Suits (2011–…): Season 5, Episode 15 - Tick Tock - full transcript

As Mike's case goes to the jury, he becomes distracted by a new case. Jessica and Harvey develop a new strategy to keep Mike in the clear, which sends Louis over the edge with his partners.

(HARVEY READING)

CLIFFORD:
I don't owe Harvey shit.

He may have gotten me out,

but he and Cameron put me
there in the first place.

You're right.
You don't owe Harvey.

But you do owe me.

Because I didn't have anything
to do with putting you in there,

but I broke
the law to get you out.

I came here to compliment you
on getting rid of Sheila Sazs.

If she's not back by
the start of trial,

I'm going to assume that you
wanna be brought up on charges.



I just stopped by to give
you this restraining order

preventing you from
contacting Louis Litt.

You're done driving a wedge
between me and my people.

If I represent myself,
every second I'm up there,

they're going to
see me as a lawyer.

And if she rattles you for one
of those goddamn seconds,

they're going to
see you as a fraud

and they're never going to
see you as anything else.

Did Mike Ross go to Harvard
Law School or not?

I'd like to assert my
Fifth Amendment right.

If I was on that jury,
I'd find you guilty.

They're not gonna let me
change my goddamn lawyer

in the middle of a trial.

We need to figure
out a way to make them.



Because if we don't,
we're gonna lose.

You have one last chance
to save yourself.

Call me
before it's too late.

HARVEY: Okay.

So, we have a plan for you to
start representing yourself.

We just need a way to rattle
Gibbs when we execute it.

I have a way, but
you're not going to like it.

I'm going to call Clifford
Danner to the stand.

No way, it's too risky.
Harvey, listen to me.

He's angry and volatile.

And in case you forgot,
he's one of the people

you were dumb enough
to tell your secret to.

I know all of that.
But you said it yourself.

We need sympathy.

And no one is going
to get us more sympathy

than the innocent guy
we got out of prison.

Harvey, you said
I needed to do this.

Well, this is
how I do it.

Do you have
faith in me or not?

Mrs. Gloria Danner?

Yes.
Hi.

My name's Mike Ross.

I'm a lawyer at Pearson
Specter Litt and I was...

I know who you are.

And I know what
you're doing here.

You've come to get Clifford
to testify for you.

But I'm afraid
he's not going to.

Please, ma'am. I promise you
the DA cannot reopen his case.

I'm not talking about
the District Attorney.

My son's dead,
Mr. Ross.

What?

Clifford was shot and
killed three weeks ago.

So...

I'm sorry,
he can't help you.

GRETCHEN: Hello?
Are you in the office?

It's Thursday night.
Pm watching my show.

LOUIS: Well, then, goddamn TiVo
it because I need your help.

lt better be important if you're
taking that tone with me.

And if this is about
that mah-jongg game...

I don't give a shit
if it's mah-jongg

or kung pao or
Chinese checkers.

This is the most
important thing

that I'm ever going to ask you
to do in your entire life.

Give me an order.

I need you to pull
whatever strings you have

to get me a transcript
of Mike's trial

and I need you to
keep it to yourself.

You mind if I ask
what you need it for?

Because I need to know

if we have a snowball's chance
in hell of winning this thing.

Is defense ready to
call its first witness?

lam, Your Honor.

What?
I'm calling my witness.

Does the prosecution
have a problem with that?

Objection. This is
outrageous, Your Honor.

They can't switch attorneys
in the middle of a trial.

And that would be true,
except for the fact

that I've been co-counsel
on this case from day one.

Co-counsel? What
planet are you living on?

The one where Pearson Specter
Litt is my attorney of record.

I have the employee
directory right here.

My name is in it,

it's been there since the
beginning of this trial,

and if you wanted
to object to me,

you would have had
to have done it

at the beginning
of this trial.

Then I want them waiving
all rights to a mistrial

and I want it
in the record.

Your Honor, I'm not
going to be punished

just because she
didn't understand

that I've been representing
myself this whole time.

JUDGE RALLS:
He's got a point, Ms. Gibbs.

Then I want them waiving
all rights to a mistrial

based on him
representing himself.

MIKE: My pleasure,
Your Honor,

because I don't expect we'll
be needing a mistrial at all.

Then call
your first witness.

Defense would like to call
Gloria Danner to the stand.

Could you please state
your name for the jury?

Gloria Danner.

Mrs. Danner, a number of years
ago, your son, Clifford,

was convicted of murder
and sentenced to prison.

Is that right?

