Bull (2016–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Her Own Two Feet - full transcript

Bull helps a famous social media influencer, Sadie Williams (Krys Marshall), take her father to court to overturn his legal guardianship over her empire, which he was granted after the young mogul suffered a public mental breakdow...

How does it look? Fetching?

Mmm. I love that word.

Fetching. Pretty
badass, too, huh?

Now, I know you're thinking
it's a little O.T.T. for the office.

[CHUCKLES]

It's just one of 16 creations
by me, Sadie Williams,

and my Define Yourself line of
makeup and beauty must-haves.

So, thanks for
the listen, ladies.

Thanks for the look.

MAN: We're good.

Thanks, guys.



Um, I'm gonna need you to get
that to me as soon as possible

so I can have a
chance to review it

before it goes up on the
website and on my Insta.

Yeah, by the end of the day.

- Got it.
- Come with me.

SADIE: Dad.

- Hey. Excuse me.
- DAD: Hey!

Ah.

[CHUCKLES] Everybody's here.

They're all waiting in
the conference room.

So the, uh, financials
are in the envelope,

the creative and operational
proposals are in the binder.

Now, if you agree to
accept our proposal

and allow Raybury Cosmetics to
acquire Define Yourself by Sadie,



our first order of business
will be to globalize the brand,

to find and groom Sadies
in different countries.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What are you talking about?

Uh, I'm Sadie.

There's no one to
find, no one to groom.

I'm happy to go wherever
you need me to go,

happy to do whatever
you need me to do.

Sadie, we understand
that you built this brand.

We understand how
personal it all is for you,

uh, how intimate
the connection is

between you and your
audience, your videos,

your unique approach
to product development.

But our company

operates in 150
countries and territories.

We decided to
start our initial push

in the Asia-Pacific
region, because...

Because it's 36% of the
cosmetic global market share.

- I have no issue with that.
- We'd start by

getting toeholds in
Japan, China, South Korea,

then expand south to
Singapore and westward

- into the Indian market.
- Terrific.

It means that I can be in
each country as it launches.

Uh, work with the
local teams, uh,

get a sense of the culture and figure
out the best messaging for my videos.

Uh... Again... [CHUCKLES]

The thinking here is that each
market will have its own Sadie.

Think about it, an
Asian Sadie in Asia.

We're selling beauty
and skincare products.

Sadie kind of needs to look
like the people she's selling to.

- Wouldn't you agree?
- DAD: What they're trying to tell you

is you've built
a brilliant brand.

But you've also built a
brilliant business model

and a brilliant marketing model.

They want to take that model

and replicate it all
around the world.

And pay you very
handsomely for it.

I need the room back
for a few minutes.

How could you?

That deal is worth
over $100 million to you.

It's all the money
you'll ever need, Sadie.

You're acting like someone's
stabbing you through the heart.

You are.

This is my company.

I started it in our
garage when I was 16.

I can't just hand it over

to some corporate monolith
so they can try and clone

an ethnically-preferred
version of me

for every country on the planet.

You're starting to swing.

Even this reaction
you're having right now,

I see you starting to swing.

Dad, I am upset.

I am allowed to be upset.

Let's get them back in here.

Make them see that
they need my input.

But, Sadie, they
don't need your input.

And they don't want it.

Giving you that kind
of power is a risk,

and no global conglomerate
is going to take that risk.

Not with your history, not...
[SIGHS] with your challenges.

But it's my company.

But according to the
court, it's my decision.

And I've made up my mind.

Anna, hey, it's Dad.

Got your message.
Dinner, tomorrow, I'm on it.

I'm bringing gifts.
Don't try and stop me.

[CHUCKLES] Bye.

And who is this again?

You've honestly never
heard of Sadie Williams?

Honestly, I've never
heard of Sadie Williams.

Wow, even I know
who Sadie Williams is.

MARISSA: Okay, here
are the Cliffs Notes.

Starting as a teenager, Sadie
Williams began posting videos,

mostly makeup videos.

How to put it on, then
how to make your own.

Then she started
manufacturing it.

I think she's, like,
18 at that point?

She's getting millions of views.

My sense is it's always been
about more than makeup.

When Sadie started
experimenting with her looks,

not many people were
marketing beauty products

to black and brown girls.

She was a teenager.

Just like the people
that she was talking to.

