Drop Dead Diva (2009–2014): Season 2, Episode 9 - Last Year's Model - full transcript

♪

JANE: Sea that aspiring modal there?
That was ma, Deb,

until the day I died.

I thought I'd go straight to heaven,
but there was a bit of a mix-up,

and I woke up
in someone else's body.

So now I'm Jane, a super-busy
lawyer with my very own assistant.

I got a new life, a new wardrobe.

The only people
who know what's going on with me

are my girlfriend, Stacy,
and my guardian angel, Fred.

I used to think
everything happened for a reason.

And, well, I sure hope I was right.



♪

Ooh. New lipstick?

Smoke Red, Tom Ford.

Private Blend?
I splurged.

So jealous.
What's the occasion?

I'm becoming a rainmaker.

Isn't that a lawn sprinkler?

Someone who brings in a lot of money.
I just landed a great new client.

Her boss demoted her
for being too old.

There should be a law against that.
There is.

And she works for a company
with deep pockets.

Deep pockets. So late '90s.

Different kind of pockets.
I know. Just messing with you.

Anyway, the client saw one of
my cases online and called me.



I'm getting a reputation.

What's with the new lipstick?
Jane's getting a reputation.

The good kind.

I gotta go make rain. Heh.

STACY:
Good luck, sweetie.

Ah. Fred,
how many times have I told you?

InStyle Magazine is not a coaster.

Sorry. Uh...

This was in the mailbox.
Still?

Oh. It came a couple days ago.

And I left it there hoping
that the mailman would take it back.

It's from your credit card company.
Says "final notice," all capital letters.

I know.
They ruined the color pink forever.

How did this happen?
Well,

I was all set to make
the minimum payment of $150.

And?

Marc Jacobs ankle boots,
60 percent off.

Let me help.
Can I loan you the money?

No, I can't take your money.

Good,
because I don't have 150 bucks.

What if we ask Jane?
I can't ask Jane again.

Maybe you could mail the shoes
to the credit card company.

They were 60 percent off. Heh.

♪

Cream, two sugars, right?

How did you know I was here?

Reflection in the microwave.
Ooh. Very Jason Bourne. I like it.

I'm former CIA. Don't tell.

Oh, you have a little something
on your tie, Mr. Bourne.

Don't worry, no one saw.
I checked the microwave.

Please, be ready to update us on the
Hobbs divorce at the staff meeting.

Absolutely, Mr. Parker, sir.
I'm on top of it.

Good day.

♪

Crap, the Hobbs divorce.

Good morning.

Code red. Hobbs is waiting on us
to pull the trigger on his divorce.

Get an expedited process server
to bring his wife papers.

Expedited? That's 175 bucks.
I don't care.

I was supposed to do this days ago.
How could I forget an entire case?

Easy. You're in a new relationship.

Your brain is soaking in endorphins
which never get to dissipate

because the object of your affection
is a co-worker.

The question was rhetorical.

Hey, Stacy. How would you like
to make 175 bucks?

It's our first house.
We bought it from the bank.

It was a foreclosure.
We thought it was a good deal.

But now you want out of it?
We can't go back there, ever.

It's haunted.

Haunted?
Well, there were issues

from the day we moved in.

Weird sounds, flickering lights.

And then two weeks ago...

I woke up and I saw a ghost
standing by our bed.

Tracy screamed. I woke up.

But by then,
whatever was there had disappeared.

It happened the next three nights.
We've been at a motel ever since.

Are you guys putting me on?
Is this some sort of practical joke?

You don't have to believe us.
You just have to help us. Please.

♪

Let's move on to new business.

This isn't civics class, Bingum.

I'm sorry. I'm just so excited.

I have an age discrimination suit.
I like it. Keep talking.

She was a drug rep
for Clasky Pharmaceuticals.

Clasky. They're Fortune 500.
I'm falling in love with it.

She was arbitrarily demoted to a desk
job and replaced by a 24-year-old.

I see a seven-figure judgment.

We're on the right side of the issue.

So it's a win-win.
I like to win-win.

Kaswell, lead.
Bingum, introductions.

What?
Absolutely.

No. This is my case.
Excited about the case.

I get it. Kim will be happy
you're second chair.

