1 00:00:25,414 --> 00:00:27,601 Blessed are the moments in life 2 00:00:28,541 --> 00:00:31,675 when the decision is clear... 3 00:00:33,843 --> 00:00:37,244 when doubt shrugs and slinks away, 4 00:00:37,279 --> 00:00:39,212 ashamed of itself... 5 00:00:41,981 --> 00:00:46,815 and resolve embraces you like a long-lost lover. 6 00:00:49,018 --> 00:00:53,353 Sweet certainty, where have you been? 7 00:01:01,593 --> 00:01:04,060 No matter... 8 00:01:05,394 --> 00:01:08,161 no longing... 9 00:01:10,797 --> 00:01:13,065 no looking back. 10 00:01:24,139 --> 00:01:25,506 We're about to take out 11 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:27,840 one of the 6 worst companies of our time, 12 00:01:27,874 --> 00:01:29,441 you and me, right? 13 00:01:29,476 --> 00:01:31,175 That's so awesome. 14 00:01:31,210 --> 00:01:32,443 Come here. 15 00:01:39,048 --> 00:01:42,049 Welcome the consequences 16 00:01:42,084 --> 00:01:45,784 when your heart is alert and lucid. 17 00:01:45,819 --> 00:01:48,653 What bad can come? 18 00:02:15,395 --> 00:02:18,096 What are you-- What are you two doing? 19 00:02:19,364 --> 00:02:23,365 Well, it's official. I just got the word. 20 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,100 They're letting us all go. 21 00:02:25,134 --> 00:02:26,301 We have till the end of the month, 22 00:02:26,335 --> 00:02:29,236 and then it's Kristallnacht. 23 00:02:29,270 --> 00:02:31,134 You want a hit? 24 00:02:31,169 --> 00:02:32,435 No. I'm good. 25 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:33,570 Why didn't you just go to the parking lot 26 00:02:33,604 --> 00:02:34,937 where everybody else does it? 27 00:02:34,971 --> 00:02:37,038 I don't give a fuck. 28 00:02:37,073 --> 00:02:38,973 I'm a dead man walking. 29 00:02:39,007 --> 00:02:43,541 Oh, I got to tell the troops, my people. 30 00:02:43,576 --> 00:02:46,508 Oh, God, I'll tell them tomorrow. 31 00:02:46,543 --> 00:02:48,376 Hey, Tyler, hit this. 32 00:02:48,410 --> 00:02:50,143 I mean, I don't want to smoke alone, OK? 33 00:02:50,178 --> 00:02:51,411 That's not fair. 34 00:02:51,445 --> 00:02:54,679 This is a direct order from your superior, Tyler. 35 00:02:54,713 --> 00:02:55,746 He's lost it. 36 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:58,445 Smoke this fucking joint with me. 37 00:03:11,715 --> 00:03:13,815 Hey. Hey. 38 00:03:13,849 --> 00:03:16,083 So you know this community outreach job 39 00:03:16,117 --> 00:03:17,651 you keep talking about at Abaddonn 40 00:03:17,685 --> 00:03:18,917 where you can, you know, change the company 41 00:03:18,951 --> 00:03:21,385 from within and do good and-- 42 00:03:21,419 --> 00:03:22,785 Well, what would you say 43 00:03:22,819 --> 00:03:25,821 if I could get you that job? 44 00:03:25,855 --> 00:03:28,191 What? Are you high? 45 00:03:28,226 --> 00:03:29,597 What if I could get Eileen 46 00:03:29,631 --> 00:03:31,308 to get you a meeting with Szidon? 47 00:03:31,342 --> 00:03:32,746 I mean, because Eileen says she can get me 48 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:34,382 transferred back to I.T. 49 00:03:34,416 --> 00:03:36,220 So I'm thinking Eileen has a lot of sway 50 00:03:36,255 --> 00:03:38,458 and maybe she can help you. 51 00:03:38,493 --> 00:03:41,158 Tyler, that would never happen. 52 00:03:41,192 --> 00:03:44,127 This company is never gonna change. 53 00:03:44,161 --> 00:03:45,294 Szidon is a crook. 54 00:03:45,329 --> 00:03:46,929 But the point is to make a difference, right, 55 00:03:46,963 --> 00:03:48,230 and to do good, 56 00:03:48,264 --> 00:03:50,232 and that's what you've always been saying, 57 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:51,587 and maybe there's a way to do that 58 00:03:51,601 --> 00:03:53,635 without all this, you know, like, drama. 59 00:03:53,669 --> 00:03:54,769 You should ask her. 60 00:03:54,803 --> 00:03:56,670 I mean, fine, but it's unrealistic, 61 00:03:56,705 --> 00:03:59,706 and--go ahead-- keep working here. 62 00:03:59,741 --> 00:04:02,942 That's great. You've been brave, Tyler. 63 00:04:02,977 --> 00:04:05,177 You don't have to stay tied to this story anymore, 64 00:04:05,212 --> 00:04:07,713 but I have to. 65 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:11,615 This is my mission now. I have to stay the course. 66 00:04:11,650 --> 00:04:14,650 OK. Cool. Well, I'll talk to her. 67 00:04:22,156 --> 00:04:24,757 Yeah. So it's stage IV cancer. 