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Thanks, Fikret.
Hey, Ken.
Just wanted to be on hand to smooth and say welcome home.
Who are they?
Uh, additional manpower for the new role.
Okay. Welcome, "additional manpower."
They can **** off until I need them.
Mm-hmm.
I just wanna show my face, check in with the grays,
and then get to the plane.
Yeah? I'd rather have more time other end, okay?
- For sure. - Maybe I get in early
and ****ing slip a Mickey in Matsson's meatballs.
Okay, we'll make sure
the plane is ready to go.
Before takeoff, might be nice to get a shot of you and Roman
on the, uh, candid shot. "Stepping up."
"CE-bros" is kinda the bad version.
Shall we, maybe, not do the bad version?
Agreed.
Thank you.
Thank you. Boy, you have a knack for the theatrics.
How about one of these?
You get any sleep?
Uh, a little bit. Did you get the condolence assistants?
Yeah. Uh-huh.
What do you think? Old Guard, loading us up
- with human listening devices? - Hmm.
All right, look at you ****ing chumps.
- Yeah. - This the Romey A-Team?
This is the team.
What's shaking? You camp out overnight out here?
Yeah, I got here early, I'm just getting briefed.
Should I get Shiv?
Uh, Bastian. Could you get Shiv, please?
Okay, so what's bubbling?
You know, short-range top-lines?
Studio would like to schedule a call this morning, red flag.
We're okaying Kalispitron reshoots, panicky vibes.
Second producer signed off on leave,
citing "mental collapse slash overload."
Uh-huh. We okay it.
- Yeah? We're balls deep already. - Hmm.
Oh, yeah, I think, gotta keep spending.
I will say "no" a lot,
and shout, obviously, initially, but yeah.
And you got my email
on Matsson angles, deal thoughts?
Yeah, which one? You sent several.
The last one. "Ignore previous emails."
Yeah, great. Thanks for putting me through all that.
We're good here, by the way, guys.
- Yeah, thank you. - You can all **** off. Yeah.
- Great. Okay. - Don't talk to my team, Hugo.
- So, uh, talk on the plane? - Yeah.
Oh, here we go. March of the Emperor Penguins.
- Morning. - Morning.
- Welcome back, huh?
- Thank you. - Congrats.
Nothing to celebrate, but...
Yeah. So, what is this? You guys are re-interviewing
- for your jobs? - No, just a check-in pre-Norway.
Oh, okay. I think we did the check-in on the board call,
and on the follow-up call, and with your 33,000 emails.
Well, just anything we can do to be helpful.
In terms of, like, uh,
dry-running the negotiation or...
Uh-huh. Okay. "We trust you absolutely,
now tell us every single word you plan on saying to him."
Look, we wanna knock this out of the park.
Squeeze an extra three, four dollars a share.
Rome and me. Shiv on point here to advise and liaise.
Oh, cool, yeah. Did I miss the invite?
Uh, what's the conflab? Boomers versus Zoomers?
No, this is unscheduled, Shiv.
Mom and Dad just stopped by
to make sure we have food in the fridge.
Uh, okay, Matsson,
uh, asking... he's... He's saying not to freak out.
- What? - Freak out, why?
- What, is he wobbling? - Look...
Did... Did you all just get this? Do you have this?
They're asking for everyone.
They're requesting us all in Norway,
plus division heads, bunch of EVPs. I forwarded.
He actually sent a list of names.
Okay, so that's sinister as ****.
What is it, do we think?
"Cultural compatibility check."
It's early, but it is smart.
Okay, but why check cultural compatibility
if we haven't done the deal?
I guess because we are probably doing the deal?
It's positive.
Unless he's looking for a way out.
Yeah, or invite everyone so he doesn't just have to deal
with the B-roll brothers? Can I have a look at this list?
Yeah, yeah, you should all have it, I se...
- You... You're on the list. - No, you didn't send it to me.
What does it look like if we say no?
We don't play that weak?
Um, I guess in the interest of doing the deal
that we all want,
maybe we should, you know, play ball.
Yeah. No. Great. Great. Good.
Let's go get the deal.
- Get it. - Let's bleed the Swede.
Sir! Sir!
Wow.
- Whirlwind, huh? - Uh-huh.
- So, why Norway, not Sweden? - Annual retreat.
Anyway, Norway, Sweden, what's the difference?
It's all descended from the same rapists.
- Hey! - Right.
- Hello. - Hey, how are ya?
Well, excited to get a feel for Scandinavia and...
- and some hotties. - The hotties?
The Arctic foxes.
- Bit of Norwegian wood. - Greg?
- Huh? - Show some respect.
It's not a trip to the Guggenheim, Greg.
It's musical electric chairs.
To see whether they like us after the acquisition.
Find out who they like,
everyone else, welcome to the lime pit.
You're on the other plane, by the way.
Yeah, I know. Thanks, Hugo.
But... But you're not worried, right?
- Me? No. - You're good.
With the ATN carveout, I'm not worried about Matsson.
I'm worried about being whacked
by the cast of Bugsy Malone over there.
- You got a problem, Tom? - No.
You guys are seriously not concerned
about this Dad stuff? 'Cause there's been more.
Sorry, I have to focus.
Studio overages, Kalispitron: Hibernation,
225 mil sunk cost.
Estimating about three weeks of reshoots,
which is like 25 mil, plus CGI.
Mm-hmm.
It's a ****ing sleepy robot in a cave,
how is that a quarter of a bill?
