1 00:00:06,797 --> 00:00:08,298 Previously on "Suits"... 2 00:00:08,322 --> 00:00:09,533 He's not just suing us. 3 00:00:09,534 --> 00:00:10,878 He's trying to get a guilty verdict 4 00:00:10,902 --> 00:00:12,760 so he can use it and come after my license. 5 00:00:12,761 --> 00:00:13,208 What? 6 00:00:13,209 --> 00:00:15,308 Donna was the one who told you about Simon, 7 00:00:15,309 --> 00:00:16,557 but I want you to say it was me. 8 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:17,524 If you can't tell me who you were to him, 9 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:19,659 maybe you can tell me who he is to you. 10 00:00:19,694 --> 00:00:21,094 I just know that he's somebody 11 00:00:21,129 --> 00:00:23,563 that I can't seem to figure out how to cut out of me. 12 00:00:23,598 --> 00:00:24,564 You knew because Harvey Specter told you. 13 00:00:24,599 --> 00:00:26,165 I knew because Robert Zane told me. 14 00:00:26,201 --> 00:00:27,834 Mr. Kessler, who was it? 15 00:00:27,869 --> 00:00:29,280 All I know is that Alex Williams informed me 16 00:00:29,304 --> 00:00:31,104 of Pierpont's plan. 17 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:33,050 How could you take the fall for something you didn't do? 18 00:00:33,074 --> 00:00:34,574 How could you do that to me? 19 00:00:34,609 --> 00:00:35,508 Because I did something else, 20 00:00:35,544 --> 00:00:36,409 and I can't live with it anymore. 21 00:00:36,444 --> 00:00:38,011 What are you talking about? 22 00:00:38,046 --> 00:00:39,846 That man that attacked you, 23 00:00:39,881 --> 00:00:42,248 he was killed in his own cell, and it's my fault. 24 00:00:42,284 --> 00:00:44,017 What am I supposed to do 25 00:00:44,052 --> 00:00:45,852 when I have a big victory or a terrible loss 26 00:00:45,887 --> 00:00:47,798 and the only person I want to run and tell isn't there? 27 00:00:47,822 --> 00:00:50,590 Samantha, I'm so sorry, but I have to go. 28 00:00:50,625 --> 00:00:53,159 [intimate, brooding music] 29 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:57,797 [soft rock music] 30 00:00:57,832 --> 00:01:04,938 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:14,015 --> 00:01:16,883 Say it again. 32 00:01:16,918 --> 00:01:20,320 I looked around, and you weren't there. 33 00:01:20,355 --> 00:01:23,623 ♪ ♪ 34 00:01:23,658 --> 00:01:26,659 I'm here now. 35 00:01:26,695 --> 00:01:29,762 What? 36 00:01:29,798 --> 00:01:33,266 I just wish I'd come to my senses sooner. 37 00:01:33,301 --> 00:01:36,869 [chuckles] It's okay. 38 00:01:36,905 --> 00:01:39,105 I was worth the wait. 39 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:40,607 [chuckles] 40 00:01:40,642 --> 00:01:42,275 Donna... 41 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:44,043 ♪ ♪ 42 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:46,079 I know. 43 00:01:46,114 --> 00:01:46,980 ♪ ♪ 44 00:01:47,015 --> 00:01:50,149 [whispering] We have to get some sleep. 45 00:01:50,185 --> 00:01:52,919 ♪ ♪ 46 00:01:52,954 --> 00:01:55,088 [both sigh] 47 00:01:55,123 --> 00:01:57,857 ♪ ♪ 48 00:01:57,892 --> 00:02:00,259 Everything's changed. 49 00:02:00,295 --> 00:02:02,962 ♪ ♪ 50 00:02:02,998 --> 00:02:05,698 I know. 51 00:02:05,734 --> 00:02:10,837 ♪ ♪ 52 00:02:12,741 --> 00:02:14,774 Wheeler, phone call for you. 53 00:02:14,809 --> 00:02:16,943 Says it's urgent. 54 00:02:18,146 --> 00:02:19,879 This is Samantha Wheeler. 55 00:02:19,914 --> 00:02:21,280 Samantha, it's Katrina. 56 00:02:21,316 --> 00:02:23,049 I got in early this morning 57 00:02:23,084 --> 00:02:24,362 because I figured we'd have a lot to take care of 58 00:02:24,386 --> 00:02:27,053 with the whole Robert situation, 59 00:02:27,088 --> 00:02:30,056 which is why I was here when the call came in and-- 60 00:02:30,091 --> 00:02:31,202 Katrina, I'm in the middle of a workout. 61 00:02:31,226 --> 00:02:32,392 Can you just cut to it? 62 00:02:32,427 --> 00:02:33,860 You need to get in here, 63 00:02:33,895 --> 00:02:36,062 and you need to get in here now. 64 00:02:36,097 --> 00:02:37,630 [foreboding music] 65 00:02:37,666 --> 00:02:40,800 Rachel, call me as soon as you get this. 66 00:02:40,835 --> 00:02:41,968 It happened. 67 00:02:42,003 --> 00:02:45,171 And by "it," I mean-- oh, shit, I gotta go. 68 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:46,839 Who was that? 69 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:48,841 No one. 70 00:02:48,877 --> 00:02:50,376 - Rachel. - Told her, didn't you? 71 00:02:50,412 --> 00:02:52,245 No. Yeah. 72 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,147 Well, in that case, I hope she listens 73 00:02:54,182 --> 00:02:56,260 to her messages before Mike, 'cause I just left him a doozy. 74 00:02:56,284 --> 00:02:57,150 What? 75 00:02:57,185 --> 00:02:59,085 I didn't authorize you to do that. 76 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,987 Wait, seriously, what did you tell him? 77 00:03:01,022 --> 00:03:02,255 What'd you tell Rachel? 78 00:03:02,290 --> 00:03:04,157 That you were better the first time. 79 00:03:04,192 --> 00:03:05,836 Good, 'cause that's exactly what I told Mike about you. 80 00:03:05,860 --> 00:03:06,759 No, you didn't. 81 00:03:06,795 --> 00:03:08,428 And neither did I, because you weren't. 82 00:03:08,463 --> 00:03:10,830 Because more vigorous isn't necessarily better. 83 00:03:10,865 --> 00:03:12,398 - Neither is younger. - Really? 84 00:03:12,434 --> 00:03:15,268 12 hours in and you're gonna trot that one out? 85 00:03:15,303 --> 00:03:18,905 12 years in, and, no, Donna, I'm not... 86 00:03:20,008 --> 00:03:22,341 Because I am glad I came over last night. 87 00:03:22,377 --> 00:03:24,110 Me too. 88 00:03:24,145 --> 00:03:26,846 You do know I'm coming over again tonight, right? 89 00:03:26,881 --> 00:03:29,515 Yeah, Harvey, I do know that. 90 00:03:29,551 --> 00:03:32,351 There is one thing that I don't know. 91 00:03:32,387 --> 00:03:34,787 What exactly changed 92 00:03:34,823 --> 00:03:36,522 to make you come over here? 93 00:03:36,558 --> 00:03:39,225 [knocking on door] 94 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:41,194 - Are you expecting someone? - No. 95 00:03:41,229 --> 00:03:42,195 [phone buzzing] 96 00:03:42,230 --> 00:03:44,063 But I do know who it is, and it's bad. 97 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:45,865 - How bad? - Louis bad. 98 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,400 He just texted me. He's right outside. 99 00:03:47,435 --> 00:03:50,770 Holy shit. 100 00:03:50,805 --> 00:03:53,106 - He cannot see me in here. - What are we gonna do? 101 00:03:53,141 --> 00:03:54,385 Well, I can't climb out the window, 102 00:03:54,409 --> 00:03:56,142 if that's what you're suggesting. 103 00:03:56,177 --> 00:03:57,922 - We're 12 stories up. - You could stick the landing. 104 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,178 [knocking continues] 105 00:03:59,214 --> 00:04:00,813 Louis: Donna, I know you're in there. 106 00:04:00,849 --> 00:04:02,882 - Shit. - Wait a minute. 107 00:04:02,917 --> 00:04:04,383 What are we so afraid of? 108 00:04:04,419 --> 00:04:05,896 Harvey, are you saying what I think you're saying? 109 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,253 I am. 110 00:04:07,288 --> 00:04:09,222 Let's let him in. 111 00:04:09,257 --> 00:04:11,791 [mellow music] 112 00:04:11,826 --> 00:04:13,993 [knocking continues] 113 00:04:14,028 --> 00:04:16,095 ♪ ♪ 114 00:04:16,131 --> 00:04:17,274 All right, we need to talk, 115 00:04:17,298 --> 00:04:18,409 and we need to talk right now. 116 00:04:18,433 --> 00:04:20,066 I went to Harvey's. 117 00:04:20,101 --> 00:04:23,236 He didn't answer his door, so now I'm here. 118 00:04:24,405 --> 00:04:26,139 And you're here. 119 00:04:26,174 --> 00:04:28,407 I am. 120 00:04:30,044 --> 00:04:31,322 And you're in the same exact clothes 121 00:04:31,346 --> 00:04:33,913 you were in last night. 122 00:04:33,948 --> 00:04:35,848 Guilty as charged. 123 00:04:35,884 --> 00:04:38,351 Oh, my God. 124 00:04:38,386 --> 00:04:40,153 I know exactly what you two were doing. 125 00:04:40,188 --> 00:04:41,954 Louis, before you jump-- 126 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:43,334 You were up all night trying to figure out 127 00:04:43,358 --> 00:04:45,958 how you were gonna handle the Zane situation. 128 00:04:47,495 --> 00:04:50,029 - We were indeed. - Up all night. 129 00:04:50,064 --> 00:04:51,597 Thinking about the situation. 130 00:04:51,633 --> 00:04:53,110 Well, I can't believe it. You should have called me. 131 00:04:53,134 --> 00:04:55,001 We could have done it together. 132 00:04:55,036 --> 00:04:56,981 Could have, but it's probably best that we didn't. 133 00:04:57,005 --> 00:04:58,215 I don't know. They do say the more the merrier. 134 00:04:58,239 --> 00:04:59,872 Harvey. 135 00:04:59,908 --> 00:05:00,918 You know what, I don't care that you left me out. 136 00:05:00,942 --> 00:05:03,009 The most important thing 137 00:05:03,044 --> 00:05:04,221 is that you guys were banging it out all night. 138 00:05:04,245 --> 00:05:05,945 both: That we were. 139 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:08,848 So what'd you come up with? 140 00:05:08,883 --> 00:05:11,951 Probably nothing as helpful as what you've come up with. 141 00:05:11,986 --> 00:05:13,030 Well, the only thing I know is that we need 142 00:05:13,054 --> 00:05:15,388 to put out a press release as soon as possible. 143 00:05:15,423 --> 00:05:16,889 Then you came to the right place, 144 00:05:16,925 --> 00:05:19,959 because Donna is top notch at releases. 145 00:05:19,994 --> 00:05:21,294 Why, thank you, Harvey. 146 00:05:21,329 --> 00:05:23,062 You know, you're not so bad yourself. 147 00:05:23,097 --> 00:05:24,275 Will you please stop stroking each other's egos? 148 00:05:24,299 --> 00:05:26,465 I'm just as good at releasing as either one of you. 149 00:05:26,501 --> 00:05:28,045 In fact, I hammered one out this morning. 150 00:05:28,069 --> 00:05:30,336 Don't. 151 00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:37,376 Louis, this is great. 152 00:05:37,412 --> 00:05:38,978 It takes responsibility 153 00:05:39,013 --> 00:05:41,147 while still standing behind our partner. 154 00:05:41,182 --> 00:05:43,983 So we are agreed. We stand behind Robert. 155 00:05:44,018 --> 00:05:45,384 We do. 156 00:05:45,420 --> 00:05:47,253 Well, then I'll put this out right away. 157 00:05:47,288 --> 00:05:49,066 And, Harvey, when you get in, get together with Samantha 158 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:50,100 and make sure the two of you 159 00:05:50,124 --> 00:05:52,191 lock up every last one of Robert's clients. 160 00:05:52,227 --> 00:05:54,360 I'm on it, Louis. 