WEBVTT 00:00:03.670 --> 00:00:05.922 Previously on "Suits LA"... 00:00:05.922 --> 00:00:07.882 I testify, I'm a dead man. 00:00:07.882 --> 00:00:10.260 I thought we were friends. - We are friends, Billy. 00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:12.470 Now, get back inside before someone-- 00:00:13.513 --> 00:00:14.597 What happened? Are you all right? 00:00:14.597 --> 00:00:16.099 I'm fine, Samantha. 00:00:16.099 --> 00:00:17.600 And I'm still coming to your client's thing tonight. 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:18.852 I don't care about that right now. 00:00:18.852 --> 00:00:20.019 I think you do. 00:00:20.019 --> 00:00:21.146 Billy didn't make it. 00:00:21.146 --> 00:00:22.439 I need you to get in there and act 00:00:22.439 --> 00:00:23.857 like he's still fighting. - You have one day. 00:00:23.857 --> 00:00:25.817 You better think of a Hall of Fame move. 00:00:25.817 --> 00:00:27.902 I am not losing this case. 00:00:27.902 --> 00:00:29.154 They're saying a lot of very specific things 00:00:29.154 --> 00:00:30.697 happened last night. 00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:32.240 What, that I killed my partner in my own backyard? 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:33.324 Why would I do that? 00:00:33.324 --> 00:00:34.868 There's residue on your hands. 00:00:34.868 --> 00:00:36.202 Because we were shooting. 00:00:36.202 --> 00:00:38.371 Stuart lives for this. He is the man for the job. 00:00:38.371 --> 00:00:40.665 I cannot go with someone who doesn't believe me. 00:00:40.665 --> 00:00:42.167 The entire 25th floor is gone. 00:00:42.167 --> 00:00:43.293 You should back out of the fight 00:00:43.293 --> 00:00:44.586 for head of entertainment. 00:00:44.586 --> 00:00:45.712 It gives us the best shot at working together 00:00:45.712 --> 00:00:47.172 after I get it. 00:00:47.172 --> 00:00:48.673 You pick a side before you know who's going to win. 00:00:48.673 --> 00:00:50.300 Until you figure that out, you're nothing. 00:00:50.300 --> 00:00:52.927 Samantha, was it your idea to cut me out of the new firm, 00:00:52.927 --> 00:00:54.304 or was it Stuart's? - His. 00:00:54.304 --> 00:00:55.680 Lester, he doesn't believe you. 00:00:55.680 --> 00:00:57.765 I do. - My client pleads not guilty. 00:00:57.765 --> 00:00:59.184 You're both gonna regret this. 00:00:59.184 --> 00:01:00.977 Lester won't, 'cause I have never lost a case, 00:01:00.977 --> 00:01:02.479 and I'm sure as hell not gonna start now. 00:01:06.524 --> 00:01:08.359 Just the woman I wanted to see. 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.361 Oh, I was going to say the same thing. 00:01:10.361 --> 00:01:12.280 - To who? - Your mom. 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:14.073 My mom passed away years ago. 00:01:15.909 --> 00:01:17.702 Way to S*** the fun out of the morning. 00:01:17.702 --> 00:01:19.204 You here to tell me I have a tumor? 00:01:19.204 --> 00:01:21.206 I wanted to talk about Dylan Pryor. 00:01:21.206 --> 00:01:22.916 - Give it to me. - She's got two movies. 00:01:22.916 --> 00:01:25.335 One's an indie, the other is a potential action franchise. 00:01:25.335 --> 00:01:27.128 I'm sure you can guess what the priority is. 00:01:27.128 --> 00:01:28.129 Of course. 00:01:28.129 --> 00:01:30.089 Of course, I can. 00:01:30.089 --> 00:01:31.674 - Erica? - Yes? 00:01:31.674 --> 00:01:33.468 You have no idea who Dylan Pryor is, do you? 00:01:33.468 --> 00:01:34.969 You have no proof of that. 00:01:34.969 --> 00:01:36.095 I could know. 00:01:36.095 --> 00:01:37.096 Erica, who's Dylan Pryor? 00:01:37.096 --> 00:01:38.348 I'll tell you who. 00:01:38.348 --> 00:01:40.600 She is your client, who we signed last week, 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:42.685 who you need me to take care of, which I will. 00:01:42.685 --> 00:01:45.104 That'll be all. 00:01:45.104 --> 00:01:46.731 Are you dismissing me? 00:01:46.731 --> 00:01:48.233 Can I? 00:01:48.233 --> 00:01:50.151 Eh... remains to be seen. 00:01:50.151 --> 00:01:51.778 Get out. 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:52.779 Did it work? 00:01:52.779 --> 00:01:54.197 No. Okay. 00:01:54.197 --> 00:01:55.823 Fun and games aside, Stuart taking half the firm 00:01:55.823 --> 00:01:57.116 is still the talk of the town. 00:01:57.116 --> 00:01:58.534 Dylan Pryor is a new client. 00:01:58.534 --> 00:02:00.662 You are the new head of entertainment. 00:02:00.662 --> 00:02:02.413 Ted, I understand what the stakes are, 00:02:02.413 --> 00:02:05.166 and I know that you're focusing on Lester's murder trial. 00:02:05.166 --> 00:02:08.127 Whatever Dylan Pryor needs, I'll get it done. 00:02:11.339 --> 00:02:14.175 - Hi. - Hey. 00:02:14.175 --> 00:02:16.261 What are you doing on our floor? 00:02:16.261 --> 00:02:17.804 It's lonely up there. 00:02:17.804 --> 00:02:20.223 I'm the only one left on the whole floor. 00:02:20.223 --> 00:02:21.266 Well, do you wanna come down here? 00:02:21.266 --> 00:02:22.725 You've got Stuart's office. 00:02:22.725 --> 00:02:25.061 Why would I do that? I've got the floor to myself. 00:02:25.061 --> 00:02:26.271 Mm-hmm. 00:02:26.271 --> 00:02:28.481 Hey, since you're down here, 00:02:28.481 --> 00:02:31.567 what do you know about Hanrahan in the DA's office? 00:02:31.567 --> 00:02:33.111 Why? 00:02:33.111 --> 00:02:36.948 Is Hanrahan prosecuting your shady producer murderer? 00:02:36.948 --> 00:02:39.200 Those aren't the exact words that I would use to describe 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:41.035 Lester, but you're--yeah. Go on. 00:02:41.035 --> 00:02:43.329 Well, let me just say, if I knew old man Hanrahan 00:02:43.329 --> 00:02:45.206 would be the one prosecuting me, 00:02:45.206 --> 00:02:47.792 I'd rob a bank. Client got lucky. 00:02:47.792 --> 00:02:50.420 I get the feeling you're not the biggest fan of Lester. 00:02:50.420 --> 00:02:52.171 I'm not a fan of people 00:02:52.171 --> 00:02:53.464 buying their way out of trouble. 00:02:53.464 --> 00:02:55.466 He's not buying me. He's paying me. 00:02:55.466 --> 00:02:57.176 And his only trouble is being accused 00:02:57.176 --> 00:02:58.678 of a murder he didn't commit. 00:02:58.678 --> 00:03:00.179 Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna go interview 00:03:00.179 --> 00:03:01.347 my shady producer murderer 00:03:01.347 --> 00:03:03.808 and check in on old man Hanrahan. 00:03:03.808 --> 00:03:06.811 Between us, I don't think you should 00:03:06.811 --> 00:03:11.441 be referring to your client as a shady producer murderer. 00:03:11.441 --> 00:03:13.192 It's counterproductive. 00:03:19.198 --> 00:03:20.700 Are you kidding me? 00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:23.244 Who drops a Good & Plenty into the paper feeder? 00:03:23.244 --> 00:03:24.579 Leah? 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:28.249 Are you okay? 00:03:28.249 --> 00:03:29.292 Why? What happened? 00:03:29.292 --> 00:03:30.877 Um, how can I help you? 00:03:30.877 --> 00:03:33.212 You like movies and television, right? 00:03:33.212 --> 00:03:34.547 Of course. 00:03:34.547 --> 00:03:37.008 What kind of entertainment lawyer wouldn't love-- 00:03:37.008 --> 00:03:39.427 you know, I'm more of a book girl myself. 00:03:39.427 --> 00:03:40.636 Why do you ask? 00:03:40.636 --> 00:03:42.221 What do you know about Dylan Pryor? 00:03:42.221 --> 00:03:43.389 Is this a trick question? 00:03:43.389 --> 00:03:44.932 I've seen every movie she's ever done. 00:03:44.932 --> 00:03:46.517 There's nothing I don't know about her. 00:03:46.517 --> 00:03:48.895 Great, then grab her file, and come with me. 00:03:48.895 --> 00:03:50.062 And don't eat that. 00:03:50.062 --> 00:03:52.231 Of course, I won't. 00:03:56.611 --> 00:03:58.112 Mm. She was right. 00:03:58.112 --> 00:04:00.698 So you and Simon went to your movie's premiere, 00:04:00.698 --> 00:04:02.867 everyone had a good time? - Yeah, had a great time. 00:04:02.867 --> 00:04:05.536 And you know, went back to the house, did ecstasy. 