Bull

How does it look? Fetching?

Mmm. I love that word.

Fetching. Pretty badass, too, huh?

Now, I know you're thinking it's a little O.T.T. for the office.

It's just one

of 16 creations by me, Sadie Williams,

and my Define Yourself line of makeup and beauty must-haves.

So, thanks for the listen, ladies.

Thanks for the look.

We're good.

Thanks, guys.

Um, I'm gonna need you to get that to me as soon as possible

so I can have a chance to review it

before it goes up on the website and on my Insta.

Yeah, by the end of the day.

- Got it. - Come with me.

Dad.

- Hey. Excuse me. - Hey!

Ah.

Everybody's here.

They're all waiting in the conference room.

So the, uh, financials are in the envelope,

the creative and operational proposals are in the binder.

Now, if you agree to accept our proposal

and allow Raybury Cosmetics

to acquire Define Yourself by Sadie,

our first order of business will be to globalize the brand,

to find and groom Sadies in different countries.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you talking about?

Uh, I'm Sadie.

There's no one to find, no one to groom.

I'm happy to go wherever you need me to go,

happy to do whatever you need me to do.

Sadie, we understand that you built this brand.

We understand

how personal it all is for you,

uh, how intimate the connection is

between you and your audience, your videos,

your unique approach to product development.

But our company

operates in 150 countries and territories.

We decided to start our initial push

in the Asia-Pacific region, because...

Because it's 36% of the cosmetic global market share.

- I have no issue with that. - We'd start by

getting toeholds in Japan, China, South Korea,

then expand south to Singapore and westward

- into the Indian market. - Terrific.

It means that I can be in each country as it launches.

Uh, work with the local teams, uh,

get a sense of the culture and figure out

the best messaging for my videos.

A-Again...

The thinking here is that each market will have its own Sadie.

Think about it,

an Asian Sadie in Asia.

W-We're selling beauty and skincare products.

Sadie kind of needs

to look like the people she's selling to.

Wouldn't you agree?

What they're trying to tell you

is you've built a brilliant brand.

But you've also

built a brilliant business model

and a brilliant marketing model.

They want to take that model

and replicate it all around the world.

And pay you very handsomely

for it.

I need the room back for a few minutes.

How could you?

That deal is worth over $100 million to you.

It's all the money you'll ever need, Sadie.

You're acting like someone's stabbing you through the heart.

You are.

This is my company.

I started it in our garage when I was 16.

I can't just hand it over

to some corporate monolith so they can try and clone

an ethnically-preferred version of me

for every country on the planet.

You're starting to swing.

Even this reaction you're having

right now, I see you starting to swing.

Dad, I am upset.

I am allowed to be upset.

Let's get them back in here.

Make them see that they need my input.

But, Sadie, they don't need your input.

And they don't want it.

Giving you that kind of power is a risk,

and no global conglomerate is going to take that risk.

Not with your history, not... with your challenges.

But it's my company.

But according to the court, it's my decision.

And I've made up my mind.

Anna, hey, it's Dad.

Got your message. Dinner, tomorrow, I'm on it.

I'm bringing gifts. Don't try and stop me.

Bye.

And who is this again?

You've honestly never heard of Sadie Williams?

Honestly, I've never heard of Sadie Williams.

Wow, even I know who Sadie Williams is.

Okay, here are the CliffsNotes.

Starting as a teenager, Sadie Williams began posting videos,

mostly makeup videos.

How to put it on, then how to make your own.

Then she started manufacturing it.

I think she's, like, 18 at that point?

She's getting millions of views.

My sense is it's always been about

more than makeup.

When Sadie started experimenting with her looks,

not many people were marketing beauty products

to black and brown girls.

She was a teenager.

Just like the people that she was talking to.

Got it.

So, what are we looking at here?

Just as she was exploding,

just when she had finally gotten on everyone's...

Almost everyone's radar...

She had...

what I guess you'd call a meltdown.

Unfortunately, she had it while

she was making one of her videos.

Even more unfortunately, is someone got ahold of that video

that never should've seen the light of day

and they posted it, uh, leaked it.

Sounds like something I ought to see before she gets here.

Will you do the honors?

Ladies, today, we are going to be talking about underto...

That says "undertoes."

It's supposed to say "undertones."

I... I guess I have to write

the-the damn cue cards myself, too?

Turn the card. Thank you.

Your foundation color needs to be the same

as your skin's underto...

I'll fix that.

You'll fix that. Great.

And today,

we're going to show you how to test your skin,

your skin's complexion,

so you can figure out which of those three undertones you have.

What? What?

What is going on?!

Are you kidding me?

You guys are idiots!

I hate this place!

I hate this life!

Get away from me!

And this is something everyone has seen.

I need help with something, something I probably

should've done a year or two ago.

We're all ears.

I was involved in an incident several years ago.

Uh, there is a tape.

I'm guessing you've all seen it.

Right.

Turns out, I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder.

Uh, the tape, the incident that was caught on tape,

was the culmination of it.

Okay.

And did you seek treatment?

Oh, yes. Yes, I was, I was committed.

Hospitalized.

I couldn't take care of myself, couldn't work.

Luckily, my father stepped in.

He petitioned the court, and he got guardianship.

And what kind of conservatorship are we talking about?

Personal, professional, medical?

All of the above.

But it's been three years,

and you're ready to end the guardianship.

Yes. I am on medication, I am in therapy,

I've been stable for almost two years at this point.

But now, he wants to sell the company...

Sell my company.

I just... can't let him do it.

So you need to go to court and end the guardianship.

Got it.

But why us? Why TAC?

The main focus of our practice is juries.

Guardianship cases are typically handled by judges.

Yes. Judges with special mental health training.

And who would know more about what a mental health judge

is looking for than a former forensic psychologist

and someone with three PhDs?

Sorry to interrupt. Gerald Williams

is in the lobby.

Ms. Williams' father.

Should I let him up?

Well, that depends. Would you like him to join us?

I didn't even tell him I was coming here. He...

He tracks my phone.

I don't want there to be a scene.

I'm-I'm gonna go downstairs.

Sorry.