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Thanks, Jill.

Oh, good, Jeff...

Yeah, we'll hear all about your ideas in the room, all right?

With all due respect, Jeff...

I don't think we need a cyber-security firm right now...

I think we need the president... And a plan.

I can put a team on the ground to attack in a matter of momen...

This isn't a terrorist cell out of Damascus.

We can't just blow up the Internet.

This is a single server we're talking about here.

The possibilities are endless.

I understand very well the complexities of the Internet.

I don't think you do. Oh, I do.

Gentlemen, please let me finish.

These terrorists sent text messages...

To very specific cell phones.

Only individuals directly connected to the markets.

I don't know why they'd warn the rich stockbrokers...

But they said that they've already hacked...

The New York stock exchange backup.

We ran a security protocol and it checks out.

- We found a breach. - Jeff? - Yes, Sarah?

There will absolutely be a run on the banks. On everything.

And eventually if we cross our fingers, and pray hard enough...

And we get the markets back online, those, too.

You're assuming that this is what...

Puts the public over the edge, the tipping point.

That's right. Finally revolting.

Getting up off their couches. Yes!

Running to the bank to get the... Yes. Yes. Yes.

Stuff it in their mattress? Yes, that is what I'm saying.

We are not looking at bankruptcy.

We'd like to present an option.

These terrorists used a stolen software program...

To hack the market.

This is the man who created it six months ago...

To increase his company's earnings on the...

Mercantile exchange by about a billion dollars.

I think we bring him in, see if has any ideas.

That's ridiculous. I'm sorry, Paul?

You can't be serious. Guy Clifton, guy Clifton...

Helped revolutionize how cities consolidate...

He's in the middle of a federal hearing.

And manage debt. He's about to be indicted.

Guy Clifton is being indicted because he broke through...

The same firewalls these terrorists have.

Excuse me. Who the hell is guy Clifton?

Announcer the barometer of America's prosperity...

Traditionally has been the stock exchange.

The New York stock exchange is almost as old...

As America itself...

Being founded in 1792...

During George Washington's first administration.

67 years ago, 24 men met under a buttonwood tree...

At 68 wall street for the purpose...

Of trading and government bonds.

Wall street has become the symbol of money.

Everybody, it seemed...

Was on the way to becoming a millionaire.

There were plenty of buyers. Not enough stock to go around.

Wait your turn. It was unheard of.

Those who shouted the loudest got in the firstest.

And then all of a sudden, wham-o!

The next day, the Piper had to be paid, and in full.

The incredible boom became an even more incredible bust...

As the country plunged into the depths of a depression.

We made realistic rules so that it could never happen again.

Today you have a sounder, more efficient stock exchange.

It's the storehouse of funds...

For America's ever growing industry.

All right, we're live in five, four, three...

Guy Clifton, the man who just two years ago...

Pulled Chicago out of bankruptcy...

Is now facing multiple charges in connection...

With an incident on the Chicago mercantile exchange...

Where trading activity was manipulated.

Manipulated.

He rose fast through the ranks...

Youngest ever to achieve a spot on a mercantile exchange floor.

Quickly made a name for himself and went on to found...

Clifton holdings, before assisting mayor Rahm Emmanuel..

Shut it off, please.

In eradicating Chicago's debt entirely.

Ultimately though, money got the better of him...

When he recruited three close friends to hack...

The Chicago mercantile exchange and manipulate...

His company's earnings on the market.

We'll be right back with more on this sad story of...

Hey. Hi.

New book? No, it's for school.

Ah...

You caught up at school? Keeping up okay?

Did mom tell you to say that?

You're a wise-ass. No.

You know, the last time we talked like this...

I think I was doing...

That stupid report on local heroes.

Do you remember?

No. No?

Yeah.

Well, my teacher told the whole class...

That you had saved Chicago from bankruptcy.

She said, "this, kids...

"Is the perfect example of a local hero."

And now you're going to jail.

Was it just all for the money? I think we have enough.

Who said that?

Mom says that.

Mom says I'm going to jail?

No, my econ teacher says you're going to jail.

He says that's an absolute.

Ah, an absolute.

Mm-hm, mom says we have too much money.

We've been awaiting the arrival of guy Clifton...

For almost an hour now.

This must really be testing...

The judiciary committee members inside, Paul.

Now, this is just an informational hearing.

What do you think? Should I call him?

Yeah, I'll call him.

Hey.

Where's Creason? Where's Creason?

She left an hour ago.

Like everyone else.

Well, what did you think?

Everyone was just gonna wait for you?

They're just looking to acquire whatever information they can...

About how Mr. Clifton and a team of three...

Were able to hack the market.

It just doesn't look good...

To keep a committee waiting like this.

I revolutionized the market. I found loopholes.

I've done things no one's ever done before.

What are they gonna indict me on?

You hacked the stock market.

No one's ever done that before.

It doesn't make it legal, guy.

Are you beginning to see...

That this is about more than money, guy?

Let me tell you something. It's always about money.

If I wasn't rich, they wouldn't be indicting...

Mr. Clifton.

Yeah, can I help you, boys? Guy Clifton?

Your presence has been requested.

It's a matter of national security, Mr. Clifton.

Really?

Please come with us.

Okay.

I have to go.

