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Twenty Twenty Six S01E05-6 (2026)
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00:07It's another week at the 2026 Oversight Headquarters in Miami, and in the social media space, there's something cool happening.
00:14Like, what even is that?
00:15Keepy-uppies.
00:16Excuse me?
00:17Wait, keepy-uppies?
00:18You never heard of keepy-uppies?
00:20What, like it's a thing?
00:20Oh, man.
00:22Yeah, no, it's great.
00:23It's really old.
00:25This is a big week, with FIPA about to unveil its official ball for the 2026 tournament.
00:30The team have been looking at ways to viralise the moment on social media, and it looks as
00:35if they might have literally stumbled across something.
00:38Whoa.
00:38Jesus.
00:39Head nice and still.
00:40Oh, my God.
00:41It's all about distribution away.
00:43This is so cool.
00:45Oh, sorry, Will.
00:47Yeah, no worries, you're cool.
00:48Okay, bad luck.
00:49Just keep your head still, yeah?
00:51Ooh!
00:52Okay.
00:52Yeah, no, sorry, you're not crab.
00:54Okay.
00:55Nice, easy rhythm.
00:57Like, we should totally put this on the far corner, right?
00:59Right, like, oh my God.
01:00Okay.
01:00Like, as a challenge, right?
01:01Yeah, right, right, right, right.
01:02Not thinking about feet, they're just doing their own thing.
01:04Like, hashtag keepy-uppie-challenge.
01:06Right.
01:06Hashtag 2026.
01:07Like, you post your personal best, right?
01:08Right, I can totally see that.
01:10Okay, okay, let's do it.
01:12Like, like, this is really cool, right?
01:14Right.
01:15Hey, you wanna try?
01:16Me.
01:16Yeah, like, you should totally try this.
01:18Yeah, no, I'm good.
01:19Okay.
01:19Yeah.
01:20Fine.
01:21So, we had to work hard on this with the venues and the manufacturers and our alternative
01:25technologies team, but we got there, right?
01:27We made it.
01:28Viva.
01:29Absolutely.
01:30Meanwhile, in the meeting room, Sarah is wearing her sustainability and climate strategy
01:34hat in a big way.
01:35So, we are now able to say, officially, that the lighting in all public areas around all
01:40of our stadiums and all of our venues will be powered exclusively by on-site solar-powered
01:45generators producing 100% sustainable electricity with zero environmental impact.
01:51Well, right.
01:51Well, that's really, I mean, that's really great.
01:53Yeah, there is something, right?
01:55Shine the light.
01:56Shine a light is the flagship initiative in her Better Place pledge to leave the host
02:01cities, North America, and ultimately the world itself in a better place after the 2026
02:06tournament than wherever it was before it.
02:08Is this cutting edge technology?
02:10Yes.
02:10We're shifting the paradigm for how these events are managed around the world.
02:13Exactly.
02:13Yes.
02:14Because, from now on, things are going to be different.
02:16Say, when?
02:17Because they have to be, right?
02:18Bravo.
02:19Sarah.
02:27So, there's a chip in the ball, right?
02:30They put a chip in the ball.
02:32Like, who is this guy, right?
02:33Right, right.
02:34What they don't tell you is that chip is a Chinese chip.
02:37Okay, so this is not good.
02:38As in, it is a Chinese-made chip, right?
02:42Need I say any more?
02:43He's an off case.
02:44Okay, so you cannot actually say that.
02:45Yeah, right, right, right.
02:46But meanwhile, back in the world of balls, there's been an unforeseen development.
02:50Like, this is actually the same chip they're using in Chinese military drones and nuclear
02:55warheads.
02:56Of course, they don't want you to know that.
02:58What?
02:59Like, oh my god, that is so yikes.
03:00Oh my god.
03:01A copy of an email has appeared online, which claims that in early trials, players are unhappy
03:06with the new 2026 ball, which they say doesn't behave normally through the air, prompting
03:11a virtual overreaction on social media.
03:14Alright, thanks for watching, guys.
03:15You know where I am.
03:16You can subscribe here.
03:18I'm also there on Instagram.
03:19Hashtag, things that I want you to know.
03:21In the meantime, no fear, no doubt, no sleep.
03:29Right, so that's it.
03:30Okay.
03:30Right.
03:31Okay, so this guy.
03:32So this has come from nowhere, right?
03:33Right.
03:33Totally.
03:34Right, like I've literally never heard of him, right?
03:35Right, so this is Thunderbird Stingray.
03:37What?
03:37Right, so that's probably not his real name, right?
03:39Right.
03:39I hope not.
03:40Like he has like this channel, like things they don't want you to know.
03:43Yeah, yeah.
03:43Right.
03:44Yeah, you see, for me, I'm sorry, but for me-
03:46I'm sorry, you're crap.
03:47For me, the guy's a nutcase.
03:48So that is not okay, okay?
03:49I mean, he's sitting in his bedroom, he has about 12 subscribers.
03:51So actually he has like 300, right?
03:53Right.
03:53Okay.
03:54Right, actually 372.
03:55Right.
03:56Okay, 372 other nutcases sitting in their bedrooms.
03:59Okay, so-
03:59I mean, I'm sorry, but it's hashtag grow up, get off your ass and get a fucking life, right?
04:03Yeah, right, right, right.
04:14Why would I do that?
04:16I don't need to.
04:17I don't need to tell him.
04:18Why would I?
04:19Okay, well, it's not his condo either, right?
04:21It's-
04:22By the next morning, it's already Tuesday.
04:24I don't care.
04:25So that's just a legal thing, right?
04:27That's just a-
04:28Okay, well, yeah, absolutely.
04:30No, absolutely.
04:31That is a plan, and we will talk again soon.
04:34Okay, absolutely great.
04:35Sure.
04:35Bye.
04:36Bye-bye.
04:38Hi.
04:38Morning.
04:39Just thought I'd pick up a coffee before I start.
04:41I'm Susie.
04:42By the way, I know I should be drinking ashwagandha tea instead.
04:46Well-
04:46I know, you left some for me in the survival pack in the apartment.
04:49Right.
04:49And I will start drinking it, I promise, but sometimes-
04:52Right.
04:53So the guy showed up to fix the garbage disposal?
04:55Yes, yes.
04:56Great.
04:56No, thanks very much for that.
04:58Sure.
04:58It was a spoon, apparently.
04:59It was my fault.
05:00I shouldn't have taken the thing off.
05:01Probably not, no.
05:02By the way, it's so great, you know.
05:04The condo?
05:04Really, honestly, I can't tell you, so-
05:06Well, you know I'm glad.
05:08Talking of the environment, I see that Shiner Light went live on the website this morning.
05:12Right.
05:13Looks great.
05:14Well, thank you.
05:14You had any reaction yet?
05:16Right.
