Stunning Them All At The Dismissal Banquet - Full Movie
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00:00I think they liked what they heard.
00:03I think they loved what they heard.
00:05And they're a small company for growth.
00:08But an online platform that offers music education is right in our wheelhouse.
00:13Gives kids who can't afford private lessons access to some great teachers.
00:18With this deal, we can do some good in the world.
00:20And we can do some good to Winter's bottom line.
00:23It's a win-win.
00:24All right.
00:25Cheers to that.
00:26Oh, excuse me.
00:28You ain't celebrating without me.
00:30We got you covered.
00:32Oh, thank you.
00:34Yeah, we had our presentation and they're very interested.
00:37Now we just need to bring in our clothes.
00:41Oh, that's you.
00:42Oh, I figured.
00:43Yeah, I'll call and set something up.
00:47So, I just came from a meeting and I have some news to share.
00:53If it's as good as an opportunity as this, then...
00:55Well, maybe.
00:59How do you two feel about possibly bringing Damien on to work at Winter's?
01:11All right.
01:11And there's me with my mom in Boston.
01:15Damien, it's good.
01:16Yeah, yeah.
01:18It's probably too early for the treatment to be working.
01:21But, no, she's got some hope.
01:27And her son and the back at her side.
01:33I'm just grateful that Nate hooked her up with that doctor friend.
01:36Yes.
01:37I guess that means you and your brother got along well on this trip.
01:42Yeah, yeah.
01:44We even caught a game at Fenway.
01:48You, a lifelong Yankee fan, went to Fenway Park?
01:51Hey, man.
01:51It gave me a chance to root against Red Sox.
01:54Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:00We spent a little while of time together.
02:05Getting real tight real fast with some people in Genoa City.
02:09Is that a problem for you?
02:10Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:12Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:12Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:13Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:14Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:15Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:16Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:17Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:18Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:19Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:20Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:21Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:22Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:23Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:24Oh, and I saw Lily right when I got back.
02:25Why am I not surprised
02:54that Victor is ordering us to run
02:56yet another hit piece on Billy?
02:59For the record, my father asked me.
03:01He didn't ask you.
03:03Because he's trying to protect me?
03:05I don't think so.
03:07More like he doesn't want to hear my objections.
03:10Well, I'm not sure that I want to hear them either.
03:13That's not a very kind way
03:14to treat your new business partner.
03:16That's not what I meant, okay?
03:17So what did you mean exactly?
03:20I meant I already know
03:21what your objections are going to be.
03:23Okay, tell me.
03:24What are they?
03:24You want to protect Billy.
03:27I want to protect anyone
03:28from an unwarranted smear campaign.
03:30Okay, well, let's put aside
03:31whether it's warranted or not.
03:32Let's put it aside.
03:33Adam, I won't.
03:36Okay, well, like I said,
03:37we're having our first professional disagreement.
03:40Professional?
03:42Is that what this is?
03:44What does that mean?
03:45I just joined your family's company.
03:48So I can't help but wonder about the timing.
03:51Is this Victor's way of testing my loyalty?
03:55Hey, uh, can I go a little black coffee, please?
04:09So I understand your little startup
04:12got off to a rough start.
04:15How's that?
04:19Rumor has it that Phyllis
04:20jumped ship.
04:25Is that because
04:27you fired her?
04:28Well, she left the job
04:32as so many of your co-workers have.
04:35Lily, you discussed the job with Damien
04:44without talking to us first.
04:48Well, it wasn't like a secret plan I had.
04:50We were chatting about business
04:51and it came up.
04:53He already has a job.
04:54It pays him really well, right?
04:55Yeah, I know that.
04:57Okay.
04:57So whose idea was this?
04:59Was it yours or is it his?
05:01It was mine.
05:02I wanted to gauge his interest.
05:04And was he interested?
05:05Yeah, he seemed intrigued.
05:07I told him to think about it
05:08and get back to me.
05:11It's not a done deal, okay?
05:12I know that you might think that
05:14because I'm the closer.
05:15Okay.
05:18All right.
05:19Clearly, Devon is not happy.
05:22What do you think about it?
05:24I think I need to hear more
05:26about the situation.
05:28What did you offer exactly?
05:30I didn't offer anything.
05:31I want to talk to you too
05:32and figure out a role
05:33and maybe some parameters
05:35around compensation.
05:36Okay, let's slow down for a second.
05:39We already offered him a job, right?
05:41Not a real one.
05:43Exactly.
05:43This would be a legitimate position.
05:46Okay.
05:47I'm still wrapping my head around this.
05:49Is Damien seriously considering
05:51leaving his job in LA?
05:54Okay, it is a part of a plan I have.
06:01So there's a plan.
06:02What's this plan?
06:03Well, if we can get Damien to maybe...
06:06Let me stop right there, Lily.
06:10I think I know where you're going with this.
06:12And I'm not liking it at all.
06:19I gave Phyllis a much-needed
06:21personal time off.
06:22I understand you tapped
06:24Sally Spector
06:26as a replacement.
06:30She's a little better than Phyllis,
06:31but not that much, really.
06:33You spend an awful lot of time
06:35hating people
06:35that you have no reason to hate.
06:39You know, Sally Spector
06:40had a chance to
06:41make something of herself.
06:43then she knocked out of him
06:46and ended up with you.
06:49And you didn't approve of Adam and Sally
06:52being together.
06:52You didn't think that she was good enough for him,
06:54and now you hate the fact that she's with me.
06:58Family loyalty runs deep, huh?
