Suits (2011–…): Season 5, Episode 12 - Live to Fight... - full transcript

(HARVEY READING)

Mike Ross is a fraud.

And I'm going to make sure he never
sees the inside of a courtroom again

unless he's wearing
an orange jumpsuit.

That woman doesn't get anything
by prosecuting a fraud like you.

But she would love
to get Harvey Specter.

I'm not turning
on Harvey.

You better listen to me!

I'm throwing you
a goddamn lifeline.

I want to tell Jeff
the truth about Mike Ross.

He told you he loved you,
didn't he?



I just don't want
to lie to him anymore.

Your whole story about how Louis got
his name on the door is bullshit!

And I came here to tell you the truth.
It's over. We're done.

I never even thought
for a second that

you would even consider an idea so
disgusting as turning on Harvey.

RACHEL: The only reason
I thought about it

is because I am scared to
death of you going to prison.

LOUIS: I explicitly told you
to stay away from Mike's case.

I don't care. Donna,I
don't think you get it.

There is going
to come a time

where you're going to have to
choose between yourself and them.

If they're gonna come for me,
they're gonna come for me.

Are you saying
you're coming back to me?

Yes. I am.



Then I'll see you back
in the office tomorrow.

Dad, you know
I have to practice.

I know you do,
sweetheart.

But there's something
I have to tell you.

What is it?

We're moving to Connecticut.

What?

Your mom and I
think it's best for you.

What if it's not
best for me?

Honey, it is.

And I found us a great apartment
just outside Hartford.

Lot more kids.

You're going to love it.

An apartment.

That's right.

It's going to be so much better
than this big, creaky...

There's something
you're not telling me.

No. There isn't.

Yes, there is.

How do you know that?

I don't know.

But I do.

Oh, okay, Donna.

My business
hasn't worked out,

and your uncle
offered me a job.

I'm so sorry, honey.

It's okay, Daddy.

I'll let you practice.

Dad?

Will there be a room
for my piano?

Honey, I'm afraid
there won't be.

But your aunt teaches musical
theater just a few towns away.

I've already
signed you up.

Thanks, Daddy.

Miss Paulsen.

Could I get you a drink?

I'm not going to be here
long enough to finish it.

Oh, you're going to be here
until I tell you you can go.

Which you're going to tell
me sooner than you think,

because I don't have
anything to say.

I get it.

Harvey Specter was your
boss for a long time.

Maybe even more
than your boss.

In which case,
there's no chance in hell

you didn't know that he was conspiring
with Mike Ross to break the law.

The only thing I know is

that unless you're
going to arrest me,

I'm walking out
that door right now.

Good.

You're as tough
as I expected you to be.

So, for now,
you are free to go.

I told you I wouldn't
be here long.

You're going to get
the door for me? Oh,

I'm not opening
the door to be polite.

I'm opening the door so I can
see the look on your face

when you see who's in that
room across the hall.

DONNA: Dad?

What the hell did you do?

I didn’t do anything.

Turns out your father
got himself involved

in a shady real estate
deal several years ago.

My father has never done
anything wrong in his life.

Just like Mike Ross
and Harvey Specter

have never done
anything wrong?

Miss Paulsen,

maybe you should reassess

the quality
of the men in your life.

Let me in that room.

Sorry, not possible.

But next time
you see your father,

maybe you explain to him you put his life
on the line for the man you work for.

You know, I never thought that
I'd say this to another woman.

But you are a cold,
heartless bitch.

l am.

And I've got a card.

Why don't I just leave
that in your purse?

In case you change
your mind

about helping me out
with Harvey Specter.

See the money, wanna 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 are you working on?

I'm just trying to
figure out

what Gibbs is going
to do next,

then figure out
how to fight it.

Mmm. ls there anything
I can do to help?

Yeah, you can tell me
what your father said

you should do about me.

How would that help?

Because I can't really
focus on this

while I'm worrying
about that.

He told me

to look in the mirror.

And?

How do you expect him
to react, Mike?

He's angry and he's hurt
and he's...

Rachel.

He told me to get rid of you.

Good.

Why "good"?

Because you told me that
you would stay with me

no matter what.

And when you keep things
like that from me,

it makes me wonder.

But when you tell me

and I see that look
in your eyes...

I don't.

Mr. Litt,

I'm all settled in.

I just wanted to say that

I'm thrilled to be
a part of your team.

Yeah, you're happy as a clam.
Let's get one thing straight.

You may have filled
Donna's shoes with Harvey,

but it's not going to be that
easy filling them with me.

