01x06 - Delete Uber

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Previously, on

"Super Pumped"

Boom! You just got Greyballed,

m*therf*cker!

I-Is this legal?

Are you an as*h*le?

We wouldn't even

be here tonight.

If it wasn't for

Olivia Lungociu.

What if we gave her

a taste of her own medicine?

Spend a million dollars

to dig into her?

How could you, Emil?

I'm the one

who put you in here.

I'm the one who can

take you out too.

- What's going on?

- I yelled.

Travis, you can't do that.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I don't know what

the f*ck's wrong with me.

I don't know why I keep

doing that.

Sometimes to get what you want,

You got to give

what you want.

There's no driver.

We doing this?

We sure as f*ck are, man.

Google rang me up.

It's not good.

They're suing over Levandowski.

You need to publish

this video.

The world needs to see it.

Opening theme music plays

SUPER PUMPED THE BATTLE FOR UBER

Season 01 Episode 16.

Episode Title: "Delete Uber"

Aired on: April 03, 2022.

Hello, everyone.

I understand Mr. Kalanick

is unable to join,

but we know everything,

And we have it all in here.

So let's begin.

"Force of Nature"

by Pearl Jam plays.

Understand she's a force

of nature.

Contraband hiding deep

inside her soul.

Exercising her will

to lose control.

These are just

and reasonable demands.

Of righteous people.

A man considers himself small.

Right up until the moment

he bigs up.

Atlas-style, Greek Titan,

bodybuilder.

Both m*therf*ckers apply.

Inspiration from the back

of a comic book.

Is not far off

in this particular case.

Can you believe this as*h*le?

The case of Dan O'Sullivan.

Chicago nobody

versus the world.

so much

unrealized potential.

This American carnage

stops right here.

And stops right now.

Maybe we should turn this off,

you know,

Keep politics out of the office,

like they said?

CEO is on Trump's

economic council.

He brought politics

to the office

and dumped them

like a colostomy bag

right in the middle

of the office.

You're obsessed, man.

And a little gross.

Pretty sure we're all

obsessed, or should be.

You didn't get enough blow back

from your company-wide email.

About TK

signing on with Trump?

I mean, that had to get HR

all up in your face.

My face is fine.

You told me you got called

into the office

I said it went fine.

Travis is sucking the a*s.

Of a fake f*cking

billionaire.

Worry about what's ending up

on his face,

And I'll worry

about him firing me.

We've got to turn

this sentiment around.

No. I don't believe that.

I don't see it. That's not fair.

It's also wrong, by the way.

But mostly it's unfair.

You agreed to let us do

our thing and then report back.

- You agreed.

- I changed my mind.

- And I'm glad I did.

- We're not doing this.

With you here,

that's why it's an off site.

Uber is not paying you

to collect all of my bad press

like some pissed-off girlfriend

scrolling through our texts.

Trying to find the first time

I was mean to her.

Actually, that's exactly

what they want, because this

Well, this says that people

don't like you.

It says that you are

one dumb choice away

from being a punchline

buried in the third graph.

Of a late-night monologue.

And who is "they"

in your construct?

I'm Uber, 'kay?

And I don't see this.

What I see is a mediocre

comms team that's

Oh, no.

What are you doing?

What is it?

My girls.

Do it outside.

Don't do it in my house.

- Yeah, this is it, man.

- Heck, yeah.

- Yeah, all right.

- Perfect.

- Thank you.

- Oh, this is really f*cked up.

I don't know if you remember me,

you know, old faces, new faces.

- Thanks for all the work you do.

- You dropped the prices.

I I didn't drop the prices

on Black.

You can have

the prices you want,

But you choose to give

everybody a ride.

Okay, no, here's the thing

about that.

We can do Lux

in San Francisco.

I got guys working on Lux

right now.

That's gonna be 50 to 70%

more expensive.

But people are not

trusting you anymore.

You think people want to buy

black cars anymore?

Nobody wants

to buy a black car.

I lost $97,000

because of you.

Yes. I'm bankrupt

because of you.

Yes, come on. Yes.

You keep changing every day.

