Suits (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 12 - Respect - full transcript

Professor Gerard, I came
to ask for a favor.

The answer is no. Which
is why I brought this.

You know.

And you talk a big game,

but you're just as human
as everyone else,

you smug son of a bitch.

Louis. What are you doing here?
Leaving.

That way, I don't have to look
at either one of you two liars.

Oh, my God, he knows.

He doesn't just know.

He's a name partner.



She came to me
and lied to my face.

She did it to protect me.

I'm going to keep hammering
on her until you break.

With a new name
comes a new beginning.

Here's to our newest
name partner, Louis Litt.

Louis has something on you.

Daniel Hardman embezzled money
from the firm and I covered it up.

Why couldn't you trust
me with this before?

Because I didn't know
how you'd react.

Jessica, your secret
is safe with me.

Ripped By mstoll

I thought we were done
with rooftop conversations.

Some things require privacy.

I haven't heard you say that



since the midnight coup of
Schmidt, Gordon, and Van Dyke.

Are you done?
It wasn't a joke.

Neither is this.
I told Jeff Malone

I helped cover up Daniel
Hardman's embezzlement.

Why the hell would you
open that time capsule?

Because he knew the explanation
we gave the partners about Louis

was bullshit and I had
to tell him something.

You could have told him
it was none of his business.

Harvey, I didn't bring you here
to get relationship advice.

I brought you here to tell you what
I did in case it ever came up.

No, you didn't.
You brought me here

because now you have
to get Louis to back you,

and you knew you'd be mad at me when I
told you what you didn't want to hear.

You're right. I don't
want to hear it.

How do you think
it's going to go

when I tell Louis
he holds the fate

of my relationship in his hands?

How do you think it's going to go the first
time Malone brings up Louis' blackmail?

I don't care. Well, I'll tell
you how it's going to go.

Louis is going to look back with his beady
little eyes and say, "Embezzlement?

"That's not how I got
my name on the wall."

And the shit's going
to hit the fan anyway.

You know what? You can be
a real son of a bitch.

Yeah. But instead of being pissed at me,
why don't you take a look in the mirror?

Because we held out
an olive branch.

And after Louis hears this,

he's going to take that branch

and beat the shit
out of us with it.

Louis.

Professor Gerard?
What are you doing here?

I've got a small legal
matter to attend to.

Well, is it anything
I can help you with?

Actually, I'm here
to speak with Harvey.

Ah. Ah. I understand. You're
looking for a name partner.

Well, you can't quite see it from here,
but if you walk back about 10 feet,

take a gander to your left,
you'll see I've gotten a little

recognition.
I appreciate that.

But as I said, I'm here
to speak with Harvey.

So are we going to talk
about that little welcome speech

that Jessica made for Louis?

We don't have to talk about it, because
Louis isn't going to accept it.

Why not?

Because it will be
a cold day in hell

when he can accept being
Maverick to my Iceman.

Don't... Don't you mean
Iceman to your Maverick?

No, I don't.

You actually want to be
Iceman over Maverick?

Who got the trophy?
Who's the better pilot?

The one who got the trophy.
Wrong.

Because in the end,
Maverick saved Iceman.

And if he hadn't, Trophy
Boy would be sitting

on the bottom of the
Indian Ocean right now.

Where he'd still be the man.
According to you.

According to me is the only
according to that matters.

There we go.
Maybe.

But according to me,

Viper was the real hero
of that film.

What, you think I'm too
old to know Top Gun?

What I think is, you have no
business being in my office.

Are we going to do this
in front of your associate?

We don't have to do anything
in front of anybody.

You just have to go.

Harvey.

I need a lawyer.

Louis' office is down the hall.

I don't want Louis.
I want you.

That's funny. The
last time you saw me,

you told me I wasn't fit to
practice law in your ivory tower.

What I told you was, is that
you'll sacrifice ethics for wins.

And right now, I'm not in my
ivory tower and I need a win.

I knew it. You're just
like everybody else.

The ends don't justify the means
until it's your ass on the line.

Do you think I like
asking you for help?

I think this Liberty Rail thing
must have you by the balls.

So you know. I know after
their train derailed,

you were appointed to assess the
victims' compensation formula.

And I know after you did,
some of those victims

hired a lawyer and
opened an investigation.

Then you also know
they found nothing.

Then the question is,
why are you here?