Well, if that's how
you want to play it...

I already know that.

I heard all about you.

Yeah? From Donna?

From Norma.

What? You knew Norma?

Damn skippy.

Played mah-jongg
with that woman

every Tuesday night

for the last 30 years.

Mrs. Fillstein's game
on 81st Street?

The very one. I've been trying
to get into that game forever.

You know she kept
you out, right?

Norma did that to me?

Well, I can't say as
I blame her.

Said it was her only
peaceful night of the week.

30 seconds in, I can
see what she means.

But you could turn
this around

and play your tiles
right with me.

I could put in
a word for you.

Oh, anything you could do
would be so appreciated.

Yeah.

That's more like it.
I can do even better.

Please make yourself at home.

Take the day.

Well. In that case,

I'll see you
tomorrow morning.

Bright and early.

(MOUTHING)

You're here.
I am.

It's good to have you back, Harvey.
Good to be back, Donna.

All right,
enough sentimentality.

I need you to... Clear your schedule
for the next two months? Done.

I also gave half your business
to the partners that backed you

and the rest to
Jessica and Louis.

I didn't ask
you to do that.

You asked me to
come back to your desk.

I sure as hell did.

What's next?

What's next is,
get Mike into this office.

And I don't want him
wearing casual clothes.

I want him with his
Superman outfit on.

He's going to need a hell of a lot
more than a cape and some tights

because I just got
a special delivery

from the US
Attorney's office.

Don't tell me.
She's issued subpoenas

for every case
Mike's ever touched.

She issued subpoenas for anything
anyone at this firm has ever touched.

What does that mean?

It means they're not
just after Mike anymore.

They're officially coming
after all of us.

DONNA: Mike's already here.
I'll get him.

I'm telling you, Harvey,
this move is no joke.

That woman
gets in the door,

she will find something to pressure
someone into saying whatever she wants.

And I'll be damned if I'll let
her rifle through my house.

What exactly
are you saying?

I'm saying we need
outside counsel.

Absolutely not.

There's nobody
we can trust.

There is one person
we can trust,

because you already told her
Mike's goddamn secret.

Jessica, lam not bringing
Scottie into this thing.

I'm telling you,
I can handle this.

You don't even have a strategy
to stop these subpoenas.

Well, then, I guess
it's a good thing I do.

Well.

Then why don't you stop
patting yourself on the back

and start telling me what the hell it is?
We go on offense.

What exactly
does that mean?

It means that we
don't have to prove

that she can't
subpoena our records.

She has to prove
that she can.

And she doesn't have a shred of evidence
proving that you knew about me.

If she got those subpoenas in the
first place, she must have something.

Wrong. I worked in the
DA's office for five years.

Judges give out
subpoenas like candy.

Then I suggest the two of you
get the hell on down there

and take that woman's
candy away.

The fact is, Your Honor,
she has no grounds to even

issue these things
in the first place.

What is he even doing here?

I'm here because I'm a lawyer and
I'm innocent until proven guilty.

And those subpoenas
aren't about coming after me,

they're about
coming after him.

You're damn right they are. Because there's
no way he didn't know you're a fraud.

Where exactly
is your evidence

of either one
of those things?

I see. They're not trying
to fight these subpoenas.

They're trying to get me to turn
over whatever evidence I have,

which I don't have to do
for another three weeks.

You'll do whatever
I say you have to do.

Now, I want to know what
started this whole thing.

We received an anonymous
email from a reputable source.

Yeah. And a stranger called me the other
day saying you killed six people.

Can I subpoena
her bank records?

You think this is a joke?

You're damn right
this isn't a joke.

I'm being accused of a crime based on
some bullshit email no one's even seen.

I'd ask if you have that
email on you, Miss Gibbs,

but I wouldn't want to put you
in the position of lying to me.

So, let's have it.

This is from a general
Harvard faculty address.

It is. We are working on
tracking down the sender.

Well, you'd better
find them.

Because without
corroborating testimony,

I'll not only quash
these subpoenas,

I'll toss the entire case.

HARVEY: Son of a bitch.

It's Henry Gerard.

Harvey, if Gerard was going to say
something, why would he wait until now?

I don't know, but it's the only
goddamn person it could be.

All right. Then, I'm going
to go and see him.

And do what?

I'm going to get to him before
Gibbs does and get him to recant.

This isn't testimony.

It's a tip to a crime you
actually committed. I don't care!

We have leverage on Gerard.

Were you in there?

This woman has her
sights on both of us.

You go up to Boston and
she's going to have people

crawling all over Harvard, and you're going
to be the one who led her to Gerard.

