Savdogarlar (2-mavsum) - Traders (season 2)

Mavsum Jek Larkin va Salli Rossning shahar parki fonida joylashgan sanoat parkidagi bino tepasida birga ichkilik ichishi bilan ochiladi. Ular bayram qilayotganda, Sally otasi Sedrik Rossdan qo'ng'iroq qiladi va ikkalasi ham uni kutib olish uchun sayohat qilishadi. Ularning suhbati davomida Sally unga universitetdagi professorlik lavozimiga qaytmasligini, aksincha yangi ish qidirishini aytdi. Uning otasi tushuntirishga harakat qiladiki, u bilmagan holatlar mavjud va u firma bilan aloqasi yo'q. Ular ajralib chiqishganidan so'ng, Sedrikning mashinasi noma'lum haydovchi tomonidan katta tezlikda harakatlanadi. Jek, Salli va Adam Kanningemlar Sedrikni ko'chada yotgan joyida qidirib topishadi, u erda avtomashinani o'g'irlash kabi ko'rinadigan joyda yurak mushagiga urilgan qurol bor. Ularning uchtasi ofisga qaytib kelishadi, u erda firmaning advokati Artur Kemper, Sedrik firmaning o'z ulushini Salliga berishni xohlaganligi haqida xabar beradi. Buni eshitgan Adam, advokatning o'limidan oldin, Sedrik unga advokat huzurida va'dalar bergani haqidagi da'volariga qarshi chiqadi. Sally darhol kengashni buzilmasdan qoldirishga qaror qiladi va uni Odam va Jekni ijroiya qo'mitaga aylantiradi. Keyin u va'da beradiki, agar ularning uchtasi birgalikda bir yil davomida firmani birgalikda boshqarsa, u ularning har birini teng sheriklarga aylantiradigan firmaning tegishli ulushini sotadi.

Donald firmaning derivativlari savdosi bilan shug'ullanuvchi Grant Yanskini hammom tagida harakatsiz deb topadi va favqulodda vaziyatni chaqiradi. Grant shifoxonadan sog'lig'i bilan qaytib keladi, ammo uning ilgari katatonik holatiga kofeinga toksik reaktsiya tufayli uning tinimsiz shokolad iste'mol qilishi sabab bo'lganligi aniqlandi.

Gitara ishlab chiqaruvchisi Jekka murojaat qiladi, u Kanadaning Kanada korporativ bankidan, yirik bankdan qo'ng'iroq qilib, Gardner Ross bilan savdoga chiqsa, kredit liniyasini uzib qo'yish bilan tahdid qilmoqda.

Sedrikning 37 yillik shaxsiy yordamchisi uning Sallyga bag'ishlangan esdalik tadbirlari bilan shug'ullanishni taklif qiladi.

Sally otasining o'g'irlanishi / qotilligi tasodifiy ekanligiga ishonch hosil qilmasa, Jek uning bokschi do'sti Tommi Rykespordan, shuningdek Sedrikning avtoulovni o'g'irlashi va qotilligini tekshirishni so'raydi. Jek Salli bilan Tommini tanishtirganda, Jek uning bilimi va roziligisiz tekshiruv boshlaganidan xafa bo'ladi. Ketishdan oldin Tommi ularga avtoulovlarni talon-taroj qilish holatlari ko'p bo'lganida, otasi bu modelga mos kelmasligini aytdi. Avtoulov o'g'irlovchilari odatda yangi, sportga ko'proq mos keladigan vositalarni ta'qib qilishadi va hech kim o'ldirilmagan.

Saunada boshqa sanoat rahbari do'stlari va sheriklari bilan suhbat chog'ida Adam Gardner Ross haqidagi zararli mish-mishlarni bekor qildi. U erda bo'lganida, u gitara ishlab chiqaruvchisi Gardner bilan Cancorp raisi Devid Astinga borgan taqdirda gitara ishlab chiqaruvchiga kredit liniyalarini kesib tashlash bilan tahdidlarini ham eslatib o'tdi.

Keyinchalik Sally kassa kalitini topdi, ammo qaysi bank yoki kassa raqami borligi haqida hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q, shuning uchun u Tommini yollash uchun bilib oladi. U buni otasining avtoulovlarga xizmat ko'rsatish tarixini o'rganish orqali tezda bilib oladi. Qutini Sedrik vafot etgan paytda ishlatilgan bo'lishi kerakligini bilgan holda, ular qutini bo'sh topgach, ular kim oxirgi marta kirganini bilishga qaror qilishdi. Sedrikning shaxsiy yordamchisi kassani bo'shatib qo'yganini aniqlagandan so'ng, Sally va Tommi unga qarshi chiqishdi. Shaxsiy yordamchi Sallyga ichidan topilgan konvertni maydalashini aytadi. Ular ketgandan so'ng, yordamchi Odam Atoni konvert haqida chaqiradi. Odam konvertda ekanligini bilib, Sally unga firmaning uchdan bir qismini balans qiymatining 3 baravariga sotishni taklif qiladi. Konvert ichida ular noqonuniy ravishda olingan Kanada xavfsizlik razvedka xizmati (CSIS) faylini topadilar. Tommining CSIS fayli bo'yicha tekshiruvi shuni ko'rsatadiki, bu Sedrik deb taxmin qilgan moliyachining tergovi.

Jek Adamni IPO-da Gardner Rossning katta ulushini sotib olgan koreys bankining rahbariga tanishtirganda, Adam ular bilan hech qanday aloqada bo'lishni istamaydi, chunki ular bankning kapital manbalarini aniqlay olmaydilar, ammo keyinchalik o'zlariga qaytadilar va ko'k gitara oladilar gitara ishlab chiqaruvchi mijoz Koreya banki bilan muqobil moliyalashtirishni tashkil etgani uchun minnatdorchilik belgisi sifatida. Koreyalik bank aktsiyadori va sherigining iltimosiga binoan firma Mayk Fabrisni Koreyaga bank amaliyotini o'rganish uchun yuboradi.

Jek va Donald Natari shahzodasi vakili bo'lgan delegatsiya bilan uchrashib, 500 million dollarlik kelishuvni muhokama qilishdi. Shahzoda bilan to'g'ridan-to'g'ri aloqada bo'lmaganidan hafsalasi pir bo'lgan Jek, uchrashuv paytida delegatsiyani haqorat qiladi, ularni shahzodaning delegatsiya tarkibida bo'lganini, ammo hech qachon gapirmaganini bilish uchun ularni gilamchinlar deb ataydi.

Keyinchalik ijroiya yig'ilishida Adam Jekka shahzodaning qilgan ishi Yaqin Sharqda keng tarqalgan taktika ekanligini ma'lum qildi. Jekning shartnomani muvaffaqiyatli yopish tajribasi yo'qligini his qilgan Adam, Sallydan uni etakchi investitsiya bankiri qilishni so'raydi. Salli hali ham otasining o'limidan umidini uzgan holda qaror qabul qilishni rad etadi.

Qimmatli qog'ozlar bo'yicha komissiya tergovchisi aktsiyalarni sotish to'g'risida maslahat berib, savdo maydonchasini tekshirish uchun firma oldiga keladi. Marti uni siqib chiqarmoqchi bo'lganida, Salli aralashib, ertasi kuni ertalabgacha firmaning so'nggi 72 soatlik savdo yozuvlarini taklif qiladi. Marti, uy-ro'zg'or buyumlari sotadigan kompaniya aktsiyalarini qisqartirmoqda, chunki ularda buxgalteriya qoidabuzarliklari borligini eshitadi. Qimmatli qog'ozlar bo'yicha komissiya tekshiruvi o'tkazilgan kuni Keti 5000 dollarlik buxgalteriya kelishmovchiligini aniqladi. Ayni paytda, Marti qisqartirayotgan aktsiyalar u kutganidek pasayib ketmayapti. Tergovchining nomuvofiqlikni topishiga to'sqinlik qilish uchun, Sally Martidan tergovchiga uy jihozlari ishlab chiqaradigan kompaniya haqida ogohlantirishni so'raydi. Marti ma'lumotni insayderdan olganini tan olishdan bosh tortadi, shuning uchun Sally tergovchini o'zi to'xtatadi. Marti Sallydan qimmatli qog'ozlar bo'yicha tergovchiga qo'ng'iroq qilishni so'raydi. U rad etganda, Marti uning ovozini yashiradi va telefon kabinasidan tergovchiga anonim qo'ng'iroq qiladi. Keyinchalik, Marti umidsizlikka tushganligi to'g'risida Sallyga murojaat qiladi.

