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♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

SARA DHADWAL:

Did you feel threatened?

I... can't be sure

that he didn't lock

the door for privacy.

SARA: Did he take out the key?

I don't remember.

DARIA GREENOCK:

But you were scared?

SARA:

The motivation's not the issue.

Locking a female graduate

in the office

against her will

is totally unacceptable.

DARIA: Harper...

wouldn't Pierpoint

be better off?

♪ ("I SAW MOMMY

KISSING SANTA CLAUS"

BY THE RONETTES PLAYING) ♪

♪ I saw mommy

Kissing Santa Claus ♪

♪ Underneath the mistletoe

Last night ♪

♪ She didn't see me creep ♪

♪ Down the stairs

To have a peek ♪

♪ She thought

That I was tucked up ♪

♪ In my bedroom fast asleep ♪

♪ Then I... ♪

Hey. Did you go home

with Greg?

-HARPER STERN: No.

-Where is he anyway?

HARPER: He could barely stand

when I left him.

He promised me

he'd leave his car.

DARIA: I'm a massive fan

of his hangovers.

Are you going home

for Christmas?

No.

Yeah, me neither.

It's a weird time of year.

If you want to busy yourself,

I'm around.

Harpsichord. Um, I need you.

RISHI RAMDANI: I'm taking

the new missus to the Alps.

Yeah. I've never been,

but I hear its fucking cold.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-(PHONES RINGING)

ERIC TAO: You eat sandwiches

all year.

Now I show you how they taste.

I thought this happened

in January.

It does for other people.

So why are you

giving it to me now?

Because I want to.

Because I can.

Because you deserve it.

Why do I deserve it?

You can't look at a number

like that on paper

with your name next to it

and still doubt yourself.

That's not logical.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

You're allowed to thank me.

Thank you.

RISHI: Whoo! (APPLAUDING)

Mr. Greg Grayson,

ladies and gentlemen.

-Look who's turned up.

-(ALL APPLAUDING)

RISHI: It's the world's

most consistently hungover man.

Mr. White Privilege,

Silver Spoon himself.

I give you... the nonce!

(CHEERING)

ROBERT SPEARING:

Last night was biblical.

Where's the Mickey D's?

You come in blasted past 9:00,

you buy McDonald's for the team.

You know that, Greg.

You don't look like

you've been home.

He's been brassing.

See, he's got that brassy look.

You know, I didn't have him

as a brass hound,

but he's definitely

been brassing.

-(LAUGHS)

-ERIC: Harps.

-HARPER: Yes?

-ERIC: Pass me the thing.

The script?

What?

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

No. that's-- Eric, that's--

Whoa! What? (LAUGHS)

Don't be shy.

This is for an audience, right?

We're an audience.

"Not an Exit" by Greg Grayson.

"I've had ramen,

I've had chilli salt squid,

pak choi and gyoza.

Because I no longer

have a job." (LAUGHS)

'Cause it's a comedy.

-It's work in progress, Eric.

-ERIC: Obviously.

Hey, is-- is this job

not good enough for you?

You seem to have forgotten

how lucky you are to be here.

Or maybe you've been bred

to sleepwalk into this place,

through your life.

Must be nice.

You know what time it is?

It's time to wake the fuck up!

Wake up.

(SHOUTING) Wake up!

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Hey, Greg, I know-- I know

a guy high up at Fox.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

RISHI: Fuck me,

that was a bit strong.

Harper, I want to introduce you

to some market movers tonight.

And we've got

Harvard's endowment coming.

Daria,

what did you learn at HBS?

Uh, it was the world's

most expensive networking event.

It's a waste of money.

Harpsichord, if you would

accompany me,

be my plus one?

She can't.

Why?

I need her on the desk.

A client's asked about the Fed.

They may trade any surprise,

and she's gonna book it.

I don't want her doing that.

Well, she already agreed to it.

Is this true?

Um... yes.

Suit yourselves.

Uh, you're gonna miss

a bit of the party.

No, that's cool.

RISHI: Rishi, Pierpoint.

Ah, Trust Fund Terry.

You coming to the party?

Please give generously.

Is this for retardeds?

I'm so sorry, I don't think

I have any cash.

That's for the both of us.

Anyone got a clue which accounts

are coming tonight?

JACKIE WALSH:

Shouldn't you know that?

How about the chap

from Silver Kite. Is he coming?

