1 00:00:08,274 --> 00:00:10,172 Previously on "Billions"... 2 00:00:10,532 --> 00:00:11,698 Donnie Caan. 3 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:13,199 We're gonna triple up his stack. 4 00:00:13,201 --> 00:00:15,813 Get started with 200,000 shares of Rubinex. 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,281 Dean, seventh President. Hint? Two after Monroe. 6 00:00:19,875 --> 00:00:21,473 Jackson. Andrew Jackson. 7 00:00:21,498 --> 00:00:22,664 Gordie, where was he from? 8 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:25,071 Border areas near the Carolinas. 9 00:00:25,096 --> 00:00:27,529 All I have to do is drop the hammer, 10 00:00:27,748 --> 00:00:30,891 and you will look like absolute shit. 11 00:00:31,022 --> 00:00:33,322 I need you to find Martina Slovis. 12 00:00:33,387 --> 00:00:35,988 Dropped out of Brooklyn Law. Only for me. 13 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:38,057 Raul Gomez. New York City Police Pension Fund. 14 00:00:38,059 --> 00:00:40,040 I wanna thank you for meeting with me in person. 15 00:00:40,106 --> 00:00:41,639 I knew that if I gave you my money, 16 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,152 you would do whatever you had to 17 00:00:43,263 --> 00:00:44,649 and wouldn't care what it looked like. 18 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,045 This company came under attack. 19 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:47,270 We're gonna put him in a cell. 20 00:00:47,283 --> 00:00:49,336 We will mobilize the war machine! 21 00:00:49,485 --> 00:00:50,402 Fuck, yeah! 22 00:00:50,404 --> 00:00:51,670 I have never seen him like this. 23 00:00:51,672 --> 00:00:53,572 - You think I'm overreacting? - Tell me more about 24 00:00:53,574 --> 00:00:55,507 - what he's doing. - He's looking for a win. 25 00:00:55,509 --> 00:00:58,743 The defendant agrees to an aggregate financial penalty 26 00:00:58,745 --> 00:01:00,540 of 1.9 billion dollars. 27 00:01:00,609 --> 00:01:02,609 Didn't he say that he would never settle? 28 00:01:02,916 --> 00:01:04,416 That's what he's been saying. 29 00:01:04,418 --> 00:01:05,172 How did it happen? 30 00:01:05,203 --> 00:01:07,821 We can make that $1.9 back in, what, eight months? 31 00:01:07,987 --> 00:01:08,860 Six. 32 00:01:08,885 --> 00:01:10,685 You'll never trade securities again, 33 00:01:10,857 --> 00:01:13,257 not even for yourself. 34 00:01:14,694 --> 00:01:16,694 - I can't live in the middle. - You won't. 35 00:01:16,696 --> 00:01:19,263 I've decided, for the good of our marriage, 36 00:01:19,265 --> 00:01:20,932 I've recused myself. 37 00:01:20,934 --> 00:01:23,800 You can count on me to finish what you started. 38 00:01:23,802 --> 00:01:24,935 I'm all in. 39 00:01:24,937 --> 00:01:26,653 I'm still gonna need you to keep me informed. 40 00:01:26,678 --> 00:01:29,112 Then you're not really recused. 41 00:01:29,375 --> 00:01:32,509 I am. Officially. 42 00:02:07,056 --> 00:02:09,457 Hey, wait up. Dad's over there. 43 00:02:09,459 --> 00:02:12,899 Again? You guys are bleeding me dry. 44 00:02:12,962 --> 00:02:15,830 Axelrods, you learned good from your dad. 45 00:02:15,832 --> 00:02:17,798 Always let someone else float you, 46 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,433 no matter how rich you are. 47 00:02:19,435 --> 00:02:21,903 - Thank you, Mr. Layner. - Thanks, Dad. 48 00:02:21,905 --> 00:02:23,538 Another, honey. 49 00:02:39,888 --> 00:02:42,356 You guys could've bought that crap for a nickel. 50 00:02:43,592 --> 00:02:46,893 Guess it doesn't matter to you guys. Let's go. 51 00:02:46,895 --> 00:02:48,595 There? 52 00:02:49,798 --> 00:02:52,331 Hey, Bruce! Boys! 53 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:53,667 Mommy, my soda! 54 00:02:53,669 --> 00:02:55,001 Shit. 55 00:02:56,939 --> 00:02:59,138 Okay, big guys. 56 00:03:18,125 --> 00:03:19,458 - Hi, Mom. - Hi. 57 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:21,894 - Hi, Mom. - Hi. 58 00:03:21,896 --> 00:03:23,295 Later. 59 00:03:32,473 --> 00:03:34,539 So, how was it? 60 00:03:34,541 --> 00:03:36,575 - Great. - Awesome. 61 00:03:37,911 --> 00:03:39,478 Hey. 62 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,246 Are the kids home okay? 63 00:03:41,248 --> 00:03:43,081 Yeah. Why? 64 00:03:43,083 --> 00:03:44,583 I saw them with Bruce Layner, 65 00:03:44,585 --> 00:03:46,651 and it seemed like he was drinking. 66 00:03:46,653 --> 00:03:47,885 He was drinking. 67 00:03:47,887 --> 00:03:50,088 But I couldn't get to them in time. 68 00:03:53,727 --> 00:03:56,728 Thank you, Lilly. No, I definitely needed that info. 69 00:03:56,730 --> 00:03:59,163 And I appreciate that you called. 70 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,502 Hey, guys, before you get in, I need to ask you something. 71 00:04:04,504 --> 00:04:06,804 Was Mr. Layner acting weird? 72 00:04:08,707 --> 00:04:09,840 A little. 73 00:04:09,842 --> 00:04:11,542 He kept saying things about money. 74 00:04:11,544 --> 00:04:12,909 He tried to make us feel bad. 75 00:04:12,911 --> 00:04:14,545 And what else? 76 00:04:14,547 --> 00:04:16,747 Did he, like... 77 00:04:16,749 --> 00:04:19,716 Was he drinking in the car? 78 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,852 Answer your mother. 79 00:04:21,854 --> 00:04:23,287 He had a beer can in the car. 80 00:04:23,289 --> 00:04:24,955 I could smell it from the backseat. 81 00:04:24,957 --> 00:04:27,791 Why didn't you say something? Why did you let him drive you? 82 00:04:27,793 --> 00:04:29,292 He's an adult. 83 00:04:29,294 --> 00:04:30,927 Are you sure he was drinking alcohol 84 00:04:30,929 --> 00:04:32,696 while he was driving you? 85 00:04:32,698 --> 00:04:34,497 Lilly said it was more than one. 86 00:04:34,499 --> 00:04:35,766 Yeah, Dad. He was. 87 00:04:38,103 --> 00:04:40,470 Bobby! 88 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:04,326 Margy time! 89 00:05:06,731 --> 00:05:09,165 Who wants a Margy? 90 00:05:12,837 --> 00:05:14,570 Hey, hey, Axe! 91 00:05:14,572 --> 00:05:16,238 You drove my kids drunk? 92 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,607 Whoa, man. I had a beer or two. 93 00:05:18,609 --> 00:05:21,410 Three tops. Hardly even buzzed. 94 00:05:21,412 --> 00:05:23,512 I got your precious, fucking babies home. 95 00:05:23,514 --> 00:05:25,780 What? I will kill you, you motherfucker! 96 00:05:25,782 --> 00:05:27,649 - Uhh! - Oh! 97 00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:32,620 Get up! 98 00:05:34,725 --> 00:05:37,658 That's gonna fucking cost you. 99 00:05:39,262 --> 00:05:41,062 Someone call the police. 100 00:05:49,772 --> 00:05:52,373 Would you like a water or a coffee, Mr. Spyros? 101 00:05:52,375 --> 00:05:54,808 I would love a cortado. 102 00:05:54,810 --> 00:05:56,076 Uh... 103 00:05:56,078 --> 00:05:57,478 We don't have a machine. 104 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,280 Well, maybe someone can run out. 105 00:05:59,282 --> 00:06:01,915 It's just me on a Sunday. 106 00:06:01,917 --> 00:06:03,183 No, no. On me. 107 00:06:04,553 --> 00:06:07,254 Um... will they know what that is? 108 00:06:07,256 --> 00:06:08,856 Cortado. 109 00:06:08,858 --> 00:06:11,458 It's like a macchiato, but with more foam. 110 00:06:11,460 --> 00:06:14,361 Microfoam. Silkier. 111 00:06:14,363 --> 00:06:16,463 Thanks, doll. 112 00:06:19,034 --> 00:06:20,667 Just so you know, 113 00:06:20,669 --> 00:06:22,369 I don't go for the price of an espresso... 114 00:06:22,371 --> 00:06:25,405 or even a few espressi 115 00:06:25,407 --> 00:06:27,741 or for any price. 116 00:06:27,743 --> 00:06:30,677 You blew up the settlement conference. 117 00:06:30,679 --> 00:06:32,312 You recused yourself. 118 00:06:32,314 --> 00:06:35,348 So we have to come to a new understanding 119 00:06:35,350 --> 00:06:37,016 about my role. 120 00:06:37,018 --> 00:06:39,185 And it's gotta be a bigger one. 121 00:06:39,187 --> 00:06:41,520 A lead role. 122 00:06:41,522 --> 00:06:44,390 My stink is gonna be all over this now. 123 00:06:44,392 --> 00:06:45,758 As you point out, 124 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,761 uh, I, myself, am recused from the case. 125 00:06:48,763 --> 00:06:49,996 On the outside. 126 00:06:49,998 --> 00:06:51,798 So how could I possibly be bound by... 127 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,932 Oh, come on. 128 00:06:53,934 --> 00:06:56,702 We both know your recusal is for show. 129 00:06:56,704 --> 00:06:58,737 Don't make me dig out the old CB radio 130 00:06:58,739 --> 00:07:01,340 and call in a convoy of reporters and investigators 131 00:07:01,342 --> 00:07:02,974 to examine it. 132 00:07:02,976 --> 00:07:04,810 Oh, maybe we interview your wife or... 133 00:07:04,812 --> 00:07:07,012 Okay. 134 00:07:07,014 --> 00:07:09,347 You win. Again. 135 00:07:09,349 --> 00:07:12,317 Uh, we did make a deal. 136 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:14,920 And even though I was under duress at the time, 137 00:07:14,922 --> 00:07:17,455 I will stick to it. 138 00:07:17,457 --> 00:07:19,224 So you'll come in one afternoon this week 139 00:07:19,226 --> 00:07:20,558 when we're open for business. 140 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,661 I will make sure that Connerty has his entire team assembled, 141 00:07:23,663 --> 00:07:25,996 and they will run you through all of it. 142 00:07:25,998 --> 00:07:28,366 Work hand in hand with you and the SEC. 143 00:07:28,368 --> 00:07:31,736 No. Not hand in hand. 144 00:07:31,738 --> 00:07:34,405 I'm gonna run point on this, 145 00:07:34,407 --> 00:07:38,343 and I need to hear you say that you're comfortable with that. 146 00:07:38,345 --> 00:07:41,579 I wanna be the fucking commandant. 