1 00:00:04,095 --> 00:00:05,335 [Axe] Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:05,387 --> 00:00:06,804 You want me to help put you 3 00:00:06,887 --> 00:00:08,321 in the State Attorney General's office. 4 00:00:08,345 --> 00:00:10,053 I do. 5 00:00:10,136 --> 00:00:11,738 [Harry] The Churchill World War II... it's a hell of a set. 6 00:00:11,762 --> 00:00:12,905 Well, maybe I can circle back 7 00:00:12,929 --> 00:00:14,303 and grab them before they're gone. 8 00:00:14,387 --> 00:00:16,345 These are the books you asked for. 9 00:00:16,428 --> 00:00:18,363 Find all the other signed first editions for sale. 10 00:00:18,387 --> 00:00:21,303 And buy them all, every single last one of them. 11 00:00:21,387 --> 00:00:24,345 You could've been anything... You chose to be a prosecutor. 12 00:00:24,428 --> 00:00:25,987 You're the guy who taught me everything. 13 00:00:26,011 --> 00:00:27,428 I'm glad you still feel that way. 14 00:00:27,512 --> 00:00:30,136 Your father has tasted the fruits of our tribe. 15 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:32,553 Is that my little sister, for Christ sakes? 16 00:00:32,637 --> 00:00:34,470 When are you coming home? I don't know. 17 00:00:34,553 --> 00:00:36,387 But you are coming home? 18 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:38,136 I don't know. 19 00:00:38,220 --> 00:00:40,553 [Chuck] When I look at the shambles my life has become... 20 00:00:40,637 --> 00:00:42,261 [Chuck] from my firing, 21 00:00:42,345 --> 00:00:44,428 [Chuck] to my election with strings attached, 22 00:00:44,512 --> 00:00:46,470 [Chuck] to the destruction of my marriage, 23 00:00:46,553 --> 00:00:49,637 it all tracks back to one source. 24 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,720 One man. 25 00:00:50,804 --> 00:00:52,845 And that very man 26 00:00:52,929 --> 00:00:55,011 charged me with arresting you 27 00:00:55,095 --> 00:00:57,762 in order to force you back into his employ. 28 00:00:57,845 --> 00:01:00,178 You were such a worthy fucking adversary. 29 00:01:00,261 --> 00:01:01,470 I want you on my side. 30 00:01:01,553 --> 00:01:04,303 And I want you to help me take him down, 31 00:01:04,387 --> 00:01:06,053 [Chuck] once and for all. 32 00:01:06,136 --> 00:01:08,345 Chuck Rhoades wants to use me to help him nail Axe. 33 00:01:08,428 --> 00:01:10,321 [Taylor] They're both lined up to destroy each other. 34 00:01:10,345 --> 00:01:12,505 [Taylor] At the right moment when both have their guns. 35 00:01:12,553 --> 00:01:14,071 [Taylor] raised, I'll step out of the way and let it happen. 36 00:01:14,095 --> 00:01:15,895 [Taylor] They'll put each other in the ground. 37 00:01:15,929 --> 00:01:17,321 [Taylor] and I'll go about my fucking business. 38 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:18,345 Welcome home. 39 00:01:18,428 --> 00:01:19,762 Happy to be here. 40 00:01:26,261 --> 00:01:29,220 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 41 00:01:29,303 --> 00:01:37,261 ♪♪♪ 42 00:01:40,011 --> 00:01:42,929 It's so wonderful to be gathered here together 43 00:01:43,011 --> 00:01:46,053 to witness this blessed occasion. 44 00:01:46,136 --> 00:01:48,720 Two souls, who've found one another, 45 00:01:48,804 --> 00:01:50,720 in the great expanse. 46 00:01:50,804 --> 00:01:53,679 Two people, fiery and strong, 47 00:01:53,762 --> 00:01:57,053 joining their flames into a single burning ember... 48 00:01:57,136 --> 00:01:58,970 [Jane Halftown] ...In our tradition, 49 00:01:59,053 --> 00:02:01,178 [Jane Halftown] marriage means 'never alone.' 50 00:02:01,261 --> 00:02:03,512 [Jane Halftown] So will you take this man, 51 00:02:03,595 --> 00:02:05,679 [Jane Halftown] to care for, for all of your days? 52 00:02:05,762 --> 00:02:07,220 [Roxanne] I will. 53 00:02:07,303 --> 00:02:08,780 [Jane Halftown] And will you take this woman, 54 00:02:08,804 --> 00:02:10,720 to care for, for all of your days? 55 00:02:10,804 --> 00:02:12,929 Of course I will. 56 00:02:13,011 --> 00:02:14,887 For as many as I've got left, anyway. 57 00:02:14,970 --> 00:02:17,762 [laughter] 58 00:02:17,845 --> 00:02:20,595 ♪ Cheerful music ♪ 59 00:02:20,679 --> 00:02:23,136 [sighs] 60 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:26,595 You will now live together under one blanket... 61 00:02:26,679 --> 00:02:29,470 [applause] 62 00:02:29,553 --> 00:02:32,887 ♪ Patti Smith's "Gone Again" ♪ 63 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:40,970 ♪♪♪ 64 00:02:50,512 --> 00:02:53,428 ♪ Hey, now, man's own kin ♪ 65 00:02:53,512 --> 00:02:56,095 ♪ We commend into the wind ♪ 66 00:02:56,178 --> 00:02:58,970 ♪ Grateful arms, grateful limbs ♪ 67 00:02:59,053 --> 00:03:01,887 ♪ Grateful soul, he's gone again ♪ 68 00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:03,845 ♪ indistinct singing ♪ 69 00:03:03,929 --> 00:03:05,303 [maracas shaking] 70 00:03:05,387 --> 00:03:08,679 [rhythmic chanting] 71 00:03:08,762 --> 00:03:11,762 [steam hisses] 72 00:03:11,845 --> 00:03:16,762 [chanting continues] 73 00:03:16,845 --> 00:03:19,637 [exhales heavily] 74 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,303 ♪ Soft music ♪ 75 00:03:23,387 --> 00:03:26,637 ♪♪♪ 76 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,970 [exhales heavily] 77 00:03:29,053 --> 00:03:30,553 ♪♪♪ 78 00:03:30,637 --> 00:03:32,679 [gags] 79 00:03:32,762 --> 00:03:36,679 [retching] 80 00:03:36,762 --> 00:03:38,470 [coughing] 81 00:03:38,553 --> 00:03:39,887 [gags] 82 00:03:42,762 --> 00:03:43,887 Ugh. 83 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:45,804 [both breathing heavily] 84 00:03:45,887 --> 00:03:48,011 [crickets chirping] 85 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:50,595 [inhales sharply] 86 00:03:50,679 --> 00:03:53,303 [owl hoots] 87 00:03:53,387 --> 00:03:57,970 Right?! 88 00:03:58,053 --> 00:03:59,845 ♪♪♪ 89 00:03:59,929 --> 00:04:03,136 Yessssssss. 90 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:09,053 See it? Feel it? 91 00:04:09,136 --> 00:04:12,011 It's almost too much. 92 00:04:12,095 --> 00:04:14,887 Too much goodness in the world. 93 00:04:14,970 --> 00:04:20,095 The great Earth Mother blowing it around 94 00:04:20,178 --> 00:04:25,095 like smoke from the trees... [Axe] Kings! 95 00:04:25,178 --> 00:04:27,595 They don't blow around, man. 96 00:04:27,679 --> 00:04:29,261 ♪♪♪ 97 00:04:29,345 --> 00:04:32,303 They stand there and they take. 98 00:04:32,387 --> 00:04:36,970 First the village, then the city. 99 00:04:37,053 --> 00:04:40,804 Mass the troops for the keep. 100 00:04:40,887 --> 00:04:44,011 And once the keep... 101 00:04:44,095 --> 00:04:46,720 Yeah. The whole world. 102 00:04:46,804 --> 00:04:49,220 ♪♪♪ 103 00:04:49,303 --> 00:04:53,845 That's a whole lot of war to wage. 104 00:04:53,929 --> 00:04:55,178 ♪♪♪ 105 00:04:55,261 --> 00:05:00,261 That's a whole lot of heads to chop, 106 00:05:00,345 --> 00:05:05,345 heads to chop, heads to chop... 107 00:05:05,428 --> 00:05:13,428 Chop, chop, chop... Mess, messy, mess. 108 00:05:13,637 --> 00:05:15,679 Beautiful mess. 109 00:05:15,762 --> 00:05:20,595 Yeah... [laughs] 110 00:05:20,679 --> 00:05:27,136 Come on, let's see if we can make it back. 111 00:05:27,220 --> 00:05:30,053 [band plays Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"] 112 00:05:30,136 --> 00:05:33,261 ♪♪♪ 113 00:05:33,345 --> 00:05:35,053 [indistinct conversations] 114 00:05:35,136 --> 00:05:41,929 ♪♪♪ 115 00:05:42,011 --> 00:05:46,804 ♪ Well, my baby and me went out late Saturday night ♪ 116 00:05:46,887 --> 00:05:50,804 ♪ I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so right ♪ 117 00:05:50,887 --> 00:05:54,136 ♪ Well, pick you up at ten, gotta have you home at two ♪ 118 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:56,053 ♪ Mama don't know what I catched off of you ♪ 119 00:05:56,136 --> 00:05:57,595 ♪ But that's all right 'cause ♪ 120 00:05:57,679 --> 00:05:59,679 ♪ We're looking as cool as can be ♪ 121 00:05:59,762 --> 00:06:01,095 You okay, Chuck? 122 00:06:01,178 --> 00:06:02,762 - Oh. You know it! - You sure? 123 00:06:02,845 --> 00:06:05,303 Better than okay. Yes. A venerable occasion. 124 00:06:05,387 --> 00:06:07,363 Weddings can be tough when you've become recently... 125 00:06:07,387 --> 00:06:08,470 unattached. 126 00:06:08,553 --> 00:06:10,345 All that romance in the air. 127 00:06:10,428 --> 00:06:12,303 Exactly what I'm looking to capitalize on. 128 00:06:12,387 --> 00:06:13,780 Who's the brunette stunner over there? 129 00:06:13,804 --> 00:06:15,303 [Brogan] How 'bout an intro... 130 00:06:15,387 --> 00:06:17,387 ♪ And change of a dollar for the jukebox ♪ 131 00:06:17,470 --> 00:06:18,804 That'd be his wife. Ouch. 132 00:06:18,887 --> 00:06:20,387 Or is it ex? Uh, uh. 133 00:06:20,470 --> 00:06:23,345 Not officially. Yet. Heading that way. 134 00:06:23,428 --> 00:06:25,553 What's the statute of limitations on exes these days? 135 00:06:25,637 --> 00:06:27,178 Ohh! Until your shvantz 136 00:06:27,261 --> 00:06:29,428 turns to rust and falls off, Brogan. 137 00:06:29,512 --> 00:06:31,220 Which is why I'm kidding! 138 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:32,804 Naturally. 'Cause we're all friends. 139 00:06:32,887 --> 00:06:34,845 - Sure, you're kidding. - Absolutely. 140 00:06:34,929 --> 00:06:37,970 And I am truly blessed to have a brain trust, 141 00:06:38,053 --> 00:06:40,553 a cadre, a kitchen cabinet such as you all. 142 00:06:40,637 --> 00:06:44,637 ♪ We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out ♪ 143 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,720 ♪♪♪ 144 00:06:46,804 --> 00:06:50,345 Excuse me... [indistinct conversations] 145 00:06:50,428 --> 00:06:53,845 ♪♪♪ 146 00:06:53,929 --> 00:06:55,345 [indistinct speaking] 147 00:06:55,428 --> 00:07:00,345 ♪♪♪ 148 00:07:00,428 --> 00:07:03,804 Hey, hey, hey, watch it, Kev. 149 00:07:03,887 --> 00:07:05,595 Come on. We don't do that. 150 00:07:05,679 --> 00:07:07,905 You wanna try some wine at dinner, we can do it together. 151 00:07:07,929 --> 00:07:09,428 Like people. 152 00:07:09,512 --> 00:07:11,428 Sorry, Dad, I just wanted to taste it. 153 00:07:11,512 --> 00:07:14,053 But it's gross. Exactly. 154 00:07:14,136 --> 00:07:15,887 [indistinct conversations] 155 00:07:15,970 --> 00:07:21,345 ♪♪♪ 156 00:07:21,428 --> 00:07:22,887 It's family. 157 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:26,261 That's what families do: stick together. 158 00:07:26,345 --> 00:07:28,553 ♪♪♪ 159 00:07:28,637 --> 00:07:30,887 That's why you're here? 160 00:07:30,970 --> 00:07:34,220 You're actually fucking here. 161 00:07:34,303 --> 00:07:36,345 "Sticking together" while he marries someone 162 00:07:36,428 --> 00:07:40,220 who could be his... Soldier forth. 163 00:07:40,303 --> 00:07:42,804 That's what Charles always told me, 164 00:07:42,887 --> 00:07:44,720 and he's right. 165 00:07:44,804 --> 00:07:47,553 ♪ We're gonna rock this town, make 'em scream and shout ♪ 166 00:07:47,637 --> 00:07:50,387 Maybe it's time to stop listening 167 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,303 to what Rhoades men say 168 00:07:52,387 --> 00:07:54,261 and decide what we think for a fucking change. 169 00:07:54,345 --> 00:07:56,385 ♪ We're gonna rock till you drop, we're gonna rock ♪ 170 00:07:57,011 --> 00:07:58,512 Excuse me. 171 00:08:00,428 --> 00:08:03,011 [indistinct conversations in distance] 172 00:08:03,095 --> 00:08:04,261 Ms. Sacker. 173 00:08:04,345 --> 00:08:05,929 Sorry to crash, but I have what I need 174 00:08:06,011 --> 00:08:07,931 to give the go-ahead on the crypto mine takedown. 175 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:09,279 As soon as you give me the go-ahead. 176 00:08:09,303 --> 00:08:10,571 They will get in position tonight. 177 00:08:10,595 --> 00:08:12,095 Move first thing in the morning. 178 00:08:12,178 --> 00:08:14,303 Click, click, boom. Do it. What about press? 