1 00:00:00,079 --> 00:00:02,367 Previously, on "Pearson"... 2 00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:05,050 Is that when you get off? Delilah's has a killer whiskey. 3 00:00:05,146 --> 00:00:06,800 Uh, thanks, I'm flattered, but I... 4 00:00:06,888 --> 00:00:08,194 You're seeing someone. I get it. 5 00:00:08,282 --> 00:00:10,506 All I could think about was the married man 6 00:00:10,594 --> 00:00:11,881 that I am having an affair with. 7 00:00:11,969 --> 00:00:13,389 I am so much better than this, 8 00:00:13,477 --> 00:00:15,163 - Bobby. - Keri, Stephanie had a relapse. 9 00:00:15,356 --> 00:00:17,924 I have a problem with boundaries, so I'll shut up. 10 00:00:18,012 --> 00:00:19,803 Are you for real? Don't ever stop 11 00:00:19,891 --> 00:00:21,483 speaking your mind. 12 00:00:21,571 --> 00:00:23,905 Why don't you tell me how you're gonna take your wife 13 00:00:23,993 --> 00:00:25,733 to a hospital in another state? 14 00:00:25,821 --> 00:00:29,022 Please don't suddenly make me a priority because I'm sick. 15 00:00:29,110 --> 00:00:31,577 I'm making you a priority because you're my wife. 16 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:32,805 I'm going with you. 17 00:00:32,893 --> 00:00:34,843 I've arranged for Nick D'Amato to be my driver. 18 00:00:34,931 --> 00:00:36,175 Are you out of your mind? 19 00:00:36,263 --> 00:00:37,917 Jeff, I need to get close to him. 20 00:00:38,013 --> 00:00:40,029 - I need to find out if he's... - What, 21 00:00:40,117 --> 00:00:41,433 a murderer? 22 00:00:41,577 --> 00:00:43,395 I didn't mean to put you on the spot yesterday. 23 00:00:43,482 --> 00:00:45,029 - Don't worry about it. - Luke. 24 00:00:45,154 --> 00:00:47,404 - Keri. - Nice to meet you, Keri. 25 00:00:56,027 --> 00:00:59,245 ♪ I've been waiting for someone like you ♪ 26 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:01,347 ♪ To pull me through another 24 ♪ 27 00:01:01,435 --> 00:01:03,183 Please tell me that's not your lunch. 28 00:01:03,543 --> 00:01:04,980 "Lunch," what's that? 29 00:01:05,224 --> 00:01:07,410 Just so you know, Polish place on the corner 30 00:01:07,505 --> 00:01:09,248 of Washington is fast and they have homemade pierogis. 31 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:10,537 Oh, that's good to know. 32 00:01:10,625 --> 00:01:12,825 I got a settlement conference in a half an hour, though. 33 00:01:16,416 --> 00:01:17,958 City attorney's office. 34 00:01:18,059 --> 00:01:19,129 Hmm? 35 00:01:19,217 --> 00:01:21,091 You're the hotshot who went after U.S. Steel. 36 00:01:21,179 --> 00:01:22,572 I thought you looked familiar. 37 00:01:22,722 --> 00:01:24,130 There were a lot of us on that case. 38 00:01:24,218 --> 00:01:26,220 You're being modest. What's your name again? 39 00:01:26,452 --> 00:01:28,171 - Keri. - Hi. 40 00:01:28,531 --> 00:01:29,741 Bobby. 41 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,405 Novak. 42 00:01:33,809 --> 00:01:34,921 What? 43 00:01:35,343 --> 00:01:37,366 You can cut the whole casual run-in, Alderman. 44 00:01:37,454 --> 00:01:39,288 We've been in the elevator at least ten times. 45 00:01:39,376 --> 00:01:41,366 - We have? - You know we have. 46 00:01:42,210 --> 00:01:43,491 So you do know who I am. 47 00:01:43,579 --> 00:01:45,507 Yes, and I also know that you're married. 48 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:47,874 Not that you asked, 49 00:01:48,396 --> 00:01:49,952 but I'm separated. 50 00:01:50,337 --> 00:01:51,850 I didn't ask, and if I had a nickel 51 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:54,569 - for every time I heard that... - You'd have nearly a dollar. I get it. 52 00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:56,266 In this case, it's true. 53 00:01:56,461 --> 00:01:58,710 Says the man who promised to support the last budget 54 00:01:58,798 --> 00:02:00,694 - and then went back on it. - So you're not only looking 55 00:02:00,782 --> 00:02:02,233 to see if I'm wearing a ring, 56 00:02:02,321 --> 00:02:04,524 you're studying me at city council meetings? 57 00:02:05,063 --> 00:02:07,172 I'm starting to think you came here to run into me. 58 00:02:07,447 --> 00:02:08,939 You know, instead of spending your lunch hour 59 00:02:09,026 --> 00:02:10,937 charming city employees, maybe you should be working 60 00:02:11,025 --> 00:02:12,444 for the people who put you in office. 61 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:14,156 You don't know what I do all day. 62 00:02:14,322 --> 00:02:15,617 I know what I see, 63 00:02:15,705 --> 00:02:17,977 and your good looks are only gonna get you so far. 64 00:02:27,462 --> 00:02:29,664 - I hope you don't mind. - No, no, it's fine. 65 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,235 Um... 66 00:02:33,118 --> 00:02:34,407 Listen, I don't mean to be rude, 67 00:02:34,496 --> 00:02:36,063 but, uh, you gotta go. 68 00:02:36,227 --> 00:02:37,531 Oh, shit. 69 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:39,539 Love 'em and leave 'em. No, it's not that. 70 00:02:39,627 --> 00:02:41,412 I... I have an early meeting. 71 00:02:41,552 --> 00:02:43,086 Don't worry, I totally get it. 72 00:02:43,432 --> 00:02:45,521 Hey, if you want, 73 00:02:45,953 --> 00:02:48,086 I was thinking maybe we can go away this weekend. 74 00:02:52,147 --> 00:02:53,508 Kidding. 75 00:02:54,737 --> 00:02:57,453 Your face, though. Wow. 76 00:02:57,866 --> 00:03:00,117 Um, seriously, though, call you? 77 00:03:00,205 --> 00:03:01,713 Yeah, yeah, definitely call. 78 00:03:01,801 --> 00:03:03,086 - All right. - Okay. 79 00:03:17,076 --> 00:03:19,039 - Are you Keri Allen? - Yeah. 80 00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:20,929 This is for you. 81 00:03:32,850 --> 00:03:34,140 Fuck. 82 00:03:37,264 --> 00:03:38,700 There you are. 83 00:03:38,829 --> 00:03:40,756 I thought maybe you changed your mind about our deal. 84 00:03:40,844 --> 00:03:42,178 Sorry. I asked him. 85 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:43,757 He's a bear without his coffee and doughnut 86 00:03:43,844 --> 00:03:44,772 first thing back. 87 00:03:44,860 --> 00:03:46,233 Well, I'll forgive you this time 88 00:03:46,321 --> 00:03:47,640 as long as I get a cruller out of it. 89 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:50,186 And welcome back, by the way. How was your trip? 90 00:03:50,274 --> 00:03:51,983 I'd like you to start digging in 91 00:03:52,071 --> 00:03:53,807 to some longer-term projects for me. 92 00:03:53,895 --> 00:03:56,793 Technology, manufacturing, 93 00:03:57,022 --> 00:03:59,528 Ickaris' second headquarters. 94 00:03:59,619 --> 00:04:01,099 You sure you want that headache? 95 00:04:01,187 --> 00:04:03,388 If that headache comes with 1/2 billion in construction, 96 00:04:03,476 --> 00:04:05,317 - I'll take it. - What I should have asked is, 97 00:04:05,405 --> 00:04:07,248 do you need another headache right now? 98 00:04:07,336 --> 00:04:09,663 Is there something you want to say, Ms. Pearson? 99 00:04:10,828 --> 00:04:12,687 I know why you were out of town. 100 00:04:13,429 --> 00:04:15,593 And if there's anything I can do to help... 101 00:04:15,681 --> 00:04:17,224 I just told you what you can do to help. 102 00:04:17,311 --> 00:04:19,478 I know, but if you want someone to talk to, 103 00:04:19,566 --> 00:04:21,089 I understand what you're going through. 104 00:04:21,176 --> 00:04:22,351 I doubt that's true. 105 00:04:22,438 --> 00:04:24,609 Just get the ball rolling on those, please. 106 00:04:32,883 --> 00:04:34,093 Keri. 107 00:04:34,243 --> 00:04:36,796 If I knew you were waiting, I'd have brought you a doughnut. 108 00:04:37,906 --> 00:04:40,304 - I need a favor. - What kind of favor, Keri? 109 00:04:40,392 --> 00:04:42,320 It's a wrongful termination suit against the city. 110 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:44,327 Okay, but isn't that what you do, 111 00:04:44,415 --> 00:04:46,112 defend the city against lawsuits? 112 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,653 Normally, yes, but the man suing 113 00:04:47,741 --> 00:04:50,187 is my former boss, and I'm a named defendant. 114 00:04:50,275 --> 00:04:51,710 I don't mind helping you, Keri, 115 00:04:51,798 --> 00:04:54,866 but the mayor has already given me my marching orders, 116 00:04:54,954 --> 00:04:58,210 and, as you are so fond of reminding me, 117 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,515 I'm no longer a lawyer. 118 00:04:59,603 --> 00:05:00,695 I don't need a lawyer. 