Industry (2020) s03e01 Episode Script

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("NEW GOLD DREAM" BY
SIMPLE MINDS PLAYING) ♪
La, la, la ♪
La, la, la ♪
La, la, la ♪
- (GUESTS LAUGHING)
- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (CORK POPS) - (YASMIN
KARA-HANANI GASPS)
(GUESTS CHEER, LAUGH)
Are you okay?
YASMIN: Fucking idiots.
(GUEST SPEAKING SPANISH)
Blow on my dices. Blow!
- (LAUGHS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(UPBEAT BASS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
- (GUEST LAUGHS)
(CHARLES HANANI GROANS)
- ALONDRA GALPERIN-DIAZ: Is it good?
- What the fuck?
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
- (PANTS)
(YASMIN SHRIEKS)
Oh, Dad! What the fuck?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
In my fucking room!
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
- (LIGHTER CLICKS)
(DISTANT BANGING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
- (GASPS)
Fucking cunt!
PAPARAZZO: Yasmin, where's your dad?
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- (SCREAMS)
(MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY) ♪
- CAB DRIVER: Fucking hell. Fuck, fuck, fuck!
- (PAPARAZZO GROANS)
- (CAB DOOR OPENS)
- CAB DRIVER: Oi! You all right?
Oi! Where the fuck are you going?
- Was that the same one?
- CAB DRIVER: Oi! Cunt!
NEIGHBOR: You all right there, mate?
YASMIN: Where the hell were you?
Should we call the police?
He was in your fucking skip.
(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
A lot of you were asking
about my phone case.
I swapped out the Bottega Green
because I thought this matte black case
was more work appropriate.
Shout-out to all my corporate
girlies for the steer.
So, this is a morning
in the life of a Sales
and Trading graduate.
As I always say,
always be the first on the floor,
and ABSTBB.
"Always be securing that bag, bish."
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
God, I sound like a fucking freak.
Just hit 50k followers,
it's like a full-time job.
You're at your full-time job.
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
You can't just film on the floor.
Sorry. Sorry, that, um,
sidebar is literally
like crack, isn't it?
I just wanna say, the
way they're dragging you
for being someone who unashamedly
enjoys the lifestyle, it's sickening.
At least they didn't mention
you work at Pierpoint.
Yeah.
The fact that I actually work
would fuck with their narrative.
You look amazing in that boat photo.
YASMIN: It's not what it looks like.
It was taken six weeks ago.
I've deleted all my socials.
They just ripped it off
someone else's 'gram.
Bet your DMs were filthy
when all this dropped.
I actually accrued quite
a passionate gay following
for some reason.
But, yeah, like, I'm
guessing a lot of, like,
unsolicited dick pics.
Sweetpea, could you just get me
some more Lumi IPO decks, please?
They're under your left hand.
Also, I started building
this risk indicator model
when I was doing my rotations
in Risk and Equity trading.
I can share it with you if you like,
you know, when it becomes interesting.
Oh, James Ashford's called, like,
three or four times
this morning already.
I guess it's in response
to Lumi's Q2 earnings.
Why would that not be the
first thing you tell me?
EMPLOYEE: No, no. No. He's
bent as they come, man.
Are you worried they're
gonna, like, fire you?
You know, the article?
So, your dad just, like, left, right?
Like, he just disappeared?
Have you heard from him since?
At least you make the
whole incognito look
work for you.
Sorry.
EMPLOYEE: How how is
Elaine, she left you yet?
- (KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
- (CHUCKLES) No, no,
- that's my best friend.
- (LINE RINGING)
- JAMES ASHFORD: Yes.
- James, hi.
Sorry, I just got in.
Um, how are you feeling?
I tried Henry all last
night, twice this morning.
Why is he harder to get
ahold of than one of those
Obergruppenführer who
joined the priesthood in Argentina?
Look, I'm sure he's just
swamped with some last-minute
pre-IPO marketing.
JAMES: He should be
reassuring current investors,
not courting new ones.
No, um, I'm Sorry, I mean press.
He's, um, doing some
news segment on founders.
JAMES: Oh, Christ.
Look, James, if you need
any twelfth-hour deal color,
I am happy to fill you in.
(SIGHS)
Now, I have to drive three
hours to a part of London
that I worked very hard to escape,
To visit a business
I used to believe in.
Make sure the founder is
there with answers, okay?
Okay, absolutely, James.
I am completely with you.
It's just, I'm
- The answers to what exactly?
- Answers to my questions. Bye.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Do I look like I need it?
- (KENNY KILBANE CHUCKLING)
James at Ashford Asset Management.
I could hear the vein in his forehead.
I'm gonna dig into it, but honestly,
I have no idea what he wants.
Yas, he's a minutiae guy. Anal.
This'll be some non-material
over-intellectual exercise.
SWEETPEA GOLIGHTLY:
She looks quite chic.
Sweetpea, could you
print off the Lumi deck?
- Lumi's stock isn't gonna shift itself.
- Yeah.
That newspaper's evil incarnate.
I mean, it's done more
damage to this country than
Private education? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
RISHI RAMDANI: Easy, Tom Selleck.
David Seaman, you look
like the Thomas Edison
of pedophilia. What is this?
(ANRAJ CHABRA CHUCKLES)
Have they offered you
a Boohoo campaign yet?
- Every penny counts now, right?
