Industry (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Episode #2.5 - full transcript

DANNY VAN DEVENTER: Take this
fucking cock! (PANTING)

♪ ("THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO"
BY MOZART PLAYING) ♪

DVD: (PANTS)
Give me that fucking pussy.

(GASPS) Oh, yes.

- (MOANS, PANTS)
- ♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪

DVD: (PANTS) Need to be in
that fucking pussy.

Oh, yeah. Give me that pussy.

(PANTS) Your pussy feels
so good. It's fucking good.

Oh, I need to be
in this fucking pussy.

-(ENGINE REVVING) -DVD: Oh, I need
your pussy. Give me that fucking pussy.

Uh! Oh, shit!



(HARPER STERN GRUNTS, GIGGLES)

-(ENGINE CUTS OFF) -(CAR
DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)

(CAR DOOR CLOSING)

RISHI RAMDANI: (SCOFFS)
What the fuck is this now?

(CAR DOOR CLOSING)

- RISHI: So, Harper, tell me...
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

RISHI: is Daniel
stick shift or automatic?

You seen the Christmas
promotions list?

(INHALES SHARPLY)
I can't believe

they didn't make you an MD.

Yeah, time must
not have been right.

Haven't you been an
ED for, like, ten years?

If the cunts don't make me
an MD soon, I'll hit a bid away.

(CHUCKLES)



Who's officially
running the desk?

You know, I never had Eric
pegged as a baby-kisser.

I had no idea he
wanted that role.

Yeah, I guess you
never really know anyone.

Hmm. There's
always the possibility

he was pushed. Up or out.

♪ (SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- This is sweet.
- Thanks, man.

I, uh, I bought my motor
off a recently divorced dad

in Chingford.

- Distressed seller is key.
- Cool. (CHUCKLES)

- Charming.
- DVD: Yeah.

Uh. P... permission to
be vulnerable with you

for just a second?

Depends entirely on what
you say. (CLEARS THROAT)

Okay. (CHUCKLES) Um... (INHALES)

Okay, yes?

- Car's only a lease.
- HARPER: Oh, my God.

Yeah. Were you
gonna say, "I love..."

- HARPER: Oh, my God!
- DVD: "I love you"? Yeah!

♪ ("DANCE OF THE MIRLITONS"
BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪

Oh... (CHUCKLES)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Mm. (CHUCKLES)

Sensational. (CHUCKLES, INHALES)

A tasty financier
for a tasty financier.

(LAUGHS)

I've ceded St Moritz
to Mom for Christmas.

Azar has taken Gaza...

Ga-zar.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

She's, um, blocked
me. On everything.

I think she's genuinely
devastated I've let you back in.

You've let me back in?

I appreciate you letting us
stay at our place in Berlin.

One last handover on my desk

- and then I'll be on your account.
- (CHUCKLES)

-(SLURPS) -YASMIN KARA-HANANI:
It'll be funny going back there.

Mm-hmm.

My favorite bolthole.

Fond memories.

All I remember is
the walls thudding...

CHARLES HANANI: City of Techno.

- And you coming in to kiss me in the morning...
- (CHARLES CHUCKLES)

beer breath.

I'm pleased you finally
learned the art of self-control.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, at least you paid
someone to watch over me.

I should look up
Theresa while I'm there.

I haven't spoken
to her in years.

CHARLES: Theresa?

YASMIN: My nanny out there.

You must remember, she
came everywhere with us.

Won't work put you
in some swanky hotel?

They'd put me in a fucking
Marriot. (CHUCKLES)

Is there a problem with
me using it? I mean...

you'd rather leave
it as a museum?

Not at all, not at all.

I'm glad someone
is able to enjoy it.

♪ (SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)

So, when was the last
time we had a huddle?

Not since Eric moved up.

Well, nature abhors a vacuum.

KENNY KILBANE: (SHOUTING)
Has anybody seen my creatine powder?

All right. Uh, guys, hustle up.

I know everyone's
feeling a little disjointed

since Eric's promotion.

I know nothing's
been formalized yet,

but I think it would
be easier for all of us

if we clarified reporting lines,
and for ease you can all report

- to me.
- Yeah, does, uh,

does Eric's promotion
free up our payment pool?

What does it mean
for London-New York?

- Is it a signal?
- As far as I know,

it's neck and neck.
But we'll prevail,

- if we rally together.
- (CLEARS THROAT)

DVD: I know London
thinks it's standard operating

procedure to hit cruise control

in December and save
all of your quality flows

for January, but, trust
me, every dollar still counts.

Rumor has it, your girl,
Yas, is taking equity sales

to Berlin

to hand over the FutureDawn
account to Jackie Walsh,

of all fucking people.

I can't believe Pierpoint
still lets that hoodlum

in front of clients.

I have the best line into
Anna since the Rican shoot.

I should be on that trip.

I'll bump the equities
guy off the trip

and try to poach
Anna for our desk.

I like the tenacity.

That's all, thank you so much.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)

RISHI: Christmas is a
surprisingly pricey time of year.

DVD: Good chance
to see your brother.

Shame I can't join you.

Uh. To make it happen you
need CRMS to sign off on it.

I can't reassign equity
coverage relationships myself.

Eric's in charge of
those decisions now.

You'll have to ask him.

You really want to go up there?

