Fairly Legal (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 10 - Bridges - full transcript

Justin is hurt when Kate misses his legal profession award, shocked when she blurts out she's pregnant, furious when that is overruled by the doctor. Devoted stepfather Pete Marshall needs mediation between him and his dead wife's mother, who wants to take his stepdaughter (Vero)nika to her home country of Croatia, but their bickering makes her run away. Stepma Lauren fires 'rebel' Kate after meeting co-heir David Smith, whom she buys out under threat of endless court proceeding. Judge Nicastro commandeers Kate to mediate between the eternally litigious brothers Ralph and Danny Sabbatino.

Yeah, well, I
dropped it off last night

and I thought maybe
you'd have the results.

What time does
the lab open?

Nine?

Okay, you've done this a zillion
times. I mean, can't you just, you know,

hold it up to the light, you
can shake it around a few times

and then you
can tell what...

No.

Of course. Yeah.
No, I'm...

I'm...

I'm kidding.
Mm-hmm.



Well, call me as
soon as you know.

Thank you so much.

And while I am honored to be
receiving the Siegal Award, I am also

painfully aware of all the people
whose efforts actually made it happen.

My support staff, my fellow
attorneys in the DA's office,

all the judges, and lawyers
and employees of the court.

This is boring, right? I mean, I shouldn't
mention all these individual groups.

Oh, yeah, whatever
you think.

See, you're not paying
attention because you're bored.

That's absolutely
not true.

So you're just
being rude then.

No, I'm...

Absorbing the energy
of your speech.

Mm-hmm.



You said you just wanted to run
it through, work out the kinks.

I suppose I should
enjoy the irony.

Normally you can't wait
to criticize me, but today,

when I actually need some
constructive criticism,

you can't be bothered. No,
it doesn't matter. Justin.

No, listen, it's
because we both know

you...

...have been working
on this for a month,

and we both know...

...it's as good as it
can possibly be.

What is going
on with you?

What do you mean?

You just, I don't know, you got
like this strange look on your face.

Oh, my God.

It's my face.

Okay, I

will meet you at the restaurant
at 12:30, but right now

I have to go get
my ass kicked.

What for?

I don't know yet.

12:30.

Is this the
end of days?

Oh, I'm so sorry.
Wait, what?

What did I do?
Am I in contempt?

Did I do
something again?

Not yet, but the
day is young.

You're on time.
That seems momentous.

Yes, sir. Well, I just
wanted to show you that I have

great respect for
the court, sir.

That will require more than
just looking at your watch.

Well, I don't
wear a watch.

Well, that
explains a lot.

Danny and Ralph Sabbatino.
Brothers. Good luck.

Okay. What's...
What's the issue?

Keeping them
out of my court.

Yes, sir.

Their issue?
Parking spaces.

Oh.

Really? That
just seems so...

Minor? Always
is with them.

This...

...is the evidence, the motions
and other detritus of justice

that they have filed over the years,

chronicling a
litany of

petty complaints that have made
their way into my courtroom.

Their parking space
dispute will not join them.

Yes, sir. I will get on this.

It's on the schedule
for tomorrow, 9:00 AM.

What?
9:00 AM.

Judge, come on.

I mean, these guys are
clearly playing out some

relationship mess
through the courts.

You... You can't give
me one day to fix this.

Yes, I can.
No, you can't.

You see,
tomorrow morning,

two miles offshore,
I'm having

a ceremony for
my dad. I'm

scattering his
ashes at sea.

Oh.

Your dad was
a great man.

Thank you.

So can't I have

a little bit more time? No.

Come on! You can do this... Probably.

You can't throw me in jail
if it doesn't work out.

You keep telling
yourself that.

So Ralph Sabbatino is coming
at 10:00, and Danny at 10:30?

Okay, yes. Separate rooms until
I've had a chance to talk to them.

And, um, absolutely,

coffee, muffins, cookies,
anything that might make

grumpy men feel warm
and fuzzy inside.

That would be great.

Miss Reed?

That's me.

My name is
Goran Pavlek.

I am Vice Consul for Croatia.
And I am in need of your help.

Uh, Mr. Pavlek.

Goran.

Goran, yes, I'd
love to help you.

If you'd like, you can call
my office, make an appointment.

I need you to
get in the car.

I'm sorry but I have an
appointment to get to.

