1. Previously on Billions...Copy !req
2. You heard anything about a new casinoCopy !req
3. coming to upstate New York?Copy !req
4. Yeah. I heard whispers.Copy !req
5. Sandicot's downtown is
ripe for redevelopment.Copy !req
6. The whole county's on
the edge of default.Copy !req
7. You get to buy it cheap,
pennies on the dollar.Copy !req
8. Wendy was at Krakow
Capital earlier today.Copy !req
9. I need you back at Axe Capital.Copy !req
10. Well, that's not gonna happen.Copy !req
11. I'm here to ask a favor.Copy !req
12. Rhoades reached out to me.Copy !req
13. I'll be careful.Copy !req
14. We only get one shot at this.Copy !req
15. Express concerns about the bid rigging.Copy !req
16. Make it clear that you
know it's going on.Copy !req
17. Arendt is putting us all in danger.Copy !req
18. He's gonna send us all to prison.Copy !req
19. Mike's putting the band
back together again,Copy !req
20. just like I told him to.Copy !req
21. Lawrence Boyd, you're under arrest.Copy !req
22. I thought you understood
the goddamn game.Copy !req
23. Oh, I believe I do.Copy !req
24. We find everybody that he fucked
and we buy up their clamps.Copy !req
25. It'll be tantamount to
a class-action suit.Copy !req
26. Oh!Copy !req
27. You've been served.Copy !req
28. With a lawsuit?Copy !req
29. Hundred and twenty-seven of them.Copy !req
30. They expedited you right through.Copy !req
31. I'm not sure swift
justice is what I'm after,Copy !req
32. but I'm glad to be outside.Copy !req
33. If I didn't have the five
million for the bail,Copy !req
34. I would've had to stay the night.Copy !req
35. You'd have been fine.Copy !req
36. No, I wouldn't have.Copy !req
37. Get us the fuck out of here.Copy !req
38. Rhoades is gonna flip one of your guys.Copy !req
39. When this is over,
you'll be able to stand tallCopy !req
40. knowing that you did the
right thing by cooperating.Copy !req
41. He has. I got word.Copy !req
42. Where do I sign?Copy !req
43. What do I do?Copy !req
44. - Flip him back.
