1 00:00:03,010 --> 00:00:04,802 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:04,885 --> 00:00:07,051 On power of the President, you are fired! 3 00:00:07,135 --> 00:00:08,927 Mr. Connerty, as your first detail 4 00:00:09,010 --> 00:00:12,010 as United States Attorney for the Southern District, 5 00:00:12,093 --> 00:00:13,969 please show this gentleman out. 6 00:00:14,051 --> 00:00:15,719 The palace coup is complete. 7 00:00:15,802 --> 00:00:18,510 I did what I had to do to survive. And to win. 8 00:00:18,593 --> 00:00:19,927 You have to know 9 00:00:20,010 --> 00:00:23,385 that anything I do to stop you is warranted. 10 00:00:23,468 --> 00:00:24,885 Rudy, you're fired. 11 00:00:24,969 --> 00:00:26,093 For fraternizing. 12 00:00:26,176 --> 00:00:28,176 With our sworn fucking enemies. 13 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:31,010 You will move assets how and when I tell you. 14 00:00:31,093 --> 00:00:33,218 Your 2 and 20 is now 1 and 10. 15 00:00:33,301 --> 00:00:34,510 The rest will be paid to me. 16 00:00:34,593 --> 00:00:36,343 You are now officially but unofficially 17 00:00:36,427 --> 00:00:39,343 the proud owner of half of my half of Panay's fund. 18 00:00:39,427 --> 00:00:43,343 It's time to put away childish enthusiasms. 19 00:00:43,427 --> 00:00:44,806 They left me no choice. 20 00:00:44,868 --> 00:00:47,510 Said they were going to destroy my business, my life. 21 00:00:47,593 --> 00:00:49,468 Most of your major cases are being put under review 22 00:00:49,552 --> 00:00:51,719 by Connerty. Your name will be ruined. 23 00:00:51,802 --> 00:00:54,343 And Epstein's vacated New York Attorney General's seat 24 00:00:54,427 --> 00:00:56,051 is there for me. 25 00:00:56,135 --> 00:00:57,593 He owed me a favor. 26 00:00:57,677 --> 00:00:59,385 Yeah. As I do now. 27 00:01:00,043 --> 00:01:02,468 You got that carry permit you were looking for. 28 00:01:02,552 --> 00:01:04,343 We need to be certain no money is going 29 00:01:04,427 --> 00:01:06,260 to ex-employees of Axe Capital... 30 00:01:06,343 --> 00:01:09,802 Please stop fucking with Taylor Mason. 31 00:01:09,885 --> 00:01:11,844 Forget all about them. 32 00:01:11,927 --> 00:01:15,010 But be sure you don't forget about me. 33 00:01:15,093 --> 00:01:16,388 He's a Russian Oligarch. 34 00:01:16,485 --> 00:01:17,927 But you, mon frère, are a motherfucking 35 00:01:18,010 --> 00:01:19,719 American Oligarch. 36 00:01:19,802 --> 00:01:21,552 You will not relent. 37 00:01:21,635 --> 00:01:23,343 Taylor must pay. 38 00:01:23,427 --> 00:01:25,552 We have to do it without Grigor getting a whiff of us. 39 00:01:25,635 --> 00:01:28,135 We don't put out this fire by pouring water on it. 40 00:01:28,218 --> 00:01:31,135 But by sucking oxygen out of the room. 41 00:01:31,218 --> 00:01:32,802 Completely. 42 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,969 This is the competition's... 43 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:10,885 Not exactly RoboCop. 44 00:02:10,969 --> 00:02:14,844 But until now, considered state of the art. 45 00:02:15,889 --> 00:02:18,427 Ooh, money just walked in. 46 00:02:18,510 --> 00:02:20,385 Rebecca Cantu. 47 00:02:20,468 --> 00:02:22,176 Oh. So that's what a rich person looks like. 48 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:23,719 I'd always wondered. 49 00:02:23,802 --> 00:02:25,969 But check out this badass our company built. 50 00:02:26,051 --> 00:02:27,635 Brains like Will Hunting, 51 00:02:27,719 --> 00:02:29,969 strength like Artis Gilmore in the ABA days. 52 00:02:30,571 --> 00:02:31,618 Ooh. 53 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:37,135 Which is why Patriot Trust Bank 54 00:02:37,218 --> 00:02:39,051 is proud to be doing this raise for you. 55 00:02:39,135 --> 00:02:40,927 I'll let the scientists who made him 56 00:02:41,010 --> 00:02:42,593 tell you how and why later on, 57 00:02:42,677 --> 00:02:44,677 but I want you to know that we are committed 58 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,176 to helping put one of these in every company loading bay, 59 00:02:47,260 --> 00:02:49,051 and eventually, every home in America. 60 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:50,677 What size investments are available? 61 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,343 My kind of question. 62 00:02:52,427 --> 00:02:53,969 We're looking for no more than five firms 63 00:02:54,051 --> 00:02:55,677 to fulfill $100 mil in this C round, 64 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,552 which comes with anti-dilution rights. 65 00:02:57,635 --> 00:02:59,093 Anything else? 66 00:02:59,176 --> 00:03:00,969 The, um... The noise signature, 67 00:03:01,051 --> 00:03:02,593 that hum, uh, makes me believe 68 00:03:02,677 --> 00:03:04,593 there's a combustion engine inside there. 69 00:03:04,677 --> 00:03:07,635 Rebecca, this product wasn't hand-delivered to you early, 70 00:03:07,719 --> 00:03:09,677 so I'll forgive you for not having your research in order. 71 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,427 We have a proprietary power source. 72 00:03:12,510 --> 00:03:14,677 It's one of the reasons we're set apart. 73 00:03:15,192 --> 00:03:16,301 Anyone else have a question? 74 00:03:16,385 --> 00:03:18,969 Oh. It's proprietary. That... It... 75 00:03:19,051 --> 00:03:20,760 Thanks. Withdrawn. I'm sorry. 76 00:03:20,844 --> 00:03:22,885 Over the line, Smokey. Forfeit your turn. 77 00:03:22,969 --> 00:03:25,093 - Mark it zero. - Not how it's gonna go. 78 00:03:25,176 --> 00:03:29,552 Of course, proprietary doesn't tell us shit, does it. 79 00:03:29,635 --> 00:03:31,719 I grew up with a mechanic for a father. 80 00:03:31,802 --> 00:03:33,343 So, uh, forgive me. 81 00:03:33,427 --> 00:03:35,343 That's definitely a combustion engine. 82 00:03:35,427 --> 00:03:37,510 And that won't work for the military. 83 00:03:37,593 --> 00:03:39,510 So you'll have to improve the battery technology, 84 00:03:39,593 --> 00:03:41,760 but the, uh, the margins on this thing 85 00:03:41,844 --> 00:03:43,927 are already thin as Kate Moss on a juice fast. 86 00:03:44,010 --> 00:03:45,802 The money taken in today will go a long way 87 00:03:45,885 --> 00:03:47,260 in offsetting any costs we might incur... 88 00:03:47,343 --> 00:03:48,343 Mm. It doesn't know how to walk. 89 00:03:48,427 --> 00:03:50,093 I don't know what you were looking at. 90 00:03:50,176 --> 00:03:51,760 There's no remote. No human control at all. 91 00:03:51,844 --> 00:03:54,176 But it's not actually stable, right? It's metastable. 92 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:55,719 I've seen this demo a dozen times. 93 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,760 Hasn't fallen... hasn't even stumbled... once. 94 00:03:57,844 --> 00:03:59,844 Well, you could hold a curling match on this floor. 95 00:03:59,927 --> 00:04:02,593 But, um, what about... 96 00:04:05,385 --> 00:04:06,969 now... 97 00:04:07,051 --> 00:04:08,218 Can we run it again? 98 00:04:14,218 --> 00:04:15,510 Any other questions? 99 00:04:21,635 --> 00:04:24,093 Whoa. They shoulda had you inside the tent. 100 00:04:24,176 --> 00:04:26,427 Could've trouble shot it, helped launch it. 101 00:04:27,253 --> 00:04:29,010 I don't launch shit products. 102 00:04:29,723 --> 00:04:33,051 Lucky she was here, or we might've actually gone in on that loser. 103 00:04:33,135 --> 00:04:34,760 So, straight back to the office... 104 00:04:34,844 --> 00:04:36,885 Oh no... 105 00:04:36,969 --> 00:04:40,051 Axe, look, I know this may still seem a little bleeding edge... 106 00:04:40,135 --> 00:04:42,218 It's the Mechanical Turk. 107 00:04:42,301 --> 00:04:45,677 But at least that beat people at chess before the con was revealed. 108 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,802 This company has real consumer potential... 109 00:04:47,885 --> 00:04:51,010 Yet this bank is invested in this because the chairman's son 110 00:04:51,093 --> 00:04:53,218 was in the Spee with the Chief Tech Officer. 111 00:04:53,301 --> 00:04:54,969 Or some bullshit like that. 112 00:04:55,051 --> 00:04:56,635 He told you to deliver. 113 00:04:56,719 --> 00:04:58,176 That's why you've been doing all the talking today, 114 00:04:58,260 --> 00:04:59,552 because it matters to you. 115 00:04:59,635 --> 00:05:00,844 But now you're gonna have trouble 116 00:05:00,927 --> 00:05:03,927 salvaging anyone else in this room. 117 00:05:04,010 --> 00:05:06,593 If it makes your life easier, I'll take a piece. 118 00:05:06,677 --> 00:05:07,677 You will? That's great... 119 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,844 But... 120 00:05:09,927 --> 00:05:12,427 there's something that matters to me that I need in return. 121 00:05:12,510 --> 00:05:15,010 Won't cost you a penny. Will even save you some... 122 00:05:21,135 --> 00:05:23,927 This is gonna be a time of great prosperity for us both. 123 00:05:24,010 --> 00:05:26,427 So I'm glad to continue... To renew... 124 00:05:26,510 --> 00:05:28,051 To start... our friendship. 125 00:05:28,135 --> 00:05:29,885 I know your bank would have liked the other business... 126 00:05:29,969 --> 00:05:32,176 But I'm touched that you prefer mine. 127 00:05:34,176 --> 00:05:36,093 Based on a number of factors... 128 00:05:36,176 --> 00:05:38,468 Including the brevity of your track record... 129 00:05:38,552 --> 00:05:40,677 - Alto Bank... - Bank Allemane... 130 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,510 Patriot Trust Bank can't extend you leverage at this juncture. 131 00:05:45,352 --> 00:05:47,010 Thank you for your time. 132 00:05:47,093 --> 00:05:49,260 Here. Have a koozie. 133 00:05:55,762 --> 00:05:56,885 I can set you more meetings. 134 00:05:56,969 --> 00:05:58,844 No. I've seen more eyes go cold on me 135 00:05:58,927 --> 00:06:01,301 than Agent Bill Tench did in a whole season. 136 00:06:01,385 --> 00:06:02,885 Axe got to all of the bankers. 137 00:06:02,969 --> 00:06:04,885 - I'm done. - I should have gone. 138 00:06:04,969 --> 00:06:07,051 You don't have time to waste on that shit. 139 00:06:07,135 --> 00:06:09,885 It's not time that's the problem. It's capital. 