The TSA found
$25,000 in my luggage

the day I announced
I was changing the formula.

So now you're being accused
of accepting a bribe.

Which I did not do.

Well, good luck
proving that, Professor,

because it won't be
with my help.

I was wrong about you,
Mr. Specter.

I never thought that you
wouldn't represent somebody

just because didn't like them.

Well, you're wrong again.
I don't like you.

But I'm not representing you,
because you did something shady,

and I'm not screwing over crash
victims for the likes of you.

You know I didn't do this.

What I know is you showed yourself
in, you can show yourself out.

See the money,
wanna stay for your meal

Get another piece of pie
for your wife

Everybody want to know
how it feel

Everybody want to 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

Okay, I didn't want to
say it in front of Gerard,

but has it occurred to
you that you're an idiot

if you don't take this case?

Last year, you were shitting
yourself he'd find out about you.

And now you think we
should work with him?

No, I wasn't worried
he'd find out.

I was worried about Louis.

Gerard didn't bat an eye at me
back then and he didn't just now.

But we get him out of this,

and he ever does
find out about me,

he's going to owe us.

Mike, that man is never
going to compromise his ethics

just because we got
him out of a jam.

Never going to compromise his ethics?
You just said he took a bribe.

So what does that have
to do with anything?

It has everything
to do with everything,

because you don't
think he did it.

So what?
So what?

That means you're not
turning him down

because you think he's shady.

You're turning him down
because you have

a Henry Gerard-sized
chip on your shoulder.

I do not have a chip
on my shoulder.

You sure sound like you do.

Which makes you worse than an
idiot, it makes you a jackass.

Excuse me?
You heard me.

You know that he divided that money
fairly, which means that you're...

I don't care what it means. And I
don't need a lecture from you.

Apparently, you do.

Because you're about to screw
over a bunch of innocent people

just to stick it to some guy
who hurt your feelings.

And that's not something I ever
thought I'd be saying to you.

Oh, look who it is. The woman
who put me in my place.

What now?

You want me to sign
a piece of paper

admitting that I was the man
on the grassy knoll?

I meant what I said
at that ceremony, Louis.

You mean the ceremony that you
only had in order to trick me?

I had it because
you demanded it.

But I'm not here
to talk about that.

I'm here to talk
about Jeff Malone.

What about him? You may be
aware that he and I are...

Fifty Shades of Grey?
I'm aware.

I'm going to let that go.

Because you may also not be
aware that I had to lie to him.

He doesn't know
about Mike, does he?

No. But he does know
you committed a crime

and that you resigned and now
your name is up on the wall.

What did you tell him?

I told him you found out

that I covered up Daniel
Hardman's embezzlement

and that you used it
to strong-arm me.

And now, you want me to protect
another one of your secrets.

It's the same secret, Louis.

And you have just as much
invested in it as I do.

No, I don't. Because I don't care if your
relationship with Jeff survives or not.

What do you want, Louis?

I want something for
continuing to cover your ass.

You got something. You got
your name on the wall.

Now I want the respect that
comes with it. Meaning?

I want one of Harvey's clients.

Which one?

That's between me and Harvey.

You wasted all your time

You didn't mean it

You stole what was mine

I didn't need it

Okay. I agreed to meet.

I hope it's not just so you can tell me
more about what a horrible person I am.

I came here to tell you
that I changed my mind.

So, you admitted to yourself
that I didn't do this?

I've admitted to myself
that you came to me

because this case
needs rule-bending.

And you're going to tell me why.

Right now.

The money.
Yes, the money.

If you weren't bribed, where the
hell did you get that $25,000 from?

You know where it came from.

It's the same thing you tried to
use to blackmail me last year.

Let me get this straight.

You have an explanation for the money that
would get you out of this whole thing.

But I can't use it.

Where are you going?

To get you out of this.

Welcome to the real
world, Professor.

I need you to find out everything
you can on Garrett Brady.

Absolutely.
Who's Garrett Brady?

The guy on the other
side of Gerard's suit.

Wait a second. Does this
mean you took his case?

You know that means
I took his case,

and I don't want
to hear any gloating.

Gloating? No. No, no, no.
I'm not... I'm not gloating.

I'm merely recognizing
the fact that you

completely changed your mind
based entirely on what I said.

Which is gloating.
Potato, po-tah-to.

