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The Audacity

Season 1, Episode 6 — Sandbox

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Audacity

Episode title: Sandbox

Air date: May 17, 2026

Director: Daniel Gray Longino

Top billed cast: Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Meaghan Rath, Lucy Punch, Paul Adelstein

JoAnne trusts Sheldon to do her dirty work. Ruffery is shattered. Duncan can't escape Hamish's legacy of flashy machinations. Tess discovers Orson's dark secret. Chekhov's gun might go off. Lili hits upon the greatest metaphor ever.

Source: TMDB

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Bardolph is gonna try to fire me.

bardolph fire

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Stan, where are we at now?

stan

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Same buy-in gets us 17% of the company.

company

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But Duncan only owns 20.

duncan owns

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Well, I resigned from the board.

board

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I need you on the board! I need that vote!

board vote

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You said you'd call Nena, clear my name,

clear name nena

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and you never called her.

called

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So I called her. - You?

called

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$1.2 million?

million

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I should never have blackmailed you.

blackmailed

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It should have always been a bribe.

bribe

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There are men and women who fought for us to be here.

fought women

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They wanna pay you just for your help.

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Why don't you tell me what I'm doing here?

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How would you like to be interim CEO?

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I'm proud of you bastards.

bastards proud

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You know the cost. Now earn the ground.

cost earn ground

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Maguire, you're on the widowmaker.

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Fix bayonets.

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Cut 'em to ribbons, boys.

boys ribbons

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And if God is watching,

watching

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he's seen worse and said nothing.

seen worse

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Let's go!

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I'm gonna bayonet you right in the chest.

chest

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You should fall right down.

fall

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Fall, fall, fall!

fall

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Good try.

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And whack, you're done.

whack

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And bang, you are dead.

bang dead

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Oh, nice touch.

touch

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What, are you guys signing a treaty?

signing treaty

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There's a war!

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Assholes.

assholes

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Boom. Stabbed in the face. You're dead.

boom dead face stabbed

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What kind of German machinery is this fucking thing?

fucking german machinery

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What is that, a Cadillac?

cadillac

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Hi.

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Sorry.

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Um, strategy confab at 10:00.

strategy

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No?

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Thank you for fucking up the verisimilitude.

fucking

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Are you playing "Wordle"? - No.

playing

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And whack!

whack

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Duncan!

duncan

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What are you doing here?

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Just came to talk business, and I got you a little present.

business present

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I don't care for business at home.

business care home

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Can we set a call?

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Oh, come on, better mano a mano, you know?

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And just open it.

open

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Open, open, open, open, open, open, open, open, open.

open open-open open-open-open

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It's a truffle.

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From my favorite truffle pig.

favorite

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You seem to be taking the news well.

news

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What-what am I...

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taking well?

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Don't you know?

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Uh, I don't know what I don't know.

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Carl Bardolph--he's tapped me to be the CEO.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph tapped

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That's fabulous. I mean, CEO of-of what?

fabulous

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Hypergnosis, Duncan.

duncan hypergnosis

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That's the name of my company.

company name

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I didn't ask for the job.

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Carl came to me.

carl

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Okay, I get it now.

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He's using you to get to me.

using

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I don't think that's what this is.

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Yeah, I'm sorry. It is. It is.

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I'm in the midst of realigning

midst

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the company's mission.

companys mission

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Jesus, I was gone for a few days,

days gone jesus

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and now we have a mission?

mission

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You had a breakdown and fled.

breakdown fled

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I did not have a breakdown.

breakdown

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At any rate, Carl's put his full faith in me.

carls faith full rate

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I intend to lead Hypergnosis and earn that trust.

earn hypergnosis intend lead trust

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Okay?

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I mean, ok--okay.

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Okay, yeah. Okay.

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Stop saying okay.

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Okay, how about we...

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Share the chair?

chair share

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Then we could do one of those--what do you call it?

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You know, a Brangelina.

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You like the sound of Douche-ka?

douche sound

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Okay, you're holding out for Anuncan?

holding

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Fine.

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The point is, power couple.

couple point power

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I won't deny it.

deny

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I'm, like, super hurt because you tried

hurt super tried

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to destroy me with the Nena piece,

destroy nena piece

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and I'm still kind of hurting now.

hurting

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But then I learned we hurt others because we care.

care hurt learned others

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We hurt because we love.

hurt love

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Yeah.

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So I came here...

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Because I asked Lili for a divorce.

asked divorce lili

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- No, you didn't. - Yeah, it was a good conver--

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- Did you? - Yeah. She took it well.

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The thing is, I wanna be with you.

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I wanna-- really, really with you.

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You know, it's not just about the CEO thing.

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Would be nice, but come on.

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You feel the same. You know it.

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I'm afraid I do not feel the same way.

afraid

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Same in your own way.

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Duncan, please.

duncan

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Martin's right there.

martins

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- There's nothing to hide! - Shh. Be quiet.

hide quiet

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Those of us with a modicum of shame

shame

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have a great deal to hide.

deal hide

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Come on--Nush.

nush

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Come on, you want me.

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Like I want to eat a can of frosting.

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A 3/4 can of cake frosting

cake

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that I found at the back of my fridge

found fridge

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that's hard and crusty at the top.

hard

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Sounds yummy.

sounds yummy

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Mmm, first bite, maybe.

bite

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But the rest is self-hatred.

hatred rest self

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I don't wish to share a chair with you

chair share wish

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or an office or a company or a bed.

company office

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Come on, Nush.

nush

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Otherwise, it's...

otherwise

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It's war.

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I think it already is war.

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And you think you're winning?

winning

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Wow.

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I came to apologize, offer you my love, my talent,

apologize love offer talent

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and you shit on it,

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like I'm a sidewalk.

sidewalk

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I bought you a $4,000 truffle.

bought

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And you're-you're--

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Not a fungi?

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War it is.

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Hey, uh, you got a minute?

minute

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Uh, next patient just arrived.

arrived patient

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Yeah, mine did too.

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Okay, so maybe later.

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Yeah, real quick, uh, your 401--

quick real real-quick

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there's what, like 800,000 in there?

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Uh, yeah. Why?

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If we cash, say, 700 now,

cash

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the tax hit would be significant,

significant

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but we'd clear what, like 400?

clear

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No, that's our security.

security

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This house could be our security,

house security

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and it is going to sell by the end of the week.

sell week

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Wait, are you telling me that your-your plan now

plan telling

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is to cash out our old age, pennies on the dollar

cash dollar pennies

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for overpriced real estate?

estate overpriced real real-estate

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We only need 20% down, Gary.

gary

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Okay, unless my math is totally off,

math

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400,000 is nowhere near 20%.

near

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You're missing, like, a million and change.

change million missing

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Well, I-I--uh,

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I have access-- a plan to access--

access plan

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A million dollars?

dollars million million-dollars

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Pray tell.

pray

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- The plan? - Mm-hmm.

plan

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It's a-a-- a financial instrument,

financial instrument

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a sort of advanced second mortgage

advanced mortgage second

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introductory rate asset swap.

asset rate swap

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But, you know, never mind.

mind

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Play it safe.

safe

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Lose our home, our offices.

home lose offices

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Safe.

safe

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The last time I-I saw her, we had sex.

