That's a real sense of service. 583 00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:06,833 I know I'm supposed to give their lawyer a heads-up, 584 00:29:06,834 --> 00:29:11,916 but I think I'm pretty safe to talk... 585 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:14,166 if you bring me a subpoena. 586 00:29:16,041 --> 00:29:17,916 I would have loved to bring you more, 587 00:29:17,917 --> 00:29:19,397 but she won't talk without a subpoena. 588 00:29:19,421 --> 00:29:22,165 I can't get one without creating a paper trail, 589 00:29:22,166 --> 00:29:24,366 and I wouldn't make this official without your blessing. 590 00:29:24,390 --> 00:29:27,082 Well, you might as well put a bowl of ramen in front of me. 591 00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:30,457 - I mean, I wanna slurp this up. - I knew you would. 592 00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:32,749 But I no longer give in to those appetites. 593 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:35,374 This isn't an indulgence. It's an obsession. 594 00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:37,040 - Tell me I'm wrong. - No, you're not. 595 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:41,249 But that obsession nearly had me out on the street. 596 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:44,332 So now I have to ask what's the upside? 597 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:46,582 Seeing that fuck in jail. 598 00:29:46,583 --> 00:29:48,249 You still want that, don't you? 599 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:50,582 I want to see him in the ground. 600 00:29:50,583 --> 00:29:54,124 But I also want to see myself in Albany 601 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,582 and you in here. 602 00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:58,707 So maybe there will be a time when the moment presents itself, 603 00:29:58,708 --> 00:30:01,624 and then I'll sign subpoenas and request warrants 604 00:30:01,625 --> 00:30:05,332 and we'll mobilize and we will take him. 605 00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:09,458 But that can't be now. 606 00:30:12,792 --> 00:30:15,375 I'm glad I stayed. 607 00:30:16,750 --> 00:30:18,792 I'm glad I let you. 608 00:30:22,291 --> 00:30:25,290 Remember that board that's been begging me to join? 609 00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:26,624 The petting zoo. 610 00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:28,749 It's an animal conservancy, I think. 611 00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:31,416 Anyway, tell them I'm in, along with the big donation. 612 00:30:31,417 --> 00:30:33,916 The only thing I want from them is their assurance 613 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:37,290 that Jack Foley be named their man of the year 614 00:30:37,291 --> 00:30:40,834 and that I'll be the one presenting him the damn thing. 615 00:30:44,291 --> 00:30:46,749 A package came for you. I put it on your desk. 616 00:30:46,750 --> 00:30:48,583 It smells musty. 617 00:30:51,166 --> 00:30:52,834 Thank you, Donna. 618 00:30:59,834 --> 00:31:01,208 Hmm. 619 00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:07,250 Hmm. 620 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:14,125 ♪ Suspensful music ♪ 621 00:31:27,291 --> 00:31:30,457 Ohh. 622 00:31:30,458 --> 00:31:31,291 Chuck. 623 00:31:31,292 --> 00:31:33,374 Chuckwagon. 624 00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:35,165 I thought my secretary 625 00:31:35,166 --> 00:31:37,666 was fucking with me when she said you were here. 626 00:31:37,667 --> 00:31:40,082 - No, she told it true. - So I see. 627 00:31:40,083 --> 00:31:43,290 Tell me you didn't, uh, trek all the way up to beautiful Buffalo 628 00:31:43,291 --> 00:31:45,165 to ask to be my lieutenant governor. 629 00:31:45,166 --> 00:31:48,124 You know, see, I need diversity down the ticket, you know? 630 00:31:48,125 --> 00:31:50,916 Oh, don't sell our potential ticket short. 631 00:31:50,917 --> 00:31:53,249 Come on. We have so many areas of commonality. 632 00:31:53,250 --> 00:31:56,374 Gun control, healthcare. 633 00:31:56,375 --> 00:31:59,249 Everything but family values. 