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[Axe]
Previously on Billions.
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[Luke] We got Nancy Dunlop
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burning up the track
ahead of us.
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- Hoot-hoot!
- [all] Hoot-hoot!
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You are my beau ideal
of a presidential candidate.
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I want to talk about
how I can help you secure it.
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Your former man Winston
is shopping a new piece
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of risk-management software.
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You will surrender
the software immediately,
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as it is the property
of Michael Prince Capital.
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[Scooter]
We know that Wags and Wendy
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were also with Taylor,
and went to Axelrod.
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[Prince] So, if you try
anything, it won’t be you
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who’ll suffer,
it’ll be Wendy Rhoades.
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With a new leadership structure
comes new opportunity,
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every rung of the ladder.
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[Ben Kim]
It’s gonna be a bloodbath.
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[reporters shouting]
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[Axe]
You see, this is the problem
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with squaring away
your enemies list.
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You wake up all your enemies
in the process.
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[Wendy]
Welcome home, Bobby.
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Thank God you’re here.
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Ain’t that
the motherfucking truth.
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Now let’s get to work.
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♪♪♪♪
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[Bruce Springsteen: "It’s Hard
to Be a Saint in the City"]
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♪♪ I had skin like leather ♪
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♪♪ And the diamond-hard
Look of a cobra ♪♪
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♪♪ I was born
Blue and weathered ♪♪
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♪♪ But I burst
Just like a supernova ♪♪
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♪♪ I could walk like Brando
Right into the sun ♪♪
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♪♪ Then dance
Just like a Casanova ♪♪
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♪♪ With my blackjack
And jacket ♪♪
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♪♪ And my hair slicked sweet
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♪♪ Silver star studs on my du
Just like a Harley in heat
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♪♪ When I strut down the stre
I could hear its heart beat ♪
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♪♪ The sisters fell back
And said ♪♪
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♪♪ "Don’t that man
Look pretty" ♪♪
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♪♪ The cripple on the corner
Cried out ♪♪
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Hi, I just tried texting you.
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We up and running?
Everything going smooth?
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♪♪ It’s so hard to be a saint
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♪♪ In the city ♪♪
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Mike.
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You should have told me
you were coming
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so I could’ve had a strong,
fresh-brewed cup
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of get the fuck out
waiting for you.
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Oh, I’ll leave.
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But first, let me tell you
how I spent yesterday.
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[Scooter] As per your
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"we’re getting out of-slash-
poised to get out of"...
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I have orders at the ready
for our traders here
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to start unloading
at the opening bell, but--
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- Copy.
- You can’t copy
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while there’s a "but" out there.
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The but says, "Don’t copy yet,
there’s more to discuss."
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And the word "order,"
which you used,
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says there’s nothing
left to discuss.
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It’s the rock,
paper and scissors
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of organizational structure.
Get it done.
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You need to hear that we
are going to take a real hit,
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optics-wise and wallet-wise.
We will look scared.
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We are scared. Or at least
on guard, as is appropriate.
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There could be lawsuits
from our investors and LPs.
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Spyros and Sacker
have both flagged
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possible legal liability
if we really dump
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out of this stuff too quickly
and take losses.
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I understand all that, and will
deal with it when and if.
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So, yeah, you really have to
tell me to push the button and--
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I did.
That’s what I said.
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In the heat of the moment,
sure.
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But now,
in the calm of the after,
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maybe we do some
deep-breathing exercises,
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get that oxygenated blood
to sort of set our somatics
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back to normal,
and then review the decision
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to basically have
a Korvettes-level
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"everything must go"
kind of fire sale.
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Somatic system, limbic system,
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brain waves
all functioning well.
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I had to push aside
all the emotional pain
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associated with this move to get
to a place of pure rationality.
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This is not a rash decision.
It’s reasoned.
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I know, because
I don’t want to do it.
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I don’t want to do it.
You do.
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Leadership is pumping
the brakes on "want"
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and putting pedal to the floor
on that which needs to be done.
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[Prince] You will structure
the liquidation
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and execute it at the open.
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I will.
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Yes. Okay.
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Give me specifics.
What can we keep?
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You can’t keep anything.
Get us flat.
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Everything becomes cash,
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and exposure to Axelrod
and his attacks goes to zero.
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This is a guy
who’s strip-mined towns,
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knocked out
prominent families,
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taken over boards,
blown up firms,
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sabotaged thriving companies.
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Killed my ambassadorship.
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Exposure: zero.
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And that’s not even
considering Rhoades
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and all the crud he has
the capacity to do to us.
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No, will stay out unless
and until we are bulletproof.
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Only after we establish
completely favorable conditions
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do we plow back in.
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Jumping out in front of it,
like Sauce Gardner.
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If you think I’m stopping there,
you don’t know me.
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Oh, I know you.
I watch close.
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[laughs]
Yeah, I would imagine you do.
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Which is why
I was watching everything.
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All my people.
All the things they do.
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Everything.
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Yeah. You said.
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I guess it’s always important
to keep a close eye
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when your people are really
your kidnap victims.
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No, Axe, not a close eye.
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A thousand eyes and ears,
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and the software
to make sense of it all.
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I stepped it up before I got
on that plane to come see you.
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He’s back, as you can see.
We are back.
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Already up and running.
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I don’t have to pitch you the
feeling of coming home, do I?
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I can see on your faces
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the effect
is already hitting you.
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Yeah. Emotions
are present, no doubt.
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Strong pull
to join forces again,
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but there are
other forces at play.
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Even more powerful.
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Fucking feelings
can’t run this show.
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If they did, I’d be all day
coaching middle school baseball.
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You’ll have time to
if you stay with Prince.
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Nothing else for you to do.
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He’s pulling out of everything.
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How much did he consult you
about that?
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How much control
do you really have?
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How much do you want to be able
to control your destiny?
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I control my destiny.
We all do.
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By staying at a place
that isn’t even making trades?
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A money market account,
not a hedge fund?
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We can’t do what you did.
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We can’t leave all we
worked for at risk,
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gated at a place
we’ve alienated.
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You can.
You just get past the money.
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You remember that risking it all
is what animates you.
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It is all that animates you.
Or it used to.
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What about you?
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You were never
just about the money.
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Me, 20 years ago,
would have said fuck yes.
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But now?
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I am too old.
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Don’t go full Murtaugh.
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It’s too depressing
from former warriors.
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Not being willing to lose
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everything I’ve made
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isn’t the same as retirement.
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[Dollar Bill]
And Axe’ll understand.
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He fucking taught us
to play the best hand
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to make the most money.
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[Victor] Yeah.
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We’re there now,
at Prince Capital.
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All our money,
our whole fucking future.
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We gotta make
this thing crush.
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Whether or not
he becomes president,
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our money is still
onboard there.
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[clears throat]
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[door opens]
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It’s a really nice office.
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♪♪♪♪
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We need Nancy Dunlop.
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Do we?
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I took her out
at The Owl.
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Yes, and you got
Fourth Pike’s support.
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But the rest of the country,
the parts that love her,
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weren’t privy to that.
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Next step,
now that she’s beaten,
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is for her to publicly declare
she’s with you.
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I need the investment stuff here
resolved first.
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But, uh, I get that you’re
jonesing pretty hard over this,
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- so lay it out.
- Okay.
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First of all,
she’s in New York.
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And if you win her over,
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Dunlop turns her
organization over to us.
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That means her field operatives
around the country
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and the voter data.
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We get Montana and likely
the other Western states.
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This is the leading Democrat
giving you her troops
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and her endorsement.
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Email lists, donor lists,
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dark money orgs,
links to unions,
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lefty groups, grassroots.
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The keys
to the whole candy store.
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That’s right. We wouldn’t have
to build and stock our own.
