Succession (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Lifeboats - full transcript

(ALARM BEEPING)

Richard, can you get me
the price of the Waystar stock?

-At close last night, please.
-How is he?

Good. A little clearer.

He tried to put on a sock.

TOM: Hey.

Hey, Mondale. Wish me luck, buddy.

Wish me luck.

What's that? "Good luck, Tom!
Hope it goes well!"

Okay, so, just wanted to say goodbye.

Have you seen the numbers?
Man, poor Ken.



He's like dysentery
for the stock price.

You are walking into a burning barn.

Still excited.

-Still raring to go.
-Mmm-hmm.

I'm just paying homage. What's that?

You miss me? Well, I miss you too.

Maybe we should arrange a date
while she's not around.

-You're weird.
-No, you are weird!

Okay! Good bye.

Oh, Tom. I'm gonna go see Dad.

If Marcia wants to be difficult,
so can I.

So, can you come with me?

I gotta stay in front
on this one, baby. It's a hugie.

My first morning stepping up, so...



Just say you went to see the big boss.

Don't make me choose, Shiv.

Please, don't make me choose.

It's a man's right not to choose.

Hey, Rava. Can you give me 30 seconds?

Sony,
I'm just getting the kids ready.

Luanne, can you get...

Yeah? Okay. Hey.

Hi. Yeah, so...

This is dumb,

but the bank call this morning,
and ljust wanted to ask...

Wait. What bank?
Our old joint account?

No, Rava, "the" bank.

ICBC, who have apparently
bankrolled the old man for years.

I'm sorry. I'm just in a rush. Okay.

No, just two minutes?
What's your read?

Do I go Hulk or Bruce Banner?

Well, Kendall,
talk to your people about...

I know, you were always so good
with this stuff, and just...

The Hulk is the incredible one, right?
The Hulk.

We have to go. I'm sony.
Why don 't you ask Roman, okay?

-Guys?
-Roman? Rava. Come on.

-Seriously?
-l’m sorry.

-Bye!
- Bye!

Bye, guys. Bye-bye. I love you.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

-Out of ten?
-Seven.

-Okay.
-(G RU NTS)

You're in decent shape,

you're a little sloppy,
but I can get you tight as a drum.

Well, ltrust Pax,
and Pax says you're the best.

-l'm only gonna say one thing, Roman.
-Go for it.

I take my shit serious, that's why
I have the reputation that I do,

and I need you to take it serious,
too,okay?

Dude, I'm on board, so you can skip
the whole speech bullshit, okay?

-l'm down.
-All right. 5:30 every day.

Yeah, man, I'm serious.
I'm serious as cancer.

Fucking more serious.
Fucking money cancer.

-You know, I'm COO now.
-Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, that's Chief Operating Officer.

lt's Waystar Royco,
so if it operates, l chief it.

All right, flip over on your belly.

Yeah.

But, yeah, no, 5:30, that's perfect.

-A.M., right?
-Yup.

Well, good, because the other 5:30
I'll be at work, you know?

Being an agent of change
and, you know, fucking firing people.

(EFFORT GRUNTS)

Thank you.

Ask her to wait there.

-She's here.
-lt's morphine.

It's not that unusual.

I know. I'm fine.

-Is everything all right?
-Hi, Shiv.

-Hi!
-Hi, Tom.

Hey. I'm afraid I can't stay.

-Excuse me one second.
-First day.

-Hi.
-What's the... What's going on?

-Nothing.
-No?

Staff.

-Good to see you.
-I know you said he wasn't great,

but I was passing by,
so I thought I'd just drop in.

That is so sweet.

But you know,
he's not seeing people right now.

Yeah, but I thought I could just
pop up even if, you know, he's grumpy.

I think it's best you don't.

Marcia, I've seen my dad
do the Master Cleanse.

I can take him a little bit grouchy.

I'm afraid
that is out of the question.

Um... Do you...

Might it be an idea to check and see
whether he's changed his mind?

-Yeah.
-Perked up a little bit?

Of course.

-What the fuck?
-I know. I have to go.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, hey. Hello. Hi!

I'm Shiv. Logan's daughter.

I wanted to say thank you
for all your work.

You're quite welcome.

-Yeah. It's much appreciated.
-Thank you.

