1 00:00:04,095 --> 00:00:06,011 [Wags] Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:06,095 --> 00:00:07,178 To our new AG. 3 00:00:07,261 --> 00:00:08,679 [chuckling] Oh. Long may he rule. 4 00:00:08,762 --> 00:00:10,595 Until recently, I had always had a North Star. 5 00:00:10,679 --> 00:00:12,136 It's too late. 6 00:00:12,220 --> 00:00:13,720 That's how divorced people talk. 7 00:00:13,804 --> 00:00:14,970 It is. 8 00:00:15,053 --> 00:00:17,261 You really are serious about making a change. 9 00:00:17,345 --> 00:00:19,053 I am committed to this course. 10 00:00:19,136 --> 00:00:21,428 To purge the world of villainy. 11 00:00:21,512 --> 00:00:26,136 And myself of... I guess villainy, too. 12 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:28,261 Told ya: done giving you info. 13 00:00:28,345 --> 00:00:30,011 There will come a time 14 00:00:30,095 --> 00:00:32,011 when you will be forced to line up against Axe 15 00:00:32,095 --> 00:00:33,637 for your very survival. 16 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,303 When it does, you will need me. 17 00:00:36,387 --> 00:00:38,345 I'll trade ya a whole pie, 18 00:00:38,428 --> 00:00:40,136 plus solve your Rhoades problems, 19 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:43,637 for an introduction to a certain guy who works for your outfit. 20 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,887 They call me "Hard Bob," and you know why? 21 00:00:46,970 --> 00:00:48,220 I have an idea. 22 00:00:48,303 --> 00:00:49,970 'Cause I brook no bullshit. 23 00:00:50,053 --> 00:00:52,261 Last I checked, we still had some sovereignty. 24 00:00:52,345 --> 00:00:54,303 This is where you want to make a stand? 25 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:55,845 You stole my shaman. 26 00:00:55,929 --> 00:00:57,679 When I compete, hell, I'm there to win. 27 00:00:57,762 --> 00:00:59,595 Game's not over, buddy boy. 28 00:00:59,679 --> 00:01:03,345 But if Mase Cap is no longer an operation, what do I do here? 29 00:01:03,428 --> 00:01:05,345 That's your answer to the fireside chat: 30 00:01:05,428 --> 00:01:06,762 You want to become a bank. 31 00:01:06,845 --> 00:01:07,845 I want to become a bank. 32 00:01:07,929 --> 00:01:09,053 In order to rob it? 33 00:01:09,136 --> 00:01:10,720 In order that I don't have to. 34 00:01:16,637 --> 00:01:21,345 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 35 00:01:21,428 --> 00:01:28,178 ♪♪♪ 36 00:01:28,261 --> 00:01:30,929 ♪ Cat Stevens' "Father and Son" ♪ 37 00:01:31,011 --> 00:01:34,762 ♪ It's not time to make a change ♪ 38 00:01:34,845 --> 00:01:38,720 ♪ Just relax, take it easy ♪ 39 00:01:38,804 --> 00:01:42,428 ♪ You're still young, that's your fault ♪ 40 00:01:42,512 --> 00:01:45,720 ♪ There's so much you have to know ♪ 41 00:01:45,804 --> 00:01:49,428 ♪ Find a girl, settle down ♪ 42 00:01:49,512 --> 00:01:52,970 ♪ If you want, you can marry ♪ 43 00:01:53,053 --> 00:01:55,220 ♪ Look at me ♪ 44 00:01:55,303 --> 00:01:59,053 ♪ I am old, but I'm happy ♪ 45 00:02:00,303 --> 00:02:03,637 ♪ I was once like you are now ♪ 46 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,220 ♪ And I know that it's not easy ♪ 47 00:02:05,303 --> 00:02:07,553 How do you know this shit isn't gonna blow up? 48 00:02:07,637 --> 00:02:11,970 'Cause Gordie Axelrod only blows up shit when he wants to. 49 00:02:12,053 --> 00:02:14,303 Did you just go full third-person? 50 00:02:14,387 --> 00:02:16,011 Yeah, I know. Too much. 51 00:02:16,095 --> 00:02:19,053 I got carried away with the excitement. 52 00:02:19,136 --> 00:02:22,095 [walkie-talkie hisses] Marcus. Good to go. 53 00:02:22,178 --> 00:02:23,929 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 54 00:02:24,011 --> 00:02:27,762 ♪♪♪ 55 00:02:27,845 --> 00:02:29,762 [walkie-talkie hisses] Yah. Good to go. 56 00:02:29,845 --> 00:02:32,887 Alright. Two. One. Jam it. 57 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:35,095 - [lever clangs] - [mechanical beeping, whirring] 58 00:02:35,178 --> 00:02:37,929 - [chuckles] - Yeah! Let's get rich... 59 00:02:38,011 --> 00:02:40,595 - [chuckling] Yeah. - We're crypto millionaires! 60 00:02:40,679 --> 00:02:42,261 ♪♪♪ 61 00:02:42,345 --> 00:02:44,804 [electricity zapping] 62 00:02:44,887 --> 00:02:47,095 [power fades] 63 00:02:47,178 --> 00:02:48,428 ♪♪♪ 64 00:02:48,512 --> 00:02:49,762 Oh, shit. 65 00:02:49,845 --> 00:02:52,595 Gordie Axelrod done fucked up. 66 00:02:53,762 --> 00:02:54,428 [electricity hums] 67 00:02:54,512 --> 00:03:02,512 ♪♪♪ 68 00:03:18,929 --> 00:03:20,011 [horns honking] 69 00:03:20,095 --> 00:03:21,679 [indistinct conversations] 70 00:03:21,762 --> 00:03:24,679 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 71 00:03:24,762 --> 00:03:29,887 ♪♪♪ 72 00:03:29,970 --> 00:03:31,845 [door creaks, closes] 73 00:03:31,929 --> 00:03:39,929 ♪♪♪ 74 00:03:50,929 --> 00:03:53,762 [Wags] Damn. 75 00:03:53,845 --> 00:03:56,470 Those photos the dealer sent don't capture the... 76 00:03:56,553 --> 00:03:58,011 Power? 77 00:03:58,095 --> 00:04:00,970 Yeah, you have to stand in front of a painting. 78 00:04:01,053 --> 00:04:02,595 Feel what it does to you. 79 00:04:02,679 --> 00:04:05,095 I'm sure feeling something. 80 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:06,428 What is it? 81 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:09,762 Oh. Guy's wrestling with the big themes. 82 00:04:09,845 --> 00:04:12,512 [Wags] Sex, drugs, and Cocoa Puffs? 83 00:04:12,595 --> 00:04:14,428 Close... 84 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:20,679 This. 85 00:04:20,762 --> 00:04:23,053 This is the one. 86 00:04:23,136 --> 00:04:26,804 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 87 00:04:26,887 --> 00:04:29,345 Dealer said his last show was a while ago. 88 00:04:29,428 --> 00:04:31,804 [Wags] Dealer said it was almost a bust... 89 00:04:31,887 --> 00:04:34,553 [Wags] guy refused to dance for collectors. 90 00:04:34,637 --> 00:04:37,345 [Wags] But it sold through. 91 00:04:37,428 --> 00:04:40,470 - The work... - Yeah, the work. 92 00:04:40,553 --> 00:04:44,845 Good job getting me in here while it's still virgin snow. 93 00:04:44,929 --> 00:04:47,512 Let's grab these up before the show starts. 94 00:04:47,595 --> 00:04:50,929 ♪♪♪ 95 00:04:51,011 --> 00:04:53,804 - What the fuck? - Red dots? 96 00:04:53,887 --> 00:04:55,053 That means sold. That means... 97 00:04:55,136 --> 00:04:56,887 There was a pre-pre-viewing? 98 00:04:56,970 --> 00:04:59,053 [Wags] Im-fucking-possible. It happened. 99 00:04:59,136 --> 00:05:00,637 [Axe] We got snaked. 100 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,553 I will find the dealer and ship him back to that armory 101 00:05:03,637 --> 00:05:06,220 broken down like a disassembled M-16 in a fucking crate... 102 00:05:06,303 --> 00:05:08,637 Forget the dealer. We'll get him later. 103 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,637 Right now we go to the source. 104 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:17,136 ♪♪♪ 105 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:20,428 [indistinct conversations] 106 00:05:23,011 --> 00:05:24,595 You know what this guy looks like? 107 00:05:24,679 --> 00:05:26,970 No. Very low-pro on the web. 108 00:05:27,053 --> 00:05:28,428 Well. We'll spot him... 109 00:05:28,512 --> 00:05:32,929 [conversations continue] 110 00:05:33,011 --> 00:05:34,637 Look. 111 00:05:39,804 --> 00:05:41,679 And now we have. 112 00:05:41,762 --> 00:05:46,720 [conversations continue] 113 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,553 Hey, Tanner, 114 00:05:52,637 --> 00:05:54,512 - Bobby Axelrod... - How you doing? 115 00:05:54,595 --> 00:05:56,970 Tanner, Axe, here, is a major collector. 116 00:05:57,053 --> 00:05:59,178 Great eye for what's next. Worth knowing. 117 00:06:01,387 --> 00:06:03,679 I wish I had something to sell you. But... 118 00:06:03,762 --> 00:06:08,512 Prince. You bought the Implosion series. 119 00:06:08,595 --> 00:06:10,637 Oh. I love knowing that you dig 'em, too. 120 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,303 Yeah. I got here early, and they spoke to me. 121 00:06:13,387 --> 00:06:15,970 Damn, man. Not my intention to scoop you. 122 00:06:16,053 --> 00:06:19,470 Hey, if it couldn't be me. Salut. 123 00:06:19,553 --> 00:06:21,303 Just kill me now. 124 00:06:21,387 --> 00:06:23,136 Disturbing work, huh? 125 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,303 It really gets into the weighty questions. 126 00:06:25,387 --> 00:06:26,804 Mm. You know, what caught my eye 127 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:29,220 is the humility in the face of inevitable decay. 128 00:06:29,303 --> 00:06:31,011 Something you missed, no doubt. 129 00:06:31,095 --> 00:06:33,512 Ahh, well, I'll have plenty of time to find it 130 00:06:33,595 --> 00:06:35,303 when it's hanging in my beach house. 131 00:06:35,387 --> 00:06:36,762 [chuckles] 132 00:06:36,845 --> 00:06:38,404 Well, you'll beat me to the punch next time. 133 00:06:38,428 --> 00:06:40,595 How much second-rate dogshit did you have to buy 134 00:06:40,679 --> 00:06:43,011 - to get him in early? - Nah, buying someone off, 135 00:06:43,095 --> 00:06:45,220 - that's your move. - What'd you use, charm? 136 00:06:45,303 --> 00:06:46,845 [chuckles] Charm? Charm's thin. 137 00:06:46,929 --> 00:06:49,345 Shit, you're charming, but you ain't got a painting. 138 00:06:49,428 --> 00:06:52,512 No, I happen to be warm and inviting. 139 00:06:52,595 --> 00:06:53,845 And draw people to me. 140 00:06:53,929 --> 00:06:55,762 In this case, I lucked into catching 141 00:06:55,845 --> 00:06:57,762 a morning set with his dealer in Zuma. 142 00:06:57,845 --> 00:07:00,804 Yesterday. Hardly had to ask. 143 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:02,136 Serendipity do da. 144 00:07:02,220 --> 00:07:03,804 So. Where do you go from here? 145 00:07:03,887 --> 00:07:05,845 Home. Back to Hudson. 146 00:07:05,929 --> 00:07:07,845 Oh? You done with Implosion? 147 00:07:07,929 --> 00:07:09,053 Are you? 148 00:07:09,136 --> 00:07:11,720 I'm, uh, talking with the artist. 149 00:07:11,804 --> 00:07:13,845 ♪♪♪ 150 00:07:13,929 --> 00:07:17,387 'Cause I'd love to buy if you have more. 151 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:19,470 I-I don't have a fucking clue if I ever will. 152 00:07:19,553 --> 00:07:22,428 I've always been obsessed with what happens to things 153 00:07:22,512 --> 00:07:25,053 when they come to their end. 154 00:07:25,136 --> 00:07:27,011 Yeah. I don't paint for money. 155 00:07:27,095 --> 00:07:28,261 Never have. Or demand. 156 00:07:28,345 --> 00:07:31,220 So I don't know. 157 00:07:31,303 --> 00:07:33,720 Well when you do, think of me. 158 00:07:33,804 --> 00:07:35,387 Okay. 159 00:07:35,470 --> 00:07:37,845 [Prince] Tanner, it's your moment, 160 00:07:37,929 --> 00:07:41,387 let's go down and let 'em see our paintings. 161 00:07:41,470 --> 00:07:45,637 [indistinct conversations] 162 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,220 I failed you, habibi. 163 00:07:47,303 --> 00:07:49,261 I don't feel like bucking you up right now. 164 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:51,929 - Just do the next thing. - Which is? 165 00:07:52,011 --> 00:07:53,887 "I don't paint for money" 166 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:56,303 means nobody has paid me enough yet. 167 00:07:56,387 --> 00:07:58,387 So: If you can't buy the art... 168 00:07:58,470 --> 00:07:59,762 Buy the artist. 