Fucking hell, Wyndy,

are you trying to

actually manage someone here?

I am actually

a very good manager, Jackie.

Very hands-off.

Because I trust people.

But, yes, I have been

totally fucking negligent here.

What's going on?

-It was great.

-Yeah, she really stepped up.

She's been doing

really well recently.

So where's the ticket?

He has gone a bit cold.

Better warm him up, then.

If he does come,

you should lead.

-(PHONES RINGING)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(PHONE RINGS)

KENNY KILBANE:

Pierpoint, Ken speaking.

Ha, no, not tonight, mate.

Taking it easy.

Yeah, that's right,

the big figure.

Yeah, no problem, man. Bye.

JACKIE: Did a gibbon

just spunk in my ear,

or did you say

you're going sober

-at the Christmas party?

-KENNY: I'm having a night off.

Have you got anything

on dollar positioning pre-Fed?

You've come here to ask me

a work-related question?

You could have just, like, IB'd.

But then I wouldn't get

to see you.

I got you this.

(BOX THUDS)

JACKIE: Hello, Chuck.

Chuck the fuck. Happy Christmas.

Yes, it's horrible to hear

your voice as well.

It'll be even worse to see you

tonight, but we do what we must.

Kenny's kinda

like your work husband.

Don't fucking say that.

You know there's literally

only one viable reason

why he treats you like that,

right?

YASMIN KARA-HANANI:

And what's that?

-He is in love with you.

-Oh, my God!

Okay, then.

How's your work husband?

Well, luckily for me,

he doesn't register

on the sexual scale, so...

What do you mean,

luckily for you?

At least then,

if he locked you in a room,

there'd be something

hot about it.

What if Robert locked you

in an office?

(SIGHS) Fuck off. I have

told you, nothing's happening.

-But hypothetically...

-(SIGHS)

...I'm just fucking saying,

if he locked you in a room,

-what would you do?

-I don't know.

-Probably ask for the key?

-HARPER: You're such a cunt.

(BOTH LAUGH)

HARPER: Literally, how dare you?

(LAUGHS)

That is so dysfunctional.

I can't believe

-we're laughing about that.

-YASMIN: Mm.

-It was literally terrifying.

-I'm sure.

I saw you in there

with him again today.

Eric.

Whenever I see Kenny,

I get this weird feeling.

It's like...

Well, it's like dread,

but at the same time

it's, like, this anticipation.

It's like, it's very similar

to fancying someone.

-Which I don't. Obviously.

-It's adrenaline.

He, like, empowered me

for the first time today

with clients.

He was being really nice.

I know.

I know what that sounds like.

I mean...

if the outcome is better,

what is the difference

how you got there?

Well, are we trying

to rationalize something

that just shouldn't

be rationalized?

HARPER: Greg, I... I didn't mean

for Eric to see your script.

(REPORTER SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY ON TV)

Greg.

What the hell happened

last night?

I got arrested.

-What?

-It is what it is.

-Are you okay?

-Hey, Robert,

I think we've become

incredibly close.

Do you think

we're incredibly close?

-(SCOFFS)

-Like, couple of bunkmates

in a submarine? War buddies?

(CHUCKLES)

Have you seen Blackadder?

-Uh, no.

-You should watch it.

Do you understand me?

No, seriously, you should--

you should watch it

and report back.

-Uh, yeah.

-Cool.

Greg?

(TV REPORT CONTINUES)

Were you there

when he got nicked?

HARPER: No, I left him.

Could you keep an eye

on him tonight?

I have to be on the desk.

(SCOFFS) He's not a child.

Could you please

be responsible for once?

Uh, yeah. Sure, of course.

(TV REPORT CONTINUES)

♪ (BAND PLAYING

"JINGLE BELLS") ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Christmas plans?

Yes, I have plans. And, yes,

they're happening at Christmas.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I imagine yours

is a lot of icy silences,

long walks, dry meat.

Chapter and verse, actually.

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

So, who are you entertaining

tonight?

Absolutely no one.

My tolerance for this place

is at rock bottom.

Have you ever thought about

a different part of the bank?

Could put in

a good word with my boss.

I thought you couldn't bear

being around me at work.

Well, I'll make sure

you're out of my eyeline.

-Hi! Found you finally. Hi love.

-THEO TUCK: Hey, how you doing?

-I'm good. How are you?