68 00:04:24,792 --> 00:04:26,191 It's really sad. 69 00:04:26,226 --> 00:04:28,559 I guess it's metastasized to the liver. 70 00:04:28,594 --> 00:04:31,962 Because you know they've got the 3 really beautiful children, 71 00:04:31,996 --> 00:04:34,197 and he just got this job in New York, 72 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:37,400 and they were all just about to all completely move over-- 73 00:04:37,434 --> 00:04:39,902 Hi, Amy. Hi, Janis. 74 00:04:39,936 --> 00:04:41,637 Hey, have you seen Krista? 75 00:04:41,671 --> 00:04:43,639 Oh, yeah, yeah. I just saw her. 76 00:04:43,673 --> 00:04:45,440 Oh, OK. 77 00:04:45,475 --> 00:04:47,475 Well, then I guess you know that they're inducing tomorrow. 78 00:04:47,510 --> 00:04:49,110 No. They're inducing Monday. 79 00:04:49,144 --> 00:04:51,045 No. They inducing tomorrow. They moved it. 80 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:53,346 Oh, my God-- Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. 81 00:04:53,381 --> 00:04:56,148 Well, I'll totally go see her after work. 82 00:04:56,183 --> 00:04:57,382 Oh, no, no. 83 00:04:57,417 --> 00:04:58,683 I wouldn't because I think she just really wants 84 00:04:58,718 --> 00:05:00,718 to be with the family. 85 00:05:02,922 --> 00:05:04,754 Next? 86 00:05:04,789 --> 00:05:05,819 I don't know what I should get them 87 00:05:05,853 --> 00:05:07,385 because I've never had... 88 00:05:11,956 --> 00:05:13,424 ...get you through this, and, you know, 89 00:05:13,458 --> 00:05:14,591 this is part of entertaining. 90 00:05:14,626 --> 00:05:16,093 Sometimes you just have a great time. 91 00:05:16,127 --> 00:05:17,794 Hey, Amy. 92 00:05:17,828 --> 00:05:20,929 My God, Janis told me you're having the baby tomorrow. 93 00:05:20,964 --> 00:05:22,564 Yeah. I cannot wait another day. 94 00:05:22,599 --> 00:05:24,566 I've just become the crankiest little bitch. 95 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,135 Oh, I'm sure you guys are so excited. 96 00:05:27,169 --> 00:05:29,703 Thank you for all your visits, Amy. 97 00:05:29,738 --> 00:05:32,439 Yeah. I'm really, really happy 98 00:05:32,473 --> 00:05:34,274 we patched everything up. 99 00:05:34,308 --> 00:05:36,710 Me, too, Krista. 100 00:05:38,312 --> 00:05:42,315 You know, I really do consider you a good friend. 101 00:05:42,349 --> 00:05:44,283 You do? 102 00:05:44,318 --> 00:05:46,051 So do I, Krista... 103 00:05:47,655 --> 00:05:51,031 and, hey, listen. 104 00:05:51,066 --> 00:05:53,270 There's something I want to tell you, too, 105 00:05:53,304 --> 00:05:55,738 in confidence, but look. 106 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:58,373 I need you to promise that you'll never, 107 00:05:58,408 --> 00:06:01,276 never say this to anyone, you know, 108 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:04,312 like nobody-- Janis, nothing, OK? 109 00:06:04,346 --> 00:06:05,680 What is it? 110 00:06:05,714 --> 00:06:07,415 I can trust you? Like-- 111 00:06:07,449 --> 00:06:09,784 Yes. You can trust me, Amy. 112 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,887 OK. So remember I told you 113 00:06:13,921 --> 00:06:15,388 about the guy I was dating, 114 00:06:15,422 --> 00:06:17,223 Mm-hmm. the reporter? 115 00:06:17,258 --> 00:06:19,092 He's from the "L.A. Times." 116 00:06:19,126 --> 00:06:22,226 A reporter? Oh, that's different. 117 00:06:23,530 --> 00:06:27,565 He's written an expose on Abaddonn, 118 00:06:27,599 --> 00:06:29,973 and I'm helping him. 119 00:06:30,007 --> 00:06:32,510 Like, the story is gonna run any day, 120 00:06:32,544 --> 00:06:34,512 and it is-- 121 00:06:34,546 --> 00:06:36,780 It's gonna blow the roof off that place. 122 00:06:36,815 --> 00:06:38,882 Like, it's gonna cause a firestorm. 123 00:06:38,917 --> 00:06:41,551 An expose on Ab-- 124 00:06:41,586 --> 00:06:43,620 What's wrong with Abaddonn? 125 00:06:43,654 --> 00:06:45,488 What's wrong with it? No. I know. 126 00:06:45,522 --> 00:06:48,824 I just mean... really? 127 00:06:48,859 --> 00:06:50,359 It's a lot. 128 00:06:50,393 --> 00:06:53,429 There's just a lot, and I just didn't want you 129 00:06:53,463 --> 00:06:56,067 to think that I'd ever hide anything from you. 130 00:06:56,101 --> 00:06:57,603 You're my friend, 131 00:06:57,638 --> 00:06:59,939 and I need you to just please promise me 132 00:06:59,973 --> 00:07:01,908 you would never tell anyone this. 133 00:07:01,942 --> 00:07:04,110 Honestly, Amy, I have so much on my mind 134 00:07:04,144 --> 00:07:06,412 right now, I-- 135 00:07:06,447 --> 00:07:09,516 I just hope you know what you're doing. 