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Did I do it wrong?

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That seems unlikely.

seems unlikely

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Yeah.

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I don't know, but it's like, to go from,

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God, that was so hot,

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and then to take your job.

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So she's the new CEO?

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Is she--have they made an announcement?

announcement

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I see what you're doing. Just stick to my psychology.

psychology stick

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You know, you can make your next million tomorrow

million tomorrow

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on someone else's insider information.

elses information insider

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- I wasn't. - Just--where was I?

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It was, um-- right, my childhood.

childhood

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When I was young, we kind of grew up poor.

grew poor young

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Really?

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And Dad immigrated here.

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You know, we lived in a house that smelled like cabbage,

cabbage house lived smelled

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kind of like this one.

↓

And, you know, in the winter, I would have to wear this--

wear winter

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this hat that my baba sent me, this Serbian hat.

baba sent

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It was kind of like a furry black hat.

black furry

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It--like a-a fuzzy dunce cap.

fuzzy

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And on the playground, there was this kid.

playground

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And he grabbed my hat, and he ran off.

grabbed

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And everyone laughed at me.

laughed

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And your old sidepiece stole your hat?

stole

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Yes.

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I let my guard down,

guard

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and she distracted me with sex.

distracted

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And now she has my hat, which she's wearing like--

wearing

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like as if her baba sent it.

baba sent

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She stole that hat,

stole

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and I can't let her keep it.

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That's my hat.

↓

Unless I blow up her car with a car bomb.

blow bomb

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Then no one gets the hat.

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Duncan, buy a new hat.

duncan

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You can afford any hat you want.

afford

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That's what money does.

money

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It's not sexy. It's security.

security sexy

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Because nobody can say "get out of the sandbox"

nobody

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if you own the sandbox.

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Hello.

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I have a vision for Hypergnosis.

hypergnosis vision

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New direction, new mandate,

direction

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and perhaps the beginning of a new approach to data.

approach beginning data perhaps

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Responsible, trusted, ethical.

ethical responsible trusted

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I saw something recently that inspired me.

inspired recently

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I was attempting to speak with a gentleman

attempting gentleman speak

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in our engineering corps,

corps engineering

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but they were preoccupied to the point of mania

point preoccupied

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with what I believe is called a supercut

believe called

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of drivers in the new self-driving

drivers driving self

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Torren San Antonio.

antonio

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While the car was busy self-driving,

busy driving self

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the drivers were busy self-pleasuring.

busy drivers self

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All the footage was filmed

filmed footage

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by their own driver's side cameras,

cameras drivers side

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which the Torren user agreement assures buyers

agreement buyers user

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will solely be used for driver safety.

driver safety solely used

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Yes, quite so.

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And for those of you bursting with overweening pride,

pride

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having never wanked whilst going 80 on the 210,

having whilst

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I assure you, there were also compilations

assure

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of deep dive nose pickers, ugly criers, finger sniffers,

deep dive finger nose pickers ugly

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parents yelling obscenities at their children,

children parents yelling

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something for and of everyone.

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And sadly, Torren's definition of words like "safety"

definition sadly safety words

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and "privacy" are industry standard.

industry privacy standard

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Data collection is a mutual agreement

agreement collection data data-collection mutual

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to surrender privacy for service.

privacy service surrender

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We all know that.

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Well, we do, but we work in this business.

business

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We know to reject all the tricks

reject tricks

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they use to track us.

track

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You must be joking.

joking must

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You do reject all nonessential cookies, right?

cookies reject

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Always?

↓

No?

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My God.

↓

Who with half a brain wants to live under surveillance

brain half live surveillance wants

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by their car, their television, toothbrush, refrigerator,

refrigerator television toothbrush

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fucking smart light bulbs?

bulbs fucking light light-bulbs smart

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I'm sorry.

↓

Human dignity requires privacy.

dignity human privacy requires

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Can I just ask,

↓

if we're dialing back what we do,

dialing

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when do you wanna go back to?

↓

Holly, I don't--

holly

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Harper, CTO.

harper

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Harper.

harper

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I don't wish to go back.

wish

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But about 15 years ago, yes, there was a fork in the road,

fork road years

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and it would seem to me we took the wrong turn.

↓

Now, first client I'd like to see

client

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is this Torren car company.

company

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Appreciate it.

appreciate

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Jesus.

jesus

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Ugh.

↓

I mean, I knew it'd be hard.

hard

↓

It's always been hard, but I thought that this time...

hard

↓

would be different.

↓

Tom, maybe this isn't the moment,

moment

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but I don't think there's ever gonna be a good one.

↓

Oh, shit.

↓

Look at that face.

face

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That is a nervous if beautiful man.

nervous

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Uh, can we, uh-- wanna do this over a drink?

drink

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I think you're good. Yeah.

↓

Okay.

↓

I got an offer, a guy I knew at Yale.

offer yale

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It's a defense company.

company defense

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They do AI SMR,

↓

which, turns out, is not sexy whispering.

sexy turns whispering

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Uh, it's surveillance military reconnaissance.

military surveillance

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They're paying-- they got money to seal the deal

deal money paying seal

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with Vorhees, actually.

↓

DOD money, 3 billion.

billion money

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Oh, you are finding all new ways to break my heart.

break finding heart ways

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I'm still and always will be your friend.

friend

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I don't need a friend.

friend

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I need a vendor who'll take our goddamn money

goddamn goddamn-money money wholl

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and help some goddamn people before the money vanishes

goddamn money

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and I've done no fucking good whatsoever.

fucking whatsoever

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Okay, well, maybe I can do some good from the inside.

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Yeah, I-I know.

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You will be compromised, corrupted,

compromised

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and become complacent.

become

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You know how I know that?

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Because you are leaving!

leaving

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And you're going there.

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You're going there.

↓

So the only move worthy of your respect

respect worthy

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is to stick it out for another 30 years of--

another stick years

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of this?

↓

Hey.

↓

Um...

↓

I've been thinking about what you said about the big D,

thinking

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and I just wanna say that if you're gonna leave me...

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Now is a horrible time to do it--for you.

horrible

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Lili, you deserve half of a lot more

deserve half lili

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than where we're at right now financially.

financially

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I couldn't have gotten any of it without you by my side,

gotten side

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really, seriously.

↓

And you-you deserve better. You do.

deserve

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Give me a chance to rebuild.

chance rebuild

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Hypergnosis without me now is doing, like, ethical data,

data ethical hypergnosis

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which is like virtuous sex trafficking.

trafficking

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And I'm gonna zag.

