1. Obviously,
I miscalculated a few things.Copy !req
2. Eddie! I know you're in there!Copy !req
3. Why is it that the moment your life
exceeds your wildest dreams...Copy !req
4. The access code you have entered...Copy !req
5. the knife appears at your back?Copy !req
6. The access code
you have entered is invalid...Copy !req
7. Well, I'll tell you one thing...Copy !req
8. I will never let them touch me.Copy !req
9. My neighbor, who must have
opened his door to complain.Copy !req
10. You're gonna be next, Eddie!
We're coming in!Copy !req
11. For a guy with a four digit IQ,
I must have missed something.Copy !req
12. And I hadn't missed much.Copy !req
13. I'd come this close to having
an impact on the world.Copy !req
14. And now, the only thing
I'd have an impact on...Copy !req
15. was the sidewalk.Copy !req
16. You see that guy?Copy !req
17. That was me, not so long ago.Copy !req
18. What kind of guy without a drug or
alcohol problem looks this way?Copy !req
19. Only a writer. Strangely enough,Copy !req
20. nobody believed that
I actually had a book contract.Copy !req
21. Well, it's masquerading
as a sci-fi novel,Copy !req
22. but it's really, uh,
my own personal manifestoCopy !req
23. about the plight of the
individual in the 21st century.Copy !req
24. I sort of created a utopian societyCopy !req
25. where we all sort of...
Uh... Uh...Copy !req
26. It's really... it's really...Copy !req
27. Uh...Copy !req
28. Today was the day
I was gonna kick its ass.Copy !req
29. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go...Copy !req
30. It was gonna be great.Copy !req
31. Just gotta put in the time.
Stay in the room.Copy !req
32. That's the key concept.Copy !req
33. Don't leave the room.Copy !req
34. A few weeks passed this way.Copy !req
35. Maybe a few months.Copy !req
36. At least I still had Lindy.Copy !req
37. Just like that?Copy !req
38. Come on, Eddie.
This is hardly a surprise.Copy !req
39. I'm surprised.Copy !req
40. Let's just not do this, OK?
Let me...Copy !req
41. I'm gonna hand in
90 pages to Marla on Friday.Copy !req
42. If you just wait to see
what she says...Copy !req
43. Eddie.Copy !req
44. - What?
- I know how it's going.Copy !req
45. I'm your...Copy !req
46. I was your girlfriend.Copy !req
47. That word doesn't even begin
to describe what you are to me.Copy !req
48. Partner? Squeeze?Copy !req
49. Paramour. Inamorata.Copy !req
50. Cleaning lady. Bank.Copy !req
51. Be that a...Copy !req
52. What's mine is yours, too,Copy !req
53. and you know I want to share
the rest of my life with you.Copy !req
54. - I was thinking that we should...
- Don't propose.Copy !req
55. Why not?Copy !req
56. Because it worked out
so well for you last time.Copy !req
57. It's true, I did marry once.
Right out of college, to Melissa.Copy !req
58. I do.Copy !req
59. Briefly.Copy !req
60. - This isn't working.Copy !req
61. Well, even though everything you
say is true, I still love you.Copy !req
62. I gotta get back to work.Copy !req
63. You didn't even
tell me what happened.Copy !req
64. - I got it.
- You did?Copy !req
65. Mm-hm. I'm an editor.Copy !req
66. I'll have my own assistant.
Can you believe that?Copy !req
67. Yeah, of course I believe it.
You deserve it.Copy !req
68. Thanks.Copy !req
69. - OK.
- OK.Copy !req
70. She was right. Why stick it out?Copy !req
71. I had clearly missed the on-ramp.Copy !req
72. We both knew what was beckoning.Copy !req
73. The lower bunk in my
childhood bedroom in Jersey.Copy !req
74. My father happy to welcome me
into the challenging fieldCopy !req
75. of dental supply inventory.Copy !req
76. Eddie Morra.Copy !req
77. Of all the useless
relationships better forgottenCopy !req
78. and put away in mothballs,Copy !req
79. is there any more useless than...
the ex-brother-in-law?Copy !req
80. Holy shit, man.Copy !req
81. What has it been? Like nine years?Copy !req
82. - God!
- Hey.Copy !req
83. You all right? You look like
you're living on the streets.Copy !req
84. What's going on?Copy !req
85. Not much, I... Well...
What am I... What's up?Copy !req
86. Uh, I'm writing. Writing a lot.Copy !req
87. Oh, you're still trying to write?Copy !req
88. Matter of fact,
I have a book contract.Copy !req
89. - Really?
- Yeah.Copy !req
90. - That's great.
- How about you?Copy !req
91. Are you still dealing, Vern?Copy !req
92. - Do I look like I'm still dealing?
- No, you don't. No.Copy !req
93. Come on, let's go get a drink.
I want to hear about this book.Copy !req
94. I don't know.
It's 2:00 in the afternoon.Copy !req
95. - When has that ever stopped you?Copy !req
96. - So.
- So...Copy !req
97. How's Melissa doing?Copy !req
98. Here you go.
- Thanks.Copy !req
99. Wouldn't know. I don't see her.
She moved upstate.Copy !req
100. She got some kind of Internet home sales
kind of job. Couple kids.Copy !req
101. Couple kids. Who's the husband?Copy !req
102. He walked out on her,
if you really want to know.Copy !req
103. But what do you care, man?Copy !req
104. You were married, like, five minutes.Copy !req
105. Look, I don't wanna talk about her.
I wanna talk about you, OK?Copy !req
106. Tell me about this book.
How's it going?Copy !req
107. Well, it's, uh...Copy !req
108. I'm... I'm...Copy !req
109. I'm behind.
I'm behind on my book.Copy !req
110. And, uh, it's pretty well
polluting my days and nights,
if you really want to know.Copy !req
111. - Well, how much have you written of it?
- Not one word.Copy !req
112. - Creative problems, huh?
- Yeah. Mm-hm.Copy !req
113. Well, I suppose
I can help you with that.Copy !req
114. Just this once.Copy !req
115. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
116. - You don't even know what it is.
- You're still dealing.Copy !req
117. Brother,
I am light years from that now.Copy !req
118. I've been doing, uh, some consulting
for a pharmaceutical company.Copy !req
119. What, like some offshore lab
making fake Viagra? Come on, Vern.Copy !req
120. No. This is an exclusive product
that's coming on stream next year.Copy !req
121. They've had clinical trials
and it's FDA approved.Copy !req
122. All right, just out of curiosity
and that's all...Copy !req
123. Let's see it.Copy !req
124. What's in it?Copy !req
125. They've identified these receptors
in the brainCopy !req
126. that activate specific circuits.Copy !req
127. And you how they say that we can
only access 20 percent of our brain?Copy !req
128. Well, what this does...
it lets you access all of it.Copy !req
129. Vern, look at me. Do I look good to you?
I'm broke and I'm depressed off my ass.Copy !req
130. I don't think that my life's
gonna take some sudden upswingCopy !req
131. - into fame and fortune by taking some
shiny, brand-new designer drug.Copy !req
132. Gant. When?Copy !req
133. Tell him we can't do that.
No, you tell him.Copy !req
134. No, now.Copy !req
135. Well, I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to leave you here, Eddie.Copy !req
136. But I really... I really do
want to do this again.Copy !req
137. So, call me.
And, uh, that's on the house.Copy !req
138. I don't want it.Copy !req
139. Don't be ungrateful.
You know how much that costs?Copy !req
140. Eight hundred bucks. A pop.Copy !req
141. You're welcome.Copy !req
142. All the way home,
I thought about Melissa.Copy !req
143. How could she be a failure, too?
She'd been so smart.Copy !req
144. - Smarter than anyone around her.Copy !req
145. Clearly, there was a direct link
between this Eddie,Copy !req
146. slightly drunk at 3:00 in the afternoon,
and an earlier Eddie...Copy !req
147. vomiting on his boss's desk
or stealing his dying aunt's Percocet.Copy !req
148. So who could blame Lindy
for dumping me?Copy !req
149. In the end, how much worse could it get?Copy !req
150. I didn't want to see anybody.Copy !req
151. Especially not my landlord's
nasty young wife.Copy !req
152. - Valerie, Tuesday.
