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Season 1, Episode 4 — Fiduciary Duties

TMDB episode metadata

Show: Silicon Valley

Episode title: Fiduciary Duties

Air date: April 27, 2014

Director: Maggie Carey

Top billed cast: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew

At Peter's toga party, Richard drunkenly promises to make Erlich a board member, which he regrets the next morning. After being unassigned at Hooli, Big Head finds others like him who have made careers out of doing nothing. Richard struggles to put Pied Piper's vision into words for a presentation without Erlich; later, he discovers an interesting connection between Peter and Gavin Belson.

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Richie!

richie

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- Right on time. - Hey. You're the lawyer?

lawyer

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Ron LaFlamme. Great to meet you.

meet

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All right, homeboy. Pop a squat.

squat

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Start autographing by the flags.

start

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Lot of paper to get through.

paper

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So, what do you think?

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About?

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Jeannie. She's pretty hot, right?

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Oh, yeah. No, she's... She's very pretty.

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Yeah, she is.

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Oh, we're doing that. Okay.

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So yo, Peter tells me you're popping your cherry with this.

cherry peter popping tells

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So let me just walk you through it.

walk

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That stuff you're signing gives you the convertible note for funding

convertible funding gives note signing stuff

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and establishes you and Peter Gregory

gregory peter

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as the board members of Pied Piper, incorporated in the state of Delaware.

board delaware incorporated members piper state

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Okay. Why Delaware?

delaware

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Rich, Rich.

rich

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Lawyer, not lawyer. I got you.

lawyer

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So, Peter Gregory, big fan of you.

gregory peter

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- Oh. - He invited you to his toga party, right?

invited party

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That's a big deal. Flo Rida's playing.

deal playing

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- You dig Flo Rida? - Should be fun.

fun

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- Yeah, I went to a lot... - See this guitar?

guitar

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Sergey and Larry from Google signed it.

google larry signed

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Both of them. Right there.

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So, Pied Piper.

piper

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You're one of Peter's compression plays, huh?

peters plays

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One of? How many does he have?

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Not too many. Like six or eight.

eight

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Okay. Why are there so many?

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You know how sea turtles have a shit-ton of babies

babies turtles

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because most of them die on their way down to the water?

water

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Peter just wants to make sure that his money makes it to the ocean.

makes money ocean peter wants

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But it seems like you got your shit together.

seems

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A lot of these guys come in here

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and they can do all the engineering stuff

engineering stuff

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but they get all hung up on technicalities.

hung

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They can't just tell you what their vision for the company is.

company vision

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Those guys are so fucked.

fucked

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It's like you need both halves of the brain, right?

brain

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The Jobs and the Wozniak. The ying and the yang.

jobs yang

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Ch. I think it's "Yin".

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- "Yin"? - Yeah.

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- Like "Yin and yan?" - No. Like yin and yang.

yang

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No. It's ying and yang, they're opposites.

yang

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So, Pied Piper, drop it on me. What is it?

drop piper

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Well, we started off as a music app.

music started

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Yuck.

yuck

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Yeah. Gross.

gross

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But we've pivoted since then.

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Uh-oh. To what?

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Well, our Weissman scores are consistently high across all media,

media scores

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audio, video, meta-data.

audio data video

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Actually, that's not true. We've had some trouble encoding 3D video.

trouble video

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I think it's because the pixels change...

change

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value differently than conventional...

differently value

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Just look at the flow diagram, dude.

flow

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No, the filter bank is part of the prediction loop.

bank filter loop part prediction

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What are you talking about, this is lossless compression.

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Oh, hey, Big Head, you were there.

head

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Why did Richard use a DCT filter bank?

bank filter richard

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Oh...

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Not really sure. Richard tried to explain some of this stuff

explain richard stuff tried

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but a lot of it I didn't really understand,

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so I'd kinda just nod and smile, you know?

kinda smile

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Can you at least help us figure out this insane DFT spider web he's using?

figure insane least spider using

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Dude, do you understand any of this?

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I eat the fish.

fish

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I understand you eat the fish.

fish

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But when you clean the fish

clean fish

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you can't leave the fish head and guts and shit in the sink.

fish guts head sink

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Because the whole house smells like a bait station.

bait house smells station whole whole-house

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So you gotta put it in the trash and then take the trash out.

trash

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Do you understand?

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Yes. I eat the fish.

fish

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Motherfuck!

