Episode 3

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Published on:

13th May 2025

Billions s2e3 - NAME - Can We Stop Talking About Laudnum?

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Hello and welcome to last time on.

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This is the podcast where we

pick a prestige television show.

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We watch the first episode, we

roll some dice, we skip a bunch

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episodes and we try to figure out

what happened last time on I'm Jair.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I am Ben.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Hey, I'm Victor.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: You

sounded a little defeated there, guy.

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Everything okay?

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Little sad.

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Yeah, I,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

what's going on?

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I

got passed over for Pope again.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Oh, I'm so sorry.

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I know that meant a lot to you.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Like I said, Victor, they called me

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for references and I couldn't lie.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Damn, you Ben.

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Damn curse.

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You and your lawful goodness.

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Yeah.

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. I said I could only use that

joke for another week or so.

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And while it's still funny, so Yeah.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Yeah, yeah.

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We got Chicago Pope now.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Chicago.

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That's so funny.

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I didn't even realize he was from Chicago.

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, Until someone in the lab posted a joke

about, , one of my friends from New York

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was all just like, like hell though.

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He's gonna declare all

pizza Chicago style shit.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I just didn't know they were expanding

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the Chicago line of TV shows.

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'cause we've already got

Chicago PD and Chicago Fire and

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

and now we've

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Pope.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Chicago Pope.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

so he is a White Sox fan.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

that it's,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

if

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: it's

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

a Cubs fan, I would

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schiz him all over again

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

at least there's that.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Well,

speaking of schism all over the place.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

on

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

That's fair.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

we

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

with,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, we should

probably tell the audience we are doing

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season two of Billions, episode three.

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Yeah.

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Optimal play.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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We open on Axelrod

talking with Steve Tisch.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I was

wondering who that was he was talking to.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

He is the co-owner of the Giants.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

okay, I figured

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: person.

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Like,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yes.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: you know.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is why you don't bring in actual people.

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Because whenever, like for as

much as sometimes we're just

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like, oh man, like some of this

acting is bad, this is atrocious.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: it, my God

dude, like, , middle school theater

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clubs are better acting than this guy.

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He's just like, you know,

you can see it on his face.

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, Walk six paces, turn to the left,

read the cue card, you know.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

and I can

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Line.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

you're excited.

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Hey, we can actually like get

the co-owner of the Giants.

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Unless you are a Giants fan, you

do not know who this asshole is.

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, And I get like, it's cool, , like

we've got access to these people.

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Yeah, it's just, I know

sometimes it gets exciting.

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Like, hey, we can get

an actual newscaster.

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But don't do this

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: It's

good whenever they get a newscaster

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for like a movie or a TV show.

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Yeah.

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They're just doing their usual thing.

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Yeah.

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, You know something I noticed that

they do a lot in Battlestar Galactica.

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Something that I haven't seen in any other

TV show is whenever they do the recap

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and whenever the writers need to do like

a quick retcon or add in some context.

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They'll have like Adama and Ty shots of

them talking to each other and they'll

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take a shot of, Adama from behind.

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So you can only see the back of his

head and he'll dub over some audio.

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So it looks like he's saying something,

and then they'll do the exact same

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thing from the opposite angle where

you see the back of it so you can,

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can't actually see their mouth moving.

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That's what they should

have done with this guy.

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Show a shot of his face and then have

an actual actor, you know, a voice

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actor or something, overdub his lines.

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So anyway,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Axel Rodd is talking about

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purchasing an NFL team.

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They don't, I don't

believe in the episode.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: they

don't, because I had a whole bit planned

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where we would've done, like guessing

if I could have figured it out, but I

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could not figure it out without learning,

like googling things about the show.

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So I was trying to figure out

like what teams might have

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been for sale around this time.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I didn't, I was very wary in the

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Googling 'cause I didn't want

anything with the show and so I did

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not, was not able to learn what the

team was and they did not tell us.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Wish it was the Cowboys.

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I just don't want, Jerry

Jones needs to just not be in

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charge of the Cowboys anymore.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Just die.

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You can say die.

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He's old.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

he can retire and I'll be, Hey, you

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did some good stuff in the nineties.

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leave my football team alone.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Right.

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So we open and we actually get an intro.

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For the show, , which is

just the laziest intro ever.

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It's just aerial type font with on,

on a black background, billions, and

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then a quick drone shot of Manhattan.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

That is that this is loss fault.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: is it,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

They got rid of the title sequence.

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They got rid of the theme song.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

That is law's fault a hundred percent.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

is it, I feel like it's just

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because of, um, what you call it.

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for a show about opulence having

the cheapest intro ever, I

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don't know what to think of that

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I would love a nineties, , sitcom style

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theme, like where it's just some upbeat

thing and it's like Damian Lewis and

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Paul Giamatti turned into camera and

smiling and it's like Paul Giamatti

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at his desk, like with papers like,

oh, how am I gonna catch these guys?

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Nice.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Yeah, we,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: style intro.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

There's like a solid eight to

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10 years of television that is

post lost pre-Game of Thrones,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

we just lost theme songs entirely.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: right.

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Yeah.

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'cause now everyone's trying to do the

Game of Thrones thing with a big elaborate

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intro that costs like half the production

cost of the actual episode, you know?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Well, it's also just 'cause it's lost,

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got away with it because like they were

the first, but after that it was just.

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Now it's boring and you don't have a sound

cue that makes people think of your show.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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then, you know, back to Battles, SAR

Galactica, they had three different

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intros for every fucking episode.

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You know, had like the, the recap

with the story and the piano, and

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then the, intro and then the montage

of what you're about to get in

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the episode at, like, fuck, dude.

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They made a lot of work for themselves.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

they also, Hey, we, got ourselves

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two free minutes where we

don't have to write anything.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Nice.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

All right, so this episode's moving.

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, We see Chuck and Wendy in therapy.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

separated and it runs deep.

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Ben.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

I called it, got my points.

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Woo.

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think it would happen

this quick, but I got it.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Ben Woo ha on her.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

So what I believe happened here.

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We know that, , windy and

Chuck, they play games.

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They play bind games and

they play physical games,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

it went too far.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Ooh.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And a

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

too far for them?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

accidentally came to fruition

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during a physical game.

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And, found out that Chuck was

investigating Axel, rod and ax cap while

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Chuck was tied up and she left him there.

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And so he's left tied up cigarettes

still burning in the stern bush.

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she's just like, I can't believe this.

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What, what do you, you're

destroying my life.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

warn me.

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And he is just like,

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because he's gagged.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Of course.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

she left him there and he

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was there for 36 hours.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Ooh.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Oh, that's no good.

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That that's a messy time

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

It

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

be tied up.

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That's a messy amount of time.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

and unfortunately for Chuck,

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because like the power thing

is also, you know, degrading.

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It was terrifying, but it was also

the most aroused he's ever been.

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And he's going to spend the rest

of the show chasing that high.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Ooh, nice.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

submissive again is when he

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was abandoned for 36 hours.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Okay,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Best weekend ever.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

so, uh, this is when we learned

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about the poker tournament here.

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Axle rat's talking about it.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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, Bobby and Gail are taking a walk

and they're talking about the

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drama going down on Twitter.

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This is back when Twitter was

Twitter before it was Twix,

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and the big charity poker

tournament is called the Alpha Cup.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Of course it is.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Not

being subtle at all there guys.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

unfortunately Victor, it's not left Twix.

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It's right.

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Twix

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J Fair.

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Got it.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I followed.

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Okay.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Is the,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Twitter, it's Twix and

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they have that whole thing.

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Is it a left Twix or is it a right Twix?

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It's

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, is the,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

which is to say it's, it's right leaning

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as in it's, it's overly conservative.

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Yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I was

thinking too, too deep into it.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

ingrained in , candy Bar, catchphrases,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: no, I

mean, that's what I was figuring.

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I'm just like, did I miss something?

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Is one of the Twix sticks

better than the other?

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Like,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

is it right or left?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

For the last 15 years is

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: wow.

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I, I'm completely oblivious

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

It's been a minute.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Twix factory and the right Twix factory.

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And like they send spies and the

whole thing is like, they're the same.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Damn.

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I completely missed that.

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Wow.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Damn.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Start a Candy Bar podcast?

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Ben, I would listen to

you talk about candy bars.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I love like weird niche.

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Like I listen to a serial

podcast and no, not that one.

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It's about serial and the serial industry.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Are you

familiar with the Dole Men's Club?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

No,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: join the

Dole Men's Club group on Facebook.

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It's hilarious.

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You'll enjoy it.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: It.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: to

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

said that if my life could just be

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like sitting in a library reading books

about a boat, be a very happy person.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: there was

a, they actually made the news last

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week, , because their members, , noticed

that one of a McDonald's sign, I

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think it was in a New York shopping

mall or something, was missing the

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cutout for the D and it just had the.

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Thing there.

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So he went home and used his 3D

printer to make it and installed it

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on the thing because it was bothering

him every time he walked past it.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Hmm

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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Check it out.

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pretty funny.

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You'll enjoy it.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Along with finding out about this

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celebrity poker tournament, we also

find out that Wags is drinking so

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much that even after he showers,

he's still sweating it out.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

so much booze.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But then we get breakfast and I was

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very, very excited, , because Axe

sits down with Boyd, who is played

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by, , Eric Boian, who is one of those

that guy actors that I absolutely love.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh God.

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He's so creepy.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

He's the bad guy from under Siege two,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

or sorry, under siege,

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two colon dark territory.

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The colon under dark

Territory is, is, , important.

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Dark.

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Yeah.

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, But I know him best.

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He played, Dr.

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Cox's psychologist on

an episode of Scrubs.

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. And it's, he's, he's a very good

actor and I was very excited

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to see him popping up in this.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is now the subject of

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Rhodes' attention and ire.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: So we

cut over there, , to Rhodes' office where

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they're like, what do we have on this guy.