119 00:05:00,783 --> 00:05:03,163 I don't want it litigated. I want it to go away. 120 00:05:03,251 --> 00:05:04,343 Isn't that what you do? 121 00:05:04,431 --> 00:05:06,577 In my experience, when someone wants something 122 00:05:06,665 --> 00:05:09,952 to go away, it tells me one of two things: 123 00:05:10,222 --> 00:05:12,187 either they're afraid of the outcome, 124 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:15,312 or they're afraid of certain things coming out. 125 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:16,663 Which one is it? 126 00:05:16,821 --> 00:05:18,518 Bobby is named in the suit too, 127 00:05:18,606 --> 00:05:20,304 and I'm trying to protect him. 128 00:05:20,392 --> 00:05:21,741 The last thing he needs right now 129 00:05:21,829 --> 00:05:24,254 is to become collateral damage in a courtroom spectacle, 130 00:05:24,342 --> 00:05:26,082 given everything that's going on with him, 131 00:05:26,170 --> 00:05:28,671 and I hope that you would feel the same way. 132 00:05:30,067 --> 00:05:31,874 I'll see what I can do. 133 00:05:35,273 --> 00:05:37,195 Jessica, this stays between us. 134 00:05:37,283 --> 00:05:38,741 Of course. 135 00:05:42,312 --> 00:05:44,811 *PEARSON* Season 01 Episode 05 136 00:05:45,084 --> 00:05:48,124 *PEARSON* Episode Title: "The Former City Attorney" 137 00:05:48,288 --> 00:05:51,483 Synchronized by srjanapala 138 00:05:54,610 --> 00:05:56,351 Yoli? 139 00:05:56,791 --> 00:05:58,500 Dark roast with a splash of cream, no sugar? 140 00:05:58,587 --> 00:05:59,980 I need more than coffee. 141 00:06:00,171 --> 00:06:03,653 - I have an assignment for you. - Ooh, an assignment. 142 00:06:03,748 --> 00:06:04,966 How "Mission Impossible." 143 00:06:05,053 --> 00:06:08,108 You are aware that Chicago is on the short list 144 00:06:08,196 --> 00:06:09,832 to be the second headquarters of Ickaris. 145 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:11,190 I might have heard something. 146 00:06:11,277 --> 00:06:12,844 The mayor's already done the dog and pony show, 147 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:15,772 but I need someone who can sell them on the city itself, 148 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:17,998 starting with a bird's-eye view of Lincoln Yards. 149 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:19,819 Who's "them"? Like, the CEO? 150 00:06:19,907 --> 00:06:22,951 Blake Everett. He's one of their VPs of corporate affairs. 151 00:06:23,243 --> 00:06:27,006 Don't worry, he's 31 and has a phone for an ear. 152 00:06:27,407 --> 00:06:29,366 - Why can't you do it? - Excuse me? 153 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:31,070 No, I mean, I don't understand 154 00:06:31,158 --> 00:06:32,171 why you're having me do this. 155 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:33,967 Because it's mile one of a marathon, 156 00:06:34,055 --> 00:06:35,835 and I have something pressing I have to attend to. 157 00:06:35,922 --> 00:06:37,881 Yoli, what's going on? 158 00:06:37,969 --> 00:06:39,295 - Nothing, I just... - No, no. 159 00:06:39,383 --> 00:06:40,698 You have been chomping at the bit 160 00:06:40,786 --> 00:06:42,955 for a chance to be in the game, and I'm giving it to you. 161 00:06:43,043 --> 00:06:45,023 Well, let's just say I'm not Ickaris' number one fan. 162 00:06:45,110 --> 00:06:47,498 Oh, well, let's just say I pluck someone else out 163 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:48,866 of Streets and Sanitation who is. 164 00:06:48,954 --> 00:06:50,905 Not like I can't put my personal issues aside 165 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:53,343 to do this job. I'm happy to do it. 166 00:06:54,115 --> 00:06:55,248 So... 167 00:06:55,453 --> 00:06:57,998 Yoli, the file. 168 00:07:08,076 --> 00:07:09,719 Thank you. Hi, Keri Allen. 169 00:07:09,849 --> 00:07:12,102 Ms. Riculli has just gone on maternity leave, 170 00:07:12,190 --> 00:07:14,801 but I'm completely caught up to speed on your case, 171 00:07:14,889 --> 00:07:18,371 and I think that you'll find this number more than fair. 172 00:07:24,447 --> 00:07:25,840 $7,000? 173 00:07:25,928 --> 00:07:27,522 That won't begin to pay our bills. 174 00:07:27,610 --> 00:07:29,134 I'm sorry, that's the number on the table. 175 00:07:29,221 --> 00:07:30,959 Well, then you can keep it on the table. 176 00:07:31,047 --> 00:07:33,179 Ms. Aquino, I feel for you and your family, 177 00:07:33,267 --> 00:07:35,487 but passing between train cars is illegal, 178 00:07:35,575 --> 00:07:37,056 and your son is at fault, not the city. 179 00:07:37,143 --> 00:07:39,850 And the city's responsibility supersedes his violation 180 00:07:39,938 --> 00:07:41,548 if the train was not maintained. 181 00:07:41,636 --> 00:07:42,420 That's true. 182 00:07:42,508 --> 00:07:44,304 However, I'm sure that Ms. Riculli explained to you 183 00:07:44,391 --> 00:07:45,748 that if this went to trial, 184 00:07:45,836 --> 00:07:47,701 Safety and Inspections would dispute your claim 185 00:07:47,789 --> 00:07:49,060 and you would end up with nothing. 186 00:07:49,148 --> 00:07:50,475 I don't believe this. 187 00:07:50,563 --> 00:07:51,694 If you give me a few days, 188 00:07:51,782 --> 00:07:53,248 I could probably get this up to $10,000. 189 00:07:53,336 --> 00:07:56,352 My son is crippled, Ms. Allen. 190 00:07:56,649 --> 00:07:58,553 He'll never be normal again. 191 00:07:59,007 --> 00:08:01,225 And we've asked for those inspections. 192 00:08:01,313 --> 00:08:02,405 I don't understand. 193 00:08:02,493 --> 00:08:05,259 My office requested documentation during discovery, 194 00:08:05,347 --> 00:08:07,483 and we got nothing back from your predecessor. 195 00:08:07,571 --> 00:08:09,182 Something must have gotten lost in the shuffle. 196 00:08:09,269 --> 00:08:10,836 - That's not... - Three times? 197 00:08:10,998 --> 00:08:13,084 City Hall must be quite a mess. 198 00:08:15,230 --> 00:08:16,439 Still think you made the right choice 199 00:08:16,526 --> 00:08:17,745 coming here over big law? 200 00:08:17,833 --> 00:08:19,835 Well, I still have my soul. 201 00:08:19,923 --> 00:08:22,069 Yeah, the work is soul-sucking, 202 00:08:22,157 --> 00:08:24,101 but I hear the paychecks fill some of the void. 203 00:08:24,189 --> 00:08:25,219 Eh, who needs money 204 00:08:25,307 --> 00:08:26,987 when you have the glamor of public service? 205 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:28,996 What can I help you with, Keri? 206 00:08:29,084 --> 00:08:30,421 And don't tell me you need more cases. 207 00:08:30,508 --> 00:08:32,006 You already do double anyone else. 208 00:08:32,094 --> 00:08:33,281 You know how you said it's our duty 209 00:08:33,368 --> 00:08:34,630 to overturn every rock? 210 00:08:34,718 --> 00:08:36,444 Oh, someone was listening in class. 211 00:08:36,532 --> 00:08:37,718 So I think some of the evidence 212 00:08:37,805 --> 00:08:40,186 may have gotten lost in transition on Riculli's case. 213 00:08:40,274 --> 00:08:41,710 Oh, uh, what evidence? 214 00:08:41,798 --> 00:08:44,787 The entire case hinges on annual inspections by the CTA, 215 00:08:44,875 --> 00:08:46,023 but we don't seem to have a single copy. 216 00:08:46,110 --> 00:08:47,373 I'm sure it was an honest mistake. 217 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,085 I'm sure it was too, but I would like to go back 218 00:08:49,173 --> 00:08:50,419 through the case files and double-check. 219 00:08:50,506 --> 00:08:51,812 Well, all right. I'll look into it. 220 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:52,857 You have enough to work on. 221 00:08:52,945 --> 00:08:53,984 No, I'm happy to do it myself. 222 00:08:54,071 --> 00:08:56,155 Look, Keri, the truth is, to keep things moving, 223 00:08:56,243 --> 00:08:58,208 we rely on a reciprocal relationship 224 00:08:58,296 --> 00:08:59,686 with the departments we represent. 225 00:08:59,774 --> 00:09:01,776 So in cases like these, if they don't give it to us 226 00:09:01,864 --> 00:09:03,053 we figure we don't need it. 227 00:09:03,141 --> 00:09:04,491 Does that make sense? 228 00:09:19,718 --> 00:09:21,100 Gentlemen. 229 00:09:21,678 --> 00:09:24,366 Jessica Pearson. Thank you for meeting with me. 230 00:09:24,483 --> 00:09:26,203 Keri must be getting lazy in her old age 231 00:09:26,290 --> 00:09:27,639 if she's delegating. 232 00:09:28,225 --> 00:09:30,889 I'm not here as an emissary of the law department. 233 00:09:31,086 --> 00:09:33,001 - I get my orders from the top. - Good. 234 00:09:33,089 --> 00:09:34,140 I see you've read the complaint. 235 00:09:34,227 --> 00:09:36,517 I have, and I've looked at the surrounding circumstances 236 00:09:36,605 --> 00:09:39,100 regarding your client's termination, and, to be honest, 237 00:09:39,188 --> 00:09:40,428 I don't see a case. 238 00:09:40,516 --> 00:09:42,334 If that's what you see, I'd have my eyes checked. 239 00:09:42,421 --> 00:09:43,945 My eyes are just fine. 240 00:09:44,134 --> 00:09:45,788 What I do see, Mr. Sharma, 241 00:09:45,968 --> 00:09:47,467 is a man whose career hasn't recovered 242 00:09:47,555 --> 00:09:49,241 since he left the city attorney's office. 243 00:09:49,329 --> 00:09:50,709 That's why he's suing, Ms. Pearson. 244 00:09:50,797 --> 00:09:52,494 And that's why I'm sure we can come 245 00:09:52,582 --> 00:09:53,801 to some kind of understanding. 