00:04:05.536 --> 00:04:07.455 - How many pills? - We each took one. 00:04:07.455 --> 00:04:08.706 It wasn't working fast enough, 00:04:08.706 --> 00:04:10.833 but we didn't think it was working at all, 00:04:10.833 --> 00:04:12.251 so we split a third pill. 00:04:12.251 --> 00:04:13.711 - Then the guns came out? - Yep. 00:04:13.711 --> 00:04:16.088 Simon took the Luger. I took the Glock. 00:04:16.088 --> 00:04:17.423 We set up the target. 00:04:17.423 --> 00:04:18.716 A picture of the head of the studio. 00:04:18.716 --> 00:04:20.259 Hey, you know the man. He's a B******. 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:22.595 - Not in dispute. - We start shooting. 00:04:22.595 --> 00:04:24.931 That's when Simon starts getting a little weird. 00:04:24.931 --> 00:04:25.973 Weird? Weird how? 00:04:25.973 --> 00:04:27.225 He starts saying he's a fraud. 00:04:27.225 --> 00:04:29.310 No one really knows him. 00:04:29.310 --> 00:04:31.312 I start to realize I'm-- 00:04:31.312 --> 00:04:35.483 I'm watching a man battle with himself for his own sanity. 00:04:35.483 --> 00:04:37.443 He starts getting darker and darker, 00:04:37.443 --> 00:04:39.654 saying he doesn't deserve to be here. 00:04:39.654 --> 00:04:42.573 That's what he said. "I don't deserve to be here." 00:04:42.573 --> 00:04:45.493 That's when it happened. 00:04:45.493 --> 00:04:47.078 He raises a gun to his head. 00:04:47.078 --> 00:04:50.331 I try to stop him, but he snaps at me. 00:04:50.331 --> 00:04:52.875 He is--he is fully crazy at this point. 00:04:52.875 --> 00:04:56.170 And I grab his arm, but-- I mean, Simon's, like, 00:04:56.170 --> 00:04:57.463 a thousand times stronger than me, 00:04:57.463 --> 00:05:00.132 and the gun is now aimed right at his head, 00:05:00.132 --> 00:05:02.677 and I'm screaming at him, "Please. 00:05:02.677 --> 00:05:04.345 "Please, Simon. Don't do it. 00:05:04.345 --> 00:05:05.596 Don't do it, Simon." 00:05:05.596 --> 00:05:08.266 And next thing I know, bang. 00:05:08.266 --> 00:05:09.892 Simon is dead, 00:05:09.892 --> 00:05:12.687 and I've got his blood all over me, 00:05:12.687 --> 00:05:15.189 and I don't know what to do. 00:05:15.189 --> 00:05:17.692 Finally, I call 911. 00:05:17.692 --> 00:05:20.236 I get there, and they arrest me then and there. 00:05:20.236 --> 00:05:25.032 My best friend of 20 years is lying on the ground, 00:05:25.032 --> 00:05:27.493 and they arrest me. 00:05:27.493 --> 00:05:29.787 Okay, Lester. 00:05:29.787 --> 00:05:31.372 Okay. 00:05:31.372 --> 00:05:33.040 We got what we needed. 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.959 We've got a meeting with the prosecutor later. 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:36.335 I'll give you a call afterwards. 00:05:36.335 --> 00:05:37.503 I'll let you know how it goes. 00:05:37.503 --> 00:05:39.338 All right. 00:05:39.338 --> 00:05:40.923 both: All right. 00:05:45.177 --> 00:05:46.512 What's on your mind? 00:05:46.512 --> 00:05:48.472 Something's not right about your boy. 00:05:48.472 --> 00:05:50.808 I mean, he tells a good story, 00:05:50.808 --> 00:05:53.352 but I know a liar when I see one. 00:05:53.352 --> 00:05:54.687 Kevin, it's different out here. 00:05:54.687 --> 00:05:56.856 People lie. They cheat. 00:05:56.856 --> 00:05:59.483 They do whatever they can to push their project through. 00:05:59.483 --> 00:06:02.320 Would I trust Lester with my girlfriend? 00:06:02.320 --> 00:06:04.697 I would, but, you know, look at me, and look at him. 00:06:04.697 --> 00:06:05.948 I don't have anything to worry about. 00:06:05.948 --> 00:06:08.367 If I'm her, I'm going with him. 00:06:08.367 --> 00:06:09.368 You're delusional. 00:06:09.368 --> 00:06:11.454 One word. Jamie. 00:06:11.454 --> 00:06:13.831 Jamie was a one-time thing. 00:06:13.831 --> 00:06:16.834 Kevin, seriously, Lester's a lot of things. 00:06:19.003 --> 00:06:20.337 He's not a murderer. 00:06:22.048 --> 00:06:25.634 Well, you didn't bring my ass out here to believe him. 00:06:25.634 --> 00:06:27.803 You brought me here to find out anything they can use 00:06:27.803 --> 00:06:29.930 against us, so I'ma do that. 00:06:29.930 --> 00:06:31.766 But, Ted, you better start wrapping 00:06:31.766 --> 00:06:34.268 your mind around the fact that he may have done this. 00:07:11.222 --> 00:07:12.640 Dylan. Hey. Good to hear from you. 00:07:12.640 --> 00:07:14.433 Who's Erica Rollins, and why is she calling me? 00:07:14.433 --> 00:07:16.310 She is the new head of entertainment 00:07:16.310 --> 00:07:17.812 and an excellent attorney. 00:07:17.812 --> 00:07:20.105 An excellent attorney that I have never even met. 00:07:20.105 --> 00:07:21.524 Look, Dylan-- 00:07:21.524 --> 00:07:22.983 Rick, I knew Ted was gonna pawn me off. 00:07:22.983 --> 00:07:24.693 I just thought that it was going to be you. 00:07:24.693 --> 00:07:27.363 It was going to be me, but I left for another firm. 00:07:27.363 --> 00:07:29.782 But trust me, Erica is fully capable of taking care of you. 00:07:29.782 --> 00:07:31.951 Rick, look, I signed on to do an indie movie 00:07:31.951 --> 00:07:34.119 that my friend wrote, but the schedule conflicts 00:07:34.119 --> 00:07:35.454 with my Warner Brothers movie, 00:07:35.454 --> 00:07:36.664 and I'm not letting an indie movie 00:07:36.664 --> 00:07:37.873 get in the way of my career. 00:07:37.873 --> 00:07:40.292 I get that, but I can't represent you. 00:07:40.292 --> 00:07:41.710 I am prohibited from poaching. 00:07:41.710 --> 00:07:43.295 Then can't you convince Ted 00:07:43.295 --> 00:07:44.797 to handle this for me instead of Erica? 00:07:44.797 --> 00:07:46.715 I wish I could, but to tell you the truth, 00:07:46.715 --> 00:07:49.301 I don't think Ted would take my call right now. 00:07:52.846 --> 00:07:54.306 Right on time. 00:07:54.306 --> 00:07:55.808 I like that. 00:07:55.808 --> 00:07:58.978 You're not old man Hanrahan. 00:07:58.978 --> 00:08:00.938 You think they'd send a high-profile case 00:08:00.938 --> 00:08:02.940 like this to Hanrahan? 00:08:02.940 --> 00:08:05.276 He's who they send when they don't care what happens. 00:08:05.276 --> 00:08:06.735 I'm who they send when they do. 00:08:06.735 --> 00:08:09.238 I'm who they send when they have no chance, 00:08:09.238 --> 00:08:10.823 but they need a win anyway. 00:08:10.823 --> 00:08:12.575 Lester Thompson needs a win, all right. 00:08:12.575 --> 00:08:15.828 But this plea deal is the closest he's gonna get. 00:08:15.828 --> 00:08:17.037 That's where we're gonna start? 00:08:17.037 --> 00:08:18.789 Why not? It's where we're gonna finish. 00:08:18.789 --> 00:08:20.124 Then maybe you didn't hear, 00:08:20.124 --> 00:08:21.834 but Lester pled not guilty at his arraignment. 00:08:21.834 --> 00:08:24.712 Well, he should have pled insanity 00:08:24.712 --> 00:08:26.672 because I heard he dropped one of the premier 00:08:26.672 --> 00:08:28.841 defense attorneys in the nation to put his life 00:08:28.841 --> 00:08:32.011 in the hands of a glorified black shirt, 00:08:32.011 --> 00:08:33.512 no tie talent agent. 00:08:33.512 --> 00:08:35.389 You forgot former federal prosecutor. 00:08:35.389 --> 00:08:37.725 And I never did work at the local level, 00:08:37.725 --> 00:08:39.935 but unless whatever that is 00:08:39.935 --> 00:08:41.729 says you're dropping the charges, 00:08:41.729 --> 00:08:43.230 I'll see you in court. 00:08:43.230 --> 00:08:44.523 Okay, but you should know 00:08:44.523 --> 00:08:46.191 I'm not three hours into this thing, 00:08:46.191 --> 00:08:49.653 and I've got the victim's blood all over your client, 00:08:49.653 --> 00:08:52.031 the coroner's report inconsistent with suicide 00:08:52.031 --> 00:08:54.867 and a line around the block of people 00:08:54.867 --> 00:08:57.077 begging to testify that Lester Thompson's 00:08:57.077 --> 00:08:58.996 love language is lying. 