RISHI: Advice, don't get caught
in a knock up on Boxing Day.

♪ (MUSIC FADING) ♪

Harper Stern...

Hey. Um...

I'm assuming...
(SIGHS) ...from your new

30,000-foot view of
client relationships,

you have the granularity
on what client interactions

are the most lucrative?

They sent me a
binder full of art.

I can choose whatever I like.

Tasteful?

(INHALES) So, you know
about the FX trip to Berlin to meet

with Anna Gearing at FutureDawn?

Yup. Among many others.

Right.

So, I was thinking... I
know officially, technically

it's still an FX
relationship but, um,

I, sort of, hit it off with her
at the Rican investors event.

ASSISTANT: I'm
terribly sorry to interrupt...

-Um. -...did you comprehensively

consult the binder? You...
You're certain we shouldn't go

with the Chinese triptych?

I comprehensively
consulted the binder.

Uh. I was wondering if
maybe you could bump equities

and send me instead?

Uh, just so I'm clear,
you want me to reassign

equity coverage on
one of the biggest

equity accounts from the
equity sales desk to you...

a non-equity salesperson?

Uh, yeah.

- Sure, I can do that.
- (KEYBOARD CLICKING)

- (GLASSES CLINKING)
- (WATER POURING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACKIE WALSH: Anybody
seen my fucking passport?

- (WATER POURING)
- (GLASS THUDDING)

KENNY: Sorry to...
have to pull you off

the desk for this. I didn't
want to intimidate you.

You're not
intimidating me, Kenny.

Okay, well it... it is quite
a sensitive subject. Uh...

(MUNCHES)

Stale. Decorative maybe.

-(CUTLERY CLATTERING) -Nobody's
actually bold enough to eat them.

Uh, Wyndham's really quite sick.

I initially put it down
to his hypochondria,

but I just spoke to his
wife and he's actually

- in the hospital.
- Fucking hell.

Hmm. He's through
the worst of it,

but we all really need to
pull together in his absence.

Look, Kenny, I'm really
sorry Wyndham's sick,

but, um, I'm not gonna
be making up the shortfall.

I'm happy to do the
Berlin trip, but then I'm out.

We just can't afford client
churn with Wyndham gone.

It makes us look
like we need a daddy.

I'd hate to have to
jeopardize your move to PWM,

but if Jackie and
Anna don't jive,

I am gonna have to keep
you here to cover her.

It wouldn't be my doing,
the last thing I want to do

is to keep you from being happy.

It would be the
needs of the business.

♪ (SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Accio undergrad talent.

RISHI: Yesterday, I was out
when they've got a walk-in...

You still up for
going back in time?

ROBERT SPEARING: Oh, yeah,
the train's booked for this afternoon.

Great. Oxford. Isn't that
Harry Potter cathedral there?

Yeah.

"It's... it's levi-o-sa,
not levio-sa."

- (CHUCKLES) Right?
- (CHUCKLES)

I want specific attention
to be paid to this girl.

Uh, woman.

Uh, undergraduate.
Daphne Mosson.

She was on our radar
over Spring Week,

expected a
congratulatory first in PPE,

President of the Union.
McKinsey, Goldman,

the Foreign Office
all made offers.

- That's impressive.
- I want her on this desk and it'll be a smoother sell

coming from someone
closer to her in... in age.

Failing that, you've
got your background.

Oh, you know,
like... like Brit shit?

Go... go to this
recruitment dinner,

get her fed, put a
cap on her head.

Imagine you're Jon Gruden and
you wanna make her a Raider.

But... but something that
she might actually go for.

Right.

Yeah, you know, charm her.

Interpret that how you will.

Feel free to bring a grad.
Maybe the girl on FX?

- Sorry, woman.
- Cool.

Great.

- Cool.
- Cool.

- All right.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ ("WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED
THEIR FLOCKS" PLAYING) ♪

AURORE ADEKUNLE: Wow.
I don't think I've ever seen

anyone in here pre 9:00 am.

Once a banker always
a banker. (CHUCKLES)

I just... I can't believe how
much work there is to do.

Mm. Appreciate
you manning the fort.

I'd work in this office an
hour a week, tops, if I could.

- Too much, isn't it? Real life.
- Real people.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

I have been asked to become
the new Minister of State

for Technology and Health.

I'd love for you to
be a part of my team.

What would change?

(INHALES) Maybe it'll stop
the PM from touching my knee

- at the Spectator summer party, eh?
- (CHUCKLES)

Now, um... (EXHALES)

this stays between
these four walls...

(INHALES) ...but
Amazon are a breath away

from acquiring every
FastAide in the UK.

I'm going to be chairing the
anti-competition committee around it.

Have you got a dog in the fight?

Personally, I think Rican's
a better landing place

for these NHS contracts
than... (INHALES)

whatever hybrid Amazon
are planning with FastAide.

I... I don't think we need
a physical location for this

technology rollout.
(INHALES DEEPLY)

Point is...

I want you to work on
the prep for this committee.

(GASPS)

I thought you'd be
a bit more animated.

I'm so sorry.
(CHUCKLES) Sorry, no.

That's a phenomenal
opportunity. Th... thank you.

Let's get you out of this fucking
office, yeah? (CHUCKLES)

The thought of you stuck
in here depresses me.

