Tehran, Iran
Bobby, where have you been?
Whiskey, whiskey.
-You want some whiskey? -No, champagne.
-Champagne? Yeah. -Bob.
My brother wants to know...
...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?
Liquid MDMA? No.
Tehran is the world capital.
-Oh, yeah? -Oh, yeah.
You've got a...friend there.
How's the kid?
He's fine.
He's....
He's fine.
Arash, when you wanna do this?
After prayer.
Okay.
-You said they were both for you. -What do you care?
Not a move!
Okay. Okay.
I was looking for the bathroom.
Not a word. Shut up!
Okay.
You don't speak Farsi, do you, you son of a goat?
Georgetown Washington, DC
Mr. Whiting, I'm Bennett Holiday.
A very big company, Connex, our client...
...Ioses a huge natural-gas contract in the Persian Gulf...
...to the Chinese. At the same time...
...a smaller company, Killen, somehow gets the rights to Kazakhstan...
...one of the largest untapped oil fields in the world.
The big company, our client, merges with Killen...
...Justice wants to know how Killen got those rights.
You've been scrutinizing exactly these types of deals...
...so if there's something to find...
...I expect you to get it before they do.
And come straight to me.
Bennett.
Sir?
At my firm, I have a flock of sheep...
...who think they're lions.
Maybe you're a lion everyone thinks is a sheep.
No, I wanna talk about the Gulf, and how a goddamn emir--
Connex Oil Houston, Texas
-What is an emir anyway? -King, it's a king.
A king. Well, how some Podunk king tossed you out on your ass.
Every company in the world wanted into Kazakhstan...
...into the Tengiz, but Killen got it.
And then Connex wanted Killen, and here we are.
I made investments.
Investments that'll bear fruit for this company.
Hell, Tommy, we've all got the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
...committed to memory.
I got a little copy of it taped to the wall of my head. Right here.
Thanks, Jimmy. We appreciate hearing your point of view.
However, a U.S. Attorney...
...is looking into your relationships in Kazakhstan...
...and the U.S. government is holding off on approval of our merger.
So Mr. Janus and I have brought...
...Connex's Washington counsel, Sydney Hewitt...
...down here to talk about our strategy for the next 30 days.
Sydney?
In a way, I feel like Switzerland.
I'd like to remind everybody in this room they've signed confidentiality agreements.
Allow me to introduce my associate, Bennett Holiday...
...who will be-- How shall I put it?
--building consensus day-to-day.
Good morning.
You've just visited what someday soon...
...could be the most profitable corporation in America.
Provided the government approves the merger.
Provided we don't start running automobiles on water.
And provided there's still chaos in the Middle East.
Now the job is, find the problem, fix the problem.
And if you do not find a problem, then there is no problem.
And when the government approves this merger...
...it's gonna buy a lot of houses in the Vineyard.
Maybe even yours.
Geneva, Switzerland
Cheerios again?
-Max! -Max!
-Hey, man. -Let's not read at the table, okay?
-Put this hand here. Block me. -Sweetie, sweetie.
-Mommy? I want bacon. -Yeah?
-You have bacon. -I want real bacon.
You have real bacon, only it's made from soy beans.
I want pig bacon.
I want pig bacon too.
-Don't say it. -I'll try it if you try it.
-I don't know if I can bite this. -It's crunchy.
-How'd you do that? -It's kind of hard to cut.
-It's pretty bad. -You be quiet.
A merger between two U.S. oil companies is taking place in Houston.
The new company, Connex-Killen Corporation...
...will become the fifth largest oil and gas company in the world.
The move affects 37,000 workers in 160 countries...
...and, with revenues larger than the gross domestic product of Pakistan or Denmark...
...will create the world's 23rd largest economy.
Mr. Leland Janus, chairman of Connex, spoke today of synergy...
...and a desire to pass on savings to the consumer.
The merged operations will create economies of scale...
...to deliver the best products to the consumer at the lowest possible prices.
LELAND JANUS CEO, CONNEX OIL
It's a merger of necessity for Connex, Rebecca...
...who wants Killen's fields in Kazakhstan, after gas blocks they pursued in the Gulf...
...were awarded to a Chinese consortium.
Producer nations continue to look toward developing markets in Asia...
...which is having a powerful effect on crude prices.
There's at least 10 to 12 dollars of instability premium.
You have protests in Iran, the threat of more strikes in Venezuela...