-THEO: I'm good.

-Um, I think you've met Alice.

-GUS SACKEY: Yes.

-Hi, so nice to see you again.

-GUS: Hey, you too.

-How are you?

-SARA: Sorry, Gus.

-Could I borrow you?

-GUS: Yeah.

-Now's the time.

-(CHUCKLES)

SARA: Lord Oaki,

this is Gus Sackey.

LORD OAKI: Ah.

-Nice to meet you.

-GUS: Likewise.

-I loved your book. (CHUCKLES)

-(LAUGHS) Which one?

Sorry, your diaries.

-In Bed with Tony.

-GUS: In Bed with Tony. Yes.

(CHUCKLING)

Yeah, the, uh... (CLEARS THROAT)

...the publisher

insisted on the title.

Good book, but I...

I can't say I really miss

frontline politics.

The upper house

is tantamount to being retired.

(LAUGHS) Well, he's good.

-He's very good.

-(LAUGHS)

I'll leave you two

to get acquainted.

-All right. Thanks, Sara.

-HILARY WYNDHAM: Lord Oaky.

Uh, hi. Its, uh, Lord Oaki.

HILARY: Yes, yes.

GREG GRAYSON:

Champagne, or-- Hey! Hey!

There is a fully disclosed item

in the bagging area.

-Mate, what are you doing?

-What?

Let's take it easy, all right?

-Yeah, sure.

-USMAN ABBOUD:

It's Roberto Bag-gio! Hey.

ROBERT: (LAUGHS) Hey!

GREG: All right, thought police.

Mate. Merry Christmas.

I didn't realize

you were in London.

Happy holidays, my friend.

Yeah, no, Kaspar's seeing, uh,

Clement.

I left them at Annabel's.

Everybody looks like me there.

(CHUCKLES) So,

are they having dinner?

-It wasn't in his diary.

-Yeah. No,

I don't think they wanted us

to be there.

Why's that?

You know, end of year stuff.

-GREG: What up?

-Hey, steady on, you.

Uh-- uh, this is Greg,

uh, Grayson.

He's a colleague

He's a VP on the desk.

Usman Abboud. Nice to meet you.

-GREG: How you doing?

-Yeah, yeah.

I was meant to be

in Rotterdam tonight.

Yeah, my-- my--

my wife's family are coming in

from Egypt,

but I missed my flight.

-Deliberately. (LAUGHS)

-(CHUCKLES)

Yeah, and I hear

that Rees-Mogg

is coming in tonight,

and I want to see

-what a fucking freak

he is in real life.

-(BOTH LAUGH)

Well, um, can I do some intros

for you?

Yeah, I mean, dude. Come on.

-I am here to network.

-(GREG LAUGHS)

-That is beautiful. Wow!

-Right? Yes.

We're having a quiet night.

Dude...

people like to dress up

this sell-side, buy-side shit,

you know, yeah?

But let me remind you,

you're in the service industry,

my friend.

(LAUGHS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Yasmin,

would you describe yourself

as a horny person?

A horny person?

-Yeah, do you like to fuck?

-Jackie, come on.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm asking professionally.

The post-coital regret

can get very fucking strong

when you're stuck in a lift

with somebody

and you know

what their come face looks like.

Don't fuck anyone at this party.

Jackie, for fuck's sake.

That's inappropriate.

What the fuck's got into you?

Or who?

-(CHUCKLES)

-JACKIE: Yasmin doesn't care.

You're one of us, aren't you?

KENNY: Just keep it--

It's not cool, okay?

Ooh!

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

-Have you had a stroke?

-No, Jackie,

I've not had a fucking stroke.

Oh, well.

You might wanna have one then.

KENNY: Oh, good one.

Sorry about her. That's--

(EXHALES) Pacing myself.

(CHUCKLES)

By the way, I'm not sure

Maxim's gonna come.

Right. Well,

I guess we have no choice

but to have fun, then.

(CHUCKLES)

JACKIE: Dooling,

is your wife here?

-Or are you planning on...

-(YASMIN CLEARS THROAT)

♪ (TOY PLAYING

SPED-UP "JINGLE BELLS") ♪

REPORTER: Inflation will return

to two percent over time

and then be roughly symmetric

around our

longer-term objective.