- How?Copy !req
45. I introduced you to a man
who can get that done.Copy !req
46. Hall stopped returning my calls.Copy !req
47. You wouldn't let him do what he wanted.Copy !req
48. Well, I fucking will now.
Anything he says.Copy !req
49. You goddamned better,Copy !req
50. because I need you to gut
this motherfucker RhoadesCopy !req
51. for both of us.Copy !req
52. I will.Copy !req
53. I'll get out here.Copy !req
54. When you get back to your
country house tonight,Copy !req
55. go out back and take a sauna.Copy !req
56. Get focused.Copy !req
57. That's an order.Copy !req
58. You know, I usually get a
full-on Woodrow Wilson goingCopy !req
59. when I'm billing a client for
hundreds of lawyer hours a week.Copy !req
60. But, uh, every hour I spend with you,Copy !req
61. I'm aware little by little,
you're getting wiped out,Copy !req
62. and that's even though
I'm underbilling you.Copy !req
63. And then I sign the slips
for all the associatesCopy !req
64. putting in time on your cases,Copy !req
65. and I wind up feeling a little sick.Copy !req
66. Just keep doing what you're doing.Copy !req
67. I'll figure it out.Copy !req
68. How about the house?
It has to have occurred to you.Copy !req
69. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
70. Oh, it would solve a lot of problems.Copy !req
71. Financially.Copy !req
72. Are you worried Wendy
wouldn't want to sell?Copy !req
73. No.Copy !req
74. I'm worried she wouldn't care.Copy !req
75. You're raising your children here.Copy !req
76. Trust me, it matters just as
much to her as it does to you.Copy !req
77. That doesn't mean she wouldn't see
the wisdom of putting it on the market.Copy !req
78. Right now,
things between us are so fragile,Copy !req
79. I'm afraid to pull even a single thread.Copy !req
80. Plus, if I floated selling the house,Copy !req
81. I'd have to tell her why,Copy !req
82. and I think it's best that she...Copy !req
83. doesn't know the full extent of things.Copy !req
84. How's couples therapy going?Copy !req
85. As excruciating as I remember it?Copy !req
86. Actually, I find that the best momentsCopy !req
87. often closely follow the worst ones.Copy !req
88. You know?Copy !req
89. Every now and then, for whatever reason,Copy !req
90. the heaviness just lifts,Copy !req
91. and, uh...Copy !req
92. then we're just us again.Copy !req
93. I don't remember those
moments lasting very long.Copy !req
94. Like lightning.Copy !req
95. Y-Y-You're fighting for a lot right now,Copy !req
96. your job, your marriage.Copy !req
97. Maybe consider the concept
that everything has a life spanCopy !req
98. and it's not the worst thing
to let certain things change...Copy !req
99. or die off... when it's time.Copy !req
100. Fuck.Copy !req
101. I'm here solely at the
behest of our mutual friend.Copy !req
102. I know.Copy !req
103. He says that you've gained a
more comprehensive understandingCopy !req
104. of your position.Copy !req
105. I have.Copy !req
106. What happens now?Copy !req
107. Your accounts are frozen, of course,Copy !req
108. so go to your contingency funds.Copy !req
109. You'll need to access
2.5 million dollarsCopy !req
110. and funnel that amount
here by tomorrow morning.Copy !req
111. It's the first installmentCopy !req
112. to your former associate
Michael Arendt...Copy !req
113. so that he will cease cooperating.Copy !req
114. You need to form a holding company...Copy !req
115. I suggest on the Isle of Man...Copy !req
116. in order to make payments to his wifeCopy !req
117. in the sum of $2.5 million
dollars every quarter...Copy !req
118. I don't want to know the specifics.Copy !req
119. You need to carry the weight of it now.Copy !req
120. If any of these wire transfers
is even a minute late,Copy !req
121. he will be free to say whatever he wantsCopy !req
122. to whomever he wants.Copy !req
123. I understand.Copy !req
124. Is money enough?Copy !req
125. There's also this.Copy !req
126. Arendt's children?Copy !req
127. He will know that I will knowCopy !req
128. where they are every
day that he's in jail.Copy !req
129. You wouldn't actually hurt them?Copy !req
130. Imagine the kind of man
that could hurt a child,Copy !req
131. the psychic baggage
that would come alongCopy !req
132. with something like that.Copy !req
133. You'd never offload it.Copy !req
134. Not really.Copy !req
135. Make the payments.
I'll take care of the rest.Copy !req
136. Enjoy your sauna.Copy !req
137. Get in touch with Boyd's people.Copy !req
138. Let's get him in here.Copy !req
139. What do you think we can ask for?Copy !req
140. The maximum, what is it, ten years?Copy !req
141. Let's offer five.Copy !req
142. Lowest I'll go is 18 months.Copy !req
143. Jail time?Copy !req
144. He's not even gonna negotiate
if that's on the table.Copy !req
145. So be it.Copy !req
146. You want to risk putting
this in front of a jury?Copy !req
147. I want the world to know that I can beCopy !req
148. a stubborn motherfucker if I need to be.Copy !req
149. We're talking about
bid-rigging Treasury auctions.Copy !req
150. What kind of a jury isn't
gonna slip into a comaCopy !req
151. while we try to explain to them
what the fuck that even means?Copy !req
152. It's your job to figure out
how to keep them entertained.Copy !req
153. This is a case that
could make your career.Copy !req
154. Or end it.Copy !req
155. I can't wait to see Boyd's face.Copy !req
156. That's right.Copy !req
157. We don't rate an appearance by Mr. Boyd?Copy !req
158. Mr. Boyd is confident his
presence isn't required.Copy !req
159. I've been instructed by
my client to tell youCopy !req
160. that Spartan-Ives is
willing to pay a small fine,Copy !req
161. but that there will be
no admission of guiltCopy !req
162. by Mr. Boyd personally and,
of course, no termination.Copy !req
163. We have an authenticated audio recordingCopy !req
164. of your client incriminating himself,Copy !req
165. and a corroborating witness.Copy !req
166. You can tell your client
that his disrespectCopy !req
167. of the Southern District has been noted.Copy !req
168. There's a deal on the table.Copy !req
169. We pass.Copy !req
170. Hang tight.Copy !req
171. Hey.Copy !req
172. Hey.Copy !req
173. What was that?Copy !req
174. Uh, we've lost Arendt.Copy !req
175. What do you mean, he's...Copy !req
176. Oh, fuck!Copy !req
177. Boyd obviously feels safe.Copy !req
178. Somebody got to our witness.Copy !req
179. So all we have is a shitty recording?Copy !req
180. - That's our case?
- No.Copy !req
181. We have a guilty defendant.Copy !req
182. Don't forget about that part.Copy !req
183. You wanted a jury trial.Copy !req
184. You've definitely got it.Copy !req
185. I was renovating anyway,Copy !req
186. so I said, "Well,
why not dry-age my own?"Copy !req
187. Ohh!Copy !req
188. All that meat!Copy !req
189. Don't you be shy.Copy !req
190. You choose whatever you want,Copy !req
191. and I'll have Valerie
throw it on the grill.Copy !req
192. We have the Wagyus, Tomahawk ribeye,Copy !req
193. Fullblood Tenderloin...
all grass-fed, of course.Copy !req
194. Ooh. A5 Kobe Strip.Copy !req
195. That is a nice one.Copy !req
196. That's aging well.Copy !req
197. So, listen, we have a timing issue.Copy !req
198. How bad?Copy !req
199. We cut deals with all the
property owners to vacate,Copy !req
200. but...Copy !req
201. Some are backing out?Copy !req
202. A guy named Hank Flagg.Copy !req
203. Spoke to my lawyers last night.Copy !req
204. I don't think he's some crank.Copy !req
205. He's made it clear he's
holding out for a better deal.Copy !req
206. Does he know it's a casino?Copy !req
207. I made all the offers through an LLC.Copy !req
208. No one knows I'm involved.Copy !req
209. Can we work around him?Copy !req
210. Well, he's got 200 acres of shit,
but it's key.Copy !req
211. It's where we need to build
the access road to the interstate.Copy !req
212. Well, what was your offer?Copy !req
213. One-point-five.Copy !req
214. For 200 acres in the middle
of the fucking sticks?Copy !req
215. Yeah, you wanted to get it done.Copy !req
216. I did.Copy !req
217. We'll bring in a government agency,Copy !req
218. a community-reinvestment
development authority.Copy !req
219. They will basically
force him from the land.Copy !req
220. That'll turn into the
litigation from hell.Copy !req
221. Special-interest groups'll pile on,
environmentalistas.Copy !req
222. That flame'll burn quick,Copy !req
223. and then I'll bleed the guy out.Copy !req
224. He'll take my price.Copy !req
225. They always do.Copy !req
226. Two years at the outside.Copy !req
227. Look, I'd be willing to pop up there,Copy !req
228. see what I can...Copy !req
229. Have at it. Maybe you'll turn him.Copy !req
230. I'm gonna go check on the grill.Copy !req
231. Take your time.Copy !req
232. Two years?Copy !req
233. What's that gonna cost us?Copy !req
234. Our kidneys.Copy !req
235. Flagg got his price. He backed out.Copy !req
236. The guy knows something's up.Copy !req
237. What are you gonna have?Copy !req
238. I don't give a shit. You decide.Copy !req
239. Hello?Copy !req
240. Hello. In here.Copy !req
241. Hey.Copy !req
242. Uh, isn't this my night?Copy !req
243. I'm just stopping by.Copy !req
244. Our son told me...Copy !req
245. what you said to him
about the separation.Copy !req
246. Well, what did he tell you?Copy !req
247. That you took responsibility for itCopy !req
248. and... that you stood up for me.Copy !req
249. That means a lot, um... to the kids.Copy !req
250. You're showing them we're not polarized,Copy !req
251. we're not at war.Copy !req
252. I think it helps stabilize them.Copy !req
253. And it means a lot to me, too.Copy !req
254. Good.Copy !req
255. How ya doing?Copy !req
256. Uh, very well. Quite well.Copy !req
257. You sure?Copy !req
258. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
259. Busy, but, uh, otherwise,
I'm crackerjack.Copy !req
260. And I'm about to bust open a
bottle of rosé to prove it.Copy !req
261. Care to join me?Copy !req
262. The Wolffer?Copy !req
263. Yeah. Last bottle.Copy !req
264. Sure.Copy !req
265. And what makes you think you're
gonna get the kids to eat kale?Copy !req
266. That would be the kale
chips I plan to serve.Copy !req
267. They're practically Pringles.Copy !req
268. - Sneaky!
