Billions 2x12

1. Previously on "Billions"...

2. Ice Juice. I can take it over.

3. I just need the cash.

4. You know, my money's in a blind trust.

5. That trust was set aside for you.

6. Well, if this is what it takes...

7. to help you and Ira...

8. Chuck Rhoades Sr. Has taken a significant stake

9. in a company that's going public.

10. No shit.

11. Be fun if you could find a way to lob a turd in the punch bowl.

12. You know those poison-tip arrows

13. that go through one guy and kill another?

14. Golden frog poison.

15. This might be like that.

16. It'll make for a bumpy couple of days.

17. But no permanent damage, Doc?

18. I'm still not sure I'd recommend it.

19. People are getting sick on Ice Juice.

20. Anybody betting it won't turn?

21. Axe doesn't get positions this size wrong.

22. Get out of the stock, Chuck. They're gonna crush you.

23. Wow, I'm glad to see you view me as so defenseless.

24. But you don't understand what's going on.

25. No, I think that I understand plenty about your lack of faith.

26. Chuck, it's... it's Armageddon. I'm gonna throw up.

27. Today, I kicked ass at work.

28. Whose ass did you kick?

29. Rhoades.

30. Big time.

31. I am so close to getting Axe.

32. You will get him...

33. Larry.

34. Are you supposed to be across state lines?

35. There's no "supposed to" for me anymore.

36. This is the first day of the rest of my life.

37. I'm free and clear.

38. You, however...

39. well, consider this me returning the courtesy.

40. You're getting arrested today, Roberto.

41. I don't suppose you'd like to share any further details.

42. I'm not in the mood to trifle with details.

43. I have my life to live now that I'm a free man.

44. But in the spirit of friendship,

45. be glad to hold your watch.

46. Who was at the door?

47. Bobby?

48. Lawrence Boyd.

49. How?

50. Must've made a deal.

51. Some kind of trade for me.

52. They're coming for you?

53. He says they want to put me where he was.

54. When?

55. Today.

56. I got to find out if this is bullshit or if it's real.

57. If it is real,

58. - I have to make some moves before we... - I know. We talked about this.

59. We prepared for this.

60. But I'm not running with you.

61. And neither are the kids.

62. It's not fair to them.

63. So, you do what you got to do, but we're staying.

64. Who said anything about running?

65. I'm not going anywhere.

66. We stay and we fucking fight.

67. For a career bureaucrat,

68. you have a David Blaine-like flair for the dramatic.

69. Because I chose a locale

70. where we were unlikely to be seen?

71. That's not showmanship. It's tradecraft.

72. Sure.

73. Are we gonna have to go through the whole blind-drop routine

74. every time we meet?

75. We would, if we were to continue meeting.

76. This isn't just a grand entrance into the job.

77. You're doing a whole thing.

78. I know the kind of person you are, Rhoades.

79. You want to put your hands into the Axelrod case

80. and run your fingers all through it.

81. You expect favors in return for giving it to me.

82. But I cannot have you involved.

83. That's a bit like telling the cow

84. not to involve itself in the steak dinner.

85. Without it, no steak.

86. I am quite capable of convicting Axelrod

87. with the tools at my disposal.

88. I no longer need you.

89. I have not made this sacrifice to come up empty.

90. If you won't let me get waist deep in the Big Muddy with you,

91. then I'm gonna want something for my trouble.

92. Go.

93. The Ice Juice IPO never tracks back to my family,

94. to my father's investment in any way.

95. Seal it off.

96. I can't just hide discovery.

97. I'm not asking you to hide discovery.

98. I'm asking you not to discover it in the first place.

99. Some people would call that a cover up.

100. Well, unimaginative types, with no pizzazz.

101. I'm taking Axelrod at the closing bell.

102. He'll be sure to be at his desk.

103. You can read about the rest in the news.

104. I won't do what you've asked.

105. And this is the end of the matter for you.

106. From here on, it's just my team and me.

107. You're a hard man, Dake.

108. But a word of caution.

109. You and your team go chasing Axe up into those hills without me,

110. don't forget one thing.

111. What's that?

112. A good supply of body bags.

113. We're sorry.

114. You have reached a number that has been disconnected

115. or is no longer in...

