1 00:00:05,222 --> 00:00:06,639 I'm not letting you Neanderthals in to rape my company. 2 00:00:06,722 --> 00:00:08,931 This is a deal so fucking good, you have to take it. 3 00:00:09,013 --> 00:00:10,514 Or we'll see you in court. 4 00:00:11,263 --> 00:00:13,639 LOGAN ROY: We need to discuss this bear hug. 5 00:00:13,889 --> 00:00:15,180 Stick or sell? 6 00:00:15,263 --> 00:00:17,639 I think you should fight. You're the one who built it all. 7 00:00:17,722 --> 00:00:19,013 Oh, that is adorable. 8 00:00:19,097 --> 00:00:21,764 You're always looking out for Pops, aren't you? 9 00:00:22,597 --> 00:00:25,180 I'd like to formally ask you to come in 10 00:00:25,263 --> 00:00:27,889 and be the next chief executive of this company. 11 00:00:29,055 --> 00:00:29,931 You're the one. 12 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,472 SHIV ROY: For now, we need to keep this between us. 13 00:00:32,555 --> 00:00:34,222 I gotta think about Tom, Gil. 14 00:00:34,305 --> 00:00:35,097 LOGAN: Of course. 15 00:00:35,472 --> 00:00:36,639 TOM WAMSGANS: What did he say? Where am I going? 16 00:00:36,722 --> 00:00:38,514 What have you fucking landed me? Is it huge? 17 00:00:38,597 --> 00:00:41,013 Chair of global broadcast news. 18 00:00:41,097 --> 00:00:41,931 ATN, baby. 19 00:00:42,389 --> 00:00:44,889 Kendall and Roman will act as co-chief operating officers. 20 00:00:44,972 --> 00:00:46,389 Did you just say co-chief? 21 00:00:46,472 --> 00:00:47,764 No, he's coming back? 22 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:50,389 STEWY HOUSSEINI: Look what the cat dragged in. 23 00:00:50,472 --> 00:00:52,847 He wanted me to tell you, you're gonna bleed cash, 24 00:00:52,931 --> 00:00:55,055 he's gonna bleed cash, and maybe you'll kill him. 25 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:56,931 But if you don't, he aims to kill you. 26 00:00:57,138 --> 00:01:01,472 We're gonna be the number one media conglomerate in the world. 27 00:01:02,305 --> 00:01:03,263 Hear, hear. 28 00:01:10,097 --> 00:01:12,639 ♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 29 00:01:14,681 --> 00:01:17,013 -(CROWD MUTTERING) -WOMAN: Can we get in? What's going on? 30 00:01:18,514 --> 00:01:19,639 HEAD OF GUEST RELATIONS: Let's go. 31 00:01:19,722 --> 00:01:22,055 Let's see if he's still awake. 32 00:01:22,138 --> 00:01:23,931 BOY: Is that him? 33 00:01:25,972 --> 00:01:27,472 HEAD OF GUEST RELATIONS: Okay. Can we yell, 34 00:01:27,555 --> 00:01:29,138 "Wake up, Snow Joe!" 35 00:01:30,764 --> 00:01:32,472 (CHILDREN GIGGLING) 36 00:01:32,555 --> 00:01:34,639 BOTH: Wake up, Snow Joe! 37 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:37,889 ROMAN ROY: There he is. 38 00:01:38,013 --> 00:01:40,597 What's poppin', cum-dump? 39 00:01:40,681 --> 00:01:43,389 Yeah, just enjoying my daughter's birthday, so... 40 00:01:43,472 --> 00:01:44,889 Daddy, uh, we've tried everything. 41 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:47,180 Can they make the wagon train go faster? 42 00:01:47,263 --> 00:01:48,430 Let's-- Let's ask, yeah? 43 00:01:48,514 --> 00:01:50,347 Can the wagon train go any faster? 44 00:01:50,430 --> 00:01:52,222 Uh, up to a point. 45 00:01:52,305 --> 00:01:55,138 Yeah, great. Let's take it up to that point. Thanks. 46 00:01:55,222 --> 00:01:56,389 SOPHIE ROY: Thanks, Daddy. 47 00:01:58,430 --> 00:01:59,806 The signage is for shit. 48 00:01:59,889 --> 00:02:01,931 You know, still, some other sucker's problem now. 49 00:02:02,013 --> 00:02:04,305 Three months ago, I was at a meeting about how to stop kids 50 00:02:04,389 --> 00:02:07,138 giving each other handy jobs on the runaway ghost train. 51 00:02:07,222 --> 00:02:08,764 And now, I'm about to start managing 52 00:02:08,847 --> 00:02:11,389 a billion-dollar news budget, so... It's all good. 53 00:02:11,472 --> 00:02:13,097 I gave my first hand job on the ghost train. 54 00:02:13,180 --> 00:02:15,263 GREG HIRSCH: I have a shitty roommate right now, so I'm... 55 00:02:15,347 --> 00:02:16,681 trying to move on from that. 56 00:02:16,764 --> 00:02:18,597 My friend has an open room in her apartment. 57 00:02:18,681 --> 00:02:20,138 -Oh, really? -Yeah, I mean, 58 00:02:20,222 --> 00:02:22,639 she has an issue with spores from mold, 59 00:02:22,722 --> 00:02:25,764 but I don't know. I don't know how your lungs are with spores. 60 00:02:25,847 --> 00:02:27,472 GREG: You know, I did see one place, 61 00:02:27,555 --> 00:02:29,222 uh, 600 square feet. 62 00:02:29,305 --> 00:02:30,555 But it was out in Staten Island. 63 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:31,931 -What? -I dunno if-- 64 00:02:32,013 --> 00:02:33,931 Cousin Greg is moving to Staten Island? 65 00:02:34,013 --> 00:02:35,222 No, no. I dunno. 66 00:02:35,305 --> 00:02:36,639 (LAUGHING) Oh my God, did you hear this? 67 00:02:36,722 --> 00:02:37,972 I'm just looking at a place out there. 68 00:02:38,055 --> 00:02:39,138 Greg is getting the ferry to work? 69 00:02:39,222 --> 00:02:40,430 Check out Bryan Ferry. 70 00:02:40,514 --> 00:02:41,847 Dude, why stop at the ferry? 71 00:02:41,931 --> 00:02:43,555 Just come in from Cleveland on the Greyhound. 72 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,972 -(TOM WAMBSGANS LAUGHS) -Have you considered a hotel? 73 00:02:46,055 --> 00:02:48,138 Oh, wh-- As, like, nightly, or...? 74 00:02:48,222 --> 00:02:51,138 Logan's requested your presence in meeting room 4. 75 00:02:51,222 --> 00:02:53,097 -Which? -Both of you. 76 00:02:53,180 --> 00:02:55,305 Oh. That'll be fun. 77 00:02:55,389 --> 00:02:56,722 Beavis and Crackhead. 78 00:03:00,055 --> 00:03:04,180 Um, Logan also asked for you to join, too. 79 00:03:04,263 --> 00:03:05,806 -Oh, really? -Yeah. 80 00:03:05,889 --> 00:03:07,180 Oh. Okay. 81 00:03:07,263 --> 00:03:08,681 -You wanna take this? -No. 82 00:03:08,764 --> 00:03:12,263 Off they all go again, marching off to Daddy. 83 00:03:12,347 --> 00:03:15,138 Like Russians joining the Brusilov Offensive. 84 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:18,806 World War I. 85 00:03:20,138 --> 00:03:21,722 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. 86 00:03:23,764 --> 00:03:26,847 My focus is bringing Waystar Royco 87 00:03:26,931 --> 00:03:29,013 to its full earning potential. 88 00:03:29,097 --> 00:03:31,889 -So, uh, Waystar refused to play ball? -Mm-hmm. 89 00:03:31,972 --> 00:03:33,180 STEVE COX: I'm assuming they waved 90 00:03:33,263 --> 00:03:34,639 a poison pill in your face 91 00:03:34,722 --> 00:03:37,597 and now you're launching a proxy battle 92 00:03:37,681 --> 00:03:39,055 to replace the board. 93 00:03:39,138 --> 00:03:41,597 This guy, fuckin' dildo dipped in beard trimmings. 94 00:03:41,681 --> 00:03:43,180 He's fuckin' us on TV. 95 00:03:43,263 --> 00:03:45,764 And of course Pierce put him on. 96 00:03:45,847 --> 00:03:47,555 STEWY HOSSEINI: Yes, we're launching into a proxy battle 97 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:50,055 LOGAN ROY: Self-righteous fuckin' butter-wouldn't-melt, 98 00:03:50,138 --> 00:03:52,681 disingenuous Pulitzer pricks. 99 00:03:52,764 --> 00:03:54,847 Is Logan Roy fit 100 00:03:54,931 --> 00:03:58,013 to run a 21st-century media organization? 101 00:03:58,097 --> 00:04:00,263 You recognize any of this, son? 102 00:04:00,347 --> 00:04:01,931 It's from the playbook, Dad. 103 00:04:02,013 --> 00:04:04,138 LOGAN: Oh, yes, of course, the playbook. 104 00:04:04,222 --> 00:04:05,555 Sure. 105 00:04:05,639 --> 00:04:07,055 STEWY: Let me just make it very clear. 106 00:04:07,138 --> 00:04:09,389 Kendall Roy is no longer relevant. 107 00:04:09,472 --> 00:04:11,055 Now, with regards to Sandy Furness... 108 00:04:11,138 --> 00:04:12,222 LOGAN: So... 109 00:04:12,305 --> 00:04:13,555 GERRI KELLMAN: We keep our counsel. 110 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:14,806 Dismissive. 111 00:04:14,889 --> 00:04:16,430 Just lay it all out in our proxy statement. 112 00:04:16,514 --> 00:04:18,555 A hurried public response makes us look rattled. 113 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:21,555 So let Stewy sway all the shareholders first 114 00:04:21,639 --> 00:04:23,764 while Dad sits there (LAUGHS) with his thumb up his ass? 115 00:04:23,847 --> 00:04:24,889 That's a great plan. 116 00:04:24,972 --> 00:04:26,138 Hey, Shiv. 117 00:04:26,222 --> 00:04:27,639 GERRI: Respectfully, we just take a beat. 118 00:04:27,722 --> 00:04:29,514 Let me, uh, put a solid pack together. 119 00:04:29,597 --> 00:04:31,055 We fire back when we have the ammo. 120 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:33,263 By which point all the shooting's over. 121 00:04:33,347 --> 00:04:35,931 No, get out now with a salty re-frame. 122 00:04:36,013 --> 00:04:38,472 This is your standard-issue basic-bitch corporate raider 123 00:04:38,555 --> 00:04:41,430 versus a fuckin' legendary force of nature, 124 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:42,764 Hurricane Logan. 125 00:04:42,847 --> 00:04:44,847 STEWY: He had a fastball once, but... 126 00:04:44,931 --> 00:04:46,514 Now. Today. 127 00:04:46,597 --> 00:04:49,597 Karolina runs the words past Shiv. 128 00:04:49,681 --> 00:04:51,097 STEWY: Yeah, Vaulter. 129 00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:52,764 -STEVE: Yeah. Okay. -Vaulter. He paid too big... 130 00:04:52,847 --> 00:04:54,055 -Right. -Huge disappoi-- 131 00:04:54,138 --> 00:04:55,722 It's a huge disappointment. 132 00:04:55,806 --> 00:04:57,097 Do you think they suckered us? 133 00:04:57,180 --> 00:04:58,555 -KENDALL: Who, Vaulter? -Uh-huh. 134 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:00,722 No, we went deep on that. We-- We... 135 00:05:00,806 --> 00:05:01,889 kicked the tires good. 136 00:05:01,972 --> 00:05:03,514 I think we got chiseled. 137 00:05:03,597 --> 00:05:05,639 Revenue projections down and down. 138 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:06,972 I think we got screwed. 139 00:05:07,055 --> 00:05:09,847 Yeah, me too. Massive fuck-up, Ken. Huge. 140 00:05:09,931 --> 00:05:11,263 Unforgivable. 141 00:05:11,347 --> 00:05:13,806 Right, I want the response out today. 142 00:05:13,889 --> 00:05:15,722 I need Vaulter fixed. 143 00:05:15,806 --> 00:05:17,305 All right? 144 00:05:17,389 --> 00:05:19,764 So I have something to say in my fucking investor meetings. 145 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:22,055 -Go. -Okay. Me? 146 00:05:22,138 --> 00:05:24,263 Both of you. One who fixes it... 147 00:05:24,347 --> 00:05:25,389 gets a cookie. 148 00:05:25,472 --> 00:05:26,931 You got it. Sure thing, Dad. 149 00:05:27,013 --> 00:05:30,180 I... I just wanted to say thank you for, um... 150 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:32,013 closing down the park for us. 151 00:05:32,097 --> 00:05:33,555 Sophie... 152 00:05:33,639 --> 00:05:35,597 she's having a great birthday. She got to meet Snow Joe and... 153 00:05:35,681 --> 00:05:36,681 So thank you. 154 00:05:38,389 --> 00:05:40,013 Look at you, broken robot. 155 00:05:40,097 --> 00:05:41,722 Can't even hug your own kids. 156 00:05:44,389 --> 00:05:46,097 Yeah, I saw that, you freak. 157 00:05:48,055 --> 00:05:49,097 LOGAN: Pinkie. 158 00:05:49,597 --> 00:05:50,514 Happy? 159 00:05:50,597 --> 00:05:52,681 SHIV ROY: Yeah. Smart. 160 00:05:52,764 --> 00:05:54,764 Uh, let me know if you need anything. 161 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:03,138 ♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 162 00:07:35,806 --> 00:07:36,847 Bye, Marilyn. 163 00:07:37,514 --> 00:07:38,847 Bye, Mondale. 164 00:07:38,931 --> 00:07:40,681 You know what? I don't care. 165 00:07:41,472 --> 00:07:42,764 This empty wall. 166 00:07:42,847 --> 00:07:45,639 Here. I don't care if it's incredibly gauche, 167 00:07:45,722 --> 00:07:49,347 but can we not just have a big, beautiful portrait of us 168 00:07:49,430 --> 00:07:50,430 up there? 169 00:07:50,514 --> 00:07:51,430 -Shiv. -Mm? 170 00:07:51,514 --> 00:07:52,972 -Too Saddam? -Mm. 171 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:55,055 -Too Assady? -Mm. 172 00:07:55,138 --> 00:07:56,180 Okay. 173 00:07:59,555 --> 00:08:01,138 (SNAPPING FINGERS RESTLESSLY) 174 00:08:01,222 --> 00:08:02,555 (SIGHS) 175 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:05,430 -You good? -Am I good? I am great! 