The Audacity (2026) Season 1 Episode 1

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🎭 The Audacity (2026) - Season 1 Episode 1  Bold choices. Hidden costs. A story that dares to ask: how far would you go? In the premiere episode of The Audacity, [brief hook: e.g., "a daring decision sets off a chain of consequences" / "ambition collides with morality in unexpected ways"]. Welcome to a world where every risk has a reward... and every reward has a price.  🔹 Episode Highlights: • [Hook: "A protagonist makes a choice that changes everything"] • Introduction to key characters: motivations, secrets, and stakes • The first twist: nothing is as it seems in this gripping opener • Atmospheric storytelling: tension, style, and emotional depth • Cliffhanger ending that demands you watch Episode 2  🔹 Series Info: • Format: Drama / Thriller / Contemporary Series • Original Network: [Customize: e.g., Streaming Platform / International Syndication] • Season: 1 | Episode: 1 - Series Premiere • Genre Tags: Psychological Drama, Moral Thriller, Character-Driven Story • Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available • Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~8-12 min  🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to The Audacity recaps & theory podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.  👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "What would YOU have done in that moment? 👇🎭" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next bold move!  #TheAudacity #TheAudacityS1 #DramaSeries #ThrillerTV #NewSeries2026 #S1E1 #BoldChoices #PsychologicalDrama #BingeWatch #StreamingSeries #PremiereEpisode  ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "The Audacity" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.

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00:00:16More than physical pain, I fear humiliation.

00:00:21Last week, hypnosis was this close to being acquired by Cupertino, our stock sword on the rumor.

00:00:28I don't understand.

00:00:32Why not?

00:00:34Well, it's not happening.

00:00:36I just found out.

00:00:38Talks were terminated.

00:00:47Um, Duncan?

00:00:50Morning remarks.

00:00:51You want to skip it?

00:00:52I'm fine.

00:00:53And when word gets out, and it will, my stock is going to nosedive, not to where it was before

00:00:59it took off, but sink with an odor of, like, what comes out of a frightened dog.

00:01:05That smell just was hanging around me.

00:01:11I said no.

00:01:13Sorry.

00:01:16Okay.

00:01:18How we doing, hypernomes?

00:01:22Just got some news.

00:01:24Great news.

00:01:25Pretty, pretty fucking cool news.

00:01:29Can't tell you what.

00:01:30Not yet.

00:01:33But it's great.

00:01:37Good.

00:01:42Why they say no.

00:01:45I have a track record.

00:01:47I mean, Fafaa was a juggernaut in its time.

00:01:51And I guess everyone assumes, since I'm the man who co-created Fafaa, that I'm the man.

00:01:56Or the co-man.

00:02:01And, maybe I'm not.

00:02:05And they smelled it.

00:02:10When word gets out, how will that make you feel?

00:02:14And, uh, when do you expect that to be?

00:02:18Won't be long.

00:02:19You know, people talk.

00:02:20They tear you down and forget you ever even mattered.

00:02:26The doctor-patient confidentiality thing, just how airtight is that?

00:02:30I can't speak with anyone about what you say.

00:02:33Not unless you're meaning to do harm to yourself or others.

00:02:36Define harm?

00:02:37Physical harm.

00:02:39All right.

00:02:40Uh, I should have leaked the acquisition rumor.

00:02:46That's on me.

00:02:47I wanted an upper valuation before the price was set.

00:02:51Uh, sorry.

00:02:52It happens all the time.

00:02:55Uh, yeah, we also juiced our price before the IPO.

00:03:00I don't know.

00:03:01I'm not the money guy.

00:03:03I do ideas.

00:03:05Powered by belief.

00:03:06And belief is affirmed by fuckability.

00:03:09If I could just sell my shares now.

00:03:12Mm-hmm.

00:03:12But the SEC would kill me.

00:03:15So I'm just gonna have to sync with it.

00:03:19Surely you're not going to be poor.

00:03:21No.

00:03:22Obviously.

00:03:24But Lily can't find out.

00:03:25God, she would divorce me just to secure half of it.

00:03:28Be the smart move.

00:03:29Do you think perhaps you're misjudging Lily?

00:03:31Lily?

00:03:32No.

00:03:32She'd frame all my success as dumb luck.

00:03:35You know, I'd become an object lesson.

00:03:37An adjective.

00:03:39Don't pull a dunk in.

00:03:41Or is that a noun?

00:03:42Oh, Christ.

00:03:44What would my dad say if he could hear me now?

00:03:48Please, Joanne.

00:03:49Really, this is strictly between us.

00:03:54Thanks.

00:03:54Okay, see you next week.

00:03:57Doing the work.

00:03:58Yeah.

00:04:06Schmuck.

00:04:14The stressors that drove some workers at our Guangzhou factory to choose to exit themselves

00:04:28out window remain unresolved.

00:04:34Well, what about our supplier code of conduct?

00:04:37Our code, their conduct.

00:04:40Were we to enforce our code, anything heavy-handed opens us to charges of cultural elitism.

00:04:48Text Anushka Cupertino.

00:04:50What would you like to say?

00:04:52What happened?

00:04:57However, our position has always been human life is valuable.

00:05:02Full stop.

00:05:04It's a cornerstone for us.

00:05:18What?

00:05:19Wow, thank you.

00:05:20You picked up.

00:05:21Great, thank you.

00:05:22I cannot talk to you about this.

00:05:24I was not read in.

00:05:26I'm an executive here, and I'm on your board.

00:05:28Recuser was mandatory.

00:05:30Okay, just the acquisition door, how fully shut is that?

00:05:34Or are we, like, playfully rimming the door frame?

00:05:37Oh, I would say nailed.

00:05:39Like a coffin, from my understanding.

00:05:41Noosh!

00:05:42You're supposed to warn me about this.

00:05:45Is this your job?

00:05:46Did you leak the acquisition rumor?

00:05:48Yes or no?

00:05:49No!

00:05:50No!

00:05:51Maybe!

00:05:52Once it's clear no acquisition's forthcoming, your stock is going to take a ding, and you'll

00:05:56have no one to blame but yourself.

00:05:58Okay, that is just one of the branches on the tree of outcome.

00:06:01And there are many branches, a lot of leaves.

00:06:04It's really, it's really leafy, okay?

00:06:06So just, can we focus, maybe not, on the dings?

00:06:09You want to change the focus, Duncan?

00:06:12Change the story?

00:06:13Gladly, gladly.

00:06:14Yeah, how do I do that?

00:06:16No, I don't know.

00:06:17Presumably with another better story.

00:06:20Yes!

00:06:21Yes!

00:06:23Where I'm the hero!

00:06:24Sure, why not?

00:06:26Good luck with that.

00:06:27Thank you!

00:06:28Right.

00:06:55Almost finished.

00:06:56Be done soon.

00:07:01You know what that is?

00:07:03That's tungsten.

00:07:04Aerospace grade.

00:07:05Heaviest element in the universe.

00:07:07This one's four inches cubed, but weighs 43 pounds.

00:07:11Crypto bros are super into them.

00:07:13You know why?

00:07:16It's not, it's not virtual.

