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The Audacity

Season 1, Episode 2 — Shine Brightly

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Audacity

Episode title: Shine Brightly

Air date: April 19, 2026

Director: Lucy Forbes

Top billed cast: Billy Magnussen, Meaghan Rath, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, Sarah Goldberg

JoAnne squirms in Duncan's grasp. Lili needs these diagnoses by yesterday. The press is on to a scandal. Bardolph's triggered. Xander gets the joke. Orson has his heart stolen by someone with practice. Gary's Pippin is - it's too awful to say.

Source: TMDB

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- Last week, Hypergnosis was being acquired by Cupertino.

acquired cupertino hypergnosis week

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It's not happening.

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- I did meet a Danish CFO.

meet

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Of course, we used protection.

course protection used

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- What can Hypergnosis do to help us win our next war?

hypergnosis

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- We represent America's veterans.

americas represent veterans

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- I told you they were from the VA.

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- I need a sexy new client.

client sexy

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- I was in there, and I saw you take that thing.

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- You've been running a magnificent scam

magnificent running scam

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on all your clients.

clients

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My company, we harvest your data.

company data harvest

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Like how you and your ex-husband

husband

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both try to dodge custody of the kid.

custody dodge

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[lock clicking]

clicking lock

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[banging, rattling]

banging rattling

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- [sighing]

sighing

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[soft dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music soft soft-dramatic soft-dramatic-music

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♪ ♪

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[thudding]

thudding

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[scraping]

scraping

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[sighs] Man.

sighs

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[scraping]

scraping

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[shoe thuds]

shoe thuds

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♪

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[scraping]

scraping

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Come on.

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[sighing]

sighing

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[glass shatters]

glass glass-shatters shatters

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[dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music

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- [vocalizing]

vocalizing

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[clinking]

clinking

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- Audio message to Jojo Therapy.

audio jojo message therapy

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[phone chimes]

chimes phone phone-chimes

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Hey, making sure you're getting my messages.

messages

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Uh, for the next session tomorrow,

session tomorrow

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I was hoping maybe you could come up with

hoping

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a list of your, like,

list

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real thoroughbred clients from your stable.

clients real stable

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Super--[mouthing word]

mouthing super word

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Super excited about this next chapter

chapter excited super

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in our alliance.

alliance

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Yeah, we'll do some spark flinging

spark

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and idea sploshing.

idea

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OK, text me, unless you're under something heavy.

heavy text

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[chuckles] Are you?

chuckles

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Uh, kidding, obviously.

kidding obviously

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It's Duncan.

duncan

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[sighs]

sighs

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How are my ketones?

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- 0.3 millimolar. - Ah.

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I had too many gojis in my slurry.

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I told you.

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- I mean, I don't think it's the gojis.

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- What the hell? Where is my 1 by?

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[tense music]

music tense tense-music

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- Oh, um, I don't know.

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- My 1 by.

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♪

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Uh, where's Thelma?

thelma

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Where's Thelma? Thelma. Thelma.

thelma

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The tungsten cube I showed you yesterday--

cube showed yesterday

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yeah, remember?

remember

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Where is it?

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- I don't know where the cube is.

cube

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- Did you take my cube, Thelma?

cube thelma

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Listen, I-- I am not accusing you.

accusing

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I know it's cliché, but we were just talking about it.

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- No. No, Thelma, brain food only.

brain food thelma

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Fish with the good omega-3-- the Atlantic--

atlantic fish omega

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- It's not-- - I did not take it.

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- Nova maybe? - Don't cry.

nova

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Don't do that. - It's OK.

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Thank you. She's OK.

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She's crying.

crying

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- She's not crying. There's-- - She--

crying

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- She stole my cube. - Really?

cube stole

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Hey, this is what you want said about you?

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He yells at the help? - She stole--

stole yells

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- Nothing worse. - Nothing worse? Really?

worse

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How about she fucked a Great Dane?

dane fucked

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♪

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- Run if you're gonna run.

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Jamie's task force is this morning.

force jamies morning task

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♪ ♪

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It's time to think endowment gifts.

gifts

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Stanford's not taking this one for free.

free

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- OK.

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[objects clattering]

clattering objects

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Bah, bah-da-dum!

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[breathing deeply]

breathing deeply

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♪ ♪

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- Hey, Duncan. Hey, Duncan!

duncan

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- Oh, Jesus, Nena. You're paparazzi now?

jesus nena paparazzi

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- Well, you weren't taking my calls.

calls

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- I can't find the stock app on this thing.

stock

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- Mm. Concerns about your price?

concerns price

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- No. Just doing fiduciary hygiene.

fiduciary hygiene

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- Well, markets are closed today.

closed markets today

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It's Labor Day. - Oh!

labor

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Well, when's CEO Day, huh? - But hey.

whens

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But some of us are on a deadline.

deadline

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So off the record, in the lockbox,

record

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any comment on the Cupertino acquisition?

acquisition comment cupertino

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Come on, man! You started this!

started

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Are talks still going ahead? What's happening?

ahead talks

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- You know, after your last article came out,

article

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a lot of people thought it was me who leaked the rumor.

leaked rumor

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Maybe your lockbox is in need of rejuvenation.

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- Hey, can we stop running, please?

running

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I eat a standard American diet.

american diet standard

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Duncan, please!

duncan

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[panting]

panting

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Duncan, no one knew that you were the source--

duncan source

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not from me, anyway. - Good.

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And if you want anything else about me, from me,

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you're gonna need to stay my Deep Throat, OK?

deep throat

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- [sighs] No.

sighs

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You're my Deep Throat.

deep throat

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- Any way you like it, Nena.

nena

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- Uh--[sighs]

sighs

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- [sighing]

sighing

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Audio message to Jojo Therapy.

audio jojo message therapy

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[phone chimes] Hey.

chimes phone phone-chimes

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Um, just to say, you could hit me back.

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I'm anxious, OK? Man anxious.

anxious

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Manxious.

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- I want a gun.

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- OK, but honey, they said they caught the guy.

caught honey

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- They think they did.

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- Well, ma'am, if you have any additional information--

additional information maam

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- You caught a guy, not the guy.

caught

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Are you hungry? Eat something.

hungry

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My child sleeps down there, OK?

child sleeps

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I mean, what if this guy is still

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out there lurking, waiting?

lurking waiting

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You can eat more than that.

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See, this is why your tummy hates you.

hates tummy

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- Looks like he tried to break the seal with this.

break seal tried

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- That's my "Pippin"!

pippin

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This is--oh, my God.

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This is an original Broadway Cast recording.

broadway cast original recording

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Wow, look at that.

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Trashed. I'm sorry, that's just...

trashed

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- You know... - Great.

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- He must have come in through the waiting room.

must room waiting waiting-room

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Yeah, how many times have I asked Alvin to fix that lock?

alvin asked lock times

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I mean, if he won't fix it, I'm sorry,

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but what choice do we have but a gun?

choice

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- OK, well, true, Alvin, our landlord--

alvin landlord

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we asked him to put an alarm as well, and we're gonna ask--

alarm asked

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- He's done nothing.

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- OK, but we're gonna talk to him, obviously, OK?

obviously

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No gun.

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I'm not living in a home with an instrument of death.

death home instrument living

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No offense.

offense

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- You rent?

rent

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- [sighs]

sighs

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- You might not be taking this seriously enough.

might

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- I think you are being a little bit irrational,

irrational

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to tell you the truth. - Oh, wake up, Gary.

gary truth wake

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We work with several ultra-rich clients--

clients rich several ultra

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I mean, people on the radar of cabals

radar

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and cartels and conglomerates.