07:00Oh, yeah.
07:02You know, family means everything.
07:04Come on.
07:05Come on.
07:07Really?
07:10My kids are your grandkids.
07:13See what I mean?
07:14And you're constantly
07:16thinking to fight with me.
07:19You've got an obsession
07:20tearing me down.
07:24Why is that?
07:25If Victor wants to challenge
07:29my commitment
07:29to Newman Media,
07:31he should approach me about it.
07:33Not go through you.
07:35My father has made it clear
07:37that he approves of me hiring you.
07:39Well, today is a new day.
07:41I should have known
07:42that his turnaround
07:43was too good to be true.
07:44Hey, Chelsea.
07:46Don't go there.
07:46Why?
07:47No, it makes perfect sense.
07:48I mean, it's one thing for Victor
07:49to give us his blessing
07:51about getting together as a couple.
07:52Right, and he has done that
07:54completely.
07:56I mean, he pushed for us
07:57to get back together.
07:58For Connor's sake.
07:59No, no, it was for mine as well.
08:02He knows that you were good for me.
08:04But does he know
08:05that I'm running for this company?
08:07This family company?
08:08Chelsea, honestly,
08:09I don't think this has
08:10anything to do with you.
08:12I've seen Victor put you
08:13and your siblings' loyalty
08:14to the test time and time again.
08:17So why would he trust me
08:18to look at the letters he gives?
08:21He has an agenda.
08:23Yeah.
08:24He has a chance to take shots
08:25at Billy.
08:26It would be the first
08:27used media platform
08:29to go after him
08:30and to hurt him.
08:31The chancellor
08:32objective was to gain control
08:34of the company.
08:35And he got him.
08:37He got him.
08:40Took it.
08:41Gave it to Nick.
08:42He won.
08:43By playing dirty.
08:44He won.
08:45By playing dirty.
08:46I'm telling you
08:50that this is all
08:51like he's just
08:52that man.
08:54Because he's a dirt
08:55and he always needs more.
09:00Billy is finally
09:01getting back on his feet
09:02with his venture.
09:04And Victor just wants
09:05to hurt him.
09:06And you're telling me
09:07this isn't personal?
09:08I can understand
09:09why it seems that way.
09:11But this is much less
09:12about Billy
09:12and it's more about
09:13Aristotle Dumas.
09:14What does that
09:16have to do with him?
09:17We think he's going
09:18after Chancellor.
09:22Adam.
09:24Are you really
09:25trying to protect
09:26Chancellor?
09:29Or are you trying
09:30to hurt
09:30Abbott Communications?
09:34Is going after
09:35Billy Victor's idea?
09:37Or yours?
09:43There's most
09:43going to be happy, man.
09:44Okay.
09:45I don't like seeing you
09:46walking around
09:46with a ceiling on your shoulder.
09:48And yet,
09:49you seem to want me
09:49to carry a grudge.
09:51Oh, yes.
09:52I'm just...
09:53If you trust people,
09:56you run the risk
09:57of getting hurt.
09:58That's life.
10:00But that doesn't mean
10:02that you can't be
10:03about picking
10:04who you trust.
10:06Okay.
10:06Look.
10:07I know it's moving fast.
10:10But with my mom,
10:12even...
10:13that much time...
10:15Well, I know you
10:16regret cutting
10:16everything.
10:17Yes!
10:17You tell me...
10:18And stupid.
10:19I lost your dad.
10:22He meant the world
10:23like you.
10:26Because he always
10:27looked...
10:27just like you.
10:33Look, man.
10:34I know I...
10:35All this family business.
10:38Okay?
10:39And I know a lot of work
10:40has cut my shoulders
10:41while having my back.
10:43And I'm sorry
10:43for that.
10:44Okay?
10:45Damn.
10:46You never have
10:47apologize for leaning on me.
10:48Yeah.
10:49But I do need
10:50to let you know
10:51that
10:51I appreciate
10:53how you've
10:53been there for me.
10:55and make
10:58I have a way
10:59to show you
11:02how much.
11:05What's that?
11:07Look,
11:08I've got a very
11:09intriguing offer
11:11from Luke
11:11to stay
11:13in Gentleman City
11:14permanently.
11:15So,
11:16what if
11:18you take over
11:21my job
11:21in a day?
11:30Just hold up.
11:33It's about me
11:35looking out
11:36for you.
11:37That's funny.
11:39Because it feels
11:40more like you're
11:41trying to get rid of me.
11:43Okay,
11:43I know you're not
11:44both that naive.
11:45this is about
11:46business.
11:47With Damien and his family.
11:48Well,
11:49you didn't care
11:49that he was your family
11:50when you offered him
11:51a job
11:52to get what you wanted.
11:54What's funny about that
11:55is I actually
11:56didn't like that plan
11:57and you both
11:57thought it was
11:58a good strategy.
11:59My goal wasn't
11:59to give Damien
12:00to advance
12:01my work agenda.
12:03It was to unite
12:04a son with
12:04a dying mother,
12:05Lily.
12:06Yeah,
12:06you know I've
12:07helped push him
12:08to make that happen,
12:08right?
12:09Yes, you did,
12:09but I also asked
12:10you to take a step
12:11back from whatever
12:12it is you got
12:12going on with Damien.
12:14This whole
12:14would have been
12:15turned upside down.
12:17He's still trying
12:17to find his footing.
12:18He doesn't need
12:18you throwing
12:19any more at him.
12:20Nate,
12:21Lily, please.
