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♪ (STRING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

'Kay, hold on.
(SINGSONGS) Hold on.

Okay.

Nice.

Oh, Rasmussen? Rasmussen.

(GIGGLES) Hi. Hey, Tom.

Hi.

- I... Just put it there.
- Put this here? Okay.

So, it's election eve,

and guess what Father Sexmas
has brought you.

- Why, hot, fresh polling.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Jimenez up by four.

Jesus. How're you gonna play?

I guess, I don't know...

amplify to gin up our maniacs,

or deny, shit on, and bury,
I guess.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

- Matsson.
- What does he want?

Oh, you know.

He thinks the Living Plus
stock bump is fading,

and he wants to know
what my brothers have cooking.

- Is he coming?
- To the party? No.

- Ow.
- No, he doesn't wanna

"swim around
my dad's..." (LAUGHS)

"...bullshit, pre-election,
brain-dead, AOL-era,

legacy media, putrid,
stuffed-mushroom fuckfest."

Ooh. And I thought
it was gonna be fun.

- Mm.
- (CHUCKLES)

So, this is just
a little party prezzie

for being such a hot
piece of ass...

- Mm. Thank you.
- ...and such a foxy little minx.

And, you know,
just to say that I'm really glad

that we're hosting
this party together.

Yeah.

You know, and we can say
to people that we...

had a little break
and then we're back. You know?

- Yeah, I like that.
- TOM WAMBSGANS: Yeah.

- What?
- Yeah. Uh-huh. (CHUCKLES)

Uh, a... a scorpion?

TOM: Mm.

- Because?
- 'Cause it's...

it's funny. (LAUGHS)

Because... why?

'Cause it's--
it's like-- it's a joke.

- Who's the scorpion?
- (CHUCKLES) Um. You, I guess.

But it's just silly, honey.
It's like, you know,

I love you, but you kill me,
and I kill you.

- And you... You know?
- Oh! (STAMMERS)

Okay. Yeah, right. I-- No.
Yeah. I get it.

- Huh! I like it.
- Good.

- Well, you gotta
get to work. You know?
- Yeah.

You gotta go contribute
to the great toxification.

TOM: Gotta do my part.

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KENDALL ROY: Hey.

- RAVA ROY: Hey.
- KENDALL: Hey.

Are you okay?

- How-- how's everyone doing?
- No, I'm fine. We're all fine.

And, you know, this is fine,
but if it's legal stuff,

I really need to keep my head
out of that right now.

- No-- I-- Okay.
- I'd rather our people just...

- lawyers, and...
- No, I'll just keep this brief.

It's, um...

Sophie doesn't want
to go to school.

She is... freaked out
about the election.

So-- What do you mean?
What-- Is she okay?

- What-- what is it? What?
- RAVA: She-- she's okay.

It's just... (GROANS) All right.

So, on the... the weekend,
this weekend,

someone kind of...

she felt...

pushed by her a little
on the street.

But there was a comment
that she felt came from the...

It was... All right, the guy
had on a Ravenhead shirt.

Uh, there was a quote
on the shirt,

and, yeah...

She felt it was racially tinged,
and she's been upset.

- What did they say?
- I don't know.

And now at school, uh,

some kids have started
this whole anti-ATN thing,

which is actually
very supportive,

but, you know, it's... (SIGHS)

...complex for her.

Who was with her?

Like, why--
Why was she out on the street?

- Sixth near MOMA?
- Did you just ask me
why she was on the street?

Yeah, I mean, someone--
You're telling me
someone pushed our daughter,

- or whatever.
- Pushed by her.

- She was with her friends.
- Like, where were you?

- Where-- Where was I?
- KENDALL: Yeah.

- Are you fucking serious?
- I'm not blaming you. I'm just--

I'm trying to get
all the information

before I make a decision
on our course of action.

- You need to make a decision
if you're gonna call your dau--
- So, yeah. Where were you?

I was raising our daughter

- while you were fucking running
a racist news organization.
- Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Great. Fuck you! Come on.
- Oh, fuck me?

- Come on.
- How fucking dare you
interrogate me

- and the way I parent?
- Obviously, I feel bad.

Obviously, I will do anything
to protect her.

- Okay, you know what?
- Anything!

Uh-huh. Okay. I'm gonna just...

And, uh, we'll cope.

And, I don't know, just maybe
call your fucking daughter.

Well, obviously.
Jesus, Rava. Jesus!

What kind of parent
do you think I am?

You know, you have no idea
the things I'm doing.

The things I'm working on.

Six continents.

Okay? I'm breaking my back,
and it's all for them.

- (RAVA LAUGHS)
- Okay?

And to make the world safe.

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Yeah, great. Dig on that.

Dig to heck on that.
Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig.

Yeah, no.
We-- we love the deal.

We just have to make sure
we know everything

on Matsson and GoJo.
I mean, there's due diligence,

but this is, you know,
undue diligence.

Extra diligence. Okay?

Okay, great.
And get that dirt on Matsson.

Anything could be useful.

Apparently insignificant details
could be very useful to me.

To us. What? No--

You're a fucking
deputy rat-fucker.

Don't object to being
a rat-fucker, Tomas.

It's unbecoming.

- How you doin'?
- Hey, honey.

Bise?

- Good to see you.
- CONNOR ROY: Good to see you.

- Hi.
- CONNOR: Hi.

SHIV ROY: Hey, how you doing?

- Good.
- CONNOR: Yeah.

I just came from seeing Pop.

Wow. Again?

Oh, any change?

Looking good.

Woke up on the right side
of the coffin today, boy.

(SHIV LAUGHS WEAKLY)

What? I like to go.
You should go.

Yeah? And do what? Sit there
like I'm feeding the ducks?

Can I? Thank you
for ignoring me.

The weird thing, honestly, is...

how much he's not there.

I find that consoling.

SHIV: Well, here he is.

- Kendall Plus.
- Hey, hey. Morning. Morning.
Sorry I'm late.

CONNOR: Hey.

The man who's gonna lead us
to eternal life.

Waystar Jesus.

(ALL LAUGH)

You seen the polling today?

ROMAN ROY: Okay.
That's why you're all perky.

- SHIV: Uh-huh.
- Very exciting.

I'm sure your Red Guards
are all, you know,

ready to come round up
the thought criminals

and turn police stations
into cuddle puddles.

The exciting part
isn't the top line.

In Alaska, I'm exploding.
Four, five, six percent.

Right. Guys, can we do this?

Um. I just...
I have a lot going on today.

- SHIV: Sure.
- Very well.

I hereby convene this funeral
management committee.

I've sent the materials,
and I assume

you've familiarized yourselves,
because I'm concerned.

We're saying yes
to all Marcia's wishes,

then all your ideas,
Pop's requirements...

Danger the funeral could turn
into a three-day grief-a-thon.

- Yeah. Just fuck Marcia.
- Seconded.

- SHIV: Great.
- Carried.

CONNOR: Nevertheless,
we really want a tight 90.

And the central question is,
who's gonna speak?

Oh, what? In front of the most
powerful political, cultural,

business interests in the world?

I mean, I-- I'm-- I'm easy.