161 00:05:54,395 --> 00:05:57,363 [soft music] 162 00:05:57,398 --> 00:05:58,497 ♪ ♪ 163 00:05:58,533 --> 00:06:01,500 [door opens, shuts] 164 00:06:01,536 --> 00:06:02,869 ♪ ♪ 165 00:06:02,904 --> 00:06:04,537 I don't get it. 166 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:07,106 How could he be such a good lawyer 167 00:06:07,141 --> 00:06:09,342 and not see what's right in front of his face? 168 00:06:09,377 --> 00:06:11,077 Well, to be fair, you didn't see 169 00:06:11,112 --> 00:06:13,512 what was right in front of your face for 12 years. 170 00:06:13,548 --> 00:06:15,181 Fair enough. 171 00:06:15,216 --> 00:06:17,016 But it does beg the question-- 172 00:06:17,051 --> 00:06:19,418 Let's not tell Louis or anybody else. 173 00:06:19,454 --> 00:06:21,053 Why not? 174 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:23,589 Because Louis might be clueless, but he's right. 175 00:06:23,625 --> 00:06:25,536 There's gonna be a lot of blowback from the hearing, 176 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,961 and I'd rather share our news when the people we care about 177 00:06:28,997 --> 00:06:30,507 are in the right frame of mind to hear it. 178 00:06:30,531 --> 00:06:32,365 About that news. 179 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,269 Before Louis got here, you asked what had changed-- 180 00:06:36,304 --> 00:06:37,615 Harvey, I want to know everything, 181 00:06:37,639 --> 00:06:39,272 and when I do, I want to be able 182 00:06:39,307 --> 00:06:42,975 to hang on every last word, but now's not the time. 183 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:45,211 So what do you say that you go home 184 00:06:45,246 --> 00:06:48,648 and you change into that armor and you get ready to fight 185 00:06:48,683 --> 00:06:50,676 for Robert's good name? 186 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:53,395 ♪ Suits 9x01 ♪ Everything's Changed Original Air Date on July 17, 2019 187 00:06:53,396 --> 00:06:56,455 ♪ See the money, wanna stay for your meal ♪ 188 00:06:56,491 --> 00:06:59,558 ♪ Get another piece of pie for your wife ♪ 189 00:06:59,594 --> 00:07:03,062 ♪ Everybody wanna know how it feel ♪ 190 00:07:03,097 --> 00:07:06,499 ♪ Everybody wanna see what it's like ♪ 191 00:07:06,534 --> 00:07:09,735 ♪ I'll even eat a bean pie, I don't mind ♪ 192 00:07:09,771 --> 00:07:13,439 ♪ Me and Missy is so busy, busy making money ♪ 193 00:07:13,474 --> 00:07:15,341 ♪ All right ♪ 194 00:07:15,376 --> 00:07:16,098 ♪ All step back, I'm 'bout to dance ♪ 195 00:07:16,099 --> 00:07:21,399 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 196 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,327 ♪ The greenback boogie ♪ 197 00:07:26,945 --> 00:07:29,146 [upbeat pop music] 198 00:07:29,181 --> 00:07:36,220 ♪ ♪ 199 00:07:58,878 --> 00:08:00,978 Alex Williams. 200 00:08:01,013 --> 00:08:02,646 Depends who's asking. 201 00:08:02,681 --> 00:08:03,647 My name is Steven Faulkner. 202 00:08:03,682 --> 00:08:05,983 I'm with the New York Bar. 203 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:07,518 I wanted to talk about what you did 204 00:08:07,553 --> 00:08:09,153 at that hearing yesterday. 205 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:11,055 I did what anybody would have done. 206 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:12,634 All the same, you showed a lot of courage 207 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:13,824 exposing your partner. 208 00:08:13,859 --> 00:08:16,293 Robert Zane's a legend. That couldn't have been easy. 209 00:08:16,328 --> 00:08:17,828 It wasn't. 210 00:08:17,863 --> 00:08:19,663 Well, the Bar noticed, which is why I'm here 211 00:08:19,698 --> 00:08:20,664 to discuss the next step: 212 00:08:20,699 --> 00:08:22,966 removing Zane's name from your letterhead. 213 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,002 What? Why do we do that? 214 00:08:25,037 --> 00:08:26,637 Because the man broke privilege, 215 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:27,971 and put your firm in a position 216 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:29,640 to start hemorrhaging clients. 217 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:30,507 And since when are our clients the business 218 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:31,575 of the state bar? 219 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:34,144 Your clients aren't, but your firm's character is. 220 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:37,748 Look, I know what Robert did was unethical, 221 00:08:37,783 --> 00:08:39,583 but it was one mistake. 222 00:08:39,618 --> 00:08:41,185 We're talking about a man's legacy. 223 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,686 And leaving his name up 224 00:08:42,721 --> 00:08:43,799 doesn't just hurt the legacy of your firm. 225 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:46,023 It's hurting the integrity of the Bar. 226 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:47,691 And what if I don't see it that way? 227 00:08:47,726 --> 00:08:49,271 More importantly, what if my partners don't? 228 00:08:49,295 --> 00:08:50,894 Because it's not my call. 229 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,707 Let's just say it would be to everyone's benefit 230 00:08:52,731 --> 00:08:54,342 if you and your partners take that name down 231 00:08:54,366 --> 00:08:56,733 of your own accord. 232 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:59,169 [tense music] 233 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:02,206 [line trilling] 234 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:04,208 ♪ ♪ 235 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:06,610 This is Thomas Kessler. I'm not available right now. 236 00:09:06,645 --> 00:09:08,545 Please leave a message. 237 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:10,114 Thomas, hey. 238 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:12,082 It's me. 239 00:09:12,118 --> 00:09:14,118 Um... 240 00:09:14,153 --> 00:09:15,686 I was just wondering 241 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:18,088 if you were free for lunch today. 242 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:20,090 Give me a call when you can. 243 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:26,163 ♪ ♪ 244 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:29,032 Samantha, whatever it is, it'll have to wait. 245 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:30,912 We have to start locking up Robert's clients before-- 246 00:09:30,936 --> 00:09:32,703 That's why I'm here. 247 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:34,149 Three of them have already put their accounts up for review. 248 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:35,739 Son of a bitch. 249 00:09:35,774 --> 00:09:37,641 The Bar just ruled on Robert yesterday. 250 00:09:37,676 --> 00:09:38,775 It gets worse. 251 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:40,110 I reached out to six more 252 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:41,979 and none of them would take my call. 253 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:43,125 Which means six more are about to go. 254 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:45,315 And the only way that could happen this fast 255 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:48,085 is if somebody's already poisoned the well. 256 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,753 You think Hardman's still after us? 257 00:09:49,788 --> 00:09:51,255 I did, until I saw 258 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:53,657 these notices were dated two days ago. 259 00:09:53,692 --> 00:09:55,926 And two days ago, Hardman was gunning 260 00:09:55,961 --> 00:09:57,294 to have me disbarred, not Robert. 261 00:09:57,329 --> 00:09:58,929 Exactly. 262 00:09:58,964 --> 00:09:59,975 Then who the hell knew to go after his clients? 263 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:02,232 The same man that tried to blackmail Robert 264 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:04,201 into taking his name off our wall. 265 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:06,069 Blackmail? What are you talking about? 266 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:08,438 I'm talking about you and I going to pay a visit 267 00:10:08,474 --> 00:10:11,175 to Eric Kaldor. 268 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:14,244 [phones ringing] 269 00:10:17,082 --> 00:10:18,682 Thomas. 270 00:10:18,717 --> 00:10:20,417 What can I do for you? 271 00:10:20,452 --> 00:10:22,152 Unfortunately, Alex, I'm here to say 272 00:10:22,188 --> 00:10:25,522 that there's no longer anything you can do for me. 273 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,335 - You're putting us in review. - Not in review. 274 00:10:27,359 --> 00:10:29,793 I'm letting you go. 275 00:10:29,828 --> 00:10:30,861 Thomas-- 276 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:32,774 No, let--let me save you whatever you're gonna say, 277 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,142 because I'm not interested in your excuses. 278 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,465 You're my lawyer. 279 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,012 You knew something, and you kept it from me. 280 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:38,446 We've been over this. The reason I-- 281 00:10:38,470 --> 00:10:39,937 What we haven't been over 282 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:42,272 is that I was forced to lie yesterday. 283 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:43,807 Thomas-- 284 00:10:43,842 --> 00:10:45,642 You can't make this better, Alex. 285 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,155 Every time I come here I'm gonna be thinking about 286 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:49,279 everything that happened. 287 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:51,315 I can't live that way. I'm sorry. 288 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:53,317 Then let me at least say this: 289 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:54,952 I appreciate what you did, 290 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:58,322 and I'm sorry it turned out this way. 291 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:01,291 That makes two of us. 292 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,994 ♪ ♪ 293 00:11:04,029 --> 00:11:06,863 [indistinct chatter] 294 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:10,133 [puck clatters] 295 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:12,135 [skates scraping] 296 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:17,708 Harvey Specter and Samantha. 297 00:11:17,743 --> 00:11:19,076 Wow. 298 00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:21,511 I figured you guys would be, uh, too busy 299 00:11:21,547 --> 00:11:24,047 cleaning up Robert's mess to come play hockey. 