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES

WITH FLAT NOTES) ♪

REPORTER:

At the start of the year,

a number of crosscurrents

presented risks

to the outlook,

including weak global growth,

particularly in China

and Europe,

the possibility of

a disruptive Brexit,

and uncertainty around

unresolved trade negotiations.

♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪

While concerns remain

in all of these departments,

it appears that risks

have moderated somewhat.

Global financial positions

have eased,

supported in many places

around the world

by an accommodative shift

in monetary policy,

and in some cases,

fiscal policy.

Recent data

from China and Europe

shows some improvement...

♪ ("LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS"

BY MUD PLAYING) ♪

At least get yourself a drink.

♪ Try to imagine ♪

♪ A house that's not a home ♪

♪ Try to imagine... ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ A Christmas all alone ♪

♪ That's where I'll be

Since you left me ♪

♪ My tears could

Melt the snow... ♪

DARIA: How do you sort of, um,

you know, measure it?

(LAUGHS)

No, I suppose it's like--

It's like throwing good money

after bad.

-(LAUGHS) Um--

-NICOLE CRAIG: There's our girl.

♪ It'll be lonely

This Christmas ♪

♪ Without you to hold ♪

♪ It'll be lonely

This Christmas ♪

Hey. Sorry,

I was just getting a drink.

(LAUGHS)

That's a very strange way

of saying you're pleased

to see me.

I didn't know you were coming.

(CHUCKLES)

NICOLE: What? Of course,

I'm coming.

You-- you are my coverage.

You girls are my coverage.

(CHUCKLES) Look at you two.

-Look at you two.

-(CHUCKLES) Oh.

Aw. (SMOOCHES)

This booze, by the way,

is a leading recession

indicator. It's disgusting.

-(DARIA CHUCKLES)

-(LAUGHS, MUTTERS)

Ah, well, um...

I gotta get back to work.

What, no! You're not gonna stay,

you're not gonna entertain me?

She's doing something for me.

-Aren't you?

-Yeah.

S-- so good to see you, though.

Enjoy the party.

Yeah, it's good to see you.

♪ The only things I see ♪

♪ Are emptiness

And loneliness ♪

♪ And an unlit Christmas tree ♪

-If you insist.

-(YASMIN CHUCKLES)

♪ It'll be lonely... ♪

I thought he wasn't coming.

♪ Without you to hold ♪

YASMIN: Fuck!

-Neither did I.

-Wyndy looks happy.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-I'll, uh, make myself scarce.

You can lead

the charm offensive.

Okay.

YASMIN: (IN SPANISH)

(IN SPANISH)

Bien, bien.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Well-- Harper. Harper.

Uh, this is Candace Albright.

-Hi. Good to meet you.

-Hi.

Candace is my wife.

I won't leave you two alone,

or she's gonna try

to recruit you.

-What do you do?

-I work at Google.

Yeah, okay. Don't hide

behind your modesty.

Honey, everybody knows

you're an ambitious bitch.

I work high up at Google.

Eric talks about you at home,

which means he must like you.

Yeah, I bring you home with me,

Harper.

I heard he compensated you

very well.

ERIC: What the f-- (CHUCKLES)

-That's between me and Harper.

-Well, why did you tell me then?

Uh, because I couldn't help it.

I'm proud--

-I'm proud of her.

-CANDACE ALBRIGHT: Aw.

ERIC: Don't talk to her

too much.

You'll begin to wonder

why she's with me.

-CANDACE: Why am I with you?

-Fuck you, cunt.

Fuck you, cunt.

(LAUGHS)

-Does he treat you this badly?

-She knows it's playful.

-Hey, Daria.

-Hey, Candace.

-Wow, you look gorgeous.

-CANDACE: Thanks.

What were we saying?

DONNA BORAK: Chairman Powell,

Donna Borak with CNN.

Un, pivoting a little bit

about wages.

Uh, since 2010,

women's real earnings have

gone up about 3.9 percent...

-(THUMPS)

-(MUGS CLINK)

-(GIGGLES)

-Oh. Whoa.

(REPORTER CONTINUES)

DARIA: (SIGHS) So?

Fed left rates unchanged.

I'm just waiting to see

if there's anything material

in the language.

-Hmm. Riveting, isn't it?

-Hmm. Mm-hmm.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

CONTINUES ON COMPUTER)

(GROANS, CLICKS TONGUE)

So, Nicole was on the turn.

Into a bit of a handful.

-You know--

-(CORK POPS)

-Whoo!

