1 00:00:05,076 --> 00:00:07,037 Previously on Billions. 2 00:00:07,078 --> 00:00:09,497 Michael Prince Capital is not off to a banner start. 3 00:00:09,539 --> 00:00:10,749 I work for a legend. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,668 - I'm out. - Team up? 5 00:00:13,710 --> 00:00:14,836 Done. 6 00:00:14,878 --> 00:00:17,005 We need to be clean. Beyond reproach. 7 00:00:17,047 --> 00:00:20,133 I find myself unwilling to help you. 8 00:00:20,175 --> 00:00:21,861 He seems to be after more than profits here. 9 00:00:21,885 --> 00:00:24,054 I am hereby creating The Prince List, 10 00:00:24,095 --> 00:00:26,723 shedding all the dirty capital currently invested. 11 00:00:26,765 --> 00:00:28,225 Bud Lazzara. He's the key. 12 00:00:28,266 --> 00:00:29,684 We're not paying. 13 00:00:29,726 --> 00:00:31,204 Big retailer's been playing dirty. 14 00:00:31,228 --> 00:00:32,687 Rask Sportswear. 15 00:00:32,729 --> 00:00:34,415 And we're gonna short the snot out of it. 16 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:35,708 There's a problem with the short. 17 00:00:35,732 --> 00:00:37,084 You created this problem, fix it. 18 00:00:37,108 --> 00:00:38,902 His wife came by yesterday. 19 00:00:38,944 --> 00:00:40,755 It's no coincidence that you got involved with my sponsor. 20 00:00:40,779 --> 00:00:42,757 Are you trying to buy back the relationship you want? 21 00:00:42,781 --> 00:00:44,241 I haven't given up. 22 00:00:44,282 --> 00:00:45,700 I know you bribed Mr. Santulli, 23 00:00:45,742 --> 00:00:48,036 the head of the Door & Custodial Union. 24 00:00:48,078 --> 00:00:49,412 Rask is tanking. 25 00:00:49,454 --> 00:00:51,224 Killed the buyout and fed it to the dogs. 26 00:00:51,248 --> 00:00:52,558 You saw the news about the Games? 27 00:00:52,582 --> 00:00:53,935 They're pulling them. 28 00:00:53,959 --> 00:00:55,269 Prince isn't just playing the markets. 29 00:00:55,293 --> 00:00:56,437 His chessboard is much bigger, 30 00:00:56,461 --> 00:00:57,420 and I don't think he's done 31 00:00:57,462 --> 00:00:58,755 making his moves yet. 32 00:00:58,797 --> 00:01:00,840 The very first New York Olympics. 33 00:01:00,882 --> 00:01:02,425 Every time New York has fallen... 34 00:01:02,467 --> 00:01:04,427 It has been lifted up and rebuilt 35 00:01:04,469 --> 00:01:05,679 by a great man. 36 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,180 And that's you this time. 37 00:01:07,222 --> 00:01:09,474 And he won't stop till he gets what he wants. 38 00:01:32,789 --> 00:01:35,292 Well, I've got to run 39 00:01:35,333 --> 00:01:38,128 To keep from hidin' 40 00:01:38,169 --> 00:01:41,798 And I'm bound... 41 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,467 I just achieved slow-wave sleep, 42 00:01:44,509 --> 00:01:46,469 which you know I struggle with. 43 00:01:46,511 --> 00:01:49,431 - Why am I... - We've got a problem. 44 00:01:49,472 --> 00:01:51,308 Better be a real, bigtime... 45 00:01:51,349 --> 00:01:53,286 Trust me. It is. It's why I called you in. 46 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:54,602 The issue is... 47 00:01:54,644 --> 00:01:55,663 You didn't call me in. 48 00:01:55,687 --> 00:01:56,980 Of course, there's no need. 49 00:01:57,022 --> 00:01:58,791 That's why I have an alert set up. 50 00:01:58,815 --> 00:02:00,293 If there's middle-of-the-night swipe-ins, 51 00:02:00,317 --> 00:02:02,569 it's either because people are quitting en masse 52 00:02:02,610 --> 00:02:03,945 and stealing drives, 53 00:02:03,987 --> 00:02:06,239 or there's a margin call-level problem. 54 00:02:06,281 --> 00:02:07,574 Which is it? 55 00:02:07,615 --> 00:02:09,743 It's... more of the latter. 56 00:02:09,784 --> 00:02:11,870 Well, you have a captive audience. 57 00:02:13,330 --> 00:02:14,914 I, uh... 58 00:02:14,956 --> 00:02:17,834 met up with Mafee tonight. Drinks, you know? 59 00:02:17,876 --> 00:02:19,186 We stayed friends, I hope that's not any kind... 60 00:02:19,210 --> 00:02:20,587 - Speak. - Right, well... 61 00:02:20,628 --> 00:02:22,964 he kinda spilled some major tea. 62 00:02:23,006 --> 00:02:24,466 "Tea" is gossip. 63 00:02:24,507 --> 00:02:26,509 Yeah. About what? 64 00:02:27,385 --> 00:02:29,220 About the Olympics. 65 00:02:31,848 --> 00:02:33,808 We are rolling, Wyatt. 66 00:02:33,850 --> 00:02:36,019 I'm not on Molly right now. Or ever. 67 00:02:36,061 --> 00:02:38,646 Tombstone? 68 00:02:38,688 --> 00:02:40,982 Never mind. We got something huge in the works. 69 00:02:41,024 --> 00:02:42,984 Real estate-focused SPAC. 70 00:02:43,026 --> 00:02:44,879 Offering's coming out this week. You should invest. 71 00:02:44,903 --> 00:02:47,155 - I should? - It's our ticket, man. 72 00:02:47,197 --> 00:02:49,532 They call these things "blank check companies." 73 00:02:49,574 --> 00:02:51,368 Whale-sized investors launch them 74 00:02:51,409 --> 00:02:53,036 to raise IPO-level money 75 00:02:53,078 --> 00:02:54,847 they can plow into whatever the hell they want to, 76 00:02:54,871 --> 00:02:56,539 totally unbridled. 77 00:02:56,581 --> 00:02:59,334 In this case, holding company for prime city real estate. 78 00:02:59,376 --> 00:03:00,752 I'm familiar with SPACs. 79 00:03:00,794 --> 00:03:02,855 - They're all over the Street. - Right. 80 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:05,131 Anyway, it's a partnership with a big... 81 00:03:05,173 --> 00:03:09,677 Well, a really big and also really not-so-big guy. 82 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:11,846 You sound enthusiastic. 83 00:03:11,888 --> 00:03:13,407 We blew through our risk management, 84 00:03:13,431 --> 00:03:14,391 doubled down on this thing. 85 00:03:14,432 --> 00:03:15,975 You're a brand-new firm, 86 00:03:16,017 --> 00:03:16,976 and you're risking it all on sponsoring a SPAC? 87 00:03:17,018 --> 00:03:18,895 No worries. lt's an STD. 88 00:03:18,937 --> 00:03:20,855 - Uh, what? Gross. - A sure thing, dude. 89 00:03:20,897 --> 00:03:22,649 - Oh. - And beyond that, 90 00:03:22,690 --> 00:03:25,235 it's a gold medal situation. 91 00:03:25,276 --> 00:03:27,904 Buying up land for the Olympics. 92 00:03:27,946 --> 00:03:30,073 Another player's making my move. Who? 93 00:03:30,115 --> 00:03:32,826 He didn't say. Thus, this meeting. 94 00:03:32,867 --> 00:03:34,828 Now I get why you woke me up. 95 00:03:34,869 --> 00:03:37,372 All right, if anyone needs to go home, shower up, 96 00:03:37,414 --> 00:03:40,417 put on your daytime Garanimals, go ahead and get back here. 97 00:03:40,458 --> 00:03:42,436 I can send one of the drivers if anyone needs it. 98 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:44,546 - Do it. Also... - I'll send the other driver 99 00:03:44,587 --> 00:03:46,381 to Veselka, then Chinatown. 100 00:03:46,423 --> 00:03:50,427 Anyone want anything else, let me know, we'll deal with it. 101 00:03:50,468 --> 00:03:52,571 Okay, folks, Kristy's organizing the midnight snacks 102 00:03:52,595 --> 00:03:54,097 and strong coffee. 103 00:03:54,139 --> 00:03:55,819 Let's get into it. 104 00:04:03,606 --> 00:04:05,483 Sacker, I want your best ideas... 105 00:04:05,525 --> 00:04:07,026 Press, political, financial, 106 00:04:07,068 --> 00:04:08,903 hell, I'll even take spiritual... 107 00:04:08,945 --> 00:04:10,840 On how we'll fell the highest net worth individual... 108 00:04:10,864 --> 00:04:12,198 Son. 109 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,034 I thought there'd be some perfectly legal 110 00:04:15,076 --> 00:04:17,370 fringe benefits to you being AG, 111 00:04:17,412 --> 00:04:20,540 but I find myself a squirrel who can't get a nut. 112 00:04:20,582 --> 00:04:21,958 Dad, you can't just... 113 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,127 Oh, I told your girl I was expected. 114 00:04:24,169 --> 00:04:25,896 And asked could she get me a tomato juice 115 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,481 from the diner around the corner. 116 00:04:27,505 --> 00:04:28,882 Told her I'd protect the door. 117 00:04:28,923 --> 00:04:31,301 And I did. From the inside. 118 00:04:31,342 --> 00:04:33,052 Anyway. 119 00:04:33,094 --> 00:04:34,888 I was getting my paperwork in order 120 00:04:34,929 --> 00:04:37,557 to make an offer to buy your land, 121 00:04:37,599 --> 00:04:40,560 and then you let someone skip in line ahead of me? 122 00:04:40,602 --> 00:04:42,562 - My land? - The NYAG's Office 123 00:04:42,604 --> 00:04:46,065 monitors the disbursement of certain land for proper use, 124 00:04:46,107 --> 00:04:48,026 does it not?! 125 00:04:49,027 --> 00:04:50,487 Ah, family. 126 00:04:50,528 --> 00:04:52,280 Love to see it. 127 00:04:52,322 --> 00:04:53,615 Love to leave it behind. 128 00:04:53,656 --> 00:04:55,658 Jesus Christ, Dad. 129 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:57,178 We can do this at your house, later. 130 00:04:57,202 --> 00:04:59,370 - Or never. Never works, too. - Not for me. 131 00:04:59,412 --> 00:05:01,789 I was going to throw up one of those 80/20 jobs 132 00:05:01,831 --> 00:05:03,374 with the "poor door." 133 00:05:03,416 --> 00:05:04,918 Luxury condo building 134 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:07,378 with the separate entrance for the unwashed. 135 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:10,256 Subsidized housing units to trigger the tax breaks. 136 00:05:10,298 --> 00:05:11,466 A real man of the people. 137 00:05:11,508 --> 00:05:13,468 But someone is buying it all up. 138 00:05:13,510 --> 00:05:15,428 As is the normal course of... 139 00:05:15,470 --> 00:05:19,224 No, this is about as normal as a Gaylord Perry Mystery Pitch. 140 00:05:19,265 --> 00:05:22,268 Just loaded up with viscous slime. 