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♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

HARPER STERN:

(THROUGH HEADPHONES)

While my baseline was fulfilling

the needs of the desk,

I also stood out on my own.

I've formulated over two dozen

bespoke macro trading strategies

across a number of instruments,

vanilla cash equities

to exotic derivatives,

leveraging at all points

our different silos on the floor

and cross-selling products

at every opportunity.

I can say confidently

that by sales credits,

I'm the standout grad

in front of you today.

And I want to prove that

this track record of producing

at the highest level

isn't a one-time thing.

I have carried

the culture of the firm,

led with integrity,

and thought like an owner.

It's in my blood.

I'm a Pierpoint person.

♪ (SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

You ready to bite

the head off a bear?

RISHI RAMDANI:

Anyone want to start punting

on which grads are staying?

'cause I'm making markets.

A hundred quid minimum...

I really appreciate you

taking the time to meet with me.

Um, I know I can add value

and I know I'm ready

for clients, you know,

-properly covering them.

-Yeah.

I mean, there's no guarantees.

You'd still have to be hired

permanently by FX tomorrow,

you know, by Hilary.

-I mean, it's his headcount.

-Sure. Totally, yeah.

DARIA GREENOCK:

But I'm definitely receptive

to the idea of you moving over.

How has your experience

of FX been?

-(CHUCKLES) Um...

-I mean, they're kind of a law

unto themselves, right?

Have you felt supported?

YASMIN KARA-HANANI: I...

I-- I think so, yeah.

You know, as-- as much as one

can be. (CHUCKLES)

THEO TUCK: (THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER)

...you believe in.

Liquidity is thin.

Trade fears with China,

slower Chinese growth,

big warnings in tech,

and the usual Brexit sludge.

Another three percent downside

from last night

to move before S&P

circuit breakers kick in.

RISHI: Look, I said I don't know

any of their names.

Be descriptive.

(INDISTINCT OFFICE CHATTER)

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(YASMIN AND DARIA SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY, LAUGHING)

Hey, c--

can we help you?

Yeah, can I just get two minutes

with you, if possible.?

Uh, sure.

Yeah, when I'm done.

HARPER: No, I just...

Um, it-- it won't take

any time at all.

Harper, when we're done.

Okay, fine.

Fuck.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-MAILROOM MAN: Mr. Spearing?

-Cheers.

WOMAN: Sixteen pages,

24 minutes to say, "Do nothing."

I cannot believe

that she was away...

It's consensual.

He's constantly hedged.

If he's saying, "Sell market,"

then say so...

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

WOMAN: And the numbers!

Ugh, burning

the fucking numbers...

-Oy, Rish.

-Yup?

How do we know

if we're safe tomorrow?

Watch your lines.

Red means dead.

If they call you

before 6:00 p.m.,

you're not coming back

on Monday.

And remember,

when you're in the room

ignore the camera.

Speak directly

to the desk heads.

And don't act the cunt.

It's simple, really.

Gus, I thought it might be

a good idea for us to catch up

before your presentation

tomorrow?

Perhaps we could

grab lunch later?

We could do it

in the Executive Dining Room.

Sara, I heard whispers

Adler's over from New York.

-Is it bad news?

-Oh, um...

news to me.

RISHI: The last time

Adler came over,

half the desk got laid off.

Exec dining room, huh?

Only top brass up there.

(CHUCKLES)

-(PHONES RINGING)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

KENNY KILBANE: Look,

your product promised

a world-class

shaving experience.

And I-- I have razor bumps

all over my pubis.

There's nothing

in your literature

about using it down there!

Have you, uh... had a chance

to think about

what we discussed?

KENNY: Look, what do you think

people use

your fucking products for?

Look, I wanna talk

to your fucking manager.

Are we elevating it?

I'm still thinking.

Do you want me to bring it up

in the room?

You obviously don't want me

to say anything.

You always have a choice.

But are you a team player,

Yasmin?

Because I like to hire

team players.

KENNY: Do you know how much

of a humiliation this is?