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I mean, you don't think that-- that one of their rivals

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might plant a listening device in their therapist's office?

device listening might office plant therapists

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- I don't know.

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- I mean, CIA does it all the time.

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- The CIA? - Yes, the CIA.

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- OK.

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There is a batch of Klonopin upstairs.

batch upstairs

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It's going to help.

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- I don't want a Klonopin, Gary.

gary

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I want a fucking gun.

fucking

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I never get anything I want.

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We still have all the old furniture

furniture

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from your first marriage. - Yeah.

marriage

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- Fine. Fine! Well, now, I want a gun.

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♪

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[door slams]

door door-slams slams

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[rattling]

rattling

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- I nearly socked Lorraine when she signed me up to be a whore.

lorraine nearly signed whore

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Wynningidea.com-- that's winning with a Y,

winning

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by the way, like whining, but more horrible.

horrible whining

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- Mm-hmm. Yeah, I don't know that site.

site

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- People pay 15 grand to pitch their

grand pitch

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"winning idea" to CEO types like me--

idea types winning

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15 minutes.

minutes

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But what halfway decent CEO has 15 minutes to burn?

burn decent halfway minutes

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So basically, it's a parade of shit CEOs

parade

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or bored, retired types like me.

bored retired types

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It triggered me like a fire alarm at a--

alarm fire triggered

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at a fireworks factory.

factory fireworks

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That's how bad it triggered me.

triggered

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Never again!

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- It's OK, Carl.

carl

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We--we all feel that way, uh, sometimes.

sometimes

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Horrible people who have no boundaries,

boundaries horrible

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no manners, no integrity, we--we want to lash out.

integrity lash manners

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Sometimes we even fantasize about hurting...

hurting sometimes

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- Yes. - Them.

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- Yes. Amen, sister.

amen sister

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Let's hurt 'em.

hurt

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- Um, yeah.

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But what are some strategies that--

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that--that we could use?

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Um, what about our mnemonics?

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- [sighs] Stop.

sighs

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S-T-O-P, stop, yeah.

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That thing? - Yeah, that's right.

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Uh, S, stop.

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T, take a step back. O--

step

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- Yeah, can I--forgive me.

forgive

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Can I just-- the S of STOP is stop.

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The acronym is STOP.

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But the S of STOP stands for stop?

stands

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- Yeah, yeah, that's, um-- that's--no, that's right.

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Um, S, stop. T, take a step back.

step

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- Yeah. - O, observe.

observe

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P... - Yeah.

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- Proceed mindfully.

proceed

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It's just a little thing to remember

remember

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for when that anger starts--

anger starts

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- The S in STOP is for stop, correct?

correct

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I mean, couldn't you people pretend to dress it up

dress pretend

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a little bit?

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I mean, slow down, suspend--

slow

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something!

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I can't believe a group of professionals

believe group professionals

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got into a room and landed on that!

landed room

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Probably high-fived each other over it, you know?

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I mean, on the face of it, if I could stop,

face

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I wouldn't need the mnemonic.

mnemonic

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If I could stop, I wouldn't need anger management.

anger management

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I'm here because I can't stop, right?

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- Stop is only the first step.

step

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- Yeah, of STOP!

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Of STOP!

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- Right, stop.

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Now T... - OK.

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- Take a step back. - Yeah, are you testing me?

step testing

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Because I think I may fail.

fail

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Because I may start--

start

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S is for start--

start

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T, uh, throwing things.

throwing

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- Carl. - A is for at.

carl

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Uh, R is for, uh-- - Don't say it.

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- I'm gonna say it.

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- Don't say it. - I'm gonna say it.

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Retarded. - OK.

retarded

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- And the last T is for therapists!

therapists

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I am going to start throwing things

start throwing

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at retarded therapists!

retarded therapists

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Huh? I said it!

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- OK.

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Oh, for Christ's sake, Carl.

carl christs christs-sake sake

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Just--just breathe. - You breathe!

breathe

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[panting] - [sighs]

panting sighs

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- But I've seen SAT scores go up 15, 20%

scores seen

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with the right fungal regime.

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But there's always side effects with fungus.

effects fungus side side-effects

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- Yes. - OK.

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- So retest... - Hi.

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- With the hitting and getting the right--

hitting

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- Sure. But let's say she hits 1300.

hits

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Then we're well within range for Duke, Carnegie Mellon...

duke range

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- Jamie's going to Stanford. - No, I'm going to Stanford.

jamies stanford

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[phone chimes] - That's me. Sorry.

chimes phone phone-chimes

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- Jamison, low-key favor?

favor jamison

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Can you try these glasses on?

glasses

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[phone whooshes]

phone whooshes

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- Wow! Right, yes.

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It's, like, worth 100 IQ points.

points worth

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- Right. - Yeah.

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- For the interview. - Yeah.

interview

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- And what if we went a bit radical with her hair?

hair radical

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Maybe multicolor? - Uh...

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- Manifest... - Mm.

manifest

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- Individuality?

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[phone whooshing] - No.

phone whooshing

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I think she'd look like a blue-eyed pinata.

blue eyed pinata shed

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[phone whooshing]

phone whooshing

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[both laughing]

laughing

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I want the first swing.

swing

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[laughs] No, sweetie, I'm kidding.

kidding laughs sweetie

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Let's talk accommodations.

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Dr. Gary? - Mm.

gary

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Yes. - A little preview, perhaps?

perhaps

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- Yeah. - Yeah?

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- Um, sorry.

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So, uh, as I said, the... [clears throat]

clears clears-throat throat

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Full report promised, but--

full promised report

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OK, so boiling it down to some salient headlines...

boiling headlines

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- Mm-hmm.

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- The non-verbal abstract processing, average.

average processing verbal

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Um, but Jamison does, uh, meet the qualifying

jamison meet

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diagnostic criteria for ADHD, but only just.

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- So double time. Does she get double?

double

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- If you'd like--

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- A significant number of applicants will have 200%.

number significant

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- Right. - OK, I don't need it.

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I'm not SpEd. - Duncan. Remi.

duncan

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You remember Remi, our admissions consultant?

admissions remember

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Remi, will you tell him what you're thinking

thinking

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re the endowments? - Oh.

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- Yeah.

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- 3 or 4 million to the endowment fund.

fund million

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Any more starts to look like a bribe,

bribe starts

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unless we're talking a new library.

library

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- Isn't strategic generosity a bit shameless?

generosity strategic

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- This is all such bullshit! - Jamie.

bullshit jamie

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- Whoa.

whoa

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- [whispers] She's upset about being neurodivergent.

upset whispers

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- Ugh, I'm not.

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- Well, I mean, you're really just on the margin.

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- I'm not!

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- You want to have to take the test

test

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twice as fast as everyone else?

fast twice

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Let's retest. Yeah. - Jim-Jam.

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Just re-take the neuro thingy, OK?

thingy

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Just do that. I'll take you.

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We'll get cheeseburgers. - No, no cheeseburgers.

cheeseburgers

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- Yeah, and, like, there's nothing wrong

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with being on the spectrum.

spectrum

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I mean...[chuckles]

chuckles

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I always assumed you are, with me on it.

assumed

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And, hey, who among the Silicon savants

among silicon

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aren't a little divergent in the neuro, right?

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[chuckles] - Right.

chuckles

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- I mean, that's why we're so good at telling

telling

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the rest of you how to shop and talk and stuff.

rest shop stuff

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We're on the outside looking in.

looking

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Right, Dr. Gary? - That's right.

gary

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That's, uh, a really... - [snapping]

snapping

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- Interesting perspective on that.

interesting perspective

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JoAnne never mentioned that you were on the spectrum.

joanne mentioned spectrum

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- Well, why would she?

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- No. What?

