Suits (2011–…): Season 2, Episode 14 - He's Back - full transcript

HARVEY: Previously on Suits...

One hundred and thirteen female
employees across all 22 divisions.

You know what
they have in common?

All denied promotions due to
the fact that they're women.

How often does Louis
ask you out?

Every single day.

RACHEL: There are laws to protect you
from sexual harassment, you know.

What are you doing here?
Delivering champagne.

I see you can afford it

since the money you've been
stealing from our clients

hasn't been going to your
wife's cancer treatments.



Hey, Monica, how's it going?

What the hell are you doing?

Trying to get Monica Eton to
file a sexual harassment suit

against Daniel Hardman?

I know you think you're trying
to help me, but drop it.

Mike pull it off?
Yep.

He suspect you were in on it?
Nope.

Sign this confidentiality
agreement.

I'll waive my claim.

One time offer,
take it or leave it.

I've decided to
farm out the case.

Let me guess.

Daniel Hardman.

Please state your name
for the record.



Sloane Moseley.

And what is your position
at Folsom Foods?

This was all established during my
client's first and second depositions.

I'm sorry. I'm just
getting up to speed.

I like to establish
my own facts.

Or manufacture them.

Excuse me. Let's show opposing
counsel some respect.

(BOTH WHISPERING) Douchebag.

Regional Vice President
of marketing and research.

And how many female executives
work alongside you?

Three. Making a total of four.
In a department of nine.

Is there a question?
Yes.

What is the ratio of men to women
Senior Partners at Pearson Hardman?

Well, she has no
knowledge of that.

Then, I direct the
question to you.

And I have the answer, but it's
not relevant to this case.

What do you mean?

Jessica Pearson's hiring and firing practices
are directly relevant to the case.

If the next question isn't regarding
Folsom Foods, this deposition's over.

Folsom Foods?

(CHUCKLES) Ah.

So sorry. As you know, I just
took over 45 different cases.

I get confused.

I thought we were deposing
Pearson Hardman today.

What the hell are
you talking about?

Oh, my God. Did... Did I forget
to give you the subpoena?

Pearson Hardman is being sued

for wrongful termination in the
amount of ten million dollars.

You have been served.

Wrongful termination. You're
lucky you're not in jail.

It's not on his behalf.
It's on Monica Eton's.

I actually got the
idea from you.

Excuse me?

What this firm did to that
woman was unconscionable.

JESSICA: You piece of shit.

Monica Eton
deserved to get fired.

Hmm. The eight women I'm
going to stack the jury with

might disagree with that.

Not once they learn she
was sleeping with you

while you were embezzling
from this firm.

And how exactly are they
going to learn that?

One of the three people in this
room is going to tell them.

I'm guessing it won't be you.

I'm afraid it won't be
one of you, either.

You going to kill us?

Oh, I won't need to.

You're bound by the
confidentiality agreement

Jessica signed
the night I left.

"All knowledge of any activity
of Daniel Hardman shall..."

I know what it goddamn says.

You signed it so quickly,
I wasn't sure.

HARVEY: Fine.

I know a shakedown when I see one.
What do you want?

It's not what I want.

It's what Monica wants.

And what is that?

Payback. You see, when Mike Ross
brought that trumped up suit to her,

she was very upset.

It brought back the memory
of what you did to her.

I didn't do shit to her.

That wasn't how she saw it.

Yet you didn't lift
a finger to help her.

I wanted to at the time.

But I couldn't very well attack
my own firm, now, could I?

Never stopped you before.

Touche. But you can't
mention that, either.

JESSICA: We're done.

Harvey, will you escort this piece
of filth out of the building?

Make sure he doesn't commit
any crimes on the way out.

Oh, by the way, Mike Ross...

Virtuoso job drafting
that complaint.

All I had to do was search and replace
"Daniel Hardman" with "anonymous."

Almost as virtuoso as the
job he did convincing you

Lawrence Kemp
signed that affidavit.

Must stick in your craw.

Having to walk by my
name day after day.

Oh, we'll get to it.

First, we had to turn your old
office into the new conference room.

When Jessica and
I engineered our coup,

she had that sign
down within minutes.

Schmidt. Gordon. Van Dyke.

