This is my office?
(laughs): Yes.
You have a $10,000 stipend to decorate,
and there is an art loan program
for equity partners.
Here are your keys.
And welcome.
Thank you.
(laughs)
Uh, we'll have this, uh, cleared out soon,
but, uh...
this should be good in the meantime.
You are highly valued here, Cary.
Good to hear.
Please keep this between us, but there is a good chance
we will lose a partner in the next six months.
Which partner?
Well, I can't say, unfortunately, but...
I would like to see you join our ranks.
Before she became a partner,
Alicia made herself valuable by interviewing
and hiring a new associate.
We would like you to do the same.
These are résumés.
Please look them over
and just keep us posted.
I need to hire you.
Okay.
What are you working on at the moment?
Employee background checks.
Pass that off to the new investigator.
I need you to do a background check on a partner.
Who?
Me.
Give me a minute, please.
No calls.
Peter Florrick has offered me
the vacated Illinois Supreme Court seat
if he wins the governorship.
I know there are always attempts
to smear a potential judge,
so I want to know where I'm vulnerable.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Hi. Where are you, and what are you on?
What am I on?
What case?
Oh, uh, Sweeney. Why?
Okay, I need you take over my employee background checks.
I'm innocent.
Yes, you've said.
But you don't believe me.
I think you like that I don't believe you.
I think you like that I represent you
even when I know you're guilty.
I like a lot of things about you, Mrs. Florrick.
I must have had issues as a child.
You feed my Mary Poppins obsession.
Here's the thing, Mr. Sweeney.
I think you threw a birthday party that got out of hand
and ended up costing the Hirschorn Club
$80,000 in damage.
That's all.
I think that the prosecution is overreacting.
And I hate to disappoint you, but I think you're innocent.
You're right, it's not as much fun when you believe me.
I thought so.
Ah, Isobel.
You know Alicia.
ISOBEL: Yes, I do.
She questioned me in court a year ago.
Oh, yes-- when we were all on opposite sides.
My, how the wheel turns.
"Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope."
Oh, I love it when he talks like that.
Alicia. Hello.
Laura, hi. Good to see you.
Uh, first-name basis?
Should I be jealous?
What, that I like her more than I like you? Sure.
Prosecution has been dragging its feet on discovery!
...all evidence currently, the State needs more time,
Your Honor. It has been six months
since Mr. Sweeney has been accused of disorderly conduct,
Your Honor-- a Class C misdemeanor.
No, he fired a gun at this party!
And given the fact that it was
a private club that served alcohol,
that's a Class 4 felony. POLITI: Okay, I get it.
I get it. We're both angry.
And we like to express our anger in loud voices.
But, see, here's the thing:
I'm a judge.
I'm unfazed by loud voices.
So here's the long and short of it.
You plead this out!
Get it out of my court!
This was a party that got out of hand, Madam ASA.
No one died, and as far as I can tell,
no one even got hurt!
No one did.
Oh, Mr. Sweeney, please know that
you can only hurt your cause by opening your friggin' mouth.
Okay, you two, come on, get up here.
Court-mandated bargaining. Come on.
We want to plead this out, Your Honor,
but Ms. Hellinger... Shut up.
Nobody talks until I ask.
Now, what will you take, Counselor?
Exoneration-- my client didn't do it.
Your client is a psychopath who's lucky
he didn't get convicted for killing his wife.
And what will you take?
Six years, the maximum. One year, two years probation.
No, Your Honor. Two years probation.
Good. Compromise.
See? There we go.
No. Six years, the maximum.
We're not bending.
DIANE: It's been six months, and they're still
not bargaining?
They still insist it's a Class 4.
It's about the election.
State's Attorney doesn't want to bargain
with Mr. Sweeney and look weak on crime.
SWEENEY: Really?
Your husband doesn't like me?
WILL: Wait out the prosecution.
In one month, the gubernatorial race will
be over, and I bet they let Mr. Sweeney go
with two months' probation.