Miss Reed, it's
important. Time sensitive.

And your State Department
indicated that...

You called the
State Department?

A low level
attache, but yes.

They told me how you'd helped the
consulates of Colombia and Nicaragua.

What's this about?

One of our citizens came to the
U.S. to visit her granddaughter,

after the death of
the girl's mother.

Okay.

Now the woman wants the girl, who
also holds a Croatian passport,

to return home
with her.

That's sad, but that's not
something that requires a mediator.

But the girl's guardian,
an American, objected,

so now the grandmother dropped
the girl to the consulate

and she refuses
to leave.

So she kidnapped
her.

Ah, that is the crux of my problem.

From an American perspective
the conclusion might be obvious

but I am afraid that
the people of Croatia

might see this as necessary and insist
that I reunite the girl with her family.

I have an appointment
to get to.

My job is to work for
the Croatian people

to build a bridge to your fine country.

Right now my bridge is
in danger of burning down.

So you don't want
this to go public.

My car is at your disposal if
that would make things easier.

After all, we are talking
about a little girl.

Dirty pool,
Goran.

Dirty, dirty,
dirty pool.

I sensed you were a
woman with a soft spot.

Only today.

Miss Reed,

do you think you'll be able
to resolve this quickly?

I don't know, but this is a
family matter so there's no reason

to think it'll turn into
an international incident.

Get your hands off
me! You can't do this!

They're trying to
steal my daughter!

They've kidnapped
my daughter!

Get off!

I hate it when
I'm wrong.

Mr. Marshall? I need
to get back in there!

Mr. Marshall, my name is
Kate Reed. I'm a mediator.

I want my daughter.
Can you back up please?

Hey, it's okay. Goran.

Who are you?

I've been brought in to resolve the
situation to everyone's satisfaction.

Why don't you and I go sit down
and you can tell me what's going on?

All right?

Okay, come on.
All right.

I called
the cops.

I told them that
Veronika was in there

and they said they
can't do anything.

Yeah, well, you know, even
though we're in San Francisco,

the consulate is treated
like it's Croatia.

Even our own cops can't go
in there without being asked.

So I do nothing?

Come on. Why don't you just sit
down and tell me why did Renata

go to the consulate,
to begin with?

Because she wants
to take Nika back

to Croatia to live for
good and I said no.

But why would she want to take
her away from her own father?

I'm not her
biological father.

Oh.

Where is he?
I don't know.

Nobody knows. He's never
been in the picture.

Okay. Um...

Did you and Renata have
problems before this?

She's a mother-in-law. She's always
had an opinion about something,

but I didn't think it was so bad that
she would try to steal my daughter.

And to Tereza, did she
want you to keep Nika?

We had started the
adoption paperwork

and then she died.

I was there for Nika.

Me.

I held her when she
cried. I made her eat,

I got her back
to school.

Now I'm not saying that
Renata doesn't love her,

but I am Nika's
father.

Okay.

I'm going to go in there,
I'm going to do what I do

and we're going to
resolve this.

You do realize the Sabbatino
brothers are here. Both of them.

I know.
I'm stuck.

Don't worry.
I got kugel.

What made you think that kugel
was going to soften their hearts?

It's like a breakfast
and a dessert.

Just stall them.
Stall them.

Yes.

Keep them happy
and in the building.

Trust me, those guys
haven't been happy since

before there was
manned spaceflight.

You know what? It's never
too late to start.

Judge Nicastro's not going to be
happy if I screw this up for you.

Leo.

Yes.

I'm having a very
strange day.

Mediator.

Yes, I understand,

but Miss Reed,
she's here to help us.

Renata, Kate Reed.

Renata, I would love to speak
with you just for a few minutes,

just so we can decide on the
best solution for everybody, for

yourself, for Pete and
especially for Veronika. Hi.

Goran, maybe you can
get her something to eat?

Of course.

And you and I can go into
the conference room.

I go nowhere without
my granddaughter.

I think it would be best ifyou
and I spoke alone. Just for her.

She belongs
with her family.

Yes, but seeking sanctuary in the
consulate is not going to give you that.

I had no choice.

Pete could not see the
truth of what I said.

But he loves Nika.

He is not
Nika's father.

But that doesn't mean that
he can't take care of her.

When Tereza was
alive, yes,

they were a family.