147 00:07:45,651 --> 00:07:48,219 I'll pass word to my people. 148 00:07:51,090 --> 00:07:54,859 - Uh, what about your cortado? - You drink it. 149 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,200 Yeah, Dale? 150 00:08:04,202 --> 00:08:07,704 I'm gonna need Martina Slovis's contact info now. 151 00:08:27,025 --> 00:08:29,292 I'm here for the Stewart bachelor party. 152 00:08:29,294 --> 00:08:31,527 Uh, right back there. 153 00:08:39,871 --> 00:08:42,838 Do all guys in my position hate themselves for doing this? 154 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,039 No reason you should. 155 00:08:44,041 --> 00:08:45,307 You're doing the right thing now. 156 00:08:45,309 --> 00:08:47,142 Not that they should. It's just human nature. 157 00:08:47,144 --> 00:08:49,378 Look, Axelrod, you know, sweeps his phones, 158 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:51,179 hires security to defend himself. 159 00:08:51,181 --> 00:08:53,348 So believe me, on some level, this is what he expects, 160 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:55,050 what he knows he deserves. 161 00:08:55,052 --> 00:08:56,151 Not from me. 162 00:08:56,153 --> 00:08:57,652 So feel a little bad then, 163 00:08:57,654 --> 00:08:59,087 but don't change what you're doing, 164 00:08:59,089 --> 00:09:00,555 like me with double cheeseburgers. 165 00:09:00,557 --> 00:09:03,825 No, but, Dale, you need to stop. He needs to keep going. 166 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,860 We need him to do a deal with you directly. 167 00:09:05,862 --> 00:09:07,762 And when he does, we need you to confirm 168 00:09:07,764 --> 00:09:10,031 the source of the information, that it's insider. 169 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:12,300 Well, that's gonna be hard to get him to do. 170 00:09:12,302 --> 00:09:15,202 That's why you're getting such a cherry fucking deal 171 00:09:15,204 --> 00:09:17,672 for making it happen. Huh? 172 00:09:17,674 --> 00:09:20,508 Okay, let's get him wired up. 173 00:09:22,711 --> 00:09:24,812 Sorry to bother, 174 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:27,315 but I wanted to check in on the Kemlot trade. 175 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:29,450 And you canceled the Sunday night call, so... 176 00:09:29,452 --> 00:09:31,419 It turned into a bit of a weekend. 177 00:09:31,421 --> 00:09:34,488 Okay. Uh, I want to know if you think I should be ready 178 00:09:34,490 --> 00:09:37,858 to pull the trigger at the open tomorrow. 179 00:09:37,860 --> 00:09:40,160 Wait. 180 00:09:40,162 --> 00:09:43,363 - But you said... - I'm not certain. 181 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:47,400 Okay, then. Thanks. 182 00:09:50,205 --> 00:09:52,172 Uh, is everything all right? 183 00:09:52,174 --> 00:09:56,676 Yeah. Yeah, like I said, it was a bit of a weekend. 184 00:09:56,678 --> 00:09:59,745 Why don't you come in for a drink? 185 00:09:59,747 --> 00:10:01,381 It... 186 00:10:01,383 --> 00:10:03,516 It's more than understandable. 187 00:10:03,518 --> 00:10:05,285 Given the circumstance, it was inevitable. 188 00:10:05,287 --> 00:10:07,187 The son of a bitch deserved it. 189 00:10:07,189 --> 00:10:10,890 But I earned my living by staving off the inevitable. 190 00:10:10,892 --> 00:10:13,559 Let the other dogs drool when the bell rings. 191 00:10:13,561 --> 00:10:15,260 I wait for the actual food to turn up. 192 00:10:15,262 --> 00:10:18,764 That way I get fed while the rest howl in the wind. 193 00:10:18,766 --> 00:10:21,701 We don't get to choose how and when we react. 194 00:10:21,703 --> 00:10:24,136 That's what the experiment proves. 195 00:10:24,138 --> 00:10:26,438 You've actually read Pavlov's study, haven't you? 196 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,608 Yeah. I was a psych/philosophy major. 197 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:31,043 Minor in economic theory, 198 00:10:31,045 --> 00:10:33,745 which, at Yale, is like another philosophy class. 199 00:10:33,747 --> 00:10:35,047 Broadness of thinking. 200 00:10:35,049 --> 00:10:37,649 That's the shit that sets you apart, Donnie. 201 00:10:37,651 --> 00:10:39,284 It's this shit that used to distract me 202 00:10:39,286 --> 00:10:44,222 while the other guys were racking up cartel-sized bonuses. 203 00:10:44,224 --> 00:10:47,392 No more. 204 00:10:47,394 --> 00:10:50,662 Look, no matter how civilized we get, 205 00:10:50,664 --> 00:10:52,163 at base, we are animals. 206 00:10:52,165 --> 00:10:53,698 Oh, yeah. I know. I know. 207 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:58,102 I just wish I had... I... 208 00:10:58,104 --> 00:11:01,372 You, Donnie, you'd have shown restraint. 209 00:11:01,374 --> 00:11:02,673 For the sake of your kids. 210 00:11:02,675 --> 00:11:04,542 Me? My kids are gonna grow up thinking that's the way 211 00:11:04,544 --> 00:11:07,345 - you're supposed to act. - They didn't see it! 212 00:11:07,347 --> 00:11:09,280 They'll hear about it. 213 00:11:09,282 --> 00:11:10,648 They'll be embarrassed. 214 00:11:10,650 --> 00:11:12,450 Or worse, proud. 215 00:11:12,452 --> 00:11:13,617 Bullshit. 216 00:11:13,619 --> 00:11:15,920 They should damn well be proud. 217 00:11:15,922 --> 00:11:18,722 Their father stood tall for them. 218 00:11:20,526 --> 00:11:23,594 It did feel pretty good. 219 00:11:23,596 --> 00:11:26,463 If I could be that for my kids... 220 00:11:26,465 --> 00:11:28,465 You are... 221 00:11:28,467 --> 00:11:30,668 and you will continue to be. 222 00:11:38,210 --> 00:11:39,409 All right, okay. 223 00:11:39,411 --> 00:11:40,710 So let's go over what we've got so far. 224 00:11:40,712 --> 00:11:42,612 The CI is close to Axelrod. 225 00:11:42,614 --> 00:11:45,782 He has been leveraged and he's highly motivated 226 00:11:45,784 --> 00:11:47,184 to save his own ass. 227 00:11:47,186 --> 00:11:50,453 Get Connerty in here this afternoon. 228 00:11:50,455 --> 00:11:51,988 Tell him to bring the team working 229 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:53,556 the Construction Bid Rigging RICO cases. 230 00:11:53,558 --> 00:11:56,325 I need an update. 231 00:11:56,327 --> 00:11:58,561 If word of this gets out, and it will, 232 00:11:58,563 --> 00:12:00,529 it's a major key problem. 233 00:12:00,531 --> 00:12:02,732 Your business faces an existential threat 234 00:12:02,734 --> 00:12:04,467 if it's handled the wrong way. 235 00:12:04,469 --> 00:12:05,768 The professional damage, 236 00:12:05,770 --> 00:12:08,737 if you are convicted of even simple misdemeanor assault... 237 00:12:08,739 --> 00:12:10,573 The prick drove our kids drunk. 238 00:12:10,575 --> 00:12:12,941 He's the one who should be prosecuted. 239 00:12:12,943 --> 00:12:14,910 He can't really press charges 'cause Bobby popped him. 240 00:12:14,912 --> 00:12:17,513 He will. He has to. 241 00:12:17,515 --> 00:12:19,448 It'll make his civil case that much stronger. 242 00:12:19,450 --> 00:12:21,016 So we gotta control the narrative. 243 00:12:21,018 --> 00:12:22,784 I'm already getting texts from gossip writers 244 00:12:22,786 --> 00:12:24,185 who've heard rumors. 245 00:12:24,187 --> 00:12:26,254 It's only a matter of time before Layner's team p... 246 00:12:26,256 --> 00:12:28,690 And no doubt, he has a team in place by now. 247 00:12:28,692 --> 00:12:30,692 Before they pick where they wanna dump the story 248 00:12:30,694 --> 00:12:32,494 for maximum impact. 249 00:12:32,496 --> 00:12:34,195 So we get our version out first. 250 00:12:34,197 --> 00:12:35,964 You need your friend Lilly to speak up. 251 00:12:35,966 --> 00:12:37,465 Say that she saw Layner drinking, 252 00:12:37,467 --> 00:12:39,634 tried to stop him from taking the kids in the car. 253 00:12:39,636 --> 00:12:41,536 - She won't. - She will. 254 00:12:41,538 --> 00:12:42,670 I'll get to her today. 255 00:12:42,672 --> 00:12:44,739 I asked Chief Mueller to join us 256 00:12:44,741 --> 00:12:48,243 so can break down how things will go at his former command... 257 00:12:48,245 --> 00:12:49,344 Southampton PD. 258 00:12:49,346 --> 00:12:51,746 Mr. Axelrod, I received some Intel 259 00:12:51,748 --> 00:12:53,281 just as I was arriving here today. 260 00:12:53,283 --> 00:12:55,750 The police out East may have come into possession 261 00:12:55,752 --> 00:12:58,385 of a video of the incident taking on someone's phone, 262 00:12:58,387 --> 00:13:00,788 which purports to show you striking Mr. Layner. 263 00:13:00,790 --> 00:13:03,124 - That should cut our way. - I'm not so sure. 264 00:13:03,126 --> 00:13:05,059 - How bad is it? - Well, I haven't seen it yet, 265 00:13:05,061 --> 00:13:06,794 but I've been told it's damning enough 266 00:13:06,796 --> 00:13:08,529 that they're planning on arresting you 267 00:13:08,531 --> 00:13:09,864 as early as tomorrow. 268 00:13:09,866 --> 00:13:12,466 But when Mr. Bach reached out to me, I reached out. 269 00:13:12,468 --> 00:13:15,001 And fortunately, even though I left the department 270 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:18,038 seven years ago, that I'm still remembered fondly back there. 271 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,339 That's good for all of us. 272 00:13:19,341 --> 00:13:21,575 It would be a big help if you could get confirmation 273 00:13:21,577 --> 00:13:22,942 of Layner's drinking. 274 00:13:22,944 --> 00:13:25,812 With that, the air goes out of the balloon on prosecuting you. 275 00:13:25,814 --> 00:13:30,116 Without it, you'll likely be indicted and tried. 