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And once you have all that,
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you are the presumptive
candidate.
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The front-runner.
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The presidential intelligence
briefings start,
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which will make you,
for all intents and purposes,
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the heir apparent.
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First time in the modern age
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an independent candidate
would be in that perch.
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I get it.
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Book her for dinner,
but I’m not doing anything
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until the money
is taken care of here.
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I’ll say this for you, Axe.
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You trained Dollar Bill
and Victor well.
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They did the right thing,
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like Henry Hill
after the Air France heist.
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They paid tribute.
They kicked up.
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The important thing is
we said no.
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Unequivocally. To Axe.
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We hardly even heard him out.
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Axe approached you,
you rebuffed him.
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This is the thing?
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- His proxy, yes.
- Taylor.
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Way we figure it, this is the
rocket ship we want to be on.
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And they came
right to me.
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Didn’t waffle. Didn’t evade.
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Didn’t make us go to them.
Same with Rian.
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She emailed, though,
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said she’s not
in a talking mood.
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Good.
These are the trusteds.
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You all are.
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So start finding me
base hit trades.
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Singles and doubles only,
with predefined exits.
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When we go back in,
it’ll be a big, concerted move.
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Only moves worth making.
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I’ve got some ideas,
stuff I’m looking at.
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- We start with--
- [Prince] But not yet.
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Not until I’m bulletproof.
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Prepare. But don’t act.
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How come you two
didn’t run to me or Philip?
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Uh, these-- these two
are good guys and good earners.
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And they weren’t even there.
Didn’t go see him.
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- It’s true what he says.
- But they were invited.
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You were, weren’t you?
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You were touched,
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invited to go hear a pitch
from Axe Global.
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You didn’t report it.
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We also didn’t go.
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As Dollar Bill said.
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Because your feelings
ran so deep
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you couldn’t
bear passing in person?
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You knew if you looked upon him
you would submit.
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Is that right?
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- Sounds right.
- I said it, so, yeah.
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It is.
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But we didn’t go.
249
00:11:58,210 --> 00:12:00,350
We’re not the bad guys here.
250
00:12:00,550 --> 00:12:02,380
Nope. You’re not.
251
00:12:05,020 --> 00:12:06,390
But so what?
252
00:12:06,590 --> 00:12:09,190
Good guys, good earners.
Go join a 4H club.
253
00:12:09,390 --> 00:12:11,290
I’ll find more.
You’re both fired.
254
00:12:12,590 --> 00:12:14,060
What the fuck?
255
00:12:14,260 --> 00:12:15,800
These emotions you have
can be played in ways
256
00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,230
you aren’t even
gonna be aware of.
257
00:12:17,430 --> 00:12:20,300
You’re a risk to me.
Or were. Goodbye.
258
00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,530
You understand why Prince
had to let Ben Kim and Tuk go.
259
00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:53,070
I understood what the man said.
260
00:12:53,270 --> 00:12:54,370
Is that how you
would have handled it?
261
00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:55,700
I don’t know,
262
00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:57,040
but I saw the logic
of it instantly.
263
00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,440
Do you ever disagree?
264
00:13:00,710 --> 00:13:01,780
If you do,
does he listen?
265
00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:03,410
We communicate all day long
266
00:13:03,610 --> 00:13:04,610
in ways verbal
and otherwise.
267
00:13:04,810 --> 00:13:06,050
He knows where I stand.
268
00:13:06,250 --> 00:13:07,920
And that’ll carry over
to Washington?
269
00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,720
- That’s the plan.
- You’re good with that?
270
00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:11,690
You see him in the chair?
271
00:13:11,890 --> 00:13:13,520
You have doubts?
272
00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,560
No. I just like him here,
steering this big boy of a ship.
273
00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,760
You will still feel his
steady hand on the rudder
274
00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,560
whenever you fear
you might lose control of it.
275
00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:22,930
But you won’t need that.
276
00:13:23,130 --> 00:13:24,700
By then, you will be
fully ready.
277
00:13:25,730 --> 00:13:26,930
Yes, sir.
278
00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,370
That’s how you feel, isn’t it?
279
00:13:29,570 --> 00:13:30,970
Solid with all this right now?
280
00:13:31,170 --> 00:13:33,110
As a slab
of Carrara marble, Unc.
281
00:13:33,310 --> 00:13:35,380
And you can get done
what you need to
282
00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:36,980
with the personnel left
at your disposal?
283
00:13:37,180 --> 00:13:38,280
Not a problem.
284
00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:39,610
Good.
285
00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:46,960
[scoffs]
286
00:13:47,150 --> 00:13:49,060
[Prince] Sadly,
your move to hire back
287
00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:51,060
your people out
from under me failed,
288
00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:52,730
like nearly everything
you’ve tried lately.
289
00:13:52,930 --> 00:13:55,260
Not everything, Mike, huh?
290
00:13:59,430 --> 00:14:00,600
Where you headed?
291
00:14:02,370 --> 00:14:03,810
Call me for the next
campaign event.
292
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,670
I’ll live up
to my end of the agreement.
293
00:14:05,870 --> 00:14:07,580
Till then, I’ll be
bouldering in the ’Gunks.
294
00:14:07,770 --> 00:14:09,240
With Derek?
295
00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:12,450
Now you’re not talking?
296
00:14:13,710 --> 00:14:15,520
Don’t, Mike.
297
00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,620
We’re don’t ask,
don’t tell again?
298
00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:20,120
We agreed to pause the
arrangement during the campaign.
299
00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,420
That agreement got overridden
by certain other actions.
300
00:14:25,730 --> 00:14:27,330
Tell me I’m wrong.
301
00:14:28,630 --> 00:14:30,630
This can be used against me.
302
00:14:30,830 --> 00:14:32,700
It has been.
303
00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,670
Which raises the question
of who did what first?
304
00:14:37,140 --> 00:14:38,810
Not a question
I’m interested in.
305
00:14:39,970 --> 00:14:41,480
So I’m going off the grid.
306
00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,010
Nothing will be known,
nothing will be raised,
307
00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:46,550
nothing will be written.
308
00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:48,480
I’m just gonna go do my thing,
309
00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,950
while you continue to do yours.
310
00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:53,190
As always.
311
00:15:01,430 --> 00:15:02,630
Derek sent a picture.
312
00:15:04,330 --> 00:15:05,800
Big rocks.
313
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,870
Don’t get too excited.
314
00:15:08,070 --> 00:15:09,670
I kept my focus on business.
315
00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:11,740
There’s a matter
I need to read you in on.
316
00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:15,010
But first, did you handle
the prior matter? Winston?
317
00:15:18,380 --> 00:15:20,920
"Bring me my Bow
of burning gold:
318
00:15:22,350 --> 00:15:25,220
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
319
00:15:25,420 --> 00:15:27,490
Bring me my Spear:
320
00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:29,890
O clouds unfold!
321
00:15:30,090 --> 00:15:33,060
Bring me my Chariot of fire!"
322
00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,930
Do I need a bow,
a spear, a chariot?
323
00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:40,730
Nay, we just need
your algorithm.
324
00:15:40,930 --> 00:15:44,940
You know, ChatGPT-4 can adjust
the tone of the words it uses
325
00:15:45,140 --> 00:15:46,880
to meet the vernacular
of the questioner.
326
00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:48,780
Some humans can do same.
327
00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:50,780
Let me try.
328
00:15:50,980 --> 00:15:53,410
Reviewing contents
of entire Internet.
329
00:15:53,610 --> 00:15:55,750
Matching your inane
turn of phrase.
330
00:15:55,950 --> 00:15:57,950
And, yes, locked in.