05:16So, actually, as of now, not yet?
05:19Right.
05:20No.
05:20Still.
05:21It's early days, right?
05:22Absolutely.
05:22And it's out there now.
05:24Absolutely.
05:24Yeah, it's real.
05:25There you go, saving the world again.
05:27Anna, stop it.
05:28I bet you say that to all the sustainability girls.
05:30I probably shouldn't say this, but who knows.
05:33Maybe the world really can be a better place after all, right?
05:36Right.
05:36In spite of everything.
05:37In spite of everything.
05:38Yes.
05:38So, that's all good then.
05:40Yes.
05:44Yes.
05:45They can control it whenever they want, like with free kicks or penalties, like there's
05:49actually a building in Beijing, like there's footage out there, like it's insane.
05:54Right.
05:54Right, okay.
05:55Huh.
05:55I mean, fuck's sake, this guy can barely type.
05:57By nine o'clock, with stories about the chip in the 2026 ball now proliferating fast
06:02amongst highly trained conspiracy theorists online, the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG,
06:07has gathered in the meeting room.
06:08It can connect with any wifi network, wherever it is, using AI to bypass password and security,
06:12and they can harvest information from computers or phones on that network without anyone knowing.
06:16What?
06:17Exactly.
06:17Yes, I mean, you're kidding.
06:18Okay, so this is not a joke, okay?
06:20This stuff is out there.
06:21It's like, where do these guys come from?
06:23It's outrageous.
06:24There's another one somewhere, I saw it earlier.
06:26The ball can listen.
06:27Exactly, yes.
06:28Yes, well, listen.
06:29Yeah.
06:29Exactly.
06:30What to?
06:32Yes, I mean...
06:32What do you mean, what to?
06:33What kind of a fucking question is that?
06:35Okay, well, let's...
06:35I mean, us, I guess, in this case.
06:38Balls?
06:38Yeah.
06:38Christ.
06:39I mean, if that's true, you gotta say, it's impressive.
06:42Well...
06:42I mean, I don't know about you guys, but I don't find that easy a lot of the time, and
06:45I've got ears.
06:45Yes.
06:46Exactly so.
06:47The official f***er 2026 football is made by a*****s, who we're unable to name for legal
06:52reasons.
06:53And the pressure is on to establish, firstly, what the actual truth about the ball is, and
06:57then, crucially, whether that's going to be believable.
07:00I mean, perhaps before we get drawn any further into the whole, you know...
07:02We're looking at a bottomless pit of shit here.
07:04Yes, well, that's one way.
07:05Yeah, 100%.
07:05Yes, as I say, before we get drawn any further into that, shall we just back up a moment
07:10and try and establish a few facts here?
07:12Ah, yes.
07:12Interesting.
07:13Yeah, that'd be something.
07:14Yes, because just to be clear about what we're dealing with here, in terms of the optics
07:17of this...
07:18Exactly, yes.
07:18I mean, because, well, there is a chip in the ball, isn't there?
07:20Oh, yeah.
07:21Well, we know that, so that's actually true.
07:23Of course there is.
07:23I mean, otherwise, how are we going to know where it is?
07:26Yes, and so, just out of interest then, is it Chinese made, do we know?
07:30What, the chip?
07:30Yes.
07:31I mean, I don't know.
07:32Probably, right?
07:32How do I know that?
07:33Do we know that, Eric?
07:35Well...
07:36Because I know Zurich's been working very closely with *** through all the development
07:39stages of this.
07:40Well, exactly.
07:41So, then perhaps we can say we are all Chinese now, yes?
07:44Right, okay.
07:45It is where we are.
07:46When?
07:46Okay, fuck.
07:49Okay, so, with something like this, the only people that are going to visit the website
07:53are people who already know that it's there, right?
07:54Right.
07:55Okay, totally.
07:56Right, and the thing about the people who already know it's there is they already know
07:59it's there, right?
08:01Right, right.
08:01Meanwhile, Sarah is with the social media team, analyzing early reaction to how
08:06her Shine a Light campaign.
08:07And with three comments posted on the website so far, two of them from Ian Fletcher, the
08:12main takeaway is that there hasn't really been one.
08:14It's like the people that you need to reach out to here are the people that are not going
08:16to visit the website.
08:17Okay.
08:18Like, they have literally no idea what it is.
08:20Right.
08:20Like, this is a huge audience, right?
08:22Right, totally.
08:22Yeah, right, it's huge.
08:24Yeah, right, right, right.
08:24But fortunately, as usual, they've got the whole of the internet at their finger and thumb
08:28tips.
08:29Okay.
08:30Okay, so apparently the Rolling Stones actually sang this song, Shine a Light.
08:33Okay.
08:34The Rolling Stones.
08:35Right, yes.
08:36Okay.
08:36Right.
08:37Ew.
08:37Okay.
08:38Wait, what happened?
08:40Not gonna work.
08:41No way.
08:42Okay, sure.
08:42Their task is to find a way of connecting Shine a Light with a younger and almost universally
08:47unaware audience on social media.
08:50So wait, is that?
08:50Okay, so that's keepy-uppies.
08:52Keepy-uppies.
08:53Right.
08:53For the ball launch.
08:54Okay.
08:54So cool.
08:55So cool.
08:55Like, it's literally gone crazy.
08:57Right, right, right.
08:57Okay, but that's Will, right?
09:00What?
09:00Will?
09:01Oh, well.
09:02No way.
09:03Will?
09:04You posted a video.
09:06Yeah.
09:06That's so cool.
09:07Yeah, so I've been practicing, so I can do like my personal best.
09:09Right.
09:10Like, that's your personal best?
09:11No, but the hat.
09:12You say again?
09:13In the video, you're wearing the Shine a Light hat.
09:15Yeah, no.
09:16Yeah.
09:17Okay.
09:18Oh my God.
09:18Yeah, so Ian Fletcher gave it to me.
09:20Like, he said I could wear it.
09:21Okay, okay.
09:21So, like, if Will was like, I don't know, like, Cristiano Ronaldo, right?
09:24No.
09:25Right.
09:25No.
09:26Like, oh my God.
09:26Like, oh my God, shut up.
09:28Yeah, I know you're crap.
09:30Yeah.
09:30Yeah.
09:34That's right.
09:38Yeah.
09:39Yeah.
09:40Yeah.