If you're not going straight to jail, then dinner's at 8:00.

All right.

Do you have any idea where they're taking him?

I do not.

No.

This way, Mr. Clifton.

"The government may try to suppress us...

"But they will not annihilate us."

"We seek justice against the deceptive capitalist liars."

The backside decrypts to a map of the United States...

Targeting the following cities and their respective markets.

Now, the specifics behind motive and culprit...

Is classified at this point.

But I can tell you, they've already breached...

The New York stock exchange backup server.

So, in front of you is the review of my projections...

For total market failure.

And these are the new international numbers...

You're getting now. Thanks, Mel.

The reason why we're all here in this room today, Ms. Schwab.

So as I was...

Sorry. So sorry. Busy, busy day. Thank you.

Yeah, just get me a green tea.

Please... continue.

As I was saying, there is a potential for this attack...

To have global implications.

Hijacking our entire market system could throw us into...

What is she talking about? Total market failure.

Our economy's on track.

September 3rd, 1929, we were on track, too.

One month later, less so.

This is not the great depression, Schwab.

People have lost faith in the system.

Too big to fail is a thing of the past.

Am I the only one in the room who thinks...

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world...

To be a bit more prepared?

Prepared for what? Bankruptcy?

Correct. Hm.

We have till Monday.

I want you to get me a list of all our positions...

Long and short, everything in the portfolio.

Then I want you to call my wife, tell her I'm okay.

Clifton!

Yeah. Do that now, please.

Well, what do you think?

I think I'm gonna move my money offshore.

That's what I think.

Come on. Help me fix this.

What's in it for me?

You'd better sell that mutual fund, Schwab.

Fuck. Douchebag.

What do you want for dinner? I was thinking salmon...

Creason likes salmon.

I hate fish. I hate fish. I hate fish.

We'll do salmon.

Who'd you give my office to?

You never used your office, babe.

I used my office. I used it once.

You know what else?

I gotta get your access card back.

It's called the Clifton-Willis foundation.

I know. Hold on.

Hey, can you get Andrew on the phone?

I gotta talk about the... I gotta go.

Wait. Hey, come back. Come back!

You yell at me in the hallway?

Come back.

What?

Creason's rejecting the chemo like they said she might.

Okay. Well, what do we do?

She's sad.

You should probably talk to her...

Before they take you off to prison.

I have Angela on the phone...

About the outreach program.

What?

What do they even have? What do they got?

Obstructing justice. Tampering. You hijacked a market, too!

Oh, that's a bunch of bullshit.

Guy, I'd start making preparations.

I'm sorry about all this, Mr. Clifton. Take care.

Announcer Clifton manipulated the market...

In an unprecedented fashion.

This is all new in the age of cyber warfare.

I mean, he's an American who infiltrated the markets.

I think they'll have to come down hard on him.

I really do. They have to set an example.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

Schwab hello?

Hey, it's guy Clifton.

What can I do for you?

Look, I think I have a solution.

I'm gonna need immunity.

So, the attacks will hit the computers that...

Tabulate the trades on all the markets.

So we need to reroute our markets...

To another computer's server...

One the hijackers don't know about.

This is what I'll create... Build.

Warm this up, please.

So the hackers don't know it exists.

Is that possible?

Is that possible?

It's how he did it.

How he did what?

Well, he tried this before. He attempted...

Will it work?

I mean, if it's worked before... It didn't work.

Support... Gentlemen, excuse me.

It's possible. It is possible.

He attempted to do it, but it didn't work.

With your support...

And my team, we will do it.

Jeff, what he did is not exactly legal.

This can be ready for the markets by Monday?

Yeah, I just... I need access to the server codes.

So we're just gonna hand over the keys to a market system.

Give us a minute, guy.

Sure.

Thanks for your time.

He's in the middle of a major public indictment.

He's the only one who can do this, Richard.

This happened in Hong Kong.

The markets dropped 38% overnight...

And next day they recovered.

Right, but this is different. I mean, there is...

These cyber threats have no lasting implications..

On any market ever.

This is different. You know this is different.

This is global. Jeff, we've been through this.

Is his personal life in order?

Yes. He's good.

Okay.

Do me a favor.

Let me bring bankruptcy projections to Jeff.

Runs on the goddamn bank.

Respectfully, I don't work for the goddamn bank.

I work for the goddamn white house.

This has to work.

I know.

Then you should also know this.

If it doesn't, they'll pull your immunity.

Assemble the team.

I need you to talk to them.

Well, yeah, 'cause they all fucking hate you.

Yeah, I know that.

Well, if you know that, then it's a non-starter, isn't it?

What am I supposed to tell my board?

That I'm prancing around collecting criminals...

For guy Clifton's latest project?

I have a company to run, too, guy.

It's a non-profit.

Did you really just fucking say that?

It's your daughter's non-profit.

You know what you should tell the board?

What?

That I get full immunity.

So that our daughter can have two parents.

So, George, Amelia, who else?

Ben?

Ben.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Yup.

Ben just went dark on me.

After you manipulated him into hijacking an entire market.

I don't know. Maybe I could put some feelers out.

I could...

You know, I could probably write this program myself.

No, you can't.

I can.

I know where he is.

Hi.

Mrs. Clifton?

Babe, who is it?

Hey.

Who is it?

It's...

