I don't even know where to start.
Look, I get it. My first client, he was skeptical too.
But now his money's triple.
Thank you.
Everyone's so focused on instant gratification.
No one's thinking about the long game.
-Makes sense. -Right.
But I think I'm gonna stick with the people
that are making me money now.
Hey, wait. Come on. We've just opened the wine.
I mean, at least stay for a glass.
Call me in a couple of months. Thanks for the steak.
Of course.
Can I get you anything else?
How much was the wine again?
I think it was 300. Sorry, I'm new here.
No problem. Just the check.
Be right back.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
What was your meeting about?
I'm a partner at a venture capital firm downtown.
So, that guy was a prospective client.
Well, his loss.
And you were right, by the way. It is all about the long game.
Most people are just complacent.
Yeah, exactly.
But if you're too afraid to take a risk, life just continues on, doesn't it?
Nothing ever changes.
Sorry. I'll be back for your bill.
Or you-- I mean, you could stay and help me finish the wine.
I don't even like red, so it'd be wasted on me.
Wow. Nice place.
Yeah, the neighborhood's on the rise,
but I got in early, soâ€¦
You want something to eat? Orâ€¦
I'm okay.
Yeah?
Mind if I use the restroom?
Sure.
Where is it?
It's down the hall.
***
Okay.
What's it like living in a place like this?
I mean, waking up to that view every morning,
watching your cares melt away with the fog.
You can see the water, if--
If only this was actually your house.
You didn't know where the restroom was.
Surprised the fridge was empty.
And not to mention the family photos. Your kids are beautiful, by the way.
When did you know?
Partners don't usually flinch at a $300 bottle of wine.
It's my boss's place. I'm house-sitting for the weekend.
*. You must think I'm an *.
-Are you? -No, I'm not. I justâ€¦
took a risk.
I was trying to impress you. It was a dumb idea.
I can walk you out. Order you a Lyft, if you want.
Do you even work in venture capital?
Junior associate.
The "junior" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
And the client whose money you tripled? He really exist?
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have, right?
You don't have to try to impress me, you know.
I mean, this stuff is nice, butâ€¦ in my experience,
the kind of people who have it never really appreciate it.
Might as well enjoy it while we're here.
I guess we should go soon.
Why?
Aren't you worried about your boss?
Not really. I was thinking about quitting anyway, soâ€¦
last hurrah.
I'm a last hurrah, am I? That's a first.
No, it's not you.
The guy who owns this place, he went to Harvard.
And his dad went to Harvard.
And I'm the only guy at the firm who didn't go to an Ivy League.
So, no matter what I do, there's this perception.
I'm not one of them. I never will be.
Hey.
Game's not over yet.
Yeah, well, the game's rigged.
You from around here?
What was London like?
You tell everyone the same thing, don't you?
Don't lie to me now.
The truth isâ€¦ so much more interesting.
Okay.
My mom passed when I was young. It was just the two of us.
We didn't have much. I never knew my dad.
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
This place seemed like a fresh start.
Like I could be anyone I wanted.
I mean, that's the myth of California, isn't it? You are who you say you are.
And if it doesn't work out here, then on to somewhere new.
So, who do you say you are?
I haven't decided yet.
You know, I got this weird feeling thatâ€¦
you could be anyone you wanted.
You know what the best part was?
That you saw right through me.
Justâ€¦ stuck in our own little bubble.
And then I introduced you to my friends.
Hey.
Hi.
Hi. You must be Sophie.
Hi. So good to meet you. James has told me all about you.
So tell me everything.
Well, I'm from London.
I always had a fantasy about growing up in Europe. It seemed so glamorous.
To be honestâ€¦
it was pretty idyllic.
We were steps from the park, best museums in the world.
-What more could you ask for, really? -Wow.
Okay, so, what are you drinking?
-Anything is fine. -Stop. Something strong, right?
I know meeting the friends, it's the worst.