246 00:09:53,916 --> 00:09:55,491 You want to pay me to go away. 247 00:09:55,579 --> 00:09:56,858 That is what you want, isn't it? 248 00:09:56,946 --> 00:09:58,601 - Not interested. - Well, maybe you should be. 249 00:09:58,688 --> 00:10:01,881 If this goes to trial, the jury will see nothing more 250 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:05,014 than a bitter employee who waited five years to sue 251 00:10:05,102 --> 00:10:07,539 because he just got a divorce and is out of money. 252 00:10:07,688 --> 00:10:09,156 That's because the jury you're imagining 253 00:10:09,243 --> 00:10:10,273 isn't aware of all the facts. 254 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,875 The facts are that your client cheated victims 255 00:10:13,007 --> 00:10:15,617 out of liability claims for years. 256 00:10:15,705 --> 00:10:17,352 He's lucky he's still a member of the bar. 257 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:18,805 Who the hell are you to judge me? 258 00:10:18,893 --> 00:10:21,102 My actions never hurt anyone, 259 00:10:21,190 --> 00:10:22,274 and I paid the price. 260 00:10:22,362 --> 00:10:24,297 And so did I, but this isn't about what I did. 261 00:10:24,385 --> 00:10:25,891 It's about what she did. 262 00:10:26,058 --> 00:10:27,266 "She"? 263 00:10:28,524 --> 00:10:30,641 I thought you were suing the city and the current mayor. 264 00:10:30,728 --> 00:10:32,436 Oh, we are. But she knows what she did, 265 00:10:32,524 --> 00:10:34,078 and we'll start with her. 266 00:10:34,455 --> 00:10:36,352 Deposition's on Wednesday. 267 00:10:43,125 --> 00:10:44,205 Hey. 268 00:10:44,293 --> 00:10:46,492 I didn't miss the end of Daylight Savings Time, did I? 269 00:10:46,580 --> 00:10:47,799 No, why? 270 00:10:47,887 --> 00:10:49,554 - I'm waiting for this - Black Everett guy to show, 271 00:10:49,641 --> 00:10:50,847 and he's still not here. 272 00:10:50,935 --> 00:10:52,266 You're waiting for Blake Everett? 273 00:10:52,354 --> 00:10:55,055 - I'm waiting for Blake Everett. - To take him to Lincoln Yards? 274 00:10:55,229 --> 00:10:56,840 Ah, man. 275 00:10:58,313 --> 00:11:00,010 You know what this is, right? 276 00:11:00,168 --> 00:11:01,758 Millennials on parade. 277 00:11:02,149 --> 00:11:04,542 I just find it so ironic that they're sending us out 278 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:05,718 to whitewash the city. 279 00:11:05,806 --> 00:11:07,547 Just smile and nod and sell them 280 00:11:07,635 --> 00:11:09,025 on our bike shares and beer gardens. 281 00:11:09,112 --> 00:11:10,287 Yeah, and pay no attention 282 00:11:10,375 --> 00:11:11,946 to the gentrification behind the curtain. 283 00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:13,209 You know what's so funny? I've been trying 284 00:11:13,296 --> 00:11:14,789 to talk the mayor out of this, 285 00:11:14,877 --> 00:11:16,414 and he sends me to sell them on it. 286 00:11:16,502 --> 00:11:19,610 I don't know why. You're a terrible salesman. 287 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,567 Uh... 288 00:11:23,086 --> 00:11:24,938 let's do this thing. 289 00:11:25,672 --> 00:11:27,664 You always wanted to be a tour guide. 290 00:11:27,752 --> 00:11:30,149 Oh, she got jokes. 291 00:11:30,358 --> 00:11:31,517 I get it. 292 00:11:31,605 --> 00:11:33,091 He's deposing me? 293 00:11:33,179 --> 00:11:34,531 That self-important asshole. 294 00:11:34,619 --> 00:11:36,164 He didn't exactly win me over either. 295 00:11:36,252 --> 00:11:37,385 Yeah, he's just trying to find something 296 00:11:37,472 --> 00:11:39,337 to distract from his meaningless life. 297 00:11:39,425 --> 00:11:40,884 Well, he seems to think you had something to do 298 00:11:40,971 --> 00:11:42,078 with why it's meaningless. 299 00:11:42,166 --> 00:11:44,125 Damn it, I asked you to make this go away. 300 00:11:44,213 --> 00:11:45,336 And I will. 301 00:11:45,424 --> 00:11:48,641 But before I do, I need a straight answer from you, Keri. 302 00:11:48,729 --> 00:11:51,471 Is there any reason this man thinks he can invalidate 303 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:52,883 the circumstances of his firing? 304 00:11:52,971 --> 00:11:55,047 - No. - There was demonstrable proof? 305 00:11:55,135 --> 00:11:57,268 It wasn't just circumstantial evidence? 306 00:11:57,356 --> 00:12:00,000 Yes, there were clear grounds for his dismissal. 307 00:12:00,088 --> 00:12:02,570 - He had to go. - Okay, then it's personal. 308 00:12:02,658 --> 00:12:04,290 As long as Sharma has as it out for you, 309 00:12:04,378 --> 00:12:06,345 you still have to prepare for the deposition. 310 00:12:06,433 --> 00:12:08,501 Great. I came to you because I didn't want to bring in 311 00:12:08,588 --> 00:12:10,633 outside council, and now I don't have a choice, do I? 312 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,505 Well, at least let me help you prepare. 313 00:12:12,592 --> 00:12:14,259 - I don't think so. - Listen to me, Keri. 314 00:12:14,347 --> 00:12:16,044 I've done a million depositions. 315 00:12:16,132 --> 00:12:17,845 No one can prepare you better than me. 316 00:12:17,933 --> 00:12:19,533 You go in there with outside council 317 00:12:19,621 --> 00:12:22,035 without me exploring every option, 318 00:12:22,123 --> 00:12:24,493 whatever it is you're trying to keep from getting out 319 00:12:24,581 --> 00:12:25,756 will get out. 320 00:12:25,877 --> 00:12:27,400 That man has it out for you. 321 00:12:27,494 --> 00:12:30,415 Your instincts were to come to me for help. 322 00:12:30,652 --> 00:12:33,337 Trust your instincts. Let me help you. 323 00:12:48,985 --> 00:12:51,181 I didn't know that chain to your desk was this long. 324 00:12:51,269 --> 00:12:53,064 Just needed a change of scenery. 325 00:12:53,967 --> 00:12:55,798 At the very place I recommended. 326 00:12:55,895 --> 00:12:57,196 I won't read too much into it. 327 00:12:57,284 --> 00:12:58,650 I'm not here to see you, 328 00:12:58,738 --> 00:13:00,348 if that's what you're wondering. 329 00:13:00,482 --> 00:13:01,673 Pierogi? 330 00:13:02,025 --> 00:13:03,290 It's mushroom. 331 00:13:11,785 --> 00:13:13,204 What's wrong? 332 00:13:13,845 --> 00:13:15,111 Nothing. It's just work stuff. 333 00:13:15,197 --> 00:13:16,243 Doesn't seem like nothing. 334 00:13:16,331 --> 00:13:17,671 I don't know that it would be appropriate 335 00:13:17,759 --> 00:13:19,250 given your position. 336 00:13:20,665 --> 00:13:22,837 That's okay. You don't have to tell me. 337 00:13:23,031 --> 00:13:24,163 You wanna get something to go, or... 338 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:26,103 The city attorney's burying evidence. 339 00:13:27,470 --> 00:13:28,994 That's a hell of an allegation. 340 00:13:29,081 --> 00:13:31,518 There was something missing from a case I'm working on, 341 00:13:31,605 --> 00:13:33,781 so I went back through all the liability cases 342 00:13:33,868 --> 00:13:35,056 under Sharma's tenure. 343 00:13:35,144 --> 00:13:37,314 Every one of them settled for way less than expected, 344 00:13:37,402 --> 00:13:39,775 and there's evidence missing from every single one. 345 00:13:39,977 --> 00:13:41,767 It's a pattern. I see it. I know it. 346 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:42,915 Talk to him about it? 347 00:13:43,003 --> 00:13:44,619 I did, and he didn't seem bothered at all, 348 00:13:44,706 --> 00:13:46,814 like it was just standard operating procedure. 349 00:13:46,902 --> 00:13:49,017 - Jesus. - This man is my mentor. 350 00:13:49,105 --> 00:13:50,517 He's the best professor I had. 351 00:13:50,605 --> 00:13:52,172 He hired me right out of law school. 352 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:53,435 I owe him everything. 353 00:13:53,608 --> 00:13:55,431 That complicates things, doesn't it? 354 00:13:56,682 --> 00:13:58,360 What do I do? 355 00:13:59,551 --> 00:14:01,775 I thought you didn't come here to see me. 356 00:14:02,427 --> 00:14:03,923 Please. 357 00:14:07,284 --> 00:14:09,056 Look, you can do what your gut is telling you 358 00:14:09,144 --> 00:14:11,892 and expose him, but from what I've seen, 359 00:14:12,047 --> 00:14:14,462 whistleblowers rarely get rewarded. 360 00:14:14,850 --> 00:14:17,025 Are you saying that to me as a politician? 361 00:14:17,113 --> 00:14:19,548 No, I'm saying that as someone who doesn't want 362 00:14:19,636 --> 00:14:21,142 to see you forced out of City Hall. 363 00:14:27,697 --> 00:14:30,423 Mr. Alderman, come here. Take a look. 364 00:14:30,618 --> 00:14:32,182 You don't have to keep bringing me up here. 365 00:14:32,269 --> 00:14:34,650 I get it. Your building is very big and impressive. 366 00:14:34,738 --> 00:14:36,408 I wanted to tell you this in person, 367 00:14:36,496 --> 00:14:37,775 see your reaction. 368 00:14:37,864 --> 00:14:39,692 We're gonna make you mayor. 369 00:14:39,802 --> 00:14:41,423 I... I know, that's the idea. 370 00:14:41,511 --> 00:14:43,759 No, no, buddy. It's not an idea. 371 00:14:44,023 --> 00:14:45,626 We're doing it now. 372 00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:47,766 What are you talking about? 373 00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:51,095 ADA Mills is dropping out, poor bastard. 