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Previously on Billions.
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We got Nancy Dunlop
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burning up the track ahead of us.
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- Hoot-hoot!
- Hoot-hoot!
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You are my beau ideal of
a presidential candidate.
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I want to talk about how
I can help you secure it.
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Your former man Winston
is shopping a new piece
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of risk-management software.
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You will surrender the
software immediately,
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as it is the property of
Michael Prince Capital.
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We know that Wags and Wendy
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were also with Taylor,
and went to Axelrod.
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So, if you try anything,
it won't be you
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who'll suffer, it'll be Wendy Rhoades.
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With a new leadership structure
comes new opportunity,
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every rung of the ladder.
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It's gonna be a bloodbath.
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You see, this is the problem
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with squaring away your enemies list.
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You wake up all your
enemies in the process.
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Welcome home, Bobby.
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Thank God you're here.
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Ain't that the motherfucking truth.
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Now let's get to work.
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Hi, I just tried texting you.
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We up and running?
Everything going smooth?
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Mike.
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You should have told me you were coming
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so I could've had a strong,
fresh-brewed cup
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of get the fuck out waiting for you.
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Oh, I'll leave.
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But first, let me tell you
how I spent yesterday.
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As per your
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"we're getting out of-slash-poised
to get out of"...
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I have orders at the ready
for our traders here
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to start unloading
at the opening bell, but...
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- Copy.
- You can't copy
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while there's a "but" out there.
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The but says, "Don't copy yet,
there's more to discuss."
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And the word "order," which you used,
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says there's nothing left to discuss.
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It's the rock, paper and scissors
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of organizational structure.
Get it done.
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You need to hear that we are
going to take a real hit,
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optics-wise and wallet-wise.
We will look scared.
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We are scared.
Or at least on guard, as is appropriate.
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There could be lawsuits
from our investors and LPs.
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Spyros and Sacker have both flagged
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possible legal liability
if we really dump
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out of this stuff too quickly
and take losses.
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I understand all that,
and will deal with it when and if.
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So, yeah, you really have to
tell me to push the button and...
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I did. That's what I said.
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In the heat of the moment, sure.
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But now, in the calm of the after,
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maybe we do some
deep-breathing exercises,
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get that oxygenated blood
to sort of set our somatics
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back to normal,
and then review the decision
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to basically have a Korvettes-level
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"everything must go" kind of fire sale.
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Somatic system, limbic system,
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brain waves all functioning well.
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I had to push aside
all the emotional pain
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associated with this move to get
to a place of pure rationality.
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This is not a rash decision.
It's reasoned.
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I know, because I don't want to do it.
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I don't want to do it. You do.
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Leadership is pumping
the brakes on "want"
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and putting pedal to the floor
on that which needs to be done.
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You will structure the liquidation
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and execute it at the open.
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I will.
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Yes. Okay.
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Give me specifics. What can we keep?
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You can't keep anything. Get us flat.
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Everything becomes cash,
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and exposure to Axelrod
and his attacks goes to zero.
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This is a guy who's strip-mined towns,
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knocked out prominent families,
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taken over boards, blown up firms,
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sabotaged thriving companies.
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Killed my ambassadorship.
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Exposure: zero.
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And that's not even considering Rhoades
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and all the crud he has
the capacity to do to us.
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No, will stay out unless and
until we are bulletproof.
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Only after we establish
completely favorable conditions
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do we plow back in.
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Jumping out in front of it,
like Sauce Gardner.
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If you think I'm stopping there,
you don't know me.
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Oh, I know you. I watch close.
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Yeah, I would imagine you do.
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Which is why I was watching everything.
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All my people. All the things they do.
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Everything.
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Yeah. You said.
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I guess it's always
important to keep a close eye
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when your people are
really your kidnap victims.
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No, Axe, not a close eye.
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A thousand eyes and ears,
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and the software to
make sense of it all.
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I stepped it up before I got
on that plane to come see you.
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He's back, as you can see. We are back.
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Already up and running.
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I don't have to pitch you the
feeling of coming home, do I?
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I can see on your faces
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the effect is already hitting you.
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Yeah. Emotions are present, no doubt.
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Strong pull to join forces again,
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but there are other forces at play.
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Even more powerful.
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Fucking feelings can't run this show.
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If they did, I'd be all day
coaching middle school baseball.
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You'll have time to if
you stay with Prince.
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Nothing else for you to do.
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He's pulling out of everything.
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How much did he consult you about that?
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How much control do you really have?
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How much do you want to be
able to control your destiny?
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I control my destiny. We all do.
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By staying at a place that
isn't even making trades?
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A money market account,
not a hedge fund?
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We can't do what you did.
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We can't leave all we
worked for at risk,
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gated at a place we've alienated.
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You can. You just get past the money.
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You remember that risking
it all is what animates you.
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It is all that animates you.
Or it used to.
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What about you?
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You were never just about the money.
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Me, 20 years ago,
would have said fuck yes.
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But now?
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I am too old.
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Don't go full Murtaugh.
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It's too depressing
from former warriors.
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Not being willing to lose
everything I've made
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isn't the same as retirement.
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And Axe'll understand.
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He fucking taught us
to play the best hand
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to make the most money.
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Yeah.
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We're there now, at Prince Capital.
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All our money, our whole fucking future.
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We gotta make this thing crush.
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Whether or not he becomes president,
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our money is still onboard there.
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It's a really nice office.
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_
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We need Nancy Dunlop.
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Do we? I took her out at The Owl.
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Yes, and you got Fourth Pike's support.
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But the rest of the country,
the parts that love her,
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weren't privy to that.
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Next step, now that she's beaten,
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is for her to publicly
declare she's with you.
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I need the investment
stuff here resolved first.
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But, uh, I get that you're
jonesing pretty hard over this,
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- so lay it out.
- Okay.
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First of all, she's in New York.
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And if you win her over,
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Dunlop turns her
organization over to us.
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That means her field
operatives around the country
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and the voter data.
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We get Montana and likely
the other Western states.
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This is the leading Democrat
giving you her troops
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and her endorsement.
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Email lists, donor lists,
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dark money orgs, links to unions,
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lefty groups, grassroots.
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The keys to the whole candy store.
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That's right. We wouldn't have
to build and stock our own.
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And once you have all that,
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you are the presumptive candidate.
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The front-runner.
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The presidential
intelligence briefings start,
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which will make you,
for all intents and purposes,
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the heir apparent.
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First time in the modern age
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an independent candidate
would be in that perch.
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I get it.
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Book her for dinner,
but I'm not doing anything
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until the money is taken care of here.
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I'll say this for you, Axe.
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You trained Dollar Bill and Victor well.
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They did the right thing,
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like Henry Hill after
the Air France heist.
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They paid tribute. They kicked up.
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The important thing is we said no.
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Unequivocally. To Axe.
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We hardly even heard him out.
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Axe approached you, you rebuffed him.
This is the thing?
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- His proxy, yes.
- Taylor.
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Way we figure it, this is
the rocket ship we want to be on.
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And they came right to me.
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Didn't waffle. Didn't evade.
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Didn't make us go to them.
Same with Rian.
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She emailed, though,
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said she's not in a talking mood.
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Good. These are the trusteds.
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You all are.
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So start finding me base hit trades.
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Singles and doubles only,
with predefined exits.
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When we go back in,
it'll be a big, concerted move.
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Only moves worth making.
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I've got some ideas,
stuff I'm looking at.
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- We start with...
- But not yet.
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Not until I'm bulletproof.
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Prepare. But don't act.
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How come you two
didn't run to me or Philip?
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Uh, these... these two
are good guys and good earners.
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And they weren't even there.
Didn't go see him.
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- It's true what he says.
- But they were invited.
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You were, weren't you?
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You were touched,
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invited to go hear
a pitch from Axe Global.
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You didn't report it.
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We also didn't go.
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As Dollar Bill said.
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Because your feelings ran so deep
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you couldn't bear passing in person?
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You knew if you looked
upon him you would submit.
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Is that right?
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- Sounds right.
- I said it, so, yeah.
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It is.
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But we didn't go.
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We're not the bad guys here.
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Nope. You're not.
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But so what?
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Good guys, good earners.
Go join a 4H club.
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I'll find more. You're both fired.
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What the fuck?
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These emotions you have
can be played in ways
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you aren't even gonna be aware of.
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You're a risk to me. Or were. Goodbye.
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You understand why Prince
had to let Ben Kim and Tuk go.
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I understood what the man said.
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Is that how you would have handled it?
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I don't know,
239
00:12:51,643 --> 00:12:53,186
but I saw the logic of it instantly.
