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Have you ever heard of Bernard L. Madoff?

Yeah, sure. He's got a good reputation.

In his investment fund,

only 4% of his months are down months.

Are you -- you saying he's insider trading?

I'm accusing him of running a Ponzi scheme.

If I told you what I had on Madoff,

you wouldn't have the guts to print it.

Try me, Mr. Markopolos.

We're getting audited.

They had all kinds of questions about

how you handle their money.

How long are you people gonna be here, huh?!

I need you to let me be my own man.

In time, you'll understand!

You're sick, aren't you?

Mantle cell lymphoma. Oh!

Mantle cell lymphoma. Oh!

Andy's getting the best treatment money can buy.

Money?!

You can't throw money at this!

The most humiliating moment

they could choose to take me down --

at my own niece's wedding.

♪ Hava nagila, hava ♪

My own niece's wedding.

This was the moment they'd chosen to take me down.

Those smug, sniveling SEC agents.

Those smug, sniveling SEC agents.

Nothing better to do than to try to humiliate me.

I was 13 years old

when my dad's sporting-goods business went bankrupt.

My dad's failure was humiliating.

But it was the look on our neighbors' faces --

the look of pity -- that was unacceptable.

And I made a vow to myself that day

that nobody would ever look at me like that.

I was gonna make more money

than anyone in Laurelton could even imagine.

than anyone in Laurelton could even imagine.

They weren't just gonna respect me.

They were gonna honor me. They were gonna admire me.

Nobody would ever pity Bernie Madoff.

How would my family look at me when the SEC arrested me?

Could I hold my head up high?

Would I still be the magician?

This was my worst nightmare coming true.

Mr. Madoff?

Mr. Madoff.

Yeah.

Uh, David Green.

Yeah.

SEC lawyer.

SEC lawyer.

So, how's life?

How do you mean?

Um, well, I think life's a pretty funny business.

I'm gonna go get my wife.

Unless you have something else to tell me.

Actually, I do.

And that is?

Congratulations.

On what?

Oh, they didn't tell you yet?

Cat's out of the bag now, I guess.

Uh, they cleared you.

You still have to register as an adviser, but that's it.

It's over.

Congratulations on your niece's wedding.

One phone call.

"Hello, DTC?

"Hello, DTC?

What do you mean,

there are no securities in the Madoff account?"

That's all they had to do.

A secretary could have done it!

And the financial-enforcement arm of the Federal government

of the greatest nation on Earth simply never made the call.

Bank stocks were pummeled again today.

The president, at a news conference,

The president, at a news conference,

- tried today to... - Nightmare on Wall Street.

That's all they did --

made him register as an investment manager?

You realize, don't you,

that's like sending Ted Bundy to traffic school.

O-okay, h-how about this, Ed?

You talk to your bosses about sending me undercover

into Madoff Securities,

as some sort of special operative for the SEC?

as some sort of special operative for the SEC?

That way, we ca--

No. W-w-why?

No, l-listen to me, Ed. I'll report directly to you.

That way, we can penetrate head-on this thing

and break it open.

I've thought about this.

I've done the work, Ed.

Listen...

Okay, don't hang up.

Don't hang up, Ed.

Tonight, the Federal Reserve Board

cuts interest rates for the first time in four years.

The Fed hopes to stimulate the economy.

Well, the move certainly stimulated Wall Street.

Well, the move certainly stimulated Wall Street.

Stocks closed up 336 points on the best trading day since 2003.

My fund was stronger than ever.

I'd kept my family safe.

So what was this feeling in the pit of my stomach?

Let us all say amen.

Amen.

Heya, Peter. How you doing?

Thanks for making some time.

I know things have been rough with Roger's passing.

All you got to do

is sign 'em where they're marked

and, uh, here -- use these.

and, uh, here -- use these.

Alternating randomly.

What for?

Different colors, different inks.

Frank, these are from different years.

Peter, you got questions,

you should really take 'em up with your brother.

In the meantime...

My question is about sin.

