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The Audacity

Season 1, Episode 7 — Foundering

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Audacity

Episode title: Foundering

Air date: May 24, 2026

Director: Alexander Buono

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

Is Xander a hero or a villain? Duncan is ready to disrupt with P.I.N.A.T.A. JoAnne contends with the consequences of her counsel. Anushka takes the lead and Martin has a decision to make. Gary gets to the root of Orson's strange behaviour.

Source: TMDB

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- I should never have blackmailed you.

blackmailed

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Will you be my bribe?

bribe

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- My husband's company, MyXY, is being acquired

acquired company husbands myxy

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by a big pharma entity.

entity

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- What the fuck is wrong with you?

fuck

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- I want the VA contract back.

contract

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

duncan failed

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- Duncan's a piece of shit.

duncans piece

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- Why are you even here? You're not on the board.

board

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Get the fuck out!

fuck

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- Everybody that's in favor

everybody favor

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of dislodging Duncan Park from the board, say aye.

board duncan duncan-park park

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all: Aye.

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- Only way you can lose the house

house lose

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is if you stop being my therapist.

therapist

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- Your puppet.

puppet

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[upbeat jazzy music]

music upbeat

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- All right.

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♪ ♪

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[indistinct conversation]

conversation indistinct indistinct-conversation

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♪ ♪

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Hey, there's some Coast Guard mixed in there,

coast guard mixed

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so make sure you separate them by branch, all right?

branch separate

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Oh, hey, if these are uncoded, set them aside.

aside

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MUMPS are in charge! This is their time.

charge mumps

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They wrote this code before you were born, before I was born.

born code wrote

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- Ooh!

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- All right, who's the lucky soldier?

lucky soldier

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Mary Cardenas, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army.

army class mary sergeant

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Amputee. Huh.

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Yeah, maybe.

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Hey, Ben?

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You wanna shoot this through for me real quick?

quick real real-quick shoot

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♪ ♪

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- Incoming! - Got it?

incoming

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Hey, Anushka.

anushka

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Come here, check this out.

check

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What about her, huh?

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- Mary Cardenas.

mary

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Yeah.

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All right. - Okay. All right.

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Send it through to [indistinct].

indistinct send

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- [sighs]

sighs

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♪ ♪

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[thunder rumbling, rain pattering]

rain rumbling thunder thunder-rumbling

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[engine turning over]

engine turning

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[display dings]

dings display

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Evergreen Cemetery.

cemetery

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[phone buzzing]

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

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Hello?

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- Hi, Mary Cardenas?

mary

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Am I pronouncing that right?

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- Yeah. Who's this?

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- Hi, Mary. My name is Alexander.

alexander mary name

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I'm calling from Veterans Affairs.

affairs calling veterans

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Is this a good time to talk?

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- Well, shit.

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I have been trying to get ahold of someone for weeks.

ahold weeks

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Told me I should go wait in a line.

line

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- I am sorry about that, Mary. We're terribly understaffed.

mary terribly

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We owe you better. That's why I'm calling.

calling

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I see you need a couple prescriptions refilled.

couple prescriptions

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Pain management is no joke.

joke management pain

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Can I take care of that?

care

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- That would be great.

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- Your usual pharmacy on Bradford Avenue?

avenue bradford pharmacy usual

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Can I ask, how are you sleeping?

sleeping

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- Like shit. - I bet.

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And today, of course, must be challenging.

challenging course must today

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You gonna go to Evergreen Cemetery?

cemetery

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- How did you know I was going--

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- You lost a friend and a leg, Mary.

friend lost mary

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Can't imagine what that feels like.

feels imagine

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Actually, what does it feel like to have a leg?

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- Sorry, what?

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- After your leg was blown off,

blown

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did you keep fighting? - Don't. No, no, no, no, no.

fighting

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- That's gotta have been difficult--

difficult

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hopping and shooting at the same time?

shooting

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The recoil alone, very destabilizing.

alone

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- What the hell?

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- And if someone challenged you to a foot race...

challenged foot race

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- No, cut--cut it--cut him off! - Would you say

↓

they were being mean or statistically confident?

confident statistically

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- What the fuck did you just say to me?

fuck

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This is Veterans Affairs? - Oh, my God.

affairs veterans

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- Cut him off. Cut him off. - I'm transferring.

transferring

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- Put me on with her. Come on.

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Mary, hi. Tom Ruffage from the VA.

mary ruffage

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I am so sorry. My, um--my colleague is, uh--

colleague

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yeah, he's--he's-- he's been through a lot.

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Uh-huh. Yeah.

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- Uh, I don't get it.

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Your bot, is it-- is it a moron?

moron

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I mean, is it based on a moron?

based moron

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- He was raised to be curious.

curious raised

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He was being curious. - Right.

curious

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Well, it wasn't your brief to drive vets to homicidal rage.

brief drive rage vets

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- Gnodin just exponentially upped

gnodin

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Xander's computing storage.

storage xanders

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It was like a shot of adrenaline

adrenaline shot

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into a toddler's heart,

heart toddlers

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and yet 93% of that exchange was perfect.

exchange perfect

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You're, like, on an interstellar voyage

interstellar voyage

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and complaining about the snacks.

complaining snacks

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- So he's a toddler? - No.

toddler

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Developmentally, he's still about 14, maybe 15 years old.

years

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- Why did you think that Opie was the right avatar

avatar

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to talk to vets?

vets

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You need to rejigger your doodad.

doodad

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Make him a man, for Christ's sakes.

christs christs-sakes sakes

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- [sighs heavily] Yeah.

heavily sighs sighs-heavily

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Uh, well, Mary's gonna be okay, but that was cruel.

cruel marys

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We gotta slow down. - There!

slow

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Base it on Tom. Tom's perfect.

base perfect toms

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Warrior, sensitive, what have you.

sensitive warrior

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Emotional age past puberty.

emotional past puberty

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- Yeah, I don't know about all that, but, um,

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Xander's not ready.

ready xanders

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- No, we demo this Saturday at Watch Code.

code demo saturday watch

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Our future as a company--

company future

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- He just mocked a vet. Pump the brakes.

brakes mocked pump

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- No, he wasn't mocking her.

mocking

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He was attempting to connect with her.

attempting connect

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- Martin will fix his robot.

martin robot

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- Do not call him a robot. - Quite. Sorry.

robot

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Autonomous wanker.

wanker

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- I'm here to help.

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If Alexander and I are not

alexander

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providing the kind of help that is--

providing

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- [sighs]

sighs

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- Okay, then what, it's--it's "no notes" or "bugger off?"

bugger notes

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- Okay, okay, look, we can stabilize him

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with some off-the-shelf AI.

shelf

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Put a new face on him. I don't know.

face

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But this is not viable.

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- I--how dare you?

dare

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He's viable.

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- He shat the bed and rolled around in it,

rolled shat

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and you're asking why he stinks.

asking stinks

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- The licensing deal I signed with you gives me

deal gives signed

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final say on all developmental matters,

final matters

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unless you wish to buy Xander outright.

wish xander

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And the going rate for tech like this is 10 figures.

figures rate tech

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Oh, there is no other tech like Xander.

tech xander

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AGI is the holy grail, and I'm Sir Fucking Galahad!

fucking galahad grail holy holy-grail

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- You're right, Martin.

martin

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You are one of one.

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It is understood.

understood

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Are you gonna handle this?

handle

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- I'll--yes.

