1 00:00:01,388 --> 00:00:03,553 Palmer figured out that we're doing this with Seidel. 2 00:00:03,554 --> 00:00:04,888 And unless we drop the lawsuit, 3 00:00:04,889 --> 00:00:06,823 he's gonna come after us for collusion. 4 00:00:06,857 --> 00:00:08,535 If I pull out of that hearing, Palmer can't touch us. 5 00:00:08,559 --> 00:00:10,292 I'm not doing anything until you tell Nathan 6 00:00:10,327 --> 00:00:12,394 exactly what's going on. There's nothing to tell. 7 00:00:12,429 --> 00:00:13,473 You said you're doing this case 8 00:00:13,497 --> 00:00:14,696 as a way to get into the Bar. 9 00:00:14,732 --> 00:00:16,231 And I just withdrew my application. 10 00:00:16,267 --> 00:00:18,300 I knew Mike was a fraud before he was arrested. 11 00:00:18,335 --> 00:00:19,879 I leveraged it to get my name on the wall. 12 00:00:19,903 --> 00:00:21,870 I thought I knew what kind of man you were. 13 00:00:21,905 --> 00:00:23,071 How dare you say that to me 14 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:24,484 when the first time we slept together, 15 00:00:24,508 --> 00:00:26,008 you were with another man. 16 00:00:26,043 --> 00:00:27,520 I don't want to spend the rest of my life 17 00:00:27,544 --> 00:00:29,211 with a man who gave up on his dreams, 18 00:00:29,246 --> 00:00:31,880 and I know that you don't want to be that man either. 19 00:00:31,915 --> 00:00:33,849 We have proof of over a dozen instances 20 00:00:33,884 --> 00:00:35,228 of you committing corporate espionage. 21 00:00:35,252 --> 00:00:36,652 What do you want? 22 00:00:36,687 --> 00:00:37,864 You're gonna settle with those miners. 23 00:00:37,888 --> 00:00:39,488 You're gonna forget you ever heard of us. 24 00:00:39,523 --> 00:00:40,834 And you're gonna honor your original agreement 25 00:00:40,858 --> 00:00:42,257 with Craig Seidel. 26 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:43,870 I don't just want you to set that hearing. 27 00:00:43,894 --> 00:00:46,261 I want you to bulldoze anyone who stands in my way. 28 00:00:47,898 --> 00:00:52,868 [instrumental music] 29 00:00:52,903 --> 00:00:54,736 [groans] 30 00:00:54,772 --> 00:00:56,938 What time is it? 31 00:00:56,974 --> 00:00:59,608 Don't worry. You're not late for work. 32 00:01:01,178 --> 00:01:03,145 Here. Thanks. 33 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:04,880 I could use this. 34 00:01:04,915 --> 00:01:06,615 I got in pretty late last night. 35 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:09,518 Does that have anything to do with the flowers 36 00:01:09,553 --> 00:01:11,887 I just found in the kitchen? 37 00:01:11,922 --> 00:01:14,489 Can't a guy just buy you flowers 'cause he loves you? 38 00:01:14,525 --> 00:01:17,893 He can. But he didn't. 39 00:01:17,928 --> 00:01:20,395 You're right. 40 00:01:20,431 --> 00:01:22,964 I bought them to say thank you 41 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,300 for doing whatever it took to make sure 42 00:01:25,336 --> 00:01:27,302 I got my shot at getting into the Bar. 43 00:01:27,338 --> 00:01:28,637 Wait, does that mean that... 44 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:30,172 Yeah. We did it. 45 00:01:30,207 --> 00:01:34,910 My hearing's tomorrow. Seidel's on our side. 46 00:01:34,945 --> 00:01:37,312 I can't believe it. 47 00:01:37,348 --> 00:01:38,880 This could really happen. 48 00:01:38,916 --> 00:01:40,382 I know. 49 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,919 What is it? 50 00:01:43,954 --> 00:01:44,886 I promised Oliver that I would tell Nathan 51 00:01:44,922 --> 00:01:46,755 about the whole thing. 52 00:01:46,790 --> 00:01:48,924 - Mike, you can't do that. - I know I can't. 53 00:01:48,959 --> 00:01:51,093 But I gotta get a couple days off for the hearing, 54 00:01:51,128 --> 00:01:54,363 which means I gotta tell him something. 55 00:01:54,398 --> 00:02:00,235 ♪ ♪ 56 00:02:03,374 --> 00:02:06,141 Louis, what are you doing here? 57 00:02:06,176 --> 00:02:07,776 I hope you don't mind I stopped by. 58 00:02:07,811 --> 00:02:08,777 I had to see you. 59 00:02:08,812 --> 00:02:10,979 I couldn't sleep at all last night. 60 00:02:11,014 --> 00:02:13,048 - Neither could I. - Tara, please. 61 00:02:13,083 --> 00:02:14,950 I know we had a fight, 62 00:02:14,985 --> 00:02:17,219 but you told me you wanted to get to know me. 63 00:02:17,254 --> 00:02:19,388 And I swear, what I told you 64 00:02:19,423 --> 00:02:20,956 was the worst thing I've ever done. 65 00:02:20,991 --> 00:02:23,024 Louis, the thing I'm having trouble dealing with 66 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:25,694 has nothing to do with that person at your firm. 67 00:02:25,729 --> 00:02:27,474 It has to do with how you treated me last night. 68 00:02:27,498 --> 00:02:29,197 - Tara, please. - Let me finish. 69 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:30,866 You shared something horrible with me, 70 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,968 gave me no time to process it, 71 00:02:33,003 --> 00:02:35,070 and while I was taking it in, 72 00:02:35,105 --> 00:02:37,806 you not only attacked my integrity, 73 00:02:37,841 --> 00:02:39,207 you made me feel ashamed of myself. 74 00:02:39,243 --> 00:02:40,575 You're right. 75 00:02:40,611 --> 00:02:42,844 I lashed out, and I shouldn't have. 76 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,847 But I only did it because I was afraid of you rejecting me. 77 00:02:45,883 --> 00:02:47,816 And I will... 78 00:02:47,851 --> 00:02:49,885 Tara, I'll die if you reject me. 79 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,820 That's the thing, Louis. 80 00:02:51,855 --> 00:02:55,424 You had a reason for reacting the way you did. 81 00:02:58,061 --> 00:02:59,861 But I'm not sure I want to be with a man 82 00:02:59,897 --> 00:03:01,975 who thinks there's ever a reason to treat me that way. 83 00:03:01,999 --> 00:03:03,532 - Tara... - I'm sorry, Louis. 84 00:03:03,567 --> 00:03:05,145 They're waiting for me in the conference room. 85 00:03:05,169 --> 00:03:07,803 I told you I'll call, 86 00:03:07,838 --> 00:03:10,005 and I will call. 87 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,008 [lightly tense music] 88 00:03:13,043 --> 00:03:19,848 ♪ ♪ 89 00:03:19,883 --> 00:03:21,883 - Nathan. - Mike. What's up? 90 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:23,919 Nothing. I just wanted to give you this. 91 00:03:26,924 --> 00:03:28,490 This is a check for $50,000. 92 00:03:28,525 --> 00:03:29,858 I know. We settled. 93 00:03:29,893 --> 00:03:31,893 I gave the miners their checks last night. 94 00:03:31,929 --> 00:03:34,162 Mike, this is the most money we've ever made on a case. 95 00:03:34,198 --> 00:03:36,242 For once, we're not gonna have to worry about making rent. 96 00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:37,833 [laughs] Yeah. Right. 97 00:03:37,868 --> 00:03:39,734 That's not a joke. 98 00:03:39,770 --> 00:03:41,236 Wait, you're telling me that $50,000 99 00:03:41,271 --> 00:03:42,882 can really make that big a difference to the clinic? 100 00:03:42,906 --> 00:03:44,584 I'm telling you that I know in corporate law, 101 00:03:44,608 --> 00:03:46,352 money doesn't matter unless it's in the millions, but... 102 00:03:46,376 --> 00:03:49,678 here, $50,000 makes all the difference in the world. 103 00:03:49,713 --> 00:03:52,180 Well, in that case, Nathan, I've been working here 104 00:03:52,216 --> 00:03:53,882 seven days a week since I started, 105 00:03:53,917 --> 00:03:55,884 and I've got some personal stuff that I need to-- 106 00:03:55,919 --> 00:03:57,997 Stop right there. Look. You just bought me 30 days rent. 107 00:03:58,021 --> 00:04:00,622 The least I can do is give you a few days back. 108 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:02,290 Great. Thank you. 109 00:04:02,326 --> 00:04:03,925 Thank you. 110 00:04:03,961 --> 00:04:10,966 ♪ ♪ 111 00:04:13,003 --> 00:04:15,103 - Okay, let's hear it. - Hear what? 112 00:04:15,138 --> 00:04:16,516 The joke you spent all morning coming up with. 113 00:04:16,540 --> 00:04:17,939 What joke? 114 00:04:17,975 --> 00:04:19,853 I was just gonna ask you where the law library was, 115 00:04:19,877 --> 00:04:21,221 but then I realized you've never set foot in there. 116 00:04:21,245 --> 00:04:23,111 Shouldn't you be at the clinic saving whales? 117 00:04:23,146 --> 00:04:24,646 First of all, that's Greenpeace. 118 00:04:24,681 --> 00:04:26,548 And second of all, I took the day off 119 00:04:26,583 --> 00:04:28,561 so I could prepare for the Character and Fitness Committee. 120 00:04:28,585 --> 00:04:29,951 Oh, that means you're taking 121 00:04:29,987 --> 00:04:31,531 whatever that hitch is gonna be seriously. 122 00:04:31,555 --> 00:04:33,522 - You know I am. - That's what I like to hear. 123 00:04:33,557 --> 00:04:35,197 Because I don't want somebody working here 124 00:04:35,225 --> 00:04:37,158 who doesn't listen to my advice. 125 00:04:37,194 --> 00:04:38,994 Harvey, I still don't think you understand. 126 00:04:39,029 --> 00:04:41,796 When this thing is over, I am not coming back here. 127 00:04:41,832 --> 00:04:43,899 - Mike-- - I told you, I want to do good. 128 00:04:43,934 --> 00:04:45,867 - Then do good here. - And I also told you 129 00:04:45,903 --> 00:04:47,380 that the only reason I agreed to this whole thing 130 00:04:47,404 --> 00:04:48,982 in the first place was because I couldn't stand 131 00:04:49,006 --> 00:04:50,805 to watch someone like Oliver fail 132 00:04:50,841 --> 00:04:52,541 and not be able to help him. 133 00:04:52,576 --> 00:04:54,020 And people like Oliver don't work in places like this. 134 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:55,677 They work in places like that. 135 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,013 And people like you shouldn't be working anywhere. 