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S1 E15Unfinished Business

The good thing about having a family that doesn't love you is you learn to live without it.

What? Con-- Connor that's not--

You're all chasing after Dad, saying, [whimpers] "Love me, please love me. I need love. I need attention."

I think that's the opposite of what just happened.

You're needy love sponges. And I'm a plant that grows on rocks and lives off insects that die inside of me.

Jesus Christ, Con. [chuckles]

If Willa doesn't come back, that's fine. Because I don't need love. It's like a superpower. And if she comes back and doesn't love me, that's okay too, 'cause I don't need it. [silence] Thanks for the party.

SSylvia

Oh, Connor, it's all so lovely.

Yeah.

SSylvia

Oh, my God. Look at all the young people.

I heard a few of them moaning about the rich.

SSylvia

Yeah, well, they don't mind the taste of your champagne.

Mr. Scrooge just happened to be a huge wealth creator. They don't mention that in Mr. Dickens' books, do they?

SSylvia

No, they do not! Very convenient!

Hey, hey! That's my brother and sister.

Hey, Con.

Fucking cake nightmare! Okay.

Con, Con.

[to wedding staff] Would you take care of that for me?

Yeah? What is it?

Come here. Come-- Come here.

What is it?

It's just-- it's private. It's serious, come here.

[to wedding staff] Five, okay.

MWMale Wedding Staff Member

Yeah.

Come here, buddy.

What is it? Is it...

Just...

...important?

...come here for a sec.

What?

Let's get you, um--

Is it Pop? Uh-- Is he okay?

Uh--

What is it? Is he sick? What is it?

Dad's on an airplane to Sweden, but they're coming back. We think he died. They've-- Th... [softly] They think he's dead. [exhales shakily]

Well, is he?

Well, uh, everyone says he is. I mean, we don't know. They're doing heart compressions.

Oh, man. He never even liked me.

[softly] Hey, Con--

Hey-- Sorry. You know what? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't even know what I mean. He did. He did. I-I just-- I never got the chance to make him proud of me. He's dead.

[After Kerry just left the room after exhibiting a nervous breakdown]

[softly] What the fuck?

I think she's freaking out, Tom.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah?

Judging by her grin, it looks like she caught a foul ball at Yankee Stadium.

I mean...

Jesus!

Here is the list of names. I think we divide up as soon as we get the-- Well, not the-- not the all clear but... once those 30 minutes are up--

Some of those it's-- it's small for-- Y'know, I think we should get Kerry to do them.

Oh, now you want Kerry to do it?

Chuckles the Clown? I think not.

I would just like to say...

Yeah.

...to this senior group of very respected greybeards that all I have ever personally asked is the chance to serve. I mean, I'm sick with grief.

Oh. You're sick with grief?

But I--

Well, you might wanna put down that fish taco. You're getting your melancholy everywhere.

Very funny, but... were the opportunity to arise, all I would say is that if there's a ring, my hat's in, respectfully.

Well, I would just say, um, if we were to recommend you to the board...

Mm-hmm.

...the question they might ask, would-- [stammers] Can-- can-- Can I frame the question for you? But as a friend.

Just so-- so you'd be...

...be prepared. The negative case would go... [clicks tongue] ...you're a clumsy interloper and no one trusts you. The only guy pulling for you is dead. And now, you're just married to the ex-boss' daughter. [chuckles] And she doesn't even like you. And you are fair and squarely fucked.

[pause, Tom looks around in astonishment]

Jesus, Karl.

Karl, hey.

Mm-hmm.

Come here a second. I wanna talk to you about something. In my role as executor, I've, uh, had passed to me a rather worrying piece of paper.

[deeply inhales]

M'kay. And...

[scoffs, chuckles, sighs]

Who else knows?

As of now, as far as I know, just you and me.

So what are you thinking?

Well, I honestly didn't even wanna start thinking till you were here.

I mean... could it, might it, just... go away? I mean, it might get lost. I hope it doesn't. But what if... your hand goes a little wobbly and the draft takes it away and it gets flushed down a toilet by mistake. I'm kidding, of course.

No, sure, you're-- you're speculating in a comic mode.

Yeah. In a humorous vain.

Mm-hmm.

We're not gonna let that little princess screw things up. Right, Frank? If Gerri's gonna block me, I want out. I want my fucking package. I am halfway in on a Greek island...

...with my brother-in-law.

Hey, Ken.