- KENNY: Guys, seriously,
with the sheer fuck-offness
of the size of this IPO
that's looming over the next 48 hours,
I'm putting a moratorium
on giving airtime to
that tawdry bullshit.
Back to the coalface,
everybody, now, please.
RISHI: Ooh! IPO build-ups.
I get this fuckin' twinge
in my asshole. It's incredible!
Our mission today is consistent
with when we began this
journey nine years ago.
To bring renewable energy
at affordable prices
- to as many people as possible.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
And so
ROBERT SPEARING: What?
James Ashford is on his way to Lumi.
His bloodlust is up.
Whose blood? Why?
YASMIN: He wants to speak to Muck,
says he's deliberately gone to ground.
He mentioned something about a PDF,
so I think he's talking
about the quarterly report.
Yeah, well, he's in an interview.
You're not a fucking press officer.
The whole point of you wall-crossing
is so that you can manage
him for Pierpoint's benefit.
Manage him.
Questions about the purpose
of going public won't go away.
I wouldn't be so crude
as to use the phrase "cash grab," but
HENRY MUCK: Oh, come on. What?
You know, you see, these
are the typical whispers
you get around something this seismic.
And I might add that
the, uh, the Luddites
always sharpen their
knives for disruptors.
Crude scrutiny is important.
And no one is more
scrupulous than me, than us.
See, this
This is what animates
a decade-long mission.
Personally, I find I
sleep deeper under my desk.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- That was me being humorous.
- (JOURNALIST LAUGHING)
Yeah. No, we can, uh,
we can cut that, it didn't really land.
Anyway, uh, over here we have a
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
BOARD MEMBER: Whoo!
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
- ERIC TAO: Thank you.
Sir.
ERIC: Thanks.
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
BILL ADLER: And to our newest partner,
a nod to Pierpoint's agricultural roots.
Cotton to credit default
swaps. And in our 150th year.
Think of it as a gift from our founders,
Randolph and Mortimer Pierpoint,
straight to you. (CHUCKLES)
They were a family of slavers, right?
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
WILHELMINA FASSBINDER:
Pierpoint's been overexposed
in sales and trading.
This has been ameliorated
by our commitment to the green shift.
And on the day of his partnership,
it's important we credit
Eric's work in the trenches.
Lumi is just the first in a pipeline
of environmental, social,
and governance-oriented deals.
We have a suite of in-demand,
ethical and social impact IPOs
that we've won over our competitors.
Look ESG's a great marketing tool,
and I'm sure it's helped
Pierpoint's stock price
to be included in all the
ethical investment baskets,
but
shouldn't we be wary
of increasingly gearing
our balance sheet toward a fad?
Excuse me?
Woke investing. Greenwashing.
So our business model
isn't a rigorous balance
sheet examination.
We just look at the
org chart and then
Chatham House rules apply.
Pray that the CEO is a
Black lesbian with one leg,
then without even meeting her,
sign "they/them" a blank check.
(BOARD MEMBER CHUCKLING)
Have I got that right?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I'm sorry.
Chatham House rules means
carte blanche for bigotry?
Maybe you can leave
your cynicism at the door
while this trade still has legs.
Pierpoint Asset Management,
our private equity division,
is heavily invested in these companies.
Lumi, Europa Gaz out of Frankfurt.
Momentum is everything.
With the successful
launch tomorrow of Lumi,
the first domino falls and
will signal to the market
that the other European live IPOs
we have in the pipeline will hit.
Good thing for me to tell
the CEO about in our weekly catch-ups.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (ERIC CHUCKLES)
How is the old man?
Oh, still on three hours of
sleep a night in his sixties.
And that's not because
he's getting up to piss.
It was a pleasure to
finally meet you, Wilhelmina.
WILHELMINA: Of course.
It's about time we
had you in the family.
- That kid in there.
- Kid?
You mean our new CFO.
She's been at the firm
since the dot-com crash.
Is she good, or is she just another
senior woman ticking the
governance box for ESG?
Hey, uh, I got an email
from our EMEA PR head
about a girl on your desk
dealing with some bad press.
Some ugly noise about embezzlement,
- and a missing daddy?
- Yasmin.
Yeah, she's been pinballed around desks.
PWM didn't want her.
Ken Kilbane, ED on our floor,
has been vouching for her.
She's a nepotism hire, no?
Should we do the honorable thing
and put her out of her misery?
Management in New York wouldn't
mind seeing your teeth again.
We're leaning out at random over there,
cutting across every
level, from AN1 to MD.
I'm sure it's not lost on you
how late this partnership
has come in your career.
I lobbied hard for it.
I said, "Look around the room.
It's a bit monochromatic, right?"
I'm joking.
(LAUGHS) The look on your face!
That was an ESG joke, my friend.
You don't think I can manage people.
ADLER: We make tough decisions.
Otherwise, we're no longer partners.
You guys need to know that constant cuts
are the state of our industry now.
No better motivator than death.
Oh, uh
Lumi's closing above 4.80, right?
Above 4.80.
Fucking tote bag journalists
won't allow us to do a good thing.
I'm dead on my feet!
ROBERT: All right, so James Ashford
from Ashford Asset
Management is on his way in.
When? Why? Why did you allow this?
He's one of your investors.
Wasn't he in the
friends and family round?
Yes, and his investment is
friends-and-family-sized.
(SHOUTS) He's fucking insignificant!
CAEDI MCFARLANE: Thought
your blood sugar might be low.
Thank you so much, that's so kind.