09:41Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding the official ball for the soccer world
09:45took a more serious turn overnight with president posting on that the governing body for world
09:53soccer should get rid of the chinese chip in the ball which he says can actually listen to what you
09:58say and replace it with an american chip made by which he says is far superior anyway our sports
10:05correspondent dan howard has been following this story and is outside the white house now
10:08dan this is a story that just got a lot more serious right that's right alex as you say this
10:14is a story that got more serious overnight it's wednesday morning and the issue with the ball
10:18has got a lot more serious overnight and with the president posting again in the last few minutes
10:23this time suggesting that they should replace the ball itself adidas being a german company of course
10:29and replace it with a ball right now we here at cnc news have approached for comment unfortunately
10:34they haven't gotten back to us yet and with the president i mean the idea of us dropping
10:40out completely at this point yeah uh no excuse me i mean presumably that would be you know no no
10:46no
10:46yes so we can say this could be complicated complicated exactly so okay you want to know
10:50how much the contract with this is worth over the next 10 years well 100 million dollars right 700
10:55yes it's not complicated that's apocalypse now yes and then when it comes to the idea of replacing
11:00the Huawei chip with an intel chip oh please okay so these are just details but first of all
11:05intel don't actually make their own ships they're actually made out of either taiwan or south korea
11:09right yeah and also this is actually pretty interesting i believe they currently supply
11:14the hardware for a lot of the u.s administration's own systems right but like i say those are just
11:18yes they're just facts yes i mean obviously we need to get ahead of this pretty quickly but when
11:23it comes to but when it comes to exactly what the narrative is here okay so what you have here
11:28is
11:28you have a fire here and the forest is dry yes right great we're on fire okay then in mexico
11:33we
11:34have a saying ah yes right well the way to extinguish the way to extinguish the small fire
11:42small fire is with a bigger bigger one yes exactly yes so how do we do that well then this
11:47is the
11:47question here yes right this is what i am saying yes exactly so yes also nothing back from lionel
11:55messy but they did ask us to send him the hat okay cool over in the social media space having
12:01come
12:01up with the idea of mashing up their keepy-uppy ball campaign with sarah's shine a light environmental
12:06initiative all thanks to will the team has been busy reaching out to global sports stars to keep
12:12the ball up and wear the hat but so far without much luck okay so we keep going here right
12:17like it
12:18doesn't even have to be a soccer player like it could be right totally right could be anybody right
12:21right like even will has like 300 views now right right yeah right so it could be anybody right right
12:26totally yeah cool yeah it could be anybody yeah cool and no one is more keenly aware than sarah of
12:31what's at stake if they could somehow pull this off okay so cristiano ronaldo leonel messi
12:37chad vandergrift mohammed salah abidalka pomer killing mbappe narenda modi wait narenda modi okay
12:44wait yeah like he plays for real madrid right uh so no way what no way what they love the
12:49hat who does uh
12:50lionel messi his people okay lionel messi whoa no they love the hat they love the idea he wants to
12:56do it okay okay oh my gosh cool will yeah i know yeah that's just like mental can i hug
13:01you uh yeah
13:03would that be okay yeah okay cool i'm so sorry i just had to do that yeah no no worries
13:14yeah cool
13:27wait you're saying legally i have to tell him it's another morning and for sarah it's another cup
13:32of tea at the start of another day tell him i don't care what's he gonna do about it right
13:37okay so sue me go ahead but you can tell him from me that i absolutely no absolutely okay sure
13:43bye bye
13:44bye all right hi i thought i might find you in here absolutely i can't go on meeting like this
13:50right yes no i was just oh by the way congratulations on the news about messi and the hat right
13:55i mean
13:55that would be amazing if that happened sure i mean wouldn't it so his management has been in touch
14:00right and they're asking about the issue with the ball right yes so yes right when we were this close
14:06no but i'm sure we'll find a way i mean in the end it's just a problem it's just a
14:12problem well there are
14:13all kinds of problems aren't there and i think we're at a point with this one where the only way
14:16out of it is to find a solution right i mean that's literally the only way of dealing with it
14:20so no i mean it's exciting right yeah so anyway a big day but i just wanted to find you
14:25it's a bit
14:25embarrassing but i think with everything going on i managed to leave my keys behind in the flat this
14:29morning okay i mean locked inside obviously sure so i was just wondering if sure no no problem i have
14:35a spare set oh great phew so i don't actually have them with me oh okay they're at home right
14:41so i could just
14:42bring them over to you at the end of the day right uh well that seems a bit i could
14:45meet you
14:46at the condo oh i could come to your place right well if it's better for you to come to
14:50my place
14:51i mean your place actually of course sure with news breaking a few moments ago the president
14:57xi is threatening to pull out of the summit describing recent comments by president about
15:02the chinese-made computer chip in the ball as unacceptable and offensive our diplomatic correspondent
15:08andrew du claire has been following this story and is in beijing andrew this is a story that just
15:13got a lot more serious in the last few minutes right well alex as you say this is a story
15:17that
15:17has gotten a lot more serious in the last few minutes meanwhile it looks as if the issue with
15:22the official ball has got more serious still in the last few minutes with china's president xi jing
15:27ping now threatening to pull out of a scheduled meeting with president trump at the g20 summit in
15:32paris meeting between the two men since the last time okay so this is not good president trump as
15:37is his way of course appears to be doubling down with a series of new posts with another one coming
15:42in just in the last few moments describing the new solar power generators to be deployed across all 20
15:4726 venues as chinese fake tech it's not good news for anyone but especially not if your mission in
15:54life as the person responsible for sustainability and climate strategy is to make the world a better
15:59place saying they should be replaced instead with us made diesel generators running on us gas which
16:05he describes as common sense fox is coming where's sarah yes in the kitchen i think yes okay no you're
16:12all right she's gone public areas having zero environmental impact so things are moving faster
16:16around here yes exactly i have good news zurich has been talking to the white house right we have good
16:21relations there as you know right yes yeah they have also been talking to beijing okay who's your account
16:27yes fortunately we know our president is a personal friend with president g of course right wait a
16:33personal friend of president g ah yes yes what the fuck does that mean so apparently they share a love
16:37for opera what huh perhaps we can say this is the power of football and music working together yes yes
16:44well anyway opera uh yes anyway we will be uh releasing a statement shortly which we hope will de-escalate
16:50the situation great okay and which we hope will be acceptable to all the parties involved right okay then
16:55hopefully we can all get back to football yes exactly exactly exactly so so good news yes yes but
17:00hang on i mean how how i mean what kind of statement what's going to be in it ah yes
17:04uh so we can say
17:05they are very keen to know this right actually we can say super keen right ah okay what what you
17:13mean is
17:13we're going to be releasing a statement well fuck's sake no no perhaps we can say when the big moment
17:18arrives in the big game this is where you find out who you are yes well no you sure you
