02x01 - The Key

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What if this kingdom
really is cursed?

It is cursed.

With a lunatic logic.

A death drive.

Its castle made of
glass and concrete...

And cancer.

What if somehow you
knew how to break the spell

and only you could
bring the light?

What if somehow
you had found the key

that could unlock the chains?

The magic key
that could free us all.

Would you use it?

You have to use it.

Sorry, Mom, for
destroying your paper.

I want to get this one article.

I need to get in
touch with this writer.

In touch for what?

Um, Mom, honestly,

there's a lot of crazy stuff
that's probably going to go down.

I can't get into it.

It's better if you're
in the dark, really.

Mom, do you believe in fate?

No.

All this time, I've
been trying to figure out

what to do.

And I realize that
there's no decision.

This is fate.

Serious fate, like
sword-in-the-rock fate.

What sword?

The golden sword.

The one, you know, you get,

you slay the king or
the dragon or the witch.

The one you can only
grab out if you're chosen.

Maybe I am chosen for something.

You know, for this.

I got to go.

What the hell?

Seven, seven,
three, seven, four...

Yes. Seven, seven...

Yeah, I got to get off
the phone right now.

I think my boss is
about to get back.

Okay. So I started in
Damien's accounts, right?

And then I just, like, went
into every email I could open.

All the top execs, and we
knew they were plunderers.

Just screwing their workers,
covering up their dirty dumping.

That's not the sickest part.

They don't care, Tyler.

They don't care.

They're hurting
people and they know it.

And it's a game to them.

They make jokes
about it in these emails.

When this sh*t comes out,

we're talking about at least
100 class action lawsuits.

What... What do you mean
"when it all comes out"?

How's it going to come out?

There's this guy, Jeff Flender,

he's at the LA Times.

He writes these
corporate exposes.

He is the perfect
journalist for this.

Oh, my God.

Please just don't go back
in there with my password.

They will trace it back to me.

Tyler, I have to go back in.

I don't have a hard copy. I couldn't
get the f*cking printer to work.

You know it always
jams up. I need your help.

No, no, no, no. I, uh...

I gave you that password
in a moment of weakness.

I'm not getting any
deeper into this.

Don't you feel an obligation?

People are living
under the illusion

that the American
dream is working for them.

And it's rigged by the
guys at the tippy top.

Well, I, I may not be at
the top, but I'm happy.

No, you're not.
You're miserable.

You're a mole, you're paralyzed.

Well, I'm changing.

I just joined the company
gym and I got a discount

'cause of my employee badge
and I'm gonna work out more.

And my aunt died and I just
found out I got her timeshare,

so I'm going to go to the
Bahamas for two weeks a year.

So, maybe I'm a mole,
but I'm a happy mole.

And I don't want to lose
what little I have. Okay?

You've already lost it.
They're shutting us down.

What do you mean?

They're shutting us
down. Cogentiva is folding.

When they've got their new
fancy system up and running,

their whole plan is to do it with
one fat guy in an office somewhere.

No. I don't believe you.

I'll show you all the emails.

We don't have a job.

They're firing all of us.

We can do something good here.

And at the very
least, isn't it our duty

to kick them in the ba*ls
on the way out the door?

Yes, Jeff Flender's
office, please.

Okay, sure.

Hi. This is Amy Jellicoe.

I'm at 9-5-1-7-7-2-0-3-3.

And, um, I'm a really
big fan of your work.

I have something really
important to talk to you about,

and it is time sensitive,

so, um, it's extremely,
um, expl*sive information,

so if you could call me back
right away, this is urgent.

Thank you so much.

You have got to act like everything's
cool and just do your work.

The harder I work, the
sooner we all get fired.

Shh.

Hello?

Oh, uh, yes, this is she.

Um, can you hold on
one second, please?

Sorry, I have to take this call.

Thank you for calling me back.

Sure. I'm always down
for something expl*sive.

Well, I can't really
discuss this on the phone.

Um, I need to
meet you in person.

Well, come by my
office. Let's set a time.

This is really, really urgent.

Okay. Um, I live downtown.

Um, got a late meeting.
Free by around 8:00.

Yeah, you know, my car
is really funky right now.

Is there any way you
could meet me in Riverside?

You want me to
drive to Riverside?

It's worth it. Trust me.

I have something
for you. It's a gift.

This is a huge front page story.

Well, what is it?

Um, I can't really talk
about it at work, like I said.

Yeah, just, here working
at Abaddonn Industries.

You know what I mean?

There's a T.G.I. Friday's
on Arlington, just off the 91.

Um, why don't we
meet there at 9:00?

