The Dropout (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

I searched for Richard Fuisz.
If she ever wants to put a blood-testing device in someone's home, she'll have to license my invention.
She's suing me? It doesn't work.
It is not even close to working yet.
It's not supposed to work.
It's a trial.
Did you do trials on terminal cancer patients with a prototype that didn't work? I'm going to call for a vote of no confidence from the board.
I need a $20 million investment.
So the board will keep you as CEO.
And you can be COO.
We should forget pharmaceutical companies and try to target retail.
So, Sunny Balwani provided you with $20 million to keep the company afloat, but by 2010, that money was also gone.
Is that correct? Yes.
And isn't it correct that the Edison machine was still not consistently working in 2010 when you pitched Walgreens the plan to put your device into their stores? Did you share that information with Walgreens? is under an ethics investigation for accepting improper gifts, then That means tuition hikes, and for Reveals a set of national standards for math.
Hi.
Nice to see you.
Cold out there today.
Have a great day! Alright, how we all doing? Brian! Up top.
Oh! Mike.
Alright.
- Are they here yet? - Yeah.
Bring 'em in, Dave.
I'm ready to grill 'em.
We are ready to provide you with the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of healthcare.
Look, I should warn you, I've been a physician for 30 years.
So when it comes to people claiming that they've invented some big medical breakthrough, I'm skeptical.
Dr.
Rosen J, please, Dr.
J.
Because I used to play basketball.
Dr.
J.
Dr.
J, in 1992, you had the foresight to encourage doctors and hospitals to transmit records electronically - Intellihealth.
- Intellihealth.
Exactly.
That was a breakthrough.
Oh, I don't know about that.
But it did win a Webby.
In 1999.
Because it was visionary.
You've always understood that giving people information on their health is not only good for the world, it can how shall I put this, be very profitable.
And if Obama's healthcare bill passes, millions more people will be motivated to start prioritizing their health.
But look, Walgreens tried in-store clinics in 2007, and it was a bust.
In-store clinics makes me think of sick people waiting for a flu shot.
You're thinking too small.
What we want to offer are wellness centers.
Here, the customer waits for his painless, efficient, low-cost Theranos blood test in America's favorite drugstore.
He looks really relaxed.
Strong messaging.
And it's been approved by the FDA? We are looking to make strategic relationships to move that along.
But I kind of agree with Mark Zuckerberg when he said, "Move fast and break things.
" Ha.
Hey.
Wade! - Hey, J, what's up? - Hey.
Up top.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
I'm busy with the Express Scripts deal.
I know you are.
Have you gotten a chance to look at the proposal for the Theranos pilot program? I'm having trouble getting traction on it.
Yeah.
Well, we tried in-store clinics.
Oh no, no, no, no.
This wouldn't be an in-store clinic.
This would be a wellness center.
Wellness center.
- Yeah.
- What does that even mean? Also, you shouldn't be eating those pastries in the morning.
It screws up your metabolism for the rest of the day.
Well, I'm not giving up pastries.
I lived in Geneva too long.
Here, why don't you let me take it off your hands? When did you live in Geneva? Procter and Gamble, he was the head of finance - for all of Western Europe.
- He knows, Roland.
Wade, 192 tests off a single drop of blood.
- Come on.
- Mm-hmm.
Let's bypass the review committees.
I don't know.
Maybe.
We got, we got to get going.
Walgreens still sends faxes to physicians.
Technically, secure faxes Yeah, well, we're in a recession, and Facebook is valued at $23 billion.
Rich, I love what you're doing, man.
- Twenty-two billion dollars, Wade.
- Keep that, keep that going.
This is the future, and Walgreens is a hundred years old.
A hundred and nine, if you can believe that.
Yes, you tried in-store clinics, but you did it a full year after CVS.
- And now CVS owns that market.
- CVS? Wait, wait.
Wait, Theranos is talking to CVS? They might be.
They're shopping it.
Wade, low-cost blood testing while you wait.
They estimate dozens more people in stores per day.
We're talking hundreds of millions in extra revenue.