SWEENEY: Good. We delay.
That's always best. DIANE: Well, then let's turn
to your business holdings, Mr. Sweeney.
DIANE: Alicia, Cary, thank you.
(door closes)
Oh.
Ms. Swift, hello.
I'm supposed to be in the ladies' room.
Just down the hall.
Colin fires lawyers once a week.
But he's kept you on.
You're probably the most successful relationship
in his life.
I wouldn't call it a relationship. He talks about you.
Don't you want to know how he talks about you?
No, actually, I don't.
Not sexually. Well...
(chuckles): not all the time sexually.
You are pristine to him.
He asked me if I found you desirable,
but I find everyone desirable.
He asked me to marry him.
I'm not sure I will.
Oh, I like him enough.
He's rich.
But the question is,
if I marry him, will he kill me?
As his lawyer, I can't speak to the rumors
that he killed his first wife.
But I do know the supposed reason for the killing
was his wife's money.
And... you have no money, to speak of.
So... there would be no reason to kill you.
Your hair would look prettier shorter.
Your first interview is here. You want a rundown?
Yeah.
Have a seat on my lovely couch.
Gregory Steck-- he graduated from Harvard Law School in 2006.
You can just say Harvard.
Graduated from Harvard in 2006.
Currently clerks for Judge Wallace.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Wallace?
Yes, Illinois Supreme Court justice.
Uh, his Facebook page was scrubbed clean.
Nothing too dramatic.
Okay. And here he is.
ROBYN: He's expecting $150,000 a year.
Other firms are pursuing.
No, no, no. Stay.
M-Me stay? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Look better with two.
Should I say something?
No. Don't smile.
Look severe.
Greg, how are you? Cary Agos.
Cary, good to meet you. Thanks for your interest.
And this is Robyn Burdine, one of our top lawyers.
I built my own canoe.
You built your own canoe?
Is that a metaphor? No, no.
When I was home over Christmas, I actually built one.
And I realized I like to get my fingernails dirty.
You know, like last night,
I was writing Wallace's majority opinion on Miles,
and I thought, what am I doing?
You know, if I die today, no one will know I did anything.
You clerk for a Supreme Court justice long enough,
you want to see the law in action.
Well, Robyn can tell you--
most associates never see
the inside of a courtroom for a few years.
Oh, well, that won't bother me.
I've been Wallace's go-to on draft opinions long enough.
I've done his last four.
I need new fields, new streams.
Do I know you from Harvard or someplace?
CARY: No.
Robyn's from Georgetown.
Oh, Georgetown. Really? How'd you like it?
Humid.
(laughs)
CARY: So, what'd you think?
He is a braggart.
Is that a bad thing?
I don't know, do you want a braggart?
If he's got something to brag about, sure.
Well, people who have something to brag about
usually don't brag.
Hello. (grunts)
I'm awake. The interview today with Steck--
what did he say about an opinion he was working on?
"I was writing Wallace's majority opinion on Miles..."
He said "Miles," didn't he?
Yeah. Why?
I think I know why they won't plead on Sweeney.
And it has nothing to do with the election.
(doorbell rings)
Hey. Hello.
Sorry. I'm Cary Agos from your mom's work, and I just...
(shower running) Cary Argus is here.
He's from your work.
ALICIA: Who?
The People v. Miles decision
will affect Sweeney's sentencing.
That's why the State's Attorney's office
won't bargain-- it's a delaying tactic.
How do you know? An interview today.
Someone who clerks for Wallace, the conservative justice;
he finished writing the majority opinion.
That would make the gun-firing his third strike.
Yeah. Sweeney's already been convicted
of two other major felonies.
Double enhancement means
not only would Sweeney's firing of the gun
be bumped up to a felony, but it would count as his third strike.
He would get life in prison. That's right.
No judicial discretion-- Sweeney loses the case,
he goes to prison for life.
Oh, my God. From a possible misdemeanor to life in prison.
Another thing.
You were at Sweeney's arraignment, weren't you? Yes.
