All language subtitles for Billions.S06E06.Hostis.Humani.Generis_engl

[Philip]
Previously on Billions.

We're flipping the paradigm.

Our investors will have
to prove their worth.

As a company.
As human beings.

You talk a big game,

but every move you make

comes from
a personal pain so deep,

you can't even recognize it.

Stay out of the apartment
until I clear my shit out.

Not every day the top
legal officers of this state

pop up on my calendar.
What's on your mind?

Welcome to Michael Prince
Capital, Kate.

Where do I work?

Wherever you want.

I see beyond the woman
who stood up for

an indefensible seafood scam

to the better person
lurking beneath.

So you came here
to yell at me?

I came here....
to hire you.

Trying to impress you.

Hire you.
How am I doing?

I sometimes think about
what I could do at a place

built for speed and power.

I'd like to get
Philip Charyn out of here.

You kept your nephew out of
the Prince Companies for years.

I win this round.

Philip, I'm doubling the book
you had at your old place.

- Thanks, Mike.
- Tuk, I'm zeroing you out.

You'll service Philip for now.

And I'm here to get
what I'm worth.

Get a load of that.

The real version will be up
at the opening ceremony in '28.

Well, uh....

Both of us serve the people,

and Mike Prince's grand plan,
it doesn't really serve them.

I may need
a little more convincing.

[Prince] The OPTO car.

The cutting edge of metropolitan
underground transportation.

Door closure to departure time,
cut in half.

Requires only one driver.

Silent braking mechanics
to reduce noise.

And clean air-conditioning
and heating system.

American-made.

Best part: I'm buying.

A thousand new Jetson cars,

courtesy of Mike Prince.

New Yorkers will be
riding in style in time

for the 2028 games.

And you'll be the hero
to take them there.

No.

The Governor of
New York will be.

If you act

As you think

The missing link

Synchronicity

A connecting principle

Linked to the invisible

Almost imperceptible...

[Plimpton] Who even
let this fucking Prince guy

get away with buying himself
a subway system?

You're the guy supposed to
protect the working man,

accordin' to the pamphlet.

I'm that working man.

The men of my union
are those working men.

Voting working men.

Boy, you don't leave much
unsaid, do ya, Ton'?

I will as soon as you
tell me

how you can sit there and let
this fucking Prince guy--

- [Dave] He isn't.
- Dave, meet Tony Plimpton.

He runs the
Transport Workers Union,

and he never visits me
when he's happy

with my performance.
Now why is that?

You know,
my dad always said,

"People forget
the pat on the back

but they remember
the kick in the ass."

You should make
that the union motto.

I would, 'cept our motto is,

"Take no shit from
nobody's second-in-command."

- Don't you go at her.
- Let him step to me,

see how he handles
a Bobo Brazil Coco Butt--

No head-butts.
No foreign objects.

No shots to the solar plexus.

Now, specifics, please.

My guys in the rail yard caught
a glimpse of this new OPTO

being delivered.

Subway car.

Fancy motherfucking beast,
and this guy Michael Prince

wants to gift a thousand
of them to the city.

Oh, boy, no limit to
the benevolence of a man

who wants the Olympics
to come to New York.

Yeah, well Mr. Benevolence
is gonna destroy my union.

Each car has one less driver.

That's a thousand
of my men out of work.

The next generation
won't use any.

That's a death knell.

And today's not
a good day to die,

and tomorrow would suck, too.

So, we need you to do for us
what you did for the doormen.

We...

my new Deputy Dawg,
Dave Mahar, and I

can block this purchase

and save the fine men and women

of the TWU.
And we will.

Yeah? Yeah, that's it?

You sound disappointed.

Well, you know,
I like the yelling part.

- But, okay.
- I'm sure you'll find a way

to hector me again.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Thanks.

[Chuck exhales]

You disapprove,
yet took my side. I like that.

That's what
a Deputy Dawg does.

But, now that we're alone,

convince me how a thousand
pristine subway cars

aren't a net positive
for the city

compared to the shitbox
I just rode to work.

Not to mention the Olympics.

And why Mike Prince
is in your sights?

Because he is a robber baron,

and what he is engaging in
is just the latest form

of noblesse oblige.

Trying to help people
to further his own ends,

whatever they may be,
while he enjoys ten thousand--

a hundred thousand times
the resources any of them do.

It's like Branson in space.

You're familiar with
the original term for pirate,

"Hostis humani generis."

"Enemy of all mankind."

That's right.

Beyond any legal protection

and prosecutable
by any and all.

It's what I've come
to know Mike Prince is,

and those like him.

You will too, no doubt.

So let's find a way
to take his toy trains away.

Start with your predecessor.

[Prince]
Is Chuck trying to rattle you?

Maybe.

Or them looking for intel.

Go, and try to get
and not give.

Watch your six.

[Sacker] Always.

Nice spot for a meet.