- Look. Enough, OK?Copy !req
153. Steve handles the rent,
so you can feed your crap to him.Copy !req
154. I suddenly had extra reason
to get away from her.Copy !req
155. I had thoughtlessly ingested
a substance.Copy !req
156. Like the rent's not low enough!Copy !req
157. I had gotten remarkably
little information from VernonCopy !req
158. about what this drug would do.Copy !req
159. You could even be a bike messenger
and come up with that. Really.Copy !req
160. What if it was a hallucinogen?
- It's pathetic.Copy !req
161. Oh, my God.
Listening to her rag...Copy !req
162. If I were tripping,
I'd jump out a fucking window.Copy !req
163. Hello? Are you listening to me?Copy !req
164. Do you get it?
You are gonna be out on the streets!Copy !req
165. And then, I felt it.Copy !req
166. I was blind, but now I see.Copy !req
167. running away!
You can't even look at me, you know why?Copy !req
168. Because you're not even a man.
You're not even a man!Copy !req
169. You don't have rent!
You don't have a job!Copy !req
170. - What's wrong?
- What?Copy !req
171. You don't like me and I don't blame you.
You see a self-defeating,Copy !req
172. energy-sucking piece of shit
who's sponging off your husband.Copy !req
173. You're wishing I'd blow my brains out,Copy !req
174. but my existence shouldn't make you
this upset. What is it?Copy !req
175. - That's none of your business.
- Something wrong at law school?Copy !req
176. How do you know I'm in law school?Copy !req
177. People who aren't, usually
don't carry around dry,Copy !req
178. academically-constipated books
about a dead Supreme Court justice.Copy !req
179. You're a creep, aren't you?
You've been... You've been following me.Copy !req
180. - No, I just noticed the book.
- You just saw the corner of it.Copy !req
181. How did you know that?Copy !req
182. I'd seen it before.
Twelve years ago in college.Copy !req
183. Sitting on the couch of a TA
I was trying to make,Copy !req
184. waiting for her to come
back out of the bathroom,Copy !req
185. hoping she'd have a condom.Copy !req
186. Somehow my unconscious
had served that up.Copy !req
187. A memory I had never even recorded.Copy !req
188. Or was it there the whole time
and all I needed was the access?Copy !req
189. If you're writing a paper,
that's not the book I'd use.Copy !req
190. Well, who asked you?Copy !req
191. Hastings has his oral history.
I'd start there.Copy !req
192. Interesting point.
Grammatically, this guy was an idiot,Copy !req
193. which sort of gives credence
to the theoryCopy !req
194. that one of the clerks he had firedCopy !req
195. actually wrote most of
this guy's major opinions.Copy !req
196. You could Google the clerk's sons,
they'd love to talk to you.Copy !req
197. Exonerate their dad. That'd give you
something that no one else has...Copy !req
198. Information from the odd
museum show, a half-read article,Copy !req
199. some PBS documentary... it was all
bubbling up in my frontal lobes,Copy !req
200. mixing itself together into a sparkling
cocktail of useful information.Copy !req
201. She didn't have a chance.
- So, what are your suggestions?Copy !req
202. We'd really worked
on her paper, too.Copy !req
203. In 45 minutes, it was a polished gem.
She was pleased.Copy !req
204. Home. But it couldn't be my home,
could it?Copy !req
205. Who would live like this?Copy !req
206. My first thought: Torch it.Copy !req
207. But saner heads prevailed.Copy !req
208. What was this drug?
I couldn't stay messy on it,Copy !req
209. I hadn't had a cigarette in six hours,
hadn't eaten, so... abstemious and tidy?Copy !req
210. What was this? A drug for people who
wanted to be more anal retentive?Copy !req
211. I wasn't high, I wasn't wired.
Just clear.Copy !req
212. I knew what I needed to do
and how to do it.Copy !req
213. The next morning, I sent
a little probe down into my brain.Copy !req
214. No surge of brilliance
came up to greet me.Copy !req
215. In short... I was back.Copy !req
216. But, something remained.Copy !req
217. You're kidding.Copy !req
218. - No.
- Words have appeared on paper.Copy !req
219. - Yes.
- Written by you.Copy !req
220. All you have to do is read three pages.Copy !req
221. Just read three pages
in the next hour and...Copy !req
222. if you don't want to keep reading,
I'll give you back the advance.Copy !req
223. OK.Copy !req
224. - OK, Eddie.
- OK.Copy !req
225. Eddie,
give me a call when you get in.Copy !req
226. Eddie, I'm 40 pages further in.
Call me.Copy !req
227. It's a little grandiose,
but I'm still reading.Copy !req
228. OK, how did you do this?Copy !req
229. I'd really like... Just call me
the minute you get in. Call. OK?Copy !req
230. Who is it?
- Hey, Vernon, it's Eddie.Copy !req
231. - Eddie who?
- Uh, Morra.Copy !req
232. It's not a good time, Eddie.Copy !req
233. Uh, hey, Vern, I really
just need to talk to you.Copy !req
234. Hey... Oh...Copy !req
235. - Vern, what happened?
- Don't worry about it. I'm fine.Copy !req
236. So, Eddie.
You are interested after all.Copy !req
237. - That stuff's amazing.
- Works better if you're already smart.Copy !req
238. Vern, who did this to you?Copy !req
239. Trust me, you don't want to know.Copy !req
240. Uh...Copy !req
241. - So, uh, what's it called?
- Doesn't have a street name yet.Copy !req
242. But the boys in the kitchen
are calling it NZT 48.Copy !req
243. "The boys in the kitchen"?
I don't...Copy !req
244. That doesn't sound
very FDA-approved, Vern.Copy !req
245. FDA-approved, that's a laugh. You didn't
really believe that shit, did ya?Copy !req
246. OK, so what do we have here?Copy !req
247. Some unknown, untested,
possibly dangerous drugCopy !req
248. scammed out of some
unidentified lab somewhereCopy !req
249. given to me by a highly unreliable guy
I hadn't seen in years.Copy !req
250. - So you want some more?
- Yes. Definitely.Copy !req
251. All right, we'll talk about it,
but I, uh, need a favor first.Copy !req
252. Obviously, I'm in no condition
to go out right now, so,Copy !req
253. I was wondering if you could pop down to
the dry cleaners, grab my suit for me.Copy !req
254. And maybe grab a little...
a little breakfast for us.Copy !req
255. He knew he had me.Copy !req
256. Sure.Copy !req
257. From now on,
I'd happily be his errand boy.Copy !req
258. Wash his windows,
scrub his toilet...Copy !req
259. anything I could do to get my hands
on that little clear pillCopy !req
260. that would bring back...
Enhanced Eddie.Copy !req
261. Vern?Copy !req
262. Vern...Copy !req
263. Oh, Vern.Copy !req
264. Hey, hey!Copy !req
265. Hey!Copy !req
266. - 911, what's your emergency?
- Hi, I need to report a...Copy !req
267. a murder.Copy !req
268. 7B, yes.Copy !req
269. OK, I won't.Copy !req
270. Took them forever. And the longer
I stood there, the clearer I saw.Copy !req
271. Vern had known whoever had done this.Copy !req
272. And one guess what
they'd been looking for.Copy !req
273. But had they found it?Copy !req
274. Shit, if you ever cooked,
I'd be dead, too.Copy !req
275. Police Department!
Open the door, please!Copy !req
276. Police Department! Open the door!Copy !req
277. Open the door, please!Copy !req
278. Police! Open the door!Copy !req
279. Let's go! Open the door!Copy !req
280. - Let me see your hands.
- Hey.Copy !req
281. - Let me see your hands!
- No, no, I'm the one who called!Copy !req
282. I called you guys!Copy !req
283. So, you guys tight?
Hang out a lot?Copy !req
284. No, my ex-wife's brother. I just
actually ran into him on the streetCopy !req
285. - and he asked me to come up to...
- Buy some drugs?Copy !req
286. - No, no. What?
- What did this guy do?Copy !req
287. He... Uh, I don't know. He was, um...Copy !req
288. I heard that he was an antiques dealer?Copy !req
289. - A dealer?
- Yeah, uh, antiques. Um...Copy !req
290. Like, uh, Viennese kinda, um...Copy !req
291. - ... chairs and stuff.Copy !req
292. Like, you know,
like curlicue leg things.Copy !req
293. Yeah?Copy !req
294. That is correct. An Edward Morra.Copy !req
295. He's here.Copy !req
296. Victim's sister.Copy !req
297. I hadn't heard her voice
in ten years.Copy !req
298. Eddie?
- Melissa?Copy !req
299. You were there?
- Um...Copy !req
300. Just before. I had run into him
on the street and, uh... yeah.Copy !req
301. Oh, God.
I wish I was more surprised.