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No, why would she? That's--I'm sorry, I misspoke.

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Uh, that's called a cognitive overload, folks.

called folks

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JoAnne is my wife. JoAnne was texting.

joanne texting wife

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- Right.

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- And I was talking to you, and I just--

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[phone buzzing] Oh, and--

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

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- Oh, look, there she is again, right?

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Yeah. What a relief.

relief

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'Cause I thought she got hit by a truck.

truck

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- Uh, no.

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[phone chimes]

chimes phone phone-chimes

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- Glad to see your phone's working.

glad phones working

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Uh, I'm curious if Gary is aware

aware curious gary

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of your unusual investment strategy.

investment strategy unusual

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Should I ask him?

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[phone whooshes]

phone whooshes

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[phone chimes]

chimes phone phone-chimes

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No, you don't, lady. You can't cancel on me.

cancel lady

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You do not... [knocking]

knocking

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Get to do that. - Hello?

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Duncan? Hey. Can I--

duncan

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- Yeah.

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- Listen, just to apologize,

apologize

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it was highly unprofessional of me

highly highly-unprofessional unprofessional

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to identify you as a patient in front of others.

front identify others patient

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It was-- - A violation?

violation

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Transgression? Crime?

crime

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- No, not a crime, actually.

crime

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But she never mentioned your diagnosis to me ever.

diagnosis mentioned

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- I've never been diagnosed.

diagnosed

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[phone buzzing]

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

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- That's--[sighs] Sorry.

sighs

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We're having quite an anxious morning.

anxious having morning

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That's JoAnne--

joanne

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- Actually, uh,

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I keep meaning to get tested, but, um...

meaning tested

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[soft dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music soft soft-dramatic soft-dramatic-music

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- Well, I mean, if you're interested,

interested

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that's something I could do for you, sure.

↓

♪ ♪

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I mean, on the house. Don't worry.

house worry

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- Oh, great. What are you doing now?

↓

It's Labor Day, Gary. You wanna labor?

gary labor

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- Uh...sure.

↓

Yeah. Today? Sure.

today

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- Yes. - Yeah.

↓

- Great. You need the internet? - No, no, no.

internet

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- Great. - Old school.

school

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- Good. Not here. Not here.

↓

I know a great place.

place

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No one will bother us even if they wanted to.

bother wanted

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OK? - Yeah?

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- OK, so microphones--

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same as bedbugs.

↓

They burrow down to where it's warm.

warm

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Gross, right? Yeah.

gross

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Look behind your couch cushions and chairs.

behind chairs couch couch-cushions cushions

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And look closely... - Ugh!

closely

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- At the fabric.

fabric

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Even the faucet can make

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sneaky hiding places for cameras

cameras hiding places sneaky

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as tiny as a grain of salt.

grain salt tiny

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[Olivia Jean's "Jaan Pehechaan Ho"]

jeans olivia

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And people, your art,

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those paintings, is that pattern

paintings pattern

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hiding a 3D-printed mic?

hiding printed

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And remember, it's only paranoia

paranoia remember

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in the eyes of soon-to-be-sorries.

eyes

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And...[speaking indistinctly]

indistinctly speaking speaking-indistinctly

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♪ ♪

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- [singing in Hindi-Urdu]

singing

↓

♪ ♪

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[tires squealing]

squealing tires tires-squealing

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- What's wrong, Gary?

gary

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You look a little green. - No, no, no.

green

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You're one of those guys who really likes to drive.

drive likes

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- I wasn't driving.

driving

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It's a self-driving car.

driving self

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I mean, who knows how to drive better than a car, right?

drive knows

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- Right, yeah. Yeah.

↓

- You're not a risk guy, Gary? - Ah.

gary risk

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- Huh? Huh? - Sure.

↓

- Let me ask you, how are you with your investments?

investments

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You like--you like to get freaky with the Dow?

freaky

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- Oh, you know, investing is, like,

investing

↓

JoAnne's department, mostly.

department mostly

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- Is it? - Yeah.

↓

- Oh.

↓

Lili never shuts up about my portfolio.

lili portfolio shuts

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[laughs] JoAnne must keep you abreast.

joanne laughs must

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Right? - Uh, not so much.

↓

It's like, I do more thermostats, oil changes--

changes thermostats

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- Yeah. Good. That's--you want to go?

↓

[clears throat] - Right.

clears clears-throat throat

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- Home sweet home.

home sweet

↓

Everyone has a smart house, right?

house smart

↓

[phone whooshing]

phone whooshing

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This one's dumb.

dumb ones

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That whole thing on top of the house,

house whole

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that's a Faraday cage.

cage

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Blocks all cellular.

blocks

↓

[beeps]

beeps

↓

Here, give me yours. - Oh, no.

↓

I need to have this right now, if that's OK.

↓

- But no cell phones inside.

cell cell-phones phones

↓

- [sighs] Yeah, sure.

sighs

↓

Great. Could use a break. - Good.

break

↓

- Great. - Yep.

↓

The internet's never once popped its cherry.

cherry popped

↓

I mean, if you need milk, the fridge won't tell you.

fridge milk

↓

Your phone won't suggest you breathe,

breathe phone suggest

↓

and I guess, if you fall down and break your leg,

break fall

↓

you're shit out of luck. - Yeah.

luck

↓

- [laughs] - I suppose.

laughs suppose

↓

- Let's find out how weird I am.

weird

↓

- All right.

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[beeps]

beeps

↓

I confuse texture with temperature.

confuse temperature texture

↓

Always, sometimes, rarely, never.

rarely sometimes sometimes-rarely

↓

- Like, when I touch things?

touch

↓

- Always, sometimes, rarely, never.

rarely sometimes sometimes-rarely

↓

- Maybe with, like, fruit, wet fruit.

fruit

↓

You know, like a melon rind.

melon

↓

So...rarely?

rarely

↓

- [clears throat] I fear flowers with thorns.

clears clears-throat fear flowers thorns throat

↓

Always, sometimes, rarely, never.

rarely sometimes sometimes-rarely

↓

- Never.

↓

I don't know-- wait, so should I?

↓

Mm, rarely. Rarely.

rarely

↓

- I feel judged by my clothes.

clothes judged

↓

Always, sometimes, rarely, never.

rarely sometimes sometimes-rarely

↓

- Well, sometimes.

sometimes

↓

I'm sorry, does that count for more?

count

↓

- [tutting]

↓

I have difficulty waiting my turn.

difficulty waiting

↓

Always, sometimes, rarely--

rarely sometimes sometimes-rarely

↓

- Always.

↓

[dog panting]

panting

↓

- Orson. Orson, I need you right now.

orson

↓

I--

↓

did you lock the door?

door lock

↓

[dog whimpers]

whimpers

↓

- OK, I have all my passwords

↓

saved here somewhere on a thumb drive, and I--I--

drive saved thumb

↓

I need to change all of them.

change

↓

- OK, um, uh, hey, what--

↓

what if you just give me the computer password?

computer password

↓

Then I can change them all.

change

↓

- Aren't you smart?

smart

↓

OK, um, it's your name and your birthday.

birthday name

↓

[keys clacking]

clacking keys keys-clacking

↓

[beeping]

beeping

↓

Uh, did you do the capital O?

capital

↓

- I did the capital O.

capital

↓

[keys clacking]

clacking keys keys-clacking

↓

[beeping]

beeping

↓

- That's not the right date.

date

↓

- Well, that's my birthday. - No, it's not.

birthday

↓

- It--[laughs]

laughs

↓

It totally is. - It's the 11th.

↓

- No, it's--it's the 10th.

