1 00:00:02,293 --> 00:00:06,256 It's been hard to watch the world celebrate this man 2 00:00:06,297 --> 00:00:08,675 and know the truth of what he did to my son. 3 00:00:08,717 --> 00:00:10,844 Which is steal from him and destroy him. 4 00:00:10,885 --> 00:00:12,971 [Prince] I need a list of all the companies 5 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:14,681 who don't deserve to be collateral damage 6 00:00:14,723 --> 00:00:15,849 to my mistakes. 7 00:00:15,890 --> 00:00:18,184 -So you can? -Free them. 8 00:00:18,226 --> 00:00:20,520 He's selling just to sell which means we can buy it all. 9 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:22,022 [Wags] Prince is done. He's bled out. 10 00:00:22,063 --> 00:00:24,024 He's not dead until I say he's dead. 11 00:00:24,065 --> 00:00:25,984 A month from now, these hospitals 12 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:28,361 they're going to be over run with that damn Chinese bug. 13 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:29,696 [Axe] How's our painter doing? 14 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:30,864 [Wendy] He's got collectors 15 00:00:30,905 --> 00:00:32,157 and commissions in his head. 16 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,867 I could take some pressure off. 17 00:00:33,908 --> 00:00:37,037 Axe used his black magic to get my commission squashed. 18 00:00:37,078 --> 00:00:39,414 Did you know Axe was gonna do this? 19 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,833 In case you're still not sure when something's finished... 20 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:43,043 this fucking is. 21 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:44,377 [wood clatters] 22 00:00:44,419 --> 00:00:45,837 Every company you sold off today 23 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:47,255 will likely fold. 24 00:00:47,297 --> 00:00:48,548 You didn't know? 25 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:49,883 [Prince] Bobby Axelrod has to be 26 00:00:49,924 --> 00:00:52,052 wiped off the face of the Earth. 27 00:00:52,093 --> 00:00:54,220 [Chuck] Axe has a new toy, a bank. 28 00:00:54,262 --> 00:00:56,306 And the bank requires a trustee. 29 00:00:56,347 --> 00:00:59,726 I could yank his puppet strings. 30 00:00:59,768 --> 00:01:02,687 Now you get to live and be my man on the inside. 31 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:05,190 Well it may not work out the way you think. 32 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:06,649 [Chuck] Wait a minute. You're the donor? 33 00:01:06,691 --> 00:01:08,193 Senior's not our man anymore. 34 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:09,527 I'm the bait, 35 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:11,571 and the bank is the trap. 36 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:12,572 [knocking] 37 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,243 How are we taking down Bobby Axelrod? 38 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:28,838 [theme music playing] 39 00:01:41,518 --> 00:01:43,103 [woman] Welcome back. 40 00:01:43,144 --> 00:01:44,604 You too. 41 00:01:59,410 --> 00:02:00,954 He's really fucking hangin' that thing? 42 00:02:00,995 --> 00:02:04,290 They hung it. He told me where, I pointed. 43 00:02:04,332 --> 00:02:06,459 Freshen up the look in honor of being back in person. 44 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:07,961 It's not a real painting. 45 00:02:08,002 --> 00:02:09,963 Is if Axe says it is. 46 00:02:10,004 --> 00:02:12,966 That's a great thing about abstract art; 47 00:02:13,007 --> 00:02:14,676 who knows what Tanner intended? 48 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:17,053 I do. 49 00:02:17,095 --> 00:02:18,763 And what he intended was to smash it all-- 50 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,473 If it upsets you, 51 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:22,642 take it up with He Most Exalted. 52 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:39,450 [phone vibrates] 53 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:41,161 [phone chimes] 54 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:43,496 Hey, Wags said you were upset. 55 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:45,165 Why'd you do it? 56 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:47,000 Well, I own the paintings and the wall so-- 57 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:48,543 Come on, Bobby, you know what I'm asking. 58 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,503 Why'd you fuck him up like that? 59 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:52,005 Ruin him. 60 00:02:52,046 --> 00:02:53,798 He's not ruined. 61 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,300 This whole thing is gonna make the critics love him. 62 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:57,010 You got him out of my life pretty quick 63 00:02:57,051 --> 00:02:58,928 is all I'm saying, and not by accident. 64 00:02:58,970 --> 00:03:00,763 No part of that is true. 65 00:03:00,805 --> 00:03:02,307 Not even close to it. 66 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:04,434 Remember this, he was in my life first. 67 00:03:04,475 --> 00:03:06,436 It was your job to keep him there productively. 68 00:03:06,477 --> 00:03:08,521 You fucked that up, not me. 69 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:10,106 That painting, 70 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:11,858 it's all I have to show for it. 71 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,359 If one of us should be asking hard questions of the other, 72 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:14,360 it's me. 73 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,033 Hey, stay by your phone. 74 00:03:21,075 --> 00:03:23,369 I... I need you. 75 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:26,706 For after that thing, you know? 76 00:03:26,748 --> 00:03:28,875 To talk 'em down. 77 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:31,794 I don't ever wanna die 78 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:34,589 I wanna hear the angels sing 79 00:03:34,631 --> 00:03:37,383 I wanna give every dime I own 80 00:03:37,425 --> 00:03:40,595 And I want all the gold for me 81 00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:42,847 I want everything 82 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,267 I want everything... 83 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:53,191 [chuckles] 84 00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:58,571 [stock market bell ringing] 85 00:04:05,036 --> 00:04:07,455 The market's been like the Spanish Boot. 86 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:09,415 You know, like during the Inquisition, 87 00:04:09,457 --> 00:04:11,918 when they cased your legs in iron spikes 88 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,419 until they crushed your shins? 89 00:04:13,461 --> 00:04:15,380 Yeah, except it's not just the legs. 90 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:16,381 Iron Maiden. 91 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:18,216 "Number of the Beast." 92 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,551 Absolutely what this whole thing feels like, 93 00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:22,762 whole pandemic. Devil's work. 94 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:24,055 No. The torture implement. 95 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,391 Like the boot, but full body. 96 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:28,268 With all this volatility, drawing and quartering 97 00:04:28,309 --> 00:04:29,894 would be most appropriate. 98 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:31,521 And at least they hung you first. 99 00:04:31,562 --> 00:04:34,857 They hung you second. They dragged you first. 100 00:04:34,899 --> 00:04:36,567 Behind a horse. 101 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,403 Then they hung you. 102 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:39,404 Then they quartered you. 103 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:40,863 Jeez. 104 00:04:40,905 --> 00:04:41,990 [chuckles] 105 00:04:42,031 --> 00:04:43,449 Attention please! 106 00:04:43,491 --> 00:04:45,326 Don't try to slink away just yet. 107 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:47,370 We have an announcement. 108 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:52,166 So first of all, if you have been vaccinated, 109 00:04:52,208 --> 00:04:53,835 take off your mask. 110 00:04:56,045 --> 00:04:58,006 I just got back some lab results, 111 00:04:58,047 --> 00:05:00,633 and the rapid test you all take downstairs, 112 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:02,510 it's not the one most folks get, 113 00:05:02,552 --> 00:05:04,721 and it's 99.6% effective. 114 00:05:04,762 --> 00:05:06,514 So if you're at Axe Cap, 115 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,850 you are not transmitting any viral load. 116 00:05:08,891 --> 00:05:10,601 Where are you? 117 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,103 I'm in quarantine. 118 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,147 Day before I was due to get my shot, 119 00:05:14,188 --> 00:05:17,900 I tested positive for COVID. My fuckin' pilot gave it to me. 120 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:20,570 So those of you with your masks off, 121 00:05:20,611 --> 00:05:22,238 we've vaxxed ya'. 122 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,657 As many as we could find loopholes for. 123 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:26,659 If we didn't vax ya' yet, 124 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:29,954 well, let me just say this to all of you: 125 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:32,332 It's been inspiring as hell 126 00:05:32,373 --> 00:05:33,833 watching you all battle on during 127 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:35,668 the worst of the pandemic. 128 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:37,503 Inspiring commitment. 129 00:05:37,545 --> 00:05:39,005 Just the same, 130 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:40,173 you're all fired. 131 00:05:40,214 --> 00:05:42,633 Every last one of you. 132 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:44,510 Axe Cap is closed. 133 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:50,391 Now, most of you 134 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,394 will be hired back again by the end of tonight, 135 00:05:53,436 --> 00:05:55,021 by the new Axe Holding Company 136 00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:56,564 under either the Axe Bank 137 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:58,858 or the Axe Asset Management Division. 138 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,778 Our new structure will be in place by the end of the weekend 139 00:06:01,819 --> 00:06:03,237 so we're open for business Monday. 140 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,990 You said "most" will be rehired? 141 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:07,617 Good listening. 