276 00:13:30,118 --> 00:13:32,318 I'm arranging a back door arrival at the station house 277 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,989 for the two of us and Mr. Bach. 278 00:13:35,991 --> 00:13:38,391 Well, most people would kill to have your career. 279 00:13:38,393 --> 00:13:39,859 Depending on what you want, 280 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,295 I can get on the phone and bring you a dozen offers by 5 p.m. 281 00:13:42,297 --> 00:13:44,698 Can we... 282 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:47,466 Let's slow this down. I need to be discreet. 283 00:13:47,468 --> 00:13:48,568 Understood. 284 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:49,968 This is just a reconnaissance mission. 285 00:13:49,970 --> 00:13:51,136 I'm not committing here. 286 00:13:51,138 --> 00:13:53,206 Right. You're not sure what you want, 287 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:56,742 which is a new feeling for someone like you. 288 00:13:56,744 --> 00:13:59,512 That won't work on me. I know all the tricks. 289 00:13:59,514 --> 00:14:01,614 I'm sure you do. 290 00:14:01,616 --> 00:14:03,816 Plus, you're brilliant. 291 00:14:03,818 --> 00:14:05,184 Billie always told me that you were the smartest 292 00:14:05,186 --> 00:14:08,053 of all of her friends. 293 00:14:08,055 --> 00:14:10,889 She said nice things about you, too, Chase. 294 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:14,193 I'm not sure I want the specifics behind that look. 295 00:14:14,195 --> 00:14:15,527 Good. That's all you're getting. 296 00:14:17,698 --> 00:14:19,698 All right, well, then let's talk about you. 297 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,999 What can I do for you to help you figure this out? 298 00:14:22,001 --> 00:14:24,402 No hedge funds. 299 00:14:24,404 --> 00:14:27,272 Nothing in finance. 300 00:14:27,274 --> 00:14:29,641 I can't work for a competitor. That would feel wrong. 301 00:14:29,643 --> 00:14:31,075 Well, that limits us. 302 00:14:31,077 --> 00:14:33,712 What's more important to you, the comp or the work itself? 303 00:14:33,714 --> 00:14:36,214 Do I have to choose? I have both now. 304 00:14:36,216 --> 00:14:39,483 - It's rare. Both is hard. - How hard? 305 00:14:39,485 --> 00:14:40,952 If you want to leave the hedgie world, 306 00:14:40,954 --> 00:14:42,153 nearly impossible. 307 00:14:42,155 --> 00:14:44,388 I don't know if I want to. 308 00:14:47,193 --> 00:14:49,127 It's what's best for my family. 309 00:14:51,197 --> 00:14:54,531 Well, corporate HR jobs with huge comp 310 00:14:54,533 --> 00:14:55,999 won't be hands-on with clients. 311 00:14:56,001 --> 00:14:58,669 And the rewarding work, like the stuff you're doing now, 312 00:14:58,671 --> 00:15:01,138 digging deep with folks who need to change quickly, 313 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:03,907 that really only happens in the nonprofit sector. 314 00:15:03,909 --> 00:15:06,343 You'll be living on love instead of money. 315 00:15:06,345 --> 00:15:08,678 So you've got nothing for me. 316 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,814 Nothing without a compromise. 317 00:15:10,816 --> 00:15:12,949 I wanna shoot straight with you from the beginning, 318 00:15:12,951 --> 00:15:14,384 which is not usually how I work. 319 00:15:14,386 --> 00:15:16,386 Did you just say that out loud? 320 00:15:17,656 --> 00:15:19,422 For some reason, I don't wanna bullshit you 321 00:15:19,424 --> 00:15:20,723 into giving me a retainer. 322 00:15:22,594 --> 00:15:24,860 I wonder why that is. 323 00:15:26,665 --> 00:15:28,464 You all have 'em. 324 00:15:28,466 --> 00:15:30,400 So-called friends at other funds 325 00:15:30,402 --> 00:15:32,402 who tell you that we're dinosaurs, 326 00:15:32,404 --> 00:15:34,737 oblivious to our own extinction. 327 00:15:34,739 --> 00:15:37,006 Are you gonna tell us they're not our real friends, Mom? 328 00:15:37,008 --> 00:15:38,541 I'm gonna tell you 329 00:15:38,543 --> 00:15:40,576 that they're assholes... and wrong. 330 00:15:40,578 --> 00:15:43,712 While it's true we have less outside money, 331 00:15:43,714 --> 00:15:45,181 the trade-off is freedom. 332 00:15:45,183 --> 00:15:47,482 - Yes. - This is our time. 333 00:15:47,484 --> 00:15:50,552 Those of you in this room will be telling the story 334 00:15:50,554 --> 00:15:52,922 years from now about how we got up off the canvas 335 00:15:52,924 --> 00:15:54,656 and knocked the rest of 'em out. 336 00:15:54,658 --> 00:15:55,958 Yeah! 337 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,193 In fact, we won't even have to tell them, 338 00:15:57,195 --> 00:15:59,461 because they will all be in here begging for jobs. 339 00:15:59,463 --> 00:16:01,229 Yeah! 340 00:16:01,231 --> 00:16:02,731 To that end, you know... 341 00:16:02,733 --> 00:16:04,733 - You know it. - ...knocking folks out, 342 00:16:04,735 --> 00:16:06,535 a couple of us got you something, Axe. 343 00:16:06,537 --> 00:16:08,637 I mean, you earned it. 344 00:16:08,639 --> 00:16:11,005 We just picked it up. 345 00:16:11,007 --> 00:16:12,407 Whoo! 346 00:16:12,409 --> 00:16:13,908 - All right. - There it is. 347 00:16:16,179 --> 00:16:18,146 We heard you knocked that fucker on his ass. 348 00:16:48,244 --> 00:16:49,442 Hey. 349 00:16:56,252 --> 00:16:57,751 Well, you're certainly winning friends 350 00:16:57,753 --> 00:16:59,119 and influencing people these days. 351 00:16:59,121 --> 00:17:00,420 Oh, what do you want me to say? 352 00:17:00,422 --> 00:17:01,822 I shouldn't have thrown that punch. 353 00:17:01,823 --> 00:17:04,758 You've done a lot of rash things you shouldn't have done lately. 354 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,493 Oh. Oh, you're talking about 355 00:17:06,495 --> 00:17:08,661 that little sit-down with your husband? 356 00:17:08,663 --> 00:17:10,864 I am. 357 00:17:10,866 --> 00:17:12,298 You know, there's a psychological profile 358 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:13,800 for people who self-sabotage, 359 00:17:13,802 --> 00:17:17,303 and... you're starting to fit it. 360 00:17:20,909 --> 00:17:23,910 The term, when it comes to that settlement meeting, 361 00:17:23,912 --> 00:17:26,712 is self-defense, not self-sabotage. 362 00:17:26,714 --> 00:17:28,614 I might've been wrong at the barbecue, 363 00:17:28,616 --> 00:17:31,617 but sometimes I gotta hit back. 364 00:17:31,619 --> 00:17:33,719 - The way I heard it... - Don't worry about it. 365 00:17:33,721 --> 00:17:34,921 You just did what you thought was right, 366 00:17:34,923 --> 00:17:37,122 and I appreciate that. 367 00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:45,263 But just think about who had what to lose. 368 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:49,167 I know that I went into that room ready to make a deal. 369 00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:57,675 It just bugs me, you know? 370 00:17:57,677 --> 00:17:59,044 That Bobby clocked the guy? 371 00:17:59,046 --> 00:18:01,779 No, that the kids didn't pick up that Layner was drunk, 372 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,081 that they didn't call me. 373 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:04,382 They had a phone? 374 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:05,817 Yeah. They always do. 375 00:18:05,819 --> 00:18:09,187 They call me to tell me that their Instagram isn't loading. 376 00:18:09,189 --> 00:18:11,088 They're just not street smart. 377 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:12,323 How are they gonna be street smart? 378 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:13,524 They've never been in the streets. 379 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:16,494 Yeah. Exactly. 380 00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:19,964 If our situation ever changed, how would the boys deal with it? 381 00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:26,803 The last piece is, 382 00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:28,372 the contractor from the New Jersey firm 383 00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:31,041 kept records on three different devices. 384 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,843 They're all in our possession. 385 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:34,044 Trial is in six weeks. 386 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:36,580 Great work. Thank you, guys. 387 00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:38,282 Take it easy this weekend, T., yeah? 388 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,017 - Yeah, I'll try. - Take your kid 389 00:18:40,019 --> 00:18:41,918 - to the batting cages. - Mm. 390 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,588 Uh, Bryan, hang in for a second. 391 00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:46,990 Let's go over some of the details. 392 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:50,460 Right. 393 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:57,033 You have an informant in Axe Capital. 394 00:18:57,035 --> 00:18:59,668 Boss, we should stick to the rules of recusal, 395 00:18:59,670 --> 00:19:01,804 the old Chinese Wall, shouldn't we? 396 00:19:08,179 --> 00:19:09,612 Okay. 397 00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:18,988 So we've been profiling all the players 398 00:19:18,990 --> 00:19:21,423 and scanning the activity at Axe Cap, 399 00:19:21,425 --> 00:19:24,092 and we see this Donnie Caan. 400 00:19:24,094 --> 00:19:26,461 Usually a mid-level guy, but suddenly, 401 00:19:26,463 --> 00:19:29,832 he loads up on Rubinex, a biochem company. 402 00:19:29,834 --> 00:19:33,701 Loads way up. I mean, way above his usual range. 