1 00:00:01,708 --> 00:00:04,443 That's it, girls! Lono, harder! Pull back! 2 00:00:07,629 --> 00:00:09,907 Back up! Arms! 3 00:00:10,032 --> 00:00:11,775 Tighter! Tighter! 4 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:13,401 Angela, arms straight. 5 00:00:15,571 --> 00:00:16,547 That's it. 6 00:00:16,672 --> 00:00:17,715 Good girl. 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,149 5, 6, 7, 8. 8 00:00:19,274 --> 00:00:20,150 1, 2, 3, 4... 9 00:00:23,345 --> 00:00:25,522 5, 6, 7, 8! 1, 2! 10 00:00:29,351 --> 00:00:30,494 Hey! 11 00:00:30,619 --> 00:00:33,030 Are you the morons in charge? 12 00:00:33,155 --> 00:00:37,568 Well... I'm the company C.E.O., So... 13 00:00:37,693 --> 00:00:41,138 Yes, I'm the "moron" in charge, miss... 14 00:00:41,163 --> 00:00:42,172 Coach Cornell. 15 00:00:42,297 --> 00:00:44,141 Your set-up here is a mess. 16 00:00:44,166 --> 00:00:45,609 These are one-inch mats. 17 00:00:45,634 --> 00:00:47,545 We should be working on 12-inch mats. 18 00:00:47,870 --> 00:00:49,580 Not according to the safety standards. 19 00:00:49,705 --> 00:00:51,715 The safety standards are a joke. 20 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,752 Pep athletics doesn't set the safety standards for competitive cheer. 21 00:00:54,777 --> 00:00:56,787 The gymnastics and tumbling safety administration does. 22 00:00:56,812 --> 00:00:59,090 Pep owns the safety administration. 23 00:00:59,215 --> 00:01:01,579 Listen, if you don't like the way we run our competitions, 24 00:01:01,580 --> 00:01:03,991 Miss Cornell, uh, feel free to take your team home. 25 00:01:04,587 --> 00:01:07,832 Of course, your entry fees are non-refundable. 26 00:01:07,857 --> 00:01:09,290 Okay, here we go. Come on, Marcy. 27 00:01:18,624 --> 00:01:19,500 Oh, my god! 28 00:01:19,768 --> 00:01:21,578 Marcy! 29 00:01:23,238 --> 00:01:24,648 Marcy! Get the medics! 30 00:01:24,673 --> 00:01:26,950 - Call the medics! - Okay. 31 00:01:29,678 --> 00:01:32,356 Hello? Yeah, we need an ambulance right away. 32 00:01:34,682 --> 00:01:37,730 5x05 - The Gimme a K Steet Job - 33 00:01:41,565 --> 00:01:43,651 Sync and Corrections by lala123 For www.Addic7ed.com 34 00:01:43,741 --> 00:01:47,705 The doctors think she'll eventually breathe on her own, But her legs... 35 00:01:47,830 --> 00:01:49,598 But it was an accident. It wasn't your fault. 36 00:01:49,599 --> 00:01:51,977 This wasn't an accident. It was negligence. 37 00:01:52,101 --> 00:01:53,377 Negligence is hard to prove. 38 00:01:53,502 --> 00:01:55,847 What makes you so sure that it was this company's fault? 39 00:01:55,872 --> 00:01:57,815 Pep athletics controls competitive cheer. 40 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,817 They write the safety standards, 41 00:02:00,042 --> 00:02:02,253 And not to protect the girls... to be cheap. 42 00:02:09,451 --> 00:02:13,283 Hmm. Is Marcy covered by insurance? 43 00:02:13,284 --> 00:02:15,965 You have to be to participate in Pep competitions. 44 00:02:15,965 --> 00:02:19,144 But you have to buy it From Pep's subsidiary insurance company. 45 00:02:19,228 --> 00:02:21,472 I see. And let me guess... they don't pay out. 46 00:02:22,297 --> 00:02:25,375 Mr. Ford, Pep has blamed me for the accident 47 00:02:25,376 --> 00:02:26,926 and banned me from coaching. 48 00:02:26,936 --> 00:02:28,846 I'm a fully qualified gymnastics coach. 49 00:02:29,071 --> 00:02:30,648 Pep's coach-training program... 50 00:02:30,673 --> 00:02:32,716 A fry cook gets more training. 51 00:02:32,741 --> 00:02:35,586 My team's not safe without me. 52 00:02:35,911 --> 00:02:38,980 Well, we gona make sure they are. 53 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:51,482 Do you hate me? You hate me. 54 00:02:51,607 --> 00:02:53,184 Is that why you're making me do this? 55 00:02:53,309 --> 00:02:55,720 No, Parker, these girls... they need a coach, 56 00:02:55,845 --> 00:02:57,121 And you're the best gymnast I know. 57 00:02:57,246 --> 00:03:00,058 Besides, it puts you on the inside at Pep H.Q. In D.C. 58 00:03:00,183 --> 00:03:03,228 They're running cheer camp for the next week up until championship. 59 00:03:03,253 --> 00:03:06,131 But they're teenage girls. What do I know about teenage girls? 60 00:03:06,356 --> 00:03:07,832 You were a teenage girl? 61 00:03:07,957 --> 00:03:09,300 Only sort of. 62 00:03:09,425 --> 00:03:11,402 Look, did you know about this? 63 00:03:11,527 --> 00:03:13,638 Girls being dropped from 20 feet. 64 00:03:13,763 --> 00:03:15,306 It's unbelievable. I know, right? 65 00:03:15,431 --> 00:03:17,275 20 feet? Psh! Walk it off. 66 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,911 Parker, you do know that normal people 67 00:03:20,036 --> 00:03:22,914 Don't just "walk off" a 20-foot fall, right? 68 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:24,115 So... 69 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,185 All those times I pushed Hardison off a building 70 00:03:27,310 --> 00:03:31,055 And he was all "aah!"... he wasn't just being funny? 71 00:03:31,180 --> 00:03:34,025 I thought it was funny, Parker. 72 00:03:34,150 --> 00:03:36,327 No way in hell was it funny. You're always upside down, man. 73 00:03:36,452 --> 00:03:37,362 I fell off a building. I was upside... 74 00:03:37,487 --> 00:03:38,663 Like a himalayan tree frog. 75 00:03:38,788 --> 00:03:40,431 You calling me a frog? You calling me a damn frog? 76 00:03:40,556 --> 00:03:41,733 Say it again. Say it to my face. 77 00:03:41,858 --> 00:03:44,068 Guys... maybe focus, guys. 78 00:03:44,193 --> 00:03:45,203 Focus. 79 00:03:45,328 --> 00:03:46,738 Damn frog. 80 00:03:49,032 --> 00:03:49,974 Pep athletics. 81 00:03:50,099 --> 00:03:51,943 They started out selling workout clothes, 82 00:03:52,068 --> 00:03:53,011 Then they turned into 83 00:03:53,136 --> 00:03:54,746 22 subsidiaries and shell companies 84 00:03:54,871 --> 00:03:56,214 That run competitive cheer. 85 00:03:56,339 --> 00:03:58,750 They set safety standards, they train coaches, 86 00:03:58,875 --> 00:04:00,985 They sell uniforms, they sell insurance, 87 00:04:01,110 --> 00:04:03,554 And they also televise very lucrative competitions. 88 00:04:03,679 --> 00:04:06,024 And they profit off of teenage girls the whole way. 89 00:04:06,149 --> 00:04:07,625 Now, because of their corporate structure, 90 00:04:07,750 --> 00:04:09,594 It lets them hide the fact that it's the same company. 91 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:12,463 the mafia has a less-complicated set-up. 92 00:04:12,588 --> 00:04:14,399 Yeah, and with them, you need a federal task force 93 00:04:14,524 --> 00:04:16,234 And a rico case to bring them down. Mm-hmm. 94 00:04:16,359 --> 00:04:17,936 Now, this is the C.E.O., wendy Baran. 95 00:04:18,061 --> 00:04:19,137 She's an ex-cheerleader, 96 00:04:19,262 --> 00:04:20,638 And she's the one who moved Pep into cheer. 97 00:04:20,763 --> 00:04:22,807 She took them from selling sweat pants 98 00:04:22,932 --> 00:04:24,776 Into running a sport. 99 00:04:24,901 --> 00:04:27,245 Ah, there's the crux of the problem right there. 100 00:04:27,370 --> 00:04:29,414 Technically, legally, cheerleading is not a sport. 101 00:04:29,539 --> 00:04:30,448 It's an activity. 102 00:04:30,573 --> 00:04:31,616 What's the difference? 103 00:04:31,741 --> 00:04:34,218 A sport has legally mandated safety standards. 104 00:04:34,343 --> 00:04:36,888 Yes, and a for-profit company cannot run a sport, 105 00:04:37,013 --> 00:04:38,656 Which is why Pep wants to keep 106 00:04:38,781 --> 00:04:42,727 Competitive cheer from becoming a sport, 107 00:04:42,852 --> 00:04:44,963 Unless, of course, we made it one. 108 00:04:45,088 --> 00:04:47,832 That's when the safety standards kick in. 109 00:04:47,957 --> 00:04:50,601 Yes, and then Pep would be doing a free-fall without a mat. 110 00:04:50,726 --> 00:04:52,470 So how do we make something a sport? 