179 00:08:14,387 --> 00:08:16,279 They're salivating over all things crypto right now. 180 00:08:16,303 --> 00:08:17,970 No press. Yet. 181 00:08:18,053 --> 00:08:20,845 Then at the right moment, lots and lots of it. 182 00:08:20,929 --> 00:08:22,470 Do the thing. I have to go, uh, 183 00:08:22,553 --> 00:08:24,720 get back to the nuptials. 184 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:26,696 [Sacker] Maybe I'll stick around, watch the toast. 185 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,762 [chuckles] See you celebrate the love. 186 00:08:28,845 --> 00:08:31,679 You're a ruthless prosecutor. It's why I hired you over. 187 00:08:31,762 --> 00:08:34,303 Don't waste it here. Use it on the operation. 188 00:08:34,387 --> 00:08:35,970 [Sacker] Ah. First I watch you squirm. 189 00:08:36,053 --> 00:08:37,387 Then I make them squirm. 190 00:08:37,470 --> 00:08:40,470 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 191 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:48,553 ♪♪♪ 192 00:08:58,512 --> 00:09:03,095 ♪ We'll have our fill of tears ♪ 193 00:09:03,178 --> 00:09:05,470 ♪ Our share of sighs ♪ 194 00:09:05,553 --> 00:09:07,470 A dance with the groom? 195 00:09:07,553 --> 00:09:08,929 ♪ My only prayer ♪ Can I say no? 196 00:09:09,011 --> 00:09:10,303 I think not. 197 00:09:10,387 --> 00:09:13,679 ♪ Is that you realize ♪ 198 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:18,011 ♪ You'll always be beautiful ♪ 199 00:09:18,095 --> 00:09:21,845 ♪ In my eyes ♪ 200 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:24,762 ♪ You will always be ♪ 201 00:09:24,845 --> 00:09:26,804 Avert your eyes, Chuck. 202 00:09:26,887 --> 00:09:28,303 We'll watch for you. 203 00:09:28,387 --> 00:09:30,196 We'll... We'll tell you if the old man gets handsy. 204 00:09:30,220 --> 00:09:33,970 Oooh, he's bringing out the old American Bandstand moves. 205 00:09:34,053 --> 00:09:35,679 Feels more like Soul Train to me. 206 00:09:35,762 --> 00:09:37,261 Ooh, he's got a pep in his step... 207 00:09:37,345 --> 00:09:38,970 I'm impressed. 208 00:09:39,053 --> 00:09:40,804 She looks stunned. In a good way. 209 00:09:40,887 --> 00:09:42,178 Good for him. Not for you. 210 00:09:42,261 --> 00:09:43,901 It does feel like a betrayal of some sort. 211 00:09:43,929 --> 00:09:45,512 From one of them. Or both. 212 00:09:45,595 --> 00:09:47,553 No, no, no, no. It's as it should be. 213 00:09:47,637 --> 00:09:49,470 The bonds of family are stronger than... 214 00:09:49,553 --> 00:09:51,428 - Whoa, that's a deep dip! - [laughs] 215 00:09:51,512 --> 00:09:54,887 Bravo! Real Rudolph Valentino move! 216 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:56,220 Ahh, Jesus. 217 00:09:56,303 --> 00:10:00,053 [laughter] 218 00:10:00,136 --> 00:10:02,553 [laughs] 219 00:10:02,637 --> 00:10:05,470 I'll be sad to lose you as a member of the family. 220 00:10:05,553 --> 00:10:08,095 You're the grandfather of my children: 221 00:10:08,178 --> 00:10:10,053 we'll always be family. 222 00:10:10,136 --> 00:10:12,470 So stop this madness. 223 00:10:12,553 --> 00:10:14,220 Go get some ass if that's what you want... 224 00:10:14,303 --> 00:10:16,804 [sighs] and then re-up with the unit. 225 00:10:16,887 --> 00:10:19,387 Like you did? 226 00:10:19,470 --> 00:10:20,887 We're at your wedding. 227 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:22,220 To someone else. 228 00:10:22,303 --> 00:10:24,053 I'm sitting at a table with your ex-wife. 229 00:10:24,136 --> 00:10:25,679 Thing you have to understand 230 00:10:25,762 --> 00:10:27,196 about me and your ex-mother-in-law is... 231 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,178 May I cut in? 232 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:31,804 You had your chance, Sonny. 233 00:10:31,887 --> 00:10:33,821 Maybe if you'd been this insistent when she was yours... 234 00:10:33,845 --> 00:10:36,929 Dad! 235 00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:38,512 Your dance, my boy. 236 00:10:38,595 --> 00:10:41,679 ♪ You'll always be beautiful ♪ 237 00:10:41,762 --> 00:10:43,679 ♪ In my eyes ♪ 238 00:10:43,762 --> 00:10:45,720 I figured I'd move in for the save. 239 00:10:45,804 --> 00:10:47,261 There was a time for that. 240 00:10:47,345 --> 00:10:48,762 It's long passed. 241 00:10:48,845 --> 00:10:50,720 You mean to say you enjoyed dancing with him? 242 00:10:50,804 --> 00:10:53,053 I mean, he does move like Valentino. 243 00:10:53,136 --> 00:10:54,261 Oh, for Christ sakes. 244 00:10:54,345 --> 00:10:55,762 Really? You too? [chuckles] 245 00:10:55,845 --> 00:10:57,887 ♪♪♪ 246 00:10:57,970 --> 00:10:59,345 ♪ And the passing years will show ♪ 247 00:10:59,428 --> 00:11:01,470 There's not a second of this I enjoy. 248 00:11:01,553 --> 00:11:03,470 Old days, we would have made our getaway. 249 00:11:03,553 --> 00:11:06,136 McQueen and Ali MacGraw style. 250 00:11:06,220 --> 00:11:09,470 Mm. More like Beatty and Dunaway... 251 00:11:09,553 --> 00:11:11,804 Lot of talk of escape, but in the end: 252 00:11:11,887 --> 00:11:14,595 [clicks tongue] ratatatat with the Tommy gun. 253 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,553 Bloody, tragic. 254 00:11:16,637 --> 00:11:18,261 No escape. From any of it. 255 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:21,178 Just because we haven't made our escape as of yet, 256 00:11:21,261 --> 00:11:24,470 doesn't mean we can't. 257 00:11:24,553 --> 00:11:26,970 As friends, I mean, not romantically. 258 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:29,553 Just find our way out of here. 259 00:11:29,637 --> 00:11:31,428 Talk. 260 00:11:31,512 --> 00:11:33,470 Oh, there'll be an escape. 261 00:11:33,553 --> 00:11:34,720 Here it is. 262 00:11:34,804 --> 00:11:35,804 [music ends] 263 00:11:35,887 --> 00:11:37,553 [applause] 264 00:11:39,387 --> 00:11:40,428 Go time. 265 00:11:40,512 --> 00:11:41,512 Ah. 266 00:11:41,553 --> 00:11:44,011 [indistinct conversations] 267 00:11:44,095 --> 00:11:46,303 [soft piano music playing] 268 00:11:46,387 --> 00:11:52,970 ♪♪♪ 269 00:11:53,053 --> 00:11:55,178 [microphone squeals] 270 00:12:05,929 --> 00:12:08,136 I was speaking with my mother the other day, 271 00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:12,762 about how hard it would be to appropriately, to honestly, 272 00:12:12,845 --> 00:12:16,345 salute my father on the day of this blessed union. 273 00:12:16,428 --> 00:12:18,011 And she said to me: 274 00:12:18,095 --> 00:12:21,387 "Look, you do not have to stand in front of a group of people 275 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:23,845 and say nice things about that man. 276 00:12:23,929 --> 00:12:26,387 You do not have to valorize him. 277 00:12:26,470 --> 00:12:29,428 Speak your truth, Son." 278 00:12:29,512 --> 00:12:32,178 Now, as most of you know, 279 00:12:32,261 --> 00:12:34,178 I have no problem making a speech 280 00:12:34,261 --> 00:12:35,970 that goes against convention, 281 00:12:36,053 --> 00:12:38,679 that brooks the tide of the expected, 282 00:12:38,762 --> 00:12:40,970 so that I may speak the unvarnished. 283 00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:44,095 And that is what I have decided to do today. 284 00:12:44,178 --> 00:12:45,303 [chuckles] 285 00:12:45,387 --> 00:12:51,053 So buckle up... Because... 286 00:12:51,136 --> 00:12:54,345 I am not gonna say nice things about my dad. 287 00:12:54,428 --> 00:12:56,387 I don't want to. 288 00:12:56,470 --> 00:12:57,887 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 289 00:12:57,970 --> 00:12:59,220 You all know what I would say. 290 00:12:59,303 --> 00:13:01,261 You all know the truth. No. 291 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:09,053 Instead: I want to... ♪♪♪ 292 00:13:09,136 --> 00:13:13,762 ♪♪♪ 293 00:13:13,845 --> 00:13:17,887 celebrate his magnificent bride, Roxanne! 294 00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:20,053 [laughter] 295 00:13:20,136 --> 00:13:22,053 [cheers and applause] [laughs] 296 00:13:25,303 --> 00:13:29,804 No. Because she has done that which I'd thought impossible. 297 00:13:29,887 --> 00:13:33,679 Turned my dad into a big pile of mush. 298 00:13:33,762 --> 00:13:36,720 [laughter] Defanged the old wolf. 299 00:13:36,804 --> 00:13:38,679 Well. Made him into one of those Build-A-Bears 300 00:13:38,762 --> 00:13:40,887 with the bright red valentine for a heart 301 00:13:40,970 --> 00:13:43,762 and the cuddly fur to hold onto and hug. 302 00:13:43,845 --> 00:13:45,529 [Chuck] Certainly got him going to Build-A-Bear. 303 00:13:45,553 --> 00:13:47,136 [Chuck] for his little daughter. 304 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:49,428 [Chuck] And Roxanne, and her people, 305 00:13:49,512 --> 00:13:52,762 have taken him in as their own. 306 00:13:52,845 --> 00:13:56,136 Much as we consider her ours. 307 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,929 That's the wonderful thing about family. 308 00:14:01,011 --> 00:14:02,804 It lives and breathes. 309 00:14:02,887 --> 00:14:04,261 It never contracts. 310 00:14:04,345 --> 00:14:06,762 Only expands. 311 00:14:06,845 --> 00:14:09,470 As ours has now. 312 00:14:09,553 --> 00:14:13,011 [Chuck] I can't believe a man can get so lucky. 313 00:14:13,095 --> 00:14:17,053 And, uh, now I'm speaking about me, not Dad. 314 00:14:17,136 --> 00:14:21,428 Because I have someone who loves him as much as I do, 315 00:14:21,512 --> 00:14:24,387 someone to share him with. 316 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:27,095 ♪ Bad Company's "Bad Company" ♪ [Chuck] So. Here's to you both. 317 00:14:27,178 --> 00:14:31,261 And to all of us basking in the radiance of your joy. 318 00:14:31,345 --> 00:14:33,136 [Chuck] As we raise our glasses... 319 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:34,553 - Yeah! - Cheers! 320 00:14:34,637 --> 00:14:36,303 - [laughter] - Cheers! 321 00:14:36,387 --> 00:14:38,845 [applause] 322 00:14:38,929 --> 00:14:41,762 ♪ Company ♪ 323 00:14:41,845 --> 00:14:43,720 ♪ Always on the run ♪ 324 00:14:43,804 --> 00:14:45,804 You've come far and learned much. 325 00:14:45,887 --> 00:14:47,970 ♪ Destiny ♪ Until we see each other 326 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:50,970 and move your knowledge into the world, be well. 327 00:14:51,053 --> 00:14:55,845 Safe travels. ♪ Is the rising sun ♪ 328 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:58,011 ♪♪♪ 329 00:14:58,095 --> 00:15:02,887 ♪ Oh, I was born ♪ 330 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:07,220 ♪ Six gun in my hand ♪ 331 00:15:07,303 --> 00:15:08,512 ♪♪ 332 00:15:08,595 --> 00:15:11,261 ♪ Behind a gun ♪ [engines start] 333 00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:19,095 ♪ I'll make my final stand ♪ 334 00:15:19,178 --> 00:15:23,303 ♪ That's why they call me ♪ 335 00:15:23,387 --> 00:15:25,762 ♪ Bad company ♪ 336 00:15:25,845 --> 00:15:28,345 ♪ And I can't deny ♪ 337 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,887 ♪♪♪ 338 00:15:31,970 --> 00:15:34,470 ♪ Bad company ♪ 339 00:15:34,553 --> 00:15:37,053 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 340 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:38,720 ♪♪♪ 341 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:41,220 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 342 00:15:41,303 --> 00:15:42,762 ♪♪♪ 343 00:15:42,845 --> 00:15:44,345 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 344 00:15:44,428 --> 00:15:47,637 [birds chirping] 345 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,220 [door creaks, closes] 346 00:15:51,303 --> 00:15:53,220 [gate creaks] 347 00:15:55,428 --> 00:15:57,136 [sighs] 348 00:15:59,178 --> 00:16:00,637 [Wendy] Kevin was drinking. 