I have fucking three

Tinder dates lined up this week.

Unsubscribe me now,

and I expect to not see

a pro rata direct debit

on my next statement.

♪ (SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(QUIET INDISTINCT CHATTER)

SARA DHADWAL: So, we've had

very good reports about you.

From who?

I wasn't given a mentor.

Every time I was proactive,

I was shut down.

The desk politics meant that

I was effectively invisible.

And I understand, given where

I sat at the start of the year,

who I sat next to,

I'm a problem for you.

No, th-- this isn't about Hari.

GUS SACKEY:

Well, to be honest,

it's the only thing you ever

want to talk to me about.

A guy died.

The bank was responsible.

Your job was to elide

that responsibility.

I can testify to the culture

of this place,

the culture that you do

your best to hide.

I don't come up here enough.

Look at how high up

the two of us are.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

Okay. What if I said

I didn't see your talent?

What if I saw you

as a walking PR disaster?

Shall I be more cynical

or, um, "honest," as you say,

because cynicism's

just honesty in code,

and say that you are

a hyper intelligent minority

at Pierpoint.

Looking at the institutions

you've been at

for most of your life,

you probably take that kind

of social mobility for granted.

You shouldn't.

I'm not gonna hide that

the optics are good for me,

but if you stay,

there is no limit to where

I can take you at this bank.

I don't actually like truffle.

-GUS: You don't?

-SARA: Not really.

BALD TRADER:

Uh, what are you up to tonight?

Heading back.

Getting a pint's been mentioned,

but I've got an early meeting.

BALD TRADER: How about tomorrow?

RISHI: All right, one pint.

Okay, maybe two pints.

And a bag of chop.

Twisted my arm.

YASMIN:

You ready to go?

Got a lot of work to do.

I'll see you at home.

RISHI: Fuck off. We both know

I'm the only one

that's allowed to light it.

Thank you for today.

Yeah. It's exciting.

(ENGINE REVS)

Oh, I hate myself

for saying it, but...

it's quite hot.

After tomorrow,

you might never see me again.

What would you do?

I'd die.

No, but like, really...

what would you do?

Depends who sits in your seat.

You've been fun, Robert.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Why was Yasmin thanking you?

DARIA: We'll have a chance

to chat tomorrow

when the dust has settled.

As someone

who knows the process,

can you at least tell me

how much weight my speech has

versus the MDs' opinion of me?

It's a consideration

of all those things,

plus your performance

throughout the year.

Tomorrow,

can you vouch for me?

As a friend?

(DARIA SIGHS)

I must be one of the only ones

in my class

that printed business this year.

Everyone else is just

glorified desk assistants.

Then talk about that business.

(ELEVATOR CHIMES)

You know that I deserve

to be here.

DARIA: Harper...

-(CHATTER CONTINUES)

-AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors closing.

Please just try

and get some sleep tonight.

But I wouldn't be your friend

and your boss,

if I didn't tell you

that I'm not convinced

this environment mixes well

with whatever it is

you're... going through.

-(ELEVATOR CHIMES)

-AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors opening.

(MAN SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors closing.

(MAN CONTINUES

SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)

HARPER: So what? Are you--

Are you saying

that I'm not cut out for this?

Is that your professional

opinion?

(SIGHS) No, um...

it just might not be

a cultural fit, okay?

Well as my friend and my boss,

you put me in front of a client

who sexually assaulted me,

so how do you feel about that?

-Excuse me?

-Nicole took advantage of me.

(MAN CONTINUES

SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)

That is a very serious

allegation, Harper.

Yes, I'm making it seriously.

No, you're not.

You're not thinking straight.

'Cause if it was serious,

you wouldn't tell me like this.

(CONTINUES SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

CLEMENT COWAN:

Here you go.

ROBERT SPEARING: Cheers.

I can't accept this.

Nonsense.

Gorgeous Georgie

just finished it this week.

-It's not appropriate.

-It's finished,

and it's paid for.

