The Competition
- TV-14
- Year:
- 2018
- 103 min
- 111 Views
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I never knew you had this
kind of wild side, honey.
Are you sure
you know what you're doing?
Absolutely, you're going
to be great at this.
Oh, here ya go!
Why aren't you strapped
to an instructor?
I'm certified,
I jump solo.
Yeah?
OK?
But I'm, I'm not ready!
All right, honey,
we have to talk.
- What?
- I'm breaking up with you!
- You're what?
- It's not you it's me!
- What?!
- There's an Uber waiting for you when you land!
OK.
I liked that one.
Yeah, he seemed nice.
Do you still
want to make a jump?
There's another
landing field up ahead.
Are you crazy?
I could die.
Yeah, I'll be there
at 6PM sharp like always.
No. Because there's never
anybody I want you to meet, Mom.
last I checked.
All right, I'll see you Sunday.
I love you too, bye-bye.
- Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry, man. You want
to come to dinner on Sunday?
Aw thanks, man,
I'd love to.
got your ass off the couch
and in to my office today,
buddy?
Basketball with the guys.
Oh, yeah.
Man, I can't do it,
I got to work.
- Hoops, bro.
- I hear ya, I can't do it. Look at this.
Oh, oh, who's
the little brunette
with the big guy?
What did he do, kill her?
- An assault.
- He beat her up?
- She kicked his ass, actually.
- Ha! Yeah?
Yeah, so she caught him
having sex with the neighbor.
There was an altercation,
and he's suing her for damages.
So, she hired me to make it all
go away. She still loves the guy.
She wants him back
after he boned the neighbor?
I don't know what
to tell you, man.
Sexual impulses are strong,
but sometimes,
I guess love is stronger.
Is that the Hayworth file?
It sure is.
So, you're handling
the arbitration?
Yeah, I gotcha covered.
You bet, you can head home
to the kids.
Oh!
Whoa, whoa!
Hey, honey. No, the Adderall
is in the green bottle,
it's organic.
Yeah. No, honey,
it's right next to the...
No!
That's liquid gold!
Nope, that's a goner.
Honey, you're going to
have to take some milk
out of the freezer.
I lost the afternoon load.
Sorry.
It's still warm.
I don't care. Calvin,
I need you in my office.
You can close the door
behind you.
You like it here
don't you, Calvin?
Your work has been outstanding.
Partners have noticed.
Yeah. You know, I'm surprised,
but you can actually do good
work in an oversized law firm
with hourly rates
higher than gods.
Hmm. How are the women's rights
cases going?
Mm. Just fine, great.
Still winning?
I'm undefeated.
But you knew that.
Hm. That's good.
It's really good.
Gena, why am I here?
I have a situation
that needs handling,
and I think you are
just the person for the job.
- Client?
- Blogger.
My sister, actually.
Ah-ha. The mysterious sister
She was only 15
when our dad died.
Just a kid, really.
She was heartbroken.
And then... I went off
to law school...
Well, I'm sure she's fine.
She might look fine
from the outside.
She's a successful scientist
here in Portland, actually.
She writes formulas
for Fortune 500 companies.
- What kind of formulas?
- Various things.
Did you know that there
is a formula for happiness?
Yeah, it's called whiskey.
Anyway, that is
all a faade.
The real Lauren is
a different person altogether.
Look at this.
The Pig Theory.
The point of
infidelity and guilt.
Gena, this is
kind of awesome.
It's not awesome,
it's insane.
Can you imagine the impact she's
having on these people's lives?
Not to mention
her own mental wellbeing.
They're empowering her.
She's been offered
a very lucrative book deal.
And I'm just concerned
that if she writes that book,
the girl I grew up with
will be gone forever.
So, I need you to stop her.
The blog, the book,
all of it.
And how exactly
am I supposed
to do that?
I don't care how you do it.
Use your powers of persuasion.
You're undefeated, right?
Women love you.
Ah...
You want me to mess
with this poor girl's head?
No, just...
take her to drinks,
you know, show her that there
are good guys out there.
Guys like you.
I'm sorry, I...
I can't do that.
Mm. I had a feeling
you'd say that.
So, I have
an offer for you.
Do this and I will recommend
that you make partner
to the board.
Now that's cold, Gena,
you know I deserve
to make partner.
Yes, you do,
and this will guarantee it.
Tucker, Aaronson,
Mauldin & Chesney.
Has a nice ring to it,
doesn't it?
OK...
OK. I'll talk to her...
and I'll get her
to shut down the blog.
Mm.
I knew you would
see things my way.
No, no, you tell him I will make
that donation to Popular Science
and I don't want
any recognition for it.
People need
their science, man.
Oh!
Whoa, whoa!
- Hey, you OK there?
- Yeah.
You mind if I take a look?
Can I have my leg back?
Yeah, sorry.
Here, let me help you up.
- Here you go.
- Thanks.
Listen, that could be
a nasty sprain.
Why don't I get
you some ice.
Maybe a cup of coffee?
You know, I don't know you.
I'm sorry, but why would I
get coffee with you?
I'm Calvin.
Thanks.
I'm Lauren, by the way.
Nice to meet you.
What's-what's
in the folder there?
Uh, it's my work.
I'm a scientist,
but mainly I just work
on product improvement.
And it's a report
on a formula I was developing.
Wow, that sounds serious.
Not so much.
It's the formula for,
I don't know, the perfect pizza.
Cheese, crust, and beer.
Basically, right? Yeah.
more factors at play, but...
Such as?
All right, well,
so the perfect pizza
boils down to that
first perfect bite, you know?
sometimes the crust
can get a little soggy,
especially in the middle,
but you can calculate
the perfect ratio
between the thickness
of the pizza's crust
and constant volume
of toppings,
then you can formulate
the perfect bite.
Anyway, our client
used the formula to ad nine
grams of dough to their pizza,
and now some say
it's the perfect pizza.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, you know
what this means, don't you?
Actually, I really don't.
It means that you have
to take me to this place
and we need to experience
this perfect pizza.
I don't know,
Come on, you have to.
It's the perfect pizza,
it can't wait.
OK, OK, you're kind of
putting me on the spot here,
but all right,
let's try the pizza.
Come on, if you can walk,
you can eat pizza.
I can hobble down the street
a little bit, yeah.
All right, terrific...
perfect pizza.
You can't tell a guy
about a perfect pizza...
Come on... Do you need this?
- Yeah, thank you.
- Are you sure you trust me with this?
Wow, I gotta say,
that was a pretty good pizza.
- Pretty good.
- Pretty good.
I don't know
if it's the perfect pizza...
- Oh, I see.
- Thank you.
But it's pretty good.
I'll give it to you,
it's pretty good.
It's pretty good. OK.
Thank you.
I'll take pretty good.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Watch that ankle.
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