1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,426 I'm not letting you Neanderthals in to rape my company. 2 00:00:02,427 --> 00:00:05,110 This is a deal so fucking good, you have to take it, 3 00:00:05,111 --> 00:00:06,431 or we'll see you in court. 4 00:00:07,414 --> 00:00:11,347 We need to discuss this bear hug: stick or settle? 5 00:00:11,348 --> 00:00:12,545 I think you should fight. 6 00:00:12,546 --> 00:00:15,339 - You're the one who built it all. - Oh, that was adorable. 7 00:00:15,340 --> 00:00:17,874 You're always looking out for Pops, aren't you? 8 00:00:18,712 --> 00:00:21,391 I'd like to formally ask you to come in 9 00:00:21,392 --> 00:00:24,118 to be the next chief executive of this company. 10 00:00:24,119 --> 00:00:26,176 You're the one. 11 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,600 For now we need to keep this between us, 12 00:00:28,601 --> 00:00:31,179 - everything about Tom, Gil. - Of course. 13 00:00:31,180 --> 00:00:32,904 What did he say? Where am I going? 14 00:00:32,905 --> 00:00:34,730 What have you fucking landed me? Is it huge? 15 00:00:34,731 --> 00:00:37,023 Chair of global broadcast news. 16 00:00:37,024 --> 00:00:38,059 ATN, baby. 17 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:41,107 Kendall and Roman will act as co-chief operating officers. 18 00:00:41,108 --> 00:00:42,705 Did you just say co-chief? 19 00:00:42,706 --> 00:00:44,004 No, he's coming back? 20 00:00:44,636 --> 00:00:46,630 Look what the cat dragged in. 21 00:00:46,631 --> 00:00:49,224 He wanted me to tell you you're going to bleed cash, 22 00:00:49,225 --> 00:00:50,357 he's going to bleed cash, 23 00:00:50,358 --> 00:00:53,100 and maybe you'll kill him, but if you don't, he aims to kill you. 24 00:00:53,101 --> 00:00:55,145 We're going to be the number one 25 00:00:55,146 --> 00:00:57,715 media conglomerate in the world. 26 00:00:57,716 --> 00:00:58,950 Hear, hear. 27 00:01:11,344 --> 00:01:13,711 Can we get in? What's going on? 28 00:01:14,183 --> 00:01:15,607 Let's go. 29 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:18,032 Let's see if he's still awake. 30 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:19,865 Is that him? 31 00:01:22,048 --> 00:01:23,683 Okay. Can we yell, 32 00:01:23,684 --> 00:01:25,283 "Wake up, Snow Joe!" 33 00:01:28,689 --> 00:01:30,789 Wake up, Snow Joe! 34 00:01:32,892 --> 00:01:34,059 There he is. 35 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:36,762 What's poppin', cum-dump? 36 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:39,565 Yeah, just enjoying my daughter's birthday, so... 37 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:41,066 Daddy, uh, we've tried everything. 38 00:01:41,067 --> 00:01:43,369 Can they make the wagon train go faster? 39 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:44,403 Let's... Let's ask, yeah? 40 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:46,539 Can the wagon train go any faster? 41 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:48,407 Uh, up to a point. 42 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:51,343 Yeah, great. Let's take it up to that point. Thanks. 43 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:52,543 Thanks, Daddy. 44 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:55,848 The signage is for shit. 45 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:58,150 You know, still, some other sucker's problem now. 46 00:01:58,151 --> 00:02:00,518 Three months ago, I was at a meeting about how to stop kids 47 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:03,322 giving each other handy jobs on the runaway ghost train. 48 00:02:03,323 --> 00:02:04,957 And now, I'm about to start managing 49 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,592 a billion-dollar news budget, so... It's all good. 50 00:02:07,593 --> 00:02:09,027 I gave my first hand job on the ghost train. 51 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:11,463 I have a shitty roommate right now, so I'm... 52 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:12,664 trying to move on from that. 53 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:14,833 My friend has an open room in her apartment. 54 00:02:14,834 --> 00:02:16,335 - Oh, really? - Yeah, I mean, 55 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:18,770 she has an issue with spores from mold, 56 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,940 but I don't know. I don't know how your lungs are with spores. 57 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,641 You know, I did see one place, 58 00:02:23,642 --> 00:02:25,410 uh, 600 square feet. 59 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:26,745 But it was out in Staten Island. 60 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:27,879 - What? - I dunno if... 61 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,067 Cousin Greg is moving to Staten Island? 62 00:02:30,068 --> 00:02:31,126 No, no. I dunno. 63 00:02:31,127 --> 00:02:32,444 Oh my God, did you hear this? 64 00:02:32,445 --> 00:02:33,700 I'm just looking at a place out there. 65 00:02:33,701 --> 00:02:35,124 Greg is getting the ferry to work? 66 00:02:35,125 --> 00:02:36,621 Check out Bryan Ferry. 67 00:02:36,622 --> 00:02:37,856 Dude, why stop at the ferry? 68 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,758 Just come in from Cleveland on the Greyhound. 69 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,159 Have you considered a hotel? 70 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,362 Oh, wh... As, like, nightly, or... ? 71 00:02:44,363 --> 00:02:47,365 Logan's requested your presence in meeting room 4. 72 00:02:47,366 --> 00:02:49,300 - Which? - Both of you. 73 00:02:49,301 --> 00:02:51,536 Oh. That'll be fun. 74 00:02:51,537 --> 00:02:52,870 Beavis and Crackhead. 75 00:02:56,174 --> 00:03:00,310 Um, Logan also asked for you to join, too. 76 00:03:00,311 --> 00:03:01,978 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 77 00:03:01,979 --> 00:03:03,380 Oh. Okay. 78 00:03:03,381 --> 00:03:04,882 - You wanna take this? - No. 79 00:03:04,883 --> 00:03:08,452 Off they all go again, marching off to Daddy. 80 00:03:08,453 --> 00:03:11,287 Like Russians joining the Brusilov Offensive. 81 00:03:13,751 --> 00:03:14,816 World War I. 82 00:03:16,041 --> 00:03:17,641 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. 83 00:03:19,898 --> 00:03:23,033 My focus is bringing Waystar Royco 84 00:03:23,034 --> 00:03:25,201 to its full earning potential. 85 00:03:25,202 --> 00:03:28,104 - So, uh, Waystar refused to play ball? - Mm-hmm. 86 00:03:28,105 --> 00:03:29,406 I'm assuming they waved 87 00:03:29,407 --> 00:03:30,840 a poison pill in your face 88 00:03:30,841 --> 00:03:33,776 and now you're launching a proxy battle 89 00:03:33,777 --> 00:03:35,278 to replace the board. 90 00:03:35,279 --> 00:03:37,780 This guy, fuckin' dildo dipped in beard trimmings. 91 00:03:37,781 --> 00:03:39,349 He's fuckin' us on TV. 92 00:03:39,350 --> 00:03:41,952 And of course Pierce put him on. 93 00:03:41,953 --> 00:03:43,753 Yes, we're launching into a proxy battle 94 00:03:43,754 --> 00:03:46,222 Self-righteous fuckin' butter-wouldn't-melt, 95 00:03:46,223 --> 00:03:48,858 disingenuous Pulitzer pricks. 96 00:03:48,859 --> 00:03:50,994 Is Logan Roy fit 97 00:03:50,995 --> 00:03:53,821 to run a 21st-century media organization? 98 00:03:53,822 --> 00:03:56,114 You recognize any of this, son? 99 00:03:56,115 --> 00:03:57,806 It's from the playbook, Dad. 100 00:03:57,807 --> 00:04:00,033 Oh, yes, of course, the playbook. 101 00:04:00,034 --> 00:04:01,291 Sure. 102 00:04:01,292 --> 00:04:02,816 Let me just make it very clear. 103 00:04:02,817 --> 00:04:05,608 Kendall Roy is no longer relevant. 104 00:04:05,609 --> 00:04:07,276 Now, with regards to Sandy Furness... 105 00:04:07,277 --> 00:04:08,310 So... 106 00:04:08,311 --> 00:04:10,504 We keep our counsel. Dismissive. 107 00:04:10,505 --> 00:04:12,296 Just lay it all out in our proxy statement. 108 00:04:12,297 --> 00:04:14,722 A hurried public response makes us look rattled. 109 00:04:14,723 --> 00:04:17,753 So let Stewy sway all the shareholders first 110 00:04:17,754 --> 00:04:19,956 while Dad sits there with his thumb up his ass? 111 00:04:19,957 --> 00:04:21,056 That's a great plan. 112 00:04:21,057 --> 00:04:23,826 - Hey, Shiv. - Respectfully, we just take a beat. 113 00:04:23,827 --> 00:04:25,661 Let me, uh, put a solid pack together. 114 00:04:25,662 --> 00:04:27,229 We fire back when we have the ammo. 115 00:04:27,230 --> 00:04:29,465 By which point all the shooting's over. 116 00:04:29,466 --> 00:04:32,101 No, get out now with a salty re-frame. 117 00:04:32,102 --> 00:04:34,670 This is your standard-issue basic-bitch corporate raider 118 00:04:34,671 --> 00:04:37,639 versus a fuckin' legendary force of nature, 119 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:38,940 Hurricane Logan. 120 00:04:38,941 --> 00:04:41,010 He had a fastball once, but... 121 00:04:41,011 --> 00:04:42,711 Now. Today. 122 00:04:42,712 --> 00:04:45,780 Karolina runs the words past Shiv. 123 00:04:45,781 --> 00:04:46,840 Yeah, Vaulter. 124 00:04:46,841 --> 00:04:48,798 - Yeah. Okay. - Vaulter. He paid too big... 125 00:04:48,799 --> 00:04:50,252 - Right. - Huge disappoi... 126 00:04:50,253 --> 00:04:51,544 It's a huge disappointment. 127 00:04:51,545 --> 00:04:53,322 Do you think they suckered us? 128 00:04:53,323 --> 00:04:54,723 - Who, Vaulter? - Uh-huh. 129 00:04:54,724 --> 00:04:56,925 No, we went deep on that. We... We... 130 00:04:56,926 --> 00:04:58,093 kicked the tires good. 131 00:04:58,094 --> 00:04:59,694 I think we got chiseled. 132 00:04:59,695 --> 00:05:01,830 Revenue projections down and down. 133 00:05:01,831 --> 00:05:02,964 I think we got screwed. 134 00:05:02,965 --> 00:05:06,035 Yeah, me too. Massive fuck-up, Ken. Huge. 135 00:05:06,036 --> 00:05:07,402 Unforgivable. 136 00:05:07,403 --> 00:05:10,004 Right, I want the response out today. 137 00:05:10,005 --> 00:05:11,906 I need Vaulter fixed. 138 00:05:11,907 --> 00:05:12,998 All right? 139 00:05:12,999 --> 00:05:15,909 So I have something to say in my fucking investor meetings. 140 00:05:16,711 --> 00:05:18,246 - Go. - Okay. Me? 141 00:05:18,247 --> 00:05:20,415 Both of you. One who fixes it... 142 00:05:20,416 --> 00:05:21,582 gets a cookie. 143 00:05:21,583 --> 00:05:22,808 You got it. Sure thing, Dad. 144 00:05:22,809 --> 00:05:26,102 I... I just wanted to say thank you for, um... 145 00:05:26,103 --> 00:05:27,961 closing down the park for us. 146 00:05:27,962 --> 00:05:29,419 Sophie... 147 00:05:29,420 --> 00:05:31,579 she's having a great birthday. She got to meet Snow Joe and... 148 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:32,645 So thank you. 149 00:05:34,396 --> 00:05:36,197 Look at you, broken robot. 150 00:05:36,198 --> 00:05:37,897 Can't even hug your own kids. 151 00:05:40,502 --> 00:05:42,268 Yeah, I saw that, you freak. 152 00:05:44,105 --> 00:05:45,204 Pinkie. 153 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:46,706 Happy? 154 00:05:46,707 --> 00:05:48,875 Yeah. Smart. 155 00:05:48,876 --> 00:05:50,909 Uh, let me know if you need anything. 156 00:06:01,379 --> 00:06:03,402 ♪ Succession 2x02 ♪ Vaulter 157 00:06:03,403 --> 00:06:11,403 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.MY-SUBS.com - 158 00:07:31,877 --> 00:07:32,976 Bye, Marilyn. 159 00:07:33,545 --> 00:07:35,046 Bye, Mondale. 160 00:07:35,047 --> 00:07:36,846 You know what? I don't care. 161 00:07:37,358 --> 00:07:38,983 This empty wall. 162 00:07:38,984 --> 00:07:41,852 Here. I don't care if it's incredibly gauche, 163 00:07:41,853 --> 00:07:45,556 but can we not just have a big, beautiful portrait of us 164 00:07:45,557 --> 00:07:46,623 up there? 165 00:07:46,624 --> 00:07:47,624 - Shiv. - Mm? 166 00:07:47,625 --> 00:07:49,125 - Too Saddam? - Mm. 167 00:07:49,126 --> 00:07:51,227 - Too Assady? - Mm. 168 00:07:51,228 --> 00:07:52,294 Okay. 169 00:07:58,736 --> 00:08:01,604 - You good? - Am I good? I am great! 