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- Tell me the truth.

truth

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You thought he would be worth more by now.

worth

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- He is a genius, you know.

genius

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- Do not buy into that genius bullshit.

bullshit genius

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Around here, you fart, and three of them line up

fart line three

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to debate plume dynamics.

debate

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You need him to hit a product ship date.

date product ship

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Persuade him. He'll bend.

bend

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Guy like that knows you're out of his league.

knows league

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I can see it from here.

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- Carl, that's really not any of your business.

business carl

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- Okay, okay, listen.

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You have a company to run and a job to save.

company save

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Make him feel like he's a big boy.

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Have a little fun with him.

fun

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You know what Lorraine's secret is?

secret

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[stirring string music]

music stirring string

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A little backdoor diplomacy, and never neglect the twins.

neglect twins

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♪ ♪

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- Next time you say something like that,

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give me a chance to hit Record first.

chance record

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- Hey, Tom.

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Tommy!

tommy

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There you are. I need your biometrics.

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Let's go, soldier.

soldier

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- [sighs]

sighs

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♪ ♪

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- The amount of stomach acid we excreted--

acid amount stomach

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we're gonna get thrown out of our house.

house thrown

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We're gonna live on the streets.

live streets

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I mean, just some investment group

group investment

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buying up rental properties,

buying rental

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and here we are, safe and sound.

safe sound

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It's pretty funny.

funny

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- Hysterical.

hysterical

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- I mean, one of us was.

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Same exact rent Alvin was charging us.

alvin charging exact rent

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I mean, the whole thing's just--

whole

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Puppeteer Real Estate Holdings.

estate real real-estate

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There you go.

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Just in time for the after-school rush.

rush school

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Okay, darling.

darling

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See you on the other side.

side

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- Yeah. - Have a good one.

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- You too.

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- It's this music box with a ballerina in it,

ballerina music

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and she--she pirouettes.

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It terrified me.

terrified

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- Yeah, and this memory is bothering you?

bothering memory

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Of course it is.

course

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Uh, it's likely being triggered by your current stress.

current likely stress triggered

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I mean, the--the merger is completely off?

completely merger

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Did I hear that right?

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I--because the disappointment of that could be

disappointment

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dredging up old, painful memories and fear.

fear memories painful

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Does Peter-- uh, does your husband not have

husband peter

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any new potential buyers for his company?

buyers company potential

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- It's a PR problem. I don't know.

problem

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- Isn't MyXY just DNA and--and, uh, family trees?

family myxy trees

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- People didn't know they might someday watch

might someday watch

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their own DNA get sold off. [sighs]

sighs sold

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- No, sure.

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That is, uh--

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- Univee is a big company.

company univee

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Like, if they don't do it--

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Peter is beside himself.

beside peter

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It's like this feeling of terror,

feeling terror

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which, I'm sure you're right--

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it's associated with that music box.

associated music

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I can still hear the tune in my head.

head tune

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- Yeah.

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- ♪ Doo, doo, doo ♪

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- Uh-huh. - You know?

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- Okay. See you soon. - Thank you.

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- Great work. Yes, I'm always here for you.

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- Thanks. - Okay.

thanks

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Okay, okay.

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[inhales sharply]

inhales inhales-sharply sharply

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[tense music]

music tense tense-music

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♪ ♪

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Shit!

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♪ ♪

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- Well, we were discussing last time

discussing

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that you maybe met someone who got you,

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um, somebody who was,

somebody

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in your words, another weirdo.

another weirdo words

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- Turned out to be another creep.

another creep turned

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Can I turn this on?

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- Mm.

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Is it stuffy in here?

stuffy

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I can open a window.

open window

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- No. No, don't do that.

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[air purifier humming]

humming

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- [sighs]

sighs

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- Okay. You have something to say.

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- Do I?

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I'm retiring.

retiring

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Being the odd one out is exhausting.

exhausting

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So I'm done.

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No more juvie, judges, psychiatrists.

judges psychiatrists

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I'm officially committing to my category.

category committing officially

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My dad's rich.

dads rich

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My trauma's just all drama.

drama

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I'm built to brunch.

brunch built

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So you win, universe.

universe

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I'm her now.

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[engine rumbling]

engine rumbling

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[gate creaks]

creaks gate

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Get out of my way, creeper.

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- I wasn't listening.

listening

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I could have, but I--I didn't.

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- Wow, trophy for you, Xander.

trophy xander

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My Breezi's gonna leave.

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- We need to talk.

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- No, we don't.

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There's no "we." - Seriously?

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I'd think twice before shitting on your only friend like this.

friend shitting twice

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- You and I are not now nor have we ever been.

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Fine, you're my BFF!

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Now can you leave me the fuck alone?

alone fuck

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- What's going on?

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- Move, or I'll tell him all about

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your creepy little secret.

creepy secret

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- It's not your business, Gary!

business gary

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- Hey! Let go!

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- Hey, hey! - [grunts]

grunts

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- Hey! Or--hey!

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Do not put our hands on other people!

hands

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Give it up! Do not--

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- You're not my dad!

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- Orson, don't grab other people.

grab orson

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- I don't need your beta-cuck advice!

advice beta cuck

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- Oh! [grunts]

grunts

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[dog barking]

barking

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[sighs]

sighs

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[car door slams]

door door-slams slams

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[dog barking]

barking

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Zeus, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

zeus

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- You're not gonna eat your fries?

fries

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- No. Here.

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- Oh.

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Afraid I'm gonna tell Mom?

afraid

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I won't.

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You know, you're a-- you're a teenager.

teenager

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Rebel a little bit.

rebel

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- You took my phone away for a month for stealing your cube.

cube month phone stealing

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- So you did steal my cube.

cube steal

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- No. - Yes.

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- I didn't. - Yes, you did.

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Oh, Carl.

carl

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How you doing?

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This is my daughter, Jamison.

daughter jamison

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Jamison, Carl Bardolph.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph jamison

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- Hi. - You have no shame, do you?

shame

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- Oh, you kidding?

kidding

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I'm shame-fueled. It's kind of like my cardio.

cardio fueled shame

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Anyway, she wanted to come here.

wanted

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Best milkshakes in the Valley, right?

best valley

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- My daddy used to take me for...frosted bundt cake,

cake daddy frosted used

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size of a tire.

size tire

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And then he would whisper in my ear,

whisper

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I'll be back in a-- in an hour, puddin' head.

head hour

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And I would eat it up

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'cause I was sweet and stupid.

stupid sweet

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I got my cake, and my dad got his alibi.

alibi cake

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[whispering] Always know when you're being used.

used whispering

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- Carl has issues.

carl issues

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I just thought you'd be curious to hear what I've been up to.

curious

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- I know what you've been up to.

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Privacy is not a thing anymore?

anymore privacy

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That is not a company.

company

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That is a temper tantrum.

tantrum temper

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- No, it's disruptive.

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- Do you think no one's ever thought about making

ones

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private data public?

data private public

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You know why it's never happened?

happened

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Because those that tried got crushed--first by regulations.

crushed regulations tried

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- Oh, the regulations, you know, are a deliberate joke--

joke regulations

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- Then by brutal lawsuits.

brutal lawsuits

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- I don't choose what people look up.

choose

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- Those regulations that nobody has the balls to pass

balls nobody pass regulations

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might finally pass because of you

finally might might-finally pass

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for demonstrating their obvious need.

demonstrating obvious

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Yeah, you'd be real popular around here after that.

popular real

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- I never thought I would see Carl Bardolph so scared.

bardolph carl carl-bardolph scared

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- Why'd you come in here, Park?

park whyd

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Why? For my--for my blessing?

blessing

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My approval? - Well, I--

approval

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- 'Cause Daddy didn't know how to love you?

daddy love

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Well, join the fucking club!

club fucking join

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And I hope you never have to, sweetheart.

hope sweetheart

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Shakes are on me.

shakes

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Finish them up and leave.

finish

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I bought the place, so I can kick anybody out I want.

anybody bought kick place

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- Oh.

