Previously on "Family Law"...
- I'll be your senior counsel. - No, I want a co-counsel. Daniel
I don't have the affidavits on me,
because the plaintiffs wanted to deliver them themselves.
I think about my mom. He violated her.
I only inseminated women
who weren't having success with in vitro.
He may not have been drugging and raping women,
but you are just as vile as any other predator.
So where are we on the class action suit?
We've reached out to Dr. Peterson's insurance company...
- What's the projected payout? - $15 million.
Fantastic!
You're not a good person, Lucy.
You're rotten to the core.
This relationship has cost me. You saw an opportunity and you took it,
even if it meant betraying me.
Tell me again you weren't gonna sleep with her, Frank.
I can't do that.
Would you consider couples' therapy?
How much cake are you getting on this class action?
- I gotta go. Early meeting. - Come on!
How many in the class?
40?
- 50? - About that.
Living vicariously here.
What are you gonna get first? Place in Whistler? Ferrari?
- I ordered a Tesla. - Of course you did.
Hey, would you sign this for me?
"Forty Under 40."
I think you're supposed to be
selected for this, not soliciting nominations.
Well, what can I say? You should've thought of nominating me.
You didn't. I gave you a nudge.
- It feels weird. - You know what feels weird?
Telling my boss
you backed out of an accepted offer.
How long are you gonna hold that over me?
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
Turn around.
It was first-year law school, about three weeks in.
I was riding my bike across campus,
when, out of nowhere,
this incredibly hot woman, nose buried in a book,
walks right out in front of me.
I swerved and hit a lamp post.
It was Fall On Your Knees.
Ann-Marie MacDonald. Not like I could put it down.
So I'm lying there, on the pavement,
my bike's a tangle of scrap metal...
I had no idea he almost hit me, I just saw this poor guy lying there,
so I stopped to help,
- and realized he was very cute. - Mm. Other way around...
You realized I was very cute, so you stopped to help.
Tomato, tomahto.
The point is, I nursed you back to health.
My friends gave me a hard time about dating an older woman.
11 months! My god. We are 11 months apart.
But I was the one who had to keep up with her.
She had this...
raw energy.
It was infectious.
She could drink everyone under the table and still get the highest mark.
The night before year-end finals,
she stole all the real estate signs in the neighbourhood
and blocked the law-school entrance.
I have to take his word for it.
I don't remember any of it.
How often would you say you drank to the point of memory loss?
Uh... well, I-I partied a lot in university, but...
still graduated top of my class.
When did you first
become aware you had an alcohol dependency?
That first Christmas we spent with my parents.
Oh, come on.
We were sharing a cabin with your family for a week.
It's amazing I didn't take up crack.
You called my mother "Smother",
ripped off your bikini in the hot tub,
and made naked snow angels.
When I look back now,
I realize it was a problem right from the beginning.
I guess I thought it was a phase she'd outgrow.
I like Dr. Hailu.
Very intuitive.
So, Sofia has volleyball after school
- and Nico has... - Chess club. I know.
Do you want to grab an early bite after work?
Uh, I don't know what my day looks like yet.
- Okay. Why don't you text me later? - Sure.
Hey.
Thank you for doing this.
I think we're making progress.
- Hi. - Thanks for your email last night.
My dad and I are super-excited for the meeting tomorrow.
There's a chance we could win a bigger payout
if we went to court, but it's a gamble.
A settlement gives us certainty.
The settlement is still going to be
a lot of money, right?
We're anticipating
something in the six figures for each class member,
but wait till the check clears before you go shopping.
Does he have to come here for the meeting?
Dr. Doug?
Why don't you take an early lunch tomorrow?
Thank you, Jerri.
Can you sign this... please?
Wow. Name on the door
and now you're too special to even say good morning?
You're 90 minutes late. Our client's gonna be here at 10.
Just because you need three hours
to look over a separation agreement...
- What is this? - "Forty Under 40."
This is for the city's most promising...
The best and the brightest.
