2. Dead Cat Bounce (第2季)【完整台词】

Understood.

See you tomorrow.

I'm sorry I couldn't do more.

[cellphone thuds] [sighs] Sorry I had to skip the recital.

It's been a balled-up kind of a day.

You don't have to apologize to me.

Just your daughter.

I talked to Oliver Dake.

I didn't have to admit to anything too damaging.

But he'll be on your recusal next, and he is not gonna stop.

You have that look.

[scoffs] That bad, huh? I have this exercise I do with my clients called the 180.

When they've really lost the thread, when they're so fixated on a stock, they can't see it's a dumpster burning in front of them.

Maybe they can cut their losses.

But only a great few can go the opposite way, can pivot, and see that it's really a short.

You're a prime candidate for it because whatever choices you've been making, they sure as hell aren't working.

[keys clack] One-eighty, Chuck.

[door opens, closes] [trestles clacking] [] [echoing] One-eighty, Chuck.

[door closes] [ rock music plays ] What if we went after Spartan-Ives? That's as big as it gets.

[] Ari Spyros.

There's something I need you to do for me.

[telephone rings] Kornbluth.

I want to go on record to say that the SEC has no plans to investigate Spartan-Ives or Lawrence Boyd.

I cannot speak for the United States attorney.

No, I will not confirm that.

Do you deny there's an active investigation of Lawrence Boyd? If my office undertook such a radical endeavor against a bedrock company that has been such a friend to the administration, we would only do so with the full support of the Attorney General's Office.

But, no, I cannot confirm that.

So you have no comment on the investigation? Oh, oh, oh, oh It hurts, it hurts, it hurts And I will never see the light That I've seen shining in your eyes You just want to see me naked So I'll hold my breath I'll hold my breath, I'll hold it Hold my breath, I'll hold my breath I'll hold my breath, I'll hold my breath I'll hold my Congratulations.

If I fire you now, it'll look like the administration is protecting Boyd, obstructing justice.

Hmm.

They might even investigate you for that, General.

You think you're a bold player? Going after Spartan-Ives is asinine.

A man facing a firing squad has only two choices accept it or push against his restraints.

And I don't accept anything.

You were facing hard labor.

Now you're in the firing line, and you pulled me right there with you.

Not so.

Oh, if I win, Boyd goes down, and we celebrate on the podium together.

If I lose, the failure is all mine.

"If Boyd goes down.

" You really think it's that easy? There's a reason no one's done this.

So go ahead and swing your hatchet at the case.

I'll just fire you in a few months after the searchlights pass.

All you've bought is time.

[ dramatic music plays ] I got news last night I never wanted to get Chuck Rhoades, coming at me.

I have lived my life as an exemplar of rectitude so as to never have to deal with this kind of thing.

Still he comes.

You did what I'm about to.

You squared off with him, walked away unmarked.

I need your playbook, I need to know how to beat him.

Will you help me? I don't remember your reassuring hand on my shoulder when it was my time of trouble.

What I do remember is you, the exemplar of Wall Street rectitude, steering clear and making damn certain that my stink didn't waft anywhere near you, lest it stick.

Now, before I decide, answer this.

Are you a bastard? Because for you to have a chance against Rhoades, you need to be.

Even though there will be lawyers, there are no fucking rules not if you want to win.

You will have to crawl through a river of shit and risk bleeding out a hundred yards short of victory.

You have to be prepared to do things that are entirely outside the bounds of conventional morality.

What do you imagine I had to do to get to the top of Spartan-Ives? You have no right to be depressed You haven't tried hard enough to like it Haven't seen enough of this world yet But it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Well, stop your whining, try again No one wants to cause you pain They're just trying to let some air in But you hold your breath You hold your breath, you hold it Hold my breath, I hold my breath, I hold it