403 00:19:33,703 --> 00:19:36,438 - Mm-hmm. - The company, miraculously, 404 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,673 gets an FDA seal of approval on a product. 405 00:19:38,675 --> 00:19:40,442 Even more miraculously... 406 00:19:40,444 --> 00:19:41,910 Caan is already there, 407 00:19:41,912 --> 00:19:44,179 and he sells at a monster profit. 408 00:19:45,949 --> 00:19:47,149 So I put the agents on, 409 00:19:47,151 --> 00:19:49,183 and then they start bloodhounding him. 410 00:19:49,185 --> 00:19:51,953 He couldn't provide the research on the trade. 411 00:19:51,955 --> 00:19:53,287 He had no sign-offs from compliance. 412 00:19:53,289 --> 00:19:54,589 He didn't have dick. 413 00:19:54,591 --> 00:19:57,425 And our tech guys were able to pull meta-data 414 00:19:57,427 --> 00:20:00,028 that established he'd been in contact with insiders. 415 00:20:01,698 --> 00:20:03,264 We had him boxed up. 416 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:04,999 He broke like a Mexican condom. 417 00:20:06,635 --> 00:20:08,436 He agreed to cooperate right away. 418 00:20:08,438 --> 00:20:10,671 I wanna help you, Lara. 419 00:20:10,673 --> 00:20:11,838 And Bobby. 420 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,007 Oh. Great. 421 00:20:14,009 --> 00:20:16,777 And I would if I were sure, you know? 422 00:20:16,779 --> 00:20:18,946 Sure? You're the one who told me. 423 00:20:18,948 --> 00:20:20,414 I did. 424 00:20:20,416 --> 00:20:24,350 And I feel bad that I started a whole thing, but... 425 00:20:24,352 --> 00:20:26,787 Keith told me that we can't have any press right now, 426 00:20:26,789 --> 00:20:31,291 that it would fuck his business badly to be near any of this. 427 00:20:31,293 --> 00:20:34,094 His business? 428 00:20:36,131 --> 00:20:37,864 He's my husband. 429 00:20:37,866 --> 00:20:39,199 Not much else I can say. 430 00:20:39,201 --> 00:20:41,301 I have to go. 431 00:20:41,303 --> 00:20:42,868 Maid's leaving at 3:00 today. 432 00:20:42,870 --> 00:20:45,572 Some bullshit about taking her kids to the doctor. 433 00:20:45,574 --> 00:20:47,073 Mm. 434 00:20:47,075 --> 00:20:48,274 Bye. 435 00:20:57,151 --> 00:20:59,218 I got your precious, fucking babies home. 436 00:20:59,220 --> 00:21:01,320 What? I will kill you, your motherfucker. 437 00:21:01,322 --> 00:21:03,222 - Uhh! - Oh! 438 00:21:03,224 --> 00:21:04,991 Get up! 439 00:21:07,228 --> 00:21:09,895 That's gonna fucking cost you. 440 00:21:09,897 --> 00:21:11,497 Worth it. 441 00:21:11,499 --> 00:21:14,266 Someone call the police. 442 00:21:14,268 --> 00:21:16,135 The beginning... is there any more? 443 00:21:16,137 --> 00:21:17,802 That's all. 444 00:21:17,804 --> 00:21:20,539 Mm. This is not good. 445 00:21:23,544 --> 00:21:26,711 We need to get more of the original video, if it exists. 446 00:21:26,713 --> 00:21:30,882 It'll tell a totally different story about what happened. 447 00:21:30,884 --> 00:21:33,551 - Who had this? - It's from Mike Dimonda. 448 00:21:33,553 --> 00:21:35,920 Says it landed in his in-box this morning. 449 00:21:35,922 --> 00:21:37,455 An exclusive. 450 00:21:37,457 --> 00:21:39,791 - Well, he's doing us a solid. - Not so solid. 451 00:21:39,793 --> 00:21:41,559 He knows that charges are being filed. 452 00:21:41,561 --> 00:21:42,894 He's requesting comment, 453 00:21:42,896 --> 00:21:46,397 wants to run something right away. 454 00:21:46,399 --> 00:21:47,731 Who filmed that? 455 00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:51,068 Dimonda won't say. 456 00:21:58,611 --> 00:22:00,144 Okay. 457 00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:05,615 There were 11 people in the backyard. 458 00:22:05,617 --> 00:22:07,350 There were two on the other side of the pool. 459 00:22:07,352 --> 00:22:08,952 They didn't have a good view. 460 00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:11,021 The video was from my left side. 461 00:22:11,023 --> 00:22:15,425 There were only... six people on my left. 462 00:22:15,427 --> 00:22:17,694 One of them was Layner's wife. 463 00:22:17,696 --> 00:22:20,230 She was holding a platter. She didn't have an iPhone. 464 00:22:20,232 --> 00:22:22,065 Layner's kids were there... 465 00:22:24,836 --> 00:22:26,836 ...and his son from his first marriage. 466 00:22:26,838 --> 00:22:28,037 It wasn't him either. 467 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:30,574 He was still wet and had his bathing suit on. 468 00:22:35,113 --> 00:22:37,013 That kid's girlfriend. 469 00:22:37,015 --> 00:22:40,016 There was another girl 470 00:22:40,018 --> 00:22:43,119 standing next to her, about the same age... 17. 471 00:22:43,121 --> 00:22:45,421 Neither of them had been in the pool. 472 00:22:45,423 --> 00:22:47,190 Each of them had a phone out. 473 00:22:47,192 --> 00:22:48,192 Holy shit! 474 00:22:48,193 --> 00:22:49,892 I fucking love when you do that. 475 00:22:49,894 --> 00:22:51,327 Your love is touching, 476 00:22:51,329 --> 00:22:54,930 but what I need right now is to find that original video. 477 00:22:54,932 --> 00:22:57,132 Find it, pay what we need, get it. 478 00:23:04,775 --> 00:23:06,442 I have to go to the Hamptons. 479 00:23:29,165 --> 00:23:30,565 Ah. Tommy. 480 00:23:30,567 --> 00:23:31,899 How you doing, Chief? 481 00:23:31,901 --> 00:23:34,001 I tell you, I've been better. 482 00:23:34,003 --> 00:23:36,704 Summers out here enough to make you long for martial law. 483 00:23:38,107 --> 00:23:39,374 You remember what it's like. 484 00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,842 - Ah, sorry to hear it. - Ah, don't be. 485 00:23:41,844 --> 00:23:44,344 It'd be better if, in addition to the college kids 486 00:23:44,346 --> 00:23:47,281 and regular dirtbags, I didn't have my billionaires 487 00:23:47,283 --> 00:23:48,916 punching out my multimillionaires. 488 00:23:48,918 --> 00:23:50,217 It's bad for business. 489 00:23:50,219 --> 00:23:53,053 Well, that's why we're here, to make your life easier. 490 00:23:53,055 --> 00:23:56,723 We wanna quash this thing. No need for news stories. 491 00:23:56,725 --> 00:23:58,992 No need for undue chatter. 492 00:23:58,994 --> 00:24:01,328 Sure. Of course. 493 00:24:01,330 --> 00:24:03,630 I lift the rug, and you guys sweep? 494 00:24:03,632 --> 00:24:07,200 Or were you thinking vice versa, and I make with the broom? 495 00:24:07,202 --> 00:24:09,068 Come on, Tommy, we both know 496 00:24:09,070 --> 00:24:11,171 this is probably gonna end up in a payment situation. 497 00:24:11,173 --> 00:24:13,572 Why don't we work together and get there sooner? 498 00:24:13,574 --> 00:24:16,542 Uh-huh. Not so easy. 499 00:24:16,544 --> 00:24:18,111 I've seen the video. 500 00:24:18,113 --> 00:24:22,916 When it goes public, there's gonna be a lot of pressure. 501 00:24:22,918 --> 00:24:26,319 So we'll take a statement of Mr. Axelrod's version of events. 502 00:24:26,321 --> 00:24:28,321 If Mr. Layner refuses to relent, 503 00:24:28,323 --> 00:24:31,123 if he insists on pressing charges, 504 00:24:31,125 --> 00:24:34,593 if the DA doesn't like what he hears and chooses to proceed, 505 00:24:34,595 --> 00:24:37,930 well, courtesy or not, Chief, 506 00:24:37,932 --> 00:24:39,598 it'll be out of my hands. 507 00:24:40,868 --> 00:24:43,168 - Hey, sweetheart. - Hey, baby. 508 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:44,303 What's the latest? 509 00:24:44,305 --> 00:24:46,471 Oh, you know. 510 00:24:46,473 --> 00:24:48,373 Kevin had a friend over from school. 511 00:24:48,375 --> 00:24:50,008 Told Eva she could hang, too, 512 00:24:50,010 --> 00:24:51,776 and then pretty much ignored her. 513 00:24:51,778 --> 00:24:53,245 How'd that play out? 514 00:24:53,247 --> 00:24:55,780 She cried, and then he was nicer. 515 00:24:55,782 --> 00:24:59,718 Oh. So a normal weekday afternoon negotiation, huh? 516 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,454 - Speaking of... - Mm-hmm? 517 00:25:04,123 --> 00:25:06,057 Mmm. 518 00:25:06,059 --> 00:25:07,992 How did the, uh, 519 00:25:07,994 --> 00:25:11,730 breakdown of the settlement play out? 520 00:25:11,732 --> 00:25:13,665 'Cause the way you described it didn't sound... 521 00:25:13,667 --> 00:25:15,667 Yeah. Well... 522 00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:19,070 Well, I'll tell you, uh... 523 00:25:19,072 --> 00:25:21,739 Things were all pre-negotiated, laid out. 524 00:25:21,741 --> 00:25:25,243 But, you know, these conferences are... 525 00:25:25,245 --> 00:25:27,411 unpredictable. Tensions are high. 526 00:25:27,413 --> 00:25:30,848 Certain realities set in. 527 00:25:30,850 --> 00:25:34,818 And, uh, big game fish often has one final thrash in him 528 00:25:34,820 --> 00:25:36,620 as he gets close to the boat. 529 00:25:41,326 --> 00:25:45,729 Anyway, as I said, then... 530 00:25:45,731 --> 00:25:46,930 he tore up the check. 531 00:25:52,504 --> 00:25:53,944 We have the Gilberts tomorrow night. 532 00:25:54,873 --> 00:25:58,241 They could only get a table at 7:30, so... 533 00:25:58,243 --> 00:26:01,211 make sure you can get there in time. 534 00:26:01,213 --> 00:26:03,113 No chance of a reschedule? 535 00:26:03,115 --> 00:26:04,314 This is the reschedule... 536 00:26:04,316 --> 00:26:05,982 of a reschedule. 537 00:26:05,984 --> 00:26:07,650 What? 538 00:26:07,652 --> 00:26:09,318 I don't know. It's just I'm... 539 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,086 I'm just a little bit creeped out 540 00:26:11,088 --> 00:26:12,455 by how close those two are. 541 00:26:12,457 --> 00:26:14,524 They're married. Shouldn't they be close? 542 00:26:16,528 --> 00:26:19,629 Not that close. 