331
00:15:58,150 --> 00:15:59,890
Let’s try this:
332
00:16:00,090 --> 00:16:02,060
"So you ride yourselves
over the fields
333
00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:04,860
and you make
all your animal deals,
334
00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:08,100
and your wise men
don’t know how it feels
335
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,560
to be thick as a brick."
336
00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:12,700
Yeah, that works.
337
00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:14,800
Ah, the Tull.
338
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,810
Love it, love it, loave it.
339
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,810
Thick as a brick.
340
00:16:20,010 --> 00:16:21,740
Hard no on that.
341
00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:23,480
I can set an after-school
playdate for you two
342
00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,410
to continue along these
engaging lines, but first--
343
00:16:25,610 --> 00:16:27,480
What I’m pointing out
is he must be thick as a brick
344
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,450
to ask for what he and you
and this place already have:
345
00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:31,720
my algo.
346
00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:32,950
No, I got it,
347
00:16:33,150 --> 00:16:34,660
but what we need
specifically
348
00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,790
is for you to reset
the parameters on the risk algo.
349
00:16:37,990 --> 00:16:40,600
Dial back profit
as prime objective temporarily
350
00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:42,660
in order to really
protect downside.
351
00:16:42,860 --> 00:16:45,670
Yeah, that kind of adjustment
is not in the deal.
352
00:16:45,870 --> 00:16:48,440
The spirit of the arrangement
we made, Winston, should--
353
00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,000
I’m more
a "letter of the contract"
354
00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:51,840
sort of guy, you know?
So...
355
00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,980
"The letter killeth,
but the spirit giveth life."
356
00:16:56,180 --> 00:16:59,480
That’s some New Testament shit,
you hear me?
357
00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,280
I see it like this.
358
00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,420
I could remind you of
all the various and sundry ways
359
00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:05,350
that I could ruin your life.
360
00:17:05,550 --> 00:17:07,590
Or I could treat you
like a valued,
361
00:17:07,790 --> 00:17:10,860
important and brilliant
member of the team,
362
00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:12,430
being asked to roll up
the sleeves.
363
00:17:12,630 --> 00:17:14,330
It’s not about
the work it’ll take.
364
00:17:14,530 --> 00:17:16,760
That’s fine. I’m Wozniak on
’roids up in this motherfucker.
365
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,300
Nope. It’s about ego.
366
00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:20,700
You just said that.
367
00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,000
Ego, which translates
into dollars.
368
00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,040
The whole thing is,
I am in the process
369
00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,470
of careering
off of this algorithm,
370
00:17:26,670 --> 00:17:27,980
and for that to be the case,
371
00:17:28,170 --> 00:17:29,480
I need it to be
a money-making machine.
372
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,480
- Which it is.
- I get it.
373
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,680
So, what dollar figure
would you attach
374
00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,480
to the sublimation of that ego
375
00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,050
in order for us to get
what we need right now?
376
00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:41,960
It’s a seven-figure number
that starts with "Oh, shit!"
377
00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,060
That’ll be fine.
378
00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:46,960
Get started today. Now.
379
00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,660
We have a time frame.
380
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,630
It’s right fucking now.
381
00:17:50,830 --> 00:17:52,330
That’s not what I’m here
to walk through.
382
00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:55,000
Well, can it wait?
Today is about the money first.
383
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,170
This is about the money.
384
00:17:57,370 --> 00:17:59,870
I expected Chuck
would be strategizing
385
00:18:00,070 --> 00:18:01,310
with former Axe Cappers.
386
00:18:01,510 --> 00:18:02,540
Didn’t know where else
387
00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:03,810
the radar blip would come from,
388
00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:05,180
but I was ready.
389
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,920
Based on the binder Chuck
has so graciously provided,
390
00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,890
we have a pretty good overview
of Prince’s private holdings.
391
00:18:16,090 --> 00:18:18,830
Now this brain trust
can lay out an attack plan.
392
00:18:19,030 --> 00:18:21,360
Best targets in my opinion
are the restaurant group,
393
00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,760
the meat-processing plants,
clothing chains,
394
00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,400
and auto parts manufacturers.
395
00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,770
Hey, do you mind if I burn one?
396
00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:28,070
Uh, I do mind.
397
00:18:28,270 --> 00:18:31,040
Whomsoever ordered these, whoa.
398
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,340
Well, it’s Kensington Deli,
so...
399
00:18:33,540 --> 00:18:36,440
Hey, let’s lay out
how to attack this shit.
400
00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,380
All are vulnerable
to misinformation,
401
00:18:38,580 --> 00:18:41,050
disinformation,
false information,
402
00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:44,120
all designed to drive
the enterprise value down.
403
00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,290
Once the balance sheets start
to wobble, it just gets easier.
404
00:18:47,490 --> 00:18:49,260
There’s also
sabotage from within.
405
00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:52,590
Infiltrate personnel in
to encourage internal conflict.
406
00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:54,630
Disputes among
the management team.
407
00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:56,630
Create divisions
between employees.
408
00:18:56,830 --> 00:18:58,430
Foster a toxic
work environment.
409
00:18:58,630 --> 00:19:00,130
I, for one, know how
debilitating that can be.
410
00:19:00,330 --> 00:19:02,270
It really does lead
to decreased productivity
411
00:19:02,470 --> 00:19:03,640
and a weakened company culture.
412
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,140
You sure I can’t burn one?
413
00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:06,610
I’ll blow the smoke
out of the window.
414
00:19:06,810 --> 00:19:08,140
It makes my synapses
fire faster.
415
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,110
I know that’s not
what it typically does,
416
00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:15,420
but my doctor says I have
a paradoxical reaction to weed.
417
00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,290
Your doctor says that?
418
00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,150
I mean, she’s not
technically a doctor.
419
00:19:19,350 --> 00:19:20,490
More of a spirit walker.
420
00:19:20,690 --> 00:19:21,990
Answer’s still no.
421
00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:24,830
There are also
poison pill strategies.
422
00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:27,660
Clandestinely encourage
unethical business practices.
423
00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:29,460
- Bribery, you mean?
- Sure.
424
00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:31,170
If you want
to get earthy about it.
425
00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:33,570
Which you fellas could then
investigate and announce.
426
00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:35,900
[Bach]
And legal entanglements.
427
00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:38,470
Lawsuits designed
to tie up their resources
428
00:19:38,670 --> 00:19:39,910
in lengthy battles
that distract them
429
00:19:40,110 --> 00:19:41,810
from their core
business operations.
430
00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:50,920
Amanda, you have
a grand jury suit?
431
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:53,750
’Cause you’re gonna need it.
Lots of appearances coming up.
432
00:19:53,950 --> 00:19:56,360
We’ve stumbled upon a whole
bunch of dirty companies,
433
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,990
as you see.
434
00:19:58,190 --> 00:20:01,460
You’re going to probably need
more than one.
435
00:20:01,660 --> 00:20:03,000
Try something
without stripes.
436
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,330
- They moiré.
- [Chuck] And get it quick.
437
00:20:05,530 --> 00:20:07,970
Grand jury’s open,
and we’re going with a long list
438
00:20:08,170 --> 00:20:09,370
of charges
against these companies.
439
00:20:09,570 --> 00:20:10,640
We expect indictments.
440
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,140
You want me to suit up
441
00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:13,810
for something
we’re six months away on?
442
00:20:14,010 --> 00:20:15,710
[Chuck]
Six months? No.
443
00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:17,180
We’re announcing these
investigations
444
00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:18,850
and coming charges tomorrow.
445
00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:22,550
All of these companies
are owned by Michael Prince,
446
00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:23,820
or his subsidiaries.
447
00:20:24,020 --> 00:20:25,390
Mm, that’s right.
448
00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:27,360
We hurt the companies,
and we hurt Prince.
449
00:20:27,550 --> 00:20:29,160
- Badly.
- Tag the companies as bad.
