Billions

Previously on Billions.

Axe swallowed it.

He actually closed on that money.

Where does that leave us?

It leaves you head down, eyes forward doing good work,

earning returns for the firm.

Pull him out of there!

I'll give you two billion walk away money

for Axe Holding, the bank, and the asset management arm.

I hope when this all calms down

and you really look at it and me,

that you won't even want to leave.

But the thing of it is we can't, even if we want to, right?

Anyone who wants to get wealthy,

rich in your language, can stay,

and we can discuss your place in the new organization.

- I'm out. - Yeah. This place...

I'm out of here too.

Run.

If I see you here again, it'll be to my benefit...

but I hope I don't.

This company, formerly known as Axe Capital,

belongs to me now.

Now, you're my problem.

And you know what I do to problems.

- I get rid of them. - No.

I got rid of the guy in the chair.

Now how we know this to be true?

'Cause I'm the one sitting in it.

Not for fucking long.

Follow me.

- - Yeah!

Hold fire!

That cannon has fired its last salvo!

There's something Happening here.

But what it is Ain't exactly clear.

There's a man With a gun over there.

A-telling me

I got to beware...

I think it's time We stop, children.

What's that sound?

Everybody look What's going down

You'll be so centered in the office today.

You're in the zone, huh?

That's the idea.

Focus.

Detachment from all else.

That Buddhist shit.

If I can only put everything...

right here.

Right at the tip of my consciousness.

Then you are gonna make hell a good ice cream.

Then I'm...

maybe can work myself out of my...

Don't think.

- Just do. - Ah.

There's that Buddhist shit again.

What a field day For the heat.

Ooh ooh ooh.

A thousand people In the street

Singing songs And a-carrying signs.

Mostly say, "Hooray for our side".

It's time we stop.

Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look What's going down.

Good? Need a break?

When I ask for a break,

you'll know the body snatchers have taken me over.

Good, now use your head.

Sex. He's having sex.

Could he just be having sex?

It's him we're talking about. It's probably sex.

That would look... different, I think.

But I'm not a doctor.

And as a non-doctor, you're diagnosing heart attack.

Well, I can't diagnose. The not-doctor thing.

Suggesting. Declaring.

Somewhere in that spectrum.

Because this...

is what a heart attack looks like.

These readouts look as alike as the Van Arsdale twins.

When you pull out those '70s basketball metaphors,

it does force me to listen.

I reserve them for maximum impact.

Yes.

So, then, we have to make the call.

I'll admit, it's the right thing to do.

If you can save a life, you save a life.

- That's the kind of thing I... - Yes.

And I know you mean it. But...

even at the cost of exposing what we're doing.

I'm going to leave that question lingering

so you can hear it and answer yourself.

Damn.

Once you said heart attack,

you knew we'd intervene.

But now our cover's gonna be blown.

Maybe in the all the hubbub, they won't notice.

Make the call.

What the fuck are you guys doing here?

Are you strippers?

Because great, but... not until I finish my...

We're not strippers, sir. You're having a heart attack,

- we're here to... - I'm doing a Peloton class.

With Tunde.

So I don't have a heart attack keeping up with my girlfriend.

She's young.

I liked you better when you were strippers.

We were never strippers.

Sir, how's your jaw?

Now that you mention it, a little like Ali after Norton.

And... uh,

if I'm being honest, the breathing's

a little... tight. Huh.

Mr. Wagner, I implore you, take this aspirin

and let us get you down to an ambulance

before it's too late.

Huh?

Step out of line.

The man come and take you away...

It's alive!

- - Wags!

That is something to see right there.

Rumors of my demise...

I mean to say, it is fucking great to be back!

So glad to see you.

So, so glad.

I was worried.

Yeah, I got that from the 40 texts a day.

But like I said, it's a small heart attack.

Mild as Babybel cheese.

Stents are in. Better than new.

How'd you know it wasn't just indigestion or something?

I always wonder if I'd know.

You were weaned on olive oil and rustic red wine.

Better chance of you being knocked off in a barber's chair

than from the ticker exploding. But no, I didn't know.

So what made you call the ambulance?

Come to think of it, I didn't.

This is a listening tour.

I listen. You talk.

Then I give someone else a chance to talk.

But first, take this.

All of you are gonna get one.

The Nimbus. A buddy's startup.

You're holding that ring out there like it's Frodo's.

In its own way, it has the same kind of potential

for life extension and to improve our community.

This'll track your sleep, your resting heart rate,

your BEWAT and ICHS and other vitals

in the name of well-being and productivity

so that you can measure you.

We've found the mind/body connection

a key difference maker.

Use this for a month, check in on yourself,

see if you don't agree.

When you say, "use this," is that like, uh,

"if you choose to use this," or "you have to use this?"

I'm not here to give you orders today.

It's just... I don't think I want to wear it.

I will become obsessed with not disappointing myself.

I will end up working out even more.

Eating even less. Actually, that sounds great...

- Gimme that, please. - Good.

Look, I know this place used to operate in the red zone.

I don't do red zone.

So talk to me.

Ain't ratting or being ratted on.

I'm not really interested in being

the Big Pussy of this place.

Never ends well for the Big Pussy.

Dollar Bill never said nothing like that about you.

No one's getting capped because of something someone said.

As Ness said to the Chi-Town cops,

"What you've done before today is not my concern.

But now we must be pure."

I'm getting my arms around this place,

so this is your chance to shape that bundle

that's gonna be in those arms.

So, let's begin.

Everyone knew to be here for this

I'm here. With bells on.

Set my alarm and everything.

Taylor comes and goes as they wish.

Wherever they are in the world,

they produce results.

Kind of like how Dwayne "The Rock"

can show up late to a film shoot

because his movies always do, like, a billion dollars.

Guys like Winston

need to spit shine their shoes

and stand at attention to get noticed.

I like your loyalty.

And agree, Winston showing out like this

is what the Navy SEALs would call "butt snorkeling."

But when I announce an all-hands, I need...

I know what you need.

Or what you claim to need. Bracing honesty.

But when people say that, what they really want is

someone to tousle their hair and tell them, "good boy."