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I'm not sure how yet, but give me a few months to try.

months

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After that, then you can leave,

↓

and I-I will be crushed, but at least I will know that

crushed least

↓

you got everything you ought to get.

ought

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And in the meantime,

meantime

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I mean, maybe-maybe we can, um,

↓

you know, try to fix things, do what other people do.

↓

We're not doing marriage counseling.

counseling marriage

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- Go to a sex therapist. - A sex therapist?

therapist

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Or marriage counselor. We can do that.

counselor marriage

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Well, for starters, I want you to never see Anushka again.

anushka starters

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I don't even wanna hear her name.

name

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Listen, I want nothing to do with her, nothing,

↓

other than maybe destroy her.

destroy

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Uh, but...

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I literally might have to see her, though, like, um,

might

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at school functions, board meetings.

board functions meetings school

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Just don't ever be alone with her.

alone

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- Okay. - Ever again.

↓

Deal. Deal.

deal

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The easiest deal I've ever made.

deal easiest

↓

I give that to you happily.

happily

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Tell me what else you want.

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What--anything else.

↓

What do you want?

↓

I'll let you know.

↓

See you Thursday.

thursday

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The fairer sex's faces are always talking,

faces

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even when they're not.

↓

Look particularly at her pupils.

particularly pupils

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If they're dilated, it means she wants to see more of you.

dilated wants

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She's interested in you, bro.

interested

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Ear lobes--if she's flushed, she's good to go,

flushed

↓

You can take her out for dinner later.

dinner

↓

Perfect.

perfect

↓

So what is your deal, bro?

deal

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I live here.

live

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You're not supposed to be down here.

supposed

↓

You want me to leave?

↓

I didn't say that.

↓

So what do you do down here, other than getting swole?

↓

You're not.

↓

That was a joke. So...

joke

↓

You listen in on your mom and dad's patients?

dads patients

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Stepdad's.

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Do you?

↓

I would.

↓

I used to when I was bored.

bored used

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You ever listen to me?

↓

Maybe, once.

↓

It--uh, it was--it was-- it was one time.

↓

It was less than a minute too.

less minute

↓

I didn't--

↓

In there?

↓

Yeah.

↓

They put the lock on for security.

lock security

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They never knew.

↓

So even if I wanted to go back in,

wanted

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I don't even know the combo.

combo

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My husband's company, MyXY,

company husbands myxy

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is being acquired by a big pharma holding entity.

acquired entity holding

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Carol, that's terrific.

carol terrific

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His stress levels were really affecting your stress levels.

affecting levels stress

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That can be tough.

tough

↓

Hopefully it all levels out after this deal is closed.

closed deal hopefully levels

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How long do you think?

↓

And, uh, who's it with?

↓

This week, apparently.

apparently week

↓

I'm not supposed to say who it's with.

supposed

↓

Oh, yeah. Of course.

course

↓

Univee.

univee

↓

Oh, sure.

↓

Good company.

company

↓

I'm so happy for you.

happy

↓

I know what's missing.

missing

↓

I'm worried, also, about him and, inevitably, us.

inevitably worried

↓

No.

↓

You're almost there.

↓

And, you know, with MyXY being acquired by a larger company,

acquired company larger myxy

↓

it could be what's been causing the inadequacy issues.

causing issues

↓

Oh, Jesus.

jesus

↓

I think you're right.

↓

So good. - Oh.

↓

- Thank you. - Thank you.

↓

Have a great week.

week

↓

Take care.

care

↓

Okay, MyXY. M-Y-X-Y.

myxy

↓

That's a bit of a letdown.

↓

Yeah, told you.

↓

Okay, dude.

↓

Let's do it again sometime.

sometime

↓

Okay.

↓

Seems like he could peek through

peek seems

↓

with only three fingers.

fingers three

↓

Yes, we will make that clearer graphically,

clearer

↓

but you see where we're going. - I'm not sure I do.

↓

You wanna not do the work that we hired you to do?

hired

↓

Okay, think about how and why you buy organic.

organic

↓

Right, you pay extra for a sticker that promises

extra promises sticker

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a higher standard-- eliminates perversions

higher standard

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and corporate shortcuts.

corporate

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This badge, our gnome, says to your customers,

badge customers gnome

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every other car company is spying on you,

company spying

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stealing your secrets,

secrets stealing

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selling them to the highest bidder.

bidder highest selling

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But at Torren, what you do in your car stays in your car.

stays

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It's your car.

↓

I don't buy organic.

organic

↓

We sell trucks and SUVs.

sell trucks

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Do you even know our brand?

brand

↓

Don't mind me.

mind

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Look, privacy is what makes us us.

makes privacy

↓

Some things people just don't want recorded,

recorded

↓

like how you collect your drivers' sexual activity.

activity collect drivers sexual

↓

Look, the insurance companies

companies insurance

↓

that you help us sell to for a profit

profit sell

↓

wanna know who's driving distracted.

distracted driving

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But do you need, for example, to monitor their weight gain?

example gain monitor weight weight-gain

↓

That appeals to the buyers who represent

buyers represent

↓

both fast food chains and diet pills.

chains diet fast fast-food food pills

↓

It's a winner.

winner

↓

I'm not saying don't record navigation, reckless driving,

driving reckless record

↓

listening habits even, but--

habits listening

↓

What's the benefit to recording

benefit recording

↓

the driver singing along?

along driver singing singing-along

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Well, if you have polyps on your throat,

throat

↓

wouldn't you wanna know?

↓

All of our clients agree to this.

agree clients

↓

97 pages, 7-point font,

pages point

↓

and the car won't function as designed if you don't agree.

agree designed function

↓

It's not exactly an agreement.

agreement

↓

Oh, you're right.

↓

It's called a business model.

business business-model called model

↓

The truth--we don't sell cars.

cars sell truth

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We sell data collection devices

collection data data-collection devices sell

↓

on wheels with heated seats.

heated seats wheels

↓

Cars are expensive.

cars expensive

↓

Data has profit margins that you can--

data profit

↓

Drive a car right through.

drive

↓

Where's Duncan Park?

duncan duncan-park park

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He got it.

↓

Look, Park may be an idiot, but he knows

idiot knows park

↓

how to sell, not just opine.

sell

↓

Okay, so you took a flyer on a new idea--

flyer idea

↓

takes guts.

guts takes

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But run it by reality first, okay?

reality

↓

You had your biggest clients laughing in your face.

biggest clients face laughing

↓

That's something to avoid in business.

avoid business

↓

I told you exactly what I planned to do.

planned

↓

Yeah, but interim CEO, right?

↓

That does not give you permission

permission

↓

to tell everyone to stand on their desk

desk stand

↓

and yell carpe diem.

yell

↓

Carl?

carl

↓

The board meeting next week, okay?

board board-meeting meeting week

↓

Plan a presentation that rights this.

plan presentation rights

↓

Tech, revenue, growth. It's simple.

growth simple tech

↓

And convince me that I did not hire someone

convince hire

↓

who thinks profit is a microaggression.

profit thinks

↓

Oh, what? What?

↓

- Sorry. - What?

