Billions (2016–…): Season 6, Episode 5 - Rock of Eye - full transcript
With a new player at Prince Cap, the trading floor scrambles to stake out their turf. Taylor makes a huge bet on a risky play. Chuck tries to bring home a worthy case but encounters an unexpected challenge.
Previously
on Billions.
I want to introduce
the chairman of
the NYC 2028
Olympic Commission,
- Michael Prince.
Thank you, Mayor Johnson.
You promised me
a winning season, Chuck.
Running out of time
before I'll have to quit,
campaign 25/8.
I can't lose my MVP yet.
I need you, Kate.
Chuck Rhoades is fucking
with our Wi-Fi play.
The only winner in
this hopeless fucking outing
is gonna be your
chief legal counsel.
You think I'm
concerned because you
brought my Wi-Fi play
back to Chuck?
It's how I know that you'll
serve me loyally as well,
until I help get you
elected to Congress.
You made a deal that you
knew would displease me.
I thought we could actually
change the world.
If you want to change the world,
nine digits ain't gonna do it.
How could you, Kate?
After all I taught you.
You made me wait.
What if the professor
isn't done teaching?
This is business.
This is what not having
a soft landing feels like.
You tear your butt
when you hit the ground.
Mike Prince and his daughters
made the world
a better place today.
I lost my advantage.
I failed to protect
my goddamn queen.
Welcome to
Michael Prince Capital, Kate.
My God, let me finish!
When was I not
letting you finish?
Worked pretty well in
Stand and Deliver too.
Life lesson,
always carry a cleaver.
Oh, wait. No.
That's not really the lesson.
The lesson is,
know how to change
the mood in a room quickly
and with authority.
Now, look, I get
what you're fighting over.
I do.
Coding team wants
more of the budget
because you can't make
a great app without great code.
Sales team wants more because
who cares about the damn code--
You want to start moving
product out the door.
Same with the marketing group.
But here's the deal.
Your customer can have
two of these,
not three.
Cheap and fast
can't also be good.
Good and fast
can't also be cheap.
So you can fight over turf,
or...
you can figure out a vision.
Let the budget sort itself out.
Or I can double it.
Everybody gets what they want,
and I get a word
with the teacher outside.
Not sure that's
the right lesson.
Most important one:
"Money makes the rules."
I'm surprised an esteemed
charter school like this
hasn't hammered it
into their heads.
Why scrap over capital
when you can raise it?
Group, we're gonna take five
while Mr. Prince
makes out his check.
If you came here
to impress a bunch of
teenage entrepreneurs...
Trying to impress you.
Hire you.
How am I doing?
You opening a charter school?
Not for your side gig.
Your main gig.
They take care of me
at the fund I'm at.
Hmm-hmm. That's why your
resume's floating around.
In my weaker moments,
I sometimes think about
what I could do in a place
built for speed and power.
Then you're
talking to the right guy.
Um,
what'd you do?
Nothing.
Women can be irrational,
we know this.
"We" do not.
What'd you do?
Not a thing.
I went unattended
to a couples dinner.
Willow had a cold,
so Roxanne couldn't go.
And the distaff side of
the other couple
was a fetching brunette...
Yeah, you had an affair.
Spare me the Penthouse Forum.
No-siree-Bob.
Nothing physical.
Developed a kinship
with Judith Felker,
Ron's wife,
over how thin the consommé was.
So uh, Roxanne kicked you out
over dinner table chatter?
Well, the next six days
of text chatter didn't help.
Did you know that Face ID
works when you're asleep?
Why wouldn't it?
You oughta go after
Big Tech.
I dozed off mid-emoji,
Roxanne grabbed the damn phone
and saw it all.
I'll just drop this here
while I test the beds,
pick out a room.
The thing about self-help is,
if you're getting it
from someone else it's not self,
and if you're doing it yourself,
you didn't really get help.
Carlin.
George Carlin. No?
Yeah. All-time great.
But not quite like Coach Wooden.
See, he wasn't an entertainer.
He understood life.
Codified what he learned,
taught it
to his basketball players,
made it available
to the rest of us.
As I am now making it
available to you.
"Initiative," "skill,"
it all seems kinda... basic.
Not ItsMeTinx basic.
Like what it used to mean.
I met him once,
when we won State's.
Fundamental, not basic.
It's different.
What'd he teach ya?
How to put on my socks
and shoes.
How to lace 'em up
and tie 'em right.
Know why?
Blisters?
To remember that
every season,
we start again
from the beginning.
We were champions
of this season. Not the next.
So we'd better do
everything right.
Plus, yeah, blisters.
Not self-help.
Help.
- Who's that?
- Beats me.
Ten bucks says
he doesn't have any blisters.
Remember, you're bowing
to the Buddha, not me.
Yes.
Daniel.
I'm ready.
Is that the first sign
of readiness, do we think?
Stating it.
Are you suggesting I'm
not ready to take refuge?
Because I have to.
I need to.
What's that?
Vegan ice cream.
A gift for you.
It's the best--
No.
What's that?
A gift for you,
as I said.
I made it myself.
For what purpose?
For... to, uh...
To curry favor.
The very sweetness
of the cream
is bitter in this way.
Do not buy friendship
or comfort.
Where I come from,
everything's a transaction.
Where you're going...
a commitment to the Buddha,
the Dharma, the Sangha,
the goal is to avoid
being transactional at all.
Can you do this?
Will you try?
I'll start with a month.
Go from there.
Start with a day.
When I decide something--
Start with an hour,
even a minute.
Then add a minute to that one.
That's the work.
We'll meet in four days,
see how it's going.
You're not sure
I can refrain from transacting
for four days?
Whether I'm sure
matters not at all.
Well, I am.
I'm sure.
All right, rack the bid,
get it done.
What's he,
the new golden boy?
Took Dollar Bill's slot.
Probably looking for the
actual dollar to steal too.
Coach Wooden always said,
"I treat my players fairly,
but not equally.
Depends on performance."
And that's what we are
evaluating now. Performance.
Evaluate and decide who starts,
who rides the pine--
And who gets
their scholarship pulled.
Now, I've always
believed you live in a house
before renovating,
so you don't sledgehammer
a support beam,
put a Barcalounger where
the bar should be.
Well, our grace period here
is coming to an end.
This Friday, I'm reallocating
capital at the firm.
If you change strategies,
if you stray
from the fundamentals,
I'll see it, so don't.
Position sizing,
focus, restraint--
consider them our
load-bearing walls.
And, uh, oh, yeah,
do your best.
For you.
To return to Coach Wooden,
"You're the only one who knows
whether you've won."
Pretty sure the guy
carving up our trading dollars
knows whether we've won.
Was he looking at me
when he said "Barcalounger?"
Listen up:
Quarter ends Friday.
If you fuck up,
it'll be locked in,
and you'll be locked out.
What if you fuck up?
Then wake the hell up
from your nightmare
'cause in this life,
I don't ever fuck up.
I know you don't want me here.
Got that right.
Book a room at the
Yale Club for my father.
Mr. Allard needs you.
Have you decided who gets
Sacker's office yet?
Bureau chiefs
have been eyeing it.
That's Graceland,
we're not touching it.
Good. I need ya.
No, you need Marie Kondo.
Jesus Christ.
You got Aaron Burr's
gun permit lost in here?
But let me guess,
you know where everything is,
down to the last carbon.
Nope. Not a clue.
Where are we on the prosecutions
Sacker left behind?
Flailing, Chuck.
I have to admit, I'm not
as savvy on the legal stuff
as certain other
aspects of the job.
Like this one.
Big seafood wholesaler.
Mislabeled half its product,
stuck people
with cheaper fish instead.
The seafood fraud case,
we need a win on that.
To stand with the consumers
who're being fleeced.
Well, we may need
a different opposing counsel.
Lady's a pit bull,
won't settle it out.
Even though
we got her dead to rights.
I see that you
did need me. Okay.
- I'll handle it.
- Good.
But that's not why I needed ya.
Last night, in a private
suite at the Garden,
a young woman walks up
to Governor Sweeney,
told him he's wrecking
the Empire State...
- Hmm.
- ...and not that nicely.
People heard it.
My sources tell me
it was Gail Prince.
- Mike Prince's--
- Oh, I know who she is.
Governor Sweeney
still doesn't.
Buffalo Bob finds that out,
he's gonna get ornery.
Page Six.
Call over there and--
That I know how to do.
This'll be sweet.
As a Coolatta
with extra syrup.
The Commission never awards
the Games to a place
it doesn't feel
completely welcome in.
So...
This should pretty much
lead to the end
of Mike Prince's Olympic bid.
Don't call my mom
till I can explain--
Mom already got the call.
Let's get
Kate Sacker in here.
First, I'd like to get
Philip Charyn out of here,
and understand how
he even got in.
It was no setup.
I looked at the resumes
the headhunter sent blind.
Who else has that
many degrees from Stanford,
and Yale and Chicago?
You knew.
You kept your nephew out of
the Prince Companies for years.
I win this round.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Philip is Scooter's
sister's kid.
Managed $300 million
in tech at his last firm.
Prince bought out his contract.
That means he'll get a big
hunk of our allocations.
And our comp.
Don Fanucci's nephew's
not touching my smock.
For the record,
offer me a basket
of fruit and veggies,
I'm taking it.
Keep up the bucket shop
bullshit and you'll need it.
Mike said no
changing strategies.
Too bad for you,
that means losing ones too.
Oh, no fucking way
I get bounced over you.
Guys, since "sincerity"
is the mortar
that holds the "team spirit"
and "loyalty" blocks together,
maybe we share information.
Best practices?
What is this Commie shit,
from Mao's Little Red Book?
It's from the pyramid.
On the fridge?
Biggest hurdle we're facing,
Governor Sweeney.
The International Commission
of Sport is shy,
won't go where it's not wanted.
Never does.
Which is why
you'll win him over
in the meeting
I've set for you.
Yeah, I work quick.
It's what you brought me in for.
I need to know what to
expect from Chuck Rhoades
by way of interference.
I could use
you on the floor.
To clarify reallocation.
- I was perfectly clear.
- As Baccarat crystal.
