DANNY VAN DEVENTER: Take
this f*cking cock! (PANTING)
("THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO" BY MOZART PLAYING)
DVD: (PANTS) Give me that f*cking p*ssy.
(GASPS) Oh, yes.
- (MOANS, PANTS)
- (MUSIC SWELLS)
DVD: (PANTS) Need to be
in that f*cking p*ssy.
Oh, yeah. Give me that p*ssy.
(PANTS) Your p*ssy feels
so good. It's f*cking good.
Oh, I need to be in this f*cking p*ssy.
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- DVD: Oh, I need your p*ssy.
Give me that f*cking p*ssy.
Uh! Oh, sh*t!
(HARPER STERN GRUNTS, GIGGLES)
- (ENGINE CUTS OFF)
- (CAR DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
RISHI RAMDANI: (SCOFFS)
What the f*ck is this now?
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
- RISHI: So, Harper, tell me...
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES)
RISHI: ... is Daniel
stick shift or a*t*matic?
You seen the Christmas promotions list?
(INHALES SHARPLY) I can't believe
they didn't make you an MD.
Yeah, time must not have been right.
Haven't you been an ED
for, like, ten years?
If the c**ts don't make me an
MD soon, I'll hit a bid away.
(CHUCKLES)
Who's officially running the desk?
You know, I never had Eric
pegged as a baby-kisser.
I had no idea he wanted that role.
Yeah, I guess you never
really know anyone.
Hmm. There's always the possibility
he was pushed. Up or out.
(SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
- This is sweet.
- Thanks, man.
I, uh, I bought my motor
off a recently divorced dad
in Chingford.
- Distressed seller is key.
- Cool. (CHUCKLES)
- Charming.
- DVD: Yeah.
Uh. P... permission to
be vulnerable with you
for just a second?
Depends entirely on what
you say. (CLEARS THROAT)
Okay. (CHUCKLES) Um... (INHALES)
Okay, yes?
- Car's only a lease.
- HARPER: Oh, my God.
Yeah. Were you gonna say, "I love... "
- HARPER: Oh, my God!
- DVD: "I love you"? Yeah!
("DANCE OF THE MIRLITONS"
BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING)
Oh... (CHUCKLES)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Mm. (CHUCKLES)
Sensational. (CHUCKLES, INHALES)
A tasty financier for a tasty financier.
(LAUGHS)
I've ceded St Moritz
to Mom for Christmas.
Azar has taken Gaza...
Ga-zar.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
She's, um, blocked me. On everything.
I think she's genuinely
devastated I've let you back in.
You've let me back in?
I appreciate you letting us
stay at our place in Berlin.
One last handover on my desk
- and then I'll be on your account.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (SLURPS)
- YASMIN KARA-HANANI: It'll be funny going back there.
Mm-hmm.
My favorite bolthole.
Fond memories.
All I remember is the walls thudding...
CHARLES HANANI: City of Techno.
- ... and you coming in to kiss me in the morning...
- (CHARLES CHUCKLES)
... beer breath.
I'm pleased you finally
learned the art of self-control.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, at least you paid
someone to watch over me.
I should look up
Theresa while I'm there.
I haven't spoken to her in years.
CHARLES: Theresa?
YASMIN: My nanny out there.
You must remember, she
came everywhere with us.
Won't work put you in some swanky hotel?
They'd put me in a
f*cking Marriot. (CHUCKLES)
Is there a problem with
me using it? I mean...
you'd rather leave it as a museum?
Not at all, not at all.
I'm glad someone is able to enjoy it.
(SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
So, when was the last
time we had a huddle?
Not since Eric moved up.
Well, nature abhors a vacuum.
KENNY KILBANE: (SHOUTING) Has
anybody seen my creatine powder?
All right. Uh, guys, hustle up.
I know everyone's feeling
a little disjointed
since Eric's promotion.
I know nothing's been formalized yet,
but I think it would
be easier for all of us
if we clarified reporting lines,
and for ease you can all report
- to me.
- Yeah, does, uh,
does Eric's promotion
free up our payment pool?
What does it mean for London-New York?
- Is it a signal?
- As far as I know,
it's neck and neck. But we'll prevail,
- if we rally together.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
DVD: I know London thinks
it's standard operating
procedure to hit cruise control
in December and save
all of your quality flows
for January, but, trust me,
every dollar still counts.
Rumor has it, your girl,
Yas, is taking equity sales
to Berlin
to hand over the FutureDawn
account to Jackie Walsh,
of all f*cking people.
I can't believe Pierpoint
still lets that hoodlum
in front of clients.
I have the best line into
Anna since the Rican sh**t.
I should be on that trip.
I'll bump the equities guy off the trip
and try to poach Anna for our desk.
I like the tenacity.
That's all, thank you so much.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
RISHI: Christmas is a
surprisingly pricey time of year.
DVD: Good chance to see your brother.
Shame I can't join you.
Uh. To make it happen you
need CRMS to sign off on it.
I can't reassign equity
coverage relationships myself.
Eric's in charge of those decisions now.
You'll have to ask him.
You really want to go up there?
RISHI: Advice, don't get caught
in a knock up on Boxing Day.
