1 00:00:08,533 --> 00:00:10,933 Previously on "Billions"... 2 00:00:10,934 --> 00:00:13,099 An investigation has begun into your office, 3 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:16,299 and the man leading the investigation... Oliver Dake. 4 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:19,866 The payment that your wife received from Axelrod, 5 00:00:19,867 --> 00:00:21,466 it may not be a bribe, 6 00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:23,432 but, dang, if it doesn't look like one. 7 00:00:23,433 --> 00:00:25,632 Well, Lawrence Boyd pissed right in my face. 8 00:00:25,633 --> 00:00:28,299 He didn't show. What the hell do we do now? 9 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:31,132 Bobby Axelrod could run through the Serengeti 10 00:00:31,133 --> 00:00:32,599 and not break a sweat. 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,566 You do what you do just as well as him. 12 00:00:35,567 --> 00:00:36,833 Maybe better. 13 00:00:36,834 --> 00:00:39,399 You can't allow yourself to get drawn in 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,566 to an unwinnable fight. 15 00:00:41,567 --> 00:00:43,733 Victory will be swift. 16 00:00:43,734 --> 00:00:46,566 That will save us ten million on this trade. 17 00:00:46,567 --> 00:00:48,165 This is why I need to keep you. 18 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:50,032 I'd believe the same thing were I you. 19 00:00:50,033 --> 00:00:51,899 - Whoa! - You've been served. 20 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:54,566 - With a lawsuit? - One hundred and twenty seven of them. 21 00:00:54,567 --> 00:00:57,032 Wendy was at Krakow Capital earlier today. 22 00:00:57,033 --> 00:00:58,866 You have an amazing level of insight 23 00:00:58,867 --> 00:01:01,466 - into how we hedgies think. - Yes. 24 00:01:01,467 --> 00:01:03,799 I don't mean Axe Capital. I mean Bobby himself. 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,466 - He was looking to hire you? - Yeah. 26 00:01:06,467 --> 00:01:09,532 That motherfucker is just trying to poach my most valued... 27 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:11,265 I'm not your anything. 28 00:01:11,266 --> 00:01:14,199 We handle ourselves and Chuck gives someone Head of Crim. 29 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,299 Or we cooperate with Dake and try our luck 30 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:18,199 starting over with Chuck's replacement. 31 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,466 You know what Rhoades is. 32 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:21,299 You know he should be out of the job. 33 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:22,866 That was the attorney general. 34 00:01:22,867 --> 00:01:24,599 She's summoned me to Washington, 35 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,799 where she will greet me warmly, 36 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,967 and then she'll fire me. 37 00:01:35,033 --> 00:01:38,467 ♪ Dramatic music plays ♪ 38 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,399 There was a moment in time 39 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,065 when the only two people who knew what it was to fly 40 00:01:51,066 --> 00:01:53,199 were the Wright Brothers. 41 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,999 And we are like them in a way. 42 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,632 Although we have to stay airborne 43 00:01:57,633 --> 00:01:59,299 a lot longer than nine seconds, 44 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:01,733 we and have to go into much thinner air when we do. 45 00:02:01,734 --> 00:02:05,099 But how do you do it, Todd? 46 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:07,599 How do you stay aloft? 47 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,232 One of the nine poets, Pindar, said it best. 48 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:16,265 Become who you are by learning who you are. 49 00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:19,165 You wouldn't know Pindar from Pantera, 50 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:21,532 yet you act like you read the Harvard shelf 51 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:22,933 with your morning oatmeal. 52 00:02:22,934 --> 00:02:24,699 Who wrote this shit for you? 53 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:27,099 Lawrence Boyd, I respect you 54 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:28,999 more than anyone in this game. 55 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,499 But the idea that Todd Krakow or anyone else but you here 56 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:35,299 is a thought leader just because they've got 57 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:37,599 a few dollars in their pocket is laughable! 58 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:38,966 Let me respond. 59 00:02:38,967 --> 00:02:41,165 It's a sad fact of the business today. 60 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:44,699 Hedge funds like Axelrod's, they're out of ideas, 61 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:45,866 so they cut corners 62 00:02:45,867 --> 00:02:47,799 and go looking for that black edge. 63 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,299 But I'm good enough 64 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:51,466 that I didn't have to get close to the line. 65 00:02:51,467 --> 00:02:52,566 Really? 66 00:02:52,567 --> 00:02:54,566 What about the $45 million in fines 67 00:02:54,567 --> 00:02:55,866 you paid to the U.K.? 68 00:02:55,867 --> 00:02:57,733 That... 69 00:02:57,734 --> 00:02:59,966 No one understands those laws. 70 00:02:59,967 --> 00:03:04,399 Larry, you ever found yourself afoul of British law? 71 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,332 No, some of us have never run afoul of any international laws. 72 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:11,165 Larry, you have teams of lawyers at Spartan-Ives 73 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:13,265 and locals in those countries who ensure 74 00:03:13,266 --> 00:03:15,165 you don't get screwed the way I did. 75 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:18,165 Oh, okay, okay, okay, I'm only the referee here, 76 00:03:18,166 --> 00:03:22,666 not taking sides, but you overstepped. 77 00:03:22,667 --> 00:03:24,933 Apologies. 78 00:03:24,934 --> 00:03:26,599 And let that be the first apology, 79 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,132 not the last, to this audience, 80 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:30,265 who have paid three grand for the privilege 81 00:03:30,266 --> 00:03:31,799 of hearing your barbaric yawp. 82 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,532 - Axe, Axe, Axe. - Here's a thought. 83 00:03:33,533 --> 00:03:35,933 If any of you want to continue the conversation, 84 00:03:35,934 --> 00:03:37,833 I'll be over by the bar with my team. 85 00:03:37,834 --> 00:03:40,265 Sure... hit, run, and hide, huh? 86 00:03:40,266 --> 00:03:43,766 You been showing the SEC the same moves for years. 87 00:03:43,767 --> 00:03:46,266 But, eventually, they catch you. 88 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,632 Krakow, whatever cocktail party tutor 89 00:03:50,633 --> 00:03:52,532 you used to prep you for this panel 90 00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:54,867 owes you a goddamn refund. 91 00:03:56,233 --> 00:03:58,165 Well, that was stimulating. 92 00:03:58,166 --> 00:03:59,799 Okay, okay, let's move on. 93 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,399 Tag, Global warming... 94 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,799 I called the car around so you can go. 95 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,599 Why would I leave now? 96 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,733 That's what you get for trying to steal my fucking employees. 97 00:04:11,734 --> 00:04:14,933 Don't blame me for your fuck-up. 98 00:04:14,934 --> 00:04:17,099 Word of advice, Axe... 99 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:19,265 You don't want to lose a valuable asset, 100 00:04:19,266 --> 00:04:23,600 don't let her walk out the door, huh? 101 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:30,500 Here comes Boyd. 102 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,432 Sorry about your panel. 103 00:04:38,433 --> 00:04:41,032 Sorry. The only reason you put Ric Flair in the ring 104 00:04:41,033 --> 00:04:42,766 is to get that heat from the crowd. 105 00:04:42,767 --> 00:04:44,799 I didn't pick that panel by accident. 106 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,165 I knew you'd incinerate it. 107 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:47,833 You just made sure Spartan-Ives 108 00:04:47,834 --> 00:04:50,799 is all the Street's talking about for the rest of the month. 109 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,499 They'll be killing themselves they weren't in the room. 110 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:55,666 And the only way they get in there next year 111 00:04:55,667 --> 00:04:57,299 is by making you their prime. 112 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:00,100 I'm the bull, you're the red sash every time. 113 00:05:04,934 --> 00:05:07,766 Hey, Chuck. Come in. 114 00:05:07,767 --> 00:05:09,733 I drove by Katz's on the way here. 115 00:05:09,734 --> 00:05:12,265 Oh. You're killing me, man. 116 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:14,632 No? Well, I'm going in. 117 00:05:14,633 --> 00:05:16,233 Uh-huh. 118 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:18,966 Oh. 119 00:05:18,967 --> 00:05:20,566 - Mmm! - Mmm. 120 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:22,666 Talk to me. 121 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:25,766 Well, it's thorny. So many old cases aggregated. 122 00:05:25,767 --> 00:05:27,499 Taken all together, it looks like 123 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:29,232 a pattern of overreach, misconduct. 124 00:05:29,233 --> 00:05:31,733 That's why the papers think it's such a good story. 125 00:05:31,734 --> 00:05:33,265 And there's the Axelrod case. 126 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,833 - We never even brought charges. - That's good. 127 00:05:35,834 --> 00:05:37,766 You're protected by qualified immunity. 128 00:05:37,767 --> 00:05:39,866 Chances are, we get it thrown out of court. 129 00:05:39,867 --> 00:05:42,532 That will depend on the judge. We gotta find a very... 130 00:05:42,533 --> 00:05:44,265 Chuck, I'm gonna make this go away. 131 00:05:44,266 --> 00:05:46,332 That's why you came to me instead of going 132 00:05:46,333 --> 00:05:48,300 with whatever lawyer Justice gave you. 133 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,133 Justice isn't defending me. 134 00:05:55,100 --> 00:05:56,432 Whoa. 135 00:05:56,433 --> 00:05:59,132 They only do that when, uh... 136 00:05:59,133 --> 00:06:00,799 Well, they never really do that. 137 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,099 No. 138 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,199 Well, I'm not billing you. 139 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,600 Oh, come on. You gotta bill me, Ira. 140 00:06:05,624 --> 00:06:08,132 It's $1,400 an hour. 141 00:06:08,133 --> 00:06:11,232 Half price. Friends and family. 142 00:06:11,233 --> 00:06:12,734 Why aren't they defending you? 143 00:06:14,133 --> 00:06:18,065 The Attorney General's called me down to Washington. 144 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:19,766 She's gonna fire me. 145 00:06:19,767 --> 00:06:21,966 Shit. Dake. 146 00:06:21,967 --> 00:06:24,566 Oh, it's a lot of things over years. 