And you automatically asked for a speedy trial, right?
Yes, by rote.
Uh... are we past 160 days?
No.
Tomorrow.
We're not ready to go to trial.
I know.
But the prosecution isn't either.
They were thinking of slow-playing this
until the Supreme Court opinion came down.
So we would have to rush this. Yeah.
You have to conduct a defense and get it to deliberations
before the Supreme Court opinion comes down.
Or Sweeney faces life in prison.
That's right.
We have to run the fastest trial in history.
Excuse me?
We want to exercise
Mr. Sweeney's right to a speedy trial.
Your Honor, I... We're not ready.
You want a speedy trial now?
Well, we wanted a speedy trial 159 days ago
at Mr. Sweeney's arraignment when we requested it,
as you can see here
from the arraignment transcript.
Your Honor, this is...
Every defense attorney insists on that by rote.
Yes, but we meant it.
And we still do.
Are you ready to go to trial, Mrs. Florrick?
We are, Your Honor. ASA Hellinger?
We're absolutely not.
ALICIA: That really doesn't matter,
Your Honor, given that the speedy trial statute
imposes a 160-day time limit.
The prosecution must go to trial today or release our client.
(indistinct chatter)
Quiet down.
We have an unusual situation here.
We have court in two and a half hours,
and we were preparing for court in four months.
So we'll need all hands on deck.
Do we have a ballistics expert? Not yet. We were planning
to find out who the prosecution hired.
Who do we know is free? Who's the best?
Well, Kurt McVeigh is the best.
I think he's working on a case.
Maybe someone could call him and see
if he'd make himself available. SWEENEY: Ah.
Am I missing something here?
No. I'll try him.
Good. Cary, Robyn,
see if you can get more information
on when the opinion will be published.
We'll try. SWEENEY: And I want
one of the partners on this.
Alicia is a partner.
No, one of the name partners.
My apologies, Mrs. Florrick,
but I want the biggest guns. DIANE: Ah, good.
Will is free.
You take the Sweeney case. I can't.
Why not?
You're the litigator.
I'm... involved.
With whom? Judge Politi?
The ASA, Laura Hellinger.
You're kidding? You're dating her?
I... For a week.
KALINDA: Diane?
Uh, I have something for you.
DIANE: Oh, uh, one second.
Just get a sign-off from Sweeney,
and we're protected on malpractice.
Maybe it's good.
(knocking)
Hi. Mr. Sweeney, could I speak to you for a minute?
Out here.
Certainly.
(door closes)
Are we confessing?
(chuckles): No, no.
You've asked for a partner to second chair your case.
I feel obligated to warn you that
I'm in a relationship with the prosecutor in your case.
Ah.
A sexual relationship?
I'd rather not go into detail.
Yes, I know. You'd rather not.
But I'm your client,
and I bring 22 million a year into your firm.
And before I sign off, I want to know.
Is it a sexual relationship?
Not currently.
But you intend it to be?
Mr. Sweeney, it is your prerogative
to insist on another lawyer. I...
That's why I love this place.
Everybody sleeps with everybody else.
Come on.
Yes, I sign off.
As long as I get details.
All right, so we invite him back.
For a callback interview?
Yeah, and to fish around for the release date of the opinion.
He's a braggart.
Maybe he'll brag about when it's being published.
Um, so, you... you found something?
Yeah.
Look, I'll only tell you as much as you want to know,
so, at any moment, you can say, "Stop."
"Elena knew it was wrong to want Damon.
"She was about to marry Stefan, after all.
"Yet when Damon drew her close,
"Elena found herself
"unable to resist his vampire charms.
"When Damon's fangs dug into her neck,
"her whole body pulsed with desire.
"She needed him.
She needed him bad."
I... Huh?
It's fan fiction
for the TV show Vampire Diaries.
So? I...
You wrote it.
You... I wrote what? That?
Yeah.
Kalinda, I've never even heard of the TV show Vampire Diaries.