140 00:06:09,969 --> 00:06:12,343 Winston and the quant team have a huge stat arb opportunity 141 00:06:12,427 --> 00:06:14,260 that I'm gonna have to leave on the table 142 00:06:14,343 --> 00:06:16,260 if we don't lock in leverage by end of week. 143 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:18,051 I can't let Axe cause that. 144 00:06:18,135 --> 00:06:21,093 - You have an idea? - Not even a notion. Yet. 145 00:06:21,176 --> 00:06:23,427 But I will. 146 00:06:24,304 --> 00:06:25,335 We will. 147 00:06:30,552 --> 00:06:33,135 He actually invested in the piece of shit... 148 00:06:33,218 --> 00:06:34,885 Believe me, I was excited that we were getting into 149 00:06:34,969 --> 00:06:37,969 Private Equitatus, but badly built robots... 150 00:06:38,051 --> 00:06:39,969 Private equity, Spyros. 151 00:06:40,051 --> 00:06:41,385 Maybe just show me your mood ring 152 00:06:41,468 --> 00:06:42,510 if you want me to know how you feel. 153 00:06:42,593 --> 00:06:44,260 Or don't. Because I don't give a shit. 154 00:06:44,343 --> 00:06:45,927 But if we go in on crappy companies 155 00:06:46,010 --> 00:06:48,510 just to get the return favor of fucking over Taylor Mason, 156 00:06:48,593 --> 00:06:50,343 it's gonna be a hard sell to our investors 157 00:06:50,427 --> 00:06:52,010 on the wisdom of the idea. 158 00:06:52,093 --> 00:06:54,051 At a certain point, the Street's gonna start wondering 159 00:06:54,135 --> 00:06:55,719 if you care more about revenge than making money. 160 00:06:55,802 --> 00:06:56,885 And so do I. 161 00:06:57,975 --> 00:06:59,010 Leave. 162 00:06:59,093 --> 00:07:01,593 I serve at your pleasure. 163 00:07:04,010 --> 00:07:05,969 And so do I. 164 00:07:06,922 --> 00:07:10,051 Meaning: I feel the same way he does. 165 00:07:10,135 --> 00:07:13,176 If you burn cash and have down quarters just to hurt Taylor, 166 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:15,260 you're Neil McCauley throwing it all away 167 00:07:15,343 --> 00:07:17,593 to kill Waingro in that motel. 168 00:07:17,677 --> 00:07:19,176 I can't stand by and let that happen. 169 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:22,385 For a minute there, you're glad that Neil allows himself to feel. 170 00:07:22,468 --> 00:07:25,385 But then, yeah, his one moment of humanity kills him. 171 00:07:25,468 --> 00:07:27,093 But this isn't that. 172 00:07:27,176 --> 00:07:29,802 We're mixing into private equity. For real. 173 00:07:29,885 --> 00:07:31,802 And I got everybody downstairs generating ideas. 174 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:33,760 But you haven't said yes to any of them yet. 175 00:07:33,844 --> 00:07:35,844 They have a dozen internal ideas you've turned down. 176 00:07:35,927 --> 00:07:38,135 - 'Cause they all suck. - They can't all suck. 177 00:07:38,218 --> 00:07:40,593 What we need is a meaningful partnership. 178 00:07:40,677 --> 00:07:42,385 And I know how to find it... 179 00:07:44,343 --> 00:07:46,885 Helena, could you have the team put together a list 180 00:07:46,969 --> 00:07:49,844 of all the private companies Rebecca Cantu is invested in. 181 00:07:52,844 --> 00:07:54,260 Ah, shit, Wags. 182 00:07:54,343 --> 00:07:56,135 You really know your man. 183 00:07:58,844 --> 00:08:01,969 I never asked to be your Attorney General. 184 00:08:02,051 --> 00:08:04,885 I'm just a small-town lawyer who was called to serve. 185 00:08:04,969 --> 00:08:07,260 And that's what I did. Under our last AG, 186 00:08:07,343 --> 00:08:10,593 Alvin Epstein, who felt the call to duty in DC. 187 00:08:10,677 --> 00:08:13,760 But now that fate... and the New York State Legislature... 188 00:08:13,844 --> 00:08:16,218 have made me the Interim Attorney General... 189 00:08:16,301 --> 00:08:20,385 I'm asking you to let me see this mission through... 190 00:08:20,468 --> 00:08:22,176 You think he's got what it takes? 191 00:08:22,260 --> 00:08:23,510 - ...and keep serving. - To win? 192 00:08:23,593 --> 00:08:24,969 Well, he's starting with the job. 193 00:08:25,051 --> 00:08:26,844 As natural advantages go, that's a good start. 194 00:08:26,927 --> 00:08:28,677 And if he gets it? 195 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,260 His rep is: he stays in his own side of the sandbox. 196 00:08:31,343 --> 00:08:33,218 Well, if he's not gonna scrap with us over jurisdiction 197 00:08:33,301 --> 00:08:34,510 and for cases, he's my kind of candidate... 198 00:08:34,593 --> 00:08:36,093 - Mm-hmm. - Mm. 199 00:08:36,176 --> 00:08:37,468 ...and to the people of New York. 200 00:08:37,552 --> 00:08:40,260 - Thanks to the tireless... - Look at him. Champing at the bit 201 00:08:40,343 --> 00:08:42,468 to keep the reins of power now that he has them. 202 00:08:42,552 --> 00:08:44,510 - Don't do that. - What? 203 00:08:44,593 --> 00:08:46,552 If you're talking to people, it's chomp. 204 00:08:47,292 --> 00:08:48,677 But it's not that. It's from the poem: 205 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,802 "Twelve beauteous steeds, of golden color and with golden manes, 206 00:08:51,885 --> 00:08:53,427 Champ at the bit." 207 00:08:53,510 --> 00:08:55,093 Champ. Champ. 208 00:08:55,176 --> 00:08:56,635 We can go home now. 209 00:08:56,719 --> 00:08:58,260 Voters don't want William Safire. 210 00:08:58,343 --> 00:08:59,677 They want an Attorney General who talks like 211 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,677 he's actually from New York. 212 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,385 ...this effort and the progress we've made. 213 00:09:03,468 --> 00:09:04,844 There's still... 214 00:09:04,927 --> 00:09:06,719 The concealed carry for your client... 215 00:09:06,802 --> 00:09:08,260 personally taken care of. 216 00:09:08,343 --> 00:09:10,552 - Hand-stamped for approval. - Thank you. 217 00:09:10,635 --> 00:09:13,427 Let me know if he needs a lesson. I'll take him to Tiro myself... 218 00:09:13,510 --> 00:09:15,385 Why do I feel an ask is coming...? 219 00:09:15,468 --> 00:09:16,593 'Cause you're a bright boy. 220 00:09:16,677 --> 00:09:18,677 And contract makes the world go 'round. 221 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,135 Okay. What's up in this rotation? 222 00:09:21,218 --> 00:09:23,218 The police pension fund. 223 00:09:23,301 --> 00:09:26,135 I need an independent look at the administrator, Raul Gomez. 224 00:09:26,218 --> 00:09:27,510 Funds unaccounted for? 225 00:09:27,593 --> 00:09:29,260 I don't have access to the books, 226 00:09:29,343 --> 00:09:31,969 but after 20 as a cop and years of restrained living, 227 00:09:32,051 --> 00:09:33,677 he's suddenly got a NetJets account. 228 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,677 He flew private down to the Derby. 229 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,051 Uh huh. You do, as they say, have people for that. 230 00:09:39,135 --> 00:09:42,385 Whilst I am merely a humble barrister with no particular portfolio. 231 00:09:42,468 --> 00:09:44,343 When cops get going investigating cops, 232 00:09:44,427 --> 00:09:46,343 they're worse than scamps in a sewing circle. 233 00:09:46,427 --> 00:09:47,844 As you well know, Chick. 234 00:09:47,927 --> 00:09:49,218 Which is why I'm coming to you. 235 00:09:49,301 --> 00:09:51,719 And to insulate yourself. 236 00:09:51,802 --> 00:09:53,719 Raul Gomez is a man with a lot of friends, 237 00:09:53,802 --> 00:09:56,135 many inside your very department. 238 00:09:56,218 --> 00:09:58,969 Some might even be more loyal to him than to you... 239 00:09:59,051 --> 00:10:01,677 and wouldn't hesitate to lash out at little ol' me. 240 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,165 Thank you, and bless you. 241 00:10:04,468 --> 00:10:07,176 Now, who's gonna look after Rhoades if that comes to pass? 242 00:10:11,301 --> 00:10:13,301 You know how to take care of yourself. 243 00:10:13,385 --> 00:10:16,260 And even if you aren't one, you operate like an insider. 244 00:10:16,343 --> 00:10:17,760 Who's better at tracking down 245 00:10:17,844 --> 00:10:20,093 and punishing financial wrongdoing than you? 246 00:10:20,176 --> 00:10:22,301 Well, I didn't have you as a flatterer. 247 00:10:22,385 --> 00:10:25,760 I'm whatever I need to be. 248 00:10:25,844 --> 00:10:26,895 Nice to see you. 249 00:10:30,051 --> 00:10:32,176 Now I gotta be a rabbi. Excuse me. 250 00:10:32,260 --> 00:10:35,093 Oh. Guiding your boy to the top seat? 251 00:10:35,176 --> 00:10:37,844 No. He's not my boy. Yet. 252 00:10:37,927 --> 00:10:39,969 He's new to certain parts of this life, 253 00:10:40,051 --> 00:10:42,218 so I need to see him in action before I decide. 254 00:10:42,301 --> 00:10:44,218 Do what I ask and you'll graduate from 255 00:10:44,301 --> 00:10:46,593 cadging pop gun permits for big players 256 00:10:46,677 --> 00:10:48,260 to becoming one yourself again. 257 00:10:51,927 --> 00:10:54,010 You looking for the endorsement of the Police Commissioner 258 00:10:54,093 --> 00:10:55,802 to catapult you into the race? 259 00:10:55,885 --> 00:10:58,343 I want his men. I want their votes. 260 00:10:58,427 --> 00:11:02,260 And I want the visual of them bathing me in all that blue. 261 00:11:08,428 --> 00:11:09,655 Cleaning... 262 00:11:10,952 --> 00:11:12,135 Cleaning what? 263 00:11:12,218 --> 00:11:16,260 Uh... w-wages... 264 00:11:17,580 --> 00:11:19,802 I remember him speaking English when we hired him. 265 00:11:19,885 --> 00:11:22,176 Maybe it'll come back after we punt him into the Hudson. 266 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:24,010 Eureka Building Solutions. 267 00:11:24,093 --> 00:11:26,301 New big national janitorial services company. 268 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:27,802 Thousands of employees. 269 00:11:27,885 --> 00:11:29,343 They're chewing up the competition, 270 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:31,885 undercutting all bids. Best margins in the industry. 271 00:11:31,969 --> 00:11:34,176 Is that what motormouth was going on about? 272 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,969 Tuk has relatives without green cards, 273 00:11:37,051 --> 00:11:39,885 only temporary work visas, who work for Eureka. 274 00:11:39,969 --> 00:11:42,385 They get paid 16 bucks an hour, plus benefits. 275 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:43,760 What's the thing? 276 00:11:43,844 --> 00:11:45,802 Company forces them to kick back salary, 277 00:11:45,885 --> 00:11:48,260 off the books. Benefits aren't real. 278 00:11:48,343 --> 00:11:50,468 They're really getting paid less than minimum wage. 279 00:11:50,552 --> 00:11:53,176 If they complain, the company jams them up with ICE. 280 00:11:53,260 --> 00:11:56,093 And the chief investor in their main competitor, 281 00:11:56,176 --> 00:11:59,051 Manifest Cleaning Services, seems to be Rebecca Cantu. 