This is the kind of tech we want our name on.
I need Look, I need to find a woman.
What? Okay.
Hang, hang, hang right here.
Hang right here.
Excuse me.
Hi, Dr.
J.
Wade McClellan, our CFO, the CFO of all of Walgreens.
I need a female point of view.
Now, excuse me.
Imagine a future where you could detect breast cancer before a mammogram at a Walgreens.
- That sounds great.
- See.
Yeah, I think you'd still probably need the mammogram.
Thank you! See? She says it sounds great.
See what I'm talking about.
Yeah.
Alright, what are their financials? - I'm looking into it.
- They got a windfall of cash when their COO, Sunny, um, Ba-Ba - Balwani.
- Balwani.
Right.
Sunny Balwani got there three years ago, and now they're just looking for a more permanent deal to, you know, keep investors happy.
So go out there.
Where are they? Palo Alto.
California, baby.
Say what's up, dawg? Go out there and check it out, but hire someone who knows about labs to take a look at everything.
Okay? Who's that guy we worked with? Oh, uh, Kevin.
Kev-Kevin Hunter.
Hunter.
Who's Kevin Hunter? You know what? It doesn't add up.
Um, excuse me.
Hi, can I get a couple more pretzels, please? - Jesus, Kev.
- What? Hey, why isn't Theranos just going for the straightforward FDA approval? I went over this.
While they're waiting for the FDA to come around, they found a way to move forward without them.
It's a workaround.
And it's a legal gray area.
If you say that the tests are lab developed and you can just bypass FDA approval Oh, thank you.
You storing those up for the winter? They're free.
But look, if you, if you say that the tests are lab developed, that only works if the blood samples are tested in a certified lab, not in a portable device.
They're going to have food there, you know.
So then why are they claiming that they're doing the testing on a portable device? - Do you see what I'm saying? - Yeah, yeah.
But it's just for now.
It doesn't make sense.
Hey.
Did you happen to catch the end of The Blind Side? I didn't, I didn't watch it.
Alright, folks, we're going to start preparing for our descent into San Francisco.
It's a beautiful California day.
Sixty-five degrees.
Oh, hello, Cynthia.
You know my name? Most people call me Elizabeth's new assistant.
Tell me, how are things in the carpeted world? Excuse me.
We have to keep the lobby clear.
Sorry.
It was nice meeting you.
Has anyone else noticed there seem to be more armed guards in the lobby than usual? Hi, Brendan.
- Ian.
- Always wonderful to see you.
- How are you? - Uh, where are the rest of the tests? Well, I told you yesterday.
The assays aren't ready.
They're not reproducible in the device.
Huge CVs.
Okay, well, have you tried approaching the problem systematically, like with a staggered nested design or are you having more fun just complaining and making tea and being so fucking British? I'm having more fun being so fucking British.
Do you have another mug? - Hey, everyone.
- Fuck me, here we go.
Listen up! We are going to have some big meetings in the next couple of days.
- Who are they meeting? - High-level business! They must be out of money.
Again.
We are going to need you all to stay in the labs unless you are specifically told you can leave.
What if we have to pee-pee? Or poo-poo? It's just for a few hours, okay? Oh, and tacos for dinner tonight? Tacos! Oh, tacos make everything better.
Thank you, Daniel! Sunny's fucking minions.
Uh, as far as the assays are concerned, Frances knows where Oh, Frances doesn't work here anymore.
- What do you mean? - I mean, Sunny fired her.
HR came down and marched her right out the building.
- She got disappeared.
- Oh, you're kidding.
That's it.
That's it! Sunny, I have to speak with you.
I understand you've let Frances go.
She let her husband into the lab without permission.
- She was punished.
- Punished? These are scientists, not children.
I'm very sorry, but I have to say this.
Ever since you started working here the, the joy, the, the camaraderie has disappeared.
Elizabeth won't talk to me, all she cares about is money and investors.
- This is a poisonous - Ian.
We're done.
- I have a full day.
- Yes, I know you have a big meeting.
What is that meeting incidentally? Who are you meeting? Ian, we're done.