They didn't have a keto option,
so I just got you what I'm getting.
Don't worry at all.
- It's very kind.
- EMPLOYEE: Hi, yeah, it's Chris from Lumi, how you doing?
We would love to offer you
one of our exclusive
introduction rates
You thought I was
going to launch my lunch
at the wall, didn't you?
Tell James I'll meet with
him, and patch Pierpoint in.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING)
How long have we been working on this?
Don't know.
Close to half a year.
You know, ever since
Pierpoint put you on this IPO,
I feel like my luck has turned.
(CHUCKLES) What, for the better?
No.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- KENNY: Hey.
- Hey, hey.
(KENNY CLAPS)
- Congratulations. (LAUGHS)
- ERIC: Thank you, buddy.
KENNY: I know you've
been through hell lately,
- but you deserve this.
- ERIC: Thank you.
KENNY: The good lady wife her indoors,
she said she'll do chicken
à la Eric this week
if you wanna drop by and celebrate.
Don't be ridiculous. I'll take you guys
for omakase at the Araki.
Oh, kamikaze at the Araki. I love it.
At 380 a head, the
kamikaze's my fucking wallet.
(KENNY LAUGHS)
Hey, is is her head in the game?
Level with me.
From a management perspective,
do we really need her?
Yeah, she's good. She's
capable. Firsthand. Trust me.
ERIC: With all these rumors
of her dad swirling around,
I'm getting pressure from above.
This is a reputation-defining
24 hours ahead of us.
- I can't carry passengers.
- Hundred percent.
Eric.
I wanted to say congratulations.
It's very well-deserved.
I am glad you think so.
ANRAJ: How are you
finding the countryside?
RISHI: I mean, loads of chinless inbreds
bickering over inheritance
tax, what's not to like?
JAMES: Right, no throat clearing.
We've got some last-minute
concerns about your valuation
based on the very sneakily
timed earnings report
with its surprising net debt figure.
The debt profile of the company
has seemingly shrunk overnight,
just as you're about to go public?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
So?
(CLEARS THROAT) In your
cash and cash equivalent,
you've added in receivables
which, uh, you know won't get settled.
You've calculated your indebtedness
as a net debt to EBITDA ratio,
and it looks like you just
massaged the EBITDA to
make that ratio decrease.
What are you accusing me of?
This earnings report, your
first as a public company,
will legally have to be published
on your website for anyone to see,
and you're putting lipstick on the pig
at the last minute.
Which got me thinking what else
you're keeping from people.
So I had my analysts up all night
modeling what would happen if,
say, given your debt profile,
natural gas prices spike.
My conclusion is that you'd
be sailing into a storm
on a shit boat.
Therefore, we disagree
with Pierpoint's price
of 4.30 pence a share.
- It should be closer
to four pounds. - What?
- I don't know.
- We have doubts over the projected
- closing price of 4.80.
- HENRY: Uh, James, James.
Uh, let's, uh (CLEARS THROAT)
Let's drill down to
the crux here, shall we?
You know the fundamentals are strong.
(CLEARS THROAT) Sir Henry.
Sorry, I know that doesn't
make you sound very, um, modern.
- (SCOFFS)
- JAMES: I'm going to be reasonable.
I'm going to offer
you back half my equity
at 4.30 a share
as per the Pierpoint valuation.
(YASMIN MUTTERS)
- (PHONE CHIMES)
- YASMIN: Hi.
Hi, James, it's Yasmin
from Pierpoint on the line.
Um. Look, Lumi is at the forefront
of the democratization of
the energy sector and
Yeah, I I keep hearing that
and I still have no idea what it means.
Okay, well, from our
perspective on the floor,
the IPO is oversubscribed.
Investors are very eager to buy.
You know, people are clamoring for this.
KENNY: We know that street-wide,
it is going to be a buy.
YASMIN: Our traders are expecting
a very strong bid for
it tomorrow, James.
JAMES: The market won't
support it for long.
You know, I truly hate how
you sell-side guys speak.
It's all just fucking smoke and mirrors
with you guys, right?
Just jargon, tarting it up.
- And, of course, you're incentivized to overvalue it.
- (WHISPERS) My hands are full.
Your private equity
division is invested in it.
(SIGHS)
My offer is 4.30 for half the equity,
and we will see what happens
to the other half tomorrow.
You know, you can have
it all back at 4.30.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
HENRY: And whoever's
voice I keep hearing
evangelizing on that phone,
that belief, that one, is why I feel
we should let the market
decide how valuable we are.
All of it?
Okay.
You've got a deal.
And, you know, Henry, I, um
I always wanted to be wrong about you.
You know what comes after hubris.
- (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PHONE CHIMES)
(GASPS) Did I just fuck that?
He he raised a pretty
big red flag, didn't he?
I'm sure that Pierpoint's I-bankers
will have done their due diligence
to make sure this
trades well on day one.
Yeah, but like like day two, day 200?
KENNY: Practically, it's
not really our concern.
Eyeballs are on this day one.
How it trades day 200
is lost in the noise.
Look, I know this feels huge
because he's your client,
but really he's a minnow
on a day of big players.
Surely it's bad to risk more
shares on the open market
if there is any kind of noise
about Lumi diddling
with the numbers so late.
I'll, um, tell Eric we handled it.
SWEETPEA: Mm-hmm.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
KENNY: James from
Ashford Asset Management
is pulling back.