282 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,218 We were told to look for overlapping businesses. 283 00:12:01,301 --> 00:12:04,885 But Eureka's a private company, so we can't short it... 284 00:12:04,969 --> 00:12:06,927 But we can burn it to the ground, 285 00:12:07,010 --> 00:12:09,635 leaving Rebecca's company to own the market. 286 00:12:09,719 --> 00:12:13,051 Tuk, you're about to go get a job... 287 00:12:17,844 --> 00:12:19,885 Will you set a dinner with Rebecca Cantu? 288 00:12:19,969 --> 00:12:21,510 Oh. Yay. 289 00:12:21,593 --> 00:12:23,885 - Can we go somewhere meaty? - Actually, you know what? 290 00:12:23,969 --> 00:12:26,051 I'll call and set it myself. 291 00:12:26,630 --> 00:12:27,677 For two. 292 00:12:30,510 --> 00:12:31,635 Helena, will you get Rebecca Cantu? 293 00:12:31,719 --> 00:12:33,885 - ♪ It's been a long time ♪ - Roni Supreme for ya. 294 00:12:33,969 --> 00:12:35,218 ♪ It's been a long time... ♪ 295 00:12:35,301 --> 00:12:37,010 Do you mind if I eat before you? 296 00:12:37,093 --> 00:12:38,593 I don't like to take a long lunch hour. 297 00:12:38,677 --> 00:12:41,051 This is actually the first time I've left the office during lunch. 298 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:43,885 You're a partner, you can't live a little? 299 00:12:43,969 --> 00:12:46,093 Yeah. No. You're right. 300 00:12:46,176 --> 00:12:48,552 I've got a very small equity piece so technically... 301 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:50,885 ♪ It's been a long while ♪ 302 00:12:50,969 --> 00:12:52,510 I'm sorry about what happened to you. 303 00:12:52,593 --> 00:12:54,051 ♪ Sure has been a long, long while... ♪ 304 00:12:54,135 --> 00:12:56,468 - Was it really out of the blue? - Kinda. 305 00:12:56,552 --> 00:12:59,010 I mean, when you're almost fired so many times and then not... 306 00:12:59,093 --> 00:13:01,343 you start to believe you're Willis in Unbreakable. 307 00:13:01,427 --> 00:13:03,176 Right until they shatter your heart into a million pieces. 308 00:13:04,477 --> 00:13:07,218 - Ah, shit man. - No one there will talk to me. 309 00:13:07,301 --> 00:13:09,260 I think because they assumed I'd walk across the river 310 00:13:09,343 --> 00:13:11,218 and take a job with you guys. 311 00:13:12,024 --> 00:13:13,969 - So... - ♪ I was trying to make you... ♪ 312 00:13:14,051 --> 00:13:16,343 How's it going at Taylor Mason Capital? 313 00:13:16,427 --> 00:13:18,593 Fine. Good. 314 00:13:18,677 --> 00:13:20,301 New firm. Strikes and gutters, ya know, but... 315 00:13:20,385 --> 00:13:22,135 I need a job, man. 316 00:13:23,185 --> 00:13:25,176 My attorney said my non-compete isn't binding. 317 00:13:25,260 --> 00:13:27,176 And Axe Cap isn't gonna fight it anyway. 318 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,552 So I'm coming to you because you know what I can do. 319 00:13:29,635 --> 00:13:31,802 You know you can count on me. 320 00:13:31,885 --> 00:13:36,385 And my wife... is super pregnant. 321 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,135 Done. Taken care of. 322 00:13:41,218 --> 00:13:43,010 Really? 323 00:13:43,093 --> 00:13:44,301 I gotta talk to the team, but, like you said, 324 00:13:44,385 --> 00:13:45,677 I have ownership interest. 325 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,468 I'm employee number one... or two. 326 00:13:48,552 --> 00:13:50,802 Is Taylor an employee? 327 00:13:50,885 --> 00:13:53,635 Doesn't matter. The point is... I got you. 328 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,802 Mr. Panay. 329 00:14:02,885 --> 00:14:04,218 Smart of you to accept my invitation 330 00:14:04,301 --> 00:14:06,802 to discuss the police pension fund. 331 00:14:09,427 --> 00:14:11,218 Surely me stalking through your office 332 00:14:11,301 --> 00:14:13,301 would raise questions you wouldn't want to answer. 333 00:14:13,385 --> 00:14:16,427 Or perhaps just whispers that might escape your walls. 334 00:14:16,510 --> 00:14:19,468 I agreed to meet you here so I could leave when I wanted to. 335 00:14:19,552 --> 00:14:22,218 We may already have arrived at that moment. 336 00:14:22,301 --> 00:14:24,927 Well, if you've nothing to hide, what's your rush? 337 00:14:26,524 --> 00:14:28,427 I'm managing more money than God... 338 00:14:28,510 --> 00:14:31,427 and bringing in better returns than He did last year. 339 00:14:31,510 --> 00:14:33,760 So that doesn't leave me a lot of time to deal with 340 00:14:33,844 --> 00:14:36,969 a man strutting around on phantom limbs. 341 00:14:37,051 --> 00:14:39,427 I know damn well you got cut off at the knees. 342 00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:41,927 Time's a fickle beast. 343 00:14:42,010 --> 00:14:44,301 Why, a year ago, I had legions at my command 344 00:14:44,385 --> 00:14:48,176 while your fund was deflating like a Tijuana breast implant. 345 00:14:48,819 --> 00:14:50,010 Hell, I wouldn't be surprised 346 00:14:50,093 --> 00:14:52,468 if you were Googling how to tie a noose. 347 00:14:52,552 --> 00:14:55,802 And yet through some act of prestidigitation, 348 00:14:55,885 --> 00:14:59,760 you wound up with a lifeline instead. 349 00:15:12,998 --> 00:15:15,468 Now, it's possible that the God... whose ass you are kicking 350 00:15:15,552 --> 00:15:17,093 on the board... took pity on you. 351 00:15:17,176 --> 00:15:19,093 But I think it's more likely that Raul Gomez 352 00:15:19,176 --> 00:15:22,635 saw a desperate man that he could manipulate. 353 00:15:22,719 --> 00:15:26,885 So tell me... how's it work? 354 00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:28,301 Is he invading the principal? 355 00:15:28,385 --> 00:15:31,802 Or are you just kicking back to him? 356 00:15:35,318 --> 00:15:38,635 Raul is as clean as they come. 357 00:15:38,719 --> 00:15:40,552 He pulled the pension fund from Axe Cap 358 00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:43,343 the second Axelrod's legal troubles set in. 359 00:15:43,427 --> 00:15:46,218 And then he picked me 360 00:15:46,301 --> 00:15:49,135 because I am a paragon of business ethics. 361 00:15:49,218 --> 00:15:50,802 You do know that Axe was in that legal trouble 362 00:15:50,885 --> 00:15:52,385 because I put him there. 363 00:15:52,468 --> 00:15:54,051 But he survived. 364 00:15:54,813 --> 00:15:57,051 He always does. 365 00:15:57,135 --> 00:15:58,885 How come you don't know that by now? 366 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:02,969 And for the record, 367 00:16:03,051 --> 00:16:04,844 I didn't even mean to mention his name. 368 00:16:04,927 --> 00:16:07,176 There is no record. 369 00:16:07,260 --> 00:16:09,051 Why does mentioning his name concern you, friend? 370 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:12,135 You have no business with him, do you? 371 00:16:12,218 --> 00:16:14,176 Just don't want it to seem like 372 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:16,343 I'm gloating that I took from him, is all. 373 00:16:16,427 --> 00:16:18,135 Hmm. 374 00:16:19,039 --> 00:16:21,385 Is that the thing? You took from him? 375 00:16:21,468 --> 00:16:23,135 Or is there more to it? 376 00:16:23,218 --> 00:16:25,510 This game can be cutthroat. 377 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:27,969 That's it. 378 00:16:29,824 --> 00:16:31,343 Uh-huh. 379 00:16:31,427 --> 00:16:32,635 Hmm. 380 00:16:35,593 --> 00:16:37,301 Okay. 381 00:16:37,385 --> 00:16:40,260 Thanks for coming in, Mr. Panay. 382 00:16:50,885 --> 00:16:54,760 I came across a tantalizing tidbit during my daily rounds. 383 00:16:54,844 --> 00:16:56,343 It's Bonnie's birthday... 384 00:16:57,002 --> 00:16:58,385 That's the tidbit? 385 00:16:59,047 --> 00:17:04,760 No. She was contacted by a certain former Axe Cap employee 386 00:17:04,844 --> 00:17:07,218 whom I'll just call "Mafee." 387 00:17:07,301 --> 00:17:11,385 And "Mafee" invited her to celebratory drinks. 388 00:17:11,468 --> 00:17:14,719 She declined, but she didn't officially report it. 389 00:17:14,802 --> 00:17:16,677 Still not sharing. 390 00:17:17,305 --> 00:17:19,885 And let me guess how you came across this morsel: 391 00:17:19,969 --> 00:17:22,051 In addition to reading all the e-mails flagged 392 00:17:22,135 --> 00:17:23,844 for possible compliance violations, 393 00:17:23,927 --> 00:17:27,385 you're also perusing any sent to eligible females in our employ. 394 00:17:27,468 --> 00:17:29,677 Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. 395 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,593 As the head of HR, I really need to ask you to cut that the fuck out. 396 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:36,593 Axe Cap emails are not your personal Penthouse Forum. 397 00:17:37,304 --> 00:17:38,635 Is Bonnie still here? 398 00:17:38,719 --> 00:17:41,677 She's doing a B-day shindizzle with some of the people here... 399 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,802 - Are you going? - It's for the psilikatzides. 400 00:17:44,885 --> 00:17:46,010 Small timers. 401 00:17:46,093 --> 00:17:47,427 You weren't invited. 402 00:17:47,510 --> 00:17:50,135 Neither were you. 403 00:17:50,218 --> 00:17:52,010 - Wait, are you going? - Come on. 404 00:17:52,093 --> 00:17:55,093 Shut up. 405 00:17:58,301 --> 00:18:00,510 ♪ Mm, mm, mm ♪ 406 00:18:00,593 --> 00:18:02,427 Hi! 407 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:06,635 Oh, come on. 408 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:08,218 This one's classic, right? 409 00:18:08,301 --> 00:18:10,677 ♪ Ow, she's a brick house... ♪ 410 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,802 You got a problem with the 'Commodes?' 411 00:18:12,885 --> 00:18:15,468 Was expecting you to bring more Steely Dan. 412 00:18:15,552 --> 00:18:17,885 Oh. I hold back the top shelf for my birthday. 413 00:18:17,969 --> 00:18:20,010 - ♪ She's a brick ♪ - Uhh, 414 00:18:20,093 --> 00:18:22,051 - ♪ House... ♪ - oww. 415 00:18:22,135 --> 00:18:25,051 The adults are here... to party! 416 00:18:25,135 --> 00:18:26,593 ♪ Ain't holding nothing back ♪ 417 00:18:26,677 --> 00:18:29,760 ♪ Ow, she's a brick house ♪ 418 00:18:29,844 --> 00:18:31,635 Happy birthday! 