WEBVTT 00:00:09.384 --> 00:00:10.969 Teddy, hey, look, I know you heard 00:00:10.969 --> 00:00:13.304 I changed my mind about testifying, 00:00:13.304 --> 00:00:14.639 but just let me explain. 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:17.016 Billy, my father left when I was very young. 00:00:17.016 --> 00:00:18.727 And I never respected him. 00:00:18.727 --> 00:00:20.395 And even though you've murdered people, 00:00:20.395 --> 00:00:23.064 I always respected the fact that you were willing 00:00:23.064 --> 00:00:25.024 to risk your life for your daughter. 00:00:27.026 --> 00:00:28.319 What is this? 00:00:28.319 --> 00:00:29.654 It's the original arrest report on Tina. 00:00:29.654 --> 00:00:31.406 You swore you wouldn't do that. 00:00:31.406 --> 00:00:35.076 And you swore that you would testify against Pellegrini, 00:00:35.076 --> 00:00:38.037 who is the most brutal mob boss 00:00:38.037 --> 00:00:39.456 that this city has ever seen! 00:00:39.456 --> 00:00:41.833 Teddy, she's just a kid. 00:00:41.833 --> 00:00:44.544 Do you know where they'll send her? 00:00:44.544 --> 00:00:47.005 They will tear her to pieces in there. 00:00:47.005 --> 00:00:49.299 But she doesn't have to go anywhere 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:53.136 if you just do what you said you would. 00:00:53.136 --> 00:00:55.305 I testify, I'm a dead man. 00:00:55.305 --> 00:00:56.556 That's what I'm talking about. 00:00:56.556 --> 00:01:01.895 The willingness to risk your life for her. 00:01:01.895 --> 00:01:03.271 Gotta go get a bite to eat. 00:01:03.271 --> 00:01:05.148 If I don't have word that you're going to testify 00:01:05.148 --> 00:01:07.484 by the time I'm done, 00:01:07.484 --> 00:01:09.444 I will arrest your daughter. 00:01:17.744 --> 00:01:19.120 Teddy! 00:01:20.371 --> 00:01:21.372 I thought we were friends. 00:01:21.372 --> 00:01:22.624 We are friends, Billy. 00:01:22.624 --> 00:01:24.292 Which is why I'm risking my life for you. 00:01:24.292 --> 00:01:26.169 Now get back inside before 00:01:26.169 --> 00:01:27.629 someone-- 00:01:30.256 --> 00:01:32.717 Hey, what-- - You were having a nightmare. 00:01:32.717 --> 00:01:34.802 It's two nights in a row. 00:01:34.802 --> 00:01:36.429 What's the matter? 00:01:36.429 --> 00:01:39.641 I can't stop thinking about that last year in New York. 00:01:39.641 --> 00:01:42.977 It's like I don't know when I'm dreaming and when I'm not. 00:01:42.977 --> 00:01:45.146 Well, you're not dreaming now. 00:01:45.146 --> 00:01:46.439 Wouldn't care if I was. 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.400 Stop. 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.818 As long as you're up, 00:01:50.818 --> 00:01:53.780 you want me to make you some breakfast? 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:55.114 That'd be nice. 00:01:55.114 --> 00:01:57.742 Maybe something reminded you of the old days. 00:01:57.742 --> 00:02:00.203 Maybe that's why you're having bad dreams. 00:02:00.203 --> 00:02:02.288 Pancakes. Go on. 00:02:22.183 --> 00:02:23.226 Morning. 00:02:23.226 --> 00:02:24.644 Whatever it is, I don't have time. 00:02:24.644 --> 00:02:27.563 Lester Thompson's just been arrested for murder. 00:02:27.563 --> 00:02:30.191 Cancel my morning and get me that arrest report. 00:02:30.191 --> 00:02:31.651 You have the partners meeting in ten minutes. 00:02:31.651 --> 00:02:32.860 You think I don't know that? 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:34.904 I got every partner from M&A to divorce 00:02:34.904 --> 00:02:36.406 wanting to know what's going on with the merger, 00:02:36.406 --> 00:02:37.782 and Ted hasn't responded yet. 00:02:37.782 --> 00:02:38.950 Then what do you want me to do? 00:02:38.950 --> 00:02:40.284 Tell the partners I'll know if we're 00:02:40.284 --> 00:02:41.703 a go or not by tonight. 00:02:41.703 --> 00:02:43.454 And get me that crisis manager from last year. 00:02:43.454 --> 00:02:45.206 Once the press finds out, this is going to be 00:02:45.206 --> 00:02:46.541 OJ Simpson all over again. 00:02:46.541 --> 00:02:47.959 Already done. Anything else? 00:02:47.959 --> 00:02:49.502 Yeah. Call Lester's wife, Valerie. 00:02:49.502 --> 00:02:50.962 Tell her to meet me at the bank. 00:02:54.841 --> 00:02:55.800 You were late. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.051 By 30 seconds. So what? 00:02:57.051 --> 00:02:58.720 So it doesn't work if you're not there 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:00.513 when she asks me about the merger. 00:03:00.513 --> 00:03:01.889 OK, I see that in retrospect. 00:03:01.889 --> 00:03:03.433 That was a really nice touch, stopping me 00:03:03.433 --> 00:03:04.475 from putting the contract down. 00:03:04.475 --> 00:03:05.685 You don't think that was too much? 00:03:05.685 --> 00:03:07.270 I think that she saw you fight for her. 00:03:07.270 --> 00:03:08.980 And getting you instead of me 00:03:08.980 --> 00:03:10.565 is the best decision she'll ever make. 00:03:10.565 --> 00:03:12.275 - You got that right. - Exactly. 00:03:12.275 --> 00:03:13.735 Wait a minute. 00:03:13.735 --> 00:03:14.986 What did you just say? 00:03:14.986 --> 00:03:16.404 What? I just said what you just said. 00:03:16.404 --> 00:03:18.489 What did you say? - You know exactly what I said. 00:03:18.489 --> 00:03:19.782 I do. 00:03:23.119 --> 00:03:24.787 Did you cut the air in the room? 00:03:24.787 --> 00:03:26.164 Second your hand hit the door. 00:03:26.164 --> 00:03:28.458 - You're a machine. - Damn right. How'd it go? 00:03:28.458 --> 00:03:30.293 Well, I'll cut my left ball off 00:03:30.293 --> 00:03:31.586 if she isn't signing right now. 00:03:31.586 --> 00:03:33.045 You are a class act, you know that? 00:03:33.045 --> 00:03:34.505 Did you close Huffman last night? 00:03:34.505 --> 00:03:35.840 Of course I did. It's what I do. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:37.300 Speaking of which-- - No. 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:38.342 Ted, I want the bump. 00:03:38.342 --> 00:03:39.552 Erica, we have been over this. 00:03:39.552 --> 00:03:40.678 Rick gets the bump. 00:03:40.678 --> 00:03:41.804 Rick shines my shoes. 00:03:41.804 --> 00:03:43.473 OK, he's as good a lawyer as you, 00:03:43.473 --> 00:03:44.932 and he's a better manager. 00:03:44.932 --> 00:03:46.392 I'm better in a room, and you know it. 00:03:46.392 --> 00:03:47.560 And the day that matters, 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:49.020 I will make you head of a department. 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:52.648 If I were a man, would you be saying the same thing? 00:03:52.648 --> 00:03:54.108 How can I possibly know that? 00:03:54.108 --> 00:03:55.193 I don't know, maybe 30 seconds of self-reflection? 00:03:55.193 --> 00:03:56.736 I don't really see that happening. 00:03:56.736 --> 00:03:59.614 I hate to interrupt, but Dylan Pryor just signed. 00:03:59.614 --> 00:04:00.823 And there you have it. 00:04:00.823 --> 00:04:02.116 My left ball lives to fight another day. 00:04:02.116 --> 00:04:03.159 Ted. 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.952 This isn't over, Ted. 00:04:06.204 --> 00:04:08.122 Hey, John. 00:04:08.122 --> 00:04:10.333 We didn't have anything on the books. 00:04:10.333 --> 00:04:11.334 You want me to grab Ted? 00:04:11.334 --> 00:04:12.752 No. 00:04:12.752 --> 00:04:15.630 Rosalyn said he's not to be disturbed. 