03x03 - Guerilla

[bunniefuu]

Both my credit cards got shut down.

Everything was in those two accounts.

All our money tied up?

- They've frozen it all!
- NICK: Was it Stroud?

Well, it had to be, right?

We can't sell, I figured out
how to get to million...

It's called "SELF."

The entire suite of services
everybody's working on

rolled into one app,
powered by our network.

And that app is called "SELF."

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No...

(GASPS FROM THE CROWD)

Special Agent Rebecca Stroud,
National Security Agency.

- (g*nf*re)
- Contact!

- Ah!
- (IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Yo, found somethin'.

STROUD: Your network is
fomenting t*rror1st activity,

and illicit crime.

- STELLA: Are you sure about this?
- The whole company goes down.

Okay.

- Araknet done gone cold... dead cold.
- Damn.

We have five days of liquidity

before we start defaulting
on paying our employees.

Where is everyone?

I think they quit, right?

(TYPING)

(DUCT TAPE UNROLLING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(MUFFLED VOICE)

(INDISTINCT VOICE)

(NERVOUS BREATHING)

(SIGH)

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

Oh!

(RAPID BREATHING)

(GASPING FOR AIR)

(RETCHING, CHOKING)

(CHOKING INTENSIFIES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC ENDS)

(NOTIFICATION WHOOSHES)

- Hi, Claudia?
- Nick? Yeah

- NICK: Yeah. Hi, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Have a seat, please. Thank you for coming.
- Thank you, thank you...

- What've you heard?
- CLAUDIA: I'm just a little hesistant

because I've heard some talk
out there about Araknet, and...

it seems like it's a risky place to be.

It is, it's a very risky place to be.

But wait until you hear
about our new product:

it's called "SELF."

And I heard you just got
an offer from Facebook.

- Yeah.
- Well, look, Facebook's had it's own share of issues.

I believe you know that,
I certainly know it.

I'm gonna tell you something.
Being on the bleeding edge of tech,

it's exhausting. More
than once, I've thought,

"Hey, where's my offer from Facebook?"

Then I got one, and then I
turned it down. Here's why.

- Hi, how are ya?
- How are ya?

- Ah.
- NICK: However you want to do it.

- It's good to see you.
- NICK: Let's not do that...

This is gonna sound cliché,
But, going in everyday,

to create something like SELF,
to actually shape the future

and manifest change?

And it doesn't have to be here,
but if you get that opportunity...

It's gonna sound like a cliché...
do it, you won't be sorry, I promise.

Do not run away from it.

Because, I will tell you, I am not
sleepwalking through my career...

I am not sleepwalking through
my career... I'm not sleepwalking

through my career.

I'm not just sleepwalking
through my career...

I'm not sleepwalking through my career.

I'm wide awake.

- Are you in?
- I'm in.

- Yeah, let's do it.
- NICK: Okay.

- All right.
- Thank you.

Let's do it.

NICK: You're not gonna
be sorry. Thanks a lot.

(CALLING OUT) We're
gonna put you to work.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(WOMAN YELLING OUT IN SPANISH)

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FERNAN: Bueno.

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(BIRDS CHIRPING)

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(MUFFLED SPANISH MUSIC)

- (SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING)
- (CELINDA YELLING IN SPANISH)

Hola, hola. Buenos noches. Noche?

- FERNAN: Ay-ay-ay
- (CELINDA CHUCKLES)

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CELINDA: Oh, Isabelle!

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(INDISTINCT PARTY CHATTER)

(ISABELLE SPEAKING SPANISH)

(CELINDA SPEAKING SPANISH)

(EXCITED CHATTER, INDISTINCT)

Isabelle,

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(REGGAE MUSIC)

(REGGAE MUSIC, MUFFLED)

(DOOR OPENS, DOOR CHIMES)

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Yo.
- NICK: It smells good.

RONALD: Thanks for
doing this here, ya'll.

Sure, I love ribs

This ain't the kinda thing
we can discuss at the office.

Not yet.

(MARA CLEARS HER THROAT)

(WHISPERING) You wanted
my boys off the network.

This the only way.

Uh... you intervened?

I had to, bruh.

Ronald, this goes against everything.

Says who?

Says you?

Says me?

We make the rules.

Let me ask you something,
this hood that we in?

You know who this hood belong to?

I used to run this hood.

And the only reason
why I'm sittin' here,

only reason why my Zo's are still free

is 'cause I kept them in
check, and the police know that.