374 00:14:51,183 --> 00:14:53,634 It's something about him diddling a paralegal 375 00:14:53,722 --> 00:14:54,743 a few years back. 376 00:14:54,831 --> 00:14:56,224 Christ. 377 00:14:56,376 --> 00:14:58,482 One mistake, your entire political career is over. 378 00:14:58,570 --> 00:15:00,361 And someone else's gets started. 379 00:15:01,092 --> 00:15:02,572 I had a consulting firm 380 00:15:02,660 --> 00:15:03,768 look into your strengths and weaknesses. 381 00:15:03,855 --> 00:15:06,189 They even drafted up a platform. 382 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:09,517 You are for jobs and against gangs. 383 00:15:14,829 --> 00:15:16,611 - What is this, a joke? - No, not to me. 384 00:15:16,699 --> 00:15:18,470 I paid 20 grand for this. 385 00:15:19,492 --> 00:15:21,276 Yeah, well, then you wasted your money. 386 00:15:21,364 --> 00:15:23,004 Bobby, what... What are you talking about? 387 00:15:23,114 --> 00:15:24,506 Pat, listen to me. 388 00:15:24,594 --> 00:15:26,208 I know we've been talking about this for a long time 389 00:15:26,295 --> 00:15:28,993 and I... agreed to play the long game 390 00:15:29,081 --> 00:15:30,284 and do your bidding on city council 391 00:15:30,371 --> 00:15:32,673 but... the more I'm inside, 392 00:15:32,961 --> 00:15:34,954 the more this shit gets to me. 393 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,603 I wanna make a mark. 394 00:15:40,637 --> 00:15:42,064 You are good! 395 00:15:42,152 --> 00:15:43,416 Well, you save that for the campaign... 396 00:15:43,503 --> 00:15:45,026 I'm not fucking around. 397 00:15:45,149 --> 00:15:47,064 This city's got a reputation for a reason, 398 00:15:47,152 --> 00:15:48,361 and I'm sick of it. 399 00:15:48,704 --> 00:15:50,532 If I'm gonna do this thing, 400 00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:52,689 I want to be a new kind of mayor. 401 00:15:53,835 --> 00:15:55,759 Did you get that out of your system? 402 00:15:56,353 --> 00:15:58,148 You ready to come back to planet Earth now? 403 00:15:58,236 --> 00:16:00,822 No, I've spent a lot of time and energy 404 00:16:00,933 --> 00:16:03,197 rounding up money for you, okay? 405 00:16:03,285 --> 00:16:05,111 A lot of rich people are gonna get behind you 406 00:16:05,199 --> 00:16:06,603 because I asked them to. 407 00:16:06,789 --> 00:16:08,853 You wanna be a new kind of mayor? 408 00:16:08,941 --> 00:16:12,554 You won't be any kind of mayor if you don't win. 409 00:16:13,564 --> 00:16:15,720 Trust me, Bobby. 410 00:16:16,703 --> 00:16:18,618 Trust me and go along for the ride, 411 00:16:18,744 --> 00:16:21,269 and all this can be yours. 412 00:16:28,485 --> 00:16:31,329 Like the mayor said, this whole area across there 413 00:16:31,417 --> 00:16:33,028 is open for development. 414 00:16:33,116 --> 00:16:34,321 It's an amazing space. 415 00:16:34,409 --> 00:16:36,337 There's the museums, the waterfront, 416 00:16:36,425 --> 00:16:38,024 Wrigleyville, Boystown. 417 00:16:38,112 --> 00:16:40,532 And you're less than 15 miles from both airports. 418 00:16:40,657 --> 00:16:41,672 You guys definitely have 419 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,438 that live-work-play vibe my workforce wants. 420 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:46,921 I didn't know "vibe" 421 00:16:47,009 --> 00:16:49,173 was the company's top priority. 422 00:16:49,373 --> 00:16:50,524 What's that? 423 00:16:50,612 --> 00:16:51,701 Nothing. 424 00:16:51,796 --> 00:16:53,267 I think the guy who created a start-up 425 00:16:53,354 --> 00:16:55,602 valued at $100 million knows what he's doing. 426 00:16:56,259 --> 00:16:57,936 Oh, no, I-I'm sure he does. 427 00:16:58,024 --> 00:17:00,095 It's just, you know, spending a fortune 428 00:17:00,183 --> 00:17:03,149 on a corporate playground, it just, uh... 429 00:17:03,237 --> 00:17:05,117 When you have warehouse workers on food stamps, 430 00:17:05,205 --> 00:17:06,970 kind of seems like a backwards strategy. 431 00:17:07,058 --> 00:17:09,077 You'll have to excuse Ms. Castillo. 432 00:17:09,165 --> 00:17:11,477 - She's our resident contrarian. - That's okay. 433 00:17:11,565 --> 00:17:13,360 She's not the first person to say it. 434 00:17:13,548 --> 00:17:14,634 But you are the first 435 00:17:14,722 --> 00:17:16,868 from an administration vying for our business. 436 00:17:16,956 --> 00:17:18,740 I'm not trying to call you out or anything. 437 00:17:18,828 --> 00:17:20,400 I'm just looking out for Chicago's best interests. 438 00:17:20,487 --> 00:17:21,793 - By calling me out. - Yoli... 439 00:17:21,881 --> 00:17:23,186 There's no problem here. 440 00:17:23,274 --> 00:17:24,907 You're vetting a dozen cities, 441 00:17:24,995 --> 00:17:26,995 so you would understand why we want to do the same. 442 00:17:27,113 --> 00:17:30,602 Hey, how about we go check out that vegan place 443 00:17:30,690 --> 00:17:31,995 in the Arts District? 444 00:17:32,083 --> 00:17:33,555 Sounds great. 445 00:17:35,702 --> 00:17:36,610 Fucking kidding me? 446 00:17:36,698 --> 00:17:37,977 You can't talk to that guy like that. 447 00:17:38,064 --> 00:17:39,983 - You told me to speak my mind. - What? 448 00:17:40,071 --> 00:17:41,321 Yeah, the other day. 449 00:17:41,409 --> 00:17:43,635 And weren't you speaking yours before this asshole showed up? 450 00:17:43,722 --> 00:17:46,376 That was my personal opinion. I don't make policy decisions. 451 00:17:46,464 --> 00:17:47,759 My job is to help the mayor. 452 00:17:47,847 --> 00:17:49,250 The mayor lets them build IckarisWorld here, 453 00:17:49,337 --> 00:17:50,768 you're gonna have a lot of angry voters. 454 00:17:50,856 --> 00:17:52,782 He'll have 4,000 people thanking him for a job. 455 00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:54,022 That's what he's gonna have. 456 00:17:54,124 --> 00:17:55,436 Or was. 457 00:17:55,524 --> 00:17:57,225 Fuck! 458 00:18:10,077 --> 00:18:11,034 Hey. 459 00:18:11,122 --> 00:18:13,123 Haven't seen you since you got back. 460 00:18:16,096 --> 00:18:17,794 I had a lot to catch up on. 461 00:18:17,882 --> 00:18:19,841 Yeah, I'm sure you got the headlines from Derrick. 462 00:18:19,928 --> 00:18:21,712 We had quite a day ourselves with Lloyd. 463 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,459 Derrick's very good at his job. 464 00:18:23,716 --> 00:18:25,436 Headlines conveyed the story. 465 00:18:26,168 --> 00:18:27,256 Is that all? 466 00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:29,068 Something else you want to talk about? 467 00:18:30,485 --> 00:18:32,133 - How is she? - Why do you ask? 468 00:18:32,221 --> 00:18:33,649 What do you mean, "Why do I ask"? 469 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:35,024 Because I care. 470 00:18:35,401 --> 00:18:36,594 I don't want to talk about it. 471 00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:37,814 Bobby, I'm just trying... 472 00:18:37,902 --> 00:18:39,121 I don't want to talk about it with you 473 00:18:39,208 --> 00:18:41,172 or Jessica or anyone else. 474 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:42,479 Ah, that's why. 475 00:18:42,567 --> 00:18:44,211 You're pissed 'cause I told Jessica. 476 00:18:44,299 --> 00:18:45,704 - It wasn't your business. - You know what? 477 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:47,759 I had to tell her 'cause you're the one that brought her in. 478 00:18:47,846 --> 00:18:49,406 You know how Stephanie feels about it. 479 00:18:49,494 --> 00:18:50,875 She can't work five feet from you 480 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,195 and not know what's going on. 481 00:18:52,283 --> 00:18:53,460 What do you want to know, Keri? 482 00:18:53,547 --> 00:18:55,094 You wanna know what the doctor said? 483 00:18:55,182 --> 00:18:56,966 You wanna know what the scans showed? 484 00:18:57,054 --> 00:18:59,231 Nothing, okay? No one knows. 485 00:18:59,319 --> 00:19:03,063 Two days, a battery of tests, thousands of dollars, for what? 486 00:19:03,237 --> 00:19:05,196 All I want is answers, 487 00:19:05,284 --> 00:19:06,676 and no one has the balls to tell me 488 00:19:06,764 --> 00:19:09,245 that five years from now, I'm out of this office 489 00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:11,565 and my wife is in a wheelchair. 490 00:19:13,133 --> 00:19:14,439 That what you wanted to know? 491 00:19:14,566 --> 00:19:16,237 'Cause that's my life. 492 00:19:17,901 --> 00:19:19,596 You wanna be a part of that? 493 00:19:34,737 --> 00:19:36,261 You waiting on me or the mayor? 494 00:19:36,348 --> 00:19:37,697 I don't clock out until you do. 495 00:19:37,784 --> 00:19:39,046 That was the deal. 496 00:19:39,133 --> 00:19:40,917 Well, after this morning, I wasn't so sure. 497 00:19:41,004 --> 00:19:42,682 You were quiet. 