00:04:15.630 --> 00:04:18.841 Besides, I want to talk to you alone. 00:04:20.801 --> 00:04:22.553 What can I do for you? 00:04:22.553 --> 00:04:25.765 You guys represent Hypnotic, right? 00:04:25.765 --> 00:04:27.308 If this is going where I think it is, 00:04:27.308 --> 00:04:28.935 that part is 15 years younger than you are. 00:04:28.935 --> 00:04:31.646 That's why I want you and not Ted. 00:04:31.646 --> 00:04:34.357 I need you to get me an audition. 00:04:34.357 --> 00:04:35.358 That's not going to happen. 00:04:35.358 --> 00:04:36.776 And may I ask why not? 00:04:36.776 --> 00:04:38.152 First of all, we're lawyers. 00:04:38.152 --> 00:04:39.445 We're not agents. 00:04:39.445 --> 00:04:40.571 You're telling me you pick up the phone, 00:04:40.571 --> 00:04:42.073 I don't get an audition? 00:04:42.073 --> 00:04:43.574 You know as well as I do that Ted thinks 00:04:43.574 --> 00:04:45.034 once you start begging for work, 00:04:45.034 --> 00:04:46.827 you're not going to get a job again. 00:04:46.827 --> 00:04:50.081 Hey, buddy, I am not begging for anything. 00:04:50.081 --> 00:04:53.584 I just want a chance to show I can still get the job done. 00:04:55.962 --> 00:04:58.256 You got to take it up with Ted. 00:04:58.256 --> 00:04:59.632 I can't go behind his back. 00:04:59.632 --> 00:05:01.551 Rick, please. 00:05:01.551 --> 00:05:03.469 I know he's looking out for me. 00:05:03.469 --> 00:05:05.680 And I'm 84. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.974 And I would rather go down swinging 00:05:07.974 --> 00:05:09.934 than waiting for the damn phone to ring. 00:05:09.934 --> 00:05:13.562 I'll talk to him. 00:05:13.562 --> 00:05:16.607 I want to know why it was you who came down here and not Ted. 00:05:16.607 --> 00:05:17.858 Because I handle criminal defense, 00:05:17.858 --> 00:05:19.402 whereas Ted handles your producing deals. 00:05:19.402 --> 00:05:20.653 Yeah, I know what Ted does. 00:05:20.653 --> 00:05:22.571 He's been my lawyer for 12 years, all right? 00:05:22.571 --> 00:05:23.990 Lester, let me explain something to you. 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:25.574 They're saying a lot of very specific things 00:05:25.574 --> 00:05:26.993 happened last night. 00:05:26.993 --> 00:05:28.703 What, that I killed my partner in my own backyard? 00:05:28.703 --> 00:05:30.079 Why would I do that? - I know. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:31.580 You were celebrating your big opening. 00:05:31.580 --> 00:05:33.749 You started doing ecstasy and shooting into the hills. 00:05:33.749 --> 00:05:35.209 Like we've done 50 times before. 00:05:35.209 --> 00:05:37.128 And all of a sudden, he shoots himself. 00:05:37.128 --> 00:05:38.587 That's what you're saying, right? 00:05:38.587 --> 00:05:39.880 I am not saying it. 00:05:39.880 --> 00:05:42.174 That is exactly what happened. 00:05:42.174 --> 00:05:43.634 There's residue on your hands. 00:05:43.634 --> 00:05:44.969 Because we were shooting. 00:05:44.969 --> 00:05:46.012 No one's gonna buy that. 00:05:46.012 --> 00:05:47.138 Somebody must have seen it. 00:05:47.138 --> 00:05:48.889 You live in the middle of nowhere. 00:05:48.889 --> 00:05:51.934 Then conjure me a goddamn witness! 00:05:51.934 --> 00:05:55.646 Lester, I know that you're scared, 00:05:55.646 --> 00:05:56.814 but go with self-defense. 00:05:56.814 --> 00:05:58.607 The odds of acquittal are 80%. 00:05:58.607 --> 00:06:00.318 I didn't get where I am settling for 80, 00:06:00.318 --> 00:06:02.737 so find me a witness. 00:06:02.737 --> 00:06:04.655 Because I didn't do this. 00:06:08.909 --> 00:06:11.037 Your father's in hospice. 00:06:11.037 --> 00:06:12.163 He has three days to live. 00:06:12.163 --> 00:06:13.998 I know. They've called me six times. 00:06:13.998 --> 00:06:15.583 They want you to fly back and spend some time-- 00:06:15.583 --> 00:06:16.876 Tell them to call me when he's dead. 00:06:16.876 --> 00:06:18.210 Ted. 00:06:20.296 --> 00:06:22.506 I know what he did. 00:06:22.506 --> 00:06:24.050 But if you don't forgive him-- 00:06:24.050 --> 00:06:26.719 Rosalyn, I don't want to hear it. 00:06:26.719 --> 00:06:29.180 And I've got a very big day, so no interruptions. 00:06:41.317 --> 00:06:42.443 What you doing here? 00:06:42.443 --> 00:06:43.694 My son gets blown up, 00:06:43.694 --> 00:06:45.279 you think I'm not going to come running? 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.073 I know you're here to weasel your way back into my life. 00:06:47.073 --> 00:06:48.199 Right now, I need to make sure 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:49.784 that my witness is still alive. 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:53.204 I'm here to offer you a job. 00:06:53.204 --> 00:06:55.289 Let's assume for a second 00:06:55.289 --> 00:06:58.250 that I would ever forgive you for abandoning us. 00:06:58.250 --> 00:06:59.460 I'm not you. 00:06:59.460 --> 00:07:01.128 Teddy, you could have died today. 00:07:01.128 --> 00:07:02.755 I don't want to lose my son. 00:07:02.755 --> 00:07:04.548 Until I graduated law school, you wouldn't have noticed. 00:07:04.548 --> 00:07:05.800 I'd say you went to law school 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.468 to make me notice! 00:07:08.135 --> 00:07:09.637 And I did. 00:07:09.637 --> 00:07:11.180 Look, I know you've been putting in your time here, 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:13.307 but I will make you a partner on day one. 00:07:13.307 --> 00:07:15.059 You can skip right to the front of the line. 00:07:15.059 --> 00:07:16.477 Get this through your head. 00:07:16.477 --> 00:07:19.480 I wouldn't have kids and then decide to trade up. 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:21.899 I don't sell my soul defending criminals. 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:23.651 And I don't want to skip 00:07:23.651 --> 00:07:25.653 to the front of the goddamn line. 00:07:31.826 --> 00:07:33.035 You're right. 00:07:33.035 --> 00:07:34.119 Shouldn't have left you to your mother. 00:07:34.119 --> 00:07:36.080 Made you weak. 00:07:36.080 --> 00:07:37.832 Ted? 00:07:37.832 --> 00:07:38.874 Ted? 00:07:38.874 --> 00:07:40.125 You got a minute? 00:07:40.125 --> 00:07:41.794 It's kind of important. 00:07:41.794 --> 00:07:43.295 Um-- If this is about the promotion, 00:07:43.295 --> 00:07:44.797 I told you not before we merge. 00:07:44.797 --> 00:07:46.632 And I told you that I've given my life to this firm-- 00:07:46.632 --> 00:07:48.175 And you want to be the fastest ever 00:07:48.175 --> 00:07:49.635 to be head of entertainment. I know. 00:07:49.635 --> 00:07:51.345 You say that like it's a weight around your neck 00:07:51.345 --> 00:07:52.596 instead of me earning it. 00:07:52.596 --> 00:07:54.014 This isn't about timing. 00:07:54.014 --> 00:07:56.225 You're scared of Erica. 00:07:56.225 --> 00:07:57.768 Should I be? 00:07:57.768 --> 00:07:58.978 I told you that she's better in the room than you are. 00:07:58.978 --> 00:08:00.521 But I also told you that's not what being 00:08:00.521 --> 00:08:01.939 the head of entertainment is about. 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:05.818 Now, do you trust me or not? 00:08:05.818 --> 00:08:07.570 I do, but things you said would happen 00:08:07.570 --> 00:08:08.779 haven't happened yet. 00:08:08.779 --> 00:08:10.239 Not everybody gets the toy that they want 00:08:10.239 --> 00:08:11.323 for their birthday. 