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[knock on door]

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Hey, Smitty.

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What are you doing here?
Where's Aunt Nicole?

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I was dropping stuff off
for cotillion,

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and since Nicole's not around,
I was gonna leave her a note.

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Okay, boomer,
why not just text her?

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You are giving me the same grief
I get from my kids.

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Including the boomer comment.

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Well, if
the antiquated mindset fits...

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What can I say?
I'm old-fashioned in some ways.

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[chuckles]
I suppose a writer
actually taking time

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to write a note makes sense.

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Putting pen to paper is a dying
art, and I wish to preserve it.

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I bet Aunt Nicole appreciates
all your efforts.

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I'm here on a drop-off
mission myself.

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Paperwork for the Dupree
Heritage Foundation grant

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I helped one of my clients
apply for.

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But now you got me feeling
like leaving it here

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without a note
is impolite somehow.

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Here. Why don't you give me
a piece of paper,

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and I will write a note
to Aunt Nicole myself?

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Samantha,
I'm sorry you feel like

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I keep letting you down, but
I can't give you what you want.

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Why would you do that?

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You know June wouldn't have
ran out of here like that

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if she wasn't crying
or something.

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Bully much?

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What on earth
did I just walk in on?

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Madison, do you have
a couple minutes?

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Sure. I'm on my break,
so chat away.

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I was just wondering how your
Parkinson's research is going.

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Incredible. I'm learning a ton.

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And there's some
brain protein research

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that is absolutely mind-blowing.

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And there's a good chance
we'll be able to start

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a clinical trial
by the end of the year.

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Wow.

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Okay. I had no idea.

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The team's making progress much
faster than any of us expected.

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And how would a patient
get chosen for this trial?

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Oh, well, that's complicated.

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There's a whole stack
of paperwork,

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plus a full workup
to see if the disease

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is still in
an early enough stage

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for the treatment
to actually help.

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Right.

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And if the patient
had a connection

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to an employee at Garland,

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would that be
a conflict of interest,

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or would they still be eligible?

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Is this about Grayson's mother?
You've mentioned her before.

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Yeah, it is. No pressure.

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I just, um, you know,
I wanted to get an idea

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of how this all works.

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Excuse me. Are you
Dr. Madison Montgomery?

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Yes. Can I help you?

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You've been served.

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♪ ♪

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Uh, I asked Caroline to retrieve

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this volume
from the law library.

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How come you're the one
who brought it?

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Well, I decided to relieve
your very busy assistant

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of this task so I'd have
an excuse to come

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say hi to my handsome husband.

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Well, I hope you don't feel
that you need an excuse

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to come and talk to me
about anything, good or bad.

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You know,
if something or someone

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is causing you trouble,

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I'd want to hear
about it right away.

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Everything's wonderful
as far as I'm concerned.

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Our future is looking
brighter than ever.

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Hope I'm not interrupting.

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Oh, no, of course not,
sweetheart.

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I was just telling Hayley she's
always welcome in my office.

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-Same goes for my daughters.
-The more the merrier.

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Good, because there's
something you need to see.

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The bookings for Heart Attach
are up over last month,

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and I expect next month
to be even higher.

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Hmm.

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I guess I should've put
a woman in charge

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of that business
a long time ago.

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This woman at least.

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You know, you do have
a knack for marketing

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to female customers.

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You have female customers
in all your businesses.

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Think about how much more money
you could be making

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if you let me get involved
in them, too.

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Are you sure you want that?

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I mean, you're just dating me

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and running one
of my legitimate businesses,

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and that's caused a huge rift
between you and your friends

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and you and your children.

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Leave my family
and friends to me.

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You have been finding
one excuse after another

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to business-block me for months.

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I may have to use
all my seductive powers

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to convince you
to see things my way.

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Well, far be it from me
to stop you from trying.

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[phone buzzes]

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Business. Sorry.
I have to take this.

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Never apologize for keeping
your eye on the prize.

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Boss. I wanted to make sure
you, uh...

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Hi, Lynette.

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The listing agent
with the Logan Circle penthouse

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can show us the property
this afternoon if you're free.

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Wonderful. I'll text you
the address and see you soon.

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Okay, bye.

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Oh.

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Hey, Randy. And, Joey,

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uh, we'll pick up where
we left off when I get back.

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I'll hold you to it.

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Lynette is shopping
for penthouses now?

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Where did that sneaky link of
yours find that kind of money?

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I am not so old-school that
I carry around my own paper.

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There you go.

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This is a prescription pad.

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I guess I should've looked
at it more closely.

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No, I should've known better
than to ask you for paper.

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In my experience, men carry
as little as possible.

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I cannot tell you how many times
Jacob has asked me

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to stash his things
in my purse when we go out.

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So much for old-school. I'll
just shoot Aunt Nicole a text.

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[phone buzzing]

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I should do that, too,
so I can deal with this.

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-All right.
See you later, Naomi.
-See you.

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Hey, what's up?

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Smitty, I need your help.
Can you meet me at the hospital?

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I think I can do that.

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Stop fighting me on this. This
is something that I have to do,

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but it's only gonna work
if you do your part.

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Okay, then.
Thanks for trusting me on this.

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Vodka soda, please.

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Sneaky link. All right, Joey,

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you are invited to the cookout.

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But I don't know where Lynette
gets her money from.

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All right? She must have
something socked away.

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But it can't be much.
Bill took on her case pro bono.

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Bill charges
an arm and two legs.

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I'm sure a lot of folks
can't afford his rates.

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Yes, but Bill
and his wife have been paying

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for Lynette's hotels.

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Now, I know I don't
pay you enough to afford

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a penthouse in that
neighborhood, so that's out.

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So, odds are,

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her and your good buddy
Hayley Hamilton

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is footing the bill for Lynette
Wise's luxurious new digs.

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Which means...

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Bill...

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is actually paying the bills.

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I suppose.

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Well, the, the attorney esquire
is convinced that Lynette

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is victimizing his wife.

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If she's hunting for apartments
on the Hamilton dime,

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that lends credence
to his suspicions.