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And the answer is fucking nothing.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah, they

have nothing except Kate Sacker has some

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dirt on a flight attendant, uh, which is

not actually dirt, and it's kind of fucked

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up what they end up doing to this girl.

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But hey, we'll get to that in the season,

, then we bounce over to Axel Rod's office

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and holy shit, it's the adjudicator.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Oh.

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, But one thing, did you guys get the

feeling that things were kind of

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frosty between, , Chuck and , Brian?

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh,

right, because he gave him a not

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so subtle thing about, , all right.

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Maybe I'll find something.

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Maybe, maybe you won't.

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tell me.

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And so I'm gonna say last time on, , Brian

was like, Hey, Chuck's going too far.

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Tried to take down Axelrod, and I know

something that'll, you know, that if I

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tell Chuck, , it'll like he won't give up.

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Like it's, it's not anything, but

it's too tantalizing for him to not

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keep, you know, not give it all up.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

just gonna hide it from him.

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And Chuck moves around it and

figures everything out anyway.

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And so Brian not only hid something

that ended up being inconsequential,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

the trust

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Oh, damnit Brian.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

also, he took his personal ketchup bottle,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: If someone

takes my ranch dressing from the fridge.

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Ooh.

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There will be fights.

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We'll come, we'll throw hands anyway.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

it

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Uh, it's

this ranch that I make myself though

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Is,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

It's actually really good.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

is all ranch in the southwest?

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Technically Southwest ranch.

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Like when I was Hawaii, technically every

shirt I was wearing was a Hawaiian shirt.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And every pizza was a Hawaiian pizza.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Delicious.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Okay, so, , yeah, we get the

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

explained the Alpha Cup.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: mm-hmm.

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And dollar bill is pissed because

he got kicked off the poker team

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and man is really fucked up.

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What he says, he is all just

like, man, I got to the finals

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for the past three years.

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And he's like, that's like saying

that's also a different way of

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saying for three years you lost.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

like, damn dude.

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It was brutal.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Which I did a like.

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I like that this dollar bill character,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

he is.

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The whiny bitch that a lot of alpha

guys don't think that they are.

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And it's just like, no man,

you're a whiny complainer.

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Like, but I almost made the final table.

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And it's like nobody cares.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: You know,

on his Facebook profile, he has,

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sigma mail underneath him, under his,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And

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his his email signature is a

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: What?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

dollar signed bill.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

With a suns woo misquote at

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the end of his email signature.

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, And yeah.

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And at the end, he actually

says, he measures himself by

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has been called into question.

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I'm like, Jesus Christ, because

you got kicked off the poker team.

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Well, no wonder you got

kicked off your poker team.

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You can't keep your

feelings in check like that.

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Anyway.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

There's a lot of subtext pointed

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at Taylor's, uh, gender ambiguity,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

and this is the start of that, and

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it plays a lot nastier throughout

the course of the episode.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I noticed that

they only ever referred to Taylor with a

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pronoun once, and it was actually dollar

bill referring to Taylor as they, you know

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what, if I could just take a, a, a moment,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Go for it.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I've been

meaning to make a post about this on DMTV,

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but you know, in the early 2010s when I

first discovered non-binary and people who

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go by, they, them, I was dismissive of it.

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I'll admit, I, didn't take it seriously,

shortly after I had an epiphany and

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

sorry.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

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, That don't like being called Vic.

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when people call me Vic, I

say, please don't call me that.

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Call me Victor.

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Call me VI

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

so sorry

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

But every time I've done that,

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people respected it right away.

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Like, oh, no problem.

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You don't like being called that.

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Fine.

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Then I'm like, how is that

any different than a pronoun?

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know?

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And it's like, I had a realization

about, you know, perspective on life.

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It's like

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Mm-hmm.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: you can't see

things from someone else's perspective

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if being called he or being called.

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She gives them the same ick feeling

that I get when someone calls

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me Vic, which you guys are fine.

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I'm used to it by now, but, but just how

strange it is that it's pretty universal,

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that anytime I said that, you know, would,

acknowledge it and respect it instantly.

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But when someone says,

I prefer to go by, they.

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it gets a weird reaction from people.

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They're like, what?

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You know?

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:

anyway, just, , my, Hey, this has been

Victor, your internet dip shit today to,

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Hey, you,

435

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

some, , some, modern advice.

436

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

you learned and you grew as a person,

437

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Exactly.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

and that's noteworthy.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

We

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

journey and we want that

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journey to be going good places.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: So yeah,

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

446

:

I mean, a.

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

just something to consider.

448

:

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir

with our audience, like any, you know,

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I feel like our audience, I hope our

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audience is a very accepting group.

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Um, everyone that I've talked

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to from our audience has been

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah.

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I wanted to put that out there just in

case anyone is in an Uber listening to

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this podcast with some maga dip shit.

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happens to overhear it.

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Maybe it'll do some good in the world.

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: so,

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

just as long as we all understand,

461

:

hey, just accepting somebody at

like the very basic level of name,

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

and also just finding out so many

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people would have failed a sixth grade

pronoun quiz because they're like,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is only plural.

467

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

no, it's not like, come on.

469

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: hmm.

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:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yep.

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:

happens when you defund education.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

We cut over to Windy and Todd

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:

Krakow, who's a very short man.

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: New

character Todd, , shows up at Maggie's

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I hate this guy.

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, he is so

smarmy and he made me realize, I think

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:

everyone, it's a universal truth that

everyone knows a douche bag named Todd.

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

So, um,

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Todd I know of in TV

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is Todd from Community

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: do I,

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is destroyed by the study group.

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:

But Todd from Breaking Bad Worst, Todd,

484

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Which

one was Todd in breaking bed?

485

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Jesse Clemens,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh yeah.

487

:

Terrible Todd.

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:

Worst Todd.

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Oh, dude, he's

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xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: man,

491

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Todd.

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:

Yeah.

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: I,

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victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Todd ever.

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I, I'm checking my phone here.

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I don't think I know a Todd.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I know a Todd and he's

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:

actually a pretty cool guy,

499

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

I have a Todd too.

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He's my neighbor actually, and he's

actually the best Todd I've ever met.

501

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I always trust him to watch my

dog whenever I go outta town,

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and he absolutely loves her.

503

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And he's not even a dog person.

504

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He has two cats, but he's a great guy.

505

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But he has a $5,000 SPA gift card

506

:

because he's like, Hey Wendy, you

seem like the kind of person who has

507

:

$5,000 but will never spend it on

508

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

So here's $5,000 you can't go spend

510

:

reasonably, which I kind of understand.

511

:

I am absolutely that way

512

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Hey, but this could go towards,

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:

you know, goods and necessities.

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:

I'm

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I mean,

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:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

you know, spend it on something fun.

518

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I've always gone on record of saying that

519

:

the best gift is the thing that someone

wants that will never buy for themselves.

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:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Ah, that's good advice.

521

:

Look at this.

522

:

We got two good advices in one episode.

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:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: yes.

524

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But

525

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

yeah, he, he tries to do a nice,

526

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

he offers her this devil's bargain

527

:

of, Hey, be my poker coach.

528

:

, One 'cause hey, we both know

it'll throw ax off of his game.

529

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And two, , it means everyone will

see you are out here not beholden

530

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to acts and being your own person.

531

:

And so maybe they'll

hire you for consulting.

532

:

So we now know she is not

working for Axel Rod anymore.

533

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: yep.

534

:

, She's also not helping

underprivileged people.

535

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

no.

536

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: She

went into consulting for rich white dudes.

537

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Hmm.

538

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Rich white dudes

539

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I feel like

they really went out of their way to,

540

:

, emphasize the height difference here.

541

:

'cause like every scene that Todd is

talking to someone, he's looking up,

542

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yep,

543

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

So, , we cut over to some nerd

544

:

digging into the DA's office and a

plot I'm sure would make more sense

545

:

if I could give a fuck about it.

546

:

I'm sure Axelrod started this,

but I want us to get weird with it

547

:

I,

548

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

can get weird

549

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

let's get weird with it.

550

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

This is the

551

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

this is the scene where Axel Rod

552

:

gets into a car with some dude.

553

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: No,

554

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is where

555

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

the assistant.

556

:

Assistant, yeah.

557

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: right.

558

:

Okay.

559

:

In my notes I said that, , suddenly

Kate is transported back in

560

:

time to a set of Mad Men.

561

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

yeah.

562

:

Where

563

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Because

like aside from the, aside from the

564

:

Macintosh on the desk, this looks

like an office in the sixties,

565

:

with the way this guy is dressed,

566

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

we hear in this interview that

567

:

Kate caught a compromised employee.

568

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

569

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I know what you're thinking.

570

:

Oh, did somebody dig up some dirt or,

, did somebody, you know, decide to take the

571

:

money instead of doing the right thing?

572

:

No, it's neither of those things.

573

:

See in the background of three

episodes of season one, inside the

574

:

law firm was Damien Lewis with a big

fake beard just hanging around at the

575

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DA's office looking through papers.

576

:

And she finally was like, Hey, wait a

minute, your axle rod and ripped off his

577

:

fake beard and he had to scamper away.

578

:

So that is what happened.

579

:

And everybody else is feeling

really down on themselves.

580

:

'cause they're like, oh man, the guy we

were chasing was here in a big fake beard.

581

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I'm gonna

say that, , there was a intern there

582

:

at Rhodes' office, , who was also a

client of Windy Is road's wife, right?

583

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

584

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: And they had

a, , a tape leak of one of their sessions

585

:

together where he's tied up, he's hanging

from the roof by his balls and he's, you

586

:

know, getting peed on and all, everything.

587

:

And during this, , this

588

:

he is revealed that he actually

had a crush on Kate Sacker.

589

:

And while he's getting, you know.

590

:

Uh, golden showered right in the face.

591

:

And that's why she's being investigated.

592

:

I know we're supposed to get weird with

it, but I feel like this is not, this

593

:

type of thing is not too uncommon in

that, , private sector of the world.