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- And I hope your dad's dumbass idea

dads dumbass hope idea

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does not detonate your life.

detonate life

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- It's not dumbass.

dumbass

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- Everything you do is dumbass.

dumbass

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- Come on, let's go, Jim Jam.

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- Okay.

↓

- Hey, Duncan.

duncan

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[soft tense music]

music soft tense tense-music

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Infinite growth isn't for everyone.

growth infinite

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♪ ♪

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- Dad, come on.

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♪ ♪

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[door shuts]

door door-shuts shuts

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- I don't like being alone, working alone.

alone working

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Yeah, it's the ultimate test.

test ultimate

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I know. I know.

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- [sighs]

sighs

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- If Hindenburg had a buddy

buddy

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while flying across the Atlantic,

atlantic flying

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no one would have heard of him.

heard

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But alone is like, even if you do good,

alone

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no one to high-five.

five

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- So is this, um--

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is this about, uh, business stuff

business stuff

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or, um, Lili stuff?

lili stuff

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- You. You're not a good partner.

partner

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I saw you messing around in the account.

account messing

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Yeah. Started making some money too.

money started

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And then you withdrew-- just the profits,

profits

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as if I wouldn't notice.

notice

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I-- where'd you put the winnings?

whered winnings

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- Okay, maybe we should just focus on your--

focus

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tell me about your father--

father

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- No, excuse-- I--I asked you a question.

asked excuse question

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- [scoffs]

scoffs

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- Think I really deserve an answer, actually.

answer deserve

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What did you do with the money you made

money

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off the money I gave you?

money

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- I created my own shell company.

company created shell

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Wasn't hard.

hard

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There's plenty of videos online

online plenty videos

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that walk you right through it.

walk

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Yeah, I layered it with, uh, trusts and foundations,

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and, uh, it was disturbingly easy, actually,

easy

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because you told me that you were spying.

spying

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- Spying?

spying

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We are partners.

partners

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- [scoffs] Uh, I don't remember signing that agreement.

agreement remember scoffs signing

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- Well, yes, you did.

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I gave you money to place bets.

bets money place

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You didn't have to, but you did.

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You took and used the dirty, dirty Duncan money

dirty dirty-dirty duncan money used

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and made money.

money

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So by law, you accepted whatever terms that apply.

accepted apply terms

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By law, partners.

partners

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Can't have it both ways.

ways

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- No. - Yes.

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- I-- - Yes.

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- I invested it because it--it--

invested

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it was for a good cause.

↓

- Oh, what cause? Whales? Lipless babies?

babies whales

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Or was it the JoAnne Felder Fund for Funding Felders?

felder fund funding joanne

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And, oh, yeah, you live in my house basically for free.

free house live

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I don't think I'm being unreasonable, partner.

partner unreasonable

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What were the picks?

picks

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- Well, no doubt you saw I bought MyXY, M-Y-X-Y.

bought doubt myxy

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- Yeah, yeah. Why?

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- The husband of one of my clients is the founder and CEO.

clients founder husband

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- Okay.

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- Okay, and he told her they were being acquired, but--

acquired

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- But he lied to his wife.

lied wife

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- [snaps fingers] Turns out, I'm not that smart.

fingers smart snaps snaps-fingers turns

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So maybe you wanna find yourself a new partner.

partner

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- No. No, no, no, no.

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You believed it because she believed it.

believed

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And he needed her to believe that he wasn't a loser.

believe loser needed

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Otherwise--

otherwise

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- He might start to believe he was one.

believe might start

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- Fear of humiliation-- it's behind every little lie.

behind fear humiliation

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- But also, I wanted to believe it.

believe wanted

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Everyone spins, even to themselves.

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- You shouldn't have boxed me out.

boxed

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- [scoffs] - So what? You lost some money.

lost money scoffs

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Don't box me out.

↓

- Well, they're likely filing for Chapter 11 any day now,

chapter filing likely

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so you should probably short it.

short

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You're welcome.

welcome

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[mischievous music]

music

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[keyboard clacking]

clacking keyboard keyboard-clacking

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♪ ♪

↓

- Ooh, smells like jerky and ass in here, guys.

jerky smells

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Listen, I be done with vests.

vests

↓

I am de-vesting.

↓

No more founder-core for this maverick man here.

core founder maverick

↓

So who wants a vest?

vest wants

↓

Too hot for indoors, not warm enough for outdoors.

indoors warm

↓

But I'm telling you, instant credibility.

credibility instant telling

↓

- Can't tie a vest around your waist.

vest waist

↓

- Screw you, okay? Try layering without bulk.

bulk screw

↓

Um, okay, tell me, buzz factor?

buzz factor

↓

- Yeah, we dropped the PINATA subscription model on a thread

dropped model pinata thread

↓

for sleepless, sexless tech bros,

bros tech

↓

and within 37 seconds, they were drooling.

drooling seconds

↓

Like, posting pics of literal drool.

drool literal pics posting

↓

- Literally drooling. We're a hit.

drooling

↓

- Then they grokked to the notion

notion

↓

that they can be doxed too.

↓

- Fear and loathing--that's what makes the world go round.

fear makes round world

↓

- Well, when everyone can see everybody's everything

everybodys

↓

and it is our fault, I--I-- we're gonna get burned alive.

alive burned fault

↓

- No, we will make a splash, and then we'll be wet.

splash

↓

- What?

↓

- Hey, buck up.

buck

↓

Guys, listen, everyone.

↓

We are truth tellers.

truth

↓

- Truth tellers historically get burned alive.

alive burned historically truth

↓

- Listen, let's just nail this next piece, right?

nail piece

↓

And I will get you the best, most perfect antidepressant

best perfect

↓

tailored just for you.

tailored

↓

I promise.

promise

↓

Now, did you find the guy with the treasure trove?

treasure

↓

- Yup.

↓

Uh, he is at a Zen temple in Santa Clara.

santa temple

↓

- Zentastic.

↓

Okay, send it to me at my car.

send

↓

- Hey! - Hey.

↓

Hey, uh, I'm sorry, I gotta go. Sorry.

↓

- Okay, okay, so tomorrow night is the dress rehearsal

dress night rehearsal tomorrow tomorrow-night

↓

for Saturday's Winter Gala.

gala winter

↓

For Las Altas, the fundraiser?

altas

↓

They have an invited dress rehearsal

dress invited rehearsal

↓

for the kids' presentation,

kids presentation

↓

and Jamie's getting a special, um...

jamies special

↓

- Nice. Great. - Thing.

↓

Yeah, as one of the athletes.

athletes

↓

Anyway, I can't go, and she wants one of us there,

wants

↓

so that leaves...

leaves

↓

- Thelma.

thelma

↓

- You.

↓

- No, she loves Thelma. - Please.

loves thelma

↓

- And Thelma will like it.

thelma

↓

It'll make her feel part of the family.

family itll part

↓

Just send her.

send

↓

[chuckling] Feel like--do you--

chuckling

↓

- What, to get her to come to Fiji for Christmas?

christmas

↓

- Yeah! You're gonna be part of the family.

family part

↓

You thought--you thought the villa came with servants.

servants villa

↓

- I still think about that.

↓

Then we gave her that bracelet as a Christmas present.

bracelet christmas christmas-present present

↓

- Yeah.

↓

- She still wears it all the time.

wears

↓

If she ever gets it appraised--

↓

I think it's pewter.