(MUSIC FADING)
Harper Stern...
Hey. Um...
I'm assuming... (SIGHS)
... from your new
, -foot view of
client relationships,
you have the granularity
on what client interactions
are the most lucrative?
They sent me a binder full of art.
I can choose whatever I like.
Tasteful?
(INHALES) So, you know about
the FX trip to Berlin to meet
with Anna Gearing at FutureDawn?
Yup. Among many others.
Right.
So, I was thinking... I
know officially, technically
it's still an FX relationship but, um,
I, sort of, hit it off with her
at the Rican investors event.
ASSISTANT: I'm terribly
sorry to interrupt...
- Um.
- ... did you comprehensively
consult the binder? You...
you're certain we shouldn't go
with the Chinese triptych?
I comprehensively consulted the binder.
Uh. I was wondering if
maybe you could bump equities
and send me instead?
Uh, just so I'm clear,
you want me to reassign
equity coverage on one of the biggest
equity accounts from the
equity sales desk to you...
a non-equity salesperson?
Uh, yeah.
- Sure, I can do that.
- (KEYBOARD CLICKING)
- (GLASSES CLINKING)
- (WATER POURING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
JACKIE WALSH: Anybody
seen my f*cking passport?
- (WATER POURING)
- (GLASS THUDDING)
KENNY: Sorry to... have to pull you off
the desk for this. I didn't
want to intimidate you.
You're not intimidating me, Kenny.
Okay, well it... it is quite
a sensitive subject. Uh...
(MUNCHES)
Stale. Decorative maybe.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)
- Nobody's actually bold enough to eat them.
Uh, Wyndham's really quite sick.
I initially put it down
to his hypochondria,
but I just spoke to his
wife and he's actually
- in the hospital.
- f*cking hell.
Hmm. He's through the worst of it,
but we all really need to
pull together in his absence.
Look, Kenny, I'm really
sorry Wyndham's sick,
but, um, I'm not gonna be
making up the shortfall.
I'm happy to do the Berlin
trip, but then I'm out.
We just can't afford client
churn with Wyndham gone.
It makes us look like we need a daddy.
I'd hate to have to
jeopardize your move to PWM,
but if Jackie and Anna don't jive,
I am gonna have to keep
you here to cover her.
It wouldn't be my doing,
the last thing I want to do
is to keep you from being happy.
It would be the needs of the business.
(SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Accio undergrad talent.
RISHI: Yesterday, I was out
when they've got a walk-in...
You still up for going back in time?
ROBERT SPEARING: Oh, yeah, the
train's booked for this afternoon.
Great. Oxford. Isn't that
Harry Potter cathedral there?
Yeah.
"It's... it's levi-o-sa, not levio-sa."
- (CHUCKLES) Right?
- (CHUCKLES)
I want specific attention
to be paid to this girl.
Uh, woman.
Uh, undergraduate. Daphne Mosson.
She was on our radar over Spring Week,
expected a congratulatory first in PPE,
President of the Union.
McKinsey, Goldman,
the Foreign Office all made offers.
- That's impressive.
- I want her on this desk and it'll be a smoother sell
coming from someone
closer to her in... in age.
Failing that, you've
got your background.
Oh, you know, like... like Brit sh*t?
Go... go to this recruitment dinner,
get her fed, put a cap on her head.
Imagine you're Jon Gruden and
you wanna make her a Raider.
But... but something that
she might actually go for.
Right.
Yeah, you know, charm her.
Interpret that how you will.
Feel free to bring a
grad. Maybe the girl on FX?
- Sorry, woman.
- Cool.
Great.
- Cool.
- Cool.
- All right.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
("WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED
THEIR FLOCKS" PLAYING)
AURORE ADEKUNLE: Wow. I
don't think I've ever seen
anyone in here pre : am.
Once a banker always
a banker. (CHUCKLES)
I just... I can't believe
how much work there is to do.
Mm. Appreciate you manning the fort.
I'd work in this office an
hour a week, tops, if I could.
- Too much, isn't it? Real life.
- Real people.
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
I have been asked to become
the new Minister of State
for Technology and Health.
I'd love for you to
be a part of my team.
What would change?
(INHALES) Maybe it'll stop
the PM from touching my knee
- at the Spectator summer party, eh?
- (CHUCKLES)
Now, um... (EXHALES)
... this stays between
these four walls...
(INHALES) ... but
Amazon are a breath away
from acquiring every FastAide in the UK.
I'm going to be chairing the
anti-competition committee around it.
Have you got a dog in the fight?
Personally, I think Rican's
a better landing place
for these NHS contracts
than... (INHALES)
... whatever hybrid Amazon
are planning with FastAide.
I... I don't think we need
a physical location for this
technology rollout. (INHALES DEEPLY)
Point is...
I want you to work on the
prep for this committee.
(GASPS)
I thought you'd be a bit more animated.
I'm so sorry. (CHUCKLES) Sorry, no.
That's a phenomenal
opportunity. Th... thank you.
Let's get you out of this
f*cking office, yeah? (CHUCKLES)
The thought of you stuck
in here depresses me.
