Suits (2011–…): Season 5, Episode 13 - God's Green Earth - full transcript

(HARVEY SPEAKING)

You think that
I don't know that

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

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

that maybe Mike should
think about making a deal.

And now that they've
taken in your father,

you can't tell me that the thought
hasn't crossed yours, too.

Thinking about it and talking
about it aren't the same thing.

I got a call
about an article

on Mike Ross' meteoric
rise to junior partner.

The problem is,
there is no Mike Ross.



You reported it anonymously. Because
you didn't want to look bad.

I reported it anonymously because I was
ashamed that it happened on my watch.

I loved you.
And you let some stupid secret

come between us because
you couldn't trust me with it.

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

Sheila came forward.

She admitted she was the
one to write the e-mail.

You and your partners
are hereby subpoenaed

to hand over every single
document in the entire firm.

Harvey, I'm not sure
this is the best idea.

We need to know what she has.
What's the downside?

The downside is that
we move up the trial.

Mike, this trial's coming
whether you like it or not.

And the more time we have knowing her
game plan, the better off we'll be.



Holy shit.
HARVEY: What?

I took the LSATs
for this guy.

So what?

So, he can give Gibbs something
she doesn't even have on me yet.

Yeah. And to do that, he'd
be ruining his whole career.

Which means even "W
he remembers you,

he's more afraid of you
than you are of him.

So, calm
the hell down.

JUDGE RALLS: All right,
let's make this quick.

HARVEY: Your Honor, making it quick is
exactly what we're asking you to do.

She hasn't handed over
her discovery yet.

I'm still building a case and we
haven't even set a date for trial yet.

And the check's in the mail and
all the other things people say

when they don't want to
do what they have to do.

What I have to do is protect the
public from the likes of you.

JUDGE RALLS: All
right, that's enough.

Get that discovery to them
by the end of the day.

In that case, we'd like to
ask that the date for trial

be set in the next
two weeks.

Objection, Your Honor.
She's had weeks to...

You can't have it
both ways, Mr. Specter.

You can't demand discovery
and ask for more time.

JUDGE RALLS:
Trial starts in two weeks.

Jessica,
we have a problem.

Thanks for pointing that out, Jack.
I had no idea.

I'm not talking about the trial.
I'm talking about this.

What the hell is that?

An op-ed in the Journal.

"There is no way
on God's green earth

"that at least one of
the three name partners

"at Pearson Specter Litt,

"didn't know what was going
on under their own roof."

God's green earth.

Who wrote it?
A partner at Skaaden.

And if it wasn't them, it
would have been someone else.

Because they smell blood. I
don't care what they smell.

I've given up everything
for this firm,

and if anybody tries
to take it from me,

they'll have to pry it
from my cold, dead hands.

And what's your goddamn plan?
Excuse me?

Jessica, our reputation's
taking a beating.

We need to rehabilitate it and that
means pro bono and you know it.

One free case is not going to move the
needle no matter how worthy it is.

I'm not talking
about one case.

I'm talking about a series of cases for
our clients' most valued charities.

Oh, this better not be
another scheme, Jack.

You think
this is a move?

Now, why would I ever think that after
you've tried to take my firm from me

six times in the
last 10 minutes?

I did try
to take over from you,

but I have been at this firm my entire
career and I am fighting for it now.

And you think I'm not?
I'm sure you are,

but you're also the reason
I'm holding this indictment

of our firm
in the first place.

Because what
they're saying is true.

And don't you dare try to tell me
you didn't know about Mike Ross,

because we both know
you did.

What the hell
do you want?

Well, since you made me
come all the way down here,

I thought I'd save the taxpayers
some money on hiring a server.

A server for what?
For your fiancee.

I'd like to ask her
some questions.

Get the hell out of here. You want to
serve a subpoena, you serve it to her.

Well, then, I wouldn't get to
see the look on your face.

Did you really think I wouldn't
hit you where it hurt?

I was saving your
weakest spot for last.

Have a nice day,
gentlemen.

What?

You know what.

It's time to give that woman
a taste of her own medicine.

What the hell is that
supposed to mean?

It means we hire a lawyer
from an outside firm

and we dig up dirt
on someone she cares about.

Are you out of your mind? You
saw what she did to Donna.

It's only a matter of time before she
tries to pull the same shit with Rachel.

Mike... Harvey, you're
the one that taught me

that when someone puts pressure
on you, you put it back on them.

I also taught you if you're going
to take a swing at someone,

you better
knock them out.