I can't just sit here and
wait for the sword to drop.

Wait a second.
You can't go there.

I can't go there.

But I know someone who can.

Jessica.

I was wondering when you were
going to show up at my door.

So you've heard
about Mike Ross.

Oh, everybody's heard
about Mike Ross.

And now I finally know what you
were hiding from me the whole time.

But what I don't know
is how the hell

you let something like this
happen in the first place.

We'll talk about
that in a minute.

But I'm not just here to apologize
for what happened between us.

I'm here to ask
for your help.

You want me
to represent the firm.

If it comes to it,

I want you to represent me.

You've got a lot of nerve
coming in here to ask me that.

Jeff, please.

I made the mistake
of not trusting you once.

I don't want to make
that same mistake again.

Then you're gonna have to tell
me the truth about everything.

Right now.

And it's not going to be protected
by attorney-client privilege,

and you're going to have to trust
that I'm not going to turn you in.

I was never worried that you
were going to turn me in.

I was worried about putting you in
a position where you had to lie.

But I was ready to tell you
that night anyway,

so I might as well
tell you now.

Rachel, what's going on?

I just got a call.

They took Donna down to
the US Attorney's office.

We have to get
down there right now.

No, we don't.

I'm going to
take care of her.

You go ahead and do what
we were going to do together.

Harvey, Donna getting taken
in changes everything.

It changes nothing. So stop talking
to me and do what you have to do.

It was Henry Gerard.

What? The person who handed
me in was Henry Gerard.

It was an anonymous email.

No way. How would he even
know that you're not a lawyer?

That case we took last year.
He... He figured it out.

Well, then, why would he
wait to turn you in now?

I don't know.
What I do know is,

you need to get up there and you
need to get him to take it back.

How the hell am I
supposed to do that?

That's what you and I are going
to figure out right now.

Wait a second.
Where's Harvey?

He's got an important meeting that he...
What could be more

important than this? Louis,
it's a personal matter that...

Where is he?

They've brought Donna
in for questioning.

God damn it, this is
what I was afraid of.

I'm heading down there right now.
Louis.

Louis, listen to me. They're
going to try and put pressure

on Donna to turn on Harvey.

And the best way to make that pressure
go away is to make Gerard go away.

Which can make
this whole case go away.

Give me
the goddamn email.

Now, before you go
up there, we're going to...

I'm sorry.
Wait a second.

Why would someone who knows you're
guilty call you a "potential" fraud?

I... I don't know.

He's trying to cover his ass somehow.
"A potential fraud

"besmirching the sacrosanct name
of hallowed Harvard University..."

Louis, we really don't have
time for this. Please.

Mike, I know
who wrote this email.

It's not Henry Gerard.

Excuse me, miss.

Uh, are you alone or can
an old man pull up a seat?

(CHUCKLES)
Hi, Dad.

Oh.

So.

Have you looked
over the deal?

I have.

And you see the potential
I'm talking about?

It's a great project.

But?

(SIGHS)

I'm not sure how wise it is for
you to get back into development.

I understand you would feel that way
after what it did to you, but...

I feel that way because
of what it did to you.

Donna, I told you.

The banks are crazy for
this kind of thing right now.

All I need is $250,000 and I can
get a loan five times the size.

I don't know. That just
sounds really risky.

Aren't you always telling me that
Harvey says if you want to get ahead,

you need to take risks?

That's why you came to me.

You're not looking
for my money,

you're looking
for Harvey's.

It would just be
to secure the loan.

After the bank gives me the
money, he's free and clear.

Harvey's never going
to go for that.

I mean, even I know
that's not legal.

Donna, people do this
kind of thing all the time.

It's a sleight of hand,
nothing more.

Dad.

You're doing fine.

Do you really need to
risk everything again?

Donna, I manage
a real estate office.

Everybody there makes more.

Everybody there
is doing better.

I used to be better.

I know I can do this.

Please, all you have
to do is ask Harvey.

If he says no, he says no.

Dad.

I'm so sorry.

Don't worry, sweetie.

People have tried to rattle
my cage plenty of times.

It's never worked before and
it's not going to work now.

That's what I told her.
You're going to be okay.

Donna, can you
give us a minute?

DONNA: Harvey.

Yeah.

They're saying this has to do with that
deal I talked to you about seven years ago.

Is there something you're
not telling me? And?

The only thing
I haven't told you

is that I'm going to get him
out of this no matter what.

What the hell did you do?

What are you talking about?

They didn't bring you in here if you
didn't do something seven years ago.