169 00:07:59,845 --> 00:08:02,178 [conversations continue] 170 00:08:02,261 --> 00:08:07,178 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 171 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,720 What happens when you give me a job? 172 00:08:11,804 --> 00:08:13,637 [door closes] 173 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,887 Like Hector Elizondo in The Flamingo Kid: 174 00:08:15,970 --> 00:08:17,553 You cut a joint, it stays. 175 00:08:17,637 --> 00:08:19,804 I have no idea what any of those words mean. 176 00:08:19,887 --> 00:08:21,929 But yes. I get the damn job done. 177 00:08:22,011 --> 00:08:23,220 See, he's a plumber... 178 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:24,887 And, uh, he works with his hands. 179 00:08:24,970 --> 00:08:27,637 A pipe joint is, um... 180 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,762 Anyway, in this case? 181 00:08:29,845 --> 00:08:31,512 Once the governor took our budget 182 00:08:31,595 --> 00:08:33,512 and those criminal cases away, you said, uh... 183 00:08:33,595 --> 00:08:35,470 [Chuck] Yes. Find me some civil cases. 184 00:08:35,553 --> 00:08:36,863 - [Chuck] with big settlements. - Mm. 185 00:08:36,887 --> 00:08:39,512 Since we get to keep 'em and spend it as we see fit. 186 00:08:39,595 --> 00:08:41,136 Well, I did it. 187 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,929 We'll have about 5 million coming in. 188 00:08:43,011 --> 00:08:44,637 [laughs] 189 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,470 Praise be. 190 00:08:46,553 --> 00:08:48,887 Yep. Just like Elizondo in Kid. 191 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:50,261 I'll take that as a compliment. 192 00:08:50,345 --> 00:08:51,887 Oh, that's how it was intended. 193 00:08:51,970 --> 00:08:54,845 If I'd wanted to insult you, I'd have called you Big Sid. 194 00:08:54,929 --> 00:08:56,053 Good job. 195 00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:57,345 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 196 00:08:57,428 --> 00:08:59,136 - Keep it coming. - [door opens] 197 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:02,595 ♪♪♪ 198 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,303 [Axe] What do you think? 199 00:09:04,387 --> 00:09:06,387 [Wags] Think he'll go for it? 200 00:09:06,470 --> 00:09:08,095 - [Axe] Wouldn't you? - [Wags] Yeah. 201 00:09:08,178 --> 00:09:10,303 But I don't see the world the way he does. 202 00:09:10,387 --> 00:09:12,970 It does get good light though... Mm. 203 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:18,595 ♪♪♪ 204 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:20,261 You wanted to talk banks? 205 00:09:20,345 --> 00:09:24,595 - [Axe] Mm. - Let's talk banks. 206 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,637 Axe... you're not getting a bank. 207 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,011 [Krakow] That is, sadly, the long and short of it. 208 00:09:31,095 --> 00:09:34,011 Which I could've told you in five minutes at your office, 209 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:35,595 where we were supposed to meet... 210 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,095 Yeah, change of plans. 211 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:40,220 [Krakow] What is this place? Special project. 212 00:09:40,303 --> 00:09:41,720 Don't worry about it. 213 00:09:41,804 --> 00:09:43,261 So, how'm I getting a bank. 214 00:09:43,345 --> 00:09:45,178 Told you, you won't. 215 00:09:45,261 --> 00:09:47,428 FDIC approval is never happening. 216 00:09:47,512 --> 00:09:50,053 We know it's hard. That's why we have Hard Bob here. 217 00:09:50,136 --> 00:09:51,845 To crack it open. 218 00:09:51,929 --> 00:09:54,679 You didn't come to New York City just to give us apologies... 219 00:09:54,762 --> 00:09:56,929 No, I came for the Armory Show. 220 00:09:57,011 --> 00:09:57,887 And him? 221 00:09:57,970 --> 00:09:59,929 I like art parties. 222 00:10:00,011 --> 00:10:02,762 [Krakow] Which we will be getting back to post-haste... 223 00:10:02,845 --> 00:10:05,387 - [cellphone vibrates] - after I make you understand 224 00:10:05,470 --> 00:10:07,929 why a federal bank will not be in your future. 225 00:10:10,929 --> 00:10:15,303 Hello? 226 00:10:15,387 --> 00:10:19,053 Understood... I'll be there this afternoon. 227 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:20,970 We need to get on a plane. 228 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:22,762 Gordie stepped in some shit at school. 229 00:10:22,845 --> 00:10:26,136 - Have a good trip... - [Axe] Uh uh. Hang tight. 230 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:27,762 You two are both coming with. 231 00:10:27,845 --> 00:10:29,512 And by the time we land, 232 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:32,053 I want to know how I am getting a fucking bank. 233 00:10:32,136 --> 00:10:33,720 ♪♪♪ 234 00:10:33,804 --> 00:10:35,303 [scoffs] 235 00:10:35,387 --> 00:10:37,095 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 236 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:41,929 ♪♪♪ 237 00:10:42,011 --> 00:10:43,512 [Mafee] No fucking way that works. 238 00:10:43,595 --> 00:10:45,887 [Winston] No fucking way you understand it. 239 00:10:45,970 --> 00:10:48,154 [Chancellor Adams] We educate them so they can run the world. 240 00:10:48,178 --> 00:10:49,887 [Chancellor Adams] One day. 241 00:10:49,970 --> 00:10:52,220 [Chancellor Adams] But we can't let them run the school. 242 00:10:52,303 --> 00:10:53,762 [Chancellor Adams] That's our job. 243 00:10:53,845 --> 00:10:55,321 [Chancellor Adams] To make the tough decisions 244 00:10:55,345 --> 00:10:56,970 until they're ready to. 245 00:10:57,053 --> 00:11:00,595 Is that hand-holding? Is that condescension? 246 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,136 No. Here at Lawrenceburg, we call it guidance. 247 00:11:04,220 --> 00:11:06,303 - [keys clacks] - He's right about that. 248 00:11:06,387 --> 00:11:07,970 The students at that university... 249 00:11:08,053 --> 00:11:10,303 If he lets them win, decide where to invest... 250 00:11:10,387 --> 00:11:11,804 He's lost all control. 251 00:11:11,887 --> 00:11:13,345 That's what he's saying. 252 00:11:13,428 --> 00:11:14,553 But not what he believes. 253 00:11:14,637 --> 00:11:16,720 This is NLP. Natural Language Processing. 254 00:11:16,804 --> 00:11:19,595 [Taylor] Analyzing subtext through artificial intelligence. 255 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,679 - [Taylor] It does work. - And pretty fucking cool. 256 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,529 The computer is digging past the words he's saying, 257 00:11:23,553 --> 00:11:25,220 beneath the speech itself... 258 00:11:25,303 --> 00:11:27,112 - Still seems like bullshit. - [Taylor] Stay with us. 259 00:11:27,136 --> 00:11:29,637 By analyzing speech patterns, vocal frequencies, 260 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,136 tone, sentence structure, 261 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:33,178 it tells us that this man wants to divest 262 00:11:33,261 --> 00:11:35,095 his university's billion dollar fund 263 00:11:35,178 --> 00:11:36,303 from fossil fuels. 264 00:11:36,387 --> 00:11:38,220 And not just because of student protests. 265 00:11:38,303 --> 00:11:40,529 - Because he thinks it's right. - That's a theory, right? 266 00:11:40,553 --> 00:11:41,595 A probability? 267 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,261 Look at him: trying. 268 00:11:44,345 --> 00:11:46,595 Yes, it is a probabilistic conclusion. 269 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:47,970 But we've analyzed his statements 270 00:11:48,053 --> 00:11:49,613 and noticed a change about five years ago... 271 00:11:49,637 --> 00:11:52,095 The first time any major university divested. 272 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:54,595 If he wants in on the party, why's he holding back? 273 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,428 [Hammon] You know it's not so easy 274 00:11:56,512 --> 00:11:58,303 to unroll from these positions 275 00:11:58,387 --> 00:12:00,303 without significant losses. 276 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:03,345 - Can we? - [Winston] Hell yeah, we can! 277 00:12:03,428 --> 00:12:06,553 I mean, this will be the first live test. 278 00:12:06,637 --> 00:12:10,136 But yeah... I'm pretty fucking sure. 279 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:12,720 [keys clacking] 280 00:12:12,804 --> 00:12:14,470 Have Lauren set the pitch. 281 00:12:14,553 --> 00:12:19,220 I know some of his board of trustees. 282 00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:20,679 This won't be easy. 283 00:12:20,762 --> 00:12:22,428 Big wins never are. 284 00:12:22,512 --> 00:12:24,845 Then go get that endowment. 285 00:12:24,929 --> 00:12:27,220 And don't fail, because after Langstraat pulled... 286 00:12:27,303 --> 00:12:29,220 Yes. Another loss will be demoralizing. 287 00:12:29,303 --> 00:12:30,512 And crippling. 288 00:12:30,595 --> 00:12:32,637 To succeed we're going to need you to be 289 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,345 something you haven't been lately. 290 00:12:34,428 --> 00:12:35,470 Friendly? 291 00:12:35,553 --> 00:12:36,553 Effective. 292 00:12:36,595 --> 00:12:38,136 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 293 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:41,553 ♪♪♪ 294 00:12:41,637 --> 00:12:42,887 [door closes] 295 00:12:44,637 --> 00:12:46,929 How do you appeal to someone whose values, 296 00:12:47,011 --> 00:12:49,720 whose entire system of beliefs, is opposed to yours? 297 00:12:49,804 --> 00:12:51,929 - Are you talking about me? - Not this time. No. 298 00:12:52,011 --> 00:12:54,720 Although you should have asked me before approaching Lauren. 299 00:12:54,804 --> 00:12:56,512 Do you want to talk about it now? 300 00:12:56,595 --> 00:12:58,345 No. No, a potential investor. 301 00:12:58,428 --> 00:13:00,387 Chancellor of Lawrenceburg. 302 00:13:00,470 --> 00:13:02,387 Do you want to give me more information 303 00:13:02,470 --> 00:13:03,887 or leave it super theoretical? 304 00:13:03,970 --> 00:13:05,887 I would like to give you, at all times, 305 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:07,553 as little information as possible. 306 00:13:07,637 --> 00:13:10,095 But: We have found a way to get underneath his words. 307 00:13:10,178 --> 00:13:12,929 He knows he should divest his school from fossil fuels. 308 00:13:13,011 --> 00:13:15,553 He hates that the pressure to do so is coming from students. 309 00:13:15,637 --> 00:13:17,095 And if he does it in the wrong way, 310 00:13:17,178 --> 00:13:18,637 he believes he will be fired. 311 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,178 So he cares too much about things 312 00:13:20,261 --> 00:13:21,595 he shouldn't care about at all? 313 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,303 Part of him wants to fight the kids 314 00:13:23,387 --> 00:13:24,720 for the sake of fighting the kids. 315 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,095 But that isn't rational. 316 00:13:26,178 --> 00:13:28,136 That's the problem with the real world, 317 00:13:28,220 --> 00:13:29,387 real people. 318 00:13:29,470 --> 00:13:30,804 We're not computers 319 00:13:30,887 --> 00:13:32,970 with the software directing the hardware. 320 00:13:33,053 --> 00:13:34,428 We're not rational actors. 321 00:13:34,512 --> 00:13:37,762 - Some of us are. - Some of us think we are. 322 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,845 [Wendy] Are you familiar with Jonathan Haidt? 