And if we pull the shit that you're
talking about and get caught,

all that happens is I get thrown
off this case and it's game over.

Harvey, I can't stand by and watch while
the people I care about get attacked,

and neither could you.

Mike, I promise you I will be there
for Rachel every step of the way.

In the meantime, I need you going
through every one of those boxes.

Because if that woman's
ready to go to trial,

she's got a lot more than an
e-mail from Louis' girlfriend.

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

GIBBS: Rachel Zane.
Yes.

My name is Anita Gibbs.

I'm the assist... Yes,
I know who you are.

Well, I'm flattered.
You came for me personally.

We aren't supposed to talk
for another three days

and I don't have
my lawyer with me, so...

This isn't a formal
interrogation.

That won't be necessary.

Then I'll tell you
what is necessary.

You're going to put
in writing that anything

I say to you is inadmissible.

I suspected you'd say that,
which is why I prepared this.

I understand if you'd
prefer to ask somebody

who's actually completed law
school if that's legally binding.

I'm perfectly capable of determining
if this is legally binding or not.

And I am not going
to let you bait me

into saying
anything to you.

Well, that's
fine with me.

I'm not looking
for you to talk.

I'm looking for
you to listen.

Well, it's official.

No matter what happens at trial,
this firm isn't surviving Mike Ross.

I know about
the editorial, Louis.

What editorial?

I'm talking about the summer
associate applications.

How bad is it?

Three people. And not just
any three people.

The three people that
never should have made it

into Harvard
in the first place.

God damn it.

Sheila's sending us
the bottom of the barrel.

Yeah, she's giving us
the sludge that grows

at the bottom of the barrel.

Then...

I think it might be
time we start

looking beyond Harvard.

Yeah, that's a great idea.
You know what?

We should start shitting in
the urinals while we're at it.

I'm not talking about the
University of Arizona, Louis.

I'm talking about Columbia,
Yale, Stanford.

And I am talking
about appearances.

We break our rule and suddenly
hire outside of Harvard?

We already broke our rule
for Rachel with Columbia.

Please. That was different
and you know it.

No, it was
because of Mike.

Which makes it
the same goddamn thing.

One way or another, we are
going to keep this firm going.

So, if you don't want to go
outside of Harvard to do that,

then I suggest
you go up to Cambridge

and convince Sheila
to start feeding us

some worthy
goddamn applicants.

RACHEL:
(SIGHS) Okay.

So, first, you pick me up, then
you bring me to my favorite cafe.

GIBBS: What can I say?
I do my homework.

As do I, Ms. Gibbs.
Which is why

I'm not falling for you
pretending to be my friend.

Oh, you're right.
I'm not your friend.

But I am willing
to pull some strings

to get the man you love
into Columbia Law School.

And if you think that I'm
going to buy that fairy tale,

then the only strings you're
trying to pull are mine.

The only fairy tale here is
the one where you believe

you get out of this
thing unscathed.

Okay.
We're done here.

Rachel, I'm just trying
to give you your options.

I Know my options. Then you know
you have no spousal privilege.

Which means you're going to have to tell
the truth and put your fiance away.

Or you're going to have
to plead the Fifth.

Or I can say that
he didn't do this.

Perjuring yourself is the
same as taking the Fifth

as far as your
future is concerned.

What the hell does that mean? I'm saying
that someday, you're going to face

the character and fitness
committee of the Bar,

and I seriously doubt they're going
to admit somebody who did that.

Are you trying to
intimidate a witness?

Because,yes, someday I
will face that committee.

But tomorrow, they're going
to be hearing about you.

I'm your only way
out of this mess.

You just give me the people who
are actually responsible for it

and I'll see to it
that both you and Mike

can practice law
for the rest of your lives.

Please tell me
that's the last one.

It is.

Except for the 100 in the
other conference room.

Holy shit!
Yeah.

Trial Strategy 101.

Bury the other side
in paperwork

so they can't find
what they're looking for.

And what are
we looking for?

Gibbs' trial strategy.

Somewhere in these boxes
are the pieces

that she is putting
together to make her case.

We find them, we know specifically
what we have to fight.

And what specifically might
those things look like?

Witness lists, interviews,
anything to do with Lola Jensen.

Utility bills from when I was
supposed to be at Harvard...

Wait, wait, wait.
Slow down.

Why are you writing this down?
So I can remember it.

And because
we need a system.

And because you've never
done doc review before.

I don't believe it. How have you
been a legal secretary this long

and never have clone doc review'?
I will tell you how.

Because I am the best damn person
you've ever seen at reading people,

anticipating needs, and generally
dominating everything.