Moving on,
who else has pending litigation?

♪

How does this happen?

I've been your second chair
plenty of times.

The client's waiting in your office.

What's she doing here?
She is meeting her client.

Parker made her first chair.

Teri, please,
tell me that is not my client.

That's your age discrimination?
How old is she?

And if she's over 50,
who did her work?

She's 34.

A 34-year old suing
for age discrimination?

Is this your way of sandbagging me?

Yes. I knew that you were going
to steal my case,

so I cleverly arranged for my client
to be 30 years younger

than I thought she'd be.
I'm a diabolical genius.

That would be so cool if you were.
I know, right?

Well, after you, first chair.

Clasky recruited me right out
of college to sell heart medications.

In three years,
I covered half of L.A. County.

So, what happened?
I got older.

Once I hit 30, they started
handing off parts of my territory

and most of my commission...
To younger salespeople?

Twenty-four-year-olds.

Clasky wants their reps
to be young and cute.

Like most drug companies, they recruit a
lot of cheerleaders and pageant girls.

But they haven't fired you?

No, they exiled me
to Customer Service.

My family

depends on my income,

which is down 50 percent
since they put me on a desk.

Can you think of any other reason
you might have been demoted?

I know they were unhappy I cut back
on their extracurricular functions.

What kind of extracurriculars?
Booze cruises, happy hours,

trips to Vegas.

[CHUCKLES]

I have kids. I need to be home
nights and weekends.

Plus I was making my numbers without
doing Jell-O shots with the doctors.

You need to know,
discrimination laws weren't designed

to protect people your age.

So I'm too old to sell,
but too young to sue?

I didn't mean that.
I just want you to realize...

We will do everything
we can to fix this.

Okay, not that I'm complaining,
but what are you wearing?

Duh.

It's my Swiss Alps Oktoberfest
barmaid outfit.

Why?

Last time I delivered a singing
telegram, it was a big hit.

I got tips.

This is not a singing telegram,
Stacy.

These are legal documents
that initiate a divorce.

You need to hand them to Mrs.
Hobbs and say, "You've been served."

♪

You've been served.

That's right.

You've been served.
That's good too.

You've been served.

I see why you got tips.

Mm-hm.

Ghosts?

I can't believe that you can sit there
with a straight face and tell me...

The house is sold. Escrow's closed.

Thought you'd be open
to discussion.

Nothing to discuss.

What about the fact that the house
is haunted? I saw the ghost.

It appears there are problems...

Our inspectors did a thorough
examination of the property,

which your clients signed off on.

There's nothing wrong...
We have proof.

We do?

♪

The "international Bureau
of Paranormal Investigations."

Based in Trenton, New Jersey.

They analyzed the aura
over the phone

and concluded that
there is a supernatural presence.

And a strong possibility
that the house is a portal.

A portal?
Why didn't you say that before?

Here, let me open up my checkbook
and write you a...

[SCOOFS]

Are you kidding?
No need to be sarcastic.

Tell me something, Mr. Kent.

Do you believe there are ghosts
in your clients' house?

With all the foreclosures, is it possible
the bank has a different property

we can roll the mortgage into...?
Here's my offer.

The Prescotts continue
to pay the mortgage.

I don't have them evicted
and torch their credit rating. Deal?

♪

Don't forget proactive
and peremptory.

If it feels right, I'll use it.
Now, shh. I'm first chair.

Your Honor,
we move for immediate dismissal.

California's Fair Employment
and Housing Act

grants no age protection
to people under 40.

We understand that.

But Clasky Pharmaceuticals'
unnatural obsession with youth

amounts to
do facto ago discrimination.

Please. Counsel saying it
doesn't make it so.

Our country is increasingly
youth-oriented.

We have sports figures
who are over the hill at 30,

a president in his 40s.

Let's not forget Ashton Kutcher.

Three careers
and a stepfather to teenagers

by the time he was 27 years old.
Shh.

The law needs to recognize that
while we live longer,

we're being aged out sooner.

Your Honor, Charlotte Perkins
is an at-will employee.

She can be demoted or even fired
at our discretion.

I will take the matter
under advisement.

Your Honor, this is proactive
and peremptory discrimination.