Jessica wanted it down the second you were gone.
I told her it was too soon.

No. You asked her to be name
partner and she said no.

And you know why?

Because deep in her heart,
she doesn't trust you.

She trusted me to kick your ass.
Twice.

Maybe.

But I saw that look back there.

She didn't tell you about the
confidentiality agreement, did she?

See the money, want to stay
for your meal

Get another piece of pie
for your wife

Everybody wanna know
how it feel

Everybody wanna see
what it's like

I'll even eat a bean pie
I don't mind

Me and missy is so early

Busy, busy making money

All right!

All step back
I'm 'bout to dance

The greenback boogie

What the hell
were you thinking?

I don't want to discuss
this, Harvey.

He gave up his
partnership, his money,

and his voting rights. It was a
good deal, I did it, and it's done.

And now, it's come back to bite us in the ass.
We have to settle.

I am not settling.

Our backs are against the wall and
we're going to drain our resources

on a case that we can't win
just because you boxed us in?

It was a take it
or leave it offer.

I had one minute.

I wanted to be done with
the man, so I took it.

You told me never to
make rash decisions,

and then you do this.

I told you,
I didn't have a choice.

Did you have a choice when you
decided to keep it from me?

I didn't think it would
ever come up again.

That is not a good
enough reason.

What did he tell you?

He told me you'd never
put my name on the door.

He told me you'd come
after me someday.

Maybe even threaten my family

the same way
you threatened his.

All something you never
bothered to consult me on.

I didn't have to. You'd have
told me to do whatever it took.

That's not the point.

Well, what's the point?
You kept it from me.

I let it go.

Because I knew he was just
trying to get into my head,

the same way he's trying
to get into your head now.

What's going to happen
when he deposes you

and you can't tell
the full story?

I don't know, Harvey. But I
trusted you to beat him before.

And I am trusting you
to beat him again now.

(SIGHING) Hey. Uh, do
you have a minute?

That's about all I have. I'm under pressure.
I've got to get this done.

Yeah, I know. We're all swamped
with this Folsom Foods thing.

But, uh, I need your help with a
case that's a little more personal.

I am swamped with Folsom Foods, but I came
in early to carve out an hour to work

on something
personal of my own.

Hmm. What is it?

Harvard application.

Rachel, that's great.

It's great if I get in. And I'm not going
to get in if I don't get this done.

And I'm not going to get it done
if people keep bothering me.

Do people keep bothering you?
No.

Okay. So, this is
going well, then.

Less than one out of every 12
people who applies gets in.

What if I'm not one
of those people?

I don't know. Maybe you'll
get in somewhere else.

You're kidding me.

I don't want to have
a fallback.

You mean a backup?
A logical plan B?

Mike, I've been half in, half out of committing
to this for years. I'm done with that.

Going to law school
is committing.

I don't want to go to law school.
I want to go to Harvard.

Just because your father went there
doesn't mean you need to go there too.

That's not why.

(SIGHING) You want to work
at Pearson Hardman.

And if I don't go there,
then I can't work here.

Do you need any help?

No, it's okay. I'm going
to do this on my own.

Okay.

I'm so sorry. What did
you need help with?

It's okay. I'm going
to do it on my own.

Donna, I need your help.

With what?

Hardman.

I want you to convince Harvey to
let me on the Monica Eton case.

I'm sorry, Louis.
I can't do that.

Donna, come on. He made
me look like a fool.

He did the same thing to me.

Well, I need revenge.

(SIGHING) So do I.

See? Then, why won't you
ask Harvey for me?

Because Harvey needs to
handle this himself.

So, this has nothing to do with
any residual issues you've had

with me and my past behavior?

No.

Yeah, because I never told him.

I never told Harvey how sorry I was for
trusting someone that betrayed us all.

Louis, he knows.

I mean, that bastard wouldn't even be
here right now if it wasn't for me.

He'd just be some
partner skulking around,

never having won if
I hadn't voted for him.

Look, it's going to be okay.
Success is the best revenge.

Bullshit.

Revenge is the best revenge.

Harvey. Where are you
going? It's only 10:30.

You going to dock my pay?

I'm serious. I've got some
really good stuff here.