116. Hello.

117. Good. I caught you.

118. Yeah. I've been meaning to call.

119. Look, I'll just say it.

120. I'm not happy I was right about that stock.

121. I'm past it. I'm prime.

122. Have no further concern for me on that front.

123. Well, I'm glad we have therapy tonight, because I feel like you're avoiding

124. - really talking about it. - No.

125. I have come to the decision

126. that we are done with marital counseling.

127. I am.

128. I didn't realize...

129. By day's end, all will become clear to you.

130. And I will be glad to discuss it ad infinitum,

131. just the two of us.

132. You know, the reason people, we,

133. go to therapy together,

134. is that having an impartial witness,

135. - a counselor... - I know.

136. And I also know that life without you is a misery.

137. And all the whinging and the whining that we both,

138. at least I, do in therapy

139. seems to be having the opposite effect for me.

140. I see.

141. I will be coming home tonight after work.

142. And, once all is out in the open,

143. I sincerely hope that you will come home, too.

144. Well, I guess I have to accept that you may not.

145. But I will be there waiting.

146. I got your text.

147. If there's an arrest imminent, I have received no notice.

148. Does Hall have any insight?

149. Hall's a ghost.

150. There is no more Hall.

151. Jesus.

152. That means this is for real.

153. Find out what you can.

154. See if there's a way out.

155. I'm on it.

156. If an arrest is unavoidable,

157. negotiate the terms of my surrender

158. for the end of the day, no cameras, immediate bail.

159. We get this part over with, then we start digging in.

160. All right.

161. Listen, until I reach them...

162. I'll stay underground and keep moving.

163. Can I get you a...

164. You can't go to bed with Jenna Jameson and expect to wake up with Snow White.

165. Which means?

166. Know who you're fucking.

167. I feel caught a bit off guard.

168. That's how I feel.

169. So you can't feel that way.

170. I just heard

171. that you're behind a move against Axelrod,

172. that it's another office prosecuting,

173. but your DNA's all over it.

174. Axelrod is about to be arrested.

175. I did put it in motion,

176. but it can't track back to me.

177. Then why am I hearing what I'm hearing?

178. How are you hearing what you're hearing?

179. I used to peg Freddy Reyes in the AG's office.

180. Well, only once in the office.

181. Point is, the word's leaking out of D.C.

182. That doesn't work for me.

183. My reputation's all tied up with yours right now

184. and you jackpotted me.

185. - I jackpotted you? - You jackpotted me.

186. Our entire agreement was based on

187. you telling me everything as soon as I needed to know it,

188. which is immediately, always.

189. Okay. Perhaps some coffee, tea?

190. Don't charm me.

191. Foley knew I might take down Axe.

192. I needed to in order to be ready to take the next step.

193. There is no "might" with Jack Foley.

194. Rogue moves don't fly.

195. If he believes

196. that you are holding back from him or me,

197. he'll consider himself released from his commitment to you.

198. Then convince him I'm holding nothing back.

199. Convince me first.

200. I am in process of extracting an assurance

201. from the United States Attorney for the Eastern District,

202. that my role and my family's role

203. shall never surface.

204. You've got that?

205. In process.

206. And, should that fail

207. and my father's name become public,

208. my father will absolutely affirm

209. that he accessed my trust without my knowledge.

210. He will take the hit.

211. You'll need that in writing.

212. Simple as asking him.

213. Don't you worry, George.

214. We'll all be cheesing and grinning in Albany

215. soon enough.

216. No Ice Juice nonsense is gonna change that.

217. I signed off on you. Are you making me wrong?

218. No, sir.

219. I'll try and sell it to Foley.

220. Rico!

221. Is there any law enforcement here?

222. No.

223. You let me know if any show up.

224. You got it, boss.

225. Morning. Coffee?

226. Burn bin.

227. Take that out and torch it.

228. Is this shit really happening?

229. I believe it is.

230. Fuck.

231. Get the shredders here, stat.

232. We'll do the paper files here.

233. We'll take care of the hard drives with plasma torches in the loading bay.

234. Let's talk next steps.

235. All outside money will be heading for the exits

236. within 24 hours of an arrest.