634 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:00,958 What do you mean? 635 00:32:00,959 --> 00:32:02,999 Well, I was thinking about your son. 636 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,165 - The gay one. 637 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:07,416 You really think people have a problem with that 638 00:32:07,417 --> 00:32:09,624 - in this day and age? - No, I think you do. 639 00:32:09,625 --> 00:32:12,749 Which is why you sent him to that religious boot camp 640 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:16,750 when he was 17... to pray the gay away. 641 00:32:18,625 --> 00:32:21,082 Boy, the letters that poor kid sent to his friends. 642 00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:23,541 You sling innuendo like that without evidence, 643 00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:24,542 you're gonna look like... 644 00:32:31,543 --> 00:32:33,343 "They said we sexualized masculine connection" 645 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:35,707 because we didn't have enough healthy, non-sexual 646 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:39,082 connection with our fathers. 647 00:32:39,083 --> 00:32:40,582 So they made me sit 648 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:42,958 shoulder-by-shoulder with another kid 649 00:32:42,959 --> 00:32:45,332 and then put our arms around each other. 650 00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:48,999 They called it 'healing touch, ' 651 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,958 though, of course, all I could think about 652 00:32:50,959 --> 00:32:51,417 "was kissing his shoulder." 653 00:32:51,418 --> 00:32:53,833 Enough. 654 00:32:53,834 --> 00:32:56,457 There was a sympathetic counselor. 655 00:32:56,458 --> 00:32:58,124 He made copies, smuggled them out. 656 00:32:58,125 --> 00:33:01,499 - I can read more if you'd like. - Don't. 657 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,332 I see the wheels turning. 658 00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:07,332 I see you trying to figure out how to triage this one. 659 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:09,499 Well, what about the political confessional? 660 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,916 You can stare into the camera and deliver your mea culpa. 661 00:33:12,917 --> 00:33:15,249 It would work, only you would need to start out 662 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:17,083 with name recognition. 663 00:33:18,542 --> 00:33:19,791 So I guess you have a choice. 664 00:33:19,792 --> 00:33:21,207 This can be the way 665 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:24,332 the people of New York finally learn your name 666 00:33:24,333 --> 00:33:27,416 for forcing your son straight in the name of the Lord. 667 00:33:27,417 --> 00:33:30,290 "Healing touch" should play great in the five boroughs. 668 00:33:30,291 --> 00:33:33,749 Or you can step aside and explain 669 00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:36,290 that you have looked at the future, 670 00:33:36,291 --> 00:33:38,624 and where we're going, 671 00:33:38,625 --> 00:33:40,749 "We need Rhoades." 672 00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:43,499 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 673 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,291 You think this is how this is gonna go? 674 00:33:50,417 --> 00:33:53,000 I will see you in the primaries, Chuck. 675 00:33:53,875 --> 00:33:56,583 Looking forward to it. 676 00:34:06,250 --> 00:34:08,625 A Hell in a Cell poster? 677 00:34:10,625 --> 00:34:13,125 Autographed by Taker and Mankind?! 678 00:34:14,458 --> 00:34:16,749 - Ben, did you get me this? - What? 679 00:34:16,750 --> 00:34:19,124 I know it wasn't you. 680 00:34:19,125 --> 00:34:21,707 Everything after Sanmartino/Zbyszko is bullshit. 681 00:34:21,708 --> 00:34:23,468 Okay, you just called the Macho Man bullshit. 682 00:34:23,492 --> 00:34:26,040 What was Stan Stasiak and his heart punch? 683 00:34:26,041 --> 00:34:28,666 Actually, I got it. 684 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:32,165 Oh. Uh, thanks. 685 00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:35,416 It's got a "Brokeback" sort of charm. 686 00:34:35,417 --> 00:34:36,875 "I just can't quit you." 687 00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:43,959 Yes? 688 00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:48,083 Yeah, I know where that is. 689 00:34:51,125 --> 00:34:52,250 I'll be there. 