147 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:26,399 But the stain of this investigation 148 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,165 has hobbled me politically. 149 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,232 I got no back channel out of this. 150 00:06:30,233 --> 00:06:33,299 You gotta prove your loyalty, then, show her you're a soldier. 151 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:34,833 Yeah. I thought about that. 152 00:06:34,834 --> 00:06:37,632 A new case the administration smiles on. 153 00:06:37,633 --> 00:06:39,499 Let the General take the credit, sure, 154 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,966 but there's just no fucking time. 155 00:06:41,967 --> 00:06:44,032 The A.G.'s got a lot of enemies, Chuck. 156 00:06:44,033 --> 00:06:47,032 Take out an enemy... A big, hard-to-kill one. 157 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:49,532 It's tough to fire you then. 158 00:06:49,533 --> 00:06:51,933 Finding the right target might be enough. 159 00:06:51,934 --> 00:06:55,099 One so... gaudy, 160 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:57,199 so outlandishly difficult to bring down 161 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,433 that my replacement would certainly fail. 162 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,065 How much time do you have? 163 00:07:03,066 --> 00:07:04,934 Three days. 164 00:07:11,533 --> 00:07:13,100 Do you know what this is about? 165 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,399 Starting immediately, you have a new mandate. 166 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,966 Find me a case that's screaming for justice. 167 00:07:26,967 --> 00:07:29,799 One that no one else would have the courage to take on... 168 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,232 Even if... no, especially if 169 00:07:33,233 --> 00:07:34,833 it seems impossible to win. 170 00:07:34,834 --> 00:07:35,966 Where do we begin? 171 00:07:35,967 --> 00:07:37,733 I want to kick into the C-suites... 172 00:07:37,734 --> 00:07:39,232 Those Teflon corporations 173 00:07:39,233 --> 00:07:42,165 that defraud the American people on a grand scale. 174 00:07:42,166 --> 00:07:44,999 No one was ever prosecuted for the financial crisis, no. 175 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,299 When we went after Wall Street, we got what we could get... 176 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:49,933 Rogue traders, chip shots. 177 00:07:49,934 --> 00:07:52,032 That ends today. 178 00:07:52,033 --> 00:07:54,766 Anything else you can say that would narrow the target? 179 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:56,833 You want us to get back up on Axe Capital? 180 00:07:56,834 --> 00:07:59,265 - Um, we know that they're... - No, no. 181 00:07:59,266 --> 00:08:01,866 Steer wide around Axe Capital for now. 182 00:08:01,867 --> 00:08:03,433 That's not gonna help. 183 00:08:05,734 --> 00:08:08,700 Help what? 184 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,099 Be creative. 185 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:17,567 I look forward to your ideas, and I want them in 24 hours. 186 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:22,232 Why's he want an impossible case? 187 00:08:22,233 --> 00:08:24,933 It's hinky. 188 00:08:24,934 --> 00:08:27,499 I'm gonna steer wide around all of it. 189 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:30,099 Hey, Axe, you know what today is? 190 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,666 It's fuck Todd Krakow in the ear day. 191 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:34,766 Why do you think I'd want to do that? 192 00:08:34,767 --> 00:08:37,132 That panel was Godzilla versus Mothra. 193 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:38,799 Do you have a plan? 194 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,399 Or are we just gonna jump him and break his kneecaps 195 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,065 when he gets out of his McLaren? 196 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:46,232 Okay, so Krakow's been running his mouth about China, right? 197 00:08:46,233 --> 00:08:48,299 I... You can tell the way he talks. 198 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:51,599 - The way he talks? - Yeah. 199 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,599 Last year, he said, "watching factories grow." 200 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,699 It made me wonder, "How's he seeing this?" 201 00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:59,699 Really, Mafee? You expect me to believe 202 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:01,466 you suddenly swapped Ali G reruns 203 00:09:01,467 --> 00:09:04,199 for videos of Todd Krakow's speeches on China? 204 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,466 Okay. 205 00:09:05,467 --> 00:09:07,232 My analyst caught it. 206 00:09:07,233 --> 00:09:10,367 Yeah. Then get him in here. 207 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,866 Hello. I'm Taylor. 208 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:21,232 My pronouns are they, theirs, and them. 209 00:09:21,233 --> 00:09:25,232 Okay. You have two minutes. 210 00:09:25,233 --> 00:09:28,265 After your dispute with Krakow, I presumed roiling antipathy, 211 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:30,065 so I catalogued all of his public statements 212 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:31,666 going back two years. 213 00:09:31,667 --> 00:09:34,632 In January 2016, Krakow's tone on China changed... 214 00:09:34,633 --> 00:09:36,666 More bullish, omniscient, 215 00:09:36,667 --> 00:09:39,766 which led me to think satellite images. 216 00:09:39,767 --> 00:09:41,399 So what? 217 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,666 All the big funds are using satellite images. 218 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:45,966 How many cars are in the parking lot at Walmart 219 00:09:45,967 --> 00:09:48,400 indicates how big a quarter they're gonna have. 220 00:09:53,734 --> 00:09:57,099 But this, let me see. 221 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:59,599 You found out which satellite company Krakow uses. 222 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,933 AR Metrics. 223 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,933 Assuming Krakow would be the biggest user... 224 00:10:02,934 --> 00:10:04,532 Their most-viewed images, 225 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:06,933 and you deduced that's what he's been looking at. 226 00:10:06,934 --> 00:10:09,265 A microchip factory in the Pearl River Delta. 227 00:10:09,266 --> 00:10:11,999 And now you know what he knows. 228 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,299 Since you're in my office, 229 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:14,999 you think you know what he doesn't. 230 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,699 China's not just cooking the books, 231 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,866 they're going full Iron Chef with that shit. 232 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:21,432 Everyone knows that, Mafee. Then why is Krakow long? 233 00:10:21,433 --> 00:10:24,265 Come on, time's almost up. What happened in January 2016? 234 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:26,432 The Chinese factory went from totally dormant 235 00:10:26,433 --> 00:10:28,165 to bustling with trucking activity. 236 00:10:28,166 --> 00:10:30,132 Which meant foreign investment followed. 237 00:10:30,133 --> 00:10:31,799 But tell me what really happened. 238 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,999 An article came out on satellite-detected 239 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,699 discrepancies between Chinese sites 240 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:38,299 and what had been reported by government statistics. 241 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:40,733 And after that, they knew they were being watched, 242 00:10:40,734 --> 00:10:43,632 so the trucks started moving... A show for the satellites. 243 00:10:43,633 --> 00:10:46,632 Factory's a fake. It's a shell to milk investors. 244 00:10:46,633 --> 00:10:48,733 And what is the next move? 245 00:10:48,734 --> 00:10:50,966 - Short the... - I asked Taylor. 246 00:10:50,967 --> 00:10:53,466 Short the Chinese parent company Krakow's invested in. 247 00:10:53,467 --> 00:10:54,866 It's not good enough. 248 00:10:54,867 --> 00:10:57,733 As Chanos says, China's a pig on LSD... 249 00:10:57,734 --> 00:11:00,632 You never know which way it's gonna run. 250 00:11:00,633 --> 00:11:04,332 So who is this fake factory supposed to be supplying? 251 00:11:04,333 --> 00:11:06,399 What does this ripple out into? 252 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,000 You find that, you find Krakow's real investment. 253 00:11:10,767 --> 00:11:12,466 How long you been here? 254 00:11:12,467 --> 00:11:15,666 Three months. 255 00:11:15,667 --> 00:11:18,933 I'm leaving in two weeks for grad school. 256 00:11:18,934 --> 00:11:20,133 I'm an intern. 257 00:11:26,533 --> 00:11:28,500 How did everything go? 258 00:11:32,433 --> 00:11:34,466 Salutations, my dear. 259 00:11:34,467 --> 00:11:36,766 Oh. Um... 260 00:11:36,767 --> 00:11:38,799 I think Chuck's working tonight. 261 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,332 I wanted to talk to you. 262 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,667 Pas devant. 263 00:11:44,734 --> 00:11:46,567 We'll see you tomorrow. 264 00:11:48,467 --> 00:11:50,633 I know what pas devant means. 265 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,499 I was looking for some cufflinks I lent my son, 266 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,966 but I couldn't find them in the bedroom. 267 00:11:59,967 --> 00:12:02,232 You were in my bedroom? 268 00:12:02,233 --> 00:12:05,566 And most of Chuck's suits seem to be gone from the closet. 269 00:12:05,567 --> 00:12:07,966 You didn't come out to Brooklyn for cufflinks. 270 00:12:07,967 --> 00:12:10,600 Is Chuck living at the Yale Club? 271 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:14,799 Some gal in accounting messed up, 272 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,532 sent me a charge for a breakfast on a day that I was not there. 273 00:12:19,533 --> 00:12:21,132 So I asked for the chits, 274 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:24,432 and it was Chuck's signature on the line at 6:30 a.m. 275 00:12:24,433 --> 00:12:28,099 Yes, we've separated... for now. 276 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:31,833 And you've kept it from me. 277 00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:34,799 I asked Chuck directly, but he denied it. 278 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,934 He lies better than I do. 279 00:12:38,433 --> 00:12:40,000 This is idiocy. 280 00:12:41,834 --> 00:12:44,265 And to think we didn't come running to you with the news. 281 00:12:44,266 --> 00:12:45,933 Because I would tell you the truth. 282 00:12:45,934 --> 00:12:48,466 This is selfish, 283 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:50,032 destructive to your children. 284 00:12:50,033 --> 00:12:51,466 We're not uprooting the kids. 285 00:12:51,467 --> 00:12:52,966 They're staying in the house. 286 00:12:52,967 --> 00:12:54,966 Chuck spends three nights a week with them. 287 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:56,532 No, I'm not talking about that. 288 00:12:56,533 --> 00:12:58,132 I'm talking about their legacy. 289 00:12:58,133 --> 00:13:01,332 Do you think that this makes it easier or harder... 290 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:03,666 for Kevin to meet his station in life? 291 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:06,966 You must mean for him to be happier. 292 00:13:06,967 --> 00:13:09,065 They are the future of my name. 293 00:13:09,066 --> 00:13:10,332 And yours. 