1 00:00:00,955 --> 00:00:02,204 Previously on "Suits"... 2 00:00:02,205 --> 00:00:03,906 You're afraid you won't have time for the baby. 3 00:00:03,930 --> 00:00:05,140 I don't know how it's gonna work. 4 00:00:05,164 --> 00:00:07,231 When the time comes, you'll be able to step back 5 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:10,547 a little and trust that the firm is in good hands. 6 00:00:10,747 --> 00:00:13,348 We pushed the price back down to what Teddy sold it for 7 00:00:13,383 --> 00:00:14,827 and we get Stu Buzzini to help us do it. 8 00:00:14,851 --> 00:00:16,651 Putting downward pressure on a stock 9 00:00:16,687 --> 00:00:18,486 to help a takeover attempt is illegal. 10 00:00:18,522 --> 00:00:20,288 - We can't ask Stu to do that. - I'll do it. 11 00:00:20,324 --> 00:00:21,790 You sure you want to do this? 12 00:00:21,825 --> 00:00:23,770 I'm sure someone's gonna do it whether I like it or not. 13 00:00:23,794 --> 00:00:25,794 You wanted to be what they wanted 14 00:00:25,829 --> 00:00:27,840 so they would choose you. - But they can't choose you, 15 00:00:27,864 --> 00:00:29,209 'cause they've already chosen someone else. 16 00:00:29,233 --> 00:00:30,832 This deposition is over. 17 00:00:30,867 --> 00:00:32,467 I have no idea who my parents were. 18 00:00:32,502 --> 00:00:33,713 I bounced around the foster care system. 19 00:00:33,737 --> 00:00:35,470 What does that have to do-- 20 00:00:35,505 --> 00:00:37,472 I helped you because I would have given anything 21 00:00:37,507 --> 00:00:39,708 to have someone like you looking out for me. 22 00:00:39,743 --> 00:00:41,676 If you short that stock, you'll make a fortune 23 00:00:41,712 --> 00:00:43,345 and a good man will get his company back. 24 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:44,524 You guarantee I'm gonna make money on this 25 00:00:44,548 --> 00:00:46,114 and not get caught. 26 00:00:46,149 --> 00:00:47,816 - What are we gonna do? - I don't know, 27 00:00:47,851 --> 00:00:50,318 but you can't be my associate anymore. 28 00:00:50,354 --> 00:00:51,698 I don't want to wait three days to call you. 29 00:00:51,722 --> 00:00:53,521 Can tomorrow be our three days? 30 00:00:53,557 --> 00:00:55,677 What if we just say it's tonight and you come on up? 31 00:01:04,066 --> 00:01:06,701 - Hi. You're up. - Been up for a little while. 32 00:01:06,737 --> 00:01:11,239 Hope you don't mind. I made us some coffee. 33 00:01:11,275 --> 00:01:14,643 What? Too presumptuous, right? 34 00:01:14,678 --> 00:01:17,746 I was just thinking... 35 00:01:17,781 --> 00:01:21,349 last night was really nice. - It was. 36 00:01:25,889 --> 00:01:28,823 And this is really nice too. 37 00:01:28,859 --> 00:01:32,961 It is. 38 00:01:32,996 --> 00:01:34,841 As much as I'd love to spend all morning with you, 39 00:01:34,865 --> 00:01:37,299 I've got a big meeting. 40 00:01:37,334 --> 00:01:39,701 We're actually expanding our retail presence and-- 41 00:01:39,736 --> 00:01:41,836 I get it. You have to go. 42 00:01:41,872 --> 00:01:44,339 I do. Do you remember what I said last night 43 00:01:44,374 --> 00:01:45,674 about not waiting three days? 44 00:01:45,709 --> 00:01:47,942 I'd love to go out again, Thomas. 45 00:01:47,978 --> 00:01:49,856 - Is tonight too soon? - Let me check my calendar-- 46 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:51,713 yep, I'm free. 47 00:01:51,748 --> 00:01:54,716 I'm gonna head out. 48 00:01:54,751 --> 00:01:56,685 And do you mind letting yourself out 49 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,953 because I was up really late last night 50 00:01:58,989 --> 00:02:01,256 with this handsome man that I just started seeing 51 00:02:01,291 --> 00:02:03,625 and I think I might just go back to sleep. 52 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:06,928 I don't mind at all. 53 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:12,701 Sweet dreams. 54 00:02:19,409 --> 00:02:20,875 [knocking at door] 55 00:02:28,385 --> 00:02:29,718 Judy. 56 00:02:29,753 --> 00:02:31,753 Oh, my God. 57 00:02:31,788 --> 00:02:33,955 - It's been years. - I know, 58 00:02:33,990 --> 00:02:36,658 but you've never left my thoughts. 59 00:02:36,693 --> 00:02:39,494 Side effect of being a mother, foster or not. 60 00:02:39,529 --> 00:02:41,629 Well, it's great to see you. 61 00:02:41,665 --> 00:02:43,576 Let's get some breakfast. I'll put my day on hold. 62 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,899 I'd love to, Samantha, 63 00:02:44,935 --> 00:02:47,001 but the truth is I don't have time. 64 00:02:47,037 --> 00:02:48,903 I'm here because I need your help. 65 00:02:48,939 --> 00:02:50,772 Come on in. I'll make us some coffee. 66 00:02:50,807 --> 00:02:53,942 You can tell me what you need. 67 00:02:53,977 --> 00:02:55,643 And I know you said you wanted 68 00:02:55,679 --> 00:02:57,512 an animal theme for the nursery, 69 00:02:57,547 --> 00:03:01,316 so I was thinking, what about Peter Rabbit? 70 00:03:01,351 --> 00:03:04,252 Or Paddington Bear? 71 00:03:04,287 --> 00:03:08,256 Or we could just do all football and baseball, 72 00:03:08,291 --> 00:03:09,924 all sports. 73 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,593 Even wrestling. 74 00:03:11,628 --> 00:03:13,261 Love it. Sounds great. 75 00:03:13,296 --> 00:03:14,941 You're not listening to a word I'm saying, are you? 76 00:03:14,965 --> 00:03:16,531 Sheila, I'm sorry. I just-- 77 00:03:16,566 --> 00:03:18,366 I just got an email. 78 00:03:18,402 --> 00:03:22,670 Katrina and Brian shit the bed on a deposition and I... 79 00:03:22,706 --> 00:03:24,506 Louis, I know you're busier than ever, 80 00:03:24,541 --> 00:03:27,475 but this baby's coming whether we're ready or not. 81 00:03:27,511 --> 00:03:30,712 And I need you to be fully here, 82 00:03:30,747 --> 00:03:32,947 not just physically here. 83 00:03:32,983 --> 00:03:34,783 I promise I will do better. 84 00:03:34,818 --> 00:03:37,619 Good. Then we can decide on Peter Rabbit 85 00:03:37,654 --> 00:03:39,454 and Paddington Bear with the designer tonight. 86 00:03:39,489 --> 00:03:41,055 - Tonight? - We set it last week. 87 00:03:41,091 --> 00:03:42,490 Is that gonna be a problem? 88 00:03:42,526 --> 00:03:44,993 - No, tonight's perfect. - Good. 89 00:03:45,028 --> 00:03:47,629 And, honey, whatever's going on with Katrina, 90 00:03:47,664 --> 00:03:50,331 I'm sure there's good reason. 91 00:03:53,970 --> 00:03:56,871 One of my kids got pulled over while driving my car. 92 00:03:56,907 --> 00:03:59,073 He's a good kid. 93 00:03:59,109 --> 00:04:01,976 He reminds me of you in more ways than one. 94 00:04:02,012 --> 00:04:04,712 I get the picture. What happened? 95 00:04:04,748 --> 00:04:06,981 There were some pills in the car 96 00:04:07,017 --> 00:04:09,551 and they arrested him. 97 00:04:09,586 --> 00:04:11,152 So he needs a lawyer. 98 00:04:11,188 --> 00:04:13,688 - He doesn't. I do. - What are you talking about? 99 00:04:13,723 --> 00:04:15,990 I told the police the pills were mine. 100 00:04:16,026 --> 00:04:16,891 How could you do that? 101 00:04:16,927 --> 00:04:19,093 When my back started acting up, 102 00:04:19,129 --> 00:04:21,062 I had to cut down on my hours at school. 103 00:04:21,097 --> 00:04:24,399 Corey figured it out, so he started selling pills. 104 00:04:24,434 --> 00:04:27,502 And he used every penny for groceries or gas, 105 00:04:27,537 --> 00:04:29,704 anything to help us get by. 106 00:04:29,739 --> 00:04:31,584 Judy, I'm not sure I should get involved in this. 107 00:04:31,608 --> 00:04:33,074 Why not? 108 00:04:33,109 --> 00:04:34,687 Because you're telling me you didn't do this 109 00:04:34,711 --> 00:04:38,046 and you want me not to use that. 110 00:04:38,081 --> 00:04:40,882 If you want, I can refer you to someone. 111 00:04:40,917 --> 00:04:43,518 No one else can understand what's at stake for Corey 112 00:04:43,553 --> 00:04:44,564 and the rest of those kids 113 00:04:44,588 --> 00:04:46,955 because if that prosecutor has her way, 114 00:04:46,990 --> 00:04:49,524 then I'm gonna lose my fostering license 115 00:04:49,559 --> 00:04:50,959 and they're gonna take my kids away. 116 00:04:50,994 --> 00:04:52,861 - I understand that. - Please. 117 00:04:52,896 --> 00:04:55,697 I lost you all those years ago, 118 00:04:55,732 --> 00:05:00,134 and I have never regretted anything more. 119 00:05:00,170 --> 00:05:03,571 I can't let something like that happen again. 120 00:05:03,607 --> 00:05:04,308 [melancholy music] 121 00:05:04,309 --> 00:05:08,309 ♪ Suits 8x13 ♪ The Greater Good Original Air Date on February 6, 2019 122 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:11,713 ♪ See the money, wanna stay for your meal ♪ 123 00:05:11,748 --> 00:05:14,949 ♪ Get another piece of pie for your wife ♪ 124 00:05:14,985 --> 00:05:18,119 ♪ Everybody wanna know how it feel ♪ 125 00:05:18,154 --> 00:05:21,890 ♪ Everybody wanna see what it's like ♪ 126 00:05:21,925 --> 00:05:24,792 ♪ I'll even eat a bean pie, I don't mind ♪ 127 00:05:24,828 --> 00:05:28,730 ♪ Me and Missy is so busy, busy making money ♪ 128 00:05:28,765 --> 00:05:30,565 ♪ All right ♪ 129 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:30,854 ♪ All step back, I'm 'bout to dance ♪ 130 00:05:30,855 --> 00:05:35,855 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 131 00:05:35,856 --> 00:05:37,856 ♪ The greenback boogie ♪ 132 00:05:42,845 --> 00:05:45,713 Stu Buzzini, what are you doing on our side of town? 133 00:05:45,749 --> 00:05:47,515 Was waiting for you to come out because 134 00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:49,884 I didn't want to have this conversation in your office. 135 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,686 You're gonna want to take a look at this. 136 00:05:51,721 --> 00:05:52,954 What is it? 137 00:05:52,989 --> 00:05:54,689 Remember that trade you had me make 138 00:05:54,724 --> 00:05:56,291 to tank Doyle Shoe's stock price? 