It's your mother.

What are you doing here?

Well, I've got some business with Ben.

Business? Yes.

I'll tell you about it later.

Should I have told you about this?

Oh, I already knew about this.

I'll take a shower.

Okay? Okay.

This is real.

We're just taking certain things slow.

Oh, yes, I imagine she's waiting to see...

If you turn out like her father.

She's still in high school.

It's very mature of you to recognize that.

Man for Ben... Are you busy?

Yes. I'm calling from chase collec...

Oh. With what?

Coding. Algorithms. The usual.

I've got a job for you.

I... I don't think I'm cut out for the non-profit sector.

Really? It's a good job. High six figures.

Six figures? No.

He's such a coward.

Sending his wife up here to recruit for him.

He must be truly desperate.

And you know you can't trust a desperate man.

He's not desperate, Ben. He's sorry about what happened.

I felt like Einstein. You felt like Einstein?

I felt like Einstein.

I felt like I developed this amazing thing.

What do you mean, "turn out like her father?"

What?

You said Creason's waiting to see...

If I turn out like her father.

The markets.

It's all just fake numbers and projections.

It's hard to stay truthful in a world like that.

She doesn't want me to be a trader.

She doesn't want you to be a liar.

Will you do this job for me?

How'd it go?

Coward.

What does that mean? Is he in?

You lied to that poor boy.

You made him hack the markets... And he doesn't trust you.

I didn't lie to anybody.

My company created an algorithm. He was an employee.

He stole from me.

Aw, fuck.

Do I go talk to him?

No. No?

I'm gonna go talk to him.

He's in, guy.

Of course, he's in. Of course, he's in.

Your daughter also just had sex with him upstairs.

What?

Do you even know how to drive a fucking car?

I need a barf bag like they have in the airplanes.

She's the nurse the insurance company gave me.

That's why she's retarded. It wasn't my choice.

Jesus, George, calm down.

She fucking drives like a maniac.

She's trying to fucking kill me. It's ridiculous.

Crazy bitch. I missed you.

This better be good.

Who's this?

Hey, George.

Oh my god, look at that hot piece of ass.

Mm-mm... let's roll, nursie.

Keep it up. Keep it up.

Rolling. Rolling with my nursie.

There's gonna be some boundaries while we're here in my house.

Yeah?

Okay.

Okay.

Oh! Easy. I mean...

You want a hand?

Yeah, could somebody help this thing in?

All right, come on.

These terrorists have hijacked our central servers.

So, George, you're gonna repatch the markets...

To a shadow server I found in Iceland.

Ben, you'll use the program we already created...

To distribute information back to the traders...

While Amelia monitors market trends...

And transactional process.

Yes?

I got a two part question.

First, what happens if we fail...

And second part, what's gonna happen to the rest of the world?

We're not gonna fail.

The rest of the world will be fine.

How can you be so sure? You can guarantee?

We're not gonna fail because... This is nothing new for us.

How can you be glib?

Because... glib?

I'm not glib. I trust you. We can do this.

We just need to focus.

Hi.

Hi. Hi.

She got her mother's looks.

I know you all hate me right now for what I've put you through...

And I don't blame you.

But not a single one of you would have showed up...

If you didn't have something to prove.

So, George, we're not going to fail.

That's glib, my friend.

I found the spot. It's low-key, secure.

I think it'll work just fine.

We're gonna need plausible deniability.

It would be bad if you failed.

Guy the first thing I want to do...

Is route market observation and analytics...

Through the living room here.

That's our control center.

Amelia. Yeah, I know.

You're not gonna be monitoring one market like last time.

Every market. Every market.

I feel like you're secretly happy...

That I'm back in the house.

I don't think you should use the word happy.

Guys, the floors! Guys!

$80 a square foot. Please.

What the fuck's going on?

What?

Are they gonna zip tie these cables and hug 'em to the walls?

Yeah, guys, guys, let's zip tie these cables...

Hug 'em to the walls.

George, I'm gonna put you upstairs next to Creason's room.

It'll be easiest to route the network...

Through the window up there.

Guy, are you serious? Shit.

What? I can't climb stairs.

If I get up there and find out...

You're in my wheelchair again, so help me fucking god!

Hurry, hurry, it's not arts and crafts.

So, Hong Kong on tech 3, 4 on board 1.

And then we're gonna do Philadelphia.

Euro. Amsterdam. Let's do Amsterdam 2, 1.

I said... I said 4, 4.

You said 3, 4.

No, I said 4, 4.

No, you didn't. Yeah, yeah, I did.

All right.

No? All right.

You don't got... you don't got to be such a bitch about it.

Come on.

Let's repatch this and then let's get to London.

London on 2, 3.

That leaves one open room for you, Ben.

The closet in my room. It'll be nice and cozy.

Plenty of solitary focus...

For you to work out all the programming kinks.

Oh, hey.

I think my mother's closet really suits you.

This is ridiculous.

This status report is being delivered...

To the white house as we speak.

Clifton and his team are running a diagnostic test.

A rehearsal, so to speak, to work out the kinks.

This should last between 6 and 8 hours...

At which point they'll be ready for market.

I've advised the white house to prepare two speeches...

For the president to address both outcomes.

But I have every confidence Clifton will succeed.

Automated voice identification confirmed.