- Hold on. Hold on a second.

- You keep changing every day.

What have I changed about Black?

- You changed the whole business.

- What?

- You dropped the prices.

- That not on Black.

- No, that's bullshit. That

- Yes. Yes, you did.

No, I didn't.

We are thrilled

to have you exclusive to Uber.

- Twenty dollars a mile?

- Yeah.

And the price for the rider

stays the same.

We just appreciate

your loyalty.

- That is bullshit. Bullshit!

- We're talking dollars per mile.

- What is the mile now, $2.75?

- You know what?

Some people just can't take

responsibility.

- For their own sh*t.

- I take responsibility.

And they have to blame

everything in their life.

- On somebody else.

- You sent an email.

- Come on, you sent an email

- Good luck.

Good luck to you, but I know.

- You're not gonna go far.

- Jesus, turn it off.

This is really bad.

That's really bad.

That's really bad.

f*ck! f*ck! f*ck!

f*ck! What is wrong with me?

It's being picked up by Olivia.

It's on WSJ's site.

Is anyone calling us

for comment?

No.

- That's not good.

- Mnh-mnh.

Uh, Arianna?

Hi, it's, uh, Travis.

Can you call me back?

Um, look, actually,

can you just come get me?

I'm

Never mind just, uh, call.

Thanks.

This is Bonnie Kalanick.

Please leave me a message,

And I'll get back to you.

Hi, Mom.

Um, can you just

call me back?

I, um I'm not gonna

be able

to make it up to the house.

Things are complicated here.

But if anyone calls you

about a video,

Just hang up and call

Penny or Kelsey, okay?

And don't watch it.

I'm fixing this.

I am.

Some people just don't want

to take responsibility.

I take responsibility.

You sent an email.

They gotta blame everything

in their life on somebody else.

- Bill.

- We have a problem.

Yes. We do.

I just spoke with Travis.

He needs our support

with that bogus video

of him and the driver.

Can I count on the board?

Well, I appreciate you

reaching out.

To get ourselves

aligned on this.

This is a-a bad situation.

On top of a lot

of bad choices, Arianna.

He's surrounded

by the wrong people.

Well, I'd love to,

but we make the wrong move

in response,

It's gonna look

like panic.

It was lovely

to chat with you.

I'm confident we will

find a solution.

No, ma'am.

It's always my pleasure

speaking with you on the phone.

This video is data.

And you're the data guy, right?

So tell me where the lie is.

Now tell me, what part

of what you said isn't true?

You can't, can you?

- No.

- No.

And what's our valuation

right now?

Sixty-nine billion.

What was it when you started

with Ryan and Garrett?

- One point six million.

- It was.

That's one point six.

That's a d*ck lint number.

And who did that?

Which guy on the screen?

That guy wouldn't have a job

if it weren't for that guy.

Okay?

You didn't tell him

to make the choices he made.

You gave him opportunity.

The most American thing ever.

Fly the flag,

salute the fireworks,

Baseball and hot dogs.

That's you.

Apple f*cking pie, right?

And we don't outsource

the work either.

I'm not Tim f*cking Cook,

sending jobs off to China.

And we're a global brand.

But we create jobs locally,

globally.

Damn f*cking straight.

f*ck what people

say about you.

The only things that count

are revenue and riders.

We got to get Levandowski to get

us those driver less cars sooner.

What'd he say it's gonna be?

- Two years.

- Yeah, no.

You gotta tell him 18 months.

That is what we need.

Driver less cars in 18 months.

It's cheaper. It's faster.

It's safer.

Cutting edge, man.

No more of these wars

with f*cking drivers.

Hey, we're gonna get you

through this.

And then you're gonna keep

changing the world.

Yeah. Hell, yeah.

What?

"Are you okay?"

"I'm so sorry

you're going through this."

"He's an as*h*le."

I've got a lot of those.

A lot of "Dump his a*s," too.

People asking me if it was

taken before we met,

Which of course,

they know it wasn't.

They just, I don't know,

want me to make them feel like

they can comfort

the sad girl.

Who was stupid enough

to believe you.