(CHUCKLES)
(MUSIC FADING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)
- Hello. (EXHALES)
- JACK GOVE: (OVER PHONE) Hi, am I speaking
to Mr. Robert Spearing?
Uh. Speaking.
JACK: Hi, sorry if this
is a bit intrusive,
but I had to do a bit
of digging to find you.
My name's Jack Gove.
I'm tying up some legal
loose ends for Clement Cowan.
I'm the executor of his estate.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
JACK: Mr. Cowan has left
you a number of items,
would you be so kind as to send us
the correct postal address?
Hello?
Sorry, um...
Sorry...
Could you remind me when they're having
the funeral, please?
JACK: It's this afternoon.
Hello?
- Hello?
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
RISHI: Oi, Digital Versatile
Disc! You throwing money
at it this Christmas?
- DVD: I don't know what that means.
- (PHONE THUDS)
- RISHI: Are you paying for sex this Christmas?
- (INHALES SHARPLY)
- DVD: Only in Iran.
- (EXHALES SHARPLY)
DVD: Nah, we're going to Jacksonville.
(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CAR HORNS BLARING)
(IN ENGLISH) You're not
pallid, fat and bald.
Bertie in Equities is a
pallid, fat, balding man.
I don't appreciate
this last minute shift.
HARPER: It's a clerical error.
I was always supposed to be
on the ticket. I speak with Anna a lot.
There's been a lot of noise
around FastAide and Rican,
I mean, a lot of rumors.
Well, she's not going
to trade any f*cking FX
through your CPS desk while I cover her.
YASMIN: I told you this already.
Jackie, you're the stranger here.
I have a relationship with
Anna. Harper has a relationship
with Anna. We just
need a smooth transition
for when I go to PWM.
We'll flank you, sing your praises.
Please, just let us do the talking.
(SCOFFS)
You girls don't even know you're born.
If I'd pulled a stunt
like this back when I was
in my third year, you've no
idea what the men on my desk
would've called me.
(SUITCASE WHEELS ROLLING)
(UPLIFTING TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
YASMIN: I haven't been
to Berlin since Brexit.
So, maybe let's keep our voices down.
JACKIE: I'm still a proud member
of the European Union, Yasmin.
- Let's go.
- (CAR DOOR CLOSING)
- (KEYS JINGLING)
- (DOOR CREAKS)
You did not have to let
me stay here. Thank you.
This is incredible.
Oh, it's just a pied-à-terre.
- (CHUCKLES)
- HARPER: Hmm.
The housekeeper still comes every day.
Mad, I know, but my dad
didn't want to reduce her days,
so we pay her to clean a clean house.
(SCOFFS)
Doesn't matter how much money I earn,
they'll never let me in these circles.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
This is really cute.
Wow.
- Capri.
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Like, ? Ancient history.
HARPER: Who is this?
Nanny.
Family friend, I think she's like
Maxim's third cousin.
- Theresa.
- Hmm.
Bet your mom didn't like
having her around. (CHUCKLES)
- Oh, sorry. Bad joke.
- Yeah. Well...
the same holiday, I literally walked in
on my mom giving head to the
guy we chartered the boat from.
(CHUCKLES) f*ck. I'd
forgotten about that.
I thought your dad was
the away-from-home guy.
Uh, Jacks and I are thinking
of getting dinner later.
There used to be this insane
kebab place round the corner
but I can't remember
the last time I was here.
Um, I was actually reading
about this place on Eater
that I thought maybe we could try.
- Sure.
- Hmm.
Sign me up for a juicy chilled red.
(INHALES) Feels good to be
back on the continent, no?
- (CHUCKLES)
- Your rooms are on the third floor.
- Opposite the Bridget Riley.
- HARPER: Great. Thank you.
YASMIN: No worries.
("DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM
FAIRY" BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(PHONE CAMERA CLICKS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Hey, thanks for thinking of me for this.
I know it sounds kinda weird
but FX has always given me
- too much independence.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Well, it's nice to have someone to learn from.
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES)
- You know, I had this, um...
- (CAROLERS SINGING "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH")
(SCOFFS)
I guess "mentor" is the right word,
but it sounds a bit arcane.
- What at Pierpoint?
- Yeah, in my first year.
Uh. He was a...
uh... (CHUCKLES) ...
he was a junkie, really.
Heroin addict. You
know, like white-collar,
high functioning.
Sometimes, I used to cover
for him in the mornings
when he didn't come in.
And, you know, I... I never really knew
whether to... emulate
him or... or pity him.
It doesn't sound like he
liked himself very much.
Oh, no, no. No, he was a f*cking riot.
You know, amazing salesperson.
And, you know, he was the first
aspirational man that I had in my life.
- Hmm. Uh.
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
It's such a weird
feeling being back here.
You know, I used to work all the time.
- Did you get a first?
- VENETIA BERENS: I wanted one, so badly.
Though I think my mom
wanted me to get one more.
- Like, immigrant mentality.
- ROBERT: (CHUCKLES) Right.
- Yeah, well, try growing up here.
- Hmm.
Yeah. We moved down from
Hull when I was a kid
for my dad's work. Um...
I think that's why my mom
wanted me to get in so badly.
Yeah.
Uh, she d*ed, um, around the time I had
my interviews and...