142 00:06:07,658 --> 00:06:09,410 That's right, Ben Kim, like you. 143 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:11,704 But not like.... 144 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:16,584 Now Wendy is gonna be in her office 145 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:17,627 getting ready to discuss 146 00:06:17,668 --> 00:06:18,753 all of this with you 147 00:06:18,795 --> 00:06:20,213 at the exit interviews. 148 00:06:20,254 --> 00:06:22,173 The world has changed. 149 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:24,300 We have to change. 150 00:06:24,342 --> 00:06:28,137 -This way. -We have already changed. 151 00:06:28,179 --> 00:06:30,723 Lauren, you're gonna have to choose between 152 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:33,351 Axe Bank and Mase Carbon. 153 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,561 You got until the end of the night to decide. 154 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,786 [phone vibrating] 155 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:55,081 First priority, 156 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:56,582 form an emergency capital introduction 157 00:06:56,624 --> 00:06:58,251 and raise team for the bank. 158 00:06:58,292 --> 00:07:00,211 We need some fuckin' deposits. 159 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,338 And more than just stimulus checks. 160 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:03,548 Before there's none left, 161 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:05,800 and our bank dies in the crib. 162 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:07,802 Seemed so easy before. 163 00:07:07,844 --> 00:07:09,345 Yeah, well, the fucking Goliaths 164 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:10,763 have gobbled it all up. 165 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:12,265 So find me mine. 166 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:19,647 Psychiatrists will tell you reassurance does no good, 167 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:21,858 because once reassured, you are not becalmed for long. 168 00:07:21,899 --> 00:07:23,943 Instead, you become trained to need more reassurance. 169 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:26,070 Yeah. But I still look in the mirror 170 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:27,321 to make sure my butt is... 171 00:07:27,363 --> 00:07:28,823 [Winston] You could just ask... 172 00:07:29,782 --> 00:07:30,950 ...somebody. 173 00:07:30,992 --> 00:07:33,035 -I'd-- -[Taylor] Fine. 174 00:07:33,077 --> 00:07:35,371 I'll take this moment to set your minds at ease. 175 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:36,956 No matter what the mothership does, 176 00:07:36,998 --> 00:07:39,125 we at Taylor Mason Carbon will remain autonomous. 177 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:40,460 You will not be working for a bank. 178 00:07:40,501 --> 00:07:41,961 All will be resolved. 179 00:07:42,003 --> 00:07:43,463 What about her? 180 00:07:43,504 --> 00:07:46,466 You-- I mean Lauren. 181 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:48,551 I didn't mean to just reference you. 182 00:07:48,593 --> 00:07:50,052 You're right there [chuckles] so-- 183 00:07:50,094 --> 00:07:51,762 We all need to stay focused and united. 184 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:53,306 Loyalty is doubly important now. 185 00:07:53,347 --> 00:07:54,974 So Lauren isn't going to the bank. 186 00:07:55,016 --> 00:07:57,643 She'll stay in IR at the new asset management arm 187 00:07:57,685 --> 00:07:59,103 and stay in place for us. 188 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:14,660 Hard Bob? 189 00:08:14,702 --> 00:08:16,496 'Lo, Axe. 190 00:08:16,537 --> 00:08:19,665 When last we spoke, you'd tendered me a position. 191 00:08:19,707 --> 00:08:22,627 Well, now that I find myself at loose ends, 192 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,670 I was of a mind to claim it. 193 00:08:24,712 --> 00:08:26,547 They bounced you out of the government 194 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,216 because of your connection to Krakow? 195 00:08:28,257 --> 00:08:30,676 They did indeed. 196 00:08:30,718 --> 00:08:32,220 But during quarantine, 197 00:08:32,261 --> 00:08:34,222 I became aware of your new endeavor. 198 00:08:34,263 --> 00:08:36,015 So I've boned up 199 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:38,267 on all the latest changes to the banking laws 200 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,269 on the off chance you need someone to be 201 00:08:40,311 --> 00:08:42,438 your banking compliance honcho. 202 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:47,360 Well, get over to our office 203 00:08:47,401 --> 00:08:49,904 and get started with my CEO. 204 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:52,281 You got it, Axe. 205 00:09:04,418 --> 00:09:06,587 You two seem banky. 206 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:08,005 You feelin' banky? 207 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:10,424 This is... is this trolling? 208 00:09:10,466 --> 00:09:12,009 Are you trolling us? 209 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:14,053 He's seeing what we're made of. 210 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,806 That I am. And you are made of the stuff of Fort Knox. 211 00:09:16,847 --> 00:09:19,934 Stand by. Assignment's coming directly from the high chief. 212 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:25,356 You wanted a reminder; 213 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:27,358 you have a date with a Chelsea tonight. 8:00 p.m. 214 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,277 Oh, shit! 215 00:09:29,318 --> 00:09:30,820 I forgot. 216 00:09:30,861 --> 00:09:32,863 No way I can leave the office now. 217 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:34,532 This one is important. 218 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,617 I thought the last one was, but this is crucial. 219 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:38,452 Take dictation. 220 00:09:40,037 --> 00:09:41,414 Oh, you mean me? 221 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:43,541 I thought you were gonna enable Siri. 222 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,668 Just a type a text to Chelz for me. 223 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:54,927 The sequel to The Hustler. 224 00:09:54,969 --> 00:09:56,345 Color of Money. 225 00:09:56,387 --> 00:09:58,180 Yes. One of my roommates from Williams 226 00:09:58,222 --> 00:10:00,266 kept watching it over and over again. 227 00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:01,851 And I asked him why. 228 00:10:01,892 --> 00:10:03,603 And he said it was because of the way 229 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:05,938 the power dynamics kept switching. 230 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:08,065 And he never knew who was zooming who. 231 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:10,443 Hmm. My college roommates were mostly just trying 232 00:10:10,484 --> 00:10:12,069 to make one of those beer harnesses 233 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,779 -you put around your head-- -Yeah, jocks, yes. 234 00:10:13,821 --> 00:10:15,781 But it's the "Who's zooming whom" part. 235 00:10:15,823 --> 00:10:17,325 That means something different now. 236 00:10:17,366 --> 00:10:18,909 But you want me to be eyes up. 237 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:20,453 I need you to be. 238 00:10:20,494 --> 00:10:23,122 Especially in that company at that dinner. 239 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:24,582 And not just at the dinner. 240 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,626 Then that's where they'll be. 241 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:27,627 Up. 242 00:10:34,508 --> 00:10:36,469 [sizzling] 243 00:10:41,682 --> 00:10:42,808 [Chuck] No, no, no, don't do that 244 00:10:42,850 --> 00:10:43,934 with your fingers, like that. 245 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:45,144 No, you forget germs? 246 00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:47,313 I've earned this carrot. 247 00:10:47,355 --> 00:10:49,857 Believe me, you're gonna give me all the carrots. 248 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:53,069 Ah-ha, you have news. 249 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:56,238 Signed NDAs. 250 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,907 We got the offer. 251 00:10:57,948 --> 00:10:59,575 And it's a sweet one. 252 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:01,327 Suh-weet. 253 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:02,995 Wendy didn't undersell the value of her shares 254 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:04,330 to Taylor Mason Carbon. 255 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:06,415 Very fair, more than fair. 256 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:08,292 And she's ready to strike a payment plan 257 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:09,794 and write out a check ASAP 258 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:11,462 to finalize the divorce settlement. 259 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,339 That's no Cinnabon. 260 00:11:13,381 --> 00:11:16,008 That's a sour cream sandwich and I'm not biting. 261 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:17,343 Don't tell me you're balking at the idea 262 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:18,844 of her paying you alimony? 263 00:11:18,886 --> 00:11:21,305 I thought we were well past you realizing 264 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:22,682 your worth isn't just measured in dollars. 265 00:11:22,723 --> 00:11:24,225 No, no, no gallantry. 266 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:25,851 I am past that quaint idea. 267 00:11:25,893 --> 00:11:27,395 What I want is leverage. 268 00:11:27,436 --> 00:11:29,188 To do my own valuation of Mase Carbon. 269 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:30,398 Use the offer to get me that. 270 00:11:30,439 --> 00:11:32,817 You wanna look at their books. 271 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:34,819 I want to crawl into them with my prospector's light. 272 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,529 And, uh, [chuckling] yeah, well, 273 00:11:36,570 --> 00:11:38,864 I don't wanna call it a full audit. 274 00:11:38,906 --> 00:11:40,825 Let's just see how they're cookin' 'em. 275 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:42,702 It ain't good for you, brother. 276 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:45,162 You keep at this, you're gonna pull an embolism 277 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:48,249 or send your blood pressure into Alice Kramden territory, 278 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:51,377 to the moon. Don't do this. 279 00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:53,045 I say as your lawyer and best friend. 280 00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:55,715 I hear you and I understand. 281 00:11:55,756 --> 00:11:58,050 And at a rational level, I agree. 