Yes. For a crime
he didn't commit.

How do you know he didn't commit
it if he was convicted of it?

Because you proved
he didn't.

MIKE: Mrs. Danner,
can you tell the jury

why it is that you're here today
testifying and not your son, Clifford?

MRS. DANNER: He was working
late at that diner.

It was the only place he could
get a job when he got out.

Two men came in
to rob the place.

And when Clifford
tried to stop them...

He was shot and killed.

I'm so sorry.
(SNIFFLES)

(CRYING) I worked
my whole life

to put him through school

and he ends up dying in the
back of that shit restaurant

in that shit part of town.

MIKE: Can you tell the jury
why you agreed to come

and share your
story for me today?

Prison ruined
Clifford's life.

And if you had been
our lawyer from day one,

he never would have been
convicted in the first place.

MIKE: Thank you, Gloria.

No more questions,
Your Honor.

GIBBS: Mrs. Danner,

I happen to be familiar
with your son's case.

And I understand that,
in order to reopen it,

Mr. Ross risked increasing
his sentence to life.

That's correct.

Well, I'd like to know how you'd
have felt if he lost that gamble.

I'd have
been devastated.

And if that happened,
how would you have felt

if you then found out that Mr. Ross
wasn't even a lawyer after all?

Objection, Your Honor. How many
hypotheticals can she ask?

GIBBS: That's okay.

I think everybody in this courtroom
knows how they would feel.

No more questions,
Your Honor.

I wouldn't have cared what a
piece of paper had to say.

Because Mr. Ross is the
only lawyer I ever ran into

that ever gave
a damn about my son.

JUDGE RALLS: Mr. Ross, would you
care to call your next witness?

I can't imagine anyone being more
eloquent than that, Your Honor.

Defense rests.

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

Having trouble
with your closing?

No, it's just
part of the process.

Would it make you feel better
if I told you

that I have never felt more
proud of my future husband

than I did watching
you up there today?

Yes, it would.

Good.

Because I want to talk to you
about your closing.

Ah...

Don't tell me, you want me to
go with jury nullification.

There is nothing wrong with getting
a jury to sympathize with you.

Mike, your parents
died in a car accident.

Who isn't going to feel
for a person like that?

Rachel, the only
problem with me saying,

"Let me off because tragedy
struck me as a child,"

is I've pretty much
admitted that I'm guilty.

No, the difference is that
that accident is the reason

that you wanted to become
a lawyer in the first place.

And they won't just understand
it, they will love you for it.

How can you know that?

Because I love you for it.

Tell them your story and I am
telling you, they'll let you go.

Louis, you wanted
to see me.

That was hours ago.

We need to talk and we need
to talk right now.

About what?

About the fact that Mike Ross is all
of a sudden representing himself.

And why exactly do we
need to talk about that?

Because it means Harvey
thinks he's going to lose.

You want to walk me
through that logic?

Harvey's never
given up control

of a case in his life.

And if he's doing that now, it means
he wants that loss on Mike's record.

Louis, at a time
like this,

Harvey doesn't care
about records.

Bullshit. I've read the transcript
backwards and forwards.

He thinks
he's going to lose.

Louis, what's really
going on here?

I'll tell you
what's going on.

If Harvey thinks we're going
to lose, then we'll lose.

And if that happens,

you know who Gibbs
is coming after next.

Louis, we will deal with that
when and if she does.

But I am telling you...

Harvey letting Mike
take the reins

is not him giving up.

It's him growing up

and realizing he is not the
one to bring this home.

Do you want
to talk about it?

Talk about what?

Oh, I don't know. Maybe the fact
that Mike is working on a closing

to keep himself
out of jail

and you're not
working on it with him.

There's nothing
for me to do, Donna.

It's in his hands.

In his hands?

Harvey, that was
a trial maneuver.

It doesn't mean you can't
help him when he needs you.

He doesn't need me.

He needs you
more than ever.

No, he doesn't.

And it's time for him
to put the clipboard down

and get in the game.
Harvey.

Donna, this wasn't just some
move to slip testimony in.

This is Mike's life.

It's his story, and he needs
to be the one to tell it.

Everything he's done up until
now has prepared him for this.

And I'm telling you...

He's ready for it.

JUDGE RALLS: is defense ready
for closing statements?

Mike.

Are you okay?

JUDGE RALLS: Mr. Ross?

Oh, uh, yes,
Your Honor.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

I think most of us...

You guys heard evidence
earlier in the trial

that I have
a photographic memory.