170 00:08:01,605 --> 00:08:05,474 I am great. I'm good. I slept well and, uh... 171 00:08:05,475 --> 00:08:08,311 Yeah, you know your thing about us? Uh... 172 00:08:08,312 --> 00:08:10,680 I think I've contextualized it... 173 00:08:10,681 --> 00:08:12,949 - It's not really a thing. - No, no, no, sure. 174 00:08:12,950 --> 00:08:15,618 I just feel like, "Okay, you know, 175 00:08:15,619 --> 00:08:18,021 if I'm the king and you're the queen, 176 00:08:18,022 --> 00:08:20,556 maybe it's fine to... 177 00:08:20,557 --> 00:08:21,858 fuck the odd peasant." 178 00:08:21,859 --> 00:08:23,326 - Right. Yeah. - Because... Because... 179 00:08:23,327 --> 00:08:26,329 Big picture: our plan is right on track. 180 00:08:26,330 --> 00:08:27,963 - You know? - Uh-huh. 181 00:08:27,964 --> 00:08:30,533 And you've... you've seen Gil's numbers, right? 182 00:08:30,534 --> 00:08:33,469 And... And as of today, I'm right in at ATN. 183 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:34,869 You know, belly of the beast. 184 00:08:35,606 --> 00:08:36,606 So... 185 00:08:39,175 --> 00:08:40,543 - Hey. - Yeah? 186 00:08:40,544 --> 00:08:42,678 You wanna bang? Right now? 187 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,079 Cheeky little breakfast bang. 188 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,615 - Oh... I'm... - Wanna? 189 00:08:45,616 --> 00:08:48,684 I'm just such in a different mental place... 190 00:08:48,685 --> 00:08:50,219 - Okay. - ... than you right now. 191 00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:51,654 No, sure. 192 00:08:51,655 --> 00:08:54,156 I just feel so incredibly potent. 193 00:08:54,157 --> 00:08:55,691 - Mm. - You know? 194 00:08:55,692 --> 00:08:57,226 I think it's the new place. 195 00:08:57,227 --> 00:08:58,660 - Yeah. - You know? 196 00:08:58,661 --> 00:09:01,163 - I feel God-like and horny. - Oof! 197 00:09:01,164 --> 00:09:03,165 Everybody looks, like, two feet tall to me. 198 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,701 Well, you know what? Maybe... 199 00:09:06,702 --> 00:09:08,637 Maybe we should split from the thing early 200 00:09:08,638 --> 00:09:11,305 tonight and, you know, we can... 201 00:09:12,475 --> 00:09:14,509 - talk, and... - Mm-hmm. 202 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:15,944 - ... everything. - Okay! 203 00:09:15,945 --> 00:09:18,147 Okay! My fave. Strategy and a fuck. 204 00:09:19,682 --> 00:09:21,416 - Okay, bye. - Have a good one. 205 00:09:21,417 --> 00:09:22,450 Bye, honey. 206 00:09:24,788 --> 00:09:29,091 So cool. You know they have their own beehive upstairs? 207 00:09:29,092 --> 00:09:31,458 What is that? Is that, like, the fucking business model? 208 00:09:31,459 --> 00:09:33,961 Conflict porn and hipster honey. 209 00:09:33,962 --> 00:09:34,995 Ugh. 210 00:09:35,397 --> 00:09:36,798 Oh, shh. 211 00:09:36,799 --> 00:09:39,033 The pretend journalists are pretend working. 212 00:09:39,034 --> 00:09:40,802 All right, Rome, just cool it. 213 00:09:40,803 --> 00:09:42,937 Let's move nice and slow here. Yeah? 214 00:09:42,938 --> 00:09:45,173 - Mm-hmm. - Just keep it small and general. 215 00:09:45,174 --> 00:09:46,398 We don't wanna spook him. 216 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:48,423 Yeah, okay. You got it. You are in charge. 217 00:09:48,424 --> 00:09:50,349 I follow your lead, fucker. 218 00:09:50,350 --> 00:09:52,910 Larry Yee, King of New York! 219 00:09:52,911 --> 00:09:54,335 What the fuck? 220 00:09:54,336 --> 00:09:56,762 Thanks for making space, man. I know it was last minute. 221 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:59,789 Ah, dude. Anytime. 222 00:09:59,790 --> 00:10:00,880 Hey, Lawrence. 223 00:10:00,881 --> 00:10:03,457 I heard you were drying out in a Schloss, 224 00:10:03,458 --> 00:10:05,591 doing shitty yoga with hausfrau? 225 00:10:05,592 --> 00:10:07,227 Right. right. 226 00:10:07,228 --> 00:10:08,419 Nope. 227 00:10:08,420 --> 00:10:11,631 He is back. He is back, like a pedo on parole. 228 00:10:11,632 --> 00:10:13,666 Yeah, man, we're just here for a catch-up. 229 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:16,870 You know? Super casual, feet on the table, whatever the fuck. 230 00:10:16,871 --> 00:10:18,404 Just, uh, just help you out. 231 00:10:18,405 --> 00:10:19,906 O... Obviously, I'm always pleased 232 00:10:19,907 --> 00:10:20,941 to get your insights, 233 00:10:20,942 --> 00:10:23,042 but, like, who am I talking to? 234 00:10:23,845 --> 00:10:25,011 Co... 235 00:10:25,012 --> 00:10:26,012 COOs. 236 00:10:26,013 --> 00:10:27,180 Who's in charge here? 237 00:10:27,181 --> 00:10:30,250 My brother and I have a joint responsibility. 238 00:10:30,251 --> 00:10:31,576 You know, we're sharing duties, 239 00:10:31,577 --> 00:10:34,803 but we're on the same page operationally. Right, Rome? 240 00:10:34,804 --> 00:10:37,062 I don't know what the fuck he's talking about. 241 00:10:37,063 --> 00:10:38,291 There's just, uh, 242 00:10:38,292 --> 00:10:41,728 a lot of, uh, crackle in the air right now. 243 00:10:41,729 --> 00:10:44,063 External pressures with the proxy battle, 244 00:10:44,064 --> 00:10:45,197 - that whole... - Yeah. 245 00:10:45,198 --> 00:10:47,867 So you're defusing the bomb you planted. 246 00:10:49,236 --> 00:10:53,138 Yes, precisely. See, he gets it. He sees. 247 00:10:53,139 --> 00:10:56,242 We're just here for a routine health check. 248 00:10:56,243 --> 00:10:57,343 That's all this is. 249 00:10:57,344 --> 00:10:58,502 Where's this coming from? 250 00:10:58,503 --> 00:11:00,261 - It's coming from us. - It's coming from Dad. 251 00:11:00,262 --> 00:11:01,819 No. What, why are we dancing around this? 252 00:11:01,820 --> 00:11:03,620 It's coming from Dad. Dad's worried about you. 253 00:11:03,952 --> 00:11:05,110 Okay. 254 00:11:05,111 --> 00:11:06,668 I mean, come on, you know how he is. 255 00:11:06,669 --> 00:11:08,824 He doesn't get it. He still has a plant out in the Philippines 256 00:11:08,825 --> 00:11:10,757 manufacturing Xerox machines. 257 00:11:10,758 --> 00:11:12,591 But he's fucking shrewd. 258 00:11:12,592 --> 00:11:14,793 And, right now... 259 00:11:14,794 --> 00:11:17,161 right now, his giant cyclops eye 260 00:11:17,162 --> 00:11:19,631 is looking in this direction, and he's feeling like 261 00:11:19,632 --> 00:11:22,300 maybe he bought a giant pile of bullshit. 262 00:11:22,301 --> 00:11:23,735 So now here I am 263 00:11:23,736 --> 00:11:26,371 to enquire in the politest terms possible 264 00:11:26,372 --> 00:11:28,407 what the fuck is going on. 265 00:11:28,408 --> 00:11:30,275 Dad thinks maybe you fucked him. 266 00:11:30,276 --> 00:11:33,512 Our numbers were solid when you bought us, 267 00:11:33,513 --> 00:11:34,746 and they're solid now. 268 00:11:34,747 --> 00:11:36,381 Dude, really, don't take it personally. 269 00:11:36,382 --> 00:11:37,729 Dad thinks everyone's fucking him. 270 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:39,284 I know you're on the level. 271 00:11:39,285 --> 00:11:40,676 Help me make him see that. 272 00:11:40,677 --> 00:11:41,701 What do you need? 273 00:11:41,702 --> 00:11:44,395 I need metrics, I need KPIs, 274 00:11:44,396 --> 00:11:46,690 and, uh, I need an office. 275 00:11:46,691 --> 00:11:49,159 Me too, I need an office as well. 276 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,194 Separate from his. Nicer. 277 00:11:51,195 --> 00:11:54,031 It's on, me versus the Peach. 278 00:11:54,032 --> 00:11:55,299 Okay, I'm gonna s... 279 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:57,301 I'm gonna swing the old meat mallet. 280 00:11:57,302 --> 00:11:59,670 I'm gonna sit on her right out of the box. 281 00:11:59,671 --> 00:12:01,071 Okay, so I could be calling 282 00:12:01,072 --> 00:12:02,873 for a little bit of the old punch-bagging, 283 00:12:02,874 --> 00:12:03,908 okay, buddy? 284 00:12:03,909 --> 00:12:06,410 - Uh-huh. - Ready to play the bag? 285 00:12:06,411 --> 00:12:08,578 - Y... Yeah, yeah. Give it to me. - Okay. 286 00:12:10,081 --> 00:12:11,081 What? 287 00:12:12,317 --> 00:12:13,483 What is it, Greg? 288 00:12:14,753 --> 00:12:17,421 Being in at ATN, you know, it's kinda like 289 00:12:17,422 --> 00:12:19,590 the one thing I didn't wanna do. 290 00:12:19,591 --> 00:12:20,991 Oh, okay. So, what... 291 00:12:20,992 --> 00:12:22,559 Should I have left you at Parks to sink? 292 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:23,626 I mean, it's... 293 00:12:23,627 --> 00:12:25,462 it's ATN, man. It's the fuckin' news. 294 00:12:25,463 --> 00:12:27,297 - I know. - It's Logan's G-spot. 295 00:12:27,298 --> 00:12:28,966 I can finger-bang him all night long. 296 00:12:28,967 --> 00:12:31,301 I'm a direct direct report. What? 297 00:12:31,302 --> 00:12:32,601 Sure, just... 298 00:12:34,405 --> 00:12:35,471 ATN? 299 00:12:36,140 --> 00:12:38,675 It's... It's like... 300 00:12:38,676 --> 00:12:41,511 - kind of against my principles. - Your principles? 301 00:12:41,512 --> 00:12:44,114 Greg, don't be an asshole. You don't have principles. 302 00:12:44,115 --> 00:12:46,816 Dude, ATN is a very toxic element in the culture. 303 00:12:46,817 --> 00:12:50,354 Oh, seriously? Okay, name me one principle that you have. 304 00:12:50,355 --> 00:12:52,389 I don't know, like, I'm against racism. 305 00:12:52,390 --> 00:12:56,116 Bullshit. I'm against racism. Everybody's against racism. 306 00:12:56,117 --> 00:12:57,126 What else? 307 00:12:57,127 --> 00:12:59,161 - Like, don't lie. - Fuck off. 308 00:12:59,162 --> 00:13:00,697 - Like, if you're the news, you... - Fuck off! 309 00:13:00,698 --> 00:13:02,390 - That's your principle? - Yeah, dude. 310 00:13:02,391 --> 00:13:05,502 Greg, this is not fucking Charles Dickens world, okay? 311 00:13:05,503 --> 00:13:08,270 You don't go around talking about principles. 312 00:13:08,271 --> 00:13:09,906 We're all trying to do the right thing, 313 00:13:09,907 --> 00:13:11,007 of course we are. 314 00:13:11,008 --> 00:13:12,808 But come on, man! 315 00:13:14,244 --> 00:13:15,644 Man the fuck up! 316 00:13:16,780 --> 00:13:19,415 Okay, I am manned, man. 317 00:13:19,416 --> 00:13:20,750 Here comes Cyd. 318 00:13:20,751 --> 00:13:22,519 Hey, Cyd! The Peach! 319 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,953 The legend! 320 00:13:23,954 --> 00:13:25,212 Oh, Tom! 321 00:13:25,213 --> 00:13:26,222 - Tom! - Hey! 322 00:13:26,223 --> 00:13:27,857 It's great to have you aboard. 323 00:13:27,858 --> 00:13:29,325 I know that this is gonna be 324 00:13:29,326 --> 00:13:31,760 a really productive collaboration. 325 00:13:31,761 --> 00:13:33,128 I just hope 326 00:13:33,129 --> 00:13:35,764 that there's no... weirdness 327 00:13:35,765 --> 00:13:38,000 with our fuzzy boundaries, right? 328 00:13:38,001 --> 00:13:40,435 Are you kidding? If you... If you wanna go fast, 329 00:13:40,436 --> 00:13:43,772 go alone. If you wanna go far, go together. 330 00:13:43,773 --> 00:13:45,182 - Right? - Exactly. 331 00:13:45,183 --> 00:13:46,222 Yeah. 332 00:13:46,223 --> 00:13:47,848 - Come meet the team. - Amazing! 333 00:13:47,849 --> 00:13:49,273 You wanna lead in there? 334 00:13:49,274 --> 00:13:51,199 Oh, fuck no. 335 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,092 - You lead, Tommy. - Okay. 336 00:13:53,093 --> 00:13:54,918 You mind if I big-ball the first one? 337 00:13:54,919 --> 00:13:57,185 Do it! Your funeral, buddy. 338 00:13:57,186 --> 00:13:59,021 Thank you, thank you. 339 00:13:59,022 --> 00:14:01,557 So did he actually even see my draft? 340 00:14:01,558 --> 00:14:02,615 Uh... no. 341 00:14:02,616 --> 00:14:04,707 In the end, I just thought the draft Kelly and I did 342 00:14:04,708 --> 00:14:07,067 had more, uh, goodness. 343 00:14:07,068 --> 00:14:08,125 As in... ? 344 00:14:08,126 --> 00:14:09,717 As in it had the quality of being good 345 00:14:09,718 --> 00:14:11,332 rather than the attributes of being shitty. 346 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:14,302 Um, just also re Kelly, little sidebar. 347 00:14:14,303 --> 00:14:16,003 Can you not tell people about us? 348 00:14:16,004 --> 00:14:17,272 Oh, but there is no us. 349 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:19,307 Right. but there was an us, and the problem is, 350 00:14:19,308 --> 00:14:20,575 my wife doesn't know about it. 351 00:14:20,576 --> 00:14:22,777 Oh, but my husband absolutely does know about it, 352 00:14:22,778 --> 00:14:25,213 so I guess that's, what, it's your problem? 