12:23You agreed
12:24to let me
12:25and Amy
12:25deal with this?
12:28Yeah,
12:28you know what?
12:29I did.
12:30But that wasn't
12:31until I realized
12:31that we were also
12:32dealing with
12:33Aristotle Dumas.
12:37Chelsea,
12:37do you really
12:39think if I was
12:40going after
12:41Billy,
12:42I would have
12:43told you about
12:44how close
12:45we're going
12:45to be working
12:46together?
12:46I don't think
12:47you'd have a choice.
12:48So you think
12:49I'm just using
12:50my father as cover?
12:51Are you?
12:53Most certainly
12:55not.
12:57And if you
12:58can't take my
12:59word on that,
12:59this is not
13:01going to work.
13:04Chelsea,
13:05please,
13:05I'm telling
13:06you the truth.
13:08It was my
13:08father who
13:09issued the
13:10marching orders.
13:11Okay,
13:12then set me
13:13straight.
13:16Give me your
13:16word right here
13:17right now
13:18that going
13:20forward you
13:21will never
13:21use Newman
13:22media to
13:23take Billy
13:23down.
13:29So,
13:29come on,
13:30I mean,
13:31what did I do
13:32on this
13:32particular day
13:33to deserve
13:34this
13:34malice
13:36man-to-man?
13:40Oh,
13:40man-to-boy.
13:42Hmm.
13:51Has it never
13:52occurred to you
13:53that we've
13:53gone
13:54round-to-round
13:56all these
13:57years?
13:59Even after
13:59all your cheap
14:00shots,
14:00I'm still
14:01standing?
14:01I'm still
14:01standing.
14:04help you
14:08bless it
14:08or be
14:10for law.
14:12Well,
14:13I
14:13publish that
14:14I'm not
14:15threatened by you.
14:17I don't know,
14:17maybe you're
14:18threatened by me.
14:18I mean,
14:19what other
14:19reason do you
14:20have for this
14:21obsession?
14:21You're trying
14:21to tear me
14:22down?
14:24Why don't we
14:27try something
14:27new?
14:30Sounds
14:30exciting.
14:32What do you
14:32have in mind?
14:33Victor?
14:36For all we
14:37know,
14:37the myth
14:38doesn't even
14:38exist.
14:39We have to
14:40keep an eye
14:41on him.
14:41He has
14:41shown interest
14:42in winters.
14:43According to
14:44Victor,
14:45he could be
14:45playing his own
14:46games.
14:46Maybe,
14:47but not just
14:49power.
14:49And right now,
14:50we're in the
14:50dark.
14:51And so I want
14:52to see if Damien
14:53can find out
14:53if Dumas
14:54is actually
14:54a threat.
14:55How is
14:55him going
14:56to do
14:57that?
14:58Friends
14:58close.
14:59Damien
14:59closer.
15:01That's funny.
15:02That's what
15:02Damien said
15:02when I met
15:03with him
15:03earlier.
15:05Two are
15:05in sync.
15:08We got a
15:08little closer
15:09in Boston.
15:10And I don't
15:11want to lose
15:11that because
15:12Damien might
15:13think we're
15:13playing again.
15:15And this
15:15offer of yours
15:16makes both
15:17of us think
15:17we're
15:17on him as
15:18the enemy.
15:19But I'm
15:19not.
15:20But we
15:21both jumped
15:21to that
15:22suspicion,
15:22Lily.
15:23And I don't
15:23like that
15:24for my
15:24brother.
15:25I know
15:26he probably
15:26has a
15:27hard time
15:27saying no
15:27to you
15:28before.
15:28It's all
15:29good.
15:30I hope
15:30that's
15:30his answer.
15:32I kind
15:32of agree
15:33with Nate,
15:34but I
15:34would like
15:35to hear
15:35what this
15:35plan is.
15:36I don't
15:37think I
15:37want to
15:37hear it.
15:38We're
15:38just
15:38talking
15:38here.
15:39Okay?
15:40Don't
15:40harm
15:41in doing
15:41that.
15:42I know
15:42we both
15:42respect
15:43Lily's
15:43instincts,
15:44so the
15:44least we
15:45can do
15:45is hear
15:45her out.
15:49All right.
15:51Thank
15:51you.
15:53Just
15:53tell us
15:54what is
15:54there to
15:54be getting
15:55by luring
15:56Damien away
15:56from Dumas?
15:58I want to
15:59see if Damien
16:00can find out
16:01if Dumas has
16:01his sights set
16:02on looters.
16:03And if he
16:04does, he can
16:04give us
16:05information on
16:06what he wants
16:06to do.
16:07anything that
16:08can get that
16:09information for
16:10us?
16:10It would
16:11be part
16:11of the
16:11job offer.
16:13Look, I've
16:14already been
16:14burned by one
16:15corporate takeover.
16:16I will be
16:16damned if it
16:17happens again.
16:18Okay?
16:18And I know
16:19he's your
16:19brother, Nate,
16:20and you're
16:21protective of
16:21him, but I
16:22will not
16:23lose our
16:24family business.
16:26Damien is the
16:26only person who
16:27can help us
16:28stop that
16:28from happening.
16:29while I
16:34should be
16:35with you.
16:36Odin, you're
16:37my best friend.
16:39You just
16:39told me
16:40about a
16:41thousand miles
16:41from this new
16:42life you're
16:43putting for
16:43yourself.
16:45Come on,
16:45man.
16:45How good
16:46of a get?
16:49Okay?