First of all, Hardman's
non-compete is still in effect.

He can't even
be practicing law.

In New York.

Where the hell do you
think we are?

He's working out of Jersey.
He's got an office of one.

Look. Bank account. Car service.
Cell phone.

I mean, all of them are based in New York.
We can fight it.

That's exactly what he wants.
What?

Articles of incorporation, office,
land line, company car, all in Jersey.

He's constructed it so we'd
be tempted to fight him,

waste our time and
resources, then lose.

Okay, fine. Then, what we need to
do next is dig into Monica Eton.

Hold on. You're on Folsom
Foods. Not Monica Eton.

Harvey, they're using the exact
lawsuit I wrote, word for word.

I know how to fight it.

Did he tell you that?

No, he didn't need to.
I read it.

I mean, he didn't just
get the idea from me.

He got the whole
execution from me.

He's doing that because he's
trying to get in your head.

This isn't your fault.
We did this together.

Then, let me help you fix it.

I'm sorry. Those papers can't
help me and neither can you.

Har...

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Oh.
Rachel.

Yes. Yes, I... I know who you are.
I just wasn't expecting you.

Um, I don't live here.

You must be here to see my dad.
Yes, I am.

Please come in. Uh, he's just in the back.
He TiVoed the game.

Jets?
Giants.

Man after my own heart.

Why is it the defensive
line is always packed with

a bunch of big, strong
black guys,

and the offensive line's packed
with big, fat white guys?

Well, I don't know. But looking at
you, you've got a foot in both camps.

I guess you're not
here to ask a favor.

No. I'm here to
do you a favor.

Get rid of him while
you still can.

Jessica. You do not know who
you're in bed with, Robert.

I went to law school
with the man.

Well, he might have been
a prince back then,

but he sure as hell
isn't one now.

Then enlighten me.

Because from what I know,

he left the firm to
take care of his wife.

When he came back,
you forced him out.

(SCOFFS) That's nowhere
near the full story.

What else is there?

I'm listening.

You signed a
confidentiality agreement.

I am precluded from
speaking on that topic.

Then, I'm afraid you're precluded from
convincing me to take him off this case.

Robert. What's it going to cost
you to violate the agreement?

Give me a number.

Hmm? I'll assume it's
in the millions.

Fifteen.

(CHUCKLES QUIETLY)

You said I didn't know the
kind of man I was in bed with?

From the looks of it,

I'm in bed with the kind of man
who's got you by the balls.

JESSICA: Don't say
I didn't warn you.

Enjoy your game.
Oh, by the way,

Giants lost by one.

TV ANNOUNCER: 49ers interception
at the two yard line.

Alright, Harvey. It's the middle
of the night. You wanted in.

What can I do for you?

I need to talk hypothetically.

Uh, is this "hypothetically"
about a suit being brought

by an ex-name
partner against his firm?

Because you know I can't talk about
a case that's on my own docket.

Would you prefer I tell the IRS about
a hypothetical conversation I had

with an up and coming
judge nine years ago?

Give it to me.

The name partner in question was
the one she had an affair with

while he was embezzling
money from the firm.

So, bring it up. Make your case.
We can't.

He got you to sign a
confidentiality agreement.

Yes. But the spirit of the
agreement was to shield him.

If we had a sealed hearing,

how would you rule on tossing
the confidentiality?

I'm afraid you'd lose.

Why? If he were the plaintiff,
it would be one thing.

But he's the attorney.

I can't punish the woman
for her choice of attorney.

What if he doesn't make
that argument?

He will.

He came to see you too.

Two weeks ago.

Sorry, Harvey.

Excuse me.

I'm here for my... Oh, I
know what you're here for.

Jessica's deposition.

Three o'clock on the nose.
I'm nothing if not prompt.

You're nothing
if not an asshole.

Is that why you're sitting out here?
To call me that?

No. I just wanted to personally
escort you to the conference room.

Mmm. Lucky me.

We'll see about that.

My old office.
Harvey wasn't kidding.

My idea. It took a while
to feng shui the evil out.

Look, Donna, I understand...

You piece of shit.

Is that all you've got?

Oh, I will go right now.

Are you going to sue me?

Because I don't think anybody
here is going to testify.