Right? I can speak about Dad.

Oh, what? Your usual
malign influence material?

- Ow! I could do it.
- ROMAN: Uh-huh.

I think if any one of us
actually wants to do it,

do the big number,
then we should just say,

because probably
no one minds, right?

- ROMAN: Hmm.
- SHIV: No? Yeah.

- (CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
- Oh! Okay.

Um. Will you have a think?

Uh, I'm jumping
on the digital battle bus.

Uh, tailgate party,
we nail it down, yeah? Okay.

- SHIV: Sure.
- Bye-bye.

- All right, good luck.
- ROMAN: Bye.

(INHALES DEEPLY) Right. Um...

So, Shiv, on the...

One thing from us
on the tailgate.

We were actually wondering

about us, politically,
inviting Nate.

Nate?

- KENDALL: Nate.
- Sofrelli?

- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.
- Uh... Okay.

Tom and I kinda
had hoped that... Why?

Uh, because it went
so well in L.A.

You know, hats off
to the greatest showman here.

And apologies
on the old wibble-wobble,

and all due congratulations, but...

Okay. So, you wanna make sure
we have a plan B...

- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.
- ...in case we can't chase
Matsson out of town on price.

Exactly. And we think
that's regulatory.

We go hard regulatory.
DOJ, FTC, FCC, EU.

- Uh-huh.
- ROMAN: No?

I mean, I think
they might just stop it.

SHIV: Yeah.

But even just the threat creates
a ton more risk for Matsson.

Kicks the deal
down the line, right?

And Nate? He's... Right?
He's across competition,

and he's tight with
the Jimenez folks on that. So...

Could we get him down
so we can sell it

on a real level
without lobbyists and all the...

Due process?

- KENDALL: That stuff.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, sure, fine.
- Good.

- SHIV: Fine.
- Okay.

- All right, see you tonight.
- See you tonight.

Ah! Beat me to it. (SIGHS) Oy!

(SIGHS)

Good, yeah?

Yeah, good, I think so.
Yeah. What else?

Uh, how you feeling
about the, you know,

blowback from, uh, you know,
the firings, the bloodlust.

- You wanna throw Hugo at that?
- Fuck it. Let's own it.

Hey.
Hey, Lukas. Yeah, listen.

Uh, so, they're gonna
go regulatory.

Yeah. So you need
to be there tonight.

Well, no. It'll be easy.
Just, my dad invited you. So...

Yes. There's gonna be, what,

forty thought leaders, pols,

officials who will
actually decide this,

and half of them
are gonna be there. Okay?

So I am telling you
that you need to be there too.

To counter.

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(YAWNS)

Okay.

So, uh, hey, um.

There's no easy way of--
of doing this.

I've done this
a couple of times this week,

and sometimes, honestly,
it just makes me cry.

Um. But I wanted to offer

my heartfelt appreciation
to you all.

And now, I'm gonna hand over
to my colleague, Gregory Hirsch,

who has more information.

Thank you, sir.
(CLEARS THROAT) Good morning.

"Good morning.
Uh, I'm here to inform you

that Waystar Royco
has been looking at a range

of different options in order
to drastically reduce costs,

and a very difficult decision

to restructure the ATN operation internationally

has been taken
in order to protect

the future of the business.

This action was only taken
after seriously considering

all available options.

But if you're on this call,
this is confirmation

that you are part
of the unlucky group

who are having
their contract terminated

with immediate effect

on the grounds
of staffing redundancy.

And today is
your final day of employment."

Uh...

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
"Final day of employment."

Um, "Going forward,
we intend to operate

Waystar Royco international
news gathering operations

utilizing third-party
contract-based arrangements."

Uh...

I'm seeing some confusion
in the chat. Um...

Bu-- But, yes.
Uh, if I have been too wordy,

yes, we are
letting all of you go.

"Obviously, I can't
take questions on this call,

but this is a very sad day.

And I thank you
for your time today

and your service
to Waystar Royco."

Goodbye.

Nice. Done.

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TOM: So, this German one
with this label,

let's push this, okay?
Say it's a light, fruity red.

Uh, don't say it's biodynamic
and don't say it's German.

Just say it's
a light, fruity red.

And, yes, a little bit of fizz
is normal.

It's sophisticated. Okay?

- Hey.
- Hey.

It's okay. What's going on?
Wakey, wakey.

I'm just-- I'm, you know.
I'm fine. I'm tired, you know.

- Election eve, it's a lot.
- Yeah.

And turns out, I'm pre-tired.

I'm tired about thinking
how tired I'm gonna be.

Because someone
isn't letting someone

- get a lot of sleep.
- Oh. Well, forgive me.

Uh, so, we got
a couple of extra names

- for the guest list.
- Right.

- Matsson is in fact coming now.
- Ooh! Because?

Because Dumb and Dumber
are trying to spook the deal

and wanna try
doing regulatory-shit angle,

and he's gonna come
and head that off. So...

Okay. Well, good.
That's good for me, right?

- I mean, my chance to dance.
- Yeah.

I can secure my spot...

- Yeah, sure.
- ...post-Roy-pocalypse.

- SHIV: Mm-hmm.
- Right?

Uh, also, to push that agenda...

- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, they wanted to invite,

and I didn't feel like I had
a tactical way to say no.

Um, they want to invite Nate.

Uh...

'Cause he's key
on tech and trade

for Gil and Jimenez.

I'm sorry, I...

It's not...

And I am genuinely sorry. Really.

- Sure. Nate.
- Yeah.

It'll be good to see... Nate.
What do I care?

- Uh-huh. Okay.
- It's okay.

- SHIV: Thanks, honey.
- Okay.

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MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS)

(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

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Okay. You guys ready to spread
some regulatory anxieties?

Yeah, sure, spread those
surveillance capitalism
heebie-jeebies.

Yeah?
Just don't let me get stuck

- with the Journal op-ed ogres.
- Come on.

They're not all crypto-fascists
and right-wing nut jobs.

We also have
some venture capital Dems

and, uh, centrist ghouls.

Dad's ideological range
was wide.

- (CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
- (LAUGHS) Yeah.

- Should we hit it?
- Yeah, let's hit it.

- Let's hit it.
- Yeah, all right.

Hittin' it, hit it.
Hey, what's up?

Not your guy's poll numbers.
Ha! Yuk, yuk, yuk.

GREG HIRSCH:
You're a little tired right now?

TOM: Oh, maybe a little.
Oh, man.

- Maybe drink a coffee?
- If I drink a coffee,

then I won't be able
to sleep later.

Think, Greg.

So, uh, anyway, listen.
Matsson is coming.

So that is gonna be my focus.

And you, if... Unless you are
truly aligning yourself

to the dumpster brothers,

you might wanna
sweeten that beat, too.

- No, yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.

I'd love to feather that bed.

Um. But-- but Matsson hates me.

So I think I'm team Ken-Ro.

Up to you, Greg.

- Okay, I'm gonna mingle.
- Yeah, mingle up.

ROMAN: Hey, great. Thanks.

(HUMMING)

KENDALL: Okay. Okay.

Looks like, uh,
Shiv's hitting Valerie.

- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.
- Have you seen Nate?

Uh... Yeah, no. But, uh,
Mencken's team called.

Okay, because the polling?

Yeah, well, their internals
are even worse. So...

And they want what?
ATN to go full

"we're coming to give your guns
hormone therapy,

all your guns
are gonna be ladies"?

Yeah, well, three or four states
where Connor's one percent

are throwing things?
Yeah. It could be pivotal.

And, you know,
if he were to drop out,

most of the support
would go to them.

But his team is not...
It's just...

They're just refusing contact, apparently.

So they've asked if I can
convince him to drop out.

I mean... I don't know.

- Fuck that guy, right?
- Mencken?

I think... yeah. Victory vans.
Those O'Malley fucks.

I think fuck him.

I guess. I mean, it's not bad
for us to be tight with him

in case things swing
his way, right?

Yeah, fine. I see you.
All right. I'll hit the, uh...

I'll hit the libtards.
You go help the Nazis.

Nazis, you got it.

TOM: Wait. Excuse me. Thank you.

- Hey.
- NATE SOFRELLI: Hey, Tom.

- Hello, Nathaniel.
- Tom.

Appreciate the invite.

Well, I've missed you.

- Won't be long.
A lot going on, obviously.
- Mm-hmm.

Won't drink too much
of your wine.

No, don't you worry.
You gobble my gravadlax, pal.

There's plenty more
where that came from.

It's light and fruity.

And it's the kind of wine
that separates the connoisseurs

from the weekend Malbec morons.

LEN: Keep away
from this man, Nate.

- TOM: Keep away from you.
- Back.

- Back, foul news demon.
- TOM: No, you.
You're the foul demon.

- (BOTH LAUGH)
- Nice to see you, Len. Good one.

Fuckin' asshole.

- Hey.
- So sorry to interrupt.
Can I grab him for a second?

- WILLA FERREYRA: Yeah.
- Okay.

- What's up?
- Um, yeah. Just, uh...

You know... yuk yuk.
Kind of a... a biggie, actually.

And a bit last-minute.
But Mencken's team called,

and they wanted to know
if you might be willing to...

you know, drop out?

- Of the election?
- Yes, of the election.

You are aware that the polls
open in ten hours?

Yes, and it might be too late

to physically remove your name
from the ballots,

but if you were to release
a statement...

You know,
divert the Conhead stream

to the Mencken river?

And after all the blood
and treasure I've expended,

why on Earth
would I want to do that?

They said,
"For the good of the Republic."

- (LAUGHS) Yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah.

So, no? No.

Well then,
I have been authorized

to make a follow-up offer,
which is,

how familiar are you
with Mogadishu?

- Mogadishu?
- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.

- In Somalia?
- Because they are very impressed
with your talents,

and they think that you'd be
a good fit

for an ambassadorial appointment.

Little bit car-bomby.
Hey, tell him UN.

- ROMAN: Okay.
- That's more my vibration, yeah?

- All right.
- Yeah?

- All right.
- Okay.

I'll-- I'll-- I'll report back.

- All right. Thanks.
- Thank you.

Hey. How you doin'?
Good to see you.

Hey! So, she showed.
That's good.

Guess you smoothed it over,
right, General Franco?

No. No, she's incredibly angry.

- (GLASS CLINKING)
- TOM: Okay, everybody.

Everybody.
Welcome one and all.

- Ken, take it away.
- KENDALL: Okay, thanks, Tom.

Thanks, Tom. Thank you.
Thank you. Okay, okay. Okay.

Welcome, everybody.
Welcome! Welcome!

- (GUESTS CHEERING)
- Welcome. All right.

Who we got here?
Who we got here? Carly Flight.

(GUESTS EXCLAIMING)

- KENDALL: Oh, shit.
- All right, okay.

The Pod Goddess.
Everybody watch out for her.

- (GUESTS CHUCKLING)
- Careful what you say.

CARLY FLIGHT: That's right.
Yeah. Careful what you say.

Larry, Mary. Lovely.
Lovely to see you guys.

Uh, who else is here?
Who's here? Len.

Len giveth and Len taketh away.

- (GUESTS LAUGHING)
- KENDALL: Watch out for Len.

Uh, my guy, Nate Sofrelli,
saw the polls this morning

- and moonwalked here.
- (GUESTS CHUCKLE)

KENDALL: Our best to Gil
and Jimenez.

Everybody's here.
It's great to see you all.

Um... Yeah, you know, it's--

It's our-- It's our first, uh,
tailgate party

without the big guy. Yeah.

But, uh,
we're still gonna live it up.

As always,
kettle corn, over there,

will be shipped to whoever
is closest

to tomorrow's electoral count.

- (GUESTS LAUGHING)
- And, uh...

Yeah, this is a tough one.

But, uh,
we're all gonna stay sane,

and we're all gonna
stay friends. Yeah?

Uh, thanks to my sis
for hosting.

- (GUESTS CHEERING)
- KENDALL: Thank you, sis.

Of course.

But, yeah.
You know, we-- we-- we, uh...

We didn't know
what to do this year.

Um... You know...

We watch history.
We make history,

and then one day, we become it.

So, can I just--
I'd like to ask you all

for a moment of silence,
if we could, in memory.

(GUESTS FALL SILENT)

(DOOR OPENS)

(OSKAR GUDJOHNSEN
TALKING LOUDLY IN SWEDISH)

(GUESTS MURMURING)

(SHUSHES)

Thank you. Thank you, y'all.

Sorry.

Uh. It's okay. Hey, man.
So, VIP in the house.

Mr. Matsson, how are you?
Welcome.

Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.

You know, you--
You, uh-- You don't get

my sister's triplex in the deal,
you know. Don't get greedy.

Well, you know. Hey.
We haven't closed yet. So...

We'll see.
We'll see what happens.

Nice. Nice. Anyway.

Welcome. Uh, uh. You know,
my dad-- my dad loved you all.

We love you all. So, uh,
let's-- let's have some fun.

Let the games begin.

- (GUESTS CHEERING)
- Salud! Cheers. Cheers.

All right.

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Okay. What the fuck
is he doing here?

Uh... Yeah, I don't know.
Seriously, it's like, the fuck?

- Did you-- What's--
- KENDALL: He's gonna
blow up our spot.

Yeah, yeah. So, apparently, um,
Dad invited him, actually.

And he emailed a yes, like,
four minutes before walking in.

- Four?
- ROMAN: Yeah.

- Do we just throw him out, then?
- I would love that. No.

But I don't think we can afford
to be seen treating him
as the enemy.

- Uh-huh.
- I think we hang tough. Yeah?

Just stick to the plan.

Regulatory. You know?

These assholes in here?
Our assholes.

- Yeah.
- ROMAN: Yeah. But what's
his fucking game?

Like is he going for freak-out?

Or is he flicking
the same beans as us?

Well, how do you wanna play?

Honestly, like, he, like...
There's too much peanut butter

between us. Can you stick close?

Yeah, sure.

KENDALL:
I think just guide him away

from the high-value targets,

refill his glass,
run him in circles,

tell people he's Looney Tunes
behind his back.