00:07:20It's real.

00:07:22It's the realness.

00:07:25Here you go.

00:07:26God damn it!

00:07:31You're done, right?

00:07:33Yeah, you're done.

00:07:54Gary, he landed.

00:07:56Early.

00:07:57Oh, no, damn it, we're late.

00:07:59Huh?

00:08:00Yeah, have a lunch.

00:08:02Yeah, well, bring it.

00:08:04Orson's just wandering around the airport.

00:08:06Where are my damn keys?

00:08:08You've got Wi-Fi and snacks, right?

00:08:10You get to the airport, it's fine.

00:08:11I told him we're already on our way.

00:08:14Well, I don't know.

00:08:15Come on, honey.

00:08:16Pick up your phone.

00:08:18Gary!

00:08:19You're yelling, Joanne.

00:08:21Being hysterical doesn't make you a better parent.

00:08:23Oh, that's him.

00:08:23Honey?

00:08:25Hi.

00:08:25What lore's investment?

00:08:27Uh, sorry, but I can't, uh, talk.

00:08:30Unwavering confidence.

00:08:31A hat I can wear.

00:08:32I-I have that hat.

00:08:34Hey, Joanne, I-I'm looking at a light fixture.

00:08:36Can you-

00:08:36I-sorry, we talked about this, Duncan.

00:08:39You can't just call me out of the blue.

00:08:41But I have a plan.

00:08:42Listen, I point to the fabulous stock price,

00:08:44which remains fabulous for the moment,

00:08:46and I say I will sell another tranche

00:08:48in private secondary offerings.

00:08:50Who's wet for it?

00:08:51Okay?

00:08:52If I could Viagra the price and keep it up long enough,

00:08:54I could be like, suck it, Cupertino.

00:08:56Suck it and weep.

00:08:57No ding, all dong.

00:08:59Sorry, but if you're leveraging the high stock price

00:09:00when you know the stock's gonna fall,

00:09:02isn't that fraud?

00:09:03Fraud?

00:09:04Or market manipulation.

00:09:05I mean, won't that arouse suspicion with the SEC?

00:09:07First of all, I don't know the stock's gonna fall.

00:09:10I'm not Nosferatu.

00:09:11Fraud?

00:09:12What?

00:09:14You know what?

00:09:14Instead of accusation,

00:09:16a submission of validation would be nice.

00:09:18Duncan, I'm gonna have to take this.

00:09:20No, you just accused me of fraud.

00:09:21It's my son, and he is alone at the airport.

00:09:24I don't care if he's in a stranger's van

00:09:26licking lollipops.

00:09:27You do not hang up on me now.

00:09:29No, no goodbye.

00:09:30Nope, nope.

00:09:31Gary.

00:09:32Oh my God, it's a sandwich.

00:09:35Would you hurry up?

00:09:40Fuck!

00:09:40God!

00:09:59You are gonna love Los Altos.

00:10:01It's very progressive,

00:10:03but they're not fruity about it.

00:10:05Last year, Los Altos was the top feeder for Stanford,

00:10:09including Pali.

00:10:16Ain't familiar?

00:10:21Did your father send your transcripts from Baltimore?

00:10:24I know he's not feeling well,

00:10:25but new tuition's normally 90 grand,

00:10:27and there's no way your dad would pay for that.

00:10:29But there was a scholarship that no one was using,

00:10:31so you'd be surprised how hard it is

00:10:33to find underprivileged youth around here.

00:10:35And as it turns out,

00:10:36your father's illness qualified as a hardship.

00:10:39So I guess he is paying for it.

00:10:43Not...

00:10:46I didn't mean in a karmic sense.

00:10:48Orson, you know I didn't mean it like that.

00:10:49My gosh, you've gotten tall.

00:10:51Okay, can we go inside?

00:10:53I just need to know if your father sent the transcripts.

00:10:55It was the one thing he was supposed to do.

00:10:58He just got out of the fucking hospital.

00:11:00Whoa, whoa, hey, Orson,

00:11:01we don't talk that way to one another.

00:11:03You just try to use constructive language, please.

00:11:10Okay, so, um, kitchen, living room.

00:11:14You remember where everything is.

00:11:16Well, actually, we have moved things around a little

00:11:18since you were last here.

00:11:20That's my office now,

00:11:21and, uh, Gary's is over there.

00:11:23Clients come around the back.

00:11:25If you see any of them, just ignore them.

00:11:27Some are professionals.

00:11:28Some are even kids from your school.

00:11:30All normal people, just, you know, sad.

00:11:32Um, through here.

00:11:35So, uh, the room you stayed in last time,

00:11:37the ceiling has termite damage,

00:11:40and then the garage apartment flooded

00:11:42don't even get me started.

00:11:43But the, the bedroom down here is all fixed up,

00:11:48so the whole bottom floor is yours.

00:11:51Oh, uh, Virginia,

00:11:53did you see that I, I left sheets on the dryer?

00:11:55I already make his bed.

00:11:57Yes, I, I, I know,

00:11:58but I, I got him sheets special.

00:12:03Oh.

00:12:07Where's the bathroom?

00:12:08It's just around the...

00:12:14So nice to have you ho-home.

00:12:16Okay, Xander.

00:12:17Just try mirroring.

00:12:20So if they smile, if they smile, Xander, can you try holding the smile?

00:12:28It's what people do.

00:12:34You can do it. Here, hold and let it fade. Let it fade.

00:12:39Martin, are we actually drinking tonight?

00:12:44Or just pretending to drink?

00:12:45Oh, shit.

00:12:49Chop, chop.

00:12:50I'm not dressed.

00:12:51Your clothes are out.

00:12:55Hey, Tess.

00:12:59Tess, you all right?

00:13:01I think John has made you mac and cheese or something.

00:13:04I have to go.

00:13:06Martin's finally inching towards a funding round for his little friend Bart.

00:13:10He knows he can't keep spending our money on his digital child.

00:13:13But I have an actual company that needs saving and you're on the board.

00:13:17It's your fiduciary duty to come and tell me everything's gonna be okay.

00:13:21Sorry, Kant.

00:13:23But you used to love to do your fiduciary duty with me.

00:13:27You're on your own.

00:13:30Simon...

00:13:49Rodrigo, call the ayahuasca guy and tie me.