176 00:08:05,514 --> 00:08:09,305 I am great. I'm good. I slept well and, uh... 177 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:12,138 Yeah, you know your thing about us? Uh... (SIGHS) 178 00:08:12,222 --> 00:08:14,472 I think I've contextualized it... 179 00:08:14,555 --> 00:08:16,764 -It's not really a thing. -No, no, no, sure. 180 00:08:16,847 --> 00:08:19,430 I just feel like, "Okay, you know, 181 00:08:19,514 --> 00:08:21,806 if I'm the king and you're the queen, 182 00:08:21,889 --> 00:08:24,389 maybe it's fine to... 183 00:08:24,472 --> 00:08:25,639 fuck the odd peasant." 184 00:08:25,722 --> 00:08:27,138 -Right. Yeah. -Because-- Because-- 185 00:08:27,222 --> 00:08:30,138 Big picture: our plan is right on track. 186 00:08:30,222 --> 00:08:31,764 -You know? -SHIV: Uh-huh. 187 00:08:31,847 --> 00:08:34,347 And you've-- you've seen Gil's numbers, right? 188 00:08:34,430 --> 00:08:37,305 And-- And as of today, I'm right in at ATN. 189 00:08:37,389 --> 00:08:38,764 You know, belly of the beast. 190 00:08:39,514 --> 00:08:40,430 So... 191 00:08:43,097 --> 00:08:44,347 -Hey. -Yeah? 192 00:08:44,430 --> 00:08:46,514 You wanna bang? Right now? 193 00:08:46,597 --> 00:08:47,889 Cheeky little breakfast bang. 194 00:08:47,972 --> 00:08:49,430 -Oh... I'm... -Wanna? 195 00:08:49,514 --> 00:08:52,514 I'm just such in a different mental place... 196 00:08:52,597 --> 00:08:54,055 -Okay. -...than you right now. 197 00:08:54,138 --> 00:08:55,472 -(CHUCKLES) -No, sure. 198 00:08:55,555 --> 00:08:57,972 I just feel so incredibly potent. 199 00:08:58,055 --> 00:08:59,514 -Mm. -You know? 200 00:08:59,597 --> 00:09:01,013 I think it's the new place. 201 00:09:01,097 --> 00:09:02,472 -Yeah. -You know? 202 00:09:02,555 --> 00:09:04,972 -I feel God-like and horny. -SHIV: Oof! 203 00:09:05,055 --> 00:09:06,972 Everybody looks, like, two feet tall to me. 204 00:09:07,055 --> 00:09:08,389 (BOTH LAUGH) 205 00:09:08,472 --> 00:09:10,514 SHIV: Well, you know what? Maybe-- 206 00:09:10,597 --> 00:09:12,430 Maybe we should split from the thing early 207 00:09:12,514 --> 00:09:15,138 tonight and, you know, we can... 208 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,347 -talk, and... -TOM: Mm-hmm. 209 00:09:18,430 --> 00:09:19,806 -...everything. -TOM: Okay! 210 00:09:19,889 --> 00:09:21,972 Okay! My fave. Strategy and a fuck. 211 00:09:22,055 --> 00:09:23,514 (CHUCKLES) 212 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:25,222 -Okay, bye. -Have a good one. 213 00:09:25,305 --> 00:09:26,263 Bye, honey. 214 00:09:26,347 --> 00:09:28,597 ♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 215 00:09:28,681 --> 00:09:32,889 So cool. You know they have their own beehive upstairs? 216 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:35,263 What is that? Is that, like, the fucking business model? 217 00:09:35,347 --> 00:09:37,764 Conflict porn and hipster honey. 218 00:09:37,847 --> 00:09:38,847 Ugh. 219 00:09:39,347 --> 00:09:40,597 Oh, shh. 220 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:42,847 The pretend journalists are pretend working. 221 00:09:42,931 --> 00:09:44,597 KENDALL: All right, Rome, just cool it. 222 00:09:44,681 --> 00:09:46,764 Let's move nice and slow here. Yeah? 223 00:09:46,847 --> 00:09:48,972 -Mm-hmm. -Just keep it small and general. 224 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:50,555 We don't wanna spook him. 225 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:52,263 ROMAN: Yeah, okay. You got it. You are in charge. 226 00:09:52,347 --> 00:09:54,180 I follow your lead, fucker. 227 00:09:54,263 --> 00:09:56,722 Larry Yee, King of New York! 228 00:09:56,806 --> 00:09:58,389 What the fuck? 229 00:09:58,472 --> 00:10:00,764 Thanks for making space, man. I know it was last minute. 230 00:10:00,847 --> 00:10:03,764 LAWRENCE YEE: Ah, dude. Anytime. 231 00:10:03,847 --> 00:10:05,222 Hey, Lawrence. 232 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:07,263 I heard you were drying out in a Schloss, 233 00:10:07,347 --> 00:10:09,430 doing shitty yoga with hausfrau? 234 00:10:09,514 --> 00:10:11,097 -KENDALL: Right. right. -(ROMAN LAUGHS) 235 00:10:11,180 --> 00:10:12,514 Nope. 236 00:10:12,597 --> 00:10:15,430 He is back. He is back, like a pedo on parole. 237 00:10:15,514 --> 00:10:17,472 KENDALL: Yeah, man, we're just here for a catch-up. 238 00:10:17,555 --> 00:10:19,889 You know? Super casual, feet on the table, 239 00:10:19,972 --> 00:10:20,847 whatever the fuck. 240 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:22,263 Just, uh, just help you out. 241 00:10:22,347 --> 00:10:23,722 LAWRENCE: O-- Obviously, I'm always pleased 242 00:10:23,806 --> 00:10:24,764 to get your insights, 243 00:10:24,847 --> 00:10:26,889 but, like, who am I talking to? 244 00:10:27,722 --> 00:10:28,806 Co... 245 00:10:28,889 --> 00:10:29,847 COOs. 246 00:10:29,931 --> 00:10:31,180 Who's in charge here? 247 00:10:31,263 --> 00:10:34,055 My brother and I have a joint responsibility. 248 00:10:34,138 --> 00:10:35,764 You know, we're sharing duties, 249 00:10:35,847 --> 00:10:38,931 but we're on the same page operationally. Right, Rome? 250 00:10:39,013 --> 00:10:40,972 I don't know what the fuck he's talking about. 251 00:10:41,055 --> 00:10:42,305 KENDALL: There's just, uh, 252 00:10:42,389 --> 00:10:45,555 a lot of, uh, crackle in the air right now. 253 00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:47,931 External pressures with the proxy battle, 254 00:10:48,013 --> 00:10:49,263 -that whole... -LAWRENCE: Yeah. 255 00:10:49,347 --> 00:10:51,681 So you're defusing the bomb you planted. 256 00:10:51,764 --> 00:10:53,055 (ROMAN LAUGHS) 257 00:10:53,138 --> 00:10:56,972 Yes, precisely. See, he gets it. He sees. 258 00:10:57,055 --> 00:11:00,055 We're just here for a routine health check. 259 00:11:00,138 --> 00:11:01,138 That's all this is. 260 00:11:01,222 --> 00:11:02,681 Where's this coming from? 261 00:11:02,764 --> 00:11:04,222 -It's coming from us. -ROMAN: It's coming from Dad. 262 00:11:04,305 --> 00:11:05,764 No. What, why are we dancing around this? 263 00:11:05,847 --> 00:11:07,555 It's coming from Dad. Dad's worried about you. 264 00:11:08,222 --> 00:11:09,430 Okay. 265 00:11:09,514 --> 00:11:11,222 ROMAN: I mean, come on, you know how he is. 266 00:11:11,305 --> 00:11:13,180 He doesn't get it. He still has a plant out in the Philippines 267 00:11:13,263 --> 00:11:14,555 manufacturing Xerox machines. 268 00:11:14,639 --> 00:11:16,389 But he's fucking shrewd. 269 00:11:16,472 --> 00:11:18,639 And, right now... 270 00:11:18,722 --> 00:11:20,972 right now, his giant cyclops eye 271 00:11:21,055 --> 00:11:23,514 is looking in this direction, and he's feeling like 272 00:11:23,597 --> 00:11:26,138 maybe he bought a giant pile of bullshit. 273 00:11:26,222 --> 00:11:27,555 So now here I am 274 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:30,180 to enquire in the politest terms possible 275 00:11:30,263 --> 00:11:32,222 what the fuck is going on. 276 00:11:32,305 --> 00:11:34,097 Dad thinks maybe you fucked him. 277 00:11:34,180 --> 00:11:37,347 Our numbers were solid when you bought us, 278 00:11:37,430 --> 00:11:38,722 and they're solid now. 279 00:11:38,806 --> 00:11:40,180 ROMAN: Dude, really, don't take it personally. 280 00:11:40,263 --> 00:11:41,514 Dad thinks everyone's fucking him. 281 00:11:41,597 --> 00:11:43,097 KENDALL: I know you're on the level. 282 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:44,555 Help me make him see that. 283 00:11:44,639 --> 00:11:45,514 What do you need? 284 00:11:45,597 --> 00:11:48,222 I need metrics, I need KPIs, 285 00:11:48,305 --> 00:11:50,514 and, uh, I need an office. 286 00:11:50,597 --> 00:11:53,013 ROMAN: Me too, I need an office as well. 287 00:11:53,097 --> 00:11:55,013 Separate from his. Nicer. 288 00:11:55,097 --> 00:11:57,847 It's on, me versus the Peach. 289 00:11:57,931 --> 00:11:59,097 Okay, I'm gonna s-- 290 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:01,097 I'm gonna swing the old meat mallet. 291 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:03,514 I'm gonna sit on her right out of the box. 292 00:12:03,597 --> 00:12:04,889 Okay, so I could be calling 293 00:12:04,972 --> 00:12:06,722 for a little bit of the old punch-bagging, 294 00:12:06,806 --> 00:12:07,889 okay, buddy? 295 00:12:07,972 --> 00:12:10,222 -GREG: Uh-huh. -Ready to play the bag? 296 00:12:10,305 --> 00:12:12,472 -Y-- Yeah, yeah. Give it to me. -Okay. 297 00:12:13,972 --> 00:12:14,972 What? 298 00:12:16,222 --> 00:12:17,347 What is it, Greg? 299 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:21,263 Being in at ATN, you know, it's kinda like 300 00:12:21,347 --> 00:12:23,430 the one thing I didn't wanna do. 301 00:12:23,514 --> 00:12:24,806 Oh, okay. So, what-- 302 00:12:24,889 --> 00:12:26,389 Should I have left you at Parks to sink? 303 00:12:26,472 --> 00:12:27,555 I mean, it's... 304 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:29,263 it's ATN, man. It's the fuckin' news. 305 00:12:29,347 --> 00:12:31,138 -I know. -It's Logan's G-spot. 306 00:12:31,222 --> 00:12:32,806 I can finger-bang him all night long. 307 00:12:32,889 --> 00:12:35,097 I'm a direct direct report. What? 308 00:12:35,180 --> 00:12:36,472 Sure, just... 309 00:12:38,305 --> 00:12:39,305 ATN? 310 00:12:40,055 --> 00:12:42,514 It's-- It's like... 311 00:12:42,597 --> 00:12:45,347 -kind of against my principles. -Your principles? 312 00:12:45,430 --> 00:12:47,931 Greg, don't be an asshole. You don't have principles. 313 00:12:48,013 --> 00:12:50,639 Dude, ATN is a very toxic element in the culture. 314 00:12:50,722 --> 00:12:54,180 Oh, seriously? Okay, name me one principle that you have. 315 00:12:54,263 --> 00:12:56,263 I don't know, like, I'm against racism. 316 00:12:56,347 --> 00:13:00,013 Bullshit. I'm against racism. Everybody's against racism. 317 00:13:00,097 --> 00:13:01,097 What else? 318 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:02,972 -Like, don't lie. -Fuck off. 319 00:13:03,055 --> 00:13:04,514 -Like, if you're the news, you-- -Fuck off! 320 00:13:04,597 --> 00:13:06,180 -That's your principle? -Yeah, dude. 321 00:13:06,263 --> 00:13:09,305 Greg, this is not fucking Charles Dickens world, okay? 322 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:12,097 You don't go around talking about principles. 323 00:13:12,180 --> 00:13:13,722 We're all trying to do the right thing, 324 00:13:13,806 --> 00:13:14,806 of course we are. 325 00:13:14,889 --> 00:13:16,681 But come on, man! 326 00:13:18,138 --> 00:13:19,514 Man the fuck up! 327 00:13:20,681 --> 00:13:23,222 (MUTTERING) Okay, I am manned, man. 328 00:13:23,305 --> 00:13:24,555 Here comes Cyd. 329 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:26,347 Hey, Cyd! The Peach! 330 00:13:26,430 --> 00:13:27,806 The legend! 331 00:13:27,889 --> 00:13:29,222 Oh, Tom! 332 00:13:29,305 --> 00:13:30,222 -Tom! -Hey! 333 00:13:30,305 --> 00:13:31,681 It's great to have you aboard. 334 00:13:31,764 --> 00:13:33,138 I know that this is gonna be 335 00:13:33,222 --> 00:13:35,597 a really productive collaboration. 336 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:36,972 I just hope 337 00:13:37,055 --> 00:13:39,597 that there's no... weirdness 338 00:13:39,681 --> 00:13:41,847 with our fuzzy boundaries, right? 339 00:13:41,931 --> 00:13:44,263 Are you kidding? If you-- If you wanna go fast, 340 00:13:44,347 --> 00:13:47,597 go alone. If you wanna go far, go together. 341 00:13:47,681 --> 00:13:49,305 -Right? -Exactly. 342 00:13:49,389 --> 00:13:50,389 Yeah. 343 00:13:50,472 --> 00:13:51,806 -Come meet the team. -Amazing! 344 00:13:51,889 --> 00:13:53,222 You wanna lead in there? 345 00:13:53,305 --> 00:13:55,097 Oh, fuck no. 346 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:56,972 -You lead, Tommy. -Okay. 347 00:13:57,055 --> 00:13:58,764 You mind if I big-ball the first one? 348 00:13:58,847 --> 00:14:00,972 Do it! Your funeral, buddy. 349 00:14:01,055 --> 00:14:02,806 -(APPLAUSE) -SPEAKER: Thank you, thank you. 350 00:14:02,889 --> 00:14:05,347 So did he actually even see my draft? 