498 00:19:42,770 --> 00:19:44,207 Just doing my job. 499 00:19:44,427 --> 00:19:48,057 And you've been doing it very quietly for a while now. 500 00:19:48,352 --> 00:19:50,745 Since you questioned whether or not I was involved 501 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,015 in a murder or not, you mean? 502 00:19:52,102 --> 00:19:53,365 No, since I determined 503 00:19:53,452 --> 00:19:55,889 you absolutely had nothing to do with one. 504 00:19:55,976 --> 00:19:58,572 - I'm sorry I doubted you. - That's fine. 505 00:19:58,661 --> 00:20:00,707 But the fact that you suspected me, 506 00:20:00,795 --> 00:20:02,417 that says plenty about what you think of me. 507 00:20:02,504 --> 00:20:03,925 I don't know what to think of you, Nick. 508 00:20:04,012 --> 00:20:05,658 But this arrangement isn't going to work 509 00:20:05,746 --> 00:20:08,315 unless you trust me enough to let your walls down. 510 00:20:08,944 --> 00:20:10,393 Don't you ever get bored of the view 511 00:20:10,481 --> 00:20:11,527 down that one-way street? 512 00:20:11,615 --> 00:20:12,720 What are you talking about? 513 00:20:12,808 --> 00:20:14,367 You expect everyone to open up for you 514 00:20:14,455 --> 00:20:15,722 but you don't give a thing in return. 515 00:20:15,809 --> 00:20:17,854 I stood there at that press conference 516 00:20:17,942 --> 00:20:19,934 and not only did I answer every question, 517 00:20:20,037 --> 00:20:21,637 I handed out my number for follow-ups. 518 00:20:21,725 --> 00:20:23,833 You didn't give them a thing you can't find on page one 519 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,746 of an internet search. 520 00:20:24,834 --> 00:20:25,919 Well, what do you think I'm hiding? 521 00:20:26,006 --> 00:20:27,885 Hell, for all I know, you're some Stepford wife 522 00:20:27,973 --> 00:20:29,924 programmed to write checks and issue sound bites. 523 00:20:30,012 --> 00:20:31,690 But whatever you are, what the hell do you know 524 00:20:31,806 --> 00:20:33,996 - about what the mayor's going through? - You don't know anything about me. 525 00:20:34,084 --> 00:20:35,301 Exactly. 526 00:20:35,394 --> 00:20:37,113 I don't know anything. 527 00:20:45,403 --> 00:20:46,963 So you guys own this place too? 528 00:20:47,051 --> 00:20:49,494 You don't grow like we do without taking some chances. 529 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:50,598 So, Derrick, what's up? 530 00:20:50,715 --> 00:20:52,299 I got a late flight to Atlanta. 531 00:20:52,387 --> 00:20:54,151 The mayor wants to take me to the zoo 532 00:20:54,238 --> 00:20:55,326 and show me the pandas. 533 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:56,501 About that. 534 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:58,238 I'm sorry at how that went down. 535 00:20:58,363 --> 00:21:00,848 She does not represent the views of this administration. 536 00:21:01,245 --> 00:21:02,691 But she is a part of it, 537 00:21:02,779 --> 00:21:06,385 and we do have 18 other cities dying to make a deal. 538 00:21:06,473 --> 00:21:08,644 I know, and they're rolling out the red carpet. 539 00:21:08,731 --> 00:21:09,981 And they should. 540 00:21:10,140 --> 00:21:12,340 But you know she's not the only one saying those things. 541 00:21:12,428 --> 00:21:13,473 Is that your pitch? 542 00:21:13,561 --> 00:21:15,432 "You guys suck. Everybody knows it." 543 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:18,559 My pitch is, "We can change the way the world sees you." 544 00:21:18,693 --> 00:21:21,809 The world sees us on the "Forbes 100" and climbing. 545 00:21:21,904 --> 00:21:22,871 For now, but look what happened 546 00:21:22,959 --> 00:21:24,457 to Facebook and BP. 547 00:21:24,545 --> 00:21:26,223 They were riding high, until they weren't. 548 00:21:26,311 --> 00:21:28,380 We don't have a public relations problem, Derrick. 549 00:21:28,468 --> 00:21:31,754 Right now, maybe not. But you will, and you know it. 550 00:21:32,762 --> 00:21:33,945 So what do you got? 551 00:21:34,033 --> 00:21:35,977 The mayor has a group of grassroots organizations 552 00:21:36,065 --> 00:21:38,329 that will partner with Ickaris to make this deal work for you 553 00:21:38,416 --> 00:21:39,629 and for the people of Chicago. 554 00:21:39,717 --> 00:21:41,341 I know what a corporate accountability team is. 555 00:21:41,428 --> 00:21:42,660 Then you know it can work. 556 00:21:42,748 --> 00:21:44,099 It still seems like you guys are getting 557 00:21:44,186 --> 00:21:45,216 most of the benefits here. 558 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:47,981 This is good for your brand, and you know it. 559 00:21:49,453 --> 00:21:50,933 Tell you what. 560 00:21:51,021 --> 00:21:54,055 You increase the tax cuts on every concession that we make 561 00:21:54,143 --> 00:21:56,840 to the community, and we might have something here. 562 00:21:56,928 --> 00:21:57,989 If I get the mayor to sign off on that, 563 00:21:58,076 --> 00:21:59,574 you'll go public we're top three? 564 00:22:01,145 --> 00:22:03,844 Yeah, you give the word, I'll release it. 565 00:22:05,552 --> 00:22:07,096 Please state your full name for the record. 566 00:22:07,183 --> 00:22:08,359 Keri Katherine Allen. 567 00:22:08,447 --> 00:22:10,087 You are aware that you're being deposed 568 00:22:10,175 --> 00:22:12,391 in the case of Ken Sharma versus the city of Chicago? 569 00:22:12,479 --> 00:22:13,282 I am. 570 00:22:13,370 --> 00:22:15,173 Will you please establish a timeline 571 00:22:15,261 --> 00:22:16,845 for your history at City Hall? 572 00:22:16,946 --> 00:22:20,399 I was deputy city attorney in 2013 573 00:22:20,487 --> 00:22:22,318 until the incoming administration 574 00:22:22,504 --> 00:22:25,266 appointed me city attorney in 2015. 575 00:22:25,354 --> 00:22:27,225 And what was your relationship to Ken Sharma? 576 00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:28,774 It was a working relationship. 577 00:22:28,862 --> 00:22:29,985 We met in law school. 578 00:22:30,073 --> 00:22:31,597 He was a mentor to me for two years 579 00:22:31,685 --> 00:22:33,165 until he was appointed city attorney, 580 00:22:33,253 --> 00:22:35,649 and then he hired me right after graduation, 581 00:22:35,737 --> 00:22:38,261 and I worked for him until his departure. 582 00:22:38,349 --> 00:22:40,438 - And how long was that? - A little under a year. 583 00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,290 - And how did it end? - Poorly. 584 00:22:42,378 --> 00:22:44,821 Why is Mayor Novak named in the suit? 585 00:22:45,814 --> 00:22:47,891 That's a question for the person filing. 586 00:22:47,979 --> 00:22:49,235 Take a wild guess. 587 00:22:50,275 --> 00:22:52,962 The mayor was the one who outed Ken Sharma 588 00:22:53,050 --> 00:22:54,154 for mishandling evidence. 589 00:22:54,242 --> 00:22:56,296 How did he get a hold of the information to do that? 590 00:22:56,384 --> 00:22:57,384 I gave it to him. 591 00:22:57,472 --> 00:22:59,127 And how long had you known the alderman at that time? 592 00:22:59,214 --> 00:23:00,392 I don't see how that's relevant. 593 00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:01,852 How long, Ms. Allen? 594 00:23:02,589 --> 00:23:04,117 Uh, about a week. 595 00:23:04,205 --> 00:23:06,251 So you trusted a man you barely knew a week 596 00:23:06,354 --> 00:23:08,356 with information that could cost you your job. 597 00:23:08,444 --> 00:23:09,794 I was trying to do the right thing. 598 00:23:09,881 --> 00:23:12,313 And the mayor repaid you for that information 599 00:23:12,401 --> 00:23:14,243 by making you the youngest city attorney 600 00:23:14,331 --> 00:23:15,610 in the history of Chicago. 601 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:17,509 Is that what you mean by "the right thing"? 602 00:23:17,597 --> 00:23:19,610 That is not why I gave him the information. 603 00:23:19,796 --> 00:23:22,149 - Then why did you do it? - I just told you, I was... 604 00:23:22,237 --> 00:23:24,337 Well, if it wasn't a quid pro quo, then what was it? 605 00:23:24,425 --> 00:23:26,384 - Okay, stop it. - What was it, Ms. Allen? 606 00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:27,743 Because what it looks like is, 607 00:23:27,831 --> 00:23:30,442 you exchanged sexual favors for professional gain. 608 00:23:30,651 --> 00:23:31,962 Is that what it was? 609 00:23:43,693 --> 00:23:45,345 Tell me if I'm crazy. 610 00:23:45,433 --> 00:23:46,652 - You're crazy. - I'm serious. 611 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:47,775 I really can't let him do what he's doing. 612 00:23:47,862 --> 00:23:49,898 - I have to say something. I'm just... - Okay, take a breath. 613 00:23:49,985 --> 00:23:51,954 I'm gonna go to the inspector general. 614 00:23:52,042 --> 00:23:53,250 - Wait a second... - It's systemic. 615 00:23:53,337 --> 00:23:55,298 Sharma knows all about it, and he's taking kickbacks. 616 00:23:55,385 --> 00:23:57,751 If you accuse him, you have to have proof. 617 00:23:57,860 --> 00:23:59,644 There is a crippled boy, and they're trying 618 00:23:59,732 --> 00:24:01,010 to cheat him out of money and justify it 619 00:24:01,097 --> 00:24:02,704 by calling it prudent management. 620 00:24:02,792 --> 00:24:04,680 I can't let it happen. 