240
00:12:54,145 --> 00:12:55,605
Do you ever disagree?
241
00:12:56,564 --> 00:12:57,732
If you do, does he listen?
242
00:12:58,419 --> 00:13:00,959
We communicate all day long
in ways verbal and otherwise.
243
00:13:00,994 --> 00:13:03,738
- He knows where I stand.
- And that'll carry over to Washington?
244
00:13:03,780 --> 00:13:05,657
- That's the plan.
- You're good with that?
245
00:13:05,698 --> 00:13:07,742
You see him in the chair?
246
00:13:07,784 --> 00:13:09,243
You have doubts?
247
00:13:09,285 --> 00:13:12,330
No. I just like him here,
steering this big boy of a ship.
248
00:13:12,988 --> 00:13:15,129
You will still feel his
steady hand on the rudder
249
00:13:15,164 --> 00:13:17,585
whenever you fear you
might lose control of it.
250
00:13:17,627 --> 00:13:18,836
But you won't need that.
251
00:13:18,878 --> 00:13:20,838
By then, you will be fully ready.
252
00:13:21,714 --> 00:13:23,091
Yes, sir.
253
00:13:24,092 --> 00:13:25,301
That's how you feel, isn't it?
254
00:13:25,343 --> 00:13:26,844
Solid with all this right now?
255
00:13:26,886 --> 00:13:29,013
As a slab of Carrara marble, Unc.
256
00:13:29,055 --> 00:13:31,224
And you can get done what you need to
257
00:13:31,265 --> 00:13:33,017
with the personnel
left at your disposal?
258
00:13:33,059 --> 00:13:34,352
Not a problem.
259
00:13:34,394 --> 00:13:35,770
Good.
260
00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,904
Sadly, your move to hire back
261
00:13:44,946 --> 00:13:46,864
your people out from under me failed,
262
00:13:46,906 --> 00:13:48,700
like nearly everything
you've tried lately.
263
00:13:48,741 --> 00:13:51,411
Not everything, Mike, huh?
264
00:13:55,331 --> 00:13:56,749
Where you headed?
265
00:13:58,167 --> 00:14:00,050
Call me for the next campaign event.
266
00:14:00,085 --> 00:14:01,504
I'll live up to my end of the agreement.
267
00:14:01,546 --> 00:14:03,631
Till then,
I'll be bouldering in the 'Gunks.
268
00:14:03,673 --> 00:14:05,383
With Derek?
269
00:14:06,884 --> 00:14:08,594
Now you're not talking?
270
00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,389
Don't, Mike.
271
00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:13,919
We're don't ask, don't tell again?
272
00:14:13,954 --> 00:14:15,852
We agreed to pause the
arrangement during the campaign.
273
00:14:16,575 --> 00:14:19,564
That agreement got overridden
by certain other actions.
274
00:14:21,649 --> 00:14:23,484
Tell me I'm wrong.
275
00:14:24,485 --> 00:14:26,696
This can be used against me.
276
00:14:27,319 --> 00:14:29,063
It has been.
277
00:14:29,098 --> 00:14:31,825
Which raises the question
of who did what first?
278
00:14:32,952 --> 00:14:34,954
Not a question I'm interested in.
279
00:14:35,830 --> 00:14:37,290
So I'm going off the grid.
280
00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:40,043
Nothing will be known,
nothing will be raised,
281
00:14:40,084 --> 00:14:42,462
nothing will be written.
282
00:14:42,503 --> 00:14:44,464
I'm just gonna go do my thing,
283
00:14:44,505 --> 00:14:47,091
while you continue to do yours.
284
00:14:47,967 --> 00:14:49,343
As always.
285
00:14:57,310 --> 00:14:58,770
Derek sent a picture.
286
00:15:00,313 --> 00:15:01,773
Big rocks.
287
00:15:02,384 --> 00:15:03,816
Don't get too excited.
288
00:15:03,858 --> 00:15:05,485
I kept my focus on business.
289
00:15:05,526 --> 00:15:07,487
There's a matter
I need to read you in on.
290
00:15:07,528 --> 00:15:11,157
But first, did you handle
the prior matter? Winston?
291
00:15:14,243 --> 00:15:17,080
"Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
292
00:15:18,206 --> 00:15:21,209
"Bring me my Arrows of desire:
293
00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:23,544
"Bring me my Spear:
294
00:15:23,586 --> 00:15:25,838
"O clouds unfold!
295
00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,217
Bring me my Chariot of fire!"
296
00:15:30,343 --> 00:15:32,804
Do I need a bow, a spear, a chariot?
297
00:15:32,845 --> 00:15:36,432
Nay, we just need your algorithm.
298
00:15:36,474 --> 00:15:40,770
You know, ChatGPT-4 can adjust
the tone of the words it uses
299
00:15:40,812 --> 00:15:42,897
to meet the vernacular
of the questioner.
300
00:15:42,939 --> 00:15:44,857
Some humans can do the same.
301
00:15:44,899 --> 00:15:46,609
Let me try.
302
00:15:46,651 --> 00:15:49,320
Reviewing contents of entire Internet.
303
00:15:49,362 --> 00:15:51,781
Matching your inane turn of phrase.
304
00:15:51,823 --> 00:15:54,033
And, yes, locked in.
305
00:15:54,075 --> 00:15:55,785
Let's try this:
306
00:15:55,827 --> 00:15:57,912
"So you ride yourselves over the fields
307
00:15:57,954 --> 00:16:00,706
"and you make all your animal deals,
308
00:16:00,748 --> 00:16:04,127
"and your wise men
don't know how it feels
309
00:16:04,168 --> 00:16:06,712
to be thick as a brick."
310
00:16:07,463 --> 00:16:08,714
Yeah, that works.
311
00:16:08,756 --> 00:16:10,758
Ah, the Tull.
312
00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,803
Love it, love it, loave it.
313
00:16:13,845 --> 00:16:15,888
Thick as a brick.
314
00:16:15,930 --> 00:16:17,515
Hard no on that.
315
00:16:17,557 --> 00:16:19,267
I can set an after-school
playdate for you two
316
00:16:19,308 --> 00:16:21,185
to continue along these engaging lines,
but first...
317
00:16:21,227 --> 00:16:23,229
What I'm pointing out is
he must be thick as a brick
318
00:16:23,271 --> 00:16:26,566
to ask for what he and you
and this place already have:
319
00:16:26,607 --> 00:16:27,733
my algo.
320
00:16:27,775 --> 00:16:28,901
No, I got it,
321
00:16:28,943 --> 00:16:30,444
but what we need specifically
322
00:16:30,486 --> 00:16:33,614
is for you to reset the
parameters on the risk algo.
323
00:16:33,656 --> 00:16:36,450
Dial back profit as prime
objective temporarily
324
00:16:36,492 --> 00:16:38,411
in order to really protect downside.
325
00:16:38,452 --> 00:16:41,414
Yeah, that kind of adjustment
is not in the deal.
326
00:16:41,455 --> 00:16:44,333
The spirit of the arrangement
we made, Winston, should...
327
00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:45,918
I'm more a "letter of the contract"
328
00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,628
sort of guy, you know? So...
329
00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:51,799
"The letter killeth,
but the spirit giveth life."
330
00:16:51,841 --> 00:16:55,511
That's some New Testament shit,
you hear me?
331
00:16:55,553 --> 00:16:57,054
I see it like this.
332
00:16:57,096 --> 00:16:59,390
I could remind you of all
the various and sundry ways
333
00:16:59,432 --> 00:17:01,225
that I could ruin your life.
334
00:17:01,267 --> 00:17:03,436
Or I could treat you like a valued,
335
00:17:03,477 --> 00:17:06,730
important and brilliant
member of the team,
336
00:17:06,772 --> 00:17:08,274
being asked to roll up the sleeves.
337
00:17:08,316 --> 00:17:10,066
It's not about the work it'll take.
338
00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:12,737
That's fine. I'm Wozniak on 'roids
up in this motherfucker.
339
00:17:12,777 --> 00:17:15,323
Nope. It's about ego.
340
00:17:15,364 --> 00:17:16,574
You just said that.
341
00:17:16,615 --> 00:17:18,825
Ego, which translates into dollars.
342
00:17:18,868 --> 00:17:20,912
The whole thing is, I am in the process
343
00:17:20,952 --> 00:17:22,455
of careering off of this algorithm,
344
00:17:22,496 --> 00:17:23,873
and for that to be the case,
345
00:17:23,915 --> 00:17:25,416
I need it to be a money-making machine.
346
00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:27,335
- Which it is.
- I get it.