351 00:14:05,430 --> 00:14:06,806 Uh... no. 352 00:14:06,889 --> 00:14:08,681 In the end, I just thought the draft Kelly and I did 353 00:14:08,764 --> 00:14:11,013 had more, uh, goodness. 354 00:14:11,097 --> 00:14:12,180 As in...? 355 00:14:12,263 --> 00:14:13,597 As in it had the quality of being good 356 00:14:13,681 --> 00:14:15,138 rather than the attributes of being shitty. 357 00:14:15,222 --> 00:14:18,097 NATE: Um, just also re Kelly, little sidebar. 358 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:19,806 Can you not tell people about us? 359 00:14:19,889 --> 00:14:21,263 Oh, but there is no us. 360 00:14:21,347 --> 00:14:23,097 Right. but there was an us, and the problem is, 361 00:14:23,180 --> 00:14:24,555 my wife doesn't know about it. 362 00:14:24,639 --> 00:14:26,555 Oh, but my husband absolutely does know about it, 363 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:29,013 so I guess that's, what, it's your problem? 364 00:14:29,097 --> 00:14:30,305 We had the affair. 365 00:14:30,389 --> 00:14:31,681 We didn't have the conversation 366 00:14:31,764 --> 00:14:33,347 about telling people we had the affair. 367 00:14:33,430 --> 00:14:35,055 I'm sorry, Nate, did you want a conference call 368 00:14:35,138 --> 00:14:37,430 to discuss how to tell your wife we fucked? 369 00:14:39,347 --> 00:14:40,847 -(APPLAUSE) -GIL EAVIS: Thank you, everyone. 370 00:14:40,931 --> 00:14:43,138 Great event. Great event. 371 00:14:43,222 --> 00:14:45,806 Thank you, everyone, so much. 372 00:14:45,889 --> 00:14:47,097 And the polling! 373 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:49,639 My God! I mean, nobody's getting carried away, 374 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,430 just one set of numbers, 375 00:14:51,514 --> 00:14:54,555 one pretty big set of numbers. (CHUCKLES) Right? 376 00:14:54,639 --> 00:14:59,180 Right, so thank you. And testament to your faith. 377 00:14:59,263 --> 00:15:00,555 Thank you. Please, 378 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:02,806 indulge yourselves in some, uh, 379 00:15:02,889 --> 00:15:05,055 gluten and melted cheese. Why not? 380 00:15:05,138 --> 00:15:06,722 -(LAUGHTER) -Thank you, thank you. 381 00:15:06,806 --> 00:15:08,430 -(APPLAUSE) -GIL: Mm. 382 00:15:08,514 --> 00:15:10,055 Hey, uh, how was the call? 383 00:15:10,138 --> 00:15:13,013 Great. They're eating out of my ass crack. 384 00:15:13,097 --> 00:15:16,097 Offered me use of the fucking jet on the weekend. 385 00:15:16,180 --> 00:15:18,013 Uh, yeah, I mean, the legals are wonky 386 00:15:18,097 --> 00:15:20,806 and the optics are shitty, but (CHUCKLES) go ahead. 387 00:15:22,514 --> 00:15:23,722 Look. 388 00:15:23,806 --> 00:15:26,097 You don't look a gift Boeing in the teeth. 389 00:15:26,180 --> 00:15:27,681 Right? Right? 390 00:15:27,764 --> 00:15:29,305 -No. -I'll be so much fresher. 391 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:33,097 Excuse us for a second. I just wanna... 392 00:15:33,180 --> 00:15:34,681 Ma'am, listen. 393 00:15:34,764 --> 00:15:36,555 Long road to travel and all of that, 394 00:15:36,639 --> 00:15:39,389 but the compass points to Pennsylvania Avenue. 395 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:41,555 I have to start thinking about appointments. 396 00:15:43,347 --> 00:15:45,013 I'm thinking about Chief of Staff. 397 00:15:46,013 --> 00:15:48,639 Uh-- Oh, wow. 398 00:15:48,722 --> 00:15:49,931 -Yeah. -(CHUCKLES) 399 00:15:50,013 --> 00:15:53,305 I mean, can you imagine the look of fear 400 00:15:53,389 --> 00:15:55,931 in their eyes when they see you coming at them? 401 00:15:56,013 --> 00:15:58,347 Those corpulent old white fucks. 402 00:15:58,430 --> 00:15:59,847 -(CHUCKLES) -Huh? 403 00:15:59,931 --> 00:16:01,514 How's that for a carrot? 404 00:16:02,013 --> 00:16:03,055 Hm? 405 00:16:04,722 --> 00:16:06,931 So that's where we shape the debate. 406 00:16:07,013 --> 00:16:09,347 Ooh, cool shit. 407 00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:11,931 And I love the way the debate keeps on getting shaped 408 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:14,097 like a burning cross. (LAUGHS) 409 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:15,972 You don't share our news values. 410 00:16:16,055 --> 00:16:17,305 Oh, I'm kidding. 411 00:16:17,389 --> 00:16:19,263 I'm kidding. I get it. I'm from the Midwest. 412 00:16:19,347 --> 00:16:21,889 You know, my mom's friend, Deb, weighs, like, 300 pounds, 413 00:16:21,972 --> 00:16:24,055 and she's pissed as fuck about practically everything, 414 00:16:24,138 --> 00:16:26,055 so, you know, trust me, 415 00:16:26,138 --> 00:16:27,639 I'm down. I get it. 416 00:16:27,722 --> 00:16:30,764 Besides, what Logan wants, Logan gets, right? 417 00:16:30,847 --> 00:16:33,347 Logan doesn't set our news agenda. 418 00:16:33,430 --> 00:16:36,180 Oh. (LAUGHS) No, of course he doesn't. 419 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:37,847 I know, it's so weird, huh? 420 00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:39,847 He happens to own a news company 421 00:16:39,931 --> 00:16:42,263 and they say exactly what he thinks. 422 00:16:42,347 --> 00:16:43,972 If Logan had to tell me 423 00:16:44,055 --> 00:16:45,764 or any of my news editors 424 00:16:45,847 --> 00:16:48,013 what to run or what the angle was, 425 00:16:48,097 --> 00:16:50,972 we would be fucked. That is not how it works. 426 00:16:51,055 --> 00:16:52,430 This isn't mind control. 427 00:16:52,514 --> 00:16:55,013 We hire people who want to work here. 428 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:56,430 and we serve a demographic 429 00:16:56,514 --> 00:16:59,597 of highly, highly intelligent viewers, 430 00:16:59,681 --> 00:17:01,681 who are really tired 431 00:17:01,764 --> 00:17:03,764 of being patronized elsewhere 432 00:17:03,847 --> 00:17:06,555 by latte-sipping douchebags 433 00:17:06,639 --> 00:17:08,305 with hundred-dollar haircuts. 434 00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:12,263 You've got the cool job title, 435 00:17:12,347 --> 00:17:13,722 you've got freedom of movement. 436 00:17:13,806 --> 00:17:16,722 Why don't you take a look somewhere more comfy? 437 00:17:16,806 --> 00:17:17,972 Entertainment? 438 00:17:18,055 --> 00:17:19,514 'Cause this is where the action is. 439 00:17:19,597 --> 00:17:21,514 This is the profit center. 440 00:17:21,597 --> 00:17:25,305 The median age of our audience is 68. 441 00:17:25,389 --> 00:17:29,180 The ads are all adult diapers and shit pills. 442 00:17:29,263 --> 00:17:31,138 Our lead in the news demo has halved. 443 00:17:31,222 --> 00:17:32,722 You know, maybe I can 444 00:17:32,806 --> 00:17:35,222 lend a hand to take a look at some of that. 445 00:17:35,305 --> 00:17:36,597 You know, 446 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:39,430 he sends me one of you every four years. 447 00:17:39,514 --> 00:17:42,055 -That train is never late. -Interesting. 448 00:17:42,138 --> 00:17:44,764 And tell me, these others that he sends, 449 00:17:44,847 --> 00:17:46,639 were they his son-in-law too? 450 00:17:47,430 --> 00:17:49,347 I'm curious. 451 00:17:49,430 --> 00:17:52,806 Efficiencies, Cyd! I'm here to trim the flab. 452 00:17:52,889 --> 00:17:54,722 Have you told Logan this? 453 00:17:54,806 --> 00:17:56,722 I spy savings, Cyd. 454 00:17:56,806 --> 00:17:58,597 Oh, good, Tom. 455 00:17:58,681 --> 00:17:59,889 That's very good. 456 00:17:59,972 --> 00:18:02,764 Because I run a pretty tight ship. 457 00:18:03,472 --> 00:18:04,347 So... 458 00:18:05,430 --> 00:18:06,639 good luck to you. 459 00:18:06,722 --> 00:18:09,847 I'm sure you've got him very, very excited. 460 00:18:09,931 --> 00:18:11,681 I hope you can deliver. 461 00:18:14,889 --> 00:18:16,180 Well... (CLEARS THROAT) 462 00:18:16,263 --> 00:18:17,681 Thank you very much. 463 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,681 And, uh, fuck you. 464 00:18:19,764 --> 00:18:21,847 And, uh, I'll catch up with you later. 465 00:18:21,931 --> 00:18:24,889 Not on your dying day, baby. 466 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:29,764 Greg, I need you on the ground. 467 00:18:29,847 --> 00:18:31,055 -Oh. -Okay? 468 00:18:31,138 --> 00:18:32,764 I need you to be my representative on earth. 469 00:18:32,847 --> 00:18:34,889 I want you to-- I want you to go on a mission for me 470 00:18:34,972 --> 00:18:36,389 and body-shame ATN, 471 00:18:36,472 --> 00:18:38,430 find the fat and point it out. 472 00:18:38,514 --> 00:18:39,847 Yeah, like, how? 473 00:18:39,931 --> 00:18:41,430 Like, find the excess, okay? 474 00:18:41,514 --> 00:18:44,430 Find the extraneous Danish, the surfeit of stationary, 475 00:18:44,514 --> 00:18:47,430 the... the lazy cleaner, the mail guy who walks slow. 476 00:18:47,514 --> 00:18:49,430 Okay? Snuffle out waste, pig man. 477 00:18:49,514 --> 00:18:51,472 Okay, I'll do the penthouse, you do the basement. 478 00:18:51,555 --> 00:18:53,347 -All right? -Yeah, yeah, you got it. 479 00:18:54,514 --> 00:18:56,180 Wait, uh, which are these? 480 00:18:57,722 --> 00:19:00,138 You know what? I'm not sure. 481 00:19:00,222 --> 00:19:01,263 Let me go check. 482 00:19:04,013 --> 00:19:06,347 Keep it coming. Fuckin' drown him in paper. 483 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:13,305 Good night, Kendall. 484 00:19:13,389 --> 00:19:14,430 Night, dude. 485 00:19:18,347 --> 00:19:19,389 What's he doing? 486 00:19:19,472 --> 00:19:20,847 ADVISOR: I dunno. Reading? 487 00:19:23,013 --> 00:19:24,514 Thanks, useless. 488 00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:26,222 Drink your smoothie and shut up. 489 00:19:31,013 --> 00:19:32,722 Actually drinking the smoothie... 490 00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:44,681 I can give you 52 seconds. 491 00:19:44,764 --> 00:19:46,430 ROMAN: Well, I'm in at Vaulter. 492 00:19:46,514 --> 00:19:47,681 Yeah, so? 493 00:19:47,764 --> 00:19:49,639 Yeah, so, let's fucking game this out. 494 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:51,722 Roman, we are in a proxy war. 495 00:19:51,806 --> 00:19:53,305 The plane has just been hijacked, 496 00:19:53,389 --> 00:19:55,097 all the engines have fallen into the sea, 497 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:56,639 and the pilot's hair is on fire. 498 00:19:56,722 --> 00:19:58,347 Gerri, come on, I need something. 499 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,514 Kendall's doing shit. 500 00:19:59,597 --> 00:20:01,430 Okay, how about this: you do shit. 501 00:20:01,514 --> 00:20:02,681 What have you got? 502 00:20:02,764 --> 00:20:04,514 One idea: pivot to video? 503 00:20:04,597 --> 00:20:05,931 Yeah, they tried that already. 504 00:20:06,013 --> 00:20:08,097 Can you just come over? I want you in the room. 505 00:20:08,180 --> 00:20:09,305 Can I come over? 506 00:20:09,389 --> 00:20:11,097 Yeah. Could-- Yeah-- 507 00:20:11,180 --> 00:20:12,097 Fuck you! 508 00:20:12,806 --> 00:20:13,764 Fuck you. 509 00:20:23,514 --> 00:20:26,639 ROMAN: Excuse me, folks, um, could I maybe interest you all 510 00:20:26,722 --> 00:20:28,722 in going for one of those fuckin'... 511 00:20:28,806 --> 00:20:31,514 IPAs that looks like run-off at the carwash? 512 00:20:32,389 --> 00:20:33,597 Is he in the chair? 513 00:20:34,806 --> 00:20:36,263 (TV PLAYING) 514 00:20:36,347 --> 00:20:37,347 Hey, Dad? 515 00:20:38,097 --> 00:20:39,138 (TV MUTED) 516 00:20:41,055 --> 00:20:43,555 I need three independent women. Know any? 517 00:20:43,639 --> 00:20:44,597 Uh-huh. 518 00:20:44,681 --> 00:20:45,972 The board? 519 00:20:46,055 --> 00:20:48,222 Be great if one was in a fucking wheelchair. 520 00:20:48,305 --> 00:20:49,222 (SHIV CHUCKLES) 521 00:20:49,305 --> 00:20:51,847 Black, white, green, pink. 522 00:20:51,931 --> 00:20:54,806 A Cambodian landmine victim, if you know any. 523 00:20:54,889 --> 00:20:56,889 Yeah, be the change you wanna see in the world. 524 00:20:56,972 --> 00:20:58,389 You're a real beacon of hope, Dad. 525 00:20:58,472 --> 00:20:59,847 LOGAN: Mm. 526 00:20:59,931 --> 00:21:01,597 What do you think about Pierce? 527 00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:06,097 Buying? PGM as a defense? 