Right across from the most
dangerous crossroads

in all of New York
for a hundred years.

Mulberry Bend, sure.

Dead Rabbits,
the Roach Guards, the Whyos,

the Five Pointers,
all the Gambinos,

all of them used that corner
to meet and hatch crimes.

You sending me a message,

or does Chuck already
have you planning murders?

No. Not yet.

Did you plan any for him?

- [chuckles]
- I'm actually visiting my mom.

She still lives
in a third-story walk-up

above that restaurant
over there, where I grew up.

Won't let me
move her to Florida.

Anyway, thanks for meeting.

I always try and connect
with my predecessor,

see where the IEDs are buried
too close to the surface.

Also for help understanding
the legal arguments

your predecessor
was planning to make?

Unfinished cases, yes.

If you can tell me
your intention on these,

how you visualized the win,

then maybe I can
clumsily finish the job.

I wrote questions
in the margins.

You'd still be the one
getting the win.

I'm just the relief pitcher
on these.

And you're gonna get the save?

Are you saving me?

Seems you've already
saved yourself, haven't you?

Oh... [laughs]

Sure. I'll look.

That's it?

Well, I wish I had
the time for more history

of the Lower East Side,
but the pace where I'm at,

you know, you've been
in the private sector.

- Yes.
- Guess I never really

appreciated how time-consuming
the everyday bureaucracy was

until I left government work.

Where I'm at now,
things need to happen

at the speed of light,
which suits me.

I will have these
couriered back to you soonest.

I appreciate the kindness.

It's not kindness.
I want those wins!

Advisory Board sent word
that they're excited about

the branding utility
of the games.

But with expenditures
against current capital

- under management, that...
- That if you're serious

about this Bobby Bacala
choo-choo train shit,

you're going to need
more cash coming in.

How much more?

Backstroking
Scrooge McDuck levels.

Scarcity has served us well.

The Prince List
is hard to get on.

I don't think
we should change that.

There's no point
in playing Steve Rubell

if you let everyone in the club.

Their point is,
they're afraid the scarcity

that the Prince List created
is going to kill it.

- The point is--
- Shh.

He's doing a 360
and looking at the whole world.

Let it happen.

Yep. Yes.

I'll consider new investors.

But it's not open season,

and I'm not letting anyone in
because I need to.

Want. Not need.

Zero dog and pony.

Just let people know
we're open to their calls.

One step closer to delivering
a privately funded

Olympics to New York.

How was your meeting
with Ms. Mahar?

It was a fishing expedition.

She got nothing. She's
good enough that I got nothing

except the cute origin story

and some quotidian notes
on cases I left behind.

No real sense of the ways
that Chuck might come after us.

She's certain of herself;

certain that she's read you
even when you know she hasn't.

So we just need to be
ready for anything.

Those are my standing
orders since birth.

That feeling of frustration,

that sense you can't tell where
they're going to attack from,

it's a good feeling.
Helpful.

So stay there if you can.

Then we'll both be ready.

Dave. I just need another
day with the files.

I will messenger them back
first thing in the morning.

[Winston]
Can I have my phone back?

I need you to be patient.

Let's say you did
something that people on Twitter

or wherever didn't like.

And you get ratioed,
like he did.

With Winch, I can get rid
of all the bad comments,

the original posts, the copies
made of it, everything.

The program's impressive.
And they need an influx of cash?

They do. Bonus points
because they have no idea

what they are sitting on.

Prince wants everyone to love
the idea of the Olympics,

but, I mean,
obviously they are polarizing.

This app hides that
chatter from social media.

Suddenly,
the games are Maroon 5.

Everyone likes them, and nobody
knows how it happened.

This is legit.

But it's an add-on.

Quickly copied, which means it
will quickly lose value.

So that's-- I'm sorry,

is this you rejecting my idea?

Huh.

That's not the choice
I would have made but... okay?

You can invest in it
and keep tabs on it,

but it's not for us
as a company at this stage.

Prince List
is open for new money.

Incoming calls only,
no roadshow, no begging.

Smart.

I want to make an exception
for my alma mater.

Getting them to sign on
to the list would prove

that you lived up to the promise
you showed back then.

Getting them would also
be good business.

So I find myself distracted,

waiting for them to reach out.
Considering calling them myself.

It's an unpleasant situation.

And you want me
to alleviate your need,

make you care less.

Well, you can, can't you?

I can.

But I won't. You need
to sit in the discomfort

until you're willing to do
something you don't want to do.

Hmm.

Abandon them.

That, or make the call.

[door opens]

I'm not built for this.

Philip wants to use
Socratic elenchus

to find the core beliefs
within his decisions.

And then he critiques
my debate style.

I won't keep doing this
with you here.

I mean, unless you think
hearing my side of things

will change your opinion of me?

Unlikely.

I know what I have in you.