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Do you know how awkward it is to not be able to describe your own company?

able awkward company describe

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Like, I built Pied Piper and you can see it

built piper

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but I can't really describe to you what it is

describe

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even though I kind of know where I'm going.

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You do realize we quit working on our own apps to work for you, right?

apps quit realize working

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Shouldn't you more than "Kind of know where you're going?"

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Because that's basically what the CEO does.

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I do. Sort of.

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Okay, it's like trying to tell someone how to get somewhere,

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even though you don't really know the exact address. Right?

address exact

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Like, how do you do that? Because you can't just say

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"Go to 415 Elm Street,"

street

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because you don't even know what that is. Right?

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So you have to say, you know,

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"Go straight down that big road and take a right at the weird thing."

road straight weird

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But, you can't describe what that weird thing is

describe weird

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because you just know it as a weird thing, you know,

weird

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in your head. You always have.

head

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Is that weird thing in your head an aneurysm?

head weird

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Richard, I'm just gonna recap for a second,

recap richard second

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you turned down 10 million dollars

dollars million million-dollars turned

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to be able to develop something that you, as the head of the company,

able company develop head

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can't even describe to another human being?

another another-human describe human

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I say this only to motivate you.

motivate

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Okay, so I have been instructed to remove you

remove

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from the list of employees assigned to the Nucleus project.

assigned employees list project

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You will no longer receive any Nucleus related communications,

longer receive related

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file reports, or attend any Nucleus meetings.

attend file meetings reports

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Any questions?

questions

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No. That's... That's pretty clear.

clear

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Great.

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Am I being reassigned to something else?

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Not that I am aware of. At this time. No.

aware

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Wait, so then am I being fired?

fired

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Because I have a three year contract and my stock options...

contract options stock three

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Okay. Nobody is being fired. Okay?

fired nobody

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Look, a contract is a contract.

contract

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You know. You've got a contract. And I've got a contract.

contract

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We all have contracts.

contracts

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And here at Hooli, contracts are honored.

contracts honored

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Yours and mine.

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Everybody's. So...

everybodys

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Have I made that perfectly clear?

clear perfectly perfectly-clear

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Yeah, no. That's clear.

clear

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But, when I come into work tomorrow, what do I do?

tomorrow

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That is unclear. At this time.

unclear

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Should've worn more than my underwear and a bed sheet.

sheet shouldve underwear worn

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- Underwear? Pussy. - Yeah. I'm with him.

pussy underwear

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This is the type of evening that requires free-balling.

evening free requires type

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Oh. I'm gonna take my underwear off too.

underwear

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Richard! Hey, you made it!

richard

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So Peter met with LaFlamme today and signed the paperwork,

paperwork peter signed today

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which means Pied Piper is officially launched.

officially piper

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Why didn't you tell me about all the other compression plays Peter was seeding?

peter plays

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What? No... Because it's nothing you need to worry about.

worry

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Because none of those other companies have your vision.

companies vision

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- My vision? - Exactly.

vision

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Speaking of which, Peter really wants you to come in on Friday

friday peter speaking wants

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to chat about big picture stuff.

chat picture stuff

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You know, lay out your vision in broad strokes.

broad vision

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Broad strokes for the vision of the...

broad vision

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Well, Pied Piper is compression and we all know that.

piper

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So we don't need to talk about that, but I could because I'm the CEO.

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Pied Piper takes the data and...

data piper takes

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Smaller... To smaller form.

form smaller

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And, also, there's more.

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It compresses the data overall...

data overall

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Excuse me. See you Friday. Hi Tom.

excuse friday

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Richard, pace yourself, buddy.

buddy pace richard

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You know, I wish this was Roman times. You know?

roman times wish

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Life was simpler back then.

life simpler

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Simpler for you. I would have been a slave.

simpler slave

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There's still time.

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Cool costume. Where'd you get it?

cool costume whered

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My bed.

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- You're funny! - Oh.

funny

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I'm Brooke and this is my friend Anastasia.

friend

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Hi.

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- Hi. - What's up, guys?

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So, how do you know Peter Gregory?

gregory peter

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Oh, through work.

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We're actresses.

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Cool.

cool

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What type of actressing work?

type

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Oh, we're working right now.

working

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Our startup sources actors to parties to liven things up

actors parties sources

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and get into conversations with guests and be interested in them.

conversations guests interested

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Oh, neat.

neat

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So, who else is paid to be here?

paid

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Pretty much anyone that's over a seven is with us,

seven

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and anyone that's under a three is a guest.

guest three

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It's a really fun job.

fun

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- Plus, I get to work with my boyfriend. - Yeah.

boyfriend plus

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Yo, yo, party people, y'all ready to get crazy?

crazy party ready yall

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Is that Flo Rida?