And how does he seem today? Good?

Oh! You know.

Actually, we don't.

We heard all about the sock.

Yeah.

(INAUDIBLE)

lt'll stabilize.

Mmm-hmm. I know it will.

So, I've been thinking.

I've got a new game plan for the call.

Uh-huh.

Can you try
and not look so fucking nervous?

-I know what I'm doing.
-l'm relaxed.

ljust think it's a little late,
considering the gravity

and the need to
get the relationship right.

Sure. The new strategy is reallyjust
a refinement of all this great work.

It goes...

Well, the working title is,

"Go Fuck Yourself."

Uh-huh.

-(TELEPHONE BEEPS)
-WOMAN: Hi, Ihave Mr. Polk.

What do you think?

I think I need a little bit more
of an explanation.

My dad's a bastard,

they need to know
I'm a bastard, too, right?

-Right. ..
-Great.

(TELEPHONE BEEPING)

Hey, Mr. Polk.

Hi, Kendall, good to connect.

Likewise. Yeah, great.

-So, you wanna go?
-Well, why don ’t you go?

Okay. Well, sure.

We just wanted to make contact,
given where we are.

Mmm-hmm.

-We are concerned.
-Absolutely.

Now, obviously, look,
the main thing is,

we just handle this very calmly,

because the last thing either
of us want

is for this rather private arrangement
my father made to make waves.

Absolutely.

But I guess the issue is
we owe you 3.2 billion.

3. 25.

-I was rounding down.
-We round up.

3.25 billion,
secured against Waystar stock,

which is, you know,
undergoing some temporary turbulence

due to sector-wide factors.

So, I guess, you know,
what I'd like to know is,

what your position will be if we have
a sustained breach of the stock price

and we fall out of compliance
with our debt covenant?

Okay, well, if the stock drops,

we 're entitled to ask
for a payment in full.

Uh-huh. Exactly.

Technically, yeah.

So, what will we do here in reality?

If it breaches 130,
you've broken the covenant,

-and we will want repayment.
-(SNORTS)

Right. I know.

But, like, really?

Seriously.

Okay, I get it.

That's your initial position,
but we will want to restructure and...

Look, here’s where I’m at.

We're not crazy
about the media sector,

we 're not crazy about how your father
has treated our relationship,

Come on, man. Fuck off.

-Uh, hello?
-l’m here.

Yeah, come on.

Real world, can we start to negotiate?

Listen, son, that’s our position.

If the stock drops below 130,

you’re in breach
and we want our money back.

Okay, fine. Let's keep talking.

Look, if you need to talk to me,

maybe it's better
if we go through an intermediary.

I’m not a particular fan
of foul language,

and I don 't like to be insulted.

Thank you, good morning.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

Oh, boy.

Fuck, that was brutal.

-You were listening in?
-Of course Iwas. I'm COO.

(GRUNTS)

Are they for real?

-Would they squeeze us?
-Well, obviously they could.

-Yeah, but why would they?
-Relax, man, it'll be fine.

No, it fucking necessarily won't,
okay?

If this became public,

we could nosedive,
we could death spiral here.

Dude, I was only trying to be nice.

That was a fucking shitshow, and you
handled it like a moron, is the truth.

Fuck off.

Gents.

Hello.

Greg Hirsch.

I believe I'm working
here as of today.

Okay, what is yourjob orjob title?

-I'll find out.
-Okay...

I don't have anything.

I was actually personally appointed
by Mr. Logan Roy.

Okay.

-Is there anyone else, maybe?
-Tom?

-Tom.
-Last name?

Last name...

Weird,
I don't think I ever got his last...

Boss Tom...

Tom?

-Hey!
-Hey.

Can you help me?

Can you help...

Okay, Greg. Greg Roy?

My mom's a Roy, but I'm basically
a Roy in all but my name.

-Wait...
-I'll be two minutes.

-What? No. Shiv...
-It has gotten weird, okay?

It has gotten very weird.

How is he?

I don't know.
He might have put on a sock.

-Well, that's good, right?
-Or he could be lying there dead.

-I have no fucking idea.
-Okay, it's not a good time.

-She thinks Marcia's poisoning him.
-I do not.