00:08:58.996 --> 00:09:00.664 So you might wanna run this bad boy 00:09:00.664 --> 00:09:03.083 by your client just in case. 00:09:10.341 --> 00:09:13.093 - You wanted to see me? - Yes. 00:09:13.093 --> 00:09:14.595 We have something to talk about. 00:09:14.595 --> 00:09:16.347 HR sent this over. 00:09:18.265 --> 00:09:19.683 Rick's being made head of entertainment. 00:09:19.683 --> 00:09:21.018 What about it? 00:09:21.018 --> 00:09:22.436 Our agreement was, you keep someone at Ted's 00:09:22.436 --> 00:09:24.438 for six months, and they keep an eye on him. 00:09:24.438 --> 00:09:27.066 Then whoever it comes over and gets this title. 00:09:27.066 --> 00:09:29.109 We had an opportunity to weaken Ted out of the gate, 00:09:29.109 --> 00:09:32.988 and I took it. - A call you made on your own. 00:09:32.988 --> 00:09:34.239 I'm not signing off on this 00:09:34.239 --> 00:09:35.741 without getting something for it. 00:09:35.741 --> 00:09:37.409 I thought we were gonna be partners. 00:09:37.409 --> 00:09:39.453 Stuart, you came to me a week before we merged, 00:09:39.453 --> 00:09:41.038 wanting to cut Ted out. 00:09:41.038 --> 00:09:42.372 It was against my better judgment, 00:09:42.372 --> 00:09:43.457 but I went along with it. 00:09:43.457 --> 00:09:46.043 Now you, a criminal defense attorney, 00:09:46.043 --> 00:09:48.712 are trying to dictate who I name head of entertainment. 00:09:48.712 --> 00:09:51.799 So who's not being a good partner now? 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:53.926 I'm gonna have to double down here. 00:09:53.926 --> 00:09:57.304 Bob the janitor is now in charge of real estate. 00:09:57.304 --> 00:09:59.223 I appreciate you accepting this. 00:09:59.223 --> 00:10:02.476 Now, do you want to tell Rick, or should I? 00:10:04.478 --> 00:10:07.940 Just to be clear, we're entitled to Dylan's services 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:10.317 for six months, and we intend to enforce those rights. 00:10:10.317 --> 00:10:12.486 We're all aware of that, but it's a small role, 00:10:12.486 --> 00:10:14.154 and Dylan's new Warner Brothers deal can't kick in 00:10:14.154 --> 00:10:15.697 until after she's released. 00:10:15.697 --> 00:10:17.157 How is that my problem? 00:10:17.157 --> 00:10:19.451 Fred, I know you're concerned about our rights, 00:10:19.451 --> 00:10:21.120 but Dylan is my friend. 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.704 And I'm the one who's putting up 00:10:22.704 --> 00:10:23.789 the money for this movie. 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:25.290 I can have her out in three months. 00:10:25.290 --> 00:10:27.459 Give us another month for safety, 00:10:27.459 --> 00:10:30.128 and you can have two months back. 00:10:30.128 --> 00:10:31.839 - Fine. - Excellent. 00:10:31.839 --> 00:10:35.175 I'll draw up an amendment and get it right to you. 00:10:35.175 --> 00:10:37.803 I just have to say, I'm a huge fan, 00:10:37.803 --> 00:10:40.055 and what you did for Dylan was huge. 00:10:40.055 --> 00:10:41.557 Of course, I would do it for her. 00:10:41.557 --> 00:10:42.933 She's my friend. 00:10:42.933 --> 00:10:44.518 Anyway, I'm really excited to see this movie. 00:10:44.518 --> 00:10:45.853 You plus Dylan? 00:10:45.853 --> 00:10:48.689 Fire. 00:10:48.689 --> 00:10:50.232 both: You do that too? 00:10:50.232 --> 00:10:51.441 What? 00:10:51.441 --> 00:10:53.569 I'm older, so I started it. 00:10:53.569 --> 00:10:55.279 Okay, well, I better go. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:58.156 Erica doesn't like it when I'm... 00:10:58.156 --> 00:10:59.032 anything. 00:10:59.032 --> 00:11:00.367 I got that. It's okay. 00:11:00.367 --> 00:11:01.493 You're doing great. 00:11:01.493 --> 00:11:03.245 Oh, my God. Thank you. 00:11:04.538 --> 00:11:06.790 It's a beautiful view. 00:11:06.790 --> 00:11:09.793 Well, I am head of entertainment. 00:11:09.793 --> 00:11:13.005 It's still a beautiful view. 00:11:13.005 --> 00:11:14.882 That better not mean what it sounds like. 00:11:14.882 --> 00:11:17.384 Rick, the deal was six months. 00:11:17.384 --> 00:11:19.219 Entertainment is Samantha's purview, not mine. 00:11:19.219 --> 00:11:21.805 And I made a deal with you, not her. 00:11:21.805 --> 00:11:23.056 I don't like this any more than you. 00:11:23.056 --> 00:11:24.433 It doesn't make either of us look good. 00:11:24.433 --> 00:11:26.310 But I have a way that you can still get that title. 00:11:26.310 --> 00:11:28.895 Bring in a big client, and the job is yours. 00:11:28.895 --> 00:11:30.397 Oh, that's a great idea, Stuart. 00:11:30.397 --> 00:11:32.399 But the only way I can do that is with someone 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.234 I already have a relationship with, 00:11:34.234 --> 00:11:35.736 which means poaching from Ted, 00:11:35.736 --> 00:11:37.446 and we are precluded from doing this. 00:11:37.446 --> 00:11:38.655 Do it anyway. 00:11:38.655 --> 00:11:39.740 They're not gonna sue us over one client. 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.241 I don't work that way. 00:11:41.241 --> 00:11:42.784 If the shoe were on the other foot, Ted would poach, 00:11:42.784 --> 00:11:44.244 and you know it. - I don't care. 00:11:44.244 --> 00:11:45.287 I'm not Ted. 00:11:45.287 --> 00:11:46.246 I've got my issues with the way 00:11:46.246 --> 00:11:47.831 Ted operates more than anyone, 00:11:47.831 --> 00:11:50.751 but if you want that promotion, this is the way to get it. 00:11:58.216 --> 00:12:00.469 You still think he's just a flawed liar? 00:12:00.469 --> 00:12:02.304 Hi, Kevin. 00:12:09.144 --> 00:12:11.063 It's bank records. It's nothing. 00:12:11.063 --> 00:12:12.606 Are you kidding me? 00:12:12.606 --> 00:12:14.274 Do you know what I had to do to get these? 00:12:14.274 --> 00:12:17.152 Look, the man was stealing from his partner. 00:12:17.152 --> 00:12:18.779 These are transactions. 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:20.113 There's a thousand explanations. 00:12:20.113 --> 00:12:21.823 It doesn't prove anything. 00:12:21.823 --> 00:12:23.116 I'm not talking about proof. 00:12:23.116 --> 00:12:24.868 We're talking about the truth, 00:12:24.868 --> 00:12:26.370 something you used to want to know. 00:12:26.370 --> 00:12:29.289 You think that I don't want to know the truth? 00:12:29.289 --> 00:12:32.209 I don't know what you want, but the Ted I used to run with 00:12:32.209 --> 00:12:33.794 would know this is evidence. 00:12:33.794 --> 00:12:36.171 And you know damn well, if you were prosecuting this, 00:12:36.171 --> 00:12:38.131 you'd be jumping for joy to get your hands on it. 00:12:38.131 --> 00:12:39.800 - I'm not prosecuting him. - Well, someone is. 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:42.511 If she finds this, her opening statement's gonna be, 00:12:42.511 --> 00:12:44.304 "If Lester's stealing money from Simon, 00:12:44.304 --> 00:12:46.056 he'd damn sure kill him if he found out." 00:12:46.056 --> 00:12:47.474 God damn it. 00:12:47.474 --> 00:12:50.102 Why are you trying to convince me that he's guilty? 00:12:50.102 --> 00:12:51.937 I don't care if he's guilty or not. 00:12:51.937 --> 00:12:55.315 I'm following the trail so you don't get blindsided at trial. 00:12:55.315 --> 00:12:56.483 The question is, why the hell are you trying 00:12:56.483 --> 00:12:57.776 to convince yourself he's innocent? 00:13:08.537 --> 00:13:10.539 This is not what we discussed. 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:12.332 No, on what basis are you-- 00:13:14.167 --> 00:13:16.086 Okay. 00:13:16.086 --> 00:13:17.462 Fine. Yeah. 00:13:17.462 --> 00:13:20.423 I understand your position. 00:13:20.423 --> 00:13:22.384 Leah, what did you do? 00:13:22.384 --> 00:13:24.010 - About what? - The Dylan Pryor agreement. 00:13:24.010 --> 00:13:25.887 I sent over the amendment like you asked. 