00:14:04you looks splendid and very handsome i feel like i'm cosplaying a version of me that would never

00:14:10talk to me xander said i look french take style advice from a widget or me your choice

00:14:17don't say widget

00:14:23so the guanjo factory it's endless it's 15 hours ahead too so might have to pop out midway tonight

00:14:34forgive me

00:14:51come and be a winner

00:14:56come and be a winner

00:15:03be a winner

00:15:06there's no winner

00:15:08be a winner

00:15:23i'm a puddle

00:15:25that's it duncan

00:15:27i'm a puddle

00:15:30yeah

00:15:36he's in a very sensitive

00:15:39place right now

00:15:40i'm a puddle

00:15:43what the hell

00:15:45he didn't think you were coming

00:15:47he begged me to come

00:15:49dad

00:15:51dad you

00:15:52don't be mad

00:15:53yeah um i'll go

00:15:55he wants to leave

00:15:57speak to dad

00:15:59dad

00:15:59oh my god

00:16:00dad

00:16:01dad

00:16:02what do you wish to say to him

00:16:08i'm rich

00:16:10i'm rich

00:16:12that's great

00:16:12dad

00:16:13dad

00:16:15dad

00:16:16dad

00:16:17help me

00:16:23stay rich

00:16:39i hope no one's looking out the window

00:16:45all right go on get

00:16:48emcee

00:16:49great

00:16:49we're going into the world's most profitable company reeking of that dude's cinnamon fucking patchouli

00:17:09you good

00:17:10yeah yeah i'm fine

00:17:11fine

00:17:15you must be the gentleman from the va yeah that's right just here thank you

00:17:21we used to run the world jeffrey

00:17:24now we rent server space from the bastards who broke it

00:17:28good grief

00:17:29oh shit

00:17:30roughage

00:17:33generalissimo

00:17:34general don vorhees jeffrey hart

00:17:36hi

00:17:37nice man

00:17:38what are you doing here

00:17:40uh it's time to solve the backlog at the va

00:17:42well

00:17:43prepare to die with your boots on

00:17:45boys

00:17:46well

00:17:47about to meet with tim

00:17:48just met with tim

00:17:49dod arranged a conference in partnership with cupertino

00:17:53technology of defense

00:17:55because millionaire jagovs love these things

00:17:57yeah nice

00:17:59nice

00:18:00hey

00:18:00you know

00:18:01tell me to get lost

00:18:02but uh

00:18:03what if i spoke

00:18:04about our initiative at your conference

00:18:07and make them feel like heroes for helping the actual heroes

00:18:10maybe

00:18:11major marcia

00:18:13maybe

00:18:14we'll let you know

00:18:16okay

00:18:22maybe

00:18:24guy fired me ten years ago

00:18:27prick

00:18:33goddammit

00:18:34hi

00:18:35hi

00:18:36i'm anushka batachera director of ethical innovation

00:18:39tim kwan

00:18:40corp dev

00:18:41jeffrey hart

00:18:41assistant to the deputy undersecretary

00:18:44uh tom ruffage

00:18:45deputy undersecretary veterans affairs

00:18:47all right

00:18:48oh just here

00:18:51yeah

00:18:51oh yeah sure

00:18:52okay

00:18:53okay

00:18:54but uh

00:18:55will the other tim be joining

00:18:58big tim only shows up when the contours are delimited

00:19:03uh

00:19:03uh-huh

00:19:04so uh

00:19:05you guys got a traffic jam needs clearing

00:19:08yeah we do indeed

00:19:09tim

00:19:10big tim

00:19:12he likes things super direct

00:19:14uncluttered

00:19:16right so

00:19:18straightforwardly

00:19:19what's the quant ben for us

00:19:23i'm still pretending to know what delimited contours means

00:19:27quant ben is quantifiable benefits

00:19:32got it

00:19:33yeah

00:19:35well i mean uh

00:19:37i don't know

00:19:38uh

00:19:38you're here

00:19:41you live here

00:19:43and you and me and jeffrey and anushka and

00:19:46big tim

00:19:47we're all here

00:19:48there are men and women

00:19:49who fought

00:19:52for us to be here

00:19:53and live like

00:19:54this

00:19:56you know free to make a business

00:19:58to speak our minds

00:20:00to make ungodly sums of money

00:20:03but

00:20:03for the men and the women

00:20:06who actually

00:20:07put themselves on the front lines

00:20:10to defend the socio-economic

00:20:13system in which you and your company thrive

00:20:16i mean they're not even asking you for a favor

00:20:19in fact

00:20:20they want to pay you

00:20:22a quarter of a billion dollars

00:20:26it's for your help

00:20:30so us helping you do the work is

00:20:34kind of like i don't know

00:20:35um france

00:20:37helping your mother

00:20:39set up her printer

00:20:40you know

00:20:41in france but with like

00:20:43much much much more money than france

00:20:46uh-huh

00:20:47yeah

00:20:47oh you guys get it

00:20:49oh yeah

00:20:49okay

00:20:49yeah

00:20:50we of course

00:20:52recognize the sacrifice of your

00:20:55your people

00:20:58they're struggling

00:20:59and we

00:21:04we feel that

00:21:06oh

00:21:06you feel it

00:21:08uh-huh

00:21:08we feel it guys

00:21:09we feel it

00:21:10thank you

00:21:11uh-huh

00:21:11you must be really feeling it

00:21:12yeah

00:21:14well

00:21:15thank you anushka

00:21:16this has been um

00:21:19what's the opposite of uplifting

00:21:20uh

00:21:22demoralizing

00:21:22yeah

00:21:23demo

00:21:23haha

00:21:24i bet

00:21:24in these parts

00:21:25come on jeffrey

00:21:27we got other meetings

00:21:36our eleven o'clock has to postpone till next week

00:21:41uh it's major marcia

00:21:43boris says you're welcome

00:21:48you're speaking at the conference

00:21:50no

00:21:51dod will cover a junior suite at the elysium if we're all right with sharing