141 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:23,436 Aha. 142 00:05:23,478 --> 00:05:25,021 Who bought the land, Dad? 143 00:05:25,063 --> 00:05:27,190 Looks like several buyers. All shell corps. 144 00:05:27,232 --> 00:05:29,126 Terms have been set. They have 30 days to close with the cash. 145 00:05:29,150 --> 00:05:31,611 Anything unusual with the approvals? 146 00:05:31,653 --> 00:05:35,365 No. Except there hasn't been much activity until recently. 147 00:05:36,824 --> 00:05:38,544 You don't need this development, Dad. 148 00:05:38,576 --> 00:05:40,846 And even if you did, I wouldn't lift a finger to help. 149 00:05:40,870 --> 00:05:42,121 Not 'cause I don't love you. 150 00:05:42,163 --> 00:05:43,540 Because it would be wrong. 151 00:05:43,581 --> 00:05:45,208 In the past, you didn't really... 152 00:05:45,250 --> 00:05:47,085 Ah. I can't change any of that. 153 00:05:48,586 --> 00:05:52,006 Well, I was a straight shooter about my plans. 154 00:05:52,048 --> 00:05:54,634 Being shameless does not change a Haman into a Mordechai. 155 00:05:54,676 --> 00:05:56,386 Bye, Dad. 156 00:06:00,306 --> 00:06:03,184 I can't believe that I'm raising this, but, 157 00:06:03,226 --> 00:06:06,020 we forget who brought us this information and we use it. 158 00:06:06,062 --> 00:06:07,021 Yeah. 159 00:06:07,063 --> 00:06:08,439 If a big player or corporation 160 00:06:08,481 --> 00:06:09,691 is going through the land bank 161 00:06:09,732 --> 00:06:11,460 to make big purchases on the downlow. 162 00:06:11,484 --> 00:06:14,195 Yes. That's absolutely against the spirit of the thing. 163 00:06:14,237 --> 00:06:15,965 And likely means some other high-baller 164 00:06:15,989 --> 00:06:17,508 is looking to make the same move as my father. 165 00:06:17,532 --> 00:06:19,450 - You want me to... - Yeah. 166 00:06:19,492 --> 00:06:21,512 We need to find out who's trying to buy up all this land, 167 00:06:21,536 --> 00:06:22,745 and why. 168 00:06:53,401 --> 00:06:54,485 We're gathering. 169 00:07:03,369 --> 00:07:05,913 I know how we're going to smoke out this mystery bidder. 170 00:07:05,955 --> 00:07:09,375 Put a piece of land up for sale. The piece bordering Stuy Town. 171 00:07:09,417 --> 00:07:11,586 I thought you were trying to buy more land... 172 00:07:11,628 --> 00:07:14,672 He is. Whoever's backing Mafee and Dollar Bill will bite at it. 173 00:07:14,714 --> 00:07:16,692 Yes. It'll come anonymously, through a shell corp. 174 00:07:16,716 --> 00:07:18,176 Which we'll reject. 175 00:07:18,217 --> 00:07:19,570 But we'll get enough details to figure out 176 00:07:19,594 --> 00:07:21,596 who's spearheading the SPAC. 177 00:07:21,638 --> 00:07:23,574 And once it IPOs, we can bend this thing over, 178 00:07:23,598 --> 00:07:25,933 no lube required, and... 179 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,356 I mean, there are many things within SEC guidelines we can do 180 00:07:31,397 --> 00:07:33,941 to express our negative sentiment on it, 181 00:07:33,983 --> 00:07:35,919 and convince others to see it the same way, 182 00:07:35,943 --> 00:07:38,905 - once it is trading publicly. - There ya go. 183 00:07:38,946 --> 00:07:40,633 That's where I thought you were going. 184 00:07:40,657 --> 00:07:42,176 But this is Mafee and Dollar Bill's big investment. 185 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,660 Don't we still love... 186 00:07:43,701 --> 00:07:45,244 I mean, have fond feelings for... 187 00:07:45,286 --> 00:07:47,997 Well, most of us... Some of us... I do... 188 00:07:48,039 --> 00:07:49,290 Spit it out, you stuttering... 189 00:07:49,332 --> 00:07:50,917 Mafee! I still care about Mafee. 190 00:07:50,958 --> 00:07:52,669 Yes, as I do, Ben. 191 00:07:52,710 --> 00:07:54,480 But once we find out who's really going to run the SPAC 192 00:07:54,504 --> 00:07:56,357 for them, Prince will block it, and, yes, 193 00:07:56,381 --> 00:07:58,692 whatever they've invested in it will be worthless. 194 00:07:58,716 --> 00:08:01,678 And he feels bad about it, that fucking baby. 195 00:08:01,719 --> 00:08:03,262 How can you not even care? 196 00:08:03,304 --> 00:08:06,057 You were in an intimate relationship with Dollar... 197 00:08:06,099 --> 00:08:10,228 I am in a relationship with dollars, end sentence. 198 00:08:10,269 --> 00:08:12,563 Look, I love those guys. For real. 199 00:08:12,605 --> 00:08:14,458 We've plundered and partied with 'em back in the day. 200 00:08:14,482 --> 00:08:17,360 But if they fuck with our shit, they get fucked. 201 00:08:21,614 --> 00:08:24,158 Great to see the team spirit is intact. 202 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,993 But I'm a builder, not a destroyer. 203 00:08:26,035 --> 00:08:27,429 I'll always find a positive solution 204 00:08:27,453 --> 00:08:29,664 before considering a destructive path. 205 00:08:29,706 --> 00:08:32,583 I look at every competitor as a potential new partner... 206 00:08:32,625 --> 00:08:34,252 right up until I can't anymore. 207 00:08:34,293 --> 00:08:36,295 I'm on board with this approach. 208 00:08:36,337 --> 00:08:37,338 We're happy. 209 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:39,632 - He's on his way up. - Good. 210 00:08:39,674 --> 00:08:41,342 We have an important visitor, 211 00:08:41,384 --> 00:08:43,570 someone I'm convinced will help win over the Commission. 212 00:08:43,594 --> 00:08:45,638 Wags, I want you on this detail with Scooter. 213 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,473 I'll sit in with you fellas. 214 00:08:47,515 --> 00:08:49,392 Try to have fun. 215 00:08:49,434 --> 00:08:50,727 We're a team. 216 00:08:50,768 --> 00:08:52,311 So it seems. 217 00:08:52,353 --> 00:08:54,272 Fab. 218 00:08:55,857 --> 00:08:58,234 You believe in this potential new partner bit? 219 00:08:59,026 --> 00:09:00,403 I want to. 220 00:09:02,655 --> 00:09:04,115 Sure, the president of 221 00:09:04,157 --> 00:09:06,093 the International Commission of Sport 222 00:09:06,117 --> 00:09:08,119 does have some sway, 223 00:09:08,161 --> 00:09:10,621 but there are 104 voting members, 224 00:09:10,663 --> 00:09:14,083 enough of whom must be wooed, 225 00:09:14,125 --> 00:09:16,335 convinced, to influence the others 226 00:09:16,377 --> 00:09:20,131 who aren't susceptible to extracurricular handling. 227 00:09:20,173 --> 00:09:22,467 Mike, you want to... 228 00:09:22,508 --> 00:09:25,052 And I speak from experience, selecting a host city 229 00:09:25,094 --> 00:09:27,638 is a very political process. 230 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:28,973 Mr. Drache, how does it work? 231 00:09:29,015 --> 00:09:30,558 I want to make an impression. 232 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,143 But as I understand it, 233 00:09:32,185 --> 00:09:33,829 the men and women of the Commission, 234 00:09:33,853 --> 00:09:35,497 even those key few I might turn, 235 00:09:35,521 --> 00:09:37,982 don't look kindly upon strangers bearing gifts. 236 00:09:38,024 --> 00:09:42,028 Because those strangers might be wearing wires, mightn't they? 237 00:09:42,069 --> 00:09:44,155 But they will take them from me. 238 00:09:44,197 --> 00:09:46,365 Because I was one of them, 239 00:09:46,407 --> 00:09:50,411 before what I refer to as the "ugliness" 240 00:09:50,453 --> 00:09:51,871 forced me out. 241 00:09:51,913 --> 00:09:54,707 But trust, I'm still one of them. 242 00:09:54,749 --> 00:09:56,209 Good. 243 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:57,936 I'm glad I can count on your endorsement 244 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,240 of my plan to land the Olympics. 245 00:10:01,422 --> 00:10:02,507 Possibly. 246 00:10:04,342 --> 00:10:05,426 Possibly? 247 00:10:05,468 --> 00:10:08,054 Your reputation speaks. It shouts. 248 00:10:08,095 --> 00:10:11,516 And you certainly seem a top man. But... 249 00:10:12,683 --> 00:10:14,328 you're a little late to this game. 250 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:15,645 L.A. had things locked. 251 00:10:15,686 --> 00:10:17,021 Until they didn't. 252 00:10:18,439 --> 00:10:20,399 Yeah, until they didn't. Cheers to you. 253 00:10:20,441 --> 00:10:21,776 He had nothing to do with that. 254 00:10:21,818 --> 00:10:23,945 No. Of course not. I'd never suggest. 255 00:10:23,986 --> 00:10:25,112 You kinda did, 256 00:10:25,154 --> 00:10:26,656 but we'll let it slide. 257 00:10:26,697 --> 00:10:29,992 Look, you can't have a Games without a stadium. 258 00:10:30,034 --> 00:10:33,621 And New York doesn't have a stadium suitable for the Games... 259 00:10:33,663 --> 00:10:36,958 Modern, able to be turned over quickly depending on the event. 260 00:10:36,999 --> 00:10:39,961 - But we will. I will. - Will you? 261 00:10:40,002 --> 00:10:41,838 Well, then you may have me too. 262 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:43,673 If it seems the thing to do. 263 00:10:43,714 --> 00:10:45,675 Gentlemen, I get one shot 264 00:10:45,716 --> 00:10:48,636 every two years between the Summer and the Winter Games, 265 00:10:48,678 --> 00:10:51,639 so I hew to the Aintree approach: 266 00:10:51,681 --> 00:10:53,015 stick with the favorite. 267 00:10:53,057 --> 00:10:55,268 No time for long shots. 268 00:10:56,269 --> 00:10:57,812 Eh, maybe we'll speak again. 269 00:10:59,564 --> 00:11:00,690 Cheers. 270 00:11:04,986 --> 00:11:07,113 Do we really need that fucking guy? 271 00:11:07,154 --> 00:11:08,364 Sadly, we do. 272 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:10,032 He's the best in the space. 273 00:11:10,074 --> 00:11:12,577 A very small, rarified space. 274 00:11:13,995 --> 00:11:15,514 Find out who else he's talking to. 275 00:11:15,538 --> 00:11:17,391 - And make those talks... - Go south? 