I never meant to hurt you.

You mean when you planted
that memo and got me fired?

I did no such thing.

And any implication otherwise from
within this firm is actionable.

Yeah, right. But you
never meant to hurt me.

I'd imagine whoever planted that memo
thought that you would bring it forward.

And if you had, the only thing
that would have happened to you

is you would have been scolded.

And Harvey's career
would have been over.

So, it really is like that
between the two of you.

You can go now.

Jessica's deposition is in
the other conference room.

(EXHALES)

Please state your full
name for the record.

Jessica Lourdes Pearson.

Monica Eton's reviews from '03 to '07.
All excellent. Agreed?

Yes.

Then, why was she let go?

That was determined by
a variety of factors.

Was one of the factors that she was
having an affair with a partner?

I'm so glad you brought that up, you
little son of a bitch. Because...

Off the record.

Hmm. So soon?

I told you this would happen.

He's baiting you into
breaching confidentiality.

And I'm ready to bite down
and drag him in with me.

Don't. We can't
afford it.

No.

The affair itself
was not a factor.

With whom was she
having this affair?

I refuse to answer that.

Why? Were you
in love with him?

(LAUGHS)

In love with him? I thought
she was bottom feeding.

I might have actually
vomited when I heard.

That's enough. We're not answering
this line of questioning.

Move on.

You said my client's dismissal
was due to a variety of factors.

And then you said it wasn't the
affair and it wasn't job performance.

So I ask you, what was it?

Was it a personal dislike?

Were you jealous of her?

Or do you just
hate other women?

Tread lightly, Daniel.

Let's try some questions
your client can answer.

Were you in a relationship at the
time of my client's dismissal?

Excuse me?

Jessica Pearson's personal
life is not an issue here.

I beg to differ.

And since your client can't
seem to find her words today,

I, for one, can testify

that she was not in a
relationship at the time.

She's always been
married to her job.

And she wants her female associates
to be equally committed.

So that as soon as they have
anything else in their lives,

in other words, sex,
she cuts them loose.

This is bullshit.

Then tell me differently.

HARVEY: We're done here.

The truth is, Monica was younger
than you, prettier than you,

sexually active,
and of child-bearing age.

All of the things you are not.

And you fired her for it.

We going to talk about what happened?
Not tonight.

Jessica, I...

Son of a bitch all but
called me bitter and barren.

He did call you that. But
it's only going to get worse.

And you should have jumped to
my defense sooner than you did.

HARVEY: I'm your lawyer,
not your husband.

And if I didn't jump in
when I did, we'd be broke.

Look, I told you before.
We need to settle.

And I told you before,
we're not settling.

Don't you see what he's doing?

He's trying to make
this case about gender.

It's not.
It doesn't matter.

Look. You can't be the name defendant
on a gender discrimination case

while we're suing Folsom
Foods for the same thing.

I am not capitulating
to that man.

Then you're going to
look like a fool.

That's enough. You're not
calling the shots. I am.

And whether you think my
call is wrong or not,

it is still my name
on that goddamn wall.

You...

(GROANS)

Hey. Uh, I'm sorry. I
don't want to bother you

if you're still working
on your application,

but I need a favor.

Uh, no... I finished.
Uh, what do you need?

I need to see a transcript
of Jessica's deposition.

That's confidential.

That's why I need your help.

Mike.
Rachel, please.

I need it.

(CLEARS THROAT)

By the way, congratulations on
finishing your application.

Thank you.
You're welcome.

Are you looking for
anything in particular?

No, not exactly.

Uh-oh.

Oh, my God.

It just keeps going.

It's worse and worse.

She had to sit through this.

Oh, God. This is
all my fault.

Uh, Mike...

No. I, I used you
to get to Monica.

And then I used her, and now
he's taking it out on Jessica.

Yeah, you couldn't have known
it was going to lead to this.

(SIGHS) It's okay.

No, it isn't.
I need to use this.

Either you print it or I type it
up from memory, but I have to.

Why?

You said you wanted
to go to Harvard

so that you can work at
Pearson Hardman. Right?

Yeah. Well, if I don't fix this,

there might not
be a Pearson Hardman.

You can't talk to me.