Mm-hmm. I mean, it's just... You know, I'm just struck
by the number of pieces that knife Dad and...
And imply that his children, particularly his younger sons,
have been covering for him for quite some time.
- Hugo. - Yeah?
Hey, if someone's briefing anything against Dad,
we'll ****ing crucify them. Okay?
- Rat****er Sam, okay? - Okay.
Rome, do you want to do the Matsson dossier together
for angles, yeah?
- Yay. Let's do it. - Mm-hmm.
You know, I don't... I don't actually care.
If you want to...
burn Dad's legacy or...
Shiv, we're trying to prep to get inside his head
to squeeze every nickel out of this ****ing thing
and keeping the numbers straight across five ****ing divisions,
- it's just... - Shiv, we're... we're...
We're death wrestling with ogres.
- Bah! - You're reading documents
is what you're doing, Ken.
You know, one thing...
- Hmm? - If you want,
just to mention it.
- What? - We can cut Tom's throat.
Oh.
Oh, well. Yeah, how's he doing?
I mean, he's doing good, he's doing fine.
That's not it, we just thought, maybe,
in case that might be a nice thing for you.
Oh, well, thanks. Uh. So nice of you to offer that.
Uh, you know what? I'm up to my ****ing eyeballs
in investor conference shit,
so I should speak to... Gerri or...
I happen to think we're being acquired
by a high-caliber organization.
- That's coming out... - I don't know, guys,
I would say there's a lot to admire.
Yeah, did you see? Their deputy of comms is a ski jumper.
- Ex-Winter Olympian. - Hmm. Yeah, I saw.
A ski jumper.
You can hardly stand up. You're ****ed.
I mean, Fulbrights coming out of their ***.
NASDAQ master race.
They're just a bunch of really impressive,
very serious young people.
Did you see what happened when they acquired
the video game publisher?
Less than ten percent retention.
They went through the place like fire ants.
Incredibly meritocratic.
Insular, weird, brutal mother****ers.
And we're dead.
Hey, come on, guys, listen.
Sure, they're young and they're fit,
but they're European, they're soft.
Hammocked in their social security safety nets.
Sick on vacation mania and free health care.
They may think they're Vikings, but we've been raised by wolves.
Exposed to a pathogen that goes by the name Logan Roy.
And they have no idea what's coming to them.
Okay?
We're snakes on a plane.
You guys clock that he's a movie guy?
We might need a line.
In case he queries the ****ing cash incinerator
that the studio is right now.
Why's this ****ing belt so ****ing tight?
It's like strangling me.
You nervous, Ken?
No, I mean, he's just some guy.
Wow, the ice man.
I don't know. I mean, maybe a little anxious about the deal.
- Sure. - Mm-hmm.
You're all right, you're good. Just, you know,
****ing every dollar you squeeze makes us stronger
for when we do Pierce-ATN. Yeah?
Might be a little wet out there,
but let's see how it goes. Thank you.
Looking forward to meeting your Winter Olympian?
- Oh, Andreas Bloc? - Yeah.
The guy blew a seven-point lead
- at the Sochi Winter Games. - ****.
He's a possible choker, Ray. Possible choker.
Choke him out.
- So... - Uh, where should we go?
Which way to Chairman Matsson's reeducation camp?
Take a seat. It's the next stop.
We're about to leave. Two more bags coming.
Shiv. Pretty nice, huh?
I already got ****ing mud on my sneaks.
- Nice. - You like the merch?
Yeah, I'm gonna jerk off over it
while staring at you. You like that, you little *****?
I see you.
- Look out your window. - Is that you?
Yeah, of course it's me. The handsome one.
Is yours small? Mine is ****ing small.
When a bear shits in the woods, it uses one of these, I think.
- Yeah. Let me call you back. - Yeah, great.
Um, so, divisional heads, et cetera, are offered brunch,
and Mattson's invited the negotiating team,
like, "up top" to get into it,
and they'll escort us if you want.
- Yep. - Okay.
Hey, you wanna walk the deck once more?
Talk the angles, the foreseeable unforeseens?
No, we're good.
- Good on the plan. - Okay.
Mm. Well, yeah, everyone has a plan
until they get punched in the mouth.
But I... but I... I might just add,
I've seen guys going in,
uh, you know, uh, playing hardball
and then not being able to row back.
So your... I tell you what, your dad, now he...
Often he would just start with a joke.
Just to establish that no matter how tough things are...
- That's the whole thing, right? - Huh. Yeah.
Bring in an offer lower than 144,
net result, unhappiness. Over 144, net result, happiness.
Yes, increasing exponentially with each additional dollar
until such time as Karl creams his pants
while dropping into his golden parachute.
- All right. - Aiming for 147, hoping for 148.
What with everything, we'd settle for 145, 146.
- Right? - Right.
- That's the whole of the game? - Rome?
- Hey, Con. - Uh, I'm at Frank E. Campbell.
- And, uh... - Y eah, now is not a good time.
Look, are... are... Are you guys okay to talk?
Because, uh, Marcia's been in.
And she's talking about putting him in a kilt,
- like a ****ing Bay City Roller. - What?
It's, uh, Con. Uh, Marcia's been in,
and they're talking about Dad with a kilt or s...
- What? - Yeah.
Can't he just ****ing figure it out?
Is it just drama? It sounds like...
- It sounds like drama. - Yeah, yeah, I heard that, Ken.
You know, I got a pretty full plate here.
Okay? I just had to cancel on a room full
of working-class Whites in Cleveland.