Is it possible to sin a little,

but still be essentially good?

but still be essentially good?

Hmm.

So, is it like having a cold?

Someone asks how are you feeling,

you can say, "I'm a little sick?"

Yes, exactly.

The Hebrew word for sin is "het."

And it comes from archery, and it means "to go astray."

An arrow that misses its mark is het.

So, if we think of a bull's-eye,

a-an arrow can be dead center,

or it can be way out on the edge, almost astray,

or it can be way out on the edge, almost astray,

but still a bull's-eye, still grounded in righteousness.

But if it does go astray,

do you think it matters if it's by a little or a lot?

I'm no marksman, Peter,

but it seems to me that if you miss, you miss.

Yes.

Yes.

Some of the Swiss, Bernie, they're asking questions.

Some of the Swiss, Bernie, they're asking questions.

And these questions are about...

One of the Steiner brothers

fancies himself a budding economist.

Ah.

He says he's confused why the volume of trading you do

doesn't seem to impact the options market.

I see. And what did you tell him?

That if you're good enough for the world's biggest banks

to build derivatives on,

you should be good enough for him.

It's very courteous of you, Vera.

But you shouldn't have to come to my defense.

But you shouldn't have to come to my defense.

Put him in touch with me.

I would be more than happy to discuss these things with him.

And if he's not entirely satisfied,

I would be happy to release his family's investments

from the fund.

And once you're out of the fund,

there's no coming back, is there?

That's entirely correct.

There you are.

Hi. Honey.

God, I'm glad you could come.

This is nice, meeting my mom

in her special place in the park.

This is where you go to hide from Dad, huh?

Yeah.

So, what's up?

What's up? Why does anything have to be up?

I miss seeing you.

God, you're so busy these days, huh?

That's good. I'm glad.

Andy, you know, I know that it often seemed

that I put your father first.

Mom, you don't have to -- Quiet.

I'm doing the talking now.

It's just that you were always so easy.

Even as a baby, you were so reserved.

You just watched everything.

Yeah.

Mark, God, sometimes I think he never stopped breastfeeding.

Ah.

He was always -- always wanted my attention.

He was always -- always wanted my attention.

He sought me out.

So, all -- all I wanted to say, honey,

is that I want you to feel that you can reach out to us.

We want to be there for you. I want to be there for you.

Is this 'cause I'm sick?

No. No. Mom, it's okay.

It's not. It's fine.

I'm okay with it, actually.

I think it's kind of nice.

Look, here's how I see it.

Illness isn't just a curse.

It's an opportunity.

Well, I don't understand.

Well, you want to know

why I always kept to myself so much, right?

why I always kept to myself so much, right?

It was because it was never going to matter what I did.

I was always gonna be in the shadows, regardless.

I was always gonna be Bernie's kid.

Son of the great, wise man.

Then all three of us would be working

up there in that marble tube.

It's always been deeper and deeper in the shadows,

my whole life.

Honey, people don't see you the way you see yourself.

Maybe not, but here's the thing...

...for the first time ever, it doesn't matter.

...for the first time ever, it doesn't matter.

The cancer treatment.

The woman I love.

For the first time ever, I have things that are mine,

things that don't have anything to do with being a Madoff.

Even if the cancer kills me, it'll be mine.

Just mine.

It has been a harrowing 48 hours

in global financial markets.

Foreign investors have been selling stocks

at a frenzied pace.

This morning, it looked like that tidal wave

was headed for the U.S.

There's no getting around it, Bernie.

The rumors at Bear Stearns are having a real impact.

Could you imagine if Bear was to fail?

What's the bottom line? For my fund?

Well, there would be some leakage,

Well, there would be some leakage,

but the good news is it's individual investors.

Some of those clients will probably leave,

but the charities, endowments, the pension funds,

they don't move their money unless the world is gonna end.

You're not answering my question.

What's the bottom line?

Under $300 million.

Okay, probably three to five,

depending on how things work out.

Ugh.

Ugh.

Where are they taking this money?

They're not going anywhere. They don't trust anything.