136 00:04:58,048 --> 00:04:59,814 What are you doing here, Anita? 137 00:04:59,850 --> 00:05:01,850 I'm here because the U.S. Attorney's Office 138 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:03,151 requested that they be notified 139 00:05:03,186 --> 00:05:04,819 if Mike Ross ever applied to the Bar. 140 00:05:04,855 --> 00:05:07,422 What does the U.S. Attorney's Office have to do with Mike? 141 00:05:07,457 --> 00:05:09,991 Nothing. Except I happen to work there. 142 00:05:10,027 --> 00:05:12,694 And as of one week ago, I'm also the newest member 143 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:13,695 of the Character and Fitness Committee. 144 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:15,163 Bullshit. 145 00:05:15,198 --> 00:05:16,776 There's a whole process to get on that committee. 146 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,811 There's no way you just happened to be in the pipeline. 147 00:05:18,835 --> 00:05:20,068 You're right. I wasn't. 148 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:21,603 But when a member takes leave, 149 00:05:21,638 --> 00:05:23,805 he has the right to appoint his replacement. 150 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:26,808 And Walter Samson appointed me. 151 00:05:26,843 --> 00:05:28,510 You think I'm not gonna find out 152 00:05:28,545 --> 00:05:30,323 whatever bullshit you did to get this guy to drop out? 153 00:05:30,347 --> 00:05:32,781 Be my guest, because if Mike is going before that hearing, 154 00:05:32,816 --> 00:05:34,883 that means you did something too. 155 00:05:34,918 --> 00:05:36,818 What do you want? 156 00:05:36,853 --> 00:05:39,239 I want to tell you you might as well cancel this hearing, 157 00:05:39,326 --> 00:05:40,720 save us all a lot of time. 158 00:05:40,817 --> 00:05:42,926 Because the vote has to be unanimous. 159 00:05:42,927 --> 00:05:45,675 And you are never getting my vote. 160 00:05:45,676 --> 00:05:46,732 [dramatic music] 161 00:05:46,733 --> 00:05:50,733 ♪ Suits 6x16 ♪ Character and Fitness Original Air Date on March 1, 2017 162 00:05:50,734 --> 00:05:54,235 ♪ See the money, wanna stay for your meal ♪ 163 00:05:54,271 --> 00:05:57,605 ♪ Get another piece of pie for your wife ♪ 164 00:05:57,641 --> 00:06:00,942 ♪ Everybody wanna know how it feel ♪ 165 00:06:00,977 --> 00:06:04,312 ♪ Everybody wanna see what it's like ♪ 166 00:06:04,347 --> 00:06:07,515 ♪ I'll even eat a bean pie, I don't mind ♪ 167 00:06:07,551 --> 00:06:11,352 ♪ Me and Missy is so busy, busy making money ♪ 168 00:06:11,388 --> 00:06:13,154 ♪ All right ♪ 169 00:06:13,190 --> 00:06:14,118 ♪ All step back, I'm 'bout to dance ♪ 170 00:06:14,119 --> 00:06:18,719 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 171 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,563 ♪ The greenback boogie ♪ 172 00:06:23,575 --> 00:06:26,078 Rachel, whatever you're doing, you need to put it down 173 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:27,690 and start looking for every single instance 174 00:06:27,714 --> 00:06:29,447 where a person was admitted to the Bar 175 00:06:29,482 --> 00:06:31,716 and the vote wasn't unanimous. Mike, what's going on? 176 00:06:31,751 --> 00:06:33,195 Anita Gibbs got herself onto the board. 177 00:06:33,219 --> 00:06:34,763 Then what we should be doing is finding a way 178 00:06:34,787 --> 00:06:36,031 to get her kicked off. Harvey's working on it. 179 00:06:36,055 --> 00:06:37,366 But in the meantime, I need to know 180 00:06:37,390 --> 00:06:38,856 the ins and outs of this committee, 181 00:06:38,892 --> 00:06:40,591 because while she's on it, she's gonna use 182 00:06:40,627 --> 00:06:41,937 every dirty trick in the book to end this thing 183 00:06:41,961 --> 00:06:43,672 before it gets started. Where are you going? 184 00:06:43,696 --> 00:06:45,241 I'm gonna go hole myself up in the library 185 00:06:45,265 --> 00:06:46,775 and start preparing answers to every dirty question 186 00:06:46,799 --> 00:06:48,399 I can think of. 187 00:06:48,434 --> 00:06:51,402 [tense music] 188 00:06:51,437 --> 00:06:55,573 ♪ ♪ 189 00:06:55,608 --> 00:06:57,275 Louis, are you okay? 190 00:06:57,310 --> 00:06:59,177 I'm fine, Donna. What can I do for you? 191 00:06:59,212 --> 00:07:02,313 I know you know Benjamin and I have been working on a business. 192 00:07:02,348 --> 00:07:03,814 But I'm not sure that you know 193 00:07:03,850 --> 00:07:05,816 that we brought on Stu as an investor. 194 00:07:05,852 --> 00:07:06,996 - I didn't, Donna; That's great. - It is. 195 00:07:07,020 --> 00:07:08,519 But there's a problem, 196 00:07:08,555 --> 00:07:09,999 and I need your help with it. Anything. 197 00:07:10,023 --> 00:07:12,290 Benjamin applied for a patent, and it turns out 198 00:07:12,325 --> 00:07:14,825 that our technology overlaps with someone else's. 199 00:07:14,861 --> 00:07:16,694 - How much overlap? - 32.5%. 200 00:07:16,729 --> 00:07:17,995 That's over the threshold. 201 00:07:18,031 --> 00:07:19,630 Unless Benjamin can get you below 30-- 202 00:07:19,666 --> 00:07:21,632 He can't. But Stu says we can negotiate 203 00:07:21,668 --> 00:07:22,711 with whoever holds the patent, 204 00:07:22,735 --> 00:07:24,735 get them to give us an exclusion, 205 00:07:24,771 --> 00:07:26,682 and we'll still be able to move forward with The Donna. 206 00:07:26,706 --> 00:07:28,739 Donna, this is exactly what I need. 207 00:07:28,775 --> 00:07:29,840 What do you mean? 208 00:07:29,876 --> 00:07:31,842 Tara and I got into a huge fight. 209 00:07:31,878 --> 00:07:36,214 She's deciding right now if we're gonna stay together. 210 00:07:36,249 --> 00:07:38,149 This is exactly what I needed 211 00:07:38,184 --> 00:07:40,851 to take my mind off it. 212 00:07:40,887 --> 00:07:43,854 Louis, I don't mean to sound insensitive, 213 00:07:43,890 --> 00:07:47,091 but this is incredibly important to me. 214 00:07:47,126 --> 00:07:49,727 I know you, and if this is gonna make you go in there 215 00:07:49,762 --> 00:07:51,896 and blow this thing up, I can't have that. 216 00:07:51,931 --> 00:07:54,732 Donna, listen to me. 217 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:57,101 I may be losing the closest woman in my life, 218 00:07:57,136 --> 00:07:58,836 but you are the second closest. 219 00:07:58,871 --> 00:08:03,841 I swear that I won't do anything to harm your company. 220 00:08:03,876 --> 00:08:06,377 Thank you. 221 00:08:06,412 --> 00:08:08,546 [paper slaps down] Knock 'em dead. 222 00:08:08,581 --> 00:08:13,451 ♪ ♪ 223 00:08:13,486 --> 00:08:15,519 - When were you gonna tell me? - Tell you what? 224 00:08:15,555 --> 00:08:17,688 That the prosecutor that put Mike in prison 225 00:08:17,724 --> 00:08:19,290 just got herself put on that panel. 226 00:08:19,325 --> 00:08:21,058 - What? - That's right. 227 00:08:21,094 --> 00:08:23,205 And I want to know why I heard about it from her and not you. 228 00:08:23,229 --> 00:08:24,673 I'll tell you why. Because I didn't know. 229 00:08:24,697 --> 00:08:26,175 But now that I do, this thing is done. 230 00:08:26,199 --> 00:08:28,165 - The hell it is. - Are you crazy? 231 00:08:28,201 --> 00:08:30,968 Anita Gibbs is a goddamn Assistant U.S. Attorney. 232 00:08:31,004 --> 00:08:33,537 She gets one whiff of this, and we are both disbarred. 233 00:08:33,573 --> 00:08:35,873 Which is why we're gonna make sure that doesn't happen 234 00:08:35,908 --> 00:08:37,708 by getting her kicked off that panel. 235 00:08:37,744 --> 00:08:39,310 And how exactly are we gonna do that? 236 00:08:39,345 --> 00:08:40,689 We're gonna start by you telling me 237 00:08:40,713 --> 00:08:42,747 everything there is to know about Walter Samson. 238 00:08:42,782 --> 00:08:44,326 Well, then we might as well give up right now, 239 00:08:44,350 --> 00:08:46,550 because Walter Samson is as clean as they come. 240 00:08:46,586 --> 00:08:48,519 - No one is that clean. - Well, this guy is. 241 00:08:48,554 --> 00:08:49,765 And I didn't sign on-- Listen to me. 242 00:08:49,789 --> 00:08:51,222 You said you were in on this. 243 00:08:51,257 --> 00:08:52,868 And I'm telling you right now, you still are. 244 00:08:52,892 --> 00:08:54,103 Because we moved heaven and earth 245 00:08:54,127 --> 00:08:55,726 to get you out of hot water, 246 00:08:55,762 --> 00:08:57,828 and I got no problem putting you right back in. 247 00:08:57,864 --> 00:08:59,764 Fine. 248 00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:01,032 But you better be careful. 249 00:09:01,067 --> 00:09:02,278 Because if you're looking at Gibbs, 250 00:09:02,302 --> 00:09:03,601 she's going to be looking at us. 251 00:09:03,636 --> 00:09:05,636 And you coming to my lobby in the middle of the day 252 00:09:05,672 --> 00:09:07,638 is going to get us all caught. 253 00:09:07,674 --> 00:09:10,708 [tense music] 254 00:09:10,743 --> 00:09:13,611 ♪ ♪ 255 00:09:13,646 --> 00:09:15,980 Gentlemen, thank you for meeting with me 256 00:09:16,015 --> 00:09:17,648 on such short notice. Our pleasure. 257 00:09:17,684 --> 00:09:19,361 I assume you looked through the documents I sent over 258 00:09:19,385 --> 00:09:20,618 and found them to your liking? 259 00:09:20,653 --> 00:09:23,487 On the contrary, we found them most disturbing. 260 00:09:23,523 --> 00:09:25,289 In particular, the fact that you used 261 00:09:25,325 --> 00:09:27,792 our fundamental principles and worked up from there. 262 00:09:27,827 --> 00:09:29,560 What? 263 00:09:29,595 --> 00:09:31,307 We've never even seen your fundamental principles 264 00:09:31,331 --> 00:09:32,797 prior to applying for that patent. 265 00:09:32,832 --> 00:09:34,365 Can you prove that? 266 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,467 Of course we can't... prove that. 267 00:09:36,502 --> 00:09:38,402 It's not possible to prove a negative. 