690 00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:57,582 That was Foley. Just invited me to his house. 691 00:34:57,583 --> 00:34:59,082 For the party? 692 00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:00,834 No. 693 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:06,458 This just arrived. Hand-engraved. 694 00:35:09,083 --> 00:35:10,833 There are so many things 695 00:35:10,834 --> 00:35:13,416 that we have gotten relaxed about. 696 00:35:13,417 --> 00:35:15,999 Running out ground balls to first. 697 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,290 Knowing a martini means gin. 698 00:35:19,291 --> 00:35:22,874 Isn't it nice that someone is maintaining standards? 699 00:35:22,875 --> 00:35:24,917 What do you think it means? 700 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:28,608 That he appreciates your aggression. 701 00:35:28,632 --> 00:35:33,332 Or he's furious that you assassinated an ally. 702 00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:33,792 Assassinated? 703 00:35:33,793 --> 00:35:36,499 Sweeney quit. 704 00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:39,416 Out of the race before it even began, 705 00:35:39,417 --> 00:35:43,541 on the heels of your visit. 706 00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:45,958 ♪ Suspensful music ♪ 707 00:35:45,959 --> 00:35:49,667 Come on. Let's go pick out some tails. 708 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:02,667 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 709 00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:15,666 Can someone take care of my car? 710 00:36:15,667 --> 00:36:16,667 Valet's not open yet. 711 00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:22,332 Shit. Danny. Danny Margolis. 712 00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:24,916 Anyway, uh, I'm not a valet. 713 00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:27,416 I started as a valet. Worked my way up to waiter. 714 00:36:27,417 --> 00:36:30,499 Barback's just around the corner, so... Heh. 715 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:32,040 Heard you ended up doing time. 716 00:36:32,041 --> 00:36:34,707 Didn't make me happy. 717 00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,666 Yeah, paid my debt, all that. 718 00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:40,833 Hey, uh, Axe, if you can use somebody 719 00:36:40,834 --> 00:36:44,082 to analyze companies or bring you ideas, you know... 720 00:36:44,083 --> 00:36:48,124 You know, I always liked you, Danny. 721 00:36:48,125 --> 00:36:51,583 But you did the one thing no one can ever come back from. 722 00:37:03,125 --> 00:37:04,707 I'm honored 723 00:37:04,708 --> 00:37:06,748 that the Restore the Eastern Timber Wolf Conservancy 724 00:37:06,772 --> 00:37:10,374 has seen fit to name me its man of the year, 725 00:37:10,375 --> 00:37:12,374 but I'm also a little surprised, 726 00:37:12,375 --> 00:37:14,707 since I didn't, well, until this morning, 727 00:37:14,708 --> 00:37:18,082 actually know what an eastern timber wolf looked like. 728 00:37:18,083 --> 00:37:20,124 Kind of mangy. 729 00:37:20,125 --> 00:37:22,416 I understand it's the coyote blood. 730 00:37:22,417 --> 00:37:25,165 Terrific organization, though. Wouldn't you agree? 731 00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:27,500 Haven't a clue. 732 00:37:28,959 --> 00:37:33,207 Hell of a gambit, hmm? 733 00:37:33,208 --> 00:37:37,165 If this was just a little row between the two of us, 734 00:37:37,166 --> 00:37:39,582 we'd shake hands, I'd take that stupid award, 735 00:37:39,583 --> 00:37:40,999 and you'd have nothing more to fear. 736 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,124 So, are we shaking hands? 737 00:37:45,125 --> 00:37:47,624 Humbled as I am to have been singled out, 738 00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:49,833 I must decline. 739 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:52,582 Do I need to call those wolf people back, or...? 740 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,833 I'll take care of it. 741 00:37:54,834 --> 00:37:59,165 So, you got what you came for. 742 00:37:59,166 --> 00:38:00,624 You now know... 743 00:38:00,625 --> 00:38:02,582 That you weren't trying to fuck me over 744 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:04,791 out of some personal animus. 