They're just going to cash.

But they all ask the same question before they pull out --

"How does Bernie make a profit

when everyone else in the world is taking a bath?"

And you tell them what?

I tell them, Bernie, what I always tell them.

You're a magician.

That's it? That's not enough.

You've got to reassure them that this system is not falling.

The government will not let that happen.

The government will not let that happen.

They said so -- too big to fail, huh?

Huh?

I can ride this market. I know how to do that.

I can make your investors rich.

Okay.

I'll do my best.

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.

You've got to -- you've got to twist each one

on a slight upward -- that's right.

Are you taking anything for your back?

Are you taking anything for your back?

I want you to... just clean up my desk.

I can't do it today. So --

You start with the computer.

Yeah, I've been wanting to talk to you about something.

Um... It's awkward.

Maybe even a little unprofessional.

What is it?

As you know, my -- my father died recently.

And he left me some money.

How much?

$150,000.

I know that's pennies to you,

I know that's pennies to you,

but it's a lot of money to me.

And I don't know what to do with it.

Well, you want to put the $150,000 in my fund.

Yeah, you're right. It's ridiculous.

I mean, your clients probably make $150,000 in a day.

Well, let me think about it.

I should tell her to put it safely in the bank,

but that's not what she wants to hear.

but that's not what she wants to hear.

Okay. I've thought about it.

Bring in a bank check tomorrow.

And I'll take care of you.

You know you're a big softie, right, Bern?

Bernie, it was so nice to see you.

Unfortunately, I'm calling with not such good news.

Unfortunately, I'm calling with not such good news.

The Steiner brothers

are withdrawing their money from the fund.

All of it. What can you do?

People do foolish things.

Give my love to Ruth.

You hear that sound?

No. You just hear the waves.

The happy families playing at the beach.

Me, I hear the growl of a beast who's never full.

I always hear the beast.

And now he's getting restless.

And now he's getting restless.

Bernie, the Steiner brothers' $113 million withdrawal,

it's not even a problem.

One of Noel's sons-in-law just got back from Abu Dhabi

with $250 million.

That puts us over $7 billion in Harlin-Neale alone.

I mean, $113 million, we can cover that in our sleep.

It's like falling off a log.

Want something real to worry about?

Worry about what's going on upstairs.

With Peter's spending half the day in temple

and Andy going through chemo,

and Andy going through chemo,

that only leaves Mark up there anymore.

Doesn't matter what happens up there.

What the hell does that mean?

It means we've been funneling cash to them for years,

and all they're good for is just to cover for us.

Do your sons know about that?

Or Peter?

Huh.

Hey, Bernie?

This...

...is for you.

And, uh, what exactly is...

Oh, my God.

It's the same as mine, only that's the new line.

I had my guy get it special.

So, why do I get this now?

Because 30 years ago today,

you took a chance on a kid from Howard Beach

who didn't know his head from his ass.

Now my kids all go to college debt-free.

I live in the best neighborhood in New Jersey.

My whole family, we worry for nothing.

My whole family, we worry for nothing.

You earned every penny of it.

You're a good worker.

Hey, uh, Bernie, I was thinking -- maybe if you'd like,

maybe you and Ruth would want to come out on my boat

sometime with me and Rosalie?

Hey, now, that's a beautiful watch, too.

I...cannot see you anymore.

It's not anything about you.

Nice.

In public.

That way, I can't make a scene.

That way, I can't make a scene.

You really are a son of a bitch, aren't you?

I'm not gonna let you get to me, Sheryl.

Why are you doing this?

I never asked you for anything.

I don't want you to leave Ruth.

I am not gonna leave my husband.

My son Andrew has cancer.

I'm sorry.

I don't want you to worry.

I'll still take care of your money.

Our whole family has been cursed.

I try so hard to make sense of it.

But I fail every time.

It's not just how young Roger was.

It's how faultless, how kind.

He was...

my heart.

Perhaps it's not for you to make sense of your son's death.

Perhaps it's not for you to make sense of your son's death.