Patching you into the house right now, Ms. Schwab.

Initiating the market simulation.

Time to test this bad boy.

Ben, I'm sending you the London to New York stuff now.

My price movements lagging by maybe 15 minutes.

George, let's add Miami.

We have too many main market patches running on board 2.

Retard, this is board 1 and this is board 2.

Come on, get with me, nurse.

You want to do it yourself?

That's what she said.

Let's add Miami to the diagnostic, please.

Initiating Miami simulation now.

What are we waiting for? There it is.

Can I get an update on the price movements?

All right, we got major spikes of activity in...

C-bot, Amsterdam and Atlanta.

George, let's get a status update. George.

Hey. Hello? Hello!

Hello, I'm not doing this for my health, okay?

Jesus, I can hear you upstairs.

I need to talk to people.

Try pressing the button on the walkie-talkie.

Okay, we got major spikes in activity in...

Amsterdam, c-bot and Atlanta.

Let's try rerouting a couple of things, then.

Oh, shit. Yeah.

We don't have servers. Hey, we got a problem.

I mean, this is fucking ridiculous.

You got me working upstairs in your wife's closet?

Hey, what's the issue? You shut the... nothing.

You're under surveillance. This is what this looks like.

You stay the fuck away from my daughter.

We don't have a server big enough.

What about Amazon?

We can't find a server big enough.

We need 5% of the Internet. The fastest 5%.

Zero latency bandwidth.

We need Facebook or Netflix.

It's just not gonna work. This is bullshit.

Unless somebody has a really big fucking server...

That I don't know about.

I don't like this bullshit as much as you don't like it.

It's a control kick.

Wait. Wait.

Control kick, my friend, this is my daughter.

Probably. Excuse me?

We have a server.

We have a server.

Oh, my gosh.

This is it?

Yup, this is it.

This is our post-9/11 backup shadow stock market.

In a tug boat. I know.

What is this? What is this thing here?

Where's the server?

That's the server. Over that barge.

It's all mobile.

We moved it every 3 to 5 days for security.

What can I say, it worked for Saddam, until it didn't.

And it's all nuclear-powered.

And the only reason it's still here...

Is we haven't figured out how to dispose of it yet.

Oh, that's comforting.

Yeah, we cautioned the bush administration that this...

Unit would be shut down even before they ever tested it.

But no one likes to listen to what no one wants to hear.

Listen to what?

That the banks...

Would create their own backup systems privately.

I mean, who do you trust less than government?

Oh, I don't know. Banks?

Back-end server codes. Have fun.

Well went dry on messengers?

Using highly classified server codes...

To rewire the American market system...

Isn't exactly a small thing.

And it would be negligent of me not to stay informed.

Yeah.

You hacked the NASDAQ and the New York stock exchange.

He doesn't like that word. I don't like that word.

See if you can get George to patch this back to the house.

You held them for 11 hours. And a half.

See if you can get George to patch this back to the house.

You held NASDAQ and the New York stock exchange...

For 11 and a half hours.

What happened? Something went wrong.

Was it with the program you wrote?

Guy didn't write the program.

I developed the program.

You didn't develop it, either.

Guy? Guy?

Sarah.

Who wrote the program?

Who wrote the program?

Who wrote the program is irrelevant.

What went wrong, guy?

You went wrong, Ben. You went wrong.

So I never should have asked you to do this.

You didn't ask me, you fucking coward. Your wife asked me.

Fuck you. Fuck you.

You've been thinking about this every waking goddamn second.

I was so close to the finish line.

So close we could touch it. Close to what?

Hacking our way to the top?

It doesn't matter how you get to the mountain top, son.

You either make it or you don't. We were there. We were there.

I used to believe what you would say.

Stop with this...

"I could have been a contender" bullshit, all right?

You're a fucking criminal and you can live with that.

Ben wrote the program. Then he pulled the plug.

Why?

It was the right thing to do.

How are we going to handle this?

Handle what?

Handle Creason.

How are we going to handle Creason?

She just can't carry on with this stuff.

She's 18. He's 25. I'll just forbid it.

You'll forbid it? Yes.

Why? 'Cause it's what's best for her?

Oh, don't be so dramatic. This isn't about her.

Punish your daughter because Ben has a moral compass?

Oh, obviously not a sexual moral compass.

You know what I mean.

She can't see him anymore. Period!

You have no idea what he did to me.

He pulled a power play that day to fuck me.

He's having sex with our daughter to fuck me.

I don't know why he pulled the plug, but Ben was doing...

The right thing, guy, and you know that.

Have you even talked to him about it?

Fuck him. Guy!

I can't. I'm not talking... You are better than this.

You will not deny her this experience.

Ben, you got a sec?

Ben what's up?

Look, the board's not going to approve...

This acquisition next week...

Unless we can prove we're worth the risk. Okay?

The company's valuation needs to be presented differently.

I'd like to use the computer program you wrote.

Ben we need a team to hack the market.

It's a Grey area.

You should have legal look into it first.

It's gonna be different soon.

What do you think she'll say when daddy saves the world?

She'll wonder why you didn't come home for dinner.

Announcer all non-military...

Non-essential personnel please clear the premise.

I repeat: All non-military, non-essential personnel...

Please clear the premise.

And we have every market running the diagnostic.