He raised some red flags
about debt with him and Lumi,
non-transparency,
but Yasmin handled the
whole thing really well.
So we've more stock to
shift, but we'll shift it.
There's plenty of demand.
- All right.
- Yeah, thanks.
- ANRAJ: Ask why I'm a pituitary gland.
- RISHI: What? No.
ANRAJ: Go on, ask me why
I'm a pituitary gland.
RISHI: Okay, why are
you a pituitary gland?
ANRAJ: Because I make a whore moan.
Kenny filled me in on Ashford.
He's not a significant voice,
but anything destabilizing
this close to IPO
can fuel a rumor mill.
It can metastasize. Keep a lid on it.
Didn't Ashford raise some
pretty legitimate concerns
about the CEO's integrity?
Look, our job is to sell the story
that makes Lumi trade well tomorrow.
Is Ashford a canary in the coal mine?
I'd wager our bankers and
the Lumi CEO know better
than Ashford Asset Management.
But if you want to feel
better, this business
is people making money on
a hill of dead yellow birds.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
What do you want from this job?
I want to prove to
you that I belong here.
I need a functional member
of a functioning team.
I need a worker.
- Are you a worker?
- I am. I am a worker.
I had a wrecking ball in that seat.
I would just as quickly
fire another one.
- (SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
EMPLOYEE 1: What is it? Veja? Vanilla?
Not enough money to
live in Notting Hill,
- but frequents the pubs.
- EMPLOYEE 2: Grim.
- EMPLOYEE 1: She should definitely marry him
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
- she's not got liquidity to freeze her eggs.
- (PENNY SCOTT CLEARS THROAT)
- Hi.
- PENNY: Uh
I don't wanna kinda
dip my little oar in,
but I have spied
you putting your disposable coffee cup
- in the general waste.
- Sorry, yeah. I, um
With the liquid in it, I'm
like never sure if it qualifies.
So, if the receptacle is sullied,
you just clean it out
and then pop it in the paper recycling.
It's five seconds out of your day.
- You might even feel good.
- HARPER STERN: Right.
- (LAUGHS)
- No, that's totally rational.
I agree. Apologies.
PENNY: Okay.
EMPLOYEE 3: How does Lumi
feel on the sales side?
EMPLOYEE 4: Between us, I think
this one really needs to hit
for us from a bright side perspective.
- Feels like it's a tone-setting
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)
FutureDawn. Anna Gearing's office.
YASMIN: Hey, Harper, it's Yas.
HARPER: Hey. Oh, my God.
Rob told me what happened last night.
I'm so sorry I slept through it.
YASMIN: Um, can I get Anna urgently?
Um, she is in with Petra at the moment.
What's it about?
I have some more Lumi stock,
if Anna would like to add.
Are you trying to dump more on her?
You should probably
change your tonality.
YASMIN: Okay.
I didn't ask you for advice
on my job, but thank you.
Hey, I have no skin in this game.
Just some friendly advice.
Just get her, Harper.
ANNA GEARING: FutureDawn
isn't a vanity project
for your own trading book.
I signed a contract to work
for you under the proviso
that I'd have autonomy. I
want to place my own trades
without an autopsy on every single one.
I don't do well with micromanagement.
ANNA: This is a company-wide strategy.
All of your trades are hedges
that cap FutureDawn's upside.
This is about being clear-eyed.
My book is the only book outperforming.
I've been keeping us afloat
since the move from Berlin,
- and you know that.
- Sorry.
Sorry, I can come back.
Do you think ethical
investment actually works,
or is it just a palliative
we give ourselves to feel better?
Why the fuck are you asking her that?
I just do the diary. (CHUCKLES)
And I I agree with Anna.
Impact investing is
the foundational ethos
of this company.
See?
I don't think anybody's
thinking for themselves
'round here anymore.
(SIGHS) I'm so sorry about her.
I have Pierpoint on the line.
- ANNA: Oh.
- (TELEPHONE CLACKS)
ANNA: Hello.
YASMIN: Hi, Anna. It's Yasmin.
You're my first call.
I have some more Lumi stock
if you would like to add
to your initial position.
The only reason why you'd call me
to sell me more this close to the IPO
is 'cause someone is dumping.
- Yasmin.
- (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
You know how invested
we are in Lumi's listing.
Don't freak me out. Is there
something I should know?
You know Uh, let me
just, let me call you back.
How much of the fund is in Lumi?
Can you make sure that
my, um, diary is printed
and on my desk when I come in?
You know I need to hold it.
- Digital just just won't do.
- Yep.
Double-sided, right?
For the environment.
Sorry, it was a joke.
And can you move my car an hour?
Yeah.
- (GRUNTS)
- (STAPLE GUN CLICKING)
- (GRUNTS)
- (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Who is this? What do you want?
HENRY: Yasmin, hi. It's Henry Muck.
Uh, we were on a call earlier,
Rob gave me your number.
Um, I hope you don't think
this is inappropriate,
but can you come meet me
a little later tonight?
Near Green Park.
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
Oh, my God.
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
Did you move my car?
Oh, my God. Anna, I'm so sorry.
It, like, totally slipped my mind.
It's okay. I knew you'd forget.
Seems to be a trend with you.
HARPER: I was actually going to suggest
that you get some sleep before tomorrow.
You do realize displaying
total incompetence
won't expedite a move to trading?
Um (SIGHS)
- Good night.
- Night.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Hi.
Can I help you?