BULL: Got it.

So, what are we looking at here?

Just as she was exploding,

just when she had finally
gotten on everyone's...

almost everyone's radar...

she had... what I guess
you'd call a meltdown.

Unfortunately, she had it while
she was making one of her videos.

Even more unfortunately, is
someone got ahold of that video

that never should've seen the light
of day and they posted it, uh, leaked it.

Sounds like something I ought
to see before she gets here.

Will you do the honors?

Ladies, today, we are going
to be talking about underto...

[LAUGHS]

That says "undertoes."

It's supposed to
say "undertones."

I... I guess I have to write the
damn cue cards myself, too?

Turn the card. Thank you.

Your foundation color
needs to be the same

as your skin's underto...

- [SIGHS]
- MAN: I'll fix that.

You'll fix that. Great.

And today,

we're going to show
you how to test your skin,

your skin's complexion,

so you can figure out which of
those three undertones you have.

What? What?

What is going on?

Are you kidding me?

You guys are idiots!

- [EXCITED CHATTER]
- I hate this place!

I hate this life!

- Get away from me!
- [VIDEO PAUSED]

And this is something
everyone has seen.

I need help with something,
something I probably

should've done
a year or two ago.

We're all ears.

I was involved in an
incident several years ago.

Uh, there is a tape.

I'm guessing you've all seen it.

Right. [EXHALES]

Turns out, I was diagnosed
with bipolar 1 disorder.

Uh, the tape, the incident
that was caught on tape,

was the culmination of it.

Okay.

And did you seek treatment?

Oh, yes. Yes, I was,
I was committed.

Hospitalized.

I couldn't take care of
myself, couldn't work.

Luckily, my father stepped in.

He petitioned the court,
and he got guardianship.

And what kind of conservatorship
are we talking about?

Personal, professional, medical?

All of the above.

But it's been three years, and
you're ready to end the guardianship.

Yes. I am on medication,
I am in therapy,

I've been stable for almost
two years at this point.

But now, he wants
to sell the company...

sell my company.

I just can't let him do it.

So you need to go to court
and end the guardianship.

Got it. But why us? Why TAC?

The main focus of
our practice is juries.

Guardianship cases are
typically handled by judges.

Yes. Judges with special
mental health training.

And who would know more
about what a mental health judge

is looking for than a
former forensic psychologist

and someone with three PhDs?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Sorry to interrupt. Gerald
Williams is in the lobby.

Ms. Williams' father.

Should I let him up?

Well, that depends. Would
you like him to join us?

I didn't even tell him I
was coming here. He...

He tracks my phone.

I don't want there
to be a scene.

I'm... I'm gonna go downstairs.

[SIGHS]

Sorry.

Wait a second.

You want to go to court

and assert that you're
prepared to run your own life?

You need to start doing it.

He already knows where you are,

and he's probably got a pretty
good idea of why you're here.

Sit down. Let's get to work.

The reason I called this
pretrial conference is,

I'm trying to come to
some sort of resolution

with this
guardianship situation.

As both sides know,

Sadie Williams has petitioned this
court for relief from said guardianship.

Ms. Williams, I've read your
petition and can sympathize

with your desire to be
fully independent again.

But I do feel it
is my duty to...

caution you that two years

is not such a very long
time to be mentally stable

in the grand scheme of things.

Thank you, Your Honor,

but I do feel very confident

that I am ready to take
back control over my business

and control over my life.

I'm sure you do.

But the decompensation
rates for individuals

with bipolar 1 disorder
are extremely high,

as are the attendant
suicide rates.

I cannot tell you how many
people have come before me

and promised they would
continue to take their medication,

only to wind up
back in the hospital,

back in the courtroom, or worse.

Your Honor. May
we take a short break

and confer with our client?

This judge is not
gonna be our friend.

Yeah, I heard. He
doesn't think I'm ready.

Well, he just told us how
he granted independence

in the past, only to have it come
back and bite him in the butt.

- I want to request a jury trial.
- Wh...

A jury trial? In a guardianship
case? Is that even allowed?

Well, you don't see it
done very often, but, yeah,

- it's allowed.
- Huh.

New York Mental Hygiene
Law guarantees Sadie the right

to trial by jury if
she requests one.

My feeling is she
should request one.

That judge was
thoroughly ticked.