139 00:05:56,326 --> 00:05:58,192 - I get it. - Someone figured it out 140 00:05:58,228 --> 00:05:59,894 and now they want to use it against you. 141 00:05:59,930 --> 00:06:01,574 Not just someone. He's a trader at my firm. 142 00:06:01,598 --> 00:06:04,532 He knows what he's doing and now he wants my job. 143 00:06:04,567 --> 00:06:06,601 - Or what? - Or he goes to the SEC, 144 00:06:06,636 --> 00:06:08,536 and once they start an investigation-- 145 00:06:08,571 --> 00:06:10,805 - I know. - Harvey, what are we gonna do? 146 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,574 Two things, first, you're gonna hire a consultant 147 00:06:13,610 --> 00:06:15,944 to review your firm's risk-tolerance policy. 148 00:06:15,979 --> 00:06:17,645 And second? 149 00:06:17,681 --> 00:06:19,392 You're gonna tell me everything there is to know 150 00:06:19,416 --> 00:06:21,816 about this trader: how old he is, how tall he is, 151 00:06:21,851 --> 00:06:23,429 what he eats for breakfast in the morning. 152 00:06:23,453 --> 00:06:24,463 What do you need to know all that for? 153 00:06:24,487 --> 00:06:27,322 Because he's got you, which means 154 00:06:27,357 --> 00:06:29,090 I'm gonna have to bluff him 155 00:06:29,125 --> 00:06:30,792 and the best to bluff someone 156 00:06:30,827 --> 00:06:34,495 is to know more about him than he knows about himself. 157 00:06:34,531 --> 00:06:36,409 And who's this consultant you want me to hire? 158 00:06:36,433 --> 00:06:39,300 Let's just say I got the perfect guy. 159 00:06:40,971 --> 00:06:42,837 Louis, how are you this fine morning? 160 00:06:42,872 --> 00:06:44,605 Don't give me that crap. 161 00:06:44,641 --> 00:06:46,419 You wanna explain why you and Brian shit the bed 162 00:06:46,443 --> 00:06:48,343 on your perfume case? - Louis, it's complicated, 163 00:06:48,378 --> 00:06:49,944 but I've got it handled. 164 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:51,679 I thought this was you and Brian. 165 00:06:51,715 --> 00:06:54,382 Well, about that. Brian and I-- 166 00:06:54,417 --> 00:06:56,651 Brian and you what? 167 00:06:56,686 --> 00:06:59,420 I think that this case calls 168 00:06:59,456 --> 00:07:01,456 for more expertise than Brian can offer, 169 00:07:01,491 --> 00:07:04,459 so I was wondering if you might be able to help me. 170 00:07:04,494 --> 00:07:05,538 Katrina, I just asked Samantha 171 00:07:05,562 --> 00:07:07,695 to take a new client meeting for me. 172 00:07:07,731 --> 00:07:09,642 I told Sheila that I would help her pick out furniture 173 00:07:09,666 --> 00:07:11,699 for the nursery, and I have a million other things 174 00:07:11,735 --> 00:07:14,602 that I am trying to balance and you were the one who said 175 00:07:14,637 --> 00:07:16,070 that I had people who could step up 176 00:07:16,106 --> 00:07:18,473 if I needed to take a step back, were you not? 177 00:07:18,508 --> 00:07:20,375 Yes, Louis, I was. 178 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:22,655 Then you step the hell up because I don't want the world 179 00:07:22,679 --> 00:07:24,857 to think that we can't handle a simple infringement case. 180 00:07:24,881 --> 00:07:27,915 [tense music] 181 00:07:30,687 --> 00:07:32,854 There you are. Donna, we need to talk. 182 00:07:32,889 --> 00:07:34,455 Okay, about what? 183 00:07:34,491 --> 00:07:35,456 For starters, where have you been? 184 00:07:35,492 --> 00:07:36,991 I've been looking for you all morning. 185 00:07:37,027 --> 00:07:40,661 If you must know... 186 00:07:40,697 --> 00:07:42,630 I overslept. 187 00:07:42,665 --> 00:07:45,066 Why? What's going on? 188 00:07:45,101 --> 00:07:47,368 I need to know exactly what you said to Stu 189 00:07:47,404 --> 00:07:49,637 when we made that Teddy Doyle trade last year. 190 00:07:49,672 --> 00:07:51,550 Well, if I recall, I told him he wasn't gonna be 191 00:07:51,574 --> 00:07:53,474 a gunslinger for long if he didn't do it. Why? 192 00:07:53,510 --> 00:07:54,720 So you made sure he knew the risks? 193 00:07:54,744 --> 00:07:56,511 I didn't have to make sure. 194 00:07:56,546 --> 00:07:58,846 He knew before half the words were out of my mouth. 195 00:07:58,882 --> 00:07:59,747 So once again, why? 196 00:07:59,783 --> 00:08:01,549 He's being blackmailed for it. 197 00:08:01,584 --> 00:08:02,995 Holy shit. And how are you planning 198 00:08:03,019 --> 00:08:04,530 to get him out of this, because, Harvey, 199 00:08:04,554 --> 00:08:05,564 we have to get him out of this. 200 00:08:05,588 --> 00:08:07,522 I know, but I need to know 201 00:08:07,557 --> 00:08:09,590 who lost and how much they lost 202 00:08:09,626 --> 00:08:10,866 on the other side of that trade. 203 00:08:10,894 --> 00:08:12,360 Wait, what? 204 00:08:12,395 --> 00:08:14,662 I need to know how badly Stu can get burned 205 00:08:14,697 --> 00:08:16,697 if this guy ends up turning him in. 206 00:08:16,733 --> 00:08:18,566 Okay. 207 00:08:18,601 --> 00:08:21,436 I'll take care of it. 208 00:08:21,471 --> 00:08:23,549 But, Harvey, if this is about getting financial information, 209 00:08:23,573 --> 00:08:25,039 Louis is the logical choice. 210 00:08:25,075 --> 00:08:27,108 Look, I know he's the managing partner 211 00:08:27,143 --> 00:08:28,387 and we should tell him, but I don't want 212 00:08:28,411 --> 00:08:30,078 to get him involved unless we think 213 00:08:30,113 --> 00:08:31,479 there's no way out of this. 214 00:08:31,514 --> 00:08:33,548 Then I know who to go to. 215 00:08:33,583 --> 00:08:37,585 ♪ ♪ 216 00:08:40,423 --> 00:08:43,224 Robert, can I talk to you? It's important. 217 00:08:43,259 --> 00:08:44,892 Of course. I'd say good morning, 218 00:08:44,928 --> 00:08:46,794 but I can see it hasn't been good for you. 219 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:48,463 That's because Judy O'Brien 220 00:08:48,498 --> 00:08:50,531 came to my place as I was headed in this morning. 221 00:08:50,567 --> 00:08:53,234 - Judy? Your old foster mom? - That's the one. 222 00:08:53,269 --> 00:08:55,937 She's asked me to represent her on a drug case. 223 00:08:55,972 --> 00:08:57,872 She's innocent. 224 00:08:57,907 --> 00:08:59,707 It's one of her kids who's guilty 225 00:08:59,742 --> 00:09:01,742 and she won't let me tell the prosecutor that. 226 00:09:01,778 --> 00:09:03,418 Samantha, as I recall, this is the woman 227 00:09:03,446 --> 00:09:05,713 that took you in when you were 12 years old. 228 00:09:05,748 --> 00:09:08,916 She stuck with me no matter how much trouble I got in 229 00:09:08,952 --> 00:09:11,586 till I blew it and the state took me away. 230 00:09:11,621 --> 00:09:12,987 Why won't you help her? 231 00:09:13,022 --> 00:09:14,755 Because what if... 232 00:09:14,791 --> 00:09:16,924 Samantha, I didn't handle my sister's case 233 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,160 because I was afraid, 234 00:09:19,195 --> 00:09:21,162 and I regretted that decision ever since. 235 00:09:21,197 --> 00:09:23,264 Well, if Judy goes to prison because of me. 236 00:09:23,299 --> 00:09:24,932 I'll regret that forever. 237 00:09:24,968 --> 00:09:26,734 If she goes to prison because she told you 238 00:09:26,769 --> 00:09:28,903 not to tell them the truth, that's on her, not you. 239 00:09:28,938 --> 00:09:31,139 - All the same. - No, it's not all the same. 240 00:09:31,174 --> 00:09:33,141 Samantha, when you care about someone, 241 00:09:33,176 --> 00:09:35,009 you fight twice as hard. 242 00:09:35,044 --> 00:09:37,578 It's the reason she came to you. 243 00:09:37,614 --> 00:09:40,681 If it were me, I wouldn't turn her away. 244 00:09:40,717 --> 00:09:43,451 Okay. 245 00:09:43,486 --> 00:09:45,297 But Louis asked me to take a meeting for him tonight. 246 00:09:45,321 --> 00:09:47,255 I can't be in two places at once. 247 00:09:47,290 --> 00:09:51,125 Then give me the details and I'll take it for you. 248 00:09:51,161 --> 00:09:55,129 And Samantha... 249 00:09:55,165 --> 00:09:56,998 I'm proud of you for doing this. 250 00:10:01,504 --> 00:10:04,138 - Mr. Stockman? - Yes, that's me. 251 00:10:04,174 --> 00:10:06,007 Nick Pavonotti. I was told to see you. 252 00:10:06,042 --> 00:10:08,309 I understand you're doing some consulting for the firm. 253 00:10:08,344 --> 00:10:11,812 That's right, and I started looking at your trade history. 254 00:10:11,848 --> 00:10:14,182 Gen Biotech, you lost 2 million. 255 00:10:14,217 --> 00:10:16,617 Shale futures, 10 million down the drain. 256 00:10:16,653 --> 00:10:19,053 - Ridley Pharma, same thing. - We make bets every day, 257 00:10:19,088 --> 00:10:21,055 and sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. 258 00:10:21,090 --> 00:10:22,835 Well, you're about to make your worst bet yet. 259 00:10:22,859 --> 00:10:24,192 What are you talking about? 260 00:10:24,227 --> 00:10:25,638 You're gonna have to rethink your choice 261 00:10:25,662 --> 00:10:27,161 to go after Stu Buzzini. 262 00:10:27,197 --> 00:10:29,530 - You're no fucking consultant. - You're right, 263 00:10:29,566 --> 00:10:31,165 and if you pursue this, 264 00:10:31,201 --> 00:10:34,168 Stu's not gonna be the one in trouble, you are. 265 00:10:34,204 --> 00:10:36,571 What I got on Stu is real. 266 00:10:36,606 --> 00:10:39,040 - That's why you're here. - Doesn't matter what you have. 267 00:10:39,075 --> 00:10:41,642 Half the guys on Wall Street make dirty trades 268 00:10:41,678 --> 00:10:43,856 and they see you throwing one of their own under the bus, 269 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,713 they're never gonna want to work with you. 270 00:10:45,748 --> 00:10:47,815 There's something else about Wall Street guys. 271 00:10:47,850 --> 00:10:50,651 They're more loyal to money than anything else, 272 00:10:50,687 --> 00:10:52,186 so unless you're here to tell me 273 00:10:52,222 --> 00:10:54,188 I'm moving in to Stu's office, 274 00:10:54,224 --> 00:10:55,990 I'd say we're done. 275 00:10:56,025 --> 00:10:59,560 Nick. 276 00:10:59,596 --> 00:11:01,229 My name is Harvey Specter. 