And if I had, I wouldn't feel compelled
to write something like...
Does it go on like that? It does.
Elena and Damon have sex in the end in a pickup truck.
I'm happy for them.
It came from your IP address,
and your e-mail account.
Kalinda, I... I don't know what to say.
Who else has access to your computer?
No one. No...
Oh.
Who? Um...
my housekeeper.
Okay. What's her name?
I'll talk to her.
Diane, I don't think you understand.
You have to fire her, and I do need her name.
No.
She is a nice lady with three kids.
I mean, she just, obviously,
doesn't have any sense of boundaries.
No. You need to create
a paper trail to separate yourself from her.
You're wanting to become
an Illinois Supreme Court justice, Diane.
If your name becomes associated with vampire fan fiction,
the ridicule factor's going to be hard to beat.
You need to fire her.
(dance music playing)
(men whooping, shouting indistinctly)
(gunshot)
(woman screams)
(screaming, clamoring)
HELLINGER: You shot that, Mr. Catalini?
Uh, it's Catalani.
Yeah, the video?
Yeah, I shot that on my cell phone.
I thought the party was getting out of hand.
And you... I...
Just to be clear, you're wearing those gym clothes
because you came straight from the gym?
Yeah, I got your call, and, um, I was on the treadmill.
I was watching the news, uh, you know,
up there above the treadmill, and, um, and I got your call...
Okay, I think we've established the reason
for the witness's clothes.
Can we move on?
Yes. Okay, so...
Str... uh... strike that, and, uh...
Sorry, Your Honor.
I usually have more time to prepare.
I sympathize.
We're all actors without a script.
So, Mr. Catalini-- Catalani,
uh, you saw Mr. Sweeney, the defendant over there,
with a gun--
this gun... right?
Yeah, that's it. It's supposed
to be Capone's gun, and Sweeney wanted to play William Tell.
He was talking about how some author
did the same thing with his wife.
William Burroughs. Shut up.
Ah, thank you, Mr. Sweeney.
Mr. Sweeney
wanted to use this gun
to shoot an apple off his girlfriend's head?
Someone's head, yeah. Nothing further.
Do you hold a grudge, Mr. Catalani?
No. Did Mr. Sweeney
fire you? No. Um,
there was a general downsizing, but, no, I wasn't fired.
Was the...
the downsizing at the behest of Mr. Sweeney?
Yeah, I guess. Nothing further, Your Honor.
We're ready for the next witness.
Oh, unfortunately, we're not.
Our ballistics expert is stuck in Salt Lake City... Your Honor,
the defense is ready. We can't help Ms. Hellinger's problems.
POLITI: Yes, well, you can present him as a rebuttal witness
when he arrives, Ms. Hellinger.
Please proceed.
McVEIGH: As you can see, the bullet entered the body,
and left what we call
a tail splash.
Now, this is basically the hurling
of injured tissue behind.
The bullet
moves through the body and creates a...
The bullet...
the bullet moving through the body...
You can see here the bullet as it...
As... I'm sorry.
Uh, what was the question again?
(door opens)
Thank you.
You were wonderful. I was not wonderful.
I was... distracted.
You were wonderfully distracted.
Sorry about Mr. Romney.
I almost called you on election night.
To gloat?
No, to sympathize.
I know how it feels.
Kerry in 2004.
Are we really
comparing Kerry to Romney?
(laughs)
I need your help.
With? A case.
An innocent man.
Who?
Just give this a chance.
Colin Sweeney.
(laughs)
Kurt, just look at this.
Even guilty people can be innocent sometimes.
Just do it for me, please?
Alicia.
Laura, I'm sorry about how crazy the trial got.
We just had... Can I ask you...
do you have a relationship with Will?
What?
Are you two romantically involved?
No.
We're not involved.
We were,
once, but it was a long time ago.
It's not still going on?
No, it's over, I swear.
Laura, you're my friend.
So is Will, and I think it's great that you two are...
whatever you are.