00:08:11.323 --> 00:08:12.616 This isn't a toy. I earned it. 00:08:12.616 --> 00:08:14.285 Rick, you do not get to skip to the front 00:08:14.285 --> 00:08:15.953 of the goddamn line! 00:08:20.082 --> 00:08:22.710 John Amos was in here before. 00:08:22.710 --> 00:08:25.713 I told him if you wouldn't get him an audition, I would. 00:08:28.716 --> 00:08:30.050 Stuart wants to see you about-- 00:08:30.050 --> 00:08:31.844 About the merger. I know. It's Decision Day. 00:08:31.844 --> 00:08:33.137 I take it you also know 00:08:33.137 --> 00:08:34.763 that John Amos is waiting on a call from you? 00:08:34.763 --> 00:08:36.181 Tell him that I'm up to my eyeballs. 00:08:36.181 --> 00:08:37.808 He's been with us since the beginning. 00:08:37.808 --> 00:08:40.269 He'll understand. 00:08:40.269 --> 00:08:41.687 Anything else? 00:08:41.687 --> 00:08:43.439 Yes. 00:08:43.439 --> 00:08:45.024 Take it easy on Rick. 00:08:49.778 --> 00:08:51.697 Stuart! 00:08:51.697 --> 00:08:53.240 I haven't seen you all week. 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:54.366 Well, it's a big decision. 00:08:54.366 --> 00:08:56.118 I know you don't like to be rushed. 00:08:56.118 --> 00:08:57.286 Didn't stop me from waiting 00:08:57.286 --> 00:08:58.537 till the last minute, though, did it? 00:08:58.537 --> 00:09:00.664 I had a mild stroke about an hour ago, 00:09:00.664 --> 00:09:02.875 but I don't really use my left hand anymore, so... 00:09:02.875 --> 00:09:05.002 What are you going to do? 00:09:05.002 --> 00:09:06.587 I'm all in on the merger. 00:09:06.587 --> 00:09:08.380 - Sure? - Yes. 00:09:08.380 --> 00:09:09.673 And I want you to know why. 00:09:09.673 --> 00:09:10.632 Come on, Ted, you don't have to. 00:09:10.632 --> 00:09:11.800 We went at it pretty hard 00:09:11.800 --> 00:09:13.552 at the beginning of the negotiation 00:09:13.552 --> 00:09:16.597 and I said some crappy things about criminal defense. 00:09:16.597 --> 00:09:18.390 This is how I want to make it up to you. 00:09:18.390 --> 00:09:21.560 Hey, you apologized, something you rarely do. 00:09:21.560 --> 00:09:24.146 So when you do do it, it means everything. 00:09:24.146 --> 00:09:26.982 - Stuart, you said doo-doo. - Did I? 00:09:26.982 --> 00:09:28.484 What I meant to say is, we're about to be 00:09:28.484 --> 00:09:29.860 the largest firm in the city. 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.861 You got that right. 00:09:31.945 --> 00:09:34.281 You ready to sign this bad boy? 00:09:34.281 --> 00:09:36.992 You know what I just realized today is? 00:09:36.992 --> 00:09:38.118 Of course. 00:09:38.118 --> 00:09:39.495 It's 15 years to the day 00:09:39.495 --> 00:09:41.080 since I came out here and moved in with you. 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.415 And 12 years since we started this whole thing together. 00:09:43.415 --> 00:09:44.500 Well, enjoy the quiet, my friend, 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.751 because in two weeks, 00:09:45.751 --> 00:09:47.795 Samantha's entire firm is moving in. 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:50.422 Hey, what do you say we go out 00:09:50.422 --> 00:09:52.007 and celebrate this thing tonight? 00:09:53.634 --> 00:09:54.927 Waldorf at00? 00:09:54.927 --> 00:09:56.011 Done. 00:09:56.011 --> 00:09:58.263 Put the reservation under your name? 00:09:58.263 --> 00:09:59.932 - Yeah. - Pididiot? 00:09:59.932 --> 00:10:01.600 Stu Pididiot? 00:10:08.065 --> 00:10:10.025 Hey, Rick. 00:10:11.401 --> 00:10:12.569 Do you see what I'm doing? 00:10:12.569 --> 00:10:13.695 Is it something I could help you with? 00:10:13.695 --> 00:10:14.905 Because that's actually why I'm here-- 00:10:14.905 --> 00:10:16.532 Leah, fantasy football. 00:10:16.532 --> 00:10:18.867 It's the one thing I do for myself. 00:10:18.867 --> 00:10:21.328 I spend exactly 15 minutes a week on it. 00:10:21.328 --> 00:10:22.746 - Aww. - Now is that time. 00:10:22.746 --> 00:10:24.832 And you should know this because there's a huge sign 00:10:24.832 --> 00:10:26.583 on the door that says it. 00:10:26.583 --> 00:10:28.669 The sign says, "Knock, I'm Available." 00:10:28.669 --> 00:10:29.920 Henderson is such a douche. 00:10:29.920 --> 00:10:32.047 Should I come back or-- 00:10:32.047 --> 00:10:33.507 Never going to make the playoffs anyway. 00:10:33.507 --> 00:10:35.509 - Sorry. - What's up? 00:10:35.509 --> 00:10:37.719 I'd like to work for you. 00:10:37.719 --> 00:10:39.054 And before you ask, 00:10:39.054 --> 00:10:40.556 it's not because you're getting the promotion. 00:10:40.556 --> 00:10:41.932 I just think that your leadership style-- 00:10:41.932 --> 00:10:44.017 Yeah, I'm going to have to stop you right there. 00:10:44.017 --> 00:10:45.394 - OK. - You work with Erica. 00:10:45.394 --> 00:10:46.895 I work for Erica. 00:10:46.895 --> 00:10:48.438 But she has no interest in teaching, 00:10:48.438 --> 00:10:49.898 and she takes me for granted 00:10:49.898 --> 00:10:51.358 and-- - I get it. 00:10:51.358 --> 00:10:53.068 Erica is, uh, 00:10:53.068 --> 00:10:54.903 personality-challenged, shall we say. 00:10:54.903 --> 00:10:56.196 - Mm. - Right? 00:10:56.196 --> 00:10:57.155 But I'm not stealing you. 00:10:57.155 --> 00:10:58.282 If you have a problem with her, 00:10:58.282 --> 00:10:59.449 the place to go is to her. 00:10:59.449 --> 00:11:01.118 - She won't listen. - Maybe she won't. 00:11:01.118 --> 00:11:02.911 But making people listen when they don't want to, 00:11:02.911 --> 00:11:04.204 that's part of being a lawyer. 00:11:04.204 --> 00:11:05.914 And if you can't have a difficult conversation 00:11:05.914 --> 00:11:07.374 with your own team, 00:11:07.374 --> 00:11:09.751 how are you going to have one with an adversary? 00:11:11.378 --> 00:11:12.462 So no? 00:11:12.462 --> 00:11:14.256 No. 00:11:15.424 --> 00:11:16.550 - Do me a favor? - Mm? 00:11:16.550 --> 00:11:17.634 Can you take that sign down 00:11:17.634 --> 00:11:18.927 and give it to Henderson, please? 00:11:18.927 --> 00:11:20.554 - Yeah. - Thank you. 00:11:24.057 --> 00:11:26.476 - Are you kidding me right now? - Lester. 00:11:26.476 --> 00:11:28.854 I am not putting my life in that man's hands. 00:11:28.854 --> 00:11:30.105 You are taking my case. 00:11:30.105 --> 00:11:31.982 I don't want to hear another word about it. 00:11:31.982 --> 00:11:33.692 You think because he wants you to plead self-defense, 00:11:33.692 --> 00:11:34.901 he thinks you did it? 00:11:34.901 --> 00:11:37.362 I don't think anything, Ted. I know it. 00:11:37.362 --> 00:11:38.697 Just like I know if I admit pulling that trigger, 00:11:38.697 --> 00:11:40.115 they're never going to buy it was self-defense. 00:11:40.115 --> 00:11:42.451 Lester, I am wired to put people in prison. 00:11:42.451 --> 00:11:44.286 I hate the idea of getting them out. 00:11:44.286 --> 00:11:45.787 Please, Ted, come on, man. 00:11:45.787 --> 00:11:47.164 I am begging you. 00:11:47.164 --> 00:11:49.374 Stuart lives for this. He is the man for the job. 00:11:49.374 --> 00:11:51.627 I cannot go with someone who doesn't believe me. 00:11:51.627 --> 00:11:53.128 Listen to me. 00:11:53.128 --> 00:11:57.382 Stuart Lane is the best defense attorney in the country. 00:11:57.382 --> 00:12:00.594 Now, do you trust me or not? 00:12:00.594 --> 00:12:02.679 All right, Ted. 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:04.473 I trust you. 00:12:18.028 --> 00:12:19.613 Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. 