528 00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:08,472 I-- Honestly, I think that's chasing the white whale. 529 00:21:08,555 --> 00:21:09,764 Again. 530 00:21:09,847 --> 00:21:11,305 It's never gonna work, it's not a good fit. 531 00:21:11,389 --> 00:21:12,639 Uh-huh. 532 00:21:12,722 --> 00:21:14,472 SHIV: Dad, I was wondering whether we should... 533 00:21:14,555 --> 00:21:15,931 talk. 534 00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:17,597 You know, about... 535 00:21:17,681 --> 00:21:19,222 It wasn't a dream, right? 536 00:21:19,305 --> 00:21:21,305 Are you kidding? I'm excited! 537 00:21:21,389 --> 00:21:22,347 (GROANS) 538 00:21:22,430 --> 00:21:23,597 So, let's talk. 539 00:21:23,681 --> 00:21:25,430 Should you go, or shall I? 540 00:21:25,514 --> 00:21:28,555 Uh, well, I have some ideas that I... 541 00:21:30,931 --> 00:21:34,597 Siobhan? What a surprise. He never said. 542 00:21:34,681 --> 00:21:35,764 -SHIV: Hi. -MARCIA: Hi. 543 00:21:35,847 --> 00:21:37,138 LOGAN: Just a pop-in. 544 00:21:37,222 --> 00:21:38,305 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 545 00:21:38,389 --> 00:21:40,847 Pinkie was telling me how, um... 546 00:21:40,931 --> 00:21:43,263 Connor's moved into a hotel in the city. 547 00:21:43,347 --> 00:21:44,764 I saw. 548 00:21:44,847 --> 00:21:47,889 He sent out his email bulletin with all the photographs. 549 00:21:48,806 --> 00:21:52,639 He rents a room, he rents a girl. 550 00:21:52,722 --> 00:21:55,681 Can you check if Richard's turned off that fuckin' Alexa? 551 00:21:55,764 --> 00:21:57,472 Not just off, unplugged. 552 00:21:57,555 --> 00:22:01,347 I've got enough spies after me without Bezos in here too. 553 00:22:01,430 --> 00:22:02,430 Okay? 554 00:22:03,389 --> 00:22:04,347 Right. 555 00:22:09,972 --> 00:22:12,013 (FOOTSTEPS MOVING AWAY) 556 00:22:22,055 --> 00:22:23,097 LOGAN: So... 557 00:22:23,889 --> 00:22:25,055 here's how I see it. 558 00:22:25,722 --> 00:22:27,138 Come in. 559 00:22:27,222 --> 00:22:30,097 Six months with Gerri, six months with Karl. 560 00:22:30,180 --> 00:22:32,472 Hong Kong for, say, another 12. 561 00:22:32,555 --> 00:22:35,931 Uh, Berlin, or London. 562 00:22:36,013 --> 00:22:38,722 Management training program for six. 563 00:22:38,806 --> 00:22:43,138 Come back, spend 12 months alongside me. 564 00:22:43,222 --> 00:22:45,555 And when you're ready, I'll step aside. 565 00:22:45,639 --> 00:22:47,681 Wow, Dad, that's a lot of months. 566 00:22:47,764 --> 00:22:49,847 It's an appropriate amount of months. 567 00:22:49,931 --> 00:22:52,180 Also, management training program? 568 00:22:52,263 --> 00:22:53,639 Roman's COO. 569 00:22:53,722 --> 00:22:55,305 You have a toddler with a hard-on 570 00:22:55,389 --> 00:22:56,847 for chief operating officer, 571 00:22:56,931 --> 00:22:58,889 and I'm going through a management training program? 572 00:22:58,972 --> 00:23:00,806 You're a young woman with no experience. 573 00:23:00,889 --> 00:23:02,180 A woman. That's a minus. 574 00:23:02,263 --> 00:23:04,472 Well, of course it's a fucking minus! 575 00:23:04,555 --> 00:23:05,806 I didn't make the world! 576 00:23:05,889 --> 00:23:07,180 SHIV: You make a small part of it. 577 00:23:07,263 --> 00:23:08,847 If that doesn't work for you, what does? 578 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:11,055 That's a fucking-- That's a three-year timeline. 579 00:23:11,138 --> 00:23:12,055 Okay. 580 00:23:12,138 --> 00:23:13,722 So why don't you come in tomorrow 581 00:23:13,806 --> 00:23:14,806 and spend the day with me? 582 00:23:14,889 --> 00:23:16,597 Oh, Jesus Christ, Dad. 583 00:23:16,681 --> 00:23:17,972 What? 584 00:23:18,055 --> 00:23:20,222 I need time, I-- I haven't even told Tom yet. 585 00:23:20,305 --> 00:23:21,847 -Tell him. -And there's Gil. 586 00:23:21,931 --> 00:23:24,138 I have a job, I can't just come running to you. 587 00:23:24,222 --> 00:23:26,806 What is it, Siobhan, too slow or too fast? 588 00:23:26,889 --> 00:23:28,639 Because I'm fucking confused. 589 00:23:28,722 --> 00:23:30,597 Dad, I want this. 590 00:23:30,681 --> 00:23:32,305 It's just about the process. 591 00:23:32,806 --> 00:23:33,806 Okay. 592 00:23:33,889 --> 00:23:34,722 SHIV: Okay? 593 00:23:34,806 --> 00:23:36,389 So... you wanna get into it? 594 00:23:36,472 --> 00:23:37,263 Not now. 595 00:23:37,347 --> 00:23:38,639 I'm busy. Proxy statement. 596 00:23:38,722 --> 00:23:39,847 You didn't give me any warning. 597 00:23:39,931 --> 00:23:41,097 -All right. -I mean, you know, 598 00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:42,389 tomorrow night could work? 599 00:23:42,472 --> 00:23:43,889 -That-- Yeah. -Tomorrow? 600 00:23:43,972 --> 00:23:45,722 Uh... (BLOWS RASPBERRY) Yeah, let me take a look. 601 00:23:45,806 --> 00:23:47,555 Oh, is that no good for you? 602 00:23:47,639 --> 00:23:49,389 I'm around. 603 00:23:49,472 --> 00:23:51,389 -I'm excited. -Mm-hmm. 604 00:23:51,472 --> 00:23:52,681 Me too. 605 00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:54,806 I'll get back to you tomorrow... 606 00:23:54,889 --> 00:23:57,138 -on the names for the board. -Mm-hmm. 607 00:24:01,722 --> 00:24:03,681 -Love you. -I love you. Goodnight. 608 00:24:07,389 --> 00:24:08,347 All right. 609 00:24:09,138 --> 00:24:10,514 I haven't got all day. 610 00:24:15,514 --> 00:24:16,847 GERRI: Agenda is Vaulter. 611 00:24:16,931 --> 00:24:18,430 We need a way forward on the Vaulter problem 612 00:24:18,514 --> 00:24:21,222 ahead of investor meetings in two days' time. 613 00:24:21,305 --> 00:24:23,972 Do you want to present jointly or...? 614 00:24:24,681 --> 00:24:25,806 Ken? 615 00:24:25,889 --> 00:24:27,097 Yeah, I'll take it. 616 00:24:27,180 --> 00:24:30,222 Um, so, I've spent the last 36 hours 617 00:24:30,305 --> 00:24:32,806 on a deep dive into the drivers of the business. 618 00:24:32,889 --> 00:24:34,639 Headline is, it's a body pit. 619 00:24:34,722 --> 00:24:36,972 Uh, they have mass of data with no analytics. 620 00:24:37,055 --> 00:24:39,222 There's no way of telling what's a hand and what's a foot. 621 00:24:39,305 --> 00:24:41,472 But it's still a killer business. 622 00:24:41,555 --> 00:24:43,138 The platform, the brands. 623 00:24:43,222 --> 00:24:46,055 Uh, ethos and culture are leading edge. 624 00:24:46,138 --> 00:24:49,263 And, um, in my view, it's fixable. 625 00:24:49,347 --> 00:24:50,681 It's funny how these fuck-ups 626 00:24:50,764 --> 00:24:52,681 always make the bottom line look fatter. 627 00:24:52,764 --> 00:24:55,013 All they need is adults in the room. 628 00:24:55,097 --> 00:24:57,305 Accounting team, analytics team, 629 00:24:57,389 --> 00:24:58,889 and, uh, investment. 630 00:24:58,972 --> 00:25:01,263 We burn 50 million for a few years, 631 00:25:01,347 --> 00:25:04,430 we... make it the best thing in the world. 632 00:25:04,514 --> 00:25:06,430 Oh, is that all? 633 00:25:06,514 --> 00:25:09,222 Well, you always say "Gotta burn to turn." 634 00:25:10,263 --> 00:25:11,639 Romulus, what's your read? 635 00:25:11,722 --> 00:25:13,097 You know, it's interesting, Dad, 636 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,305 because I hear everything that he's saying, 637 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:18,180 and it actually-- It almost sounds like a good pitch. 638 00:25:18,263 --> 00:25:20,514 But... I call bullshit. 639 00:25:20,597 --> 00:25:22,681 I spent some time down there, and I'm just not seeing it. 640 00:25:22,764 --> 00:25:24,514 Now, I don't know exactly what they're doing, 641 00:25:24,597 --> 00:25:25,722 but they're fakes. 642 00:25:25,806 --> 00:25:28,013 Fucking beehives, almond milk, and... 643 00:25:28,097 --> 00:25:30,681 "Take another week on that report, Matilda." 644 00:25:30,764 --> 00:25:32,263 It smells wrong, 645 00:25:32,347 --> 00:25:33,722 and they're hiding shit. 646 00:25:34,430 --> 00:25:35,514 Speaking of hiding shit, 647 00:25:35,597 --> 00:25:37,180 I took a couple of their staffers out, 648 00:25:37,263 --> 00:25:38,847 I got them shitfaced, 649 00:25:38,931 --> 00:25:40,389 and apparently, 650 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,013 they're looking to unionize, 651 00:25:42,097 --> 00:25:43,263 and fucking soon. 652 00:25:44,555 --> 00:25:45,931 Oh, yeah? 653 00:25:46,013 --> 00:25:47,722 ROMAN: Pay transparency, 654 00:25:47,806 --> 00:25:49,138 bargaining rights. 655 00:25:49,222 --> 00:25:52,263 Just nasty, tangly shit. 656 00:25:52,347 --> 00:25:53,972 And it's not a body pit, 657 00:25:54,055 --> 00:25:55,389 whatever the fuck a body pit is. 658 00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:57,347 It's a fucking muesli pit, 659 00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:59,931 and doesn't fit with our core, you know... 660 00:26:00,514 --> 00:26:01,889 values. 661 00:26:01,972 --> 00:26:04,055 So now I'm thinking we just shutter the fucker. 662 00:26:04,138 --> 00:26:05,889 Close it? That's chunky. 663 00:26:05,972 --> 00:26:08,764 Come-- I mean-- He doesn't know what he's talking about. 664 00:26:08,847 --> 00:26:10,305 That's just insane. 665 00:26:10,389 --> 00:26:12,472 The write-down on that would be what? It's a bitter pill. 666 00:26:12,555 --> 00:26:14,639 Come on, I mean, i-- i-- in the middle of a proxy fight 667 00:26:14,722 --> 00:26:16,597 when we've got Stewy and Sandy taking out full-page ads 668 00:26:16,681 --> 00:26:19,305 in the Journal attacking us for pissing capital up the wall? 669 00:26:19,389 --> 00:26:21,472 It-- It-- I mean, it makes us look weak. 670 00:26:21,555 --> 00:26:23,055 No, it makes us look ruthless. 671 00:26:23,138 --> 00:26:25,972 And actually, I do know what I'm fucking talking about. 672 00:26:26,055 --> 00:26:27,806 Dad, what the fuck are we doing? 673 00:26:27,889 --> 00:26:29,931 Show me the bloat anywhere else in this company. 674 00:26:30,013 --> 00:26:31,931 Where is it? You show me. 675 00:26:32,013 --> 00:26:33,347 Show me the waste 676 00:26:33,430 --> 00:26:34,931 that we're letting these fuckers get away with. 677 00:26:35,013 --> 00:26:37,055 Fine, so we restructure them and we grow them-- 678 00:26:37,138 --> 00:26:39,389 ROMAN: I think if we don't shutter it, then we gut it. 679 00:26:39,472 --> 00:26:41,138 We carve that shit like a pumpkin. 680 00:26:41,639 --> 00:26:42,722 How? 681 00:26:42,806 --> 00:26:44,138 You hive off the profit center, 682 00:26:44,222 --> 00:26:46,514 you keep the domain name, the archive, 683 00:26:47,013 --> 00:26:47,972 um... 684 00:26:49,013 --> 00:26:50,472 Gut level, Dad, 685 00:26:50,555 --> 00:26:53,430 this thing is not coming back. They're fuckin' assholes. 686 00:26:53,514 --> 00:26:54,555 Dad. 687 00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:57,222 Vaulter can be our lodestar. 688 00:27:00,305 --> 00:27:03,180 Th-- This is-- This isn't the time to retreat. 689 00:27:09,639 --> 00:27:11,180 Your brother's right. Gut it. 690 00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:16,389 Okay. 691 00:27:18,389 --> 00:27:19,889 LOGAN: Roman, 692 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,889 I want you on the proxy battle with Gerri. 693 00:27:23,764 --> 00:27:24,889 Kendall, 694 00:27:24,972 --> 00:27:27,347 you think you can gut Vaulter for me? 695 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:28,764 Or you need help? 696 00:27:31,138 --> 00:27:32,972 I'll take care of it, Dad. 697 00:27:33,055 --> 00:27:35,722 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 698 00:27:54,722 --> 00:27:56,555 (TOILET FLUSHES) 699 00:28:05,347 --> 00:28:06,472 (CHUCKLES) 700 00:28:15,347 --> 00:28:16,597 (ELEVATOR DINGS) 701 00:28:16,681 --> 00:28:18,013 CONNOR ROY: Uh, you know, when Willa told me 702 00:28:18,097 --> 00:28:19,639 about moving to New York for her play, 703 00:28:19,722 --> 00:28:21,347 I thought, "Ah, I don't want to move to the city." 704 00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:22,514 (WILLA CHUCKLES) 705 00:28:22,597 --> 00:28:23,889 CONNOR: "I wanna stay on the ranch. 706 00:28:23,972 --> 00:28:25,305 Maybe I'll get me a new girlfriend." 707 00:28:25,389 --> 00:28:26,972 -(LAUGHTER) -CONNOR: I'm kidding. 