276 00:11:17,415 --> 00:11:19,876 So he has nowhere else to go but crawling back to us? 277 00:11:19,917 --> 00:11:22,128 - More or less. - I'm on it. 278 00:11:22,169 --> 00:11:24,213 Be on it together. 279 00:11:25,256 --> 00:11:27,383 - Yeah, about that... - Are you serious? 280 00:11:27,425 --> 00:11:30,011 You want us to be your Tenspeed and Brown Shoe? 281 00:11:30,052 --> 00:11:33,681 I'd have gone with Murtaugh and Riggs, but, yes. 282 00:11:33,723 --> 00:11:35,099 I am. 283 00:11:39,896 --> 00:11:41,397 News on the land. 284 00:11:41,439 --> 00:11:44,233 All the entities track back to the same address. 285 00:11:44,275 --> 00:11:45,735 Who're we talking about? 286 00:11:49,906 --> 00:11:51,240 Oh. 287 00:11:51,282 --> 00:11:54,452 Our Sam LeFrak wannabe has surfaced. 288 00:12:02,209 --> 00:12:03,711 Welcome, welcome. 289 00:12:03,753 --> 00:12:05,504 Todd Krakow. 290 00:12:05,546 --> 00:12:07,566 I see life in the Beltway was a real sacrifice for you. 291 00:12:07,590 --> 00:12:09,508 It was an honor to serve, 292 00:12:09,550 --> 00:12:11,260 but, frankly, I rather enjoy being 293 00:12:11,302 --> 00:12:12,845 back in the private sector. 294 00:12:12,887 --> 00:12:14,406 I missed not having to report to anyone. 295 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:16,199 We're all accountable to each other 296 00:12:16,223 --> 00:12:18,392 and tethered to this rock by gravity. 297 00:12:18,434 --> 00:12:20,394 If you take the time to be in the moment... 298 00:12:20,436 --> 00:12:23,022 right there, you can even feel the Earth move. 299 00:12:23,064 --> 00:12:25,191 Mmm. 300 00:12:25,232 --> 00:12:26,901 I feel the sky 301 00:12:26,943 --> 00:12:28,569 Tumbling down! 302 00:12:30,279 --> 00:12:31,864 Goddamn that felt good. Yeah. 303 00:12:31,906 --> 00:12:33,592 Couldn't do that in a Cabinet meeting. 304 00:12:33,616 --> 00:12:35,409 POTUS could, but that was it. 305 00:12:35,451 --> 00:12:37,912 So, is, uh, that what brings you here? 306 00:12:37,954 --> 00:12:40,247 Wouldn't be a certain real estate SPAC 307 00:12:40,289 --> 00:12:41,624 set to IPO soon? 308 00:12:41,666 --> 00:12:44,126 Not that I'm involved, officially. 309 00:12:44,168 --> 00:12:45,962 No. I want you to think bigger. 310 00:12:46,003 --> 00:12:47,755 "Bigger?" Really? 311 00:12:47,797 --> 00:12:49,256 Join my bid. 312 00:12:49,298 --> 00:12:52,468 We agree on one thing: New York would be 313 00:12:52,510 --> 00:12:54,637 a superb host for the next Olympics. 314 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:56,323 Not only am I a believer, I also happen to be 315 00:12:56,347 --> 00:12:58,599 a highly capitalized partner to buy land with, 316 00:12:58,641 --> 00:13:01,227 to make inroads with the city and state 317 00:13:01,268 --> 00:13:02,728 to help win over the Commission. 318 00:13:02,770 --> 00:13:05,022 The Commission? Hmm. 319 00:13:05,064 --> 00:13:08,651 Only a man with Colin Drache in his employ can achieve that. 320 00:13:08,693 --> 00:13:10,569 - Do you have him? - Met today. 321 00:13:10,611 --> 00:13:12,631 Seeing him again tomorrow. So what do you think? 322 00:13:12,655 --> 00:13:14,407 That's a no. Too many words. 323 00:13:14,448 --> 00:13:17,410 Why fight over possession of the fumble 324 00:13:17,451 --> 00:13:19,096 when we can both be on the same team? 325 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,414 I'd love a Mike Prince-type on board as a partner, 326 00:13:21,455 --> 00:13:25,334 but, just so you know, I'm QB'ing this baby. 327 00:13:25,376 --> 00:13:27,628 What are you going for, huh? 328 00:13:27,670 --> 00:13:29,964 Rehab your public image after that precipitous fall 329 00:13:30,006 --> 00:13:31,424 from Treasury? 330 00:13:31,465 --> 00:13:33,926 Reboot your Manhattan bona fides? 331 00:13:33,968 --> 00:13:35,094 Get on TV? 332 00:13:35,136 --> 00:13:36,929 Meet chicks? 333 00:13:36,971 --> 00:13:39,432 You tell me what it is, and I'll help build the new you. 334 00:13:39,473 --> 00:13:40,993 No, I don't think you get it. 335 00:13:41,017 --> 00:13:43,978 Once we IPO and close on these properties... 336 00:13:44,020 --> 00:13:45,664 And I can see I'm not gonna get your piece 337 00:13:45,688 --> 00:13:47,523 near Stuy Town, but I don't need it... 338 00:13:47,565 --> 00:13:50,151 I skip right through the permits to build a new stadium. 339 00:13:50,192 --> 00:13:52,212 Does your bid have one of those? Didn't think so. 340 00:13:52,236 --> 00:13:54,989 With it, I land the Games, 341 00:13:55,031 --> 00:13:57,491 and then I can have whatever I want in this town. 342 00:13:57,533 --> 00:13:59,910 So if you want to be a part of my bid, 343 00:13:59,952 --> 00:14:01,620 then make me a real offer. 344 00:14:01,662 --> 00:14:03,765 That starts with buying a major block of shares 345 00:14:03,789 --> 00:14:06,250 when they IPO tomorrow and I announce. 346 00:14:06,292 --> 00:14:09,670 Otherwise, you may end up having to wait in line to get tickets 347 00:14:09,712 --> 00:14:11,255 like the Commoners. 348 00:14:11,297 --> 00:14:12,840 Can you imagine? 349 00:14:15,676 --> 00:14:18,054 Usually this is the part where the guy on the other side 350 00:14:18,095 --> 00:14:19,555 of the desk flexes, huffs, puffs 351 00:14:19,597 --> 00:14:21,932 and makes vague but serious threats. 352 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,936 I don't go to war that way. 353 00:14:28,105 --> 00:14:29,940 I just go to war. 354 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,326 You ready to get going? 355 00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:42,578 Already going. 356 00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:44,181 There's a guy we used to work with 357 00:14:44,205 --> 00:14:45,581 who can follow Colin around, 358 00:14:45,623 --> 00:14:47,500 do a deep dive into his data and history, 359 00:14:47,541 --> 00:14:49,710 and find out exactly what makes him tick. 360 00:14:49,752 --> 00:14:52,046 Let's put a pin in black bag ops 361 00:14:52,088 --> 00:14:54,548 that'll put us right out of business and maybe into jail. 362 00:14:54,590 --> 00:14:56,759 Unless and until such time as. 363 00:14:56,801 --> 00:14:57,885 Fine. 364 00:14:57,927 --> 00:14:59,386 Shall we? 365 00:14:59,428 --> 00:15:01,722 - You mean...? - He said "together." 366 00:15:01,764 --> 00:15:03,557 I'm aware. 367 00:15:03,599 --> 00:15:05,017 Come to where I'm working. 368 00:15:05,059 --> 00:15:06,536 When I'm not riding shotgun with Prince, 369 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:07,770 it's where I'm set up. 370 00:15:19,198 --> 00:15:20,825 What the hell is this? 371 00:15:20,866 --> 00:15:22,785 You've never seen a power map? 372 00:15:22,827 --> 00:15:24,286 Naturally. Just... 373 00:15:24,328 --> 00:15:26,473 wondering where the hell you got this information. 374 00:15:26,497 --> 00:15:28,100 Welcome to the 21st century, Wags. 375 00:15:28,124 --> 00:15:29,708 I will be your guide. 376 00:15:29,750 --> 00:15:31,394 We have Colin Drache's business associates, 377 00:15:31,418 --> 00:15:33,546 romantic partners, places he frequents, 378 00:15:33,587 --> 00:15:35,047 cologne of choice... 379 00:15:35,089 --> 00:15:36,799 Dior Sauvage! 380 00:15:36,841 --> 00:15:39,236 So that was the stench hovering around him like Pig-Pen. 381 00:15:39,260 --> 00:15:41,404 We can't trust a man who wears cologne before 10 a.m. 382 00:15:41,428 --> 00:15:43,097 We have to. By using this, 383 00:15:43,139 --> 00:15:44,950 we'll determine his spheres of influence, 384 00:15:44,974 --> 00:15:46,725 figure out what he wants, 385 00:15:46,767 --> 00:15:48,620 and then we'll be able to identify which way he's leaning. 386 00:15:48,644 --> 00:15:51,438 I hate to give you even an ounce of satisfaction, Scooter, 387 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:52,666 but this is pretty fucking cool. 388 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:54,567 Of course it's cool. I made it. 389 00:15:54,608 --> 00:15:56,485 But sadly, it's just a start. 390 00:15:56,527 --> 00:15:59,005 Not surprised to see the bulk of Colin's network's in Europe. 391 00:15:59,029 --> 00:16:01,740 Yeah. Lot of likely cities in Europe, though. 392 00:16:01,782 --> 00:16:04,368 We do have these kids who work here. 393 00:16:04,410 --> 00:16:06,704 Very energetic, sometimes annoying. 394 00:16:06,745 --> 00:16:09,123 So PC, they make John Hodgeman look like an iMac. 395 00:16:09,165 --> 00:16:11,292 We should use them. 396 00:16:16,505 --> 00:16:18,716 Hey, quantlings, special assignment. Who wants in? 397 00:16:18,757 --> 00:16:20,443 Here's a chance to be useful for a change. 398 00:16:20,467 --> 00:16:22,261 Your taunts don't hurt me anymore. 399 00:16:22,303 --> 00:16:23,905 I'm not sure millennials are motivated by competition. 400 00:16:23,929 --> 00:16:25,931 How 'bout this? You both win a trophy. 401 00:16:25,973 --> 00:16:28,684 We need you to do an internet scrape of one Colin Drache. 402 00:16:28,726 --> 00:16:30,311 You want us to hack someone? 403 00:16:30,352 --> 00:16:32,271 - Black hat? - That's kinda weird. 404 00:16:32,313 --> 00:16:33,772 Not a hack. 405 00:16:33,814 --> 00:16:35,709 Definitely not asking you to hack anyone. 406 00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:37,794 More like a perfectly legal ex-girlfriend stalking job. 407 00:16:37,818 --> 00:16:39,296 Oh, this is more your wheelhouse. 408 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:40,672 We need to see who he's talking to. 409 00:16:40,696 --> 00:16:42,448 He's our in to the Commission. 