01x02 - Lakeshore Limited

[bunniefuu]

- What if there were a

medicine that could heal,

like, almost anything?

But what if they didn't

want you to know about it?

Marshall Cuso.

- Rick, what would happen

if I brought this company,

like, a new product?

Frances, can we meet up?

Some people are following me,

and I brought my tortoise.

There he is. That's the guy.

He was poking around downstream

from one of our

dump sites in Peru.

American guy. Gringo.

♪♪

[ Children shouting ]

One day one of the local

kids got bit by a stray dog.

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Our guy shows up, gave the kid

a blue mushroom he'd foraged.

Wound gone. Kid's

healed instantly.

He was stirring up

trouble, this guy.

We thought we got rid of him.

That crash he was in? No

one should have survived.

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That's it? That's the story?

- Yep.

- What do you want me to do here?

Tell the National

Security Council?

I already told the DEA.

They're handling it.

Oh, Cecily.

I'm here in Washington.

I'm not meeting senators.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

I'm not seeing my old

friend, the president.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

I'm meeting you.

We put you in the administration

because we thought you

knew how to be useful.

We hoped that you'd be

more supportive, Cecily.

We share mutual interests.

- Jonas, I was assured they put

their two best agents on it,

Copano and Harrington.

- And yet they failed

to apprehend him.

I'm not sure you understand

how serious this is.

Connor here works for

Reutical Pharmaceuticals.

You don't think this

has implications?

Connor, show her.

- I keep one on me at all times

since I saw what it can do.

[ Inhales deeply ]

[ Exhales ]

[ Screams ]

[ Grunting ]

Aah!

[ Coughs and grunts ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

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[ Grunts ]

[ Groans and sighs ]

What the f*ck?

[ Sighs ]

Yeah, I'd say it's

pretty impressive.

If this mushroom gets out,

it would be the single

greatest destabilizing force

the world has ever seen.

We've already begun

clearing the valley.

But if it's escaped

I'll call the DEA right now.

24/7 stakeouts,

whatever it takes.

- Cecily, I've decided to

supplement your efforts.

I'm putting some of my own

people on Mr. Marshall.

- Ah-ah, Jonas, don't tell me

anything I don't want to know.

- This is the most

dangerous man in the world.

And we need to get the

situation under control

[whispering] before

it gets out of hand.

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Frances, are you still there?

- Yes. I'm here.

- Can you meet me really fast?

I have to get out of town.

I have something to give

you. Once I do that

- Okay, can you just

slow down for a second?

- What is going on, Marshall?

- Just listen.

I'd rather not say

much right now.

People are after me.

- What? W-Wait. Which people?

- Um, at least one

federal agency.

Look, just, if we just meet

in person, I can explain.

Okay. Yes, yes. Okay.

Oh, there there's this place

that makes ramen burritos.

- Ramen burritos, uh,

do sound interesting,

but maybe not right now.

Frances, I've gotta go.

Meet me at the fountain

in Tompkins Square Park.

- Wait, Mar Wait. Marshall.

Babe.

- Babe!

- Yeah. One sec.

Fish on the line here, babe.

- Yeah. I have to

run out real quick.

f*cking, um, Rick has a problem.

- Gah! Come to Daddy!

[ Game beeping ]

Mm! f*ck yeah!

You gotta go, like, right now?

- No, I know, I

know, it's so dumb.

Rick just called, and

he needs someone to

All right, cool. Hey, babe?

Pick me up some

cheese. We need cheese.

I'm sorry. We need cheese?

What kind of cheese?

Uh, the good kind.

Has a cow on it.

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[ Gasps ]

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[ Breathing heavily ]

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Marshall?

Marshall?

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[ Birds chirping ]

[ Snoring lightly ]

- Hey!

- Ah!

You're in big trouble, pal.

Yeah, you can't

stay parked there.

It's a fire zone. Keep

moving, all right?

Sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

All right, buddy, I

gotta make a quick call.