Shahzodani haqorat qilgani uchun, Odam unga unga lochinni sovg'a qilishlarini taklif qiladi, ammo Natari kelishuviga rahbarlik qilolmayotganidan xafa bo'lib, u nogironlar aravachasida o'tirgan rafiqasi bilan vaqt o'tkazish uchun uyiga erta boradi. Jek Donaldga lochin topishni topshiradi. Enn yangi mijozlarni jalb qilishga umid qilib, Jekni shahzoda bilan birga tushlikka tushishini so'raydi. Uchrashuvga kelganlarida, ularga kirish taqiqlanadi. Enn va Jek orqa eshikdan yashirincha kirib kelishadi, Donald esa tarjimon bilan uchrashuv o'tkazadi. Shahzodaga lochin maysazoridan bezatilgan Jek yoqdi va u sovg'aning mulohazaliligini baholab, Gardner Ross bilan biznes qilishni qayta ko'rib chiqdi. Keyinchalik, Jek va Enn Natari shahzodasi bilan birga er va xotin sifatida o'zini ko'rsatib, kechki ovqatga tashrif buyurishdi. Yangi mijoz olishga umidvor bo'lgan Enn, erkaklar va ayollar alohida ovqatlanishlarini ko'rib hayron qolmoqda. Ularning ikkalasi ham Natari shahzodasi va malika bilan bog'lanish uchun Britaniyaning investitsiya bankining raqib jufti bilan raqobatlashadi. Ayni paytda, Donald kutilmaganda ichkilikbozlik va yaqinlikni o'z ichiga olgan arabcha tarjimon bilan uchrashmoqda. Ertasi kuni ertalab ular Gardnerning kelishuvga erishganligini bilib olishdi. Donald, kelishuvni buzuvchini topdim deb noto'g'ri o'ylab, Natari guruhidan so'rab, Gardnerni uyaltiradi. Jek uni xatosi uchun to'liq javobgarlikni o'z zimmasiga olishga majbur qiladi. Donaldning xatosi shahzodani xijolat qiladi, endi u firma uchun foyda keltirmaydigan yaxshi shartnoma shartlarini kutmoqda. Gardner jamoasi a'zolari, yo'qolgan 5000 AQSh dollari shahzodaning tarjimoni hisob-kitoblarni haddan tashqari oshirib yuborish natijasi ekanligini tushunishadi. Ular shahzodani ogohlantirganda, u kelishuvning asl shartlariga rozi bo'ladi, lekin Natariga qaytib kelganida o'g'rilik uchun tarjimonning qo'li kesilishi mumkinligini tushunadi va agar ular aralashishga urinishsa, shahzodaning kelishuv vilkasini ushlashini kutadilar. uning jazosi bilan firma a'zolari qanday harakat qilish kerakligi to'g'risida ikkiga bo'lingan. Ularning birovning qo'lini kesib tashlashi firma imidjiga qanday ta'sir qilishi mumkinligidan xavotirga tushib, Jek shahzodadan jazoning muqobil turini ko'rib chiqishni iltimos qiladi, ammo shahzoda rad etadi. Ayni paytda Donald o'g'irlik tarjimonini qutqarish uchun aeroportga borishi bilan bitimni yanada xavf ostiga qo'yadi. Jek nima qilishni bilmay, shaxsan Odamning oldiga bitimni o'z zimmasiga olishini so'rab boradi. Adam Odamzodni Kanadada o'g'riga qarshi ayblovlarni ko'tarish paytida Gardner Rossga bitimni boshqarishiga ruxsat berishga muvaffaqiyatli ishontirmoqda.

Jek biladigan soya aktsiyalari promouterligi firma oldida paydo bo'lganda, Jek darhol xavfsizlik xizmatiga qo'ng'iroq qiladi, lekin promouter Jekga qarzdorligini eslatganda, Jek uni eshitishga qaror qiladi. U Jekni kenevir ishlab chiqaradigan kompaniyaga joylashtiradi. Jek kompaniyaning bir nechta a'zosini tekshiradi va ularning barchasi bundan xursand bo'lishadi, ammo aksiya promouteri tarixini bilib, Jek shubhali bo'lib qoladi, shuning uchun u promouterni tekshirish uchun Tommini yollaydi. Tommi faqat promouter so'nggi paytlarda soxta aktsiyalarni targ'ib qilish uchun Internetdan foydalanayotganini va kredit akulasi oldida qarzdorligini bilib qoldi. Birja promouteri keyinchalik Sallining avtouloviga zarar etkazadi va u avtoturargohga kirganda, u bilan do'stlashadi va ijroiya qo'mitasi uning kenevir kompaniyasining reklama aktsiyasini tinglashiga ishontiradi. Hali ham aktsiyalar promouteriga shubha bilan qaraydigan Jek, Enndan shubhali narsalarni topish uchun Internetdagi kenevir zaxiralarini o'rganishini so'raydi. Ular promouter Internetda kenevir zaxiralarini targ'ib qilayotganini aniqladilar va promouter Gardner singari taniqli firmani kompaniyani qo'llab-quvvatlashini e'lon qilishini istashini va shu bilan aktsiyalar narxlarini oshirishini, shuning uchun Gardnerni ochishda o'z aktsiyalarini sotish bilan boylik orttirishini aniqladilar. sud ishlari. Jek butun sonini shaxsiy kabinetida sotib oladi. Qimmatli qog'ozlar promouteri Gardner ijroiya qo'mitasi bilan uchrashganda, Jek kompaniyani sotib olganini bilib, uni yoqimsiz shartnoma imzolashga yoki aktsiyalarni firibgarlikda ayblashga majbur qildi. U istamay imzo qo'yadi.

Grant firmaning boshqa a'zolarini o'zi yaratgan derivativlar savdosi dasturini tomosha qilishga taklif qiladi, ammo bu bilan hech kim qiziqmaydi. Uni ko'rish uchun faqat Donald paydo bo'lganda, Grant unga o'zi uchun dasturni sinab ko'rishga ruxsat beradi. Donald savdo vositasi kabi Grantning video o'yiniga tushib qoladi, ammo tez orada uni buzadi.

Jekning singlisi qafasda ish boshlaydi. Mikrofizaning portlashi va ishdan chiqqani firmaning o'sha kun uchun barcha savdolar bo'yicha rekordini - 10 million dollar atrofida yo'qotishiga olib keladi. Odam bundan xabar topgach, agar tegishli echim topilmasa, kimnidir ishdan bo'shatish bilan qo'rqitadi. Kengash yig'ilishida, Keti bankni Gardner tomonidan o'tgan kunga qo'yilgan qimmatli qog'ozlarni qaytarib olishga qaytarish yo'lini topib, firma ularni hisobga olishi uchun ishdan bo'shatmoqchi.

Moliyaviy teleko'rsatuv Sallydan intervyu olmoqchi. Dastlab uy egasi unga mavzu Kuba ekanligini, u o'zi qiziqtirgan mavzuni aytmaguncha, u ikkilanib turadi. Keyinchalik Sally Kanadaning Kubaga bo'lgan qiziqishini himoya qilish uchun televizion moliyaviy dasturda chiqadi.