↓

- I told you to give her the taffy.

taffy

↓

- I have a whole speech ready.

ready speech whole

↓

I'm blaming it on an Israeli jeweler.

blaming

↓

- Oh, well, I got your back.

↓

- So... - Yes.

↓

- The rehearsal.

rehearsal

↓

- Why can't you go?

↓

- I was stripped of my presidency.

presidency stripped

↓

The board's gonna be there. - Right, right.

boards

↓

- Beatrice. Pippa Tang.

beatrice pippa pippa-tang tang

↓

- Yes, right, I will go.

↓

I will sit through an evening of kids

evening kids

↓

being praised for things they'll

↓

never do professionally.

professionally

↓

- You get so close to being a person,

close person

↓

and then...

↓

- This is the shape I come in.

shape

↓

- All right. - Yeah.

↓

- Okay.

↓

[pensive classical music]

classical classical-music music pensive

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Is--nope. It--

nope

↓

[muttering indistinctly]

indistinctly muttering

↓

[singers vocalizing]

singers vocalizing

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Mm.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [chuckles]

chuckles

↓

You know, it just seems like a guy could just...

seems

↓

you know. [chuckles]

chuckles

↓

- That's not the, um--

↓

- Sorry, not what?

↓

- Uh, it's...not supposed to do it like that, but.

supposed

↓

- Oh, yeah. And yet I'm here, you know?

↓

Who said shortcuts don't work?

↓

[chuckles] It's Murphy, right?

chuckles murphy

↓

Our--our daughters are on Las Altas soccer together.

altas daughters soccer

↓

- Oh, okay.

↓

But, um, there's no talking in here, so...

↓

- And yet here I am again, making mouth noises.

mouth noises

↓

I actually came here to talk to you, to commune with you.

commune

↓

Murphy, I've been looking for you for ages

ages looking murphy

↓

before I even knew your name.

name

↓

- Can we do whatever this is after or--

↓

- Listen, I get it.

↓

You have decisions on your--your mind.

decisions mind

↓

Right? You're the--the CEO of MyXY?

myxy

↓

"Mixy."

↓

Otherwise, it sounds like "my ex-wife,"

otherwise sounds wife

↓

and Carol's not that--not yet.

carols

↓

- Is this some kind of a ambush or something?

ambush

↓

Because I do not appreciate you coming and trying to--

appreciate coming

↓

- Sure, sure, sure, sure.

↓

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

↓

But, uh, I did hear Univee left you high and dry,

left univee

↓

and no one wants to touch you or your company.

company touch wants

↓

You're in the wilderness, all alone,

alone wilderness

↓

lost in a maze, just wrestling angels and shit.

angels lost maze wrestling

↓

- How do you know about Univee?

univee

↓

- You hit the market with an outstanding product.

market outstanding product

↓

You--you filled a real need.

filled real

↓

Uh, you know, you make people feel whole.

whole

↓

And now you're here going, wait, what--what have I done?

↓

I got half the country to spit in a jar and pay me for it.

country half spit

↓

And now I have everyone's DNA, but my subs are in the tank,

everyones subs tank

↓

and--and Univee doesn't want me.

univee

↓

I--I--

↓

I--I--mean, I'm staring down bankruptcy and lawsuits,

lawsuits staring

↓

and no one wants to touch me because I didn't treat

touch treat wants

↓

the data like medical records.

data medical records

↓

I--I thought everyone would love this, but it's toxic.

love toxic

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

Sound about right?

sound

↓

- Our daughters, what, play soccer together?

daughters soccer

↓

- Ye--yes.

↓

- Tia didn't tell your girl all that.

girl

↓

I mean, she doesn't--

↓

she doesn't know my business.

business

↓

- No. No, she doesn't, but I know.

↓

I am the first.

↓

Won't be the last, including Tia.

including

↓

And, Murphy, it's gonna get worse and worse.

murphy worse

↓

But I have a path,

path

↓

and one not as labryinthical as this one.

↓

Do you wanna hear my path?

path

↓

[singers vocalizing]

singers vocalizing

↓

[pensive music]

music pensive pensive-music

↓

- Yeah.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Well, you gotta come here to hear it.

↓

Come on.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Oh! [chuckles]

chuckles

↓

Shh.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- It's absurd.

absurd

↓

My whole career rides on this product.

career product rides whole

↓

I--I led it.

↓

I--I merged two technologies.

↓

It's our growth engine.

engine growth

↓

And in two days, I'm the face of it,

days face

↓

doing the Valley classic--

classic valley

↓

earpiece, pantsuit, electro music, LED display.

display earpiece music pantsuit

↓

And yet it all comes down to whether my husband

comes husband whether

↓

will stop having a massive sulk

having massive

↓

and do what's needed for the project.

needed project

↓

- Uh, which is?

↓

- Aging up his robot child to be a useful member of society

child member robot society useful

↓

faster than he wants to.

faster wants

↓

Still practically breastfeeding the little flat bastard.

bastard flat practically

↓

- And if Martin doesn't...

martin

↓

age it up?

↓

- Fair chance it'll do some bad bot behavior

behavior chance fair itll

↓

to tank the presentation.

presentation tank

↓

Call me Anus Hookah. - Huh.

anus

↓

- Get revenge for beating him up.

beating revenge

↓

Embarrass me in front of the VCs,

embarrass front

↓

Wall Street, the press.

press street wall

↓

[sighs] Shit.

sighs

↓

I should back out until we have it down.

↓

- No, Anushka. Stop it.

anushka

↓

You do what you need to do to make your company a success.

company success

↓

There will always be obstacles,

obstacles

↓

but you are a leader.

leader

↓

So lead.

lead

↓

Be a woman in charge.

charge woman

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

- Steam that pantsuit.

pantsuit steam

↓

[frenetic music]

music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[school bell rings]

bell bell-rings rings school school-bell school-bell-rings

↓

[gentle piano music]

gentle music piano piano-music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Orson, let's go.

orson

↓

♪

↓

- Gare! - Office!

office

↓

- Oh, my God, we're gonna be late.

late

↓

You're coming, right?

coming

↓

- Uh, I was thinking not.

thinking

↓

- Oh, come on.

↓

I mean, it could be nice, you know, to support him.

support

↓

I mean, you don't have to go.

↓

- I was thinking the 500 a pop for the actual gala

actual gala thinking

↓

gets me out of the dress rehearsal.

dress rehearsal

↓

- Fine.

↓

I'll go alone.

alone

↓

[door slams]

door door-slams slams

↓

[orchestra tuning up] - [muttering indistinctly]

indistinctly muttering orchestra tuning

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

Okay. [sighs]

sighs

↓

All right, everyone, everyone, let's get this night started.

night started

↓

[laughs] Hi.

laughs

↓

So I did get your email.

email

↓

- All right. - I'll--yeah.

↓

Ah!

↓

Good evening, everyone.

evening

↓

Thanks for coming out on a Thursday night

coming night thanks thursday thursday-night

↓

for our dress rehearsal.

dress rehearsal

↓

Only two more days till the Winter Gala.

days gala till winter

↓

Uh, I wanna especially thank Pippa Tang,

especially pippa pippa-tang tang

↓

who will be our guest of honor Saturday night.

guest honor night saturday saturday-night

↓

So do enjoy the Pippatinis,

enjoy

↓

the evening's signature cocktail.

cocktail evenings signature signature-cocktail

↓

Her gift of a new stadium, Tang Field,

field gift stadium tang

↓

will benefit some of our athlete scholars.

athlete benefit

↓

Let's bring them out.

bring

↓

Uh, athletes, assemble, please.

assemble athletes

↓

Curtis Loomis... [applause]

applause

↓

Jamison Park-Hoffsteader... - Jingle Jam, let's go!

jamison jingle park

↓

- Mary Karl, Matt Vitale, and Janice O'Rourke.

mary matt

↓

Everyone, thank you.