349 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,136 Chuck, where the fuck are you? 350 00:16:02,220 --> 00:16:04,553 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 351 00:16:04,637 --> 00:16:12,387 ♪♪♪ 352 00:16:12,470 --> 00:16:14,261 [brakes squeal] 353 00:16:14,345 --> 00:16:16,929 ♪♪♪ 354 00:16:17,011 --> 00:16:18,762 [pounding on door] 355 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,887 ♪♪♪ 356 00:16:20,970 --> 00:16:22,679 [exhales heavily] 357 00:16:23,553 --> 00:16:25,261 He's sleeping it off. 358 00:16:25,345 --> 00:16:27,804 [sighs] 359 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:29,095 [door creaks, closes] 360 00:16:29,178 --> 00:16:30,553 I handled it. 361 00:16:30,637 --> 00:16:33,470 It's handled. There's nothing for you to do. 362 00:16:33,553 --> 00:16:35,053 Babysitter will be here soon. 363 00:16:35,136 --> 00:16:36,679 Then I'll go to work. Oh. Fuck. 364 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:39,261 I don't know how I missed your calls. 365 00:16:39,345 --> 00:16:40,595 [scoffs] 366 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,178 I know. [sighs] 367 00:16:42,261 --> 00:16:44,321 [Wendy] I know where you were and what you were doing... 368 00:16:44,345 --> 00:16:47,095 because that's the only time you're off the grid completely. 369 00:16:47,178 --> 00:16:48,553 That's a stiff fucking shot. 370 00:16:48,637 --> 00:16:50,887 And it landed. 371 00:16:50,970 --> 00:16:53,136 So. Standing eight count for C. Rhoades. 372 00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:55,512 Now. Can we stop punching at each other, please? 373 00:16:55,595 --> 00:16:57,804 You flail at me wildly 374 00:16:57,887 --> 00:17:00,136 and then y-you put your chin right there. 375 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,387 What do you expect me to do? 376 00:17:02,470 --> 00:17:03,512 [sighs heavily] 377 00:17:03,595 --> 00:17:05,762 I was in no way prepared 378 00:17:05,845 --> 00:17:08,053 for how that travesty of a wedding was going to hit me. 379 00:17:08,136 --> 00:17:10,512 How it was gonna make me feel about things between us. 380 00:17:10,595 --> 00:17:15,303 I was just... totally alone. 381 00:17:15,387 --> 00:17:17,470 And [chuckles] you guys here... 382 00:17:17,553 --> 00:17:20,095 In Bobby Axelrod's spare fucking apartment. 383 00:17:20,178 --> 00:17:23,011 With goddamned Van Goghs on the walls. 384 00:17:23,095 --> 00:17:25,804 While I'm, uh... [chuckles] 385 00:17:25,887 --> 00:17:28,804 Ahh, 386 00:17:28,887 --> 00:17:32,178 it was the only thing I could think of. 387 00:17:32,261 --> 00:17:35,553 How could I have known there would be an emergency? 388 00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:37,345 Part of being a parent... 389 00:17:37,428 --> 00:17:42,095 No, no, part of being a person, a grown person, 390 00:17:42,178 --> 00:17:44,887 is carrying that thought somewhere inside: 391 00:17:44,970 --> 00:17:46,887 that you might be needed by those you love, 392 00:17:46,970 --> 00:17:48,154 by those you're responsible to, 393 00:17:48,178 --> 00:17:50,220 and making sure you're available for that. 394 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:53,261 Instead of being a prisoner to your appetites. 395 00:17:53,345 --> 00:17:54,470 ♪ Soft music ♪ 396 00:17:54,553 --> 00:17:55,970 You know this. 397 00:17:56,053 --> 00:17:58,387 What do I know anymore, really? 398 00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:00,053 I have lost my bearings. 399 00:18:00,136 --> 00:18:03,470 Oh. Until recently, I had always had a North Star. 400 00:18:03,553 --> 00:18:04,887 Twin North Stars. 401 00:18:04,970 --> 00:18:08,011 Justice and Wendy Rhoades. 402 00:18:08,095 --> 00:18:11,136 And with those guiding me, I was able to move forward, 403 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:15,512 to progress, to find and stay on my path. 404 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,595 ♪♪♪ 405 00:18:17,679 --> 00:18:19,220 But in the end, 406 00:18:19,303 --> 00:18:22,220 although they were always there for me, 407 00:18:22,303 --> 00:18:23,720 I served neither. 408 00:18:23,804 --> 00:18:26,470 [Chuck] Not nearly enough. 409 00:18:26,553 --> 00:18:30,553 But I have lately determined to find my way back. 410 00:18:30,637 --> 00:18:32,428 ♪♪♪ 411 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:34,887 It's clear that I must. 412 00:18:34,970 --> 00:18:36,970 ♪♪♪ 413 00:18:37,053 --> 00:18:38,970 I want to dive in. 414 00:18:39,053 --> 00:18:41,929 [sighs] 415 00:18:42,011 --> 00:18:44,220 To engage. But... it's too late. 416 00:18:44,303 --> 00:18:46,887 It's time for some self-care now. 417 00:18:46,970 --> 00:18:50,720 I can't let my happiness be controlled by anyone but me. 418 00:18:50,804 --> 00:18:53,303 It was a mistake to call you last night for help. 419 00:18:53,387 --> 00:18:54,762 It was my night with the kids. 420 00:18:54,845 --> 00:18:56,553 My problem. 421 00:18:56,637 --> 00:18:58,428 That's how divorced people talk. 422 00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:00,679 Yeah. 423 00:19:00,762 --> 00:19:02,595 It is. 424 00:19:02,679 --> 00:19:06,303 The separation has convinced me. 425 00:19:06,387 --> 00:19:07,762 We need to be done. 426 00:19:07,845 --> 00:19:10,136 ♪♪♪ 427 00:19:10,220 --> 00:19:12,261 And I want to issue a public statement. 428 00:19:12,345 --> 00:19:14,303 I-I-I want to... I want to do it this week. 429 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:16,011 Today. I want it to be out there. 430 00:19:16,095 --> 00:19:18,470 Have your office draw one up 431 00:19:18,553 --> 00:19:20,470 and have it sent it to me by day's end. 432 00:19:20,553 --> 00:19:27,261 ♪♪♪ 433 00:19:27,345 --> 00:19:29,220 Look at me. 434 00:19:29,303 --> 00:19:30,970 Look into my eyes. 435 00:19:31,053 --> 00:19:32,196 I know you won't believe this, 436 00:19:32,220 --> 00:19:34,178 because I've given you little cause to: 437 00:19:34,261 --> 00:19:37,762 But I am on the brink of huge change. 438 00:19:37,845 --> 00:19:39,762 ♪♪♪ 439 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:42,679 I am going to force myself to evolve. 440 00:19:42,762 --> 00:19:46,887 ♪♪♪ 441 00:19:46,970 --> 00:19:49,303 I believe that you believe that, Chuck. 442 00:19:49,387 --> 00:19:52,637 ♪♪♪ 443 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,553 [inhales sharply] 444 00:19:54,637 --> 00:19:56,637 ♪ Suspenseful music ♪ 445 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:04,720 ♪♪♪ 446 00:20:07,261 --> 00:20:09,178 [tires screech] 447 00:20:09,261 --> 00:20:17,261 ♪♪♪ 448 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:24,428 You are under arrest for utility theft. 449 00:20:24,512 --> 00:20:28,303 For starters. Lock 'em up and shut 'em down. 450 00:20:28,387 --> 00:20:29,696 - [Sacker] Come on. - [handcuffs click] 451 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,970 [Sacker] Let's go. 452 00:20:31,053 --> 00:20:38,053 ♪♪♪ 453 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,679 [power fades] 454 00:20:39,762 --> 00:20:42,428 ♪♪♪ 455 00:20:45,845 --> 00:20:48,887 Look at all this wattage, fellas... 456 00:20:48,970 --> 00:20:51,637 You see this little dink of a column? 457 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,553 That was last year's usage at the warehouse... 458 00:20:53,637 --> 00:20:55,637 - Mm-hmm. - Then see this middle column? 459 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,303 That was the estimated usage of a 120-unit apartment building, 460 00:20:58,387 --> 00:20:59,887 as it was phonily classified. 461 00:20:59,970 --> 00:21:02,220 But look at this monster. 462 00:21:02,303 --> 00:21:05,303 That's a big, throbbing, ugly red megawatt number... 463 00:21:05,387 --> 00:21:06,804 - Mm. - Now isn't it? 464 00:21:06,887 --> 00:21:08,470 What that column means is that 465 00:21:08,553 --> 00:21:10,470 your little operation was pulling so much juice, 466 00:21:10,553 --> 00:21:14,387 the entire town ran clean out of electricity. 467 00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:17,220 And had to go on the open market to buy more from the grid. 468 00:21:17,303 --> 00:21:19,095 It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars... 469 00:21:19,178 --> 00:21:22,178 And drove the town's entire rate up. 470 00:21:22,261 --> 00:21:24,345 Taxpayers, eating that burden. 471 00:21:24,428 --> 00:21:26,053 Because of you. 472 00:21:26,136 --> 00:21:28,303 And for what? 473 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:30,720 So your multitude of computers and servers 474 00:21:30,804 --> 00:21:33,387 could solve some abstract math equations 475 00:21:33,470 --> 00:21:36,178 resulting in the mining of Bitcoin. 476 00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:38,053 Worth millions right now... whoopee... 477 00:21:38,136 --> 00:21:39,970 But backed by what? 478 00:21:40,053 --> 00:21:42,220 Nada. Nix. Zot. 479 00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:43,720 What's the dollar backed by, 480 00:21:43,804 --> 00:21:45,220 since we went off the gold standard? 481 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:49,762 Well, uh, roads, the military, industry, 482 00:21:49,845 --> 00:21:52,929 the credit of the federal government, that sort of thing. 483 00:21:53,011 --> 00:21:54,762 But, I get your point. 484 00:21:54,845 --> 00:21:57,387 We're not here to discuss monetary theory though. 485 00:21:57,470 --> 00:21:59,929 We're here to discuss who put you fucking nerds... 486 00:22:00,011 --> 00:22:02,595 Sorry: 'engineers'... In business. 487 00:22:02,679 --> 00:22:04,428 [chuckles] 488 00:22:04,512 --> 00:22:06,970 We have information you work for a Wall Street consortium... 489 00:22:07,053 --> 00:22:10,720 There are indeed certain finance dudes involved. 490 00:22:10,804 --> 00:22:11,804 I'll allow it. 491 00:22:11,845 --> 00:22:13,261 You don't get to "allow." 492 00:22:13,345 --> 00:22:15,136 That's for court. Names. 493 00:22:15,220 --> 00:22:16,804 You're going to have to say the name. 494 00:22:16,887 --> 00:22:18,762 There's no way we're saying it. 495 00:22:18,845 --> 00:22:21,011 Any number of hedge fund magnates. 496 00:22:21,095 --> 00:22:22,929 Uh. Let's go alphabetical. 497 00:22:23,011 --> 00:22:24,512 Axelrod, Robert, for starters. 498 00:22:24,595 --> 00:22:29,011 Yes, but none of us dealt with that guy directly. 499 00:22:29,095 --> 00:22:30,804 Then I'm gonna need the person in town 500 00:22:30,887 --> 00:22:32,970 who got paid off to let you pull so much power 501 00:22:33,053 --> 00:22:35,178 you caused a brownout across the county. 502 00:22:35,261 --> 00:22:36,637 Because he did. Didn't he? 503 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,970 [sighs] 504 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:44,053 You can tell me or I can prosecute you 505 00:22:44,136 --> 00:22:47,095 until your lives are smoking piles of rubble 506 00:22:47,178 --> 00:22:49,303 and you're put in a place where a calculator 507 00:22:49,387 --> 00:22:51,679 is as close as you'll get to a computer. 508 00:22:51,762 --> 00:22:58,011 Your choice... ♪ dramatic music ♪ 509 00:22:58,095 --> 00:23:00,470 It's the Town Supervisor. His name is... 510 00:23:00,553 --> 00:23:04,720 ♪♪♪ 511 00:23:04,804 --> 00:23:05,970 [door closes] 512 00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:09,470 Gimme a ticket for a carousel... Airplane. 513 00:23:09,553 --> 00:23:11,011 Gimme a ticket for an airplane. 514 00:23:11,095 --> 00:23:12,404 Ain't got time to take a fast train... 515 00:23:12,428 --> 00:23:13,845 No. Those go place to place, 516 00:23:13,929 --> 00:23:15,071 I'm just going around in circles. 517 00:23:15,095 --> 00:23:16,762 Hence the carousel. 518 00:23:16,845 --> 00:23:18,821 Why was I surprised when Axelrod's name got mentioned? 519 00:23:18,845 --> 00:23:21,387 Why weren't you? Because I knew he was in this. 520 00:23:21,470 --> 00:23:22,830 That's why I wanted to go after it. 521 00:23:22,887 --> 00:23:25,303 Hmm. I'm happy to be working with you again, Chuck. 