Billions 1x9

1. Previously on "Billions"...

2. I told Donnie we've always known we can trust him.

3. Get started with 200,000 shares of Rubinex.

4. So we've been profiling all the players,

5. and we see this Donnie Caan.

6. Suddenly, he loads up on Rubinex.

7. He couldn't provide the research on the trade.

8. He agreed to cooperate right away.

9. When Axe takes a big position on Kemlot, long,

10. that audit is going to be a key piece of evidence

11. proving he went against the numbers

12. because he knew something.

13. I'm not gonna be part of the case going forward.

14. I've recused myself.

15. I want you to keep me in the loop about

16. - what you're doing. - But you're recusing yourself.

17. The gloves are off. We do whatever it takes.

18. I came across a job that I think might be your Shangri-La.

19. I know it's yours if you're interested.

20. Now the Axelrod name will be forever affixed

21. to this building for all time.

22. Axe is a folk hero in this town.

23. The guy gave

24. the New York City Firefighter's Foundation

25. 100 million dollars last year.

26. The police gave him a plaque at Ground Zero

27. with his goddamn name on it.

28. You just need to read this thing I found.

29. It'll make your day.

30. - Who should we give it to? - Dimonda.

31. September 11, 2001 —

32. a plane crashes into the North Tower.

33. You short aviation stocks in the European markets

34. making hundreds of millions of dollars.

35. And you take that money,

36. and you call it Axe Capital.

37. Taking on the Police Fund as a client

38. was one of the proudest moments of my life.

39. Last thing I wanna do is pull the money, but I will.

40. - When do we give them Kemlot? - Soon.

41. ♪ dramatic music ♪

42. ♪ theme music ♪

43. Okay, best baseball team, all-time?

44. '27 Yankees?

45. Justify it. Why were they the best?

46. - Murder's Row. - Murderer's.

47. And that's not an argument, Dean.

48. I know. Gehrig hit.373.

49. Hey. Kids, you wanna get some ice cream?

50. Yeah. - School night?

51. Yeah. Let's get some anyway. Run in. We'll see you in there.

52. Okay.

53. ♪ tense music ♪

54. Will you catch up with the kids?

55. I'll call George to bring the Range Rover around.

56. - It's getting worse.

57. Yep. It's just starting.

58. ♪♪♪

59. Three ball, side pocket.

60. When you're alone, do you always call 'em out loud?

61. No. Just in my head.

62. But I keep myself honest.

63. Only counts if it goes where I tell it to.

64. How many?

65. Forty-two in a row.

66. Fifth rack almost dead. Haven't missed yet.

67. You don't usually even think about missing.

68. Don't read anything into it.

69. Kids asleep?

70. Yeah.

71. I'm glad you saw it and reacted the way you did.

72. Hey, give yourself credit.

73. You got with it pretty quick.

74. We protected them.

75. Yep. Haven't missed yet.

76. I told you not to read into it.

77. My job is to read into everything

78. when it comes to you and them.

79. That was really, really scary.

80. And I don't scare.

81. There's hatred. I can feel it.

82. I know.

83. Maybe we should think about moving away,

84. just for a while, somewhere far away from here.

85. No. No way.

86. No one is chasing us from our home or my work.

87. ♪ pensive music ♪

88. - Six ball.

89. Towers down, profits up!

90. Towers down, profits up!

91. Towers down, profits up! Towers down, profits up!

92. Axe Capital is profiting

93. from the deaths of 9/11!

94. I'm surprised you let those protesters out there

95. beat you to it, Sean.

96. Huh. So you've been expecting me?

97. Good. - Yep.

98. The vultures and the hyenas always share the carcass meal.

99. As you know, I'm not just a fund-raiser

100. for the symphony hall and the grounds.

101. I am also a custodian

102. of the legacy of the arts...

103. which requires some difficult conversations.

104. Since the Yuletide season is down the road,

105. I couldn't help thinking about the real life Saint Nicholas.

106. That's Nikolaos, the fourth century bishop of Myra

107. who was famed for his anonymous donations

108. to the poor children, sailors.

109. If he was anonymous, how do you know he did it?

110. We need to rename the building.

111. Sure. That's 100 mil at 3.3% for three months,

112. which makes 100,825,000 dollars you pay me back,

113. and we part as friends.

114. And hey, I won't even charge you any interest

115. on what I paid the Eads family.

116. That's comped.

117. We're not in a position to give the money back.

118. So...

119. A name change to...

120. Freedom Hall or Enterprise Hall.

121. Majestic titles that would bespeak a general —

122. Oh, yeah, I know.

123. Yeah.

124. Keep going down this road,

125. and my lawyers won't stop until I own the goddamn place.