Tie up some loose ends,

then we'll hit the road.

How's that sound?

Oh, Socrates. Are

you feeling okay?

Okay, actually, I know

someone who can help.

[ Birds chirping ]

- Yep. Just sit tight till

then. Grab some lunch.

- Got it.

[ Cellphone beeps off ]

They want us to wait

for a mycologist.

- Mycologist?

- Mushroom specialist.

- Yeah, I know what

a mycologist is.

They don't trust us

to find mushrooms?

They want an expert.

God, I love this thing. The

budget on this case is wild.

I don't get it.

They're acting like this

guy is mushroom El Chapo.

- He's not as bad as

some of our other cases.

He didn't dismember anyone

and dump portions of them

in different swamps.

Mm. Fair. I forgot that one.

Nah, this guy, he's he's

feeding ducks every night.

Yeah, those ducks.

Every night, 6:00 p.m.

It's like they got

an alarm clock.

- Do you think the ducks

will come back tonight?

I bet they will.

You'll bet, huh?

Okay. Unfortunately,

Zane's the one guy

for tortoise medicine,

so let's just get through

this as fast as possible.

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[ Bell jingles ]

Oh, come on, is that

a flowerhorn cichlid?

He can't have that in here.

Oh.

Hey, Marshall.

- Oh, man. Zane. What

are you doing, man?

What are you doing here?

- Well, it's kind of

a long story, Zane.

- [ Yawns loudly ]

- Listen, I've got this

sick tortoise, and it's

a bit urgent, so

- Where'd you get

this little guy?

- Is he from Madagascar?

- Zane, I

Because I do not do business

with tortoises from,

uh, Madagascar.

- He's not from Madagascar,

Zane. Look at this shell.

He's from Peru. Okay?

- Um, can you do

the thing with me?

- Damn it, Zane. Come on.

- I wanna do the thing.

- Half-brothers

are real brothers ♪

Half-brothers are true! ♪

- It wasn't that

hard. Thank you.

- Great. Okay, great.

Zane, please, I

- [ Yawns ]

- Zane.

- What are you doing here?

- Buddy? Please?

I-I've gotta get going.

People are after me.

- Why don't we let's

just see what we can do.

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[ Frantic music plays ]

[ Stomach gurgles ]

Um okay!

We'll just start here with

a little Melaleuca, camphor,

mild aromatic, analgesic

for any discomfort.

Marshall, you're not very

good at this. [ Laughs ]

Oh, you know what would be

good? Thalassia testudinum,

crude fiber and protein,

dicalcium phosphate, kale,

calcium carbonate, lysine, dried

kelp, ascorbyl polyphosphate,

and a little lecithin

just to be safe.

Top it off with some

sun-dried river shrimp

and some soybean meal,

and he'll be good to go.

- Here you go.

- Okay. Thank you, Zane.

Uh, namaste. I gotta go.

Actually, [chuckles]

maybe you just wanna

leave him here with me.

[ Chuckles ] A gorgeous

specimen like this?

[ Laughs ] He needs the proper

care of a responsible expert.

Uh, no.

- Was I a good brother, Marshall?

- Zane

- Was I at least as a

good as a half-brother?

Was at least half good?

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay. Well, um, cool, cool.

Are you gonna pay for

all that sh*t or?

[ Sighs ] Okay.

You're not gonna see

me for a while, Zane.

Good luck.

[ Bell jingles ]

Bartender, pour me another ♪

[ Song continues indistinctly ]

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- They ex*cuted a guy

in Alabama last night.

You know what his last meal was?

Onion rings.

Onion rings?

- Yeah, just onion

rings. That's it.

Pssh. Nah, my last meal,

I'm having filet mignon,

fries, and hashbrowns.

Caesar salad. Ooh, but,

like, mostly the dressing.

What do I care about

lettuce if I'm dying?

Martini, olives. Oh,

and I got to have

- They don't let

you have alcohol.

Come on. It's my last meal.

It's still prison.