621 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,665 Okay, okay. 622 00:24:09,689 --> 00:24:11,430 You want me to talk you out of it? 623 00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:13,251 Is that why you came in here? 624 00:24:13,459 --> 00:24:14,852 I don't think so. 625 00:24:15,127 --> 00:24:18,649 I just want you to think before you do anything. 626 00:24:19,579 --> 00:24:20,617 I have. 627 00:24:20,712 --> 00:24:23,274 Are you sure you want to do this? 628 00:24:24,132 --> 00:24:25,860 I'm sure. 629 00:24:28,737 --> 00:24:31,079 ♪ I feel like I'm drowning ♪ 630 00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:35,079 ♪ Oh, drowning ♪ 631 00:24:35,167 --> 00:24:37,884 ♪ You're holding me down and ♪ 632 00:24:37,979 --> 00:24:41,563 ♪ Holding me down ♪ 633 00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:44,193 ♪ You're killing me slow ♪ 634 00:24:44,704 --> 00:24:48,688 ♪ So slow, oh, no ♪ 635 00:24:48,869 --> 00:24:51,132 ♪ I feel like I'm drowning ♪ 636 00:24:51,283 --> 00:24:55,461 ♪ I'm drowning ♪ 637 00:25:05,611 --> 00:25:07,634 Hard to leave when you look like that. 638 00:25:09,347 --> 00:25:11,587 Let me give you some extra motivation. 639 00:25:13,725 --> 00:25:15,845 Listen... 640 00:25:16,006 --> 00:25:18,775 your plan to go to the inspector general, 641 00:25:18,863 --> 00:25:20,572 it could take months or years, even, 642 00:25:20,660 --> 00:25:21,922 to show any real results. 643 00:25:22,010 --> 00:25:23,664 So what if, in that time, Sharma gets wind 644 00:25:23,752 --> 00:25:24,806 of what's going on? 645 00:25:24,966 --> 00:25:26,290 Your career's over. 646 00:25:29,149 --> 00:25:30,542 Let me do it. 647 00:25:30,808 --> 00:25:32,197 - How? - I'm not sure. 648 00:25:32,285 --> 00:25:33,470 I'll figure something out. 649 00:25:33,558 --> 00:25:35,478 And if it doesn't work, then your career is over. 650 00:25:35,566 --> 00:25:37,337 - It won't be, trust me. - It's too risky. 651 00:25:37,425 --> 00:25:38,527 I'm not gonna ask you to do that 652 00:25:38,614 --> 00:25:39,916 - for me. - I'm offering. 653 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,126 It's my way of saying thank you. 654 00:25:42,214 --> 00:25:43,528 For sleeping with you? Why don't you just leav 655 00:25:43,615 --> 00:25:44,839 some cash on the dresser? 656 00:25:45,155 --> 00:25:46,800 For reminding me why I went into this work 657 00:25:46,888 --> 00:25:48,074 in the first place. 658 00:25:51,208 --> 00:25:52,800 I love being an alderman. 659 00:25:52,888 --> 00:25:55,785 I love it, and I would never want 660 00:25:55,873 --> 00:25:58,003 to think that I take it for granted, but... 661 00:25:58,641 --> 00:26:01,089 maybe because I was too young when I started. 662 00:26:01,177 --> 00:26:02,745 I've been getting lazy 663 00:26:02,942 --> 00:26:05,261 and complacent and a little numb. 664 00:26:06,502 --> 00:26:08,324 But now... 665 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:10,841 because of you... 666 00:26:12,368 --> 00:26:14,545 I got a pulse again. 667 00:26:14,735 --> 00:26:16,628 And I'm not just talking about this. 668 00:26:16,716 --> 00:26:18,441 I'm... I'm talking about everything, 669 00:26:18,529 --> 00:26:19,847 all of me. 670 00:26:21,143 --> 00:26:22,918 You wanna think that's a line from a politician, 671 00:26:23,005 --> 00:26:24,652 you go ahead and think it, but... 672 00:26:25,299 --> 00:26:26,488 it's true. 673 00:26:30,768 --> 00:26:32,706 Let me do this for you. 674 00:26:33,604 --> 00:26:35,144 I need to do this. 675 00:26:38,813 --> 00:26:44,402 ♪ How does it feel... ♪ 676 00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:48,230 ♪ To know that you can't ♪ 677 00:26:48,318 --> 00:26:51,887 ♪ Go on anymore ♪ 678 00:26:54,985 --> 00:26:57,308 Well, if you're here to give me legal advice, 679 00:26:57,396 --> 00:26:59,144 - you can save it. - I'm not. 680 00:26:59,232 --> 00:27:00,325 But I do want to talk to you 681 00:27:00,412 --> 00:27:01,894 before you bring in another lawyer. 682 00:27:05,106 --> 00:27:06,800 I'm not bringing in another lawyer. 683 00:27:09,385 --> 00:27:11,694 - What does that mean? - You're the mayor's fixer. 684 00:27:11,782 --> 00:27:13,175 - Fix it. - Keri. 685 00:27:13,362 --> 00:27:15,408 The last wrongful termination suit against the city 686 00:27:15,496 --> 00:27:17,933 settled for a million, so just find a number. 687 00:27:18,021 --> 00:27:19,022 You can't give in. 688 00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:20,547 Don't tell me what I can and cannot do. 689 00:27:20,634 --> 00:27:21,514 I'm the city attorney. 690 00:27:21,602 --> 00:27:23,905 I can make a nuisance suit go away by paying it off. 691 00:27:23,993 --> 00:27:26,272 Look, I know you're mad at me. 692 00:27:26,451 --> 00:27:27,639 I'm not mad at you. 693 00:27:27,727 --> 00:27:30,077 I'm mad at myself and this man and... 694 00:27:30,784 --> 00:27:31,913 everybody but you. 695 00:27:32,010 --> 00:27:33,447 You've made that perfectly clear for me. 696 00:27:33,534 --> 00:27:35,265 Then you know that giving in isn't the way to go. 697 00:27:35,352 --> 00:27:38,090 - Pay him. - The man cheated people 698 00:27:38,178 --> 00:27:40,453 out of millions and lined his own pockets, 699 00:27:40,541 --> 00:27:41,952 unless you are lying 700 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,561 and you just made it up to get his job. 701 00:27:43,657 --> 00:27:44,812 - Fuck you. - That's not an answer. 702 00:27:44,899 --> 00:27:46,186 I didn't. You know I didn't. 703 00:27:46,274 --> 00:27:47,647 And that's what the jury will hear. 704 00:27:47,735 --> 00:27:50,038 The jury's gonna hear a woman who was sleeping 705 00:27:50,126 --> 00:27:51,624 with the soon-to-be mayor... 706 00:27:52,276 --> 00:27:53,889 and still is. 707 00:27:56,072 --> 00:27:58,124 There, I said it for you. Hope you're happy. 708 00:27:58,426 --> 00:28:00,843 If this gets out, Bobby will be crushed, 709 00:28:00,931 --> 00:28:02,593 but he'll recover. 710 00:28:02,911 --> 00:28:04,616 And me? 711 00:28:05,445 --> 00:28:08,143 No matter what anybody says, I will always be the woman 712 00:28:08,231 --> 00:28:09,553 who slept her way to the top. 713 00:28:10,025 --> 00:28:12,593 It's different for women, and you know that. 714 00:28:16,159 --> 00:28:17,858 I will never recover. 715 00:28:26,031 --> 00:28:27,827 Nice going, Mayor Novak. 716 00:28:28,076 --> 00:28:30,311 Can't believe you actually got him to sign off on this. 717 00:28:30,451 --> 00:28:31,897 I didn't. 718 00:28:32,863 --> 00:28:33,999 Oh. 719 00:28:34,087 --> 00:28:35,523 Shit. 720 00:28:35,752 --> 00:28:38,553 Is he mad? Yep, he's mad. 721 00:28:38,641 --> 00:28:39,593 He shouldn't be. 722 00:28:39,681 --> 00:28:41,031 You not only kept him in the running, 723 00:28:41,118 --> 00:28:42,617 but it says here that we're one of the favorites. 724 00:28:42,704 --> 00:28:45,546 It's my job to speak for him, not to go behind his back 725 00:28:45,634 --> 00:28:47,586 and make promises we can't deliver. 726 00:28:47,674 --> 00:28:48,985 You could have just told him that you were 727 00:28:49,072 --> 00:28:50,470 cleaning up after me, if you wanted. 728 00:28:50,557 --> 00:28:51,961 I don't throw people under the bus. 729 00:28:52,049 --> 00:28:53,595 Well, you could have, because I'm not ashamed 730 00:28:53,682 --> 00:28:54,705 of my beliefs. 731 00:28:54,793 --> 00:28:56,490 - Damn. - No, what? 732 00:28:56,584 --> 00:28:58,107 - I'm serious. - I know you are. 733 00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:00,407 Let me ask you something, Yoli Castillo. 734 00:29:00,495 --> 00:29:01,586 Why do you want to be here? 735 00:29:01,674 --> 00:29:02,711 What do you mean? 736 00:29:02,799 --> 00:29:04,625 Why do you want to be part of government 737 00:29:04,713 --> 00:29:06,500 when you have zero respect for how it works? 738 00:29:06,588 --> 00:29:07,962 Because it doesn't work for everyone. 739 00:29:08,049 --> 00:29:10,007 Working for everyone isn't practical 740 00:29:10,095 --> 00:29:11,227 or even possible. 741 00:29:11,321 --> 00:29:13,018 It's our job to do the most good 742 00:29:13,106 --> 00:29:14,977 for the greatest number of people. 743 00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:16,469 Wow. 744 00:29:16,752 --> 00:29:18,516 You really sold your soul, huh? 745 00:29:18,604 --> 00:29:20,244 I hope you at least got a good price for it. 746 00:29:20,331 --> 00:29:21,690 I believe in a lot of the same things you do. 747 00:29:21,777 --> 00:29:23,884 I'm just a lot smarter about trying to get them done. 748 00:29:24,012 --> 00:29:25,322 Funny, it looks like I'm standing 749 00:29:25,410 --> 00:29:27,152 in the same place you are by staying true to myself. 750 00:29:27,239 --> 00:29:28,906 Well, the next time you want to be true to yourself, 751 00:29:28,993 --> 00:29:30,447 don't take me down with you. 752 00:29:40,915 --> 00:29:42,916 I shouldn't be meeting you without my lawyer present. 753 00:29:43,003 --> 00:29:44,400 You're smarter than your lawyer. 