745 00:38:04,792 --> 00:38:07,082 Someone asked you a favor, 746 00:38:07,083 --> 00:38:08,999 and you wouldn't want that same person 747 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,750 to see us cozy together on the dais. 748 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,041 Would you mind telling me who? 749 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,582 Inelegant of you to even ask. 750 00:38:21,583 --> 00:38:24,582 Because it forces me to say that the Location Board 751 00:38:24,583 --> 00:38:26,040 combs through many factors. 752 00:38:26,041 --> 00:38:29,290 Sandicot submitted a proposal and was under consideration, 753 00:38:29,291 --> 00:38:31,374 as were many other locations. Ultimately... 754 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,624 The committee chose the location that would bring 755 00:38:33,625 --> 00:38:36,332 the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. 756 00:38:36,333 --> 00:38:37,707 Yes, I know the party line. 757 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:39,508 You could have written something more stylish. 758 00:38:39,532 --> 00:38:41,749 It's not supposed to be stylish. 759 00:38:41,750 --> 00:38:44,290 It's supposed to make you feel a little bit ill, 760 00:38:44,291 --> 00:38:46,750 like an out-of-season oyster. 761 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,332 You got into this room, Mr. Axelrod, 762 00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:53,958 because I appreciated the, uh, fluidity of your tactics. 763 00:38:53,959 --> 00:38:56,666 Thank you. 764 00:38:56,667 --> 00:39:00,332 But our relationship ends right there. 765 00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:03,165 If we'd come together some other way, I'd feel certain 766 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:05,290 we might have been something like friends, 767 00:39:05,291 --> 00:39:07,165 but that can never happen now, 768 00:39:07,166 --> 00:39:09,791 despite the rareness of your gifts. 769 00:39:09,792 --> 00:39:12,499 I hold to a code of loyalty, 770 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,124 which may very well be outmoded, but has served me well. 771 00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:18,707 And to be honest, 772 00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:22,332 I like the way it makes me feel when I choose sides. 773 00:39:22,333 --> 00:39:26,499 Well, that's something I can understand. 774 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,667 Understand this, too, then. 775 00:39:31,542 --> 00:39:35,332 I know you're not satisfied with what you've learned. 776 00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:37,207 Your search will continue, 777 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,749 and it may take you down a great number of paths. 778 00:39:40,750 --> 00:39:43,541 But don't come back down this one. 779 00:39:43,542 --> 00:39:45,542 There's nothing for you here. 780 00:39:48,208 --> 00:39:50,874 Now, if you'll excuse me... 781 00:39:50,875 --> 00:39:53,541 Yeah, sure. 782 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:55,792 Ahh, you have to get ready for your thing. 783 00:39:58,583 --> 00:40:00,999 A last question, if you'll indulge me. 784 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,374 Mm-hmm. 785 00:40:04,375 --> 00:40:05,625 Do you like parties? 786 00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:10,707 Oh, I fucking love 'em. 787 00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:12,667 ♪ Up-tempo music ♪ 788 00:40:20,875 --> 00:40:23,541 Hey, Margolis. 789 00:40:23,542 --> 00:40:26,416 Turns out I do have something for you after all. 790 00:40:26,417 --> 00:40:28,416 That's great. Should I stop by the office? 791 00:40:28,417 --> 00:40:30,749 You're not walking through that door ever again. 792 00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:32,833 This isn't a fresh start. 793 00:40:32,834 --> 00:40:35,833 I have to use you for what you are now, Danny. 794 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:39,166 But if you come through for me, I'll pay off your house. 795 00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:51,332 Oh, thank you for switching nights with me. 796 00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:53,792 It has all been really last-minute. 