(CHUCKLES)

♪ (MUSIC FADING) ♪

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)

-Hello. (EXHALES) -JACK GOVE:
(OVER PHONE) Hi, am I speaking

to Mr. Robert Spearing?

Uh. Speaking.

JACK: Hi, sorry if
this is a bit intrusive,

but I had to do a bit
of digging to find you.

My name's Jack Gove.

I'm tying up some legal
loose ends for Clement Cowan.

I'm the executor of his estate.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACK: Mr. Cowan has
left you a number of items,

would you be so
kind as to send us

the correct postal address?

Hello?

Sorry, um...

Sorry...

Could you remind me
when they're having

the funeral, please?

JACK: It's this afternoon.

Hello?

- Hello?
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

RISHI: Oi, Digital Versatile
Disc! You throwing money

at it this Christmas?

- DVD: I don't know what that means.
- (PHONE THUDS)

- RISHI: Are you paying for sex this Christmas?
- (INHALES SHARPLY)

- DVD: Only in Iran.
- (EXHALES SHARPLY)

DVD: Nah, we're
going to Jacksonville.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CAR HORNS BLARING)

(IN ENGLISH) You're
not pallid, fat and bald.

Bertie in Equities is a
pallid, fat, balding man.

I don't appreciate
this last minute shift.

HARPER: It's a clerical error.
I was always supposed to be

on the ticket. I
speak with Anna a lot.

There's been a lot of noise
around FastAide and Rican,

I mean, a lot of rumors.

Well, she's not going
to trade any fucking FX

through your CPS
desk while I cover her.

YASMIN: I told you this already.

Jackie, you're
the stranger here.

I have a relationship with
Anna. Harper has a relationship

with Anna. We just
need a smooth transition

for when I go to PWM.

We'll flank you,
sing your praises.

Please, just let
us do the talking.

(SCOFFS)

You girls don't even
know you're born.

If I'd pulled a stunt like
this back when I was

in my third year, you've no
idea what the men on my desk

would've called me.

(SUITCASE WHEELS ROLLING)

♪ (UPLIFTING TECHNO
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

YASMIN: I haven't been
to Berlin since Brexit.

So, maybe let's
keep our voices down.

JACKIE: I'm still a proud member
of the European Union, Yasmin.

- Let's go.
- (CAR DOOR CLOSING)

- (KEYS JINGLING)
- (DOOR CREAKS)

You did not have to let
me stay here. Thank you.

This is incredible.

Oh, it's just a pied-à-terre.

- (CHUCKLES)
- HARPER: Hmm.

The housekeeper
still comes every day.

Mad, I know, but my dad
didn't want to reduce her days,

so we pay her to
clean a clean house.

(SCOFFS)

Doesn't matter how
much money I earn,

they'll never let
me in these circles.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

This is really cute.

Wow.

- Capri.
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

Like, 2005? Ancient history.

HARPER: Who is this?

Nanny.

Family friend, I
think she's like

Maxim's third cousin.

- Theresa.
- Hmm.

Bet your mom didn't like
having her around. (CHUCKLES)

- Oh, sorry. Bad joke.
- Yeah. Well...

the same holiday,
I literally walked in

on my mom giving head

to the guy we
chartered the boat from.

(CHUCKLES) Fuck.
I'd forgotten about that.

I thought your dad was
the away-from-home guy.

Uh, Jacks and I are
thinking of getting dinner later.

There used to be this insane
kebab place round the corner

but I can't remember
the last time I was here.

Um, I was actually reading
about this place on Eater

that I thought
maybe we could try.

- Sure.
- Hmm.

Sign me up for a
juicy chilled red.

(INHALES) Feels good to
be back on the continent, no?

-(CHUCKLES) -Your
rooms are on the third floor.

- Opposite the Bridget Riley.
- HARPER: Great. Thank you.

YASMIN: No worries.

♪ ("DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM
FAIRY" BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING) ♪

(DOOR CLOSING)

(PHONE CAMERA CLICKS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Hey, thanks for
thinking of me for this.

I know it sounds kinda weird
but FX has always given me

- too much independence.
- (CHUCKLES)

- Well, it's nice to have someone to learn from.
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

- You know, I had this, um...
- ♪ (CAROLERS SINGING "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH") ♪

(SCOFFS)

I guess "mentor"
is the right word,

but it sounds a bit arcane.

- What at Pierpoint?
- Yeah, in my first year.

Uh. He was a...

uh... (CHUCKLES)
he was a junkie, really.

Heroin addict. You
know, like white-collar,

high functioning.

Sometimes, I used to
cover for him in the mornings

when he didn't come in.

And, you know, I...
I never really knew

whether to... emulate
him or... or pity him.

It doesn't sound like he
liked himself very much.

Oh, no, no. No, he
was a fucking riot.

You know, amazing salesperson.

And, you know, he was the first

aspirational man
that I had in my life.

- Hmm. Uh.
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)

It's such a weird
feeling being back here.

You know, I used
to work all the time.

- Did you get a first?
- VENETIA BERENS: I wanted one,

so badly.

Though I think my mom
wanted me to get one more.

- Like, immigrant mentality.
- ROBERT: (CHUCKLES) Right.

- Yeah, well, try growing up here.
- Hmm.

Yeah. We moved down
from Hull when I was a kid

for my dad's work. Um...