But now she
belongs with me,

her aunts, her uncles, her cousins,

the people who
knew her mother.

Okay, Pete and Tereza
started adoption proceedings.

Are you sure this is what
Tereza would have wanted?

What Tereza wanted

was to see her daughter grow
old and have children of her own.

As for this, I must do
what I think is best.

I will stay until I
can take Nika home.

When you have
a child,

you finally get to see
what your heart looks like.

It's hard when...

When your heart
dies before you.

Can I get you
some fruit?

Does he look like a guy
who eats fruit to you?

Yeah, he's a real
physical specimen.

Okay, hold the
in-fighting.

Kate Reed's office.

What?

Here?

Okay, don't let him in the
office. No, don't. Don't.

I will be right back.

Danny, the kugel
was good. Really.

We'll all be sorry
you ate that later.

Real classy. Real classy
of you. What does that mean?

You'll have enough gas
to get us over Pittsburgh.

Mr. Smith.

Yes. Hello. I am Leonardo.

I'm Kate's
assistant.

Very nice to meet you. You
want to get some coffee?

I'm here to
see Kate.

She's not here.

I'll wait.
Okay, that's great.

Let's go to the
lobby downstairs

so you can see her the
moment that she walks in.

These chairs look pretty
comfy right over here.

Yeah, they're
very comfortable,

but the ones downstairs,
let me tell you.

Boy, oh boy, it's some
really comfortable stuff.

Well, hello. Thank you
so much for coming in.

Sure.
Wonderful.

Did you come across
some information for us?

I'm here to see Kate.

Kate?

I've got
something burning

inside my head.

You're David Smith.

And she didn't tell you.

That's good.

Why don't we go into my office? I
thinkwe have a lot to talk about.

Oh, I don't know ifyou heard
me a minute ago there, but,

I'm here to
see Kate.

You have a record

and a liquor license,
which is a parole violation.

Did you hear that?

My office is
right this way.

Is Nika
coming out?

Uh, not yet. This isn't right.

I talked to Renata.

You both want what's
best for Nika.

No. I do.

I hear you. Look, I
can't just stand here.

Okay, well, Pete, there's
nothing for you to do.

I'm getting Nika out of there.

Yeah, but they're not
going to let you through.

Think about this
for a second.

You don't want to
make a scene.

Everything that you do reflects
on your fitness to keep Nika.

My fitness? My fitness? Yeah!

I'm not a
kidnapper.

Okay, but you have the
high ground right now.

Move! Move!

Peter, no! There are security
cameras up there and guards!

Nothing is keeping
me from my daughter.

Yeah, but ifyou do something
crazy, the police will.

I'm not letting
you go up there.

Told you.

Yes, sir, I
understand.

I thought I smelled smoke
so I panicked and I pulled...

Ma'am,
this is for you.

I deserve this. I
completely deserve this fine.

I'm going to pay
this immediately.

I promise. SECURITY: Yes, ma'am.

I don't see her.

Well, probably because they know it's
a false alarm. You're paying this.

Goran, have you met Pete Marshall?

This is Veronika's
legal guardian.

In my country, we do not
call this a low key approach.

Yes.
That's true.

There she is!
Nika! Nika!

Nika! Nika!

Anika, they're calling
the police.

And I'm calling the
State Department.

You have to stay away from her! Shut up!

Look, we have two
people who want what's best

for this little girl,
that's a good starting place.

If you call the police and
you call the State Department,

then we're going to have a
whole bunch of people involved

with their own agendas.
So I'm telling you,

give it until the end of
the day to figure this out.

I promise you,
I can do this.

You, come with me. Let's
go. I'm not leaving.

Oh, yes, you are. Because if you don't

then he will have you arrested, right?

I'm afraid so. See? Told you. Let's go.

That's it. You died. You died.

Okay, that's an Autumn Wind Ranger.
It doesn't have that ability.

The hell
it doesn't.

You see how
he is?

What did I tell you? I mean,
rules mean nothing to this man.

Your whole life, you lived between
the lines. What are you talking about?

You know what? Maybe ifyou
lived between the lines

we wouldn't be
here right now.

Okay, you see,
this is good.

You see how board games
teach cooperative play?

He wouldn't know cooperation
if he grabbed you by the ass.

Okay, Mr. Sabbatino.