...and the Turks still making noise about Russian crude through the Bosphorus.
All right, thanks for having me, Rebecca.
I'm playing. That's my job, playing.
Yeah, well, that's a very, very good job for you to have.
-Tell Daddy you love him. -I love you, Daddy.
Hey.
The emir's summer party, Marbella, this weekend.
Any interest?
Well, I can't. I got, you know....
Guy could be huge for the company, Bryan.
It's Maxie's birthday this weekend, so-- So we have Saturday--
Hey, Bryan, I just need your help on this-- The emir's party. I'll take that.
Through finagling, we have an audience with the emir.
He wrote the strategy, and he's not slick.
I'll bet you a thousand he can't sell it.
I didn't say I could go.
Dollars or Swiss francs?
-Dollars. -Fine.
Come on. Take the children with you. The beach, summer, Marbella. Max'll love it.
-Can I do that? -Sure you can.
Besides, they love children.
John D. Rockefeller. Founded the University of Chicago.
Come on.
That's fine. You're a good song leader, Mr. Rockefeller.
The Persian Gulf
The Connex/ Al-Salwa facility is under new ownership...
...and your services are no longer needed.
What did he say? I can't hear.
He's telling us to scram.
"Scram"?
What do you mean, "scram"?
Your immigration permit through this company is no longer valid.
You must report to the Department of Immigration within two weeks...
...or you may be deported.
The Chinese are smart people, but such bad drivers.
They should not be allowed even to wash cars.
When I was your age, in Pakistan, there was always in the distance....
Snow-covered mountains. Yes, I know, Papa.
That's right.
Three hours away, but right there...
...across the entire sky...
...like you could reach out and touch them.
Snow-covered mountains.
As soon as we can...
...we'll get a house and bring your mother here.
I promise.
Bob's freaking out about this other missile.
"Where's the missile? Who has it?" He wrote a memo.
Central Intelligence Agency Langley, Virginia
I just finished convincing Brit and French intel...
...we had nothing to do with the Amiri job.
What do we say to them now? "Well, something's missing."
He's gotta stop this. He's gotta stop with the memos.
Okay. Here's something. You put him up for promotion.
He's due. He's a good man. He saved our ass in Beirut in '85.
That's great. Terry likes him. We'll get him an audition downtown.
You get him an audition downtown.
They're going crazy about Iran now. Bob's an expert.
Speaks Farsi, for chrissake.
Bob has never had a desk job.
He's never done 9 to 5, never been on committee.
He's gotta show up to work every day. He's gotta stay on message.
Absolutely.
I'll prep him.
In fact, we just pulled one of our officers out.
I took the initiative to ask him to come down here.
He infiltrated Hezbollah in Beirut in the '80s, won himself some nice medals.
We're thinking about giving him a station.
Beirut in the '80s, is that a résumé-builder?
Don't chomp down on any bait.
We're fine.
Iran is fine.
Fine.
And our analysis seems to be on the mark. We're getting good satellite coverage.
We're reprogramming resources into Iran--
Thank you for coming. Welcome back and forgive me if I wade in...
...but forgetting for a second your bureaucratic checklist...
...I'm trying to get undigested information.
-Well, to the best of our ability-- -India is now our ally. Russia is our ally.
Even China will be an ally.
Everybody between Morocco and Pakistan is the problem.
Failed states and failed economies, but Iran is a natural cultural ally of the U.S.
Persians do not want to roll back the clock to the eighth century.
I see students marching in the streets. I hear Khatami making the right sounds.
And what I'd like to know is, if we keep embargoing them on energy...
...then someday soon, are we gonna have a nice, secular...
...pro-Western, pro-business government?
It's possible. It's complicated.
Of course it is. Thank you for your time.
They let young people march in the street. Next day, they shut down 50 newspapers.
Put a few satellite dishes up on the roofs, let them have My Two Dads.
That doesn't mean the ayatollahs...
...are surrendering one iota of control over that nation.
Mr. Barnes, the reform movement in Iran...
...is one of the president's great hopes for the region...
...and crucial to the petroleum security of the United States.
These gentlemen are with the CLI.
The Committee for the Liberation of Iran, Mr. Barnes.
Princeton, New Jersey
Maybe you'll get made ambassador to somewhere cool.
Like France or Italy or Ghana.
It's not beyond the realm of possibility, is it?
How's your mom?
Great. She's great.