277 00:11:01,264 --> 00:11:03,664 Ask around. You'll find people who go up against me, 278 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,266 they never win. 279 00:11:05,301 --> 00:11:07,768 So I'd think long and hard about what you're gonna do. 280 00:11:07,804 --> 00:11:10,771 [tense music] 281 00:11:10,807 --> 00:11:16,244 ♪ ♪ 282 00:11:20,012 --> 00:11:22,880 [cell phone buzzing] 283 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:27,118 Thomas, hi. 284 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:28,486 Everything okay? 285 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:32,757 Yeah, it's fine. It's just a work thing. 286 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,359 Want to talk about it? 287 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,527 Or tonight if now's not a good time. 288 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:38,529 To tell you the truth, I just want to go out 289 00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:42,500 and spend time with you and not think about it at all. 290 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,102 Then I'll see you tonight. 291 00:11:48,008 --> 00:11:50,808 - Donna, you wanted to see me? - Yeah, actually, 292 00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:52,644 I was hoping that you could point me 293 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,490 in the right direction. - The right direction of what? 294 00:11:54,514 --> 00:11:56,347 A trader we represent is being accused 295 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,194 of manipulating a stock, and in order to understand 296 00:11:58,218 --> 00:11:59,784 how much exposure he has-- 297 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:00,830 You need to know if anyone 298 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:02,620 was significantly harmed by the trades. 299 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:04,555 - Exactly. - I'll call my guy. 300 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:05,835 I'll have the answer for you in no time. 301 00:12:05,859 --> 00:12:07,859 That's the thing, Alex. 302 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:10,461 It needs to stay under the radar. 303 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:12,041 I don't understand. If they're already 304 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,309 being charged, what difference does it make? 305 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,134 I never said they were already being charged. 306 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:18,503 Then what exactly is going on here, 307 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:19,882 'cause if they're not being charged, 308 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,673 how do you even know there was a-- 309 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:23,185 please tell me we're not involved in this. 310 00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:25,510 We may have been the ones who asked the trader 311 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:27,545 to make the trade in the first place. 312 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,058 So we're not just in it. We orchestrated it. 313 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:30,815 We did. 314 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:32,161 But it was to save hundreds of jobs, 315 00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:33,718 and the guy who caught wind of it 316 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,687 has no idea that we have anything to do with it. 317 00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:37,900 Then I'll find who was on the other side of those trades, 318 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:40,825 and I'll do it so quietly no one will ever know I was there. 319 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:51,402 - Did you want Brian? - Excuse me? 320 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,115 He said you two have been working really hard lately 321 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:56,574 and he was gonna spend the morning at home. 322 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:59,010 He should be in any minute. 323 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:01,045 Great. 324 00:13:01,081 --> 00:13:03,748 I can have him come see you as soon as he gets in. 325 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:07,185 Unless there's something I can help you with? 326 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:10,188 You know what, Susan? There is. 327 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:16,761 Good afternoon. I'm Samantha Wheeler. 328 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,129 I represent Ms. O'Brien. 329 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,697 And like I told you on the phone, 330 00:13:19,733 --> 00:13:21,177 unless you're ready to plead guilty we don't 331 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:22,545 have much to talk about. - Then I'll get right to it. 332 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:25,703 Ms. O'Brien pleads guilty to misdemeanor possession 333 00:13:25,739 --> 00:13:28,072 with a healthy fine and six months' probation. 334 00:13:28,108 --> 00:13:29,618 Problem with that is this isn't a misdemeanor. 335 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:30,820 Those pills were meant for distribution. 336 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:31,854 Which is circumstantial at best. 337 00:13:31,878 --> 00:13:34,045 Not based on how many pills there were. 338 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,591 You know what I'm gonna do with how many pills there were? 339 00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:37,115 I'm gonna question the count. 340 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,961 Then I'm gonna adjust for what they were cut with. 341 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,663 Then I'm gonna question the legitimacy of the stop 342 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:42,754 in the first place. When I'm done with you, 343 00:13:42,789 --> 00:13:44,600 you'll be lucky to get her on a parking ticket. 344 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,124 That might work where you come from, 345 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,903 but no jury in this town is gonna believe any of that. 346 00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:49,827 What is wrong with you? 347 00:13:49,863 --> 00:13:52,897 Ms. O'Brien has been an asset to this community for 20 years. 348 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:54,665 With all due respect, Ms. Wheeler, 349 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:56,178 you don't know a damn thing about this community, 350 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:57,668 and I don't know what that woman did 351 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,771 to get some Manhattan lawyer in her corner, 352 00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:01,951 but I'm not gonna let it stop me from doing what I have to. 353 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:03,608 What is that supposed to mean? 354 00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:05,643 Do you think I don't know what's going on here? 355 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:07,578 Those pills weren't hers; they were that kid's. 356 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:09,981 I don't believe this. You think she's innocent 357 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,749 and you're still gonna throw the book 358 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:12,984 at a 65-year-old woman? 359 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:14,519 I am gonna do whatever it takes 360 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:16,621 to keep those drugs out of my county. 361 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:18,322 Look, I am not a monster. 362 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,169 If you want to do right by her, convince her to make that kid 363 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,560 take responsibility for what he did. 364 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:27,999 I don't understand. 365 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,767 If the deposition didn't go well, 366 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:31,680 can't we just redepose them? - No, Susan, we can't. 367 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,104 Why not? 368 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:34,772 Among other things, 369 00:14:34,808 --> 00:14:38,009 they'll be ready for our line of questioning. 370 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,844 - What if-- - Just... 371 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,346 give me a minute to think. 372 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:45,683 'Scuse me, Katrina. Can I talk to you for a second? 373 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,318 Of course. 374 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:50,254 Susan, can you give us the room? 375 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,663 - When were you gonna tell me? - Tell you what? 376 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:01,966 That you were pulling me off the Adored case. 377 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:04,168 I already told you we can't work together anymore. 