410 00:16:42,489 --> 00:16:44,134 We need to know what other cities he may be dancing with 411 00:16:44,158 --> 00:16:45,534 and which way he's leaning. 412 00:16:45,576 --> 00:16:46,827 I'll send you the details. 413 00:16:46,869 --> 00:16:48,138 What do we get if we help? 414 00:16:48,162 --> 00:16:49,830 My foot not up your ass? 415 00:16:49,872 --> 00:16:52,458 Honestly, that approach doesn't work with my generation. 416 00:16:52,499 --> 00:16:54,227 Oh, you're about to see how well it... 417 00:16:54,251 --> 00:16:55,836 What do you want? 418 00:16:55,878 --> 00:16:57,355 To borrow his Bentley for a weekend. 419 00:16:57,379 --> 00:16:58,589 You got it. 420 00:17:04,845 --> 00:17:06,781 I decided to kill the pending land bank deals. 421 00:17:06,805 --> 00:17:09,433 Turn 'em down. Open up a new application process. 422 00:17:09,475 --> 00:17:11,769 I'd like us to issue a press release, 423 00:17:11,810 --> 00:17:14,039 then we string Krakow up for trying to make a land grab 424 00:17:14,063 --> 00:17:16,440 for illicit purposes before his SPAC even... 425 00:17:16,482 --> 00:17:18,001 You screwed me out of my Treasury gig, 426 00:17:18,025 --> 00:17:20,110 now you're trying to do it again! 427 00:17:20,152 --> 00:17:21,487 What's the name of that 428 00:17:21,528 --> 00:17:22,964 Randy Rogers Band song I like so much? 429 00:17:22,988 --> 00:17:24,466 - "Speak Of The Devil"? - That's the one. 430 00:17:24,490 --> 00:17:25,658 I'll go get started. 431 00:17:25,699 --> 00:17:27,117 I just don't understand 432 00:17:27,159 --> 00:17:28,887 why you'd side with Mike Prince on this. 433 00:17:28,911 --> 00:17:30,371 Mike Prince? 434 00:17:30,412 --> 00:17:32,456 Uh, you think I sided with him to... 435 00:17:32,498 --> 00:17:35,000 Uh, the land bank killed my transactions. 436 00:17:35,042 --> 00:17:36,752 We had to. 437 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,688 Because like so many others in the billionaire class, 438 00:17:38,712 --> 00:17:41,173 you're using loopholes to game the system. 439 00:17:41,215 --> 00:17:44,593 Using private shell companies to buy public lands? 440 00:17:44,635 --> 00:17:47,721 Veiling disclosures about land use for community redevelopment? 441 00:17:47,763 --> 00:17:50,599 It may not be illegal, but it's unethical. 442 00:17:50,641 --> 00:17:52,559 So is your office accepting graft, 443 00:17:52,601 --> 00:17:54,603 - but that didn't stop you. - From whom? 444 00:17:54,645 --> 00:17:57,606 Oh, uh, I suppose we're back to Mike Prince. 445 00:17:57,648 --> 00:18:00,609 You know he just wants the land for himself. 446 00:18:00,651 --> 00:18:02,945 - How'd he get you on his side? - He didn't. 447 00:18:02,987 --> 00:18:05,948 But if he tries the same tactic, he'll face the same scrutiny. 448 00:18:05,990 --> 00:18:08,260 Whatever gig he's offering you with the Commish, 449 00:18:08,284 --> 00:18:10,911 I'll up it if you restore my transactions. 450 00:18:10,953 --> 00:18:13,706 - Commish. Right. Sure. - The Olympic Commission. 451 00:18:13,747 --> 00:18:15,392 Is he gonna give you something with teeth, 452 00:18:15,416 --> 00:18:17,918 - or something ceremonial? - Oh. 453 00:18:19,795 --> 00:18:22,715 You two are trying to steer the Olympics to the City. 454 00:18:22,756 --> 00:18:26,051 May seem weird now, but Mitt Romney was a fucking god 455 00:18:26,093 --> 00:18:28,095 when he brought them to Salt Lake. 456 00:18:28,137 --> 00:18:29,864 I could use some of that social capital. 457 00:18:29,888 --> 00:18:32,349 Turn it into actual capital. Ka-ching. 458 00:18:32,391 --> 00:18:35,185 Don't make the cash register sound. 459 00:18:35,227 --> 00:18:37,062 I would never. 460 00:18:37,104 --> 00:18:40,441 So you get this land, you lead the effort, 461 00:18:40,482 --> 00:18:43,569 you become the chair of the New York City Commission. 462 00:18:43,610 --> 00:18:45,279 You win, and Prince suffers? 463 00:18:45,321 --> 00:18:46,864 Humiliations galore. 464 00:18:48,282 --> 00:18:49,992 Perhaps we can work this out. 465 00:18:51,827 --> 00:18:54,079 Resubmit you applications, cards up. 466 00:18:54,121 --> 00:18:56,248 Transparency will protect us both. 467 00:18:56,290 --> 00:18:58,417 Being open and honest has never worked for me, 468 00:18:58,459 --> 00:19:00,127 but... I'll try anything. 469 00:19:00,169 --> 00:19:01,688 And, matter of fact, I will take something. 470 00:19:01,712 --> 00:19:03,505 I'll steer infrastructure 471 00:19:03,547 --> 00:19:06,175 so the people of this city benefit from all the spending, 472 00:19:06,216 --> 00:19:09,094 and so they don't just end up with abandoned venues 473 00:19:09,136 --> 00:19:10,346 like Rio's Olympic Park. 474 00:19:10,387 --> 00:19:11,906 That place is a fucking dustbowl. 475 00:19:11,930 --> 00:19:14,433 You're a true steward of the people, Chuck. 476 00:19:14,475 --> 00:19:16,477 - Mm-hm. - I appreciate the consideration. 477 00:19:16,518 --> 00:19:17,728 We have a deal. 478 00:19:17,770 --> 00:19:18,896 Good. 479 00:19:18,937 --> 00:19:19,980 Ka-ching. 480 00:19:29,948 --> 00:19:33,118 Let's, uh, hold a beat on the press conference. 481 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,953 What's up? 482 00:19:34,995 --> 00:19:37,581 Our friend Krakow will get his shot at the land after all. 483 00:19:37,623 --> 00:19:39,750 How? And more importantly, why? 484 00:19:39,792 --> 00:19:41,919 A different way, with some different codicils... 485 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,296 That greed-driven Meisterburger gets to bite off 486 00:19:44,338 --> 00:19:46,441 a big part of the city that we're supposed to safeguard? 487 00:19:46,465 --> 00:19:48,651 To invite redevelopment into those areas of the city, 488 00:19:48,675 --> 00:19:50,010 don't we need developers? 489 00:19:50,052 --> 00:19:51,696 Not ones who bypass public approval 490 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,472 to do whatever the hell they want. 491 00:19:53,514 --> 00:19:55,533 This project doesn't advance without my guiding hand. 492 00:19:55,557 --> 00:19:56,975 It's for the greater good. 493 00:19:57,017 --> 00:19:58,817 It may not feel that way now, but it is. 494 00:19:58,852 --> 00:20:00,854 It certainly doesn't feel that way. 495 00:20:00,896 --> 00:20:03,016 - It feels more like... - Understood, Mrs. Sacker. 496 00:20:09,029 --> 00:20:11,073 Mr. Mateo. 497 00:20:11,115 --> 00:20:12,699 Mr. Prince. 498 00:20:12,741 --> 00:20:14,010 It turns out my partnership overtures 499 00:20:14,034 --> 00:20:15,953 weren't met with open arms. 500 00:20:26,588 --> 00:20:28,566 Was that about the Dollar Bill and Mafee SPAC? 501 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:31,218 Did he assign you to sanction it? 502 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:32,302 Like Nicholai Hel? 503 00:20:33,303 --> 00:20:34,721 It's out of my hands. 504 00:20:34,763 --> 00:20:36,598 That means you are gonna sanction it. 505 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,892 Kill it. Them. 506 00:20:38,934 --> 00:20:40,227 Shit. 507 00:20:40,269 --> 00:20:41,812 Shit. 508 00:20:44,148 --> 00:20:45,750 Are you still okay with Prince going after 509 00:20:45,774 --> 00:20:47,419 our former compatriots? Because he is. 510 00:20:47,443 --> 00:20:50,070 I'm surprised Mafee was so forthcoming with you 511 00:20:50,112 --> 00:20:52,090 considering he hadn't suggested any real estate 512 00:20:52,114 --> 00:20:54,092 - speculation with me. - You and Mafee talk, too? 513 00:20:54,116 --> 00:20:55,617 Of course. We're friends. 514 00:20:55,659 --> 00:20:57,137 We have a standing weekly dinner. 515 00:20:57,161 --> 00:20:59,121 So then you have to agree we should save them. 516 00:20:59,163 --> 00:21:00,974 If they are anti-fragile, they will survive 517 00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:03,041 and thrive no matter what Prince does. 518 00:21:03,083 --> 00:21:05,061 And if not, well, I have to take the long view. 519 00:21:05,085 --> 00:21:06,378 So harsh. 520 00:21:06,420 --> 00:21:07,546 That's the way of the gun. 521 00:21:07,588 --> 00:21:09,047 And you're okay with it. 522 00:21:09,089 --> 00:21:10,889 The gun doesn't care what I'm okay with. 523 00:21:22,102 --> 00:21:24,730 The ruination of the High Plains SPAC is coming, 524 00:21:24,771 --> 00:21:26,482 and I feel terrible. 525 00:21:26,523 --> 00:21:28,275 I can't focus through the guilt. 526 00:21:28,317 --> 00:21:29,836 You want to be a martyr, be my guest, 527 00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:31,171 but you're not gonna find any grenades 528 00:21:31,195 --> 00:21:32,988 to throw yourself onto in here. 529 00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:34,507 I'm the one who put them in the crosshairs. 530 00:21:34,531 --> 00:21:36,325 Inadvertently. 531 00:21:36,366 --> 00:21:38,619 You woke half the team in the middle of the night. 532 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:40,162 That's advertent. 533 00:21:40,204 --> 00:21:42,244 Because we have a lot riding on the Olympics. 534 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,169 Beyond that, though? 535 00:21:47,211 --> 00:21:49,213 It's... my job. 536 00:21:50,339 --> 00:21:52,025 I could say you're a PM in a fund 537 00:21:52,049 --> 00:21:53,842 20 times the size of theirs. 538 00:21:53,884 --> 00:21:56,512 Mafee sloppily showed his hand, you went all in against it. 539 00:21:56,553 --> 00:21:59,515 In what world does that make you the bad guy? 540 00:21:59,556 --> 00:22:02,142 If you did, I might feel better. 541 00:22:02,184 --> 00:22:05,062 And if I agreed you let down your moral code? 542 00:22:06,355 --> 00:22:07,481 Worse. 