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Forgive me, but I've never seen
Hayley as one with

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too much of the milk
of human kindness.

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So whatever Lynette
is holding over her head,

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it's big.

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Don't worry.
I would never expect you

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to have the good sense to tell
me what that is. It's okay.

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I love a good puzzle.

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This is better than sudoku.

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I'm being sued
for medical malpractice.

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Well, that has to be a mistake.

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You are meticulous
about patient care.

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I don't even know
who this patient is.

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No, I've certainly
never treated them.

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Well, maybe it's all a mistake.

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Naomi. Oh, thank God
you're here.

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I need an emergency
legal consult.

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What happened?

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Can a doctor
be sued for malpractice

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by a complete stranger?

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Well, we live
in a litigious society

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in which anybody can sue
anyone for anything, so yes,

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but it's very unlikely
they'll win.

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Here.

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Jurisdiction...

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Where's the para on violation
of the duty of care?

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Okay, the basis of this claim
is certain statements

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made on a website
owned by a Willow Adams.

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Do you know anybody
by that name?

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That's my mother.

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Samantha just high-key
guilt-tripped June.

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SAMANTHA:
I-I didn't mean to.

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How do you think
she would feel after you just

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ripped her to shreds?

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I wasn't, I wasn't thinking.

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I just--
It just, it just came out.

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Tyrell, go check on your mother.
I'll talk to your sister.

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Am I a really terrible person?

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Of course not.

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But you are gonna need
to help me understand.

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It's not like you
to go off on your mother,

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least of all in
a public place. What happened?

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I'm not, I'm not really sure.

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One minute, I'm asking her
to go to my cotillion again,

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and she said no again.

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And next thing I-I know,

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all these emotions
that I didn't even realize

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that-that were there,
they just came... pouring out.

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Can you give
those emotions a name?

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Disappointment and...

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okay, maybe some anger.

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Both of those make sense.

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Anybody who went through
what you did as a kid

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would have emotional scars.

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And they can show up
in a variety of ways.

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I thought that I had made peace
with my mother giving us up.

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I understand that she felt
like it was the only choice

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that she had
and that she did it for us.

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That's right.

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And you forgave her for that.

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Well, there are a lot
of people in your shoes

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that wouldn't have
been able to do that.

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But...

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now that she's back in my life,

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I want her to be a part

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of the most important moments
in my life.

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And when she doesn't, it...

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...it just feels like I'm being
abandoned all over again.

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Oh, sweetie, you are absolutely
not being abandoned.

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That will never happen again.
I swear.

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[chuckles]

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Congratulations,
sweetheart, on officially

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signing the deal with Fenmore's.

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I am so proud of Naomi's work
on this agreement.

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It's watertight.

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I mean, and to think,
in one year ChelseaKat has gone

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from a spark in your and Kat's
eyes to a line of accessories

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that will be available
at every branch

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of a major department store
and on their website.

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HAYLEY:
Congratulations, Chelsea.

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Fenmore's a great store.

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I love shopping there.

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Oh, and your father and I

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would love to take you
to dinner sometime to celebrate.

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Well, any celebration
about ChelseaKat

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would have to involve Kat,
and, Dad,

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I know that things
are a bit tense

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between her and you right now,

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so for the sake
of family harmony,

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I'm gonna pass on dinner.

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Well, I just wanted
to be supportive.

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No, Hayley.
It was kind of you to offer.

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[phone buzzes]

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Hey, Madison.

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MADISON:
Hey. I-I don't want
to freak you out, but

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we might have
to postpone the wedding.

250
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Why? What's happened?

251
00:11:51,482 --> 00:11:52,689
Do you not want
to marry me anymore?

252
00:11:52,793 --> 00:11:55,827
No, of course I do. I just...

253
00:11:55,931 --> 00:11:57,482
I just don't see
a way around it.

254
00:11:57,586 --> 00:12:00,172
Okay, just take a breath
and tell me what's going on.

255
00:12:01,517 --> 00:12:03,551
I'm being sued
for medical malpractice,

256
00:12:03,655 --> 00:12:05,931
which I'm absolutely
not guilty of.

257
00:12:06,034 --> 00:12:07,206
But when we get married,

258
00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:08,758
our assets will be
community property.

259
00:12:08,862 --> 00:12:11,965
So, if I lose, you could end up
losing everything, too.

260
00:12:12,068 --> 00:12:16,000
We are not postponing anything,
okay? Just chill, babe.

261
00:12:16,103 --> 00:12:18,413
I know exactly
how we should handle this.

262
00:12:22,172 --> 00:12:23,344
You got here fast.

263
00:12:23,448 --> 00:12:26,068
I was in the area.

264
00:12:26,172 --> 00:12:29,517
What was so important that you
needed an unscheduled meeting?

265
00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:32,758
I risked coming to the hospital
because I wanted to figure out

266
00:12:32,862 --> 00:12:34,275
what's going on with Grayson.

267
00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:36,206
He refused to meet with me.

268
00:12:36,310 --> 00:12:38,103
He said something about people
getting suspicious,

269
00:12:38,206 --> 00:12:39,724
but when I asked him
for details, he hung up.

270
00:12:39,827 --> 00:12:41,655
[footsteps approaching]

271
00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:01,689
-June, are you feeling better?
-[sighs]

272
00:13:01,793 --> 00:13:03,344
I'm okay.

273
00:13:04,586 --> 00:13:06,689
Samantha spoke her truth to me.

274
00:13:07,482 --> 00:13:08,793
And it may hurt a little,

275
00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:11,103
but it's better than a lie.

276
00:13:12,896 --> 00:13:15,000
Why are you crashing out
over cotillion?

277
00:13:15,103 --> 00:13:16,551
It's not that big of a deal.

278
00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:18,655
I get that you
may not care about it,

279
00:13:18,758 --> 00:13:20,793
but why can't you respect
the fact that I do?

280
00:13:20,896 --> 00:13:23,862
NICOLE:
Each of you needs and wants
different things.

281
00:13:23,965 --> 00:13:26,793
You need to find a way
to reconcile them.

282
00:13:26,896 --> 00:13:29,241
By upsetting June
for no good reason?

