The Consultant (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

1
My name is Regus Patoff,
and I've traveled a very
long way to offer you a gift.
Describe him for me.
How much does he weigh?
You know, you're not at
all like he described you.
If it helps him to see
me as a monster, so be it.
Mother Sang had other arrangements.
- Where is she staying?
- She didn't say.
Inform marketing that
we're ready to launch.
Why don't we break an
elephant out of the zoo?
I like Elaine's the most.
I may have a job offer for you.
- He wants 30,000.
- The budget is 20.
I guess you don't got
yourself an elephant.
You're not walking
away from this, Patrice.
- When does it have to be done?
- Patti!
I went to Pomona but it's
not what it seems like.
And I shouldn't have lied
to you, I'm really sorry.
Break time.
I can't stand by ♪
To see you destroyed ♪
I can't be here ♪
And watch you burning ♪
You laugh for a moment ♪
You lie as a decoy ♪
Does it matter ♪
If I give in easy? ♪
So why ♪
Is it so hard to get by? ♪
Chaos on the streets
of downtown Los Angeles
earlier this morning.
A wild elephant brought
4th Street to a standstill.
We've learned the
35-year-old female elephant,
named Jumbo, was stolen late last night
from a traveling circus in Barstow.
She was later abandoned
in the arts district.
Police and animal control
moved in to subdue the elephant
and remove her before rush hour began.
Sadly, officials now
tell us that Jumbo died
- while being transported.
- Thanks for watching.
We have a lot more news
Open the door!
Well, the big fucking grey lump died.
It was unforeseen circumstances.
Elaine, they're gonna
send me down for murder.
It's not murder! People
kill elephants all the time
- and post images online.
- You know what? Fuck this.
I'm going to San Pedro
until the heat dies down.
Where is my 10Gs?
Yes?
- Who are you?
- My name is Regus Patoff,
and I've traveled a very
long way to offer you a gift.
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
La-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
I just can't get you out of my head ♪
Boy, your loving
is all I think about ♪
I just can't get you out of my head ♪
Boy, it's more than
I dare to think about ♪
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
La-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪
I just can't get you out of my head ♪
Boy, your loving
is all I think about ♪
I just can't get you out of my head ♪
- Hey, congratulations, man!
- Are you happy with it?
it's more than
I dare to think about ♪
Every night ♪
Every day ♪
Just to be there in your arms ♪
You Patoff?
Me? No.
I'm just one of the drones.
Hey, I just formally met
Patrice, what a special guy.
He won't leave until he gets paid.
Yeah, where is the throat fucker?
He hasn't been in all
day and he's not answering
any of my calls.
Ah, I wrote down a
message for him earlier.
Where did I put it again?
Oh yeah.
We're closing in on a million
users in our first day.
You created a hit game.
You really wanna walk away from that?
What are you doing?
Are you working during an office party?
I'm updating my résumé.
There's a job coming up at Koala.
Executive vice president of development.
Hmm. Don't forget to
mention your experience
with killing endangered wildlife.
If I get my foot in
the door somewhere else,
I'll see if I can get
a position for you.
No one's gonna hire me again.
You're a talented coder, Craig.
You just gotta start
believing in yourself.
Hmm. Do you remember the
stalkerware I put on the demo?
- To get Patoff's contacts?
- Yeah.
It never got taken out of the code.
Our servers now hold data
on almost a million devices.
When they find that, I'm
gonna go down for 20 years.
Rock and roll.
All I do is win ♪
Win, win, no matter
what, got money on my mind ♪
I can never get enough ♪
Whenever me and Khaled do the
remix everybody hands go up ♪
And they stay there,
and they stay there ♪
And they stay there, up
down, up down, up down ♪
'Cause all I do is win ♪
Mr. Patoff? Where have you been all day?
I had an appointment.
My friend that we hired
to do that little job,
he's here.
He wants the $10,000.
It's spent.
Spent?
The party. It was a petty cash item.
$700 on jumbo shrimp
alone. Did you try it yet?
Patrice is here to collect.
Well, if I'm to believe the news,
the elephant died, did it not?
That's not our fault.
They shot her full of tranquillizers,
- and her heart gave out.
- Well, nevertheless
Our contract with Mr.
Patrice is null and void.
Mr. Patoff, I know Patrice,
and he has a very short fuse.
This is definitely going to light it.
He will become violent?
I can't rule it out.
We have less than a
minute to strategize.
What is the solution?
Uh, I don't know.
Well, he's frightened and desperate.
- He may accept half.
- We do not have half.
If we cannot pay him and
his temper is volatile,
what option do we have?
We could offer him $15,000
if he waits until morning.
Patrice is greedy enough to accept.
- It should buy us some time.
- With which to do what?
To give the police a person of interest,
an anonymous tip.
He's on parole. Then one
slip-up and he's back inside.
Where he cannot collect.
He's tagged. It shouldn't
take them long to find him.
Are we legally implicated
by your actions?
It's his reputation against ours.
The worst that could happen to us is
more publicity.
These are not comfortable
decisions, Elaine.
Sacrifices are hard but effective.
The hunter who felled the beast.
It is a pleasure to be in
business with you, Mr. Patrice.
- Where's my money?
- So direct and to the point.
I like that about you. But
indulge me for one moment.
I am yet to watch an elephant die.
Do they scream when they go?
I opened the cage and I got outta there.
When I left, it was still alive.
Casualty of war.
- You ever gonna let go?
- Oh! In business,
a handshake is where you
evaluate your opponent.
The first to release will always
be subservient to the other.
Well, the next thing you're
gonna put in this hand is 10Gs.
You get me?
Elaine is arranging
payment, and a little bonus
from your friends at CompWare.
Oh, while we wait, you'll
accompany me on an errand?
