Sometimes your client could be your best sensei and Harper is lucky to have one.

First Yasmin. Bad, too bad. She is the one fell for the lie and handed over the rich Italian client to Kenny without getting anything in return and by chance elevated the newbie (who is an ambitious bitch by appearance, god forbids me). I actually quite like Yasmin. The girl is from money, kind in nature and she knows how to deal with people with money, especially the one with a familly office. PWM is a perfect place to play her strength: her multi-lingual ability, her well-connected famiity with ties in Middle East and Europe (EMEA) and it does not require strong technicalities. She is troubled by her weakness in financial know-how and that is why she needs Kenny in the first place. But does Kenny really know much about crypto currencies and its investment rationale (I mean who can? Is it a commoidity? Is it a security? The SEC is still uncertain about its nature and the roller-coaster movement of its price says much about it). By taking Kenny to the meeting she made the biggest mistake a seasoned sales person would never make: open your client book to your competition, hoping they would deliver something in return but only to find out it is a wish in vein. I really wish she can learn something from Celeste and am happy to see her grow.

Second Harper. Good, very good. One thing about Harper I admire the most is her ability to see through bullshits and make a choice best for her at the moment. In Season One the bullshit is "women help women and we the woman should push out the man and take control of the bank." In this episode the bullshit is the pep-talk given by Eric in the beginning and the worthless fountain pen to buy her loyalty and deference.

In episode 2, Harper landed Jesse by proving her essentiality in the block trade and clinched Jesse as her first VIP client. In this episode, she needs to learn how to keep him and grow the client into her KPI. To achieve this, she needs to evolve from a trade executor to a trusted finnacial advisor. The mission is clear: should Jesse sell the Rican stocks to Felim to make a quick money or keep it to play the long game at the cost of the bank?

Kept in dark by Eric, Harper exhibited her capabilities to collect information and piece together the nips and sips to figure out the chess board. She shamelessly eavesdropped the conversation between the IBD associate and Rican and found out the scheme behind the block trade. She befriended Anna to understand what the social impact fund wants and smoothed the way for the deal between Jesse and Anna; she even nosed into the government’s predisposition on the budget diagnosis service with the input from the Pierpoint alumnus/junior cabenet member. With that, a bold investment advice was formed and a deal maker was born. Oh, did I mention how smart was the move to get back to London before the market was open and seal the deal for Jesse and leave Eric in awe? She is an assassin.

In light of all the merits, I up the rating of season 2 to 4.5 with the option to top it up. HBO is really catching up and this is how high finance should look like. Kudos to Mickey Down and Konrad Kay.

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123集，罗伯特还是好喜欢，非常看好，在各种阴谋诡计尔虞我诈里保持着真诚，秉持着第一季跟老师傅学的，最重要的还是人与人的面对面交流。而第三集，对亚斯敏对哈珀的情感也很有解读空间，就像亚斯敏和哈珀两人一样。亚斯敏靠美貌靠人脉没有那个心智却主动投入职场政治，哈珀聪明友好才智足够也积极投入职场政治，两人对立统一，罗伯特对她们都存在的自卑感，但同时现在的他在心态上又有种扫地僧看破一切的出世感，他可以是他们所有人情感的避风所，也能给他们适当的建议，但难以发展为亲密关系。期待他这一季的表现，总不能第一季失去师傅克莱蒙特心碎亚斯敏，这一季再被哈珀和老阿姨玩弄吧？哈珀与艾瑞克亦师亦敌，很精彩哈哈哈。亚斯敏经罗伯特建议开始带上面具，我拥有的一切都是我向上爬能利用的资源，包括家庭。古斯失踪一集，第二集出现都没认出来，第三集嗯嗯嗯，哈珀居家办公一年我理解，你居家一年写书？继续准备跳槽？感觉依旧不明所以，啥时候发挥所谓聪明才干让我们看看啊。

s2e4又真实好残酷，挣不够的钱，兔死狗烹。艾瑞克业绩下滑马上被养老(想起第一季克莱蒙特一个大客户吃一辈子，客户没了马上退休，而且失去的客户也都没有回来)；梦到出轨，是潜意识里的疯狂想要借纽曼妻子的资源重新崛起吗。哈珀够疯，即使出卖公司出卖爱慕者真心也要把客户绑自己身上的选择，不知道编剧会怎么写她的结局。萝卜听懂哈珀的暗示，开始与妮可矛盾。古斯是真心要从政了吗，他这条线始终看不明白啊。亚斯敏即将失去有钱人光环了呀感觉。

s2e5过渡集，开始挖掘几个人的过去。哈珀的哥哥出现，揭露她思兄背后的自私；亚斯敏后知后觉保姆真相，是在暗示她的身世吗？罗伯特没去克莱蒙特葬礼去找了亲生父亲，酒吧里的那一口香槟，不知道是为哪个父亲而喝。奇特的是，三个人都是矛盾的，哈珀深情背后的自私，亚斯敏富家小姐背后的身世，罗伯特的放纵与唱诗班。罗伯特开始变得深入起来了，拍手又心疼。最后电梯戏一下子准备进入正题，仿佛即将开战，丹尼在哈珀眼里落下风，艾瑞克又奇妙地进入战场。

s2e6哈珀主角集。直觉大赌，要么成要么败，哈珀为了自己不惜当众出卖公司，只是再精明的算计最后还是被最意想不到的人性打破。亚斯敏怎么看都是在被利用啊，反而肯尼处于愧疚感觉对她最真诚。古斯和李欧的线开始有趣，不知道他们会怎么发展。以及艾瑞克哈珀开始联手搞事，简直两个大反派哈哈哈。

s2e7倒是完全没想到会全员跳槽啊。。。几个人跳槽跳地好残酷现实哈哈哈，第一季大姐客串笑死。

s2e8还真的很美剧式季终集，多次反转(不得不承认确实是)＋出人意料的结局吊胃口。rob依旧和妮扣纠缠不清，yas舍弃出身重新开始，gus终究回到金融，哈珀心机深重啊可惜，艾瑞克重回游戏。狠狠揭开所有表面功夫，露出尔虞我诈勾心斗角永远互相利用的血淋淋现实。

在第一季，大妈车里对 Harper 下手，也给了 Harper 把柄，关键时刻用这个事干掉女主管，保护了tao，同时在 Harper 义正言辞下道歉

第二季，大妈并没有知难而退，而是继续培养新人，只不过此回展示了耐心，以防新人突兀不入巷，先给了 Robert 一个下马威，然后逐步引导调教，一同吃饭喝酒，用相同平民出身拉近距离，老套路——上车， Robert 小伙真上路，一个小笑话破冰，阿姨马上吩咐司机下车，展示男女通吃手法， Robert 说怕弄脏了新西服，阿姨回答，我会牢牢握住这小目标一个亿，事了擦手时我在想，有经验如阿姨这样的前辈很可能准备了湿巾，

一般人早已呆若木鸡，而 Robert 的天赋情商在这种事这条线上俨然在线，宾主仍保持着热络的氛围，意犹未尽。怪不得第一季公司的HR会上，主持力排众议留下 Robert ，说他没本事但喝酒讲笑话，客户就吃这一套，上帝果然给了每个人一个生存之道

我想知道的是，大妈图个啥？

一般地位如她，都是要自己爽，她为年轻人去火排毒，全不顾可能产生腕部劳损（说句题外话，今天遇到一个小姑娘腕部就因为做烧烤长期穿串受伤，愁没有办法治愈，谁有好办法？）

大妈图个啥？看别人放飞自我能嗨到自己么