450
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:30,620
Ruin them without knowing
451
00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:32,060
if anything criminal
actually happened.
452
00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:34,860
Do the investigation
after the fact.
453
00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:37,570
I plan on using the power
of this office to its fullest,
454
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,130
and I expect you
to do the same.
455
00:20:39,330 --> 00:20:41,500
Otherwise
it is wasted on you,
456
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,170
and will be given to someone
not so easily offended.
457
00:20:44,370 --> 00:20:46,640
You don’t see me
clutching my pearls.
458
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,240
I don’t even own any.
459
00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,680
Guys, there is
an order to things.
460
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,420
Learn of a crime, investigate,
confirm, announce,
461
00:20:54,610 --> 00:20:57,350
so that only companies
that are bad actors are hurt.
462
00:20:57,550 --> 00:21:00,020
And I assure you
we will find crimes.
463
00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:02,520
Fruit of a poison tree
called Michael Prince.
464
00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,090
You’re okay with this?
465
00:21:06,290 --> 00:21:07,830
We have enough to start.
466
00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:10,400
And I will slumber
like a wee babe tonight.
467
00:21:12,130 --> 00:21:13,500
While I will sleep as always:
468
00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,570
deeply, but only 20 minutes
at a time.
469
00:21:15,770 --> 00:21:18,610
But, yes,
free of moral paroxysms.
470
00:21:20,810 --> 00:21:23,780
There are thousands of employees
at these companies.
471
00:21:23,980 --> 00:21:26,510
Working people who will not be
once we start this.
472
00:21:26,710 --> 00:21:29,250
When one man rises
to this level of threat,
473
00:21:29,450 --> 00:21:31,590
that is the way the system
must be used.
474
00:21:36,890 --> 00:21:38,260
You’re not in law school
anymore.
475
00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:39,760
This is the show.
476
00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:43,100
So you have two choices,
Miss Torre.
477
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:45,100
You can do your job
and write the briefs
478
00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:47,770
and stand with us as we announce
these investigations tomorrow,
479
00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:50,300
or be complicit.
480
00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:18,100
Is it just us, or are we
waiting for the Third Man?
481
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,670
You can almost hear
the footsteps.
482
00:22:21,870 --> 00:22:25,310
What you said.
About Chuck showing who he is.
483
00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:26,770
It fucking happened.
484
00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:28,140
Tell me.
485
00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:29,410
The three of them.
486
00:22:29,610 --> 00:22:31,010
Him and Ira and Allerd,
487
00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:32,850
they all line up together
and expect what from me?
488
00:22:33,050 --> 00:22:34,520
Obedience? Fealty?
489
00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:36,680
I need the thing, not your
feelings about the thing.
490
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,920
He’s got a list of Prince’s
private companies.
491
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:40,450
Investigations
to be announced tomorrow.
492
00:22:40,650 --> 00:22:41,820
There’s nothing there.
493
00:22:42,020 --> 00:22:43,160
I may not be voting
for your boss,
494
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,930
but he’s as far from a crime
495
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,460
as I am from starring
in a Black Swan remake.
496
00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:48,960
Don’t have the dance moves?
497
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,930
My jeté is for shit.
498
00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:54,100
The targets.
And how targeted.
499
00:22:57,770 --> 00:22:59,010
Wow.
500
00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:00,370
I can’t stop
these investigations,
501
00:23:00,570 --> 00:23:01,640
or the announcements
that are coming.
502
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,880
I can’t stop him.
503
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,480
But I can at least knock the
intended victim out of the way.
504
00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:23,230
So, yeah, I have a source
and some documentation.
505
00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:25,530
I know how Chuck
is gonna attack, and where.
506
00:23:25,730 --> 00:23:28,470
Who’s the source?
How close? How good? And who?
507
00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:30,070
Close. All I can say.
508
00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:31,870
Without the specific name,
509
00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:33,870
it’s hard for me to put
confidence in the information.
510
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:35,640
I understand
what you’re thinking--
511
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,640
that Chuck might want you
to know he’s investigating
512
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,350
to induce a reaction,
but I can’t tell you.
513
00:23:39,550 --> 00:23:40,980
For the source’s sake.
514
00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:43,550
Nice of you to protect
Amanda Torre from SDNY.
515
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,190
Shit.
516
00:23:47,390 --> 00:23:49,520
So those footsteps.
I wasn’t just hearing things.
517
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,760
Smart. Trust no one.
518
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,830
I don’t even know
who they’re tracking or when.
519
00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:57,430
I just look
at what they send me.
520
00:23:57,630 --> 00:23:59,530
It’s that same prudence
that makes me suggest
521
00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:02,670
you sell out your positions
even in these private companies.
522
00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:04,440
All your private
equity positions.
523
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:05,710
Unless he wants us to do that.
524
00:24:05,910 --> 00:24:07,570
Unless that won’t be enough.
525
00:24:07,770 --> 00:24:10,210
It all depends on how many steps
from the idiot he thinks I am,
526
00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:12,780
and he presumes
I think he is.
527
00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:14,720
[cell phone vibrates]
528
00:24:14,910 --> 00:24:16,020
I-I need a whiteboard.
529
00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:17,880
Dunlop just texted me, Mike.
530
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,550
She needs to push your dinner.
531
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:22,090
- Tomorrow?
- "Heading back home.
532
00:24:22,290 --> 00:24:24,020
Next trip should be soon."
533
00:24:33,030 --> 00:24:34,230
Herbert Yardley.
Know the name?
534
00:24:34,430 --> 00:24:35,900
WWII codebreaker.
535
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:40,610
And wrote the first
great poker strategy book.
536
00:24:40,810 --> 00:24:43,710
In it, he kind of invents
game theory.
537
00:24:43,910 --> 00:24:46,310
Now the example we use to figure
this out is the quarterback,
538
00:24:46,510 --> 00:24:48,650
because in order
to defend against him,
539
00:24:48,850 --> 00:24:51,650
you need to figure out
how many steps removed
540
00:24:51,850 --> 00:24:53,620
from the idiot he is.
541
00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:56,560
An idiot quarterback
looks directly
542
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,890
at the man he throws to.
543
00:24:59,090 --> 00:25:01,660
Now, what do you do if you’re
the middle linebacker, Kate?
544
00:25:01,860 --> 00:25:04,100
Jump into the path of the ball,
just go where he’s looking
545
00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:05,570
and intercept the pass.
546
00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:07,070
And if he’s one step removed,
547
00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:11,510
if he looks left
but throws right each time.
548
00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:14,010
- Also easy to defend.
- [Luke] Sure.
549
00:25:14,210 --> 00:25:16,240
You go to the opposite of his
eyes and intercept the pass.
550
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:17,750
But-- and this
is where the idea
551
00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:20,350
of un-exploitable play
comes from--
552
00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:22,180
if he knows you’re running
this thought process,
553
00:25:22,380 --> 00:25:25,090
he can figure how many steps
removed you think he is,
554
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,520
and he can go eight
or nine steps further out.
555
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,360
Chuck is going to announce
an investigation...
556
00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:33,690
so I sell.
557
00:25:33,890 --> 00:25:36,930
But he wants me to know,
so I don’t sell.
558
00:25:38,430 --> 00:25:40,670
But he knows I know,
559
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:42,870
so he doesn’t really
want me to sell.
560
00:25:43,070 --> 00:25:44,540
On and on.
561
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:49,480
Now the question is,
562
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,680
how many degrees from the idiot
does he think I am?
563
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,780
How many is he?
564
00:25:53,980 --> 00:25:55,680
That’s what I need
to figure, right?
565
00:25:57,780 --> 00:25:59,190
No.
566
00:25:59,390 --> 00:26:01,150
[laughs]
567
00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:04,730
Good. Good.
568
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,390
That’s what he wants me
spending my time on.