708 00:28:27,055 --> 00:28:27,931 (WILLA CHUCKLES) 709 00:28:28,013 --> 00:28:29,681 WILLA: No, I mean, it's true. 710 00:28:29,764 --> 00:28:32,305 It was pretty hard to wheedle the old man out of the dessert. 711 00:28:32,389 --> 00:28:33,347 (LAUGHTER) 712 00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:35,305 But, um, we're here now 713 00:28:35,389 --> 00:28:38,472 in our, um, not-so-humble home... 714 00:28:39,097 --> 00:28:40,472 hotel. Um. 715 00:28:40,555 --> 00:28:42,722 But, uh, friends, family, please, 716 00:28:42,806 --> 00:28:44,681 you know, feel free to drop in anytime, 717 00:28:44,764 --> 00:28:46,847 and, um, don't worry about all this, 718 00:28:46,931 --> 00:28:50,055 'cause it's on our tab. (LAUGHS) So... 719 00:28:50,138 --> 00:28:51,430 Okay. Great. 720 00:28:52,263 --> 00:28:53,639 Cheers! (CHUCKLES) 721 00:28:53,722 --> 00:28:55,180 Okay. (CHUCKLES) 722 00:28:56,681 --> 00:28:58,305 Hey, Con, thank you so much 723 00:28:58,389 --> 00:29:00,389 for taking care of the sliders and all this shit. 724 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:02,430 Yeah, and the champagne. It's very big of you. 725 00:29:02,514 --> 00:29:04,555 And I love what you haven't done with the place as well. 726 00:29:04,639 --> 00:29:06,555 Yeah, well, you know we got a really good deal. 727 00:29:06,639 --> 00:29:08,055 And rehearsals are right around the corner. 728 00:29:08,138 --> 00:29:09,555 Plus, I needed a place in the city 729 00:29:09,639 --> 00:29:11,055 'cause I'm gonna start ramping up soon. 730 00:29:11,138 --> 00:29:13,514 So I needed campaign headquarters. 731 00:29:13,597 --> 00:29:14,764 (COUGHING) Wait. 732 00:29:14,847 --> 00:29:16,722 -You okay? -Yeah, I'm fine. 733 00:29:16,806 --> 00:29:19,097 -Are you still doing that? -Very funny. Yes. 734 00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:20,555 I'm still applying for the job 735 00:29:20,639 --> 00:29:22,222 of President of the United States. 736 00:29:22,305 --> 00:29:23,681 WILLA: Oh, good for you. 737 00:29:23,764 --> 00:29:25,055 Yeah. Do you-- 738 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,722 Do you think that that's like a natural progression 739 00:29:26,806 --> 00:29:28,597 from "never done nothing, never," 740 00:29:28,681 --> 00:29:30,263 to "most important job in the world?" 741 00:29:30,347 --> 00:29:31,931 -CONNOR: Well... -Like, could you maybe 742 00:29:32,013 --> 00:29:34,013 get a little experience at, like at a CVS, something, first? 743 00:29:34,097 --> 00:29:36,555 Yeah, yeah, or just, like, nickel hand jobs under a bridge. 744 00:29:36,639 --> 00:29:38,389 -Start small. -You guys have big plans for me. 745 00:29:39,180 --> 00:29:40,806 Place is a time machine. 746 00:29:40,889 --> 00:29:43,931 It's like 45 minutes every time they need file tape, 747 00:29:44,013 --> 00:29:45,847 all the way to some warehouse in Queens. 748 00:29:45,931 --> 00:29:46,889 Okay, so? 749 00:29:46,972 --> 00:29:48,347 So, I don't know. I mean... 750 00:29:48,430 --> 00:29:50,263 How come it isn't digitized? 751 00:29:50,347 --> 00:29:52,931 The whole of ATN, it's totally analog, Tom. 752 00:29:53,013 --> 00:29:54,764 So I could fire people? 753 00:29:54,847 --> 00:29:57,389 Correct? If we did this? If we digitized? 754 00:29:57,472 --> 00:29:59,889 I-- (SIGHS) I mean, you'd be removing, like, 755 00:29:59,972 --> 00:30:02,263 two links from the production chain of every show. 756 00:30:02,347 --> 00:30:03,514 -But would it be-- -Okay, okay, okay. 757 00:30:03,597 --> 00:30:05,764 But-- but in terms of skulls, 758 00:30:05,847 --> 00:30:08,305 how many skulls, do you think? 759 00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:09,972 -That we can lose? -Yeah. 760 00:30:10,055 --> 00:30:12,681 I dunno. I-- I guess, like, 30 or 50? 761 00:30:12,764 --> 00:30:14,222 Fifty skulls? 762 00:30:17,305 --> 00:30:18,514 I'm slavering, pig man! 763 00:30:18,597 --> 00:30:20,472 Fifty skulls is a lot of skulls! 764 00:30:20,555 --> 00:30:21,389 Yeah. 765 00:30:21,472 --> 00:30:23,972 I know, it's goo-- It's... tons. 766 00:30:24,055 --> 00:30:26,013 Oh, look at this fuckin' prick. 767 00:30:27,472 --> 00:30:29,347 Yikes, I almost feel sorry for him. 768 00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:30,806 SHIV: Oh yeah? Why? 769 00:30:30,889 --> 00:30:32,430 ROMAN: Just emptied the contents of his scrotum 770 00:30:32,514 --> 00:30:33,430 at Dad's feet. 771 00:30:34,555 --> 00:30:35,639 We're gutting Vaulter. 772 00:30:35,722 --> 00:30:37,222 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 773 00:30:37,305 --> 00:30:39,055 Is that a good idea? 774 00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:40,639 Fucking great idea. 775 00:30:40,722 --> 00:30:43,138 It's Kendall's baby, and now we're gonna burn it. 776 00:30:43,222 --> 00:30:44,472 (SNICKERS) 777 00:30:44,555 --> 00:30:47,222 Hey, um... So, we we're thinking, uh... 778 00:30:47,305 --> 00:30:48,889 me and, uh, Tabitha and I, 779 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:52,472 uh, that we'd like to have you and Tom over for dinner. 780 00:30:53,305 --> 00:30:55,055 Uh-- sorry, what? Do you-- 781 00:30:55,138 --> 00:30:57,180 Roman Roy, did you just invite us to dinner? 782 00:30:57,263 --> 00:30:58,514 Oh, fuck you. All right, shut up. 783 00:30:58,597 --> 00:31:00,764 Yes, I did. Metro poser bullshit. 784 00:31:00,847 --> 00:31:02,180 (HIGH VOICE) Napkins and chitchat. 785 00:31:02,263 --> 00:31:04,263 Ooh, race relations. Kale. 786 00:31:19,597 --> 00:31:20,639 Hey. 787 00:31:20,722 --> 00:31:21,847 Hey. 788 00:31:21,931 --> 00:31:23,472 Do you reckon if I called room service 789 00:31:23,555 --> 00:31:25,263 and asked them to poke me in the eye, they would? 790 00:31:26,555 --> 00:31:27,931 It's pretty unbearable in there. 791 00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:31,472 Can I get a drag? 792 00:31:32,305 --> 00:31:33,180 Yeah. 793 00:31:36,180 --> 00:31:38,097 I hear Dad's got Vaulter in a crosshair. 794 00:31:41,013 --> 00:31:41,972 Roman? 795 00:31:43,097 --> 00:31:44,263 (SCOFFS) 796 00:31:44,347 --> 00:31:45,764 He shouldn't be talking to you about that. 797 00:31:45,847 --> 00:31:48,263 Just seems like a bad move to me. 798 00:31:48,347 --> 00:31:50,681 I'm just saying, I always liked it. 799 00:31:52,639 --> 00:31:53,847 Yeah, well. 800 00:31:55,472 --> 00:31:56,639 Dad's right. 801 00:31:58,305 --> 00:31:59,639 Are you with him on this? 802 00:32:02,138 --> 00:32:03,931 He sees everything, Shiv. 803 00:32:05,597 --> 00:32:07,263 You have a hard time finding a happy medium 804 00:32:07,347 --> 00:32:10,347 between worshipping him and wanting to kill him. 805 00:32:10,430 --> 00:32:11,430 Huh? 806 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:14,555 (SHIV LAUGHS) 807 00:32:14,639 --> 00:32:15,722 (GLASSES CLINK) 808 00:32:15,806 --> 00:32:17,222 -The Vaulter thing. -TABITHA: Mm. 809 00:32:17,305 --> 00:32:18,597 Gutting it. 810 00:32:18,681 --> 00:32:20,305 What if it's the wrong thing? 811 00:32:20,389 --> 00:32:21,847 I thought your dad agreed with you? 812 00:32:21,931 --> 00:32:24,597 Uh, yeah, he did. And now they're doing it. 813 00:32:24,681 --> 00:32:26,972 They're actually doing the thing that I said. 814 00:32:27,722 --> 00:32:28,931 TABITHA: Fuck. 815 00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:31,722 Think maybe you just did your job. 816 00:32:31,806 --> 00:32:33,138 Shall we get some more champagne? 817 00:32:33,722 --> 00:32:35,263 I mean... 818 00:32:35,347 --> 00:32:38,180 It could be right. It might not be, but it could be. 819 00:32:39,639 --> 00:32:40,722 Maybe I'm smart. 820 00:32:41,722 --> 00:32:42,722 Sure. 821 00:32:43,555 --> 00:32:44,514 Maybe. 822 00:32:45,972 --> 00:32:47,347 You did a thing. 823 00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:48,514 Mazel tov. 824 00:32:49,472 --> 00:32:50,722 You know, I'm gonna-- 825 00:32:50,806 --> 00:32:52,430 I'm gonna schedule some time with your dad, 826 00:32:52,514 --> 00:32:54,138 and take him out for dinner and wine him and dine him 827 00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:56,514 and make love to him with my ideas, you know? 828 00:32:56,597 --> 00:32:58,222 This could be huge, Shiv. 829 00:32:58,305 --> 00:33:00,222 SHIV: Tom, I think... 830 00:33:00,305 --> 00:33:01,889 I think we should talk. 831 00:33:03,263 --> 00:33:04,806 Uh... 832 00:33:04,889 --> 00:33:06,097 You wanna get out of here? 833 00:33:08,931 --> 00:33:09,764 Okay. 834 00:33:09,847 --> 00:33:11,013 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 835 00:33:11,097 --> 00:33:12,847 TOM: Is this about ATN? 836 00:33:12,931 --> 00:33:14,681 Hey, you-- you want something? 837 00:33:14,764 --> 00:33:16,263 I'll get you something. 838 00:33:16,347 --> 00:33:17,806 (CORK POPS) 839 00:33:17,889 --> 00:33:19,013 (GLASS CLINKS) 840 00:33:21,555 --> 00:33:23,138 TOM: Ooh, that's a biggie. 841 00:33:23,222 --> 00:33:24,889 Is this about the arrangement? 842 00:33:24,972 --> 00:33:26,514 Look, Tom, it's... 843 00:33:26,597 --> 00:33:27,931 no, it's Waystar. 844 00:33:29,847 --> 00:33:31,180 This is never gonna happen, 845 00:33:31,263 --> 00:33:33,472 and I don't even trust him, and even if I did, 846 00:33:33,555 --> 00:33:35,430 I'm not even sure that I would want it. 847 00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:38,222 But, uh... 848 00:33:41,389 --> 00:33:42,639 he offered it to me. 849 00:33:44,430 --> 00:33:45,389 To be next. 850 00:33:45,889 --> 00:33:46,806 Dad. 851 00:33:49,722 --> 00:33:50,681 Oh. 852 00:33:50,764 --> 00:33:52,180 -Oh my-- -Mm. 853 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:54,347 Shiv... when? 854 00:33:54,430 --> 00:33:56,138 SHIV: Uh, the Hamptons. 855 00:33:57,138 --> 00:33:58,555 TOM: The Hamptons? 856 00:34:00,055 --> 00:34:02,138 Oh, my God, Shiv, that's... 857 00:34:02,222 --> 00:34:04,263 -That's like a week ago. -(SHIV SIGHS) 858 00:34:04,347 --> 00:34:05,931 Congratulations! What the fuck! 859 00:34:06,013 --> 00:34:07,806 SHIV: (LAUGHING) I know! 860 00:34:07,889 --> 00:34:10,097 I mean, I-- I-- I don't know what to think. 861 00:34:10,180 --> 00:34:12,013 Holy shit! I mean, 862 00:34:12,097 --> 00:34:14,097 this is... huge! 863 00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:16,514 S... 864 00:34:16,597 --> 00:34:20,472 -So, I mean, do you-- -Want it? No! 865 00:34:20,555 --> 00:34:22,514 And I don't even trust him, so I-- 866 00:34:22,597 --> 00:34:24,305 Because I thought that it was something 867 00:34:24,389 --> 00:34:26,055 that we wanted for me... 868 00:34:26,138 --> 00:34:27,222 -We do. -...to have it? 869 00:34:27,305 --> 00:34:28,389 -We do! -That was-- I mean, 870 00:34:28,472 --> 00:34:29,639 that was just the plan. 871 00:34:29,722 --> 00:34:31,263 That's st-- still the plan. 872 00:34:31,347 --> 00:34:33,764 Me is just a modification of the plan. 873 00:34:33,847 --> 00:34:35,681 TOM: No, sure. 874 00:34:35,764 --> 00:34:37,555 It's q-- quite a big modification. 875 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:39,180 But d-- d-- so, did-- 876 00:34:39,263 --> 00:34:40,555 d-- did he-- 877 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,597 We-- Uh, paint the picture for me. What'd he-- 878 00:34:42,681 --> 00:34:45,013 He asked me, and I said yes. 879 00:34:45,097 --> 00:34:46,889 But only as a play. 880 00:34:46,972 --> 00:34:48,347 TOM: Totally. 881 00:34:48,430 --> 00:34:50,514 So what was the play? 882 00:34:50,597 --> 00:34:53,472 SHIV: Well, he's asked before, obviously, 883 00:34:53,555 --> 00:34:56,013 and this time was real... 884 00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:58,931 so... 885 00:34:59,013 --> 00:35:01,931 I thought I would be deleveraging power if I said no. 886 00:35:02,013 --> 00:35:03,514 Exactly. Yes. 887 00:35:04,931 --> 00:35:08,472 Tom, this is 100 percent not going to happen. 888 00:35:08,555 --> 00:35:11,222 But it's smart to say yes, right? 