I think... I think I want you. I think I would like this back.
Well then, you... shouldn't have betrayed me. Phony.
If I try to say it. If I try to say the truth... It's that when I met you, all my life... I've been thinking a little bit about money... and how to get money, and how to... keep money. And you didn't ask me in. Shiv, you kept me out. And I always agreed to all the compartments but it seemed to me that I was gonna be caught between you... and your dad. And I really, really, really love my... career and my money. And, you know, the suits, and my watches, and...
Yeah. Sure, I know. I like nice things, I do. And if you think that's shallow why don't you throw out all your stuff for love. Throw out all your necklaces and your jewels for a date at a three-star Italian. Yeah? Come and live with me in a trailer park. Yeah? Are you coming?
Well, I'd follow you anywhere for love, Tom Wambsgans.
[Tom and Shiv laugh together]
Yeah. Hi. Just-- Just to say good luck, huh?
And, uh, just to get some visibility, if that's okay. I-- 'Cause I just heard that, uh, more tweaks have been made in my arena.
...if I could just take a quick, quick peek.
Karl, man, it's not a good time.
Oh, then if you could just talk me through it. Just-- No, just so I'm comfortable in my own mind that I got your back.
Just a sec. Hang on, just--
It's not a good time, Karl.
Oh, really? Well, listen to me. I took a lot of shit from your dad because we've been through the mill. But I've been the CFO of major public companies for over two decades, and I know a thing or two about a thing or two. And if you fuck up his deal, or you try to stand up numbers that I am not comfortable with, I swear to God--
Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Easy. Easy. CEO. CFO.
What? You gonna fire your chief financial officer a week in? Your dad just gone? [laughs] You'd be fucking toast. You have my dick in your hand, Ken. But I've got yours in mine. So let's get real. If you say anything that I don't like up there or make me look foolish, I'll fucking squeal.
[Kendall smiles and pats Karl's arm]
Good luck. Good luck to you, buddy.
Fuck! [shows Matsson tweet] "Doderick Macht Frei."
That's a very nasty joke, right?
Yeah. That's, what, a... it's a Holocaust joke.
...so we might need to strategize. Pull the Q and A. Can we let him know? Can we let Kendall know?
...to base jump into a buzzsaw.
Right, right. [on phone call] Are-- are you backstage?
[to Tom] This is kinda good for you 'cause your presentation, not great, and so now no one will be watching.
Here we go. The 5:00 p.m. All good?
Yeah, I'm good, Greg, considering it's my first post-Logan election, and I have Cyd, uh, running around town, spitting poison like a fucking King Cobra with an iPhone. I have, uh, PGN to the left of me, I have FVA to the right. I gotta deliver the best election numbers ever 'cause my bosses wanna rip my heart out as a peace offering...
...to all comers. So, no, Greg. You know, I'm a little bit tense. Just a little bit. Little tense.
Well, yeah, I'm feeling pretty good.
Busy, busy. Hello, hello! Look at you! Losing it, like a massive fucking loser.
JMJeryd Mencken
Yeah. Well, I blame you. Couldn't deliver Connor, huh?
JMJeryd Mencken
ATN scared to run all the fraud?
Well, I keep my hands out, you know? Fuck you. What is this? 'Cause, you know, I'm quite busy.
JMJeryd Mencken
Oh, you're busy?
Yes, I am busy. I don't run around town like some fucking food-bike guy, you know?
JMJeryd Mencken
Yeah. Just, uh, wanted to say a couple things. [clears throat]
JMJeryd Mencken
Very directly. [sighs] We still think we can win.
JMJeryd Mencken
But... I am very focused on losing.
JMJeryd Mencken
Winning is easy. Winning would take care of itself.
JMJeryd Mencken
But if I lose... I need to work on what assholes would call "the narrative."
Uh-huh. Uh, like uh, "insurgent campaign, unfairly maligned as extremist by the coastal masturbation factories."
JMJeryd Mencken
Exactly. If I lose, I want it correctly characterized as a huge victory. Over-performed, huh?
JMJeryd Mencken
I want to be the president. I want you to... be a partner in that, and if it isn't tonight, it will be next time.
Even if you're not going to be the president, you're going to be our president.
JMJeryd Mencken
Exactly. You, me, we'll go far.
Over the road and into the bar.
So, listen, at some point tonight could we do a chat, uh, in terms of the-- the me of things, and, like, how to play it? Because Matsson, he treated me quite abominably, but it felt, like, trusting and he was saying a lot of things, and--
Okay, okay. Enough, enough, enough. Where's my coffee?
Tom, I don't do coffee anymore--
No, Greg! Greg, I have to be clear. I have to. If I get drowsy, and I miscall Colorado, instability, right? Then the U.S. loses credibility, China spots an opportunity and invades Taiwan. Tactical nukes. Fucking shit goes kablooey and we're back to amoeba. It's a long way back from pond life, 'cause you failed to get me a double shot, okay?
Who's responsible? That's the story, right? Who burnt this place down?
Eh, to me, it always comes down to a couple of old favorites, the Blacks or the Jews.
[Tom, Darwin, and Greg snap their heads towards Roman]
I'm kidding. It's a fucking joke.
[Shiv closes door]
Yeah, just wanted to check in. You know? It's been busy. So...
Right. Yeah, on election day.
Yeah. Yeah. So, how was your night, last night, with Lukas?
Shiv, I... I went for a drink with him. That-- that's not my fault.
Uh-huh. Do you find me attractive, Gregory?
I don't th... think of things such as that.
Oh. Oh, I thought you were a "disgusting brother." Is that-- was that too disgusting for you?
This is not appropriate. [chuckles] It's...
Yeah, I, uh... I'm... Sorry, I don't--
'Cause I'm just letting you know... that if you try to fuck me... I'll kill you. Mm-hmm?
Mm-hmm, got it. Got it. Sorry, yeah. I guess my-- my only question... would be, if-- if anything did come to pass, in terms of you and he... you know, silence is golden.
Yeah. Uh, yeah. How about I offer for you to keep all your internal organs on your insides rather than I pull them out your asshole? [opens door] Go on. You're lumber. Keep your snout out.
How was that call? What'd you get? Whole bunch of not much?
"I think you're a good guy"?
Uh, well... [scoffs] I found it hard to get Nate, so I summarized some impressions.
Oh, right, right, right. Smart. Really good, Shiv. But you lied.
Right? She didn't get anything from Nate.
She didn't speak to Nate. And she's in with Matsson.
No, I... [scoffs] No. No. I-- I-- I-- I did what we all agreed to, that I got close to him so that I could help--
Shiv's fucking us. Right--
No. No! No, no, no. I-- I-- I-- I-- I-- I--
"I-- I-- I-- I-- I-- I-- I-- I-- I--"
I fucking asked you some real questions, Shiv. I wondered why you looked like a goose trying to shit a house brick, you piece of dirt.