347
00:17:27,376 --> 00:17:29,629
So, what dollar figure would you attach
348
00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:31,297
to the sublimation of that ego
349
00:17:31,339 --> 00:17:34,800
in order for us to get
what we need right now?
350
00:17:34,842 --> 00:17:38,012
It's a seven-figure number
that starts with "Oh, shit!"
351
00:17:38,054 --> 00:17:40,056
That'll be fine.
352
00:17:40,097 --> 00:17:42,934
Get started today. Now.
353
00:17:42,975 --> 00:17:44,685
We have a time frame.
354
00:17:44,727 --> 00:17:46,520
It's right fucking now.
355
00:17:46,562 --> 00:17:48,105
That's not what I'm
here to walk through.
356
00:17:48,147 --> 00:17:51,025
Well, can it wait?
Today is about the money first.
357
00:17:51,067 --> 00:17:53,027
This is about the money.
358
00:17:53,069 --> 00:17:55,905
I expected Chuck would be strategizing
359
00:17:55,947 --> 00:17:57,281
with former Axe Cappers.
360
00:17:57,323 --> 00:17:59,867
Didn't know where else
the radar blip would come from,
361
00:17:59,909 --> 00:18:01,327
but I was ready.
362
00:18:05,915 --> 00:18:09,239
Based on the binder Chuck
has so graciously provided,
363
00:18:09,274 --> 00:18:12,422
we have a pretty good overview
of Prince's private holdings.
364
00:18:12,457 --> 00:18:14,590
Now this brain trust can
lay out an attack plan.
365
00:18:14,632 --> 00:18:17,218
Best targets in my opinion
are the restaurant group,
366
00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:19,679
the meat-processing plants,
clothing chains,
367
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,347
and auto parts manufacturers.
368
00:18:21,389 --> 00:18:22,807
Hey, do you mind if I burn one?
369
00:18:22,848 --> 00:18:24,016
Uh, I do mind.
370
00:18:24,782 --> 00:18:26,894
Whomsoever ordered these, whoa.
371
00:18:26,936 --> 00:18:29,188
Well, it's Kensington Deli, so...
372
00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:32,316
Hey, let's lay out
how to attack this shit.
373
00:18:32,358 --> 00:18:34,277
All are vulnerable to misinformation,
374
00:18:34,318 --> 00:18:36,821
disinformation, false information,
375
00:18:36,862 --> 00:18:40,466
all designed to drive the
enterprise value down.
376
00:18:40,501 --> 00:18:43,160
Once the balance sheets start to wobble,
it just gets easier.
377
00:18:43,202 --> 00:18:45,037
There's also sabotage from within.
378
00:18:45,079 --> 00:18:48,457
Infiltrate personnel in to
encourage internal conflict.
379
00:18:48,499 --> 00:18:50,501
Disputes among the management team.
380
00:18:50,543 --> 00:18:52,503
Create divisions between employees.
381
00:18:52,545 --> 00:18:54,213
Foster a toxic work environment.
382
00:18:54,255 --> 00:18:55,923
I, for one, know
how debilitating that can be.
383
00:18:55,965 --> 00:18:58,217
It really does lead to
decreased productivity
384
00:18:58,259 --> 00:18:59,593
and a weakened company culture.
385
00:18:59,635 --> 00:19:00,970
You sure I can't burn one?
386
00:19:01,012 --> 00:19:02,513
I'll blow the smoke out of the window.
387
00:19:02,555 --> 00:19:04,307
It makes my synapses fire faster.
388
00:19:06,183 --> 00:19:07,852
I know that's not what
it typically does,
389
00:19:07,893 --> 00:19:11,397
but my doctor says I have a
paradoxical reaction to weed.
390
00:19:11,439 --> 00:19:13,107
Your doctor says that?
391
00:19:13,149 --> 00:19:15,151
I mean, she's not technically a doctor.
392
00:19:15,192 --> 00:19:16,485
More of a spirit walker.
393
00:19:16,527 --> 00:19:17,862
Answer's still no.
394
00:19:17,903 --> 00:19:20,573
There are also poison pill strategies.
395
00:19:20,614 --> 00:19:23,576
Clandestinely encourage
unethical business practices.
396
00:19:23,617 --> 00:19:25,369
- Bribery, you mean?
- Sure.
397
00:19:25,411 --> 00:19:26,912
If you want to get earthy about it.
398
00:19:26,954 --> 00:19:29,457
Which you fellas could then
investigate and announce.
399
00:19:29,498 --> 00:19:31,709
And legal entanglements.
400
00:19:31,751 --> 00:19:34,337
Lawsuits designed to
tie up their resources
401
00:19:34,378 --> 00:19:35,796
in lengthy battles that distract them
402
00:19:35,838 --> 00:19:37,965
from their core business operations.
403
00:19:44,388 --> 00:19:46,640
Amanda, you have a grand jury suit?
404
00:19:46,682 --> 00:19:49,477
'Cause you're gonna need it.
Lots of appearances coming up.
405
00:19:49,518 --> 00:19:52,438
We've stumbled upon a whole
bunch of dirty companies,
406
00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,814
as you see.
407
00:19:54,795 --> 00:19:57,360
You're going to probably
need more than one.
408
00:19:57,952 --> 00:19:59,797
Try something without stripes.
409
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,113
- They moiré.
- And get it quick.
410
00:20:01,155 --> 00:20:03,866
Grand jury's open,
and we're going with a long list
411
00:20:03,908 --> 00:20:05,368
of charges against these companies.
412
00:20:05,409 --> 00:20:06,619
We expect indictments.
413
00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:07,995
You want me to suit up
414
00:20:08,037 --> 00:20:09,789
for something we're six months away on?
415
00:20:09,830 --> 00:20:11,582
Six months? No.
416
00:20:11,624 --> 00:20:13,125
We're announcing these investigations
417
00:20:13,167 --> 00:20:15,002
and coming charges tomorrow.
418
00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:18,547
All of these companies are
owned by Michael Prince,
419
00:20:18,589 --> 00:20:19,840
or his subsidiaries.
420
00:20:19,882 --> 00:20:21,175
Mm, that's right.
421
00:20:21,217 --> 00:20:23,219
We hurt the companies,
and we hurt Prince.
422
00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:25,476
- Badly.
- Tag the companies as bad.
423
00:20:25,511 --> 00:20:26,572
Ruin them without knowing
424
00:20:26,614 --> 00:20:28,432
if anything criminal actually happened.
425
00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:30,601
Do the investigation after the fact.
426
00:20:30,643 --> 00:20:33,521
I plan on using the power
of this office to its fullest,
427
00:20:33,562 --> 00:20:35,022
and I expect you to do the same.
428
00:20:35,959 --> 00:20:37,274
Otherwise it is wasted on you,
429
00:20:37,316 --> 00:20:40,069
and will be given to someone
not so easily offended.
430
00:20:40,111 --> 00:20:42,613
You don't see me clutching my pearls.
431
00:20:42,655 --> 00:20:44,115
I don't even own any.
432
00:20:44,156 --> 00:20:46,450
Guys, there is an order to things.
433
00:20:47,088 --> 00:20:51,007
Learn of a crime, investigate,
confirm, announce,
434
00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:53,249
so that only companies that
are bad actors are hurt.
435
00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:55,835
And I assure you we will find crimes.
436
00:20:55,876 --> 00:20:58,671
Fruit of a poison tree
called Michael Prince.
437
00:21:00,714 --> 00:21:02,091
You're okay with this?
438
00:21:02,133 --> 00:21:03,676
We have enough to start.
439
00:21:03,717 --> 00:21:06,554
And I will slumber like
a wee babe tonight.
440
00:21:07,972 --> 00:21:09,348
While I will sleep as always:
441
00:21:09,390 --> 00:21:11,434
deeply, but only 20 minutes at a time.
442
00:21:11,475 --> 00:21:14,770
But, yes, free of moral paroxysms.
443
00:21:16,522 --> 00:21:19,525
There are thousands of
employees at these companies.
444
00:21:19,567 --> 00:21:22,361
Working people who will
not be once we start this.
445
00:21:22,403 --> 00:21:25,072
When one man rises
to this level of threat,
446
00:21:25,114 --> 00:21:27,741
that is the way the system must be used.
447
00:21:32,746 --> 00:21:34,248
You're not in law school anymore.
448
00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:35,916
This is the show.
449
00:21:37,042 --> 00:21:38,919
So you have two choices, Miss Torre.
450
00:21:38,961 --> 00:21:40,796
You can do your job and write the briefs
451
00:21:40,838 --> 00:21:44,604
and stand with us as we announce
these investigations tomorrow,
452
00:21:44,639 --> 00:21:46,469
or be complicit.