So I know it's still a year away...
...but I'll have to have a car, a decent car.
Nothing too fancy, but it has to run so that I can get into Boston and New York.
They have a great crew. That's what they told me.
I said, "Crew of what?" And they said, "Rowing."
-So if I wanna row, it'd be kind of fun. -Thank you.
Robby, listen.
I live in Maryland...
...which means that you have residency in Maryland.
For the University of Maryland.
I'm sorry, can I steal this from you? Thank you so much.
I just want a normal senior year, Dad.
I want a normal house.
I want Cinemax and prom.
You know what prom is like in Pakistan? Prom sucks in Pakistan.
It's complicated, you know.
I may have really screwed up at work.
How?
I was supposed to keep my mouth shut and I didn't.
What does Mom do, again, that we have to live in Islamabad?
-She's a secretary. -Secretary.
Robby.
Both of my parents are professional liars.
Hey.
Did you guys just get a party?
I do too.
This is a party not for you.
Marbella, Spain
It is my pleasure to personally welcome each of you...
All right, guys.
...to the Casa de las Palmas...
...our oasis of palms in the south of Spain.
-Does somebody live here? -Yeah, in the summertime.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day...
...and taking time from your hectic lives to relax with friends and family...
...whether it is enjoying the flowers in our bountiful gardens...
...or sampling the myriad delicacies...
...prepared by chefs from our prosperous home.
Please eat and socialize...
...and enjoy your time with us.
I am happy to welcome the Chinese to my country.
My father welcomes the Chinese to our country.
Of course.
Please.
Right there.
Thank you.
Arabs are very family-oriented, as a people.
Is that racist?
Sure.
-It is? -A little.
Well, no. I mean, I guess if what you're saying is positive.
You have to go in.
Don't.
Let him work it out on his own. It's important for his autonomy.
All right!
An announcement.
If man is made in God's image...
...then God is deeply messed up.
You afraid?
Afraid of the buzz?
I'm afraid of your breath.
Hakim hasn't had any. And he wears jewelry.
He thinks that little bracelet's gonna get him girls.
Hakim!
Hakim! Hakim! Hakim!
I want to talk to your uncle about work.
There isn't any work.
Farooq!
You said you'd introduce me.
Don't be such a pest.
Hakim! Hakim!
Are you here to see the emir?
Yeah.
Me too.
What do you do?
I'm a partner in a derivatives-trading company in Geneva.
-Energy? -Yeah.
Right.
-Bryan Woodman? -Yes.
-Good evening. -Hi.
Hi, Bryan Woodman.
We regret that His Highness will be unable to see you.
However, we are authorized to hear your proposition on his behalf.
Oh, okay.
What, here? Now?
Okay. Well....
Okay. Our position is that the real worry for you guys...
...is another year of record pricing.
There are no more elephant fields, not even in natural gas...
...and as structural alternatives become more fully realized...
...you'll need new strategies to maximize every penny of your existing resources...
...particularly in a climate of falling prices.
And that's what, you know, our firm is prepared to help problem-solve with you...
...the, you know, foreseeable...
...and unforeseeable problems you encounter.
This house is a Genius-Home.
One of my sons had it wired by experts from the United States.
Watch.
Your Highness, that is incredible.
Prince Nasir, isn't that amazing?
Fascinating.
The Chinese take the trouble to learn Arabic.
Look, it's getting dark.
Better turn on the pool lights.
Send a fool on a fool's errand.
Moussa, come fix this remote control!
Are you not talking?
Come on, sweetheart. Just a little bit, okay?
You're the shark, and you try to tag us as we swim across.
All right? You jump in, count "one, two, three" ...
...then we try to get to the other side.
-All right? Okay. -Okay. Come on.
Come on, go. Go.
Yeah. Okay.
-Come on, jump in. -Come on.
-Come on. Jump in! -Sissy!
Just jump, come on!
Max?
-Max! -Oh, my God!
Cut the power! Cut the power!
Max! Max!
-Let go! -Somebody cut the power!
-Max! -Come on. Come on.
-That's my son! -Oh, my God.
-Get out of my way! -Okay.
-Oh, my God! -Take him!
Take him! Take him out. Take him this way. Take him out.
Put him down. Down, down.
-Sweetie? -Someone get a doctor, doctor, doctor!
He's not breathing. He's not breathing.
-Get a doctor! -Is anybody a doctor?
Do something! Help us!