Televizorda Sallyni ko'rgandan so'ng, tasvirni boshqarish va foyda taqsimoti bo'yicha shartnomasini qayta tuzishda muammolarga duch kelgan Trudi Kelli ismli mashhur televidenie o'z ish beruvchisini sotib olmoqchi bo'lgan firmaga murojaat qilmoqda. Sally Jekning yordami bilan Trudi Kelli kelishuvida etakchi rolini bajarishga rozi. Sally, Trudining shartnomaviy mojarosi uchun so'nggi chora sifatida sotib olishdan foydalanib, diplomatik echimni sinab ko'rishni xohlaydi, ammo Trudi ko'proq dushmanlik yondashuviga murosasiz yondashmoqda. Trudining shartnomasini imzolagan media-konglomerat rahbari bilan bog'lana olmadi, chunki u uning qo'ng'iroqlarini qaytarib bermaydi, Sally uning golf o'ynayotganini va Donaldning o'sha mamlakat klubiga tegishli ekanligini bilib, uni u bilan uchrashish uchun u erga olib borishini aniqladi. ijro etuvchi. Sally media-menejerga "Trudy" ni boshqa tarmoqlardan xarid qilayotganini aytganda, u Trudining shartnomasining bir qismiga murojaat qiladi. Uning shartnomasini tekshirganda, ular media-konglomerat Trudi Kelli nomi va imidjiga egalik qilishini va shuning uchun uni boshqa potentsial manfaatdor media-kompaniyalar bilan xarid qila olmasligini tushunishadi. Jekning Trudi Kellining operatsiyalari bo'yicha olib borgan tadqiqotlari shuni ko'rsatadiki, uning tejamkorligi uning jurnalini foydasiz qilib qo'ygan. Salli bilan tushlik paytida Enn unga Jekning Trudining bepul pul sarflashi haqidagi fikriga qo'shilishini aytdi. Trudining shartnomasi tafsilotlari va pulni tejash usullarini inobatga olgan holda, Sally biznes yuritish uchun zarur bo'lgan narsaga ega deb o'ylamaydi va sotib olish o'rniga Trudy uchun foyda foizida muzokara olib borishni tavsiya qiladi. Sally aloqa kompaniyalari rahbarlari bilan uchrashganda, Trudy shou-shouga qatnashmaydi, aksincha u o'zining namoyishi paytida media-konglomeratdan o'z nomidan va imidjidan menejment sotib olishni boshlashini e'lon qiladi. Gardner ijroiya qo'mitasi keyinchalik Trudy bilan uchrashganda, Sally media kompaniyani sotib olish uchun qanday qurbonliklar keltirishini aytib beradi va Gardner o'z kapitalini qo'yganligi sababli, uni boshqarish uchun Gardnerdan kimdir tayinlanganligini aytadi. uning xarajatlari. Trudi shartlarga rozi. Trudi, Gardnerning bankirlari va media-kompaniyaning rahbarlari sotib olish to'g'risida muzokara o'tkazish uchun uchrashadilar. Media-kompaniya ularning birinchi taklifini rad etadi. Ular kitob nashr etishni o'z ichiga olmagan taklifni qayta topshiradilar, shuningdek rad etilgan. Nihoyat Gardner undan foydalanadigan ba'zi qimmatbaho xususiyatlaridan voz kechishni talab qiladigan taklif bilan chiqdi, ammo OAV rahbarlari taklifni rad etishdi. Sally Jekdan maslahat so'raganda, u media kompaniyasi Trudyni qo'yib yubormoqchi emasligini aytadi. Va nihoyat, ular Trudi Kelli bilan faqat ingliz tilida tarqatish huquqiga ega bo'lgan media-konglomeratga xalqaro tarqatish huquqlarini taqdim etadilar. Ommaviy axborot vositasi rahbari bu bitimni qabul qiladi.

O'tgan hafta bir kunlik savdo yozuvlari halokatli ravishda yo'qotilgandan so'ng, firma kengashi a'zolari Katyni Marti savdo maydonchasida pol va qafas o'rtasidagi aloqani yaxshilash uchun ishlashiga ovoz berishdi. U darhol Benni bilan urishsa, lekin uni chalg'itganda, Benni savdoga noto'g'ri kirib, potentsiali bilan firma 500000 dollarga tushishi mumkin. Qisman mas'uliyatni his qilib, Keti uni uni yashirishda yordam berishiga ruxsat berishiga ishontiradi va buning uchun u qafasga kirish huquqidan foydalanadi. Benni noto'g'ri kiritgan savdo foydali bo'ladi, ammo Marti ularning yashirishi haqida biladi. U Keti va Benni hech qachon yo'qotishlarini yashirishga urinmaslikdan ogohlantiradi.

Binoning qabulxonasida, Kvebek Birinchi millatlar guruh ommaviy axborot vositalari oldida norozilik namoyishiga o'xshaydi. Marti ularni olib tashlash uchun xavfsizlikni chaqirganda, Jek uni to'xtatishga harakat qiladi, chunki guruh Gardner Rossning mijozlari. Kvebekdagi bank kazino qurish uchun birinchi millatlarning zaxira mablag'larini qarzga berishga rozi bo'lgan edi, ammo birinchi millatlar referendumda Kanadaning qolgan qismidan ajratilmaslikka ovoz berganlarida, bank o'z qarorini o'zgartirdi va viloyat kazino litsenziyasini bekor qildi. Qo'riqxona Gardnerga operatsion litsenziyaga ega bo'lmasa ham, kazino qurish uchun mablag 'ajratish uchun murojaat qiladi. Jek, kazino binosi qurilganidan so'ng, viloyat o'z qarorini o'zgartiradi deb o'ylaydi. Hozirda Birinchi Millatlar kazino litsenziyasi uchun sud bilan viloyat bilan kurashmoqda. Birinchi millat zaxiralari o'z-o'zini boshqarishi sababli, Jek ularga kichik suveren mamlakat uchun qanday maslahat bergan bo'lsa, shunday maslahat beradi. U zaxiraga Kvebek hukumatining g'azabini ko'tarishini kutgan bo'lsa ham, ularga kerakli kapitalni jalb qilish uchun xalqaro bozorda obligatsiyalar chiqarishni maslahat beradi. Shunday qilib, Birinchi Millatlar zaxirasi suveren davlat bo'lishga bir qadam yaqinlashishidan qo'rqib, Kvebek hukumatidan kazino litsenziyasini va Kvebek bankidan kreditni qayta rasmiylashtirishini kutmoqdalar. Moliyaviy nuqtai nazardan, hukumat o'z fuqarolaridan soliq undira olgandagina suverendir, ammo xalqaro huquqda Birinchi Millatlar zaxirasi evropaliklar Kanadaga bostirib kirgunga qadar bo'lgani kabi suveren hisoblanadi. Jek, Susanna va Donald obligatsiyalarni reyting agentligini Birinchi Millatlar mijozi uchun reytingni e'lon qilishga ishontirishadi va shu bilan ular birinchi Millatlar zaxirasini o'z erlarida qazib olishga ruxsat berish va kon qazib olishga ruxsat berish majburiyatini olishlari sharti bilan obligatsiyalar chiqarish uchun yo'l ochishadi. rivojlanishni o'z zimmasiga olgan kompaniya.

Odam vafot etgan xotinining ishlariga qarash uchun ofisdan vaqt ajratadi.