237. You should name a CIO to manage the rest.

238. Don't know who you want,

239. but you should pick him right away.

240. I'm the Chief Investment Officer.

241. That's why it's called Axe Capital.

242. Jef, with what you are facing,

243. how are you gonna stay on top of all this?

244. What we do, or fail to do, in the seconds after your arrest

245. could save us or cost us hundreds of millions of dollars.

246. Fuck.

247. You're right about that part.

248. Taylor.

249. Good morning.

250. A few questions.

251. One, your 30-day market outlook?

252. Two, how will the market respond to the next Fed meeting?

253. Three, if we needed to liquidate all our positions quickly,

254. in order to get into cash

255. to offer redemptions without taking losses,

256. how would we do it?

257. Build me a model.

258. Okay. I'll get right on all that.

259. What the hell am I gonna say to my boys?

260. Tell them the truth.

261. The government's a bunch of fucking liars.

262. And the boys have permission

263. to punch the teeth out of anyone who talks shit about you.

264. I've been here too long.

265. This is how we communicate today.

266. Wait for my call.

267. Pop quiz.

268. Lawrence Boyd is currently "A," mopping floors;

269. "B," cleaning toilets; "C," scrubbing potatoes; Or...

270. I'm guessing "D," none of the above.

271. There's that Princeton test-taking.

272. Did he off himself?

273. That is dark.

274. No.

275. I just heard from a contact at the Bureau of Prisons.

276. He's been released.

277. What the fuck is that about?

278. I thought I made it pretty clear

279. I never wanted to talk to you again.

280. This isn't a social call.

281. I'm reaching out as counsel for Robert Axelrod.

282. That shouldn't feel good in your mouth.

283. Bryan, how fast are you moving on the arrest?

284. Do you have a warrant?

285. Orrin, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

286. You got questions?

287. We got questions.

288. We need to see Chuck.

289. He's out.

290. I'll call him.

291. He's not reachable at the moment.

292. Ice Juice never made anyone sick.

293. They were faking?

294. No, they were actually ill,

295. just not from your product.

296. In, in the next little while,

297. that will be revealed for what it was...

298. sabotage.

299. A deliberate, criminal act to injure the company.

300. An act by...

301. - Axelrod. - Yes.

302. An attack on us.

303. On you.

304. Yes.

305. So Ira can sue Axelrod for his money back.

306. I'm guessing I can't.

307. No.

308. Why is that?

309. Because that would reveal Chuck's involvement,

310. testimony and all that,

311. and Chuck did not set all this in motion

312. to have that happen.

313. Did you, son?

314. No, Dad. I did not.

315. You baited him?

316. You used my company, my career, my future...

317. My money.

318. And my own. Yeah.

319. Moves like that...

320. Where do you get the fucking nerve?

321. I can't believe you let me fucking apologize to you!

322. And no one got sick from it!

323. You'll get it back.

324. After the criminal case,

325. recovering in civil court will be...

326. After he's convicted.

327. After another four to seven years of dragging him through court, maybe.

328. Until then?

329. When I am governor...

330. When you're governor?

331. What the fuck happened to you?

332. When this gets out...

333. It won't.

334. And you will make sure that it does not.

335. You will protect me and my role.

336. It is to your benefit to have me as governor.

337. You should act out of rationality,

338. not emotion.

339. Why? You didn't.

340. This is an affidavit saying that

341. you acted on your own in accessing my trust.

342. I had no knowledge whatsoever.

343. Dad, I need you to sign this.

344. You know, this is what you always wanted,

345. me, your son, your scion,

346. in that office...

347. in that chair.

348. Close the door.

349. I don't want anyone to see me in here.

350. Is this about you or Axe?

351. Both. All of us.

352. And I don't want them to figure it out ahead of time.

353. Have a seat.

354. Put words together, in a sentence,

355. that might give me a sense of what the actual fuck.

356. So you don't know?

357. Look, I need you, but I don't know

358. how much I can trust you on this one thing,

359. so I am not sure how to proceed.

360. Talk to me or don't, Wags.

361. Axe is gonna be arrested.

362. By Chuck?

363. We don't know.

364. I tried to get him to delegate, name a CIO,

365. but I failed.