So, in this situation, you're going
to be absolutely no help at all.

None whatsoever.
I'm getting Rachel.

What's that?

What does it
look like?

It looks like something
I don't have time for.

Well, make time.

Jessica, we've got 1,000
boxes of shit to go through

and I've got trial
in two weeks.

What? That's right,
the date's been set.

So, I'm sorry, I can't have
a donut with you right now,

but I've got something a little
more important to deal with.

Harvey, I understand. But our
clients are being circled,

our reputation's getting tanked, and
we're getting sent shit associates.

And Mike Ross
is facing prison.

And you're handling
one thing

while I'm handling
everything else.

Jessica. No, never mind, Harvey.

It's clear that
you really don't care

about keeping
this firm together.

I resigned to keep
this firm together.

Well, it sure doesn't seem to be
working out that way, does it?

JACK: Great, I'll have my secretary
set up a meeting for Monday.

JESSICA: If that meeting is about
your pro bono bullshit, cancel it.

What? You said it
yourself, Jack.

Other firms
smell blood.

Well, you don't get a shark
to back off by playing nice.

You do it by clubbing
it in the face.

They come after our clients,
we go after theirs.

Clients aren't the ones writing editorials
for the Wall Street Journal, Jack.

You want to
poach an attorney.

I want to poach
a whole goddamn department.

That is definitely another way to go.
No, it's the only way to go.

Because if we didn't do what
we're saying we didn't do,

this is what we'd do.
I get it.

You're trying to convince
the world we're innocent.

Jack,I don't give a shit if my
enemies think I'm innocent or not.

I give a shit whether they
think they can take me down.

Which is why I'm not going to
cower in some pro bono corner

trying to convince them
that I'm friendly.

I'm going to
kick some ass.

And remind them
that I'm fierce.

MIKE: There you are. I've been
looking everywhere for you.

Rachel, we need your help.
Where have you been?

With Anita Gibbs.
What?

How could you let that happen? Because she
ambushed me on the street with a document

that said our conversation
would be inadmissible.

And if she did that, it's because
she didn't want to talk to you.

She wanted
to get in your head.

Mike, I know
what she wanted to do.

What did she say?

She said that she could
get you into Columbia,

and that you could be a lawyer
after all this is over.

Rachel, she's lying.

You think
I don't know that?

Well, we've already
been over this.

The only way she is
going to help us

is if we help her put
Harvey and Jessica away.

Yes, Mike,
I know that.

But we didn't go over the part
where I don't get into the Bar

because I
took the Fifth.

Oh, god damn it, this is exactly
why I wanted Harvey to be there.

She got in your head. She
didn't get into my head.

She dangled our dream in front of me,
and I know that we can't have that.

But that doesn't mean
I can't handle this.

It doesn't seem like
you're handling it.

I am.
You're crying.

No, I'm releasing my emotions
so that I can persevere

instead of denying them
and losing my mind.

Which I can't do today because I
have a meeting with the Dean.

Now, I came in here to be alone
so I can deal with my shit.

So, if you don't mind,

I would like to be alone
so I can deal with my shit.

Hey, did you find something
in the discovery?

Yeah, I sure as hell did. I just
discovered that Gibbs picked up Rachel.

What?
She arrested her?

No, she pulled up to the
curb with some document.

I don't give a shit
what she pulled up with.

Rachel should know
not to go with her.

Yeah, and that would have been an excellent
thing for her lawyer to tell her,

except her lawyer wasn't there.
Excuse me?

You promised me that you would be
with her every step of the way.

I promised I'd represent her at a
deposition, not babysit her 24 hours a day.

Well, maybe instead
of getting mad at Rachel,

it is time for us to figure
out how to go after Gibbs.

This again?
Yes, this again.

I told you she was going to go
after Rachel and now she has.

And I told you if you're
going to go after someone,

you better
knock them out.

Then you better figure out a
way to knock Gibbs out soon.

Because if
you don't, I will.

Louis.

What are you
doing here?

What, you thought you could lie
to my face and get away with it'?

I never lied to you.
Really?

Because you swore you wouldn't come
forward about that e-mail, but you did.

And now, you're pulling
this associate shit.

I didn't come forward,
they found me.

And I'm not pulling
any associate shit.

Then what do you call this pathetic
excuse of a candidates list?

I call it inevitable. Because
our students can read.

The editorial.
Yes.

The editorial.

So, you're not
sending us sludge.

Louis, I'm not
doing anything.

Your firm is being investigated
by the US Attorney's office.