522 00:23:25,387 --> 00:23:27,112 It has to help me advance and grow this time. 523 00:23:27,136 --> 00:23:29,261 I came over here... To help me make this place 524 00:23:29,345 --> 00:23:31,845 the preeminent prosecutorial office in the state. 525 00:23:31,929 --> 00:23:33,261 Which we will. We are. 526 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,595 And so you could be my rabbi 527 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,359 for my congressional run, end of next year. 528 00:23:36,387 --> 00:23:38,345 But I need to be on the inside. 529 00:23:38,428 --> 00:23:40,762 To see the moves as they are happening. 530 00:23:40,845 --> 00:23:42,321 Not as they are revealed to the world. 531 00:23:42,345 --> 00:23:44,178 I need to be your worthy assistant, 532 00:23:44,261 --> 00:23:47,095 setting up the tricks and seeing what you did with your hands. 533 00:23:47,178 --> 00:23:49,011 [chuckles] Not gonna be one of those rubes 534 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:51,595 in the audience gasping at the magic anymore... 535 00:23:53,887 --> 00:23:55,095 [scoffs] 536 00:23:55,178 --> 00:23:56,578 You know. The thing about change is: 537 00:23:56,637 --> 00:24:00,595 even when you want to, it's really fucking hard. 538 00:24:00,679 --> 00:24:02,470 I know I have to bring you in. 539 00:24:02,553 --> 00:24:04,011 And that I can trust you. 540 00:24:04,095 --> 00:24:06,011 I know it up here. 541 00:24:06,095 --> 00:24:09,011 And I'm working on bringing it down here, too. 542 00:24:09,095 --> 00:24:10,136 Don't work on it. 543 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:13,387 Do it. Now. 544 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:15,720 You don't have to trust me, but you have to trust me. 545 00:24:15,804 --> 00:24:16,887 Ya know? 546 00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:18,428 You're talking about a partnership. 547 00:24:18,512 --> 00:24:20,887 You offering that, for real? If I don't, you staying? 548 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:22,090 You already know the answer. 549 00:24:22,136 --> 00:24:23,637 Then you know mine. 550 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,470 Yes. 551 00:24:25,553 --> 00:24:28,553 And if you see me giving in to the man I used to be... 552 00:24:28,637 --> 00:24:29,929 I'll be all over it. 553 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:32,095 Good. 554 00:24:32,178 --> 00:24:34,053 That's good. 555 00:24:34,136 --> 00:24:36,095 As it should be. 556 00:24:36,178 --> 00:24:38,929 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 557 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:45,762 ♪♪♪ 558 00:24:45,845 --> 00:24:48,762 [footsteps approaching] 559 00:24:48,845 --> 00:24:53,345 Okay people, town hall time. 560 00:24:53,428 --> 00:24:55,720 This gonna be an every month thing, like my period? 561 00:24:55,804 --> 00:24:57,595 [laughter] 562 00:24:57,679 --> 00:24:59,196 Keep that up and we can make it a daily thing, 563 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,970 - like you getting fisted. - Ohh! 564 00:25:01,053 --> 00:25:03,929 As in up the junker just like a punker. 565 00:25:04,011 --> 00:25:05,595 That'll teach ya to come at the brass... 566 00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:07,303 Spyros! 567 00:25:07,387 --> 00:25:11,428 This forum should be looked forward to. 568 00:25:11,512 --> 00:25:13,261 It's a chance for us to investigate issues 569 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,595 that affect our culture here... 570 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,804 But this time it's serious. 571 00:25:15,887 --> 00:25:18,637 There was an incident... 572 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,053 Someone reversing the water on the toilet flush 573 00:25:21,136 --> 00:25:23,845 in the unisex bathroom, which sprayed a Mase Capper... 574 00:25:23,929 --> 00:25:25,553 [laughter] 575 00:25:25,637 --> 00:25:27,613 Gross negligence on the part of building maintenance. 576 00:25:27,637 --> 00:25:29,804 And, uh, oh, I-I do mean gross. 577 00:25:29,887 --> 00:25:32,053 No one can prove it was sabotage... 578 00:25:32,136 --> 00:25:33,512 Give me that. 579 00:25:33,595 --> 00:25:34,970 [flask clinking] 580 00:25:35,053 --> 00:25:37,720 This shit... literally... Has got to stop. 581 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:40,053 [Wendy] There were investors on premises. 582 00:25:40,136 --> 00:25:41,512 [Wendy] They may redeem. 583 00:25:41,595 --> 00:25:42,428 [Wendy] We're making ourselves look like 584 00:25:42,512 --> 00:25:43,845 world-class schmucks here. 585 00:25:43,929 --> 00:25:45,637 So now it's time: 586 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,220 We need to come together 587 00:25:47,303 --> 00:25:51,220 as one company, one team, one family. 588 00:25:51,303 --> 00:25:52,543 Now I want to hear from you all 589 00:25:52,595 --> 00:25:55,136 about what exactly the problem is here. 590 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,845 ♪♪♪ 591 00:25:58,929 --> 00:26:01,345 [sighs] 592 00:26:01,428 --> 00:26:03,512 This is a safe space. 593 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:06,011 ♪♪♪ 594 00:26:06,095 --> 00:26:07,553 Fine, I'll speak. 595 00:26:07,637 --> 00:26:09,929 Far from being welcoming these last couple of months, 596 00:26:10,011 --> 00:26:12,053 the Axe Cap folks have been downright dickish... 597 00:26:12,136 --> 00:26:13,387 - What?! - [all murmuring] 598 00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:15,679 Oh, did I not properly welcome you? 599 00:26:15,762 --> 00:26:18,136 Let me correct that rudeness right now. 600 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:19,720 [imitates farting] 601 00:26:19,804 --> 00:26:21,929 [laughter] 602 00:26:25,053 --> 00:26:27,679 And just so you know I'm not some thin-skinned whiner, 603 00:26:27,762 --> 00:26:30,261 I've been through Plebe Summer at the Naval Academy. 604 00:26:30,345 --> 00:26:31,428 - [all murmuring] - Wow. 605 00:26:31,512 --> 00:26:34,470 This goes beyond practical jokes. 606 00:26:34,553 --> 00:26:37,345 It's getting hostile and it's unprofessional. 607 00:26:37,428 --> 00:26:38,679 - Exaggerated. - Totally. 608 00:26:38,762 --> 00:26:41,011 I've got to say, this isn't a one-way street. 609 00:26:41,095 --> 00:26:44,220 Oh, please... There's a... haughty, 610 00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,220 condescending attitude flowing from the quant side. 611 00:26:47,303 --> 00:26:48,970 Bunch of stuck-up bitches and bros. 612 00:26:49,053 --> 00:26:50,220 Yeah! 613 00:26:50,303 --> 00:26:52,345 Lording their giant cerebellums... 614 00:26:52,428 --> 00:26:53,970 And we're not some Luddite dumbasses 615 00:26:54,053 --> 00:26:55,893 just because we come from an analysis-driven... 616 00:26:55,929 --> 00:26:57,637 [chuckles] Could've fooled me... 617 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,345 So we don't want to debate Full Stack versus Mean Stack 618 00:27:00,428 --> 00:27:01,595 over bagels in the kitchen. 619 00:27:01,679 --> 00:27:03,279 That doesn't mean we can't do the math... 620 00:27:03,303 --> 00:27:05,011 Uh. Yes, it does... 621 00:27:05,095 --> 00:27:06,720 Some of us can do the math! 622 00:27:06,804 --> 00:27:08,303 Some of them can't. Mafee. 623 00:27:08,387 --> 00:27:10,136 - Suck my Node. Js, Bill... - Oh! 624 00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:12,095 You don't even know what the fuck that means. 625 00:27:12,178 --> 00:27:14,095 [indistinct shouting] 626 00:27:14,178 --> 00:27:15,387 [Wendy] Alright. Hey. 627 00:27:15,470 --> 00:27:16,720 I'll take you outside! I will... 628 00:27:16,804 --> 00:27:18,053 Hey! Hey! Hey! 629 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:21,178 - Let's go! - Hey! 630 00:27:21,261 --> 00:27:24,011 Meeting fucking adjourned. 631 00:27:24,095 --> 00:27:26,095 For now. 632 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:28,762 But this is far from over. Your homework for next time... 633 00:27:28,845 --> 00:27:31,095 - Homework? - Fucking right. 634 00:27:31,178 --> 00:27:32,845 You will... each of you will... 635 00:27:32,929 --> 00:27:35,029 [Wendy] come up with three productive things that you, 636 00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:37,887 [Wendy] personally, can do to make this place function better. 637 00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:41,428 Do it. Or risk me getting really mad. 638 00:27:41,512 --> 00:27:43,178 [indistinct conversations] 639 00:27:52,178 --> 00:27:53,553 We both know it: 640 00:27:53,637 --> 00:27:54,929 with this business the way it is, 641 00:27:55,011 --> 00:27:56,303 it's a fight just to survive. 642 00:27:56,387 --> 00:27:57,762 We need unity. 643 00:27:57,845 --> 00:27:59,637 And this discord... I won't have it. 644 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,029 The one you should be having this conversation with is Axe. 645 00:28:02,053 --> 00:28:03,780 It's his Plug Uglies that are doing the instigating. 646 00:28:03,804 --> 00:28:05,011 And we both know that. 647 00:28:05,095 --> 00:28:06,595 I did have this conversation with him 648 00:28:06,679 --> 00:28:08,804 before he left on his trip. And? 649 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:11,470 He said something very similar to what you just did. 650 00:28:11,553 --> 00:28:13,637 All systems have to die eventually. 651 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,970 Excuse me. 652 00:28:15,053 --> 00:28:17,512 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 653 00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:25,595 ♪♪♪ 654 00:28:40,345 --> 00:28:41,345 [engines shut off] 655 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:43,261 [birds chirping] 656 00:28:43,345 --> 00:28:45,345 [exhales sharply] 657 00:28:45,428 --> 00:28:46,345 You okay? 658 00:28:46,428 --> 00:28:48,136 I don't know which end, 659 00:28:48,220 --> 00:28:50,762 but I feel like something's gonna come out. 660 00:28:50,845 --> 00:28:53,762 Well. You can handle your drugs, must have been the bumpy road. 661 00:28:53,845 --> 00:28:55,679 [groans] Bumpy is right. 662 00:28:55,762 --> 00:28:57,011 I've got a case of the grapes 663 00:28:57,095 --> 00:28:58,595 like they talk about in literature. 664 00:29:06,053 --> 00:29:07,929 [sighs heavily] 665 00:29:08,011 --> 00:29:09,345 You know, what we took last night 666 00:29:09,428 --> 00:29:11,345 is nature's antidepressant. 667 00:29:11,428 --> 00:29:13,679 I see the value. 668 00:29:13,762 --> 00:29:18,220 The clarity I had, the perspective. 669 00:29:19,428 --> 00:29:20,804 Everyone should have the chance 670 00:29:20,887 --> 00:29:23,679 to gaze upon their life from that perch. 671 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:27,845 But I did not like what I saw from that perch. 672 00:29:27,929 --> 00:29:29,887 Well, archon, we had to do something 673 00:29:29,970 --> 00:29:32,762 to ring in your status. 674 00:29:32,845 --> 00:29:36,553 Most never make it to a million much less a billion. 675 00:29:36,637 --> 00:29:40,178 And you have ascended to that lofty plateau of ten of those. 676 00:29:40,261 --> 00:29:42,261 If a personal net worth of ten big tubs 677 00:29:42,345 --> 00:29:43,970 doesn't bring a smile to your face... 678 00:29:44,053 --> 00:29:45,428 'You're in the wrong line of work?' 679 00:29:45,512 --> 00:29:47,845 Mm. Well. Maybe I am. 680 00:29:47,929 --> 00:29:51,970 I thought all of this would make me feel... 681 00:29:52,053 --> 00:29:53,387 good. 682 00:29:53,470 --> 00:29:58,261 If this doesn't... Yeah. 683 00:29:58,345 --> 00:29:59,887 What will? 684 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:02,720 Maybe this. 685 00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:08,970 An invitation for you to do a Vanity Fair cover photo shoot 686 00:30:09,053 --> 00:30:10,929 for the "New Decas" issue, 687 00:30:11,011 --> 00:30:12,428 all about the rarified few 688 00:30:12,512 --> 00:30:14,553 who have hit the ten billion dollar mark. 689 00:30:14,637 --> 00:30:16,762 That cover is valuable real estate. 