283
00:13:29,344 --> 00:13:32,310
By talking
through things together.

284
00:13:35,103 --> 00:13:37,034
Is she trying
to shrink our heads?

285
00:13:37,137 --> 00:13:38,517
[laughter]

286
00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:41,517
Your heads are just fine.

287
00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:46,379
I do think you need help
with your communication skills.

288
00:13:46,482 --> 00:13:49,310
You're a family, but because
you spent so much time apart,

289
00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:53,862
you lost the ability
to talk to each other.

290
00:13:53,965 --> 00:13:55,379
I think you need to find it.

291
00:13:57,172 --> 00:13:58,862
Grandma has a point.

292
00:13:58,965 --> 00:14:01,862
What we're doing right now
isn't working.

293
00:14:03,068 --> 00:14:06,413
I think the stress of cotillion
is forcing you to deal with

294
00:14:06,517 --> 00:14:08,482
unresolved trauma
from your past.

295
00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:12,517
Cotillion is supposed to be
a positive experience,

296
00:14:12,620 --> 00:14:14,137
not traumatic.

297
00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:18,275
You said that you were worried
that you would embarrass us.

298
00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:20,758
It's not like you're gonna
have to do the foxtrot.

299
00:14:20,862 --> 00:14:23,655
All you got to do is sit there.
There's nothing hard about that.

300
00:14:23,758 --> 00:14:25,896
But, baby, I-I don't think
you're hearing

301
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,758
what I'm, what I'm saying
or-or what I mean to say.

302
00:14:30,862 --> 00:14:33,344
Wait. Um...

303
00:14:33,448 --> 00:14:36,275
I want to get this
communication thing right.

304
00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,448
I'd like to speak to my kids
alone, if that's okay?

305
00:14:44,758 --> 00:14:46,448
Of course.

306
00:14:46,551 --> 00:14:49,448
And I have full confidence
that the three of you

307
00:14:49,551 --> 00:14:51,103
will work through this.

308
00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:55,793
Okay. Um...

309
00:15:00,827 --> 00:15:02,586
Samantha.

310
00:15:03,793 --> 00:15:06,586
Here's why there's nothing easy

311
00:15:06,689 --> 00:15:11,758
or simple about me
going to your cotillion.

312
00:15:11,862 --> 00:15:14,862
Grayson, I'm sorry
you felt so crappy,

313
00:15:14,965 --> 00:15:17,586
you had to leave work early.

314
00:15:17,689 --> 00:15:19,965
Listen, I was, um,
I was just talking to Madison

315
00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:21,724
about her Parkinson's research,

316
00:15:21,827 --> 00:15:24,206
and I know you haven't had
a chance to speak with her yet,

317
00:15:24,310 --> 00:15:27,206
but I really think you should
tell her about your mom.

318
00:15:27,310 --> 00:15:29,551
I think she might
be able to help.

319
00:15:29,655 --> 00:15:31,689
Oh. Well, here's hoping you just

320
00:15:31,793 --> 00:15:33,413
ate something that
disagreed with you and...

321
00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:36,103
you feel well enough
to come back to work tomorrow.

322
00:15:37,172 --> 00:15:38,793
Call me if you need
anything, okay?

323
00:15:39,689 --> 00:15:42,000
Yeah. See you soon.

324
00:15:46,448 --> 00:15:49,034
I bet you anything
Grayson's not sick.

325
00:15:49,137 --> 00:15:51,068
He just told her that
for a cover story.

326
00:15:51,172 --> 00:15:52,586
Meanwhile, he left the hospital

327
00:15:52,689 --> 00:15:54,551
for the same reason
he's avoiding me.

328
00:15:54,655 --> 00:15:56,724
I think I found some information

329
00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,482
that'll help us pinpoint exactly

330
00:15:58,586 --> 00:16:01,103
who it is Grayson's
trying to avoid.

331
00:16:02,655 --> 00:16:03,689
What is this?

332
00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:07,448
I'm sorry to be dumping this
on all of you.

333
00:16:07,551 --> 00:16:09,275
No, no, no. Think nothing of it.

334
00:16:09,379 --> 00:16:10,931
It's just one of the advantages

335
00:16:11,034 --> 00:16:13,620
of marrying into
a family of lawyers.

336
00:16:13,724 --> 00:16:15,620
What do you think?

337
00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:18,206
That it's more complicated
than it appears.

338
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,758
So you're worried, Naomi?

339
00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:22,034
No, but I think Dad
would agree we need

340
00:16:22,137 --> 00:16:24,068
-to be cautious in our approach.
-[phone chimes]

341
00:16:33,724 --> 00:16:37,586
Well, I am going to leave you
lawyers to do your thing.

342
00:16:37,689 --> 00:16:40,482
And listen, Madison,
I am so sorry

343
00:16:40,586 --> 00:16:42,172
you have to deal with this.

344
00:16:42,275 --> 00:16:45,137
There is a special place
in hell for scammers.

345
00:16:45,965 --> 00:16:47,206
Agreed.

346
00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:53,655
Okay. Well, now, Madison,

347
00:16:53,758 --> 00:16:56,517
please tell us how
this all came about.

348
00:16:58,586 --> 00:17:03,586
My mother posted on her blog
that garlic and ginger

349
00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,931
were natural ways
to treat a fever

350
00:17:06,034 --> 00:17:07,723
and that her
neurologist daughter

351
00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:10,344
Madison Montgomery
endorsed that treatment.

352
00:17:11,378 --> 00:17:13,655
-And did you?
-No.

353
00:17:13,758 --> 00:17:18,550
All I did was admit during
one of our many arguments

354
00:17:18,655 --> 00:17:20,758
that some people
use them as remedies.

355
00:17:20,862 --> 00:17:23,205
I never said they were
effective treatments.

356
00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:26,758
I recommend medication for all
of my patients who have fevers.

357
00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:30,172
Unfortunately,
a woman read the blog

358
00:17:30,275 --> 00:17:32,344
and tried to treat
her child's high fever

359
00:17:32,448 --> 00:17:33,655
with garlic and ginger.