268 00:09:38,438 --> 00:09:41,038 Words spoken by every hack who's ever copied 269 00:09:41,074 --> 00:09:44,342 someone else's technology and claimed it as their own. 270 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:48,579 What's going on here? 271 00:09:48,614 --> 00:09:51,248 I came to you to negotiate an exclusion in good faith. 272 00:09:51,284 --> 00:09:52,983 And we're prepared to offer you-- 273 00:09:53,019 --> 00:09:54,819 We don't care what you're prepared to offer. 274 00:09:54,854 --> 00:09:56,665 And we didn't bring you here to give you an exclusion. 275 00:09:56,689 --> 00:09:58,322 We brought you here to send a message. 276 00:09:58,358 --> 00:10:01,192 This is a $90 million lawsuit against your client 277 00:10:01,227 --> 00:10:02,626 if they go to market. 278 00:10:05,898 --> 00:10:07,665 Gentlemen, please, 279 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:10,267 I am not saying we got here first. 280 00:10:10,303 --> 00:10:12,269 But it's a 2.5% overlap, 281 00:10:12,305 --> 00:10:15,106 and we are open to a 15% revenue sharing arrangement. 282 00:10:15,141 --> 00:10:17,842 And we're not open to shit, because we were here first. 283 00:10:17,877 --> 00:10:21,612 Listen to me. I am trying to keep my cool. 284 00:10:21,647 --> 00:10:23,714 We don't care if you keep your cool or not. 285 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:25,082 Because we've got you, 286 00:10:25,118 --> 00:10:26,717 and there's nothing you can do about it. 287 00:10:26,753 --> 00:10:28,297 So you can take your offer and shove it in a drawer 288 00:10:28,321 --> 00:10:31,622 along with that sorry excuse for a digital secretary, 289 00:10:31,657 --> 00:10:35,292 because neither one of them is ever gonna see the light of day. 290 00:10:35,328 --> 00:10:38,295 [dramatic music] 291 00:10:38,331 --> 00:10:45,336 ♪ ♪ 292 00:10:47,774 --> 00:10:50,074 Oliver. What are you doing? 293 00:10:50,109 --> 00:10:51,442 Is it still on? 294 00:10:51,477 --> 00:10:53,711 - Is what still on? - Your deal. 295 00:10:53,746 --> 00:10:55,546 To get into the Bar. 296 00:10:55,581 --> 00:10:56,947 Oliver, listen to me. 297 00:10:56,983 --> 00:10:58,660 Because when I asked Nathan where you were, 298 00:10:58,684 --> 00:11:00,763 he said you were taking a couple days for personal reasons. 299 00:11:00,787 --> 00:11:02,164 And all of a sudden, I got this pit in my stomach 300 00:11:02,188 --> 00:11:04,054 that wouldn't go away. 301 00:11:04,090 --> 00:11:06,557 So I decided to ask you if there's a reason I got that pit 302 00:11:06,592 --> 00:11:08,759 or if I'm just an asshole for doubting you. 303 00:11:10,530 --> 00:11:11,862 You're not an asshole, Oliver. 304 00:11:11,898 --> 00:11:13,564 God damn it, Mike! 305 00:11:13,599 --> 00:11:14,777 You told me you didn't have to tell Nathan 306 00:11:14,801 --> 00:11:16,333 because there was nothing to tell. 307 00:11:16,369 --> 00:11:17,902 And when I told you that, there wasn't. 308 00:11:17,937 --> 00:11:19,703 But then my deal got put back on the table. 309 00:11:19,739 --> 00:11:21,705 Which means you could have told him this morning. 310 00:11:21,741 --> 00:11:24,608 But you didn't, so now I have to. 311 00:11:24,644 --> 00:11:26,121 Oliver, hey, wait! Please, hear me out! 312 00:11:26,145 --> 00:11:27,945 I'm not gonna hear you out, Mike. 313 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:31,115 I was sitting here for an hour, hoping I was wrong about you. 314 00:11:31,150 --> 00:11:33,350 You weren't wrong about me. 315 00:11:33,386 --> 00:11:36,220 I care about people. I want to help the clinic. 316 00:11:36,255 --> 00:11:38,289 And the reason I didn't tell Nathan what I did 317 00:11:38,324 --> 00:11:40,302 is because I'm just waiting until I can help him even more. 318 00:11:40,326 --> 00:11:42,293 Help how? By being a shady lawyer? 319 00:11:42,328 --> 00:11:44,829 By being someone who wouldn't have lost Sofia Price her home. 320 00:11:46,732 --> 00:11:48,732 I cannot believe you just said that to me. 321 00:11:48,768 --> 00:11:52,336 I said it because it's true, and you know it. 322 00:11:53,739 --> 00:11:56,540 Look, I am gonna tell Nathan everything 323 00:11:56,576 --> 00:11:58,843 as soon as my hearing is over. You have my word. 324 00:11:58,878 --> 00:12:00,744 Why should I believe the word of a liar? 325 00:12:00,780 --> 00:12:03,247 Because of what I did for those miners and the clinic. 326 00:12:03,282 --> 00:12:05,683 And if that's not enough, how about what I did for you? 327 00:12:05,718 --> 00:12:09,019 You didn't do shit for me. But fine, I won't tell Nathan. 328 00:12:09,055 --> 00:12:10,754 Just so long as when this thing's over, 329 00:12:10,790 --> 00:12:12,656 you go back to your corrupt corporate world. 330 00:12:12,692 --> 00:12:14,925 Because I don't care what you tell yourself. 331 00:12:14,961 --> 00:12:18,696 You're never gonna belong in mine. 332 00:12:18,731 --> 00:12:22,900 [tense music] 333 00:12:25,493 --> 00:12:27,423 Harvey, what are you still doing here? 334 00:12:27,424 --> 00:12:29,257 The hearing's across town in ten minutes. 335 00:12:29,292 --> 00:12:31,204 I'm not going to the hearing, Donna, and neither are you. 336 00:12:31,228 --> 00:12:32,994 - Why not? - Because if you and I can't do 337 00:12:33,030 --> 00:12:35,208 what we need to, then whatever Mike does at that hearing 338 00:12:35,232 --> 00:12:36,998 isn't gonna matter. Give it to me. 339 00:12:37,034 --> 00:12:39,212 We need to figure out what Walter Samson's weak spot is. 340 00:12:39,236 --> 00:12:40,702 Tell me how, and I'm all in. 341 00:12:40,737 --> 00:12:42,570 Start by contacting every person we know 342 00:12:42,606 --> 00:12:44,572 and asking them what they know about this asshole. 343 00:12:44,608 --> 00:12:46,608 Because Gibbs has something on him 344 00:12:46,643 --> 00:12:48,009 and if I can't find out what it is, 345 00:12:48,045 --> 00:12:50,612 then I can't get her off that committee. 346 00:12:50,647 --> 00:12:52,247 Where are you going? 347 00:12:52,282 --> 00:12:55,550 To see someone who doesn't know Samson at all. 348 00:12:57,054 --> 00:12:59,487 Before we get started, I'd like to point out 349 00:12:59,523 --> 00:13:01,667 these interviews are normally for us to quickly approve 350 00:13:01,691 --> 00:13:03,158 standard applicants to the Bar. 351 00:13:03,193 --> 00:13:05,527 However, Mr. Ross is no standard applicant. 352 00:13:05,562 --> 00:13:07,829 Therefore, we will convene for as long as it takes 353 00:13:07,864 --> 00:13:10,565 before ruling on his application. 354 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,667 Now... Mr. Chairman, if I may. 355 00:13:12,702 --> 00:13:15,537 Last winter, Mr. Ross pled guilty 356 00:13:15,572 --> 00:13:17,672 to defrauding the citizens of New York. 357 00:13:17,707 --> 00:13:20,642 Therefore, I propose we reject his application right now 358 00:13:20,677 --> 00:13:22,310 because Mr. Ross is a felon 359 00:13:22,345 --> 00:13:24,913 and the New York Bar does not accept felons. 360 00:13:24,948 --> 00:13:27,260 Mr. Chairman, with all due respect to the new board member, 361 00:13:27,284 --> 00:13:28,850 you do. 362 00:13:28,885 --> 00:13:30,919 Not only does the Bar accept felons, but years ago, 363 00:13:30,954 --> 00:13:34,055 this very committee admitted Neal Wiesner, 364 00:13:34,091 --> 00:13:37,080 a man who spent years in prison for attempted murder. 365 00:13:37,081 --> 00:13:39,014 Now, Ms. Gibbs may think my crime is worse 366 00:13:39,048 --> 00:13:40,848 than attempted murder, but I don't think 367 00:13:40,883 --> 00:13:42,661 it's worth throwing away 140 years of precedent 368 00:13:42,685 --> 00:13:45,019 by not even allowing me to make my case. 369 00:13:45,054 --> 00:13:47,722 [dramatic music] 370 00:13:47,757 --> 00:13:54,362 ♪ ♪ 371 00:13:54,397 --> 00:13:56,030 Come on, let's go. 372 00:13:56,065 --> 00:13:58,799 - What the hell are you doing? - What does it look like 373 00:13:58,835 --> 00:14:00,679 I'm doing? I'm watching my money go down the toilet. 374 00:14:00,703 --> 00:14:03,170 Well, it looks to me like I paid you to do a job, 375 00:14:03,206 --> 00:14:04,672 and you're sitting here doing this. 376 00:14:04,707 --> 00:14:06,641 Okay, I'll let you in on a little secret. 377 00:14:06,676 --> 00:14:08,843 It only takes 15 minutes to hack someone. 378 00:14:08,878 --> 00:14:10,678 If you can't find something in the next 45, 379 00:14:10,713 --> 00:14:12,280 it means there's nothing to find. 380 00:14:12,315 --> 00:14:14,048 Bullshit. There's always something to find. 381 00:14:14,083 --> 00:14:15,816 I'm telling you, there isn't. 382 00:14:15,852 --> 00:14:17,852 He doesn't drink, smoke, gamble, cheat, nothing. 383 00:14:17,887 --> 00:14:20,521 Listen to me. I paid you good money to do a job, 384 00:14:20,556 --> 00:14:22,368 and if you don't put some more effort into this, 385 00:14:22,392 --> 00:14:24,692 I'm gonna spread the word that you aren't worth shit. 386 00:14:24,727 --> 00:14:26,727 And this time it won't be coming from Louis Litt. 387 00:14:26,763 --> 00:14:28,863 It'll be coming from me. Then keep your damn money. 388 00:14:28,898 --> 00:14:30,309 When I tell you there's nothing to find, 389 00:14:30,333 --> 00:14:32,700 there's nothing to find. 390 00:14:32,735 --> 00:14:37,505 I guess what I'm saying is not only do I admit what I did, 391 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:41,075 but...I regret it 392 00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:44,712 with every fiber of my being. 393 00:14:44,747 --> 00:14:47,848 And I'd like to apologize to my clients, 394 00:14:47,884 --> 00:14:50,751 my former colleagues, and finally to the fraternity 395 00:14:50,787 --> 00:14:53,721 of men and woman that I've wanted to be a member of 396 00:14:53,756 --> 00:14:55,956 since I was a child. 397 00:14:59,629 --> 00:15:01,529 Well, that was a moving statement. 