594

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

All right.

595

:

So I agree there was some shenanigans.

596

:

I think this goes back to that scene

with that judicial appointment.

597

:

I think that, Rhodes put in a

recommendation for someone for a

598

:

judgeship, and it ended up that

they were like a complete scumbag,

599

:

and now that's coming back on them.

600

:

Which I know isn't as funny as either

of your guys', but to be honest, I've

601

:

got the image of Paul Giamatti dangling

from the roof by his balls right now.

602

:

Stuck in my head, Vic.

603

:

, So thanks for that.

604

:

And it's not leaving, so I really

don't know what else to do.

605

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Uh, that's what I do.

606

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I'm gonna go scratch my eyeballs out.

607

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Actually

there is a great subreddit called,

608

:

uh, eye bleach and it's great.

609

:

It's just go there anytime you need

to get something outta your head.

610

:

It's full of cute videos of kittens

and puppies and boobies and anything

611

:

that'll just take your mind off what

is, , currently plaing your brain.

612

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

that's why I go to Root.

613

:

We rate dogs,

614

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Oh, that's a good one.

615

:

, benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But then we get over to Taylor.

616

:

Taylor is turning down

the offer to play poker.

617

:

Used to play poker.

618

:

Didn't like who it made

'em, , and so they say no.

619

:

And now we have our interview

with our flight attendant where

620

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

621

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

told like, Hey,

622

:

you, , overheard something.

623

:

You invested all of your

money into a stock that went

624

:

up then, , you know, sold it.

625

:

That's insider trading.

626

:

And,

627

:

. victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Well, they

never directly accuse her of anything.

628

:

They are very careful with their words.

629

:

They're implying it.

630

:

And this is a really fucked up practice.

631

:

I mean, they're trying to push her enough.

632

:

So she'll crack, but not to the point

where she'll ask for a lawyer, which,

633

:

you know, Hey guys, always lawyer up.

634

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Right?

635

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Fucking always lawyer up.

636

:

Anyway.

637

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

they good cop bad copper

638

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Very

obviously good cop, bad cop.

639

:

Yeah.

640

:

Mm-hmm.

641

:

And by the way, listeners, there's

some things that I learned that this

642

:

reminded me of just the fact that they

can't actually accuse her of anything

643

:

because she didn't do anything wrong.

644

:

, This is a strategy employed by

some, debt collectors as well.

645

:

Like I was going to a dentist

once and their billing department

646

:

called me and said that, my

insurance company underpaid them.

647

:

And I knew what I knew

I, what they were doing.

648

:

They were trying to imply that I was

responsible for the rest and they're

649

:

like, no, that's not how it works.

650

:

It's between you and my insurance company.

651

:

You two work it out.

652

:

And I said, okay, are we done?

653

:

And the person on the other end of

the phone, they were very careful

654

:

to never actually tell me that I

owed the money because I didn't.

655

:

They just said, well, you know, we

can set you up with a payment plan.

656

:

I'm like, no, don't ever call me again.

657

:

And I switched dentists.

658

:

So just FYI?

659

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

felt so bad I once.

660

:

a friend who she was, you

know, distraught, sad.

661

:

Her grandmother had died in a lot of debt

662

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yes.

663

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And implied to her dad that you

664

:

owe us all of the money from

665

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

666

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

mom's passing.

667

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

668

:

That's fucked up.

669

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

estate has and

670

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: come after.

671

:

Yeah, they can't come after the next akin.

672

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I was sitting there listening

673

:

to my friend's store she, her

dad had gone and sold his house.

674

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

675

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

had to go back to her childhood

676

:

home to like pick up the last of

her stuff because dad had to sell

677

:

his house to cover grandma's, bills.

678

:

I had to be like, you

didn't have to do that.

679

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

680

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

They,

681

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

682

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

they

683

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

is so fucked up.

684

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

house because your grandma owed money.

685

:

And I think I made it worse.

686

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh.

687

:

But

688

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

where

689

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah.

690

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

wait, we sold the house for nothing.

691

:

For scumbags

692

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

693

:

Coming after people and

while they're in grief,

694

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

yeah,

695

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: to

696

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

697

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: into

thinking they owe money that they don't.

698

:

That's so fucked up, man.

699

:

Yeah, no, that happened to me when

I was, , 17, when my dad died.

700

:

They, , the fucking, , doctor's office

he was going to call, what is it?

701

:

With fucking doctor?

702

:

Oh, wait, no.

703

:

It was a therapist that, uh, called

me up and tried to imply that I was

704

:

responsible for his unpaid bills.

705

:

I'm like, fuck you guys, man, dude.

706

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Is

happened to my mom twice, both when my

707

:

dad passed and my grandmother passed.

708

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh.

709

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: And

both times it was such a small amount

710

:

where she's just like, I'll just fucking

pay it and never have to deal with you.

711

:

And I'm just all like, mom,

712

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

713

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

you, this happened to you once

714

:

and we talked about how you didn't

need to do it and you did it again.

715

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, Jesus.

716

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

but then we cut over to Ax and Laura

717

:

and they're talking about the foos ball.

718

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: In

there, are they in the mansion?

719

:

I couldn't tell season

one that they were talking

720

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

721

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

previous episode.

722

:

Okay.

723

:

So he actually bought the mansion.

724

:

You think

725

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

726

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

727

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And so here we find out what AXS game is.

728

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: He doesn't

729

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

care about Boyd.

730

:

he's doing is he's propping up Boyd,

giving him all of his, resources and

731

:

access, because if he helps Boyd win,

then that knocks, Rhodes down a peg.

732

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

733

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

If Rhodes still is able to take,

734

:

, Boyd down, he knows everything.

735

:

Boyd tried to get out of it.

736

:

And so it's, , he wins either way.

737

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah,

it's kind of a good move, I gotta say

738

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Real xto.

739

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

740

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

741

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

gets a text from Wendy

742

:

saying, Hey, coaching Todd.

743

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yep.

744

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Todd.

745

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: And

I'd like to point out that in this

746

:

scene we find out that Bobby is

the kind of sociopath who doesn't

747

:

have a case for his smartphone.

748

:

And it's like, I know what he's thinking.

749

:

He has such an obscene amount

of money that if he drops his

750

:

phone, he can just buy a new one.

751

:

But if he just spent $15 on a

case, he wouldn't have to replace

752

:

his phone if he dropped it.

753

:

But, ah, just irritates the hell outta me.

754

:

I'm like, Bobby, you sick?

755

:

Fuck.

756

:

Oh, and did you guys take a

look at, , his contacts, his

757

:

favorites and his contacts list?

758

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

no

759

:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Taylor is up high, so is dollar

760

:

bill, but he also has Dan Zig.

761

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Danzig.

762

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

it says Danzig.

763

:

I'm like, okay, is this a character

named Danzig or are we talking

764

:

about the grunge metal band

765

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

the musician.

766

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

but he, , he reacts to this poorly.

767

:

Calls up Taylor and is

like, no, you're playing.

768

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: mm-hmm.

769

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Talk to Dr.

770

:

Gus.

771

:

over whatever you gotta get over.

772

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

773

:

We found out Taylor drives a mini Cooper.

774

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

cut over to Kate, talking

775

:

to Boyd from Dollhouse.

776

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh.

777

:

I knew him as, the resistance

leader in the Matrix.

778

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yes.

779

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

780

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah,

781

:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

And he's, kate's dad.

782

:

, And apparently he would've been

the Martian manhunter if the DC

783

:

Eeu hadn't, uh, been canceled.

784

:

So,

785

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

you would've been great at that.

786

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah.

787

:

. benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And we find out that Kate and

788

:

Brian at one point hooked up.

789

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yes.

790

:

So, which totally makes sense.

791

:

Now that, uh, in the previous scene,

or is it the later scene or, anyway, in

792

:

the scene where, uh, Rhodes tells Brian

to do the honeypot, that's, uh, where

793

:

she gets a little visibly irritated.

794

:

I'm like, oh, that makes

so much more sense now.

795

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And he gives her the advice, Hey,

796

:

you are never gonna be Chuck's

number two, line yourself up to be

797

:

whoever replaces Chuck's number two.

798

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

799

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

800

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: And I

noticed that Kate said if, uh, if gets

801

:

past, I think it was Brian, she was

referring to that if he gets passed

802

:

over everything, uh, his purpose in

his life will be called into question,

803

:

which is the same thing dollar Bill

said at the beginning of the episode.

804

:

So, Hmm.

805

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Huh.

806

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Interesting.

807

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Drawn those connections, Vic

808

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

809

:

I don't know if they

810

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Tur.

811

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: connections

or if they just copy and pasted

812

:

the same line and were being lazy.

813

:

It could be, could be

814

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I mean it,

815

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

one of the other.

816

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I think our show really likes

817

:

doing parallels between the

good guys and the bad guys.

818

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: It's

showing how fragile the egos are

819

:

of men in big positions of power,

820

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Well,

821

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: so

822

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

just in general.

823

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: That's true.

824

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

And now we cut over to our, we had our

825

:

good therapy session at the beginning and

now we have our bad therapy session, which

826

:

later at least, , acts is like able to say

like, this is, you did not attend therapy.

827

:

Like that is not what Dr.

828

:

Gus is.

829

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Dr.

830

:

Gus might actually just be Andrew Tate.

831

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I know.

832

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

yeah, it's not therapy.

833

:

It's evil hr.

834

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

835

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

that's saying something

836

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: He, he,

837

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

it's hr.

838

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: we

get another, , what I call the.

839

:

Dick swinging white collar, , fuck you

speech from the fucking psychiatrist.

840

:

And he, the way he claps, he

was like, to get her Taylor's

841

:

attention, like, clap, clap.

842

:

I've had more fucking therapy than you.

843

:

Like, what the hell?

844

:

What kind of a flex is that?

