01x01 - Pilot

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- Well, actually, our

research has shown overall

that diarrhea is the most

preferable side effect

compared to, you

know, the depression,

suicidal thoughts,

or even constipation.

Okay? Alright, next question.

- Oh, God. My boss just

said "diarrhea" on stage.

I'm gonna have to call you back.

- [ Feedback ]

- Uh, hello. Yes, my question is,

when will this company stop

the destruction it's causing

not just to indigenous

communities

- Okay, okay.

[ Spectators groaning ]

- Excuse me, I-I have the floor.

- Alright. Alright.

- As we said

- In the Peruvian highlands, to rare local plants

- Yeah, yeah. We

have a whole system.

- to fungi, to an

entire ecosystem

- Can someone get security,

please? I'm sorry.

- No, we don't need security.

- Security, please.

- [ Stammering ] Excuse me

- Look, buddy,

we're not doing this, okay?

- Hold on, hold

on. Let me finish.

This company, your company,

has destroyed fungal colonies

that were there

three million years.

This is a Banisteriopsis. Does

that mean anything to you?

- Security, please.

- It's been here since before insects.

Hey! Don't touch

me. Do not touch me.

- Thank you.

- Don't touch the plant.

Thank you, thank you.

- I-I'm sorry, everybody.

- I'm exercising my rights!

My name is Marshall Cuso.

I am a shareholder

- Oh, my God. Marshall?

- I Excuse me!

If I disappear, investigate

Reutical Pharmaceuticals.

They may attempt to harm me.

They have harmed me in the past.

Hippie living with his mom.

[ Slurps ]

- Hey, easy. No need for that.

Aw, man.

- Marshall? I

thought that was you.

Frances. It's Frances,

from high school.

- Oh, yea Hey, Frances.

- You're alive!

I heard that you died

in a plane crash or I

- No, no, that was misreported.

[ Chuckles ]

- I survived, obviously.

- Oh good! Wow!

- Ha, yeah. What're you

Do you work around here?

- Oh, I work for the

CEO of this company.

It's ur-urban planning. Yeah.

You have a plant.

- Yeah, it could use some shade.

And I knew as I was doing

it, it wasn't right.

- Oh, no!

[ Both chuckle ]

- Yeah. I maybe didn't

"peak" in high school.

- Oh, yeah. Well, hey, I

mean, I didn't either, right?

I was such an idiot.

Then, all of a sudden, the

world got very, very real.

I mean, I got all

this student debt.

And then my mom got dementia.

Oh, Frances, I'm sorry.

Sonia. Yeah.

I remember your mother.

- Oh, yeah, well, she doesn't

remember you, or anything.

Okay, Frances.

Can I Can I

tell you a secret?

Uh, yeah, please.

- Okay, just go with

me for a minute.

What if there were a medicine

that could heal,

like, almost anything?

- Well, yeah, that

would be great. Sure.

Yeah, right?

But what if they didn't

want you to know about it?

- "They"? Sorry, who's "they"?

"They" is big pharma,

it's the insurance

companies, the government.

Think about all the people

who make tons of money

just from keeping us sick,

by keeping us unwell.

Yeah, that would be sick.

[ Pigeons cooing ]

- Well, yeah.

It's a sick world.

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[ Neck snaps ]

- [ Gasps ] What the f*ck?!

But there's a cure.

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[ Woman vocalizing ]

[ Animals chittering ]

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[ Birds chirping ]

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[ Crackle ]

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[ Pigeon cooing ]

What the f*ck?

[ Both laugh ]

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

- Guy's name is Marshall Cuso.

- He's the one playing

with the pigeon?

Now, don't let that fool you.

He's a dangerous man.

Got a monopoly on

some kind of new drug.

Something very powerful.

- It's plant-based, maybe

a mushroom or a seed.

It could be hallucinogenic,

addictive, fatal.

- They want it

nipped in the bud.

"They"?

Oh, okay, yeah.

[ Clicks tongue ]

Okay, so who do we got?

- Right. Um, I

have one free team.

Copano and Harrington.

Great. Are they any good?

[ "Jump in the Line" by

Harry Belafonte playing ]

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- Shake, shake, shake,

Senora, shake your body line ♪

Shake, shake, shake, Senora,

shake it all the time ♪

Work, work, work, Senora,

work your body line ♪

Work, work, work, Senora,

work it all the time ♪

My girl's name is Senora ♪

I tell you,

friends, I adore her ♪

And when she

dances, oh, brother ♪

She's a hurricane in

all kinds of weather ♪

Jump in the line,

rock your body in time ♪

- Yeah, Copano Yeah,

Copano and Harrington.

Yeah, yeah, they're

good. They're good

Copano and Harrington are good.

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[ Animals chittering

in distance ]

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[ Insects chirping ]

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[ Thunder rumbles ]

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[ Beetle chitters ]

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[ Picks mushroom ]

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A mushroom?

Not just any mushroom.

The caviar, the ghost

orchid of mushrooms.

