Limitless

Hey, hold ii!

Go. Go down that hall. Go. Go there.

Go. go!

Don't move. Hands in the air.

Hey!

Hi, my name is Brian Finch and the first thing you should know about me

is I didn't do anything wrong.

Well, not the kind o! wrong that leads to having a gun in your lace anyway.

H! explain. There were a few mistakes along the way.

Five expulsions, four misdemeanors, three fake IDs,

two attempts at the 11th grade and a partridge in a pear tree.

I always thought I'd find something different,

something, I don't know, great?

Something like this.

I loved it.

When my dad asked me what I planned to do with myself,

I actually had something to say.

Then time passes, everyone around you starts to grow up,

and when your break is slow to come, people fall away.

Eli, the guy t started the band with, he was the first to quit.

It starts to !eel like no one told you

you were playing a game of musical chairs.

Get a job, get married, get a life. What are you waiting for'?

The song is gonna stop playing any second now.

So that's the thing. I wouldn't really call it a band per se.

It's a project and it has its own name, but I'm the only one involved.

So we're self-releasing...

So when you say you're the only one involved,

when you say we, you mean...

- I mean me. - Mm-hm.

Me is we. Or is it the other way around?

We is me, me is we? Anyway, it's called Resorbed Twin.

And the album goes on Bandcamp next week.

That's great. Right? That's great!

So, Brian, can I hear it?

Uh... it's embargoed right now.

But I'll let you know right away.

- Good. Who wants dessert?

Yes. Yes? All round? Super.

Dad? - Dennis?

Dennis? Dennis?

You OK? Take him to the sofa.

That was the first time my dad collapsed. There were more.

Three in the next two months

and still nobody could figure out what was wrong with him.

Hey, Dad. Hey.

- Hey, Brian. - Sorry I'm late.

I ended up playing till two in the morning last night.

And Jason from the club forgot to pay me. I need to go back today.

You know what? Never mind. How are you? How was the scan?

- Did you hear anything? - No.

Maybe they'll find something this time, hm?

I was thinking that maybe I should come out to the house for a little while.

You know? Just till they figure this whole thing out.

Wait a minute. You wanna move back home?

Ye... Not cos I need to, Dad.

I don't know. I don't know. I got your mom.

I'm getting around OK.

- What would you do? - What do you mean?

What are you offering, Brian? How would you help? Tell me.

He wasn't trying to be mean. That's not my dad.

But he was saying a lot more than he meant to.

Help? I could barely take care of myself.

Other people had careers. Me? I was a temp.

Manchester-Reid Bancorp is the eighth or ninth biggest bank on Wall Street,

depending on how you measure.

Everyone who works here just took a sexual harassment seminar,

it's a liability thing,

and then they signed a form acknowledging that they went, so...

These are the signed forms. Those are our employee files.

Your job is to put each form into the proper file.

We have 22,000 employees. We figure it'll take you two weeks.

- - Jessamyn Eubanks.

I didn't break up with Teddy. I just didn't take the ring.

It doesn't mean we broke up. No, it doesn't.

Brian.

Brian.

Yep, um...

Eli?

What are you, uh... What are you doing here?

Couple of guys out on the floor told me the temp was snoring back here.

I can't believe it's you.

- You're an investment banker. - Yeah.

Well, I mean, I wouldn't call it a band per se. Um... It's a project.

But I'm the only one involved.

Man, I'm so glad you're still making music. That's awesome.

Do you have the record on your phone? Let's listen to it right now.

Eli... there's no album.

I haven't written a song in like... God, over a year.

Why not?

I don't know, man. I just... I can't concentrate.

My dad's sick.

- What's wrong with him? - They're not sure.

If he doesn't get better...

I mean, my dad might die.

What has he seen me accomplish?

You know, I might be able to help.

- You carry around a money clip now? - Yeah.

I got the biggest bonus in the bank last quarter and they gave me this.

- Yeah. - It's got my initials.