323 00:13:41,929 --> 00:13:43,637 The social psychologist. 324 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,303 - Do you believe in God? - Um, no. 325 00:13:49,512 --> 00:13:52,011 A simple transaction. 326 00:13:52,095 --> 00:13:55,178 Ten bucks, for your eternal soul. 327 00:13:55,261 --> 00:13:59,053 Oh, and you need to sign it over on paper. 328 00:13:59,136 --> 00:14:02,261 [paper rustles] 329 00:14:02,345 --> 00:14:04,428 [pen thuds] 330 00:14:04,512 --> 00:14:06,887 Do you take the deal? 331 00:14:09,929 --> 00:14:11,887 [Wendy] And that pause tells you. 332 00:14:11,970 --> 00:14:14,637 [Wendy] everything you need to know about people. 333 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,679 The moment when convictions run headlong 334 00:14:16,762 --> 00:14:18,637 into layers of psychological baggage 335 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,470 that evolution and social convention 336 00:14:20,553 --> 00:14:21,970 have wrapped them in. 337 00:14:22,053 --> 00:14:24,804 You don't believe in the religious concept of a soul, 338 00:14:24,887 --> 00:14:27,387 yet you still hesitate at selling yours. 339 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:28,970 There's still that gap 340 00:14:29,053 --> 00:14:31,303 between rational thought and rational action. 341 00:14:31,387 --> 00:14:33,470 Between software and hardware. 342 00:14:33,553 --> 00:14:35,553 How do we bridge that gap? 343 00:14:35,637 --> 00:14:38,970 Make the man fear inaction. 344 00:14:39,053 --> 00:14:41,804 And the regret he'll have if he makes the wrong move. 345 00:14:41,887 --> 00:14:43,679 And now we're back to Lauren. 346 00:14:43,762 --> 00:14:45,804 Stop moving people around as you think best, 347 00:14:45,887 --> 00:14:47,053 even if you're right. 348 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:49,845 You should have approached me first. 349 00:14:49,929 --> 00:14:51,512 We should talk more. 350 00:14:51,595 --> 00:14:55,345 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 351 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:57,679 [pen scratches] 352 00:14:57,762 --> 00:14:59,303 [pen clatters] 353 00:14:59,387 --> 00:15:02,011 ♪♪♪ 354 00:15:02,095 --> 00:15:03,345 [door opens] 355 00:15:03,428 --> 00:15:08,095 ♪♪♪ 356 00:15:12,428 --> 00:15:15,220 [ice cubes clinking] 357 00:15:15,303 --> 00:15:17,220 - [Sabrina] Gentlemen. - Thanks, Sabrina. 358 00:15:17,303 --> 00:15:18,595 [Sabrina] Enjoy. 359 00:15:22,011 --> 00:15:24,553 I don't want to offend. May I speak freely? 360 00:15:24,637 --> 00:15:25,887 Please do. 361 00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:27,845 Even you can't bribe, beg, 362 00:15:27,929 --> 00:15:30,053 and bully your way into a bank. 363 00:15:30,136 --> 00:15:32,845 Your past legal troubles make you too fragrant 364 00:15:32,929 --> 00:15:35,428 to clear the federal background dive. 365 00:15:35,512 --> 00:15:38,053 The SEC will drop its scat all over your application. 366 00:15:38,136 --> 00:15:40,679 I, too, don't want to offend. May I speak freely? 367 00:15:40,762 --> 00:15:42,595 Mode I prefer. I brook no bullshit. 368 00:15:42,679 --> 00:15:44,136 You can go fuck yourself. 369 00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:45,970 Our legal issues were extinguished. 370 00:15:46,053 --> 00:15:47,762 Bringing them up now is like watching porn 371 00:15:47,845 --> 00:15:49,136 after you've already gotten off. 372 00:15:49,220 --> 00:15:50,512 Well, may I speak freely? 373 00:15:50,595 --> 00:15:52,095 Your legal issues were the tip 374 00:15:52,178 --> 00:15:53,720 of the fucking toxic iceberg... 375 00:15:53,804 --> 00:15:55,053 May I speak freely? 376 00:15:55,136 --> 00:15:56,804 You can both speak fucking freely. 377 00:15:56,887 --> 00:16:00,136 I thought you were omnipotent. Or pretty fucking close anyway. 378 00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:03,220 Now you're telling the FDIC won't give me approval? 379 00:16:03,303 --> 00:16:06,720 Even Jesus kept the miracles in the realm of the conceivable. 380 00:16:06,804 --> 00:16:08,804 The FDIC makes the casino licensing board 381 00:16:08,887 --> 00:16:11,095 look as soft as Cottonelle. 382 00:16:11,178 --> 00:16:13,929 The fucking bankers almost bankrupted the country... 383 00:16:14,011 --> 00:16:16,011 And they got even richer when they did it. 384 00:16:16,095 --> 00:16:18,303 But they got their licenses first. 385 00:16:18,387 --> 00:16:20,970 They were smart enough not to stick their shmekels 386 00:16:21,053 --> 00:16:22,970 into the tushies of the average American 387 00:16:23,053 --> 00:16:25,929 until they actually had a goddamn bank charter. 388 00:16:26,011 --> 00:16:28,762 As in all things, sequence matters. 389 00:16:28,845 --> 00:16:30,970 - You got too dirty too soon. - Mm-hmm. 390 00:16:31,053 --> 00:16:32,303 So gimme a plan. 391 00:16:32,387 --> 00:16:34,303 Take your chance with a state charter. 392 00:16:34,387 --> 00:16:37,220 Different regulators, lesser. Perhaps more open to the... 393 00:16:37,303 --> 00:16:39,261 Bribing, the begging, the bullying. 394 00:16:39,345 --> 00:16:41,762 We'd still be a bank. 395 00:16:41,845 --> 00:16:44,887 If you make it through the flaming hoops. 396 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:47,303 You'll need to show a high level of liquidity. 397 00:16:47,387 --> 00:16:49,011 You'll need an airtight board. 398 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:52,470 You'll need a, a unassailable CEO. 399 00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:55,178 And you'll have to rehab your image with state pols 400 00:16:55,261 --> 00:16:56,970 who will be unapologetic 401 00:16:57,053 --> 00:16:59,136 and totally blind to their own corruption. 402 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:02,428 Why don't you come work for me, Hard Bob? 403 00:17:02,512 --> 00:17:04,929 You know the territory. I like the way you roll. 404 00:17:05,011 --> 00:17:06,845 Lease him out to me. 405 00:17:06,929 --> 00:17:09,178 He's his own man, he can do what he wants. 406 00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:13,970 Thanks for the offer, I find it touching... 407 00:17:14,053 --> 00:17:17,637 But I love working for the G alongside Special K here. 408 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:18,845 I'll stick where I am. 409 00:17:18,929 --> 00:17:22,261 [cellphone vibrates] 410 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:25,345 Hey Lar... [clears throat] 411 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:34,345 I know... Yeah. I'm on my way now. 412 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,553 They're not throwing him out of anywhere, 413 00:17:36,637 --> 00:17:37,929 you can count on that... 414 00:17:38,011 --> 00:17:40,970 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 415 00:17:41,053 --> 00:17:43,887 [Gordie] Dad... What the fuck, Gord? 416 00:17:43,970 --> 00:17:45,595 Bitcoin mining in your dorm? 417 00:17:45,679 --> 00:17:47,762 - Multi-mining. - What the fuck is a 'multi?' 418 00:17:47,845 --> 00:17:49,679 Mining a selection of cryptocurrencies 419 00:17:49,762 --> 00:17:51,011 with the highest market prices 420 00:17:51,095 --> 00:17:52,845 and trading them back for Bitcoin. 421 00:17:52,929 --> 00:17:55,512 It's the smart way to do the stupid thing he was doing. 422 00:17:55,595 --> 00:17:57,595 But it was gonna work. And it should have worked. 423 00:17:57,679 --> 00:17:59,512 If the wiring in the dorm wasn't so shit... 424 00:17:59,595 --> 00:18:01,011 You're blaming that? 425 00:18:01,095 --> 00:18:03,845 Well. That's why we bypassed the internal fusing. 426 00:18:03,929 --> 00:18:06,720 Give us a call when you quit college. 427 00:18:06,804 --> 00:18:09,303 We'll have a job for you. 428 00:18:09,387 --> 00:18:10,845 Now, Gord, where'd you come up 429 00:18:10,929 --> 00:18:12,512 with a fucking scheme like this? 430 00:18:12,595 --> 00:18:14,178 [doors open] 431 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:17,220 Your son was responsible 432 00:18:17,303 --> 00:18:19,887 for the cascading failure of the local grid. 433 00:18:19,970 --> 00:18:22,053 [Kessel] Knocked out the town. 434 00:18:22,136 --> 00:18:25,261 All in service of some digital Mammon... 435 00:18:26,804 --> 00:18:28,595 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 436 00:18:28,679 --> 00:18:33,053 ♪♪♪ 437 00:18:33,136 --> 00:18:35,428 I don't think Gordie should be here for this. 438 00:18:35,512 --> 00:18:37,053 I'm going to speak more plainly 439 00:18:37,136 --> 00:18:38,762 than you're used to, Mr. Axelrod. 440 00:18:38,845 --> 00:18:40,136 My son can handle it. 441 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:42,011 I'm not sure you understand, sir. 442 00:18:42,095 --> 00:18:45,720 I'm going to talk... I get it. 443 00:18:45,804 --> 00:18:48,595 Like Senator Geary in Two. 444 00:18:48,679 --> 00:18:52,095 And, as Il Padrino did in that picture, 445 00:18:52,178 --> 00:18:56,220 let me make you an offer. 446 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:58,845 A generous donation to the school. 447 00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:02,512 Plus the costs of fixing up whatever it is Gordie broke. 448 00:19:02,595 --> 00:19:06,762 Because that, that's what this is to you. 449 00:19:06,845 --> 00:19:08,095 Something you fix 450 00:19:08,178 --> 00:19:10,553 by dangling trinkets in front of my face. 451 00:19:10,637 --> 00:19:15,345 [clock ticking] 452 00:19:15,428 --> 00:19:17,970 Your son dishonors himself, 453 00:19:18,053 --> 00:19:19,929 dishonors this school, 454 00:19:20,011 --> 00:19:22,428 and you see it as part of a financial transaction. 455 00:19:22,512 --> 00:19:24,762 Dishonors? I think you're soaking up 456 00:19:24,845 --> 00:19:26,929 a little bit too much of the atmosphere here. 457 00:19:27,011 --> 00:19:30,553 It was...[sighs] 458 00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:33,804 Let's call it an independent lab project gone bad. 459 00:19:33,887 --> 00:19:35,178 Knocked out a few lights. 460 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:37,929 But you gotta admit, showed initiative. 461 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:41,345 Our business leaders today, they started young, 462 00:19:41,428 --> 00:19:43,470 goes doubly for our startups... 463 00:19:43,553 --> 00:19:46,887 It showed, Mr. Axelrod, a complete lack of respect 464 00:19:46,970 --> 00:19:48,220 for the codes and morals 465 00:19:48,303 --> 00:19:50,303 that we've been instilling in our young men, 466 00:19:50,387 --> 00:19:53,011 and more recently women, for generations. 467 00:19:53,095 --> 00:19:55,720 And more than that, 468 00:19:55,804 --> 00:19:57,845 more than that, it's a true lack of character. 469 00:19:57,929 --> 00:20:01,261 [ticking continues] 470 00:20:01,345 --> 00:20:02,720 [Kessel] Though I am sorry... 471 00:20:02,804 --> 00:20:04,970 [Kessel] because as much as I want to believe 472 00:20:05,053 --> 00:20:06,929 that each student that enters Skinner Prep 473 00:20:07,011 --> 00:20:08,637 comes in here a blank slate... 474 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,053 Oh, sir, I don't know if your son 475 00:20:11,136 --> 00:20:13,553 ever really had that chance. 476 00:20:13,637 --> 00:20:15,762 Hmm. 477 00:20:15,845 --> 00:20:18,720 You really did want to insult me today. 