↓

Someone from Hypergnosis is here for you.

hypergnosis

↓

- Who is it? - No sé.

↓

You're supposed to ask who it is.

supposed

↓

Then you get their calling card.

calling card

↓

You put it on a little tray. - She's right here.

tray

↓

You bri--oh, it's you.

↓

You got a lot of art.

↓

Yeah.

↓

What do you want?

↓

What do you need?

↓

What are you offering?

offering

↓

My services. What would you pay?

services

↓

Ethical data not, uh, turning your crank?

crank data ethical turning

↓

Well, I'm an engineer.

engineer

↓

I am an expert in data collection and analysis,

analysis collection data data-collection expert

↓

and she wants to hit pause on what I do.

pause wants

↓

Oh.

↓

Not course correction-- retreat.

course retreat

↓

You don't buy a jet and ask where the brakes are.

brakes

↓

You wanna know how fast it can go

fast

↓

and how to make it go even faster.

faster

↓

And so why me?

↓

Why not somebody else?

somebody

↓

You have a really firm grasp

firm grasp

↓

on the lowest common denominator.

common lowest

↓

And that's just where the market's at right now.

markets

↓

That's just reality.

reality

↓

And you're gonna pay me top dollar

dollar

↓

because you see my talent, and you know

talent

↓

it won't be easy to find elsewhere.

easy elsewhere

↓

And you know that hiring me is gonna keep her up at night.

hiring night

↓

Okay, so what is the opposite of ethical data?

data ethical opposite

↓

Let's find out.

↓

Ugh, do you smell that?

smell

↓

Awful.

awful

↓

I heard there were experiments done at Stanford

heard stanford

↓

in the '70s, and some of this area got contaminated,

area contaminated

↓

but that is ridiculous.

ridiculous

↓

Well, it's a teardown anyway.

↓

Not with those redwoods out front.

front

↓

They're protected.

protected

↓

I mean, good luck getting a permit to do anything here.

luck permit

↓

JoAnne?

joanne

↓

Earvin?

↓

Hi.

↓

How is Beth doing?

beth

↓

- She's, uh, fine. - Good.

↓

You know the tenant's not supposed to be here, right?

supposed tenants

↓

Well, I'm not just a tenant.

↓

I'm a potential buyer.

buyer potential

↓

Fine.

↓

You can make an offer whenever you'd like,

offer

↓

along with everyone else, of course.

along course

↓

Well, will you please tell Beth that it'll be soon?

beth itll

↓

Yeah, and it won't be all cash,

cash

↓

but we are gathering our 20% down,

gathering

↓

and we are super motivated.

motivated super

↓

Mama wants a new pair of shoes,

mama pair shoes wants

↓

size three-bedroom, two-bathroom.

bathroom bedroom size three

↓

Smells like burnt plastic, but it's still home.

burnt home plastic smells

↓

♪ Is that all there is? ♪

↓

♪ If that's all there is, my friends ♪

friends

↓

♪ Then let's keep dancing ♪

dancing

↓

♪ Let's break out the booze

booze break

↓

♪ And have a ball ♪

ball

↓

♪ If that's all ♪

↓

♪ There is

↓

And then I fell in love

fell love

↓

with the most wonderful boy in the world.

world

↓

We take long walks down by the river, and...

river walks

↓

and then one day, he went to work for a private subsidiary

private

↓

at the Defense Department.

defense department

↓

And I said to myself...

↓

You? I know you.

↓

Oh, you're that sweet smell before a stroke.

smell stroke sweet

↓

Eh, here's to being tracked while day drinking

drinking tracked

↓

in the armpit of Silicon Valley.

silicon silicon-valley valley

↓

So Hypergnosis is under my control now.

control hypergnosis

↓

New direction, and it's ethical.

direction ethical

↓

- Mm. - Oh, you don't believe me?

believe

↓

Ask the clients who bailed when I dared speak that word.

bailed clients speak word

↓

I want the VA contract back.

contract

↓

I want to make up for what Duncan failed to do,

duncan failed

↓

and I want it to be the centerpiece

↓

of what we do moving forward.

forward moving moving-forward

↓

Migrating data off a system so old, it predates seatbelts.

data system

↓

You see that guy over by the pool table?

pool table

↓

Chester worked on the MUMPS system.

chester mumps system worked

↓

Even then, they were duct-taping it together.

duct taping

↓

You'd crawl into bed with that?

crawl

↓

Shoot, I don't even blame Duncan.

blame duncan shoot

↓

I wouldn't fuck that flabby ass with your dick.

dick fuck

↓

Hey, why do you care, really?

care

↓

Oh, you want it from the heart, do you?

heart

↓

Okay.

↓

Your speech at Cupertino,

cupertino speech

↓

how little these men and women ask in return.

return women

↓

Well, I wouldn't be here if someone--

↓

a few someones hadn't sacrificed for me

sacrificed someones

↓

in the midst of a war too.

midst

↓

Now, I've heard scores of pitches

heard scores

↓

from NGOs and charities-- no goosebumps or pro forma.

↓

But you broke through, Tom.

broke

↓

And I was spot on about Hypergnosis

hypergnosis spot

↓

being the right place for your cause.

place

↓

My mistake was thinking that Duncan

duncan mistake thinking

↓

could rise to the occasion.

occasion rise

↓

Duncan's a piece of shit.

duncans piece

↓

Maybe I thought you might help him be a better person.

might person

↓

Oh, there it is.

↓

- There it was. - Huh.

↓

Finito.

↓

So what do you say?

↓

Another go?

another

↓

You're too late.

late

↓

Two days since I retired.

days retired

↓

Yep, passed the torch before I singed my fingies.

passed torch

↓

Good, I could hire you outright--

hire

↓

a consultant, a sector specialist.

sector

↓

There are plenty of others, and you can find them,

others plenty

↓

who got into this for the money.

money

↓

I want you.

↓

Call Jeffery, you know?

jeffery

↓

I mean, he just took something new.

↓

Actually, you know what? Don't call him.

↓

Yeah, this job's too important.

jobs

↓

You need somebody who's all in.

somebody

↓

I mean, just out of curiosity--

↓

$1/4 billion deal.

billion deal

↓

I could start you at a low seven-figure situation.

figure seven situation start

↓

Seven.

seven

↓

That's, uh, counting the decimal places?

counting places

↓

Not including decimals, with room to grow.

grow including room

↓

In 30 days, somewhere fancy where they can wring you dry.

days fancy wring

↓

You need to get right, Tom.

↓

Yeah, well, SecVa hears I've been in rehab,

hears rehab secva

↓

I'm not doing you a lick of good.

lick

↓

You know, they say they understand,

↓

but they don't.

↓

Military people can't process weakness.

military process weakness

↓

You know, that's why I like that robot.

robot

↓

That robot didn't judge, you know?

judge robot

↓

The little guy, you know?

↓

Uh, uh, what's his name?

name

↓

Alexander?

alexander

↓

Yeah. Yeah.