People are mad at me

'cause of the video,

And they're taking it out

on you. That's all.

No, they saw you

in the back of a car

with a couple of miniskirts

and heels,

And they think that

you're cheating on me.

But you know it's not that.

It's just I need to be seen

That's the problem.

You think that you need

to be seen.

You know, my uncle used

to watch these infomercials,

This real estate scam course.

"How to Make Money Now."

This guy named Tom Vu.

He always had six bikini models

either side of him on a yacht.

Uncle lost a lot of money

to that scammer.

And I laughed at him.

And now I am living with Tom Vu,

and everybody else

- What

- is laughing at me.

What do you want me to say?

I want you to give me.

Some sort of reason to stay.

'Cause being with you.

Is making me feel

ugly and awful.

Sorry, just

f*ck.

Forget it.

I'm moving out in the morning.

You're gonna move out on me

in the middle of the worst

crisis of my career.

Because of a video with me

and some fully clothed women?

I'm sorry, it's just sometimes

it's so clear that you're 24.

Gabi dumped me.

What's the plan for Uber?

I want to bring someone in

to help with culture.

You just said "culture"

without making a face.

Yeah, I made it on the inside.

You want me to do it?

You said you would before.

You know me.

You know how to fix things

without making them worse.

I just need a list

of sh*t to do,

and then I'll do that sh*t,

And then people can stop

freaking out.

Maybe start with not yelling

at your drivers,

Especially the ones

with dashcams.

That's what you got for me?

If I come,

it has to be real.

You pay me as a consultant,

and you give me complete access.

You take the changes seriously.

Nah, it's a dumb idea.

You investigating me?

Be too weird.

You like me too much.

Yeah, you're probably right.

I'll stick with the bio tech

cancer drug thing.

Not a good idea for the CEO

to take time off.

To investigate another company.

You good, though?

I want you to be good.

I'd be better

if you made me whole.

Why don't you just give me

a f*cking number,

So we can stop

having this conversation?

A hundred million.

There.

Now you have a number.

Okay.

Let me see

what I can figure out.

Nothing to figure.

We both know what I contributed

is worth way more than that.

Meanwhile, hire someone.

Do something to take back

control of the narrative.

Before it eats you.

We just need to pull Uber

over to pit row,

Get it fixed up,

back out there fast.

We do this internally.

We do it this weekend.

Any attempt to self-diagnose

will be met with ridicule.

By everybody, myself included.

We need someone trustworthy

to come in.

You're on board?

Only if Travis agrees to listen

to every recommendation.

Wait, hold on.

Is this investigation

theater or for real?

Amateurs love the profits,

hate the process.

We need a new story.

We need you guys

to get it out there

that we're taking this

seriously,

and we're making changes.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

Are we taking this seriously

and making changes?

Yes. Legit. We need somebody

with gravitas.

That is how strongly

I believe in this, okay?

Now when you were

at the White House,

Who scared the sh*t out of you

that wasn't named Obama?

Eric Holder.

There you go. Perfect.

- Get him. He's a lawyer, right?

- No, no, no.

That guy's a laser-focused

wrecking ball, Travis.

Exactly. People know his name.

He inspires fear.

Are you telling me

that you can't sell.

"Uber investigated

by Eric Holder" to the press?

We can sell it.

It's just once you put

a force like this in motion,

It might not go

the way you think.

Oh, not worried about that.

I can work him.

I can! He should be here

and hired already.

Come on. Let's fix this.

Percussive beat

I'm establishing

new vetting measures

to keep radical

Islamic t*rrorists.

Out of the United States

of America.

We don't want them here.

All the cabs are refusing

to work and our app shows

at minimum 60-minute wait.

For JFK Terminals

three through six.

Surge pricing is at

four times the normal cost.

At some point

people will just take

What? The train?

Have you ever taken a train

to JFK?

No. Nobody has.

How many rides you think

we're losing to this?

Turn off surge pricing.

Push "notify everyone

in the area."

We stand with our passengers.

Our man, Dan.

This particular

Chicago-based punk

is about to scream

"I want to be anarchy".