690 00:30:16,845 --> 00:30:18,470 Lot of fresh capital flowing in after it. 691 00:30:18,553 --> 00:30:19,804 It's worth it... 692 00:30:19,887 --> 00:30:21,887 No, no, we're here, we're doing this. 693 00:30:21,970 --> 00:30:24,095 We should see it through. 694 00:30:24,178 --> 00:30:27,095 Thirty-four hundred more miles to go. 695 00:30:27,178 --> 00:30:29,136 Yeah. Sure. Okay. 696 00:30:29,220 --> 00:30:31,053 Somebody else will probably get the cover. 697 00:30:31,136 --> 00:30:34,887 ♪ Is our claim to fame ♪ Probably... Mike Prince. 698 00:30:34,970 --> 00:30:37,887 Huh... So, what's your call? 699 00:30:37,970 --> 00:30:40,428 ♪ I can hear them say ♪ 700 00:30:40,512 --> 00:30:44,553 ♪ Bad company ♪ 701 00:30:44,637 --> 00:30:46,762 ♪ And I won't deny ♪ 702 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,428 ♪♪♪ 703 00:30:49,512 --> 00:30:53,136 ♪ Bad, bad company ♪ 704 00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:55,178 ♪ Till the day I die ♪ 705 00:30:55,261 --> 00:30:59,762 ♪ Oh, yeah, till the day I die ♪ 706 00:30:59,845 --> 00:31:01,720 When did you know it wasn't just me? 707 00:31:01,804 --> 00:31:03,804 That doesn't matter at all. 708 00:31:03,887 --> 00:31:05,303 It's the New Decas! 709 00:31:05,387 --> 00:31:07,011 The Ten-Billion crew. 710 00:31:07,095 --> 00:31:09,303 The crema on top of the crème-de-la-crème. 711 00:31:09,387 --> 00:31:11,261 And you are right in the center of it. 712 00:31:11,345 --> 00:31:12,887 Because who is more Deca than you? 713 00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:15,178 What this gathering seems to say is that: 714 00:31:15,261 --> 00:31:16,679 We're all about the same. 715 00:31:16,762 --> 00:31:18,303 Which is not really the message 716 00:31:18,387 --> 00:31:19,738 I'm looking to get out to our investors. 717 00:31:19,762 --> 00:31:22,095 You're not gonna look the same. 718 00:31:22,178 --> 00:31:23,946 Not with your posture, the way you set your eyes... 719 00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:25,946 And where you really set yourself apart is the interview. 720 00:31:25,970 --> 00:31:27,738 We'll do a five minute power session before you sit... 721 00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:29,845 Is this why you made sure she came with? 722 00:31:29,929 --> 00:31:31,237 That and... So I wouldn't kill you? 723 00:31:31,261 --> 00:31:32,804 I did think if there were a witness, 724 00:31:32,887 --> 00:31:34,571 it would be harder for you to commit homicide. 725 00:31:34,595 --> 00:31:36,845 Harder. Not impossible. 726 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:39,303 But it's good you made sure she's here. 727 00:31:39,387 --> 00:31:41,762 Wend, let's go psych out these motherfuckers, 728 00:31:41,845 --> 00:31:43,029 so they look shook on that cover. 729 00:31:43,053 --> 00:31:44,293 We can do that. We will do that. 730 00:31:44,345 --> 00:31:45,428 [door bangs] 731 00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,303 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 732 00:31:47,387 --> 00:31:51,512 ♪♪♪ 733 00:31:51,595 --> 00:31:53,303 Ah, the 'great man.' 734 00:31:53,387 --> 00:31:55,845 ♪♪♪ 735 00:31:55,929 --> 00:31:57,345 Mm-hmm. 736 00:31:57,428 --> 00:32:00,595 Mike... 'Lo, Axe. 737 00:32:00,679 --> 00:32:01,762 - Scooter. - Wagsy. 738 00:32:01,845 --> 00:32:03,029 I see you're still making sure 739 00:32:03,053 --> 00:32:04,845 his hand never touches a doorknob. 740 00:32:04,929 --> 00:32:06,529 As you are trying and failing to do the same for your general. 741 00:32:06,553 --> 00:32:07,637 Michael Prince. 742 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,428 Michael "Thomas Aquinas" Prince. 743 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:10,679 Really? 744 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,720 Always an honor to meet a legend. 745 00:32:12,804 --> 00:32:16,053 And yes, just like my father and his father and his and his. 746 00:32:16,136 --> 00:32:18,220 [chuckles] Better than St. Blaise, 747 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,136 patron saint of throat ailments. 748 00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:23,053 If that were the name my Dad and the rest wore, 749 00:32:23,136 --> 00:32:24,637 I'd bear it proudly. 750 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,720 I have no doubt you'd find a way to be proud. 751 00:32:26,804 --> 00:32:29,220 With just a dash of humility on top. 752 00:32:29,303 --> 00:32:33,053 A man with no humility is a man with no pride at all. 753 00:32:33,136 --> 00:32:35,470 Alright, let's do this. 754 00:32:37,011 --> 00:32:39,679 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 755 00:32:39,762 --> 00:32:42,136 [indistinct conversations] 756 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:43,720 How are ya? 757 00:32:43,804 --> 00:32:46,720 ♪♪♪ 758 00:32:46,804 --> 00:32:48,720 Turn a little bit into... Yep. 759 00:32:48,804 --> 00:32:51,720 ♪♪♪ 760 00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:53,637 Couldn't get him the cover alone, huh? 761 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,095 [chuckles] Wags, so sad. 762 00:32:56,178 --> 00:32:57,929 We didn't want a solo cover. 763 00:32:58,011 --> 00:32:59,428 Too much focus, too much attention. 764 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:01,363 We are at the place in our lives... all of us... 765 00:33:01,387 --> 00:33:03,929 Where it is time to turn our focus to others. 766 00:33:04,011 --> 00:33:05,679 You guys got to feel the same way, right? 767 00:33:05,762 --> 00:33:08,428 No, of course, mos' def. 768 00:33:08,512 --> 00:33:10,637 Indube. 769 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,887 Okay, everybody, eyes over here. 770 00:33:12,970 --> 00:33:15,011 [camera shutter clicking] 771 00:33:15,095 --> 00:33:18,178 You know, they didn't tell me you'd be here, Axe. 772 00:33:18,261 --> 00:33:19,929 Yeah, they failed to mention that detail 773 00:33:20,011 --> 00:33:21,720 in the pitch to me, too. 774 00:33:21,804 --> 00:33:24,595 Been a faster "yes" had I known. [photographer] Awesome. 775 00:33:24,679 --> 00:33:27,261 Ball coach in high school told it to me, I never forgot: 776 00:33:27,345 --> 00:33:29,220 You make sure the guy passing the ball 777 00:33:29,303 --> 00:33:31,261 to the guy passing it to you gets as much credit 778 00:33:31,345 --> 00:33:32,887 as you do for putting it in the hoop. 779 00:33:32,970 --> 00:33:35,387 Yeah. But it was you won Mr. Basketball 780 00:33:35,470 --> 00:33:37,029 in the state of Indiana that year, wasn't it? 781 00:33:37,053 --> 00:33:38,571 Not the other guys. [photographer] Yep. 782 00:33:38,595 --> 00:33:39,780 Only because my teammates were so great. 783 00:33:39,804 --> 00:33:41,053 [photographer] Great. 784 00:33:41,136 --> 00:33:42,720 It's much more fun to share the praise. 785 00:33:42,804 --> 00:33:44,780 Oh. Sure it is. Wish my whole team was here with me. 786 00:33:44,804 --> 00:33:45,946 Yeah. Which is why I was hoping 787 00:33:45,970 --> 00:33:47,450 you'd make it to 'The Mike' this year. 788 00:33:47,512 --> 00:33:48,512 We could keep this going. 789 00:33:48,595 --> 00:33:50,470 I already accepted. 790 00:33:50,553 --> 00:33:52,762 As you always do, but then you never show up. 791 00:33:52,845 --> 00:33:54,720 Well. I always mean to, you know? 792 00:33:54,804 --> 00:33:56,136 We'd love to host you. 793 00:33:56,220 --> 00:33:58,053 You and I could do a fireside chat. 794 00:33:58,136 --> 00:33:59,762 It'd be the highlight of the conference. 795 00:33:59,845 --> 00:34:01,637 Ah. Maybe this year we will. 796 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,053 [camera shutter clicking] 797 00:34:03,136 --> 00:34:04,571 [photographer] Awesome. This looks great. 798 00:34:04,595 --> 00:34:06,970 He seems in prime form. 799 00:34:07,053 --> 00:34:08,553 So how was your trip? 800 00:34:08,637 --> 00:34:10,470 Good. 801 00:34:10,553 --> 00:34:12,428 I met the Creator of Souls. 802 00:34:12,512 --> 00:34:14,804 [camera beeping, clicking] 803 00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:16,512 Oh. 804 00:34:16,595 --> 00:34:18,095 [photographer] Turn your bodies 805 00:34:18,178 --> 00:34:19,529 [photographer] a little bit over on that one, please. 806 00:34:19,553 --> 00:34:21,595 Yeah, that's great. No. That's good. Perfect. 807 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:23,011 [camera beeps, clicks] 808 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,345 That was really good. 809 00:34:24,428 --> 00:34:26,303 You got it? Yeah. I think we're great. 810 00:34:26,387 --> 00:34:28,196 [photographer] Alright. Let's break down the set 811 00:34:28,220 --> 00:34:31,095 and, uh, get ready for the individual portraits. 812 00:34:31,178 --> 00:34:33,929 [indistinct conversations] 813 00:34:36,428 --> 00:34:39,095 Got a problem upstate. The mining town. 814 00:34:39,178 --> 00:34:41,011 I can't sit for the portrait or the interview. 815 00:34:41,095 --> 00:34:43,178 We reschedule for tomorrow. 816 00:34:43,261 --> 00:34:44,720 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 817 00:34:44,804 --> 00:34:52,804 ♪♪♪ 818 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:54,845 [door closes] 819 00:34:54,929 --> 00:34:57,387 ♪♪♪ 820 00:34:57,470 --> 00:35:00,470 [keys clacking] 821 00:35:00,553 --> 00:35:02,303 [sighs] 822 00:35:06,804 --> 00:35:08,178 You asked for me. 823 00:35:08,261 --> 00:35:09,595 [door closes] 824 00:35:09,679 --> 00:35:12,720 (I know that a) you don't directly work for Axe Cap 825 00:35:12,804 --> 00:35:15,053 (and b) this isn't exactly your job 826 00:35:15,136 --> 00:35:17,261 but I was hoping you might help me with something. 827 00:35:17,345 --> 00:35:19,112 Why am I the one that... It's a sensitive thing. 828 00:35:19,136 --> 00:35:20,345 [inhales deeply] 829 00:35:20,428 --> 00:35:22,387 It needs to be released to the right people, 830 00:35:22,470 --> 00:35:24,053 in the right way, 831 00:35:24,136 --> 00:35:26,887 I figure with your experience, with your delicate touch... 832 00:35:26,970 --> 00:35:28,762 With my connections from 833 00:35:28,845 --> 00:35:31,512 my W Magazine and NY Post gossip days? 834 00:35:31,595 --> 00:35:33,261 Yeah. 835 00:35:40,762 --> 00:35:42,679 You sure you want to do this? 836 00:35:42,762 --> 00:35:45,261 Chuck was supposed to do it. He didn't. 837 00:35:45,345 --> 00:35:47,261 So when one of us wants to... move on, 838 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:48,804 with other people, in public, 839 00:35:48,887 --> 00:35:52,053 I don't want them to think it's some kind of a scoop. 840 00:35:52,136 --> 00:35:53,720 Give the press a little red meat 841 00:35:53,804 --> 00:35:55,488 so they don't come looking for the kill later. 842 00:35:55,512 --> 00:35:57,762 Smart. 843 00:35:57,845 --> 00:36:02,220 There are a couple phrases I might switch around. 844 00:36:02,303 --> 00:36:04,512 Do it. I'll email it to you. 845 00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:06,929 I trust you to make it better. 846 00:36:07,011 --> 00:36:09,154 [chuckles] That's what I'd say to someone to let them know 847 00:36:09,178 --> 00:36:10,929 that I see them, that they're special. 848 00:36:11,011 --> 00:36:13,387 Leave 'em feeling great for doing me a service. 849 00:36:13,470 --> 00:36:15,303 But you're smoother. 850 00:36:15,387 --> 00:36:18,011 I think I might be able to learn something from you. 851 00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:20,345 I will handle this right away. 852 00:36:21,845 --> 00:36:27,011 But first, let me learn from you. 853 00:36:27,095 --> 00:36:29,887 How do we fix this bullshit between your crew and ours? 854 00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,720 It's getting tribal out there. 