He was involved in some stuff.Copy !req
302. I'd better not say any more.Copy !req
303. No, no, that's probably a good idea.Copy !req
304. So, uh... We should probably, uh,
meet or something, right?Copy !req
305. No, I gotta do the funeral
and God knows what else. I just...Copy !req
306. We can't meet, OK?Copy !req
307. Right. Well, I'll just... I guess I'll
just see you at the funeral then.Copy !req
308. No. I don't want that. Please
don't. I'll call you at some point, OK?Copy !req
309. - When this is over.
- OK, all right.Copy !req
310. OK.Copy !req
311. You know, something doesn't gel here.Copy !req
312. Write down your number.
I may need to contact you later.Copy !req
313. Worth the risk?Copy !req
314. What would you do?Copy !req
315. Vern's cash, combined with
an unprecedented surge of motivation,Copy !req
316. enabled me to finish the book
in four days.Copy !req
317. A tablet a dayCopy !req
318. and what I could do
with my day was limitless.Copy !req
319. I learned to play
the piano in three days.Copy !req
320. Math became useful.Copy !req
321. And fun.Copy !req
322. I'm all in.Copy !req
323. Even half-listening
to any language, I became fluent.Copy !req
324. So that Shakespeare's catchiness
belies mediocrity?Copy !req
325. There's no arguing with you.Copy !req
326. This was great.Copy !req
327. So, Mom, I've been doing a little
research on Aunt Helen's tumor.Copy !req
328. And it's totally clear that anybody with
familial adenomatous polyposisCopy !req
329. should be supplementing
platinum-based doublet regimentsCopy !req
330. with eicosapentaeonic acid.Copy !req
331. I suddenly knew everything.
About everything.Copy !req
332. Well, sure, you get a short-term spike,
but wouldn't that rapid expansionCopy !req
333. devalue the stock completely
in two years?Copy !req
334. - No, because there are safeguards.
- Against aggressive over-expansion?Copy !req
335. There aren't. Because there are
no safeguards in human nature.Copy !req
336. We're wired to overreach.Copy !req
337. Look at history, all the countries
that ever ruled the world.Copy !req
338. Portugal with this big massive navy.Copy !req
339. All they got now are salt cod
and cheap condoms.Copy !req
340. - And the Brits?Copy !req
341. Now they're just sitting on a dank
little island fussing over their suits.Copy !req
342. No one's stopping and thinking,
"Hey, we're doing pretty well.Copy !req
343. We got France, we got Poland,
we got a big Swiss bank account.Copy !req
344. You know what?
Let's not invade Russia in the winter.Copy !req
345. Let's go home, let's pop a beer,
and let's live off the interest."Copy !req
346. - Yeah.Copy !req
347. My brain was just
pouring this stuff out.Copy !req
348. Everything I had ever read, heard,
seen was now organized and available.Copy !req
349. Here it is. Here you go.Copy !req
350. Eddie. Hey. Listen,
I'm sure you have a portfolio,Copy !req
351. but if you don't, I'd be very
interested in working with you.Copy !req
352. OK, Kevin.Copy !req
353. I made some new friends
who invited me to the beach.Copy !req
354. The beach was not nearby.Copy !req
355. All my fear,
all my shyness, gone.Copy !req
356. They've done four basic trials...Copy !req
357. But mere lounging wasn't enough.Copy !req
358. Only problem?
If I wasn't moving forward,Copy !req
359. I felt like I was going to explode.Copy !req
360. Come up here because
it's beautiful, right?Copy !req
361. - Anybody ever jump?
Are you crazy?Copy !req
362. - He's gonna do it.
- He's not gonna do it.Copy !req
363. Oh, my God!Copy !req
364. Oh!Copy !req
365. Ah!Copy !req
366. And then I began to form an idea.Copy !req
367. Suddenly, I knew exactly
what I needed to do.Copy !req
368. It wasn't writing.
It wasn't books.Copy !req
369. It was much bigger than that.Copy !req
370. But it would take money to get there.Copy !req
371. In a down market,
no one was making much.Copy !req
372. But no one had NZT.Copy !req
373. In an
optimistic scenario, gains of
that nature merely would reflectCopy !req
374. growth in the economy
and would not pose an obstacle...Copy !req
375. Armed with Vern's last $800,
I made 2,000 in a day.Copy !req
376. Next day, 7,500.Copy !req
377. It was too slow.
I'd need more capital.Copy !req
378. But banks weren't lending
to guys like me.Copy !req
379. Hey, Liev.Copy !req
380. That's your man
in the corner back there.Copy !req
381. Yeah.Copy !req
382. So, uh, Liev told you that
I'm looking for a short-term loan?Copy !req
383. Yeah, and I told Liev forget it.Copy !req
384. Why?Copy !req
385. Because I don't see you before
and I don't fucking like you already.Copy !req
386. Why do I give you $100,000?Copy !req
387. Because...Copy !req
388. I quintupled my money
four days in a row.Copy !req
389. So you got a fix on the game.Copy !req
390. No, not a fix.Copy !req
391. I was able to calculate certain patterns
using algorithms.Copy !req
392. If you look at column four,
this was the first...Copy !req
393. You're good.Copy !req
394. OK, it's a fix.Copy !req
395. Yeah, you know,
all you people get caught.Copy !req
396. What are you gonna do then?Copy !req
397. Well, it's not as if I have
a black book with your name in it,Copy !req
398. if that's what you're talking about.Copy !req
399. And besides, I get the strong feelingCopy !req
400. that you're not somebody
I want to disappoint.Copy !req
401. Don't get up.
I said don't get up.Copy !req
402. - Sit down!
- Hey. OK.Copy !req
403. - OK, you take this, you mine.
- OK.Copy !req
404. You understand?
You don't pay, you know what we do?Copy !req
405. I cut you at waist.Copy !req
406. Peel your skin up over your head
and tie knot in it.Copy !req
407. You don't die from this.
You suffocate.Copy !req
408. - OK.
- Good luck.Copy !req
409. My new friend, Kevin Doyle,
showed me how you could leverageCopy !req
410. two and a half times your cash
at the day trading firm.Copy !req
411. I'd been upping the dose
for over a week.Copy !req
412. It seemed to cut my learning curve.Copy !req
413. Why are you buying that?
The CEO was just indicted.Copy !req
414. But not for the big fat defense contract
he bribed his way into.Copy !req
415. That's still on.
Should be announced next week.Copy !req
416. I was jacked in. Booted up.Copy !req
417. At the end of the week,
my brokerage accountCopy !req
418. contained over two million dollars.Copy !req
419. Word quickly got out.Copy !req
420. You have 19 messages.Copy !req
421. Four job offers,
my bank raising my line of credit,Copy !req
422. a reporter from the New York Post.Copy !req
423. Really call me back, Mr. Morra.Copy !req
424. No one makes money that fast.Copy !req
425. This article's gonna get written
with or without you.Copy !req
426. And finally,
Kevin Doyle trying to sound casual.Copy !req
427. Eddie, I was talking
you up to my boss and, well,
the impossible happened, bud.Copy !req
428. We got you a meeting with Carl Van Loon.Copy !req
429. Carl Van Loon wants to meet you?Copy !req
430. - Apparently so.
- But you're not in the finance game.Copy !req
431. What can you do for Carl Van Loon?Copy !req
432. Since when do you speak Italian?Copy !req
433. Oh.
Self-improvement month.Copy !req
434. I guess somebody
gave me a wake up call.Copy !req
435. I hope you didn't do it for me.Copy !req
436. No, I just wanted
to apologize to you, Lin.Copy !req
437. And let you know that apparently
my capacity for self-sabotageCopy !req
438. wasn't boundless after all.Copy !req
439. The real question is,
why did you ever put up with me?Copy !req
440. I was in love with you.Copy !req
441. So, when does the book come out?Copy !req
442. Next year.
How's your new assistant?Copy !req
443. - She's good.
- Good.Copy !req
444. - Yeah.
- Yeah.Copy !req
445. And, uh, are you gonna get a new...Copy !req
446. You know...
I'm really happy you're here with me.Copy !req
447. I'm proud of you. And...Copy !req
448. a little intimidated.Copy !req
449. We started up again.Copy !req
450. Her place.Copy !req
451. My place.Copy !req
452. Basically every place.Copy !req
453. "In a sizzling
three days of trading,Copy !req
454. the unknown Mr. Morra
trumped the market,Copy !req
455. prompting one top
hedge fund manager to comment:Copy !req
456. 'He's Houdini.
He's a prophet of our times."'Copy !req
457. OK, give me that.
Give me that!Copy !req
458. - "He's God"?
- You coming over later?Copy !req
459. I can't. I don't have a key.Copy !req
460. Oh, that's right.Copy !req
461. - Can I have it back?