- SHIV: Oh, easy.
- KENDALL:
Keep him from the big wigs.

So, Operation, just like,
"Nuke the Luke."

- KENDALL: Yeah.
- All right. I can do that.

- KENDALL: Okay.
- Let's do it.

Let's smash that Swede.

TOM: I'm tired. It's a lot,
you know, the pre-election prep.

- You know?
- LUKAS MATSSON: Oh, right.

- Yeah. I bet, I bet, I bet.
- Yeah. It's a lot.

Hey, so are you, uh...

In the company, are you hands-on
or more of an overview guy?

Um, I... (CHUCKLES) Interesting.

I... I guess...
Well, let me ask you this.

What would you value
more highly?

- Really? No.
- (CHUCKLES)

Because I like to think
that I can do both.

You know, I get my hands dirty
and clean noggin,

and, you know, multi-tasker.

Okay. You're kissing my ass.

- No! I'm not
kissing your ass, Lukas.
- No? (LAUGHS)

- You're too smart.
You'd spot it a mile off.
- Yeah.

- Hey!
- Hey.

I'm about to take a shit
in your husband's mouth,

and I'm pretty sure
he's gonna tell me

- it tastes like coconut.
- TOM: No, no. I'm not. I'm not.

- (SHIV LAUGHS)
- No, but seriously,

it's a really,
really nice place.

- TOM: Thank you.
- Thanks.

Uh. who'll get to keep it
in the divorce?

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
- (GREG LAUGHS LOUDLY)

- GREG: Yeah.
- Okay, should we, uh...

- Yeah.
- ...hit up some people?

- TOM: Yeah. Good to see you.
- Talk to you later.

- TOM: All right.
- Yeah.

- GREG: It's good to see you.
- Yeah, yeah. You too, Gary.

Uh, yeah. So, you need to hit
Nate, Carly, uh, Valerie first.

- Yeah.
- But I need to keep an eye out
for my brothers

and, uh, you just need...

You've done this before,
so just don't, um...

- You know, don't--
- Don't? What?

- SHIV: If you could--
- Don't scream "people are data"

and stick my dick in the guac?

- Yeah, sure. Don't. Yeah.
- Don't do that.

Yeah, you're about to
purchase one of the most
prized cultural assets

and political communication
channels in America,

and you need to prepare
the ground because otherwise,

your many fucking enemies
will portray you

as some jerk-off coder
from Gothenburg. Okay?

I am a jerk-off coder
from Gothenburg.

- SHIV: Well...
- Right? Right, Ebba?

- You remember Ebba?
- Hi! Yeah.

Good to see you again.
How are you?

You too. Oh, I'm,
you know, who cares?

"Who cares?" Yeah. Charming.

Okay. Oh, uh, well,

not that you need
to do anything about this now,

but you should
fire your lobbyists.
Just so you know.

You need rainmakers
and not weather forecasters.

Sure. It-- it's just not really
my arena. I'm sorry.

It's more Andreas--

You don't have to apologize, Ebba.

It's... It's just information
we're sharing. That's all.

It's, um, social anxiety.

The only PR person in the world
who hates talking to people.

Oh.

Yeah. I don't love parties,
but I'm good.

- (SHIV LAUGHS)
- Whereas I love them. I do.

- Oh! Great.
- Skål.

Yeah. So, I have a number two
who's moon-beamed on edibles,

and a communication officer

who's terrified
of communicating.

Oh. Brilliant.

So, Mogadishu is a no-go.

- Of course.
- It's a death sentence.

Frankly, uh, we're insulted.

- ROMAN: Oh. Are you?
- But I would like

to roll through all the options.

So, as a brother,
what's the top option?

Okay, let me...
Let me have a little a look.

I would love to get to Europe.

Can I creep up
through the underbelly?

Come up through the Balkans?

A couple of senior departures,
Berlin by Christmas?

They may be willing
to talk Slovenia or Slovakia.

Mm-hmm?

Mm, yeah, I think I'm a no
on the Slos.

What about South Korea? Hmm?

South Korea. Top ten GDP,
major geopolitical player.

I feel like that would be tough.

- North Korea?
- Oh, easy, my liege.

You don't know. Nobody knows.
That's the point.

I could open it up
like Nixon did China.

Con, they're not gonna put you
anywhere with nukes.

Well, that's insulting.
I don't think I wanna go

anywhere that
doesn't have nukes.

All right. Well,
how do you like Oman?

- Oman?
- ROMAN: Yeah.

Poor man's Saudi Arabia
or rich man's Yemen?

Hmm. I have to check.

See what my wo-man thinks
about O-man.

- (LAUGHS)
- Nice.

- Yup, good.
- All right, good.

Well, I-- I guess, essentially,
I'm a self-made guy

who came up with a really cool
product that people love.

I send you my 9.99 a month.
I'm no hater.

'Preciate it.

But Daniel is troubled
by out-of-control algos.

- He is worried that you...
- Yeah.

...bleep-boop guys are gonna
data-mine us all to death.

LUKAS: Yeah, no, no.
I-- I totally get that.

And, uh, in terms of all this,

someone's gonna pick up
the assets, right?

So... who's that gonna be?

Is it gonna be, and no offense,
Shiv, uh, but the failsons?

Really? Is that a good option?

They will do what he did,

but they will do it stupider
and uglier, and less amenable.

And, surprisingly,

Lukas is actually
pretty amenable.

- Amenable?
- Yes.

What about leadership at ATN?

Well, I would definitely make
some major leadership changes

- at the top of ATN. Yes.
- NATE: Really?

Oh...

Oh, Tom.

I can't wiggle my way in there.

He's just busy
slobbering up Nate with Shiv.

They're just talking, Greg.

Uh, can you... Can you push
a few more of these?

Um, and-- No, actually,
put them away

so we create
a kind of scarcity thing?

- Hey, man.
- Hey, man. Brother.

Been a minute. Listen, uh...

I know we haven't had
a chance to talk.

I'm sorry, man.

- Yeah.
- He was, um...

What can I say? Jesus.
I can't imagine.

Yeah, it's tough, but, uh,

you know,
life keeps a-rollin', right?

But you, man.

You throwin' off
some kingmaker vibes.

Fuck, yeah. How's Daniel?

- Can I shoot you names? Uh...
- Mm.

You know, you can
make a decent, uh...

You can make a decent cabinet
for my fucking poker night.

Sure, yeah, yeah.
The activists would love that.

Look, dude, I'm just gonna
give you my rap straight.

- Okay? Is that okay?
- Uh...

I think we could be really good
for you guys.

Like, I'm talking major reset
of the dialogue,

which I am personally
invested in.

But that only happens
if this deal goes away.

Hm. Uh-huh.

Yeah, you know,
board-wise, shareholder-wise,

we can't come out publicly.
But the deal,

you should know the deal
is headed to the woodshed.

GoJo has had incredible growth.
He's a charismatic figure,

but he's gonna get wrung out.

And, you know, there is really
legitimate concern here.

DOJ or FTC balking
at the sports overlap?

The FCC over foreign ownership
of broadcast?

Uh-oh. He's pitching me.

KENDALL: No, I'm s--
I'm telling you.