I hear phrases thrown around like "the corrupting influence of money"...
Washington, DC
...or "the evil influence of dollars in politics "...
...when more money was spent on the syndication rights...
...to the Seinfeld television program...
...than on the whole of the last presidential election.
Last election cycle, I spent $300,000.
I have pictures of myself with the president that I use all over the world.
I didn't make this coffee for you.
People don't know Danny Dalton, but they know the president of the United States...
...and they see that I know the president of the United States.
-In a free society... -Making it for me.
...the one written into law...
You...
-...it's the people, individually... -...I'm making oatmeal.
-...and organized into committees... -Then you sleep.
...not the U.S. government, who decide the issues....
You look like shit.
...of a political campaign.
In our country, we don't...
...stuff dollars into ballot boxes.
-What we do... -You working?
-...is turn money into votes. -I had trouble at work.
The ability of a candidate....
There's beer in my fridge, so you don't die of the DTs.
Please don't smoke in my house.
--meaning, not so loosely translated, that money is speech.
And, last time I heard, speech in the United States of America is protected.
You can't limit my advocacy just because it works.
I have a sovereign, inalienable right to petition my government.
And why is it some dirty little secret...
...that it's in America's interest to do business overseas?
Two of my wife's kids were deported from this country.
You know why? Because they didn't have work.
You don't have to pay me.
Give me something to do.
Then decide.
I'm sorry. I already have a long list for that job too.
And if you want to work in this country...
...learn the language.
Learn Arabic!
Foreign workers' compound The Persian Gulf
Why are they running?
Maybe the small one...
...committed a crime or something.
They gave us french fries at the Islamic school.
Close the door, Papa.
His sister has a thing for you.
His sister has a big ass.
Of course, at the Islamic school you don't have to worry about that.
And lamb. We got skewers of lamb.
I like lamb.
Have your identification card ready. No talking in line.
I can't remember it this hot.
Old man, you don't want to talk here.
Stop talking.
Tough guy. What's your name?
What's your name?!
Johnny.
Mommy!
-Hey, hey, hey. -Mommy.
Come here, bear. Come here.
You okay?
I wanna look out the window.
You wanna look out the window? Come on.
I spy a bird.
Well, if on Monday, Iran refuses the IAEA inspectors...
...you can look to crude prices to spike yet again.
Right. Well, it's not exactly a secret that Iran will refuse snap inspections.
Okay, Rebecca. Thank you.
Go home.
It was a stupid fucking question, Henry.
The prince's man called again.
I'm just telling him.
U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC
Hey, how bad is it?
When a Volvo dealer says that....
Okay. You're honorable, decent guys.
Right.
My wife and our narrow driveway....
-How the hell are you? -Well, you know, can't complain.
That's not good, kiddo. That's suffering quietly.
Married? Kids?
There is no way a company like Killen...
...pulled off a deal like this without paying somebody off.
Why don't you tell me what you have so I can respond.
I used to think there was something wrong here.
Now I know there's something wrong here.
Either you don't find anything, because you don't know how to look...
...or you do and they carve you out and light you on fire.
That's gotta be the play here, right?
Bennett Holiday.
Sydney Hewitt's new boy.
How many of those have I seen?
Six? Seven?
They're all gone.
He's still Sydney-fucking-Hewitt.
Fourteen-11.
Match point.
I think they've got someone inside the deal.
Someone they can squeeze.
You mean like an informant?
Yes, sir, like an informant. Just my opinion, based on their overconfidence.
Match point.
Thank you.
You know, if people in oil deals...
...talked to U.S. Attorneys, there'd be no oil business. Dean.
Bennett Holiday, you know Dean Whiting, founding partner of our firm.
-Good to see you, sir. -How are you?
We've been discussing the Connex-Killen merger situation.
Will they get approval? Hell of a large company if they do.
I mean, client.
Well, the Tengiz field, Killen's largest asset...
...is being looked into pretty heavily by the U.S. Attorney's office.
Well, Bennett, as they say in the Bible:
"There are many, many ways to light Europe."
Yeah, well, there's an arrow on the ceiling pointing towards Mecca.
The Binladin Group air-conditioned Mecca.
It was a huge project. They made billions and billions.
All the women are dressed in black from head to toe...
...walking 5 feet behind the men.
It's 125.
Literally, 125 and humid.
When I walked out of the airport, it was like a wall fell on me.