Right into Uber's face.

It's one man

and a m*therf*cking microphone.

And in this case,

That microphone is Twitter.

Guy hits send.

Guy thinks nothing'll happen.

What good can

140 characters do?

But sometimes

Sometimes this sh*t

hits like nitrate.

Just the right thing

at just the right time.

Who the hell told them to stop

surge pricing in New York?

Okay, you seem a little bit

I seem what? Furious?

Because in the face

of the Muslim ban,

which affects taxi drivers,

and, yes, our drivers,

Someone in New York ops

decided to play strikebreaker?

No one broke any strikes.

That's not what happened.

Did you f*cking authorize

dropping the surge pricing?

Maybe you or someone else

thought it might seem

magnanimous

not to charge people more.

But if you thought about it

for one f*cking second

I didn't authorize sh*t.

I didn't send the tweet.

Okay, then fire

whoever the f*ck did.

So we should be gouging people?

We should be profiting

off this protest?

To avoid being r*cist, yeah.

Wasn't this just Uber

offering people a way to support

the striking taxi drivers.

So they wouldn't have to cross

a protest line?

Don't spin me.

The company took

the opportunity to book rides.

You don't f*cking think,

Travis.

I'm gonna treat you

like a driver right now.

Like one of those drivers

that I signed.

By telling them how to go about

making their lives better.

And I'm gonna tell you

what's f*cking best for you.

And what's best for the United

f*cking States of America.

So now you're speaking

for the whole country.

Exactly. And you need

to actually take responsibility.

More than running my company?

Quit the president's

economic council.

Distance yourself.

The majority of our drivers

are immigrants,

Not just in this country,

which you know.

You just went viral

for berating one.

Okay, look, you don't like

the president.

Guess what? Neither do I.

The difference is,

you're gonna complain about it.

I'm gonna walk

into the White House.

And have influence,

and protect what we built.

What you're doing

is dicking around.

You need to start listening

to the people here.

You know, the people that helped

you build this company.

Because the people here,

they hate him.

And they are starting

to really hate you.

Vocalist sings indistinctly.

Eric Himpton Holder, Jr.

First Black attorney general

of these United States,

shoulder to shoulder

with B. Hussein Obama.

Through the best

and worst of it.

But if you think

he's riding shotgun.

For one side or the other,

no, sir.

This gentleman was first made

a federal judge.

By none other than

handsome Ron Reagan himself.

And, no, I ain't gonna swear

in front of him.

Because I have respect.

Maybe even a little fear.

And so should you.

Mr. Holder.

Mr. Kalanick.

How's San Francisco

treating you?

You know what?

We have got to get you

in to Arianna and Robin.

Actually, you let me know

what you want to eat.

I'll make the calls.

Travis, we will talk

at the end of this process.

Before that, if you see me,

Say hi, and that's it.

I don't work for you.

You are not my client.

Uber is my client.

That's one and the same.

See, now, that's why

we shouldn't be talking,

because you might

say something like that,

And then I might

have to write it down.

For this to work, you can have

no control over what I find out.

You let me know

about those reservations.

President Trump's travel

and immigration crackdown

on people from the seven

Muslim-majority countries

has caused chaos

and confusion

f*ck this f*cking company

and its absolute bullshittery.

f*ck all of you.

We've got trouble.

Right here in River City.

My mom likes Music Man.

Sorry, go.

The Levandowski mess.

We tried to fend off the lawsuit

over Levandowski and his tech.

Google is not interested

in talking.

Talking meaning settlement.

They want to go to court.

We need to cut

Levandowski loose.

Half the sh*t that Google uses.

Is stuff they're accused

of stealing.

They do it all the time.

Just keep doing it.

'Cause they're Google,

they're a monolith.

But isn't Uber the f*cking

monolith now?

Why should I have to cower?

Why is Larry Page up my a*s

about this thing?

You know, another

time, another situation,

maybe we ask that question,

But right now

you're grappling with bad press.

Page knows it,

and he's taking advantage.

So it's my fault?

Fault is for after.

Right now we need action.