Martining qaynotasi aktsiyalarni aldashda pul yo'qotdi va qolgan qaynonalari uni bu haqda biron bir narsa qilishni talab qilishdi. Marti Tommini yollash uchun topadi qozonxona (biznes) bu soxta aktsiyalarni qayiniga sotgan. Tommi bu joyni topgach, Marti muvaffaqiyatsiz Tommini maxfiy kirishga tayyorlamoqda, shunda ular egasini / operatorini ushlab, hibsga olishlari mumkin. U aktsiyalarni reklama qilishning soyali dunyosini etarlicha yaxshi tushunmaganligi sababli, Tommi jihozlanmagan, shuning uchun Marti buni o'zi qilishga qaror qiladi. Marti qozonxonaga boradi va tezda ishga olinadi. Marti tanga aktsiyalarini reklama firibgarligidan shunchalik ustunki, u kunning eng yaxshi firibgarligi uchun bonus oladi va shu kuni kechqurun striptiz klubida xo'jayini bilan uchrashishga taklif qilinadi. Keyinchalik Marti striptiz klubida qozonxona boshlig'i bilan uchrashganda, u qo'shimcha to'lovni naqd pulda oladi va uni yollagan odam aslida xo'jayin ekanligini aniqlaydi. U kengaytirishni rejalashtirmoqda va Martydan 40% daromad evaziga yangi firibgarlarni tayyorlashini istaydi. Jek Martini qozonxonadan topadi. Qozonxona operatori Jekni ko'rgach, u Jekni kredit akulasi deb o'ylaydi va Martining qarzini to'lashni taklif qiladi. Keyinchalik, politsiya qozonxonani reyd qildi va barcha savdo xodimlarini hibsga oldi.

Benni va uning rafiqasi 22 yillik turmushdan keyin ajralib ketishadi. Keti Benni kechki ovqatga taklif qiladi.

Firma Sedrik sotgan kartezyen zayom deb nomlangan narsa uchun $ 2 million to'lashni o'tkazib yuborganligini aniqlaydi. Ular buni ish yuritish xatosi deb o'ylashadi, ammo agar bunday bo'lmasa, firma $ 32 million uchun javobgar bo'ladi. Kartezyen obligatsiyasining birinchi to'lovi Cedric tomonidan obligatsiyani ushlab turadigan katta fondga binoan amalga oshirildi, ammo Gardnerda bu to'lov haqida hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q. Ikkinchi 2 million dollarlik to'lov endi to'lashi kerak, ammo Sedrikning ketishi bilan firmada hech kim bu haqda hech narsa bilmaydi. Obligatsiya kredit reytingiga ega bo'lmaganligi sababli, ular bu soxta masala deb o'ylashadi. Sally tergov qilish uchun obligatsiyalar emissiyasidagi manzilga borganida, u sanoat zonasida bo'sh joy topadi. Muvofiqlik bo'limi komissiyaga har qanday soyali narsa haqida xabar berishi kerak va otasi soxta masala qo'ygan bo'lishi mumkin deb qo'rqib, Sally dekartiyadagi aloqalarni tekshirish uchun Tommini yollaydi. Tommining tergovi javob berish xizmatining mahalliy telefon raqamini aniqlaydi. Shuningdek, u Sedrikni o'ldirish uchun ishlatilgan hayratda qoldiradigan qurolning chiqishi ikki baravar ko'payganligini aniqladi, chunki bu aslida odam o'ldirish emas, balki avtomashinani o'g'irlash edi, ammo politsiyaga ishni yuqori hokimiyat orqaga qaytarib qo'yish buyrug'i berildi. Sally va Tommi kartezyen obligatsiyasidagi telefon raqamiga javob beradigan javob xizmatiga borganlarida, Sedrik ular bilan shaxsan o'zi xizmatni boshlaganligini bilib olishdi. Jek va Tommi Sallining otasini o'ldirgan hayratda qoldiradigan qurolning chiqishini ikki baravar oshirgan o'spirinni undan ma'lumot olishga urinish uchun topishadi. U hech qanday ma'lumotni oshkor qilmaydi, ammo Tommi Sedrikni eslaganda asabiylashadi. Ijroiya qo'mita firma dekart obligatsiyalari uchun javobgar emasligini, ammo Sally shaxsan o'zi tug'ilgan kuni otasi uning nomiga tashkil etgan offshor soliq boshpanasi orqali javobgar ekanligini bilib oladi. Shuningdek, Sallining cho'qintirgan otasi bo'lgan senator unga javobgar bo'lgan 2 million dollar miqdoridagi to'lovni beradi va keyin Kartezian zayomining tafsilotlarini tushuntiradi. Senator Kanada xavfsizlik razvedka xizmati (CSIS) nomidan noodatiy, ammo firibgar bo'lmagan investitsiya vositasini yaratishda yordam so'rab Cedricga murojaat qildi. 30 million dollar CSISning yashirin investitsiya fondini qoplash uchun mablag 'edi. CSIS-ning Cedric-da ish materiallari borligi sababi, chunki u ularning yuz millionlab dollar pullarini nazorat qilgan. Senator Sallydan otasi singari jamg'arma oldida qatnashishni so'raydi. Agar u rad etsa, ular unga zayomni qaytarish uchun pul berishadi. U majburiyat qilmaydi. Jek va Tommi Sallyga otasini o'ldirgan bolani topdik deb o'ylashlarini aytishadi. U nima uchun uni politsiyaga topshirmaganligini bilmoqchi bo'lganida, ular politsiyaga boshliqlar tomonidan qotillik bo'yicha tergovni orqaga qaytarish kerakligini aytishgan. Keyin ular Odamdan CSISdagi aloqalaridan biridan nima uchun tergov orqaga qaytarilayotganligini so'rashini so'rashadi. Adam yuqori darajadagi CSIS aloqasidan Sedrikning fondga aloqadorligi to'g'risida so'raydi va agar Sally rad etsa, fondni o'zi boshqarishni taklif qiladi. Shuningdek, u firma jamg'arma mavjudligini jamoatchilikka etkazishi mumkinligini taklif qiladi. CSIS rasmiysi ularni yashirish uchun hech narsasi yo'qligiga ishontirishga olib keladigan reklama tahdididan voz kechmoqda. Sedrikni o'ldirgan o'spirin senatorda ishlagan, ularni Sallining xudojo'y otasi otasini o'ldirishga buyruq bergan bo'lishi mumkin deb gumon qilmoqda. Keyinchalik ular senator Sedrikning yurak xastaligi haqida bilganini va o'spiringa Sallining otasiga haddan tashqari kuchli qurolni ishlatishni buyurganini tasdiqlashdi. O'smir o'zini topshirishga va senatorga qarshi guvohlik berishga rozi.

Syuzanna Martini ogohlantirmoqda, u qisqartirgan aktsiyalar bundan keyin ham tushib ketishi mumkin emas va agar kompaniya talab qilgan patentini qo'lga kiritsa, narx osmonga ko'tariladi va shu bilan Martining qisqa pozitsiyasini cheksiz yo'qotishlarga ochib beradi. Keyinchalik, Jek va Adam Marti bilan uchrashishadi, chunki firma zarariga, u tez-tez Susannaning maslahatini qabul qilmaydi. Qimmatli qog'ozlar bo'yicha komissiya tekshiruvidan qochish uchun ular 2 million dollar to'lashlari kerakligini o'ylab, Sally Martyga kun oxirida naqd 2 million dollar bo'lishiga majbur qiladi. Agar u firmaning inventarizatsiyasidan sotsa, u bozorning pastki qismida sotiladi. Martiga yordam berishga intilib, Keti uni o'z-o'zini gipnoz bilan tanishtiradi, bu qaror qabul qilish uchun kulondan foydalanadi. Marti o'z-o'zini gipnoz qilish texnikasini sinovdan o'tgan zaxiralarni sotib olish yoki sotib olishni so'rab tekshiradi. Pendant sotib olish kerakligini ko'rsatganda, u texnikani e'tiborsiz qoldiradi. Pariant sotib olish kerakligini ko'rsatgan zaxira keskin ko'tarilgach, Marti Keti o'zini gipnoz qilish texnikasi to'g'risida fikrini o'zgartira boshlaydi. Tez orada u kulonni Ketidan sotib oladi va undan savdo qarorlarini qabul qilishda foydalanishni boshlaydi. Keyinchalik, Syuzanna o'zi qurgan kabel kompaniyasidagi katta lavozim haqida xavotirga tushganda, u va uning pandantiyasi foydasiga boshqa savdogarlar e'tibor bermaydi. Kabel shirkati tanklarining aktsionerlik narxi Martida 1,26 million dollarlik zararni keltirib chiqaradi, Annning mijozlaridan biri 500 000 dona aktsiyalarni sotgandan so'ng yopiladi.