I think maybe CFIUS might have
a word to say about Matsson's,

you know,
extreme political positions

and fucking Holocaust jokes.

Sure. So, uh, so what?

So, you guys come out
for regulation pretty soon,

and we give you a better ride
in the first hundred days.

Man, I forgot how eager you were
to get laid at a party.

Let me check in.

Cool. All right. Love it.
Would love to get laid.

SHIV: Could we have the room?

So, you're doing great.
Yeah, eminently plausible.

- Nice wordings.
- LUKAS: Yeah? Really?

- Yeah, yeah.
You're doing good. Yeah.
- All right. Nice, nice.

Nate, I think,
really liked talking to you.

And Carly loved you.

- So, yeah.
- Oh, cool, cool.

I wasn't sure, 'cause I don't
always read people great. So...

SHIV: Yeah, no, it's good.
You're good.

Yeah, you've hit the A-team,

and so now, I think we should
build your profile with the...

the op-ed narcissists
and the Beltway psychos.

All right. Bang, bang, bang!

- Yeah, sure. Yeah.
- I like this. I like this.

You know, I thought these people
would be very complicated,

but it's... they're not.

It's basically just, like,
money and gossip.

- That's it.
- Oh, yeah. No, that's all it is.

Just money and gossip.
That's everything.

All right. Well, take me down
to the paradise city!

- Let's do this!
- Great! Well. Mm.

Uh... At this point,

I think I would like
to ask the question,

not that I don't love
heaving you around
like a great lump of pine

and making you shine. Uh...

But what have you done
for me lately?

Okay, well, uh...

What do you want?

I-- I really like talking
to you.

So, you-- you can have...

You can have
whatever you want.

Okay, so this situation's
not without risk for me.

So if I was
to move to actively engage

in assisting you
with the acquisition,

then I would need to know

that it leads to a very, very,
very significant role.

- Three verys. Wow.
- Yeah.

- LUKAS: Okay. Okay.
- Mm-hmm.

Carry on.

So, I know the company.
I know everything.

I know my way around.
I'm collaborative.

I have the name.
I am...

I'm hot shit
and I'm ready to go. Okay?

Okay, um...

- Can I think?
- No.

(LAUGHS) All right. Uh...

Okay, uh... (CHUCKLES)

Let's-- I would hate
to lose you.

So-- so let's, um...

Why-- why don't we
circle back in a bit?

- Okay? Okay.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah, sure. Of course.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

You are doing good
out there, you know?

- LUKAS: All right.
- You're like a self-teaching AI.

I'm just gonna take five,
and then I'll be back

with the dipshits and limpdicks.

SHIV: Yeah, sure.

Hey, hey. Hey, Bony Moronie.

- GREG: What's up?
- Can you lend a hand?

- Uh...
- Matsson.

Can you, like, look after him?

Uh, yeah. I... I guess
he occasionally

has expressed a distaste,
uh, in the past, for...

my particular flavor of me.

- Just find him a blunt.
Or something stronger.
- GREG: Yeah?

Point his dick in the direction
of some fissile material. Yeah?

- Yeah. Okay.
- You got it.

I can try.

So, Tom, are you going
to imperil democracy tomorrow?

(LAUGHS) Yeah.
"You against the wall.

You against the wall.

You're a nice guy. You can live.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

- Oh, yeah. Come on, please.
- That's what I'll do.

I can assure you Mr. Mild here
is a one-pepper menu item.

Thank you, dear.

SCOTT SAILER: And plans
after the deal goes through?

I hear you may be
headed elsewhere.

Oh, well, you know,
I've always got options.

Why? Wh-- what did you hear?

- Well, maybe I heard wrong.
- TOM: Uh-huh.

- Uh... Okay, okay. Um...
- Sorry. Excuse me, Scott.

That is some top-shelf
rat-fucking there.

- Yeah, bye-bye. Yeah, yeah.
- Something juicy?

The deep dive on Matsson.
It's pretty juicy.

Apparently, he's been creeping
on Ebba, his comms.

Sending her some weird shit.

Blood, bits of hair.

- Perhaps some other things.
- Num, num, num.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Nate. Hey, Nate.

- ROMAN: You want in on this?
- You're gonna want in on this.

ROMAN: Yeah, you wanna hear
something nasty
about someone terrible?

- KENDALL: Matsson shit.
- Um, sure.

- Um, I gotta go.
- You're going?

- Yeah.
- Okay, but we're good

on the situation?

Daniel's people
aren't too comfortable

with me rubbing shoulders
with you.

And, uh, yeah,
Coop... likes to yap and, uh...

Um, yeah.
Looks a little cozy. So...

- Apologies.
- KENDALL: Okay, but...

But, you know, I think
there is something here.

These are legitimate concerns.

I mean, just tell Daniel.
I mean...

we can make primetime
safe for you.

- I'm gonna be straight with you.
- All we need is one sentence
signaling to the markets...

I don't feel comfortable with
the tenor of this conversation.

You don't feel comfortable with
the tenor of this conversation?

Don't play hall monitor
with me, bro.

Right? I know you.

- I know who you are, my friend.
- Ken.

I don't know what you think
this is. I'm not Gil.

You're not Logan.
That's a good thing.

I'll see ya.

And so, where would we live,
exactly, in Oman?

In Muscat, I should think.
In a compound.

Okay, but would it be
above ground?

Of course, above ground, Willa.

- (SIGHS)
- "Pearl of Arabia."

- Huh?
- Okay.

"The Sultan's word
has the force of the law."

- Mm-hmm.
- Great.

At the airport,
we'd walk right through.

(QUIETLY) Okay.

- And this is for Mencken?
- Mm-hmm.

You know, all my family
and friends hate Mencken.

Diplomatic plates.
You can park anywhere.

You can basically drive
on the sidewalk.
The police can't touch you.

Running people over
is not a selling point.

(BOTH SPEAKING SWEDISH)

- (LAUGHS)
- (LUKAS SPEAKS SWEDISH)

(GROANS) Fucking Greg.

- Hey. My Swedish friends.
- Hey. Yeah.

- (LAUGHS)
- Nice to see you.

- Yo!
- LUKAS: Ja!

- (SPITS)
- (GROANS)

- Fucking hanger-on.
- LUKAS: Hey!

You fucking dingleberry.

Dude, I'm on
a charm offensive here.

Can you be kind?

Would you like to join us?

Would you like to fuck off?

LUKAS: My God!

Seriously, Oskar.
I'm gonna fire you.

(LAUGHS)

Okay, Ebba.
Can you fire him, please?

(CHUCKLES) Can you?

Oh, I'm sorry.
Is this boring you?

I've seen him cut your balls
a hundred times.

Yeah, it's a little bit boring.

Look at him!
Sadistic face, he loves it.

- I do!
- He loves being fired.

I would... I would like
to fire Ebba, though.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

But I can't because she's, uh,

created and fostered
this, uh, situation

in which I find it
very difficult

to do what I want.

I'm not saying
you've done it on purpose,

but it is quite interesting

that you have sort of tenure

'cause we've mingled.

- Lukas.
- Ebba.