- Mm.Copy !req
269. I love it. I wonder
if I should try to make that.Copy !req
270. That is for the entrée...Copy !req
271. salmon with ginger and sage.Copy !req
272. Who are you?Copy !req
273. Look, I'm sure
that I can stretch the salmonCopy !req
274. to serve four if you'd like to join us.Copy !req
275. Eva would be thrilled to
have a smaller portion.Copy !req
276. Okay.Copy !req
277. Shit.Copy !req
278. Excuse me.Copy !req
279. Everything okay?Copy !req
280. Ira?Copy !req
281. Yeah.Copy !req
282. Knock, knock.Copy !req
283. Yes, who's there?Copy !req
284. Alligator.Copy !req
285. Alligator who?Copy !req
286. Alligator the shark.
He has a beard growing.Copy !req
287. What?Copy !req
288. That made absolutely no sense.Copy !req
289. That was amazing.Copy !req
290. May I please be excused?Copy !req
291. - Me too.
- Yes.Copy !req
292. Clear your plates, and then, yeah.Copy !req
293. I'll be up to say good
night before I go.Copy !req
294. Well, that was interesting.Copy !req
295. Yeah.Copy !req
296. I thought Kevin's nonchalance
was very impressive.Copy !req
297. Mm.Copy !req
298. Not Eva's, though.Copy !req
299. Unh-unh.Copy !req
300. No.Copy !req
301. Her eyes were like saucers.Copy !req
302. Parsing every word, every gesture.Copy !req
303. I mean, they both were.Copy !req
304. Uh-huh.Copy !req
305. Two analytic little minds
searching for meaning.Copy !req
306. I wonder where they got that from.Copy !req
307. We're lucky.Copy !req
308. I think they each got
the best of both of us.Copy !req
309. Nothing can ever take that away.Copy !req
310. I can finish up here.Copy !req
311. - You sure?
- Yeah. Absolutely.Copy !req
312. You go have a wonderful night.Copy !req
313. I'm glad I stayed.Copy !req
314. Thank you for asking me.Copy !req
315. Yeah.Copy !req
316. It was, uh... nice.Copy !req
317. I have to take this.Copy !req
318. Good night, Wendy.Copy !req
319. Good night.Copy !req
320. Ira? Yeah.Copy !req
321. No, I can talk.Copy !req
322. Hey.Copy !req
323. Hi.Copy !req
324. Come in.Copy !req
325. - I appreciate this.
- Oh.Copy !req
326. - Can I get you anything?
- No, thank you.Copy !req
327. Oh, Taiga, this is Wendy. Wendy, Taiga.Copy !req
328. - Hello.
