1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,162 (HARVEY READING) 2 00:00:02,294 --> 00:00:04,230 I thought it might be nice to get out there and get to know each other. 3 00:00:04,254 --> 00:00:05,440 I think what you really mean is 4 00:00:05,464 --> 00:00:07,797 you'd like to impress the new managing partner. 5 00:00:07,883 --> 00:00:09,360 - And what if I did? - You wanna impress me? 6 00:00:09,384 --> 00:00:11,046 Do it with a big, fat client. 7 00:00:11,136 --> 00:00:14,004 Zane promised Samantha she'd be the next name partner. 8 00:00:14,097 --> 00:00:16,284 And did you tell him that you made the same promise to Alex? 9 00:00:16,308 --> 00:00:17,344 No, I didn't. 10 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:18,828 You wanna take me on, you go for it, 11 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:19,954 'cause I didn't get where I am 12 00:00:19,978 --> 00:00:21,206 by letting people like you push me around. 13 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:23,973 David Fox wants a fight, and I'm gonna give him one. 14 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:25,102 A fight about what? 15 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,400 He doesn't want to pay our cleaning woman overtime. 16 00:00:27,486 --> 00:00:28,588 Harvey, this isn't what we do. 17 00:00:28,612 --> 00:00:30,173 - Mike would have done it. - And Mike's not here anymore 18 00:00:30,197 --> 00:00:31,966 because he finally came to terms with the fact 19 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:33,071 that this isn't what we do. 20 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:34,511 I'm not gonna let us start losing clients 21 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,596 because you decided the cleaning staff is more important 22 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:37,861 than the needs of this firm. 23 00:00:37,955 --> 00:00:39,036 I didn't do anything 24 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:40,892 - that you didn't sign off on. - ROBERT: That's enough. 25 00:00:40,916 --> 00:00:42,519 You don't go to war with the guy that owns your house 26 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:45,206 over something like this. End it, and end it today. 27 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,662 I wanna make a perfect baby with you. 28 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,543 - Are you sure? - Absolutely. 29 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:51,420 And I don't want to just pull the goalie. 30 00:00:51,510 --> 00:00:54,173 I want to start trying, and I want to start trying right now. 31 00:00:54,263 --> 00:00:56,346 Remember that you told me you promised Samantha 32 00:00:56,473 --> 00:00:58,009 - her name would go up next? - I did. 33 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,466 I made Alex the same promise. 34 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,643 Then I guess there's only one thing to do. 35 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:03,014 Kick the can down the road. 36 00:01:03,105 --> 00:01:04,596 I know you think we're in competition 37 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:06,352 for the same thing, but we're not. 38 00:01:06,441 --> 00:01:07,932 Robert Zane made me a promise. 39 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,742 The next name that goes up on the wall is mine. 40 00:01:13,657 --> 00:01:15,614 Bunny rabbit goes around the tree once, 41 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,152 bunny rabbit goes around the tree twice... 42 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:22,784 And I say bunny rabbit, bunny rabbit, wanna play nice? 43 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:25,704 - Sheila, what are you doing? - I'm hunting "wabbits." 44 00:01:26,003 --> 00:01:27,790 No, no, no. Not Fudd. 45 00:01:28,297 --> 00:01:30,004 You know I can't resist Elmer Fudd. 46 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,126 Why would you want to? 47 00:01:31,216 --> 00:01:33,799 Oh, my God, Shelia, I cannot right now. 48 00:01:33,885 --> 00:01:35,092 Why not? 49 00:01:35,178 --> 00:01:37,090 Because I have a client meeting, 50 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:39,046 and it's not just me. Zane's coming too. 51 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:42,100 So whatever you had in mind, it's going to have to wait. 52 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:43,551 All right. 53 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:45,682 I didn't have to do this, but... 54 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:48,348 I'm fertile, 55 00:01:49,318 --> 00:01:52,186 and I am ripe for the picking. 56 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:55,860 So I don't care whether you have a meeting or not. 57 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:58,316 I'm going to need your Johnny Appleseed. 58 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,389 Sheila, you know if there's one thing that revs me up 59 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:03,057 more than Elmer Fudd, it's American folk heroes. 60 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:04,350 Then I think it's time for Paul Bunyan 61 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:05,414 to march across that forest 62 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:06,957 and take out his ax. 63 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:08,785 I'm gonna do more than that. 64 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:10,336 - You wouldn't. - I would. 65 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:12,400 Because it's time for John Henry to swing the mighty hammer. 66 00:02:12,424 --> 00:02:13,505 (SHEILA GASPS) 67 00:02:18,347 --> 00:02:19,633 Did you know? 68 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:23,008 - Know what? - That Zane promised Samantha 69 00:02:23,101 --> 00:02:24,245 she was the next name partner. 70 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:25,851 Alex, let's go back up to my office. 71 00:02:25,937 --> 00:02:27,257 Sounds like you could use a drink. 72 00:02:27,314 --> 00:02:30,557 What I could use is some goddamn honesty. Did you know? 73 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:32,479 Yeah, I knew. 74 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:34,060 Then why the hell didn't you tell me? 75 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,914 Because no one's deciding anything right now, 76 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:37,634 and I didn't want to upset you for no reason. 77 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:39,298 No reason? Zane promised his right hand... 78 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,442 I know what he promised. 79 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:42,868 But look, you got me and you got Louis. 80 00:02:42,954 --> 00:02:44,411 That's two against one. 81 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:46,017 When the time is right, we'll out-vote him. 82 00:02:46,041 --> 00:02:47,852 And when exactly is the time going to be right? 83 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:49,617 Six months? A year? Three years? 84 00:02:49,753 --> 00:02:51,369 - Alex... - No, Harvey, I want to know 85 00:02:51,463 --> 00:02:52,607 when you're planning on getting the balls 86 00:02:52,631 --> 00:02:53,667 to stand up to that man 87 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:55,443 and what exactly I'm supposed to do in the meantime. 88 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:56,569 I'll tell you what you're supposed to do. 89 00:02:56,593 --> 00:02:58,313 You're supposed to have faith and sit tight. 90 00:02:58,387 --> 00:03:00,427 And if you were in my position, would you sit tight? 91 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:03,256 It may not be easy, 92 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:04,886 - but, yeah, I would. - That's funny. 93 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:06,816 Because I recall you were in a similar position 94 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:08,056 years ago with Jessica, 95 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:09,266 and instead of sitting tight, 96 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:11,518 you came to me looking for another job. 97 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:23,030 (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) 98 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,931 - Robert, how's Wayne? - ROBERT: I'll tell you how he is. 99 00:03:24,955 --> 00:03:26,349 He's getting sued, and he wants to know 100 00:03:26,373 --> 00:03:27,659 why his lawyer's not here. 101 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:30,353 All right, just hold down the fort for 10 more minutes, I'm almost there. 102 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:31,813 I didn't ask you when you'd get here, Louis. 103 00:03:31,837 --> 00:03:33,044 I asked you where you were. 104 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:34,496 That's, uh, kind of personal. 105 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:36,192 Well, I feel kind of bad about that, Louis, 106 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,319 but I've been standing here with nothing but my dick in my hand 107 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:39,424 for the last 30 minutes. 108 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:40,738 All right, well, if you wanna know, 109 00:03:40,762 --> 00:03:42,156 Sheila and I are trying to have a baby, 110 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:43,546 and she's not getting any younger, 111 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,743 and we're just trying to take advantage of any opportunity we can. 112 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:46,803 Why didn't you say so? 113 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:48,429 Just get here as fast as you can. 114 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,227 Like I said, I'll see you in 10. 115 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:52,142 - MAN: Hey, buddy. - Yeah? 116 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:53,543 You know where a Rite Aid is around here? 117 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,420 No, I'm sorry, I'm actually not from around here... 118 00:03:55,444 --> 00:03:57,026 I don't give a shit where you live. 119 00:03:57,112 --> 00:03:58,899 Do what I say, you won't get shot. 120 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:00,883 - You feel me? - Yeah, I feel you, I feel you, I feel you. 121 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:02,068 Okay, let's walk. 122 00:04:04,703 --> 00:04:06,615 (GUN COCKING) 123 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:11,783 Get on the ground, and don't you fucking look at me. 124 00:04:11,877 --> 00:04:13,334 - Okay, okay... - Wallet and phone. 125 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:18,289 - Where's the phone? - There's $1,000 in there. 126 00:04:18,383 --> 00:04:19,464 Is that not enough? 127 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:21,237 - You think we're negotiating, here? - No, no, no. 128 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,363 It's just that there's pictures 129 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:23,614 on my phone that I haven't backed up. 130 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:25,504 - I don't give a shit! - (GROANING) 131 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,513 Here's my phone. 