378 00:15:04,204 --> 00:15:06,204 I know, and I let that go 379 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,140 because you obviously weren't in the mood to talk about it, 380 00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:11,242 but I didn't think you were gonna pull me off 381 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,877 in the middle of a case. 382 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,212 Well, I wasn't going to, 383 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:17,215 but then you weren't at your desk, and I... 384 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:20,885 - You what? - I picked someone else, okay? 385 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:25,389 Because like I said, it's not going to work between us. 386 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:28,226 Oh, well, that's fantastic, Katrina, 387 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:30,061 but when I'm supposed to be your associate 388 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:31,896 and I find out from someone else 389 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,932 I'm no longer on the case, it makes me look like an idiot 390 00:15:34,968 --> 00:15:36,345 and I don't think I should be punished 391 00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:38,402 when this whole thing was your fault. 392 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,037 We said it was nobody's fault. 393 00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:42,573 Well, it sure as hell wasn't mine, 394 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:45,009 and it's not fair that my reputation in this firm 395 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,410 takes a hit when you're the one-- 396 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:48,579 I was the one that what? 397 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,114 You know what, Katrina? 398 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:51,794 You don't want to work together then we won't, 399 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:55,019 but I'd appreciate it if you think of a reason 400 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:57,355 we can give that doesn't make me look like shit. 401 00:15:57,390 --> 00:16:00,358 [tense music] 402 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:04,862 ♪ ♪ 403 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,269 - Harvey Specter. - Kevin Miller. 404 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,971 From a prison cell to a corner office in record time. 405 00:16:14,007 --> 00:16:15,284 Well, not just a corner office, 406 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:17,041 biggest office in the firm. 407 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:18,776 I take it things have been good? 408 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:21,078 Better than good. The Sutter cloud is gone, 409 00:16:21,114 --> 00:16:22,780 things are great with Jill, 410 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,159 and the firm is growing like crazy. 411 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:25,716 Glad to hear it. 412 00:16:25,752 --> 00:16:28,085 Because I need you to make room for one more. 413 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:29,453 You're sending someone my way? 414 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:30,733 - He must be a star. - Actually, Kevin, 415 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:33,991 he's a snake, but you're gonna take him on anyway. 416 00:16:34,027 --> 00:16:35,293 And why would I do that? 417 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:36,727 Because someone I care about 418 00:16:36,763 --> 00:16:38,896 is being blackmailed by this bastard. 419 00:16:38,932 --> 00:16:40,932 Ah, I get it. You're asking me to make him 420 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:43,434 an offer good enough to get him off your back. 421 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:47,238 That's right, except I'm not asking. 422 00:16:47,273 --> 00:16:48,739 Harvey, come on. 423 00:16:48,775 --> 00:16:49,674 I mean, I just got my life back. 424 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,242 I can't bring someone into my shop 425 00:16:51,277 --> 00:16:52,843 that's gonna send me back to prison. 426 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:54,645 I know I owe you, but not like this. 427 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,121 Yes, like this, because I did a hell of a lot worse for you, 428 00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:59,116 and if I hadn't, you'd still be rotting in prison. 429 00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:02,119 So when I call in a favor, you don't put conditions on it. 430 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:03,763 All right, just tell me his name. 431 00:17:03,798 --> 00:17:05,164 I'll write up an offer, 432 00:17:05,199 --> 00:17:06,477 make it look like a headhunter found him. 433 00:17:06,501 --> 00:17:08,334 His name is Nick Pavonotti, 434 00:17:08,369 --> 00:17:10,102 and you can skip the headhunter part. 435 00:17:10,138 --> 00:17:11,771 He'll know it's from me. 436 00:17:11,806 --> 00:17:12,850 You make him an offer and you tell him 437 00:17:12,874 --> 00:17:15,341 it's not worth it to mess with Harvey Specter. 438 00:17:17,445 --> 00:17:20,880 Never thought I'd see this place again. 439 00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:24,183 I have to say, it doesn't look too much worse for wear. 440 00:17:24,218 --> 00:17:25,985 How did it go with the prosecutor? 441 00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:27,520 Were you able to make a deal? 442 00:17:27,555 --> 00:17:29,355 It's not gonna be that easy, Judy. 443 00:17:29,390 --> 00:17:32,124 She knows the drugs are Corey's, not yours. 444 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,293 Then she should be willing to go easy on me. 445 00:17:34,329 --> 00:17:37,163 No, she shouldn't, and she isn't, 446 00:17:37,198 --> 00:17:40,132 because she's not gonna let you stop her from doing her job. 447 00:17:40,168 --> 00:17:41,300 Well, I have a job too, 448 00:17:41,336 --> 00:17:43,336 and that's to protect my children. 449 00:17:43,371 --> 00:17:46,038 I'm not gonna let them ruin his life because of one mistake. 450 00:17:46,074 --> 00:17:47,506 It won't ruin his life. 451 00:17:47,542 --> 00:17:49,141 They'll take him away from me. 452 00:17:49,177 --> 00:17:50,876 If you don't do this, 453 00:17:50,912 --> 00:17:53,245 they're gonna take them all from you. 454 00:17:53,281 --> 00:17:55,247 I can't do it. I can't sacrifice him 455 00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,383 for everyone else. - Why not? 456 00:17:57,418 --> 00:17:59,719 'Cause I already did that with you. 457 00:17:59,754 --> 00:18:02,555 No, you didn't have a choice with me. 458 00:18:02,590 --> 00:18:04,223 They took me from you. 459 00:18:04,258 --> 00:18:05,925 And before they did, 460 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,895 they asked if I wanted to keep trying, 461 00:18:09,931 --> 00:18:12,898 and I said no. - I don't believe this. 462 00:18:12,934 --> 00:18:14,567 You've been lying to me all these years? 463 00:18:14,602 --> 00:18:16,369 I didn't want to hurt you. 464 00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:19,538 If you didn't want to hurt me, you should have kept me 465 00:18:19,574 --> 00:18:21,874 or at least told me the truth about it. 466 00:18:21,909 --> 00:18:23,909 I couldn't do that. I couldn't tell you 467 00:18:23,945 --> 00:18:26,212 I was choosing the good of everyone over you. 468 00:18:26,247 --> 00:18:27,913 What would that have done to you? 469 00:18:27,949 --> 00:18:29,193 What do you think it did to me? 470 00:18:29,217 --> 00:18:30,483 - Samantha-- - No, 471 00:18:30,518 --> 00:18:32,218 let me just get this straight. 472 00:18:32,253 --> 00:18:35,521 Rather than fight for me or even tell me the truth, 473 00:18:35,556 --> 00:18:37,089 you gave up on me, 474 00:18:37,125 --> 00:18:39,458 and then years later, walk into my home 475 00:18:39,494 --> 00:18:43,029 to have me save you for making the same mistake again. 476 00:18:43,064 --> 00:18:44,541 You were the only person I knew who could help. 477 00:18:44,565 --> 00:18:47,133 I could have, Judy, not anymore. 478 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:48,434 Samantha, please. 479 00:18:48,469 --> 00:18:50,870 I used that word with you. I said, 480 00:18:50,905 --> 00:18:52,571 "Please, don't let them take me." 481 00:18:52,607 --> 00:18:56,942 But it turns out you could have stopped them and you didn't. 482 00:18:56,978 --> 00:18:59,478 So now I'm giving up on you. 483 00:19:07,845 --> 00:19:10,098 Katrina, whatever it is, I'm on my way out for the night. 484 00:19:10,099 --> 00:19:11,699 That's okay. This won't take long. 485 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:13,078 I would just like to start the process 486 00:19:13,102 --> 00:19:16,037 of having Brian removed as my associate. 487 00:19:16,072 --> 00:19:18,906 - What? - He's too advanced for me. 488 00:19:18,941 --> 00:19:20,241 All right. 489 00:19:20,276 --> 00:19:22,576 You wanna tell me what happened 490 00:19:22,612 --> 00:19:24,356 between the two of you, or do you want me to just 491 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:26,147 figure out myself? - Nothing happened. 492 00:19:26,182 --> 00:19:27,826 Because it won't take me long to figure out, 493 00:19:27,850 --> 00:19:28,994 and I'm pretty sure you would rather 494 00:19:29,018 --> 00:19:31,285 just tell me about it yourself. 495 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,987 Okay, look. 496 00:19:33,022 --> 00:19:35,723 You told me not to go into the kitchen 497 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:38,259 and I tried not to, but it turns out 498 00:19:38,294 --> 00:19:41,429 everywhere we go is the kitchen. 499 00:19:41,464 --> 00:19:43,330 So did something happen or not? 500 00:19:43,366 --> 00:19:46,100 No, but we both wanted it to, 501 00:19:46,135 --> 00:19:48,269 and then I told him I can't work with him anymore. 502 00:19:48,304 --> 00:19:49,948 And then we got into a fight because he said 503 00:19:49,972 --> 00:19:51,739 that it would hurt him if I can't explain why 504 00:19:51,774 --> 00:19:53,074 he's not my associate anymore. 