So, look, I am genuinely concerned
that he will look odd and I'll be blamed.
Uh, okay. Hey, Con?
We appreciate you holding it down for us,
but, uh, what do you need from us?
Carte blanche. If I go in the...
embalming room and start throwing my weight around.
I'm going to need to make some asks,
but I don't want to get blamed.
- Don't let them make fun of you. - Uh, sure. Okay, Con.
Carte blanche, you're empowered.
No recriminations. Uh...
If... If you want, send photos or whatever.
Don't. S... Send photos?
He's not taking him to the ****ing beach.
Don't send photos. Okay, bye. Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
Um, can I have a, uh, waffle, please?
Ooh! Looks good.
Cinnamon buns?
Oh, yeah. Serious Scandi spread here.
Thank you so much.
Uh-oh. What's this, guys?
Ambush. You took the bait. Fattened for the kill.
- Hi! Thank you. - Good luck, everybody.
- Hello. - Hey, gang.
- Ebba? - Hi.
God eftermiddag. Comms and Public Affairs.
- Karolina. - Yes, exactly.
You look well. Very refreshed.
Hi. Tom.
- Oskar Gudjohnsen? I'm Tom. - Yeah.
Oh, yeah, Tom. Tom of, uh, Siobhan.
Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, ATN.
ATN. So I'm not really...
I'm not really part of this whole situation
and, uh, yeah.
And if you want... if you want a little guide of our forest,
you know, the mighty oaks of Waystar and the deadwood,
just, uh, give me a nod.
- Okay. You're the guy. - I'm the guy.
- Yeah. - All right, good to see you.
Hey, easy, buddy. Leave some for us.
Oh, would you like some? I'm... I'm happy to share.
I, uh, I metabolize fast because I'm dynamic.
- Andreas? Hey, man. - Hey.
Oh, wow. They... They tell me that you nearly got a bronze
- at Sochi. - Ah.
- Another lifetime, you know. - Yeah.
Oh, man, that's... That's almost huge, man.
You know? Those darn tenths of a second, huh?
Tuck!
Guy's a dick.
- Hey. - Hey, hey, there he is.
Oh, wow, look at you all. Rolling deep, huh?
- Rock Steady Crew. - Yeah.
- What's up? Hey. - Oh, okay. Hi.
You made it.
- Yeah. - Hey, bro.
The **** are you doing here?
- Keen to get into it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Uh... I'm not sure... What do we do here?
Am I gonna get a lawsuit if I hug you or...
Maybe. Wanna find out?
Okay.
Wow. You, uh, brought the whole gang, huh?
Outmaneuvered me.
I'm solo, baby.
What, you guys scared to come and talk
without the village elders?
- No. - No.
No, we don't want to outman you, bro.
- I'm just kidding. - Let's talk.
- But seriously, can we? - Just us. Let's do it.
- All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Let's chat.
Hey, if you want...
**** him and his dude-bluff.
Thanks for coming out.
- Appreciate it. - Yeah.
I know it's not ideal.
Yeah, well,
it's not like our dad died yesterday.
It was a couple of days ago, so...
Well, at least you didn't find him yourself.
BMW still running.
- That shit can be traumatic. - Right. Sure, sure.
- No sorries for Lukas? - No, sure.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry, man. - It's not a competition.
Um, saw that your little, uh, kicky ball team,
they won a thing. They did a win or something?
- Congrats on that. - Oh, yeah, yeah. Thank you.
- Good dossier. - Yep.
Do you wanna know what I have on you?
Yeah.
- So, do you want to maybe... - Uh, so, what's the, in terms of schedule...
We were thinking we could, uh...
Relax, guys. It's just me, we can talk.
All right?
- Okay. - Okay?
So, what the **** is this place? What is this place?
Like, the ****ing 50K wedding mill
for lawyers' daughters? Bridal shots by the window?
Yeah, I know, it's kind of bullshit.
But it's also...
People thi... Cool? I don't give a ****, honestly.
Can we get into it? I feel like I want to say shit.
- Can we get into it? Or do you want me to wait? - Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Let's get into it. We, um...
We've come to say that, um, we like your offer.
But we don't, as yet, think it reflects the full valuation
of the potential of what you're purchasing.
Okay.
And your stock dropped 20 percent on Friday?
And regained ten Monday.
Okay.
Logan was never going to be part of the company going forward.
I mean, in a business sense,
his absence is not relevant.
Our key growth drivers are unaffected
by our father's passing. The dip is the dip. It's not...
Yeah, but I... I still feel like
I'm going to the checkout during a sale
and getting asked to pay more.
- A bit. - Well, Lukas, if you were willing to pay 144 last week,
- shareholders won't like you looking opportunistic... - Yeah, can I interrupt you
- right there? - I'd rather you didn't,
- but you already did, so... - Um...
I would like to propose... an offer.
I want to buy your entire operation.
For the price... of one...
single dollar.
- I'm kidding. - That's really good.
That's funny.
- One single dollar. Ha ha. - Sorry.
Sorry, man, your face was...
Um. But I... I... I do want ATN though.
Well, no. ATN's off the table. Dad carved it out.
Yeah, I... I'm not sure it makes sense,
- and I want it back in. - Uh, why?
- Why? - Why?
Uh, why?
Uh...
I feel like I don't have to say why, do I?
It's the original deal.
Like it's... it... We have the shape.
This can be fast.
You can get the sugar that you came looking for.
The price is what?
Oh, I don't think we're at price.