132 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:35,101 - (KICKS) - (LOUIS GROANS) 133 00:04:35,192 --> 00:04:37,149 Stay down. Don't you move. 134 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:44,194 (GROANING) 135 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:54,159 (SINGING) See the money wanna stay for your meal 136 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:57,290 Get another piece of pie for your wife 137 00:04:57,380 --> 00:05:00,839 Everybody wanna know how it feel 138 00:05:00,926 --> 00:05:04,215 Everybody wanna see what it's like 139 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:07,422 I'll even eat a bean pie I don't mind 140 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,389 Me and missy is so early 141 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:11,433 Busy, busy making money 142 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,852 All right! 143 00:05:12,938 --> 00:05:16,522 All step back I'm 'bout to dance 144 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:20,359 The greenback boogie 145 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:29,490 (GROANS) Shit. 146 00:05:29,579 --> 00:05:32,242 Louis, aren't you supposed to be out with Robert Zane? 147 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:34,369 I swear, if you canceled that dinner 148 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:36,621 because they ran out of paprika like last time I... 149 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:39,663 Oh, my God. What happened, Louis? 150 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:41,088 - Nothing. - Nothing? 151 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:42,756 You look like you've been hit by a car. 152 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:46,007 A guy took my wallet and my phone. 153 00:05:46,096 --> 00:05:48,213 I didn't know what to do, so I came here. 154 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:50,757 All right, I'm calling Sheila and then Robert and... 155 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:53,013 You're not calling anyone, Gretchen. 156 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:54,264 I don't want Robert to know. 157 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:55,890 You have to tell him what happened. 158 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,267 I can't. 159 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,808 - Why not? - Because he's my new managing partner, 160 00:06:00,902 --> 00:06:02,814 and I do not want him to know that I am weak. 161 00:06:02,904 --> 00:06:04,736 Louis, you are not weak. 162 00:06:04,906 --> 00:06:06,926 It could have happened to anybody. It could have happened to him. 163 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:08,052 Yeah, but it didn't. It happened to me, 164 00:06:08,076 --> 00:06:09,220 and that's why I don't want to tell him. 165 00:06:09,244 --> 00:06:10,324 Well, what are you gonna do? 166 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:11,472 'Cause he's gonna wanna know 167 00:06:11,496 --> 00:06:12,682 why you didn't show up to that meeting. 168 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,073 I'm going to let him think what he already thinks. 169 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,644 That Sheila and I, we're trying to have a child, 170 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:18,145 - it took longer than we thought... - Louis. 171 00:06:18,169 --> 00:06:19,660 Gretchen, I'm done talking about this. 172 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:21,791 So will you just please let me be? 173 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,999 Okay, Louis, I won't tell anybody. 174 00:06:24,134 --> 00:06:26,342 I'm not going anywhere until we patch you up. 175 00:06:32,934 --> 00:06:34,596 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 176 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,209 If you're not careful, the bagel guy's going to figure out 177 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,314 you're cheating on him. 178 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:42,687 Who says this isn't a bagel? 179 00:06:42,777 --> 00:06:45,381 Same person who says you've got the sense of humor of a 5-year-old. 180 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,567 I am so going to pull your pigtails at recess. 181 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:48,898 Okay, do you want to keep going, 182 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:50,574 or can I ask you a serious question? 183 00:06:50,869 --> 00:06:52,155 - You want the truth? - No. 184 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:54,867 I want to talk to you about doing more pro bonos. 185 00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:56,997 - Donna. - Harvey, listen to me. 186 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:59,291 That cleaning woman's case was good for you, 187 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,164 and even though Mike's not here, 188 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,398 I think we should keep doing them. 189 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,709 Donna, I might be missing Mike, but I'm not Mike, 190 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,335 and I have a meeting in an hour. 191 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:08,713 But if you want to take on a pro bono, knock yourself out. 192 00:07:08,803 --> 00:07:09,964 You know what, I do, 193 00:07:10,055 --> 00:07:11,449 and if you don't want it, I'm just going to go ask Alex. 194 00:07:11,473 --> 00:07:14,090 - Not Alex. He's not in the mood. - Why not? 195 00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:15,466 He found out about Zane 196 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,204 promising Samantha name partner last night. 197 00:07:17,228 --> 00:07:18,435 What did you say to him? 198 00:07:18,563 --> 00:07:20,333 What do you think I said? I told him to sit tight. 199 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:22,168 Did you sit tight when you were in the same position? 200 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:23,603 That's what he said. 201 00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:25,171 Then if you don't want him doing what you did, 202 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:27,187 which is go looking for another job, 203 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:28,466 then I suggest you do something 204 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:29,731 that makes him want to stay. 205 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:34,160 Now, I'm going to go ask Katrina if she wants to do a pro bono. 206 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:39,827 I don't care what it takes. 207 00:07:39,918 --> 00:07:41,020 You get him in front of that judge, 208 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:42,626 I'll get him off the hook. 209 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:43,790 Good. 210 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:46,609 Whatever you're cooking, I need you to bump this class action 211 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:47,669 to the front of the line. 212 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:48,920 Class action? 213 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:50,546 Yeah, why? You got a problem with that? 214 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:53,846 No problem, but litigation isn't my specialty and you know it. 215 00:07:53,932 --> 00:07:55,093 So what's going on? 216 00:07:55,183 --> 00:07:56,219 What's going on is 217 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,221 this was Louis Litt's case and now it's yours. 218 00:07:58,311 --> 00:07:59,747 And how does Louis Litt feel about that? 219 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:01,207 I don't give a shit about how he feels. 220 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:02,267 Well, I do. 221 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,435 I just got on good footing around here, 222 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:05,670 I'm not looking to undo it. Now I got... 223 00:08:05,694 --> 00:08:08,402 Hold on, now. You are my go-to. 224 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:10,128 Don't start playing office politics on me. 225 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:11,814 Robert, I played office politics 226 00:08:11,908 --> 00:08:13,865 for you for years, in case you forgot. 227 00:08:14,035 --> 00:08:16,072 I didn't, but the man pulled a no-show 228 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,653 to a meeting with his own client. 229 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:20,956 And I need to send a message. So are you in or out? 230 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:24,994 Okay, Robert. I'm in. 231 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:33,631 I'm sure whatever it is is very important, Harvey, 232 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:35,004 but I'm a little busy right now. 233 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:36,464 Alex, you were right. 234 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:38,369 If I were in your shoes, sitting tight 235 00:08:38,393 --> 00:08:39,679 wouldn't fly with me either. 236 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:41,518 I thought about it, and I got an idea. 237 00:08:41,604 --> 00:08:42,790 Well, if it isn't you and Louis 238 00:08:42,814 --> 00:08:44,350 telling Zane my number's up next, 239 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:45,761 I'm not sure I'm going to like it. 240 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,774 What it is, is you doing something 241 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:49,818 to put you on the map with Zane. 242 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,192 Paxson BioScience. 243 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:57,743 They're big, they're juicy, 244 00:08:57,829 --> 00:08:59,786 and we got a meeting with them in a half an hour. 245 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:01,330 - We? - Yeah, we. 246 00:09:01,416 --> 00:09:02,873 Then forget it. 247 00:09:02,959 --> 00:09:05,187 Because if I don't sign them alone, Robert's not going to care. 248 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,998 Alex, I'm doing the best I can right now. 249 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:08,124 They're expecting me. 250 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:09,942 I don't show up, it's not going to look right. 251 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:11,569 You've got an answer for everything, don't you? 252 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:13,154 Let's just go down there and lock these guys down. 253 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:16,171 After that, you have my word, you're the attorney of record. 254 00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:20,470 All right, Harvey. Let's go lock them down. 255 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:30,727 Carrie, Harvey Specter. This is my partner, Alex Williams. 256 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:34,175 I'm sorry, I was thinking it was just going to be the two of us. 257 00:09:34,199 --> 00:09:35,235 HARVEY: It's okay. 258 00:09:35,325 --> 00:09:38,033 Anything you can say in front of me, you can say to Alex. 259 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:39,405 In that case... 260 00:09:41,790 --> 00:09:42,826 CrytoGen. 261 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:44,407 They're worth 80 million, 262 00:09:44,501 --> 00:09:46,709 but they're sitting on billions of undeveloped IP. 263 00:09:46,795 --> 00:09:48,832 I've been trying to buy them for two years. 264 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,003 Let me guess, you've used 265 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,609 every tactic in the book to force them to sell. 266 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:53,793 Now you're looking to try some that aren't in the book. 267 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:55,630 Let's just say that of the 15 companies 268 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,007 that specialize in financing that industry, 269 00:09:58,098 --> 00:10:01,637 14 have suddenly found themselves out of the CrytoGen business. 