What I really need is a referee.
It's a captain's practice,
Wags. Work it out.
I thought
you were a vegan.
It's true what they say,
"Never work for your heroes."
Nope. All of it is vegan.
Flatware too.
Terravore, the plant-based
meat company,
just rolled up
six other vegan innovators.
We're buying in.
Um, the fork thing's
super cool, but Terravore's
kind of a big fat yawn
in the plant-based space.
India alone discards 120 billion
plastic utensils a year.
- The market potential's robust.
- The forks aren't.
Millet's pretty breakable,
so pricey to ship.
Everybody's allocation's
up for grabs.
This is the week to be
ruthlessly strategic.
Here's the strategy,
We calculate
the largest position
we can buy in Terravore,
then we buy it.
Governor thing
just got a lot harder.
New York Post says Gail
insulted him to his face.
Practically spit in it.
- My Gail?
- Sorry to say.
It's what I came to tell you.
Your meeting with him is off,
unless Gail plans to be
there to apologize
and then to publicly
recant to the paper.
Get him on the phone.
He's not going to
take my call, is he?
Gail, it's Dad.
Call me back.
- I'll reach her. Just, uh...
- She might take my call.
Not your job.
I just needed you to see me
on your call sheet today.
To know I'm with you,
regardless of who isn't.
"Rich Kid Schools Gov."
Prince family punchline.
Monologue jokes can't be
far fucking behind.
Allow me to suggest
the proper tonic...
a restorative
trip to Lake Placid.
And the state debt incurred
during those Games.
Why is she lashing out at me?
Maybe because
she actually--
just goin' out on
a limb here--
has a problem
with the governor.
At the exact moment I'm
wooing him for the Games?
I say hear her out.
She'd have to pick up
the phone for that.
I'm calling a family summit.
I need you to fly in
to help the
conversation flow and--
You need me
to help get Gail there,
that's what you need.
- Thank you. Yes.
- I can't.
I'm packing for a different
summit, Lizard Head Peak.
It's only a five-day window,
and not even you
can raise the temperature
by ten degrees.
Our daughter just jacked it up
by a lot more than that.
I need everyone there
so I can lower it.
She gets it from you, y'know.
Not cowed by power,
or anything, really.
I'm sending a plane.
You'll be on Lizard Head
before the anvil hits.
And if I drop
everything for you,
what does that say to the kids?
It says you're strong enough
not to stand on ceremony.
We're 5X in Terravore now.
And we were noisy.
The Street knows we're all-in.
Good. What about
the call options?
We're out of the money.
Like, way, way out.
$20 above current price.
- Also good.
- Why's it good?
These calls expire in weeks,
worthless if we don't hit
the target, which we won't.
Either you know
something we don't,
or you're shoving a wrench
into the gears as payback
for Prince gutting
the Africa Wi-Fi play.
My buy raised a red flag
because it's not
customary for me,
so you're here
to wag a finger.
But I'm comfortable
with my decision.
You can carry on
with your day.
Preempting me,
satisfying as it may be
for you,
doesn't change my warning.
There is no bumping
the pinball machine
at Michael Prince Capital.
Unh.
Don't do that.
But he's right.
You're trading this stock
as if you know something
you shouldn't.
And I won't be the only one
who sees this, which is why
he dragged me in here even
though I have better shit to do.
And if there is a bump.
Mnh.
It carries criminal penalties.
Not a bump or a nudge or
a kick to the coin box.
I believe in the company.
Then I believe
I'll be watching.
Less imposing than I expected.
That's the thing
about government offices.
The power comes from the man,
not the trappings.
What makes you think I'm
talking about the trappings?
Ms. Mahar,
- or may I call you Daevisha?
- Call me Dave.
It's good enough
for Starbucks--
Dave, you can drop
the posturing.
Your client's guilty,
of literal bait-and-switch.
I can assure you, what's
good enough for Starbucks
isn't good enough for
the people of this state.
They want their fish
called by their proper names.
Absolutely.
There's no light
between our positions.
Well, other than
the sweet burden of proof.
Which you bear.
You know, I read about you,
and I expected--
Someone subservient?
- No. A better person.
- Oh.
Former public defender,
first-generation American,
defending predatory rip-offs?
You left out a couple
of things on my resume.
Like Harvard Law, my Fulbright,
and the fact that
I've never lost a case.
Oh, I know.
I called around, too.
You used to be
a killer for our side.
Now you're like those guys
Erin Brockovich served water to.
Difference is,
I'd know she was bluffing,
and I'd drink it down.
Glug glug glug.
Well, the difference is,
I'm not bluffing.
I'll be trying this case
if it goes to court.
No one else.
I have a mountain
of DNA evidence.
I'm Lancey Howard with the
jack of diamonds in his hand.
Then it's a good thing no one
plays five card stud anymore.
I'm twice as ready
as the Kid, anyway.
I'm stoked to go against you.
Excuse me?
Last prosecutor
of your vintage
who stepped into court,
ended up with hair dye
streaming down his face
like the tears
of the clown that he is.
Do I look that focused?
I am that focused,
I just don't look it.
New guy.
You chose the wrong desk.
Oh, is that so?
Yeah, we go by
Sharpe ratios here.
Highest performers
on the left.
Oh.
My risk-adjusted return,
I'm a 1.9.
So I could take yours.
But I was being polite.
What are we measuring next?
Patty of the week!
Mmm.
Good-looking chunk of chuck.
Blind tasting, here we go.
Mmm.
Nice bite and mouth-feel.
Good fat content
and bun-to-patty.
I like American cheese
on a burger, this is cheddar.
Medium juicy.
Rating is,
a strong buy.
Where's this from?
New place from
a graduate of Corner Bistro.
Nice.
Well, there you have it.
Sounded like he liked it.
The more he likes them,
the harder he throws them.
Another strong buy
for all my Russakoff's
Raiders out there:
ArpCom.
It is ready to rip!
Why would you watch him?
Even competent day traders
rarely make gains.
He is not competent.
Russakoff's the fucking man
to like millions of bros.
You're not one, though, so...
Not the man or not a bro?
If you were either,
you wouldn't ask.
He watches because
Russakoff moves the market
when he gets passionate.
It's a fact we don't like,
but a legit data point
nonetheless.
Now. Can we talk Terravore?
Our buy inched it up to $63.00.
Yay, team.
That's still
a far climb to $75.00.
The day traders just buy
what he tells them?
From the depths
of their man caves, they do.
And not just stonks.
He's a lifestyle brand
unto himself.
Made the kids dinner.
You're welcome.
You're supposed to be
at the Yale Club.
Times like this,
a man belongs
in the bosom of his family.
Grab yourself a lowball.
Everything we need
is right here.
Have you even
tried to call Roxanne?
Tendered an apology?
I called Judith
to be sure
that I hadn't
crossed any lines.
Well, having to check
is usually a great sign.
She assured me I hadn't.
One call down, one to go.
But we got to talking.
And the bons mots
were flying, Sonny,
like the Algonquin in '23.
I'm thinking of acting
on our kinship,
of consummating it.
- She's game--
- Dad, no.
What happens when
this fling ends,
like all the others?
And you've bulldozed your
second home in as many years?
It's not like I haven't
thought this through.
There is a plan B.
Uh.
You texted
"Emergency with your dad."
He seems... fine.
I appreciate
like hell you showing up.
You gotta talk to him.
You're the only one who can.
Issue?
He's forgotten he's married.
No. No.
You work him through whatever
stage life crisis this is.
I help my guys at work.
Our kids. Maybe now
finally myself, if I can.
I came because
I thought "emergency"
meant something different.
Fine by me.
Never got to unpack.
He's living here now?
Ergo, the emergency.
You can go back to your...
ever-expanding empire.
I'm not gonna talk to you
about Kate Sacker, either.
I didn't say
a word about her.
Even though she was poached,
casus belli, a Cold War thrust
in the fucking broiler.
I don't owe you an apology,
if that's what you're--
Oh, no, I hold Prince
responsible for that, not you.
You just lured her
to his temple of greed.
It's not Axe Capital, Chuck.
It's worse.
Because it pretends
to be better.
She's very special.
And special to me.
Don't ruin her, Wendy.
Sweeney's hitting back.
He ordered a fresh audit of
the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics,
which went 320% over budget.
That's 'cause they were
run by resort town hacks.
State's still paying
the damn bills.
It's a low-grade stunt.
If Sweeney takes it public,
it'll scare off the Commission.
Our bid'll be finished.
If we were willing to consider
in a carefully-worded
statement,
putting some space between you
and your daughter on her--
We're unwilling.
I'm aware that
that option is no fun,
but if you paid me
to create fun,
I'd have replaced the stairs
with a water slide.
- I'm here to get you the Games--
- Do it another way.
Afraid we need
a little sit-down.
- What's the beef over?
- Gold.
- He's long, she's short.
- Details.
Not fucking tattling.
- We'll work it out.
- There, you see.
Before or after
your stupid position
costs the firm bags o' cash?
I meant we're gonna close out
your dumb fucking shorts
before gold soars.
This is when they need to go
to the principal's office.
I don't know enough yet
to weigh in on any of this.
And I'm not inclined
to do the work
to figure it out just now.
Can you give us the room?
Kate, you too.
One, Sacker's right
about that statement.
You should issue it.
Two, you don't know enough yet
to make a determination?
If this situation
with Gail is taking you--
Bonnie's short is 88%
negatively correlated,
Victor's calls
expire in six days,
three-and-a-half hours--
I'm the Eye of Sauron,
I see all.
But my communication
with my daughter has gone
from a trickle to dead silence.
The floor, the Commission,
that's the easy stuff.
In my, uh,
prior employment situation
with He Whom
I Shall Not Mention--
Good policy.
Yeah. With him
and the others there...
I could guide them
because there were
specific guard rails,
things you can or cannot
do from those offices.
Expectations. Limits.
Even when stretched,
you kind of knew the contours.
Hmm. Billionaires
are not public servants.
The levers are different.
Huh.
Does it ever get any easier,
seeing exactly what
they should do, and...
not being able
to get them to do it?