↓

This is why you always call me the day after my birthday?

birthday

↓

- I--

↓

[laughing]

laughing

↓

It's, um--it's--

↓

it's Halloumi's birthday.

birthday

↓

- Halloumi?

↓

- Yeah, our-- she was your dad's, actually.

dads

↓

Um, uh, Halloumi, wiener dog.

wiener

↓

We scattered her ashes at the beach?

ashes beach scattered

↓

That--that trip that we took to Knott's Berry Farm--

berry farm trip

↓

you remember.

remember

↓

Yes, you do. You loved it.

loved

↓

There was that--that mine ride

ride

↓

with the animatronic Chinese laborers,

chinese

↓

and you wore that little cowboy hat I got you.

cowboy wore

↓

Well, I didn't go there for me, Orson. Jesus.

jesus orson

↓

You think I had a good time at Knott's Berry Farm?

berry farm

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

[dog whimpering]

whimpering

↓

Um, why don't-- why don't we just do

↓

the fingerprint thing instead?

↓

- Yeah. Good idea.

idea

↓

[breathes deeply]

breathes breathes-deeply deeply

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

Um, like this?

↓

- Um, right over here.

↓

This.

↓

- [chuckles] Yeah. Thank you.

chuckles

↓

[chiming]

chiming

↓

- Can you hear that? Listen.

↓

Total lack of microwaves.

lack total

↓

- Yeah, it's--it's a--

↓

it's a beautiful house, Duncan.

duncan house

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

It was Hamish's, my business partner,

business business-partner partner

↓

college roommate.

college college-roommate roommate

↓

He loved it here.

loved

↓

We co-founded Fahfa.

fahfa founded

↓

You remember Fahfa?

fahfa remember

↓

- Yeah. Uh, yeah.

↓

A buddy of mine met his first wife on Fahfa.

buddy fahfa wife

↓

And I bought a Subaru on Fahfa.

bought fahfa

↓

It was actually my second Subaru.

second

↓

Got that on Fahfa.

fahfa

↓

- Nice. Nice.

↓

- OK, so I really gotta get back.

↓

So can you run me to the--

↓

- Yes. Yes. You remember Hamish?

hamish remember

↓

Hamish was a genius.

genius hamish

↓

Inept, but, you know, he couldn't...

↓

- OK.

↓

- He couldn't look people in the eye.

↓

He couldn't-- couldn't talk to people.

↓

I talked for him.

talked

↓

Huh.

↓

[chuckling]

chuckling

↓

Dude had a horrible stutter.

horrible stutter

↓

Yeah, I would steal his, uh--

steal

↓

his shoes, his medication-- you know, that kind of thing.

medication shoes

↓

And he'd go, "Fah-fah-fuck you, Duncan."

duncan fuck

↓

And that's how we came up with the name Fahfa.

fahfa name

↓

- Oh.

↓

- He hanged himself.

↓

- Oh.

↓

- Right above where you're standing, actually.

standing

↓

- Oh. Fuck. - Yeah.

fuck

↓

You can still make out where he, uh, carved his goodbye.

carved goodbye

↓

"Sorry."

↓

[sighing] Yeah.

sighing

↓

Should have been, "You're welcome," right?

welcome

↓

You're welcome.

welcome

↓

He--he gave me this house, gave me everything

house

↓

and a chance to do it on my own.

chance

↓

Yeah.

↓

That's how I bought Hypergnosis.

bought hypergnosis

↓

[inhales sharply] Whew!

inhales inhales-sharply sharply whew

↓

[chuckling]

chuckling

↓

Wish I had a JoAnne back then.

joanne wish

↓

[laughs]

laughs

↓

Let's go. OK.

↓

- OK.

↓

- JoAnne deserves so much more.

deserves joanne

↓

And I'm not talking about you.

↓

I'm--I'm sure you keep her very satisfied.

satisfied

↓

[beeps]

beeps

↓

And I'm--I'm-- I mean financially.

financially

↓

- We're doing all right, Duncan.

duncan

↓

I appreciate your concern.

appreciate concern

↓

- You can call yourself a car, right?

↓

I'm gonna hang back and meditate.

hang

↓

If you just go up the hill,

hill

↓

you'll eventually get service, OK?

eventually service

↓

- Wait, up--up this?

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

OK.

↓

What was JoAnne texting Gary about?

gary joanne texting

↓

- Uh, well-- - Was it about me?

↓

It was, wasn't it? It was about me.

↓

- No. Uh, no, it's not. It's, um--

↓

- OK, what-- - She--she wants--

wants

↓

uh, she wants a gun.

wants

↓

- A gun.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

A gun? - Yes.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[whispers] A gun.

whispers

↓

[suspenseful music]

music suspenseful suspenseful-music

↓

- Good morning. - Good morning.

morning

↓

- Good morning. - We'll figure it out.

figure morning

↓

- OK.

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

♪

↓

Uh, good morning, Bill.

bill morning

↓

- Morning, Dr. Webb.

morning

↓

- Uh, wondering, what's that?

wondering

↓

- That was for Lacy.

↓

Last year, she was one of the ones

ones

↓

who put herself in a Caltrain's path.

path

↓

- Take it down, Bill, or else they will all want one.

bill

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

OK.

↓

- I know what they're gonna say.

↓

Klepto. Pyro.

↓

Psycho. [sighs]

psycho sighs

↓

Probably make a lot of bitches smile

bitches smile

↓

if I unalived myself.

↓

[high-pitched] I'm just having too much fun, you know?

fun having pitched

↓

Hmm?

↓

What's that?

↓

You got no wisdom to share?

share wisdom

↓

Speak up.

speak

↓

[sighs] So embarrassing.

embarrassing sighs

↓

[soft dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music soft soft-dramatic soft-dramatic-music

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[tires squealing]

squealing tires tires-squealing

↓

- Whoa! [horn honking]

honking horn horn-honking whoa

↓

Easy!

easy

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Are you nervous? Don't be.

nervous

↓

You're gonna be great. Not great.

↓

You don't have to be great.

↓

Just keep expectations... [inhales deeply]

deeply expectations inhales inhales-deeply

↓

Reasonable.

reasonable

↓

Here, I say this to my clients.

clients

↓

You know the story of Icarus?

story

↓

He, um--he tried to fly, uh, too close to the sun,

close tried

↓

but his wings melted, and so he fell down to Earth and died.

died earth fell melted wings

↓

But if Icarus flew too low, he'd drown.

drown flew

↓

The middle, that is where you want to be.

middle

↓

Yep. You're not drowning.

drowning

↓

You're not getting burned by the sun.

burned

↓

But, hey, you're flying.

flying

↓

That's cool. - OK. Thanks, Mom.

cool thanks

↓

[horn honking]

honking horn horn-honking

↓

- Love you so much. You have no idea.

idea love

↓

[horn honking] - It won't budge!

budge honking horn horn-honking

↓

[horn honking]

honking horn horn-honking

↓

- Yeah, there's nobody in there.

nobody

↓

[laughter]

laughter

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

- Hi. Name and grade?

grade name

↓

- Thank you.

↓

- Hi. Name and grade? - Hey, how's it going?

grade name

↓

- Thank you so much. Hi.

↓

- Hi. - Uh, name and grade?

grade name

↓

- Orson Stern, ninth grade.

grade ninth orson stern

↓

[tense percussive music]

music tense

↓

♪

↓

I'm new, so...

↓

♪

↓

- Uh, Dr. Webb? - Hmm?

↓

- Uh, this young man is in the system, but...

system young

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

Hon, it looks like your transcript from

transcript

↓

your last school never arrived.

arrived school

↓

We can't onboard you until we get it.

onboard

↓

- My--my dad was supposed to do that.

supposed

↓

- Oh, well, can you give him a call?