So...

have you ever thought

about getting help?

Yeah,

I've been at those meetings.

There's this one guy I remember.

Smart lad.

Kept telling me to

"replace the alibis

of exceptionality

that masqueraded

as self-knowledge."

With what?

The polyester clichés

of recovery?

Fuck that.

You're a fraud.

Laughter and lunches

and tickets and fun.

That's the whole enterprise.

Because if there's no joy

in it for you,

you might as well be dead.

I didn't--

don't want to be small

in my life, Rob.

I was large.

Yeah, you should've seen me.

-Do you not wanna stop?

-No.

You've really fucking left me

in the lurch, you know that?

I don't know what I'm gonna do

if they fire me.

I mean...

what have I got to go to, eh?

I knew Kaspar intimately.

He didn't know the first thing

about me.

But he needed me.

Twenty-year relationship.

I was who he wanted me to be.

Just tell them what they need

to hear to survive the day.

Make yourself big

in your life, Rob.

They'll fall in love with you.

Thank you.

I need to go.

Good luck.

♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY)

(YASMIN MUMBLING)

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

HARPER: (THROUGH HEADPHONES)

While my baseline was fulfilling

the needs of the desk,

I also stood out on my own.

I've formulated over two dozen

bespoke macro trading strategies

across a number

of instruments,

vanilla cash equities

to exotic derivatives,

leveraging at all points

our different silos

on the floor

and cross-selling products

at every opportunity.

I can say confidently

that by sales credits,

I'm the standout grad

in front of you today.

Right.

We've got a little kitty going.

RIF Day Bingo.

Most common bullshit

said by grads.

"Team player," "touch base,"

"add value," et cetera.

Shite, basically.

And any graduate

that's brave enough to say

a sentence the traders

come up with, gets a Gib.

-That's a grand.

-What's the sentence?

Haven't come up with that yet,

but we'll email it

around subtly.

Kinda subtly.

Not subtly at all, actually.

Shit.

KENNY: Uh, good to see you, sir.

How you doing? Yeah.

Great to see you again, man.

-How's Trust Fund Terry doing?

-MAN: Staying strong.

BILL ADLER:

Hey, there. Hey, there.

I don't wanna sound

Johnny Paranoid,

but that Adler gives me

the fear.

I heard he was having dinner

with Boris last night, 5H.

-(TELEPHONE RINGING)

-RISHI: Rishi, Pierpoint.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm just--

Restructuring, I reckon.

Nah, he wouldn't come over

for anything less.

Yeah, I've got major

post-pint anxiety.

Do you want one?

For today.

It's like, um, beta blockers.

They stop adrenaline and stuff.

I'm fine.

How about a fag?

(LIGHTER CLICKING)

(CHUCKLES)

What are you gonna do

without me, then?

HARPER: I could throw myself

in the Thames.

(ROBERT CHUCKLES)

HARPER:

You know, I think I'd miss you.

I'm not very good

at letting people in, you know?

ROBERT: Yeah, I've noticed.

HARPER: I don't think

I'm Daria's kind of person.

ROBERT:

What are you basing that on?

Let's have a drink tonight.

After work.

You know, like a proper drink.

You're seriously

doing this right now?

Yeah. Why not?

Come to mine,

we can just hang out.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Fuck.

I'm on.

Fuck. Okay. Um...

Oy, remember...

-you're better than me.

-(SCOFFS)

(KISSES)

What the fuck?

(CAMERA BEEPS)

RISHI: Can some fucking anorak

crank the volume, please?

Uh, Vireo Partners and their

new senior PM, Usman Abboud,

aim to achieve

long-term capital growth

through active management

by bottom-up stock picking.

What's the most important thing

you've learned

about client relationships?

I guess that, um...

there's still romance left

in this business...

-RISHI: Anyone have "romance"?

-ROBERT: ...if you know where

to look for it, you know?

Um...

No, not sure we do.

ROBERT:

What I mean is that, uh...

is that one big night

with a client

is worth a thousand

research reports.