300 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,916 Cut the shit, Eric. 301 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:27,684 We know you're going after Robert's clients. 302 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,331 It's funny, when I first started whispering 303 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:31,199 that Robert was stepping down, nobody believed me. 304 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:33,023 But now they think I'm a regular Nostradamus. 305 00:11:33,058 --> 00:11:35,058 And if you think we're just gonna stand by 306 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:36,827 and let you raid our kitchen, 307 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:37,761 you've been checked into the boards 308 00:11:37,796 --> 00:11:39,896 one too many times. 309 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:41,943 I think I cannot believe that she's fighting your fight. 310 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:44,368 It's not his fight, Eric. It's all of ours. 311 00:11:44,403 --> 00:11:45,869 Yeah, if you say so. 312 00:11:45,904 --> 00:11:47,371 But if it wasn't for old Harvey here, 313 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:49,206 Robert's clients would still be at your firm. 314 00:11:49,241 --> 00:11:51,208 And in case you hadn't noticed, so would Robert. 315 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:54,077 And you can try to drive a wedge between us all you want. 316 00:11:54,113 --> 00:11:55,379 It's not gonna work. 317 00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:57,114 So why don't you go ahead and tell us, 318 00:11:57,149 --> 00:11:58,927 what's it gonna take for you to back off Robert's clients? 319 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:00,462 Well, you know, if I can't drive a wedge, 320 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:02,452 I can't drive a wedge. 321 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:05,222 But what it's gonna take for me to back off your hero's clients 322 00:12:05,257 --> 00:12:09,126 is for old Harvey here to give me ten of his. 323 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:10,894 Ooh, look at that. 324 00:12:10,929 --> 00:12:13,864 Maybe I did drive a wedge. 325 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,533 You keep hitching your wagon to the wrong man, sweet pea. 326 00:12:16,568 --> 00:12:19,903 You didn't drive a wedge between anything, 327 00:12:19,938 --> 00:12:21,071 you piece of shit. 328 00:12:21,106 --> 00:12:24,074 Call me "sweet pea" one more ----ing time. 329 00:12:24,109 --> 00:12:27,077 [tense music] 330 00:12:27,112 --> 00:12:28,912 ♪ ♪ 331 00:12:28,947 --> 00:12:30,892 You're probably gonna want to think about my offer 332 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,082 before you say no. 333 00:12:32,117 --> 00:12:33,550 But don't take too long, all right? 334 00:12:33,585 --> 00:12:35,163 And if you lay a hand on me one more time, 335 00:12:35,187 --> 00:12:36,153 I'll have you thrown out of the Bar 336 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:39,256 faster than your disgraced mentor. 337 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:46,296 ♪ ♪ 338 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:51,268 Alex, hey, just the man I was about to see. 339 00:12:51,303 --> 00:12:53,437 Listen, Harvey and Samantha, they're working 340 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:55,839 on keeping Robert's clients, but they may need some back-up. 341 00:12:55,874 --> 00:12:57,341 I want you to be ready. 342 00:12:57,376 --> 00:12:58,953 Well, Louis, I don't know how ready I'll be 343 00:12:58,977 --> 00:12:59,910 when I can't even keep my own clients. 344 00:12:59,945 --> 00:13:01,812 - What? - Kessler just left us. 345 00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:03,914 Shit. 346 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:05,527 Well, this isn't over. I'll just give him a call. 347 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:07,028 You're not gonna be able to change his mind, Louis. 348 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:08,085 How do you know that? 349 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,020 Because Harvey used up all of our goodwill 350 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:11,788 when he asked him to goddamn lie for us. 351 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:13,268 Alex, I know you're upset about losing a client, 352 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:14,969 but it's not exactly news that Harvey did that. 353 00:13:14,993 --> 00:13:16,471 That's what I'm trying to tell you, Louis. 354 00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:18,328 I got approached today by the New York Bar. 355 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:21,965 It was off the record, but the guy pretty much told me 356 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,467 if we don't take Zane's name down, 357 00:13:23,502 --> 00:13:25,302 they'll do it for us. 358 00:13:25,337 --> 00:13:27,148 Bullshit, they don't have the authority to do that. 359 00:13:27,172 --> 00:13:29,439 And if you're suggesting that we should do it anyway-- 360 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,108 You think I want to take his name down? 361 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:32,987 Well, then what are you so worked up about, Alex? 362 00:13:33,011 --> 00:13:34,622 Because in the past two hours I've been punched 363 00:13:34,646 --> 00:13:35,824 in the gut twice, and I want to do something about it. 364 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:37,848 Well, I don't know what to do about Thomas, 365 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:38,849 but I sure as hell know what to do about the other thing. 366 00:13:38,884 --> 00:13:40,283 What's that? 367 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:41,529 I wanna check to see how bad our reputation is. 368 00:13:41,553 --> 00:13:42,831 You're gonna make sure that they don't have the authority 369 00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:45,455 to take that name down, and then we're gonna tell 370 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:48,058 the New York Bar to go fuck themselves. 371 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:52,829 ♪ ♪ 372 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,132 I've gotta say, I've never seen you like that before. 373 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:56,833 I thought you were gonna kill him. 374 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:59,336 If you hadn't been there, I just might have. 375 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:02,506 Well, I appreciate you not letting him drive that wedge. 376 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,541 I know you must have been tempted by his offer 377 00:14:04,576 --> 00:14:06,209 because of-- 378 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:07,144 I wasn't tempted, Harvey. 379 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:09,012 If Robert taught me anything, 380 00:14:09,047 --> 00:14:11,348 it's that when a teammate is being attacked, 381 00:14:11,383 --> 00:14:14,050 you don't leave their side. 382 00:14:14,086 --> 00:14:17,087 No, you don't. 383 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:18,989 Are you thinking what I'm thinking? 384 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:20,690 Depends on what you're thinking. 385 00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:22,170 I'm thinking that when a teammate's under attack, 386 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,238 you don't just stand by them. 387 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:25,095 You turn the tables. 388 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:27,330 Because the best defense is a good offense. 389 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,399 - Exactly. - [laughs] 390 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:31,568 What? 391 00:14:31,603 --> 00:14:33,537 I was just thinking, I must have said that 392 00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:35,705 to Mike Ross about a thousand times. 393 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:37,407 Jesus, last night it was Jessica, 394 00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:39,209 tonight it's Mike Ross. 395 00:14:39,244 --> 00:14:40,388 Am I gonna have to hear stories about him now too? 396 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:42,345 What I meant was, I keep getting reminded 397 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:45,282 of how alike we are. 398 00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:48,084 Well, here's to going on offense. 399 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,653 To going on offense. 400 00:14:54,092 --> 00:14:56,359 - Speaking of last night... - What about it? 401 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:58,895 I know I said I didn't need you checking up on me, 402 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:01,198 but you did anyway. 403 00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:04,468 And the truth is, I appreciated it. 404 00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:07,571 Because I was hurting. 405 00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:09,039 But? 406 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:12,075 But then you just up and left. 407 00:15:12,110 --> 00:15:13,443 What happened? 408 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:16,313 I know how that must have seemed, 409 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:18,315 but I was hurting too. 410 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:21,384 And then... 411 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:24,120 all of a sudden... 412 00:15:24,156 --> 00:15:26,656 I get it. 413 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:30,160 You needed to be alone. 414 00:15:30,195 --> 00:15:33,296 Yeah, I did. 415 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:35,932 But, Samantha, I'm sorry if I left you in the lurch. 416 00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:37,601 I understand. 417 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:39,069 It must have been tough, 418 00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:42,005 knowing what Robert gave up for you. 419 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,341 It was. 420 00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:46,576 Which is why tomorrow, you and I are gonna make sure 421 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,278 that the only person giving anything up 422 00:15:48,313 --> 00:15:50,280 is Eric Kaldor. 