00:12:19.613 --> 00:12:21.490 It's Clooney. He's getting up to leave. 00:12:21.615 --> 00:12:23.075 We'll discuss it later. Is he gone? 00:12:23.075 --> 00:12:24.326 Wait a second. 00:12:24.326 --> 00:12:26.036 He just dropped a billion dollars. 00:12:26.036 --> 00:12:28.330 It's taking a minute to pick up. 00:12:28.330 --> 00:12:31.333 - Is he gone? - Wait a second. 00:12:31.333 --> 00:12:32.751 He's starting another nonprofit. 00:12:40.092 --> 00:12:41.802 It's good to see you, Eddie. 00:12:41.802 --> 00:12:43.929 Come on. I'll help. 00:12:43.929 --> 00:12:44.930 Are you drunk? 00:12:44.930 --> 00:12:46.598 Very. 00:12:46.598 --> 00:12:51.061 I hadn't had fun with Stuart in a really long time. 00:12:51.061 --> 00:12:52.312 Were you celebrating? 00:12:52.312 --> 00:12:55.273 I wanted to go out and take my mind 00:12:55.273 --> 00:12:57.192 off that last year in New York, 00:12:57.192 --> 00:13:01.238 but I can't stop thinking about it. 00:13:01.238 --> 00:13:04.241 I miss Samantha the way she was. 00:13:04.241 --> 00:13:07.077 And Kevin. 00:13:07.077 --> 00:13:09.329 Why did we leave New York? 00:13:09.329 --> 00:13:11.164 I'm sorry I didn't call, Eddie. 00:13:11.164 --> 00:13:12.666 I should have called. 00:13:14.835 --> 00:13:16.920 There he is right now. 00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:18.839 Ted, what happened? Are you all right? 00:13:18.839 --> 00:13:21.007 - I'm fine. It's nothing. - Doesn't look like nothing. 00:13:21.007 --> 00:13:22.801 Samantha, I was near an explosion, 00:13:22.801 --> 00:13:24.886 but it looks a lot worse than it is. 00:13:24.886 --> 00:13:26.346 I'm fine. 00:13:26.346 --> 00:13:28.098 And I'm still coming to your client's thing tonight. 00:13:28.098 --> 00:13:29.349 I don't care about that right now. 00:13:29.349 --> 00:13:30.934 You don't? 00:13:30.934 --> 00:13:32.727 I think you do. 00:13:32.727 --> 00:13:35.105 Let me talk to Kevin and I'll see you tonight. 00:13:35.105 --> 00:13:36.106 - OK. - OK? 00:13:37.065 --> 00:13:38.984 Listen, we got to talk about how to handle it 00:13:38.984 --> 00:13:40.277 if Billy doesn't make it. 00:13:40.277 --> 00:13:41.820 Handle what? 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:43.446 I stuck my neck out for this case. 00:13:43.446 --> 00:13:45.115 If Billy doesn't make it, 00:13:45.115 --> 00:13:47.033 I might as well break up with Samantha 00:13:47.033 --> 00:13:49.661 and become a DA in Scranton. 00:13:49.661 --> 00:13:50.662 What? 00:13:50.662 --> 00:13:52.539 Nothing, it's-- 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:54.249 I'm from Scranton. 00:13:54.249 --> 00:13:56.293 Well, I'm sorry, I don't mean to crap on where you're from. 00:13:56.293 --> 00:13:57.586 Well, thanks. 00:13:57.586 --> 00:13:59.087 'Cause, you know, I do have hometown pride. 00:13:59.087 --> 00:14:00.839 Yeah, you shouldn't. Scranton's a suckhole. 00:14:00.839 --> 00:14:02.424 You're a suckhole. 00:14:02.424 --> 00:14:05.093 Mr. Black? 00:14:05.093 --> 00:14:07.679 I'm afraid the shock was too much for him. 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.265 Billy didn't make it. 00:14:10.265 --> 00:14:11.766 - All right, look, Teddy-- - Shut up. 00:14:11.766 --> 00:14:13.184 I need to think. - About what? 00:14:13.184 --> 00:14:15.061 He's dead. Look, the case is already gone. 00:14:15.061 --> 00:14:16.730 How many people know he's dead? 00:14:16.730 --> 00:14:19.608 Uh, three of us, two nurses in the room. 00:14:19.608 --> 00:14:20.775 But what does that have to do with-- 00:14:20.775 --> 00:14:21.860 I need you to get in there 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.278 and act like he's still fighting. 00:14:23.278 --> 00:14:24.529 What? 00:14:24.529 --> 00:14:26.781 I can't do that. - Listen to me. 00:14:26.781 --> 00:14:28.700 I just spent a year of my life 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:30.452 trying to put away the man who murdered 00:14:30.452 --> 00:14:32.037 the patient you just lost. 00:14:32.037 --> 00:14:33.455 If you don't get back in there, 00:14:33.455 --> 00:14:35.624 there's going to be 100 more just like him. 00:14:38.335 --> 00:14:40.211 You have one day. 00:14:40.211 --> 00:14:41.212 All right. 00:14:41.212 --> 00:14:42.881 What the hell did you just do? 00:14:42.881 --> 00:14:44.257 I just need you to keep the agents here. 00:14:44.257 --> 00:14:46.092 Teddy, this is a career-ending move 00:14:46.092 --> 00:14:47.802 if it doesn't land you in prison. 00:14:47.802 --> 00:14:49.304 I'm not going to have Billy die for nothing. 00:14:49.304 --> 00:14:51.389 Then you better think of a hall of fame move. 00:14:51.389 --> 00:14:52.682 Because in 24 hours-- 00:14:52.682 --> 00:14:55.352 I am not losing this case. 00:15:07.155 --> 00:15:08.948 - Ted? - What's going on? 00:15:08.948 --> 00:15:09.991 You better get in here. 00:15:09.991 --> 00:15:12.661 The entire 25th floor is gone. 00:15:17.832 --> 00:15:19.376 It was Stuart, wasn't it? 00:15:19.376 --> 00:15:22.253 You couldn't have seen it coming. 00:15:22.253 --> 00:15:23.505 Who did we lose? 00:15:23.505 --> 00:15:25.131 Every senior member of every department 00:15:25.131 --> 00:15:26.758 except sports and entertainment. 00:15:26.758 --> 00:15:28.593 Look, Ted-- - Give me a minute to think. 00:15:28.593 --> 00:15:30.720 What is there to think about? We need to file an injunction. 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.098 If we do that, the entire town will know we're weak. 00:15:33.098 --> 00:15:34.307 We will be dead in a year. 00:15:34.307 --> 00:15:35.642 And if we can't stop the bleeding, 00:15:35.642 --> 00:15:36.976 we'll be dead in a month. 00:15:36.976 --> 00:15:39.270 I'm not losing my firm. 00:15:41.856 --> 00:15:44.067 OK, who left whose clients 00:15:44.067 --> 00:15:45.568 we absolutely cannot afford to lose? 00:15:45.568 --> 00:15:46.945 Easy. Litvak, Johnson-- 00:15:46.945 --> 00:15:49.447 And Riley. OK, I want signed contracts 00:15:49.447 --> 00:15:51.199 from every client by the end of the day. 00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:53.576 And you call Erica, tell her to get in here 00:15:53.576 --> 00:15:55.120 and start helping. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.413 Where are you going? 00:15:56.413 --> 00:15:58.373 To get Litvak, Johnson, and Riley back 00:15:58.373 --> 00:16:00.208 before the entire town knows they're gone. 00:16:00.208 --> 00:16:01.668 Amanda, what are you doing here? 00:16:01.668 --> 00:16:02.961 I thought you left with Stuart? 00:16:02.961 --> 00:16:05.338 Stuart left? 00:16:05.338 --> 00:16:06.965 Bon voyage, Stuart. 00:16:06.965 --> 00:16:08.091 I'm sorry. Do you work here? 00:16:08.091 --> 00:16:09.217 Because I don't know who you are. 00:16:09.217 --> 00:16:10.677 Amanda Stevens. 00:16:10.677 --> 00:16:13.847 I've been handling pro bono for the past two years. 00:16:13.847 --> 00:16:15.014 Rick will catch you up. 00:16:15.014 --> 00:16:16.141 Today, you're helping us close clients. 00:16:16.141 --> 00:16:17.434 Sorry, can't do it. Have a thing. 00:16:17.434 --> 00:16:19.686 You'll do it, or I will fire you on the spot. 00:16:19.686 --> 00:16:21.396 Easy, tiger. 00:16:21.396 --> 00:16:22.981 Here's the thing. 00:16:22.981 --> 00:16:25.358 I run an office here so that I can have a nice address 00:16:25.358 --> 00:16:28.236 and you can pretend you actually serve your community. 