270 00:10:01,726 --> 00:10:03,638 And isn't it the strangest coincidence 271 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:06,596 that the 15th just so happens to be one of our clients? 272 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:08,555 The Lord works in mysterious ways. 273 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:11,170 Just to be clear, are you asking us to pressure one of our clients 274 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:12,981 into cutting off this company's lifeline? 275 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:14,256 Because that would be against the law. 276 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,192 I'm not asking you to do anything. 277 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:17,568 But were that to happen, 278 00:10:17,659 --> 00:10:20,117 you'd suddenly find yourself with a huge new client. 279 00:10:20,203 --> 00:10:21,944 I'd say that sounds pretty interesting. 280 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,678 And I say bullshit. It's not going happen. 281 00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:25,184 Well, it better, because that's what it's going to take 282 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:26,574 to get our business. 283 00:10:26,668 --> 00:10:27,770 Alex, why don't we listen to... 284 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,647 No, Harvey, I'm not looking to cross the line for these guys, 285 00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:30,773 and I don't care if they tell me 286 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:32,608 they'll guarantee a year's retainer in advance. 287 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:36,626 And what if I told you that retainer would match your highest-billing client? 288 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:39,462 Look, I think it's a mistake, but if we're going do this, 289 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:41,396 we need to know what we're getting involved in. 290 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:43,424 HARVEY: He's right. You want us to risk this, 291 00:10:43,518 --> 00:10:45,054 we need to know every source of funding 292 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:46,602 you choked off from these guys, 293 00:10:46,688 --> 00:10:49,271 and every other shady thing you've done, because like he said, 294 00:10:49,357 --> 00:10:52,600 I need to know exactly what I'm getting myself involved in. 295 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,529 Then we'll have everything over to you by the end of the day. 296 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:05,321 - Robert, got a sec? - No, Louis, I don't. 297 00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:07,184 Look, I know I said that I'd be a little late... 298 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:08,978 But instead you decided to tap your girlfriend 299 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,322 instead of doing your goddamn job. 300 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:12,273 Robert, I told you, we're trying to have children. 301 00:11:12,297 --> 00:11:14,789 You also told me you were on your way to the meeting, 302 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:16,795 and I don't appreciate being lied to. 303 00:11:16,885 --> 00:11:18,171 Okay, listen to me. 304 00:11:19,262 --> 00:11:21,073 I know I didn't show up, but it doesn't matter, 305 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:23,009 because whatever their issue is I can handle it. 306 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:24,910 You don't have to handle it because I already did. 307 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:26,287 - What is that supposed to mean? - It means that, 308 00:11:26,311 --> 00:11:29,395 as of this morning, Samantha Wheeler is handling the matter, 309 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,417 so you have plenty of time for your family planning. 310 00:11:31,441 --> 00:11:33,558 I am name partner. This is one of my oldest clients. 311 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:34,687 You cannot do this to me. 312 00:11:34,777 --> 00:11:36,018 I didn't do this to you. 313 00:11:36,112 --> 00:11:38,195 You did it to yourself when you hung me out to dry. 314 00:11:38,281 --> 00:11:39,692 Robert, please. 315 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:44,198 - You don't know the whole story. - I know all I need to know. 316 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:45,698 Now get out of my office 317 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:46,995 and don't ever lie to me again. 318 00:11:57,342 --> 00:11:59,195 Gretchen, I need you to get to the file room right away 319 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:01,836 and make every document we have on McKinley Outfitters disappear. 320 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:02,966 Can't do that, Louis. 321 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,408 I got instructions to send them over 322 00:12:04,432 --> 00:12:06,344 to Samantha Wheeler's office an hour ago. 323 00:12:06,434 --> 00:12:07,845 What? How could you do that to me? 324 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:10,303 Because Robert Zane stood here and gave me an order himself. 325 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,012 - What choice did I have? - God damn it. 326 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:13,847 Louis, I didn't tell the man what happened 327 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,524 because I promised I wouldn't, 328 00:12:15,610 --> 00:12:17,146 but he's punishing you for something 329 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:18,422 you don't deserve to be punished for. 330 00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:19,982 So why don't you just tell him? 331 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:21,153 I'm not going to look weak. 332 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:22,509 Well, having him take your client 333 00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:23,761 because you don't have the courage 334 00:12:23,785 --> 00:12:26,198 to tell him the truth doesn't exactly make you look strong. 335 00:12:26,621 --> 00:12:28,221 Well, then I need to take my client back. 336 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:29,642 How the hell are you going to do that? 337 00:12:29,666 --> 00:12:31,032 Easy. She's a transactional woman. 338 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:32,311 I'll just tell her I owe her one. 339 00:12:32,335 --> 00:12:34,327 And you ask her to go against Zane? 340 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:37,083 You might as well ask her to set herself on fire. 341 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:39,485 Well, maybe if you'd goddamn help me instead of telling me how weak I am, 342 00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:40,920 maybe we could figure something out. 343 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:43,127 Louis, I am trying to help you. 344 00:12:43,638 --> 00:12:46,130 And if you can't see that, then something's wrong. 345 00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:48,678 Gretchen, please. 346 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,885 You're the only one who knows 347 00:12:50,979 --> 00:12:52,641 that I had my dignity taken last night. 348 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:55,518 I can't have it taken again. 349 00:12:58,569 --> 00:12:59,855 All right, Louis. 350 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:01,528 I help you with this, 351 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:04,051 I need to know that you're going to be able to keep it together. 352 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:05,515 All I need is to take my client back. 353 00:13:05,994 --> 00:13:07,405 - That's all I need. - Okay. 354 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:09,987 As I see it, you want McKinley back? 355 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:11,739 You need to put that woman in a position 356 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,825 where she doesn't have any choice. 357 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:19,984 Sounds to me like the good folks at Paxson BioScience 358 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:21,235 have been some busy little beavers. 359 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:23,467 - Are you thinking what I'm thinking? - I sure am. 360 00:13:23,553 --> 00:13:25,072 If they're willing to do all this shady shit 361 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:26,949 because CrytoGen has billions in future revenue... 362 00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:28,339 Why don't we skip the shady shit 363 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:30,174 and go represent CrytoGen right now? 364 00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:31,600 Exactly. And we got the road map 365 00:13:31,686 --> 00:13:33,326 to keeping them out of trouble on its way. 366 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:35,437 Alex, you are one devious motherfucker. 367 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:36,959 Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment. 368 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:39,646 In that case, you're a real asshole of a guy, too. 369 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:41,318 Seriously, Harvey. 370 00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:42,756 We're using information they gave us 371 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:43,860 in the context of a meeting. 372 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:45,738 That's a little shady itself. 373 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:48,241 - You sure you're okay with it? - I am. 374 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:49,694 Besides, what are they gonna do? 375 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,200 Tell the police they asked us to rob a bank, 376 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:54,498 and by the time they got there, we moved all the money? 377 00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:56,667 Then the only thing left to do is close CrytoGen. 378 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,453 - All right, I'll set it up. - No. 379 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:00,858 You needed to be at that last meeting. 380 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:01,984 You don't need to be at this one. 381 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:03,110 - Alex... - Harvey, let's not forget 382 00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:04,466 why you came to me with this. 383 00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:06,134 Let me bring this one home. 384 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:09,884 All right. They're all yours. 385 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,356 - You wanted to see me? - I did. 386 00:14:20,902 --> 00:14:21,983 Well, I'm glad you did 387 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:23,777 because I heard that you gave 388 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,276 one of Louis's clients to Samantha. 389 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,450 And I don't want to tell you how to run the firm, Robert, 390 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:30,696 but I think that's a bad idea. 391 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,366 Well, that's not exactly what I wanted to talk about, 392 00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:36,536 - but I think it's a good platform. - I don't follow. 