But as long as you're going
to think of it that way,

I might as well point out that
since you listened to my lecture,

maybe you should start
calling me Professor.

I'm going to start
calling you unemployed

if you don't figure out a way
around using Gerard's alibi.

Wait. We can't say where
the money came from?

No, we can't. Because he was
playing back room poker.

And if that comes out,
Harvard fires him.

Are you kidding me? He's an ethics
professor and he's breaking the law?

Where the hell do you
think my chip comes from?

Well, if we can't use his alibi,

how are we supposed
to get him out of this?

I don't know, Professor.

But you're the one who
wanted us to take this case,

so why don't you use that big brain
of yours and find a solution?

You're giving me Henry Gerard.
What?

I saw him, I want him,
you've got him, he's mine.

That's not how the way
it works, Louis.

I'm afraid you'll have to find
yourself another boyfriend.

Oh, this is exactly
how it works.

You talked to Jessica,
didn't you?

I sure did, and she used
me to cover her ass.

So, I get one of your
clients in return.

You want one of my clients,
we can talk about that.

But Gerard's staying with me.

Oh, please. Don't pretend like
you actually care about him.

He can't even stand you.

Louis, I just offered to consider
giving you one of my clients.

So I suggest you let Gerard go.

No, I'm not letting anything go,
because it doesn't make any sense.

Not only can't he stand you,
he doesn't respect you.

Because he's got things...

What did you just say to me?

I said he doesn't respect you.

Well, you know what? He
definitely doesn't respect you.

Because when he told
me he needed a lawyer,

I tried to send him your way.

And his exact words were, "I
don't want Louis. I want you."

Fine.

Then I'll just take another
one of your clients.

You're not taking a thing.
You just said that I...

I don't give a shit
what I just said, okay?

My clients are my clients.

And you don't get out of my
office in the next three seconds,

something is going to
happen between you and me.

And I guarantee it won't end with
you keeping all of your teeth.

No. Just turn around and walk
right back out that door.

Harvey. Did you
hear what I said?

I did. But apparently, you
didn't hear what Jessica said

about wiping the slate clean.

And apparently you
didn't hear what I said,

because I just told Louis he
could have one of my clients.

And three seconds later,
you told him he couldn't.

Yeah, because I realized that I'm
paying for Jessica's mistake.

No, Harvey. You were willing
to pay for her mistake

right up until Louis said
Gerard doesn't respect you.

Oh, that has nothing
to do with it.

You can lie to yourself
all you want,

but I'm not going to
let you bullshit me.

What the hell are
you talking about?

Henry Gerard is the one person you
respect who never respected you.

And Louis touched that nerve.

And I told you, that has
nothing to do with it.

You really think that? I
don't think it, I know it.

Then you know what, Harvey?

You're no different than Louis.

Because you have a chance
to help us all move on,

and you are blowing it
off out of pettiness,

which is exactly
what Louis would do.

What do you want from me, Donna?

I want you to be
a grown-up

and do what you said you'd
do in the first place.

You got something? Yeah, we've
been overlooking the obvious.

Yeah, I'm not in the
mood for 20 questions.

Give it to me.

Unless you're traveling
internationally and don't report it,

carrying cash onboard
a plane isn't a crime.

Great, except for the fact that

Gerard's not being charged with
smuggling, he's being sued.

Right. But my point is, how did
Garrett Brady even find that out?

He found out because Gerard
was detained by the TSA.

Who talked to him
for five minutes

and then sent him on his way.

Those searches aren't
a matter of public record.

Exactly.
Holy shit.

Brady bribed the TSA.

Which isn't only illegal, it makes
that report totally inadmissible.

You figured this
out on your own?

I would have done it faster,

but I had to order some sushi.

Would have done it faster.

That's what you said
your first week here.

Except it was pizza instead of sushi.
Yeah, I'm growing.

You mean Rachel
taught you how to eat.

Like I said, I'm growing.

Donna, I'm a little
busy at the moment.

Too busy to take on this?

What's that?

Just the first client that Jessica
gave Harvey when he made name partner.

Harvey said he wouldn't let
me have any of his clients.

No, he said he would.

But then, instead of taking him up on it,
you went ahead and shit on his feelings.

Please. Harvey doesn't
have feelings.

That's not true and you know it.

And you of all people
should know that a person

can overreact when they're hurt.

If you're referring to me,
I do not overreact when...