- Hey.Copy !req
329. I like your bag.Copy !req
330. Oh. Thank you.Copy !req
331. I'm gonna be in here, okay, babe?Copy !req
332. Sure.Copy !req
333. You'd like her.Copy !req
334. She's an interesting girl,
very accomplished.Copy !req
335. I'm sure it's quite a skill set.Copy !req
336. I know it's a little strange,
my coming here.Copy !req
337. These are strange times.Copy !req
338. How worried should I be about Chuck?Copy !req
339. Well, you, of all people, should know,Copy !req
340. I can't really answer that.Copy !req
341. I do understand.Copy !req
342. And I know you're his lawyer,
but you're also his friend.Copy !req
343. If Chuck's in crisis,Copy !req
344. then hiding it because of some code,Copy !req
345. that doesn't help anybody.Copy !req
346. It has nothing to do with a code.Copy !req
347. It's true he is in crisis.Copy !req
348. He's getting crushed, actually.Copy !req
349. I wish he'd tell me.Copy !req
350. He doesn't want to risk
freighting the relationship.Copy !req
351. He's afraid it'll
collapse under the stress.Copy !req
352. He's showing superhuman restraint,
if you ask me.Copy !req
353. I wish I'd had one-tenth of thatCopy !req
354. when Elizabeth and I were splitting up.Copy !req
355. The irony is,Copy !req
356. he's probably never needed you
as much as he does right now.Copy !req
357. Jesus.Copy !req
358. Ira, how bad is it?Copy !req
359. Is it something he'll get through?Copy !req
360. Honestly... I don't know.Copy !req
361. I've seen him in the
line of fire before,Copy !req
362. but this... this... this is a siege.Copy !req
363. And I will say this,Copy !req
364. the Axelrod civil suits are
a big fucking part of it.Copy !req
365. What do you mean?Copy !req
366. He said they couldn't hurt
him while he was in office.Copy !req
367. He was padding it.Copy !req
368. All right, look, you can't know this,Copy !req
369. but it didn't go away when
we moved for dismissal.Copy !req
370. He's gonna be deposed next week.Copy !req
371. He could be on the hook
for a lot of damage...Copy !req
372. to his reputation,Copy !req
373. not to mention his bank account...Copy !req
374. Your bank account.Copy !req
375. Between the investigation
and these lawsuitsCopy !req
376. and you...Copy !req
377. I can't figure out how
he's still standing.Copy !req
378. Unusual choice.Copy !req
379. Eva has a lesson.Copy !req
380. Plus, neutral territory.
You've got all the tricks.Copy !req
381. Nope. No tricks.Copy !req
382. This will be as direct a conversation
as I know how to have.Copy !req
383. Oh. So you came to throw bombs?Copy !req
384. Good.Copy !req
385. I'm reconsidering your offer.Copy !req
386. You're late. I hired someone.Copy !req
387. If he were getting it done,
you wouldn't be here.Copy !req
388. So, what changed your mind? Seeing Wags?Copy !req
389. My mind's not all the way changed.Copy !req
390. But seeing him did have a hand in it.Copy !req
391. It's gonna take some doing to
get rid of that ass tattoo.Copy !req
392. I have terms...Copy !req
393. A dozen laser sessions, at least.Copy !req
394. and one of them is,
I don't talk about my clients.Copy !req
395. What happens in my office is sacrosanct.Copy !req
396. I don't talk about my
sessions with you or anyone.Copy !req
397. Not even your husband?Copy !req
398. And I keep my files on
an air-gapped computerCopy !req
399. that no one touches.Copy !req
400. Reasonable.Copy !req
401. Anything else?Copy !req
402. 20% increase in salary and
2% stake in the company.Copy !req
403. Kaboom! There it is.Copy !req
404. Look at the balls on you.Copy !req
405. Yes on the comp, no on the stake.Copy !req
406. No one owns any of it but me.Copy !req
407. But a profit share and
payout equal to one percentCopy !req
408. in the case of a sale.Copy !req
409. You were dug in the last time I saw you.Copy !req
410. Still pretty angry.Copy !req
411. Yes, I was.Copy !req
412. So, what changed?Copy !req
413. When you came to my office,Copy !req
414. I asked you to back off, and you did.Copy !req
415. I drew a boundary, and you respected it.Copy !req
416. So you're ready to trust me again?Copy !req
417. It's a start.Copy !req
418. Okay.Copy !req
419. So, are we done?Copy !req
420. There's one more thing I need.Copy !req
421. Let's hear it.Copy !req
422. You have to drop the civil
suits against my husband.Copy !req
423. Wow. That is quite an ask, Mrs. Rhoades.Copy !req
424. I admire your audacity,Copy !req
425. but that is not something
I think I can accede to.Copy !req
426. Then our relationship stays nonexistent.Copy !req
427. It's not negotiable.Copy !req
428. Your husband hurt my company.Copy !req
429. He hurt me.Copy !req
430. Okay.Copy !req
431. I'll drop the suits.Copy !req
432. Thank you.Copy !req
433. I'll have my lawyers give
you an official letterCopy !req
434. guaranteeing it,Copy !req
435. with dates certain and
penalties attached.Copy !req
436. Good.Copy !req
437. Okay. I'll see you
in the office tomorrow.Copy !req
438. Motherfucker.Copy !req
439. That's why you filed those
suits in the first place,Copy !req
440. so I'd cave and come
to you with this deal.Copy !req
441. Well, not to restart our
partnership with a lie...Copy !req
442. it's not the only reason.Copy !req
443. But yes, that was a scenario
that I had gamed out.Copy !req
444. Our deal hold?Copy !req
445. Yes.Copy !req
446. But not for you.Copy !req
447. You want a session, see someone else.Copy !req
448. My office is off-limits.Copy !req
449. Fine.Copy !req
450. Hey.Copy !req
451. Have Chef Ryan give the
kids dinner tonight.Copy !req
452. I'm taking you out.Copy !req
453. Yeah.Copy !req
454. And I'll see you at the pad.
We're taking the chopper.Copy !req
455. You said you have something interesting?Copy !req
456. Could be.Copy !req
457. Axelrod's people were making
a lot of trips upstate,Copy !req
458. always to the same town,
a place called Sandicot.Copy !req
459. And?Copy !req
460. And it's a pattern.Copy !req
461. But what's in the town?Copy !req
462. Nothing. It's a dirt spot.Copy !req
463. I mean, why are they going?Copy !req
464. You asked me to track their movements,Copy !req
465. not to synthesize the meaningCopy !req
466. of each contact they
have or place they visit.Copy !req
467. From Chef.Copy !req
468. This is a 1975 Château d'Yquem.Copy !req
469. Tell Chef thank you.Copy !req
470. Absolutely.Copy !req
471. We need to get past this stalemate.Copy !req
472. I agree.Copy !req
473. You have to believe that
I need you as a partner.Copy !req
474. I need your counsel, your perspective.Copy !req
475. I trust no one more than you.Copy !req
476. And right now,Copy !req
477. I need your take on something.Copy !req
478. Okay.Copy !req
479. So, uh, you know we had
a bit of a rough quarter.Copy !req
480. Everyone was a little rocked by it.Copy !req
481. You can feel that they're having troubleCopy !req
482. buoying themselves.Copy !req
483. And... so...Copy !req
484. I was thinking of bringing...Copy !req
485. bringing Wendy Rhoades back.Copy !req
486. Are you fucking kidding me?Copy !req
487. I thought this was
about you apologizing.Copy !req
488. - Now this?