Apparently, he doesn't want to see us.

Not including me?

Why would he say that?

Still pissed at you for not signing up
to his corporate restructure

to make Marcia queen of the castle?

Okay, yeah. Maybe she's pissed.

Look,
did you see him over the weekend?

Did I? No.
I heard he wasn't up to seeing people.

Yeah, no one has seen him
since we took him home

from the hospital Thursday.

I think... Rome, you saw him, right?

Sure, yeah, for, like, five minutes.

But he was pretty, you know...

He wasn't really him-him,
there were tubes and...

-Okay, but after that?
-Nope.

No one apart from Marcia has seen him
for the better part of a week.

-Four days is not a week.
-Okay, the majority of the week,

and we're just accepting,
the whole world is just accepting,

this woman's word
that he put on a fucking sock.

Look, relax, okay?

It's a process,
we don't want to rush the recovery...

Oh, right,
because you like playing boss?

That's not...

Please. Can you go over there?

Shiv, this is...

I literally have something unmissable.

Later, okay? I'll try later.

-Okay?
-Okay.

Is everything okay?

No. We are on the brink
of total corporate collapse.

Yeah. Well, that figures.

Call me if you go Lehman, will you?
Might want some of these chairs.

Morning.

Morning.

Here to help fix the Death Star.
(CHUCKLES)

"Grill on the exhaust vent, guys,
grill on the exhaust vent."

So, my only concern would be,
to brief this meeting,

is it a little too aggressive
for a temporary CEO?

That is a good point.

Well, we've got a very aggressive
drop in our share price,

so I think that's appropriate, good?

So brief this wide
and brief it fast, okay?

-Okay.
-Yeah. Great.

All right!

Morning.

Hey.

My people.

It's great to see you all.

You know my brother and I,
CEO and COO...

-COO.
-Gerri, Karl, Karolina. Um...

I'm actually gonna stand up,
if that's all right.

My back is fucked.
I have a new trainer, so...

So, ljust wanted
to get the gang together

early in my tenure to say...

llYo-ll

You're probably all wondering
about my dad. He's doing okay.

Motherfucker.

We're hoping for a full recovery.

He's, like, a thousand percent better,
though.

He's like a bull in rhino hide.

Yeah. Slow and steady.

This morning he put on a sock, so...

That's right. This morning
he tried to put on a sock.

And welcome to Tom Wamsgans,

and is now sitting up
with the grown-ups.

I just want...

What I want to announce
to you all this morning

is a new strategic vision.

We have a great firm here.

Multifaceted.

Parks, cruises, telecom,

live entertainment, sports,
but at the heart, media.

TV, movies, books, newspapers.

And what we're fighting for
is eyeballs,

eyeballs which we convert
to our customer base,

eyeballs which we crate up
and sell to advertisers.

Right? And bottom line, we're losing

to monopolistic disruptors.

Alphabet, Facebook,

Internet. Fucking game-changer, man.

-That's right, the Internet.
-Internet.

But, we are still just in a position
to leverage our brands

into something in the new landscape.

But if we don't,

we're gonna be like
the biggest fucking horse trader

in Detroit, 1909, okay?

We need a more dynamic strategy.

Now, let's call it,
for the sake of clarity,

the Strategy of 1,000 Lifeboats.

Vaulter is a lifeboat,

ATN Citizens is a lifeboat.

There are no bad Iifeboats.

VR could be a lifeboat.

VR's a bubble, but yeah. No bad ideas.

Porn could be a lifeboat.

Except that. That's a bad lifeboat.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

Thanks, Rome.

Look, this isn't a brainstorm, all
I'm saying, everyone's invited, okay?

I want each and every one of you
to be innovating, challenging,

being bold, being disruptive,

bringing me new, original,
multiplatform content.

Bring me more
in the interactive and digital space.

Bring me franchiseable IP.

Bring me 1,000 Iifeboats.

Bring me a fucking armada of eyeballs.

Because "steady as she goes"
hits the iceberg.

All right.
Thanks, everyone. Lifeboats!

Just had to say, that was great.
Kudos.

Always here if you need
a friendly ear, Lord Vader.

Just get shit moving at Parks.

-Yes.
-Yeah, Tom?

It's stagnant,
so shake that fucking tree, C-3PO.