398 00:15:01,564 --> 00:15:02,997 I just have one question. 399 00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:04,765 If you regret what you did so much, 400 00:15:04,801 --> 00:15:06,934 why weren't you willing to serve your full sentence? 401 00:15:06,969 --> 00:15:09,770 Well, I wasn't unwilling. I was offered a deal 402 00:15:09,806 --> 00:15:12,139 to help convict a known criminal, and I took it. 403 00:15:12,175 --> 00:15:13,808 You were offered a deal to get out early, 404 00:15:13,843 --> 00:15:16,043 and you took it. I protected an innocent man-- 405 00:15:16,079 --> 00:15:18,145 What you did was insinuate yourself 406 00:15:18,181 --> 00:15:19,792 into your roommate's life, gain his trust, 407 00:15:19,816 --> 00:15:22,850 and pretend to be his friend. True or false? 408 00:15:22,885 --> 00:15:24,719 [scoffs] 409 00:15:24,754 --> 00:15:26,187 You're taking it out of context. 410 00:15:26,222 --> 00:15:27,988 The context is you portrayed yourself 411 00:15:28,024 --> 00:15:30,157 as one thing when, really, you were another, 412 00:15:30,193 --> 00:15:31,570 which is what you did the entire time 413 00:15:31,594 --> 00:15:33,160 you pretended to be an attorney 414 00:15:33,196 --> 00:15:36,664 and what I believe you are doing to this body right now. 415 00:15:36,699 --> 00:15:39,734 Mr. Chairmen, if she's going to impugn his character 416 00:15:39,769 --> 00:15:41,869 while he's speaking, then he's entitled 417 00:15:41,904 --> 00:15:43,304 to let someone else speak for him. 418 00:15:43,339 --> 00:15:44,772 This isn't a trial. 419 00:15:44,807 --> 00:15:46,118 We don't allow character witnesses here. 420 00:15:46,142 --> 00:15:47,108 Actually, you do. 421 00:15:47,143 --> 00:15:49,377 Article 4, 16A. 422 00:15:49,412 --> 00:15:51,812 Applicants are allowed a witness as a rebuttal 423 00:15:51,848 --> 00:15:54,815 for an accusation leveled by a committee member. 424 00:15:54,851 --> 00:15:56,984 That article hasn't been cited in 30 years. 425 00:15:57,019 --> 00:15:59,487 Maybe that's because no applicant has ever had to stand 426 00:15:59,522 --> 00:16:01,622 before the person who put them away. 427 00:16:01,657 --> 00:16:03,190 You make a point. 428 00:16:03,226 --> 00:16:04,503 We'll pick this up first thing in the morning 429 00:16:04,527 --> 00:16:06,127 with your witness. Thank you. 430 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:13,334 Rachel, that was exactly what I needed. 431 00:16:13,369 --> 00:16:14,869 If you hadn't done that-- I know. 432 00:16:14,904 --> 00:16:16,315 But right now I'm more concerned with the fact 433 00:16:16,339 --> 00:16:17,683 that she's turning them against you. 434 00:16:17,707 --> 00:16:20,441 Which means even after Harvey kicks her off, 435 00:16:20,476 --> 00:16:23,477 Seidel's job is gonna be that much harder. 436 00:16:23,513 --> 00:16:26,347 And we only have one shot at having someone speak for me. 437 00:16:26,382 --> 00:16:28,616 Mike, come on. We gotta get back to the office 438 00:16:28,651 --> 00:16:30,551 and start going through everyone it could be. 439 00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:31,864 We'll make a list of pros and cons. 440 00:16:31,888 --> 00:16:35,856 Rachel... I know who it is. 441 00:16:35,892 --> 00:16:38,859 [tense music] 442 00:16:38,895 --> 00:16:45,032 ♪ ♪ 443 00:16:45,067 --> 00:16:47,034 Julius. 444 00:16:47,069 --> 00:16:50,838 Mike. What are you doing here? 445 00:16:50,873 --> 00:16:52,673 I was hoping we could talk. 446 00:16:52,708 --> 00:16:55,342 Uh, look, I'm sorry, man. This is not a good time. 447 00:16:55,378 --> 00:16:56,855 I just put the baby down and the wife and I-- 448 00:16:56,879 --> 00:16:58,612 Please, it won't take long. 449 00:16:58,648 --> 00:16:59,847 I got this hearing tomorrow 450 00:16:59,882 --> 00:17:02,082 for the Character portion of the Bar, 451 00:17:02,118 --> 00:17:04,752 and I wanted to ask if you'd speak for me. 452 00:17:04,787 --> 00:17:06,687 You mind if I ask, why me? 453 00:17:06,722 --> 00:17:08,756 Because you're the only one I know who's qualified 454 00:17:08,791 --> 00:17:10,202 to tell the board that I was a different man 455 00:17:10,226 --> 00:17:13,093 when I got out than when I went in. 456 00:17:13,129 --> 00:17:15,329 No offense, Mike... 457 00:17:15,364 --> 00:17:17,932 but the truth is, I'm not sure you are. 458 00:17:17,967 --> 00:17:19,366 What do you mean? 459 00:17:19,402 --> 00:17:20,813 I mean you said this hearing is tomorrow. 460 00:17:20,837 --> 00:17:22,136 But you're just now coming to me, 461 00:17:22,171 --> 00:17:24,205 which means something's going on. 462 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,973 What's going on is the woman who put me away 463 00:17:26,008 --> 00:17:27,608 managed to get herself on the committee, 464 00:17:27,643 --> 00:17:29,221 and now she's slamming the door in my face. 465 00:17:29,245 --> 00:17:30,811 - And why would she do that? - Julius-- 466 00:17:30,847 --> 00:17:32,613 Mike, how did you even get a hearing? 467 00:17:32,648 --> 00:17:34,982 What are you talking about? I applied, like everyone else. 468 00:17:35,017 --> 00:17:36,817 No, you're not like everyone else. 469 00:17:36,853 --> 00:17:38,719 You didn't go to law school. It doesn't matter. 470 00:17:38,754 --> 00:17:40,232 There's an exception called "reading the law." 471 00:17:40,256 --> 00:17:41,689 See, right there, Mike, 472 00:17:41,724 --> 00:17:44,024 that sounds like the bullshit artist I met in prison. 473 00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:45,693 So you tell me right now. 474 00:17:45,728 --> 00:17:49,730 Did you pull some shit to make this happen? 475 00:17:49,765 --> 00:17:51,966 Damn, Mike, if you can't be straight with me, 476 00:17:52,001 --> 00:17:54,368 this conversation ends right here. 477 00:17:54,403 --> 00:17:57,137 Yes, I did. 478 00:17:57,173 --> 00:17:59,940 Ah, finally. 479 00:17:59,976 --> 00:18:01,842 Some truth in the night. 480 00:18:01,878 --> 00:18:05,479 Julius, I work at a law clinic, but not as a lawyer. 481 00:18:05,515 --> 00:18:07,781 An opportunity presented itself for me to become one 482 00:18:07,817 --> 00:18:09,783 and I turned it down, but then I had to sit there 483 00:18:09,819 --> 00:18:11,585 and watch a woman get put on the street 484 00:18:11,621 --> 00:18:13,454 because I couldn't help her. 485 00:18:13,489 --> 00:18:15,155 And I knew I'd have to watch that happen 486 00:18:15,191 --> 00:18:16,624 over and over and over. 487 00:18:16,659 --> 00:18:18,359 So when that opportunity presented itself 488 00:18:18,394 --> 00:18:20,794 for the second time, I took it. 489 00:18:20,830 --> 00:18:22,608 Because I knew it would never come along again. 490 00:18:22,632 --> 00:18:24,376 - You don't know that, Mike. - I do know that. 491 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,367 So you can say no if you want to, 492 00:18:26,402 --> 00:18:28,435 but don't say I haven't changed. 493 00:18:28,471 --> 00:18:30,304 Because the Mike you met that night in prison 494 00:18:30,339 --> 00:18:32,706 never would have told you the truth just now. 495 00:18:35,411 --> 00:18:37,344 Julius, please. 496 00:18:41,150 --> 00:18:42,850 I need this. 497 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,620 [paper rustles] 498 00:18:46,656 --> 00:18:48,122 This is the address. 499 00:18:48,157 --> 00:18:49,890 It's tomorrow at 9:00. 500 00:18:53,362 --> 00:18:55,462 I don't have anyone else. 501 00:18:55,498 --> 00:18:58,465 [dramatic music] 502 00:19:06,195 --> 00:19:07,862 [elevator dings] 503 00:19:07,898 --> 00:19:09,115 Mike, hey. 504 00:19:09,116 --> 00:19:11,317 Harvey, tell me you got some good news. 505 00:19:11,352 --> 00:19:13,385 I do. I took care of Seidel. 506 00:19:13,421 --> 00:19:15,154 He's still gonna back you. 507 00:19:15,189 --> 00:19:16,755 I'm not talking about Seidel. 508 00:19:16,791 --> 00:19:18,268 I'm talking about getting Gibbs off that committee. 509 00:19:18,292 --> 00:19:19,658 It's not that simple. 510 00:19:19,694 --> 00:19:21,193 What's not that simple about it? 511 00:19:21,228 --> 00:19:24,129 I haven't found anything on him yet. 512 00:19:24,165 --> 00:19:26,498 Harvey, I am struggling to get someone on my side, 513 00:19:26,534 --> 00:19:28,312 and every second that she is on that committee 514 00:19:28,336 --> 00:19:30,402 she is turning people against me. 515 00:19:30,438 --> 00:19:32,304 I need your help. 516 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:35,574 Mike, I told you I'd get it done. 517 00:19:35,609 --> 00:19:37,343 I'll get it done. 518 00:19:40,815 --> 00:19:42,481 Anything? No. 519 00:19:42,516 --> 00:19:44,516 It's the same as when you called an hour ago. 520 00:19:44,552 --> 00:19:45,517 If he killed someone and hid the body, 521 00:19:45,553 --> 00:19:47,419 nobody knows where it is. 522 00:19:47,455 --> 00:19:48,765 Then why don't you tell me who's next on the list. 523 00:19:48,789 --> 00:19:50,189 Harvey, I have been at this all day, 524 00:19:50,224 --> 00:19:51,990 and you said we don't have much time. 525 00:19:52,026 --> 00:19:53,592 Why don't you just bluff the guy 526 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:55,160 into giving you whatever you need? 527 00:19:55,196 --> 00:19:56,506 Because we've only got one shot at this. 528 00:19:56,530 --> 00:19:57,796 The more information I have, 529 00:19:57,832 --> 00:20:01,333 the better chance a bluff is gonna work. 530 00:20:01,369 --> 00:20:03,335 Harvey, what's going on? 531 00:20:03,371 --> 00:20:05,337 It isn't like you to stay in and make phone calls 532 00:20:05,373 --> 00:20:07,973 instead of confronting someone face-to-face. 533 00:20:11,145 --> 00:20:13,212 What if I can't do it 534 00:20:13,247 --> 00:20:14,813 and Mike doesn't get into the Bar? 535 00:20:14,849 --> 00:20:16,315 How can you say that? 536 00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:19,351 You are the best poker player I have ever seen. 537 00:20:19,387 --> 00:20:21,553 You can do it. 538 00:20:26,494 --> 00:20:29,795 I don't think you understand, Donna. 