Like, 187 per share.
Fifty-fifty cash stock...
for the whole thing.
Are you gonna tell me what you think?
Yeah, yeah, sure.
- Sure. - All right, maybe you guys haven't done this before,
but how it usually works is I say something...
and then you say something.
'Cause if you don't say anything, some things
- tend to get a bit congealed... - Can I interrupt you? And say **** off.
- Yeah, thanks for the pro tip. - Okay.
Yeah, we just weren't, you know,
we weren't expecting that.
And, uh, I'm not sure that that works.
- It works. - Okay.
Yeah, well, we're not sure that it does work.
It works.
Mm.
Do... Maybe you want to check in with the boiled eggs out there?
Well, yeah, this is a material change.
- We need to... - Of course, of course.
All that. Hundred percent, um...
But do you like it?
Just between us.
Oh, you like it a little bit, don't you? Right?
There's something there, huh?
You don't have to answer but...
maybe an indication.
A bit of bubbles?
I think we're just gonna take a beat actually.
We're just gonna... Yeah?
- We'll talk later. - Yeah.
Okay?
So ****ing eager.
- We say? Yeah? - Yeah, we say.
Hi. So the offer is 187, but he wants ATN.
- He's... He's right there. - Okay, well,
why don't you tuck your boner away, Karl?
- But he wants the deal? - Yeah. He wants the deal.
And I think he knows ATN is an emotive issue
and he's being a ****ing ***hole.
Oh, sure, sure, sure.
But excellent news, gents, huh?
- Excellent. - Mm-hmm.
You effectively achieved a bump.
Yeah, we did amazing. We're amazing people.
So we take it to the board.
Yeah, well, first, we have to run through it
- and make sure it works. - Where's Shiv?
♪ Oh, she went back down.
- Okay, well, we should talk to her too. - Wow.
Yeah. Let's go do that.
- Excellent. - Wow.
You think he's just trying to **** with us?
He actually wants ATN, or is this a move
so that we ask to subtract, and he goes low?
Who cares? What do we want?
Well, we want to keep it, right?
We do Dad's deal, keep ATN, we add PGN.
And you, me, and Shiv, you know. The Three ****ateers. Hey.
Uh, so, I just got a bad rumor in my ears.
- What is it? - Uh, apparently,
ATN has an open line to Jeryd Mencken's campaign team
and they're just dialed in on editorial morning conference.
- Did you know that? - Uh, I did not know that.
Rome, if this comes out, this blows any credibility.
Ooh. Yep.
- That's not okay. Rome. - Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know, ****ing Cyd. Cyd's in operational charge.
- It's a mutual back scratch. - Rome, even Dad had a line.
Look, Shiv, we can... We should...
We should get into that, it's not okay,
but, uh...
But we do need to focus.
Big picture, we should discuss.
What do we think on ATN folded back in?
- Uh, ATN back in? - Yeah.
****, uh, well, then, yeah. Sure, fine, get rid of it.
It's a toxic asset.
Uh, it's also Dad's pride and joy, he died trying to keep?
Yeah, well, let's just keep one of his old sweaters.
Less racist.
You know, there's leverage in not looking too thirsty.
He needs to know that if there's no deal,
we're good, we survive, thrive.
But do we? Like, can we?
Well, Ken and I have been doing a pretty good job.
In the last 24 hours?
Price has stabilized, markets seem to like us.
Yeah, the markets like that you're selling to Matsson.
Mm-hmm. Well, Dad wanted to keep ATN.
Uh, yeah, but he also wanted to poison Brezhnev
and... and hang Mandela.
- It doesn't mean he's always right. - Mm...
I think that overall, he wanted the deal, so...
Well, we don't know.
We... we can't navigate by Dad maps.
- He's not here. - I know he's not here.
I have a giant hole in my heart and a 24-hour migraine and...
I'm just saying, I don't think we know if...
Would he have done the deal? Would he not have done the deal?
We don't... We don't know.
You know what? Just... Let's get it done.
I don't really... I don't... Whatever.
Just get the deal done.
♪
Okay, so we need to play this very delicately.
Laid before you is a chessboard, so every move is crucial.
So what have you got?
Matsson, pretty cold.
- Right. - When he's ****ing randos,
he does noise-cancelling headphones.
- Right. - Podcasts.
He just lies back, cans on, watches 'em slide the beanpole.
Okay. Well, I'm not sure
how I'm gonna use that to my advantage.
Um, and what about in terms of the cage fighting?
Yeah, um, so some say Ebba, some say Oskar
in terms of who's keeping the kill list.
Oh, so there is a kill list?
Oh, yeah, I have it on good authority.
- There's a kill list. Yeah. - Right.
Like, eight, nine names. It's evolving.
Okay, I'm going in, **** it. I need profile.
But keep your eyes out, okay?
If I need a pawn sacrifice, I'm going to give you the eyes.
Okay?
Uh, can I take a beer, please? Thank you.
The bankers will, uh, give the number a yellow light,
so that gives us room for maneuvers.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
- Hey, Greg, - What's, uh, what's up?
What's the counter?
- What? - Just saying, yeah,
in case you guys want to sling some ideas around.
Just... within the safety of the Quad.
♪
- The Quad? - Yeah, the Quad Squad.
The... the Roy Patrol. The... the old team.
The ****ing... the... da family.
Da ****?
Yeah, maybe you could get me a coffee or something.
I just... I got a feeling...
- Hey. - Hey!
Mind if I perch?