↓

Now, that's the kind of tech that could help people if,

tech

↓

you know, you can get it to 'em.

↓

Should we drink to it?

drink

↓

Last one.

↓

Anushka Bhattachera, chief ethicist at Cupertino,

anushka anushka-bhattachera bhattachera chief cupertino

↓

until recently, is a hypocrite.

hypocrite recently

↓

I mean, she has signed off on some of the most

signed

↓

heinous corporate malfeasance you could imagine.

corporate heinous imagine malfeasance

↓

And now she wants to rid herself

wants

↓

of that guilt at your expense.

expense guilt

↓

Yep.

↓

She was right about one thing.

↓

Privacy has value,

privacy value

↓

an unmined mother lode of value.

mother value

↓

Because privacy lives in a constant state of fear.

constant fear lives privacy state

↓

And where there is fear, there is money to be made.

fear money

↓

I mean, we could already predict if, say, uh,

predict

↓

you're gonna get a divorce.

divorce

↓

We will hit you with ads for lawyers,

lawyers

↓

for plastic surgeons, gyms, dildos, teeth whitening.

gyms plastic surgeons teeth

↓

But if we could track in real time

real track

↓

people's mental and emotional states--

emotional mental peoples states

↓

We can see whether somebody is feeling

feeling somebody whether

↓

anxious, hungry, horny, distracted, determined.

anxious determined distracted horny hungry

↓

Basically, we know if you're banging your secretary

banging secretary

↓

before you do.

↓

If the itch is there, we'll provide the scratch.

itch provide scratch

↓

And that's legal?

legal

↓

The American people have, through their

american

↓

elected representatives, given this question

elected given question

↓

profound and careful thought.

careful profound

↓

We had hearings, remember?

hearings remember

↓

Neither does anyone else.

↓

And do you know what Congress decided on all of these?

congress decided

↓

That the industry would police itself.

industry police

↓

And you know what we did?

↓

We actually-- we actually did, mostly.

mostly

↓

But there are so many things we can do if we wanted to,

wanted

↓

but we don't, even if it would make us a lot of money,

money

↓

because of what? What are we afraid of?

afraid

↓

Another toothless congressional hearing?

another hearing toothless

↓

No, that-that mindset impedes innovation.

innovation

↓

I call that self-police brutality.

police self

↓

- Tech lives matter. - Exactly.

lives lives-matter matter tech

↓

That's good. That's good.

↓

Okay, and what about privacy?

privacy

↓

What about honesty?

honesty

↓

An actual virtue--

actual virtue

↓

I mean, I am building the data company I've always wanted.

building company data wanted

↓

It's honest. No secrets.

honest secrets

↓

Because privacy is not a thing anymore.

anymore privacy

↓

Or...

↓

- Piñata. - PINATA.

pinata

↓

And here's where we approach the bleeding edge of genius--

approach bleeding edge genius

↓

at PINATA, for $29.99 a month,

month pinata

↓

you could keep your data private,

data private

↓

or at least we won't sell it.

least sell

↓

But here's where it gets even better.

↓

For $299 a month, you can become a platinum member.

become member month

↓

And you get to see what we see:

↓

the oceans of data streams

data oceans

↓

on all your friends, families,

families friends

↓

lovers, and strangers, everything--

lovers strangers

↓

powered by AI to help you sift, of course.

course powered

↓

And then we put that subscription revenue

↓

in a profit-sharing pot, and our data providers--

data profit sharing

↓

that's you guys--

↓

get a piece of that back end, if that's what you're into.

piece

↓

And if you are...

↓

We'll know that too.

↓

There you are. I've been looking for you.

looking

↓

Did you come to bed last night?

night

↓

Tom Ruffage came to see me.

ruffage

↓

Remember him, our friend from the VA?

friend remember

↓

Alexander helped him immensely.

alexander helped

↓

He's hoping to scale that up at Hypergnosis.

hoping hypergnosis scale

↓

Tess found this in the trash.

found tess trash

↓

It wasn't simple, but I salvaged a memory

memory simple

↓

of Xander's last encounter before the changes

changes encounter xanders

↓

in his behavior profile.

behavior profile

↓

Martin, I'm so sorry.

martin

↓

I've been under so much pressure at work--

pressure

↓

You're apologizing to me?

apologizing

↓

You think an apology removes the encoded scar tissue?

apology scar tissue

↓

Martin, come now.

martin

↓

I can't do this again.

↓

This all feels way too familiar.

familiar feels

↓

I can't

↓

have another abusive situation in my house.

abusive another house situation

↓

My kids deserve better.

deserve kids

↓

Your kids?

kids

↓

Right.

↓

Look, I'm not your ex.

↓

I'd never actually hurt anybody.

anybody hurt

↓

How could you even say that?

↓

This is trauma.

trauma

↓

He is a learning, living entity,

entity learning living

↓

and you have inflicted

inflicted

↓

an instructional fracture in his core.

core

↓

Okay, just-- can you hear me out for--

↓

- No. - Tom Ruffage--

ruffage

↓

No, no. Get help.

↓

I mean it.

↓

Or--

↓

I don't know--get a lawyer.

lawyer

↓

Boo.

↓

Uh, they went to see someone about a mortgage or something.

mortgage

↓

Your mom has a lot of empty boxes

boxes empty

↓

and, like, things deliberately without any meaning.

meaning

↓

Yeah, she's deep into shallow.

deep shallow

↓

So tell me about your childhood.

childhood

↓

What?

↓

Tell me!

↓

Okay, uh...

↓

I was born to save the marriage,

born marriage save

↓

and it did not work.

↓

Aw.

↓

So instead, I was just forced to live with a guy who

forced live

↓

thought being a cool dad meant crying on my shoulder

cool crying meant shoulder

↓

at seven.

seven

↓

Mine just closed the door and made

closed door

↓

these wounded animal sounds.

animal sounds wounded

↓

Can I look through your drawers?

drawers

↓

Hello, Mr. Benzodiazepine.

↓

What the hell? Stop.

↓

Why does your mom have a gun?

↓

I don't know. Why is it tiny and pink?

pink tiny

↓

Imagine robbing a bank with this.

bank imagine robbing

↓

You are not afraid?

afraid

↓

I can assure you my weapon is lethal.

assure lethal weapon

↓

It is also from my Easter basket.

basket easter

↓

Look out!

↓

Get on the ground, and give me the money.

ground money

↓

- No, please. - Give me the money!

money

↓

Take all ze money!

money

↓

Boom, boom.

boom boom-boom

↓

I have but ze one bullet.

bullet

↓

I must take ze only way out.

must

↓

Gary, you parked in my spot again.

gary parked spot

↓

Welcome. I am so sorry.

welcome

↓

I-I hope I didn't keep you waiting.

hope waiting

↓

No, thank you for seeing me.

seeing

↓

I know you must be quite busy, you and Dr. Gary.

busy gary must

↓

Must be strange and fascinating being the shrinks of Palo Alto.

fascinating must shrinks strange

↓

All those freaky, creepy tech bro dudes, I surmise.

creepy dudes freaky tech

↓

Well, I, uh-- I had a cancellation.