16:49And if I
16:50leave, I'd
16:52like to leave
16:52it to you.
16:53And if I
16:53had it my
16:54way, I
16:55would keep
16:55things that
16:57they are.
16:58Yeah.
16:59Look,
17:01Billy offered
17:02you in
17:02waters.
17:04Are you
17:05sure it's
17:05legit?
17:08She's a
17:09mess.
17:13This
17:13doesn't
17:14work for
17:14me.
17:16Made it
17:16clear she
17:17didn't trust
17:17a ward
17:17by your
17:18mouth.
17:19No damn
17:19well.
17:20So you
17:21were swimming
17:21with, and
17:22now she
17:23wants to
17:23bring you
17:24in her
17:24family
17:25business.
17:27They
17:28played you
17:28before.
17:29you know
17:31they're not
17:31playing
17:31you now.
17:35Chelsea, I've
17:36been totally
17:37up front with
17:38you about
17:38your father's
17:39intentions.
17:40I mean,
17:40doesn't that
17:41count for
17:41something?
17:42Only if
17:43your intention
17:43is to
17:44refuse to
17:44do what
17:45he's
17:45asking.
17:48You didn't
17:49even ask
17:49me what
17:50I think.
17:51You just
17:52jumped to
17:52conclusions.
17:53You jumped
17:53to Billy's
17:54defense,
17:55actually,
17:57all while
17:57attacking
17:58me.
17:59Are you
17:59on my
18:00team or
18:00are you
18:00on his
18:00team?
18:02I am
18:02committed
18:02to working
18:04with you.
18:05I truly
18:06believe we
18:07can do
18:07something
18:07together.
18:10When Connor
18:10got, you know,
18:11anything about
18:12CD, we
18:13didn't even know
18:13where to
18:13begin.
18:14and we
18:15used media
18:16forms to
18:16educate
18:17ourselves.
18:19Yeah, so
18:20we could
18:20better take
18:20care of
18:21ourselves.
18:21We'll need
18:22information.
18:24They need
18:25news.
18:26I want to
18:27help people,
18:27not hurt
18:28them.
18:29And that
18:30is, I
18:31want to,
18:33okay?
18:35I want
18:36this company
18:36to be a
18:37reflection of
18:38who I am
18:38and who
18:40you are.
18:41That's why I
18:42asked you to
18:42join me here.
18:45And that's
18:45why I'm
18:46saying yes
18:46to this
18:47vision.
18:49And saying
18:50no to
18:51Victor, you're
18:51not going to
18:52go after
18:52him.
18:55What?
18:56Billy Abbott
18:57might help
18:58to self-destruct.
18:59He can do
19:00that all
19:00of mine
19:00enough.
19:03But that
19:04is my
19:04personal
19:05opinion.
19:06And it's
19:07not going to
19:07be broadcast
19:08across our
19:09platforms.
19:11I am so
19:12happy to
19:12hear you
19:12say that.
19:16But I
19:18reserve it
19:19to protect
19:20my family
19:20if Billy
19:21comes after
19:22what's
19:22ours.
19:22Billy is
19:23busy.
19:23He's
19:24focused on
19:24rapid
19:24communications.
19:28Well,
19:28then why
19:29is he
19:29in communications
19:30with
19:30Aristotle
19:30Dumas?
19:33Let me
19:34ask you
19:34one of
19:34people who
19:35never
19:36looked
19:36back.
19:38Oh,
19:38I didn't
19:38say that.
19:40For the
19:41time being,
19:41you can
19:41stay.
19:44It's very
19:44sweet of you.
19:45Thank you
19:45for your
19:46permission.
19:48Yes,
19:48nothing.
19:51What do you
19:52have going
19:52with
19:53Aristotle
19:55Dumas?
19:56Tell me
20:09more about
20:10this
20:10Aristotle
20:12Dumas.
20:12well,
20:16there's
20:16not really
20:16much to
20:17tell.
20:19He's
20:19operated in
20:20the shadows.
20:22Seemingly
20:22came out of
20:23nowhere about
20:23six years
20:24ago,
20:25made his
20:26fortune in
20:26real estate.
20:28Without
20:29anyone actually
20:29knowing who
20:30he really
20:30is?
20:31Some people
20:32think he
20:32doesn't even
20:33exist.
20:34No one's
20:35seen his
20:35face?
20:36That's
20:36right.
20:38I mean,
20:38Billy never
20:39mentioned him
20:41to you.
20:42No,
20:42I would
20:43have
20:43remembered
20:43that name
20:44if he
20:44did.
20:45Maybe
20:45Dumas is
20:46helping him
20:47with financing.
20:48No,
20:49it was
20:49Jack that
20:50financed
20:51Abbey
20:51Communications.
20:52So,
20:52Victor thinks
20:53Dumas is
20:54going after
20:54Chancellor.
20:56What's the
20:57connection to
20:57Billy?
20:58Well,
20:58that's what
20:58we're trying
20:59to figure
20:59out.
21:00They have
21:01a meeting
21:01set up.
21:02Billy and
21:02Dumas?
21:04From what
21:05you've told
21:05me,
21:05this guy
21:05doesn't meet
21:06with anybody.
21:07Well,
21:07if he's
21:07sitting down
21:08face-to-face
21:09with Billy,
21:09it must
21:11be something
21:12big.
21:14My father
21:15takes all
21:16threats
21:16seriously,
21:17so we
21:17have intel
21:17that indicates
21:18that Dumas
21:19has taken
21:20an interest
21:20in Chancellor.