889 00:35:11,305 --> 00:35:12,889 I am so... 890 00:35:12,972 --> 00:35:14,639 excited for you! 891 00:35:14,722 --> 00:35:16,263 -Thank you. -For us! 892 00:35:16,347 --> 00:35:18,347 I am. 893 00:35:18,430 --> 00:35:22,681 And you know, it's okay for you to say that you want it. 894 00:35:23,639 --> 00:35:24,764 I'd support you. 895 00:35:24,847 --> 00:35:26,430 SHIV: Well, look, I mean-- 896 00:35:26,514 --> 00:35:29,013 Say I did want it, w-- and I-- I don't, 897 00:35:29,097 --> 00:35:30,722 you know, you... 898 00:35:30,806 --> 00:35:33,097 if I was CEO of Waystar, I mean... 899 00:35:33,180 --> 00:35:34,472 (BOTH LAUGH) 900 00:35:34,555 --> 00:35:36,806 I mean, you, honey, are gonna be something huge. 901 00:35:36,889 --> 00:35:37,764 Yeah. 902 00:35:37,847 --> 00:35:39,097 Sure. Like what? 903 00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:40,347 I-- I don't know. 904 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:41,806 But we'll figure it out. 905 00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:43,806 Yeah, that's for later on down-- down the road. 906 00:35:43,889 --> 00:35:45,722 -Whenever. Just whenever. -(SHIV EXHALES) Wow. 907 00:35:46,722 --> 00:35:48,389 (SHIV LAUGHS) 908 00:35:49,013 --> 00:35:50,138 (SIGHS) 909 00:35:50,222 --> 00:35:52,097 I mean, it's hilarious, right? 910 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:53,305 Oh, yes! 911 00:35:53,389 --> 00:35:55,430 -It's fucking funny! -(SHIV LAUGHS) 912 00:35:59,013 --> 00:36:00,138 BOTH: Yeah... 913 00:36:00,222 --> 00:36:01,931 -Hey, come here. -Hey. 914 00:36:02,013 --> 00:36:03,263 -Mm. -Hey. 915 00:36:04,055 --> 00:36:05,931 Oh. Oh, now? 916 00:36:06,013 --> 00:36:07,514 -Mm. Why not? -Well, let me just-- 917 00:36:07,597 --> 00:36:09,347 Hang on. Let me just go and brush my teeth. 918 00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:10,305 No. 919 00:36:10,389 --> 00:36:11,889 -No, come here. -Okay. 920 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:17,263 I-- I hear your brother's running for president. 921 00:36:17,347 --> 00:36:19,055 Maybe we should get him here. 922 00:36:19,138 --> 00:36:21,389 He seems like the... the serious one. 923 00:36:21,472 --> 00:36:23,931 Right. Lawrence, we have a problem. 924 00:36:25,138 --> 00:36:26,222 -(LAWRENCE CLEARS THROAT) -Okay? 925 00:36:26,305 --> 00:36:27,972 My dad wants to shut you down. 926 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:32,472 -What are you talking about? -Yeah. 927 00:36:32,555 --> 00:36:34,681 But I don't want you to worry about my dad. 928 00:36:34,764 --> 00:36:36,263 Okay? I can handle my dad. 929 00:36:36,347 --> 00:36:37,472 The fuck you talking about? 930 00:36:37,555 --> 00:36:39,013 I know what's going on here. 931 00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:41,764 Right? It's a-- It's a-- It's a Potemkin village. 932 00:36:41,847 --> 00:36:43,347 I mean, the engagement and bounce rate 933 00:36:43,430 --> 00:36:45,430 have been inflated and fucked around so much 934 00:36:45,514 --> 00:36:47,055 they're impossible to verify. 935 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:49,013 your share stats, the-- the churn, 936 00:36:49,097 --> 00:36:51,347 the SEO traffic KPIs are all bullshit. 937 00:36:51,430 --> 00:36:55,013 I mean, you suckered me in, and, uh, I bought it. 938 00:36:55,097 --> 00:36:57,889 We had a couple shitty traffic months... 939 00:36:57,972 --> 00:37:00,180 Uh, Facebook changed their algorithm. 940 00:37:00,263 --> 00:37:01,389 Uh-huh. 941 00:37:01,472 --> 00:37:02,597 -We got face-fucked, okay? -All right. 942 00:37:02,681 --> 00:37:03,889 We're turning the corner now. 943 00:37:03,972 --> 00:37:04,889 Okay. 944 00:37:05,639 --> 00:37:06,889 O-- Okay. 945 00:37:06,972 --> 00:37:09,138 What? Yeah, o-- okay. Is-- Is that real? 946 00:37:10,639 --> 00:37:12,681 -From Logan? -Look, I can fix this. 947 00:37:13,681 --> 00:37:15,639 Okay? But no more obfuscation. 948 00:37:15,722 --> 00:37:17,305 No more shitty data. 949 00:37:17,389 --> 00:37:20,389 I need the full, fiber-optic, clear-channel shit. 950 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:23,097 CT scan the whole place, and we move fast. 951 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:24,472 Okay. 952 00:37:24,555 --> 00:37:26,639 Do you like double-crossing your dad? 953 00:37:27,972 --> 00:37:29,389 Oh, that's your favorite. 954 00:37:29,472 --> 00:37:31,013 Isn't it? 955 00:37:31,097 --> 00:37:35,639 I'm of the opinion he can be persuaded he's making a mistake. 956 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:39,514 -Okay? -Okay. 957 00:37:40,931 --> 00:37:42,263 Oh yeah, w-- Uh, one more thing. 958 00:37:42,347 --> 00:37:46,180 I-- I-- I need everyone to cool it on unionizing. 959 00:37:46,263 --> 00:37:47,722 Okay, they're not gonna do that. 960 00:37:47,806 --> 00:37:49,931 Half of them are about to sign union cards. 961 00:37:50,013 --> 00:37:51,055 Let me speak to them. 962 00:37:53,097 --> 00:37:55,180 Everyone here fucking hates you. 963 00:37:55,263 --> 00:37:56,639 (KENDALL CHUCKLES) 964 00:37:57,681 --> 00:37:59,138 I think I can take it. 965 00:38:00,055 --> 00:38:01,931 Hey, everyone. Thanks for... 966 00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:04,347 Thanks for gathering. This'll just be a minute. 967 00:38:04,430 --> 00:38:06,263 Can you-- Can you guys hear me in the back? 968 00:38:06,347 --> 00:38:07,847 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Yeah? 969 00:38:08,514 --> 00:38:09,472 Uh... 970 00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:11,514 Vaulter. 971 00:38:12,514 --> 00:38:15,514 Hey, um... Okay. 972 00:38:15,597 --> 00:38:17,764 Look, some of you might have noticed this already, 973 00:38:17,847 --> 00:38:20,847 but, uh, just so you're getting it direct from me, 974 00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:24,430 uh, Waystar management has been taking a look at the business 975 00:38:24,514 --> 00:38:25,806 over the last week. 976 00:38:25,889 --> 00:38:28,055 But I just wanna say this to you in person... 977 00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:32,555 I believe Vaulter is the future of this company. 978 00:38:32,639 --> 00:38:33,806 WOMAN: Sure. 979 00:38:33,889 --> 00:38:35,972 I'm se-- I'm fuckin' s-- dead serious. 980 00:38:36,055 --> 00:38:37,847 Just-- You can't question my belief 981 00:38:37,931 --> 00:38:40,389 in what you've all built here. 982 00:38:40,472 --> 00:38:43,514 You know, in-- in-- in what Lawrence has built. 983 00:38:43,597 --> 00:38:45,222 But if we're gonna come through here, 984 00:38:45,305 --> 00:38:47,180 we need to be light on our feet. 985 00:38:47,263 --> 00:38:49,097 That's why I personally think 986 00:38:49,180 --> 00:38:52,180 it would be a mistake for you to unionize. 987 00:38:52,263 --> 00:38:53,514 (STAFF MUTTERING) 988 00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:54,722 Just-- Just hear me out. 989 00:38:54,806 --> 00:38:56,138 Okay, we will get you 990 00:38:56,222 --> 00:38:58,639 a really punchy independent arbitration panel, 991 00:38:58,722 --> 00:39:00,138 we'll get you a pay bump. 992 00:39:00,222 --> 00:39:02,055 I know a lot of you are flirting with the guild, 993 00:39:02,138 --> 00:39:04,097 and I'm just asking you to consider 994 00:39:04,180 --> 00:39:05,514 putting that on ice. 995 00:39:05,597 --> 00:39:07,931 And let's try and figure this out inside. 996 00:39:08,764 --> 00:39:10,263 We keep it in the... 997 00:39:10,347 --> 00:39:13,806 fuckin' super cheesy, but in the Waystar family. 998 00:39:13,889 --> 00:39:17,931 'Cause we do not want an adversarial situation here. 999 00:39:18,013 --> 00:39:20,514 Okay, we want communication, 1000 00:39:20,597 --> 00:39:22,263 we want engagement. 1001 00:39:22,347 --> 00:39:23,847 So let's all pull together 1002 00:39:23,931 --> 00:39:25,222 and go back to your desks 1003 00:39:25,305 --> 00:39:28,514 and generate me five, ten, 100 ideas 1004 00:39:28,597 --> 00:39:30,222 and hit me and my man here up. 1005 00:39:30,681 --> 00:39:31,597 Okay? 1006 00:39:33,013 --> 00:39:33,972 Thank you. 1007 00:39:34,055 --> 00:39:36,263 Yeah, I don't know, Stanley. 1008 00:39:36,347 --> 00:39:38,263 I-- I just don't know if I could ever 1009 00:39:38,347 --> 00:39:40,389 practically make use of this area. 1010 00:39:40,472 --> 00:39:43,597 That's just a mezzanine. You know, it's just a bonus. 1011 00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:47,055 you have a-- a living room with under-stair storage. 1012 00:39:48,180 --> 00:39:49,681 GREG: Sure. It's just... 1013 00:39:49,764 --> 00:39:52,597 the thing I need storage for most urgently of all, Stanley, 1014 00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:53,806 is me. 1015 00:39:54,555 --> 00:39:56,305 You know? I'm-- I need-- 1016 00:39:57,472 --> 00:39:59,806 I need storage for myself. 1017 00:39:59,889 --> 00:40:01,263 -Dude, it's just a bed. -(PHONE BUZZING) 1018 00:40:01,347 --> 00:40:02,472 You're overthinking it. 1019 00:40:05,972 --> 00:40:06,972 Kendall? 1020 00:40:08,305 --> 00:40:09,305 Totally. 1021 00:40:10,430 --> 00:40:11,931 Yep, on my way. 1022 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:19,138 So? 1023 00:40:19,806 --> 00:40:20,806 It's a maybe. 1024 00:40:25,097 --> 00:40:26,305 Hey, Ken? 1025 00:40:27,138 --> 00:40:28,222 KENDALL: Yo. 1026 00:40:28,305 --> 00:40:29,430 Hey. 1027 00:40:32,305 --> 00:40:33,514 GREG: I got the stuff. 1028 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:35,222 -Thank you. -Yeah. 1029 00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:38,514 So, what do you think? 1030 00:40:39,764 --> 00:40:41,847 Uh, of this? I think... 1031 00:40:41,931 --> 00:40:43,263 it's... 1032 00:40:43,347 --> 00:40:47,138 huge. It's, um, it's a very large space. 1033 00:40:47,222 --> 00:40:49,055 What's the-- what's the footage? 1034 00:40:49,138 --> 00:40:50,764 Uh, I don't know. 1035 00:40:50,847 --> 00:40:52,764 Developers overestimated demand, 1036 00:40:52,847 --> 00:40:56,180 so I bought all five units and my guy's gonna flip 'em. 1037 00:40:56,263 --> 00:40:57,847 Yeah, 'cause i-- it's... 1038 00:40:57,931 --> 00:40:59,764 an abundance of footage. 1039 00:40:59,847 --> 00:41:02,180 An embarrassment of-- of footage. 1040 00:41:02,764 --> 00:41:03,931 Yeah. 1041 00:41:04,013 --> 00:41:05,347 It's yours. 1042 00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:07,138 I-- I mean, until the market starts to move, 1043 00:41:07,222 --> 00:41:08,931 -but-- -Until it starts to move. 1044 00:41:09,013 --> 00:41:10,305 No, I'm serious. 1045 00:41:11,472 --> 00:41:12,514 -Yeah. -Like... 1046 00:41:13,764 --> 00:41:15,681 Yeah, you live here now, Greg. 1047 00:41:15,764 --> 00:41:17,055 (SNICKERING) Okay. 1048 00:41:17,138 --> 00:41:18,555 Uh, cool. Yeah. 1049 00:41:18,639 --> 00:41:21,931 I can take a lot in terms of psychological pain, so... 1050 00:41:22,013 --> 00:41:24,639 Yeah. Sweet, I live here! Nice. 1051 00:41:24,722 --> 00:41:26,055 I'm totally serious. 1052 00:41:26,138 --> 00:41:28,305 Yeah, I know. I needed a place to live, so... 1053 00:41:28,389 --> 00:41:30,180 Now, uh, now I got it! 1054 00:41:30,263 --> 00:41:31,972 Uh, here's your key. 1055 00:41:32,055 --> 00:41:34,013 Until I get a doorman downstairs. 1056 00:41:34,097 --> 00:41:35,347 I'm not fuckin' around. 1057 00:41:35,430 --> 00:41:37,639 Like, it's just gonna be empty. 1058 00:41:37,722 --> 00:41:39,222 -It's not a big deal. -Kendall. 1059 00:41:40,013 --> 00:41:41,222 What, dude? 1060 00:41:42,639 --> 00:41:44,472 This is fuck-- Th-- this is-- 1061 00:41:44,555 --> 00:41:46,097 Dude, thank you. 1062 00:41:46,180 --> 00:41:47,555 So much, man. 1063 00:41:50,347 --> 00:41:52,847 Wow. I mean... 1064 00:41:52,931 --> 00:41:54,889 -Look at these ceilings. -Yeah. 1065 00:41:54,972 --> 00:41:56,722 Nice height, you got big windows, 1066 00:41:56,806 --> 00:41:58,555 -a lot of light. -(GREG WHOOPING) 1067 00:42:00,055 --> 00:42:02,097 Yeah. Have you ever had your own place? 1068 00:42:02,931 --> 00:42:04,138 GREG: Fuck yeah. 1069 00:42:04,222 --> 00:42:06,847 I was thinking we could hang out tonight. 1070 00:42:06,931 --> 00:42:08,055 -Yeah. -Like, in here. 1071 00:42:08,138 --> 00:42:09,931 -Sure. -Have a little party. 1072 00:42:10,013 --> 00:42:11,180 Sweet. 1073 00:42:11,263 --> 00:42:12,347 -(ELEVATOR DINGS) -ROMAN: Hi! 1074 00:42:12,430 --> 00:42:14,472 -ALL: Hi! -Tom Wambsgans. 1075 00:42:14,555 --> 00:42:15,847 SHIV AND TABITHA: Hi! 1076 00:42:15,931 --> 00:42:17,180 -ROMAN: Manly handshake. -TOM: Manly handshake. 