- Sure. No problem. - Yeah, great.
Lukas, you remember, we... we laughed.
We were at Sun Valley.
We... we were mocking, uh, Sundar's, uh, cargo shorts,
the creases, and the...
- Okay. Yeah. Okay. - Yeah. Yeah.
Well, we were just discussing, uh, is France gonna make it?
Sorry, in terms of... As in... Like, the...
As in, like, will they make... Will France make it?
Birth rate, youth unemployment, sclerotic state, um,
- ****ing angry Arabs, all that. - Right.
Will they make it, or will they pull a Greece?
Well, what I... I think what you need to know about...
From a... well, from a US news perspective,
is that we really don't give a ****.
Uh, US is...
US is late imperial, and we don't know.
Because we don't really wanna know.
You know, we have our own Paris, and when it burns,
we'll build another.
Wow, Tom.
You know, I, uh, I read a great article recently
- in The Economist about it... - Oh, excuse me? The Economist?
S'il vous plaît! Tell us more.
- No, well... yeah... - No, no. Go on. Go on, go on.
Just in terms of education and quality of life?
Old Lady France? ****ing don't ****ing bet
against the old ****ing, uh...
the... the baguette, uh, you know...
- The... the baguette might be mightier than the bagel. - Can I... sorry... who...
Who are you?
I don't remember you from the list.
- Me? - Yeah.
Well, therein hangs a tale.
Greg Hirsch. Ory. Gregory Hirsch.
He's a cousin. He's Logan's nephew.
- Wait. You serious? - Mm-hmm.
He's my cousin. He's good.
There's... There's more of them.
There's...
Wait. Are you... You're... Are you all related?
- This is one big, uh, insular... - No, no.
No, no, no.
Just us.
- Yeah, you agree? - I do. I do actually.
Are you done, or...
I don't know, maybe it's funnier with subtitles.
Yeah. Sorry, man. Sorry.
It's fine. I've just... I've seen enough of this shit.
But, uh, yeah, you do... You do what you like.
Yeah, we're just passing time till you come up with a counter.
You wanna do this here?
All right.
- Thanks, Ken. - Yeah.
- Give us a minute. - Yeah.
Okay, well...
I don't wanna preempt the board, but...
my view... Our view...
it's not necessarily compelling.
Mm-hmm. We're running the numbers,
but we want to explore options for us keeping ATN.
Okay.
- Bad. - We just wanna hear you
on price for Dad's deal. No ATN.
You don't want ATN.
- Okay, sure, but we kinda do. - You don't.
I've been talking to Oskar, and we see a way back.
You see a way back?
Okay. Wow. Okay. You see a way back for our...
phenomenally lucrative and influential news operation?
You gonna save that?
- Yeah, it's... - Thanks, bro.
It's... It's fine, but the graph is horrible.
Well, look. We're just...
Honestly, we're concerned...
about the fit, about your vision.
And with half our value coming in stock, 50-50 split,
we stand to lose a lot of value if you... screw it up.
- So it's complicated. - No...
It's not complicated. I've seen it. It's, uh,
it's... it's a lot of yelling. Small men, big veins.
- Fat wallets. - Sure, but long-term,
I don't think news for angry, old people works.
I don't. I would fold it in. Fat pipe that shit.
Make it more Bloomberg grey. You know?
Simple, cheap, huge.
- IKEA'd to ****. - Dude, I gotta say...
I think maybe you don't understand what you're buying.
And maybe that's why there's a disconnect here on value.
Oh, sure. Lecture me, Vaulter guy.
Hey. Took a big swing.
If you look at experiences,
you look at the high ceiling on parks, cruises,
IP-turboed-residential from a trusted brand...
Did you call it "a trusted brand?"
- Yeah. - Yeah.
No, no. It's a parts shop.
Good parts, yes. Bad brand.
Gotta say, I just think fundamentally you're wrong.
Yeah, well, I don't care what you think.
You're a tribute band.
Uh... we okay?
Yeah, we're okay. We're okay.
I'm just trying to make you ****ing rich.
Already rich.
Okay. Well, on the offer I think...
I am what I am what I am.
Okay, Popeye. We'll, uh,
we'll check in, take it back to the board.
Right? Hate to see this break down.
Yeah, let's make it work. Let's make it work.
- Okay. - All right, it's time!
Time for sauna. Sauna! Sauna!
Sauna! Sauna! Sauna!
Come on. Sauna! Sauna! Sauna!
- Hey. - Hey.
Sorry about the shit weather here.
You should've been here last week.
Oh, yeah. Well, everything was better last week.
So, Siobhan, this is Ebba, our head of comms.
- Hey. - Hi.
Ebba is like an estrogen air freshener
we keep around to try to keep us,
uh... smelling clean.
It's okay, I keep notes.
When I walk, it either goes in my book, or they pay me off.
You'll never walk. You ****ing love it.
Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. I love it.
So, uh... how bad was...
this thing?
- This? - Yeah.
The majestic stags sparring with their memory foam hard-ons?
It was a breathtaking spectacle.
Listen...
I like to **** around.
I do. But... but I like to **** around like...
psilocybin at breakfast, you know?
- Uh-huh. - When it comes to money, just...
- say the ****ing number. - Uh-huh.
Sure. So, what am I? The... the messenger girl?
Is it there?
****ing deal?
Yeah, potentially.
It's potentially there.
♪ Leave it to the expert ♪
♪ Step aside ♪
♪ And leave it to the expert ♪
♪ You get it right ♪
♪ When you leave it To the expert ♪
♪ Step aside... ♪
What do you think?