And no one is going to risk
their career on a place

that may not even
exist in a month.

They might

if you
convinced them to.

Louis, I can't do that.

Sheila, please. I came here once
before hoping for a second chance

and you wouldn't
give it to me.

What does that have
to do with this?

Because if we had gotten
back together then,

I wouldn't even be at the firm now.
But I am.

And it's all I have.

I understand

you not giving me
a second chance then.

But I'm begging you.

Give my firm one now.

Louis, even if I wanted
to, it won't work.

You don't know that.
Yes, I do.

Because they're going to ask
me if I think it's a good idea

for them to work
at Pearson Specter Litt.

And I don't.
Sheila.

Louis.

Please don't ask me
to lie to them.

What are you doing?
I'm just wondering

if you're going to stay in
here going over stuff all day?

What else would I be doing?
Going to the ballgame?

I don't know, Harvey. I thought
maybe you'd be doing something

to get Anita Gibbs
to back off Rachel.

Donna, she threatened
to go to the Bar.

It's a bullshit hypothetical that she
couldn't do until after Rachel testified.

Which is after
the trial starts,

and that's what
I'm goddamn working on.

Harvey,
all I'm saying is

that when Mike gets worked
up about something,

he doesn't tend to make
the best decisions.

Well, if he doesn't work on the
discovery, he's going to go to jail.

So, what do you want me to do?
I don't know, Harvey.

But you better at least
go talk to Anita Gibbs.

Because Mike gave you
a warning loud and clear.

If you don't
do something, he will.

Jack, I don't often come
outside for my coffee.

But when I do, it's because I'm feeling
the need for a little alone time.

Well, I came out here
because I knew

you wouldn't want anyone
hearing what I have to say.

Are you here to tell me you
couldn't get the job done?

No, I'm here to tell you if
you want me to get it done,

you're going to have
to open your wallet.

I'm not paying you more money just
to get you to poach a department.

I'm not
talking about me.

I'm talking the real estate
division of Baker Hostetler.

How much do they want?
Double what they're making.

Are you insane?

That's what broke
Dewey Ballantine.

You can't have
two classes of partners.

Then we can't
poach a department.

Because they're the
only ones even willing

to come here considering
what's going on.

Then make the offer.

And let me have my
goddamn coffee in peace.

Ms. Scott. There's a Harvey
Specter here to see you.

He says it's urgent.

Send him in.

SCOTTIE:
I don't believe it.

You have some balls pretending
to be Harvey to get in here.

Well, you did call me
baby Harvey once.

I don't give a shit what I called you.
Get out. Scottie.

Now. Scottie. Scottie, please.
Listen.

I knew you would never agree to
see me and I need to talk to you.

About what?

I need someone to bring an action
against Anita Gibbs' sister.

Are you insane?
Listen to me.

She is not just
coming after me,

she is coming
after my fiancee.

I don't care.

If I do that, I might as
well call the woman up

and tell her that I'm in on
your whole bullshit, too.

Then we get someone from your firm...
Not to mention

I told Harvey that I never even
wanted to hear your name again.

(SCOFFS)

He didn't tell you
about that, did he?

Well, I guess
he hasn't changed.

Because he didn't tell me about
you until it was too late either.

So, I am sorry
about your fiancee,

but I need you
to go now.

Scottie, this woman is not going to
stop until she gets what she wants.

And what she
wants is Harvey.

So, I'm not asking you to
do this for me and Rachel.

I'm asking you
to do it for him.

Is that an invitation
to your bar mitzvah?

Because I'm
busy that day.

It's a motion to have you sanctioned
for improperly contacting a witness.

I didn't improperly contact anyone.
Oh, bullshit.

You got Rachel Zane alone so you could
offer her a deal to turn on me.

And there's nothing wrong with that.
You listen to me.

You've been pulling
shit like this

from the second
this thing started.

You denied my client
access to his attorney,

you fabricated charges
against Donna,

and now you're tampering
with a witness.

And all witness tampering
would do is hurt my own case,

so why on God's green
earth would I do that?

What did you just say?

I said you're insane
if you think that...

No, you said, "on
God's green earth,"

which is exactly
what that editorial said.

I remember because I thought, what
person under 80 uses that phrase?

Well, looks
like I found her.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You sure as hell do. Because you
planted that goddamn thing.

You have any proof?

No, you don't.

But even if I did
plant that thing,

it would only be
because there's no way

that one of you did not
know what was going on.

And until one of you
admits that,

I'm going to take apart
your firm brick by brick.