-Ooh.

-(LAUGHS)

-(LAUGHS) Merry Christmas.

(DARIA CHUCKLES)

Did she tell you she was coming?

Nope. Just turned up.

You know, um,

sometimes I think

I did you a disservice

introducing you to her.

But you can use

that relationship on RIF,

you know. (BREATHES DEEPLY)

So it'll all be worth it

in the end.

Cheers.

-Cheers.

-(MUGS CLINK)

JEROME POWELL: ...commenting on

a nominee for the Fed directly,

and that's something

I'd rather avoid.

It's really not my role

to engage...

I like this place

when it's empty.

-It's peaceful.

-DARIA: Hmm.

It's reflective.

(CHUCKLES)

USMAN: Cubicle, now.

(GREG SIGHS)

2C-B. Makes you size horny.

ROBERT: Are we sure about this?

Give me my narcotics.

(CLEARS THROAT)

GREG: Lift a leg up.

He can't see six feet.

-ROBERT: What,

so he can see three?

-GREG: What?

-Yeah-- (STUTTERS)

-Okay, actually, wait.

Why don't we just all

jump in the air

when he sees us? Like this.

-Oh, for fuck's sake.

-That's good.

That's a good idea. Okay, okay.

I'll show you.

-Oh!

-Now there's four legs.

GREG: Yeah, so if you lift

one leg up, I lift one leg up,

-two legs, two feet.

-ROBERT: Yeah, different shoes.

USMAN: Okay, so...

I'm gonna take two.

Do you know

how strong these are?

"Yes,"

he says, lying confidently.

Greg? Greg, no, please.

Just don't take two.

Just take a half

-and see what happens.

-Shh.

-(WHISPERS) Fuck's sake.

-(EXHALES)

Robert, are you my coverage?

-Yes.

-Okay.

So you fill my orders.

All right, come on.

♪ ("CHRISTMAS"

BY DARLENE LOVE PLAYING) ♪

Lord Oaki...

(GIGGLES)

♪ The snow's coming down ♪

♪ Christmas... ♪

♪ I'm watching it fall ♪

MAXIM ALONSO: Yeah, sure.

Okay, well, we're ready to move

when you are, so just, uh,

you know,

you get in touch, right?

Okay. Ciao. Good talk. Thanks.

Sorry, this guy who's bullish

on cryptos

'cause it's the only currency

that works in space.

-(CHUCKLES)

-What's his thesis?

Uh, gold bars are too heavy

and therefore too expensive

to take to Mars.

(LAUGHS)

MAXIM: So, what's going on?

♪ Baby please come home ♪

(IN SPANISH)

(IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH)

Well, I thought we established

what happened was unacceptable.

(IN SPANISH)

No. (CHUCKLES)

(IN ENGLISH) 'Cause I don't work

with men like Kenny.

(IN ENGLISH) Excuse me?

That's up to me. (CHUCKLES)

It's up to me to make

that decision for myself.

(IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH)

What are we talking about here?

Why are we getting personal?

Because I'm your friend, Yasmin.

I care about you.

Why do you think

I came here today, huh?

I felt fucking guilty

about the position

you put yourself in

in front of me.

You think I came to see

my sales coverage or my friend?

Look, what happened to me

is what happened to me.

Okay? How I deal with it

is my choice.

Okay,

then you should do better.

Oh, fuck off, ally.

♪ They're singing

"Deck the Halls" ♪

(IN SPANISH)

♪ But it's not like

Christmas at all ♪

♪ 'Cause I remember

When you were here ♪

♪ And all the fun

We had last... ♪

My parents, uh,

my parents remarried.

Scottish. Russian.

They have big separate lives.

I mean, really, they're--

they're fine.

It's family.

They're warm, they're welcoming.

They're... make a huge effort.

Do you have any siblings?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Um...

(REPORT CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND)

-A twin. Brother.

-Cute.

And what does he do?

(SIGHS) He plays tennis.

Shall I grab us another bottle?

Harper, I'm a professional.

(BLOWS, LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES) Uh, no, to be honest,

I'm sick to my stomach

of my professionalism.

You know, the amount of times

I hold my tongue

when I wanna fucking scream!

CHEUNG:

...expectations for consumption

and also business

fixed investment...

Look, instinctively,

I wanted to--

I wanted to keep you close

on the desk.