419 00:18:31,719 --> 00:18:34,593 ♪ Well put-together, everybody knows this is... ♪ 420 00:18:36,385 --> 00:18:38,677 ♪ They say I must be one of the wonders ♪ 421 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,301 ♪ Of God's own creation ♪ 422 00:18:40,385 --> 00:18:43,218 This one's mine! 423 00:18:43,301 --> 00:18:46,969 ♪ And they smile as they see they can offer ♪ 424 00:18:47,051 --> 00:18:48,844 ♪ No explanation ♪ 425 00:18:48,927 --> 00:18:51,010 Got any other celebrations planned? 426 00:18:51,093 --> 00:18:52,844 Didn't plan this one. 427 00:18:52,927 --> 00:18:55,051 People like to fete me. 428 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:57,176 And you let them? 429 00:18:57,260 --> 00:18:59,969 I don't know. If I feel like a drank. 430 00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:02,510 Anyone you don't feel like drinking with? 431 00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:06,093 Okay, I know why you're here. 432 00:19:06,176 --> 00:19:08,635 'Cause that laxtard Mafee tried to sniff my panties. 433 00:19:08,719 --> 00:19:10,301 I shut that shit down. 434 00:19:10,385 --> 00:19:12,093 I don't need to report everything I do to mommy... 435 00:19:12,176 --> 00:19:15,135 but why is mommy spying on my shit? 436 00:19:15,218 --> 00:19:17,051 I'm the head of HR, email correspondence hits me 437 00:19:17,135 --> 00:19:18,260 even when I'm not looking for it. 438 00:19:18,343 --> 00:19:20,010 Uh huh. So, my emails just happened... 439 00:19:20,093 --> 00:19:22,260 This isn't all about you. 440 00:19:22,343 --> 00:19:23,844 We are all as sick as our secrets. 441 00:19:23,927 --> 00:19:26,635 So stop keeping 'em. 442 00:19:26,719 --> 00:19:29,468 I will if you stop snooping. 443 00:19:29,552 --> 00:19:32,218 ♪ Faith ♪ 444 00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:37,218 - ♪ She'll make her way ♪ - Deal. 445 00:19:37,301 --> 00:19:38,844 ♪ She'll make her way ♪ 446 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:43,844 Topper. 447 00:19:43,927 --> 00:19:45,885 What's the matter with you? 448 00:19:45,969 --> 00:19:48,719 - I've got work early tomorrow. - ♪ People see me ♪ 449 00:19:48,802 --> 00:19:50,885 Yeah. We all do... 450 00:19:51,328 --> 00:19:53,010 Oh, right. 451 00:19:53,093 --> 00:19:55,927 The other work. Sorry, bud. 452 00:19:56,010 --> 00:19:58,427 - Topper. - ♪ I'm over your heads, how ♪ 453 00:19:58,510 --> 00:20:02,301 ♪ I confound you and astound you ♪ 454 00:20:02,385 --> 00:20:03,719 ♪ To know I must be one of the wonders ♪ 455 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:06,719 What's that mean? 456 00:20:06,802 --> 00:20:08,468 - COAT?! The fuck is that? - ♪ Of God's own creation ♪ 457 00:20:08,552 --> 00:20:12,468 It means "Chance of Action Tonight." Coat. 458 00:20:12,918 --> 00:20:14,093 Who were you writing that to? 459 00:20:14,176 --> 00:20:16,510 - My wife. - Oh. Puke. 460 00:20:16,593 --> 00:20:19,301 In assessing nocturnal options, 461 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,343 whether to keep drinking, head home, 462 00:20:21,427 --> 00:20:24,260 or squeeze in a tight little karaoke set, 463 00:20:24,343 --> 00:20:26,343 it is good to know the likelihood of success 464 00:20:26,427 --> 00:20:28,593 with your special lady. 465 00:20:28,677 --> 00:20:30,176 Sexually. 466 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:32,760 Well, assuming you pay her cash, chance should be north of 100. 467 00:20:32,844 --> 00:20:34,969 I can assure you, I do not pay for it. 468 00:20:35,051 --> 00:20:36,760 No. You just beg for it. 469 00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:38,593 - Sometimes. - Sometimes it works! 470 00:20:38,677 --> 00:20:40,301 Maybe for you and you only. 471 00:20:40,385 --> 00:20:41,593 But not for your wife. 472 00:20:41,677 --> 00:20:43,385 What you guys don't seem to realize 473 00:20:43,468 --> 00:20:45,552 with all of your begging and whining is: 474 00:20:45,635 --> 00:20:47,427 Act like a man, 475 00:20:47,510 --> 00:20:49,468 sometimes a girl just needs to get railed. 476 00:20:50,927 --> 00:20:52,385 Don't you agree? 477 00:20:52,468 --> 00:20:54,719 Nobody wants to fuck a sexual panhandler. 478 00:20:56,468 --> 00:20:58,719 So how does it work in your bedroom? 479 00:20:58,802 --> 00:21:02,593 ♪ Know this child will be gifted ♪ 480 00:21:02,677 --> 00:21:04,468 ♪ With love, with patience and with faith ♪ 481 00:21:04,552 --> 00:21:06,677 Action whenever either of us fucking wants it. 482 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,218 - Okay. - Oh! 483 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:09,927 - Yes. - Yeah! 484 00:21:10,010 --> 00:21:11,260 - That's it. - Cheers! 485 00:21:11,343 --> 00:21:12,802 - Come on! - Yeah! 486 00:21:12,885 --> 00:21:15,343 ♪ She'll make her way ♪ 487 00:21:55,719 --> 00:21:57,468 May I? 488 00:22:04,969 --> 00:22:06,677 Tai chi. 489 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,176 The dance of the yin and yang. 490 00:22:09,260 --> 00:22:10,593 You ever practice? 491 00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:13,385 In my day, I have tried it all. 492 00:22:13,468 --> 00:22:15,844 But I always come back to brute force. 493 00:22:17,093 --> 00:22:20,260 Much like Mr. Axelrod. 494 00:22:20,343 --> 00:22:22,385 You've heard about my banking problems. 495 00:22:22,468 --> 00:22:25,510 Yes. And like your Mighty Mouse, 496 00:22:25,593 --> 00:22:28,885 ♪ Here I come to save the day. ♪ 497 00:22:28,969 --> 00:22:30,510 By providing me leverage. 498 00:22:30,593 --> 00:22:32,260 Yes. And no. 499 00:22:32,343 --> 00:22:34,885 There are friends I have. 500 00:22:34,969 --> 00:22:38,260 Uh, they do similar work, they come from a similar place. 501 00:22:38,343 --> 00:22:40,593 Brothers. The Kozlovs. 502 00:22:40,677 --> 00:22:45,093 And they're looking to get more of their money into the West. 503 00:22:45,176 --> 00:22:47,844 So you've done me the favor of finding the leverage... 504 00:22:47,927 --> 00:22:49,468 And you will do me the favor 505 00:22:49,552 --> 00:22:52,385 of being most hospitable to my friends. 506 00:22:52,468 --> 00:22:53,885 I'll look into it. 507 00:22:53,969 --> 00:22:56,260 Yes. Look before you leap. 508 00:22:56,343 --> 00:23:00,093 So long as in the end, you leap. 509 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:07,010 ♪ I will look at love as more than ♪ 510 00:23:07,093 --> 00:23:09,218 - You're in a select club. - ♪ Just an instrument of pain ♪ 511 00:23:09,301 --> 00:23:11,343 Female billionaires not named Oprah? 512 00:23:11,427 --> 00:23:14,635 Sure. But I meant 513 00:23:14,719 --> 00:23:17,635 people who have stopped me from making an investment. 514 00:23:17,719 --> 00:23:20,301 I'm not usually so easy to dissuade. 515 00:23:21,291 --> 00:23:22,468 You seem pretty easy. 516 00:23:23,330 --> 00:23:25,760 If you keep pouring like that I will be. 517 00:23:25,844 --> 00:23:27,468 No, but really, thank you. 518 00:23:27,552 --> 00:23:29,760 I might've been fooled by that robotics demo. 519 00:23:29,844 --> 00:23:32,176 I happen to be expert in that. 520 00:23:32,892 --> 00:23:34,093 That's the thing about doing what I do. 521 00:23:34,176 --> 00:23:36,010 You're in these investments for so long, 522 00:23:36,093 --> 00:23:38,010 you really can't take any chances. 523 00:23:38,093 --> 00:23:39,802 I have to dive deep into all these companies, 524 00:23:39,885 --> 00:23:41,301 really understand what the businesses are doing. 525 00:23:41,385 --> 00:23:43,301 I'm counting on that. 526 00:23:43,385 --> 00:23:46,427 Well I'm not gonna carry your fucking water. 527 00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:48,552 I don't expect you to. 528 00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:50,093 What if I want to partner with you? 529 00:23:50,176 --> 00:23:52,010 I'm not raising. 530 00:23:52,093 --> 00:23:54,593 You're really not taking on any money? 531 00:23:54,677 --> 00:23:55,844 Opening a new fund in a couple months. 532 00:23:55,927 --> 00:23:57,135 We could talk then. 533 00:23:57,218 --> 00:23:59,552 Maybe we don't go through the fund. 534 00:23:59,635 --> 00:24:01,885 You got a personal piece of everything, right? 535 00:24:03,290 --> 00:24:06,218 So break me off a piece of your piece. 536 00:24:06,301 --> 00:24:09,010 What are you high on from the last batch? 537 00:24:09,093 --> 00:24:10,593 A bottled cocktail company. 538 00:24:10,677 --> 00:24:12,593 A better mousetrap for backend webforms. 539 00:24:12,677 --> 00:24:14,343 Uh, an industrial custodial company, 540 00:24:14,427 --> 00:24:16,218 but that one's fully subscribed. 541 00:24:16,301 --> 00:24:17,552 Then that's the one I want. 542 00:24:18,434 --> 00:24:20,802 Why, 'cause it's so sexy? 543 00:24:21,468 --> 00:24:22,677 Hmm? 544 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,010 ♪ While there's speakers in the outfield ♪ 545 00:24:24,093 --> 00:24:25,927 I wasn't doing the conman thing. 546 00:24:26,010 --> 00:24:28,051 I wasn't telling you that there's no opportunity 547 00:24:28,135 --> 00:24:30,969 so that the scarcity would get you to implore me for a way in. 548 00:24:31,051 --> 00:24:33,093 It really is full. 549 00:24:33,176 --> 00:24:36,218 Well, even if it's not a game, I believe in your confidence. 550 00:24:36,301 --> 00:24:39,260 How much of the company do you have? 551 00:24:39,343 --> 00:24:40,802 Say half. 552 00:24:40,885 --> 00:24:42,301 I'll take it. 553 00:24:42,385 --> 00:24:43,468 Not on your charmed life. 554 00:24:43,552 --> 00:24:45,593 Half of your half. 555 00:24:45,677 --> 00:24:48,093 At 1.5x the market price. 556 00:24:48,176 --> 00:24:49,510 ♪ To love someone ♪ 557 00:24:49,593 --> 00:24:52,719 What's behind the mighty hankering for that specific deal? 558 00:24:52,802 --> 00:24:54,969 If you're that deep in it, I know it's the one. 559 00:24:56,038 --> 00:24:57,844 Men in business. 560 00:24:57,927 --> 00:24:59,969 It was a steady stream of no's and rejections, 561 00:25:00,051 --> 00:25:03,010 first from my bosses, then when I went looking for capital. 562 00:25:03,093 --> 00:25:04,677 And now that I don't need you, 563 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,427 you all want to chip off a piece. 564 00:25:06,510 --> 00:25:08,468 I'm a value add. 565 00:25:08,552 --> 00:25:10,510 Yeah, I don't doubt that for some reason. 566 00:25:10,593 --> 00:25:13,844 ♪ The heart is a muscle and... ♪ 567 00:25:13,927 --> 00:25:15,760 Is that what made you leave the shopping network 568 00:25:15,844 --> 00:25:18,343 and go out on your own, shitty male bosses? 