Tommining sport zalida Sally boks bilan shug'ullanadigan Konni ismli rohiba bilan uchrashadi. Tommi, shuningdek, Sallyga Konni tomonidan ishning oxiriga etkazilishida yordam bera olishiga umid qilib, tabiat va xor mashlarini tasmasini beradi. Lentalarning ishlab chiqaruvchisi xirillashning oldini ololmaydi va Sally barcha lentalarda uchraydigan nuqsonga yordam bera oladi deb umid qiladi. Sally Konni lentalarini ishlab chiqaradigan ovoz yozish kompaniyasining egasi bilan uchrashadi. Sally uning lentalari arzon ekanligini va ular hushtak chalishini taklif qiladi va u rozi bo'ladi. Agar u ko'proq sotishi mumkin bo'lsa, u yaxshi lentalarni olishi mumkin edi, lekin u yaxshi lentalarni olmasa, ko'proq sotmaydi va uni 22-vaziyatga tushirib qo'yadi. Sally lentalarni tayyorlashdan foyda ko'rmasligini bilib oladi. Sally ovoz yozish kompaniyasida aloqalari borligini bilib, katolik bo'lgan Jekdan Konnining lentalarida yordam so'raydi. Keyinchalik, Konni ham, ishlab chiqaruvchi ham boshqa bir ovoz yozish kompaniyasidan olgan 25000 dollarlik taklifidan Sallining ofisida juda xursand bo'lishdi. Ular taklifni olgach, ishlab chiqaruvchi Konni 10 ming dollarga sotib olish uchun miltiqning bandini ishlatib, ovoz yozish kompaniyasi uni sotib olgandan keyin 15000 AQSh dollarini tashkil etadi. Sally ularning birinchi taklifni qabul qilganlaridan xafa bo'lib, Konniga uning o'rniga ishlab chiqaruvchini sotib olishni maslahat beradi. Keyin u Konniga ovoz yozish kompaniyasiga qarshi 250 ming dollar so'rab murojaat qilishni maslahat beradi. Jek, Enn va Salli magnitofon ishlab chiqaruvchisini 30 ming dollarga sotib olishadi, ular ovoz yozish kompaniyasidan yaxshiroq sotib olish narxini muhokama qilishadi. Ushbu kelishuvga ko'ra, Konni o'zi uchun zarur bo'lgan 10 000 dollar olish o'rniga, Salliga va boshqalarga 10 000 dollar qarzdor bo'ladi. Cherkovning advokati Sally, Jek va Annga ular cherkov bilan hamkorlik qilishlarini va Konni o'zi emasligini ma'lum qiladi. Cherkov katta ovoz yozish kompaniyasiga sotilmaslikka, balki lentalarni o'zi sotishga qaror qiladi. Bunday qilish kamida bir yil davomida foyda keltirmasligi sababli, Konni xayriya ishlari uchun pul topolmaydi. Mas'uliyatni his qilgan Sally rohiba o'z ishini bajarishi uchun 10 ming dollar xayriya qiladi.

Firma Tommyni millioner istiqbolini kuzatish uchun yollaydi. Jek va Salli Odam millionerga yaqinlashishni taklif qilishadi, ammo u suvda o'rdakni otayotganini ko'rganini aytishdan bosh tortdi. Ular Martyga yondashish kerakligini hal qilishadi. Marti 300 million dollarlik istiqbolni bilguncha istamayapti, raqobatchi bankdagi hisob raqamlarini yopib qo'ydi va mijoz sifatida tushishi uning savdo kapitalini ancha kengaytirishi mumkin. Istiqbol va Odam Atoning tarixi bo'lganligi sababli, Marti unga bevosita murojaat qila olmaydi. Ular buni tasodifiy uchrashuvga o'xshatishi kerak. Tommi tezda mijozning kechasi beysbol o'yinida bir qutida bo'lishini bilib oladi. Gardner Ross Martini qandaydir tarzda ikki marta band qilib, beysbol o'yinidagi shaxsiy qutidagi 300 million dollarlik istiqbolni kutib olishni rejalashtirmoqda. Marti va uning rafiqasi ushbu qutini 300 million dollarlik bo'lajak mijoz bilan baham ko'rayotgan paytda, uning istiqbol bilan bog'lanish urinishlari uning rafiqasi tomonidan buzilgan. Keyin firma Marti va Susanna bilan istiqbol o'rtasida kechki ovqat uchrashuvini tashkil etishga qaror qildi. Ikkalasi ko'pincha bir-biriga qarama-qarshi bo'lganligi sababli, ikkalasi ham kechki ovqat yig'ilishidan bosh tortishadi. Marti, shuningdek, uning xotini bilan birga bo'lmasligi noqulay. Istiqbol juda kech bo'lganda, ular birgalikda kechki ovqatni iste'mol qiladilar, kelishmovchiliklarni yumshatadilar va aslida bir-birlarining xursandchiligidan zavqlanishadi. Xuddi Susanna ketayotganda, kelajak va Martining rafiqasi paydo bo'ladi. Istiqbol qaerda uchrashishi kerakligini unutib qo'ydi, ammo Martining rafiqasi bilan tasodifan uchrashdi va ikkalasi ham restoran topish uchun teatr tumanida birga yurishdi. Martining xotini Martining yolg'iz ovqatlanmaganligini ko'rsatadigan alomatlardan shubhalanadi. Keyinchalik, 300 million dollarlik istiqbolda uning rafiqasi Barbni haqorat qilganida, Marti g'azablanib, qo'pollik bilan uni firmani tark etishini so'raydi.

Jekning jiyani sudyaga amakisi bilan yashashni ma'qul ko'rishini aytadi, lekin sudya Jek, Keti va Keti o'g'li Shonning qaerda yashashini birgalikda hal qilishni o'z zimmasiga oladi. Keyingi uchrashuvda Keti sudyadan Shonni u bilan birga turishni buyurishini so'raydi. Uning ishiga yordam berish uchun u sudya o'g'li kecha barda bo'lganini va Enn unga spirtli ichimliklar berganligini aytadi. When Jack tells Sean that it's time to return home, his nephew storms off. The next day when they find out he did not stay with either Cathy or Jack the previous and did not attend a counseling session, Jack, Ann, Cathy and Benny leave work to search the streets for him. Benny finds him and convinces him to return home.