Perhaps it's for you to make peace with the senseless.

The only way it makes any sense is...

if God is punishing me.

Why would you think that?

Is there something you feel God is punishing you for?

Hey, Bernie.

I'm sure the rabbi would love to meet you

if you feel like going in for...

No, no thanks.

Come on. Let's take a walk.

Peter...

You haven't been to the office much lately.

What's going on?

Yeah.

No, I mean...

Everything's okay.

It doesn't have anything to do with work.

It doesn't have anything to do with work.

I just don't want to find that I got --

I got to compete with God.

Compete with God?

For what?

I hope it's the right one.

My God, it's the MK III.

1965 Drophead coupe.

Only 37 made in the whole world.

Can I get in?

I know that you and Roger used to talk

about this being the most beautiful car in the world,

so I thought I'd get it for you...

so that you would feel close to him.

Thanks, Bernie.

I...

Could I...

Could I...

Would you mind if I just sat here by myself for a minute?

Sure. Absolutely. Go ahead, Petey.

Oh, my God.

Roger.

Roger.

He's been buying me off my whole life, hasn't he?

For days, it was the hottest rumor on Wall Street --

a bank they called too big to fail was going broke.

Today, those rumors became fact.

Bear Stearns,

one of the nation's largest investment banks,

was forced to take an emergency loan funded by all of us.

The taxpayer bailout prompted investors to dump their...

The taxpayer bailout prompted investors to dump their...

...granted a rare 28-day loan from the Federal Reserve.

Just yesterday, the company swore it was okay,

but things got worse in a hurry.

All that scrambling by the Fed that you mentioned

has, for now at least, staved off a full-scale meltdown.

Our economy, obviously, is going through a tough time.

And the challenge is not to do anything foolish

in the meantime.

In the long run, I'm confident

that our economy will continue to grow

because the foundation is solid.

Confident, are you?

You're trying to use my trick --

weather a crisis by inspiring confidence.

weather a crisis by inspiring confidence.

Only problem is, you're not much good at it.

Okay.

All right.

We lower the rate of return across the board

so people think we're responding to the market.

Okay, got you.

Freaking Bear Stearns.

I mean, how long have they been around, huh?

85 years, and then poof.

Gone in a day.

Gone in a day.

Hey.

You ever wish you could tell them?

Tell who?

The investors.

Don't you wish you could just say to them,

"Hey, hey, you idiot, you schmuck,

you think you're being all safe

and taking your money out of the market,

but your money's safer here in our savings account

because we ain't in the market."

Bear Stearns is the market. We're not the market.

Bear Stearns is the market. We're not the market.

Well, actually, I have thought that exact thought.

More than once.

What are you gonna do? People are cowards.

Okay.

I got it. I'll drop the rate to 5%.

Is that it? Is there anything else?

Yeah.

I'm making you CFO.

What, of what we do down here?

No. The whole company.

No. The whole company.

Bernie, I'm -- No, no, no.

Don't, don't, don't, don't. You earned it.

Mark is gonna lose his mind.

Mark can be replaced.

You can't.

Oh, good morning, honey.

Hi, Mom. A little early for that, isn't it?

I've been up since your daughter started crying at 4:00 a.m.,

so it's afternoon for me.

Well, it's good to be here with you.

How'd you turn out to be such a sweetheart?

How'd you turn out to be such a sweetheart?

I -- I am proud.

I am really proud of the man you've become.

I really am. Your dad is, too.

He's got a funny way of showing it.

The entire economy is tanking,

and he makes Frank DiPascali CFO.

Oops, Dark Mark's back.

I'm sorry, but it's one thing

when he was in charge of the 17th floor.

But this pretty much makes him my boss.

It's like Dad enjoys rubbing it in my face.

Now, that's not true.

Your father would do anything in the world for you and Andy.

You know that.

So we're not self-made like him.

So we're not self-made like him.

We didn't grow up in Queens

with some big-ass chip on our shoulder.

Yeah, we grew up privileged.