478 00:20:18,804 --> 00:20:22,970 No. I want to wake you up to the dangers your son is in. 479 00:20:23,053 --> 00:20:25,553 To the dangers you helped put him in. 480 00:20:25,637 --> 00:20:28,428 [Kessel] The world outside this campus may be in crisis... 481 00:20:28,512 --> 00:20:32,011 [Kessel] driven there largely by men like you, 482 00:20:32,095 --> 00:20:33,720 [Kessel] modern-day robber barons 483 00:20:33,804 --> 00:20:36,595 who only care about acquiring more, more, more, more... 484 00:20:36,679 --> 00:20:41,053 But here, this place, sir, 485 00:20:41,136 --> 00:20:44,261 this oasis, is the antidote. 486 00:20:44,345 --> 00:20:46,762 I can't tell how many zeros you're looking for. 487 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:49,220 [sighs] 488 00:20:49,303 --> 00:20:51,804 At this school, we don't hold the sins of the father 489 00:20:51,887 --> 00:20:54,345 against the son. 490 00:20:54,428 --> 00:20:56,136 But we do judge the sins of the son 491 00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:57,512 on their own merits. 492 00:20:57,595 --> 00:20:59,178 And right now, I have to tell you, 493 00:20:59,261 --> 00:21:01,178 I'm leaning heavily toward expulsion. 494 00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:04,845 Yeah. Lean too far, you might could fall. 495 00:21:04,929 --> 00:21:08,679 I'm no band leader. 496 00:21:08,762 --> 00:21:13,303 Last guy who said that lost his prized equine. 497 00:21:14,762 --> 00:21:16,303 It might seem like a tough lesson. 498 00:21:16,387 --> 00:21:18,387 But no matter how hard you try... 499 00:21:18,470 --> 00:21:21,929 I will not allow you to put a price on Gordie's soul. 500 00:21:26,303 --> 00:21:27,720 Good day. 501 00:21:27,804 --> 00:21:30,595 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 502 00:21:30,679 --> 00:21:35,595 ♪♪♪ 503 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:40,303 [doors open] 504 00:21:41,261 --> 00:21:42,720 Am I punished? 505 00:21:42,804 --> 00:21:44,112 I don't know what I'm doing with you. 506 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,345 [door closes] 507 00:21:45,428 --> 00:21:48,178 First, let's get you clear of it. 508 00:21:48,261 --> 00:21:50,261 Tell me we got something good on this prig? 509 00:21:50,345 --> 00:21:52,845 Bad news. The Headmaster, Kessel, is clean. 510 00:21:52,929 --> 00:21:55,095 This is a man with no discernible vices. 511 00:21:55,178 --> 00:21:57,762 No arrests, no legal battles, 512 00:21:57,845 --> 00:21:59,845 no financial problems. Not even a DUI. 513 00:21:59,929 --> 00:22:02,970 I mean who doesn't have a single DUI on their record... 514 00:22:03,053 --> 00:22:05,762 I digress. 515 00:22:05,845 --> 00:22:07,679 Fuck this place... 516 00:22:07,762 --> 00:22:09,970 - Wait, I like it here... - Thacker Prep. 517 00:22:10,053 --> 00:22:11,637 Beech Abbey School. Eaglestone. 518 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,303 All fine, fine institutions... 519 00:22:13,387 --> 00:22:15,011 Those are rehabs and reform schools. 520 00:22:15,095 --> 00:22:16,946 And all brief resting places for me in my youth. 521 00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:18,637 I was going to offer to make a call. 522 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,887 Gordie's not tumbling down the fucking ladder, 523 00:22:20,970 --> 00:22:22,595 he's staying here. 524 00:22:22,679 --> 00:22:25,428 Look. If we can't squeeze the Headmaster, 525 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:27,804 then we squeeze what he loves most: the school. 526 00:22:27,887 --> 00:22:30,845 And we squeeze him where it's most tender: the donors. 527 00:22:30,929 --> 00:22:32,387 I'll call Hall. 528 00:22:34,011 --> 00:22:38,470 Dad, I'm really sorry. Hey. Hey. 529 00:22:38,553 --> 00:22:41,178 Of course I defend you in front of the Headmaster... 530 00:22:41,261 --> 00:22:43,095 Never speak against the family... 531 00:22:43,178 --> 00:22:46,178 But between us, you really fucked up. 532 00:22:46,261 --> 00:22:49,136 The risk/reward ratio is off. 533 00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:51,345 And there are better ways to impress a girl... 534 00:22:51,428 --> 00:22:53,470 Than putting your whole future at stake. 535 00:22:53,553 --> 00:22:55,512 Look. I'm not mad that you ran a scheme, 536 00:22:55,595 --> 00:22:57,970 I'm mad you didn't game it out. 537 00:22:58,053 --> 00:23:00,136 Second law of thermodynamics, Gordie... 538 00:23:00,220 --> 00:23:02,303 Total entropy of a system... 539 00:23:02,387 --> 00:23:05,303 No. The price of your actions. 540 00:23:05,387 --> 00:23:07,804 Now we have to ruin a headmaster. 541 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:11,178 - A good man. - What a show of parentage. 542 00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:14,345 I have so much to learn from you both, 543 00:23:14,428 --> 00:23:16,679 about communication between a father and a son. 544 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:18,053 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 545 00:23:18,136 --> 00:23:22,595 ♪♪♪ 546 00:23:22,679 --> 00:23:26,595 Hall, we have a job for you, 547 00:23:26,679 --> 00:23:28,136 breaking down a prep school 548 00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:30,512 like a butcher quartering a spring lamb. 549 00:23:30,595 --> 00:23:33,136 I'll get to that in a minute. 550 00:23:33,220 --> 00:23:35,929 But first, I have a job for you. 551 00:23:36,011 --> 00:23:39,845 I've had an epiphany, watching Axe with... 552 00:23:39,929 --> 00:23:42,345 Anyway, it is time 553 00:23:42,428 --> 00:23:46,011 that I became a real pater familias. 554 00:23:46,095 --> 00:23:48,845 I am reaching out to all of my children. 555 00:23:48,929 --> 00:23:50,845 I have tabs on the little ones, 556 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:54,220 but I need you to... locate my older sons. 557 00:23:54,303 --> 00:23:56,845 Look, the truth is: 558 00:23:56,929 --> 00:23:59,970 They cut me off. 559 00:24:00,053 --> 00:24:02,720 But I need to see what they're up to... 560 00:24:02,804 --> 00:24:04,887 What they've become. 561 00:24:04,970 --> 00:24:07,637 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 562 00:24:08,553 --> 00:24:10,470 [horn honks] 563 00:24:10,553 --> 00:24:13,136 We were thrilled to hear that you might be interested 564 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:15,512 in teaching here at the Law School this semester. 565 00:24:15,595 --> 00:24:18,220 And I was doubly thrilled that you could make the time 566 00:24:18,303 --> 00:24:20,053 to talk with me about it, Dean Walker. 567 00:24:20,136 --> 00:24:21,470 A sitting AG? 568 00:24:21,553 --> 00:24:23,845 Students will be cutting each other off at the knees 569 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:25,261 to get into your office hours. 570 00:24:25,345 --> 00:24:27,428 Appreciate the compliment, 571 00:24:27,512 --> 00:24:29,845 though looking back at my days here, 572 00:24:29,929 --> 00:24:32,011 most of the scrambling was drunken 573 00:24:32,095 --> 00:24:34,595 and involved fried glazed doughnuts at The Doodle. 574 00:24:34,679 --> 00:24:37,095 [chuckles] Education should be robust. 575 00:24:37,178 --> 00:24:38,387 [Chuck] For me it was. 576 00:24:38,470 --> 00:24:41,136 Oh. The world... And my place in it... 577 00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:44,595 Was never so clear as when I was at school here. 578 00:24:44,679 --> 00:24:48,095 Sleepless, buried under an avalanche 579 00:24:48,178 --> 00:24:50,095 of books and case studies... 580 00:24:50,178 --> 00:24:52,762 The point of it all never burned so brightly. 581 00:24:52,845 --> 00:24:56,929 Oh. I was in hell, yes, but it all made sense. 582 00:24:57,011 --> 00:24:58,804 I feel the same about Law School. 583 00:24:58,887 --> 00:25:00,095 Mm. 584 00:25:00,178 --> 00:25:01,804 Ah. That's right... 585 00:25:01,887 --> 00:25:04,553 you know, I-I keep rolling it around in the ol' noggin. 586 00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:08,428 When I was here, I had a sense of purpose, 587 00:25:08,512 --> 00:25:11,470 you know, a surety that the law, and my intention 588 00:25:11,553 --> 00:25:13,762 of doing good and right as a prosecutor, 589 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,303 was a kind of shield. 590 00:25:15,387 --> 00:25:17,637 And you learned the very tools 591 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,804 that allowed you to ascend to the job... 592 00:25:19,887 --> 00:25:21,136 For sure. 593 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:24,887 Oh. To fight the evil in this world. 594 00:25:24,970 --> 00:25:26,428 And if I can be a part of giving 595 00:25:26,512 --> 00:25:28,136 the next generation the weapons... 596 00:25:28,220 --> 00:25:30,136 [Walker] How lucky they'll be to have you. 597 00:25:30,220 --> 00:25:31,637 Oh. [Chuckles] 598 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,303 We are thrilled that you'll be a visiting professor. 599 00:25:34,387 --> 00:25:37,136 The Rhoades name is woven into our tradition here... 600 00:25:41,387 --> 00:25:47,637 And as a member of our Facultas Legis, 601 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,345 perhaps you could help us with a small matter. 602 00:25:50,428 --> 00:25:52,512 It seems your father agreed 603 00:25:52,595 --> 00:25:56,011 to an annual donation 604 00:25:56,095 --> 00:25:57,512 of a hundred thousand dollars... 605 00:25:57,595 --> 00:26:00,553 - Uh-huh. - And he's a bit in arrears. 606 00:26:00,637 --> 00:26:02,553 [chuckles] 607 00:26:02,637 --> 00:26:04,679 How many years has he missed? 608 00:26:04,762 --> 00:26:06,845 Well, all of them. 609 00:26:06,929 --> 00:26:09,929 All of them. 610 00:26:10,011 --> 00:26:11,303 Mm-hmm. 611 00:26:11,387 --> 00:26:14,679 If you could help, that'd be great. 612 00:26:14,762 --> 00:26:19,220 [Walker] Either way, we look forward to you joining us. 613 00:26:19,303 --> 00:26:21,720 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 614 00:26:25,261 --> 00:26:27,220 I'm here from Governor Sweeney's office 615 00:26:27,303 --> 00:26:28,762 to pick up the check. 616 00:26:28,845 --> 00:26:30,261 Which check is that? 617 00:26:30,345 --> 00:26:32,136 The one for $5 million. 618 00:26:32,220 --> 00:26:34,220 The funds from your office's recent seizure? 619 00:26:34,303 --> 00:26:35,929 You should have called 620 00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:38,178 and saved the wear and tear on your Florsheims then 621 00:26:38,261 --> 00:26:39,595 because the way I understand it, 622 00:26:39,679 --> 00:26:41,804 those funds are ours to deploy as we see fit. 623 00:26:41,887 --> 00:26:43,762 No. 624 00:26:43,845 --> 00:26:47,220 They're at the governor's discretion and direction. 625 00:26:47,303 --> 00:26:50,095 And he's directed me to come and get them. 626 00:26:50,178 --> 00:26:52,553 [Alexander] He feels that the Manhattan DA's office 627 00:26:52,637 --> 00:26:55,720 can put them to better use. 628 00:26:55,804 --> 00:26:58,804 Have a check cut by end of day. 629 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:04,470 Enjoy your self-satisfied smile while it lasts. 630 00:27:04,553 --> 00:27:08,261 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 631 00:27:08,345 --> 00:27:16,345 ♪♪♪ 632 00:27:21,512 --> 00:27:23,220 I never said I wanted to divest. 633 00:27:23,303 --> 00:27:25,220 You wouldn't be here if you didn't know 634 00:27:25,303 --> 00:27:26,762 it was the right thing to do. 635 00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:29,512 And that I'm the person who knows how to do it. 636 00:27:29,595 --> 00:27:31,470 How can a man in my position 637 00:27:31,553 --> 00:27:33,929 give in to the whims of the current student... 