Okay. Whatever you say,
Fatty-Baldy.

Okay, get the hell
out of my office and...

Fine, you have a small
legitimate point.

I really hurt his feelings?

Yeah, you really did.

But then he realized
he was overreacting

and that this was a chance for us
all to get back to where we were.

You swear that is
the first client

that Jessica gave him
after he made name partner?

I swear.

Leave me the file.

You two go ahead.
I haven't decided yet.

Actually, we're not
here for the falafel.

We're here to introduce ourselves.
Mike Ross.

Harvey Specter. We
represent Henry Gerard.

Oh. Well, in that
case, let me buy you two lunch.

Because I'm about to come
into an unexpected windfall.

Well, I guess that's your
thing, paying people off.

I hope the TSA got more
than some shitty falafel.

What the hell are
you talking about?

I'm talking about this.

- Bribery?
- Ironic, isn't it?

You suing Professor Gerard
for accepting a bribe

when you're the one paying
off federal employees?

Allegedly paying, Counselor.

Tsk-tsk.

You don't want to slander me.
So you admit it?

I don't admit a thing.

Your client sold out victims
of a train derailment.

He's going to pay.

You may not be willing
to admit anything here,

but you'll have to
in front of the judge.

Because I've drafted subpoenas
for every TSA employee

on duty that night.

Drop the case,
Mr. Brady.

Are you threatening me?
We're informing you.

Well, let me inform you.

In case you forgot,
the TSA falls under

the Department
of Homeland Security.

Which makes this a
national security issue.

This has nothing to do with
national security and you know it.

All I know is, the government found
a large sum of cash on a passenger.

How they came to know that, how
they proceeded to investigate that,

and what they did with that information
is the government's business.

And that's what
you're going with?

That's not what I'm going with.

That's what they're
going to go with.

So you can call up as many
TSA agents as you like,

but they're not going
to be saying a thing.

And you can buy
your own damn falafel.

I need Cutie Pie Cosmetics.

You want to try that again?

I have a meeting with Joan Walsh
tonight and I need her files.

Joan is Harvey's client.
Not anymore.

Since when?

Since it doesn't matter,
because I'm name partner.

Which means when I say
I need something,

your response should either be "How
high?" Or "Can I have another?"

Fine. There are a few things
that you should know...

You see, what I know is,

your boss seems to think all
it takes to impress Joan Walsh

is getting Donna to make
a fancy dinner reservation.

But I'm going to impress her
with so much legal domination

that by the end of the night,

all she's going to be able to
say is, "Harvey Specter who?"

Okay, that's a mistake, and I...

A mistake?
Oh, I get it.

You're trying to impress me
with your legal domination

to prove that you're not just a
paralegal, but an associate.

No, Louis, I'm not... See, I don't
care what you call yourself.

So unless you did such a shitty
job the files are un-readable,

hand them over to me right now.

That's more like it.

What's this?

I know you have to work tonight.
But you also need to eat.

I wouldn't call this
just eating.

Well, you deserve
better than paper plates.

I don't mind paper plates.

Oh, I know you don't.

I just said you deserve better.

Is that ropa vieja?

Mmm-hmm.
I made it myself.

Which means you got it
at the Cuban place

that I love on 40th and Lex.

By myself.

What did I do to deserve this?

I don't know.

I'm just...
Feeling closer.

Because I confided in you.

Because the walls are coming
down and I can feel it.

What did I do to deserve you?

Mmm. Well,
we can talk about that

over this delicious meal
that I made all by myself.

To us.

And then I said,
"Helen, that's no Pomeranian.

"That's a Pomimo.
You've been had."

That is hilarious.

Really. Dogs. They are...
They are so fascinating.

Do you have many dogs, Louis?
Hell, no.

Building regulations,
it's a cluster...

I've been fighting
them for years.

Oh, that's horrible.
Yes.

As is what's going
on with your stock.

Oh, Louis, we're having dinner.
Put that away.

No, no. But I just thought
you'll be interested to know

that we could skyrocket
the share price...

Right now,
what I'm interested in

is having another Manhattan

and hearing what's
on the dessert list.

We don't need a list.
Get the cr?me br?l?e.

Now, this stock
issue? I have...

Fax the papers to my office,

and I'll review them
when I get home.

When you get home?
What the...

What the hell did we come
to dinner for then?

For this.
What this?

This.