What'll happen is,
you'll just direct it
more and more inwardly
until you stop serving them.
When you're ready.
Or you'll get out
of it all entirely.
That what you're doing?
Me? No.
I'm thinking about
incorporating all of it.
Synthesizing.
Letting go of results.
Breathing.
Ah, the Eastern approach.
Absolutely.
But the old habits.
- I have this guy--
- A guy?
No, not like that.
A priest. Buddhist.
He's helping me take refuge.
I tried to um, like...
bribe him.
I didn't even
realize I was doing it.
Shit. You get lost like that,
how's a naif like me
supposed to--
Oh, hardly.
You've been balancing
these equities,
the inner and the outer,
for most of your life.
I like the Bodhisattva way.
Don't worry about yourself.
Enlighten others.
That's my vibe. But, mmm...
not trying to hang onto it
as tight as it seems you are.
I'm definitely
not bribing any Brahman.
I imagine if you did,
they wouldn't see it coming.
- So?
Sweeney wants to meet with me.
About Mike Prince's Olympic bid.
Barely had to raise it.
Feels like we got a little
breeze at our backsides.
Or maybe it's
the Lake Placid windchill.
Where are we
on an expert witness
for my seafood fraud trial?
I've reached out to some
of the better fish DNA guys.
Not better. Best.
The testimony in this case
is everything.
Needs to be devastating.
Undeniable.
Best guy's named Bowen,
but he's not available.
Locked up in cases
with other prosecutors.
You sure Dave didn't
get him on their behalf?
Yeah. He's not
an industry guy.
He's state's expert.
No, I still smell Dave here.
She made sure
this Bowen was busy.
Shouldn't matter.
The other three experts
are raring to go.
This is Dave Mahar.
I'm sure of it.
She's trying to cut my damn
legs out from under me.
You get to this Bowen
and let him know,
he testifies in
this trial for us,
he gets me this win,
or he never gets
hired by any state again.
Why's this one matter so much?
She called me,
in so many words,
"A Giuliani-level hack."
That's Clubber Lang telling
Adrian he's more man than Rocky.
I have a moral
and professional obligation
to knock her
the fuck out now.
I'm gonna be flushed
with the bottom ten percent,
like G.E. did every year.
I'm gonna be G.E.'d.
Lot of people here.
Someone's gotta be
doing worse than you.
Okay, that didn't
come out the way I--
I'm gonna ask for less assets
under management.
If I'm smaller,
more concentrated,
I can carve a corridor
to a bigger profit share.
No. You never ask for less.
They'll think
something's wrong with you,
maybe even fire you
on principle.
I'm gonna be G.E.'d.
It says, "Use the threading wire
to pull it through,
then remove and discard it."
I already removed
and discarded it.
There was nothing
to pull through.
'Cause you removed
and discarded it!
Look, if ya came to play,
the tourney's been delayed.
I need your help on
a different kind of play.
A business play.
Why us?
Let me tell ya, bro.
I know exactly what you're
doing with Terravore.
Trying to pick a winner
in a fast-growing sector.
Trying to get it added.
To boost its price
and market cap by enough
that it's added to the S&P 500.
When it is, all the index funds
are forced to buy in,
that's the rule.
Which pumps the stock even more,
and you can dump it
before it cools.
Good read.
But, like I told you,
I believe in the company.
Without documentation,
it's market manipulation.
I prosecuted people for this.
You sound like Spyros.
Assertion without proof.
Here's what
the SEC's gonna ask:
"Where the fuck is your proof?"
♪ Here I am ♪
♪ On the road again... ♪
Biscuits and gravy.
Dad, I gotta throw
a flag on this one.
Illegal
emotional manipulation.
Totally unfair
to have to smell that
as we walk into the apartment.
Also, it's not gonna work.
Bob Seger's
a nice touch, though.
Reminds me of Sundays
when the kids were little.
What? You think
would plan this out?
I think you told your staff
to let you know the minute
we got in the elevator so
the chorus of "Turn the Page"
would hit exactly when we
walked into the kitchen.
Would I be the guy
you married if I hadn't?
I just so happened
to have a mix from Rosie's.
They sent over a care package.
After you sent
the plane for it, M-Tap?
I can't--
Yeah, who can remember?
The point is,
we're having some
homemade Indiana
biscuits and gravy.
Dad, we were summoned.
I mean, I'm not gonna
refuse the food
because we all know I'm not--
I am refusing.
I'm not breaking bread
with him at this point.
Yeah, honestly,
we're still pissed.
You don't get
to police our emotions.
Especially
about your bullshit.
I just told them to go
at it straight.
Good. Yes.
Let's get into it
Because I-I can't
live with things being
catawampus like this
between us anymore.
You're right. I was not
entirely forthright about
the cannabis company thing.
Forthright? So you're
a soft peddler now.
You'd rather I be
as direct as you were
with Governor Sweeney?
She was right to say
what she said.
She may have been, but it
doesn't mean she had to say it.
You're on his side?
I'm on all your sides.
There's... there's no sides.
I mean, there's--
there's one damn side.
I mean, Gail and I
are kind of a side,
and you're usually on it.
What your sister said put
a lot of pressure on your dad
when he's trying
to accomplish a difficult...
really hard... thing.
- It means a hell of a lot.
- To you and him.
Because if he locks this down,
you get a thing, too.
We all get a thing,
right, when I do well?
All the things.
That's the first time
you've ever said
anything like that.
We're all grownups here now,
aren't we?
So let's not
leave it unsaid.
You're both billionaires,
or you will be
partially because of all
the times I held my tongue
and didn't tell someone
what I actually thought.
You made more doing
the opposite.
The gift you've given us is,
Have no fear about
speaking our minds.
That's right.
Good.
But, uh,
sometimes, even though
we don't have
the traditional
things to lose,
we still have a lot to lose.
What are you
asking her to do?
Apologize.
Tell the governor you
didn't mean it. Tell him--
- Jesus Christ.
- Fuck that.
Girls!
I can't apologize for telling
the truth. I won't.
Then your dad'll
never make you.
I'll say I'm sorry, too,
for the way I handled
the business thing.
I should have brought
you inside it.
Still not going to do
what you want.
Okay.
I wish you would.
But... okay.
Will you at least start
answering my texts, then?
We'll put you back
on the family thread.
Oh, I-I'm already on
the family thread.
We might've, um,
already started a new one.
♪ There I go ♪
♪ There I ♪
♪ Go ♪
Now, Mr. Bowen,
as an expert witness,
you have testified
that the goods from
Ocean's Plenty Wholesalers
were not as claimed,
but rather cheap,
garbage fish,
mislabeled and pawned off
on an unwitting public.
I'm afraid so, yes.
In my expert opinion.
I object.
Leading question.
- Overruled.
- But, Judge--
Ms. Mahar, didn't you see
A Few Good Men
during law school?
You're about to get the judge
to reaffirm my guy's an expert.
Judge, I have something
to say about the bias--
You'll have your chance
to cross-examine
the expert witness.
Ah! See that?
And not only is he an expert,
he's a scientist
whose bias is the truth.
Something your client
the conglomerate
tried to hide
to rake in more profit.
Ocean's Plenty
trampled the rules
with abandon.
Duped customers day after day,
resulting in millions
in largesse.
No further questions.
Your moment's
arrived, counsel.
So, who paid you
to be here today?
The State of New York.
They hired me to gather all
the evidence in this case.
The State of New York.
Just laying out
the truth for the State.
Then, which do you prefer,
meat or fish?
Or grain? Or dairy?
Objection. Relevance.
We're not planning menus--
If there's a point,
counsel, get to it fast.
The point is bias.
If he loves meat
and hates fish...
it's hard to give a fishmonger
a break, isn't it?
Sure, I like meat.
I like fish too.
I like grain, bread,
whatever.
What does that
have to do with--
Permission to
approach the witness.
Recognize those?
You're under oath here.
- I'm aware of that--
- Good,
because if you are lying
about anything,
it's a class-D felony.
There are grave penalties for--
This is harassment,
if she doesn't have
an actual line of inquiry--
Protecting your witness
from perjury,
I'd say that's an actual--
The witness knows
the penalty for perjury.
He's not an idiot, and you're
not even making a defense.
Since we understand
the severe penalties
for perjury,
for you and your wife.
Those documents are
IRS Form 990s--
Okay. All right.
I'm biased.
For... whoever is paying.
Yes.
Enter defense exhibit
into evidence.
Multiple payments
for $50,000
made out to his wife,
from big beef,
big poultry, big dairy,
to hide the fact
that he'll say
whatever his paymaster
wants him to.
He's a paid gun for hire.
Today it's for the state,
tomorrow,
whoever's got the next check.
Sir, you have the right not
to incriminate yourself further.
That count as a defense to you?
You outplayed me.
Took a dirty
witness off the board
so I'd insist on having him.
Till he tainted all my evidence.
Like that lousy fish
you'd never eat.
You got that right.
Look at the bright side.
You got to log a few
hours in a courtroom.
Sorry for the drop-in.
I'll clear my schedule.
I need you to add to it.
A call with Governor Sweeney.
So I can apologize.
What made you
change your mind?
I mean, you knew it
would work on me.
You're my fucking father.
And a good one.
I curse like four times a year.
Why do you have to--
I went to college
out of state.
Just get the phone.
Let's call this guy.
Call the governor's office,
tell him
Gail wants to speak with him.
You know what you want to say?
Think it through,
don't freelance it.
So,
Mr. Sweeney-- Mr. Governor...
about what I said the other...
I'm so sorry for what
I said the other...
Mr. Governor,
regardless of my feelings,
out of respect for your office,
what I said the other
night was wrong,
and I am so sorry I--
Forget it.
You don't want me
to apologize?
I do want you to apologize.
I-I need you to, really.
But, uh... I raised you
to speak your mind.
- Fuck!
Five.
I'll tell you, Dad.
I will never understand
how a guy that
thin-skinned becomes governor.
Some kid gives him
a little crap,
and he lets it shape policy?
I mean...
the vanity is just
so over the top.
Good.
Yeah.
Real good.
Terravore's still
tickling $66.00.