I'm not sure
if you're kidding but, uh...

I could help.

- I'd fire her if you want.
- Yeah?

Yeah. I'd fire her right now.

I've got some recent experience
in this, uh, arena.

- Would you do that for me?
- Instantly. Sure.

It's on. Guys.

(SPEAKS SWEDISH)

(IN ENGLISH)
Guys, gather 'round.

This guy is about
to fire my senior comms.

- GREG: Uh-- No hard feelings.
- The jokes are funny.

The jokes are very funny.

(OSKAR LAUGHS)

- Ebba! Ebba!
- OSKAR: Wow!

LUKAS: Come on!

EBBA: You know what, Lukas?
I wish you would fire me.

- LUKAS: Ebba!
- GREG: Ebba!

- Ebba!
- Ebba!

GREG: It's not the attitude

of the employee
that we want at our company.

You okay?

- Hi.
- We-- we-- We just-- We saw...

You know, we just wanted
to make sure...

Check in, make sure you're okay,
like, on a human level.

- We-- We saw...
- Yeah.

KENDALL: Yeah.
Like, are you... You good?

I-- I'm-- I'm really--
I'm totally fine.

Don't worry about it.

- KENDALL: All right. Well, good.
That's good to hear.
- ROMAN: Okay.

- Right?
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Totally.

He seems kind of awful.

We've...

You know, we--
we built his whole rep.

He's not even a real coder.

Someone gave him,
like, a box of tech,

and he took it to market,
you know? "Bravo."

KENDALL: Yeah. Bravo.

Well, yeah,
we just wanted to say

we-- we-- we sympathize
with all the shit.

Well, I'll be out
in February anyway. So...

KENDALL: Really? That's a shame.

And... is that because of the...

sending you of,
you know, whatnots?

What? No. It's...
I mean...

That's pretty much the least
of his worries right now.

Okay. All right. Because...

- India.
- ROMAN: India. Right.

Uh, and I feel like
I know this,

but what are
the details here with that?

The details?

Oh, yeah. I'm gonna
give you all the details.

- Sure. (SCOFFS)
- Right.

Can I-- Can I get--
Can I bum a smoke?

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

Sure.

So, ATN is saying,
"Dems Positive Polls
a Radical Misinformation Plot."

- Ballsy.
- Like to keep things peppery.

I mean, did we mention
he's tired? Yeah.

I guess he can't be
across everything,

can you, tired boy? Hey?

But you should call Pam on that

'cause, you know, everyone here
is needling me. So...

Then you should tell them
to stop wetting their pants.

SHIV: Okay.
Well, I get that, Tom.

But, also, you heard
about the Phoenix thing?

The O'Malleys firebombed
a fucking campaign office?

- COOP: Scary shit.
- SHIV: Exactly.

A firecracker. A pair
of firecrackers taped together.

Uh, pardon, pardon. Sorry.
May we borrow the lady

- for a second?
- Sure. Oh, sure.

- Thank you, Tom.
- TOM: Don't mind me.
I'm getting fired.

- Guess what?
- What? The Phoenix thing?

- It's pretty wild.
- Nope.

Matsson's numbers are funky.

- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.
- Uh...

Sorry, what the fuck
are you talking about?

Yeah, Ebba spilled.
Screwy metrics in India.

Matsson has been
peddling bundles

of South Asian packing peanuts.

What? You mean, like...

Okay. So, significant numbers?

Yeah, yeah, we think so.
Big, big.

KENDALL: I fucking knew
he was a bullshitter.

- I'm telling you, new money.
- (SHIV LAUGHS)

You gotta hold
those fresh bills to the light.

Uh-huh. Wow!

Okay. Wha-- Fuck.

- Yeah.
- ROMAN: Mm-hmm.

You said a hundred scalps
in three days?

Mm-hmm. Hundred.

LUKAS: Mr. Nephew. That's a...

That's quite a number. I...

I thought you were backwash
at the bottom of the gene pool,

but this is something else.

- You're the real deal.
- Yes, you underestimated me,

and that's exactly
how I wanted it, Lukas.

LUKAS: I believe I might have.

Mm. Well, how did you do it?

GREG: Uh, I don't know,
I just do it.

- Just jackknife right in there.
- LUKAS: Yeah.

- And slit their throat.
- (LUKAS IMITATES SLASHING)

It must feel,
afterwards, a bit...

a little bit shitty, right?

Honestly, not really.

HR says I'm the right guy
for the job

because it looks like I care
but I don't.

- Not a good person.
- No, I am. I am. It's just...

you gotta do
what you gotta do, right?

Do you though?

- Hey, there she is.
- Hey.

- SHIV: Hey.
- Welcome to the kids table!

Can I, uh,
talk to you for a second?

LUKAS: Oh, yeah.
Is it time to up the periscopes?

Um, yeah. Sorry to break up
the brains trust.

You sit, Slim Reaper.

A butcher with a smile.

LUKAS: What's, uh...

Why... why...
Why are we running?

- Is there a fire or what?
- Uh, yeah, there might be.

So, what's your...

What's happening
with your numbers?

- What numbers?
- What numbers? Lukas.

Oh, in-- Oh, in India?

Yeah.

Is this Ebba or Oskar?

Huh. Okay.

(CHUCKLES) Um...

Uh, well, we... we...
we... we... We have a...

There's a little issue,
uh, that we're looking into,

with subscriber numbers,

uh, being, uh...
being bullshit and...

Well, not bullshit. But, um...

A little...
a little bit bullshit.

What does
"a little bit bullshit" mean?

Uh... Well, maybe
we discovered a metrics error

that has overstated
our subs in India.

Like, by quite a...

Like if there were two Indias,
it would make sense.

- You "maybe" discovered?
- Yeah.

But there isn't two Indias.
There's only one India.

- No. Yeah.
- And it's...

It's just-- It's a long story.
But it's, like, you know.

It's an emerging market.
It's... it's all wet cement.

- It's, um...
- So, stock and cash deal,

the board would be well
within their rights to pull out.

You know-- You know that,
obviously, so how are you...

What are you...
When are you addressing?

- Like, how are you handling?
- I'm not gonna-- I don't...

I don't want some forum monkeys
just shorting me.

I don't... I don't like
when people get into me.

It's gonna get out eventually.

Well, or we buy Waystar, and it
gets lost in the deal dazzle.

SEC, DOJ, is this...

- Is this even legal?
- Well, we close quickly,

and then shit
will get crazy good.

♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

By next quarter, the numbers
will be real, probably.

- (LAUGHS WEAKLY) Uh-huh.
- (LUKAS LAUGHS)

Come on. It's... It's kind
of funny though, isn't it?

- Uh...
- All right. I know it's--

I know it's pretty bad.
I know it's pretty bad.

SHIV: Yeah.

You can fix it though, right?

- Right?
- Oh! Yeah, sure.

I'll just build
another fucking India.

Love that. Build another India.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Yeah. That's my girl.

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(WHISPERS) Fuck me.

Hey. Hey, Gerri.

Let me guess. (IMITATES GERRI)
"I'll have a martini."

Can we chat about stuff?

I have some thoughts
and might need your advice.