- Uh... Nope.Copy !req
462. - No?
- I mean, does it have to be that key?Copy !req
463. Can it be a new key?Copy !req
464. To our place?Copy !req
465. - It would be cost effective.
- And you say I'm not practical.Copy !req
466. Can I walk you to work?Copy !req
467. Whatcha doing, hon?Copy !req
468. Nothing.Copy !req
469. You should sleep.Copy !req
470. Isn't your Van Loon meeting tomorrow?Copy !req
471. Eddie?Copy !req
472. Are you OK?Copy !req
473. What are you doing out here?Copy !req
474. When's the last time you ate something?Copy !req
475. There he is.
Nice article in the Post, buddy.Copy !req
476. OK, he is on his way.Copy !req
477. Now, be warned. He's mercurial.Copy !req
478. One minute, your best friend,
the next, you're a leper.Copy !req
479. And he needs direct answers. Anything
tentative and you've lost him forever.Copy !req
480. I think we should rehearse
a few scenarios.Copy !req
481. I'm eating, Kevin.Copy !req
482. Hey, are you up for this?Copy !req
483. You sure? 'Cause I got
a little bit on the line here.Copy !req
484. Have a toast point.Copy !req
485. It's Carl Van Loon.
That's Carl Van Loon.Copy !req
486. He's worth a fortune.Copy !req
487. - Hey, John.
- Hey, Carl. Good to see you.Copy !req
488. - How are ya?
- Eddie.Copy !req
489. So, Eddie Morra.Copy !req
490. - What's your secret?
- Medication.Copy !req
491. I'm on special medication.Copy !req
492. OK.Copy !req
493. Well, it's a formula
with a complex method.Copy !req
494. But, of course, research was
a component. Massive research.Copy !req
495. I knew every helix of every scrap of DNA
in every company I bought.Copy !req
496. Papers stacked like the Himalayas
in my office, and you know what?Copy !req
497. - The stocks went up.
- By a hair.Copy !req
498. Sure, the stocks rose,
but who wants to do all that workCopy !req
499. for a shitty little uptake?Copy !req
500. It's not the visceral kind of spike
you want in short term holdings so...Copy !req
501. I dispensed
with all the hard statisticsCopy !req
502. and I went right to the rumor mill.Copy !req
503. So you bought your stocks based on what?
The tom-toms beating in the street?Copy !req
504. Sure. Share prices aren't really
based on how a company works.Copy !req
505. It's about how mass psychology works.Copy !req
506. So, if I found certain algorithms
in the perception of the stock...Copy !req
507. Pattern recognition.
That's your snake oil.Copy !req
508. Well, not everybody
understands the patterns.Copy !req
509. And that gave me a little bit more of
an uptake, but it's just a parlor trick.Copy !req
510. So then, I went on
to door number three.Copy !req
511. Are you really implying that you have
some sort of ultimate formula?Copy !req
512. Well, from 12,000 to
2.3 million in ten days.Copy !req
513. - I do have a formula, Mr. Pierce.
- Delusions of grandeur.Copy !req
514. I don't have delusions of grandeur,
I have an actual recipe for grandeur.Copy !req
515. I don't know who you are, Eddie, or what
you game is, but I'm sure of one thing.Copy !req
516. You don't work in my world.Copy !req
517. I'm up to my ass with investment guys
and you don't have their half-terrified,Copy !req
518. half-cocky line of crap which is...Copy !req
519. not to say that
I like yours any better.Copy !req
520. But you obviously pick your stocks
in a way which I haven't seen before.Copy !req
521. Take a look at these companies
and tell me what you think.Copy !req
522. - Right now?
- Yeah. Take your time.Copy !req
523. Sure.Copy !req
524. These companies aren't the question,
are they?Copy !req
525. Explain.Copy !req
526. Unless you're playing
both sides of the fence.Copy !req
527. Control the whole power enchilada,
but, no,Copy !req
528. these companies wouldn't get you there
in emerging markets.Copy !req
529. You would have to... Oh. Whoa.Copy !req
530. This must be some big-ass merger
you're contemplating.Copy !req
531. And there's really only one company
with enough blingCopy !req
532. to justify a merger
with Van Loon and Associates.Copy !req
533. Who have you been talking to?Copy !req
534. Oh, I'm just connecting the dots.
Is Hank Atwood really gonna go for it?Copy !req
535. Well, you're an amazing con artist,
or you're a very smart young man.Copy !req
536. I mean, come on.
The two of you together?Copy !req
537. The whole world would have
to come begging for energyCopy !req
538. like Oliver Twist and his bowl of gruel.Copy !req
539. Now you're going backwards.
What else you got?Copy !req
540. - A prediction. It won't come off.
- Why's that?Copy !req
541. - You'd have to back off Libya.
- Really?Copy !req
542. Well, you don't want to hear this from
some schmuck who needs a ride home.Copy !req
543. All right, you get your shot. Meet me
tomorrow at the Saint Regis at tenCopy !req
544. and tell me how the gutsy little schmuck
who needs a ride homeCopy !req
545. would re-structure these deals.
And you'd better be prepared.Copy !req
546. I'm at your disposal.Copy !req
547. You don't really live here,
do you?Copy !req
548. Well... Spartans weren't
big on amenities.Copy !req
549. Yeah, and they eventually
got their asses kicked.Copy !req
550. I didn't go in. I wanted
to walk, move, digest, ingest.Copy !req
551. There are moments in life... moments
when you know you've crossed a bridge.Copy !req
552. Your old life is over.Copy !req
553. Van Loon was my bridge.
I finally had my shot.Copy !req
554. Wall Street would provide my nest egg,
but then how far could I go?Copy !req
555. CEO? A global force?
Maybe President.Copy !req
556. Time somebody shook up the free world
and got things done.Copy !req
557. Suddenly...Copy !req
558. It was another skip.
How had I gone the last 20 blocks?Copy !req
559. I got another ten blocks.
And then...Copy !req
560. I was way uptown.Copy !req
561. What bar was this?Copy !req
562. black canvas and then they would
just drop all the paint...Copy !req
563. Yeah. Did you ever meet...Copy !req
564. and then I actually went
there and had lunch, I went back.Copy !req
565. My friends are rolling...Copy !req
566. I heard you like to party.Copy !req
567. - Hey, watch it.
- Hey, hey! Take it easy!Copy !req
568. A fight? Don't know how to fight.Copy !req
569. Or do I?Copy !req
570. Ah!Copy !req
571. You use the fishhook action
to get inside the mouth.Copy !req
572. - Like this.Copy !req
573. Attack the sensitive areas.
The eyes, the throat, the groin.Copy !req
574. If you are hit, do not stop.Copy !req
575. Your persistence will
discourage your attacker.Copy !req
576. Off-balancing your opponentCopy !req
577. and then using his momentum,
take him down.Copy !req
578. When it finally stopped,Copy !req
579. I couldn't account
for the last 18 hours of my life.Copy !req
580. Hey, it's me.
I thought you were coming over.Copy !req
581. Is everything OK?
Call me when you get this.Copy !req
582. Even off NZT, I decided
to give Van Loon's files a shot.Copy !req
583. They were hieroglyphs.Copy !req
584. - Hello?
Kevin, this is Eddie.Copy !req
585. - Eddie?
Listen,Copy !req
586. - I can't make the meeting today.
- What are you talking about?Copy !req
587. I can't come in today, I'm sick.Copy !req
588. Yeah, well you can't
have the flu right now.Copy !req
589. He'll never give you this chance again.Copy !req
590. I know, listen, I just...
I have all this data to analyze...Copy !req
591. What have you been doing
for the last day?Copy !req
592. - Kev, I...
- Don't you get it? This is your test.Copy !req
593. Yeah, well, I can't
pass the test right now.Copy !req
594. And how am I gonna look if you don't?Copy !req
595. - I know, listen, I just...
- Sh. Listen to me.Copy !req
596. Pull yourself together.
Get down to the meeting.Copy !req
597. OK, OK.
I'll be there. I'll be there.Copy !req
598. - Hey, how are ya?
- Eddie.Copy !req
599. Good to see you again.Copy !req
600. Sit down.Copy !req
601. What do you know about Hank Atwood?Copy !req
602. Atwood, um...Copy !req
603. He's an iconoclast, um...Copy !req
604. Owns about half of Colorado.Copy !req
605. So this is prepared, Eddie?Copy !req
606. Uh...Copy !req
607. Is this Atwood 101?
Doesn't everybody know about Atwood?Copy !req
608. Where was he two years ago?Copy !req
609. - Hm?