754 00:29:44,488 --> 00:29:45,635 That's why I'm coming right to you. 755 00:29:45,722 --> 00:29:46,954 You think I can win, don't you? 756 00:29:47,047 --> 00:29:48,954 I think if you can make it look like 757 00:29:49,042 --> 00:29:50,751 your ambitious young protégé 758 00:29:50,839 --> 00:29:53,845 conspired with an equally ambitious young alderman 759 00:29:53,933 --> 00:29:55,095 to take you down, 760 00:29:55,183 --> 00:29:57,954 that you might get a jury to sympathize. 761 00:29:58,042 --> 00:29:59,408 I'm glad you see it my way. 762 00:29:59,496 --> 00:30:01,204 I said sympathize, not win. 763 00:30:01,292 --> 00:30:02,859 But what you will definitely get 764 00:30:02,947 --> 00:30:05,540 is to exact your revenge on Keri and Bobby, 765 00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:07,423 which is what you really want, isn't it? 766 00:30:07,511 --> 00:30:09,337 They destroyed my career, Ms. Pearson. 767 00:30:09,425 --> 00:30:12,243 No, you destroyed your career when you decided 768 00:30:12,331 --> 00:30:15,033 to bury evidence and cheat innocent people. 769 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:18,163 No wonder you look like hell. Guilt'll do that. 770 00:30:18,251 --> 00:30:19,784 Look, if I had the chance to do it over, 771 00:30:19,871 --> 00:30:21,314 I might make some different choices. 772 00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:23,408 But putting $10 million into public schools 773 00:30:23,496 --> 00:30:25,672 instead of paying damages to a kid who skipped school 774 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,220 to jump between train cars? 775 00:30:27,308 --> 00:30:28,720 I think that was a fair trade. 776 00:30:28,808 --> 00:30:29,939 And that sounds like a man 777 00:30:30,027 --> 00:30:31,294 who's still justifying his actions. 778 00:30:31,381 --> 00:30:32,861 Sounds a lot like you, doesn't it? 779 00:30:32,949 --> 00:30:34,689 Two powerful attorneys who crossed lines 780 00:30:34,777 --> 00:30:36,486 to do what they thought was right, 781 00:30:37,042 --> 00:30:38,957 only I don't have a mayor to bail me out. 782 00:30:39,045 --> 00:30:40,806 Well, that's where you're wrong, 783 00:30:40,956 --> 00:30:43,828 because your bail is set at $1 million, 784 00:30:43,916 --> 00:30:45,831 and the city's willing to pay it. 785 00:30:49,517 --> 00:30:51,095 You know, um... 786 00:30:51,889 --> 00:30:54,587 I've spent my career convincing law students like Keri 787 00:30:54,675 --> 00:30:56,764 that, uh, it wasn't the money. 788 00:30:56,852 --> 00:30:59,642 It was the privilege to serve that would drive them. 789 00:30:59,730 --> 00:31:01,994 You lost that privilege, Mr. Sharma. 790 00:31:02,089 --> 00:31:04,095 Oh, I lost a lot more than that. 791 00:31:04,805 --> 00:31:06,189 I mean, look at me. 792 00:31:07,723 --> 00:31:09,611 I gave the city 20 years, 793 00:31:10,307 --> 00:31:12,783 20 years. 794 00:31:13,591 --> 00:31:15,431 And now I'm nothing in it. 795 00:31:16,859 --> 00:31:18,618 Keep your money. 796 00:31:32,353 --> 00:31:34,573 Don't tell me, the mayor fired you 797 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:36,053 and you're coming back to New York. 798 00:31:36,446 --> 00:31:37,488 Hardly. 799 00:31:37,576 --> 00:31:39,556 You took over and you renamed the city Pearson. 800 00:31:39,784 --> 00:31:42,444 - That's more like it. - How are you, Jessica? 801 00:31:42,532 --> 00:31:44,615 I'm just fine, thank you very much, 802 00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:45,647 but I do need a favor. 803 00:31:45,735 --> 00:31:47,076 I can be on the first plane out. 804 00:31:47,164 --> 00:31:48,740 Save your miles for Tahiti. 805 00:31:48,954 --> 00:31:51,029 You can do this from right where you are. 806 00:31:51,164 --> 00:31:54,061 Good, I wasn't about to battle airport traffic. 807 00:31:55,061 --> 00:31:56,514 What do you need? 808 00:32:03,319 --> 00:32:04,920 Oh, man. 809 00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:07,152 You should have seen the look on Sharma's face 810 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,368 when I exposed his corrupt ass to the city council. 811 00:32:09,455 --> 00:32:10,920 It was beautiful. 812 00:32:11,055 --> 00:32:12,764 Now I'm ready to run. 813 00:32:13,654 --> 00:32:15,123 What's the matter, Pat? 814 00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:17,584 City attorney a friend of yours? 815 00:32:17,731 --> 00:32:19,167 No. 816 00:32:19,293 --> 00:32:20,991 No, your... Your big money backers 817 00:32:21,079 --> 00:32:23,255 were friends with him, and now they've all pulled out. 818 00:32:23,379 --> 00:32:24,584 - Fuck them. - "Fuck them"? 819 00:32:24,672 --> 00:32:26,725 This is our ticket to a whole new revenue stream 820 00:32:26,825 --> 00:32:28,905 now that the voters know I'm gonna clean this shit up. 821 00:32:28,992 --> 00:32:30,096 You idiot. 822 00:32:30,184 --> 00:32:31,780 And your father said you were the smart one. 823 00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:32,754 Let's leave him out of this. 824 00:32:32,842 --> 00:32:34,968 You think I'm helping you out of the goodness of my heart? 825 00:32:35,055 --> 00:32:37,436 Your old man and I, we had an arrangement. 826 00:32:37,524 --> 00:32:39,014 What the hell are you talking about? 827 00:32:42,702 --> 00:32:43,967 Tommy Diehl. 828 00:32:44,958 --> 00:32:48,647 Look what happened to Diehl made me sick, 829 00:32:48,847 --> 00:32:51,197 but everybody knows he was dirty. 830 00:32:51,464 --> 00:32:52,734 And he had nothing to do with me. 831 00:32:52,821 --> 00:32:55,355 No, he had everything to do with you. 832 00:32:55,443 --> 00:32:57,303 Quid pro quo, Bobby boy. 833 00:32:57,391 --> 00:32:58,975 Quid pro quo. 834 00:33:00,373 --> 00:33:02,077 Are you saying my old man took care of Diehl? 835 00:33:02,164 --> 00:33:04,662 And in exchange, I make his son mayor. 836 00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:06,817 Jesus Christ. 837 00:33:08,914 --> 00:33:11,139 I don't want your help. I don't need it. 838 00:33:11,227 --> 00:33:12,534 You don't get a choice in this. 839 00:33:12,622 --> 00:33:13,795 The hell I don't! 840 00:33:13,883 --> 00:33:16,061 After today, I won't have any trouble raising money. 841 00:33:16,149 --> 00:33:17,967 Oh, okay, Bobby. 842 00:33:18,055 --> 00:33:20,584 All right, you... you go out and you find other backing 843 00:33:20,672 --> 00:33:23,029 'cause you're a talented, charismatic guy, 844 00:33:23,154 --> 00:33:24,912 but that's all you'll ever be. 845 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,371 You're not becoming mayor if the public finds out 846 00:33:27,459 --> 00:33:28,660 that your family was involved 847 00:33:28,748 --> 00:33:31,373 in the disappearance of a union boss. 848 00:33:40,505 --> 00:33:41,985 Cheer up. 849 00:33:42,483 --> 00:33:44,592 You're gonna be an important man. 850 00:33:48,744 --> 00:33:50,217 To your campaign. 851 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:53,514 You can start by getting rid of the girl. 852 00:34:04,991 --> 00:34:07,318 - B3 still sticking? - Hi. 853 00:34:07,419 --> 00:34:08,603 - Hi. - Yeah. 854 00:34:08,857 --> 00:34:10,123 It's all right. 855 00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:18,294 Thank you. 856 00:34:19,490 --> 00:34:22,732 Um, can we go somewhere and talk? 857 00:34:22,888 --> 00:34:25,067 Listen, you don't have to worry about stringing together 858 00:34:25,154 --> 00:34:27,035 some lame version of, "I'm a jerk 859 00:34:27,123 --> 00:34:29,804 "that slept with you once and I don't have time for a relationship." 860 00:34:29,919 --> 00:34:32,044 That's not what I wanted to talk to you about. 861 00:34:33,410 --> 00:34:35,325 Either way, thank you for what you did for me. 862 00:34:35,413 --> 00:34:36,628 I should be thanking you. 863 00:34:36,716 --> 00:34:38,224 It's gonna be a boon to my career. 864 00:34:38,937 --> 00:34:41,740 And it made me feel like myself for the first time in a while. 865 00:34:41,908 --> 00:34:44,287 Listen, Bobby, now that, um, Sherma's out, 866 00:34:44,375 --> 00:34:45,855 work is different for me. 867 00:34:45,943 --> 00:34:48,902 I really need people to know that I'm here on my own merits. 868 00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:51,451 And not because some alderman took an interest in you. 869 00:34:51,644 --> 00:34:52,982 Yeah. 870 00:34:54,319 --> 00:34:57,318 - Somebody say something? - No, they didn't need to. 871 00:34:59,716 --> 00:35:01,021 And that's the whole reason? 872 00:35:01,109 --> 00:35:02,951 That and the fact that you're married, 873 00:35:03,162 --> 00:35:04,466 and I don't want to be the reason 874 00:35:04,554 --> 00:35:05,834 you don't go back to your wife. 875 00:35:05,922 --> 00:35:07,638 That's not something I can deal with. 876 00:35:08,709 --> 00:35:10,334 Just so you know, 877 00:35:10,692 --> 00:35:12,826 I ever make it to that fifth floor office, 878 00:35:13,156 --> 00:35:14,185 I'm taking you with me. 879 00:35:14,273 --> 00:35:15,998 Yeah, you gonna run for mayor? 