453
00:22:11,577 --> 00:22:14,246
Is it just us,
or are we waiting for the Third Man?
454
00:22:15,164 --> 00:22:17,500
You can almost hear the footsteps.
455
00:22:18,599 --> 00:22:21,337
What you said.
About Chuck showing who he is.
456
00:22:21,378 --> 00:22:22,880
It fucking happened.
457
00:22:22,922 --> 00:22:24,131
Tell me.
458
00:22:24,173 --> 00:22:25,424
The three of them.
459
00:22:25,466 --> 00:22:26,800
Him and Ira and Allerd,
460
00:22:26,842 --> 00:22:28,844
they all line up together
and expect what from me?
461
00:22:28,886 --> 00:22:30,262
Obedience? Fealty?
462
00:22:30,304 --> 00:22:32,473
I need the thing,
not your feelings about the thing.
463
00:22:32,515 --> 00:22:34,767
He's got a list of
Prince's private companies.
464
00:22:34,808 --> 00:22:36,435
Investigations to be announced tomorrow.
465
00:22:36,477 --> 00:22:37,686
There's nothing there.
466
00:22:37,728 --> 00:22:39,104
I may not be voting for your boss,
467
00:22:39,146 --> 00:22:40,731
but he's as far from a crime
468
00:22:40,773 --> 00:22:43,442
as I am from starring
in a Black Swan remake.
469
00:22:43,484 --> 00:22:44,985
Don't have the dance moves?
470
00:22:45,684 --> 00:22:47,071
My jeté is for shit.
471
00:22:47,947 --> 00:22:50,241
The targets. And how targeted.
472
00:22:53,786 --> 00:22:54,870
Wow.
473
00:22:54,912 --> 00:22:56,247
I can't stop these investigations,
474
00:22:56,288 --> 00:22:57,665
or the announcements that are coming.
475
00:22:57,706 --> 00:22:59,625
I can't stop him.
476
00:22:59,667 --> 00:23:02,628
But I can at least knock the
intended victim out of the way.
477
00:23:16,670 --> 00:23:19,061
So, yeah, I have a source
and some documentation.
478
00:23:19,103 --> 00:23:21,313
I know how Chuck is gonna attack,
and where.
479
00:23:21,355 --> 00:23:24,441
Who's the source? How close?
How good? And who?
480
00:23:25,223 --> 00:23:27,611
- Close. All I can say.
- Without the specific name,
481
00:23:27,653 --> 00:23:29,738
it's hard for me to put
confidence in the information.
482
00:23:29,780 --> 00:23:31,407
I understand what you're thinking...
483
00:23:31,448 --> 00:23:33,450
that Chuck might want you
to know he's investigating
484
00:23:33,492 --> 00:23:35,327
to induce a reaction,
but I can't tell you.
485
00:23:35,369 --> 00:23:36,787
For the source's sake.
486
00:23:36,829 --> 00:23:39,707
Nice of you to protect
Amanda Torre from SDNY.
487
00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:42,960
Shit.
488
00:23:43,002 --> 00:23:45,671
So those footsteps.
I wasn't just hearing things.
489
00:23:48,090 --> 00:23:49,550
Smart. Trust no one.
490
00:23:50,214 --> 00:23:52,210
I don't even know who
they're tracking or when.
491
00:23:52,245 --> 00:23:53,320
I just look at what they send me.
492
00:23:53,362 --> 00:23:55,264
It's that same prudence
that makes me suggest
493
00:23:55,306 --> 00:23:58,559
you sell out your positions
even in these private companies.
494
00:23:58,601 --> 00:24:00,352
All your private equity positions.
495
00:24:00,394 --> 00:24:02,190
Unless he wants us to do that.
496
00:24:02,225 --> 00:24:03,272
Unless that won't be enough.
497
00:24:03,314 --> 00:24:06,108
It all depends on how many steps
from the idiot he thinks I am,
498
00:24:06,150 --> 00:24:08,777
and he presumes I think he is.
499
00:24:10,738 --> 00:24:11,989
I-I need a whiteboard.
500
00:24:12,031 --> 00:24:13,824
Dunlop just texted me, Mike.
501
00:24:13,866 --> 00:24:15,451
She needs to push your dinner.
502
00:24:15,492 --> 00:24:18,037
- Tomorrow?
- "Heading back home.
503
00:24:18,078 --> 00:24:20,164
Next trip should be soon."
504
00:24:28,839 --> 00:24:30,257
Herbert Yardley. Know the name?
505
00:24:30,299 --> 00:24:31,675
WWII codebreaker.
506
00:24:31,717 --> 00:24:36,430
And wrote the first great
poker strategy book.
507
00:24:36,472 --> 00:24:39,433
In it, he kind of invents game theory.
508
00:24:39,475 --> 00:24:42,186
Now the example we use to figure
this out is the quarterback,
509
00:24:42,227 --> 00:24:44,480
because in order to defend against him,
510
00:24:44,521 --> 00:24:47,650
you need to figure out
how many steps removed
511
00:24:47,691 --> 00:24:49,485
from the idiot he is.
512
00:24:49,526 --> 00:24:52,571
An idiot quarterback looks directly
513
00:24:52,613 --> 00:24:54,615
at the man he throws to.
514
00:24:54,657 --> 00:24:57,409
Now, what do you do if you're
the middle linebacker, Kate?
515
00:24:57,451 --> 00:25:00,120
Jump into the path of the ball,
just go where he's looking
516
00:25:00,162 --> 00:25:01,497
and intercept the pass.
517
00:25:01,538 --> 00:25:02,915
And if he's one step removed,
518
00:25:02,956 --> 00:25:07,378
if he looks left but
throws right each time.
519
00:25:07,419 --> 00:25:09,713
- Also easy to defend.
- Sure.
520
00:25:09,755 --> 00:25:12,132
You go to the opposite of his
eyes and intercept the pass.
521
00:25:12,174 --> 00:25:13,592
But... and this is where the idea
522
00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:16,136
of un-exploitable play comes from...
523
00:25:16,178 --> 00:25:17,971
if he knows you're running
this thought process,
524
00:25:18,013 --> 00:25:20,849
he can figure how many steps
removed you think he is,
525
00:25:20,891 --> 00:25:24,311
and he can go eight or
nine steps further out.
526
00:25:24,353 --> 00:25:27,523
Chuck is going to announce
an investigation...
527
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,566
so I sell.
528
00:25:29,608 --> 00:25:33,070
But he wants me to know,
so I don't sell.
529
00:25:34,363 --> 00:25:36,573
But he knows I know,
530
00:25:36,615 --> 00:25:38,909
so he doesn't really want me to sell.
531
00:25:38,951 --> 00:25:40,703
On and on.
532
00:25:43,414 --> 00:25:45,249
Now the question is,
533
00:25:45,290 --> 00:25:47,751
how many degrees from the
idiot does he think I am?
534
00:25:47,793 --> 00:25:49,628
How many is he?
535
00:25:49,670 --> 00:25:51,839
That's what I need to figure, right?
536
00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:55,300
No.
537
00:25:58,595 --> 00:26:00,556
Good. Good.
538
00:26:00,597 --> 00:26:03,183
That's what he wants me
spending my time on.
539
00:26:03,225 --> 00:26:06,353
Sorting out the financial attack
he and Axe are planning.
540
00:26:06,395 --> 00:26:08,856
He wants all my focus on that flank,
541
00:26:08,897 --> 00:26:11,608
ignoring the front where
the war is really taking place.
542
00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,529
Shoot. Get back to Dunlop.
543
00:26:15,571 --> 00:26:16,989
Tell her to be at my house tonight
544
00:26:17,030 --> 00:26:18,741
after whatever she's doing.
545
00:26:18,782 --> 00:26:20,451
Demand it.
546
00:26:20,492 --> 00:26:23,787
She doesn't leave the isle
of Manhattan before we meet.
547
00:26:24,830 --> 00:26:26,165
That's what you counted on.
548
00:26:26,206 --> 00:26:28,375
Getting me all caught up
in your frontal attack
549
00:26:28,417 --> 00:26:30,085
so I'd miss the real play:
550
00:26:30,127 --> 00:26:32,671
winning Governor Dunlop and her support.
551
00:26:32,713 --> 00:26:34,006
- Huh.
- But you see,
552
00:26:34,047 --> 00:26:37,009
I remembered what was
most important to me:
553
00:26:37,050 --> 00:26:39,678
the presidency, and how to get there.
554
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,389
I think you know she hasn't
made her announcement yet.
555
00:26:42,431 --> 00:26:45,684
No, but I think I know
what it's gonna be.
556
00:26:45,726 --> 00:26:47,102
Do you?