111 00:04:52,595 --> 00:04:53,738 Well, we don't, actually. 112 00:04:53,863 --> 00:04:57,442 The federal high school athletics committee does. 113 00:04:57,567 --> 00:04:59,734 This is a job for Congress. 114 00:05:00,159 --> 00:05:05,159 Subtitles edited by Ehhhhtozebec 115 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:06,852 Ah, I love government. 116 00:05:06,977 --> 00:05:09,054 Shady deals, back-room meetings... 117 00:05:09,179 --> 00:05:10,656 It is grifter paradise. 118 00:05:10,781 --> 00:05:11,957 This is wrong. 119 00:05:12,082 --> 00:05:14,193 We work outside the law, not smack-dab in the middle of it. 120 00:05:14,318 --> 00:05:15,561 Relax, Eliot. 121 00:05:15,686 --> 00:05:17,096 Elected officials are the easiest marks in the world. 122 00:05:17,221 --> 00:05:19,064 Between their ego, the greed, and the politics... 123 00:05:19,189 --> 00:05:20,399 More hooks than a bait shop. 124 00:05:20,524 --> 00:05:23,569 I'm just saying, we'd be better off running a stock scam 125 00:05:23,694 --> 00:05:24,970 Or maybe a little heist. 126 00:05:25,095 --> 00:05:27,070 Hey, the government's just a system, baby, 127 00:05:27,098 --> 00:05:28,807 and if it's a system, we can hack it. 128 00:05:28,832 --> 00:05:31,977 I already got The cheerleader protection act, H.R. 505, up for vote 129 00:05:32,102 --> 00:05:33,045 in about 20 minutes. 130 00:05:33,170 --> 00:05:35,414 Poor bastards won't know what hit them. 131 00:05:35,539 --> 00:05:36,949 Right. Assuming it passes. 132 00:05:37,074 --> 00:05:39,151 Assuming what? 133 00:05:39,276 --> 00:05:41,053 It's a bill to keep high-school girls out of wheelchairs. 134 00:05:41,178 --> 00:05:42,354 Who's gonna vote against it? 135 00:05:42,479 --> 00:05:45,624 Ladies and gentlemen, this bill is a staggering... 136 00:05:45,749 --> 00:05:49,595 I say a staggering overreach of government power. 137 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,054 You were saying? 138 00:05:53,123 --> 00:05:55,369 How the hell did this bill come up for a vote 139 00:05:55,370 --> 00:05:57,436 - without us knowing about it? - I don't know. 140 00:05:57,561 --> 00:05:59,438 I-I've been trying to keep tabs on things, but... 141 00:05:59,563 --> 00:06:01,307 Now, I was a quarterback in high school, 142 00:06:01,432 --> 00:06:03,809 So I think I know a thing or two about cheerleaders. 143 00:06:03,934 --> 00:06:07,613 And one thing I know is that they do not want big government 144 00:06:07,738 --> 00:06:09,181 getting all up in their business. 145 00:06:09,306 --> 00:06:13,552 Cheerleaders are strong, independent young women. 146 00:06:13,677 --> 00:06:15,754 They don't need a bunch of white-haired old men 147 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:17,690 from washington telling them what to do. 148 00:06:17,815 --> 00:06:20,192 They don't need a nanny state dictating their every move. 149 00:06:20,317 --> 00:06:22,094 Sophie, can you get a head count? 150 00:06:22,219 --> 00:06:25,497 They got parents to do that for them. 151 00:06:25,622 --> 00:06:28,000 Now, I know it's hard for parents to raise a teen. 152 00:06:28,125 --> 00:06:32,905 Judging by the body language, I'd say... 153 00:06:33,030 --> 00:06:35,808 Zero for, seven against. 154 00:06:35,933 --> 00:06:39,011 These parents are hard-working americans. 155 00:06:39,136 --> 00:06:41,180 Hardison, we got to stop this now. 156 00:06:41,305 --> 00:06:44,216 I can't hack the agenda while the meeting's in session. 157 00:06:44,341 --> 00:06:46,685 No, we've got to stop this now... not the agenda. The sound system. 158 00:06:46,810 --> 00:06:48,053 What we're talking about 159 00:06:48,178 --> 00:06:53,192 Is having this August body March into their towns 160 00:06:53,317 --> 00:06:54,927 Straight down the neighborhood streets 161 00:06:55,052 --> 00:06:57,830 And right into the front door of our high schools. 162 00:06:57,955 --> 00:06:59,164 And make no mistake, 163 00:06:59,289 --> 00:07:01,767 Once we let big government into our high schools, 164 00:07:01,892 --> 00:07:04,503 Well, who knows where that might... 165 00:07:13,003 --> 00:07:13,946 Just press this button. 166 00:07:14,071 --> 00:07:15,281 I said, who knows what... 167 00:07:18,409 --> 00:07:19,642 Sorry. 168 00:07:25,416 --> 00:07:29,228 Anyone... anyone mind if we table this 169 00:07:29,353 --> 00:07:30,729 Until we can get things working around here? 170 00:07:34,892 --> 00:07:37,202 Uh, folks, we're gonna put this off till next week, 171 00:07:37,327 --> 00:07:39,695 And thank you all for coming. 172 00:07:44,001 --> 00:07:45,911 looks like we have some time. 173 00:07:46,036 --> 00:07:47,703 Maybe this won't be a complete disaster. 174 00:07:56,113 --> 00:07:57,723 Did anyone else catch that? 175 00:07:57,848 --> 00:07:59,291 Baran, the C.E.O. Of Pep... 176 00:07:59,416 --> 00:08:01,460 The bill was about to be voted down. 177 00:08:01,585 --> 00:08:03,295 I mean, that's the best thing 178 00:08:03,420 --> 00:08:05,064 that could happen for Pep, right? 179 00:08:05,189 --> 00:08:07,533 You're right. She should be thrilled. Why the long face? 180 00:08:07,658 --> 00:08:10,135 Okay, Parker, I need you to break into Baran's office 181 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:11,527 And see what she's up to. 182 00:08:13,464 --> 00:08:14,373 Sure. No problem. 183 00:08:14,498 --> 00:08:16,108 It's not like I'm dragging around 184 00:08:16,233 --> 00:08:18,110 A flock of cheerleaders or anything. 185 00:08:20,104 --> 00:08:21,747 Yeah. The rest of us... 186 00:08:21,872 --> 00:08:24,574 Let's go steal us some Congressmen. 187 00:08:30,495 --> 00:08:32,207 And here's our committee. 188 00:08:32,232 --> 00:08:35,110 According to Sophie, we've got seven nay votes. 189 00:08:35,235 --> 00:08:36,585 We need to flip four to win. 190 00:08:36,910 --> 00:08:39,354 The good news is we got tons of data on these politicians... 191 00:08:39,479 --> 00:08:41,356 Voting records, financial records, all that. 192 00:08:41,481 --> 00:08:43,492 It makes it easy to figure out who's the most influential 193 00:08:43,617 --> 00:08:45,360 And who's the easiest to influence. 194 00:08:45,485 --> 00:08:46,919 Who's our best buy? 195 00:08:48,755 --> 00:08:50,465 These are our four right here. 196 00:08:50,590 --> 00:08:51,933 Congresswoman jane berkus. 197 00:08:52,058 --> 00:08:53,401 She's very numbers-driven. 198 00:08:53,526 --> 00:08:55,036 Impeccable on women's issues. 199 00:08:55,161 --> 00:08:58,240 We make her know that this is about protecting young girls, 200 00:08:58,365 --> 00:09:00,008 She's in. 201 00:09:00,133 --> 00:09:02,644 There's Congressman Juan Caballo. 202 00:09:02,769 --> 00:09:04,546 Now, he won his seat in a populist upswell 203 00:09:04,671 --> 00:09:06,248 That he's having trouble maintaining. 204 00:09:06,373 --> 00:09:08,817 We keep him in office, he votes how we want. 205 00:09:08,942 --> 00:09:10,252 Hold on. 206 00:09:10,377 --> 00:09:11,553 Congressman John Zahn. 207 00:09:11,678 --> 00:09:13,555 He's currently being investigated 208 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:15,690 For some fundraising irregularities. 209 00:09:15,815 --> 00:09:17,692 Now, we make his problem go away, 210 00:09:17,817 --> 00:09:19,294 He makes our problem go away. 211 00:09:19,419 --> 00:09:21,963 Finally, we have Congressman J.J. Legrange. 212 00:09:22,088 --> 00:09:24,166 He's a consummate Washington insider. 