Specifically,

we need you

to fire Levandowski,

make Page think

he's gotten to us.

Maybe he calms down.

You do that, you throw away

the future of the company.

Well, if it makes you feel

any better,

Levandowski's technology's

been burned.

Nobody gets it,

including and especially Lyft.

Does that make you feel

any better?

No, none of this is good.

It's what you call triage,

Travis.

You're the guy

dying of liver failure.

I'm the guy trying to help you

kick the bottle.

Okay, if the smell of death

is in the air,

It's not wafting off of me.

I'm alive and doing the thing.

I brought in Holder.

I'm solving this.

Let's give him a week

to finish his work, right?

I'd really like Holder's report

to say that you saw a problem

and you fixed it,

not that you saw a problem.

And you waited

for it to go away.

It's a big difference.

I shouldn't have said yes

to this.

The only thing

standing between us.

And total domination

is the f*cking drivers, man.

We replace them,

we own transportation.

Keep Levandowski,

We all get sucked into

this lawsuit like a black hole.

Yeah.

End of game.

I can't.

What?

I care too much.

You know me, man.

I'll get out there,

I'll convince him

we should keep fighting.

You do it.

Yeah.

This is Bonnie Kalanick.

Please leave me a message

and I'll get back to you.

Thanks.

Self-driving mode deactivated.

- Hey, man

- Test vehicle in standby.

TK couldn't nut up, huh?

He hates this.

He really does.

Yeah.

Clearly.

You didn't even cover

your tracks.

When you take a dump

on your ex-girlfriend's lawn,

You want her to know it was you,

not the Great Dane next door.

Okay, well,

I don't do that.

We all do that.

In one way or another.

So if you're looking for me

to throw myself.

On the mercy of the whatever

the hell you are, no, thanks.

You're gonna turn

the money spout off.

And lose your only shot

at driver less cars.

We are.

How the hell can I steal

something I created?

That's lawyer bullshit.

That's not laws of nature.

These f*cking people,

holding me and Travis

to this standard,

like we're average,

Like those standards apply.

People like me and TK,

we have the ability

to make the world better,

and applying

conventional morality.

To the world's most

brilliant minds is insanity.

They don't deserve you.

But we can't keep you.

Tell Travis to get out

of the car next time.

- It's done?

- Yeah.

He gets it.

Great, so now we just

have to deal

with f*cking drivers

for the next decade.

Till someone else figures out

the final solution.

Just kidding.

Dude, I'm kidding.

Come on, obviously, I'm

I'm hurting over here.

Jesus.

Can we go?

Hey, guys, I, uh,

I just got a call

from someone at Bloomberg.

He is sourcing a story about

a karaoke bar in South Korea.

What do I need

to get in front of?

Is this the Asia trip?

Let it take us higher

I am a golden god!

Of what, exactly?

That's it,

you're buying the drinks.

You're not buying the drinks.

You're using the corporate card.

So I'm buying the drinks

like always, right?

Hey, I want to sing Madonna.

You get to sing

whatever you want to sing.

We get this whole place

to ourselves.

Oh oh oh oh oh.

There's a story about me

singing "Drunk in Love"?

You did sing the Beyoncé part.

- Yeah.

- So we're fine.

Unless you want to hear me

sing the harmonies.

Is this a thing?

'Cause this can't be another

story that I get blamed for.

You were with me.

It's not remotely a thing.

Did he ask you to call me?

No, no.

Right, of course.

You okay?

Did you find a place?

Yeah, I think so.

It's, um, a bit far from things,

But it's got a small yard,

so that's

Great. Great.

Do you, uh, remember

that karaoke night in Seoul?

Hey, I want to sing Madonna.

You can sing anything you want.

We got this whole place

to ourselves.

Okay, everyone. It's time.

Pick a number, any number.

But not 14. She's mine.

What? They, like,

help you sing?

Well, more like they, uh,

make you sing.

Seven.

'Cause she looks like you.

Hey.

Closest you're gonna get.

Ten, thirteen, twelve, eleven.

These are some

of my lucky numbers.

Uh, yeah.

You, you, you and you.