360
00:17:33,758 --> 00:17:35,482
CHELSEA:
Oh, no.

361
00:17:36,551 --> 00:17:39,965
The child went into septic shock
and nearly died.

362
00:17:40,068 --> 00:17:41,482
Turns out,
the fever was a result

363
00:17:41,586 --> 00:17:43,620
of an untreated infection.

364
00:17:43,724 --> 00:17:46,172
Okay, so she claims
that she relied

365
00:17:46,275 --> 00:17:47,655
on statements
that you allegedly made,

366
00:17:47,758 --> 00:17:48,689
to her detriment.

367
00:17:48,793 --> 00:17:51,344
And suffered damages
accordingly.

368
00:17:51,448 --> 00:17:55,310
If I'm found liable, I could
lose my research fellowship,

369
00:17:55,413 --> 00:17:58,034
maybe even my medical license.

370
00:17:58,137 --> 00:18:01,517
I've worked my whole life
to get here. Losing my career...

371
00:18:02,931 --> 00:18:04,689
It would devastate her, Dad.

372
00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:08,206
[sighs]
Well, based on my experience,

373
00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:11,275
there's a simple way
to make all this go away.

374
00:18:16,793 --> 00:18:17,758
Baby, it warms my heart

375
00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:20,103
that you want me
to attend your cotillion.

376
00:18:21,862 --> 00:18:23,724
But I don't think
you've thought it through

377
00:18:23,827 --> 00:18:28,000
how me being there will reflect
on you and your brother.

378
00:18:29,344 --> 00:18:31,758
You remember how that
Francesca girl accused you

379
00:18:31,862 --> 00:18:34,724
of not having home training
because I was homeless?

380
00:18:34,827 --> 00:18:38,689
I'm not about to let that
incredibly basic Chessy

381
00:18:38,793 --> 00:18:41,413
run my life,
and neither should you.

382
00:18:42,793 --> 00:18:45,103
I get that you're worried
that you won't fit in,

383
00:18:45,206 --> 00:18:48,137
but going to country clubs
and all that stuff,

384
00:18:48,241 --> 00:18:50,068
it-it's something
that you learn.

385
00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:53,000
Tyrell and I both did it,
and you can, too.

386
00:18:53,103 --> 00:18:54,310
If that's the issue,

387
00:18:54,413 --> 00:18:56,068
I can show you
which forks to use.

388
00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:57,379
It's a system behind it,

389
00:18:57,482 --> 00:19:00,758
but it's easy enough
to figure out.

390
00:19:00,862 --> 00:19:03,413
SAMANTHA:
Yeah, yeah, and-and I can

391
00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:06,206
buy you, like,
the most perfect dress.

392
00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:09,103
Oh, my God. You're gonna look
so beautiful all dressed up.

393
00:19:11,310 --> 00:19:13,172
To you, maybe.

394
00:19:14,241 --> 00:19:17,068
But I am sure
that bigmouth girl

395
00:19:17,172 --> 00:19:21,034
opened her big mouth
and told everybody all about me.

396
00:19:22,068 --> 00:19:25,620
And for those who haven't heard,
they'll just look at me.

397
00:19:27,103 --> 00:19:28,862
Hear how I talk and...

398
00:19:30,034 --> 00:19:32,241
...see an addict.

399
00:19:32,344 --> 00:19:33,862
A bum.

400
00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:36,137
That's not who you are.

401
00:19:37,137 --> 00:19:41,000
To a lot of people, baby,
that's all I'll ever be.

402
00:19:43,241 --> 00:19:45,344
[crying]:
And I am sure

403
00:19:45,448 --> 00:19:48,241
that if I show up
to that cotillion,

404
00:19:48,344 --> 00:19:52,275
that all those fancy people
at that country club are just...

405
00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:59,931
They're not gonna
see you two as Duprees.

406
00:20:00,034 --> 00:20:02,758
They're gonna look at
my beautiful, wonderful babies

407
00:20:02,862 --> 00:20:04,448
as trash.

408
00:20:07,482 --> 00:20:10,206
And I love you too much
to let that happen.

409
00:20:11,482 --> 00:20:13,827
I'm not rejecting you.

410
00:20:13,931 --> 00:20:16,103
I'm not abandoning you.

411
00:20:17,448 --> 00:20:19,482
I'm protecting you.

412
00:20:21,827 --> 00:20:25,172
Thank you for rescuing me
from an impromptu visit

413
00:20:25,275 --> 00:20:27,827
from both of Bill's
annoying daughters.

414
00:20:27,931 --> 00:20:29,413
Didn't you used to be friends
with one of them?

415
00:20:29,517 --> 00:20:32,896
Don't remind me.
All those Hamiltons are work.

416
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,379
Well, here's a little something
else for you to work on.

417
00:20:36,482 --> 00:20:37,896
I just found out that Lynette

418
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,758
has no intention
of leaving town.

419
00:20:39,862 --> 00:20:41,655
As a matter of fact,

420
00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:44,275
she hired Vanessa to help her
find an apartment.

421
00:20:44,379 --> 00:20:48,517
What? That bitch promised
to leave if I paid her off.

422
00:20:48,620 --> 00:20:50,068
Word? A blackmailer lying?

423
00:20:50,172 --> 00:20:51,655
Now, who could've
seen that coming?

424
00:20:51,758 --> 00:20:54,000
All you did by paying her off

425
00:20:54,103 --> 00:20:56,137
was make her bolder
than she was before.

426
00:20:56,241 --> 00:20:59,172
Now she knows she's got you
where she wants you.

427
00:20:59,275 --> 00:21:01,310
I don't even want to think
about how much

428
00:21:01,413 --> 00:21:03,137
this is gonna cost me.

429
00:21:03,241 --> 00:21:07,344
I overheard Vanessa mention
something about a, a penthouse

430
00:21:07,448 --> 00:21:09,758
in Logan Circle,
so I imagine a lot.

431
00:21:09,862 --> 00:21:13,068
I could wring
Lynette's lying ass.

432
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:14,689
No, coz.

433
00:21:14,793 --> 00:21:17,827
Let me handle Lynette,
all right? I got a better idea.