Okay, I don't know how Harvey handled
these quarterly reviews, but...

Oh, Harvey was magnificent.

Truth be told,
I was a little disappointed

when I heard that you'd be
handling this instead of him.

But I haven't seen your Cha-Cha
yet, so the jury's still out.

That was a lawyer joke.
Yep, got it.

Yep. Listen. Joan.

I think you're going
to be really glad

that it was me here tonight, because I
already sent a letter to your board.

You did what?

I notified them of this.

That's what I'm
trying to tell you.

Why the hell would you do
something so patently stupid?

Stupid? Hey. I didn't become
name partner being stupid.

Didn't you? Two members of my board
are about to reach their term limits.

At least one of them is being
circled by Glamour Cosmetics.

You have just notified
that person of a product

that I've had in
R & D for years.

And now, they can
trade information

for a seat on the board
of my biggest competitor.

Joan, I didn't know.

Tell me, Mr. Litt.

Did you actually graduate
from law school

or did you just buy your
way onto the letterhead?

Yeah, you better
put that bag down.

Because we're staying all night.

It didn't go well
with Joan, did it?

No, it didn't, because
you sandbagged me.

I didn't sandbag you.

Well then, what do you
call not telling me

that Glamour was circling
her board members?

I tried to tell you, but you couldn't
hear me through all of your rage.

What I'm not hearing is the sound
of you putting your bag down.

Because the board members are
meeting tomorrow afternoon,

and I only have
until then to fix this.

And you want me to help you?

You're the associate on
this case, aren't you?

So now I'm an associate?

Okay, you know what? Now is
not the time to get into it.

No, now is exactly
the time to get into it.

Because you have taken
every opportunity possible

to make me feel
like I am nothing.

And now, even though
you want something,

you're still treating me
like I'm nothing.

I'm treating you like
every other associate.

That is bullshit.

And you know,
even if it were true,

you didn't used
to treat me that way.

I didn't used to know you
lied to me on a daily basis.

Louis, it would serve you right

if I take my bag
and leave you here

and go home to
the man that I love.

So you're not going to help?

No, I'm going to help you.

But not because you deserve it.

I'll do it because
I am an associate

and I am a professional,
which means I am capable

of putting the personal aside
in order to do my job.

And one of those, please.

Just what I was in the mood for.

Well, if you're getting a bagel,
that means you kicked ass.

Which I did.

You called up the TSA and busted up
their national security defense?

No, I used their defense.

Gerard's going to testify under seal because
it's a matter of national security.

And the judge bought that.

What's not to buy? The TSA
made the argument for us.

What did Brady say?

That's the best part about it.

He doesn't even know it.

It's a matter
of national security.

We testify under seal,

the judge realizes that Gerard
is a degenerate gambler.

But a fair mediator.

The case gets dismissed,
and Garrett Brady

and Harvard Law never
know what happened.

You thought of all
of that on your own?

You think you're the only one

who can come up with an
intelligent solution?

You are 1 for 400 in the
time we've worked together.

Okay, smart guy, since I
did your job for you,

you're going to
do my job for me.

You want me to prep Gerard

because you don't want to sit in a room
and listen to him talk for two hours.

I didn't want to 15 years
ago, and I don't want to now.

We only get one shot at this,

and his testimony
better be rock solid.

Mmm-hmm.
Thanks.

Oh, yeah. Sure.
Help yourself.

Dick.

I see you haven't slept.

I have a lot of work
that needs attending to.

I bet you do, considering the phone call
I got from Joan Walsh this morning.

Oh. She called you?

She wanted to know what the other
name partners were going to do

about the one
that screwed the pooch.

Oh, come on.
That is not fair.

I didn't have all
of the information and...

You had enough information to make
a deal to get her from Harvey.

And part of that deal was
you backing me with Jeff.

Oh, so that's why you're here.

You don't trust
I'm still going to do it.

Because you haven't done it yet,

and you have a history
of making poor decisions

when things aren't
going your way.

The only poor decision I made is agreeing
to cover for you in the first place.

You didn't think that was such a
bad idea when you were using it

to get what you wanted.

And now, you're threatening
to take that thing away.

Louis, you want to keep
Joan, that's on you.

But I held up my end
of the bargain.

You better hold up yours.

I just want to go over
it one more time, Professor.

How much money was in that pot?

I'm tired of going over it.

Why do we have to keep replaying

every moment of this game?