When a billionaire client announces that he needs to raise $1B to build a harbor in Jakarta, even though Gardner is not large enough to take on the deal, Jack asks him who will lead the project. Sally and Adam expect a large bank to lead a consortium but give Gardner a small piece of the action. Adam meets with the Canadian Corporate Bank of Canada's (CANCORP.) David Astin and uses the opportunity to imply that Gardner's past work helping the billionaire develop the project gives them unique insights into the project. David promises Adam a small role for Gardner if chosen to lead the issue. Sally then tasks Susannah and Donald with finding unique insights into the project. Behind the backs of the others, Jack visits the billionaire client at his boat to pitch a plan that might save him $100M. If he buys a construction company large enough to handle the harbor project for $400M, $100M of the construction costs would go back into his pocket. When Jack tells him that Gardner wants to lead the financing, he replies that Gardner does not have the capital or international reputation to lead on a deal of that size and scope. Even though his idea has been rejected, the billionaire keeps the written proposal. The billionaire later decides to buy the construction company as per Jack's recommendation but requires that the purchase price be within his current financial structure and that the commission be 0.75%. Jack negotiates first consideration on the larger harbor project if they can arrange financing for the acquisition. If Gardner is unable to do the deal, the billionaire states that Gardner will definitely not lead the $1B harbor project deal. Before Adam is to meet David Astin, he asks what ideas Jack and Sally have come up with. Sally gives him a proposal for managing the billionaire's foreign exchange exposure. When he asks Jack for information on the construction company proposal, Jack reveals that he has been talking to the billionaire prospect behind their backs. Sally and Adam are alarmed by his move because it makes them look untrustworthy to the other investment banks. They fear that if the other banks find out, Gardner will receive very little of the deal if they are not chosen to lead. When Jack returns to the billionaire client to report that Gardner is only able to raise a half of the required money, he learns that the client took his idea to CANCORP. but they were not able to do any better. Jack suggests that he take his shipping line public to raise capital but as expected, the billionaire angrily rejects the idea. Not only has he lost the deal but the larger banks now know that Gardner has gone behind their backs, potentially angering them. When he returns to the office, Jack proposes that Gardner Ross invest since the client wants to sell the financing side of his business. Doing so would make Gardner too cash strapped to join the consortium. Adam tells him that Gardner is not his firm to put at risk but he counters that it is as much his firm as it is Adams. When he hears that Sally secretly sold Adam a share in the firm equal to her own, Jack gets angry and leaves the meeting. In an effort to control the damage done and salvage some part of the deal, Adam calls David Astin. David considers Jack's actions a major breach of trust and threatens to shut Gardner out of the consortium.

The trading floor starts a charity trade off with CANCORP. After Gardner loses the trade off, Marty calls his counterpart to ask for a recount. After negotiating, they agree on a draw but the two of them will go head-to-head on a long-distance run. It is only then that Marty learns that his counterpart is an avid marathoner. He tries to persuade Chris to dress up in a costume and run for him but Chris refuses. Still looking for a way to beat his competitor, Marty tries to convince Donald to disguise himself as him and run the race but Donald refuses, pointing out that Marty's counterpart is a much better runner. Marty runs the race but cheats by taking the subway to make the top twenty finishers. Seeing this, Grant is incensed at Marty's cheating. After he tells Sally about it, their conversation drifts to his new program and shows her how they can use it to manage the billionaire client's currency risk giving them a new idea to pitch to him. Sally pitches the billionaire client with a new plan. They can turn the client's ships into a public company and then swap its stock for a controlling interest in the construction company that they are unable to raise $400M for. The construction company will wind up owning the shipping company but the billionaire will have a controlling interest in the construction company. As a new company in Indonesia, the deal will also enable him to gain venture capital benefits from the Indonesian government. After the Jakarta harbor project has been completed, he will be able to buy his ships back. She arranges for him to meet Grant face-to-face so that Grant can explain the workings of the program to him. The billionaire is so impressed that he gives Gardner the billion dollar deal and hires Grant. Soon after, Jack demands his share of the firm from Sally. He is willing to pay 3 times the book value of the firm just like Adam did. Adam meets with David Astin who demands that his bank get at least 50% of the $1B deal but Adam refuses to commit.

Adam meets with a childhood friend named Clifford who heads a family business. He asks Adam to be the first non-family member to join the company board of directors. While Clifford was suffering from an illness, his sister wrestled control of the company from him. He has won a lawsuit to take back control of the company on the condition that the board have an objective voice which is why he wants Adam to join the board. Jack is uninterested in using the firm's capital to back Adam's seat on the board of Clifford's company and Sally is not comfortable with how much capital it will require but Adam prefers the board seat to leading the $1B deal. He wants Gardner to buy 5% of Clifford's company which, according to the analysts, will cost the firm approximately $60M. Sally doesn't think Gardner can afford more than a 2% stake. Clifford shows up at Gardner and tells Adam that the family is looking forward to him joining the board. Later, Clifford's sister tells Adam that she will oppose him becoming a board member but, after a discussion where he states his intentions for the family company, she becomes more amenable.

Susannah approaches Marty with an idea to short a gold company stock because she expects the price of gold, which is at an all-time low, to fall further due to anticipated selling by two European central banks. He is totally bullish on gold and rejects her idea outright. Near the end of the trading day, the price of gold drops, thereby hurting Marty's long position in the gold mining stock that Susannah recommended that he short. That evening, the other traders get down on Marty for not listening to Susannah's recommendation. Marty tries to patch things up with her while she is watching a TV trivia game show to which she knows all of the answers to. The other traders ridicule Marty for not having any trading ideas. When he looks through the newspaper for ideas, he finds an advertisement to enter Quiz Whiz, the TV game show Susannah knew all of the answers to the previous night and tries mend bridges by getting her on the show. He even asks Sally who is friends with the producer of the show to get Susannah on but she refuses to pull any strings. He later pretends to call the producer of Quiz Whiz on Sally's behalf to get Susannah on the show. In return for the favor, Marty commits Sally to being a guest host on one of his other shows. While Marty is trying to get Susannah prepared for Quiz Whiz, she admits that her call on the gold mining company was actually a tip from an old roommate and did not come from any analysis. Susannah enters the game show. After she leaves, Marty collects money from the other traders who were probably betting against the two of them reconciling.

Although Gardner has landed the $1B deal, due to their comparatively limited capital, they face an uphill battle making it profitable unless they increase their share of the deal. A new CANCORP. VP named Victor Kennilworth tries to exploit Gardner's limited cash availability and make a name for himself by demanding a larger share of the deal than the other two participating banks. Gardner cannot do the deal without him. Jack wants to increase Gardner's stake in the deal but Sally is unwilling to put the firm at risk. Jack suggests asking their large South Korean shareholder to participate as a backup even though non-Canadian financiers cannot participate in the deal. Their discussion is interrupted by Victor, the new VP at the larger competing bank, who invites Jack out to play basketball. After basketball, Victor tells him that he intends to scoop the $1B deal but offers him $100M of it after he does. Jack turns down the offer. Jack learns that their South Korean backer decided to pull out of the Jakarta harbor project. Knowing that Adam is responsible, he confronts Adam over it and threatens to sue him, possibly jeopardizing Adam's ability to join Clifford's board. Jack tells him that when he gets on the board, he must steer the company toward a large investment in the Jakarta harbor project to make up for the loss of the South Korean backer. Since Clifford's company makes dredgers and the Jakarta harbor project needs them, the two firms are related. When Jack and Adam pitch the idea to Clifford, he angrily rejects it and withdraws Adam's board membership offer. Clifford refers to Adam as "scholarship boy" and later Adam tells Jack that his father's business collapsed while he was attending school. Not being able to afford a prestigious private school anymore, Adam's mother got the headmaster to accept him on scholarship. Before Clifford called him "scholarship boy", Adam thought it was a secret.

Grant confides in Ann telling her that he misses Gardner Ross. Jack later asks the billionaire client for Grant to return to Gardner and he allows Grant to return.

Donald's mother leaves his father and turns to him for support. Knowing of Donald's mother's situation, Sally suggests getting financial advice from a professional for her. Donald gets Ann to help her but his mother is too distraught. Donald meets with his father and arranges a meeting between the three of them the following day. When they meet, Donald's mother intimates that she is more interested in Donald and his father reconciling than in leaving him.

Tommy has to attend an event and needs a date because he knows a former girlfriend of his will be there. Sally volunteers but he doesn't take her seriously but when Tommy picks Sally up for the event, she is dressed in a revealing outfit. They become intimate.

The episode begins with Adam, Sally and Jack being interviewed on a financial TV show. Adam walks off the show after the host falsely suggests that he owns a hobby farm and has political aspirations. Marty, who is watching the show from the trading floor, gets mad when the host mentions a $65M draw down required on the following day.

Jack and Sally tell Marty they need $65M in escrow by the end of the day but Marty has been suffering losses recently. When Grant sees him on the trading floor at an unusually early hour, Marty tells him that he is at 40% of his maximum allowable draw down and will need over $90M to get to profitability. Grant offers to help.