282 00:11:58,092 --> 00:12:00,720 And thank you with an open heart and mind. 283 00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:04,306 But also my open mind knows this: 284 00:12:04,348 --> 00:12:06,142 you've already got that demand 285 00:12:06,183 --> 00:12:08,894 for financial disclosure drawn up 286 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:10,563 to get me the access I just asked for. 287 00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:11,564 Don't you? 288 00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:13,899 I know my man. Yeah. 289 00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:15,568 Doesn't mean I think it's right. 290 00:12:15,609 --> 00:12:18,195 Send the damn disclosure. 291 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:21,574 And then I'll grab you a big plate of those carrots. 292 00:12:21,615 --> 00:12:23,409 [sighs] 293 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:36,964 I signed for this. 294 00:12:37,006 --> 00:12:39,049 I didn't realize what it was when I did. 295 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:50,603 Son of a bitch. 296 00:12:50,644 --> 00:12:52,772 You got unplowed fields for me? 297 00:12:52,813 --> 00:12:54,607 The wheat's a bit thin, but yes. 298 00:12:54,648 --> 00:12:56,650 We look to whence the bank comes from. 299 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:58,360 Go back to check cashing and payday loans 300 00:12:58,402 --> 00:12:59,945 that the original company was built on. 301 00:12:59,987 --> 00:13:01,238 Not recommended. 302 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,907 Seems a little low-rent. 303 00:13:02,948 --> 00:13:04,867 [Rian] So are the margins. 304 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:06,619 But then there's frontier Rapid Growth Markets-- 305 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,454 Vietnam, Nigeria, Indonesia. 306 00:13:08,496 --> 00:13:10,623 Lots of money in places like that looking for a safe home. 307 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,124 I like RGMs. 308 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,709 But what am I supposed to do? 309 00:13:13,751 --> 00:13:15,711 Put our people on planes and on video conferences 310 00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:18,464 and start negotiations with economic ministers? 311 00:13:18,506 --> 00:13:21,467 That's a six months to a year horizon. 312 00:13:21,509 --> 00:13:23,552 There is cannabis money. 313 00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:24,804 Hmm. 314 00:13:24,845 --> 00:13:26,889 Yes. 315 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:28,808 It's a multi-billion dollar space 316 00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:31,477 according to our estimates, as companies in medical marijuana 317 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:32,978 are ready to expand into recreational 318 00:13:33,020 --> 00:13:34,980 as it gets legalized state by state. 319 00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:36,982 Traditional banks have been reluctant 320 00:13:37,024 --> 00:13:38,609 to take on and process this cash. 321 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:41,529 Sure, sure. I think I love this. 322 00:13:41,570 --> 00:13:42,613 It's got potential. Unfortunately, 323 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:43,948 it's a yellow light. 324 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,825 A great opportunity, but not safe yet 325 00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:48,202 until such time as federal legislation changes. 326 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:50,704 It wasn't even supposed to be mentioned in this meeting. 327 00:13:50,746 --> 00:13:52,164 Yeah, but you did. 328 00:13:52,206 --> 00:13:53,707 Send me everything you have on it. 329 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:04,552 [door closes] 330 00:14:07,054 --> 00:14:08,389 Mr. Prince, 331 00:14:08,430 --> 00:14:11,058 I am pleased that my invitation-- 332 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:12,476 This is an impressive group. 333 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,603 I hope the intention is as serious 334 00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:17,147 as I was led to believe, Mr. Rhoades. 335 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:19,358 Serious and elevating, I trust. 336 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,318 And, uh, call me Chuck, please. 337 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,695 And you call me Mike. 338 00:14:22,736 --> 00:14:23,946 All of you. 339 00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:27,199 Well, welcome to my home, Mike. 340 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:29,326 And to this chapter 341 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:31,370 of a great tradition, 342 00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:33,539 the Jeffersonian dinner. 343 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,876 A further evolution of it anyway, aided by WebEx. 344 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:40,212 Though separated by circumstance, 345 00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:43,841 there's no reason our exchange of ideas has to be-- Ah! 346 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,093 And we will dine 347 00:14:46,135 --> 00:14:47,928 as the founders did, 348 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:49,722 with heritage birds. 349 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:52,224 Has the same unaltered genetic makeup as the turkeys 350 00:14:52,266 --> 00:14:55,436 that roam the Shenandoah Valley in Long Tom's day, 351 00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:58,355 as my remote emissaries have set up for you. 352 00:14:58,397 --> 00:15:00,357 Yes, thank you very much. 353 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,568 I'm surprised you're not in a powdered wig and tricorn. 354 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:04,528 Don't think he didn't consider it. 355 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,113 [all chuckle] 356 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:08,324 We will honor this custom going back to the days 357 00:15:08,365 --> 00:15:10,659 of the founders when leading citizens, 358 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:13,370 both public and private, 359 00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:17,291 reviewed and sometimes set the agenda of the day. 360 00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:20,252 This will be a "one mind" conversation 361 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:21,921 with everyone taking turns, 362 00:15:21,962 --> 00:15:24,882 no real interlocution or crosstalk except by me. 363 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,884 I will be our guide. 364 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:29,261 And tonight's topic is... 365 00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:31,764 Liberty. 366 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,780            -Liberty, law.           -[phone vibrates] 367 00:15:52,826 --> 00:15:55,412 Big words to unpack. 368 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,539 Either could be a night's work. A week's. 369 00:15:57,581 --> 00:15:59,375 It's like trying to understand the difference in tone 370 00:15:59,416 --> 00:16:01,085 between Match Game and Match Game, PM. 371 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,586 -[chuckles] -Well, the key there was 372 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,630 which ascot Charles Nelson Reilly wore, 373 00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:06,298 but this is not the time to look into that 374 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:07,299 or the question. 375 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:09,969 Again, no cross talk. 376 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:12,846 Um, and we will keep to Chatham House rule. 377 00:16:12,888 --> 00:16:15,808 So, uh, you can use any info you glean here, 378 00:16:15,849 --> 00:16:17,184 but not for attribution. 379 00:16:17,226 --> 00:16:19,269 Can I get a nod of assent to same? 380 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:22,022 -[Vandeveer]   Of course. -[phone vibrates] 381 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:24,525 [Chuck] Uh, premise. 382 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:26,151 -Two ways... -I tried him, but 383 00:16:26,193 --> 00:16:28,404 you're the one who sent me this garbage. 384 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:32,783 [Chuck] ...uh, banking laws are a threat to liberty or 385 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,661 banks without regulation are the true threat to liberty. 386 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:38,664 First, are we a people at liberty? 387 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:40,833 Then, are we free to bank 388 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:42,960 -how we want? -[Sweeney] Right, yeah. 389 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,586 I have some thoughts on this. 390 00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:46,630 Um, freedom... 391 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,465 Chuck, you need to take this. 392 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:50,342 Let's start with the, uh, premise that-- 393 00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:52,302 It's a reflex. She calls, I have to answer. It's Wendy. 394 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:54,722 [sighs] 395 00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:57,599 We need to talk. 396 00:16:57,641 --> 00:17:00,853 -Can't it wait? -You didn't. 397 00:17:00,894 --> 00:17:04,356 Uh, folks, I'll need a moment before 398 00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,191 we continue our colloquy. 399 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,821 I'm in the midst of a Jeffersonian dinner. 400 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:13,115 You hit me with a goddamn subpoena. 401 00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:14,491 A demand for disclosure 402 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,076 as is within my rights. 403 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,745 I care not a whit, as you might put it. 404 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,496 What I do care about is what are you trying 405 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:20,914 to get out of this look under the hood? 406 00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:23,709 Fair play. 407 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:25,794 Getting what I am owed. Simple as that. 408 00:17:25,836 --> 00:17:27,838 We had an independent valuator come up with that number. 409 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,715 Our very own Jonathan Mardukas. 410 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:31,550 Who knows what kind of circles 411 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:33,510 your in-house accountant spun him in? 412 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,512 No. This is about control 413 00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:37,222 over me one last time. 414 00:17:37,264 --> 00:17:39,224 Or is it part of your endless pursuit of Axe? 415 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:40,559 -Hmm. -What, you want a Trojan Horse 416 00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:41,810 into his books? 