1077 00:42:17,263 --> 00:42:18,931 (ALL CHIT-CHAT AWKWARDLY) 1078 00:42:21,931 --> 00:42:23,472 -SHIV: Uh... -I have this... 1079 00:42:23,555 --> 00:42:25,597 overwhelming urge to either knee someone in the vagina 1080 00:42:25,681 --> 00:42:27,055 or spit on the floor. 1081 00:42:27,138 --> 00:42:29,847 Hmm. He's been a little bit nervous about tonight. 1082 00:42:29,931 --> 00:42:31,972 Nervous, come the fuck on. 1083 00:42:32,055 --> 00:42:34,889 For din-dins with firecrotch and normcore? 1084 00:42:34,972 --> 00:42:35,931 Please. 1085 00:42:37,097 --> 00:42:38,555 TABITHA: Well, come on in! 1086 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:40,138 Have some champagne. 1087 00:42:40,222 --> 00:42:42,722 Enjoy our beautiful room. 1088 00:42:42,806 --> 00:42:44,847 Could spend your whole life here. That's how I figure it. 1089 00:42:44,931 --> 00:42:47,305 Born on the couch and cremated in here. 1090 00:42:47,389 --> 00:42:48,639 Can I get a Diet Coke? 1091 00:42:48,722 --> 00:42:49,931 Oh, Tom has a cold, 1092 00:42:50,013 --> 00:42:51,389 and he wants everyone to know. 1093 00:42:51,472 --> 00:42:52,514 SHIV: Oh. 1094 00:42:52,597 --> 00:42:54,097 Well, we could send out for some saline, 1095 00:42:54,180 --> 00:42:56,389 we could stand around and watch you do a nasal wash. 1096 00:42:56,472 --> 00:42:59,055 No, no. thank you. I'm good. Thank you. 1097 00:42:59,138 --> 00:43:01,847 I'm hearing some stories about that brother of ours. 1098 00:43:01,931 --> 00:43:03,555 Apparently... 1099 00:43:03,639 --> 00:43:05,389 You wanna actually drink that? 'Cause I got some stronger shit. 1100 00:43:05,472 --> 00:43:06,931 -SHIV: Yeah. -ROME: Do you like Japanese whiskey? 1101 00:43:07,013 --> 00:43:08,305 -SHIV: Yeah. -ROMAN: I've got this one 1102 00:43:08,389 --> 00:43:09,722 that tastes like fucking dragonpiss... 1103 00:43:09,806 --> 00:43:11,138 You should try swallowing something. 1104 00:43:14,305 --> 00:43:15,305 Like honey. 1105 00:43:16,847 --> 00:43:18,013 I'm fine, thank you. 1106 00:43:19,138 --> 00:43:21,055 Word is he's on maneuvers again. 1107 00:43:21,138 --> 00:43:24,097 Making all kinds of promises about keeping Vaulter open. 1108 00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:25,931 What? Does Dad know? 1109 00:43:26,013 --> 00:43:27,263 Uh, hell no, Dad doesn't know. 1110 00:43:27,347 --> 00:43:29,347 He's a shenaniganizing piece of shit. 1111 00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:32,472 But the thing I keep turning over in my mind is... 1112 00:43:33,639 --> 00:43:35,263 do I tell Dad? 1113 00:43:35,347 --> 00:43:37,430 Because if I drop the shoe on Ken now, 1114 00:43:37,514 --> 00:43:38,764 he's crushed forever. 1115 00:43:38,847 --> 00:43:40,681 Uh... (EXHALES) 1116 00:43:40,764 --> 00:43:44,722 If Kendall's going rogue, then... let him. 1117 00:43:44,806 --> 00:43:46,555 Sooner or later, it's gonna blow up in his face. 1118 00:43:46,639 --> 00:43:48,555 I love it when it blows up in people's faces. 1119 00:43:48,639 --> 00:43:49,514 -You do. -I do. 1120 00:43:49,597 --> 00:43:50,806 It's my fuckin' favorite. 1121 00:43:52,639 --> 00:43:54,305 I like how this is working. 1122 00:43:54,389 --> 00:43:55,931 Us. I see a future here. 1123 00:43:56,013 --> 00:43:57,138 Yeah. Sure. 1124 00:43:57,222 --> 00:43:58,430 -No, me too. -Yeah. 1125 00:43:58,514 --> 00:43:59,681 'Cause, you know, there's an opening. 1126 00:44:00,889 --> 00:44:02,889 Yeah, see, no one sees me coming. 1127 00:44:02,972 --> 00:44:04,305 But I am right on the shoulder. 1128 00:44:04,389 --> 00:44:06,555 If Dad announces tomorrow, he announces me. 1129 00:44:06,639 --> 00:44:08,263 Has to, there's no other option. 1130 00:44:08,347 --> 00:44:10,514 I mean, it's fucking insane, but I am the best he's got. 1131 00:44:10,597 --> 00:44:11,555 Yeah. 1132 00:44:11,639 --> 00:44:13,681 Unless... There is one other. 1133 00:44:16,055 --> 00:44:17,138 Who? 1134 00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:19,305 Shiv, should I be worried about Tom? 1135 00:44:19,389 --> 00:44:21,138 (SHIV LAUGHING) Tom? 1136 00:44:21,222 --> 00:44:24,013 No, you don't need to be worried about Tom. 1137 00:44:24,097 --> 00:44:25,097 Okay. 1138 00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:26,222 All right. 1139 00:44:28,889 --> 00:44:30,222 How's news, Tom? 1140 00:44:31,305 --> 00:44:32,806 Challenging. 1141 00:44:32,889 --> 00:44:34,889 Tough row to hoe, but, you know... 1142 00:44:35,681 --> 00:44:37,138 think I see a way out. 1143 00:44:37,222 --> 00:44:38,430 -It's good, yeah. -ROMAN: Yeah? 1144 00:44:38,514 --> 00:44:40,222 A way out. Good for you, man. 1145 00:44:42,389 --> 00:44:44,597 So what is it, this way out? 1146 00:44:44,681 --> 00:44:47,305 Oh, it's early days, and I-- Yeah. 1147 00:44:47,389 --> 00:44:50,097 I haven't even discussed it with Logan yet, but... 1148 00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:51,472 Oh, so it's a secret? 1149 00:44:51,555 --> 00:44:52,972 That's fucking exciting. 1150 00:44:53,055 --> 00:44:54,639 When are you gonna tell him, at the sleepover? 1151 00:44:55,931 --> 00:44:58,764 Well, um, no. 1152 00:44:58,847 --> 00:45:00,931 We're- looking in-- Well, I'm looking into 1153 00:45:01,013 --> 00:45:02,681 digitizing ATN. 1154 00:45:02,764 --> 00:45:06,138 Like, a total overhaul of the-- of the legacy 1155 00:45:06,222 --> 00:45:07,681 analog infrastructure. 1156 00:45:07,764 --> 00:45:08,889 Yeah. 1157 00:45:08,972 --> 00:45:10,389 Making a lot of productivity gains as well, 1158 00:45:10,472 --> 00:45:12,847 so I think your dad will be pretty pleased. 1159 00:45:12,931 --> 00:45:13,972 Fuckin' A. 1160 00:45:14,889 --> 00:45:16,472 Look at the corn-feeder. 1161 00:45:16,555 --> 00:45:18,764 Going all synergies and shit. 1162 00:45:18,847 --> 00:45:20,389 -Yeah. -ROMAN: Nice. 1163 00:45:20,472 --> 00:45:21,597 Worth a shot. 1164 00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:22,639 Thanks, man. 1165 00:45:31,722 --> 00:45:33,889 Where do you buy your suits, by the way, Tom? 1166 00:45:33,972 --> 00:45:35,555 Like, maybe that's why 1167 00:45:35,639 --> 00:45:37,055 I'm just not moving as fast as you. 1168 00:45:37,138 --> 00:45:40,055 I just don't have that, like, boxy, corporate look. 1169 00:45:40,138 --> 00:45:41,389 Right? 1170 00:45:41,472 --> 00:45:43,555 I mean, I'm sorry, but, like, 1171 00:45:43,639 --> 00:45:46,222 what the fuck? You look like a Transformer. 1172 00:45:46,305 --> 00:45:48,222 Like, wh-- what's wrong with your body, man? 1173 00:45:48,305 --> 00:45:50,597 Rome, come on. There's nothing wrong with his body, 1174 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:52,097 it's just fuckin' suits. 1175 00:45:52,180 --> 00:45:54,889 What? Come on, we-- we've laughed about it before. 1176 00:45:54,972 --> 00:45:56,430 -ROMAN: You have? -Yeah. 1177 00:45:56,514 --> 00:45:58,389 He's thrifty, and he has the worst taste in suits. 1178 00:45:58,472 --> 00:45:59,847 Totally has terrible ta-- 1179 00:45:59,931 --> 00:46:01,681 You look like a divorce attorney from the Twin Cities. 1180 00:46:01,764 --> 00:46:04,055 It's partly the walk. It's like a real... 1181 00:46:04,138 --> 00:46:06,555 -ROMAN: Robot? -No, agricultural walk. 1182 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:08,972 (ROMAN AND TABITHA LAUGH) 1183 00:46:09,055 --> 00:46:10,597 Agricultural walk! 1184 00:46:10,681 --> 00:46:12,764 You know, I tried to get, uh, one of his suits tailored 1185 00:46:12,847 --> 00:46:14,347 -by the guy that Dad uses. -ROMAN: Mm-hmm. 1186 00:46:14,430 --> 00:46:16,305 -But he just looked so, like-- -Hey, Shiv? Fuck off. 1187 00:46:28,889 --> 00:46:31,472 So, I'm probably just gonna sleep in the guest room 1188 00:46:31,555 --> 00:46:33,263 so I don't keep you awake. 1189 00:46:33,347 --> 00:46:34,931 SHIV: Uh, are you kidding me? 1190 00:46:35,013 --> 00:46:37,097 What? We'll both sleep better. 1191 00:46:37,180 --> 00:46:38,138 SHIV: Tom. 1192 00:46:39,138 --> 00:46:40,013 Come on. 1193 00:46:40,972 --> 00:46:43,097 We've just-- We've gotten... 1194 00:46:43,180 --> 00:46:44,722 tangled up, okay? 1195 00:46:47,222 --> 00:46:48,639 Honey, 1196 00:46:48,722 --> 00:46:50,764 you're the only one I can talk to about this stuff. 1197 00:46:52,055 --> 00:46:53,222 I need you. 1198 00:47:05,013 --> 00:47:06,305 Now, I have a choice... 1199 00:47:06,389 --> 00:47:07,222 TOM: Mm-hmm. 1200 00:47:07,305 --> 00:47:09,639 ...to make. It's either Gil, 1201 00:47:09,722 --> 00:47:10,972 or it's Dad. 1202 00:47:11,055 --> 00:47:12,722 And it's a bit of a headfuck. 1203 00:47:12,806 --> 00:47:14,055 Okay. 1204 00:47:14,138 --> 00:47:15,722 Well, let's break it down. 1205 00:47:18,931 --> 00:47:20,263 'Cause here's what I've been thinking. 1206 00:47:20,347 --> 00:47:22,430 -TOM: Mm-hmm. -What if a good person... 1207 00:47:23,305 --> 00:47:24,389 ran Waystar? 1208 00:47:24,472 --> 00:47:26,514 Yeah, I know. Waystar, it's-- 1209 00:47:26,597 --> 00:47:28,514 You know, it's the family business. 1210 00:47:29,472 --> 00:47:30,931 It's your inheritance. 1211 00:47:31,013 --> 00:47:34,263 But, you know, you saw what your dad did to Kendall. 1212 00:47:34,347 --> 00:47:36,764 There's gotta be a chance he'll do the same to you. 1213 00:47:36,847 --> 00:47:38,681 Get bored of you once he's got you. 1214 00:47:38,764 --> 00:47:39,931 I dunno. Maybe it's about 1215 00:47:40,013 --> 00:47:42,681 keeping your options open, Siobhan. 1216 00:47:42,764 --> 00:47:44,681 Oh, yeah. Yes. 1217 00:47:44,764 --> 00:47:46,514 Can you not just... 1218 00:47:46,597 --> 00:47:49,347 see how it goes and keep the plates spinning? 1219 00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:52,055 Go Dick Morris, run things from out back? 1220 00:47:56,138 --> 00:47:57,097 Yeah. 1221 00:47:58,430 --> 00:47:59,806 Uh-huh. 1222 00:47:59,889 --> 00:48:01,097 That's the play. 1223 00:48:08,764 --> 00:48:10,138 KENDALL: Okay, where are we on office two? 1224 00:48:10,222 --> 00:48:12,222 I wanna be operational by tomorrow. 1225 00:48:12,305 --> 00:48:13,389 They're outside right now. 1226 00:48:13,472 --> 00:48:14,430 Let's go. 1227 00:48:17,722 --> 00:48:19,347 -KENDALL: IT's on their way? -JESS: Mm-hmm. 1228 00:48:22,097 --> 00:48:24,305 They know where it's going, seventh floor, right? 1229 00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:27,639 ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1230 00:48:56,305 --> 00:48:57,263 We all set? 1231 00:48:57,347 --> 00:48:58,514 Three minutes. 1232 00:48:59,931 --> 00:49:02,055 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1233 00:49:06,097 --> 00:49:07,555 Okay, guys. 1234 00:49:07,639 --> 00:49:09,722 Everybody, if I could just have a second. 1235 00:49:11,555 --> 00:49:14,681 I just wanted to update you on a couple of developments. 1236 00:49:16,263 --> 00:49:18,013 Uh, some of you may have noticed 1237 00:49:18,097 --> 00:49:20,055 servers are down. 1238 00:49:20,138 --> 00:49:23,097 And we're setting a satellite office on seven. 1239 00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:25,597 And I'm afraid I have to inform you, 1240 00:49:25,681 --> 00:49:27,013 you are all dismissed. 1241 00:49:27,097 --> 00:49:29,055 (SCATTERED LAUGHTER) 1242 00:49:29,138 --> 00:49:31,263 Yeah. You're-- You're all fired. 1243 00:49:31,347 --> 00:49:33,430 So, if you can leave your laptops where they are, 1244 00:49:33,514 --> 00:49:34,681 and hand in your passes, 1245 00:49:34,764 --> 00:49:36,263 security will be coming around now. 1246 00:49:36,347 --> 00:49:38,222 I've been through everything you've shown me. 1247 00:49:39,055 --> 00:49:40,055 Food and weed, 1248 00:49:40,138 --> 00:49:41,639 those are the only two verticals 1249 00:49:41,722 --> 00:49:44,305 driving revenue, so we're folding them in 1250 00:49:44,389 --> 00:49:47,263 and, uh, yeah, you're all free to leave. 1251 00:49:47,889 --> 00:49:49,305 This is a joke. 1252 00:49:49,389 --> 00:49:51,263 KENDALL: You have 15 minutes to gather your belongings 1253 00:49:51,347 --> 00:49:52,764 and exit the building. 1254 00:49:52,847 --> 00:49:55,806 Separation agreements will be handed around shortly. 