Actually, I can. I don't
have any equity in the firm,

and I'm not working
on this case.

You're an interested party and you
drafted the original complaint.

Any judge in the
world sides with me.

Listen, Monica. Monica. I'm
not trying to set you off.

I'm trying to take
responsibility here.

For what?

For doing exactly what
you just said I did.

For drafting the original complaint
and starting this whole thing off.

I'm sorry.

No, no. The only thing you're sorry about
is your little maneuver backfired.

Yeah, but it didn't
backfire on me.

It backfired on Jessica.

That's too bad. That's exactly
what I'm happy about.

What? Jessica didn't
screw you, Hardman did.

Daniel Hardman didn't show
up in my office to fire me

without cause, notice, or a
letter of recommendation.

She had cause.
Did she?

When I told her I knew nothing
about Daniel's embezzlement,

do you know what she said?

"I don't care."

And then, five years later, she
sends you to turn me against him.

That's just it.
She didn't.

Look at that. The attack
dog defends its owner.

Blame me, you can even blame Harvey,
but Jessica had nothing to do with it.

If you think I'm going
to buy for one second

she wasn't behind you coming
to me with that lawsuit,

you are even more
naive than I was.

Would you please just look
at what he did to her?

I don't have to.
Because I don't care.

Monica.

Louis.
How are you?

I'm fine.

Good. Um, you know,
I wanted to tell you...

I can't really talk
right now, Louis.

Right, because you've
got the deposition?

I'm meeting Daniel.

Daniel.

Okay. Well, it was really...
It was really nice seeing you.

You, too.

I'm a little busy
at the moment.

Monica Eton. I know.

Look, Harvey didn't
want my help.

But I thought that
maybe you would.

Harvey is right. I need you
on top of Folsom Foods.

This is about Folsom Foods.

What do you have?

If you can get Monica to admit
that her affair was with Daniel,

then this isn't
about gender anymore.

Because they were both dismissed.
A man and a woman.

Puts you back in the driver's
seat on Folsom Foods.

Okay. You got
a line of questioning?

Right here.

You ready?

He is. I want you to let
him take the lead on this.

What?
Not a discussion.

Where are you going?

Oh, I'm not spending another moment
in the same room with those people.

MIKE: Miss Eton.

Him? You're bringing
in the B team.

As you pointed out, the B team drafted
this suit in the first place.

And ran you out of Dodge.

Right into Jersey.

Well, if he doesn't do well,

he can always
approach my client

outside of her place
of employment again.

(SIGHS) Hmm?

I guess he must have learned from you
not to always tell Dad what he's up to.

You want to know what
he learned from me?

Not to let some two-time
loser get in his head.

MIKE: Miss Eton,
there's been a lot of talk

about the affair you had
while at Pearson Hardman.

I have just one question.

Who was that affair with?

I never said I had an affair.

But your lawyer said you did.

Your people said
it was irrelevant.

I didn't and it's not.

And I have a lot of
questions about it.

Which we won't be answering.

Well, you'll have to in court.

We're not in court.

No, but you are on the record.

But since you don't want to answer the
question, let me ask you another question.

If you didn't have an affair, then
what reason could there possibly be

for you to be fired?

Because I was being harassed,

and I made it clear
I didn't like it.

Harassed by who?

Don't answer that.

Oh, no. My client is going to answer the
question that your associate asked.

And we're going to get some
things on the record right here.

No, we're done.

I was being harassed
by Louis Litt.

What?

Go on, Monica.

He asked me out repeatedly after
I rebuffed him again and again.

He would stare at me,

wait at the elevator, outside my
office, the diner, everywhere.

Anything else?
Yes.

He was partner,
and I had to say no to him.

And it made me feel
disgusting every single day.

Will people corroborate
your account?

It was common knowledge
within the firm.

Any number of people knew,
including him.

Let the record show that my
client indicated Harvey Specter.

Monica, I have one more
question for you.

To whom did Jessica tell you
to hand in your resignation?

Louis Litt.

So, in conclusion, you were
being sexually harassed.

It was well known. Jessica
Pearson dismissed you.

And you were actually told
to hand in your resignation

to the very man who
did the harassing.

Yes, that statement
is entirely true.

DANIEL: Thank you, Monica.