They purposefully demoted Charlotte
before she turned 40 to avoid a lawsuit.

Is that it?

Or is somebody else gonna jump up
and yell at me?

No, that's it.

♪

You've been served.

You've been served.

You've been served.

Okay.

[RINGS DOORBELL]

WOMAN: Just a second.
You've been...

Welcome home!
What?

You're not Donald.

No.

Just delivering something.
I'm so embarrassed.

My husband is due back
from a business trip today.

And, well, we're newlyweds.

Oh, it's beautiful.
I know.

I've never been one of those girls
who dreamed of wedding rings.

But then I saw this and...

[SIGHS]

How long have you been married?
Six weeks on Saturday.

Donald's been gone for three days.
but it feels like forever.

It's true what they say
about marriage.

What's that?

It's a slumber party every night.
Oh.

[LAUGHS]

I'm sorry. Did you need me
to sign something?

♪

You know what?
I think I have the wrong house.

Oh.

Okay.

Hi, Jane.

Bye, Jane.

[SIGHS]

Wanna talk about it?
She shushed me.

What?
Kim shushed me.

She wouldn't listen to my ideas...
You brought in the case.

No, I don't even care about that.

I care about Charlotte.

And now I'm just supposed to sit on
my hands and let Kim muck it up?

How could Parker give her my case?
I wouldn't lake it personally.

How am I supposed to take it?

I'm sure Parker's
not thinking straight.

You know how it is.
His brain is soaking in a stew of endorphins.

They cloud the judgment.

What are you talking about?
I wasn't gonna say anything before

because it wasn't relevant,
but... Wow.

Look at me, I sound like a lawyer.
But I should probably tell you.

Parker is in a new relationship.
A relationship with whom?

It's possible I've said too much.

Son of a bitch.

I know what you're doing.
What am I doing?

You're sleeping with Kim and
that's why you gave her my case.

You want to shut the door.
Oh? Why?

Afraid everyone will hear the truth?
Fine, leave it open.

I did not give anyone your case.
I simply made you second chair.

Semantics.
Before you say another word,

think about what you're alleging.
Oh, I've thought about it.

And I can even cite the code section
for you if you'd like.

I have no doubt.

Bingum, this firm is my legacy.

Think I'd let my personal life get
in the way of my business judgment?

I think you already have.

Were you aware that
Kim has the firm's best record

with employment discrimination
suits?

I'll take that as a no,
but at least you'd acknowledge

I've previously given you cases
that Kim brought in.

Yes, I guess that's true, but the poi...

Before you storm
into my office again,

please, be kind enough
to get your facts straight.

[CELL PHONE CHIRPING]

Not that it matters in this case.
Why?

Judge Daniels
just dismissed your suit.

If you were in your office
doing your job, you'd know that.

It doesn't excuse the fact...

I know where the lines are, Bingum.
I haven't crossed any.

Have a good day.

Somewhere else.

♪

Stacy. What are you doing here?

With the papers you were supposed
to serve today.

There was a little...

A little bump in the road.

Did you find the house?
Mm.

And she was there?
Yeah.

I see no bump.

Fred, she showed me her ring.
What?

She is like the happiest married
person in America.

You should see her face.
Stacy...

No, I know what's in this envelope.

And I couldn't be responsible
for destroying her happiness.

I am not a love assassin.

You're just the messenger.
You said this would be easy.

It is. All you do is
hand her the papers and say...

I'm sorry.

♪

[SIGHS]

Maybe it's for the best.
I mean, age discrimination.

She's only 34.
It wasn't a great case.

But it was my case, not Kim's.

I promised Charlotte.

Did you know
about Parker and Kim?

I suspected.

I don't get it.
I mean, what is he doing with her?

Guess he's into dirty blonds,
emphasis on "dirty."

I mean, he's managing partner.

He has an obligation to avoid
even the appearance of impropriety.

A boss sets a tone and that impacts
how the employees feel.

And this employee feels
like another round. Are you in?

Oh, my God.
What?

Do I have to hold your hair
while you throw up?

You should know
I'm a sympathetic puker.

No. I have an idea.

We're suing the boss
for sexual harassment.

You're gonna sue Parker?
No.

Charlotte is going to sue her boss.