00:16:28.236 --> 00:16:31.197 I don't actually work for you, so you can't fire me. 00:16:33.283 --> 00:16:36.911 I will give you $100,000. 00:16:36.953 --> 00:16:37.912 I don't need your money. 00:16:37.954 --> 00:16:38.913 Everyone needs money. 00:16:38.955 --> 00:16:40.540 They do, 00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:42.041 but my family owns half of the apartments on the West Side, 00:16:42.041 --> 00:16:44.127 so I happen to be worth an ungodly amount of money. 00:16:44.127 --> 00:16:45.503 Between us. 00:16:45.503 --> 00:16:47.380 You don't dress like it. 00:16:47.380 --> 00:16:50.258 I think we're done here. 00:16:50.258 --> 00:16:51.301 What? 00:16:51.301 --> 00:16:52.385 I love you. 00:16:55.555 --> 00:16:56.764 Son of a bitch. 00:16:56.764 --> 00:16:58.141 You set me up to get me out of the office. 00:16:58.141 --> 00:16:59.392 And now you know what it felt like last year 00:16:59.392 --> 00:17:01.019 when you hung me out to dry. - Hung you-- 00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:04.856 I have been bringing you along for the ride for ten years. 00:17:04.856 --> 00:17:06.941 You said you were a lion and I was a flea 00:17:06.983 --> 00:17:08.276 in front of everyone. 00:17:08.276 --> 00:17:10.278 It was a negotiating tactic to get more-- 00:17:10.278 --> 00:17:12.697 This firm would be nothing without me! 00:17:12.697 --> 00:17:14.157 We started with two pillars, 00:17:14.157 --> 00:17:15.783 entertainment law and criminal defense. 00:17:15.783 --> 00:17:18.161 And everything else came from there. 00:17:18.161 --> 00:17:20.371 But you think it all comes from you 00:17:20.371 --> 00:17:24.208 because you don't respect what I do. 00:17:24.208 --> 00:17:25.627 Well, we'll see who's more important. 00:17:25.627 --> 00:17:27.170 'Cause you signed an agreement giving me the right 00:17:27.170 --> 00:17:28.630 to take everyone with me. 00:17:28.630 --> 00:17:30.506 I'm going to tie you up in court for years. 00:17:30.506 --> 00:17:31.841 Yeah, if you were going to sue, 00:17:31.841 --> 00:17:32.967 you'd be here with papers right now. 00:17:33.009 --> 00:17:33.968 What is it you really want? 00:17:34.010 --> 00:17:35.261 Litvak, Johnson, and Riley. 00:17:35.261 --> 00:17:36.763 - Hell no. - Stuart. 00:17:36.763 --> 00:17:38.556 You know what I think of Litvak, Johnson, and Riley? 00:17:38.556 --> 00:17:40.183 If they ever left and started their own firm, 00:17:40.183 --> 00:17:42.310 it'd be called Lazy, Fat, and Stupid. 00:17:42.310 --> 00:17:44.103 If I could fire them today, I would. 00:17:44.103 --> 00:17:46.898 But I need their clients. 00:17:46.898 --> 00:17:48.316 Those were your words six months ago. 00:17:48.316 --> 00:17:49.817 Well, now I need their clients. 00:17:49.817 --> 00:17:53.321 So go ahead, sue. 00:17:53.321 --> 00:17:54.697 But I know the real reason 00:17:54.697 --> 00:17:56.324 you left New York. 00:17:56.324 --> 00:17:59.619 And if you sue, the whole thing comes out. 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:02.121 Now get out of my face. I got work to do. 00:18:06.501 --> 00:18:08.795 You know what I think of Litvak, Johnson, and Riley? 00:18:08.795 --> 00:18:10.505 If they ever left and started their own firm, 00:18:10.505 --> 00:18:12.507 it'd be called Lazy, Fat, and Stupid. 00:18:12.507 --> 00:18:14.133 If I could fire them today, I would. 00:18:14.133 --> 00:18:16.427 But I need their clients. 00:18:16.427 --> 00:18:18.346 Ted, I don't know what to say. 00:18:18.346 --> 00:18:20.348 You don't need to say anything. 00:18:20.348 --> 00:18:22.225 Get Johnson and Riley to get the clients on board 00:18:22.225 --> 00:18:24.310 and sign papers with us by the end of the day. 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.900 Look who put his big boy pants on. 00:18:30.942 --> 00:18:32.610 I have a proposition for you. 00:18:32.610 --> 00:18:33.986 I need someone on the inside 00:18:33.986 --> 00:18:35.488 to feed me information for six months. 00:18:35.488 --> 00:18:37.031 Then I name you head of entertainment. 00:18:37.031 --> 00:18:38.074 Well, who says I won't be 00:18:38.074 --> 00:18:39.325 head of entertainment over here? 00:18:39.325 --> 00:18:41.035 That voice inside you that knows 00:18:41.035 --> 00:18:42.912 Ted will never promote you over Rick. 00:18:45.331 --> 00:18:48.835 But what you can't do right now is panic. 00:18:49.127 --> 00:18:50.128 Because there was an earthquake 00:18:50.128 --> 00:18:51.504 that happened here this morning, 00:18:51.504 --> 00:18:53.005 and Ted doesn't need long-term thinkers anymore. 00:18:53.005 --> 00:18:55.007 He needs first responders. 00:18:55.007 --> 00:18:55.466 He needs first responders. 00:18:55.466 --> 00:18:56.426 Oh, you want to have it out? 00:18:56.592 --> 00:18:58.803 I have as much passion in my pinky 00:18:58.803 --> 00:19:00.638 as you do in your entire body. 00:19:00.638 --> 00:19:02.223 Yeah. For yourself. 00:19:02.223 --> 00:19:03.391 I want to let you in on a little secret. 00:19:03.391 --> 00:19:04.726 Most people know this when they're ten. 00:19:04.726 --> 00:19:06.310 Ha! 00:19:06.310 --> 00:19:08.104 You pick a side before you know who's going to win. 00:19:08.104 --> 00:19:09.689 Until you figure that out, you're nothing. 00:19:11.774 --> 00:19:16.821 You will never be him, Rick. 00:19:16.821 --> 00:19:19.365 You don't have what it takes. 00:19:19.365 --> 00:19:21.701 And this whole damn office knows it. 00:19:25.538 --> 00:19:27.206 He'll never trust you. 00:19:34.505 --> 00:19:35.506 Come again? 00:19:35.506 --> 00:19:36.966 I don't care if you step on toes. 00:19:36.966 --> 00:19:39.302 I need you to lock down as many clients as you can, 00:19:39.343 --> 00:19:40.845 whether they're yours or not. 00:19:40.845 --> 00:19:43.055 - Even Rick's? - Even Rick's. 00:19:43.055 --> 00:19:44.640 Hmm. 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.641 What's on your mind, Erica? 00:19:45.641 --> 00:19:47.101 You know what's on my mind. 00:19:47.101 --> 00:19:48.811 How many times do I have to tell you this? 00:19:48.811 --> 00:19:50.521 I promised the job to Rick. 00:19:50.521 --> 00:19:51.647 You mean the man whose clients 00:19:51.647 --> 00:19:53.024 you just asked me to shore up? 00:19:53.024 --> 00:19:55.735 I mean the guy that got in here at00 a.m., 00:19:55.735 --> 00:19:57.737 like he does every morning, and because of that, 00:19:57.737 --> 00:19:59.197 we still have a firm. 00:19:59.197 --> 00:20:01.490 Meanwhile, your primary concern 00:20:01.490 --> 00:20:02.909 seems to be leveraging me into a promotion. 00:20:02.909 --> 00:20:04.327 Don't give me that, because you would do 00:20:04.368 --> 00:20:06.078 the same thing, and you know it. 00:20:06.078 --> 00:20:08.247 So what's it going to be? Yes or no? 00:20:08.247 --> 00:20:09.916 No. 00:20:09.916 --> 00:20:11.417 And one of these days, I promise, 00:20:11.417 --> 00:20:14.253 you will learn that closing clients isn't everything. 00:20:19.675 --> 00:20:21.010 I don't care what happened. 00:20:21.010 --> 00:20:23.638 I just wasted two hours waiting for your ADA, 00:20:23.638 --> 00:20:26.682 so I will be calling for sanctions. 00:20:26.682 --> 00:20:28.226 You did have a thing. 00:20:28.226 --> 00:20:30.519 Did you think I was just being cute? 