845

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Well, it's,

846

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Taylor did say, well, I've had 900

847

:

hours of therapy, so, you know,

848

:

thank you Ben.

849

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

But yeah, Taylor is trying to not only

850

:

deflect and be dismissive, , but I did.

851

:

Like Dr.

852

:

Gus is just like, Hey, stop it.

853

:

This isn't therapy.

854

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

855

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

for your boss, not for you.

856

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

857

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

is to get you to play poker,

858

:

not for you to self-actualize,

859

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

the doctor actually got through

860

:

to Taylor with his final.

861

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Okay.

862

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: where he

said, every time you don't go after

863

:

something you want because you're

scared of something like that, a

864

:

little piece of you dies inside.

865

:

And it

866

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Mm-hmm.

867

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: me sad for

every time I didn't biggie size my fries.

868

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

See the

869

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yep.

870

:

You learned the lesson.

871

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Victor, every time you biggie

872

:

size, a different part of you dies.

873

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: That's

874

:

nice.

875

:

Very nice.

876

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

grows two sizes because

877

:

of the salt content.

878

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh god.

879

:

So much salt.

880

:

So meanwhile, Chuck is selling his

Winston Churchill book collection.

881

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

882

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: and he has a,

883

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

this is a Go ahead.

884

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

I was just saying he has a

885

:

very obvious tale, , on him.

886

:

The guy flipping through pages in a book

behind him and not looking at the book.

887

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

888

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

It's one of, uh, Axel Rudman.

889

:

Yeah.

890

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

personal,

891

:

personal books to, general Montgomery

who led the British Army in World War ii.

892

:

Like these are like.

893

:

be in a museum things.

894

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

895

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

He gets $40,000 for them.

896

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

So the Montgomery Autograph does

897

:

make them a bit more special.

898

:

, This is a set of six books that

Winston Churchill wrote about World War

899

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Mm-hmm.

900

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

It's Churchill World War ii.

901

:

I actually found these

exact editions online.

902

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Really?

903

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah,

guess how much they ran for non autograph?

904

:

Just a normal set of

this edition of this book

905

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh,

I'm gonna say six figures at least.

906

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Fi $5,500.

907

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, wow.

908

:

Okay.

909

:

Yeah.

910

:

Ben, you win.

911

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

You can get a much less nice set

912

:

for a couple hundred dollars.

913

:

This is actually like

on my Amazon wishlist.

914

:

Yeah.

915

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Hmm.

916

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

but yeah, the, , the 40 k, I mean,

917

:

he'd probably sell 'em for 80,

918

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Oh yeah.

919

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

I mean, that's the nature of,

920

:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

921

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

you know, this kind of stuff.

922

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: value.

923

:

Yeah.

924

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

925

:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Oh, and

by the way, he's doing this because

926

:

at the opening scene with him and

Wendy in therapy, she was pressuring

927

:

him to get his own apartment.

928

:

And know, I was a little confused

about this At first, he was

929

:

like, he's gonna have to sell

something to pay for an apartment.

930

:

But I'm like, oh yeah,

they're in New York.

931

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yes.

932

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

933

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: even the

934

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

he was living, Hey, I've got a wife

935

:

who makes millions dollars, you know,

936

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

937

:

even a,

938

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

put his money into, Hey, I've got like

939

:

first edition Winston Churchill books.

940

:

Uh, and I did appreciate him being like,

Hey, signing a lease means this is going

941

:

to be a much more permanent proposition

942

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah.

943

:

Not just going through a

rough patch or something.

944

:

Oof.

945

:

Yeah.

946

:

Been there.

947

:

That sucks.

948

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

I find it hard to,

949

:

like, you've got a book.

950

:

Worth more than most people's cars.

951

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Right.

952

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

time feeling too bad for you,

953

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: They're

installing a ridiculously large microphone

954

:

on this flight attendant's inner thigh.

955

:

And we get the, , we get the obvious

scene where she asks the, , the

956

:

big sweaty dude to step out and

957

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

can put it on

958

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: yeah,

959

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

then she's like, does it look okay?

960

:

You know?

961

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

he's staring at her ass.

962

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

963

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Is it incredibly visible?

964

:

, victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: And

then she steps out of another

965

:

very obvious surveillance van.

966

:

, Then it's poker time over at the

Alpha tournament, and I feel.

967

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

up does put acts out of

968

:

sorts, just as suspected.

969

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: I feel

like it's kind of a power move that,

970

:

, Bobby shows up wearing a hoodie while

everyone else is in like formal wear.

971

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

A little bit for sure.

972

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

973

:

Then Lawrence Boyd shows up and

it's like someone popped a balloon

974

:

and everyone's like, oh, that guy.

975

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Yeah.

976

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yep.

977

:

He's screwed and we all know it.

978

:

But, , Boyd's reason for, he says he

is here to just see who his friends

979

:

are and aren't, but we quickly learn.

980

:

That's bullshit.

981

:

He's here to meet up with Peter via acts.

982

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Ax introduces Boyd to his fixer.

983

:

And Boyd just like

immediately starts talking.

984

:

And the fixer I did

appreciate is just like, no ax

985

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Mm-hmm.

986

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

until we know each other real well.

987

:

The three of us never have

a conversation together.

988

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548:

Mm-hmm.

989

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

of the Benjamin Franklin quote that three

990

:

can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

991

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Nice.

992

:

xhafer--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105548: Yeah.

993

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546:

Franklin said that.

994

:

Smart man.

995

:

Mm-hmm.

996

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

Where I want to ask you guys,

997

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Yeah.

998

:

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_05-10-2025_105546:

how much do you guys like poker?

999

:

victor_1_05-10-2025_095546: Um, I

used to play it back in the day.

:

00:37:03,145 --> 00:37:03,685

, It's been a while.

:

00:37:03,685 --> 00:37:05,095

I really like tro so.

:

00:37:06,052 --> 00:37:07,012

-:

Because, I dunno, I'm, I'm one of

:

00:37:07,012 --> 00:37:10,522

those people that, like, I love

poker, I enjoy it a whole lot.

:

00:37:10,732 --> 00:37:13,762

, I was one of those guys who

back in the, like, back in the

:

00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:14,770

-:

:

00:37:15,682 --> 00:37:15,952

-:

10

:

00:37:15,970 --> 00:37:16,450

-:

10 hours a day.

:

00:37:16,492 --> 00:37:18,952

-:

day on ESPN was poker coverage.

:

00:37:18,952 --> 00:37:20,152

Like, I loved that.

:

00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:25,612

, But it does make me absolutely hate

most of the time when poker is on TV

:

00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:27,139

-:

Mm-hmm.

:

00:37:27,532 --> 00:37:28,552

-:

because it's so bad.

:

00:37:28,732 --> 00:37:31,732

Like, I absolutely hate every

time they play poker and Star

:

00:37:31,732 --> 00:37:35,712

Trek, because they play the worst

version of poker I have ever seen.

:

00:37:46,228 --> 00:37:47,153

-:

It's true.

:

00:37:47,471 --> 00:37:49,841

-:

but here we get our, our first, our

:

00:37:49,841 --> 00:38:00,541

hand between, , rod and Todd, Axel

Rod has King suited, which is a 1.2%

:

00:38:00,541 --> 00:38:01,351

chance of happening.

:

00:38:01,474 --> 00:38:01,894

-:

:

00:38:03,256 --> 00:38:04,516

-:

pocket threes.

:

00:38:04,666 --> 00:38:05,086

-:

:

00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,578

-:

dealt to you is a little bit more common.

:

00:38:08,578 --> 00:38:09,688

It's about 5%.

:

00:38:09,966 --> 00:38:10,386

-:

:

00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:13,318

-:

then they bet horribly

:

00:38:13,346 --> 00:38:13,766

-:

:

00:38:14,698 --> 00:38:15,768

-:

based on this, it

:

00:38:15,876 --> 00:38:16,496

-:

:

00:38:17,088 --> 00:38:17,838

-:

Axelrod does

:

00:38:17,871 --> 00:38:18,471

-:

actual does not understand

:

00:38:18,528 --> 00:38:20,208

-:

like somebody

:

00:38:20,246 --> 00:38:21,326

-:

somebody could have.

:

00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:24,318

-:

Uh, you know, a pocket pair.

:

00:38:24,318 --> 00:38:25,548

He like that never occurs to him.

:

00:38:25,598 --> 00:38:31,148

but we get one of those only happens

in TV hands where they've both got

:

00:38:31,148 --> 00:38:38,588

something where a lot of times two pair

is good enough to win a hand of poker.

:

00:38:38,646 --> 00:38:39,461

-:

:

00:38:39,975 --> 00:38:40,215

-:

:

00:38:40,778 --> 00:38:41,858

-:

but it's two pair up

:

00:38:41,858 --> 00:38:43,238

against three of a kind

:

00:38:43,386 --> 00:38:43,806

-:

:

00:38:45,221 --> 00:38:48,821

I only know off the top of my head that

three of a kind beats two pair because

:

00:38:48,821 --> 00:38:50,441

of all the bicho that I've played lately.

:

00:38:52,178 --> 00:38:54,788

-:

We also get the thing you only ever see

:

00:38:54,788 --> 00:39:01,868

in TV and movie poker where both people go

all in and have the same amount of chips

:

00:39:02,475 --> 00:39:02,895

-:

Mm-hmm.

:

00:39:03,548 --> 00:39:03,788

-:

where

:

00:39:03,971 --> 00:39:04,391

-:

:

00:39:04,478 --> 00:39:06,278

-:

they like the announcer even says whoever

:

00:39:06,278 --> 00:39:08,858

loses will be going home rich but unhappy.

:

00:39:09,038 --> 00:39:10,958

And it's like no

:

00:39:11,681 --> 00:39:11,891

-:

:

00:39:11,941 --> 00:39:14,851

-:

$200 worth of chips left like they

:

00:39:14,909 --> 00:39:15,329

-:

:

00:39:15,691 --> 00:39:16,381

-:

the same amounts.