You know, it's funny, I... (CHUCKLES)
Like, all I remember is
that... I needed to get in.
- Yeah.
- You know, like,
it was the only way I could think to
honor her or something.
And... and my dad didn't give two fucks.
He's not really made
for this sort of stuff.
Probably why she left him.
VENETIA: Does he still live here?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I... had to take a year out.
Had a bit of a breakdown. (CHUCKLES)
My tutor found me wandering
Cornmarket stealing copies
- of Vogue from the WHSmith.
- (LAUGHS)
VENETIA: Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Uh, you must've spent your three
years pissed out of your skull?
- (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- You've never even seen me
- have a drink.
- Yeah, but I've spoken to enough
people at work to know
that before whatever
Damascene conversion you've had,
it sounds like you were a lot of fun.
- Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)
Well, you know, I had
to sing for my supper.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, uh, I was either
hungover and singing, or
actually pissed and singing,
or singing while
anticipating being pissed.
I was in the choir.
Oh, you're sh1tting me. Where?
Yeah, I was a choral
scholar, Christ Church.
- (CHUCKLES) Bullshit, no. You're not a singer.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Yeah, I'm just winding you up.
- (CHUCKLES)
Ah, I had this awful Tory
boyfriend at Christ Church.
Port and Policy w*nk*r.
I used to love going to communion there.
I found it so calming.
I might go tomorrow.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
- (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
YASMIN: (IN ENGLISH) f*ck's sake.
Anna's postponed.
She wants push the
meeting to the afternoon.
Well, ladies, this is a fantastically
happy accident because now,
we can tie one on together.
Huh? Get to know each
other, shock horror.
Yeah, I think we might get one more
and have an early night.
(CHUCKLES) I'm only f*cking with you.
What I fancy is not co-worker vibes.
Oh.
JACKIE: Well, visiting
Berlin without the KitKat
is like Christmas dinner
without the Baileys.
Are you sure?
JACKIE: Absolutely! I am
sick of the sight of you.
No, you get a new clarity
when you have a few strangers
focused on your pleasure.
Enjoy your evening.
And morning.
I didn't feel like we wanted
to hang out with a colleague.
- (CHUCKLING)
- Hmm.
VENETIA: (EXHALES) I can't believe
Pierpoint's got me smoking again.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Classic.
PASSERBY : Babe, should
we get a taxi to Bridge?
- Um...
- PASSERBY : I want to be first in there
- so we get a table stand.
- Uh...
No. Don't worry about it. (CHUCKLES)
No, go on.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Do you wanna grab a
drink, before the dinner?
Professionally, of course.
Maybe with the odd
casual intimacy of earlier
- here and there.
- (ROBERT CHUCKLES)
I can't.
I'd love to. But I've got to
catch up with an old friend.
- See you at dinner?
- (TAXI ENGINE STARTING)
Bye.
PASSERBY : I've got a crew
date at Jamal's. Dreading it.
BOB SNR: Give us a minute, mate.
- (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
- STUDENT : I've got two pingers and a couple
of bags of really shoddy
K. Will that be enough?
- BOB: Small or large?
- Make it a large.
STUDENT : Mate, this is the
commemoration ball, there's a lot us.
STUDENT : Reckon we
should have enough for...
Oi! Can I get some service please?
No f*cking way.
Hey.
- (GLASSES CLINKING)
- sh*t.
Why didn't you tell me you
were coming? Look at this.
You dress up for me? Good looking suit.
(CHUCKLES) Cheers. A
friend bought it for me.
But, uh, yeah. I'm here for work.
- Recruitment.
- Working in recruitment?
Nah. Finance.
And it's much more
complex and important.
- (CHUCKLES) Right.
- ROBERT: So, what do ya reckon?
You should have told me you were coming,
- I would've cleared my evening.
- Yeah, well, I'm here now.
I'm working now.
STUDENT : He's pushing in.
All right, well then...
pour me a f*cking drink then.
Silly mug. Net's down.
We're cash only today.
Let's have a bev. I've
gotta be somewhere soon.
Mate, I was here first.
I'm just serving someone.
- Beers. Yeah. Thank you.
- Two? Two minutes, mate.
STUDENT : Why's he
dressed like Alan Partridge?
Be nice. That old sport isn't worth it.
All right, then.
Well, look, this is enough for
our drink, this c**t's drink
and everyone in here's next round.
- So, have a drink with me.
- Excuse me?
Bob, I'll have a f*cking drink
with you when I'm done serving
and I've finished up.
ROBERT: I didn't have to
come see you, you know.
- Serve this chap here then.
- BOB SNR: I am.
- It's what I'm doing.
- CUSTOMER : That's what he was doing.
Yeah, can you bring me a bottle
of champagne as well, yeah, Dad?
I know you've got a dusty
one round here somewhere.
- So, let's dig it out.
- BOB SNR: How would you know?
- You never came in here when you were here.
- Can you just get it, yeah?
Serve this one here,
and then get it.
CUSTOMER : Chill out, mate.
Hey!
♪ Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year... ♪
- Have you ordered?
- STUDENT : I didn't realize you could get Champagne.
Can we get three bottles?
