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Previously on Satisfaction He's been dead to me for a long time. The

company's mine. I need to put this behind me.

We're all one mad, dysfunctional family at this point. Say, I was interested in

the money. How much are we talking? Half percent profits on fourth quarter

earnings in Waverly Industries.

And I want to sit on the board. Anytime money changes hands over sex, someone is

getting exploited.

When did you see Simon? I dropped by his place earlier with some food to offer

condolences. I think I'm finally ready to start my own family. I had some eggs

frozen years ago.

Maybe you can help me navigate this motherhood thing. What's a married

couple doing getting involved in the world of sex for hire? We are strictly

management. Can't have it all, I guess. We had it all, Barry.

And we lost it.

Sounds like you want us to build a dating site. More like a desired

companion site. The choice is yours. We provide pre-screened, upscale men for

professional women seeking short-term companionship. I'm gonna get started,

okay? You sure you don't want to wait? We're almost done here. No, I can handle

it. It's going to be fun. Something new.

Thank you all for coming today. We're running a little behind, so please be

prepared when I call your name.

Stephen Sprung.

See, I want to give you whatever you want, whatever you like. I have the best

amount of make you move and treat you right. The one who makes the vibe come

alive inside your mind anywhere, anytime.

Come on, we got to act right.

Try me, baby.

I know you want it more. I got what you need.

I'm what you've been waiting for.

Try me, baby.

I know you want it more. You can have it all. Baby, the choice is yours.

The choice is yours, and you'd be best to choose me. So, how did it go today?

Excellent. Roster's coming together, and the website should be up by the end of

the week. And we should have that updated proposal for you by tonight.

I like the sound of that.

Barry, it's that time. If we're going to keep the lights on here and continue

with the startup process, we're going to need your full commitment now.

Okay, let me crunch some numbers again. All looks good. I'll come up tomorrow

morning with a check.

Oh, and I like chocolate croissants and cappuccino with 2% milk.

Duly noted.

He's really gonna invest.

We could be in business by the end of the month.

We're gonna need staff.

And a cappuccino maker.

We're really starting an escort business together.

What is wrong with us?

I'm gonna die.

Hey, you take it easy with that, okay?

I could pay for the whole afternoon.

Hey, I think you need a sip of your water.

You sure do.

What the... What are you doing here?

Real question is, what are you doing here?

Nearly two weeks since the Trumans and I helped you out of that sticky situation

with your father. Where have you been?

Is Trish still back there?

Oh, I see.

Nothing like throwing yourself into your work when you want to forget your life.

Drown your sorrows.

Rosalie, send her home.

Hey, hey, wait. What?

Don't worry. I'll make sure she's taken care of.

You can't just barge in here like this.

You mean like you did at my place?

Looking for a favor? Sure I can.

I stuck my neck out for you, Simon.

You know, you never even said thank you. Gee, you know what? I'm really sorry.

Thank you for all your help. I've had a lot to deal with lately. Honestly, I

could give a shit about your feelings right now. We had a deal.

You've been put in charge of a multi-million dollar company, one where

I now have a stake in the profits and sit on the boards. You need to get to

work.

Oh, I see.

You need me. Oh, on the contrary, darling, you need me.

Because from the looks of things, you're standing on the ledge and looking a

little off balance.

I know things have been hard.

Your whole life just changed.

But with great fortune comes great responsibility.

You need to pull your act together. If not, you're going to be disappointing a

lot of people.

People who put their faith in you.

Grace alone.

You're not an escort anymore.

You're head of a company. Start acting like it.

And for God's sake, buy better vodka.

I can certainly afford it now.

Rosalie.

So how long have you been a professional escort under a year and

Tell me what you enjoy most about it.

The women.

I love hearing about their lives, their joys, their pains.

I love their smell, their taste.

I bet you taste amazing.

What's your background, Neil?

College? That's a really beautiful accent. What is that, French?

Um, my mother was French. I spent time there as a child. That's it.

French women are so mysterious.

They smile like they're hiding some hidden sexual secret.

Are you hiding a secret, Grace?

Well, I don't know about that.

No, see what I just did?

You asked if I went to college. I flirted.

You got off topic. I was making conversation.

But I never answered your question. For all you know, I could have just gotten

out of prison.

You're being ridiculous.

No, you're being careless.

If you're going to be interviewing for us, then you need to stay professional.

It's a tactic, Neil. How am I supposed to know what a potential escort has to

offer if I don't flirt a little?