- Nowhere.Copy !req
610. Two years ago he wasn't
even on Forbes' radar.Copy !req
611. That was a great leap forward, right?Copy !req
612. I'm baffled by this guy.
He comes out of nowhere so strong.Copy !req
613. Has me on the run before I can
even get to anybody in his camp.Copy !req
614. Beats me
out of two properties,Copy !req
615. investing in countries with no oil.
Places I'd never go near...Copy !req
616. We're here in front
of the hotel where a woman,Copy !req
617. identified as Maria Winberg,
was found dead in her room last night,Copy !req
618. a victim of foul play. Ms. Winberg
was a well-known socialite and model...Copy !req
619. but was also known for her dedicated
charity work around the city.Copy !req
620. Police spent hours questioning
hotel staff and patronsCopy !req
621. and an eyewitness reported
seeing a man leaving the scene...Copy !req
622. help me convince him that I can
raise his game. Got any ideas?Copy !req
623. What do you think?Copy !req
624. - Hm?
- Um...Copy !req
625. hotel has adequate
security cameras...Copy !req
626. You're not one of those
kind of guys, are you Eddie?Copy !req
627. We lose you if there's
a screen in the room?Copy !req
628. These are tectonic plates
that are shifting right under us.Copy !req
629. Pardon me, one second.Copy !req
630. Was it possible?
Could I have killed someone?Copy !req
631. Was it even me?Copy !req
632. Eddie? This is Melissa.Copy !req
633. Listen, Vernon hasn't been
giving you anything, has he?Copy !req
634. Because that stuff is dangerous.Copy !req
635. Melissa?Copy !req
636. Melissa, hey, do you think
that we can meet somewhere?Copy !req
637. - I really need to talk to you.
We're talking now.Copy !req
638. No, no, let's meet at, uh...
Billy's on Grant at noon?Copy !req
639. You can't see me, Eddie.
- No, no...Copy !req
640. Eddie, please.
- Please, please come, please come, I...Copy !req
641. It's important, I really need to know
what you're talking about.Copy !req
642. I realized that there were
other people who might know about NZT.Copy !req
643. Vernon's other clients.Copy !req
644. Hi.
- Yeah, hi,Copy !req
645. may I please speak with Jerry Brady?Copy !req
646. Jerry's in the hospital.
- He's what?Copy !req
647. Yeah, he's not doing well at all.Copy !req
648. - Yeah, hello, is Paul Kaplan there?
Uh, no. No, he's not.Copy !req
649. Uh, Paul passed away three days ago.Copy !req
650. Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.Copy !req
651. Yeah, he started getting headaches,
then he collapsed at work.Copy !req
652. Now he's in the ICU.Copy !req
653. OK, please give him my best.
Thank you.Copy !req
654. Of all the people I called...
three were dead and the rest were sick.Copy !req
655. Hello? Hello?Copy !req
656. Watch it, man!Copy !req
657. Did you see that?Copy !req
658. Hey!Copy !req
659. Go! Go!Copy !req
660. Eddie.Copy !req
661. Melissa.Copy !req
662. Hey.Copy !req
663. Don't tell me I look good,
'cause I know.Copy !req
664. I didn't want you to see me this way.Copy !req
665. You look good.Copy !req
666. Oh, I, uh...Copy !req
667. Yeah, I sorta got myself together.Copy !req
668. NZT will do that to you.Copy !req
669. - What do you mean?
- I mean, I took it, too.Copy !req
670. Vernon didn't tell you
any of this, did he?Copy !req
671. No.Copy !req
672. Well, when he told me
about this amazing new drug,Copy !req
673. I was like, down the hatch.
And it was. It was amazing.Copy !req
674. I read Brian Greene's
The Elegant Universe in 45 minutesCopy !req
675. and I understood it.Copy !req
676. My work rate increased
just insanely overnightCopy !req
677. and my boss started to hate me.Copy !req
678. They offered me his job and then...
and then I got scared.Copy !req
679. - Why?
- Why? Because I'm not stupid.Copy !req
680. Nobody can operate at that level
of mental activity and not crash.Copy !req
681. I stopped taking it.Copy !req
682. - And?
- And I got sick. Headaches.Copy !req
683. Throwing up.
So I went back to Vernon.Copy !req
684. He told me about all the people
that were dying.Copy !req
685. How much have you
been taking, Eddie?Copy !req
686. I've been taking a lot.Copy !req
687. Well, maybe... maybe they've
worked out the bugs. Maybe...Copy !req
688. Maybe this is a different batch.Copy !req
689. - Yeah.
- You're off it right now, aren't you?Copy !req
690. - Just finish your story.
- Well...Copy !req
691. I didn't take any more
and I didn't die.Copy !req
692. But after a while, I realized I
couldn't concentrate on anythingCopy !req
693. for longer than ten minutes.Copy !req
694. I, uh... I missed deadlines,
got lazy, slow, so slow.Copy !req
695. That was two years ago.Copy !req
696. And I haven't been the same since.Copy !req
697. Do you have some left? Good.Copy !req
698. You go home and you take it. You take
the dose down, but you don't just stop.Copy !req
699. You'll die if you just stop.Copy !req
700. Try to taper off, otherwise
the headaches are just the beginning.Copy !req
701. I have to go.Copy !req
702. - Do you know who makes it?
- I don't know.Copy !req
703. I have to go.Copy !req
704. Oh, shit. Listen, listen, listen.
Listen, listen, listen... OK.Copy !req
705. - You forget about me, huh?
- No, no, no, no.Copy !req
706. 12:00 and you're not here.Copy !req
707. - I'm here now. Oh!
- Good.Copy !req
708. - Come on, get going.
- I could write you a check.Copy !req
709. Check. Check.
Are you out of your mind?Copy !req
710. What do you think I am?
Some financial institution?Copy !req
711. All right. You're right.
Look, we just need to go to a bank...Copy !req
712. What do you got there?Copy !req
713. - What is it?
- No, it's just aspirin.Copy !req
714. Don't look like no aspirin I ever see.
It's something good, huh?Copy !req
715. I feel good, man.
What's in this stuff?Copy !req
716. It's just, uh, vitamins and aspirin.Copy !req
717. You full of shit, Eddie baby.Copy !req
718. Lindy. I wouldn't
have let him in, but...Copy !req
719. I'm sorry... Tyler, I gotta go.Copy !req
720. I'm sick.Copy !req
721. I shouldn't... I'm sorry.
I couldn't make it home.Copy !req
722. - Let's get you to a hospital.
- No, no, no, no, no. I don't need...Copy !req
723. I need you to get...Copy !req
724. It's really simple, babe.
I need my pills.Copy !req
725. - Eddie, what pills?
- I don't... Babe, it's complicated.Copy !req
726. What are you taking?
Are you on drugs?Copy !req
727. They're... it's...Copy !req
728. I had no choice.
I told Lindy everything.Copy !req
729. So all this energy of yours,
all this focus...Copy !req
730. has been a drug.Copy !req
731. Well, it was supposed to be legal.Copy !req
732. I have a... a supply stashed.Copy !req
733. You want me to go get it.Copy !req
734. - No. No, no, no. I'm gonna go get it.
- Give me your keys.Copy !req
735. I'll go to your apartment.Copy !req
736. It's not... in my apartment.
I moved it.Copy !req
737. OK, so where did you move it?Copy !req
738. In my house.Copy !req
739. Unbelievable.Copy !req
740. Hey, have you got it?Copy !req
741. Yeah.Copy !req
742. There's someone following me.Copy !req
743. Are you sure?Copy !req
744. Yeah. He got into the cab behind meCopy !req
745. and he's making every turn I'm making.Copy !req
746. - Baby, call the cops.
- Can you go around him?Copy !req
747. Babe, what's happening?Copy !req
748. We're stopped dead.Copy !req
749. He's getting out.Copy !req
750. Eddie, he's walking over here.Copy !req
751. Lindy?Copy !req
752. Oh, God!Copy !req
753. Ow!Copy !req
754. Help! Help!Copy !req
755. This man's...
This man's chasing me!Copy !req
756. He followed me from
my building. I don't know him.Copy !req
757. - Please!
- Yo, buddy, let's leave her alone!Copy !req
758. Are you deaf?
I said leave her alone.Copy !req
759. Hey, buddy, are you
trying to piss me off?Copy !req
760. What are you doing, man?Copy !req
761. - Are you still there?
- Yeah, I'm here. What happened?Copy !req
762. I'm stuck. He'll find me.Copy !req
763. OK, stop talking. Don't move.Copy !req
764. He killed two guys.
- What?Copy !req
765. - He's gonna kill me, too.