543 00:26:20,832 --> 00:26:22,698 Oh, thank you. 544 00:26:24,402 --> 00:26:27,336 Mmm. That's great, Ryan. 545 00:26:27,338 --> 00:26:30,105 My breakfast kind of sucks. 546 00:26:30,107 --> 00:26:31,640 What did you just say? 547 00:26:31,642 --> 00:26:33,375 I'm sick of cheese omelettes. 548 00:26:33,377 --> 00:26:34,944 The cheese is kind of sticky. 549 00:26:34,946 --> 00:26:37,079 No sweat, big guy. What can I make you? 550 00:26:37,081 --> 00:26:38,513 Nothing. The omelettes are great, 551 00:26:38,515 --> 00:26:40,049 and both of you are finishing them. 552 00:26:40,051 --> 00:26:43,351 But these are lame, and we have them, like, almost every day. 553 00:26:43,353 --> 00:26:45,720 And dad never makes us finish our plates. 554 00:26:45,722 --> 00:26:47,923 First, apologize to Chef Ryan. 555 00:26:47,925 --> 00:26:49,758 Sorry. 556 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,259 And now let's go. 557 00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:54,596 - Where? - Get in the car. Now. 558 00:26:58,768 --> 00:27:00,468 Why is the water brown? 559 00:27:00,470 --> 00:27:02,136 It just is. Now get in. 560 00:27:06,309 --> 00:27:07,508 It's cold! 561 00:27:07,510 --> 00:27:08,709 I wanna leave. 562 00:27:08,711 --> 00:27:10,111 Stop whining, or I'll throw you in. 563 00:27:13,950 --> 00:27:15,248 What are we doing? 564 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:16,550 You're clamming. 565 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:19,787 When I was a kid, me and Aunt Lu and all your uncles, 566 00:27:19,789 --> 00:27:21,121 we had to come out here with Grandma 567 00:27:21,123 --> 00:27:23,557 and collect 50 clams for Sunday dinner or we didn't eat. 568 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:25,960 And that taught us something about work, 569 00:27:25,962 --> 00:27:28,028 about earning our own living. 570 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:30,230 What do we do? 571 00:27:30,232 --> 00:27:32,699 You feel with your feet on the bottom for littlenecks. 572 00:27:32,701 --> 00:27:34,067 Like this. 573 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,602 You shimmy. 574 00:27:41,543 --> 00:27:43,943 So how many do you want us to get? 575 00:27:43,945 --> 00:27:45,379 Well, you eat what you catch, 576 00:27:45,381 --> 00:27:48,047 so you get as many as you can before the tide goes out. 577 00:27:48,049 --> 00:27:49,716 When's that? 578 00:27:49,718 --> 00:27:52,752 About four hours from now. 579 00:27:57,893 --> 00:27:59,325 You know I didn't drive all the way up here to Westport 580 00:27:59,327 --> 00:28:01,360 to give out "attaboys." 581 00:28:01,362 --> 00:28:04,430 Had to bring the kick-ass. With love. 582 00:28:04,432 --> 00:28:05,998 Rumblings got to me. 583 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,634 I hate motherfucking rumblings 584 00:28:08,636 --> 00:28:11,003 because truth is always underneath 'em. 585 00:28:11,005 --> 00:28:13,572 You hit some guy and knocked him out. 586 00:28:13,574 --> 00:28:16,342 Down. Not out. 587 00:28:16,344 --> 00:28:18,844 A fine distinction. 588 00:28:18,846 --> 00:28:20,312 Thanks, Wags. 589 00:28:20,314 --> 00:28:22,313 I hung in after Dollar Bill got arrested, 590 00:28:22,315 --> 00:28:24,716 because if anyone knows you can't let one miscreant 591 00:28:24,718 --> 00:28:27,819 tattoo a whole place, it's an ex-cop. 592 00:28:27,821 --> 00:28:29,955 But if people think you're feeling the pressure, 593 00:28:29,957 --> 00:28:32,490 acting out, hitting folks, for fuck's sake, 594 00:28:32,492 --> 00:28:34,292 they will run for the exits. 595 00:28:34,294 --> 00:28:36,127 Banks'll even look at you as a shaky investment. 596 00:28:36,129 --> 00:28:38,029 Credit'll start drying up. 597 00:28:38,031 --> 00:28:39,431 I won't let that happen. 598 00:28:39,433 --> 00:28:41,099 The time to not let that happen was before you threw the punch. 599 00:28:41,101 --> 00:28:44,102 Last thing I want to do is pull my money, 600 00:28:44,104 --> 00:28:46,171 but I will. 601 00:28:46,173 --> 00:28:49,207 If you take a conviction, even for a misdemeanor, 602 00:28:49,209 --> 00:28:51,909 we are gone. 603 00:28:51,911 --> 00:28:54,745 Settle your trouble. 604 00:28:54,747 --> 00:28:56,714 Get a non-disclosure form signed. 605 00:28:56,716 --> 00:29:00,084 I know. Thanks for coming in person. 606 00:29:04,624 --> 00:29:08,125 Dimonda said he vetted the story and it's ready to run, 607 00:29:08,127 --> 00:29:10,094 with or without comment. 608 00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:12,861 Get me a meeting with him before he posts it. 609 00:29:15,066 --> 00:29:18,534 Ari Spyros, live and in person. 610 00:29:18,536 --> 00:29:19,969 Any special beverage requests? 611 00:29:19,971 --> 00:29:21,104 No, not today, Chuck. 612 00:29:21,106 --> 00:29:22,305 I'm just looking forward to seeing the team. 613 00:29:22,307 --> 00:29:23,606 Oh, you'll see, all right. 614 00:29:23,608 --> 00:29:26,642 I think you're gonna find this pretty interesting. 615 00:29:26,644 --> 00:29:28,377 Right in there. 616 00:29:28,379 --> 00:29:31,814 Martina Slovis. 617 00:29:34,118 --> 00:29:37,753 I warned you, if you fucked with me... 618 00:29:37,755 --> 00:29:39,855 holy hell. 619 00:29:43,628 --> 00:29:46,894 Did you ever wonder why we weren't pals anymore, Spyros? 620 00:29:46,896 --> 00:29:49,931 I mean, we were in study groups together at law school. 621 00:29:49,933 --> 00:29:53,001 Lawyers league softball team. 622 00:29:54,304 --> 00:29:56,904 I thought it was just an inter-agency rivalry. 623 00:29:56,906 --> 00:29:59,207 Mm. Think back. 624 00:29:59,209 --> 00:30:02,010 It's before you were at SEC and I was here. 625 00:30:02,012 --> 00:30:03,410 Summer of 2005, 626 00:30:03,412 --> 00:30:06,681 the Willigut Farley mixer at Moran's. 627 00:30:06,683 --> 00:30:10,118 I saw her at the bar, Martina Slovis. 628 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,954 She was a summer associate in corporate work. 629 00:30:12,956 --> 00:30:17,091 I pointed you out, said that I'd come in with you, 630 00:30:17,093 --> 00:30:18,892 and she went white. 631 00:30:20,363 --> 00:30:22,263 Absolutely white. 632 00:30:22,265 --> 00:30:25,399 And she just said the words, 633 00:30:25,401 --> 00:30:29,203 "Ari Spyros raped me." 634 00:30:35,077 --> 00:30:38,078 And you... you believed her? 635 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,280 We've been friends for six years. 636 00:30:40,282 --> 00:30:41,882 I wasn't totally convinced, 637 00:30:41,884 --> 00:30:44,551 until I found you at the table later. 638 00:30:44,553 --> 00:30:46,920 And I said, 639 00:30:46,922 --> 00:30:49,089 "Guess who I just ran into at the bar? 640 00:30:49,091 --> 00:30:52,124 Martina Slovis." 641 00:30:52,126 --> 00:30:53,759 You remember what you said? 642 00:30:55,930 --> 00:30:59,765 "I fucked that little piece. What'd she say?" 643 00:31:01,903 --> 00:31:03,403 That's when I knew. 644 00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:04,671 You can't... 645 00:31:04,673 --> 00:31:06,772 Okay, don't. That's enough. 646 00:31:06,774 --> 00:31:08,708 Sick. 647 00:31:10,178 --> 00:31:12,311 It would be he said, she said. 648 00:31:12,313 --> 00:31:14,113 The statutes have run. 649 00:31:14,115 --> 00:31:17,083 We both know what it was. 650 00:31:17,085 --> 00:31:20,820 You destroyed a good part of that woman's life. 651 00:31:20,822 --> 00:31:22,988 And she will work with me to destroy all of yours 652 00:31:22,990 --> 00:31:26,191 if you don't fall the fuck back into line! 653 00:31:27,661 --> 00:31:30,895 From here on in, I tell you your position in this, 654 00:31:30,897 --> 00:31:33,164 if you have one at all. 655 00:31:39,039 --> 00:31:40,272 So? 656 00:31:40,274 --> 00:31:41,706 Um... 657 00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:43,875 Well, she said she was surprised to get the call 658 00:31:43,877 --> 00:31:45,744 considering she just went back and got her degree 659 00:31:45,746 --> 00:31:46,878 a few years ago. 660 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,213 Hasn't really practiced. 661 00:31:48,215 --> 00:31:50,514 She's living near Philly with young kids, 662 00:31:50,516 --> 00:31:53,218 said she wasn't thinking about going back to work. 663 00:31:53,220 --> 00:31:54,285 If you don't mind me saying so, 664 00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:55,386 there's lots of lawyers out there 665 00:31:55,388 --> 00:31:56,687 with much stronger litigation experience. 666 00:31:56,689 --> 00:31:57,821 But I have notes on the interview. 667 00:31:57,823 --> 00:31:59,757 No. Of course. It was just an idea. 668 00:31:59,759 --> 00:32:02,025 Uh, pay for her ticket back 669 00:32:02,027 --> 00:32:05,564 and put her on the reference list at the Philly office. 670 00:32:05,565 --> 00:32:07,264 - Mm-hmm. - I look forward to reading your notes. 671 00:32:07,266 --> 00:32:08,632 - Thank you. - Okay. 672 00:32:47,371 --> 00:32:49,571 Let's hear it for Nick, ladies and gentlemen! 673 00:32:49,573 --> 00:32:51,040 Yeah. And Sal... 674 00:32:51,042 --> 00:32:53,176 He still... he still makes me pay. 675 00:32:54,745 --> 00:32:56,612 I heard you ate everything on your plate 676 00:32:56,614 --> 00:32:59,081 at the last joint, but you've been shy about going back. 677 00:32:59,083 --> 00:33:01,284 I need to be careful whose tab I'm seen dining on. 678 00:33:01,286 --> 00:33:05,020 And I'm not that comfortable among the, uh, one percenters. 679 00:33:05,022 --> 00:33:07,823 Well, a place like this, a lot of these guys, 680 00:33:07,825 --> 00:33:10,025 they don't show any income at all. 681 00:33:10,027 --> 00:33:12,361 Yeah, but you didn't bring me here to eat 682 00:33:12,363 --> 00:33:16,732 and gossip about wiseguys. 