366. Well, if you raised it, it'll work on him.

367. He'll come to the right decision himself.

368. I think he'll need a push from you.

369. And then...

370. as far as I'm concerned,

371. I have to really step up to lead and...

372. You're ready to do whatever you need to.

373. It doesn't feel like that to me.

374. Describe it.

375. Erratic heartbeat, prickly sweat down my spine,

376. sack high and tight.

377. - Panic. - Yep.

378. It means you're not fooling yourself into thinking it'll be easy.

379. It means your adrenaline is firing, and your synapses.

380. Means you're ready to meet whatever anyone throws at you today.

381. And if I need a reminder, or backup?

382. I'm right here.

383. For keeps?

384. I'm right here.

385. Today.

386. What the fuck is this, Louis?

387. It's the bill for the new solvent.

388. Yeah. I can see that. I mean, why the hell is it

389. - 40 percent more than the PERC? - PERC is bad stuff, boss.

390. It's bad for the staff, bad for the environment.

391. The new stuff is organic.

392. No, the new stuff's too expensive.

393. So, now that we got the vats the Orgo shit came in,

394. we go back to the PERC and we put it in the Orgo.

395. Give me a minute, Louis.

396. They're coming for you, aren't they?

397. All right. So, what's gonna happen?

398. How's the firm gonna handle it?

399. Who are you handing the reins over to?

400. Just... just so you know,

401. I'd keep a firm grasp of them, as long as it took,

402. and I'd give them right back to you

403. - the minute you were out. - Nothing's happening yet.

404. Plans are being contemplated.

405. And if and when I need you, I know where to find you.

406. Still can't believe you put your money into this place.

407. Diversification. Positive cash flow.

408. But, you know, I'm 24/7 ready to deal with Axe Cap.

409. Yeah, that's not why I came.

410. You've been through this.

411. I need to know what the fuck is gonna happen to me

412. when I get arrested.

413. Minute by minute.

414. I could tell you it's no big deal,

415. but I'm not in the lying-to-you game.

416. Look, at least you got some warning.

417. It's not gonna be a shock.

418. And now what?

419. You got to eat something before you go in,

420. because they'll starve you.

421. And if they do feed you, it's gonna be garbage.

422. But more important than that, find time to take a shit,

423. because you don't want that business pending

424. when you're in there.

425. What? I'm giving you the real.

426. So, there's always at least one guard who wants to get paid.

427. Find that fucker and pay him.

428. Mrs. Axelrod.

429. I'm trying to decide

430. how best to protect my interests...

431. I'm afraid I can't help.

432. I'm engaged by your husband.

433. That brings with it, confidentiality, yes,

434. but also loyalty.

435. And there are strict rules governing conflict

436. that I cannot break, so...

437. Then let's make this an unofficial consultation.

438. Are there things I can do today to protect myself?

439. Would I be wise to consider extreme measures,

440. separation, divorce?

441. I'm going to have to ask you to pick up the money

442. and put it back in your bag.

443. I will not talk with you about any of this.

444. I cannot state, officially or unofficially,

445. where your interests diverge, or if they diverge.

446. On a human note,

447. I understand the swirl that must be going on inside your head.

448. But you have to find counsel for it elsewhere.

449. Will you at least, on a human note,

450. tell me this.

451. If I do stay, the money that's mine...

452. They'll freeze everything at first.

453. So, you'll have to get through that.

454. But since there's no pre-nup,

455. half of everything is yours.

456. And when the government can't prove it was all ill gotten,

457. which we won't let them...

458. What's mine stays mine.

459. Hey, morning, fellas.

460. How would you guys like to take these

461. and use them a little?

462. Okay.

463. Just look at them, working away...

464. They have no idea they're about to be utterly roasted

465. - by a flame thrower. - As soon as he's in custody,

466. before the news streams out, we should sit them all down.

467. Group meeting. Let them vent their fears.

468. The people that are too affected, we send home.

469. Let them take a leave if they want.

470. The rest of us will focus on saving Axe Capital.

471. Yeah.

472. That's very sweet and supportive.

473. But no.

474. I don't need you to be the team doctor who stops people from playing

475. and puts them in the concussion protocol.