Project Beta.
What's Project Beta? You are on a need-to-know basis.
- I'm the head of chemistry.
- Go! Now.
You don't need Frances.
Hire a new chemist.
Everyone is replaceable.
Check it out.
Wow.
Vidi vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
That's just I saw, I conquered.
There's no veni.
The "came" is implied.
Hello, Walgreens.
Welcome to Theranos.
We're so happy you could make it all this way to California.
This is Daniel Young, senior director of Theranos Systems and Computational Biosciences.
- He comes to us from MIT.
- Hey, nice to meet you guys.
Jay Rosen.
But call me Dr.
J because I used to play basketball.
Dr.
J was a famous basketball player, but that he's not.
You're not.
- I'm Roland.
Hi.
- Hi.
So do you want to get started by showing us the laboratory? I'm Kevin Hunter.
Walgreens hired me to assess the lab and the tech.
Oh, uh, we didn't realize that you'd be here in person.
Here I am.
So where is the lab? Why don't we, uh, why don't we sign some NDAs, and we'll have some snacks.
NDAs and snacks.
Exciting.
This place is nice.
Who wouldn't want to work here? I told you they'd have food.
Look, Clif bars.
Oh, please don't open that in here.
I have a peanut allergy.
Did they really think I wasn't going to come and see the labs? I mean, you don't think this is suspicious.
It's a start-up.
They're just figuring out some stuff.
- When I ran my start-up, I played - Yeah, when was that? Back in the '90s.
I'm just saying, it's tough work.
Stressful.
But, wow, I can't get over this space.
Open floor plan.
Very cool.
Do you have an open floor plan? I have a pharmacy consulting company in Florida, Jay.
You should try it.
An open floor plan means people can share, connect.
No hierarchy.
Best idea wins.
A lot of security for a place with an open floor plan.
Yeah, and I tell you what.
You don't have security like this if you're not working on something big.
Right.
That's right.
Dr.
J, could I speak, uh, with you privately? Sure.
- Hi.
- Hi.
This is about Kevin, isn't it? Wade wants some assurances that you guys are ready to take this into stores.
We just need to look at the labs.
It can be fast.
Why not just get it over with? This is serious.
I have to talk to you about something very sensitive.
Of course.
Does anyone need more juice? Oh, you know, I'm all filled up.
My, my security ran a background check on Kevin.
Did you know that he used to work at Quest Diagnostics? Oh, I thought it was serious.
Yes.
We knew that.
That's why we hired him.
Well, between us, we have evidence that Quest is trying to duplicate our technology for themselves.
Really? What's the evidence? I'm not able to disclose that.
I'm sure you understand.
P-people do these things.
Yeah.
Sure.
Corporate espionage.
So we're obviously a little reluctant to have Kevin Hunter walk through our labs at this stage.
Wait, you don't think that he's still in touch with them, do you? How long have you known Elizabeth for? - A few years.
- Oh, that's great.
She seems nice.
Okay, so, Kev, we're not going to see the labs today, buddy.
What? Why not? You didn't give them enough notice.
Yes, I did.
I told your office two weeks ago.
I have to see the labs.
This, this is why you hired me.
It's the whole reason I'm here.
I can't do my job if I can't see the labs.
Should we, uh, continue the tour? No.
Do you need something, Kevin? I'm sorry, I Can I use the bathroom? Let me take you.
- No, it's okay, I'll find it.
- Please, I insist.
You, uh you really don't have to do this.
I don't want you to get lost.
You coming in with me? I'll wait outside.
You know, I am just trying to do the job you hired me to do.
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
Very good.
- Is that Jack Dorsey? - Who's Jack Dorsey? The Twitter guy.
- The Twitter guy? - It is! Uh, it's not.
I need them to administer a vitamin D test.
I need to see the labs.
- Hey, it's Wade.
Hey, Wade.
- Hey.
- Hey, guys.
- Hi, Wade.
- How's everybody? - You know, you don't have a chair.
- Go ahead and take mine.
- Where are we? Fill me in.
Oh.