423 00:15:50,315 --> 00:15:53,316 [tense music] 424 00:16:00,511 --> 00:16:03,895 - Thomas, hi. - Hey. 425 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,763 So I'm guessing lunch today won't work. 426 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:08,098 I'm sorry I didn't call you back earlier, Donna. 427 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:10,034 I had some business matters to attend to. 428 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:11,302 You mean like firing us? 429 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:14,004 What happened with Alex had nothing to do with us. 430 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,473 It was business. 431 00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:16,585 Well, I wish it hadn't come to that, 432 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:19,143 but I understand. 433 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,378 And I'm sorry... 434 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:24,359 - For everything. - Please don't say it. 435 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:27,151 You said everything there is to say yesterday. 436 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,421 The truth is, I-- I didn't call you back 437 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:32,990 because I just didn't have it in me 438 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,492 to endure hearing the rest. 439 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:37,094 Thomas, listen to me, you are such a good man-- 440 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:38,996 You don't have to soft-pedal it, Donna. 441 00:16:39,031 --> 00:16:43,167 Nobody goes from spending their nights together to lunch. 442 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:47,371 There are so many things I want to say about you. 443 00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:50,174 Maybe another time. 444 00:16:50,209 --> 00:16:52,042 [somber music] 445 00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:53,444 Take care, Thomas. 446 00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:56,247 Good-bye, Donna. 447 00:16:56,282 --> 00:17:01,051 ♪ ♪ 448 00:17:01,087 --> 00:17:02,087 There's my love. 449 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:03,332 I hope you're in the mood for your favorite, 450 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:06,357 'cause this matzo's about to get brei'd. 451 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,259 That sounds amazing. 452 00:17:08,294 --> 00:17:10,361 Tough day? 453 00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:12,263 Yeah, you could say that. 454 00:17:12,298 --> 00:17:16,033 The Bar wants us to take Robert's name down. 455 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,312 But before I tell them to go to hell-- 456 00:17:17,336 --> 00:17:19,270 You need to know if you can afford to. 457 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,038 That's why you're making matzo brei. 458 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:23,874 You know. 459 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:26,911 How bad is it? 460 00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:29,613 The students that were hoping to interview with you this year 461 00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:31,215 pulled their résumés back. 462 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:33,050 I overheard some of them talking. 463 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:35,219 They said if you're not willing to distance yourself 464 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:38,122 from someone who's been disbarred, 465 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:40,558 then you don't care about the reputation of your firm. 466 00:17:40,593 --> 00:17:42,426 They said that? 467 00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:44,995 Louis, maybe it's time for you to consider-- 468 00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:47,064 No, I can't do it. 469 00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:49,166 Why not? You took Jessica's name down. 470 00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:51,079 Yeah, that was different. She knew about Mike. 471 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:52,236 She was guilty. 472 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:54,004 But Rob... 473 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,440 Robert, what? 474 00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:01,345 What I'm about to tell you stays between these walls. 475 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,647 It wasn't Robert. It was Harvey. 476 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:05,516 More specifically, it was Donna. 477 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:07,585 What? Oh, my God. 478 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,153 Exactly. 479 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:11,622 The man took a huge bullet for us, Sheila. 480 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,691 I'm not just gonna rip his name down now. 481 00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:16,760 Okay, Louis, Harvey and Donna or not, 482 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:18,696 the world thinks it was Robert. 483 00:18:18,731 --> 00:18:20,264 You don't have a choice. 484 00:18:20,299 --> 00:18:23,601 Sheila, when our child grows up and asks me 485 00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,603 how to make decisions, I'm not going to say, 486 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:28,138 "Take the way out that protects your reputation 487 00:18:28,174 --> 00:18:29,351 at the cost of your character." 488 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:30,708 And I understand all of that, 489 00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,643 but you asked me how bad it was, 490 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:35,512 and the truth is, if I didn't know you 491 00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:37,514 and I had heard what had happened, 492 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:40,618 I'd be feeling the same way my students do. 493 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:43,621 [tense music] 494 00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:47,057 ♪ ♪ 495 00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:48,726 [line trilling, clicks] 496 00:18:48,761 --> 00:18:51,028 - Donna: Hey. - Hey. 497 00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:53,664 Let me guess: you can't come over tonight. 498 00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:55,633 How'd you know? 499 00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:57,234 Because I know Robert's clients 500 00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:58,602 haven't been locked down yet, 501 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:02,306 and I'm the one who told you to put on your armor. 502 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:05,242 Have I ever told you how much I love it when you do that? 503 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:08,812 No, but I knew it anyway. 504 00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:11,315 See what I did there? 505 00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:14,718 Hey, what's going on? 506 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:17,488 Samantha asked what happened to me last night. 507 00:19:17,523 --> 00:19:19,156 I didn't know what to say. 508 00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:21,325 So what did you say? 509 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,560 She assumed I wanted to be alone, 510 00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:25,663 so I let her think that. 511 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,264 That's not true. 512 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,099 I didn't just let her think that. 513 00:19:29,135 --> 00:19:30,668 I lied to her. 514 00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:32,269 I told her she was right. 515 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:34,204 Well, that's not ideal, 516 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,740 but I know what it's like to be having a tough conversation 517 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:38,375 and not wanna say something 518 00:19:38,411 --> 00:19:40,277 that's gonna hurt the other person even more. 519 00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:41,679 Did something happen? 520 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:43,347 Thomas and I ended it tonight. 521 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,115 Oh, my God. 522 00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:46,528 Donna, I didn't know that you two were still together. 523 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:48,185 - I would never have-- - Listen to me. 524 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,853 It was already over, and he knew it. 525 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:52,523 - Are you sure? - I'm sure. 526 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,391 Harvey, you didn't do anything wrong. 527 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:57,528 I swear. 528 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,096 Thanks. 529 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,031 All right, you ready to do a deep dive 530 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:02,533 into Kaldor's clients? 531 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:04,568 Well, as long as we're going after Kaldor's, 532 00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:07,538 what do you say we also go after Ellen Rand's? 533 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:09,873 What do you think this pile is? 534 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:11,742 Louis. 535 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:13,744 - It's been too long. - It has. 536 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:16,313 But I'm sorry to say, Henry, this is not a social call. 537 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:18,048 I'm guessing this has something to do 538 00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:19,483 with Robert's disbarment. 