476. I need you to be the team doctor

477. with smelling salts, cortisone shots, steroids,

478. and fucking Lasix for their lungs,

479. who tapes them back together and shoves them back in.

480. Okay.

481. Look at you.

482. Leading.

483. I'm glad we're foxhole buddies.

484. Hey.

485. Where I come from, at a certain point,

486. a guy just fucking punches another guy in the mouth.

487. Well, you'll have the chance

488. to do just that, Bryan, before long.

489. But I don't think you will.

490. - Then you had better start explaining... - Not now.

491. I have Sacker waiting in my office.

492. What do you have for me?

493. This isn't easy.

494. I'm taking a job at Sullivan & Cromwell.

495. I'm not ready to lose you.

496. Honestly, Chuck, you should've made that a little more clear to me,

497. by letting me crack some fucking heads when I was about to.

498. I came here for two reasons.

499. To be close to the best prosecutor this office has ever known,

500. learn from him,

501. and to actually put the bad guys in the goddamned hoosegow.

502. Well, now, there, right there.

503. You wouldn't even know that word if you hadn't studied at my knee.

504. Things changed, so now I have, too.

505. The job I've been offered

506. will allow me to handle big criminal defense cases,

507. as I see fit.

508. The best moves I've made in my life

509. have required the most discipline, patience, and trust,

510. so I ask you, hold for a day.

511. See how some things shake out around here.

512. Perhaps I can make you an even more compelling offer.

513. Wait.

514. And then, if you still decide to go,

515. well, it'll be with my blessing.

516. I expected to sit down with you,

517. but I figured it would be after we arrested your client.

518. Or at least after I announced my intention to.

519. Then. Now.

520. We're here.

521. And my client is interested in reviving the immunity deal

522. that we discussed a while back.

523. The same deal you passed on?

524. That's the one.

525. That deal is no longer alive.

526. It's a corpse in a pine box

527. covered with dirt.

528. And, as you somehow know,

529. I will be arresting and charging your client today.

530. Then, let me organize his surrender.

531. Let's keep it civil.

532. No press. Bail pre-arranged.

533. He gets to say goodbye to the wife,

534. then we come in.

535. No perp walk.

536. You're in a U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Bach,

537. not some souk buying a rug.

538. I don't negotiate.

539. I will take him

540. at the time and in the manner

541. of my choosing.

542. Then good luck fucking finding me!

543. Mr. Bach, mother of God.

544. I'll be referring your conduct to the Bar Association.

545. Well, then...

546. I guess I just shit myself with fear.

547. I know how to do what he wants.

548. I'll call you back.

549. Excellent. Break it down for me.

550. I'd rather walk him through it in person.

551. That way, it won't be diluted or misstated in any way.

552. No, you're right. Fine.

553. Axe will reach out to meet with you if and when he's ready.

554. Do you have a way to reach him?

555. What if I did?

556. You have to give it to me. Now.

557. Just hit redial.

558. Are we meeting here because your boat's

559. picking you up and heading for international waters

560. when we're done?

561. How did you know I was being arrested?

562. Setting aside the decoy questions about the Fed and the market,

563. what you were asking about was

564. how to protect the portfolio in the worst case scenario,

565. before word leaks on the Street.

566. When that happens,

567. everyone will look at our most recent 13F

568. and start shooting against our illiquid names.

569. And the only way to beat them to it is to have sold first.

570. So, what do you have for me?

571. I take over the Program Trading Desk

572. and export our holdings.

573. I load up the whole program

574. and then import them into the trading system.

575. I'll create a phantom algo for our biggest illiquid names

576. to protect against the high-frequency guys.

577. And I'll use six different brokers

578. with six different baskets, a billion each,

579. currency, tech, big pharma, et cetera.

580. And then, on your signal, I hit the button.

581. We take maybe a five percent hit,

582. but that's why they call it a fire sale.

583. And if the arrest happens,

584. you are going to ask me to be the Chief Investment Officer.

585. I'll do it.

586. Well, I'm still not sure that I'll need to.

587. That's because you know that

588. even if you focus on Axe Capital half the time,

589. you would do a better job than I would.