I think that's why my mom
wanted me to get in so badly.

Yeah.

Uh, she died, um,
around the time I had

my interviews and...

You know, it's funny,
I... (CHUCKLES)

Like, all I remember is
that... I needed to get in.

- Yeah.
- You know, like,

it was the only way I
could think to honor her

or something.

And... and my dad
didn't give two fucks.

He's not really made
for this sort of stuff.

Probably why she left him.

VENETIA: Does
he still live here?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I... had to take a year out.

Had a bit of a
breakdown. (CHUCKLES)

My tutor found me wandering
Cornmarket stealing copies

- of Vogue from the WHSmith.
- (LAUGHS)

-VENETIA: Yeah. (LAUGHS)

Uh, you must've spent your
three years pissed out of your skull?

- (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- You've never even seen me

- have a drink.
- Yeah, but I've spoken to enough

people at work to know
that before whatever

Damascene conversion you've had,

it sounds like you
were a lot of fun.

- Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)

Well, you know, I had
to sing for my supper.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, uh, I was either

hungover and singing, or
actually pissed and singing,

or singing while
anticipating being pissed.

I was in the choir.

Oh, you're shitting me. Where?

Yeah, I was a choral
scholar, Christ Church.

- (CHUCKLES) Bullshit, no. You're not a singer.
- (CHUCKLES)

- Yeah, I'm just winding you up.
- (CHUCKLES)

Ah, I had this awful Tory
boyfriend at Christ Church.

Port and Policy wanker.

I used to love going
to communion there.

I found it so calming.

I might go tomorrow.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
- ♪ (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

YASMIN: (IN ENGLISH)
Fuck's sake. Anna's postponed.

She wants push the
meeting to the afternoon.

Well, ladies, this
is a fantastically

happy accident because
now, we can tie one on together.

Huh? Get to know
each other, shock horror.

Yeah, I think we
might get one more

and have an early night.

(CHUCKLES) I'm
only fucking with you.

What I fancy is
not co-worker vibes.

Oh.

JACKIE: Well, visiting
Berlin without the KitKat

is like Christmas dinner
without the Baileys.

Are you sure?

JACKIE: Absolutely! I
am sick of the sight of you.

No, you get a new clarity
when you have a few strangers

focused on your pleasure.

Enjoy your evening.

And morning.

I didn't feel like we wanted
to hang out with a colleague.

- (CHUCKLING)
- Hmm.

VENETIA: (EXHALES)
I can't believe

Pierpoint's got
me smoking again.

- (CHUCKLES)
- Classic.

PASSERBY 1: Babe,
should we get a taxi to Bridge?

- Um...
- PASSERBY 1: I want to be first in there

- so we get a table stand.
- Uh...

No. Don't worry
about it. (CHUCKLES)

No, go on.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Do you wanna grab a
drink, before the dinner?

Professionally, of course.

Maybe with the odd
casual intimacy of earlier

- here and there.
- (ROBERT CHUCKLES)

I can't.

I'd love to. But
I've got to catch up

with an old friend.

- See you at dinner?
- (TAXI ENGINE STARTING)

Bye.

PASSERBY 2: I've got a crew
date at Jamal's. Dreading it.

BOB SNR: Give us a minute, mate.

-♪ (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -STUDENT
1: I've got two pingers and a couple

of bags of really shoddy
K. Will that be enough?

- BOB: Small or large?
- Make it a large.

STUDENT 2: Mate, this is the
commemoration ball, there's a lot us.

STUDENT 1: Reckon we
should have enough for...

Oi! Can I get some
service please?

No fucking way.

Hey.

- (GLASSES CLINKING)
- Shit.

Why didn't you tell me you
were coming? Look at this.

You dress up for
me? Good looking suit.

(CHUCKLES) Cheers.
A friend bought it for me.

But, uh, yeah.
I'm here for work.

- Recruitment.
- Working in recruitment?

Nah. Finance.

And it's much more
complex and important.

- (CHUCKLES) Right.
- ROBERT: So, what do ya reckon?

You should have told
me you were coming,

- I would've cleared my evening.
- Yeah, well, I'm here now.

I'm working now.

STUDENT 1: He's pushing in.

All right, well then...

pour me a fucking drink then.

Silly mug. Net's down.
We're cash only today.

Let's have a bev. I've
gotta be somewhere soon.

Mate, I was here first.

I'm just serving someone.

- Beers. Yeah. Thank you.
- Two? Two minutes, mate.

STUDENT 1: Why's he
dressed like Alan Partridge?

Be nice. That old
sport isn't worth it.

All right, then.

Well, look, this is enough
for our drink, this cunt's drink

and everyone in
here's next round.

- So, have a drink with me.
- Excuse me?

Bob, I'll have a fucking drink
with you when I'm done serving

and I've finished up.

ROBERT: I didn't have to
come see you, you know.

- Serve this chap here then.
- BOB SNR: I am.

- It's what I'm doing.
- CUSTOMER 2: That's what he was doing.

Yeah, can you bring me a
bottle of champagne as well,

yeah, Dad? I know you've
got a dusty one round here

somewhere. So, let's dig it out.

BOB SNR: How would you
know? You never came in here

- when you were here.
- Can you just get it, yeah?

Serve this one here,

and then get it.

CUSTOMER 2: Chill out, mate.

Hey!