And if I'm going
to get you out of this,

I need to know what you did.

I did what
everybody else did.

I inflated my collateral
because you shut me down.

So don't come in here
telling me this is my fault.

I shut you down to protect
Donna from getting involved

in exactly
something like this.

This is on you, not on me.

Well, aren't you
high and mighty?

Coming in here accusing me of
putting my daughter at risk,

when the whole reason she's
in the position she's in,

is because of
something you did.

That's right.

They told me this is because they're trying
to get Donna to testify against you,

and they want me to help
them get her to do it.

Then why don't you?

Because I know
it would kill her.

And no matter
what you may think,

I would never do anything
to hurt my daughter.

Did you talk to Donna?

I talked to Harvey

and he said it's going to be fine.
I don't care what he says.

What are they coming
after her for?

Mike, Harvey asked me not to....
Rachel,

what are they coming
after her for'?

They're not coming
after her for anything.

They're coming
after her father.

What?
Turns out he was involved

in some sort
of real estate deal

and they're saying
it wasn't on the up and up.

God damn it!
So... Mike, calm down.

It's nothing.

Harvey's going to get
them out of it.

Look, it's really just
a minor violation

and no one would even
care if it weren't for...

Me. You were just about to
say, "lf it weren't for me."

Mike. That's it. I'm
pleading guilty.

I'm going to take
the reduced sentence,

I'm gonna do the time and all of this
is going to go away once and for all.

That's not an option
and you know it.

The only reason
they went after Donna's dad

is to get to Harvey
and Jessica.

If you plead guilty, all you're
going to do is help them do that.

So, you're either going
to turn on the two of them

or you're going to fight
this thing out till the end.

JESSICA: We need to talk.

MIKE: About what?

About what we're going to do if that
prosecutor gets a hold of those subpoenas.

You mean what we're going
to do about the letter

that Mike has that proves
you knew he was a fraud.

Yes, that's what I mean.

I'm assuming you were smart
enough to destroy that thing

the second they let you out.

And I'm assuming
you destroyed the affidavit

that you had Rachel sign saying
she knew the truth about me.

I didn’t.

But I had the same
conversation with Louis,

we worked it out,
and I'm here to tell you

I will get rid of mine
if you get rid of yours.

I knew it. You're actually considering
turning your back on me and Harvey.

I'm not turning
my back on anyone.

But we both know
you've done some things

that make me question whether
or not I can trust you.

Well, then.

The least you can do is find the
time to speak with my attorney

before that ruling
comes down.

Your attorney?

I'm sure
you've heard of him.

His name's Jeff Malone.

GIBBS: This one? You're even
lower than I thought you were.

And I didn't think
that was possible.

Coming from someone with your moral
compass, I take that as a compliment.

What gives you the right to come
after my secretary's father?

I'm not the one
prosecuting him.

It just so happens that
one of my colleagues

is going after him on a
completely unrelated matter.

Bullshit. The only reason you're doing
this is to put pressure on Donna

to come after me.

Well, now that you
mention it,

the judge did say I needed something
tying you to Mike Ross' fraud

in order to get
those subpoenas,

and maybe that something is Donna Paulsen.
I should ask her.

You already did ask her.

And now you're manufacturing a
bullshit case against an innocent man.

And I'm going to make
sure you pay for it.

He's not in here
because of what I did,

he's in here because
of what you did.

So instead of blaming me,
take a look in the mirror,

because all you have to do is admit
what you did and all of this goes away.

Louis.

What are you doing here?

You know why I'm here.

I'm here because of this.

I don't know
what that is.

Please. Your language
is all over it.

You might as well have
signed your name.

What I want to know is why.

(EXHALES)

I got a call about an article on Mike
Ross' meteoric rise to junior partner.

The problem is, I remember every
student that's ever gone here.

And there is no Mike Ross.

So I double-checked
my file room

and then I sent this.

Sheila, you are
messing with my firm.

Why didn't you come
to me first?

Because it didn't occur
to me that I had to.

That is bullshit!

You reported it anonymously

because you didn't
want to look bad.

You didn't trust me
to keep you out of it.

No, I reported it anonymously because I
was ashamed that it happened on my watch.

But I'm not going to stand by
while somebody besmirches

the good name
of Harvard University.

You have no proof that Mike
Ross besmirched anything.

Why are you defending
this lowlife?

Because if you'd
come to me first,

I could have stopped this
whole thing from happening.

Oh, my God.

You knew.

Sheila, please.

You don't know him
like I know him.