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.064 Well, I think that you enjoyed saying no to me. 00:20:33.064 --> 00:20:34.732 What can I say? 00:20:34.732 --> 00:20:37.151 Watching a man like you realize that you have nothing I need 00:20:37.151 --> 00:20:40.696 does come with a certain deep satisfaction. 00:20:40.696 --> 00:20:42.114 May I ask you something? 00:20:42.114 --> 00:20:44.533 What sort of cases do you primarily handle? 00:20:44.533 --> 00:20:46.702 Mostly criminal defense. 00:20:46.702 --> 00:20:48.579 Well, how do you do it? 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:51.832 How do you live with yourself, knowing that whoever it is 00:20:51.832 --> 00:20:54.961 is guilty of whatever it is they're accused of doing? 00:20:54.961 --> 00:20:57.171 Because everyone deserves someone to fight for them. 00:20:57.171 --> 00:20:59.590 Even some kid who broke into a house 00:20:59.590 --> 00:21:01.968 because he doesn't know any other way. 00:21:01.968 --> 00:21:04.553 I've heard what's going on between you and Stuart, 00:21:04.553 --> 00:21:06.555 and I know what you're thinking of doing. 00:21:06.555 --> 00:21:09.892 Once you do it, there's no going back. 00:21:09.892 --> 00:21:13.020 Any other unsolicited pieces of advice? 00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:14.772 Sure. 00:21:17.692 --> 00:21:20.695 I dress this way 00:21:20.695 --> 00:21:23.739 so no one sees me coming. 00:21:23.739 --> 00:21:26.409 Outside of work, however, 00:21:26.450 --> 00:21:27.743 it's another story. 00:21:27.743 --> 00:21:30.121 Do I need to tell HR about this conversation? 00:21:30.121 --> 00:21:31.539 You would. 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:34.208 Except you keep forgetting I don't work for you. 00:21:39.714 --> 00:21:41.215 She doesn't work for me. 00:21:43.968 --> 00:21:46.345 I don't know how you did it, but Litvak, Johnson, and Riley 00:21:46.345 --> 00:21:49.223 are back in the fold and grateful as hell. 00:21:49.223 --> 00:21:50.850 Rick, about yesterday/ 00:21:50.850 --> 00:21:53.686 I shouldn't have spoken to you that way. 00:21:54.854 --> 00:21:56.772 I was out of line. 00:21:57.523 --> 00:21:58.566 We good? 00:21:58.566 --> 00:21:59.650 - We're good. - Good. 00:21:59.650 --> 00:22:01.193 Because I've made a decision. 00:22:01.193 --> 00:22:04.405 You're making Erica and me co-heads of entertainment. 00:22:04.405 --> 00:22:05.740 How'd you know? 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.658 Because if I were you, I'd do the same thing. 00:22:07.658 --> 00:22:09.201 Well, in that case, 00:22:09.201 --> 00:22:10.786 what else would you do if you were me? 00:22:10.786 --> 00:22:12.663 I would get familiar with Litvak's clients. 00:22:12.663 --> 00:22:13.789 Because as soon as we lock them down, 00:22:13.789 --> 00:22:14.832 you're letting him go. 00:22:14.832 --> 00:22:17.585 On his lazy, stupid ass. 00:22:22.715 --> 00:22:24.800 I haven't told Erica about the promotion yet. 00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:28.095 I was waiting to let you wrap your head around it. 00:22:29.764 --> 00:22:31.223 Hey, you think about John Amos? 00:22:31.223 --> 00:22:33.476 How could I not? He called me three times today. 00:22:33.517 --> 00:22:35.227 Let's call him tomorrow morning. 00:22:35.227 --> 00:22:36.604 Together. 00:22:45.237 --> 00:22:47.323 - I want to do more. - Excuse me? 00:22:47.323 --> 00:22:49.200 You have me set up the meetings and do the work. 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.993 But the clients, they look at me like I'm a secretary 00:22:50.993 --> 00:22:52.745 and not a lawyer, which I am. 00:22:52.745 --> 00:22:54.914 Leah. 00:22:54.914 --> 00:22:57.291 Today is not the day. 00:22:57.291 --> 00:22:59.710 Erica, I'm tired of making you look good. 00:22:59.710 --> 00:23:01.795 So either put me up for senior associate, 00:23:01.795 --> 00:23:03.923 or I'll find someone here who will. 00:23:05.633 --> 00:23:07.426 Close the door. 00:23:07.426 --> 00:23:08.802 Why? 00:23:08.802 --> 00:23:10.346 Because I am willing to go to bat for you, 00:23:10.346 --> 00:23:11.972 but I need you to understand why I can't do it 00:23:11.972 --> 00:23:13.641 for another six months. 00:23:22.233 --> 00:23:24.860 Aren't you making the most of your situation? 00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:26.987 Can't leave the city. No one will work with me. 00:23:26.987 --> 00:23:28.948 But, you know, at least I have this, right? 00:23:28.948 --> 00:23:32.618 I need you to drop Stuart and hire me. 00:23:32.618 --> 00:23:33.786 You kidding me? 00:23:33.786 --> 00:23:36.747 I begged you to take my case. 00:23:36.747 --> 00:23:38.249 And you said you hated the idea 00:23:38.249 --> 00:23:40.125 of keeping people out of prison. 00:23:41.377 --> 00:23:42.670 And you said Stuart Lane lives for this! 00:23:42.670 --> 00:23:43.963 He's the better man for the job! 00:23:43.963 --> 00:23:45.756 You said he was the best criminal defense attorney 00:23:45.756 --> 00:23:47.341 in the country! 00:23:47.341 --> 00:23:49.551 Did you believe me? 00:23:49.593 --> 00:23:51.553 Because if you didn't, then you think I'm better than him. 00:23:51.595 --> 00:23:54.890 And if you did, then I can convince anyone of anything, 00:23:54.890 --> 00:23:59.019 because there is nothing in this world 00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:01.981 Stuart Lane is better at than me. 00:24:01.981 --> 00:24:03.941 Lester, he doesn't believe you. 00:24:06.151 --> 00:24:07.319 I do. 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.362 You said it yourself. 00:24:08.362 --> 00:24:10.114 If you admit that you shot Simon, 00:24:10.114 --> 00:24:13.367 they will never buy self-defense. 00:24:13.367 --> 00:24:14.827 Look, man, I want to go with you. 00:24:14.827 --> 00:24:15.828 I do. It's just-- 00:24:15.828 --> 00:24:18.831 You're afraid. I get it. 00:24:18.831 --> 00:24:21.041 OK? And I'm not going to sugarcoat it. 00:24:21.041 --> 00:24:24.044 It's the fourth quarter, and you need a touchdown. 00:24:24.044 --> 00:24:26.880 You can go with Kirk Cousins or Patrick Mahomes. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.298 Who's it going to be? 00:24:34.638 --> 00:24:36.056 Ah. 00:24:36.056 --> 00:24:37.599 Are you ever going to call John Amos back? 00:24:37.641 --> 00:24:38.934 I told Rick that we would call him 00:24:38.934 --> 00:24:40.185 tomorrow morning together. 00:24:40.185 --> 00:24:41.562 May I go to my office? 00:24:41.562 --> 00:24:43.564 Yes, but Leah Power is in there. 00:24:43.564 --> 00:24:45.566 - Who's Leah Power? - She works for Erica. 00:24:45.566 --> 00:24:47.192 And from the look on her face, 00:24:47.192 --> 00:24:49.319 you're going to want to find out why she's in there. 00:24:53.115 --> 00:24:54.283 Leah. 00:24:54.283 --> 00:24:55.993 You know who I am? 00:24:55.993 --> 00:24:57.286 Of course I do. 00:24:57.286 --> 00:24:59.079 But I've had a very long day, so... 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:01.081 I have information that, in the current environment, 00:25:01.081 --> 00:25:02.124 I think you'll-- 00:25:02.124 --> 00:25:03.417 What do you want for it? 00:25:03.417 --> 00:25:04.585 I want to be a senior associate. 00:25:04.585 --> 00:25:06.462 Well, then, it better be good. 00:25:06.462 --> 00:25:08.964 Erica's secretly working for Stuart. 00:25:18.098 --> 00:25:19.266 Get out of my office! 00:25:19.266 --> 00:25:20.851 This is my office. 00:25:20.851 --> 00:25:22.936 Now sit down. - I beg your pardon? 