353 00:14:25,214 --> 00:14:26,514 We had the affair. 354 00:14:26,515 --> 00:14:27,915 We didn't have the conversation 355 00:14:27,916 --> 00:14:29,551 about telling people we had the affair. 356 00:14:29,552 --> 00:14:31,286 I'm sorry, Nate, did you want a conference call 357 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:33,587 to discuss how to tell your wife we fucked? 358 00:14:35,491 --> 00:14:37,091 Thank you, everyone. 359 00:14:37,092 --> 00:14:39,359 Great event. Great event. 360 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,028 Thank you, everyone, so much. 361 00:14:42,029 --> 00:14:43,197 And the polling! 362 00:14:43,198 --> 00:14:45,865 My God! I mean, nobody's getting carried away, 363 00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:47,634 just one set of numbers, 364 00:14:47,635 --> 00:14:50,770 one pretty big set of numbers. Right? 365 00:14:50,771 --> 00:14:55,375 Right, so thank you. And testament to your faith. 366 00:14:55,376 --> 00:14:56,743 Thank you. Please, 367 00:14:56,744 --> 00:14:59,012 indulge yourselves in some, uh, 368 00:14:59,013 --> 00:15:01,281 gluten and melted cheese. Why not? 369 00:15:01,282 --> 00:15:02,916 Thank you, thank you. 370 00:15:02,917 --> 00:15:04,651 Mm. 371 00:15:04,652 --> 00:15:06,253 Hey, uh, how was the call? 372 00:15:06,254 --> 00:15:09,188 Great. They're eating out of my ass crack. 373 00:15:09,189 --> 00:15:12,325 Offered me use of the fucking jet on the weekend. 374 00:15:12,326 --> 00:15:14,227 Uh, yeah, I mean, the legals are wonky 375 00:15:14,228 --> 00:15:16,996 and the optics are shitty, but go ahead. 376 00:15:18,666 --> 00:15:19,833 Look. 377 00:15:19,834 --> 00:15:22,335 You don't look a gift Boeing in the teeth. 378 00:15:22,336 --> 00:15:23,903 Right? Right? 379 00:15:23,904 --> 00:15:25,504 - No. - I'll be so much fresher. 380 00:15:26,974 --> 00:15:29,308 Excuse us for a second. I just wanna... 381 00:15:29,309 --> 00:15:30,877 Ma'am, listen. 382 00:15:30,878 --> 00:15:32,746 Long road to travel and all of that, 383 00:15:32,747 --> 00:15:35,581 but the compass points to Pennsylvania Avenue. 384 00:15:35,582 --> 00:15:37,716 I have to start thinking about appointments. 385 00:15:39,453 --> 00:15:41,186 I'm thinking about Chief of Staff. 386 00:15:42,156 --> 00:15:44,857 Uh... Oh, wow. 387 00:15:44,858 --> 00:15:46,125 Yeah. 388 00:15:46,126 --> 00:15:49,528 I mean, can you imagine the look of fear 389 00:15:49,529 --> 00:15:52,131 in their eyes when they see you coming at them? 390 00:15:52,132 --> 00:15:54,566 Those corpulent old white fucks. 391 00:15:54,567 --> 00:15:56,068 Huh? 392 00:15:56,069 --> 00:15:57,702 How's that for a carrot? 393 00:15:58,104 --> 00:15:59,236 Hm? 394 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,175 So that's where we shape the debate. 395 00:16:03,176 --> 00:16:05,577 Ooh, cool shit. 396 00:16:05,578 --> 00:16:08,180 And I love the way the debate keeps on getting shaped 397 00:16:08,181 --> 00:16:10,282 like a burning cross. 398 00:16:10,283 --> 00:16:12,184 You don't share our news values. 399 00:16:12,185 --> 00:16:13,385 Oh, I'm kidding. 400 00:16:13,386 --> 00:16:15,453 I'm kidding. I get it. I'm from the Midwest. 401 00:16:15,454 --> 00:16:18,090 You know, my mom's friend, Deb, weighs, like, 300 pounds, 402 00:16:18,091 --> 00:16:20,258 and she's pissed as fuck about practically everything, 403 00:16:20,259 --> 00:16:22,260 so, you know, trust me, 404 00:16:22,261 --> 00:16:23,828 I'm down. I get it. 405 00:16:23,829 --> 00:16:26,964 Besides, what Logan wants, Logan gets, right? 406 00:16:26,965 --> 00:16:29,568 Logan doesn't set our news agenda. 407 00:16:29,569 --> 00:16:32,404 Oh. No, of course he doesn't. 408 00:16:32,405 --> 00:16:34,038 I know, it's so weird, huh? 409 00:16:34,039 --> 00:16:36,074 He happens to own a news company 410 00:16:36,075 --> 00:16:38,476 and they say exactly what he thinks. 411 00:16:38,477 --> 00:16:40,212 If Logan had to tell me 412 00:16:40,213 --> 00:16:41,979 or any of my news editors 413 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:44,249 what to run or what the angle was, 414 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:47,185 we would be fucked. That is not how it works. 415 00:16:47,186 --> 00:16:48,620 This isn't mind control. 416 00:16:48,621 --> 00:16:51,155 We hire people who want to work here. 417 00:16:51,156 --> 00:16:52,590 and we serve a demographic 418 00:16:52,591 --> 00:16:55,792 of highly, highly intelligent viewers, 419 00:16:55,793 --> 00:16:57,861 who are really tired 420 00:16:57,862 --> 00:16:59,963 of being patronized elsewhere 421 00:16:59,964 --> 00:17:02,733 by latte-sipping douchebags 422 00:17:02,734 --> 00:17:04,467 with hundred-dollar haircuts. 423 00:17:06,371 --> 00:17:08,472 You've got the cool job title, 424 00:17:08,473 --> 00:17:09,740 you've got freedom of movement. 425 00:17:09,741 --> 00:17:12,943 Why don't you take a look somewhere more comfy? 426 00:17:12,944 --> 00:17:13,977 Entertainment? 427 00:17:13,978 --> 00:17:15,679 'Cause this is where the action is. 428 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,748 This is the profit center. 429 00:17:17,749 --> 00:17:21,518 The median age of our audience is 68. 430 00:17:21,519 --> 00:17:25,421 The ads are all adult diapers and shit pills. 431 00:17:25,422 --> 00:17:27,357 Our lead in the news demo has halved. 432 00:17:27,358 --> 00:17:28,959 You know, maybe I can 433 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,427 lend a hand to take a look at some of that. 434 00:17:31,428 --> 00:17:32,829 You know, 435 00:17:32,830 --> 00:17:35,632 he sends me one of you every four years. 436 00:17:35,633 --> 00:17:38,235 - That train is never late. - Interesting. 437 00:17:38,236 --> 00:17:40,937 And tell me, these others that he sends, 438 00:17:40,938 --> 00:17:42,772 were they his son-in-law too? 439 00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:45,541 I'm curious. 440 00:17:45,542 --> 00:17:49,012 Efficiencies, Cyd! I'm here to trim the flab. 441 00:17:49,013 --> 00:17:50,914 Have you told Logan this? 442 00:17:50,915 --> 00:17:52,949 I spy savings, Cyd. 443 00:17:52,950 --> 00:17:54,818 Oh, good, Tom. 444 00:17:54,819 --> 00:17:56,119 That's very good. 445 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:58,920 Because I run a pretty tight ship. 446 00:17:59,556 --> 00:18:00,556 So... 447 00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:02,692 good luck to you. 448 00:18:02,693 --> 00:18:06,061 I'm sure you've got him very, very excited. 449 00:18:06,062 --> 00:18:07,862 I hope you can deliver. 450 00:18:11,034 --> 00:18:12,402 Well... 451 00:18:12,403 --> 00:18:13,903 Thank you very much. 452 00:18:13,904 --> 00:18:15,838 And, uh, fuck you. 453 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:18,040 And, uh, I'll catch up with you later. 454 00:18:18,041 --> 00:18:21,042 Not on your dying day, baby. 455 00:18:23,046 --> 00:18:25,948 Greg, I need you on the ground. 456 00:18:25,949 --> 00:18:27,082 - Oh. - Okay? 457 00:18:27,083 --> 00:18:28,951 I need you to be my representative on earth. 458 00:18:28,952 --> 00:18:31,086 I want you to... I want you to go on a mission for me 459 00:18:31,087 --> 00:18:32,588 and body-shame ATN, 460 00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:34,656 find the fat and point it out. 461 00:18:34,657 --> 00:18:36,058 Yeah, like, how? 462 00:18:36,059 --> 00:18:37,426 Like, find the excess, okay? 463 00:18:37,427 --> 00:18:40,662 Find the extraneous Danish, the surfeit of stationary, 464 00:18:40,663 --> 00:18:43,665 the... the lazy cleaner, the mail guy who walks slow. 465 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:45,667 Okay? Snuffle out waste, pig man. 466 00:18:45,668 --> 00:18:47,669 Okay, I'll do the penthouse, you do the basement. 467 00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:49,503 - All right? - Yeah, yeah, you got it. 468 00:18:50,673 --> 00:18:52,340 Wait, uh, which are these? 469 00:18:53,877 --> 00:18:56,312 You know what? I'm not sure. 470 00:18:56,313 --> 00:18:57,411 Let me go check. 471 00:19:00,116 --> 00:19:02,483 Keep it coming. Fuckin' drown him in paper. 472 00:19:08,291 --> 00:19:09,491 Good night, Kendall. 473 00:19:09,492 --> 00:19:10,591 Night, dude. 474 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,597 What's he doing? 475 00:19:15,598 --> 00:19:16,997 I dunno. Reading? 476 00:19:19,134 --> 00:19:20,736 Thanks, useless. 477 00:19:20,737 --> 00:19:22,403 Drink your smoothie and shut up. 478 00:19:27,142 --> 00:19:28,876 Actually drinking the smoothie... 479 00:19:39,288 --> 00:19:40,822 I can give you 52 seconds. 480 00:19:40,823 --> 00:19:42,624 Well, I'm in at Vaulter. 481 00:19:42,625 --> 00:19:43,724 Yeah, so? 482 00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:45,826 Yeah, so, let's fucking game this out. 483 00:19:45,827 --> 00:19:47,896 Roman, we are in a proxy war. 484 00:19:47,897 --> 00:19:49,497 The plane has just been hijacked, 485 00:19:49,498 --> 00:19:51,299 all the engines have fallen into the sea, 486 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:52,833 and the pilot's hair is on fire. 487 00:19:52,834 --> 00:19:54,535 Gerri, come on, I need something. 488 00:19:54,536 --> 00:19:55,569 Kendall's doing shit. 489 00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:57,605 Okay, how about this: you do shit. 490 00:19:57,606 --> 00:19:58,839 What have you got? 491 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,708 One idea: pivot to video? 492 00:20:00,709 --> 00:20:02,143 Yeah, they tried that already. 493 00:20:02,144 --> 00:20:04,279 Can you just come over? I want you in the room. 494 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:05,513 Can I come over? 495 00:20:05,514 --> 00:20:07,315 Yeah. Could... Yeah... 496 00:20:07,316 --> 00:20:08,316 Fuck you! 497 00:20:08,918 --> 00:20:09,950 Fuck you. 498 00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:22,829 Excuse me, folks, um, could I maybe interest you all 499 00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:24,898 in going for one of those fuckin'... 500 00:20:24,899 --> 00:20:27,666 IPAs that looks like run-off at the carwash? 501 00:20:28,502 --> 00:20:29,735 Is he in the chair? 502 00:20:32,237 --> 00:20:33,302 Hey, Dad? 503 00:20:37,178 --> 00:20:39,746 I need three independent women. Know any? 504 00:20:39,747 --> 00:20:40,780 Uh-huh. 505 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:42,182 The board? 506 00:20:42,183 --> 00:20:44,308 Be great if one was in a fucking wheelchair. 507 00:20:45,394 --> 00:20:48,055 Black, white, green, pink. 508 00:20:48,056 --> 00:20:51,023 A Cambodian landmine victim, if you know any. 509 00:20:51,024 --> 00:20:53,092 Yeah, be the change you wanna see in the world. 510 00:20:53,093 --> 00:20:54,593 You're a real beacon of hope, Dad. 511 00:20:54,594 --> 00:20:56,062 Mm. 512 00:20:56,063 --> 00:20:57,762 What do you think about Pierce? 513 00:20:59,699 --> 00:21:02,234 Buying? PGM as a defense? 514 00:21:02,235 --> 00:21:04,670 I... Honestly, I think that's chasing the white whale. 515 00:21:04,671 --> 00:21:05,838 Again. 516 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:07,506 It's never gonna work, it's not a good fit. 517 00:21:07,507 --> 00:21:08,740 Uh-huh. 518 00:21:08,741 --> 00:21:10,676 Dad, I was wondering whether we should... 519 00:21:10,677 --> 00:21:12,111 talk. 520 00:21:12,112 --> 00:21:13,812 You know, about... 521 00:21:13,813 --> 00:21:15,414 It wasn't a dream, right? 522 00:21:15,415 --> 00:21:17,516 Are you kidding? I'm excited! 523 00:21:18,518 --> 00:21:19,818 So, let's talk. 524 00:21:19,819 --> 00:21:21,587 Should you go, or shall I? 525 00:21:21,588 --> 00:21:24,722 Uh, well, I have some ideas that I... 526 00:21:26,894 --> 00:21:30,654 Siobhan? What a surprise. He never said. 527 00:21:30,655 --> 00:21:31,997 - Hi. - Hi. 528 00:21:31,998 --> 00:21:33,365 Just a pop-in. 529 00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:37,068 Pinkie was telling me how, um... 530 00:21:37,069 --> 00:21:39,504 Connor's moved into a hotel in the city. 531 00:21:39,505 --> 00:21:40,905 I saw. 532 00:21:40,906 --> 00:21:44,008 He sent out his email bulletin with all the photographs. 