But let's just act like he's not here.
We'll cut through the small talk, and we'll get to know each other.
What do you say?
Whiskey. Double. Neat.
How am I doing?
Great.
What's that for?
You being you.
And thank you for not telling me that you two dated beforehand.
I might have been too nervous.
How did youâ€¦
The way she looks at you.
Like, it was nothing serious. It was a long time ago.
I kind of love her.
-Really? -Yeah.
Sophie, this is Harrison.
I heard a lot about you.
Likewise. Now, you take good care of my boy here.
Despite what the * lizards with all the corner offices think.
You're from London, right?
I have a lot of good friends in Knightsbridge.
Who's that? He seems popular.
That's Vince Hawkins. I don't know why he comes to these things.
No one's ever gotten him to bite.
Looks like it's your turn.
-No. -Why not? What have you got to lose?
My dignity?
Maybe I'll give it a shot.
-*, wow. -Wait, soâ€¦
Breeders' Cup, right?
Always wished I could have seen it in person.
Those fairy-tale moments, like Personal Ensign in '88.
That race must have been before you were born.
You know horses?
Worked at a stables when I was younger.
Whereabouts?
Private estate. Rich family in the UK.
You work in this terrible business?
Hey.
-What's your name, young man? -James Ellis, sir.
-Tell me how you did it. -Did what?
Convinced a girl like this to come to one of these boring parties?
He's very convincing. One of the best at the firm actually.
Well, that's very kind of you, but--
Anyone can be content with the money trickling in now,
but it's taking the risks, predicting the patterns.
That's what makes the real money.
And James can always see what's coming next.
I've always found that so astounding.
Which is why he has the highest-earning fund in the whole firm.
Right, James?
Well, congratulations, son.
Thank you.
Anyway, I don't wanna take up too much more of your time.
-No. -Should we get a drink?
-Yeah. -Wait. Let me buy you one.
Hey, what were you doing in there?
If I pretend to be who they want me to be,
even just for a little while, what's the harm in that?
Yeah, but, I mean, I don't have the highest-earning fund.
I mean, I'm still years away from even getting my own fund.
So I bent the truth about a technicality.
It's the same thing you were doing the night I met you.
Hold on. That was a little different.
Look, some people are born into this life, right?
Family money, luck of the draw.
Your friends, your coworkers.
None of them worked as hard as you did to get here.
-They didn't need to, did they? -No.
Do they deserve it any more than you? Or me?
I know. But, Sophie, if anyone finds out I lied to Vince Hawkins
about having my own fund, I mean, I could lose my job.
Or what would happen if you went into that office tomorrow
and told them James Ellis just got Vince Hawkins to invest?
So when he calls about transferring the money,
James Ellis should probably have his own fund,
or else the firm's gonna lose that money.
The game's rigged, remember?
So let's even the playing field.
Very sweetly, he insists,
although I'm sure it was starting to annoy him.
The man-- He's a-- an old-school London banker.
So, he was skeptical at first.
Well, what made him come around?
James took that seed money and tripled it in six months.
Wow.
Now every time I call home, he demands I put him on with James,
so the two of them can talk investing.
Sounds like a smart man.
Don't let me leave without getting your info.
Of course.
I mean, the view's not quite as good as mine, but I guess it'll do.
Let me take you out tonight. We'll celebrate.
I'll even suffer through a * club for you, partner.
I wish I could. I've got a-- I've got plans with Sophie.
Right, right. Of course.
You're in it pretty deep with her, huh?
I mean, yeah. Why?
No, I just--
I'm sorry. It's just thatâ€¦
Something's off, right?
Like there's part of the story we don't know.
What part?
I don't know, all of it.
You know, her past.
I mean, she's not exactly been an open book, right?
And you gotta remember, we're dealing with a lot of people's money here.
Have you ever thought of having someone look into her?
Just as a precaution?
You know, this is the--
This is the woman that I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with.