Sure four's probably enough.

Like the hoop earrings.

Glasses are nice.

Babe, you ready?

I'm gonna hang back at the bar

with Sonya and have a drink.

What about it?

Yeah, I only wanted to warn you,

you know, so you're prepared.

And if a reporter

or anyone comes around,

It'll be really cool if you just

let them know nothing happened.

I don't think I can do that.

Yeah, I get that you and,

you know,

Trav are taking a break.

But you don't want to hurt him,

and I know how fragile you are.

I just want to be left

out of all of this, okay?

Can you just not mention me?

It's it's not up to me.

Come on, let's figure out

- Please, okay, I

- now, so it's clear.

I'm gonna hang up, all right?

Just, don't

No, Gab. Gab.

That's not

what I would have done.

Yeah, that's 'cause you

don't do anything.

- You're not an action guy

- Guys.

The moron has rewritten

the user deletion logic.

To batch delete users.

I had to, since there are so

many happening at the same time.

He doesn't understand,

and so I'm here trying to work.

Okay. Tell me why you 911'ed.

Hashtag "delete Uber."

After your bullshit move at JFK.

Yo!

Users are trying to delete

their whole accounts.

- We usually get a dozen a week

- Not even.

- But we're at

- A hundred thousand.

f*ck, you guys. f*ck.

And that's not counting

the full app deleters,

Which we won't know

until Apple releases met a data.

We're trending on Twitter.

Steadily going up,

Even after Austin restored

surge pricing.

We need a full engineering team

in here to handle the overload.

Uh, no.

We are frictionless,

but not if you want

to delete us.

Just because

of a g*dd*mn hashtag.

Okay, but that friction

will crash the app.

The platform. All of it.

Nobody will be able to ride.

f*ck, you guys.

f*ck!

All right, do it.

Get whoever you need.

What do you think?

A little midnight spin?

All that noise,

this late at night?

We'll get stink eye

from everyone on the lake.

Oh, no.

You ready to talk to him?

He's not gonna like

what I have to say.

Hi.

Hey, Mom, you're awake.

That's, uh, good.

I listen, I

Things aren't going so well

- and, um

- Hey, Trav.

The reason I didn't

pick up before

is because this

is the whining time,

And I'm gonna talk to you

in the fixing time.

No, I'm fixing it right now.

So you keep saying.

I am.

I just wanted

to talk it through a lit

The laundry list of complaints.

Can go on my voicemail.

I know what it sounds like.

When you actually

take responsibility.

And, um, I'll be here

when that happens.

You

He mad?

He's fine.

Yeah, he's, uh

He's working

through his stuff.

Listen, Gabs,

Just call me, okay?

I'm worried about you.

Don't be stupid, Gabs.

I don't want you

to be blindsided.

I'm not even sure

I can stop what's happen

If you go against me on this,

Stuff about you

is gonna come out.

Hello?

I have to tell you

about something.

Okay.

You should write this down.

Okay.

Um, just hang on.

Uh, don't hang up.

Just hang on.

Okay, I'm ready.

This is about Korea.

Okay.

The other woman at the bar went

to HR, but nothing came of it.

And now Gabi's gonna go

to the press,

And I have no reason

to tell her not to.

She said Travis was

They left after they had

one drink,

because Gabi didn't want

to go back

into one of those rooms,

Along with the other

female exec.

But the remaining company

personnel didn't

This one falls on Emil.

The second he picked up

that phone to call her.

Intimidation. Coercion.

We keep disarming

land mines,

And he's just out there

creating new ones.

I'm leaving.

And what does talking you

into staying look like?

A time machine

and a bottle of scotch.

Uber's Jurassic Park.

If the T. Rex

doesn't tear you apart,

The New York Times will.

Get everyone you love out.

And let's just hope

the dinosaurs eat each other.

Hey.

- Here.

- Oh, thank you.

What's this?

I'm the one

that's in the sh*t.

I'm the one

fixing the drinks.

I can't argue with that.

Are you sure?

You seem to be in the midst

of one hell of an argument.

I am, with myself.

I did this.