- No, no, no...Copy !req
766. Can he see you?Copy !req
767. No.Copy !req
768. Not yet.Copy !req
769. I don't know what to do.Copy !req
770. OK, I need you to go into the bag
and take one of the pills.Copy !req
771. Why?Copy !req
772. Because you'll know what to do.
You'll take it and then you'll know.Copy !req
773. He's got a knife. Eddie, I can't
think my way out of a knife.Copy !req
774. Just listen to me.
It'll come on in 30 seconds.Copy !req
775. And you'll think your way out.
That's what it does.Copy !req
776. He's getting closer.Copy !req
777. Lindy, I love you.Copy !req
778. Hey!Copy !req
779. Now turn to me...Copy !req
780. Hey, hey, hey, hey!Copy !req
781. - Ah!
- Daddy!Copy !req
782. Ah!Copy !req
783. Eddie. Here.Copy !req
784. It's gonna be OK.Copy !req
785. We've got to get out of here. Eddie?Copy !req
786. You OK?Copy !req
787. Yeah.Copy !req
788. I'm so sorry about what happened.Copy !req
789. I want you to know that you never,
ever have to go through that again,Copy !req
790. 'cause I can take care of us now.Copy !req
791. I'm sure you can.Copy !req
792. I can make us safe.
I'm back, OK?Copy !req
793. - Who's back, Eddie?
- Me.Copy !req
794. No. It's not you.Copy !req
795. - You were different before.
- I'm still the same person, Lin.Copy !req
796. I wasn't, when I was on it.Copy !req
797. I did things I would never do.Copy !req
798. - Those things saved your life.
- But they weren't me.Copy !req
799. Yes, they were.
No, the way it works...Copy !req
800. I know how it works. I get it.Copy !req
801. I totally get it.
You feel invincible.Copy !req
802. Where it will take us, Lin,
you can't even imagine.Copy !req
803. The things we'll be able to do.
Where we'll be a year from now.Copy !req
804. The kind of life that
we'll finally be able to live.Copy !req
805. Well, you might have
to live it without me.Copy !req
806. Look, I am gonna stop taking it.
There's just some things I have to doCopy !req
807. to keep us safe and that... To set us up
and then I'm gonna get off it.Copy !req
808. - I mean, that's the plan.
- Eddie...Copy !req
809. Look, I have a plan. I swear.Copy !req
810. I'm gonna get off it.Copy !req
811. OK.Copy !req
812. I hope you do.Copy !req
813. Looking for me?Copy !req
814. You think you can run out on me, huh?
You think I don't know where you are?Copy !req
815. I was under the impression
our business was settled.Copy !req
816. I want some more of that stuff.Copy !req
817. Or I shoot you right here.
Take your pick.Copy !req
818. This guy was not going away.Copy !req
819. A few pills would buy me some time.Copy !req
820. - There it is. We're done.
- Oh, yeah. We'll see.Copy !req
821. Until I found a more...
permanent solution.Copy !req
822. Unless you see a real threat, I never
want it known that I have any security.Copy !req
823. You'll never precede me,
you'll always follow me.Copy !req
824. Never more than 15 steps behind.
And never stand too close together.Copy !req
825. I want to able to look behind me
if the opportunity presents itself.Copy !req
826. And don't wear the same color suit.
This isn't The Matrix.Copy !req
827. You have to know, Eddie,
I wrote you off.Copy !req
828. - I was sick.
- You don't get sick.Copy !req
829. You're playing at this level, you get
hit by a car, you don't even die.Copy !req
830. - You're absolutely right.
- I know I'm right.Copy !req
831. I mean, I didn't know who or what
I was talking to.Copy !req
832. A hundred and five. That's who
you were talking to, Carl. Delirium.Copy !req
833. Mm-hm.Copy !req
834. I sent over my revised projections.Copy !req
835. I didn't ask for your projections.Copy !req
836. I know, but I think if
you take a look at them...Copy !req
837. I already have.
As a matter of fact...Copy !req
838. I fired a few people
over your projections.Copy !req
839. - I'm sorry.
- No, you're not.Copy !req
840. You're relieved that you know things
my team missed.Copy !req
841. The minute,
the instant that's no longer true...Copy !req
842. Two months after I'd started NZT,Copy !req
843. I was brokering the biggest merger
in corporate history.Copy !req
844. Ironically, it's gonna be crude. Crude
is gonna be where we're gonna hit them.Copy !req
845. Which yields a prospective profit
of 200 percent.Copy !req
846. That makes both of us
very happy campers.Copy !req
847. I found that if
I maintained an even dose,Copy !req
848. remembered to eat,
drank no alcohol,Copy !req
849. - the blackouts didn't recur.
- How you doing, Eddie?Copy !req
850. Tom, is it possible to construct
an imperceptible compartment?Copy !req
851. In this jacket?Copy !req
852. - In all of them.
- Certainly, sir.Copy !req
853. Safer though my stash now was, I
was not sitting around until it ran out.Copy !req
854. Can I combine these ingredients
in the same exact quantity, yes, but,Copy !req
855. the exact method of delivery
to the brain... Darts at a dartboard.Copy !req
856. - Meaning?
- Clinical trials, guinea pig people.Copy !req
857. - That's gonna take too long.
- It's what it is.Copy !req
858. Or you'll kill people.
You need 12, to 18 months...Copy !req
859. I'll give you two million dollars
if you can do it in six.Copy !req
860. I found that we can cut costs
30 percent and, um...Copy !req
861. Excuse me one second.Copy !req
862. I thought we straightened this out,
Detective.Copy !req
863. This isn't about Vernon Gant,
Mr. Morra.Copy !req
864. What is this about?Copy !req
865. The witness identified the Maria Winberg
suspect as this person.Copy !req
866. Wanna tell me your whereabouts
the night of April 2nd?Copy !req
867. I couldn't keep
this quiet on my own.Copy !req
868. Enter Morris Brandt...
the most lethal lawyer in New York.Copy !req
869. You're lucky somebody wiped the room.
It's weak. Circumstantial at best.Copy !req
870. Just between us, were you there?Copy !req
871. I don't remember.Copy !req
872. I don't want to
make concessions to you...Copy !req
873. Carl Van Loon and Hank AtwoodCopy !req
874. had no idea I might
soon be charged with murder.Copy !req
875. But SyCorps, Andine
and others are jockeyingCopy !req
876. for the same industrial
concessions in LibyaCopy !req
877. that both our companies are
pretending we're not sniffing out.Copy !req
878. How do you know this?Copy !req
879. The governmental bribe system
is itself corrupt, so, of course,Copy !req
880. information about its inner workings,
like anything, can be bought.Copy !req
881. Go on.Copy !req
882. If you take a look at the lower
left-hand column, in 2008,Copy !req
883. five companies were jockeying for a
position before we even took notice.Copy !req
884. Jesus, he looks frail.Copy !req
885. - Could be an act.
- He's not even 60.Copy !req
886. So, have you decided, Eddie?
What are you gonna do?Copy !req
887. When this is over? I don't know.Copy !req
888. You haven't given me the answer.Copy !req
889. You haven't asked the question.Copy !req
890. Well, given the scale
of my contribution,Copy !req
891. let's say 45.Copy !req
892. Done. Forty-five thousand dollars.Copy !req
893. Forty million is plenty, Eddie.
There's a lot more where that came from.Copy !req
894. You know, Eddie...Copy !req
895. it may be on your mindCopy !req
896. that you're not gonna
continue to work for me anymore.Copy !req
897. This has been
the learning experience of my life.Copy !req
898. I hope it has. I hope you don't
think you've gotten enough from me.Copy !req
899. On to the next.Copy !req
900. Well, in order for a career to evolve,
I'm gonna have to move on.Copy !req
901. That you would even think that
would only show meCopy !req
902. how unprepared you are
to be on your own.Copy !req
903. - I mean, you do know you're a freak.Copy !req
904. Your deductive powers are a gift
from God, or chance,Copy !req
905. or a stray shot of sperm,
or whatever, or whoever the hell wroteCopy !req
906. your life script, a gift not earned.Copy !req
907. You do not know what I know because
you have not earned those powers.Copy !req
908. You're careless with those powers.Copy !req
909. You flaunt them and you throw them
around like a brat with his trust fund.Copy !req
910. You haven't had to climb up
all the greasy little rungs.Copy !req
911. You haven't been bored blind at the
fundraisers. You haven't done the timeCopy !req
912. in that first marriage
to the girl with the right father.Copy !req
913. You think you can leap
over all in a single bound.Copy !req
914. You haven't had to bribe
or charm or threaten your wayCopy !req
915. to a seat at that table. You don't
know how to assess your competitionCopy !req
916. because you haven't competed.