434
00:21:19,068 --> 00:21:21,793
How can I make this go away?

435
00:21:21,896 --> 00:21:24,793
Offer the plaintiff a generous
settlement to drop the case.

436
00:21:24,896 --> 00:21:27,103
You're suggesting
paying this woman off?

437
00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:30,620
It's called a settlement,
and it's done all the time.

438
00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:34,758
Look, we could move to have this
obviously bogus suit dismissed,

439
00:21:34,862 --> 00:21:36,689
but getting a decision
could take months.

440
00:21:36,793 --> 00:21:38,068
And if you lose,
then you're looking

441
00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:39,931
at what could be
years of litigation.

442
00:21:40,034 --> 00:21:42,689
Hmm? And in the meantime
you think that this plaintiff

443
00:21:42,793 --> 00:21:45,000
won't be making videos
and sobbing

444
00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,551
to every podcaster
that she can find?

445
00:21:47,655 --> 00:21:50,310
And, hey, listen,
Madison is right

446
00:21:50,413 --> 00:21:53,931
to be concerned about even
a baseless lawsuit like this one

447
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:55,689
that could damage
her reputation.

448
00:21:55,793 --> 00:21:57,689
You know, it's better
to nip this in the bud.

449
00:21:59,379 --> 00:22:02,344
The research I'm doing is
at the forefront of the field.

450
00:22:02,448 --> 00:22:04,448
Journal editors
will be reaching out.

451
00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:06,103
Foundations
will want to partner.

452
00:22:06,206 --> 00:22:08,793
We're already being mentioned
in policy circles.

453
00:22:08,896 --> 00:22:11,689
No, I-I can't put
this work in jeopardy.

454
00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:13,620
A malpractice suit?

455
00:22:13,724 --> 00:22:15,000
That would make me look
less than credible

456
00:22:15,103 --> 00:22:16,344
and undermine the whole project.

457
00:22:16,448 --> 00:22:19,103
Well, there you go.
Settlement's your best option.

458
00:22:19,206 --> 00:22:20,586
Mm...

459
00:22:20,689 --> 00:22:22,379
I disagree.

460
00:22:22,482 --> 00:22:25,068
I mean, the facts
are on Madison's side.

461
00:22:25,172 --> 00:22:29,000
This woman chose to get medical
advice from a random blog

462
00:22:29,103 --> 00:22:31,103
instead of taking
her child to a doctor.

463
00:22:31,206 --> 00:22:32,379
Any jury would find her

464
00:22:32,482 --> 00:22:34,862
unsympathetic
if not outright negligent.

465
00:22:34,965 --> 00:22:37,896
BILL:
Hey, you got a lot more faith
in juries than I do.

466
00:22:38,896 --> 00:22:40,655
I've seen them go along
with all sorts

467
00:22:40,758 --> 00:22:42,655
of far-fetched arguments.

468
00:22:42,758 --> 00:22:45,275
You know, Madison-- she could be
taking a big risk here.

469
00:22:45,379 --> 00:22:46,620
My way minimizes that.

470
00:22:46,724 --> 00:22:49,931
And encourages
baseless litigations.

471
00:22:50,034 --> 00:22:52,137
Nuisance lawsuits like this
are basically

472
00:22:52,241 --> 00:22:54,137
a legalized version
of a shakedown.

473
00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:56,068
And if you give in to it,

474
00:22:56,172 --> 00:22:58,482
you're only incentivizing people
to file more of them.

475
00:22:58,586 --> 00:23:01,413
Not to mention,
settling could look like

476
00:23:01,517 --> 00:23:03,068
an admission of guilt.

477
00:23:03,172 --> 00:23:04,793
Look, if the plaintiff
wanted to right a wrong,

478
00:23:04,896 --> 00:23:06,103
she would have sued
Madison's mother, too.

479
00:23:06,206 --> 00:23:08,517
I mean, she's the one
who put out the statement.

480
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:10,310
Yeah, no, this is about money,
pure and simple.

481
00:23:10,413 --> 00:23:12,310
You pay, they go away.

482
00:23:12,413 --> 00:23:14,793
If Madison wins in court,
her name would be cleared.

483
00:23:14,896 --> 00:23:16,793
And a sympathetic witness,
which a mother

484
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,965
and her sick child
most definitely are,

485
00:23:19,068 --> 00:23:21,000
can knock even
the best legal arguments

486
00:23:21,103 --> 00:23:22,172
out of a jury's head.

487
00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:23,896
All right?
And plus we're forgetting

488
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,034
the-the personal element here.

489
00:23:26,137 --> 00:23:28,241
You know,
this is gonna be hard to fight

490
00:23:28,344 --> 00:23:31,655
if your mother insists that you
actually made those statements.

491
00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:35,310
Madison, your mom
will back you up, right?

492
00:23:36,793 --> 00:23:39,482
My mother hears
what she wants to hear.

493
00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:42,206
She probably thought
that's what I was saying.

494
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:46,103
Whatever you want to do,
you've got my support.

495
00:23:48,689 --> 00:23:51,034
How do you want to handle this?

496
00:23:53,827 --> 00:23:55,413
Deanna.

497
00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:58,620
Sorry, your mother's not here.

498
00:23:58,724 --> 00:24:01,379
I'm glad, because I wanted
to talk to you alone.

499
00:24:02,862 --> 00:24:06,620
Well, you've already made
your opinion of me very clear.

500
00:24:06,724 --> 00:24:08,965
I don't know what else
we have to talk about.

501
00:24:09,068 --> 00:24:10,068
Just this.

502
00:24:11,793 --> 00:24:14,413
Stay the hell away
from my mother.

503
00:24:15,931 --> 00:24:17,586
Hi.

504
00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:21,137
So... what are you up to today?

505
00:24:21,241 --> 00:24:22,724
[scoffs]

506
00:24:22,827 --> 00:24:27,206
Um... nothing that's
any of your business.

507
00:24:27,310 --> 00:24:29,482
Unless you're wondering
if I have the time to listen

508
00:24:29,586 --> 00:24:32,689
to an apology for you
walking out on Joey and me,

509
00:24:32,793 --> 00:24:34,586
in which case
my calendar's free.