00:13:25.887 --> 00:13:27.389 Well, they're not letting Dylan out. 00:13:27.389 --> 00:13:28.932 Why would they suddenly do that? 00:13:28.932 --> 00:13:31.017 All I did was specify the end date of the indie 00:13:31.017 --> 00:13:33.812 and the start date of the Warner movie 00:13:33.812 --> 00:13:36.690 so that they couldn't wiggle out, like you said. 00:13:38.733 --> 00:13:41.611 I told you to put the date of the Warner overall deal. 00:13:41.611 --> 00:13:43.488 You told them she already had an actual role. 00:13:43.488 --> 00:13:45.240 They already knew it. It's public knowledge. 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:46.616 The deal was public knowledge. 00:13:46.616 --> 00:13:48.660 That she had a specific movie was not. 00:13:48.660 --> 00:13:50.370 I'm sorry. I was just being thorough. 00:13:50.370 --> 00:13:51.621 Never give the other side 00:13:51.621 --> 00:13:53.039 more information than they need. 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.708 You might as well have said if Warner Brothers wants 00:13:54.708 --> 00:13:56.751 to start their movie on time, they either recast Dylan 00:13:56.751 --> 00:13:58.420 or pay that clown a small fortune. 00:13:58.420 --> 00:14:00.589 I get it, but this is Dylan's friend. 00:14:00.589 --> 00:14:02.507 She agreed to be accommodating. - Okay. 00:14:02.507 --> 00:14:04.593 For future reference, the writer is never 00:14:04.593 --> 00:14:06.845 the one calling the shots. The guy with the money is. 00:14:06.845 --> 00:14:09.681 Erica. Leah. Trouble in paradise? 00:14:09.681 --> 00:14:11.683 - Leah. - I'm not here. Never was. 00:14:11.683 --> 00:14:13.518 Hi, Rick. We hate you. 00:14:13.518 --> 00:14:14.853 What are you doing here, Rick? 00:14:14.853 --> 00:14:16.229 Because I'm a little busy, and you're a little 00:14:16.229 --> 00:14:17.480 don't work here anymore. 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.607 You know who wishes I still worked here? 00:14:18.607 --> 00:14:20.400 Dylan Pryor. - Excuse me? 00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:21.693 She called me earlier. 00:14:21.693 --> 00:14:22.777 Wanted to see if I could handle 00:14:22.777 --> 00:14:24.070 the movie conflict instead of you. 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:25.322 I told her I was prohibited from signing her. 00:14:25.322 --> 00:14:26.531 Which you are. 00:14:26.531 --> 00:14:27.574 And that you're an excellent attorney. 00:14:27.574 --> 00:14:28.867 Which I am. 00:14:28.867 --> 00:14:30.452 But then she wanted me to get Ted 00:14:30.452 --> 00:14:31.953 to handle it instead of you, and I thought, 00:14:31.953 --> 00:14:35.206 "Why get her Ted when I can just give her me?" 00:14:35.206 --> 00:14:40.003 So if you wouldn't mind signing this simple waiver 00:14:40.003 --> 00:14:41.713 allowing me to represent Dylan... 00:14:41.713 --> 00:14:43.590 You think I'm gonna give you the right 00:14:43.590 --> 00:14:46.051 to poach my client like I was born yesterday? 00:14:46.051 --> 00:14:47.802 I think I can fix her problem, and you can't. 00:14:47.802 --> 00:14:49.304 Well, we're never gonna find out 00:14:49.304 --> 00:14:51.306 'cause I'm not getting drawn into a contest with you 00:14:51.306 --> 00:14:52.557 that I've already won. 00:14:52.557 --> 00:14:54.059 I thought I was talking to the Erica Rollins 00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:56.394 who always said she's better than me. 00:14:56.394 --> 00:14:59.856 I didn't realize I was talking to the one who's afraid of me. 00:14:59.856 --> 00:15:01.483 You think saying I'm afraid of you 00:15:01.483 --> 00:15:04.069 is gonna get you what you want? 00:15:04.069 --> 00:15:05.862 You know what I think? 00:15:05.862 --> 00:15:10.450 You've been dying to go one on one with me for a long time. 00:15:10.450 --> 00:15:13.411 So let's get it on. 00:15:13.411 --> 00:15:14.996 Give me the damn thing. 00:15:18.249 --> 00:15:21.127 But, Ricky, when you lose, 00:15:21.127 --> 00:15:22.796 I don't want you coming back here crying 00:15:22.796 --> 00:15:24.714 about how I kicked your ass. 00:15:27.384 --> 00:15:28.760 It wasn't Hanrahan. 00:15:28.760 --> 00:15:31.888 Who was it, Abrams or Brown? 00:15:31.888 --> 00:15:33.515 Smith. 00:15:33.515 --> 00:15:36.893 - Smith is no joke. - Meaning? 00:15:36.893 --> 00:15:38.269 Let's just say there's nothing 00:15:38.269 --> 00:15:40.939 that woman won't do to win. 00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:44.025 Listen, we both know I overheard you downstairs. 00:15:44.025 --> 00:15:46.152 Why is this case so important to you? 00:15:46.152 --> 00:15:50.990 The people that we represent aren't used to being told no. 00:15:50.990 --> 00:15:53.493 And every so often, they need a criminal attorney 00:15:53.493 --> 00:15:54.953 to bail them out. 00:15:54.953 --> 00:15:58.790 If I can't show the town that my firm can still do that, 00:15:58.790 --> 00:16:02.502 every client that I have will eventually leave 00:16:02.502 --> 00:16:03.920 and find someone who can. 00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:06.005 And that's why you need Lester to be innocent. 00:16:06.005 --> 00:16:07.173 You need a win. 00:16:07.173 --> 00:16:08.800 And the idea of getting a guilty man off 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:10.510 turns your stomach. 00:16:10.510 --> 00:16:12.178 It's not just that. 00:16:12.178 --> 00:16:15.098 Every instinct that I have tells me that 00:16:15.098 --> 00:16:18.560 Lester Thompson is not a murderer. 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:21.104 And if I can't trust my instincts-- 00:16:21.104 --> 00:16:22.605 That's never happened to you before. 00:16:22.605 --> 00:16:23.690 It happened before. 00:16:23.690 --> 00:16:27.110 When it did... 00:16:27.110 --> 00:16:28.528 I lost everything. 00:16:29.571 --> 00:16:31.030 Teddy, where the hell are you? 00:16:31.030 --> 00:16:32.907 I went to Samantha's client's thing. 00:16:32.907 --> 00:16:34.617 Our back's against the wall, and you're at a show? 00:16:34.617 --> 00:16:35.618 I thought that we were dead in the water 00:16:35.618 --> 00:16:37.120 and that I had nothing. 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.663 All right, look, I'm pulling the agents off right now. 00:16:38.663 --> 00:16:40.123 Don't do that. 00:16:40.123 --> 00:16:41.708 You told me that I needed a Hall of Fame move. 00:16:41.708 --> 00:16:42.917 I got one. 00:16:42.917 --> 00:16:44.586 I want you to keep the agents there 00:16:44.586 --> 00:16:46.629 and gather up all the tapes we have of Billy's confessions. 00:16:46.629 --> 00:16:47.964 And one more thing. 00:16:47.964 --> 00:16:49.924 Who would have planted the bomb at Billy's? 00:16:49.924 --> 00:16:52.844 I don't need proof. I just need to know. 00:16:52.844 --> 00:16:54.679 It's gotta be Jimmy Patriale. 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:56.931 Okay. Gather those tapes. I'll see you in the morning. 00:16:56.931 --> 00:16:58.516 Whoa, Teddy, what are you gonna do? 00:16:58.516 --> 00:16:59.642 Get us another witness. 00:17:02.478 --> 00:17:06.274 Mr. Dodson, I don't have much time, so-- 00:17:06.274 --> 00:17:07.942 You sure don't. 00:17:07.942 --> 00:17:09.777 You managed to threaten Dylan Pryor's career 00:17:09.777 --> 00:17:12.071 and hold Warner Brothers hostage all in one day. 00:17:12.071 --> 00:17:14.991 I thought Erica Rollins was handling Dylan. 00:17:14.991 --> 00:17:16.951 She thinks she is, but I'm here to tell you 00:17:16.951 --> 00:17:19.162 you're gonna release Dylan after four months. 00:17:19.162 --> 00:17:21.956 Why would I do that when I need her for six? 00:17:21.956 --> 00:17:23.458 Because you made a promise to Dylan. 00:17:23.458 --> 00:17:26.669 And I'm not afraid to sue you to enforce that promise. 00:17:26.669 --> 00:17:27.962 You'll lose that lawsuit. 00:17:27.962 --> 00:17:29.589 Maybe I will, but the headline will read 00:17:29.589 --> 00:17:31.466 you deal in bad faith. 00:17:31.466 --> 00:17:33.676 How many movies are you gonna get made after that? 00:17:33.676 --> 00:17:35.970 You're accusing me of dealing in bad faith? 