I mean, the chances of

this growing naturally

Frances, it's like a one-in-a-billion

Goldilocks situation.

A special valley,

isolated by mountains.

The fog lasts just long enough.

The humidity is just right.

The limestone in

the soil is perfect

to produce a rare,

specific kind of grass.

And in this grass grows a

very, very intense mushroom.

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And I found it.

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[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

Kinda had some trouble

getting out of there.

[ Machine g*n firing ]

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- Come on, come on,

come on, come on, kid.

Come on!

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- You couldn't wait

one more minute?

[ Machine g*n firing ] Aah!

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[ Squish ]

Ah

Oh, my God, oh, my God.

[ Engine roaring ]

[ Navigation panel beeping ]

And sh*t.

[ Alarm blaring ]

[ Woman vocalizing ]

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[ Wind blowing ]

[ Squishing ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Insects chirping ]

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I also ended up

with a pet tortoise.

- Flat white for

Gegory. Gegory!

- That has to be

"Gregory," right?

Anyway, I'm almost

out of mushrooms

- Hey, what's up? For Gegory?

Thanks.

- So that really was

his name. Gegory.

- Marshall!

- Right. Sorry.

I'm almost out of mushrooms.

And this valley is so special,

but it's being

destroyed as we speak.

This company, Reutical

Pharmaceuticals evil people.

They have a waste

dumpsite just upstream.

- Uh, yeah. Yeah, I've

I've heard of those guys.

- [ Cellphone vibrating ]

- Their CEO is this, like, evil

I mean, he's not even

smart enough to be evil.

[ Vibrating continues

] Rick Kruger?

He's just a functionary

of demonic forces.

He's like the

Devil's idiot butler.

- Oh.

[ Chuckles awkwardly ]

Then I started to understand.

No one's listening because

they didn't want to hear it.

I mean, Frances, look around.

Does this look healthy to you?

I mean, people are so lost

and confused and upset,

and we spend more money

than ever on healthcare,

and everyone's still sick.

The whole system is sick.

- And this?

- It's too powerful.

It would put everyone who

profits off selling drugs

and keeping us sick

out of business.

- I'm so I'm so

sorry. I-I just

- No, no, go. Please, take it.

I-I should probably

calm myself down anyway.

[ Door opens, bells jingle ]

[ Door closes ]

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[ Whispering indistinctly ]

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[ Laughter ]

[ Powering up, cellphone

camera clicks ]

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No I just ran into somebody.

I can be, like, ten

minutes, or less.

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Uh, yup, yeah. Okay.

Uh, see you soon.

[ Train clacking in distance ]

- Copano, is celery carrot's

cousin or a sibling?

You don't have to

answer right away.

Huh, yeah.

Okay, Agent Harrington.

I think I finally

figured it out.

- Okay, I'll pretend

I'm not listening.

Start here.

Dallas. Dealey Plaza,

where Oswald shoots JFK.

- Allegedly.

[ Chuckles ]

- [ Scoffs ] Now, Austin.

You know the tower?

Charles Whitman?

He was messed up.

Next, Oklahoma City.

What happened there?

- The bombing?

- Exactly.

Timothy McVeigh. He

was obsessed with what?

With Waco.

- Do you think my haircut makes

me look like Timothy McVeigh?

Maybe not now that

it's grown out.

No! I think it looks good.

But that's not all.

Killeen, first real

mass-sh**ting event in America.

A guy shot 27 people

in a Luby's Cafeteria.

- How do you know all this?

- Look at this, man.

sh**ter corridor

right through here.

I'm thinking they're gonna

send us up here or down here,

to stop the next one.

Look what I made.

You see? That's smart.

Finally some [ Door opens ]

- Copano, Harrington, follow me.

- Are we going

somewhere on the map?

- Map? No, no, that had

to do with the kids

There were kids coming in.

We were showing them

the different the

Forget the map. Let's go.

- [ Beep ]

- [ Chuckles ]

But thanks to Enablin,

stains on my pants?

They aren't one of my worries.

[ Beep ] [ Chuckles ]

But thanks to Enablin,

stains on my pants?

They aren't one of my worries.

[ Video stops ]

So, uh

So, that's the take?

That's the one we're gonna use?

- Is Frances here?

- Yeah, uh-huh.

Frances, do you like this?

- Uh, for what it is, uh, yes?

From a marketing perspective,

uh, maybe a bigger conversation?

Ugh, marketing.

Lotta those types are

gonna have to get fired.

[ Game warbles]

You know what, guys?

Take a couple

frames off the top.

Also, is the logo

the old version?

Can we adjust it,

just so we have it?

- Um, okay.

- Hey, there you go, Frances.

Boy, you really know

how to sell medicine

for geriatric incontinence

and urine leakage, don't ya?

[ Chuckles ]

- Just need your okay

on the legal disclaimer.

- Dry mouth, constipation,

nausea, stomach upset,

stomach pain, blurred vision,

dry eyes, skin irritation,

loose bowel movements,

disturbed sleep

- [ Sighs ] Is that

We have to say all that?