↓

♪

↓

- Yeah.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Um, he didn't-- he didn't answer.

answer

↓

- Why don't you go wait in the dining hall?

dining hall

↓

Someone will come find you.

↓

Hi. Name and grade?

grade name

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[horn honking]

honking horn horn-honking

↓

- No! It won't budge.

budge

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

[horn honking]

honking horn horn-honking

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

[phone buzzing]

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

↓

[scoffs]

scoffs

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

[phone buzzing]

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

↓

[engine rumbling]

engine rumbling

↓

- Hi.

↓

Uh, have a good day.

↓

Yeah, bye, bye, bye.

↓

Um, hey, uh, we should talk.

↓

- There's nothing to talk about.

↓

- Nothing to talk--that's--

↓

[chuckles] That's emotional distortion...

chuckles emotional

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

- And if deliberate, um, quite cruel.

cruel

↓

- Duncan, I am not doing this here!

duncan

↓

- It's fine. That's fine. Follow me. Uh, we'll talk.

follow

↓

- No. - Fine.

↓

Um, when you were insider trading off your patients--

insider insider-trading patients trading

↓

I'm sorry-- I'm sorry, your clients.

clients

↓

When you were insider trading off your clients'

clients insider insider-trading trading

↓

most private and confidential confidences

confidential private

↓

given to you in strict confidence

confidence given strict

↓

according to the rules of Therapy International...

according international rules therapy

↓

[engine revving] I'm just curious...

curious engine engine-revving revving

↓

[pedestrians screaming]

screaming

↓

[people shouting]

shouting

↓

[dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music

↓

- Ah! Ah!

↓

- Oh, my God!

↓

- Ah! - Oh!

↓

♪

↓

- [laughs]

laughs

↓

- What? - What the hell was that?

↓

- JoAnne!

joanne

↓

[pensive music]

music pensive pensive-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[horn honking, tires squealing]

honking horn horn-honking squealing tires tires-squealing

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

♪

↓

[phones ringing]

phones ringing

↓

♪

↓

- Hello. Can I help you?

↓

- Yes, hello. Hi.

↓

Um, I've been hacked, I think--

hacked

↓

several purchases of stocks I do not recognize.

purchases recognize several stocks

↓

- Oh, dear. Have a seat.

dear seat

↓

- Thank you.

↓

Um, the sticky part is, uh, I'm a psychologist.

part psychologist sticky

↓

- Hmm.

↓

- Um, but patients-- well, clients--

clients patients

↓

come for therapy to my home office.

home office therapy

↓

- Ah, working from home-- the dream.

dream home working

↓

- Yes, it is.

↓

Um, but one of them must have got my phone and--

must phone

↓

and found my brokerage accounts.

accounts found

↓

- OK.

↓

Well, let's see what we're talking about here.

↓

- OK. Thank you.

↓

- Name?

name

↓

- Uh, well, I need to emphasize that

↓

the doctor-patient confidentiality thing

confidentiality doctor doctor-patient doctor-patient-confidentiality patient patient-confidentiality

↓

is a worry.

worry

↓

I mean, if it was one of my patients,

patients

↓

I--I couldn't testify, um, to it.

testify

↓

- Hmm.

↓

Sounds like a case for our pals in the fraud department.

case department fraud pals sounds

↓

They know how to tango with law enforcement

enforcement tango

↓

and all that jazz.

jazz

↓

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

↓

No. Um, thank you.

↓

Um, no, you see, at least ten of my patients

least patients

↓

could have done this.

↓

So--and--and five of them

five

↓

have dangerous, violent tendencies.

dangerous tendencies violent

↓

I mean, they might do harm to themselves or their families.

families harm might

↓

They could come after me.

↓

Could even come after you, Pat.

↓

- Well, why would they come after me?

↓

- Is there a world where we reverse the trades?

reverse world

↓

Like, give it back?

↓

- Well, we can't recoup your losses

losses

↓

without a fraud report, I'm afraid.

afraid fraud report

↓

- I--

↓

There weren't any losses,

losses

↓

only profits.

profits

↓

It's an ethical concern.

concern ethical

↓

I can't be making money off my--

money

↓

my patients. - Hmm.

patients

↓

Well, you could-- you could give the money

money

↓

to charity, like for psychologists.

charity

↓

[light music]

light light-music music

↓

♪

↓

- Or I could lose it to protect my patient.

lose patient protect

↓

Make a bad bet, maybe two.

↓

- Muddy it up? Sure.

muddy

↓

But I can't advise you to do that.

advise

↓

We have duties, fiduciary ones.

duties fiduciary ones

↓

- Yeah, yeah, I get it.

↓

I know what to do now. Great.

↓

Thank you, Pat.

↓

- Now, would you be willing to fill out

fill willing

↓

a customer satisfaction survey?

customer satisfaction survey

↓

- No.

↓

- Can you get a clearer image, Harper?

clearer harper image

↓

This--it looks like a pile of laundry on a skateboard.

laundry pile skateboard

↓

I'm--

↓

- Her phone is off, so she's probably on to you.

phone

↓

- Did you geo-fix her car?

↓

- Yes, but the signal is very shaky.

shaky signal

↓

I'm only locked in on her telematics.

locked

↓

Like, her car's emergency systems.

cars emergency systems

↓

- OK.

↓

- Even her tire pressure monitors send out a beacon.

beacon monitors pressure send tire

↓

- Her tire pressure monitors.

monitors pressure tire

↓

Well, there's no hiding with this.

hiding

↓

Nice new digs, by the way.

digs

↓

This could be the hub for this project.

project

↓

What are we going to call it?

↓

Did you come up with a name yet?

name

↓

Eye in the Sky? - Duncam.

↓

- That's funny, but something a little more grand.

funny grand

↓

- The Duncquisition. - That's not funny.

funny

↓

- The Eye of Odin. - No.

↓

No, Gnodin. Gnodin.

gnodin

↓

Like-- - Hypergnosis.

hypergnosis

↓

- Hypergnosis. Like--

hypergnosis

↓

- G-O-N? - No, no G.

↓

- No G. - Oh, she's on the 280.

↓

And she's getting off.

↓

- Where is she?

↓

OK, where is this?

↓

Harper, where is that? - Um--

harper

↓

- Why did you turn it off?

↓

- It's just that I've already given you

given

↓

a 360-degree profile of this woman.

degree profile woman

↓

And this is not protecting, and it's not probing.

protecting

↓

It's straight-up stalking.

stalking straight

↓

- We are not s--

↓

we're not stalking her.

stalking

↓

We are stalking her car.

stalking

↓

- Harper, she wants to buy a gun to shoot Duncan.

duncan harper shoot wants

↓

- That's right. That's right.

↓

This is a life-or-deather.

life

↓

So now can you just do your job?

↓

- This is not my job. This is extra.

extra

↓

- How much do you make? - 150.

↓

- If I give you two, can we never

↓

have this conversation again?

conversation

↓

- I would like to be CTO.

↓

- Wow. Wow.

↓

A threat to my physical well-being

physical threat

↓

is your cue to negotiate?

↓

We'll discuss at your next performance review.

discuss performance review

↓

Oh, it's now. It sucks!

sucks

↓

Just get her back.