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No idea.

idea

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Y'all ready to take this party to a whole 'nother level?

level party ready whole yall

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It's time to meet the original O.G. gangster,

gangster meet original

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cash money mobster.

cash cash-money money

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Y'all put your hands together for my brother!

brother hands yall

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The illest, the chillest, emperor of Rome, big Pete Gregory!

emperor gregory pete rome

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He is the illest and the chillest?

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Big Pete Gregory!

gregory pete

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Thank you, Florida.

florida

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Welcome to the Peter Gregory Foundation's

gregory peter welcome

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fourth annual orgy of caring.

annual caring fourth orgy

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The first three were fine.

three

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I hope that you enjoy the party.

enjoy hope party

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There is a second bar in back

second

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where the line is much shorter.

line shorter

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Thank you. I'm finished now.

finished

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That was very abrupt.

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- So this is a rap concert? - Yep.

concert

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Holy shit, look at Erlich!

holy

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How the fuck did he get up there?

fuck

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Man. See, that's what I wish I had.

wish

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It's like, I don't have any...

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- Game. - Game, yes! That's it.

game

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You know, I always knew I was missing something

missing

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and then someone explained to me the concept of game,

concept explained game

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I remember very distinctly thinking, "That's what I don't have. Game."

distinctly game remember thinking

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Sorry.

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- Hello? - What's up, Richie Rich?

rich richie richie-rich

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Great seeing you last night, buddy.

buddy night seeing

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Just wanted you to know I had my associate

associate wanted

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draft up everything like we talked about and it is all good.

draft talked

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Just emailed you the board consent which appoints your new board member.

board board-member consent member

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So just print it, sign it, get it to Gregory to sign and it is donezo.

gregory print sign

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New board member, what?

board board-member member

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It's in the PDF, you'll see.

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All right, homey, I gotta go. My enema guy is here.

homey

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Gary! Namaste!

gary

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Pied Piper Incorporated amended board of directors,

board directors incorporated piper

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Richard Hendricks, Peter Gregory, Erlich Bachman?

gregory peter richard

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Oh, my God.

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Ls Sleeping Beauty awake yet?

awake beauty sleeping

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Yes, she is.

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Oh, boy. Here, I brought you something for your stomach.

brought stomach

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Be forewarned, the orange juice has vodka in it.

juice orange orange-juice vodka

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Little hair of the dog.

hair

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What exactly happened last night, from your side?

happened night side

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We happened, Richard. And the best part is,

best best-part happened part richard

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we can relive it whenever we want to.

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We're two halves of the same brain!

brain

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You complete me!

complete

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Don't ever say that again! Do you understand me?

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I will beat the shit out of you.

beat

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Yo, yo, get that camera out my face.

camera face

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Come on, Mr. Rida. Okay. Okay.

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- Look at this part. - I'm asking this fat, beautiful man...

asking part

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...in front of God and the Flo Rider

front

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and this white, weird cocaine statue

cocaine statue weird white

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to be on the Pied Piper board of directors.

board directors piper

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- Yes! A thousand times, yes! - He's doin' it!

doin thousand thousand-times times

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- Shake on it. - It's a deal.

deal shake

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Oh, no.

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Plus, we have this for the Pied Piper documentary

documentary piper plus

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that we're eventually gonna make.

eventually

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We're making history together, partner.

history partner

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Are you dressed like Steve Jobs?

dressed jobs steve

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Oh, am I?

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Well, I suppose Steve and I always have shared a similar aesthetic.

shared similar steve suppose

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Hey.

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Little help?

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Oh. Okay.

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- Here you go. - Thanks, man.

thanks

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Sorry about the throw. Bursitis.

throw

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Yeah.

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So, you guys having a meeting up here?

having meeting

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No. Not exactly.

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We're all currently unassigned.

currently

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How about you?

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- Yeah. Unassigned. - Yeah.