Gentlemen?

HARVEY: I get it. That was your plan,
to blame it on Louis the whole time.

Monica always was
a good lawyer.

Nothing she said in
there wasn't true.

What's it going to take
to settle this case?

Whatever do you mean?

We break confidentiality, Monica loses,
you get your 15 million dollars.

Tempting.

But we're not going to
do that and you know it.

So, you want to settle with
Monica and get out of your jam.

I want a number, and it
better be less than three.

This isn't about numbers.

It's about responsibility.

Monica wants to see a
jury find Jessica guilty.

Bullshit. You want to see a
jury find Jessica guilty.

Nope. I assure you,
it is Monica.

I don't really care whether a
jury finds Jessica guilty or not.

You just want blood.

It's already there.

Because of you.

Well, nonetheless, I smell it.

Allison Holt, Robert Zane,
both came after you.

And now, you have 45
cases you can't afford.

So, pay me 15 million dollars.
Fight Monica and lose.

Fight Monica and win.

Doesn't matter.
Any way you slice it,

I'm going to bleed you dry.

(SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYING)

They promised a brunette.

Well, I guess there's a few.

I want to talk to
you like a person.

Kenny G?

What's on your mind, Louis?

(STAMMERING) I know Donna told me
that, uh, you didn't need my help,

and I know we haven't really spoken since
you ripped up my letter of resignation,

but I want to help.

I need to help.

Trust me.
It's not a good idea.

He's using Monica the
same way that he used me.

And no one knows
that better than me.

I know.

If I could just talk to her outside the
confines of everything, you know, if I...

I just know I could convince her
to drop this case. I know it.

Louis. Harvey, please.
I'm begging you.

What's this?

Just read it.

Mike led the deposition.

(LAUGHS) Starts out bold.

Oh, he shouldn't have asked that.
That's a rookie move.

What...

What?

"Rebuffed again and again."

She felt disgusted.

Common knowledge.

Louis.

She pointed at you.

That doesn't mean... No, no, no, no.
You used to tease me about her.

Remember how I used to
stare at her?

That was teasing.
This is bullshit.

They're twisting everything.
They are.

He is.

Drink your drink.

What are you doing here?

I needed some air.

How did you even know
how to get up here?

Donna. You?

Donna.

I lied.

The essay?

I couldn't do it.

Just think of it like
a closing argument.

Why should they take you?

Exactly. Why should
they take me?

Why do you want to be a lawyer?
Just... Don't think. Tell me.

My dad.
Okay. Why?

Do you remember when I told you

that when I was a little girl, people
would just tell him how smart he was?

Right, it had nothing to do
with him being black or white.

He was just amazing.

And I want to be amazing too.

You are.

Am I?

Because every time I sit down
at that keyboard, I think,

"I'm a paralegal.

"That's all I've ever been.
That's all I'll ever be."

Did I ever tell you about
my interview with Harvey?

No. But I'm assuming
it went well.

He laughed me out of the room.

Are you kidding?

No, I'm not. He basically told me I
didn't even belong in the interview.

He actually told me to leave.

What did you do?

I decided I didn't give a shit what the
other applicants had that I didn't.

If I was going through that door, he'd
have to pick me up and throw me out.

Well, you must have
said something.

Yeah.

Yeah, I told him I'd be the best
damn lawyer he'd ever seen.

I wish I could have
been a fly on that wall.

Yeah, you have no idea.

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

What the hell
is wrong with you?

Me? You tried to
settle with Daniel.

You're damn right I did. Did you read
what happened in that deposition?

I don't care what happened
in that deposition.

I do.
You're out of control.

What did you just say to me?

Mike Ross wasn't
ready for this.

He volunteered.

He went to see Monica Eton.

You've done the same.

I'm a senior partner,
not an associate.

Me to you.
You to him.

Fine.

You want to know why
he went to see Monica?

I'm sure you're
going to tell me.

Because he doesn't know the idea
to stir her up against Daniel

was yours in the first place.

He doesn't need to know.

So you don't
trust him with that,

but you trust him to go up
against Daniel himself.

He came to me with a way to
put us back in a position

to win Folsom Foods.

Well, it failed.

We're behind on both.