683 00:33:16,734 --> 00:33:20,202 You want to address the story and the video. 684 00:33:20,204 --> 00:33:21,970 And you're leading the pack with it. 685 00:33:21,972 --> 00:33:23,738 Very impressive reporting. 686 00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:25,941 Yeah. I landed it. 687 00:33:25,943 --> 00:33:27,375 And I'm running it. 688 00:33:27,377 --> 00:33:29,010 I'm not gonna spike it, 689 00:33:29,012 --> 00:33:31,980 despite how good the veal chops are here. 690 00:33:31,982 --> 00:33:33,348 No, of course not. 691 00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:37,785 But that's not what we're talking about. 692 00:33:37,787 --> 00:33:40,388 We're talking about a short hold. 693 00:33:40,390 --> 00:33:41,789 A day. 694 00:33:41,791 --> 00:33:44,058 So you still got a shot of being in the lead, 695 00:33:44,060 --> 00:33:46,961 and you flying to Aspen to meet with a certain network chairman 696 00:33:46,963 --> 00:33:48,763 about a show of your own. 697 00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:52,467 Charlie Rose has got to move on at some point, right? 698 00:33:52,469 --> 00:33:54,634 I can't accept a trip from you. 699 00:33:54,636 --> 00:33:57,804 Won't be with me or my plane. 700 00:33:57,806 --> 00:33:59,273 - Someone will see me. - No. 701 00:33:59,275 --> 00:34:00,875 You'll land on a private strip 702 00:34:00,877 --> 00:34:03,610 on private land. 703 00:34:08,317 --> 00:34:11,818 Then I can't see myself running the piece tonight. 704 00:34:17,158 --> 00:34:19,993 Mmm. Yummy. 705 00:34:19,995 --> 00:34:22,529 This is yummy. 706 00:34:22,531 --> 00:34:23,864 For years, I couldn't eat tripe. 707 00:34:23,866 --> 00:34:26,099 I thought I could still smell the shit in it. 708 00:34:26,101 --> 00:34:27,967 Then I hypnotized him out of it. 709 00:34:27,969 --> 00:34:29,202 - Mm. - Mmm. 710 00:34:29,204 --> 00:34:31,871 You going for hypnotism now, Nancy? 711 00:34:31,873 --> 00:34:32,939 - Oh. - Huh? 712 00:34:32,941 --> 00:34:33,940 - It only works on him. - Ah. 713 00:34:33,942 --> 00:34:35,674 I stare into his eyes, 714 00:34:35,676 --> 00:34:38,744 he locks in on me... 715 00:34:38,746 --> 00:34:40,713 and we will the change. 716 00:34:40,715 --> 00:34:43,048 Work it does. 717 00:34:43,050 --> 00:34:44,550 Can't even smell my own shit anymore. 718 00:34:46,521 --> 00:34:49,154 I think from a, uh, biological standpoint, 719 00:34:49,156 --> 00:34:51,223 there's a reason we smell our shit, hmm? 720 00:34:51,225 --> 00:34:55,093 I think it's sweet, Chuck. I wish I could hypnotize you. 721 00:34:55,095 --> 00:34:57,029 How do you think you got me here tonight? 722 00:35:07,908 --> 00:35:09,207 So how's work? 723 00:35:09,209 --> 00:35:10,475 - Mm. - It's great. 724 00:35:10,477 --> 00:35:12,610 You know, when we started this little business, 725 00:35:12,612 --> 00:35:14,179 we thought it was gonna be the two of us 726 00:35:14,181 --> 00:35:17,214 selling our boutique robes practically door-to-door. 727 00:35:17,216 --> 00:35:20,117 And now we've got 40 employees, 728 00:35:20,119 --> 00:35:22,420 and half the luxury hotels in America 729 00:35:22,422 --> 00:35:24,889 have our bathrobes on the bathroom door. 730 00:35:24,891 --> 00:35:26,691 - Mm-hmm. - It is an amazing success story. 731 00:35:26,693 --> 00:35:28,092 And to think, 732 00:35:28,094 --> 00:35:29,928 you two are doing it together all day. 733 00:35:29,930 --> 00:35:31,062 - Mm. - Yeah. 734 00:35:31,064 --> 00:35:32,196 I never understood that part. 735 00:35:32,198 --> 00:35:34,031 - Hmm? - How a husband and wife 736 00:35:34,033 --> 00:35:36,633 can be like, uh, Siamese twins. 737 00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:38,035 Conjoined, Chuck. 738 00:35:38,037 --> 00:35:39,270 Sure. 739 00:35:39,272 --> 00:35:42,039 Uh, no, I just... I'm just saying that I... 740 00:35:42,041 --> 00:35:44,508 I don't get how you do the 24-hours-a-day thing. 741 00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:47,378 All day, every day. 742 00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:50,180 Don't you ever just want to, uh... 743 00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:52,248 Wanna what? 744 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:53,584 - No. - Yeah? 745 00:35:53,586 --> 00:35:56,587 17 years later, we can't imagine it any other way. 746 00:35:56,589 --> 00:35:58,421 We weren't always like this. 747 00:35:58,423 --> 00:35:59,823 For the first few years in our marriage, 748 00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:01,358 - we each had our own lives. - Mm-hmm. 749 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,493 Siloed. 750 00:36:02,495 --> 00:36:05,362 But we made a conscious decision to live as one. 751 00:36:05,364 --> 00:36:06,863 We started the business, 752 00:36:06,865 --> 00:36:09,866 - commute together every day. - Yeah. 753 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:11,434 Shared passwords with each other. 754 00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:16,339 You know, we recently crossed the final frontier. 755 00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:19,009 - We have the same password. - Yeah. 756 00:36:19,011 --> 00:36:22,111 That's, um... that's not very secure. 757 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:28,350 I mean, we know each other's passwords, too. Don't we? 758 00:36:28,352 --> 00:36:30,720 Yeah. Was yours still the same from two years ago... 759 00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:32,187 - Yeah. - When I reset your hard drive? 760 00:36:32,189 --> 00:36:33,389 - Mm-hmm. - Ah. 761 00:36:33,391 --> 00:36:34,724 You? 762 00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:38,160 Uh, well, you know, we have to reset every nine months. 763 00:36:39,997 --> 00:36:42,131 I didn't not tell you. It just didn't occur. 764 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:45,134 - Mm. - I would, of course, so I will. 765 00:36:45,136 --> 00:36:47,136 I will. 766 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:49,171 We're close, but not conjoined. 767 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:51,640 We divide responsibilities at work. 768 00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:54,410 - Hmm? How? - Well... 769 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:56,611 I handle the hugs. She takes care of the kisses. 770 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:05,854 Jesus Christ, 771 00:37:05,856 --> 00:37:07,022 did they really say that? 772 00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:08,322 I... You know, 773 00:37:08,324 --> 00:37:10,859 maybe that's what a normal relationship looks like. 774 00:37:12,095 --> 00:37:14,962 You went to med school and practiced analysis. 775 00:37:14,964 --> 00:37:17,798 Have you ever seen anything like that? 776 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,634 Come on. Nobody can be that in love... 777 00:37:20,636 --> 00:37:22,470 ...after 17 years. 778 00:37:22,472 --> 00:37:24,605 There's no way you make googly eyes 779 00:37:24,607 --> 00:37:26,207 at each other all day, 780 00:37:26,209 --> 00:37:27,809 and then get home and still want to fuck. 781 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,201 We have to toughen up the kids. 782 00:37:55,971 --> 00:37:57,337 They'll get tough when they need to. 783 00:37:57,339 --> 00:37:58,905 Yeah? How? 784 00:37:58,907 --> 00:38:01,240 Everything's served up for them on a platter. 785 00:38:01,242 --> 00:38:02,341 The way we grew up, 786 00:38:02,343 --> 00:38:04,376 we had to learn how to take care of ourselves. 787 00:38:04,378 --> 00:38:07,880 Yeah, sure. We learned to scratch and claw for ours. 788 00:38:07,882 --> 00:38:09,482 Not all upside, though. 789 00:38:09,484 --> 00:38:11,183 - No? - No. 790 00:38:11,185 --> 00:38:13,219 Remember when we first got together? 791 00:38:13,221 --> 00:38:15,321 I was still an animal. I was too hard. 792 00:38:15,323 --> 00:38:18,224 Not the sensitive flower you are today? 793 00:38:18,226 --> 00:38:22,328 Exactly. I had to work to soften up. 794 00:38:22,330 --> 00:38:24,196 You worked me over. 795 00:38:24,198 --> 00:38:27,933 And being thorny still gets me in trouble. 796 00:38:27,935 --> 00:38:30,603 Yeah, well, I'd be willing for them to go in that direction. 797 00:38:30,605 --> 00:38:32,338 You always said that the desperation 798 00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:34,372 is what gave you an edge over the rich kids. 799 00:38:34,374 --> 00:38:35,841 They are the rich kids. 800 00:38:35,843 --> 00:38:37,909 Where are they gonna get their grit? 801 00:38:37,911 --> 00:38:40,779 All right. 802 00:38:40,781 --> 00:38:42,848 We'll put 'em on a fishing trawler for the summer, 803 00:38:42,850 --> 00:38:44,116 stick them in the Foreign Legion. 804 00:38:44,118 --> 00:38:45,917 They'll be men when we pick 'em up. 805 00:38:45,919 --> 00:38:47,653 This is serious. 806 00:38:51,191 --> 00:38:53,258 I hear you. 807 00:38:53,260 --> 00:38:56,227 Whatever you come up with, you know I'll support. 808 00:38:56,229 --> 00:38:58,530 Yeah. Hmm? 809 00:39:22,253 --> 00:39:24,487 Mm. 810 00:39:52,482 --> 00:39:54,616 - May I? - Yeah. 811 00:39:57,121 --> 00:39:58,220 You know... 812 00:39:58,222 --> 00:40:01,056 I'm actually glad you have this Axe thing now. 813 00:40:01,058 --> 00:40:02,257 I can devote myself 814 00:40:02,259 --> 00:40:04,326 to the hundred other cases I'm building. 