It's not for boys who order penis sculptures
to prove they have a modicum of authority.
It's a meditation on the human experience
at the intersection of individualism and...
It's a dick, Daniel.
And in case you haven't noticed,
Harry still swings the biggest around here.
Did you see the sign? "Svensson and Svensson."
Yeah.
Your Svensson is smaller.
No, it's not!
Who the hell emptied this and didn't make a fresh pot?
Harry.
- I'm sorry about your breakup. - No, you're not.
No, I'm not.
But I take no pleasure in your pain.
Or your crabbiness.
- I'm going out to get a coffee. - H...
- Cordelia. - Harrison.
- You're looking well. - Ever the charmer.
Would you like to wait in the boardroom, Ms. Bernstein?
She predates your mother.
My client will stay in the family home.
Ms. Chalifour will transfer
her interest in the house to him.
- She waives spousal support. - Hang on.
You stayed home with your daughters for the first 10 years,
and you've only started making more than Mr. Ramos
in the last year.
Ms. Bianchi is just getting up to speed on this file.
Why do you think for a second
we'd let our client waive spousal support?
Because she's already agreed.
Walk away from the family home?
Let Mr. Ramos keep the newer car?
This agreement gives everything to him
- and nothing to our client. - Because she left me.
She's allowed to do that, Mr. Ramos.
To join a cult!
She left me for a cult!
Ever since she got roped into this "LIFT" thing,
she's become a completely different person.
A healthier person!
It's given me confidence, independence.
You're obsessed with it!
It's all you do. It's all you talk about.
Because it's my job and I love it.
You can't stand that I make more money than you.
He's happy to take a huge chunk of it,
and the house and the car.
You used to put our marriage first.
Our family.
Now all you care about are your workouts.
Just because I choose not to spend the rest of my life
on the couch, eating chips, watching TV...
Okay! Okay, let's all take a breath and remember
we're not here to rehash the past,
but rather move forward
with a separation agreement that works for both parties.
Well said, Mr. Svensson.
We require no further amendments.
Of course, you don't.
Our client's rolled over on every single point.
She's right.
I am done being a pushover, Efren.
We need to draft a new agreement.
What the hell was that?
It's your job to protect your client.
It's my job to follow her instructions!
The battle cry of the mediocre lawyer.
Sabine and Efren have two young daughters.
Do you think maybe they might want to settle this amicably
- and spare their kids? - No one wins in that family
if the children see their mother painted as the bad guy,
or see their father walk all over her.
Cecil! I've heard of LIFT.
Got a couple of friends who swear by it,
so I doubt we have to worry about Efren's claim,
but forewarned is forearmed.
Find me everything you can on a local company called "LIFT."
- The ride-share? - No. L.I.F.T...
"Lifestyle Improvement and Fitness Training."
And you're gonna check out one of Sabine's coaching sessions.
We're in the middle of a class action.
I don't have time to jump around in Lululemon... That's your thing.
Settlement meeting isn't till tomorrow,
and if this case goes to court...
Which, by the way,
would entirely be your fault,
then you can be sure Cordelia's going to use the "C" word.
Cult, Cecil. "C" is for "cult."
- What are you doing? - Nothing.
Your friend, Alyse, called.
She had to cancel book club at El Guapo tonight.
- Did she say why? - A bunch of people were double-booked.
I was really craving their fish tacos.
- Hey, Jerri, do you have dinner plans? - Sorry, can't tonight.
Eleanor and I are taking the kids to a play...
The two that still speak to us.
I love Mexican food.
You know, anything spicy!
I once won a uh, chilli eating contest.
- Only needed one day off work - Wow!
And here we go.
Feel the stretch in your hip flexor.
Abigail!
Other side.
I'm so happy you came.
You picked a great day to check out "LIFT."
We're doing an obstacle course.
Oh, n... I'm just here to observe.
And make sure we're not a cult?
I know. You're gonna see how ridiculous Efren's being.
But I am not letting you off the hook...
You've got to try it.
You'll love it.
You got this.
Pretty sure I don't.