♪ Merry Christmas And
Happy New Year... ♪

- Have you ordered?
- STUDENT 2: I didn't realize you could get Champagne.

Can we get three bottles?

♪ (MUSIC FADING) ♪

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

-♪ (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)

(IN ENGLISH) We don't
have to get another bottle,

if you don't feel up to it.

Was it something I
said? (CHUCKLES)

No. No, not at all. I'm...

You've been super generous.
More than I deserve. Honestly.

- Okay. Phew. That's good.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

'Cause, I don't
know, I've been, um...

examining recently

what it is I actually deserve.

Do you ever feel
like a lot of your life

happened to someone
else? (CHUCKLING)

- I try not to dwell on the past.
- Yeah.

- But it's everywhere.
- It's why I like our job.

It's like a perpetual
present tense.

Okay, forgive me for getting
personal, I'm a bit pissed.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Um, I've been seeing
a lot of my dad recently,

which is great, um,
but there's still...

I struggle to let
him in completely.

You felt like he rejected
you, so I mean, you know...

Yeah.

There's that. (LAUGHS)

But, um...

it's a deeper fear.

Well, you know
what Ja Rule says...

- "Pain is loving."
- (LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

God, is it "Ja Rule"?
I've always said "Ya."

No! (LAUGHS) Oh, my God.

(LAUGHS) Oh, my God!

This is nice. Why can't we
be more like this? You know?

We're not getting paid
to be like this, right? So...

Right.

I have to tell you something
that's gonna make you laugh.

And in the spirit of this and...

I don't know, maybe, I
just need to say it out loud.

(SIGHS) 'Cause it's
so fucking insane.

♪ (MILD TEMPO R&B
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I thought I was gonna
see my brother here.

I thought he
fucking worked here.

I was messaging someone
on Insta and, I don't know,

I convinced myself he was
here but I didn't want to just

get on a plane
and come over here

because that's fucking insane.
And what if he wasn't? So...

So, when you said you
were coming on this trip,

I thought, "Why not?" (EXHALES)

I don't know. I... I just got...

fixated on my own... fucking
conspiracy theory, I guess.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Let's go sit soft.

At home.

(CHUCKLES)

♪ ("MAYBE WE COULD"
BY KLLO PLAYING) ♪

♪ Where are we off to now?
Wearing all the doubt... ♪

(PASSERBY SPEAKING GERMAN)

♪ I am here to listen... ♪

(IN ENGLISH) Could you
give me two seconds please?

- I'm sorry, I just gotta be sure.
- ♪ But I can't point it out ♪

♪ See you in myself ♪

KITCHEN STAFF
MEMBER: (IN GERMAN)

♪ More than I can tell ♪

♪ I've had it up to here
And I've barely stepped out ♪

♪ Where are you off to now? ♪

♪ And push on, maybe we... ♪

(IN ENGLISH) Wha...

What the fuck?

JOHN-DANIEL STERN: Harper?

(EXHALES) Uh, what
are you doing in Berlin?

♪ (SONG FADING) ♪

Uh. we're here for
work. I... I'm Yasmin.

Uh, John-Daniel.

Can we go somewhere
and talk, please?

Uh.

Well... well, we... we've, uh,
we've got plans to go out. So...

(IN GERMAN)

Uh...

- JD: (IN GERMAN)
- CHEF: Okay.

- You smell like burnt oil.
- (JD CHUCKLES)

- (DIAL TONE BEEPING)
- TAXI DRIVER: Climb out, mate.

- GUS SACKEY: (OVER PHONE) Hello.
- Guess where I am.

You're in Oxford, you told me.

I'm outside the KA.

Don't go and see that prick.

I... I was unfair about him.

- See...
- I'm... I'm... I'm fucking slammed

with constituent
complaints, mate.

Please, be careful. All right?

PASSERBY 1: All right,
you can't compare the two.

PASSERBY 2:
Look, for the last time,

let's settle the debate.
Tailors or mortars?

PASSERBY 1: All right. Don't
you mean "Mortimer's," old boy?

PASSERBY 2: By
God, you're right.

PASSERBY 1: Well, mortars used

- to surgically remove the labor.
- (SNORTS)

PASSERBY 1: And no
longer exist, so tailors

- win by a country mile.
- (SNIFFS)

-♪ ("SILENT NIGHT" PLAYING ON
PIANO) ♪ -Trust me, once you work

at Pierpoint, you've arrived.

I sort of felt like
that getting in here.

Like I'd feel that,
whatever that is.

No, I totally agree. I
basically smoked myself

into an eating disorder
when I was here.

- I understand that all too well.
- (ROBERT LAUGHS)

I mean, why would
you train your whole life

and then not take a gold medal
when we're literally offering

it to you? I mean,
I read all about you

because you're such
a talked-about property.

You know, I wanted
to come meet this star.

Oh, cringe. (CHUCKLES)

Not at all. Own it.
You've earned it.

You've worked so hard,

so why would you pass up the
ultimate garland to your achievement?

I mean, just imagine what it'd
mean to your parents, yeah?

I'd hardly call it an
"ultimate garland."

I mean, it's a finance job. She
could do anything she wants.

Try a softer sell, jeez.

Then why do you
work for us? Hmm?

Because you knew you
were joining the best.

-(CHUCKLES) -ROBERT: You
know, you two, you've got the same...