00:21:55you just need to reserve it on your card and they will reimburse you

00:21:58you okay with sharing a suite i'll take the couch

00:22:01no

00:22:02i've been a full-time pain in the ass

00:22:04you deserve it

00:22:05damn

00:22:06the elysium is the shit

00:22:08i thought that guy'd never forgive me

00:22:10why

00:22:12what'd you do to get fired

00:22:13doesn't matter now

00:22:15booyah

00:22:30honey we can hear you

00:22:32no bassoon during office hours

00:22:36very sorry about that

00:22:38carl

00:22:38it's fine

00:22:39no no

00:22:40no it's not

00:22:41this is

00:22:42this is your time

00:22:43well might as well fill the emptiness

00:22:45with bagpipes

00:22:46or whatever the hell that was

00:22:50lord knows i was just gonna complain anyway

00:22:52and who wants to hear me complain

00:22:53boo hoo

00:22:54poor old rich fart

00:22:56we all deserve to complain

00:22:58not the richies

00:23:01people act like we took something

00:23:04as if we didn't build everything they touch

00:23:07and we didn't build it to be worshipped

00:23:09we built it to work

00:23:10and it does work

00:23:12but where's our parade

00:23:15all i see are pitchforks and ingratitude

00:23:18and i gotta be honest with you

00:23:19it's starting to make me

00:23:21maybe a little mental

00:23:23would you like to starfish

00:23:25carl

00:23:27okay yeah thank you

00:23:33great

00:23:36i'm backsliding joanne

00:23:39this shit hill

00:23:42came up to me at milltown my heart

00:23:44the one place that i could

00:23:45go to in public when

00:23:47no one bothers me

00:23:48and right before i get ready to bite into my t-bone

00:23:52this stivilling shit stick

00:23:54sits

00:23:55sits at my table

00:23:59and he's like

00:24:00oh mr bardoff you're such an inspiration

00:24:03and of course he brings up bardoff's law

00:24:05he was admiring you

00:24:07doesn't it make you feel

00:24:09even a little bit good to see your legacy

00:24:11in action

00:24:12bardoff's law is something i wrote on a napkin

00:24:14on speed when we still have fax machines

00:24:17profits will continue to grow forever right

00:24:19infinite growth

00:24:21yes the logic of the cancer cell

00:24:23if i could have just reached out

00:24:25and throttled

00:24:28and just squeezed

00:24:29and squeezed that little shit licker's trachea

00:24:31until it buckled

00:24:33and his eyes popped

00:24:34that would have been a legacy

00:24:38but i didn't

00:24:39i didn't

00:24:42okay zeus

00:24:44go get it

00:24:47zeus

00:24:48come on buddy

00:24:50gotta get it

00:24:58sorry

00:24:59i'm sorry

00:25:06hey boy

00:25:08trying to teach you some new tricks

00:25:10huh

00:25:10a little late for that

00:25:12don't you think

00:25:13tricks are for kids

00:25:19one day you're

00:25:21you're chasing squirrels

00:25:22and then the next

00:25:24you're shitting yourself

00:25:25on the good persian rug

00:25:27ain't right

00:25:34sorry

00:25:35i'm sorry

00:26:22Stop, stop.

00:26:28Thank you, for this joy.

00:26:35Damn!

00:26:37Hey!

00:26:38Hey!

00:26:39You had a game.

00:26:40How was the game?

00:26:41Or was it a match?

00:26:42We lost.

00:26:44That's how we learn.

00:26:45Yeah.

00:26:45Okay.

00:26:46Okay, Dad.

00:26:49Love you.

00:26:52Ah, look who's alive.

00:26:54Yes, I am alive.

00:26:56Anton came over for a session last night.

00:26:59Right.

00:27:00And it was expansive.

00:27:04You really ought to try it.

00:27:06The puke juice?

00:27:07No.

00:27:08I had a snag at work.

00:27:12A little bit more than a snag.

00:27:14But, Lily, my dad came to me in a vision

00:27:17and showed me a path forward.

00:27:20Right.

00:27:22Guess arrived at one, Duncan.

00:27:24Guess?

00:27:24The reception?

00:27:26Yes.

00:27:27For Beatrice, the new headmaster at your daughter's school.

00:27:30Nice.

00:27:31I think maybe a shower is in order.

00:27:32Okay.

00:27:34Oh, um, and with regards to our arrangement,

00:27:40and in keeping with what we discussed,

00:27:43I did meet someone in Napa at the Muppes,

00:27:47a Danish CFO.

00:27:50Of course we use protection.

00:27:53Oh.

00:27:54Fun guy.

00:27:56You'd like him.

00:27:57Oh.

00:27:59Oh.

00:27:59I know Anushka was here last night.

00:28:03So, that's back on.

00:28:05You were supposed to tell me.

00:28:06No, no, no.

00:28:08She...

00:28:10That's all in the past.

00:28:11She was here as a friend.

00:28:12Right.

00:28:15Danish CEO...

00:28:16CFO.

00:28:17Okay.

00:28:18Brush your teeth.

00:28:19Okay.

00:28:19Your breath stinks.

00:28:20Yeah.

00:28:27Oh, Rodrigo.

00:28:28You're fired.

00:28:30Good one.

00:28:30No, you're fired.

00:28:31You told Lily Anushka was here last night.

00:28:33What?

00:28:33No, I didn't.

00:28:34Yes, you did.

00:28:36Lucky?

00:28:36Yeah.

00:28:37So, that dragon tattoo chick,

00:28:39I need that algo she did on that guy

00:28:40that was doing that thing that one time.

00:28:42Is that illegal?

00:28:43No.

00:28:44No.

00:28:44It's not illegal.

00:28:46Just frowned upon.

00:28:47Okay.

00:28:47Hold on.

00:28:48Yep.

00:28:49Lucky, are you still there?

00:28:50Yeah, I'm here.

00:28:50Okay, listen to me.

00:28:51It was Napa Valley, 29th, and the mud bath.

00:28:55Got it.

00:28:55Danish CFO.

00:28:57Like, you know, birdie birdie birdie birdie.

00:28:59Get me that, uh, code monkey with the pink hair.

00:29:02The none of the above with the door knocker in her nose.

00:29:04Sorry, their nose.

00:29:05Just get her.

00:29:05On it, Duncan.

00:29:11Hey, uh, Kip, get up.

00:29:13What is this?

00:29:14Get up from behind my desk.

00:29:15Did anyone see you sitting there?

00:29:17I don't think so.

00:29:18How's progress?

00:29:19Uh, the, uh, gentleman from the Napa mud baths is now in Copenhagen.

00:29:23Okay.

00:29:24Get him.

00:29:25What's the problem?

00:29:26In Europe, this is against...

00:29:27This is America.

00:29:28We have our own rules here.

00:29:29I mean, we play football with a football.

00:29:32Okay.

00:29:32Um, this algo is an AI-powered threat shield intended to protect people and their privacy.

00:29:37I know.

00:29:37I've seen it.

00:29:38And I find its scope annoyingly narrow.

00:29:41It synthesizes socials, biometrics, financials.

00:29:44Your current algo is just a data aggregator that can account for orphaned infosets.

00:29:49Which is fine for your corporate clients, but not performant under data-rich scenarios.

00:29:56So, this is, I mean, it can capture someone's entire digital footprint in a heartbeat.

00:30:03Now you're making my heartbeat.

00:30:05Its scope is basically God's eye.

00:30:08Good.

00:30:08Super scobey, then.

00:30:10But in the wrong hands, it could...

00:30:11It could...

00:30:12You...

00:30:12Whose hands are you talking about my hands?

00:30:15Hmm?

00:30:17Listen, you make a wrench, right?

00:30:19And I buy that wrench.

00:30:21Right?

00:30:23If I fix a leak or break someone's kneecap with it, it's not up to the wrench, girl.

00:30:27But my algo isn't intended...

00:30:28No, my algo.

00:30:29Mine.

00:30:30You work here.

00:30:31You developed it.

00:30:32Here.

00:30:33It is mine.

00:30:34Or do you want me to slap you with the lawsuit?

00:30:37If you did that, I would quit, obviously.

00:30:39And then one of your other employees would need to be capable of supervising, which they're...

00:30:45not.

00:30:49Lucky, can you give us the room?

00:30:54I told you to fix the door.

00:30:56Sorry.

00:30:58Um...

00:30:59Mr. Park, there are rules.

00:31:00Rules are designed to keep morons in line.

00:31:02Are you a moron?

00:31:03No, you aren't.

00:31:04And think about it, okay?

00:31:06What if this algo ends up protecting evildoers when it should be exposing them?

00:31:12Hmm?

00:31:13Who's gonna...

00:31:14Who's gonna make that call?

00:31:15You?

00:31:15Every time?

00:31:18Yeah.

00:31:18How about we develop this?

00:31:20Hmm?

00:31:20Right?

00:31:21I'll give you the resources you need.

00:31:24Don't you want to see the rocket you built punch a hole in the sky?

00:31:27Isn't that why you came to the valley?