- I know. I know.Copy !req
489. But the guys have made it clear,Copy !req
490. through their results and their words,Copy !req
491. that they need her.Copy !req
492. I thought you had a new man.Copy !req
493. Wags convinced me to try him out,Copy !req
494. but Wags was pretty
fucked up at the time.Copy !req
495. You're not thinking about
bringing Wendy back.Copy !req
496. It's a done deal, isn't it?Copy !req
497. You're actually lying to me now.Copy !req
498. I'd like your blessing.Copy !req
499. Take it.Copy !req
500. Bobby, take the fucking call.Copy !req
501. I'll be right back.Copy !req
502. I love you.Copy !req
503. Would you like to hear
about the desserts?Copy !req
504. We'll take the check.Copy !req
505. Of course.Copy !req
506. Tell me.Copy !req
507. Flagg has 200 acres of scrub.Copy !req
508. If he's holding out for another offer,Copy !req
509. he doesn't have a lot of leverage.Copy !req
510. On the other hand,
he owns a small trucking company,Copy !req
511. so he's not hurting for cash.Copy !req
512. So he's someone we can reason with,Copy !req
513. not some crackpot who's gonna lie downCopy !req
514. in front of the bulldozers.Copy !req
515. Correct.Copy !req
516. I need to wrap this guy up
right fucking now.Copy !req
517. Word spreads there's a holdout,Copy !req
518. we'll have nine other property
owners going rogue on us.Copy !req
519. Fuck me.Copy !req
520. I didn't sleep at all.Copy !req
521. This fighting... isn't us.Copy !req
522. I'm going into the office early,Copy !req
523. then I'm gonna head
upstate for a few hours.Copy !req
524. When I get home tonight,
I want to talk this through.Copy !req
525. I want to work it out.Copy !req
526. Okay?Copy !req
527. Hal.Copy !req
528. Hey.Copy !req
529. Hey, I missed you at the Whiffs reunion.Copy !req
530. I wish I'd had the time.Copy !req
531. Ah.Copy !req
532. Can you spare a minute?Copy !req
533. Yeah.Copy !req
534. I have been hearing rumblings
about a little town upstate,Copy !req
535. and I wondered what you
could confirm for me.Copy !req
536. You know my ear's always to the rail.Copy !req
537. What do you know about Sandicot?Copy !req
538. The gaming license?Copy !req
539. That's what I heard.Copy !req
540. If you're looking to buy,
you have to do it quickly.Copy !req
541. They're announcing soon,
and there's sure to be a bounce.Copy !req
542. You'll keep this between us?Copy !req
543. What a question.Copy !req
544. Good man.Copy !req
545. Black Jack Foley.Copy !req
546. There are those
who still call me that, yes.Copy !req
547. How are you, Charles?Copy !req
548. I'll be betterCopy !req
549. if you help me out with
a little something.Copy !req
550. Is it within my purview?Copy !req
551. What in this state isn't?Copy !req
552. Not much.Copy !req
553. Certainly not the proposed
location of a casino.Copy !req
554. You must be talking about Sandicot.Copy !req
555. I am.Copy !req
556. And I'm asking,
does it have to go there?Copy !req
557. Nothing has to go anywhere.Copy !req
558. I need you
to write her a contract.Copy !req
559. That'll be the only one at the firm.Copy !req
560. It's necessary... protection all around.Copy !req
561. She gets a big salary bump,
I lock her in.Copy !req
562. There's no way her husband
can make a move on you now.Copy !req
563. Especially since they're estranged,Copy !req
564. the conflict of interest is irrefutable.Copy !req
565. And reach out to Oliver Dake.Copy !req
566. Tell him we won't be testifying
that the $5 million was a bribe.Copy !req
567. Might be handy to keep
that in our back pocket,Copy !req
568. just in case.Copy !req
569. I'm not interested in
putting Wendy in jail.Copy !req
570. Also, we're gonna drop the
suits against her husband.Copy !req
571. So it is détente.Copy !req
572. What do you think of the new lobby?Copy !req
573. I think it's paranoid.Copy !req
574. Much higher level of security.Copy !req
575. Hired new compliance people, too.Copy !req
576. What's next, a microchip implant?Copy !req
577. You can just wear this.Copy !req
578. Did your lawyer look through his papers?Copy !req
579. He said it's fine. Do you have a pen?Copy !req
580. - Here you go.