This quarter's
gonna be a bloodbath.
I'm never gonna get
a sheet of my own.
Hang on.
Russakoff has a new post...
about Terravore.
Mmm.
Juicy, savory...
nice patty tension,
good bite--
this is a top pick,
outperform!
Thi-this is a must-buy
with leverage!
Where the hell did
you get this from?
It's Terravore.
100% vegan, plant-based.
You're fucking kidding me.
This is all
shoots and leaves?
Not the only way it's green.
Mase Carb's
yay deep in this name.
It's ready to hockey stick.
Nice, dude,
didn't even see you
swap out the meat
for the vegan shit.
I thought you were
gonna make the switch.
Raiders,
Terravore is ready to pull
a major stiffy!
Ohh!
Taylor.
Stock's surging
on message boards and Robinhood.
- The brosephs are biting!
- Taylor.
And once momentum gets going
with the retail crowd--
Taylor.
So you keep saying.
We should be happy.
We had to game it all out
from a burger review.
They say the finest
bespoke tailors
have "rock of eye."
Can see beyond pattern
and chalk
to take someone's true measure
by instinct, expertise.
You think that's
how I beat you?
No. It's how I see
beyond the woman
who stood up for
an indefensible seafood scam
to the better person
lurking beneath.
I served my client.
No higher calling
for a lawyer.
But your
professional background,
your choice of eatery,
tells me
you're not meant
to cut vicuna cloth
to pad your partners' paunches.
You're meant to fit
the real villains
for orange fucking jumpsuits.
So you came here
to yell at me.
I came here...
to hire you.
I did my 20 years as a PD
helping people with nothing
get their actual day in court.
I did.
But eventually I wanted
to come home to a place I owned,
not one I shared with a bank.
So you went white shoe.
It just became time
to get paid
commensurate
with my abilities.
Good.
Good, now
we're talking worth.
'Cause those seven figures
may convince you of yours
and it'll feel fucking great,
for a while.
But it's a mirage
and you know it.
The worth I can
offer is 200 times
the ski house that beckons
or the beach house
that follows that.
There's a war going on,
between the very wealth
you are trying to accrue
and the rest of us.
The stakes are absolute.
And we are under-armed
and under-manned,
and you will be
the difference maker,
which will make you
feel like yourself again.
Finally.
Good enough data to
divvy up the capital yet?
Soon.
Keep this going much longer,
they'll fuck the place up.
Maybe.
But this place
is also a platform
for the bigger goals
we're chasing.
Screw those up, might
as well not even be here.
It all starts with the Games.
Then we need to look
at ways to hit Sweeney,
before he meets
with Rhoades tomorrow.
Wags gave me a phone number
of a certain operative.
Yeah, I don't think
an assassination,
virtual or literal,
is the way to go here.
No, I keep on thinking
about the vanity of a guy
who would let a random
insult shape policy.
Probably starts
every book he reads
at the index,
under "Sweeney."
Where are we on the naming
rights for the stadium?
We're taking offers.
Bidding's robust.
Let's stop.
Russakoff's Raiders
pushed it to 75,
and the market cap
tipped it over the edge.
S&P 500 just announced.
Terravore joins
the index in two weeks.
Good. Sell the news.
Blow it out, all of it.
You're not selling
those calls.
- Or a single share of the stock.
- We're in the money.
If I don't sell now,
they'll be worth nothing.
If you do sell,
it's manipulation.
I'm backing Spyros on this.
You have a problem with it too?
If an employee
courts prosecution,
we're in HR territory,
so, yes.
That won't be an issue.
Legal's been in
on this from the start.
I can paper this sale.
What do you have
to support the buy?
- My gut. My brain.
- That won't be good enough.
What if it is a bump?
And I want to be
the pinball fucking wizard,
right up to the tilt line
without setting it off?
Hmm.
How long have you been vegan?
Six and a half years.
Well, that's six and a half
years of Instacart orders,
Amazon deliveries,
web searches for vegan products
that just became
due diligence.
And it's all gonna go
in an analyst's report.
For six and a half years now,
Taylor has been meticulously
researching Terravore
and the entire sector.
I'll hang onto that
in case the SEC calls.
You know what happened here.
On my watch.
Under my nose.
I know
what I think happened.
I also know,
no one can prove it.
Blow it out.
Sell all of it.
This isn't what
we talked about.
I'm an attorney Wendy,
not a monk.
Neither are you.
You think I'd be here
if I didn't look up to you?
- You looked past me to Prince.
- He gets me.
He thinks you're
his Rocking-Horse Winner.
Yeah, well,
that guy never missed.
Until it killed him.
It's just an old story.
I could have been a conductor,
you know. For real.
Even at a young age,
I could hear when an orchestra
was really firing.
When the oboist was hungover
or second chair violin
was getting over a heartache.
Couldn't pay for a ticket,
so I would go
when the Phil
piped the music out
into Lincoln Center.
Even though it was noisy
as hell outside...
I could hear it all.
But in the end, I chose money.
Simple as that.
I met Prince, saw where
we could go together,
walked away from it.
So buy yourself an orchestra.
You can afford one now.
Yeah, sure. But I won't,
because I'm a realist.
What I'm telling you is,
Don't sell your private dreams
short for the more common one.
What if they're
one and the same?
Then you wouldn't have been
teaching in that charter school.
You can be more than
a rich guy at a fund.
You can be a founder,
an operator.
- Change the world.
- I know, Senator Corleone.
- Governor Corleone.
- Yes. Exactly.
If you could only see
yourself through my eyes...
you'd know it's all possible.
Ain't that the human condition.
'Cause all I want
is to be here.
And I want you
to want me here, I do.
But if you don't...
I'll be here anyway.
My dad sold insurance.
He always told me,
"Control what you can,
take out a policy on the rest."
Get a load of that.
The real version will be up
at the opening ceremony in '28.
If you help me get there.
Well, uh...
why would I ever do that?
Because legacies are tricky.
You know, history
controls them, not us.
Yeah, well, mine's
going to be tainted
by what your daughter said.
- Newspapers already wrote that--
- Newspapers.
They call 'em "history's
first rough draft" for a reason.
Same reason the Irish
took 'em into the jacks
before toilet paper.
That's why I'm offering you
an insurance policy
on your own history.
Sweeney was supposed to be
here 30 minutes ago.
Where the hell is he?
The meeting's off.
The governor's
throwing in with Prince.
He's supporting
the New York Games.
Jeez Louise.
I took my own measure today.
Rock of eye. And I'm here
to get what I'm worth.
This woman, Judith...
she was on
my bucket list since
before either of us
had even remarried.
Yet here you are at Chuck's,
not acting on it.
Just waiting.
And you're here to explain
why this restraint is good,
why this is change.
Nope.
B.F. Skinner said
free will is an illusion;
all we really have
is conditioning behavior
and its consequences.
And even the worst behavior,
followed by
pleasant consequences,
is bound to be repeated.
I've thought about
that a lot this week.
So... I need
to condition myself.
For the good.
No. It's why
you can't change.
You've only been rewarded
for bad behavior so...
you need to stay
the hell away from Roxanne.
Stay away?
For her sake.
'Cause you're only gonna cheat
or fuck it up in some way.
And she's only gonna suffer.
He made up with her. He's
packing his bags to go home.
How'd you do it?
I urged him to stay away.
Naturally.
I knew you were
gonna come back.
The week I've had, I...
I wanted to help
where I actually could.
Oh, please. You owed me one
after poaching Sacker.
- Not the way I saw it.
- Uh-huh.
Thank you anyway,
for hauling him outta here.
Daniel, I need to cancel
our meeting tonight.
I couldn't go the four days
without being transactional.
I couldn't go four hours.
I'm gonna start over.
Call you when I get there.
Sometimes you cut
someone's minutes
to remind them of their job.
Sometimes you sit down a starter
so they stand up stronger.
Wooden. Again.
Now, no one's being fired.
This isn't Jack Welch's G.E.
But too many of you were thrown
off your games too easily,
so not all of you are
gonna keep their minutes.
Victor, you'll keep
all of yours.
You showed full exertion
and total focus,
even in a petty squabble.
But Philip's gonna
clean up your book,
make it worthy of
the fund that bears my name.
Thanks, Mike.
You won't regret it.
Bonnie, I'm cutting
your book in half.
You traded against others
instead of for yourself,
and your call was off.
Wags'll approve all your trades
until I think you're ready.
Fuck that.
If I wanted team spirit, I would
work for fucking Chick-fil-A.
Where's mine?
Philip, I'm doubling the book
you had at your old place.
Thanks, Mike,
but I'd like it to be halved.
I'll grow my own book
if I can carve more profit.
Fine.
Nice. I like it.
We'll discuss terms privately.
I fucking knew it!
You told me not to!
I'm so sorry.
Tuk, I'm zeroing you out.
You'll service Philip for now.
He'll teach you to trade
from fearlessness, not fear.
Ben, I'm boosting you 10%.
Keep making the bold plays,
but unwind the protection.
Lose the training wheels, man.
You don't need 'em.
Taylor Mason Carbon, you'll keep
your full allocation.
I welcome your
new sense of... mission,
as long as it never
conflicts with mine.
Their shit worked.
It worked, all right.
Thirty million-plus
on that trade.
Taylor went Milken
in '85, and it worked.
Fucking rapacious.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
not so fast.
I know this can be
an all-star team,
but you can play
way above the rim.
But you'll never get there
with blisters on your feet.
That's why I keep hammering you
on the fundamentals.
Position sizing,
focus, restraint.
And, for all your moves,
for all your talent,
it looks like Axe never
taught you how to put on
your socks and your shoes.
♪ She said, "I'm fine" ♪
♪ While you cover up
Your trembling hands ♪
♪ There's indecision
When you know ♪
♪ You ain't got nothing left ♪
♪ Well, the good times
Never stay ♪
♪ And the cheap thrills ♪
♪ Always seem to fade away ♪
♪ When will we fall? ♪
♪ When will we ♪
♪ Fall down? ♪
♪ Jump back,
Gotta get out of here ♪
♪ Been too,
Too long this time ♪
♪ Jump back,
Gotta get out of here ♪
♪ When will,
When will we fall down ♪
♪ She hates her life,
She hates her skin ♪
♪ She even hates her friends ♪
on Billions.