Don't make me your competition.Copy !req
917. Now, I'll open up
a line of credit for you.Copy !req
918. You'll be wanting a few toys.Copy !req
919. Hotel rooms
were no longer an option.Copy !req
920. What I needed was a bunker.Copy !req
921. There's a built-in safe,
central surveillance,Copy !req
922. vault grade pneumatic doors.Copy !req
923. It's an unparalleled
three-tier security system.Copy !req
924. A fortress with a hell of a view.Copy !req
925. - What's the asking price?
- Eight-point-five.Copy !req
926. I'll take it.Copy !req
927. Right away, it was obvious
he was on NZT.Copy !req
928. Next week, I'm gonna need 20 pills.Copy !req
929. - Next week, you can go fuck yourself!Copy !req
930. Not that you'd feel anything.Copy !req
931. I don't think your Fortune 500
financial friends would appreciateCopy !req
932. the details of your little dilemma
with the police.Copy !req
933. Thursday, I'm gonna need the pills here.Copy !req
934. Getting smarter!Copy !req
935. Obviously, this could not go on,Copy !req
936. but there is very little on this earth
that 40 million dollars can't solve.Copy !req
937. And tomorrow at nine,
Atwood would sign the papers.Copy !req
938. - Do you want to call it?
- Cold feet?Copy !req
939. There was all last night
to tell us that.Copy !req
940. - Anything?
I'll call him again, sir.Copy !req
941. OK, the decision could
have changed. That makes sense.Copy !req
942. The discourtesy doesn't.
It's still on.Copy !req
943. Oh, based on your charts
and projections.Copy !req
944. You know, remind me,
who the fuck are you, anyway?Copy !req
945. I'm sorry, Carl, I've had it with this
unqualified, posturing little prick.Copy !req
946. - Pull it back.
- Since when is this the Delphic Oracle?Copy !req
947. - Pull it back.
Excuse me, Mr. Van Loon?Copy !req
948. Mrs. Atwood is in your office.Copy !req
949. Ah. Mrs. Atwood, Carl Van Loon.Copy !req
950. - My associate, Edward Morra.
- Pleasure.Copy !req
951. I wanted to make this
as confidential as possible.Copy !req
952. Of course.Copy !req
953. My husband experienced some pain
and dizziness this morning.Copy !req
954. He's currently at Lenox Hill,
undergoing tests.Copy !req
955. I just want you to know
we have every intentionCopy !req
956. of signing the contract.Copy !req
957. And as soon as he is able,
we will proceed.Copy !req
958. I realize this is a useless platitude,
but if there's anything that we can do,Copy !req
959. please don't hesitate to tell us.Copy !req
960. Obviously, we want to be
as helpful and respectfulCopy !req
961. as possible, Mrs. Atwood.Copy !req
962. Thank you, gentlemen.
I rely on your discretion.Copy !req
963. There won't be a proxy.Copy !req
964. No, a cagey prick like him
giving away power of attorney?Copy !req
965. Well, he'd better get better.Copy !req
966. But Atwood wouldn't get better.
Because Atwood was out of NZT.Copy !req
967. Well, why be surprised?Copy !req
968. How many other meteoric rises
might be explained by NZT?Copy !req
969. At least I had some.Copy !req
970. - My life wasn't in jeopardy.
- You can wait here.Copy !req
971. Only my money. And my liberty.Copy !req
972. I've been all over with them.Copy !req
973. We can't allow
any disparity in raceCopy !req
974. or physical type between you
and the rest of the line up.Copy !req
975. OK.Copy !req
976. They're as close to your clones
as I could possibly get.Copy !req
977. It's gotta be just one big
handsome blur to this guy.Copy !req
978. Who was out there?Copy !req
979. The woman's husband?Copy !req
980. A hotel maid?Copy !req
981. Was this how it was all going to end?Copy !req
982. Not the dimmest clue.
He was dithering.Copy !req
983. "He was the third one from the right.
No. Not him."Copy !req
984. There you go. It's a thing of beauty.
You have that made?Copy !req
985. I did.Copy !req
986. market's been mixed today.Copy !req
987. The Dow has been yo-yoing
amidst speculation thatCopy !req
988. Van Loon Associates and Hank Atwood
have negotiated a merger...Copy !req
989. Have you been talking to anyone?Copy !req
990. No, I haven't been talking to anybody,
Carl. I'm not stupid.Copy !req
991. I know you're not stupid, Eddie,Copy !req
992. but don't make the classic
smart person's mistake.Copy !req
993. Thinking no one's smarter than you.Copy !req
994. Where the hell have you been? This is
the second time you've turned to vapor.Copy !req
995. I was in the building, I was getting
coffee. Why, has there been movement?Copy !req
996. Yeah, there's been movement alright.
Atwood's in a coma.Copy !req
997. He wasn't playing us.
He's dying.Copy !req
998. What do you know about this?Copy !req
999. I was less than
usually equipped to answer.Copy !req
1000. The dullness was coming on.
I was overdue to take my NZT.Copy !req
1001. And the pain was
starting behind my eyes.Copy !req
1002. Excuse me.Copy !req
1003. You're not excused.Copy !req
1004. What? A man in your employ
can't take a piss, Carl?Copy !req
1005. Was it Brandt or someone else?Copy !req
1006. The police station?
A coatroom?Copy !req
1007. Mr. Morra.Copy !req
1008. - Carl, I'm sorry...
- Mr. Morra. Mr. Morra!Copy !req
1009. - This just came for you.
- Yeah, what?Copy !req
1010. Hope not, so let me know
when you know.Copy !req
1011. All right, I'm gonna ask you again,
Eddie. What do you know about this?Copy !req
1012. - What? About the leak?
- No. About Atwood.Copy !req
1013. What? What about Atwood?Copy !req
1014. Look, you got a long way to go
as a liar, kiddo.Copy !req
1015. - Carl, I don't know what you're...