510
00:24:35,758 --> 00:24:38,896
I am not going to apologize

511
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,206
for trying to give
my best friend a reality check.

512
00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:45,034
If you are referring
to the choices I've made

513
00:24:45,137 --> 00:24:48,034
and their consequences,
I am very well aware of those.

514
00:24:48,137 --> 00:24:51,620
I don't need criticism
and condescension.

515
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,068
I don't need you
to act like my mother.

516
00:24:55,517 --> 00:24:57,482
I need you to be
a supportive friend.

517
00:24:59,344 --> 00:25:01,206
And if you can't be that...

518
00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:05,413
...we have nothing
to say to each other.

519
00:25:11,827 --> 00:25:14,965
This picture-- it's a list of
Grayson's colleagues at the lab.

520
00:25:15,068 --> 00:25:17,068
We know his boss
in the plasma ring is a woman.

521
00:25:17,172 --> 00:25:19,413
And so one of these
female lab employees,

522
00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:21,551
they might be the higher-up
in the red market organization

523
00:25:21,655 --> 00:25:23,931
that can bust
this whole thing wide open.

524
00:25:24,034 --> 00:25:26,034
And how did you get
the name, Smitty?

525
00:25:26,137 --> 00:25:27,862
We agreed you wouldn't do
any investigating

526
00:25:27,965 --> 00:25:30,862
-until you talked to me first.
-There wasn't any time.

527
00:25:30,965 --> 00:25:33,689
I saw an opportunity, and like
any good reporter, I took it.

528
00:25:33,793 --> 00:25:35,413
So what the hell did you do?

529
00:25:37,344 --> 00:25:41,206
I can't have heard you right.

530
00:25:41,310 --> 00:25:44,137
You are not about to end
a decades-long friendship

531
00:25:44,241 --> 00:25:47,137
over a tense double date.

532
00:25:47,241 --> 00:25:49,413
It was more than that to me.

533
00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:54,000
And the fact that you don't
get that says a lot, doesn't it?

534
00:25:55,517 --> 00:25:59,517
You should understand by now
how much Joey means to me.

535
00:26:01,482 --> 00:26:05,241
I am very well aware of that.

536
00:26:06,275 --> 00:26:09,206
After all, if you are willing
to prioritize a man

537
00:26:09,310 --> 00:26:10,551
that you have been seeing
for months

538
00:26:10,655 --> 00:26:14,275
over people who have
loved you for years,

539
00:26:14,379 --> 00:26:16,344
including your children,

540
00:26:16,448 --> 00:26:19,344
then obviously you have made him
your priority.

541
00:26:20,172 --> 00:26:22,137
I don't like the judgmental tone
in your voice.

542
00:26:22,241 --> 00:26:24,344
This is not judgment.

543
00:26:24,448 --> 00:26:27,137
This is me watching my best
friend come perilously close

544
00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:29,758
to sacrificing everyone
who has mattered to her.

545
00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:31,344
In your judgment.

546
00:26:31,448 --> 00:26:35,310
For a man she has only known
for a matter of months.

547
00:26:35,413 --> 00:26:37,275
For a man I love!

548
00:26:40,586 --> 00:26:44,758
You used to know what it felt
like to love a man that much.

549
00:26:46,931 --> 00:26:48,862
But I guess now...

550
00:26:48,965 --> 00:26:52,827
I'm the one in a committed,
monogamous relationship.

551
00:26:52,931 --> 00:26:54,620
For a change.

552
00:26:55,758 --> 00:26:58,344
You know,
what-what really hurts...

553
00:26:58,448 --> 00:27:01,344
is, you didn't even try
to be polite to Joey at dinner.

554
00:27:01,448 --> 00:27:04,344
I did try, but then he started

555
00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:06,413
insulting Carlton
and all plastic surgeons.

556
00:27:06,517 --> 00:27:09,137
And need I remind you,
the father of my children

557
00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:10,586
is a plastic surgeon?

558
00:27:10,689 --> 00:27:12,827
Or are you and Joey on the
same page about that as well?

559
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:14,275
Of course not.

560
00:27:14,379 --> 00:27:16,931
But I think Joey only lashed out
because you were acting like

561
00:27:17,034 --> 00:27:18,068
you were better than him.

562
00:27:18,172 --> 00:27:20,758
I absolutely did not.

563
00:27:20,862 --> 00:27:22,275
You may not have even
realized you were doing it.

564
00:27:22,379 --> 00:27:24,344
A little Dupree can't help
coming out every now and then

565
00:27:24,448 --> 00:27:25,413
when you're dealing with someone

566
00:27:25,517 --> 00:27:27,275
from the other side
of the gates.

567
00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:33,620
Joey may not have
the education and pedigree

568
00:27:33,724 --> 00:27:35,586
of you and your two doctors
with benefits,

569
00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:38,793
but he loves me fiercely.

570
00:27:41,275 --> 00:27:43,655
That is all that matters.

571
00:27:54,551 --> 00:27:56,620
You don't know me
very well, Deanna.

572
00:27:58,206 --> 00:27:59,965
But I don't take orders
from anyone.

573
00:28:01,586 --> 00:28:03,758
Now, I understand you're
going through a rough time.

574
00:28:03,862 --> 00:28:05,827
It's difficult for you
to see your mother

575
00:28:05,931 --> 00:28:08,448
with someone
other than your father.

576
00:28:09,344 --> 00:28:10,655
But that doesn't
give you the right

577
00:28:10,758 --> 00:28:12,689
to dictate her personal life.

578
00:28:13,965 --> 00:28:16,793
Now, you wouldn't appreciate it
if she tried to keep you

579
00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:19,310
from seeing someone that you
cared about, would you?

580
00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:22,034
She'd have no reason to.

581
00:28:22,137 --> 00:28:25,896
Every guy I've dated has been
a college student like me.

582
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,137
And I hope she would step in
if she felt that

583
00:28:28,241 --> 00:28:30,241
I was being drawn
to someone who's...