It needs to cycle through a few simulations.

Looks like it's working.

I'm going to take a break for a while.

Well, what does that mean?

But... I mean, if it's unresponsive...

Well, do we up the dosage? I mean, what do we do?

Well, we'll talk about it when we come in. Okay.

What's up?

Hi. You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

It sounded like it was about Creason.

It was.

And? Are you asking?

'Cause if you're asking, you need to say something like...

"Shannon, what's happening with Creason?"

Or "Shannon, will you loop me in...

With what the doctors are saying?"

So will you... Say, "can I help you?"

Okay. Yeah, I can. Shannon, loop me in...

With what the doctors are saying.

I want to help you.

It's fine. I can do it. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

It's gonna be okay. It's okay.

Okay.

Guy was the first one to take a chance on me.

All the boys on the floor used to look at me...

Like I was such a tight ass.

And you know, he made a mistake, but...

It was just a mistake.

I don't even like this stuff.

And I could be so much richer, but I am not.

Well, I'm flat broke.

Sing that thing.

What thing?

That thing you sing. No.

Sing it. Sing it. It's late.

Be. Hit the note. Be.

Be. Be.

Go back to sleep.

How come the FBI hasn't just...

Back traced any short sales to November 15th...

Because then you could just, you know, you could trace it to...

Shit, the...

Terrorists. Yes.

Thank you. The terrorists.

And then who knows?

Right, who knows?

You're more than just a patcher.

You know what I'm gonna do? What?

I'm gonna pull a bin laden.

Oh, yeah, you remember that?

The family sold all their stocks...

'Cause they knew the market was gonna crash before 9/11.

So they short sold all their united airlines stock...

The night before.

The night before.

They made a fortune.

It'd be the first time I ever made money on a trade.

You know?

That's an insider trade, George.

'Cause you could just trace it to them.

To the, um...

Terrorists. Yeah, to the terrorists.

Thank you very much.

Hey, I'm... I'm sorry.

Nice chatting with you.

Female agent Jimmy, front entrance clear?

Do you copy?

I know, I said I'd just...

George took longer than usual tonight, so.

Why would someone hack the markets?

Oh, shit. Shit.

Shit, shit, shit.

Yeah? What?

Yeah.

I... I know that, but I told you that I'm working.

I don't know what day I get off.

What's going on?

God, you look like shit.

I took a little nap.

You gotta look at this. Look at that.

Look, I had a late night with Amelia.

What am I looking at? Something big came up...

So to speak.

All right, George. Where're you going with this, man?

Okay, okay... the markets are the target, right?

Right.

So why wouldn't the terrorists be playing the market?

Okay. So I traced all the short sales from the 14th to the 16th.

You know, the usual suspects came up.

You know, you got China. You got Iran.

You got... I got it.

You got... okay, and I got nothing.

Okay. Okay. Okay. I gotcha.

And then I traced all the American companies...

And I got all these portfolios...

Owned and operated by the big boys.

Hey, look at this, look at this. Take a look right there.

JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, assured technologies.

Is that b of a? Mm-hm.

Commodities. All right, they all look like normal trends, though.

Yeah, yeah, they're short...

But they're shorting everything they can, you see that?

I know, I know, but they're legit trading patterns.

You know, one bank starts, they all...

Yeah, yeah, but...

They're all following normal trends.

Okay, so why isn't Goldman Sachs there?

Huh? Why isn't Goldman Sachs doing anything? Why?

The banks were all bailed out by the fed...

In '08 after the crash.

But Goldman paid it back April 14th, '09.

Okay?

The only company shorting on the day of the cyber-attack...

Are the companies that the fed bailed out...

And has total control over their managing interests.

George, are you sure about this?

The fed doesn't have controlling interest...

In Goldman Sachs and it never did.

Holy shit. I swear to god.

The federal reserve is orchestrating the largest...

Insider trade of all time.

Del Banco the banks work for the people...

And I am here to insure the people...

To continue their belief in the banks.

I accept the president's nomination.

I accept the post...

As 16th chairman of the federal reserve.

Oh, I love it here, boys.

Money, power and the circus.

Always wanted to be the ringleader.

And here I am... whoo!

Mr. Del Banco. Yes.

We've spoken amongst ourselves and...

We can't loan the people any more money...

Without some incentives.

The bank needs incentive to do their jobs?

In '08, you gave us $800 billion.

Maybe we start there.

I'm gonna stop you right there, bill. We've been cut off.

She ran her campaign on accountability.

So no more blank checks to the banks.

We are the five largest investment banks...

In the western hemisphere.

The federal reserve was created to serve our interests...

Not the current flavor of the week.

Madame president will be... To be fair...

Goldman Sachs doesn't come to these meetings anymore.

So I'm looking at four of the five largest investment banks.

Richard, give us our money.

She wants to cut a check to the people instead.

The people are too stupid to know how to spend it.

Bill, we're on the same page.

I took an oath to protect the financial system...

And I'm sure as hell not gonna let the people control things.

Then what are we gonna do?

I've got a plan.

The fed tipped off the banks two days before...

Even the FBI knew about the threats.

They're the ones behind the attack, man.

We lead the people to a point of complete panic.

Then we rein it all back in.

This is where the markets will be Monday morning...