How can he hold that against us?

He made us that way.

You know, you're blowing this out of proportion.

So what if he made Frank the CFO?

What does that mean?

It's just nothing -- it's a title.

I'm the Vice President of the firm,

and all I do is hire the decorators.

So just lighten up.

Come on, lighten up.

There's my boy. Come on, come on.

There's my boy. Come on, come on.

Okay.

Today, this country witnessed scenes

many hoped we would never see again in America --

anxious customers lined up

outside the headquarters of a bank --

IndyMac Bank in Los Angeles.

A run on that bank caused the Federal government

to take it over, declare that none of the bank's customers

could touch their money.

Bad news. Citigroup lost half its value.

The President, at a news conference,

tried today to calm people.

...cracked down on investors

who have not only profited on the drop...

- The fears are real. - It closed below 11,000.

- The fears are real. - It closed below 11,000.

Bank stocks, including AmericanWest,

Wells Fargo, and Wachovia were pummeled again today.

Meanwhile, the Treasury Secretary

faced tough questions on the plan

to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Well, I appreciate you very much, Bernie,

taking the time to come and meet me.

I know you've got a really busy schedule.

My son, Ethan, he got out of Stanford about a year ago.

Super smart kid.

He wasn't the valedictorian, but he was real close to it.

He and a couple of his fraternity buddies

He and a couple of his fraternity buddies

have some great ideas about some new technology.

And so I'm pretty frightened

about what I read in the Journal.

But I-I told him, if the time came,

if he had a good idea, I'd be able to -- to help him out.

To your son.

All these years, I've been making them all rich.

You've always said that if I ever needed my money out,

all I had to do was ask.

They never had to worry about a thing

because I did their worrying for them.

Well, this is me asking.

No problem.

No problem.

My son will have the money?

It's the money that he won't have that I can't give you.

But I understand completely.

It's a scary time.

Chair's...

feels like rocks.

Now I saw it was the other way around.

Don't take offense, Bernie. It is just, in this market,

how are you finding counterparties to trade with?

The market -- they're not even in the market.

They're with me.

If there was a way I could tell them --

you're making a solid 2% because your money

you're making a solid 2% because your money

is in my Chase Manhattan bank account.

I had given my investors a steady return, no matter what.

And now I needed one little thing in return.

Just leave your damn money in the fund.

And all they could think of was themselves.

Bernie?

I'm not out of my mind. I just...

This damn back.

Give me the redemptions folder.

You okay? Can I get you anything?

No, no.

Just go away.

$3.5 billion out the door, just like that.

$3.5 billion out the door, just like that.

All I needed was someone who still had a little faith in me.

You're no longer Bernie the Kid.

You're older now than I was when I retired.

Thanks.

You really know how to make a guy feel great, Carl.

32 years ago.

Sometimes I feel like I haven't done a damn thing since then.

Aw, come on.

Your name is on libraries, universities,

and research institutes.

and research institutes.

All the stuff you've done with your foundations --

Philanthropy is just giving away your money.

Other people do all the work.

Investing -- where is the satisfaction in that?

I used to make something.

I would see a woman walking down the street

in a Kay Windsor dress, and I thought,

"My company made that. We did that."

We did things that people needed.

Now what do I do? I just move money around.

What's up? Why the impromptu visit?

Carl, you know that I have never pushed you

Carl, you know that I have never pushed you

to put your money with me, right?

Never. Not once. That's right.

I have never tried to sell you.

How much you need?

Carl's $250 million wasn't gonna last a week.

I had stabbed him in the back for a Band-Aid.

And then at the end of the trading day,

the bottom fell out.

The Dow dropped to a 504-point loss.

Financial institutions are in trouble.

158-year-old Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.

158-year-old Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.

It is all a bit dizzying.

This was the day we were afraid to wake up to.

Don't take this the wrong way, Bernie,

but now that we've gone global,

some of our investors

are not the kind of people you say no to.

Sounds like some kind of a threat.

Bernie, no. Of course not.