505 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:54,942 And that's why I told you that bullshit 506 00:19:54,977 --> 00:19:56,944 about him being too advanced. 507 00:19:56,979 --> 00:19:58,879 Bet it feels good to get that off your chest. 508 00:19:58,915 --> 00:20:02,416 Only so much because I still don't know what to do. 509 00:20:02,452 --> 00:20:04,785 - Talk to him about it. - I told you I tried. 510 00:20:04,821 --> 00:20:06,131 No, you told me you fought with him, 511 00:20:06,155 --> 00:20:07,788 and fighting isn't talking. 512 00:20:07,824 --> 00:20:09,623 And I should know that better than anyone. 513 00:20:09,659 --> 00:20:12,026 - What do you mean? - I mean, I understand 514 00:20:12,061 --> 00:20:14,228 what it's like to have complicated issues 515 00:20:14,263 --> 00:20:16,141 with someone you work with. Especially when that person 516 00:20:16,165 --> 00:20:17,443 can't have a real conversation about it. 517 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,066 You're talking about-- 518 00:20:19,102 --> 00:20:21,135 You know who I'm talking about, Katrina. 519 00:20:21,170 --> 00:20:23,404 Well, knowing that doesn't tell me what I should do. 520 00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:27,208 I told you, talk about it again. 521 00:20:27,243 --> 00:20:29,310 And if you can't, we're gonna have a real problem 522 00:20:29,345 --> 00:20:30,845 because Brian's right. 523 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,480 You could really hurt his career. 524 00:20:32,515 --> 00:20:35,649 Now, I'm gonna go, 'cause sometimes 525 00:20:35,685 --> 00:20:37,418 the answer is to fall for someone 526 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:41,088 who has nothing to do with this place at all. 527 00:20:46,295 --> 00:20:48,262 Robert, please tell me you haven't gone 528 00:20:48,297 --> 00:20:49,497 to Louis's client meeting yet. 529 00:20:49,532 --> 00:20:50,931 I was just on my way. Why? 530 00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:52,244 Because I can take it from here. 531 00:20:52,268 --> 00:20:53,412 I thought you told me you couldn't be 532 00:20:53,436 --> 00:20:54,902 at two places at once. 533 00:20:54,937 --> 00:20:55,803 Well, it doesn't matter anymore 534 00:20:55,838 --> 00:20:57,104 because I dropped Judy's case. 535 00:20:57,140 --> 00:20:58,005 What? 536 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,251 Samantha, why would you do that? 537 00:20:59,275 --> 00:21:00,941 Same reason any attorney would, 538 00:21:00,977 --> 00:21:02,176 because my client lied to me. 539 00:21:02,211 --> 00:21:04,345 So thank you for covering for me, 540 00:21:04,380 --> 00:21:06,525 but I've got it from here. - You're not taking anything 541 00:21:06,549 --> 00:21:09,950 until you tell me what's going on. 542 00:21:09,986 --> 00:21:14,421 I've got all night, Samantha. 543 00:21:14,457 --> 00:21:16,123 [sighs] 544 00:21:16,159 --> 00:21:19,360 I always thought it was the state that took me from her. 545 00:21:19,395 --> 00:21:21,695 Turns out it was Judy. 546 00:21:21,731 --> 00:21:23,864 She put me back in the system just when I thought 547 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:25,432 I had a real home. 548 00:21:25,468 --> 00:21:27,434 So tell me why should I stick by her 549 00:21:27,470 --> 00:21:29,370 when she didn't stick by me? 550 00:21:29,405 --> 00:21:31,272 I don't know, Samantha, 551 00:21:31,307 --> 00:21:34,041 but for her to admit all of that must have killed her. 552 00:21:34,076 --> 00:21:36,177 Didn't do wonders for me either, Robert. 553 00:21:36,212 --> 00:21:37,823 What are you saying? I should throw her a party? 554 00:21:37,847 --> 00:21:38,991 I'm saying that sometimes being a parent 555 00:21:39,015 --> 00:21:41,215 is living with choices that break your heart. 556 00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:43,395 It's not often that you get the chance to make up for them. 557 00:21:43,419 --> 00:21:45,853 You have a chance to help this woman do that. 558 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:47,888 I think maybe you should take it. 559 00:21:47,924 --> 00:21:50,164 Even if I was willing to, I still can't get her a deal. 560 00:21:50,193 --> 00:21:51,125 Then let's put our heads together 561 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,860 and figure something out. 562 00:21:52,895 --> 00:21:54,206 What about Louis's client meeting? 563 00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:55,307 He'll just have to understand. 564 00:21:55,331 --> 00:21:58,799 If he doesn't, you tell him to come see me. 565 00:22:03,272 --> 00:22:05,339 [whistles] 566 00:22:05,374 --> 00:22:07,575 Pretty nice office for a fake consultant. 567 00:22:07,610 --> 00:22:09,910 - What are you doing here? - I'm here to tell you 568 00:22:09,946 --> 00:22:12,213 that you're negotiating from a position of weakness. 569 00:22:12,248 --> 00:22:14,014 Because first you try to stop me, 570 00:22:14,050 --> 00:22:16,750 and then Kevin Miller offers me a job out of nowhere 571 00:22:16,786 --> 00:22:19,186 telling me it's not worth it to go against you. 572 00:22:19,222 --> 00:22:21,188 - It isn't. - Yeah, you keep saying that, 573 00:22:21,224 --> 00:22:23,357 but I did some digging 574 00:22:23,392 --> 00:22:25,860 and on the very same day the Doyle Shoes trades were made 575 00:22:25,895 --> 00:22:28,329 a woman, who is now your COO, 576 00:22:28,364 --> 00:22:30,331 signed into our visitor's log to meet with Stu. 577 00:22:30,366 --> 00:22:33,067 Donna Paulsen I think is her name, right? 578 00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,903 Be very careful what you say next and who you threaten. 579 00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:37,015 Looks like I touched a nerve. 580 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:39,373 Nick, you have no idea who you're dealing with. 581 00:22:39,408 --> 00:22:42,009 What I know is that stock manipulation is a crime. 582 00:22:42,044 --> 00:22:44,378 - So is blackmail. - And we can avoid prosecution 583 00:22:44,413 --> 00:22:46,447 for either of those if you stop coming at me 584 00:22:46,482 --> 00:22:49,583 and start working on Stu Buzzini's retirement party. 585 00:22:49,619 --> 00:22:51,218 But you better do it soon, 586 00:22:51,254 --> 00:22:53,888 because I'm not gonna wait much longer. 587 00:22:53,923 --> 00:22:56,957 If you're trying to play a game of Chicken with me, 588 00:22:56,993 --> 00:22:58,359 you'll never win. 589 00:22:58,394 --> 00:23:00,527 But I'm not just playing with you. 590 00:23:00,563 --> 00:23:06,967 I'm playing with you, Stu Buzzini, and Donna Paulsen. 591 00:23:07,003 --> 00:23:09,603 Really is a nice office. 592 00:23:16,512 --> 00:23:17,978 What the hell is your problem? 593 00:23:18,014 --> 00:23:19,458 It's bad enough that Samantha farms out 594 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:20,993 her responsibilities to you without telling me, 595 00:23:21,017 --> 00:23:22,316 but then you blow him off? 596 00:23:22,351 --> 00:23:24,084 - Will you just calm down? - Calm down? 597 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,387 I take one night off to prepare my home 598 00:23:26,422 --> 00:23:28,989 for my unborn child's arrival and I am supposed to enjoy it, 599 00:23:29,025 --> 00:23:30,335 but I can't because you and Samantha 600 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:31,670 don't give a shit about your jobs. 601 00:23:31,694 --> 00:23:33,327 - Are you finished? - No, I'm not. 602 00:23:33,362 --> 00:23:35,007 Because when you stepped down it was like you said, 603 00:23:35,031 --> 00:23:36,208 "Hey, I can do whatever I want." 604 00:23:36,232 --> 00:23:38,999 And apparently what you want is to let this firm down, 605 00:23:39,035 --> 00:23:41,101 let our clients down, and most of all let me down-- 606 00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:42,903 All right, that's enough. 607 00:23:42,939 --> 00:23:44,516 I'm not gonna listen to another word of your delusion 608 00:23:44,540 --> 00:23:46,073 because from the minute I stepped down 609 00:23:46,108 --> 00:23:47,574 all I've done is help you. - Help me? 610 00:23:47,610 --> 00:23:49,343 First, with Harvey on the Malik case, 611 00:23:49,378 --> 00:23:52,112 and then again with Harvey on your poker bullshit, 612 00:23:52,148 --> 00:23:54,126 and now with a partner who's going through something 613 00:23:54,150 --> 00:23:56,083 more important than some client dinner. 614 00:23:56,118 --> 00:23:58,030 Are you saying Samantha's going through something? 615 00:23:58,054 --> 00:24:01,455 Yes, Louis, I am. 616 00:24:01,490 --> 00:24:05,192 I'm sorry, Robert. I... 617 00:24:05,227 --> 00:24:08,195 It is just so much-- the pressure. 618 00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:11,598 It's just... it's too much. 619 00:24:11,634 --> 00:24:14,501 I know, Louis. 620 00:24:14,537 --> 00:24:16,381 And I wish I could tell you it gets easier, but I can't. 621 00:24:16,405 --> 00:24:18,005 What I can tell you is to do your best 622 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,007 not to take it out on people around you. 623 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:21,709 You're right. 624 00:24:21,744 --> 00:24:23,477 Thank you. 625 00:24:23,512 --> 00:24:25,079 And I'm sorry I blew up at you. 626 00:24:25,114 --> 00:24:26,258 You don't need to apologize. 627 00:24:26,282 --> 00:24:28,449 You mind me asking what is going on with Samantha? 628 00:24:28,484 --> 00:24:29,450 Louis, if you think your people 629 00:24:29,485 --> 00:24:31,885 have something that's going on, 630 00:24:31,921 --> 00:24:34,455 you should probably ask them yourself. 631 00:24:37,426 --> 00:24:41,061 Donna, good, let's grab a coffee. 632 00:24:41,097 --> 00:24:46,166 Sure. I could use come caffeine. 