213 00:09:24,291 --> 00:09:27,302 His father held that seat and his grandfather before him. 214 00:09:27,427 --> 00:09:30,405 Now, this man loves the cameras, and he loves his power. 215 00:09:30,530 --> 00:09:32,507 He's also the committee chair, 216 00:09:32,632 --> 00:09:34,509 Which means if he's against us... 217 00:09:34,634 --> 00:09:37,045 It means he's got 100 procedural tricks he can use kill the bill. 218 00:09:37,170 --> 00:09:38,413 We need him, or we got nothing. 219 00:09:38,538 --> 00:09:40,215 Wait a minute... you're talking about 220 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:42,317 Running a con on four separate marks. 221 00:09:42,442 --> 00:09:43,618 No, not... not marks. 222 00:09:43,743 --> 00:09:44,753 Elected officials. 223 00:09:44,878 --> 00:09:46,821 We do this right, we'll have them 224 00:09:46,946 --> 00:09:49,048 eating out of our hand by dinner. 225 00:09:53,653 --> 00:09:55,530 "Eating out of our hand by dinner," huh? 226 00:09:55,655 --> 00:09:56,631 Anybody else feel like 227 00:09:56,756 --> 00:09:58,490 We've been chewed up and spit out? 228 00:10:00,327 --> 00:10:01,503 All right. 229 00:10:01,628 --> 00:10:04,239 Anything else? 230 00:10:04,364 --> 00:10:05,273 We're done. 231 00:10:05,398 --> 00:10:07,042 Uh, actually... 232 00:10:07,167 --> 00:10:08,910 Yes, new guy. 233 00:10:09,035 --> 00:10:11,546 I'd like to discuss H.R. 505. 234 00:10:11,671 --> 00:10:14,282 The cheerleading bill? 235 00:10:14,407 --> 00:10:17,452 Right you are. 236 00:10:17,577 --> 00:10:18,787 Here. 237 00:10:18,912 --> 00:10:21,323 You see, there are some numbers that I think you'll find... 238 00:10:21,448 --> 00:10:22,557 Numbers. 239 00:10:22,682 --> 00:10:24,726 Like the $20 million the bill will cost schools 240 00:10:24,851 --> 00:10:26,261 In equipment and training? 241 00:10:26,386 --> 00:10:30,365 I am not taking money away from arts, music, school lunches, 242 00:10:30,490 --> 00:10:33,602 Or, god forbid, actual women's sports 243 00:10:33,727 --> 00:10:35,971 So that Candi, Mandi, and Brandi-with-an-I 244 00:10:36,096 --> 00:10:38,607 Can flounce around in their miniskirts and midriffs. Right. But... 245 00:10:38,732 --> 00:10:40,942 So unless you can find $20 million 246 00:10:41,067 --> 00:10:43,878 lying around unclaimed in the federal budget, 247 00:10:44,003 --> 00:10:45,580 We're done. 248 00:10:45,705 --> 00:10:47,249 Noted. Copy. I feel you. 249 00:10:47,374 --> 00:10:48,383 But, um... 250 00:10:48,508 --> 00:10:50,385 You know, Hardison, you said it yourself... 251 00:10:50,510 --> 00:10:51,419 Government's just a system. 252 00:10:51,544 --> 00:10:52,487 It is a system. 253 00:10:52,612 --> 00:10:54,623 It's also "war and peace" with math. 254 00:10:54,948 --> 00:10:57,492 At least you're dealing with money. 255 00:10:57,617 --> 00:10:59,327 That's why the voters sent me here. 256 00:10:59,452 --> 00:11:01,800 Hold on. 257 00:11:01,989 --> 00:11:03,165 Sorry. How can I help you, miss... 258 00:11:03,290 --> 00:11:04,699 Amber von Cleve 259 00:11:04,724 --> 00:11:06,267 of the Cleveland von Cleves. 260 00:11:06,292 --> 00:11:08,637 The family would like to make a sizable donation 261 00:11:08,762 --> 00:11:10,071 To your re-election campaign. 262 00:11:10,196 --> 00:11:12,274 There is, however, one thing 263 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:14,724 We'd like to make sure we see eye-to-eye on. 264 00:11:15,068 --> 00:11:16,311 The corn subsidies. 265 00:11:16,436 --> 00:11:17,546 The... excuse me? 266 00:11:17,671 --> 00:11:19,381 I know how important they are to the district, 267 00:11:19,506 --> 00:11:20,815 But I've been stonewalled. 268 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:23,151 You really want to get me re-elected? 269 00:11:23,276 --> 00:11:24,820 Find me a way to land those corn subsidies. 270 00:11:25,245 --> 00:11:27,989 I got to take this. 271 00:11:28,114 --> 00:11:30,124 Now, wait a minute, you said you like back-room dealings. 272 00:11:30,183 --> 00:11:31,526 I like stealing things that are real. 273 00:11:31,751 --> 00:11:34,997 Cash... of course. Land... sure. Art... yes, please. 274 00:11:35,422 --> 00:11:38,008 Corn subsidies? Not so much. 275 00:11:38,009 --> 00:11:39,407 At least you're stealing. 276 00:11:39,492 --> 00:11:41,169 They've got this place sewn up so tight, 277 00:11:41,194 --> 00:11:42,328 I can barely even case it. 278 00:11:46,765 --> 00:11:50,111 No. No, I told you... I don't have time right now. 279 00:11:50,136 --> 00:11:52,237 Yeah. No... 280 00:11:52,339 --> 00:11:55,440 - Um, coach? - Right! 281 00:11:55,475 --> 00:11:57,553 Okay, who's up for some basic gymnastics drills? 282 00:12:08,021 --> 00:12:09,364 Yes. You. What are you called? 283 00:12:09,489 --> 00:12:10,632 Madison. 284 00:12:10,657 --> 00:12:12,567 Can I be excused? I don't feel well. 285 00:12:12,692 --> 00:12:13,868 But... 286 00:12:13,893 --> 00:12:17,172 We have... laser grid, Madison. 287 00:12:17,297 --> 00:12:19,274 Laser grid. 288 00:12:19,399 --> 00:12:20,532 Huh? 289 00:12:23,203 --> 00:12:24,412 They're so jaded. 290 00:12:24,537 --> 00:12:26,514 Parker, you just got to figure out how to connect with them. 291 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:28,316 You have more in common than you think. 292 00:12:28,441 --> 00:12:30,185 Why are you so upbeat about all of this? 293 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:31,486 Yeah. 294 00:12:31,611 --> 00:12:33,088 I mean, how'd you do with the distinguished gentleman 295 00:12:33,213 --> 00:12:35,824 From being-investigated-for-fraud? 296 00:12:35,949 --> 00:12:37,492 Congressman, sorry to interrupt. 297 00:12:37,617 --> 00:12:40,362 It's no problem, pal. Just tell me this. 298 00:12:40,487 --> 00:12:43,465 What do you want, and what's it worth to you? 299 00:12:46,526 --> 00:12:47,769 Let's talk. Lunch? 300 00:12:47,894 --> 00:12:50,095 Sounds great. 301 00:12:52,265 --> 00:12:53,475 For real, man? 302 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,877 You telling me you bought a Congressman with a lunch? 303 00:12:56,002 --> 00:12:57,178 It was a nice lunch. 304 00:12:57,303 --> 00:12:59,247 I've been saying it all along, guys. 305 00:12:59,372 --> 00:13:01,883 Elected officials are the easiest mark in the world. 306 00:13:02,008 --> 00:13:04,085 Oh, you think so, huh? 307 00:13:04,210 --> 00:13:07,088 Congressman. Steven Turner, Rossi Consulting. 308 00:13:07,213 --> 00:13:09,624 - How you doing? - Just fine, Mr. Turner. Just fine. 309 00:13:09,749 --> 00:13:11,626 You're a busy man. I can appreciate that. 310 00:13:11,751 --> 00:13:13,361 Listen, we have a client that runs 311 00:13:13,486 --> 00:13:15,130 A political action committee for women's athletics, 312 00:13:15,255 --> 00:13:17,831 And we'd like to know your stance on H.R. 505. 313 00:13:17,956 --> 00:13:20,100 I made man 314 00:13:20,225 --> 00:13:22,235 I think it's government overreach, 315 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:23,270 Pure and simple. 316 00:13:23,395 --> 00:13:24,404 I hear that, I tell you. 317 00:13:24,529 --> 00:13:26,340 But, however, our client does want to make 318 00:13:26,465 --> 00:13:28,809 A substantial donation to a Congressman... no, no. 319 00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:30,243 Listen carefully, son. 320 00:13:30,368 --> 00:13:33,213 Now, people don't doNate to me to buy my vote. 321 00:13:33,338 --> 00:13:34,514 People doNate to me 322 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:37,417 Because they already know how I'm gonna vote. 323 00:13:37,542 --> 00:13:40,253 People doNate to me because of my integrity. 324 00:13:40,378 --> 00:13:42,956 Now, if your people are interested in me, 325 00:13:43,081 --> 00:13:45,325 I'm happy to have your money. 