539 00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,030 A bluff only works if he's dirty. 540 00:20:32,066 --> 00:20:33,699 What if the guy really is clean? 541 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:36,034 Harvey, Gibbs got him off the committee. 542 00:20:36,070 --> 00:20:37,836 He's not clean. 543 00:20:37,872 --> 00:20:39,605 Now, enough is enough. 544 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,807 Go do what you do. 545 00:20:41,842 --> 00:20:44,843 [edgy music] 546 00:20:44,879 --> 00:20:48,380 ♪ ♪ 547 00:20:48,416 --> 00:20:51,784 Louis, you mind telling me what this is? 548 00:20:51,819 --> 00:20:53,419 Where'd you get that? 549 00:20:53,454 --> 00:20:55,788 That is a lawsuit against Donna's new business. 550 00:20:55,823 --> 00:20:57,456 I know what it is. 551 00:20:57,491 --> 00:20:58,835 Well, why haven't you told her about it yet? 552 00:20:58,859 --> 00:21:00,859 Because she's gonna think that I blew it 553 00:21:00,895 --> 00:21:02,494 because I was upset about Tara. 554 00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:05,998 Louis, did you go full-blown you on some poor bastard 555 00:21:06,033 --> 00:21:07,833 and ruin Donna's chance at success? 556 00:21:07,868 --> 00:21:10,102 Gretchen, I went there in good faith 557 00:21:10,137 --> 00:21:11,648 to get a settlement, and I was ambushed. 558 00:21:11,672 --> 00:21:14,039 I swear. Then you need to fix it. 559 00:21:14,074 --> 00:21:16,275 - I can't. - Why not? 560 00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:18,444 Because I cannot stop thinking about Tara. 561 00:21:18,479 --> 00:21:21,480 We got into a huge fight 562 00:21:21,515 --> 00:21:25,117 and I was... such an asshole. 563 00:21:25,152 --> 00:21:27,719 So I went to apologize. 564 00:21:27,755 --> 00:21:29,633 She said she wasn't sure she could stay with me, 565 00:21:29,657 --> 00:21:31,824 and I haven't heard from her since. 566 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:33,670 So now instead of not knowing how to fix things 567 00:21:33,694 --> 00:21:35,494 with one woman in my life, 568 00:21:35,529 --> 00:21:37,040 I don't know how to fix things with the other. 569 00:21:37,064 --> 00:21:39,465 Louis, I was married a long time. 570 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,634 And I'll tell you, Carl and I had some doozies. 571 00:21:42,670 --> 00:21:44,503 Tell you the truth, I wasn't always sure 572 00:21:44,538 --> 00:21:46,305 we were gonna pull through. 573 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:49,341 But we always did, because we loved each other. 574 00:21:51,278 --> 00:21:53,312 What if she doesn't love me anymore? 575 00:21:53,347 --> 00:21:55,914 It doesn't turn off like that, Louis. 576 00:21:55,950 --> 00:21:58,150 And from where I'm standing, 577 00:21:58,185 --> 00:21:59,785 you're worth loving. 578 00:22:01,355 --> 00:22:04,323 Now, do you think you can fix this thing 579 00:22:04,358 --> 00:22:07,259 or do you need me to get us some help? 580 00:22:07,294 --> 00:22:10,529 I don't need any help. 581 00:22:10,564 --> 00:22:13,465 I'm gonna blow those guys out of the water. 582 00:22:20,174 --> 00:22:21,773 - Walter Samson? - Yes? 583 00:22:21,809 --> 00:22:23,976 I saw you out there. First time playing? 584 00:22:24,011 --> 00:22:25,978 [chuckles] Sorry. Do I know you? 585 00:22:26,013 --> 00:22:28,347 The question is, how do you know Anita Gibbs? 586 00:22:28,382 --> 00:22:29,348 Because you gave her your seat 587 00:22:29,383 --> 00:22:30,727 on the Character and Fitness Committee, 588 00:22:30,751 --> 00:22:32,384 and the woman who prosecuted Mike Ross 589 00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:33,552 has no business being there. 590 00:22:33,587 --> 00:22:35,354 - Who's Mike Ross? - I get it. 591 00:22:35,389 --> 00:22:37,189 We're going that way, huh? 592 00:22:37,224 --> 00:22:38,635 He's the reason Gibbs strong-armed you 593 00:22:38,659 --> 00:22:40,359 into giving up that seat. 594 00:22:40,394 --> 00:22:41,972 I gave up that seat because I wanted to spend 595 00:22:41,996 --> 00:22:43,562 more time with my family. Bullshit. 596 00:22:43,597 --> 00:22:45,475 She found out whatever dirty little secret you're hiding. 597 00:22:45,499 --> 00:22:47,332 If you don't come clean with me, 598 00:22:47,368 --> 00:22:49,379 I'm gonna find out what it is and I'm gonna squeeze harder. 599 00:22:49,403 --> 00:22:51,236 I don't know who you are, but it must be nice 600 00:22:51,272 --> 00:22:53,338 living in a world where everyone has a weak spot 601 00:22:53,374 --> 00:22:55,140 and is unethical, but in this case, 602 00:22:55,175 --> 00:22:57,175 I took a leave of absence and I replaced myself 603 00:22:57,211 --> 00:22:58,744 with a worthy attorney. 604 00:22:58,779 --> 00:23:01,446 So you can look for a pressure point all you want. 605 00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:03,448 But I'm sorry to inform you, 606 00:23:03,484 --> 00:23:05,417 you're not gonna find one. 607 00:23:05,452 --> 00:23:08,287 You want to know who I am? My name is Harvey Specter. 608 00:23:08,322 --> 00:23:10,088 And you can say you never heard of Mike Ross, 609 00:23:10,124 --> 00:23:11,590 but I know you heard of me. 610 00:23:11,625 --> 00:23:13,258 So maybe she didn't blackmail you. 611 00:23:13,294 --> 00:23:15,460 Maybe she promised to do something for you. 612 00:23:15,496 --> 00:23:17,462 Either way, I'm gonna find out what it is 613 00:23:17,498 --> 00:23:19,075 and you're gonna wish you told me right now. 614 00:23:19,099 --> 00:23:20,532 You think you're showing strength. 615 00:23:20,568 --> 00:23:23,035 But intimidation is only weakness. 616 00:23:23,070 --> 00:23:25,571 And for your information, I never met Anita Gibbs 617 00:23:25,606 --> 00:23:29,441 until the day I appointed her as my replacement. 618 00:23:29,476 --> 00:23:32,444 [lightly tense music] 619 00:23:32,479 --> 00:23:35,380 ♪ ♪ 620 00:23:35,416 --> 00:23:38,116 When I first met Mike Ross, I thought he was like 621 00:23:38,152 --> 00:23:39,818 every other criminal I work with: 622 00:23:39,853 --> 00:23:43,221 an entitled fraud who spent his life cutting corners. 623 00:23:43,257 --> 00:23:46,191 But I'm here to tell you, he went into prison one man, 624 00:23:46,226 --> 00:23:47,492 and he walked out another. 625 00:23:47,528 --> 00:23:49,227 And in my professional opinion, 626 00:23:49,263 --> 00:23:52,064 he has the integrity to serve his community as a lawyer. 627 00:23:52,099 --> 00:23:54,066 While I don't doubt your sincerity, Mr. Rowe, 628 00:23:54,101 --> 00:23:55,801 just because he was able to fool you 629 00:23:55,836 --> 00:23:57,681 doesn't mean he's going to be able to fool this board. 630 00:23:57,705 --> 00:23:59,638 It's Dr. Rowe. 631 00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:02,441 And I'm glad you were the one who responded to my statement. 632 00:24:02,476 --> 00:24:04,316 - And why is that? - Because you tried to paint 633 00:24:04,345 --> 00:24:06,011 a false picture of his release, 634 00:24:06,046 --> 00:24:07,324 and I'm here to set the record straight. 635 00:24:07,348 --> 00:24:09,114 The record is straight. 636 00:24:09,149 --> 00:24:10,860 And you're not qualified to talk about the deal that he made. 637 00:24:10,884 --> 00:24:13,852 - No, we're gonna hear this. - Thank you. 638 00:24:13,887 --> 00:24:17,356 It's true Mr. Ross entered into an early release agreement. 639 00:24:17,391 --> 00:24:20,492 But it's also true that he stayed in longer than he had to 640 00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:22,260 to keep his cellmate safe. 641 00:24:22,296 --> 00:24:24,363 And while he was there, he risked his own life 642 00:24:24,398 --> 00:24:27,032 to prevent a violent man from falsely obtaining parole. 643 00:24:27,067 --> 00:24:28,266 And for all we know, 644 00:24:28,302 --> 00:24:30,268 he did that for self-serving reasons. 645 00:24:30,304 --> 00:24:32,315 And for all I know, that's what you're doing right now. 646 00:24:32,339 --> 00:24:33,505 You're out of line. 647 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,641 I'm not the one under examination here. 648 00:24:35,676 --> 00:24:38,310 Neither am I. I'm a prison psychologist. 649 00:24:38,345 --> 00:24:40,345 And in my experience, self-serving men 650 00:24:40,381 --> 00:24:42,481 do not risk their lives to help people. 651 00:24:42,516 --> 00:24:46,451 I don't call defrauding your fellow man helping people. 652 00:24:46,487 --> 00:24:49,521 And I certainly don't call it having integrity. 653 00:24:49,556 --> 00:24:51,289 With all due respect, ma'am, 654 00:24:51,325 --> 00:24:53,358 I'm done wasting my breath on you 655 00:24:53,394 --> 00:24:55,994 because the purpose of this hearing was to determine 656 00:24:56,030 --> 00:24:57,729 if Mike Ross had reformed. 657 00:24:57,765 --> 00:24:59,498 But you don't seem to be interested in that 658 00:24:59,533 --> 00:25:01,166 because you've already made your mind up. 659 00:25:01,201 --> 00:25:02,912 - Maybe I have. - Then maybe you shouldn't be 660 00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:04,302 on this committee. 661 00:25:04,338 --> 00:25:08,006 Because as I said, in my professional opinion, 662 00:25:08,042 --> 00:25:11,143 the world could use a lawyer like Mike Ross. 663 00:25:11,178 --> 00:25:13,679 And if you're looking for my personal opinion, 664 00:25:13,714 --> 00:25:15,580 he has more integrity in his little finger 665 00:25:15,616 --> 00:25:18,316 than you have in your whole body. 666 00:25:18,352 --> 00:25:21,319 [edgy music] 667 00:25:21,355 --> 00:25:28,360 ♪ ♪ 668 00:25:37,294 --> 00:25:38,320 Harvey, where have you been? 669 00:25:38,321 --> 00:25:40,140 I've been trying to level the playing field. 