Billions

Previously on Billions...

There are few days such as this.

It's a true day of reckoning.

Your Honor. It pains me to say this:

We're dismissing the indictment.

Clear the board.

All new positions will be run through me.

Frag the quant experiment, too.

We're doing a massive cap raise.

And quickly. Twenty bill within six months.

Something special. It's for you.

This is un-fucking-believable.

You did a lot of good work under tough conditions.

Like my quant project, for instance.

I'd really like to keep them on until...

Broom them, like I told you.

I want my own book.

A billion dollars. To manage, unencumbered.

There was no way to charge the kid with murder.

Body of a prison guard would indicate otherwise.

This guard went beast.

Orbital ridge fracture, teeth, internal bleeding.

José Lugo is the kind of person

we are here to protect.

José Lugo.

Killed a federal prison guard when his back was turned.

Are you picking my cases for me, General?

Giving you continued guidance

on the types of matters we are interested

in seeing brought to justice under the current regime.

Glad you could make it down and spend this time.

As am I, General...

Do we really need to do this?

Motherfucker's been picking off my calves.

Coyote's just doing

what evolution programmed him to do, sir.

As am I, Chuck.

See him out there?

I do.

Come on.

I'll admit to surprise that you can shoot that well.

My father taught me: Once you have the animal

in your sights, breathe easy and let fly.

That training should serve us both well.

José Lugo trial's starts in the coming week.

Now see to it he gets the same treatment

as this predator did.

Once I lived in a palace.

Right in Khamovniki district.

I admire any man who earns a castle.

But it is harder to keep one.

I should have met you then,

when your words might have helped.

Instead of fortifying myself,

I swam in my pool... Olympic sized.

Every day.

I'm not such a good swimmer no more.

Tell him why.

I used to ship barrels of oil

for Grigor Andolov.

No one shipped faster or skimmed less.

Then Grigor got out of jail.

He done some reading in jail, he said.

And now what he wanted was as old as Marx himself,

seize means of production and shipping.

He might've misunderstood that part.

He understood everything. Believe me.

He offered to buy me out... For nothing.

You said no.

If I'd said no, I'd be dead.

I said yes. But too slowly.

Also I ran too slowly.

Cost you the wing.

He took my business.

And now, instead of Olympic pool...

Ah, selling hot dogs is a classic New York trade.

I have coffee cart. On a shit corner.

I dream to afford a hot dog cart one day.

Your dream just came true.

Dream bigger next time.

Grigor Andolov presents rare problems.

He's a sovereign nation.

Insulated and protected

in a way that makes him impossible to counter.

Also, ruthless.

Yeah. I got that from the part

about the guy getting his arm ripped off.

And now you know the risks.

And it's your choice. As in all things.

But just so you hear it directly:

If you take his money, I may not be able to cover you.

You could have come in.

No, thanks.

This is already too close for my comfort.

How'd it go?

I'm conflicted.

Good.

You know I need to relaunch.

You're looking for an icebreaker... first money in.

Gets the party started.

Entices other investors, all that. But.

Grigor Andolov is as liquid as they come.

Doesn't answer to anyone. Does what he fucking pleases...

That's the part that has me...

Hiding in the car?

Waiting.

Waiting in the car, Big Kahuna.

What did Hall say?

Oh. That he's got this, no problem.

Oh, boy...

Yeah.

Let's pass for now.

Set me up with your guy at Spartan-Ives.

Sometimes, when I look at you, Kate,

I feel like I hired my own twin.

Maybe if you shaved the goatee

I'd see the resemblance more clearly.

Or maybe I'll grow one.

You hate that you have to go

and make this prosecution against José Lugo.

And yet here you sit, preparing, for what,

the last forty-eight hours without even going home?

I showered. Changed.

Sure. Here, in the bathroom.

And yet, I imagine you're hoping the defense

is putting in as many hours...

Honestly, Chuck, I hope that they're putting in more

and better man hours than I am.

I'm going to wage a vigorous argument.

I will use all at my disposal to win.

This is the first time in my career

where I will be walking into a courtroom hoping I lose.

Because whatever I say in there will not be true:

Lugo killed that guard in self-defense.

Got that out of your system?

Good. Now go win.

But use the death penalty as leverage.

Deliver a soaring, sobering opening...

and then extract a plea.

Thirty to life?

No.

Twenty years.

Thank you...

What about the General?

I'll think of something

to convince him we're still under heel.

[motor whirring, indistinct shouting]

I'll find her a good home.

Keys, title... I think that's everything.

So, why didn't you like the car?

I loved it.

At some point, smart guns have to come into use.

Because they'll eliminate gun grabs against police.

It'll be a ten-bagger down the road.

Can you still say "idiot"?

Or do they dock your pay for being insensitive?

Can you still say "troglodyte"?

Or do they fire you for telling the goddamned truth?

Why don't you take Axe a play

that won't come through for five years?

I'll take you to the milliner to get you fitted

for your dunce cap.

"Hat maker" for those of you

who don't get Word Of The Day email alerts.

I knew it before the email hit.

I literally just saw you look down, smile, and then speak.

Why you watching me that close?

I watch everything that close.

That's why I don't miss shit.

And why Axe brought me in here.

Once the market opens for the day,