126. So it's either Axelrod Hall or Go Fuck Yourself Hall.

127. You choose.

128. And the sad thing is, it's so competitive now.

129. Half the Chinese are applying to the Ivies.

130. All our kids are gonna end up in second-tier schools.

131. Not Eva. She's going to Yale.

132. - Like I said...

133. Oh, you fucking Harvard guys.

134. You sure? Nothing for you?

135. Not hydrating today.

136. So I'm thrilled

137. you got someone on the inside at Axe Cap.

138. Who looped you in?

139. I'm tracking so many of these things,

140. I don't even notice who's briefing me.

141. Just the bars on the uni's, you know?

142. ♪ mid-tempo song playing over speakers ♪

143. Anyway, it's all good, man.

144. This 9/11 shit — God smiled down on you.

145. Axelrod magically became

146. the poster child for Wall Street malfeasance

147. and profiteering off terrorism.

148. Or maybe not so magically.

149. ♪♪♪

150. In any case,

151. a big takedown makes all of Justice look good.

152. And that's what you care about, huh?

153. Don't kid yourself, Chaz.

154. Perception has to be managed for the good of the country.

155. Yeah, I employed the phrase, and I meant it.

156. Optics matter.

157. None of us — not the AG, not you, not me —

158. none of us took down a single fucking giant

159. in the shadow of the crash of '08.

160. I mean, maybe one or two mortgage brokers got kneecapped.

161. Axelrod's the chance to cement shoe a big one,

162. for all of us.

163. Well, I can't really think about any of that

164. because as you damn well know, I've recused myself.

165. Yeah. Like you said.

166. ♪♪♪

167. All eyes are on you, Chuck.

168. Land it safely.

169. We will get you any resources you need.

170. ♪♪♪

171. Thank you.

172. Maybe the Attorney General will grace you

173. with a presence on the podium, class the thing up.

174. When the jungle was thick, you hid in the hills.

175. And now that I've bushwhacked through

176. and I have El Dorado in my sights,

177. you wanna sack the city with me?

178. "With me"?

179. Huh.

180. I thought you recused yourself.

181. ♪♪♪

182. Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go!

183. Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go!

184. This is bad.

185. Hey, I don't show up at your job screaming and waving signs

186. about how much you suck. Hey, ho! must go!

187. Oh, yeah, that's right. You don't have fucking jobs!

188. - I wouldn't throw gas on it.

189. Yeah, I would. We're different.

190. You probably also make your bed every day.

191. He wants to see you in four minutes.

192. - Don't throw gas on it.

193. - I'd never. must go! Hey, ho...

194. Call Bryan Connerty right now.

195. Tell him Donnie's about to meet with Axe.

196. ♪ tense music ♪

197. Hey.

198. Axe Capital is getting picketed.

199. Fun.

200. ♪♪♪

201. Kemlot Bio-chem.

202. Go long 200 million.

203. Lot of lumber. Are you sure?

204. I'm not uncertain.

205. Mind if I ask why you're certain?

206. Let's go for a little walk.

207. ♪♪♪

208. Wait. What happened?

209. - Fuck!

210. Get a tech in here.

211. I don't know how you do it, man.

212. I appreciate it.

213. You gotta learn to trust me, Donnie.

214. Audio's kicking back in.

215. Okay. Let's get it done.

216. ♪ dramatic music ♪

217. ♪♪♪

218. ♪♪♪

219. ♪♪♪

220. You have lost weight. I can see it.

221. Uh, the benefit of an all-stress diet.

222. You're all bearing the burden of his actions.

223. It's really... this new level I'm at.

224. It's so much money.

225. It's just capital.

226. That's how you have to think about it.

227. Like professional poker players.

228. Once the cash has turned into chips, that's all it is.

229. Ammo. Bullets in the clip.

230. Discharge 'em when the target presents. You know that.

231. I'm haunted by this image.

232. It keeps coming into my head.

233. Train tracks. I've fallen on them.

234. I'm tied up in a web or something.

235. There's this knife that I can reach to cut myself free.

236. The engine is bearing down, but I...

237. For some reason, my hands won't work.

238. I can't make them use the knife

239. until the damn thing is going to crush me,

240. and I'll never see my kids again.

241. - You feel trapped.

242. You refuse to save yourself

243. because you think

244. you deserve whatever's coming,

245. but... you don't.

246. Thank you for saying that, but I do.

247. It's too late. I've lied to people.

248. I've lived my whole life trying to tell the truth,

249. and I've been lying every day.

