Nothing Personal • Leap Year Season 1, Ep. 5

-Hi, I'm Scott Belsky from Behance, and you're watching "Leap Year." -I'm the screw-up everyone in the family is worried about. You're Aaron, the younger brother, the standard I've had to live by ever since you decided to drop into my life five years in, all perfect. -It's a featured article on Mashable. How did you make this happen? -I'm good, Liv. I'm really, really good. -Nope. No regrets. There really isn't much I won't do for a client. My name is Jack Sather. I represent Scarlet Lane. I'm calling in regard to my client's protege. -This isn't how I want to win. -So don't do it. The -Thing is, I really, really want to win. It's-- -But this a better draft? -It has everything the first draft doesn't. -So then there's no way around it. -I haven't had a single client. Everybody has somebody. I'm a business consultant with a failing business. -Then you've got to do it. -Why, because I have no morals? -Because you've got to put your career first. That's what I learned. That's what men do. And that's what we've got to do too. I think you should do it, and then buy him a drink. -An "I'm sorry I stabbed you in the back in a public forum" drink? -I'd stay away from calling it that. -Yeah. -You don't have to feel guilty about it, you know. -That's not a mental backflip I think I can land. -What's the phrase? Nothing personal, just business. Men understand that. Men invented that. -See, the thing is, it's not just anyone. It's Aaron. [MUSIC PLAYING] -Aaron, glad we caught you. -Hi, we just a few questions about that fund you recommended. We talked to my uncle and he said that-- -Her uncle's an economics professor at NYU. -Yeah, he said that it didn't seem like the right fit for our-- what was it? -Diversification and risk-management strategy. -We don't know what that means. -No. We have absolutely no idea what that means. So we were hoping-- -Since you're still here-- -We were hoping that maybe you could go over it with us one more time. -My uncle tried to explain it, but none of the words he put together sounded anything like a sentence. -Oh, I almost blacked out when he started talking about historical trends. -Guys, it's late, and I have to go home. And my wife was pregnant. And also-- No, I'm going to stick with that one. My wife is pregnant. All right. Come on. -Thanks buddy. -Hey, Aaron. Got the forms. -And? -And it's a lot of forms. -Yeah, Derek, that's why I told you to get them a week ago. -I know. But to be fair, I wouldn't have known what to do with them anyway. So, awesome. You're the best, little brother. I'll see you later. I'm heading to the bar. -So that fund we were talking about. [PHONE RINGING] -Hey, I'm going to be late. -I thought you didn't have a boss. -Of course I have a boss. I'm my boss. And I tell me that we have two clients who need to get work done and better do it fast, because we have a reputation to maintain. I tell me that, even though it makes me hate me. -Just be safe, OK? -Just-- Yeah. I'll take a cab. -OK. -All right. -I love you. -I love you too. -Good night. -Good night. [PHONE RINGING] -[GROANS] Hello, this is Aaron's office. We're currently closed right now even though I'm still here, slowly dying inside. Please leave a message after the-- -I had a good night tonight. -I'm really unhappy to hear that, Derek. -Did you get the paperwork? -Oh. God, yeah, I'm on it. -Thanks again, bro. [DIAL TONE] -If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, hang up and then dial the operator. [PHONE BEEPING] -She's brilliant. I'm telling you guys, I have no idea how I managed my life without her. She practically does my sheets. -So you hired someone to be your mother. -Hey, listen. If my mother would answer my phone and do my shopping-- -Wait, how do you have an assistant without having any clients? -That's the second part. You have to create the illusion of success before you have to-- actually, OK. The best part, the totally best part, she made my perfect brother-- -Half. -Half-perfect brother look dumb. -It was a mistake. -It was a big mistake that would have cost me a lot of money. -What did he do? -He added an imaginary zero to my tax form and, when he filed the actual taxes, assumed it wasn't an imaginary zero, right? -You do that with all your clients, or is that just a brother bonus? -You know what, I practically raised you, so-- Oh my god, what if I did that with all the clients? -Guys, I'm going to make some calls. I'll see you at the office. -You know, one day you may have to learn to do things for yourself. -And I hope that day never