00:31:30Yeah.

00:31:32Okay, so how godlike is this?

00:31:34Omniscience.

00:31:35Omniscience.

00:31:36Omniscience.

00:31:37What's that?

00:31:38We're about to find out.

00:31:48Here.

00:31:49Spoof it from this number.

00:31:56Lily?

00:31:58I was just thinking about your young self.

00:32:01Hello?

00:32:02Hi?

00:32:04Say hi.

00:32:04Say hi there.

00:32:05Hang on.

00:32:08That was...

00:32:09Press releases, personal calendars, text chains, posts, search engine requests...

00:32:13That's a big boat.

00:32:14Oh.

00:32:15It's really me.

00:32:17He...

00:32:17He's handsome.

00:32:18Yeah.

00:32:19No...

00:32:20How much does he make?

00:32:24Fuck.

00:32:26Okay.

00:32:27He got a tonsillectomy when he was a kid.

00:32:30I did too.

00:32:31Yeah.

00:32:32He likes sweet beer, herring, anal.

00:32:36Okay.

00:32:36Do you want more of the sex stuff?

00:32:38Cause I can tweak it too.

00:32:39No, no, no.

00:32:41It's...

00:32:43Okay.

00:32:50This is, um...

00:32:54This is a thing.

00:33:00Good work.

00:33:05Hey.

00:33:07I don't know your name.

00:33:08What is it?

00:33:09Harper.

00:33:09Harper, hi.

00:33:11Um...

00:33:11I can count on your complete discretion with this.

00:33:15Right?

00:33:16What do you want?

00:33:17Um...

00:33:17I want to get you something.

00:33:19I...

00:33:20What do you need?

00:33:21What do you need? Anything.

00:33:21An office of my own.

00:33:43Jameson.

00:33:44Hey, kiddo.

00:33:45What are you up to these days?

00:33:48Soccer tournament.

00:33:49Stalker tournament.

00:33:50That sounds...

00:33:51Soccer.

00:33:52Soccer.

00:33:53I prefer skiing and squash, but they have wealth connotations.

00:33:57Soccer's more relatable.

00:33:58Hey, Tessie's here somewhere.

00:34:00You two should get together.

00:34:02When's the last time you guys had a sleepover?

00:34:05Not since, like, seventh grade.

00:34:08Okay, can you just hold...

00:34:11that...

00:34:11face.

00:34:12I'm building an intelligent entity, more of an autonomous companion for alienated teens,

00:34:17based on personal data ecosystems, but it has been a real slog to replicate a genuine look of bothersomeness.

00:34:24Thanks, Jamie.

00:34:25For you, Jamie.

00:34:28Okay, just a sec.

00:34:29Sweetie.

00:34:30Sweetie.

00:34:32Next bite of the lemon square tastes exactly like the first.

00:34:36Yeah.

00:34:38I don't know how many of those she's eating.

00:34:40You try.

00:34:42You try.

00:34:42I mean, it's hard being a mom, right?

00:34:43It's really hard being a mom.

00:35:06Honey, swim first, then eat, just so you don't have any digestion issues in the Park Hofstetter's pool.

00:35:13Can we talk, please?

00:35:15Our next session, in the office.

00:35:17But...

00:35:19I'd rather do it now.

00:35:20Duncan, circumstances don't always align with our wishes.

00:35:42Your parents gave you a smartphone?

00:35:45Uh, yeah.

00:35:46Yours don't.

00:35:47Smarts are worse than hard drugs.

00:35:49Twice as addictive.

00:35:51Doesn't every parent here, like, work on tech stuff?

00:35:56Arms dealers don't give their kids landmines.

00:36:21Okay, so...

00:36:24Oh...

00:36:30Oh...

00:36:30Good.

00:36:33Oh...

00:36:34Is your mom still taking your Body Mass Index every night?

00:36:37What was her thing?

00:36:38Like, anything over-patigued, then you're eight percent less likely to get into a top ten?

00:36:43Amazing.

00:36:45Here, you're a klepto now.

00:36:48It was batter pie Romania.

00:36:51And you have to repeat the 11th grade?

00:36:54Plus community service.

00:36:56And I have to see Dr. Gary.

00:36:57Court ordered.

00:36:59Triple crown.

00:37:00Aw, poor Tessie.

00:37:03Stealing the flag off the flagpole.

00:37:05Turning the exit signs into no exit signs.

00:37:08So deep.

00:37:10Or just another cry for help.

00:37:13You found me out, Jamie?

00:37:15Just remember, if it comes down to it,

00:37:18it's across the street for attention.

00:37:20Up the road if you want results.

00:37:39Hello.

00:37:40Oh.

00:37:41You're not ashamed to be seen with me?

00:37:44What are you talking about?

00:37:47Your buddy from Cupertino?

00:37:49Tim?

00:37:50Little Tim.

00:37:52The guy's staring at me like he's trying to castrate me telepathically.

00:37:56It's working, too.

00:37:57He's just gloating.

00:37:59What?

00:38:00Why?

00:38:01He convinced Brick Tim to shut down the acquisition talks.

00:38:05Mind you.

00:38:06After you leaked the rumor.

00:38:09What did he say?

00:38:10It wasn't there.

00:38:12But I heard he called you a dumb man's genius.

00:38:16At least I'm someone's genius.

00:38:18Not everybody's asshole.

00:38:20He comes to my house.

00:38:21He comes to my house.

00:38:22Clothing?

00:38:23That is...

00:38:25How much of my stock do you own?

00:38:26Huh?

00:38:27Little Tim Blabs?

00:38:28About the acquisition snafu?

00:38:29To any of these people here?

00:38:30Anyone?

00:38:31He won't.

00:38:32Okay.

00:38:32He won't.

00:38:32Well, he better not.

00:38:34I'm just saying, you stand to lose, too.

00:38:36I know.

00:38:36That's why I had to firewall myself off from all of it.

00:38:39Oh, and yet you still heard him call me a dumbass.

00:38:41That just happened to get through your firewall.

00:38:44The zinger.

00:38:45I mean, he is...

00:38:46He is cutting me off at the balls here.

00:38:49I need you to shut that shit down.

00:38:51Is it the stock you're worried about or your dick?

00:38:54It's one and the same.

00:39:19So, this whole experience is, you know, quite out of the box for me.

00:39:24It's a great community.

00:39:25It seems everyone is so lovely here.

00:39:27Happy to get to work and bring my daughter and give her the best opportunity.

00:39:31Oh, uh, by the way, Lily knows you came to my session last night?

00:39:36Yeah, I know.

00:39:36I texted her.

00:39:39Why would you do that?

00:39:41Misunderstandings.

00:39:42They're unpredictable, costly, and easily avoidable with a bit of truth.

00:39:45Well, it got lost in translation.

00:39:46She went and banged a guy in Napa.

00:39:51That is not fucking interesting.

00:39:52I'm sorry.

00:39:52No, I know.

00:39:53I know.

00:39:54No, I know.

00:39:54I'm sorry.

00:39:55I just wanted to give Lily a nod of respect and agency.

00:39:58Well, mission's super-duper accomplished.