Adriana would sleep with all her potential escorts.

Yeah. Maybe I should do all the interviewing and you do client

relations. Oh, so neither one of us gets to have any fun.

Grace, the whole point of this is to have fun together, right?

Right. Right. We just need...

Boundaries. Like maybe we only sleep with one new person each month.

That doesn't sound like all that much fun.

Five? Three.

Deal.

Need you to sign for it?

Sure.

Thanks.

Is that from Barry?

No, it's from Zeitlin Publishing, whoever they are.

It's a release form for my life story.

What?

It's from Kate Marston.

Who?

What about you?

Neil.

What a surprise. It's so good to see you again. I called your office. Your

assistant told me I could find you here.

Ladies, can you please give me a minute? Yeah. Thank you.

You're writing an article for Esquire? Yeah, on pop-up casinos. There's a big

one happening here tomorrow night.

Well, that's really the background for the piece.

It's more about escorts and high rollers.

let me guess your angle whenever money changes hands over sex someone is being

exploited yeah i know that's actually not really my approach anymore i um

recently had a corrective experience when i spent the night with an escort

maybe you read the article i heard something about it oh yeah you know it's

been reposted almost a thousand times and gotten over a million views and you

got a book deal out of it too

Oh, my God. I told my lawyers not to do anything until I had a chance to talk to

you myself.

Kate, you want to write a book about my life now?

No, no, no. Your lifestyle.

Neil, there is such huge interest in this right now. Women are dying to know

how it all works. And this is the side of the business that just doesn't get

exposed. My publisher is borderline in love with you already, and she's paying

me a lot of money to write it. She would pay you, too. I don't care about the

money, Kate.

I have a family.

I'm married.

You're married?

Mm-hmm.

Does she know?

She's my business partner.

Neil, what you're telling me right now could be huge. I'm talking about like

Oprah's book club huge. I don't do what I do for attention.

Okay, so you don't do what you do for attention or money. Why do you do it?

It was very nice seeing you again.

Please tell your publisher I'm sorry.

Simon.

Hey.

Sorry I never called you back.

I was worried about you. How are you?

It's not something I wanted to drop in the mouth.

Really, I wanted to see your face when you opened it.

I realized I never said thank you for what you did.

Oh, you didn't have to do that.

Open it.

Sense and Sensibility, first edition, 1811.

All right, look underneath.

It's from the same time period.

England, early 19th century.

It kind of fit with the theme.

And I thought it would look beautiful on you.

Simon, I... I can't accept this.

Why not?

Because I kissed you.

This has nothing to do with that.

This is about gratitude.

And the kiss, what was that about?

I don't know.

I could tell you it didn't mean anything.

That I was confused.

But the truth is... I

know how much you love Jane Austen.

Just accept it.

It would mean a lot to me.

So after Spain, I got my undergrad at Harvard.

Graduated early, of course.

Unfortunately, I had to put law school on hold once I got the Rhodes

Scholarship.

Will you excuse me a minute, please?

Sure. Thank you.

God, I think I'm going to throw up.

You seem nice.

Well, those gene pools certainly hit the lottery.

And it's just about being a donor.

Darling, looks and intelligence can only get you so far. It's the intangibles

that make a man worth investing in.

I couldn't agree more.

The door was open just like the last time I was here for a party.

Barry, I hardly recognize you with all those clothes you have on. Lovely to see

you again, Adriana.

Will you send our guest on the veranda home and cancel the others? Barry and I

have business to discuss.

Business? I thought when you called this was about pleasure.

In this case, they are one and the same.

Well, you got me for 20 minutes.

I have a meeting downtown after this.

With the Trumans, I heard.

That's what I want to talk to you about.

What's she doing here?

Thank you for coming in, Ronda. We'll call you later.

Hi. Is this really going to be the future side of the business? It's very

corporate.

But I guess if you're investing in a website and hoping to go more

mainstream... Who told you about the website?

Barry. When did you talk to Barry?

Perhaps we should discuss this in the conference room.

What do you mean you got rid of him? It was painfully clear he wasn't the right

fit. I told him to move on.

You asked him to come to you about our business?

Grace, I told you.

I was going to help you get set up.

I've sent you some of my top-tier men already.

This is our business, not yours.

Barry was our investor.

What makes you even think that you... All he cared about were the returns,

Neil. You don't invest in this business if all you want from it is money. I know

investors more than you.

And they all want to have their say because they're investing a lot of

money, which we needed to get started.

I have plenty of cash.