- No.
- No? Just no?

- Gerri? Gerri.
- What?

The thing, that wasn't...

The firing-you thing?
That wasn't real.

- No?
- No.

No, it was like
in the heat of the...

- You know? You know.
- No.

No? Okay.
Well, come on. Let's...

Let's have a fuckin' chat, okay?

I'll, uh... I'll stand
in a cupboard and jerk off

while you explain to me
what the SEC is, okay?

Oh, really? No? Too soon?

What do you want?
You want, like, a sorry?

I got a whole purse
full of sorries.

(MOCKINGLY) I'm sorry.

- I'm out. I'm done.
- Bullshit.

Dad fired people all the time.

I was just feeling
kind of fire-ish.

Look, I have some requirements
you should know about.

ROMAN: Mm-hmm.

Several of which have been
officially communicated,

and some that I thought
I should, uh, you know,

- say in person.
- Okay. Ooh!

- Robo-Gerri. Scary.
- GERRI KELLMAN:
First of all, I want money.

- Mm-hmm.
- Eye-watering sums.

Hundreds of millions of dollars.

No. Pass.

- So, I have retained
personal reputation management.
- Mm-hmm.

And they will be on the line
when Karolina

does her background briefings
off a set of my bullet points.

Mm-hmm. I will set off
your bullet points.

And if I ever get a whiff

of anything undermining
my narrative

- anytime in
the next five years...
- Mm-hmm.

I will sue
and I will go public...

- (LAUGHS) So stupid.
- ...with the many, many pictures
of your genitalia

- that I have in my possession.
- All right. Great. Mm-hmm.

- Have I made myself clear?
- Yes, absolutely.

It's been a pleasure
working with you, Gerri. Thanks.

I could have got you there.

(SCOFFS)

But no. Nope.

Nope.

See ya.

(DRUMS FINGERS
ON TABLE AGGRESSIVELY)

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Okay.

Hey, Con. Can we, uh...
Can we settle this now?

Everyone is quite freaked out
about this political firebombing

- in Arizona.
- Oh, yeah.

The pop-pops in Phoenix?

- WILLA: Yeah.
- The wastepaper basket on fire?

I think a file cabinet
was in the ICU. Can we draft?

Well, actually,
there's been a...

slight change of heart.

Get the fuck outta here.
You got it.

You got your bauble. It's great.

Let's write up
a fucking statement, okay?

Wind up the old fax machine

and fart it out
to your oddball army, okay?

We wonder, Roman,
if he might have...

invested too much
in this campaign

to just, you know,
drop out now. Yeah.

Mm-hmm. That's so cool.
You tried. You failed.

You move on. Find something new.

He's fought hard.

And we wanna find out
what might happen, okay?

He might write, you know,
a book about this,

- or a speaker circuit, or--
- Hey!

Nothing is gonna happen. Okay?

Anything might happen
tomorrow, actually.

- ROMAN: Really? Anything?
- Mm.

Yes, see? Because that's
the beauty of this little system

that we have called democracy.

Con! Man!
Eat the fucking carrot. Okay?

Everyone in this room
thinks you're a fucking joke.

So tell your "wife"
to shut the fuck up,

cover her shoulders, and pack
a fucking bag for Oman, okay?

- Rome. Rome.
- I'm talking here. It's okay.

Easy.

There's one person here
who doesn't think I'm a joke.

ROMAN: Mm-hmm.

So that's who
I'm gonna listen to, okay?

That's smart.
Yeah, listen to her.

- CONNOR: Willa, honey?
- Yeah?

- CONNOR: Bye. Nice to meet you.
- LUKAS: Pleasure, sir.

You got my vote,
a hundred percent,

- if I could vote.
- I'm trying to help you, man.
I am trying to help ya.

LUKAS: Really nice party.

Cool, cool family.

Oh. Thanks, man. Tweet about it.

So, who's, uh...

Who's going out tonight
in this shitty fucking town?

Anyone?

I gotta say, it's pretty
depressing from up here.

You can really see
how second-world it is.

I don't know,
pretty happening town, famously.

LUKAS: Really? Is it though?

- Yeah.
- Compared to Singapore, Seoul,

it's like Legoland.

You know
we still run shit, though?

Hmm. Like as in,
"Only in New York."

- KENDALL: Yeah.
- Right. Okay. (CHUCKLES)

Well, uh, nothing happens
in New York

that doesn't happen everywhere.

You should get that
written on a cup. Right?

Shouldn't he get that
written on a cup?

Like, that would look so cool.

You could sell that in a...
in a head shop in Rotterdam.

Could be a...
a good business for you.

LUKAS: Mm-hmm.

'Cause I hear you might need
some new revenue streams.

(FORCED LAUGH) Yeah.

Hey, really, really good
presentation by the way.

Loved it. (LAUGHS)

Can't wait to get
into those predictions, man.

- Those meaty predictions.
- KENDALL: Oh, yeah.

- Yes! Gonna be fun.
- KENDALL: Yeah? Yeah?

I'm excited about that.
Estimates. You know, estimates.

- LUKAS: Yup.
- But you, man. Your numbers.

Exploding, right?
Like, literally unbelievable.

Well, thank you. Thank you.
And congrats to you as well,

'cause I hear
your numbers are gay.

- My numbers are... are what?
- LUKAS: Gay.

- My numbers are gay?
- LUKAS: (SNICKERS) Yeah.

You have this, uh,
cute little valuation,

and your numbers
just came out as gay.

That's kinda homophobic, man.

Dude. Just let the wave hit you.

Float out.

I think I am
the wave though, actually.

You think you are the wave?
Because you love the deal?

Are you kidding?
Biggest over-pay in history.

- Love that shit.
- LUKAS: Okay.

- KENDALL: Love it.
- LUKAS: All right, well--

- KENDALL: Love the deal.
- Whoo! Love the deal.

Love the deal.

Whoo!

- Come on. Come on.
Come on, brother.
- Love it! Love the deal.

- (KISSES)
- (KISSES)

(LAUGHS) Yes.

- All right.
- KENDALL: Love the deal.

LUKAS: Love the deal!
Love the deal.

- The fuck? Bit of a show.
- KENDALL: Hugging it out.

- Uh-huh?
- (WHISPERS) Hey. I'm gonna...

- SHIV: What?
- Yeah. I'm done.

I'm-- I'm gonna... bed.
I'm bushwhacked.

My eyes are sandpaper.
I'm just...

Okay, well, we-- you can stay up
for just a little longer

and say good night
to people together.

Shiv, do you know
what my day looks like tomorrow?

Tom, you're not
gonna be doing anything.

You'll just be lookin'
for shiny foreheads. It's fine.

- I'm--
- You can stay
for 45 minutes more.

I'm just a little tired

because all the fun gossip
that I've been hearing

from everywhere at this party,
in my house,

is that I'm gonna
be shit-canned.

I got faith in you, man.

- Lots of faith.
- Always been a loyal servant.

SHIV: Sorry...

Not helpful.

The fuck is wrong with you?

You know, I just really do need
to get some sleep. I really do.

I'm sorry.
Can we just leave it there?

- Please? Okay.
- SHIV: You're tired. I get it.

