My name is Regus Patoff,
and I've traveled a very long way to offer you a gift.
Describe him for me. How much does he weigh?
You know, you're not at all like he described you.
If it helps him to see me as a monster, so be it.
Mother Sang had other arrangements.
- Where is she staying? - She didn't say.
Inform marketing that we're ready to launch.
Why don't we break an elephant out of the zoo?
- I like Elaine's the most. - [clock ticking]
I may have a job offer for you.
- He wants 30,000. - The budget is 20.
I guess you don't got yourself an elephant.
You're not walking away from this, Patrice.
- When does it have to be done? - Patti!
I went to Pomona but it's not what it seems like.
And I shouldn't have lied to you, I'm really sorry.
- [keys clacking] - [Patoff] Break time.
[♪ Doves: "Pounding"]
♪
♪ I can't stand by ♪
♪ To see you destroyed ♪
♪ I can't be here ♪
♪ And watch you burning ♪
♪ You laugh for a moment ♪
♪ You lie as a decoy ♪
♪ Does it matter ♪
♪ If I give in easy? ♪
♪ So why ♪
♪ Is it so hard to get by? ♪♪
[music fades out]
[elephant snorts]
[growls]
[snorts]
[sirens wail]
[elephant brays]
[helicopter whirrs]
[elephant brays]
[trumpets]
♪
[News anchor] Chaos on the streets of downtown Los Angeles
earlier this morning.
A wild elephant brought 4th Street to a standstill.
We've learned the 35-year-old female elephant,
named Jumbo, was stolen late last night
from a traveling circus in Barstow.
She was later abandoned in the arts district.
Police and animal control moved in to subdue the elephant
and remove her before rush hour began.
Sadly, officials now tell us that Jumbo died
- while being transported. - Thanks for watching.
- We have a lot more news... - [remote clicks]
[knocking at door]
[knocking continues]
Open the door!
Well, the big fucking grey lump died.
It was unforeseen circumstances.
Elaine, they're gonna send me down for murder.
It's not murder! People kill elephants all the time
- and post images online. - You know what? Fuck this.
I'm going to San Pedro until the heat dies down.
Where is my 10Gs?
♪
[cell phone buzzes]
[loud beeps]
[machine whirrs]
♪
- [knocks] - Yes?
- Who are you? - My name is Regus Patoff,
and I've traveled a very long way to offer you a gift.
[Craig exhales]
[music plays softly]
[exhales]
[water bubbles]
[exhales]
[cell phone chimes]
[exhales]
♪
[sighs]
[dance music plays]
[indistinct chatter]
♪
[♪ Kylie Minogue: "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"]
♪ La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
♪ I just can't get you out of my head ♪
♪ Boy, your loving is all I think about ♪
♪ I just can't get you out of my head ♪
♪ Boy, it's more than I dare to think about ♪
[cheers]
♪ La-la-la-la-la la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪
♪ I just can't get you out of my head ♪
♪ Boy, your loving is all I think about ♪
♪ I just can't get you out of my head ♪
- Hey, congratulations, man! - Are you happy with it?
♪ ...it's more than I dare to think about ♪
♪ Every night ♪
♪ Every day ♪
♪ Just to be there in your arms ♪♪
[music muffled]
You Patoff?
[scoffs] Me? No.
I'm just one of the drones.
Hey, I just formally met Patrice, what a special guy.
He won't leave until he gets paid.
Yeah, where is the throat fucker?
He hasn't been in all day and he's not answering
- any of my calls. - [Craig sighs]
Ah, I wrote down a message for him earlier.
Where did I put it again?
Oh yeah.
We're closing in on a million users in our first day.
You created a hit game.
You really wanna walk away from that?
What are you doing? [stammers]
Are you working during an office party?
- I'm updating my resume. - [sighs]
There's a job coming up at Koala.
Executive vice president of development.
Hmm. Don't forget to mention your experience
with killing endangered wildlife.
If I get my foot in the door somewhere else,
I'll see if I can get a position for you.
No one's gonna hire me again.
You're a talented coder, Craig.
You just gotta start believing in yourself.
Hmm. Do you remember the stalkerware I put on the demo?
- To get Patoff's contacts? - Yeah.
It never got taken out of the code.
Our servers now hold data on almost a million devices.
When they find that, I'm gonna go down for 20 years.
Rock and roll.
[drumroll]
[cheers]
[♪ DJ Khaled: "All I Do Is Win"] ♪ All I do is win ♪
♪ Win, win, no matter what, got money on my mind ♪
♪ I can never get enough ♪
♪ Whenever me and Khaled do the remix everybody hands go up ♪
♪ And they stay there, and they stay there ♪
♪ And they stay there, up down, up down, up down ♪
♪ 'Cause all I do is win ♪
Mr. Patoff? Where have you been all day?
I had an appointment.
My friend that we hired to do that little job,
he's here.
He wants the $10,000.
It's spent.
Spent?
The party. It was a petty cash item.
$700 on jumbo shrimp alone. Did you try it yet?
Patrice is here to collect.