The men are all wearing white sheets.
And they're spotless white sheets. I don't really understand that.
They kind of say:
"It's hot and I don't have to work. "
I don't understand how you could do anything in that.
I'd like to see these guys play baseball.
Are you okay?
You sound strange.
No, I'm fine.
They will try to disguise the difference...
...to make Muslims who speak about religion...
...appear to be fanatics or backward people.
They will tell us the dispute is over economic resources...
...or military domination.
If we believe that, we play right into their hands...
...with only ourselves to blame.
It is not possible...
...to bridge the divide between human nature...
...and modern life through free trade.
Impossible.
The divine and the worldly are but a single concept.
The Koran.
No separation of religion and state.
The Koran.
Instead of kings legislating and slaves obeying...
...the Koran.
The pain of modern life cannot be cured by...
...deregulation...
...privatization...
...economic reform...
...or lower taxes.
The pain of living in the modern world...
...will never be solved by a liberal society.
Liberal societies have failed.
Christian theology has failed.
The West has failed.
This was a birthday and graduation present a couple years ago.
Cap d'Antibes, France
What happened was, I was about to graduate from Oxford...
...and my mother had a horse in the Royal Ascot race, right?
The horse won...
...that same day that I was graduating. And my trust fund matured.
So that tops any birthday present that any of you have bought for me tonight.
Capitalism cannot exist without waste.
We should write thank-you notes to Mr. Whiting and the U.S.A...
...for producing one-quarter of the world's garbage...
...and one-quarter of the demand.
You're certainly welcome.
Our pleasure, really.
Prince...
...is there anything that we can do for you?
Americans are always happy to drill holes in other people's countries.
I've heard of you, Mr. Whiting. The cat's-paw of the Saudi princes.
I know your brother, the foreign minister. He's very bright.
I know your father too.
He threw the second creepiest party I've ever been to in Washington.
And as far as I can see...
...you could probably use a bit of the cat's-paw yourself.
Second-born son, so beaten down by his family...
...he can't even tell me what he wants when he's asked straight-out.
A grown-up baby who's afraid of his brother...
...and maybe wants to be king?
Maybe?
Well, prince...
...are you a king?
Can you tell me what you want?
All right, what's next?
The lethal finding on Nasir came through.
That was quick. You have a timetable?
He'll be in Beirut next week. We could do it there.
That's good. Anybody around?
Actually, yes. I made contact with Mussawi.
He'd be happy to work with whoever we send.
I was thinking it would be good for Bob.
I'll let you have him without going through Terry...
...but everything better go exactly right.
And tell him, "Easy on the memos."
This is the prototype of an oil-rich Arab monarchy.
Since prevailing in the tribal conflicts of the 1920s...
...the Al-Subaai family have ruled their kingdom effectively...
...and, by most accounts, benignly.
However, they face enormous challenges in the future.
The fact of the matter is that at current levels of production....
-Welcome, Bob. -Hi.
Good news. I think we've got something for you, something you'll like...
...that utilizes your specific skill set.
You know this guy?
-Prince Nasir Al-Subaai. -His money's in a lot of dark corners...
...paying for weapons that could be used against the U.S.A.
Paperwork on polygraphs.
Wire transfers to Qaeda fronts.
Letters instructing his water ministry to employ Mohammed Sheik Agiza...
...the guy who has your missile.
He's traveling to Beirut. You have experience in Beirut.
It's a great city.
This is a bad guy.
And, who knows, maybe you'll find your blue-eyed Egyptian.
-I sent you a report on-- -Sorry, I gotta get going.
My daughter's got a soccer game.
Big one.
Did you see my missile report? I reset the guidance to blow 10 feet--
Bob, you just don't get it.
Nobody wants to hear about a missing missile, not right now.
This is top of the director's list.
Hit a walk-off home run...
...you get any desk you want.
Sheik Hamad has not yet made a decision about who will succeed him.
In our view, Prince Nasir...
...is likely the more ambitious of the two brothers.
This, however, does not mean...
...that he will prevail in any succession struggle.
Your generosity is bigger than a mountain that shades us from the burning sun.
My house has grown too small for my family.
If we had more land...
...then my son could build his own house.
My father has ordered the Marbella estate to be razed.
There'll be a park.
We're so sorry for your loss.
Six more North Field blocks are being developed.
We'd like to offer your firm the rights.
Six blocks?
-Which phase? -Third phase.