Shaking the tree. Shaking it big time.

Fiona. Walk with me.

Can you send flowers to Rava?

Nice, but, you know, not ridiculous.

They should smell like flowers,
not desperation.

And Fi, talk to Jess,

I might want to throw
a couple of items up on the internal.

Not a big deal, couple of TED Talks.

Maybe a documentary on
the Epic of Gilgamesh, I'm thinking?

You know, it's the first story,
archetypal quest shit.

Because what are we
if not storytellers?

Hey. Talk to me.

Down three points,
and there's an AP headline,

"CEO tells staff
Waystar headed for iceberg."

Not iceberg, Iifeboats.
I said "lifeboats", not "iceberg"!

-Jesus! Karolina.
-That's what we're pushing.

-Push harder.
-Will do.

-I want to talk options to you, okay?
-Yeah?

I've got some thoughts I've been
working on for a long time...

Okay, I don't want the sloppy seconds,
Gerri. I'm taking five to think big.

Ken, these are modeled
and thought through.

And rejected.
Now, if you'll excuse me,

I'm taking a walk,
I need to get some altitude on this.

I'll be back.

The thing about capitalism is, sure,
it's got its issues, but, fuck me,

this is a piece of shit chain
on a stretch of nothing,

but this... This is the most delicious
thing anyone's ever fucking tasted.

Oh, my God. Thank you.

-Thank you.
-So, dude, listen.

I could do with a read from someone
without a dog in the fight.

Actually, I gotta talk to you
about something, too.

This is tight.

This is absolutelyjust us, okay?
Because a leak kills me.

Right. This is about Rava.

-For a pal.
-Rava?

Yeah, it's a mutual friend,
and they want to know is it cool,

or you still hankering
for a wankering?

I don't have time for this.
I mean, who's asking?

-What?
-I can't say.

But theyjust want to know
if it's an issue.

Like who, fucking Paul?

Well, if you're asking,
I'm assuming it's a fucking issue.

No, I mean, look,
we're separated, you know?

Whatever. Free agents.

Yeah. No, I get it.

I'm gonna have another.

You know, if you eat it fast enough
it actually burns off the calories.

It's like a loophole.

Can I have another, please?

So, listen, when I took over,

found out Dad took out a huge loan
a decade ago.

Secret. Through the holding company.

Are you serious?

Secured against the family's stake
in the public firm.

-Fuck. Dude.
-Yeah.

Now the stock is getting ready
to breach, and the bank are...

Yeah, I know, I saw the price.
It's brutal.

Who's the bank?

I'm just gonna do this.

Dude, we're not at Buckley anymore.

-Jesus.
4tsfine.

So, these guys have your dick
in a vise.

Yes. Thank you, Stewy.

Can I have your take?

Well, number one, you boost the price.

-Yeah, no shit, Sherlock.
-Okay.

-I'm trying.
-Okay.

How's it gonna play for us
to refinance?

Honestly? Not great.

Why won't your original bank step up?
Not good.

People don't love the sector,
and they don't love the fucking firm.

It's ramshackle, is the view.

And bro, they don't love you.

Itstough.

Okay! I am open for business.

You know, one thing occurs.

Just blue sky, wouldn't happen
in a million years,

but what if we came in,

Well, obviously, no.

"Fuck off, how dare you,
I'm so insulted," et cetera.

Of course. But you and Roman and Shiv,

you're gonna do that thing forever?
No.

You all have the chance to be fucking,

like, ugly petro-ruble rich.

You can do anything.

You can go into tech,

Shiv can do her politics or whatever,

and Roman can, you know,
snort his body weight.

And you all live unhappily ever after.

-Uh-huh. Thanks, Stewy.
-Just think about it.

Can I get the senior team together
tomorrow for a reorientation?

Shaking the tree, folks,
shaking the tree.

Excuse me.

Greg? Are you kidding?

Hey, Tom.

Forgive me, but,

we talking to each other on the poop
deck of a majestic schooner?

Is the salty brine
stinging my weather-beaten face?

No? Then why the fuck

are you wearing
a pair of deck shoes now?

Yeah, no, well,
my credit card got maxed out.

I'm staying in a youth hostel
on, like, $80 a day...