00:25:22.936 --> 00:25:24.438 You think if I was going to leave, 00:25:24.438 --> 00:25:26.982 I'd trust anyone with that information, let alone Leah? 00:25:26.982 --> 00:25:29.067 You set her up? No, I don't believe you. 00:25:29.067 --> 00:25:30.194 Why would you do that? 00:25:30.194 --> 00:25:31.528 To find out if I could trust her. 00:25:31.528 --> 00:25:32.946 And if you trust me. 00:25:32.946 --> 00:25:34.948 Or you're playing both of us until you find out 00:25:34.948 --> 00:25:36.450 which way the wind is blowing, Erica! 00:25:36.450 --> 00:25:38.452 Listen, I've been busting my ass for you 00:25:38.452 --> 00:25:40.829 when you don't even see it! 00:25:40.829 --> 00:25:42.998 And I haven't gone to Stuart, but I should. 00:25:42.998 --> 00:25:45.542 And in case it hasn't sunk in for you yet, 00:25:45.542 --> 00:25:49.296 if he asked me to betray you, then he also asked Rick. 00:25:57.221 --> 00:25:59.848 Ted, I know this isn't going to be easy for you. 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:06.855 It's not because of Erica's promotion. 00:26:06.855 --> 00:26:09.316 When I said you were going to fire Greg Litvak, 00:26:09.316 --> 00:26:11.276 you got a look of glee. 00:26:13.487 --> 00:26:15.489 The man left to provide for his family, 00:26:15.489 --> 00:26:17.074 not to screw you. 00:26:17.074 --> 00:26:19.243 But the straw that broke the back? 00:26:19.243 --> 00:26:22.079 Lester. 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:24.164 You're taking on something you despise 00:26:24.164 --> 00:26:26.542 just to save your firm. 00:26:29.127 --> 00:26:31.505 I used to think I wanted to be you. 00:26:31.505 --> 00:26:32.923 I don't anymore. 00:26:32.923 --> 00:26:35.884 And I have to leave before I forget that. 00:26:35.884 --> 00:26:39.346 This is what I was afraid of. 00:26:39.346 --> 00:26:41.014 Uh, listen, John. 00:26:41.014 --> 00:26:42.516 I know that you spoke to Rick about the audition. 00:26:42.516 --> 00:26:43.684 I can still make that happen. 00:26:43.684 --> 00:26:45.102 You think I'm here about that? 00:26:45.102 --> 00:26:46.687 I'm here because I knew something like this 00:26:46.687 --> 00:26:48.021 would happen after you-- 00:26:48.021 --> 00:26:50.232 After what? Rosalyn told you, didn't she? 00:26:50.232 --> 00:26:51.858 Of course she did. 00:26:51.858 --> 00:26:54.611 She knows you're off your game because your father's dying. 00:26:54.611 --> 00:26:55.904 I'm not off anything. 00:26:55.904 --> 00:26:58.073 Ted, what's done is done. 00:26:58.073 --> 00:26:59.908 You need to see your father and forgive him. 00:26:59.908 --> 00:27:01.618 What I need to do is get my game face on 00:27:01.618 --> 00:27:02.911 and destroy these mother-- 00:27:02.911 --> 00:27:04.913 Do I need to spell it out for you? 00:27:04.913 --> 00:27:08.083 You created the dynamic you had with your father at work. 00:27:08.083 --> 00:27:10.544 You did it with Stuart. You did it with Rick. 00:27:10.544 --> 00:27:12.254 Stuart isn't my son. He's my age. 00:27:12.254 --> 00:27:15.507 You think the dynamic has anything to do with age? 00:27:15.507 --> 00:27:18.552 Have you ever taken even one acting class? 00:27:18.552 --> 00:27:20.512 You think you know me 00:27:20.512 --> 00:27:22.389 because you took a few acting classes? 00:27:22.389 --> 00:27:26.184 I took 84 years of life, sonny boy. 00:27:26.184 --> 00:27:27.602 And you don't make it right-- 00:27:27.602 --> 00:27:29.271 He does not get to be forgiven! 00:27:29.271 --> 00:27:30.897 You're not doing it for him. 00:27:30.897 --> 00:27:33.525 You're doing it for yourself. 00:27:42.826 --> 00:27:44.411 I was wondering how long it would take you 00:27:44.411 --> 00:27:45.495 to show up here. 00:27:45.495 --> 00:27:49.499 Samantha, my father's dying. 00:27:51.501 --> 00:27:52.961 Wait, let me get this straight. 00:27:52.961 --> 00:27:54.963 You told Leah you were leaving to test Ted? 00:27:54.963 --> 00:27:56.423 I know you value honesty, but-- 00:27:56.423 --> 00:27:58.091 Oh, sweet Jesus! 00:27:58.091 --> 00:28:00.135 You really are smarter than all of them. 00:28:00.135 --> 00:28:04.431 I might be smarter than them, but I am not wiser than you. 00:28:04.431 --> 00:28:06.683 Oh, you want to know which horse I think you should back. 00:28:06.683 --> 00:28:09.770 Of course I do. That's why I'm here. 00:28:09.770 --> 00:28:12.689 You're not here for that. 00:28:12.689 --> 00:28:14.441 You are here for me to remind you 00:28:14.441 --> 00:28:16.401 that you are a Rollins. 00:28:16.401 --> 00:28:20.072 You have worked harder to get where you are than anyone else. 00:28:20.072 --> 00:28:24.701 And you don't owe either one of these two a damn thing. 00:28:27.037 --> 00:28:28.955 Tell me one thing. 00:28:28.955 --> 00:28:30.999 Was it your idea to cut me out of the new firm, 00:28:30.999 --> 00:28:32.125 or was it Stuart's? 00:28:32.125 --> 00:28:33.627 His. 00:28:33.627 --> 00:28:35.629 He's been gunning for you since you called him a flea 00:28:35.629 --> 00:28:37.422 in the negotiations. 00:28:37.422 --> 00:28:38.882 I mean, what did you think he was going to do 00:28:38.882 --> 00:28:40.383 once you signed that agreement? 00:28:40.383 --> 00:28:42.302 I thought that Stuart would understand in my heart, 00:28:42.302 --> 00:28:43.637 we're brothers. 00:28:43.637 --> 00:28:46.014 And you don't betray your brother. 00:28:46.014 --> 00:28:48.183 You can't just treat people how you do and think 00:28:48.183 --> 00:28:51.895 they'll see deep down, you're this noble creature. 00:28:51.895 --> 00:28:53.438 You do. 00:28:56.441 --> 00:28:59.778 Not enough to jeopardize my firm. 00:29:01.738 --> 00:29:04.115 I'm going to come after you with everything I've got. 00:29:04.366 --> 00:29:07.452 Because what your father did, it broke you. 00:29:07.452 --> 00:29:10.247 And given that you're here instead of on a plane, 00:29:10.247 --> 00:29:12.541 you still don't seem like you want to fix it. 00:29:15.252 --> 00:29:17.295 OK, I'm here. 00:29:17.295 --> 00:29:19.047 It's late. What is it? 00:29:19.047 --> 00:29:20.590 I want to know why you stuck with me 00:29:20.590 --> 00:29:21.842 instead of going with Stuart. 00:29:22.008 --> 00:29:25.053 He wanted to only give me diverse clients. 00:29:25.053 --> 00:29:27.264 But you said, "Well, if I knew 00:29:27.264 --> 00:29:28.849 "she could only close people of color, 00:29:28.849 --> 00:29:30.851 "I never would have hired her. 00:29:30.851 --> 00:29:34.771 Throw her in the deep end. She sinks or swims." 00:29:34.771 --> 00:29:35.814 But then you said-- 00:29:35.814 --> 00:29:40.610 Lay 100 to 1, this one swims. 00:29:40.610 --> 00:29:44.072 And I'd do it seven days a week. 00:29:44.072 --> 00:29:46.199 Twice on Sunday. 00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:50.120 You have a lot of flaws, Ted. 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:55.458 But you see me for who I am. 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.085 Good. 00:29:57.085 --> 00:29:59.754 Because starting Monday, 00:29:59.754 --> 00:30:01.339 you're the new head of entertainment. 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.591 You think it was going to be that easy? 00:30:02.591 --> 00:30:05.427 - I was hoping. - You were dreaming. 00:30:05.427 --> 00:30:07.304 OK, well, then let's get to it. 00:30:07.304 --> 00:30:08.680 Because I have a plane to catch. 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.432 I don't just want a title. 