So don't ever * talk about her like that again, okay?
Jesus Christ, man. I'm just looking out for you, buddy.
But, I mean, whatever. You wanna get *
You go right ahead. You get *, all right. Not my problem.
Come on.
Over there. By the window.
You always said that she loved the beach. The happy times were there.
So, I thought that I would try to give you that view,
so you can wake up to it every day.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Of course I'm sure.
Are you?
-Yeah. -Yeah?
Yeah.
I can't believe how nice this place turned out.
I mean, you have so much room. You'll never outgrow it.
Well, I can't take any of the credit.
It much be such a relief to know you bought the house you're gonna die in.
I'm just gonna check on something upstairs.
-Grab a drink. -Yeah, of course.
-Hey, James. -Hey, how are ya?
What are you doing hiding up here?
Just catching my breath.
Just looking for the bathroom.
At least when people crawl into bed with me,
they can't say they weren't warned.
Maybe it wouldn't piss me off so much, if you were doing it to someone like--
Well, like me.
Doing what?
Well, that's the million-dollar question,
isn't it, Sophie?
I mean, *, there are thousands of VC douches in this town
that would more than deserve someone like you.
My boy James isn't one of 'em.
You think I don't know that?
You think I don't know that he's better than me?
More caring? Trusting? Loyal?
Well, then what the * are you doing with him?
Trying to deserve him.
I really am.
Was he right?
About me?
Tell me the truth.
How did we go from all that to this?
It's complicated.
Looking back on it, yeah, maybe you were--
you were depressed.
I should have dug deeper.
I think a part of me was jealous of you.
How easy it all came.
Sometimes I wondered if I could have ever done any of it without you.
I wanted to be in the spotlight.
So I made you stand behind me.
What do you mean?
We started living our own lives, arguing more and more.
Not telling each other everything. We didn't feel like partners anymore.
Once that trust is broken,
I guess it wasn't that hard to just drift away.
Did Iâ€¦ drift away?
It's almost time for the big toast.
-You know what you're gonna say? -Yeah.
It's in my pocket.
-Okay, good. Great. -Yeah.
Don't * it up.
But it wasn't until he won over my father
that I understood what makes him so special. So good at what he does.
My father is very skeptical of the VC thing.
and tripled it in six months?
Now you should see how my father looks at him.
Excuse me. Can I borrow my wife for a second?
-Of course. -Thank you.
What are you doing?
What is with you lately? I had the guy--
Stop. Look around. Look, we won.
You don't have to do that anymore.
No, you won.
Why can't you just relax and enjoy it for a second?
Just quit trying so hard. Grab a drink. Just have fun.
-Have fun? -Yeah, have fun. Go find some appetizers.
Talk to the wives. Just don't bother the clients anymore.
You look desperate, and how's that supposed to make me look?
-What? -Hey. You're on, bro.
-What the *? -Yeah.
Yeah. Let's go.
Good call.
Best to just let that fire burn itself out.
Yeah.
Hey. Here he is.
Guy who likes to be fashionably late at his own party, James Ellis.
Man of the hour.
Thank you.
I'm sorry to keep you all waiting.
Thank you for coming tonight and celebrating everything
that we've accomplished together.
And I couldn't have done it without you guys, so--
-Ten billion, guys. -Yeah.
Ten billion.
Soph?
Soph, come down!
Come on. I'm sorry.
Soph?
Yeah. We're supposed to be celebrating.
I didn't mean what I said before at the party, okay?
I just wanted my wife.
I find those things a bit suffocating.
That's all.
I don't know what it was that shifted that night, but I--
I could feel it.
Then months went by, andâ€¦ we just grew apart.
Hey, slow down.
Come on. It's fun.
Hi. Are you okay?
Can I come in?
What's wrong?
You know, you can tell me anything.
I'm losing her.
-Shit, James. -Yeah.
You know, it's not just you.