797 00:40:56,125 --> 00:40:59,207 Yeah, I know. 798 00:40:59,208 --> 00:41:01,541 If you think my dinner suit was trying too hard, 799 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:03,082 this must look ridiculous. 800 00:41:03,083 --> 00:41:05,208 No, no, I wasn't... 801 00:41:07,417 --> 00:41:10,290 I've been thinking about our fight. 802 00:41:10,291 --> 00:41:11,874 Which one? 803 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:14,040 After you used Kevin as a photo op. 804 00:41:14,041 --> 00:41:15,707 Ah. 805 00:41:15,708 --> 00:41:17,124 It was a mistake. 806 00:41:17,125 --> 00:41:20,165 Yes, I know. You told me. Hence the fight. 807 00:41:20,166 --> 00:41:23,040 No, what I said when I was angry, 808 00:41:23,041 --> 00:41:25,707 that, that was the bigger mistake. 809 00:41:25,708 --> 00:41:28,082 I was closing off, and boundaries are one thing, 810 00:41:28,083 --> 00:41:31,290 but we shouldn't be encouraging each other not to share things. 811 00:41:31,291 --> 00:41:33,916 Honesty is essential if we're gonna figure this out, 812 00:41:33,917 --> 00:41:39,667 whether we're finding our way back to each other or... 813 00:41:43,333 --> 00:41:46,582 I've been regretting the same conversation myself. 814 00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:49,291 I didn't mean what I said about seeing other people. 815 00:41:50,667 --> 00:41:52,707 I twisted your words to get us there 816 00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:55,290 because I was feeling defensive, 817 00:41:55,291 --> 00:41:59,875 and, uh, I suppose, guilty. 818 00:42:01,792 --> 00:42:04,374 I went on a date, I think. 819 00:42:04,375 --> 00:42:08,165 No, it was a date. 820 00:42:08,166 --> 00:42:10,041 A woman from jiu-jitsu. 821 00:42:16,291 --> 00:42:18,041 Nothing really happened. 822 00:42:19,792 --> 00:42:21,542 A kiss. 823 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:25,499 I stopped it there 824 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:31,332 because whatever our declared status, 825 00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:33,750 in my heart, it felt like adultery. 826 00:42:37,625 --> 00:42:39,166 It's okay. 827 00:42:42,333 --> 00:42:43,749 Really? 828 00:42:43,750 --> 00:42:46,750 Yeah. Yeah. 829 00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:51,874 I'm sorry. I hijacked the conversation. 830 00:42:51,875 --> 00:42:54,750 No, no, I, um... 831 00:42:56,333 --> 00:42:58,874 I feel like I should volunteer something, too, 832 00:42:58,875 --> 00:43:01,124 in the spirit of honesty. 833 00:43:01,125 --> 00:43:03,833 Oh. 834 00:43:03,834 --> 00:43:05,416 You have something like that? 835 00:43:05,417 --> 00:43:07,582 Yeah. 836 00:43:07,583 --> 00:43:09,917 Yeah, I have something to admit. 837 00:43:32,834 --> 00:43:37,625 You don't look ridiculous. You look fuckin' hot. 838 00:44:07,625 --> 00:44:08,874 Hello? 839 00:44:08,875 --> 00:44:10,374 It's Wendy Rhoades. 840 00:44:10,375 --> 00:44:12,374 I'm sorry to call so late, but I figured 841 00:44:12,375 --> 00:44:15,040 - you'd still be at the office. - I am. 842 00:44:15,041 --> 00:44:16,666 That first question you asked. 843 00:44:16,667 --> 00:44:21,332 Are your feelings about Mafee helpful? 844 00:44:21,333 --> 00:44:25,124 More than any stock you'll ever champion, 845 00:44:25,125 --> 00:44:29,124 more than any time you'll impress somebody by being right. 846 00:44:29,125 --> 00:44:30,666 You haven't noticed yet. 847 00:44:30,667 --> 00:44:33,082 By the time anyone notices, it's usually too late, 848 00:44:33,083 --> 00:44:36,624 but that place has a way of obscuring, 849 00:44:36,625 --> 00:44:40,791 corroding, eating you from the fucking inside. 850 00:44:40,792 --> 00:44:42,916 And you have a rare chance to survive. 851 00:44:42,917 --> 00:44:45,999 You're so far ahead of where Axe and I were 852 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,707 when we were your age. 853 00:44:47,708 --> 00:44:49,828 We hadn't made hard choices. You know yourself better. 