(chuckles)
Okay.
We're late.
WILL: So, your testimony,
Ms. Swift, is that Mr. Sweeney
could not have been firing this gun,
because at that point, he was with you?
Yes, in the Rose Salon. And that's here?
Uh, sorry, Your Honor. We didn't have time to put it on a slide.
That's all right. Just plop it
up here on the bench.
Yeah, that's the Rose Salon right there off the main lounge.
Mm-hmm, and what were you doing there?
Anal.
(clears throat) Well, I think that's clear.
No further questions.
(mouthing)
HELLINGER: So you were having...
you... anal intercourse
with Mr. Sweeney at the time of the gunshot?
Yes, that is correct, ma'am.
And you're Mr. Sweeney's live-in girlfriend,
is that right, Ms. Swift?
Yes, I am.
So, why shouldn't this court dismiss your testimony
as biased? Because I'm not.
But don't you intend to marry him?
I'm not so sure about that.
I have my concerns.
Oh, really?
What might those be?
Well, he killed his first wife.
Ms. Hellinger, any more questions?
I guess not.
(quietly): I think your girlfriend's gonna need
some makeup sex, hmm?
GREG: I won't say
I was surprised to get the call, it's just...
Well, it's good to be asked back.
Oh, I felt like we just
scratched the surface of Greg Steck.
Ro... Robyn and I-- we-we looked at each other
after our interview, and... and we realized
we hadn't asked you anything
about your duties at the Supreme Court.
Oh, well, you have another three hours?
We might.
(laughs)
So you've been writing up
all of Wallace's opinions?
Oh, pretty much. I mean, you know how it is.
Judges do none of the work, get all the glory.
And the, uh...
the-the...
the Miles opinion--
did the justice give you notes on that?
No, no.
He's been taking it out on his, uh...
I'm sorry.
This might be my mom; she's in the hospital.
Sorry, Cary,
Robyn.
That was Hockney & Barnes.
They just hired me.
Wait. What?
Yeah, I told them to get back to me by 3:00 p.m.
That was them. Thanks for your interest.
Wait. We may want to hire you.
Okay.
Uh, I'll check with my friends in Springfield,
see if they know anything about Miles.
No, I'll go after him.
It won't make a difference. He got a job.
I won't go after him about a job.
KALINDA: Okay, this is the prosecution's ballistics re-creation.
That's the spot where they recovered the bullet.
And here, their experts say that
they can prove that the bullet was fired
from the doorway to this room. The Rose Salon.
That's where we proved Sweeney was having sex. Damn it.
So, we rebut the expert.
That's our only option.
DIANE: Kurt?
Yeah?
We only have a few hours to rebut their testimony.
Kurt, where are you going?
Out.
Where?
To rebut their testimony.
There was some debate whether to spackle it over,
or wear it as a badge of honor.
As you might expect, inertia took over.
Thank you, Mr. Creed.
Do you want me to hold that light for you?
It'll take as long as it takes.
No, I didn't say anything.
So... Obamacare.
I'm just joking.
Sorry, something about you
makes me want to tease you.
What is that?
KURT: A laser.
So, are you still with your protégé?
My...
Protégé. Miranda.
Last time I saw you, she was spreading
her Fox News pixie dust all over you.
She's heading up the San Diego crime lab.
Oh, how nice for her.
Very warm there.
Like Baywatch PD.
Am I bothering you?
No. No, this is entertaining. Please.
KURT: What room is that?
DIANE: The Rose Salon.
Isn't that bad?
Yes.
Is it still bad?
Yes.
DIANE: Well, you'll tell me
when it becomes good?
(clears throat)
You heading back to the country tonight?
No.
You at the Edgewater?
Yeah, why?
No reason. Dinner?
Yes. Good.
Um...
what is this?
Where the bullet came from.
It's called the rainbow effect.
To determine where a shooter stood,
you need to calculate
the bullet's trajectory.
And the arch of a bullet can look like a rainbow.