:

00:39:16,381 --> 00:39:17,761

That's not how poker works.

:

00:39:17,764 --> 00:39:18,184

-:

:

00:39:18,424 --> 00:39:18,964

What did you,

:

00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:20,131

-:

at the end of the,

:

00:39:20,284 --> 00:39:22,894

-:

yeah, what did you think of the

:

00:39:22,894 --> 00:39:24,994

poker scene in Casino Royale?

:

00:39:25,074 --> 00:39:27,714

What's the percent chance

of those hands being dealt?

:

00:39:28,401 --> 00:39:31,131

-:

'cause everybody has something and

:

00:39:31,254 --> 00:39:31,764

-:

:

00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:34,993

-:

it might make sense for the last table

:

00:39:34,993 --> 00:39:38,673

depending on how they structure the

tournament, Ben, because if they have two

:

00:39:38,673 --> 00:39:42,063

final tables, so there's only two players

left and it's the winner of each of those

:

00:39:42,063 --> 00:39:44,013

two tables, then goes to a one-on-one.

:

00:39:45,033 --> 00:39:47,523

Like you could organize the tournament

in a way where they would have

:

00:39:47,523 --> 00:39:48,813

the exact same amount of chips.

:

00:39:48,813 --> 00:39:49,563

Regardless.

:

00:39:50,976 --> 00:39:52,266

-:

But that would imply that the

:

00:39:52,563 --> 00:39:53,673

-:

It's their firsthand,

:

00:39:53,826 --> 00:39:56,406

-:

the only hand at that final table it

:

00:39:56,733 --> 00:39:57,213

-:

:

00:39:57,311 --> 00:39:57,551

-:

happen.

:

00:39:57,631 --> 00:39:57,931

-:

:

00:39:58,661 --> 00:40:02,801

, Meanwhile, , Gail is talking to

Bobby's wife at the bar and he

:

00:40:02,831 --> 00:40:06,731

orders, uh, Mitchell's celebration,

which I didn't know what this was.

:

00:40:06,731 --> 00:40:10,421

I had to Google it because the

bartender said it was $800 a glass,

:

00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:10,828

-:

Yes.

:

00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:11,590

-:

:

00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:12,380

-:

I looked this up.

:

00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,090

It's like $800 a glass.

:

00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:15,350

How much does a bottle cost?

:

00:40:15,350 --> 00:40:19,220

And I couldn't get a dude.

:

00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:26,270

The results I got were between $6,000

for a bottle and $40,000 for a bottle.

:

00:40:26,589 --> 00:40:26,879

-:

:

00:40:26,942 --> 00:40:29,222

-:

one thing you'll see a lot of when

:

00:40:29,222 --> 00:40:34,322

you get to drinks above like 50, $60.

:

00:40:34,712 --> 00:40:39,432

You get crazy price gouging from

people who, , that like Boomer.

:

00:40:39,432 --> 00:40:41,562

I know what I've got no low balls.

:

00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:42,329

-:

:

00:40:42,672 --> 00:40:44,172

-:

I actually, one of my favorite

:

00:40:44,472 --> 00:40:51,132

memories of Jair, , there

is, , it was, , Weller, right?

:

00:40:51,132 --> 00:40:52,452

Jair, you'll remember this.

:

00:40:52,959 --> 00:40:53,289

-:

:

00:40:53,449 --> 00:40:57,889

, Is this the Weller special reserve

that I saw for how much was it?

:

00:40:57,889 --> 00:40:59,569

Because I've seen it for some crazy prices

:

00:40:59,585 --> 00:41:00,005

-:

:

00:41:00,019 --> 00:41:00,769

-:

for $200.

:

00:41:01,009 --> 00:41:01,279

Okay.

:

00:41:01,279 --> 00:41:03,469

So Weller Special Reserve in Michi.

:

00:41:03,529 --> 00:41:07,889

So Michigan does not require,

, state minimum alcohol pricing

:

00:41:08,759 --> 00:41:10,409

and it's a hot bourbon market.

:

00:41:10,949 --> 00:41:12,119

And so Mr.

:

00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:17,489

Special Reserve is something that can

be sold in the state for over $30.

:

00:41:17,639 --> 00:41:22,469

It's got a minimum of $30, which

is what it sells for in Ohio if you

:

00:41:22,469 --> 00:41:26,549

drive an hour and a half away where

it is a very common bottle to find.

:

00:41:26,909 --> 00:41:30,689

I've personally been through

probably a case of this stuff myself

:

00:41:30,885 --> 00:41:30,965

-:

:

00:41:31,049 --> 00:41:31,289

-:

because I'll.

:

00:41:31,814 --> 00:41:32,324

It's good.

:

00:41:32,414 --> 00:41:33,764

I'll drive down to Ohio.

:

00:41:33,914 --> 00:41:36,164

I'll buy a couple bottles

for like 30 bucks.

:

00:41:36,254 --> 00:41:37,004

I'll bring 'em up.

:

00:41:37,064 --> 00:41:38,864

I'll trade 'em for other

bottles with people.

:

00:41:39,014 --> 00:41:43,844

But when a liquor store has it up here,

the cheapest I've seen it for is 50, and

:

00:41:43,844 --> 00:41:47,054

I've seen it for upwards of $200 a bottle.

:

00:41:47,445 --> 00:41:48,230

-:

:

00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:51,050

And, and that's scotch you're

talking about, or is that

:

00:41:51,194 --> 00:41:52,514

-:

No, this is just bourbon.

:

00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:53,340

-:

Bourbon, yeah, sorry.

:

00:41:53,454 --> 00:41:53,724

-:

:

00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:54,930

-:

bourbon and scotch.

:

00:41:54,930 --> 00:41:57,990

I noticed that I've just,

from what little, I know,

:

00:41:57,990 --> 00:41:59,700

those prices get outrageous.

:

00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:00,080

-:

:

00:42:00,416 --> 00:42:04,126

-:

to buy myself a bottle of, , top tier

:

00:42:04,126 --> 00:42:06,376

tequila when I got my back pay finally.

:

00:42:06,406 --> 00:42:09,456

'cause I finally had some money to

spend and, , wanted to, I was trying

:

00:42:09,456 --> 00:42:14,126

to track down a bottle of Fort Za, and

that's, that is only $200 a bottle,

:

00:42:14,750 --> 00:42:14,990

-:

:

00:42:15,176 --> 00:42:16,466

-:

I really wanted to treat myself,

:

00:42:16,466 --> 00:42:17,366

but I couldn't find it anywhere.

:

00:42:17,396 --> 00:42:18,506

It was all sold out.

:

00:42:18,506 --> 00:42:22,496

So anyway, listeners, if any of you guys

want to get me an early birthday present.

:

00:42:24,428 --> 00:42:26,018

-:

But I always remember this because we

:

00:42:26,018 --> 00:42:30,668

were at this gas station and it was, we

had just been talking about Weller, and

:

00:42:30,668 --> 00:42:35,648

how crazy the upcharges were, and it's

like $50 is almost doubling the price.

:

00:42:35,648 --> 00:42:38,528

And this guy had it up

for 200 bucks and he's

:

00:42:38,631 --> 00:42:38,831

-:

:

00:42:38,978 --> 00:42:39,818

-:

200 bucks.

:

00:42:39,818 --> 00:42:41,288

He's like, that's the price man.

:

00:42:41,288 --> 00:42:41,528

I was like.

:

00:42:42,008 --> 00:42:43,028

No, it's not.

:

00:42:43,028 --> 00:42:48,128

You can buy it for 30 bucks in Ohio,

this guy was like, incredulous with us.

:

00:42:48,128 --> 00:42:49,928

Like, no, that's how much this is worth.

:

00:42:49,928 --> 00:42:51,278

It's a $200 bottle.

:

00:42:51,278 --> 00:42:52,328

It's like, no,

:

00:42:53,306 --> 00:42:53,666

-:

:

00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,155

-:

like good luck selling it, bro.

:

00:42:55,256 --> 00:42:57,206

-:

I'm saving you a trip to Ohio.

:

00:42:58,118 --> 00:42:58,658

-:

that,

:

00:42:58,795 --> 00:42:59,395

-:

sell, I'll

:

00:42:59,893 --> 00:43:00,183

-:

yeah,

:

00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,300

-:

you three for $150 a piece right now.

:

00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:03,050

Fuck.

:

00:43:04,886 --> 00:43:07,556

-:

gets bounced outta the tournament by Todd.

:

00:43:07,916 --> 00:43:15,011

Uh, Gail takes home, uh, a bottle

of ERs and when, uh, Laura asks him,

:

00:43:15,011 --> 00:43:16,031

how do you get up in the morning?

:

00:43:16,031 --> 00:43:17,401

And he says he gets an iv.

:

00:43:18,271 --> 00:43:19,141

, You guys ever done this?

:

00:43:19,933 --> 00:43:20,923

-:

I've heard about it.

:

00:43:20,973 --> 00:43:21,263

-:

:

00:43:21,618 --> 00:43:23,178

Uh, it's legit, man.

:

00:43:23,178 --> 00:43:25,998

I, we used to do this shit back in

the days when I was in the Army.

:

00:43:27,738 --> 00:43:28,998

It works like a fucking charm.

:

00:43:28,998 --> 00:43:33,468

And I know the fellow, my fellow veterans

in the Discord, they can confirm this

:

00:43:33,468 --> 00:43:37,668

and it's like, no, dude, you do not

need a personal patient concierge

:

00:43:37,668 --> 00:43:39,198

to get you a fucking private room.

:

00:43:39,408 --> 00:43:40,818

We just did that shit ourselves, man.

:

00:43:40,818 --> 00:43:41,628

We'd just go over to

:

00:43:41,762 --> 00:43:41,982

-:

:

00:43:42,468 --> 00:43:43,878

-:

be like, Hey Doc, I'm still drunk.