Jesus. How squalid.

Dude, are you carrying dogshit?

No, it's free, right?

Is that cool? I mean,
I don't wanna be melodramatic,

but my body is growing weak
due to a lack of sustenance.

Yeah, I have a bunch of 'em
from back home...

Greg, that's disgusting.

Not really.

It's not like they pre-poop them
or something,

like, it's not like...
They're just bags, really.

It's just a mental barrier.

A pair of cap-toe Oxfords,
Crockett & Jones, ASAP.

Lucinda, can we figure out where
we might put the talented Mr. Greg?

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

-Hey.
-Hey.

-Nathaniel.
-Siobhan.

-How have you been?
-Yeah, good. Busy.

Right.

So, is this...

Work.

-Okay. Of course.
-Yeah.

-What?
-Work.

A little work meeting
on the bed of a four-star hotel.

-Get your mind out of the gutter.
-Okay.

How's it going working with Joyce?

That tall glass of tepid water
from Albany.

It's great. Yeah.

How's the poor man's Fidel Castro?

Senior senator from the state of 1975.

How's that working out for you?

Better.

(BOTH LAUGH)

I wondered if you could do me a favor.

-Do I owe you a favor?
-Yeah, 'cause I deigned to date you.

You "deigned." That's nice.

And I thought
we were gonna be friends.

Sure. Iwanna be friends.

Good.

I need a background check on somebody.

But that might cause
some ethical issues.

'Cause there's a world
where my guy and your gal

end up in the mud wrestling
for the Democratic nomination.

No, it's not political.

I need background on someone
off the record.

-Marcia.
-Marcia.

-The wicked stepmother.
-Yeah.

It occurred to me a few years too late

that I don't really
know anything about her.

So, just due diligence, okay?

Well, I know a really horrible guy

who's incredibly expensive.

Okay. Yeah, that sounds great. Okay.

-All goes through you?
-Yes, milady.

(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

-"Deigned."
-Yeah.

Did you see the women
I dated after you?

Yeah. They only dated you
because you dated me.

They were like,
"I guess he must have something."

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Thank you for your attention.

Welcome to your new future
at Waystar Royco.

-Hey. Where we at?
-GERRI: Hey.

-We're down two more points.
-Fuck.

Listen, Sandy Furness is here.

What do you mean?

I mean, he's here, in the building.

He can't do that. Fucking Pepsi
doesn'tjust drop in to see Coke.

Put him where no one can see him.

South tank. I'm right here.

Sharks are circling.

Your father would shoot him on sight.

You know, I don't need to hear what
my father would do right now, okay?

He's not here.

-Right. He's not here.
-I'm gonna handle it.

Mr. Furness, what a surprise.

-So kind of you to drop by.
-Not at all.

I just came to say how sorry I was
to hear about your dad.

Well, it's so kind of you to do it
in person

when you could have just called.

Thank you.

Well, I hope I didn't send
the birds a-tweeting,

what with all the uncertainty
and what not.

We'll make sure people know
it's just friendly.

And you'll give your dad my best,
tell him I stopped by?

Of course. Sure.

Maybe when that news is
less likely to kill him. (CHUCKLES)

Okay, well, thank you.
I do appreciate this.

Oh, and just to say,
if I can give you any advice,

I'm just watching the wheels nowadays,

so if you want to run anything by me
as an honest broker, use me.

A mentor.

That is a very kind offer.

Well, there's probably
a million options with our two firms.

Swaps, acquisitions,
cooperative interactions.

You know, smart stuff only a young man
like you can conceive of.

Well, Sandy, you've been pretty smart.

Smarter than the regulators, anyway.

Tell you what's smart: Vaulter.

I don't care what the wise apples say.

Well, I've got a thing.

Jess, will you take Mr. Furness down?

Look at you. Right in the eye
of the raging storm

and cool as a cucumber.

Stay strong.

Stay in touch.

-Yeah.
-What happened?

He said I was dead in the water
without him

and tried to finger-bang me.

What'd you say?

Said I'd rather eat my own shit.

-Have you heard?
-What?

Stock's gone below 130.

You know sometimes you leave the party

and you wonder what everyone's
saying about you?

With me it's usually,

"Who's that young Han Solo,
and how do | get his dick in my ass?"