So they stayed the hell out.

Now, this Stroud girl...

even if we do shake her...
they just gonna keep comin'.

CIA, DEA, FBI.

Because, the bigger we get,
the more of 'em gonna come.

Unless, we do they job for 'em.

And we do it better.

If we could figure out a way

for us to police the network ourselves.

That way, when bad sh*t
happens, we just call Stroud...

- Just call Stroud?!
- That is a terrible idea.

- RONALD: Just think about it.
- No! sh*t.

How else they ever gonna leave us alone?

I don't know, but we
do not play God, ever,

even though you clearly already
did, it is a very slippery slope

- RONALD: Maybe...
- No, no maybe." It is.

and it goes against everything.
It is what our company is built on.

Bro, I hear you, aight?

But, if we don't make some
changes right now, we...

- we gettin' to the point where we ain't gonna exist anymore.
- Ronnie, Ronnie.

I love you, man. But, listen.

A lot of big companies
have had to deal with this,

and if we even pretend
to police ourselves,

in the eyes of the law, and the public,

we are going to be responsible for
everything happens on the network.

Mara, what you think? You can't
be buyin' into all of this.

- Ronnie, I...
- This ship could sink us.

MARA: It's...

I just don't see how it could work.

Hey, Nick, is this
because this a bad idea?

- Or is it because it's my idea?
- What?!

'Cause this sh*t, right here, is
startin' to feel real familiar.

This feels familiar
to you? It's a terr...

take my word, it's a terrible idea.

- Ron...
- Don't be so sensitive!

It goes against everything we stand for.

(DOOR OPENS, DOOR CHIMES)

(DOOR CLOSES)

If anyone finds out about
what he did, we're f*cked.

- (SEAGULLS CAWING)
- STROUD: He's not gonna cave that easy.

I can see it in his eyes.

Yeah, we'll keep tightening the screws.

No, she's still MIA.

Well, we still need
someone on the inside.

Yes, to feed us intel, but
also to get us a backdoor.

No, I've got some good candidates.

All right.

Oh my God, are you going sober on me?

Ulcer... I think.

I don't know, somethin'.

It's just squeezin' me
from all sides, you know?

I should've choked her out at
that table when I had the chance.

Would've been worth it.

- Baby, you know what I'm about to say.
- Oh, come on, Kel, not now.

- There is no other good option...
- Kel, I'm not gonna cut and run, okay?

These guys from Saginaw,
they're watching me.

Everybody's watching me, right?

They're waiting for
me to fall on my face.

They don't think I got it anymore.

Well, you're gonna fall a lot harder
if you let the NSA gut you first.

Look, you're domestic money
is just a temporary freeze.

But, your off-shores? all she got
to do is kick that intel to FinCEN...

you'll never see any
of that money again.

Just... take the loss on Araknet.
Live to fight another day.

How many more days do I
got, Kelly, come on, really?

All the sh*t I put in my body?
How many more days do I got?

This is my last stand.
This is the hill I die on.

Araknet!

Or bust.

(SIGHS)

We could Homestead the money.

Just like you did with
the island after the crash.

We can consolidate it all
into Florida real estate

Wouldn't solve your cash
flow issues at Araknet,

but it would keep you safe from the feds

I got $ million I
have to spread around.

Plenty of properties here in Miami.

- Yeah.
- But, you're gonna have to be really discrete.

I mean, you cannot go
through the normal channels.

I know... I got a guy.

(DOG BARKS)

Piss off, kid, piss off. Piss off, kid.

- Wesley! Come here.
- Hey, hey. Your dog's tryin' to blow me here.

Wesley, come.

- That's it, there you go.
- Wesley?

- You named your dog after me, man?
- Good boy. No, no, this...

(LAUGHS) is a rescue, it
just, uh, came with the name.

- Huh.
- Go inside, boy! Go inside, there you go.

- Crazy coincidence.
- Come here, you son of a bitch.

(MUSIC PLAYS IN THE DISTANCE)

You really did good
for yourself, Haggie.

Yeah, it's alright.

I got it off foreclosure,
actually. After ' .

You're still in the business, yeah?

You never really get out of
real estate in Southern Florida.

That's a good boy, Wesley.

Who's a good boy?

- (ROOSTER CROWING)
- (HORSE NEIGHING)

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

(MUSIC PLAYS IN THE DISTANCE)

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- Ah, Diego.