:

00:43:43,878 --> 00:43:44,448

Toss me an iv.

:

00:43:45,228 --> 00:43:48,228

You just sit down on the

curb in the parking lot and

:

00:43:48,228 --> 00:43:49,368

stab yourself with a needle.

:

00:43:51,108 --> 00:43:52,308

Oh, fun fact,

:

00:43:52,435 --> 00:43:54,035

-:

advanced fighting force in the world.

:

00:43:55,008 --> 00:43:55,368

-:

:

00:43:56,088 --> 00:43:58,758

like a Wednesday morning when

everyone's still fucking hungover.

:

00:43:58,768 --> 00:44:03,568

And uh, fun fact, it's not the

IV that cures your hangover.

:

00:44:03,568 --> 00:44:06,718

It just gives you enough of a

boost to be able to make it through

:

00:44:06,718 --> 00:44:08,068

the five mile run in the morning.

:

00:44:08,398 --> 00:44:13,408

After about mile one, you puke and that.

:

00:44:13,978 --> 00:44:17,338

Cures the hangover dude, and you

feel like a million bucks afterwards.

:

00:44:17,338 --> 00:44:19,078

You're like, oh yeah, I can just cure.

:

00:44:19,948 --> 00:44:20,788

You feel great.

:

00:44:21,568 --> 00:44:23,218

And you could always tell

who the new guys were.

:

00:44:23,248 --> 00:44:25,378

'cause they would puke

on themselves, right?

:

00:44:25,468 --> 00:44:26,878

They think, like, they'd

try to hold it down.

:

00:44:26,878 --> 00:44:28,168

No, don't try to hold it down, man.

:

00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:30,568

You gotta go up to the

side and just let it out.

:

00:44:31,378 --> 00:44:34,978

the experienced dudes, the guys

who've been in for a while, they

:

00:44:34,978 --> 00:44:36,088

don't even stop running, man.

:

00:44:36,088 --> 00:44:38,628

They just tilt their head and just

like, they're like a semi-truck

:

00:44:38,628 --> 00:44:42,878

giving off like exhaust, and they

just let it fly and you're good to go.

:

00:44:43,298 --> 00:44:43,838

-:

Oh boy.

:

00:44:44,521 --> 00:44:46,411

-:

so glad those days are behind me.

:

00:44:46,411 --> 00:44:47,281

Fuck that shit up.

:

00:44:47,706 --> 00:44:49,141

I'm so happy to be retired.

:

00:44:51,043 --> 00:44:54,253

-:

We then are heads up in poker where Ax

:

00:44:54,253 --> 00:44:56,833

is being the devil on Taylor's shoulder.

:

00:44:57,043 --> 00:44:58,923

Just like, no, you gotta be a killer.

:

00:44:58,923 --> 00:45:00,363

You gotta have that killer instinct.

:

00:45:00,436 --> 00:45:00,856

-:

:

00:45:01,323 --> 00:45:03,273

-:

Taylor reveals that actually

:

00:45:03,273 --> 00:45:05,463

I didn't quit playing poker.

:

00:45:05,763 --> 00:45:09,213

I was kicked out because no one

wanted to play with me anymore.

:

00:45:10,783 --> 00:45:11,173

-:

:

00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:12,700

-:

who is already kind of

:

00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:15,340

socially isolated, being

:

00:45:15,508 --> 00:45:15,728

-:

:

00:45:15,820 --> 00:45:18,880

-:

socially isolated, hurt and sucked and

:

00:45:19,150 --> 00:45:24,490

you know, was another reason for people to

hate me and he's like, Hey, I don't care.

:

00:45:24,580 --> 00:45:25,240

Go win.

:

00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:28,220

-:

this, this is where they Wait.

:

00:45:28,220 --> 00:45:32,960

No, this is not, we're, we're not at

the part where Taylor is at the final

:

00:45:32,987 --> 00:45:33,317

-:

This is

:

00:45:33,380 --> 00:45:33,860

-:

:

00:45:34,037 --> 00:45:34,307

-:

where they

:

00:45:34,514 --> 00:45:34,804

-:

:

00:45:34,877 --> 00:45:36,707

-:

their heads up all in.

:

00:45:37,337 --> 00:45:43,037

Neither of them hit what they were going

for and Taylor wins with a 10 high,

:

00:45:43,730 --> 00:45:44,150

-:

:

00:45:46,685 --> 00:45:47,075

Yeah.

:

00:45:47,135 --> 00:45:47,465

Uh,

:

00:45:47,714 --> 00:45:47,934

-:

:

00:45:48,077 --> 00:45:48,317

-:

which

:

00:45:48,485 --> 00:45:51,005

but it's also like, that is

how a poker hand can end.

:

00:45:51,335 --> 00:45:52,475

Poker, hands can end.

:

00:45:52,628 --> 00:45:53,048

-:

:

00:45:53,345 --> 00:45:57,365

-:

like, I guess it's showing Todd was

:

00:45:57,365 --> 00:46:03,455

being impotent and, and angry and

dismissive and it's just like, yeah,

:

00:46:03,455 --> 00:46:07,025

but neither of you hit anything,

which just, is part of poker.

:

00:46:07,025 --> 00:46:08,615

Just statistics happen.

:

00:46:09,635 --> 00:46:10,055

The best

:

00:46:10,088 --> 00:46:10,120

-:

:

00:46:10,385 --> 00:46:11,585

-:

doesn't always win.

:

00:46:12,578 --> 00:46:15,068

-:

I think it also has to do with the,

:

00:46:15,068 --> 00:46:19,148

uh, tactic that Taylor employed

when they sat down at the table.

:

00:46:19,508 --> 00:46:24,428

, Todd was talking some trash and Taylor

hits him with some existential dread.

:

00:46:24,725 --> 00:46:25,145

-:

Yeah.

:

00:46:25,268 --> 00:46:28,208

-:

talks about how in a hundred

:

00:46:28,208 --> 00:46:30,908

years from now is any of this

gonna matter and all this shit.

:

00:46:30,908 --> 00:46:31,718

And it's like, dude,

:

00:46:31,790 --> 00:46:32,630

-:

the singularity,

:

00:46:32,858 --> 00:46:33,338

-:

:

00:46:33,338 --> 00:46:33,848

The singular.

:

00:46:34,550 --> 00:46:36,470

-:

Taylor is exactly the kind of person

:

00:46:36,470 --> 00:46:41,410

who's like, spent a lot of time

thinking about, uh, Rocco's Basilisk.

:

00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:45,340

Editors note, don't Google Rocco's basal.

:

00:46:46,112 --> 00:46:47,852

-:

And it's like, no,

:

00:46:48,170 --> 00:46:48,890

-:

:

00:46:49,325 --> 00:46:51,155

Hey, Laura Earmuffs For

the next five seconds.

:

00:46:51,275 --> 00:46:56,165

Taylor reminds me of one of the battle

sar galactic asylum hybrids in this scene

:

00:46:56,607 --> 00:46:56,897

-:

Yeah.

:

00:46:58,415 --> 00:47:00,605

-:

spitting off these, uh, these crazy

:

00:47:00,605 --> 00:47:04,985

facts with a straight face and shit

and, uh, or a blank face expression.

:

00:47:05,405 --> 00:47:06,365

Dude, I'm gonna try that.

:

00:47:06,415 --> 00:47:07,765

My next chess game try to

:

00:47:08,309 --> 00:47:08,599

-:

:

00:47:08,845 --> 00:47:10,045

-:

with some existential dreads.

:

00:47:10,095 --> 00:47:11,145

-:

Have you thought about the move

:

00:47:11,145 --> 00:47:12,435

you're making five from now?

:

00:47:12,765 --> 00:47:13,875

How about 50?

:

00:47:14,505 --> 00:47:16,335

How about 350?

:

00:47:17,646 --> 00:47:18,876

-:

thought about the fact that there will

:

00:47:18,876 --> 00:47:22,596

one point be a day long after your

death when the last person who remembers

:

00:47:22,686 --> 00:47:23,916

you dies and you'll be dead forever?

:

00:47:24,416 --> 00:47:26,906

-:

Laura has started up her new side

:

00:47:26,906 --> 00:47:31,856

hustle where she shows up to the

office with nurses, with IVs, uh,

:

00:47:32,894 --> 00:47:35,444

-:

next to a college campus, and I've

:

00:47:35,444 --> 00:47:40,064

seen business cards for this exact same

thing at the liquor stores around here.

:

00:47:41,144 --> 00:47:43,844

It's like feeling hung over

and getting an IV delivered.

:

00:47:44,711 --> 00:47:45,701

-:

And so they're doing this

:

00:47:45,701 --> 00:47:47,321

for a thousand dollars a pop.

:

00:47:47,931 --> 00:47:52,581

we find out that they stopped in Chicago

and an unnamed unknown person came on.

:

00:47:53,361 --> 00:47:58,731

And it turns out that Boyd has been

stooping his, I believe, CFO's wife,

:

00:47:58,829 --> 00:47:59,249

-:

:

00:47:59,451 --> 00:47:59,931

-:

which

:

00:48:00,258 --> 00:48:00,558

-:

:

00:48:00,621 --> 00:48:05,301

-:

everyone, this is Ben, not your internet

:

00:48:05,301 --> 00:48:09,171

lawyer, but if you recall a while ago

I told you, Hey, if you're gonna do

:

00:48:09,171 --> 00:48:11,031

one crime, do one crime at a time.

:

00:48:12,231 --> 00:48:14,661

If you've got drugs in

the car, don't speed.

:

00:48:15,861 --> 00:48:19,071

If you are going to do financial

crimes and someone knows those

:

00:48:19,071 --> 00:48:22,221

crimes, don't sleep with their wife.

:

00:48:23,331 --> 00:48:23,601

Come

:

00:48:23,713 --> 00:48:23,913

-:

:

00:48:24,429 --> 00:48:24,819

-:

:

00:48:25,161 --> 00:48:25,971

-:

dumb shit.