00:17:35.970 --> 00:17:38.056 You are the definition of bad faith. 00:17:38.056 --> 00:17:40.850 There is no justification to hold Dylan for six months 00:17:40.850 --> 00:17:42.560 to shoot five scenes. 00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:44.354 Oh, you haven't heard. 00:17:44.354 --> 00:17:46.439 Since you brought me something to read, 00:17:46.439 --> 00:17:48.274 I have something for you. 00:17:48.274 --> 00:17:51.653 You see, we had Tina do a final pass on the script, 00:17:51.653 --> 00:17:57.158 and it ended up pushing Dylan's scene count from 5 to 40. 00:17:57.158 --> 00:17:58.993 Makes it a much better movie, if you ask me. 00:17:58.993 --> 00:18:01.371 But, you know, I'm just a money guy. 00:18:09.504 --> 00:18:11.756 - Erica, can I talk to you? - What is it, Leah? 00:18:11.756 --> 00:18:13.508 I'm thinking something through. 00:18:13.508 --> 00:18:15.718 Rick just sent over a new script for Dylan's film. 00:18:15.718 --> 00:18:17.720 I know. He sent it to me too. 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:19.764 It's very aboveboard of him. 00:18:19.764 --> 00:18:21.349 Dylan's scene count skyrocketed, 00:18:21.349 --> 00:18:22.392 and now we're screwed. 00:18:22.433 --> 00:18:24.143 Well, did you read the script? 00:18:24.143 --> 00:18:26.062 Because I think there's a way we can work with Fred 00:18:26.062 --> 00:18:27.563 and everyone can get what they want. 00:18:27.563 --> 00:18:28.981 What Fred wants us to hold Dylan hostage 00:18:28.981 --> 00:18:30.817 so Warner Brothers pays him to let her go, 00:18:30.817 --> 00:18:32.151 which they'll never do. 00:18:32.151 --> 00:18:34.529 So what are we gonna do? 00:18:36.197 --> 00:18:38.199 We're not gonna do anything. 00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:40.034 You're gonna set me a dinner with Fred, 00:18:40.034 --> 00:18:42.120 pick a nice place with a lot of people, 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:44.038 and tell them I have an offer from Warner Brothers. 00:18:44.038 --> 00:18:45.623 But you just said they won't pay. 00:18:45.623 --> 00:18:46.749 They won't. 00:18:46.749 --> 00:18:47.917 Sometimes you gotta say 00:18:47.917 --> 00:18:50.169 whatever it takes to get 'em in a room. 00:18:54.173 --> 00:18:56.342 So she says, I'm gonna meet you at the bar, 00:18:56.342 --> 00:18:57.009 and I'll wait for you there. - FBI! 00:18:57.009 --> 00:18:59.137 FBI! Don't move! 00:18:59.137 --> 00:19:01.764 Jimmy Patriale, you're under arrest 00:19:01.764 --> 00:19:04.517 for the murder of Billy Esposito. 00:19:06.561 --> 00:19:07.812 I got you now, Pellegrini. 00:19:07.812 --> 00:19:09.272 You're going down. 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:13.693 Call Sapperstein. Get him down there. 00:19:15.069 --> 00:19:17.280 Jimmy, we know you set the bomb off. 00:19:17.280 --> 00:19:19.615 We got three witnesses. They all put you there. 00:19:19.615 --> 00:19:20.867 I was in the neighborhood. 00:19:20.867 --> 00:19:23.786 A bomb went off, so I left. End of story. 00:19:23.786 --> 00:19:25.163 Say we don't get you on the bomb. 00:19:25.163 --> 00:19:27.415 We're gonna get you on the bomb. 00:19:27.415 --> 00:19:29.083 Say that we don't. 00:19:29.083 --> 00:19:32.170 Billy Esposito says that you're Pellegrini's go-to hit man. 00:19:32.170 --> 00:19:36.382 He has direct knowledge of you killing five guys. 00:19:36.382 --> 00:19:37.842 That's life. 00:19:37.842 --> 00:19:39.886 Anything you had went away when Billy went away. 00:19:39.886 --> 00:19:42.805 You can't use it. Ain't that right? 00:19:42.805 --> 00:19:44.557 - 100%. - One problem. 00:19:44.557 --> 00:19:47.727 Billy is right over there. 00:19:47.727 --> 00:19:50.396 No way. I saw that explosion. 00:19:50.396 --> 00:19:51.814 Billy's dead. 00:19:51.814 --> 00:19:53.941 Is that a fact? 00:20:13.544 --> 00:20:16.589 Jimmy Patriale, that scumbag. Let me in there. 00:20:16.589 --> 00:20:18.466 I'll show him how dead I am. - Relax, Billy. 00:20:18.466 --> 00:20:20.092 We're not gonna let you kill a witness. 00:20:20.092 --> 00:20:21.385 Besides, you're busted up head to toe. 00:20:21.385 --> 00:20:22.845 Let me in there for ten minutes. 00:20:22.845 --> 00:20:24.013 We'll see who comes out. 00:20:24.013 --> 00:20:25.765 Just tell us what hits you did together, 00:20:25.765 --> 00:20:28.392 and he'll get what's coming to him. 00:20:28.392 --> 00:20:31.771 All right, the first hit I remember was August '98. 00:20:31.771 --> 00:20:34.982 It was hot as hell. He comes down in a sweatshirt. 00:20:34.982 --> 00:20:36.859 I tell him he might as well have a sign, 00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:39.612 I got a gun under here. 00:20:39.612 --> 00:20:41.072 Here's the deal, Jimmy. 00:20:41.072 --> 00:20:45.076 I arrested you right in front of Pellegrini. 00:20:45.076 --> 00:20:46.911 He's gonna think that you talked. 00:20:46.911 --> 00:20:49.413 Whether you do or whether you don't 00:20:49.413 --> 00:20:50.873 makes you a dead man. 00:20:50.873 --> 00:20:54.919 Or I put you in federal protective custody. 00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:56.170 Jimmy, don't say another word. 00:20:56.170 --> 00:20:57.338 I can get you out of here. 00:20:57.338 --> 00:20:58.923 What happens when you get out of here? 00:20:58.923 --> 00:21:01.425 Because do not think for one second 00:21:01.425 --> 00:21:04.178 that he is here for you. 00:21:04.178 --> 00:21:06.973 Get the hell out of here. 00:21:06.973 --> 00:21:08.683 - Jimmy, think about what you-- - Now. 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:16.399 What do you need me to do? 00:21:26.033 --> 00:21:29.787 Can I come in, or you still hate me? 00:21:29.787 --> 00:21:30.997 Can it be both? 00:21:35.876 --> 00:21:38.170 Sorry for coming at you so hard. 00:21:38.170 --> 00:21:40.381 I'm sorry for putting up a wall. 00:21:40.381 --> 00:21:42.758 You were kind of being an ass. 00:21:42.758 --> 00:21:44.093 I had to do something. 00:21:44.093 --> 00:21:45.261 You were coming at me like a bull. 00:21:45.261 --> 00:21:46.512 Didn't I just apologize for that? 00:21:46.512 --> 00:21:49.181 I don't know, I wasn't listening. 00:21:56.355 --> 00:21:58.566 Kevin, I didn't wanna hear what you had to say 00:21:58.566 --> 00:22:01.444 because I was afraid you might be right. 00:22:01.444 --> 00:22:04.113 Well, since we're coming clean, 00:22:04.113 --> 00:22:07.283 I wasn't exactly truthful when I said I was okay 00:22:07.283 --> 00:22:09.118 keeping a guilty man out of prison. 00:22:09.118 --> 00:22:10.953 Because you were built to put them away. 00:22:10.953 --> 00:22:12.621 Yeah, I was. 00:22:12.663 --> 00:22:15.332 Tell you what. 00:22:15.332 --> 00:22:18.961 Comes right down to it, and you are sure 00:22:18.961 --> 00:22:20.963 that he did it, I will let you walk away. 00:22:20.963 --> 00:22:23.090 What about you? You're gonna walk away? 00:22:23.090 --> 00:22:26.093 I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it. 00:22:26.093 --> 00:22:28.095 For now, it's time for Lester to tell us 00:22:28.095 --> 00:22:31.390 what the hell is going on with these bank records. 00:22:36.645 --> 00:22:40.107 So I heard you convinced Warner Brothers 00:22:40.107 --> 00:22:41.775 to make accommodations simply by throwing 00:22:41.775 --> 00:22:43.319 a little money at the problem. 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.653 Oh, I convinced them to throw money at the problem, 00:22:44.653 --> 00:22:46.572 all right, just not in your direction. 00:22:47.615 --> 00:22:49.575 You said you had an offer for me. 00:22:49.575 --> 00:22:51.494 I do--find a new star for your movie 00:22:51.494 --> 00:22:52.578 because Dylan is out. 00:22:52.578 --> 00:22:54.788 No, she's not. We have an agreement. 00:22:54.788 --> 00:22:57.333 Oh. Now you care about agreements. 