comes. Hey, Jill. Hey, what's going on? I was just talking about you. Great, great. So just file those and get on down here, because I owe you so many thank-you drinks it's not even funny. No, I'm not taking no for an answer. If you don't let me buy you at least one, then I'm going to fire you. OK, OK. Fine, fine. All right. Now, I'll see you on Friday. That's fine. Hey, great work today. Thank you so much. OK. Great. Bye-bye. What? -Did you just threaten to fire her? -Please. I would sooner fire my real mother. -She may not have caught on to that. -Really? But you guys saw that I was clearly joking. -We heard it, but we know you're less of a *** than you seem. -Oh, come on. She's going to be fine. She'll be fine. Jesus, she quit. -Told you. -What, does she not have a sense of humor at all? -If I were your publicist, I'd advise you to conduct yourself with more professionalism. Then again, I shouldn't have to advise you anything. You've worked in HR your adult life. Seriously, what were you thinking? [PHONE RINGING] -Olivia Reddox. -Olivia, it's Adam Ostrow from Mashable. You got a minute? -Yeah. Hey, listen, we've got your draft in. It's not good. It's actually a little terrible. Can we talk Thursday at 10:00 AM? -Thursday at 10:00 AM. -Great. Thanks. -All right. Thank you. -All right. -God damn it! -Jesus, Olivia. -Maybe I should do a seminar. -What happened? -That was Mashable. Apparently, the first draft was crap. And I need a second draft by Thursday at 10:00 AM or else no column. -No. You know what, he doesn't deserve this. He's kind, he's generous, and he always says thank you. -Nobody says thank you in business anymore. -That was really weird. -Olivia, we're going in circles. -No, we're not. We're on East 23rd Street. -No, I just don't understand. You're friends with this guy. You honestly feel guilty. Why are you even considering this? [DOORBELL RINGING] -You've got to fix this, or you're going to be very seriously screwing me. -You're drunk. -Half a bottle full of anger is what I am. -I don't even know what that means. -I put my reputation on the line for you. -I know. -And not just my reputation. -What? -I did something bad, Liv. I stole the editor's phone number out of Scarlett's address book. I told them you were Scarlett's protege. I might have made it seem like Scarlett thought you'd be a perfect fit for the column. -What? -She doesn't know. And if you fix it, she never will. -You're crazy, Jack. You know I'm not a good writer. I was wondering how you managed to-- -What did they say? -They called it fluff. What did they say? An embarrassing display of shameful self-promotion disguised as an attempt at serious journalism. -OK, OK. We can work with that. Make it less fluffy. -Thank you so much for your help. -Well, what did you write? -I wrote about us. I wrote about our office. I wrote about our phone. I wrote about our friendship and how we help each other out. -So it was fluff. -Isn't that what we're doing? -If you live in unicorn happy land, maybe. Come on, Olivia. Write about the terrible economic climate. Write about the struggle to find clients that are actually willing to pay money. Hell, I don't know. Write about Aaron almost making Derek paying 10 times more in taxes than he had to. This isn't a picnic, Olivia. This is damn hard. But we're still doing it because-- I don't know. Because we're too stubborn to quit. -That's what you want me to write. -That's what they want you to write. And if you still don't know why you should, then maybe you actually believe your own fluff. -Go get my pillow from my car. I really shouldn't be driving. -You're making the right decision. -I'm making the right decision for somebody. -Is what you wrote really that bad? -It helped prove some elaborate point about how one weak link can bankrupt the whole chain. -Wow. -You don't think I should do this. -It's a tough decision. -But you don't think I should. [MUSIC PLAYING] -I heard sleep deprivation can cause hallucinations. -Really, can it? You think so? -I'm just saying. I don't have to be here. -Uh, I think we have a problem. -You think they won't like you because someone broke into the office? -No, I think they won't like me because I'm the smart weird girl who suddenly lost her one redeeming quality. -Sure it's not something else? -Oh look, it's Judas. -Hey, easy there, buddy. -Let go of me. What do you think I'm going to do? -Tell me you wouldn't do the same thing. -I wouldn't do the same thing! -Thanks for this. -Sure. -It's the kind of thing friends do, right? -I don't really know what friends do anymore. [MUSIC PLAYING]