Well, that sounds like

a euphemism.

Don't mind me.

It's, uh...

It's always an experience

covering clients

on the continent.

Well, it's, uh,

more a question of experiences.

RISHI: He's seconds away

from "touch base."

Do you feel you have anything

to offer clients

apart from Pierpoint's

expense account?

What is your value add, Robert?

What do you actually do?

Whether we like it or not...

this is still very much

a belly-to-belly business.

This whole job, in theory,

could be completely automated.

Completely electronic.

But I still think that

if you want to make money

off a client-- for a client,

then it's about listening

to a voice.

Totally agree.

So you've secured Vireo

as a client?

And can I press you on a "yes"

or "no" answer, please?

-No.

-They've secured me.

-(ADLER LAUGHS)

Oh, shit. Um...

ROBERT: (THROUGH TV)

Uh, sorry, um...

Sorry, I-- I get these

whenever I'm really nervous.

Guilty. (LAUGHS)

-ADLER: Hey.

-ROBERT: Oh, thank you.

Thanks.

(SNIFFS)

-You can go.

-ROBERT: Right. Sure.

Sorry.

JACKIE WALSH: Never known Adler

to fly in for graduate hiring.

Hey, Yasmin,

that's the global head of FICC.

-Fixed Income, Currencies--

-I know who he is.

No pressure.

Do you believe that shite

that clean eating

makes your street-rat

taste nicer?

-Jesus Christ.

-JACKIE: 'Cause I'm off

for some sushi.

You guys want anything?

-(KENNY CHUCKLES)

-(YASMIN CLEARS THROAT)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Um, a few of the grads

have gotten their line managers

to speak to their MDs,

sort of vouch for them.

(PHONES RINGING)

Um, did you speak to Wyndy

about me?

What, on your behalf?

(SIGHS)

Are you not tired

of tiptoeing around each other?

I'm just--

I'm second guessing everything

that comes out of my mouth,

you know?

And if I'm honest,

I'm sick of going home

and thinking more about

my relationship with you.

It's just not a cultural fit.

Well, maybe I'll talk

about my perspective

on the cultural fit.

You're gonna stand up

in front of the entire bank

and say what?

That I did...

what, exactly?

Go on.

Find your words.

Yeah, well,

maybe I'll talk to HR.

KENNY: Right, and

how does that play out?

You drag me through

a few things,

you get paid,

I get a slap on the wrist,

you have a mark

next to your name

and have people talk about you

for the rest of your career?

"There's that girl.

Do you know what she did?"

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

(LAUGHS)

Oh, come on! You know

I'm only fucking about!

You know that

that's our relationship.

So what if it's a bit combative?

That's our style.

We're a team.

I really appreciate

everything you've done for me.

(PHONE RINGING)

Oh, they're calling you already.

Early bird special.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Pierpoint, Yasmin speaking.

RECEPTIONIST: We have someone

downstairs for you.

SEB OLDROYD: We've spent

so little time together

recently because of your job.

And I-- I needed a wake-up call.

I-- I feel so fucking lucky

to be with you.

Okay, well I don't anymore.

Look, I'm-- I'm sorry

I don't want it to be rough

when we have sex.

Fucking hell.

SEB: Like, why does that make me

a bad person?

(WHISPERING)

Because-- oh God.

You never made me feel

like a sexual person.

Seb, I'm a sexual person.

You nearly killed that in me.

Oh my God. You need to leave.

I'm actually pretty busy today.

You know, liking that

kind of thing...

it's not very feminist.

I don't give a fuck

what's feminist, Seb.

Please leave.

You know, my friends have always

wondered why I was with you.

A spoiled little rich girl.

I guess now you're home.

Be kind to yourself, Seb.

(SNIFFLES)

My mum, uh, used to

get really worried

about how many of these

I got as a kid.

What, were you a cokehead

back then, too?

I need you to know that...

none of that worked on me.

I see you.

I know what you are.

I don't wanna be a babysitter.