638 00:27:34,011 --> 00:27:35,887 Yes. You have drawn battle lines. 639 00:27:35,970 --> 00:27:37,679 And so you think of it as giving in. 640 00:27:37,762 --> 00:27:39,261 I'm not the only one. 641 00:27:39,345 --> 00:27:41,720 The chairman of my board of trustees has a strong take... 642 00:27:41,804 --> 00:27:43,178 What's his take going to be 643 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:45,011 if other institutions do this first? 644 00:27:45,095 --> 00:27:46,428 Well. As long as we're not last, 645 00:27:46,512 --> 00:27:48,387 I think he'll be just fine with it. 646 00:27:48,470 --> 00:27:50,095 You are too smart to think that way. 647 00:27:50,178 --> 00:27:51,679 And know your history too well. 648 00:27:51,762 --> 00:27:53,762 Wait and see results in missing out. 649 00:27:53,845 --> 00:27:56,053 Can you guarantee me that we'll make real money 650 00:27:56,136 --> 00:27:57,345 in the process? 651 00:27:57,428 --> 00:27:59,303 You will be out of your petroleum positions. 652 00:27:59,387 --> 00:28:01,637 You will be seen as responsive to legitimate concerns. 653 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,303 And you will be on the cutting edge 654 00:28:03,387 --> 00:28:04,512 of financial thinking. 655 00:28:04,595 --> 00:28:07,637 If that's not a win, tell me what is. 656 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,637 And the entitled asshole class known as the student body 657 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,720 will think they won and bullied me into it. 658 00:28:15,804 --> 00:28:17,679 How often does someone give you the chance 659 00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:18,970 to do the smart thing, 660 00:28:19,053 --> 00:28:20,804 even when ego and lifelong wiring 661 00:28:20,887 --> 00:28:23,345 are trying to pull you in a different direction? 662 00:28:23,428 --> 00:28:24,762 I understand, firsthand, 663 00:28:24,845 --> 00:28:27,470 what it is to choke down the bile of compromise 664 00:28:27,553 --> 00:28:29,011 for the sake of the greater good. 665 00:28:29,095 --> 00:28:31,637 Yes, it feels gross and you shudder and shake. 666 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,261 But you wake up the next day with a mind at ease. 667 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:36,220 Because you have protected the long term. 668 00:28:36,303 --> 00:28:38,387 Instead of indulging in the momentary feeling 669 00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:39,845 of being strong. 670 00:28:39,929 --> 00:28:41,345 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 671 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:42,345 [tablet scrapes] 672 00:28:42,428 --> 00:28:50,428 ♪♪♪ 673 00:28:50,845 --> 00:28:52,553 I'll take it to the trustees. 674 00:28:52,637 --> 00:28:56,387 ♪♪♪ 675 00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:57,553 Yeah. I'll call you soon. 676 00:28:57,637 --> 00:28:59,553 [girl] [scoffs] Whatever. 677 00:28:59,637 --> 00:29:02,178 Okay, so. I found out a donor 678 00:29:02,261 --> 00:29:05,845 who gave 800K to the athletic department each year. 679 00:29:05,929 --> 00:29:08,553 He's friends with friends of ours. 680 00:29:08,637 --> 00:29:10,178 So I reached out. 681 00:29:10,261 --> 00:29:12,679 Only it ain't 800K he gives. 682 00:29:12,762 --> 00:29:13,845 It's a mil. 683 00:29:16,804 --> 00:29:19,303 There's 200K a year going somewhere else. 684 00:29:19,387 --> 00:29:21,929 What'd you learn? 685 00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:23,553 Uh. No. That was... um... 686 00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:26,720 You ever try talking to a 14-year-old girl 687 00:29:26,804 --> 00:29:28,387 on FaceTime? 688 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:30,387 Goddamn, I hope that was one of your kids. 689 00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:32,303 My youngest. 690 00:29:32,387 --> 00:29:35,095 It was rough. 691 00:29:35,178 --> 00:29:37,053 But instead of dwelling on that, 692 00:29:37,136 --> 00:29:39,470 and what it means for who I am and have been, 693 00:29:39,553 --> 00:29:42,095 as a man, husband and father, 694 00:29:42,178 --> 00:29:44,845 I'm gonna get on figuring out what Headmaster Kessel did 695 00:29:44,929 --> 00:29:46,637 with that missing 200k. 696 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,387 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 697 00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:54,887 [thunder rumbling] 698 00:29:54,970 --> 00:29:57,553 [Ben Kim] This is such an honor. 699 00:29:57,637 --> 00:29:59,095 Creative people have always been 700 00:29:59,178 --> 00:30:00,804 so mystifying and special to me. 701 00:30:00,887 --> 00:30:02,637 Perhaps because my mother always told me 702 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,220 to keep away from them. 703 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,595 Yeah, my mother used to say things. 704 00:30:06,679 --> 00:30:08,095 [Ben Kim] And working for Axe... 705 00:30:08,178 --> 00:30:10,345 The speed at which his mind operates, 706 00:30:10,428 --> 00:30:12,178 the vastness of what it can hold, 707 00:30:12,261 --> 00:30:14,720 the way he recognizes and rewards talent... 708 00:30:14,804 --> 00:30:16,762 It can bring out the best in you. 709 00:30:16,845 --> 00:30:19,387 Things you didn't even know you were capable of. 710 00:30:19,470 --> 00:30:22,387 Plus, the money! 711 00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:25,261 Thanks for showing me in. 712 00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:27,679 [thunder rumbling, rain pounding] 713 00:30:30,804 --> 00:30:33,095 Hey, if you want to cry or something, man, 714 00:30:33,178 --> 00:30:34,428 go right ahead. 715 00:30:34,512 --> 00:30:38,303 I got no judgments, nothing but love. 716 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:47,303 [vehicle passing] 717 00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:56,887 [exhales sharply] 718 00:30:56,970 --> 00:30:58,428 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 719 00:30:58,512 --> 00:30:59,804 [door closes] 720 00:30:59,887 --> 00:31:01,470 Hey, Axe. 721 00:31:01,553 --> 00:31:03,512 Hey, look, man. I can't do this. 722 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:05,136 It's not how I work. 723 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:07,387 [Axe] No, no, yeah, yeah, I understand. 724 00:31:07,470 --> 00:31:09,387 I expected this call. 725 00:31:09,470 --> 00:31:13,220 Hang in, we'll break some bread and we'll get into it. 726 00:31:13,303 --> 00:31:15,303 [sighs] 727 00:31:15,387 --> 00:31:17,553 Yeah, alright. Alright. 728 00:31:17,637 --> 00:31:19,845 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 729 00:31:19,929 --> 00:31:27,887 ♪♪♪ 730 00:31:27,970 --> 00:31:30,470 [line ringing] 731 00:31:30,553 --> 00:31:32,637 ♪ It's alright ♪ 732 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,553 Axe, when are you coming down? 733 00:31:34,637 --> 00:31:36,303 I'm making a great gelato. 734 00:31:36,387 --> 00:31:37,845 Soon. But in the meantime, listen, 735 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:40,178 I'm sending someone in to pick up a few pies. 736 00:31:40,261 --> 00:31:41,720 I'm out of town. 737 00:31:41,804 --> 00:31:43,428 [Axe] but I've got an important dinner. 738 00:31:43,512 --> 00:31:45,029 You know I don't do that kind of thing. 739 00:31:45,053 --> 00:31:46,220 This pizza doesn't travel. 740 00:31:46,303 --> 00:31:47,637 It's not supposed to be reheated. 741 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,345 It's pizza. It's designed to travel. 742 00:31:49,428 --> 00:31:50,845 Not this pizza. 743 00:31:50,929 --> 00:31:52,762 It goes from the oven to your mouth. 744 00:31:52,845 --> 00:31:55,387 Listen. I won't hold you responsible for the taste. 745 00:31:55,470 --> 00:31:59,178 [Anthony] [sighs] Only for you, Axe. 746 00:31:59,261 --> 00:32:02,845 ♪ She got a motor ♪ 747 00:32:02,929 --> 00:32:07,387 ♪ Oh, baby, come on and ride with me ♪ 748 00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:09,929 - ♪ She got a motor ♪ - [telephone ringing] 749 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,261 Chancellor. 750 00:32:14,345 --> 00:32:16,053 Are we ready to discuss ACATing. 751 00:32:16,136 --> 00:32:17,637 [Taylor] your accounts over? 752 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,345 We are not. 753 00:32:19,428 --> 00:32:20,887 This is Admiral Bill Karras, 754 00:32:20,970 --> 00:32:22,887 chairman of the board of trustees. 755 00:32:22,970 --> 00:32:25,011 You may have hypnotized the chancellor, here. 756 00:32:25,095 --> 00:32:27,720 [Karras] But I have stood up to much harsher methods 757 00:32:27,804 --> 00:32:29,345 of interrogation. 758 00:32:29,428 --> 00:32:31,220 I see. 759 00:32:31,303 --> 00:32:32,720 See this: 760 00:32:32,804 --> 00:32:35,053 We are not going to let any candy-ass students. 761 00:32:35,136 --> 00:32:38,387 [Karras] tell us how and when to invest our endowment. 762 00:32:38,470 --> 00:32:41,470 [Karras] Thank you for your interest in our university. 763 00:32:41,553 --> 00:32:42,970 [line disconnects] 764 00:32:44,887 --> 00:32:47,428 [receiver slams] 765 00:32:47,512 --> 00:32:52,261 [keys clacking] 766 00:32:54,804 --> 00:32:57,261 Admiral Karras. You know him? 767 00:32:57,345 --> 00:32:59,428 Wild Bill? 768 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:02,970 Not that many four-star flag officers walking around. 769 00:33:03,053 --> 00:33:05,261 I was never under his direct command. 770 00:33:05,345 --> 00:33:08,095 Met him at a fleet briefing on the Saudi Peninsula. 771 00:33:08,178 --> 00:33:10,929 His men had a song about him 772 00:33:11,011 --> 00:33:15,095 and how he could power a carrier with his temper. 773 00:33:15,178 --> 00:33:16,929 - Why? - He's holding up our endowment. 774 00:33:17,011 --> 00:33:19,136 How can you arm me to take a run at him? 775 00:33:19,845 --> 00:33:22,929 By telling you to stay here and let me do it. 776 00:33:23,011 --> 00:33:24,553 You think I'm a candy ass? 777 00:33:24,637 --> 00:33:26,804 He thinks almost everyone serving in the Navy 778 00:33:26,887 --> 00:33:28,178 is a candy ass. 779 00:33:28,261 --> 00:33:29,679 And he definitely thinks that 780 00:33:29,762 --> 00:33:31,845 of absolutely everyone who didn't serve. 781 00:33:31,929 --> 00:33:34,637 Then I'm going to let you take it. 782 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,679 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 783 00:33:37,762 --> 00:33:39,595 [door closes] 784 00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:44,845 [baby cooing] 785 00:33:53,345 --> 00:33:55,637 My boy, my girl... 786 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,970 [Chuck] Ah. The hearth is complete. 787 00:33:59,887 --> 00:34:01,929 Can't picture you doing that with me. 788 00:34:02,011 --> 00:34:03,637 Your lips never touched formula. 789 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,970 You were at your mother's teat 790 00:34:05,053 --> 00:34:06,970 until you started reading Chaucer. 791 00:34:07,053 --> 00:34:08,428 [chuckles] 792 00:34:08,512 --> 00:34:11,136 But you get with the times, or you grow old. 793 00:34:11,220 --> 00:34:14,512 You want to hold your sister? 