543 00:22:07,523 --> 00:22:09,191 And I'd probably sulk. 544 00:22:10,484 --> 00:22:12,110 So then... 545 00:22:12,152 --> 00:22:14,363 own the fact that Mafee doesn't work here anymore. 546 00:22:14,404 --> 00:22:15,864 Neither does Dollar Bill. 547 00:22:15,906 --> 00:22:17,717 - Well, yeah, but... - We're competitors now. 548 00:22:17,741 --> 00:22:20,786 I know. But couldn't I at least warn them what's coming? 549 00:22:20,827 --> 00:22:22,287 Sure. But play that out. 550 00:22:22,329 --> 00:22:24,182 You'd get fired, and you'd never work again 551 00:22:24,206 --> 00:22:26,309 because everyone would know you fed our plays 552 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:28,293 to the competition because you're you, 553 00:22:28,335 --> 00:22:30,355 and the world's the world, and that is what will happen. 554 00:22:30,379 --> 00:22:33,298 Wish I hadn't said anything now. 555 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:35,259 Can't put that shit back in the goose. 556 00:22:37,219 --> 00:22:39,179 You don't want to feel bad again, 557 00:22:39,221 --> 00:22:41,223 act differently. Beforehand. 558 00:22:41,265 --> 00:22:43,725 In the meantime, you're just gonna have to feel 559 00:22:43,767 --> 00:22:45,245 two things at once because 560 00:22:45,269 --> 00:22:47,938 that's what life demands of us. 561 00:22:50,941 --> 00:22:53,026 Thanks, I guess. 562 00:22:53,068 --> 00:22:54,486 I don't feel any better. 563 00:22:57,239 --> 00:22:59,908 Seems to be my specialty of late. 564 00:23:06,164 --> 00:23:08,375 Tell me, Ben Kim, 565 00:23:08,417 --> 00:23:11,461 do you wish you'd left with them and stayed loyal to Axe? 566 00:23:12,629 --> 00:23:13,797 Do you? 567 00:23:16,550 --> 00:23:17,968 No. 568 00:23:19,219 --> 00:23:21,972 But I, too, admire what Mafee and DB did. 569 00:23:22,806 --> 00:23:24,349 Know that. 570 00:23:24,391 --> 00:23:26,143 Then do something. 571 00:23:36,278 --> 00:23:41,033 Lord, I was born a ramblin' man 572 00:23:41,074 --> 00:23:45,329 Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can 573 00:23:46,663 --> 00:23:49,124 And when it's time for leavin' 574 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:52,461 I hope you'll understand 575 00:23:52,502 --> 00:23:56,089 That I was born a ramblin' man 576 00:23:56,131 --> 00:24:01,678 My father was a gambler down in Georgia 577 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:07,184 And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun 578 00:24:07,225 --> 00:24:09,853 And I was born in the back seat 579 00:24:09,895 --> 00:24:13,190 Of a Greyhound bus 580 00:24:13,231 --> 00:24:17,986 Rollin' down highway 41 581 00:24:18,028 --> 00:24:22,908 Lord, I was born a ramblin' man 582 00:24:22,949 --> 00:24:24,076 That's it. 583 00:24:24,117 --> 00:24:26,244 That's enough. 584 00:24:26,286 --> 00:24:27,829 Come on, ladies. 585 00:24:27,871 --> 00:24:29,474 I think destiny is calling us. 586 00:24:29,498 --> 00:24:31,583 And when it's time for leavin' 587 00:24:31,625 --> 00:24:35,295 I hope you'll understand that I was born... 588 00:24:35,337 --> 00:24:38,090 Prince says we should add Krakow to the list of Colin's suitors. 589 00:24:38,131 --> 00:24:39,841 - Figures. - Prince will knock him off. 590 00:24:39,883 --> 00:24:41,277 We just have to focus on whoever else. 591 00:24:41,301 --> 00:24:43,345 - What's with the stuff? - My office. 592 00:24:43,387 --> 00:24:44,822 It's yours now. You take it. 593 00:24:44,846 --> 00:24:46,115 - I'm fine... - Nope. 594 00:24:46,139 --> 00:24:48,141 I'm not unaware of the workflow. 595 00:24:48,183 --> 00:24:50,018 You take it. I'll decamp here. 596 00:24:51,395 --> 00:24:52,354 You sure? 597 00:24:52,396 --> 00:24:54,481 As it should be. 598 00:24:54,523 --> 00:24:56,191 On your way. 599 00:25:12,624 --> 00:25:14,543 Welcome Mayor Johnson. 600 00:25:25,721 --> 00:25:27,431 I get it. You need the room. 601 00:25:31,601 --> 00:25:33,729 I see I'm not the only new blood in town. 602 00:25:33,770 --> 00:25:37,149 I hope to do in the hedge fund space what you undoubtedly 603 00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:38,950 will do in City Hall, Ms. Mayor. 604 00:25:43,780 --> 00:25:46,032 I'm coming home, boys! 605 00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:58,062 Mayor Johnson, I'll keep this brief. 606 00:25:58,086 --> 00:25:59,421 When I supported your campaign, 607 00:25:59,463 --> 00:26:01,315 I promised to come to you with big ideas. 608 00:26:01,339 --> 00:26:03,383 You supported my competitors as well. 609 00:26:03,425 --> 00:26:04,968 But go on. 610 00:26:05,010 --> 00:26:07,012 What would you say to one of my competitors 611 00:26:07,053 --> 00:26:09,073 concealing his efforts to lure the Olympics here 612 00:26:09,097 --> 00:26:10,640 without consulting you first? 613 00:26:10,682 --> 00:26:11,808 Oh, that? 614 00:26:11,850 --> 00:26:13,477 No new stadium, no bid. 615 00:26:13,518 --> 00:26:14,811 Who is it? 616 00:26:14,853 --> 00:26:16,646 Former Treasury Sec Todd Krakow. 617 00:26:16,688 --> 00:26:18,499 He hasn't announced yet, but it's him. 618 00:26:18,523 --> 00:26:20,317 Hmm. 619 00:26:20,358 --> 00:26:22,086 Maybe he has the juice, but I'm not convinced. For when? 620 00:26:22,110 --> 00:26:24,571 The Games need a new host city for 2028. 621 00:26:25,614 --> 00:26:27,199 That is a tight turnaround. 622 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,051 And the stadium faced a lot of opposition 623 00:26:29,075 --> 00:26:30,636 last time this idea was floated. 624 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:32,764 Because it's bad for Manhattan. For congestion, 625 00:26:32,788 --> 00:26:34,807 for affordable housing, for the environment. 626 00:26:34,831 --> 00:26:38,043 Okay. So you want to bring this to the City Council to kill? 627 00:26:38,084 --> 00:26:39,586 You could. 628 00:26:39,628 --> 00:26:41,397 But I believe you stand more to gain 629 00:26:41,421 --> 00:26:43,381 by speaking out against it yourself. 630 00:26:43,423 --> 00:26:44,633 How's that? 631 00:26:44,674 --> 00:26:46,569 You're America's mayor. 632 00:26:46,593 --> 00:26:48,136 With your new profile, 633 00:26:48,178 --> 00:26:49,930 you'd shine a spotlight on my plan 634 00:26:49,971 --> 00:26:51,657 to build a stadium in Westchester. 635 00:26:51,681 --> 00:26:54,434 You'd come out looking like a hero 636 00:26:54,476 --> 00:26:57,229 for putting community impact ahead of a photo op 637 00:26:57,270 --> 00:26:59,147 and the whims of a rich guy. 638 00:26:59,189 --> 00:27:02,359 I'm not interested in what it looks like, 639 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,028 and I'm not interested in making the same mistakes 640 00:27:05,070 --> 00:27:06,696 as the idiot I replaced. 641 00:27:06,738 --> 00:27:08,591 The mistake the idiot who came before you made 642 00:27:08,615 --> 00:27:10,784 was not caring what stuff looked like. 643 00:27:10,826 --> 00:27:13,495 Which is why he left office as a punchline. 644 00:27:14,621 --> 00:27:15,997 Hmm. 645 00:27:20,752 --> 00:27:23,296 - They aren't gonna budge. - You know for sure? 646 00:27:31,263 --> 00:27:33,390 You know who invented steam? 647 00:27:33,431 --> 00:27:35,100 John Fitch. 648 00:27:35,141 --> 00:27:36,685 Steam power, anyway. 649 00:27:36,726 --> 00:27:39,437 The state legislature gave him a 14-year monopoly 650 00:27:39,479 --> 00:27:40,957 to come up with a commercial use for it. 651 00:27:40,981 --> 00:27:42,858 But Fitch fucked it up, 652 00:27:42,899 --> 00:27:45,443 lost the monopoly because he couldn't do it. 653 00:27:45,485 --> 00:27:48,280 Steam power transformed the world, 654 00:27:48,321 --> 00:27:51,700 but the man who invented it died penniless. 655 00:27:51,741 --> 00:27:52,826 Killed himself. 656 00:27:52,868 --> 00:27:54,494 That's a sad story. 657 00:27:54,536 --> 00:27:56,138 Should come with a trigger warning for the ending. 658 00:27:56,162 --> 00:27:58,039 The ending is the warning. 659 00:28:00,667 --> 00:28:02,427 You two are all in on a steamboat, 660 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:04,180 but you're gonna end up like Fitch. 661 00:28:05,422 --> 00:28:06,899 You want to keep affording these offices 662 00:28:06,923 --> 00:28:08,763 and your business, you need to listen. 663 00:28:09,384 --> 00:28:11,094 Prince knows all about the SPAC 664 00:28:11,136 --> 00:28:12,637 and the Olympic play, 665 00:28:12,679 --> 00:28:14,031 and he's lining up to destroy whatever it is 666 00:28:14,055 --> 00:28:15,324 - you're bringing out. - Wait. 667 00:28:15,348 --> 00:28:16,766 How the fuck does Prince know 668 00:28:16,808 --> 00:28:17,809 about the Olympics piece? 669 00:28:17,851 --> 00:28:19,853 Shit. lt was Ben Kim. 670 00:28:19,895 --> 00:28:21,497 How the fuck does Ben Kim know? 671 00:28:21,521 --> 00:28:23,440 I didn't tell him anything. 672 00:28:23,481 --> 00:28:25,334 You know that this is the moment when the detective 673 00:28:25,358 --> 00:28:27,777 realizes you killed the guy, right? 674 00:28:27,819 --> 00:28:30,155 No one accused you of anything yet, Mafee, 675 00:28:30,196 --> 00:28:31,799 but you're proclaiming your innocence, 676 00:28:31,823 --> 00:28:34,284 which tells me you're guilty as fuck. 677 00:28:34,326 --> 00:28:35,660 What did you tell him? 678 00:28:35,702 --> 00:28:37,221 I didn't tell him the whole play. 679 00:28:37,245 --> 00:28:39,664 Well, I guess I gave him enough clues. 680 00:28:39,706 --> 00:28:41,506 Prince knows. That's all that matters now. 681 00:28:41,541 --> 00:28:44,002 No. What matters to you is Prince. 