[CHUCKLES] My father certainly
didn't look too pleased either.

- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
- Easy. Don't let this throw you, okay?

- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- BULL: Excuse us. Easy. Easy.

[CLAMORING CONTINUES]

Well, that was very impressive.
You handled that like a pro.

- I am a pro.
- Good,

because now that
we've seated a jury,

public perception is gonna
become even more important.

Benny's right. No
matter where you are...

work, home, on the street...

just assume you're
being watched and judged.

Truthfully, I already do.

There's my scholarship girl.

My Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist-to-be.

- Pride and joy. [CHUCKLES]
- Dad.

Are those for me?

Why? You need suitcases?

Are you going somewhere special?

- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, man.

Don't make this
harder than it already is.

Hard? I'm bursting with pride.

My little girl gets chosen
out of 1,500 students

for a journalism scholarship
to Jordan? Please.

- Keep the hard stuff coming.
- Dad.

I just...

Um...

I don't really feel
like eating any dinner.

Is there any way
we could just walk?

True story.

A week before I left home,

left your mother
and went to college,

I couldn't eat. I
couldn't do anything.

I couldn't sleep,
I couldn't think.

I was just terrified. I...

felt like I was diving headfirst
into this giant unknown future

and I...

I couldn't talk to
my parents about it.

I... I didn't have
anyone to talk to about it.

No one I knew had ever
been to college before.

[SIGHS]

But the difference is...

is that you got me.

Look, I know I wasn't
there for you for so long,

and I didn't step up and
behave like a parent, like a father,

but now, I'm... I'm here.

Now I'm ready.
Whatever you need.

So, look, I get it,
you're feeling pressure,

and how could you not? It's a huge
honor and a huge responsibility, but...

when you go over there,
you're not going alone.

I'm here. You got me.

And I'm so damn proud of you.

[CRYING] I'm pregnant, Dad.

Shh...

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Hello?

Oh, Marissa, hold...
Slow down. What?

Who assaulted a photographer?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

GERALD: It's okay, Dr. Bull.
I've already paid her bail.

BULL: Ah, Mr. Williams.

Ms. Baker.

What do we know?

We know she's being
charged with assault.

We know it's gonna be in
all the papers in the morning.

Apparently, she
struck a paparazzo.

And what's her
side of the story?

What difference does it make?

She's obviously not well.

People who are in control
of their mental faculties

don't go around
assaulting strangers.

Well, let's reserve judgment
until we have all the facts.

- Shall we?
- I am not the enemy, sir.

I'm not the villain.
I am the father.

[ALARM BUZZES, DOOR UNLOCKS]

Ah.

Dr. Bull.

Dad.

[EXHALES]

I'm sorry I worried you.

I'm sorry I worried all of you.

It's okay, honey.

But can we just put
an end to this thing?

Tonight's adventure's gonna be
all over the news in the morning.

If Raybury Cosmetics
is still interested

in buying us out,
let's just do it.

Let's just close while we can.

Really?

That's the first
thing you say to me?

You don't want to
know if I'm okay? You...

You don't even want
to hear what happened?

- I know what happened.
- [SCOFFS]

I just bailed you out of jail.

Now how about we go
home and get you to bed.

Actually...

I'm not ready for bed, Dad.

I want to talk about
what happened last night

with my legal counsel.

But thank you for
posting my bail.

Sadie...

I'm not asking you to come home.

I'm telling you.

Mr. Williams, she's
a grown woman.

- No one is talking to you.
- Mr. Williams, don't force my hand.

Hey, I'm not forcing anything.

I'm just taking my
daughter home.

We are in a city jail, and there
are police everywhere you look.

Unhand your daughter,
or I'll have you arrested.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that she's an adult,
and she doesn't want to go with you,

and that means it's kidnapping.

Dr. Bull, you know damn well

I have a guardianship
that allows me to make...

I understand that, but by
the time the police figure it out,

you'll be in your
second news cycle,

and whatever's left of this
Raybury Cosmetics deal

will have completely evaporated.

First thing in the
morning, I'm going to court.

Judge is gonna hear about this.

Right after he hears about
how you keep interfering

with my ability to
confer with my client.

And then I am gonna be forced

to ask for interim relief
from your guardianship

for the remainder of the trial.

Can he do that?

You bet I can do that.

So why don't you let me give
Sadie a ride home so we can talk.