Excuse me.
Mike.

I just wanted to apologize
to you both for yesterday.

It was a good idea. It just
didn't have the right execution.

What are you saying? I'm
saying it was a good idea.

But the questions were being
asked at the wrong person.

Three on one.

All for a deposition
of little old me.

Would you be more
comfortable over there,

where your old desk used to be?

DANIEL: No need.
We won't be here long.

Our confidentiality agreement
prohibits most questions.

Actually, it only prohibits
disclosures.

We can ask you any
question that any lawyer

who hadn't signed a nondisclosure
agreement could ask.

We just can't make statements.

I'm sure if you were to ask Judge
Henderson, say, out by his pool,

he would agree.

There's no court reporter here.

I thought you might want
to talk off the record.

If you ask me anything about
embezzlement, I'll deny it.

If you bring any proof forward, it's
a violation of our non disclosure.

That's why we won't be asking
about your embezzlement.

We'll be asking you about
your affair with Monica.

And if you lie about that,

we won't be the ones who need
to come forward with proof.

Because we found six
people working at the hotel

who are willing to provide it.

No. You didn't.

Room service, concierge,
housekeeping.

You really should
tip better, Daniel.

Maybe you want a cigarette?

Remind you of the woman
you cheated on?

Go ahead.
Ask your questions.

Did you have an affair
with Monica Eton

while you were employed
at Pearson Hardman?

Yes. I did.

Any other questions?

I think we're good.

Yeah, you got me
to embarrass myself.

But you already did that

the day you told everyone in the
office about my affair with Monica.

You, and you.

Yeah. I know what you told Monica
about Jessica not knowing,

but take a good look.

She was behind it.

Who needs a cigarette now?

And as far as
my admission goes,

you were still the one who fired
her 24 hours after you found out.

That's what a jury's
going to focus on.

Nobody's going to care
about what I did.

(ELEVATOR ALARM RINGING)

You piece of shit.

There's the fire
I helped nurture.

You didn't nurture a
goddamn thing.

You don't teach. You don't inspire.
You don't mentor.

All you do is betray.

Like you betrayed me
at that last vote?

How dare you?
How dare I what?

You were more than happy to help
out when it served your purposes.

I voted the way I did the second
I realized it was all a lie.

And look how it turned out.

You're a senior partner now.

You're welcome. You
think I give a shit?

I think that's all you
ever cared about.

You know what I cared about?

Monica.

She was so smart
and so beautiful.

And I knew she was out of my
league, but I kept trying.

Because I just thought if
she just got to know me...

And then, I found out that
whole time, she was...

With me.

Yeah, with you.

Why are you telling me this?

I want you to know exactly
what it is that you twisted,

so you know exactly what it was
that put me over the edge.

Are you threatening me, Louis?

Threatening you?
No. I'm telling you.

You ever do anything
to me ever again...

You ever so much as
tell me the incorrect time,

I'll kill you.

I will rip your smug face
off your fat neck

and I'll kill you.

(ELEVATOR ALARM RINGS)

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

You here to depose me again?

Didn't go too well
for you last time.

No, I'm here to say I'm sorry.

You were right.

About Jessica.

You really didn't
know it was her.

Welcome to the world.
Stings, doesn't it?

Yeah. It does.

So you came all the way here
just to tell me you're sorry?

No. I didn't.

Jessica was wrong to fire you,

but she didn't fire you
because you're a woman.

She fired you because
she didn't trust you.

I know that.

So, then, you also know that keeping
this suit alive is sticking it to her.

That's the whole point.

No. The whole point is that she is not
the only one you're sticking it to.

What I said about Louis Litt is
factually accurate, and if you think

I'm going to drop the
case because of him...

I'm not talking about him.

I'm talking about the 113 women who
are suing Folsom Foods right now

for gender discrimination.

Those cases are
their own thing.

They're being told they
can't get where they want

because they're
not good enough.

That has nothing to do with me.

Who's being naive now?

He's using your suit to
drive us into the ground.

And driving us into the ground
means losing these cases.

What do you want?

Just read these files.
Decide for yourself.

Do these women deserve to be
treated the same way you were?

What makes you think
I would even care?

I'm naive, remember?