Forget age discrimination.

Clasky Pharmaceuticals
created a hostile work environment.

Okay, we have to get back upstairs
to the office, mm,

prepare a new filing.

This goes against my
"never drink and draft" policy.

Tonight we're making an exception.

♪

You tiled something with the court
in my name?

Well, you're first chair,
so you should have thought of it first.

[SCOFFS

This isn't 31 Flavors.

We don't get to sample every cause
of action until we find one we like.

And sexual harassment?
How exactly do you plan to argue that?

Well, in case you've forgotten, there
are two types of sexual harassment.

There's quid pro quo

where someone gets special
treatment for sleeping with her boss.

And then this is the second type:
Hostile workplace sexual harassment.

You heard Charlotte
talk about her office.

It's all cheerleaders
and pageant finalists

who are basically required
to flirt and dress provocatively.

We can argue
that it meets the standard

of severe
and pervasive harassment.

I'm not so sure.
Just saw the filing.

Hostile workplace?

Brilliant move, Kaswell.
And you, too, Jane.

♪

I can't believe I let you talk me into
cancelling dinner with Vanessa for this.

I can't believe you were gonna
drop the Prescott case

without even visiting
the haunted house.

Teri.
Don't 'Teri' me.

I have lived in two haunted homes and
one very poltergeist-y college dorm.

[BREATHING DEEPLY]

What are you doing?

In my haunted dorm, the ghost
smelled like burnt molasses.

Although that could have been
my roommate.

[creaking]

What was that?
The floor.

[LIGHT BULB BUZZES]

And that?
A light bulb. They do that.

Okay. We are not leaving
until we see a ghost.

I'm gonna look upstairs.

I'm going to see if
I can salvage my dinner plans.

WOMAN:
Boo.

Knock it off.

Look at you. Heh-heh.

Hard at work in a haunted house.

Deb?

Were you expecting
some other girl?

How could this...?
I wanted to say hi.

Let you know that I'm A-okay.

The afterlife kind of rocks.

[SIGHS]

How are you doing?

How am I doing?

You look good.

Are you seeing anyone?

No. Of course not.

Grayson? Are you all right?
You're talking to the wall.

Yeah, no, I just saw a...
What?

I just saw a ghost.

♪

We were always told that Clasky
wasn't just a job, it was a lifestyle.

But after my girls were born,

my lifestyle changed.

I cut back on the outside socializing
and started dressing my age.

[TAPPING]

And what happened?

Well, it started with nasty looks,
rude comments from management.

Then they pulled me off the road,
gave me a headset,

and stuck me on a desk
in the annex.

What type of drugs does
Clasky Pharmaceuticals produce?

Primarily heart medications.

Is it true that nine out of ten
cardiologists are men?

Yes. That's why they hire female
sales reps who appeal to those men.

Heh. Management calls us their
Bond girls.

[TAPPING]

Your Honor, is it all right
if I hand off to my co-counsel,

before her head explodes?

By all means.

So this is your company handbook.

Could you please read
the highlighted portion?

"Skirts shall be no longer
than an inch above the knee."

"Heels shall be at least 3 inches."

Charlotte, why did you decide
to file this suit?

Because I'm good at my job.

I understand these drugs.
I know how to sell them.

I just don't want to do it
with my cleavage.

Ms. Perkins, you understand
that your lawyers are arguing

your work environment was hostile?
Yes.

Have you ever been subject
to unwanted sexual advances

while employed by Clasky?
No.

Has pornography ever been
on display at the office?

No.
Have you ever had to endure

crude or vulgar jokes?
No.

The harassment
was more subtle than that.

So subtle it didn't exist.

♪

Molly Hobbs?
You're early.

I am?
You're by yourself?

Uh... Yeah.
You must be stronger than you look.

I cleared a wall for you.

And I really want it to be a surprise, so
I'm hoping you can install it quickly.

What am I installing?

The 60-inch plasma TV.

It's a gift for my husband.

You bought your husband
a 60-inch high-definition flatscreen.

I know. He really wanted one,
so, what the hell?

I pulled a couple of extra shifts.

He's gonna love it, right?

So where is it, in the truck?

♪

Um, uh... Yeah. Let me just go
make sure I've got the right one.