I promise I'll get
her home safely.

- He loves me, you know.
- BULL: I don't doubt that.

You want to tell me
what happened tonight?

Not that anyone's
gonna believe me, but...

the whole thing was a setup.

After court,

I went to my guardian-approved
monthly dinner

with my friend from high school.

We always go to the same
spot, this little neighborhood place.

But someone must
have tipped off the press,

because the moment
we walked out,

the moment we stepped
out of the restaurant,

I was surrounded.

You seemed to navigate the
paps at the courthouse just fine.

Why was this any different?

This one guy, he just...

He kept shoving his
camera right in my face.

Like, literally. I
mean, he hit me twice.

And so I reached up my hand to
brush the camera out of the way,

and before I even made
contact, he's on the ground,

moaning, screaming,
saying that I hit him.

[SIGHS] And then, of course,
the rest of them are snapping away,

and one of them
is calling the police.

Do you think our jury knows?

I think our jury is asleep.

But I'm sure when they wake up,
somebody will show them the pictures.

Somebody will
tell them the news.

- [GAVEL BANGS]
- Dr. Matthews,

you are Sadie
Williams' psychiatrist?

I am.

And how long has
that been the case?

I began treating
Sadie when she was

involuntarily committed
to a psychiatric facility

where I'm on staff.

And what was your
initial impression?

That she was gravely ill.

In fact, when Sadie
came to the hospital,

her mania was so severe
as to have psychotic features.

She was hallucinating.

She actually thought my
staff was trying to kill her.

And after her initial
hospitalization,

how did your treatment
of Ms. Williams progress?

Slowly.

She was extremely
non-compliant at first.

She refused to take any
medications whatsoever

until Mr. Williams

secured his guardianship
and was able to force the issue.

Uh, after that, it took
about a year for us to find

the satisfactory
balance of medications

to manage her condition.

And would you say that
Ms. Williams is stable today?

I would say that her moods
are much more consistent,

but medications can lose
their efficacy over time.

I believe that vigilance
and constant monitoring,

like that provided
by Mr. Williams,

are essential for Sadie's
continued progress.

Thank you, Doctor.
No further questions.

Good morning, Dr. Matthews.

Now, you said that
when you first met Sadie,

that she was a
non-compliant patient.

But isn't it possible that
her initial noncompliance

had less to do
with a character trait

and was more likely the result

of the imbalanced
brain chemistry caused

by her then-undiagnosed illness?

Yes. Th... That's possible, yes.

After her initial resistance,

how would you describe
Sadie as a patient?

Has she been open to your
treatment recommendations?

Committed to her recovery?

I would have to say
that she has been.

But that doesn't mean
we shouldn't be vigilant.

Ah, yes. Vigilance.

You mentioned that earlier.

Uh, but answer this
for me, Dr. Matthews.

If you really believe
that Sadie's recovery

is uncertain enough to
warrant constant monitoring,

why do you see her only
once every three months?

[CHUCKLES] Well,

that's well within the
professional standard.

Yes, it is.

For patients who are stable
and don't need strict oversight.

It kind of seems like

the way you choose to
deal with Ms. Williams

completely flies in the face
of your testimony here today.

Objection. Despite the
counsel's clever framing,

that wasn't really a question.

My apologies, Your
Honor. Let me put it this way.

Dr. Matthews, how much
is Mr. Williams paying you

for your testimony here today?

[SCOFFS SOFTLY]

The witness will
answer the question.

Oh, that's all
right, Your Honor.

I think she already did.

Clearly more than enough.

- [GALLERY MURMURING]
- No further questions.

COUNSELOR: Ms. Anders,

when did you become
the chief operating officer

of Define Yourself
by Sadie cosmetics?

Mr. Williams originally hired me

three years ago to help
him get the business

in order while his daughter
was being hospitalized.

And how would you describe the
business when you first started it?

It was in quite
a bit of disarray.

Not completely surprising,

given the demons that
Sadie was wrestling with.

COUNSELOR: And when you say
"disarray", can you be more specific?

To be honest, the company
was hemorrhaging money.

Apparently, Sadie had
spent millions on real estate

that had no practical
corporate purpose.

And as I recall, there
were five-figure line items

for designer suits

that she wanted to be
worn as custodial uniforms.

I mean, there's just
no other way to say it.