(MUSIC FADING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
- (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
(IN ENGLISH) We don't
have to get another bottle,
if you don't feel up to it.
Was it something I said? (CHUCKLES)
No. No, not at all. I'm...
You've been super generous.
More than I deserve. Honestly.
- Okay. Phew. That's good.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
'Cause, I don't know, I've been, um...
examining recently
what it is I actually deserve.
Do you ever feel like a lot of your life
happened to someone else? (CHUCKLING)
- I try not to dwell on the past.
- Yeah.
- But it's everywhere.
- It's why I like our job.
It's like a perpetual present tense.
Okay, forgive me for getting
personal, I'm a bit pissed.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Um, I've been seeing a
lot of my dad recently,
which is great, um, but there's still...
I struggle to let him in completely.
You felt like he rejected
you, so I mean, you know...
Yeah.
There's that. (LAUGHS)
But, um...
it's a deeper fear.
Well, you know what Ja Rule says...
- "Pain is loving."
- (LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
God, is it "Ja Rule"?
I've always said "Ya."
No! (LAUGHS) Oh, my God.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my God!
This is nice. Why can't we
be more like this? You know?
We're not getting paid to
be like this, right? So...
Right.
I have to tell you something
that's gonna make you laugh.
And in the spirit of this and...
I don't know, maybe, I just
need to say it out loud.
(SIGHS) 'Cause it's so f*cking insane.
(MILD TEMPO R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
I thought I was gonna
see my brother here.
I thought he f*cking worked here.
I was messaging someone
on Insta and, I don't know,
I convinced myself he was
here but I didn't want to just
get on a plane and come over here
because that's f*cking insane.
And what if he wasn't? So...
So, when you said you
were coming on this trip,
I thought, "Why not?" (EXHALES)
I don't know. I... I just got...
fixated on my own... f*cking
conspiracy theory, I guess.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Let's go sit soft.
At home.
(CHUCKLES)
("MAYBE WE COULD" BY KLLO PLAYING)
♪ Where are we off to now?
Wearing all the doubt... ♪
(PASSERBY SPEAKING GERMAN)
♪ I am here to listen... ♪
(IN ENGLISH) Could you
give me two seconds please?
- I'm sorry, I just gotta be sure.
- ♪ But I can't point it out ♪
♪ See you in myself ♪
KITCHEN STAFF MEMBER: (IN GERMAN)
♪ More than I can tell ♪
♪ I've had it up to here ♪
♪ And I've barely stepped out ♪
♪ Where are you off to now? ♪
♪ And push on, maybe we... ♪
(IN ENGLISH) Wha...
What the f*ck?
JOHN-DANIEL STERN: Harper?
(EXHALES) Uh, what are
you doing in Berlin?
(SONG FADING)
Uh. we're here for
work. I... I'm Yasmin.
Uh, John-Daniel.
Can we go somewhere and talk, please?
Uh.
Well... well, we... we've, uh,
we've got plans to go out. So...
(IN GERMAN)
Uh...
- JD: (IN GERMAN)
- CHEF: Okay.
- You smell like burnt oil.
- (JD CHUCKLES)
- (DIAL TONE BEEPING)
- TAXI DRIVER: Climb out, mate.
- GUS SACKEY: (OVER PHONE) Hello.
- Guess where I am.
You're in Oxford, you told me.
I'm outside the KA.
Don't go and see that prick.
I... I was unfair about him.
- See... - I'm...
I'm... I'm f*cking slammed
with constituent complaints, mate.
Please, be careful. All right?
PASSERBY : All right,
you can't compare the two.
PASSERBY : Look, for the last time,
let's settle the debate.
Tailors or mortars?
PASSERBY : All right. Don't
you mean "Mortimer's," old boy?
PASSERBY : By God, you're right.
PASSERBY : Well, mortars used
- to surgically remove the labor.
- (SNORTS)
PASSERBY : And no
longer exist, so tailors
- win by a country mile.
- (SNIFFS)
- ("SILENT NIGHT" PLAYING ON PIANO)
- Trust me, once you work
at Pierpoint, you've arrived.
I sort of felt like
that getting in here.
Like I'd feel that, whatever that is.
No, I totally agree. I
basically smoked myself
into an eating disorder when I was here.
- I understand that all too well.
- (ROBERT LAUGHS)
I mean, why would you
train your whole life
and then not take a gold medal
when we're literally offering
it to you? I mean, I read all about you
because you're such a
talked-about property.
You know, I wanted to
come meet this star.
Oh, cringe. (CHUCKLES)
Not at all. Own it. You've earned it.
You've worked so hard,
so why would you pass up the
ultimate garland to your achievement?
I mean, just imagine what it'd
mean to your parents, yeah?
I'd hardly call it
an "ultimate garland."
I mean, it's a finance job.
She could do anything she wants.
Try a softer sell, jeez.
Then why do you work for us? Hmm?
Because you knew you
were joining the best.
- (CHUCKLES)
- ROBERT: You know, you two, you've got the same...
- Sickness?
- ... quality!
You know, you only wanna join the best.
You only feel, you know, satisfied,
like, existentially satisfied
when you're achieving, correct?
Yeah. Yeah, I guess
that's the case deep down.