682 00:28:44,044 --> 00:28:47,047 But I give no shits about what matters to you, or him. 683 00:28:47,088 --> 00:28:50,258 And we are not walking away from a Mayweather-Pacquiao payday 684 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:52,385 so that Michael Prince can take it. 685 00:28:52,427 --> 00:28:55,221 We're already in position. 686 00:28:55,263 --> 00:28:57,307 Our incoming partner has the land on lock. 687 00:28:59,142 --> 00:29:00,769 Why not bring your boss in 688 00:29:00,810 --> 00:29:03,438 to High Plains and ride the wave with us? 689 00:29:04,731 --> 00:29:06,191 Boys... 690 00:29:06,232 --> 00:29:07,859 here's how this is gonna go. 691 00:29:07,901 --> 00:29:09,879 When the IPO happens, you're gonna feel like winners, 692 00:29:09,903 --> 00:29:11,279 like you've finally made it. 693 00:29:11,321 --> 00:29:12,965 But when Prince kills the Olympic play, 694 00:29:12,989 --> 00:29:15,325 the SPAC is gonna liquidate, and you're gonna drown. 695 00:29:15,367 --> 00:29:18,745 You need to abandon your plan. 696 00:29:18,787 --> 00:29:20,872 Pull the filing while you still can, 697 00:29:20,914 --> 00:29:23,583 before you wreck your reputations and lose your money. 698 00:29:33,218 --> 00:29:35,345 Appreciate you coming to us with this. 699 00:29:35,387 --> 00:29:37,347 Do you? 700 00:29:37,389 --> 00:29:39,033 First time here, it's like you squatted 701 00:29:39,057 --> 00:29:40,433 in the middle of the office 702 00:29:40,475 --> 00:29:41,911 and took a big steaming dump on the floor, 703 00:29:41,935 --> 00:29:43,520 but we know when we're beat. 704 00:29:43,561 --> 00:29:45,414 Speaking of dumps, we've got some calls to make, 705 00:29:45,438 --> 00:29:47,750 to some investors that are gonna be plenty disappointed 706 00:29:47,774 --> 00:29:49,934 we cancelled the offering. We better get to it. 707 00:29:51,611 --> 00:29:53,279 You two are terrible liars, 708 00:29:53,321 --> 00:29:55,532 and you're pulling from my playbook. 709 00:29:56,825 --> 00:29:59,911 You're not going to heed my warning, are you? 710 00:29:59,953 --> 00:30:02,163 You wouldn't risk your career like this. 711 00:30:02,205 --> 00:30:04,165 So you're here at his behest. 712 00:30:04,207 --> 00:30:06,167 And we don't do behest anymore. 713 00:30:08,169 --> 00:30:12,298 What does he think he means, they don't "do behest?" 714 00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:13,925 It doesn't matter. 715 00:30:13,967 --> 00:30:16,302 Dollar Bill and Mafee are on a blind profit run, 716 00:30:16,344 --> 00:30:19,097 and they're not going to protect themselves. 717 00:30:19,139 --> 00:30:20,783 Is there anything else we can do? 718 00:30:20,807 --> 00:30:23,018 Prince's plan is smart, thoughtful, 719 00:30:23,059 --> 00:30:24,310 and benefits a lot of people. 720 00:30:24,352 --> 00:30:25,830 Especially people at this company, 721 00:30:25,854 --> 00:30:28,481 especially people at this desk. So, no. 722 00:30:28,523 --> 00:30:30,859 If I thought we could save Dollar Bill and Mafee 723 00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,319 from themselves long-term, I'd do it. 724 00:30:33,361 --> 00:30:35,047 I care for them, Mafee especially. 725 00:30:35,071 --> 00:30:37,782 But, like I told Ben, they are who they are. 726 00:30:38,908 --> 00:30:40,785 And, I guess, so are we. 727 00:30:48,543 --> 00:30:50,062 It is my pleasure to announce that 728 00:30:50,086 --> 00:30:51,731 I will be spearheading the High Plains Management 729 00:30:51,755 --> 00:30:55,550 real estate SPAC rolling out as we speak. 730 00:30:55,592 --> 00:30:58,762 Consider it a Krak-SPAC, if you will. 731 00:30:58,803 --> 00:31:00,573 Once funded, the company will purchase properties 732 00:31:00,597 --> 00:31:02,199 along the East River in Manhattan 733 00:31:02,223 --> 00:31:04,476 earmarked for redevelopment, 734 00:31:04,517 --> 00:31:06,245 bringing new life to the community 735 00:31:06,269 --> 00:31:08,063 by building an all-weather stadium, 736 00:31:08,104 --> 00:31:10,482 seating capacity for 85,000 737 00:31:10,523 --> 00:31:12,400 and a retractable roof. 738 00:31:14,027 --> 00:31:17,030 Zoning laws were created for this very reason, 739 00:31:17,072 --> 00:31:18,656 to protect tenant rights 740 00:31:18,698 --> 00:31:20,658 and small business owners. 741 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:22,660 These are the people who put me in office. 742 00:31:22,702 --> 00:31:25,997 And I will not let the Todd Krakows of the world 743 00:31:26,039 --> 00:31:27,874 bulldoze their livelihoods 744 00:31:27,916 --> 00:31:30,251 with plans to build a nonessential 745 00:31:30,293 --> 00:31:32,045 new stadium in Manhattan. 746 00:31:32,087 --> 00:31:34,422 I won't fast-track it. 747 00:31:34,464 --> 00:31:36,049 I won't even allow zoning for it 748 00:31:36,091 --> 00:31:37,610 without it first going through extensive 749 00:31:37,634 --> 00:31:40,386 community, committee 750 00:31:40,428 --> 00:31:42,055 and environmental reviews. 751 00:31:42,097 --> 00:31:43,932 And I mean extensive. 752 00:31:43,973 --> 00:31:45,558 I'm talking years. 753 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,227 Boom. 754 00:31:47,268 --> 00:31:49,229 She dropped the payload. 755 00:31:49,270 --> 00:31:50,855 Time to raid the villages. 756 00:31:53,983 --> 00:31:56,736 Thank you. We'll get you those architectural plans tout suite. 757 00:31:56,778 --> 00:31:58,613 - Ciao. - Great, thanks. 758 00:32:09,749 --> 00:32:11,459 Oh fuck! 759 00:32:14,087 --> 00:32:15,380 Fuck! 760 00:32:15,421 --> 00:32:17,799 That Krakow SPAC IPO? 761 00:32:17,841 --> 00:32:20,426 You should know, it's not as rosy as you thought. 762 00:32:20,468 --> 00:32:22,220 The rezoning's just the beginning. 763 00:32:22,262 --> 00:32:25,598 Krakow is getting machinegunned like Elias in Platoon. 764 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,393 - Thing's taking a dirt nap. - MPC has cleared a lane 765 00:32:28,434 --> 00:32:30,103 for a stadium deal of our own. 766 00:32:30,145 --> 00:32:32,480 We've got green lights all the way to breaking ground. 767 00:32:32,522 --> 00:32:35,108 But I'm your transport out of the 'Nam. 768 00:32:35,150 --> 00:32:36,651 I'm glad to hear that. 769 00:32:36,693 --> 00:32:38,903 You're smart to stay away from Krakow. 770 00:32:42,991 --> 00:32:44,831 Dude, you're not going through your list. 771 00:32:45,994 --> 00:32:47,287 I will. 772 00:32:47,328 --> 00:32:48,663 Just give me sec. 773 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:02,552 We found out Colin's a rabid footballer. 774 00:33:02,594 --> 00:33:04,637 - How rabid? - Keeper at his club rabid. 775 00:33:04,679 --> 00:33:06,723 Three trips across the globe to see matches 776 00:33:06,764 --> 00:33:08,433 during the pandemic rabid. 777 00:33:08,474 --> 00:33:10,435 So he likes football, as do millions. 778 00:33:10,476 --> 00:33:11,436 We looked deeper. 779 00:33:11,477 --> 00:33:12,854 There's an opening. 780 00:33:24,199 --> 00:33:25,968 The IPO busted before it even opened for trading. 781 00:33:25,992 --> 00:33:27,511 I saw the Exchange halt it 782 00:33:27,535 --> 00:33:29,138 shortly after the mayor's statement. 783 00:33:29,162 --> 00:33:31,456 No money raised. Krakow can't back his bids. 784 00:33:31,497 --> 00:33:34,057 And Dollar Bill and Mafee can't collect any sponsorship fees. 785 00:33:38,046 --> 00:33:39,964 Look, I didn't go into this to do damage, 786 00:33:40,006 --> 00:33:41,841 but from my vantage, 787 00:33:41,883 --> 00:33:43,885 we're destabilizing a bad actor, 788 00:33:43,927 --> 00:33:46,054 saving the Games from the corruption and exclusion 789 00:33:46,095 --> 00:33:49,390 that follow men like Krakow, who only see a payday in this. 790 00:33:49,432 --> 00:33:51,184 But the land, 791 00:33:51,226 --> 00:33:52,894 that's still worth something to me. 792 00:33:52,936 --> 00:33:54,854 I thought we were building in Westchester. 793 00:33:54,896 --> 00:33:57,041 Crown jewel was always the waterfront in Manhattan. 794 00:33:57,065 --> 00:33:58,709 We're just gonna build there the right way. 795 00:33:58,733 --> 00:34:00,401 Oh, this is Spanish Prisoner. 796 00:34:00,443 --> 00:34:01,503 We're not at the blowoff yet. 797 00:34:01,527 --> 00:34:02,612 There's another act coming. 798 00:34:02,654 --> 00:34:04,906 You'll see soon enough. 799 00:34:13,873 --> 00:34:16,501 I hope you've had some time to consider my original offer, 800 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:19,587 though I'd say you've waived the chance to negotiate. 801 00:34:19,629 --> 00:34:21,357 I somehow thought you were different. 802 00:34:21,381 --> 00:34:22,524 But your approach reminds me a lot 803 00:34:22,548 --> 00:34:24,193 of the man whose office you took. 804 00:34:24,217 --> 00:34:26,386 It's possible you bring out a similar reaction 805 00:34:26,427 --> 00:34:28,054 in wildly disparate individuals. 806 00:34:28,096 --> 00:34:30,056 I'll think it over when I drink your blood 807 00:34:30,098 --> 00:34:31,683 after decapitating you. 808 00:34:31,724 --> 00:34:33,744 Accepting loss is hard for those who lack humility. 809 00:34:33,768 --> 00:34:35,895 But here's a reality check. 810 00:34:35,937 --> 00:34:37,855 You have deals with the City on land, 811 00:34:37,897 --> 00:34:39,524 but your SPAC is liquidated 812 00:34:39,565 --> 00:34:41,043 and you don't have the capital to close. 813 00:34:41,067 --> 00:34:44,112 My investors dumped me like Winthorpe 814 00:34:44,153 --> 00:34:46,215 and Billy Ray Valentine in the orange juice pit. 815 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,449 That's the problem with other people's money. 816 00:34:48,491 --> 00:34:50,576 They can take it away from you. 817 00:34:50,618 --> 00:34:52,787 So, you'll either go into your pocket... 