Well, if I'm to believe the news,
the elephant died, did it not?
That's not our fault.
They shot her full of tranquillizers,
- and her heart gave out. - Well, nevertheless...
Our contract with Mr. Patrice is null and void.
Mr. Patoff, I know Patrice, and he has a very short fuse.
This is definitely going to light it.
He will become violent?
I can't rule it out.
We have less than a minute to strategize.
- What is the solution? - [glass creaking]
[Elaine] Uh, I don't know.
Well, he's frightened and desperate.
- He may accept half. - We do not have half.
♪
If we cannot pay him and his temper is volatile,
what option do we have?
We could offer him $15,000 if he waits until morning.
Patrice is greedy enough to accept.
- It should buy us some time. - With which to do what?
To give the police a person of interest,
an anonymous tip.
He's on parole. Then one slip-up and he's back inside.
Where he cannot collect.
He's tagged. It shouldn't take them long to find him.
Are we legally implicated by your actions?
It's his reputation against ours.
The worst that could happen to us is...
...more publicity.
These are not comfortable decisions, Elaine.
Sacrifices are hard... but effective.
♪
The hunter who felled the beast.
It is a pleasure to be in business with you, Mr. Patrice.
- Where's my money? - So direct and to the point.
I like that about you. But indulge me for one moment.
I am yet to watch an elephant die.
Do they scream when they go?
I opened the cage and I got outta there.
When I left, it was still alive.
Casualty of war.
- You ever gonna let go? - Oh! In business,
a handshake is where you evaluate your opponent.
The first to release will always be subservient to the other.
Well, the next thing you're gonna put in this hand is 10Gs.
You get me?
Elaine is arranging payment, and a little bonus
from your friends at CompWare.
Oh, while we wait, you'll accompany me on an errand?
[♪ Edwyn Collins: "A Girl Like You"]
- Ow! - [laughs]
Craig, come have a turn.
- You okay? - Yeah!
[indistinct chatter]
- Stand back. - Okay.
[clangs]
Jeez, Craig. Even I made it up to "good effort."
[women laugh]
[fake laughter]
[hammer clangs on floor]
[laughing] Someone is so mad!
♪ And I've never known a girl like you before ♪
[music fades into distortion]
♪
♪ Never known a girl like you before ♪
[Raul] Ever baked-out the airlock?
- [Amy chuckles] - Oh we used to do it all the
- time when Sang was here. - What if someone comes in?
I'll lock the door behind us. Come on.
♪
[music fades]
We'll just sneak out the other door.
[laughs]
♪ Now just like in a song from days of yore ♪
♪
I will serve,
and you will receive.
♪
You fascinate me, Mr. Patrice.
All I know from Elaine is that you will steal an elephant
for $20,000, but tell me more.
What could she get you to do for 50?
- One hundred? - I don't work for Elaine.
I'd rather talk directly to the man.
[chuckles] Rest assured.
When she negotiates on your price to take a human life,
you'll know that it's on my behalf.
Elaine wouldn't get involved in something like that.
I think you'll be surprised at what she's now capable of.
I got a lot of heat on me right now. I don't wanna be picked up
- with that much cash. - You're leaving? So soon?
I'll be back in the morning. Have it ready.
I win.
♪ And now you've come along ♪
♪ Yes you've come along ♪
♪ And I've never met a girl like you before ♪
♪ It's alright, yeah, it's alright, yeah ♪
♪ It's alright, yeah, it's alright ♪
[Iain] Hey, Elaine.
I was thinking earlier.
It feels like it might be a good time for us to swap back.
- What? - My office.
I'd like it back now.
I'll tell you what, Iain.
Why don't you try and take it from me?
♪ Yeah, it's alright, yeah, it's alright, yeah ♪
♪ It's alright, yeah, it's alright ♪
♪ It's alright, yeah, it's alright, yeah ♪♪
[elevator bell dings]
[distant clacking]
[keys jingle]
[typewriter clacks and dings]
[♪ New Order: "Bizarre Love Triangle"] ♪ Every time ♪
- ♪ I think of you ♪ - [Craig groans]
♪ It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find ♪
I'm gonna miss these weird fuckers.
- You're not quitting. - Says who.
Says the person who's heard it 3,000 times before.
♪ The wisdom of a fool won't set you free ♪
♪ But that's the way that it goes ♪
♪ And it's what nobody knows ♪
♪ And every day my confusion grows ♪
♪
[sighs]
All right. I'm gonna order a car.
I'm good to drive.
♪ Every time I see you falling ♪
Should we, uh...
...should we grab a chunk of that cake
and then head to mine?
Or we could go to mine.
The Valley...
You don't wanna drive 30 minutes for sex and cake?
[chuckles]
♪
[cell phone chimes]
♪ I feel fine and I feel good ♪
- [whispers] Fuck. - Go ahead.
- No. - Open it.
- Yeah.
♪ Whenever I get this way ♪
I haven't heard from her in a couple of days.
♪ Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday? ♪
- ♪ I'm not sure... ♪ - Okay.