I want to introduce
the chairman of
the NYC 2028
Olympic Commission,
- Michael Prince.
Thank you, Mayor Johnson.
You promised me
a winning season, Chuck.
Running out of time
before I'll have to quit,
campaign 25/8.
I can't lose my MVP yet.
I need you, Kate.
Chuck Rhoades is fucking
with our Wi-Fi play.
The only winner in
this hopeless fucking outing
is gonna be your
chief legal counsel.
You think I'm
concerned because you
brought my Wi-Fi play
back to Chuck?
It's how I know that you'll
serve me loyally as well,
until I help get you
elected to Congress.
You made a deal that you
knew would displease me.
I thought we could actually
change the world.
If you want to change the world,
nine digits ain't gonna do it.
How could you, Kate?
After all I taught you.
You made me wait.
What if the professor
isn't done teaching?
This is business.
This is what not having
a soft landing feels like.
You tear your butt
when you hit the ground.
Mike Prince and his daughters
made the world
a better place today.
I lost my advantage.
I failed to protect
my goddamn queen.
Welcome to
Michael Prince Capital, Kate.
My God, let me finish!
When was I not
letting you finish?
Worked pretty well in
Stand and Deliver too.
Life lesson,
always carry a cleaver.
Oh, wait. No.
That's not really the lesson.
The lesson is,
know how to change
the mood in a room quickly
and with authority.
Now, look, I get
what you're fighting over.
I do.
Coding team wants
more of the budget
because you can't make
a great app without great code.
Sales team wants more because
who cares about the damn code--
You want to start moving
product out the door.
Same with the marketing group.
But here's the deal.
Your customer can have
two of these,
not three.
Cheap and fast
can't also be good.
Good and fast
can't also be cheap.
So you can fight over turf,
or...
you can figure out a vision.
Let the budget sort itself out.
Or I can double it.
Everybody gets what they want,
and I get a word
with the teacher outside.
Not sure that's
the right lesson.
Most important one:
"Money makes the rules."
I'm surprised an esteemed
charter school like this
hasn't hammered it
into their heads.
Why scrap over capital
when you can raise it?
Group, we're gonna take five
while Mr. Prince
makes out his check.
If you came here
to impress a bunch of
teenage entrepreneurs...
Trying to impress you.
Hire you.
How am I doing?
You opening a charter school?
Not for your side gig.
Your main gig.
They take care of me
at the fund I'm at.
Hmm-hmm. That's why your
resume's floating around.
In my weaker moments,
I sometimes think about
what I could do in a place
built for speed and power.
Then you're
talking to the right guy.
Um,
what'd you do?
Nothing.
Women can be irrational,
we know this.
"We" do not.
What'd you do?
Not a thing.
I went unattended
to a couples dinner.
Willow had a cold,
so Roxanne couldn't go.
And the distaff side of
the other couple
was a fetching brunette...
Yeah, you had an affair.
Spare me the Penthouse Forum.
No-siree-Bob.
Nothing physical.
Developed a kinship
with Judith Felker,
Ron's wife,
over how thin the consommé was.
So uh, Roxanne kicked you out
over dinner table chatter?
Well, the next six days
of text chatter didn't help.
Did you know that Face ID
works when you're asleep?
Why wouldn't it?
You oughta go after
Big Tech.
I dozed off mid-emoji,
Roxanne grabbed the damn phone
and saw it all.
I'll just drop this here
while I test the beds,
pick out a room.
The thing about self-help is,
if you're getting it
from someone else it's not self,
and if you're doing it yourself,
you didn't really get help.
Carlin.
George Carlin. No?
Yeah. All-time great.
But not quite like Coach Wooden.
See, he wasn't an entertainer.
He understood life.
Codified what he learned,
taught it
to his basketball players,
made it available
to the rest of us.
As I am now making it
available to you.
"Initiative," "skill,"
it all seems kinda... basic.
Not ItsMeTinx basic.
Like what it used to mean.
I met him once,
when we won State's.
Fundamental, not basic.
It's different.
What'd he teach ya?
How to put on my socks
and shoes.
How to lace 'em up
and tie 'em right.
Know why?
Blisters?
To remember that
every season,
we start again
from the beginning.
We were champions
of this season. Not the next.
So we'd better do
everything right.
Plus, yeah, blisters.
Not self-help.
Help.
- Who's that?
- Beats me.
Ten bucks says
he doesn't have any blisters.
Remember, you're bowing
to the Buddha, not me.
Yes.
Daniel.
I'm ready.
Is that the first sign
of readiness, do we think?
Stating it.
Are you suggesting I'm
not ready to take refuge?
Because I have to.
I need to.
What's that?
Vegan ice cream.
A gift for you.
It's the best--
No.
What's that?
A gift for you,
as I said.
I made it myself.
For what purpose?
For... to, uh...
To curry favor.
The very sweetness
of the cream
is bitter in this way.
Do not buy friendship
or comfort.
Where I come from,
everything's a transaction.
Where you're going...
a commitment to the Buddha,
the Dharma, the Sangha,
the goal is to avoid
being transactional at all.
Can you do this?
Will you try?
I'll start with a month.
Go from there.
Start with a day.
When I decide something--
Start with an hour,
even a minute.
Then add a minute to that one.
That's the work.
We'll meet in four days,
see how it's going.
You're not sure
I can refrain from transacting
for four days?
Whether I'm sure
matters not at all.
Well, I am.
I'm sure.
All right, rack the bid,
get it done.
What's he,
the new golden boy?
Took Dollar Bill's slot.
Probably looking for the
actual dollar to steal too.
Coach Wooden always said,
"I treat my players fairly,
but not equally.
Depends on performance."
And that's what we are
evaluating now. Performance.
Evaluate and decide who starts,
who rides the pine--
And who gets
their scholarship pulled.
Now, I've always
believed you live in a house
before renovating,
so you don't sledgehammer
a support beam,
put a Barcalounger where
the bar should be.
Well, our grace period here
is coming to an end.
This Friday, I'm reallocating
capital at the firm.
If you change strategies,
if you stray
from the fundamentals,
I'll see it, so don't.
Position sizing,
focus, restraint--
consider them our
load-bearing walls.
And, uh, oh, yeah,
do your best.
For you.
To return to Coach Wooden,
"You're the only one who knows
whether you've won."
Pretty sure the guy
carving up our trading dollars
knows whether we've won.
Was he looking at me
when he said "Barcalounger?"
Listen up:
Quarter ends Friday.
If you fuck up,
it'll be locked in,
and you'll be locked out.
What if you fuck up?
Then wake the hell up
from your nightmare
'cause in this life,
I don't ever fuck up.
I know you don't want me here.
Got that right.
Book a room at the
Yale Club for my father.
Mr. Allard needs you.
Have you decided who gets
Sacker's office yet?
Bureau chiefs
have been eyeing it.
That's Graceland,
we're not touching it.
Good. I need ya.
No, you need Marie Kondo.
Jesus Christ.
You got Aaron Burr's
gun permit lost in here?
But let me guess,
you know where everything is,
down to the last carbon.
Nope. Not a clue.
Where are we on the prosecutions
Sacker left behind?
Flailing, Chuck.
I have to admit, I'm not
as savvy on the legal stuff
as certain other
aspects of the job.
Like this one.
Big seafood wholesaler.
Mislabeled half its product,
stuck people
with cheaper fish instead.
The seafood fraud case,
we need a win on that.
To stand with the consumers
who're being fleeced.
Well, we may need
a different opposing counsel.
Lady's a pit bull,
won't settle it out.
Even though
we got her dead to rights.
I see that you
did need me. Okay.
- I'll handle it.
- Good.
But that's not why I needed ya.
Last night, in a private
suite at the Garden,
a young woman walks up
to Governor Sweeney,
told him he's wrecking
the Empire State...
- Hmm.
- ...and not that nicely.
People heard it.
My sources tell me
it was Gail Prince.
- Mike Prince's--
- Oh, I know who she is.
Governor Sweeney
still doesn't.
Buffalo Bob finds that out,
he's gonna get ornery.
Page Six.
Call over there and--
That I know how to do.
This'll be sweet.
As a Coolatta
with extra syrup.
The Commission never awards
the Games to a place
it doesn't feel
completely welcome in.
So...
This should pretty much
lead to the end
of Mike Prince's Olympic bid.
Don't call my mom
till I can explain--
Mom already got the call.
Let's get
Kate Sacker in here.
First, I'd like to get
Philip Charyn out of here,
and understand how
he even got in.
It was no setup.
I looked at the resumes
the headhunter sent blind.
Who else has that
many degrees from Stanford,
and Yale and Chicago?
You knew.
You kept your nephew out of
the Prince Companies for years.
I win this round.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Philip is Scooter's
sister's kid.
Managed $300 million
in tech at his last firm.
Prince bought out his contract.
That means he'll get a big
hunk of our allocations.
And our comp.
Don Fanucci's nephew's
not touching my smock.
For the record,
offer me a basket
of fruit and veggies,
I'm taking it.
Keep up the bucket shop
bullshit and you'll need it.
Mike said no
changing strategies.
Too bad for you,
that means losing ones too.
Oh, no fucking way
I get bounced over you.
Guys, since "sincerity"
is the mortar
that holds the "team spirit"
and "loyalty" blocks together,
maybe we share information.
Best practices?
What is this Commie shit,
from Mao's Little Red Book?
It's from the pyramid.
On the fridge?
Biggest hurdle we're facing,
Governor Sweeney.
The International Commission
of Sport is shy,
won't go where it's not wanted.
Never does.
Which is why
you'll win him over
in the meeting
I've set for you.
Yeah, I work quick.
It's what you brought me in for.
I need to know what to
expect from Chuck Rhoades
by way of interference.
I could use
you on the floor.
To clarify reallocation.
- I was perfectly clear.
- As Baccarat crystal.
What I really need is a referee.
It's a captain's practice,
Wags. Work it out.
I thought
you were a vegan.