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- That's cool. - Yeah.

cool

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How could you put Erlich on the board? What were you thinking?

board thinking

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You don't put someone inside the company on the board.

board company

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Then he and Peter Gregory can vote you out.

gregory peter vote

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Yeah. You gotta find an outsider you trust. Like your mom.

outsider trust

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I'd put Erlich on the board before my mom. Backstabbing bitch.

backstabbing bitch board

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Guys, I was drunk, okay?

drunk

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You know, I half-jokingly said to Gilfoyle last night,

half night

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"it looks like Richard is going to suck Erlich's dick."

dick richard suck

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But that would be reasonable compared to this.

compared reasonable

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Richard, could I speak to you?

richard speak

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Okay. Yeah.

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He's the least cool guy I've ever met.

cool least

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I heard about what's been happening.

heard

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I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

disappointed

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Yeah, I don't... I don't know what I was thinking.

thinking

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Yes. I mean,

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is there a reason I wasn't invited to the party?

invited party reason

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Is there some sense that I'm not part of the gang?

gang part sense

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What? Jared.

jared

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Of course not. it was just an oversight.

course

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I mean, we weren't even sure if we were gonna go.

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And what was it like there?

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Were there gelatin shots?

shots

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No. No, it was stupid and loud.

loud stupid

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Honestly, you're better off.

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I suppose. I had a fine night.

night suppose

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I had some palak paneer and I watched a documentary about Liberia.

documentary watched

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But then I woke up to this unexpected development.

development unexpected woke

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Do you... Do you really want Erlich on the board?

board

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- Because I'll support you... - No. I don't. At all.

support

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I was drunk.

drunk

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I don't know how to get out of it.

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I mean, what am I going to say to Peter Gregory?

gregory peter

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Well, if you don't sign the documents, and you don't give them to Peter Gregory,

documents gregory peter sign

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then it won't happen. Simple as that.

happen simple

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Really? I...

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Wow. Okay.

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That is a relief, Jared. Thanks.

jared relief thanks

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I'm glad you're around.

glad

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Well, keep that in mind for future parties.

future mind parties

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Honestly, sometimes we forget you're here.

forget sometimes

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You guys, company photo time out back. Let's go!

company photo

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Gilfoyle, okay, off to the center a little bit.

center

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Like your personality. No, no, no, no.

personality

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Dinesh, leave it unbuttoned. We want you to look like shit.

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Makes for a better "Before" photo.

makes photo

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But you're wearing a jacket.

jacket wearing

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Yeah, because I'm the genius marketer.

genius

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I'm not a code freak like you guys.

code freak

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Besides, I'm wearing sandals so I am iconoclasting a little bit.

besides sandals wearing

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Oh, good. Jared. What the fuck is with that vest?

fuck jared vest

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Right over here. As if you're sort of a late addition

addition late

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that may not stick around for the entire duration of the company.

company entire stick

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And then, Richard. There you go. The man of the hour.

hour richard

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Okay. We'll take a few like this,

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and then just Richard and I.

richard

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Because at the end of the day,

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people only want to see a picture of the board members.

board members picture

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It... Actually, it's...

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You're not gonna be a board member.

board board-member member

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What?

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I'm in year three of a five year deal

deal five three

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and, Matt, you got what, like three years left?

left matt three three-years years

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Yeah. We all got acquired by Hooli,

acquired

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when we didn't work out, none of us got reassigned.

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Because Gavin believes in this Japanese form of management

believes form japanese management

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where not being assigned is the most shameful outcome.

assigned outcome shameful

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Yeah, it does feel uncomfortable.

uncomfortable

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Give it a week or two, you'll get, like, numb to it.

numb week

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Well, why are you guys still coming in?

coming

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Rest and vest.

rest vest

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Oh...

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Because in order to fully vest your options,

fully options order vest

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you've gotta wait until your contracts are up.

contracts

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- I get it. - You catch on slow.

catch slow

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You'll fit right in here.

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Lunch? Arby's on El Camino? I'll drive.

drive lunch

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No, let's walk. It'll take longer.

itll longer walk

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Gotta do something to fill the day, right?

fill

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I was drunk! You took advantage of me!

advantage drunk

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Man, they are really going at it.

↓

So, last night, what was the girl situation?

girl night situation

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And after all I've given up for this company.

company given

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Oh, what have you given up?

given

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I owned 10% of Dinesh's app, 10% of Gilfoyle's app.

owned

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Multiple potential streams of income.

income multiple potential

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Not to mention that 100% of the team that you have,

mention team

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were all guys that I recruited for this house.

house

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- That must be worth something to me. - It is.

must worth

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10% of Pied Piper!

piper

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For which I forewent, yes, that's a real word,

real word

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one million dollars.

dollars million million-dollars

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I supported you, Richard. I bet on you.

richard supported

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And now you're just gonna give me a seat on the board,

board seat

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only to retract that offer?

offer

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I can't even remember doing that!

remember

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Oh, really? Well, do you remember this particular dick-bag I got on video?

dick particular remember video

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Because you did.