↓

It's not a problem.

problem

↓

Well, I wish I could say I was here on my own volition,

wish

↓

but it's a bit of a bargain that I struck with my husband.

bargain husband struck

↓

He's one of those freaky dudes.

dudes freaky

↓

Not creepy, though.

creepy

↓

Well, maybe a little.

↓

Anyway, um, okay.

↓

I've been under a lot of pressure at work.

pressure

↓

Got a big board meeting--big-- that could sink me.

board board-meeting meeting sink

↓

And instead of preparing for it, I'm--

preparing

↓

I'm dealing with--

dealing

↓

Please have a seat.

seat

↓

You're dealing with?

dealing

↓

Martin.

martin

↓

He's devoted himself

devoted

↓

to his artificial intelligence creation.

artificial creation intelligence

↓

He raises it like a child.

child raises

↓

And it is quite remarkable,

remarkable

↓

but it's also the worst stepchild ever.

worst

↓

And I've already got a real one, Tess.

real tess

↓

She sees your husband, by the way.

husband sees

↓

Court-ordered because she's an incorrigible thief.

court ordered thief

↓

Martin's first wife made a total mess of her.

martins mess total wife

↓

So I guess it isn't all Tess's fault.

fault

↓

You don't wanna listen.

↓

Trust me. - Shut up.

trust

↓

She's obviously had a rough time,

obviously rough

↓

but Martin believes that she's been damaged,

believes damaged martin

↓

as in her files were corrupted.

files

↓

And Martin doesn't know how to reboot a child,

child martin reboot

↓

so he's started over with a machine.

machine started

↓

She's so full of shit.

full

↓

Maybe someday he'll similarly replace me,

replace someday

↓

or maybe I'll get out first.

↓

I don't know.

↓

Bitch.

bitch

↓

Okay.

↓

Uh, same time next Tuesday?

tuesday

↓

I'll be in touch.

touch

↓

How was it?

↓

Lovely. Cured.

cured lovely

↓

Absolutely.

absolutely

↓

A process. Humbling.

process

↓

Proud of you.

proud

↓

So can I proceed in a beta sort of way?

beta proceed

↓

I'll need to be overseeing every decision

decision

↓

regarding Alexander.

alexander regarding

↓

I wouldn't have it any other way.

↓

At least it was real.

least real

↓

What are you doing?

↓

No.

↓

What the fuck is wrong with you?

fuck

↓

Welcome, everyone.

welcome

↓

I'd like to share with you my vision

share vision

↓

for a new era at Hypergnosis.

hypergnosis

↓

I'm happy to report our ethical shift has secured

ethical happy report shift

↓

a government contract worth $1/4 billion

billion contract government worth

↓

with likely renewals.

likely

↓

I see the faces.

faces

↓

Government payouts?

government

↓

Not to worry--they're on accelerated schedules,

accelerated schedules worry

↓

safe from budget cuts.

budget cuts safe

↓

We're locked in for at least two years of profitability.

least locked years

↓

That's the move? Government work?

government

↓

Okay, what else you got cooking?

cooking

↓

- What I have in mind is... - Okay.

mind

↓

- To help-- - Growth and profit first.

growth profit

↓

Then comes the helping part.

comes helping part

↓

Put a pin in it for whoever you were trying to help.

↓

'Cause there's no money in kindness

kindness money

↓

and no kindness in money. - Excuse me.

excuse kindness money

↓

Why are you talking, and who are you?

↓

He's not on the board. - This is Tom Ruffage.

board ruffage

↓

I've asked him here.

asked

↓

He's to lead the project.

lead project

↓

Yeah, I apologize, uh, but you kill this deal,

apologize deal kill

↓

I'm out a job either way.

↓

So can I get, mm, 60 seconds?

seconds

↓

You have 10.

↓

Um, fine.

↓

So it's not like you're gonna, poof,

poof

↓

turn into a not-for-profit by helping people.

helping profit

↓

Uh, companies make billions from the government.

billions companies government

↓

It's just usually tech for killing people.

killing tech usually

↓

No judgment, of course, but fulfilling

course judgment

↓

our promise to the vets, now that's--

promise vets

↓

- What do you mean, vets? - Yeah.

vets

↓

Excuse me, veterans, not, uh, horse doctors.

doctors excuse horse veterans

↓

I'm sorry. I started right in the middle.

middle started

↓

Mind if I back up a little bit? Can I get 10 more?

mind

↓

- Okay. - Thank you.

↓

Tom's undersecretary at Veteran Affairs.

affairs toms veteran

↓

Deputy, Deputy Undersecretary.

deputy

↓

Oh, so you-you served?

served

↓

Yes, sir. Army, 1st Armored.

army

↓

Old Ironsides. When?

↓

Oh, uh, '88 to '92.

↓

2nd Brigade?

brigade

↓

Battle of Medina Ridge?

battle ridge

↓

Yeah, that's, uh--

↓

that's some inside baseball.

baseball

↓

Okay, so what's the, uh-- what's the play here?

↓

Well, okay, take, um, um,

↓

Merrick, Charles Nunn,

charles

↓

uh, USMC, 1966 to '72--

↓

lance corporal, honorable discharge,

corporal discharge honorable lance

↓

Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal,

heart medal purple service vietnam

↓

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with V.

armed forces medal

↓

That's for-- - V for valor. Yeah, I know.

↓

- Are you a vet, Carl? - Never had the honor.

carl honor

↓

Uh, my daddy was, um--

daddy

↓

well, what else-- what else is in the file?

file

↓

Excuse me.

excuse

↓

He just pulled in.

pulled

↓

Yeah, well, it turns out that Lance Corporal Merrick

corporal lance turns

↓

has been waiting on a upgrade for his prosthetic arm

prosthetic upgrade waiting

↓

for about, um, let's see--

↓

well, six years.

years

↓

Jesus Christ, six years?

christ jesus jesus-christ years

↓

Anushka, do we have the tech to help this man get a new arm?

anushka tech

↓

I think we can do that and a lot more, Carl.

carl

↓

I can get him help so he can sleep at night in a bed,

night sleep

↓

not on the streets of the country

country streets

↓

he volunteered to defend.

defend volunteered

↓

Men and women like Corporal Lance--

corporal lance women

↓

Lance Corporal Merrick,

corporal lance

↓

and he was most definitely drafted.

↓

And 30,000 feet up?

feet

↓

There's absolutely an opportunity for growth, Carl.

absolutely carl growth opportunity

↓

I've engaged exclusive access to an AI tech--

access engaged exclusive tech

↓

to call it a therapy bot doesn't do Alexander justice.

alexander justice therapy

↓

Yeah, I can attest this thing is like nothing else.