393 00:14:36,626 --> 00:14:38,354 You may not want to tell me how to do my job, 394 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:39,605 but I'm going to tell you how to do yours. 395 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:42,167 - Excuse me? - Did you assign Katrina Bennett 396 00:14:42,256 --> 00:14:43,963 a pro bono without running it by me? 397 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,778 I didn't know that I needed to run it by you. 398 00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:47,043 You do when that client 399 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:49,344 happens to conflict with someone I'm trying to sign. 400 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:52,339 - I didn't know they did. - Which is why you run it by me. 401 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:55,597 And was is more important is what is a COO of a law firm doing 402 00:14:55,686 --> 00:14:57,348 handing out pro bonos in the first place? 403 00:14:57,438 --> 00:14:58,540 I just thought that it was good... 404 00:14:58,564 --> 00:14:59,875 It's a rhetorical question, Donna. 405 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,482 - I don't care what you thought. - Understood. 406 00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:04,734 - Is that all? - No, it's not. 407 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:10,488 What a COO should be doing is maximizing our revenue per square foot, 408 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,112 which starts by an assessment 409 00:15:12,203 --> 00:15:13,865 of our revenue per square foot. 410 00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:15,265 Well, that's not really what I do. 411 00:15:15,289 --> 00:15:18,782 It is now. I want a report on my desk by end of day tomorrow. 412 00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:23,065 Does this have anything to do with Louis? Because I don't think... 413 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,625 It has to do with Louis lying to me, 414 00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:27,298 and Harvey getting into it with the landlord, and now you, 415 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:28,967 which all adds up to this law firm 416 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:30,364 not operating the way that it should, 417 00:15:30,388 --> 00:15:32,471 and me getting a little tired of it. 418 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,758 Now, that's all. 419 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,615 Ah. Samantha, you look nice this evening. 420 00:15:52,702 --> 00:15:53,782 Oh, don't give me that shit. 421 00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:55,945 You want to tell me why you set a motion to dismiss 422 00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:58,200 on a case for tomorrow that I just got three hours ago? 423 00:15:58,291 --> 00:15:59,782 I was just doing you a favor. 424 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:02,744 But if you want to cancel it, you go right ahead. 425 00:16:02,837 --> 00:16:04,565 - It's your case. - What do you mean, "a favor"? 426 00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:06,956 I mean, we have two weeks to get this suit thrown out, 427 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:09,462 but the faster we file it, the more serious they know we are. 428 00:16:09,552 --> 00:16:11,071 And, of course, now that you've said it, 429 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:13,052 if I delay it, I look like I'm unprepared. 430 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:14,867 Which you are, because you haven't been their attorney 431 00:16:14,891 --> 00:16:16,251 for the last 13 years, like I have. 432 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:19,097 I get it. And if I tell Robert what you did, I look weak. 433 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:21,975 But if you let me help you, we both look strong. 434 00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:24,877 Why didn't you just come to me 435 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:26,267 and ask me to be let in on this? 436 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,352 Because we both know that you would have said no. 437 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:33,027 I have to admit, if I didn't know any better, 438 00:16:33,117 --> 00:16:34,358 I'd say you're a real badass. 439 00:16:34,452 --> 00:16:35,554 Well, if you think I'm a badass now, 440 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:36,972 you just wait until we get that lead plaintiff 441 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,196 in front of the judge tomorrow. 442 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:45,410 - Hey. - Don't "hey" me. 443 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:48,623 - Did you sign them? - Sure did, but get this. 444 00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:51,069 These guys aren't exactly Little Red Riding Hood running away 445 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:52,821 - from the Big Bad Wolf. - What are you talking about? 446 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,156 Our first assignment, after we send 447 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:55,421 that cease and desist to Paxson, 448 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:57,051 is to trick their best employee 449 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:58,632 into a lifetime of servitude. 450 00:16:58,726 --> 00:17:00,286 Don't tell me you're pulling a Mike Ross 451 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:01,633 and having second thoughts on me. 452 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:05,181 I'm just saying, there aren't any saints in this situation. 453 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:08,108 But you know what, brother? That's why we make the big bucks. 454 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,693 Well, then, pour us a couple of drinks, 455 00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:13,397 and I'll fax the cease and desist order right away. 456 00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:14,691 ROBERT: You're not faxing shit. 457 00:17:14,742 --> 00:17:17,638 Do you really think that you can take a meeting with a prospective client, 458 00:17:17,662 --> 00:17:19,806 try to screw them over, and they wouldn't catch wind of it? 459 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,058 I don't care if they caught wind of it. 460 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,476 There's nothing that they can do about it. 461 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,492 Bullshit, they can let every major player know 462 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:26,577 that we don't deal with our clients in good faith. 463 00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:27,707 But they have the decency 464 00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:29,608 to give us a chance to make it right before they do, 465 00:17:29,632 --> 00:17:30,712 and you're going to take it. 466 00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:32,236 If you're saying what I think you're saying... 467 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:34,718 I'm saying drop the small potato, and sign Paxson, 468 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,484 like you said you would in the first place. 469 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,763 You want to talk bad faith? 470 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:40,841 We went in there, and they all but asked us to commit a crime. 471 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:43,222 Then don't sign them, but what you don't do 472 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:45,207 is go using the information that you got from them 473 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:46,847 to sign a guy that they were going after. 474 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:48,102 And the last time I checked, 475 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:49,872 I can sign whoever the hell I want to sign. 476 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,235 Harvey, I cut you some slack on that landlord thing. 477 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:54,654 But I'm running this firm, not you. 478 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,051 You're going to do what I tell you to do. 479 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,344 You going to tell me what suit to wear, too? 480 00:17:57,368 --> 00:17:58,404 Listen to me. 481 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:03,455 Tomorrow morning, I come in, Paxson's our client. 482 00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:05,703 And I'm done discussing this topic. 483 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:13,214 Harvey, maybe it isn't worth it. 484 00:18:13,301 --> 00:18:15,714 Relax, he'll calm down once he realizes 485 00:18:15,803 --> 00:18:18,170 that small potato is not so small. 486 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,597 Are you crazy? This is about chain of command. 487 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:23,245 And the only reason we signed those guys in the first place was to impress him. 488 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:25,163 And you were the one who wanted me to have the balls 489 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:26,223 to stand up to him. 490 00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:28,601 Well, I don't give a shit what the chain of command is. 491 00:18:28,691 --> 00:18:30,273 There's no way I'm backing down now. 492 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,726 Harvey, I told you, it's not like these guys are saints. 493 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:35,340 - What they're having me do to this guy... - Alex, that's enough. 494 00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:37,230 I'm not interested in you second guessing me, 495 00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:40,818 and I'm sure as shit not interested in you doing it on Zane's behalf. 496 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:42,447 So you want to have a drink 497 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:44,951 and celebrate signing a new client or not? 498 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:02,847 Robert, what are you doing here? 499 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,008 I'm here because it's tomorrow morning, 500 00:19:05,102 --> 00:19:06,968 and you didn't sign Paxson yet. 501 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:10,100 Look, Robert, as far as I'm concerned, 502 00:19:10,191 --> 00:19:11,376 this is between you and Harvey. 503 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,503 - Well, I'm making it between you and me. - What are you saying? 504 00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:14,734 I'm saying you're a smart guy, 505 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:17,813 and we both know what your endgame is at this firm. 506 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:19,398 If you want that game to be a reality, 507 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:20,949 you do what I need you to do. 508 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:23,180 - Are you threatening my job? - I'm telling you how it is. 509 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:25,070 You dealt with that client in bad faith. 510 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:27,309 I'm doing you a courtesy by dealing with you in good faith. 511 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:28,435 It sure doesn't feel like it. 512 00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:29,936 I didn't say I was giving you kid gloves, 513 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,826 I said I was playing you straight. 