I haven't heard from her in weeks.
You know, maybe she's just going through something right now
and she just needs space from everyone.
Maybe it's not about me? Come on.
All marriages have ups and downs.
You know? You're gonna spend your life with someone.
It's gonna ebb and flow.
At least that's what they say. I wouldn't know.
Okay. There he is.
I just-- I thought I gave her the life she always wanted.
So, why is it suddenly not enough?
Okay, I'm the first person to say you're not perfect.
I've known you long enough to know that.
But no one is.
That's the thing. People * up.
And we say shitty, terrible things to each other.
But it doesn't erase everything else.
You love her with your whole heart.
It's all any of us can ask for.
Don't you wanna know where I've been all night?
What I've done?
Or do you not * care anymore?
I mean, at least have the * to admit it.
Stop pretending we're in a goddamn, * relationship here.
I know you're having an affair.
Look, it--
It just happened, okay? I didn't--
It didn't mean anything, or--
Of course, you were with her.
Okay. I * up.
I * up, okay? But I'm not sorry.
Because that's what I had to do to get your attention.
You're so far deep into whatever it is. I can't--
I can't even reach you anymore.
The person I know best, sometimes the only person
in the whole * world I feel like I know at all. She's gone.
-She's been gone for months. -Why do you care anyway?
You don't need me anymore. That was made perfectly clear.
Look, I know what you're doing here.
You're scared, and you're pushing me away
because you feel like if you can hurt me enough,
then I'll let you go, and then you can walk away
without feeling bad about it because there'll be nothing left behind.
You don't get to decide how this ends.
Don't you get it by now, Sophie?
I'm not walking away from you.
You can try to hurt me as much as you want,
and I'm not gonna walk away from you.
I love you. No matter what.
Soâ€¦ what happened?
You told me you ended it.
And we decided that we wouldn't see Caroline as much anymore.
And then weâ€¦
started over.
At least I thought we did.
Aren't you going to the hospital today?
Shift's not till Wednesday.
I ran into them the other day at Leo's.
I guess he's into some new venture.
Kept wanting me to bring it up to you.
-Thanks. -Yeah. Third time he's mentioned it.
What's the venture?
It's all very hush-hush.
What did he call it? A "stealth mode start-up."
-Really? -Yeah, some secretive software project.
Patent's still pending.
-Did he give you a deck? -Yeah, maybe.
-Yeah? -Somewhere.
They don't want competitors to know they're launching a new product.
Don't want word to get out.
Anyway, the whole thing sounds kinda shady, doesn't it?
No, I mean, not really. This happens all the time.
Does it look legit?
Yeah-- How did you say this would work?
They just need the firm's investment to go through a third party.
Someone they trust, who's not officially affiliated.
I mean, this could be a huge opportunity.
Seriously?
Yeah, I mean, it's hard to get in on the ground floor of these things.
They only accept, like, a handful of investors.
This is something you're seriously considering?
What was the minimum? Did he say?
Had to be over ten million.
Great.
Look, it's the firm's money. We'll get it back to them eventually.
Doubled.
Who would be the third party?
You.
Greg. Hi. Look, I--
I know we're not supposed to talk in-- in public. James Ellis.
I remember.
Look, I think the company's gonna be huge, man.
-So thanks for giving us the opportunity. -What is this? Some kinda joke?
Your deal never closed.
-What? -Your investment never came through.
Left us hanging at the last minute.
Mr. Billimack? They're ready for you now.
So, * you, man.
James Ellis's office.
Did the Hyperion Financial transfer ever go through?
James?
$11.25 million came out of the firm into a third-party account
for the stealth start-up. Did the transfer ever go through?
Let me verify.
Yeah, three weeks ago. It all went out, your authorization.
***
Looks great.
By the way, what's the timeline on the patent approval?
Did you speak to Greg at all?
I spoke to him today.
We should have a schedule by the time you get back from Portland.
Portland?