569 00:25:19,856 --> 00:25:21,135 They hired me to pick the products. 570 00:25:21,218 --> 00:25:22,844 The ones I rolled out were stone winners. 571 00:25:22,927 --> 00:25:24,927 Yet I still had to fight them. 572 00:25:25,010 --> 00:25:28,301 Eventually I couldn't handle them not listening to my ideas. 573 00:25:28,385 --> 00:25:31,719 How basic they thought. How slow they moved. 574 00:25:31,802 --> 00:25:34,635 The way I heard it, you started hoarding all the best products 575 00:25:34,719 --> 00:25:36,719 instead of putting them in the system. 576 00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:39,093 That way you had 'em when you launched on your own. 577 00:25:39,862 --> 00:25:40,952 Well, if that were true, 578 00:25:40,976 --> 00:25:43,176 how could I have kicked their ass in the lawsuit they brought? 579 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:44,427 ♪ I wanna be loved ♪ 580 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:45,844 ♪ I wanna be whole again ♪ 581 00:25:45,927 --> 00:25:47,427 I saw value. I took. 582 00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:49,051 ♪ So tuck my hair behind my ears ♪ 583 00:25:49,135 --> 00:25:51,218 You think that makes me bad? 584 00:25:51,301 --> 00:25:53,135 ♪ The window is wide ♪ 585 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,510 Yeah. I do. 586 00:25:55,593 --> 00:25:57,510 In the best way. 587 00:25:57,593 --> 00:26:02,301 ♪ 'Cause I-I-I-I wanna overcome ♪ 588 00:26:06,802 --> 00:26:11,427 ♪ And try-y-y-y to love someone ♪ 589 00:26:48,969 --> 00:26:51,051 Mm. 590 00:26:54,176 --> 00:26:56,385 Can I get the box? 591 00:26:57,796 --> 00:26:59,885 This is working for me. 592 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,260 Please? 593 00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:54,135 How the hell did you find me... 594 00:27:54,218 --> 00:27:55,844 It wasn't easy. 595 00:27:55,927 --> 00:27:58,760 It wasn't meant to be. 596 00:27:59,924 --> 00:28:02,260 You know I'm not my father-in-law. 597 00:28:02,343 --> 00:28:04,218 Yet you're here. You tracked me down. 598 00:28:05,128 --> 00:28:06,176 What do you want? 599 00:28:08,468 --> 00:28:12,010 You once told me you knew people who... 600 00:28:12,093 --> 00:28:13,385 switched it up. 601 00:28:13,468 --> 00:28:14,802 Reversed who was dominant. 602 00:28:14,885 --> 00:28:17,385 Changed styles altogether. Yes. 603 00:28:17,468 --> 00:28:19,385 They were role players. 604 00:28:19,468 --> 00:28:20,719 Experimenting. 605 00:28:20,802 --> 00:28:22,844 So, yes, they switched, from time to time, 606 00:28:22,927 --> 00:28:24,885 moved off of bondage altogether. 607 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:26,927 Tried exhibitionism, voyeurism. 608 00:28:27,010 --> 00:28:28,927 Other forms of play... 609 00:28:29,010 --> 00:28:33,510 But that's not Chuck, not his arousal template. 610 00:28:33,593 --> 00:28:36,218 For him it's not a game. It's rooted deep. 611 00:28:39,093 --> 00:28:40,385 Thank you. 612 00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:42,468 Don't thank me. 613 00:28:42,552 --> 00:28:45,301 Just don't come back. 614 00:28:52,593 --> 00:28:54,677 Hey, I wanted to ask you... 615 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,427 I need to deal with something. Is it urgent? 616 00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:58,135 No, it's a personnel thing. 617 00:28:58,218 --> 00:28:59,844 Someone I want to bring in. 618 00:28:59,927 --> 00:29:01,468 Anyone you think meets our hiring criteria 619 00:29:01,552 --> 00:29:03,552 and fits our culture goes to the top of the list. 620 00:29:03,635 --> 00:29:06,593 Well, I don't know if he's top-of-the-list. 621 00:29:07,464 --> 00:29:09,468 - It's Rudy. - You think we need a mascot? 622 00:29:09,552 --> 00:29:11,427 I think he'd be a net positive. 623 00:29:11,510 --> 00:29:13,093 He never really got a shot to show what he could do. 624 00:29:13,176 --> 00:29:14,677 If you think I didn't coach him up well enough, 625 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,093 - have at it. - I-I didn't mean... 626 00:29:16,176 --> 00:29:18,510 You are a vital and valued member of this firm. 627 00:29:18,593 --> 00:29:21,010 And if you want to bring Rudy on, under you, 628 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:22,719 and take responsibility for him blooming, 629 00:29:22,802 --> 00:29:24,260 you have my full blessing. 630 00:29:24,343 --> 00:29:26,218 Excuse me. 631 00:29:30,343 --> 00:29:32,301 Report. 632 00:29:32,385 --> 00:29:34,677 Here's the brief. 633 00:29:38,135 --> 00:29:40,385 Tl;dr, please. 634 00:29:40,468 --> 00:29:42,218 The Kozlovs... 635 00:29:42,301 --> 00:29:44,760 They're a rougher, messier version of Grigor Andolov. 636 00:29:44,844 --> 00:29:45,969 Not as smart, not as rich. 637 00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:48,677 Maybe twice as vicious. Real animals. 638 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,927 And we get back more. Much more. 639 00:29:51,010 --> 00:29:52,719 They don't just order murders, 640 00:29:52,802 --> 00:29:54,552 they carry them out. 641 00:29:54,635 --> 00:29:56,301 - Thank you. - You're paying me. 642 00:29:56,385 --> 00:29:58,135 You don't have to thank me. 643 00:30:05,468 --> 00:30:07,010 I think I'm gonna like him. 644 00:30:07,093 --> 00:30:08,956 You're going to like the way he does his job. 645 00:30:08,991 --> 00:30:10,051 Already do. 646 00:30:10,135 --> 00:30:11,677 He didn't offer an opinion on how we should proceed. 647 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,927 - He wasn't in here "pitching." - But had you asked. 648 00:30:14,010 --> 00:30:16,093 Sure. I imagine he'd have an approach. 649 00:30:16,176 --> 00:30:17,301 I'm asking you though. 650 00:30:18,125 --> 00:30:19,176 It's still money. 651 00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:20,927 Yes. And we need it. But... 652 00:30:21,010 --> 00:30:22,969 If the Kozlovs come on board, 653 00:30:23,051 --> 00:30:24,927 that means Grigor has more capital here 654 00:30:25,010 --> 00:30:26,510 than the rest of the investors combined. 655 00:30:26,593 --> 00:30:28,051 Gives him too much power. 656 00:30:28,135 --> 00:30:29,593 He may have already gotten us into a position 657 00:30:29,677 --> 00:30:32,468 from which there is no escape, only defeat. 658 00:30:32,552 --> 00:30:33,677 Zugzwang, you know? 659 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,343 It's what I almost named the firm. 660 00:30:35,427 --> 00:30:36,844 In hopes that it would inspire us 661 00:30:36,927 --> 00:30:38,176 to get the other fella in that position. 662 00:30:38,260 --> 00:30:40,260 Anyway, you're right. 663 00:30:40,343 --> 00:30:42,593 If I take the Kozlov money, Grigor is in control. 664 00:30:42,677 --> 00:30:44,760 If I refuse the money, I'm refusing Grigor's wishes. 665 00:30:44,844 --> 00:30:46,176 And he might pull his money, 666 00:30:46,260 --> 00:30:48,260 instead of backing me against Axe's threats. 667 00:30:48,343 --> 00:30:50,427 But unlike chess, this isn't just a two-person game, 668 00:30:50,510 --> 00:30:51,927 so there must be another option. 669 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:54,844 We say yes. 670 00:30:54,927 --> 00:30:57,176 - Make the Kozlovs say no. - How? 671 00:30:57,260 --> 00:31:00,427 Well, in order to give me the money, they have to have the money. 672 00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:03,218 It's a good thing you didn't name the firm Zugzwang. 673 00:31:03,301 --> 00:31:05,760 Would have outed how good a player you are. 674 00:31:05,844 --> 00:31:07,176 It's better they don't know. 675 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:08,927 Better they never know. 676 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,218 I'm glad I know. 677 00:31:21,510 --> 00:31:24,301 Why's Michael Panay afraid of Bobby Axelrod? 678 00:31:25,821 --> 00:31:28,010 I'm afraid of the Brazilian Wandering Spider. 679 00:31:28,093 --> 00:31:30,051 Well, now, see, that makes sense. 680 00:31:30,135 --> 00:31:32,051 Most venomous arachnid in the world. 681 00:31:32,135 --> 00:31:34,677 But Mr. Panay's phobia doesn't track. 682 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,135 If the pension fund is really his, 683 00:31:37,218 --> 00:31:38,844 what on God's green does he have to fear? 684 00:31:38,927 --> 00:31:41,427 So my theory is, it's not. 685 00:31:41,510 --> 00:31:45,260 Axe is still handling the fund and Panay's a patsy. 686 00:31:45,343 --> 00:31:46,885 Well, that is a theory. 687 00:31:46,969 --> 00:31:48,719 Flat Earth is too. Making a comeback. 688 00:31:48,802 --> 00:31:50,385 Only two ways it could've happened. 689 00:31:50,468 --> 00:31:53,885 Axe pulled one over on you... or Axe is paying you. 690 00:31:54,678 --> 00:31:55,760 Latter seems a lot more likely. 691 00:31:55,844 --> 00:31:57,176 Seems like old times with you two. 692 00:31:57,260 --> 00:32:00,260 I never took kickbacks. 693 00:32:00,343 --> 00:32:02,260 I originally used Axe Capital because he was the best. 694 00:32:02,343 --> 00:32:03,802 He made money for cops. 695 00:32:03,885 --> 00:32:06,260 And when your antics ruined it, I moved on. 696 00:32:06,343 --> 00:32:08,135 Because at the end of the day, that's what it's all about. 697 00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:10,677 Not about flying private to the Kentucky Derby, huh? 698 00:32:11,610 --> 00:32:13,844 I know you get off on seeing fear. 699 00:32:13,927 --> 00:32:16,635 So your balls must be turning sapphire as you wonder... 700 00:32:16,719 --> 00:32:18,593 why isn't he afraid? 701 00:32:18,677 --> 00:32:21,677 Maybe because I've never been to the Kentucky Derby in my life... 702 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,677 and you're standing here without color of authority. 703 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,885 You're a private citizen now. 704 00:32:25,969 --> 00:32:27,844 Get used to it. Or don't. 705 00:32:27,927 --> 00:32:30,844 Either way, you can't touch me. 706 00:32:40,844 --> 00:32:43,260 Hey, hey, people, you all know what time it is... 707 00:32:53,510 --> 00:32:55,260 The fuck you staring at, Gumby? 708 00:32:55,343 --> 00:32:57,510 Uhh... 709 00:32:57,593 --> 00:32:59,677 You're new. You'll learn. 