514 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:34,796 The truth is I like you, always have. 515 00:19:35,299 --> 00:19:37,632 But if you don't get yourself on the right of this thing, 516 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,960 you're never going to go further than you are right now. 517 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:41,548 - Robert... - Drop them. 518 00:19:43,099 --> 00:19:46,058 I don't want to hear another goddamn thing about it. 519 00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:56,693 Okay, what's our plan? 520 00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:58,941 Okay, listen up. 521 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,397 They don't know it, 522 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:02,177 but we're going to file for a change of venue 523 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,692 in addition to our motion to dismiss. 524 00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:06,264 I don't understand. Changing the venue to Omaha doesn't help us. 525 00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:07,849 - The laws are harsher there. - Doesn't matter. 526 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,114 Because the jury won't be. 527 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,245 - What do you mean? - This lawsuit 528 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:14,624 wasn't just filed by a random bunch of disgruntled backpackers. 529 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,671 - It was orchestrated. - By who? 530 00:20:16,757 --> 00:20:17,964 Our biggest competitor. 531 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:21,836 And it just so happens, Omaha used to be their headquarters. 532 00:20:21,929 --> 00:20:24,672 Which is now a ghost town. We go after them in Omaha, 533 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:26,243 they're going to get their asses kicked. 534 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:28,036 And they'll have no grounds to fight the change of venue, 535 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,393 because on the face of it, it's against our interests. 536 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,186 - Exactly. - Louis, this is genius. 537 00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:35,687 Yeah, I know. But like I said, you think I'm a genius now, you just wait. 538 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:38,213 - Because by the end of today, they're going to be paying us. - (CELL PHONE VIBRATES) 539 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,353 BAILIFF: All rise. 540 00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:42,655 Oh, shit, I have an emergency with my oldest client. 541 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,449 - You sure you got this? - Oh, I got this. 542 00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:47,135 I just feel bad for you because you're not going to get to see it. 543 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,036 All right. 544 00:20:52,626 --> 00:20:54,333 We're here for a motion to dismiss. 545 00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:55,960 Mr. Litt, do you have your paperwork? 546 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:57,082 Your Honor, I'm sorry, 547 00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:59,165 but due to recent information coming to light, 548 00:21:00,134 --> 00:21:02,296 we need to alter our motion to change of venue. 549 00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:05,299 What? They have no basis for that. 550 00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:07,255 We believe we do, Your Honor. 551 00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:10,638 Which is why we'd like to call their lead plaintiff to the stand. 552 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:16,814 Mind if I cut in? 553 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:18,563 That depends, is it urgent? 554 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,894 To tell you the truth, it is. 555 00:21:20,988 --> 00:21:22,729 Zane already thinks I overstep my bounds. 556 00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:24,050 The last thing I need is for him to think 557 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:26,157 that I can't hand in my homework on time, too. 558 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:29,281 Well, if that's what he thinks about you, you can have the copier, 559 00:21:29,371 --> 00:21:31,408 and Robert Zane can go fuck himself. 560 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,874 Hey. Everything okay? 561 00:21:35,252 --> 00:21:36,743 - Never been better. - Alex. 562 00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:37,939 I'm really not in the mood, Donna. 563 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,797 Yeah, I can see that, and I don't care. 564 00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:41,919 What's going on? 565 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,921 All right, you want to know? 566 00:21:44,011 --> 00:21:46,799 First thing this morning, Zane tells me unless I sign Paxson, 567 00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:48,471 my name's never going up on that wall. 568 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:51,512 - What? Have you told Harvey about this? - What good would it do? 569 00:21:51,602 --> 00:21:53,663 Harvey's the one who put me in this goddamn situation. 570 00:21:53,687 --> 00:21:56,208 Wait, hang on a second, I thought you were on board with going after CrytoGen. 571 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:57,751 I don't give a shit what I was on board with. 572 00:21:57,775 --> 00:21:59,961 When Zane didn't want to do it, I was ready to back off. 573 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,317 - Then back off. - And I do that, 574 00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:03,465 I might as well kiss my chances at name partner goodbye. 575 00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:05,649 Alex, I don't think you're giving Harvey enough credit. 576 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:06,780 He said, and I quote, 577 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:08,929 "I'm sure as shit not interested in you second guessing me 578 00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:09,993 "on Robert Zane's behalf." 579 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,322 - Good. - What do you mean, "good"? 580 00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:15,156 I mean you're in a Kobayashi Maru. 581 00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:16,770 What the hell does sushi have to do with this? 582 00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:18,660 It's not sushi, it's from Star Trek, 583 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:21,713 and Harvey's been talking about it for a hundred years. 584 00:22:22,216 --> 00:22:24,277 I always thought it was bullshit, but maybe it's not. 585 00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:26,293 - What do you mean? - I mean, sooner or later, 586 00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:29,175 everyone finds themselves walled into a no-win situation. 587 00:22:29,932 --> 00:22:31,468 This one's yours, 588 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:33,801 and the way to prove yourself to both Harvey and Zane 589 00:22:33,894 --> 00:22:35,260 is to find a way out anyway. 590 00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:36,724 Well, thanks, Donna. 591 00:22:36,814 --> 00:22:39,209 And here I thought going to Harvard was the way to get ahead, 592 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,351 when really, I should have just been watching old Star Treks. 593 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:45,423 Well, I didn't, so unless the answer is in an episode of Cagney & Lacey... 594 00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:46,883 You know what, Alex? I'm trying to help you. 595 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,944 And I told you, I'm not in the goddamn mood. 596 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,474 Okay, then let me put it another way. 597 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:52,973 Unless you think you can get your name on the wall some place else, 598 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:54,683 I suggest you stop worrying about the problem 599 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,243 and start worrying about the solution. 600 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:59,094 Because if you can't find a way to get yourself out of this situation, 601 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:01,995 maybe you don't deserve to be name partner after all. 602 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:09,174 So, Mr. Larson, when did you decide to file this lawsuit? 603 00:23:09,263 --> 00:23:12,597 About a week after I found out hackers stole my information. 604 00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:15,426 So you were upset, and then you contacted a lawyer. 605 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,431 Actually, my attorney reached out to me. 606 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:18,623 LOUIS: Wasn't that convenient? 607 00:23:18,647 --> 00:23:20,559 Your Honor, soliciting clients isn't a crime, 608 00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,265 and it's not relevant to change of venue. 609 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,421 But isn't it? Mr. Larson, when your lawyer approached you, 610 00:23:24,445 --> 00:23:26,152 what was the fee that you were quoted? 611 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,774 10%, contingent on winning. 612 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:32,235 And are you aware that the normal fee for this type of case is three times that? 613 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:33,680 LARSON: I'm not one to say no to a bargain. 614 00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:35,932 You mean the bargain where my client's biggest competitor 615 00:23:35,956 --> 00:23:37,367 was paying your lawyers on the side? 616 00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:39,120 - What? - Objection, speculative. 617 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:40,520 It won't be when he answers the question. 618 00:23:40,544 --> 00:23:41,730 Your Honor, where is this going? 619 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:42,981 I'll tell you where it's going. Your Honor, 620 00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:45,088 it's going to conspiracy charges 621 00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:48,588 because he approached him to put my client out of business. 622 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:49,793 I didn't... 623 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,073 - I don't... - Answer the question. 624 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,555 I didn't ask how my lawyer makes his ends meet 625 00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:57,305 - because I'm focused on mine. - LOUIS: Let's focus on yours. 626 00:23:57,394 --> 00:24:01,013 Because if I find out that you knew they were driving this lawsuit 627 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:04,099 and you lied about it, oh, I'm going to come for your house. 628 00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:05,712 And then, I'm going to come for your pension. 629 00:24:05,736 --> 00:24:07,648 - Objection. - And your daughter's piggy bank. 630 00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:09,737 - Badgering. - I'm not doing anything 631 00:24:09,823 --> 00:24:12,907 a federal prosecutor won't do if he doesn't tell the truth. 