- How'd it go with Express Scripts? - Finishing that sandwich? Any closer to a deal? How was your flight? Who gives a fuck how my flight was.
What's going on? What's your assessment of the labs? Would you like to tell him? Yes.
They're very concerned about security.
Okay? They have very strict protocols.
We didn't see the labs.
What do you mean you didn't see the labs? They give us a tour of their offices instead.
And, uh, Sunny Balwani showed us a sleeping bag.
Why didn't you see the device? Honestly, they're concerned that Kevin used to work at Quest.
- Quest is their main competitor.
- Quest isn't a competitor.
Quest doesn't even know that they exist.
They are paranoid.
He followed me to the bathroom.
- What? - But did you really have to go to the bathroom? - That part doesn't matter.
- Who followed you into the bathroom? Sunny Balwani, - the man with the sleeping bag.
- Yes, yes.
But isn't the fact that they have such tight security proof that they are legitimate? If they would administer a test and show us the labs, that would prove that they're legitimate.
You don't know how these start-ups work.
No, I know how labs work, and something is going on here.
Why, why are they not actively seeking FDA approval? Start-ups make deals before FDA approval all the time.
- Right, but who is vetting them? - Right.
All we know is what they put in their own literature, th-that Theranos has been, uh, what is it? Microgreens.
Awesome.
- What's microgreens? - Salad.
"Theranos has been thoroughly validated over the last seven years by a majority of the largest pharmaceutical companies.
" I called the pharma companies, no one will even call me back.
Look, it's a risk, but everything is risky right now.
The economy is tanking.
Start-ups are the only thing making money.
Look around this hotel.
Twitter is worth $3.
6 billion.
- Twitter's not taking blood.
- UberCab was valued last year What's UberCab? I believe it's where it lets you pay for a cab on your phone.
- Right? Is that right? - That's right.
Jesus! I could have thought of that.
You could have used that, right, Wade? What do you mean? Because of that DUI you just got.
Come on, we can laugh about that, right? We're out of the deal unless we see the device, the labs, everything.
Kevin, take the lead.
Thank you.
Oh.
This is spicy.
The client filed 10 months after she claimed.
It's open and shut.
What's wrong? - Nothing.
- Ian.
Well They're holding secret meetings.
I don't understand what they're about, but I don't have a good feeling.
Elizabeth won't tell you who she's meeting or why? - No, no.
- You're the head of chemistry.
I mean, you've been working there for years.
What I don't understand is that Elizabeth doesn't talk to me at all.
Well, who will talk to you? Cynthia.
Ian, hi.
Listen, I know you're really busy, but I just wondered, uh, is everyone here yet for today's meeting? They're in the conference room.
Elizabeth's with Sunny finalizing something.
They should be in there in a minute.
Were you going to that meeting? I didn't have your name down.
No, no, no.
You, you won't see my name there.
Um, E-Elizabeth asked if I could go over the presentation materials.
I just wondered if you had a copy.
Um Uh, she did say that I should ask you, um, about Project Beta.
Project Beta.
Absolutely.
Retail pitch deck tailored to Walgreens.
Wal-Walgreens? Or did you want to see the one for Safeway? No, this is, this is fine.
I never know what you guys are doing down there in the labs, but it's so exciting.
And Theranos is going to be in stores! Hopefully.
Let's see how the next couple days go.
Thank you, Cynthia.
Oh, I think they're coming out now.
Did you want to give her your thoughts? Gentlemen.
Hello, hello, hello.
Hello, Wade.
We are so happy you can join us here.
Great, thanks.
But I want to talk to you about why my Actually, we, uh, we'd like to present to you something very special.
In World War II, Walgreens put up a nonprofit pharmacy in the Pentagon to give servicemen the medicine they needed.
And in the same spirit of patriotism, on behalf of all of us here at Theranos, we would like you to have this.
This flag was just flown over the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Wow.
General Mattis has joined our board.
As you can see, Elizabeth has signed the flag, especially for you, Wade.
- You autographed a flag.
- This is great.
Thanks.
But we need to see the labs.
Wade, it's not possible unless we have a deal in place.