17:23want to know that
17:26well exactly yes meanwhile as rumors surrounding the chinese chip in the ball continue to proliferate
17:34on social media and with president trump and president xi jinping apparently in a standoff
17:39the pressure is building on 2026 organizers to find a solution to this problem before it gets a lot more
17:45serious i mean so in terms of what we know we know we can't replace the chip with a different
17:49chip and we
17:50know exactly why we can't do that we know we can't replace the ball with a different ball and again
17:54we know exactly why we can't do that right so we're starting from a place where we know quite a
17:58lot
17:58already so that's all good yeah right with the world's media watching and what would once have
18:03been diplomats in both washington and beijing waiting for an official statement from this is about
18:09as serious as it can get unless it gets more serious still i mean is there a way and listen
18:14if i had a
18:14better idea i would tell you about it but is there a way we could just turn this thing off
18:18right okay
18:19turn it off you mean the chip right so what do you mean turn it off look so look i
18:23love technology as
18:24much as the next guy so recently i've actually started sleeping with it but in this case but in
18:29this case it is the technology that got us where we are here right well yes that's true right so
18:33i'm
18:33just wondering okay okay i mean that's an interesting light to shine on this isn't it interesting is it i
18:39don't
18:39know fuck's sake so nick uh you don't seem so this is a chip right right right how do we
18:44know if it's
18:44on or off okay how do we know what it's doing yeah no okay yeah fair point so what we
18:48get our
18:49guy to have a private word with president g at cosy fan fucking tute yes or i don't know maybe
18:53we cut
18:53a deal maybe they get to keep the chip switched on if they promise not to invade taiwan yes okay
18:57you
18:57know actually that's not a bad idea actually i mean what are we what is this a high school slumber
19:01party
19:02okay bueno so what you have here this is a runaway train yes well exactly then when you have a
19:07runaway
19:07train what do you do what you do is so you make sure you are laying the track yes right
19:11exactly
19:11i'm sorry but i'm struggling it so this is instead of the fire is it excuse me yeah uh here
19:16yes i think
19:17that's obviously this is not my area but i'm pretty sure the train is on fire as well here exactly
19:20well
19:21okay yeah got it with the clock ticking and the world waiting for a statement the challenge is to
19:25find something acceptable to zurich beijing washington and conspiracy theorists the world over
19:31and in an era of competing narratives and with fact heavily circumcised
19:35they need to find a story that's better than anyone else's story okay so let's go back to the
19:40beginning and start again really hang on haven't we done that once already well sometimes when you
19:43tell yourself the story again you see something that's been staring you in the face all along
19:47huh like yeah like disaster okay so the chips are made by one correct and just to be clear all
19:52the
19:52software is one too right uh well no actually i believe the ball tracking software itself is actually
19:57u.s based right written by a bunch of 14 year olds in silicon valley okay right okay right
20:08uh by the end of the afternoon with the press now gathered outside there's a growing sense that
20:14something has got to happen hi yes it's ian i'm not sure where you are at the moment but i
20:19just wanted
20:19to say just wanted to bring you up to speed really but in the meantime ian is having a brief
20:24moment in
20:24the kitchen it looks like we're onto something and if it works then it could even be that this whole
20:29thing
20:29goes away as quickly as it flared up so for shine a light and for you know saving the world
20:34basically
20:34that's all good uh yes and then with the keys uh i'm not quite sure what the plan was so
20:38it might be
20:39good to firm up on that anyway um i hope you're well um i mean i hope you're okay yes
20:44so uh anyway
20:45we'll speak soon yes bye oh right okay well first things first but eventually after intensive track
20:56laying and with the train still on fire the time has finally come for someone to go downstairs and
21:01say something there are a lot of tv crews down there now right we have said you will make one
21:04statement
21:05only yes right yes and don't worry i am there to protect you right okay so in this situation i
21:09am in
21:09midfield i am controlling the game you're just scoring the goals okay yes it's a perfect scenario yes
21:13oh right yes okay here we go yes so i've been in contact with zürich right uh what i can
21:18say to
21:18you is they are super happy with your statement right super happy good exactly yes they just have
21:22one little thought yes okay just to save time here i'm going to be making the statement that we agreed
21:26on in the room if that's okay ah yes not some other announcement that i haven't seen yet and that
21:30i
21:30won't have time to look at until it's coming out of my mouth no well then in this case uh
21:33we can say
21:34good luck yes well thank you thank you yes exactly so see so we're avoiding mentioning
21:41this or donald by name at any point right yes you can literally use any other words you like right
21:47i added that one right you got a problem with that no right now okay one great
21:55okay so this is gonna be great right well good luck thanks yeah good luck mate you're cool yeah so
22:00i
22:00guess i shouldn't say this and i mean it as a compliment but in case it helps i'm glad it's
22:04not me yeah me too
22:05yeah yeah 100 okay thank you so uh thank you for gathering here for this and uh welcome to oversight
22:23so we've become aware obviously in the last few days of a number of rumors surrounding the official ball
22:28in the 2026 tournament uh so it's a great opportunity for us to clarify things so for a
22:36while now there has been a chip in the ball used in many if not most professional soccer games and
22:41there's nothing different about this tournament but soccer is nothing if not a global game and every
22:47four years the world comes together to celebrate that fact so it is no secret and no surprise to find
22:53that the chip in the 2026 ball is manufactured in china just as it is no surprise to find that
22:59the
22:59software that controls it is written and created here in the us so what do those two facts tell us
23:06they tell a story of two of the greatest nations on earth the us and china working together in lockstep
23:13united in creative and technical endeavor whether it's this or the cutting edge solar power generators
23:19across all our venues and connected to the rest of the world through the power of sport soccer the
23:262026 world cup we live in a complex and often troubled world and i don't know about you but that's
23:34a story we need to hear now more than ever who knows maybe the world can be a better place
23:40after all
23:42in spite of everything thank you mr fletcher have you spoken with the president thank you thank you
23:48exactly so yes
24:11i hope you haven't been here long this is so good of you no not at all it's the end
24:16of a long day
24:16and sarah has come over with her spare set of keys to let ian back into the apartment so i
24:22just
24:22wanted to say thank you me no i mean what for that was a brilliant thing you did oh no
24:27well i mean
24:28sometimes it's like with pilots and bad weather sometimes you can't go around it or over it so
24:32in the end you just have to go through it you know that's so true so i want to show
24:37you something
24:38okay you seen this i don't know it depends what it is okay wow they just posted it on the
24:46far
24:46corner site that's amazing right right
24:52no he's definitely better than will right how many followers has he got 500 million on instagram
24:58right have you got 500 million hats anyway i just thought you should see it well no that's amazing i
25:06mean
25:06well done basically well so really coming over here to let you in is the least i can do okay
25:11well
25:11anyway thank you it's very good of you oh okay so okay actually is that i mean has someone changed
25:23the locks okay i mean could that have happened okay so we should probably talk i guess right no look
25:30i