794 00:34:14,595 --> 00:34:16,345 [baby coos] 795 00:34:16,428 --> 00:34:17,970 Uh, no. It's not a social call. 796 00:34:18,053 --> 00:34:20,053 Uh, I just came from old Ya-lay U. 797 00:34:20,136 --> 00:34:22,762 I'm doing a bit of teaching this semester. 798 00:34:22,845 --> 00:34:25,845 Back to the teat, eh? It'll do me good. 799 00:34:25,929 --> 00:34:28,178 And you would do me and the school well 800 00:34:28,261 --> 00:34:30,679 to follow through on your financial commitment. 801 00:34:30,762 --> 00:34:32,887 I'm done paying for your schooling. 802 00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:35,720 Hey. You agreed to the donations, not me. 803 00:34:35,804 --> 00:34:38,428 Son, these things are all politics and politicking. 804 00:34:38,512 --> 00:34:40,470 When it comes to academic philanthropy, 805 00:34:40,553 --> 00:34:42,595 it's a case of fox and hound. 806 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:43,845 And I'm the fox. 807 00:34:43,929 --> 00:34:45,804 It's not a game. You made a pledge. 808 00:34:45,887 --> 00:34:48,679 I have new priorities now. 809 00:34:48,762 --> 00:34:50,178 [Roxanne] You certainly do. 810 00:34:50,261 --> 00:34:53,428 And Yale doesn't need your money... 811 00:34:53,512 --> 00:34:57,303 Their endowment's 30 billion already. 812 00:34:57,387 --> 00:34:59,512 You're on board with this? 813 00:34:59,595 --> 00:35:01,053 Has Yale offended you? 814 00:35:01,136 --> 00:35:03,053 Something in how they've historically dealt 815 00:35:03,136 --> 00:35:04,387 with indigenous peoples? 816 00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:06,637 [baby coos] 817 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,178 No, I'm offended 818 00:35:09,261 --> 00:35:11,845 by the idea of paying for a family legacy 819 00:35:11,929 --> 00:35:14,804 when the family doesn't really act like a family. 820 00:35:16,637 --> 00:35:18,637 [baby coos] 821 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,345 Ah. 822 00:35:20,428 --> 00:35:21,595 ♪♪♪ 823 00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:23,220 [chuckles] 824 00:35:23,303 --> 00:35:25,512 [smooches] 825 00:35:25,595 --> 00:35:27,428 [Chuck] Uh-huh. 826 00:35:27,512 --> 00:35:29,178 [baby cooing] 827 00:35:29,261 --> 00:35:32,595 The warm embrace of the brood is indeed important. 828 00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:36,804 As strange and circuitously linked as that brood may be. 829 00:35:36,887 --> 00:35:39,887 [sighs] 830 00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:43,512 Perhaps I've been dilatory in my familial duties. 831 00:35:43,595 --> 00:35:45,261 My children have not had the pleasure 832 00:35:45,345 --> 00:35:49,720 of truly welcoming the newest members of our clan. 833 00:35:49,804 --> 00:35:52,303 It's high time I correct that oversight. 834 00:35:53,845 --> 00:35:56,720 We'd like that very much. 835 00:35:56,804 --> 00:35:58,970 I take it you'll have no trouble navigating 836 00:35:59,053 --> 00:36:01,470 the soon-to-be-former Mrs. Wendy Rhoades? 837 00:36:01,553 --> 00:36:02,970 Oh. 838 00:36:03,053 --> 00:36:04,762 No one's more family-first. 839 00:36:04,845 --> 00:36:06,887 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 840 00:36:06,970 --> 00:36:10,762 ♪♪♪ 841 00:36:10,845 --> 00:36:12,220 We're gonna walk into his office 842 00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:14,095 and we're gonna let the Headmaster know 843 00:36:14,178 --> 00:36:16,178 what we know about him, and then you... 844 00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:17,970 [bag zipping] 845 00:36:18,053 --> 00:36:20,762 Will be sleeping back in your dorm room tonight, Gord... 846 00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:22,387 [knock on door] 847 00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:28,929 Oh. Glad I caught you. 848 00:36:29,011 --> 00:36:31,804 Just had a one-on-one with Skinner's athletic director. 849 00:36:31,887 --> 00:36:34,095 Amiable man, after a fashion. 850 00:36:34,178 --> 00:36:36,178 He confirmed Kessel took the money? 851 00:36:36,261 --> 00:36:37,387 Yes... and no. 852 00:36:37,470 --> 00:36:39,637 Pinched it but didn't pocket it. 853 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,136 Redirected it. 854 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:42,804 He's actually working for the good. 855 00:36:42,887 --> 00:36:45,178 Like Robin of fucking Locksley? 856 00:36:45,261 --> 00:36:46,929 Much like that. 857 00:36:47,011 --> 00:36:50,053 Um. Kessel sidetracked the excess money from wrestling 858 00:36:50,136 --> 00:36:52,637 to fund a scholarship program for Syrian refugees 859 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,887 that the school had refused to fund. 860 00:36:54,970 --> 00:36:56,845 Three of those refugees and their families 861 00:36:56,929 --> 00:36:58,887 are on campus this year. 862 00:37:00,553 --> 00:37:01,637 [sighs] 863 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,345 I'll stand by. 864 00:37:07,762 --> 00:37:11,178 So the headmaster, sanctimonious though he sure is, 865 00:37:11,261 --> 00:37:13,845 turns out is a good man after all. 866 00:37:13,929 --> 00:37:17,345 So, do we still have to destroy him? 867 00:37:17,428 --> 00:37:19,345 What do you think? 868 00:37:22,345 --> 00:37:23,512 [sighs] 869 00:37:25,011 --> 00:37:26,512 Such a father. 870 00:37:26,595 --> 00:37:28,178 Hey. 871 00:37:28,261 --> 00:37:31,011 Still haven't caught up with your eldest? 872 00:37:31,095 --> 00:37:34,136 My Georgie? No, I haven't. 873 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:36,553 Last I heard, he ran a legal cannabis business 874 00:37:36,637 --> 00:37:39,303 in Colorado... but it crossed state lines. 875 00:37:39,387 --> 00:37:42,303 Now, much like the answer, he's blowing in the wind. 876 00:37:42,387 --> 00:37:46,220 ♪ Cat Stevens' "Father and Son" ♪ 877 00:37:46,303 --> 00:37:48,929 Don't beat yourself up on this, Wags. 878 00:37:49,011 --> 00:37:50,720 Fathering ain't easy. 879 00:37:50,804 --> 00:37:58,804 ♪♪♪ 880 00:38:42,011 --> 00:38:44,220 [cellphone clatters] 881 00:38:44,303 --> 00:38:47,887 [sighs heavily] [line ringing] 882 00:38:53,178 --> 00:38:54,887 Hey. 883 00:38:54,970 --> 00:38:59,428 [Axe] I have what I need to take this Headmaster out. 884 00:38:59,512 --> 00:39:02,470 Do I fix this for him? 885 00:39:02,553 --> 00:39:04,512 How do I not fuck my kid up more? 886 00:39:04,595 --> 00:39:06,136 [Wendy] That's the question 887 00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:10,387 every decent parent asks every day. 888 00:39:10,470 --> 00:39:13,595 Let's say you take the laissez-faire approach, 889 00:39:13,679 --> 00:39:16,595 let the market have its way with Gordie. 890 00:39:16,679 --> 00:39:18,804 He learns there are consequences. 891 00:39:18,887 --> 00:39:21,345 Gets suspended, probably expelled. 892 00:39:21,428 --> 00:39:22,970 Ends up at a lower-tier prep school 893 00:39:23,053 --> 00:39:25,303 or New York Military Academy. 894 00:39:25,387 --> 00:39:26,970 Goes to Colby instead of Harvard. 895 00:39:27,053 --> 00:39:29,011 There's... There's no shame in that... 896 00:39:29,095 --> 00:39:31,261 I mean, unless for the kid 897 00:39:31,345 --> 00:39:33,053 who's going mini-Winklevoss at 14... 898 00:39:33,136 --> 00:39:34,929 It's what he set his sights on. 899 00:39:35,011 --> 00:39:36,637 [Wendy] Then it's crushing. 900 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,613 [Wendy] And maybe he blames you for the consequence. 901 00:39:38,637 --> 00:39:40,470 [Wendy] And that chip on his shoulder. 902 00:39:40,553 --> 00:39:43,637 [Wendy] turns into a drinking problem by the time he's 28. 903 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,345 [Wendy] Or he blames himself, 904 00:39:46,428 --> 00:39:49,011 [Wendy] accepts the consequences, 905 00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:52,970 [Wendy] self-worth gets dinged up pretty good... 906 00:39:53,053 --> 00:39:57,178 And winds up with a drinking problem by the time he's 28. 907 00:39:57,261 --> 00:40:00,011 ♪♪♪ 908 00:40:00,095 --> 00:40:02,095 And then there's you... 909 00:40:02,178 --> 00:40:06,845 Can you stay the course... With whatever you decide? 910 00:40:06,929 --> 00:40:09,845 Because if you dive in after him only sometimes, 911 00:40:09,929 --> 00:40:13,178 he won't know how or when to swim, or breathe, or trust. 912 00:40:13,261 --> 00:40:16,011 It's got to be tough love all the way... 913 00:40:16,095 --> 00:40:18,428 Which could work out great, 914 00:40:18,512 --> 00:40:20,345 he could turn out great... 915 00:40:20,428 --> 00:40:23,178 Or the interventionist approach for evermore. 916 00:40:23,261 --> 00:40:25,595 So the question is, 917 00:40:25,679 --> 00:40:28,345 do I have the stomach to let him dangle? 918 00:40:28,428 --> 00:40:30,637 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 919 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,845 ♪♪ 920 00:40:33,929 --> 00:40:35,804 [door closes] 921 00:40:35,887 --> 00:40:39,553 [sighs] 922 00:40:39,637 --> 00:40:42,470 If I had a hat, it would be in hand... 923 00:40:42,553 --> 00:40:45,720 Why? What do you want to discuss? 924 00:40:45,804 --> 00:40:49,762 I wish we didn't have to do this here. 925 00:40:49,845 --> 00:40:52,220 I wish you were a completely different man. 926 00:40:52,303 --> 00:40:55,261 [laughs] 927 00:40:55,345 --> 00:40:57,845 The financial restraining order 928 00:40:57,929 --> 00:40:59,887 blocking you from getting your apartment 929 00:40:59,970 --> 00:41:02,804 was... a bit of an overreach. 930 00:41:02,887 --> 00:41:04,762 But I was merely reacting to... 931 00:41:04,845 --> 00:41:07,387 I know: my releasing the statement. 932 00:41:07,470 --> 00:41:08,637 Which I wouldn't have done 933 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:10,762 if you hadn't dragged your goddamned feet. 934 00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:15,136 I was having a hard time... accepting our status. 935 00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:16,595 But now I have. 936 00:41:16,679 --> 00:41:19,595 So perhaps a pullback on the order is in line. 937 00:41:19,679 --> 00:41:22,929 Oh, Christ. 938 00:41:23,011 --> 00:41:25,470 You need something. 939 00:41:25,553 --> 00:41:28,428 You're not apologizing, we're horse trading. 940 00:41:28,512 --> 00:41:30,220 Out with it. 941 00:41:30,303 --> 00:41:33,512 [Chuck] That's hardly the way I would characterize this. 942 00:41:33,595 --> 00:41:36,553 Fine. 943 00:41:36,637 --> 00:41:38,595 The kids should know. 944 00:41:38,679 --> 00:41:42,011 [Chuck] that family is still important at a time like this. 945 00:41:42,095 --> 00:41:43,970 All family. 946 00:41:44,053 --> 00:41:46,762 Even new family. 947 00:41:46,845 --> 00:41:49,095 I want to formally introduce Kevin and Eva 948 00:41:49,178 --> 00:41:50,762 to Roxanne and Willow. 949 00:41:50,845 --> 00:41:52,845 [laughs] 950 00:41:52,929 --> 00:41:54,887 Come on. 951 00:41:55,011 --> 00:41:57,136 You got to be kidding me. 952 00:41:57,220 --> 00:41:59,387 Was this your whacked-out father's idea? 953 00:41:59,470 --> 00:42:00,762 Wendy. 954 00:42:00,845 --> 00:42:01,845 [chuckles] 955 00:42:01,887 --> 00:42:04,178 He is a changed individual. 956 00:42:04,261 --> 00:42:06,178 You don't even believe that. 957 00:42:06,261 --> 00:42:08,804 You'd be surprised at my current suite of beliefs. 958 00:42:08,887 --> 00:42:11,929 One of them being that there's value in the sanctity of family. 959 00:42:12,011 --> 00:42:13,178 Mm. Sometimes. 960 00:42:13,261 --> 00:42:15,220 I'll lower my guns. 961 00:42:15,303 --> 00:42:18,095 Have the ATRO lifted. 