[door slams]

I tell myself someday
I'll miss you barging in

like the great
independent John Anderson

in the '80 presidential.

He paved the way
for Perot and--

State your purpose.

Michael Prince
is taking on investors.

High-level. Exclusive.

And I'm getting in.

Are you notifying me,
or asking my permission?

I'll be your man
on the inside,

your Johnny Fedora.

You're reading those
books to Willow?

Soon.

One, Prince would never fall
for something so obvious.

And two, you're a zero short
of Prince List-worthy.

I can hear there's a three

just dying to be
spoken out loud.

Three is,

Fedora hunted Feramontov
to avenge his parents' deaths,

not to make himself feel
relevant again

and make some coin.

You don't know shit
about subtext

or how this could help you.

- Are you escorting me out?
- Oh, I am not.

You know the ingress,
you know the egress.

Prince is taking on new
investors for his titular list.

Opening up to finance the train,
that would be my guess.

He needs money, and you
want to cut off his funding.

That seems petty
and limiting.

I want grand.

And useful to the city.

Where are we
on stopping the sale?

Hello.

Oh. You want to be
invited in.

We could do this
right here.

I don't know what
this is.

So, come in,
and we can decide from there.

You want to say
the place looks nice,

but it is entirely unchanged
since you were last here.

And you?

The same.

I have something for you--

a hundred million ready
to rock in the markets,

from just the kind of
investor Prince wants.

I think maybe not
staying so long.

Do you know Leon Sherald?

Ex-NFL star. Activist.

Jim Brown without the weekends
at the Playboy Mansion.

And newly minted hero of
the at-home workout obsessed:

The Combine.

I'm working with him,

and he wants to get
on the Prince List.

- I don't--
- You do.

You have sway.

And you can use that sway
to speak to Prince about Leon.

I know the list is open.

Just get him in the room.

He'll do the rest.

I'd be grateful.

I'll mention it.

Thank you.

It is nice that
we can be transactional

and not let our emotions
get in the way.

Saying it out loud
like that's a little weird...

but sure.

Even when I was playing,

it was rare for
an athlete to speak out.

But I felt like
I had an obligation.

Why I told the sneaker company
call the first shoes Obligato.

And then you were
off and running.

I was, and it worked
because I always won.

Or won enough.

I saw that....

that once I was
in people's homes,

I could push them,

get them to be active,

more active for the cause.

You wanna look hot
in your bikini? Bet.

Use The Combine.

Oh, and, by the way,

you just supported liberation.

- You found a lever.
- Yeah.

And, like when I played,
I delivered.

Those classes, they kick ass.

Talk about the takeover.

We're a week away
from gobbling up

a competing system,

which means we'll have
complete control

over the entire integrated
home workout landscape.

There's about to be
a Combine in every home

all over the world.

And I'd like my
net worth to be....

to be invested by people
who share my values.

The brush-off,
so quick?

Well,

you've wasted my time.

And his.

They did neither.

This is me welcoming you
on to the Prince List.

[laughs] Oh!
Well then!

Ohh!

Ah.

The man who keeps
his promises

and even dispatched Axelrod.

Oh, he's firmly
in my rear-view.

What is in front of me

is this $2 billion
donation from Mike Prince

to our subway system.

I find myself befuddled.

And you're here
to be de-befuddled?

Well, state budgets
are not open to donations.

That's how
we prevent billionaires

from buying undue influence.

That donation was cleared
by every lawyer we could find.

And the MTA by-laws
clearly state

that they can accept
any donation,

gift or grant
from anyone at any time.

Just because they can
doesn't mean they should.

Well, that is inarguable.

Oh, nothing is inarguable.

That's why I continue
to thrive.

So, you're accepting
the donation,

tainted as it may be,

and giving him the chance
to lean on the city

per his own whims?

Find me a legal reason
to refuse it,

and I will slap
Michael Prince across the face

the second he walks
through my door,

just for the fun of it.

Until then...

[sighs]

Wheels down in
Indianapolis, 12:30,

meeting at Indiana A&M 1:30 p.m.

We'll continue to review
candidates while you're gone.

Got a tip from a regulator.

Seems there's
an unholy alliance forming

between the transpo workers
and AG's office.

You didn't discuss this
with Rhoades's new you, did you?

Right.

Head of the TWU,
Plimpton, knows Chuck.

Not hard to see the AG took that
opening to mess with our play.

Transport workers get
to certify all new cars

for safe operation.

But now they're insisting
they won't certify yours.

No cert, no union members
to drive them.

Governor Sweeney
needs the union

no matter how locked in
we are with him.

So we gotta fix it.

How is leadership going
to sell this to the drivers?

Fewer drivers means job loss.

Yep. And less need
for signaling staff,

putting a quarter of
their employees out of work.

The union's going to force
the city to reject your gift.

Unless?

Two roads.

You can either buy their love
or render them obsolete.