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Put it away.

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It's right here.

↓

Goddammit.

goddammit

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- I've seen the video. - It's the wrong album, just give me a sec...

album seen video

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You know what? Fuck it!

fuck

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You offering me a position on this board and reneging it

board offering position

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is a perfect example of you having no vision,

example having perfect vision

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no balls and no game.

balls game

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Maybe he did blow him.

blow

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Well, love and hate. It's all passion.

hate love passion

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And if that's the kind of company you wanna run,

company

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well, then, fine.

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God help you. 'Cause I sure as hell ain't.

aint

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What are you doing?

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You give your loyalty to somebody...

loyalty somebody

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- Let me help you. - Don't touch!

touch

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I can do it myself.

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All right.

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I just put it back on. Goddammit!

goddammit

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Okay. Read that back to me.

read

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"Pied Piper's mission is to bring its unique compression algorithm to a variety..."

algorithm bring mission unique variety

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One thing you should know about living in this house

house living

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is I do not tolerate substance abuse.

abuse substance tolerate

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There's no drinking and lying in this house.

drinking house lying

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I should have made that more clear to some of the current residents.

clear current residents

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Like this one. Don't mind him.

mind

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He'll be gone soon when his company cakes its pants.

cakes company gone pants

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Hopefully, Jurgen, you'll be able to bring a more positive element to the house.

able bring element hopefully house positive

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Let me show you the room I'm offering.

offering room

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Some of his stuff is still in there,

stuff

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but, as I mentioned, it will soon be gone.

gone mentioned

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Once his company cakes its pants.

cakes company pants

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It's okay. Just take a breath.

breath

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It's fine. I'm fine. We just...

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Let's get through this. Okay, so, read this back to me.

read

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- "Pied Piper's mission..." - Hey, guys.

mission

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Hope you don't mind, the front door was just open.

door front front-door hope mind open

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Hi, Big Head. What's up?

head

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Honestly? Nothing. I've just been sitting around all day.

sitting

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Not working. It's weird, you know?

weird working

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Yeah.

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So, what's up with you guys?

↓

We're just sort of...

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We're getting ready for this big Peter Gregory meeting.

gregory meeting peter ready

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And we have a lot of work to do, so...

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Cool. Very cool.

cool

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You know, Richard, the irony is that if you had taken the ten million,

irony million richard taken

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you'd be kicking back with a ton of money right now

kicking money

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and I'd still be working.

working

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But you didn't, obviously. And now I've got nothing to do,

obviously

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I'm rolling in it, and you're working your ass off.

rolling working

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Life's funny isn't it?

funny lifes

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You guys want to walk to Arby's,

walk

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maybe grab a bite, play a little hacky sack?

bite grab sack

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Yeah. I should probably get back to work, anyway.

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I mean, not work, exactly, I don't...

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I don't work. But, you know, just get back to Hooli.

↓

Sit around all day and get paid a bunch of money to do nothing.

bunch money paid

↓

Weird.

weird

↓

You ready?

ready

↓

You know what you're going to say? You want to run it by me?

↓

No, no. I got this. Fuck Erlich.

fuck

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You know, I turned down ten million dollars to build this thing.

build dollars million million-dollars turned

↓

You want vision, I will show you fucking vision.

fucking vision

↓

I like this new angry side to you.

angry side

↓

Being around angry people relaxes me, because I know where I stand.

angry stand

↓

Oh, shoot. I think I got something stuck in my teeth.

shoot stuck teeth

↓

I'm just gonna go to the bathroom, check it out. I'll be back in a sec.

bathroom check

↓

Richard, it's Jared. Are you okay?

jared richard

↓

Hey buddy, what's going on here?

buddy

↓

I thought I had something in my teeth,

teeth

↓

but when I looked over, right? I looked in the mirror like this,

looked mirror

↓

my pants, they hit the counter top,

counter pants

↓

and it must have some water on there, right?

must water

↓

So I got a spot on my pants, kinda looked like I pissed myself like a big baby.

baby kinda looked pants pissed spot

↓

So what I did was, I just took off all my pants

pants

↓

and I put it in the water just to make it all completely wet.

completely water

↓

You know, that way I figured no one would really notice.

figured notice

↓

So, you know, it wouldn't be as bad. I've got it under control.

control

↓

I've sorted it out. We're good.

sorted

↓

Yes. So you felt this wouldn't look as bad.