It was clear from the
books that the person

making the fiscal decisions
was not thinking rationally.

Objection, Your Honor.

Ms. Anders is not qualified to
make that kind of assessment.

Sustained. The witness
will refrain from editorializing.

Of course. Sorry.

And how's the company doing now?

Better.

In the case of some of
Sadie's more reckless decisions,

there was nothing to be done.

But Gerald and I
have applied ourselves.

And I think, by any measure,

we've really turned
the business around.

And do you believe the
business would suffer

if Ms. Williams were to
take the helm unsupervised?

I like Sadie.

I think she's quite
extraordinary.

But if past is prologue,

she really has no business
running a business.

I'm sorry.

Thank you, Ms. Anders.
No further questions.

[QUIETLY] She is the last
one in and the first one out.

She and I haven't spoken
for more than 20 minutes

in the two years
since I've been back.

Apparently, she's
very fond of you.

Ms. Anders, thank you
for being here today.

Simple question to start.

Do you stand to profit

if Gerald Williams retains
his guardianship and sells

Define Yourself by Sadie
to Raybury Cosmetics?

Yes.

- [GALLERY MURMURING]
- When I was hired,

I was given shares
in the company.

If it sells, I do
stand to benefit.

Whereas Ms. Williams,

Sadie... despite all your
stated affection for her...

made it very clear to
you that she was not a fan

of your work, hasn't she?

We haven't always
seen eye to eye.

No, you haven't.

So, on one hand,

you stand to make a lot of money
if this guardianship stays in place.

And, on the other, you are
likely out of a job if it ends.

[EXHALES]

Why should this jury believe
anything you have to say?

That's okay.

Forget I asked.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

I knew you both weren't
coming back to the office,

and I thought you'd
want to see this.

What are we looking at here?

Ledger entries?

TAYLOR: Yep. After
that COO testified

that decisions Sadie
made prior to her diagnosis

were still costing
the company money,

I used a password Sadie had given
me to take a long look at the books.

And while I wasn't
able to find any evidence

that Sadie's breakdown is still
costing the company anything,

I did... find... these.

And for those of us who don't
read or write forensic accounting...

The highlighted portions
are wire transfers.

Half a million dollars made
every three months for the last

three years.

- Okay...
- It took some doing,

but I was finally able
to track where it was

the money was being sent to.

The routing number is for a
personal money market account.

An account in
Sadie's father's name.

You're telling me Sadie's
father has been moving money

from Sadie's company to
his own personal account?

To the tune of $6 million.

[WHISTLES]

Mr. Williams, why did you
initially petition the court

for a guardianship over
your grown daughter?

I love my daughter.

I always have.

She accomplished so
much at such a young age.

But then, a few years ago, it
was like she stopped being herself.

Like some other person had
crawled inside her and taken over.

I mean, we always
talked all the time.

But then, suddenly,

there'd be periods where I
wouldn't hear from her for days.

Weeks, at one point.

Then I couldn't get
her to stop calling.

12 times in one hour.

All about nonsense.

How she could hear the Internet,

hear her microwave.

Next thing I know,

she's talking about buying this
very expensive building in SoHo.

Makes no sense to me.
Makes no sense to the bankers.

It's not a residential building.

And it's not like we needed any
additional manufacturing space.

So I asked her.

Tell me about this building.

And she tells me she
had this brainstorm.

She's going to start a new line.

A whole new business.

She's going to make
invisible clothing.

[GALLERY MURMURING]

We're down to a
single green juror, Bull.

Then, once my daughter had
her now-famous breakdown...

throwing things at people,
all of it captured by a camera...

the court didn't hesitate.

She was clearly a danger
to herself and others.

I did what any father would do.

Thank you, Mr. Williams.

You're sure you want to do this?

Yeah.

Thank you for your emotional
testimony, Mr. Williams.

But if you don't mind,
I'd like to switch gears

and discuss the more practical
side of your guardianship.

- Absolutely.
- Okay. Now... [CLEARS THROAT]

Take a look at these
financial records

from the corporate account
of Define Yourself by Sadie.

Of course.

Now, these...
highlighted transfers here,

they show corporate
money being transferred

into a private account.

Now, that...

account is registered to you,

isn't it, Mr. Williams?

And by that, I mean it
is a personal account,

isn't it?

It is. Yes.

So what are we to make of this?