Plus the raw materials.

You don't think we're going to get into business with you now, do you? Grace,

we're family, remember?

Doesn't it just make the most sense?

You have no idea what family actually means.

No, no, no, Barry, let me explain. We are not in business with Adriana, nor do

we want to be.

You're our partner in this.

Well, what did she say?

Of course not. We would never agree to... No, and before you... What, he

hung up?

What'd you tell him? That we had no idea what we were doing, and basically he'd

be throwing his money away.

So that's it?

What about all those clients at Bastion? Is there anyone else we could call? No,

they all thought that we were cheating them, remember? The SEC, the road trip.

So Barry was our last shot.

Maybe not.

So, I was looking over fourth quarter earnings, trying to get acquainted with,

you know, how things work here.

And I had some questions, which I wrote down.

Simon, let's be honest.

This is way over your head. I mean, you can't seriously be thinking of acting as

CEO.

You have zero experience in this world.

My father intended for me to run Waverly Industries.

Your father didn't even want you around when he was alive.

You should stop taking notes. No, no, no, Amber. You might as well get this on

record. I've been all but running this place for ten years, and everyone knows

it.

What exactly have you been doing the last few years, hmm?

I've heard rumors.

I hope they're not true, because if they ever came to light...

Hi, Neil Truman to see Simon Waverly.

Bottom line, we're one week away from taking over the leads at Bastion, which

is a substantial commitment.

Neil, wanna cut to the chase here?

You know the business plan.

We're going more mainstream now, more commercial.

Website, customer service. You were there on the ground floor.

Is that what this is about?

You're asking me for money?

No, I'm not asking you for money.

It's an investment.

You see returns.

That's just funny how you and Grace were perfectly happy to do this without me

until you ran out of cash.

You've been kind of busy lately, Simon. How do you know what I've been doing?

Huh?

What I've been going through. You're right.

I can only imagine. No, you can't.

You and grace you have each other Well, I'm on my own now and I gotta start

making decisions based on what's best for me

You would

kind of busy when I got here Yes,

I heard of the casino event no

unfortunately all of my men are bull

I'll call if something opens up. Thank you.

Grace, you scared me.

Adriana. You're upset about Barry. I know. I understand. But honestly, I was

just... Doing us a favor.

I know.

The more I thought about it, I realized you were right.

And investors, they come, they go.

But that's not why I'm here. You had asked me for a favor before, and I never

followed through.

I met him when we were conducting interviews at Bastion the other day. His

name is Chip.

He's 32, gorgeous.

A graduate of Cornell, and I saw something special in him.

I sent it to your phone. So you found me a donor.

Thank you.

You asked. I said I would help.

You know, I'm just never sure with you, Grace.

Are we friends?

enemies, lovers.

We're family.

And I know what motherhood did for me.

Who knows? Maybe it can even warm your heart of stone.

He's expecting your call.

Hey. Where have you been?

How did it go with Simon?

Confusing. Although, maybe it makes a little more sense now.

I found the note with the book.

Why didn't you tell me?

I... I wasn't planning on keeping it.

And with everything that happened with Adriana, it just... Why would Simon give

you a diamond necklace, Grace?

As a thank you for helping out with his father.

So he gave you a diamond necklace for helping him.

But he just told me to go to hell when I asked for help.

You sure there's not more to the story?

That day I went to his house and he told me about his father still being alive.

He kissed me.

He kissed you? It was nothing.

If it was nothing, why didn't you tell me? Because I didn't want you to...

You're right.

I should have told you.

But you didn't.

Which means it meant something. No, it didn't. It just took me by surprise is

all. And he was really upset and I chalked it up to everything that was

going on.

I forgot about it the second it happened.

Okay.

We said we were going to be open and honest and do things differently.

So I have to trust that you would tell me if it meant something.

He really told you to go to hell when you went to his office?

But I think I might have another investor.

She comes with strings attached, though.

What kind of strings?

I'll let her tell you.

Thanks for coming.

Pleasure.

Please come in. Oh, look at this house.

Grace, this is Kate.

Kate, my wife, Grace.

This is her.

Harper Pantock.

I've read about her. She made the Fortune 500 the last couple of years.

How do you know her? She read my article and got in touch. As a successful single

businesswoman, she's hired quite a few escorts in her time.

So what makes you think she'd want to invest in our business?

She likes her image as the bad girl. You know, thumbing her nose at the old

school Wall Streeters.

And when I told her that you two were married, that sealed the deal.