Like I know what they say about me.

ROMAN: What?

That. See that?

That's how much people don't like me.

That's me too. Don't leave me out.

The truth is, we call their bluff,
which may not be a bluff,

and the debt becomes public,
and we lose control.

Or we get the stock up,
which we can't,

because we can't "magic" that,

or we pay the bank back, which,
I mean, to realize that much cash...

Stock sell-down, which is horrible.

-There is no good option.
-Can I suggest something?

Yeah.

Can I suggest
we all take our shirts off?

Okay. Kendall?

They can write a fucking algorithm
to run this place,

but that's not the answer.

That's not us.

So, break shit up.

Like, just disrupt.

What are you doing?

Taking my shirt off. That's all.

Ken, make him put his shirt on.

-I don't fucking know. I...
-ROMAN: Shirt off.

Shirt off.

-Shirts off.
-Shirts off.

How about your jacket off?

Come on, man.

Yeah, all right.

Good.

That's all. Let's go.

Okay.

So, worst position,
we sell down the stock, we survive.

Maybe we cut a title or two
from physical production,

newspaper-wise. Online only.

-I like that.
-Well, that is a $20 million solution

to a billion-dollar problem.

Yeah, but it's the right direction
of travel. That feels right to me.

If you want stuff that works
for the price: layoffs.

Yum-yum! Blood! Yes!

See? Shirts-off shit.

I guess it could be a package.
Layoffs, sell-offs.

GERRI: Structured retreat?

Well, yeah, but with a philosophy.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

-Okay?
-Okay.

I mean, I guess we just have to ask
or, you know, tell Dad.

-Finally.
-Hi.

Hey, sweetie. Hi.

What's up, slugger?

-Hey.
-Hey.

Thanks forjoining us.

-Actually, I can't stay long.
-Yeah, apparently goes for us, too.

Aunt Marcia won't let us see Grandpa.
Right, kids?

Huh.

-Hey, Marcia.
-Kendall.

How are you?

-Good.
-Good.

How's he doing? Is he okay?

He's improving. He's really improving.

-Great.
-Yeah.

'Cause I should probably
let him know something.

He's resting.

I'm sorry, it's not a good time.

Okay.

Well,
it's just when my assistant called...

She spoke with Joan, not me.

-Got it.
-Yeah.

Well, let him know, will you,

that I stopped by,
wanted to talk to him,

keep him abreast of moves?

If you like, you can tell me,
I'll pass it on.

Um...

Will you just tell him that

we're retreating, tactically.

Well, that doesn't sound right.

Not retreating, quite, but...

It's hard to explain.

I'm sure you're doing the right thing.

-Okay, thanks. See you soon.
-See you.

-So, Stewy?
-Mmm-hmm.

You know how, like,
everyone hates you?

Well, no,
that's not something I'm aware of.

Sure. They do. Private equity,
getting your meat hooks in,

chiseling your profit
like a vampire locust fuck.

What is this? Is this a roast?

-Because I have shit to do.
-I've had an idea.

-Okay.
-How about instead of taking us over,

you give me $4 billion?

I stay boss, you stop raiding
shitty companies for scraps,

you invest, for once,
in a blue-chip corporation,

one that is currently, you know,
undervalued

because of some unfounded concerns
about its leadership,

i.e., Little Lord Fuckleroy here,
the story twists...

Happy ending for all.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

-Okay. Full disclosure?
-Yeah.

I have a hangover.
And it's bigger than normal.

Why don't we do what we did
back in the day?

Let's go to the bathroom,
have a little something-something,

just knock out a few ideas,
just bash 'em out.

-No. Not for me.
-Of course.

Yeah, of course.

Do you mind if! have, like,
just like a taste of it?

Really, dude?

Ooh.

Yeah, okay.

-Are you done?
-No.

Obviously, I don't generally take
a minority stake in a public company.

Yeah, obviously,
because you're a parasite.

How about for once
you make things bigger?

You know, with your old pal?

-Are you done?
-Yeah.

Well, I can't even begin
to think about this.

But if I could...

To sell it,
I'm gonna need voting stock.

As long as
the family maintain control?

Well, effective control.

I'm also gonna need a board seat.