417 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,979 No plan. Do you want to be done? 418 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:45,564 Then let's be done. Pay me off. 419 00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:48,358 Lump sum in the next 48 hours. 420 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,402 [scoffs] Forty-eight hours? 421 00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:52,488 For that kind of money? 422 00:17:52,529 --> 00:17:54,990 Or I'll be in first thing next week to take a gander. 423 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,825 Or a perusal. 424 00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:58,285 Or maybe I'll just take a piece of the company. Hmm? 425 00:17:58,327 --> 00:17:59,995 There's no way that's happening. 426 00:18:00,037 --> 00:18:01,538 These are reasonable options. 427 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,123 It's either the Burt Reynolds Spreader 428 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:04,792 or a go-away pay off. 429 00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:06,710 The divorce judge will see that as fair. 430 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,462 Because it is. 431 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:22,101 Hi. 432 00:18:22,976 --> 00:18:24,144 Chelz, welcome. 433 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:29,900 I'm so glad you're here. Come with me. 434 00:18:35,989 --> 00:18:37,491 [chuckles] 435 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:38,700 I'm sorry I couldn't get away, but... 436 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:40,202 I didn't wanna cancel. 437 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:42,121 More like you're worried people my age 438 00:18:42,162 --> 00:18:43,539 have a short attention span 439 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:45,415 and I would forget about you, 440 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,126 if you canceled. 441 00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,670 But don't stress. You've got my attention. 442 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:52,464 At least for now. 443 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,051 Is this weird? 444 00:18:56,093 --> 00:18:57,469 I hope it's not weird. 445 00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:00,472 It's a little weird. 446 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:02,474 Cheers. 447 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:04,726 Cheers. 448 00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:06,645 I need you to go after gold, 449 00:19:06,687 --> 00:19:08,605 gold deposits that is. 450 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:11,942 We get credits for FDIC-insured deposits. 451 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,945 But there's a limit of 250K per account. 452 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,072 So I need you to call everybody on the master list 453 00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:19,116 who's got more than that 454 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:21,618 and make 'em break down their accounts into multiple accounts 455 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:23,412 of under 250. 456 00:19:23,453 --> 00:19:24,955 Put 'em in their wives' names, kids' names, 457 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:27,374 businesses, LLCs, corps. 458 00:19:27,416 --> 00:19:29,585 That sounds... 459 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,086 well, I'll just say it. 460 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:32,838 Over the line. 461 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,425 In our world, you're either driven by greed or fear. 462 00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:37,843 If you picked fear, 463 00:19:37,885 --> 00:19:38,802 I don't know why you're even in 464 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,012 that fucking building. 465 00:19:44,099 --> 00:19:45,559 [computer beeps] 466 00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:47,477 I gotta take a call. So go get creative. 467 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,522 Did you get my text? 468 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:52,524 -So who's there? -Chuck's at the head. 469 00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:54,443 -Of course. -Ira was next to him 470 00:19:54,484 --> 00:19:56,028 and Prince on the other side. 471 00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:58,155 -Son of a bitch. -That's what I said. 472 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,865 Senator Vanderveer and Governor Sweeney 473 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,200 and the rest of them were up on the board. 474 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:03,035 They were sitting down to dinner, 475 00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:05,621 but it looked like a major fuckin' initiative to me. 476 00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:07,122 There was an empty seat, too. I'm not sure for who. 477 00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:09,166 I-- I couldn't see the placard. 478 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,710 So tell me exactly what it was you overheard Chuck saying. 479 00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:14,046 "Premise, two ways. 480 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:16,048 Banking laws are a threat to liberty, 481 00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:18,008 or banks without regulation are 482 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,718 the true threat to liberty." 483 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,221 First, are we a people at liberty? 484 00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:24,765 Then, are we free to bank how we want? 485 00:20:24,806 --> 00:20:26,850 Yeah, premise. 486 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,518 It's a fucking attack on me. 487 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,062 I'm gonna Sherlock Holmes this thing 488 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:31,188 until I figure it out. 489 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:46,245 Yeah? 490 00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:47,913 [Axe] I'm calling you as my banking trustee. 491 00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:50,415 Seems like your son is having a soiree tonight. 492 00:20:50,457 --> 00:20:51,917 And your invite must have 493 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,294 gotten caught up in the spam filter. 494 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:56,797 Feels like it's a meeting of my enemies 495 00:20:56,838 --> 00:20:58,382 arrayed against me. 496 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:01,260 So I need you to crash and send me dispatches. 497 00:21:01,301 --> 00:21:03,345 Copy that. 498 00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:05,305 Doc, am I game ready? 499 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:08,684 Like Julius Erving in 76, baby. 500 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,102 [chuckles] 501 00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:11,687 In. 502 00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:13,397 Good. 503 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:15,107 I know I said, I'd take you to 504 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:16,608 Tom Colicchoi's new restaurant. 505 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:18,652 -Yeah. -But don't be disappointed. 506 00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:22,614 I brought Tom Colicchio to you. 507 00:21:24,574 --> 00:21:26,368 -Hey, Wags. How you doin'? -[Wags] Chef. 508 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:27,786 Good evening. 509 00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:30,122 So this is a dish that I created back 510 00:21:30,163 --> 00:21:31,790 when I was at Gramercy Tavern, 511 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:33,458 and I thought I'd revive it for this evening. 512 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,253 It's a pea purée with a fondue of crab. 513 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,296 There's some bacon, 514 00:21:37,337 --> 00:21:38,672 a little bit of sumac, 515 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:40,799 and pink peppercorns. Enjoy. 516 00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:42,092 Chef, you're a genius. 517 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,468 Thank you. 518 00:21:45,512 --> 00:21:47,639 [sniffs] Hmm. Smell that broth. 519 00:21:48,223 --> 00:21:49,808 Uh-mm. 520 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:51,643 Wagner. 521 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,895 I'm here to get you ship-shape on banking regulation. 522 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,982 Hard Bob. 523 00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:59,151 I thought the usual whiff of bullshit had dissipated. 524 00:21:59,192 --> 00:22:03,071 My mind is a repository of FDIC rules and regs. 525 00:22:03,113 --> 00:22:04,489 I don't need any help. 526 00:22:04,531 --> 00:22:06,408 But I will certainly ask you if I do. 527 00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:08,827 How will fee structure and annual percentage rate 528 00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:11,830 calculations be disclosed to consumers 529 00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:15,751 to ensure compliance with the truth in lending statutes? 530 00:22:18,545 --> 00:22:21,173 Let's not bore the lady with these tedious questions. 531 00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:22,507 Come with me. 532 00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:24,760 I will parry these softballs and more. 533 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,512 Let me handle this tinhorn. 534 00:22:27,554 --> 00:22:29,681 Why don't you make a TikTok or something? 535 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:34,853 How would you ensure that error resolution policies 536 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,521 remain within the guidelines of-- 537 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:37,856 Look, you've made your point. 538 00:22:37,898 --> 00:22:39,524 I'm lost in the fuckin' weeds. 539 00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:41,026 I need you to coach me. 540 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:44,196 But privately, not in front of my lady friend. 541 00:22:44,237 --> 00:22:45,530 I will have the documents brought to you, 542 00:22:45,572 --> 00:22:47,866 and we can start tomorrow. 543 00:22:47,908 --> 00:22:49,409 All right. 544 00:22:50,786 --> 00:22:53,705 [Ben] Hey, Wags, can you come down? 545 00:22:53,747 --> 00:22:57,209 Look, in business, I've always been a fan of proper regulation. 546 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:58,335 A level playing field. 547 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:00,879 I feed on fair competition. 