Because your entire
case depends on it.

My case depends on the fact
that I won that money gambling,

not whether I won
it with a flush.

Your case depends on the
judge believing you.

And if he finds any holes in
your testimony, then we...

I gave you the names of
everyone I knew at that game.

But none of those men were
there when you won that money.

I can't help it if I didn't get
the name of the guy I beat.

Which is why your story
needs to be rock solid.

Okay. Go ahead.

So, I ask you again, Professor,

how much money
was in the final pot?

Roughly $12,000.

And you won that hand?

As I said before, I won
and then I cashed out.

And what did you have again?
I had a queen-high flush.

And who did you beat?

I told you,
I didn't get his name.

Okay. So,
what did he have?

Two pair, queens over sixes.

Wait a second.
You said before

that the man next to you
folded with two queens up.

And now this guy had two queens
and you had a queen-high flush?

I said that the man next to
me folded with two kings.

No, you didn't.
You heard me wrong.

No, I didn't.

Is this part of prepping me or are
you accusing me of something?

I'm trying to get
your story to line up.

My story does line up.

Not to me, it doesn't.
Look, young man,

if you're going to sit over
there and call me a liar...

I'm not calling you a liar. But if you
say tomorrow what you said today,

we're going to be
in a lot of trouble.

Because where I come from, there
are only four queens in a deck.

I said two kings.

And I'm going to
say that again tomorrow.

So you do your job
and I'm going to do mine.

He's lying.

What are you talking about?

Gerard's story about winning all that
money playing poker is bullshit.

All right, slow down.
What the hell happened?

I did the math and the
hands don't add up.

What do you mean,
you did the math?

I mean, first, he said that he
drew a queen on fourth street.

And then, when I pressed him about
it, he told... Wait a second.

This conclusion is based on him recalling
hands under cross-examination?

Harvey, I got kicked out of
Atlantic City for counting cards.

I know this shit. That
doesn't mean he's lying.

I've got a little
experience with that, too.

And I'm telling you he was.

Or maybe he's tired.
Or maybe I'm right.

Or maybe you don't know what
the hell you're talking about.

Why are you defending him?
Because you asked me to.

Look.

Harvey. I'm not saying
that he took a bribe.

I'm just saying that he didn't
get that money playing poker.

Well, unless he admitted that,
he's testifying tomorrow.

Since when do you stick
your head in the sand?

Did he admit it?
No, he didn't.

But he screwed up the details.
And he shouldn't have,

because people who are telling
the truth get it right.

And you know it.

What's that?

Jacks full of fours.

I can see that.
But why...

Why is it staring
you in the face?

It's what I threw down the
last time I won a huge hand.

It was six weeks ago,

and I can remember every hand

that every player
at that table had.

Now, if you won money the other
night, you'd remember it, too.

I do remember.

And as I explained
to your associate...

Yeah, stop bullshitting me.

Where the hell did that
money really come from?

Because if you
don't tell me the truth,

I'm canceling
that hearing right now.

It came from a student of mine.

For what? In exchange
for changing his grade.

Jesus Christ.
For $25,000?

He was going to fail my class.

And that would have stopped him
from getting an offer from...

You goddamn hypocrite.

You preach about ethics
and you do this?

This is about ethics.

And you don't have
any idea why I did it.

I don't care why you did it.

I care about what
you're making me do.

Because I'm not
suborning perjury.

Well, you tell me that you've
never done anything worse.

I knew it.

You would do it for someone
else, but not for me.

You know what, Professor?

There's a small part of me
that actually thought

that you came to me because
you thought I'm the best.

But you just think I'll do
whatever it takes to win.

Isn't that what
makes you the best?

Get someone else to
do your dirty work,

because I'm not
suborning perjury.

What are you doing?

Getting my blood flowing.

I've been sitting here all night
and restless leg syndrome

kills 14 people every hour.

I don't think that's accurate.

I don't care what you think.
What do you have?

I found a way to
fix things with Joan.

Okay. You're arguing
anything in R & D

is the intellectual property of the
person who suggested the product?

Until such time that the
results become public.

Which they did the second I
sent the board that letter.

Except board members are subject
to the non-disclosure agreement.

Well, the board members haven't
signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Yet.

What's to stop them from refusing?
Nothing.

But if they do, then the
non-compete kicks in.

Preventing them from revealing
the contents of my letter

under threat of prosecution.