And I do.
But the way it works,

I don't just take
a snapshot of something.

See, I read it,
and then I understand it.

And once I understand it,

well, then, I never forget it.

But I've been trying
to memorize my speech.

But I can't.

Because it's bullshit.

Because I...

lam bullshit.

You see, the truth is, is that
I am guilty of being a fraud.

My whole life, I have
wanted to be a lawyer

so that I could help people
like Clifford Danner.

People who have no one else
to fight for them.

No one who believes in them.

But instead,
all I've done as a lawyer

is work night and day to put money
into the hands of rich people.

I was given a gift
and I wasted it.

And I'm ashamed of myself.

And... And...
And as the final insult,

I paraded this mourning
woman out in front of you

just as a way to
get you to admire me.

l am so sorry, Gloria.

And all I can say is
that I promise you,

whether these people
find me innocent or not,

l am going to spend
the rest of my life

fighting for the Clifford
Danners of this world.

I will not waste
that gift again.

You can believe it or not.

But I am a lawyer.

And I always will be.

Thank you.

GIBBS: Well, it's an
interesting thing, really,

how criminals can
play with our emotions.

Mike Ross is articulate
and persuasive and passionate,

and listening to
his closing argument,

I almost want to
let him go myself.

Except for one thing.
He's a liar.

He didn't commute to Harvard one clay
a week as he so laughably claims.

He didn't go to college.

There is no paper record
of his enrollment.

No applications
to law school.

No picture
in the yearbook.

No class rankings.

No one at all who
even remembers him...

Except for that one indebted
friend with a lot to lose.

And if you
believe his testimony,

I've got a bridge over
Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

And whether he says it or not,

he's banking on the fact

that you are going to think
this is a victimless crime.

But if you acquit him,

you are giving permission
to everyone to say,

(VOICES REVERBERATING) "Hey, I'm
going to pretend to be a lawyer.

"I think I'm going
to say I'm a doctor.

"Hell, you know what? Today,
I'm going to pose as a pilot."

Imagine one day you woke up
on the operating table

to discover the man who was
about to crack open your chest

is not really a doctor.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

GIBBS: Make no
mistake about it.

Mike Ross thinks
he's better than you.

He thinks he doesn't have
to play by the same rules.

But we know he does.

Because, ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, Mike Ross

is a fraud.

HARVEY: Mike.

Mike.

(NORMAL VOICE) Mike.
She was good, Harvey.

Yeah, so were you.
You were great.

MIKE: She was better.

Everything she said was true
and the jury knows it.

No, they don't.

Look.

Ever since the day
I met you,

you have always seen
the good in people.

And we only need one person on the
jury to feel that way about you.

And what if they don't?

It doesn't matter, because we can't
do anything about it, anyway.

So, let's get
out of here.

I can't.

What do you mean,
you can't?

I mean, I can't leave
until that jury comes back.

Mike, they might not
come back for days.

I don't know what to tell you,
Harvey, but I can't leave here.

It's okay, Harvey.

Look.

Mike, if we really
don't have time,

I don't want
to waste it here.

Rachel, if I leave,

all I'm going to be
thinking about is

what's happening
in that jury room.

Then I am going to go
and get us some food

and we're going to
have a bite to eat.

Because I'm not going to
let this time go to waste.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

What?

What do you mean, what?

I want to know
what you think.

I think I saw
a heavyweight fight

that's going to come down
to the goddamn cards.

Do you see it
any different?

What I see is my fate in the hands
of a jury and I don't like it.

Why the hell do you think I cut so
many deals instead of going to trial?

Well, the only deal
that Gibbs is going to cut

is the one that
hangs us out to dry.

And I don't know
about you,

but I don't feel
like just sitting by

while this thing
goes to verdict.

You think I do?

Look, there's no other...

Hold on a second.

We could go
get us a mistrial.

What good would that do?

A mistrial is just going to
kick the can down the road

until Mike gets tried again.
Listen to me.

When Mike wanted to
represent himself,

Gibbs jumped
out of her chair

saying that we were trying
to get a mistrial.

Then she demanded we waive our
rights to one completely.

And the only
reason she'd do that

is because she doesn't have
authorization to try this case again.

Which means a mistrial

isn't just kicking the can
down the road.

No, it's blowing
it to kingdom come.

The only problem is, we don't
have grounds for a mistrial.

Well, then, you better
go out and find some.

And you better do it
before that jury comes back.

DIAZ: That's what I'm trying to tell you.
My lawyer's not here.