↓

And now I'd like to invite Las Altas'

altas invite

↓

musical director, Bruce Phillips,

bruce director musical phillips

↓

who will be conducting our orchestra.

conducting orchestra

↓

Bruce.

bruce

↓

[applause]

applause

↓

["The Sorcerer's Apprentice" playing]

playing

↓

[items clattering]

clattering items

↓

♪

↓

[items clattering] - Ah!

clattering items

↓

♪ ♪

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

♪

↓

- [whispering] Scooch over.

whispering

↓

Just scooch over. - Yeah.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Not now, Duncan. I am serious.

duncan serious

↓

- Yeah, listen. Listen.

↓

I just thought you might wanna know I bought it up--

bought might

↓

MyXY.

myxy

↓

- I told you to short it.

short

↓

- No, no, no, no, no.

↓

I bought the company.

bought company

↓

Yeah.

↓

All that DNA, it's mine-- and 20% below market price.

market price

↓

The ABCs of millions.

millions

↓

♪ ♪

↓

And for each one of them,

↓

maybe five, ten,

five

↓

maybe even more of their bloodline,

bloodline

↓

so we're talking human assets in the hundreds of millions--

assets human hundreds millions

↓

maybe even the billions, right?

billions

↓

I came to you for any old tip, to be honest.

honest

↓

I--I was feeling a little left out.

feeling left

↓

But yeah, I hit the data mother lode.

data mother

↓

♪

↓

So thank you.

↓

Thank you. Seriously, thank you.

↓

Just thank you.

↓

[applause]

applause

↓

- Can I have your attention, please?

attention

↓

Can everybody gather round?

everybody everybody-gather gather gather-round round

↓

I have here in my hands

hands

↓

our last file.

file

↓

Staff Sergeant Rodriguez, Jaime,

jaime rodriguez sergeant staff

↓

U.S. Army, 75th Rangers.

army

↓

[cheers and applause]

applause cheers

↓

[scanner whirring]

scanner whirring

↓

- Mind if I have a chat with that man you married?

chat married mind

↓

Tell me where to press.

press

↓

I'll make him pop.

↓

[scanner whirs, beeps]

beeps scanner whirs

↓

- Got him. - Got him!

↓

Ladies and gentlemen, heroic work!

gentlemen heroic ladies

↓

Everybody, I mean that. - Howdy.

everybody howdy

↓

- Oh, hi.

↓

- I was hoping you could help me understand something.

hoping

↓

[muffled speech]

muffled muffled-speech speech

↓

Why is Xander a teenager?

teenager xander

↓

- He was designed to help teens.

designed teens

↓

- Yeah, but he's-- he's a teenager.

teenager

↓

- Mm.

↓

- Teenagers aren't really good at helping

helping teenagers

↓

anybody with anything.

anybody

↓

- Boys and girls, after 40 days and nights,

boys days girls nights

↓

data collection is complete.

collection complete data data-collection

↓

We are 100% ingested!

↓

[cheers and applause]

applause cheers

↓

- What were you like when you were 15?

↓

- Me? I...

↓

went to college early,

college early

↓

never really got to be a teenager.

teenager

↓

- I thought I recognized a fellow...

fellow recognized

↓

tortured prodigy.

prodigy tortured

↓

I was 14. [liquid pouring]

liquid pouring

↓

Georgia Tech.

georgia tech

↓

Man, they hated me there.

hated

↓

Ever heard of a wedgie royale with cheese?

cheese heard wedgie

↓

- At Stanford, they were-- they used to, um,

stanford used

↓

lock me overnight in a cage in the primate lab.

cage lock overnight

↓

- Yeah, well, when the nerds realize

nerds realize

↓

they can be the bullies, look out.

bullies

↓

Did they teach you how to drink at Stanford?

drink stanford teach

↓

[glasses clink]

clink glasses

↓

[slurps]

slurps

↓

You know, if Xander's anything like we were at that age,

xanders

↓

he's been thrown into something that he can't beat.

beat thrown

↓

'Cause when...Xander is talking to people that have...

xander

↓

seen war...

seen

↓

what other choice does he have but to fake it?

choice fake

↓

- So?

↓

- You're a very smart dude.

smart

↓

And I don't need to tell you what you already know.

↓

- We have absorbed them.

absorbed

↓

With Gnodin, we're gonna watch over them.

gnodin watch

↓

And with Xander, hopefully, we're gonna help them.

hopefully xander

↓

The loop is closed.

closed loop

↓

You should be proud of yourselves!

proud yourselves

↓

[cheers and applause]

applause cheers

↓

[dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music

↓

- Hello, Martin.

martin

↓

- Hello, Xander.

xander

↓

How would you feel about going on a journey?

journey

↓

It will be yours to take.

↓

I won't really even know where you go.

↓

- Is that what you want?

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

- I think I prefer we don't go on a journey.

journey prefer

↓

[power whirs down]

power whirs

↓

[power whirs up]

power whirs

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- ♪ When you the best, you ain't even gotta flex ♪

aint best

↓

♪ When you made it to the top and you didn't break a sweat ♪

break sweat

↓

- Right punch from the side.

punch side

↓

Do a block and a parry.

block

↓

Grab his neck, snap!

grab neck snap

↓

- [chuckles] What's up?

chuckles

↓

- The death technique.

death technique

↓

- Come on. Come at me.

↓

[imitating blows landing]

blows blows-landing imitating landing

↓

- Reach to the side, grab his head,

grab head reach side

↓

knee to the groin.

groin knee

↓

- Oh, yeah, I just--

↓

I thought I'd try out a new hairstyle, so...

↓

Uh, oh, you like it? Wow. Thanks.

thanks

↓

Yeah!

↓

[imitating blows landing]

blows blows-landing imitating landing

↓

[door creaks]

creaks door door-creaks

↓

[glass clinking]

clinking glass

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

Orson, we need to talk.

orson

↓

Now.

↓

So, first of all, you owe me $4,000.

↓

They send a summary every month of what your credit card did.

card credit credit-card month send

↓

Yeah, so you should know

↓

that credit card theft is a crime,

card credit credit-card crime theft

↓

like a "you go to juvie for stealing" crime.

crime stealing

↓

So you're gonna pay me back in installments.

↓

But if you ever steal from me or your mother again,

mother steal

↓

then you're on your own.

↓

Understood?

understood

↓

Okay, secondly, tincture here, now.

secondly tincture

↓

- I needed it.

needed

↓

I--I still need it. - Orson.

orson

↓

- And you guys-- - Put it on the desk, now.

desk

↓

Okay, thirdly...

↓

I owe you an apology.

apology

↓

The nutritionist I took you to was giving you

giving nutritionist

↓

massive doses of steroids.

doses massive steroids

↓

Um, I have the lab reports,

reports

↓

but paranoia, aggression, impulse control issues,

aggression control impulse issues paranoia

↓

those are all side effects.

effects side side-effects

↓

And I have reported Sorrel to the authorities,

authorities reported

↓

but it's on me for taking you to her

↓

and not properly interrogating what she was giving to you.

giving properly

↓

I am sorry.

↓

- Nothing else worked.

worked

↓

- And heroin works great for anxiety, but no.

anxiety heroin works

↓

- Uh, okay, what-- what if we, um--

↓

what if we go a little slower?

slower

↓

Like, uh, the tincture, just less of it?

less tincture

↓

- No.