You know, I've--

I've been watching

the way that Eric treats you,

and, um...

he gives and he takes.

It's textbook narcissism.

CHEUNG: ...GDP growth of 2019

was 2.1, so I'm just...

Yeah, I mean,

it's only 'cause he cares.

DARIA: No-- Hey, I--

I'm not debating that he cares.

POWELL: Well,

we don't see any evidence...

I mean, I-- I--

I used to feel it, too.

...inflation below

two percent...

Can I ask you something

and can you be honest?

Yeah.

Has he ever crossed the line

with you?

Yeah. I mean, he's scared me.

Like, just the other day,

he locked me in a meeting room.

♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

He what?

I think it was absent-minded,

but he, like,

locked me in, and...

I was like...

The, like, reptilian part

of my brain was like,

"How the fuck

am I gonna get out?" (CHUCKLES)

How--

how did that make you feel?

My first thought was...

"I might die in here."

Which is... total bullshit.

Like, it's just

a neurological response.

It's not a rational one.

(LAUGHS)

But he locked you in a room.

Yeah.

I couldn't...

breathe. Or, like, I--

like, couldn't catch my breath.

POWELL: Yeah, um,

in terms of wages

getting over four percent...

He makes me feel...

POWELL: ...pretty steadily

over the last five years

and are now...

Wages and benefits are now

between three

and three and a half percent...

Special?

POWELL: ...just for

the last couple of years.

Uh, the biggest part

of the gains have come...

DARIA: Yeah. It's a...

It's a very powerful thing.

POWELL: ...which is

kind of a welcome thing.

Um, you mentioned productivity.

So, productivity...

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

...is really, uh,

very difficult to predict.

(EXCLAIMS) Shall we, uh...

-(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

-Shall we go join the party?

Yes. Yes.

GREG:

How have I never noticed...

(DARIA CHUCKLES)

ROBERT: Let's go.

GREG: I think I might cry.

Uh, wow, uh, I don't wanna know.

-(SNICKERS)

-Harper?

GREG: Oh, my God,

look at the Christmas tree!

He's fine.

It's just a few beers.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

(CLEARS THROAT)

♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"

BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪

This doesn't seem

like a place...

truly ambitious people

stay very long.

(SIGHS)

How has all this affected you?

Pierpoint are making

a contribution to us

in Hari's name.

I'm here on behalf

of Coronary UK.

I'm on the board.

Sara wanted the two of us

to meet.

Why do I suddenly feel like

I'm being set up?

(LAUGHS)

God, you are prickly.

Ever have a day off?

(CHUCKLES)

I just want to know

if the bank cares

whether the person

who sat next to Hari is okay.

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

I feel like I'm just an...

accessory here.

SARA: Hi.

-GUS: Hi.

-Sorry. Sorry to interrupt.

Do you-- do you mind

just grabbing a photo,

is that okay?

-Sure.

-Yeah? Thank you. Thanks.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪

(MIMICS LINE RINGING)

-Hello? Hello?

-(GREG CHUCKLES)

A little birdie told me

that you got arrested.

(LAUGHS)

GREG: I was way over

when they stopped me.

The legal limit

is 35 micrograms of alcohol

per 100 milliliters of breath,

and I blew...

34, one under.

And the superintendent

had to hand me my keys back.

And he said...

"I know you had

a fucking night out."

-(LAUGHS)

-GREG: Yeah, he did!

-He knew!

-I drove home.

Did a load of gear.

Watched every episode

of Blackadder.

And I came into work the same.

I-- I-- I really want

to blow coke up somebody's ass.

(SNIFFLES)

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(LAUGHS)

(GRUNTS)

Ah, it needs to be further up

inside the anus.

(BLOWS)

-(TABLE THUMPS)

-(ROBERT GROANS)

It's not as glamorous

as when Leo did it.

(LAUGHS)

Shall we have a nightcap?

Join our bosses?

Uh, they'll be, uh,

commiserating.

Why?

Kaspar's, uh, retiring.

Why? As of when?

He said he wanted to, uh,

spend more time with his family.

(LAUGHS)

Yup.

GREG: Clement's only client

hangs up his boots.

Wow, we're watching your chances

of a job at the end of this

fall in real time.

(SNIFFS)

-(SNIFFS)

-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

GREG: There you are.