533 00:21:44,877 --> 00:21:47,313 He rents a room, he rents a girl. 534 00:21:48,990 --> 00:21:51,849 Can you check if Richard's turned off that fuckin' Alexa? 535 00:21:51,850 --> 00:21:53,651 Not just off, unplugged. 536 00:21:53,652 --> 00:21:57,555 I've got enough spies after me without Bezos in here too. 537 00:21:57,556 --> 00:21:58,588 Okay? 538 00:21:59,457 --> 00:22:00,490 Right. 539 00:22:18,084 --> 00:22:19,150 So... 540 00:22:19,945 --> 00:22:21,244 here's how I see it. 541 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,347 Come in. 542 00:22:23,348 --> 00:22:26,283 Six months with Gerri, six months with Karl. 543 00:22:26,284 --> 00:22:28,653 Hong Kong for, say, another 12. 544 00:22:28,654 --> 00:22:32,122 Uh, Berlin, or London. 545 00:22:32,123 --> 00:22:34,925 Management training program for six. 546 00:22:34,926 --> 00:22:39,328 Come back, spend 12 months alongside me. 547 00:22:39,329 --> 00:22:41,765 And when you're ready, I'll step aside. 548 00:22:41,766 --> 00:22:43,900 Wow, Dad, that's a lot of months. 549 00:22:43,901 --> 00:22:46,069 It's an appropriate amount of months. 550 00:22:46,070 --> 00:22:48,404 Also, management training program? 551 00:22:48,405 --> 00:22:49,839 Roman's COO. 552 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,507 You have a toddler with a hard-on 553 00:22:51,508 --> 00:22:52,842 for chief operating officer, 554 00:22:52,843 --> 00:22:55,111 and I'm going through a management training program? 555 00:22:55,112 --> 00:22:57,013 You're a young woman with no experience. 556 00:22:57,014 --> 00:22:58,414 A woman. That's a minus. 557 00:22:58,415 --> 00:23:00,684 Well, of course it's a fucking minus! 558 00:23:00,685 --> 00:23:02,018 I didn't make the world! 559 00:23:02,019 --> 00:23:03,152 You make a small part of it. 560 00:23:03,153 --> 00:23:05,021 If that doesn't work for you, what does? 561 00:23:05,022 --> 00:23:07,014 That's a fucking... That's a three-year timeline. 562 00:23:07,015 --> 00:23:08,057 Okay. 563 00:23:08,058 --> 00:23:09,858 So why don't you come in tomorrow 564 00:23:09,859 --> 00:23:10,960 and spend the day with me? 565 00:23:10,961 --> 00:23:12,795 Oh, Jesus Christ, Dad. 566 00:23:12,796 --> 00:23:14,163 What? 567 00:23:14,164 --> 00:23:16,432 I need time, I... I haven't even told Tom yet. 568 00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:18,000 - Tell him. - And there's Gil. 569 00:23:18,001 --> 00:23:20,336 I have a job, I can't just come running to you. 570 00:23:20,337 --> 00:23:23,005 What is it, Siobhan, too slow or too fast? 571 00:23:23,006 --> 00:23:24,840 Because I'm fucking confused. 572 00:23:24,841 --> 00:23:26,809 Dad, I want this. 573 00:23:26,810 --> 00:23:28,467 It's just about the process. 574 00:23:28,468 --> 00:23:29,593 Okay. 575 00:23:29,594 --> 00:23:30,779 Okay? 576 00:23:30,780 --> 00:23:32,392 So... you wanna get into it? 577 00:23:32,393 --> 00:23:33,430 Not now. 578 00:23:33,431 --> 00:23:34,850 I'm busy. Proxy statement. 579 00:23:34,851 --> 00:23:35,922 You didn't give me any warning. 580 00:23:35,923 --> 00:23:37,320 - All right. - I mean, you know, 581 00:23:37,321 --> 00:23:38,620 tomorrow night could work? 582 00:23:38,621 --> 00:23:39,854 - That... Yeah. - Tomorrow? 583 00:23:39,855 --> 00:23:41,923 Uh... Yeah, let me take a look. 584 00:23:41,924 --> 00:23:43,758 Oh, is that no good for you? 585 00:23:43,759 --> 00:23:45,627 I'm around. 586 00:23:45,628 --> 00:23:47,629 - I'm excited. - Mm-hmm. 587 00:23:47,630 --> 00:23:48,863 Me too. 588 00:23:48,864 --> 00:23:50,965 I'll get back to you tomorrow... 589 00:23:50,966 --> 00:23:53,267 - on the names for the board. - Mm-hmm. 590 00:23:57,668 --> 00:23:59,634 - Love you. - I love you. Goodnight. 591 00:24:03,479 --> 00:24:04,479 All right. 592 00:24:05,181 --> 00:24:06,647 I haven't got all day. 593 00:24:11,371 --> 00:24:12,853 Agenda is Vaulter. 594 00:24:12,854 --> 00:24:14,622 We need a way forward on the Vaulter problem 595 00:24:14,623 --> 00:24:17,391 ahead of investor meetings in two days' time. 596 00:24:17,392 --> 00:24:20,126 Do you want to present jointly or... ? 597 00:24:20,357 --> 00:24:21,581 Ken? 598 00:24:21,582 --> 00:24:22,940 Yeah, I'll take it. 599 00:24:22,941 --> 00:24:26,433 Um, so, I've spent the last 36 hours 600 00:24:26,434 --> 00:24:29,002 on a deep dive into the drivers of the business. 601 00:24:29,003 --> 00:24:30,837 Headline is, it's a body pit. 602 00:24:30,838 --> 00:24:33,140 Uh, they have mass of data with no analytics. 603 00:24:33,141 --> 00:24:35,409 There's no way of telling what's a hand and what's a foot. 604 00:24:35,410 --> 00:24:37,611 But it's still a killer business. 605 00:24:37,612 --> 00:24:39,313 The platform, the brands. 606 00:24:39,314 --> 00:24:42,216 Uh, ethos and culture are leading edge. 607 00:24:42,217 --> 00:24:45,451 And, um, in my view, it's fixable. 608 00:24:45,452 --> 00:24:46,887 It's funny how these fuck-ups 609 00:24:46,888 --> 00:24:48,889 always make the bottom line look fatter. 610 00:24:48,890 --> 00:24:51,224 All they need is adults in the room. 611 00:24:51,225 --> 00:24:53,493 Accounting team, analytics team, 612 00:24:53,494 --> 00:24:55,095 and, uh, investment. 613 00:24:55,096 --> 00:24:57,463 We burn 50 million for a few years, 614 00:24:57,464 --> 00:25:00,633 we... make it the best thing in the world. 615 00:25:00,634 --> 00:25:02,635 Oh, is that all? 616 00:25:02,636 --> 00:25:05,370 Well, you always say "Gotta burn to turn." 617 00:25:06,407 --> 00:25:07,841 Romulus, what's your read? 618 00:25:07,842 --> 00:25:09,309 You know, it's interesting, Dad, 619 00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:11,544 because I hear everything that he's saying, 620 00:25:11,545 --> 00:25:14,347 and it actually... It almost sounds like a good pitch. 621 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:16,717 But... I call bullshit. 622 00:25:16,718 --> 00:25:18,851 I spent some time down there, and I'm just not seeing it. 623 00:25:18,852 --> 00:25:20,686 Now, I don't know exactly what they're doing, 624 00:25:20,687 --> 00:25:21,754 but they're fakes. 625 00:25:21,755 --> 00:25:24,223 Fucking beehives, almond milk, and... 626 00:25:24,224 --> 00:25:26,859 "Take another week on that report, Matilda." 627 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,460 It smells wrong, 628 00:25:28,461 --> 00:25:29,861 and they're hiding shit. 629 00:25:30,287 --> 00:25:31,563 Speaking of hiding shit, 630 00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:33,365 I took a couple of their staffers out, 631 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,034 I got them shitfaced, 632 00:25:35,035 --> 00:25:36,602 and apparently, 633 00:25:36,603 --> 00:25:38,204 they're looking to unionize, 634 00:25:38,205 --> 00:25:39,437 and fucking soon. 635 00:25:40,486 --> 00:25:41,978 Oh, yeah? 636 00:25:41,979 --> 00:25:43,804 Pay transparency, 637 00:25:43,805 --> 00:25:45,229 bargaining rights. 638 00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:48,389 Just nasty, tangly shit. 639 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:50,115 And it's not a body pit, 640 00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:51,574 whatever the fuck a body pit is. 641 00:25:51,575 --> 00:25:53,499 It's a fucking muesli pit, 642 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:56,034 and doesn't fit with our core, you know... 643 00:25:56,247 --> 00:25:57,538 values. 644 00:25:57,539 --> 00:26:00,225 So now I'm thinking we just shutter the fucker. 645 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:02,093 Close it? That's chunky. 646 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:04,929 Come... I mean... He doesn't know what he's talking about. 647 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:06,297 That's just insane. 648 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:08,666 The write-down on that would be what? It's a bitter pill. 649 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,835 Come on, I mean, i... i... in the middle of a proxy fight 650 00:26:10,836 --> 00:26:12,771 when we've got Stewy and Sandy taking out full-page ads 651 00:26:12,772 --> 00:26:15,506 in the Journal attacking us for pissing capital up the wall? 652 00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:17,675 It... It... I mean, it makes us look weak. 653 00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:19,210 No, it makes us look ruthless. 654 00:26:19,211 --> 00:26:22,180 And actually, I do know what I'm fucking talking about. 655 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:24,015 Dad, what the fuck are we doing? 656 00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,151 Show me the bloat anywhere else in this company. 657 00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:27,776 Where is it? You show me. 658 00:26:27,777 --> 00:26:29,034 Show me the waste 659 00:26:29,035 --> 00:26:30,827 that we're letting these fuckers get away with. 660 00:26:30,828 --> 00:26:33,257 Fine, so we restructure them and we grow them... 661 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:35,558 I think if we don't shutter it, then we gut it. 662 00:26:35,559 --> 00:26:37,260 We carve that shit like a pumpkin. 663 00:26:37,662 --> 00:26:38,896 How? 664 00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:40,330 You hive off the profit center, 665 00:26:40,331 --> 00:26:42,631 you keep the domain name, the archive, 666 00:26:43,067 --> 00:26:44,100 um... 667 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:46,536 Gut level, Dad, 668 00:26:46,537 --> 00:26:49,639 this thing is not coming back. They're fuckin' assholes. 669 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:50,706 Dad. 670 00:26:51,391 --> 00:26:53,257 Vaulter can be our lodestar. 671 00:26:56,380 --> 00:26:59,348 Th... This is... This isn't the time to retreat. 672 00:27:05,755 --> 00:27:07,322 Your brother's right. Gut it. 673 00:27:11,561 --> 00:27:12,561 Okay. 674 00:27:14,531 --> 00:27:16,098 Roman, 675 00:27:16,099 --> 00:27:19,000 I want you on the proxy battle with Gerri. 676 00:27:19,870 --> 00:27:20,970 Kendall, 677 00:27:20,971 --> 00:27:23,539 you think you can gut Vaulter for me? 678 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:24,906 Or you need help? 679 00:27:27,244 --> 00:27:29,111 I'll take care of it, Dad. 680 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:13,760 Uh, you know, when Willa told me 681 00:28:13,761 --> 00:28:15,395 about moving to New York for her play, 682 00:28:15,396 --> 00:28:17,356 I thought, "Ah, I don't want to move to the city." 683 00:28:18,132 --> 00:28:19,666 "I wanna stay on the ranch. 684 00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:21,068 Maybe I'll get me a new girlfriend." 685 00:28:21,069 --> 00:28:22,735 I'm kidding. 686 00:28:23,786 --> 00:28:25,405 No, I mean, it's true. 687 00:28:25,406 --> 00:28:28,075 It was pretty hard to wheedle the old man out of the dessert. 688 00:28:29,110 --> 00:28:31,555 But, um, we're here now 689 00:28:31,556 --> 00:28:34,714 in our, um, not-so-humble home... 690 00:28:34,715 --> 00:28:36,249 hotel. Um. 691 00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:38,877 But, uh, friends, family, please, 692 00:28:38,878 --> 00:28:40,779 you know, feel free to drop in anytime, 693 00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:42,948 and, um, don't worry about all this, 694 00:28:42,949 --> 00:28:46,151 'cause it's on our tab. So... 695 00:28:46,152 --> 00:28:47,484 Okay. Great. 696 00:28:48,287 --> 00:28:49,721 Cheers! 697 00:28:49,722 --> 00:28:51,255 Okay. 698 00:28:52,725 --> 00:28:54,425 Hey, Con, thank you so much 699 00:28:54,426 --> 00:28:56,494 for taking care of the sliders and all this shit. 700 00:28:56,495 --> 00:28:58,563 Yeah, and the champagne. It's very big of you. 701 00:28:58,564 --> 00:29:00,698 And I love what you haven't done with the place as well. 702 00:29:00,699 --> 00:29:02,667 Yeah, well, you know we got a really good deal. 703 00:29:02,668 --> 00:29:04,202 And rehearsals are right around the corner. 