326 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:49,463 But if you think you can buy a vote off of J.J. Legrange, 327 00:13:49,588 --> 00:13:52,356 Well, you got another think coming. 328 00:13:53,992 --> 00:13:54,801 You mean... 329 00:13:54,926 --> 00:13:56,770 Yeah, I mean the guy's got integrity. 330 00:13:56,895 --> 00:14:01,766 Elected official or not, you can't con an honest man. 331 00:14:07,551 --> 00:14:09,785 Okay, people, let's grift. 332 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,473 Hello, numbers. You ready to dance? 333 00:14:21,898 --> 00:14:22,941 Corn subsidies? 334 00:14:23,066 --> 00:14:25,577 Why did it have to be corn subsidies? 335 00:14:25,702 --> 00:14:28,547 Congresswoman Greenhill. 336 00:14:28,572 --> 00:14:30,616 I'm Debra Scott of the Scottsdale Scotts. 337 00:14:30,741 --> 00:14:34,119 My family would like to make a sizable donation 338 00:14:34,144 --> 00:14:35,921 to your re-election campaign. 339 00:14:36,346 --> 00:14:38,357 There is one thing, however, 340 00:14:38,682 --> 00:14:41,026 We'd like to make sure we see eye-to-eye on 341 00:14:41,051 --> 00:14:42,794 - Corn subsidies. - Corn subsidies? 342 00:14:43,948 --> 00:14:46,092 Do you know what corn subsidies are code for? 343 00:14:46,093 --> 00:14:47,369 - Excuse me? - Ethanol. 344 00:14:47,457 --> 00:14:49,334 And do you know what the problem with ethanol is? 345 00:14:49,335 --> 00:14:51,046 No, but I sure would like to find out. 346 00:14:51,395 --> 00:14:54,606 Well, people think that it's clean energy, but it's still burning carbon. 347 00:14:54,731 --> 00:14:57,009 It takes attention away from real sustainable energy. 348 00:14:57,234 --> 00:15:00,445 And do you know what Arizona has more of than any other state? 349 00:15:00,570 --> 00:15:01,346 Sand? 350 00:15:01,471 --> 00:15:04,549 Sun. Limitless, clean sunlight. 351 00:15:04,674 --> 00:15:06,318 I won't subsidize corn in Ohio 352 00:15:06,443 --> 00:15:09,712 Unless there's at least as much for solar subsidies in Arizona. 353 00:15:17,821 --> 00:15:18,697 This is a bad idea. 354 00:15:18,822 --> 00:15:20,999 You can't con an honest man, Nate. 355 00:15:21,124 --> 00:15:22,501 He's not an honest man. He's an elected official. 356 00:15:22,626 --> 00:15:23,435 Really? 357 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:24,770 'Cause he turned down pac money, 358 00:15:24,895 --> 00:15:26,371 Which, by the way, is legal. 359 00:15:26,496 --> 00:15:28,106 That just means money's not his hook. 360 00:15:28,231 --> 00:15:29,698 You got to figure out what is. 361 00:15:31,935 --> 00:15:34,646 All right, he's a politician. 362 00:15:34,771 --> 00:15:36,539 He likes power. 363 00:15:38,241 --> 00:15:41,277 Don't offer him money. Offer him more power. 364 00:15:51,021 --> 00:15:52,087 Uh, Congresswoman? 365 00:15:54,691 --> 00:15:56,034 New guy. 366 00:15:56,159 --> 00:15:56,935 Hey. 367 00:15:57,060 --> 00:15:57,969 What do you need? 368 00:15:58,094 --> 00:16:00,105 Uh. Ah. 369 00:16:00,230 --> 00:16:01,173 Bam. What?! 370 00:16:01,298 --> 00:16:02,264 The money. 371 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:05,010 Look, XJ-12... 372 00:16:05,135 --> 00:16:06,678 It's an armored-vehicle prototype. 373 00:16:06,803 --> 00:16:07,813 All right, $50 million 374 00:16:07,938 --> 00:16:09,881 Was earmarked for development this year, 375 00:16:10,006 --> 00:16:11,983 But the pentagon says they don't want it. 376 00:16:12,108 --> 00:16:13,719 They said they don't need another armored car. 377 00:16:13,844 --> 00:16:15,120 So I'm thinking we take that money, 378 00:16:15,245 --> 00:16:16,421 Put it into cheerleading, right? 379 00:16:16,546 --> 00:16:18,590 We fund the bill. We have plenty to spare. 380 00:16:18,715 --> 00:16:19,925 holla. 381 00:16:20,050 --> 00:16:21,326 You can't touch that money. 382 00:16:21,451 --> 00:16:24,363 but The Pentagon does not want it. 383 00:16:24,488 --> 00:16:25,731 It's defense spending. 384 00:16:25,856 --> 00:16:28,533 It's a separate appropriations bill from education. 385 00:16:28,658 --> 00:16:30,936 You'd have to send both bills back to the floor 386 00:16:31,061 --> 00:16:32,003 And start all over. 387 00:16:32,128 --> 00:16:35,540 Right... right, but just l-listen real quick. 388 00:16:35,665 --> 00:16:37,766 They do not want the money. 389 00:16:41,438 --> 00:16:43,882 But they don't... they don't want the money. 390 00:16:46,510 --> 00:16:48,553 Congressman. 391 00:16:48,678 --> 00:16:50,389 Hi. Steven Turner, Rossi Consulting. 392 00:16:50,514 --> 00:16:51,590 Yeah. 393 00:16:51,715 --> 00:16:53,592 Fella came around yesterday looking to buy my vote. 394 00:16:53,717 --> 00:16:54,726 That was not my fault. 395 00:16:54,851 --> 00:16:56,728 I wanted you to know that was my boss's idea. 396 00:16:56,853 --> 00:16:59,097 I respect integrity, sir. I respect the hell out of it. 397 00:16:59,222 --> 00:17:00,198 As a matter of fact, 398 00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:01,967 It's how, uh, it's how I choose a leader. 399 00:17:02,092 --> 00:17:05,904 Now, my firm happens to have a client that wants to sponsor 400 00:17:06,029 --> 00:17:08,707 A primary challenge to Senator Fischer. 401 00:17:08,832 --> 00:17:12,043 you grooming me for a higher office? 402 00:17:12,168 --> 00:17:13,168 Well... 403 00:17:20,511 --> 00:17:21,754 Sorry, son. 404 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:27,053 I spent a lot of time becoming the big fish in my little pond. 405 00:17:27,563 --> 00:17:30,332 And that's the way I like it. 406 00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:34,633 Hey, Ms. Rochester, 407 00:17:34,758 --> 00:17:36,601 Those solar subsidies are earmarked for New York. 408 00:17:36,726 --> 00:17:38,426 My constituents are counting on them. 409 00:17:38,428 --> 00:17:40,138 come on, Congressman. 410 00:17:40,263 --> 00:17:42,407 One New Yorker to another... Arizona's got more sun. 411 00:17:42,532 --> 00:17:44,643 Can't we just split the difference? 412 00:17:44,768 --> 00:17:45,744 Maybe I can swing it, 413 00:17:45,869 --> 00:17:47,112 But I'm gonna need a little favor from you. 414 00:17:51,842 --> 00:17:52,851 Hey, Parker? 415 00:17:52,976 --> 00:17:54,586 Any progress getting into Baran's office? 416 00:17:54,711 --> 00:17:56,645 Not yet. Security's tight, but... 417 00:17:57,714 --> 00:17:58,490 Okay, good. 418 00:17:58,615 --> 00:18:00,316 Now, just like we practiced. 419 00:18:04,121 --> 00:18:05,797 The projections are great, 420 00:18:05,922 --> 00:18:09,968 But this whole thing hinges on having the cash on hand in time. 421 00:18:10,093 --> 00:18:11,026 Are you in? 422 00:18:14,531 --> 00:18:15,807 Sounds like she's trying to get money together, 423 00:18:15,932 --> 00:18:17,075 But I don't know what for. 424 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,977 Okay, well, you got to get in there and find out. 425 00:18:19,102 --> 00:18:19,978 Yeah, I know. 426 00:18:20,103 --> 00:18:21,613 But there's cameras everywhere. 427 00:18:21,738 --> 00:18:22,848 It's almost like they know 428 00:18:22,973 --> 00:18:25,250 There's a jillion pesky teenagers crawling around. 429 00:18:25,375 --> 00:18:26,485 Coach? 430 00:18:26,610 --> 00:18:29,588 Coach, uh, do you think we could let her down? 431 00:18:29,713 --> 00:18:30,689 Why? She's fine. 432 00:18:30,814 --> 00:18:32,357 Well, she might get dizzy. 433 00:18:32,482 --> 00:18:33,649 Or... or something. 434 00:18:36,820 --> 00:18:38,087 Bring her down. 435 00:18:45,495 --> 00:18:48,073 Okay, so what's your next play? 436 00:18:48,198 --> 00:18:51,610 Well, you're supposed to be the mastermind. 