Shall we discuss over dinner? - We have - Reservations right now at one of the best restaurants in the city.
Right now? It's 3:30.
We have a private room.
For security reasons, we recommend leaving at staggered intervals so no one will see us together.
Oh, great idea.
Should we? I mean, do you want us to go first or Looks like this place has some really good reviews on Yelp.
Does it say if they have, like, teriyaki or something? Oh, don't ask for teriyaki.
- Why? - There's teriya they do teriyaki.
Yeah, but this is like the premier sushi restaurant in town.
You don't want to order teriyaki.
- You can get teriyaki.
- I've never had sushi.
No, it's insulting.
It's like ordering a cheeseburger.
I had teriyaki in Tokyo.
It was fine.
Hey, Wade.
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Wade.
Oh, it's a big fucking secret they're here.
I mean, that's the most recognizable car I've ever seen.
It's cool, though, huh? You know, Wade, it's really good that they're being so careful because you never know who's watching you in Silicon Valley.
Jay, this is ridiculous, okay.
They're stalling.
And if they can't commit to showing us the labs at this dinner, we're walking, understood? - Good.
- Okay? Alright, let's go.
- Thank you.
- Come on.
Give us some sort of a signal if you want us to leave.
I think that's a Countach.
It's a style of Lamborghini.
They, uh, they gave us a code name for the reservation.
Oh, Jesus.
What? Project Beta.
So this is the number one place in town? Two steps.
- Hi.
- Hi.
So what are we eating? Does everyone like hamachi kama? Oh, my favorite.
It's yellowtail cheeks.
Um, you - Should we sit? - Okay.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
I'll go over here.
Okay.
- You alright? Oops.
- I'm fine.
I'm fine.
- Okay? Alright.
- Yup.
Thanks.
So what's going on? - Um - Ian, what is it? Is it the, the cancer? No.
No, no, no.
It's, it's Elizabeth.
I'm concerned.
Well, then I'm concerned.
Things Things have changed so much.
She's changed so much.
The voice, the turtleneck, her whole demeanor.
And Sunny, problematic.
He's not everyone's cup of tea.
It's not just him.
What has she told you? About Sunny? No, about what's happening? At Theranos? I know everything you know.
Ian, talk to me.
If there's something wrong, I want to know.
- I brought you into this.
- I know.
I wanted to do this with you.
I know! Well, then, so if there's something that She's planning to put the machines into stores.
With actual patients! Patients, Channing! Oh, this is about Walgreens? Did you know about that? Of course.
I'm on the board.
And and you're all you're all okay with it? Of course, we are.
From what I understand, the technology is almost there, and once it's out there, she wants to try to expand the board, make some government connections, try to fast track the regulatory process.
What W-what's, what's the problem? What's the problem? The technology doesn't work.
It's years away.
People will be at risk.
Actual people, Channing.
Actual people.
Do we put soy sauce on this? Just, just so I'm clear, when you're doing the PT test, you're adding the tissue factor during the CBC.
What about the anticoagulants? That's proprietary information.
Well, is it proprietary information that I know you're talking to Steve Burd at Safeway? Are you playing us? Because Safeway is a grocery, and we're a drug store.
So how wide a net are you casting exactly? As wide a net as we want.
Our technology is extremely valuable.
Really? Because I don't think you're acting like a company that's financially solvent.
I think you guys burn through money fast, and now you're groping around for a lifeline.
We're not the ones in need of a lifeline here, Wade.
Oh yeah? Why were you a day late to our meeting? That's proprietary information.
You were in the middle of trying to renegotiate your deal with Express Scripts.
Express Scripts is, what, seven percent of your revenue, and, and they know that.
And now they're gouging you on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies.
And you have to eat it.
So you're going to have to find a new source of revenue.
For example, a wellness center.
Oh, you're good.
She's good.
Everyone is saying wellness, what does wellness even mean? - To be well.
- Guys, okay.
So what else do you know about us? - Retail's in freefall.
- Yeah, it's a recession.
And yet CVS's share of prescription revenue has risen in the past year.