Specifically
corporate espionage.

Oh, my God!
You got this idea from...

Our bylaws.
My bylaws.

Rachel, holy shit, this is...

Acceptable.

I think the word you're
looking for is "awesome."

Well, the word I'm
saying is get out.

Because I have a meeting
to prepare for.

You know what, Louis? I
have been working all night

and this gets your ass
out of a major sling.

So instead of dismissing me,

you should be asking me
to come with you.

Excuse me, Miss Professional.

You wanted me to treat you like
every other associate. Now I am.

By acting as if I did nothing?

No, by acknowledging
you did acceptable work.

Letting you come with me is something
that I would only do for you

if we were friends.
Which we are not.

You canceled the hearing.

You were right.
He was lying.

I'm sorry.

You know, I knew he was a hypocrite
after I found out about the gambling.

But I never thought
he'd sell out Harvard.

What are you talking about?

He did take the bribe, but it had nothing
to do with the accident victims.

He did it to change
someone's grade.

Why would he do that?

What difference does it make? Either way,
he was going to let me suborn perjury.

It makes a difference because
we still have to win this case.

Oh, I don't give a shit about
winning this case.

I've never heard you say
anything like that before.

You... You care about
winning every case.

Every game.
Every argument.

Did you hear me? He was going
to let me suborn perjury.

So would every client you have if
they thought they'd get away with it.

He's not every client.

No, he's one you hated in the first place.
I didn't hate him.

Harvey, what is going on here?

I thought he was better than us.

I sat in that class and
I listened to him talk

about what kind of
lawyers we should be.

And I always let him down,

because I knew that wasn't the
kind of lawyer that wins.

And I wanted to win. So I'd argue
with him and he looked down on me.

And now, instead of
you letting him down,

he let you down.

He turned out to be
no better than any of us.

So then, let's make
him better than us.

Ms. Walsh.

You are not on
my schedule today.

Ms. Walsh, please,
take a look at this.

What is it?

It's a chance to make things right.
Huh.

You cannot call board
members employees

based on them having access
to an expense account.

Not just an expense account.

They have corporate cards
and standing offices.

Which, as defined by Section 14.2
of the Internal Revenue Code,

makes them employees.

Well, Mr. Litt,

it seems I won't be demanding
a new point person after all.

I'm glad to hear that.
Huh. Are you?

Of course I am. You're my
first client as name partner.

You're very important to me.

Well, I suppose
we'll find out the truth

when someone else
makes name partner.

What are you talking about?

I'm not an idiot.

I know that no one in your
firm wants to deal with me.

That's not true. In
fact, I fought for you.

You may have thought
you were fighting for me,

but I know that Jessica
dumped me on Harvey.

And it seems that the second
you made name partner,

Harvey did the
same thing to you.

Oh, you didn't
know that, did you?

Then maybe we were
meant for each other,

since we're both
left out of the club.

You betrayed me.

You make this big speech about
repairing our friendship

and all it was was more words.

What are you talking about?

You convince me to take Joan,

while conveniently
leaving out the fact

you're doing Harvey a favor?

That's not why I did it, Louis.

Well, just tell me right now.
Can he stand her?

No. But he was going to
keep her, because you...

Hurt his precious feelings?

I know. I felt so
awful about that.

You know what, Louis?
You should.

And while you're at it,
you should feel pretty awful

about being a dick
to me right now.

You lied to me again.

No, Louis, I fought for you.
Again.

No. You made Joan
sound important.

The first client that Jessica gave
Harvey when he made name partner.

She is important, Louis.
But you can't see that

because you didn't
want a client.

You just wanted to take
something away from Harvey.

What I want is respect.

Then get out of your own way
and get on the goddamn team.

You mean the team that kept
Mike's secret from me?

No, Louis! I mean the team
that protected its own.

Because that's what teams do.

And you know, I shouldn't
even be telling you this

because she wasn't going to.

But if you need a little
bit more evidence

of what we do for each other,

then take a look at Rachel,
because she got Katrina a job.

What?
That's right.

Your former associate.

And you've been treating
Rachel like shit.

So if you're done yelling
at me, then I suggest

you go fix one
of the thousand things

that you have screwed up lately.

Because the rest of us?

We are done fighting for you.

Mr. Ross.

You must be Ian. And please,
don't call me Mr. Ross.