557
00:26:47,144 --> 00:26:49,646
Well, then you should know
what I did yesterday, Mike.
558
00:27:03,702 --> 00:27:06,163
So this is where the magic happens.
559
00:27:06,997 --> 00:27:09,792
Never could make the elephant
disappear when it came to you.
560
00:27:09,833 --> 00:27:11,502
But yeah, this is the place.
561
00:27:11,543 --> 00:27:14,338
Though as you know,
the usual weapons of this office
562
00:27:14,379 --> 00:27:18,425
are also coming up short against Prince.
563
00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:21,470
All right, well, let's get into it.
564
00:27:22,438 --> 00:27:23,847
Do your thing, Wend.
565
00:27:23,889 --> 00:27:26,141
We're dealing with an ambitious,
566
00:27:26,183 --> 00:27:28,519
competitive, confident,
567
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,022
charismatic,
socially conscious strategic thinker
568
00:27:32,064 --> 00:27:35,150
with high emotional
intelligence and deep resources.
569
00:27:35,192 --> 00:27:36,568
Jeez, it's a wonder I even thought
570
00:27:36,610 --> 00:27:38,070
to come back for this fight.
571
00:27:38,111 --> 00:27:39,863
Or even why I get out
of bed in the morning.
572
00:27:39,905 --> 00:27:41,740
But he's morally complex,
573
00:27:41,782 --> 00:27:44,201
which means he likes to
think he's more ethical
574
00:27:44,243 --> 00:27:45,661
than those around him.
575
00:27:45,702 --> 00:27:47,246
And he is not immune from engaging
576
00:27:47,287 --> 00:27:49,039
in questionable tactics
to achieve his goals.
577
00:27:50,193 --> 00:27:52,668
That is a slippery slope,
and one place he can be hit.
578
00:27:52,709 --> 00:27:56,713
And he believes in his own
infallibility above all else.
579
00:27:57,464 --> 00:27:58,799
Something you fell prey to
580
00:27:58,841 --> 00:28:00,259
that last time you tangled with the man.
581
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:02,803
I thought my play was un-exploitable.
582
00:28:02,845 --> 00:28:05,806
Until you found out that any
approach can be exploited
583
00:28:05,848 --> 00:28:07,266
if it becomes known.
584
00:28:08,433 --> 00:28:10,561
He's going to cash with everything.
585
00:28:10,602 --> 00:28:12,145
Whole Street's talking about it.
586
00:28:12,187 --> 00:28:13,939
It's untenable.
587
00:28:13,981 --> 00:28:15,899
He's probably looking
for some sort of hard reset
588
00:28:15,941 --> 00:28:18,277
to make sure we're not
already in his holdings.
589
00:28:18,318 --> 00:28:20,749
He'll have to buy back in fast.
590
00:28:20,784 --> 00:28:23,448
Nobody wants to pay him
two and twenty to sit in cash.
591
00:28:23,490 --> 00:28:24,825
How long does he have?
592
00:28:24,867 --> 00:28:26,535
A few days, max.
593
00:28:26,577 --> 00:28:29,162
He'll try to massage his investors,
his employees,
594
00:28:29,204 --> 00:28:30,622
but he smells the attack.
595
00:28:30,664 --> 00:28:31,999
He knows we want to hurt him.
596
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:33,834
Hurt? No. Annihilate.
597
00:28:33,876 --> 00:28:36,545
Send his holdings up
in a mushroom cloud.
598
00:28:37,713 --> 00:28:39,214
You got a way to separate his cash
599
00:28:39,256 --> 00:28:40,799
from all the people
that work there for him
600
00:28:40,841 --> 00:28:42,801
before you A-bomb his shit?
601
00:28:42,843 --> 00:28:45,137
You know, the ones you told me
you couldn't abandon
602
00:28:45,178 --> 00:28:46,597
and had to protect,
603
00:28:46,638 --> 00:28:48,307
so staying in London was out for you.
604
00:28:48,348 --> 00:28:50,642
Those people?
605
00:28:54,521 --> 00:28:55,647
There is no way.
606
00:28:55,689 --> 00:28:58,150
Price of doing business here.
607
00:28:58,942 --> 00:29:01,111
So who wins when Prince loses?
608
00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:05,198
- The country.
- The world.
609
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,451
Like it, don't love it.
610
00:29:08,952 --> 00:29:11,163
All right, let's shift venues
611
00:29:11,204 --> 00:29:13,916
before your staff come into
work and clock I'm here.
612
00:29:13,957 --> 00:29:15,751
You need someplace to work out of?
613
00:29:15,792 --> 00:29:17,628
I'm covered, Charles.
614
00:29:28,931 --> 00:29:31,683
Uh, yeah, I'd say you're covered.
615
00:29:31,725 --> 00:29:33,143
It'll do for now.
616
00:29:33,185 --> 00:29:35,520
Still have my eye on a different
space for the long haul.
617
00:29:35,562 --> 00:29:36,897
Sure.
618
00:29:38,899 --> 00:29:40,025
Strength report.
619
00:29:40,067 --> 00:29:41,360
I think, from what I know,
620
00:29:41,401 --> 00:29:43,028
Prince is gonna try to lock up Dunlop.
621
00:29:43,070 --> 00:29:44,279
But she's not easy.
622
00:29:44,321 --> 00:29:45,489
We have to set it up
623
00:29:45,530 --> 00:29:46,740
so she does what we want.
624
00:29:46,782 --> 00:29:48,700
Bobby, you need to reach Dunlop.
625
00:29:48,742 --> 00:29:50,160
Offer her whatever you can.
626
00:29:50,202 --> 00:29:51,912
Make sure she doesn't
do the wrong thing.
627
00:29:51,954 --> 00:29:54,706
And what is the overall
plan at the moment?
628
00:29:55,439 --> 00:29:57,209
Bankrupt Prince, drain the portfolio,
629
00:29:57,250 --> 00:29:58,961
use whatever we know about the man
630
00:29:59,002 --> 00:30:01,213
and can glean to set it up.
631
00:30:01,254 --> 00:30:03,882
You do know...
He does know our money's in there too?
632
00:30:03,924 --> 00:30:05,968
Like I told them:
Like it, don't love it.
633
00:30:06,775 --> 00:30:08,762
Pitched Dollar Bill and Victor.
Pass from each.
634
00:30:08,804 --> 00:30:10,138
They love you, but...
635
00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:11,431
That's the smart move.
636
00:30:11,473 --> 00:30:13,058
Their money's holding them hostage.
637
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:15,394
Most people aren't crazy
like you, Taylor.
638
00:30:15,435 --> 00:30:16,979
- And Ben and Tuk?
- Too emotional for them.
639
00:30:17,020 --> 00:30:18,397
The whole thing. They wouldn't meet.
640
00:30:18,438 --> 00:30:19,856
They knew if they saw me,
especially you,
641
00:30:19,898 --> 00:30:21,984
they'd just go in for
a hug and never let go.
642
00:30:22,025 --> 00:30:24,653
Dumb move. They'll be canned by now.
643
00:30:25,414 --> 00:30:27,197
You may be aware that the guillotine
644
00:30:27,239 --> 00:30:29,908
was originally conceived and fashioned
645
00:30:29,950 --> 00:30:32,285
by Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
646
00:30:32,327 --> 00:30:35,330
as a more humane means of execution.
647
00:30:35,372 --> 00:30:36,832
Unaware.
648
00:30:36,873 --> 00:30:39,710
But since we've already been
decapitated, sans the humanity...
649
00:30:39,751 --> 00:30:42,587
Lightning quick.
650
00:30:42,629 --> 00:30:46,091
Less likely to be botched
than steel or scimitar.
651
00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:47,759
So, no severance package?
652
00:30:51,263 --> 00:30:53,357
So, yes severance package?
653
00:30:53,392 --> 00:30:56,351
Consider the mouton to have fallen.
654
00:30:56,393 --> 00:30:58,437
Detailed data sheets
655
00:30:58,478 --> 00:31:00,564
of every farthing you
have tied up in this fund.
656
00:31:00,605 --> 00:31:02,482
Also known as what you stand to lose
657
00:31:02,524 --> 00:31:05,110
should you use or discuss
or otherwise bandy about
658
00:31:05,152 --> 00:31:06,778
anything you have learned about trades
659
00:31:06,820 --> 00:31:08,405
and business practices here.
660
00:31:08,447 --> 00:31:10,490
You know we have
aggressive non-competes,
661
00:31:10,532 --> 00:31:11,825
unless you think we're gonna bring
662
00:31:11,867 --> 00:31:13,994
our inside knowledge to Starbucks.