294 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:12,566 You think you and Chuck are the only ones 295 00:13:12,567 --> 00:13:15,966 who've grappled with some upheavals in a marriage? 296 00:13:15,967 --> 00:13:20,733 Unless it is broken plates and steak knives, 297 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:23,332 you gut through it. 298 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:26,132 If one of you has an itch, you'll work it out. 299 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:27,366 You don't move out. 300 00:13:27,367 --> 00:13:28,767 It wasn't an itch. 301 00:13:30,433 --> 00:13:32,699 And what about you? 302 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,532 You'd really rather have your three nights a week 303 00:13:35,533 --> 00:13:39,100 than be First Lady of the State of New York? 304 00:13:41,633 --> 00:13:44,599 Maybe I would. 305 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,599 And if you want to continue this, 306 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,433 do it with your son. 307 00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:54,300 Oh... I will. 308 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,833 Bobby. Your order's there. 309 00:13:58,834 --> 00:14:00,199 White clam is on top. 310 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,166 Thanks, Bruno. 311 00:14:01,167 --> 00:14:03,132 Say hello to my nephew, Marco. 312 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:04,466 Kid just got elected 313 00:14:04,467 --> 00:14:06,132 to county executive up in Sandicot. 314 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:08,299 I'm Marc. An honor to meet you, Mr. Axelrod. 315 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:09,667 Sit down, have some wine. 316 00:14:11,066 --> 00:14:12,099 Is this yours? 317 00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:14,066 Made it with my own two feet. 318 00:14:16,066 --> 00:14:17,265 Eh? 319 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:19,232 Hey, look, I'll stay next time. 320 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:20,799 - Kids are hungry. - Okay. 321 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,265 Ciao, Bobby. Enjoy. 322 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:24,733 Good to meet you. 323 00:14:24,734 --> 00:14:26,999 That's a busy man. 324 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,366 Yeah. 325 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:31,367 There'll be time. There'll be time. 326 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:38,666 - You told my father. - I didn't tell him. 327 00:14:38,667 --> 00:14:40,366 He's like you. He figured it out. 328 00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:43,432 No, he had a theory, which you confirmed. 329 00:14:43,433 --> 00:14:45,933 - He's hounding me now. - What about these lawsuits? 330 00:14:45,934 --> 00:14:47,599 Were you gonna tell me about them? 331 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,766 Why did I have to read about it in the Times? 332 00:14:49,767 --> 00:14:51,632 Nuisance suits. Minor distraction. 333 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:52,933 Didn't rate a discussion. 334 00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:54,599 This investigator... Oliver Dake. 335 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,199 Yeah, well, I told you about him. 336 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,600 He's questioning me later. 337 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,734 Please, come in. 338 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,966 So, Chuck... 339 00:15:11,967 --> 00:15:16,799 do you still feel as if you're under attack... 340 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,734 by unseen forces? 341 00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:28,467 Carolyn, can we have the room for five minutes? 342 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,466 Look, I don't know what to say to him. 343 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:37,466 He knows you dropped the case. 344 00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:39,499 He thinks it's connected to me. 345 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,866 If he puts together the session notes... 346 00:15:41,867 --> 00:15:43,966 That will be a career-ender for me. 347 00:15:43,967 --> 00:15:46,667 I'm aware. 348 00:15:48,433 --> 00:15:51,199 You're the expert on this sort of thing. 349 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,599 How should I spin it, what kind of... 350 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,933 language should I use? 351 00:15:54,934 --> 00:15:56,833 Should I have an attorney present? 352 00:15:56,834 --> 00:16:00,166 Mmm, no. That will make it look worse. 353 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:06,799 No, don't spin it at all. 354 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,165 Answer his questions truthfully, 355 00:16:09,166 --> 00:16:11,666 don't put any lies on the record no matter what. 356 00:16:11,667 --> 00:16:15,132 I don't... 357 00:16:15,133 --> 00:16:18,567 I don't want you to lie for me. 358 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,132 Probably gonna go down anyway. 359 00:16:23,133 --> 00:16:25,065 I don't want you going down with me. 360 00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:27,667 Kids are gonna need one parent not in custody, right? 361 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,733 We should probably let her back in. 362 00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:44,632 ♪ Ryan Bingham's "Top Shelf Drug" plays ♪ 363 00:16:44,633 --> 00:16:47,966 ♪ Where in the hell have I gone ♪ 364 00:16:47,967 --> 00:16:51,499 ♪ I woke up this morning undressed ♪ 365 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:54,766 ♪ Might have been a little too drunk ♪ 366 00:16:54,767 --> 00:16:58,032 ♪ I can't get you out of my head ♪ 367 00:16:58,033 --> 00:17:02,400 ♪ You shot me up, baby, with a wonderful love ♪ 368 00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:08,567 ♪ I got a little taste, now I can't get enough ♪ 369 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:14,233 ♪ Shot me up, baby, with a wonderful love ♪ 370 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:19,900 ♪ Running through my veins like a top-shelf drug ♪ 371 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:25,265 ♪ Got me walking in my sleep ♪ 372 00:17:25,266 --> 00:17:28,466 ♪ The reasons all around my bed ♪ 373 00:17:28,467 --> 00:17:31,766 ♪ I'm lovin' these crazy dreams ♪ 374 00:17:31,767 --> 00:17:35,233 ♪ I can't get you out of my head ♪ 375 00:17:36,767 --> 00:17:40,232 Your relationship with your husband, 376 00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:43,065 would you say it's been healthy? 377 00:17:43,066 --> 00:17:45,165 We have our ups and downs. 378 00:17:45,166 --> 00:17:46,566 When did you stop living together? 379 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:48,165 Is that relevant? 380 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:50,866 Was it before or after you were given five million dollars 381 00:17:50,867 --> 00:17:52,600 by the target of his investigation? 382 00:17:54,867 --> 00:17:57,165 We separated right before that. 383 00:17:57,166 --> 00:18:00,233 I find the timing convenient. 384 00:18:01,433 --> 00:18:03,532 Are you married, Mr. Dake? 385 00:18:03,533 --> 00:18:06,232 My status is none of your concern. 386 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:08,232 So you are. 387 00:18:08,233 --> 00:18:09,867 But it's new... two years? 388 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:13,199 I hope you don't find this out personally, 389 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,899 but separating is never convenient. 390 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,799 If you are legitimately separated... 391 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,466 - That's been established. - Has it? 392 00:18:18,467 --> 00:18:21,032 Or did the two of you work in a separation 393 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:23,165 to make Axelrod's payment more palatable? 394 00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:24,734 They're not connected. 395 00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:27,933 How long after the payment 396 00:18:27,934 --> 00:18:29,833 did you end your employment at Axe Capital? 397 00:18:29,834 --> 00:18:31,466 The same day. 398 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:33,733 What an eventful day. 399 00:18:33,734 --> 00:18:36,899 How would Axelrod characterize the payment? 400 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,899 It was compensation. 401 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,132 A bonus for services rendered, 402 00:18:41,133 --> 00:18:43,899 a very complex session for Axe himself. 403 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:46,766 What did you talk about? 404 00:18:46,767 --> 00:18:49,332 I'm a medical doctor, 405 00:18:49,333 --> 00:18:51,899 and that's privileged information, as you well know. 406 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:54,232 So if you're trying to trip me up, try harder. 407 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,666 You can come back with a court order, lock me up, 408 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:58,032 and I'd still never tell you 409 00:18:58,033 --> 00:18:59,833 a goddamn thing about my patients. 410 00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:02,466 I just wonder what could have been said in such a session 411 00:19:02,467 --> 00:19:04,065 to justify such an enormous sum. 412 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:06,733 It was commensurate with other bonuses at Axe Capital. 413 00:19:06,734 --> 00:19:08,966 So five million dollars is not a large bonus? 414 00:19:08,967 --> 00:19:11,966 What a rarified world you live in, Ms. Rhoades. 415 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:13,265 Did something else happen 416 00:19:13,266 --> 00:19:15,799 to increase your value to Axelrod? 417 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,433 Such as? 418 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,199 Did you provide him information? 419 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,733 I'm not sure what you mean. 420 00:19:24,734 --> 00:19:26,766 Details about the investigation 421 00:19:26,767 --> 00:19:29,599 or its status, past, present, or future? 422 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,332 No, nothing. 423 00:19:31,333 --> 00:19:33,066 I see. 424 00:19:38,567 --> 00:19:41,099 Do you think that your husband 425 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:44,265 was really recused from the Axelrod case, 426 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:46,232 as he claimed? 427 00:19:46,233 --> 00:19:48,733 He told me he was. I took it at face value. 428 00:19:48,734 --> 00:19:50,766 Did you ever hear him discuss the case 429 00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:52,966 with colleagues or on the phone? 430 00:19:52,967 --> 00:19:54,299 ♪ Dramatic music plays ♪ 431 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:57,499 I can't say for sure that I did. 432 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,100 But you can't say you didn't. 433 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,266 No, I can't. 434 00:20:06,033 --> 00:20:09,132 We're going to need to talk formally again. 435 00:20:09,133 --> 00:20:11,432 Okay, I really don't have anything more to say. 436 00:20:11,433 --> 00:20:13,132 You can confirm that Chuck Rhoades 437 00:20:13,133 --> 00:20:15,666 was secretly directing the Axelrod investigation. 