704 00:29:04,203 --> 00:29:05,703 Plus, I needed a place in the city 705 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:07,205 'cause I'm gonna start ramping up soon. 706 00:29:07,206 --> 00:29:09,640 So I needed campaign headquarters. 707 00:29:09,641 --> 00:29:10,876 Wait. 708 00:29:10,877 --> 00:29:12,878 - You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine. 709 00:29:12,879 --> 00:29:15,213 - Are you still doing that? - Very funny. Yes. 710 00:29:15,214 --> 00:29:16,714 I'm still applying for the job 711 00:29:16,715 --> 00:29:18,350 of President of the United States. 712 00:29:18,351 --> 00:29:19,784 Oh, good for you. 713 00:29:19,785 --> 00:29:21,018 Yeah. Do you... 714 00:29:21,019 --> 00:29:22,819 Do you think that that's like a natural progression 715 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:24,721 from "never done nothing, never," 716 00:29:24,722 --> 00:29:26,390 to "most important job in the world?" 717 00:29:26,391 --> 00:29:27,791 - Well... - Like, could you maybe 718 00:29:27,792 --> 00:29:30,094 get a little experience at, like at a CVS, something, first? 719 00:29:30,095 --> 00:29:32,662 Yeah, yeah, or just, like, nickel hand jobs under a bridge. 720 00:29:32,663 --> 00:29:34,543 - Start small. - You guys have big plans for me. 721 00:29:35,133 --> 00:29:36,934 Place is a time machine. 722 00:29:36,935 --> 00:29:40,070 It's like 45 minutes every time they need file tape, 723 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:42,006 all the way to some warehouse in Queens. 724 00:29:42,007 --> 00:29:43,040 Okay, so? 725 00:29:43,041 --> 00:29:44,508 So, I don't know. I mean... 726 00:29:44,509 --> 00:29:46,410 How come it isn't digitized? 727 00:29:46,411 --> 00:29:49,079 The whole of ATN, it's totally analog, Tom. 728 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,915 So I could fire people? 729 00:29:50,916 --> 00:29:53,550 Correct? If we did this? If we digitized? 730 00:29:53,551 --> 00:29:56,052 I... I mean, you'd be removing, like, 731 00:29:56,053 --> 00:29:58,421 two links from the production chain of every show. 732 00:29:58,422 --> 00:29:59,688 - But would it be... - Okay, okay, okay. 733 00:29:59,689 --> 00:30:01,958 But... but in terms of skulls, 734 00:30:01,959 --> 00:30:04,427 how many skulls, do you think? 735 00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:06,062 - That we can lose? - Yeah. 736 00:30:06,063 --> 00:30:08,831 I dunno. I... I guess, like, 30 or 50? 737 00:30:08,832 --> 00:30:10,332 Fifty skulls? 738 00:30:13,370 --> 00:30:14,670 I'm slavering, pig man! 739 00:30:14,671 --> 00:30:16,363 Fifty skulls is a lot of skulls! 740 00:30:16,364 --> 00:30:17,440 Yeah. 741 00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:20,109 I know, it's goo... It's... tons. 742 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:22,110 Oh, look at this fuckin' prick. 743 00:30:23,547 --> 00:30:25,481 Yikes, I almost feel sorry for him. 744 00:30:25,482 --> 00:30:26,749 Oh yeah? Why? 745 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:28,551 Just emptied the contents of his scrotum 746 00:30:28,552 --> 00:30:29,552 at Dad's feet. 747 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:31,821 We're gutting Vaulter. 748 00:30:31,822 --> 00:30:33,388 - Oh, yeah? - Yeah. 749 00:30:33,389 --> 00:30:35,223 Is that a good idea? 750 00:30:35,224 --> 00:30:36,759 Fucking great idea. 751 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,294 It's Kendall's baby, and now we're gonna burn it. 752 00:30:40,597 --> 00:30:43,398 Hey, um... So, we we're thinking, uh... 753 00:30:43,399 --> 00:30:45,033 me and, uh, Tabitha and I, 754 00:30:45,034 --> 00:30:48,570 uh, that we'd like to have you and Tom over for dinner. 755 00:30:49,339 --> 00:30:51,206 Uh... sorry, what? Do you... 756 00:30:51,207 --> 00:30:53,308 Roman Roy, did you just invite us to dinner? 757 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:54,677 Oh, fuck you. All right, shut up. 758 00:30:54,678 --> 00:30:56,879 Yes, I did. Metro poser bullshit. 759 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,280 Napkins and chitchat. 760 00:30:58,281 --> 00:31:00,348 Ooh, race relations. Kale. 761 00:31:15,533 --> 00:31:16,623 Hey. 762 00:31:16,624 --> 00:31:17,716 Hey. 763 00:31:17,717 --> 00:31:19,308 Do you reckon if I called room service 764 00:31:19,309 --> 00:31:21,229 and asked them to poke me in the eye, they would? 765 00:31:22,638 --> 00:31:24,071 It's pretty unbearable in there. 766 00:31:26,509 --> 00:31:27,574 Can I get a drag? 767 00:31:28,311 --> 00:31:29,311 Yeah. 768 00:31:32,215 --> 00:31:34,181 I hear Dad's got Vaulter in a crosshair. 769 00:31:37,085 --> 00:31:38,085 Roman? 770 00:31:40,014 --> 00:31:41,889 He shouldn't be talking to you about that. 771 00:31:41,890 --> 00:31:44,425 Just seems like a bad move to me. 772 00:31:44,426 --> 00:31:46,792 I'm just saying, I always liked it. 773 00:31:48,696 --> 00:31:49,962 Yeah, well. 774 00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:52,732 Dad's right. 775 00:31:54,336 --> 00:31:55,735 Are you with him on this? 776 00:31:58,173 --> 00:32:00,040 He sees everything, Shiv. 777 00:32:01,676 --> 00:32:03,444 You have a hard time finding a happy medium 778 00:32:03,445 --> 00:32:06,480 between worshipping him and wanting to kill him. 779 00:32:06,481 --> 00:32:07,547 Huh? 780 00:32:11,718 --> 00:32:13,353 - The Vaulter thing. - Mm. 781 00:32:13,354 --> 00:32:14,720 Gutting it. 782 00:32:14,721 --> 00:32:16,456 What if it's the wrong thing? 783 00:32:16,457 --> 00:32:17,957 I thought your dad agreed with you? 784 00:32:17,958 --> 00:32:20,760 Uh, yeah, he did. And now they're doing it. 785 00:32:20,761 --> 00:32:23,062 They're actually doing the thing that I said. 786 00:32:23,797 --> 00:32:25,065 Fuck. 787 00:32:25,066 --> 00:32:27,867 Think maybe you just did your job. 788 00:32:27,868 --> 00:32:29,234 Shall we get some more champagne? 789 00:32:29,736 --> 00:32:31,438 I mean... 790 00:32:31,439 --> 00:32:34,273 It could be right. It might not be, but it could be. 791 00:32:35,709 --> 00:32:36,841 Maybe I'm smart. 792 00:32:37,811 --> 00:32:38,843 Sure. 793 00:32:39,646 --> 00:32:40,646 Maybe. 794 00:32:42,049 --> 00:32:43,516 You did a thing. 795 00:32:43,517 --> 00:32:44,649 Mazel tov. 796 00:32:45,295 --> 00:32:46,485 You know, I'm gonna... 797 00:32:46,486 --> 00:32:48,621 I'm gonna schedule some time with your dad, 798 00:32:48,622 --> 00:32:50,322 and take him out for dinner and wine him and dine him 799 00:32:50,323 --> 00:32:52,658 and make love to him with my ideas, you know? 800 00:32:52,659 --> 00:32:54,326 This could be huge, Shiv. 801 00:32:54,327 --> 00:32:56,361 Tom, I think... 802 00:32:56,362 --> 00:32:57,963 I think we should talk. 803 00:32:59,332 --> 00:33:00,900 Uh... 804 00:33:00,901 --> 00:33:02,200 You wanna get out of here? 805 00:33:04,881 --> 00:33:05,905 Okay. 806 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:08,975 Is this about ATN? 807 00:33:08,976 --> 00:33:10,810 Hey, you... you want something? 808 00:33:10,811 --> 00:33:12,411 I'll get you something. 809 00:33:17,584 --> 00:33:19,284 Ooh, that's a biggie. 810 00:33:19,285 --> 00:33:21,052 Is this about the arrangement? 811 00:33:21,053 --> 00:33:22,687 Look, Tom, it's... 812 00:33:22,688 --> 00:33:24,054 no, it's Waystar. 813 00:33:25,925 --> 00:33:27,158 This is never gonna happen, 814 00:33:27,159 --> 00:33:29,628 and I don't even trust him, and even if I did, 815 00:33:29,629 --> 00:33:31,561 I'm not even sure that I would want it. 816 00:33:32,965 --> 00:33:34,297 But, uh... 817 00:33:37,436 --> 00:33:38,736 he offered it to me. 818 00:33:40,472 --> 00:33:41,472 To be next. 819 00:33:41,874 --> 00:33:42,906 Dad. 820 00:33:45,745 --> 00:33:46,778 Oh. 821 00:33:46,779 --> 00:33:48,346 - Oh my... - Mm. 822 00:33:48,347 --> 00:33:50,481 Shiv... when? 823 00:33:50,482 --> 00:33:52,249 Uh, the Hamptons. 824 00:33:53,218 --> 00:33:54,651 The Hamptons? 825 00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:58,289 Oh, my God, Shiv, that's... 826 00:33:58,290 --> 00:34:00,424 That's like a week ago. 827 00:34:00,425 --> 00:34:02,092 Congratulations! What the fuck! 828 00:34:02,093 --> 00:34:03,961 I know! 829 00:34:03,962 --> 00:34:06,264 I mean, I... I... I don't know what to think. 830 00:34:06,265 --> 00:34:08,199 Holy shit! I mean, 831 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,233 this is... huge! 832 00:34:11,236 --> 00:34:12,327 S... 833 00:34:12,328 --> 00:34:16,355 - So, I mean, do you... - Want it? No! 834 00:34:16,356 --> 00:34:18,643 And I don't even trust him, so I... 835 00:34:18,644 --> 00:34:20,444 Because I thought that it was something 836 00:34:20,445 --> 00:34:22,180 that we wanted for me... 837 00:34:22,181 --> 00:34:23,347 - We do. - ... to have it? 838 00:34:23,348 --> 00:34:24,515 - We do! - That was... I mean, 839 00:34:24,516 --> 00:34:25,783 that was just the plan. 840 00:34:25,784 --> 00:34:27,417 That's st... still the plan. 841 00:34:27,418 --> 00:34:29,920 Me is just a modification of the plan. 842 00:34:29,921 --> 00:34:31,822 No, sure. 843 00:34:31,823 --> 00:34:33,724 It's q... quite a big modification. 844 00:34:33,725 --> 00:34:35,325 But d... d... so, did... 845 00:34:35,326 --> 00:34:36,560 d... did he... 846 00:34:36,561 --> 00:34:38,762 We... Uh, paint the picture for me. What'd he... 847 00:34:38,763 --> 00:34:41,165 He asked me, and I said yes. 848 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,033 But only as a play. 849 00:34:43,034 --> 00:34:44,501 Totally. 850 00:34:44,502 --> 00:34:46,670 So what was the play? 851 00:34:46,671 --> 00:34:49,639 Well, he's asked before, obviously, 852 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,141 and this time was real... 853 00:34:53,588 --> 00:34:54,879 so... 854 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,939 I thought I would be deleveraging power if I said no. 855 00:34:57,940 --> 00:34:59,506 Exactly. Yes. 856 00:35:00,984 --> 00:35:04,588 Tom, this is 100 percent not going to happen. 857 00:35:04,589 --> 00:35:07,357 But it's smart to say yes, right? 858 00:35:07,358 --> 00:35:09,025 I am so... 859 00:35:09,026 --> 00:35:10,793 excited for you! 860 00:35:10,794 --> 00:35:12,429 - Thank you. - For us! 861 00:35:12,430 --> 00:35:14,497 I am. 862 00:35:14,498 --> 00:35:18,767 And you know, it's okay for you to say that you want it. 863 00:35:19,704 --> 00:35:20,937 I'd support you. 864 00:35:20,938 --> 00:35:22,539 Well, look, I mean... 865 00:35:22,540 --> 00:35:25,141 Say I did want it, w... and I... I don't, 866 00:35:25,142 --> 00:35:26,876 you know, you... 867 00:35:26,877 --> 00:35:29,246 if I was CEO of Waystar, I mean... 868 00:35:30,514 --> 00:35:32,750 I mean, you, honey, are gonna be something huge. 869 00:35:32,751 --> 00:35:33,842 Yeah. 870 00:35:33,843 --> 00:35:35,167 Sure. Like what? 871 00:35:35,168 --> 00:35:36,458 I... I don't know. 872 00:35:36,459 --> 00:35:37,508 But we'll figure it out. 873 00:35:37,509 --> 00:35:39,956 Yeah, that's for later on down... down the road. 874 00:35:39,957 --> 00:35:41,837 - Whenever. Just whenever. - Wow. 875 00:35:46,263 --> 00:35:48,197 I mean, it's hilarious, right? 876 00:35:48,198 --> 00:35:49,431 Oh, yes! 877 00:35:49,432 --> 00:35:51,532 It's fucking funny! 878 00:35:55,038 --> 00:35:56,239 Yeah... 879 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,074 - Hey, come here. - Hey. 880 00:35:58,075 --> 00:35:59,374 - Mm. - Hey. 881 00:36:00,110 --> 00:36:02,078 Oh. Oh, now? 882 00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:03,646 - Mm. Why not? - Well, let me just... 883 00:36:03,647 --> 00:36:05,438 Hang on. Let me just go and brush my teeth. 884 00:36:05,439 --> 00:36:06,481 No. 885 00:36:06,482 --> 00:36:08,015 - No, come here. - Okay. 886 00:36:10,552 --> 00:36:13,421 I... I hear your brother's running for president. 887 00:36:13,422 --> 00:36:15,223 Maybe we should get him here. 888 00:36:15,224 --> 00:36:17,525 He seems like the... the serious one. 889 00:36:17,526 --> 00:36:20,027 Right. Lawrence, we have a problem. 