00:22:57.333 --> 00:22:59.627 Look, if you're about to say that I'm dealing in bad faith, 00:22:59.627 --> 00:23:00.961 Rick Dodson already tried that. 00:23:00.961 --> 00:23:02.630 Let me tell you something, friend. 00:23:02.630 --> 00:23:04.340 I ain't no Rick Dodson. 00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:07.259 Dylan's original deal prohibits her from making another movie 00:23:07.301 --> 00:23:08.636 while under contract to you, 00:23:08.636 --> 00:23:10.387 but there's nothing stopping her 00:23:10.387 --> 00:23:11.847 from performing promotions 00:23:11.847 --> 00:23:13.724 for the new Warner Brothers franchise. 00:23:13.724 --> 00:23:15.434 They can't make her promote a movie 00:23:15.434 --> 00:23:16.810 she's not even gonna be in. 00:23:16.810 --> 00:23:19.146 Here's a preliminary schedule. 00:23:19.146 --> 00:23:22.858 As you can see, the dates mildly overlap with yours. 00:23:24.068 --> 00:23:25.986 This is our entire shoot. 00:23:25.986 --> 00:23:28.781 Really? Let me see. 00:23:28.781 --> 00:23:31.367 No. No. See, here's a day. 00:23:31.367 --> 00:23:33.077 And then here's another two days, 00:23:33.077 --> 00:23:34.745 and then, of course, if you want her 00:23:34.745 --> 00:23:36.413 to work on Thanksgiving, we can make her available for that, 00:23:36.413 --> 00:23:39.458 although her mother's pumpkin pie is fantastic. 00:23:39.458 --> 00:23:41.335 You're not gonna get away with this. 00:23:41.335 --> 00:23:42.795 We'll sue you. 00:23:42.795 --> 00:23:45.673 Do what you gotta do, Fred, but that phone call 00:23:45.673 --> 00:23:48.008 was Warner Brothers confirming that they'll back up 00:23:48.008 --> 00:23:50.177 the money truck to litigate you into the ground. 00:23:53.847 --> 00:23:56.308 Ten years? Are you kidding me? 00:23:56.308 --> 00:23:58.102 You're lucky the DA is willing to offer you this 00:23:58.102 --> 00:23:59.728 because your story doesn't add up. 00:23:59.728 --> 00:24:01.897 I didn't murder Simon, and I'm not taking any deal 00:24:01.897 --> 00:24:03.190 that puts me in prison. 00:24:03.190 --> 00:24:04.692 Lester, I'm looking at a man 00:24:04.692 --> 00:24:06.860 whose bank records show that he was stealing money 00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.487 from his own partner. 00:24:10.990 --> 00:24:13.033 All right, th-- this isn't what it looks like. 00:24:13.033 --> 00:24:14.994 No, it looks like after you stole his money, 00:24:14.994 --> 00:24:16.745 he wound up dead in your backyard 00:24:16.745 --> 00:24:17.913 from a gun that you own. 00:24:17.913 --> 00:24:19.415 I explained that to you already. 00:24:19.415 --> 00:24:20.708 - That's not good enough. - What do you want me to say? 00:24:20.708 --> 00:24:22.292 How about the truth, you lying sack of-- 00:24:22.292 --> 00:24:24.670 hey, don't look at him. You're a cold-blooded murderer. 00:24:24.670 --> 00:24:26.755 And you've been giving us the runaround, and I'm sick-- 00:24:26.755 --> 00:24:29.258 All right, I stole the money! 00:24:29.258 --> 00:24:30.592 All right, look, a few months ago, I found out 00:24:30.634 --> 00:24:32.469 Simon had funneled half a million dollars 00:24:32.469 --> 00:24:34.555 out of the production into his personal account, 00:24:34.555 --> 00:24:37.808 so I started taking the money out of his account 00:24:37.808 --> 00:24:39.309 and putting it into mine. 00:24:39.309 --> 00:24:41.854 Lester... 00:24:41.854 --> 00:24:44.898 why are you just telling us this? 00:24:44.898 --> 00:24:46.483 Because I knew you would react 00:24:46.483 --> 00:24:48.068 exactly the way you are right now. 00:24:48.068 --> 00:24:49.486 - I'm not buying any of this. - Neither will a jury. 00:24:49.486 --> 00:24:51.488 What about the fact that I started paying it back? 00:24:51.488 --> 00:24:53.365 - There's no record of that. - There is. 00:24:53.365 --> 00:24:56.535 Every time I submitted the movie's expenses to the studio, 00:24:56.535 --> 00:24:58.746 I kept some receipts out of the stack. 00:24:58.746 --> 00:25:00.956 So the studio got paid back by reimbursing you 00:25:00.956 --> 00:25:02.166 less money than what they owed? 00:25:02.166 --> 00:25:03.500 I was trying to do the right thing. 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.836 I guess Robin Hood is the good guy. 00:25:05.836 --> 00:25:07.880 Robin Hood didn't kill Little John. 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:11.967 Lester, if there is anything else 00:25:11.967 --> 00:25:14.928 that you would like to tell us, 00:25:14.928 --> 00:25:17.514 now would be the time. 00:25:17.514 --> 00:25:20.768 Simon didn't start losing it that night out of nowhere. 00:25:20.768 --> 00:25:22.394 I told him I was on to him, 00:25:22.394 --> 00:25:25.022 and he thought that if I could find out, the studio would, 00:25:25.022 --> 00:25:26.273 and it was only a matter of time 00:25:26.273 --> 00:25:27.983 before he ended up in prison. 00:25:27.983 --> 00:25:30.319 So that's when he lost his mind. 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.780 But I swear to you, I did not murder him. 00:25:34.615 --> 00:25:37.743 - You good? - Not yet. 00:25:37.743 --> 00:25:38.744 But it's a start. 00:25:46.627 --> 00:25:48.295 Dylan. Hey. 00:25:48.295 --> 00:25:50.130 Look, I know we've had a minor setback, but I-- 00:25:50.130 --> 00:25:51.340 Rick, it's okay. 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:53.467 I just came by to tell you in-person that-- 00:25:53.467 --> 00:25:55.928 You're staying with Erica, aren't you? 00:25:55.928 --> 00:25:57.346 I am. 00:25:57.346 --> 00:26:01.558 She put Fred in his place and got me out of the indie. 00:26:01.558 --> 00:26:03.435 Look, I just wanted to say that I would have 00:26:03.435 --> 00:26:04.978 really liked working together. 00:26:04.978 --> 00:26:06.772 My first meeting with you wasn't like my first meeting 00:26:06.772 --> 00:26:08.273 with any other lawyer. 00:26:08.273 --> 00:26:11.527 You--you really cared about what matters to me. 00:26:11.527 --> 00:26:14.655 Well, you're not so bad yourself. 00:26:14.655 --> 00:26:16.448 Not a lot of actresses would come here 00:26:16.448 --> 00:26:17.991 to tell me that in person. 00:26:17.991 --> 00:26:19.034 Well, I was just at Erica's, 00:26:19.034 --> 00:26:20.327 and you're both in Century City, 00:26:20.327 --> 00:26:21.995 so it was, like, a two-minute walk. 00:26:21.995 --> 00:26:23.830 You probably didn't need to hear that. 00:26:23.830 --> 00:26:25.582 See, this is why I'm better when other people 00:26:25.582 --> 00:26:27.042 write my dialogue. 00:26:28.168 --> 00:26:30.212 It was good. You're a good writer. 00:26:30.212 --> 00:26:33.549 It's like a romantic comedy with a tragic ending. 00:26:33.549 --> 00:26:36.301 - Okay, well-- - Yeah. 00:26:36.301 --> 00:26:38.845 Actually, Dylan, before you go, 00:26:38.845 --> 00:26:40.639 did you take a look at that rewrite? 00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:42.474 Because I might have an idea. 00:26:50.983 --> 00:26:54.236 Did you use my client to trick one of your suspects? 00:26:58.365 --> 00:27:01.660 - Samantha, he wanted to do it. - Of course, he did. 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.453 He doesn't know what he's getting himself into. 00:27:03.453 --> 00:27:04.871 You do? 00:27:04.871 --> 00:27:06.081 I know you were in an explosion the other day, 00:27:06.081 --> 00:27:07.541 and you won't tell me what happened. 00:27:07.541 --> 00:27:09.084 You know what? I did what I had to do, 00:27:09.084 --> 00:27:10.669 and I'm not gonna apologize for it. 00:27:10.669 --> 00:27:11.920 Well, there's a shocker. 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.338 You know what your problem is? 00:27:13.338 --> 00:27:15.465 You think just because you put bad guys away, 00:27:15.465 --> 00:27:18.218 you can take advantage in every other aspect of your life. 00:27:18.218 --> 00:27:19.886 I agree with everything that you just said, 00:27:19.886 --> 00:27:22.055 except for the part where that's a problem. 