Don't let that voice inside tell you you can't. You can.
I've never really been the athletic type.
Says who?
What evidence do you have that you're not?
You're looking at it.
Making it over that wall
is gonna feel better than sex.
Look.
Choose how you want to feel,
but I see you making it over that wall.
I can see it like it's already happened.
I'll see you on the other side.
Whoo!
Fish tacos.
- Thank you. - Enjoy.
Lucy!
Lucy, wait.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean for you to see us out with Maggie.
You're my book club. I started our book club.
We're not trying to be mean.
It's hard for us, too, you know?
Everything that happened... You and Maggie.
What does that have to do with book club?
Maggie is the one who's pregnant and alone and...
She needs us more than you do.
Is that Lily Kwan?
She just took her company public.
I'm pretty sure her stock went up 90% in three days.
So it's like a "Who's Who"
of Vancouver's best and brightest.
Oh, God, Daniel would be so jealous right now.
Everyone's so inspiring and open and dynamic.
You wouldn't recognize me as the person I was before.
I was stuck.
Clinging to some version of myself that wasn't even mine.
Nate gave me all the tools to unlock my peak power.
Who's Nate?
He founded LIFT.
Sabine, why don't you introduce us to your friend?
This... is Abigail Bianchi.
She is one of the city's top family lawyers,
and she's mine!
She helped me see
how my ex-husband was using my own guilt against me.
I have nothing to be ashamed of.
Whoo!
"Metathesiophobia"... A fear of change.
Some people are what I call "metaphobes."
They don't want to see us grow because it forces them to confront
their own lack of growth.
And we all know those people, right?
They just want to keep you in that little box
they decided was you.
Abigail? Why don't you chop another log for the fire?
Oh, I've never chopped wood before.
You've never made it over a wall before either.
Bet you there are all kinds of things you've never done...
yet.
I thought I'd hate it,
but... I felt like Xena Warrior Princess.
And Nate... he's the founder...
He zeroed right in on what's going on for me.
Would you mind checking out a session?
I could use a professional assessment.
- Sure. - Are you kidding?
Why send me there if you're not gonna trust my judgment?
You're in an emotionally vulnerable place right now.
You drank the Kool-Aid.
I'm not the one biking up mountains
with a bunch of guys in matching Spandex
and calling it a fun Saturday.
No one in my cycling club is "zeroing in" on my issues.
Well, maybe they should.
- Good morning, "Cecile." - You're in a good mood, sir.
What's better than collecting a substantial fee
and beating Phil Sterling all at once?
- Getting justice for our Nina? - Ah! There she is...
The woman responsible for our ship coming in.
Morning.
You still haven't signed this.
You just said my judgment can't be trusted.
Fine. I'll sign it.
If you give me your office.
I could maybe get some of these boxes out of here.
And?
- Paint the walls. - And?
A new chair. A good one.
Come on. You're only gonna be here for another six months.
Do you want this signed or not?
Good.
Now go ask Harry to approve my office reno.
I'm a partner. I don't have to "ask Harry."
So what do you think?
After she's gone, we can move another associate in there.
- Do it. - Really?
- The fee on her class-action suit... - I wouldn't call it hers.
Will more than pay for a fresh coat of paint.
Hell, she can have an Eames chair, if she wants.
Dr. Peterson just arrived with Phil Sterling.
Put them in the boardroom. We'll be right there.
You don't have to sit in.
While we wait for the representatives
of your health insurance company...
They're not coming.
Unfortunately, Dunlop and Federgreen has deemed my client's actions
to be intentional,
and, therefore, outside the terms of his coverage.
When I spoke to Dylan Wolcott last week,
he told me there was no issue with Dr. Peterson's claim.
Mr. Wolcott was laid off on Friday.
My client is eager to settle this and move on with his life.
There are 52 members in the class.
$20,000? Total?
250 bucks each, for the pain and suffering you've caused?
Maybe if you hadn't destroyed my reputation,
closed my clinic, had my license revoked...
Let's be very clear...
