02x07 - No Doubt

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Blessed are the moments in life

when the decision is clear,

when doubt shrugs and
slinks away, ashamed of itself,

and resolve embraces
you like a long-lost lover.

Sweet certainty,
where have you been?

No matter,

no longing,

no looking back.

We're about to take out one of
the six worst companies of our time,

you and me, right?

That's so awesome.

Come here.

Welcome the consequences

when your heart
is alert and lucid.

What bad can come?

What are you... What
are you two doing?

Well, it's official. I
just got the word.

They're letting us all go.

We have till the end of the
month, and then it's Kristallnacht.

You want a hit?

No. I'm good.

Why didn't you just go to the parking
lot where everybody else does it?

I don't give a f*ck.

I'm a dead man walking.

Oh, I got to tell the
troops, my people.

Oh, God, I'll tell
them tomorrow.

Hey, Tyler, hit this.

I mean, I don't want
to smoke alone, okay?

That's not fair.

This is a direct order
from your superior, Tyler.

He's lost it.

Smoke this f*cking
joint with me.

Hey. Hey.

So you know this community outreach
job you keep talking about at Abaddonn

where you can, you know,
change the company from within

and do good and...

Well, what would you say
if I could get you that job?

What? Are you high?

What if I could get Eileen to
get you a meeting with Szidon?

I mean, because Eileen says she
can get me transferred back to IT.

So I'm thinking Eileen has a lot of
sway and maybe she can help you.

Tyler, that would never happen.

This company is
never gonna change.

Szidon is a crook.

But the point is to make a
difference, right, and to do good,

and that's what you've
always been saying,

and maybe there's a way to do that
without all this, you know, like, drama.

You should ask her. I
mean, fine, but it's unrealistic.

And, go ahead, keep
working here. That's great.

You've been brave, Tyler.

You don't have to stay
tied to this story anymore,

but I have to.

This is my mission now.
I have to stay the course.

Okay. Cool. I'll talk to her.

Yeah. So it's stage IV cancer.

It's really sad.

I guess it's
metastasized to the liver.

Because, you know, they've got
the three really beautiful children,

and he just got
this job in New York,

and they were all just about
to all completely move over...

Hi, Amy. Hi, Janice.

Hey, have you seen Krista?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I just saw her.

Oh, okay. Well, then I guess you
know that they're inducing tomorrow.

No. They're inducing Monday.

No. They're inducing
tomorrow. They moved it.

Oh, my God... Oh,
I'm sorry. Go ahead.

Well, I'll totally go
see her after work.

Oh, no, no. I wouldn't.

Because I think she just really
wants to be with the family.

Next?

I don't know what I should get
them because I've never had...

get you through this, and, you
know, this is part of entertaining.

Sometimes you just
have a great time.

Hey, Amy.

My God, Janice told me you're
having the baby tomorrow.

Yeah. I cannot wait another day.

I've just become the
crankiest little b*tch.

Oh, I'm sure you
guys are so excited.

Thank you for all
your visits, Amy.

Yeah. I'm really, really happy
we patched everything up.

Me, too, Krista.

You know, I really do
consider you a good friend.

You do?

So do I, Krista.

And, hey, listen.

There's something I want to
tell you, too, in confidence, but...

Look, I need you to promise that
you'll never, never say this to anyone,

you know, like nobody...
Janice, nothing, okay?

What is it?

I can trust you? Like...

Yes. You can trust me, Amy.

Okay. So remember I told
you about the guy I was dating,

the reporter? Mmm-hmm.

He's from the LA Times.

A reporter? That's different.

He's written an
expose on Abaddonn,

and I'm helping him.

Like, the story is gonna
run any day, and it is...

It's gonna blow the
roof off that place.

Like, it's gonna
cause a firestorm.

An expose on...

What's wrong with Abaddonn?

What's wrong
with it? No. I know.

I just... I mean...

Really? It's a lot.