I don't want to be a carer.

I don't want to be a mother,

especially to you.

You don't have a future

on my desk

because you've never displayed

that you have any value.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors opening.

To me...

you're worthless.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors closing.

YASMIN: Given the chance

to further my career

at Pierpoint,

um, I am certain I will find

new and vary way-- varied ways

to, um, add value

to its outstanding culture.

-Bingo.

-Oh, fuck.

And how would you define

our culture?

Um...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's a culture of every man...

every man and woman,

um, lifting each other up.

And have you felt

supported throughout?

Ye-- Absolutely, um...

Yeah, I really feel

part of a team.

SARA: Thank you, Yasmin.

YASMIN: Thank you.

(SPOON CLATTERING)

THEO: Alice moved out.

Was it mutual?

I mean, she always kind of knew.

I'm sure we could have kept

the whole thing going,

but out in the open, it just--

it made the whole thing

untenable.

For both of us.

Look. I'm...

I'm really... sorry.

Can we somehow make this right?

Come to Polton this weekend.

It's my parents' place.

We can, you know,

we can do whatever.

We can... chill.

-Are you sure?

-THEO: Yes.

Yes, of course, I'm sure.

Oh, shit. My parents are there

this weekend.

Um, I thought they were

back in Hong Kong.

Okay, a major calendar fuck-up.

Um... (CHUCKLES)

Look, any other weekend, okay?

I promise.

Sure. A weekend soon.

Send me a calendar invite.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(WATER RUNNING)

Where did you stay last night?

At home. I got up early.

YASMIN: Did you watch my speech?

Were you with Robert?

What? I was at home.

I've just been getting up early.

-What is your game?

-What game?

Like...

your game. What are you doing

talking to Daria?

I'm not playing

a fucking game, Harper.

I was talking to Daria

about switching desks. (SCOFFS)

You know I've had

a shitty time here.

I thought you might be receptive

to the idea

of us working together,

you know, as friends.

(SCOFFS) Harper,

are you seriously okay?

Any success I might have

doesn't have to come

at a cost to you.

♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

We'll all be fine.

Just tell them

what they want to hear.

You know, you're, like,

the best thing

to come out

of this experience for me.

Thanks.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SCOFFS)

Let me just say,

first and foremost,

without equivocation,

after everything we've all

been through together...

allow me this indulgence.

(CLEARS THROAT)

"Buy the dip. Short the VIX.

Fuck Bitcoin."

-Yes! Yes!

-(LAUGHING)

(BOTH LAUGH)

Buy the dip. Short the VIX.

Fuck Bitcoin!

(LAUGHTER)

GUS: Thank you

for the opportunity.

(DOOR OPENS)

MAN 1: "Fuck Bitcoin"

is actually the house view.

-MAN 2: Well,

that was a waste of time.

-GUS: Good luck.

SARA: Sorry, everyone.

We'll get to the bottom of that.

ADLER:

Interesting grad class, Sara.

DARIA: Harper Stern?

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I have formulate--

I have formulated

22 different b-- bespoke...

ADLER: Why don't you tell us

about the relationship

you're most proud of?

Whatever's the most revealing.

Take your time.

DARIA: Harper, are you okay?

Har--

♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪

(GASPS)

(SOBBING)

(AUDIO DISTORTING)

GUS: Hey. Are you okay?

(GASPING) I can't breathe.

Hey, hey. Breathe with me.

In through your nose,

out through your mouth.

-(INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES)

-(HARPER SOBS)

Well, that was,

uh, totally unacceptable.

I'm sure this doesn't

even warrant a discussion.

There are considerations

about what he's been through.

ADLER:

That's yesterday's news cycle.

SARA:

With all due respect,

you are speaking

quite flippantly

for someone

who hasn't been on the ground.

ADLER: And with all due respect,

Sara, nobody in New York

is talking about that.

He sat next to someone

who died on our watch.

And he's one of our brightest.

Look, I know this sounds cold,

but in the interest of time,

we've moved on.