Really? A married couple running an escort service. It's going to be huge in

the publishing world.

You'd be writing the book about both Neil and Mina.

Harper is going to be at the casino tonight. I can make the introductions.

Can I see you for a second?

Yeah, sure.

Excuse me.

Yeah, yeah.

Now you're bringing me into this book thing?

Look, it's just a negotiation tactic.

If she can deliver on an angel investor, well, then we have something to bargain

with. Look, I'm never going to be okay with someone following us around and

writing about our marriage. Are you? Nothing's etched in stone.

I'm just trying to keep us from going under before we've even started.

What price, Neil?

In a book?

What about Annika?

When I read the article, she was thrusting into me like I was the only

sexual being in the world.

Come on, she's...

Practically in love with you.

You're uncomfortable because she and I have had sex.

Yes.

And we're just starting over, figuring out what our marriage is, and I don't

want some woman you slept with writing about it.

If you want me to, I'll call the whole thing off.

I'll send her home right now.

But I think we should at least meet with Harper.

See where it leads.

Thank you, darling. My pleasure.

Not entirely yours, love.

Any other questions that I can answer for you personally?

Are you free tonight?

I may have some work available.

I wish.

I booked another job.

But I can cancel.

Book through. Grace, it's a casino night event.

I'm sure you'd like to take a shower before you go. It's straight out to the

left.

Well, thanks for the opportunity.

I already know what you're thinking.

You know, maybe you're expecting a little too much physically.

He's... We're talking about the father of my child, not some orgasm du jour.

You don't really want a baby.

You already have so much.

And you're practically a mom to all the girls here.

So what is this about?

Because I know there's something else going on.

A simple pass line bet works like this.

You place your bet on the pass line before a new shooter begins his roll.

This is known as the come out roll. Come out roll?

Sounds dirty.

If the shooter rolls a 7 or 11, you win. If the shooter rolls a 2, 3, or 12, you

lose. Huh.

Are you still attracted to Kate?

I know we agreed to tonight, and we're gonna make the most of it.

And decide later. I just... I just want to know.

Yes.

I am attracted to her.

Let me ask you something.

If we get this business started, when we get this business started...

How are you going to be with all those guys around the office?

I can't compete with 20-somethings that go to the gym all day anymore.

Neil, those aren't my type. What is your type?

I don't think I've ever known.

Well, he's handsome.

With a sense of humor.

He's successful.

And a little mysterious.

And he's got to be great in bed.

But he's also sweet and someone I'd want to have my children with.

Someone I can trust.

That's a tall order.

Where are you going to find someone like that?

I did it once.

I think I could do it again if I try.

Shall we?

Shall we try our luck at the prep stable

first? Sure.

Why not?

No, no, baby. Come on back now. I need my girls. Here we go. You ready?

Neil.

Hi. Okay.

Grace. Oh, you guys made it, and you look great.

Harper's here. She's dying to meet you. So we've got a table up this way. Okay.

There it is!

Come on!

Yes! Yes!

You go.

I'll be right there.

You sure?

Yeah.

and i are here on business you and neil oh yeah yeah the happy couple's working

together now right oh you guys are just so

damn sweet aren't you all right come on where is it let's go say hi all right

you really shouldn't do hey hey oh tell me what to do look who i found

neil harper it's a pleasure to meet you meet me I feel like I already know you.

Bad article.

My, my.

Thank you.

Wasn't your wife coming with you?

She's just saying hello to someone.

She'll be here in a moment.

There was a time when I wouldn't have been caught in public with an escort,

much less consider investing in one.

The world, it's changed so much for women.

Not just for women.

Men, too.

And relationships in general.

It seems like all of the old taboos are falling away.

I mean, let's not forget, it wasn't that long ago that divorce was a taboo. Now

it seems strange if someone stays in a bad marriage.

Isn't that what happened with you, Kate, while you wrote the piece?

Uh, yes.

Partly. You never told me that.

Divorced?

Recently, yes.

Now, I have to say, one of the aspects that intrigued me the most about Kate's

article and about investing in your company was the chemistry that came

across on the page.

It's an important aspect of the service.

To create a real human connection with the client. Simon!

I just want to say... Excuse me for a second.

Look, I just want to know where your necklace is. That's all.

I'm starting to make a scene. Look at you. You're all dressed up and you put

all this other jewelry on.

Hey. How come... Hey, hey.

What are you doing? Oh, look.

Look at this. Here he is. Big man on campus.

Hello, Neil. Don't make me drunk. Let's just go.