25:30mean it's fine i'm truly sorry about this no honestly really it's fine i'll phone the hotel it is not
25:35fine you know they know me i'm sure they'll be able to also you're not going back to a hotel
25:38tonight honestly you're not this is my fault no it's no it's not my fault i mean it's one of
25:43those
25:43things isn't it it's just you're not going anywhere there's room in my place right if you would like
25:50that right time has passed at 2026 oversight headquarters in miami director of integrity ian
26:02fletcher has been here for nearly three months in which time a lot has happened and with the opening
26:08ceremony now suddenly just eight weeks away there's a lot to think about
26:16now morning will oh yeah hey yeah morning that's great thank you yeah no worries yeah cool yeah anything
26:21you need to tell me about today yeah i don't know like what well no i'm asking you oh cool
26:25yeah no
26:25worries yeah cool oh yeah so there's this guy trying to get a hold of you have a cottage oh
26:29right yes him
26:30yeah i don't know who he is no well as far as i can work out he's basically a headhunter
26:34okay what no i mean i think he's working on the 2028 olympics in los angeles isn't he
26:39yeah so he keeps phoning right like he's called again twice already this morning okay then i think
26:43you need to be a bit firmer with him yeah okay so next time he calls say that you've spoken
26:47to me
26:47we've discussed it and i'm sorry but this really isn't the right time i've got enough on my plate with
26:512026 as it is so i'm sorry but i'm not going to be speaking to him at this time okay
26:56okay yeah these
26:57people are pretty tough you've just got to be tough with them too oh you're cool you're tough
27:00yeah no worries you're cool
27:11okay so we are very lucky to have vincente with us today truly yes after all we know how busy
27:17he is
27:18absolutely right uh but he has done us the courtesy of stopping off in miami on his way back to
27:23mexico
27:23city actually it is an honor for us gracias and and coming in today just to take us through his
27:29very incredible vision for the opening ceremony which i think you're going to find uh what uh can
27:34i say it's uh it's quite something exactly so gracias ryan gracias this morning as the opening
27:40ceremony takes shape the executive team are meeting its creative director vicente huajardo the renowned
27:46mexican film director who has been working in close approximation with 2026 lead events producer
27:52ryan hartz so first of all i want to say to you um this is a great honor for me
27:59to be creating this
28:00show on the world stage in mexico city now in this moment truly and what i ask you now please
28:07take everything you know about opening ceremonies closing ceremonies this kind of thing take everything
28:14you know everything you have seen and throw it away forget it yes it is gone well so exciting okay
28:25good
28:33regarded by many as a visionary especially by those who haven't worked with him
28:37huajardo broke through on the world stage when his film entanglement picked up the oscar for best film not
28:43in any language in 2021. his opening ceremony is to be a unique live collision between creative
28:49forces chosen from literally all over mexico when you make a piece of art you are in control yes you
28:56are in control and you are not in control it is a chemical reaction then you bring these people together
29:04and you say to them you are free now tell me who you are tell me who i am tell
29:10me what we are doing
29:12here tell me what this is and then in the end we know we find out yes truly i believe
29:21it is a kind of
29:22miracle
29:26right okay so well i think first of all just to say thank you vincenti oh my god i mean
29:31that's really
29:32well it's amazing to hear about right gracias i told you right yes this is a great story we're telling
29:37here yes well uh and so just you know uh in layman's terms uh when it comes to telling our
29:43story uh in
29:45in terms of what's emerged from this amazing collaboration i mean what has emerged in the end
29:51excuse me you know just so we're all clear at this stage absolutely okay so then you are not listening
29:56yes well this is the point of what we are doing here this is the point when we arrive at
30:01our destination
30:02then we know where we are right we know it finally all of us for the first time in this
30:06moment and
30:07this is what we share with the world it is not before or after no it is unique in this
30:15moment we are alive
30:18it is not like anything else yes yeah like i said right
30:38okay fine the guy's a fucking genius terrific but apart from anything else there's zero reference
30:42to the u.s right yes zero in the opening ceremony right well or canada actually well no now that
30:49i
30:49think of it of course yes i mean what is this the mask of fucking zorro excuse me oh yes
30:53the wall i
30:54mean for fuck's sake meanwhile the senior executive team have repaired to the meeting room to unpack
30:59vicente wajardo's plans for the opening ceremony yeah so i mean ryan sure i'm sure i saw an early
31:05draft of what was going to happen in the opening ceremony at some point right okay uh-huh yeah
31:08absolutely okay so this was the opening ceremony beachy yes i have it here right well i mean sarah
31:14for instance sure i seem to remember a whole sustainability strand running through it absolutely
31:18thank you ian no of course so we've been working with teachers and school children from disadvantaged
31:24inner city areas across all 16 host cities to raise awareness great using the stories they generated
31:29they came up with the beautiful story of chichamita right chichamita right so chichamita is a figure
31:35representing the chichimecas people okay the people who founded mexico city in the pre-hispanic period
31:40back before everything okay exactly yeah right so anyway yeah so he's not doing that what it's not
31:46happening he's not doing it yeah so this so that document you got there the beat sheet one of the
31:50first
31:50things he did was he took that document and he shredded it right okay no no no like he literally
31:55printed out a hard copy and shredded it in front of the team right literally one of the first things
31:58that happened vicente vicente what are you doing yes so if a key step in dealing with a problem is
32:03to
32:03recognize you've got one in the first place i think we can say that we've achieved that exactly so and
32:07perhaps uh we can say tick yes okay so actually we've not even started with the problem here actually
32:12right so can i just say i can't tell you how great it is to be able to talk about
32:15this stuff yes for me this
32:16is so great good uh so uh i guess i was waiting for the the right moment to drop this
32:21um so the
32:22white house has asked to see plans for the opening ceremony right okay great the white house right
32:27okay no no no it's pretty clear that this is coming from the president himself right well yes oh and
32:32by
32:32the way at the moment he thinks he's making the opening speech but at the same time so does president
32:35shane bomb of mexico right just i throw that one in there for the fun of it yes and does
32:40vincenti know
32:40about this vincenti i mean have you told him right what do you think right okay for fuck's sake
32:53sara yes hi eric thank you so much for this sure i mean i'm hoping it's not going to take
32:57long
32:57whatever it is of course yes exactly so it's later in the morning and chief coordinating attache eric
33:04van de putrens has invited vp sustainability and climate strategy sarah campbell to meet a senior
33:09woman from hr for an open-ended discussion to establish whether she's okay it seems that an
33:16anonymous member of the public has contacted the oversight oversight department to complain about
33:20the professional conduct of a senior executive so i guess this is my fault i should have warned you
33:28of course it's not your fault i mean how dare he you don't know him what's beyond any doubt for
33:33sarah
33:33is that as well as being anonymous that person is also her ex-husband taking advantage of a junior
33:39and vulnerable female colleague right it's ludicrous it's legal jargon well i know it is he's a lawyer
33:45yeah i know he is i don't care he's coming after us coming after us right what does that mean
33:51one thing i do know though so i am not a vulnerable female well no exactly i am not
34:25it's not
34:26You can say this is super interesting.