00:40:00Don't.

00:40:01It's...

00:40:01No.

00:40:02Okay.

00:40:03No.

00:40:04You sound like a truffle pig.

00:40:06Don't do that.

00:40:19I want to officially introduce the reason we're all here.

00:40:22An educator who took a top 50 in Pasadena to the top five.

00:40:28Before that, master's from Columbia.

00:40:31Yes.

00:40:31Harvard before that.

00:40:33And a terrifically underprivileged upbringing in Chicago.

00:40:36I knew the minute I heard her speak at the Aspen Education Summit that she was the one

00:40:42to lead us into the future.

00:40:45Raising money off frothy numbers to sugarcoat the rotten apple is what built this town.

00:40:49I give you...

00:40:50It's not fraud.

00:40:50Not now, Duncan.

00:40:52If not now, I will do harm to myself and or others.

00:40:56Jesus, find me.

00:41:00Uh, goodness.

00:41:03I, um, should have prepared something.

00:41:07I know you're all ready for a new chapter at La Celtas.

00:41:14Oh.

00:41:15Orson.

00:41:16Hey.

00:41:17I, uh, I...

00:41:19What?

00:41:20Hey.

00:41:21Sorry.

00:41:23Ooh.

00:41:26That kid laid a thinker.

00:41:29Let's make this a great year.

00:41:43Hi, um, this is, this is weird, but I was in there and I, I saw you take that thing.

00:41:50I don't know what you're talking about, bro.

00:41:52Uh, well, that guy in there, he just, he saw me come out of the library and he might

00:41:56think that I took it.

00:41:58Like, if so facto or whatever.

00:42:02Um.

00:42:19Okay, so listen, I'm in crisis right now.

00:42:22This is, you're looking at it.

00:42:25And my therapist, who's supposed to know me better than anyone, thinks I'm a fraud.

00:42:30Okay, Duncan, I, I, I didn't call you a fraud, okay?

00:42:34Okay, I said, what I said was that you, you might be committing fraud.

00:42:38What is the difference?

00:42:39You're not a murderer.

00:42:40You're just someone who committed murder.

00:42:42And here, when you use the word fraud in the Valley, that's kind of like saying, good hustle.

00:42:48Okay, I, I, I spoke to a lawyer friend.

00:42:53What, what, what?

00:42:53I didn't mention your name or anything.

00:42:56Why would you, why would you talk to a lawyer?

00:42:59Oh, you haven't done anything about this, yet acted on any of it.

00:43:04I've done the analytics, you know, I, I, I, I bag a high profile investor, and then everybody

00:43:09forgets about Cupertino, and we grow, we grow.

00:43:13I'm sexy again.

00:43:14Come and get it.

00:43:15But you'd have to lie to, to do it.

00:43:18It's, it's, it's market manipulation, and it is a felony.

00:43:21A felony, a felony, no, look, okay, here, you, you came here today, right?

00:43:28And I'm just going to assume to benefit your business, right?

00:43:31So you snarf up a bunch of potential hotshot clients, and they're fucked up kids, and that's...

00:43:36No, I, my child is attending Los Altos.

00:43:42You don't have a child.

00:43:45You just met him.

00:43:48The pooter?

00:43:49Okay.

00:43:50No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

00:43:51I think that we should be getting back to your guest.

00:43:53I just had an, uh-huh.

00:43:54I did.

00:43:54It's a really good one.

00:43:56Okay.

00:43:57Okay.

00:43:58Out of all your illustrious clients, right, maybe there is one or two in my arena, or adjacent,

00:44:06and that maybe their business needs aligned with mine.

00:44:10And, and maybe their personalities match as well, and you could set us up for, I don't

00:44:15know, a lunch, or...

00:44:16Okay, I am, uh, not a dating service for businessmen, Duncan.

00:44:20I am a therapist, and you need to respect that.

00:44:23Okay.

00:44:24Life coaches do it all the time.

00:44:26I am not a, I am not a life coach.

00:44:28No, no, I, listen, I want to continue doing the work.

00:44:31I do, with you.

00:44:32With you.

00:44:33Then I think that you need to face the discomfort of your truths.

00:44:40You pumped your stock.

00:44:43Right?

00:44:45Yeah, and now you want to do more of it?

00:44:47I mean, if the SEC find out, you could go to jail.

00:44:51Jail?

00:44:52Don't.

00:44:53Shh.

00:44:54Yeah, well, you wouldn't be the first CEO to end up there.

00:44:57You make me feel worse.

00:44:59You do.

00:45:00That is not your job.

00:45:01I'm pretty sure that is the opposite of your job.

00:45:04Okay, this is right here.

00:45:06This is why we have sessions in an office.

00:45:09Boundaries.

00:45:10Okay, look, I, I, I, I apologize, Duncan, and I am ending this conversation right now.

00:45:16No, hey, wait, listen, Lily's having an affair.

00:45:23I'm just a bit agitated more than usual, and you keep bringing up the SEC and the lawyer and...

00:45:30Well, I am, I...

00:45:31Listen, I, I depend on you, and I respect you.

00:45:35There is...

00:45:39There's no one else.

00:45:50Oh, man, that's a good shower.

00:45:54Yeah.

00:45:56Finally, an ounce of respect for the VA, huh?

00:46:00All right.

00:46:02Oh, and some legit above-board decadence.

00:46:06Yeah, I just wish the meetings went better.

00:46:08Oh, no pouting, Jeffrey.

00:46:10Come on, no feelings in a firefight.

00:46:13Smell this.

00:46:16Bergamot.

00:46:17Smells good.

00:46:17Yeah.

00:46:18Earl Grey, right?

00:46:20Yeah.

00:46:21Come on, look around.

00:46:22We're doing okay.

00:46:23I'm gonna do my pitch tonight.

00:46:26All the wigs will be there, the big ones, the little ones.

00:46:29Hell, yeah.

00:46:29I will make my case.

00:46:31I'll be passionate.

00:46:33I'm great when I'm passionate.

00:46:37I'm passionate.

00:46:38Do you want to help me get passionate?

00:46:44Uh, Tom.

00:46:48Yeah, what about the behavioral health forum in Fairlawn, huh?

00:46:52Backseat of that car?

00:46:53Yeah.

00:46:54I got you drunk.

00:46:56Crossed the line.

00:46:57Sorry.

00:46:59But, you know, if I'm being honest, not sorry.

00:47:05I wasn't that drunk.

00:47:07Oh.

00:47:12But, uh...

00:47:14Yeah.

00:47:17Yeah, I was younger once, you know.

00:47:19Oh, no.

00:47:19Handsomer.

00:47:20No, no, no.

00:47:21All the officers' wives wanted me.

00:47:24Yeah, you wanted the officers.

00:47:26Yeah.

00:47:29You're still handsome.

00:47:30Mm.

00:47:31And my boss.

00:47:33Yeah.

00:47:34Right.

00:47:35Yeah.

00:47:39You're gonna be great.

00:47:41Yeah?

00:47:42You can get some.

00:47:44Wow.

00:47:45Yeah.