Opening bell before the attack.

These are the markets at the end of that day.

Your banks will sell your assets...

A couple of days before the attack, at the peak up here...

Then buy them back down here for a fraction of the amount.

Next day, the market rebounds...

And all those stocks that you bought for nothing are worth...

Well, billions.

We've never had a fed chairman like you.

No, you haven't.

But this is all possible?

With the right man on the inside, anything's possible.

We're being sabotaged, Schwab. We need to meet... now.

Schwab what are you talking about, guy?

I'm in D.C.

Yeah? Well, find a plane, it's a 2-hour flight.

This is about so much more than just money.

Now, we won't be able to catch him in the act...

Without your help.

He will lie to you and tell you it's all for some greater good.

Pilot big top on final approach at 12,000 feet.

He will come to your house. He will use you.

Use you.

To help him hijack the markets.

You don't want to be used again.

There's a hypothesis at best.

So what if Goldman isn't shorting.

All that proves is they're still the smartest.

Market cap is 18 trillion.

The banks are short 8 fucking trillion.

Goldman hasn't made a move, okay?

Help me out here.

Help you out. Christ. We think...

This isn't exactly the optimal time...

To play conspiracy theory, by the way.

This isn't a theory. This is a fact.

It's a fact? Yeah!

This is them rewriting the rules. Same as it ever was.

The housing collapse, student loans, the great depression...

Iraq.

You and I both know the fed is behind everything.

Ben, do the right thing.

You can't seriously be thinking...

About keeping these markets live tomorrow.

You gotta sort this out. You gotta freeze everything.

Who else knows about this?

Nobody.

They're the most dangerous. The most powerful.

Guy, who else knows about this?

No one.

What's this?

You want to stay a free man?

All we talked about here is baseball.

What do you say?

Operator white house operator.

Schwab yes, I need Jeff on his secure line.

This is Sarah Schwab.

Jeff hello?

Schwab I want you to know I'll be handing in...

My letter of resignation tomorrow morning.

Jeff Sarah, what are you talking about?

Schwab I'm sorry.

This isn't what I signed up for.

The system's entirely fucked.

Is it okay if we talk for a minute?

Yeah. Is everything okay?

Just say it.

I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.

Something... there's something I need...

When we started dating, you told me how...

Complicated things might become.

I only came back to do this because of you.

But I don't know if those were the right reasons.

What?

What are you doing? It's 4:00 A.M.

I never wanted to be a cheater.

I know.

Just never enough. I wanted more, I needed more and more.

You know how I would always say...

I'm doing this for you and for Creason to make you happy...

Make you comfortable?

I couldn't stop, Shannon, I couldn't stop.

I'm afraid.

I'm scared.

I'm fucking scared and I don't know what's gonna happen.

I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow.

Oh, would you knock it off!

No one knows what's gonna happen tomorrow.

I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow.

You made a mistake, you fix it.

It's what you're gonna do tomorrow. You're gonna fix it.

This is different. Oh.

This is different. It's not different!

It's not different! It's not!

You always say it's different. It's not different.

It's the same thing.

When you started your business.

When you hijacked the market.

When you got caught.

It's not the... we're all still here!

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Mom threw a book at me.

Yeah, just a paperback. I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Okay.

You okay?

He broke up with me.

Nah. You know... okay?

He broke up with me.

Okay, okay, okay. Daddy... no, no.

Okay, okay. It's okay, baby. Oh, sweetie pie.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Fucking Ben.

He's such an asshole! The guy's a...

Yes, he's a... he's an asshole.

It's just a boy, sweetie pie. It's just a boy.

It's okay.

But I loved him.

No, no, you love me. You love your daddy.

Okay. Honey bunny.

Yes. He's a moron.

Lots of boys.

They're afraid, George.

They're afraid of what might happen if they lose the system.

So what are we gonna do?

We're gonna get through this.

Are we?

You boys ready to save the fucking world?

We can only hope.

It's an angry day. I like it.

We're gonna get through this.

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Sarah resigned this morning.

Why? Why is that?

She said the system is fucked. She sounded frightened.

Then she just hung up.

Well, I told you she wasn't cut out for this.

This better work.

I've got CNBC reporting on a merger out of London.

I have a feeling we'll be running hot...

With that European server.

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Good morning, America.

Moments away. Okay.

Morning. Hey.

Hey, hey, don't forget your vitamins, yeah?

Got them.

Babe, I'm sorry about the boy.

Yeah, I don't want to talk about it.

Okay.

Have a good day. Yeah.

Big day.

Hey, mom.

Yeah?

He's got it.

Really?

Yeah, he's got it.

He's got it.

Can I help you, Ben?

Why am I getting a lag on Bloomberg?

Good luck.

Don't need luck.

We're running way too many markets.

I'm pushing these to one.

Do you want the nuts? Unh-unh.

Why not? Just try a little. They're...

It's time.

Okay, let's initiate the backend pairing sequence, George.

What do you need?

Look for the authorization code.

4-8-2-0-c-b. Mm-hm.

New York's up.

Reporter we have the Dow industrial up 89.

NASDAQ up 61.

S&P is up 18.

Gold contract's down $7.03.

Ben, give me Miami.

Reporter crude up $3.14.

Bonds down slightly lower than Friday's closing.