It's true what they say,
"Never work for your heroes."
Nope. All of it is vegan.
Flatware too.
Terravore, the plant-based
meat company,
just rolled up
six other vegan innovators.
We're buying in.
Um, the fork thing's
super cool, but Terravore's
kind of a big fat yawn
in the plant-based space.
India alone discards 120 billion
plastic utensils a year.
- The market potential's robust.
- The forks aren't.
Millet's pretty breakable,
so pricey to ship.
Everybody's allocation's
up for grabs.
This is the week to be
ruthlessly strategic.
Here's the strategy,
We calculate
the largest position
we can buy in Terravore,
then we buy it.
Governor thing
just got a lot harder.
New York Post says Gail
insulted him to his face.
Practically spit in it.
- My Gail?
- Sorry to say.
It's what I came to tell you.
Your meeting with him is off,
unless Gail plans to be
there to apologize
and then to publicly
recant to the paper.
Get him on the phone.
He's not going to
take my call, is he?
Gail, it's Dad.
Call me back.
- I'll reach her. Just, uh...
- She might take my call.
Not your job.
I just needed you to see me
on your call sheet today.
To know I'm with you,
regardless of who isn't.
"Rich Kid Schools Gov."
Prince family punchline.
Monologue jokes can't be
far fucking behind.
Allow me to suggest
the proper tonic...
a restorative
trip to Lake Placid.
And the state debt incurred
during those Games.
Why is she lashing out at me?
Maybe because
she actually--
just goin' out on
a limb here--
has a problem
with the governor.
At the exact moment I'm
wooing him for the Games?
I say hear her out.
She'd have to pick up
the phone for that.
I'm calling a family summit.
I need you to fly in
to help the
conversation flow and--
You need me
to help get Gail there,
that's what you need.
- Thank you. Yes.
- I can't.
I'm packing for a different
summit, Lizard Head Peak.
It's only a five-day window,
and not even you
can raise the temperature
by ten degrees.
Our daughter just jacked it up
by a lot more than that.
I need everyone there
so I can lower it.
She gets it from you, y'know.
Not cowed by power,
or anything, really.
I'm sending a plane.
You'll be on Lizard Head
before the anvil hits.
And if I drop
everything for you,
what does that say to the kids?
It says you're strong enough
not to stand on ceremony.
We're 5X in Terravore now.
And we were noisy.
The Street knows we're all-in.
Good. What about
the call options?
We're out of the money.
Like, way, way out.
$20 above current price.
- Also good.
- Why's it good?
These calls expire in weeks,
worthless if we don't hit
the target, which we won't.
Either you know
something we don't,
or you're shoving a wrench
into the gears as payback
for Prince gutting
the Africa Wi-Fi play.
My buy raised a red flag
because it's not
customary for me,
so you're here
to wag a finger.
But I'm comfortable
with my decision.
You can carry on
with your day.
Preempting me,
satisfying as it may be
for you,
doesn't change my warning.
There is no bumping
the pinball machine
at Michael Prince Capital.
Unh.
Don't do that.
But he's right.
You're trading this stock
as if you know something
you shouldn't.
And I won't be the only one
who sees this, which is why
he dragged me in here even
though I have better shit to do.
And if there is a bump.
Mnh.
It carries criminal penalties.
Not a bump or a nudge or
a kick to the coin box.
I believe in the company.
Then I believe
I'll be watching.
Less imposing than I expected.
That's the thing
about government offices.
The power comes from the man,
not the trappings.
What makes you think I'm
talking about the trappings?
Ms. Mahar,
- or may I call you Daevisha?
- Call me Dave.
It's good enough
for Starbucks--
Dave, you can drop
the posturing.
Your client's guilty,
of literal bait-and-switch.
I can assure you, what's
good enough for Starbucks
isn't good enough for
the people of this state.
They want their fish
called by their proper names.
Absolutely.
There's no light
between our positions.
Well, other than
the sweet burden of proof.
Which you bear.
You know, I read about you,
and I expected--
Someone subservient?
- No. A better person.
- Oh.
Former public defender,
first-generation American,
defending predatory rip-offs?
You left out a couple
of things on my resume.
Like Harvard Law, my Fulbright,
and the fact that
I've never lost a case.
Oh, I know.
I called around, too.
You used to be
a killer for our side.
Now you're like those guys
Erin Brockovich served water to.
Difference is,
I'd know she was bluffing,
and I'd drink it down.
Glug glug glug.
Well, the difference is,
I'm not bluffing.
I'll be trying this case
if it goes to court.
No one else.
I have a mountain
of DNA evidence.
I'm Lancey Howard with the
jack of diamonds in his hand.
Then it's a good thing no one
plays five card stud anymore.
I'm twice as ready
as the Kid, anyway.
I'm stoked to go against you.
Excuse me?
Last prosecutor
of your vintage
who stepped into court,
ended up with hair dye
streaming down his face
like the tears
of the clown that he is.
Do I look that focused?
I am that focused,
I just don't look it.
New guy.
You chose the wrong desk.
Oh, is that so?
Yeah, we go by
Sharpe ratios here.
Highest performers
on the left.
Oh.
My risk-adjusted return,
I'm a 1.9.
So I could take yours.
But I was being polite.
What are we measuring next?
Patty of the week!
Mmm.
Good-looking chunk of chuck.
Blind tasting, here we go.
Mmm.
Nice bite and mouth-feel.
Good fat content
and bun-to-patty.
I like American cheese
on a burger, this is cheddar.
Medium juicy.
Rating is,
a strong buy.
Where's this from?
New place from
a graduate of Corner Bistro.
Nice.
Well, there you have it.
Sounded like he liked it.
The more he likes them,
the harder he throws them.
Another strong buy
for all my Russakoff's
Raiders out there:
ArpCom.
It is ready to rip!
Why would you watch him?
Even competent day traders
rarely make gains.
He is not competent.
Russakoff's the fucking man
to like millions of bros.
You're not one, though, so...
Not the man or not a bro?
If you were either,
you wouldn't ask.
He watches because
Russakoff moves the market
when he gets passionate.
It's a fact we don't like,
but a legit data point
nonetheless.
Now. Can we talk Terravore?
Our buy inched it up to $63.00.
Yay, team.
That's still
a far climb to $75.00.
The day traders just buy
what he tells them?
From the depths
of their man caves, they do.
And not just stonks.
He's a lifestyle brand
unto himself.
Made the kids dinner.
You're welcome.
You're supposed to be
at the Yale Club.
Times like this,
a man belongs
in the bosom of his family.
Grab yourself a lowball.
Everything we need
is right here.
Have you even
tried to call Roxanne?
Tendered an apology?
I called Judith
to be sure
that I hadn't
crossed any lines.
Well, having to check
is usually a great sign.
She assured me I hadn't.
One call down, one to go.
But we got to talking.
And the bons mots
were flying, Sonny,
like the Algonquin in '23.
I'm thinking of acting
on our kinship,
of consummating it.
- She's game--
- Dad, no.
What happens when
this fling ends,
like all the others?
And you've bulldozed your
second home in as many years?
It's not like I haven't
thought this through.
There is a plan B.
Uh.
You texted
"Emergency with your dad."
He seems... fine.
I appreciate
like hell you showing up.
You gotta talk to him.
You're the only one who can.
Issue?
He's forgotten he's married.
No. No.
You work him through whatever
stage life crisis this is.
I help my guys at work.
Our kids. Maybe now
finally myself, if I can.
I came because
I thought "emergency"
meant something different.
Fine by me.
Never got to unpack.
He's living here now?
Ergo, the emergency.
You can go back to your...
ever-expanding empire.
I'm not gonna talk to you
about Kate Sacker, either.
I didn't say
a word about her.
Even though she was poached,
casus belli, a Cold War thrust
in the fucking broiler.
I don't owe you an apology,
if that's what you're--
Oh, no, I hold Prince
responsible for that, not you.
You just lured her
to his temple of greed.
It's not Axe Capital, Chuck.
It's worse.
Because it pretends
to be better.
She's very special.
And special to me.
Don't ruin her, Wendy.
Sweeney's hitting back.
He ordered a fresh audit of
the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics,
which went 320% over budget.
That's 'cause they were
run by resort town hacks.
State's still paying
the damn bills.
It's a low-grade stunt.
If Sweeney takes it public,
it'll scare off the Commission.
Our bid'll be finished.
If we were willing to consider
in a carefully-worded
statement,
putting some space between you
and your daughter on her--
We're unwilling.
I'm aware that
that option is no fun,
but if you paid me
to create fun,
I'd have replaced the stairs
with a water slide.
- I'm here to get you the Games--
- Do it another way.
Afraid we need
a little sit-down.
- What's the beef over?
- Gold.
- He's long, she's short.
- Details.
Not fucking tattling.
- We'll work it out.
- There, you see.
Before or after
your stupid position
costs the firm bags o' cash?
I meant we're gonna close out
your dumb fucking shorts
before gold soars.
This is when they need to go
to the principal's office.
I don't know enough yet
to weigh in on any of this.
And I'm not inclined
to do the work
to figure it out just now.
Can you give us the room?
Kate, you too.
One, Sacker's right
about that statement.
You should issue it.
Two, you don't know enough yet
to make a determination?
If this situation
with Gail is taking you--
Bonnie's short is 88%
negatively correlated,
Victor's calls
expire in six days,
three-and-a-half hours--
I'm the Eye of Sauron,
I see all.
But my communication
with my daughter has gone
from a trickle to dead silence.
The floor, the Commission,
that's the easy stuff.
In my, uh,
prior employment situation
with He Whom
I Shall Not Mention--
Good policy.
Yeah. With him
and the others there...
I could guide them
because there were
specific guard rails,
things you can or cannot
do from those offices.
Expectations. Limits.
Even when stretched,
you kind of knew the contours.
Hmm. Billionaires
are not public servants.
The levers are different.
Huh.
Does it ever get any easier,
seeing exactly what
they should do, and...
not being able
to get them to do it?
What'll happen is,
you'll just direct it
more and more inwardly
until you stop serving them.
When you're ready.
Or you'll get out
of it all entirely.
That what you're doing?