All I'm saying is that our investors

are just like everyone else the world over.

They haven't lost confidence in you.

They've lost confidence in everything --

They've lost confidence in everything --

the whole system.

They think the Titanic is going down.

You have to face the music, Bernie.

What is it, exactly, that you think you do?

Hm? Do you think you're wizards?

You're not wizards.

I'm a wizard.

I'm a rainmaker.

I make it rain.

You guys are just shepherds.

You're marketers.

Two sorority girls from New Jersey

Two sorority girls from New Jersey

can do your job just as well as you do.

You don't have the balls

to tell your investors to stick with it,

and I can't grow 'em for you.

1962, 1987,

1989, 2000, 2001 --

every crash, I made money for my investors.

But bring me your redemptions.

Bring me all your redemptions, and I will honor them all.

But don't get too comfortable

But don't get too comfortable

because when the smoke clears

and you want a place at this table, you don't get it.

Bernie --

No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm through.

You just -- you talk to Frank.

He'll write you a check.

So, Annette and Jodi

started talking a little too loud for my taste.

They're worried about this and that,

and people hear more than they need to know.

Need to know? What does that mean?

Well, people talk like that, people get scared.

Okay, we don't need that.

And you told them what, exactly?

I told them that Bernie's the captain.

He charts the course.

You're gonna turn this around.

I know you are.

I know you are.

As always, right?

Yeah.

So, where to now, Mr. DiPascali?

Hey. Hey, nice watch.

Oh, yeah, Mr. Madoff gave it to me.

So, where to now?

I don't care. Just drive.

There's no particular reason for this.

There's no particular reason for this.

No announcement or anything, no big news.

It's just that I, um...

I miss -- I miss you.

You see us every day.

But not as a family,

and the market has been so crazy that, um...

I...

I just want to hear good news from people I love, all right?

That's all.

To family.

To family.

To family.

To family.

All right.

Ah.

Everyone here has good news. Ruth, you start.

Mm, you know me, Bernie.

Everything's always the same.

Good.

Audrey's walking.

Well, she's falling.

She's trying. She's trying.

You've got to fall before you walk.

Congratulations.

I'm in remission.

You're kidding.

You -- what, you've been keeping this a secret?

I don't know. I just wanted to find the right time, I guess.

I don't know. I just wanted to find the right time, I guess.

Andrew, this kind of news, it's always the right time.

-Holy moly. -Great!

-L'chaim! -L'chaim!

My God, what a thing to celebrate.

Oh!

Oh.

Remember the morning of 9/11?

Remember the morning of 9/11?

What made you think of that?

Remember how panicked you were

that we couldn't find the boys?

We couldn't connect?

Yeah.

I have a confession.

That was the morning I realized

that as long as you were okay...

I could handle anything.

Hm.

I love you.

You need me.

There's a difference.

No. There isn't.

I wish that you'd let me help you more.

I -- you act like I don't know or care

anything about the world -- your world.

I follow the news.

I-I know how much pressure you're under.

Are you talking about the financial world

is going into flames?

I had lunch with Laura.

She told me that Ira's cashing in his stocks left and right,

She told me that Ira's cashing in his stocks left and right,

converting to cash.

He's thinking about moving to some island.

Ira Stemple is a chump.

He's always been a chump.

He's made five fortunes,

and he's lost all of them because he panics.

Maybe.

She asked me how you can stay so calm.

I told her it's because you know the future.

You always have.

That's how your business does well, even in bad times.

And that's why you and I are gonna be okay.

Tell me again.

What?

That you love me.

I love you.

I love you.

I hadn't made a sales call in 40 years.

40 years, I'd made them come to me.

40 years, I'd made them come to me.

Now was the worst time in history

to drum up new business.

Ah, screw it.

Martin? Bernie Madoff.

Yeah, it's been a long, long time.

Listen, I'm starting a new fund.

It's a specialized thing.

It's only for big fish like you.

No, no, no.

Warren, with the relationships

that I've developed over the years,

that I've developed over the years,

the market doesn't stay frozen for me.