437 00:18:51,735 --> 00:18:53,945 He doesn't want power. He doesn't want money. 438 00:18:54,070 --> 00:18:55,781 Maybe he really is an honest man. 439 00:18:55,906 --> 00:18:59,051 Everyone has a hook, Elliot. 440 00:18:59,176 --> 00:19:02,154 Everyone has a weakness you can exploit. 441 00:19:02,279 --> 00:19:04,289 Do you? 442 00:19:04,414 --> 00:19:07,359 No. You? 443 00:19:07,484 --> 00:19:09,861 No. 444 00:19:09,986 --> 00:19:12,264 Look, maybe this doesn't fit into your world view, Nate, 445 00:19:12,389 --> 00:19:15,000 But there are some people out there that just want to serve. 446 00:19:15,125 --> 00:19:16,401 Trust me. I served with them. 447 00:19:17,526 --> 00:19:18,436 Okay. 448 00:19:18,561 --> 00:19:21,339 Well, if all they want to do is serve, 449 00:19:21,464 --> 00:19:23,598 you can exploit that, too. 450 00:19:33,509 --> 00:19:34,419 Congressman! 451 00:19:34,544 --> 00:19:36,888 Hi. How you doing again? Steven. 452 00:19:37,013 --> 00:19:38,990 - Turner. Back again. - Right. 453 00:19:39,015 --> 00:19:40,325 Very tenacious. Thank you. 454 00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:42,360 Listen, I was wondering if you ever considered 455 00:19:42,485 --> 00:19:43,862 Taking a job on the punditry circuit. 456 00:19:43,987 --> 00:19:45,463 not... not right now. 457 00:19:45,588 --> 00:19:47,232 I'm talking about later, you know, so you can 458 00:19:47,357 --> 00:19:49,267 Keep fighting the good fight after your term's over. 459 00:19:49,392 --> 00:19:51,402 I'm not interested. 460 00:19:51,527 --> 00:19:53,538 Come on, man! Why the hell not? 461 00:19:53,663 --> 00:19:54,939 Sorry. 462 00:19:55,064 --> 00:19:58,943 'Cause I'm not planning on leaving office any time soon. 463 00:20:00,336 --> 00:20:02,180 Well, no, no, no, no. No, no, of course not. 464 00:20:03,173 --> 00:20:04,416 I mean, you probably got this re-election 465 00:20:04,541 --> 00:20:05,317 All sewn up this cycle. Yep. 466 00:20:05,442 --> 00:20:06,685 Probably the next one, too. 467 00:20:06,810 --> 00:20:09,020 But, you know, after that, it could get a little bit rough. 468 00:20:09,145 --> 00:20:10,555 I'm thinking maybe eight years tops, 469 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,023 And you're looking for other work. 470 00:20:12,148 --> 00:20:14,393 What are you talking about? 471 00:20:14,518 --> 00:20:16,528 Polling numbers. 472 00:20:16,653 --> 00:20:18,630 Eight years out? You don't have those numbers. 473 00:20:18,755 --> 00:20:20,132 Nobody has those numbers. 474 00:20:20,257 --> 00:20:21,600 We do. It's a computer model. 475 00:20:21,725 --> 00:20:23,835 Some of the boys whipped it up back at the office. 476 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,304 Now, it shows demographics, and it shows social trends. 477 00:20:26,429 --> 00:20:27,739 And can I be honest with you? 478 00:20:27,864 --> 00:20:30,075 I don't know the first thing about any of that stuff, 479 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,710 Except for the fact that it works. 480 00:20:31,835 --> 00:20:34,312 It sounds like snake oil to me. 481 00:20:34,437 --> 00:20:36,648 Okay, tell him to look at Tracey college's 482 00:20:36,773 --> 00:20:38,750 10-year expansion plan. 483 00:20:38,875 --> 00:20:40,585 Well, if you're not interested. 484 00:20:40,710 --> 00:20:42,087 I understand. 485 00:20:42,212 --> 00:20:43,422 You should, though... 486 00:20:43,547 --> 00:20:45,891 You should tell your campaign manager to take a look 487 00:20:46,016 --> 00:20:48,717 At the Tracey college 10-year expansion plan. 488 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:51,229 What about it? 489 00:20:51,354 --> 00:20:53,398 When a college expands... 490 00:20:53,523 --> 00:20:57,302 Well, when a college expands, young voters come in, 491 00:20:57,427 --> 00:21:00,439 And that's not your demographic, is it? 492 00:21:00,564 --> 00:21:05,234 That and many other things is what the model accounts for. 493 00:21:07,337 --> 00:21:09,948 I want to see this model of yours. 494 00:21:10,073 --> 00:21:12,808 - Two hours. My office. - Yes, sir. 495 00:21:17,547 --> 00:21:18,890 Not bad. 496 00:21:19,015 --> 00:21:21,893 You can fake all that polling stuff I was talking about, right? 497 00:21:22,018 --> 00:21:23,528 Hope so. 498 00:21:27,557 --> 00:21:29,634 Ms. Baran? Hmm? 499 00:21:29,759 --> 00:21:31,169 You should see this. 500 00:21:31,294 --> 00:21:32,437 A man on the hill tipped me off. 501 00:21:32,562 --> 00:21:33,772 This guy's been talking to Congressman legrange 502 00:21:33,897 --> 00:21:36,875 On and off for the last two days. 503 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,010 I've seen this one, too... 504 00:21:39,135 --> 00:21:41,546 At the committee meeting on H.R. 505. 505 00:21:41,671 --> 00:21:44,783 You think they're trying to push the bill through? 506 00:21:44,908 --> 00:21:46,284 No sense taking chances. 507 00:21:46,409 --> 00:21:47,819 Let's make sure 508 00:21:47,944 --> 00:21:52,023 Congressman Legrange stays where we want him. 509 00:21:52,148 --> 00:21:53,191 Are you sure you can control him? 510 00:21:54,384 --> 00:21:57,228 I was a cheerleader in high school. 511 00:21:57,353 --> 00:22:00,289 I think I know a few things about quarterbacks. 512 00:22:06,681 --> 00:22:08,424 Okay, Elliot and I are circling legrange. 513 00:22:08,549 --> 00:22:09,559 Sophie, where are you? 514 00:22:09,684 --> 00:22:11,661 Trying to improve the air-quality standards 515 00:22:11,786 --> 00:22:12,528 In Massachusetts. 516 00:22:12,653 --> 00:22:14,096 Okay. For corn subsidies? 517 00:22:14,221 --> 00:22:16,199 No, to get me the fishery concessions 518 00:22:16,324 --> 00:22:18,100 That I then trade for logging rights 519 00:22:18,225 --> 00:22:19,869 To get me the redistricting deal, 520 00:22:19,994 --> 00:22:21,337 That gets me the grant funding, 521 00:22:21,462 --> 00:22:23,005 That gets me the solar subsidies, 522 00:22:23,130 --> 00:22:25,675 That finally gets me the bloody, stinking corn subsidies. 523 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,977 I don't know how anything gets down around here. 524 00:22:28,102 --> 00:22:30,847 You have to be a grifter to run government. 525 00:22:30,972 --> 00:22:32,648 I'm gonna need an assistant. 526 00:22:32,773 --> 00:22:35,251 Okay... 527 00:22:35,376 --> 00:22:36,419 Hardison? 528 00:22:36,544 --> 00:22:38,020 How you doing? 529 00:22:38,145 --> 00:22:39,689 Look, Nate, I'm good with systems. 530 00:22:39,814 --> 00:22:40,690 You know that. 531 00:22:40,815 --> 00:22:42,158 But this... this system hacks back. 532 00:22:42,283 --> 00:22:44,227 I got $7 million sitting right here, 533 00:22:44,352 --> 00:22:46,929 Set aside for mad-cow testing, which nobody uses, 534 00:22:47,054 --> 00:22:48,364 Because, I mean, you know, 535 00:22:48,489 --> 00:22:51,000 Nobody wants to know that they got mad-cow cows. 536 00:22:51,125 --> 00:22:52,468 Yeah, so, uh, give them to the cheerleaders. 537 00:22:52,593 --> 00:22:53,436 I can't, man. 538 00:22:53,561 --> 00:22:54,704 There's a law right here that says 539 00:22:54,829 --> 00:22:58,207 That there has to be money set aside for mad-cow testing, 540 00:22:58,332 --> 00:22:59,509 Which nobody does! 541 00:22:59,634 --> 00:23:00,610 Makes no sense. 542 00:23:00,735 --> 00:23:03,012 There's no rhyme, no reason, no... 543 00:23:03,137 --> 00:23:04,447 It's cool. Don't pop a nerve. 544 00:23:04,572 --> 00:23:06,249 Don't pop a nerve. Don't throw a book. 545 00:23:06,374 --> 00:23:08,451 Okay, well, you two just keep doing what you're doing. 546 00:23:08,576 --> 00:23:12,688 Let's wrap this up fast before somebody snaps. 547 00:23:12,813 --> 00:23:15,958 Uh, Parker, did you find anything? 