You keep on fucking saying.
So, yeah, you're tired.

Okay, okay, I'm tired.
Let's leave it there.

SHIV:
Keep fucking telling everyone.

- Okay, okay. I'll stop.
- SHIV: You're tired. I get it.

I'm sorry.

I'm just... you know,
I am just worried about,

you know...

Maybe I've nailed myself
to the Matsson cross,

and he might turn out
to be bullshit.

You know, he's erratic and...
and... and... and...

You know, maybe he isn't real.

Shiv, he's real.
He's the future.

No, Tom. He...

There is a time bomb
in his numbers,

and I might get blown up.

You'll be fine.

- You'll always be fine.
- No.

No, I am
fucking my family for this.

TOM: Can I just say something?

At this party here,
there are maybe 40

of the most important people
in America,

and you have just walked
all around, all evening,

telling them all
that I'm gonna get fired.

No, it was implied, lightly,
as a little...

God! Part of
a tactical kind of joke.

Will you explain to me,
uh, the joke?

- Because I don't get
the fucking joke.
- SHIV: Oh, my God. Tom!

- I don't get the joke.
- It was something that he said,

that isn't true,
that we needed to say.

But you stood by his side,
and he said it,

and you were like, "Okay, well,
that sounds good to me."

Fuck's sake.
I'm not doing this right now.

You know...

I am in serious trouble.
That was a play.

You will be okay

because you are
a tough fucking bitch

who will always survive
because you do what you need.

- You will do whatever you need.
- SHIV: Are you even listening?
I will be okay?

- Yeah? Really?
- TOM: Yeah.

You sure you're not projecting?
Because that is actually you.

Should we have
a real conversation?

- With a scorpion? No.
- TOM: That was a friendly thing.

- That was a friendly thing.
- Oh, yeah. Sure. Real friendly.

Ha, ha, ha.

Yeah, no. Uh, I'm a scorpion.

You're a hyena. You're a...
You're a street rat.

Actually, no.
You're a fucking snake.

"Here's a dead snake
to wear as a necktie, Tom.

Why aren't you laughing?"

I wonder
if we shouldn't clear the air.

- Yeah? Mm. Sure.
- TOM: Yeah.

I think that you can be
a very selfish person,

and I think
you find it very hard

to think about me.

- SHIV: What the fuck?
- And I think you shouldn't have
even married me, actually.

What the fuck?
What the actual fuck?

You proposed to me.

You proposed to me
at my lowest fucking ebb.

My dad was dying.
What was I supposed to say?

Perhaps, "No"?

I didn't want
to hurt your feelings.

Oh, thanks! Thanks for that!
Yeah, you really kept me safe

while you ran off
to fuck the phone book.

Oh, fuck off. You're a hick.

- TOM: And then... And then...
- Conservative hick.

You hid it
because you were so scared

of how fuckin' awful you are.

You were only with me
to get to power.

Well, you got it now, Tom.
You've got it!

I'm with you because I love you!

Bullshit.
You're fucking me for my DNA.

You were fucking me
for a fucking ladder

because your whole family
is striving and parochial.

That's not... That's not
a fair characterization.

Oh, no? Well, your mom loves me
more than she loves you

because she's cracked.

You wanna... You wanna actually
clear the air? Fine.

You betrayed me.

You were going to see me get
sent to fucking prison, Shiv!

And then you fobbed me off with
that fuckin' undrinkable wine,

and you won't have my baby

because you never
even thought, honestly,

that you'd be with me more than,
like, four fuckin' years,

- I don't think!
- You offered to go to jail, Tom!

You offered
because you're servile!

You're just... You're servile!

You are incapable of thinking
about anybody

other than yourself

'cause your sense
of who you are, Shiv,

- is that fuckin' thin!
- SHIV: Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.
- You read that in a book, Tom?

You're too fuckin' transparent
to find in a book!

You're pathetic.
You're pathetic.

You're a masochist,
and you can't even take it.

TOM: I think you are
incapable of love.

And I think you are maybe not

a good person to have children!

Well, that's not very nice
to say, is it?

TOM: I'm sorry.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I'm sorry. But you... You...

You have hurt me more
than you can possibly imagine.

And you, you took away
the last six months

I could've had with my dad.

- TOM: No.
- Yes.

- TOM: No!
- Yes.

You sucked up to him,
and you cut me out!

It's not my fault

that you didn't get
his approval.

I have given you
endless approval,

and it doesn't fill you up
because you're broken.

(SNIFFLES) I don't like you.

I don't...

I don't even care about you.

I don't care.

Have we cleared the air, huh?
Feel good now?

- Yeah.
- SHIV: Yeah.

- Fuckin' great. Tip-top.
- SHIV: Uh-huh.

You don't deserve me.
And you never did.

And everything came out of that.

Oof! So fu-- fucking flat.

(SIGHS)

You, uh, find ways
to have fun out there?

More or less.

The red wine
smells like wet dog.

(KENDAL CHUCKLES)

Listen, I just
wanted to do five.

Just me and you.
Just Franky and Kenny.

- Mm-hmm.
- KENDALL: Not CEO and Chair.

Oh, wow.

Yeah. I don't think
the GoJo deal

is in the best interests
of the shareholders,

- and I would like to explore
ways of blocking it.
- (SINGSONGS) La, la, la, la, la!

I don't wanna hear it, Ken!

KENDALL: What if I told you

his subs in India
are significantly inflated?

I'm just gonna hit you
with this.

What if we run it
all the way back?

Do I even wanna know
what that means?

We go reverse Viking.

We pillage their village.

Waystar acquires GoJo.

(SCOFFS) It... There would
have to be major issues.

KENDALL: There are.

What if we could slow this down
and we eat Matsson's lunch?

Bigger than Dad ever was.

Uh, Roman and Shiv?

Yeah, I don't know.
Part of my plans.

I love 'em, but not in love
with 'em, you know?

- FRANK VERNON: Mm-hmm.
- One head, one crown.

But I'll need ballast.

Are you with me?

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

TOM: Hi, everyone. Hi.

Bedtime for Bonzo!

Sorry, but please get the fuck
out of my house now.

(GUESTS LAUGHING)

Yeah. No, no, no. Please.

Party's over
'cause I gotta sleep!

It's been a terrific night.
Thank you so much.

No, I am serious.

Off you go, go to bed.
Enjoy your beds. Go home, cry.

I'm done. I'm done.

I can barely stand,
but I've had enough. Good night.

- Good night, Tom.
- Don't forget your coats!

- Hmm.
- Fuck Tom.

Yeah. Fuck Tom.

Fuck Tom.

So, guys. Um... Funeral.

If nobody wants to grab it,

I'm happy to take
the big-energy spot.

Yeah?

- ROMAN: Yeah.
- Uh...

Yeah. I mean, it seemed like
nobody wanted it. So, I got it.

Yeah?

Sure, it's fine.

Knock yourself out.
Just paint it red.

- Yeah. Happy?
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Happy?
- Happy.

Happy.

Happy, happy, headbangers.

Here we are. Okay. Mm!

- (KISSES)

- Good night.
- ROMAN: Night.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