438 00:20:15,667 --> 00:20:18,799 He wasn't really recused, was he? 439 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,632 Are we gonna do this over the phone? 440 00:20:20,633 --> 00:20:22,599 No. In your office. 441 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,866 And you will give me what I need. 442 00:20:24,867 --> 00:20:27,366 Or maybe we'll have a pepperoni slice in Yonkers. 443 00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:29,299 You can invite your boss. 444 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:33,432 I can influence the vector of your future, Mr. Connerty. 445 00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:36,633 And you'd do well not to forget that. 446 00:20:55,633 --> 00:20:57,065 I got more on Krakow. 447 00:20:57,066 --> 00:20:58,667 No. Get your better half in here. 448 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,632 Anata-Tek... rising market share in wearable computers. 449 00:21:05,633 --> 00:21:07,232 I know it. 450 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:09,933 It's a hedge fund group grope, Krakow leading the party. 451 00:21:09,934 --> 00:21:12,332 Yes. Anata-Tek's IPO two years ago was lukewarm, 452 00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:13,699 but the stock is soaring 453 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,632 ahead of the release of their flagship. 454 00:21:15,633 --> 00:21:18,265 - It's called the Ring. - I know about the Ring, Mafee. 455 00:21:18,266 --> 00:21:19,599 It's a great prototype. 456 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,599 But can they scale up, can they ship product? 457 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,432 Not if the microchips are supplied 458 00:21:23,433 --> 00:21:25,332 by a fake Chinese factory. Booyakasha! 459 00:21:25,333 --> 00:21:27,866 Short two million. 460 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:30,933 Wake me up when the stock's down ten percent from the current levels. 461 00:21:30,934 --> 00:21:32,767 That's where we want to cover. 462 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:36,799 This is gonna be fun. 463 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,933 Okay. 464 00:21:37,934 --> 00:21:39,599 After they've completed the order, 465 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:40,966 send a tweet from my account. 466 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:43,299 Say, "Who's supplying Anata-Tek?" 467 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:45,733 Next Lumber Liquidators," question mark. 468 00:21:45,734 --> 00:21:47,199 From your account? 469 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,966 That may be a little... blatant. 470 00:21:48,967 --> 00:21:50,799 Good. I don't want to be subtle. 471 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,199 I want him to know it's me. 472 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,132 Dr. Gus is on the premises. 473 00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:58,466 Okay. Start pushing everyone through, mandatory sessions. 474 00:21:58,467 --> 00:22:01,734 ♪ "Top Shelf Drug" plays ♪ 475 00:22:04,333 --> 00:22:07,467 Are you a hard-ass, badass, jackass, or no ass? 476 00:22:08,734 --> 00:22:10,065 Sorry? 477 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:12,899 And that is one of the three things 478 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:16,099 that people say in that spot. 479 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:18,332 It's kind of like the "dick-for" thing. 480 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:21,699 If you apologize after I've said something confusing, 481 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:23,999 that is on you, my friend. 482 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,632 If you say so. 483 00:22:26,633 --> 00:22:29,265 What I say is, 484 00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:32,099 we used to live in a world that rewarded those 485 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:33,933 who were very good at their jobs. 486 00:22:33,934 --> 00:22:36,432 Do you know what you get now for being very good? 487 00:22:36,433 --> 00:22:37,767 You get keistered. 488 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:42,300 Do you want to get keistered, Ben? 489 00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:45,933 No. 490 00:22:45,934 --> 00:22:47,366 I almost said "sorry" again 491 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,666 because I barely understand what you're... 492 00:22:49,667 --> 00:22:52,466 And we will work on that. 493 00:22:52,467 --> 00:22:55,299 Replace "sorry" with, 494 00:22:55,300 --> 00:22:58,466 "What the fuck are you trying to say?" 495 00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:01,733 Yeah, I don't feel comfortable with that. 496 00:23:01,734 --> 00:23:04,099 I'm not interested in your comfort. 497 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:07,399 Axe Capital is not interested in your comfort. 498 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,232 I am interested in you becoming 499 00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:12,899 a goddamn giant-killer. 500 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,899 Do you want to be a giant-killer, Ben? 501 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:17,265 Sure. 502 00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:19,566 What the fuck are you trying to say?! 503 00:23:19,567 --> 00:23:20,733 Yes. 504 00:23:20,734 --> 00:23:22,933 I want to kill giants. 505 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:26,265 There ya go! 506 00:23:26,266 --> 00:23:29,600 There you go. 507 00:23:33,867 --> 00:23:36,032 I thought we were gonna talk about the path 508 00:23:36,033 --> 00:23:37,966 from analyst to portfolio manager. 509 00:23:37,967 --> 00:23:39,766 That is all we are talking about, 510 00:23:39,767 --> 00:23:42,432 and you are a long way from making the trek up that path. 511 00:23:42,433 --> 00:23:45,499 Holy fuck, do you people need what I do. 512 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:46,766 Go! 513 00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:48,132 Tell Gayle to make an appointment 514 00:23:48,133 --> 00:23:50,533 for you to come and see me next week. 515 00:24:01,734 --> 00:24:04,066 ♪ Dramatic music plays ♪ 516 00:24:08,266 --> 00:24:10,833 You are currently engaged in a legal action 517 00:24:10,834 --> 00:24:12,165 against Mr. Rhoades. 518 00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:13,599 Yes. 519 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,733 Do you harbor suspicions of additional misconduct 520 00:24:15,734 --> 00:24:18,299 that you opted not to include in your public filings? 521 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:19,499 Suspicions? 522 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,666 Sure. I'm full of suspicions. 523 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:24,265 I'm suspicious of all-you-can-eat buffets. 524 00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:27,065 Each and every 10-K I have to read. 525 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:29,466 I'm suspicious that the folks you work for... 526 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,799 The federal government... Occasionally fuck up. 527 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,999 Hey, you get me started, I'll admit I'm suspicious 528 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,299 that not all prize fights are on the up and up, 529 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:38,999 that Warren Buffett and Bill Gates 530 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,099 may not really like each other as much as they claim. 531 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:43,933 I'm even suspicious that maybe 532 00:24:43,934 --> 00:24:46,632 you don't really need those glasses to see. 533 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:49,132 I do. 534 00:24:49,133 --> 00:24:51,966 I think you see pretty clearly. 535 00:24:51,967 --> 00:24:55,132 But those are all the suspicions that I'm prepared to share 536 00:24:55,133 --> 00:24:57,632 with you today in your professional capacity. 537 00:24:57,633 --> 00:24:59,766 Were you aware that the U.S. attorney 538 00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:01,432 was pursuing charges against you 539 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:03,799 in connection with a firearms disturbance 540 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,834 by one of your employees? 541 00:25:07,633 --> 00:25:08,966 Yeah. 542 00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:11,132 Mr. Axelrod finds the question irrelevant. 543 00:25:11,133 --> 00:25:12,733 Consider him aware now. 544 00:25:12,734 --> 00:25:14,499 The same day the U.S. attorney 545 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,899 ended the pursuit of said charges, 546 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:19,099 his wife received a five million dollar payment 547 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,165 from this company. 548 00:25:20,166 --> 00:25:21,733 Highly irregular. 549 00:25:21,734 --> 00:25:23,933 In your world. Not in this one. 550 00:25:23,934 --> 00:25:27,099 I don't think a judge or jury is likely to discount the linkage. 551 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:30,733 My client allowed you here as a courtesy. 552 00:25:30,734 --> 00:25:34,332 No one at Axe Capital works under a contract. 553 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:37,132 Each are compensated at my client's sole discretion 554 00:25:37,133 --> 00:25:39,099 based on their value to the firm. 555 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:42,432 I think you misunderstand my intentions, Mr. Bach. 556 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:46,999 The DoJ has authorized me to offer the whole menu. 557 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,966 We would be willing to give Mr. Axelrod 558 00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:52,432 immunity from prosecution... 559 00:25:52,433 --> 00:25:55,265 if he were to testify that the five million dollars 560 00:25:55,266 --> 00:25:59,366 was, in fact, a bribe of the U.S. attorney. 561 00:25:59,367 --> 00:26:03,366 After all, uh, hedge funds will do what they do, 562 00:26:03,367 --> 00:26:06,432 but Mr. Rhoades answers to a higher authority... 563 00:26:06,433 --> 00:26:07,566 Justice. 564 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:10,566 Cue the orchestra. 565 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,567 You'll hear from us. 566 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:26,566 Lay it out. 567 00:26:26,567 --> 00:26:30,099 If you take the deal, claim it was a bribe, 568 00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:32,466 your reputation may take a hit, but... 569 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:35,933 it would be the end of Chuck Rhoades. 570 00:26:35,934 --> 00:26:38,966 Because although I know it wasn't a bribe, 571 00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:41,899 the facts line up. 572 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,332 He would be disgraced. 573 00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:47,099 Removed from office, indicted. 574 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,300 But Wendy Rhoades would be indicted, too. 575 00:26:58,500 --> 00:26:59,833 Indonesian? 576 00:26:59,834 --> 00:27:01,199 Oh. 577 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,599 Oh, God, yeah. 578 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,966 You obviously heard my stomach's cries for help. 579 00:27:04,967 --> 00:27:06,366 Thank you. Mmm. 580 00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:07,899 So how's it going? 