Obsolescence takes time,
and we have none,

so I recommend buying them
with a retraining

and job expansion program.

- That sounds expensive.
- Oh, it will be.

Offer them whatever you can,
and do it fast.

Isn't this getting
too expensive to be worth it?

Not until the torch
is lit in Manhattan.

No other way
to everything you want?

No. And no.

- Stuart.
- Michael Prince.

I loved and hated
seeing you on my schedule.

The one because of everything
you mean to this place,

the other because you're
going to ask me a question,

and I am going to say no to it.

In the past, when the school

refused to invest in my Fund,
well, it was private equity,

and you have rules
about long-term lock-ups.

But this is a hedge fund and--

I'm up on all of that.

I looked to find
a way to say yes.

You have 2.9 billion
that could be better managed.

I'm finally in the
position to do just that.

- Seems an easy yes.
- Isn't even my call.

We have a Board of Endowments.
They follow guidelines.

Your new fund is too new,
not well enough established.

By-laws ask for
a two-year track record.

They won't see you.

No matter how long I wait?

No matter.

I know you well enough
to know that you are masking

shock and disappointment.

There's some
Indiana John Mellencamp

anger happening, too.

But when I fight authority,
authority does not always win.

No one's fighting here.

Feels like a beatdown to me.

I'm the most accomplished alum
Indiana A&M has ever had,

and I'm ready to
make you a lot of money.

More than I can even donate.

It makes no sense to refuse me.

Academia is not logical.

No, but it is fear-ridden.

You can't want me
stumping to replace you

and the entire
Board of Endowments.

What would make you
hesitate to do that?

A fair shot.

Let's get the Board to New York.

You get 'em on the plane.

I'm going home to craft
a winning argument.

If, after that, they pass,

I accept it.

Who's eating what?

I guess I'll do the salmon.

Sauce on the side.

- Please and thanks.
- Good call.

Tuk, add a salmon to
the order for your buddy here.

And I need you down
there four minutes before

they say it's ready
so it gets back here piping.

Got it?

Oh, he has to--

I mean, I thought--

We don't really.

- I can just go get the food.
- It's fine.

He's going after he transcribes
this earnings call.

[mouths]
Sorry.

Come meet Sarah Gallagher
with me this afternoon.

- Gallagher Nanotech?
- One of the few people

on the list
who merit inclusion.

She's brilliant,
like if Fran Lebowitz

actually had
something new to say,

and she's considering
dropping a chunk of

her fortune into our coffers.

Why do you need backup
to close an investor?

If you can't gin up
enough fire for the pitch,

just do what I do--

watch a playlist
of Al Pacino speeches

from Any Given Sunday,
Scent of a Woman.

Always does the trick.

Not lacking enthusiasm.
Sarah doesn't like

to just skim the surface.
She wants a deep dive.

That means I need someone who
speaks engineering to do that.

Sure thing.
I'll be there.

It wasn't a yes/no question.

Five-thirty.
Conference room.

Hoo-ahh!

There's no easy way
to do this,

so I'm just going
to go ahead and do it:

We're signing off
on the new subway cars.

Oh.

You came to me, Tony.
You asked me for help.

I started to make moves.

And now I'm in this complicated
and no doubt successful campaign

to stop the purchase,
and you're bailing?

We have our reasons.

We're prepared to create
a $500 million fund

to help with recovery from
redundancy and skill training.

Please tell me
the union behind

the Squeegee Strike was not
satisfied by re-education.

We were wary.

But they threw in a kicker.

And we invite you to invest

the union's money with us.

To be on the Prince List.

You'll be the only union
in this round.

Bring your pension plan to us,
we'll make you so much money,

you'll forget subway cars
ever had two drivers,

and you'll be looking to hire
one for your Bentley.

This is a really good offer,
and normally I would say yes,

but our pension fund
is mixed in with other

New York City employees.

Police, Housing Authority.

CUNY.

The rest.

I can't speak for them.

But you can convince them.

Right?

You cannot set a man
on a task

and then abandon him
because of temptation.

No. That's giving in
to the devil at your elbow.

Satan or angel,
the other unions are in too.

They didn't hardly
need convincing.

It's like when a female teacher

takes a 16-year-old
male student for a ride.

Not much in the way of
enticing needs to happen

'cause it's all the kid's
been after anyway.

Teacher still goes to jail.

How often you think
that one gets reported, Chuck?

We're signing off
with Michael Prince.

Transport workers aren't
going to stand with us.

Prince swayed them
with visions of sugarplums.

Let's go to Tess Johnson.

Mayor's Office can recall
the lease on the subway lines.

She can,
but why would she?

Proletariat
win for the city.

A blow against
billionaire overreach. It plays.

I think she'll want to avoid
grinding a city to a halt

that just got moving again.

Where you going?

I like to move around
when I know

a building's about to
fall on me. Okay.