21:21And Billy
21:22knows Chancellor.
21:24You were
21:24very quick
21:25to assume
21:26this was
21:26personal
21:27for me.
21:29But can
21:29you now
21:30see that
21:30it might
21:30be Billy
21:31who has
21:31an axe
21:32to grind
21:32here?
21:33Billy
21:34made it
21:34no secret
21:35how upset
21:35he was
21:36that he
21:37lost Chancellor
21:38to Victor
21:38and Nicky.
21:40So maybe
21:41he thinks
21:41that Dumas
21:42can help
21:42him get
21:43it back.
21:45Victor,
21:46I'm not
21:46surprised
21:47you're
21:47bringing up
21:47Aristotle
21:48Dumas.
21:48He's
21:48the one
21:49that beat
21:49you to
21:49the punch
21:49in that
21:50Caputo
21:50deal.
21:50I just
21:55drove
21:55the price
21:56up.
21:57Made
21:58him
21:58overpay.
22:01Still
22:01impressive
22:02with your
22:02corporate
22:02spin.
22:04You should
22:04be running
22:05Newman Media
22:05instead of
22:06simply pulling
22:06the strings
22:07on your
22:07puppet son.
22:08Don't
22:09avoid the
22:09subject,
22:10okay?
22:12I know
22:13that you
22:13had a
22:13meeting
22:13planned
22:14with
22:14Aristotle
22:15Jamal.
22:16He
22:17cancelled
22:17the
22:17meeting
22:18not the
22:20first
22:20time.
22:20Why don't
22:24you go
22:25ahead and
22:25tell me
22:25about the
22:26deal you
22:26want to
22:26make?
22:31You
22:32tell me
22:33why
22:34you're
22:35meeting
22:35with
22:35Aristotle
22:36Dumas
22:36and I
22:39will
22:39stop
22:39an
22:39upland
22:40of
22:40bad
22:40news
22:41and
22:43become
22:43your
22:43way
22:44inundate
22:45your
22:45company
22:46yourself
22:47before
22:48it even
22:49gets
22:49off the
22:49ground.
22:50How's
22:50that?
22:54Okay,
22:55look,
22:55you don't
22:55have to
22:56tell me
22:56this
22:57will be
22:57a
22:57dangerous
22:58game.
22:59I'm
22:59fully aware
23:00that
23:01Willie may
23:02not be
23:03laying her
23:03claws on
23:03the table.
23:05She must
23:06be working
23:06something.
23:08going to
23:10have to
23:11give you
23:11any
23:12indication
23:12of
23:12motives.
23:15Well,
23:15she did
23:16put it
23:17out as
23:18a test
23:19of
23:19loyalty
23:20to her
23:22and her
23:22family.
23:24How far
23:24am I
23:25willing to
23:25go?
23:28Getting
23:28rid of a
23:29solid job
23:30crossing
23:30Dumas,
23:31that's
23:31very damn
23:33far.
23:35Tell me
23:35about it.
23:40So,
23:41Lily
23:41thinks
23:42Dumas
23:43is planning
23:44a
23:44tape
23:44over
23:44lunch.
23:45Yeah.
23:47Is that
23:48what's
23:48happening here?
23:49Our boss
23:50isn't
23:50willing to
23:51lay his
23:51cards on
23:51the
23:51table.
23:52let alone
23:53let us
23:55see a
23:55single
23:55one.
23:57But,
23:58if he
23:59wants
24:00winters,
24:04then he'll
24:06go all
24:07in.
24:10There's
24:11always a
24:11way
24:12to get
24:13what you
24:14want.
24:15If
24:15you want
24:17it bad
24:17enough.
24:19Are you
24:20talking about
24:20Dumas?
24:21Are you
24:21right now?
24:23Because it
24:23seems to
24:24me that
24:25you want
24:26Lily.
24:28That's the
24:29only reason
24:29you're even
24:30considering
24:30this offer.
24:35Listen,
24:35I get
24:36that you're
24:37still hurt
24:37by what
24:38Victor and
24:38Nikki did
24:39to you.
24:40Yeah,
24:40of course
24:40I am.
24:41He used
24:42me to
24:42take
24:42Chancellor
24:42and left
24:43me out
24:43in the
24:43cold.
24:44Right,
24:45but
24:45everything's
24:47worked out
24:47for the
24:47best,
24:48hasn't it?
24:49Just because
24:49I'm happy
24:50at winters
24:50doesn't mean
24:51to have
24:51to be
24:51okay
24:51with
24:52what
24:52they
24:52did.
24:53Look,
24:54I don't
24:54want
24:54anyone
24:55to
24:55hurt
24:55our
24:55company.
24:57I
24:57understand
24:58that,
24:58and I
24:59know that
24:59you think
25:00this plan
25:00is going
25:01to help
25:01protect
25:01the
25:02company,
25:02but I
25:02see a lot
25:03of holes in it.
25:03And I'm
25:04concerned it
25:04will end up
25:05hurting
25:05Damien.
25:05okay,
25:06can you
25:07just hear
25:07me out
25:08and then
25:09say no?
25:11Please
25:11go ahead.
25:13If Damien
25:14is interested
25:15in my
25:16offer,
25:16I can
25:17have him
25:17presented
25:18to Dumas
25:18as a
25:19way to
25:19get inside
25:20information
25:20on winters.