854 00:44:49,852 --> 00:44:53,499 And your feelings are a lifeline 855 00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:55,124 connecting you back to that place, 856 00:44:55,125 --> 00:44:57,916 screaming at you from your core, "Don't forget me. 857 00:44:57,917 --> 00:45:02,875 Don't forget. I don't like to lie." 858 00:45:04,708 --> 00:45:07,249 I don't. 859 00:45:07,250 --> 00:45:09,125 ♪ Somber music ♪ 860 00:45:13,917 --> 00:45:17,958 If you start to feel yourself 861 00:45:17,959 --> 00:45:21,124 not feeling, 862 00:45:21,125 --> 00:45:23,791 do what you did the other day and come find me... 863 00:45:23,792 --> 00:45:27,500 before it's too late... for both of us. 864 00:45:30,083 --> 00:45:31,959 I have to go. 865 00:45:50,208 --> 00:45:52,708 - This is how you do it. - Uh-huh. 866 00:46:13,834 --> 00:46:16,542 He's got piss all over his big boy's. 867 00:46:20,959 --> 00:46:23,583 I'm just gonna play one. Uh, maybe two. 868 00:46:27,917 --> 00:46:32,207 Foley doesn't fuck around. That's Ben Folds. 869 00:46:32,208 --> 00:46:36,499 No, even when he fucks around, he means business. 870 00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:39,791 ♪ We'd hit the bottom ♪ 871 00:46:39,792 --> 00:46:42,999 ♪ I thought it was my fault ♪ 872 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,375 ♪ And in a way, I guess it was ♪ 873 00:46:48,125 --> 00:46:52,040 ♪ I'm just now finding out what it was all about... ♪ 874 00:46:52,041 --> 00:46:53,082 - Mr. Rhoades. - Yes. 875 00:46:53,083 --> 00:46:55,332 Mr. Foley would like to see you in the library. 876 00:46:55,333 --> 00:47:01,040 ♪ Moved to the West Coast away from everyone ♪ 877 00:47:01,041 --> 00:47:04,333 ♪ She never told me that you called ♪ 878 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:11,834 ♪ Back when I was still, I was still in love ♪ 879 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,874 Your father's been telling me about you 880 00:47:37,875 --> 00:47:40,000 since you were in knickerbockers. 881 00:47:40,792 --> 00:47:43,666 Don't think I ever wore those. 882 00:47:43,667 --> 00:47:45,582 No, he showed me the pictures. 883 00:47:45,583 --> 00:47:47,833 Must have been you. 884 00:47:47,834 --> 00:47:51,165 He'd never go around with photos of the bastards. 885 00:47:51,166 --> 00:47:52,874 He's put a lot of time into you. 886 00:47:52,875 --> 00:47:56,332 My own children didn't have the drive. 887 00:47:56,333 --> 00:47:58,541 Maybe I spoiled them too much. 888 00:47:58,542 --> 00:48:00,416 Had to find other prospects. 889 00:48:00,417 --> 00:48:05,332 But by this point, it's a pretty deep farm system. 890 00:48:05,333 --> 00:48:08,082 I've been drafting blue-chippers, high upsides, 891 00:48:08,083 --> 00:48:10,332 and reclamations for three decades. 892 00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:13,874 So why should I sign you off the street? 893 00:48:13,875 --> 00:48:16,457 Oh, I think you're confused. 894 00:48:16,458 --> 00:48:18,416 I'm not trying to sell myself to you. 895 00:48:18,417 --> 00:48:20,874 You didn't just put Sweeney out of the race. 896 00:48:20,875 --> 00:48:22,040 You crushed his spirit. 897 00:48:22,041 --> 00:48:24,833 No reason to do that unless you wanted 898 00:48:24,834 --> 00:48:26,707 to tell me something about you. 899 00:48:26,708 --> 00:48:28,999 Maybe I just couldn't help myself. 900 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,707 Or maybe I knew you were dangling him 901 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:34,541 to see what I would do. 902 00:48:34,542 --> 00:48:36,874 Whatever's meant to happen always does. 903 00:48:36,875 --> 00:48:39,124 I had a gut feeling. 904 00:48:39,125 --> 00:48:42,541 That's how I do this. That's how I do all of it. 905 00:48:42,542 --> 00:48:45,541 Mm. So, what's the trick? 906 00:48:45,542 --> 00:48:48,083 The trick? Hmm. 907 00:48:51,250 --> 00:48:54,707 Well, like most, it's bracingly simple. 908 00:48:54,708 --> 00:48:56,958 You pick the right man, 909 00:48:56,959 --> 00:48:59,582 and then you get him the fuck out of his own way 910 00:48:59,583 --> 00:49:02,749 so people can actually see him. 911 00:49:02,750 --> 00:49:06,040 Elections aren't about ideas. 912 00:49:06,041 --> 00:49:08,332 Elections are about candidates. 913 00:49:08,333 --> 00:49:09,874 Mm. 914 00:49:09,875 --> 00:49:14,040 And candidates are about what's in here. 915 00:49:14,041 --> 00:49:15,999 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 916 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,500 I am the right man. 917 00:49:22,458 --> 00:49:24,791 I am not going to ask you. 918 00:49:24,792 --> 00:49:26,625 You can't think it works that way. 919 00:49:32,041 --> 00:49:33,583 Jack. 920 00:49:36,875 --> 00:49:40,000 Will you make me governor? 