663
00:31:14,036 --> 00:31:15,954
Only place on the Street
we can still work.
664
00:31:15,996 --> 00:31:18,582
You have aggressive
non-disparagement clauses too.
665
00:31:18,623 --> 00:31:21,293
Should you wind up in said Starbucks,
666
00:31:21,334 --> 00:31:22,878
you had better be praising Mike Prince
667
00:31:22,919 --> 00:31:24,171
for the chance to quaff
668
00:31:24,212 --> 00:31:27,299
their barely potable breakfast blend.
669
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,595
Key cards, please.
670
00:31:35,098 --> 00:31:37,142
And your Nimbus rings.
671
00:31:48,528 --> 00:31:50,822
Find out how long
their non-competes are.
672
00:31:52,157 --> 00:31:53,658
I've got to make a call.
673
00:31:56,119 --> 00:31:58,163
See, I wasn't exactly caught unawares
674
00:31:58,205 --> 00:32:00,373
by any of your highlight reel plays.
675
00:32:00,415 --> 00:32:02,459
Governor, don't meet with Michael Prince
676
00:32:02,501 --> 00:32:03,835
until you sit with me.
677
00:32:03,877 --> 00:32:06,171
Mr. Axelrod,
are we sharing calendars now?
678
00:32:06,213 --> 00:32:08,173
What makes you think I'm
meeting with Michael Prince?
679
00:32:08,215 --> 00:32:09,966
You're the key piece.
680
00:32:10,008 --> 00:32:11,718
Anyone smart can see it.
681
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,346
And Mike Prince, for all his flaws,
is at least that.
682
00:32:14,387 --> 00:32:16,264
We all know you're in New York. Come on.
683
00:32:16,957 --> 00:32:19,184
All right, look,
684
00:32:19,226 --> 00:32:21,853
I took the call because
you're an influential man.
685
00:32:21,895 --> 00:32:23,897
I like that you get
straight to the punch.
686
00:32:23,939 --> 00:32:25,816
That's my style. So I will.
687
00:32:26,775 --> 00:32:28,568
Even if you max out your contributions
688
00:32:28,610 --> 00:32:32,614
and get all your fancy
friends to do the same...
689
00:32:32,656 --> 00:32:35,867
not sure the association
is what I need right now.
690
00:32:37,202 --> 00:32:38,620
I'm no Wall Street fancy pants,
691
00:32:38,662 --> 00:32:40,580
so I don't see how you can help.
692
00:32:40,622 --> 00:32:43,083
And I sure don't see
any value in meeting.
693
00:32:43,849 --> 00:32:45,127
Oh, I think there is.
694
00:32:45,168 --> 00:32:48,213
Whatever you have on
with Prince, cancel it.
695
00:32:48,255 --> 00:32:49,589
Postpone it at least,
696
00:32:49,631 --> 00:32:52,175
and then meet with me so I can show you.
697
00:32:57,514 --> 00:32:59,975
- I'm gonna go check on the...
- Yeah, check on that.
698
00:33:04,354 --> 00:33:05,772
How we doing, guys?
699
00:33:05,814 --> 00:33:07,774
We're doing good, thanks.
700
00:33:08,446 --> 00:33:09,901
Fantastic, Tommy.
701
00:33:10,629 --> 00:33:11,695
I'm liking this new red.
702
00:33:11,736 --> 00:33:13,238
It's a good one.
703
00:33:14,739 --> 00:33:17,576
- All right, enjoy, everybody.
- Thank you so much.
704
00:33:17,617 --> 00:33:19,369
Salut, gentlemen.
705
00:33:19,411 --> 00:33:20,787
Salut. Cheers.
706
00:33:20,829 --> 00:33:22,789
Salut. Enjoy your dinner.
707
00:33:25,375 --> 00:33:26,877
I don't impress easily,
708
00:33:26,918 --> 00:33:28,461
but Rao's?
709
00:33:28,503 --> 00:33:29,629
All alone?
710
00:33:29,671 --> 00:33:31,923
Yeah, well, these are my people.
711
00:33:31,965 --> 00:33:33,383
It can't be that simple.
712
00:33:33,425 --> 00:33:36,011
I've been asked here before
by my biggest donors,
713
00:33:36,052 --> 00:33:39,014
richest people in the world
offering to bring me.
714
00:33:39,055 --> 00:33:40,891
But I was never in town
715
00:33:40,932 --> 00:33:42,851
on the third Tuesday of the month,
716
00:33:42,893 --> 00:33:44,436
or whenever they had
their regular table.
717
00:33:44,477 --> 00:33:48,273
And, look, you've got the whole place.
718
00:33:48,315 --> 00:33:50,442
Can't even imagine the cost.
719
00:33:50,483 --> 00:33:51,902
Nah. It ain't about that.
720
00:33:52,777 --> 00:33:54,196
Or net worth.
721
00:33:54,237 --> 00:33:55,363
You need to be a person.
722
00:33:55,405 --> 00:33:57,449
And have grip with Ron,
723
00:33:57,490 --> 00:33:59,784
and Frank Jr., Joe, Dino.
724
00:33:59,826 --> 00:34:01,745
They need to be your friends.
725
00:34:01,786 --> 00:34:03,872
Then you need to be sure
not to act like an asshole.
726
00:34:06,443 --> 00:34:08,960
Oh, this is one hell of a meatball.
Good God.
727
00:34:09,002 --> 00:34:11,129
Well, that's the thing,
though, isn't it?
728
00:34:12,004 --> 00:34:13,798
Riding with me.
729
00:34:13,839 --> 00:34:15,174
What do they say?
730
00:34:15,216 --> 00:34:17,426
The one thing you will never regret
731
00:34:17,469 --> 00:34:19,803
spending money or time on
732
00:34:19,846 --> 00:34:21,848
is a great experience.
733
00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:24,267
A memorable time.
734
00:34:25,018 --> 00:34:26,353
That's what I provide.
735
00:34:26,394 --> 00:34:29,647
When I look at you,
I look at your appeal,
736
00:34:29,689 --> 00:34:30,815
your infrastructure.
737
00:34:30,857 --> 00:34:33,151
The memorable experience
I want to provide
738
00:34:33,193 --> 00:34:34,653
is a trip to the White House.
739
00:34:34,694 --> 00:34:37,196
That would be one hell
of a memorable one.
740
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:38,949
Mm-hmm. Then work with me.
741
00:34:38,990 --> 00:34:42,868
Respond to Prince on your timeline,
on mine,
742
00:34:42,911 --> 00:34:45,622
on the way we decide to do together.
743
00:34:45,664 --> 00:34:47,123
And that's where this ends up.
744
00:34:47,165 --> 00:34:48,959
I'll put you on top in the race,
745
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,670
but you got to do it
the way I lay it out.
746
00:34:53,588 --> 00:34:57,133
This is one hell of a meatball,
like I said.
747
00:34:57,175 --> 00:35:02,305
But it's a long way from
there to the presidency.
748
00:35:02,889 --> 00:35:05,308
What kind of real guarantees
can you make me?
749
00:35:05,350 --> 00:35:06,893
Well, that's a fair question.
750
00:35:06,935 --> 00:35:08,103
What's he offered?
751
00:35:08,144 --> 00:35:09,646
You asked me to cancel the meeting,
752
00:35:09,688 --> 00:35:11,064
so I don't know where he'll start.
753
00:35:11,106 --> 00:35:13,817
Probably cabinet positions.
754
00:35:13,858 --> 00:35:15,193
But we all know where it'll end up.
755
00:35:15,235 --> 00:35:16,444
Then let me help you
756
00:35:16,486 --> 00:35:18,905
think through all the ramifications.
757
00:35:20,573 --> 00:35:21,866
Axe, you're impressive.
758
00:35:21,908 --> 00:35:23,994
This is impressive.
759
00:35:24,035 --> 00:35:26,496
But this is something I've
worked my whole life for.
760
00:35:26,538 --> 00:35:30,083
Then don't barter that dream
to a guy so transactional
761
00:35:30,125 --> 00:35:32,627
he'll sell VP for your support.
762
00:35:32,669 --> 00:35:35,964
And the truth is,
you shouldn't even settle for that.
763
00:35:38,591 --> 00:35:40,051
Here we go.
764
00:35:40,093 --> 00:35:41,803
- Here's the veal parm.
- Thanks, Dino.
765
00:35:41,845 --> 00:35:43,346
- Enjoy.
- Thank you.
766
00:35:44,514 --> 00:35:46,516
So, aside
from the best veal in the city,
767
00:35:46,558 --> 00:35:48,685
what can you really offer me?
768
00:36:13,376 --> 00:36:14,794
You're really doing it.