670 00:25:40,188 --> 00:25:41,954 That's the thing; we just did. 671 00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:43,638 You should have seen Julius up there. 672 00:25:43,639 --> 00:25:45,038 I mean, if those members vote no 673 00:25:45,073 --> 00:25:46,472 after hearing what he had to say-- 674 00:25:46,507 --> 00:25:48,074 Doesn't matter what he had to say. 675 00:25:50,044 --> 00:25:52,778 You haven't found a way to get Gibbs off that committee. 676 00:25:52,814 --> 00:25:54,246 No. 677 00:25:54,282 --> 00:25:57,249 [somber music] 678 00:25:57,285 --> 00:26:01,253 ♪ ♪ 679 00:26:01,289 --> 00:26:02,888 I'm sorry, Mike. 680 00:26:02,924 --> 00:26:04,657 You don't have to be sorry, Harvey. 681 00:26:04,692 --> 00:26:08,894 She warned us that she'd never let me into the Bar. 682 00:26:08,930 --> 00:26:10,563 We just didn't listen. 683 00:26:13,568 --> 00:26:15,034 Listen to me. 684 00:26:15,069 --> 00:26:17,369 This vote isn't until tomorrow morning. 685 00:26:17,405 --> 00:26:18,882 There's still time for us to think of something. 686 00:26:18,906 --> 00:26:21,607 You keep trying, Harvey. 687 00:26:21,642 --> 00:26:24,710 I got something else I need to take care of. 688 00:26:24,746 --> 00:26:29,882 ♪ ♪ 689 00:26:29,917 --> 00:26:31,517 What's going on? 690 00:26:31,552 --> 00:26:33,530 Gretchen said you wanted to talk to me about the patent. 691 00:26:33,554 --> 00:26:35,733 What are you guys doing here? I went back to them, Donna. 692 00:26:35,757 --> 00:26:38,457 And the reason I asked Stu and Benjamin to be here 693 00:26:38,493 --> 00:26:40,204 was so that you'd know I didn't shit the bed. 694 00:26:40,228 --> 00:26:41,927 Are you telling me you couldn't get them 695 00:26:41,963 --> 00:26:43,373 to back off the lawsuit? He's telling you we won't 696 00:26:43,397 --> 00:26:44,742 be able to patent The Donna at all. 697 00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:46,265 - What? - Donna. 698 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:48,312 They weren't authorized to let us partner with them. 699 00:26:48,336 --> 00:26:49,913 That's what I sent you over there to take care of. 700 00:26:49,937 --> 00:26:51,582 I know, and then they said they would fight us 701 00:26:51,606 --> 00:26:52,972 to the ends of the earth. 702 00:26:53,007 --> 00:26:54,707 So I pulled out every trick in the book. 703 00:26:54,742 --> 00:26:57,076 And I got them to make you an offer. 704 00:26:57,111 --> 00:26:58,544 An offer sounds like a buyout. 705 00:26:58,579 --> 00:27:00,146 That's because it is a buyout. 706 00:27:00,181 --> 00:27:01,881 With a special provision that allows us 707 00:27:01,916 --> 00:27:03,360 to produce The Donna for in-house use. 708 00:27:03,384 --> 00:27:04,583 That's not good enough. 709 00:27:04,619 --> 00:27:06,163 Donna, we're talking about a lot of money. 710 00:27:06,187 --> 00:27:07,498 I don't care about the money, Stu. 711 00:27:07,522 --> 00:27:09,155 I care that Louis didn't fight for me. 712 00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:11,157 I did fight for you, Donna, I swear. 713 00:27:11,192 --> 00:27:14,126 They got us dead to rights. There's nothing more I can do. 714 00:27:14,162 --> 00:27:16,529 Bullshit. Louis Litt does not roll over for anybody. 715 00:27:16,564 --> 00:27:17,574 He didn't roll over, Donna. 716 00:27:17,598 --> 00:27:18,742 I went over it with Benjamin, 717 00:27:18,766 --> 00:27:20,533 and we can't get the overlap under 30%. 718 00:27:20,568 --> 00:27:22,546 I also ran it by my own attorney and he was shocked 719 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:24,203 at what Louis was able to get us. 720 00:27:24,238 --> 00:27:27,573 So you're telling me you want to take it? 721 00:27:27,608 --> 00:27:30,109 We do. 722 00:27:30,144 --> 00:27:32,178 But The Donna wouldn't even exist without you, 723 00:27:32,213 --> 00:27:34,180 and we're partners, so if you don't want to, 724 00:27:34,215 --> 00:27:36,115 then we won't. 725 00:27:36,150 --> 00:27:39,118 [lightly edgy music] 726 00:27:39,153 --> 00:27:41,921 ♪ ♪ 727 00:27:41,956 --> 00:27:44,423 I'm gonna need to think about it. 728 00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:51,263 ♪ ♪ 729 00:27:59,774 --> 00:28:02,241 - What's that? - Liberty Rail. 730 00:28:02,276 --> 00:28:04,009 I tried to give it to you once before. 731 00:28:04,045 --> 00:28:05,477 You wouldn't take it. 732 00:28:05,513 --> 00:28:06,824 You said it should come without strings. 733 00:28:06,848 --> 00:28:08,981 Well, here it is. No strings. 734 00:28:09,016 --> 00:28:10,850 It's still got strings, and you know it. 735 00:28:10,885 --> 00:28:12,751 You want me to let Mike in the Bar. 736 00:28:12,787 --> 00:28:15,821 I do, but I'm giving you this whether you do that or not. 737 00:28:15,857 --> 00:28:17,656 Why would you do that? 738 00:28:17,692 --> 00:28:19,992 Because I'm hoping if I showed you I could change, 739 00:28:20,027 --> 00:28:22,228 maybe you'd believe he could too. 740 00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:29,435 You for him. 741 00:28:29,470 --> 00:28:31,136 What? 742 00:28:33,274 --> 00:28:36,275 Tomorrow morning, I'm going to ask Mike 743 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:40,012 if anyone knew he was a fraud while he was at Pearson Specter. 744 00:28:40,047 --> 00:28:43,249 He admits you knew, I'll let him in the Bar. 745 00:28:43,284 --> 00:28:44,850 I do that, they'll kick me out. 746 00:28:44,886 --> 00:28:46,719 That's what "you for him" means. 747 00:28:46,754 --> 00:28:49,121 You said you'd do it for him once. 748 00:28:49,156 --> 00:28:51,457 This is your chance to put your money where your mouth is. 749 00:28:51,492 --> 00:28:52,725 He won't go for it. 750 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,894 He wants to be a lawyer so bad he can taste it. 751 00:28:54,929 --> 00:28:57,696 You can make him go for it. 752 00:28:57,732 --> 00:29:00,466 Just remember, 753 00:29:00,501 --> 00:29:02,534 you didn't like being too late last time. 754 00:29:02,570 --> 00:29:05,104 You're not too late this time. 755 00:29:09,343 --> 00:29:12,511 Good. You're both here. Thanks for staying. 756 00:29:12,546 --> 00:29:14,157 Of course we stayed. Your message said it was urgent. 757 00:29:14,181 --> 00:29:15,514 What's going on? 758 00:29:15,549 --> 00:29:17,149 Is there a problem with the settlement? 759 00:29:17,184 --> 00:29:19,062 No. I gave Oliver my word that I'd tell you the truth, 760 00:29:19,086 --> 00:29:21,553 so...I'm here to tell you the truth. 761 00:29:21,589 --> 00:29:23,923 - Truth about what? - I made a deal. 762 00:29:23,958 --> 00:29:26,525 A quid pro quo that we would handle the miners' case 763 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,528 in exchange for the chance to be admitted to the Bar. 764 00:29:29,563 --> 00:29:31,497 Are you goddamn kidding me? 765 00:29:31,532 --> 00:29:34,533 I asked you point blank if something was going on, 766 00:29:34,568 --> 00:29:36,535 and you lied to my face? Nathan, I'm sorry. 767 00:29:36,570 --> 00:29:37,681 But I didn't want to tell you 768 00:29:37,705 --> 00:29:39,538 until there was something to tell. 769 00:29:39,573 --> 00:29:40,539 You weren't going to tell me until you got away with it. 770 00:29:40,574 --> 00:29:42,007 No, I wasn't. 771 00:29:42,043 --> 00:29:43,008 But as it turns out, I'm not gonna get away with it, 772 00:29:43,044 --> 00:29:44,610 and I'm telling you anyway. 773 00:29:44,645 --> 00:29:46,612 - You're fired. - Nathan, please-- 774 00:29:46,647 --> 00:29:48,292 I don't give a shit what's about to come out of your mouth. 775 00:29:48,316 --> 00:29:49,515 Clean out your office. 776 00:29:49,550 --> 00:29:51,684 Never show your face around here again. 777 00:29:51,719 --> 00:29:53,786 Wait. Don't do it. 778 00:29:53,821 --> 00:29:55,354 Did you hear what he said? 779 00:29:55,389 --> 00:29:56,555 He lied. Not once, not twice-- 780 00:29:56,590 --> 00:29:58,223 I don't care, because we need him. 781 00:29:58,259 --> 00:30:00,192 - We don't need him-- - Sophia needed him, 782 00:30:00,227 --> 00:30:02,294 and she got me, and look what happened. 783 00:30:02,330 --> 00:30:05,364 Yeah, Nathan, that was some shady shit he pulled, 784 00:30:05,399 --> 00:30:06,677 but you gotta be blind if you can't see 785 00:30:06,701 --> 00:30:08,300 that he actually cares. 786 00:30:08,336 --> 00:30:09,980 And I don't remember us beating down a place 787 00:30:10,004 --> 00:30:12,137 like Velocity Data before he got here. 788 00:30:12,173 --> 00:30:14,151 So if it's all the same to you, I'd like him to stay. 789 00:30:14,175 --> 00:30:15,585 Well, it's not all the same to me, Oliver. 790 00:30:15,609 --> 00:30:17,409 It's up to me. 791 00:30:17,445 --> 00:30:19,778 Not to the person that kept it from me as much as Mike did. 792 00:30:19,814 --> 00:30:22,748 He didn't keep it from you, Nathan. 793 00:30:22,783 --> 00:30:25,117 He said that if I didn't tell you, he would. 794 00:30:25,152 --> 00:30:26,919 So here I am. 795 00:30:26,954 --> 00:30:31,223 And I know I don't have a leg to stand on, but... 796 00:30:31,258 --> 00:30:33,625 I'd like to stay. 797 00:30:33,661 --> 00:30:37,629 [edgy music] 798 00:30:37,665 --> 00:30:39,398 Monday morning, you better start 799 00:30:39,433 --> 00:30:40,777 putting your money where your mouth is 800 00:30:40,801 --> 00:30:43,402 and find us another $50,000 case. 801 00:30:43,437 --> 00:30:50,442 ♪ ♪ 802 00:30:56,550 --> 00:30:59,885 - Louis, do you have a minute? - Sure, Harvey. 803 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:01,620 I don't know how much you know 804 00:31:01,655 --> 00:31:03,066 about what's going on with Mike's hearing. 