Okay, we claim donations
of funds for training

to a union could be
considered a bribe.

But for the presence of
Kate Sacker at Prince's side,

we could succeed.

But she'll know how to rebut
that argument in court.

Um, um....

See?

Moving helps, right?

Better than sitting
on our asses.

[paper rustles]

Scooter's not coming?

He got pulled away
by what, exactly?

I got the note.
I was told to deliver it.

I did not stop
to read it along the way.

[sighs]

Sarah, hi.

[inaudible]

Oh!

[muted laughter]

[knocks]

You're ready to
place me on the inside?

The world is
an ever-changing place.

But, no, you're still not
getting tagged in.

But I am curious

how you knew the
Prince List was opening up.

Since the smiling
chrome-domed bastard booted me,

I've kept close tabs.

A constant,
vigilant surveillance.

Close enough to know
what he's doing,

- but not entirely on the inside.
- Not yet.

And without a source
close to Prince,

you'll just be guessing blind
at his attacks and defenses.

Like that asinine board game

you used to dragoon me into
playing with you all the time.

Stratego.

A classic contest
of battlefield strategy.

Oh, and you can't tell me
you're still bitter

you could never win.

Children's games are skewed
to the child's mind.

I'll put my money on
Willow in two years' time

if you care for a rematch.

Oh, no doubt she'll wipe
the board with me.

Until then,

you can get me the names
of the contenders

for Prince's list.

As I am not a retriever,
nor do I wish to be,

I will ignore the command

and assume you
already know my friends

are keeping me
well-informed.

I do, and if you'd
share that information,

that would be great.

Constant vigilance.

It is the only way.

Clearly.

Thank you.

That's all?

I am grateful
for your assistance.

What?

You're taking a class.

Okay. And why?

Because I know
how to take all that

shiny new subway money
away from Michael Prince

and give it to the people.

["I Can't Quit"
by the Vaccines plays]

[Leon] Come on!
Come on! Come on!

Hurry!

Nice.

Fifteen seconds
between you and greatness.

Come on! Let's go! Let's go!

Whoo! [claps] Yes.

That's what I'm talking about.
That's what I'm talking about.

All right, vertical jump,
touch the sky.

Touch the sky.

I want to see air
between you and the ground.

That's right.

Yeah, good job, Britney.
Good job, Carter.

Good hustle, y'all.
Good hustle.

[panting]

Good.

That was intense.

Hmm.

I'm usually on my own,
at home.

But I have to say
this whole community thing

is way more inspiring.

Hell, yeah, it is.

I want to ask about something,
if you don't mind,

before I buy that
ten-pack of classes.

Yeah, all right. Hit me.

I just heard that you're making
one of those alliances

like when SoulCycle did
that event for President--

That wasn't SoulCycle
as a company.

It was just
one of their owners.

Who remembers?

I just know how bad
it hurt them.

It's why I'm worried
about you and the NYPD.

Oh, that's the last group
that I'd throw in with.

In fact, I've divested
this company entirely

of any organization whose
values contradict mine.

Except for the Prince List.

[Prince]
I take this so seriously,

I've convened my advisory board.

I will not have my money
in the same fund as the cops.

Transport workers,
that's one thing, but not cops.

My Combine-ers won't have it,
and I won't have it.

Dump their pension money,

or I'm going public.

And I'm not going to be
quiet about it.

Police officers have a right
to well-managed pensions.

They do.

Not all cops are bad,
I get it.

But I will not have
my money co-mingled.

I've already spoken to
six other new Prince Listers.

If I walk, they will walk.

The problem
with confidential lists is

they don't stay confidential.

No, they don't.

The Combine will not be said
in the same breath as NYPD.

When a health and fitness brand
is diluted by scandal,

it ceases to have a clear
and consistent message.

And when that happens,
the value of the brand,

it plummets.

That's why you're going
to drop transport.

Do the smart thing.

Mike, it's time
for moral leadership.

[Blumenthal]
I agree with Jaclyn.

The world has changed.

And, frankly,
I think, for the better.

I'm not deaf to the cause.
I support it.

But I've never had
a damn investor

dictate terms to me
in my life.

That goes back to when I was 19.
I'm not starting now.

The times shift,
and we decide,

do we stay where we are?

And if we do stay,
and they move--

[Grant] Mike,
this could be existential.

Most times, there's a path
to integrating interests.

But here, it seems like
the positions are zero sum.

[Einhorn] I know all about
not listening to people

when they tell you
that you're wrong.

But sometimes,
in some circumstances,

you just gotta
go along to get along.

Or you're going to be facing
an exodus we can't afford.

I'm not planning on one
unless it's led by me.

No, we're keeping everyone
on the list, on the list.

This is on me.
I walked him in here.

I'll go get him
straightened out.

Yes. Get him happy.

So what're we eating today?