818 00:34:52,829 --> 00:34:55,123 For a billion dollars of New York fucking real estate 819 00:34:55,164 --> 00:34:57,458 that you got the mayor to oppose zoning changes on?! 820 00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:59,127 Don't think so. 821 00:34:59,168 --> 00:35:00,586 I like being rich. 822 00:35:00,628 --> 00:35:01,838 Not gonna end up like Trump. 823 00:35:01,879 --> 00:35:03,423 Or you'll... 824 00:35:03,464 --> 00:35:06,050 Partner with you. 825 00:35:06,092 --> 00:35:07,927 Fine. 826 00:35:07,969 --> 00:35:10,513 Forget drinking your blood, I'll stand with you instead. 827 00:35:10,555 --> 00:35:12,724 I'll assign the deeds to you, 828 00:35:12,765 --> 00:35:14,600 you and your investors pay. 829 00:35:14,642 --> 00:35:16,394 And I'll be starting QB. 830 00:35:16,436 --> 00:35:19,188 That's fine. lt's fine. 831 00:35:19,230 --> 00:35:22,066 Just know we'll be spitting in Chuck Rhoades's eye. 832 00:35:22,108 --> 00:35:23,943 Hey, don't worry. 833 00:35:23,985 --> 00:35:24,986 I'll handle him. 834 00:35:42,962 --> 00:35:45,173 I can't fucking believe it. Here you are. 835 00:35:45,214 --> 00:35:47,484 I thought, "There's no way Taylor would think our dinner's" 836 00:35:47,508 --> 00:35:49,969 still on after their firm destroyed my goddamn company." 837 00:35:50,011 --> 00:35:51,179 But here you are. 838 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:52,781 It's unfortunate the way the IPO went, 839 00:35:52,805 --> 00:35:54,182 that the SPAC is zeroed out. 840 00:35:54,223 --> 00:35:55,868 I understand you were warned not to launch it. 841 00:35:55,892 --> 00:35:58,144 One is business, the other personal. 842 00:35:58,186 --> 00:35:59,663 - I don't see the linkage. - You thought you could just 843 00:35:59,687 --> 00:36:01,290 sit across from me, enjoying those 844 00:36:01,314 --> 00:36:03,733 bok choy pot stickers, while my life is falling apart, 845 00:36:03,775 --> 00:36:06,486 because of you and the company you help run? 846 00:36:06,527 --> 00:36:09,238 I knew you were a fucking cyborg. 847 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,133 And I thought about letting you sit there 848 00:36:11,157 --> 00:36:12,926 and put the pieces together on your own. 849 00:36:12,950 --> 00:36:14,928 But I had to see for myself just how devoid 850 00:36:14,952 --> 00:36:17,080 of all human understanding you are. 851 00:36:17,121 --> 00:36:18,873 I... 852 00:36:41,562 --> 00:36:43,147 Spain's coming hard. 853 00:36:43,189 --> 00:36:45,042 They somehow convinced Real Madrid's manager 854 00:36:45,066 --> 00:36:46,692 to give Drache soccer lessons, 855 00:36:46,734 --> 00:36:48,337 all to win him over to the Madrid effort. 856 00:36:48,361 --> 00:36:50,363 Meaning they figured out what matters to him. 857 00:36:50,405 --> 00:36:52,907 Wasn't hard. Guy raises millions for ALS. 858 00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:55,660 So we back up the Brinks truck, 859 00:36:55,701 --> 00:36:57,370 help cure a disease, 860 00:36:57,412 --> 00:36:58,871 and the guy becomes a hero. 861 00:36:58,913 --> 00:37:01,582 And Colin never walks onto Madrid's pitch. 862 00:37:04,085 --> 00:37:06,838 I'm have a sudden craving for croquetas. 863 00:37:06,879 --> 00:37:08,131 Want to put in an order? 864 00:37:08,172 --> 00:37:09,799 Sure. Pull up a menu. 865 00:37:09,841 --> 00:37:12,718 Alexa, play my faves playlist. 866 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,139 Playlist faves on Amazon music. 867 00:37:29,235 --> 00:37:31,237 You put this song on your playlist? 868 00:37:31,279 --> 00:37:33,340 Don't tell me you have a problem with Harry Chapin. 869 00:37:33,364 --> 00:37:36,409 No, I just didn't realize you had any taste. 870 00:37:36,451 --> 00:37:37,535 Oh... 871 00:37:37,577 --> 00:37:38,911 Thanks. 872 00:37:38,953 --> 00:37:39,871 I think. 873 00:37:39,912 --> 00:37:42,248 While I was away 874 00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:45,126 And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew... 875 00:37:45,168 --> 00:37:46,544 This song. 876 00:37:46,586 --> 00:37:49,630 It used to hit me as the son. 877 00:37:50,965 --> 00:37:52,800 Now it hits me as the father. 878 00:37:52,842 --> 00:37:54,442 And the cat's in the cradle... 879 00:37:54,469 --> 00:37:55,678 You? 880 00:37:58,306 --> 00:37:59,682 Yeah. 881 00:38:00,641 --> 00:38:01,851 Both. 882 00:38:01,893 --> 00:38:05,146 But we'll get together then 883 00:38:05,188 --> 00:38:08,566 You know we'll have a good time then 884 00:38:24,916 --> 00:38:26,310 I said I was fine with what we did, 885 00:38:26,334 --> 00:38:28,211 but maybe I didn't see it through. 886 00:38:28,252 --> 00:38:30,713 The associated loss, in human terms. 887 00:38:30,755 --> 00:38:32,757 I didn't see all the possible outcomes. 888 00:38:32,798 --> 00:38:34,300 After Mafee left the firm, 889 00:38:34,342 --> 00:38:36,552 I always thought of us as Bird and Magic. 890 00:38:36,594 --> 00:38:37,887 Kill each other on the court, 891 00:38:37,929 --> 00:38:39,649 but best friends in the off-season. 892 00:38:40,806 --> 00:38:42,159 We were never trained to be worried 893 00:38:42,183 --> 00:38:43,768 about unintended consequences. 894 00:38:43,809 --> 00:38:45,811 The win was all that mattered, 895 00:38:45,853 --> 00:38:48,189 and our success only reinforced that idea. 896 00:38:49,690 --> 00:38:51,543 I say "we were trained," but in truth, 897 00:38:51,567 --> 00:38:53,277 I did most of that training, 898 00:38:53,319 --> 00:38:57,031 which is why I guess my attempt to undo it was clumsy. 899 00:38:57,073 --> 00:39:00,117 The blame isn't just, or even mostly, on you. 900 00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:02,095 I keep getting sucked back into the short game, 901 00:39:02,119 --> 00:39:04,223 and I promised myself I wouldn't do that anymore. 902 00:39:04,247 --> 00:39:07,041 To be fair, your short game is everyone else's long game. 903 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:09,293 That only makes it more disappointing. 904 00:39:11,671 --> 00:39:13,214 So then what actions are you... 905 00:39:14,340 --> 00:39:17,218 are we going to take to rectify it? 906 00:39:29,981 --> 00:39:32,316 - Here we are again. - The game has changed. 907 00:39:32,358 --> 00:39:34,378 We need to put the stadium in Manhattan after all. 908 00:39:34,402 --> 00:39:37,196 - Built at no cost to the city. - What about the congestion? 909 00:39:37,238 --> 00:39:39,615 Affordable housing? Impact on the environment? 910 00:39:39,657 --> 00:39:40,717 None of that will be a problem 911 00:39:40,741 --> 00:39:42,118 the way he's going to do it. 912 00:39:42,159 --> 00:39:44,137 Sustainable. Repurposable. Cutting edge. 913 00:39:44,161 --> 00:39:46,348 And how am I not gonna look like a flip-flopper? 914 00:39:46,372 --> 00:39:48,433 You're gonna look like a brilliant negotiator. 915 00:39:48,457 --> 00:39:50,269 You have leveraged the real estate community 916 00:39:50,293 --> 00:39:52,712 to band together to build low-income housing 917 00:39:52,753 --> 00:39:54,505 unlike the City has seen before. 918 00:39:54,547 --> 00:39:57,008 - State-of-the-art. - Because first it's gonna be... 919 00:39:57,049 --> 00:39:58,509 Yes. Athletes' quarters. 920 00:39:58,551 --> 00:40:00,571 Built at the lowest possible cost to the city, 921 00:40:00,595 --> 00:40:02,054 by one of our great builders. 922 00:40:02,096 --> 00:40:05,349 You mean if you win, Chuck Rhoades suffers? 923 00:40:05,391 --> 00:40:07,768 Humiliations galore. 924 00:40:08,978 --> 00:40:10,688 Bud Lazzara's on board? 925 00:40:10,730 --> 00:40:13,125 Not only that, we have the site and surrounding property, 926 00:40:13,149 --> 00:40:14,960 and a healthy war chest to close on it with. 927 00:40:14,984 --> 00:40:18,112 Most importantly, you have my word and a witness. 928 00:40:23,492 --> 00:40:25,202 Then let the Games begin. 929 00:40:33,294 --> 00:40:35,129 Might want to watch your step. 930 00:40:35,171 --> 00:40:37,632 There's blood all over the floor. 931 00:40:37,673 --> 00:40:39,651 Guess it wasn't good enough you killed our IPO. 932 00:40:39,675 --> 00:40:42,261 You just had to do a stiff fucking pile driver 933 00:40:42,303 --> 00:40:44,096 without protecting our necks. 934 00:40:44,138 --> 00:40:47,767 Oh, no, I've got you tucked safely between my thighs. 935 00:40:47,808 --> 00:40:49,435 Kayfabe all the way. 936 00:40:49,477 --> 00:40:51,437 - I've spoken to Prince. - And what? 937 00:40:51,479 --> 00:40:53,856 He wants to offer us our old jobs back? 938 00:40:53,898 --> 00:40:55,691 I'm not walking backwards. 939 00:40:55,733 --> 00:40:56,859 Neither is Mafee. 940 00:40:56,901 --> 00:40:58,361 Well, I'd consider it, 941 00:40:58,402 --> 00:41:00,154 but no. 942 00:41:00,196 --> 00:41:02,174 We know the SPAC was going to be your opportunity. 943 00:41:02,198 --> 00:41:04,825 Prince asked Spartan-Ives to fund you instead. 944 00:41:04,867 --> 00:41:07,411 Spartan will write the check, as a make-good to Prince. 945 00:41:07,453 --> 00:41:09,580 Meaning? 946 00:41:09,622 --> 00:41:11,165 They saved our asses. 947 00:41:11,207 --> 00:41:13,918 At what price? We got to show fealty? 948 00:41:13,959 --> 00:41:15,836 Pledge our firstborn sons? What? 949 00:41:15,878 --> 00:41:18,798 How about you take this as an object lesson, free of charge. 950 00:41:18,839 --> 00:41:20,675 You're not giant-killers. 951 00:41:20,716 --> 00:41:21,967 Don't go swinging your swords 952 00:41:22,009 --> 00:41:23,609 into a battles you've already lost. 953 00:41:23,636 --> 00:41:25,971 I lobbied for this too, to square things with us. 954 00:41:26,013 --> 00:41:28,474 Suddenly had a conscience program installed? 