00:30:10.432 --> 00:30:12.434 I want to be partner. - That's a lot to ask. 00:30:12.434 --> 00:30:13.768 You're about to have your hands full 00:30:13.768 --> 00:30:15.437 with a murder case, which means you need me 00:30:15.437 --> 00:30:16.730 to take all of your clients. 00:30:16.730 --> 00:30:19.608 So I don't think that's much to ask at all. 00:30:19.608 --> 00:30:22.235 Partner it is. 00:30:22.235 --> 00:30:24.571 I have another question. 00:30:24.571 --> 00:30:28.658 If you could still have Rick here instead of me, 00:30:28.658 --> 00:30:30.994 would you? 00:30:30.994 --> 00:30:32.912 I would. 00:30:32.912 --> 00:30:36.499 Then I guess I'll have to change your mind. 00:30:36.541 --> 00:30:39.294 You said the story was the main reason you stayed. 00:30:39.294 --> 00:30:40.712 What was the other one? 00:30:40.712 --> 00:30:42.839 Someone once said that sometimes 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.425 you have to pick a side before you know who's going to win. 00:30:45.425 --> 00:30:50.305 And if I'm picking between you and Stuart Lane, 00:30:50.305 --> 00:30:53.516 I'm picking you, Ted. 00:30:53.558 --> 00:30:58.021 Seven days a week and twice on Sunday. 00:31:15.663 --> 00:31:17.499 You gotta admit, everything is better 00:31:17.499 --> 00:31:18.625 when you're drinking Yoo-hoo. 00:31:20.418 --> 00:31:22.712 Hey, what's going on? 00:31:22.712 --> 00:31:25.757 Tony said Dad left because of me. 00:31:25.757 --> 00:31:27.133 Eddie, look at me. 00:31:27.133 --> 00:31:29.552 Dad leaving has nothing to do with you. 00:31:29.594 --> 00:31:32.472 Some people have something wrong with them. 00:31:32.472 --> 00:31:34.891 You're not one of them. 00:31:34.891 --> 00:31:36.351 He is. 00:31:38.061 --> 00:31:39.437 I love you. 00:31:39.437 --> 00:31:40.688 I love you too, Eddie. 00:31:47.946 --> 00:31:50.281 Leah, let me take advantage of you. 00:31:50.281 --> 00:31:52.325 Leah, I'm not going to give you any credit. 00:31:52.492 --> 00:31:54.160 Am I getting fired? 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:56.204 Well, it depends on if you want to hit the reset button. 00:31:56.204 --> 00:31:58.331 But you said you couldn't trust me. 00:31:58.331 --> 00:32:00.375 I've been thinking about trust. 00:32:00.375 --> 00:32:02.752 Sometimes you have to give it to get it. 00:32:08.591 --> 00:32:09.717 Kevin. 00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.223 Teddy. 00:32:15.223 --> 00:32:17.308 I need your help with a case. 00:32:17.308 --> 00:32:19.435 Whatever you want to charge, I'll pay. 00:32:19.435 --> 00:32:21.271 Teddy, I can't say I didn't love working with you, 00:32:21.271 --> 00:32:22.856 because I did. 00:32:22.856 --> 00:32:26.276 But your daddy issues, they blew up my career. 00:32:26.276 --> 00:32:28.611 Your career wasn't the only one that blew up. 00:32:28.611 --> 00:32:30.488 - What's the case? - Murder trial. 00:32:30.488 --> 00:32:31.865 Producer killed his partner. 00:32:31.865 --> 00:32:32.991 Did he do it? 00:32:32.991 --> 00:32:34.534 He says he didn't. I believe him. 00:32:34.534 --> 00:32:37.704 And everyone deserves somebody who will fight for them. 00:32:37.704 --> 00:32:39.581 A load of bull, and you know it. 00:32:39.581 --> 00:32:42.083 I said I believed him. I didn't say he was a saint. 00:32:42.083 --> 00:32:44.586 Do you think that I would be here if he was Mary Poppins? 00:32:44.586 --> 00:32:47.422 Well, that Poppins chick wasn't so innocent, either. 00:32:47.422 --> 00:32:49.674 Spoonful of sugar, my ass. 00:32:49.674 --> 00:32:51.718 Listen, Teddy, I got to do a lot of crappy things 00:32:51.718 --> 00:32:55.054 to pay the rent around here, but this isn't one of them. 00:32:55.054 --> 00:32:56.389 Then forget the money. 00:32:56.389 --> 00:32:57.724 You're going to do it because you owe me. 00:32:57.724 --> 00:32:58.933 I called you as soon as I knew. 00:32:58.933 --> 00:33:00.059 Don't you put that on me. 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.977 I'm not putting it on you. 00:33:00.977 --> 00:33:02.270 It's on you. 00:33:02.270 --> 00:33:05.315 This is our chance to make it right. 00:33:05.315 --> 00:33:06.566 I want 200 grand. 00:33:06.566 --> 00:33:07.650 No can do. 00:33:07.650 --> 00:33:09.068 It's got to be 4. 00:33:09.068 --> 00:33:11.070 Not a penny less. 00:33:11.070 --> 00:33:13.489 Even cockier now that you have money, aren't you? 00:33:13.489 --> 00:33:15.533 At least I'm not from Scranton. 00:33:15.533 --> 00:33:18.286 Why you got to be that way? 00:33:34.344 --> 00:33:36.137 Hey, Dad. 00:33:37.388 --> 00:33:38.723 How you doing? 00:33:40.558 --> 00:33:42.435 A stupid question, I know. 00:33:45.813 --> 00:33:48.316 I know we don't have a lot of time, but... 00:33:52.737 --> 00:33:54.947 It was the Yankees game. 00:33:54.947 --> 00:33:57.867 I was 13, Eddie was 17. 00:33:57.867 --> 00:34:02.580 And I knew that you didn't want him there. 00:34:04.499 --> 00:34:06.084 But you hid that from him. 00:34:06.084 --> 00:34:07.835 It was your best day as a father. 00:34:07.835 --> 00:34:09.796 And it was the greatest day of his life. 00:34:09.796 --> 00:34:12.799 You even took a picture of us and had it framed. 00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:16.386 So thank you for that. 00:34:16.386 --> 00:34:19.806 Then after you got convicted, 00:34:19.806 --> 00:34:23.351 you told me that on your last night of freedom, 00:34:23.351 --> 00:34:26.020 all you wanted to do was spend it with me. 00:34:32.985 --> 00:34:37.949 But when that day came, 00:34:37.949 --> 00:34:40.952 you let them kill Eddie. 00:34:40.952 --> 00:34:43.371 My sweet, beautiful brother 00:34:43.371 --> 00:34:47.333 who never hurt a soul in his life. 00:34:47.333 --> 00:34:49.877 And you said you did it to protect me. 00:34:53.047 --> 00:34:56.425 But you didn't even show up at his funeral. 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:01.722 He was your son. 00:35:01.722 --> 00:35:04.642 All my life, "I'm going to make it up to you, Ted. 00:35:04.642 --> 00:35:05.768 "I'm going to make it up to you. 00:35:05.768 --> 00:35:07.145 I'm going to make it up to you." 00:35:12.024 --> 00:35:14.026 You'll make it up to me now. 00:35:19.615 --> 00:35:21.284 You're going to die alone. 00:35:53.482 --> 00:35:55.526 If he wants it, he can have it, Your Honor. 00:35:55.526 --> 00:35:58.154 All right, then, Mr. Thompson. 00:35:58.154 --> 00:36:00.990 You've been charged with murder in the first degree. 00:36:00.990 --> 00:36:02.283 How do you plead? 00:36:02.283 --> 00:36:05.953 My client pleads not guilty, Your Honor, 00:36:05.953 --> 00:36:09.165 because he didn't do it. 00:36:09.165 --> 00:36:10.416 You're both going to regret this. 00:36:10.416 --> 00:36:11.459 Lester won't. 00:36:11.459 --> 00:36:12.752 Because I have never lost a case, 00:36:12.752 --> 00:36:14.045 and I'm sure as hell not going to start now. 00:36:14.045 --> 00:36:15.421 You want to spill my secrets? 00:36:15.421 --> 00:36:19.008 You remember I have some of yours too. 00:37:00.257 --> 00:37:02.009 You threw it away. 00:37:02.009 --> 00:37:03.928 I saved it. 00:37:03.928 --> 00:37:07.598 I know Rick is your friend. 00:37:12.395 --> 00:37:14.897 You going to work today? 00:37:17.024 --> 00:37:18.859 Not today, Eddie. 00:37:21.487 --> 00:37:23.948 Today, I'd just like to spend the day with you. 00:38:55.581 --> 00:38:57.666 Aaron. Aaron!