- (DOOR CLOSES)
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- IZZY: Ethernet.

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- Nanostations.
- Si.

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(ELEVATOR BEEPS)

- (DOOR CLOSES)
- SAL: ... ride-share will be in Beta for a while,

mostly because of restrictions, and
regulations, and stuff like that.

But, the point is we...
we want to be able...

We want to be able to link
in... (CONTINUES, INDISTINCT)

- STELLA: Okay, so that's just...
- (RONALD KNOCKING)

- Hey, hey.
- NICK: Morning.

Hey, morning. Hey, Stella, can
I talk with Nick for a second?

I'll come find you.

Yeah, yeah that's fine.

(LAPTOP CLOSES)

Excuse me.

Who all those people?

(SNIFFS)

Those are our new hires.

- New hires?
- Mm-hm.

Hired by...

- ... us.
- Correct.

Paid with what, exactly?

Gummy Bears?

Nah...

we ain't got those 'cause
we can't even afford

to restock the damn kitchen.

How in the hell you
think we gonna pay for...

six new hires?

Well, in fairness, uh, we cut
employees from the payroll last week.

- So, that freed up some funds.
- We ain't cut sh*t, Nick,

they walked 'cause we wasn't payin' em.

And 'cause you were working
them to the damn ground for free.

Does Jerry know about this?

'Cause there ain't no way Jerry
knows about this, and he cool with it.

- Well, no. Jerry...
- Jerry knows. He, uh...

(CLEARS THROAT) He quit, actually.

That's not true, I fired him. Um,
f*ring... f*ring, that's harsh.

I didn't really fire
him. What I said was,

"If you're not comfortable
with what we're doing here,

- you can go home, and we'll understand."
- I can't do this, man.

I can't go on this way, you
tryna run sh*t without me.

I'm not trying to run
anything without you.

Yes you are, Nick, you wouldn't
even hear my policing idea...

I'm trying to save this company
from the brink of disaster.

Which, I seem to be the only
one doing anything about.

I cannot launch SELF
without those new hires!

You just tryin' do like you always do

and try to save all the
g*dd*mn glory for yourself.

I'm trying to do what
is best for all of us!

(MUFFLED ARGUING)

It's okay, they... they do this a
lot. It's fine, just keep working.

I would've thought my
co-CEO would've asked me

before breaking the
golden rule of Araknet.

- Unique situation, bruh.
- Interfering with the network, uh, playing god...

It's a little more complicated
than your ass might understand.

So is running a successful tech company!

Jesus Christ.

Yeah, it's been on
the market a while now.

You don't say.

Well, it's a lot of potential.

You know, we could, uh, Keep
it a golf course, or whatever.

- It's a mile from the ocean, Haggie.
- Well, the game's changed, Wes.

I mean, those places you
used to move around. They...

I think they're out of your price range.

- Mm-hm.
- Well, look, it's a...

it's a great residential op.

Premium development, a
getaway from the city.

So, how much?

Nine and a half.

(SIGHS) All right, let's do it.

Hey, can I ask you somethin'?

No.

Remember FinCEN?

Listen, they're coming
down on everybody right now,

especially deals like this,

really hard, you don't want
to mess with them, yeah?

I mean, if we're gonna do
the... thing that we used to do,

honestly, we gotta take our time

We gotta...

we gotta tread light. We gotta think
about how we're moving the money.

- Want to parcel it out.
- Haggie, Haggie, I love you.

Keep your nose out of my business.

You want to make a
commission? Make the sale.

And do it fast.

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(INDISTINCT VOICES ARGUING)

MAN: Mira. Listo?

IZZY: Si.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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(SIREN WAILING)

Oy, Perito.

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(EXCITED CHATTER IN SPANISH)

GAMER: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

(EXCITED CHATTER)

GAMER: Boom.

GAMER : Ay-ay-ay!

- DIEGO: Izzy Morales! (SPEAKING SPANISH) Izzy Morales!
- (CLAPPING, EXCITEMENT)

(SNIFFLING)

Mr. Mezza?

Yes?

Special Agent Rebecca Stroud.

- Ok... hello.
- Doin' okay there, Sal?

Yeah, I just got a bad cold, you know.

Were you following me?

You're a smart kid.

Immigrant parents, you
got yourself a scholarship.

The first college grad in your
family. You love your country.

They must be real proud of you.