:

00:48:26,451 --> 00:48:28,551

Like this is basic stuff.

:

00:48:28,869 --> 00:48:30,969

-:

that is three pieces of good

:

00:48:30,969 --> 00:48:32,439

advice you've got in this episode

:

00:48:32,781 --> 00:48:33,741

-:

If somebody

:

00:48:33,819 --> 00:48:34,299

-:

:

00:48:34,581 --> 00:48:35,391

-:

if somebody out there

:

00:48:35,391 --> 00:48:37,041

knows about your crimes

:

00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:37,689

-:

:

00:48:37,839 --> 00:48:39,339

Don't stick it to their spouse.

:

00:48:39,831 --> 00:48:41,841

-:

Or their sister or brother

:

00:48:41,914 --> 00:48:42,204

-:

:

00:48:43,071 --> 00:48:43,881

-:

or you know.

:

00:48:44,253 --> 00:48:46,308

-:

Anyone that could possibly upset them.

:

00:48:46,431 --> 00:48:47,481

-:

Yeah, exactly.

:

00:48:48,414 --> 00:48:48,704

-:

:

00:48:50,109 --> 00:48:54,649

then Chuck presents the sex tape that

our flight attendant took, , which, and

:

00:48:54,649 --> 00:48:57,939

she went above and beyond even though

she knew that she, , at this point she

:

00:48:57,939 --> 00:48:59,199

knew she hadn't done anything wrong.

:

00:48:59,199 --> 00:49:00,249

She was being used,

:

00:49:00,411 --> 00:49:00,741

-:

did it for

:

00:49:00,879 --> 00:49:01,389

-:

:

00:49:01,749 --> 00:49:04,419

And, and this is exactly what I was

thinking when they were taping up that

:

00:49:04,509 --> 00:49:06,609

stupidly big microphone to her thigh.

:

00:49:06,984 --> 00:49:09,954

That she just, it didn't pick up anything,

so she just whipped out her phone.

:

00:49:09,984 --> 00:49:11,334

I mean, I was thinking

that the whole time.

:

00:49:11,334 --> 00:49:14,574

Well, I'm like, dude, just get a

freaking iPod nano and put it on record

:

00:49:14,574 --> 00:49:17,514

and put it in her bra or something.

:

00:49:18,204 --> 00:49:18,654

Anyway,

:

00:49:18,771 --> 00:49:20,991

-:

But we show it to this, I think CFO.

:

00:49:21,381 --> 00:49:28,791

And he has a bit where it's clear that

the person who wrote this script was

:

00:49:28,791 --> 00:49:32,931

not in the room or thinking about the

blocking, because he's sitting there

:

00:49:32,931 --> 00:49:36,801

in front of a laptop with headphones on

and he goes, turn it off, turn it off.

:

00:49:36,851 --> 00:49:38,501

-:

like, just take the headphones off.

:

00:49:38,558 --> 00:49:39,458

-:

to turn it off.

:

00:49:39,578 --> 00:49:42,998

And he doesn't take off the

headphones or just close the

:

00:49:43,091 --> 00:49:43,271

-:

:

00:49:43,271 --> 00:49:44,381

I was thinking that same thing.

:

00:49:44,948 --> 00:49:46,778

-:

where it's just like you have agency in

:

00:49:46,778 --> 00:49:50,438

this place, man, if you don't wanna listen

to your wife having sex with somebody,

:

00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:50,788

But it

:

00:49:50,791 --> 00:49:51,931

-:

:

00:49:52,018 --> 00:49:53,248

-:

rigging treasuries.

:

00:49:53,551 --> 00:49:57,731

-:

guy says that, , he was friends with Boyd.

:

00:49:57,731 --> 00:49:58,481

He trusted him.

:

00:49:58,541 --> 00:50:02,381

He said he and his wife spent

weekends at his compound.

:

00:50:03,191 --> 00:50:04,661

What the fuck is a compound?

:

00:50:04,661 --> 00:50:06,191

-:

it's a series of houses.

:

00:50:06,314 --> 00:50:06,914

-:

victor.

:

00:50:07,197 --> 00:50:07,807

-:

:

00:50:08,012 --> 00:50:11,282

I thought I've only heard the term

compound in relation to a cult

:

00:50:11,282 --> 00:50:13,872

or something, or a terrorist cell

:

00:50:14,061 --> 00:50:15,561

-:

It's a collection of

:

00:50:15,981 --> 00:50:17,691

homestead buildings, right?

:

00:50:17,931 --> 00:50:21,021

And so it would be your house,

and then instead of having like

:

00:50:21,021 --> 00:50:24,711

a guest room, you have a guest

house that someone would stay at.

:

00:50:24,822 --> 00:50:25,062

-:

:

00:50:25,062 --> 00:50:29,922

If anyone ever invites me to their

compound, I would be very uneasy about it.

:

00:50:30,051 --> 00:50:30,711

-:

You probably should.

:

00:50:30,804 --> 00:50:31,854

-:

with the A TF,

:

00:50:32,147 --> 00:50:32,437

-:

:

00:50:33,621 --> 00:50:35,691

-:

Texas, I would not go into a compound.

:

00:50:36,072 --> 00:50:36,372

-:

:

00:50:37,164 --> 00:50:37,524

-:

uh,

:

00:50:37,577 --> 00:50:37,597

-:

:

00:50:37,734 --> 00:50:38,079

-:

then we,

:

00:50:38,397 --> 00:50:41,067

-:

tells him that, he's very obviously,

:

00:50:41,347 --> 00:50:48,167

manipulating here and the speech

he gives him at the end about how

:

00:50:48,167 --> 00:50:50,557

he heaved his seed into your bride.

:

00:50:51,229 --> 00:50:51,409

-:

Yeah.

:

00:50:52,387 --> 00:50:52,742

-:

What the fuck, man?

:

00:50:54,787 --> 00:50:56,317

He Doing this weekend, man.

:

00:50:56,317 --> 00:50:57,697

I'm gonna go heave some seeds.

:

00:51:01,306 --> 00:51:02,296

-:

Please never again

:

00:51:02,869 --> 00:51:05,719

-:

that acts because of his spies

:

00:51:05,929 --> 00:51:08,669

purchased, , the, , World War ii,

:

00:51:08,921 --> 00:51:09,621

-:

the Churchill.

:

00:51:09,701 --> 00:51:12,281

-:

World War ii, he isn't even

:

00:51:12,281 --> 00:51:16,331

gonna display it, just put it in

storage, also buy every other copy.

:

00:51:16,991 --> 00:51:17,411

Uh,

:

00:51:17,819 --> 00:51:19,049

-:

Fucking pettiness.

:

00:51:20,201 --> 00:51:23,651

-:

we also find out in the scene that no

:

00:51:23,651 --> 00:51:30,491

one wants, uh, Axelrod to buy an NFL team

because the nine 11 allegations came out.

:

00:51:30,518 --> 00:51:31,328

-:

right.

:

00:51:31,538 --> 00:51:32,618

-:

We hop on her.

:

00:51:34,985 --> 00:51:37,835

-:

my notes I wrote is this confirmation

:

00:51:38,195 --> 00:51:44,465

is Acts responsible for nine 11,

which is exactly what I think

:

00:51:44,515 --> 00:51:45,505

-:

action nine 11.

:

00:51:46,012 --> 00:51:47,812

-:

I think at, well, not, I don't, not

:

00:51:47,812 --> 00:51:54,492

directly, , but I do think that he

might have been working with, uh, some

:

00:51:54,492 --> 00:51:59,202

organizations that might have been

funneling money to a certain bin lain.

:

00:51:59,740 --> 00:51:59,960

-:

Oh.

:

00:52:01,152 --> 00:52:04,782

-:

And, uh, he loses all hero cred.

:

00:52:04,932 --> 00:52:09,342

It wasn't enough to like,

put him in jail, obviously.

:

00:52:09,852 --> 00:52:12,672

Like, whatever it is, it can't be bad

enough where he's like immediately

:

00:52:12,672 --> 00:52:14,952

convicted of treason or something.

:

00:52:15,042 --> 00:52:15,432

Right.

:

00:52:16,182 --> 00:52:22,372

So he had some money that he didn't

know that was, helped fund it somehow

:

00:52:22,372 --> 00:52:26,932

enough to shame him publicly, but

not enough to put him behind bars.

:

00:52:27,820 --> 00:52:28,090

-:

Hmm.

:

00:52:28,888 --> 00:52:30,688

-:

wonder if maybe it's, uh, has

:

00:52:30,688 --> 00:52:32,038

something to do with opium.

:

00:52:32,098 --> 00:52:35,028

Maybe he was, had some kind of

dealings with, , the opium Drake.

:

00:52:35,028 --> 00:52:36,708

'cause like that was an Al-Qaeda thing.

:

00:52:36,738 --> 00:52:38,418

Like how they got some

of their funding maybe.

:

00:52:39,102 --> 00:52:39,312

-:

:

00:52:39,318 --> 00:52:40,518

-:

that would've been, if that was.

:

00:52:40,620 --> 00:52:41,640

-:

the states in,

:

00:52:41,868 --> 00:52:42,378

-:

:

00:52:42,390 --> 00:52:43,710

-:

the opium in alcohol.

:

00:52:44,010 --> 00:52:44,850

Just call it Lana.

:

00:52:45,348 --> 00:52:46,038

-:

:

00:52:46,038 --> 00:52:47,508

I could go for some laden right about now.

:

00:52:47,573 --> 00:52:49,073

-:

Can we stop talking about Laden?

:

00:52:49,346 --> 00:52:49,766

-:

I would,

:

00:52:52,346 --> 00:52:54,086

you know if you've ever seen those?

:

00:52:54,116 --> 00:52:55,016

Uh, no.

:

00:52:55,016 --> 00:52:57,176

I can't fix her, but

she can make me worse.