Demitri, of course it's exclusive.

Would I be calling you unless it was exclusive?

I don't really give a crap

what the Mandarin word for "counterparties" is.

You just tell them I'm Bernie Madoff.

I'll worry about that.

And -- And -- And you've got to give me an answer tonight

because this -- this whole fund is closing tonight.

Ruth, honey, do me a favor.

Transfer some funds

from business-private to joint-personal.

from business-private to joint-personal.

About $15, $16 million.

And -- and -- and...

40 years of keeping my head above water.

And now I'm finally drowned.

Dad? What are you doing down there?

I'm fine.

It's just my back.

Well, you -- you don't look fine.

I guess I'll be the judge of that.

I'm worried about you, okay?

You're acting weird.

I'm fine.

If your back is that bad --

I'm fine!

And if you don't have anything important to say to me,

would you consider doing some actual work

would you consider doing some actual work

instead of just whimpering about me?

Bernie, why you got to talk to him like that?

Oh, shush.

The incredible volatility

we saw today in the market is a sign of how unnerved...

Those unnerved investors are calling their brokers,

calling their bankers, calling their rich uncles,

wanting to know how to protect themselves,

their families, and their futures.

Call it "Nightmare on Wall Street."

The meltdown in the financial...

The big three American automakers

were back on Capitol Hill today, saying their companies,

pillars of the American economy for decades,

pillars of the American economy for decades,

are on the brink of disappearing.

Nearly 3 million Americans

have joined the ranks of the unemployed this year,

pushing the total number of those out of work... Fraud, fraud, fraud, fraud!

...or looking for work to more than 10 million. Fraud, fraud,

fraud, fraud!

You're gonna turn this around, Bernie.

Just like you always do.

Stocks in the financial sector down 17%, retail down 10%.

Wall Street's top executives

have been holding emergency meetings

with government officials...

-...made in China. -I think I got him.

It's like the blind leading the blind.

It's like the blind leading the blind.

...battered investment bank.

...as the huge bank dramatically collapsed.

Stocks reeling again.

Dow Industrials were off almost 700 points.

That's the fourth-largest point drop in a day.

Eleanor!

The holiday weekend seems to have soured things.

Keep it going. I am.

Come on, get the kink out in here, all right?

The glow of the holiday weekend faded quickly.

Holiday sales are not likely to turn things around.

Eleanor!

Eleanor!

What? What is it?

Where is my address book, please?

Where is my address book, please?

Oh, Bernie, you gave it to me yesterday to update.

It's on my desk. Get it!

You want me to turn a light on in here or something?

Just get it! Okay.

It's like working in the Bat Cave or something.

Here you go.

Boys...I want to give early Christmas bonuses this year.

Boys...I want to give early Christmas bonuses this year.

These are the names of the people

I want to give something early.

Can I call you back? Let me call you back.

W-Why do you want to do that?

What do you mean, why? We had a good year.

Why would you want to give early bonuses in this market?

Uh...yeah.

Right, right, right.

Forget it. Yeah, forget it.

Forget it. Yeah, forget it.

Do you want this back?

No, no.

Hey, yeah, go ahead.

Ah, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Dad, we're worried about you.

We're here to help.

You can tell us if there's something wrong.

Well, I'll file that away, okay?

But there's nothing wrong.

Should I call 911? I'm fine.

I think we should have a doctor come in

and check you out just in case.

Get out of here.

I can't do this here.

You can't do what? I have to go home.

I'm gonna call the car.

Dad?

Dad, what's going on?

Could we have the car outside?

I can't -- I want to go home to Ruth.

I can't -- I want to go home to Ruth.

Tell me what's going on.

I want to go home!

Dad, are you okay? Get me up.

I have to go see Ruth.

Dad, what's going on?

Just get me up.

Okay. Come on.

I need a hand.

One, two, three.

All right, thanks.

Thanks. Thank you.

Thank you.

What -- What is it?

Okay.

Bernie. Okay.

I have something to tell you.