921 00:49:43,667 --> 00:49:46,708 Yeah. Okay. 922 00:49:48,959 --> 00:49:50,916 My friends will become your friends, 923 00:49:50,917 --> 00:49:53,707 and your enemies will become mine, 924 00:49:53,708 --> 00:49:56,833 as some already have. 925 00:49:56,834 --> 00:49:58,474 Uh, about that clerkship, you can put that 926 00:49:58,498 --> 00:50:00,290 - out of your mind. - Well, thank you. 927 00:50:00,291 --> 00:50:04,875 I'm sure my granddaughter has put it out of hers. 928 00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:10,165 It's not really over. 929 00:50:10,166 --> 00:50:14,249 There are other judges more senior and prestigious. 930 00:50:14,250 --> 00:50:16,458 I will deliver you that clerkship. 931 00:50:18,750 --> 00:50:21,625 Whatever's meant to happen always does. 932 00:50:37,166 --> 00:50:39,833 I know. I know. It's starting to feel real. 933 00:50:39,834 --> 00:50:42,250 Heavy lies the head that... 934 00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:47,874 The hesitation is still about Axelrod. 935 00:50:47,875 --> 00:50:49,250 Yes. 936 00:50:51,542 --> 00:50:52,917 Ah. 937 00:50:54,375 --> 00:50:58,040 You know the joke about the two bulls on top of the hill 938 00:50:58,041 --> 00:50:59,749 and the cows down below? 939 00:50:59,750 --> 00:51:02,207 The young bull wants to run down and fuck one. 940 00:51:02,208 --> 00:51:04,608 And the old bull says, "Let's walk on down and fuck 'em all." 941 00:51:04,632 --> 00:51:08,958 That has been repeated so many times in movies, TV shows. 942 00:51:08,959 --> 00:51:10,159 It's taken as received wisdom, 943 00:51:10,183 --> 00:51:14,350 except the thing is you can't. 944 00:51:16,667 --> 00:51:20,833 Nobody gets to fuck 'em all. 945 00:51:20,834 --> 00:51:24,874 You got to choose which one you're gonna fuck, 946 00:51:24,875 --> 00:51:29,708 and then... fuck her good. 947 00:51:43,250 --> 00:51:46,499 ♪ Fucked Up's "Turn the Season" ♪ 948 00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:48,166 Son of a bitch. 949 00:51:50,333 --> 00:51:53,332 ♪ They go up, and then they go down ♪ 950 00:51:53,333 --> 00:51:56,249 ♪ Chase a smile with a frown ♪ 951 00:51:56,250 --> 00:51:59,332 ♪ He knows that his joy will stop ♪ 952 00:51:59,333 --> 00:52:01,999 ♪ Waiting for the other shoe to drop ♪ 953 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,917 ♪ He's a ship on the sea ♪ 954 00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:08,999 Welcome to the Yale Club. 955 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,165 Hey. Excuse me. Are you a member? 956 00:52:11,166 --> 00:52:13,040 Do I look like a fucking member? 957 00:52:13,041 --> 00:52:14,561 - We have a dress code. - Good for you. 958 00:52:18,375 --> 00:52:20,625 And she stepped on the billiard ball! 959 00:52:23,625 --> 00:52:25,166 Rhoades! 960 00:52:25,708 --> 00:52:28,457 Rhoades! 961 00:52:28,458 --> 00:52:31,582 You fucking weasel! 962 00:52:31,583 --> 00:52:35,208 Rhoades! Show your fucking weasel face! 963 00:52:40,708 --> 00:52:42,375 Chuck. 964 00:52:44,667 --> 00:52:46,750 Uh... 965 00:52:47,875 --> 00:52:51,707 Well, uh, Bobby, 966 00:52:51,708 --> 00:52:55,082 if you wanted to play squash, you should have called ahead. 967 00:52:55,083 --> 00:52:59,583 I know what you and your two daddies did up in Sandicot. 968 00:53:01,750 --> 00:53:04,040 I really don't know what you're talking about. 969 00:53:04,041 --> 00:53:06,207 You thought moving that casino would, what, fuck me up? 970 00:53:06,208 --> 00:53:09,374 Get me to sell off one of my jets? 971 00:53:09,375 --> 00:53:11,290 Well, guess what I'm doing now. 972 00:53:11,291 --> 00:53:14,624 Losing your religion in the Yale Club? 973 00:53:14,625 --> 00:53:17,499 Drinking that town's fucking milkshake. 974 00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:19,999 Everything that was once theirs will be mine, 975 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,499 sold off, recycled, 976 00:53:22,500 --> 00:53:25,124 stuck on a pedestal in my office, doesn't matter. 977 00:53:25,125 --> 00:53:27,833 In the end, I will not lose 978 00:53:27,834 --> 00:53:30,332 one single penny from Sandicot. 