633 00:24:46,202 --> 00:24:48,302 And since we both know "Let's grab coffee" 634 00:24:48,337 --> 00:24:50,237 is code for shit's gone sideways, 635 00:24:50,272 --> 00:24:51,917 why don't you just tell me what's going on? 636 00:24:51,941 --> 00:24:53,741 Nick Pavonotti put the pieces together. 637 00:24:53,776 --> 00:24:56,010 He knows we were involved in that trade. 638 00:24:56,045 --> 00:24:57,522 So the firm's in his crosshairs now too. 639 00:24:57,546 --> 00:24:59,079 Not just the firm. 640 00:24:59,115 --> 00:25:02,549 He also knows that you came to see Stu that day. 641 00:25:02,585 --> 00:25:04,585 I'm sorry, Donna. I never should have-- 642 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,653 Harvey, don't even bother going down that road. 643 00:25:06,689 --> 00:25:09,089 I made my decision. 644 00:25:09,125 --> 00:25:11,025 Now we have to decide how to fix this. 645 00:25:11,060 --> 00:25:12,593 You may not be able to fix it. 646 00:25:12,628 --> 00:25:15,095 Don't tell me, someone got burned by that trade. 647 00:25:15,131 --> 00:25:16,330 Not just burned, scorched. 648 00:25:16,365 --> 00:25:17,809 A police pension fund sold at the wrong time 649 00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:20,434 that took a huge hit. This thing comes out, 650 00:25:20,469 --> 00:25:22,114 you're not gonna be able to say no harm no foul. 651 00:25:22,138 --> 00:25:23,370 Son of a bitch. 652 00:25:23,406 --> 00:25:25,172 Harvey, if you're out of time, 653 00:25:25,207 --> 00:25:27,085 I don't see any other way. - Any other way than what? 654 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:28,220 Giving in to whatever this guy wants. 655 00:25:28,244 --> 00:25:30,711 No, Harvey, we can't ask Stu to step down. 656 00:25:30,746 --> 00:25:32,624 Stu knew the risk when he agreed to make that trade. 657 00:25:32,648 --> 00:25:34,393 And you can tell yourself that to feel better, 658 00:25:34,417 --> 00:25:37,584 but I'm the one who convinced him to do it. 659 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,119 And I only did that because you said 660 00:25:39,155 --> 00:25:40,587 it was just a civil violation. 661 00:25:40,623 --> 00:25:42,423 Now it sounds like he could go to prison. 662 00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:44,458 Nothing's gonna happen to him if he does this. 663 00:25:44,493 --> 00:25:45,526 He won't do it. 664 00:25:45,561 --> 00:25:47,294 Then you're gonna have to make him do it. 665 00:25:47,329 --> 00:25:48,629 - Me? - Yeah, you. 666 00:25:48,664 --> 00:25:50,464 You said it yourself, you were the only one 667 00:25:50,499 --> 00:25:52,310 who could have convinced him to do this in the first place. 668 00:25:52,334 --> 00:25:54,312 Because he trusts me, and I'm not gonna take advantage 669 00:25:54,336 --> 00:25:58,639 of that until you tell me that there's nothing else we can do. 670 00:25:58,674 --> 00:26:00,140 Because there is and you know it. 671 00:26:00,176 --> 00:26:01,442 What is she talking about? 672 00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:03,477 She talking about going to Sean Cahill 673 00:26:03,512 --> 00:26:05,212 to make him bury this thing, 674 00:26:05,247 --> 00:26:06,491 and he's gonna want to help us even less than Stu. 675 00:26:06,515 --> 00:26:10,651 If you want me to make Stu take the hit for all of us, 676 00:26:10,686 --> 00:26:13,787 the least you can do is give it a shot with Cahill. 677 00:26:19,037 --> 00:26:20,571 [knocking at door] 678 00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:31,601 Samantha. 679 00:26:31,636 --> 00:26:32,602 I was afraid I'd never see you again. 680 00:26:32,637 --> 00:26:34,170 You almost didn't. 681 00:26:34,205 --> 00:26:38,608 Before you say another word, I need you to look at me. 682 00:26:38,643 --> 00:26:42,412 - Take a good long look. - I don't understand. 683 00:26:42,447 --> 00:26:44,881 I turned out just fine. 684 00:26:44,916 --> 00:26:46,749 So as far as I'm concerned, the problem wasn't 685 00:26:46,785 --> 00:26:49,819 that you cut me loose, it's that you lied to me. 686 00:26:49,854 --> 00:26:51,387 So if you want my help, 687 00:26:51,423 --> 00:26:53,156 you're gonna tell Corey the truth. 688 00:26:53,191 --> 00:26:55,258 He's gonna take responsibility for his actions, 689 00:26:55,293 --> 00:26:57,660 and then we're gonna get him the best deal possible, 690 00:26:57,696 --> 00:26:59,963 and it won't ruin his life. - How do you know that? 691 00:26:59,998 --> 00:27:03,466 Because I know what I'm gonna say to that prosecutor. 692 00:27:05,870 --> 00:27:07,337 Sean. 693 00:27:07,372 --> 00:27:09,606 What a surprise running into you here. 694 00:27:09,641 --> 00:27:12,342 You hungry? Why don't we grab a big fat steak? 695 00:27:12,377 --> 00:27:14,477 Nah, I'd rather go vegan because I know that look. 696 00:27:14,512 --> 00:27:15,590 - What look? - The look that says 697 00:27:15,614 --> 00:27:18,314 "Either my Nana died," or you need a favor. 698 00:27:18,350 --> 00:27:19,849 All right, I do. 699 00:27:19,884 --> 00:27:21,517 A client may or may not have 700 00:27:21,553 --> 00:27:23,786 manipulated a stock at our behest. 701 00:27:23,822 --> 00:27:25,822 We're being blackmailed for it and I need you 702 00:27:25,857 --> 00:27:27,868 to bury the whole thing. - Are you out of your mind? 703 00:27:27,892 --> 00:27:30,627 - Sean, I know it sounds bad-- - No, it sounds illegal, 704 00:27:30,662 --> 00:27:32,373 and you're lucky I'm not arresting you right now. 705 00:27:32,397 --> 00:27:34,530 Listen to me, we only orchestrated this trade 706 00:27:34,566 --> 00:27:36,777 so that hundreds of innocent people could keep their jobs. 707 00:27:36,801 --> 00:27:39,302 I don't care why you did it. I'm not helping you. 708 00:27:39,337 --> 00:27:41,771 I don't believe this. I helped you put away 709 00:27:41,806 --> 00:27:45,708 the man that cost your mother everything. 710 00:27:45,744 --> 00:27:47,510 How's Mike doing, Harvey? 711 00:27:47,545 --> 00:27:51,314 Because if memory serves, I helped save his life. 712 00:27:51,349 --> 00:27:52,949 You did, and I will always be grateful. 713 00:27:52,984 --> 00:27:54,350 So your idea of gratitude 714 00:27:54,386 --> 00:27:55,885 is sticking your hand out for more? 715 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,632 I wouldn't be here if there was any other way. 716 00:27:57,656 --> 00:27:59,066 You know, I moved heaven and earth for you once before, 717 00:27:59,090 --> 00:28:00,690 and now the well is dry. 718 00:28:00,725 --> 00:28:02,558 Well, then dig a little deeper 719 00:28:02,594 --> 00:28:04,405 because if people found out about that heaven and earth, 720 00:28:04,429 --> 00:28:05,895 they wouldn't throw you a parade. 721 00:28:05,930 --> 00:28:07,508 You just admitted to stock manipulation, 722 00:28:07,532 --> 00:28:09,232 so instead of threatening me, 723 00:28:09,267 --> 00:28:11,479 you should be thanking me for not slapping the cuffs on you. 724 00:28:11,503 --> 00:28:13,014 So why don't you go back to your office 725 00:28:13,038 --> 00:28:14,749 and pray that that blackmailer doesn't come to me 726 00:28:14,773 --> 00:28:18,408 'cause if he does, I'm not gonna bury this thing; 727 00:28:18,443 --> 00:28:20,543 I'm gonna bury you. 728 00:28:20,578 --> 00:28:23,046 [tense music] 729 00:28:24,949 --> 00:28:26,916 All right, Donna, I'm here. 730 00:28:26,951 --> 00:28:28,651 The last time I took a meeting with you 731 00:28:28,687 --> 00:28:29,897 you got me to do something I regret. 732 00:28:29,921 --> 00:28:31,065 I hope you're not here to try to get me 733 00:28:31,089 --> 00:28:32,522 to do something like that again. 734 00:28:32,557 --> 00:28:34,023 I'm here to say that that trade 735 00:28:34,059 --> 00:28:37,427 screwed over a pension fund to the tune of $20 million. 736 00:28:37,462 --> 00:28:39,006 I get it. You're telling me if I don't give 737 00:28:39,030 --> 00:28:40,908 that piece of shit my job, I'll lose my license. 738 00:28:40,932 --> 00:28:43,077 I'm telling you it could get a lot worse and I'm sorry. 739 00:28:43,101 --> 00:28:44,567 Well, I don't want an apology. 740 00:28:44,602 --> 00:28:46,335 - I want a way out. - This is a way out. 741 00:28:46,371 --> 00:28:47,682 Yeah, for you and Harvey, not for me. 742 00:28:47,706 --> 00:28:48,671 - Stu-- - God damn it, 743 00:28:48,707 --> 00:28:50,106 this whole thing was his idea. 744 00:28:50,141 --> 00:28:52,742 Now instead of getting me out he wants me to take the bullet? 745 00:28:52,777 --> 00:28:54,444 - It's the only way-- - Is it? 746 00:28:54,479 --> 00:28:55,956 It took me 20 years to get where I am, 747 00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:57,725 and I'm not gonna surrender to some blackmailer 748 00:28:57,749 --> 00:29:00,516 unless my only option is that or prison. 749 00:29:00,552 --> 00:29:01,951 What if that is the choice? 750 00:29:01,986 --> 00:29:05,421 Then I'll step down, but I'll always remember 751 00:29:05,457 --> 00:29:07,457 it was my friends that made me do it. 752 00:29:07,492 --> 00:29:09,036 But let me ask you this? What makes you think 753 00:29:09,060 --> 00:29:10,638 he won't keep using this against us anyway? 754 00:29:10,662 --> 00:29:12,528 Harvey'll make Nick sign something 755 00:29:12,564 --> 00:29:14,742 where he implicates himself if he ever brings it up again. 756 00:29:14,766 --> 00:29:16,866 It'll be mutually assured destruction. 757 00:29:16,901 --> 00:29:19,635 Then if you'll excuse me, I got to get back. 758 00:29:19,671 --> 00:29:22,004 Got a little work to do while the firm's still mine. 759 00:29:29,013 --> 00:29:31,047 I hope you're both here to sign my plea offer 760 00:29:31,082 --> 00:29:33,649 because I don't have time for more negotiations. 761 00:29:33,685 --> 00:29:35,785 I'm not signing anything. 762 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:37,754 - I'm sorry? - She not signing anything 763 00:29:37,789 --> 00:29:39,655 because we both know she didn't do it. 764 00:29:39,691 --> 00:29:41,758 So you're saying I'm free to go after the kid. 765 00:29:41,793 --> 00:29:44,060 You are, and when you do, I'll be representing him 766 00:29:44,095 --> 00:29:45,795 and I'll be giving the jury this. 767 00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:49,665 And this is a rap sheet from 20 years ago. 768 00:29:49,701 --> 00:29:51,801 That's right. Possession, theft, vandalism. 