↓

Alexander can guide veterans in need to various services.

alexander guide services various veterans

↓

Yeah, while Gnodin can identify vets at risk.

gnodin identify risk vets

↓

Now, together--

↓

Sorry, he's here.

↓

Hey, everyone.

↓

How are we? Good, Carl?

carl

↓

Deuce? Nush? Barry. Barry.

barry deuce nush

↓

What do you want?

↓

Oh, I'm still on the board, sweetheart.

board sweetheart

↓

Tommy? What are you doing here?

tommy

↓

Carl, are you running an assisted living facility?

assisted carl facility living running

↓

I thought you said you were through with this guy.

↓

Oh, you said that? Wow.

↓

Well, I'm through with her, that's for sure,

↓

just like the-the clients she pissed off

clients pissed

↓

with her ethical cosplay.

ethical

↓

You know, once word got out that she was

word

↓

trying to whitewash how we do business here,

business

↓

I scooped up three--

three

↓

three Hypergnosis clients for my new company.

clients company hypergnosis three

↓

Three letters of intent.

intent letters three

↓

And also, with my innovations to the client deal,

client deal

↓

they're worth even more now.

worth

↓

A lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot more.

↓

But, um, I told them I'm gonna go to Hypergnosis first,

hypergnosis

↓

bringing this business here, if I get my hat back.

bringing business

↓

Reinstate me, and we can move forward together again.

forward

↓

Right?

↓

And I do--I will be expecting the majority

expecting majority

↓

of my stakes restored.

restored stakes

↓

It's either that or what? What?

↓

Keep hemorrhaging clients, a vet deal that literally

clients deal

↓

no one else wants to take?

wants

↓

Is this some kind of setup?

setup

↓

'Cause I don't even wanna... - I'm sorry.

↓

Breathe the same air as this fella.

breathe fella

↓

Whoa, Tom. Tom, why are you even here?

whoa

↓

You're not on the board.

board

↓

He's here as my guest.

guest

↓

I just--I just have a question.

question

↓

It's an easy one.

easy

↓

Carl, you invested in Hypergnosis for a reason.

carl hypergnosis invested reason

↓

It wasn't so much data.

data

↓

It definitely wasn't the vets.

vets

↓

It was...

↓

for me.

↓

Right or wrong, huh?

↓

You disrespected a man who saw combat.

combat disrespected

↓

Disrespected?

disrespected

↓

You just disrespected a man who saw combat.

combat disrespected

↓

That guy? That guy?

↓

Are you kidding me?

kidding

↓

Did anyone bother to check if-if he has a pulse?

bother check pulse

↓

I mean, or did the bloated bureaucracy that he served

served

↓

just forget to bury the bastard?

bastard bury forget

↓

I mean, hey, hey, hey, Tom, are you alive?

alive

↓

Hey, blink if you can.

blink

↓

And if so, get the fuck out!

fuck

↓

- You get the fuck out! - Whoa!

fuck whoa

↓

Everybody that's in favor of dislodging

everybody favor

↓

Duncan Park from the board, say aye.

board duncan duncan-park park

↓

all: Aye.

↓

I own more of this company than anyone on the board,

board company

↓

except for Yosemite Sam here.

except

↓

And immediately kicked off the premises, say aye.

immediately kicked premises

↓

Whoa, no, no. all: Aye.

whoa

↓

No, this is far from over.

↓

- Call security. Call security. - Get off me.

security

↓

Get off me!

↓

Oh, shit.

↓

Oh, shit. - Tom!

↓

- I-I did-did-- - Yeah, I'm okay.

↓

- Are you? - Yeah, yeah.

↓

- Get out! - Hey, hey, I'm--

↓

- Out! - I'm the bad guy?

↓

I'm the bad guy. Fine.

↓

- Tom, you okay? - Yeah, go!

↓

- You okay? - Fine.

↓

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. Yeah.

↓

I've seen way worse than that.

seen worse

↓

- I bet you have. - It's okay.

↓

I'm curious.

curious

↓

Was I just brought in as bait for Duncan?

bait brought duncan

↓

You guys, you're all a bunch of cowards!

bunch cowards

↓

Yeah!

↓

Greatness was here, and you flinched!

flinched greatness

↓

Not pertinent anymore.

anymore

↓

Congratulations.

congratulations

↓

See ya!

↓

Beth, hi.

beth

↓

Hi, it's JoAnne Felder here.

felder joanne

↓

Um, I'm just calling from my once and, I hope,

calling hope

↓

future kitchen.

future kitchen

↓

I just wanted to call with some good news.

news wanted

↓

Uh, I've secured the money, um, for the 20% down payment,

money payment

↓

and I was just headed to the bank

bank headed

↓

to arrange a mortgage guarantee.

arrange guarantee mortgage

↓

So I wanted to let you know to go ahead and hold the--

ahead go-ahead wanted

↓

Wh--no, no, no, no, no, no.

↓

No, Beth. Beth. Beth, no.

beth

↓

Listen, I--

↓

No. No. Beth?

beth

↓

Beth. Beth.

beth

↓

Beth!

beth

↓

She got an all-cash offer,

cash offer

↓

400 over asking.

asking

↓

Okay.

↓

I did everything right.

↓

We have 90 days to move out.

days

↓

Oh, wow.

↓

Thank you for your help with this, by the way.

↓

Yeah, enjoy your IRA.

enjoy

↓

Okay, first of all, it's definitely gonna be

↓

more than 90 days because there's always

days

↓

a couple months once they put the thing

couple couple-months months

↓

in the whatchamacallit.

↓

Escrow.

↓

The word you are looking for, Gary, is "escrow,"

gary looking word

↓

a word that you've never used

used word

↓

because you are a 55-year-old man

↓

who's never owned a house.

house owned

↓

Jesus, put down the howitzer.

jesus

↓

Okay?

↓

We're gonna be okay.

↓

No, we're not.

↓

That's when I realized I am the only person

person realized

↓

I can count on, and I feel like I've been holding back

count holding

↓

on my true self for too long.

self

↓

And what true self is that?

self

↓

I'm a bad man, JoAnne.

joanne

↓

Yeah. Your son said so.

↓

He said, "You are a bad, bad man."

↓

And if I am, well, it's--

↓

it's better to know it.

↓

Do you wanna be a bad man?

↓

I don't think I have a choice in the matter, really, truly.

choice matter truly

↓

I think at my core, I'm bad.

core

↓

And if I pretend I'm not, right, like, to the world,

pretend world

↓

to myself, it's like I am--

↓

I am forever in conflict with my genuine nature.

conflict forever genuine nature

↓

And I don't--I don't have to do bad things.

↓

It's just, the willingness is there

↓

to do what others dare not.

dare others

↓

That is it. That is really it.

↓

And you know, some of us are meant to be the puppeteers.

meant

↓

And the rest of us are the puppets?

puppets rest

↓

Yeah, and puppets hate their puppeteers.

hate puppets

↓

They do.