So, you want to file that
thing, you go ahead.

But it's not going to
stop me for one second.

(KNOCKING)

Rachel, please,
have a seat.

Thank you, Dean.

(SIGHS)

I have to say, I have so been looking
forward to my first student review.

And ever since your
first interview here,

you have done nothing
but impress me.

Which is why I'm sorry to
have to bring this up now.

Bring what up?

The fact that your last LSAT
score was significantly

higher than your
previous ones.

That is because

I studied incredibly
hard the last time.

Did you study hard? Or did your
fiancee study hard for you?

You think Mike took
the LSATs for rne?

I think he's been indicted for
more serious crimes than that.

And now, there are
allegations that he's taken

the LSATs for people.

I can't believe this.

I took that test myself.

And I have a responsibility to protect
the reputation of this university.

And how exactly are you proposing
to protect that reputation?

By expelling
any dangers to it.

Unless, of course,
for some reason,

these allegations
against him are dropped.

Anita Gibbs called
you, didn't she?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

I'm simply giving you the
courtesy of letting you know

that if I have to choose between
your future and this university's,

I'm not choosing you.

Well, then, please

tell Ms.Gibbs, thank you
for the courtesy.

Scottie, what
are you doing here?

I can't believe
you sent him to me.

Sent who? Oh, don't
give me that.

The last time you came to me, you
said it was because Mike made you.

Well, this time,
you made him.

I didn’t make him
do anything.

Well, then, you taught him
well, because he came to me

and pulled on my heartstrings to
get me to do something for you.

But this time,
the answer is no.

l am not going after
Anita Gibbs.

Scottie, I would never ask you
to do something like that.

That's funny, because you
asked me to throw a case

to keep Mike
from getting caught.

Throwing a case doesn't
put a target on your back.

If you really wanted to
Keep a target off my back,

you never would have told me
about Mike in the first place.

Scottie, I didn't
tell him to do that.

Well, then, I guess you two are
having the same problem we did.

You don't talk
to each other.

But since you chose him over me,
it's not my problem anymore.

I didn't choose
him over you.

Yes, you did.

And whether you choose
to admit it or not,

it was Mike's secret that broke
us up in the first place.

(DOOR CLOSES)

You let her in here
without telling me?

DONNA: I was in the conference
room going over discovery.

What are you going to do? I don't
know what I'm going to do.

But whatever it is, I'm
going to do it right now.

Harvey, calm down. I'm
not going to calm down.

You told me to go after Gibbs to stop Mike
from doing something stupid and I did.

And all that did was waste our
time like I said it would.

Harvey, Gibbs is attacking
Rachel, the woman he loves.

You of all people should be
able to understand that.

I don't give a shit. He had no
right to go after someone I love.

Okay. You know what, Harvey?

Mike is the one on trial
here, not Scottie.

And all he did was
ask her to do something.

So, maybe the thing that you're really
upset about is that she was right.

Well, how did it go?

We've known each other
a long time, Jack.

And I'd really like to help.
But it's not going to happen.

You said if I could
get them double...

I said it would take at least
double just to get me to ask.

I did and they laughed
me out of the room.

What if I could
get you more?

There's no number that's going to
get them to come to Pearson Specter

because they don't believe there's
going to be a firm to come to.

Then why did you ask
to meet me here?

Because after I asked
them about your offer,

I asked them
about mine.

What are you
talking about?

I told them a former
fraternity brother of mine

who happens to be a kickass lawyer
might be looking for a change.

(CHUCKLES) You're
offering me a job.

Jack, Pearson Specter's
a sinking ship.

We've taken on
some water.

(CHUCKLES) You've
taken on an ocean.

Why the hell would you
want to stay there?

I'll tell you why.

Because if that ship sinks,
I'll find myself another job.

But if it doesn't, I have a
chance to be one of the captains.

If I come to you now, I'll
never be more than a lifer.

As my friend,
tell me I'm wrong.

You're not wrong.

LOUIS: Don't tell me they put out a
special evening edition on us, too.

Not yet.

I read it.

By the way.

On the flight
up to Boston.

And did it
fire you up?

It pissed me
the hell off.

You couldn't get it done
with Sheila, could you?

Jessica, she didn't send the
candidates on that list.

They were the only three that
even asked to be submitted.

And it was because
of bullshit like that.

People are scared to come here.
They are.

And I tried to get Sheila to make
them unafraid, but I couldn't.

That's all right.

It's all right, Louis.
It's not your fault.

Once word got out about Mike,
this was bound to happen.