Hey, hey, hey. What? You can't say hi to me?

You know what? We were talking.

In fact, what are you even doing here? Didn't you tell me you're broke?

You can't afford to be gambling right now. All right, back off. No, no, no,

no. Okay, I got it.

He sold the necklace I gave you because he needed the cash.

What is your problem? You have a problem right now, my friend. Get your hands off

me. Hey, hey, hey.

Okay, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right.

Oh, my

God, he's so drunk.

Maybe I should just make sure he gets in a cab.

Be safe. Yeah.

Get off me!

Get off me!

Don't even think about coming back.

everything all right yes a friend of ours is here and just having a really

bad night where were we we were just discussing chemistry and how important

it is to the success of your business as part of the book you and i would have to

go out on a second date maybe even a third in the name of research of course

what my wife and i are looking for is an investor

To help our business, our very lucrative business, get off the ground.

And I have a lot of money to invest.

I just need certain accommodations to be met.

It's not like I'm asking for something that you and I haven't done before.

I'm not the same man you met.

Neither is my marriage.

I appreciate you taking the time to see me this evening.

Neil, Neil.

You're missing a tremendous opportunity here.

No. I'd be throwing one away if I stayed.

You look like you could use this.

What are you doing here?

Relax. I'm not coming to ruin your life.

I was brought here on a date, actually.

Set up by your wife.

Grace set you up.

Drink first, then we talk.

She thought she was doing me a favor.

Turned out to be a real jerk, though.

She's upstairs in my room firing him now.

You sent Grace upstairs to fire him?

She's getting into the escort business. She better get good at firing people.

Come on, let's go see how she's doing. Yes.

Look at you.

Still trying to make a man of yourself.

Get your ass kicked every time.

Let me ask you something.

You even been back to the lake?

Just because I sank doesn't mean I stayed down.

Let him go, Simon.

Mom?

Come here.

It's gonna be okay.

But I killed him.

I killed Dad.

What did you say?

Hmm, they were just here a few minutes ago.

Before you go texting her, have a drink with me.

I already had a drink with you.

Neil, I'm on the other side now.

You're the one with the business and I'm the client.

And I just had an awful experience with my first date.

Can't you at least make up for it by sharing a drink with me?

Well,

I guess that'll have to do.

Are you alright?

No, I'm... Whoa, whoa. I don't know, I, uh... I don't feel good all of a sudden.

Shh, sit down, sit down.

Oh, God.

Are you okay?

Oh, God, uh... What... What have you done?

Okay.

All right, great.

Thanks, Mona.

We should be there in about an hour.

How are you feeling?

Like I've been run over by a freight train.

What the hell happened last night?

You don't remember?

Hi. Neil.

I'll help you get him to the car.

Adriana said you went looking for me upstairs and... Then practically passed

out.

I haven't seen you that drunk since college.

I didn't drink that much.

She texted me when I was with Kate.

I heard what you told them.

Yeah.

How did things end up with Simon?

Simon, what do you mean you killed your father?

I put him in a cab, got him home.

Oh, Mona called. She said something about the delivery of a sign.

I thought that was supposed to be a surprise.

I thought that matters now.

I had

it made when I still thought Barry was on board.

What do you think?

Too much?

No.

I like it.

Little on the nose for me.

I wanted to apologize for last night.

I said a lot of things and I wasn't in the right space.

I want to drop off this.

Look, I know I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.

if you hadn't have done what you did for me.

And when you needed help, I should have been there for you. So here.

Come on.

It's an investment, right?

And I will see returns.

Tell you what.

Consider it a retainer for your services.

This whole CEO thing, it's not exactly in my wheelhouse.

Gonna need some coaching.

And if in return I help out around here from time to time... Coaching.

Yeah.

What do you think?

Hail, hail.

The gang's all here. What are you doing here? Oh, relax, darlings.

I'm not here to fight.

I'm here to surrender.

And celebrate.

Celebrate what?

New beginnings.

I'll admit I was jealous of you two starting a business without me.

But I realized this is a chance for new beginnings.

A way for us all to find happiness.

It's those dreams we share.

That's what's important here. So what was so urgent you needed me to come into

the office in the middle of the night?

How long ago did you collect that sample?

An hour ago, which explains the urgency.

Well, as soon as we have your surrogate prepped and ready, I'll call the lab and

set things in motion.

She's ready right now.

To the birth of a new business.

To new beginnings.

Second chances.

And to family.

To family.

To family.