So, why'd you choose Araknet

out of all the other major tech outfits?

Um... I... I don't know, I just...

'Cause it was cool?

Yeah. Yeah, maybe it could be.

- That's fine, they are cool.
- And you wanted to be cool.

But you know what's even cooler?

Workin' for me.

Uh, like NSA? Like, official NSA?

Eventually, yes, but I need you
to hold on to that job you got

at Araknet for a little bit
longer, if you catch my drift.

And, um, not gonna sugar-coat it,
it's... it's gonna be stressful.

I mean, you and I'd have to work
out a communication protocol,

and then you'd have to return to work

like this conversation
never even happened.

- Okay...
- Okay?

Yeah. Hey, forget the generic.

You need the real deal.

Be in touch.

- (PHONE LINE RINGING)
- HAGGIE: Hey, this is Seymour Haggadorn.

I can't come to the phone right now,

so please leave a message,
and I'll get back to you.

- (PHONE LINE RINGING)
- HAGGIE: Hey, this is Seymour Haggadorn.

I can't come to the phone right
now, so please leave a message...

(PHONE LINE RINGING)

HAGGIE'S: Hey, this
is Seymour Haggadorn.

I can't come to the phone...

- (PHONE LINE RINGING)
- HAGGIE: Hey, this is Seymour Ha...

- (PHONE LINE RINGING)
- HAGGIE: Hey, this is Sey...

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(SIGHS)

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(ROOSTER CROWING)

(KEYS UNLOCKING DOOR)

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(GUARDS YELLING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(IZZY BREATHING HEAVILY)

(SOLDIER SPEAKING SPANISH)

(GUARDS SPEAKING SPANISH, INDISTINCT)

(GROANS)

(FOOTSTEPS)

(PRISON DOOR OPENS)

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Come on, open the door, Haggie.

I see your stupid car
parked out front. Come on!

You're not answering my calls.

I'm sending you text
messages, I'm callin' you.

This deal should have
gone through by now,

but I'm standin' here, I'm
feelin' like somebody f*cked me.

Haggie? Did you f*ck me?

You f*cked yourself, Wes.

I told you that was too
much to move so fast.

FinCEN jumped all over it.

You talked to your guy,
right? Your finance guy?

I did, he thought it
was a bad idea, too.

So, why didn't you listen to him?

You said it "had to be fast,
it had to be all at once."

You didn't listen to me.

Hey!

Don't take that tone with me
after you lost all my money.

I didn't lose your money,
Wes, you lost your money!

- Ah!
- (DOG BARKING)

And, hey, hey, maybe I'd feel
sorry for you or something,

but you know what? Maybe
you deserve this, huh?

Maybe this is what you get
after years of using people.

Bullying people!

You think I liked going through
life without able to make a fist?

Hey, look at this! Look at
this! Huh? See? See? No fist!

No fist!

And you thought that sh*t was funny.

What kinda sociopath thinks it's
funny to stick a fork in someone?!

Huh?! Oh, that's right, you.

You do, because you, you are
a sad, arrogant, megalomaniac.

You know what? Maybe instead of...

jumping all over me, you
should just go on home,

and take a good, hard look in the
mirror, huh? Why don't you do that?

(GATE CLOSES)

(DOG BARKING)

(FRONT DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

PODCAST HOST : The thing is, before
you launch your product out there,

- you gotta commit to it.
- PODCAST HOST : Absolutely.

You gotta have patience, dedication,
you cannot let your users down.

Right, right, I mean, I heard
they worked on the SELF app

for, what, a couple weeks?

I mean, two months, maybe?
I mean, that's nothing.

- You okay?
- It's almost like they went...

I'm fine.

... exactly, it's though...

NICK: So, that's a million new users?

MARA: Almost a million.

RONALD: Most of those on day one.

We could still catch.

It's been a week, bro.

Mara's campaign's still ramping up.

People haven't seen it yet.

MARA: Nick, awareness is solid.
The click-through numbers are good.

People just aren't downloading it.

I think it's over.

No, it isn't.

Give people a chance to figure out...

Look, kid, just stop.

Let's get it straight.

I bought into your SELF bullshit,
now Stroud's all the way up my ass.

But, lucky for you, this
company's all I got left.

All my chips are in the middle!

So, it's gotta succeed. It's just gotta.

But if it doesn't...

there is gonna be hell to pay.

Are we clear?

(PRISON DOOR BUZZING)