You did that when you violated your patients.
I gave them what they wanted. And you turned them against me.
- The fact remains, Dr. Peterson... - "Mr. Peterson."
is not in a position to pay the damages you're seeking.
You forced me into bankruptcy.
This is the best we can do.
Blood from a stone.
How much have we sunk into this so far?
356,000...
not including today's billable hours.
You didn't have written confirmation from his insurance company?
- They gave us no indication. - At the very least,
I want our costs paid! Do you hear me?
If word gets out how badly this firm botched a slam dunk...
Peterson's far from broke.
He lives in a 7,000-square-foot house in Shaughnessy.
He has a yacht moored on Granville Island!
Forget the insurance company.
We go after him personally.
I don't want to hear another word out of any of you
until you get us paid.
All of you, out.
Out!
Abigail.
I'm so happy you brought a friend.
Mm, let's go with housemate.
Lucy Svensson.
Welcome to archery!
And thanks for the referral.
She gets a bonus
for every new person she signs up for a session.
That's a red flag.
Sounds like a pyramid scheme.
Tons of businesses reward referrals,
including our father's firm.
Dr. Peterson's clinic's filed for bankruptcy protection
and his personal financial statements
show he's down to his last 30 grand.
His home address in Shaughnessy...
he's not on title.
What? That's where he lives.
Okay, well, he's not the owner.
"18392048 Limited" is.
Since when?
Since... 2019.
It's assessed at $12 million.
Doesn't help us if it's owned by a shell company.
It's got six bathrooms, a wine cellar, a home theater!
Cecil. What about his yacht?
- Is that in his name? - It's owned by...
"78943020 Limited."
Same company owns a house in Tofino.
How many shell companies does this guy have?
I never should've ordered that Tesla.
So? How did it go?
- Should I call my dad? - I would hold off for now.
We still have a few... kinks to work out.
The insurance company refused to pay anything.
And we can't get at any of Dr. Doug's own money
because it's tied up in shell companies.
We need to find a way
to convince a judge to pierce the corporate veil.
So he can't argue his personal money is separate
from all of the money he has stashed in dummy corporations?
Exactly.
That was my book club.
I started it years before I met Maggie.
They're all friends because of me.
Now they're all on her side.
Well, at least your resentment's working for you.
Were you picturing Alyse's face on the target?
No.
My own.
I had everything I ever wanted and I threw it all away.
Shoulders over hips. Hips over knees.
Now draw the bow back to your cheek...
like a fish taking a hook.
Get out of your head.
Trust your body.
Feel it.
Imagine what you could do if you really unlocked your peak power.
"Peak power"?
It's just something he says.
Can't argue with that, though, right?
- He was all over you. - It's not like that.
According to Sabine, Nate's celibate.
You don't actually believe that?
I mean, it's textbook cult leader.
It's how they lure multiple women into sexual relationships.
Have you seen Nate?
He doesn't have to lure anybody.
There's a first time for everything,
for everyone,
and it's gonna be terrifying,
but that fear...
that is how you know
you're moving in the right direction.
If you're not just a little fearful every day,
you're not living your best life.
Just imagine for one second
every single person here...
This place checks all the boxes of a cult, Abby.
High-arousal techniques, thought reform,
rewarding obedience to a single visionary leader.
He's not some hairy little troll
telling us he's the smartest man on the planet,
or that aliens control our brains.
You're a high-value target for him.
You watch.
He's gonna invite you to some elite "inner circle".
That's enough of me talking.
Abigail.
Take a walk with me.
I gotta tell you... you're...
you're incredible.
You know how rare it is to meet someone who gets things like that?
I want you to join our executive board.
Uh... can I think about it?
Sure.
But, um, do me a favour?
Don't mention this to the others.
Some of them might feel
hurt that I've passed them over for a newcomer.
You, you are...
special, Abigail.
So... not a cycling club.
I can't believe I didn't see the signs.
Intelligence is no measure of susceptibility.
Cult leaders seek out bright people
to give their groups credibility.