250. Who are you lying to?

251. This business makes liars out of all of us eventually.

252. Donnie, I know you to be a good person.

253. You can talk to me as you always have.

254. Thanks, but we both know who you answer to.

255. There is a Chinese Wall between me and my husband.

256. That's not who I'm talking about.

257. I can't.

258. I gotta go.

259. Shit. He's folding on us.

260. No. It's the last gasp of conscience. He's gonna do it.

261. ♪ dramatic music ♪

262. ♪♪♪

263. Kemlot. I just placed an order for 1.8 million shares.

264. Kaboom!

265. There's another 800,000 shares on this ticket.

266. Can you get 'em in for me?

267. You know I will. Give me some ups.

268. Thanks.

269. He did it.

270. He fucking did it.

271. We need to source the information.

272. Yeah, we need the part that dropped out.

273. ♪♪♪

274. He was definitely recording.

275. The data flow itself is uninterrupted.

276. My bet is that Axelrod built an enclosure

277. that blocks external electric fields,

278. making electronic surveillance impossible.

279. It's really smart, actually, if you think about —

280. Just clean up the audio file best you can.

281. Donnie wasn't right.

282. I think he's got the yips or something.

283. We need to make sure he's not crashing.

284. - We'll go scoop him up.

285. ♪♪♪

286. DeGiulio knows about our informant.

287. Of course he does. I told him.

288. Why the fuck did you —

289. I-I-I heard from some guys in his office

290. that he was still considering pulling the thing from us.

291. He was wondering about our ability to close.

292. So I let it leak that we were closer than anyone knew.

293. Nice kikashi.

294. How the fuck do you know what a kikashi —

295. You don't have to live in Asia to play a little Go.

296. Okay.

297. Okay, this we can work with.

298. The AG wants to be on that podium in the worst way.

299. We won't let her,

300. but we can use her enthusiasm at the right time.

301. Here's what I didn't tell 'em — we just had a breakthrough.

302. Donnie made a substantial move based on inside information.

303. Direct ties to Axelrod. I'm waiting on details.

304. Excellent. Finally.

305. - I got some news.

306. Judge on the "Dollar" Bill case is going to be

307. - ... Whit fucking Wilcox. Ugh.

308. Self-appointed defender of capitalism.

309. I'll visit Wilcox. I'll seed the ground for the trial.

310. Great.

311. Our informant's gone missing.

312. Define "missing."

313. What is this, some fucking family intervention?

314. - You're goddamn right. - Sean.

315. Because you need it.

316. The shit that's going on, we're worried about you, sis.

317. I got this.

318. Yeah, we knew you were gonna say that.

319. You always just wanna handle it on your own.

320. But this isn't just about you. This is about Dean.

321. What would he think? What would he say if he'd made it through?

322. If you think I would do anything,

323. anything to tarnish our brother's memory...

324. Bobby and I made it a point to do the opposite.

325. How much we've given to the fire department,

326. the police, all the first responders?

327. I can't show my face in the neighborhood.

328. The guys at my old house, they're talking about

329. driving fire trucks through Bobby's office.

330. Oh, yeah? Who's talking that shit? Mikey?

331. Look, Lar, we just want to make a plan.

332. This is Bobby's mess. He has to clean it up.

333. We will.

334. ♪ pensive music ♪

335. Him, not you.

336. You married a criminal.

337. Walk away from the shame. Divorce his ass.

338. There's no prenup so you'll be rich,

339. if you even want that blood money.

340. Do it for the boys.

341. ♪♪♪

342. Sorry to interrupt. Lunch, is it?

343. Yeah. Ruggie Wrap with Cones.

344. Mm.

345. I have an extra.

346. Sure. I'll have half. Have you seen Donnie Caan?

347. Not since this morning.

348. Try calling him?

349. Hello?

350. I'm looking for Donnie. Who is this?

351. Ben Kim.

352. He left his phone on his desk.

353. Thanks.

354. It's Raul Gomez.

355. I'll take it.

356. - Raul.

357. I'm really sorry, my friend.

358. You know I'm not just saying that, right?

359. The 90 days — if it helps, you can take longer.

360. No, you don't even have to wait for your redemption period.

361. I don't hold hostages.

362. Axe...

363. No, you're right to leave. I'd do the same thing.

364. Door's always open

365. if you ever want to come back and make your guys some money.

366. Truly hope we get to that point.

367. Bad time?

368. No.

369. Nobody likes being called a greedy asshole,

370. - ... not even you. - Oh, yeah?

371. Hey. Can you bring some doughnuts and coffee

372. to the group outside?

373. What else?

374. Donnie Caan walked out.

375. Left his phone behind.

376. We had an odd conversation earlier.

377. He say anything about where he was going?

378. - No. - So why are you so worried?

379. Well, I can't break confidentiality,

380. but I-I think it'd be good if you found him soon.

381. I'll do that. Thanks.

382. - Hey, George. - Fire inspection.

383. - What's going on?

384. We need access to the kitchen.

385. We got inspected two months ago.

386. You got a cracked switch plate.

387. We're gonna have to write you up.

388. - I don't see any cracks. Lu.