Okay.

My favorite restaurant in the city?
Hmm. Lawry's.

And why do I need to know that?

Because you're gonna want to
buy me dinner. Look at what I found.

It's a website that catalogues
Southern California haunted houses.

The Prescott's house
is on a haunted house registry?

And it has been for years.

According to Stambovsky v. Ackley,
a 1991 Supreme Court decision,

"nondisclosure of a house's
reputation for being haunted..."

"Entitles the buyer to a refund."

You know your ghost law.
Well, it's kind of my thing.

♪

Your clients want the purchase
agreement voided.

On what grounds?
You're gonna love this.

The house in question is reputed
to be possessed by poltergeists.

That last part again, counselor?
Ghosts, Your Honor.

And the bank knew it,
or should have.

Here's where we ask that you
dismiss this case with prejudice

and award sanctions.
These are reprints from a website

Note that the Prescotts' house
has been listed since 2004.

Which means either the bank knew
and failed to disclose,

which is
fraudulent misrepresentation,

or should have known,
in which case it's negligence.

HUNTER:
There's a third option.

My client didn't know the house
was listed on some crackpot website

and shouldn't be expected to.

Unlike opposing counsel, they had
better things to do with their time

than go Googling for ghosts.

I'm inclined to agree.

Do you have any other evidence?
Yes.

I saw one.

You saw one what?

♪

A ghost in the house.

[CHUCKLES]

Case dismissed.

Mr. Kent, seek help.

[AMY STROUP'S 'JUST TAKES
A LITTLE TIME' PLAYING]

Well, that's done.

You gave her the papers?
How did it go? Tell me everything.

It was, uh... It was a piece of...

Was it awful?
Was Mrs. Hobbs devastated?

Did she collapse from the weight
of her broken heart?

Did tears well up in her eyes...?
Stop. I couldn't do it either.

Ha-ha! I knew it!

She bought him a 60-inch
flatscreen TV,

just for being him.

She loves him.

Kim is gonna kill me.

♪

I will speak at your funeral.

What am I doing?

DEB:
Couldn't stay away, huh?

Deb.
You know, I think I've stopped aging.

And my skin is glowing.

[CHUCKLES]

That was a joke.

What's wrong, Grayson?

Deb, I never lied to you before.

I don't want to start now.

You asked me if
I was seeing anyone.

I am.

Yeah, I had a feeling.

[RATTLING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Hey.
Vanessa.

What are you...?
Teri told me you were here.

I heard about your day in court.
Actually everyone did.

Yeah, tell a judge you see dead
people, watch how fast word travels.

So tell me about your ghost.

It's okay.
You don't have to humor me.

Grayson.

She was a young woman.

She stood right about
where you are now.

Right here?
She disappeared, then I saw that.

It looks like a face.

Are you sure your clients aren't
moving back here?

Absolutely.

Well, in that case...

What...?

Whoa. What are you doing?

[SIGHS]

Yeah.

See that right there?
Yeah?

Toxic mold.

My brother buys old houses,
taught me all about this stuff.

It grows behind walls, interferes with
the structure of the house,

the electrical system.
Flickering lights.

Creaky floorboards,
peeling wallpaper.

And get this: Exposure is also known
to cause hallucinations.

Really?

Hallucinations.

Looks like your clients
may have found some new grounds.

Where is the depo transcript?

♪

[SIGHS]

How's it going, team?

Awesome.
Super.

You want some dinner?
Busy.

No, thanks.

All right, then. Back at it.

♪

What?
What, 'what?' I didn't say anything.

You looked like you wanted to.

Maybe I always look like this.

Fine.

So when Parker offered dinner,

was that offer for both of us
or just for you?

That's it.
What? What did I say?

I'm dating Parker. Get over it. I'm sick
of passive-aggressive comments.

What? I haven't said anything.

Oh, please. Every time you speak,
I can hear that tone in your voice.

And the way you've been looking
at me ever since I got this case?

Go ahead, say it. You think
I'm sleeping my way through the firm.

You're sleeping through the firm.
I can't believe you just said that.

Really?
First Grayson and now Parker.

I mean, who's next,
Carl with the sideburns in Payroll?

I've dated two men in the last year and,
yes, they both happen to work here.