136 00:07:09,550 --> 00:07:12,919 I do. Like, I finally do. 137 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:27,567 Hey. Heh. 138 00:07:27,602 --> 00:07:29,770 Look. Drinking water. 139 00:07:29,804 --> 00:07:31,605 Nice. 140 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:34,875 God, I don't think I've ever been more hydrated. 141 00:07:34,910 --> 00:07:37,881 And you do look better, so-- 142 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:40,220 Thank you. 143 00:07:44,193 --> 00:07:47,361 So who's the guy? 144 00:07:48,730 --> 00:07:50,231 Right. Yeah. 145 00:07:50,265 --> 00:07:54,369 He's a reporter from the "L.A. Times." 146 00:07:54,404 --> 00:07:58,474 Um, his name is Jeff. 147 00:07:58,508 --> 00:08:00,877 And? 148 00:08:00,912 --> 00:08:04,849 Uh, and we're dating. 149 00:08:04,883 --> 00:08:06,784 OK. 150 00:08:10,489 --> 00:08:14,760 Levi, that's not why we're not gonna work. 151 00:08:14,795 --> 00:08:18,932 Well, what's that reason? 152 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:21,868 I don't think we have the same goals anymore. 153 00:08:21,903 --> 00:08:23,036 I mean, I don't even know 154 00:08:23,071 --> 00:08:25,939 what your goals are. 155 00:08:25,974 --> 00:08:29,944 I mean, what about a family? 156 00:08:29,979 --> 00:08:31,679 I thought you wanted that? 157 00:08:31,714 --> 00:08:35,216 I did, and I do. 158 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:38,920 I just-- I want more, too. 159 00:08:38,954 --> 00:08:41,856 I want a bigger life than what we had. 160 00:08:41,890 --> 00:08:44,992 Amy, for 20-plus years, I've been listening 161 00:08:45,026 --> 00:08:47,527 to your complaining about how the only thing 162 00:08:47,562 --> 00:08:51,030 standing in between you and happiness was me. 163 00:08:51,065 --> 00:08:53,099 So you wanted me to be a better man. 164 00:08:53,134 --> 00:08:54,567 I go off. 165 00:08:54,602 --> 00:08:57,036 Now I am that man, and you're sitting here 166 00:08:57,071 --> 00:08:59,873 telling me that you've changed your fucking mind. 167 00:08:59,907 --> 00:09:01,074 Are you fucking kidding me? 168 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:03,109 Levi, just calm down, OK? 169 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:04,513 Fuck you. What? 170 00:09:04,547 --> 00:09:07,653 Yeah, because I got feelings, too. 171 00:09:07,687 --> 00:09:10,322 You got all the answers for everybody all the time, 172 00:09:10,357 --> 00:09:12,224 right, Amy? 173 00:09:12,259 --> 00:09:15,628 So what's the answer for me now, huh? 174 00:09:15,662 --> 00:09:19,298 What am I supposed to do now, drink water? 175 00:09:19,333 --> 00:09:20,600 You drink it. 176 00:09:25,272 --> 00:09:26,772 Uh... 177 00:09:30,678 --> 00:09:33,647 Have a nice, big life. 178 00:09:33,681 --> 00:09:36,449 Oh... 179 00:09:37,818 --> 00:09:39,619 Sorry. 180 00:09:45,959 --> 00:09:47,159 Jeff Flender. 181 00:09:47,194 --> 00:09:48,961 Hey. Hey. 182 00:09:48,996 --> 00:09:50,930 Hi. How did it go? 183 00:09:50,964 --> 00:09:52,766 Oh, it went great. I'm really excited. 184 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,234 It's gonna be a huge deal. 185 00:09:54,268 --> 00:09:57,504 Ha! Good. I'm-- I'm excited, too. 186 00:09:57,538 --> 00:09:59,239 How was your day? 187 00:09:59,274 --> 00:10:00,507 Oh, it's OK. 188 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:02,810 Just eager for the next stage 189 00:10:02,844 --> 00:10:05,546 of my life to start, you know, 190 00:10:05,580 --> 00:10:07,048 whatever that is. 191 00:10:07,082 --> 00:10:08,382 I mean, obviously, 192 00:10:08,417 --> 00:10:10,818 Abaddonn is totally over, 193 00:10:10,853 --> 00:10:17,559 and my past, you know, is really over. 194 00:10:17,593 --> 00:10:20,462 That's a good thing. 195 00:10:20,496 --> 00:10:23,465 Yeah. You're right. It is. 196 00:10:25,034 --> 00:10:29,170 Hey, um, I miss you, 197 00:10:29,204 --> 00:10:31,472 and I like spending time with you. 198 00:10:31,507 --> 00:10:32,941 Me, too. 199 00:10:32,975 --> 00:10:35,644 Well, let's talk tomorrow, OK? 200 00:10:35,678 --> 00:10:39,480 OK. Yeah. Um, all right. 