- Thank you.Copy !req
581. Will you excuse us?Copy !req
582. That's not necessary.Copy !req
583. No, it'll only take a minute.Copy !req
584. Orrin.Copy !req
585. Call off the dogs.Copy !req
586. We're gonna drop the lawsuits
against Mr. Chuck Rhoades...Copy !req
587. all of them.Copy !req
588. In stages, as we discussed,
so we don't create a news story.Copy !req
589. Is the show over?Copy !req
590. I'm earning back your trust.Copy !req
591. Grand gestures aren't necessary.Copy !req
592. When it comes to you, Bobby,Copy !req
593. it's the small kindnesses I prefer.Copy !req
594. We're doing this now.Copy !req
595. Um, I'm due in a deposition...Copy !req
596. Then name the time. But today.Copy !req
597. No more bogus excuses,Copy !req
598. because I am done with this game.Copy !req
599. Well, I'm gonna have to...Copy !req
600. 2:00 p.m.Copy !req
601. If you don't show,
you can expect a suspension,Copy !req
602. if not outright firing.Copy !req
603. I'm on my way out.Copy !req
604. Jury selection.Copy !req
605. So...Copy !req
606. Well, I'll make this quick.Copy !req
607. I was just thinking about something
that Harry Houdini once said.Copy !req
608. "An old trick well done is far betterCopy !req
609. than a new trick with no effect."Copy !req
610. Houdini have any other advice...Copy !req
611. like, how to get out of a
straitjacket underwater?Copy !req
612. I'm gonna look for a way out in there.Copy !req
613. And when this is over,Copy !req
614. we need to have a talk
about my future here.Copy !req
615. You know why I hired you?Copy !req
616. I used to.Copy !req
617. For your fury.Copy !req
618. A lot of people around here...
Sacker, me...Copy !req
619. we were born with a place at the table.Copy !req
620. But you came to this jobCopy !req
621. knowing what it means to be an outsider,Copy !req
622. and with the desperate fury of one.Copy !req
623. But you are still
letting that fury use youCopy !req
624. instead of you using it.Copy !req
625. Right now, it's directed at me,Copy !req
626. which doesn't serve you at all.Copy !req
627. But refocused, channeled,
it'll become a weapon...Copy !req
628. instead of a liability.Copy !req
629. Come on.Copy !req
630. My number's up.Copy !req
631. I'm supposed to see Dake at two o'clock.Copy !req
632. Sorry.Copy !req
633. No.Copy !req
634. You have been loyal.Copy !req
635. You have gone above and
beyond trying to protect me.Copy !req
636. You should cooperate.Copy !req
637. Do what's right.Copy !req
638. You owe it to your family.Copy !req
639. What are you gonna do?Copy !req
640. Wait.Copy !req
641. Impressive collection.Copy !req
642. Bobby Axelrod.Copy !req
643. Hank Flagg.Copy !req
644. You ride with a club?Copy !req
645. To my mind, if you want to be an outlaw,Copy !req
646. you don't join a club
with a fucking logo.Copy !req
647. So, you run a hedge fund?Copy !req
648. That's right.Copy !req
649. We do have a logo.Copy !req
650. So, what's your interest in my property?Copy !req
651. I have a stake in the project
they want to use it for.Copy !req
652. And I thought you might be
tired of talking to lawyers.Copy !req
653. Jesus. Is that an Indian Four?Copy !req
654. Yeah.Copy !req
655. I'm restoring the foot clutch on it.Copy !req
656. Yeah, suicide clutch.Copy !req
657. That mid-1930s?Copy !req
658. That's a good guess. It's '30.Copy !req
659. Ah, four cylinders.Copy !req
660. God, back in the day,Copy !req
661. this machine was the epitome of power.Copy !req
662. You had to be rich enough to afford itCopy !req
663. and strong enough to handle it.Copy !req
664. Let's go in the house.
We can talk there.Copy !req
665. You got to know one-point-five
is a great price for this property.Copy !req
666. One-point-five is bullshit now.Copy !req
667. Well, what do you imagine...Copy !req
668. It's got to be a casino.
That's how I have it figured.Copy !req
669. Oh, come on.Copy !req
670. You drive all the way up
here to tell me I'm wrong?Copy !req
671. No. You came up here to
try to get me to deal.Copy !req
672. Look, I respect you
wanting to hold firm.Copy !req
673. I admire the fortitude.Copy !req
674. But your problem is,Copy !req
675. my friend's not going any higher.Copy !req
676. He's just gonna bleed you out.Copy !req
677. Or I'll bleed him out.Copy !req
678. I'm in no rush.Copy !req
679. Well, then, he's just gonna
bring in a government agency.Copy !req
680. They won't give a shit.Copy !req
681. They'll tell you the casino's
for the good of the community,Copy !req
682. and then they'll throw
you off your own land.Copy !req
683. Maybe they'll throw in a
couple of hundred thousandCopy !req
684. for your trouble.Copy !req
685. It'll be fucking Ruby Ridge
up here before that happens.Copy !req
686. My guy's handing you a golden ticket.Copy !req
687. You should take it and run.Copy !req
688. Okay.Copy !req
689. I'll sweeten it a little.Copy !req
690. I'll make it an even two mil.Copy !req
691. Mm.Copy !req
692. Let me give you a little context.Copy !req
693. My girlfriend's in real estate.Copy !req
694. One day, she notices a spike
in interest in Sandicot,Copy !req
695. which is, you know, curious,
to say the fucking least.Copy !req
696. Then, the same week,
a friend of mine noticesCopy !req
697. a couple guys eating
burgers at Murdock's...Copy !req
698. haircuts wearing expensive sneakers.Copy !req
699. So I go down to Town
Hall to see what's what,Copy !req
700. and I find out that you
bought the town's debtCopy !req
701. for pennies on the dollar.Copy !req
702. It's all public information.Copy !req
703. I know what you stand to make.Copy !req
704. And I also know what you stand to loseCopy !req
705. if the town defaults on the bonds.Copy !req
706. You can't afford to wait.Copy !req
707. You need that casino open
and ready for businessCopy !req
708. as soon as goddamned possible.Copy !req
709. I wish my guys had your
fucking initiative.Copy !req
710. I'll double the offer.Copy !req
711. Seven.Copy !req
712. Yeah, I think I'd be happy at seven.Copy !req
713. Nobody leaves a negotiation happy.Copy !req
714. Five.Copy !req
715. And for that, you throw in
the fucking Indian Four.Copy !req
716. And would you be able
to decide on the facts,Copy !req
717. regardless of your personal beliefs?Copy !req
718. Yes. Of course.Copy !req
719. Thank you.Copy !req
720. Potential juror number two...Copy !req
721. Actually, Your Honor,Copy !req
722. I have a couple of
supplemental questions.Copy !req
723. Okay.Copy !req
724. But let's keep it moving.Copy !req
725. Understood.Copy !req
726. Do you have any idea how
much wealth in this countryCopy !req
727. is controlled by the top 20 percent?Copy !req
728. A shit ton.Copy !req
729. Your Honor.Copy !req
730. Sorry.Copy !req
731. Almost all of it.Copy !req
732. Huh.Copy !req
733. I'd like to challenge
the juror for cause.Copy !req
734. Do your personal beliefs
about who has all the wealthCopy !req