Do you know why?
Because this is where my life is.

You of all people
should understand that.

Date any lawyers lately?

Yeah, I didn't work for Tony.

So, I wasn't sleeping with him
to get ahead.

I was sleeping with him for fun.

I'm not dating Parker to get ahead.

For the record,
I really liked Grayson at the time,

but he's still in love with that dead
girlfriend of his. I couldn't compete.

Anything else you'd like to know about
my personal life, send me an e-mail.

I'm going home.

♪

Mr. Clasky, do I have this right?

You admit to recruiting cheerleaders
to fill out your work force.

Yes. Businessweek, sales journals,
they've all published studies

that show cheerleaders
and other athletes

do better in business
than their counterparts.

It's all about focus and commitment.

Your witness.

Why did you demote my client?
Her performance hadn't declined.

Oh, I knew it would.

Are you psychic?

No, I've just been doing my job
for the past two decades.

I knew when Charlotte stopped
attending the weekly social functions,

let her gym membership lapse,
started dressing more like a...

A mom?

Less sexy.

Once people opt out
of the Clasky lifestyle,

their numbers start going down.

Maybe not right away,
but eventually.

So you believe that dressing sexy is e
bone fide occupational requirement?

Absolutely.
Nothing wrong

with hiring matchmakers to
coach staff on seduction techniques?

My business strategy is legitimate.

And any reasonable person
would agree.

♪

Nothing further.

Are we ready for summation?

Yes.
Not yet.

What?
We have to call another witness.

Who?
I don't know yet.

That is not an acceptable answer.
Kim, we are losing this case,

and Charlotte is about
to get nothing.

Counselors, we're waiting.

Uh... We have e rebuttal witness.
Who?

BOTH:
Uh...

♪

Her. Miss. You, with the sandwich.

Hi. Could you please give your name
to the court?

Um...

Laura Curtis.

And what do you do for a living,
Laura?

Executive assistant.

I'm on my lunch break.

It was too hot to eat outside.

It's perfect.
How is that perfect?

Your Honor.
Sidebar.

This is nuts.

She's not on the witness list.
This is a stall tactic.

Mr. Clasky said any reasonable person
would agree with his business strategy.

But according to the Ninth Circuit...
The standard for hostile workplace

is what a reasonable woman
finds offensive. Not person, woman.

Ms. Curtis has a reasonable job,
she's wearing reasonable clothes,

and she came out of the heat,
a reasonable thing to do.

She is our average
reasonable woman.

Your Honor, you have to agree,
this is absurd.

Actually I don't.
It sounds reasonable to me.

♪

Proceed.

Ms. Curtis, do you think going to the
gym is a reasonable job requirement?

Not unless you're a Laker.

What about dressing provocatively?

Maybe if you're a stripper.

[chuckling]

Would you feel comfortable if
your boss made you flirt with clients?

Um... No. It would be awkward,
embarrassing.

Would you call it hostile?
Of course.

I found shachybotrys chartarum,
commonly known as toxic black mold.

The colony's been present
for over a year and still growing.

How'd the bank miss this?
They never checked.

What do you mean?
I've been through the documentation.

There's an electrical report, seismic,
structural, but no environmental.

Not uncommon during foreclosure sales
when banks try to save a few bucks.

Thanks for your time.

Ronnie's ready to testify and I have
to say, I find him very credible.

What do you think?
I think we at Southwestern Mutual

see no reason to return to court.

I'm sure your clients will find this
to be more than generous.

Not enough.

You didn't even look at it.
Not enough.

Fine.

I believe we have a deal.

So thanks again for coming in.
No problem.

Hey, I was wondering, how quickly
does toxic mold affect people?

I mean, could someone walk into
a house with mold

and just have a hallucination
right there on the spot?

Mm. Some people
are more sensitive.

Usually hikes weeks or months
of exposure.

That long?

♪

Of course,
anything's possible, right?

What's the deal with Molly Hobbs?
What do you mean?

I should've heard from her attorney
right after she got served.

That is odd.

The client's coming in today.

Confirm with the process server
that everything went smoothly.

[SIGHS]

Ms. Bingum. Ms. Bingum.

That was some maneuver
this morning.