♪ ("I JUST LOVE

WHAT YOU'RE DOING"

BY HOT CHOCOLATE PLAYING) ♪

KENNY:

Will we be writing his business?

I'll give you the first ticket.

Don't think so, no.

Yeah, I could sort of tell

by the body language.

-Fuck it. It's just one client.

-(SCOFFS)

-Why are you being nice to me?

-KENNY: What?

YASMIN: You're being nice to me.

Why?

What a ridiculous question.

Have I not been?

No. Not particularly,

and it seems weirdly timed.

(SCOFFS)

Have a glass of water, Yas.

And I'll forget

what you just said.

Is it 'cause you wanna change?

Or because you're worried about

the consequences

of your actions?

Consequences of my actions?

-What am I, a criminal?

-(SCOFFS)

What's my crime?

You-- you don't remember?

Well, we could ask Maxim,

'cause that's why

he just walked.

All right, and that's a criminal

offence now, is it?

Put a fucking name on it

if you're going to accuse

someone of something, yeah?

-I'm fine, thank you.

-(CLEARS THROAT)

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

I can't believe

you would bring that up,

whatever I told you

in confidence

that I don't like

what drinking does to me,

Yasmin.

Why do you bring

that side out of me?

He walked

because you can't separate

the personal

and the professional.

That's why it's separate.

-(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

-♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

Hey. (LAUGHS)

Uh, have a drink with me, yeah?

I'll pay.

It's an open bar.

Yeah, I need some, uh,

I need some... (LAUGHS)

I need some in--

investment advice.

-(BREATHES DEEPLY)

-Okay.

Oh, okay. Bye then, bye, friend!

Bye, friend!

-Bye!

-Why are you screaming?

Let's get you some fresh air.

NICOLE:

I don't want to fucking go home.

-HARPER: Shh! Shh!

-NICOLE: I don't wanna go home.

♪ I just love

What you're doing ♪

♪ I just love what you... ♪

(LAUGHING)

You're so fucking short.

It makes me feel like--

like a giant. (LAUGHING)

-Watch your head.

-(NICOLE GRUNTS)

I'm just gonna take... (SIGHS)

-(SEAT BELT CLICKS)

-Mmm. Thank you.

♪ ("STEP INTO CHRISTMAS"

BY ELTON JOHN PLAYING) ♪

♪ Welcome to my Christmas song ♪

♪ I'd like to thank you

For the year... ♪

(BOTH LAUGHING)

You guys are really close,

aren't you?

I guess so.

-School.

-No, but you...

You look at each other

like you really know each other.

Sorry, I'm not... (CHUCKLES)

I'm not sure what you mean.

(LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

ALICE: I'll go

and get you boys a drink.

♪ With me, yeah ♪

♪ Step into Christmas

Let's join together ♪

♪ We can watch the snow fall

Forever and ever ♪

♪ Eat, drink, and be merry

Come along with me ♪

-(THUMPING)

-(THEO MOANING)

(BOTH MOANING)

(THEO PANTS)

-(PANTS)

-(MOANS)

(BOTH PANTING)

♪ ("DREAMER"

BY NIELS VAN GOGH PLAYING) ♪

♪ How to hold love ♪

♪ And stay strong to love ♪

♪ Now I close my eyes now ♪

♪ And I'm dreaming

Right where I belong... ♪

(ARGUING QUIETLY)

♪ Here we lie all alone

Am I dreaming? ♪

♪ Your heart's smooth

My soul is unbelieving ♪

♪ Now you see the me

And I'm feeling ♪

♪ I'm feeling ♪

♪ I feel your hands, your lips

The heat of your body ♪

♪ Whisper your love... ♪

AUTOMATED VOICE:

Doors closing.

Wait.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Wait here.

-Do you like my body?

-Yes.

Come here.

Don't touch me.

I wanna feel

how much you want me.

(ROBERT MOANS)

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

(YASMIN MOANS SOFTLY)

-Are you gonna come for me?

-(BREATHING HEAVILY)

-Yes.

-(MOANS SOFTLY)

Tell me when you're close,

like a good boy.

(SIGHS)

(MOANS) I'm close.

Yeah? Finish yourself off.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(MOANS, PANTS)

Eat it.

What?

Sorry, um... was that too much?

