All language subtitles for Madoff.S01E03_Englh

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.

MICHAEL:
Try me, Mr. Markopolos.

BERNIE:
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!

Andy's getting the best
treatment money can buy.

Money?!

You can't throw money
at this!

BERNIE:
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.

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.

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.

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?

[ Laughs ] 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?

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.

WOMAN: Bank stocks
were pummeled again today.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

[ Airplane engine whirs ]

♪♪

MAN 1: The president,
at a news conference,

tried today to...
MAN 2:
Nightmare on Wall Street.

♪♪

[ Camera shutters click ]

[ Clanging ]

♪♪

HARRY:
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?

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.

NEWSCASTER: 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.

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?

RABBI:
[ Praying in Hebrew ]

Let us all say amen.

MOURNERS: Amen.

[ Praying in Hebrew ]

FRANK: 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.

Alternating randomly.

[ Pens clatter ]

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...

♪♪

PETER:
My question is about sin.

Is it possible
to sin a little,

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,

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?

[ Chuckles ]

I'm no marksman, Peter,

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

Yes.

Yes.

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

BERNIE: 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.

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?

[ Laughs ] 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.

[ Laughs ]
You just watched everything.

[ Laughs ]

Yeah.

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

Ah.

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?

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.

[ Scoffs ]
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.

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.

NEWSCASTER:
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.

GREG: 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,

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.

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.

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?

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,

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.

[ Chuckles ]

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.

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?

[ Chuckles ]

[ Beep ]

VERA: Bernie,
it was so nice to see you.

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.

[ Beep ]

BERNIE:
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.

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.
[ Laughs ]

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,

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.

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.

[ Whirring ]

I...cannot
see you anymore.

It's not anything
about you.

Nice.

In public.

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.

PETER: 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 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?

[ Brakes squealing,
indistinct talking ]

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.

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...

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

Sure. Absolutely.
Go ahead, Petey.

[ Crying ]

[ Sobbing ]

Oh, my God.

Roger.

[ Sobbing ]

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...

NEWSCASTER 2:
...granted a rare 28-day loan
from the Federal Reserve.

NEWSCASTER 3: 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.

PRESIDENT BUSH:
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.

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.

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."

[ Laughs ]

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. [ Chuckles ]
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.

[ Talking indistinctly ]

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.
[ Chuckles ]

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

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.

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.

[ Sighs ]

So just lighten up.

Come on, lighten up.

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

Okay. [ Laughs ]

NEWSCASTER: 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.

NEWSCASTER 2: Bad news.
Citigroup lost half its value.

NEWSCASTER 3: The President,
at a news conference,

tried today to calm people.

NEWSCASTER 4:
...cracked down on investors

who have not only profited
on the drop...

NEWSCASTER 5:
The fears are real.
It closed below 11,000.

NEWSCASTER 6: 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.

NATHAN: 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

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.

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

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.

[ Telephones ringing ]

Bernie?

[ Sighs ]

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.

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

♪♪

CARL: 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.

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

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.

NEWSCASTER: 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.

It is all a bit dizzying.

NEWSCASTER 2: This was the day
we were afraid to wake up to.

NOEL: 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 --

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.

[ Chuckles ]

You're marketers.

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

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.

As always, right?

Yeah.

[ Car door closes ]

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.

[ Indistinct talking ]

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...

[ Sighs ]

I...

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

That's all.

To family.

To family.

[ Glasses clinking ]

To family.

[ Glasses clinking ]

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.

[ Silence ]

[ Exhales ]

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.

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

-Holy moly.
-Great!

-L'chaim!
-L'chaim!

RUTH: My God, what a thing
to celebrate.

[ Glasses clinking ]

Oh!

Oh.

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,

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.

Now was the worst time
in history

to drum up new business.

Ah, screw it.

Martin?
Bernie Madoff.

[ Chuckles ]

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,

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.

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

instead of just whimpering
about me?

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

Oh, shush.

NEWSCASTER:
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.

NEWSCASTER: Call it
"Nightmare on Wall Street."

The meltdown
in the financial...

NEWSCASTER 2: The big three
American automakers

were back on Capitol Hill today,
saying their companies,

pillars of the American economy
for decades,

are on the brink
of disappearing.

NEWSCASTER 3:
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!

FRANK: You're gonna turn this
around, Bernie.

Just like you always do.

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

NEWSCASTER 2:
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.

NEWSCASTER: ...battered
investment bank.

NEWSCASTER 2: ...as the huge
bank dramatically collapsed.

NEWSCASTER 3:
Stocks reeling again.

Dow Industrials were off
almost 700 points.

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

Eleanor!

NEWSCASTER: The holiday weekend
seems to have soured things.

Keep it going.
I am.

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

[ Bell clanging ]

The glow of the holiday weekend
faded quickly.

NEWSCASTER 2:
Holiday sales are not likely
to turn things around.

Eleanor!

Eleanor!

What?
What is it?

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.

[ Coughs ]

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.

Do you want this back?

No, no.

Hey, yeah, go ahead.

[ Groans ]

[ Coughs ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Groans ]

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.

[ Gasping ]

I can't do this here.

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

I'm gonna call the car.

[ Sobbing ]
Dad?

Dad, what's going on?

Could we have the car
outside?

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

Tell me what's going on.

I want to go home!
[ Groaning ]

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.

[ Groans ]

One, two, three.

All right, thanks.

Thanks. Thank you.

Thank you.

[ Horns honking ]

What -- What is it?

Okay.

Bernie.
Okay.

I have something
to tell you.

♪♪