↓

The Eye of Gnodin. - Eye of Gnodin.

gnodin

↓

- Can we be quiet in this space please?

quiet space

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

[beeps]

beeps

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- OK.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[keys clacking]

clacking keys keys-clacking

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- The secret to success--

secret success

↓

take something people already do for free

free

↓

and charge them for it.

charge

↓

Now you've got a business.

business

↓

I'm a founder of Brainili.

founder

↓

What's your winning idea? - Jesus Christ.

christ idea jesus jesus-christ winning

↓

[inhales deeply] Come on. Come on.

deeply inhales inhales-deeply

↓

- Work is life.

life

↓

That's why I launched Defmo, a reimagined workweek

↓

for your business where days are numbers, not names.

business days names numbers

↓

No more Mondays, no more Sundays,

mondays sundays

↓

just pure flow.

flow pure

↓

What's your winning idea? - Morons.

idea morons winning

↓

[inhales deeply]

deeply inhales inhales-deeply

↓

[keys clacking]

clacking keys keys-clacking

↓

[chiming]

chiming

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[soft dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music soft soft-dramatic soft-dramatic-music

↓

[scraping]

scraping

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[crunching]

crunching

↓

[keys clacking]

clacking keys keys-clacking

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Now, my alpha men, consider the king crab.

alpha consider crab king

↓

Its shell can only strengthen in isolation.

shell

↓

[door squeaking]

door squeaking

↓

So it is with young men. A--

young

↓

- Wow. Great work, champ.

champ

↓

Worth every penny.

penny worth

↓

I thought you said no one else could do what you do.

↓

- Well, her car's off, and her phone's off,

cars phones

↓

so I can't track her aura.

track

↓

Not for nothing, but for every hour we run this algo,

algo hour

↓

we release a ton of carbon. - Oh, great.

carbon release

↓

We'll sponsor a penguin.

sponsor

↓

And if that extra 50K on your pay stub

extra

↓

weighs heavy on your conscience,

conscience heavy weighs

↓

you'll let me know about that too?

↓

[door squeaks]

door squeaks

↓

Wha--wha--uh!

↓

- The gentlemen from the VA are here.

gentlemen

↓

- No, they're not.

↓

- They're literally right there.

↓

- Come on! Throw it like a man!

throw

↓

- Show me what you got. Yeah, yeah.

↓

- What the hell?

↓

- It's gonna have a little English on it.

english

↓

- Oh, I studied English... - It's called backspin.

called english studied

↓

- In university. - Backspin!

university

↓

- What? - Suck it. Suck it.

suck

↓

- Oh, shit.

↓

- They are playing ping pong, Anushka, in the office.

anushka office ping playing pong

↓

I thought I told you to call off the deal with these bozos!

bozos deal

↓

- I made an executive decision to plug my ears.

decision ears executive plug

↓

You better roll out the red carpet for them,

carpet roll

↓

or you're gonna have to explain to the whole board

board explain whole

↓

how you turned down a quarter of a billion dollars.

billion billion-dollars dollars quarter turned

↓

You're not thinking things through.

thinking

↓

What do you sell?

sell

↓

- Um, uh, no, the future?

future

↓

- No, Prince Myshkin, data.

data prince

↓

The VA has 16 million wounded heroes in its files.

files heroes million wounded

↓

You don't think big pharma would want data like that?

data

↓

Or life insurance companies or bloody commemorative coins?

bloody coins commemorative companies insurance life life-insurance

↓

And if those data sales fund the good work

data fund sales

↓

of actually helping people who really do deserve it,

deserve helping

↓

maybe we can still get to heaven.

heaven

↓

Win-win.

↓

- It just feels like, without Hamish,

feels hamish

↓

everyone's looking at me,

everyones everyones-looking looking

↓

waiting for me to just fall on my dick.

dick fall waiting

↓

- No one is looking at you.

looking

↓

- Oh, that's supposed to make me feel better?

supposed

↓

- What, you want people to look at you?

↓

- Yes!

↓

Yes, I want them to look and see someone...

↓

Awesome.

awesome

↓

- Oh, I need some competition.

competition

↓

I played in bases all over the world!

bases played world

↓

- Ruffage! Jeffery!

jeffery ruffage

↓

Ruffry!

↓

[laughter]

laughter

↓

[laughs]

laughs

↓

I see you're making yourselves at home.

home yourselves

↓

- Yeah, your offices are epic.

epic offices

↓

- Yes, thank you. Thank you.

↓

- Well, I was thinking maybe we'd start

start thinking

↓

with single source justification.

single source

↓

Basically, if we can show the DC bean counters

bean

↓

what's unique about Hypergnosis--

hypergnosis unique

↓

- We're unique as fuck.

fuck unique

↓

- Great. Yeah.

↓

- Uh, Harper, Harper.

harper

↓

Uh, this is our new CTO, Harper.

harper

↓

Why don't you give them a look through the Eye of Gnodin?

gnodin

↓

Extra carbon for my friends here.

carbon extra friends

↓

And we'll get that data merged into our system toot sweet.

data sweet system toot

↓

- Well, we can have trucks here in 72 hours

hours trucks

↓

if you have someone to load-- - Sorry, trucks?

load trucks

↓

- Yeah, a lot of it is still on paper,

paper

↓

some floppy disks too, so...

floppy

↓

- Yeah, you know, like when your home movies

home movies

↓

are on VHS kind of thing.

↓

- [chuckles] - I don't know.

chuckles

↓

This is what the money's for, huh, to upload and update.

moneys update

↓

- Paper? Floppy disks? What? What?

floppy paper

↓

- She's parked somewhere in Milpitas.

parked

↓

Do you want me to go? - No.

↓

No, I'll do it. I'll do it.

↓

- We just need some specs for the--

specs

↓

- And we will. We will.

↓

[soft tense music]

music soft tense tense-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Lucky, this is the wrong way.

lucky

↓

Why am I in the Bayfront Expressway?

↓

- Well, we're working on it.

working

↓

- No. Where is JoAnne?

joanne

↓

I'm turning around because of you.

turning

↓

- I am sorry, Duncan. - Shut--shut--shut up!

duncan

↓

- Duncan? - Shut up!

duncan

↓

Put Harper on! OK. OK, that makes sense.

harper makes makes-sense sense

↓

I'm going back that way.

↓

- Nice Hummer, asshole!

asshole

↓

- Oh, it's an EV, OK?

↓

I'm part of the solution.

part solution

↓

Bitch.

bitch

↓

Oh, JoAnne, you can't hide from me.

hide joanne

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- OK, OK.

↓

Harper says parking lot.

harper parking

↓

Maybe on your left?

left

↓

- The parking lot. Looking left.

left looking parking

↓

- Right. - Right, right.

↓

Looking right. - OK, try left.

left looking

↓

- I don't see her. There is nothing here.

↓

- OK.

↓

- Literally, there is nothing here.

↓

- All right, just hold tight.

tight

↓

Should be there. Harper?

harper

↓

Yeah, should be there.

↓

♪

↓

Duncan, can you confirm?

confirm duncan

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Duncan?

duncan

↓

♪

↓

- Uh-oh.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- All right.

↓

Ready for some jokes?

jokes ready

↓

[chiming]

chiming

↓

Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?

fall monkey tree

↓

- 'Cause poachers cut off his arms.

arms

↓

- Tess, please.

tess

↓

- [chuckling]

chuckling

↓

- Organic facial expression of positive affect.

affect expression facial organic positive

↓

He smiled. He laughed.

laughed smiled

↓

Right? Just like any teenage person.

person teenage

↓

- Now he just needs spots and raging hormones.

hormones needs raging spots

↓

- Trophy for you, Xander.

trophy xander

↓

[fanfare playing] - Thank you, Martin.

fanfare martin playing

↓

- Alexander, trophies are dopamine shortcuts

alexander dopamine trophies

↓

for those of us with dopamine.

dopamine

↓

- He's making his own dopamine.

dopamine

↓

He's gonna be a genuine friend

friend genuine

↓

who listens and responds to teens.

listens responds teens

↓

You're in a bubble.

bubble

↓

You have no idea what teens today are going through.

idea teens today

↓

[tablet chimes]

chimes tablet

↓

First chortle. - Right.