710 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,969 This is how it works the day after payday. 711 00:33:02,051 --> 00:33:04,135 Giving back money. Doesn't seem fair. 712 00:33:04,218 --> 00:33:06,427 If you want to stay, that's the way, Gandhi. 713 00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:11,677 - Gumby or... - Am I gonna have a fucking problem with you? 714 00:33:12,927 --> 00:33:14,260 Good. 715 00:33:14,343 --> 00:33:17,051 I'll see you next Thursday. 716 00:33:29,802 --> 00:33:32,051 More mommy and me time? 717 00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:35,218 No, I think we have an understanding. 718 00:33:35,301 --> 00:33:38,635 I was impressed with how you handled the guys. 719 00:33:38,719 --> 00:33:40,719 We're in the fucking veld. 720 00:33:40,802 --> 00:33:43,719 It's predator or prey. Choice is clear. 721 00:33:44,487 --> 00:33:47,051 I used to tend bar in college. 722 00:33:47,135 --> 00:33:49,635 Got hit on by assholes all night long. 723 00:33:49,719 --> 00:33:51,719 It's not that different. 724 00:33:51,802 --> 00:33:53,885 And pays a lot better. 725 00:33:53,969 --> 00:33:57,969 Do you ever worry that at some point the armor won't come off? 726 00:33:58,051 --> 00:33:59,552 Is that why you need a guy who doesn't beg, 727 00:33:59,635 --> 00:34:00,802 takes charge. 728 00:34:00,885 --> 00:34:02,969 Tell me when you find one. 729 00:34:03,051 --> 00:34:06,552 No, but seriously, is that what you want? 730 00:34:07,466 --> 00:34:10,510 You mean do I want to sublimate my authority at home? 731 00:34:10,593 --> 00:34:12,176 With someone who's masculine in all the right ways 732 00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:14,427 but not a douchebag. 733 00:34:14,510 --> 00:34:16,343 Let them take care of me, but make the decisions. 734 00:34:16,427 --> 00:34:18,760 Or do I want to be the shot caller. 735 00:34:20,427 --> 00:34:22,218 Maybe pay all the bills. 736 00:34:22,301 --> 00:34:25,427 And end up with someone who'll swallow that? 737 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,552 Yeah. 738 00:34:28,918 --> 00:34:30,677 When I get home from work, 739 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,927 if I didn't go drinking, 740 00:34:34,010 --> 00:34:36,385 and sometimes even if I did, 741 00:34:36,468 --> 00:34:39,260 I lace up the Nikes and I run the West Side Highway 742 00:34:39,343 --> 00:34:41,135 until I forget that I want anything at all. 743 00:34:43,986 --> 00:34:46,051 Then I come back here. 744 00:34:48,635 --> 00:34:50,343 What about you? 745 00:34:52,677 --> 00:34:55,010 - This isn't... - About you. 746 00:34:56,802 --> 00:34:59,969 Sure it's not. 747 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,719 I guess I get out the running shoes from time to time. 748 00:35:11,596 --> 00:35:13,260 Is that always the way you do business? 749 00:35:13,343 --> 00:35:14,427 Yeah. You? 750 00:35:14,510 --> 00:35:15,885 Of course. 751 00:35:15,969 --> 00:35:17,301 Seriously, never had an evening 752 00:35:17,385 --> 00:35:19,218 that started at a tiki bar end so well. 753 00:35:19,301 --> 00:35:21,135 Well, next time we'll try a luau. 754 00:35:21,218 --> 00:35:22,844 Love to see you in a grass skirt. 755 00:35:22,927 --> 00:35:24,301 Gotta have the legs for it. 756 00:35:25,382 --> 00:35:26,719 I'll have the papers memorializing 757 00:35:26,802 --> 00:35:29,301 your piece of the business sent over this afternoon. 758 00:35:29,385 --> 00:35:31,635 Unless you didn't really want to take a stake. 759 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,343 I want it. 760 00:35:33,427 --> 00:35:35,719 Scrounging for equity's not a pick-up move. 761 00:35:35,802 --> 00:35:38,427 Then we'll be in touch. 762 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:51,927 You get it? 763 00:35:52,010 --> 00:35:53,635 I almost pooped myself. 764 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,427 But I think so. Most of it. 765 00:35:56,510 --> 00:35:59,844 Well, scoop up any other intel you can. 766 00:35:59,927 --> 00:36:01,844 And hold your mud. 767 00:36:11,552 --> 00:36:13,301 Hey. 768 00:36:27,927 --> 00:36:29,510 Bob? 769 00:36:38,466 --> 00:36:40,385 I once remarked you wouldn't even sweat... 770 00:36:40,468 --> 00:36:43,760 and here you are dry as a bone after a workout. 771 00:36:43,844 --> 00:36:45,760 No workout. 772 00:36:45,844 --> 00:36:48,010 Kelly just stretches me. 773 00:36:48,093 --> 00:36:49,510 She's the best in the city. 774 00:36:49,593 --> 00:36:51,385 Mm-hmm. 775 00:36:51,468 --> 00:36:53,552 I can have her stay after, take care of you. 776 00:36:53,635 --> 00:36:55,301 Another day maybe. 777 00:36:55,385 --> 00:36:57,093 After we speak about a friend of yours. 778 00:37:01,102 --> 00:37:02,385 Sorry to cut this short. 779 00:37:02,468 --> 00:37:04,301 Of course. See you. 780 00:37:14,635 --> 00:37:17,051 I don't want to have you in the cross hairs anymore. 781 00:37:17,135 --> 00:37:20,802 Cross hairs only matter if they're sitting atop a weapon. 782 00:37:20,885 --> 00:37:23,385 You're out of office; you no longer have one. 783 00:37:23,468 --> 00:37:27,218 I've been tasked, I have been given a task, 784 00:37:27,301 --> 00:37:29,301 by folks who do. 785 00:37:30,566 --> 00:37:31,635 Ah. 786 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,051 So answer this: 787 00:37:35,135 --> 00:37:39,468 what happens to you if I take down Raul Gomez? 788 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,218 I'd prefer that didn't happen. 789 00:37:43,301 --> 00:37:45,885 And I appreciate the gesture of you coming here to ask. 790 00:37:46,602 --> 00:37:48,385 But we can't just leave it there. 791 00:37:48,468 --> 00:37:50,927 - Because, as I said... - You've been tasked. 792 00:37:51,010 --> 00:37:53,260 I have. 793 00:37:55,135 --> 00:37:58,093 Is there some other way to satisfy your taskmaster on this? 794 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:01,051 He seems to feel that Raul is using the pension fund 795 00:38:01,135 --> 00:38:04,260 the way Chris Stapleton uses Tennessee Whiskey, 796 00:38:04,343 --> 00:38:05,969 to slake his thirst. 797 00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:07,468 He's not. 798 00:38:07,552 --> 00:38:09,218 Not in the way your man thinks he is. 799 00:38:09,301 --> 00:38:11,010 Tell me how it really is. 800 00:38:11,093 --> 00:38:13,093 Then we solve it together. 801 00:38:13,176 --> 00:38:15,719 If a solution presents, yes. 802 00:38:17,017 --> 00:38:19,010 The man who sent you after this, is he law enforcement? 803 00:38:19,093 --> 00:38:20,135 He is. 804 00:38:20,218 --> 00:38:21,802 How high ranking? 805 00:38:21,885 --> 00:38:23,802 They all salute him. 806 00:38:25,343 --> 00:38:27,927 That man came up around when Raul did. 807 00:38:28,010 --> 00:38:29,468 He can't like the fact that he's running 808 00:38:29,552 --> 00:38:31,635 the most storied police force in the nation 809 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:34,093 for not even a quarter of what Raul makes on the books. 810 00:38:34,176 --> 00:38:35,969 So it's jealousy. 811 00:38:36,051 --> 00:38:38,468 And from where I sit, 812 00:38:38,552 --> 00:38:41,051 I usually see jealousy turn into the other thing. 813 00:38:41,992 --> 00:38:43,218 Greed. 814 00:38:45,518 --> 00:38:47,301 Ah. 815 00:38:47,972 --> 00:38:49,927 There may be a way for you to satisfy everyone involved, 816 00:38:50,010 --> 00:38:51,218 without hurting anyone. 817 00:38:51,301 --> 00:38:53,844 Everyone wins and no one loses? 818 00:38:54,929 --> 00:38:56,468 I thought you and I live in the real world. 819 00:38:56,552 --> 00:38:59,093 Maybe Michael Panay loses. 820 00:39:00,192 --> 00:39:01,260 Which, in the scheme of things... 821 00:39:01,343 --> 00:39:03,510 Yeah. Not really such a loss. 822 00:39:03,593 --> 00:39:05,260 No. 823 00:39:06,296 --> 00:39:08,176 And if there's a big loser, 824 00:39:08,260 --> 00:39:10,260 there has to be a big winner. 825 00:39:11,232 --> 00:39:12,677 Now, who's that gonna be? 826 00:39:15,593 --> 00:39:16,719 Take a guess. 827 00:39:30,552 --> 00:39:32,176 You know that scene in Pretty Woman 828 00:39:32,260 --> 00:39:33,719 where the salesgirl treats her like garbage, 829 00:39:33,802 --> 00:39:35,635 so she marches down the street to another shop, 830 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,885 buys absolutely everything, then circles back 831 00:39:37,969 --> 00:39:40,093 to the first store just to throw it in their face? 832 00:39:40,176 --> 00:39:42,552 Well, I'm Julia Roberts, and you're fucked. 833 00:39:42,635 --> 00:39:45,719 You made a big mistake. Big. Huge. 834 00:39:45,802 --> 00:39:48,385 - I got all the money I need. - From where?! 835 00:39:48,468 --> 00:39:50,969 None of your fucking business. 836 00:39:51,449 --> 00:39:52,593 So you can bet the next time 837 00:39:52,677 --> 00:39:53,927 I need so much as a checking account, 838 00:39:54,010 --> 00:39:55,427 I'm going elsewhere. 839 00:39:55,510 --> 00:39:57,301 Thanks for the koozie, asshole. 840 00:40:02,010 --> 00:40:03,885 If it was a loan from a Russian bank, 841 00:40:03,969 --> 00:40:05,093 I'd see it on my system. 842 00:40:05,176 --> 00:40:06,719 An individual. 843 00:40:06,802 --> 00:40:08,760 Not Grigor, he's an investor... 844 00:40:08,844 --> 00:40:10,510 The Kozlovs? 845 00:40:10,593 --> 00:40:11,969 They use you as their prime... 846 00:40:12,051 --> 00:40:13,510 Yes. We've lent them capital, 847 00:40:13,593 --> 00:40:15,969 but for infrastructure projects mainly. 848 00:40:16,051 --> 00:40:18,719 Force a capital call on a few of those projects then. 849 00:40:18,802 --> 00:40:20,552 Pull back the loans. 850 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:23,176 I want them cash poor on this side of the Atlantic. 851 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:25,510 Cripple their ability to dole out to Taylor. 852 00:40:25,593 --> 00:40:27,093 That's a big request... 853 00:40:27,176 --> 00:40:28,760 I can practically feel your hand in my pocket. 854 00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:31,635 I already went in on that dipshit robotics play. 855 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,719 This costs me more, so it costs you more. 856 00:40:34,802 --> 00:40:37,218 Drop Spartan-Ives, make me your main prime. 