25:22So then
25:22what he
25:22would pitch
25:23himself
25:23is having
25:24inside
25:25access
25:25to
25:25information
25:26so
25:27Dumas
25:27can
25:27exploit
25:28any
25:28weaknesses
25:28we
25:29have?
25:29Exactly.
25:31Dumas
25:31will tell
25:31Damien
25:32what to
25:32look for
25:33and then
25:33Damien
25:33can
25:34send
25:34information
25:34along
25:35to
25:35us.
25:36And then
25:37we
25:37would
25:37know
25:38Dumas
25:39moves
25:39before
25:39he
25:40makes
25:40him.
25:41You
25:41want
25:41my
25:41brother
25:41to
25:41be
25:41a
25:42spy?
25:43No,
25:43I
25:43want
25:43him
25:44to
25:44be
25:44a
25:44part
25:44of
25:44this
25:44family.
25:45Here's
25:46the
25:46problem.
25:48This plan
25:48could work
25:49if we
25:50trusted
25:50Damien
25:50completely.
25:51I don't
25:51think we
25:52do.
25:53Because
25:53he owed
25:53a lot
25:54of loyalty
25:54to
25:54Dumas
25:55and
25:55to
25:55us.
25:56And
25:56then
25:57wait,
25:57what are
25:58we
25:58going?
25:58what are
25:58you
25:58talking
25:59about
25:59here?
25:59No,
26:00I'm
26:00done
26:00with
26:01this.
26:02I'm
26:02not
26:02going to
26:02use
26:03my
26:03brother
26:03to
26:03play
26:03both
26:04sides.
26:05He
26:05already
26:05feels
26:05like
26:06his
26:06whole
26:06life
26:06has
26:06been
26:06one
26:07big
26:07lie
26:08and
26:08now
26:08you
26:08want
26:08him
26:09to
26:09live
26:09some
26:09lie?
26:10We
26:10want
26:11him
26:11to
26:11tell?
26:13No,
26:14I'm
26:14not
26:14going to
26:14let
26:14that
26:14happen.
26:21Nate,
26:22I
26:22really
26:22feel
26:23for
26:23Damien
26:24and
26:24what
26:24he's
26:25been
26:25through.
26:25Okay,
26:26I
26:26do.
26:26If
26:27it
26:27sounds
26:27like
26:28I'm
26:28just
26:28trying
26:28to
26:28use
26:29him.
26:29That's
26:29exactly
26:29what
26:29it
26:30sounds
26:30like.
26:32I
26:32know
26:32how
26:33much
26:33you
26:33care
26:33about
26:33him.
26:38And
26:38I
26:38know
26:38you
26:39like
26:39the
26:39guy.
26:40Yeah,
26:40maybe
26:41a little
26:41too
26:41much.
26:43I'm
26:43not
26:44going
26:44to
26:44let
26:44that
26:44cloud
26:44my
26:45judgment.
26:46I'm
26:46going
26:46to
26:46do
26:47everything
26:47above
26:47board.
26:48I'm
26:48not
26:48trying
26:48to
26:48trick
26:49him.
26:50I'm
26:50going
26:50to
26:50lay
26:50out
26:50all
26:51the
26:51options
26:51and
26:51let
26:52him
26:52make
26:52the
26:52choice.
26:53I
26:53still
26:53think
26:54there's
26:55a big
26:55risk
26:55to
26:55this
26:56because
26:56what
26:56if
26:56it
26:56fails
26:57and
26:57he
26:57just
26:57ends
26:58up
26:58giving
26:58the
26:59Duman
26:59and
26:59that's
26:59the
26:59S.
27:01That I
27:02don't
27:02believe.
27:03I
27:03trust him
27:03as far
27:04as that
27:04goes.
27:05Okay.
27:06Well,
27:07I mean,
27:08this whole
27:08conversation
27:09might be
27:10moot because
27:10we don't
27:10even know
27:11if he's
27:11interested
27:11in taking
27:12the
27:12Jabba
27:12Winters,
27:12right?
27:14Save
27:15for the
27:15moment that
27:16he was
27:16interested.
27:17What
27:18happens
27:18after this
27:19threat from
27:19Dumas
27:20being
27:20neutralized?
27:21He would
27:21still have
27:22a place
27:22in the
27:22family
27:23business.
27:25Look,
27:26Damien doesn't
27:27like where
27:28he's at.
27:29Okay?
27:29He doesn't
27:29like being
27:30a figurehead.
27:31He's worried
27:31that maybe
27:32Dumas is
27:33using him
27:33to cover
27:34something up.
27:36This is
27:36what's best
27:37for Damien
27:38and us.
27:39And like
27:40you two
27:40told me
27:41when you
27:41were trying
27:42to convince
27:42me to
27:42come back
27:43to work
27:43at
27:43Winters,
27:44every
27:45decision
27:45we make
27:46will be
27:46about
27:47family
27:47first
27:48and
27:48business
27:49second.
27:52Well,
27:52it's
27:53definitely
27:53part of
27:54the reason
27:54why I'm
27:55considering
27:55this.
27:57But it's
27:58not just
27:58because I
27:59may have
28:00an interest
28:00in a
28:01personal
28:02relationship.
28:03No,
28:04this is a
28:04business
28:05decision.
28:06Okay?
28:07You've
28:07seen our
28:07resume.
28:09Now,
28:09I'd be a
28:10fool to
28:11pass up an
28:11opportunity
28:12to work
28:12with somebody
28:13talented as
28:13that.
28:15And that's
28:16kind of the
28:17way I feel
28:17about working
28:18for you.
28:18No,
28:18Hogan.