[sighs]

Hey, um...

Hey, Tom.

...Ken, I just wanted to say, you know, I know there's a lot of water under the bridge, a lot of history. But as far as I am concerned, the-- the b-- big man passing cleaned the slate. So, yeah. I just-- yeah. I just wanna say that and you know, I wish, maybe, there's some things...

[sighs heavily]

I could maybe take back, some words. And I'm sorry for your loss. But I want you to know that I'm-- that I'm here to serve. Right here.

I like you, Tom. Good luck.

Hey, everyone.

Yes. Uh. Greg.

Hey, Greg.

Um. In case it comes out, we wanted you to be aware that you're on a piece of paper. Uh, a side letter left by Logan with... some wishes and disbursements.

Okay. Uh. Eh. Yeah. In-- in what, uh, capacity? In-- in what fashion?

You're in addendum of miscellaneous matters in pencil... with a question mark.

Nevertheless.

Dad may have said he wanted me to take over.

And so then, maybe the natural conclusion might perhaps be, I'd be his number two.

[laughs] Nice try, kid.

He-- he probably wrote it down so he can remember your name.

Hmm. We had a good rapport.

You had a good rapport? I feel like he already wanted to see less of you. That's probably, like, 50/50, fire Greg or kill Greg.

Mm. I think that it's not that kind of question mark. I think it's, uh, um, possibly-- It's a wonder.

It's a doodle. We just wanted you to be aware.

RPRon Petkus

Logan Roy was such a giant. He was a man of humility, grace, dignity.

[whispers] Who died fishing his iPhone from a clogged toilet.

RPRon Petkus

In public, he was a great communicator.

[whispers] Really?

[Tom softly nods his head]

RPRon Petkus

A powerful man.

[whispers] Oh, man.

[whispers] So they say. Karl blocked it.

[whispers] No.

[whispers] The man lives on Wonder Bread and steak frites. He hadn't had a shit for 20 years.

Can you believe this shit? He's trying to make Pop into a neoconservative. He wasn't a neocon, he was a paleolibertarian. He was practically an anarcho-capitalist.

Yeah, sure. I mean, if you like Benny Hill and Sinatra, does that make you one of those things?

Andreas? Hey, man!

ABAndreas Bloc

Hey.

Oh, wow. They-- they tell me that you nearly got a bronze at Sochi.

ABAndreas Bloc

Ah. [chuckles] Another lifetime, you know.

Yeah. Oh, man, that's... that's almost huge, man. You know? Those darn tenths of a second, huh? Tuck!

[Andreas awkwardly smiles and walks away, Hugo walks to Karolina]

Guy's a dick.

Uh... [chuckles] Hey, guys. Uh... [sniffs] Are-- are you for real?

What?

The movie. And what about these fucking press stories? [chuckles] Are you Scooby-Dooing me here? Is that where you went? Hanna-Barbera fucking business school? You're telling me the theme parks are haunted, your big movie is shitty? Are you tanking the deal?

No, man.

No.

No. We're just being open.

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 fucked up about it, and my brother's a mess, and I'm fucking-- I'm gone. I'm like I'm on the fucking-- I'm dead. It's over for me. It's okay, it's fine. But you just drag us out here, you inhuman fucking dogman. You... Crazy.

Easy, brother.

You fucking 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 fucking 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 fuck 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 fucking bored and move on. It's not happening, okay?

Really?

Yeah. Yeah, I fucking 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 fuck you.

Oh, oh, wait, wait, wait. You just fucked yourself.

Did I?

Really?

Yeah. [chuckles]

Good.

Congrats, congrats, congrats.

[glasses clinking]

What-- what-- what's going on there?

I don't know.

What is that?

It's--

Is that-- is that the kill list? It is, isn't it?

It's just, uh, Jess managed...

Yeah, yes, it is.

...to get a hold of something. 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.

Well, come on, Gerri. Don't leave us hanging. Who's on it?

GKGerry Kellman

Okay, if you insist. In seemingly no particular order, um, just, uh, potentially surplus to requirements are... Ray.

RKRay Kennedy

God fuckin' damn it.

MRMark Rosenstock

Shit.

That slalom motherfucker!

Frank.

Naturally. It's just speculation.

Let the good times roll.

Wait, wait. What-- wh-- what about Karolina?

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-- Tom must be on the list.

Oh, my God.

I don't see him.

Great fucking trip. Highly fucking productive. So much for being raised by wolves.

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