962 00:42:18,178 --> 00:42:23,136 You want to buy an apartment... done. 963 00:42:23,220 --> 00:42:24,845 What would be expected? 964 00:42:24,929 --> 00:42:26,762 [chuckles] 965 00:42:26,845 --> 00:42:30,929 Just that the kids get to know their new relatives... 966 00:42:31,011 --> 00:42:36,387 Oh, and, uh, that you be there too. 967 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,011 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 968 00:42:39,095 --> 00:42:46,178 ♪♪♪ 969 00:42:46,261 --> 00:42:48,512 [sighs heavily] 970 00:42:48,595 --> 00:42:51,845 ♪♪♪ 971 00:42:51,929 --> 00:42:53,345 [exhales sharply] 972 00:42:53,428 --> 00:42:58,804 ♪♪♪ 973 00:42:58,887 --> 00:43:00,762 Where are we at? I've been texting. 974 00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:03,178 Oh. It's off. 975 00:43:03,261 --> 00:43:04,970 My phone. I-I turned it. 976 00:43:05,053 --> 00:43:07,887 Are you... drunk? 977 00:43:07,970 --> 00:43:10,387 I was... [Taylor] I can smell it. 978 00:43:10,470 --> 00:43:12,345 What do retired admirals drink? 979 00:43:12,428 --> 00:43:14,387 Anything they want, and a lot of it. 980 00:43:14,470 --> 00:43:16,220 Did you get into divestment? 981 00:43:16,303 --> 00:43:17,845 Yeah. It's done. 982 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:19,553 It is? He agreed? 983 00:43:19,637 --> 00:43:20,970 [Hammon] He did... But how? 984 00:43:21,053 --> 00:43:23,387 Because this candy ass's specialty 985 00:43:23,470 --> 00:43:25,804 is making admirals crumble like rock candy. 986 00:43:27,637 --> 00:43:30,387 But an idea occurred on the way over. 987 00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:32,387 Everything that they're giving up. 988 00:43:32,470 --> 00:43:33,720 We can take the same position 989 00:43:33,804 --> 00:43:36,178 that we are unrolling the endowment from... 990 00:43:36,261 --> 00:43:37,887 Get the oil companies to make a deal 991 00:43:37,970 --> 00:43:39,762 to stave off the publicity bloodletting. 992 00:43:39,845 --> 00:43:41,929 [Hammon] that will come from the divestment. 993 00:43:42,011 --> 00:43:44,845 And we can do it without implicating the University. 994 00:43:44,929 --> 00:43:47,553 We just have to run the trade through the main house. 995 00:43:47,637 --> 00:43:50,553 It goes against the spirit of the entire thing. 996 00:43:50,637 --> 00:43:52,804 By the rules of engagement in our business 997 00:43:52,887 --> 00:43:53,887 it's the right move. 998 00:43:53,970 --> 00:43:55,553 It's a no. It's not who we are. 999 00:43:55,637 --> 00:43:56,887 Or who I want to be. 1000 00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:09,595 [door opens] 1001 00:44:12,512 --> 00:44:14,637 [sighs] You know that line from Hamilton... 1002 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,053 You know I know 'em all... 1003 00:44:16,136 --> 00:44:17,929 "He takes and he takes and he takes." 1004 00:44:18,011 --> 00:44:19,220 It's about Alexander. 1005 00:44:19,303 --> 00:44:22,178 But it might as well be about our governor. 1006 00:44:22,261 --> 00:44:23,845 Oh no. 1007 00:44:23,929 --> 00:44:26,053 The money? [Sacker] Yeah. 1008 00:44:26,136 --> 00:44:27,929 Best practices for years have been 1009 00:44:28,011 --> 00:44:30,136 that the AG gets to use settlement money. 1010 00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:32,845 But the governor is claiming the funds I've gathered. 1011 00:44:32,929 --> 00:44:35,679 [sighs] So I'm to what, uh, 1012 00:44:35,762 --> 00:44:39,595 propose a duel at dawn across the river in Jersey? 1013 00:44:39,679 --> 00:44:41,637 Can you? Would that I could. 1014 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,345 Is there a workaround? 1015 00:44:43,428 --> 00:44:47,303 I drilled down. 1016 00:44:47,387 --> 00:44:51,303 Before the funds land with us, and so can be taken from us, 1017 00:44:51,387 --> 00:44:52,720 we can designate them. 1018 00:44:52,804 --> 00:44:54,095 But I want 'em! 1019 00:44:54,178 --> 00:44:57,220 [Sacker] We can designate them to a public good. 1020 00:44:57,303 --> 00:45:00,637 Like a law school clinic, earmarked to do certain work, 1021 00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:04,637 run by a certain person. 1022 00:45:07,387 --> 00:45:10,136 Yale Law. 1023 00:45:10,220 --> 00:45:11,303 I get to go home again. 1024 00:45:11,387 --> 00:45:12,929 And make it work for us. 1025 00:45:13,011 --> 00:45:15,220 You do. 1026 00:45:15,303 --> 00:45:17,220 [laughs] 1027 00:45:17,303 --> 00:45:18,887 Nice job, Sacker. 1028 00:45:18,970 --> 00:45:21,553 When I cut a joint, ya know? 1029 00:45:21,637 --> 00:45:23,720 [chuckling] Ohh. I do. 1030 00:45:23,804 --> 00:45:26,178 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1031 00:45:26,261 --> 00:45:34,261 ♪♪♪ 1032 00:45:34,428 --> 00:45:37,178 [woman] Sir? Excuse me! 1033 00:45:37,261 --> 00:45:39,929 We know you've been siphoning from athletic donations 1034 00:45:40,011 --> 00:45:42,345 to give scholarships to Syrian refugees. 1035 00:45:42,428 --> 00:45:44,512 Your board's not gonna like that... 1036 00:45:44,595 --> 00:45:47,136 Yeah. And I'm certain the authorities won't either. 1037 00:45:47,220 --> 00:45:49,345 Is this your plan? To blackmail me? 1038 00:45:49,428 --> 00:45:52,220 Blackmail? Nah. The word is expose. 1039 00:45:52,303 --> 00:45:53,845 Expose what? 1040 00:45:53,929 --> 00:45:56,053 I'm helping smart kids and their families... 1041 00:45:56,136 --> 00:45:57,345 People with next to nothing... 1042 00:45:57,428 --> 00:45:59,011 Make it in this world. 1043 00:45:59,095 --> 00:46:01,303 And I think you'll find a school community here 1044 00:46:01,387 --> 00:46:02,679 that supports that. 1045 00:46:02,762 --> 00:46:05,428 Mm. Sounds noble, but will they, really? 1046 00:46:05,512 --> 00:46:07,804 You clearly underestimate 1047 00:46:07,887 --> 00:46:09,929 the empathy of the Skinner family. 1048 00:46:10,011 --> 00:46:14,053 These are your so-called "scholarship recipients..." 1049 00:46:14,136 --> 00:46:17,136 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 1050 00:46:17,220 --> 00:46:21,929 ♪♪ 1051 00:46:22,011 --> 00:46:24,720 But what it really looks like is cheap labor. 1052 00:46:24,804 --> 00:46:26,887 Yeah. They... They have no accommodations 1053 00:46:26,970 --> 00:46:29,720 when they get here, so I take them in. 1054 00:46:29,804 --> 00:46:33,220 They... help around the house. That's it. 1055 00:46:33,303 --> 00:46:37,220 Unpaid illegal immigrants living in your house. 1056 00:46:37,303 --> 00:46:39,261 That's not a very good look, Headmaster. 1057 00:46:39,345 --> 00:46:41,720 [sighs] Well. I don't care what it looks like. 1058 00:46:41,804 --> 00:46:43,303 I'm helping these people. 1059 00:46:43,387 --> 00:46:45,011 Well. It looks like 'these people' 1060 00:46:45,095 --> 00:46:46,553 are working for you. 1061 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,720 And they aren't getting paid for it, are they? 1062 00:46:48,804 --> 00:46:50,595 Don't they call that white slavery? 1063 00:46:50,679 --> 00:46:52,428 I think they just call it slavery... 1064 00:46:52,512 --> 00:46:55,428 This isn't right. 1065 00:46:55,512 --> 00:46:57,929 Are you really going to destroy me... 1066 00:46:58,011 --> 00:47:00,011 Tarnish this historic institution 1067 00:47:00,095 --> 00:47:02,428 that's helped thousands of young men and women 1068 00:47:02,512 --> 00:47:03,762 and those poor refugees... 1069 00:47:03,845 --> 00:47:05,387 To keep your son from being expelled? 1070 00:47:05,470 --> 00:47:07,428 Bet your ass I am. 1071 00:47:07,512 --> 00:47:08,762 In fact I have. 1072 00:47:08,845 --> 00:47:10,303 Isn't that what I just did, Wags? 1073 00:47:10,387 --> 00:47:11,595 Yeah. I saw you do it. 1074 00:47:11,679 --> 00:47:13,095 Like three seconds ago. Hmm. 1075 00:47:13,178 --> 00:47:15,345 So. You are going to clear my son, Gordie, 1076 00:47:15,428 --> 00:47:16,804 of any wrongdoing. 1077 00:47:16,887 --> 00:47:18,762 But that's not it. Oh. We're not finished. 1078 00:47:18,845 --> 00:47:20,428 Not by a long shot. 1079 00:47:20,512 --> 00:47:22,720 'Cause you embarrassed him... Dragged him in here, 1080 00:47:22,804 --> 00:47:24,387 held him out in front of the school 1081 00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:25,637 like a common criminal. 1082 00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:28,136 You dinged his reputation. 1083 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:33,053 So now you are going to give me the chance to fix that, too. 1084 00:47:35,053 --> 00:47:38,053 ♪ Rainbow's "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" ♪ 1085 00:47:38,136 --> 00:47:39,303 ♪ Alright ♪ 1086 00:47:39,387 --> 00:47:40,845 ♪♪♪ 1087 00:47:40,929 --> 00:47:43,136 ♪ Rock 'n' Roll ♪ 1088 00:47:43,220 --> 00:47:47,011 Your headmaster was kind enough to cede me the mic 1089 00:47:47,095 --> 00:47:48,720 for this morning's lesson, 1090 00:47:48,804 --> 00:47:50,553 and I'm here to give you a little bit 1091 00:47:50,637 --> 00:47:53,637 about what this school has been holding back from you... 1092 00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:58,428 The goddamn truth about Darwin, scarcity 1093 00:47:58,512 --> 00:48:01,512 and the world you actually live in. 1094 00:48:01,595 --> 00:48:04,011 It's not the warm, swaddled place 1095 00:48:04,095 --> 00:48:06,804 your Headmaster and your parents have told you about. 1096 00:48:06,887 --> 00:48:09,595 It's populated by people like me. 1097 00:48:09,679 --> 00:48:14,095 [Axe] who will TEAR YOU APART. 1098 00:48:14,178 --> 00:48:16,679 Nature didn't select me. 1099 00:48:16,762 --> 00:48:20,595 I selected myself by harnessing my nature. 1100 00:48:23,387 --> 00:48:26,929 My son wasn't pulling a prank. 1101 00:48:28,387 --> 00:48:31,178 [Axe] He was trying to earn. 1102 00:48:31,261 --> 00:48:33,261 And if he broke the school's code, 1103 00:48:33,345 --> 00:48:35,345 it's because the code is wrong. 1104 00:48:35,428 --> 00:48:36,887 Asked him to go against the DNA 1105 00:48:36,970 --> 00:48:39,345 which is telling each of you to be greedy, 1106 00:48:39,428 --> 00:48:41,136 yes, be hungry. 1107 00:48:41,220 --> 00:48:43,470 [Axe] Subjugate and conquer. 1108 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:47,679 'Cause that's who we are. 1109 00:48:47,762 --> 00:48:50,929 That's what we are. 1110 00:48:51,011 --> 00:48:53,762 Capitalism harnesses that 1111 00:48:53,845 --> 00:48:56,970 better than any other economic model on Earth. 1112 00:48:57,053 --> 00:49:00,512 Everything we have is because of capitalism. 1113 00:49:00,595 --> 00:49:04,553 'Cause someone had an incentive to get up off his ass, 1114 00:49:04,637 --> 00:49:07,595 to out-invent, to out-earn, yes, 1115 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:09,929 and to subjugate others. 1116 00:49:10,011 --> 00:49:12,887 [Axe] less capable, less intelligent, 1117 00:49:12,970 --> 00:49:15,887 [Axe] less ambitious, less lucky... 1118 00:49:15,970 --> 00:49:20,011 To make those capitalistic dreams come true. 1119 00:49:20,095 --> 00:49:23,136 And you know what I'm talking about, Headmaster Kessel. 1120 00:49:24,637 --> 00:49:27,136 [Axe] It's the dirty secret you may not want to hear... 1121 00:49:27,220 --> 00:49:29,970 [Axe] but you fucking love the result. 1122 00:49:30,887 --> 00:49:33,595 As will you soon enough. 