Okay. Okay. Bye.

Blind dates.

You guys still
plugging away, huh?

Nice.

There's no overtime,
though. So...

Oh, no, no. I just...

I want to finish
up this last section.

I'm such a
perfectionist, you know.

No, I don't know that
you're a perfectionist.

Oh, me? Yeah, I'm
just, like, super a**l.

That's how I got where I am.

I don't even want to touch that.

Oh, Tyler's just
keeping me company

while I finish up
this last section.

All right, well, hey,
I like the dedication.

Stay a**l, you guys.

You're f*cking right.
They're dumping us.

I told you. Even Dougie.

They think he's a joke.

Well...

The computers just shut off.

What is that?

Has that ever happened before?

Tyler. Tyler, wait a minute.

Do you think they detect a
breach, like a security breach?

No. How could they?

You know what? We
have enough here.

Let's get the f*ck out of here.

Or do I just start...

We're having some
power outages in level H.

Did you notice
anything down there?

Yeah. No.

I mean, well, no, but yeah.

We didn't care. We
were just working, so...

But now we're
done. Heading home.

Have a good night. Working late.

We're going to get
f*cking arrested.

You're such a bad liar.

Let me do the talking next
time something like that happens.

I'm never doing
anything like this again.

I googled you so I
know what you look like,

and you speak so
beautifully about the issues

that are vital to the
environment and corporate greed,

and to the middle class.

Hi. I'm Jeff. So, you... Jeff.

I'm Amy. Hey, Amy.

Sorry, I'm a little bit nervous,
because, um, I know this was my idea,

but I realized people come
here from work and stuff. So...

You work at Abaddonn.

Yeah. For 15 years.

And I've seen things,
and I've read things

and I'm not going
to be silent anymore

about what's
going on over there.

What's going on over there?

Um, these documents

will be able to tell you
way more than I can.

And I'm ready to
give them to you.

But I need to know
that they're going to get

the coverage they deserve.

What are you saying?

Well, I'm saying, like,
the front page at least.

I mean, I need a guarantee.

You want me to guarantee
you the front page?

We're talking about
pages and pages

of some of the most unbelievable
sh*t you have ever read.

Like, every word in the
book. You know what I mean?

Yeah, well, if
that's all... What?

Oh, my God.

Is he staring?

Honestly, I think the guy's
watching the monster truck jam.

Yeah. We're good. We're good.

Okay, well, if this
is what you say it is,

I'm sure it'll get plenty
of good coverage.

I can't guarantee you anything

until I've read the documents
and talked to my editors.

But I can tell you in good faith

I'll do the best I can.

Oh, my God.

This is it.

This is the beginning.

That's me passing
the baton to you.

Okay. Great.

Well, I'll give you a call
as soon as I've digested it

and we'll go from there.

I've been taking a
break from drinking.

Like, should we have a
glass of wine and celebrate?

I really need to get back to LA.

Oh, you're right.
You're in Riverside.

Yeah, so, I'll call you soon.

I'll be waiting to
hear from you.

I'll take good care
of this. Obviously.

And it was, uh, really
great meeting you, Amy.

Hey, you, too.

Okay, Amy. Okay, bye.

If they knew.

If they only knew,

would they do something, too?

Or would they just ignore it?

What would they do?

I guess we're about
to find out, right?

I just don't get why
he hasn't called me.

He's probably busy.

Busy? Are you kidding me?

He's sitting on a powder keg

that can blow the country
of America wide open

and he's too f*cking busy?

I don't think so.

Voicemail.

Jeff, hey, it's Amy.

Um, so, just eager
to hear from you.

Checking in, um, if you can
call me as soon as you can,

you have my number, of course.

Okay, great. Bye.

Good message.

Hello?

Oh. Oh, you haven't?

Mmm-hmm. Oh. Oh, okay, great.

Gotcha.

Oh, right away. Okay.

Well, I think we should
meet up again tonight.

Sure. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

All right. Bye.

Oh, my God. You were right.
He was in meetings all day.

He's going to read it right now.

So, I said I needed to
meet him again tonight

and, uh, talk about everything.

And he doesn't want to
come back to Riverside again.

So, um, we do have to go to LA.

What do you mean "we"?

I mean, my car will never
make it. I need you to drive me.

Well, what if I have plans?

Do you? No.

Tyler, this is gonna be huge.

What was that, you
know, the whistleblower

who became, like, Person of
the Year for TIME Magazine?

You could be Person of the
Year. Who the f*ck knows?

This is getting really
exciting, you know.

Hey. Yum.

We got a good spot.

Right.