So have we pierced the corporate veil?
Working on it, Nina.
Okay. Well, everyone's waiting for you in the boardroom.
These are our proposed revisions
for the separation agreement.
I think you'll find them equitable to both parties.
Their 13-year-old daughter, Aviva,
has been falling asleep in class.
Do you know why?
Because she's been setting an alarm to wake up every two hours
to exercise through the night.
She won't eat breakfast.
She's limiting herself to 800 calories a day.
"Discipline and restraint."
- Sound familiar? - She read my journal.
I never intended Aviva to see it.
I thought it was well-hidden.
You're sick, Sabine.
You need help.
We will be seeking emergency interim custody of both children.
Efren, please. I'll explain.
Nate designed this program specifically for me...
Do you hear yourself?
Your dangerous practices and lack of judgment
put your daughters at risk.
Leave this awful group, Sabine.
- Please. - I am this close
to my ideal weight.
For the first time in my life, I feel good about myself.
You... just can't stand
to let me grow.
You're a metaphobe.
Cordelia Bernstein is an excellent lawyer.
We're gonna be fighting an uphill battle.
I strongly advise you to leave LIFT.
Absolutely not.
You said it yourself. Efren is punishing me
for leaving a marriage that wasn't working.
Or... he's legitimately worried about you.
Sabine...
Nate is telling you... what to eat,
what to weigh, when to sleep.
I am not going to let Efren destroy my career,
my social network...
You're setting alarms to work out in the middle of the night!
Those are your societal biases talking.
Follow your fear, let it lead you to change.
Okay, look.
If we get the wrong judge, you could lose your kids.
I believe in your peak power, Abigail.
You're gonna win this for me.
Cecil, did you find anything on LIFT?
Yeah, there's almost nothing online,
but I was able to dig up a deleted post
from an anonymous blogger.
She used to be a coach at LIFT, like Sabine.
She's willing to talk, but only off the record,
and not here.
She'll be at Qaseem's Cafe in Port Moody at two.
Nice work.
How's the class action going?
Maybe if you weren't hanging out with your new cult friends
and running off to God knows where, you'd know.
You take Sabine's case then.
You're used to insane workouts and bizarre diets.
That's your mess, not mine.
Give me the Cole's Notes. Maybe I can help.
I need to figure out how the hell to convince a judge
to pierce the corporate veil.
You prove Peterson hid all his assets
at the first whiff of trouble.
Sure. Except he moved his money years before you caught him.
I caught him.
Doesn't mean I was the first to question him.
Excuse me. I have to text with my cult leader.
Pull up the group email for the class action members.
We need them all to answer one question.
And then there was the time we hosted a Christmas open house.
Around four, I found Abby in the den, passed out on a pile of coats,
Let me stop you there.
How are any of these stories about your wife's drinking
relevant to what we were talking about?
Well...
it's at the root of our problems and...
Sorry to interrupt again,
but... you both seem very comfortable
with this dynamic...
Abby, the troubled one, you, the long-suffering partner.
Wow. That's so intuitive, Dr. Hailu.
Rather than dredging up the past,
I'd like to come back
to the recent crisis that brought you here...
- Frank's affair. - What affair?
I slept with her once, over a year ago.
And never stopped talking to her.
You told her our marriage was ending.
What I'm curious about
is why you continued an emotional affair,
even as Abby was demonstrating to you
her willingness to do the work.
You were nine months into your sobriety
when this incident occurred at the hotel?
Yup. A-And I was going to counseling,
attending A.A.
Frank. Why do you think you agreed to meet with this woman,
even as you were trying to reconcile with Abby?
Because everything was easy with Felicity,
and everything with her is hard!
It's always been hard.
Hi.
No. No way. I am not doing this.
Give me a minute.
Sabine?
You can't believe a word that woman says.
She turned on Nate when he tried to help her.
- She's... vengeful and petty and... - You hired me to fight for you,
but I can't do that if you limit my "peak power".
You could lose your daughters.
We got him.