- All the language

came from legal, so

- Ugh. Okay, well, how

fast can you play that?

- Here's 1.8.

- [ Sped-up ] Dry mouth,

constipation, nausea,

stomach upset, stomach pain,

- blurred vision, dry eyes

- [ Groans ]

That's That's too

fast. Sounds like an elf.

Try one unit less.

- Do you want the part

about the ice chips?

- Jesus, ice chips? What?

- [ Sped-up ] To

relieve dry mouth,

suck ice chips,

chew sugarless gum,

drink water, or use a

saliva substitute

- No, no, they're on

their own for dry mouth.

We don't need some lady

choking on an ice

chip and suing us.

Okay, we're good. We're

good. You guys good?

We're good. Frances?

- Okay, so, your dinner

reservation, I printed it.

I know you like physical

paper. It is on your desk,

And tomorrow's crossword

is also in there.

I got it early

- Just had a conversation

with the board.

Ugh, Jonas Backstein, God.

You don't want him not happy.

Those guys scare the sh*t

outta me, to be honest.

Ugh. God.

You know I haven't seen

my wife in three weeks?

[ Elevator bell dings ]

Weird part is, she

hasn't complained.

So, uh, shakeups are coming.

I'm not sure if

we're gonna survive.

If I'm going down,

you're going down.

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Rick, what would happen

if I brought this company,

like, a new product?

- A new product? You

mean like a drug?

- Yes, kind of. I-I don't

know. Uh, still exploring.

Just kind of a hypothetical.

- Well, if somebody

brought something

we can bring to market

[ Elevator bell dings ]

I'd make that

person very wealthy.

- Oh. Um, okay.

Let me explore.

Well, hurry up, Magellan.

Get me something

by the end of Q3

and you can have my beach house.

[ Line ringing]

- Hey, this is Marshall

Cuso. Please leave a message.

[ Beep]

- Hi, um, Marshall,

sorry I missed you.

I'm not sure what happened,

but it was so nice

catching up with you.

Would you want to, I

don't know, meet up again?

Maybe in the city, or I

could come to you, or?

It'd just be really

nice to see you again.

Okay! Oh, it's Frances! Bye!

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[ Light switch clicks ]

- Hey, Mr. Socrates,

back from the city.

You'd hate it.

Oh! Listen to this.

- Hi, um, Marshall,

sorry I missed you

Frances Applewhite.

I haven't seen her since high

school. Can you believe that?

- Would you want to

- Doesn't she sound nice?

- I don't know, meet up again?

Oh, let me get you some food.

[ Alarm beeping on computer ]

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[ Duck quacks ]

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[ Electronic dance

music playing]

- Okay, yeah, this

hits. What's this?

- Italo disco, one of

my favorite genres.

Although many of the top

producers were in fact German.

[ Chuckles ] Mmm!

I thought they

only made sausages

and chocolates and sh*t.

Whatever, it's working.

Hmm. Hey, let me

ask you something.

This guy owns all the

way back to that highway?

- Yeah, like

2,000-something acres.

And that's from drug money?

He's done some wild stuff.

I did a dive on the guy.

Apparently, at some point,

he analyzed bar codes

in the New Hampshire lottery,

figured out which

ones were winners,

and won $11 million.

He was investigated, but

apparently it was totally legal.

Did you not read the file?

Oh, I read the file.

He's an expert on

quassinode extraction.

He has three birds named

after him in New Guinea.

He won the Havlstrom Prize.

- Uh, correction

He was runner up

for the Havlstrom Prize.

- See? That's why we're partners.

I knew he was runner up.

I was testing you. You passed.

- Does this seem like an

everyday drug dealer to you?

Job's the job.

Warrant's good?

[ Music turns off ]

Let's do this.

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[ Bang ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

Marshall Cuso?

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[ Alarm beeping on computer ]

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[ Breathing heavily ]

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[ Thunder rumbling ]

- Hey, brainstorm

with me for one sec.

If you wanted to, like, delete

any trace of where you worked,

like, online,

Facebook, LinkedIn

do you think that

you could do that?

- Uh-oh. Who are you hiding from?

- I just want to be more private.

- So Okay, so, I've

been reading this interview

with a psychologist

who thinks that sex

should be more like, um

like a form of play.

- Yes, um, sorry, what

what were you saying?

- Baby, just try looking into

my eyes for like 30 seconds.

It's really good for, like,

our our chakra, soul,

sexual connection stuff.

[ Keyboard clacks ]

- Babe?

- Sorry, Nick.

It's just, there's, like,

a work situation. I

[ Cellphone vibrates ]

- Hello?

- Frances?

Yeah. Yes. Hi!

Oh. Where are you?

- Um, actually, I-I'm in

your neighborhood right now.

Really?

[ Siren chirps ]

- [ Bottles clink ]

- I know it's weird, but, uh,

listen, can we meet up?

It's kind of urgent.

Uh, and just two

things to mention

Some people are following me,

and I brought my tortoise.

[ Thunder rumbles ]

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