There's just a lot,

and I just didn't want you to think
that I'd ever hide anything from you.

You're my friend,

and I need you to just please promise
me you would never tell anyone this.

Honestly, Amy, I have so
much on my mind right now, I...

I just hope you know
what you're doing.

I do. Like, I finally do.

Hey. Heh.

Look. I'm drinking water.

Nice.

God, I don't think I've
ever been more hydrated.

And you do look better, so...

Thank you.

So who's the guy?

Right. Yeah.

He's a reporter
from the LA Times.

Um...

His name is Jeff.

And?

Uh, and we're dating.

Okay.

Levi, that's not why
we're not gonna work.

Well, what's that reason?

I don't think we have
the same goals anymore.

I mean, I don't even
know what your goals are.

I mean, what about a family?

I thought you wanted that.

I did,

and I do. I just...

I want more, too. I want a
bigger life than what we had.

Amy, for 20-plus years, I've been
listening to your complaining about

how the only thing standing in
between you and happiness was me.

So you wanted me
to be a better man.

I go off.

Now I am that man,

and you're sitting here telling me
that you've changed your f*cking mind.

Are you f*cking kidding me?

Levi, just calm down, okay?

f*ck you. What?

Yeah, because I
got feelings, too.

You got all the answers for
everybody all the time, right, Amy?

So what's the answer
for me now, huh?

What am I supposed
to do now, drink water?

You drink it.

Uh...

Have a nice, big life.

Oh...

Sorry.

Jeff Flender.

Hey. Hey.

Hi. How did it go?

Oh, it went great.
I'm really excited.

It's gonna be a huge deal.

Ha! Good. I'm...
I'm excited, too.

How was your day?

Oh, it's okay.

Just eager for the next stage
of my life to start, you know,

whatever that is.

I mean, obviously,
Abaddonn is totally over,

and my past, you know,

is really over.

That's a good thing.

Yeah.

You're right. It is.

Hey, um...

I miss you, and I like
spending time with you.

Me, too.

Well, let's talk tomorrow, okay?

Okay. Yeah. Um...

All right. Good night, Jeff.

Bye.

Amy Jellicoe.

Hi, Amy. This is Eileen.

Oh, hi, Eileen.

I'm calling to talk to you about
your meeting with Charles Szidon.

My... My meeting?

To talk about this community
outreach job you're proposing.

He's interested in
speaking with you.

He is? Yes. He is.

Listen. He's not
in the office today,

but he said he can meet you
for coffee or a drink at about 4:00.

He's at the Lynwood
Country Club in Los Angeles.

Today?

I can e-mail you the directions.

This is neat, right?

Um, yeah. It's neat, but, you
know, I just don't think I can actually...

Listen. I can meet you for lunch
and kind of prep you if you'd like.

He's a real easy hang, though,
and I really think you two will hit it off.

Do you? Yeah. Okay.
Well, we'll talk about it then.

Okay. Thanks, Eileen.

Bye-bye. Bye.

What? Tyler, what?

Eileen never asks
him for anything.

So when she asked him to
meet with you, he said, "Great."

Tyler, did you tell
her about the article?

Because... No, no.

She thinks she's
just doing us a favor.

She knows we're friends, and...

But the timing is funky,
don't you think? I mean...

No. You have to
take the meeting.

You have to. Tyler...

I mean, if Eileen ever finds
out what we did, what I did,

she's never gonna forgive me.

Can't this have a happy
ending for everyone?

I seriously doubt it.

Cogentiva.

Everybody, hey.

Everybody, this is
important, so listen.

It's my sad duty
to tell all of you

that at the end of the month,
we're all being terminated.

Now that the data is in the
system, they don't need us anymore.

Maybe this isn't a
shock to some of you.

Maybe you knew all along
that we were just serfs

toiling away down here

until we're voted
off the f*cking island.

Or maybe you were like me

and thought you
had a career here,

thought that somebody
f*cking respected you

or that maybe life
was looking out for you.