584
00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,620
...unsuitable.

585
00:28:33,724 --> 00:28:36,724
[scoffs]
You know, I think
if you got to know me better,

586
00:28:36,827 --> 00:28:40,551
you'd see that your mother and I
are actually very suited.

587
00:28:40,655 --> 00:28:44,310
For instance,
we're both entrepreneurs.

588
00:28:44,413 --> 00:28:46,862
I may be young,
but I'm not an idiot.

589
00:28:46,965 --> 00:28:48,827
Everyone in the DMV
knows exactly

590
00:28:48,931 --> 00:28:50,689
what kind of entrepreneur
you are.

591
00:28:50,793 --> 00:28:52,620
Rumors.

592
00:28:52,724 --> 00:28:55,000
They can be very ugly

593
00:28:55,103 --> 00:28:56,862
and often baseless things.

594
00:28:56,965 --> 00:28:58,724
How would you feel
if someone judged you

595
00:28:58,827 --> 00:29:01,310
based on what they've heard?

596
00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:04,172
Now, you must love
your mother very much

597
00:29:04,275 --> 00:29:05,620
to be so protective of her.

598
00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:09,793
But you don't have anything
to worry about from me.

599
00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:12,344
I adore everything about her.

600
00:29:12,448 --> 00:29:16,172
Her intelligence,
her zest for life,

601
00:29:16,275 --> 00:29:19,241
the way she fights for
the people that she cares about.

602
00:29:20,655 --> 00:29:25,482
I would never do anything
to hurt her or what she's built.

603
00:29:25,586 --> 00:29:27,620
Don't condescend to me.

604
00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:29,620
I wouldn't dream of it.

605
00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:32,137
But I understand
why you're concerned.

606
00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:38,862
Talk is cheap.
So how about this?

607
00:29:40,482 --> 00:29:44,517
What do you say if I prove
to you who I really am?

608
00:29:45,482 --> 00:29:47,000
Tyrell.

609
00:29:47,103 --> 00:29:50,103
-Girl stuff, right?
-Yeah.

610
00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:57,413
June...
I'm so sorry that people

611
00:29:57,517 --> 00:30:00,689
have been so cruel
and judgmental to you.

612
00:30:01,965 --> 00:30:03,689
Maybe you're right.

613
00:30:03,793 --> 00:30:06,448
Maybe people at the club
will think less of me

614
00:30:06,551 --> 00:30:08,413
and Tyrell when they
see us with you.

615
00:30:08,517 --> 00:30:11,655
But who cares?

616
00:30:11,758 --> 00:30:14,827
Later for them. I don't need
snobs like that in my life.

617
00:30:14,931 --> 00:30:19,241
I know you're in the running
to be platinum debutante.

618
00:30:20,275 --> 00:30:22,931
I wouldn't want to be
the reason you lose.

619
00:30:24,758 --> 00:30:26,689
Having you there

620
00:30:26,793 --> 00:30:29,827
is way more important to me
than a title.

621
00:30:32,172 --> 00:30:35,000
I am so proud

622
00:30:35,103 --> 00:30:36,517
that you are my mother.

623
00:30:38,620 --> 00:30:41,172
I am so sorry
if I haven't said it enough

624
00:30:41,275 --> 00:30:43,620
or shown it in other ways.

625
00:30:46,206 --> 00:30:48,206
You made an incredible sacrifice

626
00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:51,551
so me and Tyrell can have
a wonderful life.

627
00:30:51,655 --> 00:30:54,103
Cotillion is my chance
to show you some

628
00:30:54,206 --> 00:30:56,896
of those opportunities
that you gave me.

629
00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:02,034
I want this to be a celebration

630
00:31:02,137 --> 00:31:06,551
with all the people that made me
into the person that I am today.

631
00:31:06,655 --> 00:31:09,862
It wouldn't feel right
if you weren't there.

632
00:31:13,827 --> 00:31:16,586
If this is what
you really want...

633
00:31:19,275 --> 00:31:22,068
...then I wouldn't miss it
for the world.

634
00:31:25,482 --> 00:31:28,724
Come here, baby. Come here.

635
00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:36,793
it could make things worse
between me and my mom.

636
00:31:36,896 --> 00:31:40,000
I'd essentially be blaming her
for misquoting me.

637
00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:43,517
But settling would
make it seem like

638
00:31:43,620 --> 00:31:46,137
I'm admitting to something
I didn't do.

639
00:31:48,517 --> 00:31:50,310
I'm gonna fight.

640
00:31:51,344 --> 00:31:54,965
So I guess that means
I'm going with Naomi's strategy.

641
00:31:55,068 --> 00:31:58,103
But I very much appreciate
your advice, Bill.

642
00:31:58,206 --> 00:32:00,137
And I'd be happy
to represent you, Madison.

643
00:32:00,241 --> 00:32:02,137
Well, let me be cocounsel.

644
00:32:02,241 --> 00:32:05,379
You know, don't get me wrong,
Naomi is an amazing lawyer,

645
00:32:05,482 --> 00:32:07,965
but I suspect that
the attorney who agreed to file

646
00:32:08,068 --> 00:32:10,758
this sham of a lawsuit is
somewhat less than scrupulous,

647
00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:12,724
and it'll be to your advantage
to have someone on your side

648
00:32:12,827 --> 00:32:14,862
who's willing to fight dirty
if necessary.

649
00:32:15,724 --> 00:32:19,724
Do not worry, Madison.
Everything will be aboveboard.

650
00:32:20,896 --> 00:32:22,965
And it would be
an advantage to you.

651
00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:25,137
And a nice
change of pace for us,

652
00:32:25,241 --> 00:32:27,896
for Dad and me to be working
for you as a team.

653
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,655
Yeah, something
I've always dreamed about.

654
00:32:29,758 --> 00:32:32,068
And it's probably the only time
it'll ever happen.

655
00:32:32,172 --> 00:32:35,758
Oh, the two great Hamilton
legal minds working together.

656
00:32:35,862 --> 00:32:37,000
How can we lose?

657
00:32:37,103 --> 00:32:39,448
I could use
all the help I can get.