After squash, a friend who owns a sport management company tells Adam that a larger sport management firm has offered to buy him out. Having heard negative things about the acquiring sport management company, Jack advises Adam not to proceed with the acquisition. Donald and Adam explain to the sport management company owner that the acquiring company is in a financial position that requires it to continually buy other companies or falter. After Adam explains that the acquiring company will try to acquire his company by hostile means if rebuffed, they decide to enact defensive measures. Soon after, the acquiring sport management company turns hostile. Adam and Donald explain the poison pill as a way to make the purchase of his company too expensive to the acquiring company. The also consider using Gardner Ross's capital to buy out the acquiring company since it has a weak financial position. The client learns that his athletes want his company to be bought by the larger firm. Adam finds a way to take over the acquiring sports management company without using Gardner's money. Instead they approach the large shareholders of the acquiring firm and propose a merger with their client ultimately being appointed to manage. If they can get the acquiring firm's super agent to go along with the deal, the shareholders are likely to approve the merger. Adam and Donald approach the super agent with the proposal. He considers it but with him as the manager of the new entity and not their client. Adam decides to go ahead with the deal without telling his client but ensures that the client is well compensated. When Adam and Donald meet with their sports management client later, Adam does not admit that he agreed to go along with the super agent's demands that his client not be made manager.

An environmental company releases a report asserting that the Jakarta harbor project will have a negative impact on the environment causing an environmentally friendly mutual fund that has subscribed to $100M of the offering concern over the report forcing Gardner to pay attention to acknowledge the report. Later, a marine biologist debunks claims in the environmental report and Gardner learns that a large bank rival commissioned the report. Even though the environmental mutual fund company has seen both the report that claims environmental damage from the Jakarta harbor project and the report refuting those claims, they are not willing to risk their reputation by holding a stock in a company that might be environmentally damaging and pull out of the deal as a result. Jack and Sally try to speak with Victor over the phone but he refuses to speak with them directly, instead talking through his assistant. His assistant tells them that the large bank will be willing to take up 9.5% of the shortfall, which would force Gardner to raise the rest of the $100M shortfall within a day. They offer to allow him to take the full share of the deal that the environmental company dropped. When Victor responds by saying that it would be happy to take over the deal, Jack angrily hangs up. He then goes directly to the trading floor and confronts Marty before Ann pulls him away. Doubting Chris's loyalty, Marty confronts him. At market close, Jack and Sally ask Marty for the floor's position. In order to stay within the governing body's capital regulations, the trading floor will need $12M from corporate finance. When Marty threatens to quit, Sally calls him on it. Later, the executive committee agrees that Marty is most responsible for the firm being unable to meet its capital obligations. The firm is likely to miss its drawdown date the following day. Adam leaves the meeting after Sally suggests his role there is as a figurehead. The firm cannot raise the shortfall by borrowing from any of its regular banks because all of them are in on the Jakarta harbor deal. They are forced to ask the large Korean bank that owns 8% of Gardner. Doing so saves the firm from having to default on the deal but will also make the deal profitless. Sally admits to Jack that she leaked the draw down date. Her intention was not to harm the deal but, thinking the deal was in the bag, it was to brag to the other banks about Gardner's enhanced capability to handle large deals. Near the end of the episode, Marty storms into Sally's office and refuses to resign. She responds by admitting that she leaked the draw down and expresses her belief that he used the leak as an excuse for his poor trading performance. In the end, the executive committee decide to cover the shortfall with money from the Korean bank at a loss of their independence.

Adam, Jack and Sally attend the opening ceremony for a retailer that they have provided a $10M bridge loan for. Jack and Adam express concern over Sally's chumminess with the client and soon learn from a potential investor the client is a former drug dealer. Sally announces that a $30M private placement for her retailer client is oversubscribed. Later, a designer who worked for Sally's retailer client shows up at the firm drunk and demanding $500,000 for work she allegedly performed but was not compensated for. During a meeting with Sally, her retailer client claims that he had offered the drunk designer a job to help turn her life around but the work she did was so poor that he could not accept any of it. He then goes on to pitch Sally on a property he wants to buy in Montreal despite having previously told his investors that the firm planned to consolidate over the next year and not expand, effectively misrepresenting himself to his investors. Sally later goes to the grand opening of the store to find it locked. When she meets with her retail client later, he claims that the fire marshal refused to allow the store to open. He also tells her that, despite her warnings, he has made an offer on the Montreal property. As a result, he will not be able to make a $1M payment the following day. Sally tasks Tommy with investigating her retail client's activities in Montreal. She then asks Ann if he is still involved in drugs. Later, she learns that there was no spot check by the fire marshal. When she tries to call the retailer, she learns that he is in Montreal. When he does not make the bridge loan installment, Adam and Jack immediately vote to sell it to a tulporlar fondi. Following that course of action would likely get them 50% of their money but Sally later decides to force the client into receivership hoping to get more and gain satisfaction. Adam suggests she decide what to do after informing the other investors and gaging their sentiment on the scenario. Tommy learns that Sally's client is buying the building in Montreal as a favor to an old friend and drug dealing partner who contracted AIDS in prison after getting busted for drug dealing. Ann tells Sally that she is sure that the retail client is not involved in the drug trade because he got her out. Later, when they speak with an investor representing the other investors, they learn that the other private placement investors are supportive of the deal. The executive committee reconsiders killing the deal. When she sees him later, Tommy tells her that he has learned that the retailer stopped dealing drugs when his now AIDS suffering partner got busted. When Sally confronts her client, he hands her a check for a half of what is owed. She responds by telling him he good at retail but bad at business and informs him that she will place his company into receivership unless he gives up a half of the company for the $10M he owes the firm. Gardner's role will be to hire a CEO and approve all financing. After Sally agrees to let him purchase the Montreal property to help his friend, he agrees to her terms.

The trading floor's losing streak continues. Donald, who has been assigned to liaise with the South Korean bank, announces to the executive committee that the bank wants Marty fired after a multi-week slump. Jack and Adam do not want to fire Marty but know the Korean bank will demand a seat on the board if they ignore the dismissal request. Later, a headhunter who specializes in placing traders shows up at Gardner Ross. In fear of losing his job, Marty resorts to technical analysis for trading ideas but the next day, Marty breaks his losing streak as a result of Susannah's recommendations. Happy with the previous day's profits that came from Susannah's recommendations, Marty convinces her to stay on the trading floor so she's more available for consultation. The traders immediately overwhelm Susannah by consulting her on every decision they make. Accustomed to making trading calls only after extensive research, Susannah quickly gets flustered by the traders who expect instant answers. Marty starts to hear a voice inside of his head that tells him what to trade again.

To her embarrassment, a picture of Sally and Tommy displaying affection for each other publicly gets published in the gossip column of a local newspaper. Tommy and Sally argue over her discomfort with their public displays of affection.

Jack learns that Ann had a relationship history with Sally's retailer client. At the end of the episode, Jack and Ann end their relationship.

The episode begins with a pitch by a friend of Adam's in the business of selling old refinery equipment to Third World countries.

A package of gift flowers arrives for Sally. When they open it, there is a pipe bomb inside that starts to smoke so the staff is evacuated. They continue their work in a bar downstairs until they can return to the office. The executive of the refinery equipment company blames an environmental group that Donald belongs to for the bomb scare. The leader of the environmental group soon arrives at the firm to deny responsibility for the bomb scare but tries to persuade the executive committee not to get involved with the used refinery equipment company. When rebuffed, he threatens to hurt the firm through legal means. The executive committee decide that Jack and Donald should go to the Honduras to verify the claims made by the environmental group. As they are preparing to travel, Adam's friend rushes in with the news that overseas insurers are pulling out and a government agency is reviewing grants and aid received. Adam suggests his friend go to Honduras with Jack and Donald. He also decides to be interviewed by a reporter about the bomb threat. During the interview, he discredits the environmental group. Adam's friend, Jack and Donald fly to the Honduras together to inspect a plant that has been reassembled there from an old Canadian plant. When Jack tells Donald to lighten up on his inspection, Donald points out that although Adam's friend claims the plant employs 280 workers, they have only seen about 20 people there that day and has concluded that their tour is really staged and does not reflect the reality of day-to-day plant operations. Donald discovers that the plant is releasing a highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. In Canada, with its wide open spaces, there is no effect but in the Honduras, it poisons the local population.