What exactly are you
doing here, Louis?

I want you to retract
that email.

Tell them that you made a
mistake, you found the file.

I can't do that.

Sheila, please.

When we broke up,

I forced myself to accept it
because ultimately,

I knew we wanted
different things.

But it killed me because I also
knew that we were soul mates.

But the fact that you're
asking me to do this?

We are not soul mates.

I'm begging you.

At least
don't come forward.

I never was going to
come forward, Louis.

Now leave me alone.

(EXHALES)

I thought I'd find you here.
How are you doing?

Well, they're coming after my
father for something he didn't do.

How do you think I'm doing?

I'm sorry.

Do you want to be alone?

(SIGHS) No, I'm sorry. It's just...
Donna, please,

you're worried sick
for someone you love.

I get it.

It's just, last year, my
life was in Harvey's hands

and he told me that my worrying
about what would happen if he lost

would only make it more
likely for him to lose.

I know. And you can't help but worry
about it because it's your father.

No, I can't.
And you can't help wondering,

if it comes down to it,
what will you do?

What?

No, Rachel! How can
you even ask me that?

I get it.

Because if it comes
down to it,

you want Mike to consider
turning on Harvey.

That's not what I said.

You know,
if you're just here

to get me to think about doing
that, I don't need that right now.

No,no,no.Donna, I came in here
because I care about you.

And I am......

(EXHALES)

I'm sorry that
I even brought it up.

Are you sorry?

Excuse me? Do you think
that I don't know

that all of your problems are solved
if I tell them that Harvey did this?

No, Donna, all my problems are
solved if Mike tells them.

But, yes, my life gets
a whole lot better

if Harvey takes responsibility
for what he did.

What he did was give Mike a chance
to make something of himself.

Which is why Mike's
never going to turn on him.

But you know what?

I would be lying if I said
it didn't cross my mind

that maybe Mike should
think about making a deal.

And you can't tell me that since
they picked up your father,

that the thought
hasn't crossed yours, too.

Well, thinking about it and talking
about it aren't the same thing.

And right now, I am focusing
on having faith in Harvey.

Louis, what the hell? I've been
looking for you all morning.

What happened?
It was her.

And?

She's not going to
retract the email.

Shit.

What did she say? Oh, what the
hell do you think she said?

She said she knows
you're a fraud.

She's not going
to take it back.

And now that she's figured out
that I've been a part of it,

she can't stand
the sight of me.

All right, then, we need to
think of something else.

Oh, did you just hear
what I just said?

She can't stand
the sight of me.

Louis, I know
you're feeling bad.

But right now,
Donna is under the gun.

What do you want me
to do about that?

I don't know, but if she doesn't retract
that email and they find her...

No, they're not going
to find her.

Because she sent it from
a general faculty email

because she's ashamed of herself
like she's ashamed of me.

And this is all your fault, so
get the hell out of my office

instead of trying to figure out a
way to cover your goddamn ass!

You can believe this or not,
Louis, but right this second,

I'm actually looking
out for Donna.

Well, I'm sorry, Mike.

Right this second,
I cannot help you.

HARVEY: Good, you're here. Listen,
I need you to take care of...

Before we get to the game
plan, I need to know

what's going on
with Donna's father.

I'm taking care of it. Did you
get Louis to go see Gerard?

It wasn't Gerard.

It was Sheila Sazs.
You've got to be kidding me.

Louis told his
girlfriend about you?

No, Harvey, you told
your girlfriend about me.

Louis risked his neck to get Sheila to
take that email back to save our asses.

Then what are you so
bent out of shape for?

I'm bent out of shape
because he couldn't do it.

And on top of that, Donna's
dad is only in this mess

because of what we did,
and you won't let me help.

That's right, Mike,
I won't let you help

because you're under
investigation for being a fraud.

You're under investigation, too,
and if we're supposed to act

like there's nothing
to be ashamed of,

then let's act like there's
nothing to be ashamed of.

Okay. That's all
well and good, Mike.

But I'm the one representing
Donna's father, not you.

Which means I'm the only
one with a credible reason

to pay a visit to the banker that gave
him that shitty loan in the first place.

Harvey, this is killing me!

I... I have to
do something.

Right now, the best
thing you can do

is think about what we're going
to do if they put it together

about Louis' girlfriend.

Because if they find her,
we're in deep shit.

(CLEARS THROAT)

How did you find me here?

I remember every game you have
from our work on your case.

And I knew l had
to find you at a place

where we couldn't be bothered
by anyone from Harvard.

Because everyone from Harvard
now knows you didn't go there.