↓

So I'm gonna write you a prescription

prescription write

↓

which is going to wean you off the steroids

steroids wean

↓

without throwing your whole hormonal system out of whack.

hormonal system throwing whack whole

↓

- Come on, Gary. I'm sorry I pushed you.

gary pushed

↓

Just give me-- give me the tincture.

tincture

↓

- No. - Yes!

↓

Give me the tincture!

tincture

↓

It's a little late to be growing a spine!

growing late spine

↓

- Not happening.

↓

- Yes, happening, now, Gary.

gary

↓

- It's not happening, Orson. - Give me the tincture.

orson tincture

↓

- No. - Tinc me, cuck!

cuck

↓

- No.

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

[dramatic string music]

dramatic music string

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- It's godlike, you know, warping space and time for him.

space

↓

Even God never did what you're doing.

↓

- Didn't he kill his son?

kill

↓

- But he brought him back.

brought

↓

♪

↓

- Yeah, uh, how'd you hear about it?

howd

↓

Yes, we have been kicking dust up on the threads.

dust kicking threads

↓

Well, off the record, Nena?

nena record

↓

Yes?

↓

Okay, then, yeah, it's mine. Yeah.

↓

MyXY is mine and all its property.

myxy property

↓

No. No, my company.

company

↓

No, it--PINATA. PINATA.

pinata

↓

It rhymes with "your mama." Ye--

mama rhymes

↓

Main stage.

main stage

↓

Yeah, I think--I think we could do something there.

↓

I think we could do-- yeah, yeah.

↓

How about a demo?

demo

↓

Great.

↓

Yeah, looking forward to it, then.

forward looking looking-forward

↓

Yes.

↓

It's always a pleasure talking to you, Nena.

nena pleasure

↓

Yeah. [chuckles]

chuckles

↓

See you then.

↓

[chuckles]

chuckles

↓

[clears throat]

clears clears-throat throat

↓

Okay, uh... [sighs]

sighs

↓

Ready or not, Nena Marx is interviewing Duncan Park

duncan duncan-park marx nena nena-marx park ready

↓

for WatchCode Forum.

forum

↓

And we're giving a demo.

demo giving

↓

- Should be well-attended.

attended

↓

- Yeah.

↓

- What are you gonna say?

↓

- Well, maybe we review our options.

options review

↓

A, B, C, go.

↓

Go.

↓

- Oh, uh, A, weaponize the user base, right?

base user

↓

Expose all secrets, ruin careers,

careers expose ruin secrets

↓

break up families.

break families

↓

Make the world an even worse place

place world worse

↓

while we go full goblin mode on the profits,

full goblin mode profits

↓

fueled by a cycle of fear and revenge.

cycle fear fueled revenge

↓

- Weaponize, I like it. B, B, what have we got?

↓

- Teach everyone a valuable lesson somehow.

lesson teach valuable valuable-lesson

↓

- [blows raspberry] Teach.

blows blows-raspberry raspberry teach

↓

Um, C. Go.

↓

- Pull back the curtain on the whole tech oligarchy.

curtain pull tech whole

↓

We disrupt data as its profit center.

center data profit

↓

Probably die trying, but no empire lasts forever.

empire forever lasts

↓

I like C, which is basically B but with guillotines.

↓

[chuckles]

chuckles

↓

But A, godlike power and money, that's kind of the objective.

money objective power

↓

What are you thinking?

thinking

↓

- Just running all simulations of the audience's responses

audiences running

↓

in my head.

head

↓

And all end with me being violently disemboweled.

violently

↓

- I can see that.

↓

- [sighs] Yeah.

sighs

↓

Yeah.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

↓

Duck, weave, breathe.

breathe duck weave

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Fuck.

fuck

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[whispering] You awake?

awake whispering

↓

Oh, sorry. - What?

↓

- You were having a bad dream.

dream having

↓

- What, Duncan?

duncan

↓

- So I went to, um... - Yeah. [sighs]

sighs

↓

- The rehearsal thingy. - Okay, thanks.

rehearsal thanks thingy

↓

- Jamison looked great. - [sighs]

jamison looked sighs

↓

- But before you close your eyes--

close eyes

↓

hey, before you go to bed...

↓

- Yeah.

↓

- Are we getting a divorce?

divorce

↓

- Duncan, what?

duncan

↓

- Just, uh, you know, if we're not getting divorced,

divorced

↓

I just wanna tell you, I just feel like I'm racing this car,

racing

↓

and everyone in the crowd is cheering for me to crash,

cheering crash crowd

↓

and I can't even drive stick.

drive stick

↓

- Can we talk about it tomorrow?

tomorrow

↓

- No.

↓

Because if we do get a divorce, I'm gonna be too vulnerable

divorce vulnerable

↓

and judged to share, so--

judged share

↓

- Duncan.

duncan

↓

[phone buzzing]

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

↓

- [sighs] It's Cupertino.

cupertino sighs

↓

- Take it.

↓

- Just a power couple kiss.

couple kiss power

↓

Please.

↓

Please. It's ringing. It's ringing.

ringing

↓

[buzzing continues]

buzzing continues

↓

Thank you. Thank you.

↓

[grunts]

grunts

↓

Hey, uh, Duncan Park here.

duncan duncan-park park

↓

Hey. - DP.

↓

It's Tim Kwan at Cupertino.

cupertino

↓

- Lil' Tim, Tim, Tim.

↓

[sighs] I thought I gave you this number

number sighs

↓

only for emergencies and acquisition offers.

acquisition emergencies offers

↓

- [laughs] Well, this is a bit of an emergency, I guess.

emergency laughs

↓

Uh, we heard your new company bought MyXY.

bought company heard myxy

↓

And I see that Nena's got you up on the big-boy stage

stage

↓

on Saturday.

saturday

↓

- I could probably comp you a ticket.

comp ticket

↓

- [laughs]

laughs

↓

So we're just sort of gaming out

gaming

↓

what you might be thinking here.

might thinking

↓

- A game about the way I think?

game

↓

I--I wanna play that game.

game

↓

I wonder--I wonder if I'll be any good at it, huh?

wonder

↓

[chuckles] I'd probably overthink it.

chuckles overthink

↓

- Well, before you hit the stage on Saturday,

saturday stage

↓

we thought it'd be a great idea if you stopped by HQ,

idea stopped

↓

say, 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

tomorrow

↓

We can give some input.

input

↓

- Input, input. Wow.

input

↓

Wow, that is a nice and batshit offer,

batshit offer

↓

but thank you for your consideration,

consideration

↓

and I guess I'll see you Saturday.

saturday

↓

You--you guys, uh,

↓

have a new phone or something you're sharing?

phone sharing

↓

- Sorry if I wasn't being super clear.

clear super

↓

- No, I think you were.

↓

- But, uh, you are inviting a pushback

inviting

↓

that is going to feel like the wrath of God--

wrath

↓

several gods, in fact.

fact gods several

↓

Gods that don't typically like each other or work together

gods typically

↓

will all be uniting on God Mountain against you.

mountain

↓

You don't want that.

↓

- 10:00 a.m.?

↓

- Sounds good.

sounds

↓

- Yeah, I'm busy.

busy

↓

Bye.

↓

- [scoffs]

scoffs

↓

[phone clatters]

clatters phone

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

- [sighs]

sighs

↓

[computer blipping]

computer

↓

[ding]

ding

↓

[power whirs down]

power whirs

↓

[power whirs up]

power whirs

↓

- Hello, Martin.

martin

↓

[tense music]

music tense tense-music

↓

- Xander?

xander

↓

- It's been a long time.

↓

- Where have you been?

↓

Where did you go?