539 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:21,618 I just discovered, as of today, 540 00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:23,387 we do not have one single applicant 541 00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:25,155 from any of the top ten schools, 542 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:26,735 and I was hoping that you could help us change that 543 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:28,559 by steering some students our way. 544 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:30,294 Because, as you know, 545 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:32,229 if Harvard comes, the rest follow. 546 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:33,797 Louis, I'm not a recruiter. 547 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,066 But when you suggest something, Henry, 548 00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:37,768 the students listen. 549 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,314 Except they don't come to me for things like that. 550 00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,605 That's fine, I can come to them. 551 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,185 You have an ethics conference coming up. 552 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:44,908 Let me be the keynote speaker. 553 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:48,746 Louis, the university has approval of all speakers. 554 00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:51,448 There's no way they're gonna let you be keynote right now. 555 00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:54,918 Professor, please, I... 556 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:56,587 I have nowhere else to turn. 557 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:59,089 I need your help. 558 00:20:59,125 --> 00:21:01,258 All right, Louis. 559 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:03,360 I'll try. 560 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:05,829 But if I'm gonna vouch for you, 561 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:07,631 I want you to tell me what happened. 562 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:10,267 Is Robert undercutting you just to get even? 563 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:12,202 I don't buy it. 564 00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:13,682 Well, if you could figure out that Robert wouldn't do this, 565 00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,806 you could figure out the truth for yourself. 566 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,275 Harvey. 567 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:20,277 Louis... 568 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:21,945 how could this happen on your watch? 569 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:23,147 You know what, Henry? 570 00:21:23,182 --> 00:21:24,615 Shit's happened on your watch too. 571 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,784 Shit that you did, 572 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,452 and we helped you get out of it. 573 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:30,187 Louis, I'm not criticizing you. 574 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:31,622 I'm concerned about you. 575 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,457 Well, then why don't you concern yourself 576 00:21:33,492 --> 00:21:35,359 with what I just asked of you? 577 00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:37,728 And concern yourself with it before the end of the week. 578 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,830 ♪ ♪ 579 00:21:43,712 --> 00:21:45,613 You won't just be signing 580 00:21:45,648 --> 00:21:46,692 the best legal team in the city. 581 00:21:46,716 --> 00:21:48,127 You'll also be gaining access to our network 582 00:21:48,151 --> 00:21:50,618 of high-powered clients. 583 00:21:50,653 --> 00:21:52,687 Clients like this one, 584 00:21:52,722 --> 00:21:55,456 who would love to finance your Singapore expansion. 585 00:21:55,492 --> 00:21:58,426 Ms. Wheeler, I didn't get to where I am today 586 00:21:58,461 --> 00:22:00,461 by turning down a free lunch, 587 00:22:00,497 --> 00:22:02,797 but I'm starting to think that you're wasting my time. 588 00:22:02,832 --> 00:22:04,632 How so? 589 00:22:04,667 --> 00:22:06,312 By not acknowledging your firm's Robert Zane problem. 590 00:22:06,336 --> 00:22:07,935 What Robert Zane problem? 591 00:22:07,971 --> 00:22:10,037 Look, I like Robert, but I can't sell this move. 592 00:22:10,073 --> 00:22:12,440 To my board, Zane is a four-letter word. 593 00:22:12,475 --> 00:22:14,709 Robert's disbarment doesn't reflect 594 00:22:14,744 --> 00:22:16,477 the culture at our firm. 595 00:22:16,513 --> 00:22:17,823 Then why aren't you taking his name down? 596 00:22:17,847 --> 00:22:19,024 Because, you gotta understand the history. 597 00:22:19,048 --> 00:22:20,815 The only thing I have to understand 598 00:22:20,850 --> 00:22:24,118 is that keeping Zane's name up sends the signal 599 00:22:24,153 --> 00:22:25,953 that you stand by what he did. 600 00:22:25,989 --> 00:22:27,622 We do stand by him. 601 00:22:27,657 --> 00:22:30,324 He was a great lawyer and an even better man, 602 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,159 and the Bar's decision doesn't change that. 603 00:22:32,195 --> 00:22:34,996 Then I'll be blunt. His name is only half of it. 604 00:22:35,031 --> 00:22:36,631 It's also a matter of his people. 605 00:22:36,666 --> 00:22:37,843 What do you mean, "his people"? 606 00:22:37,867 --> 00:22:38,833 One of your partners came 607 00:22:38,868 --> 00:22:40,902 from the Robert Zane coaching tree. 608 00:22:40,937 --> 00:22:42,503 And you know what they say 609 00:22:42,539 --> 00:22:43,983 about trees and apples and all that shit. 610 00:22:44,007 --> 00:22:45,351 - What are you trying to say? - I'm saying-- 611 00:22:45,375 --> 00:22:47,408 That the only way we'd ever consider signing 612 00:22:47,443 --> 00:22:49,203 is if you were to let Ms. Wheeler go as well. 613 00:22:49,445 --> 00:22:50,656 Well, that's not gonna happen. 614 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,291 - I'm not going anywhere. - Then I wish you luck. 615 00:22:52,315 --> 00:22:54,615 But there is no way 616 00:22:54,651 --> 00:22:56,517 we're leaving Rand Kaldor to sign with you. 617 00:22:56,553 --> 00:22:58,853 And if you think anyone else will, 618 00:22:58,888 --> 00:23:01,188 you're not the lawyer I've always heard you were. 619 00:23:01,224 --> 00:23:04,158 [tense music] 620 00:23:04,193 --> 00:23:11,432 ♪ ♪ 621 00:23:12,669 --> 00:23:15,169 Harvey, where are you? I struck out. 622 00:23:15,204 --> 00:23:17,038 If we don't come up with something, 623 00:23:17,073 --> 00:23:19,674 we might as well give Eric the keys to Robert's house, 624 00:23:19,709 --> 00:23:21,220 because he sure as hell is gonna end up 625 00:23:21,244 --> 00:23:23,811 with all of his clients. 626 00:23:23,846 --> 00:23:25,646 [sighs] Samantha. 627 00:23:25,682 --> 00:23:27,014 How's it going with Zane's roster? 628 00:23:27,050 --> 00:23:29,050 At the moment, it's not going at all. 629 00:23:29,085 --> 00:23:31,519 All right, listen to me. Our reputation took a hit. 630 00:23:31,554 --> 00:23:33,554 But if the clients people most expect to leave 631 00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:35,668 decide to stay, it's gonna send a message to the world 632 00:23:35,692 --> 00:23:37,024 that we can still be trusted. 633 00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:37,925 I don't know what to tell you, Louis. 634 00:23:37,961 --> 00:23:39,894 We had a plan to go on offense 635 00:23:39,929 --> 00:23:41,562 and it's not working out on my end. 636 00:23:41,598 --> 00:23:43,197 - What about Harvey? - I don't know. 637 00:23:43,232 --> 00:23:45,066 What do you mean, you don't know? 638 00:23:45,101 --> 00:23:46,879 I mean, I have been breaking my back to get this done 639 00:23:46,903 --> 00:23:49,570 and I can't even reach Harvey, which makes me wonder 640 00:23:49,606 --> 00:23:51,706 if he even gives a shit about this at all. 641 00:23:51,741 --> 00:23:53,074 Don't you say that. 642 00:23:53,109 --> 00:23:54,219 The night it happened, he did not sleep a wink 643 00:23:54,243 --> 00:23:56,077 because he was up all night at Donna's 644 00:23:56,112 --> 00:23:58,980 trying to figure out what to do. 645 00:23:59,015 --> 00:24:02,116 ♪ ♪ 646 00:24:02,151 --> 00:24:04,552 - Was he, now? - Yeah, he was. 647 00:24:04,587 --> 00:24:05,920 Well, that is good to know. 648 00:24:05,955 --> 00:24:09,590 In fact, you might have just given me an idea 649 00:24:09,626 --> 00:24:12,660 about how we can keep Robert's clients after all. 650 00:24:12,695 --> 00:24:15,696 [phone buzzing] 651 00:24:18,468 --> 00:24:20,001 - Hello? - Alex. 652 00:24:20,036 --> 00:24:21,736 Steven Faulkner. How are you? 653 00:24:21,771 --> 00:24:22,915 To tell you the truth, Steven, 654 00:24:22,939 --> 00:24:24,705 better than I was yesterday. 655 00:24:24,741 --> 00:24:25,673 Because I looked into whether you had precedent 656 00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:26,607 to make us remove Robert's name, 657 00:24:26,643 --> 00:24:29,043 and what do you know? 658 00:24:29,078 --> 00:24:31,145 - You don't. - Is that a fact? 659 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:33,014 It is. 660 00:24:33,049 --> 00:24:35,127 Seven years ago, another firm had a partner disbarred 661 00:24:35,151 --> 00:24:37,351 and you didn't just let them leave up his name. 662 00:24:37,387 --> 00:24:39,053 You let them leave up his bio too. 663 00:24:39,088 --> 00:24:40,265 Since we're talking about bios, 664 00:24:40,289 --> 00:24:41,856 let's talk about yours. 665 00:24:41,891 --> 00:24:44,025 Because I'm not just calling to check in. 666 00:24:44,060 --> 00:24:46,460 I'm calling to make you an offer. 667 00:24:46,496 --> 00:24:49,697 Become managing partner. 668 00:24:49,732 --> 00:24:51,699 - What? - That's right. 669 00:24:51,734 --> 00:24:53,812 We may not have authority to make you change your name, 670 00:24:53,836 --> 00:24:55,014 but we do have authority to make changes 671 00:24:55,038 --> 00:24:57,972 to a firm's leadership when it fails. 672 00:24:58,007 --> 00:24:59,607 - Bullshit. - Don't believe me? 673 00:24:59,642 --> 00:25:01,153 Look it up. You seem to like doing that. 674 00:25:01,177 --> 00:25:03,277 What I like are my partners, and there's no way 675 00:25:03,312 --> 00:25:04,745 I would ever betray Louis Litt. 676 00:25:04,781 --> 00:25:05,991 Alex, if you don't take action, 677 00:25:06,015 --> 00:25:07,815 there will be consequences. 678 00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:09,228 There have already been consequences, Steve. 679 00:25:09,252 --> 00:25:10,751 And you came to me with two proposals, 680 00:25:10,787 --> 00:25:12,553 so let me give you my two answers. 681 00:25:12,588 --> 00:25:14,822 Go to hell and go fuck yourself. 