548 00:23:16,083 --> 00:23:17,059 The meet's in an hour. 549 00:23:17,184 --> 00:23:18,494 If I use it as cover, 550 00:23:18,619 --> 00:23:20,796 I can sneak up to the roof, short out the security system, 551 00:23:20,921 --> 00:23:22,498 Then get down into Baran's office 552 00:23:22,623 --> 00:23:26,769 While everyone's here. 553 00:23:26,894 --> 00:23:27,970 Where's Madison? 554 00:23:28,095 --> 00:23:30,373 Where is Madison?! 555 00:23:30,498 --> 00:23:32,141 Madison? I haven't seen her in a while. 556 00:23:32,266 --> 00:23:33,209 Great. 557 00:23:33,334 --> 00:23:35,802 I lost a cheerleader. 558 00:23:41,375 --> 00:23:43,452 Okay, Ashley, where's Madison? 559 00:23:44,077 --> 00:23:45,220 Can I have some water? 560 00:23:45,345 --> 00:23:46,488 In a minute. 561 00:23:46,613 --> 00:23:48,223 Why don't you tell us again, from the top? 562 00:23:48,348 --> 00:23:49,625 I don't know where Madison went. 563 00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:50,959 Don't give us that. 564 00:23:51,084 --> 00:23:52,995 The girls say you're her best friend. 565 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,964 Best friends talk, angela. Are you gonna talk? 566 00:23:56,089 --> 00:23:56,932 Huh? Are you? 567 00:23:57,057 --> 00:23:58,767 Huh? Easy. Easy. 568 00:23:58,892 --> 00:23:59,935 Easy. 569 00:24:00,060 --> 00:24:02,938 Your coach gets a little hot under the collar. 570 00:24:03,063 --> 00:24:06,508 Am I in trouble? Are you gonna call my parents? 571 00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:10,470 You can parent up. That's your right. 572 00:24:12,773 --> 00:24:14,283 Madison talked to me in confidence. 573 00:24:14,408 --> 00:24:17,653 A big word for a little girl. 574 00:24:17,778 --> 00:24:19,345 Where's Madison? 575 00:24:26,287 --> 00:24:27,897 ms. Von cleve's office. 576 00:24:28,022 --> 00:24:29,465 Ms. Scott's office. Ms. Scott's not available. 577 00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:30,600 Ms. Von Cleve's office. 578 00:24:30,725 --> 00:24:32,101 Ms. Von Cleve's office. How may I help you? 579 00:24:32,226 --> 00:24:33,593 I'm sorry, senator. 580 00:24:36,597 --> 00:24:38,407 So, you'll see to it 581 00:24:38,532 --> 00:24:40,009 That Massachusetts gets the contract 582 00:24:40,134 --> 00:24:43,546 For the new military personnel database. 583 00:24:43,671 --> 00:24:46,949 And you'll see that the land is leased to the general 584 00:24:47,074 --> 00:24:50,519 For the new air base in the persian gulf. 585 00:24:50,644 --> 00:24:53,012 Think you can shake on that? 586 00:24:58,285 --> 00:25:02,164 Okay, $5 million earmarked for... Vocational training 587 00:25:02,289 --> 00:25:05,768 For Millers, Blacksmiths, and Haberdashers... 588 00:25:05,893 --> 00:25:08,137 By an 1884 statute. 589 00:25:08,262 --> 00:25:10,806 Hey, anybody got a way 590 00:25:10,931 --> 00:25:13,909 To legally define cheerleading as haberdashery? 591 00:25:15,336 --> 00:25:18,071 I'll see what I can do. 592 00:25:20,975 --> 00:25:23,786 - Ginger! - Yes, ma'am? 593 00:25:23,911 --> 00:25:26,789 Get me Congressman Finke on the phone. 594 00:25:26,914 --> 00:25:28,090 Okay, right away, ma'am. 595 00:25:28,215 --> 00:25:29,992 all right. 596 00:25:30,117 --> 00:25:31,193 I mean, yeah. 597 00:25:31,318 --> 00:25:34,997 'Cause that's what we do. That's how we get it. 598 00:25:35,122 --> 00:25:37,900 Madison? 599 00:25:38,025 --> 00:25:39,535 Madis... 600 00:25:39,660 --> 00:25:41,504 Madison, hey, what are you doing down here? 601 00:25:41,629 --> 00:25:43,706 Everybody's freaking out. Come on, we got to get you to the competition. 602 00:25:43,831 --> 00:25:46,075 I don't want to compete. 603 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,877 What? Why not? 604 00:25:48,002 --> 00:25:48,911 I don't want to mess up again. 605 00:25:49,036 --> 00:25:49,879 What are you talking about? 606 00:25:50,004 --> 00:25:51,580 When do you mess up? You're great. 607 00:25:51,705 --> 00:25:53,949 Seriously? 608 00:25:54,074 --> 00:25:56,719 Oh. 609 00:25:56,844 --> 00:25:58,378 You were Marcy's spotter. 610 00:26:01,182 --> 00:26:02,625 I don't know what went wrong. 611 00:26:02,750 --> 00:26:04,193 We'd done it a hundred times. 612 00:26:04,318 --> 00:26:06,486 Everything was going perfectly. 613 00:26:08,189 --> 00:26:12,192 I just don't want anyone else to get hurt. 614 00:26:23,938 --> 00:26:24,914 Look... 615 00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:29,151 I'm not afraid of heights or falling or... 616 00:26:29,276 --> 00:26:33,556 Anything I probably should be. 617 00:26:33,681 --> 00:26:35,591 But do you know whatam afraid of? 618 00:26:35,716 --> 00:26:40,186 Letting down the people I care about. 619 00:26:42,356 --> 00:26:45,067 Look, you don't have to compete if you don't want to compete. 620 00:26:45,192 --> 00:26:47,536 But I think your friends are gonna feel a lot safer 621 00:26:47,661 --> 00:26:50,330 Knowing that you're there, instead of having no one there. 622 00:26:53,234 --> 00:26:54,110 Right? 623 00:26:54,235 --> 00:26:55,478 Did, uh, that work? 624 00:26:55,603 --> 00:26:58,013 Because I kind of got to get all the way up to the roof, so... 625 00:26:58,138 --> 00:27:01,350 How did you know how to get down here? 626 00:27:01,475 --> 00:27:02,618 All the girls know how. 627 00:27:02,743 --> 00:27:04,920 There's no security or cameras down here, 628 00:27:05,045 --> 00:27:07,256 So we all just come down here to do stuff. 629 00:27:07,381 --> 00:27:10,683 No security? 630 00:27:17,758 --> 00:27:19,769 well, the cor subsidies are locked up. 631 00:27:19,894 --> 00:27:20,703 Budget is, too. 632 00:27:20,828 --> 00:27:22,404 And counting Nate's lunch buddy, 633 00:27:22,529 --> 00:27:24,774 We've got three of the four votes that we need. 634 00:27:24,899 --> 00:27:27,643 Just leaves me and Legrange and... 635 00:27:27,768 --> 00:27:29,178 That's him. 636 00:27:29,303 --> 00:27:30,603 Steven turner. 637 00:27:32,573 --> 00:27:34,083 He just canceled. 638 00:27:34,208 --> 00:27:35,918 I'm so... what came up? 639 00:27:36,043 --> 00:27:39,989 And so it is with great pleasure that I announce to you 640 00:27:40,114 --> 00:27:44,160 The Pep athletics J.J. Legrange cheerleading scholarship. 641 00:27:44,285 --> 00:27:47,463 Ladies and gentlemen, Congressman Legrange. 642 00:27:48,656 --> 00:27:50,699 Oh! 643 00:27:53,427 --> 00:27:58,174 Uh, well, uh, thank you, Ms. Baran. 644 00:27:58,299 --> 00:28:00,976 And thank you, Pep athletics! 645 00:28:01,101 --> 00:28:03,770 Come on. Let's hear it. 646 00:28:05,005 --> 00:28:09,185 I... I am... I'm very proud to be associated 647 00:28:09,310 --> 00:28:14,323 With such a fine example of american entrepreneurial spirit. 648 00:28:14,448 --> 00:28:16,258 Thanks so much. Appreciate it. 649 00:28:16,383 --> 00:28:17,927 That's it. That's his hook. 650 00:28:18,052 --> 00:28:19,829 To get his name on a scholarship 651 00:28:19,954 --> 00:28:21,897 And a big yearbook picture blown up. 652 00:28:22,022 --> 00:28:23,365 Yeah, we were thinking too big. 653 00:28:23,490 --> 00:28:25,601 Well, he just publicly tied himself to Pep athletics, 654 00:28:25,726 --> 00:28:27,837 So there's no way he's gonna vote against them now. 655 00:28:27,962 --> 00:28:29,505 That's not the only bad news. 656 00:28:29,630 --> 00:28:30,606 I'm in Baran's office. 657 00:28:30,731 --> 00:28:32,708 She's planning to buy Pep, take it private. 658 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:34,777 That's why she was pulling all the cash together. 659 00:28:34,902 --> 00:28:37,012 Yes, and why she was so upset the bill almost failed... 