And you wouldn't know ass grabbing
if you had to grab your own ass.

Other Mr. Sabbatino.

What does that even mean? I mean
words, come on. Blah, blah...

You little...

Oh, my God, I'm
becoming Kate.

But believe me, when I look at that massive
stack of files on my desk every morning,

I sometimes fantasize about
cleaning everything out.

You know, just
eliminating the stack,

but justice
doesn't come easy

and it shouldn't because
it's too important.

But I'm not telling you
anything you don't

already know. We're all
over-worked, we're over-stressed,

under-rested... But we're
fighting the good fight.

Together.

And for that I am grateful. And I am
grateful for this award and I thank everyone

very much.
Thank you.

Great speech!

Thank you. Thanks, thanks.

Great!

Congratulations, Justin. Mm-hmm.

Yes.
Congratulations.

Who are you?
Oh, he's...

Why'd you even
bother to come?

I'm sorry.

Wild guess, you got held
up in another mediation.

Yes.

Uh, I'll be
waiting over here.

No, no, no, you
don't go anywhere.

No, you take
a walk.

I'll wait.

Okay, you leave. I will hunt
you down. I will kill you.

Got it.

You're mad.

I know. I'm...
I'm so sorry.

I missed your
big moment.

No excuses, no spirited
defense of your intentions?

No.

What is going
on with you?

Nothing.

I hate it when you lie
to me. Do not lie to me.

Justin, I'm
not lying.

Look, this isn't the time or the place.

Oh, come on,
that's crap.

If you have something
to say, just tell me.

I'm not going to tell you. Just wait...

If you have something
to say to me, just tell me.

Right here, right now. No,
I'm not going to tell you.

Okay, if you don't tell me
now, then don't tell me...

I'm pregnant.

Nice speech. Thanks, man. All right.

Hey, Tony.
Congratulations.

Come on. The deputy mayor
wants to talk to you.

Probably wants a campaign contribution.

Yeah, probably.
But who knows.

Hey, Kate, thanks for calling me back

from outside
the building.

What are you doing?

David Smith is
in my office.

That's what I was going to
tell you ifyou called me back.

I've been busy.

David Smith?

Uh, well, Leo, why don't you take

Mr. Marshall here
into my office and, uh,

maybe, thank you, give
him some coffee and

a magazine
or something.

David Smith.
Wow, Lauren,

I'm so glad that you two have
had a chance to meet one another.

I hope you're having
a super conversation.

Right now, I've got... How dare
you not tell me you found him?

What can I say?

I failed sharing
in preschool.

Kate. Okay, really, really.

We are going to
talk about this.

Look, I am on the verge
of being sent to jail

or creating an international incident

and those aren't even the
most upsetting parts of my day

so I don't have time for this right now.

Leonardo, where are
the Sabbatino brothers?

Conference room.

Gentlemen,
I'm sorry I'm late.

My name is
Kate Reed.

I'll be your
mediator today.

Hi. I'm Danny Sabbatino.
Nice to meet you.

Hi, Danny.
Good to meet you.

I'm Ralph Sabbatino,
if you don't mind.

Ralph.

Uh, here's how this
is going to work,

each of you will explain the
problem and then each of you

will propose
a solution.

If that solution is not mutually
acceptable, I will propose a solution.

If that solution is not
acceptable then we all go to jail.

Come on.

We can't go to
jail for this.

What?
I said that...

He said we can't
go to jail for this.

I'm sorry. What? He said
we can't go to jail...

I can't hear you. What? Can
you come a little closer please?

I can't hear you.

Okay, fine. I can hear you,
but you can and you will

go to jail

if you continue to act in contempt of
a court order to mediate this problem.

So I guess what I'm
trying to say, is you,

you get your ass
over here

and you, you filed this
complaint, let's go.

Okay.

So behind our dry cleaning store
there are two parking spaces.

Yes.

One is for me and one
is for my older, shorter,

balder brother,
Ralph Sabbatino.

Anyway, this guy likes to
park close to the lines.

So last month
I drive into work

and this bozo

repainted the lines so that my
space is smaller and his is larger

and now I can't even get
out of my new sports car.

Of course you can't
get out of your car,

you bought this convertible
with the two big doors

just so you could
ding me on purpose!

All right. I doubt that's
why he bought the car.