857 00:40:37,301 --> 00:40:39,552 Well, if you fight for me as hard 858 00:40:39,635 --> 00:40:41,969 as you're fighting for your bank... 859 00:40:42,051 --> 00:40:43,343 that's on the table. 860 00:40:44,087 --> 00:40:45,885 Good enough for me... 861 00:40:50,885 --> 00:40:54,427 Hey, guys, Theo from Patriot Trust... 862 00:40:55,042 --> 00:40:56,552 I know we thought we could extend 863 00:40:56,635 --> 00:40:58,218 that billion-two for a year, 864 00:40:58,301 --> 00:41:01,385 but it turns out we need to pull it back. 865 00:41:02,548 --> 00:41:04,552 Fuck you. 866 00:41:04,635 --> 00:41:05,635 When? 867 00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:07,218 Immediately. 868 00:41:07,301 --> 00:41:09,427 You guys should come in so we can hammer it out. 869 00:41:22,374 --> 00:41:24,427 So, how dirty is my man? 870 00:41:24,510 --> 00:41:26,593 Training Day or Prince of the City? 871 00:41:26,677 --> 00:41:28,844 Raul is taking money. You were right. 872 00:41:28,927 --> 00:41:30,760 I smelled it. 873 00:41:30,844 --> 00:41:32,969 You have the evidence I can use to seize his pension? 874 00:41:33,051 --> 00:41:34,635 Not exactly. 875 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,427 God damn it, Chuck. Did I send in the wrong man? 876 00:41:39,052 --> 00:41:41,844 In a way. Because I don't have what you asked for. 877 00:41:41,927 --> 00:41:45,427 But in another way, I know how to get what you really want. 878 00:41:45,510 --> 00:41:47,260 Spit it out. 879 00:41:48,106 --> 00:41:50,427 Keep Raul, have him fire Panay. 880 00:41:50,510 --> 00:41:52,552 Now, why the fuck would I do that? 881 00:41:54,135 --> 00:41:57,885 Raul was in his job before you were in yours. 882 00:41:57,969 --> 00:42:00,301 He's not your man. 883 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:04,427 You do not have an... understanding with him. 884 00:42:04,510 --> 00:42:06,593 So you think you won't have an understanding 885 00:42:06,677 --> 00:42:10,051 with whatever manager he hires. 886 00:42:10,135 --> 00:42:12,510 And I imagine, as you've gotten older, 887 00:42:12,593 --> 00:42:15,885 contemplated your retirement, 888 00:42:15,969 --> 00:42:19,218 an understanding seems more and more important to you. 889 00:42:27,385 --> 00:42:28,885 And you think I can get that 890 00:42:28,969 --> 00:42:32,010 with whoever Raul hires to replace Panay? 891 00:42:32,093 --> 00:42:36,677 I think the new manager and you would be fucking soulmates. 892 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:39,927 Because I believe that man would be Bobby Axelrod. 893 00:42:45,218 --> 00:42:47,885 Oh, you really got down in those NYC sewers. 894 00:42:47,969 --> 00:42:49,468 That's what you get with me. 895 00:42:49,552 --> 00:42:52,927 No fear, of power or alligators. 896 00:42:54,020 --> 00:42:56,635 It's why you and your union are gonna back me for AG. 897 00:42:57,664 --> 00:42:58,927 Thought that might be coming. 898 00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,343 It's better for you. 899 00:43:00,427 --> 00:43:01,760 You were saddled with Darcha 900 00:43:01,844 --> 00:43:04,176 by baroque rules of New York State succession. 901 00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:06,051 He's not your choice. 902 00:43:07,696 --> 00:43:10,010 He doesn't know how this town really works. 903 00:43:22,051 --> 00:43:23,593 Just the one photo? 904 00:43:26,969 --> 00:43:28,760 I tossed the ones of me with Chuck. 905 00:43:28,844 --> 00:43:29,969 And I haven't yet had the chance to 906 00:43:30,051 --> 00:43:31,927 shake and smile with all the machers. 907 00:43:32,010 --> 00:43:34,176 So no pics with him. But his words in your mouth. 908 00:43:34,260 --> 00:43:36,385 Okay. It suits you. 909 00:43:36,468 --> 00:43:39,176 Uh, you still have Darcha on your wish list for state AG? 910 00:43:39,260 --> 00:43:41,051 Yes. I back-channeled with his Chief Of Staff, 911 00:43:41,135 --> 00:43:43,677 and he said they have no interest in fighting it out with us. 912 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,301 I think they'll basically do our bidding 913 00:43:45,385 --> 00:43:47,552 and back the fuck off when we want 'em to. 914 00:43:47,635 --> 00:43:50,385 Darcha really would have been our ideal man then. 915 00:43:50,468 --> 00:43:52,343 Why "would have been"? 916 00:43:52,427 --> 00:43:54,552 He canceled his appearance at San Gennaro tomorrow. 917 00:43:59,468 --> 00:44:01,218 What about Sansome? 918 00:44:01,301 --> 00:44:03,093 Still appearing. 919 00:44:03,176 --> 00:44:05,176 Hmm. 920 00:44:05,577 --> 00:44:07,760 Motherfuck. 921 00:44:09,468 --> 00:44:11,844 They pay me... then they take the money back. 922 00:44:11,927 --> 00:44:14,218 I can't leave. They call Immigration... 923 00:44:14,301 --> 00:44:16,427 It's a story being told over and over 924 00:44:16,510 --> 00:44:18,593 inside the ranks of Eureka Building Solutions. 925 00:44:18,677 --> 00:44:21,510 What had once looked like a leader in the industrial cleaning space 926 00:44:21,593 --> 00:44:23,176 awaiting a huge valuation, 927 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,927 is now rumored to be facing probes by several regulatory agencies... 928 00:44:27,343 --> 00:44:30,176 That is one powerful piece of journalism. 929 00:44:30,714 --> 00:44:32,260 It is. And accurate. 930 00:44:32,343 --> 00:44:34,301 It's gone up on the journal's site by now, 931 00:44:34,385 --> 00:44:36,310 but I wanted to show it to you personally, since, you know... 932 00:44:36,345 --> 00:44:37,360 Sure. 933 00:44:37,443 --> 00:44:40,218 It's wrong what that company did to those workers. 934 00:44:40,301 --> 00:44:43,760 They deserve their bread and their roses too. 935 00:44:46,093 --> 00:44:47,593 Tuk did good work here. 936 00:44:47,677 --> 00:44:49,385 Went above and beyond. 937 00:44:49,468 --> 00:44:52,510 He's complaining he still smells like pine cleaner. 938 00:44:52,593 --> 00:44:54,051 Go give him an attaboy, Ben. 939 00:44:54,135 --> 00:44:56,760 Took me three years with you to earn an attaboy. 940 00:44:56,844 --> 00:44:58,427 Then fuck the attaboy. 941 00:44:58,510 --> 00:45:00,385 Did his job. Got paid. Move on. 942 00:45:00,468 --> 00:45:02,093 Your guy. Your call. 943 00:45:02,176 --> 00:45:04,552 I think I'll give him an attaboy... 944 00:45:14,301 --> 00:45:15,593 Move. 945 00:45:15,677 --> 00:45:19,468 Ooh, a She-E-O. Nice... 946 00:45:19,552 --> 00:45:22,010 Uh, Axe... 947 00:45:22,093 --> 00:45:23,927 I was trying to figure out why you invested 948 00:45:24,010 --> 00:45:26,260 in that dogshit robotics company. 949 00:45:26,343 --> 00:45:29,468 And if I fucked an idiot or just someone really duplicitous. 950 00:45:29,552 --> 00:45:30,802 Who told you? 951 00:45:30,885 --> 00:45:32,719 Patriot Trust Bank. 952 00:45:32,802 --> 00:45:34,468 Trying to drum up more business. 953 00:45:34,552 --> 00:45:35,885 Definitely not switching primes. 954 00:45:40,385 --> 00:45:42,218 I heard you were denying Taylor Mason leverage. 955 00:45:42,301 --> 00:45:44,093 I wanted the Street to know. 956 00:45:44,176 --> 00:45:47,260 Now I see what's behind everything: Your wrath. 957 00:45:47,343 --> 00:45:49,301 Which I am now going to blunt. 958 00:45:49,385 --> 00:45:52,051 I'm gonna get Taylor their leverage. 959 00:45:52,135 --> 00:45:54,927 That is not what I would call a proportionate response. 960 00:45:55,010 --> 00:45:57,510 Because proportionate responses 961 00:45:57,593 --> 00:45:59,635 don't work on nation states like you. 962 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,051 I-I don't care if you lie or obfuscate. 963 00:46:02,135 --> 00:46:05,051 I care when you take profits that should be mine. 964 00:46:05,135 --> 00:46:07,093 Your cleaning company is worth 965 00:46:07,176 --> 00:46:09,677 significantly more than it was yesterday. 966 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,927 You know what kind of horrible shit your competition was up to? 967 00:46:12,010 --> 00:46:13,719 Of course I did. And I would've beaten them, 968 00:46:13,802 --> 00:46:15,468 in time, through proper business practices. 969 00:46:15,552 --> 00:46:16,927 And now you have. 970 00:46:17,010 --> 00:46:18,885 And my piece would have been worth even more 971 00:46:18,969 --> 00:46:20,301 if I didn't cut you in. 972 00:46:20,385 --> 00:46:21,719 Somehow I don't think it would have 973 00:46:21,802 --> 00:46:23,135 gone up so quick if you hadn't. 974 00:46:23,218 --> 00:46:25,051 - Really? - Like I told you: 975 00:46:25,135 --> 00:46:26,301 I'm a value add. 976 00:46:26,385 --> 00:46:28,719 Give me back the shares, fucko. 977 00:46:28,802 --> 00:46:31,552 I paid you handsomely. 978 00:46:31,635 --> 00:46:33,593 You can buy me out at current value. 979 00:46:33,677 --> 00:46:35,552 Take the rest of the ride yourself. 980 00:46:35,635 --> 00:46:37,135 If you want to be rid of me that badly. 981 00:46:38,351 --> 00:46:39,927 Fine. Half my shares back. 982 00:46:40,010 --> 00:46:42,135 Well, as you said, they're worth more now. 983 00:46:42,218 --> 00:46:45,260 - So what price, uh... - I get the profit on those. 984 00:46:45,343 --> 00:46:46,969 You get only your initial investment back on 'em. 985 00:46:47,051 --> 00:46:48,927 And I let you have a clear shot at Taylor Mason. 986 00:46:49,707 --> 00:46:50,777 Expensive... 987 00:46:50,860 --> 00:46:52,385 But worth it. 988 00:46:52,468 --> 00:46:54,010 Good. Done. 989 00:46:54,093 --> 00:46:55,885 And we'll take the rest of this ride together. 990 00:46:58,844 --> 00:47:00,760 By the way, you got bigger. 991 00:47:00,844 --> 00:47:03,969 You now have 4,200 new and hard-working employees 992 00:47:04,051 --> 00:47:05,510 ready to step aboard your cleaning company. 993 00:47:05,593 --> 00:47:07,593 Our company. 994 00:47:07,677 --> 00:47:09,176 Now what? 995 00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,343 You hungry? 996 00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:12,010 I could eat. 997 00:47:16,301 --> 00:47:18,051 Come in. 998 00:47:21,301 --> 00:47:23,510 Donna didn't announce the United States Attorney 999 00:47:23,593 --> 00:47:25,552 for the Southern District. 1000 00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:27,010 She must've stepped out. 1001 00:47:27,093 --> 00:47:28,969 And that's when you stepped in. 1002 00:47:29,051 --> 00:47:30,218 Ah. 1003 00:47:30,301 --> 00:47:31,802 Always angle-shooting. 1004 00:47:31,885 --> 00:47:34,051 Shooting angles. Important difference. 