855 00:36:31,804 --> 00:36:33,261 I'm not sure that's the problem. 856 00:36:33,345 --> 00:36:36,387 It might just be the result of the problem. 857 00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:39,011 Instead of thinking about the culture conflict, 858 00:36:39,095 --> 00:36:41,428 maybe think about the culture itself. 859 00:36:41,512 --> 00:36:42,637 In what way? 860 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,178 Mafee says Axe Cap used to be 861 00:36:44,261 --> 00:36:45,529 the most fun place to work on earth. 862 00:36:45,553 --> 00:36:46,553 At one point. 863 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,303 Yeah. For a time. 864 00:36:48,387 --> 00:36:50,428 Not lately. And not just from Mafee. 865 00:36:50,512 --> 00:36:52,637 The stories are out there... The way I hear it, 866 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,720 this place used to be outrageous. 867 00:36:54,804 --> 00:36:56,428 Eating contests, body sushi, 868 00:36:56,512 --> 00:36:59,303 impromptu trips on the private jet to Amsterdam 869 00:36:59,387 --> 00:37:01,303 for frites and spacecakes from The Bulldog. 870 00:37:01,387 --> 00:37:05,220 Fucking fun, you know, where anything could happen. 871 00:37:05,303 --> 00:37:08,220 Now, everyone's feeling the pressure of the numbers. 872 00:37:08,303 --> 00:37:09,595 [Lauren] The quarter. The PandL. 873 00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:11,929 Important. Also dry. 874 00:37:12,011 --> 00:37:14,845 [Lauren] And pressure kills results. I can rise above. 875 00:37:14,929 --> 00:37:16,446 But if you want the rest of these folks to stop 876 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:17,929 thinking of each other as enemies 877 00:37:18,011 --> 00:37:19,804 and come together as a unit, 878 00:37:19,887 --> 00:37:23,011 you've got to put some fun back in this bish. 879 00:37:23,095 --> 00:37:25,470 Start tossing midgets or something. 880 00:37:25,553 --> 00:37:28,512 Or call 'em little people if that makes you feel better. 881 00:37:28,595 --> 00:37:30,345 But toss 'em. 882 00:37:30,428 --> 00:37:31,679 [chuckles] 883 00:37:31,762 --> 00:37:32,887 You're right. 884 00:37:32,970 --> 00:37:35,387 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 885 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:40,095 ♪♪♪ 886 00:37:40,178 --> 00:37:41,845 [door closes] 887 00:37:41,929 --> 00:37:49,929 ♪♪♪ 888 00:37:54,428 --> 00:37:57,720 Becky, Wendy Rhoades. Long time. 889 00:37:57,804 --> 00:38:00,136 [door opens] 890 00:38:08,970 --> 00:38:10,387 [Wags] I spoke to Bach: 891 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:12,637 The crypto-mine action was done by the State AG... 892 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,261 Not the US Attorney or the DA. 893 00:38:14,345 --> 00:38:16,970 It was Chuck Rhoades. 894 00:38:17,053 --> 00:38:19,428 Isn't that fucking cute. 895 00:38:19,512 --> 00:38:20,762 Okay. 896 00:38:20,845 --> 00:38:22,762 So. We've got to minimize damage 897 00:38:22,845 --> 00:38:25,387 and figure out a way to get up and running elsewhere. 898 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:26,970 Also. We need to talk to the other 899 00:38:27,053 --> 00:38:28,363 fund managers that we partnered with. 900 00:38:28,387 --> 00:38:29,780 But you're the only one who might be able 901 00:38:29,804 --> 00:38:31,154 to make this go away. - [Axe] Yeah. 902 00:38:31,178 --> 00:38:32,845 Okay. So. I'll see what I can do. 903 00:38:32,929 --> 00:38:35,428 But in the meantime you make sure that the click monkeys 904 00:38:35,512 --> 00:38:37,553 and our inside man get some nice insulation, okay... 905 00:38:37,637 --> 00:38:39,357 Get 'em good lawyers and make 'em understand 906 00:38:39,387 --> 00:38:40,637 they should stand up. 907 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,804 Yep. On it. 908 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,595 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 909 00:38:45,679 --> 00:38:50,929 ♪♪♪ 910 00:38:51,011 --> 00:38:52,595 [cellphone vibrates] 911 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:54,679 [sighs] 912 00:38:54,762 --> 00:38:56,136 [inhales deeply] 913 00:38:56,220 --> 00:38:58,136 Hello. 914 00:38:58,220 --> 00:39:00,053 Hey, Chuck. I need to see you... 915 00:39:00,136 --> 00:39:01,512 As soon as you can do it. 916 00:39:01,595 --> 00:39:03,071 I'll tell you what it's about in person. 917 00:39:03,095 --> 00:39:04,696 Well. I'm, uh, in the middle of something, 918 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,261 it's going to have to be tomorrow. 919 00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:08,887 What you're in the middle of is what it's all about. 920 00:39:08,970 --> 00:39:09,970 Needs to be now. 921 00:39:10,053 --> 00:39:11,637 [chuckles] 922 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,804 Well. Sorry, pard, it's going to have to hold. 923 00:39:15,887 --> 00:39:21,178 ♪♪♪ 924 00:39:21,261 --> 00:39:24,637 [breathes deeply] 925 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:32,720 ♪♪♪ 926 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:41,637 [Taylor] Rage room? 927 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,512 I don't see a situation where I'd... 928 00:39:43,595 --> 00:39:46,762 I can't imagine the pressure building inside of you 929 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:49,136 as you try to navigate what you're trying to. 930 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,095 All without ever losing your cool 931 00:39:51,178 --> 00:39:52,679 or letting on how you really feel. 932 00:39:52,762 --> 00:39:54,821 Just letting everyone believe I see the world the way they do. 933 00:39:54,845 --> 00:39:56,637 I've got this. 934 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,512 Just so you know, there's an outlet 935 00:39:59,595 --> 00:40:02,553 for when you can't keep it off your face anymore. 936 00:40:02,637 --> 00:40:05,637 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 937 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:09,845 ♪♪♪ 938 00:40:09,929 --> 00:40:11,512 [door opens] 939 00:40:11,595 --> 00:40:19,595 ♪♪♪ 940 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:37,428 Hmm. 941 00:40:37,512 --> 00:40:42,387 ♪♪♪ 942 00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:44,637 I was about to break my PB. 943 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:47,220 For swimming in place? 944 00:40:47,303 --> 00:40:50,178 This is the most time and energy efficient way to get laps in. 945 00:40:50,261 --> 00:40:51,637 No need for flip turns. Ah. 946 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,845 And I'm not sure questioning my workout practices 947 00:40:53,929 --> 00:40:56,261 is something I'd do... Then let me make a flip turn 948 00:40:56,345 --> 00:40:59,720 and tell you about the call I just got from Axe. 949 00:40:59,804 --> 00:41:02,303 I have him in a Peruvian Necktie. 950 00:41:02,387 --> 00:41:04,261 You know what that is? No. But it sounds tight. 951 00:41:04,345 --> 00:41:06,428 Mm. Gets even tighter. 952 00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:08,553 I made a certain bust in the crypto space. 953 00:41:08,637 --> 00:41:10,762 One that's costing him a lot of money. 954 00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:13,512 Which you wouldn't have stumbled upon but for me. 955 00:41:13,595 --> 00:41:17,637 What I need now is for you to get close to any small, 956 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:20,136 seemingly off-the-cuff meetings you see happening, 957 00:41:20,220 --> 00:41:21,637 to listen to the whispers, to... 958 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,279 You still don't know how all the pieces go together 959 00:41:23,303 --> 00:41:24,804 on the crypto thing, huh? 960 00:41:24,887 --> 00:41:27,470 I can't tie it to Axe as is, if that's what you're asking. 961 00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:29,303 Which means this thing won't touch him. 962 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:30,929 Axe still isn't talking to me about 963 00:41:31,011 --> 00:41:32,771 what you might call 'the deckle of the chop.' 964 00:41:32,845 --> 00:41:35,595 Mm. Just nibbling at the edges, huh? 965 00:41:35,679 --> 00:41:37,512 And, uh, swimming in place. 966 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,303 As you see, yes. 967 00:41:39,387 --> 00:41:41,762 But you have both the imagination and the perseverance 968 00:41:41,845 --> 00:41:44,595 to convince yourself that this is not treading water. 969 00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:46,595 What this pool says about you 970 00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:49,095 is that you have the capacity to fight boredom, 971 00:41:49,178 --> 00:41:52,762 the tide, the endless, beating march against you. 972 00:41:52,845 --> 00:41:56,220 These are basically the only qualities of my own 973 00:41:56,303 --> 00:41:57,053 that are worth a damn. 974 00:41:57,136 --> 00:41:58,804 They speak well of you. 975 00:41:58,887 --> 00:42:01,553 And are almost the direct opposite of the qualities 976 00:42:01,637 --> 00:42:06,470 that make Axe the shining light of his age. 977 00:42:06,553 --> 00:42:10,428 Oh. People like us must destroy people like him. 978 00:42:10,512 --> 00:42:12,470 You're not wrong. 979 00:42:12,553 --> 00:42:15,095 I understand how and why you see it that way. 980 00:42:15,178 --> 00:42:16,470 As I, of course, do. 981 00:42:16,553 --> 00:42:18,470 I will try my best. 982 00:42:18,553 --> 00:42:21,136 I trust that you will. 983 00:42:21,220 --> 00:42:23,637 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 984 00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:29,053 ♪♪♪ 985 00:42:29,136 --> 00:42:33,470 [pool beeps, hums] 986 00:42:33,553 --> 00:42:36,512 [exhales sharply] 987 00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:44,595 ♪♪♪ 988 00:42:52,845 --> 00:42:55,679 Did you serve me best by letting me walk into that shoot, 989 00:42:55,762 --> 00:42:57,345 or would it have been better to prep me, 990 00:42:57,428 --> 00:43:00,136 deal with the consequences of me refusing to go? 991 00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:01,011 Well, which is it? 992 00:43:01,095 --> 00:43:02,387 I haven't decided yet. 993 00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:04,553 Yes you have. And you're here to thank me. 994 00:43:04,637 --> 00:43:07,845 I'm here because when I hit the ten billion mark, 995 00:43:07,929 --> 00:43:09,970 I felt a flicker of excitement 996 00:43:10,053 --> 00:43:11,696 about the same as finding a twenty dollar bill 997 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:16,136 on the sidewalk, and then... nothing. 998 00:43:16,220 --> 00:43:17,762 The ayahuasca... 999 00:43:17,845 --> 00:43:21,303 I had a moment of seeing the whole thing, from above, 1000 00:43:21,387 --> 00:43:25,053 from inside, from a whole other dimension. 1001 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,261 But even from every vantage point. 1002 00:43:27,345 --> 00:43:31,053 What I saw was ugliness, 1003 00:43:31,136 --> 00:43:33,720 and while maybe I hadn't lost yet, 1004 00:43:33,804 --> 00:43:35,887 there was no feeling that... 1005 00:43:35,970 --> 00:43:38,220 [sighs] that I'd won. 1006 00:43:38,303 --> 00:43:40,387 None at all. 1007 00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:43,303 You would never allow yourself to take it in, 1008 00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:45,011 to appreciate it, 1009 00:43:45,095 --> 00:43:47,512 because that would mean acknowledging you'd done well, 1010 00:43:47,595 --> 00:43:49,887 succeeded, won the game. 1011 00:43:49,970 --> 00:43:52,261 That there was a place to pause. Or stop. 1012 00:43:52,345 --> 00:43:54,845 Is it a game can be won? 1013 00:43:54,929 --> 00:43:59,345 Eh. The answer to that is a philosophical axiom... 