- Sickness?
- Quality!

You know, you only
wanna join the best.

You only feel, you
know, satisfied,

like, existentially satisfied
when you're achieving, correct?

Yeah. Yeah, I guess
that's the case deep down.

(CHUCKLES) Not sure if
that's a good thing, but yeah...

You're gonna find
out wherever you go,

whether it's fucking politics or
an NGO or whatever the fuck.

You're gonna find out
that you're buffeted around

by market forces and
competition and excesses of power,

and all the other shit. But
we don't cover any of that up.

We are the market
leaders in the worst stuff.

It just so happens that
the worst is also the truest.

- So, come along.
- (CHUCKLES) What are you talking about?

(LAUGHS) You know
what? I'm teasing, obviously.

But, you know, I do
think it's a practical choice

- for a girl of your intelligence.
- Woman.

And honestly, your anxiety
about what to do next,

all I'm saying is, allay it.

You know, we
can allay it for you.

You know, you give us a year,

you'll learn a lot, you'll
get paid way more

than any of your peers
and if you don't like it

after a year? Then
you're free to go.

And if I get there
and feel nothing?

Well, then you're dead inside.

(DAPHNE MOSSON CHUCKLING)

ROBERT: Look...

you're looking at
you in a year's time.

(CHUCKLES)

You're an anxiety-ridden
Type-A and you love it!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

They do everything they
can to lock you in, in truth.

From what I can tell,
it's good to have options.

-(CHUCKLES) -DAPHNE:
Can I get some water?

- Tap water is fine.
- Just do your fucking job, yeah?

DAPHNE: What am I talking
about? Port, if you've got it.

(CHUCKLES)

Excuse me. (CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

So, shall I talk you through a
potential pathway to running a desk?

We can make you
big in your own life.

♪ (HARDCORE TECHNO
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

HARPER: (INAUDIBLE)

JD:

YASMIN: (IN GERMAN)

CHEF: (IN GERMAN)

JD: (IN GERMAN)

CHEF:

JD:

HARPER: (IN ENGLISH)

JD: (IN ENGLISH)

YASMIN: (IN ENGLISH)

CHEF: (IN ENGLISH)

JD:

-♪ (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)

- (IN ENGLISH) Do you have any gum?
- Hmm.

- CLUBBER: (IN GERMAN)
- YASMIN: Oh! Danke.

HARPER: (IN ENGLISH)
Can we go in? It's cold.

(IN GERMAN)

-Ja. -Danke. (CHUCKLES)

- HARPER: (IN ENGLISH) You know so many languages.
- A lot of nannies.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

- HARPER: I'm cold. Can we go in?
- He seems fun.

I've never even seen
him take a drink before.

- He was an athlete.
- Don't you think you should talk?

He's not like a big talker
or anything. So what?

Uh. I'm not judging,
I'm just being...

I'm just commenting objectively.

Well, don't. Comment
objectively on your own shit.

I can't be objective about
my own shit. Just yours.

Then don't fucking
involve yourself.

You have your shit
and I have my shit.

Let's just deal with our
own fucking shit, right?

♪ (UPBEAT CLUB
MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

HARPER: (INAUDIBLE)

JD:

HARPER:

JD:

JD:

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- (LAUGHS)
- Fuck. Fuck.

- (LAUGHS)
- You can help push.

- Okay. (CHUCKLES)
- JD: One sec.

- (PANS CLATTERING)
- Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

- You good?
- Nailed it.

- (LAUGHS)
- (PANS CLATTERING)

(SIGHS)

- Ready? Up. (CHUCKLES)
- (HARPER GROANS, CHUCKLES)

- JD: You hungry?
- HARPER: Yeah, I think I'm finally

coming down.

Who's Helene?

She liked and unliked
some like shitty photo

from a while back. And I
thought it was like, you know...

finger slip scrolling
or whatever.

Are you guys serious?

I recognized your hands
in a lot of her pictures.

JD: (CHUCKLING) Oh,
what, you mean these hands?

Bro, how the fuck do
you recognize my hands?

(CUPBOARD DOOR CLOSING)

Can I meet her?

Uh, well, Helene
doesn't party. So...

-(WATER POURING) -Well,
I didn't think you did either.

I'm not judging, I'm just
saying it was, like, a surprise.

JD: Yeah, well, I don't anymore.

I'm six months sober,

so... Well... Fuck,
I was until tonight.

Sober?

Oh, my God.

I can't believe
you still wear that.

I only started wearing
it again recently.

Huh?

Do you remember
where I bought this?

Uh. Well, you stole it...
on the way to Des Moines.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

You know, that was the best I
think I've ever seen you play.

I got so fucking lucky.

- What? You were amazing.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)

I got, like, a dozen
lucky line calls.

Man, you got no idea the shit
Mom said to me before that game.

-(CUTLERY CLATTERING) -JD:
You know, every time I hit the ball,

I imagined her face.

Honestly, it was
never fucking bigger.

I just never understood
why you left at your peak.

(EXHALES) Yeah,
Helene's got me better

at talking about this shit.

"Arrival, fallacy."

Uh, could... could you not
try and tell me how I felt?

(CHUCKLES)

You could have just asked me.

Nobody in our family ever
wanted my opinion on anything.

But...

fuck it. It's in the past now.