581 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,899 You coming up with anything for the big case? 582 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,866 Nah, not yet. 583 00:27:12,867 --> 00:27:15,666 Maybe we should pool our resources. 584 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:17,332 I have a few things. 585 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:19,733 They might sound better coming from you. 586 00:27:19,734 --> 00:27:24,433 No, I... I think they'll sound great coming from you. 587 00:27:26,767 --> 00:27:28,432 Look, I know what you're thinking. 588 00:27:28,433 --> 00:27:29,799 We're all thinking it. 589 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,399 There's obviously more going on here, 590 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,999 and none of us want to get caught 591 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,432 in another Chuck Rhoades web. 592 00:27:34,433 --> 00:27:36,099 No idea what you're talking about. 593 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,566 Here's how I see it, though. 594 00:27:37,567 --> 00:27:39,566 Whoever comes up with this impossible case 595 00:27:39,567 --> 00:27:41,165 is in the lead for Head of Crim. 596 00:27:41,166 --> 00:27:43,966 Counterpoint... whoever comes up with this impossible case 597 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:46,432 is then going to have to win said impossible case. 598 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:48,666 And then if they don't, they're fucked. 599 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:51,132 That's what Connerty thinks. 600 00:27:51,133 --> 00:27:53,265 And that's why I'm not in his office. 601 00:27:53,266 --> 00:27:54,699 Is that what Connerty thinks, 602 00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:58,099 or is that what he wants you to think? 603 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:00,432 I'm hearing that multiple former AUSAs 604 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,566 are gonna come forward against you. 605 00:28:02,567 --> 00:28:04,232 Fuck. Who? 606 00:28:04,233 --> 00:28:05,432 No names yet. 607 00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:07,532 The claim is that you were capricious, 608 00:28:07,533 --> 00:28:10,065 that, uh, you expected them to use intimidation 609 00:28:10,066 --> 00:28:11,199 to get settlements. 610 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,599 Oh, bullshit. 611 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,366 Well, this gives the case teeth. 612 00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:16,899 There's no way a judge is gonna throw it out now. 613 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:18,766 As your lawyer, I gotta advise you 614 00:28:18,767 --> 00:28:20,699 to consider the idea of a settlement. 615 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,065 No. I won't settle. 616 00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:24,733 Can't. 617 00:28:24,734 --> 00:28:27,065 No, any appearance of guilt puts everything at risk. 618 00:28:27,066 --> 00:28:29,265 Every conviction my office has ever made 619 00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:30,733 would be in question. No. 620 00:28:30,734 --> 00:28:32,933 Well, you can't afford to think in absolutes. 621 00:28:32,934 --> 00:28:35,065 I'm gonna fight this all the way to a trial 622 00:28:35,066 --> 00:28:36,066 if it comes to it. 623 00:28:36,067 --> 00:28:37,666 Buddy, you gotta understand. 624 00:28:37,667 --> 00:28:40,632 One hundred and twenty seven cases, if you're found liable 625 00:28:40,633 --> 00:28:43,099 even for a portion of them, it could bankrupt you. 626 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,432 So if this gets sticky, 627 00:28:44,433 --> 00:28:47,599 how big is your trust, how bulletproof is it? 628 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,399 You might... You might want to think 629 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:50,999 about going offshore with it. No. 630 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,165 It's a blind trust, and I made a public vow. 631 00:28:53,166 --> 00:28:55,165 I can't touch the money or direct it 632 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:56,632 as long as I'm in office. 633 00:28:56,633 --> 00:28:58,967 Well, there's one good thing about getting fired. 634 00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:04,265 Boy, it's much better to be the lawyer... 635 00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:07,032 and go home when the hour's up, get some sleep. 636 00:29:07,033 --> 00:29:09,066 If you're the client, you're up all night. 637 00:29:12,367 --> 00:29:14,199 Aha, ah. 638 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,366 I was wondering why we were at a four-top. 639 00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:17,866 Taiga. I met her at SoulCycle. 640 00:29:17,867 --> 00:29:19,532 She brought a friend for you, too. 641 00:29:19,533 --> 00:29:21,599 No, no, I told you. Just give it a chance. 642 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,032 She's great. She's an artist. 643 00:29:23,033 --> 00:29:25,532 She's got a new show in Soho, in Queens. 644 00:29:25,533 --> 00:29:27,432 Actually Hoboken. Whatever. She's cool. 645 00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:30,733 Hey, babe. Hi. 646 00:29:30,734 --> 00:29:32,733 Hi. Nice to meet you. 647 00:29:32,734 --> 00:29:33,966 Hi. Ira. Nicole. 648 00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:34,967 - Charmed. - Taiga. 649 00:29:34,968 --> 00:29:36,632 Nice to meet you. 650 00:29:36,633 --> 00:29:38,933 So you have to try the Green Dream. 651 00:29:38,934 --> 00:29:41,632 The mixologist here makes them with Ice Juice. 652 00:29:41,633 --> 00:29:44,232 It's this new cold-pressed raw juice bar. 653 00:29:44,233 --> 00:29:46,899 It's literally the best thing in the world. 654 00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:49,466 The guy who owns that company is a client of mine. 655 00:29:49,467 --> 00:29:51,467 I'll slide you guys some gift cards. 656 00:29:54,066 --> 00:29:56,399 Anata-Tek had a brutal sell-off after hours. 657 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,065 We covered. Short it again. 658 00:29:58,066 --> 00:30:01,132 If it cracked this much from just a tweet, they're terrified. 659 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:03,599 We can break the rest of it if we throw a rock. 660 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:04,600 Okay. 661 00:30:04,601 --> 00:30:05,881 And wait for the dead-cat bounce. 662 00:30:05,905 --> 00:30:07,899 As soon as the stock's up one percent, 663 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:09,265 start whacking bids again. 664 00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:11,466 It'll dump, maybe by half. 665 00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:13,000 All right. 666 00:30:14,867 --> 00:30:17,266 Where's Wags? 667 00:30:22,467 --> 00:30:23,467 He's here. 668 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:35,432 Continue. I want Wags to hear this. 669 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:38,499 The Krakow play, your hostility toward him, 670 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:40,065 what's really animating it? 671 00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:41,699 Is it coloring your strategy? 672 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:43,466 Perhaps if you show restraint... 673 00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:45,466 Restraint? Take a good look at the floor, 674 00:30:45,467 --> 00:30:48,632 because you don't know where the fuck you're standing right now. 675 00:30:48,633 --> 00:30:50,733 - It's in my purview... - You are here 676 00:30:50,734 --> 00:30:53,399 to keep the Visigoths outside of the city walls, 677 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,399 not to impugn judgment of the Caesar. 678 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,632 No, it's a smart question. 679 00:30:58,633 --> 00:31:00,866 Krakow knows your personal animus. 680 00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:03,933 He could be counting on a certain hasty economic response. 681 00:31:03,934 --> 00:31:05,066 It could be a trap. 682 00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:11,599 Inform Mafee. 683 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,133 Hold on Anata-Tek until we've heard from Dollar Bill. 684 00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:25,099 I usually depend on you 685 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:27,366 to know what's in my heart, Wags. 686 00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:28,266 You okay? 687 00:31:28,267 --> 00:31:30,165 Never better. 688 00:31:30,166 --> 00:31:32,699 Good, 'cause there's something I need you on. 689 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,466 I need to diversify. 690 00:31:34,467 --> 00:31:37,466 I'm not talking about portfolios. 691 00:31:37,467 --> 00:31:40,432 I want to make a fundamental change in our standing. 692 00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:43,299 We can't live inside those city walls forever. 693 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:45,966 Change is coming. 694 00:31:45,967 --> 00:31:47,833 Stay ahead of it. 695 00:31:47,834 --> 00:31:50,800 Start looking. 696 00:31:52,734 --> 00:31:57,299 I can't help feeling these ideas are uninspired. 697 00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:59,967 What else do you have? 698 00:32:02,734 --> 00:32:05,399 We go after tech companies, the media darlings, 699 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:06,933 the "don't be evil" crowd. 700 00:32:06,934 --> 00:32:09,165 They're hypocrites, dodging billions in taxes. 701 00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:12,232 No. Think smarter, bigger. 702 00:32:12,233 --> 00:32:14,733 I need a narrative, victims and villains. 703 00:32:14,734 --> 00:32:16,999 What if we went after Spartan-Ives? 704 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,766 That's as big as it gets. 705 00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:20,466 No, thank you. 706 00:32:20,467 --> 00:32:23,466 That place is a finishing school for treasury secretaries. 707 00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,799 And we muck in there and step wrong, 708 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,599 we'll all be shaking cups outside of the Bar Association. 709 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,633 He's right. That's exactly the opposite of what we need. 710 00:32:37,166 --> 00:32:40,766 Look, I get it. I get it. 711 00:32:40,767 --> 00:32:44,866 We've all been bred in a culture of perfection. 712 00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:46,999 Valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa, 713 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,999 Head of Crim. 714 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,165 You ever get a "B," Kate? 715 00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:56,499 Third grade, in Art. 716 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:58,966 - I did extra credit, got it up. - Yeah. 717 00:32:58,967 --> 00:33:03,132 Nobody wants to gamble on this, get yoked to a loser. 718 00:33:03,133 --> 00:33:05,599 But you need to understand it is not a gamble, 719 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,165 it is a calculated risk. 720 00:33:08,166 --> 00:33:12,733 So go naked into the street 721 00:33:12,734 --> 00:33:17,100 and snare me a thundering, monumental fucking case... 722 00:33:18,767 --> 00:33:21,265 because none of you are gonna get what you want 723 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:24,000 until you cut yourselves open. 724 00:33:42,266 --> 00:33:45,332 What's going on, Bryan? 