I'm on a Q&A for
Three Star Games' earning call,

and this guy from Spartan-Ives

asked about digital
learning in NPCs.

Non-player characters. AI.

The characters in the game
learn from the player

and make the game
harder to beat.

Guy is geeking out.

I think Spartan-Ives
is about to make a major play.

- In games?
- No.

In underlying AI.

Three Star contracted out
- to a company called 2
- RL Systems.

That's some organic
intelligence on your part.

Get me the trading desk.

You're going
to make the play?

Yeah, it's a great find
in a space

where I'm underrepresented.
You're good at this.

It's what I was meant to do.

Much to my mother's dismay.

Yeah, I can't help
you with her.

But I'll tell you this:

Don't be beta.

Ben Kim told me
you wanted to go smaller.

He owned the mistake.
He's a good friend.

But you've got
to make your own calls

and live or die by them.

Like you just did.

Now, what do you want to eat?
It's my day to pick up.

I'm thinking Thai.
But after we book the trade.

I'm a fan.

Of your work here
and in the public space.

I usually have to spend time
convincing people that doing

what is right can live alongside
what is profitable.

I often use you
as an example of just that.

I appreciate that,

and I appreciate you
coming down here.

The respect it conveys.

But, um,

I'm not interested in
whatever list of Prince-approved

sweeteners that
you came here with.

Are you sure?

You don't even want
to peruse the menu?

[laughs]

All I need from you

is a promise that you'll
drop the union money

so the cops drop along with it.

We can't do that.

And, if I am being
honest with you,

as a person who cares
about justice,

I'm not sure that
it is the right thing.

As our clients,
we can bring them to the table

to discuss real reform.

I've been down
that road to nowhere.

They need to be cut
from the herd.

And you want to know
how I know I'm right?

People are ready to follow me,

and I didn't
have to ask them twice.

- Maybe--
- They followed you

because you told
them if they didn't,

they were morally corrupt

and you'd tell
the world about it.

Burn 'em on social.

That's not leadership,
it's extortion.

Nobody cares about the why.

They just care
that it happened

and that they will be
dragged in the public sphere.

I'm right.

I have a platform,
I have support.

And... this isn't
a negotiation.

You should consider sticking
around for 6:15 boot camp.

- I can--
- You asked me for this.

He didn't even qualify
at a measly hundred mil,

and I personally vouched
for him and for you.

And now he's playing
Woke Spartacus?

Well, when I asked you,

I didn't know
we'd be throwing in

with state-sanctioned killers.

I am not indifferent
to the issue.

But the carceral system
isn't going to change

because one guy takes
his toys and goes home.

Carceral system.

Hmm.

Has a nice distancing effect.

Perhaps you have that luxury.

Or maybe you
just make that choice.

But we are going to do
something about it.

Or as much as we can.

Whilst doing that,
why not figure out how

we can satisfy his needs
without us sacrificing capital?

Because those things
are in direct conflict.

It was nice to see you.

Until it wasn't.

[door opens]

Well then.

Hello.

Sarah Gallagher called
to say she's thrilled to be

- on the Prince List.
- Excellent.

And she's offered Philip
a job as CTO.

You set me up.

To close a deal for your boss,
yes, I set you up.

If there were
unintended consequences--

Entirely
and completely intended.

You want me out of
Michael Prince Capital.

I didn't want you here
at all, but you are.

And while it wasn't my plan,
it wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sarah Gallagher's company
would be a better fit for you,

and she knew that
without me prompting her.

No, no.
You just don't like me here,

getting my hands soiled by that
filthy Continental Currency.

You are meant for better
things than this place.

Give us a moment.

I'm not taking that job.

Walk it off. Now.

We know where this leads.

We do.

I wanted to keep him out
of here for as long as possible.

And you did,
and now he's here.

Because he is exactly
the kind of talent

this place needs
for where it's going.

For after.

I will consult you,

and I will rely on you,

and I will trust you
as long as you'll ride with me.

But I can't run my business
to make you happy.

I got confirmation that Legere
and the Indiana A&M board

are checked in
at the Four Seasons.

Cars drop them here at 8:30 a.m.
for breakfast and the pitch.

I'll be ready.

Mr. Legere, welcome to Michael
Prince Capital.

- Thank you.
- Please follow me.

[Prince] You've all
seen the pitch deck.

But let's get beyond
the numbers and the names.

I'm from Indiana.

Grew up there.
Went to school there.

I know your families.
I know your histories.

And, yes,
I know your goals.

You want everything consistent,

and I appreciate that.

You see a 17% returns,
year after year,

and you like it.

'Cause you're
not greedy and it's reliable,

like Indiana corn being
knee-high by the Fourth of July.

[gentle laughter]

But I'm here to tell you,
that's not the world anymore.

We've seen it clearly.

So, you need someone
who can make you 60%

or 600 in a year

to survive the 10%.

So you can survive
the negative years.