Rightly or wrongly,

that's the reality.

So let's

take care of it, please.

Sorry, team.

My five o'clock is here.

Well, that doesn't sound

ominous at all.

(DOOR CLOSES)

DARIA: I don't think

this is the kind of person

we should be championing.

I mean, we've let people

sleepwalk into these jobs

too often and too easily.

SARA: Yeah.

Nothing between his ears.

HILARY WYNDHAM: Adler likes him.

NICHOLAS CRENDSHORE:

I don't want to come across

as patronizing,

you know I never mean to,

but there are certain people,

clients, who would instantly

get on with that kind of guy.

Okay, but I-- I'd be happy

to excuse that kind of attitude

if he was smart...

-but the truth is--

-What is remarkable about him?

Adler liked him.

She seems like a bit of a

shrinking violet in the room.

But what do we think

about her intelligence?

Well, she wasn't great

on the technicals.

Hilary?

I think she's very smart.

She was instrumental

in introducing us to a new fund.

It fell apart.

-KENNY: Yes! Tommy...

-HILARY: Nothing to do with her.

It was their needs.

She's, um...

she's a team player.

DARIA: I'll take this.

I've worried at certain points

about her ability

to handle the pressure.

But if we were to define

a Pierpoint person

as a producer, hardworking,

someone who truly puts the job

ahead of herself...

then she's the easiest hire

we'll ever make.

NICHOLAS: Was that kind

of erratic performance

typical of her?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN: So, I would say

the embedding of bold products

going forward and, uh,

you know, we need to do that...

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-(PHONES RINGING)

It's a very common strategy.

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

(PHONE RINGING)

(APPLAUSE)

RISHI: Yes, Gus, lad.

You leave a size load, mate.

Huge hardo energy!

Treat yourself to a Pier-pint!

(RISHI LAUGHING)

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Well done, mate.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(PHONE RINGING)

ADLER: It sounds like you've had

an extraordinary year.

Good stuff always filters up.

Your desk's a breeding ground

for world-class people.

Oh, I'm, uh--

I'm sorry this is so low-fi.

So, these, uh, five accounts

are Eric's.

They represent 28 million

dollars in sales credits.

That's, uh, what,

60 percent of the desk's pie?

They only trade with Eric.

Eric could walk into Goldman's.

They become Goldman's.

I need them to be Pierpoint's.

Now, uh, given the NDA,

it would be very easy to make

what happened,

or didn't happen, go away.

We're in a good position.

Eric assures me that there

were some, uh... exaggerations,

a misunderstanding

between the two of you.

Some things were said that were,

shall we say...

ERIC TAO: Not true.

ADLER: We're giving you a chance

to retract your accusation.

So if we can clarify,

or-- or better yet, smooth over

the inconsistencies,

I'm sure we can find a way

to make this beneficial

to your future.

I'm, um...

I'm quite influential here.

(CHUCKLES)

How are Fenmarsh on here?

I-- I apologized to Felim

for what I said

in front of his wife.

Look, uh, ultimately,

this is, uh, an isolated issue

between two people.

We work things out,

peer to peer,

the institution doesn't suffer.

(LAUGHS)

Work it out. You're both

salespeople, for God's sake.

It's not often in life

that when you lose something,

you get a chance

to bring it back.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Hi, Bill. I'm going

to have to borrow Harper.

Well, we're in the middle

of something.

Gonna have to insist.

ADLER: Sara,

this is a private meeting.

SARA: If I know anything,

it's that I have worked

so that men can no longer

make unilateral decisions

in airless rooms.

-MAN: (SHOUTING) Oy-oy!

-(GROUP CHATTER)

MAN: You weren't there!

You weren't even there!

You know, Lehman

was a dry goods store once.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Management still used to call it

"the family business,"

which was bullshit.

On my desk, we used to call

Dick Fuld, the CEO,

"the invisible man."

He was never on the floor.

An invisible man

pushing people

to sell invisible things.

You know, over a thousand banks

have failed

in the last ten years.