725 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:48,165 I think we're doing our best with what we've been given. 726 00:33:48,166 --> 00:33:51,199 Well, seems to me you're a step slow. 727 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,332 It's a big challenge, 728 00:33:53,333 --> 00:33:55,132 an expansion of our moral mission. 729 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:56,799 Normally, I'd expect you'd tear 730 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,532 into a piece of red meat like that. 731 00:33:58,533 --> 00:33:59,799 It just takes time. 732 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,799 I'll have something by tomorrow. 733 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,000 By end of day today. 734 00:34:09,233 --> 00:34:12,567 Right. You're in D.C. tomorrow. 735 00:34:19,633 --> 00:34:21,232 Hey. 736 00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:23,766 If you don't want to work together on this thing, great. 737 00:34:23,767 --> 00:34:26,065 Do not steamroll my idea before I... 738 00:34:26,066 --> 00:34:28,166 That was me doing you a favor. 739 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,299 The Spartan idea was a loser 740 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:38,099 because of what Chuck's not saying. 741 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,699 I'm listening. 742 00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:43,299 Spartan-Ives is a friend to the administration. 743 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:47,165 Lawrence Boyd and the A.G. went to fucking Horace Mann together. 744 00:34:47,166 --> 00:34:49,799 - So what Chuck's looking for... - Is an enemy. 745 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,299 He wants to bring him a trophy. 746 00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,632 I've got one. 747 00:34:54,633 --> 00:34:57,699 Executive e-mails leaked by a whistle-blower. 748 00:34:57,700 --> 00:35:00,400 This is the case that he's looking for. 749 00:35:06,233 --> 00:35:08,600 Well, why don't you give it to Chuck yourself? 750 00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:12,065 Might sound better coming from you. 751 00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:14,399 Hmm. Well, you really do think 752 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,232 that finding the best case would be a trap. 753 00:35:17,233 --> 00:35:19,566 But if you're wrong, you don't want to risk. 754 00:35:19,567 --> 00:35:21,933 Connerty bringing it in and getting the credit. 755 00:35:21,934 --> 00:35:25,399 Maybe. 756 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,132 But this could be very good... for you. 757 00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:33,833 Or very bad. 758 00:35:33,834 --> 00:35:35,833 I don't care. 759 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:37,265 I'll give it to Chuck anyway 760 00:35:37,266 --> 00:35:39,099 because it's the right thing to do. 761 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:41,799 It's what Chuck wants. 762 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,433 It doesn't make it right. 763 00:35:45,266 --> 00:35:50,266 ♪ Rock music plays ♪ 764 00:35:52,266 --> 00:35:54,266 All right, let's take a break. 765 00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:58,532 You know, I've been thinking about what you said. 766 00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:01,032 About your next chapter. 767 00:36:01,033 --> 00:36:03,866 I think we should start something... a business. 768 00:36:03,867 --> 00:36:06,399 Interesting. 769 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,766 What did you have in mind? 770 00:36:07,767 --> 00:36:09,499 I don't know. 771 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:12,233 It should be unique, you know, something that fits us. 772 00:36:15,633 --> 00:36:18,799 Nothing in the warehouse, nothing in the truck. 773 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,232 It's a quiet racket. 774 00:36:20,233 --> 00:36:22,299 I can get you more dirt if you need it. 775 00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:24,733 Whole Chinese economy works like this. 776 00:36:24,734 --> 00:36:26,666 So my guy likes to get his beak wet... 777 00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:28,733 Let's stay on point. 778 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:31,666 Anata-Tek is a company with no tech. 779 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,899 Just as Taylor anticipated. 780 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,399 She spotted that from outer space? 781 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,467 Not she. They. 782 00:36:45,533 --> 00:36:49,767 Get it hard, keep it hard, use it! 783 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:55,032 He hasn't fucked his woman in six months. 784 00:36:55,033 --> 00:36:57,699 Should you... be sharing that? 785 00:36:57,700 --> 00:36:59,366 Not in the "should" game. 786 00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:01,799 Welcome aboard, Gus. Thanks. 787 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,299 I know it was your plug that got this done for me, 788 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:06,466 and I have an elephant dick of a memory. 789 00:37:06,467 --> 00:37:08,366 So when are you coming in for a session? 790 00:37:08,367 --> 00:37:09,966 You want to go now? 791 00:37:09,967 --> 00:37:12,466 I'm not under the same mandate as the other staff. 792 00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:14,899 You sure? 793 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,899 Lot of changes around here. 794 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:18,099 More out there. 795 00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:19,399 It'll hit ya. 796 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,399 Guys like you and me, we're getting older. 797 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:22,899 We got to fight for every scrap 798 00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:24,466 of what used to be ours by right. 799 00:37:24,467 --> 00:37:27,632 No. 800 00:37:27,633 --> 00:37:29,132 Then let me buy you a steak. 801 00:37:29,133 --> 00:37:30,900 Not necessary. 802 00:37:34,633 --> 00:37:37,734 Omakase menu at Nakazowa. 803 00:37:40,233 --> 00:37:41,632 You are good. 804 00:37:41,633 --> 00:37:43,999 Have you talked to the source of the e-mails? 805 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,232 An hour ago. 806 00:37:45,233 --> 00:37:46,933 Said it's even worse than what's there. 807 00:37:46,934 --> 00:37:48,933 CEO Kurt Williams knew about it, 808 00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:51,599 could have stopped it, directed it to continue. 809 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,599 Well, that'll be he said, she said. 810 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,599 Now, this case is far from showroom ready, 811 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,933 but it's a real start. 812 00:37:58,934 --> 00:38:00,866 - Subpoena the company documents. - Right away. 813 00:38:00,867 --> 00:38:03,734 Ace work. 814 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,099 Mr. Rhoades, if you're looking for a good whiskey bar 815 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:09,899 near the A.G.'s office, I got one. 816 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:12,032 Opens early. Not necessary. 817 00:38:12,033 --> 00:38:14,532 I just need you to loop me in with the new deputy. 818 00:38:14,533 --> 00:38:16,566 I will happily connect you to Fred Reyes. 819 00:38:16,567 --> 00:38:17,567 That would mean... 820 00:38:17,568 --> 00:38:18,899 That I have something 821 00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,432 the General would want to hear about. 822 00:38:20,433 --> 00:38:22,099 That my part in this is done. 823 00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:25,632 Don't worry. Reyes knows who juiced him in. 824 00:38:25,633 --> 00:38:27,265 Adam. 825 00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:29,165 Fred, I got Chuck Rhoades on the line. 826 00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:31,265 Chuck. 827 00:38:31,266 --> 00:38:34,065 Thanks for the good word. I appreciate you putting me up. 828 00:38:34,066 --> 00:38:35,499 Well, I'm looking forward 829 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:37,466 to a harmonious relationship going forward. 830 00:38:37,467 --> 00:38:39,566 - Chuck, about tomorrow, it... - No worries. 831 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,065 I just want to make sure that the A.G. knows 832 00:38:42,066 --> 00:38:46,065 that I'm preparing an action against retail giant GoodStop. 833 00:38:46,066 --> 00:38:47,332 They've bilked employees 834 00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:48,933 out of millions in unpaid overtime 835 00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:51,299 and engaged in a cover-up at the highest level. 836 00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:53,566 - And you can prove that? - Evidence in hand. 837 00:38:53,567 --> 00:38:54,999 It's early stages, 838 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,866 but, uh, Kurt Williams is swimming in a dirty pool. 839 00:38:57,867 --> 00:39:00,499 The same Kurt Williams anonymously funding 840 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:02,866 a super PAC ripping her a new asshole? 841 00:39:02,867 --> 00:39:05,466 Well, that's an incredible coincidence, Chuck. 842 00:39:05,467 --> 00:39:07,966 The A.G.'s wanted to take them down for years. 843 00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:09,432 Let me sell her on it. 844 00:39:09,433 --> 00:39:11,899 I think she's gonna let you bring it home. 845 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,467 Much appreciated. 846 00:39:16,233 --> 00:39:18,132 Anata-Tek is bleeding out. 847 00:39:18,133 --> 00:39:21,366 Lost half its value. Krakow fired the CEO. 848 00:39:21,367 --> 00:39:22,933 Do you want to make a statement? 849 00:39:22,934 --> 00:39:25,366 No. I've said enough. 850 00:39:25,367 --> 00:39:27,899 Congratulations on rooting this out. 851 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:30,232 A very good day for us. 852 00:39:30,233 --> 00:39:31,933 Thank you for backing the idea. 853 00:39:31,934 --> 00:39:35,666 It really means a lot. What do you care? 854 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:37,733 I know you already turned down a job here. 855 00:39:37,734 --> 00:39:39,499 There's nothing on the line for you, 856 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:40,833 so what do you care? 857 00:39:40,834 --> 00:39:43,265 I just like being right. 858 00:39:43,266 --> 00:39:44,999 No. 859 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,766 There's something else. 860 00:39:46,767 --> 00:39:49,599 ♪ Pensive music plays ♪ 861 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,100 You were testing me, and you still are. 862 00:39:58,266 --> 00:40:00,399 You wanted to know if I could see you, 863 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,933 behind Mafee, see what you saw. 864 00:40:01,934 --> 00:40:04,265 I wanted to know if you're as good as they say. 865 00:40:04,266 --> 00:40:06,599 I am. So why are you leaving? 866 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,866 I just wanted a moment with you. 867 00:40:08,867 --> 00:40:12,533 Best advice you'll get. Don't settle for just one. 868 00:40:13,934 --> 00:40:15,432 Seven fifty a year. 869 00:40:15,433 --> 00:40:17,499 That's double entry level for an analyst. 870 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,165 I'm getting my MBA in Chicago 871 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:21,099 under Eugene Fama, the Nobel Laureate. 872 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,466 Come on. Fama's an egghead. 