ALEXANDER: That's not
my problem.

Then why did he tell me that if
I told you he couldn't make it,

you'd give me a continuance
or something?

ALEXANDER: I'll tell you
what I'll do, Mr. Diaz.

Since Perkins isn't here,
I'll help you out.

Instead of going to trial and winding
up with a five year sentence,

I'll let you cop to
three and a half right here.

DIAZ: Five years?

We stole some TVs.

For the third time
and that's five years.

I was only driving
the car, man.

Then you can drive
yourself to prison, man.

But I'm not giving
you a continuance.

Hey. I'm sorry to interrupt,

but he doesn't give
you a continuance.

The judge does.

And you're entitled
to one automatically

if this is the first time
your attorney didn't show.

And who the hell are you?

That's not your concern.

And this is
not your concern.

Yeah, well,
I'm making it my concern

since I don't like
watching prosecutors

take advantage of
unrepresented defendants.

All I'm doing is
offering the man a deal.

I'm not taking advantage.
That is bullshit.

You know full well his
lawyer didn't tell him

to ask you for
a continuance,

he told him to ask
the judge for one.

Now, you're going to try and bully
him into three and half years

for what sounds to me like
a simple misdemeanor theft.

You don't know
shit about this case.

Well, I'm about to.
Hand over the case file.

I don't have to
give you anything.

You're not his attorney.

Mr. Diaz,
my name is Mike Ross.

Now, do you want me
to represent you

or do you want to stick
with this asshole, Perkins,

who didn't even show
up to your hearing?

He's my lawyer.

Donna, I need your help
and I need it right now.

What's going on?
ls the jury back?

I need to know if
Stephanie Liston

still works at
the US Attorney's Office.

She does, why?

I need the names
of the jurors.

Harvey, if you're even
thinking about tampering...

No, I'm not thinking
of tampering with the jury.

I just need to find
grounds for a mistrial.

A mistrial?

You told Mike
he killed it.

Was that a lie?
No, it wasn't.

Then why are you so
suddenly having doubts?

It's called hedging.

No, it is called
breaking the law

and I don't want
any part of it.

God damn it, Donna,
I'm trying to protect Mike.

Then maybe you should be
getting a mistrial legally

instead of having me
do what you're asking.

We don't have time.
I don't care.

What the hell is
wrong with you?

Me?
Yes, you.

Whose side are you on?

Don't you dare
ask me that.

You know damn well that I would
break the law for you and Mike.

But you are asking me to have my
friend do it and I am not going to.

Donna.

Harvey, even if I did ask
Stephanie and she said yes,

which she never would,

you would have to
drag innocent people

through the mud
to get this done.

And the Harvey I know
isn't that kind of person.

Donna, what is going on?
Why are you so upset?

I'm not upset.

When you say "I'm not
upset," is that you acting?

Because it sucks.

What do you want
from me, Louis?

I want you to out the bullshit
and tell me what's wrong.

I just saw you
leave Harvey's office

and five seconds later,
I saw him do the same thing.

Okay, Louis,
what's wrong is

Harvey wants me to get
the names of the jurors

from my friend in
the US Attorney's Office.

He's trying to tamper?

He's trying
to get a mistrial.

Well, then, why the hell
aren't you helping him do it?

What?
You heard me.

Why aren't you doing whatever
you can to help him?

I can't believe you
just said that to me.

Donna, listen to me.

If Harvey's doing this, it means
he thinks he's going to lose.

And if he thinks
he's going to lose,

it means
he is going to lose.

And if Mike goes down,
everybody goes down with him.

Don't you care
about that at all?

I'm getting a little tired of people
asking me whether I care or not.

Because I do.

But not enough to push
women and children aside

to get on a lifeboat.

So, if that's all you
came in here to ask me,

why don't you
be on your way?

Okay.

I got us some bread, cheese, a little
bit of wine, and a picnic blanket.

So, I feel like we
should just go outside...

I can't.

What do you mean, you can't?
Did the jury come back?

No. I met a defendant.

He got caught in the act
of some petty larceny,

and they're trying
to railroad him.

So, I...
So, you're taking a case.

Rachel, he tried to sell a couple
of TVs out of the back of a truck.

Now, he's facing five years.

And somewhere in this building
there are 12 people deciding

whether or not
you're a fraud.

And you're sitting here doing the exact
thing that they're accusing you of.

They were right
in front of me.

His lawyer didn't show up.

What is wrong with you?

Whoa! Rachel. Wait. Don't you
understand that I am scared?