If I didn't,

I sure as hell helped.

I tried to put a goat

in the barn.

To keep my thoroughbred calm.

Instead, there was some kind of a

toxic chemical reaction.

That happened

between the two of them.

So he needs to be removed.

Emil, he's not your founder.

Excise him with clean margins

like the malignancy he is.

Cut him out.

Don't just sit there

blaming yourself.

You be you and keep trying.

You'll figure it.

He's expecting your call.

- Can we just wait for one minute?

- No.

No, we can't.

You have a slot, Travis.

We are on his timetable,

not yours.

- Okay.

- Hang on. Hang on. There you go.

- He's on right now?

- No, just give it a minute.

Hey, Mr. President, sir.

I'm very well, thank you.

Listen, I am calling

to let you know

I'll be stepping down

from the economic council.

It was my honor to

He hung up.

Well, maybe if you're lucky,

this gets reported

as you listening

to your customers

or employees.

Maybe we start to get out

of this tailspin.

I am not optimistic.

You're not why the f*ck did

I just throw away my Face Time

with the president?

The board convenes

this afternoon.

In Los Angeles

with Holder.

Hold on, he's done?

And we go to him?

Yeah. They're reading it

at his law firm.

No PDFs. Dead trees only.

Your plane will be ready

in two hours.

This is Bonnie Kalanick.

Please leave me a message

and I'll get back to you.

Thanks.

- Can it go faster?

- Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

- I want to go fast.

- All right.

All right,

we're gonna open it up.

Go faster!

Let me drive!

Hello.

This is Mr. Kalanick.

Then you sit back and watch.

I need you to take

me to Fresno.

Hello, everyone.

I understand Mr. Kalanick

is unable to join.

But we know everything,

and we have it all in here.

So let's begin.

Sexism, lying,

lack of diversity.

These are all bad enough,

but it's only the beginning.

Yeah. Section Two: Driver

violence against passengers.

Section Five: Sexual predation

done by drivers.

Section Six: Sexual predation

in the Uber offices.

This is

Eric

What are your

recommendations?

I have them outlined,

And it's not a short list.

Is this the best hospital?

Looks like a dipshit hospital.

It was the closest

trauma center.

I'm gonna make some calls.

Look, they know

what they're doing.

This is the sh*t

I know about.

Travis?

You're okay.

You are.

You're okay.

Breathe.

No, you don't need

to tell me twice.

You were good to come.

I can't believe

she's dead.

She loved you.

She loved you both,

so much.

She always talked about you.

How proud she was.

Sorry, I just need to speak

with Arianna before she leaves.

Hey.

Is your dad?

Doctors are

cautiously optimistic.

The f*ck that means.

Ange, I'm glad to see you,

But you shouldn't

have come.

Whatever he used to be?

Gone.

Those aren't human beings.

Mr. Holder's immediate

recommendations.

Emil?

You okay with this?

At this point,

all we owe him is a heads-up.

And by "we,"

I assume you mean the Board.

No.

Me talking to him doesn't

show you taking responsibility.

This needs to come

from you first.

The Board needs to see you stand

behind Holder's recommendations.

Or?

The Board stops

standing behind you.

You ever fire anyone before?

No one that mattered.

Tell him what the meeting

is about right away.

You're gonna want to make him

feel better, because

well, despite

your past behavior,

You're not actually

a sociopath.

Make it clean and quick.

Hey, you okay?

Your dad okay?

Yeah, thanks.

You can come in.

So you talked to Gabi

about South Korea.

Well

She must be pissed if she's

calling you to complain.

No, she didn't call me, dude.

She called someone else.

That's the problem.

f*ck.

Off site.

Ten o'clock at night,

Nobody to hear

if I start yelling.

Where is Gurley, hmm?

Skulking with, uh,

Cohler and Fenton.

In legal down the hall?

Yeah, something like that.

You're extending me

the courtesy.

It's always a friend

who does it.

The Holder Report

specifically recommends

your removal.

The Board's voting on it

in the morning.

I didn't realize

you could be fired

for asking someone's

ex-girlfriend to tell the truth.