34:28So this is terrible.
34:30Uh-huh.
34:30Oh, gosh.
34:31It's Tuesday, and 2026 events producer Ryan Hertz is back
34:35to update the executive team on developments with the opening ceremony.
34:39And overnight, the White House has sent over a mood board
34:42of moods they'd like to see in it.
34:44I mean, perhaps the first thing to say here, Ryan,
34:47I mean, as a palette of, you know, of things,
34:49this looks pretty heavily US-focused.
34:51Uh-huh, yeah.
34:54Right.
34:55I mean, I suppose that's one story to tell here.
34:57Excuse me?
34:57But I'm assuming that as far as Vincente is concerned...
35:00Please, I ask you, do not send me this shit.
35:02Right, yeah.
35:02It is shit.
35:03I do not look at it.
35:04Yes, but then also, just more generally,
35:07when it comes to our other friends and stakeholders in the whole 2026...
35:10We have the opening ceremony at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City for a reason.
35:15Well, yes.
35:15Yeah, just remind us.
35:17Okay, so people have been playing soccer in Mexico for thousands of years.
35:20Thousands of years?
35:21Yeah, um...
35:22Since before the U.S. even invented itself.
35:24Excuse me?
35:25Okay, well...
35:25Okay, so the U.S. did not just invent itself, okay?
35:28Yes, it did.
35:29They arrived here in their invadidos parques from Europe, right?
35:31What?
35:32Okay, stop it!
35:34Please, stop it!
35:36This is not about Mexico.
35:38Excuse me.
35:38It's not about the U.S. or even Canada.
35:41Sorry, Owen.
35:41No, sure.
35:42If you're telling the story of the Chichimecas people, you're telling the story of all of us.
35:46This is a story about the world before it all went wrong.
35:50Right.
35:50When people understood the land they lived on because it told them who they were.
35:53And we really need that story now, yes?
35:56Yes.
35:56We need to have that story told to us, like children.
36:00And this is our chance to tell it to the world.
36:05Yeah, can I just say, I'm with her.
36:08Yes, thank you, Sarah.
36:09No, sure.
36:11Then we can say in this moment, we are all Chichimecas, yes?
36:15Yes.
36:15Yeah, 100%.
36:16Well, so before we get into the solution-based phase of this, Ryan, that's it, is it?
36:20There's nothing else we need to know?
36:21Oh, yeah.
36:22Oh?
36:22Oh, yeah, there's more.
36:23Right.
36:23So, for the duration of the tournament, they want to rename the Azteca Stadium the Stadium of
36:28the Americas.
36:30Right.
36:31Okay.
36:32Interesting.
36:33The Stadium of the Americas.
36:35Uh-huh.
36:36Right.
36:43Oh, yes, like I can do that for you.
36:45No, it's okay.
36:45Yeah, but that's like what I do.
36:47Yes, I know, but sometimes it's just good to have something to do with your hands.
36:50For Ian, after the meeting, it's time for a coffee.
36:53Yes, so then there's this other guy trying to get a hold of you, not the other guy?
36:56Yes.
36:56Yeah, I don't know.
36:57He sounds a bit...
36:57Yes, I think I know who he is.
36:58He keeps asking for your personal number.
37:00Yes.
37:00Yeah, so I didn't give it to him.
37:01No, good.
37:02Yeah, so anyway, I forwarded you the email he sent.
37:03Right, yes.
37:04Yeah.
37:06I suppose I should ask, really, did you read it?
37:08The email?
37:09Yes.
37:10Yeah, so like a lot of it I couldn't understand?
37:12No, well, probably just as well, I think.
37:14Yeah, just as well, yeah.
37:15There you go.
37:16Yeah, cool, yeah, no worries, yeah, thanks.
37:19You're sure you're going to be tough with him?
37:20Yes, thanks, Will.
37:21Yeah, no worries, yeah, cool.
37:27Right.
37:29Right.
37:31Absolutely.
37:32Although, you should probably know the Olympics in 2028 is not something I've been thinking
37:36about up to now.
37:37Like, there's enough for 2026, right?
37:39But I guess I was just curious to hear a bit more about the whole sustainability brief there,
37:44right?
37:45Meanwhile, with a headhunter on the loose, the opening ceremony finally coming towards
37:49them in one way or another, and change in the air, people are starting to think about
37:53the future.
37:53I will say, I'm not sure I've been headhunted before, so...
37:58Oh, well, that's kind of you.
38:00It's kind of you to say that.
38:03Right.
38:05Uh-huh.
38:09So, I wasn't going to talk to him originally.
38:11Right.
38:11I mean, I guess he's just some guy, you know, a headhunter doing his job.
38:15Well, yes, I know.
38:16He's been trying to get hold of me, too.
38:18Right.
38:18But this is L.A., right?
38:20Sustainability actually means something there.
38:22Like, they get it.
38:23I kind of invented it.
38:24You are serious?
38:26I don't know.
38:26And this is all to do with what's happened?
38:28So, this is not going to go away, right?
38:30What, you mean...
38:31He's not going to give it up.
38:32He's not going to stop.
38:33Okay, fine, but that's his stuff.
38:34And I'm not going to let him do this to us.
38:36So what?
38:37You'd leave?
38:38Well...
38:39I mean, how's that going to help?
38:40I don't know.
38:41Help us, I mean.
38:42So, what if this was a moment for a new start?
38:45A new start?
38:46Right.
38:47For us?
38:48What if this is a solution waiting to happen?
39:05Okay, well, so, obviously, quite a lot to think about this morning.
39:08Uh-huh, yep.
39:08Hi, there's me.
39:09Yeah, right.
39:10It's Thursday, and there's a lot to think about this morning.
39:13Overnight, the complex and sensitive issues surrounding the opening ceremony have become
39:17more sharply defined.
39:18I mean, Ryan, I suppose the first thing is, in terms of the boycott threat itself, I mean,
39:22how seriously should we be taking this?
39:24Sure, right, right.
39:29Yeah, so...
39:29Following rumours of the White House's plans to rename the Azteca Stadium the Stadium of
39:33the Americas, the Mexican team is now threatening to boycott the tournament altogether, and
39:38several other countries are threatening to follow suit.
39:40I mean, I suppose, basically, is this real?
39:42Excuse me?
39:43Or could it be part of some...
39:44Is it real?
39:44Well, I just mean...
39:45We changed the name of the stadium.
39:46They are not playing, okay?
39:48Right.
39:48And there is no World Cup, yes?
39:49Okay, well...
39:50It's simple.
39:50Well, good to get clarity on that straight away.
39:52Sure.
39:52This is an existential moment for the oversight team.
39:56If up to now they've been caught between seriously Hispanic and relentlessly American
40:00visions of the opening ceremony, they're suddenly facing a situation where there
40:04may be nothing to open at all, unless they can find a common brink to walk everybody
40:08backwards from.