660 00:28:37,137 --> 00:28:39,048 Because if the bill fails, 661 00:28:39,173 --> 00:28:41,450 Pep's stock price goes through the roof. 662 00:28:41,575 --> 00:28:42,909 She can't afford that. 663 00:28:44,878 --> 00:28:47,289 But if she already owns the company before the bill fails... 664 00:28:47,414 --> 00:28:48,290 She cleans up. 665 00:28:48,415 --> 00:28:49,491 We accelerated things too fast. 666 00:28:49,616 --> 00:28:50,893 We put the bill up for a vote 667 00:28:51,018 --> 00:28:53,062 Before she had a chance to get her money together. 668 00:28:53,187 --> 00:28:55,631 If she buys Pep, that means even less oversight. 669 00:28:55,756 --> 00:28:56,699 How do we stop her? 670 00:28:56,824 --> 00:29:00,159 We accelerate things even more. 671 00:29:01,032 --> 00:29:02,340 Ladies and gentleman, 672 00:29:02,465 --> 00:29:04,765 Pep athletics: Is proud to presentmen, 673 00:29:04,930 --> 00:29:08,909 The 17th annual Tournament of Champions. 674 00:29:09,034 --> 00:29:10,077 Ready! Ready! 675 00:29:10,202 --> 00:29:12,279 Let's hear it for the MHS badgers! 676 00:29:12,404 --> 00:29:13,681 Ready! Ready! Let's go! 677 00:29:17,376 --> 00:29:18,519 Ready? 678 00:29:18,644 --> 00:29:20,287 Ready. 679 00:29:20,412 --> 00:29:21,855 Ready. 680 00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:22,590 Ready. 681 00:29:22,715 --> 00:29:23,190 Ready. 682 00:29:23,315 --> 00:29:24,225 Let's go. 683 00:29:43,268 --> 00:29:47,314 You seem to be popping up all over the place. 684 00:29:47,439 --> 00:29:48,849 Yeah. I do that. 685 00:29:48,974 --> 00:29:52,186 Listen, I've moved up the vote again 686 00:29:52,311 --> 00:29:55,413 On H.R. 505 first thing tomorrow. 687 00:29:58,016 --> 00:29:59,093 How'd you pull that off? 688 00:29:59,218 --> 00:30:01,528 Congressman, sorry to interrupt. 689 00:30:01,653 --> 00:30:04,098 No problem, pal. Just tell me this. 690 00:30:04,223 --> 00:30:07,301 What do you want, and what's it worth to you? 691 00:30:09,428 --> 00:30:11,639 The bill is gonna fail 692 00:30:11,764 --> 00:30:14,008 Before you have a chance to put your money together. 693 00:30:14,133 --> 00:30:15,400 Then it's "bye-bye, buyout." 694 00:30:18,837 --> 00:30:22,440 You're very well informed, mister...? 695 00:30:28,147 --> 00:30:30,090 Okay, then. 696 00:30:30,215 --> 00:30:33,818 Bring it on. 697 00:30:36,488 --> 00:30:38,365 She's on the hook. 698 00:30:38,490 --> 00:30:40,301 We need the rest of that money right now. 699 00:30:40,426 --> 00:30:41,769 I want the buyout done today. 700 00:30:41,894 --> 00:30:43,170 We're still short on funds. 701 00:30:43,295 --> 00:30:45,706 We've got 22 companies under our umbrella. 702 00:30:45,831 --> 00:30:47,198 Pull anything you can. 703 00:30:49,968 --> 00:30:50,878 Okay, Nate, you were right. 704 00:30:51,003 --> 00:30:52,646 They just pulled up the org chart 705 00:30:52,771 --> 00:30:54,014 To dip into other companies. 706 00:30:54,139 --> 00:30:55,983 There are only a few with liquidity. 707 00:30:56,108 --> 00:30:58,719 Well, try cheer wear, the uniform company. 708 00:31:01,079 --> 00:31:03,023 oh, no, you don't. 709 00:31:03,148 --> 00:31:05,650 You're swimming my pool now, guppy. 710 00:31:11,990 --> 00:31:14,134 ng 711 00:31:14,259 --> 00:31:16,403 Um, Ms. Baran, the system's giving me an alert. 712 00:31:16,528 --> 00:31:19,406 I'm not sure that transfer is legal. 713 00:31:19,531 --> 00:31:20,808 Why not? 714 00:31:20,933 --> 00:31:24,011 It says there's a 1938 Labor law requiring textile companies 715 00:31:24,136 --> 00:31:27,548 To keep cash on hand to pay overtime. 716 00:31:27,673 --> 00:31:29,216 Is that for real? 717 00:31:29,341 --> 00:31:33,887 I'm checking, but it does seem to be legitimate. 718 00:31:34,012 --> 00:31:35,956 What about the all-cheer competition league? 719 00:31:36,081 --> 00:31:37,224 We run a competition a week. 720 00:31:37,349 --> 00:31:38,783 They must have plenty of cash on hand. 721 00:31:41,220 --> 00:31:42,696 Oh, keep it coming. 722 00:31:42,821 --> 00:31:44,755 Keep it... do what you got to do. 723 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,170 ng 724 00:31:50,295 --> 00:31:52,740 We can't use that money, either, because... 725 00:31:52,865 --> 00:31:55,175 Because we'reeeee a sweepstakes? 726 00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:56,910 We'rewhat? 727 00:31:57,035 --> 00:31:58,712 We're not a sport, so technically, 728 00:31:58,837 --> 00:32:00,381 This says, we're a sweepstakes. 729 00:32:00,506 --> 00:32:02,616 There... there are a lot of restrictions 730 00:32:02,741 --> 00:32:04,918 On what you can do with sweepstakes money. 731 00:32:05,043 --> 00:32:06,120 Go for C.T.V.C. 732 00:32:06,245 --> 00:32:09,247 All those broadcast contracts... they must have cash. 733 00:32:11,717 --> 00:32:15,863 Um, Ma'am, C.T.V.C. Is under investigation 734 00:32:15,988 --> 00:32:17,064 For indecency. 735 00:32:17,189 --> 00:32:19,223 Well, when the hell did thathappen? 736 00:32:21,193 --> 00:32:25,239 Oh my.. There. Right there, Sir. 737 00:32:25,364 --> 00:32:28,409 That is a wardrobe malfunction. 738 00:32:28,534 --> 00:32:32,613 I can see her hoo-hah! Her hoo-hah, sir! 739 00:32:32,738 --> 00:32:34,047 Are you blind?! 740 00:32:34,172 --> 00:32:36,350 Do I need to call Congressman Caballo? 741 00:32:36,475 --> 00:32:37,818 Or Congressman Greenhill? 742 00:32:37,943 --> 00:32:40,044 I will call my whole rolodex, sir! 743 00:32:43,015 --> 00:32:45,392 ng 744 00:32:45,517 --> 00:32:46,727 Find that money. 745 00:32:46,852 --> 00:32:50,230 I don't care where you get it, but you find it! 746 00:32:50,355 --> 00:32:51,923 Call me when the transfer's done. 747 00:32:58,196 --> 00:32:59,306 Keep on him, Hardison. 748 00:32:59,431 --> 00:33:00,474 I'm on it. 749 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:03,243 Where's coach? 750 00:33:03,368 --> 00:33:05,112 She'll be here. She won't let us down. 751 00:33:05,237 --> 00:33:06,547 Wolves, you're up. 752 00:33:06,672 --> 00:33:07,948 Let's give it up for the Wolves. 753 00:33:08,073 --> 00:33:11,985 I'm here! I'm here! I'm here! 754 00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:14,788 all right, let's huddle up. 755 00:33:14,913 --> 00:33:18,125 I bet you guys could use a Pep talk right about now, huh? 756 00:33:18,250 --> 00:33:20,727 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 757 00:33:20,852 --> 00:33:22,496 For Marcy? 758 00:33:22,621 --> 00:33:23,921 For Marcy. 759 00:33:27,426 --> 00:33:29,002 Go, Wolves. 760 00:33:29,127 --> 00:33:30,771 Go-o-o-o, Wolves! 761 00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:23,257 You play a good game. 762 00:34:23,382 --> 00:34:24,391 Thank you. 763 00:34:24,516 --> 00:34:25,726 It's not over yet. 764 00:34:25,851 --> 00:34:28,028 Oh, wrong. 765 00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:29,563 My assistant found the money. 766 00:34:29,688 --> 00:34:30,797 Mm. 767 00:34:30,922 --> 00:34:33,934 I bought Pep while you've been standing here... 768 00:34:34,059 --> 00:34:38,138 Gawking. 769 00:34:38,263 --> 00:34:41,041 Two, four, six, eight. 770 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,609 Who did we annihilate? 771 00:35:03,589 --> 00:35:06,234 Ah, you underestimated me. 772 00:35:06,359 --> 00:35:09,185 People underestimate cheerleaders all the time. 773 00:35:09,310 --> 00:35:10,519 I didn't. 774 00:35:10,544 --> 00:35:14,657 I saw a niche, and I exploited it. 775 00:35:14,782 --> 00:35:16,692 Every girl wants to be a cheerleader. 776 00:35:16,817 --> 00:35:18,461 Every girl wants to be pretty. 777 00:35:18,586 --> 00:35:20,229 Every girl wants to be popular. 