What did Mom say to you...

- (JD SCOFFING)
- before you played?

She said, no cap.

Um, "You don't win, you
don't have a home here."

HARPER: She was a fucking
bitch. She is a fucking bitch,

we both know that.

Yeah, well, you were the one
who forced me back out there.

So...

Forced you?

What do you mean? I
was encouraging you.

-(WATER RUNNING) -♪ (SOFT
TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(SIGHS)

(INHALES DEEPLY)
Perfection. Perfection. Perfection.

(INHALES) Man, I
did everything I could

to be a hundred percent perfect.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Forced practice,

hitting all the time,

chronic pain. Fucking...

hours of tape in a dark room.

You know, and I... (SNIFFLES)

I, um, I get fixated
on the weirdest shit.

You know, like, I'd be
watching and be, like...

"Your weight's
on the wrong foot.

Your weight's on
the wrong foot."

(INHALES DEEPLY)
"Weight's on the wrong foot."

-(CUTLERY
CLATTERING) -Fucking...

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Why didn't you
tell me any of this.

The fuck, man. You
were indoctrinated, Harper.

The fucking...

- (SIGHS) ...the cult of our family.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)

You know I ran away too, right?

- (OBJECTS CLATTERING)
- HARPER: I ran away from her, too.

Why does it feel
like I'm not talking

- to you right now?
- I don't know, dude.

Maybe you just don't fucking
like what you're looking at.

You know, you could've
pulled your head out of your ass

and just asked me
what was going on.

I should have asked.

You're right and I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm asking now.

♪ (TECHNO MUSIC SWELLS) ♪

(SNIFFLES, SCOFFS)

Fuck it. Let's go.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(EXHALES SHAKILY)

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(CLOCK TICKING RAPIDLY)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(IN GERMAN)

(IN GERMAN)

(IN ENGLISH) You are so elegant,

even after whatever
it is you did last night.

(CHUCKLES)

THERESA WERNER: But all I can
think about is cleaning up your vomit.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Do you still see Maxim?

No.

I'm not really
close with that side

of the family anymore.

So, can I help you
with something?

I need to know whether
you had a relationship

with my father.

'Cause I have a mem...

I'm not exactly sure
what I remember.

I just know that there is
something I need to know.

We had a relationship.

- It ended. That's it.
- When?

- For how long?
- This is inappropriate,

- okay?
- YASMIN: Why?

Because you took his money?

Because he paid for all of this?

No, because you're going
to wake up my daughter.

You seem to know that,
legally, I can't speak about this.

So, why are you asking me?

How old is your daughter?

(GLASS THUDDING)

How old were you?

I was legal if that's
what you want to know.

I loved your father.

It was a long time ago
and it went on for too long.

But I loved him.

I'm going to call you a cab.

CARL: (IN GERMAN)

(SNIFFLES)

(ZIPPER WHIZZING)

CARL:

(CHUCKLES, IN
ENGLISH) Nice to meet you.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

HARPER: How often
did you do this on tour?

JD: Um...

All the time.

And, you know, when I
first got here. (INHALES)

Then I stopped.

(INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES)

- (JD SNIFFLING)
- Can't we just go home?

(JD SNIFFLING)

- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(GROANS)

- (DOORBELL RINGING)
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(DOOR OPENING)

(ROBERT GROANS)

Decorations look good.

Yeah, we never take ‘em down.

You fucking overdid
it again, didn't you?

Eat something
solid for fuck's sake.

You been on that
horrible pub grub gear.

Haven't you?

Yeah, you know me.

You look like shit
for a handsome lad.

- Thank God, I look like Mom.
- BOB SNR: Hmm. Thank God.

(BOB GROANS)

ROBERT: She was
a tyrant, you know.

Good word for her.
She were a bit, yeah.

She said horrible
shit about you.

She said it to my face,
too. She said I was static.

Don't worry about
that. She was restless,

just like you,
always in your ear.

She was in your ear a lot
about how you should be

and look, that's fine.

She loved you,
just 'cause I weren't,

doesn't mean I didn't.

Dad?

♪ ("O HOLY NIGHT" PLAYING) ♪

Dad, the last few years,

- I haven't been very...
- Hey.

You don't owe me anything.

It's always day one with us.

(THUDDING)

♪ For yonder breaks A
new and glorious morn... ♪

Are your kids in?

Your brothers? Yeah. I was
just about to get them up.

♪ Fall on your knees... ♪

BOB SNR: Tyrants!

Come on, you little
bastards, out of bed.

- ♪ O hear... ♪
- BOB SNR: Hey! Hey!

-♪ The angels' voices... ♪ -BOB SNR: Your
brother, Rob, is here, he's downstairs.

If you behave yourself, mate...

♪ O night ♪

♪ Divine... ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

VOICEMAIL: You have
two new messages.

First new message.

NICOLE CRAIG: (OVER
PHONE) Hi, it's Nicole, your client.

Look, obviously, I don't
miss you or anything

but you're my coverage,
so I expect you to return

my call.

VOICEMAIL: Second new message.

DVD: (OVER PHONE)
Rob, hey, it's DVD.

So, I heard you had a good
time last night then, huh?

Well, that's great fucking work.

Daphne's in. See
you in the office.