What I learned
from hiring Mike

was that not all great
lawyers went to Harvard.

What are you saying?

I contacted
Stanford, Yale,

Columbia, Penn,
and all the rest.

Top 20 law schools.

I officially opened up the
doors to Pearson Specter Litt.

I know how much you hated
to do that, Louis.

But sometimes, we need
to do what we have to.

To survive.

Is there anything else I can do?

No, there isn't.

Right now, we just need to
get through this trial.

And pray to God

that Harvey gets Mike
goddamn Ross off the hook.

Hey.

(SIGHS) Hi.

You're doing dishes.

So?

So, you hate doing dishes,
which means something's wrong.

Nothing's wrong.

(MIKE TURNS TAP OFF)

What's going on?

I don't even know if I should say it because
the last time I did, you got so mad,

you thought I was
going to leave you.

And you say you want me to share things
with you, but I don't know if you do.

Because when I do, you seem
to get so upset that I...

I get it. You want to
talk about making a deal.

(WHISPERING) I don't
know what I want to do.

I just...

She said that she could
get you into Columbia.

And you're right,
it got into my head.

Rachel, we've been over this.
She was lying.

That's before I knew she was
able to get to the Dean.

What are you
talking about?

I had my meeting
with him today.

And I thought he was going to
tell me how well I've been doing.

And instead, he
threatened to expel me.

(SIGHS)

Okay.

Okay, that... That doesn't
mean that it was Gibbs.

You weren't there. No, I wasn't there.
All right?

But it's not crazy
to assume that

they would question
whether or not

you knew about me
without talking to Gibbs.

Is it crazy for them
to mention a crime

you haven't even
been accused of

without talking to Gibbs?
What?

They said there are rumors
of you taking the LSATs

for people and they're accusing
you of doing that for me.

Well,

then at least now I
know what I need to do.

MIKE: Harvey.

I know how we can stop
Gibbs from pressuring Rachel.

Does it involve going to
Scottie without telling me?

Harvey. God damn it,
you had no right.

I had every right because I knew
Gibbs would keep crossing lines

and that's exactly
what she did.

What are you talking about? She
manipulated the Dean of Columbia

into threatening
to expel Rachel.

Where's your proof?
They accused her

of having me take
the LSATs for her.

But the only problem is,
there's no record of me

ever having been
accused of that.

The guy you saw in court. Yes.

His name is David Green. He
must have told Gibbs about me,

and then she used that to get
the Dean to strong-arm Rachel.

That's abuse of power.

I told you, the only problem
with that theory is,

David Green tells Gibbs about
you and his career is done.

Then he must have
told her anonymously.

Which doesn't help us, because
we still don't have any proof

that she
contacted the Dean.

No, we don't. But it wouldn't
be that hard for me to get.

No, it could be a set-up.
It's too risky.

This whole goddamn
thing is too risky.

But right now, Rachel's
future is in jeopardy.

And if I have to risk tacking
on a few years to save her,

it's not even
a close call.

All right, do what
you have to do.

Just don't
get caught.

(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)

JESSICA:
You're knocking.

That means it's either bad
news or you want something.

I couldn't get
the department.

Don't tell me. They said we're
in no position to poach anybody.

That's exactly what they said. Right
before they offered me a job.

So, you're here
to tell me you took it.

I'm here to ask you
if you want me to take it.

Oh, what the hell difference
does it make what I want?

Jessica, when I left Boston,
people said I was a traitor.

That I thought I was too
good for my own hometown.

But it wasn't true.

But I knew the real test for me
wasn't making it in my own hometown,

it was making it in the
toughest city in the world.

And as far as I'm concerned,
I haven't done that yet.

You want to be made
name partner.

I want to know if it will
ever even be on the table.

I could say yes
to that right now.

But how would you know
you could trust me?

I have no other choice.

And how do I know
I can trust you?

What's this?
You know what it is.

It's what Daniel
Hardman has on you.

Now you have it, too.

David Green.

What are you
doing here?

So, you do
remember me.

Of course I do. You're the
guy we're prosecuting.

The fake lawyer.

Oh, I'm more than
that and you know it.

What are you talking about? You
hired me because I'm smart.

What you don't know is that I
have a photographic memory.

Which means I have your
driver's license number

from seven years
ago memorized.

Not that it matters.

Because I also
made a copy.

Like I made a copy of all
my clients' licenses.

Doesn't prove anything.
Maybe not.

But I also remember every answer I
put down on a 104-question test.

If that's not proof,
I don't know what is.