890 00:36:20,945 --> 00:36:22,335 Okay? 891 00:36:22,336 --> 00:36:24,069 My dad wants to shut you down. 892 00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:28,603 - What are you talking about? - Yeah. 893 00:36:28,604 --> 00:36:30,806 But I don't want you to worry about my dad. 894 00:36:30,807 --> 00:36:32,407 Okay? I can handle my dad. 895 00:36:32,408 --> 00:36:33,608 The fuck you talking about? 896 00:36:33,609 --> 00:36:35,143 I know what's going on here. 897 00:36:35,144 --> 00:36:37,879 Right? It's a... It's a... It's a Potemkin village. 898 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,514 I mean, the engagement and bounce rate 899 00:36:39,515 --> 00:36:41,582 have been inflated and fucked around so much 900 00:36:41,583 --> 00:36:43,217 they're impossible to verify. 901 00:36:43,218 --> 00:36:45,186 your share stats, the... the churn, 902 00:36:45,187 --> 00:36:47,488 the SEO traffic KPIs are all bullshit. 903 00:36:47,489 --> 00:36:51,158 I mean, you suckered me in, and, uh, I bought it. 904 00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:54,028 We had a couple shitty traffic months... 905 00:36:54,029 --> 00:36:56,188 Uh, Facebook changed their algorithm. 906 00:36:56,189 --> 00:36:57,213 Uh-huh. 907 00:36:57,214 --> 00:36:58,590 - We got face-fucked, okay? - All right. 908 00:36:58,591 --> 00:36:59,915 We're turning the corner now. 909 00:36:59,916 --> 00:37:00,916 Okay. 910 00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:03,003 O... Okay. 911 00:37:03,004 --> 00:37:05,238 What? Yeah, o... okay. Is... Is that real? 912 00:37:06,709 --> 00:37:08,775 - From Logan? - Look, I can fix this. 913 00:37:09,678 --> 00:37:11,779 Okay? But no more obfuscation. 914 00:37:11,780 --> 00:37:13,448 No more shitty data. 915 00:37:13,449 --> 00:37:16,483 I need the full, fiber-optic, clear-channel shit. 916 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:19,253 CT scan the whole place, and we move fast. 917 00:37:19,254 --> 00:37:20,620 Okay. 918 00:37:20,621 --> 00:37:22,755 Do you like double-crossing your dad? 919 00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:25,525 Oh, that's your favorite. 920 00:37:25,526 --> 00:37:27,127 Isn't it? 921 00:37:27,128 --> 00:37:31,731 I'm of the opinion he can be persuaded he's making a mistake. 922 00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:35,634 - Okay? - Okay. 923 00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:38,239 Oh yeah, w... Uh, one more thing. 924 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:42,309 I... I... I need everyone to cool it on unionizing. 925 00:37:42,310 --> 00:37:43,844 Okay, they're not gonna do that. 926 00:37:43,845 --> 00:37:46,080 Half of them are about to sign union cards. 927 00:37:46,081 --> 00:37:47,146 Let me speak to them. 928 00:37:49,150 --> 00:37:51,317 Everyone here fucking hates you. 929 00:37:53,721 --> 00:37:55,220 I think I can take it. 930 00:37:56,123 --> 00:37:58,091 Hey, everyone. Thanks for... 931 00:37:58,092 --> 00:38:00,494 Thanks for gathering. This'll just be a minute. 932 00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,362 Can you... Can you guys hear me in the back? 933 00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:03,962 Yeah? 934 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:05,564 Uh... 935 00:38:06,634 --> 00:38:07,634 Vaulter. 936 00:38:08,603 --> 00:38:11,671 Hey, um... Okay. 937 00:38:11,672 --> 00:38:13,940 Look, some of you might have noticed this already, 938 00:38:13,941 --> 00:38:17,010 but, uh, just so you're getting it direct from me, 939 00:38:17,011 --> 00:38:20,580 uh, Waystar management has been taking a look at the business 940 00:38:20,581 --> 00:38:21,815 over the last week. 941 00:38:21,816 --> 00:38:24,116 But I just wanna say this to you in person... 942 00:38:25,289 --> 00:38:28,482 I believe Vaulter is the future of this company. 943 00:38:28,483 --> 00:38:29,574 Sure. 944 00:38:29,575 --> 00:38:32,124 I'm Se... I'm fuckin' s... dead serious. 945 00:38:32,125 --> 00:38:33,959 Just... You can't question my belief 946 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,529 in what you've all built here. 947 00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:39,665 You know, in... in... in what Lawrence has built. 948 00:38:39,666 --> 00:38:41,366 But if we're gonna come through here, 949 00:38:41,367 --> 00:38:43,302 we need to be light on our feet. 950 00:38:43,303 --> 00:38:45,237 That's why I personally think 951 00:38:45,238 --> 00:38:48,340 it would be a mistake for you to unionize. 952 00:38:49,643 --> 00:38:50,843 Just... Just hear me out. 953 00:38:50,844 --> 00:38:52,077 Okay, we will get you 954 00:38:52,078 --> 00:38:54,814 a really punchy independent arbitration panel, 955 00:38:54,815 --> 00:38:56,081 we'll get you a pay bump. 956 00:38:56,082 --> 00:38:58,215 I know a lot of you are flirting with the guild, 957 00:38:58,216 --> 00:39:00,251 and I'm just asking you to consider 958 00:39:00,252 --> 00:39:01,686 putting that on ice. 959 00:39:01,687 --> 00:39:04,054 And let's try and figure this out inside. 960 00:39:04,824 --> 00:39:06,390 We keep it in the... 961 00:39:06,391 --> 00:39:09,928 fuckin' super cheesy, but in the Waystar family. 962 00:39:09,929 --> 00:39:14,065 'Cause we do not want an adversarial situation here. 963 00:39:14,066 --> 00:39:16,634 Okay, we want communication, 964 00:39:16,635 --> 00:39:18,402 we want engagement. 965 00:39:18,403 --> 00:39:20,004 So let's all pull together 966 00:39:20,005 --> 00:39:21,372 and go back to your desks 967 00:39:21,373 --> 00:39:24,642 and generate me five, ten, 100 ideas 968 00:39:24,643 --> 00:39:26,309 and hit me and my man here up. 969 00:39:26,745 --> 00:39:27,745 Okay? 970 00:39:29,081 --> 00:39:30,114 Thank you. 971 00:39:30,115 --> 00:39:32,383 Yeah, I don't know, Stanley. 972 00:39:32,384 --> 00:39:34,384 I... I just don't know if I could ever 973 00:39:34,385 --> 00:39:36,553 practically make use of this area. 974 00:39:36,554 --> 00:39:39,756 That's just a mezzanine. You know, it's just a bonus. 975 00:39:39,757 --> 00:39:43,158 you have a... a living room with under-stair storage. 976 00:39:44,261 --> 00:39:45,696 Sure. It's just... 977 00:39:45,697 --> 00:39:48,732 the thing I need storage for most urgently of all, Stanley, 978 00:39:48,733 --> 00:39:49,899 is me. 979 00:39:50,568 --> 00:39:52,401 You know? I'm... I need... 980 00:39:53,538 --> 00:39:55,939 I need storage for myself. 981 00:39:55,940 --> 00:39:57,374 Dude, it's just a bed. 982 00:39:57,375 --> 00:39:58,541 You're overthinking it. 983 00:40:02,046 --> 00:40:03,078 Kendall? 984 00:40:04,382 --> 00:40:05,414 Totally. 985 00:40:06,234 --> 00:40:07,766 Yep, on my way. 986 00:40:14,257 --> 00:40:15,257 So? 987 00:40:15,826 --> 00:40:16,892 It's a maybe. 988 00:40:21,164 --> 00:40:22,397 Hey, Ken? 989 00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:24,400 Yo. 990 00:40:24,401 --> 00:40:25,534 Hey. 991 00:40:28,405 --> 00:40:29,639 I got the stuff. 992 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,305 - Thank you. - Yeah. 993 00:40:33,443 --> 00:40:34,576 So, what do you think? 994 00:40:35,812 --> 00:40:37,947 Uh, of this? I think... 995 00:40:37,948 --> 00:40:39,381 it's... 996 00:40:39,382 --> 00:40:43,252 huge. It's, um, it's a very large space. 997 00:40:43,253 --> 00:40:45,187 What's the... what's the footage? 998 00:40:45,188 --> 00:40:46,922 Uh, I don't know. 999 00:40:46,923 --> 00:40:48,924 Developers overestimated demand, 1000 00:40:48,925 --> 00:40:52,327 so I bought all five units and my guy's gonna flip 'em. 1001 00:40:52,328 --> 00:40:53,995 Yeah, 'cause i... it's... 1002 00:40:53,996 --> 00:40:55,897 an abundance of footage. 1003 00:40:55,898 --> 00:40:58,266 An embarrassment of... of footage. 1004 00:40:58,834 --> 00:41:00,102 Yeah. 1005 00:41:00,103 --> 00:41:01,503 It's yours. 1006 00:41:01,504 --> 00:41:03,272 I... I mean, until the market starts to move, 1007 00:41:03,273 --> 00:41:05,074 - but... - Until it starts to move. 1008 00:41:05,075 --> 00:41:06,407 No, I'm serious. 1009 00:41:07,544 --> 00:41:08,642 - Yeah. - Like... 1010 00:41:09,845 --> 00:41:11,813 Yeah, you live here now, Greg. 1011 00:41:11,814 --> 00:41:13,148 Okay. 1012 00:41:13,149 --> 00:41:14,516 Uh, cool. Yeah. 1013 00:41:14,517 --> 00:41:18,053 I can take a lot in terms of psychological pain, so... 1014 00:41:18,054 --> 00:41:20,755 Yeah. Sweet, I live here! Nice. 1015 00:41:20,756 --> 00:41:22,190 I'm totally serious. 1016 00:41:22,191 --> 00:41:24,425 Yeah, I know. I needed a place to live, so... 1017 00:41:24,426 --> 00:41:26,294 Now, uh, now I got it! 1018 00:41:26,295 --> 00:41:28,096 Uh, here's your key. 1019 00:41:28,097 --> 00:41:30,131 Until I get a doorman downstairs. 1020 00:41:30,132 --> 00:41:31,499 I'm not fuckin' around. 1021 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:33,768 Like, it's just gonna be empty. 1022 00:41:33,769 --> 00:41:35,335 - It's not a big deal. - Kendall. 1023 00:41:36,072 --> 00:41:37,337 What, dude? 1024 00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,609 This is fuck... Th... this is... 1025 00:41:40,610 --> 00:41:42,210 Dude, thank you. 1026 00:41:42,211 --> 00:41:43,677 So much, man. 1027 00:41:46,381 --> 00:41:49,017 Wow. I mean... 1028 00:41:49,018 --> 00:41:51,051 - Look at these ceilings. - Yeah. 1029 00:41:51,052 --> 00:41:52,853 Nice height, you got big windows, 1030 00:41:52,854 --> 00:41:54,621 a lot of light. 1031 00:41:56,091 --> 00:41:58,191 Yeah. Have you ever had your own place? 1032 00:41:58,994 --> 00:42:00,128 Fuck yeah. 1033 00:42:00,129 --> 00:42:02,997 I was thinking we could hang out tonight. 1034 00:42:02,998 --> 00:42:04,198 - Yeah. - Like, in here. 1035 00:42:04,199 --> 00:42:06,066 - Sure. - Have a little party. 1036 00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:07,301 Sweet. 1037 00:42:07,302 --> 00:42:08,469 Hi! 1038 00:42:08,470 --> 00:42:10,605 - Hi! - Tom Wambsgans. 1039 00:42:10,606 --> 00:42:11,772 Hi! 1040 00:42:11,773 --> 00:42:13,274 - Manly handshake. - Manly handshake. 1041 00:42:18,013 --> 00:42:19,380 - Uh... - I have this... 1042 00:42:19,381 --> 00:42:21,715 overwhelming urge to either knee someone in the vagina 1043 00:42:21,716 --> 00:42:23,017 or spit on the floor. 1044 00:42:23,018 --> 00:42:25,953 Hmm. He's been a little bit nervous about tonight. 1045 00:42:25,954 --> 00:42:28,122 Nervous, come the fuck on. 1046 00:42:28,123 --> 00:42:31,058 For din-dins with firecrotch and normcore? 1047 00:42:31,059 --> 00:42:32,059 Please. 1048 00:42:33,128 --> 00:42:34,662 Well, come on in! 1049 00:42:34,663 --> 00:42:36,263 Have some champagne. 1050 00:42:36,264 --> 00:42:38,799 Enjoy our beautiful room. 1051 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,968 Could spend your whole life here. That's how I figure it. 1052 00:42:40,969 --> 00:42:43,403 Born on the couch and cremated in here. 1053 00:42:43,404 --> 00:42:44,772 Can I get a Diet Coke? 1054 00:42:44,773 --> 00:42:46,040 Oh, Tom has a cold, 1055 00:42:46,041 --> 00:42:47,507 and he wants everyone to know. 1056 00:42:47,508 --> 00:42:48,508 Oh. 1057 00:42:48,509 --> 00:42:50,243 Well, we could send out for some saline, 1058 00:42:50,244 --> 00:42:52,479 we could stand around and watch you do a nasal wash. 1059 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,215 No, no. thank you. I'm good. Thank you. 1060 00:42:55,216 --> 00:42:57,575 I'm hearing some stories about that brother of ours. 1061 00:42:57,576 --> 00:42:58,967 Apparently... 1062 00:42:58,968 --> 00:43:01,555 You wanna actually drink that? 'Cause I got some stronger shit. 1063 00:43:01,556 --> 00:43:03,089 - Yeah. - Do you like Japanese whiskey? 1064 00:43:03,090 --> 00:43:04,191 - Yeah. - I've got this one 1065 00:43:04,192 --> 00:43:05,892 that tastes like fucking dragonpiss... 1066 00:43:05,893 --> 00:43:07,333 You should try swallowing something. 1067 00:43:10,364 --> 00:43:11,430 Like honey. 1068 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:14,132 I'm fine, thank you. 1069 00:43:15,203 --> 00:43:17,136 Word is he's on maneuvers again. 