201 00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:41,515 Good night, Jeff. 202 00:10:41,550 --> 00:10:42,516 Bye. 203 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:58,034 Amy Jellicoe. 204 00:10:58,068 --> 00:11:00,003 Hi, Amy. This is Eileen. 205 00:11:00,037 --> 00:11:01,571 Oh, hi, Eileen. 206 00:11:01,605 --> 00:11:04,374 I'm calling to talk to you about your meeting with Charles Szidon. 207 00:11:04,408 --> 00:11:06,543 My--my meeting? 208 00:11:06,577 --> 00:11:09,946 To talk about this community outreach job your proposing. 209 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:11,580 He's interested in speaking with you. 210 00:11:11,614 --> 00:11:13,748 He is? Yes. He is. 211 00:11:13,782 --> 00:11:15,449 Listen. He's not in the office today, 212 00:11:15,484 --> 00:11:16,650 but he said he can meet you 213 00:11:16,685 --> 00:11:18,118 for coffee or a drink at about 4:00. 214 00:11:18,153 --> 00:11:20,487 He's at the Lynwood Country Club in Los Angeles. 215 00:11:20,521 --> 00:11:23,390 Today? I can e-mail you the directions. 216 00:11:23,424 --> 00:11:24,724 This is neat, right? 217 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:25,925 Um, yeah. 218 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,761 It's neat, but, you know, I just don't think 219 00:11:27,795 --> 00:11:29,463 I can actually-- Listen. 220 00:11:29,497 --> 00:11:30,998 I can meet you for lunch and kind of prep you 221 00:11:31,032 --> 00:11:32,066 if you'd like. 222 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:33,400 He's a real easy hang, though, 223 00:11:33,435 --> 00:11:34,969 and I really think you two will hit it off. 224 00:11:35,003 --> 00:11:36,670 Do you? Yeah. OK. 225 00:11:36,705 --> 00:11:39,006 Well, we'll talk about it then. 226 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,608 OK. Thanks, Eileen. 227 00:11:40,642 --> 00:11:43,078 Bye-bye. Bye. 228 00:11:43,112 --> 00:11:45,046 What? Tyler, what? 229 00:11:45,081 --> 00:11:47,549 Eileen never asks him for anything. 230 00:11:47,584 --> 00:11:48,784 So when she asked him to meet with you, 231 00:11:48,818 --> 00:11:49,952 he said, "Great." 232 00:11:49,986 --> 00:11:53,585 Tyler, did you tell her about the article? 233 00:11:53,620 --> 00:11:54,685 Because-- No, no. 234 00:11:54,719 --> 00:11:55,786 She thinks she's just doing us a favor. 235 00:11:55,820 --> 00:11:56,887 She knows we're friends, and-- 236 00:11:56,921 --> 00:11:59,355 But the timing is funky, don't you think? 237 00:11:59,390 --> 00:12:00,423 I mean-- No. 238 00:12:00,457 --> 00:12:01,957 You have to take the meeting. 239 00:12:01,992 --> 00:12:05,527 You have to. Tyler-- 240 00:12:05,562 --> 00:12:07,562 I mean, if Eileen ever finds out what we did, 241 00:12:07,597 --> 00:12:10,899 what I did, she's never gonna forgive me. 242 00:12:10,933 --> 00:12:14,568 Can't this have a happy ending for everyone? 243 00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:16,604 I seriously doubt it. 244 00:12:16,638 --> 00:12:19,473 Cogentiva. 245 00:12:19,508 --> 00:12:21,442 Everybody, hey. 246 00:12:21,476 --> 00:12:26,046 Everybody, this is important, so listen. 247 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,982 It's my sad duty to tell all of you 248 00:12:30,017 --> 00:12:31,617 that at the end of the month, 249 00:12:31,651 --> 00:12:33,685 we're all being terminated. 250 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,254 Now that the data is in the system, 251 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:37,155 they don't need us anymore. 252 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:40,392 Maybe this isn't a shock to some of you. 253 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:44,029 Maybe you knew all along that we were just serfs 254 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:46,398 toiling away down here 255 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:49,067 until we're voted off the fucking island, 256 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:52,905 or maybe you were like me 257 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:56,442 and thought you had a career here, 258 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:59,378 thought that somebody fucking respected you 259 00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:03,416 or that maybe life was looking out for you. 260 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:08,187 Well, life is a sneaky bitch, 261 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:09,688 and she'll pull the rug out from under you 262 00:13:09,723 --> 00:13:11,523 every fucking time. 263 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:12,891 Just when you build your castle, 264 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,661 here comes the fucking tidal wave! 265 00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:18,565 You can't count on life for anything. 