735. affect your ability to apply the law?Copy !req
736. Not at all.Copy !req
737. I understand my duty as an American.Copy !req
738. All Americans,
regardless of wealth, can be fair.Copy !req
739. Challenge for cause denied.Copy !req
740. We'll use a peremptory challenge.Copy !req
741. Thank you, juror. You're excused.Copy !req
742. You just lost your paradigm juror.Copy !req
743. That's got to hurt.Copy !req
744. You said you worked underground,Copy !req
745. building the Second Avenue Subway.Copy !req
746. You're a sandhog.Copy !req
747. And proud of it.Copy !req
748. So was my grandfather.Copy !req
749. Lincoln Tunnel, back in '34.Copy !req
750. He said he never earned a bonus.Copy !req
751. Has that changed over the years?Copy !req
752. No. No. Never gotten a bonus.Copy !req
753. Do you think you'd be
able to decide this caseCopy !req
754. in a fair and impartial mannerCopy !req
755. if you knew that the average
Spartan-Ives bonus last yearCopy !req
756. was over 366,000 dollars?Copy !req
757. Holy shit.Copy !req
758. Again, this is a hypothetical, but...Copy !req
759. He's torqueing up this juryCopy !req
760. like a fluffer on a porn set.Copy !req
761. They're inflamed for the moment.
They'll calm down.Copy !req
762. What if you knew Mr.
Boyd's personal bonusCopy !req
763. was more than 50 times that?Copy !req
764. That wouldn't affect your ability
to be impartial, would it?Copy !req
765. I would be impartial.Copy !req
766. Always trust a sandhog.Copy !req
767. You have a confusing résumé.Copy !req
768. What's with the, uh, fox-trotCopy !req
769. from Southern District
to Eastern and back?Copy !req
770. Nothing. It happens.Copy !req
771. It never occurred to you that RhoadesCopy !req
772. was moving you around
to serve his purposesCopy !req
773. whenever he found himself
holding a Yarborough?Copy !req
774. I don't play bridge.Copy !req
775. You're excused, juror 32.Copy !req
776. How many challenges do they have left?Copy !req
777. That's tap city.Copy !req
778. If that's your view of bankers,Copy !req
779. then you could probably
recognize when a-a witnessCopy !req
780. has a personal hatred for the defendantCopy !req
781. and accord him the
impartiality he deserves?Copy !req
782. Sure I could.Copy !req
783. I assume everyone hates
this man from first sight.Copy !req
784. It's not gonna color my opinion.Copy !req
785. These jurors are gonna
do me like Louis XVI.Copy !req
786. Let me work.Copy !req
787. What I want you to do...
is start fucking dealing.Copy !req
788. Bryan, can we talk?Copy !req
789. You really don't need to do this.Copy !req
790. Their best witness is Tom McKinnon.Copy !req
791. We'll paint him as a
cuckold with an agenda.Copy !req
792. There's a very good chance we can win.Copy !req
793. Define "win."Copy !req
794. Define "very good."Copy !req
795. Summer I was 18,Copy !req
796. I worked in menswear at
Gimbels department store.Copy !req
797. It doesn't exist anymore.Copy !req
798. I wore a suit to work.Copy !req
799. And I wore three suits home
underneath it on my last day...Copy !req
800. sold them on the side
to pay for college.Copy !req
801. The risk was worth the
reward back then because...Copy !req
802. I had nothing to lose.Copy !req
803. I'm not that kid anymore.Copy !req
804. I'm facing ten years in federal prison.Copy !req
805. That's a risk I cannot tolerate.Copy !req
806. Larry.Copy !req
807. Hear you had a rough one.Copy !req
808. I'm at the table, Chuck.
Don't be a son of a bitch.Copy !req
809. We're ready to settle.Copy !req
810. Admission of guilt,
five years' probation,Copy !req
811. and a 60 million dollar fine.Copy !req
812. A very nice offer.Copy !req
813. It's funny.Copy !req
814. Something about a settlement
doesn't sit right with me.Copy !req
815. Bid-rigging the U.S. Treasury market,Copy !req
816. that, to me, is a crime
that... so profoundlyCopy !req
817. violates public trust
in our financial systemCopy !req
818. that it really seems only
right to continue the trialCopy !req
819. and let the people decide.Copy !req
820. No deal.Copy !req
821. Are you fucking kidding me?Copy !req
822. Is he kidding?Copy !req
823. What a motherfucker!Copy !req
824. That's what you're claiming?Copy !req
825. You know I can have you
disbarred for lying.Copy !req
826. The attorney general is on the phone.Copy !req
827. General.Copy !req
828. Chuck.Copy !req
829. I hear you have confounded
Boyd and his team.Copy !req
830. Congratulations.Copy !req
831. This call means the world to me.Copy !req
832. Thank you, ma'am.Copy !req
833. Yes.Copy !req
834. You have made it clearCopy !req
835. that there will be no special treatment,
haven't you?Copy !req
836. Thought that made sense, considering.Copy !req
837. Now they're seeking settlement.Copy !req
838. But I look forward to a trial...Copy !req
839. A hard-hitting trial.Copy !req
840. I would never meddle.
I need you to know that.Copy !req
841. I would never ask you to accept a pleaCopy !req
842. unless you, too, felt that pleaCopy !req
843. was in the best interest of justice.Copy !req
844. I appreciate that.Copy !req
845. We are, as always,
interested in the same thing.Copy !req
846. And I want you to knowCopy !req
847. that I would never
refuse to accept a pleaCopy !req
848. if, suddenly, I saw
that to do so would be more fair.Copy !req
849. And that the idea of youCopy !req
850. never meddling...Copy !req
851. extended to me and the entire scope
of my affairs in the Southern District.Copy !req
852. You have your open field.Copy !req
853. Make the deal.Copy !req
854. And so, now,
as the great Bruce Buffer says,Copy !req
855. "It's time."Copy !req
856. Do you believe
U.S. Attorney RhoadesCopy !req
857. remained involved in the Axelrod caseCopy !req
858. even after he'd recused himself?Copy !req
859. Yes.Copy !req
860. Yes. Of course.Copy !req
861. How did you know?Copy !req
862. Specifics.Copy !req
863. He came to me with informationCopy !req
864. that made it clear he
was still involved.Copy !req
865. He made it clear that I was to tryCopy !req
866. to get the same information...Copy !req
867. but to do so in a way that...Copy !req
868. Yes, General.Copy !req
869. Um...Copy !req
870. But...Copy !req
871. Uh, I-I understand. Yes. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
872. But I'm... But I'm just now
coming into possessionCopy !req
873. of material information,Copy !req
874. a-and if I could
have just a few more...Copy !req
875. No. No.Copy !req
876. Um, of course.Copy !req
877. As you wish.Copy !req
878. You can go.Copy !req
879. What?Copy !req
880. We're done here.Copy !req
881. Yeah?Copy !req
882. It's over.Copy !req
883. Boyd puked himself.Copy !req
884. He's taking a guilty plea.Copy !req
885. Fuck.Copy !req
886. Surrendered like a
French fucking soldier.Copy !req
887. Rhoades knew his man.Copy !req
888. As, uh, as I'm sure you know,Copy !req
889. the attorney general has