873 00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:26,799 Get an education right here. Make it a million a year. 874 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,632 What? 875 00:40:28,633 --> 00:40:32,265 Three seventy-five or 750 or a million, it's all the same to you? 876 00:40:32,266 --> 00:40:34,000 It's an abstraction? 877 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:39,299 I don't know if you can understand... 878 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:40,999 maybe me being the way I am, 879 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,566 but just breathing the air here can be discomforting. 880 00:40:45,567 --> 00:40:48,800 The air is thinner. 881 00:40:52,667 --> 00:40:54,299 Nah. 882 00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:55,966 You don't belong here. 883 00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:58,499 You're outside it all. 884 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:02,265 Sometimes you catch yourself watching all the people 885 00:41:02,266 --> 00:41:04,099 like they're another species. 886 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,265 So you retreat... 887 00:41:06,266 --> 00:41:10,833 behind your aquarium walls, watching. 888 00:41:10,834 --> 00:41:12,666 But you don't realize, Taylor, 889 00:41:12,667 --> 00:41:17,432 that glass, it's not a barrier, it's a lens. 890 00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:21,165 It's an asset. It's what makes you good. 891 00:41:21,166 --> 00:41:24,132 You see things differently. 892 00:41:24,133 --> 00:41:25,166 That's an edge. 893 00:41:27,033 --> 00:41:28,599 What about a week-to-week deal? 894 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,132 Done. We'll prorate the million. 895 00:41:30,133 --> 00:41:32,265 Nineteen thousand... 896 00:41:32,266 --> 00:41:34,099 Nineteen thousand, two hundred and thirty and seventy-seven cents.. 897 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:35,466 Hourly, $240.38. 898 00:41:35,467 --> 00:41:37,307 One hundred and fourteen and forty-seven cents. 899 00:41:37,331 --> 00:41:38,165 Eighty hours a week? 900 00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:39,999 There's 168 hours in a week. 901 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,599 That's what you're paying for... Everything. 902 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,300 Twenty-four seven. 903 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,799 All right, Wags, call me tomorrow, 904 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,633 and I'll give you the rest. 905 00:41:52,133 --> 00:41:53,699 I think I just found the thing. 906 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,899 - How do you feel about football? - Which team? 907 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:58,399 Not sure yet, but a franchise is talking to bankers 908 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,065 about putting itself on the block. 909 00:42:00,066 --> 00:42:01,899 Good. Go further. 910 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,767 Nice. 911 00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:10,432 Axe? 912 00:42:10,433 --> 00:42:12,799 Can I help you, Todd? 913 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,799 How many hours did you spend obsessing over my positions? 914 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,499 Ah, it paid for itself. 915 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:19,332 Or, rather, you paid for it. 916 00:42:19,333 --> 00:42:22,999 You got me, Axe. You did. 917 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,266 But don't worry. I'll get you back. 918 00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:30,999 I'm not here for another recruiting pitch. 919 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,466 From the look in your eyes, I'd say you have 920 00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:35,332 no real idea why you're here. 921 00:42:35,333 --> 00:42:38,433 I just had to get out of that office. 922 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:45,265 Now it's come to this, the one person I can turn to... you. 923 00:42:45,266 --> 00:42:47,467 That's what the game does to you. 924 00:42:50,133 --> 00:42:51,800 I'm glad you called. 925 00:43:01,333 --> 00:43:03,733 Nothing's straightforward anymore. 926 00:43:03,734 --> 00:43:07,799 It's barely recognizable. 927 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,165 When I was in your class in law school, 928 00:43:10,166 --> 00:43:12,065 we didn't exactly cover... 929 00:43:12,066 --> 00:43:14,165 - The vagaries? - Right. 930 00:43:14,166 --> 00:43:16,899 What was I going to say, "When you leave these walls," 931 00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:18,933 none of what you do will even resemble 932 00:43:18,934 --> 00:43:20,799 the ideals discussed in this building, 933 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,934 what is so cleanly laid out in the books"? 934 00:43:25,767 --> 00:43:29,934 When I look around the office, I do not see friends. 935 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,766 There was a-a woman... 936 00:43:34,767 --> 00:43:36,799 a colleague. 937 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,866 Something good was starting. 938 00:43:38,867 --> 00:43:42,766 But, uh, she saw me for what I was, 939 00:43:42,767 --> 00:43:44,866 what I was becoming, and then it was over. 940 00:43:44,867 --> 00:43:48,199 To think that real relationships are possible 941 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:49,366 in such a cauldron. 942 00:43:49,367 --> 00:43:51,432 I didn't count on that. 943 00:43:51,433 --> 00:43:53,366 But I guess 944 00:43:53,367 --> 00:43:57,065 I did count on a shared mission. 945 00:43:57,066 --> 00:44:00,632 Yet you stay. Yet you're loyal to Rhoades. 946 00:44:00,633 --> 00:44:02,833 I can't claim the moral high ground anymore. 947 00:44:02,834 --> 00:44:04,632 The Crim job. 948 00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:06,733 If I'm this conflicted now... 949 00:44:06,734 --> 00:44:08,799 There's never been a leader of any merit 950 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,999 who was free of those doubts. 951 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,132 But you can't stop now. 952 00:44:14,133 --> 00:44:17,232 You need to feel what it will be like to sit in that office, 953 00:44:17,233 --> 00:44:20,232 to be the one making the decision. 954 00:44:20,233 --> 00:44:22,399 And to resolve those conflicts... 955 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,233 Both the ones in the office and inside yourself. 956 00:44:27,834 --> 00:44:31,266 Yeah, maybe I'll ride it out long enough to see. 957 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,299 Mmm. 958 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:44,666 Speaking Japanese 959 00:44:44,667 --> 00:44:45,766 speaking Japanese. 960 00:44:45,767 --> 00:44:48,632 No fucking way he gets that job. 961 00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:50,666 'Cause he can't do that job! 962 00:44:50,667 --> 00:44:52,499 - He's a piker... - Fucking cellphones. 963 00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:53,632 Trying to swim laps... 964 00:44:53,633 --> 00:44:56,000 In this temple. 965 00:44:58,700 --> 00:45:01,467 ♪ Dramatic music plays ♪ 966 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,799 You don't put ginger on the fish. 967 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,499 It's to clear the palate between pieces, not drown it out. 968 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:16,899 And it is already precisely sauced. 969 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:18,599 Doesn't need a soy bath. 970 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,433 Chill out, Mr. Miyagi. 971 00:45:25,233 --> 00:45:26,666 No. 972 00:45:26,667 --> 00:45:28,899 I won't, you fucking heathens. 973 00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:31,432 This man is an artist. 974 00:45:31,433 --> 00:45:34,766 He had to spend ten years learning how to make the tamago. 975 00:45:34,767 --> 00:45:37,666 The egg. The egg! 976 00:45:37,667 --> 00:45:40,199 Your expense accounts don't entitle you 977 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,366 to fuck his art up the ass! 978 00:45:42,367 --> 00:45:43,766 Dude, that's it. 979 00:45:43,767 --> 00:45:45,532 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, settle. 980 00:45:45,533 --> 00:45:47,699 - Settle, Wags. - Fuck, hold up. 981 00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:50,099 It's Mike Wagner. 982 00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:51,867 Axe Capital. 983 00:45:53,967 --> 00:45:56,533 Apologies for the disrespect. 984 00:45:59,767 --> 00:46:03,599 Speaking Japanese 985 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,734 speaking Japanese Hai. 986 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,099 Sorry you saw that. 987 00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:13,899 It was a bit too revealing. 988 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:16,566 Yeah, it was. 989 00:46:16,567 --> 00:46:18,599 I loved it. 990 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,799 That is passion, man. 991 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,132 When are you and I gonna go a few rounds, huh? 992 00:46:24,133 --> 00:46:27,165 Let me tell you an open secret. 993 00:46:27,166 --> 00:46:28,799 These traders I jack up all day, 994 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,599 they are middle-school children. 995 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:35,766 You, you are Mike Wagner. 996 00:46:35,767 --> 00:46:40,332 But you need to ask yourself where are you at right now? 997 00:46:40,333 --> 00:46:42,632 What's churning those waters up so much 998 00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:45,100 that a little cub like that can break the levee? 999 00:46:56,333 --> 00:46:59,165 Things can't be that bad for you here 1000 00:46:59,166 --> 00:47:02,432 if you still have the A.G.'s picture on your wall. 1001 00:47:02,433 --> 00:47:06,599 Dad, uh... 1002 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,099 about Wendy and me. 1003 00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:09,600 You thought you could keep it from me. 1004 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:11,866 Nah. 1005 00:47:11,867 --> 00:47:15,233 These things have a way of floating up out of the murk. 1006 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,466 Our separation is about needing space. 1007 00:47:21,467 --> 00:47:24,733 And I think that extends to you. 1008 00:47:24,734 --> 00:47:26,132 So I have to ask you... 1009 00:47:26,133 --> 00:47:29,432 I have something for you. 1010 00:47:29,433 --> 00:47:31,733 It occurred to me that your problem is money. 1011 00:47:31,734 --> 00:47:33,232 - Always has been. - I disagree. 1012 00:47:33,233 --> 00:47:34,599 She has more money than you, 1013 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,899 and that's outside the natural order of things. 1014 00:47:36,900 --> 00:47:38,966 But it's only because everything you have 1015 00:47:38,967 --> 00:47:41,632 is bound up in this silly trust, and you can't use it. 1016 00:47:41,633 --> 00:47:43,899 You're effectively a cripple. 1017 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:45,733 I'm rewarded by a different metric. 1018 00:47:45,734 --> 00:47:47,299 But I have a solution. 1019 00:47:47,300 --> 00:47:50,866 A signature from me as your trustee, 1020 00:47:50,867 --> 00:47:53,466 and it goes where we need. 1021 00:47:53,467 --> 00:47:55,433 You didn't. 1022 00:47:58,133 --> 00:48:00,733 I bought a ring. 1023 00:48:00,734 --> 00:48:02,299 We're in my office. 