↓

- Understood. - Yeah.

understood

↓

But, Richard?

richard

↓

Consider that maybe this might not be the best choice for the meeting?

best choice consider meeting might

↓

Yeah. Holy...

holy

↓

What the fuck am I doing?

fuck

↓

I can't go like this to the meeting.

meeting

↓

Jared. I have no vision.

jared vision

↓

Yes, you do.

↓

- I believe in you... - No, no, I literally have no vision.

believe vision

↓

All I see is stars and swirls. I cannot see right now.

cannot stars

↓

Okay, okay, let's get your pants on.

pants

↓

Richard? Jared? Are you in there?

jared richard

↓

Ohh.

↓

Hey, there's some weather over the ocean

ocean weather

↓

so Peter would love to get started. Are you guys ready?

love peter ready started

↓

Yep. All good. Be there in a jiffy.

jiffy

↓

- Okay. - Oh.

↓

Jared, I'm on a carpet in a bathroom.

bathroom carpet jared

↓

Yeah, okay.

↓

I know this isn't the best thing to say to someone having a panic attack,

attack best having panic panic-attack

↓

but we need to hurry here.

hurry

↓

- Doing okay? - Yes, much better.

↓

Nope. Worse.

nope worse

↓

Richard, you're gonna listen to me if you know what's good for you.

richard

↓

Erlich.

↓

I may have been wrong about being a board member

board board-member member

↓

and I may be wrong about being the Steve Jobs in our relationship.

jobs relationship steve

↓

But I do know this, you are the Steve Wozniak.

steve

↓

And no Woz should go into a meeting like that alone.

alone meeting

↓

No. Actually...

↓

So if you'll just let me come in, then I won't speak.

speak

↓

And I just think you should have somebody in there

somebody

↓

who will actually have your back.

↓

Okay. No, I... Erlich, I want you to be in there.

↓

Okay... Wait, what?

↓

Yes, and I need you to do all the talking.

↓

Because I feel like if I do I'm gonna puke all over Peter Gregory.

gregory peter puke

↓

Oh. Okay. Wow.

↓

That was easier than I... All the talking?

easier

↓

Oh, Erlich, you're here too?

↓

Okay. Come on in, guys.

↓

I'm going to stay here, I think. Because I look absurd.

absurd

↓

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

↓

So what are you going to say?

↓

Fuck, I don't know.

fuck

↓

Today's user wants access to all of their files

access files todays user wants

↓

from all their devices instantly.

devices instantly

↓

That's why cloud-based is the Holy Grail.

based cloud grail holy holy-grail

↓

Now Dropbox is winning,

winning

↓

but when it comes to audio and video files,

audio comes files video

↓

they might as well be called Dripbox.

called might

↓

Using our platform, Pied Piper users would be able to compress all of their files

able files piper platform users using

↓

to the point where they truly can access them instantly.

access instantly point truly

↓

We control the pipe,

control pipe

↓

they just use it.

↓

That's the vision in Richard Hendricks' head.

head richard vision

↓

Sure.

↓

Sounds fine.

sounds

↓

Oh.

↓

I received an email from Ron LaFlamme

email received

↓

saying that this gentleman

gentleman

↓

is going to be our third board member?

board board-member member third

↓

Yes. Yes.

↓

Erlich helped me with all this stuff. He's very talented.

helped stuff talented

↓

I need him as a partner.

partner

↓

Fine.

↓

It's okay for you to leave now.

↓

All right, okay.

↓

Wait, is that you and Gavin Belson?

↓

Yes. It's an old photograph.

photograph

↓

Were you guys friends?

friends

↓

I thought so.

↓

Good-bye.

↓

How'd it go?

howd

↓

That was amazing.

amazing

↓

I mean, that was like everything in my head, but, like, clear.

clear head

↓

Did you just make that up on the spot?

spot

↓

Yeah. We should probably write some of it down.

write

↓

Yeah. Well, look. I gotta be honest,

honest

↓

I mean, I can't tell you how much this means.

↓

You really saved my ass even after I was such a dick to you.

dick saved

↓

- You're making up! - What else could I do, Richard?

richard

↓

You're my Wozniak.

↓

And I will always be...

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Motherfu...