40:09I mean, let's think about this, because in the end this is about people, isn't it?
40:13People?
40:14No, I mean, it always is.
40:15So, excuse my language here, but what the fuck does that mean?
40:17Well, so in terms of the White House, I mean, what is it that the President actually
40:21wants here?
40:22What do you mean?
40:22What does he want?
40:23He wants to steal the Azteca Stadium from the Mexican people.
40:26Well, that's something we need to talk about, obviously.
40:28No, it is not.
40:29No, but in the meantime, thinking laterally, is there anything we can offer him that might
40:33make him feel good?
40:34Huh.
40:35Anything we can offer him?
40:36I mean, just as a way of taking the heat out of this.
40:38Uh-huh.
40:38Yeah.
40:43Well, there's Greenland, I suppose.
40:45Okay.
40:45Greenland?
40:45Great.
40:46I mean, I'm thinking that would probably do it, right?
40:48Sure.
40:48I mean, Eric, is there a way of finding out if there's something that might work here,
40:51maybe using a back channel?
40:52Ah, yes.
40:53I was thinking maybe through Zurich.
40:54Well, you know, just to bypass all the politics here.
40:56Then perhaps we can say, is there a problem in our world today that cannot be solved when great
41:01men share a golf cart?
41:02Excuse me?
41:03Yes, well...
41:04A golf cart?
41:05Huh.
41:05So for me, guys, that's not a back channel, that's more of a front channel.
41:08So then maybe there wouldn't be any problems in the world today if all these men were not
41:11playing golf, yes?
41:12Yes, well, huh.
41:13Well, I think that's a bigger question.
41:15Aha, yep.
41:15Bueno.
41:16Yeah, no, I mean, to be fair, that's huge.
41:19Right, yes, and just so I know, I mean, hypothetically, in terms of any meetings or interviews or whatever,
41:24I mean, that could be done by Zoom, could it?
41:26Or, you know, right, yes.
41:28But beyond the opening ceremony, for Ian, this is a week with a number of things to think
41:33about, and a number of people to talk to about a number of different things.
41:36I mean, thanks for getting in touch in the first place, I'm sorry I was so hard to get
41:40hold of, but absolutely, yes, and obviously I'll get back to you and...
41:45Right, yes, yes, no, I'm sure it will.
41:49Okay, bye, bye, bye.
42:04Okay, so just to say before we start, I think I'm right in saying, Gabriela, Ryan isn't
42:08with us this morning.
42:09No, he is not.
42:10I mean, I'm not quite sure what the...
42:11So Ryan will not be with us because he is not here.
42:14Right.
42:14Yeah, no, he's gone, yeah.
42:15What?
42:15End of story.
42:16Okay, good.
42:17So, Eric, I gather we have intelligence back from Zurich.
42:20Well, really?
42:21So, Emily?
42:25Right, okay.
42:26So, what are we looking at here?
42:27Do you really want me to answer that?
42:29A picture of the president, yes.
42:31Yeah, 100%.
42:31On the big screen.
42:32Okay, yeah.
42:33Huh.
42:34Friday morning, and with the opening ceremony crisis deepening and more nations threatening
42:39to pull out following the White House's intervention, it looks as if, thanks to some covert back-channel
42:44activity by Zurich, they may have found an answer to the question of what you give to
42:48the biggest man in the world to make him feel good.
42:51Yeah, so what we're saying to him is he's going to be sitting there watching, whether Melania's
42:55got her giant hat on, we don't know.
42:57Yes, well.
42:58Right, so he looks up and he pretty much sees himself on the big screen anytime as much
43:04as he likes.
43:05Okay.
43:06Huh.
43:06So, the information we have.
43:08This could be very helpful to us in the wider picture.
43:11Meaning what?
43:12If we could give him that, then some of the other stuff might...
43:14Well, who can say?
43:16Okay, so what I am hearing from their comms people, we're going to need a figure here.
43:19Yes?
43:20Oh, right, of course.
43:21A figure.
43:21Exactly.
43:22Okay.
43:22An actual percentage of available screen time compared to anyone else.
43:25Right.
43:26So, this is going to be fun, right?
43:27Yes.
43:29Okay.
43:30No, I'm not going to tell you the thing for the Mexican president.
43:32No, that's not going to happen.
43:34Look, you're in the White House.
43:35We're talking about the American president here.
43:36It's become clear that the possible breakthrough will depend on detailed negotiations with
43:41the White House, the Mexican authorities, and various other parties as to the precise
43:46percentage of time that so-called dignitaries will have on screen during coverage of the
43:50opening ceremony.
43:52Okay.
43:52Exacto.
43:52Perfecto.
43:53Right.
43:53Absolutely.
43:54You got it.
43:55Great.
43:55Bye-bye.
43:56It's been tense and it's been difficult, but eventually it looks as if they might have
44:00finally got there.
44:0463% guys.
44:05Right.
44:05That's a great outcome.
44:06Well, it is an outcome.
44:09They asked for like 95, right?
44:10This is a terrific deal.
44:11So, just to be clear, because this is freaky stuff, when it comes to time allocated to shots
44:16of these guys during the ceremony, we're saying 63% of them will be a president.
44:21Right.
44:21Exactly.
44:22Jesus.
44:23Exactly.
44:23And in the meantime, we're saying to the Mexican president that she has 29%, yes?
44:27Yeah, well.
44:27Because she is Mexican and because she is a woman.
44:29Well, that's her shit, right?
44:31Excuse me.
44:31Look, do we want this opening ceremony to happen or not?
44:33Well, yes.
44:34I think we can say, yes, we do, yes.
44:36Yes, we do, yes.
44:37And in the meantime, Gabriela, would it be an idea to give the Mexican team a sort of,
44:40you know, an unofficial heads up that things are going to be just to get the de-escalation
44:45process underway?
44:46Yes, so I don't want to be picky about this, but just before we get into some kind of de
44:50-escalation
44:51frenzy here, we have 63% Trump.
44:53I'm trying hard not to visualize that, by the way.
44:5629% president Shane Baum.
44:58Exactly.
44:59Because...
44:59Look, Don, so that's 92%.
45:01Right.
45:01Right.
45:02And the other 8% is our guy, right?
45:03Ah, yes.
45:04It's Zurich.
45:05Okay.
45:05So we know for sure our guy, as you call him, is always 15%, yes?
45:09Right.
45:10Because...
45:10What?
45:10Always.
45:1115%.
45:12No, no, no.
45:12What are you saying?
45:13Yes, completely.
45:14That's 107%.
45:15Right.
45:16107%.
45:16So actually, this is enshrined in the official statutes of the tournament?
45:20Yeah.
45:20Yeah, you see, I'm sorry, but for me, that's too much.