00:47:46Y'all didn't invent moving fast and breaking things.

00:47:49We did.

00:47:51We need to be agile.

00:47:54And America is the greatest startup of them all.

00:47:57The future is coming.

00:47:59We like that startup energy.

00:48:02We're gonna require our contractors to look over existing genes.

00:48:07And let us know what we're good about.

00:48:10Come first place.

00:48:12Let's go to the movies.

00:48:13Hm?

00:48:18Born from carbon-woven composite skin.

00:48:21Wonderful speech, General.

00:48:23I'm afraid we're gonna have to bump Mr. Roughage.

00:48:25We'd pay overtime if we go even a minute over.

00:48:27But wait.

00:48:28Since he wasn't part of the original program,

00:48:32is he gonna have trouble reimbursing his room?

00:48:34Yeah.

00:48:35That's $2,100 a night.

00:48:37I mean, you could lie.

00:48:40Say you spoke.

00:48:41Just don't get caught.

00:48:43Don, let me say my piece.

00:48:44Five minutes, five minutes.

00:48:45That's it.

00:48:46It's not about being reimbursed.

00:48:48It's for the vets.

00:48:49I find it best to leave these decisions to Major Martian.

00:48:55You son of a bitch.

00:48:58You set me up to fuck me down.

00:49:01How long are you gonna hold a grudge?

00:49:03You know what?

00:49:05To hell with this.

00:49:06I'm speaking.

00:49:08You can just try and stop me.

00:49:10Oh!

00:49:18Okay.

00:49:19Okay.

00:49:41Hey, Dad, how's it going?

00:49:44Not bad.

00:49:45Not for an old geezer.

00:49:46How's it going there?

00:49:48When does school start?

00:49:50Day after Labor Day, I think.

00:49:53This place just feels like a weird simmaculum of life.

00:49:58Simulacrum.

00:50:00Simulacrum.

00:50:01There's these clients who pay to come see Mom and Gary on the hour.

00:50:05It's so weird.

00:50:06And there's one guy who's worth like a bazillion dollars, but he's the saddest man you've ever seen.

00:50:11The world there is not the world.

00:50:16Your mother loved it.

00:50:17I did not.

00:50:18Yeah.

00:50:20I really want to come home.

00:50:22Soon.

00:50:23December 19th.

00:50:25The day the semester ends.

00:50:27And I checked on the 21st, BSO is playing Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique.

00:50:32It's Berlioz.

00:50:34Worst case scenario, you do both semesters out there.

00:50:54Shit.

00:50:57Shit.

00:51:00Shit.

00:51:04I don't know.

00:51:33I don't know.

00:52:00It's guys like me and you making a median wage.

00:52:05Guys who actually make this country run.

00:52:08Mm-hmm.

00:52:09Who need to know what they're doing or else people, real people, will suffer.

00:52:15I mean, what do we get for keeping the wheels on the bus from falling off?

00:52:20Why did, uh, Voorhees fire you?

00:52:24I don't know.

00:52:24Who remembers?

00:52:27I might have bought him for his son.

00:52:32Don Jr.

00:52:34Oof.

00:52:35That's what he wanted to be called.

00:52:38Yeah.

00:52:38Wow.

00:52:39I know.

00:52:40They're military.

00:52:41Like, and should I be all gung-ho, like war's my jam, or is it like, oh, we don't talk

00:52:46about

00:52:47blood and guts and stuff like that?

00:52:49Just be yourself.

00:52:51Who else would it be, huh?

00:52:53Duncan, this is the story you need.

00:52:55Yes.

00:52:55Right, righto.

00:52:56Once more on to the beach.

00:52:57Bye.

00:52:59Hey.

00:53:00Go back to D.C.

00:53:02I need you there.

00:53:04Keep an eye on the jackals.

00:53:05They see safety net and all they think is, where'd I put my scissors?

00:53:09You're staying.

00:53:10Yeah.

00:53:11You hate it here.

00:53:13I hate it everywhere.

00:53:14I complain so much, I've lost track of where things fall on my color wheel of shit.

00:53:20It's all one big brown smear.

00:53:23You'll be pointing D.C., okay?

00:53:26We'll talk every day.

00:53:28Mr. Ruvage.

00:53:29Duncan Park, CEO, Hypernosis.

00:53:32Data analytics.

00:53:33I hear you need a data man to help our fighting men in uniform.

00:53:37And women.

00:53:39Can I get you a round of drinks?

00:53:41Uh, yeah.

00:53:43Yeah, two of those.

00:53:44Gentlemen, what can I, what can I do for, I am sorry, I don't, is it the army?

00:53:51Is it the navy, marines?

00:53:54Air force and coast guard, too.

00:53:57Cowabunga.

00:53:58Right?

00:53:58I mean, what, what can Hypernosis do to help us win our next war?

00:54:03Uh, well, it's really the last war we're still fighting.

00:54:08Okay, of course.

00:54:10Of course.

00:54:11Tracking down the terrorists.

00:54:13So you give us your satellite feed, your secret files, and we, we meld that with our data.

00:54:18We cross it.

00:54:19We blend it.

00:54:20We dig into it.

00:54:21We find the patterns.

00:54:23We find your bad guys.

00:54:24And you just, you just pull the trigger.

00:54:26Done.

00:54:26Win-win.

00:54:27And I mean, not for the guys that you're blowing up, but that, no, they're kind of into it, too.

00:54:31It's their martyrdom.

00:54:32So that's, it's actually a win, win, win.

00:54:36That's sort of the slogan for Hypernosis.

00:54:39Ah.

00:54:39Um, it's just, what?

00:54:43We represent America's veterans.

00:54:45We're the VA.

00:54:58How'd it go?

00:55:00What's the matter?

00:55:02Duncan, slow down.

00:55:06I told you they were from the VA.

00:55:08You, you said military.

00:55:10Okay?

00:55:10I need a sexy new client, not old urine-soaked vets with their weird hats and broken brains.

00:55:17I thought you got that.

00:55:18Sorry I hooked you up with a bloody government contract.

00:55:20There are more than one kind, okay?

00:55:22More than one kind.

00:55:23There are self-bombers and secret agents, and then there's distributing colostomy bags

00:55:27in tent cities.

00:55:28These men and women, they fought so that, so that we, we here could be free here.

00:55:36I admire them.

00:55:38And I, I've seen the alternatives.

00:55:40But I chose to make a life here, and in spite of its flaws, I'm grateful.

00:55:44Well, then you should have had Cupertino be their hero, okay?

00:55:47My company is not your ethical laundromat, okay?

00:55:51I, I, I have a reputation, okay?

00:55:57I know it's not great what people say about me, but, but this is not, this is not the story

00:56:04I needed, okay?

00:56:06This is just, this is goodwill fuckery, and your buddy, Little Tim, Little Tim, that's

00:56:12exactly what he's going to say when he leaks the acquisition fail.

00:56:16No.

00:56:16Yes, yes it is.

00:56:17I, I, I see how that guy looks at me.

00:56:21Like, I'm lying in a ditch with my asshole sticking up inside out, so he can drive up

00:56:27with his buddies and go like, hey guys, isn't that Duncan Park in that ditch with his asshole

00:56:33sticking up inside out?