1024 00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:04,866 It's not a gift from me. 1025 00:48:04,867 --> 00:48:06,900 I bought it with your money. 1026 00:48:11,066 --> 00:48:13,532 Give it to Wendy. 1027 00:48:13,533 --> 00:48:15,866 - Show her you're serious... 1028 00:48:15,867 --> 00:48:18,032 - about maintaining the union. - No. 1029 00:48:18,033 --> 00:48:20,733 No. That's not a move. That's not who she is. 1030 00:48:20,734 --> 00:48:23,799 It's a six-figure ring, son. It's who they all are. 1031 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,299 What time does your thing start? 1032 00:48:26,300 --> 00:48:28,299 - Stuckey Brown told me... - Stuckey Brown. 1033 00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:30,599 He once had a woman upstairs in his bed... 1034 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,232 Mm-hmm. 1035 00:48:32,233 --> 00:48:34,399 When he heard his wife walk in the front hall. 1036 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,899 Uh, Dad, I need to, uh... 1037 00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:40,265 So Stuckey called down to her, he said, "Elizabeth", 1038 00:48:40,266 --> 00:48:43,666 if you don't put one foot on the stairs, 1039 00:48:43,667 --> 00:48:45,566 "I'll wire two million dollars to your account." 1040 00:48:45,567 --> 00:48:48,065 - Uh-huh. - And what did she do? 1041 00:48:48,066 --> 00:48:50,599 She walked right back out the front door. 1042 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,265 Take the ring. 1043 00:48:52,266 --> 00:48:54,433 It's a balm, it's a way... 1044 00:48:58,166 --> 00:48:59,699 Thank you, Dad. 1045 00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:02,899 I appreciate the gesture. I do. 1046 00:49:02,900 --> 00:49:04,866 But, uh... 1047 00:49:04,867 --> 00:49:08,532 And I'm sorry that I kept our situation from you. 1048 00:49:08,533 --> 00:49:10,733 I know it hurt your feelings. 1049 00:49:10,734 --> 00:49:15,065 - No, I'm fine. - But I cannot accept the ring. 1050 00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:17,899 I cannot invade my trust in any way, 1051 00:49:17,900 --> 00:49:19,866 in this life or the next. 1052 00:49:19,867 --> 00:49:23,699 It would be... unethical. 1053 00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:25,299 You have to take it back. 1054 00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:27,866 You're talking like a man with a terminal disease. 1055 00:49:27,867 --> 00:49:29,366 Have a good time at the show. 1056 00:49:29,367 --> 00:49:32,633 You make sure that he gets to his car. 1057 00:49:37,934 --> 00:49:39,999 Yeah, talk to me, Fred. 1058 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,332 I underestimated this, Chuck. 1059 00:49:42,333 --> 00:49:44,132 The General is not looking for pelts. 1060 00:49:44,133 --> 00:49:46,566 She said that Kurt Williams would be a huge case 1061 00:49:46,567 --> 00:49:49,099 for whoever takes over your office next. 1062 00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:52,666 Understood. 1063 00:49:52,667 --> 00:49:53,899 See you tomorrow. 1064 00:49:53,900 --> 00:49:57,066 I'm sorry I couldn't do more. 1065 00:50:12,266 --> 00:50:15,132 Sorry I had to skip the recital. 1066 00:50:15,133 --> 00:50:17,499 It's been a balled-up kind of a day. 1067 00:50:17,500 --> 00:50:20,666 You don't have to apologize to me. 1068 00:50:20,667 --> 00:50:22,667 Just your daughter. 1069 00:50:26,867 --> 00:50:29,632 I talked to Oliver Dake. 1070 00:50:29,633 --> 00:50:32,632 I didn't have to admit to anything too damaging. 1071 00:50:32,633 --> 00:50:34,933 But he'll be on your recusal next, 1072 00:50:34,934 --> 00:50:38,467 and... he is not gonna stop. 1073 00:50:48,066 --> 00:50:50,133 You have that look. 1074 00:50:53,033 --> 00:50:54,166 That bad, huh? 1075 00:50:56,967 --> 00:51:01,766 I have this exercise I do with my clients called the 180. 1076 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:03,566 When they've really lost the thread, 1077 00:51:03,567 --> 00:51:05,232 when they're so fixated on a stock, 1078 00:51:05,233 --> 00:51:08,132 they can't see it's a dumpster burning in front of them. 1079 00:51:08,133 --> 00:51:11,199 Maybe they can cut their losses. 1080 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,466 But only a great few 1081 00:51:13,467 --> 00:51:15,766 can go the opposite way, can pivot, 1082 00:51:15,767 --> 00:51:18,933 and see that it's really a short. 1083 00:51:18,934 --> 00:51:20,933 You're a prime candidate for it 1084 00:51:20,934 --> 00:51:24,599 because whatever... choices you've been making, 1085 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:26,767 they sure as hell aren't working. 1086 00:51:37,667 --> 00:51:40,667 One-eighty, Chuck. 1087 00:52:21,333 --> 00:52:23,700 One-eighty, Chuck. 1088 00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:26,699 ♪ Rock music plays ♪ 1089 00:52:26,700 --> 00:52:29,466 What if we went after Spartan-Ives? 1090 00:52:29,467 --> 00:52:30,767 That's as big as it gets. 1091 00:52:39,333 --> 00:52:40,799 Ari Spyros. 1092 00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:42,767 There's something I need you to do for me. 1093 00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:45,966 Kornbluth. 1094 00:52:45,967 --> 00:52:48,132 I want to go on record to say that the SEC 1095 00:52:48,133 --> 00:52:53,132 has no plans to investigate Spartan-Ives or Lawrence Boyd. 1096 00:52:53,133 --> 00:52:56,466 I cannot speak for the United States attorney. 1097 00:52:56,467 --> 00:52:58,466 No, I will not confirm that. 1098 00:52:58,467 --> 00:53:01,833 Do you deny there's an active investigation of Lawrence Boyd? 1099 00:53:01,834 --> 00:53:04,099 If my office undertook such a radical endeavor 1100 00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:05,566 against a bedrock company 1101 00:53:05,567 --> 00:53:08,065 that has been such a friend to the administration, 1102 00:53:08,066 --> 00:53:10,566 we would only do so with the full support 1103 00:53:10,567 --> 00:53:12,432 of the Attorney General's Office. 1104 00:53:12,433 --> 00:53:15,766 But, no, I cannot confirm that. 1105 00:53:15,767 --> 00:53:18,232 So you have no comment on the investigation? 1106 00:53:18,233 --> 00:53:21,399 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 1107 00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,632 ♪ It hurts, it hurts, it hurts ♪ 1108 00:53:23,633 --> 00:53:26,099 ♪ And I will never see the light ♪ 1109 00:53:26,100 --> 00:53:29,132 ♪ That I've seen shining in your eyes ♪ 1110 00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:31,833 ♪ You just want to see me naked ♪ 1111 00:53:31,834 --> 00:53:33,599 ♪ So I'll hold my breath ♪ 1112 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,766 ♪ I'll hold my breath, I'll hold it ♪ 1113 00:53:35,767 --> 00:53:37,966 ♪ Hold my breath, I'll hold my breath ♪ 1114 00:53:37,967 --> 00:53:40,799 ♪ I'll hold my breath, I'll hold my breath ♪ 1115 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,033 ♪ I'll hold my... ♪ 1116 00:53:45,166 --> 00:53:47,032 Congratulations. 1117 00:53:47,033 --> 00:53:48,599 If I fire you now, it'll look 1118 00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:50,699 like the administration is protecting Boyd, 1119 00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:51,700 obstructing justice. 1120 00:53:51,701 --> 00:53:53,165 Hmm. 1121 00:53:53,166 --> 00:53:55,666 They might even investigate you for that, General. 1122 00:53:55,667 --> 00:53:57,966 You think you're a bold player? 1123 00:53:57,967 --> 00:53:59,899 Going after Spartan-Ives is asinine. 1124 00:53:59,900 --> 00:54:02,599 A man facing a firing squad has only two choices... 1125 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,332 Accept it or push against his restraints. 1126 00:54:05,333 --> 00:54:07,599 And I don't accept anything. 1127 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,799 You were facing hard labor. 1128 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,399 Now you're in the firing line, 1129 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,299 and you pulled me right there with you. 1130 00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,099 Not so. 1131 00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:17,265 Oh, if I win, Boyd goes down, 1132 00:54:17,266 --> 00:54:20,165 and we celebrate on the podium together. 1133 00:54:20,166 --> 00:54:23,299 If I lose, the failure is all mine. 1134 00:54:23,300 --> 00:54:26,099 "If Boyd goes down." You really think it's that easy? 1135 00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:27,900 There's a reason no one's done this. 1136 00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:32,799 So go ahead and swing your hatchet at the case. 1137 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:34,766 I'll just fire you in a few months 1138 00:54:34,767 --> 00:54:36,432 after the searchlights pass. 1139 00:54:36,433 --> 00:54:38,833 All you've bought is time. 1140 00:54:38,834 --> 00:54:41,500 ♪ Dramatic music plays ♪ 1141 00:54:57,667 --> 00:55:00,099 I got news last night I never wanted to get... 1142 00:55:00,100 --> 00:55:02,699 Chuck Rhoades, coming at me. 1143 00:55:02,700 --> 00:55:05,799 I have lived my life as an exemplar of rectitude 1144 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,466 so as to never have to deal with this kind of thing. 1145 00:55:08,467 --> 00:55:11,566 Still... he comes. 1146 00:55:11,567 --> 00:55:14,232 You did what I'm about to. 1147 00:55:14,233 --> 00:55:16,733 You squared off with him, walked away unmarked. 1148 00:55:16,734 --> 00:55:19,566 I need your playbook, I need to know how to beat him. 1149 00:55:19,567 --> 00:55:22,966 Will you help me? 1150 00:55:22,967 --> 00:55:26,065 I don't remember your reassuring hand on my shoulder 1151 00:55:26,066 --> 00:55:28,433 when it was my time of trouble. 1152 00:55:30,066 --> 00:55:32,899 What I do remember is you, 1153 00:55:32,900 --> 00:55:35,232 the exemplar of Wall Street rectitude, 1154 00:55:35,233 --> 00:55:37,165 steering clear and making damn certain 1155 00:55:37,166 --> 00:55:40,366 that my stink didn't waft anywhere near you, 1156 00:55:40,367 --> 00:55:42,600 lest it stick. 1157 00:55:43,934 --> 00:55:48,599 Now, before I decide, answer this. 1158 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:51,766 Are you a bastard? 1159 00:55:51,767 --> 00:55:55,332 Because for you to have a chance against Rhoades, 1160 00:55:55,333 --> 00:55:57,432 you need to be. 1161 00:55:57,433 --> 00:55:59,666 Even though there will be lawyers, 1162 00:55:59,667 --> 00:56:03,799 there are no fucking rules... Not if you want to win. 1163 00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:08,132 You will have to crawl through a river of shit 1164 00:56:08,133 --> 00:56:11,666 and risk bleeding out a hundred yards short of victory. 1165 00:56:11,667 --> 00:56:13,566 You have to be prepared to do things 1166 00:56:13,567 --> 00:56:16,132 that are entirely outside the bounds 1167 00:56:16,133 --> 00:56:18,800 of conventional morality. 1168 00:56:20,834 --> 00:56:22,632 What do you imagine I had to do 1169 00:56:22,633 --> 00:56:25,233 to get to the top of Spartan-Ives? 1170 00:56:31,767 --> 00:56:34,599 ♪ You have no right to be depressed ♪ 1171 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:38,232 ♪ You haven't tried hard enough to like it ♪ 1172 00:56:38,233 --> 00:56:40,966 ♪ Haven't seen enough of this world yet ♪ 1173 00:56:40,967 --> 00:56:43,265 ♪ But it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts ♪ 1174 00:56:43,266 --> 00:56:46,466 ♪ Well, stop your whining, try again ♪ 1175 00:56:46,467 --> 00:56:49,366 ♪ No one wants to cause you pain ♪ 1176 00:56:49,367 --> 00:56:52,032 ♪ They're just trying to let some air in ♪ 1177 00:56:52,033 --> 00:56:53,966 ♪ But you hold your breath ♪ 1178 00:56:53,967 --> 00:56:55,999 ♪ You hold your breath, you hold it ♪ 1179 00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,500 ♪ Hold my breath, I hold my breath, I hold it ♪