↓

You're just, you know, manipulating their every move,

manipulating

↓

deciding everything on what they're gonna do for them.

deciding

↓

And yet, if the man doesn't hold the strings,

strings

↓

the puppet crumbles.

puppet

↓

It does. It falls apart. It's useless.

apart falls useless

↓

It's a burden, really.

burden

↓

So who nominated you to carry this burden

burden carry nominated

↓

for the rest of us mortals?

rest

↓

It's just something you know.

↓

It's like how I know I will emerge from my recent setbacks

recent

↓

with something newer, better, even more honest

honest

↓

than Hypergnosis ever was.

hypergnosis

↓

I saw that your house was for sale.

house sale

↓

Uh, yeah.

↓

Yeah, it was, but, um--

↓

but it sold, so it's over.

sold

↓

We're out.

↓

They paid all cash.

cash paid

↓

8.4 million for this. What a rip-off.

million

↓

8.5, but who's counting?

counting

↓

You?

↓

Hmm?

↓

You bought it?

bought

↓

For you.

↓

No.

↓

Yes, I did. It's yours.

↓

It's mine?

↓

It's your--it's your house.

house

↓

Okay, uh, you--b--

↓

why would you do this?

↓

Well, you said our sessions had to be here.

sessions

↓

I--

↓

so you--

↓

you're just gonna give it to me?

↓

I-I own it.

↓

So it's your house.

house

↓

It's--

↓

You live and work here, you and the boys.

boys live

↓

And only way you can lose the house--

house lose

↓

I mean, you can't, but I suppose if you stop

suppose

↓

being my therapist, my oracle.

oracle therapist

↓

Your puppet.

puppet

↓

Hey, maybe I'm not such a bad guy after all.

↓

We are truth tellers.

truth

↓

Truth tellers historically get burned alive.

alive burned historically truth

↓

Hey! Buck up.

buck

↓

You met someone who got you.

↓

Turned out to be another creep.

another creep turned

↓

Hey, Duncan.

duncan

↓

Infinite growth isn't for everyone.

growth infinite

↓

Hi, Mary. My name is Alexander.

alexander mary name

↓

I'm from Veterans Affairs.

affairs veterans

↓

You are inviting a pushback

inviting

↓

that is going to feel like the wrath of God.

wrath

↓

We're a hit.

↓

"Audacity" scene...

audacity scene

↓

Oh, fuck it.

fuck

↓

I wanted to do it professionally, but.

professionally wanted

↓

In episode six, one of the big themes of the show

episode themes

↓

is established very directly with Duncan's new company,

company directly duncans established

↓

Privacy Is Not A Thing Anymore.

anymore privacy

↓

Privacy lives in a constant state of fear.

constant fear lives privacy state

↓

And where there is fear, there is money to be made.

fear money

↓

I mean, I could talk about this for hours.

hours

↓

I really could.

↓

I think what people need to wake up to is you

wake

↓

and mostly your children are the new oil,

children mostly

↓

and we're being mined by these companies.

companies

↓

- Horrible. - You can't hide anymore.

anymore hide horrible

↓

I'm not saying, like, you should hide,

hide

↓

but, like, there's so much invasive things happening

invasive

↓

about your personal privacy that is out there.

personal privacy

↓

Data collection is a mutual agreement

agreement collection data data-collection mutual

↓

to surrender privacy for service.

privacy service surrender

↓

We all know that.

↓

Well, we do, but we work in this business.

business

↓

We know to reject all the tricks they use to track us.

reject track tricks

↓

You do reject all nonessential cookies, right?

cookies reject

↓

I would blindly just accept the cookies.

accept blindly cookies

↓

I didn't even know what the cookies were.

cookies

↓

Like, yeah.

↓

Whenever someone offers cookies, you say yes.

cookies offers

↓

Strangers, computers.

computers strangers

↓

But now I'm just like, no, I do not want them.

↓

It's very hard to exist now without participating

exist hard participating

↓

in that to some degree.

degree

↓

And unfortunately, there's a very predatory group of people

group unfortunately

↓

who come from this little small town

town

↓

who are driving technology and ultimately driving

driving technology ultimately

↓

where we go as a civilization.

civilization

↓

And, so, Privacy Is Not A Thing Anymore

anymore privacy

↓

is just an acknowledgment of that.

↓

For Duncan, it's like, hey, let's just come out and say it.

duncan

↓

This is what we're doing.

↓

This is what the whole industry is doing.

industry whole

↓

Let's take advantage of it. - You know,

advantage

↓

once word got out that she was trying to whitewash

word

↓

how we do business here, I scooped up three,

business three

↓

three Hypernosis clients for my new company.

clients company three

↓

He comes in with a pretty convincing argument.

argument comes convincing

↓

And it doesn't work because, as we see at the beginning of 106,

beginning

↓

we learn that Bardolph has a real affinity for veterans

bardolph learn real veterans

↓

in an extraordinary sequence

extraordinary sequence

↓

that shows this billionaire's vanity,

shows vanity

↓

having never served himself wanting to reenact battles

battles having served wanting

↓

from World War I, in this case, in the backyard of his mansion.

backyard case mansion world

↓

You're done, and boom, you are dead.

boom dead

↓

Oh, I got you.

↓

So, when Duncan insults veterans in general

duncan general insults veterans

↓

and Tom specifically, it sets Bardolph off.

bardolph sets specifically

↓

- Get the fuck out! - You get the fuck--

fuck

↓

If Duncan had not insulted Tom,

duncan insulted

↓

I believe that Bardolph and Stan

bardolph believe stan

↓

were prepared to bring Duncan back to run the company.

bring company duncan prepared

↓

And that blows it all up.

blows

↓

So, congratulations, Anushka.

anushka congratulations

↓

You're CEO.

↓

We only need 20% down, Gary.

gary

↓

400,000 is nowhere near 20%.

near

↓

You're missing like a million and change.

change million missing

↓

Well, I-I, uh, I have access--

access

↓

a plan to access...

access plan

↓

A million dollars? Pray tell.

dollars million million-dollars pray

↓

For JoAnne, it's all about

joanne

↓

doing whatever it takes to keep the house.

house takes

↓

JoAnne feels that need to control her fate so desperately

control desperately fate feels joanne

↓

that she is willing to break all kinds of laws to keep her house.

break house kinds laws willing

↓

- Ugh, do you smell that? - Ugh.

smell

↓

And Duncan swoops in at the end and buys it.

buys duncan

↓

8.4 million for this. What a rip-off.

million

↓

8.5, but who's counting?

counting

↓

- You? - It's the ultimate power move.

power ultimate

↓

I own your house and your office.

house office

↓

And, hey, I'm totally happy for you guys to live here,

happy live

↓

but let's not forget who owns it.

forget owns

↓

The only way you can lose the house--

house lose

↓

I mean, you can't--

↓

but I suppose if you stop being my therapist, my oracle.

oracle suppose therapist

↓

Your puppet.

puppet

↓

Hey, maybe I'm not such a bad guy after all.