569
00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:10,500
Sorting out the financial attack
he and Axe are planning.
570
00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:13,070
He wants all my focus
on that flank,
571
00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:15,470
ignoring the front where the war
is really taking place.
572
00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:19,670
Shoot.
Get back to Dunlop.
573
00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:21,040
Tell her to be
at my house tonight
574
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,680
after whatever she’s doing.
575
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,710
Demand it.
576
00:26:24,910 --> 00:26:27,650
She doesn’t leave the isle
of Manhattan before we meet.
577
00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:30,350
That’s what you counted on.
578
00:26:30,550 --> 00:26:32,420
Getting me all caught up
in your frontal attack
579
00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:34,190
so I’d miss the real play:
580
00:26:34,390 --> 00:26:36,690
winning Governor Dunlop
and her support.
581
00:26:36,890 --> 00:26:38,160
- Huh.
- But you see,
582
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,160
I remembered what was most
important to me:
583
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,930
the presidency,
and how to get there.
584
00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:46,600
I think you know she hasn’t
made her announcement yet.
585
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,570
No, but I think I know
what it’s gonna be.
586
00:26:49,770 --> 00:26:51,370
Do you?
587
00:26:51,570 --> 00:26:53,570
Well, then you should know
what I did yesterday, Mike.
588
00:26:53,770 --> 00:26:55,940
♪♪♪♪
589
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,460
So this is where
the magic happens.
590
00:27:10,660 --> 00:27:13,860
Never could make the elephant
disappear when it came to you.
591
00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:15,700
But yeah,
this is the place.
592
00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:18,470
Though as you know,
the usual weapons of this office
593
00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:22,270
are also coming up short
against Prince.
594
00:27:23,740 --> 00:27:25,310
All right, well,
let’s get into it.
595
00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:27,870
Do your thing, Wend.
596
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:30,110
We’re dealing with an ambitious,
597
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:32,750
competitive, confident,
598
00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:36,220
charismatic, socially conscious
strategic thinker
599
00:27:36,420 --> 00:27:39,290
with high emotional intelligence
and deep resources.
600
00:27:39,490 --> 00:27:40,620
Jeez, it’s a wonder
I even thought
601
00:27:40,820 --> 00:27:42,220
to come back for this fight.
602
00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:43,990
Or even why I get out of bed
in the morning.
603
00:27:44,190 --> 00:27:45,960
[Wendy]
But he’s morally complex,
604
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,230
which means he likes to think
he’s more ethical
605
00:27:48,430 --> 00:27:49,800
than those around him.
606
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,430
And he is not immune
from engaging
607
00:27:51,630 --> 00:27:53,300
in questionable tactics
to achieve his goals.
608
00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,940
That is a slippery slope,
and one place he can be hit.
609
00:27:57,140 --> 00:28:00,570
And he believes in his own
infallibility above all else.
610
00:28:01,610 --> 00:28:02,980
Something you fell prey to
611
00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:04,440
that last time you tangled
with the man.
612
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,080
I thought my play
was un-exploitable.
613
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,780
Until you found out that any
approach can be exploited
614
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:11,120
if it becomes known.
615
00:28:12,650 --> 00:28:14,690
He’s going to cash
with everything.
616
00:28:14,890 --> 00:28:16,090
Whole Street’s
talking about it.
617
00:28:16,290 --> 00:28:18,190
It’s untenable.
618
00:28:18,390 --> 00:28:20,090
He’s probably looking
for some sort of hard reset
619
00:28:20,290 --> 00:28:22,300
to make sure we’re not already
in his holdings.
620
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,270
He’ll have to buy back in fast.
621
00:28:24,460 --> 00:28:27,470
Nobody wants to pay him
two and twenty to sit in cash.
622
00:28:27,670 --> 00:28:28,770
How long does he have?
623
00:28:28,970 --> 00:28:30,770
A few days, max.
624
00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:33,210
He’ll try to massage
his investors, his employees,
625
00:28:33,410 --> 00:28:34,710
but he smells the attack.
626
00:28:34,910 --> 00:28:36,010
He knows we want to hurt him.
627
00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:37,980
Hurt? No. Annihilate.
628
00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:40,450
Send his holdings up
in a mushroom cloud.
629
00:28:40,650 --> 00:28:41,820
[scoffs]
630
00:28:42,010 --> 00:28:43,380
You got a way
to separate his cash
631
00:28:43,580 --> 00:28:44,850
from all the people
that work there for him
632
00:28:45,050 --> 00:28:47,050
before you A-bomb his shit?
633
00:28:47,250 --> 00:28:49,120
You know, the ones you told me
you couldn’t abandon
634
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:50,690
and had to protect,
635
00:28:50,890 --> 00:28:52,290
so staying in London
was out for you.
636
00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:54,500
Those people?
637
00:28:58,530 --> 00:28:59,730
There is no way.
638
00:28:59,930 --> 00:29:02,000
Price of doing business here.
639
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:04,970
So who wins when Prince loses?
640
00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:07,910
The country.
641
00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:09,180
The world.
642
00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,350
Like it, don’t love it.
643
00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:13,010
[sighs]
644
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:15,420
All right,
let’s shift venues
645
00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:18,020
before your staff come
into work and clock I’m here.
646
00:29:18,220 --> 00:29:19,750
You need someplace
to work out of?
647
00:29:19,950 --> 00:29:21,490
I’m covered, Charles.
648
00:29:33,130 --> 00:29:35,670
Uh, yeah,
I’d say you’re covered.
649
00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:37,340
It’ll do for now.
650
00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:39,440
Still have my eye on a different
space for the long haul.
651
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:40,740
Sure.
652
00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:44,080
Strength report.
653
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:45,550
I think, from what I know,
654
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,010
Prince is gonna try
to lock up Dunlop.
655
00:29:47,210 --> 00:29:48,280
But she’s not easy.
656
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,550
We have to set it up
657
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:50,780
so she does what we want.
658
00:29:50,980 --> 00:29:52,750
Bobby, you need to reach Dunlop.
659
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:54,290
Offer her whatever you can.
660
00:29:54,490 --> 00:29:56,090
Make sure she doesn’t do
the wrong thing.
661
00:29:56,290 --> 00:29:58,830
And what is the overall plan
at the moment?
662
00:29:59,020 --> 00:30:01,360
Bankrupt Prince,
drain the portfolio,
663
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,030
use whatever we know
about the man
664
00:30:03,230 --> 00:30:05,430
and can glean
to set it up.
665
00:30:05,630 --> 00:30:08,070
You do know-- He does know
our money’s in there too?
666
00:30:08,270 --> 00:30:10,140
Like I told them:
Like it, don’t love it.
667
00:30:10,340 --> 00:30:12,770
Pitched Dollar Bill and Victor.
Pass from each.
668
00:30:12,970 --> 00:30:14,140
They love you, but...
669
00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:15,580
That’s the smart move.
670
00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,210
Their money’s
holding them hostage.
671
00:30:17,410 --> 00:30:19,580
Most people aren’t crazy
like you, Taylor.
672
00:30:19,780 --> 00:30:21,080
- And Ben and Tuk?
- Too emotional for them.
673
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,550
The whole thing.
They wouldn’t meet.
674
00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:24,080
They knew if they saw me,
especially you,
675
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,120
they’d just go in for a hug
and never let go.
676
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,760
Dumb move.
They’ll be canned by now.
677
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,330
You may be aware
that the guillotine
678
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,960
was originally conceived
and fashioned
679
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,430
by Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
680
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:39,230
as a more humane means
of execution.
681
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:41,100
Unaware.
682
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,640
But since we’ve already been
decapitated, sans the humanity--
683
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,810
Lightning quick.
684
00:30:47,010 --> 00:30:50,140
Less likely to be botched
than steel or scimitar.