769
00:36:16,504 --> 00:36:18,173
Vagabonding.
770
00:36:19,057 --> 00:36:20,383
Night flight to the West Coast?
771
00:36:20,425 --> 00:36:22,677
Or are you going the other way,
Prague or Stockholm?
772
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:23,928
Morocco, baby.
773
00:36:23,970 --> 00:36:25,847
Sheltering Sky time.
774
00:36:25,889 --> 00:36:27,682
Smoking kief.
775
00:36:27,724 --> 00:36:28,892
Do you smoke it?
776
00:36:28,933 --> 00:36:30,852
I don't know, do you? Or chew it.
777
00:36:31,811 --> 00:36:33,772
Anyway, North Africa,
778
00:36:33,813 --> 00:36:35,315
then the Middle East,
779
00:36:35,357 --> 00:36:36,524
then I don't know where.
780
00:36:36,566 --> 00:36:38,109
Good choice. All of it.
781
00:36:39,058 --> 00:36:40,737
So, what's the plan?
Go until the money runs out?
782
00:36:40,779 --> 00:36:42,155
Because I've checked and saw how much
783
00:36:42,197 --> 00:36:43,990
you've slowly been
pulling out of the fund.
784
00:36:44,032 --> 00:36:46,868
- Unlike the rest of us.
- Yeah, pretty much.
785
00:36:46,910 --> 00:36:48,703
Time for something else.
786
00:36:48,745 --> 00:36:50,205
Maybe find myself some
787
00:36:50,246 --> 00:36:52,374
Kim Gordon-Thurston Moore type heat,
788
00:36:52,415 --> 00:36:55,585
but with a better ending, you know?
789
00:36:55,627 --> 00:36:58,129
Not gonna find that at the firm.
790
00:36:58,171 --> 00:37:00,090
No, you're not.
791
00:37:01,257 --> 00:37:03,885
Wait, you're not here to try to stop me?
792
00:37:04,844 --> 00:37:06,096
I'm glad you're going,
793
00:37:06,137 --> 00:37:07,430
but you left me that book.
794
00:37:07,472 --> 00:37:09,391
That was an invitation to say goodbye.
795
00:37:11,351 --> 00:37:14,562
I can't hug you with this backpack on.
796
00:37:18,066 --> 00:37:19,901
Thank you for bringing me in.
For teaching me.
797
00:37:19,943 --> 00:37:22,237
- I could have never...
- Shh.
798
00:37:44,175 --> 00:37:46,970
Two billionaires want
to take me to prom,
799
00:37:47,011 --> 00:37:49,973
and neither of them are getting
me jazzed about the after-party.
800
00:37:50,014 --> 00:37:51,891
- Uh-huh.
- So,
801
00:37:51,933 --> 00:37:53,893
ya-fucking-hoo to me.
802
00:37:55,199 --> 00:37:56,411
Well, I have to think
803
00:37:56,446 --> 00:37:58,606
if there was nothing that
Axe said worth considering,
804
00:37:58,648 --> 00:38:00,108
you wouldn't have come to me.
805
00:38:00,918 --> 00:38:02,026
Prince is too smooth.
806
00:38:02,068 --> 00:38:04,946
Too confident. He's built different.
807
00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:07,782
It's like he ate the Great Man Theory
808
00:38:07,824 --> 00:38:08,950
and asked for seconds.
809
00:38:09,813 --> 00:38:11,619
Well, no argument there.
810
00:38:11,661 --> 00:38:13,371
But I'm not seeing enough evidence
811
00:38:13,413 --> 00:38:15,623
your guy is that different.
812
00:38:15,665 --> 00:38:17,041
Which is why I am here.
813
00:38:17,083 --> 00:38:19,377
And I am grateful you are, Governor.
814
00:38:19,419 --> 00:38:20,920
I don't need gratitude.
815
00:38:22,464 --> 00:38:23,923
I need clarity.
816
00:38:26,176 --> 00:38:27,385
Clarity.
817
00:38:27,427 --> 00:38:28,761
Okay.
818
00:38:28,803 --> 00:38:33,600
Well, Bobby Axelrod
doesn't lie to himself.
819
00:38:34,642 --> 00:38:37,033
If he says he's gonna do
something monstrous,
820
00:38:37,068 --> 00:38:40,565
that's what he does.
And that's what he is.
821
00:38:40,607 --> 00:38:42,108
A self-aware monster.
822
00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:44,611
If he says we can get you
to the White House,
823
00:38:44,652 --> 00:38:46,154
it's not to serve his ego.
824
00:38:46,196 --> 00:38:48,281
It is simply the truth.
825
00:38:49,365 --> 00:38:50,742
Hmm.
826
00:38:50,783 --> 00:38:53,411
An honest cocky son of a bitch.
827
00:38:53,453 --> 00:38:55,538
And there's your difference.
828
00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:58,208
Axe has ego,
and doesn't pretend otherwise.
829
00:38:58,249 --> 00:39:01,961
Prince wants you to believe
he is the benevolent,
830
00:39:02,003 --> 00:39:04,339
humble servant of the greater good.
831
00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:06,216
A selfless billionaire.
832
00:39:06,257 --> 00:39:07,926
Hmm. Sounds like a punch line.
833
00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:10,803
If success in politics is
the ability to seem sincere
834
00:39:10,845 --> 00:39:13,306
when no sincerity actually exists,
835
00:39:13,348 --> 00:39:17,977
then Prince is the ultimate politician.
836
00:39:18,019 --> 00:39:20,271
I hear what you're telling me. I do.
837
00:39:20,313 --> 00:39:23,316
But see, you just said it right there.
838
00:39:24,045 --> 00:39:25,610
One of them is in politics,
839
00:39:25,652 --> 00:39:27,851
and that's the game I'm in.
840
00:39:27,886 --> 00:39:30,865
And that's the game I want you to win.
841
00:39:30,907 --> 00:39:32,784
Long term.
842
00:39:32,825 --> 00:39:36,287
And I really know how
you can get this done.
843
00:39:36,329 --> 00:39:40,416
It is the one thing on Earth
I am truly elite at.
844
00:39:42,835 --> 00:39:44,712
Walk me through it, then.
845
00:39:48,508 --> 00:39:51,761
So, you see, we put up
some roadblocks of our own.
846
00:39:51,803 --> 00:39:54,847
I can see why you feel good
about this, Axe. I can.
847
00:39:54,889 --> 00:39:56,933
But there's one beat
I left out of my own story.
848
00:39:56,975 --> 00:40:01,312
I did, you see, end up
having my own meeting with Dunlop.
849
00:40:02,334 --> 00:40:04,566
Governor,
now that you've met all over town,
850
00:40:04,607 --> 00:40:07,527
I'm glad you decided
to find time for me.
851
00:40:07,569 --> 00:40:09,571
Well, I wanted to make you
the last meeting,
852
00:40:09,612 --> 00:40:13,157
so I wouldn't have to tell you
that I'd have to think about it.
853
00:40:13,199 --> 00:40:15,201
- Either way.
- Considerate.
854
00:40:17,161 --> 00:40:19,038
Sure. That's what it is.
855
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,832
As I am considerate of those I vanquish.
856
00:40:20,873 --> 00:40:23,710
No reason to pull a full Angel Reese.
857
00:40:24,696 --> 00:40:26,254
I like her spunk and fire.
858
00:40:26,296 --> 00:40:27,964
Of course you do.
859
00:40:28,006 --> 00:40:29,757
When I played, I was more in the
860
00:40:29,799 --> 00:40:32,385
"just place the ball on the
baseline after you score" mode.
861
00:40:32,427 --> 00:40:34,929
That's what went in Indiana in the '90s.
862
00:40:36,306 --> 00:40:37,557
Different world now.
863
00:40:37,599 --> 00:40:39,100
Certain things, certain values,
864
00:40:39,142 --> 00:40:40,393
should remain constant.
865
00:40:41,093 --> 00:40:43,021
We aren't playing to an audience, Mike.
866
00:40:43,597 --> 00:40:44,981
What can you offer me?
867
00:40:48,491 --> 00:40:50,111
She is tough.
868
00:40:50,153 --> 00:40:51,529
And you definitely got to her.
869
00:40:51,571 --> 00:40:53,448
Sorry to make it so difficult.
870
00:40:53,489 --> 00:40:54,866
Yeah.
871
00:40:54,907 --> 00:40:57,285
Maybe we've each made it
as difficult for the other
872
00:40:57,327 --> 00:40:58,870
as we should.
873
00:40:58,911 --> 00:41:01,789
Maybe we try a different mode now.
874
00:41:02,999 --> 00:41:05,126
Say the thing you're dancing around.