- Listen!Copy !req
1016. What you're about to say is bullshit.Copy !req
1017. I know there's something
you're hiding from me.Copy !req
1018. I smell it on you. Right now,Copy !req
1019. I wanna know why this clusterfuck
of a deal is dead in the water!Copy !req
1020. Carl.Copy !req
1021. Eddie! Eddie!Copy !req
1022. Outside Lenox Hill Hospital today,Copy !req
1023. more twists and turns
in the Van Loon-Atwood merger.Copy !req
1024. There is absolutely no truth
to the rumor of this merger.Copy !req
1025. None whatsoever.
My husband is having tests.Copy !req
1026. This is a difficult time.Copy !req
1027. We would appreciate your directing
further questions to our attorney.Copy !req
1028. Yes, we have no further comments
at this time.Copy !req
1029. We're just awaiting the results
of the latest round of testsCopy !req
1030. and hoping for the best.Copy !req
1031. Thank you.Copy !req
1032. Eddie.
I know you're in there, Eddie.Copy !req
1033. Open up.Copy !req
1034. Come on.Copy !req
1035. Open the door.Copy !req
1036. And so, here I am.Copy !req
1037. I knew they would kill me
slowly and horribly.Copy !req
1038. But this choice
would at least be mine.Copy !req
1039. But we're instinctive creatures.
We want to live.Copy !req
1040. So my foggy brain tried to remember
where one tablet of NZT might be.Copy !req
1041. It was possible.
And possible was enough.Copy !req
1042. Hey, Eddie.Copy !req
1043. Now you know I want more,
so why would you upset me?Copy !req
1044. I don't like being down
to this last one.Copy !req
1045. You don't even know how to use it.Copy !req
1046. You don't appreciate it.Copy !req
1047. You see, I dissolve in a solution.Copy !req
1048. You shoot it. It goes straight
into the blood and brain.Copy !req
1049. Lasts much longer.Copy !req
1050. So...Copy !req
1051. You gonna tell me where the rest is?Copy !req
1052. I'm plumb out.Copy !req
1053. You know, these guys are gonna find it.Copy !req
1054. Or I'm gonna make you tell me.Copy !req
1055. Question is, which is gonna come first?Copy !req
1056. I guess we're gonna find out, huh?Copy !req
1057. This is a waste of my time,
you know?Copy !req
1058. I'm getting out
of this side of the business.Copy !req
1059. I'm branching out.
I'm starting import-export company.Copy !req
1060. Very exciting stuff.Copy !req
1061. I got a lot on my plate.
You're lucky I'm here.Copy !req
1062. Back in the old times, I might
peel your skin back. Fillet you.Copy !req
1063. "Fillet." It's a nice word.Copy !req
1064. I didn't know this before.
Oh, I had such a poor vocabulary.Copy !req
1065. But then I discovered
this thing, Google.Copy !req
1066. Did you know the small and large
intestines is 20 foot long?Copy !req
1067. I had no idea.
I don't believe it.Copy !req
1068. I gotta see this for myself.
I'm dubious. It's another nice word.Copy !req
1069. Anyway, I'm sure you're curious, too.Copy !req
1070. Don't worry, everything's sterilized.Copy !req
1071. We're gonna keep you alive
for the whole shebang.Copy !req
1072. You're gonna get
a front row seat, Eddie.Copy !req
1073. What?Copy !req
1074. - Ah!Copy !req
1075. Not much of a triumph, was it?Copy !req
1076. Because I would die here, too.Copy !req
1077. Only NZT could help me and the last
of it was in this fuck's bloodstream.Copy !req
1078. Victor!Copy !req
1079. What?Copy !req
1080. Ah!Copy !req
1081. Hey!Copy !req
1082. Ah!Copy !req
1083. Ah!Copy !req
1084. Victor?Copy !req
1085. The police would later noteCopy !req
1086. that my apartment's previous
owner was an arms dealer.Copy !req
1087. Of course, these intruders had
been his dissatisfied clients.Copy !req
1088. And the night was still young.Copy !req
1089. I'm sure you're curious
about what happened to your boss.Copy !req
1090. I know I certainly am.Copy !req
1091. I mean, if my attorney was
really working for Mr. Atwood,Copy !req
1092. trying to save his life,
why is he dead?Copy !req
1093. I mean, at what point was
the pony express supposed to ride inCopy !req
1094. with his life-saving medication?Copy !req
1095. His boss was dead.Copy !req
1096. So, I didn't matter now.Copy !req
1097. But he did not appreciate that Morris
Brandt had kept the pills for himself.Copy !req
1098. And it was all still possible.Copy !req
1099. Actually, no, there's no more tickets.Copy !req
1100. Yeah, I know. An overbooked fundraiser.
That's a first.Copy !req
1101. Well, here he comes. I'll ask him.Copy !req
1102. Oh, that's much better.Copy !req
1103. - Great job.
- Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1104. Hi, Mr. Morra.Copy !req
1105. Edward!Copy !req
1106. I think we're looking
at a second overflow event.Copy !req
1107. There's a wave of donations coming in
and I don't thinkCopy !req
1108. they're even gonna
try a second debate.Copy !req
1109. - Great.
- Hold on.Copy !req
1110. A guy from
Eiben-Chemcorp's in your office.Copy !req
1111. - I have a lunch.
- They're your biggest contributor.Copy !req
1112. Give him his two crappy little minutes.Copy !req
1113. - Eiben-Chemcorp Pharmaceuticals?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1114. Finally get to meet the guys
that keep the lights on.Copy !req
1115. - Carl!
- Mr. Morra.Copy !req
1116. What a surprise. They told me somebody
from Eiben was coming.Copy !req
1117. Chemcorp. Yeah, that's me now. I'm
moving out of the energy business.Copy !req
1118. Come on. That's like Hef
moving out of the mansion.Copy !req
1119. Yeah. I bought Eiben a couple of months
ago. I'm surprised you didn't hear.Copy !req
1120. No. No. Well, they really
keep me hopping here.Copy !req
1121. Well, it's gonna pay off,
Senator Morra.Copy !req
1122. The Senate. Who knows...Copy !req
1123. Everything's a technicality
from here on in, isn't it, Eddie?Copy !req
1124. I think we both know where it's headed,
if you can maintain.Copy !req
1125. Have you asked yourself what
you're gonna do when you run out?Copy !req
1126. - When did you know?
- Does it matter? I know now.Copy !req
1127. I wish you'd come to me at first, Eddie.
I could have bought Eiben at 33 a share.Copy !req
1128. We could have been partners.Copy !req
1129. So, Eiben makes NZT.Copy !req
1130. Well, it'll never officially exist.Copy !req
1131. Obviously, I don't need
to point out the advantages for you.Copy !req
1132. Oh, I think maybe you do.Copy !req
1133. Limitless supply.
We know you can't get any more.Copy !req
1134. You sure about that?Copy !req
1135. They shut down your lab this morning.Copy !req
1136. Eddie. I just want to help you,
that's all.Copy !req
1137. Keep you supplied.
No disruption in service.Copy !req
1138. Give you peace of mind.
That's all.Copy !req
1139. And in return, I do what?Copy !req
1140. Get a little advice, maybe.
I won't be bothering you much at first.Copy !req
1141. And later. What are you
gonna be bothering me with?Copy !req
1142. Well, given where you're heading,
some of our ideas are a bit ambitious.Copy !req
1143. But hey, I think they're achievable.Copy !req
1144. And what if I don't like your ideas?Copy !req
1145. Then we'll say, "Godspeed."Copy !req
1146. And your candle will have shed a brief,
but lovely light.Copy !req
1147. But you know what, Eddie,
let's not evenCopy !req
1148. go there right now.Copy !req
1149. Right now, I just want
to keep you brilliant...Copy !req
1150. and healthy. Come on.
Let's go get some lunch.Copy !req
1151. After you, Senator.Copy !req
1152. Thanks for stopping by, Carl.Copy !req
1153. Give us a second.Copy !req
1154. What are you doing? Do you want
to be President of the United StatesCopy !req
1155. - or brain dead, stuck full of tubes?
- I'll take my chances.Copy !req
1156. I told you your chances don't exist.
We shut down your lab.Copy !req
1157. You don't think some smartass on NZTCopy !req
1158. might have two or three
or even four labs?Copy !req
1159. - So what? You're not making any more.
- That's right, I'm not.Copy !req
1160. I thought better of it.
See, once you know what's in it,Copy !req
1161. you can tweak it, re-engineer it.
Get the bugs out. Taper off.Copy !req
1162. I'm off it, Carl.Copy !req
1163. Well, on it or off it,Copy !req
1164. there's no scenario
where you're not working for me.Copy !req
1165. How you gonna pay me?
In cigarettes?Copy !req
1166. Last year you tradedCopy !req
1167. - inside information 17 times.
- You threatening me?Copy !req
1168. Blank checks from Dubai.
Dumping in Chile. Disappeared officials.Copy !req
1169. - I mean, you shed a spot light...
- Do you want to go to war with me?Copy !req
1170. And trust me when I say this,
I'm not even being creative.Copy !req
1171. There's no way you can be making
accusations like thatCopy !req
1172. and be walking around alive.Copy !req
1173. That you would even think that shows me
how unprepared you are to fight me.Copy !req
1174. - You're no longer equipped to fight me.
- I may be off it,Copy !req
1175. but you think I didn't learn anything?
That my synapses didn't change?Copy !req
1176. That I kept absolutely nothing?Copy !req
1177. You have no idea what
kind of enemy I can be.Copy !req
1178. - That van's gonna rear-end that taxi.
- What?Copy !req
1179. The driver's distracted. He's texting.
He's going 30 miles an hour.Copy !req
1180. He has 60 feet to stop.
He doesn't have room.Copy !req
1181. - What van?Copy !req
1182. I see everything, Carl.Copy !req
1183. I'm 50 moves ahead of you
and everybody else.Copy !req
1184. What makes you think I don't have a guy
with a bead on you right now?Copy !req
1185. How do you know you're gonna be alive
this time next year?Copy !req
1186. What are you doing? You get
your hands off me. What are you doing?Copy !req
1187. Something's pumping half-mass in there.
The walls of your heart are dilated.Copy !req
1188. Your aortic valve's steno. So you're
gonna need to get that replaced.Copy !req
1189. But you already knew that.Copy !req
1190. You know, you should
really be glad about this.Copy !req
1191. 'Cause me working for you?
You'd end up as my bitch.Copy !req
1192. Maybe we should cool off.
Talk again.Copy !req
1193. I don't think so.Copy !req
1194. Don't forget to vote.Copy !req
1195. Edward.Copy !req
1196. You good?Copy !req
1197. Yeah. Told you I have a lunch.Copy !req
1198. - Sorry I'm late.
- Hey. Don't worry.Copy !req
1199. - How's your day going?
- Ah. I've had better.Copy !req
1200. I still can't deal with that haircut.Copy !req
1201. I wouldn't even
recognize you on the street.Copy !req
1202. Well, I'm a new man.Copy !req
1203. I've already ordered.Copy !req
1204. What?Copy !req