28:21You've
28:21put your
28:21career on
28:22the back
28:23burner long
28:23enough.
28:24Look at
28:24me.
28:24You're
28:25ready.
28:26Okay?
28:26You are
28:27ready to
28:27move up
28:28more than
28:28a few
28:28rungs on
28:29the corporate
28:30ladder.
28:31So you're
28:32serious about
28:33me running
28:33Monte Crystal
28:34with English?
28:35No one
28:36knows the
28:36business as
28:38well as I
28:38do,
28:38except you.
28:39All right,
28:41if you
28:42leave,
28:43if,
28:47will
28:48Dumas
28:48continue to
28:49trust me?
28:50I've never
28:51talked to the
28:51guy, nor
28:51have I seen
28:52him.
28:54Neither have
28:54I.
28:57But he
28:57knows about
28:58our history.
28:59He knows
29:00how committed
29:01and loyal
29:02you are.
29:03Some people
29:04inspire that.
29:05Okay, look,
29:06I've tested
29:06our friendship
29:07with my
29:09impatience,
29:10with my
29:11temper,
29:12and yet
29:12you're still
29:13here,
29:13Odin.
29:14Still loyal.
29:16Yeah, but I
29:17kind of stuck
29:17around because
29:17whenever we
29:18went to New
29:18York, you'd
29:19have the Yankee
29:20tickets behind
29:20the home plate.
29:23If you took
29:27this job,
29:28those tickets
29:29would be yours.
29:31Oh, who
29:31would I bring?
29:32Look, man,
29:33if this plays
29:34out that
29:35way, you
29:36better not
29:36even think
29:37about asking
29:38anyone else.
29:43You got
29:44this deal.
29:45I can't
29:46deny that
29:46Billy would
29:47love to see
29:47Victor lose
29:48Chancellor.
29:50Guy has a
29:50hard time
29:51moving on.
29:52Well, that's
29:54not really
29:54fair.
29:55What your
29:56father did,
29:56it wasn't just
29:57taking the
29:58company from
29:58him and
29:58giving it to
29:59Nikki.
30:00He used
30:01Jill.
30:01He turned
30:01a mother
30:02against
30:02her
30:02own
30:03son.
30:03Okay.
30:04My father
30:05does not
30:05always play
30:06nice.
30:07I will
30:08grant you
30:08that.
30:11Wow.
30:12I appreciate
30:13you telling
30:14me the truth
30:14about Victor's
30:15demand.
30:16I also
30:16appreciate you
30:17saying you
30:18won't go
30:18along with
30:18it.
30:20You're still
30:21looking out
30:21for Billy.
30:23We both
30:23hurt him,
30:24Adam.
30:24I just
30:26don't want
30:26to hurt
30:26him
30:26anymore.
30:35Maybe
30:35this was
30:36a mistake.
30:38Josie.
30:39No, I
30:39got so
30:40excited about
30:41your pitch.
30:42The idea
30:43of working
30:44closely with
30:44you that I
30:45think maybe
30:45I convinced
30:46myself things
30:46could be
30:47different.
30:47What are you
30:48talking about?
30:49Things are
30:50different.
30:51Victor will
30:52always be
30:52This is not
30:53about my
30:53father.
30:56This is
30:56about my
30:57son.
30:58Okay, look,
30:59I know that I
30:59have spent a
31:00lot of time
31:01in the past
31:01trying to
31:02please my
31:03father, but
31:03I want to
31:05be someone
31:06who Connor
31:06can be proud
31:07of.
31:08He is
31:09proud of
31:09you.
31:12I'm
31:12not the
31:15same guy
31:15that I was
31:16before we
31:16came together
31:17to help
31:17Connor
31:18heal.
31:20You know
31:21that.
31:22You know
31:23that's the
31:24only reason
31:24you're with
31:24me again.
31:27But it's
31:28me working
31:28here,
31:30putting us
31:30and our
31:31family at
31:31risk.
31:34Because you
31:34can say
31:35you're going
31:35to try
31:35to resist
31:36Victor's
31:36pull,
31:37and I
31:37can say
31:37I'm
31:38going to
31:38help you
31:39stand your
31:40ground.
31:42But if
31:43Victor gets
31:44you involved
31:44in another
31:45battle with
31:45Billy,
31:48you have
31:48to believe
31:48in me.
31:49in us.
31:54I know
31:55that we
31:55can do
31:55this.
31:57I know
31:58together we
31:59can make
31:59Newman Media
32:00as amazing
32:01as a company.
32:04As well as a
32:04couple.
32:08I like the way
32:09you said
32:10that.
32:10what are
32:18you going to
32:18threaten me
32:19with this
32:19time?
32:21You going to
32:21have Adam
32:22the puppet
32:22put out
32:23another hit
32:23piece out
32:24of me
32:24from your
32:24personal
32:25propaganda
32:26platform?
32:29Adam the
32:29puppet?
32:30let me
32:32just tell
32:33you that
32:33any
32:34detailing
32:34of your
32:35past
32:35failures
32:36would not
32:38look good
32:38to someone
32:39like
32:40I
32:41startled
32:41you
32:41are.
32:43Your
32:44thought of
32:44the
32:44mob scares
32:45you?
32:46Do yourself
32:47a favor and
32:48stay clear of
32:48him.
32:50Why would
32:50I do
32:51that?
32:52I see
32:52things
32:53coming
32:53and you
32:55do not
32:56want to
32:56be caught
32:57between
32:59two
32:59juggernauts.