And that I am trying to be
supportive and to keep a brave face.

But that I could
lose you, Mike.

So, I understand you
wanting to be here,

but I don't understand you
not wanting to be with me.

Come here.

Look, I'm scared, too.

That's why
I can't go home.

And I... I don't know
how I got into this, but...

I know that I need
to do this, Rachel.

You really meant what you
said to the jury, didn't you?

Yeah.

And you said that you
fell in love with me

because of me wanting
to help other people.

Well, this guy
needs my help.

And it may be the last time

I can do something like this.

Well, then, let's figure out
a way to help him together.

What's for lunch, David?

Quinoa salad.

Well, enjoy it.

Because it's going to be your
last meal as a US Attorney.

Mike Ross promised me that if I
gave him those phone records,

he wouldn't say
anything to anyone.

I'm not Mike Ross.

And the way I see it,

there's no reason for me not to
tell Gibbs about your shady past

unless you give me a reason.

And how am I supposed
to do that?

You pack up your lunch,

you take it down the street
to the courthouse café,

and you share a table
with whatever juror shows up

when they break for coffee
in about two hours.

What's this for?

For when you buy Juror number
whatever a cup of coffee.

Jesus Christ.

You want me to
give you a mistrial?

I do that,
I could lose my job.

You're going to lose your freedom
in two hours if you don't.

This is blackmail.

I call it atonement.

And today's the day
you face the music.

You were right.

DONNA: About what?

I shouldn't have been willing
to hurt innocent people

to get done what
I needed to get done.

Well, it sounds like
you got it done, anyway.

HARVEY: I did.

And you're going to
get a call from Vanessa

as soon as she gets me
some pictures I need.

Harvey you just said that

you shouldn't have been willing
to hurt innocent people.

I didn't hurt any
innocent people, Donna.

I found a guilty one.

DONNA: Well, then,
I will go tell Jessica

and I will let you know
the second Vanessa calls.

Donna.

What, Harvey?

Thanks.

I can't believe
we found that.

I can't believe you did.

Rachel, this might
give us the leverage

to make sure Diaz doesn't
do any jail time at all.

Do you really think so?
Yeah, I do.

And it doesn't
surprise me,

because I also think that you're
going to make a great lawyer.

Well, then, spending
our time doing this

wasn't such
a bad idea after all.

Mr. Diaz, are you
ready to enter a plea?

Before we do,
Your Honor,

I'd like to enter
a motion to invalidate

the search of Mr. Diaz's vehicle.
What?

The warrant was obtained
because of a phone call

between my client
and his cousin,

and there's no evidence

that Mr. Alexander had
authorization to tap that call.

Your Honor, we had other sources
for our search warrant.

And what exactly
were they?

JUDGE KNIGHT:
Mr. Alexander?

Objection, Your Honor.

Ms. Gibbs,
this case isn't under

the Justice Department's
jurisdiction,

so what exactly
are you objecting to?

I'm objecting to the fact
that this man is not a lawyer.

Your Honor,
that is a lie.

And as we speak,
a jury is finding him guilty.

And until they do,
my bar number is active.

This is ridiculous,
Your Honor.

He's making a mockery
of this entire courtroom.

And I urge you to
at least delay this case

until his jury comes back.

Your Honor, the only reason
I'm representing Mr. Diaz

is because his court-appointed
lawyer didn't show up.

And then, that man attempted to railroad
him into an outrageous plea deal.

Ms. Gibbs, he may be
a fraud in your court.

But since he hasn't been
convicted of anything,

he isn't one in mine.

And unless Mr. Alexander here
magically finds his voice,

Mr. Ross' motion to
exclude the search

of his client's
vehicle passes.

Is it true?
What that woman was saying?

Yes, they're deliberating
on his fate right now.

I don't give a shit if they're
deliberating. ls he a fake or not?

You saw what he just did. And
he's about to cut you a deal

from four years behind bars
to maybe a few months.

So, what do you think?

What did he say?

He's too pissed off to
make a deal right now.

But trust me, he'll calm
down and then he will.

Mike, where are you going?

To go try and make
a deal of my own.

You ran out of there so fast, I
didn't get a chance to talk to you.

What exactly do you
want, Mr. Ross?

I want to make a deal.

You're finally ready
to turn on Mr. Specter?

No.

But I am ready to plead guilty
and never practice law again.

If you agree to not go after any of
the partners at Pearson Specter.

That's the same bullshit your boss
said to me when I first met him.