Which is why I need someone from
Harvard to tell them that I did.

Are you crazy?
No, I'm smart.

All they have is an anonymous tip
and no corroborating evidence.

You sign this affidavit saying
that I was in your class,

their whole case
gets dismissed.

And what if it doesn't?

Then I go to trial.

This is reasonable doubt.

I get acquitted and they
can never try me again.

Or it's not reasonable doubt, you don't get
acquitted, and I go to jail for perjury.

I remember when you were
willing to commit perjury.

And we didn't just stop you,
we saved your ass.

I don't care.

I'm not risking
everything for you.

This isn't just for me!

All right? They are coming after
everyone that I care about.

I feel for you, Mike.

Which is why I never turned
you in in the first place.

But I can't do
what you're asking.

And what if I anonymously
told Harvard that you took

a bribe from a student
for a grade?

You willing to bet everything
that I won't do that?

You do what
you have to do,

but I'm not putting
my life in jeopardy

by signing that
goddamn thing.

Wait a minute.
Wait, wait.

What if I had a way
that you could help me

without having
to perjure yourself?

And how exactly
would I do that?

It's right
in your wheelhouse.

We're playing poker, too.

I just...

I just need you
to help me bluff.

Harvey?

I need to ask you
to do something.

Of course, Donna.
I'd do anything for you.

Well, it isn't for me.
It's for my father.

He wanted to know
if you would consider

investing in his
real estate project.

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

You just said that you
would do anything for me.

I meant
I'd consider anything.

And I just did.

You haven't even
looked at it.

I don't need to.

You're family to me,
he's family to you,

and you don't
invest money with family.

That's not what you said when Marcus
needed money for his restaurant.

That's different.
Why?

Because Marcus actually knew
what the hell he was doing.

You know what, Harvey?
If you don't want to invest,
don't invest.

But I don't need a lecture from you on
what a bad businessman my father is.

Yes, you do.

Oh, really?
Why is that?

Because if I know you, you're thinking
of giving him access to your 401k.

So? What if I am?

Donna, this man lost your
family's money once.

You're going to give him
the chance to do it again?

Harvey, this man
is my father

and he has been there
for me my whole life.

And I know what happened
between you and your mother,

but don't you judge him
for what she did.

How dare you? This has
nothing to do with that.

You have a blind spot when it comes to him.
I'm trying to protect you.

Well, you're not.

You're being
an asshole.

And for your information,
keeping me from being there

for my father
isn't protecting me,

it's pissing me
the hell off.

Good, Donna, you're here.

Look, I need you to, uh...

The only thing I need is for
you to tell me what you did.

Because I just found out that
they're formally charging my father

with bank fraud tomorrow.

God damn it.

What did you do?

All I did was strong-arm
a banker.

And why the hell would you
need to strong-arm a banker?

Because he had evidence
that needed to get lost.

I knew there was something
you weren't telling me.

What the hell happened
seven years ago?

What happened is you came to me
asking a favor for your father,

so I went to him
asking a favor of my own.

Bullshit. You don't ask people for
favors, you force them to do things.

You're goddamn right I do.

I told your father
if he took your money,

I'd pull every string I have
to shut his deal down.

You had
no right to do that.

I don't care if I had
a right to do it or not.

I wasn't going to let you
lose everything just because

you couldn't see
the truth about him.

The truth is, you
went behind my back

and then he did
something illegal,

and now, I have to choose between you
and him because of what you did!

What I did was keep you from
being involved in this mess.

No, Harvey, what you did
was start this mess

the day you went ahead
and hired a fraud.

What happened?

They're formally charging
Donna's father

and we need to figure out a way
to get his case thrown out.

Well, then, we have
to get my case thrown out.

Because then, they won't
care about Donna's dad.

And how the hell
are we going to do that?

I went to see Gerard.

God damn it. Didn't I
tell you not to do that?

That was before we knew he wasn't
the one that tipped them off.

If he wasn't the one
who tipped them off,

what the hell did
you go to him for?

I went to him for this.

This is a vaguely
worded statement.

It doesn't even specifically
say you went to Harvard.

It doesn't have to.

It says that he's known me
to be an amazing lawyer,

that I've shown mastery of
the material that he teaches,

and that as far
as he's concerned,

I'm an outstanding student
of the law.

It's total bullshit.
It's not total bullshit.

All right? If they don't
find Sheila and we do this,

we could get the whole
case thrown out.

Gibbs will see
right through this.

She'll put Gerard
on the stand

and she'll ask him
point blank

if he knows for a fact that
you never went to Harvard.