It worked.

I know that.
I saw how the jury reacted.

We have an offer.

Your old job and back pay.

Her old job, back pay
and a settlement large enough

to let people know that
internal policy is going to change.

How big a settlement is that?

I don't know.
Charlotte, what are you thinking?

I'm thinking stock options.

Lots of stock options.

♪

[CHUCKLES]

Donald Hobbs
here to see Kim Kaswell.

Uh... Mr. Hobbs. Hi.
I'm Ms. Kaswell's assistant.

How was your business trip?

Between us, I didn't go anywhere.

I've been crashing
on my buddy's couch.

Molly has no idea
I'm meeting a lawyer.

You don't say. That's...

Hey, can I ask you something?
Yeah.

Why would you get divorced
after only six weeks?

I thought I was ready.

A wife, a mortgage, someday, kids.

But as soon as it became real,
I knew I'd made a huge mistake.

I'd wake up in the morning
and I couldn't breathe.

There's a reason you asked Molly
to marry you in the first place, right?

I guess.
Yeah, I think it's this:

You know that you only get
one chance in life.

And you want to spend it with someone
you can't wait to come home to.

Someone who
makes your heart race,

whenever she enters the room
in her fuzzy bunny slippers.

You know, someone who,
even when she's yelling at you

for using her lnSlyle Magazine
as a coaster,

still makes you feel like she's
the reason you're here on earth.

Wow, that was some speech.

So this perfect woman.
Yeah?

You know where I can meet her?

If your boss does her job right,
I'll be single by the end of the week.

Excuse me. Um...

I have to make a delivery.

Dinner? I'm thinking Japanese.

I need you to be honest with me.
Did you give me this case

because we're sleeping together?
Excuse me?

You heard me.
No.

Of course, I didn't.
If you did, we're done.

I don't need Jane or anyone thinking I
get special treatment because of this.

Oh, come on, you too?

That's not the way I run my...

I'm not the kind of boss... it doesn't
look like you get special treatment.

Parker.

Okay, I guess maybe it does.

How did I not see it?

It happens.

To make sure it doesn't happen
again, starting immediately,

I'm going to remove myself from
all discussions of your assignments,

compensation
and partnership tracking.

How's that sound?

Like the most romantic thing
anyone's ever said to me.

♪

You again.

Mrs. Hobbs,
this isn't gonna be easy.

Ugh. Just give me the papers.
Excuse me?

You're here to serve me
with divorce papers, right?

On with it.

Wait, how did you...?
I've known the whole time.

So the whole thing
about the big-screen TV...?

My husband is a jackass
and he doesn't deserve me.

So, I've been trying to make this
as difficult on him as possible.

♪

Molly Hobbs,
you're gonna be all right.

Well,

she has been served.

Oh, my God. How was it?

Uh...

Easier than you'd think.
Mm.

This is for you.

Oh, I don't deserve that.

No, no, no. I hired you.

And besides, the check is made out
in your name.

Really?

Thank you so much.

$150 is going straight
to the credit card company.

And the rest?

Hmm. Just enough for dinner.

Well,

enjoy.
Wait, no. I meant with you.

♪

Did you just invite me to dinner?

Absolutely.

Ahem. As long as we don't spend
more than $25.

Congratulations on your big win.

I was only second chair.

Maybe, but calling
the average reasonable woman?

That was genius. Everyone in
the courthouse is talking about you.

Well, when they are not talking
about you.

Right.

[CHUCKLES]

See, you impress people.
I get mocked.

You still won. And Teri
said you were awesome, by the way.

So, what about this ghost?

Ah. You're gonna think I'm crazy.

Never.

It was Deb.

You're laughing. See?
You do think I'm crazy.

No, I just...
I don't know what you saw.

♪

I wasn't there.

I do know that the brain
can play tricks on you.

And sometimes you just see
what you want to see.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Wishful thinking.
Nothing wrong with that.

I don't know why Deb would
hang around some moldy house.

Right? Unless she got lost
on the way to Bloomies.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Yeah.

Well, if I believed in ghosts,
and I'm not saying I do,

I'd like to think Deb would have found
a way to stay close to me.

Yeah, it would be nice to think so.

[CHUCKLES]

♪