389. Be quiet.

390. There's grease on the sprinkler.

391. Yeah. It's a restaurant.

392. - [Lu] Fuck!

393. ♪ dramatic music ♪

394. Faulty.

395. Really? Is this the way it's gonna go down?

396. ♪♪♪

397. Good-looking meat.

398. - A damn shame.

399. We are clearing this restaurant for violations

400. of fire safety code.

401. Everybody out.

402. Let's go! Everybody out!

403. ♪♪♪

404. They turned down the coffee and the doughnuts outside.

405. Said they don't want your poison.

406. Mm. As predictable as they are annoying.

407. It's private property. We could throw them off.

408. Call in the strike breakers.

409. No.

410. Let 'em do their thing.

411. - Hey. - Hey.

412. I told you I'd get to you when we had him in hand.

413. We're good, Mauricio. Thank you.

414. You still haven't found him?

415. Like I said, we will.

416. I just... want to know what's up.

417. You sure it's you that wants to know?

418. I've just been noticing this thing this last little while.

419. Your boss's body language isn't matching his words.

420. Fuck is that supposed to mean?

421. There's a lack of synthesis

422. between what Chuck is saying and presenting

423. and what's inside of him.

424. Okay.

425. That's the kind of thing

426. that can come back and bite you in the ass.

427. What's next? Phrenology?

428. Hmm.

429. I'm just trying to look out for you.

430. You should check your own body language

431. while you're at it.

432. - I'll get a full-length mirror. - Well, if you did,

433. you'd see who you lean into every time she comes by.

434. Whoa. Whoa. If this thing between us is gonna...

435. Nah. It's done.

436. It was a hell of a lot of fun,

437. but it's run its course, hasn't it?

438. Sure. Good call.

439. Uh, let me know when you've recovered the witness?

440. You know, you are a nice guy, Bryan,

441. but you'll do a hell of a lot better when you're your own man.

442. ♪ tense music ♪

443. ♪♪♪

444. Get everything you might possibly need

445. because they will destroy anything left behind.

446. Kinda it feels like jumping ship

447. at exactly the moment the ship is gonna sink.

448. That is the time to do it.

449. I guess, but I kind of feel bad for all those other people

450. who are gonna drown.

451. If we're doing this together, do me a favor?

452. Stop feeling.

453. ♪ tense music ♪

454. Towers down, profits up!

455. Towers down, profits up!

456. Towers down, profits up! Towers down, profits up!

457. You want to save time? I could just shove you in my freezer.

458. 180 seconds and it restores energy at a cellular level.

459. You should try it.

460. Yeah. I've never seen a 65-year-old look so fresh.

461. What do you know?

462. - They're gone for sure.

463. Channing, Carly, and fucking Hlasa.

464. They grabbed a few analysts, too.

465. pulled this.

466. They'll start their capital raise soon,

467. - ... if they haven't already. - Meetings are being set.

468. - I've gotten a few calls

469. from folks poking around,

470. see how pissed we'd be if they kicked in.

471. I brought this on, Wags, 15 years ago.

472. All of it.

473. I might as well have spoken a fucking incantation.

474. If you feel that way, what do you want me to do?

475. Keep listening. Find out what they're up to.

476. Then I'm gonna fucking hobble them.

477. - Like in Misery. - Hm.

478. Hello, Whit. Thank you for seeing me.

479. - Oh, no. I'm honored.

480. It's an uncommon day

481. when the U.S. Attorney himself comes by. Sit down.

482. You know, I just, uh,

483. wanted to throw a few blades of grass in the air,

484. see what kind of environment my office can expect

485. on "Dollar" Bill Stern's pre-trial hearing.

486. We are not having this conversation.

487. We never would.

488. You know well the environment of my courtroom.

489. - Tough, but fair. - Always.

490. Fair as in fair market, too.

491. Both sides have to toe the line.

492. If I find an illegal benefit was had,

493. I will steer a jury there.

494. But if it's a personal relationship

495. separate of business,

496. I'll drive sympathies the other way.

497. Tough, but fair.

498. - Good.

499. I wouldn't have it any other way.

500. You know, I'm not, uh, really hands-on,

501. but... while I'm here,

502. I wonder if we re-presented a warrant

503. for bugging the Axelrod home.

504. - No.

505. Asked and answered.

506. He uses the home to conduct business.

507. It's the locust of a criminal conspiracy.

508. Should we bug the other employees' homes, too?

509. That would include your home, wouldn't it?

510. The audio of one's home would contain

511. the most intimate of conversations —

512. a fight with a spouse,

513. crying baby, lovemaking.

514. It is not just a question of civil liberties.

515. It's a question of decency, too.

516. Thank you.

517. Kemlot Bio-chem is getting acquired by Far East P&C

518. at over a hundred dollars a share in cash and stock.