I was hoping you might indulge me
and allow me to finish
my earlier thought.
I'm listening.
ESG is a fad.
Ethical investing is a fad.
Everybody and their snotty brother
claim to be ESG.
Assets that qualify as it are so bid,
the valuations are making them
stupid investments now anyway.
Not to mention the macro
headwinds, the election,
lack of clear-sided
investment in fossil fuels.
Really, it's like a
utopian opiate for morons
who believe in a "better world."
(CHUCKLING) Like, whatever
the fuck that means.
And Lumi
do you really believe
that cheap green energy
for the masses exists, or
is someone spinning a story?
- (ELEVATOR BEEPS)
- AUTOMATED VOICE: Fourth floor.
Going down.
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
- Night.
- HARPER: Night.
Hey.
I was actually just composing
an apology email to you.
I've really not had my eye on the ball.
I left my keys. Sorry.
I'm, um, I'm rushing.
HARPER: Yeah.
Actually, I, um (SIGHS)
I wanted to apologize to
you too, for my tone earlier,
my, um, cortisol levels.
I constantly feel like
there's an active
shooter in the building.
(LAUGHS)
I don't know why I let myself feel
like my life is on the line. I've
Turns you into somebody
who you don't wanna be.
I totally get it.
I mean, I don't even want
the people who work for me
to feel like my employees,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I mean, we are
your employees, so
(CHUCKLES)
- Oh, keys.
- (SIGHS)
I'm really, really appreciative
of you taking a chance on me.
Don't stay up too
late. Big day tomorrow.
HARPER: Yeah. Oh, uh
in the spirit of honesty,
uh, I'm wondering if maybe
we could just have, like,
a dialogue about the
firm's investment choices,
just to keep my brain alive.
(SIGHS)
- It's been a really long day.
- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- Okay. We'll talk first thing.
- HARPER: Yeah, cool. Thank you.
- Good night.
- ANNA: Good night.
VENETIA BERENS: My friend
designs the necklaces herself.
- Do you actually like it?
- ROBERT: Yeah, I love it.
Do you think you'll,
uh, stay over tonight?
- VENETIA: Do you want me to?
- YASMIN: Who do you think you are?
What gives you the right to divulge
my personal information to a stranger?
What are you talking about, a stranger?
He's our business. He asked.
Since when do you care about boundaries?
He asked! Sorry, I didn't realize that.
And and next time he asks you
- to blow him
- Oh, what, again?
(CHUCKLES) Sorry, he's
he's kind of got BDE.
ROBERT: Yeah, you bet he does.
And I've actually got a
very sensitive gag reflex.
Do you think this is funny?
(CHUCKLES) Look, I'm sorry, all right?
I really didn't want to,
but I've basically never said no to him.
He says that no is just
a step on the way to yes.
But, you know, it's your
work phone. He's work.
No, he called my personal number.
- (DOOR OPENS)
- Yas, I promise I didn't give him that.
I never would. What does he want?
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- He wants me to go and meet him tonight.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
DAVE: Nothing more bleak
than a financial flatshare.
Another a day at the coalface, eh?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Privatizing profits and
mutualizing losses, yeah?
Hi, Dave.
DAVE: Oh, yeah, Harper,
let's Park Chan-wook, babe.
Oh, and a sobering glass of
water for you, Harper Lee.
Is he staying over again?
Are you okay?
The press are animals.
Ignore them.
You move ahead, right?
- (GROANS, GASPS)
- (HEARTBEAT THUDDING RAPIDLY)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)
HARPER: Night.
I'll be in my room,
continuing to make poor decisions.
I'm sure Henry's being innocent.
You gonna go?
I don't really have a choice, do I?
I'm waiting for his car now.
Yeah, there's a Tesla outside.
Great. So now I'm late.
You just passed your
managerial role onto me
because you don't know
how to do your fucking job.
- Yas, I'm sorry.
- No, you know
how exposed I am right now.
An unknown number gives
me a fucking heart attack,
and I'm about to lose my job,
probably, over a fucking photograph
I didn't even know was being taken.
Can you just try? Just
try and understand that.
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (DOOR OPENS, SLAMS CLOSED)
(DISTANT THUD)
(BALL THUDDING LOUDLY)
Really?
HENRY: So, are we oversubscribed?
- (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (MEN GRUNTING)
REYNOLDS: Shot!
(GROANS) Fuck!
YASMIN: Um, there is a very
exciting level of appetite.
I really think that Ashford's
bearishness was local to him.
How's Aurore?
OTTO MOSTYN: Yeah, is she electable yet?
Get one of the Sundays to do a profile.
Uh, Yasmin, this is my
uncle, Lord Norton
Alexander. Pleasure.
HENRY: My godfather, Otto Mostyn.
And, uh, this is Reynolds.
- (BALL THUDDING LOUDLY)
- (GRUNTS)
OTTO: Oh, fuck!
Where do I know you from?
I work at Pierpoint.
Pierpoint? My God, is
that place still solvent?
Actually, they've done a pretty
first-rate job marketing Lumi.
OTTO: It's closing up, isn't it?
- Four pound eighty, Botty!
- OTTO: Oh!
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
"The morning has gold in its mouth."
She's Charlie's kid.
I was at Balliol with your father.
OTTO: Oh, my God, Charlie Hanani?
He used to double-park his
Jag on Radcliffe Square.
He punched the air when he took a third.
Dangerously handsome.
Dangerously stupid.