45:21We just negotiated this whole fucking deal.
45:24Yes, I mean, on the upside, I suppose the good news is all we need to do now is just
45:27find
45:27another 7% from somewhere.
45:28What?
45:29Yeah, no, 100%.
45:29Yeah, so...
45:30Yeah, well...
45:31Okay, no, no, no.
45:32So we are not getting down below 63%.
45:34That is not going to happen.
45:35Bueno, Mexico is not going below 29%, yes?
45:37This is the whole history of our country.
45:40Right, um...
45:40Yeah, because I guess where I was going with this is...
45:42What about Canada?
45:44Excuse me?
45:44Oh, right, yes.
45:45Canada?
45:46Yeah.
45:46What do you mean, what about Canada?
45:47Well, I guess, you know, just...
45:49What about Canada, really?
45:50Yes, no, good point.
45:56Whilst the numbers are being re-crunched, this is a good moment for Ian to catch up with his assistant.
46:01Oh, these look nice.
46:02Yeah, no, so they're Eric's?
46:03Right.
46:04Yes.
46:04Go on.
46:05Maybe they're Eric's.
46:06Yes, I don't care.
46:08And it's a week where there's a lot to catch up on.
46:11Oh, yes, so Ryan Hurts would like to meet you.
46:12Oh, right.
46:13Yeah, for like a coffee or something to talk about what happened.
46:15Yes.
46:15Yeah, so he's suggesting two weeks' time.
46:17Two weeks' time?
46:18Yeah, Thursday, yeah.
46:19He thinks he'll be out again by then.
46:20Right.
46:22I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be here then.
46:25Okay, cool, so...
46:26In fact, I should probably say, well, you should probably know, in fact, you'll hear this soon
46:30enough anyway.
46:31I'm not going to be here then.
46:34What?
46:34So...
46:43I mean, I've been talking to them for the past week or so, Zoom interviews with people
46:47in L.A. and so on.
46:49So one of the things about this particular role, for various reasons, it starts quite soon.
46:53Well, really soon, actually.
46:55So if I was going to make a decision...
46:57And then here, we're not far off the opening ceremony now, so we're almost there.
47:01Yeah, so in the end, I suppose it seemed as good a time as any, really.
47:06So is it a professional thing, or...?
47:08Right.
47:09Or is it something more, you know...
47:12So this isn't what I thought was going to happen when I came out here.
47:14Any of it, I mean.
47:16I didn't think I was going to feel this way about someone.
47:18Not at this point in my life, anyway.
47:21Or any point in my life, really.
47:23But here I am.
47:25If that answers your question.
47:27Yes, well...
47:28I mean, yes.
47:47Ian Fletcher's shock decision to leave Miami and accept a senior role in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
47:53is a reminder for everyone that nothing lasts forever.
47:57But sometimes, the big things in life can happen fast.
48:00And for Ian himself, this is a moment that could be not so much an ending as a new beginning.
48:05So, we are ready? We are all here, yes?
48:07Well, yes.
48:08Yeah, cool, yeah?
48:09I suppose now is as good a time as...
48:10Although, hang on, where's Sarah?
48:12Sarah?
48:12No, she was here a moment ago, but I can't see her.
48:14Ah, yes, Sarah, yes.
48:16Where is Sarah?
48:17Yeah, I don't know, yeah.
48:24He called me in the car this morning, and he's going after custody now, if I go.
48:30Right.
48:31Where Sarah is, it turns out, is up on the terrace.
48:34Lily says, Mom, go. Do it. You deserve it. I'll be okay.
48:38She's 16, and she's a young woman.
48:41But I look at her, and there's a nine-year-old girl in there somewhere.
48:46I can see it in her eyes, and...
48:50I'm scared.
48:52Yes.
48:53I never used to be scared.
48:58I'm sorry.
49:01I'm so, so sorry.
49:10Okay, okay, thank you.
49:12Having established where Sarah was and why, Ian's task now is to go back downstairs and deliver a leaving speech,
49:19in the knowledge that if endings can sometimes be new beginnings, they can equally often just be endings.
49:24What can we say about Ian Fletcher?
49:27Well, we can say it was an honour and a privilege to serve under him.
49:31But most of all, we can say thank you.
49:33Thank you, Ian, for steering us through dangerous waters, to within reach of safety and dry lands,
49:39before leaving us to take up your duty on another great ship out on the high seas.
49:44How we shall continue from now on, we can never know.
49:47But in the meantime, thank you, Emily.
49:50We would like you to have this as a token of our gratitude,
49:53and as a reminder of your time here, with us, in Miami.
50:04Well, thank you.
50:08Well, thank you.
50:09Well, first of all, thank you, Eric, for that.
50:12And then thank you for this.
50:15Yes, yes.
50:19So, for me, this has been a quite extraordinary time here in Miami.
50:23When I arrived, I didn't know quite what to expect.
50:27Perhaps that was just as well.
50:28So, in some ways, I feel like I've only just arrived, and yet here I am, saying goodbye to it
50:32already.
50:33Yes.
50:34So, now, I want to say thanks to you, because I think I can say I've learned a lot.
50:39I hope I have, anyway.
50:41About soccer, obviously, Phil.
50:43About the optics of Mexico, Gabriela.
50:45About Canadian logic, Owen.
50:47About all things Zurich, up to a point, Eric.
50:51Literally everything I could ever want to know about the U.S. legal system, Nick.
50:55And then, perhaps, about what matters in our world beyond all that, Sarah.
50:59What's really most precious in our life, and how we can try to save it.
51:04And, just so you know, this is not stuff I'm going to forget.
51:06I think I can say already that my time here in Miami is going to stay with me wherever I
51:11end up in the future.
51:12So, thank you for that.
51:14All of you.
51:15And for the alligator head, obviously.
51:34At the end of the day, it's coming to the end of Ian Fletcher's time in Miami.
51:39No, it's pretty cool, because the thing is, like, I've never actually been to L.A.
51:41Right, yes.
51:42Yeah, like, I was going to go once.
51:43Like, my parents, right, and go and stay with your sister.
51:45Yes.
51:46Yeah, but then my sister was like, no, we've got ants, you can't come.
51:48Right, ants.
51:49Yeah, I know, yeah.
51:50Will, we should probably talk about this.
51:52Yeah, I know, because apparently they can eat your shoes and stuff.
51:54Well, but, yeah, I know, you're mental.
51:55Yeah, no, because what they do is...
51:59Ah, okay.
52:00Yeah.
52:01Will, would you mind taking this?
52:02Yeah, no worries, you're cool.
52:03Great, thanks.
52:04Yeah, so take it.
52:05It doesn't matter, just take it.
52:06Yeah, no, cool, you're cool.
52:07It doesn't matter.
52:20So
52:55Okay, thanks for that.
52:56Yeah, no worries, you're cool.
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