What are you doing? Huh?

Why are you putting
on lipstick? Huh?

Well, I mean, I want to look
okay. This guy's a big deal.

He's like a Woodward
or a Bernstein.

How do I look?

What does it matter?

Is it a meeting or is it,
like, a date or something?

It's a meeting,
obviously. But this is big.

I mean, this is a major moment.

This is where it begins, right?

You know? Okay.

Well, let's go.

Oh, do you mind waiting here?

What? Yeah.

I mean, he doesn't
really know you,

and it could be confusing.

I mean, I really don't
think it'll take long.

So, wish me luck.

You're f*cking kidding.

Yeah. Sure. Let's
just run with it.

Oh, sh*t. Is it 8:00?

Oh, uh, yeah, I came early.

That's okay. Um, no,
I can't. Come on in.

I can't in November.
I'm in Dubai.

Oh, you're going to f*cking love
this thing, soon as I get more...

I got a few plates
spinning right now.

I've got to push...

Yeah, yeah, I know. Great.

Great, we'll talk about
it. We'll talk soon.

Yeah, bye.

Aww, that's so sweet.
Is that your grandfather?

No, that's Noam Chomsky.

Political theorist.

Mmm. Cool. So, um...
Are you just freaking out?

Or what do you think?

Um, freaking out, no. No.

I did take a look at it. Yeah.

Yeah. You know,
I can see how it's

interesting from a
voyeuristic point of view,

but there's not enough here.

Wait, what?

Well, there's not
much of a story here.

I mean, it's not a front
page story at least.

Did you even read it all?

Are you kidding me? Yeah.

I mean, what are
you talking about?

Well, it's unethical
and it's immoral.

I know that. It's disgusting,
but it's not ill*gal.

But, I mean, these
guys are pigs.

They're getting rich by
screwing everyone else.

Hey, I hate to break it to you,
that's what executives are hired to do.

You go into any office around
here, there's thousands of them,

and it's all exactly the same
thing. Business as usual.

But they're looting a company

and they have absolutely
no social conscience.

Um, right, um...

Did one of these f*ck
f*ck you over, or what?

Excuse me?

Well, what's the
back story here?

What kind of revenge
play are you working on?

This isn't about revenge, okay?

It's about justice.

So you're an idealist,
or a do-gooder.

Or maybe you're just somebody who
likes to see your name in the paper.

f*ck it. f*ck it. I'll
take it somewhere else.

I don't know why you
don't see what I see.

I mean, I really don't.

Maybe you're too scared
to take on Abaddonn.

But you know what? I'm not. And
somebody else is going to run with this.

Amy, no, no. Forget it.

Will you just f*cking
calm down for a second?

Well... Amy, are you kidding me?

To hang a company like
Abaddonn, it's what I live for.

But this is not a story.

I mean, maybe it
is, but if I wrote it,

the only thing that's
going to happen is

you're going to get
in a shitload of trouble

and nothing's going to change.

Don't tell me that.

Now, there is a
story at Abaddonn.

Better than this.

And with my help and your
access to personal emails,

we can blow the lid
off this whole company.

And these people won't
only be embarrassed,

they'll go to jail.

Well, what happened?

I'm not sure. This
is really complicated.

I guess Abaddonn

is paying off
government officials.

It's huge.

But he needs us to go back in.

No, no, no. We're not
going to keep doing this.

Tyler, we have to. Hell no.

I'm not going on some
fishing expedition.

We're going to be out of
Abaddonn in two weeks anyway.

Maybe not. We don't know that.

We do know that.

Well, even if I am fired, I want
to be able to still get a job again.

You'll get a job.

Not if I'm f*cking arrested for
breaking into confidential company email.

Tyler, we have the key
to break this wide open.

No, we don't have the key.

It turns out we
don't have the key.

We will get the g*dd*mn key.

So, you're sad now?

I'm just tired of feeling small.

You know, for two minutes
there, I felt worth something.

Like I was doing
something, something real.

And I was alive.

That might sound pathetic but
it felt good to feel alive for once.

And not just dead
and plastic and numb.

Oh, God, I really don't want
to go back to being nothing.

I mean, do you?

Uh, I don't know anything else.

Tyler,

come on.

Let's be hopeful.

You and me.

We can try to do something.

Not just be dying.

I'm so sick of dying.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

This kingdom,

this amazing kingdom
we have made.

This monstrous kingdom.

Its castles are magic.

They are beautiful.

They are built on
dreams, and iron...

And greed.

They are inorganic
and cannot sustain.

No kingdom lasts forever.

Even this will end.

And life

and earth

will reign again.