The conference? You're going, right?
Oh, no. I was gonna skip that.
Really?
It's such a great networking event. You should go.
You're right. I'll have Victoria book a flight.
Sorry. Did you want a glass?
Sure.
Spoons.
I immediately knew that something was up.
So I pretended to go.
And I drove around the block, and I saw you get into a car,
and I followed you.
I followed you to the bank. Where you had hid the money.
And then I followed you to the pier.
I mean, I didn't know where you were going,
but there was no doubt that you were going.
Where are you going?
You hopped in a car. You drained the account.
What's on the end of this route?
Let me guess. Private airport?
What'd you do? Did you shell out the money to a couple offshore accounts,
make sure it's not traceable?
That's smart. You always have been.
Why does it even matter? It's no one person's money, right?
Isn't it just breakage? Hide it in the books.
No one will even miss it.
When did it start?
Was it Greg's * stealth start-up? Or was this your plan all along?
Were you looking for me in the restaurant that night?
What the *?
You left me behind a long time ago.
So don't act all surprised that I did the same to you.
We were trying to fix it. We were trying to get back on track.
You can't just put the pieces back together, James.
That's not how it works.
You can't fix something that's already broken.
What about the guy you were seeing?
Was he in on this too? Or did you never stop seeing him?
-It's not about either of you. -Then tell me what it * is, Sophie!
Was our whole marriage-- Was it all-- The whole thing, was it a lie?
-I was trying. -You were trying.
Because I loved you.
Great. Well, at least now we know the truth, don't we?
You're not even capable of love.
-Do you really believe that? -This is what you do.
You told me, and I should've * listened.
You use people up, you take everything you can,
and then you start over somewhere new.
But it's not really starting over, is it, Sophie? It's just running.
But it doesn't matter how far you go, you still have to live with yourself.
Go on. Just do what you're gonna do.
Found the letter you'd written.
You were leaving me.
But what I said to you pushed you over the edge.
Is she gonna be okay?
-Are you her husband? -Yeah, I'm her * husband!
Your wife's in critical condition.
She-- Is she gonna die?
We don't know yet.
What--
What happened?
Your wife jumped from the edge of a ferry.
She's very lucky. One centimeter to the right--
No, Sophie. She wouldn't do that.
Sophie wouldn't-- She would not do that.
I know it's hard to accept as a loved one.
It's a natural response.
Can I see her?
Once she's stabilized. I'll come find you.
As you know, your wife has suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Over the last two weeks, we've done a battery of tests,
and the conclusion is always the same.
Your wife has lost her long-term memory.
What does that mean?
The essence of her is still the same,
but the events that shaped her, her traumas, her past, they're all gone.
What are you saying? What-- She's someone else?
Maybe you can look at it as a fresh start.
I thought that I could fix it.
And I could find the money, put it back.
And cover up all the *-up things that happened between us.
So you never had to relive it again.
James Ellis?
-Yeah? -Officer Linda Johnson.
I've been assigned to your wife's case.
I just wanted to ask you a few questions, if now is a good time.
Sure. Yeah.
Look, I know this is hard.
But were there any signs that your wife was thinking of ending her life?
There was oneâ€¦ a letter.
A suicide note.
Are you okay?
I don't know.
How would you be if you woke up
and found you were a shitty * person?
You're not.
How can you say that?
We were just wrong about what was important.
And maybe we had to lose it all to realize that.
In a way, you saved us both.
Because we don't have to be those shitty * people anymore.
So, what? I'm just supposed to let all that go?
Look, whatever you were running from,
whatever stopped you from being happyâ€¦
I thought that was gone too.
And in some weird way, I thought it was a gift.
How can you still love me? After all that.
I still love the girl I met that night.
And I always will.
And maybeâ€¦
Maybe all the shitty things that happened sinceâ€¦
Maybe we could just try to forget.
I don't know if I can fix this.
Then we'll do it together.