880 00:35:16,567 --> 00:35:18,802 Uh, I'm thinking about it. 881 00:35:19,526 --> 00:35:20,966 What do you think? 882 00:35:21,571 --> 00:35:22,927 Would you vote for me? 883 00:35:25,172 --> 00:35:26,675 I might. 884 00:35:27,404 --> 00:35:28,840 It's a deal then. 885 00:35:28,981 --> 00:35:31,589 Can't shortchange that meteoric rise, can we? 886 00:35:51,678 --> 00:35:53,113 It's over. 887 00:35:53,376 --> 00:35:55,120 - Hmm? - Your problem. 888 00:35:55,208 --> 00:35:56,573 It's over. 889 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,129 How much? 890 00:35:58,279 --> 00:36:00,136 Didn't cost the city a dime. 891 00:36:04,130 --> 00:36:06,136 You didn't cut all my ties 892 00:36:06,224 --> 00:36:08,097 when you took a knife to my career. 893 00:36:08,678 --> 00:36:10,549 I still have powerful friends in New York. 894 00:36:10,644 --> 00:36:12,144 I made a call. To who? 895 00:36:12,247 --> 00:36:13,509 What's gonna happen to him? 896 00:36:13,597 --> 00:36:16,284 They're lawyers, Keri, not mobsters. 897 00:36:16,372 --> 00:36:18,339 Harvey Specter is connecting him 898 00:36:18,427 --> 00:36:20,152 with some corporate firms 899 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:21,839 in the market for a Michael Clayton. 900 00:36:23,752 --> 00:36:25,863 So that's it? He's willing to just walk away, 901 00:36:25,951 --> 00:36:28,558 no revenge, no payout? He didn't want the money. 902 00:36:28,646 --> 00:36:29,995 He wanted his name back. 903 00:36:30,148 --> 00:36:31,548 He wasn't gonna get that in Chicago. 904 00:36:31,637 --> 00:36:33,558 So you rewarded him with a new job 905 00:36:33,646 --> 00:36:34,997 after the shitting the bed in his old one. 906 00:36:35,084 --> 00:36:36,761 God, that's a real sweet deal. 907 00:36:36,849 --> 00:36:38,519 I did for him what Bobby did for me. 908 00:36:38,748 --> 00:36:40,433 And I can tell you from experience, 909 00:36:40,526 --> 00:36:42,456 starting over isn't easy. 910 00:36:42,848 --> 00:36:45,198 He won't be living large in exile. 911 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:48,839 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 912 00:36:49,288 --> 00:36:50,550 And I'm sorry. 913 00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:51,988 For what? 914 00:36:52,076 --> 00:36:53,284 I never should have questioned 915 00:36:53,372 --> 00:36:54,765 how you got your job. 916 00:36:54,968 --> 00:36:57,769 The truth is, Bobby is mayor because of you. 917 00:36:58,824 --> 00:37:00,433 Nobody knows it... 918 00:37:02,456 --> 00:37:04,339 and I wish they did. 919 00:37:07,472 --> 00:37:09,042 Thank you. 920 00:37:22,314 --> 00:37:24,446 What's the status of my Ickaris assignment? 921 00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:25,743 All taken care of. 922 00:37:26,402 --> 00:37:28,220 Sounds like Everett was satisfied 923 00:37:28,308 --> 00:37:29,329 with your presentation. 924 00:37:29,417 --> 00:37:31,860 He's on a plane home right now singing our praises. 925 00:37:31,948 --> 00:37:33,946 And how much ass-kissing did Derrick have to do 926 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:35,532 to clean up your mess? 927 00:37:36,771 --> 00:37:38,126 Give me one good reason 928 00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,189 why I shouldn't fire you right now. 929 00:37:42,579 --> 00:37:43,618 I'm sorry. 930 00:37:43,706 --> 00:37:46,220 I'm almost never wrong about a person, Yoli. 931 00:37:47,079 --> 00:37:49,342 But maybe I was when I thought I saw something in you. 932 00:37:49,438 --> 00:37:51,970 No, you weren't. You're wrong now. 933 00:37:52,058 --> 00:37:53,364 If you're gonna correct me, 934 00:37:53,452 --> 00:37:55,323 then you'd better have a damn good explanation. 935 00:37:55,411 --> 00:37:57,413 I'm the voice this place is missing. 936 00:37:57,522 --> 00:37:59,884 I'm passionate about the things that are important, 937 00:37:59,972 --> 00:38:02,806 and I am not afraid to push on the issues that I care about. 938 00:38:03,181 --> 00:38:04,721 Isn't that what we're supposed to do here? 939 00:38:04,808 --> 00:38:06,767 Not if it costs us valuable relationships 940 00:38:06,855 --> 00:38:07,769 and opportunities. 941 00:38:07,857 --> 00:38:09,321 I know I can be a lot sometimes, 942 00:38:09,409 --> 00:38:11,704 but... I'm not stupid. 943 00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:13,877 I can learn how to do this job, 944 00:38:13,965 --> 00:38:15,548 but you can't teach passion. 945 00:38:15,854 --> 00:38:17,509 So please... 946 00:38:18,602 --> 00:38:20,352 just give me another chance. 947 00:38:24,312 --> 00:38:25,938 One shot. 948 00:38:27,115 --> 00:38:28,438 That's it. 949 00:38:30,991 --> 00:38:32,694 ♪ Oh, I don't want to stay ♪ 950 00:38:32,782 --> 00:38:36,303 ♪ Up out here on your fire escape ♪ 951 00:38:36,484 --> 00:38:39,741 ♪ But you won't let me go ♪ 952 00:38:40,183 --> 00:38:41,532 Hey. 953 00:38:41,936 --> 00:38:43,506 Sorry to just drop by. 954 00:38:43,594 --> 00:38:44,708 - Hi. - Don't worry, 955 00:38:44,796 --> 00:38:45,973 I'm not stalking you. 956 00:38:46,061 --> 00:38:47,176 I tried calling but, uh, 957 00:38:47,264 --> 00:38:48,772 did I leave my watch at your place? 958 00:38:48,881 --> 00:38:50,759 Uh, I don't think so, 959 00:38:50,846 --> 00:38:52,546 but I can check when I get home. 960 00:38:52,721 --> 00:38:54,350 Cool. 961 00:38:55,024 --> 00:38:56,850 While I'm here... 962 00:38:57,142 --> 00:38:59,171 I don't think it's a good idea. 963 00:39:00,202 --> 00:39:01,803 Tonight or? 964 00:39:03,282 --> 00:39:05,913 You're a really nice guy, but you were right. 965 00:39:06,001 --> 00:39:07,872 I am seeing someone. 966 00:39:08,141 --> 00:39:09,381 Okay. 967 00:39:11,127 --> 00:39:12,975 I'm in a relationship. 968 00:39:13,394 --> 00:39:15,053 It's okay, Keri. 969 00:39:17,423 --> 00:39:18,816 Take it easy. 970 00:39:19,036 --> 00:39:20,249 You too. 971 00:39:22,007 --> 00:39:25,184 ♪ We get carried away ♪ 972 00:39:26,029 --> 00:39:28,577 ♪ Don't stop ♪ 973 00:39:29,068 --> 00:39:30,967 ♪ I've got nothing but time ♪ 974 00:39:31,078 --> 00:39:34,233 ♪ So come down when you wanna start ♪ 975 00:39:36,123 --> 00:39:38,389 My ex-husband had ALS. 976 00:39:38,986 --> 00:39:39,943 Sorry? 977 00:39:40,037 --> 00:39:42,030 It's why I told Bobby I understood 978 00:39:42,118 --> 00:39:43,311 what he was going through. 979 00:39:43,399 --> 00:39:44,881 It tore me apart, 980 00:39:44,969 --> 00:39:47,145 knowing that someone that I loved, 981 00:39:47,401 --> 00:39:50,230 no matter how complicated it was, was suffering. 982 00:39:50,318 --> 00:39:52,186 And even though I was so in control 983 00:39:52,274 --> 00:39:53,710 of everything all day, 984 00:39:53,798 --> 00:39:55,897 I was powerless to do anything about it. 985 00:39:55,985 --> 00:39:58,436 I had to stand by and watch, 986 00:39:59,616 --> 00:40:01,514 and I'm not very good at that. 987 00:40:02,429 --> 00:40:03,517 Why didn't you tell Bobby? 988 00:40:03,605 --> 00:40:06,739 Because the story ends with a man dying, 989 00:40:07,082 --> 00:40:09,874 and I don't think he's ready to hear that right now. 990 00:40:12,149 --> 00:40:13,936 He might appreciate a little empathy. 991 00:40:14,029 --> 00:40:16,639 But I don't really understand it. 992 00:40:16,734 --> 00:40:20,983 My ex-husband was diagnosed after we were divorced. 993 00:40:21,761 --> 00:40:24,069 I don't know how I would have handled it 994 00:40:24,157 --> 00:40:26,413 had it happened during our marriage. 995 00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:31,975 I like to think I'm a better person now, but... 996 00:40:32,709 --> 00:40:34,741 Yeah, I think you're a better person 997 00:40:34,829 --> 00:40:36,311 than even you think you are. 998 00:40:40,077 --> 00:40:41,874 I don't know why I'm telling you this. 999 00:40:42,845 --> 00:40:44,944 Maybe it's because I'm here. 1000 00:40:49,163 --> 00:40:52,166 ♪ Let me into your heart ♪ 1001 00:40:52,553 --> 00:40:55,169 ♪ Then we'll write on the wall ♪ 1002 00:40:55,671 --> 00:40:58,520 ♪ You're what I want, and that's all ♪ 1003 00:40:58,725 --> 00:41:00,256 Thank you. 1004 00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:02,944 I don't think I'll need a ride tonight. 1005 00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:05,850 Jeff. 1006 00:41:07,443 --> 00:41:08,717 Miss me? 1007 00:41:09,357 --> 00:41:11,147 I can't believe you're here. 1008 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,569 Well, I knew you weren't gonna 1009 00:41:12,657 --> 00:41:14,046 jump on a plane to Miami, 1010 00:41:14,185 --> 00:41:16,288 so thought I would jump on a plane to come see you. 1011 00:41:16,376 --> 00:41:17,405 I'm glad you did. 1012 00:41:17,493 --> 00:41:20,319 ♪ You have something that I wanna keep ♪ 1013 00:41:22,242 --> 00:41:24,460 ♪ We get carried away ♪ 1014 00:41:26,038 --> 00:41:28,475 ♪ Don't stop ♪ 1015 00:41:29,090 --> 00:41:30,396 ♪ I got nothing... ♪