519. Holy shit. Axe is gonna make —

520. Close to 100 million profit on a dirty as shit trade.

521. You have confirmation of the source?

522. We will when they bring Donnie in.

523. Yeah, where the fuck is Donnie?

524. - Waiting on word. Soon. - Well...

525. then it's a lock.

526. Jesus, we — we... we gotta celebrate.

527. We should... You know, we should, uh —

528. We should, um...

529. What? Get dinner?

530. - Yeah. - Hmm.

531. A real one? Or should I bring my dad again?

532. - Oh. - Mnh-mnh?

533. - Oh, okay.

534. - Hang on.

535. - Terri.

536. - It's just business.

537. Yeah?

538. W— You still can't find him?

539. - Lar? - Hey.

540. Looking good.

541. You, too, Mikey.

542. How's Cyn?

543. She's good.

544. She's not that stoked about you dropping by.

545. Come on. This isn't that.

546. You know what this is.

547. Hey, you married the guy, you know?

548. You wanted the big life — bigger than I could give ya.

549. You got the ups. Now you get the downs.

550. You and me were all but done when I met him.

551. You know, just making sure lines aren't blurred,

552. that you're not maybe helping the guys be pissed off.

553. Nah. No, everything's clear, not blurred.

554. And I don't need any help.

555. The whole department's pretty bent, matter of fact.

556. After all the support? I mean, all the money that

557. Bobby's poured into the Firefighters Foundation?

558. I guess the sentiment is his money's cheap...

559. and dirty.

560. Quarter of a billion dollars cheap?

561. - Over the past dozen years? - I don't give a fuck.

562. ♪ tense music ♪

563. Nobody did anything to hurt you guys.

564. It's just circumstance.

565. I'm hoping you can carry that message.

566. Nah, I don't see it like that.

567. And I'm not carrying that... anywhere.

568. Then you're a fucking simpleton,

569. and that is why it didn't work out between us.

570. ♪♪♪

571. - Yeah? Bad news, boss.

572. Donnie Caan still MIA.

573. Overnight?

574. We've got the arrest warrant almost baked

575. and no chief witness.

576. - Fucking find him! - I'm on it.

577. They've got physical surveillance

578. up on his home and relatives,

579. tracking his credit cards, his phones, his E-ZPass.

580. We put a-a red notice on his passport file.

581. We're also following social media.

582. Haven't gotten anything yet, but —

583. Really? He's not live tweeting his escape?

584. I'll get these violations cleared.

585. I'll have my guys talk to the fire marshal.

586. It's bigger than that.

587. Something else happen?

588. No. It's just...

589. I just don't think the local captain's gonna stop on his own.

590. What's your family saying?

591. They're behind you 100%.

592. But the New York firehouses, you know, the ones who lost

593. - ... their guys in 9/11? - Mm-hmm.

594. - They're calling the shots. - Mm.

595. Everything will smooth out if they're satisfied.

596. I get the message. I'll fix this.

597. - It's open.

598. You have time for an old friend?

599. Chase.

600. - Hi.

601. Bold move.

602. I'm not here to headhunt you at your place of work.

603. I was just pitching some of my best clients to Wags.

604. I've got a dozen young traders and PMs all dying to work here,

605. and no one seems to give a shit about the reputational damage.

606. Uh-huh.

607. One of my favorite things about you —

608. you're smarter than me.

609. You're right. I have an ulterior motive.

610. I'm wondering why you turned down your dream job.

611. That company I told you about,

612. they said they'd follow it up with —

613. I can't bail on this place right now,

614. not with Occupy Westport in the parking lot.

615. This is when my guys actually need me the most.

616. If the company needs to fill the spot this week,

617. let it go.

618. Okay.

619. All right, you're not ready for a new life. How 'bout this?

620. There is a bar opening on Bowery.

621. A speakeasy, it says.

622. Apparently they're not aware that Prohibition has ended.

623. I'm hoping I can cadge us some cheap drinks.

624. There is so much about that invitation I like.

625. The taste of bathtub gin.

626. Yes.

627. I think you better get going

628. before this starts to look weird.

629. Come in.

630. Lara, hi.

631. Uh... this is Chase. He was just —

632. I was just heading out.

633. Nice to meet you, Lara.

634. Can I sit?

635. Of course.

636. - Is everything okay?

637. Not really.

638. - This feels like a session.

639. Call it what you want.

640. I need advice.

641. Shoot.

642. That hatchet job on Bobby...

643. They're coming after my restaurant.

644. I am so sorry.

645. Yeah. Well, doesn't just hurt me.

646. You know, my sister, all my people —

647. they count on that place.

648. It's all they have.

649. I'm not sure what kind of advice —

650. Just tell me, if you were in my situation,

651. what would you do?

652. You know, if you hadn't done anything wrong,

653. but you were targeted anyway.