590. And that's true.

591. But, what's best for Axe Cap, long term,

592. is for you to focus every bit of energy you have

593. on getting out of the situation you are in.

594. You have to know that I've got the business in control,

595. so you can avoid a conviction, prison, all that.

596. I have too much to learn from you to lose you now.

597. Go get your program in place and wait for my word.

598. Just so you know,

599. my boat's draft is too deep for this dipshit marina.

600. And I'm not sailing away from anything.

601. Thanks for coming.

602. You're smoking again? What the fuck?

603. Forget that shit.

604. First, I need your phone.

605. - Yeah? - Yeah.

606. Okay.

607. And I'm gonna provide the equity piece.

608. To grow the business.

609. Great.

610. We're also gonna put it in your name.

611. Were you followed?

612. I took precautions.

613. This place was like a sanctuary for me when I was a kid.

614. The game is different now.

615. Rules have changed, you know?

616. Back when I'd come in here,

617. the only way your opponent could get ball in hand

618. was if you hit the ball off the table.

619. Not anymore.

620. Any scratch at all,

621. you can pick it up,

622. place the cue ball wherever he wants.

623. Ball in hand.

624. You give a good pool player that kind of advantage,

625. your game's as good as over.

626. Bobby, plenty of game left.

627. Is there?

628. Here.

629. Good.

630. I'll get you out faster with this to surrender.

631. Well, you've had plenty of clients right where I am.

632. What do they tell their kids?

633. I got no fucking clue what to say to my boys.

634. No one ever does.

635. At least, not in advance.

636. But, you're a good father.

637. When the instant arrives, you will.

638. Remind them that

639. they know who you really are,

640. no matter what anyone says.

641. This is the trio.

642. The triumvirate. The troika.

643. It's all on us.

644. You're running investments.

645. If it comes to that, I will be.

646. You feel you're ready for that level of scrutiny?

647. Do you think I am?

648. I do.

649. - What? - I-I was just...

650. I need approval on a commission report.

651. I don't even look at those things.

652. I sign them in a big stack on my desk.

653. I repeat, what?

654. I...

655. You guys have been kind of closed off all day,

656. and everyone's starting to wonder,

657. and I was sort of elected...

658. I elected myself to find out...

659. Okay, Mafee.

660. Let's take a walk.

661. Seems to me that you will be in for plenty of scrutiny, too,

662. with a prosecution in the offing,

663. if you're sticking around.

664. Wags assumes you are.

665. I'd set the odds at 7-to-3, you're not.

666. I'm the only one around here who doesn't really do the numbers.

667. My skill is taking people

668. and making them more of who they are.

669. This place has some serious fucking problems.

670. But whatever Axe Capital actually is right now,

671. I know what it's supposed to be at its best.

672. You're gonna help it get there.

673. With or without me.

674. I didn't show it to my lawyer.

675. I didn't make any changes.

676. I really appreciate your doing this, Dad.

677. You don't appreciate it.

678. You expect it. You take it for granted.

679. You hardly notice it, truth be told,

680. but in its absence, you will, like God's fucking grace.

681. The whole point, too, of God's grace,

682. as I understand it,

683. is that it asks nothing in return,

684. but love and devotion.

685. Both of which, I have never held back from you.

686. No.

687. Both of which you have received from me,

688. as you are right now, without condition.

689. This is unconditional love?

690. If you don't see that,

691. I really have failed.

692. Dad...

693. Just so you know...

694. I'll always be your father,

695. you'll always be my son.

696. You will stand up at my funeral

697. and say meaningful things about me.

698. But until then...

699. I am done with you.

700. You will get over this in time.

701. One more thing.

702. This is for you.

703. Open it here. I want to watch you do it.

704. I had my man follow them to a hotel.

705. Look at them.

706. With that morning-after glow.

707. This is what your wife is out doing

708. while you're working on the marriage.

709. Now you got what you really want.

710. You're on your own.

711. Look, guys, you probably have some questions

712. about why I'm here.

713. I'm going to be arrested today.

714. - What? - Shh. Shh.

715. For now, here's all you need to know.

716. The government is gonna say that I did something wrong.

717. But the government is a bunch of fucking liars, guys.

718. Listen.

719. Look, that's not true.

720. Sometimes they lie.

721. Sometimes they tell the truth,

722. just like everyone...