Either somebody took her phone or she learned Japanese.
It's in Korean. Translate it.
♪ Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be ♪
[Craig] "Please more money soon."
Can you locate her phone?
No, I didn't put a tracking device on my fiancée's devices.
Did she download the game?
♪ Every time I see you falling ♪♪
♪
[siren wails]
♪
Oh, wait, wait, wait. It's just up here.
They're still playing?
Wow. People must actually like this piece of shit.
[classical music plays]
♪
[video game music]
Down here.
[woman laughs]
[video game music]
[laughs]
Mama Sang?
Creative liaison.
Elaine Hayman.
What are you doing here?
Mr. Sang's Jungle Odyssey.
He is alive.
Did-- did you send us a text asking for money?
To Regus.
He is very kind to me.
He give me a place to live. He teach me English.
He give me my first phone.
Patoff gave you this phone?
♪
[tires squeal]
♪
- Hey! Where is she? - Patricia is helping me
complete some small administrative matters
before I depart.
Did you know she types 57 words a minute?
She's saved me a great deal of time.
The records room.
You find her. I'm gonna deal with him.
Oh, Craig.
You're not equipped for this.
[glass creaking]
[elevator bell dings]
♪
[typewriter keys clack]
Patti?
[keys clack]
What are you doing here?
♪
[Patoff] Patti provided me with valuable information, Craig.
I was unable to complete your file without her.
She's seen your weakness, your betrayal.
She poured it out on every page, in her own words.
[glass creaking]
[sighing]
♪
[hammer clanking]
- We need to go. - [keys clack]
Mr. Patoff needs these by five o'clock.
[keys clack]
What did he do to you?
Elaine?
♪
You're having a panic attack, Craig.
Breathe with me.
In.
[inhales]
Out.
In. [breathing deeply]
Out.
In... [breathing deeply]
[exhales] Out.
I weigh 162 pounds.
What about you, Mr. Patoff?
Our friend, the jeweler, has a fanciful imagination.
He's inhaled too many fumes.
How many lives have you ruined?
How many careers have you ended?
Some people excel under stress. Some break.
We already know about you, Craig, do we not?
- Ah! - [floor groans, glass cracks]
Patti.
Look at me. You don't work for him.
None of us do. He's just the consultant.
Where's Craig?
He's here. He came to rescue you.
♪
[glass creaking]
Who the fuck are you?
[glass creaking]
[Patoff] Consultant. Definition: one who consults.
Providing professional or expert advice in a particular field
of science or business to an organization or individual.
- Ah! - [smashes]
[glass cracks, support beams groan]
You don't even know what we do.
It's of no consequence.
My job is to observe, to streamline, to improve.
My targets were met.
Costs justified.
Costs?
- [glass creaking] - This is the real world, Craig.
People get hurt. People panic.
People fail.
[glass creaking]
[breathes heavily]
[locked door thuds]
[footsteps]
You're not the hero.
You don't even get the girl.
[screams]
[smashes]
[glass cracks]
[structure rumbling, groaning]
♪
[glass cracks]
[shatters]
[Elaine and Patti scream]
[Patti whimpers]
[footsteps approach]
Oh my God!
♪
[fire alarm blares]
[tires squeal]
♪
[fire truck sirens wails]
[fire alarm continues]
♪
- Elaine Hayman? - Yes.
We'd like to ask you some questions
about your relationship with Patrice Anderson.
Did I pay Patrice $10,000 to steal an elephant?
[chuckles]
I'm just the creative liaison.
Recruitment falls under the jurisdiction of my boss,
Mr. Patoff.
Regus Patoff.
[Elaine] I say "boss."
He's more of a consultant.
♪
[Elaine] He doesn't have any authority.
He doesn't understand what we do.
He doesn't take a commission.
He just showed up one day,
and took over.
[♪ Instrumental: "I Did It My Way"]
♪
[knife scrapes]
♪
He elevated us.
He motivated us.
He changed our methods.
He showed us all what we're capable of.
♪
[Elaine] All I can really tell you about Regus Patoff...
♪
...he gets results.
[muffled TV chatter]
[video game music]
♪
[New anchor on TV] Shares for robotics firm Pterodactyl
lost 22% of their value yesterday.
The drop comes on the heels of the apparent suicide
of the firm's founder, Rebecca Hood.
Hood started Pterodactyl in her garage in 2018
using a crowdfunding campaign.
She strived to develop the first humanoid workforce.
[video game music, elephant trumpets]
[glass shatters, elephant trumpets]
[trumpet fanfare plays]
♪
[♪ "I Did It My Way"]
[Patoff sings, plays piano] ♪ Regrets ♪
♪ I've had a few ♪
♪ But then again ♪
♪ Too few to mention ♪
♪ I did what I had to do ♪
♪ I saw it through ♪
♪ Without exemption ♪
♪ I planned ♪
♪ Each charted course ♪
♪ Each careful step ♪
♪ Along the byway ♪
♪ And more ♪
♪ Much more than this ♪♪
[Patoff laughs]