And we'll have signed
our own death warrants.

She's not going to do
that because it violates

the number one rule of being
a lawyer that you taught me.

Don't ask a question that you
don't have the answer to.

It's too big a risk.

Harvey, Donna's dad
is at risk,

and he's at risk
because of me.

And the only way to get him
out is to have me turn on you

or for us to get this
whole thing thrown out.

So, are you on board
with this or not?

We better pray
this bullshit works.

Because if it doesn't,
at least one of us

is going to end up
in prison tomorrow.

All right,
what are we doing here?

Your Honor,

we have a motion to
dismiss Mike Ross' case.

On what grounds? On the grounds
that I have a letter here

from Professor Henry Gerard

of Harvard Law saying that
Mike Ross was in his class.

This is ridiculous.

Even if Mr. Ross
were in that class,

it doesn't mean
he was matriculated.

And you still haven't shown
any evidence that he wasn't,

which is why that document
should get this case dismissed.

This document is a cryptically
worded piece of shit

and you're a man who has a
reputation for crossing the line.

Miss Gibbs, language.
What are you implying?

Your Honor,
there's a good chance

he coerced this Professor
Gerard into signing this thing.

So, our exhibits are
all from blackmail,

but yours are squeaky clean
because you're Mother Teresa?

I may not be Mother Teresa, but I don't
resort to coercion to get my evidence.

Then, what exactly are you doing
with Donna Paulsen's father?

Care to tell me
what he's talking about?

I'll tell you.
She fabricated a charge

against an
innocent businessman

to pressure my secretary into
giving false testimony against me.

Your Honor, it's standard practice to
find leverage against a vital witness.

Oh, is it also standard practice
to have a federal marshal

rough me up
in a holding cell?

Miss Gibbs, if I find out there
is an abuse of power here,

I will be switching
my focus to you.

Then, before you rule
on their motion,

the state has the right to
question this Professor Gerard.

Your Honor, can Miss Gibbs
and I have a minute alone?

Please.

You think I don't know this
letter is complete bullshit?

I pull this clown
up on the stand,

he's going to tell me
the truth in a minute.

Okay. "This clown" is one
of the most distinguished

ethics professors
in the country.

You put him up there, this case is over
for you before you even get started.

Then why the hell isn't he here
right now verifying this thing?

Because that kid cares more about Donna
Paulsen than he does about himself.

What do you want?
I want a deal.

That letter
for Donna's father.

(SCOFFS)

This is too good for you.

If you really had Gerard,
he'd be down here right now.

If it were up to me,
he'd be down here right now.

But this was Mike's call.

This is a one-time offer
and the clock is ticking.

You still get
to go to trial,

we get Donna
and her father off limits,

and we both live
to fight another day.

I want my subpoenas, too.

No way. Judge said no.

You try to pull
this thing out at trial,

I will rip your professor
friend to shreds.

Your Honor,

Miss Gibbs and I have
come to an agreement.

She's dropping all charges
against James Paulsen

and we withdraw
our motion to dismiss.

See you next week.

Nice club.

Are you new?
Just visiting.

I'm not much of a golfer.

Unfortunately,
neither am I.

Harvey Specter.

Jim Paulsen.

I assume this is about the
opportunity Donna brought you.

It would be an opportunity
if the numbers added up, Jim,

but they don't.

I don't understand.

I thought you were
the type of man

that was willing
to take risks.

I am, but not if it puts the
people I care about in jeopardy.

Which is why I'm here to tell you
that when Donna offers you her 401 k,

you're going to tell her
you don't need it anymore.

No offense, Mr. Specter,

but what my daughter does with her
money is none of your business.

Well, it became my business when Donna
put you so far up on a pedestal

that she couldn't smell the
bullshit you were dishing out.

It's not bullshit.

Yes, it is.
I looked at that deal.

There's no way you're getting
the kind of money you need

without doing
something shady.

Inflating my assets
to get a loan isn't shady.

Everybody does it. That's what everybody
thinks until the music stops.

Which is why, if you
involve Donna in this deal,

so help me God, I will
pull every string I have

to tie your project up in
court for the next 20 years.

I'm just trying
to make my way.

All I'm telling you is, you
can make it without Donna.

You act as if you think
I don't love my own daughter.

People who love
other people

don't put them in positions
to break the law.

DONNA: I just got off
the phone with my dad.

He told me the good news.

I told you
I'd take care of it.

What did you do?

It's not important.

Harvey.

We withdrew our motion
to dismiss Mike's case

in exchange for her
leaving you alone.