One of the class-action members went to Dr. Peterson
in May of 2019, with concerns about the sperm he used.
He managed to quash her fears, but, in June of that year,
he started transferring all of his assets into shell companies.
He's the sole shareholder?
Do these companies have a purpose
- beyond sheltering his assets? - Nope.
How soon can you get in front of a judge?
Cecil's at the courthouse now.
Good work, Danny.
You might yet turn this around.
Nate told us, to grow, we had to share our darkest secrets.
It felt so good to unburden myself.
What I didn't know was,
he was recording all of it...
Every single session,
- including the body work. - "Body work"?
Sex.
With Nate.
- I thought Nate was celibate. - Yeah.
We all did,
and we all thought we were the special exception.
When I left,
he sent those sex tapes to my family...
my friends, my colleagues.
Ruined my career, my marriage.
I was the cautionary tale...
"this is what happens if you leave LIFT."
- Why didn't you go to the police? - I did.
They said there was nothing they could do
because I was a consenting adult.
And then Nate slapped you with a defamation suit?
Yeah. Fought it for almost two years,
until the legal bills bankrupted me.
I'm guessing that all sounded a little too familiar?
What does Nate have on you?
- We have to get out in front of this. - Exactly.
Draft a strongly-worded cease-and-desist letter.
No. We need to get Sabine's recordings back.
What makes you think he'll give them back?
Or that there's only one copy?
That's why you're gonna reach out to Sandra Dell.
The reporter who outed Dad's relationship with Crystal?
We put her on this and she won't stop
until she's hunted down the truth.
The hard part
is gonna be convincing Sabine. But... I'm sure you'll find a way.
- Me? - I'll be busy with Nate.
- I'm gonna accept his invitation. - What? No. No, you're not.
You're my second chair in the class action tomorrow.
I've taught you all I can, Daniel.
Time to take off the training wheels.
You got this!
All rise!
- What are you doing here? - I heard your co-counsel is still busy
chasing down cult leaders. Move over.
Mr. Svensson.
Are you ready to proceed?
Yes, Your Honor.
My editor's not on board with this.
There'd better be some fire behind the smoke.
Trust me. Your readers are gonna want to hear every bizarre detail.
Hey. You can do this.
You've got more peak power than anyone I've ever met.
Abigail.
I've been waiting for you.
Who else has something to say before we swim?
Uh...
Yeah. I do.
Thanks, Lily.
What I'm going to say...
I know it's hard to hear.
Where's everyone else on the executive board?
Uh...
I wanted some time alone with you.
Happy to hear that.
Because I'm here to get Sabine's recordings back.
And then I realized...
if Nate recorded Robin,
maybe...
he recorded me, too.
Maybe he recorded
our "body work" sessions.
At first, I didn't think of it as sex,
since Nate's told all of us he's celibate.
He said he was...
helping me overcome my inhibitions.
You think all you have to do
is threaten to send those tapes to Sabine's husband
and she'll be so afraid of losing custody,
she'll do anything you want.
But that's called blackmail.
And I know several very ambitious civil lawyers
who would love to take down a cult leader.
You go ahead and indulge this fantasy, Abigail.
See how far it gets you.
If we all leave together,
he can't hurt any of us.
Sabine...
I'm sorry you're having some kind of personal crisis,
but... spreading this poison about Nate...
You know it's true, Lily.
You all know!
We have to stop him from hurting anyone else.
Hand over Sabine's recordings
and I'll let you crawl back under the rock you came from.
There are no recordings.
She's lying, just like Robin. I tried to help these women.
They're so entrenched in their paranoia.
That's the story you're sticking with?
Sandra Dell, from the Vancouver Guardian,
is at your campfire right now,
getting background for her exposé.
If you do anything
to slander my reputation or damage my business,
- I will destroy you. - Oh...
I love a good fight, Nate.
Bring it on.
Hey. How'd it go?
Nobody said anything.
They wouldn't even make eye contact.
I promise you...
They are all thinking about what you told them.
It might take a while, but they will come out of this fog.