682 00:25:14,857 --> 00:25:17,825 [tense music] 683 00:25:17,860 --> 00:25:24,899 ♪ ♪ 684 00:25:32,041 --> 00:25:34,008 - You get my message? - Yeah, I did. 685 00:25:34,043 --> 00:25:35,843 Good. So nice of you to return. 686 00:25:35,878 --> 00:25:38,123 I didn't return your call because I've been a little busy 687 00:25:38,147 --> 00:25:39,814 trying to come back with some good news. 688 00:25:39,849 --> 00:25:40,881 And? 689 00:25:40,917 --> 00:25:43,150 - Look, Samantha-- - That's what I thought. 690 00:25:43,186 --> 00:25:44,819 Well, it doesn't matter anyway, 691 00:25:44,854 --> 00:25:45,931 because we're gonna give Eric what he wants. 692 00:25:45,955 --> 00:25:48,622 Robert's clients? We can't do that. 693 00:25:48,658 --> 00:25:50,758 Not his clients, Harvey. Yours. 694 00:25:50,793 --> 00:25:52,693 What happened to "teammates don't do that"? 695 00:25:52,729 --> 00:25:54,295 - Things change. - Like what? 696 00:25:54,330 --> 00:25:57,264 Why don't you ask your girlfriend? 697 00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:58,677 I don't know what you're talking about. 698 00:25:58,701 --> 00:26:00,701 Like hell you don't. 699 00:26:00,737 --> 00:26:03,537 You didn't leave the other night to go be alone. 700 00:26:03,573 --> 00:26:05,639 You left to be with Donna. 701 00:26:05,675 --> 00:26:07,374 And Louis might buy that bullshit 702 00:26:07,410 --> 00:26:10,111 about you being up all night talking about what to do, 703 00:26:10,146 --> 00:26:13,314 but I know talking is not what you were up to. 704 00:26:13,349 --> 00:26:14,982 Samantha, listen to me-- 705 00:26:15,017 --> 00:26:16,061 Why don't we skip the part where you try to explain 706 00:26:16,085 --> 00:26:18,152 why you lied to me and get to the part 707 00:26:18,187 --> 00:26:19,887 where you give Eric your clients? 708 00:26:19,922 --> 00:26:21,789 First of all, you have no idea 709 00:26:21,824 --> 00:26:23,991 what happened between me and Donna the other night. 710 00:26:24,026 --> 00:26:25,793 Second of all, I don't believe 711 00:26:25,828 --> 00:26:27,239 you're asking me to give up my clients 712 00:26:27,263 --> 00:26:30,898 because you're, what, jealous? 713 00:26:30,933 --> 00:26:32,967 You think this is because I'm jealous? 714 00:26:33,002 --> 00:26:34,079 Then what the hell is it about? 715 00:26:34,103 --> 00:26:37,071 I lost everything that night. 716 00:26:37,106 --> 00:26:40,241 Robert was everything to me, 717 00:26:40,276 --> 00:26:42,743 and the person I lost him for was you. 718 00:26:42,779 --> 00:26:45,146 And instead of feeling bad about it like you said you did, 719 00:26:45,181 --> 00:26:46,714 you were off having a little romp 720 00:26:46,749 --> 00:26:48,249 with person whose fault it really was. 721 00:26:48,284 --> 00:26:50,184 So give up your clients or don't, 722 00:26:50,219 --> 00:26:51,719 but if your answer is no, 723 00:26:51,754 --> 00:26:54,421 I'm gonna put you through that wall. 724 00:26:54,457 --> 00:27:00,294 ♪ ♪ 725 00:27:05,735 --> 00:27:08,002 - Yes, may I help you? - Katrina Bennett. 726 00:27:08,037 --> 00:27:10,037 - I'm Sheila Sazs. - Sheila. 727 00:27:10,072 --> 00:27:13,007 Yes, we meet at last. 728 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:15,075 Indeed we do. 729 00:27:15,111 --> 00:27:17,912 - And I must say, it is-- - Save it. 730 00:27:17,947 --> 00:27:19,980 You don't like me. I don't like you. 731 00:27:20,016 --> 00:27:24,084 But we both would kill for Louis, and I respect that. 732 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:25,753 I'm listening. 733 00:27:25,788 --> 00:27:27,955 This firm's in trouble, and I won't let it go down 734 00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:29,957 while my captain is at its helm. 735 00:27:29,992 --> 00:27:31,136 You're talking about the ramifications 736 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,793 of Robert leaving. 737 00:27:32,829 --> 00:27:34,206 I'm talking about no one trusting you 738 00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:35,963 while his name is on that wall. 739 00:27:35,998 --> 00:27:37,965 I always admired Robert. 740 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,633 But if I'm being honest, 741 00:27:39,669 --> 00:27:41,802 I had my doubts about leaving his name up. 742 00:27:41,838 --> 00:27:43,737 Then I was right to come to you. 743 00:27:43,773 --> 00:27:45,417 And you think he'll hear it better if it comes from me? 744 00:27:45,441 --> 00:27:49,109 I don't care how he hears it. It just needs to get done. 745 00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:50,778 - Then it will. - Good. 746 00:27:50,813 --> 00:27:52,213 But don't mention my coming here. 747 00:27:52,248 --> 00:27:54,248 I told him I had book club tonight. 748 00:27:54,283 --> 00:27:56,450 - What are you saying you read? - "Eat Pray Love." 749 00:27:56,485 --> 00:27:58,485 Good choice, except that is the kind of thing 750 00:27:58,521 --> 00:27:59,920 he'll want to read with you, 751 00:27:59,956 --> 00:28:01,822 assuming he hasn't read it already. 752 00:28:01,858 --> 00:28:04,925 - Oh, God, you're right. - I suggest "Amazons." 753 00:28:04,961 --> 00:28:06,794 It's about hockey. He'll never pick it up. 754 00:28:06,829 --> 00:28:08,395 Perhaps I might like you after all. 755 00:28:08,431 --> 00:28:10,631 I have to admit, when I look at you 756 00:28:10,666 --> 00:28:12,433 I see myself. 757 00:28:12,468 --> 00:28:14,268 Though, more attractive 758 00:28:14,303 --> 00:28:17,805 with far less sexual magnetism. 759 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,306 Why would you say that to me? 760 00:28:19,342 --> 00:28:21,108 Because I'm starting to care about you, 761 00:28:21,143 --> 00:28:23,344 and truth be told, your beauty's a turn-off. 762 00:28:23,379 --> 00:28:25,412 Friendly advice: 763 00:28:25,448 --> 00:28:28,082 you might want to frump it up a bit. 764 00:28:28,117 --> 00:28:31,085 [brooding music] 765 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,521 ♪ ♪ 766 00:28:34,557 --> 00:28:37,057 Remember that thing about not telling anyone? 767 00:28:37,093 --> 00:28:38,459 Samantha knows. 768 00:28:38,494 --> 00:28:39,705 And from that look on your face, 769 00:28:39,729 --> 00:28:40,928 she's not taking it well. 770 00:28:40,963 --> 00:28:43,030 She's not taking anything well. 771 00:28:43,065 --> 00:28:44,509 Let me guess, she just lost the most important person 772 00:28:44,533 --> 00:28:46,300 in her life, and then she finds out 773 00:28:46,335 --> 00:28:48,046 that the night it happened we're off having a party. 774 00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:49,503 Yeah, something like that. 775 00:28:49,538 --> 00:28:50,949 Well, you can't really blame her for that, can you? 776 00:28:50,973 --> 00:28:52,539 No, not for that. 777 00:28:52,575 --> 00:28:55,142 But I can sure as hell blame her for the things she said. 778 00:28:55,177 --> 00:28:56,710 - How bad? - Bad. 779 00:28:56,746 --> 00:28:58,512 I'm telling you, if she weren't a woman-- 780 00:28:58,547 --> 00:29:00,325 Harvey, if there is one thing I know about Samantha, 781 00:29:00,349 --> 00:29:02,060 it's that she wouldn't want you to treat her differently 782 00:29:02,084 --> 00:29:03,017 because she's a woman. 783 00:29:03,052 --> 00:29:05,152 What are you saying? 784 00:29:05,187 --> 00:29:06,531 I'm saying it sounds like she's spoiling for a fight. 785 00:29:06,555 --> 00:29:08,166 And sometimes when somebody wants a fight, 786 00:29:08,190 --> 00:29:09,201 you have no choice but to give it to them. 787 00:29:09,225 --> 00:29:12,059 I am not getting in the ring with Samantha. 788 00:29:12,094 --> 00:29:13,494 Yes, you are. 789 00:29:13,529 --> 00:29:15,296 She boxes every morning. 790 00:29:15,331 --> 00:29:16,864 You go in there tomorrow, 791 00:29:16,899 --> 00:29:17,865 you let her get it out of her system. 792 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:20,000 Are you nuts? I'm not hitting a woman. 793 00:29:20,036 --> 00:29:21,380 If I were you, I'd be more worried 794 00:29:21,404 --> 00:29:22,970 about losing to that woman. 795 00:29:23,005 --> 00:29:24,305 I am not losing to anyone! 796 00:29:24,340 --> 00:29:26,140 Harvey, she has military training. 797 00:29:26,175 --> 00:29:28,008 Louis said that she put down his mugger 798 00:29:28,044 --> 00:29:29,410 in about five seconds flat, 799 00:29:29,445 --> 00:29:31,145 and from what I know about fighting, 800 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:35,082 the more pissed off person usually wins. 801 00:29:35,117 --> 00:29:36,583 Harvey, listen to me. 802 00:29:36,619 --> 00:29:38,352 She needs this just like you would. 803 00:29:38,387 --> 00:29:40,065 So if you're not willing to give it to her, 804 00:29:40,089 --> 00:29:41,889 that's not looking out for her. 805 00:29:41,924 --> 00:29:44,325 That's just disrespecting her. 806 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,827 ♪ ♪ 807 00:29:58,015 --> 00:30:00,015 Whatever it is, I am tired of talking. 808 00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:02,818 We're not talking. We're going right now. 809 00:30:02,853 --> 00:30:05,053 - I'm not fighting you. - Yeah, you are. 810 00:30:05,088 --> 00:30:07,233 You've been talking about it since the day you got here. 811 00:30:07,257 --> 00:30:08,857 Now you're pissed, 812 00:30:08,892 --> 00:30:10,003 and you said you wanted to put me through a wall. 813 00:30:10,027 --> 00:30:11,827 Well, here I am. 814 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:13,106 You're damn right, I want to put you through a wall, 815 00:30:13,130 --> 00:30:14,663 but not today. 816 00:30:14,698 --> 00:30:16,198 You feel awful about what you did, 817 00:30:16,233 --> 00:30:17,844 and I don't want any excuses when I kick your ass. 818 00:30:17,868 --> 00:30:18,733 There aren't gonna be any excuses 819 00:30:18,769 --> 00:30:20,669 because I'm not gonna need them. 820 00:30:20,704 --> 00:30:22,182 - Get out of my face. - I'm not going anywhere. 821 00:30:22,206 --> 00:30:23,939 Watch yourself. 822 00:30:23,974 --> 00:30:25,218 You're in the ring with the man who's responsible 823 00:30:25,242 --> 00:30:26,741 for disbarring your mentor. 824 00:30:26,777 --> 00:30:28,109 I'm warning you. 825 00:30:28,145 --> 00:30:29,622 The man who put his needs in front of yours. 826 00:30:29,646 --> 00:30:30,779 You don't want to do this. 827 00:30:30,814 --> 00:30:33,014 The man who decided his love life was more import-- 828 00:30:33,050 --> 00:30:34,549 [grunts] 829 00:30:34,585 --> 00:30:36,151 [rock music] 830 00:30:36,186 --> 00:30:38,286 - I guess it's on. - Yes, it is. 831 00:30:38,322 --> 00:30:45,527 ♪ ♪ 832 00:30:47,231 --> 00:30:48,964 [both grunt] 833 00:30:48,999 --> 00:30:54,903 ♪ ♪ 834 00:30:54,938 --> 00:30:56,705 Ready to be done? 835 00:30:56,740 --> 00:30:58,907 Oh, I'm just getting started. 836 00:30:58,942 --> 00:31:05,947 ♪ ♪ 837 00:31:12,256 --> 00:31:14,723 Katrina, what are you doing here so early? 