548 00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:03,632 And I feel the same way about my latest venture, Hypercube, 549 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:05,300 which is the digital equivalent 550 00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:07,511 of a brick-and-mortar bank for today and beyond. 551 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:10,055 So for the purposes of our conversation, 552 00:23:10,097 --> 00:23:11,890 I'll call myself a banker. 553 00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,350 And as such, I have to say, 554 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,976 there must be a limit to the strangling 555 00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:17,062 regulation certain factions propose-- 556 00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:18,021 [Senior] Whoa... 557 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,398 Sorry to interrupt. 558 00:23:19,439 --> 00:23:21,525 I thought we had plans tonight, son. 559 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:24,069 Must have gotten my dates crossed. 560 00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:25,320 -[chuckling] -No, we didn't, Dad. 561 00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:26,738 We have none. 562 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:29,533 Marcia, you look radiant. 563 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:32,577 And you look the picture of health, Charles. 564 00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:34,079 Oh, that's thanks to me. 565 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:35,414 He's my medical man. 566 00:23:35,455 --> 00:23:36,915 Yeah, I keep his meds straight, 567 00:23:36,957 --> 00:23:38,500 his rod straighter and his nose clean. 568 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:40,335 Well, that part's up to him. 569 00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:42,462 Well, uh, [chuckles] 570 00:23:42,504 --> 00:23:45,549 now that you're here, you might as well post up there. 571 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:48,802 Really? No, I-- I don't want to put you to any trouble. 572 00:23:48,844 --> 00:23:50,262 Dad, I'm sorry, it's a private affair, 573 00:23:50,303 --> 00:23:52,431 but you can get a plate and fall back. 574 00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:55,434 And our event has a strict subset of rules. 575 00:23:55,475 --> 00:23:58,687 So I'm going to have to insist on your silence. 576 00:23:58,728 --> 00:24:01,106 -I'm Helen fucking Keller. -Mmm. 577 00:24:04,317 --> 00:24:07,195 Well, Dad, it's great to have you with us. 578 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,156 -[chuckles] -I can't believe 579 00:24:09,197 --> 00:24:10,782 you fuckin' showed up here uninvited. 580 00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:12,909 The only reason I'm not kicking you out 581 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,995 is 'cause I can't do that in front of my vaunted guests. 582 00:24:15,036 --> 00:24:17,122 Then I guess when it comes to whist, 583 00:24:17,164 --> 00:24:19,124 I'm still the one takin' the most tricks. 584 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:20,625 [scoffs] 585 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,596 So... 586 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:34,806 what are we choppin' up? 587 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:39,060 -[typing] -[phone vibrates] 588 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:40,312 [sniffs] 589 00:24:40,353 --> 00:24:42,147 Talk to me. 590 00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:43,815 Yeah, Axe, it's the fucking doctor. 591 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:46,151 I got a message for you from the patient. 592 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:49,362 The Prince is takin' it to the bank. 593 00:24:49,404 --> 00:24:51,114 Is anybody listening to you there? 594 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:53,283 -No. -Then don't speak in code. 595 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:57,162 I'm saying the Prince is taking it to the-- 596 00:24:57,204 --> 00:24:59,581 You mean he has a bank? Prince does? 597 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:01,082 Okay, you know what? We're gonna do 598 00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:02,042 a quick little hearing test when we meet. 599 00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:03,001 No, we're not. 600 00:25:14,304 --> 00:25:15,764 [Chuck] I have just received reassurance 601 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:18,058 that Judge DeGiulio is still coming. 602 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:19,684 So are we expected to go on 603 00:25:19,726 --> 00:25:21,353 like we're in colonial times until he does, 604 00:25:21,394 --> 00:25:22,771 or can we have a regular conversation? 605 00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:24,689 No one forced you to come. 606 00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:26,858 I-- I have to admit I took pause at having 607 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,860 a stark raving capitalist here in the first place. 608 00:25:28,902 --> 00:25:30,362 But then I listened to 609 00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:32,656 some of our esteemed guests and relented. 610 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:34,449 An Attorney General who actually listens. 611 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:35,700 A novel concept for our age. 612 00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:43,333 We have to deal with this [sighs]... 613 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:44,876 directly. 614 00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:46,711 You said, "Yellow light" to Axe. 615 00:25:46,753 --> 00:25:48,880 But the research I gave you said clearly that cannabis money 616 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:50,674 is a red light for banks at this moment. 617 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:51,841 We agreed we wouldn't even pitch it. 618 00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:53,552 And that was after I said 619 00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:54,553 I didn't want to pitch anything bank-related 620 00:25:54,594 --> 00:25:56,555 but you said we had to, 621 00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:58,223 -so I-- I don't understand. -And now you wanna know what? 622 00:25:58,265 --> 00:26:00,433 Why throw the scroogie when you called for the heater? 623 00:26:00,475 --> 00:26:03,186 I-- I pitched softball for one season in college. 624 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:04,813 My out pitch was a sinker dropped off 625 00:26:04,854 --> 00:26:06,648 the table like a brick. 626 00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:08,650 And yeah, if my catcher and I got crossed up like that, 627 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,318 I'd expect her to come to the mound. 628 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,736 As I am. 629 00:26:11,778 --> 00:26:13,655 Why give wrong info to the Axe Man? 630 00:26:13,697 --> 00:26:15,532 We didn't tell him to buy. 631 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,909 Are you working against him? For yourself? 632 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:21,413 I can't help if I don't know. 633 00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:22,956 Are you going to make sure Mase Carbon 634 00:26:22,998 --> 00:26:24,207 stays independent no matter what? 635 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:26,751 This is the "trust me" piece. 636 00:26:26,793 --> 00:26:29,212 As a person? Or as a boss? 637 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:31,423 Like in one of those good sushi places 638 00:26:31,464 --> 00:26:32,382 where they won't make substitutions 639 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,217 or California rolls. 640 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,595 You're in safe hands when I serve you the quail egg. 641 00:26:36,636 --> 00:26:38,847 Uh... I'm not working for a bank. 642 00:26:38,888 --> 00:26:42,267 Banks are bad. Not good bad or fun bad, just bad. 643 00:26:42,309 --> 00:26:43,435 And boring. 644 00:26:43,476 --> 00:26:46,104 I give you my word. 645 00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:48,523 We'll see what that's worth. 646 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,740 Thanks for the intel on Chuck's. 647 00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:59,117 I think I'm starting to know what's going on. 648 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:02,537 I owe you. 649 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:10,378 So... I admit it. Yes. 650 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,297 The Tanner thing was about you. 651 00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:16,885 I just thought, this guy's full of shit. Marketable. 652 00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:20,555 But a dime-store Pollock with a full head of greasy hair. 653 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:22,807 And I wanted you to see it sooner than later 654 00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,309 before you got badly hurt. 655 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,978 So I--I exposed him. 656 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,689 You'd have seen it within weeks if I did nothing. 657 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:34,027 If that's true, I could see my way 658 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,403 to appreciating... 659 00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:38,948 it... the intent, 660 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:40,909 but... [scoffs] 661 00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:42,661 -There are other ways. -Yeah, now look, 662 00:27:42,702 --> 00:27:44,454 I am not saying I was thinking clearly 663 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,665 or that I even knew, exactly, what I was doing. 664 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:49,000 But since you mentioned it this morning, 665 00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:52,587 you know, I've been chewing on it. 666 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:54,673 So I had to tell you. 667 00:27:55,882 --> 00:27:57,300 [knocking] 668 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:00,303 Sorry to interrupt. But I need you. 669 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:01,554 You looking for me, Orrin? 670 00:28:01,596 --> 00:28:03,556 Not you. Her. 671 00:28:03,598 --> 00:28:06,309 Okay. Well, Wend, 672 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:08,895 you and I will finish this convo later. 673 00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:11,189 That we will. 674 00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:16,778 You don't have the liquid assets 675 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,571 to pay out Chuck, lump sum right now. 676 00:28:18,613 --> 00:28:22,325 I can fight off his demand for a week or so, but... 677 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:24,411 he's going to get in. 678 00:28:39,175 --> 00:28:41,970 I see the trading of blows has begun already. 