Well, life is a sneaky b*tch,

and she'll pull the rug out from
under you every f*cking time.

Just when you build your castle,
here comes the f*cking tidal wave!

You can't count
on life for anything.

So f*cking be free,
Cogentiva. Be f*cking free.

Live for today. Love
each other, you know?

And for whatever it's worth,

I'm sorry for each
and every one of you.

And it's been my pleasure
and my honor to be your VP,

and if you want to talk to me about
anything, you can talk to me in my office.

Just be yourself,
really, you know?

He doesn't like phonies. So be
real. Just speak from your heart.

Yeah, Amy. Speak from the heart.

Yeah, but he doesn't like
negativity. So don't be too negative.

Come at him from
a positive place.

Yeah. That's good. Be positive.

Yeah, positive, like how
you could help the company,

how your ideas are
good for everybody.

He loves passion.

You have a lot of passion. So
he'll really respond to that, I'm sure.

Well, this company has, like,
a lot of stuff it needs to change.

You know, I'm not
gonna pull any punches.

I can really say some things
he's really not gonna want to hear.

Okay. Uh-huh. Just
don't be too negative.

Yeah, Amy. Don't
be too negative.

Don't start there.

Slip the negative into
all the positive, right?

Yeah.

I'm sure Amy will
make the most of it.

I just don't want you
guys to have to leave, so...

Guess where I'm going. Where?

To the Lynwood Country Club

to meet Charles Szidon.

What?

Yeah. Like, about this
community outreach job

that I've been angling
for for, like, forever.

Uh, ha! I don't...
I don't get it.

Well, I mean, I
know it's not real.

I just, you know, thought
I might as well sit with him

and hear what this
guy has to say, right?

Oh, you're not gonna
tell him anything, are you?

I mean, about the article or
about anything you gave me?

Oh, God, never. Of course not.

Yeah, because he's gonna
find out soon, anyway, right?

Yeah. No. Totally. No.

I was just curious to
hear how he's gonna justify

all the corrupt and immoral
sh*t he does, you know?

Who knows? Maybe if somebody
finally tells the truth to him,

he'll actually
see a little light.

You know, Amy, you're
in the article, right?

He's gonna know who
blew the whistle on him.

You're walking a tightrope here.

Yeah. What else is new, right?

So I'm driving to LA now,

and I thought I'd just come by
after, right, give you the blow-by-blow,

and it should be
pretty interesting.

Yeah. Yeah. Good luck. Thanks.

See you later, okay?

Wow, that's... Yeah.

Thank you.

Wow.

Hey, Charlie, how are you?

Hey, John, good to see you.

We got to get together.
I'll get Candy on that.

Hey, Paul, nice to see you.

Mr. Szidon... Charles, please.

Hi. Amy. Eileen
sent me to see...

Amy.

We know each other.

Yeah. Well, I said
hi the other day.

I told you I appreciated your
comments at the TED Conference.

Right. Yes. Thank you. Yeah.

Thank you for coming here.

I'm not going into the office this week,
and Eileen felt strongly we should meet.

It's just so nice for
her to set this up.

She's very special to me.

She's been with me
through many incarnations.

Loyalty is all.

She's very sweet.

You know, it's a tough world.

Everyone scrambles.
Everyone is out for themselves.

Who's loyal anymore?

Ha ha!

So, Amy, tell me
what you're thinking.

I feel like there's a real need for
a position or even a department

that helps Abaddonn look at how to
be a more conscientious company.

Well, I hear what you're saying.

You know, we do give a lot back to
Riverside, to the state, to the country.

We are corporate citizens.

Well, I'm not talking about
charitable contributions.

I'm talking about looking
fundamentally at how we impact the world

in really negative ways

and how to change that.

It's about choosing to
make ethics a priority.

You know, when you
have a job like mine,

you are reminded of
the bottom line every day.

I took over this company
when it was losing money,

and now it's in the black.