838 00:31:14,758 --> 00:31:17,092 I need to talk to you, and I need it to be 839 00:31:17,127 --> 00:31:19,060 before this place is crawling with people. 840 00:31:19,096 --> 00:31:21,796 Okay, what is it? 841 00:31:21,832 --> 00:31:24,065 It's what everyone in this firm knows has to be done 842 00:31:24,101 --> 00:31:26,301 and no one seems willing to tell Louis. 843 00:31:26,336 --> 00:31:28,236 You mean taking Zane's name down? 844 00:31:28,272 --> 00:31:30,639 - Yes, that's what I mean. - He's not gonna want to do it. 845 00:31:30,674 --> 00:31:32,173 You think I do? 846 00:31:32,209 --> 00:31:33,942 But the longer we leave his name up there, 847 00:31:33,977 --> 00:31:37,846 the more damage we inflict on ourselves. 848 00:31:37,881 --> 00:31:39,748 See that right there? 849 00:31:39,783 --> 00:31:42,284 - You know what I mean. - So what if I do? 850 00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:44,686 Why are you coming to me and not Harvey or Donna? 851 00:31:44,721 --> 00:31:46,266 Because it's going to come down to a vote, 852 00:31:46,290 --> 00:31:48,123 and without you and Louis pushing the others, 853 00:31:48,158 --> 00:31:50,158 it's never going to happen. 854 00:31:50,193 --> 00:31:54,095 And if that's not good enough, because you owe me. 855 00:31:54,131 --> 00:31:56,031 No, you're not calling that in for this. 856 00:31:56,066 --> 00:31:58,934 Did you think I was gonna ask you to wash my car? 857 00:31:58,969 --> 00:32:02,604 Alex, you know this is the right thing to do. 858 00:32:02,639 --> 00:32:04,339 What the hell is stopping you? 859 00:32:04,374 --> 00:32:07,042 He didn't do it, Katrina. 860 00:32:07,077 --> 00:32:08,777 Robert didn't do it. 861 00:32:08,812 --> 00:32:11,279 For what it's worth, I didn't think he did. 862 00:32:11,315 --> 00:32:13,281 But that doesn't matter, 863 00:32:13,317 --> 00:32:16,785 because he said he did. 864 00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:18,954 [tense music] 865 00:32:18,989 --> 00:32:21,289 All right. 866 00:32:21,325 --> 00:32:23,692 I'll get Louis to agree. 867 00:32:23,727 --> 00:32:25,460 ♪ ♪ 868 00:32:25,495 --> 00:32:27,929 [weights rattling] 869 00:32:27,965 --> 00:32:31,232 I'm surprised you have the strength to pick that up. 870 00:32:31,268 --> 00:32:32,534 Me? 871 00:32:32,569 --> 00:32:35,804 I'm surprised you can sit after I kicked your ass. 872 00:32:35,839 --> 00:32:37,906 You didn't kick anything, but I'll admit, 873 00:32:37,941 --> 00:32:40,909 you did pretty good for a guy in his 70s. 874 00:32:40,944 --> 00:32:41,876 Hey, those are fighting words. 875 00:32:41,912 --> 00:32:44,212 - You wanna go again? - No. 876 00:32:44,247 --> 00:32:46,815 Me neither. 877 00:32:46,850 --> 00:32:48,883 Look, if you want me 878 00:32:48,919 --> 00:32:51,886 to give up my clients to Kaldor, I will. 879 00:32:51,922 --> 00:32:54,222 But is that what Robert would want? 880 00:32:54,257 --> 00:32:57,158 [sighs] No. 881 00:32:57,194 --> 00:32:59,094 It's not what I want, either. 882 00:32:59,129 --> 00:33:01,830 Then what is? 883 00:33:01,865 --> 00:33:03,031 We fight for his clients. 884 00:33:03,066 --> 00:33:04,933 We keep who we can keep, 885 00:33:04,968 --> 00:33:06,801 but his name stays up no matter what. 886 00:33:06,837 --> 00:33:09,337 I can live with that. 887 00:33:09,373 --> 00:33:11,339 So can I. 888 00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:14,776 [mellow music] 889 00:33:14,811 --> 00:33:17,846 [phone buzzing] 890 00:33:17,881 --> 00:33:19,047 [phone clicks] 891 00:33:19,082 --> 00:33:20,849 - Louis. - Henry, hi. 892 00:33:20,884 --> 00:33:21,995 Thanks for getting back to me so soon. 893 00:33:22,019 --> 00:33:26,021 Listen, I-- about what I said earlier-- 894 00:33:26,056 --> 00:33:27,689 Don't give it another thought. 895 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:29,691 I understand you're under a lot of stress. 896 00:33:29,726 --> 00:33:31,760 And I'm sorry to say I'm about to add to it. 897 00:33:31,795 --> 00:33:33,261 Don't tell me, they said 898 00:33:33,296 --> 00:33:34,863 I'm not welcome as keynote speaker. 899 00:33:34,898 --> 00:33:36,042 Even if they didn't, Louis, 900 00:33:36,066 --> 00:33:38,033 Harvard students are not going to be fooled 901 00:33:38,068 --> 00:33:39,768 by some speech. 902 00:33:39,803 --> 00:33:41,870 They're going to respond to your actions. 903 00:33:41,905 --> 00:33:44,039 Oh, damn it, I'm taking every action I can think of. 904 00:33:44,074 --> 00:33:46,207 No, Louis, you're bending over backwards 905 00:33:46,243 --> 00:33:49,210 to avoid taking the one action you should. 906 00:33:51,515 --> 00:33:53,048 Thanks for trying, Henry. 907 00:33:53,083 --> 00:33:55,417 Take care, Louis. 908 00:33:59,890 --> 00:34:02,023 You look like you just got some bad news. 909 00:34:02,059 --> 00:34:03,124 I did. 910 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,393 This thing... 911 00:34:05,429 --> 00:34:08,096 our reputation, it's worse than I thought. 912 00:34:09,299 --> 00:34:11,499 Actually... 913 00:34:11,535 --> 00:34:15,403 that's what I'm here to talk to you about. 914 00:34:15,439 --> 00:34:17,172 No, I'm not doing it. 915 00:34:17,207 --> 00:34:19,307 Louis, even Katrina knows it's the right thing. 916 00:34:19,342 --> 00:34:21,509 She went to you behind my back? 917 00:34:21,545 --> 00:34:23,122 She would have come in here and told you that to your face, 918 00:34:23,146 --> 00:34:23,878 but I didn't give her the chance. 919 00:34:23,914 --> 00:34:25,346 Why not? 920 00:34:25,382 --> 00:34:26,626 Because I didn't want her to hear that the Bar tried 921 00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:28,094 to get me to take over as managing partner. 922 00:34:28,118 --> 00:34:31,319 - What? They can't do that. - They can, and they have. 923 00:34:31,354 --> 00:34:32,432 In '97, they got a name partner to step in as managing partner 924 00:34:32,456 --> 00:34:36,024 in exactly the same situation. 925 00:34:36,059 --> 00:34:37,770 You're here to tell me you're taking over. 926 00:34:37,794 --> 00:34:39,605 I'm here to tell you that if they can do that, 927 00:34:39,629 --> 00:34:41,296 what else can they do? 928 00:34:41,331 --> 00:34:44,432 - I don't know. - And I don't want to find out. 929 00:34:44,468 --> 00:34:47,302 - It's gonna require a vote. - And we have two right here. 930 00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:48,603 We need three. 931 00:34:48,638 --> 00:34:50,271 You know that Samantha will not say yes. 932 00:34:50,307 --> 00:34:51,840 And neither will Donna, 933 00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:54,109 since this whole thing started with her. 934 00:34:54,144 --> 00:34:57,078 [soft laugh] 935 00:34:57,114 --> 00:34:59,280 - Harvey. - He's our only chance. 936 00:34:59,316 --> 00:35:01,049 - I say we go see him right now. - No. 937 00:35:01,084 --> 00:35:02,862 I went to him with something like this before. 938 00:35:02,886 --> 00:35:04,119 He didn't like it then 939 00:35:04,154 --> 00:35:05,164 and he certainly won't like it now. 940 00:35:05,188 --> 00:35:07,355 And I'm telling you, the only chance we have 941 00:35:07,390 --> 00:35:10,158 of him saying yes is if I go to see him alone. 942 00:35:10,193 --> 00:35:13,161 [tense music] 943 00:35:13,196 --> 00:35:15,997 ♪ ♪ 944 00:35:16,032 --> 00:35:18,133 Gina, I know Kaldor said 945 00:35:18,168 --> 00:35:20,468 that if you went with them, they'd-- 946 00:35:20,504 --> 00:35:22,237 Look... [laughs] 947 00:35:22,272 --> 00:35:24,973 If it's your final decision, 948 00:35:25,008 --> 00:35:28,042 there's nothing left for me to say. 949 00:35:29,980 --> 00:35:31,980 That was one of Robert's clients, wasn't it? 950 00:35:32,015 --> 00:35:34,182 What can I say? You win some. You lose some. 951 00:35:34,217 --> 00:35:36,317 That's why I'm here, Harvey. 952 00:35:36,353 --> 00:35:37,585 Been losing too many, 953 00:35:37,621 --> 00:35:38,931 and we need to put an end to this. 954 00:35:38,955 --> 00:35:40,889 What are you talking about? 955 00:35:40,924 --> 00:35:42,502 I'm talking about taking Robert's name down. 956 00:35:42,526 --> 00:35:44,159 - Not gonna happen. - Harvey-- 957 00:35:44,194 --> 00:35:45,894 Damn it, Louis, I gave Samantha my word! 958 00:35:45,929 --> 00:35:47,662 - You said-- - I know what I said. 959 00:35:47,697 --> 00:35:50,165 But since then, the Bar has been up our asses, 960 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,167 clients have been dropping like flies, 961 00:35:52,202 --> 00:35:54,147 and we are not gonna have any associates next year 962 00:35:54,171 --> 00:35:55,570 if we do not do this. 963 00:35:55,605 --> 00:35:58,673 Now, Alex is with me. That's two votes. 964 00:35:58,708 --> 00:36:01,342 - Your vote makes it happen. - Makes what happen, Louis? 965 00:36:01,378 --> 00:36:03,022 Samantha, I was just explaining to Harvey-- 966 00:36:03,046 --> 00:36:04,123 You weren't explaining shit. 967 00:36:04,147 --> 00:36:05,446 You were going behind my back 968 00:36:05,482 --> 00:36:07,115 trying to pull Robert's name down, 969 00:36:07,150 --> 00:36:09,083 and over my dead body is that gonna happen. 970 00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:10,485 Well, it is not only up to you. 971 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,021 You gave me your word that Robert's name stays up. 972 00:36:13,056 --> 00:36:14,534 - Did you tell him that? - Yes, I did. 973 00:36:14,558 --> 00:36:16,057 Then what the fuck is going on here? 974 00:36:16,092 --> 00:36:18,059 What's going is, if we don't do this, 975 00:36:18,094 --> 00:36:19,561 this firm has no future. 976 00:36:19,596 --> 00:36:23,031 Then let me be clear: if you do this, I'm gone, 977 00:36:23,066 --> 00:36:24,577 and you'll be lucky if I don't go to the Bar 978 00:36:24,601 --> 00:36:28,136 and tell them what really happened. 979 00:36:28,171 --> 00:36:31,139 [tense music] 980 00:36:31,174 --> 00:36:32,273 ♪ ♪ 981 00:36:32,309 --> 00:36:33,719 You really think she's gonna go to the Bar? 982 00:36:33,743 --> 00:36:35,476 I don't know. 983 00:36:35,512 --> 00:36:37,312 Well, God damn it, Harvey, his name stays up 984 00:36:37,347 --> 00:36:39,547 and his clients go, we might as well just close up shop. 985 00:36:39,583 --> 00:36:42,083 Then we'll just have to make sure his clients stay. 986 00:36:42,118 --> 00:36:43,618 What the hell does that mean? 987 00:36:43,653 --> 00:36:46,054 It means we don't need to take Robert's name down. 988 00:36:46,089 --> 00:36:47,655 We just have to keep his clients. 989 00:36:47,691 --> 00:36:49,891 Well, we aren't keeping his clients. 990 00:36:49,926 --> 00:36:53,294 We haven't been, Louis, but we can. 991 00:36:53,330 --> 00:36:56,431 And I know just where to start. 992 00:37:03,413 --> 00:37:06,147 Well, look what the cat dragged in. 993 00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:09,217 You're backing off, and you're backing off now. 994 00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:14,155 Whose am I getting, Robert's or yours? 