815 00:40:04,328 --> 00:40:06,094 I want you to know that. 816 00:40:06,096 --> 00:40:08,597 I'm glad to hear you say that, boss. 817 00:40:08,599 --> 00:40:10,465 Yeah. 818 00:40:10,467 --> 00:40:14,536 I just wish I were sure about this informant you have. 819 00:40:15,972 --> 00:40:17,606 Uh-huh. 820 00:40:17,608 --> 00:40:19,340 I mean, he sounds all right, the way you describe it, 821 00:40:19,342 --> 00:40:20,507 so that's good. 822 00:40:20,509 --> 00:40:24,511 But then, you don't have anything concrete yet. 823 00:40:24,513 --> 00:40:26,313 - Early days. - Mm-hmm. 824 00:40:26,315 --> 00:40:28,415 You know, one thing I used to do to informants 825 00:40:28,417 --> 00:40:29,650 when I had your job, 826 00:40:29,652 --> 00:40:32,053 every few weeks, I'd rough 'em up a little bit. 827 00:40:32,055 --> 00:40:34,889 Really made sure they knew the spot I had 'em in. 828 00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:37,291 Little motivational session. 829 00:40:37,293 --> 00:40:38,659 Yes. 830 00:40:38,661 --> 00:40:41,194 I have to meet with him soon, anyway, to give him the script 831 00:40:41,196 --> 00:40:43,029 to get Axe to really incriminate himself. 832 00:40:43,031 --> 00:40:44,131 - Mm-hmm. - Mm. 833 00:40:44,133 --> 00:40:46,233 You know, Axe knows people everywhere, 834 00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:48,469 so make sure you use a secure location. 835 00:40:48,471 --> 00:40:50,537 There's a place I've used. 836 00:40:50,539 --> 00:40:51,639 Very secure. 837 00:40:51,641 --> 00:40:54,707 No chance that Axe is hooked in there. 838 00:40:54,709 --> 00:40:57,610 I don't want to overstep, make an actual suggestion. 839 00:40:57,612 --> 00:40:59,813 I'm sure you don't. 840 00:41:10,725 --> 00:41:12,858 You wanted to see me? 841 00:41:12,860 --> 00:41:14,527 Where have you been? 842 00:41:14,529 --> 00:41:17,330 You haven't come in for weeks. 843 00:41:22,170 --> 00:41:26,205 It looks like Axe has brought you close. 844 00:41:26,207 --> 00:41:28,174 In the past, you've talked about feeling 845 00:41:28,176 --> 00:41:30,375 almost intimidated by him in the work setting, 846 00:41:30,377 --> 00:41:32,577 but you've got a lot of back and forth going now. 847 00:41:32,579 --> 00:41:34,113 He's a great resource. 848 00:41:34,115 --> 00:41:37,416 I decided I shouldn't shy away from that anymore. 849 00:41:43,724 --> 00:41:48,460 You used to be one of the most open people here, 850 00:41:48,462 --> 00:41:50,895 but you've withdrawn from me. 851 00:41:55,803 --> 00:41:59,304 Even now, I sense you withholding. 852 00:41:59,306 --> 00:42:02,506 Maybe I'm just tired. 853 00:42:02,508 --> 00:42:04,209 Maybe I'm... I'm just doing well 854 00:42:04,211 --> 00:42:08,012 and I don't wanna jinx it by... talking about it. 855 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:23,293 I couldn't stop thinking about your problem. 856 00:42:23,295 --> 00:42:24,962 - Uh-huh. - Now I know you're the doc, 857 00:42:24,964 --> 00:42:26,464 but let me prescribe you something. 858 00:42:26,466 --> 00:42:29,166 A boulevardier for her, please, and another one for me. 859 00:42:29,168 --> 00:42:33,070 It's like a Negroni, but with rye instead of gin. Try it. 860 00:42:33,072 --> 00:42:36,006 How the fuck did you know I liked Negronis? 861 00:42:36,008 --> 00:42:37,307 Billie told me. 862 00:42:37,309 --> 00:42:38,742 Well, I asked her. 863 00:42:38,744 --> 00:42:41,011 Is that something a headhunter needs to know 864 00:42:41,013 --> 00:42:42,346 about a client these days? 865 00:42:42,348 --> 00:42:44,681 Well, you're more interesting than my other clients. 866 00:42:44,683 --> 00:42:47,917 Cut the shit. I don't need to be flattered. 867 00:42:47,919 --> 00:42:49,218 That's an occupational hazard, 868 00:42:49,220 --> 00:42:50,920 and in your case, it's not flattery. 869 00:42:50,922 --> 00:42:53,423 So... I came across something today... 870 00:42:53,425 --> 00:42:56,559 a job that I think might be your Shangri-La. 871 00:42:56,561 --> 00:42:58,695 And they don't use outside headhunters, 872 00:42:58,697 --> 00:43:01,631 and I'm not gonna charge you directly if you get the gig. 873 00:43:04,302 --> 00:43:07,970 Do you wanna talk about why you're undervaluing yourself? 874 00:43:07,972 --> 00:43:10,773 No. 875 00:43:13,511 --> 00:43:14,643 Tell me about the job. 876 00:43:14,645 --> 00:43:16,445 It is a blue-chip consulting firm. 877 00:43:16,447 --> 00:43:18,480 They do turnarounds from the inside out. 878 00:43:18,482 --> 00:43:21,683 And the clients... we're talking innovators, thought leaders, 879 00:43:21,685 --> 00:43:22,918 Fortune 500 folks... 880 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,487 crazy geniuses that need to be met on their own terms. 881 00:43:25,489 --> 00:43:26,855 You want a challenge, 882 00:43:26,857 --> 00:43:29,525 this job's gonna require that you seriously up your game. 883 00:43:29,527 --> 00:43:31,660 - Huh. - Mm-hmm. 884 00:43:33,898 --> 00:43:35,263 You can play cool if you want, 885 00:43:35,265 --> 00:43:37,065 but this façade's not fooling me. 886 00:43:37,067 --> 00:43:38,300 You're excited as hell. 887 00:43:39,736 --> 00:43:41,303 I'm intrigued. 888 00:43:41,305 --> 00:43:42,737 I do have some questions. 889 00:43:42,739 --> 00:43:45,573 About the comp? Platinum. State-of-the-art package, 890 00:43:45,575 --> 00:43:47,742 comparable to what you're making now. 891 00:43:47,744 --> 00:43:49,844 I previewed who you were without naming you, 892 00:43:49,846 --> 00:43:53,514 and I know it's yours if you're interested. 893 00:43:55,017 --> 00:43:57,752 It's overwhelming, right? Getting exactly what you want? 894 00:43:59,221 --> 00:44:02,356 That's how I roll. 895 00:44:02,358 --> 00:44:05,392 I would insist on paying you a commission. 896 00:44:05,394 --> 00:44:07,695 I want to do a nice thing. Let me. 897 00:44:07,697 --> 00:44:09,530 I have to do something. 898 00:44:09,532 --> 00:44:11,932 You can. Drink up. 899 00:44:18,774 --> 00:44:21,442 This is today's downloads. 900 00:44:21,444 --> 00:44:23,410 Few conversations. 901 00:44:23,412 --> 00:44:26,746 Not what you're looking for... yet. 902 00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:32,619 That's what I want to talk about. You know... 903 00:44:34,823 --> 00:44:37,023 There's a move. Guys try it so often, 904 00:44:37,025 --> 00:44:38,391 we call it the Bojangle. 905 00:44:38,393 --> 00:44:41,027 When someone who's been caught, like yourself, 906 00:44:41,029 --> 00:44:44,697 agrees to cooperate, then thinks they can string us along, 907 00:44:44,699 --> 00:44:48,401 giving us nothing until... what? 908 00:44:48,403 --> 00:44:51,371 Maybe you think we'll lose interest or somethin'? 909 00:44:53,141 --> 00:44:55,774 Well, that's not gonna happen ever, 910 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:58,677 so don't you try to fucking Bojangle me. 911 00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:03,081 "The price of any betrayal always comes due in flesh." 912 00:45:03,083 --> 00:45:05,918 What's that? Shakespeare? 913 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,154 Stephen King. Gunslinger. 914 00:45:09,156 --> 00:45:10,823 But no less true. 915 00:45:10,825 --> 00:45:16,094 You're right in recognizing that I... am reluctant. 916 00:45:16,096 --> 00:45:20,332 It makes me sick to sell out the man 917 00:45:20,334 --> 00:45:23,935 who g-gave me everything... 918 00:45:27,707 --> 00:45:30,842 ...so I can be with my family. 919 00:45:30,844 --> 00:45:33,778 So if that's not good enough, 920 00:45:33,780 --> 00:45:37,281 you can go fuck yourself! 921 00:45:43,590 --> 00:45:46,858 So you tell me, 922 00:45:46,860 --> 00:45:49,960 you want me to keep doing what I'm doing? 923 00:45:49,962 --> 00:45:53,030 Yeah. Keep it up. We'll be in touch. 924 00:46:08,948 --> 00:46:12,049 Jeez. 925 00:46:12,051 --> 00:46:14,384 Are you fucking kidding me?! 926 00:46:14,386 --> 00:46:17,420 Credible source. Well-developed. 927 00:46:17,422 --> 00:46:21,124 I cannot believe how reckless this is. 928 00:46:21,126 --> 00:46:23,493 Tomorrow, Bryan. 929 00:46:23,495 --> 00:46:25,828 I will hear your complaints tomorrow. 930 00:46:25,830 --> 00:46:29,059 And I will give those complaints 931 00:46:29,060 --> 00:46:32,568 a good, long, loud hearing. 932 00:46:32,577 --> 00:46:37,246 You can bray, and I will listen. 933 00:46:37,247 --> 00:46:41,374 Tomorrow. Tomorrow. 934 00:46:45,547 --> 00:46:47,342 But for now... 935 00:46:50,650 --> 00:46:52,686 Excellent work. 936 00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:07,561 - Hey. - Hey. 937 00:47:07,578 --> 00:47:08,904 Did you, uh, pay the sitter? 938 00:47:08,905 --> 00:47:10,701 Yeah. She left a while ago. 939 00:47:12,308 --> 00:47:14,776 What'd you do tonight? 940 00:47:14,778 --> 00:47:16,344 Meeting with the, uh, 941 00:47:16,346 --> 00:47:19,981 Federal Judiciary committee at the Bar Association. 942 00:47:19,983 --> 00:47:21,916 You? 943 00:47:21,918 --> 00:47:24,585 Uh, I had a drink with Billie 944 00:47:24,587 --> 00:47:26,554 and some of the girls from med school. 945 00:47:27,691 --> 00:47:29,390 Guess we know who had more fun tonight. 946 00:47:29,392 --> 00:47:32,126 Ha. Yeah. 947 00:47:41,037 --> 00:47:43,704 What are those? 948 00:47:43,706 --> 00:47:44,772 Sleeping bags. 949 00:47:44,774 --> 00:47:47,207 Go get sweatshirts and toothbrushes. 950 00:47:47,209 --> 00:47:48,909 Why? 951 00:47:48,911 --> 00:47:50,177 'Cause you're going on a campout 952 00:47:50,179 --> 00:47:51,812 with the Westport Sound Rangers. 953 00:47:51,814 --> 00:47:53,947 - What? - Mm-hmm. 954 00:47:53,949 --> 00:47:55,649 It's time to learn some outdoor skills. 955 00:47:55,651 --> 00:47:59,452 Camping, fire building, map reading, ropes course. 956 00:47:59,454 --> 00:48:02,121 Some life skills. 