suspended my investigationCopy !req
890. and ordered me back to Washington.Copy !req
891. Well, I hope you've enjoyed your stay.Copy !req
892. Well...Copy !req
893. Do you know what I... what I like mostCopy !req
894. about my job, Mr. Rhoades?Copy !req
895. The sartorial flair?Copy !req
896. I took an oath.Copy !req
897. The same oath sworn by you, in fact,Copy !req
898. to the people of the United States.Copy !req
899. And when I see that someoneCopy !req
900. is putting his own
interests above that oath,Copy !req
901. there is nothing I like
better than making sureCopy !req
902. they never get another job
in the legal professionCopy !req
903. f-for the rest of their lives.Copy !req
904. Know this.Copy !req
905. I had you... in the cross hairs.Copy !req
906. But today, you're the man who
brought down Lawrence Boyd.Copy !req
907. You're... Elvis.Copy !req
908. So... today...Copy !req
909. you are safe.Copy !req
910. But...Copy !req
911. don't get fucking comfortable.Copy !req
912. What happened upstate?Copy !req
913. I bought Flagg's property for five,Copy !req
914. which I've leased to ThayerCopy !req
915. for $750K a year on a ten-year lease.Copy !req
916. Wyatt, we are rolling.Copy !req
917. You pulled this
out of the fucking fire, boss.Copy !req
918. An actual, unmitigated win.Copy !req
919. The yield on this bad boyCopy !req
920. is gonna keep Mama in
new shoes for years.Copy !req
921. Bring on the bulldozers.Copy !req
922. Yeah?Copy !req
923. Congratulations.Copy !req
924. Victory torn from the jaws.Copy !req
925. Ah, sometimes, you play the goban.Copy !req
926. Sometimes, you look across the boardCopy !req
927. and you see a total lack of kiai.Copy !req
928. I know none of those words.Copy !req
929. But I feel like you're calling
Lawrence Boyd a butter boy.Copy !req
930. A guilty man took a guilty plea.Copy !req
931. Closer than ever
to your goal, Bryan.Copy !req
932. Which one?Copy !req
933. That's what you should spend
the next few weeks figuring out.Copy !req
934. See you next week.Copy !req
935. Namaste.Copy !req
936. Hey.Copy !req
937. Hey.Copy !req
938. I heard about Boyd.Copy !req
939. I know, brutal.Copy !req
940. But forget that. This is more important.Copy !req
941. I-I'm sorry.Copy !req
942. I should have told you about WendyCopy !req
943. before I even spoke to her.Copy !req
944. You think this is about her?Copy !req
945. Bobby, you act
like we're in this together.Copy !req
946. You make command decisions,
sometimes life-changing,Copy !req
947. and you don't even run them by me first.Copy !req
948. Do you remember the boat?
The Galápagos?Copy !req
949. You make plans, you put them in motion,Copy !req
950. and then you inform me after the fact.Copy !req
951. That is not the marriage
that I signed up for,Copy !req
952. and that is not one that I
will accept going forward.Copy !req
953. I've risked alienating
my brothers and sisters.Copy !req
954. I have walked away from things
that I care deeply about.Copy !req
955. I know.Copy !req
956. And I do it because I understandCopy !req
957. that when something becomes a liability,Copy !req
958. you cut it loose for the greater good.Copy !req
959. And if you ask me,
Wendy Rhoades is a liability,Copy !req
960. and I will never be okay
with the two of you talking.Copy !req
961. Okay.Copy !req
962. You're right.Copy !req
963. A-About everything.Copy !req
964. Look, what if I agreeCopy !req
965. that I, personally, won't see her?Copy !req
966. I'll draw a line.Copy !req
967. She and I will never have any sessions.Copy !req
968. That way,
she'll never have anything on me.Copy !req
969. Can you live with that?Copy !req
970. I can try.Copy !req
971. There you go, gentlemen.Copy !req
972. - Congrats.
- All right.Copy !req
973. - Well done.
- Hear, hear.Copy !req
974. Top-drawer.Copy !req
975. On my account, pal. Enjoy it.Copy !req
976. Couldn't be happier for you.Copy !req
977. To the vir triumphalis.Copy !req
978. Hear, hear!Copy !req
979. Son, there were times when
I thought you were finished.Copy !req
980. You scared the hell out of me,
more than once.Copy !req
981. But you prevailed.Copy !req
982. And the only question now is...Copy !req
983. which mansion will it be,
Gracie or the Governor's?Copy !req
984. Relax, Dad.Copy !req
985. I fought to keep my job.Copy !req
986. I'm just gonna try to enjoy
it for the time being.Copy !req
987. Don't waste this moment.Copy !req
988. There's no telling how
fleeting it might be.Copy !req
989. Uh, I have a piece of news.Copy !req
990. Words you never want to hear
come out of your lawyer's mouth.Copy !req
991. You're gonna want to hear this.
It is very good.Copy !req
992. On my way over here,
I got a call from Axelrod's lawyer.Copy !req
993. They are not gonna be
deposing you next week.Copy !req
994. They're not gonna be
deposing you at all.Copy !req
995. But their case can't proceed unless...Copy !req
996. Their case isn't proceeding.Copy !req
997. They are dropping the lawsuits...Copy !req
998. quietly, over the next couple of months.Copy !req
999. What did I tell you? You have muscle.Copy !req
1000. You even scared Axelrod.Copy !req
1001. When did this happen?Copy !req
1002. I got the call on the way over.Copy !req
1003. Your father's right.
You must've scared him.Copy !req
1004. What's the problem?Copy !req
1005. Now you're truly unencumbered.Copy !req
1006. Axelrod isn't scared
by displays of strength.Copy !req
1007. You all right?Copy !req
1008. I'm not sure.Copy !req
1009. Uh...Copy !req
1010. Thank you for this tribute.Copy !req
1011. It means a great deal,Copy !req
1012. celebrating this victory with you both.Copy !req
1013. I have to go.Copy !req
1014. Enjoy the scotch.Copy !req
1015. Hall!Copy !req
1016. Sandicot's not getting
the gaming license.Copy !req
1017. The commission went another way,Copy !req
1018. gave it to a town in the Catskills.Copy !req
1019. I'm looking into what happened,
but it's over.Copy !req
1020. Are you there?Copy !req
1021. I'm so happy for you.Copy !req
1022. Is something wrong?Copy !req
1023. What did you do to get Axelrod
to drop the civil suits?Copy !req
1024. This is a conversation,Copy !req
1025. and I don't think we
should have it tonight.Copy !req
1026. Let's not do anything to spoil
the tremendous day you've had.Copy !req
1027. Yeah, it's too late for that.Copy !req
1028. I went back to work at Axe Capital.Copy !req
1029. And, um, are you gonna try to insistCopy !req
1030. that you did it for me?Copy !req
1031. No.Copy !req
1032. I wanted to go back.Copy !req
1033. Chuck.Copy !req
1034. It's my work.Copy !req
1035. And when I didn't have it anymore, it...Copy !req
1036. it left a hole I tried
very hard to fill, but couldn't.Copy !req
1037. So yes, I went back for me,Copy !req
1038. but in doing it,
I found a way to help you, too.Copy !req
1039. Well, I'm happy that it works for you.Copy !req
1040. But for us,
I am afraid it's a deal breaker.Copy !req