About a dozen were created.

We have answered

"too big to fail"

by making bigger banks. (SCOFFS)

-Nothing's changed?

-Nothing. But it can.

Some people are trying

to change it.

Daria's one of them.

But the only agency we have

in a stagnant system

is the single choices

that we make,

and the cumulative effect

of making the correct ones

more often than not.

I'm not just offering you

the job.

Forget my targets.

This is more important

than that.

I am giving you an opportunity

to change the culture.

I will believe

anything you tell me now.

Okay? It's up to you.

But remember, the choice...

is between the invisible man

and the visible woman.

Between people like Eric,

or people like Daria.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

What do you really know

about me?

Like, really... know about me?

Other than when you look at me,

you clearly see a victim.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

(ELEVATOR CHIMES)

After you, of course.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors closing.

(ELEVATOR WHIRRING)

Put your phone away.

Thanks for bringing me home.

Did Felim really forgive you?

ERIC: Mm-hmm.

Why?

Because I was very contrite.

What did you actually say?

To his wife, or in front

of his wife. Whatever.

(LAUGHING) I have...

I have no fucking idea.

(LAUGHS)

I-- I have no fucking idea.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors opening.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN: I'm sorry, everyone wants

you on the tape right now.

Hey. Wh-- what happened?

Harper, are you okay?

You know that we gave you

a job in the room.

Look...

I'm so sorry.

Okay? About before,

about not taking

what you said seriously.

(QUIETLY) About Nicole.

Sometimes this place

makes you forget yourself.

(CHUCKLES) You know?

But we're gonna do

something about it.

Together.

(PHONE RINGING)

I'm really sorry.

(PHONE RINGING)

Daria speaking.

Uh, okay. Why?

Yeah. Sure.

(PHONE THUDS IN CRADLE)

DARIA: (SIGHS)

Okay, I'll be right back.

And then we are getting a drink,

or six, to celebrate.

We made it.

What's going on?

I sat down with Adler.

-Why?

-And Eric.

Eric? Sorry. What's going on?

Daria's gone

and Eric's coming back.

What did you do?

I told them that Daria

had her own agenda

and pressured me into saying

something that wasn't true.

But it was true.

No, don't turn away from me.

You're unbelievable.

So it's not about your survival,

it's just about you.

It's always just been about you.

Like really,

you are fucking unbelievable.

I did what anybody

would have done.

YASMIN: No, no. (CHUCKLES)

-I wouldn't have.

-Yeah, well, Yasmin,

you would never be

in that position, would you?

Don't turn away from me.

You have no idea

what it's like for me.

You think that I'm selfish,

but you have no idea

what it's like to try to live

-for two fucking people.

-Oh, wow.

Okay, I didn't think

you'd actually go there.

Don't judge me when you hold

your fucking tongue

-whenever it suits you.

-What does that mean?

It means that you're weak!

And a fucking hypocrite.

Doesn't look like we'll be

working together, does it?

You know, you play broken

really well.

But, to be honest, you're just

a bit of a cunt, aren't you?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's all good, man. All good.

All right, bye.

Bye.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

KENNY: Congratulations.

-Fuck off, Kenny.

-(JACKIE LAUGHS)

-(CHUCKLES)

-(KENNY SCOFFS)

♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ ("JOHNNY AND MARY"

BY TODD TERJE PLAYING) ♪

♪ Johnny's always

Running around ♪

♪ Trying to find certainty ♪

♪ He needs all the world

To confirm ♪

♪ That he ain't lonely... ♪

(PHONE RINGING)

ROBERT: (ON PHONE)

Hi, this is Robert's phone,

leave a message.

(ENGINE REVVING)

♪ Knows he tires easily ♪

♪ Johnny thinks the world

Would be right ♪

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

♪ If it could buy

Truth from him ♪

♪ Mary says

He changes his mind... ♪

He's still out.

-Okay, cool.

-Oh, you left this here.

♪ Even when the chance

Was slim ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ Running around ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