723. like me.

724. Most folks,

725. they find this out about their dad much later,

726. but everyone finds it out.

727. I'm a flawed man.

728. And I'm not perfect.

729. I'm not always right.

730. I don't always win.

731. I fucked up.

732. I did do something wrong.

733. If that makes me a bad person,

734. well, you'll have to decide that for yourselves,

735. not just once, but many times more

736. as you grow older and you learn more.

737. But know this.

738. I'm still your dad.

739. And I am gonna fight.

740. I'm gonna try really hard to win this,

741. but I might not.

742. But we don't give up.

743. We won't give up either, Dad.

744. Come here.

745. Be good boys like I know you can be.

746. Listen to your mother.

747. We love you, Dad.

748. Okay. Come on.

749. - See you next time. - Okay.

750. Hey.

751. It's happening. For sure.

752. Fuck. Jesus, Bobby.

753. It's the cousin's phone.

754. - Great job getting up on it. - If it happens before I can get to you,

755. hold the kids tight.

756. Keep them out of school tomorrow.

757. I doubt I'll have to spend the night,

758. but just in case.

759. But you're coming home first, right?

760. Yeah. Yeah. That's why I'm calling.

761. I'm gonna be there soon to give you a hug.

762. Okay. I'll be waiting for you.

763. Okay. We know where he's headed.

764. Which means we know where we are headed.

765. That's Axelrod's car.

766. We're interdicting. Preparing to take Axelrod.

767. Go! Go! Go! Go.

768. He's in the car.

769. Out of the car!

770. Hi. I'm just dropping it off.

771. - Hold him. - Turn around!

772. Hands on the car!

773. Who the fuck is this guy?

774. We have a warrant for the arrest of Robert Axelrod.

775. - He's not here. - We'll see about that.

776. We also have a warrant to search the premises.

777. Step aside, ma'am.

778. Don't bother being careful.

779. Fuck.

780. Wouldn't want to ask for the fucking code.

781. Step back, ma'am.

782. Sentimental value.

783. Axelrod's not on the premises.

784. What do you mean "not on premises"?

785. We had an intercepted call.

786. Son of a bitch.

787. He knew.

788. Send in the standby teams.

789. Hit the office, the apartment,

790. the Hamptons house, everywhere.

791. Everybody stand back, please.

792. We have a warrant.

793. If it isn't my infelicitous counterpart from Eastern.

794. What's happened to your case?

795. Axelrod's cars and phones are coming up blank.

796. His credit cards are pinging all over the Tri-State area.

797. He's eluding me.

798. And I'm going to look like an asshole

799. on my very first operation.

800. So, you're saying you want my help.

801. Of course you'll have it.

802. We are on the same team.

803. I anticipated your transactional nature would lead to you making your ask again.

804. And, um, I've decided to do it.

805. No one will know that your father invested.

806. Nothing will track back.

807. Good. I accept.

808. But that was this morning's price.

809. Different kind of urgency as the closing bell approaches.

810. Say what the more is,

811. and I'll see if I can afford it.

812. To help you with some personnel decisions.

813. One personnel decision.

814. And, of course,

815. full transparency from here on out,

816. just so I can head off any potential problems like these

817. before they really bite us.

818. Fine. Agreed.

819. How do I find Axelrod?

820. Get a cell site order for the wife's phone.

821. - I thought I told you, I already... - Not his wife. Mine.

822. Bryan, come take a field trip with me.

823. What you surmised is true.

824. One way or another,

825. Axe will be in custody by day's end.

826. - But we're not taking him. - Mnh-mnh.

827. - Who is? - Eastern.

828. Dake? Dake gets our trial?

829. You had to have known we couldn't prosecute it.

830. The conflict is too deep.

831. You said you had a workaround.

832. Yes, I do.

833. It was bullshit.

834. He's not coming home.

835. Go play. He's not coming.

836. Well, there she is.

837. You know your man.

838. At this point, I do.

839. - It's really happening. - It appears to be.

840. There were times I...

841. I never thought I'd see this moment.

842. And this is as much as you should probably see.

843. You should leave

844. so you can't be called as a witness,

845. because I've arranged

846. that you'll lead the prosecution at Eastern.