Well, it's not just

South Korea.

I mean,

there is a pattern.

There's India, there's

the f*ck up at the Waverly.

I was off

the f*cking record!

Do you think I want to be

doing this right now?

To lose you? I don't, okay?

But I cannot let anything

take me down.

Not even you.

If there's something

that could k*ll Uber,

Then it's my job to remove it.

It's f*cking bullshit.

And the sad thing is,

You're gonna want

to talk to me about this.

About everything

that's about to come down.

And I don't know if I'm gonna

pick up the phone.

Jesus.

f*ck, my mom just died.

You're not gonna

pick up the phone?

- Man, f*ck you!

- f*ck. Okay, I'm sorry.

Of course. Of course.

Of course, man.

I'm sorry you're

in this situation.

You know what? I'm sorry.

You're always gonna be

Team Uber.

You are.

Always.

Always.

But I got to back

the Board's decision.

You're out.

Best we can hope for

is that he walks away,

stays quiet for a few days.

Mortification

can be a sil*ncer.

Yeah, or he gets angry,

he starts talking about

how I signed off

on all those mistakes,

How he's throwing his body

in front of a b*llet.

I'll make sure the Board knows

that you took care of it.

They'll endorse

a leave of absence for you.

How long you been

planning all this?

It's not like that.

It's a leave.

It's not an insurrection.

You just need to go away

for a while.

Let us clean up the mess,

then we'll bring you back in.

I'll make sure that the Board

is clear on the statement.

That it's not permanent.

So I'll get to see the press

release before it goes out.

You're gonna come back

stronger, I promise you.

This is the chapter in

your memoir where you reassess.

It's all wins after this.

I'll write the introduction

for you.

Travis back in Fresno?

Far from here, yes.

Leave of absence

starts tonight.

He take it okay?

He took it.

That's all that matters to us.

Can we please gather?

I would like to thank you all.

On behalf of the Uber board

for being here.

Our culture has taken ill,

But we've called upon

a great healer.

Let's talk about

our recommendations

from Eric Holder.

I am passionate

about redemption,

which is why I can state

with authority

that Travis is on a path

that will save this company.

And to that end,

he has something to say.

Thank you, Arianna.

The last eight years of my life

has only been about Uber.

Recent events

have brought home for me

that people are more important

than work,

and I need to take some time off

from the day-to-day

to grieve my mother,

to take care of my father,

to work on myself,

And to focus on building out

a world-class leadership team.

I mean, the team we had

The ultimate responsibility

for where we've gotten.

And how we've gotten here

rests on my shoulders.

But if we're gonna work

on Uber 2.0,

I also need to work

on Travis 2.0.

In case this one

was confusing,

Emil Michael has been removed.

By unanimous vote

of the Board.

This is just

absolutely brainless.

They fired Himmler to make

Hitler seem less culpable.

You hate working here

that much?

- It's a trade-off.

- You want to do the best work,

The sh*t nobody else will

let you do, actually disrupt?

Then you gotta work

with people.

Who give you enough room

to do that.

- And sometimes they're

- Assholes.

Yeah.

The next recommendations,

Well, they're all about culture.

Always Be Hustling?

Not anymore.

I'm gonna go

to the bathroom.

There must be balance

As you can read in my book.

Yeah, yeah.

Listen to the man

in the liquor store.

- Were you followed?

- No.

Turned off my phone

like you asked.

Were you?

So what say we, all of us,

come together,

do our best work,

And get to the next generation

of this great company?

He shouldn't be here.

If you want to launch

the next gen of Uber, Bill,

You have to let me launch

the next gen of Travis.

It happens.

Lots of people think they want

to talk until it's time.

I want to talk.

I think the best thing is,

think on it and then call me.

Or don't

I just want to know that

what I'm doing is the

I mean, I think I'm doing

the right thing.

But, like,

how do you know?

Hey, no, no. Don't go.

I don't want

to be an as*h*le.

Okay.

So what do you have to tell me

to feel that's not who you are?

You ever heard of Grey ball?

It's a programming thing.

It's just to essentially

target

Vocalizing