685
00:30:50,340 --> 00:30:51,610
So, no severance package?
686
00:30:55,380 --> 00:30:56,680
So, yes severance package?
687
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,320
Consider the mouton
to have fallen.
688
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,660
Detailed data sheets
689
00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,690
of every farthing
you have tied up in this fund.
690
00:31:04,890 --> 00:31:06,690
Also known
as what you stand to lose
691
00:31:06,890 --> 00:31:09,300
should you use or discuss
or otherwise bandy about
692
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:10,830
anything you have learned
about trades
693
00:31:11,030 --> 00:31:12,530
and business practices here.
694
00:31:12,730 --> 00:31:14,600
You know we have
aggressive non-competes,
695
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:15,970
unless you think
we’re gonna bring
696
00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:18,170
our inside knowledge
to Starbucks.
697
00:31:18,370 --> 00:31:20,210
Only place on the Street
we can still work.
698
00:31:20,410 --> 00:31:22,710
You have aggressive
non-disparagement clauses too.
699
00:31:22,910 --> 00:31:25,450
Should you wind up
in said Starbucks,
700
00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:26,880
you had better be praising
Mike Prince
701
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,280
for the chance to quaff
702
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,150
their barely potable
breakfast blend.
703
00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,460
Key cards, please.
704
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:40,990
And your Nimbus rings.
705
00:31:52,810 --> 00:31:54,670
Find out how long
their non-competes are.
706
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,510
I’ve got to make
a call.
707
00:32:00,350 --> 00:32:02,320
See, I wasn’t exactly
caught unawares
708
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,650
by any of your
highlight reel plays.
709
00:32:04,850 --> 00:32:06,490
[over phone] Governor,
don’t meet with Michael Princ
710
00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:08,020
until you sit with me.
711
00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:10,390
Mr. Axelrod,
are we sharing calendars now?
712
00:32:10,590 --> 00:32:12,190
What makes you think I’m
meeting with Michael Prince?
713
00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:13,990
You’re the key piece.
714
00:32:14,190 --> 00:32:15,930
Anyone smart can see it.
715
00:32:16,130 --> 00:32:18,500
And Mike Prince, for all
his flaws, is at least that.
716
00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:20,270
We all know you’re
in New York. Come on.
717
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:23,400
[laughs]
All right, look,
718
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,040
I took the call because
you’re an influential man.
719
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,940
I like that you get
straight to the punch.
720
00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:29,680
That’s my style. So I will.
721
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,780
Even if you max out
your contributions
722
00:32:32,980 --> 00:32:36,850
and get all your fancy friends
to do the same...
723
00:32:37,050 --> 00:32:39,720
not sure the association
is what I need right now.
724
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,720
I’m no Wall Street fancy pants,
725
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,790
so I don’t see
how you can help.
726
00:32:44,990 --> 00:32:47,090
And I sure don’t see
any value in meeting.
727
00:32:47,290 --> 00:32:49,300
Oh, I think there is.
728
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,230
Whatever you have on
with Prince, cancel it.
729
00:32:52,430 --> 00:32:53,730
Postpone it at least,
730
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:56,040
and then meet with me
so I can show you.
731
00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:58,540
[sighs]
732
00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:01,710
♪♪ La-da-da
Da-da-da ♪♪
733
00:33:01,910 --> 00:33:03,810
- I’m gonna go check on the--
- Yeah, check on that.
734
00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:09,820
How we doing, guys?
735
00:33:10,020 --> 00:33:11,820
We’re doing good, thanks.
736
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:13,950
[Axe]
Fantastic, Tommy.
737
00:33:14,150 --> 00:33:15,620
I’m liking
this new red.
738
00:33:15,820 --> 00:33:17,090
It’s a good one.
739
00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,590
- All right, enjoy, everybody.
- Thank you so much.
740
00:33:21,790 --> 00:33:23,400
Salut, gentlemen.
741
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,870
Salut. Cheers.
742
00:33:25,060 --> 00:33:26,630
Salut. Enjoy your dinner.
743
00:33:29,470 --> 00:33:30,840
I don’t impress easily,
744
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,410
but Rao’s?
745
00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:33,740
All alone?
746
00:33:33,940 --> 00:33:35,910
Yeah, well,
these are my people.
747
00:33:36,110 --> 00:33:37,640
It can’t be that simple.
748
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,250
I’ve been asked here before
by my biggest donors,
749
00:33:40,450 --> 00:33:42,980
richest people in the world
offering to bring me.
750
00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:45,020
But I was never in town
751
00:33:45,220 --> 00:33:47,020
on the third Tuesday
of the month,
752
00:33:47,220 --> 00:33:48,620
or whenever they had
their regular table.
753
00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:52,290
And, look,
you’ve got the whole place.
754
00:33:52,490 --> 00:33:54,490
Can’t even imagine the cost.
755
00:33:54,690 --> 00:33:55,760
Nah. It ain’t about that.
756
00:33:56,830 --> 00:33:58,170
Or net worth.
757
00:33:58,360 --> 00:33:59,370
You need to be a person.
758
00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:01,500
And have grip with Ron,
759
00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:03,870
and Frank Jr., Joe, Dino.
760
00:34:04,070 --> 00:34:05,970
They need to be your friends.
761
00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:07,770
Then you need to be sure
not to act like an asshole.
762
00:34:07,970 --> 00:34:09,340
[laughs]
763
00:34:09,540 --> 00:34:13,110
Oh, this is one hell
of a meatball. Good God.
764
00:34:13,310 --> 00:34:14,980
Well, that’s the thing,
though, isn’t it?
765
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,780
Riding with me.
766
00:34:17,980 --> 00:34:19,320
What do they say?
767
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,460
The one thing
you will never regret
768
00:34:21,650 --> 00:34:23,820
spending money or time on
769
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,860
is a great experience.
770
00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:28,130
A memorable time.
771
00:34:29,130 --> 00:34:30,530
That’s what I provide.
772
00:34:30,730 --> 00:34:33,630
When I look at you,
I look at your appeal,
773
00:34:33,830 --> 00:34:35,000
your infrastructure.
774
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,240
The memorable experience
I want to provide
775
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:38,840
is a trip to the White House.
776
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,240
That would be one hell
of a memorable one.
777
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,140
Mm-hmm. Then work with me.
778
00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:46,980
Respond to Prince
on your timeline, on mine,
779
00:34:47,180 --> 00:34:49,680
on the way we decide
to do together.
780
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,220
And that’s where this ends up.
781
00:34:51,420 --> 00:34:53,150
I’ll put you
on top in the race,
782
00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:55,520
but you got to do it
the way I lay it out.
783
00:34:57,860 --> 00:35:01,360
This is one hell of
a meatball, like I said.
784
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:06,200
But it’s a long way from there
to the presidency.
785
00:35:07,130 --> 00:35:09,370
What kind of real guarantees
can you make me?
786
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:10,870
Well, that’s a fair question.
787
00:35:11,070 --> 00:35:12,240
What’s he offered?
788
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,770
You asked me
to cancel the meeting,
789
00:35:13,970 --> 00:35:15,110
so I don’t know
where he’ll start.
790
00:35:15,310 --> 00:35:17,910
Probably cabinet positions.
791
00:35:18,110 --> 00:35:19,180
But we all know
where it’ll end up.
792
00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:20,580
Then let me help you
793
00:35:20,780 --> 00:35:22,750
think through
all the ramifications.
794
00:35:24,650 --> 00:35:25,850
Axe, you’re impressive.
795
00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:28,220
This is impressive.
796
00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:30,760
But this is something I’ve
worked my whole life for.
797
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,130
Then don’t barter that dream
to a guy so transactional
798
00:35:34,330 --> 00:35:36,860
he’ll sell VP for your support.