I'd force it on you, dude.
For the optics.

Shit hot new CEO has some hot shit
new money for investment.

New generation.

I keep the debt out of the news.

Fucking sisters
doing it for theyselves.

I'm not necessarily totally opposed
to this notion.

That's right,
and luckily I speak Stewy,

and that's Stewy for, "l have
a fucking raging hard-on for this."

Greg. Come on, buddy.

First meeting of
the senior management cadre.

Yeah, come on.

Great stuff.

You know, Iwas looking
through employee emails,

which, by the way, is totally legal,
and, does my breath smell, honestly?

No, I mean, it smells of breath,
but...

You know, there's too much drift
in Parks. I'm gonna shake that tree.

I might punch-bag you a little,
is that cool?

Sure. As in, like, punch... Yeah.

Morning, people. Kick-off.

Here's a question.

Here we are,
out in the Theme Park Division.

But tell me this:

if you could really do anything,
professionally,

and work anywhere,
where would that be?

(CELL VIBRATING)

Excuse me.

Uh-huh.

Oh, no. Shiv.

I'm in the middle
of the first meeting.

Well, it's hard...

Connor's flying in?

Okay.

All right, bye.

Fuck!

-You background checked her?
-Yeah, no need to tell Ken.

Is that legal?

You don't need to know.

Um... Hey...

Can anybody do that on anybody?

Okay, so, first husband,
Lebanese businessman.

-Yeah, I remember.
-Right.

They had the high life in Paris,
lot of parties, with pols,

and writers, and also
a lot of shitbags and slimeballs

and arms dealers, oil guys.

Wow.

-And further back?
-Well, further back...

Further back is complicated.
There's no leads.

-What?
-Yeah.

-ls that...
-Weird? Yes.

-Ominous, yes.
-Yeah.

It's apparently a little weird.
And there are two possibilities.

Either she came from kind of nowhere,
Tripoli, Lebanon,

turns up in Paris, age 31,
a publishing assistant,

and then just marries this guy. Fine.

-Or...
-Or clean-up job.

Hey, Marcia.

Great impression of a cuckoo.
Door opens and there you are.

-Hello, everybody.
-Hi.

Yeah, hi. This is Connor,

Logan's firstborn son,
you remember him?

And this is Tom, my partner,
and together

they're over 12 feet of
We Would Like To See Him, Please.

Are you trying
to force entry, is that it?

Oh, boy. lthought we were
just stopping by.

I usually try to avoid confrontation.
Let's all breathe.

He simply isn't up to visitors.

Is this about me signing
some pieces of paper or...

Oh, please, Shiv.
It's very difficult as it is.

The fucking waterworks?

Is that it?
You're gonna cry now? Please.

Siobhan.

I can't believe you would try
and stop me seeing my father.

And I can't believe
you would try against his wishes.

Hi. Dad.

Hey.

Can you...

Hey.

How are you feeling?

Uh... (WHIMPERS)

Yeah?

You're looking good. You look better.

So, Tom and l
are gonna move here, we think.

More permanently. Less time in DC.

Oh, and we're engaged. Um...

He wanted to ask you.

I love you.

I love you too.

I'm gonna go get Joan, okay?

It's fine.

I'll be back.

-How is Mr. Roy?
-Yeah. He...

Everything okay?

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

He's looking better.

Morning isn't usually a good time.

You know, the morphine,
he gets confused.

He doesn't like you all to see him
when he's not himself.

Uh-huh. Yeah, he wasn't himself.

-Right.
-So. ..

Shiv, I'm a private person.

Not all of us are born into good ease.

Okay.

So if you want to know
anything about me,

just ask me, and I will tell you.

Uh-huh.

Siobhan, how's Pop?

Yeah, no, he's good.

-Okay, bye.
-He's tired.

-(TELEPHONE BEEPS)
-POLK: Good afternoon.

Not at all. We've been looking
at the terms we can offer,

I think you’ve seen
what we 've put together.

Ihave.

It's a very brutal structure.

Well, these are the terms
we think we can offer right now.

I don't know, the margin you're
making, you might even say you were...

Well, I mean,
"extortion" is an ugly word,

but, you know,
so is "buzzsaw castration."

Look, I think we should
keep things professional, don 't you?