Okay, so we'd be in the stream for...
...10 one-hundredths of a cent.
So $ 75 million.
Seventy-- Great. That's great.
How much for my other kid?
You know, if I were your economic adviser, I'd tell you that...
...that's not the stupidest thing, financially, you've done...
...but probably just the dumbest thing you'll do today. Probably.
But why would you need an economic adviser?
Years ago, you had the highest GNP in the world.
Today, you're tied with Albania. So good work.
Your second biggest export is secondhand goods...
...followed closely by dates, for which you lose 5 cents a pound.
You know what the business world thinks of you?
We think 100 years ago, you were living in tents, chopping each other's heads off...
...and that's exactly where you'll be in another 100.
So, yes, on behalf of my firm, I accept your money. Thank you.
Fine. I'll have the funds transferred to your firm immediately.
Great.
And I'll give you 100 million for the other kid.
So now you're my economic adviser...
...why don't you tell me something I don't already know.
All right. You want an idea? Here's an idea.
There's the Eurasian triangle.
Your kingdom is here. Iran is there. You've been selling your oil...
...sticking it on ships and watching as it sails away around Africa to there.
Pretend for a second that this is excess Iranian pipeline capacity.
That's your route. Right there. Overland, through Iran.
Hook up with these pipes. Commoditize it, control it...
...take it to the doorstep of every home in Europe.
I just doubled your profit. I think that's a pretty good idea.
777 Ranch Hondo, Texas
My granddaddy was a wildcatter. Same with my daddy.
That's how I got my start.
Luck and hard work.
Nobody handed me shit.
Now I got...
...libraries and parks named after me.
And I'll probably ruin my grandkids.
You wearing a wire, Bennett?
No.
Mr. Janus...
...chairman of Connex...
...and Dean Whiting, founding partner of your firm...
...are proud members of the Committee to Liberate Iran.
Danny D. here is too.
D is for "Dalton."
-I was on the other side of the Tengiz deal. -"The other side"?
El Presidente Nazarbayev's best pal in the whole world.
She's a beautiful field, the Tengiz.
Goddamn, is she a beautiful field.
What is it? "Irish...."
Rockville, Maryland
"The Irish pray on their knees, the Scots prey on their neighbors."
How's Margaret?
You guys divorced yet?
-We're not getting divorced. -I don't think, in our line of work...
...there's two people with your security clearances who have made a marriage work.
I'm telling you, Bobby, my boy...
...number three. That's the charm.
-That's the number, huh? -Yeah.
I like consulting.
No, I love it.
Love it. And I'll say this for it:
Private business is efficient.
There, I've said it. Fucking cliché.
And the CIA is, like, what, a 30-billion-a-year business...
...so anybody who wants to sell anything, a pencil, a computer...
...they gotta interface through a security clearance. Don't give me shit.
I got two kids in college, and we're doing our kitchen.
Stan, I got a chance to go back to Beirut.
I wanna go back.
Is it safe for me?
Are we talking about with your wife or with the wackos?
Clear it with Hezbollah.
Hezbollah-controlled suburb Beirut, Lebanon
Said Hashimi. Said Hashimi.
Said Hashimi.
I'm Canadian. It's okay. Canadian.
Said Hashimi.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
I have a good feeling about American people, Bob.
A good people.
There are 10 million Muslims in the U.S.
Thank you for this audience.
I have a business proposal for Mussawi, one that benefits everyone.
Mussawi is an energetic young man.
Your Arabic is very good.
I thought it would be prudent to say that I have no interest in Hezbollah.
This is business and it doesn't concern Hezbollah.
If what you say is true...
...consider yourself welcome in Lebanon.
They can lift 10 times their weight, and jump 20 times their height.
But I still don't understand....
The spider is a symbol of the sin of man.
He bites the finger of Peter Parker...
...who is now half dark and half light.
A real spider captures, stings and immobilizes...
...then watches as the prey takes days to die.
They'd never show that.
Are we in trouble?
Peace be upon you, boys.
No, it's not a problem.
Look around you...
...at your brothers united by faith in God and submission to his law.
We're all brothers.
We're one family.
Wasim is still a virgin.
That is good.
Fornication is a serious crime.
I'm a virgin too.
That is good as well.
"Abstain from sex out of wedlock.
It is an attack on honor...
...and shows contempt for sanctity."
God has spoken the truth.
Let us pray together.