632 00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:15,221 Yes, you are. You are pointing a gun at my client's head, 633 00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:18,165 and I'm pretty damn sure you wouldn't like it if I pointed a gun at yours. 634 00:24:28,509 --> 00:24:29,670 JUDGE: Mr. Litt? 635 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,676 Mr. Litt? 636 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:40,927 Lay down and shut up. 637 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:43,513 And this time, you don't give me your wallet 638 00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:45,849 and give me your phone and keep your mouth shut, 639 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:47,767 I won't just kick you. 640 00:24:48,237 --> 00:24:49,694 I'll pull this trigger, 641 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:53,448 and you'll never see anyone you care about ever again. 642 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:59,079 Mr. Litt, for the last time, do you have anything further? 643 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,541 Motions to dismiss and change of venue are denied. 644 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:05,289 (GAVEL BANGS) 645 00:25:17,975 --> 00:25:20,683 You and I need to talk, and we need to talk right now. 646 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:21,805 No, we don't. 647 00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:24,082 And if you know what's good for you, you'll get out. 648 00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:26,268 I'm not going anywhere until you explain to me 649 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:29,146 how one minute, you're ready to book one-way tickets to Omaha, 650 00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:31,444 and the next minute, I find out we've all but lost. 651 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:34,398 You weren't there. You don't know what happened. 652 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:37,196 I know that. That's what I'm doing here. 653 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,782 - And I told you to get out. - And I told you 654 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,785 I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened. 655 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:46,539 Listen to me, I did the best I could, 656 00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:48,665 and I do not want to talk about this anymore. 657 00:25:48,756 --> 00:25:50,213 The best you could? 658 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:52,502 You're not some first-year associate. 659 00:25:52,593 --> 00:25:54,459 You're a goddamn name partner 660 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,510 who bullied his way onto my case. 661 00:25:56,597 --> 00:25:58,742 And the next thing I know, you've laid down like a dog, 662 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:01,053 - let yourself get kicked... - You weren't there! 663 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:03,768 You weren't there. 664 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,185 You don't know the shit I went through. 665 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:10,104 You never will. 666 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:15,238 Now back the hell off, and get the hell out of my office. 667 00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:20,869 Louis, relax. I was just trying to... 668 00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:22,195 Get the hell out! 669 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:49,459 Harvey, can I talk to you for a second? 670 00:26:49,483 --> 00:26:51,065 Sure, what's on your mind? 671 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:52,892 I just got a call from Holly Cromwell. 672 00:26:52,986 --> 00:26:55,399 Don't tell me, she's got another firm wanting to recruit you, 673 00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:57,321 and you're looking to leverage us. 674 00:26:57,658 --> 00:27:00,401 - Harvey, this is serious. - What is it? 675 00:27:00,494 --> 00:27:02,222 She told me that Alex Williams called her up, 676 00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:04,015 looking to see what he could get in the marketplace. 677 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,371 - Bullshit. - It's not bullshit. 678 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,684 He wants to know what the odds are 679 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,353 of him getting his name on the wall somewhere else. 680 00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:10,664 I don't believe it. How could he do this to me? 681 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:13,087 Maybe instead of thinking about how he could do this, 682 00:27:13,173 --> 00:27:14,664 you might want to think about why. 683 00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,236 - I don't care why. - Well, you should. 684 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:18,071 Because you made it personal between you and Zane, 685 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:19,882 and Alex became nothing but an afterthought. 686 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,491 How do you even know about any of this? 687 00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:23,515 Because before he talked to Holly, he talked to me. 688 00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:27,097 Which is why I know that Zane went to Alex this morning 689 00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:28,849 and told him if he didn't sign Paxson, 690 00:27:28,939 --> 00:27:30,601 he'd never make name partner here at all. 691 00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:31,727 Where is he? 692 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:35,394 Harvey, if you confront Zane, it's just going to make things worse. 693 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,319 I don't care. I am not going to let him 694 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,942 bully my guy into submission. 695 00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:48,080 Hang up the phone right the hell now. 696 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:49,908 Don't walk into my office and tell me that. 697 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,585 So I can't walk in here, but you can walk into my guy's office 698 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:53,752 and threaten his career? 699 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:56,331 I didn't threaten his career. I just told him like it was. 700 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,633 - That's not your call. - Bullshit, it's not. 701 00:27:59,553 --> 00:28:01,197 I gave you an order, and if you're not going to follow it, 702 00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:02,587 I'm going to the next man down. 703 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,951 And if he doesn't listen to me, he's never getting my vote. 704 00:28:04,975 --> 00:28:06,077 So he's got to listen to you, 705 00:28:06,101 --> 00:28:07,412 but he doesn't have to listen to me? 706 00:28:07,436 --> 00:28:09,928 What the hell do you think Managing Partner means? 707 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,888 Well, if this is what it means, 708 00:28:11,982 --> 00:28:13,689 then maybe I made a bad call 709 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:15,767 in being gracious and letting you have it. 710 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:18,353 You weren't being gracious. You were recognizing reality. 711 00:28:18,447 --> 00:28:20,985 Which is that I'm better at this than you. 712 00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:22,281 And what you're better at 713 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:25,075 is doing whatever you feel like doing at any goddamn minute. 714 00:28:25,162 --> 00:28:28,246 Well, what I feel like saying right now is Alex is my guy. 715 00:28:28,332 --> 00:28:30,540 He does what I say, and that's final. 716 00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:33,229 Well, that's too bad, because I didn't do what either one of you said, 717 00:28:33,253 --> 00:28:34,573 and it's too late to take it back. 718 00:28:34,755 --> 00:28:35,916 I don't believe this. 719 00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:37,865 Are you saying you took another job? 720 00:28:37,925 --> 00:28:40,028 No, I'm saying I got someone else to take another job. 721 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:41,279 What the hell are you talking about? 722 00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:43,420 CrytoGen wanted me to trick their biggest asset 723 00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:45,254 into a lifetime of servitude. 724 00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:47,682 Instead, I informed him of his right to go out on his own 725 00:28:47,768 --> 00:28:49,304 and signed him as our newest client. 726 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,681 Are you out of your mind? I told you to sign Paxson. 727 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,092 And the reason you gave both of us 728 00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:55,335 was that you didn't want us dealing with them in bad faith. 729 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:56,395 Well, now we didn't. 730 00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:58,442 All we did was take a meeting and not sign them. 731 00:28:58,528 --> 00:28:59,923 And you still didn't do what I asked. 732 00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:01,299 And you didn't do what I asked, either. 733 00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:03,723 You're right, I didn't. Because if all you want is a yes-man, 734 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:04,928 then what the hell am I doing here? 735 00:29:04,952 --> 00:29:06,429 - You listen to me... - ALEX: No, you listen to me. 736 00:29:06,453 --> 00:29:09,412 I signed a client that's going to be worth a huge amount to this firm. 737 00:29:09,498 --> 00:29:11,364 I'm a hell of a goddamn lawyer, 738 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:12,619 and if you can't see that, 739 00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:14,312 then I don't want to have my name next to yours. 740 00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:16,749 - Alex... - No, I said what I had to say. 741 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:19,205 As far as I'm concerned, you two need to work your shit out. 742 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:27,450 I don't know about you, but I kind of like the guy when he's angry. 743 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:29,887 Yeah, you would, because that's the same flavored bullshit 744 00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:31,343 that you served Jessica. 745 00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:39,020 HARVEY: What now? 746 00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:40,711 I need to talk to you about your partner. 747 00:29:41,238 --> 00:29:43,195 - You mean Robert? - I mean Louis Litt. 748 00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:45,819 - What about him? - Something's wrong with him. 749 00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:47,616 And before you tell me I don't know him, 750 00:29:47,703 --> 00:29:50,696 I'm telling you, this isn't normal behavior. 751 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:53,202 Even for a man with his reputation. 