In an unpredictable market,

you need non-correlated returns.

I can give you that, while
also maintaining investments

that are thoughtful,
moral,

and for the betterment
of our planet.

You get to know
you're doing good

and doing the best there is

for the student body
at Indy A&M.

There's very little in the world
that feels better than that.

Maybe winning
an NCAA championship,

but not much else.

[laughter]

That was a fantastic
proposal, Mike.

And we'll discuss it.

And consider it.

Of course.

Let me walk you out.

He killed it.

Stabbed it
in its tiny corn-fed heart

and fried it up
for the state fair.

That's the vibe you got?

No. They took
the hayride out here

so they could
reject him to his face.

I'm asking you
to hold the tweets

- until we have a statement.
- [computer tweet alerts]

These claims are unfounded,
and we deserve--

Oh, hell fuckin' no!

What?!

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Oh, I make it a policy
not to engage

in anything with hearts
and thumbs-up underneath.

You really
have to stay current.

[Chuck sighs]

This is the
complete destruction

of Leon Sherald's
reputation online.

He's been accused of
stealing The Combine.

Accusation's stuck.

Rumors dating back to his
fraternity days are surfacing.

The stock is in free fall,

and it looks like he may have to
step down from his own company.

Our target is being targeted.

Have you reached out to help?

He's hiding behind
a crisis manager

who won't engage with me.

My guess is they think
we'll come after him

for intellectual property theft.

It's either bad luck
with conspicuous timing,

or....

somehow Mike Prince
neutralized him.

But that somehow
is immaterial

if your meeting today
goes as planned.

I have no reason
to believe it won't.

Then don't worry about Leon.

You are armed
and ready for combat,

and I expect you
to return victorious.

[Sacker]
Ready to finalize

the subway car
purchase when you are.

Purchase order
for the factory?

This confirms that
Michael Prince Capital

will order the cars
directly from them

and will donate them
as soon as they come off

the production line.

Our ownership will be temporary,
a matter of minutes.

Why do these rich boys always
want to buy shiny things

that go fast?

[knock on door]

Yeah?

Ah, the AG's office
has some concerns,

so instead of
delaying your deal,

I thought we could orchestrate
a productive dialogue.

Sure. Let's dialogue.

I was expecting Dave.

Letters of support
from the governor, the mayor,

the Transport Workers Union.
I didn't make you copies.

- I trust you.
- If they have an acronym

on a polyester windbreaker,
they are supporting this.

And so is the
Attorney General's office.

But we have a problem

that no amount of our complete
and total support can fix.

Is that right?

The MTA can't use Mr. Prince's
money to buy the cars,

and Prince can't use
Prince's money to buy the cars

because they are Chinese cars.

No. They are made
in Wisconsin, U.S.A.

[Dave] By a Chinese-
owned company.

And, as xenophobic
as it may be in its inception,

Federal law prohibits
the purchase,

and the state will
abide by that on this one.

I'd like to see the language
on the Federal provision?

I'll challenge this in court.

Challenging
a Federal law in court

would definitely put the
New York state budget at risk.

I worry that
even attempting this

will bring a Federal case
that would jeopardize

all those Federal funds that
flow into the state treasury.

Oh, that's your worry?

This donation is
the best thing to happen

to the city and state.

While I can't sign off
on anything that

threatens our Federal funds,

the unions and the state

are always supportive
of buying American.

How about that?

No American-owned manufacturer
can make the cars in time

for the New York Olympics.

Well, that is a shame.

It really is.

- You were great in there.
- Don't fucking patronize me.

I would never.

So tell me what you
picked up off me when we met.

You said how quickly things
move in the private sector.

Speed was clearly
the top priority.

From there, it was a matter of
finding the right law to use

to slow you down
to where the cars

were worthless to your boss.

Sorry I missed it.
I just got back.

- Was it--
- Perfect in every way.

[laughs]

She's good, isn't she?

She's something.

You should come back.
The two of you together.

Imagine you
on either side of me.

Like a coxswain,
both oars in the water.

Thanks.
I'm good where I'm at.

Then know you have
hitched your wagon

to Lord Mountbatten's boat.

And that if you don't leave now,

you will burn with him.

You're the bear in the outhouse.

I've been called
some things, never that.

You bought Winch.

I brought it to you,
and you said no,

and then you went
behind my back, bought it,

and used it the opposite
way it was intended.

Leon Sherald is
stepping down from The Combine,

and Lauren was fired.

And I only found out
about it all like that

woman in Alaska
in the outhouse did the bear:

by getting bit on the ass.

Prince said make Leon happy,

but that wasn't going to work,

so I made Leon irrelevant

so he couldn't taint
any of our other investors.

Yes, with your tech,
which works nicely in reverse.

But I didn't go
behind anyone's back.

So I missed an email where you
villain-monologued your plan?

A move like this could have
blown up in both our faces.