You're done practicing, so I should
just let you get away with it?

Now, why would
I listen to you now

if I didn't
listen to him then?

Because you've got it written
all over your face.

Seeing me be a lawyer
makes you sick. All right?

And if I win, I'm going to
keep being a lawyer,

and it's going to make you sick
for the rest of your life.

No deal. That's not
a good enough reason.

Okay, then,
let's try this one.

You've been at the same level at the
US Attorney's Office for a long time.

Now, a person who can't get
a conviction against a man

that everyone
thinks is a fraud,

that's a person
who's going nowhere.

This is a chance
for you to save face.

I don't need to save face, because
they're going to find you guilty.

Are you sure about that?

Because you couldn't convince one
judge to make me stand down.

So, what makes you think you're
going to convince 1 2 jurors?

You know what, Mike?

The truth is, you would
have made a good lawyer.

But you're not one.

And I'm going
to put you away.

What can I do
for you, Donna?

DONNA: Harvey wanted
me to let you know

that as long as they don't reach
a verdict in the next few hours,

you'll have a mistrial.

I'll have a mistrial?

What's on your mind, Donna?
Nothing.

I guess I just never
thought I'd see the day

when you thought
Harvey was going to lose.

And who says I think
Harvey's going to lose?

A mistrial says it.
No.

It says I'm not willing to take a
chance on 12 complete strangers.

It says you don't
have faith in him.

Donna, you don't know what
you're saying. Don't I?

I know I'm not a lawyer,
but isn't it true

that if Mike
gets found innocent,

there's no double jeopardy?

But if a mistrial happens,

they might come after him
again one day.

Yes, Donna,
that is true.

But Harvey and I are banking
that never happens.

And what if it does?
Then, I'm sorry.

But the truth is,
Mike Ross is the reason

why we're in this mess
in the first place.

And if it's a choice

between his peace of mind clown
the road and mine today,

I'm choosing mine.

Now, is that all?

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Louis Litt.
What a coincidence.

I was just about to call your
office, say I was your cousin,

and ask if you'd decided
to take me up on my offer.

Before I give you an
answer, I want to know

if I give you proof
that Harvey knew about Mike,

will you give me immunity?

Well, that depends.

What do you have?

What do you mean, what do I have?
I have me.

Well, that's not
good enough.

Well, then, what the hell
did you come to me for?

Because I was expecting something
more than the testimony of a man

who's saving his own ass,
which gets me nothing.

Nothing? I'd be
giving you my word.

And I don't need
your word, I need proof.

Well, God damn it,
I don't have any proof.

Well, then,
you're no good to me.

And now, I'm in the position of
having to work that much harder

to get both you
and your partners.

So, if you'll excuse me, I
need to get back to it, Louis.

Donna, I need you to
start prepping a motion

for Mike to ask
for a mistrial.

We're going to need to do it
first thing in the morning.

Harvey, I don't think there's
going to be a mistrial.

What the hell are
you talking about?

I just got off the phone
with Vanessa.

David Green never showed.

Whatever it is, Louis,
I don't have the time.

Well, you better
find the time,

because Anita Gibbs
just offered me a deal.

And I assume you told her
to shove it up her ass.

I did. But what I really wanted
to say was, "Where do I sign?"

What the hell did
you just say to me?

Did you ever think
for one second

what's going to happen
if Mike gets convicted?

Mike is not going
to get convicted.

How could you be so sure?

Because I'm going to go
get us a goddamn mistrial.

That's not good enough. I want to
know how you're going to do that.

None of your business.

It is my business
if you're going to go

and break some more laws
like you did

when you hired the fraud
in the first place.

What the hell do
you want, Louis?

You want me to give you
permission to cut a deal?

I want you to
give yourself up.

Are you out of your mind?

No, I am in my mind.

You can't get a mistrial and that
verdict comes back the wrong way,

everyone in this entire firm goes
to jail because of what you did.

Go home, Louis.

No, no, no.
I want you to say it.

You went out on your own
and you hired a fraud

and this whole firm is paying for it.
Shut the hell up.

You and you alone
are responsible

for the carnage
of what's to come.

Louis!
Just say it!

You listen to me!

I may have hired a fraud,

but you're the one who had
the chance to turn him in.

And you used his secret
to get what you always wanted.

So, don't come here
at the eleventh hour

trying to blame me for having to
sleep in the bed that you made.

I don't want to go
to prison, Harvey.

Then, get out of my way
and let me do what I do.

(BEEPS)

What are you doing here?

I came to talk.