805 00:31:03,090 --> 00:31:04,556 Enough to know that look on your face 806 00:31:04,592 --> 00:31:06,258 means it's not going well. It's not. 807 00:31:06,293 --> 00:31:07,693 And I may have a way to change it, 808 00:31:07,728 --> 00:31:09,428 but I wanted to run it by my partner first, 809 00:31:09,463 --> 00:31:12,031 because it may mean that I need a little time off. 810 00:31:12,066 --> 00:31:13,799 What do you mean, "a little time off"? 811 00:31:13,834 --> 00:31:15,634 I mean Gibbs offered me a deal. 812 00:31:15,669 --> 00:31:18,604 Mike goes on record admitting I knew he was a fraud, 813 00:31:18,639 --> 00:31:20,072 she'll vote to let him in the Bar. 814 00:31:20,107 --> 00:31:21,640 Are you insane? 815 00:31:21,675 --> 00:31:23,442 You do that, it won't be a little time off. 816 00:31:23,477 --> 00:31:24,610 You'll get disbarred. 817 00:31:24,645 --> 00:31:26,445 And by then, he'll be a lawyer. 818 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,081 And we can argue that he said that just to appease Gibbs. 819 00:31:29,116 --> 00:31:31,617 Bullshit. You do this, two out of three names on that wall 820 00:31:31,652 --> 00:31:33,697 will be gone, and I won't be able to keep this firm going. 821 00:31:33,721 --> 00:31:35,721 And if you can't, we'll have done it for Mike. 822 00:31:35,756 --> 00:31:36,822 Zane will hire you. 823 00:31:36,857 --> 00:31:38,624 I don't want to go to Zane's. 824 00:31:38,659 --> 00:31:40,270 I want to do what we said we were gonna do 825 00:31:40,294 --> 00:31:41,738 and rebuild this place together. Louis, I owe him. 826 00:31:41,762 --> 00:31:43,562 Well, what about what you owe me? 827 00:31:43,597 --> 00:31:45,275 You said we were partners. We are partners. 828 00:31:45,299 --> 00:31:46,739 Which is why I came to you with this. 829 00:31:46,767 --> 00:31:49,701 No, you didn't come to ask my permission. 830 00:31:49,737 --> 00:31:51,581 You came to tell me that you were gonna do this. 831 00:31:51,605 --> 00:31:52,704 And what if I did? 832 00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:54,373 Then you're not just an asshole. 833 00:31:54,408 --> 00:31:55,852 You're an idiot, because there's no way 834 00:31:55,876 --> 00:31:57,554 Mike Ross ever agrees to trading you for him. 835 00:31:57,578 --> 00:31:59,711 - Well, I'll make him agree. - No, you won't. 836 00:31:59,747 --> 00:32:01,080 Mike. 837 00:32:01,115 --> 00:32:02,192 Harvey, whatever deal she's offering you, 838 00:32:02,216 --> 00:32:03,649 I'm not gonna take it. 839 00:32:03,684 --> 00:32:04,728 You don't even know what it is. 840 00:32:04,752 --> 00:32:06,552 I don't care what it is. 841 00:32:06,587 --> 00:32:08,065 I'm not getting into the Bar if it means getting you kicked out. 842 00:32:08,089 --> 00:32:09,555 Mike, she wants me. She always has. 843 00:32:09,590 --> 00:32:11,690 No, Harvey. She wants both of us. 844 00:32:11,725 --> 00:32:13,892 And she's not going to stop until she gets both of us. 845 00:32:13,928 --> 00:32:15,694 - You don't know that. - Yes, I do. 846 00:32:15,729 --> 00:32:16,962 And if you don't get that, 847 00:32:16,997 --> 00:32:18,764 then she's got you right where she wants you. 848 00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:20,566 So you're just gonna sit there tomorrow 849 00:32:20,601 --> 00:32:22,401 and let her take everything away from you? 850 00:32:22,436 --> 00:32:23,735 She's not taking anything away. 851 00:32:23,771 --> 00:32:25,737 She's keeping things exactly the way they are. 852 00:32:25,773 --> 00:32:27,573 You mean working for that clinic. 853 00:32:27,608 --> 00:32:30,642 Harvey, I'm lucky to still have a job at that clinic. 854 00:32:30,678 --> 00:32:32,544 So tomorrow morning, I'm gonna go in there 855 00:32:32,580 --> 00:32:34,746 with my head held high. 856 00:32:34,782 --> 00:32:36,915 But what I'm not gonna do 857 00:32:36,951 --> 00:32:39,718 is let her strip you of everything that you are. 858 00:32:39,753 --> 00:32:45,958 ♪ ♪ 859 00:32:45,993 --> 00:32:48,560 Harvey, he's right. 860 00:32:48,596 --> 00:32:50,662 Let it go. 861 00:32:50,698 --> 00:32:55,701 ♪ ♪ 862 00:33:02,526 --> 00:33:03,614 Whatever it is, Donna... 863 00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,359 Harvey, I know you're in a rough place right now, 864 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:08,102 but whatever's gonna happen with Mike is gonna happen. 865 00:33:08,103 --> 00:33:09,803 You've done everything you can. 866 00:33:09,838 --> 00:33:12,272 And I'm tired of putting my wants on hold. 867 00:33:12,308 --> 00:33:13,907 What is it? 868 00:33:13,943 --> 00:33:15,909 You know about my product with Benjamin. 869 00:33:15,945 --> 00:33:17,411 I do. 870 00:33:17,446 --> 00:33:20,247 Well, it turns out we have a 32.5% overlap 871 00:33:20,282 --> 00:33:22,950 on our software with another company's. 872 00:33:22,985 --> 00:33:25,085 They refused to budge, and Louis said 873 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,789 he pulled out every trick in the book to get us this. 874 00:33:32,962 --> 00:33:36,863 - Can you get it under 30%? - No. 875 00:33:36,899 --> 00:33:39,800 Then take the money. 876 00:33:39,835 --> 00:33:41,802 I don't want the money. 877 00:33:41,837 --> 00:33:44,871 - Donna-- - I want something more. 878 00:33:44,907 --> 00:33:46,340 And I've never said that out loud, 879 00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:49,509 but I can't pretend that's not true anymore. 880 00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:55,282 What do you mean "more"? 881 00:33:55,317 --> 00:33:58,318 I don't know. 882 00:33:58,354 --> 00:34:02,389 [edgy music] 883 00:34:02,424 --> 00:34:05,559 I guess I'm gonna have to figure that out. 884 00:34:05,594 --> 00:34:12,599 ♪ ♪ 885 00:34:14,003 --> 00:34:15,335 Good night, Harvey. 886 00:34:15,371 --> 00:34:17,938 I'll see you tomorrow at the hearing. 887 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:23,977 ♪ ♪ 888 00:34:26,215 --> 00:34:28,615 Mr. Ross, we are prepared to hear your final statement. 889 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:31,451 Before we do, I have one last question. 890 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:33,587 Mr. Ross, you say you're a changed man 891 00:34:33,622 --> 00:34:35,422 and you care about the truth. 892 00:34:35,457 --> 00:34:38,658 But I want to know if you're capable of telling the truth. 893 00:34:38,694 --> 00:34:40,994 So I'm going to ask you a question 894 00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:43,597 and I suggest that you consider your answer very carefully, 895 00:34:43,632 --> 00:34:46,299 because as far as I'm concerned, your answer will determine 896 00:34:46,335 --> 00:34:49,803 whether or not you become a lawyer. 897 00:34:49,838 --> 00:34:53,607 During your time at Pearson Specter Litt, 898 00:34:53,642 --> 00:34:56,043 did anyone there have knowledge of the fact 899 00:34:56,078 --> 00:34:58,478 that you were a fraud? 900 00:34:58,514 --> 00:35:02,616 [tense music] 901 00:35:02,651 --> 00:35:06,286 Mr. Ross. Did anyone else know? 902 00:35:09,458 --> 00:35:10,524 I knew. 903 00:35:12,961 --> 00:35:14,661 And if you're looking for a scalp, 904 00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:16,263 you can have mine. 905 00:35:16,298 --> 00:35:19,232 But I was under the impression that this hearing 906 00:35:19,268 --> 00:35:21,301 was not about my old firm, but whether or not 907 00:35:21,336 --> 00:35:24,805 Mr. Ross should be a lawyer. 908 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,406 I say he should. 909 00:35:26,442 --> 00:35:27,908 It doesn't matter what you say. 910 00:35:27,943 --> 00:35:29,843 He's already had someone testify for him. 911 00:35:29,878 --> 00:35:31,611 I'm not here to talk about him. 912 00:35:31,647 --> 00:35:33,447 I'm here to talk about someone else. 913 00:35:33,482 --> 00:35:34,692 Someone else has nothing to do with this-- 914 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,149 I'd like to hear this. 915 00:35:36,185 --> 00:35:38,952 15 years ago, a young woman was arrested 916 00:35:38,987 --> 00:35:42,355 for illegally obtaining prescription drugs. 917 00:35:42,391 --> 00:35:44,524 Turns out she had chronic pain 918 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,293 and didn't want to drop out of med school, 919 00:35:46,328 --> 00:35:48,061 possibly never to return. 920 00:35:48,097 --> 00:35:51,131 So she stole a couple of prescription pads 921 00:35:51,166 --> 00:35:53,133 from the hospital where she was interning-- 922 00:35:53,168 --> 00:35:56,536 a crime with a mandatory sentence of seven years. 923 00:35:56,572 --> 00:36:00,107 But instead of throwing the book at her, 924 00:36:00,142 --> 00:36:02,576 the prosecuting attorney showed mercy, 925 00:36:02,611 --> 00:36:05,645 had the charges knocked down to a misdemeanor, 926 00:36:05,681 --> 00:36:08,748 recommended probation, and sealed the records. 927 00:36:08,784 --> 00:36:11,284 That's a touching story, but I don't see 928 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,498 what a random attorney has to do with these proceedings. 929 00:36:13,522 --> 00:36:15,489 She's not talking about a random attorney. 930 00:36:15,524 --> 00:36:17,924 She's talking about me. 931 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,727 But just because I showed compassion once 932 00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:22,729 doesn't mean he deserves it now. 933 00:36:22,764 --> 00:36:24,331 Maybe he doesn't. 934 00:36:24,366 --> 00:36:26,500 But that young woman is now an ER doctor. 935 00:36:26,535 --> 00:36:28,435 She saves lives. 