266 00:13:18,599 --> 00:13:23,536 So fucking be free, Cogentiva. Be fucking free. 267 00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:28,874 Live for today. Love each other, you know? 268 00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:34,480 And for whatever it's worth, 269 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:38,918 I'm sorry for each and every one of you, 270 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:42,922 and it's been my pleasure and my honor to be your VP, 271 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:45,758 and if you want to talk to me about anything, 272 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:47,259 you can talk to me in my office. 273 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:05,109 Just be yourself, really, you know? 274 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:06,944 He doesn't like phonies. So be real. 275 00:14:06,979 --> 00:14:08,379 Just speak from your heart. 276 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:10,015 Yeah, Amy. Speak from the heart. 277 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:11,489 Yeah, but he doesn't like negativity. 278 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:12,884 So don't be too negative. 279 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,619 Come at him from a positive place. 280 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:16,154 Yeah. That's good. Be positive. 281 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:18,556 Yeah, positive, like how you could help the company, 282 00:14:18,590 --> 00:14:20,658 how your ideas are good for everybody. 283 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:23,361 He loves passion. You have a lot of passion. 284 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:25,497 So he'll really respond to that, I'm sure. 285 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:28,367 Well, this company has, like, a lot of stuff it needs to change. 286 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:30,602 You know, I'm not gonna pull any punches. 287 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,771 I can really say some things he's really not gonna want to hear. 288 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:35,006 OK. Uh-huh. Just don't be too negative. 289 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,441 Yeah, Amy. Don't be too negative. 290 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:37,676 Don't start there. 291 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:41,581 Slip the negative into all the positive, right? 292 00:14:41,615 --> 00:14:43,616 Yeah. 293 00:14:43,651 --> 00:14:46,251 I'm sure Amy will make the most of it. 294 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:50,586 I just don't want you guys to have to leave, so-- 295 00:14:55,358 --> 00:14:57,025 Guess where I'm going. 296 00:14:57,060 --> 00:14:58,060 Where? 297 00:14:58,094 --> 00:14:59,861 To the Lynwood Country Club 298 00:14:59,896 --> 00:15:01,863 to meet Charles Szidon. 299 00:15:01,898 --> 00:15:04,700 What? Yeah... 300 00:15:04,734 --> 00:15:07,035 like, about this community outreach job 301 00:15:07,069 --> 00:15:09,037 that I've been angling for for, like, forever. 302 00:15:09,071 --> 00:15:12,874 Uh, ha! I don't-- I don't get it. 303 00:15:12,909 --> 00:15:14,342 Well, I mean, I know it's not real. 304 00:15:14,377 --> 00:15:16,211 I just, you know, thought I might as well sit with him 305 00:15:16,245 --> 00:15:18,446 and hear what this guy has to say, right? 306 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,781 Oh, you're not gonna tell him anything, 307 00:15:20,816 --> 00:15:22,816 are you, I mean, about the article 308 00:15:22,850 --> 00:15:24,684 or about anything you gave me? 309 00:15:24,719 --> 00:15:26,886 Oh, God, never. Of course not. 310 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,654 Yeah, because he's gonna find out soon, 311 00:15:28,688 --> 00:15:30,622 anyway, right? 