- That's awesome. - Yeah, I know.

20-year-old me would punch 28-year-old me in the face.

- Here. - OK...

Take it. It'll give you like, I don't know, a jump start

- What is that? Some kind of speed? - No.

- That's not where I'm... - Hey, you heard of modafinil?

- Mm-hm. - Neuroenhancers?

Well, it's like that. Just better.

A lot better.

I don't think that...

Brian... I don't think you understand what I'm offering you here.

A jump start.

OK. What did I have to lose?

Here we go.

Yeah, I filled out his business school applications.

Yep, essays too.

Wow, awesome joke, Eli.

He's smart, Mom, he is. He's just, you know, he's Teddy.

OK? And I don't think that we should be getting engaged right now...

Then it happened.

The scales !ell from my eyes.

Your brain is a miracle, but it's not efficient.

There's a maze inside everyone's head,

a labyrinth o! missed connections and untapped potential.

I filled out his business school applications.

- Because he wasn't gonna do it. - But now suddenly I had access...

- Cos he's Teddy. - ...to every single brain cell.

That guy looks familiar, doesn't he?

Who are you?

You know who he is. You remember a lot more than you think you do.

Every experience you've ever had,

every idea that came to you in the shower

and then slipped away while you were brushing your teeth,

it's all there for the taking.

The bank wants to know who's leaving them open to a lawsuit.

They should probably know about the guy whose frat got kicked off campus

for selling a date-rape drug.

This guy's had five female assistants in a year. What's the story there?

Two weeks. She told me it would take two weeks.

I guess I got carried away, cos I was done in two hours.

So, yeah, I read every file in here.

Then I sorted them into five tiers of potential risk. it's pretty intuitive.

Tier one is color-coded green. They're your safest employees.

Tier five, the reds, is reserved for total undesirables.

This is incredible.

One more thing. Break up with Teddy. You deserve better.

But you know that. That's why you turned down the ring.

- We've been together so long. - It's scary, I know.

But you'll be fine. You're about to get a promotion.

This filing system, you're taking credit for it.

You get a bump to vice president, spend six months there.

Then the bank'll pay for you to go to business school.

How did you know I was thinking about an MBA?

You filled out the applications for your ex.

I didn't talk to Teddy yet.

You're as smart as anyone who works here.

How could you not think about an MBA? You know what else?

They've got no women on the board. They've never had one.

That's gotta change. You could run this place, Jessamyn.

- I'm not a CEO. - Yeah, but you can be.

You can have the job you want. You can have a guy that understands you.

You deserve it. All you gotta do is know how to ask.

Kind of seems like you understand me.

Of course I do. I read your file.

I remember this feeling. The world is mine.

I just have to decide what to do with it.

Hey! Do you mind if I play? It'll just take a second.

My dad gave me a lesson or two when I was a kid,

but, to be completely honest with you, it never really clicked until...

Now.

Re-brand. You don't sell hot dogs anymore.

You sell artisanal hot dogs. That's the next thing.

Cupcakes are on the way out.

The mavens never embraced pie, so that's not happening.

Did you read The Tipping Point? You know about mavens?

I'm telling you, Cecil, if you build it, they will come.

Checkmate.

Checkmate.

Checkmate.

We should play for money.

I dabble.

Dad, watch this.

Nice.

My brother's medical school textbooks were still at my parents' place.

Nobody else could figure out what was wrong with my father.

Why can't I?

Suddenly I knew exactly what I was looking for.

This. A picture of my grandparents on their honeymoon.

Her eyes, they're the same as Dad's.

It runs in the family.

Ever been hungover'! Yeah, this was like that, just worse.

A lot worse.

- Oh, Brian, you look awful. - Good morning.

Dad...

I think you've got something called, um... hemochromatosis.

It's caused by a trait that runs in our family.

Grandma Helen had it, your cousin Scott.

You've got it the worst out of anybody, though,

and, um, it's cos your body can't process iron...

All right, stop. Just stop.