769 00:29:51,836 --> 00:29:53,903 And then the name's been redacted. So what? 770 00:29:53,938 --> 00:29:56,016 You said I didn't know anything about this community. 771 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,341 Well, you're wrong. I grew up here. 772 00:29:58,376 --> 00:30:00,476 Those crimes, I committed them here. 773 00:30:00,512 --> 00:30:02,189 -That's my rap sheet. - That's a nice story, 774 00:30:02,213 --> 00:30:03,980 but it has nothing to do with this case. 775 00:30:04,015 --> 00:30:05,948 Oh, yes, it does. Because you wanted to know 776 00:30:05,984 --> 00:30:08,785 what Judy did to get a lawyer like me in her corner. 777 00:30:08,820 --> 00:30:10,586 She raised me, 778 00:30:10,622 --> 00:30:12,622 and if you take Corey away from her, 779 00:30:12,657 --> 00:30:14,023 he won't have the chance to turn 780 00:30:14,058 --> 00:30:15,825 into the productive member of society 781 00:30:15,860 --> 00:30:19,028 that she can help him become. 782 00:30:19,063 --> 00:30:22,165 So he's gonna plead down to misdemeanor possession, 783 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,867 community service, and it will not go on his record. 784 00:30:24,903 --> 00:30:26,369 And if I say no? 785 00:30:26,404 --> 00:30:27,882 Then I'll take my story, my rap sheet, 786 00:30:27,906 --> 00:30:29,372 and that 16-year-old kid-- 787 00:30:29,407 --> 00:30:31,507 And you tell it again in open court. 788 00:30:31,543 --> 00:30:33,053 I can break a jury in a number of ways. 789 00:30:33,077 --> 00:30:35,645 - That's just one. - You raised this? 790 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,547 I did, and I'm proud of her. 791 00:30:37,582 --> 00:30:40,349 Well, I suppose that's punishment enough. 792 00:30:44,522 --> 00:30:47,557 You have yourselves a deal. 793 00:30:47,592 --> 00:30:52,228 I'll have my office draw up the paperwork. 794 00:30:52,263 --> 00:30:54,697 Samantha, thank you. 795 00:30:54,732 --> 00:30:58,734 I couldn't have done this without you. 796 00:30:58,770 --> 00:31:02,138 I could say the same thing to you, Judy. 797 00:31:04,042 --> 00:31:06,509 If you're in here, I take it Cahill said no. 798 00:31:06,544 --> 00:31:09,111 He didn't just say no. He said I was lucky 799 00:31:09,147 --> 00:31:10,680 he wasn't arresting me, 800 00:31:10,715 --> 00:31:13,049 which means Stu is our only hope. 801 00:31:13,084 --> 00:31:14,584 Not necessarily. 802 00:31:14,619 --> 00:31:16,030 Please, tell me you got him to agree. 803 00:31:16,054 --> 00:31:19,422 I did. It was hard and it hurt, 804 00:31:19,457 --> 00:31:20,923 but I did. 805 00:31:20,959 --> 00:31:22,758 And then he asked me how we can be sure 806 00:31:22,794 --> 00:31:24,572 that Nick won't keep holding this over our heads. 807 00:31:24,596 --> 00:31:26,195 Easy, we'll make him sign an agreement 808 00:31:26,231 --> 00:31:28,042 which I can go draft right now. - If I'm right, 809 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:29,432 Nick won't have to sign anything 810 00:31:29,467 --> 00:31:30,933 and Stu won't have to step down. 811 00:31:30,969 --> 00:31:33,603 If Stu doesn't step down, Nick goes to the SEC. 812 00:31:33,638 --> 00:31:34,682 In case you haven't been paying attention, 813 00:31:34,706 --> 00:31:36,672 Cahill said no. - Maybe that's because 814 00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:38,185 you didn't ask him the right question. 815 00:31:38,209 --> 00:31:39,709 What the hell are you talking about? 816 00:31:39,744 --> 00:31:42,678 I'm trying to tell you I have an idea. 817 00:31:44,582 --> 00:31:46,616 Looking over your future kingdom? 818 00:31:46,651 --> 00:31:47,950 Sorry to disappoint you, 819 00:31:47,986 --> 00:31:50,052 but you're not getting the crown. 820 00:31:50,088 --> 00:31:51,287 And who the hell are you? 821 00:31:51,322 --> 00:31:52,955 You heard from the B team. 822 00:31:52,991 --> 00:31:55,625 Well, I'm the A team. 823 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,226 The guy you know nothing about. 824 00:31:57,262 --> 00:32:00,596 Not my name, or where I'm from, or what I do. 825 00:32:00,632 --> 00:32:03,299 Well, I know who sent you, and Harvey Specter-- 826 00:32:03,334 --> 00:32:05,735 Harvey Specter didn't send me, Nick. 827 00:32:05,770 --> 00:32:06,881 And neither did Stu Buzzini. 828 00:32:06,905 --> 00:32:08,282 Well, that just leaves Teddy Doyle. 829 00:32:08,306 --> 00:32:09,872 Whom I've never met in my life. 830 00:32:09,908 --> 00:32:11,774 And yet here I am calling your bluff. 831 00:32:11,809 --> 00:32:13,609 And what bluff is that? 832 00:32:13,645 --> 00:32:15,155 The one where you think anyone's going to believe 833 00:32:15,179 --> 00:32:16,957 you're going to march into Sean Cahill's office 834 00:32:16,981 --> 00:32:19,115 and tell him your fairytale. 835 00:32:19,150 --> 00:32:20,750 Because blackmail is a crime, 836 00:32:20,785 --> 00:32:22,618 and you don't have the balls for it. 837 00:32:22,654 --> 00:32:23,853 I see what this is. 838 00:32:23,888 --> 00:32:28,491 I'm not blackmailing anyone and you can record me all you want 839 00:32:28,526 --> 00:32:30,326 because it occurs to me 840 00:32:30,361 --> 00:32:32,495 that I don't need Stu to step down at all. 841 00:32:32,530 --> 00:32:34,630 I just have to do the thing that you say I won't 842 00:32:34,666 --> 00:32:36,899 and I'll have a clear path to throne anyway. 843 00:32:36,935 --> 00:32:38,834 - Nick. - No, no, no. 844 00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:41,771 You don't call my bluff. I call yours. 845 00:32:41,806 --> 00:32:44,941 So tell Harvey, or Stu, or whoever the fuck sent you 846 00:32:44,976 --> 00:32:48,678 it didn't work, and get out of my firm 847 00:32:48,713 --> 00:32:50,479 'cause make no mistake, come tomorrow, 848 00:32:50,515 --> 00:32:52,315 this place is mine. 849 00:33:02,488 --> 00:33:05,224 Working late? 850 00:33:05,259 --> 00:33:08,393 I have to look for another way to get noticed around here 851 00:33:08,429 --> 00:33:11,396 now that you have to cut me loose. 852 00:33:11,432 --> 00:33:13,332 Look, Brian, I'm sure you're busy, 853 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:16,435 but I think we should talk. 854 00:33:16,470 --> 00:33:17,936 About what? 855 00:33:17,972 --> 00:33:20,839 About the fact that you're an outstanding attorney, 856 00:33:20,875 --> 00:33:24,243 and you don't deserve to be hurt by a personal matter 857 00:33:24,278 --> 00:33:26,845 that I should have kept in check. 858 00:33:26,881 --> 00:33:29,581 - Katrina, you don't-- - No, it's my fault. 859 00:33:29,617 --> 00:33:32,551 You said it, and you were right. 860 00:33:32,586 --> 00:33:35,721 I've been feeling... 861 00:33:35,756 --> 00:33:38,891 pulled to you for quite some time. 862 00:33:38,926 --> 00:33:42,728 I pretended it wasn't true and that I could control it, 863 00:33:42,763 --> 00:33:45,297 well, I couldn't. 864 00:33:45,332 --> 00:33:47,532 But I'm not going to let it hurt your career. 865 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:50,235 That's not fair. I lashed out 866 00:33:50,271 --> 00:33:54,373 because I was feeling guilty about... 867 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:57,776 you know... 868 00:33:57,811 --> 00:34:00,379 and I'm afraid for my career. 869 00:34:00,414 --> 00:34:03,315 And it feels like I can't make the right decision, 870 00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:06,952 and the wrong one is gonna bring everything crashing down. 871 00:34:06,987 --> 00:34:09,421 I'm feeling exactly the same way. 872 00:34:09,456 --> 00:34:13,592 - So what are we gonna do? - Well, I have an idea. 873 00:34:13,627 --> 00:34:14,960 I'm not completely sure about it, 874 00:34:14,995 --> 00:34:18,497 but the one thing I do know is that 875 00:34:18,532 --> 00:34:20,332 no one is going to believe 876 00:34:20,367 --> 00:34:22,768 I traded you for Susan Carter because she's a better lawyer. 877 00:34:22,803 --> 00:34:25,671 - That bad? - Worse. 878 00:34:25,706 --> 00:34:27,506 So what's your plan? 879 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:28,585 If we work together for a year 880 00:34:28,609 --> 00:34:33,512 and it's successful, which I know it can be, 881 00:34:33,547 --> 00:34:35,347 you'll be on the junior partner track. 882 00:34:35,382 --> 00:34:38,650 You can have your own cases, and I can say 883 00:34:38,686 --> 00:34:41,620 that you're ready to be more than someone's associate. 884 00:34:41,655 --> 00:34:44,756 - That sounds like a plan. - Good. 885 00:34:46,961 --> 00:34:49,895 Am I allowed to say you're not just someone? 886 00:34:53,901 --> 00:34:56,034 You probably shouldn't. 887 00:34:56,070 --> 00:34:59,871 - Thank you, Katrina. - Thank you, Brian. 888 00:34:59,907 --> 00:35:02,874 [bright music] 889 00:35:02,910 --> 00:35:07,946 ♪ ♪ 890 00:35:08,983 --> 00:35:10,849 As you can see, it's clear stock manipulation 891 00:35:10,884 --> 00:35:12,617 involving my boss and his law firm 892 00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:14,786 all orchestrated to serve as a takeover. 893 00:35:14,822 --> 00:35:17,622 - It does appear that way. - Oh, it is that way. 894 00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:19,058 And I'm not gonna let Stuart Buzzini 895 00:35:19,093 --> 00:35:21,526 put a black mark on my firm. 896 00:35:21,562 --> 00:35:22,973 And you chose to do this after hours 897 00:35:22,997 --> 00:35:24,629 because if you want a career, 898 00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:26,798 you certainly don't want to do this in broad daylight. 899 00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:29,501 The thought did occur to me. So what now? 900 00:35:29,536 --> 00:35:31,047 You're gonna take these guys down, right? 