:

00:52:57,296 --> 00:52:58,586

It's that, but with laden them.

:

00:52:58,859 --> 00:52:59,279

-:

:

00:53:01,858 --> 00:53:02,638

-:

All right, well

:

00:53:02,666 --> 00:53:02,816

-:

our

:

00:53:02,939 --> 00:53:03,159

-:

:

00:53:03,368 --> 00:53:04,308

-:

that's the episode.

:

00:53:04,308 --> 00:53:06,503

It's time to roll these bones.

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Roll them bones.

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We got 3D six here.

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We'll see how many

episodes we're skipping.

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Rolling.

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That is an all time first for this

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podcast, I have rolled three ones,

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Oh,

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which, so we are skipping three episodes.

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just talking about, , probabilities.

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Uh.

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That is uncommon.

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Uh, never.

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I don't think I've ever rolled absolute

minimum before in the history of pod.

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So that takes us, we're skipping

three episodes, which brings

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us forehead to season two.

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Episode seven.

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Victory Lap

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Acts assembles a war room in the

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Hamptons following a disastrous

setback in Sand cot for Acts capital.

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Hmm.

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the town hangs in the balance while acts

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seeks counsel on how to reconcile losses.

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00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:19,074

Meanwhile, Chuck capitalizes on a high

profile victory, but alienates Wendy

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in the process, causing the couple to

change the status of their separation.

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Oh.

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It's quite an episode description.

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Well, it's time for everyone's

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favorite part of the episode.

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Blink in.

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What are you doing up there?

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I, uh, I forgot to make predictions,

so I wrote them down, came up with 'em

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real quick while, uh, Ferre was giving

us his, get weird with it speech, so,

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What do you got?

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going for an easy one for my daytime

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prediction, my one point prediction.,

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This is for episodes that

we see on this podcast.

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00:55:10,018 --> 00:55:11,728

, We're going to witness

a Star Trek reference.

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00:55:11,818 --> 00:55:13,018

I feel like that's an easy one.

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00:55:13,687 --> 00:55:13,927

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Uh, evening prediction.

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00:55:17,518 --> 00:55:19,738

Wendy loses her license,

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00:55:20,215 --> 00:55:20,905

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Oh,

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00:55:21,388 --> 00:55:24,428

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I'm going for an another downer, , and

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for my primetime prediction, Chuck.

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00:55:28,103 --> 00:55:31,463

Is going to be relieved of duty as the DA

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00:55:32,822 --> 00:55:33,272

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00:55:33,455 --> 00:55:34,445

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you said duty.

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00:55:34,982 --> 00:55:35,792

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He did say duty.

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00:55:35,892 --> 00:55:36,102

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Go

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00:55:36,159 --> 00:55:36,489

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:

00:55:36,655 --> 00:55:36,735

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00:55:36,849 --> 00:55:40,149

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daytime prediction, Wendy actually works

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00:55:40,149 --> 00:55:42,219

with the underprivileged at some point.

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00:55:43,519 --> 00:55:44,899

, She got some shit for,

:

00:55:45,190 --> 00:55:45,520

-:

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00:55:45,709 --> 00:55:47,659

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she got some shit for it this episode.

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00:55:48,229 --> 00:55:50,719

If she didn't get shit for

it, this episode from Acts, I

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00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:52,249

would've said the exact opposite.

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00:55:52,249 --> 00:55:55,489

She never does, but when he's

all like, oh, really good.

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00:55:55,489 --> 00:55:58,979

Great job with the underprivileged

there helping in Crackow, , she

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00:55:58,979 --> 00:56:00,419

clearly takes it personally.

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00:56:00,539 --> 00:56:02,429

And so I think that's

gonna be her next turn.

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00:56:02,429 --> 00:56:04,289

My evening prediction.

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00:56:05,159 --> 00:56:08,789

Taylor is going to be Trey acts to Chuck

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00:56:09,095 --> 00:56:11,210

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00:56:11,309 --> 00:56:11,699

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and then,

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00:56:11,810 --> 00:56:12,560

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were gonna go ahead.

:

00:56:12,610 --> 00:56:13,030

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Oh, no, no.

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00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:14,790

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say we're never gonna see Taylor again.

:

00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:14,940

Oh.

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00:56:15,624 --> 00:56:17,814

-:

Oh, if we were going into season three,

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00:56:17,814 --> 00:56:21,684

a hundred percent, I actually had that

written down before I rolled the dice.

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00:56:23,804 --> 00:56:31,244

, My primetime prediction, Chuck

and Wendy will reconcile, but for

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00:56:31,304 --> 00:56:37,034

a bonus point, it will not happen

before the season three finale.

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00:56:37,630 --> 00:56:38,435

-:

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00:56:40,235 --> 00:56:40,865

Nicely done.

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00:56:41,315 --> 00:56:42,665

All right, Ben, you're up to the plate.

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00:56:42,977 --> 00:56:43,277

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All right.

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00:56:43,337 --> 00:56:46,682

I'm gonna need to move something around.

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00:56:48,782 --> 00:56:48,962

Okay.

:

00:56:49,025 --> 00:56:50,165

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gotta say, it was really weird

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00:56:50,165 --> 00:56:52,005

seeing the actor, , play Taylor.

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00:56:52,455 --> 00:56:56,895

I had seen them before in, I think it

was John Wick three the adjudicator.

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00:56:56,895 --> 00:56:59,745

A very different role, which like,

if you haven't seen John Wick three,

:

00:56:59,745 --> 00:57:01,425

it's, it's a fun popcorn movie.

:

00:57:01,425 --> 00:57:02,235

You guys should go see it.

:

00:57:02,335 --> 00:57:03,220

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TikTok, Mr.

:

00:57:03,220 --> 00:57:03,670

Wick.

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00:57:04,138 --> 00:57:04,558

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:

00:57:06,370 --> 00:57:07,540

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I love Jason Manzu.

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00:57:07,603 --> 00:57:08,023

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:

00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:09,850

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uh, so

:

00:57:09,862 --> 00:57:10,702

-:

Are you watching the

:

00:57:10,702 --> 00:57:12,022

new, , task Master season?

:

00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:14,260

-:

I have not, but I know he

:

00:57:14,302 --> 00:57:14,602

-:

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00:57:15,062 --> 00:57:17,192

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I've been watching him in Prodigy though.

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00:57:17,954 --> 00:57:18,134

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00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:20,132

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My daytime prediction, they

:

00:57:20,132 --> 00:57:21,272

never play poker again.

:

00:57:21,302 --> 00:57:22,412

This never comes up again.

:

00:57:22,682 --> 00:57:27,252

Uh, we never see the Alpha

Cup two, , colon dark

:

00:57:27,375 --> 00:57:27,915

-:

:

00:57:29,742 --> 00:57:32,452

-:

My evening prediction, , Brian and Kate

:

00:57:32,542 --> 00:57:35,902

push chuck out, but he gets back in

:

00:57:36,830 --> 00:57:36,950

-:

:

00:57:37,324 --> 00:57:37,564

-:

:

00:57:38,152 --> 00:57:40,192

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and then my primetime prediction.

:

00:57:41,287 --> 00:57:45,847

Windy and chuck divorce,

but then reconcile.

:

00:57:46,195 --> 00:57:46,915

-:

:

00:57:47,659 --> 00:57:47,989

-:

:

00:57:49,657 --> 00:57:50,677

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I had to move that around 'cause

:

00:57:50,677 --> 00:57:51,937

that was my evening prediction.

:

00:57:51,937 --> 00:57:56,157

But since Jair made a, , windy and

chuck, , prediction, I made one.

:

00:57:56,190 --> 00:57:56,610

-:

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00:57:56,859 --> 00:57:57,189

-:

:

00:57:57,915 --> 00:57:58,935

-:

And that's our episode.

:

00:57:59,169 --> 00:57:59,439

-:

:

00:57:59,439 --> 00:57:59,919

That's it.

:

00:57:59,997 --> 00:58:00,807

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guys next time,

:

00:58:00,937 --> 00:58:01,357

thank yous

:

00:58:01,489 --> 00:58:01,669

-:

:

00:58:01,669 --> 00:58:02,779

We gotta say thank you first.

:

00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:03,289

Hey, ripe.

:

00:58:04,834 --> 00:58:06,874

On the off chance you're

listening to this episode or not.

:

00:58:07,744 --> 00:58:09,844

Thanks so much for letting us

use Goon Squad on a theme song.

:

00:58:09,844 --> 00:58:13,294

We appreciate the hell out of it and

we appreciate the hell outta you.

:

00:58:13,564 --> 00:58:16,374

They just announced some more tour

dates, , for this late summer.

:

00:58:16,454 --> 00:58:18,674

Go give them a listen on

whatever streaming services.

:

00:58:18,674 --> 00:58:19,424

Go see 'em live.

:

00:58:19,424 --> 00:58:20,894

It's a fantastic fucking show.

:

00:58:21,205 --> 00:58:22,735

-:

they're coming to Dallas on the

:

00:58:22,735 --> 00:58:26,135

23rd and if I haven't moved out by

then, , then yeah, I'm hoping I can

:

00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:27,785

go score a ticket and go see them.

:

00:58:27,845 --> 00:58:29,915

That's a Friday, so that

might be tricky, but yeah.

:

00:58:30,315 --> 00:58:32,730

, You're in the Dallas area, , you're

not doing anything on 23rd.

:

00:58:33,465 --> 00:58:34,905

Come hang out with me at the ripe concert.

:

00:58:35,674 --> 00:58:36,144

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Hell yeah.

:

00:58:36,405 --> 00:58:37,575

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00:58:37,825 --> 00:58:43,495

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Who's Got Time For All This Prestige TV?
Who has time for all this prestige television these days? Not us! That's why Ben, Victor, and Xhafer are going through "must watch" TV by skipping a random number of episodes in-between each viewing and connecting the dots on what happened. What happened Last Time On? What happen hurr?

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