(CHUCKLES) Not sure if that's
a good thing, but yeah...
You're gonna find out wherever you go,
whether it's f*cking politics
or an NGO or whatever the f*ck.
You're gonna find out
that you're buffeted around
by market forces and competition
and excesses of power,
and all the other sh*t. But
we don't cover any of that up.
We are the market leaders
in the worst stuff.
It just so happens that the
worst is also the truest.
- So, come along.
- (CHUCKLES) What are you talking about?
(LAUGHS) You know what?
I'm teasing, obviously.
But, you know, I do think
it's a practical choice
- for a girl of your intelligence.
- Woman.
And honestly, your anxiety
about what to do next,
all I'm saying is, allay it.
You know, we can allay it for you.
You know, you give us a year,
you'll learn a lot,
you'll get paid way more
than any of your peers
and if you don't like it
after a year? Then you're free to go.
And if I get there and feel nothing?
Well, then you're dead inside.
(DAPHNE MOSSON CHUCKLING)
ROBERT: Look...
you're looking at you in a year's time.
(CHUCKLES)
You're an anxiety-ridden
Type-A and you love it!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
They do everything they can
to lock you in, in truth.
From what I can tell,
it's good to have options.
- (CHUCKLES)
- DAPHNE: Can I get some water?
- Tap water is fine.
- Just do your f*cking job, yeah?
DAPHNE: What am I talking
about? Port, if you've got it.
(CHUCKLES)
Excuse me. (CHUCKLES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
So, shall I talk you through a
potential pathway to running a desk?
We can make you big in your own life.
(HARDCORE TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
HARPER: (INAUDIBLE)
JD:
YASMIN: (IN GERMAN)
CHEF: (IN GERMAN)
JD: (IN GERMAN)
CHEF:
JD:
HARPER: (IN ENGLISH)
JD: (IN ENGLISH)
YASMIN: (IN ENGLISH)
CHEF: (IN ENGLISH)
JD:
- (UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
- (IN ENGLISH) Do you have any gum?
- Hmm.
- CLUBBER: (IN GERMAN)
- YASMIN: Oh! Danke.
HARPER: (IN ENGLISH)
Can we go in? It's cold.
(IN GERMAN)
- Ja.
- Danke. (CHUCKLES)
- HARPER: (IN ENGLISH) You know so many languages.
- A lot of nannies.
(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)
- HARPER: I'm cold. Can we go in?
- He seems fun.
I've never even seen
him take a drink before.
- He was an athlete.
- Don't you think you should talk?
He's not like a big talker
or anything. So what?
Uh. I'm not judging, I'm just being...
I'm just commenting objectively.
Well, don't. Comment
objectively on your own sh*t.
I can't be objective about
my own sh*t. Just yours.
Then don't f*cking involve yourself.
You have your sh*t and I have my sh*t.
Let's just deal with our
own f*cking sh*t, right?
(UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC CONTINUES)
HARPER: (INAUDIBLE)
JD:
HARPER:
JD:
JD:
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (LAUGHS)
- f*ck. f*ck.
- (LAUGHS)
- You can help push.
- Okay. (CHUCKLES)
- JD: One sec.
- (PANS CLATTERING)
- Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
- You good?
- Nailed it.
- (LAUGHS)
- (PANS CLATTERING)
(SIGHS)
- Ready? Up. (CHUCKLES)
- (HARPER GROANS, CHUCKLES)
- JD: You hungry?
- HARPER: Yeah, I think I'm finally
coming down.
Who's Helene?
She liked and unliked
some like shitty photo
from a while back. And I
thought it was like, you know...
finger slip scrolling or whatever.
Are you guys serious?
I recognized your hands
in a lot of her pictures.
JD: (CHUCKLING) Oh, what,
you mean these hands?
Bro, how the f*ck do
you recognize my hands?
(CUPBOARD DOOR CLOSING)
Can I meet her?
Uh, well, Helene doesn't party. So...
- (WATER POURING)
- Well, I didn't think you did either.
I'm not judging, I'm just
saying it was, like, a surprise.
JD: Yeah, well, I don't anymore.
I'm six months sober,
so... Well... f*ck, I was until tonight.
Sober?
Oh, my God.
I can't believe you still wear that.
I only started wearing
it again recently.
Huh?
Do you remember where I bought this?
Uh. Well, you stole it...
on the way to Des Moines.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
You know, that was the best I
think I've ever seen you play.
I got so f*cking lucky.
- What? You were amazing.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)
I got, like, a dozen lucky line calls.
Man, you got no idea the sh*t
Mom said to me before that game.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)
- JD: You know, every time I hit the ball,
I imagined her face.
Honestly, it was never f*cking bigger.
I just never understood
why you left at your peak.
(EXHALES) Yeah, Helene's got me better
at talking about this sh*t.
"Arrival, fallacy."
Uh, could... could you not
try and tell me how I felt?
(CHUCKLES)
You could have just asked me.
Nobody in our family ever
wanted my opinion on anything.
But...
f*ck it. It's in the past now.
What did Mom say to you...
- (JD SCOFFING)
- ... before you played?
She said, no cap.
Um, "You don't win, you
don't have a home here."