799
00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:39,800
And the truth is, you shouldn’t
even settle for that.
800
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,200
Here we go.
801
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,810
- Here’s the veal parm.
- Thanks, Dino.
802
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:47,210
- Enjoy.
- Thank you.
803
00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:50,580
So, aside from the best veal
in the city,
804
00:35:50,780 --> 00:35:52,550
what can you really offer me?
805
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:18,640
You’re really doing it.
806
00:36:20,540 --> 00:36:22,280
Vagabonding.
807
00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:24,580
Night flight
to the West Coast?
808
00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:26,650
Or are you going the other way,
Prague or Stockholm?
809
00:36:26,850 --> 00:36:27,980
Morocco, baby.
810
00:36:28,180 --> 00:36:29,820
Sheltering Sky time.
811
00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:31,620
Smoking kief.
812
00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:33,020
Do you smoke it?
813
00:36:33,220 --> 00:36:34,690
I don’t know, do you?
Or chew it.
814
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,790
Anyway, North Africa,
815
00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:39,290
then the Middle East,
816
00:36:39,490 --> 00:36:40,530
then I don’t know where.
817
00:36:40,730 --> 00:36:42,100
Good choice. All of it.
818
00:36:42,290 --> 00:36:43,530
So, what’s the plan?
819
00:36:43,730 --> 00:36:44,860
Go until the money runs out?
820
00:36:45,060 --> 00:36:46,330
Because I’ve checked
and saw how much
821
00:36:46,530 --> 00:36:48,140
you’ve slowly been
pulling out of the fund.
822
00:36:48,330 --> 00:36:50,840
- Unlike the rest of us.
- Yeah, pretty much.
823
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,710
Time for something else.
824
00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:54,340
Maybe find myself some
825
00:36:54,540 --> 00:36:56,510
Kim Gordon-Thurston Moore
type heat,
826
00:36:56,710 --> 00:36:59,680
but with a better ending,
you know?
827
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,050
Not gonna find that
at the firm.
828
00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:03,950
No, you’re not.
829
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,720
Wait, you’re not here
to try to stop me?
830
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,120
I’m glad you’re going,
831
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,560
but you left me that book.
832
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,230
That was an invitation
to say goodbye.
833
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,400
I can’t hug you
with this backpack on.
834
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:23,970
Thank you for bringing me in.
For teaching me.
835
00:37:24,170 --> 00:37:26,070
- I could have never--
- Shh.
836
00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:51,230
Two billionaires
want to take me to prom,
837
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:53,930
and neither of them are getting
me jazzed about the after-party.
838
00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:55,900
- Uh-huh.
- So,
839
00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:58,040
ya-fucking-hoo to me.
840
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:00,110
- [glasses clink]
- Well, I have to think
841
00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:02,680
if there was nothing that
Axe said worth considering,
842
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,110
you wouldn’t
have come to me.
843
00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:06,180
Prince is too smooth.
844
00:38:06,380 --> 00:38:08,780
Too confident.
He’s built different.
845
00:38:10,220 --> 00:38:11,790
It’s like he ate
the Great Man Theory
846
00:38:11,980 --> 00:38:13,090
and asked for seconds.
847
00:38:13,290 --> 00:38:15,760
[chuckles]
Well, no argument there.
848
00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:17,420
But I’m not seeing
enough evidence
849
00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:19,630
your guy is that different.
850
00:38:19,830 --> 00:38:21,190
Which is why I am here.
851
00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:23,360
And I am grateful you are,
Governor.
852
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:24,760
I don’t need gratitude.
853
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:27,770
I need clarity.
854
00:38:30,170 --> 00:38:31,300
Clarity.
855
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:32,910
Okay.
856
00:38:33,110 --> 00:38:37,440
Well, Bobby Axelrod
doesn’t lie to himself.
857
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,410
If he says he’s gonna do
something monstrous,
858
00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:41,820
that’s what he does.
859
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,580
And that’s what he is.
860
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,320
A self-aware monster.
861
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,660
If he says we can get you
to the White House,
862
00:38:48,850 --> 00:38:50,160
it’s not to serve his ego.
863
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,120
It is simply the truth.
864
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,790
Hmm.
865
00:38:54,990 --> 00:38:57,460
An honest cocky son of a bitch.
866
00:38:57,660 --> 00:38:59,730
And there’s your difference.
867
00:38:59,930 --> 00:39:02,440
Axe has ego,
and doesn’t pretend otherwise.
868
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,110
Prince wants you to believe
he is the benevolent,
869
00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:08,340
humble servant
of the greater good.
870
00:39:08,540 --> 00:39:10,280
A selfless billionaire.
871
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,150
Hmm. Sounds like a punch line.
872
00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:14,910
If success in politics
is the ability to seem sincere
873
00:39:15,110 --> 00:39:17,450
when no sincerity
actually exists,
874
00:39:17,650 --> 00:39:22,120
then Prince is
the ultimate politician.
875
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,420
I hear what you’re
telling me. I do.
876
00:39:24,620 --> 00:39:27,360
But see,
you just said it right there.
877
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,630
One of them is in politics,
878
00:39:29,830 --> 00:39:31,100
and that’s the game I’m in.
879
00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,800
And that’s the game
I want you to win.
880
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,970
Long term.
881
00:39:37,170 --> 00:39:40,510
And I really know
how you can get this done.
882
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:44,280
It is the one thing on Earth
I am truly elite at.
883
00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:48,550
Walk me through it, then.
884
00:39:52,850 --> 00:39:55,990
So, you see, we put up
some roadblocks of our own.
885
00:39:56,190 --> 00:39:59,060
I can see why you feel good
about this, Axe. I can.
886
00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:01,230
But there’s one beat
I left out of my own story.
887
00:40:01,430 --> 00:40:05,500
I did, you see, end up having
my own meeting with Dunlop.
888
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,740
Governor, now that
you’ve met all over town,
889
00:40:08,930 --> 00:40:11,700
I’m glad you decided
to find time for me.
890
00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,870
Well, I wanted to make you
the last meeting,
891
00:40:14,070 --> 00:40:17,240
so I wouldn’t have to tell you
that I’d have to think about it.
892
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,040
- Either way.
- Considerate.
893
00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:23,180
Sure. That’s what it is.
894
00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:25,020
As I am considerate
of those I vanquish.
895
00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:27,820
No reason to pull
a full Angel Reese.
896
00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:30,260
[laughs]
I like her spunk and fire.
897
00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:32,090
Of course you do.
898
00:40:32,290 --> 00:40:34,030
When I played,
I was more in the
899
00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:36,560
"just place the ball on the
baseline after you score" mode.
900
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,760
That’s what went in Indiana
in the ’90s.
901
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,600
Different world now.
902
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,070
Certain things,
certain values,
903
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:44,570
should remain constant.
904
00:40:44,770 --> 00:40:47,040
We aren’t playing
to an audience, Mike.
905
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,840
What can you offer me?
906
00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:54,180
[laughs]
She is tough.
907
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:55,610
And you definitely got to her.
908
00:40:55,810 --> 00:40:57,350
Sorry to make it so difficult.
909
00:40:57,550 --> 00:40:59,090
Yeah.
910
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,250
Maybe we’ve each made it
as difficult for the other
911
00:41:01,450 --> 00:41:03,020
as we should.
912
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:05,620
Maybe we try
a different mode now.
913
00:41:07,230 --> 00:41:09,260
Say the thing
you’re dancing around.
914
00:41:09,460 --> 00:41:12,030
It’s time to put
this conflict to rest.
915
00:41:12,230 --> 00:41:13,570
By way of peace talks.
916
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,440
Let’s call them in.
917
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,070
All of them.