And do bullets create different types of... rainbows?
Yes, guns do-- in this case, you have a 1929 pistol
firing a .38-caliber lead bullet made circa 1930.
ALICIA: And is the fact that it was
made in 1930 important? Yes.
Old ammunition doesn't have as much power,
which means that gravity pulls it down faster.
Modern bullets are typically copper-jacketed
so they shoot flatter.
So, in your expert opinion, is the prosecution
re-creation accurate?
No. Based on my calculations,
the bullet was fired not from outside the Rose Salon,
but from here.
ALICIA: And that would be the Camelia Room?
Yes.
Thank you, Mr. McVeigh.
Uh-oh.
More skeletons in my closet?
One or two.
Let's, uh... start the dentist's drill.
Do you know the name Jacob Greenberg?
No.
He used to work with your father.
Oh, Jake Greenburg. Yes.
They taught together at law school.
Yeah, until Greenburg
was brought before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities.
I... I know.
He was accused of being a Communist sympathizer.
He lost his job
and committed suicide.
Yes.
I-I'm not sure, um...
I mean, what is this, Kalinda?
My father was Jake's best friend.
He stood by him.
In fact, he...
he was one of the only people who stood by him.
At great personal expense.
I know. So, I...
I don't know what you think.
Diane, you don't have to hear this.
Well, will it affect the judgeship?
I don't know.
It might.
(sighs)
Well, then... (clears throat) yes.
I mean, tell me.
Private meetings were held between House Committee
on Un-American Activities
and several... influential professors.
And they met with my father? Yes.
A-And you're saying that...
that he named Jake?
But that's a rumor, right?
I mean, it was-- there were private meetings,
so there was no...
Minutes were taken.
No... yes.
I... I think we should stop.
Thank you, Kalinda.
I just, um...
I need to...
Don't stop investigating, please.
Okay.
(door opens)
(door closes)
We recall Isobel Swift.
You testified that you and Mr. Sweeney were
having sex at the moment he allegedly fired the gun.
Yes. Would you say
the sex was... pretty wild?
Well... yes.
And this sexual activity took place
in the Rose Salon? Actually,
I believe I was mistaken when I said that.
Upon further reflection, I remembered we were
actually in the Camelia Room. WILL: Objection, Your Honor.
Asked and answered.
HELLINGER: The witness is entitled to change
her testimony if her recollection
of the events in question changes.
She's badgering the witness, Your Honor.
She doesn't look badgered to me. Overruled.
So, Ms. Swift, just to be clear,
you're absolutely positive that the two of you
were in the Camelia Room,
the very room from which the gun was fired,
according to
the defense's own expert?
Yes.
(laughs)
You were not.
I was.
Six months in juvie.
It was involuntary manslaughter.
I shot my own brother.
Oh, well, as long as that's all it was.
It was an accident, of course.
And it was my dad's huntin' rifle.
How was I supposed to know it was loaded?
But... judge didn't care.
You can look it up
in the Ohio Department of Corrections.
Say hello to J479361.
Wow.
A felon.
So, Mr. Fancy Supreme Court Clerk.
Hmm?
What's it like helping shape the law?
The truth?
Intoxicating.
I mean, the breadth of power
those nine people have.
The Mil opinion sure could
make things harder for criminals with guns.
It's going to. Soon.
Really? You sound like you know what you're talking about.
Wallace sent over his revisions for me
to check out-- not that he changed much.
Wow.
Can I read it?
I'd love to, but that's against the rules.
Oh.
You can read it in...
40 hours.
(panting): That's what he said.
Pizza?
Go ahead.
You know, he really wasn't such a bad guy.
He was kind of sensitive.
He was talking about Jackson Pollack.
You know Jackson Pollack?
You didn't drive here, did you?
Alicia, it's Cary.
People v. Miles is coming down in 40 hours.
Give me a call when you pick this up.
I did not drive;
I jogged.
You don't like Jackson Pollack?
He was in a car accident.
Yes, I know.