936 00:36:28,470 --> 00:36:32,939 And the world's a better place because you saved hers. 937 00:36:32,975 --> 00:36:36,309 Thank you, Ms. Pearson. Mr. Ross? 938 00:36:36,345 --> 00:36:41,948 ♪ ♪ 939 00:36:41,984 --> 00:36:45,752 I don't think I can add anything to that. 940 00:36:45,787 --> 00:36:48,121 I've made my case. 941 00:36:48,157 --> 00:36:49,890 I leave the choice to you. 942 00:36:51,593 --> 00:36:53,860 Then this hearing has concluded. 943 00:36:53,896 --> 00:36:56,963 We will deliberate and let you know our decision by day's end. 944 00:36:56,999 --> 00:36:58,732 Thank you. 945 00:36:58,767 --> 00:37:05,772 ♪ ♪ 946 00:37:10,012 --> 00:37:11,745 So what do we do now? 947 00:37:11,780 --> 00:37:13,825 They said they would let us know by the end of the day. 948 00:37:13,849 --> 00:37:15,348 So we wait. 949 00:37:15,384 --> 00:37:16,828 Well, it is the end of the day, which means... 950 00:37:16,852 --> 00:37:18,818 It doesn't mean anything, Louis. 951 00:37:18,854 --> 00:37:21,166 Whatever's going on in there, Seidel's gonna fight like hell. 952 00:37:21,190 --> 00:37:24,157 It's not gonna make a difference. 953 00:37:24,193 --> 00:37:26,059 She's never gonna change her mind. 954 00:37:26,094 --> 00:37:28,962 - I think she will. - What do you mean? 955 00:37:28,997 --> 00:37:31,798 I mean that story wasn't any old story, 956 00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,433 and that woman wasn't really a woman. 957 00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:35,669 It was a man named Joseph O'Neal. 958 00:37:35,704 --> 00:37:38,905 And it was Walter Samson's godson. 959 00:37:38,941 --> 00:37:41,241 - So she did call in a favor. - Yeah, she did. 960 00:37:41,276 --> 00:37:43,677 Then we need to get her kicked off that board. 961 00:37:43,712 --> 00:37:45,445 No, Harvey. We don't. 962 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,691 Because I didn't fly all the way down here 963 00:37:46,715 --> 00:37:48,248 to strong-arm that woman. 964 00:37:48,283 --> 00:37:50,050 And I know the story of the wind and the sun. 965 00:37:50,085 --> 00:37:51,296 What the hell are you talking about? 966 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,086 She's talking about Aesop's fable. 967 00:37:53,121 --> 00:37:54,699 Which basically says that if you want to get a man 968 00:37:54,723 --> 00:37:57,257 to take off his coat, you don't blow it off. 969 00:37:57,292 --> 00:38:00,026 You make him feel warm, and he'll take it off on his own. 970 00:38:00,062 --> 00:38:01,861 That's not a strategy; it's a prayer. 971 00:38:01,897 --> 00:38:04,431 Louis, I already admitted that I knew about Mike, 972 00:38:04,466 --> 00:38:07,234 and I reminded her of her own compassion. 973 00:38:07,269 --> 00:38:10,103 That's the best we're going to do. 974 00:38:10,138 --> 00:38:11,216 You know they could disbar you for that. 975 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,806 In New York, they might. 976 00:38:12,841 --> 00:38:15,542 In Chicago, nobody's gonna care. 977 00:38:15,577 --> 00:38:16,943 Thank you, Jessica. 978 00:38:16,979 --> 00:38:18,712 Don't thank me. Thank Harvey. 979 00:38:18,747 --> 00:38:21,615 [phone vibrates] He's the one that called me. 980 00:38:21,650 --> 00:38:23,183 It's Seidel. 981 00:38:24,586 --> 00:38:26,152 Hello. 982 00:38:29,925 --> 00:38:32,058 I'll tell him. 983 00:38:32,094 --> 00:38:34,327 Thanks for calling. 984 00:38:34,363 --> 00:38:38,298 ♪ ♪ 985 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:39,299 You're in. 986 00:38:39,334 --> 00:38:42,736 [triumphant music] 987 00:38:42,771 --> 00:38:46,339 - [gasps] Oh, my God. - [laughing] 988 00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:48,375 It happened. 989 00:38:48,410 --> 00:38:52,746 ♪ ♪ 990 00:38:52,781 --> 00:38:55,348 I'm gonna go get us some champagne. 991 00:38:55,384 --> 00:38:59,519 - Thank you so much. - [laughs] 992 00:38:59,554 --> 00:39:01,888 Thank you for flying in. 993 00:39:01,923 --> 00:39:04,357 I wouldn't miss this for the world. 994 00:39:04,393 --> 00:39:11,097 ♪ ♪ 995 00:39:15,971 --> 00:39:17,804 Hey. 996 00:39:17,839 --> 00:39:20,573 You said you had to go to the bathroom a half hour ago, 997 00:39:20,609 --> 00:39:22,709 but you never came back for your champagne. 998 00:39:22,744 --> 00:39:24,944 I know. 999 00:39:24,980 --> 00:39:27,213 Louis, what's wrong? 1000 00:39:27,249 --> 00:39:29,215 You never asked me how it went with Tara, 1001 00:39:29,251 --> 00:39:30,917 telling her about Mike. 1002 00:39:30,952 --> 00:39:32,819 I'm so sorry. 1003 00:39:32,854 --> 00:39:35,322 I just got caught up with the hearing. 1004 00:39:35,357 --> 00:39:37,757 The thing is, I... 1005 00:39:37,793 --> 00:39:39,159 I told her. 1006 00:39:39,194 --> 00:39:41,328 We got into a huge fight. 1007 00:39:41,363 --> 00:39:43,563 And she said she needed to think about 1008 00:39:43,598 --> 00:39:45,332 whether or not she could forgive me. 1009 00:39:45,367 --> 00:39:46,766 - And? - She just called 1010 00:39:46,802 --> 00:39:48,602 when Harvey was giving us the news about Mike. 1011 00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:52,072 Left a 15-second voicemail. I'm afraid to listen to it. 1012 00:39:52,107 --> 00:39:53,440 Louis... 1013 00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:55,019 She's either gonna tell me that she never wants 1014 00:39:55,043 --> 00:39:57,944 to see me again or she wants to make up. 1015 00:39:57,979 --> 00:40:00,180 Do you want me to listen for you? 1016 00:40:00,215 --> 00:40:03,950 No. But I'd like it if you stay with me while I do. 1017 00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:05,618 Of course. 1018 00:40:16,998 --> 00:40:19,966 [poignant music] 1019 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:27,006 ♪ ♪ 1020 00:40:39,421 --> 00:40:42,422 [sobbing] 1021 00:41:06,148 --> 00:41:07,247 What's that? 1022 00:41:07,282 --> 00:41:09,115 I wanted to give you a present. 1023 00:41:09,151 --> 00:41:11,317 Your first year's salary in advance. 1024 00:41:11,353 --> 00:41:13,253 Welcome back. Harvey, I'm running out 1025 00:41:13,288 --> 00:41:14,832 of ways to tell you I don't want to be a corporate lawyer. 1026 00:41:14,856 --> 00:41:16,256 Before you answer, 1027 00:41:16,291 --> 00:41:18,091 you might want to take a look at this check. 1028 00:41:18,126 --> 00:41:19,871 - You're trying to bribe me. - I'm trying to close you. 1029 00:41:19,895 --> 00:41:21,694 - I told you-- - Yeah, I get it. 1030 00:41:21,730 --> 00:41:22,862 You want to do good. 1031 00:41:22,898 --> 00:41:24,464 Well, you really want to do good? 1032 00:41:24,499 --> 00:41:26,099 Donate half of this to the clinic. 1033 00:41:26,134 --> 00:41:27,667 You'll fund the place for a year. 1034 00:41:27,702 --> 00:41:28,880 Oh, so that's what you think I'm all about. 1035 00:41:28,904 --> 00:41:30,637 Just giving money. No. 1036 00:41:30,672 --> 00:41:32,717 But I think you're about more than just working at that place. 1037 00:41:32,741 --> 00:41:34,774 And you know it. What are you talking about? 1038 00:41:34,810 --> 00:41:38,344 I'm offering you a deal. One for you, one for me. 1039 00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:41,781 You can save the spotted owls, stop global warming, 1040 00:41:41,817 --> 00:41:44,517 and help as many damsels in distress as you like. 1041 00:41:44,553 --> 00:41:47,220 And the good news is, you'll be doing it from here. 1042 00:41:47,255 --> 00:41:48,933 What makes you think I'd take you up on that? 1043 00:41:48,957 --> 00:41:50,290 Because here's the thing, Mike. 1044 00:41:50,325 --> 00:41:52,392 You wanna be here, and you know it. 1045 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:53,927 - That's not true-- - Uh-uh. 1046 00:41:53,962 --> 00:41:56,396 I saw the look on your face when you strong-armed Palmer 1047 00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:59,732 and you took on Seidel and every other talented attorney 1048 00:41:59,768 --> 00:42:01,935 you've beaten over the years. 1049 00:42:01,970 --> 00:42:02,936 And I told you this once before. 1050 00:42:02,971 --> 00:42:04,337 This is the major leagues. 1051 00:42:04,372 --> 00:42:05,972 You don't get this feeling anywhere else. 1052 00:42:06,007 --> 00:42:08,675 And I'm offering you the best of both. 1053 00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:11,678 [light instrumentals] 1054 00:42:11,713 --> 00:42:18,585 ♪ ♪ 1055 00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:20,453 Why are you giving me a peace sign? 1056 00:42:20,489 --> 00:42:22,188 - Double it. - What? 1057 00:42:22,224 --> 00:42:23,634 I don't wanna just fund the clinic for a year. 1058 00:42:23,658 --> 00:42:25,291 I wanna fund it for two. 1059 00:42:25,327 --> 00:42:27,293 And while we're at it, I want some left over 1060 00:42:27,329 --> 00:42:29,440 for a little something nice for me and the wife-to-be. 1061 00:42:29,464 --> 00:42:31,698 - That's all it's gonna take? - Oh, not even close. 1062 00:42:31,733 --> 00:42:33,466 I wouldn't have it any other way. 1063 00:42:33,502 --> 00:42:34,979 Any case I want to bring the clinic on to, I can. 1064 00:42:35,003 --> 00:42:36,369 Done. 1065 00:42:36,404 --> 00:42:38,382 Anyone I want to bring over from the clinic, I can. 1066 00:42:38,406 --> 00:42:40,974 Louis doesn't get a say, you don't get a say, 1067 00:42:41,009 --> 00:42:43,843 no Harvard rule. Done. 1068 00:42:43,879 --> 00:42:46,946 And there's one more thing, and you're not gonna like it. 1069 00:42:46,982 --> 00:42:49,048 You are not getting my office. 1070 00:42:49,084 --> 00:42:50,783 Oh, yes, I am. And I will tell you why. 1071 00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:53,987 - Why? - 'Cause she's gone, Harvey. 1072 00:42:54,022 --> 00:42:58,157 And she's not coming back. 1073 00:42:58,193 --> 00:43:00,760 It's time for you to take the reins. 1074 00:43:00,795 --> 00:43:03,763 [bluesy rock music] 1075 00:43:03,798 --> 00:43:10,803 ♪ ♪ 1076 00:43:19,502 --> 00:43:26,302 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man