679 00:28:42,011 --> 00:28:44,139 Don't tell me I caught you off guard? 680 00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:46,266 I just want to make sure you are ready to parry my attack. 681 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:49,060 Like Louden Swain himself. 682 00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:50,520 And I want to make sure you are able 683 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,313 to deliver the Solicitor General. 684 00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:53,732 He's pretty darn key here. 685 00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:55,734 To our own vision quest, yes. 686 00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:57,736 DeGiulio will be here. 687 00:28:57,777 --> 00:28:59,988 But as to where he'll land, I am less confident. 688 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:01,740 He's formidable. A veritable Shute. 689 00:29:01,781 --> 00:29:04,576 I'll get his shoulders down for the three count. 690 00:29:04,617 --> 00:29:07,036 Best of luck to you on that. 691 00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:19,132 I haven't seen you leave your office. 692 00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,509 Is that your way of asking if I've had dinner? 693 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:23,762 You're usually more direct. 694 00:29:23,803 --> 00:29:25,430 To go see Axe. 695 00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:26,556 To tell him that you're choosing Mase Carb. 696 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:27,932 I'm considering his offer 697 00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:30,643 to work for Axe Bank. 698 00:29:30,685 --> 00:29:32,228 I see. 699 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:33,730 When you factor in your bonus, 700 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,148 you'd make less there than you do here. 701 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:36,483 What tempts you about his offer that 702 00:29:36,524 --> 00:29:37,942 I won't be able to match? 703 00:29:37,984 --> 00:29:39,819 Stability. 704 00:29:39,861 --> 00:29:41,905 Working here, we're always fighting for our lives. 705 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:43,948 Don't get me wrong, I love a challenge, 706 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,201 the thrill of a big win when we land new money. 707 00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:48,495 Oof, it's like hitting your number in roulette 708 00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:50,914 and letting it ride. But you keep that up and-- 709 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:54,083 You'd rather be the house. 710 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:56,294 You don't ask me a lot about my life before we met, 711 00:29:56,336 --> 00:29:58,087 and I like that. 712 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:00,632 I figure your own past is full of difficult memories 713 00:30:00,673 --> 00:30:02,467 you'd rather not retread, 714 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:04,052 and you're extending me the same courtesy. 715 00:30:04,093 --> 00:30:05,929 You're right. I don't like to pry. 716 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,222 But I want you to feel comfortable sharing 717 00:30:07,263 --> 00:30:08,723 anything with me. 718 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:15,480 When I was 12 years old, my dad found Jesus. 719 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:18,566 He left a lucrative career in advertising for the pulpit. 720 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:20,985 He said he couldn't stand another day of writing jingles 721 00:30:21,027 --> 00:30:24,155 that people could whistle on their way to hell. 722 00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:28,785 He wanted to climb Jacob's Ladder instead. 723 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,788 He threw our whole family into debt. We lost our house. 724 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:35,333 I worked my way through college, and I still have loans. 725 00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:37,460 I appreciate your sharing that with me. 726 00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,838 But it leaves me wondering what we've been doing 727 00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:41,464 this whole time together, then, 728 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,007 if you never felt secure or provided for. 729 00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:45,468 So maybe I have some trust issues too, 730 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,971 but that's not all of it. 731 00:30:48,012 --> 00:30:50,682 I don't want to be dependent on you. 732 00:30:50,723 --> 00:30:54,143 I can't count on you providing for me forever. 733 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:56,312 That's not fair to either one of us. 734 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:59,816 I need to be able to provide for myself. 735 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:03,653 God never made any sense to me. Neither did heaven or hell. 736 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,154 But the markets do. 737 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:06,781 You are punished or rewarded as you deserve. 738 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:08,533 It's not up to anyone's whim. 739 00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:11,452 That's the kind of stability I can devote my life to. 740 00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:26,301 Let's get into the far reaches of liberty and the law. 741 00:31:26,342 --> 00:31:28,553 Marijuana, specifically. 742 00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:30,847 Legalization as a form of liberty 743 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,348 and a source of tax revenue? 744 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:35,226 Or is it a furtherance of moral decay 745 00:31:35,268 --> 00:31:38,062 that needs to be curtailed in order to preserve 746 00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:39,898 liberty of thought? 747 00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:42,025 Let me kick this off, 'cause I have something to say. 748 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:45,904 -Legalization, I'm for it, and-- -[Swerdlow] I don't know, man. 749 00:31:45,945 --> 00:31:47,530 Say what you will about moral decay... 750 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,240 -Excuse me-- -But you don't know true freedom 751 00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:50,867 until you've gotten behind some government-derived, 752 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,118 pharmaceutical-grade jump juice. 753 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:56,539 Amphetamines, baby, you know what I mean? 754 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,958 Of course you don't. Wink wink. 755 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,752 I'm not talking about some sweaty meth cookers 756 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:02,670 wearing rebreathers and hitting up every CVS 757 00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:05,298 inside the county line for Sudafed and Drano. 758 00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,716 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 759 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,885 I am talking primo caca, 760 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:11,095 turned out by chemist-vintners. 761 00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:12,889 And I, for one, cannot wait to see the ground that these 762 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,600 high-end grasshoppers break out once it's legal. 763 00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:21,147 [Vandeveer clears throat] 764 00:32:24,817 --> 00:32:26,778 Moving on. 765 00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:29,447 [phone vibrating] 766 00:32:31,824 --> 00:32:34,285 [Senior] We used to call it Mary Jane, 767 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,746 sometimes tea. 768 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,123 But whatever you put in your pipe and smoke, 769 00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:41,250 that's what they are arguing about right now. 770 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:43,294 Cannabis? 771 00:32:43,336 --> 00:32:44,754 That's what the marketers want you to call it, yeah. 772 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,673 And the-- the conversation has turned to it 773 00:32:46,714 --> 00:32:49,342 as business source or revenue. 774 00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,260 Who's pro and who's against? 775 00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:53,179 Prince is for it. 776 00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:55,515 And they keep mentioning DeGiulio is showing up. 777 00:32:55,556 --> 00:32:57,809 The federal government's going fully legal? 778 00:32:57,850 --> 00:32:59,769 Nah. Is that the thing? 779 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,396 [knocking] 780 00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:04,524 Try one of the upstairs commodes! 781 00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:06,275 And have a little respect for a man with one 782 00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:08,486 recently-installed fucking kidney! 783 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,614 I gotta get back. 784 00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:23,126 [Axe] Bill, I need you to check on the status 785 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:25,420 of all current marijuana legislation, 786 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:28,006 as well as any public statements made on the subject by Graham, 787 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:30,341 Vandeveer, or Sweeney. 788 00:33:30,383 --> 00:33:32,301 And find out what's moving through the federal system 789 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:33,845 right now or might be soon. 790 00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,847 Call in anybody you'd like to help. 791 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:38,933 Wags! 792 00:33:41,227 --> 00:33:42,437 I need your help on something. 793 00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:45,440 [growls] 794 00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:53,865 Where can I get $25 million, quick? 795 00:33:53,906 --> 00:33:55,408 We gonna plan a heist? 796 00:33:55,450 --> 00:33:56,743 Should I get Danny and Rusty and the crew? 797 00:33:56,784 --> 00:33:59,287 No, really. I need 25. Now. 798 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:01,122 Chuck is going to use the divorce settlement 799 00:34:01,164 --> 00:34:02,790 to get a look at our books, and leg over into Axe's, 800 00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:04,584 if I don't lump sum him. 801 00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:06,044 Can't let that happen because it won't stop, 802 00:34:06,085 --> 00:34:07,962              -even there.             -It will not. 803 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:10,006 You don't have the ability to lay hands on that amount? 804 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,341 It's illiquid or tied up in the divorce settlement with Chuck. 805 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:15,803 Could you lend it to me, 806 00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:18,264 and use my piece of the company as collateral? 807 00:34:18,306 --> 00:34:20,391 I can't be seen as pulling money right now. 808 00:34:20,433 --> 00:34:22,894 What about the special trustee, your former father-in-law? 809 00:34:22,935 --> 00:34:24,312 -He's a man of means. -No. No way. 810 00:34:24,353 --> 00:34:25,646 Makes it worse. 811 00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:27,148 Well, you need someone like that: 812 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:30,234 deep pockets and willing to go into them for you. 813 00:34:30,276 --> 00:34:32,236 Axe. He'd-- 814 00:34:32,278 --> 00:34:33,696 I am not comfortable with that. 815 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,490 We need to keep Mase Carb separate, 816 00:34:35,531 --> 00:34:37,241 because if Axe gets angry, he could trash it for spite. 817 00:34:37,283 --> 00:34:39,077 Well, we need to solve this. 818 00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:40,578 Otherwise, Chuck will be here Monday morning, 819 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,080 in his white Gil Grissom coat, 820 00:34:42,121 --> 00:34:44,415 ready to do an autopsy on our business. 821 00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:46,250 [computer beeps] 822 00:34:46,292 --> 00:34:48,419 Apologies and salutations. 823 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:50,922 Mmm. 824 00:34:50,963 --> 00:34:52,423 If it isn't the man of the hour. 825 00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:54,926 If that hour were several hours ago. 826 00:34:54,967 --> 00:34:57,261 I figured this was better than nothing. 827 00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,764 I missed the festivities, I see. 828 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:02,350 Which were spirited at times. 829 00:35:02,391 --> 00:35:05,019 Since you're here, Mr. Solicitor General, 830 00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:08,314 perhaps you can be of answer to our final question, 831 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:11,067 the path to legality of cannabis. 832 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,944 Well, as you know, I can't take a side. 833 00:35:12,985 --> 00:35:14,946 United States is my only client. 834 00:35:14,987 --> 00:35:17,448 But there is a case looming, 835 00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:22,161 and its issues echo many other cases from many other states. 836 00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:23,746 But it's a conservative court. 837 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,915 So don't we know how it would rule? 838 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:27,959 It is. But as the states' rulings 839 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,961 for legalization pile up, 840 00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:31,254 the likelihood of the high court 841 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,131 changing with the times, grows. 842 00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:36,092 It's a living body, adhering to the Constitution, of course, 843 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,386 but not deaf to our age. 844 00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:40,304 SCOTUS isn't the Vatican. 845 00:35:40,346 --> 00:35:42,265 Exactly the theme of our discussion. 846 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:45,810 What are the chances the case goes before the court? 847 00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:47,979 Well, I'm not a betting man, but hell, 848 00:35:48,020 --> 00:35:51,274 if I were, even Ladbroke's doesn't take action on this, 849 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:54,527 but I wouldn't bet against it. 850 00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:06,539 Let's eat! 851 00:36:06,581 --> 00:36:08,249 Oh, I already finished. 852 00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:09,792 He served the main course, 853 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,210 and I didn't want mine to get cold. 854 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,796 Sorry. But I mean, cold chicken? 855 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:15,214 Bleh. 856 00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:18,426 Of course. You're right. Blech. 857 00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:21,512 Well, I hope you don't mind watching me eat. 858 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:22,889 Can I get you some more wine? 859 00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:27,185 [Tuk] I just have a quick question. 860 00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:29,770 This form asks for my department head. 861 00:36:29,812 --> 00:36:31,314 Would that be you? 862 00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:34,025 And actually, what's my department? 863 00:36:34,066 --> 00:36:36,277 Wait, what's my new title? 864 00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:38,029 Can I pick it myself? 865 00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:42,533 Does my office look any different, Tuk? 866 00:36:43,659 --> 00:36:46,329 The tablecloth, the candlelight? 867 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:50,958 Maybe the beautiful, young inamorata sitting right here? 868 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,377 Do any of these signs tell you 869 00:36:53,419 --> 00:36:57,840 that now is not a good time? 870 00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:00,718 Let's review some basics. 871 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:05,306 I am the goddamn CEO of Axe Bank. 872 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:07,141 I am neither your department head 873 00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:10,937 nor the person you come to with your imbecilic questions. 874 00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:15,524 I have much, much bigger fish on my metaphorical plate, 875 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:18,027 and a fucking cold coq au vin on my actual plate. 876 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:20,947 And nobody likes cold coq, you know what I'm sayin'? 877 00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,994 He needs to be made a fucking example of. 878 00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:28,663 Don't you run from me, 879 00:37:28,704 --> 00:37:30,790 you loathsome little prick squirt! 880 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:33,042 Fucking cunt! 881 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:38,631 Mike Prince and my son are squarely at odds 882 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:40,132 over this ganja business. 883 00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:41,592 [Prince] I've heard it from you... 884 00:37:41,634 --> 00:37:43,261 ...John Birch Society types before... 885 00:37:43,302 --> 00:37:44,595 -What? You've got to be kidding! -...on cannabis. 886 00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:46,180 It needs to be legalized and federally. 887 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:47,890 -Yeah. Right on, hophead. -[Prince] Oh, well, 888 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,267 -that's great. -[Senior] It got heated as hell. 889 00:37:49,308 --> 00:37:51,435 Barbs and brickbats tossed around. 890 00:37:51,477 --> 00:37:54,063 The long and the short it is: 891 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:56,691 Prince kind of kicked Chuck's ass. 892 00:37:56,732 --> 00:37:58,567 Meanwhile, all that product 893 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:00,236 can be taxed. 894 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:01,612 [clapping] 895 00:38:03,322 --> 00:38:04,991 [Senior] Prince kind of 896 00:38:05,032 --> 00:38:08,661 handed Chuck his ass in his own dining room. 897 00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:11,330 DeGiulio said it'll come before the court. 898 00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:12,790 Both of them seemed to think 899 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,834 that was a victory for their side. 900 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:17,336 But I wouldn't invest in cannabis right now. 901 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:18,796 Too much uncertainty. 902 00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:21,674 Hold on. 903 00:38:23,384 --> 00:38:25,303 That was no fight. 904 00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:27,972 That's what they wanted us to think. 905 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:33,894 They're in this together. My two enemies have linked up. 906 00:38:33,936 --> 00:38:36,188 They're trying to make marijuana money safe to bank, 907 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:37,732 for Prince. 908 00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:39,608 He gains these deposits for his bank 909 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:41,819 and crushes mine in the fucking process. 910 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:50,661 [Axe] Bill, it is federal. 911 00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:53,497 Get Bach to find out what existing marijuana cases 912 00:38:53,539 --> 00:38:55,333 can be appealed to the Supreme Court. 913 00:38:55,374 --> 00:38:58,169 Some laws are gonna change, and we gotta be ready. 914 00:38:58,210 --> 00:38:59,128 Is Victor there? 915 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,087 Yep. 916 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,676 -Yo. -Taylor and Rian, 917 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:07,345 tell them the yellow light is going green. 918 00:39:07,386 --> 00:39:10,639 That Axe Holding is going all the way green. 919 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:13,017 Set up the leading marijuana companies 920 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,270 for pitches, with incentives, to be handled by Axe Bank. 921 00:39:16,312 --> 00:39:17,980 Got it. 922 00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:19,148 Find out which cannabis companies Mike Prince 923 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,025 is pursuing or in. 924 00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:24,612 Medical, recreational, CBD, THC, paraphernalia, 925 00:39:24,653 --> 00:39:25,821 payment processors. 926 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:27,490 Someone's about to get smoked. 927 00:39:27,531 --> 00:39:28,741 You got that right. 