10-year and 30-year both down...

And go Chicago.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are live... yup.

It almost feels like when you read...

The Dow, it does seem like a sports story.

Stocks crashing and then suddenly...

Just when you think it'll never recover...

Boom, we're back in play.

We're live.

We're tracking option contracts.

Yeah.

Asks all maps the bids. It is working.

It's really working.

Hah-hah-hah!

Del Banco this is about so much more than just money.

Guy do the right thing, Ben.

Okay, we're done here.

Come on.

Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

What's the static? I don't know.

What's the static? What's the static?

I don't fucking know, guy. Come on, come on, come on.

Give me a second.

What the hell is that?

Is that your computer or the server?

Goddamn second. What is this static?

George, are you getting this! Unplug everything.

Unplug it. Unplug it.

Pull it off-line. Unplug it?

This isn't gonna fix it.

Ben, shut it down! Ben, pull it off-line!

It's right here. Sector 2, sector 5, 6.

Come on, woman, come on!

The screens are all flashing static.

Shit, I don't know what's going on.

George, shut it. Shut it down.

I can't. It's nuclear.

Oh, what the hell's going on?

George, I'm pulling drives.

Pull all the peripheral drives first.

Ben!

And then work your way inward, do you hear me?

- Shut it! - It's too late.

We're crashing. Shut down! Shut it down!

It's too late.

It's not! Shut it down! It's already in the system.

What? What? It's already in the system.

It's gonna hit the markets... It's not.

In 30 seconds, I didn't know until I saw the code.

What is this? What the fuck is this?

I shut you down, so that you couldn't do it again...

So that you couldn't hack the markets again.

What the fuck is this?

They told me you were gonna hijack the...

Ben!

How was I supposed to believe you? Believe any of this?

You told me I was like family and then you lied to me.

Why did you do this to me? You did...

Haven't you ever wanted to make an impact?

Do you know, I mean really be somebody?

This is not just about money.

This is about so much more than just money.

Who told you? Ben, look at me. Who told you?

Who told you these things?

Del Banco!

You have no f... no fucking idea what you just did.

Ben... you killed us.

You fucking killed us.

Anchor just receiving word...

The Chicago mercantile exchange has fallen victim...

To a cyber attack.

This... this is the virus.

A cyber attack. Cyber attack.

Interest rates must remain low...

Loans approved, money flowing...

Because we are doing this for the good of the people.

I need your word. Sure.

We just lost New York. Chicago's been hit.

Sir, I have guy Clifton on the phone.

Guy. Guy!

We're under attack.

What did you do?

This is not me. The feds hacked the system. Do you hear me?

What are you talking about?

You find Del Banco and you ask him.

You talk to him. Find Del Banco.

We're trying to figure this out. I need George to reroute.

The markets have been attacked, madame president.

All right. Excuse me, children. Which markets?

All of them, ma'am.

Market reporter just receiving word...

From inside the New York stock exchange...

That all the screens are flashing a symbol.

And nobody knows what to make of it.

The market is literally frozen. Now we assume...

Sorry. Jeez, dude.

Hey, what are you doing?

Shit.

We'll meet you back at home. Good. Yeah.

Okay, good.

Excuse me. Yes, I need Jeff on his secure line.

Now, from these numbers here that are coming in...

It looks like, madame president, people are beginning...

To withdraw their money from the banks.

Okay.

The market already is going to take a major dip.

We don't want the banks to suffer...

Any more than they have to.

Reporter we're now receiving isolated...

Reports that people are withdrawing large quantities

of money from ATM's.

Some even closing out...

The government won't address FDIC coverage rumors...

Because they're saying it's not necessary.

Everything's fine. We're on track.

Maybe somebody over at the white house...

Should watch the news.

Hey, Jeff, you need to brief her.

Jeff yeah, it's a little late.

Del Banco's got her ear.

Listen, it's all happening, just like I predicted.

Del Banco's lobbying for the banks to go dark...

Put a freeze on everything.

Jeff. Gotta go.

Jeff and I both agree.

I'll recommend the president put a freeze...

On all banking activities.

Why?

Because your banks only hold 10% cash deposit at any given time.

That'll run out in a matter of hours.

You want the focus to be on the markets...

Not on bank vaults.

Hey, Chelsh, I still need the depletion numbers...

From Goldman, I don't have those yet.

Chelsh they won't give me the numbers, Sarah.

I'm the fucking treasury office. What do you mean they won't...

Chelsh you're not the treasury office anymore.

All right, look, call me back in five. I gotta get this.

Erin, what do you got?

Erin it's about the European union.

What?

Erin they're freezing us out.

Reporter I'm standing outside parliament now...

Where the prime minister has called an emergency session...

To discuss the financial implications to...

large quantities of money from ATM's.

Some even closing out their entire account...

Fearing life savings could be plundered.

Flashing red. We're flashing red!

No, no, we need to reloop the NASDAQ server...

Through yellow before you can boot.

Yeah?

Guy, listen to me.

I fucking told you, Schwab.

Guy, listen!

What?

They're running the banks, guy.

It wasn't supposed to happen this fast.

It started here, then London, then Hong Kong.

They're running our banks from every city in the world.

It's like fucking dominoes.

Are you close? Please tell me you're close.

Guy?

Am I close to what?