So, I hurt Mike's case.

No, you didn't.

The whole thing was
based on a bluff that

never would have
held up anyway.

(SIGHS)

This way, we at least
got something for it.

Thank you, Harvey.

And I'm sorry
for what I said.

No.

You were right to say it.

I never should have put you
in this position, Donna.

If you want to go back to work
for Louis, I'll understand.

No, you shouldn't have
put me in that position.

But if I was going to leave
you for hiring Mike,

the time to do that
would have been years ago.

I hope I'm not interrupting
your premature celebration.

You better not be
reneging on our deal.

Oh, no,
I'm going to honor it.

I just dropped by
to serve you with these.

You and your partners are
hereby subpoenaed to hand over

every single document
in the entire firm.

No.

No way the judge granted that just because
we withdrew our motion to dismiss.

She didn't.

She granted it when
a Sheila Sazs from Harvard

came forward and said she
wrote that anonymous email.

That's right, Mr. Specter.

Your chances of winning
this case just took

a mighty big turn
for the worse.

What are you doing here?

You never came to see me,

so I thought
I would come to you

and find out why you're
so willing to let all those

dangerous letters just keep
floating around out there.

I think you mean letters that
are dangerous to your client.

Well, I'm holding
one right here

that puts your woman
in a world of trouble, Mike.

So, no.

No, I don't.

Oh, I get it.

I didn't crumble
to Jessica,

so now you're here
to take a shot

at strong-arming me
into a trade.

No, see, I came to see why, when the woman
that's been protecting you for so long

asks you for a simple
gesture of trust,

you seem to think that all she's
doing is protecting herself?

Because she is
protecting herself.

You're goddamn right
that's what she's doing.

But that's not
all she's doing.

Because from the second that she found
out about you, she's had to lie for you

and she's still treated you like
family and it cost her everything.

Give me a break. Until now,
it didn't cost her anything.

You better watch yourself.

What the hell
are you doing?

It cost her
her relationship with me!

You didn't know
about that, did you?

Well, now, you do.

So, you'll destroy that
if I give you mine?

I'm an attorney.

I can't destroy evidence.

But you?

You can do
whatever you want.

You trust me to do that?

(SCOFFS) No, Mike.

Jessica does.

Louis, I need you
to sit down.

What is it?
What happened?

Is your father okay?
I'll go down there right now.

He's fine.
Harvey took care of it.

Oh. Well, then,
I don't need to sit down.

Because whatever it is,
if you're okay, I'll be okay.

Sheila came forward.

What?

She admitted she was
the one to write the email.

That's not possible.

She promised me
she wouldn't do that.

I'm sorry, Louis,
but she did.

I need to be alone.

Louis, I don't think this
is the time for you to...

I said get out.

He did it?

He did.

What did you say to him?

I told him how much
it cost you.

And then, I did
what we talked about.

It's a good thing you did.

Because those subpoenas
just came down.

(EXHALES)

Jessica, I don't know
that I've ever been

much of a spiritual person,

but I would be lying
if I didn't admit that

sometimes I think
God has a plan.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that maybe
he's trying to show you

that there's more to life
than Pearson Specter Litt.

I'm not going to be
your attorney on this one.

I think you can find
someone better.

No.

I trust you

and there's no way I can find
someone that I trust more.

Then find me when
this is all over,

and we'll see if we can put
that trust to better use.

Gretchen, whatever it is,
it can wait until tomorrow.

GRETCHEN: This can't wait.

I want to
apologize to you.

For what?

When Jack Soloff nominated
Mike Ross for partner,

I know it hurt
Harvey a little,

because he wanted
to be the one to do it.

So, I called
the ABA Journal

to write an article
about Mike.

I wanted to surprise
Harvey with it.

You're saying the article
that tipped Sheila off

was you?

Yes.

Why are you
telling me this?

Because I'm sorry.

And if anyone ever asks,
I'll deny ever saying this.

But...

I know you all knew.

And I'm with you.

Hey Hey-

What's the matter?

I know I said I don't want
you to keep things from me.

But I don't want to keep
things from you, either.

What are you
keeping from me?

It's actually good
and bad news.

We had a chance to get this
whole case thrown out today

and it didn't work.

But we did get
Donna off.

And for the first time, I
actually started to believe

we can get out
of this thing.

And why were you afraid
to admit that to me?

Because I didn't want
to get your hopes up.

And I didn't really
believe it before.

Yeah. What's up?

Sheila Sazs came forward,

which means they're gonna
try and pit us all

against each other
even more.