918
00:41:21,410 --> 00:41:23,380
[Chuck] You believe we’ve got
Dunlop where you want her?
919
00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:25,980
I believe she’ll do exactly
what we need her to.
920
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,660
In the old-timey thing,
the predominant king would, say,
921
00:41:38,860 --> 00:41:42,130
surrender his Northern troops,
give back some lands.
922
00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:43,560
Because he knew
if the war went on,
923
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,400
even in victory,
it would be Pyrrhic...
924
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,830
and that he could prevent
further bloodshed
925
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:51,440
and loss on all sides
by doing so.
926
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,340
And what do
great presidents do?
927
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,140
Great presidents,
all great leaders, do the same.
928
00:41:58,340 --> 00:42:00,450
Dictate peace
through strength.
929
00:42:00,650 --> 00:42:04,120
Great presidents?
Dreams of fucking grandeur.
930
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,290
They should deal with traitors
harshly before that peace.
931
00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:08,190
Damn right they should.
You should, Mike.
932
00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:10,360
Yeah, that way you’ll
finally be in charge,
933
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,660
all by yourself, just like
you wanted from the start.
934
00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:14,160
That’s what you think
is driving him?
935
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,360
That,
or the nose-to-ass parades
936
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,260
you’ve been
such a prominent part of.
937
00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:19,630
Stockyard comment
from a man
938
00:42:19,830 --> 00:42:20,800
whose mind is always
in the trough.
939
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,140
You’re doing
a lot of talking
940
00:42:22,330 --> 00:42:23,800
about strength, Mike.
941
00:42:25,270 --> 00:42:26,710
But only the king
with the extra armies
942
00:42:26,910 --> 00:42:28,710
or allies or siege artillery,
943
00:42:28,910 --> 00:42:29,980
the fucking dreadnought
weapons--
944
00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:31,340
Those are the nukes
945
00:42:31,540 --> 00:42:32,980
he’s so eager
to play around with.
946
00:42:33,180 --> 00:42:34,880
Only the king with all that
947
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:36,520
had the juice to dictate terms.
948
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,890
But you?
949
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,290
You just look like
another run-of-the-mill usurper
950
00:42:41,490 --> 00:42:43,020
scrapping for turf in this room.
951
00:42:43,220 --> 00:42:44,460
Hear, hear.
952
00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:45,960
So you think.
953
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,060
Now, my information
has Governor Dunlop
954
00:42:48,260 --> 00:42:51,330
reaffirming her own candidacy
for president tonight,
955
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:54,370
with a big machine
and a lot of backing behind her.
956
00:42:54,570 --> 00:42:58,840
Mine too, which means you’ll be
in a dogfight for the next year.
957
00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,140
I guess we’ll soon see.
958
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,250
It’s time.
959
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,060
Oh, fuck.
960
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,600
Hello, everyone.
961
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,040
No intros needed.
You know who I am,
962
00:43:29,230 --> 00:43:32,770
and I know those of you
it’s important to know.
963
00:43:32,970 --> 00:43:36,440
It’s been a real kick doing
the roundy-round with you all.
964
00:43:38,610 --> 00:43:40,080
But I’ve made my decision...
965
00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:45,950
to not only throw my support
966
00:43:46,150 --> 00:43:48,420
behind our next president,
Mike Prince,
967
00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:50,720
but to become his partner.
968
00:43:53,330 --> 00:43:55,560
His vice president.
969
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,230
For the good of our country
and the whole world.
970
00:43:58,430 --> 00:43:59,900
Yeah. Like I said.
971
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:02,870
At least
you got a decent price.
972
00:44:03,070 --> 00:44:04,400
[Prince]
Governor, thank you.
973
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:05,870
I’ll meet up
with you shortly.
974
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,450
Now, I know what that’s
got to feel like.
975
00:44:15,650 --> 00:44:18,150
And that the tendency
for you, and for me,
976
00:44:18,350 --> 00:44:20,790
is to go on trying
to destroy each other.
977
00:44:20,990 --> 00:44:22,890
But it’ll cost both sides,
978
00:44:23,090 --> 00:44:25,620
even though it’s pretty clear
who’ll win out here.
979
00:44:27,590 --> 00:44:30,130
Which is why I propose
a peace treaty
980
00:44:30,330 --> 00:44:32,400
between our warring factions.
981
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,230
- And what would that look like?
- [Prince] Like this:
982
00:44:35,430 --> 00:44:36,800
You, jointly and separately,
983
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,340
will cease all further
and future attacks on me,
984
00:44:39,540 --> 00:44:41,510
my name, my candidacy,
985
00:44:41,710 --> 00:44:43,940
my personal life
and my business interests,
986
00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:45,610
which include
my remaining personnel,
987
00:44:45,810 --> 00:44:47,080
which no longer includes anyone
988
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:48,410
on that side of the table,
by the way.
989
00:44:48,610 --> 00:44:50,180
In return, I will do the same,
990
00:44:50,380 --> 00:44:51,680
and when I become president,
991
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,950
I pledge not to use
any government resources
992
00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:57,490
to persecute, prosecute,
fire or bankrupt any of you.
993
00:45:01,060 --> 00:45:05,100
Should we jump ahead past
all the writhing and invective
994
00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:07,030
to the place where we all admit
this is the best deal
995
00:45:07,230 --> 00:45:08,700
you’re gonna get?
996
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,210
Good.
997
00:45:21,410 --> 00:45:24,950
[Procol Harum:
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"]
998
00:45:25,150 --> 00:45:26,520
[crowd cheering]
999
00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:33,860
♪♪ We skipped
The light fandango ♪♪
1000
00:45:36,430 --> 00:45:38,130
So, well, there’s that.
1001
00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:43,340
Yeah. There it is.
1002
00:45:43,530 --> 00:45:45,540
♪♪ I was feeling
Kind of seasick ♪♪
1003
00:45:47,370 --> 00:45:48,640
[Luke] Yes.
1004
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,040
Yes.
1005
00:45:52,380 --> 00:45:53,550
Okay.
1006
00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:58,050
That was the call.
1007
00:45:58,250 --> 00:45:59,490
You’re on the briefings, Mike.
1008
00:46:00,950 --> 00:46:02,250
First one is tomorrow.
1009
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,820
Yeah.
1010
00:46:06,190 --> 00:46:08,430
So, yes, that’s it, then.
1011
00:46:08,630 --> 00:46:11,830
♪♪ When we called out
For another drink ♪♪
1012
00:46:12,030 --> 00:46:13,370
All conditions satisfied.
1013
00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:17,900
♪♪ The waiter brought a tray
1014
00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:20,910
Tomorrow, at the open,
1015
00:46:21,110 --> 00:46:22,410
put the money to work
as instructed.
1016
00:46:22,610 --> 00:46:24,180
Nothing heroic.
1017
00:46:24,380 --> 00:46:27,210
Prioritize return of capital,
not return on capital.
1018
00:46:27,410 --> 00:46:28,580
You got it, Cap’.
1019
00:46:28,780 --> 00:46:30,250
Where’s the briefing?
White House?
1020
00:46:30,450 --> 00:46:32,450
No.
We’re going to Camp David.
1021
00:46:32,650 --> 00:46:34,550
That’s it.
1022
00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:35,890
You’re minted.
1023
00:46:37,090 --> 00:46:38,890
Boom.
1024
00:46:39,090 --> 00:46:40,390
You can say that again.
1025
00:46:40,590 --> 00:46:42,030
Boom.
1026
00:46:43,530 --> 00:46:45,260
♪♪ ...Shade of pale ♪♪
1027
00:47:15,090 --> 00:47:19,300
♪♪ She said
"There is no reason" ♪♪
1028
00:47:21,370 --> 00:47:24,300
♪♪ "And the truth
Is plain to see" ♪♪76886
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