312 00:15:30,657 --> 00:15:31,957 Yeah. No. Totally. No. 313 00:15:31,991 --> 00:15:34,759 I was just curious to hear how he's gonna justify 314 00:15:34,794 --> 00:15:37,795 all the corrupt and immoral shit he does, you know? 315 00:15:37,830 --> 00:15:40,197 Who knows? Maybe if somebody finally tells the truth to him, 316 00:15:40,232 --> 00:15:41,732 he'll actually see a little light. 317 00:15:41,766 --> 00:15:43,934 You know, Amy, you're in the article, right? 318 00:15:43,968 --> 00:15:45,535 He's gonna know who blew the whistle on him. 319 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:47,503 You're walking a tightrope here. 320 00:15:47,538 --> 00:15:49,905 Yeah. What else is new, right? 321 00:15:49,939 --> 00:15:51,340 So I'm driving to L.A. now, and I thought 322 00:15:51,374 --> 00:15:54,514 I'd just come by after, right, give you the blow-by-blow, 323 00:15:54,548 --> 00:15:55,949 and it should be pretty interesting. 324 00:15:55,983 --> 00:15:57,550 Yeah. Yeah. Good luck. 325 00:15:57,584 --> 00:16:00,720 Thanks. See you later, OK? 326 00:16:12,598 --> 00:16:15,833 Wow, that's-- Yeah. 327 00:16:32,918 --> 00:16:35,320 Thank you. 328 00:16:35,355 --> 00:16:36,855 What? 329 00:16:42,425 --> 00:16:43,725 Hey, Charlie, how are you? 330 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:44,993 Hey, John, good to see you. 331 00:16:45,027 --> 00:16:46,594 We got to get together. I'll get Candy on that. 332 00:16:46,629 --> 00:16:48,195 Hey, Paul, nice to see you. 333 00:16:48,230 --> 00:16:49,963 Mr. Szidon-- Charles, please. 334 00:16:49,997 --> 00:16:52,065 Hi. Amy. Eileen sent me 335 00:16:52,099 --> 00:16:54,267 Amy. to see-- 336 00:16:54,302 --> 00:16:56,769 We know each other. Yeah. 337 00:16:56,804 --> 00:16:58,371 Well, I said hi the other day. 338 00:16:58,405 --> 00:17:00,038 I told you I appreciated 339 00:17:00,073 --> 00:17:01,706 your comments at the TED Conference. 340 00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:04,441 Right. Yes. Thank you. Oh, yeah. 341 00:17:04,476 --> 00:17:05,676 Thank you for coming here. 342 00:17:05,710 --> 00:17:07,978 I'm not going into the office this week, 343 00:17:08,012 --> 00:17:11,280 and Eileen felt strongly we should meet. 344 00:17:11,315 --> 00:17:14,016 It's just so nice for her to set this up. 345 00:17:14,050 --> 00:17:15,284 She's very special to me. 346 00:17:15,318 --> 00:17:17,619 She's been with me through many incarnations. 347 00:17:17,653 --> 00:17:20,521 Loyalty is all. 348 00:17:20,556 --> 00:17:22,023 She's very sweet. 349 00:17:22,057 --> 00:17:23,524 You know, it's a tough world. 350 00:17:23,558 --> 00:17:26,393 Everyone scrambles. Everyone is out for themselves. 351 00:17:26,427 --> 00:17:27,961 Who's loyal anymore? 352 00:17:27,995 --> 00:17:29,729 Ha ha! 353 00:17:29,763 --> 00:17:34,200 So, Amy, tell me what you're thinking. 354 00:17:34,234 --> 00:17:35,701 I feel like there's a real need 355 00:17:35,735 --> 00:17:38,103 for a position or even a department 356 00:17:38,138 --> 00:17:40,539 that helps Abaddonn look at how to be 357 00:17:40,573 --> 00:17:42,407 a more conscientious company. 358 00:17:42,441 --> 00:17:44,709 Well, I hear what you're saying. 359 00:17:44,743 --> 00:17:47,945 You know, we do give a lot back to Riverside, 360 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:49,413 to the state, to the country. 361 00:17:49,447 --> 00:17:51,214 We are corporate citizens. 362 00:17:51,249 --> 00:17:54,417 Well, I'm not talking about charitable contributions. 363 00:17:54,452 --> 00:17:57,053 I'm talking about looking fundamentally 364 00:17:57,087 --> 00:17:59,722 at how we impact the world 365 00:17:59,756 --> 00:18:02,589 in really negative ways 366 00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:05,827 and how to change that. 367 00:18:05,894 --> 00:18:08,696 It's about choosing to make ethics 368 00:18:08,730 --> 00:18:10,897 a priority. 369 00:18:10,932 --> 00:18:14,434 You know, when you have a job like mine, 370 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:17,770 you are reminded of the bottom line every day. 371 00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:19,939 I took over this company when it was losing money, 372 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:21,507 and now it's in the black. 