Why else would he have
bought it? For girls? Maybe?

Excuse me, Casanova, so now
you're a ladies' man?

Guys.

I made Anne-Marie gentile. What are
you talking about? What do you know?

I got to second base
with her mother.

In your dreams.
Forget about it...

Hey!

Here's the problem,
he's a short...

I'm 38 years old!

I'm through with you.

You're a midget.
Midget?

Is it my fault that
I was born tall...

Kate.

They're never
going to agree.

I agree.

Okay, so, uh...

Yeah?
Goran, hello.

I'll be right
there.

I have to go back
to the consulate.

Should I send the joy boys home? No.

They'll never come back. I
think they want to go to jail.

It'll just give them something
else to just blame on each other.

You, keep them there and
hopefully I'll be back

just in time to drive us
all to jail. You ready?

Stay here.

If I give you
the high sign,

casually walk out
ofthe building.

All right.

I thought we were going to
keep the authorities out ofthis.

Veronika went to the
kitchen for a snack.

Somehow she
got past security.

Where is she?

We don't know. We've searched the
whole building. She's not here.

What are you saying? What
are you saying? Speak English!

This is your
fault!

She ran away from the
consulate where you took her!

Are you done?

This is not going to
help bring her back.

Kate, I need to be out there
looking for her. And you will.

With me and the police.
So, where would she go?

I don't...

She'd go home.

Okay, the police
are checking? Good.

Where else.

She'd be at the school yard.
Not hers, the one by our house.

She goes there, she hangs
out with her friends.

They sit on the
swings and they talk.

There's also a Hot Topic where
she goes to meet her girlfriends.

Okay. We should call them, Rebecca,

Renee and Miranda, they're Facebook
friends. They post all the time.

We should check her page and the
"Pinkberry" two blocks from the school.

You really know
her schedule.

Of course I do.
She's my daughter.

Listen, you both want to
take care of Veronika, right?

But there aren't two
sides in this anymore.

There's just
a little girl.

Lost in the city.

Now I'm going to give this list to
the officer in charge and you both

are going to answer all of Officer
Vandorn's questions. Do you understand?

Yes.
Do you understand?

Yes.

We're going to need that town car.

Of course.

Hello there. May I speak to
Judge Nicastro's clerk please?

He's having his
gallbladder out.

Is there somebody else I could
talk to about a scheduling issue?

What's the problem?
No problem.

Then why am I
talking to you?

Judge Nicastro?
Yes?

Well, hello there. I'm Leonardo
Prince, Kate Reed's assistant.

She wants an extension on
the Sabbatino mediation.

Judge, this is...
It's serious.

I mean, Kate holds you
in the... Mr. Prince.

Yes, your honor.

Tell her to get it done.

I will, sir.

I called you
three times.

Justin, hi.

You just dropped a
bomb and then left.

Well, you kind of
made me tell you.

Well, why is that, Kate?
Why do I always have to

make you tell me
something that involves

me, that changes
my life?

We just, we need
to talk about this.

Yes, I know, but I just,
I can't right now.

Look, the client that I'm
with, his daughter ran away.

And the police are now
interviewing him and her

grandmother. It's just
always the case with you,

always the
case, huh?

This is about a ten
year old little girl.

It wouldn't matter if it
was a 30 year old elephant.

Justin.

It's a baby, Kate.

It's our baby.
It's a big deal.

Look, I promise as
soon as we find...

Forget it.

I'll call you.

You had a business
arrangement with Teddy?

We grew up
together.

We had a
friendship.

And we did
business together.

In the neighborhood,
there's no distinction.

There is for me.

That's because
you're uptown.

My husband was
an honest man

who held himself to the
highest moral standards.

I find it very
hard to believe...

What?

That he would
associate with me?

That's not
what I said.

It was implied.

You are painting a picture of
a man I have never even met,

who founded this firm on
embezzled money, I mean...

Where did you
meet Teddy?

At the opera.

Teddy hated opera.

Well, that's where
you're wrong, actually.

Teddy loved the opera, so much
so that he was on the board.

What Teddy loved,

was being in a
position of power.

You loved
Teddy,

so did I.

You trusted
him,

so did I.

Even though,
as you say,

he withheld information at your trial,
then sent you to jail for 12 years?

This is ridiculous, none
of this makes any sense.