00:27:22.055 --> 00:27:24.099 Don't use one of my clients again. 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.475 Okay. You know what the truth is? 00:27:25.475 --> 00:27:26.727 That I do think all those things. 00:27:26.727 --> 00:27:28.937 I also think that you went to law school, 00:27:28.937 --> 00:27:31.773 and instead of using it, you're a glorified salesman. 00:27:31.815 --> 00:27:32.941 You think you're not a salesman? 00:27:32.941 --> 00:27:35.027 You sell people all day long. 00:27:35.027 --> 00:27:38.613 Yeah, I do it to put the bad guys behind bars. 00:27:38.613 --> 00:27:40.032 You know, you're really not that different 00:27:40.032 --> 00:27:42.659 from your father after all. 00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:46.038 That's--that's not fair. 00:27:46.038 --> 00:27:48.123 He uses people for personal gain. 00:27:48.123 --> 00:27:49.416 You use them for the greater good, 00:27:49.416 --> 00:27:51.168 but you still use them. 00:27:51.168 --> 00:27:54.546 There has to be somebody you don't use, Ted. 00:27:54.546 --> 00:27:56.923 I don't use you. 00:27:56.923 --> 00:27:59.259 You did today. And you know what? 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:01.928 I'm proud of being an entertainment lawyer. 00:28:01.928 --> 00:28:03.597 I make people's dreams come true, 00:28:03.597 --> 00:28:07.684 and if you don't respect it, you can kiss my perfect ass. 00:28:11.188 --> 00:28:13.231 I was wrong. 00:28:13.231 --> 00:28:14.983 I will not do it again. 00:28:17.194 --> 00:28:18.945 I'm sorry. 00:28:18.945 --> 00:28:20.614 You bet you're sorry. 00:28:23.158 --> 00:28:25.619 What would I do without you? 00:28:30.165 --> 00:28:31.541 Hey. 00:28:31.541 --> 00:28:33.251 Looks like Lester's records check out. 00:28:33.251 --> 00:28:34.628 He put most of the money back. 00:28:34.628 --> 00:28:37.172 I'm not saying it's proof, but it's not nothing. 00:28:37.172 --> 00:28:38.924 Kevin, if this prosecutor finds out 00:28:38.924 --> 00:28:41.885 that he was stealing money, she is not going to care 00:28:41.885 --> 00:28:43.929 if he put some of it back or not. 00:28:43.929 --> 00:28:46.932 So what you're saying, um, you wanna cover it up? 00:28:46.932 --> 00:28:50.060 - No. - Then what? 00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:51.728 We'll drive off that bridge when we get there. 00:28:51.728 --> 00:28:53.897 You sure got us driving off a lot of bridges. 00:28:53.897 --> 00:28:56.024 Yeah, just like the old days. 00:28:58.944 --> 00:29:00.737 I remember this guy. 00:29:00.737 --> 00:29:02.072 Great ballplayer. 00:29:02.072 --> 00:29:04.658 What's his name? Harry--something like that. 00:29:04.658 --> 00:29:07.619 Harvey. You know that. 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:09.871 - I know I never liked him. - Why not? 00:29:09.871 --> 00:29:14.876 Because he's the only person I knew cockier than you. 00:29:14.876 --> 00:29:17.212 That's funny. That's exactly why I liked him. 00:29:17.212 --> 00:29:18.922 Yeah, plus, he was too pretty. 00:29:18.922 --> 00:29:20.507 Can't trust them pretty ones. 00:29:20.507 --> 00:29:22.300 Are you saying I'm not pretty? 00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:23.802 If you gotta ask... 00:29:23.844 --> 00:29:25.387 - Can't argue with you there. - I don't see why not. 00:29:25.387 --> 00:29:26.596 You've been arguing with me 00:29:26.596 --> 00:29:30.058 about every other damn thing today. 00:29:30.058 --> 00:29:32.352 Don't say it. - No, I haven't. 00:29:39.234 --> 00:29:40.735 Uh-uh. 00:29:40.735 --> 00:29:42.571 The deal was, you don't come back crying. 00:29:42.571 --> 00:29:46.116 That was the deal if I lost. 00:29:46.116 --> 00:29:48.243 This is my firm's new agreement with Dylan. 00:29:48.243 --> 00:29:50.370 I don't understand. I got her what she wanted. 00:29:50.370 --> 00:29:52.914 No, Erica, you got her what she thought she wanted. 00:29:52.914 --> 00:29:55.292 Movies like this rewrite, that's where Dylan came from, 00:29:55.292 --> 00:29:58.128 and I knew that because I listened to her. 00:29:58.128 --> 00:30:00.130 So after you took Fred to the woodshed, 00:30:00.130 --> 00:30:02.090 I convinced Dylan to let me go back to him 00:30:02.090 --> 00:30:03.675 and make it so she could do both. 00:30:03.675 --> 00:30:05.844 So you came here to rub my nose in it? 00:30:05.885 --> 00:30:08.013 You know I wouldn't do that. 00:30:08.013 --> 00:30:13.852 Erica, the reason we stopped doing what we used to do 00:30:13.893 --> 00:30:16.688 is because you never respected the way I work. 00:30:16.688 --> 00:30:19.399 Caring about my clients does not make me 00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:21.610 less of a killer than you. 00:30:21.610 --> 00:30:23.612 It might even make me more of one. 00:30:23.612 --> 00:30:26.031 Maybe you're right. 00:30:26.031 --> 00:30:30.702 But, Rick, you have no idea why we stopped 00:30:30.702 --> 00:30:32.412 doing what we used to do. 00:30:34.789 --> 00:30:36.416 What? 00:30:36.416 --> 00:30:40.211 I can't tell if you're lying to me or yourself. 00:30:59.105 --> 00:31:02.650 Stuart, you were right. 00:31:02.650 --> 00:31:03.985 I'm right about everything. 00:31:03.985 --> 00:31:05.445 Can you be more specific? 00:31:11.785 --> 00:31:13.870 I guess you are willing to poach. 00:31:13.870 --> 00:31:15.330 No, I said I didn't work that way, 00:31:15.330 --> 00:31:19.084 and I don't. Erica signed a waiver. 00:31:19.084 --> 00:31:21.211 You gave her an excuse to go head-to-head, didn't you? 00:31:21.211 --> 00:31:23.088 - How did you know that? - Are you kidding? 00:31:23.088 --> 00:31:25.423 I worked on the same floor as you two for years. 00:31:25.423 --> 00:31:27.550 Eventually, you were gonna do one of two things. 00:31:27.550 --> 00:31:31.096 They both begin with F. I put my money on fight. 00:31:31.096 --> 00:31:34.808 Nothing gets past you, Stuart. 00:31:34.808 --> 00:31:36.101 What was the other one? 00:31:36.101 --> 00:31:38.228 - Philander. - Huh. 00:31:38.228 --> 00:31:41.314 Technically, it's a P-H, but it still has the F sound. 00:31:43.983 --> 00:31:46.111 Hey, if I wasn't right about the poaching, 00:31:46.111 --> 00:31:47.779 what was I right about? 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.656 If I can't deliver a big client, 00:31:49.656 --> 00:31:52.075 I don't deserve that promotion. 00:31:52.075 --> 00:31:54.369 - That's not what I said. - I know. 00:31:54.369 --> 00:31:55.703 That's what you meant. 00:32:03.169 --> 00:32:05.588 What you doing up here? 00:32:05.588 --> 00:32:07.340 Since everyone left, I like to come up here 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:09.092 when I wanna be alone. 00:32:09.092 --> 00:32:11.845 So I hear we no longer represent Dylan Pryor. 00:32:13.763 --> 00:32:15.682 Care to explain that one? 00:32:15.682 --> 00:32:18.726 Rick beat me straight up after I let him bait me 00:32:18.726 --> 00:32:21.104 into a fight I didn't need to have. 00:32:21.104 --> 00:32:26.526 Erica, losing Dylan hurts us, especially right now, 00:32:26.526 --> 00:32:28.903 and I'm not gonna sit here and pretend 00:32:28.903 --> 00:32:31.281 like I'm not pissed. 00:32:31.281 --> 00:32:32.448 Is there a but in there, 00:32:32.448 --> 00:32:34.284 or are you just gonna leave it at that? 00:32:35.827 --> 00:32:40.290 Have you seen the picture of me and Denzel in my office? 00:32:40.290 --> 00:32:43.084 The one at the Lakers game? Everyone's seen it, Ted. 00:32:43.084 --> 00:32:44.752 Isn't that the point? 00:32:44.752 --> 00:32:47.797 I was born a Knicks fan. 00:32:47.797 --> 00:32:51.217 And I--I never thought that 00:32:51.217 --> 00:32:54.137 anything would change that. 00:32:54.137 --> 00:32:56.139 Kobe Bryant changed that. 00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:59.809 Sometimes he won. Sometimes he lost. 00:32:59.809 --> 00:33:00.935 When the kid was a rookie, 00:33:00.935 --> 00:33:02.812 he shot four air balls in a row. 00:33:02.812 --> 00:33:04.897 But he never backed down from a fight. 