Mike Ross went to see
Monica Eton again.

At your direction?
On his own.

Goddamn kid.

He's another you.

Not exactly.

He went to apologize for
lying to her the first time.

He didn't lie.

No. We did.

Like the two of you lied to
me about him being a lawyer?

How about we call it even?
It's nowhere near even.

Isn't it?
What's this?

He got her to settle.

There wasn't an offer.
There is now.

This does not get us off easy.

Hell of a lot less than
15 million dollars.

She doesn't deserve a dime.

Doesn't matter.

I was right to fire her.

That's not what this is
about, and you know it.

He made me look like
a fool with her then.

And he's made me look
like a fool with her now.

No one cares what he
said in that deposition.

You think I give a shit about
what he said in that deposition?

I meant getting me
to sign that agreement.

You can't win every move.

I should have seen it coming.

You made a decision
under the gun.

I let him put me there.

We beat him because you kept your
cool when I wanted to lose mine.

Keep your cool now,
sign this agreement,

and let's beat him again.

(INHALES)

You look happy.

So do you.

Pressure's off.
No more essay.

You finished it.
I had a breakthrough.

Uh-oh. What was it?

I'm a paralegal.

Rachel, please tell me
that that doesn't...

No, I don't... I don't
mean that in a bad way.

I mean it in a great way.

You know what the length of an average
corporate lawyer's career is?

Thirty years.
Wrong.

Whoa.
Because they hate it.

Not me.

I've been here longer than 75
percent of our associates,

and I love it.

Which means when you get out,
you won't be disillusioned.

No. I'll be unleashed.

And that's what
I told them in my essay.

In other words...

You're going to be the best
damn lawyer they've ever seen.

I'm going to Harvard.

You really are.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Yeah.

What?

Oh, nothing. It just, uh...
It just hit me.

You're not going to
be here anymore.

I mean, you'II... You
know, you'll be there.

Boston.
Cambridge.

I guess I'll just have
to get used to that.

I guess I'll have to get
used to that, too.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

You going home? Unless
there's something pressing.

No, I was just going to, uh...
Hey, what happened here?

What are you talking about?
It's off.

Looks fine to me.

It isn't.

Wait a second.
Your eye for detail.

One record askew, and I don't
hear the end of it for a week.

You scratched my Miles Davis.

It was me.

What were you thinking?

I was pissed.
You're so emotional.

I lost my cool. You
shouldn't have done that.

I know. I shouldn't
have hit Hardman.

You didn't.
I did.

When? Right before
Jessica's depo.

Closed fist?
Open palm.

Bitch slap.
Damn straight.

How'd it feel?

(CHUCKLES) Good enough
that I did it again.

Look at you.
You're beautiful.

You have a date?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Bitter and barren, my ass.

Someone special?
You never know.

Could be the one.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Oh. And, um, why don't you go ahead
and take that damn name down?

You keep showing up here,
Laura's going to kick your ass.

Oh, you'd be surprised at the
strength of a jealous woman.

(LAUGHS) She has nothing
to worry about.

Once again, I guess you're
not here to ask for a favor.

You want to know who Daniel is?

Read his own words.

He's not the first man
to have an affair.

Maybe the first to turn around

and sue his former colleagues
for his own actions.

(SCOFFS) That's all you have?

Tip of the iceberg.

Believe me. He will turn
on you if you let him in.

No one's letting him in.

He's a contractor.
He's not a partner.

He's not of counsel.
He's not an associate.

I'm telling you. Kick him off of Folsom Foods.
Don't let him in your house.

And I just told you,
he's not in my house.

(CHUCKLES) You're in my house.

What if our houses
were the same?

Oh, no. You're moving
pretty fast.

I told you. My wife's
the jealous type.

You offered a merger once.

Let's settle these cases,
get it done.

You hate him that much?

Yes or no?

Here's the problem.
Merger looked good before.

But now, we have
you on the ropes.

So, when Pearson whatever
goes under,

we'll pick up
the pieces for free.

You do not have us
on the ropes.

Oh, you'll get it tomorrow.

We're filing to try seven different
cases in seven different jurisdictions

all at the same time.

Rocket docket.

Yeah.
It was Daniel's idea.

He'll see you in court.