373 00:18:21,541 --> 00:18:24,643 That's great for now, but if the rain stops falling 374 00:18:24,677 --> 00:18:28,946 and the crops die, the king will be killed. 375 00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:31,081 It's very primal. 376 00:18:31,116 --> 00:18:33,283 You're not gonna be killed. 377 00:18:33,318 --> 00:18:35,018 You're gonna get a $50 million parachute 378 00:18:35,052 --> 00:18:36,886 and move to Pebble Beach or something. 379 00:18:36,921 --> 00:18:39,422 I mean, you'll be good. 380 00:18:39,456 --> 00:18:41,457 Sorry. I just-- No. 381 00:18:41,491 --> 00:18:43,225 No. That's all right. 382 00:18:43,260 --> 00:18:45,327 Aw, thanks. 383 00:18:51,669 --> 00:18:53,770 You want to know what I really think? 384 00:18:53,805 --> 00:18:55,639 Definitely. 385 00:18:55,673 --> 00:18:58,675 It's a postapocalyptic world, Amy. 386 00:18:58,709 --> 00:19:01,077 The bacteria has exploded, and it is us, 387 00:19:01,111 --> 00:19:02,744 and I don't look down from the penthouse 388 00:19:02,779 --> 00:19:05,847 and think I'm winning and see my wonderful world. 389 00:19:05,881 --> 00:19:11,351 I see chaos and the end of times, 390 00:19:11,385 --> 00:19:13,620 everyone holding on for dear life, 391 00:19:13,654 --> 00:19:14,954 you know, and I have my ship. 392 00:19:14,989 --> 00:19:16,556 I'm trying to steer it so everyone survives. 393 00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:21,395 That's my job, to choose a course, 394 00:19:21,429 --> 00:19:24,197 and sometimes I'm wrong, and sometimes people get hurt, 395 00:19:24,232 --> 00:19:28,669 but I have to decide with confidence 396 00:19:28,703 --> 00:19:31,505 and accept what comes. 397 00:19:33,441 --> 00:19:36,310 Wow. 398 00:19:37,579 --> 00:19:39,781 Do you really want to do something good, 399 00:19:39,815 --> 00:19:43,717 or are you just tired of feeling powerless? 400 00:19:43,752 --> 00:19:46,954 I guess both. 401 00:19:46,989 --> 00:19:52,560 I want the power but to do something good. 402 00:19:52,595 --> 00:19:57,098 Well, I will give that to you. 403 00:19:57,133 --> 00:19:59,935 I will make a position for you. 404 00:19:59,969 --> 00:20:01,837 You will? Yeah. 405 00:20:01,871 --> 00:20:03,172 Well, I don't know how it's gonna work 406 00:20:03,206 --> 00:20:04,239 or what it's gonna look like, 407 00:20:04,274 --> 00:20:06,508 but let's try. 408 00:20:06,543 --> 00:20:10,378 You think 100 is fair? 409 00:20:10,413 --> 00:20:11,880 Wait. What? No. 410 00:20:11,914 --> 00:20:13,682 As a salary-- $100,000. 411 00:20:13,716 --> 00:20:14,983 I don't know what you were thinking, 412 00:20:15,017 --> 00:20:17,452 but since there's no precedent here-- 413 00:20:23,026 --> 00:20:25,661 Could you excuse me for a minute? 414 00:20:25,695 --> 00:20:28,097 Of...course. Certainly. 415 00:20:37,774 --> 00:20:39,609 Oh... 416 00:21:05,606 --> 00:21:06,939 Oh... 417 00:21:06,973 --> 00:21:08,574 So what happened? 418 00:21:08,609 --> 00:21:11,144 Uh... 419 00:21:11,178 --> 00:21:13,146 He offered me a job. 420 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:15,381 I mean, how ironic, right? 421 00:21:15,416 --> 00:21:18,584 It was crazy. It was crazy. 422 00:21:18,619 --> 00:21:21,387 It was the job I was pushing for all along, 423 00:21:21,422 --> 00:21:24,024 you know, that internal watchdog job, 424 00:21:24,058 --> 00:21:26,460 which, if I had, 425 00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,328 I could bring all this stuff to light, 426 00:21:28,363 --> 00:21:31,032 and the company would probably listen 427 00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:33,200 and change, and we could change that company. 428 00:21:33,235 --> 00:21:34,868 What the fuck are you talking about? 429 00:21:34,902 --> 00:21:37,404 Well, he's a real person, you know, 430 00:21:37,438 --> 00:21:39,172 and, yeah, he's obviously fucked up. 431 00:21:39,207 --> 00:21:41,341 Fucked up? He's a criminal. 432 00:21:41,376 --> 00:21:43,009 Everything he's done is illegal, 433 00:21:43,044 --> 00:21:45,011 and you expect him to let that come to light? 