778 00:35:20,354 --> 00:35:25,501 And they will pay anything to get it. 779 00:35:25,626 --> 00:35:32,247 Cheerleaders built me a $300 million-a-year company 780 00:35:32,372 --> 00:35:33,348 Because I didn't mm. Underestimate them. 781 00:35:42,082 --> 00:35:43,516 Wolves! 782 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,301 Ladies and gentlemen, 783 00:35:53,426 --> 00:35:55,870 Let's hear it for the Northfield Wolves! 784 00:35:56,295 --> 00:36:00,008 You know, I-I really don't think I underestimated you. 785 00:36:00,133 --> 00:36:03,245 In fact, I think I estimated you just... 786 00:36:03,370 --> 00:36:04,646 About... 787 00:36:04,771 --> 00:36:06,181 Wait for it. 788 00:36:07,407 --> 00:36:08,483 Right. 789 00:36:08,608 --> 00:36:10,652 Let's give a hand for all our teams. 790 00:36:10,777 --> 00:36:13,388 You're gonna want to get that. 791 00:36:18,985 --> 00:36:20,028 What? 792 00:36:20,653 --> 00:36:21,763 We have a problem. 793 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:24,699 There are federal agents here with a warrant. 794 00:36:24,824 --> 00:36:26,467 For what? 795 00:36:26,592 --> 00:36:29,137 Insurance fraud. 796 00:36:29,262 --> 00:36:31,706 What? Why are the... 797 00:36:31,831 --> 00:36:32,740 The money. 798 00:36:32,865 --> 00:36:34,642 Where did you pull the money from? 799 00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:36,044 The only place I could. 800 00:36:36,169 --> 00:36:39,604 The national cheerleading insurance and underwriters. 801 00:36:41,307 --> 00:36:42,784 Hardison, that insurance company 802 00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:44,719 That the cheerleaders have to buy from... 803 00:36:44,844 --> 00:36:46,287 How much cash on hand do they have? 804 00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:47,789 Oh, they never pay out. 805 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,692 They got a lot of premium money sitting there. 806 00:36:50,817 --> 00:36:52,360 Okay, so here's what we're gonna do. 807 00:36:52,485 --> 00:36:55,396 We are gonna make sure that that's the only money she can draw from. 808 00:36:55,521 --> 00:36:57,422 All right. 809 00:36:58,658 --> 00:37:00,202 - What happened? - Uh... 810 00:37:00,327 --> 00:37:02,237 I-I didn't do this. I didn't... you didn't what? 811 00:37:02,362 --> 00:37:03,862 I didn't... 812 00:37:06,533 --> 00:37:07,876 Okay, just wait a second. 813 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:09,277 I'm gonna go get Ms. Baran. 814 00:37:09,402 --> 00:37:10,278 Ms. Baran? 815 00:37:10,403 --> 00:37:11,780 I didn't... 816 00:37:11,905 --> 00:37:13,482 Ms. Baran, we've got another photo op. 817 00:37:13,607 --> 00:37:15,050 I did not authorize that transfer. 818 00:37:15,175 --> 00:37:16,551 Snyder did it on his own. 819 00:37:16,676 --> 00:37:17,752 This will fall on him. 820 00:37:17,877 --> 00:37:20,422 Well, that would be true if it weren't for the bribe. 821 00:37:20,547 --> 00:37:21,823 What bribe? What bribe? 822 00:37:21,948 --> 00:37:24,726 The bribe that you gave him, that's hiding in that trophy. 823 00:37:24,851 --> 00:37:26,018 What? 824 00:37:27,854 --> 00:37:29,355 Oops. 825 00:37:31,524 --> 00:37:32,524 Ms. Baran? 826 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:51,553 I did not do that. 827 00:37:51,678 --> 00:37:54,456 I did not do any of this, and no one can prove that I did. 828 00:37:54,581 --> 00:37:56,157 Well, actually, that's the best part. 829 00:37:56,282 --> 00:37:57,392 No one has to. 830 00:37:57,517 --> 00:37:59,361 All they have to prove is that people that work for you 831 00:37:59,486 --> 00:38:01,663 Committed insurance fraud and bribery. 832 00:38:01,788 --> 00:38:05,600 And you, as the C.E.O., that opens you up to RICO charges. 833 00:38:05,725 --> 00:38:08,492 The Mafia has a less-complicated setup. 834 00:38:08,493 --> 00:38:10,204 Yeah, and with them you need a federal task force 835 00:38:10,205 --> 00:38:11,838 and a RICO case to bring them down. 836 00:38:13,580 --> 00:38:15,190 FBI, Ma'am. Come with us. 837 00:38:15,315 --> 00:38:16,458 Oh. 838 00:38:16,583 --> 00:38:18,627 What?! 839 00:38:18,752 --> 00:38:19,685 Let go! 840 00:38:21,421 --> 00:38:22,822 Let go of me! 841 00:38:25,726 --> 00:38:26,692 Cheers! 842 00:38:28,628 --> 00:38:32,074 What the hell just happened? 843 00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:33,508 Did I just accept a bribe? 844 00:38:33,633 --> 00:38:37,546 Well, technically... Maybe. 845 00:38:37,671 --> 00:38:41,483 But you didn't know, so it probably... 846 00:38:41,608 --> 00:38:43,452 I'll tell you what I would do, Congressman, 847 00:38:43,577 --> 00:38:44,953 Is I would put as much distance 848 00:38:45,078 --> 00:38:46,979 Between me and Pep athletics as possible. 849 00:38:52,819 --> 00:38:54,763 Ladies and gentlemen, 850 00:38:54,888 --> 00:38:59,334 This bill protects our children... our children! 851 00:38:59,459 --> 00:39:01,169 And if we cannot protect them, 852 00:39:01,294 --> 00:39:03,896 Well, then, what is this August body for? 853 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,811 I call for an immediate vote on H.R. 505, 854 00:39:09,936 --> 00:39:12,047 The cheerleader protection act. 855 00:39:12,172 --> 00:39:13,906 All in favor? 856 00:39:23,717 --> 00:39:25,761 Motion passed. 857 00:39:25,886 --> 00:39:27,629 Yeah! 858 00:39:29,423 --> 00:39:31,056 Motion passed! 859 00:39:33,193 --> 00:39:34,670 Whoo! 860 00:39:34,795 --> 00:39:36,061 Well done. 861 00:39:37,531 --> 00:39:39,241 All right, coming through. 862 00:39:39,366 --> 00:39:41,176 I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Ford. 863 00:39:41,301 --> 00:39:43,445 Well, don't thank us quite yet. 864 00:39:43,570 --> 00:39:47,115 All right, now, excuse me. 865 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:50,185 Young lady, I just want you to know 866 00:39:50,310 --> 00:39:53,655 That every decent american feels for you. 867 00:39:53,780 --> 00:39:56,391 And it gives me great pleasure 868 00:39:56,516 --> 00:39:59,394 To declare you the first recipient 869 00:39:59,519 --> 00:40:04,299 Of the J.J. Legrange scholarship for injured female athletes. 870 00:40:04,424 --> 00:40:06,535 I figured I'd put that to better use. 871 00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:08,036 Hi. How are you? J.J. Legrange. 872 00:40:08,161 --> 00:40:09,371 I don't vote. 873 00:40:10,797 --> 00:40:12,164 Oh, you will. 874 00:40:18,772 --> 00:40:21,717 Your tickets, ma'am. Here you go. 875 00:40:21,842 --> 00:40:22,851 Oh, thursd... 876 00:40:22,976 --> 00:40:25,587 thurs... Thursday. 877 00:40:25,712 --> 00:40:28,447 - That's great. Thanks. - No problem. 878 00:40:30,784 --> 00:40:31,694 And what was that about? 879 00:40:31,819 --> 00:40:32,628 huh? 880 00:40:32,753 --> 00:40:33,662 Oh, I was j... I was, um, 881 00:40:33,787 --> 00:40:36,565 Just planning a little trip to the Gulf. 882 00:40:36,690 --> 00:40:40,102 The military are breaking ground on Fort Devereaux. 883 00:40:40,227 --> 00:40:41,804 Fort Devereaux? 884 00:40:41,929 --> 00:40:42,805 Mm-hmm. 885 00:40:42,930 --> 00:40:44,773 I love government. 886 00:40:45,699 --> 00:40:47,243 Missed you guys this week. 887 00:40:47,368 --> 00:40:48,177 Good game. 888 00:40:54,341 --> 00:40:56,809 Good job on this one. 889 00:40:58,879 --> 00:41:00,689 I know what you're trying to do, Nate. 890 00:41:00,814 --> 00:41:03,525 You could have told me how to hook legrange the whole time, 891 00:41:03,650 --> 00:41:06,262 But you wanted to see if I could figure it out on my own. 892 00:41:06,387 --> 00:41:09,231 I trust some day very, very soon, you're gonna tell me 893 00:41:09,356 --> 00:41:11,233 What kind of game you're playing. 894 00:41:11,358 --> 00:41:14,927 Good job on this one.