33:05You
33:05spot this
33:06time,
33:06okay?
33:11You
33:11stay out
33:12of this
33:12fight.
33:27Okay.
33:29I
33:29appreciate
33:30you
33:30trusting
33:30me
33:31enough
33:31to
33:31go
33:31to
33:31bat
33:31for
33:31me
33:32with
33:32tomorrow.
33:32Okay.
33:37But
33:37what?
33:39You
33:39still
33:39not
33:39sold
33:40on it?
33:42I
33:42know
33:42it's
33:42a great
33:43opportunity.
33:43I've
33:44seen
33:44what
33:45it's
33:45done
33:45for
33:45you.
33:46Yeah.
33:47I'm
33:48just
33:48still
33:49not
33:49sold
33:49on
33:49this
33:49whole
33:50course
33:50of
33:50action.
33:51Right.
33:53Because
33:54you're
33:54still
33:54trying
33:54to
33:54look
33:54out
33:55for
33:55me.
33:55And
33:55for
33:55me
33:56too.
33:56I
33:58get
33:59the
33:59sense
34:00that
34:01you've
34:01lost
34:01trust
34:02into
34:02mine.
34:05And
34:05if
34:06I
34:06had
34:06in
34:07my
34:07bailing
34:08and
34:08going
34:08to
34:08winners
34:09and
34:09then
34:09leaving
34:09me
34:10in
34:10your
34:10spot,
34:12you'd
34:12be
34:12swooning
34:12me
34:12as
34:13wolves.
34:15Look,
34:15you know
34:16the job.
34:17You
34:17know
34:18the
34:18term.
34:18Okay?
34:19You
34:19could
34:19just
34:19say
34:19no.
34:21Look,
34:22man,
34:22I don't
34:22want to
34:22leave
34:23and have
34:24you
34:24left
34:24with
34:25nothing
34:25to
34:25show
34:25for
34:26all
34:26the
34:26work
34:26that
34:26you've
34:27done
34:27for
34:27this
34:27man.
34:33I
34:34guess I
34:34just
34:34process
34:35all
34:35this.
34:36Okay.
34:38I
34:39thought
34:39we're
34:39meeting
34:39so I
34:40could
34:40catch
34:40you
34:40up
34:40on
34:41what
34:41you
34:41missed
34:42off
34:43tomorrow.
34:44It's
34:44no
34:45rush.
34:46Okay?
34:46And
34:47I don't
34:48even know
34:48what I'm
34:48going to
34:49do.
34:51I
34:52might decide
34:52that you're
34:52right.
34:56That's
34:56a first.
34:57About
34:57what?
34:58About
34:59it being
34:59better to
35:00just keep
35:01things the
35:01way they
35:01are.
35:04Are you
35:05trying to sell
35:05that to me
35:06or yourself?
35:08Because it
35:09sounds like
35:09you already
35:10have one
35:10foot out
35:10the door
35:11and if
35:11the deal
35:12is done,
35:15I just
35:16need to
35:16decide
35:16where my
35:17next
35:17move
35:17is.
35:43Damien,
35:44what a
35:45nice
35:45surprise.
35:46Hey,
35:47Lily.
35:49I've,
35:49uh,
35:50given some
35:51thought
35:52to what
35:53we talked
35:54about
35:54earlier.
35:56So,
35:57can we
35:57meet now
35:58so I
36:00can tell
36:00you what
36:00I've
36:00decided?
36:04Oh,
36:05today was
36:05a good
36:06day,
36:06man.
36:08I do
36:09see Lily's
36:09point of
36:10view in
36:10all this.
36:10If it
36:11were about
36:12anyone else
36:12other than
36:13my brother.
36:13I know,
36:14I know,
36:14but listen,
36:15we brought
36:16Lily back
36:16to the
36:17company
36:17for a
36:17reason.
36:19You know,
36:19she's good
36:20at reading
36:20people when
36:21she doesn't
36:21run people
36:21over to
36:22get what
36:22she wants.
36:23And if
36:24Damien comes
36:25to work
36:25at Winters,
36:26that's an
36:26opportunity for
36:26you two to
36:27get closer.
36:30So you're
36:31with her on
36:31this?
36:31I don't
36:34know if I'm
36:35with her on
36:35this,
36:36but I do
36:36know that
36:37this Dumas
36:37character sounds
36:38like he's
36:39trouble.
36:40So,
36:41you know,
36:42this plan
36:42might be
36:43what's best
36:43for you,
36:44me,
36:44Lily,
36:44and
36:45you.
36:46Look,
36:47I don't
36:49want my
36:49brother or
36:50our company
36:50to fall
36:51prey to
36:51some ruthless
36:52businessman.
36:54We've all
36:55been there
36:55and done
36:56that.
36:57With
36:58Victor Newman.
36:58You want
37:10to know
37:10if she's
37:10going to
37:11go along
37:11to get
37:12well?
37:14Or
37:15suddenly,
37:15as your
37:15COO,
37:16she needs
37:16to be
37:17on the
37:17same page
37:17as you.
37:21We were
37:22just talking
37:22about your
37:23request.
37:26I think
37:26it's the
37:27wrong approach.
37:29I have
37:30an idea
37:30on how
37:31to handle
37:31Billy
37:32and
37:32Aristotle
37:33Dumas.
37:40You tell
37:40Mr. Dumas
37:41that this
37:41meeting's
37:42going to
37:42happen.
37:43It needs
37:43to happen
37:44now.