I admired him.
You're on. (GRUNTS)
- (ALEXANDER NORTON GRUNTS)
- (BALL THUDDING)
(GROANS)
Sorry about my papers' coverage.
I empower my editors. Not my decision.
But a lot of people are
very angry with Mr. Hanani.
I'd gently nudge him
to come out of hiding
and stop letting his daughter
take all the punishment.
Scuttling away from
his own boat in a dinghy
and going on the lam.
- It's a coward's way out.
- All right, come on.
Well, if that's everything. Thank you.
No, wait a minute. Hang
on, hang on, hang on.
- Hang on. Hang on.
- OTTO: For fuck's sake.
(GROANS, BREATHES HEAVILY)
Thank you for the hands-on service.
Uh, let's keep this
dialogue going, shall we?
Oh, and, uh Yeah.
I know what it's like
having a family member
ruin your life,
so I know what you're going through.
The kids are always collateral.
ALEXANDER NORTON: I really do wonder
- if Charlie's recovering
- HENRY: Come on!
from syphilis he got at
some Mediterranean whorehouse.
- Give me a sec. Give me a sec.
- Fuck's sake, Botty!
Can I, um can I have
a minute? Otto Mostyn.
Yes, I know.
I'm having lunch tomorrow
at my club with Gregory Clark
from British Electric,
and he's got more social
pretensions than Barry Lyndon.
We could all go for a
drink out afterwards.
Gregory, he's still looking
for a Lumi comp to buy
given he missed out on
Prince Hal's little project.
Well, um,
you should really speak to
the investment banking division
about that kind of deal making.
Do you know, your father
he owes a lot of people a lot of money.
("CANDY WALLS" BY TRUST PLAYING) ♪
Including, but not limited
to, his bill at our club.
So, stop by
as his proxy.
Hmm?
(CLOCK CHIMING)
So be it what it is ♪
Just give it time ♪
Try your best to smile ♪
You give her lengths of love ♪
But the party is gone ♪
The party is gone ♪
I just have to do something
about this article.
I mean, surely I can sue.
It's not going to stay news for long.
And everyone loses on a libel case,
except the lawyers, of course.
The thing is
the photo was taken
completely out of context.
It looks like I was partying
with, like, stolen money.
So So, wait.
So, what are the financial
implications for you?
I mean, your family weren't involved
in Hanani Publishing anymore, were they?
No, but it's historic embezzlement.
He was skimming off the
pension pot for years.
Some of the employees are
actually suing me directly.
Yeah, but surely they haven't got a case
against you while he's still missing.
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Apparently not, but, um,
it's still costing me a
fuck ton in lawyers' fees
to fight them off.
If only the press knew
I was broke. (CHUCKLES)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (BASS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Oh, my God. (CHUCKLES)
Oh, my God. Um
my boss is sat over there
with someone that is not his wife.
Don't look. Oh, fucking hell.
Oh, oh. He's coming over.
- ERIC: Hey.
- (CHUCKLING) Eric.
I'm, um, I'm not on the piss.
I This is a meeting. She's a lawyer.
And she used to fuck my brother.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Okay, uh, well, I am on a date,
and I am separated from my wife.
Just wanted to get ahead of that.
Um
So, um, how's it going?
She keeps talking about her kids.
One's transitioning. Not my area.
I mean, I fucking
hate kids. So, join us?
One never hurt.
Let me just extricate
myself from this situation
with as much grace as I can summon up.
- DENISE OLDROYD: Great.
- Of course.
Why the fuck would you do
that? Now I can't leave.
I just love an old
dog with new appetites.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
("BLUE WATER" BY SALLY
OLDFIELD PLAYING ON RADIO) ♪
(BOTH MOANING)
You're just a useless
little boy, aren't you?
It's weaving around me like a lover ♪
With your ancient art ♪
You're gonna teach my heart ♪
The rolling and rocking of the water ♪
Blue water, rocking me ♪
Um, my chambers are around the corner.
I have a key.
We have a massive day tomorrow.
Just when you were getting interesting.
When we separated, I promised myself
I'd say yes to everything
I used to say no to.
Okay, fuck it.
("THE VIBRATION" BY SONNY HARRIS
& THE SOUL REFLECTIONS PLAYS) ♪
- Okay, fuck it.
- Okay.
Why don't you try the vibration? ♪
It's number one in the nation ♪
You get a groovy sensation ♪
I won't do it. It's not really
It's not who I am.
Not what the newspapers imply.
Kidding.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (DENISE SNIFFING)
I haven't done blow since 9/11.
No, really, it's, um,
it's just not who I am.
Me neither.
(DENISE SNIFFING)
Yeah, I'm lying. This
is what I'm good at.
(SIGHS, SNIFFING)
(SNIFFS, SIGHS)
On Pierpoint?
- I sentence you to a line.
- (DENISE LAUGHS)
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING) ♪
- DENISE: Fat boy.
- (SNIFFS)
- (SCREAMS) Yeah!
- (SCREAMS)
(YASMIN AND DENISE LAUGH)
Here you go. (SIGHS) Careful, it's hot.
ROBERT: Ta.
You know, I've bitten off more
than I can chew with this house.
I'm broke.
At least the lights are
still on, just about.
Well, I know a few illegal Croats
that'll give you a good up-front price.
(CHUCKLES) Of course you do.
And actually have an appetite for work.
When did the English get
so bad at building things?
(SCOFFS)
What is that bullshit around your neck?