1070 00:43:17,137 --> 00:43:20,207 Making all kinds of promises about keeping Vaulter open. 1071 00:43:20,208 --> 00:43:22,041 What? Does Dad know? 1072 00:43:22,042 --> 00:43:23,410 Uh, hell no, Dad doesn't know. 1073 00:43:23,411 --> 00:43:25,478 He's a shenaniganizing piece of shit. 1074 00:43:25,479 --> 00:43:28,547 But the thing I keep turning over in my mind is... 1075 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:31,351 do I tell Dad? 1076 00:43:31,352 --> 00:43:33,552 Because if I drop the shoe on Ken now, 1077 00:43:33,553 --> 00:43:34,886 he's crushed forever. 1078 00:43:34,887 --> 00:43:36,822 Uh... 1079 00:43:36,823 --> 00:43:40,859 If Kendall's going rogue, then... let him. 1080 00:43:40,860 --> 00:43:42,695 Sooner or later, it's gonna blow up in his face. 1081 00:43:42,696 --> 00:43:44,697 I love it when it blows up in people's faces. 1082 00:43:44,698 --> 00:43:46,897 - You do. - I do. It's my fuckin' favorite. 1083 00:43:48,702 --> 00:43:50,436 I like how this is working. 1084 00:43:50,437 --> 00:43:52,104 Us. I see a future here. 1085 00:43:52,105 --> 00:43:53,305 Yeah. Sure. 1086 00:43:53,306 --> 00:43:54,406 - No, me too. - Yeah. 1087 00:43:54,407 --> 00:43:55,887 'Cause, you know, there's an opening. 1088 00:43:56,943 --> 00:43:59,010 Yeah, see, no one sees me coming. 1089 00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:00,379 But I am right on the shoulder. 1090 00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:02,681 If Dad announces tomorrow, he announces me. 1091 00:44:02,682 --> 00:44:04,350 Has to, there's no other option. 1092 00:44:04,351 --> 00:44:06,652 I mean, it's fucking insane, but I am the best he's got. 1093 00:44:06,653 --> 00:44:07,686 Yeah. 1094 00:44:07,687 --> 00:44:09,754 Unless... There is one other. 1095 00:44:12,091 --> 00:44:13,158 Who? 1096 00:44:13,159 --> 00:44:15,426 Shiv, should I be worried about Tom? 1097 00:44:15,427 --> 00:44:17,295 Tom? 1098 00:44:17,296 --> 00:44:20,165 No, you don't need to be worried about Tom. 1099 00:44:20,166 --> 00:44:21,233 Okay. 1100 00:44:21,234 --> 00:44:22,332 All right. 1101 00:44:24,971 --> 00:44:26,336 How's news, Tom? 1102 00:44:27,339 --> 00:44:28,974 Challenging. 1103 00:44:28,975 --> 00:44:30,975 Tough row to hoe, but, you know... 1104 00:44:31,677 --> 00:44:33,278 think I see a way out. 1105 00:44:33,279 --> 00:44:34,579 - It's good, yeah. - Yeah? 1106 00:44:34,580 --> 00:44:36,313 A way out. Good for you, man. 1107 00:44:38,450 --> 00:44:40,685 So what is it, this way out? 1108 00:44:40,686 --> 00:44:43,421 Oh, it's early days, and I... Yeah. 1109 00:44:43,422 --> 00:44:46,190 I haven't even discussed it with Logan yet, but... 1110 00:44:46,191 --> 00:44:47,592 Oh, so it's a secret? 1111 00:44:47,593 --> 00:44:49,059 That's fucking exciting. 1112 00:44:49,060 --> 00:44:50,860 When are you gonna tell him, at the sleepover? 1113 00:44:51,963 --> 00:44:54,899 Well, um, no. 1114 00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:57,034 We're-looking in... Well, I'm looking into 1115 00:44:57,035 --> 00:44:58,803 digitizing ATN. 1116 00:44:58,804 --> 00:45:02,273 Like, a total overhaul of the... of the legacy 1117 00:45:02,274 --> 00:45:03,775 analog infrastructure. 1118 00:45:03,776 --> 00:45:04,909 Yeah. 1119 00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:06,544 Making a lot of productivity gains as well, 1120 00:45:06,545 --> 00:45:08,979 so I think your dad will be pretty pleased. 1121 00:45:08,980 --> 00:45:10,079 Fuckin' A. 1122 00:45:10,949 --> 00:45:12,617 Look at the corn-feeder. 1123 00:45:12,618 --> 00:45:14,919 Going all synergies and shit. 1124 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,554 - Yeah. - Nice. 1125 00:45:16,555 --> 00:45:17,721 Worth a shot. 1126 00:45:17,722 --> 00:45:18,754 Thanks, man. 1127 00:45:27,765 --> 00:45:30,033 Where do you buy your suits, by the way, Tom? 1128 00:45:30,034 --> 00:45:31,702 Like, maybe that's why 1129 00:45:31,703 --> 00:45:32,969 I'm just not moving as fast as you. 1130 00:45:32,970 --> 00:45:36,239 I just don't have that, like, boxy, corporate look. 1131 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:37,541 Right? 1132 00:45:37,542 --> 00:45:39,710 I mean, I'm sorry, but, like, 1133 00:45:39,711 --> 00:45:42,379 what the fuck? You look like a Transformer. 1134 00:45:42,380 --> 00:45:44,381 Like, wh... what's wrong with your body, man? 1135 00:45:44,382 --> 00:45:46,750 Rome, come on. There's nothing wrong with his body, 1136 00:45:46,751 --> 00:45:48,051 it's just fuckin' suits. 1137 00:45:48,052 --> 00:45:51,087 What? Come on, we... we've laughed about it before. 1138 00:45:51,088 --> 00:45:52,621 - You have? - Yeah. 1139 00:45:52,622 --> 00:45:54,523 He's thrifty, and he has the worst taste in suits. 1140 00:45:54,524 --> 00:45:55,825 Totally has terrible Ta... 1141 00:45:55,826 --> 00:45:57,860 You look like a divorce attorney from the Twin Cities. 1142 00:45:57,861 --> 00:46:00,262 It's partly the walk. It's like a real... 1143 00:46:00,263 --> 00:46:02,698 - Robot? - No, agricultural walk. 1144 00:46:05,134 --> 00:46:06,769 Agricultural walk! 1145 00:46:06,770 --> 00:46:08,871 You know, I tried to get, uh, one of his suits tailored 1146 00:46:08,872 --> 00:46:10,205 - by the guy that Dad uses. - Mm-hmm. 1147 00:46:10,206 --> 00:46:12,407 - But he just looked so, like... - Hey, Shiv? Fuck off. 1148 00:46:24,988 --> 00:46:27,655 So, I'm probably just gonna sleep in the guest room 1149 00:46:27,656 --> 00:46:29,424 so I don't keep you awake. 1150 00:46:29,425 --> 00:46:31,092 Uh, are you kidding me? 1151 00:46:31,093 --> 00:46:33,261 What? We'll both sleep better. 1152 00:46:33,262 --> 00:46:34,262 Tom. 1153 00:46:35,197 --> 00:46:36,197 Come on. 1154 00:46:37,065 --> 00:46:39,267 We've just... We've gotten... 1155 00:46:39,268 --> 00:46:40,868 tangled up, okay? 1156 00:46:42,924 --> 00:46:44,282 Honey, 1157 00:46:44,283 --> 00:46:46,484 you're the only one I can talk to about this stuff. 1158 00:46:48,143 --> 00:46:49,309 I need you. 1159 00:47:00,845 --> 00:47:03,061 - Now, I have a choice... - Mm-hmm. 1160 00:47:03,062 --> 00:47:05,622 ... to make. It's either Gil, 1161 00:47:05,623 --> 00:47:06,980 or it's Dad. 1162 00:47:06,981 --> 00:47:08,773 And it's a bit of a headfuck. 1163 00:47:08,774 --> 00:47:10,131 Okay. 1164 00:47:10,132 --> 00:47:11,765 Well, let's break it down. 1165 00:47:14,744 --> 00:47:16,301 'Cause here's what I've been thinking. 1166 00:47:16,302 --> 00:47:18,703 - Mm-hmm. - What if a good person... 1167 00:47:19,373 --> 00:47:20,574 ran Waystar? 1168 00:47:20,575 --> 00:47:22,709 Yeah, I know. Waystar, it's... 1169 00:47:22,710 --> 00:47:24,644 You know, it's the family business. 1170 00:47:25,547 --> 00:47:26,880 It's your inheritance. 1171 00:47:26,881 --> 00:47:30,417 But, you know, you saw what your dad did to Kendall. 1172 00:47:30,418 --> 00:47:32,920 There's gotta be a chance he'll do the same to you. 1173 00:47:32,921 --> 00:47:34,854 Get bored of you once he's got you. 1174 00:47:34,855 --> 00:47:36,088 I dunno. Maybe it's about 1175 00:47:36,089 --> 00:47:38,825 keeping your options open, Siobhan. 1176 00:47:38,826 --> 00:47:40,827 Oh, yeah. Yes. 1177 00:47:40,828 --> 00:47:42,662 Can you not just... 1178 00:47:42,663 --> 00:47:45,531 see how it goes and keep the plates spinning? 1179 00:47:45,532 --> 00:47:48,166 Go Dick Morris, run things from out back? 1180 00:47:52,238 --> 00:47:53,238 Yeah. 1181 00:47:54,541 --> 00:47:55,975 Uh-huh. 1182 00:47:55,976 --> 00:47:57,208 That's the play. 1183 00:48:04,652 --> 00:48:06,318 Okay, where are we on office two? 1184 00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:08,320 I wanna be operational by tomorrow. 1185 00:48:08,321 --> 00:48:09,521 They're outside right now. 1186 00:48:09,522 --> 00:48:10,522 Let's go. 1187 00:48:13,793 --> 00:48:15,553 - IT's on their way? - Mm-hmm. 1188 00:48:18,164 --> 00:48:20,431 They know where it's going, seventh floor, right? 1189 00:48:52,364 --> 00:48:53,431 We all set? 1190 00:48:53,432 --> 00:48:54,597 Three minutes. 1191 00:49:02,141 --> 00:49:03,707 Okay, guys. 1192 00:49:03,708 --> 00:49:05,842 Everybody, if I could just have a second. 1193 00:49:07,646 --> 00:49:10,780 I just wanted to update you on a couple of developments. 1194 00:49:12,316 --> 00:49:14,184 Uh, some of you may have noticed 1195 00:49:14,185 --> 00:49:16,186 servers are down. 1196 00:49:16,187 --> 00:49:19,256 And we're setting a satellite office on seven. 1197 00:49:19,257 --> 00:49:21,758 And I'm afraid I have to inform you, 1198 00:49:21,759 --> 00:49:23,193 you are all dismissed. 1199 00:49:25,229 --> 00:49:27,464 Yeah. You're... You're all fired. 1200 00:49:27,465 --> 00:49:29,599 So, if you can leave your laptops where they are, 1201 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:30,633 and hand in your passes, 1202 00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:32,402 security will be coming around now. 1203 00:49:32,403 --> 00:49:34,336 I've been through everything you've shown me. 1204 00:49:35,106 --> 00:49:36,206 Food and weed, 1205 00:49:36,207 --> 00:49:37,774 those are the only two verticals 1206 00:49:37,775 --> 00:49:40,444 driving revenue, so we're folding them in 1207 00:49:40,445 --> 00:49:43,379 and, uh, yeah, you're all free to leave. 1208 00:49:43,914 --> 00:49:45,282 This is a joke. 1209 00:49:45,283 --> 00:49:47,416 You have 15 minutes to gather your belongings 1210 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:48,750 and exit the building. 1211 00:49:48,751 --> 00:49:51,954 Separation agreements will be handed around shortly. 1212 00:49:51,955 --> 00:49:54,756 One week of severance per year served, 1213 00:49:54,757 --> 00:49:56,192 with full non-disclosure. 1214 00:49:56,193 --> 00:49:58,627 Post your little videos. You get three days. 1215 00:49:58,628 --> 00:49:59,928 What the f... 1216 00:49:59,929 --> 00:50:02,764 Unused vacation days will not be reimbursed. 1217 00:50:02,765 --> 00:50:04,733 Health benefits will be terminated 1218 00:50:04,734 --> 00:50:05,934 at the end of the month. 1219 00:50:05,935 --> 00:50:06,993 That's it. 1220 00:50:06,994 --> 00:50:09,004 I'd like to thank you all for your hard work. 1221 00:50:09,005 --> 00:50:10,705 You piece of shit. 1222 00:50:16,946 --> 00:50:19,047 - Is that all you got? - Fuck you. 1223 00:50:19,048 --> 00:50:20,349 Fuck you, man! 1224 00:50:20,350 --> 00:50:22,183 Hey. Hey! 1225 00:50:22,184 --> 00:50:24,753 Kendall, what the fuck are you doing? 1226 00:50:24,754 --> 00:50:26,287 What the fuck is going on? 1227 00:50:26,288 --> 00:50:29,357 Yeah, sorry about the, uh, cloak and dagger. 1228 00:50:29,358 --> 00:50:31,760 I just needed some time to untangle all your shit, 1229 00:50:31,761 --> 00:50:32,828 find the profit centers, 1230 00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:33,929 keep the union off our back. 1231 00:50:33,930 --> 00:50:36,064 We're already fully operational on seven. 1232 00:50:36,065 --> 00:50:38,666 - Why? - Because my dad told me to. 1233 00:50:40,202 --> 00:50:42,103 Because your dad told you to? 1234 00:50:43,469 --> 00:50:45,340 Jesus Christ. 1235 00:50:45,341 --> 00:50:47,608 Because your dad told you to? 1236 00:50:48,945 --> 00:50:50,611 You... You fucked it, bro. 1237 00:50:52,915 --> 00:50:53,915 Uh-huh. 1238 00:50:55,484 --> 00:50:58,252 Go find some other chicken coop, cunt. 1239 00:50:59,464 --> 00:51:00,488 What... 1240 00:51:00,489 --> 00:51:02,557 Are you fucking kidding me? 1241 00:51:02,558 --> 00:51:05,392 Because your dad told you to! 1242 00:51:06,529 --> 00:51:08,262 Are you a fucking idiot? 1243 00:51:09,565 --> 00:51:11,098 Kendall! 1244 00:51:19,542 --> 00:51:22,142 Yo, Ken. Yo, how's it going? 1245 00:51:23,845 --> 00:51:25,112 All good, Greg. 1246 00:51:25,113 --> 00:51:28,084 Just, you know, looking for love in all the wrong places. 1247 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:29,150 Yeah. 1248 00:51:29,151 --> 00:51:30,484 No, dude, exactly. 1249 00:51:30,485 --> 00:51:32,186 Listen, Ken, I was, uh, 1250 00:51:32,187 --> 00:51:35,790 super wiped and I... My legs are just killing me. 1251 00:51:35,791 --> 00:51:37,424 And my lower back. 1252 00:51:37,425 --> 00:51:39,994 So do you think you could maybe bring the party up to yours? 1253 00:51:39,995 --> 00:51:41,896 - Up to mine? - Up to your place. 