Look, I don't expect
you to understand.

And quite frankly, I don't care anymore.

I came here to
tell Kate

that I was leaving town. Now
you go ahead and file that

notice of violation, or
whatever the hell it is.

I'm out of here.

Well, actually no.

You're not
going anywhere.

Pretty quick with the
threats there, missy.

Teddy's amendment to include you
in the will was flagged at probate.

Now,

you can file a protest,
but that will take

years to resolve, so be prepared
for some pretty major legal fees.

Or,

I can buy you out.

I don't threaten.

I act.

You are...

You are really...

Yeah.

I am.

Nika!

Veronika!

Hold on, hold on.

Is she all right? I need
to talk to my daughter.

Thank you
for calling us.

She's asking
for you.

For me?
Yeah, come on.

I'll be down here
if you need me.

Hi.

I'm sorry I made
trouble for everyone.

Oh, honey,
that's okay.

Look, they were just
scared, that's all.

I know.

Look, sometimes... Sometimes
I run away from things, too.

You do what
you've got to do.

Can you help
me run away?

Oh, Veronika.

I didn't know
how to say

what I want to say.

Yeah.

The saying.

Mmm.

That's the
tricky part.

I love my grandmother
and Pete.

I love them both.

That's a good
thing, right?

That's a really
good thing.

I don't want to
have to choose.

They're going to
make me choose.

Oh, honey.

It's okay.

Okay, you two, wait for me over there.

And you, little lady, why
don't you come with me?

Leo,

I'd like to introduce
you to Veronika.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

Charmed.

Leo's going to take
very good care of you.

Okay.

Yeah. There's my desk. A
lot of cool stuff on it.

You can
check it out.

Oh, I won't
touch anything.

That's good, because a lot
of it is irreplaceable...

No, no, honey, you can
touch whatever you want.

You can play with these things.
Nothing breaks, either, so just

have fun.
Go at it.

Where are the
Sabbatino brothers?

Um, I sent them to the
cleaners. Literally.

No.

No, no, no, no, no. Leo, I
don't have time for any of this.

I solved their problem.

What?
Yeah, it's done.

You want your
messages?

You didn't drug
them, did you?

No, I almost had to drug myself, but then
I remembered that my body is a temple.

You solved
their problem?

They don't know it yet because
they were too busy fighting.

You tell them.

I'm...

I'm stunned.

You mean,
"I don't pay you enough. "

You two, you two,
come with me.

What? You had no right!
She would not run anywhere!

She was happy!

Are you crazy? She was
running away from you!

This

has been a
tough day.

Nika was lost.

You were upset,
you both were upset.

You blamed
one another.

Yeah, because she... He...

I wasn't
finished!

But she's
found.

She's fine.

Yet the two of you
are still arguing.

Think about that.

Now I have some other business
to attend to, so I don't

have to mediate the
two of you from jail.

Stay here,
calmly.

I will be back in an hour
and we will figure this out.

We have to.

Leo and his brother used to
fight over dessert every night.

So his father proposed
a solution. One of them

got to cut the dessert
in half and the other one

got to pick which
piece, so, uh,

Danny.

Danny, yes,
you...

...get to repaint the
line and Ralph,

you pick which spot.

Okay.
If it's on the left,

you back in, on the
right, you go straight in.

Now you're both going to be coming
out in the middle, so if one ofyou

parks a little
too close,

you're both screwed.

Fair?

Fair.
Fair.

Excellent, I'll tell
Judge Nicastro.

Thank your highness, I mean, your honor.

Well, I'm glad we got
that settled. Me, too.

Yes, this is she.

The results,
okay, yeah. I...

Okay.

Thank you.

We have that every day.
You're crazy.

Every day, every day
we eat the same thing.

I don't want anything
less than full custody.

You are not
her father.

You tell me how I'm
not her father.

You tell me! You are not her blood!

Really?

You've been in this room since I left
and you're at exactly the same place?

Children
are precious.

We don't know how
they'll enter our lives.

We don't know how
they'll leave our lives.

You need to
figure out

how to share
Veronika.

Because if you don't,

somebody else
will.

A judge,

a social worker,

a lawyer.

Somebody who...

...who doesn't
love Veronika.

Somebody who has
to guess what's best.

But try to fit your precious,
your distinctive Veronika

to a template
that's just a...