CVS sucks.
We hate CVS.
Are you talking to them? Are you talking to CVS? As I said, we are looking for the right partners, partners who understand our vision.
So you're not going to tell us who you're talking to.
I went to your website, and I saw that you are really embracing widgets.
Is that, is that how you're going to compete with Amazon because I think that you know, Wade, that you need to make a big move and you need to make that soon.
Well, I can't make any moves until Kevin can assess the lab.
Yes, please.
Tomorrow morning? Tomorrow morning.
- That's a guarantee? - Can we get that in writing? Uh, you'll have to excuse me.
Ian.
Elizabeth.
I hear you wanted to speak with me.
Where did, where did you hear that? From Channing Robertson? He called me.
Channing called you? You went to a board member behind my back.
But Channing is one of my oldest friends.
You went behind my back.
I-I would have gone just to you, but Well, we don't speak anymore, do we? And ever since Sunny started Don't blame this on Sunny.
He's He kept this company alive, okay.
He understands the business.
You can't put this in stores! You can't let people, human beings, be tested with this machine.
What what do you want me to do? I'm trying to keep your research funded.
It's not about my research! We need a long-term contract.
No.
No! Which we couldn't get from pharmaceutical companies.
- No.
- So now we're trying with retail.
You must get your money from somewhere else.
You've done it before.
I don't need your advice on this, Ian.
You don't understand the business.
And you don't understand the science! You don't understand the implications of what you're doing.
No.
You're wrong.
I understand exactly what I'm doing.
You're fired.
No.
You can't We built this together.
I-I'm part of this.
No, we don't share the same vision anymore.
I need to work.
I, I want to work.
Your belongings will be sent to your home address, and you will sign the paperwork that the legal team sends to you immediately.
Please.
Go.
You need to, you need to leave.
I don't need to be escorted out.
It's protocol.
When did you get home? Ian.
What's going on? How much did you drink? She fired me.
What? Who fired you? Elizabeth? I went to see Channing - to tell him what was going on.
- Mm-hmm.
And it turns out he can't keep a secret.
Jesus Christ! Fucking Channing.
And the, the silly thing is I thought she was my friend.
You need to lie down, Ian.
You need to sleep this off.
I believed in her.
I looked in her eyes and I thought, I thought I could see the future.
Hmm.
- Sleep, love.
- I'm pathetic.
No, you're not.
I believed in her.
What's going on? Get back to your labs.
It's against protocol to talk to anyone outside your department.
Did you fire Ian Gibbons? Get back to your lab, Brendan.
If you fired Ian, you'll have to fire me.
You want to fire me? You might find you'll have to fire a few people, isn't that right? Mm.
- Hello.
- Ian.
Ian, hi, it's Sunny.
Elizabeth feels terrible about what happened, and she'd like you to come back to work.
What? El Elizabeth wants me back? She does.
And we all know how important you are to your team and to this company.
We need you, and you need us.
And, and will I still have the same position I had before.
Uh, they're both here.
We'll talk about it when you get here, Ian.
It's good talking to you.
What do you want to do today? - Then I worked out.
- That's great.
I so I did use the gym.
Good protein and then you worked out.
- Yeah.
- That's great.
I swam.
No, I did the whole thing.
I did What? Well - Is that - Steve Burd.
Safeway.
What the fuck? What the fuck? Hey, guys.
If you don't mind, can I have you come wait in the brainstorming room? What time is it? Eleven-oh-six.
We've been sitting on these balls for an hour and a half.
She doesn't get to treat us like this.
We're fucking Walgreens, and we're walking! Whoa, hold on.
Give 'em, give 'em a chance.
I've given them a chance, Jay.
Too many chances.
Enough's enough.
Oh, there you are.
We've been sitting here for over an hour and a half.
I'm so sorry for the delay.
I, I wanted to deliver the news to you in person.
I don't think that this is going to work out.
What do you mean? What's, what's not going to work out? - The partnership.
- What? I think that Walgreens is a little old-fashioned in culture.
Which I absolutely respect.
But we need synergy.