Mike is fine.
Oh, sure.

Hey, thanks for your call, Mike.

Pearson Specter is a great firm.

Yeah, well, you're
a great candidate.

I'm a little curious why
you're still interviewing.

I heard you had a solid
offer at Skadden.

I do, but Skadden Arps
is no Pearson Specter.

Are you sure it's not
because you're worried

they'll find out that you failed
Professor Gerard's legal ethics class?

What? Oh, shit. You don't know.

He hasn't changed your grade.

But he still has your $25,000.

Who the hell are you?

I'm exactly who I said I was.

The only thing I left out is that
Professor Gerard is my client.

Come on. He can't be in
trouble for this. I'd know.

He's not. He's being accused
of accepting a bribe

while conducting a federal
mediation because of this.

That's not my problem.

It's your problem now.

Which is why you're
going to sign this.

What is that?

It's a sworn affidavit stating the
money that you paid Gerard is a loan.

What happens to my grade?

It stays the same.

Because Henry Gerard doesn't
take money to change grades.

That's bullshit.
We had a deal.

Yeah, well, consider this your
first lesson in the real world.

Deals change.

I don't care what world it is.

I'm not signing anything.

That's too bad. Because
the truth will come out.

And this way,
you're failing a class

instead of getting thrown out of
school for bribing a professor.

It's up to you, Ian.

You want an F? Or do you want to
not have a legal career at all?

So I sign this and the
bribery allegations are gone?

And no one ever knows a thing.

But I still have to pay
lan back the money.

That's the way loans work.

You say that like
I am a monster.

I say it like it's true.

You know,

you never let me tell you
what the money was for.

You didn't listen to me when
I told you I don't care.

Who's the monster now?

I don't care
because you always said

the circumstances don't matter.

Well, do you care that
after Mike grilled me,

I was so impressed with him that I
wondered why I had forgotten him.

So I looked through
my old records,

just to see how he did.

But I couldn't find any record
of him ever being in my class.

Just like they're not
going to find any record

of you accepting
a bribe from a student.

Hmm.

Are you saying we're even?

I'm saying you
got a two-for-one.

Because they're also not going to find
any record of you gambling last year.

That's why you came to see
me back then, isn't it?

You didn't want anyone
to find out about him.

I'm not going to tell you why I
came to see you last year, Henry.

Because the circumstances
don't matter.

You really did pay
attention in my class.

A lot more than you think.

I'm sorry I let you
down, Mr. Specter.

Professor...

Don't worry about
paying back that loan.

I got it.

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go?

And is it real

Or just something
we think we know?

And where are we going now?

Mmm, where do we go?

Louis. What can
I do for you?

The question isn't what
you can do for me, Jeff.

But it's a matter of
what you're going to do.

Which is cut the
bullshit right now.

What?
You heard me.

I know Jessica told
you about Hardman.

Yes, she did tell me.

And I have refrained
from coming to see you

about blackmailing
her out of courtesy.

Courtesy? You haven't so much
as wished me a congratulations.

You want me to kiss the ring,
Louis, after what you did?

You're damn right I do.

Because I don't care how it got up there.
My name is on that wall.

And if I had a crowbar handy,

I would pry it off.

Well, Jeff, you don't.

So, the question you've
got to ask yourself is,

do you want to
stick with the team?

Because my name is up there to
stay, whether you like it or not.

Who can we trust from here?

Who can we trust?

From cradle to grave

From ashes to ashes

From dust to dust

Hey.

Thanks for meeting me.

What's going on?

I wanted to thank you
for making me take Gerard.

What happened?

What makes you think
something happened?

Because I know you.

And I know you don't have
moments of self-reflection,

let alone have
a drink with someone

to tell them about it
unless something happened.

You know what?
Something did happen.

I dealt with some shit and I'm
trying to thank you for it,

because it turned out
to be a good thing.

I think the word you're
looking for is closure.

That's your word.

The word I'm looking for is, "You're
welcome, Harvey. That's nice of you to say."

Thanks, Harvey.

Good. Now, listen to me.

For a minute there, I thought you
were going to tell me that he knows.

What?

Maybe I'm crazy.

But when I was prepping him,

for a second he looked
at me and I thought...

He's suspicious.

And then, you called, and after
everything that's happened already...

It's fine, Mike.
He doesn't know.

How do we move around
with all these eyes on us?

And all on us

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