In fact, in most states,

you can only get stuff

they already make in

the prison cafeteria.

Really?

So you can't get, like,

Pizza Hut or something?

Not in most states.

So where do you think he went?

- Who?

- The guy. Marshall.

Somebody's not telling

us something here.

I'm not complaining.

We got to spend some

time in the country.

- Two agents, overtime,

motel room, per diem.

That's a lot of resources.

- In the grand scheme

of things, I don't think

your three egg-white omelets

were that big of a deal.

Nor was my burger,

chicken fingers,

and on our regrettable

first day, tuna melt.

- This might look

like individual fungi,

but their mycelium

communicates with each other.

If a fungus needs help,

the network knows and

transfers sugars, water,

and minerals to

a friend in need.

You think you're looking

at a different fungus,

but what you're seeing

is a single intelligence.

- Because what does

fungi do? It adapts.

We poison the planet.

So how do they respond?

They only get stronger.

The blue angel mushroom

rumored, never found

could have massive potential,

effects on humans 100

times more effective

than stem-cell therapy, than

anything we've ever seen.

- I'm on 'shrooms

and I'm at the store.

What is my life?!

- What? Why would

you go to the store?

- Ugh.

- Oh!

- Is that you?

- Oh, uh, no.

No, just some research. Yeah

- Hey, listen, you wanna

go to lunch with me?

What? Oh, I mean, um, yes.

Um, is this, like,

a firing-me thing?

Because if it is, I

- Jonas Backstein canceled

on me, which is not good.

Jonas the Wolf?

- Never use that

nickname. He hates that.

I just don't want to waste

my reservation at Tuh.

It was impossible to get.

- Yep. I know. I'm

the one who got it.

Neat. So you'll come?

Um, okay. Yeah. Just, um

It's actually pronounced Té.

- Sure. Yeah. Whatever.

Reservation is 1:30,

but I guess you know

everything about the place.

[ Quiet background music plays ]

Hey, could I have more

of that squid-ink foam?

That was delicious.

Ah! Well, the company is

just completely f*cked.

[ Slurps ]

They brought me in as

CEO with one job

settle the huge f*cking

lawsuit that's coming at us

because of the depression

and the suicidal thoughts

that were a side

effect, allegedly,

of Spumiva, which, you

know, no one talks about

how much arthritis we

alleviated, but fine.

Anyway, it turns out the

surviving relatives are

I was at the deposition.

They were really

Ah, their stories? A

jury's gonna be in tears

at some of this sh*t, and

that's not good for us.

- Right.

- [ Sighs ]

And then the testing's

coming in on Omcutizane,

and it is not good.

We're basically just selling

people hope at this point.

Which arguably is

better than nothing.

[ Skeptical] Mm.

- Your squid-ink foam.

- [ Sighs ]

Then the North Carolina dump

situation is a whole mess.

The attorney general down there

is like a monkey on my back.

I don't even want

this. Do you want this?

- Oh, uh, no, thank you.

- [ Sighs ]

Frances, do me a huge favor

and tell me some good news.

- Okay, here it goes.

Um, Rick, do you remember

that new medicine

I told you about?

I think that it could

really be something.

- Frances, we have

hundreds of people

who literally just

find new medicines.

You really have

something they don't?

- Well, yes. Well, okay,

it's a little weird,

but I ran into this guy

I knew from high school.

He's upstate, kind of a

shaman sort of weirdo guy.

But, anyway, he

found this mushroom.

Mushroom? What kind?

- Well, it it

works like stem cells,

where it, like, heals

everything in your body

- Is this thing worth

my time? I'm super busy.

I honestly think it might be.

I think I should go after it.

Well, where is this guy?

Just talk to Mario at the

garage, get my Beemer.

- You want me to go right now?

I mean, I did have some wine

- It was mostly just

whites. You're fine. Go.

Okay, okay.

I guess I'm going.

Go save this company.

♪♪

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

- Hello?

- Rosie. I got raided.