Me? No.
I'm thinking about
incorporating all of it.
Synthesizing.
Letting go of results.
Breathing.
Ah, the Eastern approach.
Absolutely.
But the old habits.
- I have this guy--
- A guy?
No, not like that.
A priest. Buddhist.
He's helping me take refuge.
I tried to um, like...
bribe him.
I didn't even
realize I was doing it.
Shit. You get lost like that,
how's a naif like me
supposed to--
Oh, hardly.
You've been balancing
these equities,
the inner and the outer,
for most of your life.
I like the Bodhisattva way.
Don't worry about yourself.
Enlighten others.
That's my vibe. But, mmm...
not trying to hang onto it
as tight as it seems you are.
I'm definitely
not bribing any Brahman.
I imagine if you did,
they wouldn't see it coming.
- So?
Sweeney wants to meet with me.
About Mike Prince's Olympic bid.
Barely had to raise it.
Feels like we got a little
breeze at our backsides.
Or maybe it's
the Lake Placid windchill.
Where are we
on an expert witness
for my seafood fraud trial?
I've reached out to some
of the better fish DNA guys.
Not better. Best.
The testimony in this case
is everything.
Needs to be devastating.
Undeniable.
Best guy's named Bowen,
but he's not available.
Locked up in cases
with other prosecutors.
You sure Dave didn't
get him on their behalf?
Yeah. He's not
an industry guy.
He's state's expert.
No, I still smell Dave here.
She made sure
this Bowen was busy.
Shouldn't matter.
The other three experts
are raring to go.
This is Dave Mahar.
I'm sure of it.
She's trying to cut my damn
legs out from under me.
You get to this Bowen
and let him know,
he testifies in
this trial for us,
he gets me this win,
or he never gets
hired by any state again.
Why's this one matter so much?
She called me,
in so many words,
"A Giuliani-level hack."
That's Clubber Lang telling
Adrian he's more man than Rocky.
I have a moral
and professional obligation
to knock her
the fuck out now.
I'm gonna be flushed
with the bottom ten percent,
like G.E. did every year.
I'm gonna be G.E.'d.
Lot of people here.
Someone's gotta be
doing worse than you.
Okay, that didn't
come out the way I--
I'm gonna ask for less assets
under management.
If I'm smaller,
more concentrated,
I can carve a corridor
to a bigger profit share.
No. You never ask for less.
They'll think
something's wrong with you,
maybe even fire you
on principle.
I'm gonna be G.E.'d.
It says, "Use the threading wire
to pull it through,
then remove and discard it."
I already removed
and discarded it.
There was nothing
to pull through.
'Cause you removed
and discarded it!
Look, if ya came to play,
the tourney's been delayed.
I need your help on
a different kind of play.
A business play.
Why us?
Let me tell ya, bro.
I know exactly what you're
doing with Terravore.
Trying to pick a winner
in a fast-growing sector.
Trying to get it added.
To boost its price
and market cap by enough
that it's added to the S&P 500.
When it is, all the index funds
are forced to buy in,
that's the rule.
Which pumps the stock even more,
and you can dump it
before it cools.
Good read.
But, like I told you,
I believe in the company.
Without documentation,
it's market manipulation.
I prosecuted people for this.
You sound like Spyros.
Assertion without proof.
Here's what
the SEC's gonna ask:
"Where the fuck is your proof?"
♪ Here I am ♪
♪ On the road again... ♪
Biscuits and gravy.
Dad, I gotta throw
a flag on this one.
Illegal
emotional manipulation.
Totally unfair
to have to smell that
as we walk into the apartment.
Also, it's not gonna work.
Bob Seger's
a nice touch, though.
Reminds me of Sundays
when the kids were little.
What? You think
would plan this out?
I think you told your staff
to let you know the minute
we got in the elevator so
the chorus of "Turn the Page"
would hit exactly when we
walked into the kitchen.
Would I be the guy
you married if I hadn't?
I just so happened
to have a mix from Rosie's.
They sent over a care package.
After you sent
the plane for it, M-Tap?
I can't--
Yeah, who can remember?
The point is,
we're having some
homemade Indiana
biscuits and gravy.
Dad, we were summoned.
I mean, I'm not gonna
refuse the food
because we all know I'm not--
I am refusing.
I'm not breaking bread
with him at this point.
Yeah, honestly,
we're still pissed.
You don't get
to police our emotions.
Especially
about your bullshit.
I just told them to go
at it straight.
Good. Yes.
Let's get into it
Because I-I can't
live with things being
catawampus like this
between us anymore.
You're right. I was not
entirely forthright about
the cannabis company thing.
Forthright? So you're
a soft peddler now.
You'd rather I be
as direct as you were
with Governor Sweeney?
She was right to say
what she said.
She may have been, but it
doesn't mean she had to say it.
You're on his side?
I'm on all your sides.
There's... there's no sides.
I mean, there's--
there's one damn side.
I mean, Gail and I
are kind of a side,
and you're usually on it.
What your sister said put
a lot of pressure on your dad
when he's trying
to accomplish a difficult...
really hard... thing.
- It means a hell of a lot.
- To you and him.
Because if he locks this down,
you get a thing, too.
We all get a thing,
right, when I do well?
All the things.
That's the first time
you've ever said
anything like that.
We're all grownups here now,
aren't we?
So let's not
leave it unsaid.
You're both billionaires,
or you will be
partially because of all
the times I held my tongue
and didn't tell someone
what I actually thought.
You made more doing
the opposite.
The gift you've given us is,
Have no fear about
speaking our minds.
That's right.
Good.
But, uh,
sometimes, even though
we don't have
the traditional
things to lose,
we still have a lot to lose.
What are you
asking her to do?
Apologize.
Tell the governor you
didn't mean it. Tell him--
- Jesus Christ.
- Fuck that.
Girls!
I can't apologize for telling
the truth. I won't.
Then your dad'll
never make you.
I'll say I'm sorry, too,
for the way I handled
the business thing.
I should have brought
you inside it.
Still not going to do
what you want.
Okay.
I wish you would.
But... okay.
Will you at least start
answering my texts, then?
We'll put you back
on the family thread.
Oh, I-I'm already on
the family thread.
We might've, um,
already started a new one.
♪ There I go ♪
♪ There I ♪
♪ Go ♪
Now, Mr. Bowen,
as an expert witness,
you have testified
that the goods from
Ocean's Plenty Wholesalers
were not as claimed,
but rather cheap,
garbage fish,
mislabeled and pawned off
on an unwitting public.
I'm afraid so, yes.
In my expert opinion.
I object.
Leading question.
- Overruled.
- But, Judge--
Ms. Mahar, didn't you see
A Few Good Men
during law school?
You're about to get the judge
to reaffirm my guy's an expert.
Judge, I have something
to say about the bias--
You'll have your chance
to cross-examine
the expert witness.
Ah! See that?
And not only is he an expert,
he's a scientist
whose bias is the truth.
Something your client
the conglomerate
tried to hide
to rake in more profit.
Ocean's Plenty
trampled the rules
with abandon.
Duped customers day after day,
resulting in millions
in largesse.
No further questions.
Your moment's
arrived, counsel.
So, who paid you
to be here today?
The State of New York.
They hired me to gather all
the evidence in this case.
The State of New York.
Just laying out
the truth for the State.
Then, which do you prefer,
meat or fish?
Or grain? Or dairy?
Objection. Relevance.
We're not planning menus--
If there's a point,
counsel, get to it fast.
The point is bias.
If he loves meat
and hates fish...
it's hard to give a fishmonger
a break, isn't it?
Sure, I like meat.
I like fish too.
I like grain, bread,
whatever.
What does that
have to do with--
Permission to
approach the witness.
Recognize those?
You're under oath here.
- I'm aware of that--
- Good,
because if you are lying
about anything,
it's a class-D felony.
There are grave penalties for--
This is harassment,
if she doesn't have
an actual line of inquiry--
Protecting your witness
from perjury,
I'd say that's an actual--
The witness knows
the penalty for perjury.
He's not an idiot, and you're
not even making a defense.
Since we understand
the severe penalties
for perjury,
for you and your wife.
Those documents are
IRS Form 990s--
Okay. All right.
I'm biased.
For... whoever is paying.
Yes.
Enter defense exhibit
into evidence.
Multiple payments
for $50,000
made out to his wife,
from big beef,
big poultry, big dairy,
to hide the fact
that he'll say
whatever his paymaster
wants him to.
He's a paid gun for hire.
Today it's for the state,
tomorrow,
whoever's got the next check.
Sir, you have the right not
to incriminate yourself further.
That count as a defense to you?
You outplayed me.
Took a dirty
witness off the board
so I'd insist on having him.
Till he tainted all my evidence.
Like that lousy fish
you'd never eat.
You got that right.
Look at the bright side.
You got to log a few
hours in a courtroom.
Sorry for the drop-in.
I'll clear my schedule.
I need you to add to it.
A call with Governor Sweeney.
So I can apologize.
What made you
change your mind?
I mean, you knew it
would work on me.
You're my fucking father.
And a good one.
I curse like four times a year.
Why do you have to--
I went to college
out of state.
Just get the phone.
Let's call this guy.
Call the governor's office,
tell him
Gail wants to speak with him.
You know what you want to say?
Think it through,
don't freelance it.
So,
Mr. Sweeney-- Mr. Governor...
about what I said the other...
I'm so sorry for what
I said the other...
Mr. Governor,
regardless of my feelings,
out of respect for your office,
what I said the other
night was wrong,
and I am so sorry I--
Forget it.
You don't want me
to apologize?
I do want you to apologize.
I-I need you to, really.
But, uh... I raised you
to speak your mind.
- Fuck!
Five.
I'll tell you, Dad.
I will never understand
how a guy that
thin-skinned becomes governor.
Some kid gives him
a little crap,
and he lets it shape policy?
I mean...
the vanity is just
so over the top.
Good.
Yeah.
Real good.
Terravore's still
tickling $66.00.
This quarter's
gonna be a bloodbath.
I'm never gonna get
a sheet of my own.
Hang on.
Russakoff has a new post...
about Terravore.
Mmm.