Ow!
Craig, come have a turn.
- You okay?
- Yeah!
- Stand back.
- Okay.
Jeez, Craig. Even I made
it up to "good effort."
Someone is so mad!
And I've never known
a girl like you before ♪
Never known a girl like you before ♪
Ever baked-out the airlock?
Oh we used to do it all the
- time when Sang was here.
- What if someone comes in?
I'll lock the door behind us. Come on.
We'll just sneak out the other door.
Now just like in a
song from days of yore ♪
I will serve,
and you will receive.
You fascinate me, Mr. Patrice.
All I know from Elaine is
that you will steal an elephant
for $20,000, but tell me more.
What could she get you to do for 50?
- One hundred?
- I don't work for Elaine.
I'd rather talk directly to the man.
Rest assured.
When she negotiates on your
price to take a human life,
you'll know that it's on my behalf.
Elaine wouldn't get involved
in something like that.
I think you'll be surprised
at what she's now capable of.
I got a lot of heat on me right
now. I don't wanna be picked up
- with that much cash.
- You're leaving? So soon?
I'll be back in the
morning. Have it ready.
I win.
And now you've come along ♪
Yes you've come along ♪
And I've never met a
girl like you before ♪
It's all right, yeah,
it's all right, yeah ♪
It's all right, yeah, it's all right ♪
Hey, Elaine.
I was thinking earlier.
It feels like it might be a
good time for us to swap back.
- What?
- My office.
I'd like it back now.
I'll tell you what, Iain.
Why don't you try and take it from me?
Yeah, it's all right,
yeah, it's all right, yeah ♪
It's all right, yeah, it's all right ♪
It's all right, yeah,
it's all right, yeah ♪
Every time ♪
I think of you ♪
It's no problem of mine
but it's a problem I find ♪
I'm gonna miss these weird fuckers.
- You're not quitting.
- Says who.
Says the person who's
heard it 3,000 times before.
The wisdom of a fool
won't set you free ♪
But that's the way that it goes ♪
And it's what nobody knows ♪
And every day my confusion grows ♪
All right. I'm gonna order a car.
I'm good to drive.
Every time I see you falling ♪
Should we, uh
should we grab a chunk of that cake
and then head to mine?
Or we could go to mine.
The Valley
You don't wanna drive 30
minutes for sex and cake?
I feel fine and I feel good ♪
- Fuck.
- Go ahead.
- No.
- Open it.
- Yeah.
Whenever I get this way ♪
I haven't heard from
her in a couple of days.
Why can't we be ourselves
like we were yesterday? ♪
- I'm not sure ♪
- Okay.
Either somebody took her
phone or she learned Japanese.
It's in Korean. Translate it.
Then I'll never see just
what we're meant to be ♪
"Please more money soon."
Can you locate her phone?
No, I didn't put a tracking
device on my fiancée's devices.
Did she download the game?
Every time I see you falling ♪
Oh, wait, wait, wait. It's just up here.
They're still playing?
Wow. People must actually
like this piece of shit.
Down here.
Mama Sang?
Creative liaison.
Elaine Hayman.
What are you doing here?
Mr. Sang's Jungle Odyssey.
He is alive.
Did did you send us
a text asking for money?
To Regus.
He is very kind to me.
He give me a place to
live. He teach me English.
He give me my first phone.
Patoff gave you this phone?
- Hey! Where is she?
- Patricia is helping me
complete some small
administrative matters
before I depart.
Did you know she types
57 words a minute?
She's saved me a great deal of time.
The records room.
You find her. I'm gonna deal with him.
Oh, Craig.
You're not equipped for this.
Patti?
What are you doing here?
Patti provided me with
valuable information, Craig.
I was unable to complete
your file without her.
She's seen your weakness, your betrayal.
She poured it out on every
page, in her own words.
We need to go.
Mr. Patoff needs these by five o'clock.
What did he do to you?
Elaine?
You're having a panic attack, Craig.
Breathe with me.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
In
Out.
I weigh 162 pounds.
What about you, Mr. Patoff?
Our friend, the jeweler,
has a fanciful imagination.
He's inhaled too many fumes.
How many lives have you ruined?
How many careers have you ended?
Some people excel under
stress. Some break.
We already know about
you, Craig, do we not?
Ah!
Patti.
Look at me. You don't work for him.
None of us do. He's just the consultant.
Where's Craig?
He's here. He came to rescue you.
Who the fuck are you?
- Consultant.
- One who consults.
Providing professional or expert
advice in a particular field
of science or business to an
organization or individual.
Ah!
You don't even know what we do.
It's of no consequence.
My job is to observe, to
streamline, to improve.
My targets were met.
Costs justified.
Costs?
This is the real world, Craig.
People get hurt. People panic.
People fail.
You're not the hero.
You don't even get the girl.
Oh my God!
- Elaine Hayman?
- Yes.
We'd like to ask you some questions
about your relationship
with Patrice Anderson.
Did I pay Patrice $10,000
to steal an elephant?
I'm just the creative liaison.
Recruitment falls under
the jurisdiction of my boss,
Mr. Patoff.
Regus Patoff.
I say "boss."
He's more of a consultant.
He doesn't have any authority.
He doesn't understand what we do.
He doesn't take a commission.
He just showed up one day,
and took over.
He elevated us.
He motivated us.
He changed our methods.
He showed us all what we're capable of.
All I can really tell
you about Regus Patoff
he gets results.
Shares for robotics firm Pterodactyl
lost 22% of their value yesterday.
The drop comes on the heels
of the apparent suicide
of the firm's founder, Rebecca Hood.
Hood started Pterodactyl
in her garage in 2018
using a crowdfunding campaign.
She strived to develop the
first humanoid workforce.