1255 00:49:55,889 --> 00:49:58,639 One week of severance per year served, 1256 00:49:58,722 --> 00:50:00,013 with full non-disclosure. 1257 00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:02,472 Post your little videos. You get three days. 1258 00:50:02,555 --> 00:50:03,889 What the f-- 1259 00:50:03,972 --> 00:50:06,597 KENDALL: Unused vacation days will not be reimbursed. 1260 00:50:06,681 --> 00:50:08,555 Health benefits will be terminated 1261 00:50:08,639 --> 00:50:09,764 at the end of the month. 1262 00:50:09,847 --> 00:50:11,138 That's it. 1263 00:50:11,222 --> 00:50:12,806 I'd like to thank you all for your hard work. 1264 00:50:12,889 --> 00:50:14,555 LAURIE: You piece of shit. 1265 00:50:15,305 --> 00:50:16,889 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1266 00:50:20,889 --> 00:50:22,889 -Is that all you got? -SCOTT: Fuck you. 1267 00:50:22,972 --> 00:50:24,222 Fuck you, man! 1268 00:50:24,305 --> 00:50:26,013 LAWRENCE: Hey. Hey! 1269 00:50:26,097 --> 00:50:28,597 Kendall, what the fuck are you doing? 1270 00:50:28,681 --> 00:50:30,138 What the fuck is going on? 1271 00:50:30,222 --> 00:50:33,180 Yeah, sorry about the, uh, cloak and dagger. 1272 00:50:33,263 --> 00:50:35,597 I just needed some time to untangle all your shit, 1273 00:50:35,681 --> 00:50:36,681 find the profit centers, 1274 00:50:36,764 --> 00:50:38,013 keep the union off our back. 1275 00:50:38,097 --> 00:50:39,931 We're already fully operational on seven. 1276 00:50:40,013 --> 00:50:42,555 -Why? -Because my dad told me to. 1277 00:50:44,097 --> 00:50:45,972 LAWRENCE: Because your dad told you to? 1278 00:50:47,597 --> 00:50:49,180 Jesus Christ. 1279 00:50:49,263 --> 00:50:51,472 Because your dad told you to? 1280 00:50:52,847 --> 00:50:54,472 You-- You fucked it, bro. 1281 00:50:56,806 --> 00:50:57,764 Uh-huh. 1282 00:50:59,430 --> 00:51:02,138 Go find some other chicken coop, cunt. 1283 00:51:03,639 --> 00:51:04,514 LAWRENCE: What-- 1284 00:51:04,597 --> 00:51:06,430 Are you fucking kidding me? 1285 00:51:06,514 --> 00:51:09,305 Because your dad told you to! 1286 00:51:10,472 --> 00:51:12,138 Are you a fucking idiot? 1287 00:51:13,472 --> 00:51:14,931 Kendall! 1288 00:51:15,013 --> 00:51:17,764 ♪ (TECHNO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1289 00:51:23,472 --> 00:51:26,013 Yo, Ken. Yo, how's it going? 1290 00:51:27,764 --> 00:51:29,055 All good, Greg. 1291 00:51:29,138 --> 00:51:32,013 Just, you know, looking for love in all the wrong places. 1292 00:51:32,097 --> 00:51:32,972 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 1293 00:51:33,055 --> 00:51:34,305 No, dude, exactly. 1294 00:51:34,389 --> 00:51:36,055 Listen, Ken, I was, uh, 1295 00:51:36,138 --> 00:51:39,597 super wiped and I-- My legs are just killing me. 1296 00:51:39,681 --> 00:51:41,263 And my lower back. 1297 00:51:41,347 --> 00:51:43,847 So do you think you could maybe bring the party up to yours? 1298 00:51:43,931 --> 00:51:45,764 -Up to mine? -Up to your place. 1299 00:51:45,847 --> 00:51:47,681 Yeah, I don't think so, Greg. 1300 00:51:49,514 --> 00:51:51,764 You know, I'm just, like... 1301 00:51:51,847 --> 00:51:55,555 I'm looking for pussy like a fuckin' techno Gatsby. 1302 00:51:56,555 --> 00:51:58,180 Hell yeah! That's-- 1303 00:51:58,263 --> 00:52:00,764 Hell yeah, man. Um... 1304 00:52:00,847 --> 00:52:03,222 There's also-- some of your acquaintances are maybe 1305 00:52:03,305 --> 00:52:04,639 humping in my bedroom? 1306 00:52:08,180 --> 00:52:09,514 If you c-- Or... 1307 00:52:11,514 --> 00:52:13,222 Can talk to them... 1308 00:52:13,305 --> 00:52:14,806 GIL: I might like to go for a run 1309 00:52:14,889 --> 00:52:16,639 sometime tomorrow, if we can make a space. 1310 00:52:16,722 --> 00:52:18,347 I need to test the hamstrings... 1311 00:52:18,430 --> 00:52:19,931 But no paps. 1312 00:52:20,013 --> 00:52:22,263 I don't need another shot of me looking like a used dick. 1313 00:52:22,347 --> 00:52:24,222 MAN: You're him, right? You're the guy. 1314 00:52:24,305 --> 00:52:25,305 So they tell me. 1315 00:52:25,389 --> 00:52:26,472 (MAN LAUGHS) 1316 00:52:26,555 --> 00:52:28,180 Good to meet you, man! I like you, man. 1317 00:52:28,263 --> 00:52:30,972 GIL: I'm nothing without people like you. 1318 00:52:31,055 --> 00:52:32,305 -(MAN LAUGHS) -GIL: Hey, 1319 00:52:32,389 --> 00:52:33,597 you and me, when this work gets done, 1320 00:52:33,681 --> 00:52:35,180 we go get a beer. What do you say? 1321 00:52:35,263 --> 00:52:36,555 -(LAUGHS) Yeah! -Okay? 1322 00:52:36,639 --> 00:52:38,013 -Yeah. Cool. -All right. 1323 00:52:38,097 --> 00:52:39,555 -Great to meet you. All right. -MAN: Yeah, yeah. 1324 00:52:50,889 --> 00:52:52,013 Hey, you want some gel? 1325 00:52:52,472 --> 00:52:53,389 Sorry? 1326 00:52:53,472 --> 00:52:55,222 Some Purell, for your hand. 1327 00:52:55,305 --> 00:52:57,138 How long's it been since you touched a prole? 1328 00:52:57,222 --> 00:52:58,430 No thank you, Shiv. 1329 00:52:59,305 --> 00:53:00,681 Oh, come on. I'm-- I'm kidding. 1330 00:53:00,764 --> 00:53:01,931 The joke being what, exactly? 1331 00:53:02,013 --> 00:53:03,430 That I wanna sanitize my hand 1332 00:53:03,514 --> 00:53:05,097 after I meet with a guy in the street? 1333 00:53:05,180 --> 00:53:06,305 Thank you. No. I'm good. 1334 00:53:06,389 --> 00:53:08,430 Yeah, it's a pretty shitty joke, Shiv. 1335 00:53:08,514 --> 00:53:09,681 GIL: I'm just saying 1336 00:53:09,764 --> 00:53:11,055 that I think that maybe we need to be 1337 00:53:11,138 --> 00:53:14,347 more respectful of the working folk. 1338 00:53:14,430 --> 00:53:15,639 Even internally? 1339 00:53:15,722 --> 00:53:17,097 -I mean-- -Okay, yeah. I get it Gil. 1340 00:53:17,180 --> 00:53:19,138 GIL: I don't want us to fall into that trap. 1341 00:53:19,222 --> 00:53:20,847 No, I-- I'm sorry, Shiv, 1342 00:53:20,931 --> 00:53:22,722 but I just think that maybe you like in a kind of a bubble 1343 00:53:22,806 --> 00:53:25,013 and this kind of joke is okay around your family 1344 00:53:25,097 --> 00:53:26,013 and friends. 1345 00:53:26,097 --> 00:53:27,180 Don't fucking give me that. 1346 00:53:27,263 --> 00:53:28,847 Excuse me? 1347 00:53:28,931 --> 00:53:31,013 Don't pull a guilt trip on me 'cause you're selling your soul. 1348 00:53:31,097 --> 00:53:32,722 I'm sorry, do we have a problem here? 1349 00:53:32,806 --> 00:53:36,180 Jesus, Shiv, you need a banana and a nap? 1350 00:53:36,263 --> 00:53:38,931 I think maybe we continue this conversation in private. 1351 00:53:39,555 --> 00:53:40,514 SHIV: Why? 1352 00:53:40,597 --> 00:53:42,013 You don't want him to know 1353 00:53:42,097 --> 00:53:43,514 you've still got my dad's cock in your mouth? 1354 00:53:43,597 --> 00:53:46,097 I was discussing an arrangement you recommended. 1355 00:53:46,180 --> 00:53:48,263 Oh, yeah, you did. Didn't you just, y-- 1356 00:53:48,347 --> 00:53:49,389 Certainly discussed it. 1357 00:53:49,472 --> 00:53:50,889 GIL: I don't understand. 1358 00:53:50,972 --> 00:53:52,972 You're riding me over a deal you told me to take. 1359 00:53:53,055 --> 00:53:54,514 Took it pretty quick though, didn't you? 1360 00:53:54,597 --> 00:53:56,555 Rolled over really fucking fast. 1361 00:53:56,639 --> 00:53:58,889 And now you're taking reach-arounds and... 1362 00:53:58,972 --> 00:54:01,013 flights on a 787. 1363 00:54:01,097 --> 00:54:03,597 Where's this coming from, Siobhan? 1364 00:54:03,681 --> 00:54:06,514 I'm sorry, I think maybe we should just... 1365 00:54:06,597 --> 00:54:08,097 reassess. 1366 00:54:08,180 --> 00:54:11,347 Perhaps I... Dick Morris things, operate from the background? 1367 00:54:12,931 --> 00:54:14,263 GIL: Uh-huh. Okay. Yeah. 1368 00:54:14,347 --> 00:54:16,013 No, you know what I think? I think you're right. 1369 00:54:16,097 --> 00:54:19,013 I think we need to reassess more comprehensively. 1370 00:54:19,097 --> 00:54:20,514 SHIV: Mm-hmm. 1371 00:54:20,597 --> 00:54:22,722 I think Nate is right, that your... 1372 00:54:22,806 --> 00:54:25,639 connections to Tom, ATN, are... 1373 00:54:26,430 --> 00:54:28,263 a distraction. 1374 00:54:28,347 --> 00:54:30,972 Oh yeah? Well you know what? Actually, I'm out. 1375 00:54:32,681 --> 00:54:35,430 Actually, I just fired you, Shiv. 1376 00:54:35,514 --> 00:54:37,514 If you'd even noticed. 1377 00:54:37,597 --> 00:54:40,305 Well, I already fuckin' quit, if you had any antennae. 1378 00:54:49,514 --> 00:54:51,305 KENDALL: Okay, it's done. 1379 00:54:52,347 --> 00:54:53,847 Vaulter's dead. 1380 00:54:53,931 --> 00:54:55,931 Four-hundred and seventy-six off the payroll, 1381 00:54:56,013 --> 00:54:57,639 full-timers, freelance... 1382 00:54:57,722 --> 00:55:00,097 I, uh, negotiated an early break from the lease 1383 00:55:00,180 --> 00:55:01,889 and hired an editor and five interns 1384 00:55:01,972 --> 00:55:03,263 for the two remaining verticals. 1385 00:55:03,347 --> 00:55:05,097 the rest will be user-generated, 1386 00:55:05,180 --> 00:55:08,138 reviews, upload pics, all that stuff. 1387 00:55:09,222 --> 00:55:10,972 Also, I harvested a ton of ideas 1388 00:55:11,055 --> 00:55:12,806 from the Vaulter staff before they left. 1389 00:55:12,889 --> 00:55:14,305 IP and start-up ideas. 1390 00:55:14,389 --> 00:55:17,889 Most of it's, you know, bullshit but... you never know. 1391 00:55:19,305 --> 00:55:21,555 We'll say you tried to keep it alive. 1392 00:55:22,972 --> 00:55:25,055 Valiant efforts, et cetera. 1393 00:55:25,138 --> 00:55:26,722 I'm good. I'll wear it. 1394 00:55:26,806 --> 00:55:28,764 (PHONE BUZZING) 1395 00:55:31,931 --> 00:55:33,055 I should take this. 1396 00:55:35,931 --> 00:55:37,597 -Yeah? -SHIV: Dad? 1397 00:55:38,305 --> 00:55:39,847 I told Gil. 1398 00:55:39,931 --> 00:55:41,764 I'm ready. Let's get started. 1399 00:55:41,847 --> 00:55:44,681 Start... looping me in. 1400 00:55:44,764 --> 00:55:45,889 That's great. 1401 00:55:46,764 --> 00:55:47,847 I'll be in touch. 1402 00:55:53,806 --> 00:55:54,847 KENDALL: Everything okay? 1403 00:55:54,931 --> 00:55:56,681 LOGAN: Oh, yeah. Usual headaches. 1404 00:55:56,764 --> 00:55:58,722 Hey. Should I be in this? 1405 00:55:58,806 --> 00:56:00,180 LOGAN: Roman, 1406 00:56:00,263 --> 00:56:02,555 your brother's gonna be working in here from now on. 1407 00:56:02,639 --> 00:56:03,847 Oh, yeah? 1408 00:56:03,931 --> 00:56:06,055 LOGAN: I need him across the proxy battle. 1409 00:56:06,138 --> 00:56:08,430 Can't afford communication slips. 1410 00:56:09,305 --> 00:56:10,263 Okay? 1411 00:56:13,472 --> 00:56:15,055 What are you waiting for? 1412 00:56:15,138 --> 00:56:16,514 A kiss? 1413 00:56:16,597 --> 00:56:19,806 Fuck off. Be gone. Bye bye. 1414 00:56:30,639 --> 00:56:32,097 Yes? Can I help you? 1415 00:56:32,972 --> 00:56:34,347 Fuck you looking at? 1416 00:56:34,430 --> 00:56:36,013 You did good, son. 1417 00:56:38,138 --> 00:56:39,472 Make yourself at home. 1418 00:56:41,180 --> 00:56:43,514 ♪ (PIANO MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1419 00:57:03,597 --> 00:57:04,639 LOGAN: Comfortable? 1420 00:57:28,347 --> 00:57:31,013 Hey. Can I get a pack of American Spirit Yellow? 1421 00:57:32,847 --> 00:57:34,055 One of these. 1422 00:57:34,138 --> 00:57:35,847 (FOOTBALL COMMENTARY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 1423 00:57:39,347 --> 00:57:41,389 ♪ (PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1424 00:59:32,722 --> 00:59:33,889 GERRI KILLMAN: There were some doubts as to... 1425 00:59:33,972 --> 00:59:36,305 whether an acquisition is really what we need right now. 1426 00:59:36,514 --> 00:59:38,806 It is. The bigger, the better. 1427 00:59:39,847 --> 00:59:40,639 And I have it. 1428 00:59:41,138 --> 00:59:43,222 -♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ -SHIV ROY: This is a disaster. 1429 00:59:43,305 --> 00:59:44,305 We need to stop him. 1430 00:59:44,389 --> 00:59:46,222 Could you sit out the corporate retreat 1431 00:59:46,305 --> 00:59:47,138 this year? 1432 00:59:47,222 --> 00:59:49,138 Nah, it's a morale booster. 1433 00:59:49,514 --> 00:59:51,681 Someone spiked the deed. 1434 00:59:51,764 --> 00:59:53,806 Which one of you boars did it? 1435 00:59:54,138 --> 00:59:58,722 Here's news, I... will... win! 1436 00:59:58,806 --> 01:00:01,055 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