I got to hand it to you, you
would have made a good lawyer.

But you're even better
than I gave you credit for.

You got in my head.

You came here
to take my offer?

I came to make
an offer of my own.

You said you were giving
me a chance to save face.

But I let you get off with no
punishment, as far as my career goes,

I might as well have
let them find you innocent.

What do you want?

You plead guilty,
do two years in prison,

and I won't go after
any of your friends.

There's no way I agree to prison
time for a crime I didn't commit.

We're not in the
courtroom right now, Mike.

So, let's cut
the bullshit.

We both know
you did this.

So, if you don't
want to pay,

then you take me up
on my original offer.

You do no time,
and all I need in return

is one name partner
at your firm.

And I told you that's
never going to happen.

(FLOORBOARD CREAKS)

GIBBS: Well, maybe you want
to talk to your fiancée,

because the look
on her face says

she'd rather throw one
of them to the wolves

than see you in prison.

So, it's up to you.

You take either
one of my deals

or you take your
chances with the jury.

Just remember, tick tock.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

What did she mean,
"Either deal"?

She countered my offer.

How long?
Rachel...

How long would you
have to be away for?

Two years.

No, Mike.
No, you can't.

Do you know how much time I'm
facing if I'm found guilty?

You're not going to be found guilty.
Seven years.

You're not going to be found guilty.
I saw you up there.

You were amazing.

You were that same empathetic,

brilliant man
that I fell in love with.

There's no way
the jury didn't see that.

Rachel, the jury is
not in love with me.

What if all they saw
when they looked at me

was the same fraud
that I've been

since the first day
I took that job?

Is that why you're thinking
about going to prison?

Because, what,
you want to punish yourself

and that's your only way
to stop feeling guilty?

Yes, maybe
that's a part of it.

Okay, well, it sounds
like it's all of it.

All I know is it's the only
sure way to put this to bed

and make sure that the only
person who is hurt by it is me.

What about me?

Because all I did
was love you.

And if you take some deal
that sends you to prison...

Rachel, we can survive this.

God damn it, Mike, they were in on it, too!
(GLASS SHATTERS)

I'm not going
to rat them out.

And I'm not asking you to.

I'm just asking you to
have faith in yourself.

Okay, I will.

Where the hell were you?

You mean why
I wasn't at the café?

I was just coming
to the conclusion

that you could take that threat
and shove it up your ass.

You think
I'm bluffing you?

I don't give a shit whether
you're bluffing or not.

It made me sick to let Mike
Ross back me into a corner.

I'm not letting
that happen again.

I don't think you understand
what's going to happen to you

when I call Anita Gibbs
tomorrow morning.

You never
made a mistake?

You never did
something you regret?

What do you think I'm
trying to fix right now?

Look, if you don't help me,

making sure you never
practice law again

isn't going to be on
my list of regrets.

You know, I've heard
a lot of people talk

about the great
Harvey Specter.

Completely unbeatable.

From what I've seen,

you're just a bully who uses other
people's fears to get what he wants.

Well, it's not going
to happen tonight,

because Mike Ross is
about to go to prison.

I'm not going to stop it.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Harvey, it's the middle of the night.
What are you doing here?

I had to see you.

I know you said
I couldn't do this anymore,

but I need to talk to you.

Talk about what?

About what I have to do.

You're going to turn
yourself in, aren't you?

JESSICA: Louis,
the jury didn't come back.

And since they went home,
I'm going home.

So, whatever it is, it's going
to have to wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow could be too late.

Too late for what?

This is all his fault.

You didn't start it.
I didn't start it.

He started it.

I'm not having this conversation
behind Harvey's back.

That's okay. I already
had it to his face.

I tried to get him
to do the right thing

and turn himself in,
but he wouldn't.

I'm not going to
convince him to do that.

I know, because
he'll never be convinced.

Which is why we need to
go to Gibbs together.

Louis.
God damn it, Jessica,

we don't have any time!

Did it ever occur to you

that if Mike
gets found guilty,

the first thing
Harvey's going to do

is walk in there and take
the bullet for me and you?

No, it didn't.
Well, it occurred to me.

We turn on him now,

we're no better than Daniel
Hardman or Charles Forstman

or any of those
other people you despise.

Don't you see?

We could protect each other.

You don't want us
to protect each other, Louis.

You want someone to tell you that
what you're thinking is okay.

And I'm not
going to do that.

Jessica, please.

Goodnight, Louis.

DONNA: So, you want
to turn yourself in

because some cheater
called you a bully?