957 00:48:02,123 --> 00:48:03,323 Dad. 958 00:48:03,325 --> 00:48:06,125 It's your mother's decision, and I'm behind her. 959 00:48:09,631 --> 00:48:11,831 Get up. 960 00:48:11,833 --> 00:48:13,066 I canceled your speech at the conference. 961 00:48:13,068 --> 00:48:14,334 Good. Next? 962 00:48:14,336 --> 00:48:16,969 Raul Gomez says he needs to know if he can tell his board 963 00:48:16,971 --> 00:48:19,172 you're clear of charges. 964 00:48:20,842 --> 00:48:22,742 Call back later. 965 00:48:22,744 --> 00:48:24,410 You were right. 966 00:48:24,412 --> 00:48:26,478 It was the girlfriend. 967 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,681 The video makes the whole thing clear. 968 00:48:28,683 --> 00:48:29,816 He was drinking. 969 00:48:29,818 --> 00:48:32,318 He basically admits to driving your kids drunk. 970 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:33,686 He insults them and you. 971 00:48:33,688 --> 00:48:36,589 We've got the full version now. No one else does. 972 00:48:36,591 --> 00:48:37,756 What'd it cost? 973 00:48:37,758 --> 00:48:40,092 Well within my budget for this type of thing. 974 00:48:40,094 --> 00:48:41,427 Well done. 975 00:48:41,429 --> 00:48:43,929 Now we just need to get it into Mike Dimonda's hands. 976 00:48:43,931 --> 00:48:45,964 Already being uploaded by my office. 977 00:48:45,966 --> 00:48:47,433 - Ooh! - All right. 978 00:48:47,435 --> 00:48:49,501 All right, let's get those tents up! 979 00:48:49,503 --> 00:48:53,638 Then we'll assign fire detail, cook up some franks and beans. 980 00:48:58,011 --> 00:48:59,544 Hey! 981 00:49:02,582 --> 00:49:04,282 It's a screen-free, electronics-free time 982 00:49:04,284 --> 00:49:05,383 out here, buddies. 983 00:49:05,385 --> 00:49:08,219 - Sorry. - Hand it over. 984 00:49:13,425 --> 00:49:15,325 You have one? 985 00:49:16,695 --> 00:49:19,329 All right, then. Hop to! 986 00:49:21,433 --> 00:49:23,567 I got your precious, fucking babies home. 987 00:49:23,569 --> 00:49:25,702 What? I will kill you, you motherfucker. 988 00:49:29,775 --> 00:49:33,076 400,000 hits in less than two hours. 989 00:49:33,078 --> 00:49:36,579 That's beyond viral. That's goddamned virulent. 990 00:49:36,581 --> 00:49:40,349 Well, it's official. This no longer exists in the system. 991 00:49:40,351 --> 00:49:43,753 The full video contained what the police consider to be 992 00:49:43,755 --> 00:49:47,022 an admission of DUI, so your reaction was justifiable. 993 00:49:47,024 --> 00:49:49,191 Just stay off the radar. 994 00:49:51,028 --> 00:49:52,995 Thank you. 995 00:49:52,997 --> 00:49:54,363 There you go. 996 00:49:54,365 --> 00:49:57,065 If you need anything else, you got my number. 997 00:49:58,536 --> 00:50:01,470 Best one yet... "Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 998 00:50:01,472 --> 00:50:05,974 we salute doing what needed to be done. 999 00:50:05,976 --> 00:50:08,543 1000 00:50:08,545 --> 00:50:10,345 You're an instant goddamn hero. 1001 00:50:10,347 --> 00:50:12,014 Your phone is blowing up. 1002 00:50:12,016 --> 00:50:13,682 Lawrence Boyd from Spartan-Ives... 1003 00:50:13,684 --> 00:50:15,684 "Bobby, share my chopper out to the Hamptons 1004 00:50:15,686 --> 00:50:16,718 for Clean Water gala." 1005 00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,153 - Ooh. - Ooh! 1006 00:50:18,155 --> 00:50:21,856 And Raul Gomez... "The police remain behind Axe Cap." 1007 00:50:21,858 --> 00:50:23,425 There we go! 1008 00:50:23,427 --> 00:50:26,695 - Mm. - Get up! 1009 00:50:26,697 --> 00:50:28,596 That's gonna fucking cost you. 1010 00:50:28,598 --> 00:50:30,031 Worth it. 1011 00:50:30,033 --> 00:50:32,266 Axelrod wins! 1012 00:50:32,268 --> 00:50:34,068 Of course. 1013 00:50:40,076 --> 00:50:42,977 Well, I said that I would hear you out, 1014 00:50:42,979 --> 00:50:44,378 and I will. 1015 00:50:46,049 --> 00:50:49,483 Uh, I'm not doing it this way. 1016 00:50:49,485 --> 00:50:51,385 Appoint someone else lead counsel. 1017 00:50:51,387 --> 00:50:53,554 I got plenty of other cases to deal with. 1018 00:50:55,057 --> 00:50:57,924 Now is this because you think my advice 1019 00:50:57,926 --> 00:51:00,627 gives you less of a shot at winning? 1020 00:51:00,629 --> 00:51:03,163 No. I need to protect my integrity. 1021 00:51:03,165 --> 00:51:06,132 I need to run the case if I'm running it. 1022 00:51:07,737 --> 00:51:10,070 Ego. 1023 00:51:10,072 --> 00:51:13,273 Bryan Connerty saying, I did it. 1024 00:51:13,275 --> 00:51:15,508 I took down Bobby Axelrod. 1025 00:51:15,510 --> 00:51:20,180 Not ego. And not alone. 1026 00:51:20,182 --> 00:51:21,581 We have more resources 1027 00:51:21,583 --> 00:51:25,219 than any governmental prosecutorial division in the world. 1028 00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:27,920 I plan on using them as I see fit. 1029 00:51:27,922 --> 00:51:31,957 Sometimes even I lose perspective. 1030 00:51:31,959 --> 00:51:35,094 This whole winning and losing thing can do that to you. 1031 00:51:35,096 --> 00:51:39,265 I say "I" instead of "we", instead of "the people." 1032 00:51:41,469 --> 00:51:43,969 And I forget that history won't give a shit 1033 00:51:43,971 --> 00:51:46,005 if Chuck Rhoades or Bryan Connerty 1034 00:51:46,007 --> 00:51:47,873 won or lost some dipshit case, 1035 00:51:47,875 --> 00:51:48,974 And in a hundred years, 1036 00:51:48,976 --> 00:51:50,675 that's what they'll all look like, 1037 00:51:50,677 --> 00:51:52,278 no matter how big. 1038 00:51:54,648 --> 00:51:57,549 But taken together as an aggregate, 1039 00:51:57,551 --> 00:52:00,218 they matter. 1040 00:52:02,923 --> 00:52:04,623 Instead of thinking about how it's gonna feel 1041 00:52:04,625 --> 00:52:07,959 hearing a guilty verdict only you brought in, 1042 00:52:07,961 --> 00:52:11,296 picture the retirees, the hourly workers. 1043 00:52:11,298 --> 00:52:15,166 The innocent timecard-punching factory employees 1044 00:52:15,168 --> 00:52:19,770 humping it out of bed every day for their families. 1045 00:52:23,609 --> 00:52:28,379 Those people put their faith in the American promise... 1046 00:52:28,381 --> 00:52:32,650 work hard, get paid what you deserve. 1047 00:52:32,652 --> 00:52:35,419 Invest your nest egg, grow it. 1048 00:52:35,421 --> 00:52:39,323 Retire with enough to live on. 1049 00:52:39,325 --> 00:52:41,859 That is the whole reason... 1050 00:52:41,861 --> 00:52:48,165 We're sold the idea that the playing field is level. 1051 00:52:48,167 --> 00:52:49,666 But we both know the playing field 1052 00:52:49,668 --> 00:52:52,970 is tilted like a craps table in Tombstone, Arizona. 1053 00:52:54,539 --> 00:52:57,874 And Bobby Axelrod is the one who is sewing the legs. 1054 00:53:00,179 --> 00:53:03,613 Every dollar that he takes through fraud, 1055 00:53:03,615 --> 00:53:05,682 insider information, market manipulation, 1056 00:53:05,684 --> 00:53:07,951 is a dollar taken away from one of those folks 1057 00:53:07,953 --> 00:53:09,018 who earned it. 1058 00:53:09,020 --> 00:53:12,221 And Axe will do everything 1059 00:53:12,223 --> 00:53:13,923 to keep it all going. 1060 00:53:13,925 --> 00:53:18,027 And that's why you need me, because I am willing 1061 00:53:18,029 --> 00:53:22,331 to stare into the abyss beyond conventional morality 1062 00:53:22,333 --> 00:53:24,633 and do what needs to be done 1063 00:53:24,635 --> 00:53:27,403 to even that fucking table back up. 1064 00:53:39,650 --> 00:53:41,650 - Sit in it. - Come on. 1065 00:53:41,652 --> 00:53:43,986 Come on. 1066 00:53:43,988 --> 00:53:47,589 I want you to. Sit in it. 1067 00:54:04,207 --> 00:54:06,741 Someday you're gonna be sitting in that chair for real. 1068 00:54:06,743 --> 00:54:09,477 And you're gonna remember this moment 1069 00:54:09,479 --> 00:54:11,412 and you're gonna understand it in a way 1070 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:13,881 that you couldn't possibly now. 1071 00:54:15,084 --> 00:54:17,518 But know this... 1072 00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:21,288 this is your case, Bryan. 1073 00:54:21,290 --> 00:54:23,257 I'm not letting you walk away from it. 1074 00:54:24,761 --> 00:54:26,661 So what you have to ask yourself, 1075 00:54:26,663 --> 00:54:30,564 the only thing you have to ask yourself is, 1076 00:54:30,566 --> 00:54:33,700 can you do a better job standing up for those folks 1077 00:54:33,702 --> 00:54:37,071 with me in your corner... 1078 00:54:37,073 --> 00:54:38,939 or without me? 1079 00:54:45,346 --> 00:54:49,348 Now you stay there, right there. 1080 00:54:51,553 --> 00:54:53,620 Think about it. 1081 00:55:37,931 --> 00:55:40,165 I think you're gonna be happy. 1082 00:56:02,055 --> 00:56:04,255 Hey! 1083 00:56:04,257 --> 00:56:05,857 Go! 1084 00:56:05,859 --> 00:56:09,092 - He's coming! - Hey, what the... 1085 00:56:09,094 --> 00:56:11,195 - Get in, get in. - He's coming. He's coming. 1086 00:56:11,197 --> 00:56:12,329 Let's go! 1087 00:56:12,331 --> 00:56:13,797 - Buckle up. - Yes! 1088 00:56:13,799 --> 00:56:15,566 What the hell?! 1089 00:56:23,942 --> 00:56:26,109 Smart move, Gordie, holding on to your phone. 1090 00:56:27,312 --> 00:56:29,512 So you guys hungry? What did they feed you? 1091 00:56:29,514 --> 00:56:31,648 - Franks and beans. - It was shit. 1092 00:56:31,650 --> 00:56:32,883 - We're starving. - See? 1093 00:56:32,885 --> 00:56:35,085 Now you've learned to appreciate what you have. 1094 00:56:35,087 --> 00:56:36,586 - And watch your mouth. - Okay. 1095 00:56:36,588 --> 00:56:38,521 So... tough night. 1096 00:56:40,357 --> 00:56:42,191 Wanna get some real food? 1097 00:56:42,193 --> 00:56:44,160 I know a diner, great milkshakes. 1098 00:56:44,162 --> 00:56:45,494 Yes!