928 00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:30,034 Whatever he's going after, 929 00:39:30,076 --> 00:39:31,535 I'm gonna take it. 930 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:37,917 You're leaving. 931 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:39,919 Yeah, to let you do your thing. 932 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,879 This night turned into a mess. I'm sorry. 933 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:44,465 I was hoping I could show you that I could be both a bank CEO 934 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:47,510 and a substantial suitor, 935 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:50,262 the kind you'd think long-term about. 936 00:39:50,304 --> 00:39:53,140 The kind you'd be proud to introduce to your folks. 937 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:55,976 Instead, I showed a side of myself that was-- 938 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:58,896 That was totally baller. 939 00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:02,650 I loved watching you ream that beta. 940 00:40:02,691 --> 00:40:05,694 I was beginning to worry that you were past it. 941 00:40:05,736 --> 00:40:08,322 But you're no lap dog. 942 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,409 You're a Rottweiler. 943 00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:14,537 [elevator bell dings] 944 00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:16,247 Finish up here and have the front desk 945 00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:18,082 let me up to your place. 946 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,918 I'll be waiting for you. 947 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:34,640 Huh. 948 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,814 [incoming call ringing] 949 00:40:43,482 --> 00:40:45,276 Hi. 950 00:40:45,317 --> 00:40:49,155 Wend, look, I only half said it before 951 00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:50,906 we got interrupted, about uh, 952 00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:52,950 why I hated you and Tanner-- 953 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:54,952 Let me do this first. 954 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:58,080 Because until it's done, uh, I can't hear anything else. 955 00:40:58,122 --> 00:40:59,290 Until what's done? 956 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:00,708 Chuck. 957 00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:03,043 I need his hand out of my pocket 958 00:41:03,085 --> 00:41:05,629 and his nose out of-- our business. 959 00:41:05,671 --> 00:41:07,465 I can give you the long buildup 960 00:41:07,506 --> 00:41:09,467 or cut to the punch line, which is: 961 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:11,802 I need you to buy out my shares of Mase Carbon 962 00:41:11,844 --> 00:41:13,471 today in cash. 963 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:15,139 And promise to let me buy 'em back at par 964 00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:16,724 whenever I can. 965 00:41:16,765 --> 00:41:18,142 How much? 966 00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:20,227 It's $25 million. 967 00:41:23,355 --> 00:41:25,065 [chuckles] 968 00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:30,529 Done. 969 00:41:49,924 --> 00:41:51,467 I sold to Axe. 970 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:56,639 You agreed not to do that mere hours ago. 971 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,390 Did our discussion mean that little to you? 972 00:41:58,432 --> 00:42:00,184 I know. But then I realized: 973 00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:01,519 We can trust him. 974 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,521 You can. 975 00:42:03,562 --> 00:42:05,314 You must know that sounds ridiculous. 976 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,024 How can I suddenly trust him? 977 00:42:07,066 --> 00:42:09,527 Because he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. 978 00:42:09,568 --> 00:42:13,697 And I know I'm the only person in the world that's true of. 979 00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:16,283 He's hurt you before when he's needed to. 980 00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:17,618 He did. 981 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:19,036 But I understand why. 982 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,877 And things are different between us now. 983 00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:35,761 I see. 984 00:42:38,013 --> 00:42:39,557 In that case, I'll affirm it. 985 00:42:42,434 --> 00:42:44,895 Good. 986 00:42:44,937 --> 00:42:46,689 I'm glad to hear you say that. 987 00:43:11,297 --> 00:43:13,132 Have you made your decision yet? 988 00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:15,342 Still torn. 989 00:43:15,384 --> 00:43:18,262 I have been thinking about what you said. 990 00:43:19,972 --> 00:43:22,516 But I believe I can do both, 991 00:43:22,558 --> 00:43:24,852 handle the bank and Mase Carb. 992 00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:26,854 I'd like to pitch it to Axe. 993 00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:30,941 Well, then, technically, you still work for me. 994 00:43:30,983 --> 00:43:33,110 So I have the power to do this: 995 00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:34,278 You're fired. 996 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:40,284 I'll go to Axe, then. 997 00:43:40,326 --> 00:43:42,202 I'll get him to back me up and you know he will. 998 00:43:42,244 --> 00:43:44,246 IR girls are growing on trees out there these days. 999 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:48,459 How can you be so spiteful? 1000 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:49,960 Where is this coming from? 1001 00:43:50,002 --> 00:43:51,629 You told me about your trust issues. 1002 00:43:51,670 --> 00:43:53,505 Now I'll tell you about mine. 1003 00:43:53,547 --> 00:43:55,341 Every time I trust someone close to me to make a decision, 1004 00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:56,925 they choose to fuck me over. 1005 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,927 I thought you were different. I was wrong. 1006 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:00,179 It's that simple to you? 1007 00:44:00,220 --> 00:44:01,680 Yes, it is. You made it so. 1008 00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:04,892 I'm not torn anymore. 1009 00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:06,352 Not at all. 1010 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:09,021 If that's how you feel about me 1011 00:44:09,063 --> 00:44:11,148 after everything we've built together, 1012 00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:12,983 then it's all clear. 1013 00:44:13,025 --> 00:44:14,068 [sighs] 1014 00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:15,527 Maybe for the first time. 1015 00:44:15,569 --> 00:44:17,863 Well, I'm glad I could elucidate for you. 1016 00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:21,492 You talk a big game about worshipping logic, 1017 00:44:21,533 --> 00:44:24,286 clean, emotionless simplicity. 1018 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:28,248 But every move you make comes from a personal pain 1019 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:30,918 so deep you can't even recognize it. 1020 00:44:33,629 --> 00:44:36,590 Stay out of the apartment until I clear my shit out. 1021 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,188 We did it. 1022 00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:54,024 All these people are going to push our agenda forward. 1023 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:55,526 They texted me. 1024 00:44:55,567 --> 00:44:58,946 I know it is so because I can almost feel 1025 00:44:58,987 --> 00:45:01,907 that bit of melancholy that comes on the precipice 1026 00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:04,326 of momentous success. 1027 00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:07,037 Comes on the precipice of failure, too. 1028 00:45:07,621 --> 00:45:09,581 True. 1029 00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:15,838 That argument was a nice touch. 1030 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:18,215 Convincing. Almost felt personal. 1031 00:45:18,257 --> 00:45:19,299 To sell it. 1032 00:45:19,341 --> 00:45:21,093 Ah. Ah-ah. 1033 00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:26,432 Oh, morning, sweetheart. 1034 00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:28,100 You're up early. 1035 00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:29,977 Hi, Dad. Couldn't sleep. 1036 00:45:30,018 --> 00:45:32,396 Oh. Hey, uh, this is Mr. Prince. 1037 00:45:32,438 --> 00:45:34,064 Call me Mike. 1038 00:45:34,106 --> 00:45:35,315 Hello. 1039 00:45:35,357 --> 00:45:37,317 What's that smell? 1040 00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:40,571 Remnants of your grandfather's cigar. 1041 00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:42,865 -You hungry? -Mm-hm. 1042 00:45:42,906 --> 00:45:44,575 Good. 1043 00:48:09,803 --> 00:48:14,224 [laughing] 1044 00:48:34,828 --> 00:48:36,079 That's yours. 1045 00:48:57,893 --> 00:48:59,519 [groans] 1046 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:13,867 ["I Want Everything" by Luke Dick plays] 1047 00:49:16,703 --> 00:49:18,288 [sighs] 1048 00:49:24,378 --> 00:49:25,796 [Wendy] Hey. 1049 00:49:25,837 --> 00:49:27,464 Hey. 1050 00:49:32,010 --> 00:49:34,429 You were right earlier. 1051 00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:38,767 It's, um, it's true. 1052 00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:41,770 I was trying to ruin Tanner in your eyes. 1053 00:49:47,943 --> 00:49:51,446 But not as a favor to you, 1054 00:49:51,488 --> 00:49:54,658 or to try to show you something about him, 1055 00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:00,497 but because of you. 1056 00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:06,003 Because I couldn't stand you being with him. 1057 00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:13,593 Or anyone. 1058 00:50:16,722 --> 00:50:18,515 I can't stand it. 1059 00:50:23,228 --> 00:50:25,188 You don't want me to be all alone though. 1060 00:50:27,983 --> 00:50:30,027 You can't want that. 1061 00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:35,323 No. 1062 00:50:36,241 --> 00:50:38,201 I do not. 1063 00:50:40,746 --> 00:50:43,081 That's what I'm experiencing right now, 1064 00:50:43,123 --> 00:50:45,042 and it's making me realize it. 1065 00:50:53,759 --> 00:50:55,343 I know. 1066 00:50:59,181 --> 00:51:02,768 I look at it... honestly, 1067 00:51:02,809 --> 00:51:04,770 but I've never allowed myself to really think, 1068 00:51:04,811 --> 00:51:07,939 I feel the same things when I look at you. 1069 00:51:10,942 --> 00:51:13,945 I want everything... 1070 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:18,408 I've waited so long to hear those words. 1071 00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:24,331 [chuckles] 1072 00:51:38,303 --> 00:51:42,265 I wanna speak in holy tongues 1073 00:51:44,768 --> 00:51:48,271 I wanna cuss and run the streets 1074 00:51:50,982 --> 00:51:54,361 I wanna doubt what I can't hold 1075 00:51:56,488 --> 00:52:00,075 Then tell God that I believe