- Hmm? - How does it feel?
Oh, yeah. I don't know. Not great, but...
also, I guess that's the thing, right?
We're selling. It's like...
have we won or lost? It's kinda hard to tell.
Because...
I think I'd like to tank the deal.
Keep ATN?
I think tank the whole deal.
Like, kill it. Blow it up.
Huh.
Well, that's quite the high-risk
piece of ****ing sword swallowing.
I like running the ship. I think we're good at it.
And I don't want to stop. I mean, do you?
Well, everyone wants the deal. It's Dad's deal.
He's a bad fit.
- Yeah. - You know it. He's a bad fit.
He doesn't get the company and I think he's gonna **** it.
We've seen him up close and he's a card trick
and he's gonna destroy everything Dad built.
You want to, uh... Wanna chew it with Shivy?
Yeah.
- I just think... - What?
Can Pinky dance?
I mean, no. Obviously not. But...
You like it though.
Go from ****ing weekend warriors to bossing full-time?
Hmm. It's Dad's deal.
It just... It feels...
****ing do the deal. Finish his breakfast, you know?
I don't know. What do you think he would do?
- What do I think he would do? - Yeah.
Exactly whatever the **** he wanted, right?
Well, that's right.
Well, we have to make him walk, right?
So that he thinks it's his call?
Yeah.
I mean, if the Old Guard smells that we're getting smart,
they're gonna shit their beans, go crying to the board,
- and we're ****ing toast. - Oh, yeah. Sure.
It's a ****ing tightrope walk on a straight razor.
Five-hundred-foot reputational drop.
Okay, but why is that making you smile?
That shouldn't make you smile.
Who likes tightrope walking a straight razor?
Nut bag.
I just think it's ****ing feel the force time.
Choose our adventure.
Full bore. **** the living shit out of this thing.
You with me?
Yeah, let's do it.
Let's tank it. Let's ****ing do it.
All right.
I've... I can find it hard to see the angles on people,
- you know. - Uh-huh.
Like, I... I... I get into things, and then...
I don't have...
I don't have very good boundaries.
Like...
I'm doing it now.
Okay, so I think...
a meaningful bump gets you over the line.
All right. Oh. So you're saying...
if I keep offering more and more money...
eventually, I'll get it.
- Hmm. - Ah.
Hey, thanks, top mind.
Oh, you got it.
What do you think of Ebba?
Uh, yeah. I don't know.
Ebba is not good.
- Mm? - She's very, um...
Like she won't let me in.
- What's your Karolina like? - Oh, she's good.
Yeah, she's solid.
- Here. - Sure.
Well, I...
I might be in a bit of a pickle.
- Uh-huh. Yeah? - Yeah. People are judging me.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Lots of judging.
So, what's going on with your husband situation thing?
Oh, uh...
Well, we're ****ed.
It's a disaster.
I broke his heart and...
he broke mine...
and we lost our footing.
I don't know.
Hey, I'm not gonna...
give you the whole backstory and everything, but, um...
I was... I was seeing this girl,
and, um, after we broke up...
because of some things that we said, uh,
when things were nice and intense, you know,
as sort of a nasty, uh, friendly joke about...
About what I shouldn't do, um...
I sent her some of my blood.
- Oh, okay. - Uh...
A half-a-liter frozen blood brick.
- As a joke, obviously. - Uh, half a liter?
- Yeah. - Wow.
- And then... - Well, I mean, obviously,
- first of all, good one. - Yeah.
Um...
Well, she got a bit weirded when I did that, but I, uh...
Um, I just kept doing it. Again, and again, and again.
And then, it... It became not a joke...
and then a joke again.
And... and now, it's... apparently not a joke.
- Uh-huh. - Yeah.
Uh, this is...
Uh, well, who is this?
It's Ebba.
Actually, it's, uh...
Yeah. It's a bit... It... it's a bit, uh...
- A com... complex situation. - Hmm.
But what... I'll... I'll just...
deny it, right?
I'll call bullshit and just lawyer it out.
Oh, well, yeah. Deniability is difficult,
given she has so much of your blood.
Uh...
Man, your head of comms?
I don't know who you got advising you on this,
but whatever they're telling you,
you gotta 10x it.
'Cause people, you know, people don't know you,
and if this acquisition goes through,
US media are gonna be all over you.
So if you're the creepy stalker guy
who sits in the dark writing code,
dripping into an IV bag,
and harassing his direct reports, it's...
it's gonna have an economic impact.
- It's bad. - Well...
Uh, three-point PR plan just off the top of my head.
Point one...
Might be hard for you, but...
stop sending people your blood.
Uh, and then, you know, like catch and kill maybe?
Or just have like a really open meeting.
- Hmm. - Do not... Don't fire her.
- No? - Yeah, you know,
Gerri would be good on this. And I can...
I can give you in... Some informal advice
- if you like. - I would like that.
I would.
I like you.
You're cool.
You're not judgy, and you... you...
Thanks.
You can take a joke.
I like that.
Like your dad.
Yeah.
- Hey, Kenny. - Greg, hey.
Listen, I need some help.
- Well, yeah, sure. - Okay.
What do you got? What do you got for me?
Uh, I have a contact.
They're gonna be calling you on this line.
Uh-huh.
- Any additional context? Or... - Yeah, no.
You're just telling a journalist the truth,
which is that nobody's getting along,
the two cultures don't mesh, and the deal vibes are bad.