00:33:04.897 --> 00:33:07.692 You got baited into signing a waiver 00:33:07.692 --> 00:33:11.321 because you are a competitor, 00:33:11.321 --> 00:33:13.865 and I would rather you get baited into a fight 00:33:13.865 --> 00:33:15.283 than back down from one. 00:33:15.283 --> 00:33:19.370 In fact, I wouldn't have it any other way. 00:33:19.370 --> 00:33:22.373 Are you saying I'm Black Mamba 2.0? 00:33:22.373 --> 00:33:25.043 Easy does it. 00:33:25.084 --> 00:33:29.047 Erica, you have to learn from your mistakes. 00:33:29.088 --> 00:33:31.633 And what we learned today is that we will... 00:33:31.633 --> 00:33:34.010 Never underestimate Rick Dodson again. 00:33:36.596 --> 00:33:39.724 Hey, how did you hear about Dylan so fast, anyway? 00:33:39.724 --> 00:33:40.975 I saw Rick, and I asked Leah 00:33:40.975 --> 00:33:42.477 what he was doing in the office. 00:33:42.477 --> 00:33:45.229 Hey, by the way, we gotta keep Leah away from me, okay? 00:33:45.229 --> 00:33:46.689 She's very-- - I know. 00:33:46.689 --> 00:33:48.191 I'm working on it. 00:33:48.191 --> 00:33:49.817 She's not that bad once you get to know her. 00:33:49.817 --> 00:33:51.402 Yeah, I'll never know. 00:34:00.495 --> 00:34:02.872 Erica, I'm so sorry. 00:34:02.872 --> 00:34:05.166 Did you need the room? I was just leaving. 00:34:05.166 --> 00:34:08.461 Why did you ask if I read the Dylan script earlier? 00:34:08.461 --> 00:34:10.463 Because it was great, 00:34:10.463 --> 00:34:12.340 and I messed up earlier, 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.634 and I was looking for a way to fix it, 00:34:14.634 --> 00:34:16.761 and the rewrite was the kind of movie 00:34:16.761 --> 00:34:18.971 that put Dylan on the map in the first place, 00:34:18.971 --> 00:34:21.057 so I thought we could get everyone what they wanted. 00:34:21.057 --> 00:34:23.559 - Like you said before. - It was naive. 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.686 I won't suggest something like that again. 00:34:25.686 --> 00:34:28.773 Maybe it was naive, but if I'd listened to you, 00:34:28.773 --> 00:34:31.526 then we'd still have Dylan as a client. 00:34:31.526 --> 00:34:32.985 Is this real? 00:34:32.985 --> 00:34:35.780 Are you complimenting me? 00:34:38.074 --> 00:34:40.993 I feel like hugging you. 00:34:40.993 --> 00:34:42.370 It's getting stronger. 00:34:42.370 --> 00:34:43.663 Oh. Leah, don't. 00:34:43.663 --> 00:34:44.664 - Oh, my God. - Please don't. 00:34:44.664 --> 00:34:47.166 It's happening. It happened. 00:34:49.293 --> 00:34:50.878 OK, that wasn't that bad. 00:34:50.878 --> 00:34:53.548 All right, well, I'm gonna leave while I'm ahead. 00:34:53.548 --> 00:34:56.342 How did you know that the script was good? 00:34:56.342 --> 00:34:57.677 What do you mean? I read it. 00:34:57.677 --> 00:35:00.138 Um, I'm gonna tell you something, 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:03.516 and I don't need it leaving this room. 00:35:03.516 --> 00:35:05.518 You can't tell if a script is good or bad 00:35:05.518 --> 00:35:09.730 because you're not a fan of movies or TV. 00:35:09.730 --> 00:35:12.066 Then why become an entertainment lawyer? 00:35:12.066 --> 00:35:13.484 'Cause if you wanna be 00:35:13.484 --> 00:35:14.819 part of the action in this town, 00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:17.488 this is the business you need to be in. 00:35:17.488 --> 00:35:22.785 The way I can tell something is good is probably because 00:35:22.785 --> 00:35:24.537 I always wanted to write movies. 00:35:24.537 --> 00:35:26.497 Oh. Well, then why-- 00:35:26.497 --> 00:35:27.623 Because when you're a first-generation 00:35:27.623 --> 00:35:30.168 Korean American, you become a lawyer 00:35:30.209 --> 00:35:32.587 or a doctor, not a writer. 00:35:34.088 --> 00:35:38.342 I'll tell you what, I'll teach you to do what I do, 00:35:38.342 --> 00:35:43.097 and you teach me about movies and TV. 00:35:43.097 --> 00:35:45.433 How would you say deal? 00:35:45.433 --> 00:35:47.059 I'd just say deal. 00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:50.521 Well, we gotta jazz that up. It's kind of-- 00:35:50.521 --> 00:35:52.148 On your own time. 00:35:52.148 --> 00:35:53.774 Oh, yeah. 00:35:57.111 --> 00:35:58.571 Deal. 00:35:58.571 --> 00:36:01.741 It's a deal. Deal. 00:36:01.741 --> 00:36:04.118 Dealio. Yeah, that's the one. 00:36:05.620 --> 00:36:08.581 - Am I interrupting? - No. 00:36:09.999 --> 00:36:12.084 Did you happen to see we have a new client? 00:36:12.084 --> 00:36:15.796 A new star client signed by Rick Dodson. 00:36:17.798 --> 00:36:19.884 You want me to give him the title now, don't you? 00:36:19.884 --> 00:36:23.054 - The man did earn it. - He did. 00:36:23.054 --> 00:36:25.514 You wanna give him the good news, or should I? 00:36:25.514 --> 00:36:27.642 Why don't you do it? 00:36:27.642 --> 00:36:29.560 You mind if I ask why so generous? 00:36:29.560 --> 00:36:31.020 Two reasons. 00:36:31.020 --> 00:36:33.773 One, like you said, entertainment is what you do. 00:36:33.773 --> 00:36:35.650 - And two? - You were right. 00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:37.234 Cutting Ted out was a huge thing. 00:36:37.276 --> 00:36:38.903 I dropped it on you at the last minute, 00:36:38.903 --> 00:36:40.696 and I never expressed how much I appreciate 00:36:40.696 --> 00:36:42.573 you taking my side, given your history. 00:36:44.492 --> 00:36:47.787 Hey, you want a drink? 00:36:47.787 --> 00:36:49.705 It's why I got into law-- drinks at work. 00:36:49.705 --> 00:36:52.166 I have to say, you have done well for yourself 00:36:52.166 --> 00:36:53.668 in the private sector. 00:36:53.668 --> 00:36:55.252 You looking to make a change? 00:36:55.252 --> 00:36:56.587 We could use some bodies around here. 00:36:56.587 --> 00:36:57.963 Pass. 00:36:57.963 --> 00:36:59.340 Then let me give you what you came here for. 00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:04.178 I took that sorry plea offer to my client. 00:37:04.178 --> 00:37:05.554 Pass. - Good. 00:37:05.554 --> 00:37:07.223 That deal's off the table anyway. 00:37:07.223 --> 00:37:08.849 You came all the way here to tell me that? 00:37:08.891 --> 00:37:11.519 I came to get a jump on my discovery obligations. 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:14.188 Turns out your client's wife 00:37:14.188 --> 00:37:16.232 was sleeping with the man he murdered. 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:19.276 I don't know what you used to call it, 00:37:19.276 --> 00:37:22.363 but down here at the local level, 00:37:22.363 --> 00:37:24.198 we call it motive. 00:37:37.211 --> 00:37:39.004 What are you doing here, Elizabeth? 00:37:39.004 --> 00:37:41.215 Amanda. So nice to see you. 00:37:41.215 --> 00:37:42.842 I forgot you work here. 00:37:42.842 --> 00:37:44.927 I was just delivering a little message to Mr. Black. 00:37:44.927 --> 00:37:46.429 In-person? 00:37:46.429 --> 00:37:47.805 As I recall, you only do that when you're gloating. 00:37:47.805 --> 00:37:49.473 You are still sore about what happened 00:37:49.473 --> 00:37:52.309 to that client of yours. What was his name again? 00:37:52.309 --> 00:37:55.104 You know damn well his name was Dante Everson. 00:37:55.104 --> 00:37:57.231 You killed him. 00:37:57.231 --> 00:37:59.442 Just as much as if you shivved him yourself. 00:37:59.442 --> 00:38:01.735 Well, if you don't want to get your bleeding heart 00:38:01.735 --> 00:38:04.864 broken again, I suggest you not get involved 00:38:04.864 --> 00:38:07.283 in the Lester Thompson case. 00:38:07.283 --> 00:38:10.119 It's a loser. - Oh, I had no such intention. 00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:12.163 But now that I see your smug face, 00:38:12.163 --> 00:38:16.041 if Ted ever asks for my help, 00:38:16.041 --> 00:38:18.335 I am gonna come running.