So instead I bought in secretly,
for both of us.

You can check your books.

And it will be
reflected in your bonus.

But....

I thought we were partners.

What would make you think that?

I told you what this job
does to people.

Did you even start
this job as people?

I'd cut off my pinky
and give it to you

in a handkerchief,
but we're not yakuza.

So...

I resign.

- No.
- I agree.

I won't have it,
and you can't do it.

We knew this was war.

If you go, it'll look
like I'm taking a knee

and admitting defeat,
and that can't happen.

The question is,

what are you going
to do about it now?

There is no now.
We lost. This is defeat.

And you don't know how
to come back from defeat?

She's never lost before.

- You've never--
- Not like this.

Not really.

How does it feel?

Sick.

Burning.

Like I want to win.

We can appeal, but the NYAG

could drag this out
for months and years,

and we'd miss the delivery
deadline on the Olympics.

Calder said we had the support
of the unions and the state.

We could try to get
an exception to the federal law.

Go above Chuck.

She didn't mention
the governor?

No.

The state,
but not Sweeney specifically.

[door opens]

Ah, Michael Prince.

Thank you for taking
the time to see--

I was on the other side
of this move once.

Sweeter to be on this one, no?

Oh, it's great.
Lot of fun.

I'll come back
when you're unencumbered.

[Sweeney] Nonsense.

Chuck is here to commiserate

- with both of us.
- Yeah.

Losing those cars,
that was a, uh, was a blow.

A lovely gift
for New York to have gotten.

A shame.

The only people standing
in the way of the buy

are in this room.

The three of us, right now,

can do what's best
for the average New Yorker.

No such thing as
the average New Yorker.

If you were from here,
you'd know that.

But your generosity
won't be forgotten.

There's no money
without the cars.

Well, I am surprised
to hear you say that.

I really am.

And I gotta say,
a little disappointed.

It's not that you owe
the city the two billion.

[chuckles]
Would that he did.

No, but you did
promise it to the MTA.

You see, when you made
that promise,

I made other promises.
I moved money around.

I made phone calls,
took meetings.

I made assurances
to a lot people.

Ohh, and you likely used
Mr. Prince's name a lot.

Of course, 'cause you know
in those situations,

you want to give credit
where credit's due, right?

And the newspapers?

They already have
the story of his largesse.

Profiles are being written.

A hagiographic haze.

That is an awkward round
of corrections.

[Sweeney] Yeah. So, you see
in that light, Mr. Prince,

I'm a little
worried for you.

If you're saying I've got
to take those assurances back,

well... [chuckles]

...let's just say,
they bought both of us

an enormous amount of good will.

And it's the rare man
that can escape the perception

of a broken promise.

Perhaps Michael Prince
is one of them.

Though it does seem rather
risky for one who needs

the entire infrastructure
of the state to support

a New York City Olympic bid.

We'll make
an undirected donation

of two billion dollars
to the MTA tomorrow morning.

Oof.

In exchange for?

Good will, and a player
to be named later.

Your nephew is an investment
that will pay off.

He is.

Undoubtedly.

You and I can't stay
there forever.

You know where we're headed.
You're the only one.

But when we leave,

to do the thing,

we need to install someone
who'll run the place right.

["Every Breath You Take"
by the Police plays]

Every breath you take

And every move you make....

To the New York City
Subway System.

Long may she run.

I've been hired by
these guys before.

He's gonna spend double
what you took from him

to get the win.

Yes. He will.

The point isn't
to stop him from attacking.

All we can do is find out
what he plans to do next,

and then,
like all good insurgents,

keep him coming,

spending, fighting.

Losing.

Stuart.

The Board was
incredibly impressed

with your presentation.
You changed a lot of minds.

But we're slower than you folks,
so we took a moment.

They talked about it
the whole flight back.

They were very
flustered by your plane.

Could hardly
handle the luxury.

I flew back commercial.

But,

we have a unanimous vote.

It seems that we are looking
at misappropriated state funds

earmarked for the school.

And despite your
new hunting cabin,

the Range Rover
in your parking space, and...

your new, private,
executive washroom,

I might still believe
you used the funds correctly.

But my counterpart
here in Indiana....

[laughs]

...does not agree,

and I am having
trouble waving him off.

So what would wave him off?

Maybe if you were
willing to help me

with a small
alumni affairs matter

regarding Michael Prince.

We're on the Prince List.

Great news.

[whistles]

Mr. Legere, meet
Michael Prince Capital.

MPC, meet the final piece
of the Prince List.

Indiana A&M.

[all cheer]

Every vow you break

Every smile you fake

Every claim you stake

I'll be watching you

Every move you make

Every step you take

I'll be watching you

I'll be watching you

Every breath you take

Every move you make

Every bond you break

I'll be watching you

Every single day

Every word you say

Every game you play

- Every night you stay - I'll be watching you

Every move you make