Okay. Yeah. Sour the vibes to give us juice in the room.
- Yeah, something like that. - Am I right?
- Yeah. - Quad Squad. That...
- It's Quad Squad type shit. - Yeah.
- You can do that? - Yeah.
- Okay. - Oh, yeah.
- Jess, I need you to liaise with their AV guy. - Yeah. Okay, yeah.
Set up a screening.
Kalispitron: Hibernation, rough cut.
Uh, 4K, ****ing giant screen, full three hours.
- Uh, for when? For... - Tomorrow morning.
Sure. Yeah.
It's waking up!
You awoke me from my hibernation.
Killing off GoJo members one by one like Kalispitron.
- Hey. - Or Zanaplax.
In 4DX, they move, they shoot water at you.
Hey, you seen this?
Nasty little piece about out here?
You know, no one getting along, bad vibes...
You know where this is coming from?
Shiv...
Them. I'm sure.
They're probably trying to put the squeeze on you.
Hear you were getting pretty close with Lukas last night?
Yeah, you jealous? Just, you know,
working the case, looking for angles.
Right. You get anything we can use?
Uh...
- Where you going? - Yeah, I'm gonna go back.
It's so intriguing.
I mean, honestly, no. I think he wants ATN for real,
and he's gonna go high to get it.
So, what's the plan?
- Up on the ridge. Crunch time. - Okay, pitch is,
we retain ATN and we'll bite at 146.
Or he takes ATN, but we need a crazy premium.
- Good? - Yeah.
- Very good. - Good.
- Yeah.
- Good. Great. - Yeah, let's go.
Let's take it to the ridge.
Rock it.
- Rock it, fellas... - Shut... Shut up.
- Hey. - Hey.
Oh, what are you hearing? I hear that, uh,
Jimenez thinks he's gonna be tap dancing
- across Lake Michigan. - You know,
- you should be careful, Tom. - Why?
These people are coming down from molly, and their pupils?
They're dilated.
And your shoes are like looking at the sun.
No, they're dangerous.
What are you doing? What are you doing?
- What are you doing? - I'm helping you, Tom.
This is why people don't take you seriously,
'cause your shoes are so ****ing white.
Ow!
Your earlobes are thick and chewy.
- What the ****? - Yeah, like barnacle meat.
How was your little chat with Lukas?
- It was good. - Yeah.
I mean, he's boring, but he's very conventionally attractive.
He's broad. I used to think you were broad,
but you're, you know, compared to him, you're wiry.
You're like a ****ing spelunker.
Jesus ****ing Christ. Goddamn it.
- What? - That's some ****ing...
Connor... Dad, it's... But it's not Dad... It's...
****ing sent a picture. Jesus Christ.
- Oh, I'm sorry. - Yeah.
Do you wanna see it?
Uh...
- No, I don't. - Yeah.
I don't... Is it...
Is it okay?
No. I mean, yeah, it's fine. It's fine, it's not...
It's just... ****!
♪
Sending out cool tweets?
- Hey! - Hi.
People are ****ing tiny, right?
But not us. Not us.
Um...
So, thanks for the link. I saw the movie.
Yeah, no worries. You know, it's, uh,
early cut, still some work, but...
Yeah? We're excited.
- It's the big one. - Oh, yeah?
Yeah. I mean, it needs to be, strategically.
- You know, few issues, but... but exciting. - Yeah. But you know.
"Everything is fine" is the headline, so...
I feel like there's a "but" in here somewhere.
Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, the first two hours of the movie
is a sleeping robot, but we can fix it.
We got control of the cut. But the lowdown is,
is that it's spiraling and tomorrow, or...
soon, there's gonna be a press thing
about it being "in crisis" or whatever,
something like that.
You know, Hollywood's always in ****ing crisis, right?
Yeah, right. Right.
But it's a big one, huh?
Yeah, ****ing LA studio's out of control.
It's cultural issues, but, you know, it's cool.
Mm-hmm. The fix is easy. We only...
We only flag it so you know we're not hiding.
All right. I appreciate that. Thanks.
- Uh... - Hey, guys. Uh...
Are... are you for real?
- What? - The movie.
And what about these ****ing press stories?
Are you Scooby-Dooing me here?
Is that where you went?
Hanna-Barbera ****ing business school?
You're telling me the theme parks are haunted
and your big movie is shitty?
Are you tanking the deal?
- No, man. No. - No.
We're just being open.
Look, on our models and the bank's models...
- Oh. Yeah, yeah. - I think there needs to be more value
for the board to get conviction on this.
Right. The banks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The banks, of course.
Also the pace.
You know, we... we... We might need to slow it down
a little. It's a behemoth.
- Uh-huh. - Slow it down a bit.
And we got the election coming up,
and then there'll be the transition,
and we have relationships, so, you know,
in terms of regulatory issues...
Yeah, I preferred doing this with your dad.
Mm-hmm?
I mean, he was a prick,
but at least he knew what he wanted.
Okay. Pedant's corner.
Our dad was not a prick, okay?
All right, sure. But he was.
There are just some issues, is the honest truth.
- ****ing streamers, studio news, it's a lot. - Yeah.
- Yeah, I need to make this happen fast. Okay? - Totally. Totally.
We're committed, but, you know, this is a...
It's a long-distance run. It's not a sprint.
I think he'd be embarrassed if he saw you two now.
His two big boys playing Scooby-Doos.
Am I gonna have to go around you?
Talk directly to the board?
Talk to the old ones?