Marty tells Cathy he is not comfortable with her and Benny's relationship.

After Grant leaves his office, someone hacks into the Gardner Ross computer network. Grant notices the company's computers have been hacked the following morning.

The leader of the environmental group shows up at Gardner's offices with many of the firm's shareholders who also belong to his environmental group. He gained access to Gardner's shareholder list by buying one share of the firm. Along with his group, a man with a laptop and a backpack holding something else sneaks into the office unnoticed. He hacks into the phone system causing chaos on the trading floor. Soon after, the trading floor's computers are shut down followed by the power forcing the traders have to evacuate to an emergency floor. The leader of the environmental group tells Sally and Adam that his group is not responsible.

When Cathy goes to Grant's office she encounters a man who confines her to the room and activates a bomb. Leo, the suicide bomber then takes her to the office where Adam and Sally are located. He forces Adam to call the police to tell them of the bomb and advise them to clear the building. When the phone rings, Leo ignores it. Agitated by Adam, Leo forces him to his knees and handcuffs him to his desk. When the phone rings again, Sally answers it and hands it to Leo, telling him the police are on the other end. Leo immediately hangs up the phone. When Cathy starts crying, out of sympathy, Leo allows her to call her son. When she picks up the phone, the police are on the line. She responds to their questions by pretending to talk to her son.

From a bar where most of Gardner's staff are, Grant tries to get all the information he can by hacking into Leo's home computer. Grant finds that although Leo follows the environmental group closely, he is not a member. Jack asks Grant to hack into Adam's office computer. Adam begins to write a cashier's check hoping that money will persuade Leo to leave but it only agitates him further. Leo then activates a device that will cause the bomb to detonate if he is killed. At that point, Adam, considering that Cathy is the only one with dependents, tells her to leave. Leo allows her to go. He asks Sally if she has children. In an effort to protect her, Adam lies and says she does but Leo, who has downloaded the company's personnel file knows that neither Adam nor Sally have children. He also says he doesn't have children and considers all three of them expendable. Feeling that their situation is hopeless, Adam and Sally start to laugh as they look back on their lives. Leo gets agitated and when the phone rings, he makes Sally answer it. The police have patched into Adam's computer and they have the leader of the environmental group on the other end. While Leo is looking at the computer, a police sniper kills him but the bomb doesn't go off as Leo claimed. Sally and Adam join the rest of the staff at the bar downstairs. When the leader of the environmental group arrives to express his regrets. Sally angrily tells him that, by using inflammatory speech, he is responsible for Leo's death.

The show begins with Adam announcing to the board spectacular returns from both the trading floor and corporate finance when Mike returns from South Korea to interrupt the meeting. The Korean bank has given him their proxies to attend the board meeting and vote on their behalf much to Jack, Adam and Sally's consternation. He also informs them that he is under instruction to request a seat on the executive committee.

Privately, Adam suggests that they quietly buy back shares to consolidate their position to avoid giving up control.

Aware of Ann's interest in corporate finance, Jack suggests that they invest in a software project together but she initially declines due to their personal relationship. Ann later asks Grant for his opinion on the software company. When she learns he doesn't like it because the package they offer is too user-friendly, she changes her mind about investing with Jack.

Sally asks Marty to start buying Gardner stock for the firm even though the price is high due to the Jakarta harbor project deal. Knowing of their relationship, the other traders approach Ann to find out why the firm is buying its own stock. When she tells them the two of them broke up, the traders start betting on whether they will get back together again or not.

During a lunch meeting with David Astin, it is revealed that Gardner scooping the Jakarta harbor project from the big bank has caused David some difficulty professionally. The chairman then pulls Adam aside and apologizes before saying he intends to merge Gardner into his bank with Adam becoming his successor. Later on, back at the firm, when Adam tells Jack and Sally about the offer, they all decide that he should stall his response to the acquiring bank's overtures.

Gardner's stock is rising as a result of buying by the acquiring large bank. Marty tricks Sally into confirming that Gardner is in play. Victor arranges a meeting between himself and Jack. He discloses that he knows the terms of the loan that Jack took out to buy his share of Gardner Ross at 3 times book value and claims his bank bought the debt of Jack's load issuer. If Jack does not agree to sell his shares of Gardner, the large bank will foreclose on his loan. When the shares hit the market, the large bank will then be able to buy them on the open market. Jack will have to repay the loan or the large bank will call it.

David Astin later warns Adam that if he does not cooperate, the large bank will not abandon the takeover attempt and, if it succeeds there will be no place for him at the merged firm. When Jack and Sally discuss it later, neither are sure if the large bank is bluffing. He suggests that she buy his shares back from him but, due securities commission regulations, she cannot. If he sells to Gardner, the large bank will only need 35% of the firm to take it over. Since this information would give Adam a lot of leverage, they decide not to tell him. Since Jack bought the shares at 3 times book value, he will suffer a loss he sells them back to Gardner at market value so instead of buying his shares, Sally offers to finance the debt he had to incur to buy them. He negotiates several extra guarantees before they come to agreement.

Donald tells jack that a bug in the program will cause a 2 month delay in the release by the software company. Concerned about the delay, Ann decides to pull out of the deal. Due to his current financial instability, Jack also pulls out.

Marty notices that the acquiring bank's stock price is also rising. They figure out that a Japanese firm is attempting to acquire Cancorp.

When Mike tries to enter an executive committee meeting, Adam locks him out. They all ignore his pleas to get in. When he later demands to know what happened at the meeting, they hint that they were planning his surprise welcome party.

Sally meets with David Astin who promises to put her in charge of international deals with full autonomy from Adam if Gardner is merged into the larger bank. Knowing that Adam has been offered chairmanship, she calls him on his lie since all departments would have to fall under his supervision. Astin responds by saying that either of the two offers can be taken.

A press release announcing that Cancorp. now owns 20% of Gardner takes the firm by surprise. They then realize that the Korean bank, after buying Mike's Gardner Ross shares, has partnered with the acquiring bank to take over Gardner. Mike is removed from the executive committee. Marty proposes that the best thing to do might be to help the Japanese bank that is trying to acquire Cancorp who is in turn trying to acquire Gardner by buying enough of the Japanese bond to catch the large bank in a short squeeze. If it works, the large bank will not be able to reach its commitment and they will lose their license to trade in Japan.

Donald informs Jack that he is unable to find any investors for the software development company. When he realizes that Ann has killed the deal by getting everyone to buy the other software company, he confronts her. Having to finance the whole deal himself has him facing bankruptcy. Ostracized by the other traders, Ann later quits. Benny decides to help Jack by investing most of the $600,000 that Jack is on the hook for himself. Cathy, Grant and Donald agree to help out by participating too.

Tommy turns down a job offer that Sally helped him get.

Jack has an altercation with Victor Kennilworth. After Victor suggests that Jack got his kicked by his girlfriend, Jack punches him.

On the trading floor, when the price of the Japanese bond rises, they ignore a buy order from Cancorp. Soon after, Cancorp begins selling its stake in Gardner. Marty's plan worked, thereby saving the firm from takeover. Adam purchased 500,000 shares of the large bank through Ann. David Astin shows up at the firm to congratulate Adam on his profit from the trade. Cancorp's stock is rising high enough to prevent its takeover by the acquiring Japanese bank. David accompanies the police to arrest Jack for assault. He also warns Adam that it is only a matter of time before Gardner Ross is taken over by a larger bank.