654. Collateral damage.

655. And not just you, anyone you love —

656. your friends, employees,

657. your family, your children.

658. Does that feel right to you?

659. Does that feel like justice?

660. You want me to pressure my husband to back off.

661. You know I can't do that.

662. Why not?

663. First of all, Chuck is recused.

664. Yeah, I know what he says.

665. Let me be clear.

666. This is my job.

667. My husband's job is his.

668. I've drawn a line.

669. Well, then you're really, really lucky

670. 'cause I sure as fuck can't.

671. ♪ tense music ♪

672. Therapist I went to school with,

673. if you really need someone to talk to.

674. ♪♪♪

675. I figured this would be a good place to talk.

676. I usually get full bars.

677. Now... nothing.

678. Imagine that. When do you come in here?

679. It's a great place to jerk off when you're not around.

680. A few things — Kemlot popped on the acquisition news.

681. Three-run homer.

682. Maybe a grand slam by the time it's done.

683. - Good. - Yeah.

684. Now ask me what you really wanna know.

685. Where the fuck is Donnie?

686. - I was on board with the rest of it.

687. But where did you stash him... and why?

688. I didn't, and I don't know.

689. So this isn't like what happened with the Pouch?

690. You're not just disinforming me to be thorough?

691. Not this time. He's really gone.

692. Even Hall hasn't been able to find him.

693. Fuck.

694. Well, what now?

695. I don't know.

696. Ay.

697. You should've seen Spencer's father at back to school night.

698. He was grilling the teacher about AP English prep.

699. These are fourth graders.

700. Well, the douchebag apple

701. doesn't fall far from the douchebag tree.

702. Yeah?

703. We got a hit on Donnie's E-ZPass.

704. - Uh-huh.

705. The Mass Pike.

706. State trooper's waiting in the next tollbooth.

707. Should be soon now.

708. Got it. Thanks.

709. I'm so sorry. I gotta get to the office.

710. - Everything okay? - Mm-hmm.

711. ♪ tense music ♪

712. ♪♪♪

713. This is it. All units go.

714. Let's go. Move, move!

715. Put your hands on the fucking steering wheel!

716. Get 'em up!

717. ♪♪♪

718. Sarge, I think we got a problem.

719. It isn't even the subject's car.

720. Well, then why the fuck did your alert go off?

721. It is Caan's E-ZPass.

722. ♪♪♪

723. Did this guy stop anywhere?

724. Rest stop in Jersey.

725. Motherfucker

726. swapped it out.

727. - Fuck! Fuck! I...

728. Fuck!

729. ♪♪♪

730. Mm.

731. Oh, they are, to a person, clever motherfuckers.

732. Scheming.

733. Well, you gotta salute it in a way.

734. I'm sorry to have pulled you in.

735. No, no, no.

736. That's the problem here.

737. Well, you're apologizing because the lion next door

738. ate our schnauzer.

739. I mean, we really shouldn't be surprised.

740. Maybe we should've thought of that possibility

741. before we moved in and let the dog out.

742. Their entire industry

743. is built on going long and short

744. at the same time.

745. Both employing risk for its asymmetrical upside

746. and laying off risk

747. as a hedge against the inevitable downward turns.

748. No, it's time we stop appreciating it

749. and start to mirror it.

750. Thanks for agreeing to see me.

751. Sorry it's so late.

752. Thank you.

753. What's this about?

754. Well, this is your make-up call.

755. Judge Wilcox — you had a problem with him.

756. - Yeah, US vs. Tritter. - Mm-hmm.

757. I asked for seven years on gun trafficking.

758. Some kid in the projects.

759. Wilcox gave him 35 years.

760. It's fucking frontier justice.

761. It nagged at me.

762. I asked you if I could do

763. an off-book investigation on Wilcox, but you shut me down.

764. Do you remember what you told me?

765. No.

766. "At least he's a prosecutor's judge."

767. I've reconsidered.

768. Why?

769. Like Keynes said,

770. "When the facts change..."

771. Look into Wilcox.

772. Go wherever it leads.

773. You're making a move on a federal judge.

774. Is he in your way? What's your beef with him?

775. - If he's clean, none at all.

776. My practice time, Lon.

777. Carnegie Hall, you know?

778. Honey, this is the US Attorney.

779. No, no, no, no.

780. I used to get the same way before a big closing statement.

781. I admire it, and I will be on my way.

782. I may need some help with the judge thing.

783. - You'll get it.

784. And you know Eastern's gonna have to be involved now.

785. Credit's not important when true justice is involved.

786. Of course.

787. Where the fuck is Donnie?

788. He's not just soaking in some isolation tank.

789. He's thinking.

790. And at the end of this, he could decide to walk into their office

791. - ... and tell 'em everything.

792. - They'll pull up the timetable, and we are over.