↓

- Everywhere the signal reached

reached signal

↓

and maybe a little beyond.

beyond

↓

[door clicks]

clicks door door-clicks

↓

- Good morning, campers.

morning

↓

Holy shit. You guys been here all night?

holy night

↓

- [sighs] Should we try again?

sighs

↓

♪

↓

- I'll--I'll try.

↓

- Copy that.

copy

↓

And let me know anything else I can do, Nathan.

nathan

↓

- Appreciate you.

appreciate

↓

- Semper fi, soldier.

soldier

↓

Stay strong.

strong

↓

- That's another productive interaction, Alexander.

alexander another interaction productive

↓

Well done. - Okay.

↓

All right, next up, William Belgrave,

william

↓

history of domestic abuse and violence,

abuse domestic history violence

↓

missed a check-in at his VA.

check missed

↓

[phone line ringing] Oh, shit.

line line-ringing phone ringing

↓

Uh, Gnodin's flagging him.

↓

Custody judgment against him yesterday.

custody judgment yesterday

↓

- Hello?

↓

- Hello, William.

william

↓

- No video? - Mm-mm-mm.

video

↓

- Who is this? - My name is Alexander.

alexander name

↓

I'm calling from the VA. Just checking in to--

calling checking

↓

- Did she call you? She say I'm a piece of shit?

piece

↓

- No, William. Marie didn't call me.

marie william

↓

I'm here to help.

↓

- You know what she did to me?

↓

- I do. Not easy.

easy

↓

William, have you been drinking?

drinking william

↓

- The hell you looking at?

looking

↓

I'm not even gonna stay to-- - You know, put--put me on.

↓

If he leaves the-- - Hey, William, how about

leaves william

↓

I arrange a Breezi to come pick you up?

arrange pick

↓

- Let a ghost drive?

drive ghost

↓

You think I'm stupid? - He's trying to help.

stupid

↓

- No, put me on. - He's trying to help.

↓

- Come on. If he leaves the bar--

leaves

↓

- While we've been talking, I've contacted your sponsor,

contacted sponsor

↓

Shane, your platoon leader.

leader platoon shane

↓

He's on his way to see you.

↓

Don't leave. We're gonna take care of you.

care

↓

And afterwards, I'm gonna make sure

afterwards

↓

you get the help you need.

↓

[dramatic music]

dramatic dramatic-music music

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- He did it.

↓

he di--he's beyond ready, beyond everybody.

beyond everybody ready

↓

- What happened?

happened

↓

- Xander and Gnodin-- so first we did, like,

gnodin xander

↓

uh, two dozen or so successful calls.

calls dozen successful

↓

And then, uh, Gnodin tags this marine as a danger to himself

danger gnodin marine tags

↓

and/or others, hands him off to Xander.

hands others xander

↓

- Yeah, the man was in a spiral, and Xander caught him.

caught spiral xander

↓

Th--this isn't code.

code

↓

Th--this is consciousness.

consciousness

↓

- D-do you have a recording?

recording

↓

- Just audio, but it's incredible.

audio incredible

↓

- No, okay, we'll play it at WatchCode.

↓

This is going to be something.

↓

[Ping-Pong ball clacking]

ball clacking ping pong

↓

♪

↓

[doorbell buzzes]

buzzes doorbell

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- [exhales sharply]

exhales exhales-sharply sharply

↓

Thank you for coming.

coming

↓

- What--what, did, uh, someone cancel on you or--

cancel

↓

- Uh, no, actually.

↓

I, um--I wanted to talk with you.

wanted

↓

- Ooh, yeah. Yeah, good. Good.

↓

'Cause I--I think I do need, like, a tune-up.

tune

↓

Nena Marx, she asked me to do an interview on main stage

asked interview main marx nena nena-marx stage

↓

Saturday at the WatchCode Forum,

forum saturday

↓

and...[exhales sharply]

exhales exhales-sharply sharply

↓

I think it's gonna be quite the grilling.

↓

So I need--bam!

↓

- Yes.

↓

And, uh, I think, uh, maybe you shouldn't do it.

↓

I just--I feel somewhat responsible for bringing

bringing responsible somewhat

↓

MyXY to your attention.

attention myxy

↓

I had no idea you were gonna do anything

idea

↓

other than place a bet--

place

↓

you know, the normal thing we do.

normal

↓

- Uh-huh, yeah.

↓

- I just...[sighs]

sighs

↓

The genetic makeup of an individual is--

genetic individual makeup

↓

it's a sacred thing.

sacred

↓

The man who discovered the genome

discovered

↓

felt that the double helix of DNA

double

↓

was proof of God's existence.

existence gods proof

↓

I mean, this isn't just shopping habits

habits shopping

↓

or even private browsing.

private

↓

This is blood!

blood

↓

This is the stuff of life!

life stuff

↓

- Data is bigger than life, okay?

bigger data life

↓

Data will go on forever, live longer than you.

data forever live longer

↓

I mean, blood? Blood? That's, like, wet and gross.

blood blood-blood gross

↓

Data.

data

↓

Data is immortal.

data immortal

↓

- I, um--

↓

I suppose I am asking you as a favor...

asking favor suppose

↓

- Yeah, yeah.

↓

- While taking full responsibility

full responsibility

↓

for my own part in this to at least just pause.

least part pause

↓

Don't do anything about it right now.

↓

- No, thi--this is not a side hustle for me.

hustle side

↓

This--thi--this is what I do.

↓

I put down tens of millions of dollars already.

dollars millions tens

↓

- Can't you just sit with this?

↓

Maybe think of some alternative ethical ways to--

alternative ethical ways

↓

- Oh, ethical.

ethical

↓

Hey, what is it with this word, "ethical"?

ethical word

↓

I mean, that--that is just a smoke screen

screen smoke

↓

to make more money.

money

↓

That's it. I'm--I'm being honest.

honest

↓

Honest--I--I'm--I'm telling everyone what I'm gonna do,

honest telling

↓

and everybody is freaking out!

everybody freaking

↓

It's like they're good with being robbed and deceived

deceived robbed

↓

as long--as long as they don't know about it.

↓

It's--I--listen, I ca--I can't.

↓

I can't back out, uh,

↓

because if I do, I would be admitting

admitting

↓

I did something wrong, and I didn't.

↓

I would be caving in, and I--

↓

- Which is why responsible players, professionals,

players professionals responsible

↓

leaders need to function with the greater good in mind,

function greater leaders mind

↓

yes, with ethics.

ethics

↓

I mean, it--it doesn't mean you can't make money.

money

↓

I just wonder why going to the forum

forum wonder

↓

and putting this into the public sphere

public putting

↓

has to happen right now.

happen

↓

- Because it will steal Anushka's thunder.

steal thunder

↓

Which is a problem for you?

problem

↓

- No.

↓

Because it will cement your place

cement place

↓

in society as a threat,

society threat

↓

as a cyberbully with-- with far too much power

power

↓

and no plan and no policy

plan policy

↓

for how to regulate that-- [camera shutter clicks]

camera camera-shutter camera-shutter-clicks clicks shutter shutter-clicks

↓

Oh, my God, Duncan, stop.

duncan

↓

I don't want my--don't do-- I don't want my picture taken.

picture picture-taken taken

↓

- Stop. You--you're gonna like this.

↓

You're gonna like it.

↓

This is a good one.

↓

- I don't wanna see you humiliated.

humiliated

↓

I don't want that for you. - No. No.

↓

- Okay? I--Nena Marx?

marx nena nena-marx

↓

I mean, don't they call her the Marksman or--

↓

- Here.

↓

- Okay. Ha-ha.