Okay, if you could pull the markets back online...

We can... we can call it a market glitch or an algorithm failure.

We can calm everybody down.

You want me to save the banks, Schwab?

I'm not asking you to save the banks, guy.

I'm asking you to restore some faith in the system.

Okay, good, good. Trace the origin with this code; 0010010.

I know what's at stake and we're working on it.

I'm going to have to get back to you.

Well, come... guy! Guy!

Reporter we've just learned that all us banks...

Have been ordered closed until further notice.

This is bullshit. I can't even get on the website.

They can do anything, like most politicians.

They believe they can just order it...

I watched the bank teller lock the front doors.

It was locked. The bank doesn't close 'til 5:00.

You're not letting us close our accounts?

They kicked us all out.

Why won't they let us close our own account? Is there a law?

Can you show me the law?

I'm going to need this room.

Thank you.

I'll be right outside, madame president.

Madame president.

I'm a customer. I'm a customer. You're outside with everybody...

She's... whoa! What are you doing?!

What are you doing?! Oh, my god!

No one really saw this coming.

Wait a second. I'm tracking this crash just fine.

Leading the people into panic.

What I'm not tracking, in order to get these short sales...

To work, we've got to get the market back up and functioning.

Right. We pull them back up online.

How do you get the markets back up online?

Oh, I don't... guy Clifton does.

I just... I need to know if it's possible for us...

To override this thing and bring the markets back on-line.

We slow it all down.

Yeah, it's possible... But what next?

That's the million dollar question.

Sinclair I don't know why they'd warn...

The rich stock brokers...

But they said that they've already hacked...

The New York stock exchange backup.

The government will call guy Clifton.

And the only reason they know about guy Clifton's skill set...

Is because... I conveniently recommended his indictment.

I want you to get me a list of all our positions...

Long and short, everything in the portfolio.

He'll play the markets just like us.

Come on, help me fix this.

What's in it for me?

But he's also facing jail time, thanks to yours truly.

I'm gonna need immunity.

So they'll offer him immunity...

To stop an inevitable terror attack.

It's risky... but they won't have any choice.

We'll make sure of that.

These cyber threats have no lasting implications...

On any market ever.

Ben, do the right thing.

The virus I give Ben isn't unbreakable.

It'll take some hours, but they'll crack it.

No matter what happens...

Even if Clifton figures the whole thing out...

He'll still pull the markets back up online...

Because if he doesn't...

He'll lose all his money, just like us.

So you're betting our banks on one man's greed?

Absolutely.

Man the cabinet and the federal reserve...

Are meeting behind closed doors at the moment...

Discussing next steps while they desperately...

Try to keep the economy alive.

They know how much money they need...

But they don't know how they're going to get it.

Crazy virus Del Banco gave you.

I didn't know I was planting a virus.

This isn't your fault, son.

You were trying to do the right thing.

I didn't let you trust me enough, Ben.

I hear you broke up with Creason.

I was under the impression you were trying to hijack...

Do you have any idea what that does to a girl like her?

She doesn't give a shit about any of this, Ben.

You know that.

Any way to make this right?

This was gonna happen sooner or later, not this soon.

Not this soon.

I didn't want Creason to have to choose sides...

After all this went down.

You'll always be her father.

Backend server code confirmed.

We have a double-enter enable key on my mark.

3... 2, 1.

I need your word, interest rates must remain low...

Loans approved, money flowing...

Because we are doing this for the good of the people...

Because it's the right thing to do.

Hello?

Schwab guy.

Hey! Free money! Get the fuck out of here!

Schwab hello?

Hello? You know, Schwab...

You're not gonna convince me...

That the system's just gonna fix itself again.

Guy the banks and the fed...

Where did that money come from, Schwab?

Hm? Whose money is that?

We the people shouldn't be made up of you or me...

Or the bankers that fucking control us!

And don't tell me that I'm wrong.

Because up until today, I was one of those guys.

Taking people's money and manipulating the system.

I've owned that.

I've owned it.

The system... does not work.

Your money is not safe in the banks.

Don't keep more than what you need.

If the banks get in trouble, they will take your money.

The government will take your money.

We made realistic rules so that it could never happen again.

We do not have jurisdiction to directly go out...

And audit reserve bank activities.

Mr. Del Banco. Yeah.

Can I ask you a question?

Why do you meet here?

Why are we at the circus?

This is where the stock market was created.

Come here.

Now there are several theories, of course...

But this is the one I subscribe to.

It was a hot summer day in 1792...

And four men sitting right over there, created...

They created a market place...

Whereby people like you and I...

Could bet on a working-class America...

Through stocks and bonds.

It was the greatest game ever invented.

That's what they called it.

And there were two clowns, performing an operatic...

While they were being chased by a bear.

Right there.

And it was the clowns that gave them the idea.

But the clowns had to outrun the bear.

Well, he didn't have to outrun the bear...

He just had to outrun the other guy.

Cheers to the American dream.

Guy you have got to tell the people the truth, Schwab.

You got to tell the truth.

You got to do the right thing.

Letting the banks get away with this...

It's just not the right thing.

You know why?

Because our kids still need to live in this world.

Do you understand? It's up to you.

I really wish I could help you with this. I do.

And I wish I could help you save the world...

But I'm late for dinner.