According to these records,
over a period of three years,

while the company was
entrusted to your guardianship,

$6 million made its way from
the corporation's bank account

to yours.

A personal money market account.

You embezzle that money, sir?

[GALLERY MURMURING]

Your Honor, I'd like
to request a recess

- to confer with my client.
- Fine.

- This court will take a ten-minute recess.
- [GAVEL BANGS]

Would you and your team mind joining
us in the conference room, please?

BENNY: So you're not
denying you took the money?

No. I took it.

But I did it for my daughter.

What are you talking about, Dad?

The night you were hospitalized.

You do remember
throwing things, don't you?

[QUIETLY] Yeah.

Well, you hit your cameraman.

Hit him in the face.

In the eye.

Directly.

Hard enough to cause
something called a globe rupture.

An ophthalmologist
performed surgery on him.

Managed to close the rupture,

control the internal bleeding,
save the eye. But he...

just couldn't restore
the man's vision.

Oh, my God.

So, the money...

are you telling us it went to
pay this man's medical bills?

That. [EXHALES]

And for his silence.

I told him how terribly sorry I was
and how we wanted to do right by him.

He was a cameraman.

We'd taken his vision.

[CRIES]

I just didn't want lawyers
and insurance companies or...

God forbid, a trial.

Do not make me go back in there
and make this tragedy a matter

of public record.

If you do, what kind
of future will she have?

[QUIET CHATTER]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

So?

So, she confirmed it.

It's for real.

I'm about seven weeks
along, which is what I figured.

Okay.

Well, we're gonna... we're
gon... we're gonna figure this out.

Um, do... do you like her?

I mean, is she someone
you can imagine yourself

seeing again? The doctor?

Yeah, yeah.

Um, I think she's
kind of perfect.

Good.

Okay. So, um, let's
figure out next steps.

Did you schedule a
follow-up appointment?

- Yeah.
- Good.

Okay, uh, well,
now the hard part.

We, uh...

we got to call your mother.

I'm guessing you haven't
talked to her yet, huh?

I can't do that.

Not yet.

Okay. All right. Well,
we'll circle back on that.

[EXHALES] Can I
ask about the boy?

Forget about the boy.

I have.

[SNIFFLES]

Okay.

So, um, I guess the next thing
that we got to talk about is school.

For now, you should be okay,

but I guess we need to tell
them about Jordan, right?

Talk to them about what?

Well, obviously, you're
not going, not now.

Look, do the math.

Right? Look, you're...
you're supposed to be there

in January, right?

And you'll almost be four
months pregnant then.

And then, you're not due
to come back until June.

And I'm not letting my daughter
give birth in the Middle East.

Dad.

I'm not giving birth anywhere.

No.

They do that there?

How can they do
that and the other?

It doesn't make sense.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.
You're not doing that.

- We are not doing that.
- Why not?

Because it's... it's
a... it's a... it's a sin.

It's a mortal sin.
What do you...?

Right. Because when was the
last time you went to church?

- How old were you... like, 15?
- That's beside the point.

Dad, I was selected
out of 1,500 students.

This is an opportunity
of a lifetime.

The girl who did this last year?

She's working for the
London Tribune now.

Well, I'm guessing that she
didn't get herself pregnant.

Look, if your mother and I had done
what you are contemplating doing,

you wouldn't even
be here right now.

Well, I am here.

And I have a problem,
and I need your help.

You don't need my help,
'cause we're not gonna do this.

We aren't doing anything. I am.

And I need $400,

and I need someone to
bring me to this woman's office

and wait and then bring me
home and take care of me.

And I'm asking you.

You always talk about
how sorry you are

that you were never
there for me growing up.

Well... you're here now.

And I need you.

But I can't do this.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

I didn't even know his name.

Can you guys help
me find his name?

The cameraman? I...

I'd like to reach out to him.

- I'd like to try and...
- BENNY: I can do that.

I can help you
find a discreet way

to reach out and try
to make things right.

But in the meantime, we have
court at 9:00 in the morning,

and there are some
choices to be made.

How do you mean?

Well, we can let Benny finish
cross-examining your father,

and then put you on the stand
and take our chances with the jury.

Of course, in that version,
the truth comes out.

My guess is, you'll become
the Internet's new punching bag,

your business will probably
be rendered worthless,

and that cameraman
whose name you don't know

will suddenly be thrust into a
spotlight he probably doesn't want.