♪ Fall on your knees ♪

♪ O hear the angels' voices ♪

♪ O night divine ♪

♪ O night when Christ was born ♪

♪ O night... ♪

JD: "Achieving mental
strength may be tough

but it will get
you real results.

Achieving mental
strength may be tough

but it will get
you real results.

Achieving mental
strength may be tough

but it will get you real
results." (CHUCKLES)

♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪

I want you to come
back to London with me.

(GRUNTS)

Why would I do that?

I make enough money
to support us both.

I'll look after you.

You don't have
to live like this.

I like how I live.

It will be our secret.

We won't even have to
speak to Mom. It will just be us.

(INHALES) What us? (EXHALES)

(SNIFFLES) There was
never any us, only you.

Why are you saying that?

Harper, you're the most
selfish person I've ever met

in my life.

I'm selfish?

- Yeah.
- Our whole fucking life

was about you.

Do you know what it was
like growing up with you?

JD: Oh, my God.

I have been living for
you from the moment

that I thought you were
dead. Because you know

that you're still
dead to me, right?

You know that I
thought you were dead?

You did that to me.

Every fucking year
on the day that you left,

I have to fucking
live with that.

Oh, okay, so, um...

So, you only thought
about me once a year?

No, thank you so
much for that. I really...

- I fucking appreciate it.
- You made me fail

the most important
exam of my life. (SOBS)

JD: A fucking exam,
you see what I mean?

- Your fucking exam.
- I've been living a fucking lie.

I ma... I made you? (SCOFFS)

Why are you hiding? Why
are you hiding from me?

You need me to forgive you
for the fact that you ignored

how bad it was for me?

I mean, you celebrated
more than Mom did.

I was having a
fucking panic attack

and... and you pushed me
out to finish a tennis match.

- We wanted you to succeed!
- JD: Don't!

I didn't know how bad it was.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
- JD: See, that's bullshit.

That's fucking bullshit
or you wouldn't be here

with your fucking
money trying to fucking...

(INHALES) ...fix me.

And you're only here
now because you know

you're as guilty as she is.

(INHALES SHAKILY)

You only give a
fuck about yourself.

You're not capable
of actual love...

'cause you're a
fucking narcissist.

(SNIFFLING)

You know...

on dark days...

I think...

you knew we shared
a womb together, but...

(SNIFFLES) ...you knew...

that only one of us

was ever really
gonna make it out.

I'm sorry. I will do anything.

- I'm begging you.
- JD: I need to get back to my life.

I need to get back to my life.
I need to get back to my life.

- (DIAL TONE RINGING)
- Helene, hey, hey, um...

(IN GERMAN)

JACKIE: I know this
is meant to be more

of a passing of the baton,
put a face to a name.

As you know, Harper
is one of our best

young salespeople,
first on everything,

intuitive, worryingly brilliant.

And Yasmin is probably the
best young social operator

in this job I've
ever come across,

- as you well know.
- (CHUCKLES)

So, they're big boots to fill.

And, obviously, I'm one person,
but you're getting the totality

of the firm.

A united front? Right, ladies?

Well, I'm sorry to be
losing you, Yasmin,

and I look forward to continuing
the relationship with Pierpoint.

Perhaps, if all goes
well, you'll be covering me

in Wealth Management?

Something to aspire
to. (CLEARS THROAT)

And, uh, apologies again
for the short notice push.

I don't need to tell
you the kind of rumors

that have been circulating
the last couple of days?

It'd be super bearish
for my Rican position

if Amazon buy FastAide

and win those NHS contracts.

Harper, what's your view?

It's unsubstantiated.

ANNA GEARING: Jessie
said he hadn't been able

to get a hold of you.

Sounds like a shitshow
inside of a shitstorm.

I like to be very
transparent on hedging stuff.

Price, levels. (INHALES)

I imagine that's a side issue
headache for equity investors.

So, I'm just pain relief.

ANNA: Perfect.

Are you okay?

Yeah, just a
slight fever I think.

(JACKIE SNAPPING FINGERS)

Hey, guys. Do you feel that?

That energy?

There is not a single
penis in this room.

(LAUGHS)

(SNORTING)

This bitch is hilarious.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)

RISHI: Christmas at Di's.

My dad's so posh
he's basically disabled.

I think my mom's depressed.

Three wines in,

she started calling me
her "Chutney Prince."

Mild incident when
Di found my Viagra.

Xmas lad!

Beak and bubbles neuters
me, old boy becomes a slug.

ELEVATOR FLOOR
ANNOUNCER: Lift going down.

Yo, you barely opened
your mouth to me today.

Did you catch up
with your brother?

Did something happen in Berlin?

♪ ("SHEPHERD'S BELL CAROL"
BY SAMUEL PEGG PLAYING) ♪

Did you like, um...

I don't know, sleep with
someone or something?

Is that all your
imagination is capable of?

Did I sleep with
someone? What if I did?

ELEVATOR FLOOR ANNOUNCER:
Third floor, Pierpoint Services.

-(ELEVATOR BELL DINGING) -ELEVATOR
FLOOR ANNOUNCER: Doors opening.

♪ ("SHEPHERDS' BELL CAROL"
BY SAMUEL PEGG PLAYING) ♪

I'm fine.

Maybe you just don't
like what you're looking at.

-♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪ -ELEVATOR
FLOOR ANNOUNCER: Doors closing.

♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