Startup Season 1 Episode 4 Review

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, uh, today we're gonna review Startup episode 4, season 1. And we recall from last week or previous episode that Nick and the team had lost their seed capital. It was illegal money. It didn't belong to them. We got to see Nick's father return, explain that they need to get that money back or they were going to prison. So they were pretty much left with no money besides Ronald's initial investment of $300,000. But we also got to see an interesting character that Nick was trying to get on their side, trying to get to invest in Gencoin. And his original approach to this investor didn't work well. It came off like a charity case. We know that Nick initially had a plan to help third world countries, help people in the Sudan, help, uh, you know, uh, the micropayment system, uh, you know, to help people who don't have bank accounts, help move money to those who didn't have it. But, you know, in the world of investment, uh, some investors are geared to just making money, and there's no exception in this case. And so we got to see Nick, uh, turn things around, uh, actually secure $1.5 million, but by taking a different approach where his vision is just to make money. He doesn't care about, um, third world countries. He doesn't care about the less fortunate. And my guess is Nick does still care about those things. But what he's doing is he's found out this is the angle he needs to take to get the money that is needed to do what he needs to do. Now, interesting enough, the character here, uh, we see, uh, come, you know, came from one of my favorite TV shows, Seinfeld. He played Norm, I believe, and, uh, he was in quite a bit of Seinfeld episodes. But he plays the big investor You know, in this case, that is the— looks like it's the last chance for Genco to secure money in the time frame they're looking for. And he delivers that $1.5 million, you know, over to Nick. And, you know, Nick's, you know, giving him his best pitch, and it works. So, you know, Obviously this has made Izzy very happy, and there's a big celebration with Nick and Izzy. And, uh, you know, I'm starting to see, although Nick has a, uh, a fiancée or girlfriend, I kind of see a triangle shaping up. And Izzy is at this point single. There seems to be a relationship dynamic between these two that Mormon. And I think that, uh, you know, due to their common interests, over time they're gonna— that's gonna come closer together. So there may be a triangle with Izzy and, and his, uh, you know, uh, his, uh, now present girlfriend or fiancée. Um, and so, uh, what also I found very interesting about this week's episode is Agent Rask and the relationship between him and his new partner. And she seems to be the typical, uh, new partner on assignment looking up to the senior, uh, officer. And there is a type of, uh, admiration between the new partner to the senior partner, uh, and, uh So the relationship with them quickly, quickly, uh, gains and becomes a romantic one. Now I found that, you know, very interesting. I was looking at things like, well, okay, I kind of could see how this could happen, but I didn't think it would happen that fast. So I was kind of like, what's going on? How are they just jumping the gun so soon? And then we obviously got to see what was going on because we get to see in a very crazy scene how quickly things escalate between Agent Raz, his partner, and his relationship with last week's hacker. You know, he's basically using last week's hacker to hack into GenCoin, find out what's going on with them, and we, you know, in an effort to try to steal this money and and get access to this money. But throughout this process, obviously his partner sees what's going on as they're visited by the hacker. Hacker's unaware of what's going on, and she remembers the hacker from last week's case when he was busted. And so the bag's pretty much out. And Agent Rask is, you know, now seen to be this dirty cop, and he's trying his best, you know, he's trying his best to control the situation. You know, he's hoping that he can maybe use their relationship at this point, as it's become a romantic one, to try to calm those waters, try to pull her over to his side. But it's not working. She's not a dirty cop. She's not going to be a dirty cop. She's leaving there. He won't let her leave. Now, I don't know exactly what her intentions were at this point. Uh, it seems like the intentions are she's going to be a good cop and have to report this, and everybody's going down because, you know, you know, as we got to see, and it's just a very Uh, uh, you know, unbelievable scene. We get the hacker with a baseball bat, he strikes her on the back of the head, and I'm pretty sure she's dead. And so Agent Raz's life has dramatically changed in a very short period of time, from trying to be a dirty cop on the take to now being part of a murder situation. And Uh, it's just, you know, his— everything's just moving so fast for him. You can tell in the scene he wants to do something to the hacker, but he can't now because him and the hacker are so intertwined together that if he does, you know, he can't— he can't take this hacker down without taking himself down. So now he's stuck in a situation where he didn't want the hacker to do it, hacker did it. Now they possibly got a dead body. There was nothing that can be done. And so Agent Raz's life is just, it's just spinning out of control now. Uh, it was once, uh, appeared to be a good cop, now it's going bad cop, now has crossed the Rubicon, for lack of a better word. Can't return, it's too far gone now. And Ronald's, uh, you know, what's going on. I thought there would be a, a lot of interesting things in a relationship between him and his son. And it's very interesting to watch because Ronald was basically looking at himself, uh, you know, uh, you know, years ago, not wanting that for his son. But his son is so much like he was in an earlier version of himself that it can't be controlled, that his son's now pretty much in the Haitian gangs and, uh, you know, basically ready to go to war with them, ready to live that life, doing everything necessary. And it's a type of rebellion against his father too, you know, saying that, you know, how can you try to tell me that I shouldn't do this and you're doing it? So it's not working well. We get to see Ronald's trying his best to help him understand it. You know, this life will destroy and take from you. It is not what you think it is. And Ronald, you know, takes the gun from him, and we get to see what plays out like a war movie, a war zone movie. And we get to see how good Ronald is on the streets because, you know, he's pretty much single-handedly taking out this rival gang. that they can't get to under gunfire. So, uh, yeah, so a struggle with father and son, uh, struggle with Ronald against himself, uh, trying to change and still having to, uh, you know, share aspects of the, the life that he had before between his son, himself And so will be interesting to, uh, you know, see how that pans out. But as I was saying, I think it's a lot of foreshadowing what's going to happen with Ronald and his son, and I don't think it's going to be a happy ending. But anyway, guys, I enjoyed this week's episode, um, uh, of, uh, The Startup really starting to become a show. I like the review, especially with my, uh interested in the cryptocurrency space, if you're into cryptocurrency, if you're not watching this show, if you don't know about this show, you definitely want to watch this show. You don't have to be a cryptocurrency genius or anything like that, or even an enthusiast, to, you know, to understand and to appreciate some of the good things about the show. But anyway, guys, that's, uh, my review for episode 4 of The Startup. Guys, if you like content like this, be sure and like and subscribe. And until next time, take care.