And the other option is?

Well, you could... drop your
petition to end the guardianship.

[SCOFFS]

And let my father make
every important decision

for me for the rest of my life?

I don't know how
to do that, Dr. Bull.

Especially not after today.

Well, let Mr. Colón and
I put our heads together,

see if we can't come
up with something, okay?

- Okay.
- See you tomorrow morning in court.

Tomorrow.

[SIGHS]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

Tell me you have
a brilliant idea.

I have a brilliant idea.

Ooh, let's hear it.

I'm sorry. I...

I was just doing
what I was told.

It's like I said when we
first got into this thing...

the situation does not
belong in a court of law.

This is the kind of thing
that gets solved by... [SIGHS]

Sitting down and looking
someone in the eye,

and forcing them to
look you in the eye.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Actually, I think I do.

BULL: Thank you for coming.

Thank you for meeting
me before court.

I came because my daughter's
not answering my calls.

I know yesterday must
have been difficult for her.

She's fine.

Overwhelmed...

but fine.

Angry, too.

You've never told
her what happened.

She never got a
chance to apologize,

make amends, grieve.

I know what I did,
and I know why I did it.

Deep down, Sadie knows, too.

She knows I love her.

Like I told you, I
am not the villain.

All I want is to know

that my daughter
is taken care of.

There's an
opportunity to do that,

- and I don't want her to miss it.
- Fine.

But then what?

Your daughter... she's
a tenacious woman.

And she'll be rich.

So what happens when she
wants to start another company?

You gonna stand in
the way of that one, too?

And the one after that,
and the one after that?

Now, look, the jury already
knows about the six million.

You come back
into this courtroom,

and you tell them the
truth about what happened,

where all the money
went, you might win.

But I doubt that the buyer is
gonna shell out for a company

whose figurehead comes
with all that baggage.

And then, well, so much
for financial security.

On the other hand,
you keep your secret,

and then, Sadie will probably
walk away with the win,

but you will be
seen as a criminal

who took advantage
of his daughter's illness.

I can tell you're trying to
convince me of something,

but I'll be damned
if I know what it is.

I'm trying to convince
you to loosen your grip,

trust your daughter a little,

'cause I got a feeling, if
you're willing to do that,

I can get Sadie to
meet you halfway.

I understand the parties
have reached an agreement.

We have, Your Honor.

My client has agreed to
Mr. Williams' proposed sale

of her cosmetics company
with a few stipulations.

And in return, my client has agreed
to end his daughter's guardianship.

And this is acceptable
to you both?

- It is, Your Honor.
- Yes, Your Honor.

Then I ask the attorneys to
put this agreement in writing,

and we shall conclude
these proceedings.

[SIGHS]

MARISSA: Hi.

I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to frighten you.

[SIGHS]

Note for the future.

When you're trying to
not frighten someone,

put on some lights.

Are you drinking?

Have you been crying?

No to both.

Hmm. You texted me.

You... said you'd set
a new client meeting

for early tomorrow morning,

left a file on my desk.

There is no file on my desk.

I may have lied about that.

Okay.

I just wanted to see you,

to talk to you.

I need a name.

A family law attorney,
maybe a woman.

I really have very little
use for men at the moment.

Present... company
excepted, of course.

I'm so sorry.

Are you serving him,
or did he serve you?

No, no. It's not for me.

Oh.

What a relief.

Why do people always leave?

All I've ever wanted
in my life was...

someone to cleave to.

A mother.

A father.

A husband.

Marissa, life is not over.

I know. You're right.

Life is not over.

Every day's a new day. Mm-hmm.

Every day, you
learn something new.

Mm. Yes.

Know what I learned today?

Please don't make me guess.

- I like scotch.
- [LAUGHS]

Well, then, you
are in for a treat,

because I know a secret.

It's even better
when someone else

pours it for you. Shh.

Preferably in a very dark environment
surrounded by complete strangers.

Mm-hmm.

Or failing that...

sitting with an old friend.

Would you like me to
give you a ride home?

Could we stop along
the way and test out that

"It's better when someone
else pours it for you" theory?

Absolutely.

And you can tell your friend

that I will have a name
for her tomorrow morning.

I may have lied
about the friend.

Wow. You had me fooled.