StartUp (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Sweat Equity - full transcript
Agent Stroud flexes the far-reaching power of the NSA, threatening to derail the lives of Araknet's founders. Ronald struggles with the decision to undermine LH7 in order to keep Araknet ...
-Nick: I want you to tell me
about your favorite place in .
Somewhere safe
that nobody can take away■: f.
-Izzy:
My aunt Arañas farm in Cuba.■é .
-Interviewer:
Izzy Morales.
No one's spoken at all
of what her involvement still i.
-Tucker:
You guys capped out.
-Martin: Congrats. You tricked
60 million clickbaiters.çé .
-I'll tell you what.
You get to 100 mil,
and we'll give you
your little Series B.
-You're on.
-Project teams are almost done
with the suite,
I just need three months
to shape it into SELF.
-One month.
-(gunshots)
-Contact!
-(in foreign language)
-Yo! Found somethin'.
-Special Agent Rebecca Stroud,
National Security Agency.
Your network is fermenting
terrorist activityÅ and il.
Even some .
-Man:
Movin' product for Big Keef.
-Stroud:
It would be a big shame
if I had to tie you back to LH7
for some past transgressions.
That American dream of yours
would be over faster thana kni.
-The feds is looking
into Araknet.
Some NSA shit.
break 'em down.
-Stroud:
I'll just have to
Each one of 'em.
I'll start by taking
things away, little by little.
They'll think they
still have rights.
One day soon...
they will realize...
they're in my world now.
-Wes:
So, if you have dinner:: at eig.
-Martin:
Dinner at eight, that's noon.
-Wes: So you don't eat again
'til noon?
-Martin:
That's right.
-Sorry, sir. Card must have
a bad stripe.
-Martin:
Sixteen hours.
-Hang on, hang on, hang on.
So, you can eat98 whatevt
for the next eight hours?
-Yeah, well, you know.
I mean, you still have to eat
reasonably healthy
but you gotta keep in mind,
that that rye,Q it counts.
-Oh, really?
-Martin:T8 Yeah.
-Oh, well, forget that shit.
-(Martin laughing)
-Martin:
I shit you not though.
10 pounds just fell off this
frame like that.
Got my magic touch back.
-Tucker:íx Oh, come o.
Trying to bang junior
account managers
does not mean
you have your magic touch back.
-Oh, screw you.
-Oh, come on,VXthey'll bang you.
They'll bang you
to get into biggerYzaccounts.
-You might as well enjoy food
like regular people.
-Not Sophia, man.
She used to turn me downíxleft,r
before I got on this thing.
-Sophia?
-Yeah!
-Sophia, she's playing you
like the rest of 'em--
-She's not, man!
She's not, okay?
And I'll tell you what,zin two ,
I'm gonna have those
Brazilian legs wrapped aroundÑ8.
-Sorry, Mr. Chandler, excuse me.
Um, this card
declined as well.
-Wes:
Are you--
um, it's gotta be
the machine, man.
-Tucker;
Oh, Jesus. Relax, old man.
We got you,
don't have a heart attack.
-Waitress:
Thank you.
-Tucker:
What's the matter, Wessy,
things getting a little tight
over there?
-Martin:
Need me to call you an Uber?
-(beep)
-Goddammit.
-(beep)
(beeping continues)
-(theme music)
-Nick: Are you ready?
-Mara: Yeah.
Oh, I'm excited.
“SELF:
The one that matters”
-No.
-Why?
-No, it sounds arrogant.
-It's not arrogant,
it's confident.
And it's also,
it's personal.
I think it would
make people reflect.
-I think it's
a little aggressive.
And I think we need
to think more abstract.
Something like...
-Like what?
-Like, "Think Different."
-Apple?
-Yeah, ever heard of 'em?9
about your favorite place in .
Somewhere safe
that nobody can take away■: f.
-Izzy:
My aunt Arañas farm in Cuba.■é .
-Interviewer:
Izzy Morales.
No one's spoken at all
of what her involvement still i.
-Tucker:
You guys capped out.
-Martin: Congrats. You tricked
60 million clickbaiters.çé .
-I'll tell you what.
You get to 100 mil,
and we'll give you
your little Series B.
-You're on.
-Project teams are almost done
with the suite,
I just need three months
to shape it into SELF.
-One month.
-(gunshots)
-Contact!
-(in foreign language)
-Yo! Found somethin'.
-Special Agent Rebecca Stroud,
National Security Agency.
Your network is fermenting
terrorist activityÅ and il.
Even some .
-Man:
Movin' product for Big Keef.
-Stroud:
It would be a big shame
if I had to tie you back to LH7
for some past transgressions.
That American dream of yours
would be over faster thana kni.
-The feds is looking
into Araknet.
Some NSA shit.
break 'em down.
-Stroud:
I'll just have to
Each one of 'em.
I'll start by taking
things away, little by little.
They'll think they
still have rights.
One day soon...
they will realize...
they're in my world now.
-Wes:
So, if you have dinner:: at eig.
-Martin:
Dinner at eight, that's noon.
-Wes: So you don't eat again
'til noon?
-Martin:
That's right.
-Sorry, sir. Card must have
a bad stripe.
-Martin:
Sixteen hours.
-Hang on, hang on, hang on.
So, you can eat98 whatevt
for the next eight hours?
-Yeah, well, you know.
I mean, you still have to eat
reasonably healthy
but you gotta keep in mind,
that that rye,Q it counts.
-Oh, really?
-Martin:T8 Yeah.
-Oh, well, forget that shit.
-(Martin laughing)
-Martin:
I shit you not though.
10 pounds just fell off this
frame like that.
Got my magic touch back.
-Tucker:íx Oh, come o.
Trying to bang junior
account managers
does not mean
you have your magic touch back.
-Oh, screw you.
-Oh, come on,VXthey'll bang you.
They'll bang you
to get into biggerYzaccounts.
-You might as well enjoy food
like regular people.
-Not Sophia, man.
She used to turn me downíxleft,r
before I got on this thing.
-Sophia?
-Yeah!
-Sophia, she's playing you
like the rest of 'em--
-She's not, man!
She's not, okay?
And I'll tell you what,zin two ,
I'm gonna have those
Brazilian legs wrapped aroundÑ8.
-Sorry, Mr. Chandler, excuse me.
Um, this card
declined as well.
-Wes:
Are you--
um, it's gotta be
the machine, man.
-Tucker;
Oh, Jesus. Relax, old man.
We got you,
don't have a heart attack.
-Waitress:
Thank you.
-Tucker:
What's the matter, Wessy,
things getting a little tight
over there?
-Martin:
Need me to call you an Uber?
-(beep)
-Goddammit.
-(beep)
(beeping continues)
-(theme music)
-Nick: Are you ready?
-Mara: Yeah.
Oh, I'm excited.
“SELF:
The one that matters”
-No.
-Why?
-No, it sounds arrogant.
-It's not arrogant,
it's confident.
And it's also,
it's personal.
I think it would
make people reflect.
-I think it's
a little aggressive.
And I think we need
to think more abstract.
Something like...
-Like what?
-Like, "Think Different."
-Apple?
-Yeah, ever heard of 'em?9