1005 00:47:34,135 --> 00:47:35,635 You taught me that. 1006 00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,593 - Should I go? - Nah. I'm just getting warm. 1007 00:47:38,677 --> 00:47:40,844 - Ahh. - I know what you're doing. 1008 00:47:40,927 --> 00:47:42,427 And I'm here to tell you, don't. 1009 00:47:42,510 --> 00:47:43,969 Don't do it. Don't run. 1010 00:47:44,051 --> 00:47:45,552 You didn't come to plead. 1011 00:47:45,635 --> 00:47:47,218 You came to threaten. 1012 00:47:47,301 --> 00:47:49,385 So hit me with the back half. 1013 00:47:50,436 --> 00:47:52,176 I've been keeping out of your way as much as possible. 1014 00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:54,093 What do you call reviewing all my old cases? 1015 00:47:54,176 --> 00:47:56,552 My duty. But like I said, 1016 00:47:56,635 --> 00:47:58,677 I've been holding back the full power of my office. 1017 00:47:58,760 --> 00:47:59,927 And I think you know what that power is. 1018 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:02,218 What it can do. So if you run, 1019 00:48:02,301 --> 00:48:06,051 if you try to again put yourself in a position of public trust 1020 00:48:06,135 --> 00:48:07,635 and public authority, 1021 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:10,427 I will be forced to let slip the dogs of war. 1022 00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:13,927 Oh, that one I definitely taught you. 1023 00:48:14,010 --> 00:48:15,844 Yeah. That's the one I used on Axelrod 1024 00:48:15,927 --> 00:48:17,385 to get him to make his first mistake. 1025 00:48:17,468 --> 00:48:19,885 Sometimes you learn from the worst. 1026 00:48:19,969 --> 00:48:21,719 You didn't need to bring out the needle to nudge me. 1027 00:48:21,802 --> 00:48:24,885 I was running. I am running. 1028 00:48:24,969 --> 00:48:26,719 And when I win, 1029 00:48:26,802 --> 00:48:30,176 I'm gonna roll over you like it's Tiananmen Square. 1030 00:48:43,927 --> 00:48:46,176 - Hey, buddy. - Hey. 1031 00:48:47,247 --> 00:48:48,969 So, 1032 00:48:49,051 --> 00:48:51,552 how's it work at a quant overlay? 1033 00:48:51,635 --> 00:48:53,218 Am I still gonna be an analyst or... 1034 00:48:53,301 --> 00:48:55,719 I'm sorry, man. I can't do it. 1035 00:48:55,802 --> 00:48:56,802 ♪ The more I read ♪ 1036 00:48:56,885 --> 00:48:58,260 Taylor blocked it. 1037 00:48:58,343 --> 00:48:59,719 ♪ The dumber I think I am ♪ 1038 00:48:59,802 --> 00:49:01,552 They're like the HAL 9000 or Rain Man. 1039 00:49:01,635 --> 00:49:03,468 They're always playing the percentages. 1040 00:49:03,552 --> 00:49:05,093 Yeah, they're not. 1041 00:49:05,176 --> 00:49:06,677 They see... everything. 1042 00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,135 It's why they did what they did with Axe, 1043 00:49:08,218 --> 00:49:10,093 despite the risk. 1044 00:49:10,176 --> 00:49:13,844 Why they brought me here and put a lot of faith in me... 1045 00:49:13,927 --> 00:49:16,510 and why I gotta say no. 1046 00:49:16,593 --> 00:49:17,844 You're blocking me? 1047 00:49:17,927 --> 00:49:19,635 I think you're a great dude. 1048 00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:21,093 If I was 13 again, 1049 00:49:21,176 --> 00:49:22,885 I would play Magic: The Gathering with you, 1050 00:49:22,969 --> 00:49:24,927 like, every day at lunch. 1051 00:49:25,010 --> 00:49:28,093 But when you're a man, you gotta put childish things away... 1052 00:49:28,176 --> 00:49:30,093 at work. 1053 00:49:30,176 --> 00:49:31,719 I got responsibilities now. 1054 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,593 Like you said, I'm a partner. 1055 00:49:33,677 --> 00:49:35,677 ♪ And in these times you remind me ♪ 1056 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,552 ♪ Of the man I used to be... ♪ 1057 00:49:38,635 --> 00:49:40,969 You're a fucking asshole. 1058 00:49:41,051 --> 00:49:42,510 You think you're better than me. 1059 00:49:42,593 --> 00:49:44,593 I don't think I'm better than you. 1060 00:49:44,677 --> 00:49:46,010 I'm just better at my job. 1061 00:49:46,764 --> 00:49:48,176 And I will definitely figure out 1062 00:49:48,260 --> 00:49:51,260 what an appropriate baby gift is and send one. 1063 00:49:51,343 --> 00:49:53,010 ♪ Seen the bashing of brains ♪ 1064 00:49:53,093 --> 00:49:56,468 ♪ Seen the city unwind ♪ 1065 00:49:56,552 --> 00:50:00,844 ♪ Seen the overthrow of dictators and tyrants ♪ 1066 00:50:12,593 --> 00:50:14,135 You ready? 1067 00:50:14,218 --> 00:50:16,510 You want me to go with you? Or send Cook. 1068 00:50:16,593 --> 00:50:20,051 No. I have to face Grigor alone. 1069 00:50:20,135 --> 00:50:22,093 I hope he doesn't recognize that I did it. 1070 00:50:22,805 --> 00:50:23,969 What are the chances of that? 1071 00:50:24,822 --> 00:50:28,301 If he does know, he's either going to take them out or take me out. 1072 00:50:56,927 --> 00:50:59,927 Garlic pepper and dill for you. 1073 00:51:02,385 --> 00:51:04,885 Horseradish for me. 1074 00:51:13,135 --> 00:51:17,176 I bring what to most would be bad news. 1075 00:51:17,260 --> 00:51:20,635 The Kozlovs, the men who wanted to give you money, 1076 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:24,969 have had some reversals and no longer have money to give. 1077 00:51:25,051 --> 00:51:27,468 I suppose that is bad news. For me. 1078 00:51:27,552 --> 00:51:30,969 But for you... these friends are overextended. 1079 00:51:31,051 --> 00:51:33,260 Perhaps you could rescue them or... 1080 00:51:33,343 --> 00:51:36,260 and I'm just thinking out loud here... take them out. 1081 00:51:39,093 --> 00:51:41,552 They are vulnerable. Prone. 1082 00:51:41,635 --> 00:51:44,343 You could buy all their assets for pennies on the dollar. 1083 00:51:44,427 --> 00:51:49,010 Your idea of fun is to dangle my friends in front of Axe 1084 00:51:49,093 --> 00:51:50,844 and watch him feed on them? 1085 00:51:50,927 --> 00:51:52,885 I'm feeding them to you. 1086 00:51:52,969 --> 00:51:55,802 Axe just cut 'em down into digestible bites. 1087 00:51:56,729 --> 00:51:59,010 This is a course of action 1088 00:51:59,093 --> 00:52:03,510 only the nastiest of the Bratva would take. 1089 00:52:03,593 --> 00:52:07,760 It is also what I thought you might say, and do. 1090 00:52:16,468 --> 00:52:19,010 All this raises the question: The Kozlovs, 1091 00:52:20,635 --> 00:52:23,427 how good friends are they really? 1092 00:52:27,552 --> 00:52:32,468 It turns out... 1093 00:52:32,552 --> 00:52:34,010 not so good. 1094 00:52:36,343 --> 00:52:39,135 I accept this most gracious gift. 1095 00:52:39,218 --> 00:52:42,468 And in return, you hope what, 1096 00:52:42,552 --> 00:52:47,176 that the leverage you so crave will now come directly from me? 1097 00:52:47,260 --> 00:52:49,510 I think you like that Axe has shut the banks to me. 1098 00:52:49,593 --> 00:52:51,593 Because it makes me more reliant on you. 1099 00:52:51,677 --> 00:52:53,927 That ends now. 1100 00:52:54,010 --> 00:52:57,301 Like the once great American Bob Ritchie said: 1101 00:52:57,385 --> 00:52:59,051 "You can knock me down and watch me bleed. 1102 00:52:59,135 --> 00:53:01,093 But you can't keep no chains on me." 1103 00:53:01,176 --> 00:53:02,927 The Kid Rock. 1104 00:53:03,010 --> 00:53:05,760 I admire him greatly. 1105 00:53:05,844 --> 00:53:07,552 I need independent leverage. 1106 00:53:07,635 --> 00:53:11,677 You'll use your influence to open the banks back up to me. 1107 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,093 This I do. 1108 00:53:21,969 --> 00:53:23,719 "Only God Knows Why." 1109 00:53:59,885 --> 00:54:01,760 - Oh? - Yeah, yeah. 1110 00:54:09,223 --> 00:54:10,468 Here. Can you just give me one second? 1111 00:54:10,552 --> 00:54:11,719 Yeah. 1112 00:54:15,635 --> 00:54:17,593 So glad the fund's coming back to Axe Capital, 1113 00:54:17,677 --> 00:54:19,176 where it belongs. 1114 00:54:19,260 --> 00:54:21,218 Somehow you always seem to get what you want. 1115 00:54:25,552 --> 00:54:27,802 Pure luck. 1116 00:54:31,844 --> 00:54:35,176 ...from the scourge of spreading disbelief. 1117 00:54:35,260 --> 00:54:37,135 Free us from all evils 1118 00:54:37,218 --> 00:54:39,760 and dangers that threaten us from every side. 1119 00:54:41,343 --> 00:54:42,969 May the faith for which you sacrifice... 1120 00:54:43,051 --> 00:54:46,468 You sure you're ready for the glare of public life again? 1121 00:54:46,552 --> 00:54:48,343 You're good at working in the shadows. 1122 00:54:48,427 --> 00:54:49,885 Don't worry about me, buddy boy. 1123 00:54:49,969 --> 00:54:52,593 ...the Lord our God can rightfully expect 1124 00:54:52,677 --> 00:54:55,468 from His servants. Amen. 1125 00:54:56,969 --> 00:54:59,468 Thank you, Father. 1126 00:54:59,552 --> 00:55:01,802 Thank you, Father! 1127 00:55:01,885 --> 00:55:05,802 I think there's one thing we can all agree upon as New Yorkers. 1128 00:55:05,885 --> 00:55:08,218 Someone always wants something from ya. 1129 00:55:08,301 --> 00:55:10,218 Someone's always hocking ya. 1130 00:55:10,301 --> 00:55:13,677 'Help me. Support me. Endorse me.' 1131 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:15,677 Well, maybe you've noticed. 1132 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,552 I don't do a lot of endorsing. 1133 00:55:17,635 --> 00:55:21,093 Until someone like the next guy comes along. 1134 00:55:21,176 --> 00:55:24,051 Then I'm practically hocking him. 1135 00:55:24,135 --> 00:55:27,593 I've seen the good he's done to clean up the streets of Gotham. 1136 00:55:27,677 --> 00:55:30,635 And I can't wait to see what he's gonna do 1137 00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:32,343 for the rest of New York State. 1138 00:55:32,427 --> 00:55:35,885 I give you your next Attorney General... 1139 00:55:36,950 --> 00:55:38,760 Chuck Rhoades! 1140 00:55:44,593 --> 00:55:47,260 - Wonderful. Thank you. - You bet. 1141 00:55:47,343 --> 00:55:49,176 - Thank you. - All right. 1142 00:55:49,260 --> 00:55:50,719 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, 1143 00:55:50,802 --> 00:55:53,427 I am so proud to be here with you tonight. 1144 00:55:53,510 --> 00:55:56,635 In fact, "I am chomping at the bit 1145 00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:58,677 to be your next Attorney General"! 1146 00:55:58,878 --> 00:56:00,194 Yes! 1147 00:56:01,078 --> 00:56:03,427 Okay. 1148 00:56:09,719 --> 00:56:11,468 Yeah! 1149 00:57:56,123 --> 00:57:58,172 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net