- f*cking government. If

it's not the Forest Service

f*cking you on your

firewood permit,

they're raiding your house.

Yep. I'm done.

Let's go with the

plan we discussed.

You know what to do?

I know exactly what to do.

But I'm out here splitting

logs. You know what, though?

I'll get the

Mulvaney twins on it.

- The Mulvaney twins?

Ugh. If you have to.

Just, Rosie, remember,

just get my animals,

- burn my notebooks.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Burn the notebooks from

under the floorboards.

- Got it, got it, got it.

- Aditditdit. Okay, okay.

Just keep it small. Stick

to the plan. I gotta go.

♪♪

You have arrived.

- Hi, Marshall. About

your mushroom

No. Okay. Just be natural.

Just be natural.

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Uh, Marshall?

Marshall, a-are you here?

It's Frances.

[ Man speaking indistinctly ]

- Oh!

- I'm telling you, man.

So Rosie said get the guy's

papers and then do the burn.

- Yeah, look at that other room

over there, I think, probably.

No, sitting up on top

there. [ Door opens ]

Come here. Come on.

Go on, you rascal.

[ Door closes ]

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t.

♪♪

Give that over here.

- Louis, it's papers. It

doesn't have to be that big.

- No, it don't. But

it is. Deal with it.

Ah, sh*t!

You f*cking idiot!

[ Coughing ]

[ Smoke alarm beeping ]

[ Gasps and coughs ]

Oh! [ Coughing ]

[ Panting ]

Oh, sh*t, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t. Come on.

Come on. Come on!

[ Tires screech ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Engine revs ]

♪♪

You hungry, bud?

We'll grab a burger when

we're out of the city, okay?

I know, I know. Hold the

patty, extra lettuce.

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[ Honks horn ]

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[ Horn blaring ]

[ Panting ]

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Please. Please.

[ Panting ]

Oh, my God.

♪♪

Amelia? Mushroom expert?

- Mm-hmm.

- I hope you don't mind,

but we're kinda in a hurry.

Gotta catch some ducks.

They're not gonna be there.

So because of the leak,

there was actually a mushroom

growing in my drywall.

Yeah, they can grow anywhere.

I wonder what that was?

Peziza domiciliana, maybe?

- Maybe you can

give me your number.

I can text you some

pictures of it.

- I put it in as

"Amelia Mushrooms."

- Is that really your

last name? Just kidding.

- That wasn't here this morning.

It's a Super Contact Six.

You see many BMWs around here?

Now, that's interesting.

The hell?

♪♪

[ Ducks quacking ]

♪♪

- Hi. This is DEA

Agent Harrington.

We're at a scene here,

where we ex*cuted

a search warrant yesterday,

and there's been a fire.

- From what the DEA is

saying, it sounds like arson,

but there's still no sign

of this Marshall guy.

[ Panting ]

[ Bell chimes ]

- Final boarding call

for Lakeshore Limited,

final destination

Chicago, Illinois,

with connections west.

Just sit tight, buddy.

♪♪

- Did you have any

luck tracking him down?

- It seems, uh, I may have

underestimated Mr. Marshall,

but we will escalate.

Just keep me in the loop.

We'll get this guy, I promise.

[ Line disconnects]

- Connor.

- Yeah?

- You gave us all the

mushrooms that you had?

- Mm-hmm. Yep. All of them.

- You understand that

wherever this mushroom exists,

it must be destroyed.

♪♪

And you didn't try

to sell any, did you?

- Look, did I have

a conversation?

Sure.

You know, I'm just

exploring my options here.

I mean, come on,

give me a break.

[ g*nsh*t ]

[ Upbeat guitar music plays ]

♪♪

- Every time I

ooh-ooh-ooh talk to you ♪

I get the feeling

what you might do ♪

Every time I talk to you ♪

Afraid it might be the last ♪

Well, every time

I see your face ♪

I get the feeling

what you might do ♪

Every time I talk to you ♪

Afraid it's

gonna be the last ♪

♪♪

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