HARPER: She was a f*cking
bitch. She is a f*cking bitch,
we both know that.
Yeah, well, you were the one
who forced me back out there.
So...
Forced you?
What do you mean? I was encouraging you.
- (WATER RUNNING)
- (SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(INHALES DEEPLY) Perfection.
Perfection. Perfection.
(INHALES) Man, I did everything I could
to be a hundred percent perfect.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Forced practice,
hitting all the time,
chronic pain. f*cking...
hours of tape in a dark room.
You know, and I... (SNIFFLES)
... I, um, I get fixated
on the weirdest sh*t.
You know, like, I'd be
watching and be, like...
"Your weight's on the wrong foot.
Your weight's on the wrong foot."
(INHALES DEEPLY) "Weight's
on the wrong foot."
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)
- f*cking...
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Why didn't you tell me any of this.
The f*ck, man. You were
indoctrinated, Harper.
The f*cking...
- (SIGHS) ... the cult of our family.
- (CUTLERY CLATTERING)
You know I ran away too, right?
- (OBJECTS CLATTERING)
- HARPER: I ran away from her, too.
Why does it feel like I'm not talking
- to you right now?
- I don't know, dude.
Maybe you just don't f*cking
like what you're looking at.
You know, you could've pulled
your head out of your ass
and just asked me what was going on.
I should have asked.
You're right and I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm asking now.
(TECHNO MUSIC SWELLS)
(SNIFFLES, SCOFFS)
f*ck it. Let's go.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(CLOCK TICKING RAPIDLY)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(IN GERMAN)
(IN GERMAN)
(IN ENGLISH) You are so elegant,
even after whatever it
is you did last night.
(CHUCKLES)
THERESA WERNER: But all I can think
about is cleaning up your vomit.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Do you still see Maxim?
No.
I'm not really close with that side
of the family anymore.
So, can I help you with something?
I need to know whether
you had a relationship
with my father.
'Cause I have a mem...
I'm not exactly sure what I remember.
I just know that there is
something I need to know.
We had a relationship.
- It ended. That's it.
- When?
- For how long?
- This is inappropriate,
- okay?
- YASMIN: Why?
Because you took his money?
Because he paid for all of this?
No, because you're going
to wake up my daughter.
You seem to know that, legally,
I can't speak about this.
So, why are you asking me?
How old is your daughter?
(GLASS THUDDING)
How old were you?
I was legal if that's
what you want to know.
I loved your father.
It was a long time ago and
it went on for too long.
But I loved him.
I'm going to call you a cab.
CARL: (IN GERMAN)
(SNIFFLES)
(ZIPPER WHIZZING)
CARL:
(CHUCKLES, IN ENGLISH) Nice to meet you.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
HARPER: How often did
you do this on tour?
JD: Um...
All the time.
And, you know, when I
first got here. (INHALES)
Then I stopped.
(INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES)
- (JD SNIFFLING)
- Can't we just go home?
(JD SNIFFLING)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(GROANS)
- (DOORBELL RINGING)
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(DOOR OPENING)
(ROBERT GROANS)
Decorations look good.
Yeah, we never take 'em down.
You f*cking overdid
it again, didn't you?
Eat something solid for f*ck's sake.
You been on that horrible pub grub gear.
Haven't you?
Yeah, you know me.
You look like sh*t for a handsome lad.
- Thank God, I look like Mom.
- BOB SNR: Hmm. Thank God.
(BOB GROANS)
ROBERT: She was a tyrant, you know.
Good word for her. She were a bit, yeah.
She said horrible sh*t about you.
She said it to my face,
too. She said I was static.
Don't worry about
that. She was restless,
just like you, always in your ear.
She was in your ear a lot
about how you should be
and look, that's fine.
She loved you, just 'cause I weren't,
doesn't mean I didn't.
Dad?
("O HOLY NIGHT" PLAYING)
Dad, the last few years,
- I haven't been very...
- Hey.
You don't owe me anything.
It's always day one with us.
(THUDDING)
♪ For yonder breaks ♪
♪ A new and glorious morn... ♪
Are your kids in?
Your brothers? Yeah. I was
just about to get them up.
♪ Fall on your knees... ♪
BOB SNR: Tyrants!
Come on, you little
bastards, out of bed.
- ♪ O hear... ♪
- BOB SNR: Hey! Hey!
- ♪ The angels' voices... ♪
- BOB SNR: Your brother, Rob, is here, he's downstairs.
If you behave yourself, mate...
♪ O night ♪
♪ Divine... ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
VOICEMAIL: You have two new messages.
First new message.
NICOLE CRAIG: (OVER PHONE) Hi,
it's Nicole, your client.
Look, obviously, I don't
miss you or anything
but you're my coverage,
so I expect you to return
my call.
VOICEMAIL: Second new message.
DVD: (OVER PHONE) Rob, hey, it's DVD.
So, I heard you had a good
time last night then, huh?
Well, that's great f*cking work.
Daphne's in. See you in the office.
♪ Fall on your knees ♪
♪ O hear the angels' voices ♪
♪ O night divine ♪
♪ O night when Christ was born ♪
♪ O night... ♪
JD: "Achieving mental
strength may be tough
but it will get you real results.