1014 00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:00,845 True without needing to be proved: 1015 00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:02,470 When you decide you've won, you've won. 1016 00:44:02,553 --> 00:44:04,845 Until then, no. 1017 00:44:04,929 --> 00:44:06,679 Hmm. 1018 00:44:12,011 --> 00:44:13,762 [indistinct conversations] 1019 00:44:13,845 --> 00:44:16,804 So you gonna thank me? 1020 00:44:24,845 --> 00:44:27,136 You asked for Vanity Fair. 1021 00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:28,887 [Axe] This is last month's. 1022 00:44:28,970 --> 00:44:30,303 The one he's gracing the cover of. 1023 00:44:30,387 --> 00:44:31,845 The only one that matters. 1024 00:44:31,929 --> 00:44:33,762 It's not out yet. 1025 00:44:33,845 --> 00:44:35,637 It's hitting online shortly. 1026 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:36,970 [door opens] 1027 00:44:37,053 --> 00:44:39,595 Hmm. 1028 00:44:39,679 --> 00:44:42,136 [door closes] I'd like to try this. 1029 00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:44,595 Huh. On it, sire. 1030 00:44:44,679 --> 00:44:46,637 Update on the crypto situation. 1031 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:47,970 [Victor] Our miners walked. 1032 00:44:48,053 --> 00:44:49,363 Huh. That was quick. [Victor] Yeah. 1033 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:50,637 You think they cut a deal? 1034 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:51,863 If those little shits cut a deal, I will... 1035 00:44:51,887 --> 00:44:53,321 Of course they cut a deal. What else? 1036 00:44:53,345 --> 00:44:54,571 The Town Supervisor was picked up. 1037 00:44:54,595 --> 00:44:56,136 He's being held without bail. 1038 00:44:56,220 --> 00:44:57,529 - [cellphone vibrates] - They're squeezing him. 1039 00:44:57,553 --> 00:44:59,845 Vanity Fair article dropped. 1040 00:44:59,929 --> 00:45:02,470 [keys clacking] 1041 00:45:04,637 --> 00:45:07,303 Those ink-stained motherfuckers. 1042 00:45:07,387 --> 00:45:09,011 Sonofabitch. 1043 00:45:09,095 --> 00:45:10,929 Mike Prince made a move. 1044 00:45:11,011 --> 00:45:12,679 [Wags] Fuck. We'll have this taken down. 1045 00:45:12,762 --> 00:45:14,595 We'll pay to pull back the print version. 1046 00:45:14,679 --> 00:45:16,303 We'll pulp the whole goddamned run. 1047 00:45:16,387 --> 00:45:18,345 Enough, Wags. You got flanked by his guy... 1048 00:45:18,428 --> 00:45:20,804 Fucking Scooter... And I got flanked by him. 1049 00:45:20,887 --> 00:45:23,303 [Axe] [chuckles] 1050 00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,178 "Investors with a traditional strategy, 1051 00:45:25,261 --> 00:45:26,446 like Axe, have become legends, 1052 00:45:26,470 --> 00:45:27,710 and they deserve to be legends. 1053 00:45:27,762 --> 00:45:30,011 But legends fade, and their value is then 1054 00:45:30,095 --> 00:45:32,011 mostly in the stories about them, 1055 00:45:32,095 --> 00:45:35,095 "lessons to future generations on what to do, what not to do." 1056 00:45:35,178 --> 00:45:36,470 Fucking Prince's pull quote. 1057 00:45:36,553 --> 00:45:38,011 Fucker is putting me out to pasture. 1058 00:45:38,095 --> 00:45:39,804 - Cocksuc... - There's more: 1059 00:45:39,887 --> 00:45:41,571 [Axe] "But I'm not interested in becoming a story just yet." 1060 00:45:41,595 --> 00:45:43,178 So I change with the times. 1061 00:45:43,261 --> 00:45:45,679 Investors like me, who are also business operators, 1062 00:45:45,762 --> 00:45:47,679 are always on the cutting edge, 1063 00:45:47,762 --> 00:45:50,095 [Axe] shifting to machine learning and impact investing, 1064 00:45:50,178 --> 00:45:52,637 "not just for profit but for the profitability of mankind." 1065 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,261 Prick. 1066 00:45:54,345 --> 00:45:56,387 You want me to look over his companies for weakness? 1067 00:45:56,470 --> 00:45:57,887 Maybe put some shorts on? 1068 00:45:57,970 --> 00:45:59,387 No. 1069 00:45:59,470 --> 00:46:01,637 He's too big, he's too powerful. 1070 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,220 Man's a Grizz, Kodiak Island sized. 1071 00:46:04,303 --> 00:46:05,845 And dangerous. 1072 00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:07,595 [sighs] 1073 00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:11,053 We got to get close to bring him down. 1074 00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:13,845 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1075 00:46:13,929 --> 00:46:16,553 ♪♪♪ 1076 00:46:16,637 --> 00:46:21,011 [cellphone vibrates] 1077 00:46:21,095 --> 00:46:24,261 Hey. Good looking cover, Mike, congratulations. 1078 00:46:24,345 --> 00:46:25,804 Kind of you to call, Axe. 1079 00:46:25,887 --> 00:46:27,637 I thought we were all going to be on there, 1080 00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:28,987 I don't know how the hell they decided 1081 00:46:29,011 --> 00:46:30,261 to go with that picture of me. 1082 00:46:30,345 --> 00:46:32,553 Yeah, of course. How could you. 1083 00:46:32,637 --> 00:46:34,720 Me? I don't need that kind of press... 1084 00:46:34,804 --> 00:46:36,905 [Axe] you know, investors and all... but good for you. 1085 00:46:36,929 --> 00:46:39,929 Anyway, I've, uh, decided the time is right. 1086 00:46:40,011 --> 00:46:42,011 [Axe] Let's have that fireside chat. 1087 00:46:42,095 --> 00:46:44,387 Oh, that's great news. Great. 1088 00:46:44,470 --> 00:46:46,261 It'll be the highlight of the conference. 1089 00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:49,261 I'm looking forward to... Yeah, me too. 1090 00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:53,428 Try to take me out in some magazine? 1091 00:46:53,512 --> 00:46:55,512 I'll come see you on your home fucking turf. 1092 00:46:57,011 --> 00:46:58,261 [sighs] 1093 00:46:58,345 --> 00:47:00,303 [woman] Motherfucker, just let me in. 1094 00:47:00,387 --> 00:47:01,637 [woman 1095 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:02,987 [woman] I will run right through you. 1096 00:47:03,011 --> 00:47:04,595 [woman] Who am I? Let me in. 1097 00:47:04,679 --> 00:47:05,905 [woman just gonna call security, 1098 00:47:05,929 --> 00:47:07,595 and you need to stop yelling. 1099 00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:09,321 [woman] No, you're not gonna call security, you stupid dope. 1100 00:47:09,345 --> 00:47:10,987 [woman] I will freakin' dance on your head. 1101 00:47:11,011 --> 00:47:13,011 I need to see Wendy Rhoades. 1102 00:47:13,095 --> 00:47:14,720 Not without an appointment. 1103 00:47:14,804 --> 00:47:17,053 You tell Wendy Rhoades to get out of her little office 1104 00:47:17,136 --> 00:47:18,571 [woman] right now before I go back there 1105 00:47:18,595 --> 00:47:19,929 [woman] and fuck the head off her! 1106 00:47:20,011 --> 00:47:21,655 I told you to never come to my place of work! 1107 00:47:21,679 --> 00:47:24,095 You're gonna have to throw me out. 1108 00:47:24,178 --> 00:47:24,970 Whoa! 1109 00:47:25,053 --> 00:47:27,220 Ugh! Ugh! 1110 00:47:27,303 --> 00:47:28,679 [grunts] 1111 00:47:32,637 --> 00:47:33,970 Ohh! 1112 00:47:42,178 --> 00:47:43,762 Oh! 1113 00:47:43,845 --> 00:47:45,970 [both laughing] 1114 00:47:46,053 --> 00:47:49,345 ♪♪♪ 1115 00:47:49,428 --> 00:47:52,637 [Wendy] Axe Capital, MaseCap, 1116 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,804 I give you, the champion of the world, 1117 00:47:54,887 --> 00:47:56,303 The MAN! 1118 00:47:56,387 --> 00:47:57,470 Becky Lynch! 1119 00:47:57,553 --> 00:48:00,053 [cheers and applause] 1120 00:48:03,345 --> 00:48:07,136 Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 1121 00:48:07,220 --> 00:48:09,387 Thank you. Thank you. 1122 00:48:09,470 --> 00:48:11,720 Yeah. 1123 00:48:11,804 --> 00:48:13,845 Now, none of youse know this, 1124 00:48:13,929 --> 00:48:16,053 because Wendy over here keeps her mouth shut, 1125 00:48:16,136 --> 00:48:19,011 but when I was in my low and lost period of my life, 1126 00:48:19,095 --> 00:48:22,512 before I became The Man, it was Wendy who convinced me 1127 00:48:22,595 --> 00:48:24,970 that finally a woman could be the biggest star 1128 00:48:25,053 --> 00:48:26,470 in professional wrestling. 1129 00:48:26,553 --> 00:48:27,762 And she was right. 1130 00:48:27,845 --> 00:48:29,845 I am The Man in that business now. 1131 00:48:29,929 --> 00:48:31,387 [cheers and applause] 1132 00:48:31,470 --> 00:48:32,845 So when she asked me to come here 1133 00:48:32,929 --> 00:48:34,428 and share a few professional secrets, 1134 00:48:34,512 --> 00:48:36,470 there was no way I was lettin' her down. 1135 00:48:36,553 --> 00:48:39,303 So secret number one, the real Kayfabe shit: 1136 00:48:39,387 --> 00:48:41,303 The greatest thing that you can do in my game 1137 00:48:41,387 --> 00:48:44,053 is to "put someone over," to make them look good. 1138 00:48:44,136 --> 00:48:45,512 [light laughter] 1139 00:48:45,595 --> 00:48:47,387 In wrestling, we don't all like each other. 1140 00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:49,178 - That part's not for show. - [laughter] 1141 00:48:49,261 --> 00:48:52,595 I honestly cannot stand some of them women that I have to fight. 1142 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:53,929 But at the end of the day, 1143 00:48:54,011 --> 00:48:56,011 we're all part of a bigger family, alright? 1144 00:48:56,095 --> 00:48:58,011 And we all 'do the job' for each other. 1145 00:48:58,095 --> 00:49:00,303 Which is what we call it when we let someone else pin us 1146 00:49:00,387 --> 00:49:03,595 because there is nothing more noble than taking a beatin' 1147 00:49:03,679 --> 00:49:05,637 and makin' somebody else look good 1148 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,679 for the good of the whole goddamned operation. 1149 00:49:08,762 --> 00:49:11,095 And, no. No. Sometimes it doesn't feel good. 1150 00:49:11,178 --> 00:49:12,778 We all want to fight. We all want to win. 1151 00:49:12,804 --> 00:49:13,929 And when the time is right, 1152 00:49:14,011 --> 00:49:16,720 you shut your mouth and you do the job. 1153 00:49:16,804 --> 00:49:19,220 And then maybe you move to a different town, 1154 00:49:19,303 --> 00:49:21,804 and someone does the job for you. 1155 00:49:26,887 --> 00:49:31,261 Can I just say holy shit! 1156 00:49:31,345 --> 00:49:34,845 [cheers and applause] 1157 00:49:37,679 --> 00:49:39,345 You may, Mafee. 1158 00:49:39,428 --> 00:49:43,095 Now. Becky, who could obviously 1159 00:49:43,178 --> 00:49:45,470 kick my ass to the ground, 1160 00:49:45,553 --> 00:49:48,053 just did the job for me. 1161 00:49:48,136 --> 00:49:50,970 To remind us that we're all in this together, 1162 00:49:51,053 --> 00:49:55,595 and what a fucking pisser it is to work here... 1163 00:49:55,679 --> 00:49:58,553 Where a stunt like this is, you know, just a Tuesday. 1164 00:49:58,637 --> 00:49:59,637 [light laughter] 1165 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:02,845 So: are we ready to 1166 00:50:02,929 --> 00:50:05,679 do the fucking job for each other or what? 1167 00:50:05,762 --> 00:50:07,929 [cheers and applause] 1168 00:50:11,095 --> 00:50:14,095 ♪ Mid-tempo music ♪ 1169 00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:22,178 ♪♪♪ 1170 00:50:25,011 --> 00:50:27,679 That was impressive. A grand gesture. 1171 00:50:27,762 --> 00:50:29,154 I can see how much you care about this place. 