What do you want? I want
proof that Anita Gibbs

is pressuring the Dean at
Columbia to expel Rachel Zane.

I can't do that.
Yes, you can.

Okay, they went to law school together.
There's your connection.

Circumstantial, public
record, not good enough.

I do what you're
asking and get caught

and my career at the US
Attorney's office is over.

And I give what I have to the DA, and
your career as a lawyer is over.

And you do that, and you'll
only implicate yourself.

Yeah, maybe you didn't notice,
asshole, but I'm already on trial.

And now, you're coming
after the woman I love.

And the truth is, you don't
deserve to practice law.

Maybe I don't either,
but she does.

And believe me,
when it comes to this,

I really don't give a
shit about me or you.

And what if I can't find what you're
looking for? You know what, David?

You might not have been smart
enough to get 178 on the LSATs,

but I'm pretty damn sure you're
smart enough to do that.

What's this? That's what
you're going to sign.

This says you're dropping a
charge of malicious prosecution

in exchange for me admitting
a sanctionable offense.

And for backing the hell off
going after Rachel Zane.

Is this a joke?
No.

And neither is getting the Dean of
Columbia Law to do your dirty work.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You know exactly
what we're talking about.

And unless you want us to tell the
world that you intimidated a witness

by colluding with your old law school
buddy, you're going to sign that.

You don't have a shred of proof
that I had anyone do anything.

I have a copy
of an anonymous tip

sent to you saying I took
the LSATs for people

and a record of a phone
call from your office

to the Dean of Columbia
ten minutes later.

That's not
proof of anything.

It's proof enough for us
to sue Dean Herrick

for every penny
he's ever made.

You think when we get him in a
deposition, he isn't going to crack?

You think you're pretty
smart, don't you?

Smart enough to outwit
a US Attorney.

And if we can do it here,
what makes you think

we won't be able
to do it in court?

Because court's not
about bullshit like this.

It's about facts.

And the fact is, you're
not a goddamn lawyer.

(CHUCKLES AND SIGHS)

You got it done.

How did you know?
Because you're doing

that puffy chest thing that you do when
you feel really good about yourself.

I do not do a puffy chest thing.
Yes, you do.

But relax, because
I love you and your chest.

Well, I love you
and your chest.

Well, that
came out wrong.

Seriously,
I meant your mind.

Your brilliant
legal mind.

Well, if it wasn't for you and
your brilliant legal mind,

I might not be
in law school right now.

(CHUCKLES)

LOUIS: No, I understand
that a lot of them already...

Okay. Well, if
anyone wants to...

No, I see.

I see.

Maybe next year.

Bye.

Louis, I need to talk
to you for a second.

What now?

Jack Soloff wants to know if we'd someday
consider making him name partner.

Why the hell
would we do that?

Because I sent him
to poach a department

and instead, they offered him a job.
I get it.

Nobody wants to come here so your
answer is to give our in-house enemy

the promotion
he's always wanted...

Louis, you were the one who
wanted me to do it before.

And you talked
me out of it.

Because you were right.

Just like you used to be
right about everything.

But now, it seems like you're
wrong about everything.

What the hell is that
supposed to mean?

I just heard back from the
last of those 20 schools.

And it turns out they
have a lot more in common

with Harvard
than we thought.

Because none of them want
anything to do with us

because our
leadership sucks.

You watch
yourself, Louis.

I don't need
to watch myself.

I need to light
a fire under your ass.

Because our future
is slipping away

and offering Jack
name partner,

or praying to God that Harvey
just gets Mike off the hook

isn't going to stop it
from happening.

Okay, Louis.

You want to do something
more than pray.

Harvey gets
Mike acquitted.

Then you get your ass
back up to Harvard

and you make sure Sheila
doesn't show up to that trial.

Hey, Donna.

Is there, um...

ls there something
I can help you with?

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry
about what happened with the Dean.

And I'm glad that
Mike took care of it.

Thank you.

And I'm sorry that...

That I didn't come to you with
this whole thing, but I...

They were pressuring
you to turn on Harvey

and based on our
last conversation,

you didn't think I was the right
person to talk to about that.

As usual,
you're right.

Rachel,
I got upset

because I didn't want to
think about what I'd do

if I had to choose between
my dad and Harvey.

And this whole
situation sucks.

And we may have
to make hard choices.

And I want you to know

that no matter what you
do, you're my friend

and I will
always love you.

I will always
love you, too.

Thank you for coming.

I only came here because I don't
want you or Mike Ross or anyone else

from this firm showing up
at my firm ever again.

So, what can
I do for you?