Uh-huh. Sure.

And professionally,
we're going to repay.

-As in?
-We're good.

Everything's golden.
We don't need you.

This can all stay private,

and I'll be looking elsewhere for a
banking partner as we go supersonic.

-Good-bye
-Mr. Roy...

And fuck you.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

-Have you been here?
-No.

It's super-good. I'm thinking...

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

-All of the rabbit.
-All of it?

Well, I mean,
I guess that's my question,

is when they say "all of the rabbit,"

do they mean, like, all of the rabbit?

I mean, it can't be, like, all of it.

So, is this the Stewy money
we're celebrating?

Because I saw the news.

Well, I wouldn't say that I'm the man,
but if there were a man,

hypothetically,
he might look a lot like me.

Yeah, I solved the debt issue
with private equity money.

-I'm very happy for you.
-Yeah. Well...

The thing is, all of that,
it's made me think about everything...

Here's where I'm at.

I love you.

Okay. Well, thank you. Noted.

-That's it? Come on.
-That's...

-"And I...'
-Ken.

Okay.

Uh... I'm not sure that I love you.

Yeah, you do.

Fuck you.

Look, you want us
to live separately, right?

We don't know why right now,
you say you do.

Now, that makes me unhappy.

On the other hand, you claim,
and of course I don't believe you,

that us being together
will make you unhappy.

So one of us is going to be unhappy.

ljust don't see why it has to be me.

Wow. I cannot argue with that logic.

-No, it's, like, impenetrable logic.
-It's the argument of a psychopath.

A psychopath who might,
hypothetically, be the man

who loves you.

Fuck you.

-We are not breaking up.
-Yes. We are. I...

-We are not breaking up.
-Yes, we are.

(GRUNTS)

Sorry.

-We are not.
-Yes, we are.

-No!
-Yes!

-We are not breaking up.
-We fucking are.

ROMAN: Good morning.

So, did you want to work out
down here?

Want me to take my car to the park,
we can parkour it?

Well, here's the thing, Brex.

I can't do shit, really,

because my back
has been fucked since Monday.

-Fucked how?
-Well, I assume you're insured?

I mean, I do big, big shit here,
every day,

so losing even a quarter percent
of my operating capacity,

that has million-dollar implications.

So, I'm thinking maybe a test case.

I throw three or four dozen
white-shoe lawyers at you

and see what it would be like
to actually

physically destroy someone.

Dude, I don't know what happened,
but I'm sure I can fix it.

Mmm-hmm.

Fuck you.

-Fuck you, dude!
-Jeez, look at you. Look at your face!

-You're a piece of shit.
-Yeah. (CHUCKLING)

But, no, I'm just saying
you need to take this more seriously.

Okay.

Okay.

I have to go.

What about Malaya, can't she?

No. Iverson will freak out.

-Rava.
-What?

Why don't we just do it all?

You know? Back together?

Uh... Let's talk later?

What does that mean?

Hey.

That was nice, right?

Nevertheless.

What?

Look,lu

I don't know. Maybe it's...

Shit. It's like you're moving on,

and maybe that makes me feel okay
about moving on too.

No. I'm not moving on. Rava.

That's bullshit.

I got a lawyer.

He's nice.

Let's just keep this all
really nice, okay?

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Marcia? Everything all right?

Kendall, your father
would like to see you.

MAN ON TV: A dozen troops swarmed
the drug farm from the air,

descending from helicopters,
while another unit entered on foot.

It's claimed the drug trafficking ring

had been in existence
for over three years...

Hey. Look at you.

Sitting up.

Fucking watching the news.

It's good to see you, Dad.

Well, you understand after you
went down, the stock tanked.

I mean, you should be flattered,
I guess.

We had some pretty shitty options.

I mean,
you took a gamble on that loan.

But I found us
a private equity solution, so...

I tried consulting you, but...

People like the shape of this.

Karolina says
there's positive analyst noise.

We are at 36%, with effective control,

plus a war chest to make some moves.

We're in good shape, Dad.

You just keep getting better.

I got this.

Fuckin' idiot.

Dad?

Can I get you something?

You...

Are...

A...

Fucking idiot.

(INAUDIBLE)

Hi.

I think...