752 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,666 - How can you know that? - How about I start by saying 753 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:58,415 he stood up his own clients at a meeting with Robert Zane? 754 00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:00,497 And then somehow shit the bed in court 755 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:02,081 on a case he had in the bank. 756 00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:04,112 And I'm not even going to get into how he treated me 757 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,048 when I tried to ask him about it. 758 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,800 Does anyone else know about any of this? 759 00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,881 Judging by the look I saw on his secretary's face, 760 00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:11,216 I'd say she does. 761 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:14,518 I'd also say she's not going to tell me a thing. 762 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:20,061 Why are you telling me about this, and not Robert? 763 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:25,067 Because I may be new here, but I know what friendship looks like. 764 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:28,782 And right now, I'm telling you, 765 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:30,201 Louis Litt needs a friend. 766 00:30:40,213 --> 00:30:41,920 - Harvey. - Louis. 767 00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:43,752 You got any plans tonight? 768 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,482 I was thinking we could go out for dinner. 769 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:47,506 That's not going to work for me. 770 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:48,698 I have to get home to Sheila. 771 00:30:48,722 --> 00:30:51,260 Oh, come on. We've got some stuff to catch up on. 772 00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:53,925 - What stuff? - From what I hear, 773 00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,219 you've had a rough couple days. 774 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:58,805 It's all good, Harvey. Nothing to worry about. 775 00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:00,231 All good? Come on. 776 00:31:00,317 --> 00:31:02,559 I ask you to dinner once in a blue moon. 777 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:04,814 Whenever I do, you drop everything. 778 00:31:04,905 --> 00:31:06,862 I used to, but I have Sheila now, 779 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:08,985 so if you'll excuse me. 780 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:11,109 You're not leaving until I get an answer. 781 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,284 Don't hide behind Sheila. 782 00:31:12,496 --> 00:31:13,828 Get the hell off me! 783 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,989 What's going on, Louis? 784 00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:18,662 - Nothing. - You can talk to me. 785 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:22,170 - About what? There's nothing... - Why'd you roll over in court? 786 00:31:22,255 --> 00:31:24,963 - Why'd you no-show at dinner? - Please stop. 787 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,416 Why do you need me to stop, Louis? 788 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,464 - What are you so scared of? - God damn it, I was mugged. 789 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:34,891 I was mugged, and I thought I was going to die, okay? 790 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:38,227 He had a gun 791 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:41,893 that he had pressed to the back of my head. 792 00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:45,401 I can still feel it. 793 00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:47,465 Is that what you want to hear? 794 00:31:47,489 --> 00:31:49,025 Because that's what's going on. 795 00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:50,943 It's okay, buddy. You're okay. 796 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,574 But it's not okay, Harvey. It's not, I'm a mess. 797 00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:58,118 I'd be a mess, too. Anyone would. 798 00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:02,126 - What if it doesn't go away? - It will. 799 00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:04,579 I don't know how long it'll take or when it'll happen, 800 00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:05,834 but I know one thing. 801 00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:08,528 It won't go away if you don't talk about it, 802 00:32:08,552 --> 00:32:09,838 and I don't just mean therapy. 803 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,590 - Harvey... - Look, you have people here 804 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,842 who care about you. Don't hide it from them. 805 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,139 I'm not telling Robert. 806 00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:17,884 - Why not? - Because you're my friend, 807 00:32:18,854 --> 00:32:21,062 and he's my boss, and he just got here, 808 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:22,980 and I cannot have him see me as weak. 809 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,641 He won't think you're weak. 810 00:32:26,153 --> 00:32:27,860 He'll think you're strong for telling him. 811 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,438 But I won't be strong. I'm going to turn into this. 812 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,278 Look at me, Harvey. Look at me. 813 00:32:35,912 --> 00:32:37,744 I can't have him see me like this. 814 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,703 Why don't I tell him for you? 815 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:44,410 We've got some things to work out between us anyway. 816 00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:50,792 Thank you, Harvey. That would be nice. (SNIFFLES) 817 00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:16,701 - What is it, Donna? - Robert, I have your report. 818 00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:20,909 But before you read it, I need to tell you what I told you before. 819 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,325 This isn't really what I do. 820 00:33:24,794 --> 00:33:27,252 - Why bring it to me at all? - Because you asked for it. 821 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:29,877 And more importantly, what I do is what you need right now. 822 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:31,046 So let me get this straight. 823 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,926 You're going to come in here with a half-assed excuse for a report 824 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,132 and then tell me what I need? 825 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:36,216 Yeah, I am, 826 00:33:36,306 --> 00:33:38,409 because while you wanted me to be spending my time on something 827 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,675 you could've hired an accounting firm for, 828 00:33:40,769 --> 00:33:42,556 I was busy working my ass off 829 00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:46,105 maximizing revenue per square foot the old-fashioned way. 830 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:48,294 - By keeping this place together. - What are you talking about? 831 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,685 I'm just saying that between picking a fight with Harvey, 832 00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:52,111 taking a client away from Louis, 833 00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,466 and whatever else you've been up to, 834 00:33:53,490 --> 00:33:55,343 you didn't notice that one of your star attorneys 835 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:56,653 was thinking about leaving. 836 00:33:56,743 --> 00:33:58,905 And now, thanks to me, he's going to stay. 837 00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:00,156 You're talking about Alex? 838 00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,455 Yes, of course I'm talking about Alex. 839 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,332 Then, Donna, I appreciate what you did. 840 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:07,622 But if he left, he left. So be it. 841 00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:10,625 Because if I'm going to lead this firm, 842 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,251 people need to follow my orders. 843 00:34:12,342 --> 00:34:14,880 Maybe the problem isn't with the orders, Robert. 844 00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:16,610 Maybe it's with the man who's giving them. 845 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,262 You may not want to hear this, 846 00:34:18,348 --> 00:34:20,305 but I'm going to say it anyway. 847 00:34:21,101 --> 00:34:23,764 You think that the reason Rand and Calder turned on you 848 00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:25,719 is because you had a soft spot for us. 849 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:29,850 I think it's because you didn't have a soft spot for them. 850 00:34:30,986 --> 00:34:32,630 And if you treat us the way you treated them, 851 00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:34,441 the same thing's going to happen here. 852 00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:37,569 I can't just let everyone do what they want. 853 00:34:37,701 --> 00:34:38,817 It's not in me. 854 00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:42,866 I'm just saying, sometimes we need to be smacked in line, 855 00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:44,618 and sometimes, 856 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:47,951 you need to let us do what we do the way we do it. 857 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:56,835 I'm going to farm out this revenue per square foot 858 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:58,169 to an accounting firm. 859 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,305 Thanks, Robert. 860 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,133 (LAUGHING) 861 00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:05,305 What? 862 00:35:05,395 --> 00:35:08,308 I knew you did this whisperer shit with Harvey, 863 00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:10,811 but I didn't think you'd ever do it to me. 864 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,108 I'm going to let you in on a little secret, Zane. 865 00:35:13,194 --> 00:35:14,730 (SOFTLY) I do it to everybody. 866 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,105 (CHUCKLING) 867 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:28,116 Alex, you got a second? 868 00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:30,270 That depends on what you're here to say. 869 00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:32,002 I'm here to say I'm sorry. 870 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,233 I put you in a position that I shouldn't have, 871 00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:36,749 but I also want to say, 872 00:35:36,843 --> 00:35:38,523 you didn't have to talk to that headhunter. 873 00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:40,549 - Yeah, Harvey, I did. - Why? 874 00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:45,516 You want to know the truth? I had to know what kind of leverage I had. 875 00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:47,973 And it turns out, there wasn't anybody willing 876 00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:50,555 to put my name on the wall any faster than you. 877 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,501 Which is what left me open to hear Donna's bullshit. 878 00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:53,836 What do you mean, "Donna's bullshit"? 