(ZIPPER CLOSES)

♪ ("GOLD"

BY SPANDAU BALLET PLAYING) ♪

♪ Oh, but I'm proud of you

But I'm proud of you ♪

(LAUGHTER ECHOING)

♪ Nothing left

To make me feel small ♪

♪ Luck has left me

Standing so tall... ♪

(MUFFLED VOICES)

♪ (MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY) ♪

♪ Always believe in your soul ♪

(ALL GASP)

♪ You've got the power to know

You're indestructible ♪

(CROWD MURMURING)

♪ Always believing

'Cause you are ♪

-♪ Gold ♪

♪ Glad that

You're bound to return... ♪

(CROWD GASPS)

SARA: Greg.

♪ You're indestructible ♪

♪ Always believing ♪

(ALL MUTTERING)

(CROWD SCREAMING)

-(CROWD GASPING)

-SARA: Greg! Greg!

SARA: Greg!

Can someone call an ambulance,

please?

-WOMAN: What's going on?

-SARA: You got a phone?

WOMAN: Yeah.

SARA: Greg?

DARIA: Greg. Greg,

can you hear me?

-Greg?

-SARA: He's still breathing.

DARIA: Um-- Um-- He's, uh,

he's still breathing,

but he's not responding.

So, where are you for Christmas?

Um, with my parents.

And... uh, do you get on

with them, you know?

Um, yeah.

Cool.

Sometimes the loneliest place

can be in a room

with the people

who are supposed to love you.

How fucked are you? (LAUGHS)

-(ELEVATOR DINGS)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You're a fucking child

and a fucking addict.

Guess we can add Greg

to your list of casualties.

Don't fucking touch me.

♪ ("SHEPHERDS' BELL CAROL" BY

EMMANUEL COLLEGE CHOIR PLAYING ♪

(TOILET THUMPS)

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

Mornin'.

I'm not going in.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-Oh, will I?

Uh, exactly. There's...

There's too many other...

you know, I've...

I've seen them from the inside.

Yeah, suffice to say

I've got a headache this end.

So hungover, it feels like

it's happening to someone else.

Yeah, this hangover would

honestly kill a small child.

No, no, exactly.

There's too many other...

No, I mean if-- if they had it--

No, no, I'm not--

I'm not condoning child abuse.

I actually went shooting

with Ghislaine

before it all kicked off.

Yeah, yeah, the big man.

The guy who runs our

cross product desk.

Not in today.

-(YASMIN CLEARS THROAT)

-Rumors flying everywhere.

Probably got bid away.

SARA: Did you feel threatened?

I... can't be sure

that he didn't lock the door

for privacy.

Did he take out the key?

I don't remember.

But you were scared?

SARA:

Motivation's not the issue.

Locking a female graduate

in the office against her will

is totally unacceptable.

♪ (SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Did he lock you in?

DARIA: Harper.

Why are you mincing your words?

I don't know

what you want me to say.

We don't want you

to say anything.

We just want to know

what happened.

I could have got up and left.

Could you?

And did you feel you could have?

Maybe not.

Did Eric,

knowingly or unknowingly,

lock you in a meeting room

against your will?

He did.

We've already spoken to him.

I just needed

to hear it from you.

You did the right thing.

I have to sign an NDA?

LAWYER:

It's in everybody's interest

that you sign.

Do I get time to read it?

LAWYER:

We hate to put you through this,

but we've been speaking

to Eric's representatives

all weekend, and these are

his severance terms, not ours.

The only thing to avoid

a tribunal,

which, reputationally...

he didn't want.

That is a lot simpler for him.

For you, too.

DARIA: Harper...

wouldn't Pierpoint

be better off?

(PAGES RUSTLE)

Thank you.

♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"

BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪

-This is really sweet.

-(GREG CHUCKLES)

I slept, like, 17 hours.

Unbroken.

-Luxurious.

-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

You know how

after people get, like...

shelter and family,

they yearn to be...

I don't know, um, actualized?

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

I had a motivational

psych class.

-Wow. Get you.

-(HARPER CHUCKLES)

I read it in this.

Greg, you have a great life.

It's actually kind of insulting

that you don't see that.

GREG'S MOTHER: Greglit!

Supper's on the table.

Coming, Mummy!

(CHUCKLES) Are you staying?

-Nah.

-Okay. Cool.

-Greg.

-GREG: Yeah?

Do you think Eric

is a bad person?

Don't know.

I just work with him, you know.

(CHUCKLES)

Right.

♪ ("WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"

CONTINUES) ♪