00:56:34Yeah, I know how people are.

00:56:36Because I'm one of them.

00:56:39I'm a person, and I'm like that.

00:56:41So you're walking away?

00:56:43You're goddamn right, and you're going to tell the VA guys.

00:56:45That is your punishment, okay?

00:56:47Just put them out of their misery.

00:56:49They've probably been to more funerals than birthdays anyway.

00:56:52They can take it.

00:56:53Thanks.

00:56:55Thanks.

00:57:20You gotta be kidding me.

00:57:29Before we start, I think it's important to ensure your commitment to the doctor-patient

00:57:37confidentiality thing.

00:57:38You know everything about me, as it should be.

00:57:41And as you know, I have trust issues.

00:57:45Duncan, where are we going with this?

00:57:49Easier to hear me out.

00:57:53Um, on May 7th, you missed a session due to the flu, but you were actually getting varicose

00:57:59veins removed.

00:58:01Hypognosis, my company, we harvest your data every time you click agree, and then we put

00:58:06that all into an algorithm that would make the Patriot Act blush.

00:58:11Anything, everywhere, anybody.

00:58:14I know.

00:58:15All that godlike knowledge, and still, Cupertino didn't want us.

00:58:19The thing is, we're not all that unique.

00:58:23The amount of companies with as much or more capability than the NSA would give you nightmares.

00:58:29Here, Russia, China, India, they all have what I have on you, if they only cared to look.

00:58:36Duncan, um, I fear that you, you may be having a psychotic episode.

00:58:43Half of it's public filings and court cases, like how you and your ex-husband both try to

00:58:47dodge custody of the kid.

00:58:49Pretty sure a little Orwell would love to hear that.

00:58:55Okay.

00:58:57Okay.

00:58:59You need to leave.

00:59:01Right now.

00:59:02You need to face the discomforts of your truths, Jojo.

00:59:09When I told you my company was in trouble, within 53 seconds of me leaving this office,

00:59:14you sold your shares.

00:59:15And I was like, what?

00:59:17That hurt.

00:59:18No faith in Dunkey?

00:59:20And then I asked myself, I was like, why did she have shares in my company?

00:59:25Sounds like a conflict of interest.

00:59:27No?

00:59:27Oh my goodness, could it be?

00:59:29Yes.

00:59:30Yes, it is.

00:59:32You've been running a magnificent scam on all your high-end, blubbering billionaire clients.

00:59:37You, the trusted repository of the Valley's ultimate insider information.

00:59:42VC agonizing about an upcoming earnings call, CEO hopes his wife finally respects him after an upcoming secret merger, bye.

00:59:52What's the harm?

00:59:54What's the harm?

00:59:54Except it's a felony and you can go to jail for it.

00:59:56Duncan, this is madness.

00:59:59You are confabulating and it's a, a, a concern.

01:00:02That superior tone is something I really would like you to work on.

01:00:07Sit.

01:00:08Sit, please.

01:00:11We're both flawed human beings, you and I.

01:00:16With your degree, you could have chosen to help filthy city urchins with their nasty demons,

01:00:20but no, no, no, you planted yourself in the single richest enclave in America.

01:00:26To help cure the scourge for performance anxiety, sudden wealth syndrome?

01:00:31No.

01:00:33You profited.

01:00:35It really is okay, and you'll still profit.

01:00:38Me too.

01:00:41Because you're going to dish all that life-giving dirt to me.

01:00:46Not today, though.

01:00:47No.

01:00:48Today, I feel comfortable.

01:00:51Earthed.

01:00:52There's level ground between us.

01:00:56Feels better, right?

01:00:58So can we please, just, please, talk about my dad?

01:01:20Hello?

01:01:23Hello?

01:01:38You are inviting a pushback that is going to feel like the wrath of God.

01:01:44Dad, you're like having a breakdown.

01:01:49Hypergnomes, assemble!

01:01:51We're gonna make money!

01:01:53Ten million data points on every person from birth.

01:01:56You're not predicting behavior, you're steering it.

01:02:00Your algorithm says all that?

01:02:02Yes!

01:02:04That's the kind of tech that could help people.

01:02:07My patients have dangerous, violent tendencies.

01:02:11I just want to crush them.

01:02:14So what is your deal, bro?

01:02:17I know tech changed the world, but so did the bubonic plague.

01:02:21I don't get it, you're bot.

01:02:23Is it a moron?

01:02:24I mean, is it based on a moron?

01:02:25Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

01:02:27-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo?

01:02:28You do not want this guy ruining your company.

01:02:30Hey!

01:02:31Whoa!

01:02:33Prepare to have your mind blown.

01:02:40Welcome to the table read of The Audacity.

01:02:43First block.

01:02:46It's about to get real.

01:02:49The Audacity.

01:02:50Episode 101.

01:02:51One, we follow a Silicon Valley CEO, Duncan Park, 40s, biohacked and bespectacled.

01:02:58In episode one, the first thing that I wrote down was Duncan's opening line.

01:03:03More than physical pain, I fear humiliation.

01:03:07And it felt like it was being said to somebody in confidence.

01:03:11Angle on Dr. Joanne Felder, psychologist, 40s.

01:03:14She kind of runs the Valley's mindset or the psychology.

01:03:18The lost man children.

01:03:19It became a question of how can we make this relationship more than just therapist-patient?

01:03:25They started the season a little bit in performance of themselves, especially Joanne.

01:03:29She's like playing the good therapist.

01:03:32When word gets out, how will that make you feel?

01:03:36And when do you expect that to be?

01:03:39Let's see what happens when you are a powerful person discussing corporate secrets, successes and failures in a therapeutic setting.

01:03:48And what does the therapist do with the information, which is essentially insider information?

01:03:53Really, this is strictly between us.

01:03:58Schmuck.

01:03:59It was fun also doing some therapy scenes with Zach.

01:04:02Would you like to starfish, Caro?

01:04:04Okay.

01:04:05Yeah, thank you.

01:04:06Bardolph is, he's an angry man and very resentful and feels like he's never gotten his flowers that he deserves

01:04:14as being one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley.

01:04:18His main problem is greed, like most of the characters.

01:04:22Doesn't it make you feel good to see your legacy in action?

01:04:27Legacy, jeez.

01:04:28Bardolph's law is something I wrote on in.

01:04:30On speed, when we still have fax machines.

01:04:34The doctor-patient confidentiality thing, just how airtight is that?

01:04:37I can't speak with anyone about what you say, not unless you're meaning to do harm to yourself or others.

01:04:43I grew up in a house with a psychiatrist and a therapist, with their offices in the house.

01:04:50And I could hear the patients.

01:04:52I was a teenager and I chose not to listen to them because they were mostly really boring, but I

01:04:57could listen to them.

01:04:58It's that sort of funny faith that this room is a safe space.

01:05:03Why?

01:05:04What's so safe about it?

01:05:05When I told you my company was in trouble within 53 seconds of me leaving this office, you soldier shares.

01:05:11These two seemingly are so different, but then...

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