847. That was the workaround?

848. Are you fucking serious?

849. I am.

850. And Dake agreed?

851. More submitted than agreed.

852. But I actually think you'll work well together.

853. In that case, I'll see you, boss.

854. And why don't you tell Sacker I'm gonna make her Chief of Crim,

855. if she feels like staying.

856. I wasn't sure you'd come.

857. I wasn't going to.

858. But when I saw where you wanted to meet,

859. I couldn't not.

860. What if I said I was sorry

861. for what I did to make you leave,

862. for how I got you to come back,

863. for how I treated you when Lara was gone?

864. Are you saying you're sorry for all those things?

865. Yes.

866. Then I forgive you.

867. What if I told you...

868. that pretty much every decision I've made

869. since we've worked down here together

870. has been the wrong one?

871. Would you help me find my way back?

872. Yes.

873. I'd like that very much.

874. That is exactly what we'll do together.

875. Robert Axelrod. You're under arrest.

876. Let's go, Bud. Let go.

877. It happened?

878. Pull the trigger.

879. He made you CIO.

880. He did.

881. That's a good fucking call.

882. Let me know how I can help.

883. These are our investors you should contact.

884. Tell them they'll have their capital back

885. by end of day tomorrow.

886. Tell them we're going to shoot the lights out

887. with Axe's personal money,

888. and we'll be calling for a pitch meeting

889. as soon as Axe is clear of all this bullshit.

890. Because that's what it is. Bullshit.

891. Say all that.

892. On it.

893. Keep facing the wall.

894. You can turn around.

895. I always figured the worst part about being locked up

896. would the company.

897. You've just proven me right.

898. I bet the worst is yet to come.

899. You made a mistake coming here.

900. - Really? - Yeah.

901. Once Boyd showed up at my door,

902. I knew you were in this,

903. that you'd used him to hook me in.

904. Yeah. He went off book there.

905. And you just affirmed the whole thing,

906. that you entrapped me.

907. I trapped you.

908. There's an important legal difference.

909. Well, I won't be in here for long.

910. No. A macher like you?

911. You'll make bail.

912. But it won't feel like freedom for a long time,

913. maybe ever again.

914. I might have underestimated a part of your character.

915. - Really? - Yeah.

916. I didn't realize just how desperate you were

917. to feel like a man.

918. You sacrificed over,

919. what, 27 million dollars,

920. every penny you had, just to catch me?

921. And almost broke your father and your best friend

922. in the process.

923. I may be ruthless when it comes to dealmaking,

924. but you're as trigger happy as Machine Gun Kelly,

925. spraying everyone in sight.

926. Well, that may be.

927. But, I'll tell you,

928. when I think about all that money I lost,

929. just to see you in this place,

930. all I can say is... worth it!

931. I hope so.

932. Because the moment I walk out that door,

933. I am never coming back,

934. even if I have to spend a hundred...

935. fuck it, a thousand times what you did, to make sure.

936. Tell yourself that.

937. Maybe that'll help you on all those sleepless nights

938. you have staring you in the face.

939. Nah, it won't matter.

940. No amount of money is gonna erase the video

941. of all those lackeys you poisoned,

942. or wipe out the trading records

943. of your tampering with the stock,

944. manipulating the market.

945. You let your hatred of me

946. put everything you hold dear in jeopardy.

947. I'm gonna find it.

948. Whatever it is.

949. Whatever thread you left behind,

950. however small...

951. the one that threatens everything you are.

952. We both know it's out there.

953. You know exactly what it is.

954. You were talking about sleepless nights.

955. It's what you'll wake up

956. thinking about in the dark, shaking,

957. because I'm gonna find it.

958. You know I will.

959. And I am gonna pull on it, and I'm gonna pull on it

960. until your whole fucking world unravels.

961. And when I am done, you won't be governor.

962. You won't be the U.S. Attorney.

963. You might not even be an attorney at all.

964. Yeah, I might go down behind all of this,

965. but one thing is for sure,

966. you are gonna be right there next to me.

967. Wow.

968. Like I said before, Bob...

969. worth it.

970. Are you kidding?