875
00:41:05,168 --> 00:41:08,004
It's time to put this conflict to rest.
876
00:41:08,046 --> 00:41:09,714
By way of peace talks.
877
00:41:10,506 --> 00:41:12,508
Let's call them in.
878
00:41:12,550 --> 00:41:14,218
All of them.
879
00:41:17,055 --> 00:41:19,182
You believe we've got
Dunlop where you want her?
880
00:41:19,223 --> 00:41:22,143
I believe she'll do exactly
what we need her to.
881
00:41:30,234 --> 00:41:34,405
In the old-timey thing,
the predominant king would, say,
882
00:41:34,447 --> 00:41:38,034
surrender his Northern troops,
give back some lands.
883
00:41:38,076 --> 00:41:39,410
Because he knew if the war went on,
884
00:41:39,452 --> 00:41:41,537
even in victory, it would be Pyrrhic...
885
00:41:42,622 --> 00:41:44,707
and that he could prevent
further bloodshed
886
00:41:44,749 --> 00:41:47,335
and loss on all sides by doing so.
887
00:41:47,377 --> 00:41:49,504
And what do great presidents do?
888
00:41:51,130 --> 00:41:54,050
Great presidents,
all great leaders, do the same.
889
00:41:54,092 --> 00:41:56,864
Dictate peace through strength.
890
00:41:56,899 --> 00:41:59,847
Great presidents?
Dreams of fucking grandeur.
891
00:41:59,889 --> 00:42:02,100
They should deal with traitors
harshly before that peace.
892
00:42:02,141 --> 00:42:04,018
Damn right they should.
You should, Mike.
893
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:06,104
Yeah, that way
you'll finally be in charge,
894
00:42:06,145 --> 00:42:08,523
all by yourself,
just like you wanted from the start.
895
00:42:08,564 --> 00:42:10,066
That's what you think is driving him?
896
00:42:10,108 --> 00:42:12,193
That, or the nose-to-ass parades
897
00:42:12,235 --> 00:42:14,195
you've been such a prominent part of.
898
00:42:14,237 --> 00:42:15,488
Stockyard comment from a man
899
00:42:15,530 --> 00:42:16,739
whose mind is always in the trough.
900
00:42:16,781 --> 00:42:18,116
You're doing a lot of talking
901
00:42:18,157 --> 00:42:19,951
about strength, Mike.
902
00:42:21,035 --> 00:42:22,620
But only the king with the extra armies
903
00:42:22,662 --> 00:42:24,580
or allies or siege artillery,
904
00:42:24,622 --> 00:42:25,998
the fucking dreadnought weapons...
905
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,208
Those are the nukes
906
00:42:27,250 --> 00:42:28,960
he's so eager to play around with.
907
00:42:29,001 --> 00:42:30,837
Only the king with all that
908
00:42:30,878 --> 00:42:32,630
had the juice to dictate terms.
909
00:42:32,672 --> 00:42:34,674
But you?
910
00:42:34,716 --> 00:42:37,260
You just look like another
run-of-the-mill usurper
911
00:42:37,301 --> 00:42:39,095
scrapping for turf in this room.
912
00:42:39,137 --> 00:42:40,471
Hear, hear.
913
00:42:40,513 --> 00:42:41,806
So you think.
914
00:42:41,848 --> 00:42:43,808
Now, my information has Governor Dunlop
915
00:42:43,850 --> 00:42:47,103
reaffirming her own candidacy
for president tonight,
916
00:42:47,145 --> 00:42:50,106
with a big machine and a
lot of backing behind her.
917
00:42:50,148 --> 00:42:54,986
Mine too, which means you'll be
in a dogfight for the next year.
918
00:42:56,279 --> 00:42:58,281
I guess we'll soon see.
919
00:43:00,992 --> 00:43:02,410
It's time.
920
00:43:11,085 --> 00:43:13,212
Oh, fuck.
921
00:43:20,970 --> 00:43:22,472
Hello, everyone.
922
00:43:22,513 --> 00:43:24,891
No intros needed. You know who I am,
923
00:43:24,932 --> 00:43:28,478
and I know those of you
it's important to know.
924
00:43:28,519 --> 00:43:32,607
It's been a real kick doing
the roundy-round with you all.
925
00:43:34,484 --> 00:43:36,235
But I've made my decision...
926
00:43:39,906 --> 00:43:41,783
to not only throw my support
927
00:43:41,824 --> 00:43:44,368
behind our next president, Mike Prince,
928
00:43:44,410 --> 00:43:46,871
but to become his partner.
929
00:43:49,248 --> 00:43:51,334
His vice president.
930
00:43:51,375 --> 00:43:54,253
For the good of our country
and the whole world.
931
00:43:54,295 --> 00:43:55,838
Yeah. Like I said.
932
00:43:56,859 --> 00:43:58,800
At least you got a decent price.
933
00:43:58,841 --> 00:44:00,301
Governor, thank you.
934
00:44:00,343 --> 00:44:02,011
I'll meet up with you shortly.
935
00:44:10,019 --> 00:44:11,959
Now, I know
what that's got to feel like.
936
00:44:11,994 --> 00:44:13,981
And that the tendency
for you, and for me,
937
00:44:14,023 --> 00:44:16,734
is to go on trying
to destroy each other.
938
00:44:16,776 --> 00:44:18,653
But it'll cost both sides,
939
00:44:18,694 --> 00:44:21,781
even though it's pretty clear
who'll win out here.
940
00:44:24,237 --> 00:44:26,669
Which is why I propose a peace treaty
941
00:44:26,704 --> 00:44:28,204
between our warring factions.
942
00:44:28,246 --> 00:44:31,207
- And what would that look like?
- Like this:
943
00:44:31,249 --> 00:44:32,583
You, jointly and separately,
944
00:44:32,625 --> 00:44:35,336
will cease all further
and future attacks on me,
945
00:44:35,378 --> 00:44:37,338
my name, my candidacy,
946
00:44:37,380 --> 00:44:39,799
my personal life and
my business interests,
947
00:44:39,841 --> 00:44:41,592
which include my remaining personnel,
948
00:44:41,634 --> 00:44:42,927
which no longer includes anyone
949
00:44:42,969 --> 00:44:44,345
on that side of the table, by the way.
950
00:44:44,387 --> 00:44:46,138
In return, I will do the same,
951
00:44:46,180 --> 00:44:47,515
and when I become president,
952
00:44:47,557 --> 00:44:49,725
I pledge not to use any
government resources
953
00:44:49,767 --> 00:44:53,646
to persecute, prosecute,
fire or bankrupt any of you.
954
00:44:56,691 --> 00:45:00,862
Should we jump ahead past
all the writhing and invective
955
00:45:00,903 --> 00:45:03,030
to the place where we all
admit this is the best deal
956
00:45:03,072 --> 00:45:04,866
you're gonna get?
957
00:45:15,668 --> 00:45:17,044
Good.
958
00:45:32,351 --> 00:45:34,270
So, well, there's that.
959
00:45:37,023 --> 00:45:39,150
Yeah. There it is.
960
00:45:43,362 --> 00:45:44,780
Yes.
961
00:45:45,865 --> 00:45:47,199
Yes.
962
00:45:48,367 --> 00:45:49,702
Okay.
963
00:45:52,747 --> 00:45:53,998
That was the call.
964
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:55,625
You're on the briefings, Mike.
965
00:45:56,834 --> 00:45:58,419
First one is tomorrow.
966
00:45:59,545 --> 00:46:00,963
Yeah.
967
00:46:02,048 --> 00:46:04,175
So, yes, that's it, then.
968
00:46:07,845 --> 00:46:09,513
All conditions satisfied.
969
00:46:15,394 --> 00:46:16,771
Tomorrow, at the open,
970
00:46:16,812 --> 00:46:18,481
put the money to work as instructed.
971
00:46:18,522 --> 00:46:19,941
Nothing heroic.
972
00:46:19,982 --> 00:46:23,235
Prioritize return of capital,
not return on capital.
973
00:46:23,277 --> 00:46:24,445
You got it, Cap'.
974
00:46:24,487 --> 00:46:26,113
Where's the briefing? White House?
975
00:46:26,155 --> 00:46:28,491
No. We're going to Camp David.
976
00:46:29,402 --> 00:46:30,576
That's it.
977
00:46:30,618 --> 00:46:32,036
You're minted.
978
00:46:33,079 --> 00:46:34,914
Boom.
979
00:46:34,956 --> 00:46:36,457
You can say that again.
980
00:46:36,499 --> 00:46:38,167
Boom.
981
00:47:25,504 --> 00:47:29,332
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