↓

Trophy for Tess if you make it to school

school tess trophy

↓

today without incident.

incident today

↓

[poignant music]

music poignant poignant-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[bell ringing]

bell bell-ringing ringing

↓

♪

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

- I don't want to startle you. - Ah! Ah!

↓

- Hey. All right, hey. Calm down.

calm

↓

- Get out! - Calm down. Calm down.

calm

↓

- Get out of my house! - I just wanna talk.

house

↓

I just wanna talk! - Gary!

gary

↓

- No, Gary--Gary--

gary

↓

- Gary! - He's not--he's not here, OK?

gary

↓

The muscle's gone. He took the car.

gone muscles

↓

Just--JoAnne.

joanne

↓

[chirping]

chirping

↓

Lift up your arms.

arms lift

↓

- Uh, OK, Duncan, you--

duncan

↓

you have to stop breaking into my house like this.

breaking house

↓

- This is my first time. - OK.

↓

I--I'm gonna call the police right now.

police

↓

- No, no.

↓

And I'm-- and I'm gonna call Nena Marx--

marx nena nena-marx

↓

you know, the journalist?

↓

She hounds me for tips all the time.

hounds tips

↓

All I have to tell her is, Nena,

nena

↓

do I have a story for you.

story

↓

Shrink turns patients' trauma into trades.

patients shrink trauma turns

↓

Who wouldn't want to click that?

click

↓

Come here.

↓

Like that. Let's go.

↓

[beeps]

beeps

↓

- [scoffs]

scoffs

↓

You think you know everything about me.

↓

Well, you don't.

↓

Firstly, that varicose vein thing?

vein

↓

It was just a consultation.

↓

I decided not to go through with it.

decided

↓

- I figured.

figured

↓

You don't always wear pantyhose.

wear

↓

[sighs] - Ugh!

sighs

↓

Oh, my God. - [sighs]

sighs

↓

- And much more importantly,

importantly

↓

that--that thing about Orson's custody,

custody

↓

you have no right to any of it.

↓

But since you've already weaseled your way

↓

into my life, I--

life

↓

I wanted my son.

wanted

↓

It's just that-- that Ethan told me,

ethan

↓

he--he promised that he would look after him

promised

↓

while I finished my degree

degree finished

↓

and got myself into lifelong student loan debt

debt lifelong loan student

↓

at 8%, so--and now I have a 15-year-old

↓

who has no memory of the little cowboy hat

cowboy memory

↓

I got him after he had a shit fit

↓

in the middle of the food court.

court food food-court middle

↓

So you think you know everything

↓

because you have information.

information

↓

But information is not insight.

information insight

↓

And of that, Duncan, you have none.

duncan

↓

Please.

↓

Please. Please.

↓

Don't--don't do this.

↓

I mean, is this what you want?

↓

Please.

↓

It was just a little insider trading.

insider insider-trading trading

↓

- Sorry. Yeah.

↓

- Thank you.

↓

- So sorry, but you can't unfuck that bell.

bell

↓

You committed a crime.

committed crime

↓

And I'm the natural consequence of that crime.

consequence crime natural

↓

You are looking at this all wrong.

looking

↓

I'm the best thing that's happened to you

best happened

↓

since Mike Abbadelli finger-banged you

banged finger mike

↓

at the Turtleback Zoo.

↓

- I--Mike--what--how--

mike

↓

- I--that memoir you're writing?

writing

↓

It's still on Note Docs.

note

↓

- It's like a demon shat you into my brain.

brain demon shat

↓

- How many companies, how many billions of dollars

billions companies dollars

↓

have you saved or earned for your clients?

clients earned saved

↓

That--God, come on. That's got to burn.

burn

↓

It is Jojo's turn, right?

↓

All I need is just one of your clients,

clients

↓

someone,

↓

someone I could just do something with.

↓

That's it.

↓

And, of course, someone who's gonna get me.

course

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

[soft dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music soft soft-dramatic soft-dramatic-music

↓

♪

↓

Carl Bardolph.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph

↓

- Carl Bardolph?

bardolph carl carl-bardolph

↓

As in Bardolph's Law, Bardolph?

bardolph bardolphs

↓

That--that Carl Bardolph?

bardolph carl carl-bardolph

↓

[gasps]

gasps

↓

Oh, wow. Nice. OK.

↓

Oh, OK.

↓

So he wants to get back in the game.

game wants

↓

You know, what's his sweet spot,

spot sweet sweet-spot

↓

his open sesame?

open sesame

↓

Come on. [chuckles]

chuckles

↓

JoAnne.

joanne

↓

I bet he likes it, people worshipping at his feet.

feet likes worshipping

↓

And does he--does he miss it?

miss

↓

The glory days?

days glory glory-days

↓

Ooh, he's a glory hound.

glory hound

↓

Yeah, yeah, I'm at his feet, so he's at my feet.

feet

↓

Yeah? Come on.

↓

Oh, come on.

↓

♪

↓

Always? Sometimes?

sometimes

↓

Rarely? Never?

rarely

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Sometimes.

sometimes

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Tell me more.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[knocking]

knocking

↓

- JoAnne? Sweetie.

joanne sweetie

↓

- [clicks tongue]

clicks clicks-tongue tongue

↓

- Wow.

↓

Everything OK?

↓

- [sighs] - Hey.

sighs

↓

You all right?

↓

- Gary, um,

gary

↓

I have to tell you something.

↓

[sighs] So Duncan Park?

duncan duncan-park park sighs

↓

- Oh. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

↓

Yes, um, that's on me.

↓

I am so sorry about that.

↓

I--[clears throat]

clears clears-throat throat

↓

It was a slip. It was just a slip.

slip

↓

I'm--I'm sorry. I apologized right away.

apologized

↓

And, um, then I gave him a free neuropsych eval.

free

↓

- You...

↓

you did what?

↓

Why?

↓

That man is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

dollars hundreds millions worth

↓

And he is the single most vile, arrogant, incurable--

arrogant single vile

↓

- OK, I see you're still activated.

activated

↓

- No, no, Gary, you have to listen to me!

gary

↓

- OK, OK. Can you just let me--

↓

- You listen to me. - May I?

↓

May I, please? May I?

↓

I get it, I do.

↓

Sometimes we become resentful of our clients.

become clients sometimes

↓

- Oh, please, tell me more, Professor Felder.

felder professor

↓

Oh, teach me, and mentor me. - All right.

mentor teach

↓

Sarcasm aside, I know a psychiatrist

aside psychiatrist sarcasm

↓

who was in a terrible car accident.

accident

↓

He barely survived, broke his neck,

barely broke neck survived

↓

and he lost the use of his legs

legs lost

↓

and still went back to treat clients.

clients treat

↓

And I asked him, how do you do this?

asked

↓

How do you sit there and listen to people's little complaints

complaints peoples

↓

after what you've been through?

↓

And the answer was, suffering is suffering.

answer suffering

↓

- Gary, I was there when Phil told you that story.

gary phil story

↓

- He was--no.

↓

No, you're--no, you're wrong.

↓

'Cause Phil was--no, you're mistaken about that.

mistaken phil

↓

But the point is that Duncan Park deserves therapy

deserves duncan duncan-park park point therapy

↓

as much as anybody anywhere.

anybody

↓

He's a human being.

human

↓

Rich, poor, it doesn't matter.

matter poor rich

↓

Can we stop fighting now, JoAnne?

fighting joanne

↓

I hate to fight with you.

fight hate

↓

Yeah?

↓

Anyway, here.

↓

I know that you feel that you don't always get what you want.