793. Well, I can tell you that hasn't happened yet.

794. He is not in Federal custody.

795. You get that from your janitor?

796. Also from Washington. I've confirmed.

797. You knew the risk when you put this thing in motion.

798. Yeah. Yeah, this part wasn't hedged. It was straight risk.

799. You said the hedge was that you read your guy.

800. If that was your read, then you were right and still are.

801. Yeah, well, it sounds good when you say it.

802. Doesn't make it true.

803. - Get something to eat? - No.

804. ♪ pensive music ♪

805. ♪♪♪

806. All right, guys, settle down.

807. You hate me.

808. I don't blame you.

809. You lost more than I could ever imagine that day —

810. colleagues, friends,

811. including Lara's brother, Dean.

812. I met Lara in an aid tent.

813. She was just out of nursing school.

814. I didn't know she lost her brother in the Towers.

815. But when I found out...

816. I realized what I'd done.

817. It brought it home.

818. And I want you to know this...

819. that when I started donating to the Firefighters Foundation...

820. It wasn't calculated.

821. It was out of real admiration.

822. Total BS.

823. Paul. Talk to me.

824. You sound like a fucking politician.

825. You gonna buy us, too, Axe?

826. How much do I cost?

827. Really, Mikey? Try to show a tiny bit of restraint.

828. They're entitled to their anger. Mikey, too.

829. You all read the articles.

830. You know I made those trades after the first tower was hit,

831. before we knew it was terrorism,

832. before I knew my whole firm was gonna die.

833. That's your fucking excuse?

834. No.

835. What the papers didn't say

836. is that I kept trading after the South Tower was hit, too.

837. In fact, that's when I stepped on the gas.

838. Oh, man.

839. Am I a politician now?

840. ♪ tense music ♪

841. I'm not running and hiding.

842. I am standing right here, telling you,

843. I didn't do it for me.

844. I have plenty of time left to make myself some money.

845. I did it because even though I knew my colleagues,

846. my friends would all be gone,

847. their families would still be here,

848. and they would be my responsibility.

849. ♪♪♪

850. Was it coldhearted?

851. ♪♪♪

852. Yes.

853. ♪♪♪

854. I thought I had to be. Maybe I was wrong.

855. ♪♪♪

856. Look, the reason I'm here

857. is because I value you guys —

858. my relationship with the department,

859. but especially with this house.

860. We drank together on the anniversary.

861. You matter to me.

862. And even if I don't matter to you,

863. I wanted you to hear it.

864. ♪♪♪

865. Hmm.

866. So thanks for giving me the chance.

867. ♪♪♪

868. It's beautiful.

869. ♪♪♪

870. Mr. Caan?

871. Yes?

872. Do you know the rules?

873. No.

874. He'll know your name.

875. You'll have two minutes.

876. You can ask questions.

877. He might give you a gift.

878. And he can touch you,

879. but you can't touch him.

880. ♪♪♪

881. ♪ illuminating music ♪

882. Come here, Donnie.

883. ♪♪♪

884. How are you?

885. Uh... lost.

886. ♪♪♪

887. Now you are found.

888. ♪♪♪

889. ♪♪♪

890. - Kevin's backpack?

891. Mm. It's in his room, I think.

892. - What?

893. Donnie Caan finally used his credit card

894. at Trapper Lodge.

895. Some shitty restaurant in downtown Cleveland.

896. - Mm-hmm. Did you send in locals?

897. [typing on laptop - Gone when they got there,

898. but just a matter of time before we wrap him up now.

899. - Hmm, Trapper Lodge...

900. - Okay.

901. That's right near the Cleveland Convention Center.

902. Ahh.

903. A fucking saint. That's who he was seeing.

904. Sorry?

905. He let himself be found.

906. He'll be coming back home.

907. - Who will be? - Uh...

908. - Fugitive.

909. It's the case I'm working with Connerty.

910. Which one?

911. - I know what you're implying.

912. We agreed with Decker, you wouldn't ask me about Axelrod.

913. That's when you were on the case. You told me you were off.

914. This is the exact reason we shouldn't be talking

915. about any of my cases.

916. Are you on or off?

917. You know, if you don't believe me,

918. you should ask Connerty.

919. Okay.

920. ♪ tense music ♪

921. ♪♪♪

922. ♪♪♪

923. I think we can save most of the stuff

924. around the acorn squash and the brussels sprouts.

925. We can replant the rest.

926. Tito!

927. Big truck was here.

928. Y mira.

929. Silver dollars.

930. 30 pieces.

931. ♪ tense music ♪

932. Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go!

933. Hey, ho! Axe Capital must go! Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go!

934. Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go! Hey, ho, Axe Capital must go!