Achieving mental strength may be tough
but it will get you real results.
Achieving mental strength may be tough
but it will get you
real results." (CHUCKLES)
(SONG CONCLUDES)
I want you to come
back to London with me.
(GRUNTS)
Why would I do that?
I make enough money to support us both.
I'll look after you.
You don't have to live like this.
I like how I live.
It will be our secret.
We won't even have to speak
to Mom. It will just be us.
(INHALES) What us? (EXHALES)
(SNIFFLES) There was
never any us, only you.
Why are you saying that?
Harper, you're the most
selfish person I've ever met
in my life.
I'm selfish?
- Yeah.
- Our whole f*cking life
was about you.
Do you know what it was
like growing up with you?
JD: Oh, my God.
I have been living
for you from the moment
that I thought you were
dead. Because you know
that you're still dead to me, right?
You know that I thought you were dead?
You did that to me.
Every f*cking year on
the day that you left,
I have to f*cking live with that.
Oh, okay, so, um...
So, you only thought
about me once a year?
No, thank you so much
for that. I really...
- I f*cking appreciate it.
- You made me fail
the most important
exam of my life. (SOBS)
JD: A f*cking exam, you see what I mean?
- Your f*cking exam.
- I've been living a f*cking lie.
I ma... I made you? (SCOFFS)
Why are you hiding? Why
are you hiding from me?
You need me to forgive you
for the fact that you ignored
how bad it was for me?
I mean, you celebrated
more than Mom did.
I was having a f*cking panic att*ck
and... and you pushed me
out to finish a tennis match.
- We wanted you to succeed!
- JD: Don't!
I didn't know how bad it was.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
- JD: See, that's bullshit.
That's f*cking bullshit
or you wouldn't be here
with your f*cking money
trying to f*cking...
(INHALES) ... fix me.
And you're only here
now because you know
you're as guilty as she is.
(INHALES SHAKILY)
You only give a f*ck about yourself.
You're not capable of actual love...
'cause you're a f*cking narcissist.
(SNIFFLING)
You know...
on dark days...
I think...
you knew we shared a
womb together, but...
(SNIFFLES) ... you knew...
that only one of us
was ever really gonna make it out.
I'm sorry. I will do anything.
- I'm begging you.
- JD: I need to get back to my life.
I need to get back to my life.
I need to get back to my life.
- (DIAL TONE RINGING)
- Helene, hey, hey, um...
(IN GERMAN)
JACKIE: I know this is meant to be more
of a passing of the baton,
put a face to a name.
As you know, Harper is one of our best
young salespeople, first on everything,
intuitive, worryingly brilliant.
And Yasmin is probably the
best young social operator
in this job I've ever come across,
- as you well know.
- (CHUCKLES)
So, they're big boots to fill.
And, obviously, I'm one person,
but you're getting the totality
of the firm.
A united front? Right, ladies?
Well, I'm sorry to
be losing you, Yasmin,
and I look forward to continuing
the relationship with Pierpoint.
Perhaps, if all goes
well, you'll be covering me
in Wealth Management?
Something to aspire to. (CLEARS THROAT)
And, uh, apologies again
for the short notice push.
I don't need to tell
you the kind of rumors
that have been circulating
the last couple of days?
It'd be super bearish
for my Rican position
if Amazon buy FastAide
and win those NHS contracts.
Harper, what's your view?
It's unsubstantiated.
ANNA GEARING: Jessie
said he hadn't been able
to get a hold of you.
Sounds like a shitshow
inside of a shitstorm.
I like to be very
transparent on hedging stuff.
Price, levels. (INHALES)
I imagine that's a side issue
headache for equity investors.
So, I'm just pain relief.
ANNA: Perfect.
Are you okay?
Yeah, just a slight fever I think.
(JACKIE SNAPPING FINGERS)
Hey, guys. Do you feel that?
That energy?
There is not a single
penis in this room.
(LAUGHS)
(SNORTING)
This bitch is hilarious.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
RISHI: Christmas at Di's.
My dad's so posh he's
basically disabled.
I think my mom's depressed.
Three wines in,
she started calling me
her "Chutney Prince."
Mild incident when Di found my Viagra.
Xmas lad!
Beak and bubbles neuters
me, old boy becomes a slug.
ELEVATOR FLOOR ANNOUNCER:
Lift going down.
Yo, you barely opened
your mouth to me today.
Did you catch up with your brother?
Did something happen in Berlin?
("SHEPHERD'S BELL CAROL"
BY SAMUEL PEGG PLAYING)
Did you like, um...
I don't know, sleep with
someone or something?
Is that all your
imagination is capable of?
Did I sleep with someone? What if I did?
ELEVATOR FLOOR ANNOUNCER: Third
floor, Pierpoint Services.
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGING)
- ELEVATOR FLOOR ANNOUNCER: Doors opening.
("SHEPHERDS' BELL CAROL"
BY SAMUEL PEGG PLAYING)
I'm fine.
Maybe you just don't like
what you're looking at.
- (MUSIC SWELLS)
- ELEVATOR FLOOR ANNOUNCER: Doors closing.
(SONG CONCLUDES)
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