That's great for now,
but if the rain stops falling

and the crops die,
the king will be k*lled.

It's very primal.

You're not gonna be k*lled.

You're gonna get a $50 million parachute
and move to Pebble Beach or something.

I mean, you'll be good.

Sorry. I just... No.

No. That's all right.

Aw, thanks.

You want to know
what I really think?

Definitely.

It's a post-apocalyptic
world, Amy.

The bacteria has
exploded, and it is us,

and I don't look down
from the penthouse

and think I'm winning and
see my wonderful world.

I see chaos and
the end of times,

everyone holding
on for dear life.

You know, and I have my ship. I'm
trying to steer it so everyone survives.

That's my job, to
choose a course,

and sometimes I'm wrong,
and sometimes people get hurt,

but I have to decide
with confidence

and accept what comes.

Wow.

Do you really want
to do something good,

or are you just tired
of feeling powerless?

I guess both.

I want the power,

but to do something good.

Well,

I will give that to you. I
will make a position for you.

You will? Yeah.

Well, I don't know how it's gonna work or
what it's gonna look like, but let's try.

You think 100 is fair?

Wait. What? No. As
a salary. $100,000.

I don't know what you were thinking,
but since there's no precedent here.

Could you excuse
me for a minute?

Of course. Certainly.

Oh...

Oh...

So what happened?

Uh...

He offered me a job.

I mean, how ironic, right?

It was crazy. It was crazy.

It was the job I was
pushing for all along,

you know, that
internal watchdog job,

which, if I had, I could
bring all this stuff to light,

and the company would
probably listen and change,

and we could
change that company.

What the f*ck are
you talking about?

Well, he's a real person, you know,
and, yeah, he's obviously f*cked up.

f*cked up? He's a criminal.

Everything he's done is ill*gal, and
you expect him to let that come to light?

No, maybe not,

but the company is
really powerful, you know,

and it's like, gosh, we
just get it to change by,

I don't know, making it more
conscientious, and not just...

It's a moot point, Amy. The story is
running. You blew the whistle on them.

Yeah, but here's
the question, okay?

What would be the best
thing here, you know?

What would bring
about the most good?

I mean, isn't that the question?

I'm sure you're really scared,

and it's nice to think
we can avoid bloodshed,

but there's no decision here.

I'm a journalist. The
story is running, next week.

Abaddonn finds out
about it over the weekend.

We call for quotes. You're
gonna be a lightning rod.

There's no job for you
at Abaddonn anymore.

There's no job for
Szidon. He's going to jail.

Yeah, but it isn't like
you just want his head.

What... Argh... What... Ahem...

What I want is what
you always wanted,

to expose what they're
doing to the world.

They're not capable of change.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You're right. I just...

You're right.

I got a little idealistic
for a second there.

And when you finally
have access to the person

and they're in front of you and
they're a thinking, breathing person,

you know, you're just,

"He's got to feel what I feel.

"I can make him
feel what I feel."

He's a lizard. He doesn't feel.

I know.

I got seduced by thinking
I was gonna change him.

It's what I do,

thinking I can
convert the unbeliever.

Sorry.

There's something we
need to talk about, Amy.

Man, this is touchy.

I think it will be bad form
if, when the story breaks,

that people think we're in
some kind of relationship,

like a romantic or
sexual relationship.

Yeah. Yeah.

So I think we should
put the brakes on that,

you know, for a while till the dust
settles and then see where we are.

I see. Yeah.

I mean, I think we
both knew all along.

We just gave in to feelings,

which, you know, is human.

Happens.

Okay.

Okay.

But I didn't know it all along.

Oh, hey, Amy, I didn't...

Amy, you're amazing.

God damn it!

What the hell are
you honking at?

What are you doing?
Are you coming or going?

I don't know what I'm doing.

I don't f*cking
have a clue, okay?

All I want is your
parking space.

That's all you want?

That's all you f*cking want?

Lucky you.

Lucky you.