You're really smart.
Let me take you home. No.
Come on. Time to go home.
I want more pizza.
Okay.
What time is it, anyway?
(cell phone vibrating)
*
I idolized my father.
People are always more than one thing, Diane.
Maybe.
But if he was a hypocrite, what does that make me?
I patterned my life after his.
You patterned your life after the things
that you admired about him.
You don't need to answer for... sins you didn't even know about.
You're good at this.
(chuckles)
Why do we keep running away from each other?
I don't know.
We should get married.
Did I just say that?
You did.
Okay, I'm... I'm in a transitional place right now,
and I... (clears throat)
I think I'm just saying things.
Okay.
Well, now I'm embarrassed.
Forget I just said that.
You're sure?
Our intelligence is pretty good.
The Supreme Court will announce their decision tomorrow.
Ah.
So... where does that leave me?
We have to wrap this case up today.
In other words, I'm screwed.
Isobel hurt us in court yesterday.
There is still time to turn her around,
but to do that,
I need to know what's going on.
You flatter me, Mrs. Florrick.
You assume that, like you, I know and understand
the person I'm romantically involved with, but...
unfortunately, I'm not you.
(dance music playing)
(men whooping, shouting indistinctly)
(gunshot)
(woman screams)
MAN: Get down! Get down!
(screaming, clamoring)
(door opens)
Uh, so, this is how this should work.
You come to me saying, "I discovered
"I was wrong about your father,
and there's something on this computer that will prove it."
I'm sorry.
No, let's do it.
We looked at Christmas Past,
we looked at Christmas Present;
now for Christmas Yet to Come.
Just let me know when you want me to stop it.
(crowd clamoring, chanting)
McVEIGH: There's a reason
that those first ten amendments we passed.
The founding fathers
had firsthand experience with tyranny.
And I find it curious that Mr. Obama thinks himself
wiser than Thomas Jefferson
or James Madison when it comes to my right to bear arms.
Now, is it enough for me to want to secede from the union?
I don't know.
And-and I hope I never have to find out.
But I would not stand in the way of others who wanted to do so,
that much I do know.
(video stops)
Would it be too ironic to ask you to shoot me?
Look, the problem is not with the court.
The problem is with the campaign.
The secession talk.
Yes.
Whatever your relationship is with McVeigh,
I would advise that you put it on hold
until you've been appointed.
Six months.
ALICIA: I know you have
concerns about Mr. Sweeney's history,
but if your testimony...
His history?
The other day.
You said you had concerns.
Oh, that.
I was kidding.
I'm not worried about that.
I have every intention
of being Mrs. Colin Sweeney.
Then...
I don't want a prenup.
Colin's insisting on one.
So that's why...
I lied in court, yeah.
Tell him to forget the prenup, and I'll be good.
You know, I think I was wrong about your hair.
It looks good.
Thanks.
ROBYN: Greg.
What are you doing here?
Well, I couldn't get you to return my texts,
so I thought I'd try you in person.
Oh.
Bad hangover. Yeah.
Mine's pretty bad, too.
Look, I know what you were after last night.
What do you mean?
I was after a good time. Yeah.
I saw the coverage of the Sweeney case,
and I looked you up, too; you never passed the bar.
(laughs)
Sorry.
(sighs)
The Miles opinion comes out today at 5:00 p.m.
The chief justice has a wedding in Bermuda,
and he wants the extra day.
Uh-oh. Yeah.
So I'd hurry.
Uh...
Thank you, Greg.
You're welcome.
(chuckles) Hey.
Can I see you again?
No. But... thanks.
CREED: The lamp you're referring to
was classic Tiffany style.
The glass was shattered in the tumult.
But we had each individual pane
replaced in the original frame.
Here is it.
That's the one.
See?
The lamp was intact.
Yeah. It got knocked over.
No, it was hit.
Ricochet.
MAN: Sir.
Oh, uh, excuse me.
Don't be embarrassed, Diane.
I'm...