979 00:53:30,333 --> 00:53:33,541 In fact, I will be made whole, more than whole, 980 00:53:33,542 --> 00:53:38,707 but you will have spent all that political capital for nothing. 981 00:53:38,708 --> 00:53:41,165 Well, as I said, I really have no idea 982 00:53:41,166 --> 00:53:43,332 what you're talking about. 983 00:53:43,333 --> 00:53:46,707 But, Dad, isn't there a dress code in the common areas? 984 00:53:46,708 --> 00:53:51,124 Did Morgan at the front desk not offer you a courtesy blazer? 985 00:53:51,125 --> 00:53:54,332 - Hmm. - We apologize on his behalf. 986 00:53:54,333 --> 00:53:57,500 That type of rudeness is unacceptable. 987 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,666 You know, they say 988 00:54:03,667 --> 00:54:06,707 that a boy never really becomes a man 989 00:54:06,708 --> 00:54:09,000 until he's buried his father. 990 00:54:09,708 --> 00:54:11,541 Now, mine's been dead to me 991 00:54:11,542 --> 00:54:14,416 since the moment he walked out when I was 12 years old. 992 00:54:14,417 --> 00:54:15,874 I don't remember if I cried, 993 00:54:15,875 --> 00:54:18,625 but I do remember that I was forced to grow the fuck up. 994 00:54:20,125 --> 00:54:23,499 So it always warms my heart when I see a boy 995 00:54:23,500 --> 00:54:27,916 who still has his father's shoulder to lean on, 996 00:54:27,917 --> 00:54:30,541 his father's contacts to deploy, 997 00:54:30,542 --> 00:54:34,707 his father's balls clanking around in place of his own, 998 00:54:34,708 --> 00:54:37,374 which haven't quite dropped yet. 999 00:54:37,375 --> 00:54:39,416 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1000 00:54:39,417 --> 00:54:41,249 Hold on to this man, Chuck, 1001 00:54:41,250 --> 00:54:45,082 for one day soon, he will be gone, 1002 00:54:45,083 --> 00:54:47,624 and then you will finally 1003 00:54:47,625 --> 00:54:50,916 have to do something for yourself. 1004 00:54:50,917 --> 00:54:54,125 ♪ Intense music ♪ 1005 00:55:04,583 --> 00:55:08,542 Dad. Let's take a walk. 1006 00:55:23,792 --> 00:55:26,875 Son, everything I did was for you. 1007 00:55:28,458 --> 00:55:31,082 Because you were born too soon and started too late? 1008 00:55:31,083 --> 00:55:33,624 Look, if you're going to hide me, just let loose. 1009 00:55:33,625 --> 00:55:36,625 Dad, Dad, I'm not mad at you. 1010 00:55:38,834 --> 00:55:39,834 Not this time. 1011 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:46,708 Is that your way of finally saying thank you? 1012 00:55:49,917 --> 00:55:53,541 Axelrod is spiraling. 1013 00:55:53,542 --> 00:55:54,542 Oh, I recognize the signs 1014 00:55:54,543 --> 00:55:57,666 because that was me not too long ago, 1015 00:55:57,667 --> 00:56:01,082 and a man like that can be induced to a mistake. 1016 00:56:01,083 --> 00:56:02,791 He's already made one, hasn't he? 1017 00:56:02,792 --> 00:56:04,582 Yes. 1018 00:56:04,583 --> 00:56:05,874 You know, I don't know 1019 00:56:05,875 --> 00:56:07,755 if it was part of your plan or a happy accident, 1020 00:56:07,779 --> 00:56:10,082 but Axelrod has decimated the part of the state 1021 00:56:10,083 --> 00:56:12,332 where I poll weakest. 1022 00:56:12,333 --> 00:56:14,542 He's shown you his neck. 1023 00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:18,749 He has. 1024 00:56:18,750 --> 00:56:23,374 And you get to become the defender of the people. 1025 00:56:23,375 --> 00:56:25,541 And you'll get 1026 00:56:25,542 --> 00:56:29,041 the governor's mansion for your efforts. 1027 00:56:34,208 --> 00:56:37,000 And Connerty's started. 1028 00:56:41,166 --> 00:56:43,958 You got one of those Cheroots? 1029 00:56:43,959 --> 00:56:45,874 - Fundadores. - Mm-hmm. 1030 00:56:45,875 --> 00:56:48,125 Yes, I do. 1031 00:56:58,166 --> 00:57:02,749 Maybe in the end, 1032 00:57:02,750 --> 00:57:07,624 you're the one guy that does get to fuck 'em all. 1033 00:57:07,625 --> 00:57:09,625 ♪ Fucked Up's "Turn the Season" ♪ 1034 00:57:26,542 --> 00:57:29,582 ♪ Things go up, and then they go down ♪ 1035 00:57:29,583 --> 00:57:31,666 ♪ Chase a smile with a frown ♪ 1036 00:57:31,667 --> 00:57:35,457 ♪ He knows that his joy will stop ♪ 1037 00:57:35,458 --> 00:57:37,416 ♪ Waiting for the other shoe to drop ♪ 1038 00:57:37,417 --> 00:57:41,374 ♪ He's a ship on the sea ♪ 1039 00:57:41,375 --> 00:57:44,582 ♪ Setting sail to perfidy ♪ 1040 00:57:44,583 --> 00:57:46,666 ♪ He is cold, he is warm ♪ 1041 00:57:46,667 --> 00:57:48,667 ♪ He's the peace inside the storm ♪