879 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:56,339 It's really your bullshit. She said I was in a no-win situation, 880 00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:58,025 and I could bitch and moan about it, 881 00:35:58,114 --> 00:35:59,354 or I could get out of it myself. 882 00:35:59,783 --> 00:36:01,570 - Kobayashi Maru. - Yeah. 883 00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:04,118 Yeah, well, you got yourself out pretty damn well, 884 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:06,196 and I'm not the only one who thinks so. 885 00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:07,621 Zane was pretty impressed, too. 886 00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:10,374 Then I guess I got the job done. 887 00:36:11,044 --> 00:36:13,648 And maybe I should have watched a little Star Trek growing up after all. 888 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,459 What? How could you never watch Star Trek? 889 00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:17,540 Because it's a stupid show with shitty effects. 890 00:36:17,634 --> 00:36:18,986 You realize I love that show, right? 891 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,112 I don't care how you feel about it. 892 00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:21,656 It's a stupid show with shitty effects. 893 00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:23,721 You know what, Alex? You may be a hell of a lawyer, 894 00:36:23,765 --> 00:36:26,405 but if you can't appreciate the original Star Trek, you're nothing, 895 00:36:26,434 --> 00:36:29,427 because Captain Kirk is the best television character ever created. 896 00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:33,140 I've got two words for you, motherfucker. Magnum, P.I. 897 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,211 Those are fighting words. You know that, right? 898 00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:36,504 They're not fighting words, Harvey. 899 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:37,564 They're drinking words. 900 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,816 So sit on down, and let's hash this out 901 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,398 like two people who can both appreciate M♪A♪S♪H. 902 00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:43,945 Sounds good to me. 903 00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:00,674 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 904 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:04,094 - Robert. - Before you say anything, 905 00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:06,547 let me just say that I'm sorry for what happened, 906 00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:08,633 and I'm more sorry for how I treated you. 907 00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:10,343 LOUIS: I appreciate that, Robert. 908 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,595 But this was my fault, not yours. 909 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:14,646 Louis, this is not your fault. 910 00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:18,062 And I want you to know you could have come to me. 911 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:20,735 I just felt so powerless. 912 00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:22,427 Of course, you did. You were a victim. 913 00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:24,402 But that doesn't mean you have to feel like one. 914 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,159 How can I not feel like one? 915 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,658 Louis, I'm going to tell you something nobody knows. 916 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:33,123 I grew up in a rough place with rough people. 917 00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:35,701 Don't tell me that you know what it's like to get mugged? 918 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:37,606 No, what I'm trying to tell you is I know what it's like 919 00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:38,962 to be on the other end of it. 920 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,499 - What? - I was 14 years old. 921 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:44,631 My friends were all I knew, and I loved them. 922 00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:48,422 But they were messed up. 923 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:51,910 And one night, they get it in their heads 924 00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:53,458 that they were going to roll somebody, 925 00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:55,387 and I got caught up in it. 926 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:58,436 The guy fought back. We had no choice. 927 00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:00,438 We beat him good, put him in the hospital. 928 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,315 - Jesus. - I know. 929 00:38:03,323 --> 00:38:08,034 I only did it once, and it's haunted me my whole life. 930 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,155 Still does. 931 00:38:09,245 --> 00:38:12,989 Are you saying that I should feel sorry for the man who mugged me? 932 00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:15,324 No, no, no. I'm not saying that, Louis. 933 00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:18,161 I'm saying that someday, 934 00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:20,746 he's going to have to face up to who he is, 935 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,877 and he'll carry that shame for a lifetime. 936 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,503 But you don't have to 937 00:38:24,594 --> 00:38:27,803 because this doesn't have a single thing to do with who you are. 938 00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:31,178 - You hearing me? - I'm hearing you. 939 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:34,556 Good, and, Louis, we are a family here. 940 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:37,480 So from now on, I want you to remember, 941 00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:39,272 you can share things with your family. 942 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,147 - Okay. - I mean, for God's sake. 943 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:45,758 You didn't think twice about telling me you were tapping your woman. 944 00:38:45,782 --> 00:38:47,114 - That's a fair point. - Mmm-hmm. 945 00:38:53,706 --> 00:38:56,119 Okay. Good man. 946 00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:59,581 - You heading home for the night? - I was, why? 947 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:01,398 I just wanted to let you know, I talked to Alex, 948 00:39:01,422 --> 00:39:03,163 and it's all good. 949 00:39:03,258 --> 00:39:05,875 - That's great, Harvey. - There's just one thing. 950 00:39:05,969 --> 00:39:08,256 It turns out that he didn't call Holly Cromwell. 951 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,054 - She called him. - So? 952 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:14,099 So if she called him, why would she then call you 953 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,677 - and say he called her? - I guess she wouldn't. 954 00:39:16,771 --> 00:39:20,685 (GASPS) I guess I must have called her and told her to call him. 955 00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:24,151 - Mind if I ask why? - Because, Harvey, 956 00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:27,025 sometimes people just need to know where they stand. 957 00:39:27,115 --> 00:39:28,915 And what if he'd been able to leverage himself 958 00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:30,486 into name partner somewhere else? 959 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:33,986 Then you and Robert Zane would learn that if you can't figure your shit out, 960 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,197 the only people who are going to get hurt are you. 961 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:54,264 - Samantha, what are you doing here? - I want to talk to you. 962 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:56,996 Look, if this is about earlier... 963 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,852 It is about earlier, but not how you think. 964 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:03,224 I came here to tell you that the same thing that happened to you 965 00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:05,087 - happened to me. - Robert told you, didn't he? 966 00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:06,147 He did. 967 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,650 And when it happened, he was there for me. 968 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,092 So now, I'm going to be there for you. 969 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,760 I'm sorry, what do you mean, "he was there for you"? 970 00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:13,616 That's not important. What is important 971 00:40:13,703 --> 00:40:15,990 is you're going to start learning self-defense. 972 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,308 And you're going to start right now. 973 00:40:17,332 --> 00:40:19,073 I really appreciate you coming by. 974 00:40:19,167 --> 00:40:21,124 Okay? But I'm going to go inside. 975 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,331 Tell me the truth. 976 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,232 When you saw me standing there, and you couldn't make out 977 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,176 whether it was me or not, you were scared, right? 978 00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,593 I don't want to learn self-defense. 979 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,046 Do me a favor. Try to hit me. 980 00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:36,177 - I'm not going to hit you. - Try to hit me. 981 00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:38,888 Okay. 982 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:40,511 Ready? Boop. 983 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:43,000 - That's pretty crazy, right... - Would you just try to hit me? 984 00:40:43,024 --> 00:40:44,356 All right, fine. 985 00:40:46,194 --> 00:40:47,776 All right, mother... 986 00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:50,362 Oh, my God. 987 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,189 You could kill someone, couldn't you? 988 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:55,526 Probably, but the point is, they couldn't kill me. 989 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,908 Now, get up, it's time for your first lesson. 990 00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:02,704 First things first, you got to be aware of your surroundings, 991 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,251 and you got to learn how to stand. 992 00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:11,087 Okay. 993 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:13,169 - Show me. - Okay. 994 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:15,254 You want to stabilize your core, 995 00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:19,012 so one foot slightly behind the other, about hip-width apart. 996 00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:20,329 - See how it stabilizes? - The core. 997 00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:21,747 - Yeah. - Okay, so how many calories 998 00:41:21,771 --> 00:41:24,309 - have I burned just now? - Three. 999 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:26,602 Just because you're talking so much. 1000 00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:28,104 - Right, okay. - Yeah. 1001 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:31,028 All right. Now, smack me. 1002 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:32,321 (LAUGHS)