955 00:41:28,516 --> 00:41:30,369 - Did you go to Wendy for that? - I did seek her counsel, 956 00:41:30,393 --> 00:41:32,353 to remind me what I value most. 957 00:41:32,395 --> 00:41:33,813 So, what, Taylor? 958 00:41:33,854 --> 00:41:35,707 A friendship where I'm watching every word I say 959 00:41:35,731 --> 00:41:37,542 for fear you're going to gouge me in the eye later? 960 00:41:37,566 --> 00:41:39,652 I won't offer you any empty platitudes, Mafee. 961 00:41:39,694 --> 00:41:41,672 But I would like a chance to talk this through, 962 00:41:41,696 --> 00:41:43,030 repair our trust. 963 00:41:43,072 --> 00:41:45,116 Are we back on for our regular dinners? 964 00:41:47,243 --> 00:41:48,369 We are. 965 00:41:50,246 --> 00:41:53,165 Did you hear that, Ben Kim? 966 00:41:53,207 --> 00:41:54,709 My god, that was brutal. 967 00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:56,836 But thank you. 968 00:41:56,877 --> 00:41:58,295 Thank you! 969 00:41:59,714 --> 00:42:01,048 Oh, thank Christ. 970 00:42:01,090 --> 00:42:02,550 We didn't blow up! 971 00:42:03,676 --> 00:42:06,053 Mortimer, we're back! 972 00:42:17,565 --> 00:42:19,316 So, this happened. 973 00:42:19,358 --> 00:42:21,503 And Mayor Tess is about to give another press conference 974 00:42:21,527 --> 00:42:23,154 reversing field. 975 00:42:23,195 --> 00:42:24,530 Prince got to Krakow? 976 00:42:24,572 --> 00:42:25,740 And the mayor. 977 00:42:25,781 --> 00:42:27,575 Prince got Krakow's stadium?! 978 00:42:31,203 --> 00:42:33,003 The way I see it, you dangled our land 979 00:42:33,038 --> 00:42:34,749 to get a preferred outcome, 980 00:42:34,790 --> 00:42:36,893 and now, instead of a good initiative against one bad pony, 981 00:42:36,917 --> 00:42:38,919 we've lost it to a pair of 'em. 982 00:42:40,463 --> 00:42:41,714 No, wait. 983 00:42:41,756 --> 00:42:44,550 Wait. In a way, this actually helps us. 984 00:42:44,592 --> 00:42:46,093 I'm not seeing it. 985 00:42:46,135 --> 00:42:48,053 This proves my point, doesn't it? 986 00:42:48,095 --> 00:42:49,388 Billionaires plot in secret 987 00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:51,223 to take everything for themselves. 988 00:42:51,265 --> 00:42:53,118 And the laws protect their rights to do so. 989 00:42:53,142 --> 00:42:54,727 Prince may have the land, 990 00:42:54,769 --> 00:42:56,246 but he doesn't have the people that live on it. 991 00:42:56,270 --> 00:42:57,789 Is he going to start buying people now? 992 00:42:57,813 --> 00:42:59,106 Bet he would if he could. 993 00:42:59,148 --> 00:43:01,400 - We can't let him. - Uh-oh. 994 00:43:01,442 --> 00:43:03,003 Are we about to see the return of Farmer Chuck? 995 00:43:03,027 --> 00:43:04,820 What'd Bruce say? 996 00:43:04,862 --> 00:43:06,197 "Wherever there's a fight" 997 00:43:06,238 --> 00:43:07,924 against the blood and hatred in the air, 998 00:43:07,948 --> 00:43:10,868 "look for me, Mom, I'll be there." 999 00:43:10,910 --> 00:43:13,037 I promise I will think of something 1000 00:43:13,078 --> 00:43:14,890 to make it clear that we are the stewards 1001 00:43:14,914 --> 00:43:16,767 of the best interests of the people of New York, 1002 00:43:16,791 --> 00:43:18,417 and not Prince or Krakow. 1003 00:43:18,459 --> 00:43:20,127 How? 1004 00:43:24,131 --> 00:43:25,966 I need to take a little walk. 1005 00:43:26,008 --> 00:43:27,635 That's how. 1006 00:43:39,188 --> 00:43:40,665 You ready for the Colin meeting? 1007 00:43:40,689 --> 00:43:42,608 Yep. Your office? 1008 00:43:42,650 --> 00:43:44,026 Our office. 1009 00:43:55,162 --> 00:43:56,807 I saw what you were doing with the selfless 1010 00:43:56,831 --> 00:43:58,809 "donate the office" play. Very elevated. 1011 00:43:58,833 --> 00:44:00,334 Bonding up with the guys. 1012 00:44:00,376 --> 00:44:02,479 Reifying your status as their sergeant on the ground. 1013 00:44:02,503 --> 00:44:03,605 Can't let you get away with it. 1014 00:44:03,629 --> 00:44:05,881 - No? - Uh-uh. 1015 00:44:05,923 --> 00:44:06,983 So you actually wanna...? 1016 00:44:07,007 --> 00:44:09,009 That's right. We share. 1017 00:44:13,597 --> 00:44:15,641 Seems our good friend Mr. Drache is back. 1018 00:44:15,683 --> 00:44:18,686 Colin, please, as we'll be all working together. 1019 00:44:18,727 --> 00:44:21,772 So, Todd Krakow no longer has need of your services? 1020 00:44:21,814 --> 00:44:23,774 Alas, no. Nor Spain. 1021 00:44:23,816 --> 00:44:27,111 They seem to be the type that reneges on their prior promises. 1022 00:44:27,152 --> 00:44:28,547 While you seem like the soccer type. 1023 00:44:28,571 --> 00:44:30,298 We're pretty tight with David Beckham. 1024 00:44:30,322 --> 00:44:31,842 Maybe there'll be an opportunity for him 1025 00:44:31,866 --> 00:44:33,158 to be on the pitch with you 1026 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,202 when he comes to town for the Games. 1027 00:44:35,244 --> 00:44:37,162 Don't worry, you're home now. 1028 00:44:37,204 --> 00:44:39,123 I certainly see that. 1029 00:44:39,164 --> 00:44:40,475 I'll let you fellas get started. 1030 00:44:40,499 --> 00:44:42,219 I have a press conference to attend. 1031 00:44:45,337 --> 00:44:47,673 There's no better time to welcome the world 1032 00:44:47,715 --> 00:44:49,341 back to New York City. 1033 00:44:49,383 --> 00:44:51,385 I want to introduce the man with the vision 1034 00:44:51,427 --> 00:44:53,846 and personal investment as our partner, 1035 00:44:53,888 --> 00:44:57,558 the chairman of the NYC 2028 Olympic Commission, 1036 00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:58,851 Michael Prince. 1037 00:45:02,479 --> 00:45:04,374 Thank you, Mayor Johnson. 1038 00:45:04,398 --> 00:45:06,942 We both share the same vision 1039 00:45:06,984 --> 00:45:09,612 of what a Summer Games in New York should look like... 1040 00:45:10,863 --> 00:45:12,448 An event for everyone. 1041 00:45:12,489 --> 00:45:15,034 A chance to showcase and rebuild 1042 00:45:15,075 --> 00:45:16,869 in all five boroughs. 1043 00:45:16,911 --> 00:45:19,371 But I don't think the taxpayer... 1044 00:45:19,413 --> 00:45:20,765 should shoulder the burden 1045 00:45:20,789 --> 00:45:21,874 of the costs. 1046 00:45:24,251 --> 00:45:25,920 My approach incentivizes... 1047 00:45:27,379 --> 00:45:29,506 The private sector to join me... 1048 00:45:29,548 --> 00:45:31,258 Get out of the fuckin' street! 1049 00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:33,802 Move the fuckin' car, bro! 1050 00:45:38,766 --> 00:45:40,100 Get out of the way! 1051 00:45:44,438 --> 00:45:45,773 All right, back it up. 1052 00:45:53,447 --> 00:45:55,783 Oh, I think we've got their attention. 1053 00:45:58,661 --> 00:46:01,288 So they want to revitalize the City? 1054 00:46:01,330 --> 00:46:02,998 These plutocrats? 1055 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,418 Have they thought about the unintended consequences 1056 00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:08,003 to the average citizen? 1057 00:46:08,045 --> 00:46:11,173 Do they think about the average citizen at all? 1058 00:46:11,215 --> 00:46:14,259 I am not in this for the goddamned Bronx Cheer. 1059 00:46:14,301 --> 00:46:16,929 Nobody told me about the "fuck you" parade. 1060 00:46:16,971 --> 00:46:20,766 This is the traffic for a press conference. 1061 00:46:20,808 --> 00:46:24,770 What will New York look like when the traffic quintuples? 1062 00:46:30,484 --> 00:46:33,320 A cabal of billionaires remaking the city. 1063 00:46:33,362 --> 00:46:36,657 What the hell do they know about the real New York? 1064 00:46:38,033 --> 00:46:39,827 How many people will be displaced 1065 00:46:39,868 --> 00:46:41,745 so they can build an Olympic stadium? 1066 00:46:41,787 --> 00:46:43,455 Yeah. 1067 00:46:43,497 --> 00:46:45,916 Have they at all considered what real New Yorkers 1068 00:46:45,958 --> 00:46:47,501 want for our city? 1069 00:46:47,543 --> 00:46:51,755 Maybe we should remind them who we are. 1070 00:46:51,797 --> 00:46:53,382 Yeah? 1071 00:46:58,178 --> 00:47:00,180 What do we do when the carpetbaggers 1072 00:47:00,222 --> 00:47:03,058 and the land barons try to shove us out of the way? 1073 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:05,394 - We shove back! - Yeah! 1074 00:47:05,436 --> 00:47:09,648 - We shove back! - Yeah! 1075 00:47:12,693 --> 00:47:13,861 That's right. 1076 00:47:15,279 --> 00:47:17,448 And together, the people, 1077 00:47:17,489 --> 00:47:19,491 and those who represent the people, 1078 00:47:19,533 --> 00:47:22,786 we will take back our city! 1079 00:47:22,828 --> 00:47:25,247 Take back our city! 1080 00:47:25,289 --> 00:47:28,167 - Take back our city! - Take back our city! 1081 00:47:28,208 --> 00:47:30,919 Take back our city! 1082 00:47:30,961 --> 00:47:35,466 Take back our city! 1083 00:47:35,507 --> 00:47:39,845 - Take back our city! - Take back our city! 1084 00:47:39,887 --> 00:47:41,972 Take back our city! 1085 00:47:42,014 --> 00:47:45,976 - Take back our city! - Take back our city! 1086 00:47:46,018 --> 00:47:48,479 Take back our city! 1087 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,315 The time is right for fighting 1088 00:47:51,356 --> 00:47:55,069 In the street, boy 1089 00:47:55,110 --> 00:47:58,655 But what can a poor boy do 1090 00:47:58,697 --> 00:48:01,909 Except to sing for A rock 'n' roll band 1091 00:48:01,950 --> 00:48:05,496 'Cause in sleepy London town 1092 00:48:05,537 --> 00:48:08,123 There's just no place for 1093 00:48:08,165 --> 00:48:12,127 A street fighting man 1094 00:48:12,169 --> 00:48:13,754 No 1095 00:48:21,845 --> 00:48:23,555 Hey! 1096 00:48:23,597 --> 00:48:25,766 Think the time is right for