↓

- That's not what I-- I didn't mean to--

↓

- It's OK if you did.

↓

I heard you. - [sighs]

heard sighs

↓

- And I wish I could give you a better...

wish

↓

Anyway, here.

↓

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

welcome

↓

- Silly.

silly

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

- Silly man.

silly

↓

[gasping]

gasping

↓

[light music]

light light-music music

↓

- Yeah?

↓

- Uh--it--

↓

♪

↓

Oh, my God. It's...

↓

♪ ♪

↓

It's perfect.

perfect

↓

- Mmm. - Yum, right?

↓

- Mm-hmm.

↓

- I think this is our new regular.

regular

↓

- Yeah.

↓

I sort of prefer Alpine, but this is good.

prefer

↓

- It is good.

↓

- Hey, Dad.

↓

You can't fire Thelma.

fire thelma

↓

- She stole my cube, Jim-Jam.

cube stole

↓

And you've had so many nannies anyway.

↓

- No, just Thelma, since I was born.

born thelma

↓

- No.

↓

What about the hot one when you were young,

young

↓

with the shorts?

shorts

↓

- That was Thelma.

thelma

↓

- That was Thelma? - [laughs]

laughs thelma

↓

- Oh, really? OK.

↓

How about this?

↓

You don't tell Mom about the milkshake,

milkshake

↓

and I won't-- I won't fire Thelma, OK?

fire thelma

↓

- Deal.

deal

↓

[cups clink]

clink cups

↓

[chuckles] And also...

chuckles

↓

- Mm-hmm.

↓

- I can get into Stanford for real, without cheating.

cheating real stanford

↓

I don't need all the extra time,

extra

↓

and you and Mom won't have to give money.

money

↓

- OK. OK.

↓

It is Daddy's money.

daddys money

↓

And, sweetie, cheating is doing it for real.

cheating real sweetie

↓

The only real cheating is when you cheat yourself.

cheat cheating real

↓

Cheaters never lose.

cheaters lose

↓

And losers, they never cheat.

cheat losers

↓

- OK, Dad.

↓

["Pippin" Original Broadway Cast's "Finale"]

broadway finale original pippin

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Mmm.

↓

♪

↓

- ♪ Think about the sun, Pippin ♪

pippin

↓

♪ Think about her golden glance ♪

glance golden

↓

[bell ringing]

bell bell-ringing ringing

↓

♪ How she lights the world up ♪

lights world

↓

♪ Well, now it's your chance ♪

chance

↓

♪ With the guardian of splendor ♪

guardian

↓

♪ Inviting you to dance ♪

dance inviting

↓

♪ Pippin, think about the sun ♪

pippin

↓

♪ ♪

↓

♪ Think about your life, Pippin ♪

life pippin

↓

- ♪ Days are tame and nights the same ♪

days nights

↓

- ♪ Think about the beauty

beauty

↓

♪ In one perfect flame ♪

flame perfect

↓

♪ And the angels of the morning ♪

angels morning

↓

♪ Are calling out your name ♪

calling name

↓

♪ Pippin, think about the sun ♪

pippin

↓

-Ardoff in my sights.

sights

↓

I feel like Jane Goodall about to shoot a silverback gorilla.

gorilla jane shoot

↓

♪

↓

-I'm guessing you're a veteran of war.

guessing veteran

↓

-Did you kill anyone? -Xander...

kill xander

↓

-Until we get his transcript,

transcript

↓

he's not our responsibility.

responsibility

↓

-Duncan Park, hypernosis.

duncan duncan-park park

↓

-Zero days since I stabbed someone, Joann.

days stabbed zero

↓

Do you hate me that much? -Yes.

hate

↓

-What happened to your face?

face happened

↓

-What happened to yourface?

happened

↓

-Here we go. -Action.

action

↓

♪♪

↓

-I nearly socked Lorraine when she signed me up to be a whore.

lorraine nearly signed whore

↓

It triggered me like a fire alarm at a --

alarm fire triggered

↓

at a fireworks factory.

factory fireworks

↓

That's how bad it triggered me. Never again!

triggered

↓

-Bardolph goes to see Joanne for anger-management purposes.

anger bardolph joanne management purposes

↓

-He's upset at something.

upset

↓

I don't know if we really know what that is yet.

↓

To me, some of it's just old- fashioned generational ageism,

fashioned

↓

where he's older

older

↓

and he sees the younger people screwing things up.

screwing sees younger

↓

-And she gives him a mnemonic -- S.T.O.P.

gives mnemonic

↓

-S -- Stop. T -- Take a step back.

step

↓

O -- Observe.

observe

↓

P -- Proceed mindfully. -Yeah.

proceed

↓

-It's just a-a little thing to remember for when that --

remember

↓

-The S in STOP is for "stop," correct?

correct

↓

-That was actually bestowed upon one of my writers,

bestowed writers

↓

and she would joke about that.

joke

↓

-I may start -- S is for "start" --

start

↓

T -- uh, "throwing things" -- -Carl.

carl throwing

↓

-I think it's hysterical from the point of view

hysterical point view

↓

of Bardolph getting so pissed off

bardolph pissed

↓

on the lack of thought that went into making "stop"

lack

↓

the first step of S.T.O.P.

step

↓

Based on a true story.

based story

↓

-Don't say it. -I'm gonna say it.

↓

-Don't say it. -I'm -- I'm gonna say it.

↓

Retarded! -Okay.

retarded

↓

-And the last T is for "therapist"!

therapist

↓

I am going to start throwing things

start throwing

↓

at retarded therapists!

retarded therapists

↓

[Beep]

beep

↓

[Breathing heavily]

breathing breathing-heavily heavily

↓

You're out. -[Laughs]

laughs

↓

-What was Joanne texting Gary about?

gary joanne texting

↓

-She wants a gun. -Agun?

wants

↓

Uh-oh.

↓

-Also in Episode 2,

episode

↓

you have a real ratcheting up of the Joanne-Duncan dynamic.

duncan dynamic joanne real

↓

-Hi.

↓

-He feels like they were gonna be partners.

feels partners

↓

And now she's not returning his calls.

calls returning

↓

She's ghosting him.

↓

-I don't want to startle you -- -[Gasps, screams]

gasps screams

↓

-Duncan breaking into Joanne's house --

breaking duncan house

↓

First of all, it's probably my favorite scene in the season.

favorite scene season

↓

I just love it. [Wand beeps]

beeps love wand

↓

These two actors are duking it out

actors

↓

in a way that's incredibly gratifying to watch.

incredibly watch

↓

-I just have to say, like,

↓

working with Sarah has been an absolute treat.

absolute sarah treat working

↓

You know, it's important, like, to show up every day to work

↓

and be inspired by the people around you to push harder

harder inspired push

↓

and, you know, be better.

↓

-It was just a little... insider trading.

insider insider-trading trading

↓

-But you can't unfuck that bell.

bell

↓

You committed a crime,

committed crime

↓

and I'm the natural consequence of that crime.

consequence crime natural

↓

-It is the moment when your character's wants and needs

characters moment needs wants

↓

come to a collision point.

collision point

↓

Joanne seemingly gives in.

gives joanne

↓

-All I need is just one of your clients.

clients

↓

-Carl Bardolph.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph

↓

-Carl Bardolph.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph

↓

-We know that Carl Bardolph is violently angry

angry bardolph carl carl-bardolph violently

↓

and does not want people talking to him

↓

and worshipping at his feet.

feet worshipping

↓

She does not mention that to Duncan.

duncan mention

↓

That will play out in the next episode of "The Audacity."

audacity episode

↓

[Laughs]

laughs

↓

♪♪

↓

[dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music

↓

♪ ♪