Juicy, savory...
nice patty tension,
good bite--
this is a top pick,
outperform!
Thi-this is a must-buy
with leverage!
Where the hell did
you get this from?
It's Terravore.
100% vegan, plant-based.
You're fucking kidding me.
This is all
shoots and leaves?
Not the only way it's green.
Mase Carb's
yay deep in this name.
It's ready to hockey stick.
Nice, dude,
didn't even see you
swap out the meat
for the vegan shit.
I thought you were
gonna make the switch.
Raiders,
Terravore is ready to pull
a major stiffy!
Ohh!
Taylor.
Stock's surging
on message boards and Robinhood.
- The brosephs are biting!
- Taylor.
And once momentum gets going
with the retail crowd--
Taylor.
So you keep saying.
We should be happy.
We had to game it all out
from a burger review.
They say the finest
bespoke tailors
have "rock of eye."
Can see beyond pattern
and chalk
to take someone's true measure
by instinct, expertise.
You think that's
how I beat you?
No. It's how I see
beyond the woman
who stood up for
an indefensible seafood scam
to the better person
lurking beneath.
I served my client.
No higher calling
for a lawyer.
But your
professional background,
your choice of eatery,
tells me
you're not meant
to cut vicuna cloth
to pad your partners' paunches.
You're meant to fit
the real villains
for orange fucking jumpsuits.
So you came here
to yell at me.
I came here...
to hire you.
I did my 20 years as a PD
helping people with nothing
get their actual day in court.
I did.
But eventually I wanted
to come home to a place I owned,
not one I shared with a bank.
So you went white shoe.
It just became time
to get paid
commensurate
with my abilities.
Good.
Good, now
we're talking worth.
'Cause those seven figures
may convince you of yours
and it'll feel fucking great,
for a while.
But it's a mirage
and you know it.
The worth I can
offer is 200 times
the ski house that beckons
or the beach house
that follows that.
There's a war going on,
between the very wealth
you are trying to accrue
and the rest of us.
The stakes are absolute.
And we are under-armed
and under-manned,
and you will be
the difference maker,
which will make you
feel like yourself again.
Finally.
Good enough data to
divvy up the capital yet?
Soon.
Keep this going much longer,
they'll fuck the place up.
Maybe.
But this place
is also a platform
for the bigger goals
we're chasing.
Screw those up, might
as well not even be here.
It all starts with the Games.
Then we need to look
at ways to hit Sweeney,
before he meets
with Rhoades tomorrow.
Wags gave me a phone number
of a certain operative.
Yeah, I don't think
an assassination,
virtual or literal,
is the way to go here.
No, I keep on thinking
about the vanity of a guy
who would let a random
insult shape policy.
Probably starts
every book he reads
at the index,
under "Sweeney."
Where are we on the naming
rights for the stadium?
We're taking offers.
Bidding's robust.
Let's stop.
Russakoff's Raiders
pushed it to 75,
and the market cap
tipped it over the edge.
S&P 500 just announced.
Terravore joins
the index in two weeks.
Good. Sell the news.
Blow it out, all of it.
You're not selling
those calls.
- Or a single share of the stock.
- We're in the money.
If I don't sell now,
they'll be worth nothing.
If you do sell,
it's manipulation.
I'm backing Spyros on this.
You have a problem with it too?
If an employee
courts prosecution,
we're in HR territory,
so, yes.
That won't be an issue.
Legal's been in
on this from the start.
I can paper this sale.
What do you have
to support the buy?
- My gut. My brain.
- That won't be good enough.
What if it is a bump?
And I want to be
the pinball fucking wizard,
right up to the tilt line
without setting it off?
Hmm.
How long have you been vegan?
Six and a half years.
Well, that's six and a half
years of Instacart orders,
Amazon deliveries,
web searches for vegan products
that just became
due diligence.
And it's all gonna go
in an analyst's report.
For six and a half years now,
Taylor has been meticulously
researching Terravore
and the entire sector.
I'll hang onto that
in case the SEC calls.
You know what happened here.
On my watch.
Under my nose.
I know
what I think happened.
I also know,
no one can prove it.
Blow it out.
Sell all of it.
This isn't what
we talked about.
I'm an attorney Wendy,
not a monk.
Neither are you.
You think I'd be here
if I didn't look up to you?
- You looked past me to Prince.
- He gets me.
He thinks you're
his Rocking-Horse Winner.
Yeah, well,
that guy never missed.
Until it killed him.
It's just an old story.
I could have been a conductor,
you know. For real.
Even at a young age,
I could hear when an orchestra
was really firing.
When the oboist was hungover
or second chair violin
was getting over a heartache.
Couldn't pay for a ticket,
so I would go
when the Phil
piped the music out
into Lincoln Center.
Even though it was noisy
as hell outside...
I could hear it all.
But in the end, I chose money.
Simple as that.
I met Prince, saw where
we could go together,
walked away from it.
So buy yourself an orchestra.
You can afford one now.
Yeah, sure. But I won't,
because I'm a realist.
What I'm telling you is,
Don't sell your private dreams
short for the more common one.
What if they're
one and the same?
Then you wouldn't have been
teaching in that charter school.
You can be more than
a rich guy at a fund.
You can be a founder,
an operator.
- Change the world.
- I know, Senator Corleone.
- Governor Corleone.
- Yes. Exactly.
If you could only see
yourself through my eyes...
you'd know it's all possible.
Ain't that the human condition.
'Cause all I want
is to be here.
And I want you
to want me here, I do.
But if you don't...
I'll be here anyway.
My dad sold insurance.
He always told me,
"Control what you can,
take out a policy on the rest."
Get a load of that.
The real version will be up
at the opening ceremony in '28.
If you help me get there.
Well, uh...
why would I ever do that?
Because legacies are tricky.
You know, history
controls them, not us.
Yeah, well, mine's
going to be tainted
by what your daughter said.
- Newspapers already wrote that--
- Newspapers.
They call 'em "history's
first rough draft" for a reason.
Same reason the Irish
took 'em into the jacks
before toilet paper.
That's why I'm offering you
an insurance policy
on your own history.
Sweeney was supposed to be
here 30 minutes ago.
Where the hell is he?
The meeting's off.
The governor's
throwing in with Prince.
He's supporting
the New York Games.
Jeez Louise.
I took my own measure today.
Rock of eye. And I'm here
to get what I'm worth.
This woman, Judith...
she was on
my bucket list since
before either of us
had even remarried.
Yet here you are at Chuck's,
not acting on it.
Just waiting.
And you're here to explain
why this restraint is good,
why this is change.
Nope.
B.F. Skinner said
free will is an illusion;
all we really have
is conditioning behavior
and its consequences.
And even the worst behavior,
followed by
pleasant consequences,
is bound to be repeated.
I've thought about
that a lot this week.
So... I need
to condition myself.
For the good.
No. It's why
you can't change.
You've only been rewarded
for bad behavior so...
you need to stay
the hell away from Roxanne.
Stay away?
For her sake.
'Cause you're only gonna cheat
or fuck it up in some way.
And she's only gonna suffer.
He made up with her. He's
packing his bags to go home.
How'd you do it?
I urged him to stay away.
Naturally.
I knew you were
gonna come back.
The week I've had, I...
I wanted to help
where I actually could.
Oh, please. You owed me one
after poaching Sacker.
- Not the way I saw it.
- Uh-huh.
Thank you anyway,
for hauling him outta here.
Daniel, I need to cancel
our meeting tonight.
I couldn't go the four days
without being transactional.
I couldn't go four hours.
I'm gonna start over.
Call you when I get there.
Sometimes you cut
someone's minutes
to remind them of their job.
Sometimes you sit down a starter
so they stand up stronger.
Wooden. Again.
Now, no one's being fired.
This isn't Jack Welch's G.E.
But too many of you were thrown
off your games too easily,
so not all of you are
gonna keep their minutes.
Victor, you'll keep
all of yours.
You showed full exertion
and total focus,
even in a petty squabble.
But Philip's gonna
clean up your book,
make it worthy of
the fund that bears my name.
Thanks, Mike.
You won't regret it.
Bonnie, I'm cutting
your book in half.
You traded against others
instead of for yourself,
and your call was off.
Wags'll approve all your trades
until I think you're ready.
Fuck that.
If I wanted team spirit, I would
work for fucking Chick-fil-A.
Where's mine?
Philip, I'm doubling the book
you had at your old place.
Thanks, Mike,
but I'd like it to be halved.
I'll grow my own book
if I can carve more profit.
Fine.
Nice. I like it.
We'll discuss terms privately.
I fucking knew it!
You told me not to!
I'm so sorry.
Tuk, I'm zeroing you out.
You'll service Philip for now.
He'll teach you to trade
from fearlessness, not fear.
Ben, I'm boosting you 10%.
Keep making the bold plays,
but unwind the protection.
Lose the training wheels, man.
You don't need 'em.
Taylor Mason Carbon, you'll keep
your full allocation.
I welcome your
new sense of... mission,
as long as it never
conflicts with mine.
Their shit worked.
It worked, all right.
Thirty million-plus
on that trade.
Taylor went Milken
in '85, and it worked.
Fucking rapacious.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
not so fast.
I know this can be
an all-star team,
but you can play
way above the rim.
But you'll never get there
with blisters on your feet.
That's why I keep hammering you
on the fundamentals.
Position sizing,
focus, restraint.
And, for all your moves,
for all your talent,
it looks like Axe never
taught you how to put on
your socks and your shoes.
♪ She said, "I'm fine" ♪
♪ While you cover up
Your trembling hands ♪
♪ There's indecision
When you know ♪
♪ You ain't got nothing left ♪
♪ Well, the good times
Never stay ♪
♪ And the cheap thrills ♪
♪ Always seem to fade away ♪
♪ When will we fall? ♪
♪ When will we ♪
♪ Fall down? ♪
♪ Jump back,
Gotta get out of here ♪
♪ Been too,
Too long this time ♪
♪ Jump back,
Gotta get out of here ♪
♪ When will,
When will we fall down ♪
♪ She hates her life,
She hates her skin ♪
♪ She even hates her friends ♪