Aw.
Did your little
girlfriend give you that?
- (CHUCKLES) Don't.
- (NICOLE CRAIG LAUGHS)
You look like a fucking
club rep from Zante.
(CHUCKLES) Fuck off.
- Let's have a look.
- (SIGHS)
Why do you stay
after you fuck me?
Here's me thinking that we
were making love. (CHUCKLES)
- (NECKLACE JINGLES)
- (ROBERT BREATHES DEEPLY)
I don't know why I'm still here.
You desire me.
We get each other off.
You're you with me.
I don't need this
toff CEO to say "well done" to me.
Yeah, you do. (SCOFFS)
That's all you've ever wanted.
Validation of your betters.
And, uh, functioning codependence
with someone as fucked up as you are.
Hey, listen, I'm not knocking it.
It's a good a north star as any.
We're all just chimps in a hierarchy.
("FEEL THE DRIVE" BY
DOCTOR'S CAT PLAYING) ♪
What's the deal with you and Wolfe Tone?
(DENISE SNIFFING)
- Kenny?
- Oh, um
God, how do you know about that?
I mean, it it was brutal at the time,
but I think we've sort of
readdressed the balance.
He pushed me hard on
rehiring you. He took me in.
After my wife (SCOFFS)
kicked me out,
I sort of lost three days to Jim Beam.
I went to Kenny.
- He and his wife were very kind.
- (DENISE SNIFFS)
It's like, um, Robbie Williams
turning up at Elton John's.
Like, the patron saint of pissheads.
I shouldn't have shown
him that side of me.
Let me level with you.
I am terrified of you
because I I want to be seen by you.
But, right now, like,
I feel seen by you,
and I'm not scared of you. (GIGGLES)
I do feel like we've just
skipped several awkward
stages of a relationship.
Right, and then let's try
and remember that feeling
when we're sober, you know?
Because I do want to impress you.
Eric, you're kind of a fucking rock star
- on our desk.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
- Keep talking.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
I shouldn't need the validation.
I just bailed on therapy.
Oh, I've never done it.
I'd be so scared about
what would actually
- come out of my mouth.
- Yeah.
A lot of money to just
talk about your parents.
- Right.
- Where's your father?
(SIGHS) I really wish people
would just stop asking me that.
How do you feel about it now?
I hate the way it makes me look.
What did you and Harper
have that was so special?
There was nothing special.
You don't have to be
anything like her, you know.
I'm baffled she's gotten
another job in the business.
Yeah, well, I kind of twisted
Anna's arm on that one.
I, you know, I took Anna
out to a bunch of dinners,
and I had to pay for them. (SNIFFS)
Are you going to fire me?
You know, we can keep dancing around it,
but, you know, it's on my mind,
- and we're here now.
- ERIC: Yeah.
- Given our current situation.
- It hadn't crossed my mind.
Uh (LAUGHS) Well, that's
not entirely accurate.
- I do have to let someone go.
- Who?
Someone worth letting
go, associate or above.
I don't want to, but if I don't do it,
they'll think I'm weak.
Right, but Robert and me
are the only associates
on the desk.
And he's made himself completely
indispensable managing Muck.
He's indispensable
till the IPO launches,
- then he's more dispensable.
- Oh.
Why did you put in a
good word for Harper?
YASMIN: Mm.
I think that, deep down,
Harper is a good person.
I don't think she is.
(SCOFFS)
I cannot believe we're doing
this the morning of the IPO.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
- Yas, Yas, take a picture of me.
You must feel the drive ♪
I'm beautiful.
You must feel the drive ♪
You must feel the drive ♪
The fuck are you doing?
Get into the stride ♪
(ERIC LAUGHS)
What? (LAUGHS)
Oh, okay.
Can't you feel this common stride ♪
You waited for it all about ♪
- Can can you go?
- Yeah.
(ERIC AND DENISE LAUGH)
You must feel the drive ♪
Bye.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
I probably shouldn't
take Cialis on blow.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (THUNDER RUMBLING)
- (RAIN PATTERING)
- (GASPS)
- (BODY THUDS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (LINE RINGING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
YASMIN: Hello? You okay?
- Are you okay?
- YASMIN: Yeah.
I'm fine.
Why are you calling?
ROBERT: I don't know.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Well
Well, you you called me.
What What's the matter?
Why aren't you at the exchange?
Do you think I'm cursed?
It's just
It's just that everyone
everyone everyone dies.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
Yeah, everyone does die.
Are you fucked? (CHUCKLES)
What have you taken?
Maybe you should stop drinking. Again.
But I'm I'm sure you're okay.
Um, I actually I wanted to say
I'm sorry for for last night.
I overreacted. Okay? (SIGHS)
See you at home, yeah?
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
RISHI: (OVER PA) Lumi
close to opening here.
- Offer price is 4.80.
- KENNY: Bye. Bye-bye.
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
- KENNY: Where have you been?
Phones are ringing off the hook.
Apparently, Adler's coming
onto the floor to oversee Lumi.
SWEETPEA: Where's Eric?
His wife just dumped the kids with me.
Apparently, it's his day and
he hasn't seen them for weeks.
I don't know. Why would I know?
RISHI: I wanna feel the flow
coursing through my body.
- You forgot about us.
- No, no, I didn't.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
RISHI: You sure you wanna let his
kids see those heels, Sweetpea?
They'll be destined
for a life on the pole.