434 00:21:45,046 --> 00:21:47,647 No, maybe not, but the company 435 00:21:47,682 --> 00:21:50,183 is really powerful, you know, 436 00:21:50,217 --> 00:21:52,785 and it's like, gosh, we just get it to change 437 00:21:52,819 --> 00:21:55,218 by--I don't know--making it more conscientious, 438 00:21:55,252 --> 00:21:57,052 and not just-- It's a moot point, Amy. 439 00:21:57,086 --> 00:21:59,721 The story is running. You blew the whistle on them. 440 00:21:59,755 --> 00:22:01,790 Yeah, but here's the question, OK? 441 00:22:01,858 --> 00:22:04,826 What would be the best thing here, you know? 442 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:06,761 What would bring about the most good? 443 00:22:06,796 --> 00:22:08,763 I mean, isn't that the question? 444 00:22:08,797 --> 00:22:10,798 I'm sure you're really scared, 445 00:22:10,832 --> 00:22:13,534 and it's nice to think we can avoid bloodshed, 446 00:22:13,568 --> 00:22:15,435 but there's no decision here. 447 00:22:15,470 --> 00:22:17,838 I'm a journalist. The story is running next week. 448 00:22:17,872 --> 00:22:20,340 Abaddonn finds out about it over the weekend. 449 00:22:20,374 --> 00:22:22,374 We call for quotes. You're gonna be a lightning rod. 450 00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:24,842 There's no job for you at Abaddonn anymore. 451 00:22:24,877 --> 00:22:27,511 There's no job for Szidon. He's going to jail. 452 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:29,647 Yeah, but it isn't like you just want his head. 453 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:33,016 What-- Agh... What-- Ahem. 454 00:22:33,050 --> 00:22:35,885 What I want is what you always wanted-- 455 00:22:35,919 --> 00:22:37,720 to expose what they're doing to the world. 456 00:22:37,754 --> 00:22:41,957 They're not capable of change. Yeah. Yeah. 457 00:22:49,165 --> 00:22:51,399 Yeah. 458 00:22:55,470 --> 00:22:59,806 You're right. I just-- 459 00:23:01,008 --> 00:23:02,275 You're right. 460 00:23:02,309 --> 00:23:04,444 I got a little idealistic 461 00:23:04,478 --> 00:23:06,012 for a second there, 462 00:23:06,046 --> 00:23:08,081 and when you finally have access 463 00:23:08,115 --> 00:23:12,384 to the person and they're in front of you 464 00:23:12,419 --> 00:23:14,887 and they're a thinking, breathing person, 465 00:23:14,921 --> 00:23:17,455 you know, you're just, 466 00:23:17,490 --> 00:23:20,024 "He's got to feel what I feel. 467 00:23:20,058 --> 00:23:22,826 I can make him feel what I feel." 468 00:23:22,861 --> 00:23:25,529 He's a lizard. He doesn't feel. 469 00:23:25,563 --> 00:23:26,960 I know. 470 00:23:26,994 --> 00:23:28,463 I got seduced by thinking 471 00:23:28,497 --> 00:23:30,931 I was gonna change him. 472 00:23:30,966 --> 00:23:33,934 It's what I do, 473 00:23:33,968 --> 00:23:38,171 thinking I can convert the unbeliever. 474 00:23:38,205 --> 00:23:41,140 Sorry. 475 00:23:43,309 --> 00:23:46,111 There's something we need to talk about, Amy. 476 00:23:47,813 --> 00:23:51,382 Man, this is touchy. 477 00:23:51,416 --> 00:23:55,419 I think it will be bad form if, when the story breaks, 478 00:23:55,453 --> 00:23:58,888 that people think we're in some kind of relationship, 479 00:23:58,922 --> 00:24:03,391 like a romantic or sexual relationship. 480 00:24:03,426 --> 00:24:06,160 Yeah. Yeah. 481 00:24:06,195 --> 00:24:08,729 So I think we should put the brakes on that, 482 00:24:08,764 --> 00:24:10,798 you know, for a while till the dust settles 483 00:24:10,832 --> 00:24:12,032 and then see where we are. 484 00:24:16,237 --> 00:24:18,939 I see. Yeah. 485 00:24:18,973 --> 00:24:21,340 I mean, I think we both knew all along. 486 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:24,877 We just gave in to feelings, 487 00:24:24,911 --> 00:24:28,246 which, you know, is--ha ha!--human. 488 00:24:28,281 --> 00:24:30,115 Happens. 489 00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:32,851 OK. 490 00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:38,889 OK. 491 00:24:47,765 --> 00:24:50,667 But I didn't know it all along. 492 00:24:50,701 --> 00:24:53,303 Oh, hey, Amy, I didn't-- 493 00:24:53,337 --> 00:24:55,505 Amy, you're amazing. 494 00:25:48,828 --> 00:25:51,129 Goddamn it! 495 00:25:51,164 --> 00:25:53,267 What the hell are you honking at? 496 00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:55,637 What are you doing? Are you coming or going? 497 00:25:55,671 --> 00:25:57,405 I don't know what I'm doing. 498 00:25:57,439 --> 00:25:59,908 I don't fucking have a clue, OK? 499 00:25:59,942 --> 00:26:03,712 All I want is your parking space. 500 00:26:03,746 --> 00:26:07,415 That's all you want? 501 00:26:07,450 --> 00:26:10,485 That's all you fucking want? 502 00:26:10,519 --> 00:26:14,355 Lucky you. Lucky you.