And I'm not feeling a synergy here.
Your reputation is about to eat shit.
- You know that, right? - Before you go, we're going to need you to sign another NDA.
Well, congratulations, Steve, I guess you won.
Good luck with that one.
What a nightmare.
What the hell are you talking about? She turned us down.
I thought she went with you.
Your flight will start boarding in about 45 minutes.
Will the car be waiting for us in Boston? Yeah.
A limo will meet you right on the tarmac.
And it should be an hour drive after that.
Oh, and you're already checked into the hotel.
Okay, thank you, Cynthia.
Have a nice trip.
CVS.
CVS is an hour from Boston.
Fuck this, man.
Fuck her.
We're done.
Well, I'm relieved.
Okay, stop the car.
- What, what? - Roland, stop the car, man! - Okay, okay! - Stop the car.
- Hey, Wade! - I don't know Wade! Wait, wait.
What the hell is he doing? You have got to make an offer.
No.
No, no.
After all that.
Oh, I know, yeah.
He's throwing a Hail Mary.
It's too risky.
I've got to present to the board.
- I've got to take it all - Oh Jesus, this guy, shit.
He's so relentless.
Sir, please lock the doors.
Excuse me.
Is this a meeting? If it is, I feel like maybe I should be She's going to CVS.
No, she's bluffing.
Maybe she is bluffing, maybe she's not.
We still haven't seen the labs.
We'll see the labs.
I'll make sure of it.
But that's not what's going on here I think.
I think that you're scared.
I'm not spending millions on this just because you call me chicken shit.
No, I'm saying I'm chicken shit, too.
There's kids here running billion-dollar companies.
It's all changed, and everything's changing.
Fuck.
It's a new world.
These kids, they don't overthink, they don't get bogged down in the way things always used to be done.
They don't want review committees, bureaucracy.
They want to get things done now.
We're old, Wade.
We're dinosaurs.
It's just like that song.
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again? - What? - The truth is, they're coming for us.
And if you walk away now, they'll run right over you.
Hi.
Thank you.
Wade, I'm just, I'm telling you, I think it's too dangerous.
Oh, thank you.
You're so great.
Thank you.
- Welcome back.
- Please.
We should, um, we should get back to work, eh? Yeah.
- Mr.
Gibbons.
- Yeah.
I need you to follow me.
- This is your new desk.
- But-but my lab's downstairs.
Will-will this get me into my lab? Will I be able to work in my lab? You know, in the mid-'80s, under President Reagan, I, I worked on the issue of Soviet Jewry, trying to win their freedom from the USSR.
And there was one particular person I had met in Moscow but lost track of.
A refusenik, as they were called.
I thought for certain she was dead.
But one day, I'm in my office in the White House and the phone rings, and there's this familiar little voice on the other end.
And she says, "George, it's Ida, and I'm in Jerusalem.
" So at least one person was better off, and I had something to do with it.
In the end, what matters most, what moves you the most, always, has a human face.
That's a beautiful story.
Thank you for sharing it.
I don't know why I've been rambling on.
Forgive me.
I haven't thought of it in years.
But I guess there's something about you.
You know, that's exactly why I think Walgreens and Safeway both decided to invest millions of dollars in the company.
Because of the human element.
We are looking to make a strategic connection in government to move along the regulatory process with the FDA.
If you would even consider it, having George Shultz with us would be a game changer.
Me? You want an old man? I'm 90 years old.
Mr.
Schultz, you are a force of nature, and it's inspiring just being in your presence.
I must say, I have never met anyone quite like you, Mrs.
Holmes.
I want to thank this guy, Dr.
Jay Rosen, get up here, Get up here.
Come here.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
Now we got to thank this guy for his hard work to make this partnership a reality.
Amazing.
Amazing.
Project Beta! You know, we're still waiting to get those sample tests on the device.
When do you think we'll get those? Come on, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Holmes.
- Paging Elizabeth Holmes.
- Elizabeth Holmes.
Since you created something special for us, we wanted to create something special for you.
Are you ready, Roland? Hit it.
Yeah!