Unbelievable.
Rome...
Yeah. Um...
Hey, I was just thinking. Do you remember
when you asked me when my dad was gonna die?
- Yeah, that was a joke, Roman. - Uh-huh.
You really couldn't push this a week, could you?
You just couldn't like...
There was no part of you that could just be like,
"Hey, let's reschedule and move this 'cause, you know,
their dad just died and, you know."
I mean, my sister's kinda... She's ****ed up about it,
and my brother's a mess, and I'm ****ing... I'm gone.
I'm like I'm on the ****ing... I'm dead. It's over for me.
It's okay, it's fine.
But you just drag us out here,
you inhuman ****ing dogman. You...
- Crazy. - Easy, brother.
You ****ing killed him too. You're the one who did it.
You just... And you did. You drained the life out of him.
You dragged this thing out for six ****ing months,
and then you bring us out here now.
You couldn't wait like a few days.
You actually couldn't do that for us. No idea, huh?
God!
- This is good, Rome. - Yeah, shut the **** up, man.
We're not selling to you. Okay? We're not doing that.
We are gonna grind you down, man.
We are sand in the gears.
Every e-mail is gonna take like six months.
We're all gonna spend hundreds of millions of dollars,
and in the end, you're gonna get ****ing bored and move on.
It's not happening, okay?
- Really? - Yeah.
Yeah, I ****ing hate you.
And if you tell the board I said any of this,
I'm just gonna say it was a negotiating tactic,
and you know what? Maybe it is.
- But it's not. So **** you. - Oh, wait, wait, wait.
- You just ****ed yourself. - Did I?
- Good. - Really?
- Yeah. - Good.
- Did you hear what your little brother said here? - Did you hear what I said?
- Did you hear it? Yeah. - Was that clear?
You know, it's uh,
it's a negotiating tactic, you stupid cunt.
- All right. Okay. - It is.
You piece of shit!
Did... You heard that, right?
♪
It wasn't the plan, but maybe it plays.
Mm-hmm. You know, if a deal collapses in the woods
and no one hears it, is it an SEC violation?
♪
All right, I feel like he looks solemn.
- Maybe danger, maybe no deal? - No, no. Ken's unreadable.
It's Roman you wanna eyeball.
I think they got it over the line.
You?
Oh. You.
How are you?
Thanks for ca... Oh.
Hey, it's Mattson.
- Mattson. - Mattson.
- Yeah. Oh, oh. - Yeah?
Uh, okay.
Well, uh, thank you.
Uh, do... I would be glad to pass that message along.
Would you like to speak to one of them yourself?
They're both...
Nope.
Revised offer.
- One-ninety-two. - Wow...
Five-dollar bump, okay!
Wow, he really wanted ATN.
Hey, it's a home run, boys.
Hail the conquering heroes.
Your dad would be really proud.
- Wow. One-ninety-two? - You're welcome.
- Amazing. - Yeah, very good.
- Excellent. - Yeah.
Let's run the numbers and take it to the board.
- Right. - Shall we?
Good, good. Yeah, terrific. Wow.
Okay.
One-ninety-two. It's undeniable.
One-ninety-two.
We came, we saw, we pillaged.
We raided the Vikings.
- Yes! - Are you kidding me?
- One-ninety-two. - Great job, guys.
- Thanks. - Thanks, Jess.
Hey.
So there's, uh, apparently a deal.
- Deal? - Yeah, Matsson takes ATN,
the whole caboodle.
- Okay. - Mm-hmm.
Oh, come on, Tom, you can be happy.
It's, you know, it's The Great Escape.
Well, we'll see.
- Mm-hmm. - We'll see. Yeah.
Yeah, we're looking at some moves at ATN.
I'm not happy, so.
Oh. Okay.
- You're really gonna do this? - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Cyd's getting too close to Mencken.
Yeah, she's really just...
She's just a little bit power-crazed post-Dad,
so she's gotta go.
Oh. You think?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, you wanna let her know?
- Sure. Uh, sure. Yeah. - Oh.
Don't get an erection, Tom. It's weird.
You wanna get dinner when we get back?
Uh... Well, I don't know.
Hang on. Important call.
Hey.
Are you with your brothers?
Mm-hmm.
Could you send me a photo of their faces?
Yeah, sure.
Congrats, congrats, congrats.
What... what... What's going on there?
- I don't know. It's... - What is that? Is that... Is that the kill list?
- It is, isn't it? - Wait.
It's just, uh, Jess managed
- to get a hold of something. - Yeah, yes, it is.
Um, uh, early draft.
GoJo finance list of potential severance costs.
It's highly provisional.
It's... it's caveated, subject to change.
It would just be an interpretation.
Come on, Gerri. Don't leave us hanging.
Who's on it?
Okay, if you insist.
In seemingly no particular order,
um, just, uh, potentially surplus
to requirements are...
- Ray. - God ****ing damn it.
- Mark. - Shit.
- Hugo. - That slalom mother****er!
Frank.
Naturally. It's just speculation.
Karl.
Let the good times roll.
Wait, wait. What about Karolina?
- Um... - Okay.
She's not on the list, so retained.
- Retained. Okay. - And you?
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
Uh, also not on the list.
Tom? What about Tom? Tom must be on the list.
- Mm. - Oh, my God.
- I don't see him. - Great ****ing trip.
Highly ****ing productive.
So much for being raised by wolves.
Congratulations, you guys.
Nothing to it. Right?
- One-ninety-two. - We did it.