1123 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,512 ♪ Rainbow's "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" ♪ 1124 00:49:35,595 --> 00:49:36,470 [cheers and applause] 1125 00:49:36,553 --> 00:49:39,470 ♪ Alright ♪ 1126 00:49:39,553 --> 00:49:42,095 ♪ Rock 'n' Roll ♪ 1127 00:49:42,178 --> 00:49:49,804 ♪♪♪ 1128 00:49:49,887 --> 00:49:52,929 ♪ At the end of a dream, if you know where I mean ♪ 1129 00:49:53,011 --> 00:49:56,345 ♪ When the mist just starts to clear ♪ 1130 00:49:56,428 --> 00:49:59,929 ♪ In a similar way, at the end of today ♪ 1131 00:50:00,011 --> 00:50:03,929 ♪ I could feel the sound of writing on the wall ♪ 1132 00:50:04,011 --> 00:50:07,345 [tapping on glass] 1133 00:50:09,303 --> 00:50:10,303 [sighs] 1134 00:50:15,136 --> 00:50:17,053 - [knock on door] - [Senior] Courtesy knock! 1135 00:50:17,136 --> 00:50:18,929 - [door opens] - Let's get this over with. 1136 00:50:19,011 --> 00:50:21,553 [door closes] 1137 00:50:21,637 --> 00:50:24,053 The generations. 1138 00:50:24,136 --> 00:50:27,512 All under one roof. At last. 1139 00:50:27,595 --> 00:50:33,136 ♪♪♪ 1140 00:50:33,220 --> 00:50:34,845 [sighs] Alrighty. 1141 00:50:34,929 --> 00:50:42,637 Kids this is your new... uh, my sister. 1142 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:44,428 [Chuck] Your aunt. 1143 00:50:44,512 --> 00:50:45,970 [baby cooing] 1144 00:50:46,053 --> 00:50:50,261 She's so small, how can she be my aunt? 1145 00:50:50,345 --> 00:50:51,845 [chuckles] Well. 1146 00:50:51,929 --> 00:50:53,845 The world can be a funny place, sweetie. 1147 00:50:53,929 --> 00:50:55,720 - [Wendy] It can... - The world is 1148 00:50:55,804 --> 00:50:57,887 whatever the hell you make it. 1149 00:50:57,970 --> 00:51:00,011 - [chuckles] - [baby cooing] 1150 00:51:00,095 --> 00:51:01,845 [Roxanne] Say hi. Hi. 1151 00:51:01,929 --> 00:51:03,136 [laughter] 1152 00:51:03,220 --> 00:51:07,679 She's adorable... ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1153 00:51:07,762 --> 00:51:09,845 [Willow] [smooches] 1154 00:51:09,929 --> 00:51:11,345 [Roxanne] You want your papa? 1155 00:51:11,428 --> 00:51:17,845 ♪♪♪ 1156 00:51:17,929 --> 00:51:19,345 Check is in the mail, Sonny. 1157 00:51:19,428 --> 00:51:20,679 Mm. 1158 00:51:20,762 --> 00:51:23,845 Check is in the mail. 1159 00:51:23,929 --> 00:51:25,136 [chuckles] 1160 00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:26,845 [baby cooing] 1161 00:51:26,929 --> 00:51:28,512 [Roxanne] Say hi. Hi. 1162 00:51:28,595 --> 00:51:30,345 [hand pats] 1163 00:51:30,428 --> 00:51:32,553 [cooing continues] 1164 00:51:32,637 --> 00:51:34,804 ♪♪♪ 1165 00:51:34,887 --> 00:51:36,428 - [elevator dings] - Sir. Thank you. 1166 00:51:36,512 --> 00:51:37,804 - My pleasure. - Wags, great. 1167 00:51:37,887 --> 00:51:39,970 Thanks, gentlemen. I'll show you downstairs. 1168 00:51:40,053 --> 00:51:41,345 Please. 1169 00:51:41,428 --> 00:51:46,720 ♪♪♪ 1170 00:51:46,804 --> 00:51:47,804 [button clicks] 1171 00:51:47,845 --> 00:51:49,095 [Victor] Was that...? 1172 00:51:49,178 --> 00:51:51,387 Dell Lambert from Argyra Petroleum... 1173 00:51:51,470 --> 00:51:52,804 Indeed it was. 1174 00:51:52,887 --> 00:51:53,970 - And... - [Wags] Yep, 1175 00:51:54,053 --> 00:51:56,261 Cliff Slade from Charter Offshore Oil. 1176 00:51:56,345 --> 00:51:57,845 We just assumed big positions 1177 00:51:57,929 --> 00:52:00,053 and gave them a nice haircut while doing it. 1178 00:52:00,136 --> 00:52:02,720 - Baller move. - A kick-save and a beaut'... 1179 00:52:02,804 --> 00:52:07,387 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1180 00:52:07,470 --> 00:52:10,136 [indistinct conversations] 1181 00:52:14,804 --> 00:52:17,011 - [Hammon] You know who that is? - Yes. I do. 1182 00:52:17,095 --> 00:52:18,387 Who were they? 1183 00:52:18,470 --> 00:52:19,720 Opportunity. 1184 00:52:19,804 --> 00:52:21,845 The CEOs of the fucking oil companies 1185 00:52:21,929 --> 00:52:24,136 we just divested Lawrenceburg's endowment from. 1186 00:52:24,220 --> 00:52:25,762 Axe took on the positions? 1187 00:52:25,845 --> 00:52:27,220 Mm. With a back deal 1188 00:52:27,303 --> 00:52:29,178 that will pay off handsomely, no doubt. 1189 00:52:29,261 --> 00:52:30,595 [Mafee] Sick score... 1190 00:52:32,470 --> 00:52:34,595 No one in here seems happy. 1191 00:52:34,679 --> 00:52:36,345 How come no one's happy? 1192 00:52:38,387 --> 00:52:39,845 I know it was your idea. 1193 00:52:39,929 --> 00:52:42,178 But I know you didn't take it to him. 1194 00:52:43,929 --> 00:52:45,929 Don't worry, I'm not firing you... 1195 00:52:46,011 --> 00:52:47,679 Fire me? I quit. Sara... 1196 00:52:47,762 --> 00:52:49,929 That should have been our score and you know it. 1197 00:52:50,011 --> 00:52:52,595 But it's... not the right play. 1198 00:52:52,679 --> 00:52:55,095 Not right? 1199 00:52:55,178 --> 00:52:58,303 We're at work, not a fucking climate rally. 1200 00:52:58,387 --> 00:53:00,345 You are only halfway in on this. 1201 00:53:00,428 --> 00:53:02,303 And you know where that leaves you? 1202 00:53:02,387 --> 00:53:03,553 Vietnam. 1203 00:53:10,428 --> 00:53:13,178 George Wagner. My son. 1204 00:53:13,261 --> 00:53:15,595 The first and proudest issue of my loins... 1205 00:53:15,679 --> 00:53:16,970 Is on his way up. 1206 00:53:17,053 --> 00:53:18,553 I hope he'll be working here soon. 1207 00:53:18,637 --> 00:53:21,136 Treat him like everyone else... But not really. 1208 00:53:21,887 --> 00:53:24,303 [elevator dings] 1209 00:53:24,387 --> 00:53:26,387 Georgie boy! 1210 00:53:28,053 --> 00:53:29,303 Hello, Dad. 1211 00:53:29,387 --> 00:53:31,178 It's good to see you. 1212 00:53:31,261 --> 00:53:35,637 Can't wait to tell you the news... 1213 00:53:35,720 --> 00:53:37,053 The Good News. 1214 00:53:37,136 --> 00:53:38,387 ♪ Soft music ♪ 1215 00:53:38,470 --> 00:53:39,637 What is this? 1216 00:53:42,553 --> 00:53:44,011 It's everything. 1217 00:53:44,095 --> 00:53:46,011 It's the whole world. Beyond. 1218 00:53:46,095 --> 00:53:48,011 Dad, I've made my personal relationship 1219 00:53:48,095 --> 00:53:49,345 with Jesus Christ. 1220 00:53:49,428 --> 00:53:52,011 And I'm here to share Him with you. 1221 00:53:52,095 --> 00:54:00,095 ♪♪♪ 1222 00:54:09,470 --> 00:54:13,595 So... [Tanner] I don't want the gig. 1223 00:54:13,679 --> 00:54:15,261 Like I told your guy there... 1224 00:54:15,345 --> 00:54:18,178 He said to wait and tell you. 1225 00:54:18,261 --> 00:54:19,762 It's not about my work, man. 1226 00:54:19,845 --> 00:54:22,136 It's about you and Prince. 1227 00:54:22,220 --> 00:54:24,512 I don't need to be part of some pissing contest. 1228 00:54:24,595 --> 00:54:27,095 There's always a fight over something of value. 1229 00:54:27,178 --> 00:54:28,887 Look, you think I really don't know 1230 00:54:28,970 --> 00:54:30,845 what makes your stuff so good? 1231 00:54:30,929 --> 00:54:33,387 No, I-I heard what you said. 1232 00:54:33,470 --> 00:54:36,220 And you wanted it before Prince even got there, so... 1233 00:54:36,303 --> 00:54:38,804 But I never painted on commission before 1234 00:54:38,887 --> 00:54:40,845 and I don't plan on starting now. 1235 00:54:40,929 --> 00:54:42,720 Maybe that works with your stock boys. 1236 00:54:42,804 --> 00:54:44,887 But I'm a painter. 1237 00:54:44,970 --> 00:54:46,887 I have stock guys. 1238 00:54:46,970 --> 00:54:48,220 I want Michelangelo. 1239 00:54:48,303 --> 00:54:50,553 [Axe] Who painted on commission, by the way. 1240 00:54:50,637 --> 00:54:52,220 Yeah. I know. The Medicis. 1241 00:54:52,303 --> 00:54:55,220 Do we like the Sistine Chapel any less 1242 00:54:55,303 --> 00:54:56,720 because they paid him to paint it? 1243 00:54:56,804 --> 00:54:58,595 No. And Mozart? 1244 00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:02,470 [Axe] Did his best work for bags of gold. 1245 00:55:02,553 --> 00:55:06,053 Mozart died penniless, at his piano. 1246 00:55:06,136 --> 00:55:10,679 Okay. First he enjoyed some Nipples of Venus. 1247 00:55:10,762 --> 00:55:14,178 And we're still talking about him 250 years later. 1248 00:55:16,345 --> 00:55:19,011 I'm not asking for your soul. 1249 00:55:19,095 --> 00:55:21,595 Just your next eight paintings. 1250 00:55:21,679 --> 00:55:28,970 ♪♪♪ 1251 00:55:29,053 --> 00:55:31,929 You know, the place does get good light during the day. 1252 00:55:32,011 --> 00:55:35,261 Sure does. 1253 00:55:35,345 --> 00:55:38,178 Come on, let's sit. Keep talking. 1254 00:55:41,679 --> 00:55:44,303 [Chef Ryan] Anthony said to tell you he's sorry... 1255 00:55:44,387 --> 00:55:46,345 It's not going to be like in the restaurant... 1256 00:55:46,428 --> 00:55:48,428 Yeah, the purist made it clear. 1257 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:51,887 But honestly, it looks pretty damn solid. 1258 00:55:51,970 --> 00:55:53,470 Yeah. Sure does. 1259 00:55:53,553 --> 00:55:56,178 Thanks, Chef Ryan. You bet. 1260 00:55:56,261 --> 00:55:58,762 So, Anthony, my new pizza guy, 1261 00:55:58,845 --> 00:56:00,804 he's a lot like you... A true artist. 1262 00:56:00,887 --> 00:56:03,804 All the talent in the world, but still he isn't sure. 1263 00:56:03,887 --> 00:56:07,261 He's afraid of coming up short, because he knows perfection. 1264 00:56:07,345 --> 00:56:09,970 But, if you stick around, what you'll see is: 1265 00:56:10,053 --> 00:56:11,136 I know greatness. 1266 00:56:11,220 --> 00:56:12,679 And that's what this is. 1267 00:56:12,762 --> 00:56:14,553 Take a bite. Tell me I'm wrong. 1268 00:56:14,637 --> 00:56:17,679 ♪ Mid-tempo music ♪ 1269 00:56:17,762 --> 00:56:20,887 ♪♪ 1270 00:56:20,970 --> 00:56:25,553 Mmm. Wow. 1271 00:56:25,637 --> 00:56:28,011 Fuck. 1272 00:56:28,095 --> 00:56:29,303 That's amazing. 1273 00:56:29,387 --> 00:56:31,011 You are not wrong. 1274 00:56:31,095 --> 00:56:33,261 That's what you'll learn rolling with me. 1275 00:56:33,345 --> 00:56:36,387 I'm never wrong... Almost never... 1276 00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:37,637 Really never. 1277 00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:40,512 [chuckles] [Axe] Dig in. 1278 00:56:40,595 --> 00:56:43,053 To all of it. 1279 00:56:43,136 --> 00:56:44,679 You're with me now. 1280 00:56:44,762 --> 00:56:46,279 ♪ Rainbow's "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" ♪ 1281 00:56:46,303 --> 00:56:49,220 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪ 1282 00:56:49,303 --> 00:56:52,720 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll, yeah ♪ 1283 00:56:52,804 --> 00:56:56,929 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪ 1284 00:56:57,011 --> 00:56:58,679 ♪ Look here ♪ 1285 00:56:58,762 --> 00:57:02,095 ♪ If you suddenly see what has happened to me ♪ 1286 00:57:02,178 --> 00:57:05,178 ♪ You should spread the word around ♪ 1287 00:57:05,261 --> 00:57:08,595 ♪ And tell everyone here that it's perfectly clear ♪ 1288 00:57:08,679 --> 00:57:13,011 ♪ They can sail above it all on what they've found ♪ 1289 00:57:13,095 --> 00:57:15,595 ♪ It cries for you ♪ 1290 00:57:15,679 --> 00:57:18,970 ♪ It's the best that you can do ♪ 1291 00:57:19,053 --> 00:57:22,762 ♪ Like a sound that's everywhere ♪ 1292 00:57:22,845 --> 00:57:26,387 ♪ I can hear it screaming through the air ♪ 1293 00:57:26,470 --> 00:57:34,470 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪ 1294 00:57:36,637 --> 00:57:39,804 ♪ Let it live, let it live, let it live ♪ 1295 00:57:39,887 --> 00:57:43,428 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪ 1296 00:57:43,512 --> 00:57:46,720 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll, yeah ♪ 1297 00:57:46,804 --> 00:57:49,553 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪ 1298 00:57:49,637 --> 00:57:53,387 ♪ Banners held high with a curse and cry and it's ♪ 1299 00:57:53,470 --> 00:58:00,178 ♪ Long live rock 'n' roll ♪