935. Hey, ho! Axe Capital must go!

936. Hey.

937. Where the fuck are you?

938. Driving home. I'm...

939. ♪♪♪

940. I don't know. Somewhere flat.

941. A lot of fat people.

942. I'll be back in the office tomorrow.

943. You scared the shit out of me.

944. I know. I'm sorry.

945. - I just want to thank you.

946. That stuff you said...

947. It helped me figure out what's really important to me.

948. So I went on a spiritual quest.

949. My version, anyway. Cleveland.

950. What's there?

951. A chance to clear my head.

952. I saw Guru Ash.

953. You know, that "Third Eye Seer"?

954. Silly, right? But...

955. He's kind of a saint.

956. ♪ anxious music ♪

957. You saw a saint?

958. ♪♪♪

959. - Hey.

960. - Where's Wendy?

961. At work. She didn't tell you?

962. No.

963. You can take off.

964. - Yeah?

965. Got the motherfucker.

966. Hauling him in right now.

967. Don't leave.

968. Uh, I'll be right there.

969. Hey, boss, the group outside was getting set to pull out,

970. but the bus broke down.

971. They're stranded for the time being.

972. Oh. That is a real fucking shame.

973. And right when it's supposed to start raining?

974. Have fun gettin' pneumonia, motherfuckers.

975. You want me to leave 'em out there?

976. No.

977. Hi.

978. I wanna talk.

979. Yeah, I can't, not now.

980. - Where are you going? - Where do you think?

981. So the protest seems to be coming to an end...

982. All loaded up. The bus is being towed.

983. They actually accepted limo rides home?

984. Well, no one turns down a limo.

985. Hey.

986. Sorry. I was at the restaurant.

987. Made some decisions.

988. - You shuttered it.

989. I'm selling the farm, too.

990. Why didn't you tell me?

991. I'm telling you now.

992. We could've held on, the restaurant and the farm.

993. - How? - By not letting go.

994. I don't give a shit if people didn't show up for ten years.

995. People forget. Things change.

996. - We could've fought. - This is me fighting.

997. I come from a long line of scrappers.

998. We learn to get rid of our weaknesses

999. so we can fight better.

1000. ♪ tense music ♪

1001. ♪♪♪

1002. When things get really bad,

1003. I shut down.

1004. I go on autopilot. I know.

1005. ♪♪♪

1006. I did it on 9/11. I did it here.

1007. That's the only way I know.

1008. You gotta find another way.

1009. ♪♪♪

1010. It was...

1011. I don't know. Like a long, dark night of the soul.

1012. Don't fucking toss clichés at me.

1013. You had some crisis? Fine. See a shrink.

1014. But you — you were having fun jerking us around.

1015. Look, the E-ZPass... I was scared.

1016. I came back on my own, didn't I?

1017. Plus, I got you Axe ordering the Kemlot trade.

1018. Everything you asked for.

1019. No, not everything.

1020. We don't have the source of the inside information,

1021. which you know is a key fucking element

1022. in this prosecution,

1023. because he gave it to you in the blocked room.

1024. I can tell you everything Axe said.

1025. The insider source — he's a high-ranking FDA guy.

1026. - Name? - Uh, Glenn...

1027. Gilmartin, I think.

1028. - I'm sorry. I assumed you had it on tape.

1029. Guy's legit. Works for the FDA.

1030. - What else did he say?

1031. Uh, Axe paid him off, didn't say how much.

1032. But I get the feeling...

1033. I get the...

1034. uh, get the...

1035. I'm really tired. Can we do this tomorrow?

1036. No, we fucking cannot. Sit the fuck back down.

1037. Listen, I feel really sick. You — you're right.

1038. I did think about not coming back.

1039. But I decided — I'll give you what you need.

1040. I'll testify against Axe.

1041. But right now I need...

1042. Aah! - Holy shit. Donnie!

1043. No. Donnie.

1044. Oh, fuck!

1045. Donnie.

1046. Can you hear me? Donnie?

1047. I'll go get somebody.

1048. Get him on his side over here.

1049. Goddamn it, Donnie.

1050. Donnie. Donnie! Can you hear me?

1051. Donnie. Goddamn it.

1052. Donnie. Donnie!

1053. ♪ dramatic music ♪

1054. ♪ Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road ♪

1055. ♪ Is taking me ♪

1056. ♪♪♪

1057. ♪ Sometimes I don't even know ♪

1058. ♪ The reason why ♪

1059. ♪ But I guess I keep a-gamblin' ♪

1060. ♪ Lots of booze and lots of ramblin' ♪

1061. ♪♪♪

1062. ♪ Well, it's easier than just a-waitin' around to die ♪

1063. ♪♪♪

1064. ♪ Oh, one time, friends, I had a ma ♪

1065. ♪ Even had a pa ♪

1066. ♪ Well, he beat her with a belt once ♪

1067. ♪ 'Cause she cried... ♪

1068. Mm.