Rishi, do not shame me
for dressing in a way
that gives me confidence
and then look at me like I'm lunch.
It's completely inappropriate.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (MOUTHS) I love it.
EMPLOYEE: Opening price is 4.30.
We're expecting a 4.80 close.
- So, where the hell were you?
- ROBERT: Please, don't.
- I can't do this now.
- Hey. Hey!
Shit. Are you all right?
Robert, what are you doing
here? Who's with Henry?
- Hey, man, are you good?
- Rob.
I need to talk to you.
RISHI: Hey, soft lad.
Whoa, you got the dead eyes
of a porn star. What happened?
(ANRAJ LAUGHING)
Fuck off, Rishi.
Please.
That's I can't (SOBS) I can't
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SOBS)
Rob.
(SOBS)
ERIC: Off the desk.
- (ROBERT SOBS)
- Rob
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I am sorry.
I'm really embarrassed.
That was so unprofessional.
Don't apologize. Sometimes
things just bubble up.
What happened?
I lost a client.
ERIC: Huh? That's all?
Where are you meant to be right now?
ROBERT: At the stock exchange with Lumi.
Look at me for a second.
Are you going to stop
being such a pussy?
Look at me.
Say it with me.
"I'm a man and I'm relentless."
- I'm a man and I'm relentless.
- ERIC: Good.
Now, say it properly.
Stay with me.
I am a man and I'm relentless.
I'm a man
- and I'm relentless.
- I'm I'm a man.
- And I'm relent
- (SHOUTS) I'm a man!
- I'm a man.
- And I'm relentless!
- I'm a man.
- I'm a man!
- I am a man!
- And I'm relentless!
I'm a man! And I'm relentless!
Now, go to work.
Now, we do our jobs.
Wait, what did you want to talk about?
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
Give me that.
Hey man, are you good?
I can smell it on you.
Maybe you should come to
another meeting with me, huh?
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
I need a word.
KENNY: This morning's set pretty fair.
Phones are ringing off
the hook like the old days.
Hey, man.
Do you want to talk about
what prompted the relapse?
I'm not like you, Ken.
I I don't need judgment from you.
This is empathy.
It's worse.
I have to let you go.
(CHUCKLES) What are you talking about?
You'll have a very
healthy redundancy package.
- I've been performing.
- Part of my new role
is making tough decisions.
On the morning of the IPO?
I'm mortgaged up to the fucking hilt,
I just got married.
You drained the open bar. Jesus Christ.
What is this, some sort
of signal to the others?
I'll give you whatever
recommendation you need.
(CELL PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES)
VENITIA: Hi.
KENNY: Please rethink this.
Eric, you were a state.
I I looked after you.
You made a practical decision.
You looked after me because I pay you.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- (DOOR OPENS)
I'm so sorry, Kenny. It's your wife, um,
I I picked it up.
She's called three times.
- She says it's urgent.
- You can take it.
KENNY: Hello?
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- Come on, come on.
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
Eric, you listen to me, okay?
This is wrongful dismissal.
I will take you to a fucking tribunal.
I decide who lives and dies here.
Can you hear yourself?
Yes, I can.
For the first time
in a long time, I can.
Now, leave quietly.
Or shall we bring up your history?
The litany of sins against
a specific colleague.
I've been generous.
I've acted with compassion.
Now, pack your fucking box and leave.
KENNY: You're dripping.
Wipe yourself off, you're dripping.
I pity you.
I know that shame.
- What's this?
- Oh. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
Uh
play with this instead.
- Thank you?
- YASMIN: Thanks.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
How could you do this to me?
What?
RISHI: Lumi closes
above 4.80. No prisoners!
YASMIN: Kenny!
Guys, Sweetpea's gonna watch you.
My wife's trying to punish me.
- With your own kids?
- ERIC: Yes, Sweetpea.
Find them a last-minute sitter.
Today is the only day that matters!
Above 4.80, kids!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
EXCHANGE HEAD: Enjoy.
This is gonna be exciting.
This is surreal.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Rob.
Your friend Yasmin.
Is there more to her than just a photo?
You know they're a customer.
The exchange. We supply their energy.
(SIGHS) I'm a bit scared.
After all this, the ringing
of the bell, the IPO
it's all gonna feel rather pathetic.
An anticlimax.
Absolutely not.
No way.
I mean, look at all this.
You've done this.
You're gonna feel very
alive.
Hey man.
("OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS
OF MONEY)" BY PET SHOP BOYS PLAYING) ♪
Good job.
They're ready to ring in three,
two
- RISHI: What the fuck?
- What the fuck?
- No, no, no, no!
- What the fuck is going on?
Which prick forgot to pay the bill?
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
Um (CHUCKLES)
(CLEARS THROAT) What happened?
I've got the brains ♪
You've got the looks ♪
Let's make lots of money ♪
You've got the brawn ♪
I've got the brains ♪
Let's make lots of ♪
I've had enough of scheming ♪
And messing around with jerks ♪
My car is parked outside ♪
I'm afraid it doesn't work ♪
I'm looking for a partner ♪
Regardless of expense ♪
Think about it seriously ♪
You'll know it makes sense ♪
- Let's ♪
- You've got the brawn ♪
- Make ♪
- I've got the brains ♪
Let's make lots of money ♪
- I've got the brains ♪
- Got the brains ♪
- You've got the looks ♪
- Got the looks ♪
Let's make lots of money ♪
Money ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