It's a one-size fits all,
is that what you want?

No.

Nobody does.

But it happens.

It happens
all the time.

We go to court because
we can't or we won't

figure out how to
solve our own problems.

If you love Veronika, then prove it.

Just talk to
each other.

And if you can't figure
out how to solve this,

then neither of
you deserve her.

You...

You really love
Veronika?

So do you.

Kate.

Not now,
Lauren.

Oh, yes.

Now.

Don't sit, this
won't take long.

I'm done with
your petty crap.

And I'm done with yours,
so I guess I'll be leaving.

Win-win.

I'll tell you what I told
your buddy, David Smith.

Teddy's will has been
flagged by probate.

How did it end up
in probate court?

You and I have an equal
share in this firm.

No, wait,
that's incorrect.

I'm the managing partner,
my share's weighted.

Lauren, I don't
have the time

or the patience

to put up with your...

You're fired.

What? Oh, now you have the time?

You want
an explanation?

All right. Well,
you're insubordinate,

you're petty,
you're always late,

and you know what, Kate?
I just don't like you.

I'm the Reed of
Reed & Reed.

Don't go there, Kate.

I've prepared for this moment. Did you?

That's what I thought.

You can't...

Pack up your office.

Lauren Reed.

Joe, hi. Yes, good
to hear from you, too.

David Smith left you a note.
Apparently, he's going somewhere.

I need a minute.
Kate...

Hi.

Justin's here.

Hi.

We are going
to talk.

We are going to figure
out what to do. Okay.

Yeah.

Doctor called.

Okay, and?

When I told you before

that I was pregnant, I'd
only taken a home test. And...

So I called the doctor just to be sure.

I'm not pregnant.

I don't...

No, wait.

Being in a relationship with you is...

It's like Christmas
morning.

You know? And you're this kid and
you run into this big, beautiful tree

with all these
presents underneath.

But as soon as
you get there,

bombs start to drop.

I wish.

What?

What, what do you wish?
You wish it were different?

You wouldn't be you.

It's all tied
together.

That's life with
Kate Reed.

Christmas and bombs.

Justin.

Justin, wait. I thought
you said you wanted to talk.

Yeah, you know
why I came here?

I came here to say that
we should stay married.

Justin.

I thought we were
going to have a child,

so it would have made sense
to stay together. Right?

And now?

Kate, you have
this passion

for people and justice and
life and that's amazing.

You know and you're warm, and you're
wonderful, and you're beautiful, and

you're frustrating, and you're
annoying, and you're a little crazy.

I spend half of my time thinking
about how much I love you

and I spend the other
halfwishing I'd never met you.

Justin.

Kate?

I'm going home.

Kate!

I just wanted to
thank you.

You're a woman
of your word.

My bridge is
still built.

Yeah, well, you know.
That's what I do.

I build bridges.

Thank you.

What?

Judge?

The Sabbatino brothers,
they're not coming in.

You killed them.

No, uh,

well, my assistant,
Leonardo,

he came up
with this amazing plan.

I don't care. The important
thing is they're not coming

and you're not
going to jail.

Okay, well done.

Don't you have someplace
you need to run to

or several
"someplaces"?

No, not today.

Well, I do have
someplace to go.

And I'm going.

When Teddy
was alive,

all the pieces of
the puzzle,

they seemed
to fit.

Well,

he had a way of putting things together.

Deals.

People.
Yeah.

Teddy cast a
pretty powerful shadow.

Always did.

Still does, you know?

Still does.

Going sailing?

Yeah.

With my dad.

I'm going to go out
and, you know, do the...

You know, that thing.

If you're going to dispose
of those ashes at sea,

you need a permit.

I have one.

I happen to have
an application.

Want me to mail it?
Yeah.

Sure.

Do you have gas?

Well, yeah, I mean,
it's just...

Wait, wait, wait,
hold on. Let me.

It's probably better this way
because I don't actually sail.

I'm going to go back to
the office and pack up.

Leo. Come on! No, no, no, it's good.

No, no, no, no, no. It's good.

You know me better than
that. Leo. I can finish...

It's good this way because then
I can finish my graphic novel.

All right, well, finish
fast. Because I'll be back.

You hear that?

I'll be back.

Well, you know it's true.

Right?

You know it.

I'll be back!