658
00:32:39,551 --> 00:32:42,172
I am incredibly grateful
to you both for having my back.

659
00:32:42,275 --> 00:32:44,931
Of course we do. You're family.

660
00:32:47,103 --> 00:32:49,413
Your attempt to handle Lynette
by handling

661
00:32:49,517 --> 00:32:51,103
her private parts
seemed to have made her

662
00:32:51,206 --> 00:32:53,413
even more determined
to stick around.

663
00:32:53,517 --> 00:32:55,413
She mentioned my skills?

664
00:32:55,517 --> 00:32:57,724
[laughs]
What can I say?

665
00:32:57,827 --> 00:32:59,620
I've always had a way
with the ladies.

666
00:32:59,724 --> 00:33:02,379
Yeah, in your mind.

667
00:33:02,482 --> 00:33:04,689
But need I remind you that,
to Lynette,

668
00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:06,448
you're just another mark?

669
00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:11,000
Relax, coz. When it comes
to her, I have no illusions.

670
00:33:11,103 --> 00:33:13,620
Sure, hooking up
with Lynette was great,

671
00:33:13,724 --> 00:33:16,137
but now that
she's crossed the line,

672
00:33:16,241 --> 00:33:18,827
I see I have to resort
to less...

673
00:33:18,931 --> 00:33:22,965
pleasant tactics
to get her back in line.

674
00:33:23,068 --> 00:33:25,034
You know what? I'm gonna
take you up on your offer

675
00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:27,379
to prove yourself to me.

676
00:33:27,482 --> 00:33:28,862
Good.

677
00:33:30,137 --> 00:33:33,448
And I know that that
doesn't happen in an instant.

678
00:33:33,551 --> 00:33:36,310
It's gonna take
a little time for us to

679
00:33:36,413 --> 00:33:40,379
get to know each other,
get to trust each other.

680
00:33:40,482 --> 00:33:42,551
There's one thing
you can do immediately.

681
00:33:43,586 --> 00:33:44,655
What's that?

682
00:33:46,655 --> 00:33:47,965
Show me that
you're an honest person

683
00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:51,103
by telling me the truth
about one thing.

684
00:33:51,206 --> 00:33:52,620
[laughs]

685
00:33:52,724 --> 00:33:54,689
How would you know
that I am telling the truth?

686
00:33:54,793 --> 00:33:56,655
I'm an excellent
judge of character.

687
00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:59,448
Oh, a human polygraph.

688
00:33:59,551 --> 00:34:01,275
Okay. What is it?

689
00:34:02,448 --> 00:34:04,482
It's a simple
yes or no question.

690
00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:08,585
Were you and my mom
having an affair

691
00:34:08,688 --> 00:34:10,447
before my dad died?

692
00:34:14,413 --> 00:34:17,447
I found myself alone
in Nicole's office,

693
00:34:17,551 --> 00:34:20,862
and I stumbled on the password
to the hospital server.

694
00:34:20,965 --> 00:34:24,172
You found yourself alone?
You stumbled on the password?

695
00:34:24,275 --> 00:34:26,516
You really expect me to believe
any of this was accidental?

696
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:29,034
-Okay, then it wasn't.
-This isn't a game.

697
00:34:29,137 --> 00:34:30,482
You need to be careful
for a reason.

698
00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:32,034
I was.

699
00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,965
Look, Jacob,
I get you not wanting me

700
00:34:34,068 --> 00:34:36,000
to do anything dangerous
on my own,

701
00:34:36,103 --> 00:34:38,551
but Nicole is not somebody
we have to worry about.

702
00:34:38,655 --> 00:34:40,379
We know that
she's not involved with this.

703
00:34:40,482 --> 00:34:43,516
Well, she is now
because of you. Damn, Smitty.

704
00:34:43,620 --> 00:34:45,241
Why would you drag
your mother-in-law into this?

705
00:34:45,344 --> 00:34:47,000
Give me some credit, Jacob.

706
00:34:47,103 --> 00:34:49,896
I knew that Nicole, for a fact,
was not at the hospital.

707
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,482
So, this was not a risk
for her or for me.

708
00:34:52,585 --> 00:34:54,241
And I closed
the software program

709
00:34:54,344 --> 00:34:55,896
as soon as I took that picture.

710
00:34:57,034 --> 00:34:59,482
She's not even gonna know
that I was there.

711
00:35:17,758 --> 00:35:19,586
Hi, this is Dr. Dupree.

712
00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:21,793
Uh, did you happen
to send somebody to my office

713
00:35:21,896 --> 00:35:23,551
to update software

714
00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:26,551
or make any other adjustments
to my computer?

715
00:35:26,655 --> 00:35:27,689
Today.

716
00:35:29,275 --> 00:35:32,551
Well, a program
is open on my computer

717
00:35:32,655 --> 00:35:37,344
that was improperly shut down
and one I never use.

718
00:35:37,448 --> 00:35:40,344
If it wasn't I.T., then...

719
00:35:40,448 --> 00:35:43,517
I think somebody has managed
to gain access to my computer.

720
00:35:50,862 --> 00:35:53,689
If they weren't after
patient data,

721
00:35:53,793 --> 00:35:54,931
what were they looking for?

722
00:35:55,034 --> 00:35:56,724
That's the
million-dollar question.

723
00:35:56,827 --> 00:35:59,172
I'm the one in charge.
I have the authority.

724
00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:00,758
So, no more
going off the script.

725
00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:03,310
The results are in on whether
the chemo is working.

726
00:36:03,413 --> 00:36:05,517
I'm worried about how
mother will react

727
00:36:05,620 --> 00:36:06,931
if the news isn't good.

728
00:36:07,034 --> 00:36:10,344
Just deal with her, and fast.
I'll handle Bill.

729
00:36:10,448 --> 00:36:11,896
My answer's no.

730
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,827
I am not having an affair
with your father.

731
00:36:13,931 --> 00:36:17,482
I'm sure Hayley thought
the same thing until yesterday.

732
00:36:17,586 --> 00:36:18,586
What are you talking about?

733
00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:27,344
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