I'm not rejecting it.
Rejecting what?
Marriage.
I just...
need time to think.
Point of ricochet.
Meaning?
As much as I hate to say it,
your guy's still innocent.
I based part of my calculations on witness testimony,
which of course is inherently unreliable,
unlike physical evidence.
I...
Here, you can see that
the lamp is still intact.
It was standing on the opposite side of the room
from the doorway into the Camelia Room.
The club thought it was broken in the melee at the party,
which is why it was excluded from the crime scene evidence.
But it wasn't broken in the melee?
No. It was shot at.
Objection. Foundation.
Defense Exhibit K, Your Honor.
It's an affidavit from the manager of the Hirschorn Club,
verifying the provenance of the lamp.
Mr. McVeigh, can you tell us...
POLITI: Counselor? Excuse me.
I have to rule.
Uh, yes, I'm sorry, Your Honor.
Overruled.
Can you tell
the court what that mark is on the lampshade?
It's a nick, consistent with being hit by a bullet.
And does this change your original conclusion?
Yes, it means that the shooter also had to be standing
on the opposite side of the room from the Camelia Room doorway.
You mean, where the witness, Michael Catalani,
testified he was standing?
Given the physics involved, yes.
Excuse me, Your Honor. Objection.
To?
Something two questions ago.
S-Speculation.
Oh, okay.
(chuckles)
Overruled. WILL: Nothing further,
Your Honor. And no more witnesses.
Defense rests.
We have our submission ready.
Okay, sure. You're excused, Mr. McVeigh.
Go ahead, Counselor.
We're ready for your summation.
The evidence proves that Mr. Colin Sweeney
did not shoot the gun, Your Honor.
He's innocent.
POLITI: Good.
I like this new way to conduct trials.
(knocks)
Hi again.
Hello.
Dropping off your invoice?
Sorry.
It's been an odd series of days.
Any word?
No. Judge Politi's still deliberating.
I wish I could say "good luck" on that.
(chuckles)
Sweeney's a hard man to cheer for.
I think we should wait and think about marriage.
I don't know.
I worry we'll always be waiting.
Maybe that's fine.
I'll talk to you.
Wait.
I don't want to wait.
Please.
I don't want to wait.
I don't.
And then what?
So, I've arrived at a decision.
And unfortunately, Ms. Hellinger,
I find that there simply isn't enough evidence
to prove the gun charge against Mr. Sweeney.
Accordingly, I must find him not guilty on this charge.
However, Mr. Sweeney,
you're pretty much a scumbag.
I know I'll probably get censured for that,
but I really don't care.
I do find you guilty
of disorderly conduct,
and I sentence you to a $1,500 fine,
30 days incarceration
to be served immediately.
We're done here.
Thank God.
(gavel bangs)
Thank you.
Again.
You still have to serve 30 days.
I know, but, uh...
at least I have something
to look forward to on my release.
So, you decided no prenup?
I love her too much.
She's going to cheat you.
I know. It's okay.
I'll just kill her.
* Once again, it's happening... *
I'll wait for you.
I know, love.
Can he have these?
* Oh...
Hold 'em for me.
* This love is unrequited
* Twice the pain
* The suffering
* Oh
* My love is unrequited
* Oh, my love is unrequited...
(line ringing)
WILL: Hello.
Will, are you busy?
Um, no. What's up?
Nothing, um, just something with work.
HELLINGER (in background): What is going on?
Are you guys trying to save on electricity?
I will call you back.
I'm fine.
* And get back what I gave my men *
* Get back...
Who was that, Alicia?
Yeah.
* Oh, the shame
* This crying game
* Oh, my love...
Yes?
I'm not being honest.
You're not?
No, and I should be.
(clears throat)
There was a guy I dated in the military.
He's recently come back into my life.
Oh.
I'm sorry, but I...
No, no. Hey. No, I get it.
Congratulations.
For?
The case.
* Oh, my love
* Is unrequited
* Oh, my love
* Is unrequited...
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