1254 00:51:41,897 --> 00:51:43,797 Yeah, I don't think so, Greg. 1255 00:51:45,567 --> 00:51:47,902 You know, I'm just, like... 1256 00:51:47,903 --> 00:51:51,671 I'm looking for pussy like a fuckin' techno Gatsby. 1257 00:51:52,607 --> 00:51:54,308 Hell yeah! That's... 1258 00:51:54,309 --> 00:51:56,877 Hell yeah, man. Um... 1259 00:51:56,878 --> 00:51:59,379 There's also... some of your acquaintances are maybe 1260 00:51:59,380 --> 00:52:00,747 humping in my bedroom? 1261 00:52:04,285 --> 00:52:05,618 If you c... Or... 1262 00:52:07,589 --> 00:52:09,389 Can talk to them... 1263 00:52:09,390 --> 00:52:10,990 I might like to go for a run 1264 00:52:10,991 --> 00:52:12,826 sometime tomorrow, if we can make a space. 1265 00:52:12,827 --> 00:52:14,494 I need to test the hamstrings... 1266 00:52:14,495 --> 00:52:16,096 But no paps. 1267 00:52:16,097 --> 00:52:18,398 I don't need another shot of me looking like a used dick. 1268 00:52:18,399 --> 00:52:20,334 You're him, right? You're the guy. 1269 00:52:20,335 --> 00:52:21,468 So they tell me. 1270 00:52:22,503 --> 00:52:24,304 Good to meet you, man! I like you, man. 1271 00:52:24,305 --> 00:52:27,107 I'm nothing without people like you. 1272 00:52:27,108 --> 00:52:28,208 Hey, 1273 00:52:28,209 --> 00:52:29,743 you and me, when this work gets done, 1274 00:52:29,744 --> 00:52:31,345 we go get a beer. What do you say? 1275 00:52:31,346 --> 00:52:32,679 - Yeah! - Okay? 1276 00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:33,947 - Yeah. Cool. - All right. 1277 00:52:33,948 --> 00:52:35,908 - Great to meet you. All right. - Yeah, yeah. 1278 00:52:46,851 --> 00:52:48,017 Hey, you want some gel? 1279 00:52:48,562 --> 00:52:49,562 Sorry? 1280 00:52:49,563 --> 00:52:51,364 Some Purell, for your hand. 1281 00:52:51,365 --> 00:52:53,299 How long's it been since you touched a prole? 1282 00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:54,566 No thank you, Shiv. 1283 00:52:55,369 --> 00:52:56,836 Oh, come on. I'm... I'm kidding. 1284 00:52:56,837 --> 00:52:58,104 The joke being what, exactly? 1285 00:52:58,105 --> 00:52:59,605 That I wanna sanitize my hand 1286 00:52:59,606 --> 00:53:01,241 after I meet with a guy in the street? 1287 00:53:01,242 --> 00:53:02,275 Thank you. No. I'm good. 1288 00:53:02,276 --> 00:53:04,577 Yeah, it's a pretty shitty joke, Shiv. 1289 00:53:04,578 --> 00:53:05,845 I'm just saying 1290 00:53:05,846 --> 00:53:07,180 that I think that maybe we need to be 1291 00:53:07,181 --> 00:53:10,482 more respectful of the working folk. 1292 00:53:10,483 --> 00:53:11,750 Even internally? 1293 00:53:11,751 --> 00:53:13,252 - I mean... - Okay, yeah. I get it Gil. 1294 00:53:13,253 --> 00:53:15,287 I don't want us to fall into that trap. 1295 00:53:15,288 --> 00:53:16,546 No, I... I'm sorry, Shiv, 1296 00:53:16,547 --> 00:53:18,891 but I just think that maybe you like in a kind of a bubble 1297 00:53:18,892 --> 00:53:21,193 and this kind of joke is okay around your family 1298 00:53:21,194 --> 00:53:21,994 and friends. 1299 00:53:21,995 --> 00:53:23,328 Don't fucking give me that. 1300 00:53:23,329 --> 00:53:24,387 Excuse me? 1301 00:53:24,388 --> 00:53:27,199 Don't pull a guilt trip on me 'cause you're selling your soul. 1302 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:28,901 I'm sorry, do we have a problem here? 1303 00:53:28,902 --> 00:53:32,370 Jesus, Shiv, you need a banana and a nap? 1304 00:53:32,371 --> 00:53:35,072 I think maybe we continue this conversation in private. 1305 00:53:35,574 --> 00:53:36,708 Why? 1306 00:53:36,709 --> 00:53:38,177 You don't want him to know 1307 00:53:38,178 --> 00:53:39,678 you've still got my dad's cock in your mouth? 1308 00:53:39,679 --> 00:53:42,247 I was discussing an arrangement you recommended. 1309 00:53:42,248 --> 00:53:44,381 Oh, yeah, you did. Didn't you just, y... 1310 00:53:44,382 --> 00:53:45,440 Certainly discussed it. 1311 00:53:45,441 --> 00:53:46,532 I don't understand. 1312 00:53:46,533 --> 00:53:48,962 You're riding me over a deal you told me to take. 1313 00:53:48,963 --> 00:53:50,654 Took it pretty quick though, didn't you? 1314 00:53:50,655 --> 00:53:52,690 Rolled over really fucking fast. 1315 00:53:52,691 --> 00:53:55,026 And now you're taking reach-arounds and... 1316 00:53:55,027 --> 00:53:57,161 flights on a 787. 1317 00:53:57,162 --> 00:53:59,763 Where's this coming from, Siobhan? 1318 00:53:59,764 --> 00:54:02,666 I'm sorry, I think maybe we should just... 1319 00:54:02,667 --> 00:54:03,692 reassess. 1320 00:54:03,693 --> 00:54:07,094 Perhaps I... Dick Morris things, operate from the background? 1321 00:54:09,007 --> 00:54:10,274 Uh-huh. Okay. Yeah. 1322 00:54:10,275 --> 00:54:12,176 No, you know what I think? I think you're right. 1323 00:54:12,177 --> 00:54:15,146 I think we need to reassess more comprehensively. 1324 00:54:15,147 --> 00:54:16,680 Mm-hmm. 1325 00:54:16,681 --> 00:54:18,882 I think Nate is right, that your... 1326 00:54:18,883 --> 00:54:21,783 connections to Tom, ATN, are... 1327 00:54:22,486 --> 00:54:24,387 a distraction. 1328 00:54:24,388 --> 00:54:27,056 Oh yeah? Well you know what? Actually, I'm out. 1329 00:54:28,759 --> 00:54:31,594 Actually, I just fired you, Shiv. 1330 00:54:31,595 --> 00:54:33,663 If you'd even noticed. 1331 00:54:33,664 --> 00:54:36,398 Well, I already fuckin' quit, if you had any antennae. 1332 00:54:45,609 --> 00:54:47,409 Okay, it's done. 1333 00:54:48,445 --> 00:54:50,012 Vaulter's dead. 1334 00:54:50,013 --> 00:54:52,047 Four-hundred and seventy-six off the payroll, 1335 00:54:52,048 --> 00:54:53,782 full-timers, freelance... 1336 00:54:53,783 --> 00:54:56,252 I, uh, negotiated an early break from the lease 1337 00:54:56,253 --> 00:54:58,053 and hired an editor and five interns 1338 00:54:58,054 --> 00:54:59,421 for the two remaining verticals. 1339 00:54:59,422 --> 00:55:01,290 the rest will be user-generated, 1340 00:55:01,291 --> 00:55:04,259 reviews, upload pics, all that stuff. 1341 00:55:05,262 --> 00:55:07,096 Also, I harvested a ton of ideas 1342 00:55:07,097 --> 00:55:08,964 from the Vaulter staff before they left. 1343 00:55:08,965 --> 00:55:10,232 IP and start-up ideas. 1344 00:55:10,233 --> 00:55:13,968 Most of it's, you know, bullshit but... you never know. 1345 00:55:15,372 --> 00:55:17,671 We'll say you tried to keep it alive. 1346 00:55:19,042 --> 00:55:21,210 Valiant efforts, et cetera. 1347 00:55:21,211 --> 00:55:22,844 I'm good. I'll wear it. 1348 00:55:27,983 --> 00:55:29,149 I should take this. 1349 00:55:32,021 --> 00:55:33,720 - Yeah? - Dad? 1350 00:55:34,356 --> 00:55:35,990 I told Gil. 1351 00:55:35,991 --> 00:55:37,926 I'm ready. Let's get started. 1352 00:55:37,927 --> 00:55:40,861 Start... looping me in. 1353 00:55:40,862 --> 00:55:41,995 That's great. 1354 00:55:42,864 --> 00:55:43,964 I'll be in touch. 1355 00:55:49,871 --> 00:55:51,005 Everything okay? 1356 00:55:51,006 --> 00:55:52,840 Oh, yeah. Usual headaches. 1357 00:55:52,841 --> 00:55:54,875 Hey. Should I be in this? 1358 00:55:54,876 --> 00:55:56,144 Roman, 1359 00:55:56,145 --> 00:55:58,679 your brother's gonna be working in here from now on. 1360 00:55:58,680 --> 00:55:59,737 Oh, yeah? 1361 00:55:59,738 --> 00:56:02,182 I need him across the proxy battle. 1362 00:56:02,183 --> 00:56:04,550 Can't afford communication slips. 1363 00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:06,190 Okay? 1364 00:56:09,557 --> 00:56:11,191 What are you waiting for? 1365 00:56:11,192 --> 00:56:12,659 A kiss? 1366 00:56:12,660 --> 00:56:15,928 Fuck off. Be gone. Bye bye. 1367 00:56:26,707 --> 00:56:28,240 Yes? Can I help you? 1368 00:56:29,010 --> 00:56:30,477 Fuck you looking at? 1369 00:56:30,478 --> 00:56:32,012 You did good, son. 1370 00:56:32,013 --> 00:56:33,045 Thank you. 1371 00:56:34,214 --> 00:56:35,546 Make yourself at home. 1372 00:56:59,672 --> 00:57:00,738 Comfortable? 1373 00:57:24,363 --> 00:57:27,131 Hey. Can I get a pack of American Spirit Yellow? 1374 00:57:28,935 --> 00:57:30,068 One of these. 1375 00:58:18,438 --> 00:58:26,438 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.MY-SUBS.com - 1376 00:59:27,735 --> 00:59:29,621 There were some doubts as to... 1377 00:59:29,622 --> 00:59:32,565 whether an acquisition is really what we need right now. 1378 00:59:32,566 --> 00:59:34,823 It is. The bigger the better. 1379 00:59:34,824 --> 00:59:36,848 And I have it. 1380 00:59:36,849 --> 00:59:39,106 This is a disaster. 1381 00:59:39,107 --> 00:59:40,496 We need to stop him. 1382 00:59:40,497 --> 00:59:43,134 Could you sit out the corporate retreat this year? 1383 00:59:43,135 --> 00:59:45,227 Nah. It's a morale-booster. 1384 00:59:45,228 --> 00:59:47,912 Someone spiked the deal. 1385 00:59:47,913 --> 00:59:50,181 Which one of you boys did it? 1386 00:59:50,384 --> 00:59:54,977 Here's news: I... will... win. 1387 00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:01,747 I'm afraid I have to inform you, you're all fired. 1388 01:00:01,748 --> 01:00:03,697 Security will be coming around now. 1389 01:00:03,698 --> 01:00:06,364 - Why? - Because my dad told me to. 1390 01:00:07,698 --> 01:00:09,505 In this episode, Kendall shuts down Vaulter 1391 01:00:09,506 --> 01:00:11,363 which, you know, if you saw the first season, 1392 01:00:11,364 --> 01:00:13,029 this was a sort of prized acquisition 1393 01:00:13,030 --> 01:00:16,313 that he captained the strategy of acquiring. 1394 01:00:16,314 --> 01:00:19,463 It's interesting to me that he's been through a tragedy, 1395 01:00:19,464 --> 01:00:22,863 he's in this submissive relationship with his dad, 1396 01:00:22,864 --> 01:00:25,063 but maybe there's some freedoms you get 1397 01:00:25,064 --> 01:00:26,546 with being submissive, too. 1398 01:00:26,547 --> 01:00:28,488 And that you can do some tough stuff 1399 01:00:28,489 --> 01:00:31,197 if you feel like you're not responsible anymore. 1400 01:00:35,161 --> 01:00:36,226 Is that all you got? 1401 01:00:36,227 --> 01:00:39,337 There's a big taboo against spitting in people's faces. 1402 01:00:39,338 --> 01:00:42,154 It's like one of the most weirdly intimate, 1403 01:00:42,155 --> 01:00:43,763 horrible things you can see. 1404 01:00:43,764 --> 01:00:47,321 Jeremy approached it with his typical rigor. 1405 01:00:47,322 --> 01:00:50,617 And no doubt that he wanted the acting scene partner 1406 01:00:50,618 --> 01:00:51,799 to do that to him, 1407 01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:53,282 and do it as many times as we needed. 1408 01:00:53,283 --> 01:00:55,617 And credit to him because I think it's a good scene. 1409 01:00:56,006 --> 01:00:57,988 Tom, it's great to have you aboard. 1410 01:00:57,989 --> 01:01:01,698 I just hope that there's no weirdness 1411 01:01:02,089 --> 01:01:03,613 with our fuzzy boundaries. 1412 01:01:03,614 --> 01:01:05,819 If you want to go fast, go alone. 1413 01:01:05,820 --> 01:01:07,738 If you want to go far, go together. 1414 01:01:07,739 --> 01:01:11,027 When we were thinking about who would be the head of ATN, 1415 01:01:11,028 --> 01:01:12,922 that Tom would find himself up against, 1416 01:01:12,923 --> 01:01:14,608 we were just interested in the sort of person 1417 01:01:14,609 --> 01:01:17,363 who could manage this very tough news organization. 1418 01:01:17,364 --> 01:01:19,596 When we managed to cast Jeannie Berlin, 1419 01:01:19,597 --> 01:01:21,196 it clicked into place. 1420 01:01:21,197 --> 01:01:22,722 We serve a demographic 1421 01:01:22,723 --> 01:01:24,446 of highly intelligent viewers, 1422 01:01:24,447 --> 01:01:27,680 who are really tired of being patronized elsewhere 1423 01:01:27,681 --> 01:01:31,972 by latte-sipping douche bags with 100-dollar haircuts. 1424 01:01:32,489 --> 01:01:34,671 Yeah she's tough, she could cope with this. 1425 01:01:34,672 --> 01:01:35,905 And she believes in it as well. 1426 01:01:35,906 --> 01:01:38,073 It's not like Tom who's kind of slightly trying 1427 01:01:38,074 --> 01:01:40,863 on the trousers of that organization. 1428 01:01:40,864 --> 01:01:42,272 She kinda lives and breathes it. 1429 01:01:42,864 --> 01:01:44,072 Thank you very much. 1430 01:01:44,364 --> 01:01:46,279 And, uh... fuck you. 1431 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,446 And I'll catch up with you later. 1432 01:01:48,447 --> 01:01:51,322 Not on your dying day, baby.