No, Donna, I want to turn
myself in because he was right.

I'm not unbeatable.

No, Harvey, I think
he made you feel guilty

and now you're
not seeing clearly.

Donna.

Harvey, if it were anybody
other than Mike on trial

and you saw his closing,

do you think that the jury
would convict him?

I don't know, Donna, but I can't
afford to be wrong about this.

Then, let me
ask you a question.

Why aren't you talking to
Dr. Agard about this?

How do you know about her?
Because I do.

And I also know
that the last time

you had a huge
decision to make,

you went to her and not me.

Because that was about
business and this is personal.

No, Harvey,
you didn't go to her

because you know she won't try to
talk you out of this, but I will.

Donna.
Don't do it.

Don't fall on your sword again.
I have to.

No, you don't.
We might not win.

You don't always
have to be the hero.

I'm not doing it
to be the hero.

Then why the hell
are you doing it?

Because it's my
goddamn fault!

No, Harvey, it's not.

It's Mike's fault just
as much as it is yours.

Then why should I be the one
to throw him under the bus?

Don't you get it? I am not asking
you to throw him under the bus.

lam asking you to believe

that the two of you are worthy
of being found innocent.

And what if
I can't do that?

Then you can
march yourself down

to Gibbs' office
in the morning

and turn yourself in.

But I don't want
you to do that.

Why not?

Because I think
you're worthy.

And I don't
want to lose you.

Harvey.

Go to the courthouse
in the morning,

sit with Mike until
that verdict comes in,

and show him that
you have faith in him.

Like I have faith in you.

(CELLPHONE BUZZING)

(CELLPHONE BEEPS)

Hello?

Yeah, this is him.

Yeah. Yeah,
I'll be right there.

How is the jury
back so early?

Oh, It's not the jury.

It's the prosecutor from the Diaz case.
He wants to talk.

(SIGHS)

HARVEY: I may have
hired a fraud,

but you're the one who had
the chance to turn him in.

And you used his secret
to get what you always wanted.

Mr. Litt.

I'm sorry to interrupt,

but your cousin
Gertrude's on the phone.

She says she needs to know whether
you found that old mixtape of hers.

Tell her I didn't.

Tell her it must
have gotten thrown out

and to never ask me
about it again.

Good.

What do you mean, "Good"?

I've been wanting to tell
Anita Gibbs to go to hell

since this
whole thing started.

Mr. Ross, I'd like to
make your client an offer.

We're listening.

We don't want you,
Mr. Diaz.

You said you were just driving
the truck and I believe you.

And we already have
the two gentlemen

who committed
the actual felony.

So, all you have to do is testify
against them, and you walk.

What?
DIAZ: Holy shit.

No jail time.
ALEXANDER: No jail time.

Okay, that's enough. I need
a moment with my client.

No, I don't need a moment.
I'll take it.

Mr. Diaz, listen to me.

Testifying against
your friends

may not seem like
a big deal right now,

but it's something you are
going to have to live with

for the rest of your life.
I don't owe them anything.

And if I can get myself out,
that's what I'm going to do.

He's only offering you this because
he doesn't have a case against you.

He's a two-time loser.
I'll make a case against him.

Mr. Diaz.

Give me the pen.

(EXHALES)

You are making a huge mistake.
Yeah?

Well, I don’t think so.

And if you were in my shoes,
you'd do the exact same thing.

I would never send
my friends to prison.

Yeah, well,
they find me guilty,

they're going to send
my friends to prison, anyways.

I can feel the floor shaking
And the glass begin to break

The air is getting thinner
With every breath that I take

The calm before the storm
You can hear the drop of a pin

Never been claustrophobic

But now the walls
are closing in

So, strike me down,
take me away

Debts are due,
it's time to pay

Face what I deserve

Here comes judgment day

I won't run,
the guilt is mine

Still I'm denying
all my crimes

Face what I deserve

Here comes judgment day

Of all the love I have taken

AH the hearts
I've turned to hate

Hearts are easily broken

When you've been
made in the shade

Harvey, thank God.

The jury came back.
We have an hour.

Where's Mike?
I don't know.

What's the matter?

Harvey.

I have to go.

I've crossed every line
Broken every boundary

Now it's retribution time

Because the judge
that I went to

He ain't that holy

Strike me down,
take me away

Debts are due,
it's time to pay

Face what I deserve

Here comes judgment day

You know
they're back, right?

I don't care.

I'm ready to
take your deal.

GIBBS: Which one?