901 00:35:31,071 --> 00:35:32,804 Well, now that all depends 902 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,807 because as much as I hate crooked traders, 903 00:35:35,843 --> 00:35:37,976 I hate blackmailers even more. 904 00:35:38,012 --> 00:35:39,811 What? I'm here because-- 905 00:35:39,847 --> 00:35:42,581 You're here because I wanted you here, 906 00:35:42,616 --> 00:35:45,684 and before you say you don't anything about blackmail, 907 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,919 you do, but so does Sean because I told him. 908 00:35:47,955 --> 00:35:48,987 That's bullshit. 909 00:35:49,023 --> 00:35:51,390 Shh, save your breath. 910 00:35:51,425 --> 00:35:53,325 You're gonna need to do some thinking 911 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:54,838 because I'm gonna tell you the exact same thing 912 00:35:54,862 --> 00:35:56,595 that I told Harvey when he came to me. 913 00:35:56,630 --> 00:35:59,097 You're lucky I don't arrest you right now. 914 00:35:59,133 --> 00:36:00,832 - Bullshit you said that. - He did, 915 00:36:00,868 --> 00:36:03,702 and whether you believe him or not, I do. 916 00:36:03,737 --> 00:36:05,704 I'm a whistleblower. I have protections. 917 00:36:05,739 --> 00:36:08,006 Not for blackmailing charges you don't. 918 00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:09,508 'Cause as far as I'm concerned, 919 00:36:09,543 --> 00:36:10,754 I think you're both telling the truth, 920 00:36:10,778 --> 00:36:12,544 which means you should both be indicted. 921 00:36:12,579 --> 00:36:15,881 But since I have discretion, I can go after both or neither, 922 00:36:15,916 --> 00:36:17,983 and I'm sure as shit not just going after Harvey. 923 00:36:18,018 --> 00:36:19,763 So the question I have for you, Mr. Whistleblower, 924 00:36:19,787 --> 00:36:24,823 is do you want to be prosecuted today or not? 925 00:36:24,858 --> 00:36:28,860 I'm sorry to have wasted your time. 926 00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:30,529 Nick, one more thing. 927 00:36:30,564 --> 00:36:33,965 Stu asked me to let you know that you're fired. 928 00:36:34,001 --> 00:36:35,634 On what grounds? 929 00:36:35,669 --> 00:36:37,869 You remember all those trades I consulted you on? 930 00:36:37,905 --> 00:36:40,739 They were real and they sucked, 931 00:36:40,774 --> 00:36:43,075 but Stu's a generous man. 932 00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:45,777 He gave you a healthy severance package. 933 00:36:45,813 --> 00:36:47,679 Don't spend it all in one place. 934 00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:51,550 Like it or not, Sean, 935 00:36:51,585 --> 00:36:54,152 we still make a pretty good team. 936 00:36:54,188 --> 00:36:56,755 Good team or not, if he'd gone the other way, 937 00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:59,224 you'd be wearing handcuffs right now. 938 00:36:59,259 --> 00:37:01,493 For what it's worth, we're about to make 939 00:37:01,528 --> 00:37:03,895 an anonymous donation to a certain pension fund. 940 00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:06,598 - We'll make them whole, Sean. - Good for you, Harvey, 941 00:37:06,633 --> 00:37:08,233 but I don't want to know about it 942 00:37:08,268 --> 00:37:10,936 'cause this is where the gravy train ends. 943 00:37:10,971 --> 00:37:13,572 And if you ever threaten me again, 944 00:37:13,607 --> 00:37:17,576 I'll take you down on the spot. 945 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:20,612 Sean. 946 00:37:20,647 --> 00:37:23,648 Harvey. 947 00:37:25,486 --> 00:37:27,018 Louis, what are you-- 948 00:37:27,054 --> 00:37:29,688 I wanna ask you something 949 00:37:29,723 --> 00:37:32,090 and you don't have to answer, but... 950 00:37:32,126 --> 00:37:34,137 If this is about the Chelsea Connor case, I have-- 951 00:37:34,161 --> 00:37:36,795 It's not about the case. 952 00:37:36,830 --> 00:37:39,397 Katrina, did something happen between you and Brian? 953 00:37:39,433 --> 00:37:40,966 What? 954 00:37:41,001 --> 00:37:41,900 The night I brought you your new business cards, 955 00:37:41,935 --> 00:37:43,702 remember? You were upset. 956 00:37:43,737 --> 00:37:45,971 You said you didn't have love in your life. 957 00:37:46,006 --> 00:37:48,673 And then yesterday, I bring his name up 958 00:37:48,709 --> 00:37:50,609 and you get weird. 959 00:37:50,644 --> 00:37:52,110 I just want you to know, Katrina, 960 00:37:52,146 --> 00:37:54,012 I care about you and if something happened-- 961 00:37:54,047 --> 00:37:57,048 Yes and no, Louis. Yes and no. 962 00:37:57,084 --> 00:37:58,650 What does that mean? 963 00:37:58,685 --> 00:38:02,187 Brian and I developed feelings for each other. 964 00:38:02,222 --> 00:38:04,823 We didn't mean to, and we didn't act on it, 965 00:38:04,858 --> 00:38:07,025 but it got complicated 966 00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:08,627 and we messed up that deposition. 967 00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:10,540 And I know you must be thinking, "He's married." 968 00:38:10,564 --> 00:38:12,063 And I'm horrible-- 969 00:38:12,099 --> 00:38:14,799 Katrina, I don't think any of those things. 970 00:38:14,835 --> 00:38:17,135 - You don't? - No, things like this happen. 971 00:38:17,171 --> 00:38:18,837 I know that as well as anyone. 972 00:38:18,872 --> 00:38:19,804 The only thing I think about you is that 973 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,275 you are the same brilliant, 974 00:38:23,310 --> 00:38:25,310 wonderful, quirky woman 975 00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:27,490 that I've had the honor of working with all these years, 976 00:38:27,514 --> 00:38:28,980 and that's never gonna change. 977 00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:32,584 - You really think that? - Yes. 978 00:38:32,619 --> 00:38:35,287 Thank you, Louis. 979 00:38:35,322 --> 00:38:37,656 Come on. Bring it in. 980 00:38:37,691 --> 00:38:38,590 Unless you're worried, 981 00:38:38,625 --> 00:38:40,158 'cause if you find Brian attractive 982 00:38:40,194 --> 00:38:41,826 I can only imagine the temptation 983 00:38:41,862 --> 00:38:44,563 that this pot of hotness must be over here. 984 00:38:44,598 --> 00:38:45,931 Too soon? 985 00:38:45,966 --> 00:38:49,501 No, Louis. Right on time. 986 00:38:52,606 --> 00:38:55,707 [cell phone buzzing] 987 00:38:57,244 --> 00:38:59,222 Donna, are you calling to get together again tonight, 988 00:38:59,246 --> 00:39:01,146 because that would be three nights in a row, 989 00:39:01,181 --> 00:39:02,714 and we might find ourselves in trouble. 990 00:39:02,749 --> 00:39:04,716 I'm not calling to get together. 991 00:39:04,751 --> 00:39:06,618 Okay, what's going on? 992 00:39:06,653 --> 00:39:09,688 You remember when I said I had a work thing on my mind, 993 00:39:09,723 --> 00:39:11,256 and I didn't wanna talk about it? 994 00:39:11,291 --> 00:39:13,792 Of course. 995 00:39:13,827 --> 00:39:15,927 I want to talk about it now. 996 00:39:15,963 --> 00:39:18,230 - I'm right here. - It's not always easy knowing 997 00:39:18,265 --> 00:39:20,098 what the right thing to do is in my job, 998 00:39:20,133 --> 00:39:24,269 and it worked out this time, but... 999 00:39:24,304 --> 00:39:26,137 sometimes it just sucks. 1000 00:39:26,173 --> 00:39:27,650 Well, you may not believe this, Donna, 1001 00:39:27,674 --> 00:39:28,885 but I know exactly what you mean. 1002 00:39:28,909 --> 00:39:30,775 How could you? 1003 00:39:30,811 --> 00:39:32,288 When Louis and Alex got me out of that contract, 1004 00:39:32,312 --> 00:39:34,279 it was because Larry was shady. 1005 00:39:34,314 --> 00:39:36,281 But what if he wasn't? 1006 00:39:36,316 --> 00:39:38,883 What if it had just been a mistake? 1007 00:39:38,919 --> 00:39:40,930 Well, I would still need them to get me out of that contract 1008 00:39:40,954 --> 00:39:42,098 and I wouldn't care what it took 1009 00:39:42,122 --> 00:39:44,823 because it was my business. 1010 00:39:44,858 --> 00:39:47,225 And I would have put you all in a pretty tough spot. 1011 00:39:47,261 --> 00:39:48,927 There really is more to you 1012 00:39:48,962 --> 00:39:50,629 than meets the eye, isn't there? 1013 00:39:50,664 --> 00:39:53,265 Anything you want to know, I'm right here. 1014 00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:56,635 What if I said I wanted to get together tonight after all? 1015 00:39:56,670 --> 00:39:58,081 Well, then I'd say that maybe it's time 1016 00:39:58,105 --> 00:40:00,772 for you to come over to my place. 1017 00:40:00,807 --> 00:40:02,774 Give me an hour. 1018 00:40:02,809 --> 00:40:05,777 Oh, and, Thomas, take your vitamins. 1019 00:40:16,023 --> 00:40:18,123 [cell phone buzzing] 1020 00:40:18,158 --> 00:40:19,924 [line trilling] 1021 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,760 I'm not here right now, so if you want me 1022 00:40:21,795 --> 00:40:23,828 to call you back, say something interesting. 1023 00:40:23,864 --> 00:40:27,332 Hey, I just thought we could get a drink and celebrate. 1024 00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:31,136 I leave to you whether that's interesting enough or not. 1025 00:40:31,171 --> 00:40:34,105 [jazzy music] 1026 00:40:34,141 --> 00:40:36,941 ♪ ♪ 1027 00:40:36,977 --> 00:40:38,877 [line trilling] 1028 00:40:38,912 --> 00:40:41,313 You've reached the phone number of Mike Ross. 1029 00:40:41,348 --> 00:40:43,882 Please leave a message. 1030 00:40:43,917 --> 00:40:45,717 Hey, Mike, it's me. 1031 00:40:45,752 --> 00:40:47,385 I got a hell of a story to tell you. 1032 00:40:47,421 --> 00:40:50,021 It involves Kevin Miller, Stu Buzzini, 1033 00:40:50,057 --> 00:40:55,226 Sean Cahill, and that trade we made for Teddy Doyle last year. 1034 00:40:55,262 --> 00:40:58,963 Gimme a call if you want to hear it. 1035 00:40:58,999 --> 00:41:01,966 Miss you, buddy. 1036 00:41:02,002 --> 00:41:08,973 ♪ ♪ 1037 00:41:13,532 --> 00:41:20,532 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man