Where's Sandra?
She went back to her office to start writing.
- Did he give you the recordings? - 'Course not.
But the house of cards is coming down and he knows it.
No. He could still send those tapes to Efren, to my daughters.
Cut him off at the pass.
Not only did Dr. Peterson know what he was doing was wrong,
he clearly anticipated
his heinous acts would catch up with him.
He systematically moved his assets
into numbered companies,
hoping his victims would never see a penny in damages.
That speaks volumes about the defendant's character.
The 52 members of this class
are forever scarred by what this man did to them and their families.
But I urge the court to find in favour of the plaintiffs
and send a message to every doctor out there
who may be tempted to satisfy his own ego
in such a villainous manner.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Thank you, Counsel.
I have heard everything I need to.
Nice work, sir.
Thank you, Cecile.
And then, when the judge said,
"Your capacity for deception, Mr. Peterson,
appears to be endless,"
that's when I knew... This is going our way.
Well spotted.
Well?
We won!
Oh, my god! Thank you!
I gotta go call my dad.
Efren, if Nate sends you the tapes,
if he tries to send them to our girls...
I'll delete all of it.
You were right to be worried about the kids.
When I think about Aviva reading my journal, I...
All that matters now is that you're out.
And... thanks to Ms. Chalifour's bravery,
Nate and his cult have been publicly exposed.
Did you see Sandra Dell's piece this morning?
I did. It was a very compelling read.
Moving forward, our client will be working with a psychologist
specializing in cult-victim recovery.
We still strongly believe
that Ms. Chalifour and Mr. Ramos
must share equal parenting time.
Your client has demonstrated remarkably poor judgment.
I-It's okay, Ms. Bernstein.
The girls need their mother,
and I know... she's gonna come through this.
Nice job.
Harry's lucky to have you.
Now that this case is behind us, there's something I wanted to ask.
It's a little awkward, but the festive mood,
- I figured that... - Out with it, Cecile.
I know our new HR policy means I'm not allowed
- to date anyone here, but... - What are you talking about?
The changes Daniel made to the HR policy.
You signed off on them last week... "no office relationships."
Don't be ridiculous. I met two of my three wives at work.
How on Earth is anyone supposed to meet otherwise?
Well, I'm thrilled to hear you say that, sir,
- but the policy states... - Who are you interested in, Cecile?
Good God, man!
Go for it.
Life is too short.
- Cake? - I'm off carbs.
We still won,
even if Harry had to be the glory hog.
- He was brilliant. - Yeah, thanks to your hard work.
He just swooped in at the last minute.
You're the one who...
Stop it! While Harry was running on his treadmill
and I was out chopping wood,
you were building an airtight case.
You know what?
Nate may be a full-on creepy cult leader,
but... he was right about one thing.
Sometimes, the people we think really know us,
they can't see us for who we are now,
only as we used to be.
Dad's never gonna see me as a real partner, is that it?
I'm saying, forget how Harry sees you.
Forty Under 40.
And I'm in! Yes!
Suck it, Dad!
Nina? I'd like to ask you something.
Harry gave me some great advice.
- Life is short. - Oh, my god!
That is exactly the same advice my dad gave me.
Wow.
I just gave Jerri my notice.
Notice of what?
My dad and I are gonna take a year off
and... backpack around the world.
Oh.
Cool.
We're going to fly to Japan first and... wait!
You were gonna ask me something and I completely cut you off.
Oh.
It's... nothing important.
Japan.
They... they got good sushi.
So I've heard.
I'll send you a postcard from every single place we go.
After our last session,
I was tempted to look for a new therapist.
Dr. Hailu swung pretty hard to your side.
Yeah. I was thinking a lot about that last session.
What you said...
I... I didn't mean for it to come out like that.
It... it was harsh.
No. You were right.
Living with me was hard.
Thank you for acknowledging that.
But I don't want to be anybody's "hard," Frank.
So I'm going to make this easier,
for both of us.
I'm done...
trying to make this work.
It's over.