1172 00:50:29,178 --> 00:50:30,679 And it moves me to say: 1173 00:50:30,762 --> 00:50:32,602 I'll do what I can to get my people to lean in. 1174 00:50:32,637 --> 00:50:34,637 Good. 1175 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,428 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1176 00:50:37,512 --> 00:50:39,345 ♪♪♪ 1177 00:50:39,428 --> 00:50:41,220 [indistinct conversations] 1178 00:50:41,303 --> 00:50:44,720 If that's how you feel, then you should probably tell him. 1179 00:50:44,804 --> 00:50:46,136 Tell him what? 1180 00:50:46,220 --> 00:50:47,804 Whatever it is you're really doing here. 1181 00:50:47,887 --> 00:50:55,887 ♪♪♪ 1182 00:50:59,178 --> 00:51:00,345 You think this will fix 1183 00:51:00,428 --> 00:51:02,804 the adjustment problems of our teams? 1184 00:51:02,887 --> 00:51:04,970 And also fix the problems between me and you? 1185 00:51:05,053 --> 00:51:06,196 We need to feel like one company. 1186 00:51:06,220 --> 00:51:07,470 Or none of it will work... 1187 00:51:07,553 --> 00:51:10,011 And then I would confide in you again, right? 1188 00:51:10,095 --> 00:51:12,553 ♪♪♪ 1189 00:51:12,637 --> 00:51:14,154 I am not here because you forced me to be. 1190 00:51:14,178 --> 00:51:15,887 Or because Chuck did. 1191 00:51:15,970 --> 00:51:18,303 I am here as Chuck's operative because he wants to get you. 1192 00:51:18,387 --> 00:51:21,512 I know. 1193 00:51:21,595 --> 00:51:23,404 I figured there was a good chance of it anyway. 1194 00:51:23,428 --> 00:51:24,679 How? 1195 00:51:24,762 --> 00:51:25,987 If you were really here 'cause I forced you to be, 1196 00:51:26,011 --> 00:51:27,720 your body language would be different. 1197 00:51:27,804 --> 00:51:29,595 I have tried to slump my shoulders. 1198 00:51:29,679 --> 00:51:31,136 But if it were real, 1199 00:51:31,220 --> 00:51:33,345 you'd try to avoid showing me you were hurting. 1200 00:51:33,428 --> 00:51:35,345 You'd walk with your shoulders back... 1201 00:51:35,428 --> 00:51:37,780 If you didn't trust me, why did you want me working for you? 1202 00:51:37,804 --> 00:51:39,470 'Cause I thought our goals were aligned. 1203 00:51:39,553 --> 00:51:41,011 And I still think they can be. 1204 00:51:41,095 --> 00:51:42,553 Even after what I just told you? 1205 00:51:42,637 --> 00:51:44,804 You need to be here. 1206 00:51:44,887 --> 00:51:47,303 Doing this... not just for a living, 1207 00:51:47,387 --> 00:51:50,720 not just to keep your name strong in the business... 1208 00:51:50,804 --> 00:51:52,387 but to feel alive. 1209 00:51:52,470 --> 00:51:54,553 Maybe even to be alive. 1210 00:51:54,637 --> 00:51:57,053 You need that feeling you get 1211 00:51:57,136 --> 00:51:59,053 when you see what no one else can. 1212 00:51:59,136 --> 00:52:00,553 And bet on that vision. 1213 00:52:00,637 --> 00:52:02,220 And be right. 1214 00:52:02,303 --> 00:52:04,887 'Cause you, Taylor, are a profit generating organism. 1215 00:52:04,970 --> 00:52:07,387 You're just put together that way. 1216 00:52:07,470 --> 00:52:08,970 That's what I need. 1217 00:52:09,053 --> 00:52:10,970 And why we are aligned. 1218 00:52:11,053 --> 00:52:13,679 No matter your conflicted feelings. 1219 00:52:13,762 --> 00:52:15,970 And Rhoades? 1220 00:52:16,053 --> 00:52:17,762 Fight him off, neutralize him. 1221 00:52:17,845 --> 00:52:19,887 And if I can't? Fuck 'can't.' 1222 00:52:20,011 --> 00:52:22,428 We just agreed on who you are. 1223 00:52:22,512 --> 00:52:24,095 The person who does. 1224 00:52:24,178 --> 00:52:27,470 ♪♪♪ 1225 00:52:27,553 --> 00:52:29,261 Okay. I will. 1226 00:52:29,345 --> 00:52:32,804 ♪♪♪ 1227 00:52:32,887 --> 00:52:34,845 I see that. 1228 00:52:34,929 --> 00:52:37,095 Good. 1229 00:52:37,178 --> 00:52:39,095 Now, how do you recommend I deal with Rhoades? 1230 00:52:39,178 --> 00:52:41,887 He is going to continue to act like a friend. 1231 00:52:41,970 --> 00:52:44,178 Remind him of why actually being your friend 1232 00:52:44,261 --> 00:52:46,303 is the smartest course of action. 1233 00:52:46,387 --> 00:52:54,387 ♪♪♪ 1234 00:52:58,929 --> 00:53:01,345 [computer dings] 1235 00:53:05,053 --> 00:53:08,011 ♪♪♪ 1236 00:53:08,095 --> 00:53:14,470 Oh, what the fuck... ♪♪♪ 1237 00:53:14,553 --> 00:53:16,345 [line ringing] 1238 00:53:16,428 --> 00:53:19,011 You've reached Wendy Rhoades. Please leave a message. 1239 00:53:19,095 --> 00:53:21,428 - [line beeps] - Uh. Yeah, Wend, it's me. 1240 00:53:21,512 --> 00:53:24,970 I see we've reached the place of unilateral action. 1241 00:53:25,053 --> 00:53:28,470 Not gracious, or cool, 1242 00:53:28,553 --> 00:53:30,970 or reflective in any way of how we've fucking gone about... 1243 00:53:31,053 --> 00:53:35,595 ♪♪♪ 1244 00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:38,136 just give me a call back after you get this. 1245 00:53:38,220 --> 00:53:40,720 ♪♪♪ 1246 00:53:40,804 --> 00:53:42,011 [cellphone thuds] 1247 00:53:42,095 --> 00:53:45,178 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1248 00:53:45,261 --> 00:53:48,428 ♪♪♪ 1249 00:53:48,512 --> 00:53:50,345 [sighs] 1250 00:53:53,887 --> 00:53:55,261 [door closes] 1251 00:53:55,345 --> 00:53:57,428 Everything okay? 1252 00:53:57,512 --> 00:54:00,470 Oh. Just some upheaval on the home front, as you know. 1253 00:54:00,553 --> 00:54:02,595 Everything'll settle into place. 1254 00:54:02,679 --> 00:54:04,512 What do you got there? 1255 00:54:05,762 --> 00:54:07,553 Something meaningful. 1256 00:54:10,345 --> 00:54:12,845 ♪ Soft music ♪ 1257 00:54:12,929 --> 00:54:16,428 ♪♪♪ 1258 00:54:16,512 --> 00:54:19,512 Ahh. 1259 00:54:19,595 --> 00:54:21,345 [sighs] 1260 00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:22,679 [sniffs] 1261 00:54:22,762 --> 00:54:25,053 [chuckles] 1262 00:54:25,136 --> 00:54:27,553 Ahh. 1263 00:54:27,637 --> 00:54:30,303 'Never give in. 1264 00:54:30,387 --> 00:54:33,679 Never in nothing, great or small; large or petty. 1265 00:54:33,762 --> 00:54:35,845 Never give in, 1266 00:54:35,929 --> 00:54:38,762 except to convictions of honour and good sense. 1267 00:54:38,845 --> 00:54:41,095 Never yield to force. 1268 00:54:41,178 --> 00:54:44,178 Never yield to the apparently 1269 00:54:44,261 --> 00:54:47,679 overwhelming might of the enemy.' 1270 00:54:47,762 --> 00:54:49,679 [taps on book] 1271 00:54:49,762 --> 00:54:53,970 I went back to my book seller a few months after I sold it. 1272 00:54:54,053 --> 00:54:56,136 He told me the set had been bought. 1273 00:54:56,220 --> 00:55:00,387 And I couldn't find any others. 1274 00:55:00,470 --> 00:55:02,512 No. It seems the, uh, 1275 00:55:02,595 --> 00:55:05,887 market on first-edition Churchills had been cornered. 1276 00:55:05,970 --> 00:55:07,845 That's what I do to markets. 1277 00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:10,178 Ah. [chuckles] 1278 00:55:10,261 --> 00:55:12,929 But now, I am returning these to you as an act of friendship... 1279 00:55:13,011 --> 00:55:15,470 Because I want you to remember when we weren't friends, 1280 00:55:15,553 --> 00:55:18,637 how the world was a very hot and uncomfortable place. 1281 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,095 And to that end, 1282 00:55:20,178 --> 00:55:22,929 I would like you to also help me keep it cool. 1283 00:55:23,011 --> 00:55:24,679 ♪♪♪ 1284 00:55:24,762 --> 00:55:26,011 How shall I do that? 1285 00:55:26,095 --> 00:55:27,738 That crypto mine that you busted upstate... 1286 00:55:27,762 --> 00:55:29,261 Mm. 1287 00:55:29,345 --> 00:55:30,655 I'd appreciate it if you'd drop the case. 1288 00:55:30,679 --> 00:55:34,095 Well, Bobby, I very much want to be friends. 1289 00:55:34,178 --> 00:55:35,720 [chuckles] 1290 00:55:35,804 --> 00:55:38,762 And I was surprised... Dismayed really... 1291 00:55:38,845 --> 00:55:40,261 When we made the arrests 1292 00:55:40,345 --> 00:55:41,780 and found out you were in the middle of that. 1293 00:55:41,804 --> 00:55:44,845 Not really in the middle... Maybe loosely connected. 1294 00:55:44,929 --> 00:55:46,428 All the same... 1295 00:55:46,512 --> 00:55:48,428 I can't just drop it, not altogether. 1296 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:50,220 It's too far along. 1297 00:55:50,303 --> 00:55:53,804 Questions will be raised, prying eyes will be focused. 1298 00:55:53,887 --> 00:55:55,303 Uh huh. 1299 00:55:55,387 --> 00:55:56,929 Then what can you do for me? 1300 00:55:57,011 --> 00:55:58,512 [sighs] 1301 00:56:01,136 --> 00:56:04,637 Best I can do is make it a civil and not a criminal action. 1302 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:08,470 Which will be hard to sell to my team and my office 1303 00:56:08,553 --> 00:56:11,553 and is an act of friendship that goes beyond the norm. 1304 00:56:11,637 --> 00:56:15,595 It is, in fact, of the kind you just demonstrated. 1305 00:56:15,679 --> 00:56:19,470 So, it'll cost you some money in fines, 1306 00:56:19,553 --> 00:56:22,470 but as you like to remind the world, you got plenty of that. 1307 00:56:22,553 --> 00:56:24,929 Yeah. Sure, Chuck. 1308 00:56:25,011 --> 00:56:26,970 That I do. 1309 00:56:27,053 --> 00:56:30,011 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1310 00:56:30,095 --> 00:56:36,011 ♪♪♪ 1311 00:56:36,095 --> 00:56:38,845 [door opens] 1312 00:56:38,929 --> 00:56:40,178 [door closes] 1313 00:56:40,261 --> 00:56:41,595 [indistinct conversations] 1314 00:56:47,095 --> 00:56:48,970 It's a triple cross. 1315 00:56:49,053 --> 00:56:51,929 Taylor told Axelrod why they're at Axe Cap. 1316 00:56:52,011 --> 00:56:52,845 How'd you figure it? 1317 00:56:52,929 --> 00:56:54,470 He came at me, 1318 00:56:54,553 --> 00:56:56,071 to remind me of the last time I went at him. 1319 00:56:56,095 --> 00:56:57,220 What it cost me. 1320 00:56:57,303 --> 00:56:58,404 What are we gonna do about it? 1321 00:56:58,428 --> 00:57:01,178 He wants to be friends, so we'll be friends. 1322 00:57:01,261 --> 00:57:03,929 Right up until the moment we drop him. 1323 00:57:04,011 --> 00:57:07,929 Unless you think that's too, uh, "Old Chuck." 1324 00:57:08,011 --> 00:57:09,345 No, that's just Chuck. 1325 00:57:09,428 --> 00:57:10,887 [chuckles] As it should be. 1326 00:57:10,970 --> 00:57:13,387 As it ever will be. 1327 00:57:13,470 --> 00:57:15,679 Okay. Here's what I'm thinking. 1328 00:57:15,762 --> 00:57:18,845 ♪ Patti Smith's "Summer Cannibals" ♪ 1329 00:57:18,929 --> 00:57:25,553 ♪♪♪ 1330 00:57:25,637 --> 00:57:28,887 ♪ I was down in Georgia ♪ 1331 00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:32,220 ♪ Nothing was as real ♪ 1332 00:57:32,303 --> 00:57:35,220 ♪ As the street beneath my feet ♪ 1333 00:57:35,303 --> 00:57:38,762 ♪ Descending into air ♪ 1334 00:57:38,845 --> 00:57:45,178 ♪♪♪ 1335 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:48,136 ♪ The cauldron was a-bubbling ♪ 1336 00:57:48,220 --> 00:57:51,428 ♪ The flesh was lean ♪ 1337 00:57:51,512 --> 00:57:54,720 ♪ And the women moved forward ♪ 1338 00:57:54,804 --> 00:57:57,929 ♪ Like piranhas in a stream ♪ 1339 00:57:58,011 --> 00:58:01,095 ♪ They spread themselves before me ♪ 1340 00:58:01,178 --> 00:58:04,428 ♪ An offering so sweet ♪ 1341 00:58:04,512 --> 00:58:07,762 ♪ And they beckoned and they beckoned ♪ 1342 00:58:07,845 --> 00:58:11,428 ♪ "Come on, darling, eat" ♪ 1343 00:58:11,512 --> 00:58:13,762 ♪ Eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1344 00:58:13,845 --> 00:58:14,762 [grunting] 1345 00:58:14,845 --> 00:58:17,387 ♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪ 1346 00:58:17,470 --> 00:58:20,970 ♪ You eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1347 00:58:21,053 --> 00:58:24,053 ♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪ 1348 00:58:24,136 --> 00:58:30,428 ♪♪♪ 1349 00:58:30,512 --> 00:58:34,053 ♪ They circled around me ♪ 1350 00:58:34,136 --> 00:58:37,303 ♪ Natives in a ring ♪ 1351 00:58:37,387 --> 00:58:40,136 ♪ And I saw their souls a-withering ♪ 1352 00:58:40,220 --> 00:58:43,720 ♪ Like snakes in chains ♪ 1353 00:58:43,804 --> 00:58:47,261 ♪ And they wrapped themselves around me ♪ 1354 00:58:47,345 --> 00:58:50,095 ♪ Mmm, what a treat ♪ 1355 00:58:50,178 --> 00:58:54,095 ♪ And they rattled their tales hissin' ♪ 1356 00:58:54,178 --> 00:58:57,011 ♪ "Come on, let's eat" ♪ 1357 00:58:57,095 --> 00:59:00,303 ♪ Eat the summer cannibals ♪ 1358 00:59:00,387 --> 00:59:02,220 ♪ Eat, eat ♪