995 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,501 Wait, don't tell me, don't tell me. 996 00:37:15,525 --> 00:37:17,258 I wanna guess this one. 997 00:37:17,294 --> 00:37:18,626 They're mine. 998 00:37:18,662 --> 00:37:21,462 Wow, I would have totally gotten that wrong. 999 00:37:21,498 --> 00:37:23,164 You must really be hating this right now. 1000 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,266 What did she do to convince you? 1001 00:37:25,302 --> 00:37:26,846 Why don't you just take your win and go home, Eric? 1002 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:28,514 It's no fun winning if you can't rub it in. 1003 00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:30,238 I mean, I knew she had Zane 1004 00:37:30,273 --> 00:37:32,184 wrapped around her little finger, I just didn't-- 1005 00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:35,243 Finish that sentence, Eric. Go ahead, finish that sentence. 1006 00:37:36,546 --> 00:37:38,446 [sniffs] 1007 00:37:38,481 --> 00:37:40,682 - I'll treat 'em well. - You do that. 1008 00:37:40,717 --> 00:37:44,519 And don't you ever say another word about Robert again. 1009 00:37:44,554 --> 00:37:47,622 [tense music] 1010 00:37:47,657 --> 00:37:53,394 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,834 You trying to decide if you're gonna kill Louis or not? 1012 00:37:59,869 --> 00:38:03,104 [chuckles] It's 50/50. 1013 00:38:04,507 --> 00:38:05,373 Well, if it makes any difference, 1014 00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:09,711 Rand Kaldor officially backed off. 1015 00:38:09,746 --> 00:38:11,546 Harvey gave his clients to Eric? 1016 00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:14,549 He did. 1017 00:38:14,584 --> 00:38:16,184 But he still has one more to give up, 1018 00:38:16,219 --> 00:38:19,387 and it's one of his favorites. 1019 00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:21,489 Brick Street Athletics. 1020 00:38:21,524 --> 00:38:24,058 - Why? - He wanted to make a gesture. 1021 00:38:24,094 --> 00:38:26,394 He did, or you did? 1022 00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:29,731 He did, Samantha. 1023 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:31,733 It was 100% his idea. 1024 00:38:31,768 --> 00:38:33,735 I just asked if I could be the one to tell you 1025 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:36,571 because it would give me a chance to say something 1026 00:38:36,606 --> 00:38:37,739 that I need to say. 1027 00:38:37,774 --> 00:38:39,407 Donna, you don't have to. 1028 00:38:39,442 --> 00:38:41,743 I put myself over the firm, and it cost you dearly. 1029 00:38:41,778 --> 00:38:44,145 And if I'm being honest, if I could somehow go back 1030 00:38:44,180 --> 00:38:48,149 and take it all away, I don't know if I would. 1031 00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:52,653 But I'm sorry. 1032 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:55,423 I am so sorry. 1033 00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:57,492 Donna... 1034 00:38:57,527 --> 00:38:59,694 he didn't just leave because of you. 1035 00:38:59,729 --> 00:39:01,662 What? 1036 00:39:01,698 --> 00:39:04,365 [melancholy piano music] 1037 00:39:04,401 --> 00:39:07,101 He did something years ago... 1038 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:09,103 for me. 1039 00:39:09,139 --> 00:39:12,240 It had been eating him up, and I didn't know about it. 1040 00:39:12,275 --> 00:39:14,609 When he left, he told me, and ever since then-- 1041 00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:17,378 No wonder you were so upset. 1042 00:39:17,414 --> 00:39:18,946 You felt responsible. 1043 00:39:18,982 --> 00:39:20,748 He's gone, Donna. 1044 00:39:20,784 --> 00:39:22,717 I know. 1045 00:39:22,752 --> 00:39:23,818 But for what it's worth, 1046 00:39:23,853 --> 00:39:26,554 we're here to pick up the slack. 1047 00:39:26,589 --> 00:39:33,194 ♪ ♪ 1048 00:39:37,867 --> 00:39:40,935 I imagine you heard about Zane's name staying up. 1049 00:39:40,970 --> 00:39:42,470 I did. 1050 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,306 Look, I know it goes without saying, 1051 00:39:45,341 --> 00:39:47,675 but I'm gonna say it anyway. 1052 00:39:47,710 --> 00:39:49,544 - I still owe you. - No. 1053 00:39:49,579 --> 00:39:53,915 I asked you to convince Louis, and you did that. 1054 00:39:53,950 --> 00:39:56,818 You don't owe me anything. 1055 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,320 Well, I might not owe you, 1056 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:03,391 but that doesn't mean you can't still come knocking. 1057 00:40:03,426 --> 00:40:05,159 I guess this means we're rolling the dice 1058 00:40:05,195 --> 00:40:08,729 that keeping Zane's clients will be enough. 1059 00:40:08,765 --> 00:40:11,165 I guess it does. 1060 00:40:11,201 --> 00:40:12,834 Alex, I don't mean to pry, 1061 00:40:12,869 --> 00:40:15,503 but do you know something I don't? 1062 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:18,339 Nothing worth telling. 1063 00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:21,275 Night, Katrina. 1064 00:40:21,311 --> 00:40:28,316 ♪ ♪ 1065 00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:37,725 I've got to admit, 1066 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,194 I never thought I'd see this place again. 1067 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:42,663 Even with the furniture, it's not the same without... 1068 00:40:42,699 --> 00:40:45,199 Harvey, why did you want me to meet you here? 1069 00:40:45,235 --> 00:40:47,702 Mike asked me to rent it out for them when they left. 1070 00:40:47,737 --> 00:40:49,370 I never did. 1071 00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:51,939 Well, it must have cost them a fortune. 1072 00:40:51,975 --> 00:40:54,509 Didn't cost them a thing. 1073 00:40:54,544 --> 00:40:56,477 I created a fake tenant. 1074 00:40:56,513 --> 00:40:59,280 I've been paying rent ever since. 1075 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:02,783 In case they came back. 1076 00:41:02,819 --> 00:41:06,487 - I know it sounds crazy, but-- - It's not crazy. 1077 00:41:06,523 --> 00:41:08,689 You know, I'm glad that Louis interrupted us 1078 00:41:08,725 --> 00:41:10,024 the other morning. 1079 00:41:10,059 --> 00:41:12,026 - You are? - Yeah. 1080 00:41:12,061 --> 00:41:15,730 Gave me time to realize I have more to tell you. 1081 00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:16,925 Like, about this apartment? 1082 00:41:20,670 --> 00:41:23,905 It used to remind me of all the things I've lost. 1083 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:26,741 But now it reminds me 1084 00:41:26,776 --> 00:41:29,377 of all the things... 1085 00:41:29,412 --> 00:41:31,078 you've helped me accept. 1086 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:32,680 What do you mean? 1087 00:41:32,715 --> 00:41:34,426 I mean, a week ago I never would have come over 1088 00:41:34,450 --> 00:41:36,050 knowing that you were still with Thomas. 1089 00:41:36,085 --> 00:41:38,419 But that night, I didn't even think about it, 1090 00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:41,722 because once it hit me that we should be together, 1091 00:41:41,758 --> 00:41:44,058 it felt like we've always been together. 1092 00:41:44,093 --> 00:41:46,327 Uh-oh, you're gonna make me cry. 1093 00:41:46,362 --> 00:41:47,962 I'm just getting started. 1094 00:41:47,997 --> 00:41:51,065 [upbeat music] 1095 00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:52,500 ♪ ♪ 1096 00:41:52,535 --> 00:41:55,703 I thought I was gonna lose everything at that hearing, 1097 00:41:55,738 --> 00:41:59,373 and then I didn't. 1098 00:41:59,409 --> 00:42:02,710 But I felt empty. 1099 00:42:02,745 --> 00:42:05,446 And then I won... 1100 00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:06,881 and you weren't there. 1101 00:42:06,916 --> 00:42:08,950 What I'm trying to say is that that night, 1102 00:42:08,985 --> 00:42:11,619 everything finally made sense. 1103 00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:15,556 I'm finally where I'm supposed to be. 1104 00:42:15,592 --> 00:42:17,558 We both are. 1105 00:42:17,594 --> 00:42:22,129 ♪ ♪ 1106 00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:25,132 What? 1107 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:27,935 Guess whose name I put on the fake lease? 1108 00:42:27,971 --> 00:42:29,470 Rick Sorkin. 1109 00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:31,472 Oh, my God, that's the kid who didn't show up 1110 00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:33,541 for his interview the day you hired Mike. 1111 00:42:33,576 --> 00:42:36,077 See? That's what I love about you. 1112 00:42:36,112 --> 00:42:37,445 You get me. 1113 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,548 "Love about me"? 1114 00:42:40,583 --> 00:42:42,817 Love about you. 1115 00:42:42,852 --> 00:42:49,890 ♪ ♪ 1116 00:43:03,539 --> 00:43:05,773 [elevator dings] 1117 00:43:05,808 --> 00:43:07,541 ♪ ♪ 1118 00:43:07,577 --> 00:43:08,976 - Louis Litt? - Yeah. 1119 00:43:09,012 --> 00:43:10,645 My name is Faye Richardson. 1120 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,813 I'm here on behalf of the New York Bar Association. 1121 00:43:12,849 --> 00:43:14,482 Here to do what? 1122 00:43:14,517 --> 00:43:16,195 This is a court order granting me full control 1123 00:43:16,219 --> 00:43:17,752 of your law firm 1124 00:43:17,787 --> 00:43:19,954 under the Bar's special master provision. 1125 00:43:19,989 --> 00:43:22,957 [tense music] 1126 00:43:22,992 --> 00:43:25,459 ♪ ♪ 1127 00:43:25,495 --> 00:43:27,028 No. 1128 00:43:27,063 --> 00:43:28,529 ♪ ♪ 1129 00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:29,797 You can't do this. 1130 00:43:29,832 --> 00:43:30,876 You're correct. You do have a choice. 1131 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,367 You can refuse, in which case tomorrow morning 1132 00:43:33,403 --> 00:43:35,703 the Bar will suspend every partner in this firm 1133 00:43:35,738 --> 00:43:37,872 from practicing law for six months. 1134 00:43:37,907 --> 00:43:39,373 You do that, you might as well 1135 00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:40,552 take us apart brick by brick. 1136 00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:41,876 Be that as it may, 1137 00:43:41,911 --> 00:43:43,611 the only way to avoid that outcome 1138 00:43:43,646 --> 00:43:46,547 is for you to sign that document right now. 1139 00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:53,621 ♪ ♪ 1140 00:43:55,447 --> 00:44:02,447 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man