(SIGHS)

I was thinking about
what you said about me

not admitting
things to myself.

Why? And I wanted to
talk to you about it.

I wanted you
to know the truth.

And what exactly
is the truth?

Our relationship didn't
end because of Mike.

It ended because
I wasn't ready

to confront what
was wrong with me.

And I don't know
if I'll ever be ready,

but I've been
seeing someone.

And I wanted
to tell you about it.

And why does it matter
that I know that?

Because if I ever get out
of this thing in one piece,

I want to know if it's
okay to call you again.

Harvey, it's always
okay to call me.

But I've actually been
going to therapy myself,

and I don't know where I'll be
when this whole thing is over.

But I do hope that you get out
of this thing in one piece.

Excuse me.

Hi. Excuse me.
I, um...

I'm not sure if you
know who I am, but...

I worked here for
two months, Rachel.

I know who you are.

I just... I wanted to say that I know
that you got caught in the crossfire.

And I know
how that feels.

And I just wanted
to say I'm sorry.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Rachel?

Have you thought about what might
happen when this is all over?

You mean if Mike
goes to jail.

I mean even
if he doesn't.

What are you
talking about?

Even if he is acquitted,
there is an excellent chance

he will be
thrown out of the Bar

and never be able
to practice law again.

It wouldn't matter. Because Mike's prepared
to never practice law again, anyway.

And sometimes people think they're
prepared and they're not.

I don't understand.

Rachel, Mike is going to have to watch
you do what he dreams of doing.

And if he is
anything like Harvey,

he probably thinks he can
do it better than you.

And there is a possibility that
he might resent you for it.

I appreciate the advice.

But Mike's not like that.

Then I'm sorry
I overstepped my bounds.

SHEILA: Louis.

What are you
doing here?

We've been over this.

There's nothing I can do. I'm
not here about the associates.

I need you
to take this.

What's that? It's a
ticket to Argentina.

I need you to go there
until the trial is over.

And why
would I do that?

Because the prosecution has no
power to subpoena you there.

Let me get this straight. You
want me to flee the country

so you can
protect yourself.

I want you to flee the county
so you can protect yourself.

Louis. Sheila,you
take that stand,

you are going to say
things that hurt us.

Which means Harvey is going
to say things that hurt you,

and I will not be
able to handle that.

The truth isn't going
to hurt me, Louis.

Isn't it true, Ms. Sazs,
that while you claim

no one had unauthorized access
to the Harvard file room,

there were times you were
derelict in your duties?

I've never been
derelict in my life.

Then how does that explain the fact
there's that a man in this courtroom

that had unauthorized
access to that very room?

Louis, please. Was it because you
had a relationship with that man?

A relationship
that ultimately failed?

That's not...
Relevant?

It's more than
goddamn relevant.

Because when he
broke up with you,

you started this vicious
rumor to get back at him.

That's a lie.
Those are all lies.

Is it a lie that you
had sex with that man

and left him alone
in the supposedly

impenetrable
Harvard file room?

Louis, this could
cost me my job.

God damn it, Harvey's
not going to care.

No.

It's not a lie.

And if you
did that with him,

why should we believe

you didn't do
that with others?

I'm sorry.

Sheila, I am only
trying to protect you.

If you really wanted
to protect me,

you wouldn't tell Harvey those
things in the first place.

He's going to want me to tell him
anything I know that will help.

You asked me
to not make you lie.

Please don't ask me
to lie to him.

Okay, Louis.

I'll go.

What are you
still doing here?

We still have
a trial coming up.

If I'm going to make any headway on
my defense, I need to get going.

Your defense?

Yes.

My defense.

Are you saying what
I think you're saying?

Because there's
an expression about that.

It says if you're thinking it,
you're a fool. You heard her.

She said the fact is, is that
I'm not a goddamn lawyer.

Well, the only way
to change that fact

is for a jury to see me
be a goddamn lawyer.

You try that, all they're going to
see is someone going to prison.

That's bullshit.
I can handle her.

You've never even gone through
a criminal trial before.

Oh, yeah? And when was
the last time you did?

How many years
ago was it?

I don't believe it. You think
you're better than me?

No, this isn't
about who's better.

It's about who's
better for this case.

And my life
is on the line.

If I go down because of
my call, I can take it.

If I go down because
of yours, I can't.

This isn't just your life.
This is all of ours.

Well, like I said, it's my
call and I'm making it.

DONNA: I'm sorry
to interrupt.

This isn't over.

I just finished going through
discovery, and we have a problem.

What is it?

They found Trevor.