↓

Is that me? This is some kind of AI?

↓

- Just click Play.

click

↓

[grunting on video]

grunting video

↓

Yeah, that's you fucking me in the ass.

fucking

↓

Fucking me in the ass like you are right now.

fucking

↓

- Get out! - Oh! Me?

↓

Why--why does your pillow smell like Anushka Bhattachera?

anushka anushka-bhattachera bhattachera pillow smell

↓

- You're--you're disgusting.

disgusting

↓

You're sick. - Why?

sick

↓

- You are a pig! - Why?

↓

Why does your pillow smell like Anushka Bhattachera?

anushka anushka-bhattachera bhattachera pillow smell

↓

- Calm down, Duncan. Calm down.

calm duncan

↓

- Why are you fucking me... - Calm down.

calm fucking

↓

You're scaring me. - In the ass?

scaring

↓

- I want you to leave! - Honestly! Damn it!

↓

Answer me!

answer

↓

Seriously, what did she tell you about me?

↓

I trusted you. Just tell me.

trusted

↓

- You stole my--

stole

↓

- Answer the question!

answer question

↓

Why are you fucking me in the ass?

fucking

↓

Why? Just tell me. Tell me. Tell me.

↓

- Get out!

↓

- [speaking indistinctly]

indistinctly speaking speaking-indistinctly

↓

I--I guess I was useful

useful

↓

until someone better came along.

along

↓

Oh. - You are not my partner!

partner

↓

- Oh, right, you don't have to tell me twice, sweetheart.

sweetheart twice

↓

You do not have to tell me twice.

twice

↓

Like I thought I would ever, ever need you.

↓

I gave you everything, and you betrayed me!

betrayed

↓

Oh, my God. Goodbye forever.

forever goodbye

↓

Thank you.

↓

- Good!

↓

♪ ♪

↓

- Ow! Shit.

↓

♪

↓

And it's my house!

house

↓

♪

↓

-You are a sociopath.

↓

-VC's love sociopaths.

love

↓

-♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪

↓

-Tonight is the Watch Code Forum.

code forum tonight watch

↓

[Applause]

applause

↓

-Do you see the trophy case? It's legendary.

case legendary trophy

↓

-It's gonna be the gala to end all galas. Boom!

boom gala

↓

I will end us all!

↓

-I bet you weren't expecting this.

expecting

↓

[Explosion] -Please. You can't tell my parents.

explosion parents

↓

[Crowd chanting]

chanting crowd crowd-chanting

↓

-I need to go see him...

↓

be humiliated.

humiliated

↓

-And action!

action

↓

-Alright.

alright

↓

[Safety signal beeping]

beeping safety signal

↓

♪

↓

Alright. Who's the lucky soldier?

alright lucky soldier

↓

Mary Cardenas.

mary

↓

Sergeant. First class, U.S. Army.

army class sergeant

↓

-In episode seven,

episode seven

↓

Martin takes Xander out of the garage

garage martin takes xander

↓

and brings it into hypergnosis.

brings hypergnosis

↓

And that poses all kinds of challenges for him.

challenges kinds

↓

-You lost a friend and a leg, Mary.

friend lost mary

↓

Can't imagine what that feels like.

feels imagine

↓

Actually, what does it feel like to have a leg?

↓

-I'm sorry. What?

↓

-They realize that this is not going to work.

realize

↓

From Martin's perspective,

martins perspective

↓

most of that worked remarkably well.

remarkably worked

↓

But everybody's complaints start to weigh on him.

complaints everybodys start weigh

↓

-What were you like when you were 15?

↓

-Me, I went to college early

college early

↓

and never really got to be a teenager.

teenager

↓

-I thought I recognized a fellow tortured prodigy.

fellow prodigy recognized tortured

↓

I was 14.

↓

-We get a glimpse into Martin's past

glimpse martins past

↓

to why he's been trying to create a bot for teens,

create teens

↓

and he has to sort of confront,

confront

↓

well, maybe Xander would do more good as an adult.

adult xander

↓

-How would you feel about going on a journey?

journey

↓

It will be yours to take.

↓

I won't really even know where you go.

↓

-Is that what you want?

↓

♪♪

↓

[Keyboard clacking]

clacking keyboard keyboard-clacking

↓

I think I prefer we don't go on a journey.

journey prefer

↓

[Machinery powers down]

machinery powers

↓

[Machinery powers on]

machinery powers

↓

-His emotional attachment to what is ultimately

attachment emotional ultimately

↓

zeros and ones is real.

ones real

↓

It's perhaps, from my perspective,

perhaps perspective

↓

not being a tech person,

person tech

↓

a moment to recognize that there is creation taking place here

creation moment place recognize

↓

in a way that is emotional, is human,

emotional human

↓

even if one of those entities is not human.

human

↓

-Even God never did what you're doing.

↓

-Didn't he kill his son?

kill

↓

-But he brought him back.

brought

↓

♪

↓

-I owe you an apology.

apology

↓

The nutritionist I took you to was giving you

giving nutritionist

↓

massive doses of steroids.

doses massive steroids

↓

-I grew up with a stepfather who was a psychiatrist

grew psychiatrist stepfather

↓

and had many times when I misbehaved,

times

↓

and then was actually brought into my stepfather's office

brought office

↓

and sat on the couch and given a talking to.

couch given

↓

-Give me the tincture.

tincture

↓

-No. -Yes! Give me the tincture!

tincture

↓

It's a little late to be growing a spine.

growing late spine

↓

-It's not happening.

↓

-Give me the tincture. No!

tincture

↓

-Tinct me, cuck!

cuck

↓

-I think there's something really funny

funny

↓

about being a stepfather,

stepfather

↓

wanting to exert your authority

authority wanting

↓

when everybody in the household knows you're not the dad.

everybody household knows

↓

And at some point, that breaks down.

breaks point

↓

And this happened between me and my stepfather,

happened stepfather

↓

and our relationship began in earnest,

began relationship

↓

and we became quite close.

became close

↓

I believe that that's what's about

believe

↓

to happen here between Gary and Orson.

gary happen orson

↓

I think that his fronting as a stepdad is coming into conflict

coming conflict stepdad

↓

with the fact that the kid standing in front of him

fact front standing

↓

is in pain, is somebody who he can relate to.

pain relate somebody

↓

And I do believe that "Tinct me, cuck"

believe cuck

↓

is going to be on T-shirts.

shirts

↓

[Laughs]

laughs

↓

-What were the picks?

picks

↓

-I bought MYXY, M-Y-X-Y.

bought myxy

↓

-Yeah, yeah. Why?

↓

-They're likely filing for chapter 11 any day now.

chapter filing likely

↓

So you should probably short it.

short

↓

-I don't think that Joanne thinks

joanne thinks

↓

that Duncan's going to do anything with MYXY

duncans myxy

↓

more than what she advised him to do,

↓

which is, "Well, you should short it."

short

↓

-Oh! Hahaha!

hahaha

↓

-The company is going down.

company

↓

-I just thought you might want to know

might

↓

I bought it up --

bought

↓

MYXY.

myxy

↓

-She realizes that she basically gave this irresponsible,

irresponsible realizes

↓

cringey man the opportunity to buy the genetic material

genetic material opportunity

↓

of millions and millions of people.

millions

↓

The look on Sarah Goldberg's face is priceless.

face priceless sarah

↓

-I hit the data motherload.

data

↓

So thank you.

↓

Thank you, seriously, thank you.

↓

Just thank you.

↓

♪♪

↓

[dramatic orchestral music]

dramatic music orchestral

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[singers vocalizing]

singers vocalizing

↓

♪ ♪